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Kingdom Getting A
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NEK MAN ORDERED TO STAY AWAY FROM MOVIE ACTOR
LYNDON
By Todd WellingTon
Staff Writer
PHOTO BY JAMES JARDINE
Wes Ward, owner of Wes Ward Automotive in St.
Johnsbury is named the NEK Chamber of Commerce
Citizen of the Year Thursday at Lyndon State College.
Presenting him with a plaque and painting of a Kingdom country scene is NEK Chamber President Cindy
Robillard. See more photos and event story in the
weekend edition Saturday.
ST. JOHNSBURY — A Northeast Kingdom
man must now stay at least 300 feet away from
movie actor Luis Guzman.
Guzman, 58, who lives in Caledonia County,
filed for and was granted a temporary restraining
order on April 27 against Joda Hodge, 39, in
Caledonia Superior Court. Guzman claimed that
Hodge was stalking him and engaging in threatening behavior.
A final relief from stalking hearing was held
Thursday but just as Guzman and Hodge were
about to be sworn in Hodge told the court he’d
rather settle the matter by mutual agreement
with Guzman. Guzman agreed and while the
court did not find evidence of stalking, Hodge
leen Manley who gave Hodge the option to settle the complaint without taking testimony.
Manley began the hearing by telling Hodge and
Guzman that there were two ways to proceed.
The first was to get sworn in and testify, leaving
it to Manley to decide whether there was enough
evidence of stalking to make Guzman’s temporary restraining order permanent.
The second option, said Manley, was by
Joda Hodge, left, and Luis Guzman
agreement between the parties which would reawait the judge Thursday on opposite
quire no testimony.
“Mr. Hodge which way would you like to go
sides of the courtroom.
forward,” said Manley.
agreed to not have direct or indirect contact with
“I would prefer the first, your honor,” said
Guzman or go within 300 feet of Guzman, his Hodge.
children, his home, place of employment or veBut as both men raised their right hands to be
hicle.
It was Caledonia Superior Court Judge KathSee Stay away, Page A6
THE KING OF BLUES PLAYED THE KINGDOM
ST. JOHNSBURY
FOLKS SOUGHT TO FOCUS
ON THE TOWN’S FUTURE
Community Vision
Process Continues
By Taylor reed
Staff Writer
ST. JOHNSBURY — Community collaboration continues
following the start of an initiative that brings residents together for the sake of their town’s future.
More than 80 people have signed up to work five task
forces aimed at affecting positive change in areas identified
by residents during a May 12 forum at St. Johnsbury School.
The task force missions are to develop the St. Johnsbury
riverfront, improve downtown housing, redevelop and revitalize downtown buildings, establish a warming shelter for
homeless people, and improve community communications
and promote a positive image.
“Anyone and everyone is welcome to join a task force,”
said Jenna Whitson from the Vermont Council on Rural DeSee Focus, Page A6
WEST BARNET
TONS OF DAM SEDIMENT TO
BE MOVED IN SEPTEMBER
Blues Legend B.B. King Rocked A Sold-out
Show At Lyndon Institute In The 1980s
By Jay Craven
I founded Catamount Arts 40 years
ago, on May 2, 1975 – and I ran it for 16
years. Catamount started as a weekly
film series, running independent, classic,
and foreign films at multiple North
Country venues—but I expanded the
film series to experiment with live performances during the early 1980s. I
started the performance series with some
popular acts like a cappella soul singers,
The Persuasions, folkies Mary McCaslin
and Jim Ringer, bluegrass ace Doc Watson, and dance and theater acts like The
Ohio Ballet and the American Repertory
Theater’s “Sganarelle” farces by
Moliere.
Those early years of performances
were exciting for the way they brought
people together for moments of shared
community, animated by a fabulous
show on stage. After the first couple of
successful years of staging live acts, and
encouraged by board members including
music enthusiast and banjo player Sal
DeMaio, I decided to take a really big
gamble with a show I thought would be
like no other.
I contacted the agent and negotiated
to find a date that might work for the
Northeast Kingdom. The month was
February, when snowy weather can ruin
the best-laid plans. But the artist was en
route to Montreal and it looked like the
date might work. But the money was
more than I’d ever paid: $10,000 for a
show in the 630-seat Lyndon Institute
Auditorium. I agreed to the take the
chance.
The artist was legendary blues guitar
master B.B. King.
King died on May 14 and accolades
have poured in from around the world
since then for this trail-blazing artist and
humanitarian who, as the New York
Times noted in its obituary, “married
country blues to big-city rhythms and
created a sound instantly recognizable to
millions: a stinging guitar with a shimmering vibrato, notes that coiled and
leapt like an animal, and a voice that
groaned and bent with the weight of lust,
longing and lost love.”
As soon as our B.B. King concert was
announced, orders piled up. Back in
those days, I used my Barnet home
phone and a $30 answering machine to
take calls from people looking for tickets. And I’d sit on my living room floor,
sorting through a seating chart, strands
of pre-printed pink tickets, and envelopes I’d address by hand and send
from my mailbox on the dirt road outside my house. The top ticket price was
See Show time, Page A6
Project’s Goal Is A Clearer Lake
By Taylor reed
Staff Writer
VOL. 177, NO. 244
TODAY: Mostly cloudy,
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Entertainment. . . . . . . B5
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Obama’s Trade Bill
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Advances Toward
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COURTESY PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAY CRAVEN
B.B. King relaxes in the office of the Lyndon Institute athletic director following his concert at LI in the 1980s. With him is Jay Craven, left, who
was director of Catamount Arts at the time and the man responsible for
booking the blues legend for the NEK show, and Sal DeMaio.
NATION
An earth moving horde of excavators and dump trucks will
descend on West Barnet in September.
Workers after Labor Day will remove tons of sediment
piled behind Harvey’s Lake Dam. The permitted project,
which will reduce sediment back flow into the lake, is expected to last several weeks and cost around $100,000 funded
by budget earmarks and reserves.
“It’s going to require some pretty big trucks,” said Selectman Dylan Ford. “It’s amazing how much silt has built up
behind there. This will really make Harvey’s a lot healthier.”
Consultant Bob Desrochers, owner of Fairbanks Mill in St.
Johnsbury, said sediment back-flows into Harvey’s Lake durSee Sediment, Page A6
Vermont Man
Becomes Keeper
Of Cousin’s
Purple Heart
Population: 320,627,249
Your share: $56,626.87
“The budget should be balanced; the
treasury should be refilled; public
debt should be reduced; and the arrogance of public officials should be
controlled.” –Cicero, 106-43 B.C.
By JameS Jardine
Staff Writer
B.B. King and his band pulled into the LynBurke
Motel following their sold-out concert in the mid1980s held at Lyndon Institute.
The legendary blues singer and guitarist died at age
89 on May 14. There is a public viewing of his body
today in Las Vegas, the city he called home. His body
will be laid to rest in his native state of Mississippi later
this month.
King was very much in the prime of his worldrenowned musical career when he came to the Kingdom through the efforts of then-Catamount Arts
Director Jay Craven.
His band, even in street clothes, stood out in the
Northeast Kingdom. It was the era of mod clothes and
the “Superfly” look and the band was dressed in broadbrimmed hats, bell bottom pants and stylish boots. It
was a city look, and this is the Northeast Kingdom.
King had a tour manager who doubled as a personal
aide to King. He was Hispanic and funny, good-natured, lively and fun.
The owners of the LynBurke Motel, Arthur and
Jeanne Elliott, lived in an apartment that included the
lobby and front desk of the motel. An easy-going couple, they quickly shared their living space with the
band members. King’s manager stored special foods
and medicines in the Elliotts’ fridge and borrowed their
blender. He was in charge of King’s special diet and
medicines.
He fought a battle to make sure King practiced
healthy living. As he chopped up various health-conSee lodges, Page A6
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THE RECORD • FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015
FOR THE RECORD
OBITUARIES
RALPH BENJAMIN DEVEREAUX
Please join us for a
graveside committal service
for Ralph Benjamin Devereaux at the Welcome O.
Brown cemetery, 1 West
Street, Barton, Vt. on May
30, 2015 at 1 p.m.
Come share your memories and stories with family
and friends at a reception
immediately following the
service at the family camp
on Willoughby Lake.
NEWS BRIEFS
Good Samaritan helps rescue loon
CORNISH, N.H. (AP) — A good Samaritan has come to the aid of a
trapped loon in a pond next to the post office in Cornish, New Hampshire.
Carla Skinder says the bird was unable to fly out of the marshy area.
After getting some advice from experts, she watched the bird for a couple
of days and then participated in a canoe rescue with a loon specialist. It
took a while, but Skinder tells the Eagle Times the bird ran into a net and
she was able to grab it and hold it above water.
The loon was brought to a veterinarian, then to an animal rehabilitator
who helped hydrate the bird so it could be released back into the wild last
week. The loon was released into a pond north of Cornish.
Faith in Action Food Share
returns to Gilman Tuesday
FORD SMITH SR.
The committal service for Ford Smith Sr. who passed away on
March 17, 2015, will be held at the Hillside Cemetery in West Burke
on May 27, 2015 at 11 a.m.
JOANNE MURDICK NOYES
A reception honoring the life
of Joanne Murdick Noyes, 86,
formerly of Kirby, Vt., who died
Feb. 12, 2015, at her home in
Camden, Maine, will be held
from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, June 1,
at the Burke Mountain Club, 368
VT Route 114, East Burke, Vt.
(located in the library building in
the center of town). For more information, please see Joanne’s
Book
of
Memories
at
www.bchfh.com.
GILMAN — The next Faith In Action free food distribution will be
held Tuesday, May 26, at the Gilman Fire Station.
Seniors and physically disabled are welcome from noon to 12:30; others
in need from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Parking is limited so do not arrive too early.
At least 11,000 pounds of free food will be distributed to help folks in need
get through this last week of the month. Volunteers from the Gilman Fire
Dept. & Auxiliary, Concord Rescue, Lunenberg town officials, Head Start,
and local citizen volunteers will be on hand to help with the distribution.
The event is possible through support from the Vermont Foodbank,
Lunenberg area volunteers and NEK office volunteers.
Organizers look forward to additional food program sites and innovations in this new year.
For Information, contact Faith in Action at 802-563-3322, 802-6261212, email admin@finacp.org, or visit www.fiancp.org.
Vermont State Police issue scam alert
On May 20 the Vermont State Police were made aware of a phone scam.
The number provided when searched on line is linked to a well-known
scam where individuals claim to be from the Department of Legal Affairs
US Treasury Department.
As always, use extreme caution when giving personal information over
the phone. If you receive a suspicious phone call you may call the Vermont
State Police or report it through this link: http://www.irs.gov/uac/TaxScams-Consumer-Alerts.
Man robs Winooski convenience store
Local Forecast
Today: Partly to mostly cloudy
with widely scattered showers.
Highs from the mid 50s to
around 60. Winds becoming
northwest to 10 to 20 mph,
gusting to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 20s to around 30,
with the coldest hollows in the
mid 20s. West to northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph and gusting to 30 mph during the
evening, then gradually diminishing overnight.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, but
breezy and cool. Highs again
from the mid 50s to around 60.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
gusting to 25 mph.
Extended Forecast:
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy.
Lows in the low to mid 40s
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Slight
chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s.
Sunday Night: Partly to mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows around 50.
Monday: Partly to mostly
cloudy. Slight chance showers.
Highs around 70.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy.
Chance of showers. Lows in
the mid to upper 40s.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Slight
chance of showers. Highs in
the low to mid 70s.
Daily Weather Highlights
As a surface cold front sweeps
through from the northwest today, an
upper-level disturbance will move in behind it, prompting cool and blustery conditions. Even though the winds might not
fully die down overnight, abnormally cold
air flowing in from the northwest might
be so cold as to drop temperatures
below freezing. A ridge of high pressure
will provide sunshine tomorrow, but
breezy and cool conditions will persist.
Southwesterly flow around high pressure
off the mid-Atlantic coast will then bring
a warming trend for Sunday and Monday, allowing temperatures to reach or
exceed 70 degrees. But a slight chance
of showers will work into the picture during that time, a chance that will continue
into Tuesday, as a warm front enters the
region, likely to push temperature into
the 70s and 80s by the middle of next
week, says Lawrence Hayes of the Fairbanks Museum weather station.
CONDITIONS AT
4 P.M. YESTERDAY
Mostly Cloudy
TEMPERATURE
Temp. at 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Maximum past 24 hours . . . . . . . . .67
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Minimum past 24 hours . . . . . . . . .32
Yesterday’s average . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Normal average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Maximum this month . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Minimum this month . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Maximum this date (1911) . . . . . . .96
Minimum this date (1936) . . . . . . . .26
HUMIDITY
26%
DEWPOINT
29
WINDS
4 mph, 7 max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SE
BAROMETER
29.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Falling
PRECIPITATION
New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00 in.
Total for Month . . . . . . . . . . . .1.66 in.
Normal Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.28 in.
ALMANAC
Sunrise today . . . . . . . . . . . .5:14 a.m.
Sunset today . . . . . . . . . . . .8:12 p.m.
Length of day . . . . . . . .15 hrs. 2 min.
DEGREE DAYS
Average temp. difference below 65°
Yesterday* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
To date since July 1 . . . . . . . . . .8310
To date last year . . . . . . . . . . . . .8382
* calculated for the day before yesterday
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WINOOSKI, Vt. (AP) — Police are looking for a man who robbed a
convenience store in Winooski, Vermont.
Police say they responded to a panic alarm at the Champlain Farms just
before 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
WCAX-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1F3QIFe ) that the suspect is described
as about 5-foot-11, and was wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and possibly a gray T-shirt.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the
Winooski police.
Forest Service investigates damage
at mountain cabin, tower
STRATTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is looking for some
help in its investigation of vandalism to a historic cabin and fire tower at
Stratton Mountain.
Officials believe the damage happened sometime before May 16.
The forest service says the caretaker’s cabin, built in 1928, and the 55foot tower, built in 1934, are landmarks in the origin of both Vermont’s
Long Trail and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Both are listed on
the National Register of Historic Places.
The Bennington Banner reports the forest service says the shelter provides cover for Green Mountain Club caretakers who have looked after
long-distance and day hikers.
The forest service asks that anyone with information contact the Green
Mountain National Forest Law Enforcement division at 802-362-2307,
ext. 222.
Police: Randolph woman caught
with heroin twice in 14 hours
RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) — Officials say police arrested a Randolph,
Vermont, woman on heroin possession charges twice within 14 hours.
The Rutland Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1HjvROH ) Tara Bent was first
found in possession of 70 bags of heroin during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon in Royalton.
Vermont State Police Sgt. John Helfant said the 24-year-old Bent was
held for about two hours and released.
Police say Bent was then stopped again a little after 2 a.m. Monday on
Interstate 91 in Rockingham. Officers found 50 bags of heroin hidden on
Bent’s body.
Bent posted $10,000 bail at Southern State Correctional Facility in
Springfield this week. It was not immediately known if she had a lawyer
and there was no phone listing for her.
Uber driver charged with sexually
assaulting woman
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An Uber car driver has been charged with
sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman in February.
Twenty-three-year-old Omar Nassir of Burlington pleaded not guilty
on Thursday.
Police say they responded to a report of possible sexual assault on Feb.
1 at a Burlington home. Police say Nassir first denied having sexual contact
with the 22-year-old woman and later said he had improper sexual contact.
THE SU T TON SCHOOL STUDENTS &
P TG ARE SELLING RAFFLE TICKETS
for 20+ locally donated items including gift certificates;
health, fitness and beauty items; and even furniture!
Tickets will be on sale through June 1.
Anyone interested in donating
or buying tickets may contact
Alyssa Bernadino at 802-323-4534.
The proceeds from the raffle will benefit the
Sutton School Winter Sports Program.
RIGHTS TO ADVERTISING COPY
His lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger called the charges deeply troubling
and said the city must reform the taxi system and enhance enforcement to
protect the public.
Uber said it immediately removed Nassir from its platform when it
learned of the incident.
Nassir was released on conditions including that he not work as a taxi
driver or Uber driver.
Small plane overturns on
runway, pilot not injured
MORRISTOWN, Vt. (AP) — Police say a small plane overturned as it
was landing at the Morrisville-Stowe State Airport in Vermont.
The pilot told police that while landing in a crosswind on Thursday, the
wind direction shifted — causing him to lose control of the aircraft once
he had touched down. Authorities say the wind and emergency braking
system caused the aircraft to pitch forward and roll on its roof at the edge
of the runway.
Police say the experienced pilot, 68-year-old Leonard Wing, was uninjured and outside of the single engine Piper Cub-style aircraft when police
arrived.
Vermont joins international
effort to fight climate change
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Peter Shumlin says Vermont has
signed on to what he called a first-of-its-kind agreement with international
leaders from 11 other states and provinces to combat climate change.
Signers have pledged to work to limit increases in global temperatures
to no more than 2 degrees Celsius — and to reduce carbon emissions to
no more than 95 percent of 1990 levels — by 2050.
Strategies include sharing technology and research, collaborating to expand use of zero-emission vehicles, working for more consistent emissions
monitoring, focusing anti-pollution efforts on substances key to the climate
— like black carbon and methane — and assessing the projected impacts
of climate change on communities.
Participants in the new agreement include four U.S. states, two Canadian provinces and parts of European, Latin American and Pacific nations.
US Customs: Report those border boats
DERBY LINE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding individuals how to process small vessel arrivals, including inperson immigration processing, during this year’s boating season via Small
Vessel Reporting System (SVRS).
The SVRS, online reporting tool, is a voluntary program and will expedite the entry process for participating boaters coming back into the U.S.
The system is open to all U.S. citizens and permanent residents, Canadian citizens, Canadian landed commonwealth residents and Canadian
landed immigrants who are nationals of a Visa Waiver Program country
and have a valid passport and an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA); or hold a U.S. visa for admittance, a valid passport, and a
CBP Form I-94.
Boat owners and passengers can fill out an online application at the
Small Vessel Reporting System on the CBP website and schedule a visit
to an enrollment center near them to apply to the program. Interviews conducted locally will be at the Port of Derby Line, Vt. Interstate 91 (I-91)
between the hours of 0800 – 2000. There is no fee to apply to the program
and boat owners or passengers who are currently members of a CBP
Trusted Traveler Program (e.g. NEXUS or Global Entry), or who hold a
current form I-68, can enroll without visiting the Port of Derby Line, VT.
Once enrolled, boat owners file a small vessel reporting float plan prior
to their departure if the trip begins in the U.S., or prior to their entry into
the U.S. if the trip begins foreign. Upon arrival in the U.S., boat masters
can then call CBP at the closest port of entry with the float plan identification number received when the plan was filed, answer a few questions pertinent to their arrival and receive clearance to enter the U.S.
CBP officers will also be available at the Newport City Dock on Lake
Memphremagog, to process small vessel arrivals.
Boaters are reminded that the master or person in charge of the boat
must report their arrival to CBP. This applies to any vessel not engaged in
trade, or documented trade such as pleasure boats and yachts, regardless
of size and country of registration.
When reporting is required
• After having visited any foreign port or place;
• After having had contact with any hovering vessel.
reporting procedure
Masters, crew and passengers must report their arrival immediately
upon entering the United States. Boat owners/operators entering the United
States via Lake Memphremagog are reminded that they are responsible
for reporting themselves, their crew, and their passengers. They can report
by going to the Newport City Boat Dock to speak to a CBP officer, utilizing the Outlying Area Reporting Station (OARS) videophone or by calling
1-802-873-3316 if enrolled in SVRS.
The master or designee may go ashore only to report their arrival to
CBP. No other person may leave or board the boat and no baggage or merchandise may be removed or loaded until the report of arrival is made and
release granted by a CBP officer. This includes purchasing fuel from the
Newport City Dock prior to reporting.
If all persons on board are in possession of a valid CBP Form I-68 or
NEXUS card the master may report their arrival telephonically by calling
1-802-873-3316. The Master will be advised as to whether to report for
further inspection to the Newport City Dock. CBP encourages members
of the boating community to obtain a CBP Form I-68 or enroll in NEXUS
or SVRS, as it allows for significantly faster processing times. A CBP Form
I-68 can be locally obtained at the Port of Derby Line, Vt., I-91.
Failure to report can result in civil penalties as defined in Title 19, United
States Code, Section 1436 to include a penalty of $5,000 for the first violation and $10,000 for each subsequent violation with the conveyance subject to seizure and forfeiture.
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LOCAL
LYNDON’S RECYCLING CONTRACTOR EXPLAINS RULES OF CURBSIDE PICK UP
By JameS Jardine
Staff Writer
Trash talk has been a frequent
topic lately as the town transitions
to a new process of garbage and
recyclable collection, and Monday’s select board meeting furthered the conversation about
recycling.
Daniel Lecour, proprietor of
TDL, the family owned recycling
contractor who just contracted to
pick up and transport the Lyndon’s
curbside recycling, was at the public information meeting to answer
residents’ questions on how the
town’s new recycling plans will
work.
Selectman Kermit Fisher began
by introducing Selectman Marty
Feltus, telling those present,
“Marty has a Show and Tell for
us.” Feltus brought a representative sample of the various kinds of
household recyclables the Feltus
family collects at their residence.
Beginning June 1, residents
may no longer put paper products,
cardboard, glass, plastics #1 and
#2, steel cans and aluminum products in with regular household
trash.
Instead recyclables must be separated from household trash and
can be disposed of in one of two
FORMER ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY DORM
STUDENT CONVICTED OF CHILD PORN
By Todd WellingTon
Staff Writer
A former St. Johnsbury Academy dorm student has been convicted of possessing child
pornography on his computer two
years ago.
Barrett Castle, 19, pleaded
guilty to two amended counts of
possession of child pornography
in exchange for a sentence of 3-4
years, all suspended with probation. Castle was also ordered to
perform 60 hours of community
service as part of the plea agreement. The deal was agreed to by
Castle and prosecutors with the
Vermont Attorney General’s Office in December of 2014 and approved by the court on May 18.
Castle was also ordered to
comply with sex offender special
conditions of probation including
sex offender treatment and restrictions on his computer use
and loitering in places where
young children are congregating
such as parks, playgrounds and
grade schools.
According to an affidavit filed
by Det. Robert Snetsinger of the
Vermont Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force Castle
emailed images from his computer on Dec. 13, 2013, of young
children pictured in graphic sexual positions.
According to investigators,
Castle was a dorm student from
Williamsville, N.Y. was living in
the SJA Green Dorm when the
images were sent. Castle told police he was attempting to trade
images with other users he contacted in child porn Internet “chat
rooms,” according to the report.
ways. Residents, if they wish, may
put sorted recyclables at the end of
the driveway (curbside) in separate
containers. TDL will do recycling
pickup twice a month. As part of
its annual solid waste fee, the town
will cover the cost of pickup of recyclables as well as sponsoring
two Bulky Days a year through the
Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District on Church Street
in Lyndon.
Residents may, if they wish,
choose to bring their recyclables
directly to the Waste Management
District. Lecour told the handful of
people attending the meeting that
recyclables must be sorted; there is
no Zero Sort option for recyclables
in Lyndon. The second requirement is recycled materials must be
rinsed. He spoke of rejecting pizza
boxes because they are too often
caked with grease and pizza sauce.
One of the tips shared by
Lecour is to keep a small magnet
handy to tell the difference between aluminum products and
metal products for purposes of recycling.
Lecour said waxed milk cartons
and Styrofoam are not recyclable.
He added that recyclers do not like
to accept prescription bill bottles
because, although they are plastic,
which is recyclable, the bottles are
so small they jam up sorting machines.
An important point raised by
Feltus and Lecour is that there are
many household items that are not
required to be recycled, but can be
recycled. Many of the recyclables
that are not required to be recycled, are readily accepted by the
Waste Management District.
Lecour added that in inclement
weather, recyclables should be
covered by a piece of canvas or a
sheet of plastic. Lecour will not
pickup rain-soaked recyclables.
Lecour added that people who
are recycling and put a non-recyclable item in the recycling bag
need not worry. Lecour does not
call the police; he’ll just throw the
item that is unacceptable back onto
the driveway and take the rest.
Those who wish to have recycling picked up curbside by TDL
should contact TDL Waste Services at 1-802-237-5755.
As Lyndon residents discussed
the threat of people dumping trash
illegally to avoid paying for stickers, Lecour said he’s been driving
all the roads in Lyndon for a couple of years now, and he has not
spotted much roadside illegal
dumping. He told the audience,
“Lyndon is as good as it gets. Lyndon is the cleanest town around.”
PREPARING FOR POLE RE-POSITION
PHOTO BY ANDREW MCGREGOR
Crews from Green Mountain Power move wires Thursday on Summer Street to relocated utility poles owned by FairPoint Communications. The work is in accordance with an order issued this month to FairPoint by the St. Johnsbury Board of Selectmen
that mandates pole relocation by Aug. 15. About 100 poles are planted in town rights of way following infrastructure work and
roadway reconstruction. The pole relocation project demands a choreographed movement of wires belonging to pole users including Green Mountain Power, Charter Communications, Level 3 Communications, Sovernet Communications, and the St.
Johnsbury Fire Department.
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Todd M. Smith, Publisher
OPINION
Dana Gray, Executive Editor
Editorial Comment …
Track Titans
If you pay attention to local high school sports like we do, then
you probably were pleased to see the White Mountains Regional
track and field team compete at St. Johnsbury Academy on Wednesday.
The dual meet showcased some of the best talent in Vermont and
New Hampshire. The Hilltopper teams were deeper and captured
the overall boys’ and girls’ titles. But the Spartan stars - Alex Curtis,
Jessica Schanlaber, and Tim Voigt foremost among them - really
stood out. The aforementioned trio won eight events between them.
As they say in sports, you play to the level of your competition.
And that was clear in the clash between these track titans.
“Curtis pushed us in the 100 and the 200, we actually pushed her
to lower her best times, too,” SJA Coach Chip Langmaid pointed
out. And since the meet counts for both schools as a qualifier for
States and New Englands, it’s a triple win.
According to Sportswriter Brendan Kozlowski, the clash between these two nearby track powers came about at the suggestion
of our multi-talented sports editor, Michael Beniash. “Michael
mentioned St. Johnsbury and White Mountains, and mentioned if
we could try to make things connect [in terms of a meet],” WMR
coach Mike Curtis said as he watched his daughter, Spartans senior
standout Alex, competing. “So we got in touch with St. Johnsbury
[Academy], and they were very accommodating.”
These two athletic programs are arguably the most successful in
our readership area. We hope this cross-river competition becomes
an annual event. It will be a terrific addition to our rich local sports
landscape.
Letters to the Editor…
Memorial Day
to the editor:
Memorial Day or Decoration day was originally set for
honoring military personnel
who died in the Civil War, but
now honors those who have
died in any war while serving
our country. A legal holiday in
most northern states and some
southern states, a law making
it a federal holiday became effective in 1971. Southern
states have confederate honoring days such as Mississippi’s
Confederate Memorial Day,
the last Monday in April, Alabama’s is the fourth Monday,
Georgia’s is on April 26,
North and South Carolina’s is
May 10 and Virginia’s is the
last Monday in May,
Louisiana’s is on June 3rd.
Tennessee has Confederate
Decoration Day on June 3rd
and Texas’ Confederate Heroes Day falls on January
19th.
Several communities claim
to have originated Memorial
Day, but in 1966 our government proclaimed Waterloo,
New York, the birthplace of it.
Waterlooans first observed the
holiday on May 5th, 1966, to
honor American Civil War
dead soldiers, with closed
businesses, grave decorations
and flags at half mast.
Major General John A.
Logan, the commander-inchief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, named May 30th a
special day for honoring
Union Soldiers’ graves in
1868. His organization had
charge of holiday celebrations
until the American Legion
took over after World War I.
On Memorial Day people
decorate military personnel’s
graves with flowers and flags.
Organizations including Boy
and Girl Scouts and fraternal
groups march in military parades and have special programs,
often
reading
“Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.” Memorials are dedicated and military exercises
and special programs are held
at Gettysburg National Military Park and National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. To
honor those died at sea,
United States ports organize
ceremonies in which miniature
ships filled with flowers are
set afloat.
Since World War I, Memorial Day has been Poppy Day,
with volunteers distributing
small red artificial poppies,
using collected donations to
help disabled veterans. The
custom of decorating loved
ones’ graves has continued in
most families.
Let us, each in our own
way, honor our dead heroes,
but also welcome back those
in military service throughout
the world, doing whatever we
can to help them to adjust to
civilian life, again. They are
all heroes and deserve our
love and praise for their service.
The Reading Recorder,
Jacob Kokaly
Newport, Vt.
A debt I never
can repay
to the editor:
Last week my mother
passed away at The Pines. She
had spent the last sixteen
months there and had had two
shorter visits there the year
before. I visited her every two
or three days and have been
completely amazed by the
quality of the care I have seen.
Every person in every department exceeded my highest expectations, but the people I’d
like to applaud are the aides.
They are the unsung heroes
(mostly heroines) of the place.
They are the finest people I’ve
ever met, offering the most
compassionate loving care
imaginable. There are many
so-called superstars in the
newspapers, but these aides
are the real thing. They, and
people like them, are what
make this world good for the
rest of us. They may only directly affect the local community, but fortunately there are
a few like them in most every
community. They may not be
as well-known as athletes and
movie stars, but together they
make this world tolerable for
the rest of us. In the real world
of normal America, these are
the real Superbowl champs.
The care they gave my mother
has left me eternally in their
debt and gratitude will reside
in my heart forever.
George Scotten
White River Jct, Vt.
In My Opinion…
TOBACCO PREVENTION AND QUITTING TECHNIQUES
By Bella mCCarTney
Many of us have heard the
axiom, “an Ounce of Prevention is
worth a Pound of Cure.”
We can thank one of our country’s Founding Fathers, Benjamin
Franklin, for this proverb.
Franklin was a man who wore
many hats. Proudly, Franklin became a vital participant in the creation of our United States
Declaration of Independence on
July 4th, 1776. He was a leading
author, politician, theorist, activist, scientist, among other distinguished titles. Many of us
attribute Franklin to his most famous discovery and theory, electricity. Of course, electricity is an
essential amenity many of us
could not live without today.
Franklin wholeheartedly believed that it is easier to prevent
something bad from happening
than to try to fix it after it happens.
In his campaign to create a firefighting organization in Philadelphia back in 1736, he argued that
it was more cost effective to prevent a major fire from destroying
an entire city than it was to rebuild
a new one. This claim can apply
to any humanitarian effort and ap-
pears to be self-evidently true.
The term Prevention may sound
a bit intimidating to some of us.
There may even be some confusion or apprehension in scrambling to explain what Prevention
is and how it works. What exactly
is Prevention? Prevention is the
act of putting safeguards into
place to eliminate the possibility
of a catastrophic occurrence. Prevention involves activists and ac-
bacco cessation program, which
provides Vermonters with FREE
counseling & FREE nicotine replacement aids to help adults quit
tobacco use.
The Vermont Department of
Health launched the Counter Balance initiative in 2014. We are
diligently working to promote
awareness within the community
about the devastating effects of
harmful tobacco & alcohol adver-
The bottom line is that the more
often our youth are exposed to
these ads, the more likely
Vermont’s youth are to start
smoking and/or drinking.
tivities that lead to affirmative
action with the goal of protecting
all members within our community. Prevention services are offered through Humanitarian
Agencies such as The Vermont
Department of Health, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital’s
Alcohol, Tobacco, & other Drug
Prevention
Coalition
and
802Quits, Vermont’s statewide to-
tising campaigns in our local convenience stores. Big tobacco &
alcohol companies have an
agenda. These companies strategically target two groups of Vermonters; our youth and
adolescents, with an assuredness
in enticing our youth to experiment with alcohol & tobacco
products thereby snaring them
into becoming long-term users
and keeping those Vermonters
who are already long-term users,
life-time users.
Many of our neighborhood
stores are conveniently situated
near schools and playgrounds
where many underage Vermont
kids frequent to purchase their
snacks and drinks. Vermont kids
visit these stores and are exposed
to influential tobacco & alcohol
marketing on a daily basis as they
reach the check-out counter. The
bottom line is that the more often
our youth are exposed to these
ads, the more likely Vermont’s
youth are to start smoking and/or
drinking. It’s time to end tobacco
& alcohol’s influence on Vermont’s kids.
Won’t you join us in the campaign to eradicate the use of tobacco & alcohol marketing in our
neighborhood convenient stores
and Prevent Vermont’s kids from
becoming the next generation of
tobacco and alcohol users by visiting us at counterbalencevt.com.
Together we can make a difference.
Bella McCartney is the Tobacco Grant Coordinator at
Northeastern Vermont Regional
Hospital.
Michael Shannon
Does this ballistic
vest make me
look fat?
Developments
on
the
women—in—combat front are
cause for concern, even for leftists that have made cognitive dissonance a way of life, because
the women don’t seem to be
holding up their end of the ideological bargain.
If Ranger Sgt. Rosie Riveter is
going to be leaping out of aircraft
and getting paid to put an end to
ISIS misogynists — either by a
well—placed burst from her rifle
or silently dispatching him with
the Camel Clutch (first made famous by the Iron Sheik) — it
would be a big help if she’d quit
complaining about her shoes.
I was under the impression
that if a shoe didn’t hurt a female
wasn’t interested in wearing it,
but evidently that’s not the case.
Females deployed in Afghanistan
are complaining they lack access
to combat boots designed especially for them.
This is where the dissonance
really bites.
Feminists believe “gender” is
a social construct, and that men
and women are interchangeable.
Lefty women, secure in Washington think tanks, contend that
denying other women the opportunity to be killed on the front
line is patriarchal discrimination.
Meanwhile women actually in
the Army are hoping for something a little more strappy with a
semi—open toe.
Even in branches of
the service that have essentially struck their
colors, women aren’t
happy about equality.
The Washington Times
quotes a middie (maybe
widdie?) at the Naval Academy
unhappy that the unisex unis
“make women look like men.”
Navy Sec. Ray Mabus — no
doubt wondering if women are
ever happy — replied there are
“skirt options on a bunch of
the exception of undershirts, ballistic vests
and maxi—pads. One
relaxed—fit BDU design should work for
both sexes.
Rep. Niki Tsongas
(D—Dr. Scholls) disagrees. The Washington Times
reports she is sponsoring a bill
that will require the Pentagon to
“devise a strategy to ensure that
women are outfitted with the best
combat footwear possible.”
That would seem to fly in the
Lefty women, secure in
Washington think tanks, contend
that denying other women the
opportunity to be killed on the
front line is patriarchal
discrimination.
women uniforms,” which didn’t
earn him any points either.
The idea behind uniforms is
the clothing exhibits, here’s that
word again, uniformity. If everyone is accessorizing their look
depending on circumstances you
no longer have a military, you
have a pride parade.
Although women’s slacks have
a certain amount of variety when
it comes to placement, for men
zippers need to be in the front.
That goes for the rest of the
clothing designs. Uniforms
should only differ by size with
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face of arguments from the
women—as—cannon—fodder
movement that women are just as
capable as men. If that fanciful
contention were true, then the
only difference in the shoes
should be size.
But it’s not true. The Washington Times quotes a British study
that found women suffer seven
times the rate musculoskeletal injuries found in men and ten times
the number of hip and pelvic
fractures. And those figures don’t
include statistics on pregnancy
that, Bruce Jenner aside, don’t
affect male combat trainees.
The Marines have had a great
deal of trouble finding a few
good women. So far the Infantry
Officer Course remains undefeated. Recruiters scoured the
Corps looking for 100 women
eager for the chance to die in the
mud and could only persuade 29
to give it a shot. Of those 29
every woman failed the course.
The Army, seven times larger
than the Marines, found 113
women to try the Ranger Training Assessment Course. Out of
the 113 women, 20 passed and
began Ranger training. Out of
those 20 every woman failed the
course.
Defense Secretary Ashton
Carter, who knows all about photons and nothing about females,
is eagerly awaiting the first
women volunteers for SEAL
training, scheduled to begin after
Sec. Mabus determines the ideal
length for a neoprene skirt.
Frankly if I were Secretary of
Defense it would concern me that
the only militaries wholeheartedly in favor of the U.S. integrating women into frontline combat
units belong to the enemy. As his
increasingly disruptive and damaging search for Wonder Woman
continues, maybe Carter should
contact videogame manufacturers.
They seem to have no shortage
of heroic women with large busts
that are ready, willing and able to
kick some behind, even if they
are entirely imaginary.
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LYNDONVILLE
KINGDOM GETTING A TASTE OF NASHVILLE STARTING TONIGHT
By leah Carey
Staff Writer
If your summer plans don’t include a trip to Nashville, don’t
worry … Nashville is coming to
you!
This Friday and Saturday the
Caledonia County Fairgrounds
will play host to the 2015 Taste
of Nashville Tour FanFest.
Saturday’s headliners will be
up-and-coming country duo LoCash, known individually as Preston Brust and Chris Lucas.
As songwriters they’ve already
had huge success, seeing two of
their songs recorded by country
music royalty: Keith Urban and
Tim McGraw. Urban took their
single “You Gonna Fly” to number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart, while McGraw made
the top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with “Truck
Yeah.”
Now they’re ready to taste that
same type of chart-topping success with a picture of their own
faces on the album cover.
They’re on their way with “I
Love This Life,” a song that’s
currently at #57 on the Billboard
Country Airplay chart.
So what brings a group with
such big ambitions to small-town
Vermont? According to Preston
Brust, it’s all about the audience.
“You can have a big show and
not promote it well, or you could
have a smaller show and sell it
out. And it can feel even bigger
than some of the arenas!” he said.
“Taste of Nashville is going to be
fun! They’ve been promoting the
crap out of it and I love that. …
Five hundred, five thousand,
fifty, or fifty thousand people, it’s
all the same to us.”
LoCash is working on developing a relationship with their
audience through writing what
Brust calls “real” songs.
“If you don’t have a really
good song, a good lyric, something people can really relate too,
you might be in deep water,” he
said. “When we’re going to put a
song out, we have to choose the
very best and strongest songs.”
That’s why they chose to write
a song focusing on the feel-good
things in life. “When we sat
down to write ‘I Love This Life,’
there’s so much negativity, we
said we’ve got to write a song
that’s three minutes of feel good,
no matter how cliche it may
sound. It’s all those things that
make up the simplicity of loving
your life,” said Brust.
That sense of good fun and
good livin’ inform much of the
duo’s song catalog. Perhaps it’s a
result of how the two met back in
Nashville at the Wildhorse Saloon. According to Brust, he and
Lucas traded off the jobs of inthe-booth DJ and on-the-stage
emcee for each show.
“One night we got bored with
it and saw there were two microphones. We said, ‘Why don’t we
both emcee?’” recalled Brust.
“The audience was in the palm of
our hands. Every joke was funny.
We started doing that every night.
Then he asked me, ‘Do you
sing?’ I said, ‘Yeah, do you
write?’”
The rest, as they say, is history.
And there’s still a lot of history
left to write for two men with big
dreams. “Getting a number 1
song with Keith Urban was
amazing because it was my
whole life coming into that mo-
about good songs and writing
good songs. And then moving on
to the second number 1, and the
album release, being in movies,
and all of that.”
He’s serious about staying
humble. “My mom would smack
me if I’m ever not humble,”
Brust said with a twinkle in his
voice that didn’t negate his tone
of complete sincerity.
At the fairgrounds
This is the first time the Taste
of Nashville event has come to
the NEK. But according to Larry
Ruggles, rental coordinator for
the fairgrounds, if this event is
successful it will be the first of
many.
“We’re hoping that we’ll get
about 2,000 people there,” Ruggles said. “[Taste of Nashville coordinator] Dan [Zentz] works
with us at the fair every year, he
runs the beer tent. That’s why he
thought this would be a great spot
to have this. He could have
picked anywhere to bring this
what happens is that the followers, no matter where they come
from, they’ll come here for this
event.”
Zentz is an NEK native who
now lives in Virginia and owns
Country Pride Entertainment.
“He basically asked me if we’d
be interested in partnering to this
type of event,” said Ruggles. “He
wanted to make sure that the
Northeast Kingdom could reap
the benefits of these type of
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TV’S ‘FATAL VOWS’ TO FOCUS
ON BILLIS MANSLAUGHTER
Producer: Shows Seeks Stories On ‘Couples
Where One One Of The Two Ends Up Dead’
By JenniFer herSey
Cleveland
Staff Writer
DERBY — A crew from a
Canadian production company is
in town filming a segment of
“Fatal Vows” about the death of
Charles Billis at the hands of his
wife, Christine, in 2009.
“Fatal Vows,” which airs on Investigation Discovery, focuses on
“couples where one one of the two
ends up dead,” according to series
producer Sylvia Wilson.
The show explores what happens in couples that go from being
happy and in love to wishing the
other ill will, Wilson said.
Christine and Charles Billis
lived in Brownington. On a fall
day in 2009, as they returned from
NEK-TV, where Charles filmed a
show called “It’s News To Us”
with Steve Merrill, Christine drove
their car directly into a large tree
off Route 5A in Charleston, killing
her husband, who was not wearing
his seat belt.
Christine Billis, who was wearing her seat belt, was injured, but
recovered. Police initially believed
a medical episode, possibly a
seizure, had caused Christine Billis
to veer off the road.
Christine Billis was not arrested
for the crime until the summer of
2011, after her friend Kevin Leland provided police with recordings of Christine admitting that she
planned her husband’s death for
months until she came up with a
plan in which she would not get
caught.
Charles Billis was 57 years old
at the time of his death.
Christine Billis was initially
charged with first-degree murder,
but later pleaded guilty to a felony
count of manslaughter in exchange
for a sentence of 7 to 15 years.
PHOTO BY JENNIFER HERSEY ClEVElAND
A crew from CMJ Productions in Montreal films a segment of
“Fatal Vows” about the death of Charles Billis at the hands of
his wife, Christine, in 2009. From left are brothers Pablo and
Nicolas Villegas and Meghan Low.
This case is interesting to Wilson because the death was at first
considered the result of an accident. “A car accident doesn’t seem
like an obvious choice for someone to end someone’s life,” Wilson
said.
The story of Charles Billis’
death will resonate with viewers
the way most segments of “Fatal
Vows” do, Wilson said. “This
could happen to almost anyone
who’s been lucky enough to know
the excitement of being in a couple
and then that relationship goes off
the rails. It’s familiar, but not what
we all live every day.”
Director Meghan Low interviewed local people at the Derby
Four Seasons with brothers Nicolas and Pablo Villegas as her sound
and camera crew this week.
Leland first spoke about Christine Billis’ confession with Essex
County State’s Attorney Vince Illuzzi, who was still serving as a
state senator at the time. Illuzzi
was interviewed for the episode, as
was Leland, local law enforcement
officers, people who knew the
family, and Pamela Lacher, the
California attorney who wants to
reopen Christine Billis’ case to explore a defense having to do with
the prescription drugs she was taking at the time.
Wilson said she’s not sure how
much the episode will focus on
that new defense. She said that will
depend on if and when an appeal
is filed by Lacher on Billis’ behalf.
Most of the show will focus on the
facts that emerged from the case,
with a particular focus on how the
relationship between Charles and
Christine Billis soured over time.
Wilson said the show will touch
on the impact of this on Christine
Billis’ daughters, but the aftermath
isn’t the focus of the episode.
Investigation Discovery has already filmed a show about the
manslaughter, for a series called
“Diabolical,” which aired in December 2013. “Snapped,” which
airs on the Oxygen network,
filmed a segment about the case as
well. That episode is expected to
air in the fall, when Wilson believes the “Fatal Vows” episode
will also air.
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015
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$18.50—the most I’d charged for
any show. It didn’t matter. People
from every corner of the Kingdom
wanted to see B.B. King live in
concert in Lyndonville.
Our B.B. King concert sold out
two months in advance, creating a
scramble by people who waited
too long to get tickets. LI Headmaster Cy Benson had been a solid
ally of the series and he agreed to
let us place 43 additional chairs in
the hall.
Several weeks before the
planned concert, I took a January
southern vacation that was interrupted by a St. Johnsbury friend
who tracked me down to say he
had put his hands on a vintage Lincoln and wanted me to name him
B.B. King’s official chauffeur for
the day of the concert. I don’t how
my friend found me—this was before the days of email and cell
phones. But I agreed to propose
the Lincoln and private driver to
Mr. King. Unfortunately for my
friend, the blues great preferred to
travel with his band in their white
14-passenger mini-bus.
On the night of the show, people
arrived early and when B.B.
King’s band members appeared on
stage to warm up the crowd, the
crowd went wild. Then, when B.B.
King walked on stage the audience
simply let loose. I’ve never seen
anything like it, before or since.
Obviously pleased by the warm
welcome in this intimate hall, B.B.
King strapped on his legendary
black Gibson guitar, “Lucille,” and
lit into a heartfelt and richly detailed rendition of “Every Day I
Have the Blues.” B.B. wanted
everyone to know—they were in
store for an electrifying evening of
“happy blues” performed by the
King of the genre—the man who
had inspired the likes of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix,
and The Beatles.
The Lyndon crowd hung on
every wailing note from B.B.
King’s emotionally plaintive guitar, named after the night King
played an Arkansas dance hall during the early 1950s. Two men got
into a fight during the show and
they knocked over a kerosene
stove that started a fire. Mr. King
ran out of the building but remembered his $30 guitar that he had left
inside. He ran back in to get it.
Two men died in the fire and King
learned later that the fight had been
over a woman named Lucille. For
the rest of his career, King called
his guitar “Lucille” – the one enduring love of his life.
The Lyndon crowd also loved
King’s animated bandleader
“Boogaloo” Bolden who led the
group for 30 years with his hot
AP FIlE PHOTO
In this Feb. 16, 2007 file photo, B.B. King performs at the
Wicomico Youth and Civic Center, in Salisbury, Md. King, whose
scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol
of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the
nickname King of the Blues, died May 14, at home in Las
Vegas
trumpet and restless body movements, back and forth, on stage.
One of the true great supporting
players, Bolden played for Stevie
Wonder, Isaac Hayes, The
Supremes, the Temptations, and
James Brown before joining B.B.
King’s never ending tour to more
than 250 dates per year.
B.B. King’s Lyndon Institute
show included selections from his
then-current LP, “Love Me Tender” along with signature pieces
including “The Thrill is Gone,”
written after his breakup with his
wife of eight years, Sue Hall. He
performed several encores in a
show that went two hours. Still, the
crowd was reluctant to see him go.
B.B. was tickled by the idea of
our unique place and repeated to
me several times, “B.B. King plays
the Kingdom.” He liked the sound
of it. After the show, the band
wanted to get back to their rooms
at the Lyn-Burke Motel but B.B.
waved them off when he saw a line
of people forming, who wanted to
say hello. “It looks like we’ve got
some visitors,” he said.
I looked around for a place
where King could sit and all I
could find was a straight-backed
chair in the extremely tiny office of
LI’s athletic director. B.B. settled
in and, for another hour, he greeted
the long line of people who wanted
to stop by and say hello. The only
artist I’ve ever seen who was this
generous to audiences was Emmylou Harris, who we brought to perform at the Fenton Chester Arena,
the following summer. But B.B.
King went further, connecting directly and warmly with whatever
people had to say. A local 12-yearold African-American boy, Isaac
Lindsay, waited in line with his
mom, Airie. Airie and Isaac
wanted to make contact with this
renowned black musician who had
started his life picking cotton in
dirt-poor rural Mississippi. Indeed,
B.B. King knew the grueling
world of relentless $5-a-day field-
work and, as a boy, he saw a black
man lynched by a white mob. Despite this, he was a man who expressed
enormous
joy,
compassion, and love, both won
and lost, in his music.
A good friend of mine, who had
recently split up with his wife, was
near tears when he stepped into the
LI coach’s office that February
night to shake hands with the King
of the Blues. “B.B.” he cried. “My
wife left me and it’s been six
months and I’m just finding it hard
to start over. What can I do?”
B.B. reached out and took my
friends hands in both of his. And
he looked up at him with unusual
empathy. “My friend,” he said,
“you’ve got the blues. And I know
of every word you speak. Tell me
about her.” And with that, my
friend told the story of his
courtship and marriage and his
years together with his wife. B.B
listened to every word as wellwishers waited in line. At the end
of my friend’s sad tale, B.B. leaned
in close to him.
“I hear what you’ve been
through,” he said. “but there’s only
one thing you can do. You’ve got
to empty your heart of the love you
feel for your wife. It seems impossible, I know, but you have no
choice. And you’ve go to do it
fully – you’ve got to empty every
drop – before you can open your
heart to the love of another. I know
it isn’t easy but take my word for
it.”
My friend nodded and shed a
few more tears. B.B. stayed with
him for these additional moments.
Then my friend walked out of the
building and into the night having
been deeply touched, musically,
spiritually, and emotionally by
B.B.King, the evangelist of the
blues and one of the true great
artists who has ever walked onto a
stage—anywhere.
This was a night to remember.
what was Bob McNally’s Town
and Country Restaurant. They
flirted with the waitresses and ordered every deep South dish they
could think of and expressed surprise it was not on the menu.
The concert was outstanding
and King had a compelling, infectious style that immediately connected him to his audience. His
signature song, “The Thrill is
Gone” was the highlight of the
show.
Before heading north for a show
in Montreal, King gave Ben Elliott, the Elliotts’ 9-year-old son,
one of his guitar picks.
Thirty years later, Lyndonville
and the Elliotts fondly remember
B.B. King.
The author was in attendance at
the concert.
sediment
clean lake.”
Sediment includes clay, gravel,
sand, and silt. It blocks about 60
feet of the dam’s 100 foot spillway.
A group of town officials, state
officials, Desrochers, and other experts visited the dam earlier this
month. The meeting minutes describe planned work.
“The permit is to remove sediment behind the West Barnet
Garage along the South Peacham
Brook back towards the lake so as
to expose the full line of the spillway of the dam,” minutes state.
“The process buys some time to
figure out the other backflow issues and time to think about what
to do in the future. It will essentially lessen the impact of future
rain or storm events.”
The amount of sediment being
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Focus
key priority action steps that can
help move their initiative forward,” Whitson said. “They will
consider action items that will advance their goals that are actionable and doable.”
Task forces will each develop a
resources list and confer with visiting experts provided by VCRD.
A chairperson will lead each
task force. Mike Welch, a former
St. Johnsbury town manager, is
chairman of the entire process.
“We welcome participation
from people who are interested in
any of the projects identified as
priorities,” Welch said. “It is important that people in the community who are passionate about
these issues get involved to iden-
tify and take responsibility to initiate specific action items that
move these projects forward.”
VCRD will be available for
guidance throughout.
Resident Sue Cherry, chairwoman of the St. Johnsbury Planning Commission, volunteered for
the warming shelter task force
along with nine others. She already
wants to expand its focus.
“We’re going to try to morph
that warming shelter into a full
housing discussion,” Cherry said.
She encourages more volunteers
for every task force.
“They’re looking for some people who want to roll up their
sleeves,” Cherry said.
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scious food items and blended ingredients into a healthy drink, he
commented, “There’s a lot of families here in the group who all depend on King for a paycheck.”
PHOTO BY TODD WEllINGTON
When the band had their preJoda Hodge, left, and actor Luis Guzman, right, prepare to be sworn in by Caledonia County concert meal, they showed up
Court Officer Tina Tuite Thursday.
across the street from the motel at
home. At that point he told me too Guzman.
2011 Assault
bad the gun stays. He said he
In 2012, Hodge was convicted
needed it for protection. At that
Continued from Page A1
point I told him I didn’t need him of simple assault by striking his
sworn in, Hodge suddenly changed to house-sit any further and asked landlord’s father, Thomas Soinihis mind.
him to leave with his gun and he nen, 69, in the head with a video Continued from Page A1
“You’re honor, could I go for said ‘fine.’”
camera, leaving him with a cut on
the first option…I mean, ah, the
One week later Guzman con- the back of his head at the house ing heavy rain events. It equals
second option?”
tacted Vermont State Police saying Hodge rented at 798 Wood Hill two dump truck loads per storm, or
“The second option?” re- he had received a disturbing text Road in Sutton on Feb. 19, 2011. roughly 13,050 tons since 1970, he
sponded the judge.
Hodge was sentenced to six-to- said.
message from Hodge about his
“If you dial this up on Google
“Yes,” said Hodge.”
dog. Guzman, citing safety con- 12 months, all suspended except
After asking a few questions cerns, requested assistance from for 60 days to serve on the com- Earth you’ll be able to see the
Guzman agreed to the alternate the Vermont State Police so he munity work crew, two years of plume,” Desrochers said. “Instead
resolution and the no contact order could go home and check on his probation and special conditions of of having something crystal clear
against Hodge.
probation including requirements like Crystal Lake or Willoughby
dog.
“And If he violates that?” Guzhe pursue mental health screening, Lake, you have turbidity at Harinjured dog
man asked the judge.
“On April 21 I received a text counseling and treatment and to vey’s Lake. I think it impacts property values. People like a nice
“Then you call the police,” said message from Joda that my dog take medicine as prescribed.
Manley.
Guzman has enjoyed a lengthy
needed a vet ASAP,” wrote GuzAfter the hearing, Hodge de- man in his complaint. “Upon ar- Hollywood career appearing in nuclined to say why he suddenly de- rival with the state police I found merous well-known films such as
cided to not testify and instead my dog badly injured with bleed- “Boogie Nights,” “Scarface,”
accept the no contact order.
ing wounds from a hatchet found “Crocodile Dundee” and “Lemony
“It’s complex,” said Hodge.
Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Continued from Page A1
in my kitchen.”
the gun
State police investigated the in- Events.” He’s also performed on velopment, or VCRD, which is
If the men had testified they cident but did not seek charges television appearing on episodes of sponsoring the free Community
would have been discussing Guz- after a veterinary report indicated numerous hit shows including Visit Process in St. Johnsbury. “We
man’s complaint against Hodge the injuries to Guzman’s dog were “Oz,” “Miami Vice,” “Fraiser” and would love any and all residents to
which became a public document consistent with a fight with another “Law & Order.”
join a task force to move priorities
on Thursday. According to Guz- animal and not the result of abuse.
On April 16, Hodge issued a forward.”
man, Hodge had been house- and
According to Guzman, Hodge press release promoting an April
Those interested may email
dog-sitting for Guzman while the then agreed to move out of Guz- 20 “gala event” at Catamount Arts Whitson at jenna@vtrural.org, call
actor traveled but the relationship man’s home but Guzman remained for his film “Departed Harvest.”
Whitson at 225-6091, or attend a
soured after Hodge brought a gun concerned about Hodge.
The release refers to the event as June 4 organizational meeting
into Guzman’s Sutton home on
“I believe Joda is a threat to my- a “VT Film Premiere: In Partner- from 6:30-9 p.m. at St. Johnsbury
April 14.
self and my family,” wrote Guz- ship With Luis Guzman” and in- School.
“Joda was acting very strange man. “I know for a fact that he has cluded photos of Guzman and
“On our community resource
agitated and had a hand gun in attacked other persons in the Hodge and a brief history of a day on June 4th, the task forces
front of him,” wrote Guzman in his past…I want to resolve this in business relationship Hodge will come together for meetings
complaint. “I express to him to order to avoid any escalation of vi- claimed to have with Guzman.
with skilled facilitators to identify
Joda I do not want any guns in my olence with Joda Hodge,” wrote
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Obama’s contentious trade bill clears key
hurdle, advances toward a final Senate vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a triumph for President Barack Obama,
sweeping legislation to strengthen the administration’s hand in global trade
talks advanced toward Senate passage Thursday after a showdown vote that
remained in doubt until the final moment.
The 62-38 vote, two more than the 60 needed, came from a solid phalanx
of Republicans and more than a dozen Democrats. But the decisive thumbsup came — literally, and long past the allotted time — from Democratic Sen.
Maria Cantwell of Washington after she and a few others seized the moment
as leverage to demand a vote next month on legislation to renew the ExportImport Bank.
“It was a nice victory. We’re going to continue and finish up the bill this
week,” Majority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Obama’s most important Senate ally on the trade bill, said after sealing the agreement that
Cantwell, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and others
had sought.
The Senate action to move toward a final vote was “a big step forward,”
Obama said at the White House, predicting that a trade deal would “open up
access to markets that too often are closed.” The president was up late
Wednesday night placing telephone calls to lawmakers, and he spoke with
Cantwell again shortly before the vote.
Final Senate passage would clear the way for a fierce struggle in the House.
After seizing Palmyra, Islamic State extremists
overrun ancient site, Syrian activists say
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Fears mounted over the fate of one of the
Mideast’s most prominent archaeological sites after Islamic State militants
overran the historic Syrian town of Palmyra, seizing control Thursday of its
temples, tombs and colonnades within hours.
The takeover also expanded the extremists’ hold, making them the single
group controlling the most territory in Syria.
“The Syrian regime appears to be in terminal decline, and the Islamic State
group in its timing is capitalizing on recent losses by government forces in
the north and south,” said Amr Al-Azm, an antiquities expert and professor
at Shawnee State University in Ohio.
The militants overran the famed archaeological site early Thursday, just
hours after seizing the nearby town in central Syria, activists and officials
said.
They also captured Palmyra’s airport and the notorious Tadmur prison,
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delivering a startling new defeat for President Bashar Assad, whose forces
quickly retreated. Hundreds of Palmyra residents fled the town of 65,000,
and many more were trying to escape, said Talal Barazi, the governor of central Homs province, which includes Palmyra.
Clinton’s State Department emails show her
corresponding with adviser about Benghazi
server while serving as secretary of state.
Blumenthal’s continued role was revealed in nearly 350 pages of emails,
published Thursday by The New York Times, about the 2012 attacks on the
U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Key surveillance powers set to expire if Congress
fails to agree on extension of Patriot Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and House leaders urged the
Senate on Thursday to take up a bill that would end the National Security
Agency’s collection of American phone records while preserving other surveillance powers set to expire June 1.
Senators are divided with that deadline nearing for the continued use of
counterterrorism provisions that law enforcement officials say are critical.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Democratic leader Nancy
Pelosi of California appealed for Senate consideration of the USA Freedom
Act, which their chamber passed 338-88 last week. The bill would end the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received monthly missives about the growing unrest in Libya from a
longtime friend who was previously barred by the White House from working for her as a government employee, according to emails received on her
personal account.
The messages show the role played
by Sidney Blumenthal, who was working for the Clinton family foundation
and advising a group of entrepreneurs
trying to win business from the Libyan
transitional government. Blumenthal repeatedly wrote dispatches about the
events in Libya to Clinton, who often
forwarded them to her aides at the State
Department.
Clinton’s earlier efforts to hire Blumenthal, who has spent nearly two
decades working for the Clinton family,
as a State Department employee had
May
been rejected by Obama administration
officials who said they feared his role
spreading harsh attacks against Obama
in the 2008 presidential primaries
would cause discomfort among members of their new White House team.
Clinton is the leading candidate for
the Democratic nomination for president, which has heightened the scrutiny
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NOTICE OF TAX SALE
The resident and non-resident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands
in the Town of Barton and the Barton Academy and Graded School District, municipalities located in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, are hereby
notified that the taxes assessed by the said Town of Barton, hereinafter sometimes referenced as Town; and Barton Academy and Graded School District,
hereinafter sometimes referenced as School, for the years 2013 and 2014, remain either in whole or in part unpaid on the following described land and
premises in said municipalities, to wit:
PARCEL NO. 1:
Name of Taxpayer: JAMES E. BALLARD
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Executor's Deed dated February 8, 2013 and recorded in Book 165, Pages 261-262
of the Town of Barton Land Records from Catherine Thibault-Cote, Executor of
the Estate of Helene B. Thibault, to James E. Ballard.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
TOWN - 2014
$368.17
PARCEL NO. 2:
Name of Taxpayer: CHRISTINE M. BEASLEY
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated May 13, 2004 and recorded in Book 126, Page 537 of the Town of
Barton Land Records from Michael J. Hunt and Kimberly A. Hunt to James
Beasley and Christine M. Beasley, the interest therein of the said James Beasley
having been decreed unto Christine M. Beasley by virtue of a Final Order Ancillary to Foreign Divorce issued by the Vermont Superior Court, Family Division
in the matter entitled Christine Beasley vs. James Beasley, said Order being
dated August 14, 2012 and recorded in Book 164, Pages 205-206 of the Town
of Barton Land Records.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
TOWN - 2014
$ 424.20
SCHOOL - 2014
$1,475.73
PARCEL NO. 3:
Name of Taxpayer: KIMBERLY S. BRANCHE
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated June 24, 2005 and recorded in Book 133, Pages 387-388 of the
Town of Barton Land Records from Stanley Dunklee to Kimberly S. Branche.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2013
$195.52
TOWN - 2014
$284.74
SCHOOL - 2014
$156.37
PARCEL NO. 4:
Name of Taxpayer: GORDON CHAFFEE & CINDY CHAFFEE
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated April 29, 1998 and recorded in Book 101, Page 318 of the Town
of Barton Land Records from Nicholas Ecker-Racz to Gordon Chaffee and Cindy
Locke, now known as Cindy Chaffee.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$309.69
SCHOOL - 2014
$695.72
PARCEL NO. 5:
Name of Taxpayer: RICHARD GATISON & MICHELLE M. GATISON
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated December 14, 2009 and recorded in Book 155, Page 160-161 of
the Town of Barton Land Records from Douglas R. Scott and Marjorie A. Scott
to Richard Gatison, Michelle M. Gatison and Roland D. Souliere, Jr., the interest
therein of the said Roland D. Souliere, Jr. having been conveyed to Richard
Gatison and Michelle M. Gatison by Quit Claim Deed dated April 27, 2011
and recorded in Book 159, Pages 699-700 of the Town of Barton Land Records.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
SCHOOL - 2014
$1,984.10
PARCEL NO. 6:
Name of Taxpayer: SHARON HUNTINGTON
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated December 18, 1997 and recorded in Book 100 Pages 355-356 of
Town of the Barton Land Records from Lance Cook to James Huntington, now
deceased, and Sharon Huntington, with the exception of such interest therein
as may have been conveyed by Easement Deed dated August 2, 2003 and
recorded in Book 124, Pages 610-611 of the Town of Barton Land Records from
James C. Huntington to Citizens Utilities Company.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$1,361.85
SCHOOL - 2014
$2,120.44
PARCEL NO. 7:
Name of Taxpayer: ANNA B. JANCI ESTATE
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated September 6, 1986 and recorded in Book 73, Pages 123-124 of
the Town of Barton Land Records from Carroll R. Larocque and Bonnie Larocque
to Anna B. Janci.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$ 459.17
SCHOOL - 2014
$1,554.59
PARCEL NO. 9:
Name of Taxpayer: JAMES MORSE
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Quit
Claim Deed dated November 6, 2012 and recorded in Book 164, Pages 527528 of Town of the Barton Land Records from Reginald C. Abbott to James
Morse.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$246.21
SCHOOL - 2014
$338.04
PARCEL NO. 10:
Name of Taxpayer: CORINNA NUTTING
Description of Property:
1982 Skyline Bluebird mobile home, 14' x 64', serial number 0465, located at
2589 Burton Hill Road.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
TOWN - 2014
$395.67
SCHOOL - 2014
$404.86
PARCEL NO. 11:
Name of Taxpayer: ALLEN NUTTING & CORINNA NUTTING
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated December 7, 2005 and recorded in Book 135, Pages 576-577 of
the Town of Barton Land Records from John H. Thetford & Associates, Inc. to
Allen Nutting and Corinna Nutting.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$605.17
SCHOOL - 2014
$852.96
PARCEL NO. 12:
Name of Taxpayer: MICHAEL J. O’ROURKE
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated October 31, 2007 and recorded in Book 146, Page 71 of the Town
of Baron Land Records from Alfred J. O’Rourke and Betty J. O’Rourke to Michael
J. O’Rourke and Kerry M. O’Rourke, the interest therein of the said Kerry M.
O’Rourke, now known as Kerry O’Neill, having been conveyed to Michael J.
O’Rourke by Quit Claim Deed dated April 12, 2012 and recorded in Book 162,
Pages 479-480 of the Town of Barton Land Records.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
TOWN - 2014
$ 413.34
SCHOOL - 2014
$1,365.92
PARCEL NO. 13:
Name of Taxpayer: SCOTT A. PRAY & KENDELL OGDEN
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated August 23, 2012 and recorded in Book 163, Pages 755-756 of the
Town of Barton Land Records from Bruce H. Conley and Janice C. Conley to
Scott A. Pray and Kendell Ogden.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015
TOWN - 2014
$200.77
SCHOOL - 2014
$231.55
PARCEL NO. 14:
Name of Taxpayer: SCOTT A. PRAY & KELLYE D. DOUGLAS
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated June 7, 2008 and recorded in Book 148, Pages 399-400 of the
Town of Barton Land Records from Duncan T. Cullman to Scott A. Pray and Kellye D. Douglas, with the exception of such interest therein as may have been
conveyed by Easement Deed dated August 25, 2008 and recorded in Book 149,
Page 110 of the Town of Barton Land Records from Kellye Douglas to Barton
Village Electric Department.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$1,204.73
$2,167.78
SCHOOL - 2014
PARCEL NO. 15:
Name of Taxpayer: DANIEL ROY & JAMES ROY
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated February 1, 2001 and recorded in Book 110, Pages 7-9 of the Town
of Barton Land Records from Jeannette Auger to Daniel Roy and James Roy.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$ 631.09
SCHOOL - 2014
$2,611.95
PARCEL NO. 16:
Name of Taxpayer: PHILIP N. SHEPARD, JR.
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated December 9, 2003 and recorded in Book 124, Pages 443-445 of
the Town of Barton Land Records from Thomas H. Schmidt and Virginia M.
Schmidt to Philip N. Shepard, Jr. and Judith A. Shepard, the interest therein of
the said Judith A. Shepard having been conveyed to Philip N. Shepard, Jr. by
Quit Claim Deed dated February 11, 2014 and recorded in Book 168,Pages
355-357 of the Town of Barton Land Records.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$ 970.42
SCHOOL - 2013
$1,546.91
SCHOOL - 2014
$1,666.62
PARCEL NO. 17:
Name of Taxpayer: HARRY SMITH, JR.
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Quit
Claim Deed dated February 1, 1961 and recorded in Book 51, Page 81 of the
Town of Barton Land Records from Beulah Lurvey to Harry J. Smith, Jr.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$420.50
SCHOOL - 2014
$522.78
PARCEL NO. 18:
Name of Taxpayer: HARRY SMITH, SR.
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated March 12, 1953 and recorded in Book 48, Page 241 of the Town
of Barton Land Records from Bernard R. Gray and Eleanor L. Gray to Harry J.
Smith.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$251.19
PARCEL NO. 19:
Name of Taxpayer: TELEPHONE OPERATING COMPANY OF VERMONT LLC
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Quit
Claim Deed dated October 13, 2009 and recorded in Book 155, Pages 7-10
of the Town of Barton Land Records from Verizon New England, Inc., formerly
known as New England Telephone and Telegraph Company to Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
TOWN - 2014
$244.30
PARCEL NO. 20:
Name of Taxpayer: TELEPHONE OPERATING COMPANY OF VERMONT LLC
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Quit
Claim Deed dated October 13, 2009 and recorded in Book 155, Pages 11-14
of the Town of Barton Land Records from Verizon New England, Inc. To Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$215.14
SCHOOL - 2014
$ 51.10
PARCEL NO. 21:
Name of Taxpayer: ALAIN VALLIERES & CINDY L. VALLIERES
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Quit
Claim Deed dated October 31, 2012 and recorded in Book 164, Pages 390391 of the Town of Barton Land Records from Yvan Vallieres and Marie H. Vallieres to Alain Vallieres and Cindy L. Vallieres.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
TOWN - 2014
$444.14
PARCEL NO. 22:
Name of Taxpayer: JASON P. WATSON & CAROLINE ANN WATSON
Description of Property:
It being all and the whole of the same land and premises conveyed by Warranty
Deed dated October 4, 2004 and recorded in Book 129, Pages 286-288 of the
Town of Barton Land Records from John H. Thetford & Associates, Inc. To Jason
P. Watson and Caroline Ann Watson, together with the 1970 Skyline mobile
home, serial number 5149, 12' by 60', brown, located thereupon.
AMOUNT OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY & YEAR
COLLECTOR’S FEES, INTEREST AND COSTS
TOWN - 2014
$683.27
SCHOOL - 2013
$495.58
SCHOOL - 2014
$674.57
And such lands and premises will be sold at public auction at the Barton Town
Clerk’s Office, 34 Main Street, Barton Village, Vermont, a public place within
said municipalities, on the 11th day of June, 2015, as per the following schedule:
PARCEL NO. 1 - 9:00 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 2 - 9:03 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 3 - 9:06 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 4 - 9:09 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 5 - 9:12 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 6 - 9:15 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 7 - 9:18 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 9 - 9:24 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 10- 9:27 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 11- 9:30 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 12- 9:33 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 13- 9:36 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 14- 9:39 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 15- 9:42 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 16- 9:45 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 17- 9:48 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 18- 9:51 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 19- 9:54 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 20- 9:57 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 21- 10:00 A.M.
PARCEL NO. 22- 10:03 A.M.
unless such taxes respectively assessed against the aforesaid properties, together with costs, interest and fees, shall have been previously paid.
Pursuant to Title 32, Section 5254 (b), Vermont Statutes Annotated, an owner
of property being sold for taxes may request in writing, not less than twentyfour (24) hours prior to the tax sale, that only a portion of the property be sold.
Such request must clearly identify the portion of the property to be sold, and
must be accompanied by a certification from the district environmental commission and the Barton Town zoning administrative officer that the portion identified may be subdivided and meets the minimum lot size requirements. In the
event that the portion so identified by the taxpayer cannot be sold for the
amount of the unpaid tax and costs, then the entire property will be sold to pay
such unpaid tax and costs.
Taxpayers of the Town of Barton and Barton Academy and Graded School District are further advised of their right to have a hearing before the Town of Barton Board for the Abatement of Taxes in accordance with the provisions of Title
24, Section 1535, Vermont Statutes Annotated. Taxpayers wishing to have such
a hearing must contact the Barton Town Clerk to request such a hearing.
Dated at the Town of Barton, Vermont, this 13th day of May, 2015.
ATTEST: Colleen Cloutier, Tax Collector, Town of Barton and Barton Academy
and Graded School District
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Police and federal agents searched Thursday
for a welder suspected in the slayings of a wealthy construction executive,
his wife, their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper inside their Washington
mansion last week.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said “just about every law enforcement
officer across the country” is on the lookout for Daron Dylon Wint, 34, a native of Guyana and former Marine now wanted on charges of first-degree
murder in the killings of his former employer, Savvas Savopoulos.
Investigators were questioning Wint’s girlfriend in Brooklyn, but his
whereabouts remained unclear, according to two law enforcement officials
who were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press
on condition of anonymity.
Another housekeeper told the AP
she believes that the family and their
housekeeper were held captive for
nearly a day before they were killed,
citing an unusual voice mail she got
from Savopoulos and a text message
sent from the phone of his wife,
Guildhall School
Amy, 47, telling her not to come to
Wednesday, May 27
the house.
Also slain before the house was
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set
on fire was the couple’s 10-yearFor more information contact:
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son, Philip, and housekeeper VePrincipal Cheryl McVetty
ralicia Figueroa.
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GUILDHALL
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
MILLER’S RUN SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015
12:45-2:00 PM AT THE MILLER’S RUN SCHOOL
For all children living in Sheffield and Wheelock, VT
who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2015.
Parents, please bring copies of your child’s birth certificate,
immunization records and proof of residency.
Please call 802-626-9755 for details.
TOWN OF NEWARK
OFFICIAL NOTICE
CHANGE OF APPRAISAL NOTICES
HAVE BEEN MAILED
Grievance hearings will be held at the town office on:
June 5, 2015, Friday
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
June 6, 2015, Saturday 9:00 am to 10:30 am
BY APPOINTMENT – CALL: 802-467-8357
ACCEPTING BIDS
The Walden School Board is accepting bids for the repair and
reroofing of a modular building.
Scope of the work to include but not limited to:
• Removal and disposal of existing ductwork and insulation.
• Installation of new cellulose insulation in the attic space.
• Strapping and installation of steel roof.
A file with job specs is available by contacting the school.
Walden School
135 Cahoon Farm Road – West Danville, VT
802-563-3000
Bids will be opened at the June 2, 2015 Walden School Board Meeting.
NOTICE TO BARNET RESIDENTS & TAXPAYERS
BARNET TRANSFER STATION/RECYCLING CENTER
SUMMER HOURS 2015
The hours of operation of the Transfer Station/Recycling Center for the period of May
27, 2015 through September 2, 2015 shall be as follows:
Wednesdays: 3-7 PM
Saturdays: 8 AM-3PM
This facility is for the disposal of waste generated by residents and taxpayers within the
Town of Barnet. A sticker is required for use of this facility, and can be obtained at the
Barnet Town Clerk’s Office or at the Transfer Station. The Town Clerk’s Office also has
a listing of items that are acceptable for recycling.
Fees for disposal of household refuse shall be $1.00 for a 13 gallon bag, $2.00 for a 30
gallon bag, $3.00 for a 42 gallon bag, $5.00 for a 55 gallon bag, or $15.00 per cubic
yard. There is no charge for disposal of recycling.
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NEW ENGLAND
Vermont Man Becomes Keeper Of Cousin’s Purple Heart
WORCESTER, Vt. — Paul
Pike never knew his namesake
but now is keeper of the man’s
legacy for whom he accepted the
Purple Heart on Thursday.
Pike accepted the medal at a
ceremony in Worcester to honor
his cousin who died in the Battle
of the Bulge during World War
II.
School children looked on as
Pike was given the framed Purple
Heart and other medals his
cousin earned during the war.
The soldier Pike was killed
weeks after he wrote home to his
parents telling them he was going
to the front line. The Purple
Heart was given to his family
decades ago but ended up in the
possession of the Worcester Historical Society in the town where
he grew up and is now buried.
“He was my father’s cousin,”
said the 68-year-old Pike, who
lives in Roxbury. “He must have
been quite a fellow because my
father didn’t suffer fools gladly.
He named me after him.”
A member of the 75th Division, the soldier Pike was killed
Jan. 20, 1945. He was first buried
in a national cemetery in Europe.
But his parents brought his remains home to Worcester in
1947, the younger Pike said. The
Thursday
was
ceremony
arranged by the Worcester Historical Society and the group
Purple Hearts Reunited.
Historical Society member Audrey Richardson said she first
heard from the younger Pike
about a year ago when he called
the town clerk after Memorial
Day asking that his cousin’s
grave be decorated with an
American flag. At first she didn’t
believe there was a second Paul
Pike.
“I remembered his dad when
they used to come to visit the
Pikes,” Richardson said.
Richardson said the Historical
Society was looking for a Memorial Day project to do with the
Report suggests decrease in
occupational injuries, illnesses
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire health officials have
released a report suggesting there’s a decrease in occupational injury
and illness rates in the state over the years.
The report finds that from 2000 to 2012, there were 160 work-related fatalities in New Hampshire. There were over 171,000 workrelated emergency department hospital discharges for people age 16
and older for the same time period.
But for three years, 2007 through 2010, New Hampshire’s rate of
a cancer of the lining of the lung associated with asbestos exposure
was significantly higher than the national rate. The report said years
of ship building and asbestos exposure in New Hampshire may have
contributed to the higher incidence rates.
The report says more than 53,000 workers were employed in high
mortality risk occupations as of 2012.
older students in the town elementary school. She discovered
Purple Hearts Reunited when she
went online looking for some
way to honor Pike, one of two
Worcester men killed during the
war.
Purple Hearts Reunited was
started by Vermont National
Guard Capt. Zacharia Fike, who
has made it his mission to return
Purple Heart medals to the people who earned them or their descendants.
Since he began his mission
three years ago, the organization
has returned more than 150
medals to the relatives of the
people who earned them. The organization now has about 400
medals they are trying to return.
“It symbolizes a young man or
woman who took that oath, who
stepped up for us so that we
could be a free nation,” Fike
AP PHOTO
said. “We owe it to them to never
Paul
Pike,
left,
of
Roxbury,
Vt.,
looks
at
a
Purple
Heart
and
other
medals
earned
by
his
father's
cousin,
forget, ever, because we
wouldn’t be here taking that also named Paul Pike, who was killed during World War II, that he was presented on Thursday in
Worcester, Vt. Audrey Richardson, partially hidden, of the Worcester Historical Society, watches during
breath if it wasn’t for them.”
a ceremony arranged by the society and the organization Purple Hearts Reunited.
REGION
BRIEFS
School evacuated due to unknown odor,
some students get sick
HILLSBORO, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say Hillsboro-Deering High
School in New Hampshire has been evacuated due to an unknown odor in
the building. At least two students said they felt sick Thursday morning and
ambulances were called, but by midday, no major illnesses or injuries were
METHUEN, Mass. (AP) — Police say a man and a woman have been reported. WMUR-TV reports the Central New Hampshire Hazardous Maaccused of leading them on a chase from New Hampshire into Massachu- terials team responded to the school. Superintendent Robert Hassett said the
setts.
incident started in the science lab. The school was closed for the day.
WMUR-TV reports the chase started Wednesday afternoon at an Epping
supermarket. Police ordered the man out of the car, but the car took off. Police
pursued it through Exeter and Brentwood, then eventually into Massachusetts.
SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Police have identified the driver in a fatal crash
Capt. Randy Haggar of the Methuen Police Department said an officer
that
happened over the weekend in Salem, New Hampshire. Police said 56drew a gun and ordered the two out of the car, but that they refused and tried
year-old
Steven Morin of Haverhill, Massachusetts, died in the crash Saturto keep driving. Haggar said he blocked their way with his police cruiser.
Police identified the passenger as 33-year-old Michael Meucci of Lowell, day night on the Interstate 93 Northbound Exit 1 off-ramp. Police
Massachusetts, and the driver as 37-year-old Lisa Lundstrom of Concord. It investigating the crash say speed and alcohol may be contributing factors.
was not immediately known if they had lawyers.
2 arrested after chase from New
Hampshire into Massachusetts
Driver identified in fatal crash over
weekend in Salem
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