CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 CALEDONIANRECORD.COM ESTABLISHED 1837 SPORTS 75 CENTS ST. JOHNSBURY Sox Get Past Rays ST. JOHNSBURY Board Chair Ducks Manager Questions PAGE B1 Local Man Horses Around Town PAGE A3 PAGE A3 SUPERIOR COURT ST. JOHNSBURY HOCKEY PARENTS RESCUE DOG GIVES FACE TO COMPETING CANINE LAWS CHARGED IN FIGHT “She’d had three owners by the time I got her when she was nine months old,” said Anderson. “I put her in the kitchen and left the cage door open so she could come and go at will. For six months that’s how we lived - she didn’t come near me and I left her alone. Until one day she got up in my lap and said, ‘I love you.’ And then the bond was made at that point.” Anderson had already been on the lookout for a service dog to be her companion through anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress issues. When she approached the Vermont Agency on Aging to see if Koko could become a service animal, everyone was surprised by the little dog’s natural abilities in that area. “Most time they’ve got to be trained to do what she did, but she did it naturally without any training. See Koko, Page A6 By LEah CarEy Staff Writer The state Legislature is going to the dogs – and so is a local woman. In the past two months, two competing bills have been presented to name a state dog in the Vermont Legislature. Local Sen. John Rodgers, D-Essex/Orleans, has sponsored a bill to make the beagle the state dog. That was shortly followed by a proposal by Rep. Job Tate, R-Rutland/Windsor, to honor rescue dogs with the state title. St. Johnsbury resident Beverly Anderson wouldn’t have a hard time deciding which bill to support – her constant companion for the last 11 years has been a rescue Chihuahua named Koko. Dad Accused Of Punching 13-Year-Old, Mom Of Kicking Intervenors In Groin By jEnnifEr hErSEy CLEvELanD Staff Writer NEWPORT CITY — Parents of a young hockey player allegedly continued a battle from the ice to a Jay Peak Resort hotel complex in January, with the dad accused of punching a 13-year-old boy in the head and the mom accused of kicking men – who tried to break up the fight – in the groin. Mother Laurie Parks, 43, of Carp, Ontario, is also alleged to have encouraged her son to fight teen hockey players from the U.S. after her son made racist comments to one player. Both Laurie Parks and her husband Shawn Parks, 45, of Carp pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor See fight, Page A6 Koko LOCAL PHOTOS BY JEN HERSEY ClEvElAND Laurie Parks VEC LINEMAN RESCUES CAT FROM POWER LINE ‘Cat Whisperer’ Able To Rescue Cat From Top Of High-tension Pole Shawn Parks By roBin Smith Staff Writer LYNDONVILLE LED INKS LABOR DEAL Linemen, Foremen To Get Three-year Raises HIGHGATE — Everyone knows that if a cat is stuck in a tree, you call the fire department. But who do you call if a cat is stuck on top of an electric pole? Your local electric cooperative, of course. And now, a lineman with Vermont Electric Cooperative, which serves members in Orleans and Essex counties, is being called the “cat whisperer” for rescuing one very black, very scared kitty from the top of a utility pole in Highgate Center on Monday. It was a close thing, VEC CEO David Hallquist said Tuesday. “That cat was so close to the primary line, if it even stood up, it would have died.” VEC got the call Monday at about noon in the Highgate Center area. System Operator Melanie Butler said a neighbor told her about of a cat perched precariously on top of a pole connecting one of the co-op’s high-powered, three-phase electric lines, according to VEC spokesman Lisa Morris. vEC PHOTO Vermont Electric Cooperative lineman Shawn Juaire cradles a black cat in his tool bucket that he rescued Monday from a high-tension power line in Highgate Center. Now they call him The Cat Whisperer. Butler reached out to the Richford field office and learned that all their bucket trucks were already at work in the field, so she contacted VEC’s Grand Isle field office and reached line worker Shawn Juaire of Grand Isle, who was in the shop waiting while his partner finished some training off-site. Juaire had his bucket truck at the ready but knew that he needed a partner to operate the bucket. Gerald Gates from Richford arranged to meet him at the pole at the corner of Gore and Tarte roads in Highgate Center. When the linemen arrived there about an hour See Cat, Page A6 PHOTO BY JAMES JARDINE Lyndonville Electric Department lineman Justin Lemieux monitors a pole digger as the LED crew prepares to install a new power line pole in downtown East Burke Tuesday afternoon. VERMONT See LED, Page A6 INSIDE VOL. 177, NO. 182 HEALTH CHIEF: EXCHANGE COST PUSHES $200 MILLION By DavE Gram Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — As the state’s health care reform chief was about to address lawmakers Tuesday on Vermont’s trouble-plagued health insurance exchange, his computer presentation couldn’t get started. “Once again, we’re talking about Vermont Health Connect, so we’re having technical issues,” joked Lawrence Miller, health care reform chief for the administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin. The brief holdup was far less severe than the issues dogging the state’s health insurance exchange since its launch in October of 2013. Miller’s main mission Tuesday morning was to affix an updated TODAY: Mostly cloudy, possible snow shower late © T HE C ALEDONIAN -R ECORD Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . B8 Entertainment. . . . . . . B6 For the Record . . . . . . A2 Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . B1 Television . . . . . . . . . . B7 HIGH: 43 LOW: 23 Details on Page A2 NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK $ 18,155,668,945,007 Population: 320,160,613 Your share: $56,708.00 “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. price tag to a system still lacking key pieces that would make it fully functional. As of Dec. 31, the state had spent more than $126 million of federal dollars on Vermont Health Connect; by the end of this year, it’s expected to spend $72 million more, Miller said. Meanwhile the promise that consumers would be able to go on the Vermont Health Connect website and file a “change of circumstance” when they switch jobs, have a child, get married or divorced and the like has not been met. Currently, consumers have to call and talk to Vermont Health Connect staff members, who record the changes manually. State officials say they believe they’ll have that problem fixed by the end of May. But Miller was much less definitive about when Bodies Recovered From Site Where Two Helicopters Crashed, Killing 10, Including French Olympians ––––– Midday Kidnapping Attempt Caught On Video In Small Town ––––– Obama Clamps Down On Federal Student Loan Servicers, Calls For More Borrower Rights Page A9 & 10 REGION Lyndonville Trustees met in executive session during a Special Meeting Monday night to consider a three-year contract with the Lyndonville Electric workers. The Trustees emerged from the executive session and approved, 4-0, a three-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Works, Local 300. The agreement was approved on Friday, March 6, by the LED workers. LED’s six lineman will receive an 80 cents per hour raise each year for three years. The linemen will also receive a three percent salary increase for each of the next three years. The four non-union employees that are classified as clerical and management will receive a three percent pay raise this year, but the raise only covers this year. The non-union workers do not benefit from the 80- cents per hour pay raise or from the IBEW three-year contract. According to LED General Manager Ken Mason, a first class lineman earns $31.45 per hour while the line foreman NATION By jamES jarDinE Staff Writer another big problem with the website will be corrected: its inability to allow enrollment by small businesses that were originally have supposed to sign up by January of 2014. That was the start date for businesses with up to 50 employees; in the interim, they’ve been signing up directly with the two insurance carriers offering coverage through the exchange, Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health Care. Miller made clear that those small businesses still won’t be able to sign up during the traditional open enrollment period in late fall. Meanwhile, a state law passed in 2011 says the next larger block of businesses — those with between 50 and 100 employees — are supposed to be See Exchange, Page A6 Jury In Boston Bombing Trial Sees Photos Of Writing In Boat ––––– Man Arrested In Home Invasion; 93-year-old Woman Tied Up Page A7 & 8 Scan For Mobile Web Access www.caledonianrecord.com/m Black Cyan Magenta Yellow CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow A2 THE RECORD • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 FOR THE RECORD OBITUARIES LINDA WILLSON CUSHING 1947-2015 Linda L. Cushing of Waterford passed away at home on Sunday afternoon, March 8, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born at home on the farm in Waterford on Sept. 28, 1947, the daughter of Dean and Eula (Hall) Willson. Her husband George passed away in 2013. The Cushings lived in Newbury village from 1965 til 1990 when they built their log cabin in Waterford on Hale Road. Linda was active in the Newbury community; she ran the business side of their Newbury Garage automotive business; she did cleaning at several area homes, worked part-time at the Newbury Post Office and at the hot lunch program at the school. At Christmas time she baked hundreds of dozens of cookies and banana breads and delivered them all around the community. Over the years she had a passion for collecting Coca Cola memorabilia. She loved looking for Coca Cola items and telling the stories behind each treasure she found or received as a gift. She is survived by two daughters: Patti Valley of St. Johnsbury, Christine Tillotson of Waterford; four grandchildren: Christopher Valley of St. Johnsbury; Katie Tillotson of Monroe NH, Samantha Tillotson of Monroe NH,, and Kari Tillotson of Waterford; great-grandson Camden Tillotson of Monroe NH; sister Dorothy Dodge and husband Fred of Haverhill NH; sister-in-law Dorothy Willson of Waterford; brother-in-law Harry Cushing and his wife Sandy; brother-in-law James Cushing and his wife Rebecca; Sister-in-law Linda Whitehill and husband Bud; Sister-in-laws Doreen Delano, Katherine Cushing, Betty Mace, and Patricia Carle, nieces, nephews, her beloved dog Reba, and her Maple Grove family. A celebration of Linda’s life will be observed on Saturday March 14th at the Waterford School from 11 am to 2 pm. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the Newbury Volunteer Fire Department, c/o John Renfrew, PO Box 236, Newbury VT 05051. Memories and condolences may be shared privately online at www.saylesfh.com. MILDRED A. MORTON 1933-2015 Mildred A. Morton, 81, of Franklin, Vt., passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans. She was born in Newark, Vt. on July 22, 1933 the daughter of the late Melvin & Ida (Austin) Howard. Mildred was a resident of Franklin most of her life. She worked as a cook at the Bowling Alley Restaurant at Lake Carmi and as a clerk at the Franklin General Store for many years. Mildred taught Sunday School and was the former superintendent of the Sunday School Program at the Franklin United Church. Mildred loved to read, go for rides as well as going out to eat. She especially loved to spend time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Cornforth and her husband Bradley of Highgate; her son, Ivan Morton of Sunnyside, Wash.; her grandchildren, Christopher Cornforth his wife Tanya of Jericho who are expecting a great grandchild, (an event Mildred was very excited about), Justin Cornforth of Essex Jct., and Meghan Cornforth of Highgate; Susan & Amy Morton; her daughter-in-law, Dorothy Morton of Savanah, Ga.; her sister, Evelyn Cryans of Littleton, N.H.; many nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Mildred was predeceased by her husband, Clifford Morton; her son, Richard Morton; her sister, Alberta Simpson Bushey; her brothers-in-law, Andrew Cryans & Oscar Simpson. Besides her parents, Mildred was predeceased by her husband, Clifford Morton; and her son, Richard Morton. In keeping with Mildred’s wishes there will be no funeral services at this time. A celebration of life to be held at the Franklin United Church will be announced at a later date. For those who wish, contributions in Mildred’s memory may be made to the Haston Library, P.O. Box 82, Franklin, VT 05457 or to the Franklin Fire Dept., P.O. Box 172, Franklin, VT 05457. Messages of condolence may be sent to Mildred’s family on-line through www.spearsfuneralhome.com. DOWNER’S FUEL LLC Call Us & Save Get More Oil For Your Buck Senior Citizen and Volume Discounts NEWS BRIEFS KATHLEEN B. (BUCKINGHAM) PAIVA Kathleen B. (Buckingham) Paiva, 85, of Lyndonville and formerly of Vineyard Haven, Mass., died on Monday, March 9, 2015, at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury. She was predeceased by her husband Louis F. Paiva in 1994 and is survived by her daughter, Patricia Paiva-Vanderhoop, her son-in-law, Edwin Vanderhoop and grandchildren: Paresa, Mary and Anthony Vanderhoop of West Burke. Kathleen’s funeral mass will be held on Saturday, March 14, at 10 a.m. in St. Augustine’s Church on Martha’s Vineyard officiated by Fr. Thomas Lopes with burial following in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Vineyard Haven. Donations may be made in her memory to the Commission for the Blind, 600 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111. Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, Edgartown Road, Oak Buffs. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for online guest book and information. Local Forecast Today: Partly to mostly cloudy, a rain shower or mountain snow shower possible. Highs in the low to mid 40s. West to northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, gusting to 30 mph. Tomorrow: Partly sunny. Colder, with highs in the mid to upper 20s. Winds continuing from the northwest at 10 to 15 mph, and gusting to 30 mph. Extended Forecast: Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 5 below to 5 above. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Saturday: Mostly cloudy with snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Highs in the mid 30s. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy with snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Lows in the mid 20s. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely. Highs in the lower 30s. Daily Weather Highlights One more relatively mild day lies in store, as temperatures make it back into the 40s today, but a series of cold fronts dropping through from the northwest will make things more like winter than spring by tomorrow, with windy conditions and highs in the 20s and 30s, thanks to northwest flow between low pressure over Newfoundland and cold high pressure over Ontario. Temperatures could drop into the single digits tomorrow night – maybe even to around zero in the cold hollows – as high pressure drifts overhead. Much less windy and slightly less cold conditions will follow for Friday. By Saturday, surface low pressure will be moving northeastward out of the Ohio Valley. Widespread precipitation will be the likely result. Determining precipitation type at this stage is more difficult, but it looks like it will be some kind of rain/snow mix, with rain more prominent in the valleys, and snow more prominent in the mountains, and with the bulk of the precipitation occurring from Saturday afternoon through Saturday night, says Lawrence Hayes of the Fairbanks Museum weather station. CONDITIONS AT 4 P.M. YESTERDAY Cloudy TEMPERATURE Temp. at 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Maximum past 24 hours . . . . . .50 Minimum past 24 hours . . . . . .23 Yesterday’s average . . . . . . . . .37 Normal average . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Maximum this month . . . . . . . . .50 Minimum this month . . . . . . . .-18 Maximum this date (1977) . . . .63 Minimum this date (1939) . . . .-13 HUMIDITY 32% DEWPOINT 20 WINDS 17 mph, 25 max . . . . . . . . . . .SSE BAROMETER 30.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Falling PRECIPITATION New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00 in. Total for Month . . . . . . . . .0.20 in. Normal Total . . . . . . . . . . .0.81 in. SNOWFALL Past 24 Hours . . . . . . . . . . .0.0 in. Monthly Total . . . . . . . . . . . .3.6 in. Season Total . . . . . . . . . . .86.5 in. Season Norm To Date . . . .72.5 in. Snowpack . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.5 in. ALMANAC Sunrise today . . . . . . . . .7:08 a.m. Sunset today . . . . . . . . .6:48 p.m. Length of day . . . .11 hrs. 40 min. DEGREE DAYS Average temp. difference below 65° Yesterday* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 To date since July 1 . . . . . . .6627 To date last year . . . . . . . . . .6610 * calculated for the day before yesterday PUBLIC MEETINGS East HavEn Select board, Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m., town clerk’s office. Elect chair, highway matters, animal control, recommend fire warden, appointed officers, select newspaper, other. A109. Reorganize board, public comments, financial report, superintendent’s report, old, new, other business, executive session if needed. st. JoHnsbury Select board, Wednesday, Morgan March 11, 5:30 p.m., Pomerleau School board, Thursday, March bldg. Public comments, town man12, 5 p.m., NCSU office, room ager search update, other business. In Memoriam The Numbers In Memory of LUCKY FOR LIFE (Monday) 6-18-23-31-43; lucky Ball: 6 DAILY PICKS (Tuesday) Day Draw: Pick 3: 9-4-5; Pick 4: 1-6-2-1 Evening Draw: Pick 3: 1-8-1; Pick 4: 6-4-2-6 JASON WEBBER, JR. December 22, 1995 ~ March 11, 2002 Must Have Cash, Credit Card or Good Check 603-747-2865 or 603-667-3055 ALSO OFFERING OFF-ROAD FUEL Owner: Gary Downer Love your family Periodicals postage paid at St. Johnsbury, VT, Post Office, 05819. Published daily except Sunday, New Years, Thanksgiving and Christmas by The Caledonian-Record Pub. Co., Inc., P.O. Box 8, 190 Federal St., St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, Tel. 802-748-8121. Publication (USPS-083020). Postmaster send address changes to: The Caledonian-Record Pub. Co., Inc., 190 Federal St., P.O. 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The Caledonian-Record assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising but will reprint that part of any advertisement in which the typographical error occurs. Advertisers will please notify the management immediately of any error which may occur. Black Cyan Magenta Yellow Police looking for driver that struck pedestrian, kept going LYNDONVILLE — Police are looking for a driver of a Jeep that struck a pedestrian and didn’t stop in Lyndonville. Police said 25-year-old Joel Boucher of Lyndonville was walking south on the edge of the northbound lane of Broad Street in front of Passumpsic Bank. The dark-colored Jeep, which was traveling north, struck him at about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday. Boucher suffered injuries to the left side of his body. State Police ask anyone with any information regarding this incident to call the Vermont State Police 802-748-3111 or NEK Crime Stoppers at 748-2222. Sutton woman charged with embezzlement at convenience store LYNDON — Vermont State Police say a Sutton woman stole $4,000 from the M&M Beverage Store in Lyndon last month. Catherine Manchester, 40, a former employee at the store, was cited into court on a charge of embezzlement after state police investigators discovered the money was missing on Feb. 14. Manchester is scheduled to answer the charge in Caledonia Superior Court on May 11. Catherine Manchester Police investigating St. Johnsbury Subway burglary ST. JOHNSBURY — Police are investigating a burglary at the St. Johnsbury Subway restaurant at 189 Railroad St. this past weekend. St. Johnsbury Police said the burglary occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday and that employees of the store arrived at 7:30 a.m. and found that someone had entered the store through a window and removed safes and cash. Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact Detective Sgt. Lester Cleary at 748-2314 or call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 748-2222. Skier and snowmobiler rescued after separate North Country incidents CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say a hiker and snowmobiler were rescued after separate requests for assistance came in at about the same time. Officials say crews were called to the Avalon Trail in Crawford North at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report a skier had passed out. Personnel from Twin Mountain Fire and Rescue hiked about a third of a mile into the woods and transported the skier, 59-year-old Steven Leavitt, of Intervale, out of the woods. He was taken to a Littleton hospital for treatment of a medical condition. Meanwhile, a second call came in at about the same time for a snowmobile crash along the Base Road at Bretton Woods. The 58-year-old snowmobiler, Yin Wong, of Boston, suffered an arm injury. Vt. House gives energy bill final passage MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont House has passed and sent on to the Senate a bill that could resolve criticism that a current state program used to promote renewable energy double counts its results. The measure passed Tuesday by the House ends a current program that has allowed power from Vermont wind projects and other renewable sources to be both counted as meeting state goals and then to sell renewable energy credits out of state. The bill calls for Vermont to set up its own requirement that utilities get a specific percentage of their power from renewable sources — increasing to 75 percent by 2032. It also allows utilities to help customers weatherize their homes and install cold-weather heat pumps to reduce carbon emissions tied to heating. Green Mountain Power solar project honored by industry RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Green Mountain Power says a Rutland solar project it is helping to build has been honored by the solar power industry. Vermont’s largest electric utility says the Stafford Hill Solar Farm has been awarded the 2015 Project of Distinction Award from the Solar Energy Industries Association and the Solar Electric Power Association The award for GMP and the company groSolar was presented recently at a trade show. The Stafford Hill Solar Farm is said to be the first project to establish a micro-grid powered solely by solar and battery storage, with no fossil fuels. GMP says Stafford Hill power can be stored and used to power an emergency shelter at Rutland High School in the event of weather-related power outages. Police: Man steals $5,000 guitar, leaves another behind BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police in Burlington are looking for a man who walked out of a music store with a guitar worth over $5,600, leaving behind another guitar. Police believe the man left Advance Music with a black guitar case containing a Taylor acoustic guitar Monday afternoon. The guitar left behind appears to a pink, red and white paint-splatter design with this message on the back: “We have fought a long and bitter war. Together, forever, our souls will soar. Forever my love, C.” The man was described as being in his late 20s to early 30s with medium-length brown hair and beard. He’s about 6-foot-1 and 180 to 200 pounds. He was wearing sunglasses and a black and red beanie. Anyone with knowledge of the guitar owner is asked to contact police. New York man gets 4 years in Vermont heroin conspiracy case BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a 37-year-old New York man is going to spend four years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base in Vermont. Prosecutors say Joe Young of the Bronx was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss. Prosecutors say that federal agents searched a Winooski home a year ago and arrested Young after he was found to be in possession of heroin and crack cocaine that he and others intended to sell. Prosecutors say the drugs had been brought to Winooski by a courier hired by Young who took a bus to Plattsburg, New York. The courier was transported to Winooski at Young’s direction. Young pleaded guilty in November. CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow THE RECORD • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 A3 LOCAL EVIDENCE LOCK-UP BREAK-IN SUSPECT DENIES MORE BURGLARIES Bail Raised To $50,000 By jEn hErSEy CLEvELanD Staff Writer NEWPORT CITY — The suspect in the theft of guns and drugs from the evidence storage room at the Newport City Police Department is facing a total of 12 felonies and four misdemeanors after being arraigned on several counts related to a string of burglaries in Lowell and Troy in Nov. and a burglary in Newport City in Feb. On Tuesday, Mikeal Rivers, 19, of Newport City saw his bail raised to $50,000 after pleading not guilty to three counts of burglary of an occupied dwelling, three counts of burglary, two counts of unlawful trespass into an occupied residence, and two counts of unlawful mischief. That’s in addition to the charges related to the Feb. 8 break-in at the police station, in which Rivers is accused of stealing two handguns and 52 bags of heroin. In that case Rivers pleaded not guilty to counts of burglary, obstruction of justice, grand larceny, possession of heroin, providing false information to police and narcotics possession. Newport officers were unaware of the break-in of their evidence room, which is located in the basement of the municipal building, until field supervision unit officers found evidence bags at the home of probationer Tyler Glodgett, 19, of Newport. In requesting increased bail, Deputy State’s Attorney Christopher Moll noted the added danger in burglarizing places when people are home, “such as it engenders use of lethal force.” Moll said the state is seeking substantial jail time, upwards of 80 years if the sentences were served consecutively. Rivers’ attorney Gertrude Miller said Rivers would like to be released into a drug treatment facility, but Moll said the state would oppose that unless the facility is secure enough to prevent Rivers from fleeing. The new offenses allegedly took place on Nov. 23 on the Cross Road and Rt. 100 in Lowell and Troy and on Feb. 8 in Newport. In the string of burglaries in Low- ell, Rivers allegedly confessed to police that he and Tyler Benoit, 19, of Newport City, broke into a fix-it shop and one residence while riding in a stolen car. In that case, the suspects made investigating the string of burglaries much easier on police by leaving either physical evidence or items stolen from earlier burglaries at each crime scene. Benoit and Rivers became the main suspects after citizens identified them from surveillance video from a break-in at Flash’s Fix-it in Lowell, a business owned by Andre Tetreault. “… you got me,” Rivers allegedly said to police after viewing the video himself. Rivers allegedly left his own blood behind at burglary scenes as well as at the police station after cutting himself during the commission of the crimes. A subsequent buccal swab from Rivers’ mouth confirmed that the blood collected from the fixit shop matched his DNA. Benoit is being held on $25,000 bail as well after pleading not guilty to attempted burglary, burglary of an occupied residence, aggravated operation of a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, and violating conditions of release. the affidavits In February - the same day as the evidence theft - Kardena Chilafoux returned from work, heard a noise in her bedroom, and saw a young man run across her bed and dive through a window, according to officer Richard Wells’ affidavit. Glodgett was standing outside, but said he didn’t recognize the burglar. Sgt. Sean Selby followed tracks in the snow to a Second St. home, where he located Glodgett, John Duprey, 20, and Rivers. Glodgett was questioned on Feb. 9 about a different matter and confirmed that the man who’d run out of Chilafoux’s home was Rivers. Glodgett has not been charged in relation to this case. In Lowell, Tetreault reported that $700 in cash had been stolen from his business and had the suspects on video breaking a window to enter the building, where Rivers allegedly cut himself on glass. Just down the street, Calvin Allen and Juanita Tetreault reported that when they awoke Nov. 23, they discovered that someone had stolen an iphone 5, three packs of Pall Malls, an expensive watch, $300 worth of electric cigarettes, a purse, a wallet ST. JOHNSBURY and a back pack. The stolen items as well as cash - is worth approximately $4,000. Sgt. Andrew Jensen responded to a complaint from Alanna Whittier in Troy regarding a suspicious car abandoned in a back yard. Leah Frost reported the vehicle stolen from Newport City on Nov. 19. Whittier said two her of ATVs, which would be recovered at the Newport Town School and at the junction of Highland and West End Avenues, had been stolen from her garage. From the stolen car, Jensen collected a blood sample as well as items stolen from Juanita Tetreault and chewing tobacco taken from Merle Crawford’s home. Someone broke into two homes belonging to Crawford, but one was unoccupied and there was nothing to take. At the second, however, Crawford was missing $100 worth of items, but was now in possession of a pink notebook with Frost’s entries recorded. And Kenneth Dufour was now in possession of Crawford’s empty prescription bottle, but was missing a $100 pair of binoculars. Sgt. Michael LaCourse investigated a complaint at Clifton Willis’ house, where Willis said someone took gasoline out of his Jeep and left blood on his garage door jamb. The following day, Anthony Brault from Brault’s Meat Market said someone had rummaged through a truck in his parking lot, leaving behind a pack of Pall Mall’s matching the ones stolen from Juanita Tetreault. 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Expires 03/31/2015 BOARD CHAIR DODGES QUESTIONS ABOUT TOWN MANAGER SEARCH $ More Secret Meetings Held In Process By tayLor rEED Staff Writer Following a secret session held during their regular meeting Monday, the select board scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Pomerleau Building in order to issue a “town manager search update.” The agenda also includes “public comment” and “other business.” The special meeting’s precise purpose, though, is unclear. Selectman Kevin Oddy, board chairman, won’t talk about it. He declined Tuesday to detail the meeting’s intent and whether or not selectmen plan to appoint a new manager. “You know I can’t answer those questions,” Oddy said. “All of them need to be answered in a public session. That is what Wednesday is about, answering questions.” Selectmen initiated the manager search process last year by contracting with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns for services like advertising, applicant ranking and background checks. The league collected about 30 resumes and submitted them to selectmen. Selectmen turned over resumes to the St. Johnsbury Town Manager Search Committee, which pinpointed 10 finalists for recommendation to selectmen. The search committee included resident Dan Kimbell, resident Cindy Robillard, Selectman Jamie Murphy, outgoing Town Manager John Hall, and former selectman Alan Ruggles. Selectmen narrowed the applicant pool to four finalists and conducted interviews. The successful applicant will be paid $65,000 to $85,000 depending on experience, according to selectmen. The current town manager, Hall, earns about $75,000 annually. Hall is scheduled to vacate the manager’s position when his contract expires in April. 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Submit rebate by 4/30/15. Rebate by prepaid debit card or apply to an active Owner Advantage Rewards® account. CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow A4 THE RECORD • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 Todd M. Smith, Publisher OPINION Dana Gray, Executive Editor Editorial Comment … Right of Fools Last week a small group of undergraduates at the University of California Irvine voted to ban the American flag from the lobby of student government offices. On a 6-4 vote the “Associated Students” group removed the flag because, they said, it was a symbol of “colonialism and imperialism.” They wanted to foster a “culturally inclusive” space and the flag, according to resolution leader Matthew Guevara, “not only serves as symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism, but also constructs cultural mythologies and narratives that in turn charge nationalistic sentiments.” Guevara explained the flag “has negative and positive aspects that are interpreted differently by individuals,” and that “freedom of speech, in a space that aims to be as inclusive as possible can be interpreted as hate speech.” Sure it can. Which is why it’s so good that smart people like Guevara are around to ban potentially offensive symbols and/or censor speech that might hurt someone’s feelings. Or… just a thought here… maybe Guevara could learn to appreciate the idea of personal freedom - for which the flag actually stands. In that case, he might come to consider himself blessed to live in a country that tolerates his misguided antics and provides him the freedom to say childish, inflammatory things without fear of reprisal from his government. At any rate, on Saturday the publicly-funded school overrode the vote following a tsunami of angry comments from alums, students, legislators, administrators and veterans. And we doubt we’ll hear from Guevara again until Bernie Sanders hires him to handle propaganda for his Presidential campaign. In My Opinion… MAKING PROGRESS IN MONTPELIER strengthen Vermont’s As we head into the energy innovation second half of this year’s leadership, create over Legislation session, it’s a 1,000 jobs, save Vergood time to evaluate the monters a net of $275 progress that has been million on our energy made in the two months costs, and reduce our since the session began. In January, I laid out a By Gov. PEtEr greenhouse gas emissions at the same number of priorities to ShumLin time. keep Vermont moving I am pleased that forward that included cleaning up Lake Champlain and the legislation being considered other waterways, investing in by the House Health Care Comclean energy to create jobs and mittee contains priorities that save people money, addressing align very closely with the ones I the Medicaid cost shift to save in- laid out in January. There is broad dividuals and businesses on ris- consensus that we need to ing health care premiums, strengthen primary care to imworking to reduce school spend- prove health care quality and acing to relieve the property tax cess for Vermonters, and that we burden on hard working Vermon- must address the Medicaid cost ters, passing economic develop- shift to begin to fix a broken sysment initiatives to help Vermont tem that drives up private insurbusinesses continue to grow jobs, ance premium rates on Vermont and developing a balanced businesses and individuals. These budget that sets the state on a are not easy tasks, but we must sound fiscal footing going for- do them if we are to have a more ward. While we still have lots of affordable, accessible health care work ahead, I am encouraged by system going forward. The House Education Comthe progress we have made on mittee has made an important these priorities thus far. Already, two House commit- start by passing a bill that intees have approved a comprehen- cludes many of the ideas that I sive proposal to help clean up put forward in January and those Lake Champlain and its tributar- of other lawmakers that will be ies. Combined, the House and debated in the months ahead. Senate have taken hours of testi- Lawmakers of all parties have mony on this subject, and the made good on the promise to adLegislature has already made un- dress rising property taxes by lisprecedented, tri-partisan progress tening to all ideas and creating an to provide the appropriate tools atmosphere of collaboration that and resources to improve the will be key to making progress state’s water quality. We know on this issue. Together, I am our economic vitality and quality hopeful that we will pass legislaof life are inextricably linked to tion to help districts control eduthe health of our natural environ- cation spending, strengthen ment, and I am very encouraged academic offerings, and ensure that all parties are collaborating their schools are able to provide to make real progress on this the best education for our children at a price taxpayers can afproblem that affects us all. When it comes to clean en- ford. When it comes to economic ergy, the House last week gave overwhelming initial approval to development, we are working tolegislation that will grow jobs, re- gether to build upon the innovaduce energy costs for Vermon- tive Vermont Economic Growth ters, and make tremendous Incentive (VEGI) program by progress in our efforts to fight cli- broadening participation and mate change. We’ve made in- making it easier for businesses to credible progress growing a clean expand and create jobs. Just last energy economy in Vermont, year VEGI awarded $4.7 million which currently supports over that will help create 708 new full15,000 jobs. The legislation the time jobs, generate $15.3 million House is set to pass will See Progress, Page A5 Letters to the Editor… Not again! to the Editor: While practicing dentistry in New Jersey for 40 years I became very involved in the fluoridation issue at both the local and state levels. I am dismayed to see that after 70 years of drinking water fluoridation followed by volumes of scientific support, the dental profession still has to defend the truth about this health issue. First, fluoride is a commonly occurring element in nature. Antifluoridationists have convinced themselves that this fluoride is different than what is added to water supplies. Totally impossible! Second, critics like to point out that the fluoride compound added to your water is rat poison. True! It is! HOWEVER, at the dilution of approximately 1 part per 1,000,000 as recommended, it no longer exists as a compound (freshman chemistry.) The sodium ions and the fluoride ions are happily flying around by themselves. The fluoride ions are picked up and added to the hard tissues like teeth, making them far more resistant to acids whose source is all that sugary stuff you eat. Third, the critics claim that the rat poison accumulates in the body. Through the years I have repeatedly asked for some evidence of rat poison anywhere in bodies of people who drink fluoridated water. Never got a straight answer. Only deflecting comments. Fourth, warfarin is an anticoagulant that thins the blood to prevent clot formation in people who have had a stroke or heart attack, for instance. Guess what? Warfarin is a powerful RAT POISON! My question: How many antifluoridationists take lifesaving warfarin (Coumadin) with no objection? Frank Landry, DDS St. Johnsbury, Vt. Not embarassed to the Editor: I write in reply to the Editorial of Thursday, March 5, 2015, which stated that “we” are embarrassed by our two Senators who chose not to attend the speech by Benjamin Ne- tanyahu to the joint session of Congress. I disagree with the Editorial opinion, and am in no way embarrassed by our Senators, Leahy and Sanders. In fact, I am embarrassed by the actions of John Boehner and his Republican minions who chose to act completely outside the boundaries of our governmental system. Most of what they do and/or have done since President Obama took office has been done to politicize, divide, and only contribute negativity so that Obama is seen, in their eyes, as a failed President. I think their action in subverting the Executive Branch is reprehensible. Netanyahu should also be held accountable for accepting to speak in such a divisive, subversive setting. It accomplished nothing to help the volatile and difficult mid-east situation. I respect and fully support the actions of our Senators Leahy and Sanders. Edward Ryan Barnet, Vt. East Haven School budget to the Editor: The front page story of Friday, March 6th regarding the East Haven School Budget stated that the 2010 budget was $250,000.00 more then the recently defeated budget. While this is true it doesn’t give the complete picture. One might wonder if the implication of that budget fact was that this year’s budget therefore should have passed since it was lower. The residential tax rate in 2010 was $1.4908. This included the school, town and highway tax rate. Thus a property with a Grand List of $1,057.00 had a tax bill in 2010 of $1,575.78. In 2014 this same residential property with the combined tax rate of $1.6811 had a tax bill of $1,776.92. With the most recent budget of $677,526.00 taxes on this same property would be $2,171.29 with the projected tax rate jumping 37 cents to $2.0542, an increase of almost $400.00 in one year. Some taxpayers with a higher Grand List would see an increase of doubling or even tripling this increased amount. Yes you read that correctly—doubled or even tripled. It is recommended that all taxpayers take the time to multiply their Grand List figure times the total projected tax rate to get an estimate of what they could be facing for a tax bill when it arrives this year. Remember, absentee-early ballots will be available as usual. One does not have to give a reason why they chose to vote absentee. Franklin R. Higgins East Haven, Vt. Lincoln’s Ice Castle to the Editor: I own commercial properties on the Main Street and have been doing business in Lincoln, NH since 1986. I would like to commend the Clark Family, owners of the Hobo railroad and the Town of Lincoln. They have successfully attracted a world class attraction called the Ice Castle. It’s a huge facility made entirely out of ice. It’s a perfectly located at the Hobo Railroad directly off Interstate 93. The Hobo Railroad has a massive parking lot and is well maintained and organized. The Ice Castle attracts tourist other than skiers, hikers, and campersfolks who have never stepped foot before in Lincoln! These tourists also visit our local gas stations, restaurants and retail stores. Furthermore, the Ice Castle is something that people of all ages can enjoy. Can a Sand Castle be built for the summertime!? Sincerely, Herbert Lahout Sugar Hill, N.H. those who have served or are now serving our country in the Armed Forces by asking them to stand and be recognized for their sacrifices in defense of our nation’s freedom. Ask those present to come forward or remain standing to lead their town meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag. Give special thanks and recognition to our aging population of WWII Veterans and to the Korean and Vietnam era Veterans, many of whom were never properly thanked when returning home. My hope is that towns will make this recognition an annual tradition. Thank you to those who have recently done so. I urge more towns to do the same in 2015. A thank you for their service will make their day. We can’t thank them enough. John O’Brien Orford, N.H. Big banks in Vermont to the Editor: The State of Vermont has a $112 million deficit in large part because they won’t stop paying Wall Street. Wall Street is no different than the mob. As the Bank of England admits in a new paper entitled, “Money Creation in the Modern Economy”, money is nothing more than an IOU, and it is created by the banks, not from the substance of deposits. I may be quoting exaggerated numbers or possibly understating them, but a substantial portion of our state budget currently goes to paying the interest on the debt service to Wall Street. A few years ago I heard that number floated as 80 million per annum. What is a conservative? Does the meaning of a Vermont conservative describe the political will to thieve from the working people and send their value to the Big Banks? Conservatives here in Vermont who to the Editor: value the prosperity of their neighDear Town Moderators, bors and hard workers, ought to stop Town meeting day presents a enabling theft through sending intergolden opportunity to recognize the est payments to Wall Street year after service men and women in our year rather than instructing our local Towns. Please consider honoring See Letters, Page A5 Honoring our Veterans on Town Meeting Day Michael Reagan Do citizens have a lobby? I’m beginning the sympathize more and more with the average man who thinks the system is rigged against him. The current unemployment rate in California, where I live, is 5.4 percent. This is almost a full percentage point higher than the unemployment rate for the nation as a whole. So you can imagine how the average unemployed Californian feels when he reads that the state Employment Development Department in Sacramento has hired citizens of India to process Golden State unemployment claims. According to News10, “with the exception of two managers, everyone inside the office is from outside of the U.S. They are employed by Deloitte, a major U.S. IT company hired by the state to create and manage its Unemployment Insurance Modernization project. The mostly Indian nationals are allowed to work here under a visa program called H-1B.” Computerworld reports “Information technology workers at Southern California Edison (SCE) are being laid off and replaced by workers from India. Some employees are training the H- 1B visa holding replacements, and many have already lost their jobs.” That’s really pouring salt in the wound. First the company makes you train the foreign workers replacing you then, after you’re fired, more foreign workers process your unemployment claim. It’s no wonder that millions of Black Cyan Magenta Yellow unemployed Americans have simply given up and stopped looking for a job. In these two instances STEM workers (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) have been displaced by H–1B visa holders. By law these visa holders are only supposed to be used to fill jobs that can’t be filled by US citizens. Instead in many instances they replace US citizens. In reality the only law that influences H–1B visa holders is the economic law of supply and demand. The more of these workers US companies can import, the lower the wage scale for STEM workers will be. That’s why News10 points out tech companies spent $14 million in 2013 lobbying Congress for more low–paid foreign workers. Microsoft is laying off 20,000 employees, yet Bill Gates demands Congress increase the number of STEM workers allowed to come to the U.S.. Even the Prime Minister of India is getting into the act. PM Narendra Modi asked President Obama during his trip to India to “loosen the restrictions on the H1B program.” Maybe that’s why Sen. Jeff Sessions (R–AL) points out that 75 percent of the US citizens with STEM degrees aren’t working in STEM jobs. The average American competing against lower–priced imported labor doesn’t have anyone lobbying for him. And unfortunately taking care of your citizens first and dealing fairly with domestic workers doesn’t seem to be a priority with Congress or business. ©2015 MICHAEl REAgAN CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow THE RECORD • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 LOWELL: CELL TOWER IN VILLAGE CENTER GETS ACT 250 PERMIT Neighbor ‘Disgusted’ At Decision By roBin Smith Staff Writer LOWELL — A cell tower will be erected in the middle of Lowell village over the objections of several neighbors. The District 7 Environmental Commission issued an Act 250 permit Monday for the T-Mobile Northeast LLC tower. The 140-foot “monopole” tower and nine antenna will be located off Route 100 in the town center. The permit includes the tower itself and the supporting access road, fencing, cables and equipment. One of the neighbors, G. Ashton Warner Sr., called it “disgusting” and “unbelievable” that a cell tower will be built in the center of Lowell. The commission noted that T-Mobile sought other sites and looked at shorter towers, but none would provide the coverage area needed. The Lowell mountain wind project site was not an option, the commission stated. The commission found, using the so-called “Quechee” standards for development, that the cell tower would not have an “undue adverse impact” on the rural residential area, clearing the way for the permit approval. The town center is strung out along Route 100. The 450-foot wind turbines are not visible from the proposed cell tower site. The commission stated in the findings of fact that the tower will have an adverse impact because some people, including neighbors Warner and Ed Wesolow, would find it shocking. They both were parties under aesthetics in the commission’s hearing. However, the commission stated, the tower “is not shocking and offensive to other people, namely the commission, the applicant, and the Letters Continued from Page A4 banking experts to get a banking license and keep that interest home for the public. Chris Dehlia is the face of the big banks in Vermont. He’s a familiar and friendly-looking face always present in the halls of our legislature, however he is the personification of Wall Street’s vacuum siphon firmly lodged in the Vermont’s State budget. Of course he represents the local banks too, but they are struggling, selling out, shutting down. Gee, do you need to wonder? Remember, the world’s population has 2.5 % on average of psychopaths at any given moment. By psychopaths one means persons with zero capacity for compassion, zero inclination towards selfless acts for the good of all, zero ability to feel the volunteer representatives from the municipal fire department.” “The project will have an adverse effect on the scenic or natural beauty of the area, however the adverse effect on the scenic or natural beauty is not undue,” the commission stated in its findings. Signing the decision were Chairman Eugene Reid and commissioners Keith Johnson and Nicole Davignon. “This is an unbelievable decision,” Warner stated in an email Tuesday. He hoped to retire in a house he is renovating near the fire station property and where the cell tower will be erected. “Just imagine building a 140-foot cell tower in the middle of your town. Act 250 is supposed to protect Vermont landscape,” he wrote. “Disgusting.” The project site was chosen because it enables T-Mobile to provide customers service from one tower. Company officials, in testimony to the commission, stated they have tried to co-locate antenna on other towers or site a tower on a silo. However, in Lowell that is not available. And Moose Mountain Forestry, the owner of the Lowell wind project where 21 turbines are located on Lowell Mountain, rejected the idea of having the cell tower there. Another alternative site, proposed by Warner, does not provide the coverage area that T-Mobile needs, according to the commission. A shorter tower won’t provide the coverage either. The tower will be wholly or partially visible from the properties of Warner and Wesolow, although landscaping will soften the visibility, the commission stated. Warner and Wesolow could appeal the permit to the Superior Court, Environmental Division. pain or heartache of others, zero interest in the welfare of others. A psychopath can appear happy, be gorgeous, be obviously intelligent and charmingly suave. They can be infused and surrounded by the sleek trappings of wealth and likely they wear a suit with style. Political and economically powerful people are known to be self-serving and ruthless, the world’s psychopaths have found a natural fit in the halls of power. They are smart enough to speak the script suggesting that they look out for working people. Elizabeth Warren now opposes auditing the Fed, showing that she too plays the game without altering the outcome. VEDA pegs a living wage at 21 dollars an hour. Why isn’t everyone making it? Ask a psychopath. Are we too stupid to see that everyone can have enough money for personal dignity (as soon as we replace our psy- A5 Orleans Superior Court All information is taken from Orleans Superior Court files. Pierre Capron, 40, of West Charleston pleaded not guilty to a felony count of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor count of simple assault. He was released on several conditions Feb. 24, including one forbidding contact with victims Holly Fields and Jody MacFarlane. Fields and MacFarlane had been celebrating New Year’s Eve at the Lake House Saloon in Barton and were just about to leave when out of nowhere, Capron punched Fields in the head, continuing to punch him on the floor, and knocking him unconscious, according to Trooper Debra Munson’s affidavit. When MacFarlane tried to pull Capron off Fields, Capron punched her in the head, leaving her dizzy and with a lump on her head, Munson wrote. Both suffered concussions, and MacFarlane was also diagnosed with a facial contusion. Fields believed Capron attacked him because Capron owes him $800. Capron said he didn’t wish to speak with Munson, but asked her to make sure his injuries scratches on his head - were photographed. Capron is facing a count of possession of heroin and had been convicted in the past of burglary, prohibited sexual acts and sexual assault of a minor. The state dismissed a count of possession of cocaine against Jamil scott, 34, of Bridgeport, Conn. Jeffrey Ellam, 35, of North Troy pleaded guilty Feb. 18 to leaving the scene of an accident with property damage resulting and received a suspended sentence of six to 18 months. Ellam must serve 15 days on a work crew, complete the reparative board process, engage in substance abuse screening and treatment if needed, and abide by a curfew established by his probation officer. At 5:30 a.m. on May 18, 2014, Troopers Callie Field and Amy Borsari responded to a crash on Bear Mt. Rd. in Newport Center, where they found a truck in a hay- field. The truck smelled of burnt marijuana, Field wrote. Complainant Charles Hammond said he’d heard the crash at 2:30 a.m. but didn’t report it until he noticed that the truck took out his fencepost and cow fence and damaged his field. The truck also damaged Francis Chaput’s hayfield. The troopers went to the home of the registered owner of the truck, and when Christian Thomas opened the door, “the odor of burnt marijuana came wafting out of the apartment.” Ellam was in bed and admitted crashing the truck, but said he didn’t know what caused the crash. He also had no clue where the truck had crashed. Ellam said he’d been drinking since the crash. When Borsari asked what he’d been drinking, he replied, “from a bottle,” Field wrote. Ellam had cuts on his face and hands. When the troopers asked why he didn’t report the crash, Ellam replied, “I have 72 hours.” Ellam paid both farmers back for their losses. amanda russin, 37, of Burlington pleaded guilty Feb. 17 to petty larceny and received a sentence of four to five days on the work crew. On Oct. 5, 2014, Kevin Hayes purchased cigarettes, lottery tickets, and food - for a total of $27.50 - from Cumberland Farms in Newport, forgot his bag after fixing himself a hot dog, and found the bag missing when he returned. Video footage showed Russin taking it, according to Newport City Police officer Nicholas Rivers’ affidavit. bradford Earnest, aka Ernest, 41, of Newport City pleaded not guilty Feb. 13 to a felony count of escape from furlough. Bail was set at $50,000. According to Newport Probation and Parole officer Tyrel Kerr’s affidavit, Earnest had been released on conditional re-entry status after being convicted of grand larceny, possessing a regulated drug, and burglary. Despite attempts to locate him, Earnest had not been seen since Nov. 10, 2014. ST. JOHNSBURY NVRH CEO PAUL BENGTSON NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED Paul Bengtson, NVRH CEO has been nationally recognized by receiving the 2015 Grassroots Champions Award. The award is given through the American Hospital Association in conjunction with each state’s hospital association. One hospital leader from each state is honored for his or her work over the previous year in effectively delivering the hospital message to elected officials, helping to broaden the base of community support for hospitals and tirelessly advocating on behalf of patients, hospitals and communities. “Paul has been a strong voice for Vermont’s hospitals and for his community in Northeastern Vermont for more than two decades,” said Bea Grause, President and CEO of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS). “His intense dedication to collaborating with healthcare and community organizations in the Northeast Kingdom to improve Vermonters’ quality of life is impressive. This dedication, combined with his compelling and enthusiastic ability to communicate the importance of that work to elected leaders, have made him an effective and respected grassroots leader.” Jim Newell, Chair of the NVRH Board of Trustees said, “There is no more deserving recipient of this award than Paul. He works endlessly on behalf of patients, hospitals and communities, both nationally and locally. We thank him for his devotion to improving the health of the population we serve, and his dedication to our hospital’s mission.” Bengtson will receive the award at an upcoming state hospital association event. chopathic monetary system with a humane one)? What are you afraid of, the psychopaths? I’m not. I am afraid of stupidity, yours to be exact. Our socio-economic health outcomes can only be improved when the monetary system we use rewards the joyousness we are capable of, rather than the psychopaths amongst us. C’mon, Earth deserves our imagination. (Links to substantiate the letter: Money creation in the modern economy from the Bank of England: www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/quarterlybulletin/2014/qb14q102.pdf Regarding psychopathism: www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/ 08/as-many-as-12-million-americans-are-sociopaths.html www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/bl og/2012/07/24/how-will-the-99deal-with-70-million-psychopaths/ According to Wikipedia, the DSM IV-TR gives the prevalence of psychopathy as 3% in males and 1% in females. (http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ant…) The DSM IV-TR was published in 2000, but I have no reason to think the numbers have changed much since then. The DSM is produced by the American Psychiatric Association, and I believe their prevalence numbers are for the U.S. population. Regarding E Warren’s non support of audit the fed bill from the wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2 015/02/10/sen-warren-opposesaudit-the-fed-bill/ ) Emily Peyton Putney, Vt. Progress FARM • BUSINESS • HOME • AUTO Paul Bengtson Continued from Page A4 in new payroll, and $136 million in investment in Vermont. Making it so more Vermont entrepreneurs can access this program will grow jobs and economic opportunity for all. Lastly, as we face one of the most difficult budgets in recent memory, we are working closely with the Legislature to craft a balanced approach to align Vermont’s spending with revenue growth so we are not back here year after year facing the same problem. This will not be easy and it will require us all to make difficult decisions, but I am committed to balancing the budget thoughtfully and in a way that does not simply raise more money to fix this year’s gap without real, long-term cuts to put us on a more stable fiscal footing going forward. On these and other issues, we’re making strong progress on priorities that will grow jobs and make Vermont a more affordable place to live. 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The fire department was called out at 1 a.m. and arrived to find the two-story wooden building fully engulfed in flames. It took about two hours before the fire was knocked down enough for firefighters to gain entrance into the apartment to the rear of the building where they believed someone was living. No one was found, LeClair said. Newport Police Department officers helped firefighters track down the owner, who is Alice Kelley, and the tenant, who was not at home at the time of the fire. The apartment in the front of the building was not occupied and has not been for a while, LeClair said. It was stressful to fight a big fire not knowing if anyone was inside, LeClair said. “We were relieved to find out,” he said. The fire was stubborn and hard to put out, having got into the walls and the attic. The firefighters tried to get in to see if anyone was there, but could not, LeClair said. “The fire pushed us out.” The injury came when the building began to collapse in on itself, LeClair said. The first and second floors have collapsed into the cellar. Responding to the fire were 21 firefighters, the Newport Ambulance Service and local American Red Cross officials, who provided drinks and help for firefighters. Newport did not call out any other departments. Cottage Street, near St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church on Prospect Street, is very narrow, and there was barely room for the department’s four trucks. The fire was hard to put out. Firefighters had to stay on Cottage Street to make sure the fire was out until 10 a.m. LeClair said he spoke with the state fire marshal who after hearing about the damage decided not to come and inspect the building. No one was at home at the time and there is so much damage that it would be very difficult to narrow down the cause, LeClair said. It is not suspicious in any way, he said. LeClair believes that the owner has insurance. LITTLETON VOTERS OK GARAGE, REJECT BOARD EXPANSION By roBErt BLEChL Staff Writer LITTLETON, N.H. — Littleton voters approved a new $1.3 million public works garage, said ‘no’ to expanding the selectboard, and narrowly rejected the $500,000 article for the river district. Although the numbers were unofficial Tuesday night, the river district article asking voters to raise $500,000 in bonds to match at least $2 million in state and federal grants to upgrade infrastructure in the river district mustered 584 votes in favor and 396 against, making for a 59.5-percent majority vote, but failing to reach the 60percent super-majority it needs to pass. It was undetermined Tuesday if the article will go to a recount. The $500,000 would not be used until the town secured at least four times that amount in grants. After the ballots were counted, River District Redevelopment Commission member Dave Ernsberger said, “This was an important vote. A lot of people worked hard on this and it’s an important project for the continued success of the town.” The commission and town will come back at it again, if that’s what’s needed, and hope the project still has encouragement from state and federal agencies, he said. The article asking for the new highway garage, which also needed a 60-percent super-majority, passed with 64 percent of the vote, at 627-351. Rejected in a 310-629 vote, was the article asking residents to expand the current three-member board of selectmen to five members. Also failing, in a 408-561 vote, was the article asking voters to raise $34,449 to restore a permanent full-time librarian position at the Littleton Public Library. The article asking voters to increase patrol officer staffing was rejected, too, with 418 in favor and 544 opposed. By a 784-196 margin, voters approved an ordinance banning the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana, a mix of chemicals police officials said pose health concerns. Anyone found in violation of the ordinance will be fined $5,000, with each day a violation occurs constituting a separate offense. In a 611-352 vote, residents passed a town operating budget of $8.064 million, which carries an estimated tax rate impact of $6.56 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Voters also approved the four articles asking them to raise several hundred thousand dollars for the reconstruction of portions of High Street, Grove Street and Knight Avenue and also authorized the town to accept a $559,080 grant to repair the sidewalk along Cottage and Pleasant streets. The article asking residents to raise $40,000 for river district land acquisition passed 548-423. And while voting down a restored librarian position, voters did vote to raise $17,500 for library restroom and sewer repairs. Selectman Milton Bratz, facing no challenger, is now embarking on his second term. On the Littleton School District warrant, voters, by a 817-123 margin, approved a 2015-2016 school year operating budget of $16.337 million. They also approved a two-year collective bargaining agreement for support staff that carries a $4,854 increase in the 2015-2016 fiscal year and $35,131 increase in the 2016-2017 year. After no one signed up before the candidacy filing deadline to put their name on the ballot for the one vacant seat on the Littleton School Board, former school board members Alan Moberly and Millie Nelson launched write-in campaigns. A total of 278 write-in votes were cast, but had to be counted separately and it was undetermined at press time which of the two candidates emerged the winner. NEW HAMPSHIRE LOCAL TOWN MEETING ROUNDUP Lisbon votes to hire town administrator budget” to account for the reductions. The initial voice vote was inconclusive, leading to the first hand vote, which was tied at 41. After some procedural confusion, a second hand vote was called. That vote resulted in a 40-40 tie. The paper ballot came down at 45 yes, 44 no, prompting moderator Bill Mead to say the paper ballot was the right way to go. The reduced budget passed easily. Lisbon voters approved a general operating fund budget of $1,963,690 which will be offset by a surplus $150,000. The approved budget includes funding to hire a part-time town administrator. “What we’re hoping for is three days a week,” said selectman Stephen Knox of the new position. Lisbon previously had a town administrator but transitioned away from that in 2012 when it hired an outside firm to handle administrative Lyman voters passed the town’s duties. proposed $383,547 municipal budget and $220,390 highway budget Tuesday as well as agreed to put $50,000 into a highway equipment capital reserve fund and $25,000 into a highway bridge replacement and repair The Franconia town meeting had capital reserve fund. barely gotten off the starting blocks They also created a $5,000 continwhen it ground to a halt thanks to two gency fund and funded $3,000 totied hand votes and a one-vote vic- ward a property revaluation capital tory by paper ballot. reserve fund, $2,500 toward and ofAt issue was a 3.5% ($54,000) re- fice equipment reserve fund. duction to the town’s budget proThe town did not pass a resolution posed by a group of citizens who had calling on the New Hampshire Govcreated what they called a “shadow ernor and Legislature to reform edu- Lyman voters pass all budgets Franconia voters conduct tightly contested meeting LED Continued from Page A1 earns $33.45 per hour. According to Mason, by the end of the three-year contract, the LED crew will be brought up to the level of the other small utilities in Vermont, but the LED crew will continue to be paid less than electric crews for the state’s larger utilities. Mason pointed out that the LED crew have many years of service with LED. The Chief of the linemen has worked at LED for 25 years. The newest 1st class linemen started at LED six or seven years ago. Most of the LED work force has been with LED for 10 years or more, Mason added. David Rivers, the IBEW Local 300 shop steward said Tuesday morning, “the negotiations went well.” He said “it was a fair agreement for both sides,” adding that the contract was an effort “to try and get ourselves up in line with other utilities.” Rivers added LED pay puts LED linemen “in the low one third cation funding to lower property taxes. James Trudell was reelected selectman, Les Poore and Brian Wohlleb were both reelected to the planning board, Michael O’Brien and Patricia Slavtcheff were both reelected to the board of adjustment, Sandra Moscicki was reelected to as trustee of funds along with newly elected Nancy Landry Haverhill passes money articles Haverhill voters Tuesday at annual town meeting overwhelmingly voted to approve the proposed $3,995,817 general budget despite opposition from Selectman Roderick Ladd. Residents also approved every special appropriation request and voted 10-122 against gating Airport Road. Residents also approved setting aside $150,000 for a highway construction fund. Staff Writers Todd Wellington, Leah Carey, and Andrew McGregor contributed to this report. See complete coverage in Thursday’s edition. of utilities in Vermont.” A spokesperson for Green Mountain Power, the state’s largest utility, said a first class lineman at GMP earns $38.33 per hour. Mason, who represented the Village of Lyndonville during contract negotiations, was joined by Bill Humphrey representing LED management. Mason said all other components of the contract, such as health care and retirement, remain largely unaffected by the new contract. Koko Continued from Page A1 And she wanted to, no one made her,” Anderson said. “Whenever I’d get upset and crying, she would come and console me and she wouldn’t leave my side until she did something funny to make me laugh. And then she’d come get in my lap and look at me to make sure I was okay. And then she would lick me on the nose to say, it’s okay, I love you. She wouldn’t stop until she had achieved that goal.” Sadly, after 11 years together, Koko developed cancer. She went through two major surgeries at Western Avenue Veterinary Clinic in St. Johnsbury to remove growths, but they continued to return. During one of those surgeries her heart stopped. But even in the midst of a life-threatening situation, the little rescue dog had a thirst for life. “She was dead for up to two minutes without breathing,” Anderson said. “They gave up. They were trying to decide who was going to give me the news when suddenly one of the nurses felt her breathe. They said, ‘No way! It’s been over two minutes!’” Despite the vet’s warning that Koko would probably have brain damage after two minutes without oxygen, Anderson said she was just as sharp and spunky as ever. “They said it was nothing short of a miracle.” Koko’s luck finally ran out when she passed away on Dec. 9, 2014. Anderson still gets very emotional when she speaks of it now, three months later. “She meant everything to me,” Anderson said. “I don’t care Cat Continued from Page A1 later, they saw the black cat still crouched on the center of the pole. A move in any direction could have meant electrocution or a deadly fall for the little critter, and they knew that they would need to approach the cat – not to mention the electricity – cautiously, Morris said. Juaire put on his protective gear, and Gates sent him up in the bucket. First, Juaire needed to secure the line, so he put some rubber on the Exchange Continued from Page A1 able to sign up through the website beginning next year. Miller appeared to leave open the possibility that if funds run short, businesses may never sign up through the Vermont Health Connect website, and instead continue dealing directly with Blue Cross and MPV. Fight Continued from Page A1 counts of simple assault and were released on conditions forbidding contact with victim B.H. Shawn Parks is also forbidden from consuming alcohol. The couple was cited to appear for arraignment two weeks ago, but “waived” their arraignments. “Where are your clients?” Judge Timothy Tomasi asked. Attorney Jordan Handy, who was filling in for Mark Kaplan, said his clients had waived all court appearances, given that they live nine hours away. “That’s not exactly how it works,” Tomasi said. Without a stipulation from the state - which there was not – defendants must show up for arraignments, Tomasi said. On Tuesday, Deputy State’s Attorney Christopher Moll asked Tomasi to impose $1,000 bail in each case since they are Canadian citizens. Kaplan said his client, Laurie Parks, is a school teacher. A conviction for failing to appear for a court hearing could have disastrous effects on her employment, he said. Shawn Parks is a union sheet metal worker, and does not have the same motivation to appear for hearings as his wife, Moll said. But his attorney, Bradley Stetler, said he’s reviewed the video of the incident and believes the evidence is weak. “My client did not commit an assault,” he said. Tomasi declined to impose bail in either case. Black Cyan Magenta Yellow WedneSday, MaRCh 11, 2015 A tale of two bills Sen. John Rodgers, D-Essex/Orleans, presented bill S.25 to name the beagle as the state dog on Jan. 20. The bill was referred to the Committee On Natural Resources & Energy. According to VT Digger, Rodgers received a petition with over 200 signatures asking him to sponsor the bill. He credits Craftsbury residents Stuart and Sheila LaPoint as the inspiration for the bill. He told the LaPoints that the bill may be a tough go because there are so many other breeds that people might love. “Most of [my colleagues] were sort of shaking their heads … really … the beagle? Those yappy little things?” he said. “It’s been a source of amusement if nothing else.” Rep. Job Tate, R-Rutland/Windsor, presented bill H.466 shortly before town meeting. As of Monday, he did not know which committee it was being referred to. “Things feel pretty divisive in the state, but I think this is something we could all rally behind,” Tate said. “[The bill] serves the purpose of reminding Vermonters that we’re a state of second chances and coming from behind.” Tate said that he was prompted to honor the rescue dog because he and his wife are both big dog lovers. “It’s man’s best friend and we need to be a friend back.” about anything as much as I cared about my little Koko. My little angel.” But even in death, Koko’s spirit of giving lives on. Anderson lives on a limited income and the vet on Western Avenue has been, in her words, “a god-send and blessing.” They donated pain medication during Koko’s illness and then helped Anderson with arrangements to pay off Koko’s cremation charges over time. “They said, ‘There’s nothing we won’t do to support you with Koko,’” Anderson said, her eyes welling up with gratitude. Last week, on the day before Anderson’s birthday, an anonymous donor paid off the remaining $100 for Koko’s cremation. “I don’t know who it was,” Anderson said. “I just don’t know what to make of it. It doesn’t sound like a lot of money to most people, but to me it’s a lot, lot of money. … I want to let other people know that there’s lots of good people in the world and not to give up on each other. And to say thank you - even if they don’t want me to know who they are.” While Anderson hopes that another rescue/service dog will find its way into her home and her heart, for now she’s still focused on Koko. “When I get cremated and I’m going in the ground, she’s going in the ground with me,” Anderson said of her little rescue dog. “I promised her a forever home and a forever home she’s going to have.” center phase. He didn’t know how the cat would react when he approached it, but it stayed still, clinging to the pole for dear life – one smart cat, said Morris. Juaire was able to wrap it in a shirt and stick it in a tool bag for the ride back down to safety. Once on the ground, Gates took over and walked the cat to the closest house to see if it lived there. It did not. Without a collar there wasn’t much more they could do to find its owner, so they shooed it into a nearby barn to recuperate and hope- fully find its way home, Morris said. No one knows why that cat decided to climb the pole or how long it had been up there, Morris said. But lucky for it, Gates and “The Cat Whisperer” Juaire were able bring it down safely. All in a day’s work for VEC line workers, Morris and Hallquist said. They handle tough challenges all the time without fanfare, Hallquist said. But Hallquist said this was a story worth telling, about the lineman and the cat. Rep. Peter Fagan, R-Rutland, pressed him on whether there would be enough money to get businesses signed up. “If we were out of funding then we would not be finishing that work,” Miller said. Betsy Bishop, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, a group that was supportive of the state exchange as it was being set up in 2013, said in an interview after the hearing that the state’s busi- nesses had grown “incredibly frustrated” with the continuing inoperability of the website. She reiterated a longstanding objection the Chamber has had: that Vermont is the only state that mandates businesses get their health insurance through the state exchange. “We are mandated to use this,” Bishop said. “They have closed the private market. They are adding another 1,000 businesses next year, and it still doesn’t work.” State Trooper Debra Munson wrote in her affidavit that she responded to a complaint from a father who said an adult man had punched his son in the head at Jay Peak Jan. 24. William Harnett said his son’s team played a team from Ontario and it had gotten rough, with one player from Ontario requiring medical treatment at a hospital. Banter – known as “chirping” went on between the two teams back at the hotel. Harnett did not observe what happened, but told Munson his son’s account. The U.S. boys were leaving the water park when they were confronted by R.P., the Parks’ son. R.P. made racist comments to one of the U.S. boys, and B.H. stood up for his friend. The U.S. boys left the area and went to the second floor. R.P. and his parents showed up and R.P. once again made racist comments, Munson wrote, and B.H. again stood up for his friend. Laurie Parks kept encouraging her son to fight B.H., Munson wrote, and eventually shoved her son into B.H. The boys began fighting, and Shawn Parks punched B.H. in the head, Munson wrote. A few college-aged boys – Joel Devlin, Nathaniel Jones, and Adrian Boskovic - saw what was happening and restrained Shawn Parks to stop the fight. That’s when Laurie Parks “went crazy” and started attacking the college boys, according to witness accounts. Boskovic, Jones and Devlin backed up B.H.’s account with similar statements to Munson, as did E.M., Coach Richard McLeod’s son. Boskovic said he saw Laurie Parks provoke the fight and push her son and saw Shawn Parks punch B.H. Boskovic said when he and his friends stepped in, Laurie Parks choked and scratched him and Shawn Parks bit his thumb. Laurie Parks dug her fingernails into Boskovic’s neck, drawing blood, then kicked him in the groin, Munson wrote. Both were very drunk, the college boys told police. Jones said Laurie Parks kicked him in the groin as well and “ripped” at his neck and body. Witnesses said the Parks had ample opportunity to extricate themselves from the situation but instead continued to escalate the problem with the youngsters. Munson spoke with the Parks in their hotel room, where she noticed that they appeared to be drunk. Shawn Parks claimed he was attacked by a group of people, but didn’t know who. He denied punching B.H. Laurie Parks said the collegeaged boys were provoking a fight all night and a group of hockey players followed them to the pizza place at the hotel, where the mother of one boy accused her of eating her pizza. Laurie Parks told Munson they were “swarmed” and she told her son to defend himself but didn’t shove him or encourage a fight. She said she tried to walk away but was followed. R.P. blamed the entire situation on the U.S. hockey players and denied making any racist comments. CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow THE RECORD • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 A7 NEW ENGLAND This undated forensics photograph made by the FBI, provided by the U.S. attorney’s office and presented as evidence during the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar Tsarnaev Tuesday in Boston, shows handwriting on the bullet-riddled, bloodstained wall of a boat. The prosecution presented the photo as evidence of the handwritten note found inside the boat where Tsarnaev was captured april 19, 2013 in Watertown, Mass., four days after the bombings. MASSACHUSETTS Jury In Bombing Trial Sees Photos Of Writing In Boat By DEniSE LavoiE AP legal Affairs Writer BOSTON — Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Tuesday saw photographs of a bloodstained, hand-scrawled note speckled with bullet holes inside the boat he was captured in days after the deadly 2013 attack. Prosecutors consider the note a confession and say it refers to the motive for the attack carried out by Tsarnaev and his late brother, Tamerlan. 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The Free State Project is a libertarian movement that seeks to attract 20,000 people to New Hampshire. The Valley News reports (http://bit.ly/1D0jquo) that four members who live in Grafton and got 19 questions on the Town Meeting ballot later challenged the ballots because they included the Selectboard’s recommendation against passing each article. The articles include instructing the police chief not to prosecute marijuana crimes, forcing officials to reduce the operating budget by 10 percent for the next three years and forbidding town officials from cooperating with the National Security Agency. A judge rejected the group’s challenge on Monday, clearing the way for Town Meeting voting Tuesday. “bedrock principle of our democracy” that partisan politics stops at the water’s edge. She called the letter a “dangerous attempt” to undermine the negotiations. The letter, signed by 47 of the Senate’s 54 Republicans, warned Iran that unless Congress approved it, any deal the nation cuts with Obama could expire when he leaves office. Man sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting girl, 6 WedneSday, MaRCh 11, 2015 of $5.8 billion. Council President Tom Horgan says he appreciates the effort state lawmakers are making to restore funding for higher education, but he also hopes they will find money in the next budget for scholarships to encourage New Hampshire students to stay in their home state for college. “We need to start thinking about ways to help advance our higher education institutions and assist New Hampshire students in funding their college experience,” he said. New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t pay for such scholarships from its general fund, and it ranks last in state funding for higher education in general. State money makes up less than 10 percent of the operating budgets at the four public institutions that make up the University System of New Hampshire. After the Legislature slashed funding for the university system several years ago, Gov. Maggie Hassan has made restoring the money a priority. The funding she proposed in January for the university system, however, is $24 million less than it requested. According to the council’s report, colleges and universities contribute to the state’s economy in a variety ways, including as major employers, as visitor destinations and as leaders of high-level construction projects. The report also notes that unlike most not-for-profit organizations, the state’s nonprofit schools are not exempt from property taxes. Together, they paid more than $13 million in taxes on non-educational properties in 2012-2013, mostly on dining halls and dormitories. The 22 schools have combined operating budgets of $2.2 billion, and pay $1.2 billion in salaries, wages and benefits. In addition to the 17,800 direct jobs, they indirectly support an additional 8,800 jobs, the report said. BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to eight to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl in New Hampshire. The Portsmouth Herald reports 38-year-old James Nolan, formerly of Newmarket, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault in December. He was sentenced Monday. Nolan will have to register as a sex offender and undergo a counseling program. Police said they were notified of the sexual assault in 2010. The girl BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Supreme Court says po- told her mother, and police were notified after the girl was brought to lice were wrong to pull over a driver for having an air freshener dangling the hospital. The girl, who now lives out of state with her mother, atfrom his rearview mirror but the resulting drunken driving charge will tended the trial to testify against Nolan. stand. The Bennington Banner (http://bit.ly/1KQm0ap ) reports the judges ruled a state law that says a driver’s vision can’t be obstructed didn’t intend to include small objects such as the tree-shaped freshener hanging in Robert Hurley’s car when police pulled him over in June 2013. HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — A man faces charges in connection with a He was charged with driving under the influence and is still fighting home invasion in Hollis, New Hampshire, in which a 93-year-old the charge, saying strictly interpreting the law would ban things like woman and her caretaker were tied up. parking permits or a garage door opener clipped to a visor. KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Aspiring filmmakers have the opportunity to Danny Le of Nashua was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on conThe court ruled last week the DUI charge stands because officers may get their short film featured at the Monadnock International Film Festival spiracy charges stemming from the September burglary. It could not be make a mistake of law if there’s reasonable suspicion to investigate next month in Keene. verified whether he had a listed phone number or an attorney. someone. New Hampshire students in grades 9-12 are encouraged to submit Police said several men stole some items, including a vehicle. their best short film to the Cave Light Scholarship Fund by April 1. The The woman, identified as Lillian Alpaugh, has since died. winner gets $1,000 and will have their film featured during the 3rd annual Monadnock festival April 16-18. The film will also be featured on the festival’s website and social CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s U.S. senators are at media pages. odds over a letter Senate Republicans sent to Iran regarding negotiations Films must be under 5 minutes, 1 second in length and can be on any CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s colleges and universi- theme or topic. Work will be judged on the quality of the story, overall about that country’s nuclear program. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican who signed the letter, says a nuclear- ties say their latest report shows that they are major contributors to the production, lighting and audio, editing techniques, performances and armed Iran is a serious threat to the world. She said in a statement that state’s vibrant economy. more. Send entries via email in a secure, private YouTube or Vimeo link The New Hampshire College and University Council estimates that to: monadnockiffgmail.com. she was “deeply concerned” the agreement the Obama administration is pursuing would allow Iran to continue acts of “regional terrorism.” its 22 public and private nonprofit institutions directly supported 17,800 Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says Republicans violated a jobs in fiscal year 2012-13 and generated an estimated economic impact Vermont court: Air freshener not an offense, but OUI stands Man arrested in home invasion; 93-year-old woman tied up New Hampshire’s senators split on Senate letter to Iran Film festival asks high schoolers to submit short films New Hampshire colleges emphasize economic impact Man gets 20 years for beating infant CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to beating his girlfriend’s baby daughter. The Concord Monitor reports the girl, now 2, has permanent brain damage. Doctors indicated her injuries were caused from blows to the head and attempted suffocation or smothering. Police said 26-year-old Scott Diberto was babysitting the girl in January 2014 and told her mother she had fallen on a toy box, but was fine. He later said the child had fallen down the stairs and then suggested she had been attacked by an intruder when he went out to buy cigarettes. Diberto was indicted on more than a dozen felony assault charges; he pleaded guilty to four. IS TOPS I N G A RA G E S 25th ANNUAL GARAGE SALE 2-Car 24x24 Ranch $14,97500 2-Car 24x32 with Attached Workshop $19,880 00 2-Car 24x24 Cape 21/2-Car 30x24 Ranch $24,83500 2-Car 24x24 Saltbox $18,67500 1307 Brown Farm Rd. 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The Eagle Times reports the infant was first hospitalized on Jan. 5; the 26-year-old Carrier allegedly shook him three times after expressing frustration while playing “Call of Duty.” The infant went limp and was non-responsive. Police said he has been hospitalized several times, including the discovery of a brain hemorrhage on Jan. 19. Police arrested Carrier on Feb. 6 because of an active arrest warrant. Carrier was ordered Friday to have no contact with his son; the judge allowed him to have contact with his wife after his lawyer requested it. Suspect in supermarket robbery arrested in bank robbery PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Police in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, say a man suspected of robbing a supermarket last month has been arrested in Las Vegas on a bank robbery charge. Police said 35-year-old Gerald Bickford was arrested March 5 following the bank robbery in Boulder City, Nevada, and a pursuit that ended in a crash. 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CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow THE RECORD • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 A9 NATION & WORLD Hillary Clinton: I should have used government email as secretary of state UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Breaking her silence, Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Tuesday that she should have used government email as secretary of state and acknowledged she had destroyed tens of thousands of emails in her private account that she described as personal in nature. In the face of a growing controversy over her use of a private email address and server, Clinton was defiant in insisting she had not violated any federal laws or Obama administration rules. “I fully complied by every rule I was governed by,” Clinton said in a 20minute news conference that marked her first comments on the matter. The controversy has upended Clinton’s careful blueprint for the rollout of her 2016 presidential campaign. The clear front-runner for the Democratic nomination, Clinton had planned to spend March touting her work on women’s issues and giving a handful of paid speeches before announcing her candidacy in early April. Clinton tried to stick to that plan in the days after details of her email use became public. But as criticism from Republicans mounted and Democratic allies started publicly pushing Clinton to address the matter, her team hastily arranged Tuesday’s brief news conference. Jury finds Pharrell, Thicke copied Gaye song for ‘Blurred Lines,’ awards nearly $7.4 million LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury awarded Marvin Gaye’s children nearly $7.4 million Tuesday after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father’s music to create “Blurred Lines,” the biggest hit song of 2013. Marvin Gaye’s daughter Nona Gaye wept as the verdict was being read and was hugged by her attorney, Richard Busch. “Right now, I feel free,” Nona Gaye said after the verdict. “Free from … Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told.” The verdict could tarnish the legacy of Williams, a reliable hit-maker who has won Grammy Awards and appears on NBC’s music competition show “The Voice.” An attorney for Thicke and Williams has said a decision in favor of Gaye’s heirs could have a chilling effect on musicians who try to emulate an era or another artist’s sound. Video of fraternity’s racist chant threatens University of Oklahoma’s long path to progress WORLD BRIEFS Boren, a former Oklahoma governor and U.S. senator with 20 years at the helm of the state’s flagship university, acted swiftly. He immediately severed ties with the fraternity and ordered members to vacate their house. On Tuesday, he expelled the two students who appeared to be leading the chant for creating a hostile educational environment and promised others involved would face discipline. “I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma,” Boren said in a statement. The video was taken on a bus going to a Founder’s Day event at a country club. The person who recorded it has cooperated with the investigation, Boren said Tuesday ahead of a Board of Regents meeting. Bodies recovered from site where 2 helicopters crashed, killing 10, including French Olympians VILLA CASTELLI, Argentina (AP) — Argentine Investigators plucked cellphones, bits of paper and other mostly charred and unrecognizable items on Tuesday from the ruins of two helicopters that collided while carrying prominent French athletes, an accident that left the European nation in mourning and had Argentine experts struggling to understand how two experienced pilots lost control. The helicopters crashed and burst into flame shortly after taking off Monday afternoon near the remote settlement of Villa Castelli in the Andean foothills in northwest Argentina. Officials said all aboard — eight French nationals and two Argentine pilots — were killed. Among them were Olympic champion swimmer Camille Muffat, Olympic bronze-medalist boxer Alexis Vastine, and pioneering sailor Florence Arthaud. They had been among the contestants in the reality TV show “Dropped,” which was being shot in the sparsely populated region. Expressions of grief poured in from French athletes and officials, including President Francois Holland, who said he felt “immense sadness.” The International Olympic Committee announced it would fly its flag at half-staff for three days. New low in relations between Obama, congressional GOP as both sides pessimistic of improvement NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Almost a generation ago, the University of Oklahoma set out to raise its profile, seeking to build a regional school that WASHINGTON (AP) — Relations between President Barack Obama and served mostly students from the Southwest into a leading institution that at- congressional Republicans have hit a new low. tracted top scholars. There has been little direct communication between Obama and the GOP President David Boren made striking progress, achieving a reputation that leadership on Capitol Hill since Republicans took full control of Congress now extends well beyond the Sooners football team that once defined the campus. But those improvements seem in peril after members of a fraternity were caught on video chanting a racial slur. The chant referenced lynching and indicated black students would never be admitted to OU’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Catamount Film and Arts, Inc. will hold a public meeting on its current application to the United States Department of Agriculture – Rural Development department, for a series of energy efficient upgrades and conversions for its community arts center at 10:00 am Monday, March 23, at the arts center at 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819. The public is invited to attend. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF PROFILE SCHOOL DISTRICT The Profile School District Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Profile School at 7:30 PM. (Polls to be open from 7:00 PM until all have voted.) NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF THE LISBON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT The Lisbon Regional School District Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in the gymnasium of the Lisbon Regional School at 7:30 P.M. (Polls to be open from 7:00 P.M.). PUBLIC NOTICE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT The St. Johnsbury Development Review Board hereby gives notice that it will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the St. Johnsbury Public Safety Building, 1187 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont to consider the following items of business: 1. Application of the Town of St Johnsbury, 51 Depot Square Suite 3, pursuant to Section 315 of the St. Johnsbury Zoning By-Laws, for approval of a Permit to construct a handicap accessible fishing access on property located at Fred Mold Park on Concord Street. Said land and premises are located in districts designated Conservation on the St. Johnsbury Zoning Map and are located in a Floodway. (reference 150306-001) 2. To conduct any other business which may properly come before the Board, (dated at St. Johnsbury, County of Caledonia and State of Vermont on this 11th day of March 2015). Respectfully submitted, Richard F. Lyon, Chairman St. Johnsbury Development Review Board VERMONT AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT The Vermont Agency of Transportation anticipates the availability of 24 V.S.A. Section 5091 State Public Transportation Funds, Federal Transit Administration 49 U.S.C. Section 5310, Section 5311, Section 5311(b)(3), and Section 5339 funds for State Fiscal Year 2016 & 2017 public transportation projects. These funds may be made available to a transit authority, transit district, municipal transit system, or a public non-profit transit system managing or operating general public transportation services through a competitive application process. FTA 49 U.S.C. Section 5310 funds – eligible projects include capital replacement or expansion vehicles or operating funds for the purpose of transporting elders and persons with disabilities. FTA 49 U.S.C. Section 5311 Non-urbanized Transportation funds - eligible projects include capital (vehicle and non-rolling stock items), marketing, preventive maintenance, administrative, and operating assistance to operate general public transportation services, including persons who are elderly and/or with disabilities or low income, but specifically excludes such services as single-ride taxi, charter or exclusive school bus transportation. FTA 49 U.S.C. Section 5311(b)(3) (RTAP) – eligible projects include training, technical assistance or related services to meet the needs of rural public transportation operators and their subcontractors. FTA 49 U.S.C. Section 5339 Bus & Bus Facilities Capital funds – eligible projects include vehicle and non-rolling stock capital items. Applications must be submitted by 4:00pm on April 24, 2015 To request a copy of the application, or if you have any questions, please contact the following person in writing: Barbara Donovan, Public Transit Administrator Policy, Planning, and Intermodal Development Division Vermont Agency of Transportation One National Life Drive – Montpelier, VT 05633-5001 Phone: (802)828-2828; Fax: (802)828-3983 E-mail: [email protected] PUBLIC NOTICE The State of Vermont has available for review the State’s 2014 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Formula Grant (JAG) Program Application. The JAG Formula Grant award is in the amount of $483,863.00 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety, Vermont State Police and local governments by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to combat violent and rural drug crimes in the State of Vermont. More information is available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/jag.html Any citizen, neighborhood, and or community groups who are interested may receive a copy of the State’s grant application for review and comment by contacting: Susan Blain Vt. Department of Public Safety 103 South Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05671 Tel: 802-241-5360 • [email protected] STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL WARRANT ARTICLES To the qualified voters of the Lisbon Regional School District consisting of the Preexisting Districts of Lisbon and Lyman, qualified to vote in District affairs. You are hereby notified to meet at the gymnasium of the Lisbon Regional School in the Town of Lisbon on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at seven o’clock in the Evening (polls to be open from 7:00 p.m. until all have voted, business meeting for consideration of the articles of the warrant will be called to order at 7:30 p.m.) to act upon the following subjects: ARTICLE 1: To choose all necessary officers for the School District for the ensuing year. ARTICLE 2: To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees, or officers heretofore chosen, and to pass any vote relating thereto. ARTICLE 3: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Million, Nine Hundred Eleven Thousand, One Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars ($5,911,198.00) for the support of schools, for the payment of salaries for school District Officials and Agents, and the payment of statutory obligations of the District. This article does not include appropriations voted in other Warrant Articles. Recommended by the Lisbon Regional School Board. ARTICLE 4: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate up to the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) to be placed in the School Building Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund, established March 10, 2004, such sum to be funded from the June 30 unreserved fund balance available for transfer on July 1. No Amount to be raised from taxation. Recommended by the Lisbon Regional School Board ARTICLE 5: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to be placed in the School Building Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund, established March 10, 2004. Recommended by the Lisbon Regional School Board ARTICLE 6: To see if the District will vote to authorize, indefinitely until rescinded, to retain year-end unassigned general funds in an amount not to exceed, in any fiscal year, 2.5 percent of the current fiscal year’s net assessment, in accordance with RSA 198:4-b, II. Such fund balance retained may only be used to reduce the tax rate or for emergencies to be approved by the Department of Education under RSA 32:11. Recommended by the Lisbon Regional School Board ARTICLE 7: To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. LISBON REGIONAL SCHOOL BOARD Robert Adams, Chairman Beth Hubbard Robert Bruce Rochelle Cascio Audrey Champagne Stephen Morrison Scott Champagne Stephen Sherry Owen Clark Black Cyan Magenta Yellow in January. Obama has threatened to veto more than a dozen Republicanbacked bills. And House Speaker John Boehner infuriated the White House by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting the administration first. But the dispute over Obama’s high-stakes nuclear negotiations with Iran has put the relationship perhaps beyond repair. The president and his advisers are seething over Republican efforts to undermine the sensitive discussions with Iran, most recently by sending an “open letter” to the country’s leaders warning that any nuclear deal could expire the day Obama walks out of the Oval Office. “I cannot recall another instance in which senators wrote directly to advise another country — much less a longtime foreign adversary — that the president does not have the constitutional authority to reach a meaningful understanding with them,” Vice President Joe Biden, who spent nearly four decades in the Senate, said in an unusually harsh statement. For their part, Republican lawmakers call their outreach to a hostile nation a reasonable response to an administration they say has spurned Congress and ignored its prerogatives at every turn. It’s the starkest sign yet that Republicans see an adversary, not a potential partner, in Obama’s White House — even on foreign policy issues where partisan differences have traditionally been somewhat muted. Ukrainian town of Debaltseve struggles to come back to life after month of fierce fighting DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — When the wind picks up, the rattle of the corrugated iron roof of a destroyed gas station can sound like artillery. Four charred tanks sit stranded nearby, machine oil splattered on the ground, while a pick-up truck lies on its side surrounded by shrapnel. Debaltseve, the center of one of the fiercest battles of Ukraine’s war, lies in ruins three weeks after it was captured by Russia-backed separatists. The struggle for the strategic rail hub — a sleepy town with a pre-war population of 25,000 people — became one of the darkest pages in the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, which has already killed more than 6,000 people. The town is crucial because it provides a direct link between the two See Briefs, Page A10 PLANNING BOARD TOWN OF LISBON, NH There will be a Lisbon Planning Board hearing on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at the Lisbon Town Office regarding an Application for a Lot Line Adjustment by Soukup and Brooks at Lots R4-5 and R4-5A. Information regarding the proposed Lot Line adjustment application may be reviewed at the Town Office, 46 School Street, Lisbon, NH prior to the meeting date. You are invited to appear in person or by agent or counsel and state reasons why the request should or should not be granted. INVITATION TO BID WHITE MOUNTAINS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #35 FUEL OIL SUPPLIES White Mountains School Administrative Unit #35 is seeking vendor bids to deliver 43,900 gallons of #2 fuel oil to the School Districts of: Bethlehem, Lafayette Regional, Landaff, Lisbon Regional and Profile Bid Specifications and general information may be obtained by contacting: Tina D. Peabody, School Business Manager 260 Cottage Street, Suite C Littleton, NH 03561 Phone (603) 444-3925 ~ Fax (603) 444-6299 e-mail [email protected] Sealed proposals must be submitted in accordance with applicable specifications by 4:00 PM on April 1, 2015 and clearly marked “FUEL BID”. Bids will be opened at that time. Bids will be awarded by EACH district school board at their next monthly board meeting. THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS, EITHER IN PART OR IN WHOLE. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL WARRANT To the inhabitants of the Towns of Bethlehem, Easton, Franconia, and Sugar Hill qualified to vote in Profile School District affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Profile School in the Town of Bethlehem on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at seven o'clock in the evening (polls to be open from 7:00 P.M. until all have voted). Business meeting for consideration of the Articles of the Warrant will be called to order at 7:30 P.M. to act upon the following subjects: ARTICLE 1: To choose a Moderator for the term of one (1) year. ARTICLE 2: To choose Three (3) School Board Members: One (1) School Board Member from the pre-existing District of Bethlehem for a term of three (3) years; One (1) School Board member from the pre-existing District of Lafayette for a term of three (3) years; and, One (1) School Board Member from the pre-existing District of Lafayette for a term of one (1) year. ARTICLE 3: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Million, Seven Hundred Twenty Five Thousand, Five Hundred Twelve Dollars ($6,725,512.00) for the support of schools, for the payment of salaries of School District Officials and Agents and for the payment of statutory obligations of the District, exclusive of appropriations voted in other Warrant Articles. Recommended by the Profile School Board ARTICLE 4: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate up to the sum of One Hundred Twenty One Thousand, Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($121,850.00) to be placed in the School Building Maintenance and Repairs Fund established March 18, 2006 with such amount to be funded from the June 30 unreserved fund balance available for transfer on July 1. No amount to be raised from taxation. Recommended by the Profile School Board ARTICLE 5: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate up to the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to be placed in the Special Education Capital Reserve Fund established March 24, 1994 under the provisions of RSA 35:1-b with such amount to be funded from the June 30 unreserved fund balance available for transfer on July 1. No amount to be raised from taxation. Recommended by the Profile School Board ARTICLE 6: To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy Three Thousand, Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($173,650.00) for the purpose of constructing four tennis courts, such sum to be funded from any June 30 unreserved fund balance available for transfer on July 1. No amount to be raised by taxation. Recommended by the Profile School Board ARTICLE 7: To see if the District will vote to authorize, indefinitely until rescinded, to retain year-end unassigned general funds in an amount not to exceed, in any fiscal year, 2.5 percent of the current fiscal year’s net assessment, in accordance with RSA 198:4-b, II. Such fund balance retained may only be used to reduce the tax rate or for emergencies to be approved by the Department of Education under RSA 32:11. Recommended by the Profile School Board ARTICLE 8: To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. PROFILE SCHOOL BOARD Kim Shillieto, Chairman Steve Chardon, Vice Chairman Christine Ash Alice Rocke Carol Carlson-Cunningham Lynn Terres Julie Seely CALEDONIAN Black Cyan Magenta Yellow NATION & WORLD A10 briefs Continued from Page A9 main rebel cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. So vital was the prize that the cease-fire deal brokered by Russia, Ukraine and Western powers did nothing to slow the rebel onslaught. At least 179 Ukrainian troops were killed in the battle, along with uncounted hundreds of civilians. Heavy artillery rained down on Debaltseve for a month beginning in midJanuary. Those four weeks wreaked such devastation that the whole town has become one heap of rubble. Today it is as unrecognizable as the streets next to the Donetsk airport where fighting raged for nine months. Entire blocks of flats in Debaltseve are deserted, the sun shining through the upper floors as if the roof had been blown away by a tornado. Obama clamps down on federal student loan servicers, calls for more borrower rights ATLANTA (AP) — Issuing a clarion call to Americans saddled by student debt, President Barack Obama urged student borrowers Tuesday to stand up for their rights, and announced a medley of modest steps to WedneSday, MaRCh 11, 2015 bring some order to a notoriously chaotic system. Obama unveiled his “student aid bill of rights” before a gymnasium packed with nearly 10,000 students at Georgia Tech, where he said the nation must mobilize to bring about deeper changes to student loans. Not only should every American be able to afford college, Obama said, they also should be able to afford the loan payments that kick in with a vengeance once they graduate. “We’re trying to tackle this problem from every angle,” Obama said. “We want to make this experience more affordable, because you’re not just investing in yourselves, you’re investing in your nation.” In the Oval Office ahead of his brief visit to Atlanta, Obama signed a presidential memorandum with policy tweaks that don’t require new legislation from Congress — a plus as far as the White House is concerned. The memo targets third parties like Navient — formerly Sallie Mae — that contract with the government to collect on loans. Those companies will be required to better inform borrowers about repayment options and notify them when they are delinquent, the White House said. Obama also called for a single website where students can see all their federal loans in one place — a major problem for students with multiple loans or debt that’s been sold from lender to lender. He also called for a website where borrowers can file complaints. Secret Service to test drones over DC, looking at ways to stop rogue flights WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service is conducting middle-of-thenight drone flights near the White House in secret tests to devise a defense against the unmanned aircraft, The Associated Press has learned. The government-controlled drones will be flown between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. during the next several weeks over parts of Washington —airspace that’s usually off limits as a no-fly zone, according to a U.S. official briefed on the plans. The official said the Secret Service is testing drones both for its own use in law enforcement and protection, and to identify how to defend against hostile drones. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to publicly discuss the plans. The Secret Service has said details are classified. Among the tests is the use of signal-jamming technology to thwart control of a remotely piloted aircraft, the official said. Researchers at the Homeland Security Department, which oversees the Secret Service, have been testing methods to combat drones at remote sites. But testing in a real-world environment around the White House will help understanding of how radio waves are affected by buildings, monuments and even tall trees. Midday Kidnapping Attempt Caught On Video In Small Town SERVICE CENTER I-91 EXIT 22 ROUTE 5 • ST. JOHNSBURY, VT Nick Pilotte, Service Advisor Pat Wheelock, Service Manager • Josh Bagley, Service FREE IN-TOWN By niChoLaS K. 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ONLY near the sitter’s house, he told the television station. Sheriff’s deputies said a man talked with the children for a few minutes, then scooped the toddler out of his stroller and ran down the street. Surveillance video from a grocery store showed the kidnapper running, child in arms, with Delicia chasing and Brenden not far behind. Delicia’s screams alerted Dorothy Giddings, who was working at her antique store downtown. “I said there is something wrong,” Giddings recalled Tuesday. “Then this man busts out and runs across the street and he’s got a baby and a little girl right behind him screaming,” Giddings said. “The girl said, ‘That man got my baby brother! That man got my baby brother!’” Report: Chance 0f Mega-quake Hitting California Increases Includes FREE 27-Pt. 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