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CONFESSED LIBRARY THIEF CONTESTS RESTITUTION
Former Newspaper Editor Admits Stealing But Challenges Amount
By TOdd wellingTOn
Staff Writer
Sponsored Forums Scheduled
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St. Johnsbury resident Scott Fletcher has admitted he stole money from the town library but
is disputing a restitution claim against him.
Fletcher, 48, pleaded guilty to a charge of petit
larceny in Caledonia Superior Court Monday and
was ordered to pay a $150 ﬁne plus $170 in court
surcharges. He was convicted of stealing cash
from the Peacham Library while working as a
volunteer custodian.
Caledonia Superior Court
But a separate restitution hearing will have to
By TaylOr reed
Staff Writer
A months long exercise in community betterment commences in St. Johnsbury this afternoon with nine forums
about social issues, and a free dinner.
The “Community Visit”
program
is sponsored by the
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Vermont Council on Rural De■ SJA Student Leaders velopment, or VCRD, a nonSound Call Page A4 proﬁt. The program aims to
address high priority social issues identiﬁed by residents.
“Everyone should go to this,” said Ann Hare, president
of the St. Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce. “Anybody
PHOTO BY TODD WELLINGTON
be scheduled because Fletcher denies stealing
other items the library reported missing including
a camera and some games.
“The full extent of the charges includes things
I’m not responsible for,” said Fletcher during his
change of plea hearing. “I am willing to admit to
a certain amount of cash, for sure. But the other
materials … there was a camera that was mentioned. I was led to believe that the camera was
located by the library after the fact.”
According to court documents, the library is
seeking restitution of $168.20 in stolen cash,
$89.84 for games and $99.95 for a missing
Scott Fletcher in Caledonia Superior Court.
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BARTON
STATE DUMPS DESIST ORDER ON RECYCLING CENTER
See forums, Page A6
Special Meeting Called Over Notice of Alleged Violation, Order To Shut Down
LYNDONVILLE
By Jennifer Hersey Cleveland
Staff Writer
ROUTE FIVE CONSTRUCTION
HEARING PLANNED TONIGHT
BARTON TOWN — The recycling center
here has been ordered to cease operations until
the state has proof that it is certiﬁed, according
to a document the select board received Monday
evening during their regular meeting.
And the committee
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waste district’s solid
■ Lyndon Board Forced waste implementation
plan (SWIP) warned a
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meeting for Thursday,
with the hope of getting
local approval before sending it to the state.
The center’s certiﬁcation expired at the end of
March, and the town had not complied as of a
certiﬁed letter sent April 2 from the Agency of
Natural Resources’ (ANR) Department of Environmental Conservation.
The second alleged violation is for failing to
submit an annual report for the 2013 hazardous
waste collection, recording the waste source,
type, quantity and destination, according to the
letter.
A previous notice of alleged violation was sent
to the town on Jan. 16, and Town Clerk Kristin
Atwood provided the board with another e-mail
she forwarded on March 10.
“The re-TRAC was ﬁled, right?” select board
chairman Robert Croteau asked the board’s clerk,
AOT To Present $7 Million Plan
By James Jardine
Staff Writer
Almost everyone who lives in Lyndon, owns a business
in Lyndon, shops in Lyndon or drives through town has a
stake in the planned major rebuild of Route 5 in Lyndon.
The public will have a chance to learn about the State
of Vermont’s Agency of Transportation’s plans to conduct
an estimated $7 million redesign of the highway tonight
at 6 p.m.
The rebuild will stretch from Broad Street in Lyndon
from the railroad crossing by the former Bag Balm warehouse (now Vermont Original, LLC) to the intersection of
the Red Village Road and Route 5 near the White Market
Plaza.
The AOT public meeting Wednesday evening will be
held at the public safety building on Church Street in Lyndonville. There will bee an informal session at 6 p.m. with
opportunities to speak to AOT personnel who are designing the project. People will have a chance to get questions
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PHOTO BY JENNIfEr HErSEY CLEvELAND
Selectmen Terry Nye, Robert Croteau and Mike Pion review documents, Monday.
Andrèe Reno Sanborn.
Croteau said his recollection was that the town
had complied and sent the right form, called reTRAC by the ANR, and had gotten a response
saying, “Oops.”
Sanborn said someone from the ANR was
helping her ﬁx errors on the 2014 report, which
the ANR indicated in its letter had been received.
“I don’t know where I’m going to get this material,” Sanborn said, adding that the state wants
the number of batteries dropped off and other
speciﬁcs.
The type of information the ANR seeks is
probably not available, since the town’s center
does not sort recyclable materials by type during
its collection of hazardous waste, Croteau said.
If the town did sort materials, it would have to
build a facility for that purpose, he said. People
would rather not separate anyway, he said.
The letter, signed by solid waste program manager Catherine Jamieson, states that the town has
two choices at this point - ﬁle the application for
re-certiﬁcation within 14 days or submit a schedSee Barton, Page A6
LITTLETON
TOWN ARGUES ERRORS OF LAW IN LRH APPEAL TO N.H. SUPREME COURT
Seeks To Expand Discovery Before June Hearings
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NATION
LITTLETON, N.H. — In its appeal
to the N.H. Supreme Court, the town
of Littleton argues the N.H. Board of
Tax and Land Appeals erred by limiting its ability to conduct discovery in
its multi-year tax abatement lawsuit
with Littleton Regional Healthcare.
By appealing to the state’s high
court, town ofﬁcials hope to expand
discovery before the BTLA hearings
now two months away.
On March 25, the town ﬁled a motion to stay requests that the Supreme
Court rule ﬁrst with the BTLA proceedings to follow. On Monday, LRH
ﬁled an objection to that motion.
Currently, the BTLA’s February decision prohibits the town from obtaining hospital documents relating to
private medical practices, proﬁt sharing or other arrangements with forproﬁt entities, planning and
motivations for LRH’s medical ofﬁce
building and operating income and expenses.
In the town’s Supreme Court appeal,
town attorneys argue the BTLA “acted
unlawfully with respect to jurisdiction,
authority and observance of well-set-
Utility Says It Removed Stolen
Electric Meter From Rental Home
Where 8 Died Of Gas Poisoning
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Obama Says Climate Change Harming
Our Health, Unveils Pledges From
Google, Microsoft To Help
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Obama Says Iran Could Build Nuke Quickly After
13 Years; Boehner Says Deal Threatens Peace
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By rOBerT BleCHl
Staff Writer
tled law on tax abatements and charitable tax exemptions.
“The board’s rulings are an unsustainable exercise of discretion because
they arbitrarily, erroneously and unreasonably limit the scope of the ﬁnal
hearing on the merits and the town’s
ability to conduct discovery,” town attorneys argue. “If the court does not accept this appeal, it will result in a
substantial injustice to the town, beSee sUPCO, Page A6
Vermont Senate Advances Pared-down
Economic Development Bill
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US Judge Delays Civil Suit In
Same-sex Union Custody Case
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THE rECOrD • WEDNESDAY, APrIL 8, 2015
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OBITUARIES
PATRICIA CENTER LEACH
1927-2015
Patricia Center Leach, of Barton,
passed away Monday morning April
6, 2015 in Lyndonville, Vt. at the age
of 88. She was born on March 17,
1927 in Rutland, Vt. the daughter of
Walter F. and Aleathea (DeRosia)
Center. Her father passed away prior
to her birth. At the age of 5, her
mother remarried Robert DeForge
and ﬁve children were born and
raised in Montpelier. She spent her
childhood summers in Danby, Vt.
with her grandfather and Aunt Bertha
Risdon. In 1945 she graduated at the
top of her class from Montpelier HS where she was an avid basketball and
baseball player. She was in all of the school plays and loved dancing. In the
fall of 1945 she entered UVM and graduated in 1948 with a BS in nursing.
While in her last years of school at UVM she afﬁliated at Heaton Hospital in
Montpelier, Brooklyn State Hospital in NY City and Children’s Memorial
Hospital in Montreal. After receiving her RN, Pat went to Chicago for three
years of college to obtain her degree in anesthesia at Norwegian American
Hospital. In 1951 Pat became one of the ﬁrst certiﬁed registered nurse anesthetists in the country. She practiced anesthesia at hospitals in Randolph,
Brattleboro and Burlington.
In 1952, Pat married Martin E. Leach of Waterville, Vt. and they had three
children. At the time Martin was a sergeant for the Vermont State Police,
graduating from the Vermont State Police Academy in 1947. Pat and Martin
moved to Barton, Vt. in 1955 where she lived until her passing. Pat was very
active with Barton Academy while her children attended. Pat worked as an
RN at Newport Hospital from 1960 to 1974. After Martin passed in 1969 Pat
returned to UVM to further her education in Coronary Care and received her
CCN in 1970. From 1976 -1977 she was in charge of the coronary care unit
at Hillside Hospital in San Diego, Calif. and then at NVRH upon her return
to Vermont. She continued with college courses at UVM and Univ. of Minnesota through 1982.
Pat was active with the Republican Party for years and served as a delegate
in Washington DC.
Pat or “Peppermint Patty” as her sisters called her loved to dance and had
great memories of going to see the big bands with her husband in the 50’s
and 60’s. Her favorite place was the Brown Derby in Montpelier where her
husband proposed! She was an avid Red Sox fan and March Madness was
her all- time favorite sports event of the year. She always miraculously picked
the winner of the Kentucky Derby! She was always positive and derived a
great deal of pleasure watching her children and grandchildren grow up and
play sports.
She is survived by her children Glenn Leach and wife Cheryl of Gilmanton, N.H., Gary and Melissa Leach of Lyndonville and Jill Leach of Barton;
her grandchildren, Zach and Breanna Leach of California, Beth and husband
Chris Hibshman and children Barrett and Brooklyn of Burke, Dallas and
Lilly Leach of Lyndon, Erika Leach of Washington, DC, Amanda Leach
Brocksmith and husband Richard and son Chase of Gaithersburg, Md.,
Rachel Schuster and husband Nathan and children Gavin and Bennet of So.
Portland, Maine, and Jessica and Colin Trahan and son Toby of Los Angeles,
Calif. She is also survived by her two brothers, Robert and wife Maggie DeForge of Clinton, Mass. and Jerome DeForge of Virginia; two sisters, Georgia
Buck and husband Jim of Leominster, Mass. and Daphne Marhefka and husband Joe of Clinton, Mass.; a sister in-law, Marilyn Center of Clinton, Mass.;
many nieces and nephews; and several good friends.
She was predeceased by her father, her mother, her husband, a sister,
Norma Hancock and a brother, George Center.
A Memorial service will be held in Lyndonville on Sunday, April 19 at 2
p.m. at the Guibord Funeral Home with Mr. John Sleeper ofﬁciating. Friends
may meet with the family one hour prior to the start of the service beginning
at 1 p.m.
Donations made in her memory may be directed to Caledonia Home
Health Care, marked for Hospice, 161 Sherman Dr., St. Johnsbury, VT
05819, or to the Orleans Essex Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, 46
Lakemont Road, Newport, VT 05855.
Memories and condolences may be shared privately with the family at
www.guibordfh.com. Guibord Funeral Home is located on the corner of
Main and Center Streets, Lyndonville.
JAMES EDWARD MEYER
James Edward Meyer, of St. Louis, Mo., died March 31,
2015, at age 86. Jim was a graduate of Harris Teachers College
and received his Master’s degree from Washington University,
St. Louis. During the Korean War, while stationed at Fort Allen
Air Force Base in Winooski, Vt., he met his future wife, Rose Mary Traynor.
They were married Aug. 8, 1953, at South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury. Jim taught school in St. Louis city and Lindbergh School District. He
had been a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church since 1962. He was a
lifelong resident of St. Louis, but he, Rose Mary and children frequently visited family and friends in St. Johnsbury.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter Kathryn Salter
(James), O’Fallon, Mo.; son Kendon Meyer, Wildwood, Mo.; grandchildren
Daniel and Tyler, Columbia, Mo. and Emily Salter, Springﬁeld, Mo.; sisterin-law Dorothy Desrochers, St. Johnsbury; nieces Susan Desrochers
McLaughlin (James), Wallingford, Conn., and Patricia Desrochers (the late
Thomas), Waterford, Vt.; nephew James Desrochers (Karen), Sugar Land,
Texas; three great nieces and one great nephew. He was preceded in death
by his parents Carl F. and Erna L. Meyer; in-laws William Craig and Madge
Traynor; his nephew Thomas Craig Desrochers.
A memorial service will be 2 p.m. April 11, Calvary Presbyterian Church,
St. Louis.
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CORABELLE LOVEJOY RUSSO EDDY
1941-2015
Corabelle (Cora) Alice Lovejoy Russo Eddy, 73, of Royalton,
Vt., died Thursday, April 2, 2015,
at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical
Center in Lebanon, N.H.
She was born June 25, 1941,
the only child of Clayton and
Goldie (Hudson) (Austin) Lovejoy. She attended grade school in
Burke Hollow, Vt., and high
school at Lyndon Institute in Lyndon, Vt. In 1960 she attended
Fanny Allen School of Nursing
and became a LPN, and in the
1990s attended Vermont College and became a Registered Nurse, fulﬁlling a lifelong dream. She was always a nurse in specialty units, Intensive
Care, Cardiac Care, and Nursery. At the end of her career she was a psychiatric nurse at the VA Hospital in White River Jct. where she was known
as Grandma Cora by the patients.
Her Baha’i faith was a comfort to her throughout her long illness.
She married Gene Raymond Russo in 1963 and had three sons, Turner
(Randy) Russo of Randolph, Vt., Craig A. Russo and his wife, Margaret
of Claremont, N.H., and Clifford A. Russo of Newtown, Conn. She married Ralph G. Eddy in 1976, and had one son, Robert G. Eddy and his
wife, Sharon of Moscow, Idaho.
She had many hobbies and interests, sewing, knitting, crocheting, cooking, ceramic, gardening, and genealogy, among many others. She was a
nurse to all living things and could get houseplants and animals to grow
and thrive when others would consider them lost causes. Her love of animals was a lifelong passion. Her cats, dogs, and other pets were her
adopted children. Above all, she had a kinship with turtles, she was a veritable turtle whisperer.
She was predeceased by her ﬁrst husband; her parents; two brothers,
Pearly Austin and Vern Austin, and nephews Norman Austin and Nathan
Austin.
She is survived by her second husband, her four sons, and much loved
grandchildren, Isobel Russo, Gretchen Eddy, Imogen Eddy, and Rohen
Eddy, ﬁve nieces and one nephew and many cousins.
She is being buried June 12, 2015, with Oscar, her last cat of 19 years
that passed a few weeks before her, in the East Haven Cemetery, East
Haven, Vt.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea, Vt. A private message of sympathy for the family
can be shared at www.boardwayandcilley.com
CECELIA M. (GREENWOOD) BESAW
1936-2015
Cecelia M. (Greenwood)
Besaw, 78, of Mt. Eustis Road,
passed away suddenly on
Wednesday, April 1.
Cecelia was born in
Woodsville, N.H. on Nov. 24,
1936, the daughter of Carl and
Doris (Locke) Greenwood.
She was employed by Sweets
Wood Handle Factory for 23
years and also was a caregiver for
many years, which she truly enjoyed.
In her younger years, Cecelia
loved camping, sitting outside and going for long walks, but not as much
as she loved her Boston Red Sox.
Surviving family members include her husband of 59 years, Ronald
S. Besaw; a daughter Cindy and husband, Mike Richards of Lisbon, N.H.;
a son, Don and wife, Catherine of Lisbon, N.H.; a daughter, Cathy of Littleton, N.H.; three grandchildren, Michael, Jr., Jaime and Chris; eight
great-grandchildren; three siblings, Jerry Fadden of West Lebanon, N.H.,
Carol Greenwood of North Woodstock, N.H., Buddy Greenwood of Mt.
Holly, N.J.; and many nieces and nephews.
No services have been scheduled at this time.
Arrangements and care have been entrusted to the Pillsbury Phaneuf Funeral
Home and Crematorium. Please visit our
website at www.pillsburyphaneuf.com.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Troy
Elementary school board,
Thursday, April 9, 5:30 p.m. Anticipated executive session – inter-
views, public comments, ﬁnancial
report, principal’s report, superintendent’s report, old, new, other
business, executive session.
CORRECTION
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VIRGINIA P. SOMERS
1934-2015
Virginia (Ginny) Somers, 80,
died on Sunday, March 29, 2015.
Ginny was born on Aug. 1, 1934
in Woodsville, N.H. – the daughter of William and Muriel Pierson.
She was formerly a resident of
Barnet, Vt. (McIndoe Falls).
More recently she was a resident at the St. Johnsbury House.
Due to health-related reasons and
for more assisted care; she had
made the decision to move to
North Carolina to be with her
daughter. She suffered cardiac arrest on Sunday, March 29 and entered the gates of heaven later that night
at the hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Raymond G. Somers, of Barnet, Vt., her husband of 51 years, preceded
her in death in October 2003. Survivors include her six children: Bonnie
Damon of Reno, Nev.; Paul Somers of McIndoe Falls, Vt.; Dwayne
Somers of Nevada City, Calif.; Brian Somers of Barnet, Vt.; Angela
Havens of Jonesville, N.C.; and Kimberly Adams of Grass Valley, Calif.
In addition, she is survived by 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, one sister - Greta Lamont of Lisbon, N.H.; sisters-in law; many
nieces, nephews, cousins, family members and many close friends. She
will be missed by all.
A celebration of her life is being scheduled in Vermont in July. Family
and friends will be notiﬁed when the date, time and location has been set.
Residents of the St. Johnsbury House will be notiﬁed by the on-site manager.
In lieu of ﬂowers, contributions in her memory may be made to: The
St. Johnsbury House Social Club, Attn.: Donna Hill 1207 Main St., St.
Johnsbury, VT 05819. Ginny loved the activities there.
NEWS BRIEFS
Lyndon Selectmen close
to ﬁlling vacant board seat
At Monday’s Lyndon Select Board meeting, selectmen interviewed two candidates for the vacant position on the board. The interviews were done in secret executive session.
Selectmen Kermit Fisher and Marty Feltus are seeking a replacement for long-time board member David Dill , who died in February.
In addition to the two people considered Monday night, a third
candidate will be interviewed. That person is vacationing in Florida
and could not be present for the meeting on Monday.
Fisher said once he and Feltus have had a chance to speak with
the third candidate, they will announce an appointment, probably
early next week.
Cause of lumber mill ﬁre undetermined
FAIRLEE, Vt. (AP) — Investigators say they’re unable to determine the cause of a ﬁre that destroyed a lumber company’s sawmill
last month, but they don’t consider the ﬁre to be suspicious.
The Valley News reports (http://bit.ly/1IFneQu) the sawmill at
Britton Lumber Company in Fairlee was in operation until about 1
p.m. on March 27. The ﬁre was ﬁrst noticed the next evening.
Britton’s insurance company has brought in an engineering ﬁrm
to further investigate.
The company’s sawmill employs 20 workers and at least another
dozen employees’ jobs are based on the sawmill’s production.
The company is still selling lumber that had already been
processed through the sawmill.
Local Forecast
Today: Any early sun giving way
to increasing clouds. A rising
chance of rain showers late.
Highs in the lower 40s. Winds
easterly around 10 mph.
Tonight: Cloudy with rain or
snow showers likely early, then
changing to snow showers. Lows
in the low to mid 30s. East to
southeast winds around 5 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, with
the chance of a morning snow or
rain shower, then a slight chance
of afternoon rain showers. Highs
in the low to mid 40s. South to
southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
Extended Forecast:
Thursday Night: Cloudy. Rain or
mixed precipitation likely. Lows in
the low to mid 30s.
Friday: Chance of mixed precipitation early, changing to rain.
Temperatures slowly rising into
the lower 50s.
Friday Night: Evening showers
likely. Lows in the mid 30s.
Saturday: Scattered showers.
Highs around 50.
Saturday Night: Clearing. Lows
in the mid to upper 20s.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs in
the low to mid 50s.
Daily Weather Highlights
Another unseasonably cool day is
tap, thanks to clouds and eventual
showers moving in from the southwest, while at the same time cool high
pressure over Canada will continue
to pump low level cold air in. Some
snow showers could mix in today, especially over high terrain, before
snow begins to mix in more prominently tonight. A brief break in the action will follow for early tomorrow, and
then it all starts again, with a stronger
disturbance lifting northeastward out
of the central plains. A related warm
front will send in the next wave of precipitation, starting late tomorrow.
Some mixed precipitation will be possible tomorrow night. It’ll then be a bit
milder on Friday, but with rain showers remaining in the forecast, says
Lawrence Hayes of the Fairbanks
Museum weather station.
CONDITIONS AT
4 P.M. YESTERDAY
Mostly Cloudy
TEMPERATURE
Temp. at 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Maximum past 24 hours . . . . . . .45
Minimum past 24 hours . . . . . . .32
Yesterday’s average . . . . . . . . . .39
Normal average . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Maximum this month . . . . . . . . .65
Minimum this month . . . . . . . . . .11
Maximum this date (1991) . . . . .80
Minimum this date (1972) . . . . . .10
HUMIDITY 40%
DEWPOINT 20
WINDS
9 mph, 12 max . . . . . . . . . . . .NNE
BAROMETER
30.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steady
PRECIPITATION
New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.21 in.
Total for Month . . . . . . . . . .0.57 in.
Normal Total . . . . . . . . . . . .0.67 in.
SNOWFALL
Past 24 Hours . . . . . . . . . . . .3.5 in.
Monthly Total . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.9 in.
Season Total . . . . . . . . . . . .98.5 in.
Season Norm To Date . . . .83.8 in.
Snowpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.0 in.
ALMANAC
Sunrise today . . . . . . . . .6:16 a.m.
Sunset today . . . . . . . . . .7:23 p.m.
Length of day . . . . . .13 hrs. 6 min.
DEGREE DAYS
Average temp. difference below 65°
Yesterday* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
To date since July 1 . . . . . . . .7642
To date last year . . . . . . . . . . .7693
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LOCAL
LYNDON
SELECTMEN FORCED TO TABLE TRASH TALK
Most Proposal Costs Come In Too High
By James Jardine
Staff Writer
PHOTO BY TODD WELLINGTON
Keith Baird in Caledonia Superior Court Tuesday. Standing guard are Caledonia County Deputy
Sheriffs Dana Callahan, left, and Sgt. Steve Bunnell.
ACCUSED MURDERER APPEALS PRISON SENTENCE
By TOdd wellingTOn
Staff Writer
Murder suspect Keith Baird has
appealed his sentencing on unrelated convictions for violating an
abuse prevention order and
reached a plea agreement with
prosecutors to settle pending
charges of violating conditions of
release.
Baird is one of three men
charged with the 2010 murder of
Mary Pat O’Hagan in Shefﬁeld.
He has pleaded not guilty to murder charges and is awaiting trial.
Caledonia Superior Court
In an unrelated case Baird was
convicted last year of violating an
abuse prevention order from prison
by repeatedly contacting Sheila
Conley, 31, of Sutton by prison
telephone in the fall of 2012.
Judge Robert Bent sentenced
Baird as a habitual offender in
March to 12½ to 17 ½ years to
serve in prison for the VAPOS.
Baird has begun serving the sentence but on April 1 appealed the
sentencing to the Vermont
Supreme Court.
In another case, in April of
2013, Baird was charged with 32
counts of violating conditions of
release by again misusing the
prison phone by calling non family
members in violation of a court
order.
On Tuesday Baird reached an
agreement with prosecutors to resolve the charges.
Baird pleaded guilty to 12
counts of violating conditions of
release in exchange for a sentence
of 24 months to 48 months to serve
concurrently with his VAPO sentence. The rest of the VCR counts
were dismissed by the state as part
of the plea agreement.
“I think it’s an appropriate sentence in light of the charges,” said
Caledonia County State’s Attorney
Lisa Warren.
“It’s a signiﬁcant sentence for
violations of conditions of release,” said defense attorney
Robert Katims. “We think it’s a
reasonable resolution. these were
again misdemeanor conduct - jailhouse phones calls. We had an argument that the bulk of these were
actually to family members.”
Baird also has time left to serve
on a prior a 34-month to ﬁve-year
prison sentence for aggravated domestic assault.
Baird, his half brother Richard
Fletcher, 28, and cousin Michael
Norrie, 24, are accused of killing
O’Hagan during a burglary at her
Shefﬁeld Village home on Sept.
10, 2010. On Thursday, Fletcher
reached a plea agreement with
prosecutors requiring him to cooperate with the state in the murder
trials of Baird and Norrie.
Lyndon Selectmen tabled trash
talk Monday night amid unacceptable proposals from local haulers.
Selectmen are looking for a
company to provide curbside trash
and recycling pickup in town. Lyndon must have a system in place
by June 1 that will comply with
Vermont’s new comprehensive
household trash and recycling law.
Selectmen Kermit Fisher and
Marty Feltus reviewed responses
to a request for proposals for the
job. Fisher said Tuesday he believed Municipal Administrator
Justin Smith sent out over 20 requests for proposals. There was no
clear choice for selectmen to act on
Monday.
The selectmen rejected a proposal submitted by Myers Container Service Corp. that offered to
pick up recycling curbside for an
estimated 350-375 locations
picked up bi-monthly at $30 per
unit per month. Myers’ bid was rejected because it limited the number of customers and the cost was
too high. Town Administrator
Justin Smith said Myers’ bid
would be close to $126,000 if 350
residents were served.
The board also rejected a proposal by Casella to pick up 450
municipal solid waste bags of trash
at a cost of $4.50 per bag. That ﬁgure of $4.50 is more than the upper
limit the town considered. Another
problem with the proposal dealt
with billing; Casella proposed to
bill the town, but the town wants
the hauler to handle billing for individual Lyndon customers.
The only bid still considered
following the Monday meeting is
one from Earley Rubbish and Recycling, a company based in Colebrook, N.H. Earley offered to pick
up trash ﬁve days per week with a
cost of $3 for a 33 gallon bag. Earley, though, said it would need a
minimum of 1,300 customers.
Feltus said, “Earley’s offer is
much closer to what we have
sought.”
Earley’s bid requires customers
to purchase stickers directly from
Earley’s to place on their bags for
proof of purchase.
Selectmen and Smith considered whether Earley’s would be required to comply with Vermont
solid waste laws and regulations,
even though Earley’s is a New
Hampshire Company who proposes to truck Lyndon’s solid
waste to a New Hampshire waste
district for disposal.
Smith contacted some New
Hampshire municipalities who
stated Earley’s was a responsible
waste hauler who enjoyed a good
business reputation in New Hampshire.
Fisher and Feltus asked Smith to
invite Earley’s to a selectmen’s
meeting. One possible hindrance is
Earley’s condition on needing
1,300 customers, which the town
is not willing to guarantee. Another question is whether Earley’s
intends to pay a waste surcharge
from the Northeast Kingdom
Waste Management District.
At this point, the Selectmen
have not expressed an interest is
renewing a request for bids from
contractors. The Town has always
had the option of creating a system
where residents contact their own
contractor and make individual
agreements with contractors for
pickup of curbside waste and curbside recyclables. Residents also
will have the option of delivering
recyclables to the NEKWMD.
Feltus said the NEKWMD has
estimated it will cost a Lyndon resident between $3 and $3.50 to take
a 33 gallon trash bag containing
solid waste to the Lyndon NEKWMD building for disposal. Feltus
acknowledged that at this point,
there is not much difference between the estimated cost for an individual dropping off a bag of
trash at the district and paying to
have a bag of trash picked up at
curbside.
Selectmen also brieﬂy discussed
scheduling for a vote on a bond to
purchase and renovate the Vermont
FLEX building in Lyndonville for
use as a municipal garage to be
shared by the Town of Lyndon and
the Village of Lyndonville. No decisions were made on the scheduling of a public information
meeting and date to vote on a
bond.
Selectmen appointed Deborah
Smith, Lyndon, a Registered
Nurse, to the position of Lyndon
Deputy Health Commissioner.
Marty Feltus told Smith her responsibilities would primarily involve “dog bites and rental
housing issues.”
ST. JOHNSBURY
RESIDENT OBJECTS TO PROPOSED SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVE
By TaylOr reed
Staff Writer
ST. JOHNSBURY – Resident
Dave Timson has a suggestion for
district employees of St. Johnsbury
School who wish to move from the
building to ofﬁce space at Emerson
Falls.
“Why can’t we build a small ofﬁce on our [school] property somewhere here?” he said.
It’s a better option than renting,
Timson said. And Emerson Falls is
not a particularly desirable location, he said.
“I don’t think that’s a great place
to be,” Timson said.
He noted that district employees
once occupied a small ofﬁce building at the school’s west entrance.
That was before consolidation of
small schools like Arlington
School and Summer Street School
into the Western Avenue facility
about 15 years ago.
Timson was responding Monday at a meeting of the St. Johnsbury School Board of Directors to
a proposal from Superintendent
Ranny Bledsoe to relocate district
ofﬁces from the school’s third ﬂoor
to space at Emerson Falls owned
by residents Jim and Lorraine
Impey. It covers 2,233 square feet
and is handicap accessible.
Rent is $1,500 monthly including utilities and Internet service,
Bledsoe said. The school would
pay for it with an “overhead” option contained within annual federal funding, she said.
Bledsoe cites beneﬁts including
greater autonomy between district
employees and school employees.
The relationship is often contentious for reasons including different work schedules and
different missions, she said.
School directors on Monday
tabled Bledsoe’s proposal for consideration at an upcoming board
meeting within a month. Chairwoman Becky Baldauf seemed
supportive of ofﬁce relocation but
other school directors like Rob
Mach voiced reservations.
Mach, for example, initially opposed relocation but later said he
is willing to consider it.
School Director Richard Boisseau harbors concerns about headquartering ofﬁces at Emerson Falls
because of its out of town location.
Superintendent Bledsoe said she
can look in town but it is likely
costlier.
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Todd M. Smith, Publisher
OPINION
Dana Gray, Executive Editor
Editorial Comment …
A Sensible Open
Records Bill
Early last month N.H. Rep. Patrick Long, D-Manchester, proposed
to allow government to charge New Hampshire residents an unspeciﬁed
up-front “fee” for public record requests before documents could be
produced.
H.646 was characterized by Trent Spiner, executive editor of the New
Hampshire Union Leader and president of the New Hampshire Press
Association, as “the most shameless attempt by Concord lobbyists to
hide government waste and corruption from the public we’ve seen in
years.”
We wholeheartedly agreed and ranked H.646 as the worst N.H. bill
we had seen at that point in the session.
Sanity reigned over H.646 and it was tabled later in March. That was
good news.
Even better news was that Rep. David Bickford, R-Durham introduced a competing bill to kill H.646 outright. H.606 explicitly “prohibits
a public body or agency from charging a fee for making a governmental
record available for inspection or from charging a fee for inspection of
such record.” It also prevents government from charging anything for
electronic copies of public records.
H.606 passed the House and is scheduled for a Senate ﬂoor date tomorrow.
Passage would be an important afﬁrmation of New Hampshire’s
open record law which states, in part: “Openness in the conduct of public business is essential to a democratic society. The purpose of this
chapter is to ensure both the greatest possible public access to the actions, discussions and records of all public bodies, and their accountability to the people.”
That statute, and H.606, are in keeping with Article Eight of the New
Hampshire Constitution, that “All power residing originally in, and
being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and ofﬁcers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to
them. Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable
and responsive. To that end, the public’s right of access to governmental
proceedings and records shall not be unreasonably restricted.”
A legislator opposed to those principles shouldn’t represent anyone
in the “Live Free or Die” state.
In My Opinion…
Over-taxed Citizens Moving Out
By ralPH COlin
To the Vermont Senate:
All of you will soon be voting
to accept, modify or kill H.489, the
bill passed in the House last week
to, among other things, cap itemized deductions on Vermont income tax returns at $15,500 per
individual or $31,000 per married
couple ﬁling jointly. It would also
eliminate altogether the deduction
for all state income, property and
other taxes paid in the prior year.
These deductions include
mainly charitable contributions,
mortgage interest and various
medical expenses. This bill is principally aimed at higher end earners, probably totaling less than
10% of the state resident population, who already pay about 50%
or more of all state income and
property tax revenues and roughly
85-90% of the contributions to
not-for-proﬁt organizations and institutions qualifying for 501c3 tax
status. These contributions could
be viewed as “voluntary” taxes
collected to beneﬁt all those who
live permanently or part-time in
Vermont and, beyond that, also
serve to attract a large portion of
the tourist population which supports the state’s largest non-governmental industry other than
agriculture. Many, if not most, of
these 501c3 organizations would
not exist today and/or might disappear in the future if their supporters
either substantially reduced the
size or quantities of their donations
or, even more likely, if they decided to give up their residential
status altogether in Vermont and
move elsewhere or possibly retain
their status here as only part time
residents.
Were either of those possibilities to take place, the consequences could become dire. Today
Vermont enjoys the highest per
capita existence of 501c3 organizations of any state in the country.
That almost certainly would
change and could have a seriously
negative impact on charities of all
types (educational, cultural, religious, medical, etc.) in this state to
say nothing of the deleterious effect it could have on economic development of all kinds, especially
tourism. The state has already been
impacted by the loss of a number
of major – and many smaller –
businesses and has had signiﬁcant
problems in attracting new businesses of any size to establish a
presence of any kind, large or
small, in our state. Business owners and leaders insist on establishing or maintaining a residence in a
community which offers a variety
of 501c3 organizations for the
comfort and well-being not only of
the businesses themselves, but just
as importantly, for their employees. The existence of such organi-
zations in any given community is
also vital in attracting those who
may be seeking to establish a new
home in the state, especially those
who have retired or are considering buying or building a second
home.
Despite what some of those
who are prominent in state government are often heard to comment,
the loss in recent years of many
permanent residents in Vermont is
NOT just an anecdotal issue. It is
very real and very sizable and it is
increasing by the week and month.
Residents are leaving this state for
a variety of reasons: the high cost
of living; the lack of available and
affordable housing for family and
friends; the poor transportation facilities and road conditions; the
ever-increasing threat of government take-over of health-care
funding and facilities; the funding
and quality of the K-12 education
system, among others, but the
most important single issue driving residents out of Vermont is the
ﬁscal mismanagement of the state
in recent years and the existence
and continuing threat of the imposition of ballooning tax burdens at
all levels. Many people can no
longer afford to live here and
many others who see no reason
why they must be subjected to
non-stop tax increases are voting
with their feet and moving away.
Contrary to popular belief in this
state, especially amongst those
who try to run it, the quality of life
here has recently become not so
great and, in fact, is a lot better in
other parts of the country.
If you don’t think the emigration of former residents, many of
whom who are considered by Vermont standards to be classiﬁed as
being wealthy is a serious reality,
here is a list of people I know as
friends or working colleagues who
have kissed Vermont goodbye, at
least as full-time residents, and
have moved to more welcoming
communities elsewhere in our
country. Some of them continue to
maintain part-time homes here, but
of course, that means that they pay
no income tax and, in many cases,
the former homes they sold were
purchased by second-home buyers. Incidentally, none of the people on the list moved to be closer
to their families or for health or
other reasons. They moved because they were fed up with Vermont taxes and regulatory laws. I
use here only the initials instead of
the full names of those who have
left to protect their identities:
Mr. & Mrs A.W., he a former
bank executive in Pennsylvania,
had a second home in Vermont
since the mid-1970s; retired here
as full-time residents in the 1990s
and while keeping their home here
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Guest Opinion
A Positive Spin On Our Community
By Haley edmOndsOn & elsa eCkHardT
On Monday, March 30, the St.
Johnsbury Academy Student Government and Dormitory Council
held a meeting with representatives from the Vermont Council on
Rural Development.
We talked about the many positive aspects of St. Johnsbury and
brainstormed ideas about issues
that could beneﬁt from attention as
part of the community visit
process. On Tuesday, March 31, an
article was published covering the
meeting that seemed to us to have
a negative connotation towards the
students’ opinions and desires for
the town.
The piece focused on some speciﬁc suggestions made in the meeting and didn’t encompass the
entirety of the discussion. After
reading this article we, along with
members of the Academy Student
Government, were interested in
writing a piece in response to the
statements made in order to share
with the community what we took
away from the meeting.
We were excited to take part in
this meeting to share our voices
and opinions in a positive, openminded, and honest environment.
The discussion was organized
around the following questions:
What is successful about the St.
Johnsbury community? What are
the challenges? What are things
that St. J can do to be a more dynamic, prosperous, and exciting
place to live and learn? What can
the town’s youth do to better the
town?
Among myriad strengths, we
agreed that highlights include the
St. Johnsbury Recreation Program,
Catamount Arts, and multiple local
businesses. These things make St.
Johnsbury a productive place to
live and work.
On the other hand, there were
concerns of safety and drug problems as stated in the article, just
like many average communities.
The article also stated that the students who attended this meeting
want a commercial restaurant like
Chipotle in our town, and that the
idea of shopping in St. Johnsbury
is “scoffed at.”
While at some point we remarked lightly on the fact that purchasing essentials can be a
challenge in our small town, we
want to make it clear that this is
not a major worry of ours as the
youth at St. Johnsbury Academy.
As a group, some steps we are
interested in taking to better our
town are creating some sort of
community space, engaging the
students at the Academy more with
younger students at other schools,
putting a blue light system in our
town for assured safety, and more.
The students who attended this
meeting want to motivate our peers
to play a big role in our community
to make positive changes. We can
host career fairs, branch out senior
capstone ideas, and be invested in
our studies. While some of our
ideas are big, with determination
and enthusiasm we are sure that we
can accomplish anything. Youth
are a big part of St. Johnsbury and
want to hold a strong, positive reputation.
Haley Edmondson is a junior
and Elsa Eckhardt is a freshman at
St. Johnsbury Academy. Both are
members of the St. Johnsbury
Community Visit Steering Committee which is hosting forums today
throughout St. Johnsbury.
Letters to the Editor…
Toilet paper tax
To the Editor:
Whoever thought up the 2 cent
per ounce tax on soda, which is
pretty hefty, probably doesn’t drink
soda — so they don’t care!
I think that is a very unfair tax.
So, why not put a 5 cent per roll
tax on toilet paper?
That way every a**h*le can pay
the tax, including the ones in Montpelier and Washington.
Mark Rollins
Barton, Vt.
Toleration
To the Editor:
In modern society the refusal to
live morally is enshrined in the concept of toleration. Toleration is moral
cowardice. It is the inability to stand
for anything so by default one stands
for everything. Toleration is the vice
that stands in opposition to the virtue
of patience. Patience is the virtue of
enduring suffering now in the ﬁrm
hope of attaining a greater good later.
Toleration is the vice of enduring
evil now in the hope of postponing
suffering until later.
Deﬁning toleration is not merely
an academic exercise. One needs
only recall the fall of the Roman
Empire. Politically it fell because it
tolerated every aberrant human behavior as was well documented by
Third Century A. D. Roman writers
who called the empire a moral
cesspool that no one was willing to
defend. Economically it collapsed
because its politicians squandered its
wealth ﬁghting in Mesopotamia
(modern-day Iraq). Sound familiar?
Upon the letter ‘s’ hinges the fate
of America. The First Amendment
prohibits the government from enacting any law inimical to an establishment of religion (singular). Or
perhaps you believe that our Founding Fathers could not distinguish between the singular and plural? Until
our political elites read the Constitution and interpret it correctly (a novel
idea), this nation will continue to disintegrate.
Do not believe for a second that
either America or Christianity is unworthy of defense! America is a brilliant beacon in the otherwise dark,
sordid history of mankind’s revenge
rage. America works because revenge doesn’t. The acceptance of
toleration in America will simultaneously mark the rise of the injustice of
revenge and the decline of America.
America is about to be engulfed by
a tsunami of terror. Its only hope as
a nation lies in a tyranny of morality.
Michael W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Fairlee, Vt.
Energy Fair –
don’t miss it!
To the Editor:
My husband and I attended the
2008 Energy Fair at Proﬁle School
and gained a great deal of knowledge on how to lower our energy
costs.
We live in a very old farm house
that has been added to over the years.
After the kids moved out we decided
it was time to tighten things up and
lower our heat and electricity bills.
We started with an energy audit
that gave us a blueprint on how to
get started and what needed attention
right away. Over the past several
years we have made improvements
to insulation; we have replaced the
furnace and added heat zones; we
have installed thick window coverings; and we have added weather
stripping to doors and wrapped pipes
in the basement.
Because we made the changes
gradually, the expense was not overwhelming. We have seen considerable savings and are much, much
warmer in the winter. We feel a lot
smarter too!
Don’t miss the Ammonoosuc Regional Energy Fair on Saturday,
April 11th from 8 – 3:30 at Proﬁle
High School in Bethlehem. It is well
worth it and there is no charge for
admission!
Margo Connors
Sugar Hill, N.H.
Animal abuse in
Vermont
To the Editor:
Last Tuesday, I attended Humane
Lobby Day in Montpelier. Other animal advocates and I met with our
legislators and urged them to consider bills to protect Vermont’s animals. There is a bill introduced to
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nuclear weapons program.
As part of the deal, the US and its
Allies will remove economic sanctions against Iran, enriching Iran in
money and trade, and promoting its
international prestige. Iran’s “sphere
of inﬂuence” in the Middle East will
expand dramatically. A potential nuclear arms race may engulf the Middle East, leaving Israel, our friend
and ally, and the only democratic
country in the region, precariously
close to imminent attack. Iran is reportedly a state-sponsor of terrorism.
Iran’s leaders have purportedly declared to “…wipe Israel off the
map.”
In return, Iran will supposedly
dismantle some of its present nuclear
development for 15 years.
Over the course of these talks in
Switzerland between the representatives of the US and our Allies and the
representatives of Iran, a letter was
signed by 47 Republicans, and sent
to the Iranian leaders reminding
them that the people of the US are
protected by a constitution, namely
the US Constitution, which designates the Senate to approve (by a 2/3
vote) all treaties made by the President. In light of the preliminary
agreement announced today, we,
Americans and citizens of the world,
need to meticulously scrutinize the
“agreement.” If, after meticulous
scrutiny by our elected representatives in the Senate, and IF passage is
enacted (a total of 67 votes are
needed!), I would feel more secure
with the provisions of this “agreement.”
We, Americans, should all wish
President Obama success with these
talks! Under the US Constitution, he
has the responsibility to enact
treaties “…by and with the consent
of the Senate…”
So, too, we Americans, should
support Senator Kelly Ayotte (R –
NH) and the other 46 Republican
Senators for reminding the President
and the world of how our country
works through the duties delegated
to each equal branch of US government by the words of our US Constitution.
To the Editor:
Senator Ayotte is right-on!
In an attempt to bring peace to the
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Middle East, President Obama has
Sugar Hill, N.H.
engaged in talks with Iran over its
clarify and strengthen laws about
tethering pets outside in extreme
winter temperatures, and concerning
dog ﬁghting since this despicable
practice has found its way to Vermont. I came away feeling that this
was a rewarding experience and that
it was very productive.
Then I watched the news this
week. I am shocked and appalled
that the woman charged with animal
cruelty in Woodstock has taken a
plea where by surrendering the 23
Arabian horses, she walks away
from all charges as if it never happened. The same night a report of
nearly 100 dogs found in deplorable
condition in Eden was broadcast.
They were reported to be starving
and caked in feces and needing
emergency medical care. Now it appears there are no charges, and these
people are dictating which of the
dogs may be taken into care and they
are calling all the shots. There were
nearly 100 but only 65 have been removed?
I am willing to donate to their
medical expenses and care. I would,
however, resent contributing to enabling these people to continue this
unacceptable practice. Does Vermont do anything to discourage animal abuse? I understand that my
own local shelter takes in cats and
dogs that are left in apartments when
people move out and leave them. I
have been told that it is illegal to
abandon your pet, but nobody pursues prosecution because the judicial
system rarely imposes any penalties
and it is not worth shelter time, personnel and resources. If word gets
out about Vermont being a haven for
animal abusers, the State may become the next mecca for dog ﬁghters
and puppy mills. I urge everyone to
contact your local legislators and let
them know that Vermonters want
stricter laws regarding animal
abuse/cruelty.
Shelah Vogel
Newport Center, Vt.
Senator Ayotte
is right-on!
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A federal judge
has delayed a Vermont woman’s lawsuit against
people she maintains helped her former same-sex
partner and their daughter ﬂee the country rather
than comply with child custody orders.
In his ruling Monday, U.S. District Court Judge
William Sessions said allowing the civil case ﬁled
by Janet Jenkins of Fair Haven to proceed while
criminal charges are pending against one of the defendants, Philip Zodhiates, could prejudice the
criminal case.
But Sessions said there was no reason to delay
the sharing of documents sought by Jenkins’ attorneys in the civil suit because federal prosecutors
have, or will soon have, the same records.
Zodhiates, a businessman from Waynesboro,
Virginia, has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges
in Buffalo, New York, that he helped Lisa Miller
and her daughter Isabella ﬂee the country in 2009
rather than share custody with Jenkins. They are
believed to be living in Nicaragua.
Zodhiates was charged last fall with bringing
Miller and Isabella to Buffalo so they could cross
the border into Canada.
Sessions’ ruling said Zodhiates is expected to
go on trial this summer in the criminal case.
In 2012, Kenneth Miller, a Mennonite pastor
from Stuarts Draft, Virginia, was convicted of aiding in international kidnapping for arranging the
ﬂight for Miller, who is not related, and Isabella.
Kenneth Miller’s conviction is being appealed.
Miller and Jenkins were joined in a Vermont
civil union in 2000. Isabella was born to Miller in
the spring of 2002. Miller and Jenkins later split
up and fought lengthy legal battles over visitation
and later custody until Miller and Isabella disappeared in 2009.
Jenkins ﬁled a civil lawsuit against Kenneth
Miller, Zodhiates and others in 2012.
here and moved to Florida in 2013.
J.H., a former bank president in the
NY metropolitan area, owned a Vermont home for over 40 years and it
was his principal residence for at least
30 of those years, sold his house and
moved to Florida about eight years
ago even though most of his family
still live in Vermont.
J.K., a businessman in Southern
Vermont, born and has been living
here his entire life. Plans to move to
North Carolina within the next 12
months.
Mr. & Mrs. J.R., a prominent Vermont businessman in the construction ﬁeld, owned a home in Vermont
for many years. Sold it about four
years ago and now lives in Florida.
Mr. & Mrs. W.F., moved to Vermont in the 1980s and has owned and
operated several very successful
businesses here since that time. He
has kept his home here, but moved to
Florida about four years ago and is
now a permanent resident of that
state.
Mr. & Mrs. M.B., has owned and
operated a real estate business in
southern Vermont where he has lived
since the early 1980s. While main-
taining his home in Vermont as a second home, he is now a Florida resident.
Mr. & Mrs. M.S., a prominent
Wall Street economist, had been a
permanent resident of Vermont since
going into semi-retirement in the
mid-1990s. While maintaining his
home here as a non-resident, he
moved his permanent residence to
Florida about four years ago.
Mr. & Mrs, M.B., a businessman
and activist in Western Vermont for
many years, moved to Virginia last
year where he is now a permanent
resident.
N.P., a long-time prominent accountant and businessman in Ver-
as a part-time residence, are now residents of Florida.
Mr & Mrs. J.L., former real estate
agents in Vermont, as of about a year
ago, established residence in Florida
two years ago but keep their former
home here as a second home.
Mr. & Mrs. R.F., former investment manager in New York, purchased a second home in Vermont in
the mid 1980s, retired here in the late
1990s, established permanent residence in Florida last year, but kept
their home here as non-residents.
B.C., a former Vermont business
executive in energy creation ﬁeld,
born in this state, but left it a few
years ago to live in New Hampshire
where he is now retired.
Mr. & Mrs. P.S., a former executive at a huge charitable institution in
NYC, purchased a farm in Vermont
many years ago and retired there in
the 1990s. Sold the farm and now
lives in Seattle.
Mr. & Mrs. B.H., both born in Vermont, have been in the real estate
business for most of their working
lives. Presently have a second home
in Florida and intend to move there
permanently in the near future.
Mr. & Mrs. P.V., a mid-size business owner from NYC, bought a second home in Vermont in the 1960s
and retired here as full-time residents
in the late 1990s. They are now seriously considering moving to South
Carolina.
Mr. & Mrs. D.B., a senior executive with a Fortune 500 company located in the mid-west, bought a
vacation home here in the early
1980s and retired here in the early
1900s. Sold his home here three
years ago and now lives in New
Hampshire.
Mr. & Mrs. D.H., a former Vermont ski resort executive, lived here
for over 30 years. Sold his home here
last year and now lives in Delaware.
Mr. & Mrs. G.S., with a company
in the Fortune 500 for over 30 years,
plans to move to Florida in about a
year.
Mr. & Mrs. H.L., a former Wall
Street ﬁrm executive, bought a house
in Vermont in which to retire at the
end of the of the 1980s. Sold the
house to a second-home owner in
2011 and moved to Connecticut.
Mr. & Mrs. H.K., another Wall
Street senior executive, had a home
in Vermont for a number of years to
which he retired in the mid-1990s.
His home has been on the market for
about three years and he moved to
Virginia in 2012.
J.D., a journalist, born and lived in
Vermont all of his life, sold his home
would make it easier for a broader
range of companies to add jobs and
take the tax credits, but the provision
was removed from the bill and several others fell by the wayside amid
senators’ concerns about their impact
on already tight state ﬁnances.
Among them was proposed funds to
help ﬁrst-time homebuyers with
down payments.
Cathy Davis, vice president of
public affairs at the Lake Champlain
Regional Chamber of Commerce,
said a lack of affordable housing has
hurt employers’ ability to attract
young workers to some parts of Vermont.
“We need to grow our young
workforce and keep them here,” she
said.
Also removed from the bill were
provisions designed to soften changes
made last year to Vermont’s Act 250
land-use development law.
The Lake Champlain Chamber’s
Katie Taylor said a guidance document issued in the fall by the state
Natural Resources Board left many
developers wary of proposing new
projects for fear they would run afoul
of new provisions restricting strip development. It could take courts ﬁve
years to provide the needed interpretation of the law.
Kate McCarthy, sustainable communities program director at the Vermont Natural Resources Council,
said she was pleased the Senate decided not to weaken Act 250. The
provision allows new construction in
areas already marked by strip development, but is designed to prevent
adding more.
“You can build as long as you’re
not contributing to strip development,” she said.
gas pipeline.
The properties are along the route between
Colchester and Middlebury in a section that would
be constructed next year.
State regulators approved the pipeline in 2013;
their certiﬁcate of public good gives Vermont Gas
the right of eminent domain.
The company says the landowners haven’t responded to its efforts to contact them. James Sinclair, a company vice president, said the ﬁlings are
a last resort and the company is hopeful the
landowners will engage with them to reach an
agreement. The company didn’t name the
landowners.
Vermont Gas says it has reached agreements
with owners of about 85 percent of the parcels in
the pipeline project and is engaged in negotiations
with others.
Vt. House backs Guilford pond
restoration with $495K
GUILFORD, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont House
has appropriated $495,000 to help restore Sweet
Pond in Guilford by renovating the dam that creates the pond.
The pond at the Sweet Pond State Park in Guilford was drained in 2011 due to concerns about
the dam’s safety.
The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and
Recreation requested $90,000 in its ﬁscal year
2016 budget for planning, engineering and permitting at Sweet Pond, plus another $405,000 for dam
construction the following year.
State Rep. Mike Hebert tells the Brattleboro Reformer House approval cleared a “signiﬁcant hurdle” in a tough budget year.
The measure must still be approved by the Vermont Senate.
Bill to halt teachers’ strikes
draws debate
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Majority Democrats in the Vermont House are still divided over
legislation that would ban teachers’ strikes and the
imposition of contracts by school boards on the
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont eve of scheduled ﬂoor debate on the issue.
Gas has started eminent domain proceedings
Members of the House Education Committee
against two landowners in Monkton for its natural are backing legislation that would ban those so-
Vt. Gas starts two eminent
domain proceedings
mont, retired in the early 2000s and
is now a permanent resident of
Florida while maintaining a second
home in Vermont.
Mr. & Mrs. P.G., a well-known
business man from the central Vermont region, sold his Vermont home
and moved to California in the mid2000s where he is now a permanent
resident.
There are others, but I won’t bore
you with any more names. You get
the idea. Incidentally, an unusual
number of these people served in the
Vermont government in a variety of
both elected and appointed positions
for many years. I guess they could
see the hand-writing on the wall ear-
called nuclear options as of a year from July, and
launch a special study group to work out details
during the next year.
The House General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee opposes a ban on strikes, saying
they are sometimes necessary to resolve labor disputes that otherwise can drag on for years.
Backers of the legislation held a news conference Tuesday to rally support for the cause the day
before Wednesday’s scheduled House debate.
Stepfather charged in toddler's
death faces new charge
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The man charged
with second-degree murder in the death last year
of his 2-year-old stepdaughter is accused of contacting his ex-wife in violation of a court order.
Dennis Duby has pleaded not guilty to seconddegree murder in the February 2014 death of Dezirae Sheldon of Poultney who died of severe head
trauma.
Police say Duby has been talking on the phone
and sending letters to the child's mother, Sandra
Eastman-Duby, and had contact with her dating
back to October 2014 when he was living in a
court-ordered residence. They say she is pregnant
and Dennis Duby is the suspected father.
Duby is expected to be arraigned on the suspected violation in May.
New Hampshire ranks high in
college completion, transfers
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire remains among the top states in terms of college students graduating within six years of starting at its
four-year public campuses, but it also ranks high
in the percentage of students who ﬁnish in another
state.
The latest report from the National Clearinghouse Research Center tracked students who
started college in fall 2008. It found that 78 percent
of those who started at University System of New
Hampshire schools earned degrees within six
years, compared to 63 percent nationally. New
Hampshire’s total, which was unchanged from last
year, was the second highest this year, behind only
Iowa.
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lier than many of the rest of us. If and
when I am able to sell my home, I
plan to move to New Hampshire myself.
So while you are considering how
to vote or take any action on H.489, I
hope you will give some thought to
what I’ve covered here. The future of
Vermont could depend to a great extent on how you deal with this bill.
The state, as an oasis, is rapidly losing
that reputation.
It’s on its way to becoming a
desert and this bill, should it become
a law, could hasten that process. Just
keep bearing in mind that the people
of Vermont are fed up with the tax
burden imposed upon them by gov-
ernment mismanagement and those
who can afford to do, are leaving for
less oppressive and expensive locales.
Ralph Colin, of East Dorset, spent
31 years as a senior executive in one
of the divisions of CBS. In Vermont
he has been involved in politics and
has served on the boards of numerous cultural, educational and environmental organizations as well as
on civic (town, county and state)
councils and committees focusing on
economic development. He was an
Air Force pilot serving on both active
(three years) and Reserve duty for 26
years, retiring in 1980 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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MONTPELIER — The Vermont
Senate on Tuesday advanced a
stripped-down economic development package, removing provisions
to allow lower-wage companies to
qualify for job-creation tax credits
and to ease restrictions on what some
environmentalists have labeled strip
development.
“I like to say the glass is half full,
but I think there are a couple of drops
left in the glass at this point,” Sen.
Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland and chairman of the Senate committee that
drafted the bill, said during Senate debate.
He later joked that the drops might
be of fortiﬁed wine because the bill
still contained provisions that could
ease restrictions on the sale of ports
and sherries.
He said he hoped that the House
could ﬁx some of the measure’s
shortcomings or that some of its earlier provisions could be attached to
other legislation.
Mullin said economic growth in
Vermont since the Great Recession
has been concentrated around
Burlington area while other parts of
the state continued to stagnate.
The Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
Committee had proposed reducing
the lowest wage a company could
pay and still be eligible for tax credits
under the Vermont Economic Growth
Initiative from 160 percent of the state
minimum wage — which currently
works out to $14.64 per hour — to
the $13 an hour a legislative study recently pegged as a “livable wage.”
Supporters argued the lower wage
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Littleton Police are investigating
the possible drug overdose death
of a 43-year-old man.
The man was found dead in an
apartment of a multi-unit building
after police received a request for
a welfare check sometime after 8
p.m. on Tuesday. His identity was
not released pending notiﬁcation
of family.
Chief Smith said a drug over-
dose is suspected. The state medical examiner’s ofﬁce will perform
an autopsy and toxicology tests to
determine the cause of death. An
investigation is ongoing.
The man was reported as possibly despondent. Littleton Police
arrived to ﬁnd the apartment door
locked. They forced their way in to
ﬁnd the man, who was the sole occupant, deceased.
Last year two people died of
heroin overdoses on Littleton’s
Main Street in the span of a two
months: 34-year-old Adam Hill on
Oct. 5 and 28-year-old Edward G.
Martin III on Nov. 30.
The person who allegedly sold
them the heroin, 54-year-old
Michael Millette, faces four felony
counts for possession of heroin
with intent to distribute.
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“Spark Fun” inventors kit for a
total restitution claim of $357.99.
Fletcher said he didn’t take the
games or the inventor’s kit and
took less then half the requested
amount in cash.
“I took roughly 75-80 dollars
from the library,” said Fletcher to
the judge as he entered his guilty
plea.
According to court documents,
Fletcher was a volunteer custodian
at the library on Feb. 7 when he
was seen on a security camera removing a pack of white envelopes
from the front desk drawer of the
library desk, looking through them
WEDNESDay, aPRil 8, 2015
and placing something in his
pocket.
Police said Fletcher admitted to
the thefts and said he did so because he needed the money and intended to pay the library back.
Fletcher is the former managing
editor of the Barre Times-Argus
newspaper. He was ﬁred in 2002
after the paper could not substantiate stories he wrote, including
one about a 16-year-old prostitute
and heroin addict; another about a
New York City transplant who
moved to a Northeast Kingdom
cabin after her nephew was killed
on September 11, 2011; and a third
about a Vermont victim of the infamous Triangle Shirt factory ﬁre.
Neither the 15-year-old nor the
New York City woman could be
found; the ﬁre victim wasn’t listed
in death records; and no property
records exist for the cabin that
Fletcher wrote about.
Though he couldn’t provide the
Times Argus evidence that any of
his characters exist, Fletcher continues to stand by the stories.
According to his online resume.
Fletcher owns a Peacham based
public relations ﬁrm called ‘The
Editing Shop’ and served as “press
secretary” for Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Milne in
2014.
Before reaching a plea deal with
prosecutors Fletcher faced a maximum penalty for petit theft of one
year in prison and a $1,000 ﬁne.
In the arena of good news, however, Denise King of Casella Waste
Systems, Inc., told the board at its
March 16 meeting that the recycling center was doing very well,
collecting more than 105 tons of
material that would otherwise go
to a landﬁll.
SWIP
Barton is not part of a waste
management district and is working on developing its own waste
district.
A SWIP needs to be in place by
July 1, which means the plan must
be submitted to the state - after
being approved by the local committee - by June 18 for consideration.
With that in mind, the selectmen
decided they’d better warn the
meeting as a special select board
meeting just in case the plan makes
it to the ﬁnal ﬁnishing touches that
evening.
The public is invited to weigh in
on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the town
ofﬁce.
The town, however, argues the
business model of the hospital has
changed in the last few decades
and the medical ofﬁce building is
now the business location for doctors who otherwise would have
their own practices in Littleton and
would be paying taxes on those
properties.
The practices now on LRH
property do not qualify as tax-exempt charitable organizations, the
town argues.
Town ofﬁcials say they believe
the hospital should pay its fair
share of taxes as an entity that does
business in town and beneﬁts from
town services.
LRH representatives say the
medical ofﬁce building serves an
important role in the hospital’s
charitable mission and LRH al-
ready pays signiﬁcant taxes to the
town for land it owns that is not directly related to its charitable mission.
To date, attempts made to arrive
at an annual payment-in-lieu-oftaxes (PILOT) agreement have not
been successful.
In the appeal, town attorneys
argue, “The only avenue for relief
is through this appeal to correct
substantive errors of law and the
unsustainable exercise of discretion before the ﬁnal hearing is held
or the town will suffer irreparable
harm.”
The town’s appeal to the N.H.
Supreme Court, ﬁled March 20, is
currently in the pre-screening
process, which means it has not yet
been accepted or declined.
run along the east side of Broad
Street as well. Another major
change will be two new left turn
lanes built into the middle of the
highway, allowing turning vehicles
to get out of the path of through
trafﬁc and make a left turn into a
business.
There will be curb islands along
the stretch of highway undergoing
a redesign and access controls.
Martin said Tuesday, “some businesses will be losing space.” Parking lots owned by businesses can
be reduced in size as the result of
curbing, access controls and the
broader shoulders to be constructed by the state.
At the southern end of the project, trafﬁc controls are planned at
the intersection of Route 5 and the
Red Village Road.
Martin said Tuesday that the
project at this point is still in a con-
ceptual phase. In addition to presenting an overview of the project
Wednesday night, Martin will be
available to talk to affected
landowners along the route and
will answer questions and receive
concerns and suggestions. Once
the project advances, the state will
meet with individual property
owners along the route and negotiate impacts on property.
Asked if business owners concerned about the loss of parking
spaces could persuade the state to
eliminate planned bike lanes and a
sidewalk, Martin said it was unlikely such an effort would be successful.
Martin stressed Wednesday
night’s event is a valuable opportunity for residents. He added the
state looks forward to getting feedback from residents on how the
project can be improved.
identity of St. Johnsbury” discussion; and North Church hosts an
education discussion.
A free community dinner is
from 6-7 p.m. at North Congregational Church.
Final forums begin at 7 p.m.
when Grace Church will host a
“youth and creative economic opportunity” discussion; Fairbanks
Museum will host a housing discussion; and North Church will
host a “community gathering
spaces” discussion.
Residents will subsequently
identify top issues and ideally establish task forces to get to work.
Steve Costello, executive direc-
tor of VCRD, has said, “The whole
process is about giving everyone
the opportunity, as equals, to put
their ideas on the table and then
decide the best course of action to
move the community forward. It’s
all about local leadership. At
VCRD, we know that the best decisions are made locally, and that
real progress comes from people
lining up together to get things
done. The Community Visit will
allow residents of St. Johnsbury to
prioritize their ideas, and connect
with experts and resources from
around Vermont.”
The Community Visit program
is free for participating towns.
NEWPORT
WELCH LAUDS LOCALS FOR INNOVATION, RESILIENCE
Continued from Page A1
By Jennifer Hersey
Cleveland
Staff Writer
NEWPORT CITY — The city
of Newport is moving forward
with its reinvention despite obstacles and has remained resilient in
the face of hardship, Congressman
Peter Welch told the bankers, business owners, Rotarians, and community elders he spoke with
during a visit Tuesday.
In the face of tough times,
Welch said during a visit to Numia
Medical Technology, the company’s president, Eric Flachbart,
has remained resolute, unwilling to
give up. He and other leaders in
the community are to be commended for their ability to survive
in tough times, Welch said.
Flachbart said his company
started out with one person, grew
to 30 employees to ﬁll a large contract, and then, when the contract
fell through, was again reduced to
a workforce of one. Since then,
Flachbart said, he is back up to 17
employees and hopes to hire more
people with the advent of two new
products in two years.
Welch asked how Flachbart
stayed in the business in the face
of such adversity.
“Never, ever, ever give up,”
Flachbart said, quoting Winston
Churchill. “That’s got to be the
mantra.”
There’s also the human factor.
Flachbart pointed to a photo on the
wall of a small girl hooked to medical devices. That girl is Flachbart’s daughter, who was hooked
to a pump his company made after
surgery.
“I tell you, that brings it home,”
he said.
Flachbart said it also came
down to strategy. He can do some
direct selling of medical devices,
but for most of his products, he
needs a larger company with a
huge sales force. But, Numia has
an ace up its sleeve when it comes
to innovation, he said. Most of the
big companies are “too bureaucratic to get anything done.”
“So we can develop products
much, much faster than any of
them,” he said.
Manufacturing will remain in
Newport, and Flachbart said he’s
adamant about that.
“I’ll be happy when these two
buildings are full of smiling people
making pumps.”
And if all goes well, they will be
full. Flachbart is working on a new
device that could save amputated
limbs by pumping ﬂuid through
ule for implementation of the closure plan within 30 days, including
removal of all materials from the
site.
The town must also ﬁle the 2013
annual report within 14 days.
The state isn’t out to get the
town, Sanborn said.
The ANR just wants its statistics, Croteau said.
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SUPCo
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them.
Of course, no visit of a sitting
Congressman would be complete
without complaints about taxes,
and Welch cheerfully listened to
folks, offering solace and a promise to do something about the problems people running local
businesses face.
The subject came up during a
conversation about eggs.
Welch noticed fresh farm eggs
for sale at the door to Numia, and
immediately made obtaining a
dozen his ﬁrst task.
“You’ll have to pay the medical
device tax on those,” Flachbart
said.
Welch quickly picked up on the
infusion pump innovator’s gist,
and asked about how the tax was
causing trouble.
It targets the wrong people,
Flachbart said. His company is
very small compared to the “behemoths” that charge around the industry with their elbows out.
The tax is “fundamentally
ﬂawed,” he said, with the manufacturer paying the 2.3 percent tax,
rather than charging the behemoths
that sell them. “And they get away
scot-free.”
“It hurts,” Flachbart said.
“I can see that,” Welch said.
On another note, Flachbart said
the FDA’s approval process has
become so cumbersome as to inhibit innovation in medical technologies. Before the FDA changed
its review process, an application
would include about 50 pages, he
said.
For the last device for which he
sought approval, it was 10,000
pages.
“It’s a million dollars now to get
a device approved,” Flachbart said.
Flachbart said he’s taking products to Europe, where the process
is not only less onerous, it is pre-
dictable. If the applicant has done
the work necessary, he gets approval.
That’s up for review, Welch
said, in a bill called “21st Century
Cures” that seeks to streamline the
process after a lot of producers
complained.
Flachbart said in 2009 the FDA
did a good thing, however, in requiring testing for human factors.
That requires bringing in clinicians
to use a product before it is used on
humans.
Flachbart said on one product,
the testing clinician kept hitting the
wrong button after entering data,
which brought it back to the start
point. He was told not to use the
button. But he said it looked like
an enter key on a keyboard, and
that’s why his brain thought he
should hit it. That would one little
thing could have cost the company
an untold amount, Flachbart said.
“I don’t think bandaids should
go on the market without someone
using them,” he said.
At the Rotary Club, Welch saw
a spirit of cooperation and willingness to work to better the lives of
others, noting that the same spirit
could be well used in Washington,
D.C.
Welch said he supports the EB5 investor program, which is funding most of the development
taking place in Newport. But he
said it is also troublesome that only
the people able to cough up half a
million dollars get green cards this
way.
“There’s a certain aspect of that
that doesn’t quite feel right,” he
said.
But as long as the community is
involved, and the development
taking place ﬁts their needs, the
local economy could use a boost
from the program, he said.
GORHAM
MAN SHOT, KILLED IN TOWN SQUARE
GORHAM, N.H. (AP) — A
Gorham man has been charged
with murder and attempted murder
after a man was gunned down on
the sidewalk in front of the town
common in Gorham, right near the
police station, the state attorney
general’s ofﬁce said Tuesday.
Police inside the station were in
the midst of swearing in new ofﬁcers when they heard the shots
Monday night and ran to ﬁnd 27-
Barton
year-old Michael Welch suffering
from multiple gunshot wounds.
EMTs responded but Welch died
before getting to a hospital, said
Senior Assistant Attorney General
Benjamin Agati.
Police caught up with a man
leaving the scene, identiﬁed as 25year-old Christopher Drouin of
Gorham. He was arrested and
charged with second-degree murder and with attempted murder for
shooting at another man with
Welch, 30-year-old John Gillespie.
Agati said the three men were
known to each other but a motive
for the shooting is unclear.
Drouin was arraigned Tuesday
and held without bail. A number
listed for a Christopher Drouin in
Gorham wasn’t working. A call
after business hours to the public
defender who represented him was
not immediately returned.
town a full and fair opportunity to
be heard at the ﬁnal hearing and
eliminates the burden of proof
upon [LRH] to prove all elements
necessary to qualify for a charitable tax exemption.”
The case that involves tax abatement appeals ﬁled by LRH against
the town for the years 2011, 2012
and 2013 revolves around the hospital’s 70,000-square-foot medical
ofﬁce building that opened in
2011.
In its decision, the BTLA concludes “the charitable purpose of
the taxpayer as a hospital is not a
contestable issue in these appeals.”
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answered and have their concerns
or suggestions heard. At 6:30 p.m.,
the formal public hearing will be
held.
Bruce Martin, project head for
the Route 5 project, said at the
present time, the actual construction is scheduled to begin in 2020
and has an estimated “ballpark”
construction cost of $7 million.
Major changes that will affect
almost every resident and business
owner along Broad Street are
planned. Bicycle and sidewalk advocates will be pleased, but business owners may be troubled by
plans to include four foot wide
shoulders designated as bike lanes
along both sides of Broad Street. A
ﬁve-foot sidewalk is planned to
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who has ever complained about
the town, you need to come to this
because this is the place where
change is going to happen.”
Selectman Jeff Moore is another
advocate.
“If you do nothing else this year,
get out [today] and share your
thoughts on St. Johnsbury’s future,” he said. “I hear comments
and complaints every day about
what St. J. should be, what it
needs, what it does not have, etc.,
etc., etc. This is our opportunity to
share thoughts and ideas on the direction we want our town to go.
Participation from everyone is key.
We have been afforded a great opportunity here. Let’s make the
most of it.”
Events today start at 2:30 p.m.
with three simultaneous forums at
three venues. Grace United
Methodist Church on Central
Street will host a transportation
and tourism discussion; Fairbanks
Museum & Planetarium will host
a “building strong neighborhoods”
discussion; and North Congregational Church on Main Street will
host a senior citizens discussion.
At 4:15 p.m. Grace Church will
host an “energy, food and land
use” discussion; Fairbanks Museum will host an “image and
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‘Take back our country’: Rand Paul kicks off
2016 campaign with challenge to both parties
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combative challenge both to Washington and
his fellow Republicans, cataloguing a lengthy list of what ails America and
pledging to “take our country back.”
Paul’s ﬁery message, delivered in his home state of Kentucky before he
ﬂew to four early-nominating states, was designed to broaden his appeal outside of the typical GOP coalition as well as motivate supporters of his father’s
two unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination.
In a 26-minute speech that eviscerated “the Washington machine,” he
spared neither Republican nor Democrat as he attempted to tap into Americans’ deep frustrations with their government.
“I worry that the opportunity and hope are slipping away for our sons and
daughters,” the tea party favorite said. “As I watch our once-great economy
collapse under mounting spending and debt, I think, ‘What kind of America
will our grandchildren see?’”
He added: “It seems to me that both parties and the entire political system
are to blame.”
Pakistan judge orders former CIA lawyer, station
chief be charged over 2009 drone strike
WORLD BRIEFS
afraid many more people will die,” Jabeen said.
She said a surgical team was also awaiting clearance to dock in the embattled Yemeni port of Aden, where heavy ﬁghting Monday left streets littered with bodies.
Obama says Iran could build nuke quickly after
13 years; Boehner says deal threatens peace
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran could have the capabilities to build a nuclear bomb almost immediately after the ﬁrst 13 years of the emerging nuclear deal, President Barack Obama acknowledged on Tuesday. House
Speaker John Boehner reacted tersely, arguing that Obama had just conﬁrmed
what critics of the deal have long feared.
Under the framework for a ﬁnal deal, Iran would be kept at least a year
away from a bomb for the ﬁrst decade, Obama said, as he pressed ahead in
his campaign to sell the deal to skeptics. Pushing back on criticism that the
deal allows Iran to keep enriching uranium, Obama told NPR News that enrichment isn’t the prime concern because Iran will be capped for a decade at
300 kilograms — not enough to convert to a stockpile of weapons-grade material.
“What is a more relevant fear would be that in Year 13, 14, 15, they have
advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium fairly rapidly, and at that point, the
breakout times would have shrunk almost down to zero,” Obama said.
Breakout time refers to how long it would take to build a bomb if Iran decided to pursue one full-bore — in other words, how long the rest of the
world would have to stop it. The framework deal expands Iran’s breakout
time — currently two to three months — to at least a year.
Yet that constraint would stay in place only for 10 years, at which point
some restrictions would start phasing out. Boehner, R-Ohio, said Tehran was
taking the long view and cautioned that the Iranian regime could exploit the
easing of restrictions to fulﬁll its ambitions of exporting revolution across
the globe.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani judge on Tuesday ordered that criminal charges be ﬁled against a former CIA lawyer who oversaw its drone program and the one-time chief agency operative in Islamabad over a 2009 strike
that killed two people.
Former acting general counsel John A. Rizzo and ex-station chief Jonathan
Bank must face charges including murder, conspiracy, terrorism and waging
war against Pakistan, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High
Court ruled. A court clerk and a lawyer involved the case, Mirza Shahzad
Akbar, conﬁrmed details of the judge’s ruling.
Rizzo and Bank could not be immediately reached for comment. The CIA
will have no comment, spokesman Chris White told The Associated Press.
The legal action comes as the number of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan has
fallen precipitously from their 2010 high, amid signs that the U.S. and Pakistan have been more closely cooperating on counterterrorism issues after
years of tensions. It is unclear how the criminal charges will affect that coKenyans’ outrage grows over delay in sending
operation, even though the defendants will almost certainly never see the incrack police unit to extremist attack at college
side of a Pakistani courtroom.
The only way the case could go forward is if U.S. ofﬁcials cooperate with
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Public anger spilled into the streets of the
the Pakistani court, which is inconceivable given that the drone strikes were Kenyan capital Tuesday, a fury stirred by the seven-hour delay between the
carried out under a program ordered by two successive U.S. presidents.
time authorities learned of a deadly attack by gunmen on a college and when
police commandoes ﬁnally arrived at the scene.
Authorities were informed of the assault just before dawn Thursday at
Utility says it removed stolen electric meter
Garissa University College in northeastern Kenya, where four militants killed
from rental home where 8 died of gas poisoning 148 people before being slain by police in the early evening.
Questions have arisen that the delayed arrival of the police could have
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — A divorced father and the seven children
contributed
to the high death toll as the country confronts the threat from the
he was trying to raise on a kitchen worker’s salary were poisoned in their
Islamic
extremists
from the Somalia-based al-Shabab militant group.
sleep by carbon monoxide only days after the power company discovered a
During a demonstration by about 250 students, they passed a truck carrystolen meter and cut off electricity to their rental home, police said Tuesday.
Delmarva Power said it did not cut off the family’s electricity because they ing security forces with red berets and riﬂes and shouted at the troops: “Where
were behind on their bills, but for safety reasons after discovering the illegal were you?”
connection on March 25.
Rodney Todd, 36, then bought a gas-powered generator and installed it in Case of husband forces court to consider when
his kitchen to keep his two sons and ﬁve daughters warm. Friends and reladementia makes a person unable to consent
tives last saw them alive on March 28.
“The children were all in beds and it appears as though they were sleepDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former state lawmaker accused of raping
ing,” Princess Anne Police Chief Scott Keller said. “Probably it was bedtime his wife in a nursing home is forcing an Iowa court to confront a little-disand they decided they needed some light and probably some heat, because cussed question of aging: When is a person suffering from dementia unable
toward the end of March even though it was spring we were having some to consent to sex?
pretty chilly nights.”
The case centers on Henry and Donna Lou Rayhons, both 78, who got
Police found their bodies Monday inside the one-story wood-frame home married seven years ago in a union that seemed to offer a second chance at
on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after school workers, friends and Todd’s co- love for the two, who had both been widowed. But their domestic routine of
workers knocked on the door with no answer.
church activities and political functions unraveled as Donna’s health began
to fail.
year, Donna Lou Rayhons was moved into a nursing home because
560 dead, more than 1,700 wounded in Yemen sheLast
was suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
A family conﬂict developed over how to care for her, culminating in a
as aid workers warn of humanitarian collapse
meeting
in which the nursing home staff told her husband that his wife was
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — As tons of desperately needed medical supplies
await clearance to be ﬂown into Yemen, aid workers warned Tuesday of an no longer mentally capable of legally
unfolding humanitarian crisis, saying at least 560 people, including dozens consenting to have sex.
State prosecutors say Henry Rayof children, have been killed, mostly in a Saudi-led air campaign and battles
hons
– then a long-serving Republibetween Shiite rebels and forces loyal to the embattled president.
More than 1,700 people have been wounded and another 100,000 have can state representative – ignored that
ﬂed their homes as ﬁghting intensiﬁed over the past three weeks, the World message. On Wednesday, he will
stand trial for sexually assaulting his
Health Organization said.
The Red Cross shipment would be the ﬁrst to reach Yemen since the start wife, who died in August. The
of the Saudi-imposed air blockade. Sitara Jabeen, a Geneva-based spokes- charges were ﬁled days after she
woman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said a cargo plane died.
with 17 tons of medical supplies was in the Jordanian capital, Amman, awaiting the go-ahead from coalition forces to land in Sanaa, hopefully on Wednesday. Another 35 tons of supplies were also ready for shipment, she said.
“If these medical supplies do not reach Yemen, then unfortunately we are
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of its availability at the office of the fund’s trustee,
William Boyd Davies, Esq., at the office of May &
Davies, Main Street, Barton, VT 05822.
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benefit of Lake Region Union High School (scholarship fund)
is available for inspection during normal business hours by
any citizen who so requests within 180 days after publication
of this notice of its availability at the office of the fund’s
trustee, William Boyd Davies, Esq., at the office of May &
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LITTLETON DOG OWNERS
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If you do not license your dog by that date, effective June 1 there is an additional charge of $1.00 for each month fees remain unpaid. If you fail to license
your dog pursuant to RSA 466:1, a civil forfeiture fine of $25.00, plus a cost of
service fee and any additional monthly fees will be issued to you.
LICENSE FEES:
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Neutered/Spayed.......................................................................$7.50
Group (5 dogs or more) ..........................................................$20.00
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The annual report of the Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund is available for inspection
during normal business hours by any citizen who so requests within 180 days after publication of this notice of
its availability at the office of the fund’s trustee, William
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Street, Barton, Vermont 05822.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming isn’t just affecting the weather,
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announced steps government and businesses will take to better understand
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Warning of the perils to the planet has gotten the president only so far;
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public higher education system is working and doing what it was designed alignment and northbound ramps in the vicinity of Exit 3.
to do, preparing our state’s future workforce.”
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The percentage of college graduates starting in New Hampshire and ﬁnishing elsewhere increased from 11 to 12 percent, however, making New
Hampshire one of 14 states where that percentage was above 10 percent.
Higher education ofﬁcials have said that those ﬁgures likely reﬂect the fact
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the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University and Keene
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higher tuition, and may be unable to afford it for their entire education.
USNH Chancellor Todd Leach focused more on the overall completion
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of the weigh station in Windham.
The work is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning. Blasting operations will
be between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.
The department says rolling roadblocks with minor delays can be expected
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10 Bay St., St. Johnsbury, VT
802-748-2901
802-584-4088
Business:
Home:
CALL: 802.748.8121
WOOD
PARKS & SONS
FIREWOOD
Cut, Split & Delivered
Jon “Goobie” Parks
603-631-0252
107 Summer Street
Lancaster, NH
Area
Rugs
106 Main Street • Littleton, NH
603-444-7444
www.detailsinteriorfashions.com
306 North Road
Jefferson, NH 03583
USA KARATE
C.H. Dana RV Inc.
Commander, ATVs & Maverick
Home
Furnishings
JOSSELYN’S
SAWMILL INC.
POWDER COATING
RV
Rangers, RZRs, ATVs & Snowmobiles
Window
Treatments
We specialize in:
Log home Maintenance
Cedar Log Furniture
Log Rails
RECREATIONAL/RV’S
Hours: M-F 8-5 • Sat 8-2
WINDOW TREATMENTS
CALL 802-748-8892
CELL 802-751-9491
JAMES & NANCY BUXTON
Protect your investment
David Pingree
Painting
802-748-1953
absolutepowersportsvt.com
Cell: 802-535-5973
• Spring/Fall Cleanup • Mowing
• Garden Design & Installation
• Brush Clearing & Removal
• Bushhogging • Light Trucking
• Snowplowing & Sanding
Fully Insured ~ Free Estimates
PLUMBING & HEATING
Right oﬀ I-91, Exit 17 Rte. 302
Wells River, VT • 802-429-2500
Bob Briggs
4 SEASON CARE
PAINTING
RECREATIONAL/RV’S
ATVs &
Side by Sides
CALEB TEMPLE
MEATS
NEW CONSTRUCTION
REMODELING
REPAIRS
101 Depot Street, Lyndonville
• TRUCKING & EXCAVATING
• BUSHHOGGING
• GARDENS ROTOTILLED
TREE & BRUSH REMOVAL
• HYDRO SEEDING
• PARKING LOT &
DRIVEWAY SWEEPING
• DRIVEWAY GRADING
• DRIVEWAY SEAL COAT
& CRACK FILLING
FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY INSURED
765 Mitchell Drive, Lyndonville, VT
PLUMBING • HEATING
AIR CONDITIONING
802-535-7958
LANDSCAPE
& LAWNCARE
475 Main Street • Lancaster, NH 03584 • 603-788-4991
www.daltonmountainmotorsports.com
Caitlin Temple,
NCBTMB
MARTIAL ARTS
OPEN:
6 DAYS (SUMMER)
MASSAGE
LOG HOME MAINT.
S P O R T S
S P R I N G & FA L L C L E A N - U P
BRUSHHOGGING
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
E X C A V AT I N G • L I G H T T R U C K I N G
ROOF SHOVELING
PLOWING • FIREWOOD
F R E E E S T I M AT E S
F U LLY IN SU RED
ACCEPT MAJOR CREDIT CARDS
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — About 370 New Hampshire Army National
Guard soldiers are scheduled to head to the Middle East by the end of this
month. The members of the 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment
have been training at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The soldiers will be part of Operation Spartan Shield, an ongoing U.S.
Army training mission. The battalion will conduct artillery-focused training
engagements with allied nations.
It’s the ﬁrst time a National Guard ﬁeld artillery battalion has been activated to support the mission. The battalion went to Fort Bliss in February.
M O T O R
ENTERPRISES
N.H. National Guard soldiers
to head to Middle East soon
Blasting and rolling roadblocks to start I-93
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