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1 Bridge Street, South Barre 802-249-9868 STORAGE UNIT AUCTION November 27, 2018 • 10:00 A.M. for the following units: #76 - Matthew Barbieri #50 - Shane Bellville #51 - Kelly Ballard #C14 - Jacqueline Flood “Central Vermont’s Newspaper” GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION 403 Route 302-Berlin, Barre, VT 05641 Tel.: (802)479-2582 or 1-800-639-9753 Fax: (802)479-7916 email: editor@vt-world.com or sales@vt-world.com web site: www.vt-world.com GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION Contacting Congress MEMBER CENTRAL VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Publishers: Gary Hass and Deborah Phillips. Classified GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION Manager: Ruth Madigan. Receptionist: Darlene Callahan. Bookkeeping: Lisa Companion. Production Manager: Christine Richardson. Production: Kathleen Gonet. Copy Editor: Katie Moritz. Sales Representatives: Kay Roberts Santamore, Mike Jacques, Lincoln Sprague. Circulation: GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION Aeletha Kelly. Distribution: Jim Elliot, Paul Giacherio. The WORLD is published by WORLD Publications, Inc. in Berlin, Vermont. The WORLD is distributed free, and serves the residents of Washington and north-central Orange counties. The WORLD is published every Wednesday. Should your publication The WORLD assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising but will reprint in the following issue that part Publishers of any with advertisement in which the typographical Please error refer to occurred. the CVC Service Notice by advertisers of any error must be given to this newspaper within five (5) business days of the date of publication. The WORLD reserves all rights to advertising copy produced by its own staff. No such advertisement may be used or reproduced without express permission. Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Closed Saturday and Sunday. Subscriptions: $8.00/month, $48.00/6 months, $96.00/year. First Class. page 12 The WORLD November 7, 2018 C Gold Standard publication you may run the Gold Standard ntil your current audit expires. Gold Standard scoring in future audits you may continue to Gold Standard logo, or convert to the traditional CVC audit Gold Standard scores are not achieved. t” audit status may display the CVC logo in their publication, marketing materials. ons Agreement regarding logo usage upon audit expiration. ave any question please call (800)262-6392. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch Mailing address: 128 Lakeside Ave, Suite 235 Burlington, VT 05401 Web site: www.welch.house.gov Phone: (888) 605-7270 or (802) 652-2450 U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders Mailing address: 1 Church St., Third Floor, Burlington, VT 05401 Web site: www.sanders.senate.gov Phone: (802) 862-0697 U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy Mailing address: 199 Main St., Fourth Floor, Burlington, VT 05401 Web site: www.leahy.senate.gov Phone: (802) 863-2525 The WORLD welcomes Letters to the Editor concerning public issues. Letters should be 400 words or less and may be subject to editing due to space constraints. Submissions should also contain the name of the author and a contact telephone number for verification. For letters of thanks, contact our advertising department at 479-2582; nonprofit rates are available. “Light out of the Darkness” To The Editor, As a long time Central Vermont elder who occasionally suffers from the doom and gloom of the current political divisions in our state, nation and world, I like to grab hold of any shards of light that penetrate this darkness. For me, one of these light giving institutions is our Montpelier Senior Activity Center (MSAC) located at 58 Barre Street in Montpelier, the former Saint Michael’s High School building, which together with its staff, volunteers and dedicated members provides a haven from the dark and the cold which soon will surround all of Central Vermont. And there is an even better reason to celebrate MSAC’s existence! On what I used to call Armistice Day, now Veterans Day, Monday, November 12th, from 3 to 6:30 PM, a spectacular OPEN HOUSE is planned to introduce ALL Central Vermonters to our activities, trips, special programs, talks and opportunities for veterans and others to volunteer and participate in programs. (The center will be closed on Monday prior to 3:00 PM ) Free refreshments, entertainment by Allison Mann and Colin McCaffrey, tours of the facility and our large collection of DVD’s will be featured along with class demonstrations of arts, music and movement. We are totally accessible for anyone with disabilities and feature classes such as “chair yoga” for folks unable to fully participate in more strenuous exercises. We have scholarships available for those unable to pay our small fees, serve lunch time meals and provide Meals on Wheels through our FEAST program with donations and very dedicated volunteer drivers and servers If you are already over 50, or even over 80 as I am, or rapidly approaching 50, come find out what you have been missing or can soon be looking forward to or for which you may want to make donations in the name of a family member or loved one. All Vermonters of all ages are welcome to join us GUEST OPINION Tribal Wars By Joe Benning, State Senator, Caledonia District in this special yearly celebration. For more information or to see a schedule of events, call 223-2518 during business hours or check out the MSAC web site at:msac@montpelier-vt.org. Happy stick season to all as we make our own light in the darkness! Mary Alice Bisbee Member, Montpelier Senior Activity Center Montpelier,VT Please Join Us for Our Annual Veterans Day Ceremony To the Editor, It was at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 100 years ago in 1918 that World War I, “the war to end all wars,” ended. It is with honor that we as a nation stand together every year on November 11th to recognize the women and men who fought for freedom and for what they believe in; you and me. President Wilson proclaimed November 11th as Armistice Day and in his 1919 speech he stated, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…” Our Veterans have given us a gift that will keep on giving each day as we as a nation are provided the opportunity to grow and flourish in all aspects of life. To many around the world we are the guiding light of hope. So, I ask you, why is it that we celebrate our Veterans just one day a year? Challenge yourself to acknowledge the sacrifices of our armed forces not only on the 100th anniversary of WWI but every day in November. Let’s make November Veteran’s Appreciation Month! Here at the White River Junction VA Medical Center and at all community based outpatient clinics throughout Vermont and New Hampshire, we treat every day as if it were Veterans Day because that is what our Veterans have earned and deserve. Take the time to thank a Veteran. Please join us on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 1:00pm for our annual Veterans Day Ceremony in the Yasinski Research continued on next page In the late 1960’s our country was torn apart. Protesters marching for basic civil rights met brutal resistance from police. Rioters looted and burned inner city businesses. Young people speaking out for change rebelled against traditions that comforted their elders. The White House called for law and order while students were gunned down by National Guard troops at Kent State. Good leaders were assassinated and cult followers murdered Hollywood elite. Crowds ran from tear gas canisters here in America while American soldiers piled up in body bags in Vietnam. All this mayhem was a daily feature on a still-relatively-new social medium called “television” that brought it directly into our homes. They were turbulent times. My father and I lived through those times as polar opposites. Close-cropped hair slicked back, creased black dress pants and white shirt were his standard wear as he settled into his recliner after a day of work. He was committed to his government “right or wrong.” He believed his settled, familiar way of life was under attack by crazed out hippies on drugs. Shoulder length hair, parted in the middle, I’d hunker down in my bedroom in bell bottomed pants and tie-dyed shirt, blaring my stereo system and guitar over the shouts of “Turn it down!” from other family members. I constantly questioned accepted norms, always seeking to press the envelope to bring about change. Each of us considered the other’s camp as a crowd of ignorant idiots as we partitioned ourselves into our respective tribes. If all this sounds vaguely familiar, well, it should. Our country is once again divided into tribes that have no tolerance for each other. A new social medium, the internet, competes with television to bring hate, bigotry, distrust and fear to the fore. Far too many seek comfort within the tribe that thinks like they do. A misguided few use whipped up rhetoric to justify violence. And it’s not just at the national level. Here in Vermont we have also divided ourselves into intolerant tribes as the political campaign season reaches fever pitch. It does not matter who started it, or who does it worse than whom, or what party you believe will preserve Vermont or put it in the wastebasket. We’ve walled ourselves into tribes that have forgotten how to conduct civil discourse. But there is hope. History shows we have it in our power to provide ourselves relief. In July of 1969, at the height of what we then all thought was surely the end of time, a spaceship approached the moon with some very brave Americans aboard. My father and I set aside our differences to sit together with the family, glued for days to a fuzzy black and white image that united us as Americans like nothing else ever had. From launch pad to splashdown, we found a common reason for civility. We who were alive at that time need to assure those lamenting current events that America will survive these times and likely come out stronger when we find a common objective. Despite any faults it may have, America remains a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. We Vermonters are uniquely positioned to demonstrate that civility is still a noble concept. Those with different opinions, religions or skin color are not the devil incarnate, they are our neighbors. Let’s move beyond these tribal wars and remember with pride that we are still the only country that put a man on the moon. GUEST OPINION State Treasurer Urges Federal EPA and Highway Safety Administrators to Reconsider Rollback of Vehicle Emission Standards Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce and a group of city and state treasurers and comptrollers last week sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in opposition to a federal proposal to weaken light truck and car emission standards that protect our environment from damaging greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants. Treasurer Pearce noted that any attempt to roll back the standards could impose costs on consumers and negatively impact the U.S. automotive industry. “Climate change poses risks to the U.S. economy and to state and local governments and their investments,” said Treasurer Pearce. “We should all oppose weakening fleet efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for light trucks and cars. These environmental safeguards were recently strengthened and are part of a broader strategy to reduce harmful pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA and NHTSA need to withdraw their proposal and allow current emission standards to remain in place.” U.S fuel economy standards date back to the mid-1970s. The NHTSA oversees the corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE) which dictates how far vehicles must be able to travel on a single gallon of fuel. Recent updates to CAFE and vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards were developed to manage fossil fuel use and mitigate the harmful • • • environmental and public health impacts of climate change. The EPA’s and NHTSA’s proposed rule announced on August 2, 2018 would weaken existing regulations. Six state treasurers and comptrollers and one city comptroller joined Treasurer Pearce as signatories on the letter to federal administrators. Cosigners include finance leaders from New York City and the states of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Rhode Island. In their letter, Treasurer Pearce and colleagues noted the financial, environmental and public health risks that an overhaul of existing CAFE standards could cause: “Based on evidence presented in the review materials for the proposed regulation and the compelling research cited above, the proposed rule would impose additional costs on consumers, increase emissions of GHG and other pollutants, and reduce the competitiveness of the U.S. auto industry.” The EPA and NHTSA’s comment period for the proposed CAFE change closed October 26, 2018. A federal decision is expected in the near-term. “We cannot allow federal inaction to change our resolve to address climate related risk. The Treasurer’s Office will continue to work with our peers in other states as we seek to address our shared climate change challenge,” Treasurer Pearce concluded.
The Central VT Chamber Supports Policies that... By William D. Moore, President & CEO The midterm election has taken place. Congratulations to all of the successful candidates for elective office. Our thanks to those unsuccessful candidates who ran and put forth an agenda in the public arena. Raising issues of concern in an open and respectful dialogue is an inherent beauty of our pluralistic society. As we look at the new make-up of the General Assembly, the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce is concerned about the potential that the “law of unintended consequences” can have as it applies to legislation that will be considered in 2019. The Central Vermont Chamber recognizes that government has a responsibility to support and protect all citizens. The Chamber is cognizant of the fact that government has a direct role to play in creating a climate that is conducive to growing the economy. In order to create a climate that encourages business expansion and responsible growth, The Chamber supports efforts to grow our state that recognize the inherent beauty and culture that is Vermont. We believe that enactment of legislation reflective of The Chamber’s public policy positions will help to promote economic development, business growth and expansion and lead to good, high paying jobs for all Vermonters. The following are The Chamber’s positions on a variety of issues that affect all of us, not just the business community. Budget and taxes - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Promote economic growth; do not disproportionately burden the business community or one business sector; limit state government growth to no more than the historic rates of annual inflation; reduce corporate taxes to encourage private sector growth; rely exclusively on property taxes to fund local government; oppose the imposition or expansion of Local Option Taxes. Health Care Reform - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Maintain and expand personal choice and responsibility regarding health care costs; bring transparency to health care pricing; promote efficiency throughout Vermont’s health care system Energy - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Encourage reliable and affordable electricity and fuels for heating and transportation; ensure rates that are competitive Tariffs Are Our Future. And Our Past. media are a corporate monopoly. They have the same point of view. The two parties are two factions of the business party.”-Noam Chomsky “The Republicans and Democrats, Fox Business and CNN – they are all in agreement that Free Trade is good for the country. They are all wrong. They know they are wrong. They are all being paid by the same billionaires to defend Free Trade and scare you about Tariffs. The truth is transparently clear: Tariffs are good for the American worker. They have been since Day 1. The Revolution was fought in part so Americans could control their own trade policy. Great Britain was dumping manufactured goods on the colonists and suppressing American industry. The Tariff Act of 1789 – signed by President Washington - was the second bill signed by the US Congress. It placed a 5% tariff on imported goods. The miracle of American industrialization had begun. As usual, tariffs worked their magic: protecting domestic industry, improving the job security of workers, and providing easy government funding without taxation. By 1820, tariffs on most imports was 40% and Washington DC was running on tariff revenue. During the first 150 years of US history, protectionist tariffs helped create the largest and most self-sufficient industrial machine in the world. And it helped organized labor grab a share of power, too, since capitalists couldn’t just move their factories to the third world and export cheap goods back to us. “Give us a protective tariff and we will have the greatest nation on earth,” Abraham Lincoln predicted. “The abandonment of the protective policy of the American government must produce want and ruin among our people.” Mr. Lincoln was right. Twenty-five years ago, the leaders of both parties chose to abandon our history and the welfare their constituencies. Protectionism was tossed aside in favor of a bold new experiment in Free Trade. Only Free Trade is just a clever propaganda term. There is nothing free or fair about it. Free Trade is intentionally Letters continued from previous page and Conference Center (building 44) on our White River Junction campus. The ceremony will start at the Veteran Memorial under the National Ensign with the laying of the wreath before proceeding inside. • • • • • • • • • and are cognizant of the cost to businesses of all sizes; encourage energy conservation and use of renewables without shifting costs; support local control over siting renewable energy sources Permitting/Act 250 Reform - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Simplify and streamline the permitting process; create a permit process that is timely, more predictable and less subjective; reduce the numbers of appeals, and reimburse the prevailing party for direct and indirect costs; Transportation - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Recognize that many forms of VT transportation infrastructure are vital to the Vermont economy; support the use of transportation funds exclusively for transportation projects; ensure that the transportation fund is supported by all modes of motorized transportation; expand private sector reliance to deliver transportation projects more efficiently; Support creative ways to leverage federal funds to ensure that needed projects get completed; maintain private sector access to transportation projects; align Vermont transportation policies so that they are competitive with neighboring states. Education and Funding - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Return Vermont per-pupil spending to no more than 130% of the national average; reduce property taxes by increasing the pupil-to-teacher ratio; provide students with the option of attending any elementary or secondary school; promote efficiencies through consolidation Employer/Business Mandates - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Hold businesses and employer mandates to a minimum; Avoid additional paperwork and reports that consume precious time and resources; Encourage business expansion and job creation. Employment and Labor - The Central VT Chamber supports policies that: Enable employers to maintain a safe and productive working environment; support the rights of individuals to work without being compelled to join a union or compelled to pay for any part of the cost of union representation; Provide equal pay for equal work; support visa programs that encourage temporary workers to legally seek employment in the United States; we encourage the members of the Vermont General Assembly to consider these positions when issues are before them. If you are interested in these positions, we encourage you to express those concerns to your elected legislators. More information about The Chamber’s views on legislative initiatives can be obtained by calling me at 802-229-5711, or by contacting me via email at Bill@centralvt.com. stacked against the American worker. Without sensible tariffs, other countries have a built-in advantage. Other countries pay their workers less, have lower corporate taxes, have fewer environmental standards to comply with, and have weaker currencies than the US dollar. The movement of factories from the US to Asia and Mexico was not an honest mistake; it was the inevitable result of Free Trade agreements and the grand design of our globalist overlords. The only beneficiaries of these agreements were the stockholders and CEOs of multi-national companies. Free Trade snuffed out the positive power of private sector unions. Free Trade left our once self-sufficient nation dangerously dependent on other countries for our basic material needs. Worst of all, Free Trade pushed millions of non-college-educated workers from the comfortable middle class into economic degradation and debt. And what did blue collar America get in return? Dollar Stores full of Chinese junk, the TV show “Hoarders,” and piles of Amazon boxes full of empty dreams. The Free Trade experiment in globalist evil is nearly at an end. Free Trade remains popular with the leaders of both parties, but increasingly unpopular with the both the populist Left and the populist Right. The billionaire oligarchs who run our country want an honest debate about pretty much any issue except Free Trade. That’s because they know that the truth about protectionism is unavoidable. It protects workers and hurts Wall Street. Our past is tariffs. And our future is tariffs. I know that we are all grateful for those who laid their lives on the line for us, so let’s ALL tell them ‘thank you’. Sincerely, Dr. Brett Rusch Acting White River Junction VA Medical Center Director Buying Antiques & Older Items Moving? Settling An Estate? Downsizing? Wanted: Older Mixing Bowls, Pottery, China, Glass, Vases, Candlesticks, Sterling, Coins, Costume Jewelry, Toys, Jugs, Crocks, Cast Iron, Canning Jars & Bottles, Lamps, Prints, Paintings, Knick-Knacks, Holiday Decorations, etc., etc. Full House Or Estate Buys, Cleanouts 802-563-2204 • 802-595-3632 CELL Call Rich Aronson before a Tag Sale PUBLIC NOTICE BULLETIN BOARD STORAGE AUCTION D&H STORAGE 70 Olde Freight Way Northfield, VT 05663 802-485-8548 Sat., Nov. 10 10:00AM Unit #1 Samantha Jenkins STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Washington Unit PROBATE DIVISION Docket No. 498-8-18 Wnpr RE: ESTATE OF LORRAINE BRISLIN LATE OF: BARRE, VT Notice To Creditors To the creditors of the Estate of Lorraine Brislin, late of Barre, Vermont. I have been appointed a personal representative of the above-named estate. All creditors having claims against the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy filed with the register of the Probate Court. The claim will be forever barred if it is not presented as described above within the four (4) month deadline. Dated: 10/29/18 Signed: Betty Candon, Executor Address: c/o Adrian A. Otterman, Esq. Otterman and Allen, P.C. P.O. Box 473 Barre, VT 05641 Name of Publication: The WORLD Publication Date: November 7, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Washington Unit Probate Court 65 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 2319 US Route 2, Moretown, Vermont By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by JPR Glassworks, Inc. to SIGCO, LLC, dated July 30, 2015 and recorded in Book 108, Page 160 of the Town of Moretown Land Records, of which Mortgage SIGCO, LLC is the present holder; Also pursuant to the Stipulated Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale entered by the Vermont Superior Court, Washington Civil Division on September 19, 2018, in the case entitled SIGCO, LLC v. JPR Glassworks, Inc., et al., Docket No. 387-6-17 Wncv, the following notice of sale is hereby given: TIME AND PLACE OF PUBLIC SALE: For breach of the conditions of and for the purpose of foreclosing said Mortgage, and also for the purpose of effectuating the Stipulated Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale, the property described in said Mortgage will be sold in its entirety at Public Auction on November 16, 2018 at 11:00 am at the property address of 2319 US Route 2 in Moretown, Vermont. REAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: The property being sold is all and the same lands and premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: Being a parcel of land containing one (1) acre, more or less, with improvements thereon, known and numbered as 2319 US Route 2 in Moretown, Vermont,, and being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to JPR Glassworks, Inc. d/b/a Glassworks by Warranty Deed of Robert M. Raymond and Pat Raymond dated January 6, 1997 and recorded in Volume 56 at Pages 560-562 of the Town of Moretown Land Records. TERMS: At the time of the auction, the highest bidder will be required to pay a deposit of $10,000.00 in certified funds or by bank treasurer’s check, to be held as a non-refundable deposit. Within 7 days of the date of the auction, the highest bidder will be further required to pay in certified funds or bank treasurer’s check an additional deposit to make the total deposit equal to 10% of the auction bid. The highest bidder will also be required to sign a no contingency, AS-IS, WHERE-IS purchase and sale agreement at the conclusion of the auction. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, and taxes, if any, which take precedence over the mortgages recorded against the property and held by Union Bank and SIGCO, LLC. RIGHT TO REDEEM: The mortgagor JPR Glassworks, Inc. is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Inquiries may be made with Thomas Hirchak Company, 1878 Cadys Falls Road, Morrisville, Vermont 05661. Telephone 802-888- 4662. Dated at Burlington, Vermont this 8th day of October, 2018. Renee L. Mobbs, Esq. Attorney for SIGCO, LLC November 7, 2018 The WORLD page 13
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