Williston Observer

United Way’s Volunteer Connection staff will host a “volunteering” open house at the Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg, on Wed. Aug. 5. Stop by anytime between 4-5:30 p.m. to explore the wide range of volunteer opportunities available.

SUMMER EVENT VOLUNTEERS
KidSafe Collaborative needs many volunteers from Aug. 5-10 to help put on its huge annual Community Yard Sale in Essex. Volunteers can accept and sort donations, serve as cashiers or roving helpers and help with clean up. Three-hour shifts between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Contact Lisa Simon at 863-9626 or email kidsafe@kidsafevt.org.
Turning Point Center is looking for help with the Hank Schaefer Golf Tournament Aug. 7 from [Read more…]

By Morgan True
For Vermont Digger
Starting next year, a new federal program will allow many Vermont Medicare recipients to seek hospice care while still receiving curative treatments—an option that is not currently available.
The way things work now, Medicare beneficiaries and dual-eligibles (people receiving Medicare and Medicaid benefits) are required to forgo treatment aimed at recovery in order to be eligible for end-of-life services.
Fewer than half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries use hospice care and most only for a short period of time, according to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In Vermont, 32 percent of the population uses hospice services as part of end-of-life care, according to figures collected by the Dartmouth Health Atlas. That’s the fifth-lowest rate in the U.S.

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By Stephanie Choate
Observer staff

The town is considering lowering the speed limit on Sunset Hill Road and the adjoining side streets after residents from every home in the area signed a petition.
Residents requested that the speed limit be lowered from 35 to 25 with the speed limit posted as 15 miles per hour on the 90 degree curve on the western end of the street.
Resident Dan Donnelly wrote a letter to the Selectboard on June 17, signed by 64 residents of the area, requesting the change.
“As you know Sunset Hill Road is a dirt road,” the letter reads. “It is also a road that is used extensively by people and their pets for recreation. Practically any time of the day from sunrise to sunset you are liable to find an individual or groups of people walking or running or biking on the road.” [Read more…]

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By Michael S. Goldberger

Special to the Observer

I hope that, per J.D. Salinger’s lifelong dictum, there is never a movie adaptation of “The Catcher in The Rye.” However, should such sacrilege come to pass, Thomas Mann, the contemporary epitome of teenaged angst and alienation in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” would be a perfect Holden Caulfield. Likeable, aggravating, touching and emotionally informing, his Greg, who during senior year of high school forms a tender bond with the title girl, wins our empathy while sharing with us his seriocomic coming of age experience. [Read more…]

By Ania Robertson

Calcium is the main component of bone tissue, and it is an essential mineral for binding tissues such as ligaments, tendons, cartilage, bones and scar tissues. Additionally, calcium is needed for blood clotting when one bleeds due to an injury. Moreover, the muscles of the body cannot function without calcium.
It is crucial that calcium level be maintained at a constant level in the blood. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to consider the dietary sources of calcium and how to improve its absorption. [Read more…]

The following Williston and St. George students were named to the Champlain Valley Union High fourth quarter honor roll, released earlier this month.

High Honors
Lindsey A. Albertelli; Davis S. Allen; Casey J. Ammon; Megan J. Ammon; Aliza C. Anderson; Chiara J. Antonioli; Kelsie D. Barnes; Erika I. Barth; Renee L. Benoit; Sarah E. Bergkvist; Alexandra D. Bisaccia ; Samara G. Bissonette; Erica A. Bliss ; Joshua D. Bliss; Erica M. Bouton ; Olivia V. Brissette; Max H. Brown; Julia E. Bryant; Jade A. Byrne; Natalie F. Casson; Michael E. Chirgwin; Hayley S. Clos; Lyndsey C. Clos; Alec J. Collins; Maddie I. Collins; Lily M. Cote; Julia C. [Read more…]