Touch-A-Truck!
Hartland held their annual Truck Extravaganza, on Saturday. Kids of all ages got a chance to see, hear, and climb into big trucks and emergency vehicles.
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Benefit Event Fundraiser for the family of Patience Sawyer Hutt
Sunday, May 19th at 12 PM noon at the Kedron Valley Garage, 11106 Rte.106, South Woodstock , VT
There will be food and live music – donations are suggested Kedron Valley Garage will be hosting this memorial event which includes fundraising for this family with four children whose mothers’ life ended tragically this past Thursday.There will also be a 50/50 raffle. If you are able to help or want to donate, please call 802-457-1904, or drop by. There will a DJ as well as live music performed by the Clear River Band, an accoustic grouping
of the Wheelers and Joey Leone! In addition, if you are interested in donating otherwise, please visit the you caring site and donate online. http://bit.ly/15LJ2ek. Please help us spread the word to remember this beautiful soul
and assist the family in their time of need.

HARTLAND — A memorial service was held May 15 at the Church of the First Universalist Society of Hartland for Patience Hutt, 40, who passed away on May 9. She was a kind, compassionate person who always had a smile on her face and brought joy to everyone she met.
She was born on Dec. 27, 1972 in Hanover, N.H. and graduated from Woodstock Union High School in 1990.
Patience married Harold “Chip” Hutt on May 18, 1991. Together they built a home on a hilltop near Patience’s parents. She loved animals, nature, spending time on the beach and most of all spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband Chip Hutt; daughter Sierra; three sons, Hunter, Forrest and Trakker, and daughter Daisy; her father Haldor Issente; her mother Wyfy (Eberly) Issente, all of Hartland; one sister Meieli Sawyer of Miami, Fla; and a brother, Hali Issente of Bethel.
She was predeceased by a sister, Charity Sawyer.
Those wishing may make memorial donations to the Patience Hutt Memorial Fund at the Mascoma Savings Bank in Hartland, Vermont.
Condolences may be offered by visiting cabotfh.com

This obituary first appeared in the May 16, 2013 print edition of the Vermont Standard.

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A memorial service for Patience Hutt, the 40-year-old Hartland woman who died Thursday in an accident on Route 4, will be held on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Church of the First Universalist Society of Hartland.

A Celebration of Life will follow at 6 p.m. at the Hartland Recreation Center in Hartland.

Those wishing may make memorial donation to the Patience Hutt Memorial Fund at the Mascoma Savings Bank in Hartland.

Condolences may be offered by visiting cabotfh.com

Hartland youth girls practiced at the elementary school field last Friday.
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NORTH HARTLAND — Funeral services for Charles M. Smith, 66, who died April 13 in Zephyrhills, Fla., where he had lived since 2004, will be held at St. Anthony’s in White River Jct. on June 28 at 11 a.m. Rev. Richard Tinney of St. Pius the X will be officiating. There will be a Celebration of Life at Dave and Gail Smith’s in Thetford to follow.
Charles was born in Hanover, N.H., son of William and Evelyn Smith on July 10,1946.
Charles went to high school at Hartford High School and graduated in 1964.
He worked as an installer/repairman for the phone company for 32 years with perfect attendance. He also worked in telecommunications for Dartmouth College from 1997 to 2004.
He enjoyed time spent with his family and friends, traveling, and playing golf, as well as countless acts of helping others.
Charles is survived by his son, Tony and daughter-in-law Kelly and grandchildren, Jonah and Molly of Chattanooga, Tenn; his siblings, Sandy, Howard, Barb, Dave and Jim; their spouses, children and grandchildren; also an aunt, uncle and several cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, Tenn 38148, or www.stjude.org, or 800-822-6344. Please mention tribute acct # 33488257.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the doctors and staff at the Florida Hospital at Zephyrhills for their incredible efforts, and all the family and friends that helped with our grieving.
This obituary first appeared in the May 9, 2013 print edition of the Vermont Standard.

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By David Miles
Sports Correspondent
HARTLAND — The nine children in the family of John and Donna-Lee Bassette make just enough to field a baseball team — and if that’s what they wanted to play, they’d probably be pretty good at it too.

Instead, the Bassette clan has turned primarily to running and Nordic skiing. As a result, they have left a trail of excellence across the local high school sports landscape for the better part of the last decade.

“I’ve lost count of all the individual and relay state championships that the kids have won in track and skiing,” John Sr. said. “But I know that it’s a very hard thing to do at Woodstock.”

In The Beginning, A Hill

The family’s athleticism has roots from the earliest years. The Bassette family property in Hartland has a nice steep Vermont hill in the backyard.

“I never thought about it at first,” Donna-Lee said. “But the kids always climbed that hill, even in their diapers. They loved to be outside all the time. And that hill develops muscles.

“I didn’t realize it until they would have friends over to play and the friends couldn’t climb the ways our kids would. It was their geography.”

Their running prowess began innocently enough. Eldest son John Jr., now 26 and an infantry officer currently stationed at Fort Drum in upstate New York, took a part-time job in eighth grade about five miles from home.

“I ran to work,” John Jr. said. “Then I began to time myself to see how long it took. I enjoyed it and Dad recommended I consider racing.”

Donna-Lee picks up the tale.

“Everywhere he went he would run,” she said. “At first we weren’t going to get involved. It was just something he did. But as a family we entered the Shamrock Shuffle in Lebanon, most of the kids run­ning in blue jeans.”

The family did a few more races that summer. At one of them, Bruce Franzen, who was coaching cross country in Hartford at the time, saw John Jr. run and learned that he, like all his siblings, was homeschooled. He approached John and suggested that he consider joining one of the area high school cross country teams.

A Sibling And School Rivalry

Beginning in 2002, John Jr, was running both cross country and track for the Yellowjackets. Joel followed his older brother to Windsor and the program grew and, led by the brothers, two state championships for Windsor followed.

James planned to run for Windsor too. But he was taking math classes at Woodstock, and then, Hank Glass, assistant track and cross country coach at Woodstock, began treating James for a knee injury. So he switched over to the Woodstock athletic programs. With these ties already established, it was a more natural fit.

This placed the family in a unique situation. Joel was the Windsor captain in cross country. Younger brother James ran against his brother in cross country.

Come winter, both boys skied together on the Nordic team at Woodstock. (Windsor does not have a Nordic ski program.) But in the spring Joel returned to Windsor for track, while James continued to run for Woodstock.

Tracy Rose, head coach in track and cross country at Woodstock, credits James for being the catalyst that began to turn the track fortunes around at the school.

“It seems like everything started with him,” Rose said. “He was so talented and enthusiastic that he got others excited. He was such a great role model. It was the time when our numbers, for both boys and girls, really started to grow.”

John Jr. had no idea what he had started when he began to race competitively.

“My brothers saw what I was doing and that I was having some success,” John Jr. said. “So they joined in, following my footsteps. By the time I was a junior, Joel was a freshman. So we ran on the team together.”

“And James,” he stated proudly, “was beating high school runners as a middle schooler. He had run a 4:52 mile in sixth grade. He was really something.”

James continued that success with the Woodstock program, winning a pair of individual state championships in the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run his senior year, leading the team to a fifth-place finish.

Running was not the only place that his younger brothers followed John Jr. It was his decision to attend West Point after finishing high school. Joel, James and Josh all ultimately pursued their secondary education at the U.S. Military Academy as well.

The Legend Grows

The Bassette family’s greatest athletic success may be in Nordic skiing, however. Eldest brother John Jr. had only taken it up his senior year, but James and Joel began it earlier (and continued with the club team at West Point). Josh excelled at it.

“All four Bassette skiers that I have coached are very dedicated and committed and they work very hard. And the family tradition of excellence seems to mean that each successive sibling gets a little stronger and a little better,” says Nordic skiing coach Nick Mahood. “…Now we have the same thing happening with the girls’ squad. And Kathryn may be another beneficiary of that.”

For now, Elizabeth and Kathryn are preparing for the upcoming track season. They not only helped propel the Woodstock girls to their third consecutive title last spring, the duo outscored all but three of the D-III teams competing. So consider the Bassette Home School as the fourth place finisher in the Vermont High School Track and Field State Championships.

Elizabeth has won the triple jump for three straight years, beginning as a freshman. She also has a pair of long jump titles as well. And last year she added a pair of runner-up finishes in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters.

Rose, meanwhile, steered Kathryn towards some of the events in which Woodstock has not scored many points in previous years. All she did was tie for first in the pole vault, the first year Woodstock has even competed in the discipline, as well as snag first place in the 300-meter hurdles.

Elizabeth switched back from soccer to cross-country after her junior year. “I’m more of a sprinter than a long distance runner,” she says. But this didn’t stop her from being on the team at the State Championship Meet in Thetford.

In that meet as she was approaching the finish line she was stuck between two Harwood runners. With Harwood and Woodstock being neck-and-neck in the team race every point was important. “With Hank’s inspirational speech in my head — and because I’m so intense about all my sports — I thought I can use sprinter’s speed to outpace them at the finish.”

Five yards from the end her legs gave way. She doesn’t remember much after that, other than the EMTs and that it was very traumatic and the family spent much of the rest of the day at the hospital.

Everybody who was there to see the effort and the spill knew that they had witnessed an athlete pushing herself further than she could have imagined.

The Future Looks Bright

For their part, while delighting in their children’s successes, John and Donna-Lee have not pushed them toward sports at all. John had done track, cross-country and Nordic skiing while in high school in Hartford, but Donna-Lee considers herself decidedly unathletic.

“Whatever they do, we want them to excel at,” John said. “We have tried to instill in them a strong work ethic, so that they will work hard and be successful, whether it is academics or athletics or some other field. We want them to be well-rounded.”

After Elizabeth and Kathryn move onto college, 13-year old Matthew, 11-year old Justice and 9-year old Victoria will take up the mantle. Matthew is running with the middle school program in Hartland.

“Another benefit from this is that the kids all coach each other. They get along great, with the older ones helping the younger ones,” Donna-Lee adds.

Rose concurs. “You couldn’t find better, more self-motivated kids. They have been a huge help to me. On days when I haven’t had an assistant coach, I have leaned on all of them to help me. Anything that I ask of them is well received.

“And their work ethic is amazing. Others feed off of it. They really do.”

Teammates feed off this discipline. Younger siblings do as well. “The domino effect in this family can go a long ways,” John Sr. said.

Five of the youngest Bassette children hang on a swing in their Hartland backyard. Clockwise from top right, are Justice (11), Kathryn (15), Victoria (9), Elizabeth (17) and Matthew, who is 13 years old.

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Enjoyed Sewing and Making Her Own Clothes
BROWNSVILLE — Graveside services for Eleanor Mary Thomas Hannah, 100, who died Thursday evening, April 18, 2013 at her and her daughter’s home in Brownsville, will be held at a later date, Monday, May 20 at 10 a.m. in the Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor.
She was born May 19, 1912 in Sheddsville, VT the daughter of Robert A. and Margaret J (Aiken) Thomas. She attended school in Brownsville. She married Andrew Hannah on September 19, 1931. They lived their entire lives in Brownsville. Eleanor helped her husband operate their dairy farm for many years. Later after they sold the farm in 1964, she went to work at the Brownsville General Store. After taking accounting and bookkeeping courses with her daughter Margaret at the Lebanon Community College in Lebanon, NH, Eleanor went to work as a secretary/bookkeeper at Hanover Hardware in Hanover, NH. She worked there until her retirement.
Eleanor enjoyed sewing and made many of her own and her daughter’s clothes. In her later years she loved to go shopping with her daughter, Margaret.
She was predeceased by her husband, who died April 28, 1995 and by three brothers, Edmund Thomas, David Thomas and Loren Thomas.
She is survived by her daughter Margaret Ann Hannah of Brownsville, VT and a brother Robert Andrew Thomas of South Royalton, VT and many nieces and nephews.
At her request there will be no visiting hours. Memorial contributions may be made to Activity Fund at Mt. Ascutney Skilled Nursing Facility, 289 County Road, Windsor, VT 05089 or to the Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society, P.O. Box 702
Brownsville, VT 05037.
The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor is entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to her family in an online guestbook at www.knightfuneralhomes.com

This obituary first appeared in the April 25, 2013 print edition of the Vermont Standard.

Staff Report

State police are looking for a person who broke into Skunk Hollow Tavern on Wednesday and stole $500 worth of liquor.

Police say the suspect pried open a locked front door with a crowbar between 2 and 10 a.m. Wednesday morning and took various kinds of alcohol.

If anybody has any information regarding this burglary, please contact Trooper Harvey of the Vermont State Police at 234-9933.

The moving of a family cemetery to a different location on a property in Hartland was documented and shared in this gathering and presentation.
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HARTLAND – A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated, today, at Sacred Heart Church in Lebanon at 11 a.m. for Heidi Marie Perry Johnson, 33, who passed away suddenly surrounded by her family and friends April 11.
She was born on May 6, 1979 in Lebanon, NH to Michael A. & Diane M( Eastman) Perry. Heidi grew up in North Hartland and graduated from Hartford High School in 1997. She most recently worked at DHMC as a Phlebotomist. Heidi loved life and lived hers to the fullest. She was a very giving and loving person.
Heidi’s miracle from God and gift to us all is her precious daughter, Kaylah. Heidi loved dolphins, golfing, visiting the beach, camping, swimming, knitting, crocheting and walks with Kaylah. Heidi also loved spending time with all her family and friends but most of all her daughter, nieces Piper and Emma and nephew Ryan. One of her most recent joys was a trip to Disney with Kaylah and Andy. There really are no words to truly describe what an amazing young woman Heidi was. She will be loved and missed by all.
Heidi is survived by her parents, Michael and Diane Perry of North Hartland; her daughter Kaylah Johnson of Hartland; former husband Andrew Johnson of Hartland; her twin sister Nicole LeBlanc and husband Todd of Newbury, NH; a sister Alisha Lundrigan and husband Patrick of Plainfield, NH; two brothers Kai Eastman and girlfriend Kelsey Tweed of Hartland, Michael LaHaye and wife Sabrina of Keystone Heights, FL; Gram Beatrice Eastman of Lebanon, NH; aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, many close friends and her boyfriend Adam Lemoine of Hartland. She is predeceased by maternal grandfather Ernest Eastman and her uncle Bernard Eastman.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to: Heidi Johnson Memorial Fund, c/o Alisha Lundrigan for her daughter Kaylah Johnson’s educational fund, Mascoma Savings Bank, 67 N Park Street, Lebanon, NH 03766.
An online guest book is available by visiting www.rickerfuneralhome.com

This obituary first appeared in the April 18, 2013 print edition of the Vermont Standard.

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HARTLAND FOUR CORNERS -Shirley G. Robinson, 80, a longtime resident of Hartland Four Corners, passed away Monday, March 4 at the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield.
She was born August 11, 1932 in Newton, MA the daughter of William and Dorothy (Dawson) Gersumky.
Shirley grew up in Newton, MA and graduated from Newton High School in 1950. Following high school she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College in Northampton, MA where she received her Bachelor’s of Art Degree in Spanish.
She married Leonard Robinson of Windsor, VT in 1955. They were married for fifty two years. They moved to Hartland Four Corners in 1958 and lived there the rest of their married lives. In addition to her family, Shirley loved Spain and the year she spent there during college. She ran the Swift Water Girl Scout Council prior to her marriage. She loved horses, riding and teaching riding. Shortly after she was married she started teaching school and taught for fifty two years. She never forgot a student and touched many lives.
Shirley was predeceased by her husband, Leonard Robinson, her parents William and Dorothy Gersumky and by one brother, William Gersumky.
Survivors include one daughter, Janet Loven and her husband, Bill of West Lebanon, NH; one son, Charles Robinson and his girlfriend, Lyn Heywood of Eliot, ME; and one granddaughter, Elizabeth of Lafayette, LA. She is also survived by a niece, Lisa and her husband Paul Geberth of Centreville, VA, a niece Sarah Gersumky and her sons, Kyle and Kirk of Pinole, CA and a nephew, Peter Gersumky of Vista, CA and his son, Peter Gersumky, Jr. of Oceanside, CA.
A memorial service will be held at the Universalist Church in Hartland Four Corners, VT on Saturday, April 20 at 1:00 PM. A reception with light refreshments will follow downstairs in the church hall.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hartland Public Library at PO Box 137, Hartland, VT 05048 or to the Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society at PO Box 702, Brownsville, VT 05037.
The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor assisted with the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to her family in an online guestbook at www.knightfuneralhomes.com

This obituary first appeared in the April 18, 2013 print edition of the Vermont Standard.

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Authorities are now reporting at least 134 injured and two dead in this afternoon’s two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. One of those dead was an eight-year-old child, according to CNN.
Race organizers issued the following statement this evening:
“The Boston Athletic Association extends its deepest sympathies to all those who were affected in any way by todays events.
Today is a sad day for the City of Boston, for the running community, and for all those who were here to enjoy the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What was intended to be a day of joy …and celebration quickly became a day in which running a marathon was of little importance.
We can confirm that all of the remaining runners who were out on the course when the tragic events unfolded have been returned to a community meeting area….we would like to thank the countless people from around the world who have reached out to support us today.”

(This story was first published in the March 28, 2013 edition of the Vermont Standard.)

By Katy Savage
Standard Correspondent
HARTLAND — The history of a 200-year-old family graveyard in Hartland has recently become clearer.

Kate Kenny and John Crock of the University of Vermont Consulting Archeology Program, dug the Aldrich family cemetery at a landowner’s request in 2011 and are tentatively scheduled to present findings at the Hartland Public Library April 14 at 2 p.m.

Vermont telecommunications executive and landowner Michel Guité wanted the Aldrich cemetery on his property moved closer to a town road for privacy reasons. His request was met with unfavorable remarks from townspeople in 2008. Some objected because they believed Noah Aldrich, one of the descendants and a veteran of the War of 1812, was buried there. But science has proven that’s not the case.

“Noah Aldrich died within a few months or even a few days of birth,” said Kenny. The war veteran in question is Noah’s uncle, who is not buried with the rest of the family.

Though the topic is sensitive to some, Kenny hopes the public will appreciate the effort involved.

“We do know that there have been some unfavorable objections to the project,” she said. “We’re hoping people are interested in finding out the story of who (the descendants) were and what we found out.”

After looking under every nook and cranny to find all information possible about the Aldrich family, digging began centimeter by centimeter, sometimes with a shovel, but mostly by hand. It was typical for graves to be 5 feet below the surface in the 1800s.

Ten people and one cat were found in the Aldrich cemetery; the oldest died in the early 1800s.

Researchers dug and identified all bodies in less than a month, even through the hurdles of Tropical Storm Irene, which delayed the study temporarily. But locating all the remains wasn’t easy.

The soil was mixed and natural disturbances over time had moved graves. The cemetery also predated the time when marble grave markers indicating the name, age of death and time of death, were used. Deaths were not required to be reported in Vermont until 1850 — some of the Aldrichs died before then.

Red paint on all of the Aldrich children’s coffins suggested that they died after 1820. The children coffins were also slightly fancier than the parent’s, with hinged lids, handles on the side and glass viewing windows.

Two of Aldrich children were buried almost on top of each other.

“In Vermont, when children died or people who were extremely close to one another died, they ended up with the same grave shaft and sometimes the same coffin,” Kenny said. “It indicates that they died close to the same time and they were closely related.”

Archeologists weren’t required to move the cemetery. Legally, an undertaker and in some cases, medical students, could have done the job, but to make sure all remains were collected, archeologists were needed.

Kenny said the findings represent an important part of Hartland history.

“We’ll share what information we can provide above and beyond the written record,” said Kenny. “Sometimes records get lost and data is incomplete. The most gratifying part was retaining the identity of the individuals — you can’t beat that as an archeologist.”

Guité provided new caskets for all the Aldrich’s — including the cat — and has since reburied the family on a different portion of his property.

Kenny is preparing a final report which should be done in the coming weeks. The presentation will be held in conjunction with the Hartland Historical Society, which can be reached at 436-1703.

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The Hartland Diner opened in place of Stella’s Restaurant in Hartland.
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The Hartland Diner, formerly Stella’s, opened Monday for breakfast and lunch. See more photos in the April 11 edition of the Vermont Standard.

Former Wasp owner and Hartland Diner assistant chef Jill Johnssen hands a plate through the serving window. (Rick Russell Photo)

The doors opened to the Hartland Diner on April 8. (Rick Russell Photo)

By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent

HARTLAND — A landscaping trailer has been stolen during a burglary at the end of a remote dirt road in Hartland and Vermont State Police are asking citizens both for information and to “remain vigilant” against further incursions.

The burglar or burglars kicked in a side door to a garage on property belonging to Peter Gordon at the end of Tinkham Hill Road, which branches off of Rice Road south of Hartland Four Corners not far from the Windsor town line.

Gordon discovered the break-in around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday went he went to check on the property.

The thief or thieves took some tools from the garage and drove off with an 8-foot-by-20-foot landscaping trailer with Vermont registration plate AHW593.

Burglaries, while a serious problem across the state in recent years, had been somewhat rare in the local area over the past few months.

Police have asked residents to be curious about vehicles that seem unusual or out of place, especially during daylight hours when most burglaries now occur, and to take the time to jot down colors, descriptions, and especially license plates if a vehicle might be suspect.

Local police agencies and the Vermont State Police now have Facebook pages where information can be passed along and anonymous tips can be submitted to the state police by texting CRIMES (274637) to Keyword VTIPS.

Hartland Elementary School performed “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” over the weekend.
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Firefighters from Hartland and several surrounding towns have knocked down a brush fire on Mace Hill Road, less than a mile to the east of the Skunk Hollow Tavern, and are now involved in a “massive overhaul” effort to wet down and stomp out the remaining hotspots.

The fire was reported at 3 p.m. and drew engines, forestry trucks and water tankers from both Hartland fire stations, Windsor, West Windsor and Hartford.

By Eric Francis, Standard Correspondent

NORTH HARTLAND — A fire Monday afternoon extensively damaged an older home even though firefighters from four area towns managed to contain the blaze to the living room where it had begun.

Hartland, Hartford, Windsor and Woodstock sent fire engines to the scene on Coutermarsh Street and stopped a fire from spreading beyond the first floor of the medium-sized two-story white home which belongs to Cathryn Reed. The home is less than a mile from the North Hartland fire station.

“It was started from ashes that were accidentally dropped on the floor while a pellet stove was being cleaned out,” Hartland Fire Chief John Sanders explained. “The occupant of the house was upstairs watching television when he smelled smoke and he went downstairs to investigate and then we got called shortly after that.”

Hartland Deputy Chief Scott Bowers said that Cathy Reed had just moved out this past weekend to stay with her mother in Barnard and Reed’s son Wayne was the only person home when the fire broke out.

“There was pretty good heat spread on the first floor. It was hot but the fire was more or less contained to the small living room at the front and its contents but, unfortunately, the house is uninhabitable at this point due to the heat and smoke,” Sanders said.

“My guess is that it won’t be repaired but I’m not sure what they are going to do. Its got fairly extensive smoke and heat damage,” Sander said.

Deputy Chief Bowers said that Wayne Reed would be staying with his mother and grandmother in Barnard for the time being.