http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vt-news/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:59:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419238/posts Woman Defies Order To Give Child To Ex-Partner Parental abduction charges possible after she and daughter vanish Lisa Miller [Pic in URL] and her 7-year-old daughter are missing after failing to show up at the home of Miller's ex-partner as part of a court-ordered custody agreement. A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter Friday, and police said she could face parental abduction charges. A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m.... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419238/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419170/posts A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter, an attorney said Friday. A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m. Friday at the Falls Church, Va., home of Jenkins' parents. Miller did not show up with the girl, said Sarah Star, Jenkins' Vermont-based attorney. Jenkins has notified Fairfax County, Va., police that Isabella is missing, Star said. "She's very disappointed, obviously," Star said. "She's very concerned about Isabella and asks that if... iWon News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419170/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418946/posts Kevin Pearce of Norwich, Vt., considered a medal contender in snowboarding in the upcoming Vancouver Olympics, suffered a serious head injury during halfpipe training yesterday in Park City, Utah. Attempting a double cork twisting double backflip, the 22-year-old Pearce slammed his head against the edge of the halfpipe and was knocked unconscious. He was flown to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where doctors planned to drain fluid that was building up in his brain. ... In an interview seven weeks ago, Pearce talked about the difficulty of the double cork and how landing it would affect... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418946/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417659/posts ...Miller and Jenkins were joined in a Vermont civil union in 2000. Isabella was born to Miller through artificial insemination in 2002. The couple broke up in 2003, and Miller moved to Virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical Christian. Cohen awarded custody of the girl to Jenkins on Nov. 20 after finding Miller in contempt of court for denying Jenkins access to the girl. The judge said the only way to ensure equal access to the child was to switch custody. He also said the benefits to the child of having access to both parents would be worth the... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417659/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:39:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417332/posts A Rutland Family Court judge has refused to delay an order that transfers custody of a child from a Virginia mother to her former lesbian partner in Fair Haven. But with the whereabouts of Lisa Miller and 7-year-old Isabella Miller presently "unknown," it remains to be seen whether the first of its kind parent custody switch takes place when the court order takes effect on New Year's Day. Miller, who renounced homosexuality, and her former partner Janet Jenkins have been battling over visitation rights since they ended their civil union in Vermont in 2003. After the pair split, Miller returned... Times Argus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417332/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:24:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417204/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. – The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl must transfer custody of the child to the woman's former lesbian partner, a Vermont judge ruled, adding that it seems the woman has "disappeared" with her daughter... ..The couple broke up in 2003, and Miller moved to Virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical Christian... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417204/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417082/posts Vt. Judge: Birth Mom Must Give Child To Ex-Partner By WILSON RING Associated Press Writer Dec. 29, 2009 MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl must transfer custody of the child to the woman's former lesbian partner, a Vermont judge has ruled. Vermont Family Court Judge William Cohen ordered Lisa Miller of Winchester, Va., to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins of Fair Haven at 1 p.m. Friday at the Virginia home of Jenkins' parents. Miller and Jenkins were joined in a Vermont civil union in 2000. Isabella was born to Miller through artificial insemination... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417082/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412685/posts Politics: Sen. Mary Landrieu was the new "Louisiana Purchase." Sen. Ben Nelson got the federal government to pick up his state's future Medicaid tab. Maybe we should just put Senate votes up on eBay. Nelson, the 60th vote in the middle-of-the-night Senate party line vote on health care reform, will go down in American political history as the inventor of the permanent earmark. His seemingly principled stand against including federal funding for abortion evaporated like the morning dew as he decided to take what was behind door No. 1. The deal for Nelson includes special Medicaid funding for Nebraska, along... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412685/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411836/posts I went back to our GOP Senate source to ask if the Democratic victory lap over the status of Obmacare in the Senate might be premature. He comments: It feels to me it's nothing short of journalistic malpractice that no one has talked to Jim Webb. He hasn't said a word over the last two days, yet he wrote an op-ed earlier this week saying he was undecided and his spokeswoman told the Washington Post the same thing on Thursday. And no one has asked him anything. One thing I'll say in terms of what Republicans will do over the... Powerlineblog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411836/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:20:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411278/posts Bernie Sanders Payoff (bribe) cost $50 for every other man, woman, AND child. Why are 49 state taxpayers paying for this bribe. "A few days ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders was not on board with the emerging Senate bill saying, "I have real concerns." But Sanders sounded more upbeat about the prospects of supporting the bill this morning after he crowed about landing additional Medicaid funding for six years and $10 billion for community health centers." Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411278/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:42:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409706/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont's highest court is being asked to decide what a dog's love is worth. The state Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing a case that started in July 2003, when Denis and Sarah Scheele, who were visiting relatives, let their mixed-breed dog wander into Lewis Dustin's yard and he fatally shot it. Now the Scheeles, of Annapolis, Md., are asking the court to carve out a new legal doctrine that a dog's owners can sue for emotional distress and loss of companionship, just like parents can when they lose children. AP (through Yahoo! News) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409706/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:37:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409550/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont's highest court is being asked to decide what a dog's love is worth. The state Supreme Court on Thursday was to hear a case that began in July 2003, when Denis and Sarah Scheele, who were visiting relatives, let their mixed-breed dog wander into Lewis Dustin's yard and he fatally shot it. Now the Scheeles are asking the court to carve out a new legal doctrine that a dog's owners can sue for emotional distress and loss of companionship, just like parents can when they lose children. "We're still working toward having the courts recognizing the... AP via theindychannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409550/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:06:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405852/posts On Wednesday, Liberty Counsel lawyers appeared in court to defend Lisa Miller. Last month a Vermont court ordered the custody of Miller's biological daughter transferred to her former lesbian lover. The ACLU and Lambda Legal Defense Fund are seeking to transfer custody of 7-year-old Isabella to Janet Jenkins, a Vermont resident who lived with Miller in that state before the latter's conversion from the homosexual lifestyle. Miller met with the ire of a Vermont judge after she refused to send her daughter to scheduled visitations with Jenkins because, she says, Isabella has been traumatized by past visits. The Virginia Court... Life Site News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405852/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:20:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401717/posts A Vermont court ordered a Christian child taken away from her mother and given to a lesbian ex-partner, setting up, according to a lawyer for the Christian family, a dispute that the U.S. Supreme Court likely will have to resolve. Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, told WND the recent order from the Vermont judge that Lisa Miller turn over her young daughter, Isabella, to the lesbian ex-partner, Janet Jenkins, on New Year's Day is being appealed. In the interim, a separate court hearing on the dispute is scheduled to be heard in a Virginia court during this coming week.... WND via The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401717/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:29:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399858/posts Governor and Administration Secretary Announce Contract Agreement with State Employees Union Two-year contract calls for 3% wage reduction with no automatic yearly wage adjustments or step increases Montpelier, Vt. - Governor Jim Douglas and Secretary of Administration Neale Lunderville today announced that agreement on a new two-year contract has been reached with the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA). The contract, which was signed by both parties earlier today, includes a 3% wage reduction as well as no automatic yearly wage adjustments or step increases for the duration of the contract. This settlement is very good news for the taxpayers of... VT GOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399858/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398874/posts Senator Phil Scott Announces His Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398874/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:52:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396257/posts A Vermont judge rules Lisa Miller must turn over her daughter to her former lesbian partner. Superior Judge William Cohen ruled last week that Lisa Miller, a former lesbian who is now a Christian, must hand her daughter, Isabelle, over to her former partner, Janet Jenkins by Jan. 1. Miller conceived Isabella through artificial insemination while she was in a civil union with Jenkins. About a year later, Miller left homosexuality. Jenkins sued for custody, even though she has no biological tie to the child. Miller admits she made mistakes, like signing a custody agreement while still in the relationship... citizenlink.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396257/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391279/posts The day started just like any other for life-time dairy farmer Clement Gervais. But that all changed at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, when an immigration official and two state troopers walked into his barn and handed him a subpoena. "I've read about it in magazines in different parts of the country but I didn't really expect them to pull into my yard," Gervais said. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency-- otherwise known as ICE-- is now asking him to hand over documents and financial records proving all his workers are here legally. Gervais has 22 workers-- nine of them are Mexican.... WCAX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391279/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391135/posts The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Rutland resident Allan Edward Patrick, 58, was sentenced on November 18, 2009 to 151 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to charges that he produced child pornography at his residence, located at 21 Royce Street in Rutland. Because he used his residence to facilitate his criminal conduct, the District Court ordered the defendant to forfeit that residence to the United States. The property is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Judge Murtha also ordered the defendant to pay his four minor... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391135/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389362/posts <p>Contact your Senators and let them know what you think!</p> <p>U.S. veterans or subsidies for United Nations (U.N.) bureaucracy.</p> Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389362/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388545/posts States in New England top a new set of rankings, while the South still lags. If you want to be healthy, live in Vermont--or at least act like you do. It is the healthiest state in the country, according to a new report from the nonprofit United Health Foundation. Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388545/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377842/posts RICHMOND, Va. – Voters cast their ballots Tuesday for a new Virginia governor in a closely watched race that has focused on promises of jobs and critiques of President Barack Obama's policies a year after he won the state. Interviews with voters leaving polling stations in Virginia showed that independents broke heavily for Republican Bob McDonnell, fleeing Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. Independents are considered the crown jewel of elections because they often determine outcomes. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377842/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359726/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. — A group of dairy farmers is suing four milk marketing firms, saying they've engaged in monopolizing the market into which farmers have had to sell milk, fixed prices and created an economic crisis in the Northeast dairy industry. The Washington-based law firm Cohen Milstein says it expects many farmers will join a class action suit against Kansas City-based Dairy Farmers of America and Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. The suit alleges DFA and Dean have seized effective control of the region's dairy industry and are forcing farmers to join DFA or its marketing affiliate Dairy Marketing Services to... The Mercury http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359726/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345736/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. — A transgender teenager is lending his voice to a movement in Vermont to require the state's middle and high schools to offer genderless bathrooms. Kyle Giard-Chase, 16, asked the Vermont Human Rights Commission on Thursday to endorse the effort. He said that before he came out last year as transgendered, he was a three-sport athlete and the co-captain of the field hockey team, a girls' sport, at South Burlington High School. AP/Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345736/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344750/posts Orlando, the vacation destination for millions of families worldwide, is getting a bit of a smackdown: Children's Health magazine, in an issue on newsstands Tuesday, has ranked the 100 best and worst cities to raise a family -- and Orlando finished almost last. Burlington, Vt., came in first, while Orlando finished 98th, ranking just above Miami and last-place Detroit. What doesn't Orlando have? Editors at the magazine dinged the City Beautiful for its relatively low per-pupil spending, high crime rates, low homeownership rate, high unemployment and the number of sex offenders and missing children per capita. Burlington, by contrast, was... Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344750/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:26:44 GMT