Sanders visits the young and the old - Photos at Link

SAT., JAN. 27, 2018

By Harmony Birch, Brattleboro Reformer

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BRATTLEBORO — As Senator Bernie Sanders entered the Head Start on Birge Street a little girl, Elizabeth Howe, greeted him by showing him her artwork. During his visit, Sanders oohed and ahed over a number of pieces of art by preschool children. He talked to them about the topics of their drawings and let the children lead him around their classroom.

Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Superintendent Lyle Holiday told Sanders about the issues her staff are facing, particularly in early education. Her biggest issue was that early education teachers do a lot of work for barely a living wage.

Sanders listened before interjecting.

"We have a poverty issue here," he said.

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Health care was a bigger topic at Sanders' second Brattleboro stop. Sanders went to the Red Clover Commons, which is housed in a building he said he helped to get built. Many of the people living at the Red Clover Commons are on Medicaid or Medicare. Most of them are able to get the prescription drugs they need at a low cost because their Wellness Services Manager, Christine Hazzard, helps them fill out paperwork for special government programs. Many of them expressed their gratitude for Hazzard to Sanders.

http://www.reformer.com/stories/sanders-visits-the-young-and-the-old,530535