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Essex Woman
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Susan L. Fowler of Essex Junction is
seeking the Democratic nomination for
Chittenden County Probate Judge.
Fowler, 41, graduated from Boston
University in 1975 and received her
law degree from Vermont Law School.
She has served as law clerk for the Ver-
mont District Court Judges, and as
Deputy State’s Attorney for three and
one—half years. She has been in private
practice since 1984, with emphasis on
adoption and family law. Fowler is the
only Vermont attorney who is a mem-
ber of the American Academy of Adop-
tion Attorneys. She has served on the
Vermont Adoption Reform Task Force
for two years.

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SWIMMING WITH THE TIDE:

Vermonter Kathy Lehman goes to the Gay Games

and brings home the bronze
Carrie Coy

RICHMOND -- Gay Games medalist
Kathy Lehman has some advice for
athletes contemplating a trip to the 1998
Games in Amsterdam - think twice before
bringing three children along. The
crowded waters of the 50—meter freestyle
proved less challenging than the streets of
New York City for the 40-year old
bronze medalist and her entourage. "It
was exhausting just getting around," said
the Richmond resident.

She spent the week of the Games in a
tiny hotel room with her two children,
Ryan, 9, Kelsey, 5, her partner, Anne
Condon, and a 2-year old friend.
Lehman and Condon missed the opening
ceremonies and spent the evenings
"slumped against the wall watching the
kids jump on the bed”.

Even so, Lehman overcame the heat and
stroller hassles to triumph in the popular
50-meter freestyle swim while fans in the
stands took up her children's chant, "Go
Mom!" Though she narrowly missed her
goal of breaking 35 seconds, a personal
best, her effort was good enough for a
third place age—group finish. Her medal
bid was aided, perhaps, by a timely May
birthday. "It certainly made turning 40
easier," she admitted.

She also competed in the lO0—meter
individual medley. She thinks she
finished fourth, but was so tired, she did
not note her time as she left the pool.
Unfortunately, she was not able to float
another round of $25 per head
admissions, so her family was not there.

Lehman, a child care professional who
logs 50-hour weeks caring for children in
her home, trained since last summer for
two hours a day, three times a week,
"come hell or high water." Training, she
said, "is a gift I give myself, a way to
keep from going crazy, though I try not
to do it compulsively." Her regimen
consists of differing combinations of a
4-mile run, a hilly 12-mile bike ride, a
mile swim, and weight—lifting. Whenever
schedules permit, she and Condon train
together but, more often than not, they try
to match each other's solo efforts.
"We're pretty competitive with each
other," Lehman said of their swimming
duals. "It's a pretty intense mile."

Their newly—built home, which she
designed, sits atop one of the highest and
most scenic hills in the area. After a
12-mile ride, "it's pushing the bike up the
driveway that kills us," Lehman laughed.
A pool upstairs was a design requirement
for the McGill University physical
education graduate, who has coached a
variety of swim clubs over the years,
including the UVM diving team. Friends
frequently drop in to use it, and Lehman
offers over-subscribed swim lessons to
Richmond area children.

Unexpectedly, said Lehman, the Games
were "a wonderful way" to come out to
extended family. In March, she began
talking evasively to them about a "big
swim meet in June in New York City", and
in the end, her family, having deduced the
truth, gathered to watch for a glimpse of
her on C—SPAN. "It was an easy way for
them to find out,” Lehman continued. “It
made it easy to be open.” V

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