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i-t i no Mb PORTLAND High school students make another Prom Promise for sobriety ber activities. With each sighed pledge card, a new link was added to chain made of colored construction paper. The chain is now about 100 feet Friday, spring flowers were planted in the words "Prom Promise 95." i long ana nangs in me taieicna. "They center it around the prom, every day so you didn't get too much of it," said 15-year-old Chris Swan-son, co-chairman of the week's events. "It makes students stop and think for a minute that it could happen and you do need to be Emergency medical personnel in the Life Star helicopter landed in the school parking lot to demonstrate how the crew deals with accidents.

The Portland Volunteer Fire Department simulated a car crash and used the Jaws of Life to extract passengers from the car. "They ripped up the car to get the person out," Chris said. "It was like a mock accident. They had some people in there and took off the roof to get them out." By midweek, the cafeteria was decorated with three class posters designed to promote sober fun, and students performed skits that were televised Tuesday on closed-circuit classroom television. Friday, spring flowers were tion among area schools sponsored by Nationwide Insurance to get students thinking about the consequences of drinking and driving.

Portland has won the competition and a big check for the past three years, and is hoping to land another first prize. If it does, a check for $1,000 will be in the May mail. The student senate and its two chairmen organized events that they thought might affect students' consciousness. "We just did a little something By KENDRA MEYERS Courant Correspondent PORTLAND Pictures of a mock accident, a Life Star helicopter landing and freshly planted flowers are being pasted into a scrapbook this week. The photos reflect Prom Promise events attended and organized by Portland High School students last week that were intended to promote an alcohol-free prom night.

The events are part of a competi- hut it's tint hist a nrom thins." Chris said. "It's for the whole year. If want to drink, just don't drive." LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICES planted in the soccer field in the the shape of the words "Prom Promise 95," and students played dodge ball during an assembly. "Every time the ball hit a kid, it simulated a death caused by a drunk driver," Principal Donald Gates said. "That really showed people the numbers and how many people do die," said 16-year-old Michael Wells, the other co-chairman of the events.

But the main goal was to get every student to sign a pledge card acknowledging their support for so Durham meetings LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF CHESTER ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE OF DECISION At Its moating of April 10.1W5, tha Cheilar Zoning Board or Appaalt took tha following ac- STEVEN W. PARSONS, tasking variancsf from Sactlon 72B Controlled Davalopmant Oil-trlcf Raqulrad Characteristics (front, raar and Ida satbacks), of fht Zoning Regulations, In order to construct ting family residence, on pre-mluf known as Lot Block on Tax Map (Wnt Main Strut ft Inspiration Lana, Chastor). VARIANCE DENIED Chester Zoning Board of Appeals Dated at Chester, Connecticut this 20th day of April, I99S. REGION 13 Political parties seek candidates for office Town Halli Town House Road, 349-3452. Public meetings today: Tuesday! Regional School District 13 budget referendum, 6 a.m.

to 8 p.m., Korn School. Wednesday! Planning and zoning commission, 7:30 p.m. Middletown Common Council agenda The Middletown Common Council will meet today at 7 p.m. in city hall to consider the following items! Accepting Military Road as a city street. Empowering the public works commission to acquire or condemn land to reconstruct River Road.

Approving the capital nonrecurring budgets for the water and sewer department. Congratulating Joan D. Hedrick on winning the Pulitzer Prize in biography. Authorizing the city's participation in the Connecticut Main Street program. Approving water use charges as adopted by the water pollution control authority.

hi I i 1 MuUletown Middlefield meetings oiiTLiLmeni Company 458 Highland Avenue MidMletown, CT 06457 344-0873 Region 13 news notes Town Halli 393 Jackson Hill Road, 349-3446. All meetings at Middlefield Community Center, Main Street, unless otherwise noted. Public meetings today: Todayi Board of finance, 7 p.m.; zoning board of appeals, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday! Regional School District 13 budget referendum, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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The panel will be moderated by Coginchaug Assistant Principal Jeff Sunblade. On May 23, residents can find out what is happening with teenagers in Durham and Middlefield from school and law-enforcement officials. Questions and answer sessions will allow residents to bring up specific issues. The seminars are arranged by the DurhamMiddlefield Youth and Family Services Inc. and co-sponsored with the local prevention council.

Regional 13 meetings By STACY WONG Courant Staff Writer Ask them, and they will run. Well, maybe. As Durham's Vincent Maffei sees it, serving on the Region 13 school board is not exactly a pleasure. Most meetings end late. State mandates have to be followed.

The public gets mad at you when taxes go up because of school spending. But someone has to do it. "It is a duty," he said. After some reflection and requests from local residents, it's a duty he is willing to keep for at least three more years. The Durham Republican nominating committee has chosen him to run again, and it also seeks a second candidate to fill the seat vacated by fellow Republican Brad Wilkinson.

Maffei's decision means two Region 13 board members will run for re-election and two will step down. But with school board members chosen by town meeting in the spring, local political parties in Durham and Middlefield are still searching for candidates. "We are interviewing a number of candidates. We are looking," said Jane Mauro of the Durham Republican nominating committee. Maffei is joined in his re-election efforts by Middlefield board mem- Har Quean ninila uVtn nine urith tha To the Patients of Raymond D'Amato, M.D.

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