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43 Th Burlington (Vt.) Frw Pr, Saturday, April 21, 1990 Vermont Bradford roan sentence in in anslauoteer casi The Associated Press WHITE RIVER JUNCTION -A 36-year-old Bradford man was sentenced to four years in jail Thursday after pleading guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the 1988 shooting death of his boyhood friend. Judge David Jenkins sentenced Bruce Boisvert to five to 15 years at the Woodstock Community Correctional Center with all but four years suspended. Boisvert had been charged with second-degree murder after Vermont State Police said he drew a magnum revolver during a fight with Robert S. Dudrick, 29. Police said the gun went off during the struggle Dec.

1, 1988, at Boisvert's trailer in a remote section of Bradford, and a bullet struck Dudrick in the chest, killing him. In February, Boisvert pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of to the lesser charge on his client's behalf. Thursday's court session was transferred from the Chelsea court to Windsor County District Court to ensure tighter security. Orange County Sheriff Dwight G. Townsend said there was concern that the victim's family, angered by the potential plea agreement, would try to retaliate against Boisvert.

In emotional testimony Thursday before the sentencing, Jenkins involuntary manslaughter. Thursday's sentence was the result of a plea agreement between Orange County State's Attorney James McKnight and Boisvert's court-appointed lawyer, Kevin Griffin of White River Junction. Jenkins reluctantly agreed to the plea agreement two months ago pending the filing of a presentence investigation report by the state probation department. At that time he rejected Griffin's attempt to file a no-contest plea heard Dudrick's family, including his father, sister and brother, describe how their lives have been devastated since the shooting. Debra Kelly of Granby, said her brother's death had disabled her emotionally.

"I have a lot of trouble calling him Bruce. My brother was trusting to a fault, and he's dead because he trusted that man," Kelly said. Kelly said that family members warned her brother that Boisvert was "no good; He's a mooch, he's a liar, he's violent." Kelly said she was "emotionally crippled" by her brother's death, had lost her business, and was separated from her husband as a result of the incident. Police said that Dudrick and a girlfriend had traveled from the Holyoke, area to stay at Boisvert's trailer indefinitely. The said the shooting took place after a night of heavy drinking.

Prenatal advertising campaign helps Vermont young mothers 'We are very happy with the results of the campaign. We feel it has definitely been reaching the people we wanted to Patricia Berry Health Division director I I ii1 5 it mm The Associated Press MONTPELIER The Vermont Health Department's $150,000 advertising campaign promoting prenatal care has generated a flurry of calls to the "Helpline" from young mothers. As a result of the yearlong advertising campaign, many low-income mothers have received financial assistance and visits from public health nurses. Funding for the campaign, through Kelliher Samets Marketing Communications of Burlington, came from the Health Department budget, a Medicaid contribution, and private sponsors, including Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Vermont, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and the state Medical Society. The campaign-saturated television and radio with portrayals of a likable, understanding public health nurse who promotes early visits to doctors for pregnant women.

The campaign, which has been applauded by national agencies, uses posters, envelope stuffers, milk carton messages and notes on pharmacy shelves. Early prenatal care is not only ft n- oipi 'm ill tr critical to having healthy children, but also it saves taxpayers money, according to the federal Office of Technology Assessment The federal agency estimates that every child born that weighs less than 5.5 pounds costs the health-care system between $14,000 and $30,000 in hospitalization costs for the first year' and for extended long-term care. Almost halfway through the campaign, the advertising has generated 203 calls to the department's toll-free number, called the "Helpline." According to Health Department officials, 34.5 percent of the calls have come from teen-agers. Of those, 30.5 percent were pregnant About 60 percent of the callers requested visits from a nurse, and nearly 40 percent have requested help finding prenatal care. Nearly 83 percent of the women who requested follow-up care said the cost of medical care and lack of health insurance prohibited them from receiving early prenatal care.

"We are very happy with the results of the campaign. We feel it has definitely been reaching the people we wanted to reach," said Patricia Berry, director for the Local Health Division. Health Department officials have proposed a $140,000 campaign next year that reiterates the message. "One thing we hope to focus on the next time around is the expanded Medicaid eligibility and the state prenatal and child health-insurance program for pregnant women and children up to the age of 7," Berry said. In r4: in I Mem iL.

Tha Associated Press Wendall Fazzina, 34, of Bradford, N.H., is rescued at the Quechee Gorge Bridge on U.S. 4 early Friday morning near Hartford. N.H. woman rescued from bridge after squad works through night IN The Associated Press QUECHEE A woman was rescued Friday after spending nearly six hours perched precariously underneath the Quechee Gorge Bridge. The dangerous rescue operation involved work by rescuers more than 160 feet above the rocky and turbulent Ottauque-chee River.

The saga started at about 6:45 p.m. Thursday when Wendall Fazzina, 34, of Bradford, N.H., jumped over the restraining wall at the Quechee Gorge. She then climbed down the narrow girders under the bridge. After onlookers called authorities, state and local police and the Hartford Fire Department arrived on the scene. "It will be difficult and dangerous," Hartford Fire Chief John Wood said about the rescue attempt.

It proved even more difficult because Fazzina refused to cooperate. "At one point (a fire department captain) had her tied off to the bridge and she untied herself and stood up," Wood said later. After hours of attempts to free Fazzina, the rescue squad brought a "snooper truck" from a Windsor construction site. The truck has a long arm and a platform, which was lowered so Hartford Police Captain David Rich could snatch the woman to safety. Fazzina was taken to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Police say there was evidence of alcohol use. She faces a $500 fine for crossing the safety boundaries. April 20th 21st 50 OFF ALL INVENTORY in the store tThtSJurlinstonjfreeress STATE After all the wind up to Earth Day 1990 all the cleanup campaigns, all the recycling roundups, all the bike and hike events, all the speeches and pamphlets will Vermont or the nation be any more environmentally concerned? Environmental reporter Kevin Ellis looks at the effects of such conservation consciousness-raising. INSIGHT States have been given the choice of building a disposal site for low-level nuclear waste or joining a compact to share a facility with other states. The sites, to be in operation by Jan.

1 1993, are receiving fierce opposition. Vermont so far has no compliance plan and could risk violating the order. LIVING Six winners of "Vermont's Funniest Home Snapshot" contest are featured. Also a new monthly column, "Volunteer Connection," starts with a list of opportunities in northern Vermont. SPORTS Youngsters Delino DeShields, Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker will form the foundation the Montreal Expos want to Calif, man looks for missing sister i li Ikyti 'i 1 'jtill rin.

By Mike Donoghue Free Press Staff Writer A California man is spending a week in Vermont seeking his sister, who disappeared after step 'I went over her phone records, credit cards and checking accounts without finding Mark Walsh brother (to VjT THOMAS H1RCHAK CQ ANY RD3 Box 2430, Morrltville, VT 800-634-7653 838-4662 ping off a plane in January at Burlington International Airport. Mark Walsh of Santa Maria said his sister had become upset about her divorce and was obsessed with the late singer and the luggage was never claimed, Sgt. James Markiewicz of Vermont State Police in Colchester said. A reward is being offered for any information concerning Hankins' whereabouts, Walsh said. He said there was medication available for her problems.

Hankins left California without a word to her sons, ages 11 and 16, who were with their father, Walsh said. "I went over her phone records, credit cards and checking accounts without finding anything," he said. After Hankins' divorce, her attraction to Presley became an obsession and then a fantasy, Walsh said. She believed Presley was going to marry her. Hankins is 5-feet, 2-inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has blue eyes and salt-and-pepper gray hair, is left-handed, and smokes heavily, News Department 865-0940 Got a news tip? Call 865-0940 or 1-800-642-3124 and let us know.

I i JL HANKINS ytV-xx Elvis Presley. i Cheree Cathleen Hankins, 45, i i Walsh said. She loves to talk and is likely to bring up Presley during any extended conversation, Walsh said. Walsh said he took a week's vacation to try to find his sister. He is distributing and posting fliers where possible, he said.

Anyone with information can call Burlington police at 658-2700 or the nearest police agency. who flew from Santa Maria to Burlington, arrived at about 9 a.m. Jan. 19, apparently expecting to find Presley, Walsh said. When her luggage was delayed, she filed a claim, but she vanished 'It Ex-official's husband faces drug case i Jt 2 1 3 i 4 5 6 7 i 8 9 10 2 By Mike Donoghue Free Press Staff Writer The husband of the former Goshen town clerk has been indicted on federal drug charges for growing marijuana in the Green Mountain National Forest, officials said Friday.

Pietro Tonzini, 41, was charged with conspiracy, cultivation and possession of marijuana. He faces a minimum 10-year prison term and a maximum life sentence if convicted on any of the three charges, U.S. Attorney George J. Terwilliger III said. Tonzini and two co-conspirators Richard Ketchledge and Albert Gionet allegedly cultivated and distributed marijuana from May to Sept 7, 1989, the government charged.

Tonzini and Ketchledge planted the seeds in May, then cultivated and harvested the plants, the indictment said. Tonzini sold three pounds of marijuana for 15,400 that fall, the indictment charged. They allegedly planted seeds in May 1989, but law enforcement authorities said the plants were spotted and the harvest ended in September, officials said. Gionet allegedly gave the two men transportation and tools. Tonzini plans to fight the charges, said his lawyer, Peter F.

Langrock of Middlebury. The charges stem from an investigation started by the Addison County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Forest Service, Terwilliger said. Tonzini is awaiting trial on four federal firearms charges in connection with a 1985 drug raid at his home, where a dozen weapons, including an anti-tank rocket launcher, were seized by state police. After that raid, Tonzini was convicted on a charge of cultivation of marijuana, received a suspended one-to-three-year prison term and was fined $1,000.

His wife, Anne Marie Tonzini, 36, received a suspended sentence of up to 90 days for helping to grow marijuana. Five days after she was sentenced in 1986, she was re-elected town clerk by six votes, but lost her job during the March 1989 town meeting. Pietro Tonzini was convicted in London for possession of hashish and marijuana in 1975, served three years in prison, and was deported, officials said. The firearms charges were lodged because he was a convicted felon and allegedly made false written statements to buy the guns, police said. Tonzini, an Italian citizen, is fighting deportation by the U.S.

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