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3B THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2000 WINTER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES VERMONT LIFETIME BRAKES Alter Mail-la Rtlutt Includes: Brake Inspection Install Pads i Road Test MIDAS' GuarantM Oeliilt Stort EMM AUTO SERVICE EXPERTS South Burlington Essex Jet Barra Barre Town officer hands in resignation ffifeliGHlti (Mr The Associated Press BARRE TOWN A Barre Town police officer has resigned from the force over allegations he lied in a sworn statement in a drunken-driving case. Officer Michael Jacobs, 38, handed in his resignation Tuesday morning, Barre Town Municipal Manager Carl Rogers said. The action came after a disciplinary hearing Friday. "He did offer an explanation," Rogers said. "He put it in a letter for the chief.

He said he realized that he'd forgotten to ask the questions and was embarrassed to admit that he did." Jacobs, a 12-year veteran of the force, was accused of violating police policy by lying in connection with a case. Officials said the allegations involved a Dec. 16 incident in Barre Town, when Jacobs arrested a man at his home for driving under the influence. Court records said Jacobs went there after receiving a tip about erratic driving, and after questioning the man and determining he'd been drinking, Jacobs arrested him for DUI. JO 1 AKWESASNE Hartland teacher to fill House seat MONTPELIER A Hart-land English teacher has been appointed to fill the State-house seat that had been held by Matt Dunne.

Derek Levin teaches English part-time at Vermont Technical College. In addition, he owns a small gemstone and sculpting business. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1976 with a bachelor's in English and he served in the U.S. Army. Dunne resigned his House seat to take a job with Ameri-Corps in Washington, D.C.

Jeffords unveils legislative agenda Sea James Jeffords, unveiled his legislative agenda at a news conference Monday in Burlington, citing the high costs of health care and special education as priorities. Jeffords, facing re-election this year, vowed to establish a Patient's Bill of Rights, Medicare coverage for prescription drugs and a health insurance tax credit for the uninsured. He admitted his expectations were "pretty low" that the Senate would pass much major legislation during a presidential election year. Goddard trustees OK contract with president PLAINFIELD The board of trustees at Goddard College has agreed to a five-year contract with President Barbara Mossberg in hopes of bringing stability to the campus, which has been plagued by high turnover at the top. Meeting in San Francisco last week, the board voted 16 to 0 with two abstentions to approve the contract with Mossberg, who took over the presidency in August 1997.

The vote came four months after faculty and students at the college presented the board with a motion of no confidence in the president. The union called for both Mossberg and trustees Chairman Paul Blanc to step down after the board proposed excluding faculty members and students from decisions about curriculum. From staff, wire reports FAHC: Plans unveiled for outpatient center 0 tes life! Hits tort 331) mm Continued from Page IB The expanded campus would be in the form of a quadrangle created by the new, four-story outpatient facility and UVM's Given and Rowell buildings. In the center would be Converse Hall, a dorm built in 1895 with gabled roofs; the education center; and a green area covering the underground parking garage. A main entrance to the hospital would be built on the south side of the outpatient center, replacing six entrances to the existing building.

The current hospital parking and entrance would likely be used for employees, De-merssaid. -sp The buildings to be demolished to make way for the structure are: Alumni Hall, the Brown Pavilion, Burgess Building, Smith Building, the medical records building and the Benjamin D. Adams Residential House. Beaumont Drive, which runs north-south through the center of the campus and jogs west past the emergency room, would be widened with a green median and re In a sworn affidavit, Jacobs claimed he'd asked the man to provide a breath sample and if he would perform dexterity tests, but the man refused. However, the man's defense attorney, Kerry De Wolfe, claimed a videotape taken by a camera in Jacob's cruiser didn't show that That information came to light after another officer, Michael Watts, reviewed the videotape and Jacobs' affidavit and discovered the discrepancies.

Watts reported the matter to Barre Town Police Chief Michael Stevens and DeWolfe. Stevens then confronted Jacobs, who confessed to lying in the affidavit Jacobs was placed on paid leave early this month and suspended without pay. The felony DUI case against De Wolfe's client was reduced to a misdemeanor negligent operating charge and he was fined $500. Friday, Jacobs had a closed-door disciplinary hearing before Rogers, who was charged with determining whether Jacobs violated department policy. Rogers said after Stevens began to lay out the charges against Jacobs, Jacobs offered to resign.

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