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furlingtmt Deaths 2B Chittenden Roundup Sunday, January 11,1 987 Stat Pb ishlnn For Stardom Drugs Out, Alcohol In With Teens is involved for towns. Gerdel said he hopes to attract more television commercials to the state because crews are smaller, filming time is shorter and commer cial directors tend to use more local residents as extras. i A This holiday season television viewers saw Woodstock scenes in the 4 Budweiser "sleigh ride" commercial. Other commercials filmed in the state last year were for Toyota, Max I well House coffee, Heavenly Valley salad dressings and the CBS Evening News program. Gerdel said movie companies have been using Vermont sites since Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble With 4T sif far By SUSAN ALLEN Five Pres Capital Bureau MONTPELIER Vermont officials, realizing that show business is good for the state's business, are pushing this year to bring more movie producers and ad agencies and their money to the Green Mountains.

Film producers seeking "that Cur-rier-and-Ives look" dump between $500,000 and 1 million into Vermont each year, but this year state officials are hoping for more. The Office of Economic Development will ask Gov. Madeleine Kunin for $10,000 to beef up its promotional efforts, said Gregory Gerdel, information director of the state's Travel Division. Gerdel, who doubles as the one-man Vermont Film Bureau within the division, handles about 200 calls annually from movie, television and commercial producers interested in filming in the state. He said that, on average, two feature movies and 20 commercials are filmed in Vermont each year.

The productions also provide valuable publicity for the state, he said. Hyde Park soon will be the focus of such publicity if plans are approved to film a movie starring television idol Don Johnson in the town. Residents are scheduled to meet Monday night to discuss the plans. At stake is up to $60,000 a day that the production could pour into Hyde Park's economy during the two months of filming hiring local extras and help, lodging crew and stars, and renting buildings. Development Secretary James Guest said the push to attract film companies began last year.

Gerdel took a photo-and-film exhibition on Vermont to an annual film exposition in Los Angeles, giving producers an idea of locations available. Gerdel said the exhibition drew about 90 calls from producers. Four plan to film in Vermont this year. In addition, the state also took out occasional ads in Variety magazine and Millimeter Magazine both aimed at film industry professionals to promote locations. This year, the bureau will build a film library of Vermont sites, help local film companies develop an inventory of rental equipment for out-of-state producers, and educate the League of Cities and Towns on what By STEPHEN CASIMIRO Free Press Staff Writer For today's teen-agers, drugs are out.

Alcohol is in. The use of marijuana is dropping, and, although teens still abuse alcohol illegally, they seem to be more -responsible when they drink, according to Burlington-area high school students and administrators. The change comes about partly because of the atten- tion focused on the death by cocaine overdose of University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias last year and partly because of the nationwide push against drunken driving, teens said. "With the big scare about drugs and coke, alcohol is looked upon as not that dangerous," said A.D. Kent, a senior at Burlington High School.

Alan Sousie, executive director of the Green Mountain Prevention Projects, a group that teaches youngsters about drug abuse, said, "Kids are turning back to alcohol as the primary drug of choice, although I think there's 1 still a lot of marijuana being used." In the schools themselves, the signs of drug and alcohol use are being seen less frequently, administrators in Chittenden County said. "The incidence of finding either alcohol or drugs on campus this year has been down from normal," said Bruce Ladeau, principal at South Burlington High School. "We have a hunch, however, that student users are still pretty numerous." At Burlington High School, there were 28 suspensions last year for drug- and alcohol-related incidents. This year there has been none. Principal Bruce Chattman said: "I'm not saying there isn't substance abuse, but it isn't as prevalent.

There's definitely been a decline." Winooski High School has had no suspensions this year, and Principal James Fitzpatrick at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg said he noticed that drug use was down. Administrators attribute the perceived decline in drug use to a number of reasons: Education. In 1983, the Legislature mandated that all schools must provide kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum on drug and alcohol abuse. "Kids are knowledgeable about drugs," Ladeau said. "By the time they get to the high school they have pretty good information and they either decide to use them or not use them." Educating the students is not enough, according to Sousie.

"Students are smarter about drugs than their parents, are. Parents need more information," he said. Anti-drunken driving campaigns. Kent said his high school friends have begun to listen to the campaign about not driving drunk or stoned. "A lot of my friends, now they realize when they shouldn't be driving, and they'll have somebody else take them home," he said.

Sousie said: "Everyone has seemed to come together to put out positive messages. Even the liquor industry Turn to DRUGS, 5B Pasquale Died; Immediately The Associated Press RUTLAND Jean Pasquale, 54, of Worcester, died almost immediately after her car crashed down an Harry" was shot in Craftsbury Common roughly 25 years ago. "That was one of the earliest films ever shot on location," Gerdel said. Most movies then were filmed on studio lots. Parts of two feature films were shot in Vermont in 1986, including "Return to Salems Lot," filmed in the St.

Johnsbury area, and "Baby Boom," starring Diane Keaton, filmed in Peru. Gerdel said the "Baby Boom" crew came to Vermont with a Keaton look-alike to film fall scenes, and Keaton followed weeks later for the winter and spring scenes. For one shot requiring Keaton to have a fall background, the crew used armfuls of leaves to cover snow on the ground. For spring scenes, a local greenhouse provided sets. Other films shot in the state include "Ghost Story," starring Fred Astaire, filmed in the White River Junction area; "The Four Seasons," starring Alan Alda, filmed in Stowe, and "Survivors," starring Robin Williams and Walter Matthau and filmed in Fairlee.

The last major television project in Vermont was "A Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick, shot in Chelsea and Burlington. Gerdel said "Gift," filmed three years ago, is shown usually during the Christmas season. The most popular locations for film companies are Woodstock, Chelsea, Rochester and South Royalton all towns with a "New England village" look, Gerdel said. "These guys (producers) just come into town, film for a while, and clean up and leave," Gerdel said. "And all they leave behind is their money." Free Press Photo by DEBBIE DLOTT Leonard Nichols sits surrounded by some of the 400 or so cars in his West Berkshire junkyard.

He'd like to move it all to Richford. Junkyard Needed, Not Really Wanted Hyde Pork Aiming tor Glitz, Glamour embankment off U.S. 7 the day after Christmas, an autopsy performed Saturday indicated. Pasquale's body was found Friday afternoon by a may lose one of its cheapest sources of car parts. "I've looked all over the county for an ideal spot and I've found it," said Nichols of the 160-acre plot of wooded land he wants to buy in Richford as the site for a "model junkyard." "I need more room for my business," he said.

"I'm landlocked, so to speak." Indeed, at his West Berkshire junkyard, which he opened in 1980, about 500 wrecked vehicles of every imaginable make and model cram the seven-acre site. The yard of the home he shares with his wife Caroline and three children off Vermont 118 in nearby East Berkshire is filled with a variety of car parts, including batteries and engines. Neither of the sites is legal, however. The Act 250 permit on the West Berkshire yard expired in July and the state has told him not to store junk or parts at his home or face fines up to $100 a day. Mark DiStefano, an assistant attorney general, said the state is monitoring the situation and is eager to see both the East Berkshire and West Berkshire sites cleaned up and properly licensed.

"We're encouraging him to take one step at a time," DeStefano said. "We want the Turn to JUNKYARD, 5B By KATHLEEN H. COOLEY Free Press Staff Writer WEST BERKSHIRE Just five miles from the Canadian border, this Vermont enclave is home to a few hardy and isolated souls who are able to withstand harsh winters and the scarcity of jobs. Leonard Nichols is one man here who seems to have carved a comfortable niche for himself by parlaying a lifelong habit of collecting junk into a thriving business. It is a symbiotic relationship.

Nichols buys junk cars from people throughout the area, paying anywhere from $30 to $300, tows them to his yard, and in turn sells the engines, parts and used cars to others in need. The stripped bodies are sold to dealers in Montreal who melt them down for their metallic value. But the 46-year-old Enosburg Falls native has caught the ire of state officials who have told him to clean up his act or face heavy fines and the town of Rich-ford, which has refused to allow him to move his junkyard there. It seems a junkyard is one of those things everybody admits is necessary but nobody wants in his back yard. And if Nichols is unable to move his operation to Richford, his attorney said, Franklin County state highway worker about eight feet from the over- turned car, several hundred yards from the state police barracks in Rutland Town.

Pasquale, the subject of an extensive two-week search, had been reported missing after she failed appear at a family gathering in Orwell Dec. 26. By DANICA KIRKA I Free Press Staff Writer Some Hyde Park residents think Charles Kuralt had a hand in it all. The CBS News correspondent did a feature story on life in the town during the 1970s. And that broadcast was one reason folks thought of when they heard that Tri-Star Pictures might use Hyde Park as the backdrop for a movie starring "Miami Vice" star Don Johnson.

"We think that may have had something to do with it," said Wyman Lanphear, selectman in the town of slightly more than 2,000. After all, when choosing a location for "Sweetheart's Dance," the movie's producers could have gone almost anywhere. In addition to Vermont, they drove around New Ham-phire, Maine and Canada while searching for the perfect real-life movie set. But Robert Greenwald, producer and director for the $11 million production, said the town's architecture and hospitality had more to do with the decision than any network news segment. The film makers were particularly fond of the town's three-story, colonial-style schoolhouse as well as its location at the foot of Main Street.

"It's got an enormous amount of character," Greenwald said. "The school and gymnasium work very well for our needs." A special town meeting will be held Monday night so residents can discuss the plans with representatives from the movie studio. Then residents Turn to HYDE PARK, 5B The autopsy indicated that she died of massive- internal injuries suffered in the crash, police said in a prepared statement. They said the accident was believed to have occurred after 6 p.m. on Dec.

26. Police said Pasquale may have fallen asleep while driving. Police said the initial results indicated a mixture of alcohol and unknown prescription drugs in her blood. They said the drugs combined with driver fatigue may have contributed to the accident. Final blood test results will not be available for several weeks, police said.

Democrats' Nomination Caucus Looks to Be Lively and has one paid worker and volunteers. Lafayette and his supporters see his City Hall experience as a strength. "I think he's got the inside experience. It's valuable and it makes him in my mind the stronger candidate," Cain said. Stewart and her supporters see her broad work experience, including social work, running Bennington Potters North and investment work, as a strength.

YM2 innfa in 1 other aldermen, proposed a city rebate program. Both have been more critical of Sanders than of each other. "I think we're trying to tiptoe around one another" to maintain unity for the March election, Lafayette said. Stewart occasionally has been critical, at one point saying, "I've probably had more ideas in two days than I've heard (from Lafayette) in 2Vi years." Stewart and Lafayette also have been trying to cultivate support among the business community, particularly with no Republican in the race. "There's been a lot of politicking with both Caryl and Paul," said Ernest Pomerleau, a Republican and prominent businessman.

"There are pockets for Caryl and pockets for Paul which could easily switch either way after the caucus." According to Stewart, Lafayette may have an edge because many of' his supporters are longtime party members who "if you say to go to a caucus, you don't have to Stewart said much of her support is from those not involved in the party who think the caucus is a "private: Turn to DEMOCRATS', SB rocked the once-dominant Democrats in 1981. She has worked on statewide campaigns and lost to Alderman Peter Lackowski, PC-Ward 3, in a 1985 aldermanic bid. "I believe I will take this city to another place and that other place has to involve a lot more cooperation. The standard line about this (Sanders) administration is that it shook up the city. I don't disagree with that, and I was one of the disenchanted Democrats, but a city doesn't operate from a state of shake-upedness," Stewart saiil.

According to both candidates, Lafayette has strong support from Democrats actively involved in the party while Stewart has strong support from feminists and from progessive Democrats. Both also have sought the elderly vote, as well as using Republican and independent connections. Most of their work has involved volunteers' making phone calls to get people to the caucus. Both have sent out fliers. Lafayette has taken out radio and newspaper ads.

Stewart conducted an issues poll which will result in her outspending Lafayette. Lafayette has run his campaign from his living room and has depended on volunteers. Stewart was given free use of a downtown office By MARK JOHNSON Free Press Staff Writer It should be the best party Burlington Democrats have thrown in decades. Up to 1,000 city residents are expected to decide Wednesday whether Paul Lafayette, a Ward 5 alderman, or Caryl Stewart, a former city party chairman, will get the Democratic mayoral nomination and, with Jt, the right to take on incumbent Mayor Bernard Sanders this March. Not since 1965, when Alderman Francis Cain defeated state Rep.

Richard Schmidt, have the Democrats had such a heated battle for the mayoral nomination. Cain went on to defeat Republican incumbent Edward Keenan in the general election and plans to attend Wednesday's caucus. "It's good for the Democrats and Burlington politics," Cain said of the Lafayette-Stewart race. City Democratic Party Chairman Maurice Mahoney said the two candidates are similar on the issues. The endorsement will hinge on which candidate voters perceive to be stronger, he said.

Lafayette, 36, is a Burlington native and a self-employed painting contractor. An alderman since 1984, 1.4 i 4 1 private and public sectors. I can't think of anything she's undertaken she hasn't completed," said Judith Stephany, who ran for mayor in 1983. Stewart has raised the need for more crime protection and better economic development as key issues. Lafayette has raised as key issues the fate of the waterfront and the need for better long-range planning on such problems as the landfill and the Southern Connector.

Both have discussed property taxes. Stewart advocated that the city help promote the state property tax rebate program. She acknowledged she may be hurt by her comment that city residents could handle higher taxes. Lafayette, with two PAUL LAFAYETTE people together," Lafayette said. Stewart, 57, moved to Vermont from South Dakota in 1961, and has lived in Burlington for 11 years.

She is an account executive at Dean Witter Reynolds and has worked in the public and private sectors. Stewart was elected city party chairman in 1983 and helped pull up the party's bootstraps after Sanders CARYL STEWART he gained visibility when he exposed problems with the city's Home Improvement Program and opposed the Alden waterfront commercial-residential development. "I think I'm more electable and have more visibility and name recognition. I've worked hard on the issues and taken stances on every key issue and have shown I can bring I.