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C2 THE HARTFORD COURANT: Wednesday, Apcil 18, 1984 tO THE HARTFORD COURANT: Wednesday, Apiil 18, 1984 Vernon Council Tables Fee-Waiver On Ending By JAN TARR Courant Staff Writer VERNON After two residents protested and Town Council members raised questions about a plan to end the practice of waiving building and zoning fees for non-profit groups, the council Tuesday tabled the proposal until June. Opposition came from former Councilman Morgan Campbell, who said people building places of worship and related structures should be "free of any contributions to Caesar as it were. It seems rather ironic in this season of Holy Week that you are being asked to decide whether to take the 30 pieces of silver or not." Rose O. Ford, a Sacred Heart Church trustee, asked the council to delay action "to give us time to gather our wits a little bit" and learn more about the proposed change. She said she would like to see what other towns do about such fees.

The church, which plans to build between 30 and 40 units of housing for the elderly on its property, would be the first group affected by elimination of the waivers. The church would have to pay an estimated $6,000 in building fees on the estimated $1 million dollar project. The motion to delay action came after four council members and Mayor Marie A. Herbst, all of them Sacred Heart Church members, excused themselves from the discussion because of a poten tion would interfere with traffic to and from East Hartford High School, which has a driveway on Scotland Road. However, Public Works Direc-' tor Arthur J.

Mulligan Jr. said Monday that he believes delaying work on Scotland would be a mistake. An stretch of Scotland Road is scheduled to close in November, town officials said. He could not estimate the cost of road and bridge repairs on Scotland Road. The road work Traffic Problems May Delay Stephen Dunn The Hartford Courant STATE BRIEFS Most Gas Stations Open on Easter Motorists traveling Connecticut highways this Easter holiday weekend will be paying more for gasoline than they did a year ago but should have no trouble finding fuel.

The American Automobile Association's Hartford office said its survey of gasoline stations shows the majority of stations will be open at least part of Easter Sunday. The association said its survey showed an average price of $1.16 a gallon for regular gasoline, which is 4 cents more than a year ago. The average price for unleaded gas is $1.24, or a nickel more than last year. New Haven Chief To Be Honored New Haven Police Chief William Farrell will receive this year's Distinguished Service Award from the Police Commissioners Association of Connecticut. The association, which made the announcement Tuesday, said Farrell will be given the award at a dinner June 16.

"Chief Farrell's long career of achievements has increased the quality of law enforcement, and strengthened public faith and trust in law enforcement organizations," association President Anthony Fasciani said. Douglas Hutchinson, above, of Portland and bis to pedal their bicycles from Washington, D.C, to sister, Gayle Hutchinson are diabetics who plan Boston to raise money for diabetes research. Duo To Pedal as Inspiration Proposal Practice tial conflict of interest. Town Administrator Robert W. Dotson, who proposed eliminating the waivers, with the support of" Town Planner George H.

Russell and Building Inspector Gene Bolles, said, "We are being sidetracked on religion. This proposal is being made for non-profit groups, not just religious." Dotson noted that other larger-non-profit groups, such as ville General Hospital, could be eligible to seek a waiver under the current policy. Council members asked Dotson to report back in June on how many requests for waivers have come up in the past several years, the basis for waiving fees and a breakdown of the cost to the town of processing applications for' waivers. Road Repair will be financed as part of a $5 million town bonding issue for. road improvements.

DeCrescenzo said a date for the -road closing would not be set until officials from the town and the state Department of Transporta-: tion meet to discuss DOT'S construction plans for East Hartford. No meeting date has been set. DOT closed the Simmons Road bridge over 1-84 April 10 to begin construction of a new, larger' bridge, DOT spokesman William E. Keish Jr. said Tuesday.

staff and wire service reports. it Boston, where they go for treatment. Diabetes is a chronic, apparently inherited disease resulting in a person's inability to produce insulin, which helps the body use sugar. For each diabetic, the treatment varies. Douglas Hutchinson's is insulin, diet control and exercise.

Bicycling is a sort of therapy for Hutchinson, who has had diabetes since he was 10. The 500-mile trip is his way of demonstrating that it works. Gayle Hutchinson, who found out in August that she has diabetes, is studying for her doctorate in education, with a specialty in physical education, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Douglas Hutchinson, who will pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work beginning By STEVEN GIELD Courant Correspondent EAST HARTFORD Closing Scotland Road for repairs should be delayed until Simmons Road is reopened because failure to do so would cause traffic congestion on the town's other north-south routes, mayoral aide Robert M. DeCrescenzo said Tuesday.

Closing the two major north-south routes at the same time "would create a whole variety of traffic problems," DeCrescenzo said. For example, he said, the ac- Plant Owner Offers Help For Buyout By JEFF KOTKIN Courant Staff Writer The owner of the Bridgeport Brass Co. plant in Seymour has agreed to provide up to $25,000 in matching funding to workers considering an employee buyout of the plant. The money, which would help pay for a feasibility study of a buyout, was among five promises National Distillers and Chemical Corp. of New York made to union and community leaders in a letter received late Monday from corporation President John H.

Stoo-key. United Auto Workers Local 1827 President Thomas G. Klimo-vitch, whose union represents 200 of 260 plant employees, said the company also: Extended the deadline for the employees' offer until May 15. Reduced the price of the plant from $13.9 milliion to $11 million. Agreed to provide workers with in-house technical assistance for the study.

Continued its freeze on new offers for the plant. "We never asked for matching funds," Klimovich said. "I think this means they want to preserve 260 jobs." State economic development officials have said the buyout would be the largest in Connecticut history. The union expressed an interest in buying the company in March. The company had put the plant on the market early in the year.

On April 4, state Economic Development Commissioner John J. Carson awarded a $7,500 matching grant for the feasibility study to the union and to the Naugatuck Valley Project, a coalition helping the union in the buyout. National Distillers Vice President Richard A. Tilghman said Tuesday the company stopped accepting new offers in March, but would continue to consider offers three other potential buyers made before that. The company makes non-ferrous rods and fine wire.

The study, which Klimovich said will determine whether the plant's long-term profitability would justify a buyout, should be completed before May 15, Klimovich said. U.S. Attorney To Review Bridgeport Teen's Death Associated Press BRIDGEPORT City police officials Tuesday labeled as an accident the shooting death by a patrolman of a 15-year-old boy, but the U.S. attorney said his office would review the case. Carlos Santos died after being hit by a bullet after he was chased from an allegedly stolen car through an alley and back yards at about 2 a.m.

Tuesday. Nerkowski said Santos was unarmed and that the other two suspects got away. U.S. Attorney Alan R. Nevas said he would review the case.

The 1977 killing of a teenager by a Bridgeport police officer touched off community protests and led to a federal trial in which the officer was found innocent of violating the victim's civil rights. State Police Begin 1-95 Crackdown The Connecticut State Police said Tuesday its troopers are beginning a crackdown on traffic violators on 1-95 between Mil-ford and Branford. Lt. Bernard Moran, commanding officer of the Bethany barracks, said normal patrols will be supplemented with four members of the state police traffic division. Moran said the area is being targeted because recent statistics pinpoint that portion of the Connecticut Turnpike as a major problem area.

The enforcement program will use unmarked cars, cruisers and motorcycles. Police said that in addition to speeding and drunken-driving violations, they will be looking for tailgaters, drivers who change lanes unsafely and motorists who use the shoulder to pass other vehicles during traffic jams. Name Change Proposed for 1-86 1-86 the name, not the road will be gone in a year if the state Department of Transportation has its way. DOT officials have proposed renaming the highway Interstate 84 between East Hartford and Massachusetts. That's the name the road carries from its origin in Scranton, Pa.

The DOT then wants to use the designation 1-384 for a leg of interstate highway from East Hartford to Bolton that now is labeled 1-84. One stretch of the road, from Spencer Street in Manchester to Bolton Notch, has been open since 1971, and construction of the link to East Hartford began earlier this month. DOT officials have submitted these proposals and others to chief elected officials in the 15 affected communities and to the Windham Regional Planning Agency and the Capitol Region Council of Governments for review and possible changes. this fall said Tuesday, "I don't think you can beat diabetes, but you can maintain parity with it for a while." Since January, when he began riding a bike, he has made practice rides to East Windsor, Madison and Enfield. He wants to ride 40 to 60 miles a day on his trip, starting June 1, completing the trip from Washington to Boston in about 15 days.

Hutchinson wants to support the center's attempts to develop an artificial pancreas, a self-regulating device that would provide a patient with insulin whenever blood sugar levels change. For Hutchinson, such a device would be an improvement over the insulin pump he wears. For now, he must test his blood sugar level, then change the dosage of insulin injected into his body by the pump. Steve Silk The Hartford Courant By JEAN GRIFFITH Courant Staff Writer PORTLAND Riding a bicycle 500 miles is more exercise than Douglas M. Hutchinson has ever done in his life, but he wants to prove a point.

The 34-year-old Portland resident and his sister, Gayle Hutchinson, 26, both diabetics, Elan to ride from Washington, i.C, to Boston in June to raise money for research. Douglas Hutchinson said Tuesday he and his sister also want to encourage others with the disease to stay physically fit. "If we could inspire maybe one person, or maybe help improve the quality of one person's life, I'd be happy," he said. The Hutchinsons plan to collect pledges for each mile they ride and donate the money to the Joslin Diabetes Center in Veteran Accused 0f Shrine Arson Held at Danbury United Press International DANBURY A Vietnam vet eran accused of torching a religious shrine in Massachusetts to avenge the war in Vietnam was sent to a federal prison Tuesday after surrendering peacefully to police in New Hampshire. Richard A.

Papineau, 35, of Hartford, who had neen described as "armed and dangerous," surrendered Sunday in Berlin, N.H. Papineau had heard about the death of Christopher Wilder, 39, an alleged murderer who died Friday in Colebrook, N.H., after being shot when state police tried to apprehend him, U.S. Deputy Marshal Frank Dawson said. "He was afraid that was going to happen to him," Dawson said. Papineau turned himself in about 10 p.m.

Sunday after contacting Dr. Stuart Foreman, his psychologist at Rutland (Mass.) State Hospital, Dawson said. After being held Monday night at New Hampshire State Prison in Concord, N.H., Papineau was taken to federal prison in Dan-bury to await a preliminary hearing by federal probation officials. April 3, Papineau ignored doctors advice and walked away from the Rutland hospital where he was awaiting trial on charges he helped burn a Buddhist shrine in the town of Hawley on New Year's Eve. Two other Vietnam War veterans Donald E.

Taylor, 37, of Gharlemont, and Roland F. 33, of Turners Falls, Mass. also were accused of setting thp temnlp fire. Woman Fined for Man's Death NEW LONDON A Voluntown woman has been fined $500 after pleading no contest in New London Superior Court to a count of negligent homicide in the March death of a Groton man. Deborah C.

Evon, 34, entered the plea and was fined Monday in the death of Barry Touhy, 35, who died nearly a month after he fell from Evon's car on School Street in New London in February. Touhy apparently had grabbed onto the woman's car in an effort to prevent her from leaving after the two had argued. He suffered extensive head injuries. 2 New London Stations To Be Sold NEW LONDON Mercury Broadcasting said Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to sell New London radio stations WNLC-AM and WTYD-FM to Waterbury attorney and real estate investor Norman S. Drubner.

The deal is contingent upon final approval by the Federal Communications Commission. An announcement from the radio stations said Drubner plans no change in programming or personnel at the stations. WTYD programs "easy-listening" music, and WNLC programs "adult contemporary" music. SILVER MEDALISTS Kristic Fortier, 13, of Terry ville presents flowers to figure skaters Caitlin and Peter Carruthers, who won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The brother-and-sister team appeared Tuesday night at the Hartford Civic Center as part of the '84 Tour of Olvmpic and World Figure Skating Champions.

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