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4th ID. a THE HARTFORD COURANT: Monday, June 12, 1978 Residents To Voice 1-691 Opposition Board To Discuss Business Park of the area several years ago went right through her picture window, and subsequently looks at highway proposal maps showed the Spreda home in the middle of the route. "I guess they want our Ion1 Mto CnrAfla coi oHH- traffic officials have called the consultant's alternate design of the 3.5 mile connector between 1-84 and the new, divided Rt. 66 in Meri-den unworkable. Weichsel, who is the town official with the longest continuous involvement with the project and its various proposals, said Sunday there's no way to predict whether opposition efforts will have any effect on state highway officials.

It's been a back and forth, uphill battle for the past 12 years trying to get the state's design to meet Southington's interests, Weichsel said, adding he and other town officials don't plan to quit their opposition to present plans until the case is closed. By CRAIG BAGGOTT SOUTHINGTON Opposition to state plans for 1-691 construction here will be voiced Tuesday by both town officials and the business and property owners who will be affected by the project in what Town Manager John Weichsel calls the latest in a 12-year series of uphill battles with highway officials over design of the road. Contacted by the Courant Sunday, several of the property owners whose lands or businesses would be taken by the road building said they Elan to show up for an 8 p.m. earing Tuesday in the Central Elementary School's auditorium. State Department of Transportation officials will be on hand for the hearing.

Larry DeSando, spokesman for Belle Camperland, Belle Miniature Golf and the Terrace Motel said, because the state's plans for the new interstate route are still tentative, he's not sure if he'll say anything at the meeting. But, he added, those tentative plans would wipe out the Belle operation in its present location, replacing it with the roadbed of the Simsbury Board Meets Southington route's cloverleaf interchange with 1-84. Spokesmen for Palumbo's Exxon on Rt. 66 said they're not sure if the state's plans call for dislocation of the business, but said they hope to attend the hearing Tuesday to find out. Caroline Spreda, who with her husband John runs the Spreda Game Farm on South End Road, also said she to be 'at the hearing, alk of the new road has been going on for years, she said, adding it's hard to tell just what the state's intentions are.

But, she said, a highway preparation survey Cheshire tag, the game farm, one 6f the few in the area still prod- ucing such fowl as silver and gold pheasants, would be hard to replace. Robert Jacks, co-owner of the new American Eagle AutoTruck Stop located on Rt. 66 where it meets 1-84, also said he plans to let the state highway officials know how upset he is with, the highway proposal. Jacks' and town officials' objections center on design of the highway and the state's continual insistance that there won't be any exits on 1-691 where the new road meets 1-84. Jacks and town Planner Dominick Caruso claim Rt.

66 and other local roads will experience increased traffic and its attendant problems with no access to or from the new highway in the southwestern part of town. While a consultant's study commissioned by Southing- Class Cutting Plan Expected Canton CANTON The next step in the Economic Development Commission's effort to get an industrial park in town will be a joint meeting of the Planning Commission, Zoning Commission and Economic Development Commission, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall. The Economic Development Commission has selected a site on Huckleberry Hill South of Dowd Avenue which has public water, sewers and access to Rt. 44.

Zoning Commission Secretary Alfred Moses has met with planner Robert Donald, who said he has reservations Farmington Valley from board members and the audience who said a plan should take effect next fall, not a year from now as proposed. Among the proposals are erecting gates at both ends years ago, the project calls for portions of the road to be reconstructed. Costs will be shared by the town and the state. The town's financial responsibilities account for about 10 percent of the project costs, with the remain rr Simsbury Canton I Avon 1 Burlington Farmingtom By ANNE BONNEY SIMSBURY School administrators will bring a plan to the Board of Education today for solving the high school's major problem class cutting. The plan was promised after several hours of at a board meeting a week ago.

According to Vice Principal Jay Smith, 326 students were suspended this year, including 50 for leaving school grounds, 48 for leaving detention and 40 for truancy. About a third of the nearly 2,000 high school students cut classes, he said and 4 percent do so regularly. An ad hoc committee of parents and administrators came up with a raft of suggestions but no specific plan to tighten controls at the school. This drew criticism 'J about whether an industrial park would succeed in Canton, given the availability of cheaper land in surrounding towns. The development commission is urging the Zoning Commission to rezone the area to create an industrial jot business park.

It sent the Zoning Commission a folder of zoning regulations from other towns which define such parks. The Planning Commission is involved because it would have to amend the town's Comprehensive Plan of Development to change the zone. The Zoning Commission will have to decide whether it wants to amend the regulations to create a new type of the east parking lot; replacing the off-duty policeman, who spends four hours daily in the west parking lot, with a full-time staff person to monitor the lot; adding a monitor to the east parking lot to control student behavior, setting up required study halls for sophomores in classrooms; setting up a study hall for freshmen in the amphitheatre; and "linking a change in the atmosphere in the cafeteria with new enforceable rules" in the library, which has become a social meeting place. -Smith reviewed eight steps which might be used to with the attendance problem, ranging from immediate contact with parents to warn them of the problem to outright expulsion. Saying that it would be a der being federally funded through the state Department of Transportation.

Car leasing. Daily, weekly, monthly. O'Neill's Chevro-let-Buick, Rt. 44, Avon. 677-1666.

Advt. other possible uses for the structure, including a possible senior citizens center. Since then, however, the senior citizens group has voted to remain at its present location in the West Avon Congregational Church parish hall. Factors contributing to that decision were the distant location of the school and the lack of space in the rooms which the senior citizens would have used. Johnson was slated to review the feasibility of using the school for a recreational center and for locating some recreational activities on the school grounds.

Selectmen will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall selectmen's 9 fc iv. 1 Voters To Consider Bridge Funds 21 of zone and whether to, change the zone map. Meetings Meetings this week in Canton include: Today: Mental Health, Commission, 8 p.m., Town Hall; Republican Town Committee, 8 p.m., Town Hall. Tuesday: Sewer Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall; Commission on Aging, 1:30 p.m., Town Hall.

Wednesday: Housing Authority, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall. Thursday: Board of Education, 7:30 p.m., Cherry Brook School; Board of Selectmen, 8 p.m.. Town Hall; Historical District Cunimis-sion, 8 p.m., Canton Center Church. "massive undertaking" to define rules, regulations, procedures and penalties and then add aides and data processing to maintain a new system, Smith said there were no concrete plans being set up for fall. Other agenda topics include school enrollment, testing, next year's transportation schedule and renewal of special education contracts.

The Simsbury Bureau of The Hartford Courant seeks a person with good typing and spelling skills to work Monday-Thursday p.m. and Fridays 6-9 p.m. Apply in person to Mr. Kirk Hatsian, The Hartford Courant, 963 Hopmeadow St. between 11 a.m.

to 1 p.m. Delicious red ripe native strawberries. Hall's, 83 Terry's Plain Rd. Advt. Seniors Unit To Conduct First Meeting Simsbury SIMSBURY The newly formed organization S.O.S.

(Seniors of Simsbury) will hold its first monthly meeting Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m. in Eno Memorial Hall. The group, under the leadership of Margaret Plum-mer, urges all senior citizens, to attend this meeting including those who signed the petition supporting formation of such a group. Meetings Meetings this week in Simsbury include: Today: Town Plan Commission, 7:30 p.m., Eno Memorial Hall. Tuesday: Conservation Commission, 7:30 p.m., Eno Memorial Hall; Board of Education, High School Library, 7:30 p.m.; Economic Development Commission, 7:30 p.m., Eno Memorial Hall.

Wednesday: Board of Selectmen, 7:30 p.m., Eno Memorial Hall. Grade 2 teacher since 1969; and Barbara Ronalter, music instructor since 1971. Donna LaGanga, a high school business teacher since 1972, will be leaving Lewis Mills High School for a different position. Carl Stacks, a high school social studies teacher since 1964 at Mills High School, will retire. The school board will appoint teachers to fill the vacated positions at a meeting today at 7:30 p.m.

in Har-Bur Middle School. Exercises and Rob Crowell, and crafts instruction Thursday at 1 p.m. with Joseph Sirko. Meetings Meetings this week in Burlington include: Today: Board of Education, 8 p.m., Har-Bur School. Wednesday: Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall.

Thursday: Recreation Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall. ton and Cheshire states there could be exit ramps in the area without hazard, state Film Series Continues At LluVOTll SOUTHINGTON The Southington Public Library will present "Generation Upon Generation," part 12 of the "Ascent of Man" movie series June 20 at 7 p.m. in the library, a spokeswoman said. The 52-minute film centers on an examination of the complex code of human inheritance. Also June 20, at 7:30 p.m.

in the library, the library's book discussion group will meet. The topic of discussion will be poetry and all are invited to attend, the spokeswoman New Officers The Southington Council of Catholic Women will install new officers Wednesday at St. Dominic's Church, a spokeswoman said. There will be a mass at 7 p.m. followed by a pot luck supper and the installation, she said.

'J ft WW Diane Misko has been installed as president of the Woman's Club. Other officers for 1978-1979 include Mary Lou Moore, first vice president; Wanda Janowski, second vice president; Mary Hig-gins, recording secretary; and Amy Tucker, corresponding secretary. Treasurer is Jean Buzano-ski and assistant treasurer is Maud Nixon. bachelor of arts degree from Mills College in California, attended Columbia University Art School, School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and Yale University. She has two masters degrees, one in art education and one in special education.

Library Plans Mexico Film Craft Exhibit Hebron HEBRON The "Country of the Month" sponsored by the Friends of the Hebron Douglas Library will feature Mexico, June 23 at 7:30 p.m., in the Douglas Library. Donations are $1.50. Tickets can be obtained at the library or at the Log Cabin on Rt. 66 before June 22. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Mexico will be explored with films, Mexican food and exhibits of Mexican crafts. The group also plans a Douglas Library book barn booth at the Hebron Harvest Fair in September. Alice in Wonderland The Hebron Elementary Schflol Drama Club will present "Alice in Wonderland" Thursday at 7 p.m., in the school's gymnasium. Selectmen To Consider Uses for Vacant School Scout Tips Avon AVON Rebuilding the Climax Heights Road bridge and improvements to Deer-cliff Road will face voter action at a special town meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the middle school.

Voters will be asked to ap- Erove $40,000 to rebuild the ridge over Nod Brook, behind Town Hall. The badly deteriorating structure will be replaced and the river bed widened under the funding proposal. The present structure accommodates only one vehicle at a time and if approved would be widened to accommodate two vehicles. The new structure also would meet flood requirements. Also facing voter action is $22,500 of funding for improvements to Deercliff Road.

Begun almost three ation Department's baseball clinic at Norton Park Saturday (Cioffi Photo). Boston Red Sox scout Bob Fralick offers tips on to about 100 local youngsters who attended the Recre Scout Encourages Practice ans first baseman Andrew Thornton, who insisted he wanted to play only short-iStop. Because he was so stub born," Fralick said, he didn't get a professional baseball contract for more than a year. Recreation Director Dan-ner De Stephano said members of the Little League coaching staff helped Applications Available For Dental Program Students Display Their Art Work Farmington FARMINGTON Applications are being accepted for the dental assisting program at Tunxis Community College. The 10-month program is designed to train interested persons in chairside dental assisting techniques as well as related laboratory and office procedures.

Several Resign From School Posts Avon AVON Town recreation director Richard Johnson will report to the Board of Selectmen this week with recommendations for uses of the vacant Huckleberry Hill Elementary School and grounds. Earlier this year the boards of Education and Selectmen agreed to explore All clinical training will take place at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in Farming-ton. Upon successful completion of the program, students may apply to the Tunxis dental hygiene program. Closing date for applications is Sept. 1.

Classes will begin Jan. 2. Further information is available from the director of admissions at Tunxis Community College. The students were selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement in science and language arts courses at Irving Robbins School. The field experience was coordinated by Charlotte Edmondson, teacher of the gifted at Irving Robbins and George Hinlicky, a science teacher.

Meetings Meetings this week in Farmington include: Today: town meeting on renovation of high school, 8 p.m., high school gymnasium; town Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall. Tuesday: Conservation Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall; Sewer Authority, 7:30 p.m., treatment plant. Wednesday: Visiting Nurse Association Board of Directors, 7:30 p.m., Staples House. Baseball Plainville By MARYELLENWAZORKO PLAINVILLE Practice. Dractice.

nractice was the advice of a major league baseball scout to about luu young ballplayers who at- tended a baseball clinic here, sponsored by the town Recreation Department. "You can't just play one position or you'll die there," Boston Red Sox scout Bob Fralick said. Fralick, who is based with the Red Sox Bristol farm team, told the group to practice and play different positions. 1 The two-hour clinic is the first of several which Fralick and the Red Sox have scheduled in area communities. To the more than 100 boys and girls who attended the session, the clinic offered the opportunity to get some firsthand advice on how to play the game.

Queried about the pitcher's job by one youngster, Fralick quipped that the person in that position "doesn't do much and in the Ameri can League he does less." even On a more serious note, Fralick told the youngsters who ranged from 7 to 14 years old, "You have young, healthy bodies. Take care of Before a Little Leaguer or anyone playing ball starts a game he should warm up first, he said. Fralick also told the ball players that when it comes to a choice between speed or accuracy in throwing a ball, choose speed. "Accuracy will come with time and practice," Fralick said. Fralick also told the group that players should be willing to try playing any position on a ballfield.

He related a story of Cleveland Indi- Students Work, Learn At Cape Cod Course "spread the word" about the clinic, which contributed to its size. De Stephano said the Red Sox have offered to conduct additional clinics if the town is interested. Besides the free information and demonstration, participants at the clinic also received free tickets to a Bristol game. Through the years she shows students the tools, teaching them about colors and textures. They also learn about the flexibility of using materials for creative work.

The Grade 5 students this year made a batik all in reds on material stretching near- ly 10 feet long. Plastics, tiles, printing techniques, yarn drawings, pottery and clay are used. Architectural drawings, landscapes, murals and other student creations were displayed throughout the hallway and lunch room. A large glass mobile, the work of many students, hung from the center of the art room. Mrs.

Bunker serves the school's 550 students but claimed she is sad that she has only 45 minutes a week for each class. If there were more tinte andliands to help' "so much more could be done," she said. Mrs. Bunker, is enthusiastic about the work of her students, especially among the very young who have not had their talents tampered with. The invitation to the art festival read: "Color and form of exercises and expressions, some controlled and some free, and hope you'll experience the pleasure that we have when we work, touch and see." Mrs.

Bunker received her Columbia COLUMBIA Art students in Horace W. Porter School's developmental program displayed the fruits of their labor this week throughout their school. The program, beginning in kindergarten and running through Grade 8, provides students with tools like pencils, pens, brushes, inks, paints and crayons so they can find out what the tools will do. The tasks increase through the vears and bv Grade 8 the students begin to learn per spective, said art teacher Elizabeth Bunker, who runs the program. With a full developmental curriculum for-her art program, Mrs.

Bunker describes her job as "an attempt to make the students independent thinkers and problem solvers." Mrs. Bunker has her eighth graders make geometric forms from clay before they draw them. She claims not many children have the ability for perspective before eighth grade. She "lets her students be free to express their own artistic ability but feeds them the basics, saying, "you've got to pump fuel into the fire to keep it going." District 10 BURLINGTON Several teachers and instructors have submitted resignations to the Regional District 10 Board of Education, effective at the end of the school year. Among those resigning are three Harwinton Consolidated Elementary School teachers: Barbara Sepples, a Grade 6 teacher for 10 years; Maureen Beach, Elderly To Have Burlington BURLINGTON -The Retired Senior Volunteer Program will have exercise classes today at 1 p.m.

in Town Hall. Judy Nimro is instructor. Other activites in the senior center are: painting classes, Tuesday at 1 p.m., with Mike DeFrancesco; music classes at 10 a.m., Thursday with Jean Harting Farmington FARMINGTON Forty students from Irving A. Rob-bins Junior High School recently returned from a four-day field experience at the Cape Cod Sea Camp in Brewster, Mass. The students spent their time learning the scientific procedures used to determine the ecological nature of a given geographic area.

Under close supervision of naturalists from the Cape Code Museum of Natural History, students assumed the role of scientist and learned to use techniques of "lirfe transecting' and "beach profiling." Students were thus able to determine the nature of the organisms which populate the sand dunes of the Brewster area..