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OTIje Jlarlfort mtfant INSIDE CONNECTICUT PAGE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2,1985 West Hartford Farmington Valley Edition Mayor Criticizes Power Restoration Effort TOWN BRIEFS ment Three schools Farmington High School and the Irving Robbins and West District schools will be open from 4 to 9 p.m. through Friday I suffered devastation, and we are doing every thing we can," Forde said. "This is the most incredible devastation in our history. We understand people's feelings of bitterness about not having power. But we won't rest until the last person has power." Town police have put temporary stop signs at major Intersections where traffic lights are still out, including Trout Brook and Park roads and the 1-84 exit ramp at Park Road.

Police have been directing traffic during morning and evening rush hours, but four minor accidents have been reported. Residents with branches, leaves and tree limbs from the storm and household refuse should bundle or bag it and set it on the curb. It will be picked up on normal collection days, Ernest Pickard, manager of town operations, said. Loose leaves and twigs will not be picked up unless they are bagged. Large limbs can be taken to dump sites on Brixton Street or Cornerstone Road.

Brush should be taken in 4- to 6-foot lengths to curbsides before Thursday morning for collection. The town landfill will be open Saturday and Sunday for brush disposal. No permit will be required. In Farmington, Chavez service may not be restored to two problem areas Talcott Notch and Deercliff Road until later this week. Residents can obtain water from the Oakland Garden Fire Depart failure to make West Hartford a higher priority for repairs has left dangerous wires hanging.

David McClure, a 17-year-old resident, touched a live electric wire Sunday, and was listed in critical, but stable, condition at Boston's Brighara and Women's Hospital with third-degree burns. Emmanuel Forde, an NU spokesman, said 8,000 utility workers have been working 20 hours a day to restore electricity. He said the mayor's call for an Investigation was "counterproductive, when our people are making a truly heroic effort'' Utilities officials said late Tuesday that electricity had been restored in most areas, and was out only in scattered locations. All schools in the West Hartford-Farmington Valley area were in session Tuesday. Jose Chavez, an NU spokesman, said about 11,000 customers in the Hartford, New Britain and Simsbury utility districts were without power Tuesday, compared with about 60,000 Friday.

He said power should be restored to most customers by today. The two major trouble spots remaining in town Tuesday were Park Road and Frederick Road. Chavez said power may not be restored in those areas until later this week. Town Council member Joseph A. O' Brien said Tuesday he will work with Town Manager Barry M.

Feld-man on a daily report about resi- MAYOR KEVIN B. SULLIVAN Wants Investigation of Utility dents who lack power. O'Brien said that his power has been off since Friday and that he has been visiting his parents to take showers and do laundry. "I keep reaching for the light switch and nothing happens," he said. Residents without hot water can shower at the Elmwood Community Center and the Cornerstone Pool until 9 p.m.

each night. West Hartford is bne of many communities NU serves "that have yy-yyy i A A yr By FRANCES CRANDY Courant Staff Writer WEST HARTFORD The number of households without power continued to decrease Tuesday night, but not before Mayor Kevin B. Sullivan angrily accused Northeast Utilities of failing to give residents the attention they deserve. Sullivan called for an investigation of NU emergency procedures following Friday's hurricane. "West Hartford is being shortchanged and we want to know why," Sullivan said during a news conference.

"We want action today and then we want some honest answers to explain why a relatively mild hurricane, with days of advance warning, has left Northeast Utilities either unprepared or unwilling to respond to the emergency needs of our town and others throughout the state." Sullivan said town crews were on the job almost immediately after the storm, while NU crews did not respond until almost a day later. That delay and the electrical wires that still are down in many parts of town actually stalled some of the town crews' work, he said. "West Hartford has responded fully and quickly. But where is Northeast Utilities?" Sullivan said. "We are told of the number of work crews in town, but as I drive around every day, they just aren't there." The mayor also said the utijity's Gloria Ruins Connecticut Yankee Expo By LARRY WILLIAMS City Hall Bureau Chief Although Hurricane Gloria spent only a few hours in Hartford, that was enough to ruin the four-day Con necticut Yankee Expo at the Civic Center.

"It's over. Who do you complain to?" said Frank E. Russo Dresi- dent of Monitor Productions, which spent months preparing for the show that kicked off the city's Jubilee 350 celebration. A joint effort with the state's 350th birthday observance, the Connecticut Yankee Expo attracted 6,000 to 7,000 people, at least 10,000 fewer than had been expected, Russo said. "Instead of counting our money, we're refunding it," he said.

Russo said it would not have been practical to extend the show into the week because attendance would have been poor on workdays. "It would have compounded our losses," he said. The state and city celebrations will suffer a financial loss, too, although neither was counting on the show to generate much revenue. The proceeds were to be split 50-50 between the Greater Hartford Convention and Visitors Bureau and the state Department of Economic Development. Officials of each agency said they had expected up to $20,000 from the expo but now expect nothing.

"What expo?" Elizabeth G. Schluger, director of special events for the convention bureau, replied when asked Monday about the show. The expo's failure to make any money may mean the bureau will have to cut expenses, she said. David C. Driver, director of marketing for the state agency, said the expo revenues had not been budgeted, so the show's failure will not hamper the state's program.

"I wasn't concerned to make a lot of money out of it I just wanted it to be a successful show," he said. Russo estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 people attended Thursday; almost no one came Thursday night as people throughout the region prepared for the hurricane. Friday's show was canceled, and the two weekend days attracted only about 5,000 people as area residents concentrated on cleaning up after the storm. Many people were unaware the Civic Center had not lost power, Russo said, partly because people with- out power themselves could not listen to their radios. The show, a mammoth tribute to the state's "ingenuity and innovation" since its settlement in 1635, was unlike any other ever staged at the Civic Center, Russo said, so it was hard to predict attendance.

He said bis main regret was not the lost revenue but the lost opportunity of the public to see a show he thought was impressive. Schluger said the bureau's fund-raising efforts include the sale of Jubilee 350 gift items, such as glassware, which are available at G. Fox Co. and the Old State House gift shop. The bureau also will sell Jubilee 350 buttons at a winter carnival Jan.

31 and Feb. 1. Buttonholders will get discounts at city WEST HARTFORD Scholar To Discuss Jewish Artifacts Bezale Narkiss, a scholar and expert on Jewish art, will lecture on the "Values of and Rewards of Collecting Jewish Ritual Objects" at 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at Beth Israel Temple, 701 Farmington Ave.

Earlier that day, Narkiss will be available by appointment for consultation about people's personal Jewish heirlooms. Those wanting an appointment should call Brebda Johnston, 521-! 4799. Narkiss, director of the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has written several books on Jewish artifacts. His visit is being sponsored by the Congregation Beth Israel Judaica Museum Committee and the Hartford Chapter of the American Friends of Hebrew University. CANTON Education Forum Set for Tonight A forum for residents and -Board of Education members t4 discuss problems affecting the town's educational system is -scheduled tonight at 7:30 in the Canton High School cafeteria.

Forum '85 will give residents a chance to speak to board vv. members, school Superintendent C. Frederick Kelley said. Concerns about housing Grades 7 through 12 in the same, building, allowing students the freedom of school grounds in an open-campus arrangement and declining enrollment were raised during a similar public forum last year. Items raised during Forum were addressed by the school board throughout the year, Kelley said.

I Food Program Scheduled Oct. 10, The government's butter cheese distribution will be Oct. IS. in Canton Town Hall from 9 to 11 a.m. There will be no second Li distribution date, as in the pastrs Remaining commodities will be taken to the Canton Food Bank, in Trinity Church on Route 1791 for distribution.

The food bank is open Tuesdays, from 10 a.m. to- noon. HARTFORD Trinity To Award Honorary Degrees Two Hartford residents will receive honorary degrees from Trinity College during an academic convocation Friday uv, Trinity Chapel. Uuy C. Shafer, executive vice president of Colt Industries, will" receive a doctor of laws degree, and Arthur Winograd, conductor laureate of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, will be awarded a doctor of music degree.

Shafer, who joined Colt in 1962,., became executive vice of Colt Industries in 1983. Winograd led the Hartford Symphony Orchestra from 1964 until stepping down earlier this year. I Reception To Aid Scholarship Fund There will be a cocktail reception to benefit the Doc Hurley Scholarship Fund Thursday, from 5:30 to 10 p.m., at the Sheraton-Hartford hotel. Tickets are $10 in advance $12 at the door, and all donations are tax-deductible. The scholarship fund was formed in 1975, named after Walter "Doc" Hurley, a former athletic standout at Weaver School and one of the most prominent referees, coaches and educators in the city.

Since then, it has raised more than $32,000 through the annual Doc Hurley Basketball Classic, with funds going to help deservine citv hkh school v- students further their educatioj. Further information on the cocktail reception is available from John Callaway, 547-3639. Correction Parents who want to helD their children overcome any fears dentists should praise their good behavior, not discinline them. according to Dr. Monica Cines.

a researcher at the University of lonnecucut Heaun center. An Aue. 22 storv incorrectly described Cipes' opinion on the issue. for those wishing to shower. Avon officials said the number of homes without cower has dronoed from 100 Monday to about 50 Tues day, with most of those in the Deer- field Cliff and the Tunxis Reserva tion areas.

Residents needing water can use outside taps at the four town firehouses, and those who want to shower can use Avon High School from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and Court House One at 21 Waterville Road from 6 to 10 a.m. The landfill will be open regular hours and also on Sunday for dispos al of debris. Persons with emergen cy needs can call Town Hall at 677- 9746 for assistance. Simsbury First Selectwoman Margaret C.

Shanks said Tuesday that the town still had "pockets of outages Tuesday. Utility crews, however, have been responsive, she said. "I'm not going to beat on the utility companies because the job they nave ahead of them is gargan tuan, she said. People needing water can obtain it from outside taps at the town firehouses on Hopmeadow Street, Farms Village Road and Hoskins Road. Showers are available at Simsbury High School from 7 to 9 p.m.

and from Court House One on Farms Village Road from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. David A. Smith Special to The Courant would like to hear absolutes. In this case there are none." Avon resident Ken Dickson ques-.

tioned the legitimacy of the institute's standards. "What ability does ANSI have setting standards in a gray area?" he asked. Residents also asked whether Astroline could guarantee that it would not add other antennae and microwave dishes that would increase radiation. WHCT attorney Mark Oland of the Hartford law firm of Schatz Schatz, Ribicoff Kot-kin, said, "Yes, subject to the caveat that the company doesn't make some equipment change down the road to be competitive." But he said any change would be "strictly" regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. neighbors," he said.

Cretaro said he lives a block from a shelter for the homeless and two blocks from a group home for retarded men. Neither has caused any problems, he said. In other business, the agency voted unanimously to terminate its land-sale agreement with developer Anthony F. Cutaia, who has failed to take title to redevelopment agency land at Sheldon and Prospect streets, near City Hall. Cutaia hoped to build an office on the site and lease it to the city, but city officials have not concluded their study on the feasibility of building a new municipal office building.

i 7 i sion in June. Farmington and West Hartford residents attended because the tower would be visible to them. Farmington residents also said they also came because they are unhappy with WTIC-TV's tower on Rattlesnake Mountain and wanted to learn more about the effects of radiation, a concern expressed by Avon residents. WTIC-TVisChanifel61. Despite the requests by acting commission chairman Bernard Till-son to limit questions to land-use issues, residents insisted on discussing radiation.

And despite assur-. ances by both Astroline officials and the town health director that the latest information available indicates the radiation emitted from the Channel 18 tower would not affect stained. At the mission's request, the City Council already has approved a change in zoning to allow a residential facility in an industrial zone. The Open Hearth sought an industrial location because most of its residents are employed in the shelter's firewood business. The mission purchases logs, and its residents split them for sale as firewood.

The mission, which has been providing shelter for 100 years, now houses and employs about 75 men in a three-story building at 437 Sheldon St. It has proposed building a two-story building that would shelter about 100 people. "There's a need for this in Hart SPIDERMAN Kevin Glenn works to put up a baseball backstop in Sperry Park In Avon Tuesday. Glenn is from Simsbury. Residents From 3 Towns Oppose Tower nearby residents, they said they still are not convinced.

Bobby Schaus of Farmington said, "I'm worried about the long-term effects of radiation. I don't think anyone knows what the long-term effects Astroline officials told the commission that the proposed tower on Deercliff Road would emit 100 times less non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation than the American National Standards Institute guidelines suggest. There are now no federal or state guidelines and the institute's guidelines are "generally acknowledged as an appropriate starting point for determining a safe exposure limit," said Hudson Birden, Avon health director. Birden told residents, "Everybody By TERRY BARTLETT Courant Correspondent AVON Residents from Farmington and West Hartford joined angry Avon residents Tuesday in their battle against a WHCT-TV proposal to build a tower atop Avon Mountain. A crowd of about 100 people spilled into the hallway at the town office meeting room for a public hearing held by the Planning and Zoning Commision to hear Astro-line's proposal and residents' concerns.

Channel 18 officials have filed an application with the town to build a 750-foot tower about a mile from a site it previously sought. The earlier proposal was denied by the commis Agency Backs Relocation of Open Hearth Mission By MARK PAZNIOKAS Courant Staff Writer A controversial proposal to relocate the Open Hearth mission to new quarters in the Colt Park South industrial park was approved Tuesday by the Hartford Redevelopment Agency and sent to the City Council for final approval. The agency voted 3-1 to sell 3.4 acres on Elliott Street to the mission, despite the objections of nearby homeowners, who complained the site was too close to Bulkeley High School. Agency member Michael P. Peters voted against the sale, and member Stephen B.

Delaney ab ford, but it doesn't make sense to put it near the high school," said Christopher L. "Kip" Bergstrom, a South End resident and member of the Democratic Town Committee. Other residents complained that the shelter could lower property values of homes under construction a block south. They also questioned whether the men who use the shelter might pose a danger to students. Ronald L.

Cretaro of the Connecticut Association of Residential Facil-: ities, which represents shelters, group homes and other facilities, said other shelters in the city are near schools. "These programs have been good.