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$o0tongunbau0tobe Versatile athlete I Springfield College's Jennifer Zeludancz (left), has sprinted to All-East and All-New England honors and set three Springfield records int 1 since high school. Page 20. Sports and the budget High school athletic directors have found mixed results to their budget requests during town meetings in March. Many, however, are still leery of future cuts. Page 6.

Rivers bills Key bills that concern rivers have moved into the arena in which a philosophical battle is being fought, involving public rights and private shorefront interests. Page 4. MAY 12, 1991 wett Zeliff, et fend ball. rolling or '91 Republican congressman unconcerned by $300,000 debt I man congressman, Democrat Richard N. Swett has at least $5,000 in cash in the bank, but within a month he will send out his first 1992 fund-raising letter full of newspaper quotations mentioning his 1990 upset victory, said Jeffrey R.

Woodburn, his 1990 campaign manager and a top aide. "Dick is doing a lot of fund-raising," Woodburn said of Swett "He is working with a lot of institutions in Washington, but we haven't done a lot of fund-raising yet in New Hampshire." The success of both of these efforts will emerge this summer, when both candidates must file their next report of contributions and expenses with the US Federal Election Com mission. It is five months into the term of New Hampshire's yearling congressmen, and both have kicked off reelection efforts with fund-raising, which many professionals consider one of the most vital features of modern-day politicking. Neither Ze- 4" liff nor Swett has formally announced, but both men act as if they GLOBE STAFF PHOTO JONATHAN WIGGS Skiers make their way up a steep incline on a mountain in Tuckerman's Spring snow lures to Tuckerman By Allen Lessels GLOBE STAFF UCKERMAN RAVINE The problem is you can overestimate your GARTH WILLIS Appalachian Club caretaker There are a night in grandmothers and grandiathers, sons and There are the rugged and the ragged. Those packing in food, -J gear and sleeping bags for snow with one's ski boots to get a toehold and carry the skis in front Use them for balance and to help dig into the snow while climbing.

And there's a third benefit If the snow gives way, the skis may act as a safety net. Kelley saw it happen to a friend climbing beside him. "A manhole let go," Kelley said. "His skis were sideways and they caught It was 30 or 40 feet down and he was gonzo. He would have washed under.

There were three of us across and everyone stood still. He got up so his butt was on the rim of the hole and he bailed out with a backwards somersault. That was one day he got away with it. That's what it's all about in this place." Kelley, 61, has trekked into "Tuck's" since the late '50s, missing maybe one year since 1971. Last weekend, as is often the case, he waited for the weather to break "Three-quarters of the time there's bad weather" before leaving the lean-tos and shelters of Hermit Lake that Saturday and SKIING, Page NH 21 Ravine ski area.

4 Hermit Lake shelters, those in shorts and sneakers, ill-prepared for even an afternoon on the Northeast's meanest mountain. -Fueled by reports of 6 inches of new snow in Tuckerman's Ravine, and undeterred by reports of clouds and the chance that the Forest Service might strongly recommend they not continue past Hermit Lake because of the danger of avalanches, on they marched to this rite of spring. Bans on tenting and campfires have helped tone things down since the mid-'60s, but the place can still hop. "People drove all that way and hiked all that way," said Garth Willis, an Appalachian Mountain Club caretaker at Hermit Lake. "They don't want to turn back.

They don't realize that sometimes they should turn back. The danger's there. Some days the danger is extreme." Bob Kelley, a Brockton, lawyer and ravine regular, punctuates his explanation of a trip up Mount Washington by punching forward with both hands extended in front of him. In the steepest spots, he says, kick into the By Shirley Elder SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE and John Milne GLOBE STAFF ON CORD Republican US Rep. William H.

Zeliff JrM whoTias one of the big gest debts of any member of Congress, has decided to put his 1990 campaign debts behind him and start raising money for 1992. "Frankly," he said in an interview last week, "what I'm doing is putting whatever money has been raised since the election toward paying off 1990 loans. When that's done, somewhere around May 15, well close that down and start working towards '92." The 1990 debt will not be paid off completely before the 1992 election, however. Zeliff went to Washington owing nearly $400,000 of total campaign costs of $757,600, and more than $300,000 indebtedness remains, half in personal loans from Zeliff and half from a bank in New Jersey. To reach this comfortable position, Zeliff arithmetic goes like this: Ignore the money lent from his own pocket; raise enough in contributions to pay the first $40,000 due Dec.

1 to the New Jersey bank, and relax. "That's all I have to raise, $40,000," Zeliff said. "I'm spreading this thing the balance due over four years so there's really no pressure. I don't have to worry about the rest because that's owed to myself. And, so, all my bills are paid." New Hampshire's other fresh 1 11 y'H Manchester's Elliot Hospital was signed last week.

The pact requires Elliot Hospital to publicize the availability of free medical care through the posting of waiting room signs in English, Spanish and French. The hospital must also notify social service agencies of the program's exis- WOMEN, Page NH 14 11 VM7 Bill seen as signal ib education board itude to public education at issue will run for a second term. While Zeliff is a conservative Republican and Swett is a moderate Democrat they are linked by a similar technique effective use of money in financing big advertising blitzes. Zeliff borrowed heavily to finance his campaign, while Swett son-in-law of powerful US Rep. Tom Lantos received thousands of dollars from Democratic party high-rollers.

FUNDS, Page NH 12 Power bill to increase for several By John Milne 11 GLOBE STAFF DO ANCHESTER Most residential electricity U4 It I bills will increase in the I next month or so: Pub-W LI lie Service Co. of New Hampshire's current average monthly bill of $45.84 could rise to $55.65, as a result of the merger with Northeast Utilites and the bankruptcy of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative. Last week's bankruptcy filing by the cooperative might drive that figure up to $56.76 for Public Service's 350,000 ratepayers with the promise of more increases to come. Additional charges for fuel and purchased power may be tacked onto these bills by the Public Utilities Commission. The average co-op member faces hikes too.

The co-op charges month for the same amount of power, and all sides in the dispute agree -that will go up. US officials say the bill could rise to the $56 and change that Public Service ratepayers are charged, maybe higher. CO-OP, Page N) 13 7 and in doing so, would eliminate citizen input into education policy. They say that if this is just a message, it's a dangerous means of delivery. At the heart of the issue is the future of public education, and sources say there is cause for concern right from the top of state government.

They say the governor and members of the state education board have "private-school agendas" and do not support public education in New Hampshire. They point to Gov. Judd Gregg, whose children attend the private Well School in Peterborough and Judith O. Thayer, head of the education board, whose two oldest children attend a Catholic high school in Tyngsboro, and whose youngest attends St. Catherine's School in Manchester.

Joanne Pender, a recently appointed board member and a lawyer, is a partner in the College and Independent School Advisory Service, a private company that counsels families on how to get into private schools and colleges. EDUCATION, Page NH 10 By Laurie J. Storey-Manseau SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE ANCHESTER As a bill that would eliminate the state Board of Education's rule-making authority awaits ac tion before the state Senate thisN week, insiders said the bill has become a message to board members that people are unhappy with directions the board has taken lately. Among those directions, interviews revealed, are a seeming disregard for input from constituency groups including teachers' representatives, school boards' representatives and employees of the state Department of Education. Also, the board's endorsement of choice in education with tax rebates for those who choose the private route has resentment.

But those who support the state education board's role warn that passage of the bill could be the first step" in placing the commissioner and the education department under direct control of the governor's office, i-." GLOBE STAFF PHOTO FRANK O'BRIEN WISH workers gather (from left): Madonna Moran, Gerry Dufault, Pamela Baker and Jane Lawrence. Hospital bows to welfare group i niiiNri hood has forced one of the state's wealthiest hospitals to agree to make free and reduced-fee medical care more accessible to the poor. The battle appears to be one many hospitals in the state will face if they choose to expand. The agreement between WISH (Women Search of Hope) and By Ralph Jimenez GLOBE STAFF ANCHESTER By holding a- $24 million expansion plan hostage U7U? court, a small group welfare mothers from Jfce city's toughest neighbor- nn.