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i 1 1 1 I1 i- wg i.uka 'ii I' u. mm 'j tP'pmp ijr 1 111 'i Editorial page 14 i Sports page 17 vi Classified page 201 Rutland Daily Herald Thursday Morning, July 15, 1993 Page 13 County Journal Historical Group Has New Home Vintage Firehouse Renovated To House Local By KEVIN OCONNOR Eleanor Elwert remembers when the old Nickwack- ett Fire Station on Center Street languished as a stor-' age barn for broken ladders, fire extinguishers and traffic lights. I said there could be better things done here thtfrv that, she said. And so the champion of the Rutland Historical Sod-; ety set out to resurrect the 130-year-old firehouse io become her organizations new home. That wish comes true Sunday, when a $200,000 re-l oration and renovation project is unveiled at a grand; opening from 2 to 5 p.m.

What once housed water-pumping carriages and tile horses to pull them now holds Rutland memorabilta' both collected and inherited. See this? Elwert says as she points to a gash in; window sash. The horses chewed at em. (See Page 15: Historical) Rtaff Photo bjr Vyto Starlniluw A wooden sign by Donald Bordeau of Rutland marks the old Nickwackett Fire Station on Center Street, which opens Sunday as the new home of the Rutland Historical Society. Citys Suit Seeks Control of Town Water Lines! that carry city water, accordingte documents filed in Superior Court The lines in question are the Gleason Road line and the water main under South Main Street aju) its spur lines.

The city argues that under federal regulations, the city is respdh sible for ensuring that all pi (fed from its water supply provide safy (See Page 15: Water) in a protracted tug-of-war with East Mountain over control of the pipe, want a judge to rule that the line is town property. The town also wants the judge to nullify the citys agreement with East Mountain. In its counter-suit, the city requests a jury trial. The city hopes a jury will declare that the city has a legal right to acquire all pipes in Rutland Town what are now known as the Heritage Hill condominiums, the line was handed over to the city in November 1992 by the East Mountain Land Company, a business owned by developer John Russell Jr. The contested line runs within the right of way of Gleason Road between the old Rutland City landfill and the condominiums.

Town officials, who had engaged By JAMES BANDLER Responding to a suit filed by Rutland Town, Rutland City is taking legal action to gain control over a mqjor portion of the towns water distribution system. Going to court is ridiculous, said city Mayor Jeffrey Wennberg. Wed much prefer to pursue this thing through friendly negotiation rather than through the adversar ial legal process. But we were forced to respond to the suit that they brought against us. Rutland Citys counter-suit was filed last week in Rutland Superior Court.

The town filed suit against the city last month, alleging that the city had illegally taken over a Gleason Road water line. Initially built to supply water to Doctor Shopping Charges Are Denied A 45-year-old North Clarendon man is accused of obtaining regulated drugs illegally by engaging in a practice called doctor shopping. Timothy R. Danyow pleaded innocent Monday to seven charges of buying regulated drugs by deceit. Vermont State Police Det.

Gary Boutin said in a court affidavit that Danyow got prescriptions for regulated drugs to combat back pain from three different doctors during a four month period. The doctors wrote the prescriptions for the drugs Percodan and Percocet without knowing Danyow was receiving orders for medication other medical professionals, Boutin said. Danyow, reached at his home Wednesday, said the charges were false. He said he had visited three doctors but only because he had been referred to them by other medical professionals. Danyow said he had been disabled since February because of back problems.

If Im addicted to anything, Im addicted to pain right now, he said. Clothes Dryer Fire Brings Firefighters Firefighters had to air out a home on Cleveland Avenue Wednesday afternoon after clothes in a clothes dryer caught fire and sent smoke billowing out the front door. The fire was contained to the interior of the dryer, and the home at 40 Cleveland Ave was not damaged, according to Capt. Gary Gregorio of he city Fire Department. The home kas four apartments.

When firefighters arrived at the home, smoke was billowing out of the front door. Gregorio said firelighters had to ventilate the home to clear out the smoke. It is still unknown what caused the clothes to catch fire, he said. Aldermen to Meet Over Project Bonds The Board of Aldermen will meet in special session Thursday to approve the terms of selling in bonds to finance three construction projects in the city. Voters have already authorized the bonds to build a new Rutland High School, build a water filtration plant, and to repair Whites Pool.

On Thursday morning, the city accepts bids in Boston for the bonds, according to City Treasurer Ronald J. Graves. The citys financial advisers will analyze those bids and they have advised Graves that the city must approve them on the day of the sale. Selling bonds is a way that cities and towns finance large projects. The bond for the new high school, which is under construction at the comer of Woodstock Avenue and Stratton Road, is $8.7 million.

The bond for the water filtration plant is $3.9 million, and the bond for the pool repairs is $263,000. Mayor Jeffrey N. Wennberg notified the board Wednesday of the special meeting. It will be held at 5:15 p.m, in City Hall chambers. Graves said the board must also approve refinancing of bonds that were issued in the early 1980s at a higher interest rate.

Graves said this transaction waB similar to a homeowner refinancing his home at a lower mortgage rate 4 H- 'arSv ti i' i 1 Town Residents Petition for Vote On Noise Limits; By JAMES BANDLER Rutland Town will hold a special election to decide whether to curb noisy all terrain vehicles. Ordinance opponents turned in enough signatures Wednesday to force a referendum on an ordinance that would restrict the use of recreational ATVs. Wednesday was the cut-off day to submit petitions. I think theres a lot of people against thiB ordinance, said Connie Erickson, who campaigned against he ordinance. This ordinance was adopted to appease four town Residents.

It was not done for the whole town. Ordinance opponents took petitions door to door, ctiL lecting 145 signatures eight more than needed. TH, Selectmen now have 15 days to schedule the vote. The ordinance, which was set to go into effect next month, would place severe restrictions on the use off recreational ATVs, including dirt bikes, motorcycle three- and four-wheel machines. (See Page 15: Noise) State and Russell Win Court Battle Over Bid Process By PETER CRABTREE A lawsuit accusing the state and the John A.

Russell Corp. of interferring with the bid process on a $3.5 million construction project has been thrown out of court a second time. 7 U.W. Marx Inc. of Troy, N.Y., claimed it was denied the multi-million contract to build an addition to the Bennington state office building in 1991 because Vermont officials wanted to award the contract to an instate firm.

Marx argued that Russell President John Russell Jr. of Rutland interfered with its business when he called the state Buildings Department after it aftaqared Marx had submitted the low bid. U.S. District Court Judge Franklin S. Billings Jr.

dismissed all of Marxs claims earlier this month against state Buildings Commissioner John Zampieri, the states director of engineering construction, Edgar Weed, and the Russell Corp. (See Page 15: Russell) $10 Million Lawsuit Blames Ski Makers ByGEETAANAND A Massachusetts man severely injured in a 1988 ski accident is seeking $10 million in damages from two international ski companies and a New York ski shop for allegedly making and selling ski bindings with design flaws. In the first day of trial in U.S. District Court in Rutland, a lawyer for Alexander Orenshteyn argued that he crashed into a tree at Smugglers Notch Ski Area in Jeffersonville because the binding on one of his Bkis released prematurely. We claim the manufacturer had known about the failure of the bindings for a number of years, Oren-shteyns lawyer, Marc Alpert of Boston, told the jury of four men and four women.

Defense lawyers countered that the ski bindings per-(See Page 15: Skier) Clarendon Opposes Shrewsbury Landfill i i By MICHAEL MAYNARD CLARENDON A landfill for construction and demo', lition debris being proposed for Shrewsbury does not have the support of the officials in the neighboring town of Clarendon. Members of a committee who want to build a landfill in either Shrewsbury or Mount Holly want the select mans support as they press ahead with a study of the two sites. But selectmen were leery about what they were trying to do. This iB a bombshell to me. Youre talking about landfill on our border, said Selectman David Potter; Thats not the kind of development were looking for in this town." Or abutting this town or being trucked through thif (See Page 15: Clarendon) Swing and A Miss Christian Felkl, encouraged by counselor Jim Lehman, attempts to break open a pinata at the Rutland Recreation Department's Summer Carnival held Wednesday.

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