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Rutland Daily Herald Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Page B3 Chase: Man returned to jail after bail set Southern Vermont Digest Marsicovetere told the court that Freeman had lived hjs entire life in Brookfield and became fully disabled at age 17, when he lost the use of his left arm as the result of a car accident He also pointed to Freemans extensive family ties to the area, including his two-year-old daughter, as reasons why he would not pose a risk of flight. Deputy States Attorney Heidi Woessner read off a list of charges pending against Freeman in Orange County, including another high-speed chase earlier this year where Freeman is facing charges of DW1, negligent operation and impeding police, as well as other charges including unlawful mischief, petty larceny, possession of stolen property and an additional five counts of selling heroin and cocaine that have been filed against Freeman by the attorney generals office. Continued From Page B1 suspect and affect the arrest, Hudson said. In his arrest report, Hudson said police ffound a dozen beer bottle caps in Freemans pants pocket and noted a strong odor of intoxicants along with watery and bloodshot eyes when they arrested him. Three hours after the chase took place, police gave Freeman a breath test which indicated a 0.

1 39 percent blood alcohol level, according to the documents. The legal blood alcohol level is 0.08. Standing at the defense table Monday in handcuffs and wearing a black Metallica T-shirt, Freeman listened as his court-appointed defense attorney Brian Marsicovetere argued against the states request that Judge Mary Miles Teachout impose $5,000 cash bail. Woessner pointed out that in addition to the five and a half years of potential jail time that Freeman faces were he to be convicted in connection with Sunday morning's incidents, the allegations involved could also constitute separate violations of the 24-hour-a-day curfew, no alcohol condition and no new crime conditions he was supposed to be observing as conditions of release stemming from the Orange County cases. The state believes that Mr.

Freeman is not able to abide by his conditions of release or he is unwilling to do so, Woessner said. Judge Teachout agreed, saying, It appears that the conditions of release imposed in Orange County have not been sufficient With that she added the $5,000 cash bail requirement and Freeman was returned to the Springfield prison pending trial. Windham: Several candidates unopposed Apple Hill series concert tonight NELSON, N.H. Violinist Sarah Kim will perform Tchaikovskys Souvenir de Florence String Sextet in D-Minor, Op. 70, in Concert of the Apple Hill Summer Festival, at 8 tonight at the Apple Hill Concert Bam in Nelson, N.H.

The rest of the program will consist of Mozarts E-Flat Piano Quartet and a world premiere by Apple Hill Chamber Players violist, Michael Kelley, Chapters from The Volsungs. Call (603) 847-3371 or (800) 472-6677 for more information. Apple Hills e-mail is and its web page is www.applehill.org Boat captain to discuss book MANCHESTER CENTER Northshire Bookstore will host author and professional, self-described swordfisherman, lob-sterman and commercial boat captain Linda Greenlaw at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 22. Greenlaw is the, author of The Lobster Chronicles and The Hungry Ocean.

She will talk about her new book, All Fishermen Are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar. Greenlaw has been a deep-sea fisherman for 18 years, becoming the first and only female swordfish captain in the Grand Banks Fleet. For more information, call 362-2200 or (800) 437-3700, or visit www.northshire.com. Scholar explores Dickinsons work MANCHESTER Through readings and discussion partici- Eants are invited to explore the fe, art, themes and methods of poet Emily Dickinson. Carmine J.

Giordano, a retired teacher and lecturer, will examine Dickinsons use of words and her free spirit at 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. today and Aug. 3 at Mark Skinner Library in Manchester. On July 28, the participants will visit the Emily Dickinson homestead in Amherst, Mass. For information and registration, call Green Mountain Academy at 362-0788or e-mail urrisover.net.

Bookstore plans activities for kids MANCHESTER CENTER The Northshire Bookstore will host Not-So-Spooky Bedtime Tales at 7 this evening in the Childrens Level. Children will hear bedtime stories and participate in nighttime activities with Northshires childrens staff. This event is appropriate for children 6 to 9. Author to present book on D-Day CHESTER Misty Valley Books and American Legion Post 67 of Chester will welcome author Alex Kershaw, who will discuss his book, The Bedford Boys: One American Towns Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice, at 4 p.m. July 25.

After the discussion, the public is invited to meet Alex Kershaw and talk tb members of the American Legion, some of whom were on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. A Legion cookout will be held on the Green after the reading. For more information contact Misty Valley Books at 875-3400, or visit www.mvbooks.com Musicians to give acoustic concert BRATTLEBORO Aoife ODonovan and Crooked Still will present an evening of traditional American music featuring futuristic banjo, rollicking cello, funktional bass and ODonovan singing at Hooker-Dunham Theater Gallery at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 25. The concert is the sixth in a series of springsummer acoustic music concerts at the theater.

Other performers scheduled for the coming weeks include Skip Gorman The Waddie Pals, Quintessential Brass and Pine Island. Hooker-Dunham Theater 8c Gallery is located at 139 Main St. in downtown Brattleboro. Tickets for the concert are $12 seniors and students. For ticket reservations and information, call 254-9276.

Reporter to discuss, EU standards SOUTH ROYALTON Mark Schapiro, editorial director of the Center for Investigative Reporting (San Francisco), will focus on how the emergence of strict European Union environmental requirements regarding the manufacturing and processing of good, is affecting American companies and their competitiveness in the international arena. His free, public presentation, The European Union Grows Up: Trade Implications for Environmental Law, will be held at noon Wednesday, July 21, in James L. and Evelena S. Oakes Hall, Room 21 1 at Vermont Law School. Schapiro, who recently returned from researching this issue in Brussels and Budapest, is a Vermont Law School 2004 Environmental Law Media Fellow and is spending two weeks at VLS this summer studying environmental law.

For more information, call 831-1 309, or visit www.vermontlaw.edu. incumbents. Gander and White defeated Hebert, along with Liberty Union candidate Aaron Diamondstone, by a wide margin in 2002 after two long-serving senators, Nancy Chard and Peter Shumlin, both Democrats, decided against running again. Crossing county lines in the Bennington-Windham representative district, Republican incumbent Philip Bartlett of Dover will again face off against Betty Bolognani, who is seeking to regain the seat she lost to him in 2002. The district also includes Dover, Readsboro, Searsburg, Somerset, Stamford and Wardsboro.

Elsewhere, Windham County will see few partisan challenges, though candidates can still file to run for seats as independents until much closer to the election. Republican Patricia ODonnell will run for her fourth term Register your child now for a week-long program, Marble, and Quartz and Slate Oh My! with Northshires childrens bookseller Matt Plunkett, will teach children how to identify, catalog and label rocks and minerals from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through July 30. This program is appropriate for children ages 9 to 12. To register or for information on these and other events, call 362-2200 or 1-800-437-3700, or visit www.north shire.com.

Singer will lead musical seminar BELLOWS FALLS Singer-songwriter Rebecca Hall will lead a six-week songwriting workshop and host a Sunday afternoon family songfest. The workshop will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Hiesdays, July 20 through Aug. 24 at the Bellows Falls Writers Center in the Exner Block on Canal Street. The fee for the six-week session is $156.

From 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, the public is invited to the Village Square Booksellers, where Hall will lead a singing and songwriting session for all age groups. The fee for Sunday afternoon is $10 for family groups of any size, $5 for individuals. To register for either activity, call the Writers Center at (802)460-1140 or visit the Web site, www.bfwrites.org, for easy online registration. In the six-week workshop, Hall emphasizes workable songwriting techniques and facilitates skill development.

Hall focuses on the relationship between lyrics, melody and harmony, and shares a few musical tricks that will enable the creation of more satisfying melodies. This workshop does not require any prior musical training and is suitable for aspiring songwriters at all levels of experience. Engineer to talk about South Pole SPRINGFIELD The Inventors Network of Vermont presents Michael R. Walsh, who will present Tunneling at the South Pole: How Low Can You Go Walsh is a professional engineer and works in the Engineering Branch of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab of the Army Corps of Engineers. The program will be presented from 6 to 8 p.m.

July 20 at the UVM site of the Howard Dean Education Center. unopposed by Democrats in her Guilford and Vernon district and no challenges have been posted against incumbents in any of Brattleboros three representative districts. That means Democrats Virginia A. Milkey and Donald Webster, and Independent Rep. Daryl Pillsbury will face no partisan challenges in their bids for re-election.

The two-seat district representing Dummerston, Putney and a portion of Westminster will also see longtime lawmakers Rep. Steve Darrow, D-Dummerston, and Rep. David Deen, D-Westminster, running for re-election without Republican opposition. Similarly, Rep. Rick Hube, R-Londonderry, is unopposed by a Democratic challenger in a crosscounty district that includes Jamaica, Londonderry, Stratton, Weston and Winhall.

Contact Brendan McKenna at brendan. mckennarudandherald. com. Continued From Page B1 Windham, an eight-year veteran, both plan to seek re-election and are seeking to repeat the team-based strategy that succeeded two years ago. Joining Slason on the Republican ticket will be George Kuusela, chairman of the Windham County Republican Party and a retired electrician who has run and lost in the past three House races.

The races for the Senate seats from Windham County are not drawing as much competition, with only a single Republican, Michael Hebert of Vernon, challenging Democrats Sen. Jeanette White of Putney and Sen. Roderick Gander, a Brattleboro resident. Hebert, a Brattleboro Union High School board member, who has mounted three prior unsuccessful campaigns for a Windham County Senate seat, is challenging two one-term Hopefuls vie for open seat Bennington: Continued From Page B1 Komline will vie against Democrat Robert Hartwell to fill the seat being vacated by House Speaker Walter Freed, R-Dorset. There are two contested seats in Bennington District 2.

Republican Reps. Mary Morrissey and Albert Krawczyk face Democrat Anne Lamy Mook and Sen. Mark Shepard, R-Bennington, is joined on the Republican line by Sally Treat of Manchester. The Democrats are also offering two candidates: Sen. Richard Sears, D-Bennington, and Cynthia Browning of Arlington.

Republican Chad Schmidt is the lone candidate for high bailiff in Bennington County. Progressive Claude DeLucia. In Bennington District 1, Democratic Rep. Timothy Corcoran III and Republican Rep. Joseph Krawczyk are unopposed.

That also holds true for Rep. Judith Livingston, R-Manchester, and Rep. Alice Miller, D-Shaftsbury. In the race for Bennington Countys two state Senate seats, Windsor: Challengers file for races I I I I I I II 1..1 1 Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department Annual Firemans Auction Thursday, July 22nd, 2004 Starts at 5:30 PM at the Pawlet Firehouse Rte 133 in Pawlet Village Bring your lawn chairs Refreshments for sale Come one Come all Enjoy a summer evening with your neighbors while supporting the Pawlet Fire Department Jl II I I Jl Holly, Ludlow and Plymouth. Carroll Ketchum, R-Bethel, has taken his name out of the running.

Harry Holmes, a Republican from Bethel, and Sandra Haas, a Progressive from Rochester, have filed petitions for the House seat that represents Bethel, Pittsfield, Rochester and Stockbridge. In the Senate races, there are three seats contested. On the Democratic side, three incumbents, John Campbell, D-Quechee; Matthew Dunne, D-Hartland; and Peter Welch, D-White River Junction, will be trying to hold on to their seats. Republicans Fred Baldwin of Chester, Charles Kimbell of Pomfret and John Mac Govern of Windsor are vying for those from Quechee. In Hartford, the two seats are uncontested.

Both incumbents, Lynn Bohi, D-White River Junction, and Michael Kainen, R-White River Junction, filed petitions with the town clerk. Representing Royalton and Tunbridge, incumbent Rosemary McLaughlin, D-Royalton, will run against David Ainsworth, a Republican from Royalton. Incumbents James Masland, D-Thetford Center, and Ann Seibert, D-Norwich, are running unopposed for the two House seats representing Norwich, Sharon, Strafford and Thetford. Also running unopposed is Alice Nitka, D-Ludlow, whose seat represents residents of Mount Continued From Page B1 idents will be able to vote for incumbent Steven Adams, R-Hartland, or Mary OBrien, also a Hartland resident, who is running on the Democratic ticket. Alison Clarkson, a Democrat, and Preston Bristow, a Republican, are both vying for the seat currently held by Jack Anderson, I-Woodstock.

Anderson is retiring after serving for six years. Both Clarkson and Bristow are from Woodstock. The representative serves both Woodstock and Reading residents. Representing Barnard, Hartford and Pomfret residents, incumbent Michael Reese, D-Pomfret, will be challenged by Anthony Paino, a Republican Planner: New employee begins work Helping people with memoiy impairment to live independently, call 802-775-3300. Ih'e Meadows AT BAST MOUNTAIN dw (filiate gf Rutland Regional Medical Center Gleason Road RutlmdjyT0S701 sion, such as bridges, cars, roads, transit buses, parking lots, airports, pedestrians and bicycles.

We really look at everything in a comprehensive way, he said. The SWCRPC serves the communities of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish, Chester, Ludlow, Reading, Springfield, Weathersfield and Windsor. The planner said he works with communities and the Vermont Agency of Transportation to address all kinds of issues and find the most efficient way to address safety. Contact Carolyn Handy at Carolyn. handyrutlandhcrald.

com. said that potential solutions would be discussed at public meetings. Along with the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee and Rutland planning commissions, the SWCRPC is developing a ski corridor management plan, he said. We are trying to deal with the traffic generated by the ski areas during their busiest times and trying to get people to and from the ski areas in the most efficient way possible, he said. In addition, Rasmussen said he deals with everything related to transportation in the communities served by the planning commis Continued From Page B1 two large projects.

One of them is a Route 103 corridor study that examines the highway from Springfield to Ludlow, he said. Theres an awful lot of ski traffic on Route 103 generated by Okemo and Killington, he said. Were trying to look at ways to best address that Rasmussen said the planning commission is getting a report together on the results of the study and expects it to be complete within the next few months. After the report is finalized, he.