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6 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1992 Banner fo rvTTtri fc5l JviyU Local leaders wait to see what Clinton will do MARY BF.LL i machines for product assembly by other manufacturers. We are affected by their capital budgets, and companies have restricted capital expenditures not as bad as it was 10-15 years ago when money was really tight. It hasnt dried up totally, but companies have been very cautious and business is slow, he said. Both Alvarado and Phil Fusco, president of Chemical Fabrics felt President-elect Bill Clintons plan to offer investment tax credits to businesses would stimulate growth if executed well, Fusco said. That depends on how the program was regulated and what restrictions there were on small businesses, Alvarado said.

We need more finite information where the economy is going to go we all want some answers," Don Alvarado, president of Abacus Automation, commented. We hope things will be different in the economy, jobs, health care, said John Ryan, vice president and chief steward of United Electrical Workers (UE) Local 295. The leaders discussed what could be immediate and long range effects of the first Democratic administration in 12 years. Industry Alvarado said he hoped the government would focus more on manufacturing and on ways to encourage capital expenditures. Abacus provides capital equipment custom Clinton has said he supported NAFTA, then he waffled and said he would prefer changes.

With Bush the trade agreement was a done deal, with Clinton, maybe not, Sanders and the UE endorsed NAITA with reservations, he said. The new administrations stated plan to tax foreign companies doing business in the U.S. would help, Ryan said. We have to stop giving away jobs to foreign countries the U.S. is turning into a minimum wage country with just a service industry.

We have to put people back to work making things. Ryan felt unions have been at an all-time low during the Reagan and See REACTION Page 7 Fusco said his major reaction to Clinton's election was very positive. Labor The position of UE International was to support but not formally endorse Clinton, Ryan said; however, the union did endorse U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders.

of the unions biggest worries is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the UE "would like to se go away, according to Ryan. The union fear is U.S. jobs will move south to Mexico, where wages are lower and environmental restrictions less than in the U.S. However, a stated goal of NAFTA is to stimulate U.S. production by demand in Mexico for U.S.

goods. BANNER STAFF WRITER BENNINGTON Local business leaders share the post-election attitude of most Americans: Theyre waiting for specific information with hope in their hearts. Executives in industry, labor, retail trade, health care and the stock market said in interviews this week that the economy was the number one issue in the presidential election and remains a priority for the new administration. And they seemed to have what Arkansas Sen. David Pryor described in a television interview Wednesday as an exhilarating feeling of hope in our hearts.

i PrctIdent-aUct Clinton DOING BUSINESS ap mvmmf- mnuq FITNESS CENTER PIP Barbara Bennett Claava Raya la eutalda tha naw Winning Image location in the former Jonathon Logan Outlet. Making make-overs personal We specialize in personal programs, said Cleave Roya, owner of the Winning Image Fitness Center in its new location behind the Paradise Motor Inn. Roya said he can offer education to help members work toward their fitness goals. According to Roya, once people reach their goal, they need to establish a maintainence program, and he is there to help. Previously at 108 School Winning Image moved to the former Jonathon Logan Outlet in October.

Roya said he wanted to add aerobics to his fitness programs but needed more space. The move added 5000 square feet of floor space. Winning Image currently serves animals in our society. Dr. Worth has also, been a major force in the rewriting of Vermonts anti-cruelty laws.

Dr. Worth is a veterinarian at the West Mountain Animal Hospital in, Shaftsbury. She lives in Shaftsbury with her husband, Dr. Bob Bergman, who is also a veterinarian. Stan Johnson Johnson to direct SVC computers BENNINGTON Southwestern Vermont Medical Center recently appointed Stan Johnson as director of management information systems.

Johnson, of Bennington, came from Meditech, the firm which installed the hospitals new networked software system. Johnson graduated from Long Island University at Southhampton in 1984. Johnson sold personal computers. He was responsible at Meditech for installing admissions and medical records software for client hospitals, and as an operating system installation consultant. Local resident certified as Inspector MANCHESTER James E.

Hunt of Manchester Center has been certified as a home inspector. Hunt recently completed a training program and a written examination at the Wallingford, where he studied professional home inspection techniques for buyers and sellers. Egan promoted to vice president WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. -John F. Egan has been promoted to Vice President of Litchfield Financial Corp.

Egan has been controller of the company since 1990. Prior to joining litchfield, Egant was a certified public accountant with S. Gordon P.C. from 1985 to 1988. From 1981 to 1985 he was a systems engineer for the Mass-achusettes Hospital Association.

Laurl Bolognani Bolognanl Joins human resources team BENNINGTON Laurie Bolo-gnani has been appointed coordinator of employment and benefits at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. Bolognani comes to the position with an extensive background in foreign service, specifically in the area of human resources. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1982 with a bachelor of science in social work, later completing her Masters degree in international administration at the School for International Training in Brattleboro. In 1988, Bolognani worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The Bolognanis were assigned to the CARE office in Kampula, Uganda, where she was involved in recruitment and benefits administration work. Bolognanis husband, still based in Uganda, will be returning this October. The couple will be making their home in Readsboro. Dr. Worth named Mass, vet of year SHAFTSBURY Dr.

Anna Worth of Shaftsbury, received the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 1992 Veterinarian of the Year Award at the societys sixth annual Humane Awards Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Newton Marriott Hotel. The awards ceremony honors animal and human heroism. Dr. Worth has selected for this award because of her leadership in the fields of veterinary medicine and animal protection.

During her term as president of the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association, as chairperson of the associations Animal Welfare Committee and as a board member of the Bennington County Humane Society, she has promoted animal protection by providing a framework for discussion, education and debate concerning the welfare of RIOVE Beth Bowing ssette attended Lake Forest College and Oklahoma State University and then lived in Tucson, until moving to Vermont in 1984. Bill Zeidman is a retired chiro-. praetor, from Cheirq, Conn. He and his wife toured the country for a year and then settled down in Wallingford. Janal Stewart Stewart honored as student of the month BENNINGTON Janel Stewart, an accelerated senior at Mt.

Anthony Union High School, enrolled in courses at the Southwest Vermont Career Development Center, has been chosen as the Student of the Month by the faculty of the business department. Stewart enjoys her business classes because she gets to work at her own pace, the department said. She took the courses because she thought they would be helpful in her future. She was chosen for this award because of her performance in class and her willingness to help others. Stewart hopes to enter Bennington College or Green Mountain College to study to be an art teacher.

Library names circulation director BENNINGTON The Board of Directors of the Bennington Free Library promoted Joan Douglass to a newly created position as head of circulation, effective Sept. 15. Douglass, a graduate of Saint Joseph Business College in Bennington, joined the staff as a library assistant in 1973. She is responsible for the acquisition and processing of periodicals and the selection and acquisition of fiction and large-print books, as well as supervision of all circulation procedures. Johnsons staff qualify at propane school MANCHESTER Johnsons Fuel propane technicians Joe Wait and Harry Shepard recently qualified as polyethlene pipe and mechanical fitting technicians.

The seminar In Fort Edward, N.Y., covered information and demonstration on pipe and fusion, mechanical fittings, pump repair, meter troubleshooting, pumping from underground tanks and fill stations. PEOPLE ON THE Leslie Purcell Upchurch and Mary Sonatina School adds new faculty BENNINGTON Sonatina School of Piano is adding Mary Beth Gowing and Leslie Purcell Upchurch to its faculty. Mary Beth Gowing holds a B.M.Ed. from the University of Iowa. She has 15 years of music, piano, guitar and choral teaching experience: six years of public school music teaching in Illinois, and nine years teaching piano and guitar at the former Bartram School for girls in Jacksonville, Fla.

Besides teaching private and group lessons at the Sonatina School, Gowing also teaches for the Schools WilliamstownNorth Adams satellite program. Leslie Purcell Upchurch comes to Sonatina School of Piano from New Jersey. She holds a Masters of Music (Piano) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.F.A. in Music (Piano) from Carnegie-Mellon University. A licensed Dalcroze Eurhythmies (Music Movement) instructor, Upchurch has 18 years of experience teaching young children and adults.

Upchurch teaches all levels of piano and is the instructor for a Music Movement program designed for very young children and their parents or caregivers. MhSfc. meimri. it Margaret Cottrell Cottrell named as bank vice president WILLISTON Margaret B. Cottrell was appointed as mortgage loan originator vice president of Vermont Federal Bank in Bennington and Windham counties.

Cottrell will also serve surrounding areas of New York. Before joining Vermont Federal, Cottrell gained valuable knowledge as a real estate associate during her 11 years of employment in the Hoosick Falls, N.Y., office of Bryce Real Estate. Hand adds two to sales staff MANCHESTER With car and truck sales on the increase, John Hand is adding two new faces to his automobile sales staff. Chad Bessette, owner and manager of the Bromley Market in Peru since 1984, has been involved in all phases of retailing for 15 years. Be- -a 'v H'Jl CVf 1 1 I about 300 members and Roya expects another 200 people to join in January.

He said membership peaks in the winter since, people arent a active. The fitness center uses Polaris equipment and is equipped with lockers, showers and air conditioning. The staff provides instruction in areas such as weight loss or gain, body building, cardiovascular training, power lifting, aerobics and physical rehabilitation. For early morning ex-cersizers, theres the 6 a.m. Breakfast Club.

In the future Roya plans to include tumbling for kids and self-defense classes aimed primarily at women who are out at night alone. will raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents per pack to 51 cents, the highest in the nation. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, also would create a fund for antitobacco health programs. The petition gained 1,300,898 votes, or 54 percent, compared with 1,095,935 votes, or 46 percent, against it, according to unofficial returns with 1,937 of 2,138 precincts reported, or 91 percent.

Voters in California passed a similar tax several years ago. iTrr CLOSING STOCK PRICES PRIZE WINNERS Vlucuiit Alcara, laft, head Marcia and Bill Haadary of Baa-alagtoa tka wlaalag tlckata far a thraa-day, twa-nlght trip ta Oriaada, waa durlag Alcara Motora Calambaa Waakaad Calabratlaa. Jacab Lavaaqaa aad Travla Frlarl af Adama, woa grip pawar wkaala. Tobacco tax initiative spreading CVPS GE GM IBM JC Penney Johnson Controls Mart McDonalds Niagara Mohawk Oak Ind. Penn Central RiteAid Sears Stanley Ralston Purina Union Carbide Woolworth Chemfab Furon Miller Building Systems Provided by McKoium Co 201 BOSTON (AP) A ballot victory over the tobacco industry in Massachusetts could become a launching pad for similar efforts in other states to raise cigarette taxes, an American Cancer Society spokesman said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, recycling advocates pledged to keep fighting for their proposal to mandate new packaging standards despite a sound defeat at the polls. Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a tobacco excise tax that West Main St Bennington 447 1538 I '4, MMlilL 1.