Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 1

124th Year -No 137 Meriden Connecticut- Friday May 17 1991 44 pages (Home deCveted 7 days $325) CIAC bans Lyman Hall softball team By Mary Kay Mahrin Record-Journal staff Because of violations in football in 1987 field hockey in 1988 and the varsity softball program in 1989 and 1991 board of cCqtrol believes the entire program needs to be closely said Michael Savage CIAC executive director The softball violations stemmed from hurt the girls and they succeeded" said feel terrible for the kids" he said I thought for one moment the students parents and Wallingford community wanted me to stop coaching I would Philip Ottochian Lyman Hall athletic director could not be reached for comment Savage said the sanctions were drawn up after discussions with the state athletic association and state coaches' association saying that we have rules and regulations that not only the principal and athletic director need to know but that the coaches should said Mohsignor Richard Shea CIAC Lyman Hall girls softball title this season School the Wallingford Public Schools and the Wallingford Superintendent of Schools Joseph Cirasuok) said in a prepared statement "The Lyman Hall varsity softball players who had earned on the field a place in this year's state tournament will not be able to participate connected with the Lyman Hall Athletic Program has been diminished and this is something that nobody except Mr Piazza Clrasuolo said Piazza heard about -the decision during softball practice Thursday afternoon and said players were supportive "There were certain individuals who had personal vendettas and they care if they WALLINGFORD There will be no post-eason play for the Lyman Hall High School girli' softball team thia year The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Board of Control voted Thursday to place the varsity softball program on prohibition for the 1990-11 school year Prohibition means the school softball program cannot participate in any CIAC-spon-jored tournament The CIAC also put the school's athletic program on probation until June 30 1993 During the probation CIAC monitoring of athletic department activities will be paid for by the -school i pre-season practices led by coach Ronald Piaz- za The board also removed Piazza from the CIAC Softball Committee Piazza was a coach representative and was scheduled -to be next chairman is a sad day for Lyman Hall High Fit for a queen By Peter Uitn Record-Journal Capitol bureau HARTFORD Gov Lowell Weicker Jr conceded Thursday that there are enough votes to pass a conven- defend Class Page 8 I T-' 4 I i W' -ji like it" Weicker said comments came a day after his unusual mid-session address to lawmakers aimed at salvaging for his $777 billion budget for 1991-93 which fo-a state income tax The speech little effect in swaying votes Weicker says an acceptable plan must have ItmiHt Eliminate the deficit yvr Worker dfed -sui Contain no gimmicks Include no excessive bonding r- Offer substantial tax cuts to businesses to creato Jobs $1 panding the sales tax to previously The coalition package which its 75 percent complete would raise about in taxes to balance a $7 A billion budget lion less than proposal Although Weicker would not say 1 Please see Lyman Hall p4 House vote rejects bid to block Casino By Peter VIIm Associated Press HARTFORD The House erf Representatives on Thursday rejected Gov Lowell last-ditch effort to block an Indian-run gambling casino clearing the way for the Mashantucket pequots to open New only casino By an 8442 vote the House defeated an amendment banning charitable Las Vegas nights Those state-sanctioned events usually run by church and high school sports teams the bails for the le gal argument that they should be allowed to operate a casino on their reservation in rural Ledyard The 1988 Indian Regulatory Gaming Act lets tribes run the same forms of 8 ambling as the states in which they Ve and that Las Vegas nights nstitul however limited in scale constitute casino gambling Members of the Pequot tribe hugged and kissed in the House gallery when the vote wu taken after a stormy four-hour debate Richard Hayward chairman of the tribe of about 200 people pledged to cooper- ate with state officials in starting the casino feel like now we have the support of the majority of the people in the Hayward Mid smiling broadly really gratified at the good will the General Assembly showed cm this Mid Barry Margolin the LEISURE: WhaHsitl A Dubuffet from the Tremaine collectionof course And hold the haute cuisine please Page 23 'i'1'' i'' a yf Vcnj 1 for certain that he would veto a non-income tax plan ne said he doubted it twHAxnavEANss Highlights of CIAC ruling: Lyman Halt girls softball team cannot participate in any CIAC-sponsorad townsman! this year Girls softball program could bo suspended for 1991-92 1 now violations are disclosed this school year such violations are disclosed program arid bo put on prohibition from day of violation to end of year Entire Lyman Ha8 Jntaracholaatlc athletic program is on probation through Juno 30 1991 Athletic program could bo put on prohibition now vMaMons of CMC rulea ara diacioaad during probation Girls softball coach Ronald Piazza loaoa post as coach representative on CMC Softbal Committee win How srss Iswmsksrs In the House voted on proposal to bait Vagaa nights" to ksep the Msshantudist Pequots from opening easino In Lodyard The proposal taHsd 84 to 82 VOTING FOR THI BANt Reps Thomas Luby DNeridan John Zac Meriden and Eugene -MMarick OPtabnilleL VOTING AOAIN8T THR BANi Rape Mary Fritz D-WaMngford Robert Ward IHtarth Branford Mary Mushinsky D-WaUingford David Thorp R-ChosMrs Aim Ds Dandrow R-Southington Angoto Fusco A-Southington and Eugene Mlgtlare 14 Wolcott (Rap Benjamin DaZInne DMaridati wu net prosent tor the wtej lawyer saw it as a question of fairness The tribe clearly win this because It was power- Weicker an independent with no clear support in the Legislature lob-eavily aj bied heavily against the casino arguing that it would attract organized crime prostitution drug-dealing and drunkenness The House vote marked his first major legislative setback since taking office In a short statement Weicker Mid he accepted the action and would comply with whatever conditions the US Department of the Interior sets for the casino push to block the casino i Please see Pequots p4 Dumont appeared in Meriden Superior Court Thursday and pleaded guilty to making a false report She was given a one-year suspended sen- tence Judge Robert Reillyplaced her on probation for two years and ordered that she get treatment for aloohol abuse' could meet the "four legs of the he says are needed his endorsement ve never made an Income tax a leg of the table But just saying you achieve the four legs of the ta-' -sit the way I go ahead and add and subtract Weicker said ble at least without it Weicker will meet with legislative leaders today to begin work on a budget rt -K 'v a vi J- a 4' 4 For six frustrating hours Monday morning Walsh made more than dozen calls to various state end local health agencies and area hospitals all of which were unable to tell her what she should do for her son Some told her the scratch was harmless while others told her to wait and see if her son developed any symptoms One hospital official told her the regular inoculations should take care of any problem In growing frustration Walsh called Die Wallingford Dog Found and spoke with Linda Mercier the assistant dog warden Mercier told Walsh to Call her pediatrician for advice Please see Raccoon p4 will proceed to try and put a tried to facilitate the process by -A- -r i 1 i --V Wf! u- tfr i- Lawmakers appear headed toward adoption of' bipartisan ofth that would avoid an income tax by ex exempt Items authors say is about' 1 million $750 1 which is $220 mil -fl S- -5 budget together I see fp4 BASEBAL Results Thursday Laugue Milwaukee 6 Minnesota 3" Seattle 3 Cleveland 1 California 7 New York 0 Oakland 11 Baltimore 5 (Only games scheduled) fs Plttsburglt Houston 4 -J- San Fran 5 Montraal 4 i-i (Only gaums scheduled) Spent' pagtt US I NSID BUSINESS: Fleet names exec for Conn units Page 35 Ahhy an BuafrwsaMoney CheshiraNewe Qaeaflied 22 38-44 Comics Dixon Crossword 32 27 44 torisIPagee Notices sure Local News 13-19 22 Meriden Newt Movies News Briefs Obituariee Personalities Southington Nows Sports SUteReglonNews Superior Court Superior Today In History TV Schedules Wallingford News Elizabeth II Thursday are Vice have not sticks my own long-held Weicker said in reference to bis dropping objections to controls on state spending He said he wants to see if the alternative will meet his four-prong test bargain away facts And the facts staring the state in the face are very clear Unless there is a plan to deal with them I will not be a part of Weicker said Sen Steven Casey D-Bristol said it ispossible the alternative will not have the "four of table but he said that the plan fails the test too budget is $300 million snort because of unanticipated welfare costs and because he achieve all the savings he expected from employee concessions His bud- get fails his own test It said Casey one 'eking to all Associated Pruta accepts an ovation before addressing a joint session of Congress the first time a British monarch has done so Behind her President Quayle left and House Speaker Foley Story on page 3 Raccoon encounter raises fear of rabies Please DWI arrest took place in Old saybrook By Chris Capot Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD Fire Marshal Michael Lamy was driving a town car cn his day off when he was arrested In Old Saybrook on a drunken-driving charge town officials Mid Thursday Lamy 30 was arrested bystate po- i police lice Monday afternoon state spokesman Mid Thursday Wallingford officials Hid they know why he was driving a town car They say Lamy wu not in Old Saybrook on official business Mayor William Dickinson Jr met Thursday with Stanley Seadale the town personnel director to discuss possible disciplinary action against Lamy Dickinson later uid he has sent the Town Council a list of recommendations on possible disciplinary action He would not discuss the options certainly have been a town Dickinson said Thursday Dickinson uid certain town employees who ere on call 24 hours a day such as the fire marshal are allowed (o take their town cars home bid the town cars can only be used for municipal purposes The town's rode of ethics also speci- fies that municipal property cannot Staff photo by John Napisrskl Rose Walsh and her son Sean at the tree stump in Marcus Cook Park where he was scratched by a possibly rabid raccoon By Chris Capot Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD Rose Walsh sure what to do when-her 8-year-old son came home from play Saturday with a small scratch on his leg and a wild story about two raccoons in a fight to the death Although she wu concerned about the scratch she thought rabies could Bi Dog wardens briefed spread of rabies Page 13 on be transmitted to a human only if a rabid animal bites someone But everything changed when Walsh's son woke up on Monday morning with a rash She could By Paul Hughes Record-Journal staff MERIDEN Ivy Dumont dialed 111 instead of a taxi and got a ride to jail after bartenders at the Greenwood Lodge refused to Mrve her Police Mid Dumont walked into the Old Colony Road cafe on April 26 and became angry when the bartenders wouldn't serve her a drink have dialed 1-800-HAD-ENUF the officer she made the call because she get a drink police Mid The officer asked her to get off the bar stool she was sitting on but Dumont refused She was then handcuffed and taken to police headquarters police Mid Dumont wm charged with falsely reporting an incident breach of peace and interfering with a police officer Dumont 26 of 34 Wilcox Drive Durham dialed 911 and asked that an officer be dispatched to the cafe She would not say why she needed assistance but Mid the officer would understand when he got there police V-' When the officer arrived he found that Dumont was intoxicated She told Pleasesee Fira I p4.