Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 7

'wr 8- ml Saturday December 23 1995 Page 7 Comics13 ReGorclrJournal field awaits staled (JOP pidmary primary ballot are: -Dole Lamar Alexander Patrick Buchanan Phil Gramm Steve Forbes Bob Dornan Alan Keyes Richard Lugar Arien Specter and Morey Taylor Specter has dropped out of the race in-the-nation primary on Feb 20 The state GOP primary is winner-take-all with 27 delegates up for grabs' Gov: John Rowland state campaign director for Sen Bob Dole said there is no ill will among Republicans who are backing different presidential candidates and he expect bitter feelings after March dropped out of the race State Sen Majority Whip William Aniskovich was backing Specter have been no hard feelings This is just an early difference of opinion on who can best be elected president It has not ripened into a serious Ward said has been friendly competition if you pan call it competition dates keep dropping joked Eads expects- more- Republican leaders will get behind Dole before the March 5 primary "It is very early still Some were waiting for Colin she said truthfully it has been quiet might pep up a bit but we will all be -united afterward i be eaiiiest primary ever Secretary of the State Miles Rapoport placed 10 names on the GOP primary ballot Friday Resident Clinton is the only candidate on the Democratic ballot Although the GOP field is the largest in state history the contest likely resemble a bare knuckle barroom brawl It will be Marquis of Queensbury rules: a cordial am- -test with np hind feelings state Republican leaden said primary will be two weeks after New first- U--1 1 Rowland US Rep Nancy John-' son state Sen Resident Adela Eads and state House Minority leader Robert Ward ate backing boleXLS Rep Gary Franks -is backing Gramm US Rep Christopher -Shays and state Sen Majority Jim Fleming had not announced who they wifi back since California Gov Pete Wilson it closed for the night for a spooky scene set in a vacant bowling alley Brettanya Friese who plays Toby said she liked the detective theme of and be- lieves that the film will boost her career She has starred in two episodes of and and several made-for-television films get a lot of footage and it's going to be seen by a lot of she said 10 names on the ballot RMortiJoumal Capitol bureau HARTFORD A crowded field of Republican presidential hopeful will square off March 5 in what will By Patricia Walsh Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD Steven Arthur probed his memory to create the scenes for his latest screenplay The settings for the mysterydra- ma were die businesses and other buildings that the Wallingford na- five passed often during his child-bood the T-Bowl Lanes on Route die Toll House Motd near Route IS Underpass Used Auto Parts store and Bar a saloon on North Plains Industrial Road that closed recently And for the past two weds Arthur with a production crew and cast of about 20 have been bringing those scenes to life in the same places where he first envisioned them The crew which took over the empty bar as its headquarters and a setting for many scenes finished filming the low-budget independent film Friday evening He will begin to edit the film which should take until June said Lon Ross director -The producers who describe as a film nmr plan to submit it to Robert Bedford's Sundance Film Festival in Utah next summer The film features Toby a female private detective who is sold out by her partner and overcomes several obstacles as she solves the mystery The film was picked up by Victoria Lang and Pier Piccoli two indepen-' dent low-budget filmmakers from Manhattan It helped to bp filming in his' hometown Arthur said I was writing it I just re- membered different places in town dial seemed to fit the said Arthur a soft-spoken man who now lives in Woodstock with his wife and daughter of the places still look the Arthur who has written several other screenplays during the -past five years said having a film pro- Woman found frozen to death in' Cheshire 5 has got the nomination and he will have the whole party behind him come Rowland predicted' The 10 Republicans placed on the well with this she said town has a real working-class feel to it that makes it a great backdrop for this said Lang who fielded the many calls orders and assignment involved in the film The Toll House Motel had a appropriate for a scene about one of die who lives in a dingy motel she said And the T-Bowl Lanes was used after it had Fadatal offlcwei Closed' 'H Post offlewsi Closed mwfcetsi Closed Busm No local service 8 Department of closed rcka0 orw CtoeedNo publication Newsrooms open at 4 pm Ward said that there has even been some good-natured teasing among the Republican leaders urged (Fleming and Aniskovich) to endorse anyone but Dole to dear the field Their candi-' Hie' only thing she like about Wallingford was the weather she said 1 hasn't been the easiest job because the weather conditions have been painful on my she said But the producers said the heavy snowfall helped them achieve a cold lonely and empty feeling Please see Film 8 ing the bam apart He toted the pieces from the' barn's -Church Street location to his farm on East Center Street He then began rebuilding the 'bam' was quite impressed by his en- diusiasm'and said William Ohr owner of the former Merion Turf Farm marvelous that he can take advantage of a good structure like that" Ohr said the ham is nearly 100 yean old The gray bam which is 25 feet high 30 feet wide and 50 feet long wUl be used as a showroom for Christmas trees dried flowers decorative wreaths wall hangings table center pieces and other items Beaumont Farm also grows and ells produce Antiques including wood stoves eider presses and two-man saws Jeff Muthersbaugh a spokesman for Franks would not comment on the primary contest Franks who is serving as national co-chairman of Please stie GOP 8 opens Foxwoods to add 600 more jobs with expansion LEDYARD (AP) Foxwoods Resort Casino just keeps on growing and growing and growing Los than four years after the casino opened its doors far the first time yet another expansion has been added to the complex On Friday the casino opened a 70000-square-foot addition that features die largest casino racebook and poker rooms on the East Coast a high-end gaming area keno station lounge sports bar and cafe we see today in this stunning area is die result of much hard work and that hard work has once again resulted in Foxwoods' continued role as innovator and a leader in die gaming said Michael Brown' the president ant chief executive officer of Foxwoods The addition is the first half of the $80 million expansion plan that will include a smoke-free casino when it is completed in April 1996 The expansion will add 600 jobs to the casino Foxwoods said in a statement Already the casino em-ploys more than 1 1000 people The highly successful Foxwoods is owned and run by the Mashan-tucket Pequot Indian tribe Foxwoods is the most profitable casino in the Western Hemisphere The high-end gaming area will feature 30 tables 26 blackjack two pai-gow poker and two mini baccarat The area will feature 24-hour food service The new 8000-square-feet race-book area is eight times larger than the former one and will feature races from an average of 15 tracks around the country The addition is located off die Town Square will be displayed in the bam Hie antiques will not be for sale a great place to sell our Beaumont said what you would expect a tum-of-the -century bam to look like" Beaumont works on the bam four hours each day He expects to finish by March 1996 harder to take one down and put it up than build Beaumont said it would be tough to build something that looks Beaumont said he enjoys the challenge of putting the bam back together: was worth it all" Beaumont laid is my present for me This is my big Patrick RymVFor tha RaoonUoumal Bret Stem of Fairfield director of the film rehearses a shot Friday at the former Bar in Wallingford with the film's star Brettanya Frfese Stem is not disabled but uses the wheelchair to mount his camera and maneuver smoothly across the floor Wallingford native Steven Arthur wrote the mysterydrama and used many Wallingford businesses as backdrops Li Old bam gets new lease on life r1- JL r- duced is a dream comp true great just the best feeling For a writer like being he said Lang said Wallingford was the perfect setting for foe story and through his local connections Arthur was able to get a one-month lease on the building and to set up1 shoots at most of the Wallingford locations really worked out 'V Monday Oec 25 Is 1 Cfvtetmas ategai holiday" Closings pertain to Monday ionlyunlesiotherwtee noted lfclwlcP- Ctosed' Closed B8a i Contact 'I no 'Monday pickup Tueeday LottevyiDrawings will 'i take place as usual iCT CHESHIRE This cold rC weather claimed the life of a 23- Building will become showroom for gifts and collectibles By Mika Wright Record-Journal staff WALLINGFORD An old bam will have a new life thanks to William Beaumont Beaumont heard that the bam on the property of the former Merion Turf Farm was going to be tom down Beaumont die owner of Beaumont Farm said he values old things and tries to preserve diem no matter how big or small was such a gorgeous barn they were going to take down I let than do Beaumont said In March Beaumont began tak year-old woman Thursday Cindy A Laukaitis of 916 Moss UFarms Road was found frozen to death at 5:20 pm Thursday police Her body was discovered by de-tectives at the rear of 15 Chatham -r-Woods Court She was one-tenth of a mile from her home An autopsy Friday by the -i-medical examiner ruled the death accidental and due to hypother- ermia ft Laukaitis' mother Sheila had re-Jported ha missing at 10:30 am 1 Thursday police said krji A resident told police feat --f juiraiti was seen walking along Please see Woman 8 BE tlnside Wallingford: Two rookie police officers begin field work training 10 Meriden: Chief Raby retires after 25 years with Fire Department 9 was such a gorgsous bam thay wars going to taka down I lot tham do It" William Beaumont owner of Beaumont Farm who is rebuilding an old bam.