Concord Monitor from Concord, New Hampshire • 1

1 Concord New Hampahire 181at Year No 077 35j Saturday April 1 1 989 I CHiimel 2 1 Goes Under i Station Left i 1 The Airwaves At Midnight V' ByJAYMEKWIN Monitor! Staff Writer alliutt fe ani 1 2 A Concord television station WNHT Channel Si vanished from the alnmvoe at wiaht after ft Ihe couldn't ByTAD Manitor TAD SHANNON Staff Writer PeulShreed One day after Dave Hodges announced poor any more money into the venture The staff of about 10 heard the news yesterday afternoon at a meeting with the owner Thomas Flattay a natfcmalty known real estate developer who had driven up from' Braintree Mate to pull the phiaJEuiployeea who fjifTidfd the said rlattay com- 1 the decision to one' aso plans uEi East City Limits for a $40 million civic center complex Concord another developer put for-ward a plan that is every bit as ambitious and mote than twice as expensive 0 JL-v Neighbors Uneasy Over yr evening as a brief announcement of the station's demise floated up the semen where the news would have been The station Immediately switched to a aitua-tion comedy Three'll Company Inai Manchester businessman Dick Nault and two Massachusetts firms proposed a $90 million padnge yesterday that includes a civic 1 center office Duilding hotel marina amphitheater shops and several restaurants along the Merrimack River off Manchester Street The pngect is planned for 87 acres that include the former Concord Drive-in The site was considered the fourth of five tial choices fay the Civic Center i was the fifth of the land sits in the Merrimeck River floodway and floodplain Some lain the redevelopment sone which allows a variety of uses and some of the land is tonear Hodges Plan general manager Ron Pntaraeaid Channel SI had accomplished its goal of developing a major news program But hconomic actors" news program' Bu and viewershlp ratings showed us that them Is no market for type of station1? Pulem said Channel SI would Sleeve the air though the news staff is bn-let jpi Reporters and plmtographera many of Bwm itnM from itonu nnr vsn poirwiiJng tfif phmsmAiht at tfae Cheem bar lor drinks pyhwIiM Pufate said tha station would merge with was the deadline for civic cen-posala by developers Onhr Nault and submitted plans according to Richard llartford chairman of the commission He said he yes pleased despite the United response Tm surprised we received be said i' Bartlett has fumed 82 off West Portsmouth Street for more than 29 years The only buildingx nearby are 10 homes to the south on West Portsmouth Street and the vacant Samuel Eastman fectory to the east The Merrimack River runs1 along the western edge of his braL and on tha frr bank lies an open field A 60-acre cornfield stretches to the north soul beyond it Hes mote than a hunched acres of woods and wetlands a ffirt roadandasodfenn Bartlett could one day look up from Ms field and see a trade center and hotel complex and the thought disturbs him I think a Bartlett said "They're going to take some of tha best agricultural lend in New and cover it overTbey ft ha allowed to-do-anything fWNM cfDengr to which Hatley also interest- "There eery many floating around who want to build one of Hiaaafi people out there Iff Sw hlotefarislon pp available In Conconff Jputit is opt affiliated with a network Ptdera said Hatley hoped to cable trlevlilon households a many through the Derry muu merger lathe enty practical sotutloa 1 fcTl: Aldt two stations that bam been waffltag in the marketplace" Flattey told the Channel SI staff lesterdsv an econmrtcvtaw- potaMirs have poured miUloni of doQan CTy mis atatfae We am accustomed to suocessea -fc-v-weja IT not withitTm sure going to be a lot of opposition and there should VirV fe fr-cwMawtod Itttle toond Ms jo-At top Channel 21 announces Its impending departure with a brief message at 6 pared statententHidigradn mtum trio- ngjt Above the evening news team in a pre-Chrtetmab broadcast phone messages to Us Naulfs propoeel would be a Joint venture with the Cstabridn Mass architectural firm of Hammer Hefer and Todd and Hrst Compamr a Boston development company Nault who operates several car deal-ershipa in the area could not be readied yestmay But Reed Hetar a partner in the development described the prqect The plan calls flir a fnatchs ic center that would be built with a comhina- tion of pdbflc sad private money Kiefer said Kiefer put the cost of the ctvie center at about $87 million a figure that came from a 1 feasibility study dode fer tile Civic Center Commission Some of the money could come from federal urban development grants he said "The purpose is not to rety on Kiefer said The rest of the development would be built with private money That includes a 200-room hold with fraction moms and meeting apaesL Kiefer said the hotel and civic center would be built near each other and would be "mutually Next to the hotel would be a 200000-square-foot office bulkfing that would proba-bqr be built to phases Brier said Hefer said the property also had space Channel St staff and a rival station epaa- the grid Flatley was led to enact too touch soon from fledgling operation' jfot to Be ooe of the Corp has a doxea build-on 198 acres owned by Robert' Bass James Cleveland and Dave Tanfif The land includes the 60-acrs cornfield and the woods and wetlands that end at the Urt road fay the sod farm Hodges also Mans to give the New Hampshire Civic Center Commission 24 aaes for a dvic i Mggestmfa-mi wo went on the air itwas Schiff during the wee) but found himself wielding a 1 was told they worn not even going to camera as welL lookat ratings in throe to five years It wu all Mitt James the news director said the long turnaround time was normal far a news Hatley bought the station In 1884 far $5 show but he said stations have not al-mUion aflwated it with the CBS network reefly spent three yearn as Mr Hatley had Bryft i (fent twnfc jity ym men last year and started an evening news broad- done faying to make the station work" acement knows what cast last Memorial Day David Zamichow general manager of In the niwg aa fwd emplayea gath Several of the staff hired last year to put WMUB in Manchester Channel ftsaidHat--mrmA ft rKmrTmm RrhuT wha on the news said they worn all assured of a ley made the mistake of starting a ftdWUown the 8 dwtr" apiSnaitytiiHfcMiwia three- to flvwyear commitment from Hatley news department too quickhr after aSUiatinc to five years to change viewirtyhabits and do- to(teveloptheshow with CBS picaltyanaflfflatewffl rimt veloo a fbOowins for a news show "They sold everybody on that thme-to-nve- small maybe 13 or 14 people They hired SO tarimdLthe cotnpmty began its first cuts year plan" said Tory Potts weekend sports wm lawtha Ytiyw wwitiw tn thy anchor who was takl he would be a reporter See CHANNEL 21 Page 14 Tardif stopped by Bartlett's home on Josiah Bartlett Road to talk about the piviect on Wednesday "I toid him that uncord 22 years ago was a 25 years place to live than it Is to much better gas LIMITS Page 14 See RIVER -Page 14 Sex Offender Seeks Leniency Up Front Judge Moved By Support Agrees Time For A Change By LI Monii LINDA GOETZ Itor Staff Writer at 2 am tomorrow clocks ahead one hour Daylight-saving time begl forget to more your before going to bed tonight time begins five sexual crimes A probation officer filed report reconunenffing that Seiner serve the time according to SUL But Siff told Judge Michael Suffi-vu that Sawyer could get more help if he were free His offenses arent severe enough to get Mm into a prison program fir sex oflenden she said In the community he could get counseling from Central New Hampshire Community Mental Health and Join a group for sex oflenden Siff said Sawyer needs help coming to terms with being aexuafly abused as a child end overcoming the stigma of suffering from cerebral pal- Fbr'the'next seven months you'll have an extra hour of dayfight for sports coonuts i and other Wayne Sawyer ripped a shirt off and nibbed against her last spring He grabbed another woman in the crotch and fondled his genitals In front of a third He committed five exual crimes in Concord in span of three weeka Yesterday be aikedejudge to do- outdoor activities Standud time win return on Oct 29 which is when you'll get back the hour of sleep you lose tonight -v lay adi sentence for those Hla criminal behavior stems from 1 His criminal I ay those problems aha said Two of Saw Dnside victims wrote fatten mending that the Judge delay Sawyer! sentence so hie could get coun- Granite Roots sentence were delayed the court would hold another hearing In whether six months to determine Defendant Wayna Sawyer I very sorry what I he said 1 know I was wrong I know I have a problem I know But I want to change my life I don't want to hurt no one no more I want to get A handful of people who knew Sawyer as an abused child and a troubled young mu stood behind him ta Concord District Court They gave up their day to show the Judge they would suck by Sawyer if he were set free Sawyer 22 has nent the last 10 months in the psychiatric unit of the state prison awaiting trial on a kidnapping charge in Merrimack County Superior Court An indictment con- Setoa Hall and Hnal Pour coach PJ Cariesimo called the shots 12 yean ago at New Hampshire College in Manchester See aUey page C-L Sawyer had complied with the conditions or whether be should go to JaiL Sullivan asked Sawyer he was willing to attend the counseling programs Sawyer who has a speech impedi- tends he kidnapped the woman whose shirt he ripped when he held her for a few minutes His public defender Brigette Siff to get prosecuton to drop the 17 'MOVIES 16 NEWS OF RECORD OBITUARIES A J27 CALENDAR CHURCHES CLASSIFIED COMICS kidnapping charge But Sawyer still would face 12 months ta Jail far the See LENIENCY -Page 14 EDITORIAL 12 SPORTS 29 TV Jf GOREN BRIDGE LOCAL-STATE JZ WORLD-NATION Reagan Have To Testify Weather he would have resisted any order that LYLE DENNISTON Baltimore Sue he appear "I made up my mind I wasn 't going I think it would have set necessary to assure LL CoL North a fair triaL There has been no indication that farther information available onty from Mr Reagan ta North? at ittorneys had demanded Rain ending this that Reagan take the stand to testify a precedent that the next president doesn't have a right to impose on other presidents" la another blow to North the trial Judge kept alive an 12 criminal chargee rejecting defense lawyers? a that the contention that the prosecution had morning parity sunny in the afternoon nigh in the supply any evidence ta the Oliver orth trial possibly ending any North 40s West wind 10 to IS tnph Strong chance of gredgtatioo tonight i to sa Mostly si rsun- failed to prove Ks case "While there fa understandable public interest ta what a president ny tomorrow high ths chance that frU role ta the Iran-Contra affair will emerge ta the triaL That ruling by UAL District Judge Gerhard Geacli was a major Mow to tha atrategy of defense lawyers for North a former Marine lieutenant colonel end White House national security aide during the Reagan about any actions be might have taken to authorize or what North did in helping to arrange the secret sale of UA anno to ben and the transfer of aome of the arms satee profits to tare military weapons for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua Gesefi concluded that based an the record ta the nine weeks of the trial so far there ta "no proof that North ever received any authoriza- 3 may have known or may have done the focus of trial does not in- Soggy Stroll 40s Ahrsse Doyle the Kimball School a parity sunny day Mere weather paged solve any necessity ch a generalised inquiry GeseD said far rejecting a subpoena that Reagan testify There has been no showing that President Reagan's appearance is Joan Each takes her dog Ruskin for a walk down Merrimack Street in Concord Reagan contacted by television station la Ranche i Mirage Calif said See REAGAN Page 14 i.