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I II it1t 1st ED. it' 26C HARTFORD COURANT: Sunday, October 23, 1977 Repaving Program Irks Independents Official Panel's Plan one," they said, adding that the "one-way" approach of the present administration must not be allowed in rnn- To Establish Historic District ration "were experts or even proficient in their field." However, they said after consulting officials from several area towns and stud-ying their maintenance schedules, "We're amazed that we have any roads at all." The schedule for which town roads are repaired appears to depend "on who hollers the loudest," they said. "There never is an option, or alternative presented, or a chance for anyone to present ly was introduced to the board more than a year ago in June 1976. Thev said if the program has "so many redeeming features, "why wasn't it presented to the town for its approval in 1976?" This fact alone," they said, "should prove that this is another of their 'drain pipe' deals of this spring." Hyjek and Cheney said they might be able to approve of the program if those involved in its prepa She said only 30, or 10 per cent of the 178 homes in the proposed historic district are less than 50 years old. The remainder range from colonial and federal architectural styles to Greek revival and Victorian styles.

The City Council could call for a vote on the proposed historic district. "It seems ironic that the Committee to Save the Freedom of Groton Bank does not want to give property owners the opportunity to voice their opinion on a historic district through voting," Mrs. Althuis said. Bookkeeping Conversion Stonington To Start On Change Bv JANE SUDOL GROTON A historic district in the Groton Bank section of the city would preserve a "museum of architectural styles" without restricting investment in the area. Rose Marie Althuis, chairwoman of the Historic Study Committee, said Saturday.

"An historic district is merely an assurance that the money property owners have invested in improvements to their buildings will be protected. An historic district' doesn't raise land values by itself "it just gives the area a historic emphasis and gives property owners some direction for improving their lots," Mrs. Althuis said. A four-member "Committee to save the Freedom of Groton Bank" has been circulating a petition for the past week among owners of land in the Groton Bank section. George Vail, spokesman for the group, said the petition requests the City Council to "stop any further action" on the establishment of an historic district ordi- tinue.

A "Meet the Candidates" session will be conducted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hyjek on Hog Hill Road today from 2 to 6 p.m. Hyjek- and Robert Cheney, inde-, pendent candidates for the, Board of Selectmen, will at tend. Refreshments mill ha tr.

served. and not to receive town funds would be in conflict, with his duties as outlined in the Town Charter, he said. In other business the board reappointed iLdu in i- i i hi i oTTtwrwa OH Of Jaa I At A.AWV. It appointed Richard Par-" melee Jr. and Louis Garbari-' no to join Dr.

Leo wiiiett, Ira Kerschner and Richard Vyn-alek on a committee to study the need for a town garbage' and choose a site both for a-garage and septic waste disposal area. The board requested the clarification of the town at-' torney on whether it will be required to serve until miuuiu uie reviseu luwn charter pass. According to the present charter, the new selectmen are sworn in on Election Day. The revised document, which is on the Nov. 8 ballot," VUllO lUi biiVs 1H 11.1 iv, be sworn in Dec.

1. Betty Wakeman is the. only member of the present board seeking re-election. Order Auditors Durham Bv on a Mclaughlin DURHAM The Board of Selectmen Thursday night voted to authorize the town auditors to proceed on an hourly basis through the first four stages of establishing a general ledger system on keeping the town's books. Adoption of the system was recommended by Dayton, Piercy Knapp after its recent audit for the 1976-77 fiscal year.

The Board of Finance earlier this month said it would approve the necessary funding to implement the system and its chairman, M. Foster Mather, urged its adoption. The selectmen, however, would like to review the system with the auditors after the initial steps, before proceeding with the final three steps. The review would allow them to modify the plan, if they.choose. The first four steps would be of value to the town, even if the system weren't imple mented, they said.

Step 1 involves preparing a chart of all accounts. Step 2 is a survey of the existing bookkeeping system. Step 3 is an analysis of the present budget to determine whether the proposed system would meet the town's needs. Step 4 involves interviews with the Board of Selectmen, finance board, tax collector, assessor and treasurer. The final three stages are: to prepare an accounting procedures manual, to train the bookkeeper and set up the books and finally to report back to the Board of Finance on the system's operation at the end of three months and again at the end of the fiscal year.

The cost of the entire seven-step procedure is estimated at $1,000. Treasurer William Moore Thursday told selectmen the system would be more cumbersome for him as his receipt books would be kept in Town Hall and he couldn't work on them at his convenience. For him to be bypassed River-Dredge Permit Requested by Pfizer Groton Meetings Monday Board of Education, 8 p.m., Fitch Senior High School. Library Board of Directors, 8 p.m., Groton Public Library. Representative Town Meeting public works committee, 7:30 p.m., Public Works Department.

Tuesday City Zoning Board of Appeals, 8 p.m., Municipal Building. Town Planning Commission, special meeting, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall. Sewer Authority, special meeting, 7 p.m., Public Works Department. Wednesday Representative Town Meeting, special meeting, 8 p.m., Fitch Senior High School auditorium. Groton Resources Organized, board of directors meeting, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall.

Groton Arts Committee, 8:30 p.m., Groton Public Library. Thursday Health Systems Committee, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall. Recreation Commission, 7:30 p.m., Recreation Department. Defends Groton 3 nance, and that "this endeavor be rejected and no further time and tax money be spent on this effort." Vail said the petition will be presented to the City Council at its Nov. 7 meeting, when the study committee's report is expected to be on the agenda.

Vail said he and other property owners are opposed to an historic district in the area because property owners would have to conform to The corps has made a preliminary determination that an environmental impact statement isn't, required for the work. A public hearing would be scheduled, however, if sufficient opposition is expressed. Anyone wishing to comment on the plans may write by Nov. 21 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division, 424 Tra-pelo Road, Waltham, 02154.

Shepherd said the charter "should be reviewed from time to time" to update certain sections that are "no longer perfect for the Town of Ledyard. Shepherd said the committee, if established, would consider the following proposed changes to the charter: Increase the size of the Board of Education from six to nine members. The three she received degrees in sociology and psychology. Mrs. Mack will replace Karen Parkinson, who.

is leaving Friday to become director of social services at Lawrence and Memorial Hospitals. Mrs. Parkinson had served as the town's director of social services, a part-time position, since June 1976. Meetings Meetings this week include: Monday: Democratic Town Committee, 8 p.m., Town Hall. Tuesday: Community Council, 8 p.m., Town Hall.

Ledyard Groton fl GROTON Pfizer Inc. has requested a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge about 4,000 cubic yards of material from two existing docks in the Thames River and deposit it at the New London dumping ground in Long Island Sound. Pfizer plans to deepen the area at the two docks by dredging a 700- by 100-foot area to 20 feet below mean low water, and dredging a 425- by 50-foot area to 18 feet below mean low water. Officials Issue Cease Ag ealth Care Facility ains East Haddam Changes in Charter a historic district commission's standard of design.

Owners might be discouraged from making improvements to their buildings because they might have to wait several months before being issued certificates of appropriateness for those improvements. Vail said he thinks the concept of a historic district is obsolete, because such energy conservation measures as solar panels would not be in harmony with the building's architectural style and might not be permitted by a commission. He also said a historic district ordinance is not needed because the National Register of Historic Places would protect outstanding landmarks. "But the National Register of Historic Places does not deal with private residences, and there are stringent regulations accompanying federal grants for private individual's homes. And solar panels could be easily accommodated on older buildings, just as they have been installed on a home at 130 Monument Mrs.

Althuis said. Sought extra members would prevent tie votes, and would mean greater representation of residents on the board that controls the bulk of the town's tax money, Shepherd said. Change the merit system for. town employes. The committee would consider excluding the nursing board, public works employes, and the dog warden from the classification system the town now uses.

Review the council's authority to transfer money between accounts. The charter now allows funds to be transferred during the last three months of the fiscal year. According to a tax auditor's report on the council's method of financing, that practice tends to increase the level of spending, Shepherd said. Review the council's ability to put the budget out to referendum. Council members have questioned whether the charter provision allowing any item of the budget to be put to referendum applies to the entire budget as well, he said.

Shepherd said he will introduce a motion on establishing the charter revision committee at the council's next regular meeting Nov. 9. East Hampton The Courant's East Hampton reporter is Ronald Winter. He can be reached at The Courant's Middletown News Bureau, 243 Main St. Telephone: 346-6618.

EAST HAMPTON The controversial town roads have resurfaced as a subject of political debate with independent Board of Selectmen candidates Robert Cheney and Thaddeus "Ted" Hyjek terming a recently publicized administration-sponsored road program "gob-bledygook." In a statement Friday, the two candidates said they have obtained a copy of the road program distributed to the Board of Selectmen last month, "and it is truly 'gob-bledygook' a word used recently by board chairman Eaton Smith." The "program?" they said, was presented to the board on two and one-half sheets of paper and "from all indications was heartily endorsed as usual, unanimously." The "so-called program" calls for repaving 65 miles of road at $18,900 per mile, Hyjek and Cheney said. While many town roads are in "deplorable" condition, they asked if every mile of road in town needs repaving. "If even five miles don't need it," they said, a savings of $94,500 would be realized. "Even considering the neglect of the last four years." Cheney said, "there are stretches which, if properly maintained, would not need repaving." The two, who were termed "so-called political candidates" by Smith recently, said that despite the administration's attempts to discount them, they definitely are on the ballot and "ignoring us, as they have on the 'road isn't going to work." Smith refused Friday night to comment on their statements saying only, "I'm not running any campaign in the newspapers." Although the specifics of the program were not made public by the administration, Hyjek and Cheney also questioned the timing of its release, stating that it original- former lighthouse which has been converted into a solar energy laboratory: Admissions and financial aid officials will be available to talk with prospective students and their parents. A representative of the on-campus program in management, offered here by the Hartford Graduate Center, will be at the open house, as well as faculty members who will discuss graduate courses in marine science and ocean engineering.

Commission (PZC) during the last year have neglected to file the approvals with the town clerk, according to town records. Allan Johanson, zoning enforcement officer, said Sat-urdayat at least five of the special exceptions now being used by the applicants are "void," because they weren't registered within 90 days of approval. That means that a business located in the industrial zone, an earth materials operation and three seasonal dwellings, exist without benefit of a legal special exception, Johanson saui. One resident granted a special exception for a home occupation and another whose application to convert a seasonal dwelling to a year-round home was approved recently still may validate their approvals by filing them within 30 days, he said. The most recent revisions to the state statutes controlling zoning also require special exception approvals to be added to the town's land records, he added.

Octopus Guards Location of Eggs The female octopus builds a wall of large pebbles around the cavity in the sea bed where she will deposit her eggs. After the egg-laying, she stations herself over the rock wall and stays there until the eggs are hatched. Campus Tours Offered Of Avery Point Branch Ledyard LEDYARD Edward Shepherd, Town Council chairman, wants the council to. establish a committee that would consider changing four sections of the town charter, adopted in 1971, In a memorandum issued to council members Friday, ed. It took that action despite the claim by Ms.

Callan's attorney, A. Jay Sprecher, that -he and his clients weren't being given enough time to prepare a case to show cause why the threatened cease-and-desist' order shouldn't be issued. Fair Opportunity Sprecher said Saturday that based on his past experience with the PZC, he wasn't surprised the Commission was "unwilling to give people a fair opportunity to be heard" before such drastic action is taken. The show cause order "didn't state what we were supposed to show cause -for," Sprecher said, adding, "They appar-' ently don't care about permitting a busi- ness which is in full operation to be given fair notice and a reasonable time to pre-' pare." Johanson said, however, that the re-! sort's operators have had the opportunity. during the past two commission meetings to present pertinent facts to zoning officials.

The cease-and-desist order gives Sprecher and his clients the specific information they asked for to prepare a prop- er defense, he said. Normally, persons cited by the commission for violations of the regulations file an appeal with the Zoning Board of Appeals, Johanson said. By PAULA AUCLAIR EAST HADDAM Zoning officials have issued a cease-and-desist order against the residential health care facility operated by Bridget J. Callan at Bashan Lake Manor Resort on Bashan Road. The order is effective Oct.

28, which gives administrators of the facility about 17 days to appeal the order or make other arrangements for their 13 residential guests, Zoning Enforcement Officer Allan Johnson said Saturday. Zoning officials first questioned the legality of the residential health facility when Ms. Callan inquired seven weeks ago abyut expanding services to include the intensive treatment of detoxified alcoholics. The" iegdity of their current operations had to be resolved before any further expansion could be considered, zoning officials said, because the resort owners had never applied for the required special exception to operate anything other than a resort. Monday, the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) voted to authorize Johnson to investigate and issue the order if he found that the regulations had been violat Mayor Hires Director For Social Services GROTON The University of Connecticut's Southeastern Branch will conduct tours of its Avery Point campus from 1 to 3 p.m.

today. Tours will be run every one-half hour starting at 1 p.m. and leaving from the Campus Green or, in case of rain, from the gymnasium. Students, faculty, and staff members will be available to explain programs and courses. Included in the open house will be an inspection of a Grant Allotted for Radar Gun Records Show Dearth In Filed Exceptions Ledyard The Courant's Ledyard correspondent is Eva Fellows, Old Jewett City Road, Preston.

Telephone: 889-5440. LEDYARD Mayor J. Alfred Clark has hired Linda Kaye Mack as the town's director of social services. Ms. Mack will assume her new position Oct.

31. A native of St. Louis, Mrs. Mack has five years experience as a family service case worker. She is a graduate of the Central Methodist College in Missouri, where East Haddam EAST HADDAM At least seven residents who have applied for and had special exceptions approved by the Planning and Zoning Police Predict Arbitration Negotiators Dispute Pact's Chances Stonington warrant charging him with third-degree larceny by pos-.

nAi i I i pun in his nnssessinn that was taken trom a home i Wall also is to appear in court on Nov. 8. Bad-Checks Charge fonce tnis weeK aiso ar- rested Particia Ann Brady? 20, of South Main Street on nine counts of issuing bad -checks and one count of fourth-degree larceny. Her' husband, Kenneth Brady, of the same address, was rear: -rested on a charge of operat- ing a motor vehicle while under suspension and to appear, police said. They also are to appear in Court of Common Pleas 9 Nov.

8. Garden Club The monthly meeting of- the Belltown Garden will be Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Richard -Biondi on Barton Hill. Financial Aid nf PYiriltn vx -m.

vrx UAH MANCHESTER Types of financial aid and how to apply for it for post-high" school education wUl be subject of a seminar Tues day at 7:30 p.m. in Manches- -ter High School cafeteria. Students and parents are invited. Maidment, a girid-T ance cconseior, ww leacnae discussion. Highway Safety within the state Department of Transportation.

Several vendors now are being asked for prices of the radar Bohan said, and when one is purchased and documentation provided, the town will be reimbursed 100 per cent. Besides being hand-held, the radar uint also has mounting brackets and a battery pack for outside use. Bohan said two other grant requests still are pending with the Office of Highway Safety. They include a request for funds for an ex-tractation-trauma-investi-gatcr's kit and for an enclosed, audiovisual crossbar system (a light set, with speakers). Larceny Charge Ih other police matters, a 16-year-old Middle Haddam youth has been charged with second-degree larceny and third-degree burglary in connection with a recent house-break in that section of town.

Peter Zory of Fern Lane was arrested earlier this week on a bench warrant, Rohan said. He is to anoear in Court of Common Pleas Middletown, Nov. 8. The Middle Haddam section has been hard hit in recent weeks by numerous instances of burglary and vandalism, and Bohan said the arrest is the first resulting from an investigation of the incidents. The investigation is continuing, he said.

Also, atrested this week was Denies Wall. 16, or Rt 151, Middle Haddam, on a East Hampton EAST HAMPTON A request for $1,600 in federal money to purchase a handheld radar gun for the town's police force has been approved, Police Chief Joseph A. Bohan said Friday. Bohan said the grant is administered by the Office of Finishes Basic Edward J. Lynch, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Donald J. Lynch of East Hampton, has been assigned to Lowry Air Force Base, after completing Air Force basic training. During the six weeks at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Lynch studied the Air Force mission, organization and custojus. Lynch now will receive specialized training in the supply field.

The session was at the former police station in Pawcatuck section. The police union's contract expired July 31, but members are continuing to work under terms of the previous two-year pact. Pettinicchi said the police union was ready Friday to accept the town's salary proposals, if the town had been willing to increase fringe benefits. The union wants a prescription drug plan, similar to one the town's teachers have, and an increase in the yearly clothing allowance, he said. The town is offering a 5.5 per cent salary hike, Pettinicchi said.

The union is seeking a total contract package that would cost roughly 6 per cent the first year and 7.8 per cent the second year, he said. Powers said the town has gone "about as far as it can go" in offering a settlement. He said the state factfinder has a good understanding of how both sides see the issues. Powers said that in the past two years, since a state law calling for binding arbitration for police contracts has been in effect, only 26 -cases in 650 went from fact-finding to ibinding arbitration. Weinstein's proposed settlement will come out no earlier, than January, since both sides can file briefs until Nov.

21 and "reply briefs" until mid-December. Pettinicchi made an appeal to First Selectman James Spellman to intercede in contract negotiations to have the town meet union proposals. "I know Mr. Spellman cares for a good Police Department and as the leader of the town he should intercede to help the police officers," Pettinicchi said Saturday. Spellman could not be reached for comment.

The union business manager said police have no plansfor a job action because "they realize it would hurt the town." Meetings Meetings this week include: Monday: Stonington Borough residents' group concerned with the sewage treatment plant, 7:30 p.m., Borough HalL Tuesday: Recreation Commission, 7 p.m., Recreation Hall. Wednesday: Board of Selectmen, 12.30 p.m., Town Hall. Thursday. Sewer Authority, 7 p.m., Town HalL The Courant's Stonington correspondent is Bea Andrews, 14 Wilbur Court, Noank section. Telephone: 536-7130.

STONINGTON disagree whether a state fact-finder's recommendations for a police contract settlement, expected to be ready in January, will result in a settlement. Dominic Pettinicchi. busienss agent for the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, said Saturday that contract talks will go to binding arbitration. However, Donald Powers, the town's paid negotiator, said there's a very good chance the fact-finder's report will bring a settlement. The two sides are 1.5 per cent apart in their proposals for the total contract package, including the cost of fringe benefits and salary hikes, both men confirmed.

The police union and the town presented their contract proposals and supporting arguments Friday in a three-hour session before the state-apinted fact-finder, David Wein-steJi, an attorney from Bloomfield. Powers and Pettiniccni predicted A..