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PAGE TWENTY - EVENING HERALD, Fri.. June 22, 1979 Watershed Patrol Tries to Break Old Habits r — By DAVE LAVALLEE from closing the road. But it’s not for “The people who are involved in After School Care Carter^ Other Buyers 1 Court Upholds Carter I Relays at MCC Herald Reporter safely reasons. They want to get in this are not from the lower classes. Boon For Parents Discuss Oil Costs I On Contract Denials I GLASTONBURY-The problem at there to fish, swim and drink like They neglect the fact that their kids To Begin Today are swimming out here and hanging Buckingham Reservoir in Glaston­ everyone else,” Muprhy said. Page 6 P age 6 1 P age 6 1 Page 1 0 bury is not confined to a bunch of kids Murphy said that he would provide around. There just is not any merely having a good time down at keys for the department so that it hollering,” Murphy stressed. the old forbidden swimming hole. would have access to the area too, Murphy said that the Glastonbury It is much more extensive accor­ but he said it did not like the idea. Police have been excelient in trying ding to George Murphy, forest William Constantine, a member of to solve this problem. The police iiand|rfitpr manager and special policeman for the Town Fire Commission said that have already made 13 arrests for the Manchester Water Department. the water department’s proposal for criminal trespassing this month. Murphy and soil analyst Thomas giving the department keys has yet to “The police are really a top-notch Ferlazo have just obtained special be proposed. outfit, but they are a little bit limited Humid police status to patrol the 2,200 acres “Of course we would like to. see it because of personnel problems, but Chance of Showers and they are finding it a very open, but I think keys would be a whenever we need a cruiser when challenging task. good alternative. I really do not things get too much for us, they are “What we are fighting out here is a believe that our firemen are out right there,” Murphy said. Details on Pago 2 > 4 ^ tradition that people in Glastonbury there using the property,” Constan­ Feriazo said that between the two, have been following for years. ’They tine added. they have been able to conquer the in- Murphy explained that in surmountables. He said that they are Workers Eligible i have always believed that since the Vol. XCVIII, No. 224 — Manchester, Conn., Saturday, June 23, 1979 reservoir was in their town, they September 1978, a select few citizens diminishing the probiem because. WETHERSFIELD (UPl) - »A Family NEWSpaper Since 1881 • 20t Single Copy • 15« Home Delivered could use it any way they wanted. opposed the closing of Coop Road, they now have the power of arrest. I About 100 present and former I Now we are trying to break them of along with what Murphy said was “Actually, though, we need a force employees of a Rockville sweater [ that habit,” Murphv said. pressure from the fire department. of five officers to really keep an eye mill are eligible to seek federal What do some of these habits in­ “We are all for giving the fire on this property,” Ferlazo explained. trade adjustment assistance,! clude? “People are stealing department keys, but we would have “They would all be On shifts, so we state Labor Commissioner Joseph I firewood, they are cutting down to know that just the district in that could have 24-hour coverage on the Peraro said Friday. fences, ripping down signs, lighting area would have them. If other dis­ watershed.” The federal benefits include Sunday Gas Outlook Bad fires and cutting their own paths for tricts got a hold of them, they could Murphy said that one gate has been training, job search and job their four-wheel-drive vehicles,” go in there anytime they wanted to,” replaced twice, five locks have been relocation assistance to By HERALD STAFF could be a result of the newness of ’Thomas said. Murphy said. replaced and that the cost of these employees of Roosevelt Mills who the program or panic buying. As popularly believed, it is not Four-wheel-drive owners have repairs is growing all the time. Gas has been tough enough to get in He said most of the town’s gas lost their jobs or work reduced recent days, but if you’re an “even” always young people who cause the taken their toll on the lush forests. “In man-hours and material hours because of a sales decline stations are open during weekdays at They had cut their own road to gain — a driver with a license plate that varying hours. But, he said residents problem. expense it has cost us over $200.00 to stemming from increased sales of ends in an even number — you could should get their gas during the day “We have had adults in here up to access to the area and then officials replace the gate and $10.00 apiece for imported sweaters. from the water department closed it be waiting until Tuesday to refill. because few of the stations surveyed The Manchester Water Department’s soil 45 years old. We know that there is the replacement of the locks,” 'The benefits were extended towel and cutoff shorts on his rack. At the up. Two weeks later, not more than Despite a telegram from Gov. will be open after 7 p.m. on one guy in this town who is cutting Murphy said. after a federal Labor Department analyst and Special Policeman, Thomas right is George Murphy, forest manager and down live trees, but we have just 25 yards away they had cut another Murphy said that he knows it is not Ella Grasso stressing the impor­ weekdays. Ferlazo, back to camera, explains to a motor­ special policeman for the department. review of the firm’s market that tance of gas stations staying open missed catching him. We have also one that is still in use. an organized four-wheel-drive club was requested by workers in Blackstone said the town will cyclist that he is not supposed to be in the (Herald photo by Lavallee) found a police officer and a juvenile, Murphy said that the operators of that is causing the havoc. He called this weekend, it appears few in the “keep an eye on the lines” this week March. Of the 100 eligible area will be open Sunday. watershed area. The motorcyclist- had a who was on parole cutting wood last these vehicles are young adults in them “freelancers”. workers, 65 still work at the and conduct a follow-up survey next their mid-twenties. He said that the The situation looks a bit sunnier for week. year,” Murphy said. Although the problems are still I Rockville plant, Peraro said. Murphy declined to comment on kids who go swimming in the area, present at Buckingham, Murphy today, except in Glastonbury. He said the odd-even plan “appears who the offending officer was and usually are using their parents’ cars. reports that the area is much cleaner Today is an “odd” day — a day to be working reasonabiy well, from which department he belonged, Ferlazo said that kids are constant­ than it was last year. Hits Schlesinger when person whose plates end in an except for the long lines in some stating that the juvenile involved ly camping out at Buckingham. “It’s not easy for us to perform our odd number or a letter from N-rZ areas.” would probably lose parole. “We had one fire out here iast year regular functions and have time to do HARTFORD (UPI) - Rep., may purchase gas. Sunday is an Glastonbury Murphy explained that the cutting and we think it was because of a this, but we have to,” Ferlazo said. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., “even” day — the purchase date for of firewood is detrimental to the motorcycle without a spark I Friday described federal agency plates ending in even numbers or Most stations in Glastonbury are expected to be closed all weekend. watershed environment. If people cut arrestor,” Ferlazo said. I chief James Schlesinger as “the letters from A-M. Police met with town gasoline down too many trees and in critical “Everything that we do out here is Hebron Program I most incompetent government of- Gov. Grasso this week sent a letter dealers at 2 p.m. Friday to discuss areas, it could cause tremendous ero­ related to water quality. If people Starts June 25 I ficial in memory.” to all communities in the state and are cutting down trees and setting I Dodd’s comment was in a letter | asked the energy coordinators to ways of handling the traffic that has sion. This would lead to rapid been accumulating around their sedimentation in the reservoir and fires, this all affects the quality of HEBRON —The summer program I to President Carter repeating a meet with service station operators. stations and also to explain to the would lower water quality. the water,” Ferlazo said. sponsored by the Hebron Recreation I request that Schlesinger be fired. “It is my hope that these meetings will result in voluntary agreements dealers the hard facts concerning the Murphy and Ferlazo have the area “God forbid if there is ever a kid Commission will start June 25 and is I Dodd blamed Schlesinger for Motorists had better get used to this swimming in this reservoir with a I the “lack of confidence of the I with cars early Friday as the state entered its to assure that some stations are open rationing system.

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