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FIRST DAY OF DEER HUNTING Sid Areas File Appeal For Lower, In-State. Lift Fees to ski at Sugarbush. Moot said the ski areas association challenged the federal decision last month after speaking with officials at the four resorts. "Since there were four ski areas, it seemed the logical thing (would be) for the association to appeal," she said. The challenge is based on a U.S.

Supreme Court opinion rendered several years ago, in which an out-of-state hunter sued the state of Montana for charging him more for a hunting license, Moot said. The court said that the state could charge higher prices for out-of-state residents because hunting was not considered a fundamental right addressed by the Constitution's equal protection clause. The court further said that because Montana residents have less money than out-of-state residents, the states license prices actually helped to promote equality. In a separate concurring opinion, Chief Justice Warren Burger said that a state cannot tell private enterprises how to price recreation because those businesses have a fundamental right to free trade and commerce, Moot said. The U.S.

Forest Service has written to the ski association saying it will review the challenge, Moot said. She was unsure when a decision would be made, although the service said it hoped to act before the height of the ski season. By J1LLARABAS Associated Press MONTPELIER The Vermont Ski Areas Association is challenging a federal decision that will keep ski areas on federal land from offering lower rates to In-state residents, In August, a U.S. Forest Service lawyer ruled that offering lower rates discriminates against out-of-state skiers. The decision affects four Vermont ski areas that use part of the Green Mountain National Forest for their operations.

The ski areas association has challenged the decision on behalf of those areas Sugarbush, Mount Snow, Haystack Mountain and Bromley said Candace Moot, associate director. The association is arguing that setting lower prices for in-state residents is not discriminatory because the right to recreation is not a fundamental right covered by the U.S. Constitutions equal protection clause, Moot said. Furthermore, the association argues that government cannot fix prices for private enterprise because the right to engage freely in trade and commerce is a fundamental right, she said. A U.S.

Forest Service attorney issued the discrimination ruling in August. Forest Ranger Wolfgang Schumann said the ruling came after an out-of-state skier complained that Vermont residents paid less Photo By David Krapea Connecticut Man Is Killed, Three Injured In Danville Crash Staff Report DANVILLE A Connecticut man was killed in a two-car crash on U.S. Route 2 in Danville early Saturday morning, according to state police. Robert Stanhope, 22, of Southington was killed when the car he was driving collided with a car driven by Paul Brosseau, 24, of Lyn-donville, police said. Brosseau, who sustained face and chest injuries in the crash, was reported in stable condition at Nor-thestern Vermont Regional Hospital in St.

Johnsbury. A passenger in Stanhopes car, Worcester Boy, 14, Shoots Self By Mistake Joe Galarneau of Shrewsbury, top photo, crosses a bleak, snow-covered landscape in Chittenden Saturday as he returns from hunting on the first day of deer season. Galarneau spent more than 10 hours in the woods without seeing a deer but plans to resume the hunt Sunday. At right, Fortin Fontaine of Orange, left, and Aime Jacques of East Barre Join In a Hunters Breakfast Saturday morning at the East Barre Congregational Church. Vt.

Council Governors Award Honors Photographer Ralph Steiner By JUSTYN MOULDS Correspondent PUTNEY Newly elected officials of the Vermont Council on the Arts pledged Saturday to find the financial support that they say is, critical for the arts and said that the state should double its contribution level to their organization. The annual VCA gathering took place this year at the River Valley Playhouse where members elected Eric Peterson, producing director of Oldcastle Theatre Co. in Bennington, as president for the coming year. Peterson said that increased state appropriations were necessary On Arts Wants State Funding Doubled WORCESTER A 14-year-old Worcester boy was reported in good condition at Central Vermont Hospital Saturday following an accident with a revolver. State police at Middlebury said that Eric A.

McManus was struck in the Jeff Sweeney, 24, of Cabot was treated for cuts to the face and hands and released, hospital officials said. Cheryl Gadapee, 14, of Danville, a passenger in Brosseau's car was also treated for minor injuries and released, they said. Police said none of the four were wearing seatbelts. The accident occurred at approximately 12:50 a.m. when Stanhope pulled off a side road onto Route 2, colliding with Brosseaus car, police said.

Brosseau was headed west on Route 2. left calf as he placed a .22 caliber revolver into his holster and the gun accidently discharged. The bullet went through his calf. Police said the accident was not hunting related. Saturday after he was stopped on Interstate 91 in Brattleboro, police said.

Bernardi was cited to appear in district court to answer charges. Two passengers, Thomas Hansson, 21, and Kevin Forcier, 22, were treated and released at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Hansson injured his shoulder and cut his neck in the mishap; Forcier injured his right forearm. Mass. Man To Face Drug Count In Brattleboro Photo By Bernie Folta Bennington," also received a citation.

Painter, sculptor, and teacher Don Sunseri of West Glover was recognized for GRACE, a program working with older Vermonters in nursing homes and senior centers. The yearly Governors Award, chosen by the Vermont Council on the Arts, went this year to Thetford photographer and cinematographer, the late Ralph Steiner. His widow Caroline Steiner accepted the tribute. Excerpts from Steiners black-and-white documentary film, City Life were screened in the afternoon, along with his color film, Look Park. Steiner, a radical social commentator, also is known for still photography.

Longtime Dartmouth friend and associate of Steiner, Maurice Rapf, reminisced about Steiners life and work. BRATTLEBORO State police reported Saturday that they have charged David Bernardi, 18, of Tewksbury, with speeding and possession of drugs. Bernardi was arrested at 8:30 a.m. for Vermonts arts organizations, and members said that they will lobby the Vermont Legislature this session for this goal. New trustee David Bury of Brat-tleboro said that the group would demand that the state double its VCA appropriation, now currently about $250,000.

Other new trustees are Stark Biddle, a financial consultant and planner from Shrewsbury; Terry Demas, director of the Lane Concert Series in Burlington; and Andrea Rogers, executive director of the Flynn Theater in Burlington. A partnership between art and business was exemplified by the recognition of GreejMountain Power Co. with one of the Arts Councils five citations awarded at Saturdays meeting. The utility incorporated exhibit space into their new headquarters and sponsors shows of local artists there. Business in Vermont has more do do than just make a profit in Vermont, said Stephen C.

Terry, a GMP spokesman. The other institutional award recipient was the Sunday Rutland Herald and the Sunday Times Argus for their Vermont Sunday Magazine. The publication was cited for statewide coverage of arts and entertainment. Individual award winners included volunteer Robert Nuner of Montpelier, who accepted the award, he said, on behalf of the legion of hardworking volunteers who keep many museums, theatres, concert series and galleries ticking. Christine Graham of Arlington, who was called the driving force behind the Sage City Symphony in Two Injured In Van Crash In Whitinghani WHITINGHAM Two people suffered" only minor injuries early Saturday night when a van driven by a Connecticut man went off Route 8A and struck a tree.

The driver, Richard Rousseau, 21, of Bridgeport, was uninjured. Families Hope Hunters Will Find Evidence Of Missing Persons brother, Jeff Bovitt of Ridgewood, N.J. 1 We dont expect to hear from him. We suspect a murder. The evidence points to that, he said, adding that a $50,000 reward was been offered by the family for information leading to the location of Russ Bovitt Also still missing is golf pro, Sarah Hunter, who was last seen the night of Sept.

18. Manchester police Saturday night expressed hopes that some evidence might be found with all the hunters all around during the hunting season. Her purse was found in Danby in early October, leading police to suspect foul play. Hunter, the head golf pro at the Manchester Country Club, was last seen buying beer at a Route 7A gas station in Manchester on Sept. 18.

Her car was found in an alleyway behind the gas station the next morning. The discovery of her purse may have placed Hunter at least 14 miles north of where she was seen last, police said. A $15,000 reward is offered for information leading to Hunters wearabouts. Police are still looking for clues in the disappearance of Marcia Verhoeve, 62, of Mount Holly, who apparently walked from her home into the Green Mountain National Forest in mid-September 1985, and has not been seen again. State Police at Rutland said Saturday they' had received no new information on the woman.

Numerous searches have been held for Verhoeve who had a medical condition and sometimes suffered from disorientation. been conducted to no avail. A Wilmington Police spokesperson said Saturday police had received no clues on Lappins disappearance. We have no reason to believe he made it out of the woods, Toman said. It is really sad what families go through when a child or another member of the family is missing and you fear the worse, he said.

Toman is now negotiating to have Mr. Metcalfs name and those of several other missing persons, such as Lappin and Paulette Crickmore, 15, a Richmond girl missing since Sept. 10, on posters that would be placed in S. Postal offices around the country. No one can understand what the families of missing persons go through, Toman said, unless theyve experienced something similar.

The whole family has been through a lot, Toman said, referring to Paulette Crickmores family. Crickmore disappeared on the way to Mount Mansfield Union High School, where she was a freshman, after she got off the bus in town to cash a babysitting check and buy a snack. She was last seen on the Jericho Road op her way to Camels Hump Middle School where she hoped to catch another bus. The family of Russ Bovitt, 30, missing since early May, fears the worst. Bovitt was last seen May 6, shortly after he sold his Walden farm, the Last Resort Farm.

Five days after his disappearance, his car was found on a back road in Walden. Police suspect foul play and are still investigating the case, said his in Vermont and that, untasteful as it may seem, clues to their fate might be found in the woods by hunters. At least six people remain missing in Vermont. Some have been missing for longer than a year. I would certainly think a couple of the people were looking for are out there in the woods and there would be an answer to a lot of peoples concerns, Toman said.

Its unfortunate to put it this way, but hunting season puts a lot of people out in the woods," he said. In these missing persons cases, state police often suspect foul play or would like to be able to help someone resolve problems in settling estates. But in both cases, it is difficult to proceed Without a body, he said. What we hope is if hunters do find a body, they will report it. Do not touch anything because the remains will reveal evidence of what happened, he said.

He added that even if someone found a jacket or pair of pants, some area of ground that looked like a grave or anything suspicious to report it to police. I personally think we have the potential of two separate cases being solved during this hunting season," Toman said, referring to Metcalf and an autistic man, Jonathan Lappin, 23, missing since late September after he wandered away from a hiking group near Haystack Mountain. Lappin was part of a hiking group from the Green Meadows School, a school for autistic children, and a resident of a four-person group home on the school( campus when he apparently strayed from his companions. As in the Metcalf case, numerous searches have By YVONNE DALEY Staff Writer Mrs. Lilian Metcalf of Rutland spends a part of each day thinking about her husband, William Metcalf, an Alzheimers Disease victim who disappeared last fall at the age of 71.

Theres been no trace of him in the intervening 14 months. For Mrs. Metcalf, these have been long months. Concern for her husband is like a backdrop to everything she does. When the phone rings, she thinks its news of him.

And, as hunting season approached last week, she had mixed emotions. William Metcalf has been missing for one day shy of 14 months. At this time last year, volunteers conducted numerous searches for him in the woods not far from their house, where he had last been seen, and there were hopes that the mystery of his disappearance might be solved. Mrs. Metcalf holdp on to a glimmer of hope that her husband might be alive somewhere, but she hopes also that if he did wander into the woods and died, that someone will find his remains during this hunting season and her husband can be properly buried.

Mrs. Metcalf needs a resolution to the situation. There has already been one Thanksgiving and Christmas season filled with uncertainty. She doesnt want another. Childseekers founder and director, Richard Toman, made a formal request Friday to hunters all over the state to be aware that there are several missing people.