34 Ifartforb lEourant TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009 CTNOW WWW.COURANT.COM Clerk Describes Triple Shooting By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY cdempseycourant.com someone call the police, but the man, who looked scared, said he couldn't do that. "He said a guy is going to kill him" unless he killed the guy first, the clerk said. HARTFORD A second man, who was heavier and shorter, then came into the Dollar Value store at 432 New Britain Ave. A woman was identify any of the three, nor did they discuss a motive for the shooting. The first man was hit, but he managed to run out of the store, returning fire, the clerk said.
The second man and the woman also ran. As for the clerk, "The first pop, and I'm on the ground," he said. CLERK, B10 with him, the clerk said, and she tried to talk that man out of resorting to violence. "You've got to stop," she said. Both men allegedly pulled their guns anyway, and the shootout began.
The clerk talked Monday about the triple shooting, which killed one of the men and injured the two other people, but asked that his name not be published. Police did not RETENTION AWARDS UConn Chief Kept 2 Bonuses Hogan Got $67,500 To Stay At University HARTFORD A man came into the convenience store Sunday afternoon and made an unusual request. He said someone was trying to rob him, and "he told me to shut the surveillance camera off," the clerk said Monday The clerk suggested that HARTFORD By KATHLEEN MEGAN kathy.megancourant.com UConn President Michael J. Hogan was widely praised for his decision to decline $100,000 performance bonuses in 2008 and 2009, as well as a 5 percent raise this year, given the downturn in the economy In 2008, Hogan told The Courant: "I am happy to waive the bonus. The university, indeed the whole state, is in fiscal turmoil, and I don't know when we'll see the end of it." However, Hogan, who is earning a $577,500 salary this year, did collect a bonus the past two years for not leaving UConn: $30,000 in 2008 and $37,500 in 2009.
The payments are part of a five-year "retention incentive" plan, designed to reward Hogan for staying at UConn by paying him a larger sum each year he stays. If he is still at UConn at the end of his fifth year, he will have collected $225,000 in retention bonuses. The idea of paying a college president not to leave particularly when the state is in such financial trouble came into question last week when it was learned that the trustees for the Connecticut State University System had decided to pay an $82,500 retention award to the system's chancellor, David G. Carter. Paying Carter that amount in three installments over the next three years was a way to reward him for his decision not to take the state's early retirement incentive in June 2009.
However, as the plan to make the award to Carter became known, the trustees apparently began to reconsider whether, given the state's budget problems, they could afford to carry through with it. Critics of the retention award also were particularly vocal because CSU trustees last week approved a hike in next year's tuition for Connecticut's four smaller state universities. Carter himself said Friday that he would BONUS, B10 TIA ANN CHAPMAN tchapmancourant.com A GREAT PERFORMANCE aleema KELLY, 5, right, gets high-fives from teacher Reena Lee after performing during her miming class at the Charter Oak Cultural Center on Monday Looking on are Kimberly Lopez, 10, left, and Yanserle Rodriguez, 8. Diana Alvarado, 6, is next to Aleema. Fundraiser A Success, Troops Coming Home For Holidays Unwillingness To Sacrifice Characterizes Budget Woes By SHAWN R.
BEALS sbealscourant.com for the troops to return to Connecticut from their OUR TROOPS: HOME AWAY A CONTINUING SERIES Rell's plan to plug the current $337 million state budget shortfall by slicing services and aid to municipalities would mean the loss of 5,000 jobs. They'll take no action today when the legislature meets in a special session called by Rell. As Danbury Mayor Mark GREEN, B10 It' the season of entitlement, when nobody sacrifices. Not the Fairfield County millionaires, the Boys Girls Club of Meriden, the state employee unions and certainly not the Democrats who lead our legislature. This year, everyone gave at the office.
The Democrats say Gov. About 700 Connecticut National Guard troops who are scheduled to go to Iraq and Afghanistan next month will spend the holidays with their families, thanks to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's Operation Home for the Holidays fundraiser, which has taken in over $250,000. Two units of state soldiers were activated recently, prompting Rell to redirect the yearly toy drive to one that provides transportation training bases in Indiana and Wisconsin.
Organizers had hoped to raise $200,000. "It is more than heart-warming it is, frankly, awe-inspiring to see the generosity of the people of Connecticut in action," Rell said in a news release. TROOPS, B10 RICK GREEN rgreencourant.com Bill Benefits Region Enfield is slated to receive $974,000 from a federal appropriations bill to construct a Give A Toy, Get A Free Cup Of Coffee Hartford Areas Rally Together and Catholic Charities are coordinating a toy drive with La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House to collect toys for Hartford-area refugee families. Parents: Keep School Open Parents and residents of Middletown's North End gathered at Macdonough Elementary School Monday night to discuss redistricting options and agreed on one thing the school should not close. Page B3.
Census Office Opens In New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, were on Long Wharf Drive in New Haven Monday morning to celebrate the opening of the city's local Census Bureau office. Urban areas traditionally are underrepresented in a census because residents tend not to fill out the forms, officials said. Offices in Hartford and Bridgeport opened earlierthisyear.
More offices are expected to open in New Britain, Norwich and Waterbury before the census forms are mailed to residences in March. The census, done every 10 years, will ask residents 10 questions, mainly their names and where they live most of the year. Regine Labossiere Donors can drop off new, unwrapped toys through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. or on Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at the coffee shop, 405 Capitol Hartford. Everyone donating a toy will receive a free cup of coffee, said Virginia lacobucci, owner of La Paloma. Cash donations and checks will also be accepted. For more information, contact lacobucci at the coffee shop at 860-956-5003 ore-mail heratviacobuccisnet.net.
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