Brenner told us Tuesday he currently works as a waiter at a Japanese steak house on Shelburne Road. He said he's making $1000 to $1200 a month now. He emphasized, "I enjoy giving excellence in service to my customers." We asked why his high standards did not apply to his infant son? f Brenner replied he plans on going down to Family Court in . the near future to request his '' child support payments be increased. ? Good answer, eh? , i ' Elephant Walk Update — Excellent feature by Bob Duffy in Sundays Boston Globe on the UVM Hockey Hazing Scandal/ The story is echoing nationally, and the impression is that the powers that be at Groovy UV are hunkering down. Nobody's head's rolled yet. The hockey pucks may resent the local media, but they have no problem running at the mouth for the out-of-town press. And as Duffy's article revealed, they are still in major denial. It was just good clean fun. Consensual. Or, as Coach Mike Gilligan once called it, "team-building activities." The Globe reported a "startling" reaction from the UVM freshmen hockey pucks: They seemed almost defiant, blaming their predicament on a player they perceived as a malcontent. That would be the whistle blower — the guy who followed the frickin' rule book, Corey LaTulippe. The Globe also noted the coach's longevity at the university is far from assured. Said Gilligan: My next job might be on the lecture circuit. But Gilly has strong supporters in his hour of need — some in powerful positions. One story making the rounds is that Ritchie Tarrant, a UVM trustee, member of the board's executive committee and president of IDX, has let it be known Gilligan stays, or else UVM will never see another nickel of Tarrant's philanthropic zillions. Mr. Tarrant's son played for the Gilligan-coached hockey pucks in the 1980s. "Totally inaccurate," said Tarrant on Tuesday. "I haven't even heard that rumor." Go cats go! Media Notes — The new face on the Statehouse news beat belongs to Tracy Schmaler, a graduate of Burr & Burton and Emerson College. Tracy takes over Diane Derby's desk at the Vermont Press Bureau in Montpelier. Ms. Schmaler has been training for her Statehouse debut under Susan Smallheer at the Rutland Heralds Southern Vermont bureau in Springfield. Correction — In last week's item about the Burlington Police sergeant who resigned after being caught using department computers for personal use, we incorrectly reported the BPD computer system is administered by the Department of Public Service. Make that Department of Public Safety. Sorry. (Z)
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