Page 10 Connecticut Daily Campus Ihnraday, September 30, 1976 Friendly Ted gears for retirement By CHARLES MOORE Anyone who frequents the Student Union cannot help but know who Ted Serwanski is. He's the guy with the white hair that everyone says hello to and can be to students. Ted Serwanski has been working at UConn for the past 31 years. He started off parking cars and busses and now can be seen working in the Student Union seen on occassion lending money during the afternoon sfl: ~31 . ‘- Ted Serwanski Ted Serwanski, almost a tradition in the Student Union after 31 years, will retire after next year, but he hopes he will be able to continue his annual charity drive and coflect money from students things for hospital moms to make and faculty to help crippled children [Staff Photo by Steve McGuff]. Water pollution project may cause fund drain HARTFORl) (UPI) - The Con- necticut Department of Environ- mental Protection finalized a wa- ter pollution project list Wednes- day which contractors and federal officials fear tnay mean a loss of 35100 million in federal funds. The $lS2.298,t>55 list of sewage treatment and water cleanup projects was submitted to the U.S.l*Invironmental Protection Agency by Joseph N. C-ill. state l)F.l’ commissioner. A federal official. who asked to remain anonymous. said the list includes 563 million ' in treatment projects in New Haven and New Milford which cannot be ready for funding by September 1977. Failure to meet the funding deadline would result in a loss of funds to the state. The $100 million figure is based on the present rate at which projects are being processed for funding by the state and federal govern- ments. “We have grave concerns about the state spending the money in time." said the federal govern- ment‘s Lester Sutton, who heads the EPA sonstruction program in New England. 11 IF. BEST IN '1om\~ Willington Pizza Do something nice it it your stomach » Buy 4 — Get 1 FRFEF. Mon—Tliurs .''-1‘ Fri &Sat 11-2 Sun 1-11 429-7433 Rt. 32 next to Sundown Special eggplant grinders $1.50 first week only Gill also submitted two other lists of progects. a contingency list of projects totalling $92.7 million and an extended list which adds up to $653.9 million. He said if the main list did not use the remaining funding, the con- tingency list would. “We arcdetermined to continue our perfect record of never lap- sing allowing to go lusdpent any federal water pollution dollars. Gill said. He said failure to fund any high priority projects on the list. including New Haven. would result in funding of lower priority projects. “Their DEP recent reevaluation continues to be optimistic." said John Olender. president of the Utility Contrac- tors Association of Connecticut. He. too. expressed doubt the state could spend the money in time. overly After next year, however, those students who depend on him for a little lunch money now and then or just easy conversation will have to go elsewhere. Ted Serwanski is retiring. “lf i told anyone I wasn't going to miss it I'd be a damn liar," Serwanski says." When you are around students for 31 years you're going to miss them." Ted is not sure what he will do after retiring, but says rather, ‘‘I’m going to take it as it comes." Ted Serwanski is probably noted best of all for the charity drive that he runs each year. He began his annual fund-praising effort, known and Ted's Crippled Child- ren's Fund, 18 years ago. He says he got the idea to start the drive one day when he was asked to unload a bus full of crippled children. help them into the Field House and then back on the bus afterward. “You and i can go down to the soccer field or here (the STudent Union) or anywhere else,” he says. But its a damn shame the way they have to sit there every day." With the money that he collects each year. he buys televisions, radios, tape decks, and other the children’s lives more pleasant and meaningful. He delivers his gifts each year around Christmas. He is very optimistic about the students’ (and faculty's) generosity. “You couldn’t ask for a better group. I have great faith in them. i have to or I wouldn't have been here for 31 years,” he says. The year before last he collected $1900. The only bad year he had was last year. Twenty-five canisters were stolen which delayed his Santa Claus act until April. ‘‘If it was my own money I wouldn't give a damn." he said, ‘'1 hope that the people who stle ‘'1 hope that the people who stole them will at least have the heart to return the empty canisters.” He says he hopes to get a dime out of every student this year. Ted usually collects the money personally , but is distributing collection cannisters to anyone w o w’ l romise to return them. BASIC AND ADVANCED PHOTO TECHNIQUES Sunday OPEN TO ALL Oct. 3 Commons 310 2:00 pm Sponsored by Nutmeg and Photopool FREE. CONCERT ‘ TUE$DAY " CXIOBER 5 Nkrflawmivwno (FhnwnIE tamarked J .R. LIQUOR STORE Route 32, Storrs N. Eagleville Rd. UCONN Imported Becks Beer Watneys Bass Ale St. Pauli «Wit Old Vienna Grolsck Holsten 429-3036 Beer Guinness Girl Kirin Foster Lager KEG BEER IN STOCK ICE CUBES Slbs, - 10¢