"Vigil To Remember UConn Student" and "Walking to Find a Cure for Cancer", 10/17/16, page 1, The Chronicle.

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Vigil Tuesday to remember UConn student
Aydan Crumrine
Jeffny Pally, a 19-year-old University of Connecticut student, was killed
early Sunday morning after a UConn Fire Department vehicle ran her over
at the UConn Public Safety Complex.
By COREY SIPE
Chronicle Staff Writer
STORRS —
A candlelight
vigil will be
held Tuesday
for the female
University of
Connecticut
student killed
in a freak acci-
dent involving
a UConn Fire
Department vehicle, which ran her over
early Sunday morning.
The vigil, organized by members of
clubs and groups that 19-year-old Jeffny
Pally was involved in, will be open to
the public and will be at 7 p.m. at the
Fairfield Way pedestrian plaza locat-
ed between the Student Union and the
Homer Babbidge Library.
A Facebook page for the event lists
that 303 people will be going, 93 people
indicated they are interested in attending
and “there will be some speakers, includ-
ing Jeffny’s close friends and some of
her family.”
The primary group involved with
the vigil is the UConn Indian Students
Association, the page states.
Pally, 19, whose listed address is 87
Northbrook Drive, West Hartford, was
killed early Sunday morning.
Police said Pally was sitting with her
back against the exterior of the UConn
Fire Department’s overhead garage door
bay — Bay 7 — when a call for ser-
vice around 1:13 a.m. Sunday required
firefighters to respond to 100 North
Eagleville Road.
As a result, the mechanical door opened
and Pally fell onto the ground, state
police said.
Upon exiting, a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe
fire department vehicle, driven by 60-
year-old Dana E. Barrow Jr., ran over
Pally on its right side and she was killed,
according to police.
It is unclear at this time why Pally was
outside the fire department at that time,
when her body was found or if a toxicol-
ogy report will be performed on Pally or
Barrow.
A university official, speaking on the
condition of anonymity, said Pally did
not have a connection with the UConn
Fire Department.
Connecticut State Police spokesman
Trooper 1st Class Kelly Grant said this
morning “the incident is under inves-
tigation, no different than any other
fatal accident investigation. The OCME
(Office of Chief Medical Examiner) will
perform a post-mortem.”
Nobody answered the phone early this
morning at the OCME, whose facility is
located in Farmington.
A police report states Barrow was not
injured.
Barrow is a captain of the fire depart-
ment, was acting in the capacity of shift
Pally
Al Malpa
Kenny Carabella of New Britain uses a bullhorn during a protest over
negotiations with a food service company outside Hurley Hall at East-
ern Connecticut State University on Saturday.
Food workers protest contract on Eastern campus
Al Malpa photos
ABOVE LEFT: Harry Tucker of Mansfield participates in the Survivor Lap during the Relay for Life of Greater
Windham County at the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball stadium in Mansfield on Saturday. ABOVE
RIGHT: Jane Russo of Pittsburg, Calif., and her daughter, Amy Eakin of Ledyard, also participate in the Survivor
Lap. BELOW RIGHT: Taddy Kelly, 8, pulls a wagon ship carrying her twin brother, Atticus Kelly. With them are their
mother, Nan King, right, and their aunt, Patty Eaves, left. See more photos on Page 2.
Walking to find a cure for cancer
ELECTION 2016
By MAURICE TAMMAN
Reuters
NEW YORK — After a brutal week for
Republican presidential nominee Donald
Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton main-
tained a substantial projected advantage in
the race to win the Electoral College and
claim presidency, according to the latest
results from the Reuters/Ipsos States of the
Nation project released Saturday.
If the election were held this week, the
project estimates Clinton’s odds of securing
the 270 Electoral College votes needed to
win the presidency at more than 95 percent,
and by a margin of 118 Electoral College
votes. It is the second week in a row that the
project has estimated her odds so high.
The results mirror other Electoral College
projections, some of which estimate Clinton’s
chance of winning at around 90 percent.
For the Trump campaign there are a hand-
ful of states the Republican candidate must
win if he is to cobble together enough states
to win the White House.
Among them is Florida, but numerous
recent visits to the Sunshine State by Trump
and his vice presidential running mate Mike
Pence did little to dent Clinton’s advantage
in the contest for the state’s 29 Electoral
College votes. She leads by 6 percentage
points, about the same lead she enjoyed last
week.
Still, the race tightened in Ohio, another
important state for Trump. Both Ohio and
Nevada were leaning toward Clinton last
week but are now toss-ups.
However, Clinton’s support grew in North
Carolina and Colorado, both of which moved
from toss-ups to leaning Clinton.
In the last week, the Trump campaign
struggled to respond to allegations from sev-
eral women that Trump had groped them or
made unwanted sexual advances over several
decades. Trump said the reports were lies and
part of a media conspiracy to defeat him.
All of the allegations came after the
Washington Post disclosed a video from 2005
of Trump describing how he tried to seduce
Clinton favored
to win Electoral
College: report
See related story
on Page 8.
(Report, Page 4)
By COREY SIPE
Chronicle Staff Writer
MANSFIELD — It was a special
time for the Relay for Life of Greater
Windham County as it celebrated its 20th
anniversary this past weekend.
At press time, $82,000 was raised by 44
teams and more than 650 participants.
While the goal was $100,000, dona-
tions will be accepted for this year’s
program through Dec. 31.
Hundreds of survivors, caregivers and
community members gathered at the
Eastern Connecticut State University’s
baseball stadium, just over the town and
county line in Mansfield.
The short-term goal was simple: have
walkers or teams of walkers lap the
stadium’s warning track for the full dura-
tion of the event, which started Saturday
morning and lasted until Sunday.
Long term, the Relay for Life aims to
raise awareness — and money — for
cancer research.
Sheila Dunn of Vernon, who has been a
breast cancer survivor for 21 years, said
Saturday morning this was the first year
she participated in the Relay for Life of
Greater Windham County.
“Tomorrow I’m doing the Bushnell
Park in Hartford walk sponsored by the
(American) Cancer Society called ‘Make
Strides,’” she said.
Dunn attended the event with her friend,
Priscilla Williamson, of Columbia, a
breast cancer survivor for 26 years, and
has participated in Relay for Life of
Greater Windham County for the past
six years.
“I’m looking forward to walking and
getting together with other survivors and
(Walking, Page 4)
Relay for Life celebrates 20 years
(Vigil, Page 4)
By MICHELLE FIRESTONE
Chronicle Staff Writer
WILLIMANTIC — Concerned about a pos-
sible change in benefits, food service workers
from Eastern Connecticut State University
and several other college campuses across
the state urged their employer, Chartwells, to
negotiate a fair contract during a demonstra-
tion Saturday.
A demonstration was held outside Hurley
Hall at Eastern Saturday morning. The workers
belong to Unite Here Local 217.
“I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
three years ago and have been able to stay
healthy thanks to our high quality, affordable
care,” Doris Mitchell, a food service worker at
Eastern, said in a press release issued by the
union. “Without my health care, I could not
afford my medications. Why would the com-
pany want to change something that is saving
my life?”
The Facebook page for the union states
more than 200 workers rallied at Eastern on
Saturday.
No details about the food service worker’s
current benefits or proposed benefits were in
the press release.
Information about when the contract expires
was not included in the press release either.
Union officials could not be reached for
comment this morning.
EasternConnecticutStateUniversityDirector
of University Relations Edward Osborn dis-
cussed the demonstration in an e-mailed state-
ment this morning.
“The Eastern administration was aware of
the peaceful demonstration in advance. The
group assembled on campus for approximately
an hour and dispersed peacefully without inci-
dent,” he said. “No campus operations were
disrupted during this time.”
In his e-mail, Osborn said because the food
service workers are employees of Chartwells,
and not the university, the university “has
no comment on issues that may have been
(Food workers, Page 4)