The Daily Dispatch - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by The Daily Dispatch

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hildren are naturally curious when it comes to the ways of the kitchen, and parents are equally curious about how to include them in cooking and baking activities. “The best way to promote lifelong healthy eating is to get kids involved in cooking at an early age,” said Mitzi Dulan, registered dietitian and author. “Promoting the kitchen as a fun gathering place for the whole family will help build a positive attitude towards enjoying food.” With a little adult assistance, kids can easily learn their way around the kitchen and help create fun meals and snacks. “Introduce kids to the kitchen by having them help prepare their own snacks,” Dulan said. “A favorite snack for my children is a honey and peanut butter sandwich. Even very young kids can use a spoon to spread honey and peanut butter on whole wheat bread or a tortilla.” Here are three simple steps to heighten your child’s desire to learn and be involved in the kitchen: Tour the kitchen. Sure they eat there, but take time to familiarize them with measuring cups, cutting boards, hot pads and the general layout of the kitchen. Point out where kitchen staples such as honey, spices and other dry ingredients are stored and use this time as an invitation to talk about flavors and favorite tastes. Make meal planning a family event. Browse through cookbooks, old family recipes or visit honey.com for kid-friendly and tasty recipes. Invite kids to pick at least one recipe to make each week to get them involved and interested in the family’s eating habits. Assist your little chef. Safety is a top priority for kids in the kitchen — adults should be active participants and lead by example. Always demonstrate safe kitchen practices — from knife skills and cleanliness to age-appropriate cooking activities. The National Honey Board provides a collection of kid-friendly recipes and fun facts in the “From Honey Bees to Brain Freeze Kid’s Guide to Cooking with Honey” brochure, including colorful illustrations and photography. To receive a free copy of the brochure, download recipes, or find out more about the benefits of using honey, visit honey.com.

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Makes 4 servings 1 1/2 cups fresh berries*, divided 1 tablespoon butter 1/3 cup honey 8 frozen waffles, toasted To prepare honey syrup, purée 1/2 cup berries in a blender or food processor; set aside. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add honey and bring to a boil; simmer 2 to 3 minutes, then add berry purée. Continue to simmer 2 to 3 minutes more until syrup thickens slightly. Set aside and keep warm. For each serving, place 2 waffles on plate. Top one waffle with 1/4 cup fresh berries. Drizzle with 1/4 of syrup, and top sandwich with remaining waffle. *Raspberries, strawberries and blueberries work well.

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WEDNESDAY, January 6, 2010 Mitzi Dulan offers seven tips for raising food-smart kids 1. Introduce a variety of foods. The key to expanding kids’ food preferences is to try new flavors early and often. Be persistent — it can take 5 to 20 times of trying a new food before your child actually enjoys it. 2. Avoid being a short-order cook. It’s fine to frequently include some of their favorite foods, but you don’t want to end up making four different meals each night for everyone in the family. 3. Switch to whole grains. Bread, pasta, pancakes, tortillas, pitas, cereal, crackers and brown rice. It might not always be possible to eat whole grains when eating out, but it should be a no-brainer when you are making meals at home. 4. Put the brakes on fast food. Fast food can seem like a great option when you are pressed for time, but try to limit the number of times you eat fast food. Instead, make a double batch of favorite foods and freeze half for later. 5. Make activity a family affair. Go for a family bike ride or walk. Find local tennis courts, trails or a track and get moving! 6. Ask for their help. Get children involved with grocery shopping. Make it fun by exploring colors and shapes in the produce section. Let kids select a new fruit or vegetable to try at home. 7. Look for pure foods. Buy foods with short ingredient lists or single ingredient foods like honey and kiwi.

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Deaths Henderson George G. Davis, 75 Rena E. Gupton, 98

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Makes about 1 pound 1 cup peanut butter 3 cups powdered sugar 1/3 cup honey 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Food coloring, optional Combine all ingredients in a large bowl; mix thoroughly until “dough” begins to come together. Do not over mix. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring to dough and mix; add additional food coloring if needed to reach preferred color. Store dough or shapes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.

Little change in jobless rate Panel OKs

Husband, jailed for murder, given chance to save property

OXFORD — A foreclosure sale has been postponed for the burned home of slain Granville County woman Kelly Currin Morris and her husband, Scott. The sale, which was set for Tuesday morning in the lobby of the county courthouse, was reset to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 9 to provide additional time to allow Scott Morris “a reinstatement, a modification or a payoff of the loan” on the home, which is at 3220 Tump Wilkins Road southeast of Stem. This is according to a document filed by Carol Lindsley, a paralegal representing the substitute trustee, Brock & Scott, a law firm based in WinstonSalem. Scott Morris, 35, of 113 W. Church St., Creedmoor, since Nov. 17 has remained jailed without bond on a charge of first-degree murder and the burning of the house, both in connection with the Sept. 3, 2008, disappearance of Kelly

Makes 6 servings 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/3 cup honey 1/4 cup mustard 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, optional 6 8-inch whole wheat tortillas 1 1/2 cups Colby Jack cheese, shredded 12 thin slices of turkey In medium bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add honey, mustard and onion powder; mix well. Spread 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey cream cheese mixture out to the edge of each tortilla. Sprinkle each tortilla with 1/4 cup cheese, leaving about 1 inch around the edge. Place 2 slices of turkey on each tortilla. Roll up each tortilla tightly and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill at least 30 minutes, then slice each tortilla log into 8 1-inch rounds and serve.

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

mist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “It’s where it was two months ago and three months ago.” Since the national recession starting in December 2007, North Carolina has lost 252,000 jobs. In the past year, the state’s companies have shed 154,200 workers, with manufacturing and construction companies together cutting 95,000 jobs. “However you want to look at it, this recession has cost us a quarter of a million jobs and we have not put a dent in putting people back to work,” Connaugh-

The Zoning Board of Adjustment on Tuesday afternoon approved a special use permit for the future Henderson Collegiate Charter School at the southwest corner of County Home Road and Health Center Road, but not without school organizers being surprised by an opposition statement by their future neighbor. While Anthony Peace, owner and administrator of GreenBullock Assisted Living Center, gave a page of aesthetic and environmental reasons against the future school’s location, the board was satisfied with the future school leadership’s proposal. Board member Duane Townes made the motion for the special use permit, with a second by board member Richard Brand and no dissenting votes in the city matter. Board member Edward Spain was absent, but he could not have voted because he is a Vance County appointee. Peace shook hands with future school co-founder Eric Sanchez moments after the vote. The plan is for the future school to be in modular units on county-owned property adjacent to the former Vance Manor. And the future school will be close to the Addiction Recovery Center for Men. The County Commission on Monday gave the go-ahead to the future school for a lease at $1 each year of the future school’s

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Tiffany Varner looks through certified nursing assistant jobs at the North Carolina Employment Security Commission office in Henderson Tuesday afternoon. Varner, who has been out of work for three weeks, has found a few CNA jobs but the pay has not been what she is looking for. By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

The Kerr-Tar Region experienced very little change in jobless rates from October to November, according to statistics released Tuesday by the North Carolina Security Employment Commission. The comparisons included: • Vance — 13.6 percent to 13.5 percent. • Warren — 12.9 percent to 12.8 percent. • Granville — 10.3 percent to 10.5 percent. • Franklin — 9.6 percent to 10.2 percent.

• Person — 10.2 percent to 10.7 percent. • Caswell — 12.3 percent to 12.2 percent. In November, Orange County had the lowest unemployment rate at 6.3 percent, and Edgecombe County had the highest at 16.6 percent. The statewide unemployment rate in November dipped a fraction to 10.8 percent, from 10.9 percent in October. The monthly estimate has yo-yoed slightly above and below 11 percent since February. It peaked at 11.1 percent in May. “It’s almost a nonevent.” said John Connaughton, an econo-

Vance lags in paying health insurance bill By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

An auditor reminded Vance Commissioners Monday night of the County’s unpaid obligation of $955,899 for 20082009 for health insurance for its 390 active and retired employees. The total number includes 57 law enforcement officers — in either status — through the Sheriff’s Department. The large remaining balance was created when the county could only afford to pay $332,545 of its annual required contribution of $1,288,444 toward the OPEB (Other Post Employment Benefits) liability, according to Mike Brafford. He is one of the partners in the certified public accounting firm of Phillips, Dorsey, Thomas, Waters & Brafford. “Over the years, that number is going Please see VANCE, page 4A

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Water sprays out of a hole on Dabney Drive across from Peace Street Tuesday afternoon after a cold weather break occurred yesterday. Crews were repairing other breaks in the area when this one happened, according to assistant city manager Frank Frazier. Repairs were expected to be completed by early evening Tuesday.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Third annual student drafting show begins tomorrow at Perry Library

Mark It Down Today Joint replacement class — Rehabilitation Services at Maria Parham Medical Center will offer a class from 3:304:30 p.m. in the classroom at the hospital for those who are planning to have joint replacement surgery. The class will be taught by licensed physical and occupational therapists and will cover exercise recommendations, rehabilitation therapy needs, equipment needs, pain management strategies and what to expect after you have your surgery. The free class is offered to anyone who has elected to have shoulder, knee or hip replacement surgery, regardless of the hospital where the surgery will be performed. Call Ben Soyden at (252) 4361235 for more information. Lake Gaston Association — The Lake Gaston Association will hold its monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center at the Lake Gaston Baptist Church on Route 903, one mile north of Eaton Ferry Bridge, near Littleton. Guest speaker will be Brady Martin, newly elected president of the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce. The meeting is open to members and non-members. For further information call (252) 586-6577, or, toll free 1-888-586-6577. Economic Development Commission — The Oxford Downtown Economic Development Commission will meet at 8 a.m. in the mayor’s conference room of City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St. Clean-up Henderson — The Clean Up Henderson Committee will meet at 8 a.m. in the conference room of the municipal operations center, 900 S. Beckford Drive.

Thursday Concert — The Catawba College Concert Choir will present a concert for the community at the First United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. The choir, under the direction of Paul E. Oakley, will be beginning a choir tour in Henderson with a variety of musical styles. The concert is free. Chess Club — The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6-9:30 p.m. All are welcome, adults and youths, novice or experienced. For more information, call Rudy Abate at 438-4459 (days) or 738-0375 (evenings). Childbirth classes — Prepared childbirth education classes are held at Granville Medical Center, 1010 College St., in Oxford, every Thursday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room. Women who are scheduled to deliver their babies at any hospital are welcome to attend. To register for the classes, call the Childbirth Education Department at (919) 690-3208. There is a $50 fee for classroom materials. Genealogical society — The Granville County Genealogical Society #1746 Inc. will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Granville County Commissioner’s Meeting Room on Williamsboro Street in Oxford. Guest speaker will be Allen Dew, owner of the Cemetery Census web site and a member and webmaster for the society. Dew started working on cemetery surveys in 1995 and has documented more than 30 counties including Granville, Chatham, Caswell, Alamance, Wake and Surry counties. He will discuss some of the best methods for photographing cemeteries and grave markers. Nonmembers are welcome. Public Works Committee — The Oxford City Commission’s Public Works Committee will meet at 1 p.m. in the engineering conference room of City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St. The committee will discuss the findings of a 30-year master plan for sewer and water services. American Legion — American Legion Post #176 will meet at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge on Rock Spring Street. For more information, call (252) 432-8982. Drafting show — The third annual “Dream On” Drafting Show will open at the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library from 5-7:30 p.m. Student work from the Northern Vance High School drafting program will once again be on display. The school’s Jazz Band will perform and refreshments will be provided. 4-H registration — 4-H Camp Registration Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 305 Young St., Henderson. A $75 non-refundable deposit will be required. Camp week is June 27-July 2. Campers can choose between Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp in Reidsville, N.C., or the Eastern 4-H Center in Columbia, N.C. Transportation is included. Call (252) 438-8188 or visit www.nc4h.org for more information.

Carver reading club visits Britthaven Members of Carver’s One Step Above Reading Club went on a field trip to Britthaven of Henderson recently to make a special donation and extend holiday greetings to its residents. Club members sang Christmas carols throughout the nursing home and even took special moments to sing solos to bedridden residents and to give hugs and words of holiday cheer to all they encountered. Reading club sponsor Marion B. Perry presented two pictures designed by Henri Parham during their visit. The pictures were made from shells collected on the beaches in Siesta Keys, Fla. Parham used the shells to spell out the words “Peace” and “Love” in a creative pattern. “She hoped the pictures would be an uplifting sight for the residents as well as visitors who come to the nursing home for many years,” said Perry. Pictured are One Step Above Reading Club members (left to right) Tyere Wiggins, Zachary Short, Jarius Harris, Anial Kearney, Isis Taylor, Zitlaly Rodrequez and Tiquririan Powell along with Perry and Britthaven Assistant Activity Coordinator Sandra Harris. Club member Eric Henderson was not available for the photo.

VGCC to host Dr. Martin Luther King holiday celebration on Jan. 13 at the Civc Center Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) will hold a special program celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. A new feature has been added to the annual event. Four VGCC students will deliver speeches entitled, “What the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Means to Me.” The students will also receive cash prizes for being selected as the winners of a contest to write the best speech on the topic. Inspirational music will be provided by a choir consisting of VGCC students, faculty and staff. Admission is free, and the public is invited. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item, which will be donated to

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Friday Flu clinic — The health departments in Vance and Granville counties will be holding H1N1 flu clinics on Friday afternoons from 1-4 p.m. while supplies last. The vaccine is free. The health department also has a limited supply of seasonal flu vaccine for individuals 6 months of age and older. The charge for the seasonal flu vaccine is $32. The pneumonia vaccine is also available for individuals over 65 years of age at a cost of $50. Medicare Part B (red, white, and blue card), Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Wellpath insurance plans are accepted for immunizations. Please contact the Granville County Health Department at (919) 693-2141 or the Vance County Health Department at (252) 492-7915 for more information. Weight loss group — TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a non-profit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

help area senior citizens. Youth involved in VGCC’s Workforce Investment Act program will be collecting the food as a service project. Every attendee who brings a food item will be entered into a drawing for a door prize. For more information, contact Sylvia Jones, director of VGCC’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) department, at (252) 7383297.

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The third annual “Dream On” Drafting Show will open tomorrow in the McGregor Gallery of the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson. An opening reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Student work from the Northern Vance High School drafting program will once again be on display. The school’s Jazz Band will perform and refreshments will be provided. Student projects include original designs of cars, machines and dream houses. The centerpiece of the show will be a 3D solid model of a 1952 Corbitt truck, made in honor of the 100-year anniversary of Henderson’s own Corbitt Truck Company, which will occur in 2010. The drafting show is sponsored by The RoseMyr Corporation and Staples and is open to the public. The student work will be on display for the next few weeks during the library’s operating hours. Contact Jeff Arthurs at (252) 4926041 for more information.

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three-year stay. Organizers of the future school want to set up a permanent location at what is to be the Zene Street project. The goal of the Zene Street project is to transform a former 86,000 square-foot tobacco warehouse into a community, educational, medical and retail center. During the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, Sanchez said the future school would be ready at the beginning of July and would start serving approximately 100-110 fourth grade students. Peace said, “We’re going to lose a very nice, natural view in front of the area I’ve been sitting at for the last, almost 40 years.” Additionally, Peace said Health Center Road is a dead-end drive and is not designed or set up to accommodate students and, noting most Americans do not do carpooling, estimated approximately 50 vehicles would be turning in. “If I had someone that needed emergency care around the time that his students are coming into their school, I may have to make the ambulance wait” because of the single lane of Health Center Road and the lack of an immediate turnaround point, Peace said. “Now, I don’t know what our county commissioners were thinking, but the school is going to be placed right smack dab in front of

Currin Morris. An affidavit filed at the courthouse by Wells Fargo Bank said Scott Morris defaulted on his payments, with the last payment made having been for the period ending Sept. 30, 2008. The documentation shows the current principal balance is $219,906 plus interest at a rate of 6.13 percent each year from the last payment made, along with any other charges and costs. Wells Fargo Bank cited a note signed Feb. 20, 2007, by Scott Morris, promising to pay a sum of $224,000 plus interest to the lender, American Home Mortgage, which later filed for bankruptcy protection. Additionally, Wells Fargo Bank cited as evidence the deed signed by Scott Morris and Kelly Currin Morris and recorded Feb. 22, 2007. The day after Kelly Currin Morris disappeared, the house was on fire and her 2005 Honda Accord was found approximately

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was 28 when authorities declared her missing. She had one daughter by another man and one daughter by Scott Morris. Prior to the arrest of Scott Morris, Chief District Judge Daniel Finch temporarily granted custody of Kelly Currin Morris’ and Scott Morris’ daughter to Kelly Currin Morris’ father, Pat Currin, and stepmother, Juanita Currin. Another custody hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the courthouse. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Families Living Violence Free director to speak OXFORD — Lauren Rene, executive director of Families Living Violence Free, will speak at 8 a.m. Friday to the Granville County Chamber of Commerce’s Government Forum Committee. The monthly meeting will be at the Chamber’s Oxford office, 124 Hillsboro St. Families Living Violence Free provides support services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the county. On the Net: www.granvillechamber.com/ <file:///www. granville-chamber.com/>

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a mile away at a future subdivision, with her cell phone, pocketbook and other personal belongings still inside the car. On Sept. 12, 2008, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) concluded the house fire had been set deliberately. Then-Sheriff David Smith next declared Scott Morris a person of interest in the disappearance of Kelly Currin Morris and in connection with the arson. The first SBI documents made public in the case showed statements by Scott Morris about the vanishing of Kelly Currin Morris were inconsistent. Additionally, the SBI in documents said that Scott Morris and Kelly Currin Morris had marital problems and that sources specifically said the couple had separated before and had discussed divorcing. Authorities on Nov. 16 found the remains of Kelly Currin Morris off Sam Moss Hayes Road. Kelly Currin Morris

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which seeks to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting the nation’s most promising future leaders in the effort. Burnette taught in Franklin County before deciding to become an attorney in the Tri-County area. Burnette praised Sanchez and future school cofounder Carice Cantelupe, both of whom also were in the Teach for America program. Burnette noted that Sanchez taught at Eaton Johnson Middle School, that Cantelupe taught at Pinkston Street Elementary School and that Cantelupe is a national board certified teacher. Burnette said Sanchez told her, “I love it here. I love the kids here and I want to be here.” Nancy Jo Smith, who chairs the board of the future school and who leads the future school’s location committee, said Clark Elementary is county public schools property and is unavailable for assessment. The County Board of Education has claimed the final say on the Clark building’s fate after the doors are shut. Additionally, Smith said that Vance Manor is located on a previously undivided parcel and that it is under grant for assessment with community activist Deryl Von Williams, who is working with the county government on Williams’ future endeav-

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OXFORD — A meeting of the Oxford City Commission’s Finance Committee is set for noon Thursday to discuss privilege license fees on sweepstakes establishments. The committee, which is chaired by new Commissioner Danny Currin, will be meeting after Mayor Al Woodlief at Monday evening’s commission agenda meeting proposed charging a tax of $500 per machine per year. The mayor noted an Internet cafe is open by the entrance to the Hilltop Village shopping center off Business U.S. 158/Williamsboro Street and said another one is about to open at the former Alan Vester automobile dealership off the Interstate 85/N.C. 96 interchange, next to the Comfort Inn & Suites and across from the Boyd auto dealership. Woodlief told the commission Monday evening that, according to City Accounting Technician Phyllis Blackwell, “We’ve got a great many of these in the city that probably we will not be able to charge until

June when the privilege license comes due, but with any new ones coming in we would be able to charge this.” And Woodlief told the commission the machines take in anywhere from $3,000 to $12,000 daily. “Now what this is, it’s a real fine line about playing poker on a poker machine,” Woodlief told the commission. “What you do, you go in and you sit down and you buy a phone card in order to play. And you play and supposedly, rather than adding minutes to that phone card, you’re actually paid off in the money from the person that has it in the store,” Woodlief said. City Manager Mark Donham told the commission that, “It’s really gambling, is what it is” and added that Internet cafes figured out a way to do so to comply with existing laws. Mayor Pro Tem Howard Herring raised questions about whether the municipal government is supporting gambling and about what kind of information the city is going to provide religious groups or organizations should the commission

approve a $500 tax. Woodlief advised Herring that the answer would be, “If anything, the city is trying to deter this from coming here and taking away from the state-approved lottery that goes to the school system.” And Woodlief said he thinks the churches would appreciate the city trying to obtain revenue that would go back into the general fund and that the money would trickle back into the community. Donham said that, of the Internet cafes, “We looked at just not allowing them to open, but they came in very quickly with their legal arguments and stated that if we wanted to do that, then we might be facing a lawsuit.” The committee meeting will be in the mayor’s conference room at City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St., with the agenda additionally to include a discussion about the cutting of grass at Elmwood Cemetery off Hillsboro Street. Commission committee meetings are open to the public. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

JOBLESS, from page one ton said. North Carolina’s unemployment rate has been worse than the national average for more than a year. The U.S. jobless rate was 10 percent in November. Since November 2008, when North Carolina’s jobless rate was 7.5 percent, the state has paid more than $4.3 billion in unemployment benefits. To keep up with the streams of jobless workers entitled to help, the state Employment Security Commission borrowed $1.47 billion from the federal government, making it the sixthbiggest borrower behind

California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio in turning to Washington to shore up state unemployment compensation accounts. Connaughton is forecasting a weak jobs recovery for workers next year, with the state adding just 32,800 net jobs. The main problem is that banks are refusing to lend to small businesses, which generate most new jobs, or consumers who may want to buy big-ticket items like appliances and cars but fall short of peak credit scores, he said. Banks now hold more than $1 trillion in excess

cash, a fivefold increase since middle of 2008, he said. “Technically, the economy is better. But because of a variety of troubles caused by this recession, particularly in the financial sector, we’re just not seeing the kind of expansion that we’re used to seeing coming out of a recession,” Connaughton said. “There are no signs in the foreseeable future that will change.” Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com. Associated Press writer Emery P. Dalesio contributed to this story.

VANCE, from page one to get a lot bigger” Brafford said. Besides the $955,899 for 2008-2009, he was referring to the $13,774,646 which represents the future liability for health insurance costs for the 390 active and retired employees. Questioned by Commissioner Danny Wright, Brafford said the total unpaid liability amount of nearly $13.8 million shouldn’t affect the county’s bond rating.

In other business Monday night, the board designated February as Black History Month in Vance. In another matter, the commissioners agreed to appropriate $7,500 from the Contingency Fund for general assistance at the Department of Social Services. Because K-9 Officer Argo has been retired due to medical reasons, the board approved Sheriff Peter White’s request to declare

the dog surplus and sell him to his partner/trainer, Sgt. Wesley Parrish, for a dollar. The same procedure has been followed in the past with other retiring canine officers. In other business Monday night, the board agreed to hold its Winter Retreat on Feb. 18 at Ambassador Inn & Suites. Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

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WARRENTON — Rodger Arrington, 81, of 474 Beam Hunt Road, Warrenton, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at this residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. at Spring Green Missionary Baptist Church in Warrenton. The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Bullock will officiate and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Isabell Arrington of the home; three sons, Rodger Arrington Jr. of Staten Island, N.Y., Edward Arrington of Warrenton and Donald Arrington of Willingboro, N.J.; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Clara Jefferson of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mary Lizzie Bullock of Warrenton, Cleophus Perry of Baltimore, Md., and Elizabeth Eaton of Philadelphia, Pa.; and a brother, Clinton Arrington of Brooklyn, N.Y. The body will be on view Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel in Warrenton. Professional services are entrusted to Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.

HENDERSON — George Green Davis, 75, of 3151 Lewis Road died Jan. 3, 2010, in Duke University Medical Center. The family will receive friends at the residence of Georgia Taylor, 4153 Rockwell Road, Oxford. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

Reverend W. Edwards WARRENTON — Reverend Wendell Edwards, 81, of Warrenton died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at Maria Parham Healthcare Center in Henderson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be

Rena E. Gupton HENDERSON-Rena Edwards Gupton, 98, a former resident of Coble Boulevard, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the J. M. White Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at J. M. White Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of Christine G. Ayscue at 533 S. Cooper Drive, Courtyard Apt. 53. Other arrangements will be announced by J. M. White Funeral Home.

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VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Arrests • Christy Vaughan, 35, of 1030 Jackson Royster Road was served Jan. 3 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on larceny charges in Vance and Wake counties. Secured bond was set at $3,400. Court date in Vance Jan. 12. Court date in Wake Jan. 28. • Melinda Brewer Jarrell, 39, of Roberson Hollow Lane was served Jan. 3 with an order for arrest. Failure to appear on charge of driving while license revoked. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Feb. 8. • Preston Dale Parrish, 20, of 1614 Stewart Ave. was served Jan. 3 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of use of an unplugged shotgun. Secured bond was set at $300. Court date Jan. 26. • Norvell Jerrod Henry, 26, of 200 Dixie Drive, Kittrell, was served Jan. 3 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of driving while license revoked. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 25. • Melanie Roberson, 40, of 500 Flemington Lane was served Jan. 2 with a criminal summons. Misdemeanor simple worthless check. Court date Feb. 2. • Adam Sterling Ivey, 31, of 1155 Glebe Road was served Jan. 2 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on a charge of larceny. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 25. In another report, subject was served Jan. 1 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear, 4 counts, on charges of operating a vehicle with no insurance, no registration, no operator’s license and fictitious/altered title/registration card/tag. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 28. • Reginald Dwayne Bibee, 31, of 1465 Newton Dairy Road Lot 12 was served Jan. 2 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charges of expired registration (no tag) and no operator’s license. Secured bond was set at $600. Court date Feb. 2. • Charlotte Ramsey Hawthorne, 42, of 68 Pueblo Lane was arrested Jan. 2. Misdemeanor worthless check. Unsecured bond was set at $300. Court date Feb. 2. • Adam Sterling Ivey, 31, of 1155 Glebe Road was served Jan. 1 with an order for arrest.

misdemeanor failure to appear, 4 counts. Operating a vehicle with no insurance. No registration. No operator’s license. Fictitious/altered title/registration card/tag. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 28. • Christopher Oliver, 22, of Little Mountain Creek Road, Oxford, was arrested Jan. 1. Misdemeanor larceny. Misdemeanor possession of stolen goods/ property. Secured bond was set at $800. Court date Jan. 25. • Duane Lamont Southerland, 32, of 1031 Bearpond Road was arrested Dec. 31. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charges of no operator’s license, fictitious registration and operating a vehicle with no insurance. Bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 11. In another report, subject was served Jan. 2 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charges of driving while license revoked and expired registration card. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Jan. 26.` • Sherita Harris, 19, of 64 Maryland St. was arrested Dec. 31. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charges of injury to personal property and consume alcohol by under 19. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Jan. 7. • Jacqueline Anderson Williams, 55, of 1259 Warrenton Road was served Dec. 31 with an order for arrest. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 28. • Quincey McKinely Gregory, 25, of 1465 Newton Dairy Road Lot 6 was served Dec. 31 with an order for arrest. Court date Jan. 28. • Jonathan Ayscue Sr., 27, of 81 Ayscue Lane was arrested Dec. 31. Misdemeanor unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond listed. Court date Jan. 11. • Michael Sheridan Lewis, 36, of 371 Foster Road was arrested Dec. 31. Order for arrest. Secured bond was set at $1,200. Court date Feb. 2. • Lakecia Dunston, 31, of 720 Highland Ave. was served Dec. 31 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor child support. Cash bond was set at $240. Court date Jan. 13. • Teresa B. Noles, 42, of 1515 Club Pond Road Lot 7 was served Dec. 31 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of failing to comply with child support. Cash

bond was set at $120. Court date Jan. 13. • John Randy Woodlief, 30, of 390 S. Chavis Road Lot 6, Kittrell, was served Dec. 31 with an order for arrest. True bill of indictment for involuntary manslaughter. Secured bond was set at $10,000. Court date Jan. 19. • Cornelius Wayne Mabrey, 53, of 94 Roberts Ave. was served Jan. 2 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of driving while license revoked. Secured bond was set at $4,000. Court date Feb. 8. • Gregory Bassett, 31, of 252 Joshua lane was arrested Jan. 4. Felony breaking and entering. Felony larceny. Secured bond was set at $5,400. Court date Feb. 9. Franklin County charges. • Alvin B. Watkins Jr., 27, of 34 Summerlake Lane was served Jan. 4 with an order for arrest. Failure to appear on charges of driving while license revoked and fail to notify DMV of address. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 22. • Scottie William Patton, 28, of 20 Fowler Lane was arrested Jan. 4. Felony assault by strangulation. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Domestic bond. Court date Jan. 21. • Curtis Gray Brownson, 45, of 1140 Stagecoach Road was served Jan. 4 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor driving while impaired. Misdemeanor driving while license revoked. Misdemeanor fictitious registration/tags. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Jan. 25. • Jeremy Charles Burwell, 20, of 3967 Dabney Road was served Jan. 4 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear in Franklin County. Secured bond was set at $1,200. Court date Jan. 25. • Dwayne Trowbridge, 30, of 106 Rollins Ave. was arrested Jan. 4. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Unsecured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Jan. 11. • Lydia Hicks, 37, of 280 Fawn Drive was served Jan. 4 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor fail to return rental property. Secured bond was set at $200. Court date Feb. 16. • Isela Dominguez, 34, of 1 Lindwood Lane Lot 19 was served Jan. 4 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor no operator’s license. Secured bond was set at $800. Court date Feb. 12. • Ronald Grissom Jr., 38, of 91 Morgan’s Place was arrested

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HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Jan. 4. Misdemeanor harassing phone calls. No bond listed. Court date Jan. 11. • Odell Burwell, 31, of 1006 King St. was arrested Jan. 4. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Domestic bond. Court date Jan. 25.

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• Angela Brown, 39, of 1221 Hight St. was served Dec. 11 with a citation. Misdemeanor driving while license revoked. Misdemeanor fictitious tags. Court date Jan. 14. • Felicia Loudara Dimas, 21, Larceny of 609 Roberson St. was served Jan. 5 with an order for arrest. • Doris Fields, 43, of N.C. 39 Misdemeanor failure to appear. Loop Road Lot 58 reported Dec. Secured bond was set at $1,000. 31 the theft from the residence Court date Feb. 2. of a 50-inch Hitachi plasma TV • Monique Powell, 19, of 31 and a 26-inch Sony flat screen County Home Road was served TV. No values listed. DamJan. 4 with a citation. Misdeage to a back door frame not meanor shoplifting. Court date estimated. Feb. 8. • Tammy Hargrove, 32, of • Michelle Shante Williams, 335 Bullock Lane reported Jan. 19, of 1830 Farm St. was served 1 the theft from the residence of Jan. 4 with a citation. Misdea Glock .380 hand gun valued meanor shoplifting. Court date at $500. Jan. 28. • Putnam Properties, 6244 • Shimon New, 21, of 5072 Kit Creek Road, Mooresville, High Point Road, Atlanta, Ga., was arrested Jan. 4. Misdereported Dec. 30 the theft from meanor speeding. Secured bond 367 Huff Road of a compressor was set at $300. Court date unit for an air conditioning unit, Feb. 18. valued at $2,000. • Tenerica Cheryl Watkins, • Vance Trucking Company, 21, of 713 Water St. Apt. 9E was 3620 Raleigh Road reported Jan. 4 the theft of 5 drill sockets served Jan. 5 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor commuvalued at $200; a Campbell nicating threats. Secured bond impact air gun valued at $450; and a 1-inch Masterhand electric was set at $1,200. Court date drill. • Salare Inc. reported Jan. 4 the theft of a Milwaukee angle grinder valued at $280. • Michael Dunston Ellis, 19, of 1222 Debnam Ave. reported Jan. 4 the theft from the residence of a Remington 1100 12-gauge shotgun with a 28inch barrel, valued at $600, and a Snap-on impact air wrench, valued at $500.

Jan. 20. • Jamar Arell Hargrove, 20, of 287 Kittrell St. was served Jan. 5 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear. Secured bond was set at $300. Court date Jan. 29.

Larceny • Raymond Ayscue, 76, of 101 Carolyn Court reported Dec. 30 the theft from the residence of a Sanyo 46-inch TV valued at $1,100. Damage to door, door frame and wall estimated at $800. • Yolanda Wilson, 33, of 516 Beckford Drive reported Jan. 5 the theft from a storage facility of a TV with DVD player, valued at $100, and a 3-piece couch, love seat, ottoman suite, valued at $500. • Rent-A-Center, 1660 Garnett St. reported Jan. 4 the theft from the store of a laptop computer valued at $645. • Tonya Richards, 49, of 708 Marshall St. reported Jan. 4 the theft from the residence of the following items and their values: Dell desktop computer, $1,500; Sony Playstation #, $300; and Playstation games, $250. Damage to a rear door latch estimated at $25.

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Rep. Wray discusses character traits, page program with students at L.B. Yancey During American Education Week, Rep. Michael Wray visited L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Wray was invited to the school by Jameel Williams, former president of the Vance County Education Association and current board member of the N.C. Association of Educators and the National Education Association. Williams serves as the state president for the N.C. Education Support Professional Association. While at L.B. Yancey, Wray visited with second, fourth and fifth graders. He talked with the students about his job and about character traits that would help them succeed in life. He encouraged the students to participate in the page program, where high school students can come to Raleigh and spend a week working with a senator or representative and learning about how the governmental system works. At the close of his visit, Wray (center) was presented a L.B. Yancey Elementary School t-shirt by Principal Clarence Hicks (right) and Williams.

Vance County Schools will administer first semester exams to high school students at Northern and Southern Vance high schools Jan. 12-15. Each day, the exams begin at 8 a.m. Students will have lunch each day before school dismissal at 1:30 p.m. Students at Eaton-Johnson and Henderson middle schools will be dismissed for these four days at 1:45 p.m. each day, because they share school buses with the high school students. First-period exams will be administered on Jan. 12, with second-period exams held on Jan. 13. Students will take their

third-period exams on Jan. 14, followed by the final day of exams when fourthperiod exams will be administered on Jan. 15. Make-up exams can be scheduled in the afternoon of each testing day with the permission of the teacher and principal. All make-up exams must be completed within 10 days of any missed exams. Students at the Early College High School took exams and completed their first semester prior to the Christmas break. Western Vance High School is following its own exam schedule so that mid-year graduation ceremonies can take place on Jan. 15.

South Granville Primary Care sponsors art contest Granville Health System recently announced the winners of the ButnerStem Elementary School’s 2009 “Kids Living Healthy” artwork contest at the South Granville Primary Care facility in Butner. The program is a wellness initiative designed by Granville Health System to encourage students and their families to live healthy lifestyles. Students were challenged to select themes such as nutrition, exercise or other ways to stay healthy and illustrate their ideas through individual pieces of art. More than 400 students took part in the contest. The judging committee included Tom Lane, mayor of the Town of Butner; James Lumpkins, Granville County commissioner and Granville Health System board of trustees member; Shields Blackwell, director of the Granville Education Foundation; and Scott Thomas, marketing director for Granville Health System. “This was a fantastic program for our local students,” said Dr. Joanne Fruth. “Supporting the health and wellness of our children is an important part of what we do here at South Granville Primary Care.

We were so pleased to host the gallery and everyone enjoyed the opportunity to share this experience with the community.” The contest included four levels of participation: prekindergarten and kindergarten, first grade, second and third grades, and fourth and fifth grades. A number of prizes were awarded, including certificates, ribbons and savings bonds. Winners were announced during the open-house gallery showing for students, their families and the community at South Granville Primary Care. The winners were: first place, Lea Goss (kindergarten), Madyson Cheek (first grade/tied), Lily Tunstall (first grade/tied), Ashton Humphrey (second grade) and Chassidy Averette (fourth grade); second place, Rebecca Snyder (kindergarten), Seth Jones (first grade), Hannah Jackson (third grade) and Caitlynn Taylor (fourth grade); third place, Blake Fletcher (pre-kindergarten), Emma Oliver (first grade), Anthony Gallagher (second grade) and Steven Faulkner (fifth grade). “We were thrilled to partner with Granville Health System on this important wellness initiative,” said

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Winners of the Butner-Stem Elementary School “Kids Living Healthy” artwork contest were (left to right, front row) Lea Goss, Lily Tunstall, Blake Fletcher and Madyson Cheek; (second row) Rebecca Snyder, Seth Jones, Ashton Humphrey, Emma Oliver and Anthony Gallagher; and (third row) Hannah Jackson, Steven Faulkner, Caitlynn Taylor and Chassidy Averette. On the back row (left to right) are Dr. Joanne Fruth; art teacher Janet Randazzo; principal Gus Gillespie; and L. Lee Isley, Granville Health System’s chief executive officer.

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Vance overdue for EDC director Warren County has found its man. Will Vance be far behind? It was good to see our neighbor to the east authorizing the employment of an economic developer on Monday. Alfred Papa will start Jan. 19 as the director of the Warren County Economic Development Commission. His appointment was recommended by the commission last week and made official by the Warren commissioners on Monday. One member of the Warren board put up a protest against the hiring, but it may not be fair to say that Warren’s past economic developers have not had a positive impact. No one can really know where Warren would be right now if not for the previous developer’s work during his four-year tenure and the efforts of those before him. It’s a safe assumption that the developer’s salary is a small investment for the dividends that have been returned. Warren and Vance had been in the same boat through 2009. Warren said goodbye to John Church last January when he left to take a similar job in Fuquay-Varina. Vance is going on 13 months now without a permanent, full-time director. Long-time EDC chief Benny Finch retired in December 2008. After getting 32 applicants and apparently not being pleased with any of them, Vance hired an interim under a three-month contract in mid-November. Presumably he’s halfway through his interim term. Recruitment efforts were being renewed after, as Vance’s county manager said, “While we had very good applicants initially for the position, we just did not find the right individual.” We are not privy to the ins and outs of how 32 applicants fell short of the mark for Vance’s post, but it’s certainly disappointing. As an interim, James Hinkle is making more money than Warren’s permanent director. And Vance’s salary range on the upper end is $23,000 more than what Warren is paying. Despite our county’s challenges on the economic front, we can’t help but believe that business recruitment and development in Vance County and the city of Henderson would be an appealing opportunity for an up-and-coming developer who wants to make his — or her — mark. Every day that passes for Vance without a full-time, permanent, dedicated focus on economic development is an opportunity lost to help reduce our unemployment and bury our economic woes. We sincerely trust our EDC and county commissioners are getting close to bringing a “Papa” to Vance.

Quotable “This report contains some welcome news and yet another warning sign. Health care spending as a percentage of GDP (gross domestic product) is rising at an unsustainable rate. It is clear that we need health insurance reform now.” Jonathan Blum, a top official at the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in describing about a report stating that U.S. health care spending totaled $2.3 trillion in 2008 and accounted for more than 16 percent of the nation’s economic output.

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Farewell to a fond friend I lost a close, old friend last weekend. It was an agonizing death, spread out over two days after a grievous, accidental injury suffered in a mindless moment. For the most part, we had been companions since 1973, when I was 31. The beginning of the end loomed Saturday afternoon when I got back from WalMart and decided to try out my new moustache trimmer. It came with several attachments of various cutting lengths, and I chose the closest because of the resemblance to what had worked on my previous shaver of a different brand. Also, the motor in my latest depilatory weapon was more powerful, making the blade vibrate much faster than my previous device. That should have warned me against using the same sloppy approach it had tolerated. “Appearances can be deceiving” is a cliche that has hung around for good reason. The first stroke downward with the chosen attachment produced what looked like a

“before” Before picture in a Rogaine TV commercial. After being forced to follow through for the sake of uniformity, I tried to Al minimize Wheless the effect by Daily Dispatch shrinking Writer the victim. While cutting After from the bottom was thereby required, so was shortening both sides to reduce the handle bar that had seemed to grow in the wreckage. Both military-like campaigns were carried out nearly simultaneously, with mounting casualties. The results were catastrophic. A miniature lawn mower

appeared to have produced a wide swath between my upper lip and the skinny strip of moustache left hanging on for dear life beneath my nose. As for the left and right flanks, one of them had been annihilated by the new trimmer that I now regarded as the enemy. The other side had been sheared at a drastic angle that would have been pleasing only to a field surgeon during the Civil War. There was just one thing to do, but I postponed the inevitable by waiting until my wife came home from shopping to get her evaluation. It turned out to be the same as mine, but arrived through sad eyes instead of her mouth. Like a cattle drover who dreaded training the sights of his Winchester 94 on the head of his dying horse, I put off the act of mercy as long as I could. I got up late on Sunday morning, made coffee and did time-killing things around the house until mid-afternoon. When the acceptance of the inevitable finally took over, I

went straight to the bathroom cabinet where lay the machine which was needed to fix the problem it had created. Actually, I had allowed myself to realize by then that I had caused the problem. I took it like a man, with no crying out, as the remaining hairs fell like autumn leaves into the sink. I had made a similar mistake maybe 15 years ago, and had ended up clearing the deck then, as well. However, I remember feeling sort of naked, which led to starting restoration within a week. This go around, the question of whether my moustache stays a thing of the past will be answered one day at a time. I feel more comfortable with the freshly bare territory outside myself that I see in the mirror. Maybe it’s because I like myself inside better these days. After all, that’s where happiness has to come from. Don’t you think? Contact the writer at awheless@ hendersondispatch.com.

Letters to the Editor Giving thanks for the past year At the end of the year past and the beginning of the new year, I like to stop and reflect on the people that are hard at work to make Warren County a better place for all of us. First of all, I would like to thank the law enforcement agencies, town, county, state and the firemen for all that they do to keep us safe. For all of them, I give my thanks for a job well done. I would also like to think the folks at the Warren County Library. It is beautiful and you all have been very helpful and informative. I feel so relaxed when I attend meetings there. Sometimes I just sit and read, this is most enjoyable. For all of you, I give thanks for the job that you do. troublesome travelers (“Oh, they I would like to give can definitely help you at the thanks for the Warren Segate!”), the stress-position seats, nior Center. The improvethe ever-changing rules for what ments that have been can and cannot be in your carrymade there, inside and on, being charged for food that out, have made this center the Red Cross would condemn something that we can all if it were served at Gitmo: Air be proud of. travel is the most expensive unIt also the time to pleasant experience in everyday reflect on the criticisms life outside the realm of words that I offered in the past. ending in -oscopy. One of these was directed And speaking of unwelcome at the Warren County intrusions, the current debate Board of Elections. I over the “underwear bomber” is criticized them for hiring important and necessary, but it an inexperienced election is detached from basic reality. To director, resulting in some listen to the experts, the only rel- of the worst run elections evant choice is between privacy in recent memory. Someand security. But the average times, I, and others, are person already understands that too quick to offer criticism privacy is something you have and either forget or are too to compromise to fly. The white slow to offer praise when zone has been for unloading your corrections are made and dignity and civil liberties for gen- praise is deserved. erations. This isn’t to say that reI offer praise to the taining what’s left of our privacy Warren County Board of isn’t an important priority. But Elections for jump-starting I, for one, would gladly sacrifice the learning curve. The more privacy in exchange for last election was without more decency and efficiency. As error. The poll workers it stands, Shlomo Dror, an Israeli were cooperative, polite, air security expert, had it right in and informative to the vot2002 when he said: “The United ing public. Polling places States does not have a security opened on time. Keep in system; it has a system for bothmind, they accomplished ering people.” this in one of the largPublic-private partnerships est percentages of voter are all the rage these days. turnout in Warren County Progressives insist the judicious history. application of regulations, the For this remarkable cooperation of “responsible” corpo- undertaking, I applaud rations and the acquiescence of you. I especially want to the American people are all that’s give thanks to our director needed to deliver everything of elections, her assistant from high-quality and affordable and staff. My hat is off to health care to “green” cars that you and I would like to run on little more than love for give my thanks for a job mother Earth. well done. No realm of American life is as auspiciously fecund with precisely C.E. DeShields such conditions as air travel. So Littleton — put up or shut up.

A no-fly list? Count me in Almost exactly 10 years ago, I boarded a Northwest Airlines plane in Minneapolis. As I started toward my veal-pen seat in steerage, I saw the faces of the preboarded aristocrats in business class. But before I could glare at them with proletarian rage and envy, I heard a loud bang and felt a sharp pain on the top of my head. Everyone looked to see what the sound was; even the two flight attendants chatting like village women around the well broke off their no-doubt-vital conversation. The source of the preflight disturbance? I’d smacked my enormous gourd of a head on a television hanging from the ceiling above the center aisle that hadn’t been stowed for boarding. I lifted my hand to my scalp and drew back a palm glistening with fresh blood. The response from the flight attendants? A shrug from one and the faint hint of a chuckle from another. They went back to their conversation. Dumbfounded, I proceeded to my seat to nurse my head wound, fuming over the fact that customer service at even the most rancid highway-rest-stop taco joint requires providing a moist towelette for seeping head wounds. It’s not the worst flight-fromhell story. Heck, it’s not even my worst flight-from-hell story. So what’s my point? Well, for starters, it’s a small reminder that flying before 9/11 was already awful, and it has only become worse. Over the weekend, an idiot walked the wrong way through a secure exit for arriving passengers at Newark airport. An entire terminal was shut down so that everybody on the “sterile” side of the security barriers could be herded back out and rescreened.

The entire process took just under seven hours. The cascading delays disrupted air travel worldwide. They didn’t even catch the doofus who caused the ruckus. No doubt, if they’d announced his location over the paging system, he’d have been drawn and quartered by a mob of traveling salesmen from 3M and a gaggle of middle school girls returning from a Jonah volleyball Goldberg tournament. Now, I Tribune Media should back Services up. When I referred to the “sterile” side of the security barrier, I was using the term narrowly, to refer to folks who’d been through the metal detectors. Because to use the word “sterile” in its usual context in a sentence with “airports” — those belching Petri dishes of bathroom effluence and unidentifiable noisome miasma — would be a grotesque abrogation of journalistic trust. According to the latest epidemiological research, airports reside somewhere between no-frills Haitian brothels and Penn State fraternity bathrooms when it comes to hygiene. USA Today recently surveyed the health inspection records of airport restaurants and found that serious code violations were as commonplace as rat and mouse droppings; 77 percent of 35 restaurants reviewed at Reagan National Airport had at least one major violation. I could go on, of course. The petty humiliations, the routine deceptions from airline employees desperate to rid themselves of

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On this date: In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Va. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear. In 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y. In 1967, U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Deckhouse Five, an offensive in the Mekong River delta. In 1982, truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of 10 of the “Freeway Killer” slayings of young men and boys. (Bonin was later convicted of four other killings; he was executed in 1996.) Ten years ago: In Miami, demonstrators angered by the U.S. government’s decision to send Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba skirmished with police. Five years ago: Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi.

Today’s Birthdays: Pollster Louis Harris is 89. Bluegrass performer Earl Scruggs is 86. Retired MLB All-Star Ralph Branca is 84. Author E.L. Doctorow is 79. Actress Bonnie Franklin is 66. Musician Joey, the CowPolka King (Riders in the Sky) is 61. Former FBI director Louis Freeh is 60. Rock singermusician Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 59. Singer Jett Williams is 57. Rock musician Malcolm Young (AC-DC) is 57. Actorcomedian Rowan Atkinson is 55. Golfer Nancy Lopez is 53. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kathy Sledge is 51. TV chef Nigella Lawson is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Eric Williams (BLACKstreet) is 50. Movie composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 44. Movie director John Singleton is 42. TV personality Julie Chen is 40. Actor Danny Pintauro (“Who’s the Boss?”) is 34. Actress Rinko Kikuchi (“Babel”) is 29. NBA player Gilbert Arenas is 28.

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