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Oxford Police Lt. Gordon Blackwell walks past a vehicle that was struck in the rear by what appeared to be gunfire in the midst of a shooting early Thursday afternoon. Police are continuing to investigate the incident, which happened in the southeastern part of the city.

Oxford police probe afternoon shooting By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — Police are investigating a shooting that happened early Thursday afternoon along Peace Street near Person Street in the southeastern part of the city. Capt. Glen Boyd said that, to the Police Department’s knowledge, no one was injured. Boyd said that people were in custody and that the department was sorting out the details. Boyd said that at least one vehicle, a white Chevrolet sport utility wagon, was struck in the Please see ARREST, page 3A rear by what appeared to be a shotgun blast, and that another

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Deaths Henderson Elizabeth T. Granger, 85 Thomas E. Harris, 65 Philadelphia, Pa. Mary A. Williams, 86 Richmond, Va. Shirley G. Ricks, 58

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The Granville County mother of 2 vanished in early September 2008

Police: Residents had no water, food or electricity

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Boarding house operator arrested

A Kittrell woman was arrested Thursday following an investigation into the operation of a boarding house, Henderson Police Chief Keith L. Sidwell announced. The woman, Mary Ester Thompson of 1664 Bobbitt Road, was charged with three counts of exploitation of the disabled or elderly, one count of felony larceny for theft of electricity from Progress Energy and two counts of possession of a stolen electrical meter. Members of the police department, the Department of Social Services, the fire department and code enforcement on July 28 responded to a code violation complaint at 212 Charles St., police said. The residence did not have electricity or water. Police said that three men ages 45 to 88 years were living there along with 5 others. The residents had no food, and human feces were found on the floors throughout the residence. Police said that one resident said they received only a small amount of nourishment each day. The elderly residents said they paid Thompson each month to provide food, shelter and care.

vehicle may have been involved in the incident. The Chevrolet was parked in a yard next to a house at 111 Summitt St., with Summitt Street being nearly parallel to Peace Street. And police were talking to people outside the house and along Peace Street. “We did recover some cartridges off of Peace Street,” Boyd said. “They were pistol cartridges.” Word of the shooting surfaced at approximately 1:40 p.m. Boyd said the department did not have any indication as to the cause of the incident. Contact the writer at bwest@hendersondispatch.com.

OXFORD — The State Bureau of Investigation obtained a court order to review a Road Runner email account used by Kelly Currin Morris, who has remained missing since early September 2008. The order, signed by Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood, said the SBI on July 1 and on July 7 interviewed a citizen who indicated Morris had previously written from the address kcmorris@nc.rr.com, with the citizen Morris providing the SBI a copy of an e-mail from the address and dated 2005. Road Runner Internet is a feature of Time Warner Cable. The SBI specifically obtained the court’s permission to look at any read or unread Road Runner e-mail in Morris’ name between Jan. 1, 2005, and Aug. 4. An SBI agent, in court records obtained by the Dispatch, said that he did not seize any items, but that Time Warner Cable would provide the SBI with documents. The SBI is keeping the identity of the citizen confidential because of details of past search warrants having been published by news organizations. Kelly Currin Morris’ husband, Scott Morris, has remained the sole “person of interest” in the disappearance of his wife and in the arson of the couple’s residence in the southwestern part of Granville County. The first signs of trouble surfaced shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sept. 4, when a caller to Emergency 911 reported a fire at the residence at 3220 Tump Wilkins Road southeast of Stem. Sometime between 4:30 and

5 p.m., the then-28-year-old Kelly Currin Morris’ 2005 Honda Accord was found abandoned approximately a mile away at a future subdivision, with her cell phone, pocketbook and other personal belongings still inside the car. On Sept. 12, the 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. By Sept. 25, the first SBI documents were made public. They showed statements by Scott Morris about the vanishing of Kelly Currin Morris were inconsistent. The SBI additionally said sources specifically told them that Kelly Currin Morris and Scott Morris had separated before and had discussed divorcing and that he had punched holes in the wall during arguments and had once thrown a computer out of a window. And the SBI has said there is no evidence that Kelly Currin Morris, a mother of two, disappeared voluntarily. Scott Morris has declined to make any comments to the Dispatch. Throughout the rest of autumn 2008, the SBI focused on bank records of Kelly Currin Morris or Scott Morris and/or his tow truck business, with the SBI saying the crimes of arson and homicide are often committed in relation to financial motives. Additionally, the SBI received court approval to obtain Kelly Currin Morris’ laptop computer, to review e-mail records held by telecommunications giant Verizon regarding kcmorris1@ verizon. net, to review an e-mail address labeled kmorris1@ hotmail.com Please see MORRIS, page 3A

N.C. lawmakers leave bills on to-do list for next year Home-as-castle doctrine, annexation among items taking back seat to budget By EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH — For emergency room nurse Terry Shook, his home is his castle. Anyone who kicks down his door to get inside ought to expect to be carried out again in a stretcher. That’s why he has urged the General Assembly to pass legislation making state law on deadly force crystal clear with the doctrine that unlawful and forcible entry into a home allows the resident to shoot without fear of potential prosecution. “I think we should have the right to protect ourselves against these people who want to do whatever they want to me. If somebody comes through the door to my house, as far as I’m concerned they’re bought and paid for,” said Shook, 47, of Claremont. The legislation is one of many updates and reforms that stalled when the General Assembly adjourned this week, but which could surface again when lawmakers return in May. Lawmakers enacted nearly 500 new laws

on topics ranging from sex education for middle-school students to new protections for auto dealers who could lose their General Motors and Chrysler franchises. But most of the Legislature’s energy went into finding a compromise on how much to raise taxes and which programs to cut. Lawmakers produced a $19 billion state budget that was more than $2 billion lower than last year’s appropriated amount. Scores of other issues were left hanging until next year. “We were so busy trying to get the budget out, maybe we didn’t push it as hard as we could have,” said Sen. John Snow, D-Cherokee, a retired district court judge who was one of the co-sponsors of the bill establishing the home-as-castle doctrine. “We’re going to give it an effort to get it moved in the next session.” Supporters of establishing the castle doctrine want to ensure residents aren’t second-guessed if someone breaking in at night turns out not to have a weapon, said bill sponsor Sen. Doug Berger, D-Franklin. Perhaps the biggest issue left for next year was reforming a law to make it more difficult for cities and towns to pull neighboring property owners into the comPlease see LAWMAKERS, page 3A

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‘Can You Tell Me Where...?’ This horse having a mid-afternoon snack knows exactly where he is in Kittrell, but if you’re a motorist who doesn’t, you can look at these signs to figure out you’re at the intersection of South Chavis and Moss Stock Farm roads. Of course, if the third sign confuses you, just ask the horses.

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Saturday District Masons’ meeting — The 20th Masonic District meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Golden Corral in Henderson. Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 will be the host lodge. ACTS fundraiser — A fundraiser to benefit Area Christians Together in Service (ACTS) will be held in the old Winn Dixie parking lot on Dabney Drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, sponsored by WIZS Radio, will include a pizza-eating contest, live music, a dunking booth, food and craft vendors, the Sports Mayhem rap team, a 50/50 raffle and more. Price of admission is canned goods or non-perishable food items that will go to the ACTS food pantry. Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon at the corner of Market and Main streets in historic downtown Warrenton. All produce is locally grown by the vendors. For more information or to receive a vendor application, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640. Vance County Farmers’ market — The Vance County Farmers’ Market is open from 7-11 a.m. The market is located at the intersection of Williams and Arch streets in downtown Henderson. Vendors interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188. Oxford Farmers’ Market — The Oxford Farmers’ Market, located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier streets across from the police station in Oxford, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open house — The Kerr Lake Volunteer Fire Department, 5021 Satterwhite Point Road, will hold an open house from 2-5 p.m. Sparky the Fire Dog will be on hand and children’s activities will include face painting and balloon sculpting. Food and drinks will be provided. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring the Illegal Limits Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878.

Sunday Open house — A ribbon-cutting and open house will be held at the Afton-Elberon Volunteer Fire Department from 2-4 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

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Parents, students and staff members with Vance County Schools are urged to attend a meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday in the auditorium in Building 2 on the main campus of Vance-Granville Community College near Henderson to support plans for the “1 to 1 VGCC Vice President of Instruction Angela Ballentine, Ph.D., (left) addresses parents and stu- Initiative” program which will dents at the cookout/open house for the new Granville Early College High School on Aug. 4. provide laptop computers for all ninth-grade students in local public high schools. The meeting Monday is a community meeting conducted by the Golden LEAF Foundation to consider proposals for $2 million in grant funding that is available through the foundation to help with the school’s first principal is Vance-Granville Commu- Others began in 2008 at the costs of the “1 to1 Initiative.” Chris Ham, who formerly college’s Warren County nity College officials joined The school systems’ grant Campus (a partnership with held the same post at South Granville County educarequest will be one of several Granville High School of Warren County Schools) tors, students and parents considered at the meeting. and at the main campus (a Engineering and Applied at the inaugural cook-out/ The “1 to 1 Initiative” will partnership with the Vance Studies. open house for Granville County school system). Faculty members include initially provide laptop comEarly College High School puters for all ninth graders at “This is an awesome science teacher Kathy Alon Aug. 4. Northern Vance High School opportunity for Granville Parents visited with len, math teacher MeCounty and its students,” teachers and toured the linda Hicks, English teacher for the 2009-2010 school year, and then provide laptops for all Cecilia Wheeler, the dean classrooms at South GranSharron Scott and social ninth graders at the Southern, of VGCC’s South Campus, ville High School, which studies teacher Kristen Western and Early College said. serves as the new school’s Weeks. Reba Bullock is high schools for the 2010-2011 “VGCC and Granville temporary location while VGCC’s college liaison for school year. The Northern County Schools have always permanent facilities are the high school. Vance program will be used as shared a wonderful partnerconstructed near VGCC’s The school’s mission ship, and we look forward to statement calls for “a small, a model and training program South Campus, between for the other schools. All teachhaving the early college next personalized community Butner and Creedmoor. ers, ninth-grade students and to South Campus and to After enjoying dinner and that prepares all students making history together.” a brief program at nearby for success. Through a rigor- their parents must be trained before the program can be Angela Ballentine, Ph.D., ous, relevant curriculum, Creedmoor Elementary implemented at each high School, teachers remained to VGCC’s vice president of students will be exposed to instruction, added, “We talk with parents who were an innovative instructional school. are so excited about this unable to attend earlier in practice, 21st-century learnthe day. Classes began Aug. initiative and we’re looking ing, and the relationship Marketplace 11 for 50 students, all ninth- forward to working with the skills to be prepared for Cinema faculty, staff, and students graders. higher education and the Marketplace Shopping Center of the Granville Early ColEarly College programs world of work.” 438-9060 lege High School to provide allow high school students Technology will be inteTIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (PG13) to take both high school and meaning educational grated into every subject to DAILY: 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20 & 9:30PM opportunities for these college-level credit classes, help give students the types THE GOODS: young people. We look at no cost. At the end of a of experiences that are necLIVE HARD SELL HARD (R) forward to our continued five-year period, students essary to be competitive and DAILY: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15 & 9:15PM partnership and we wish will graduate from GECHS marketable in today’s global GI JOE: RISE OF you all much success in the with both a high school economy. THE COBRA (PG13) coming year.” diploma and a two-year DAILY: 1:00, 3:20, 7:00 & 9:20PM Granville County Schools college degree or up to two ALIENS IN THE ATTIC (PG) years of college-transferable superintendent Tim Farley, Raleigh Road DAILY: 1:10, 3:10 & 7:10PM Ph.D., and other admincredit. The Granville Outdoor Theatre Open 7 nights a Week! G-FORCE (PG) istrators joined VGCC County Schools partnerFriday & Saturday DAILY: 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05 & 9:05PM NOW SHOWING: February 27 FrIDAY, & 28 officials at the open house. ship is the third of VGCC’s AUGUSt 14tH tHrOUGH THE UGLY TRUTH (R) The high early college high schools. HOTEL FOR DOGS DAILY: 5:10 & 9:10PM tHUrSDAY, AUGUSt 20tH

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munityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taxing authority against the property ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes. North Carolina is one of fewer than a half-dozen states that allows municipal annexations that can force landowners into communities and taxes they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want. Municipal leaders opposed changes, saying the 50-year-old annexation laws allow communities to counter suburban sprawl that sees middle-class residents and their tax revenues move outside municipal limits. Supporters muscled the compromise legislation through the House, but the measure never got a hearing in the Senate. The ensuing months give groups lobbying for a voice and a vote for people whose property would be annexed into a city more time to build support for meaningful changes, said Tony Tetterton, vice president of the Fair Annexation Coalition, an umbrella organization for groups who fought local annexations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing that it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become law because it would be a very bad law,â&#x20AC;? said Tetterton, who lives in rural Johnston County

The Department of Social Services removed the elderly residents and provided medical treatment and housing. The investigation by the Criminal Investigations Section of the police department found that Thompson was leasing the property and running a boarding house, police said. Thompson is being held

near Selma. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think long-term we need to press upon the Legislature that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going away until we see meaningful reform.â&#x20AC;? Other bills that could come up next year would: â&#x20AC;˘ Force commercial dog breeders to meet state standards, register with the state, and be listed on an Internet-accessible registry. â&#x20AC;˘ Require commercial wind farms to obtain a state permit, and ban them from being built on mountain ridges. â&#x20AC;˘ Change the comparative fault standard used in state courts, which prevents a person hurt in a car accident or slipping on a wet floor from recovering damages in court if a jury decides the plaintiff was even slightly to blame. â&#x20AC;˘ Let cities and towns choose to join a statewide experiment in taxpayer funding of local election campaigns. â&#x20AC;˘ Create a loan fund for companies developing new pharmaceuticals or other biotechnology products to finance the North Carolina plants and equipment needed to launch production and create jobs.

Freed reporters issue video to thanks their supporters LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The television reporters held captive in North Korea for 4 1/2 months have issued a brief videotaped statement thanking all of the people who worked for their release. The video, posted Thursday on Current TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site, shows Euna Lee and Laura Ling sitting on a couch. Both look fit and rested a week after returning home.

Lee says the two plan to eventually share the story of their incarceration. Until then she asked for more time alone with their families. Ling adds: â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in the meantime, we just had to say thank you.â&#x20AC;? The two were working on a story for Current TV when they were seized after crossing into North Korea from China.

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Deaths Thomas E. Harris HENDERSON — Thomas Edward Harris, 65, ,of 310 Peters Lane in the Greystone community, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at his residence. The family will receive friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Davis-Royster Funeral Service of Henderson.

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In this Nov. 5, 1951, file photo, Les Paul and his wife, Mary Ford, perform with their guitars. Paul, 94, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y., according to Gibson Guitar.

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94. According to Nashville, Tenn.-based Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side. He had been hospitalized in February 2006 when he learned he won two Grammys for an album he released after his 90th birthday, “Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played.” “I feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole on it,” he joked. As an inventor, Paul helped bring about the rise of rock ‘n’ roll and multitrack recording, which

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incredible. Today a guy wouldn’t think of singing a song on a stage without a microphone and a sound system.” A tinkerer and musician since childhood, he experimented with guitar amplification for years before coming up in 1941 with what he called “The Log,” a four-by-four piece of wood strung with steel strings. “I went into a nightclub and played it. Of course, everybody had me labeled as a nut.” He later put the wooden wings onto the body to give it a tradition guitar shape. In 1952, Gibson Guitars began production on the Les Paul guitar. Pete Townsend of The Who, Steve Howe of Yes, jazz great Al DiMeola and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page all made the Gibson Les Paul their trademark six-string. Over the years, the Les Paul series has become one of the most widely used guitars in the music industry. In 2005, Christie’s auction house sold a 1955 Gibson Les Paul for $45,600.

HENDERSON — Elizabeth Thompson Granger, 85, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at her home at 2910 Dogwood Drive. She was a native of Chatham County, and the daughter of the late Lonnie Dee Thompson and Eura Jeanette Carr Thompson. Mrs. Granger was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She graduated from High Point College and had a long career with the Federal Government. She worked at the General Service Administration Tools Division, The Food and Drug Administration as administrative assistant to the Commissioner and administrative assistant to the Commissioner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Upon retirement, she also became a managing partner of L.D. Thompson Heirs Property LLC, a family real estate development company. Royster of Rocky Mount and Kenneth Royster of Garner. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Fifth Street Baptist Church, 2800 Third Ave., Richmond, Va. Local announcements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service of Henderson.

Mary A. Williams PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Mary Alice Williams, 86, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pa., of declining health. She was born in Warren County and was the daughter of the late Hillard and Kate Roberta Hayes Williams. She attended the Vance County public schools and joined New Bethel Baptist Church at an early age. Later, she moved to Richmond, Va., and New Jersey before making her home in Philadelphia where she joined First

Following a private internment, memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church by the Rev. George D. Speake. She is survived by one son, Steven Theodore Granger and his wife, Sarah Kelly Granger, of the home; a sister, Mary T. Lee of Clinton, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore A.Granger; and her sister, Margaret Christine Hixson. Friends will be received at the home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 114 Church Street, Henderson, N.C. 27536; or to Community Home Care & Hospice, 1242 Dabney Drive, Henderson, N.C. 27536. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

Morning Star Baptist Church and remained a member until death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Phipps Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Daryl Napper. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. She is survived by her nieces and nephews, some of whom live in Henderson. The family will receive friends at the residence of Deborah Lemay, 520 Water St. Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service of Henderson.

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RICHMOND, Va. — Shirley Glover Ricks, 58, of Richmond, Va., died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, in Gainesville, Fla., of a fatal automobile accident. She was born in Vance County and was the daughter of Helen Kelly Glover of Henderson and the late Thomas Glover II. She joined Big Ruin Creek Baptist Church at an early age and attended the Vance County public schools where she graduated from the former Henderson Institute in 1968. Later, she attended N.C. Central University, receiving a bachelor of science degree, and a master’s from Tennessee State University in special education and mental health. She moved to Richmond, Va., and later joined Providence Park Baptist Church and was an active member until death. She belonged to several clubs and community organizations, was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and recently retired from the Virginia State Department of Mental Health and Retardation as a director. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Earl Ricks of the home; two sons, Joseph Earl Ricks II of Atlanta, Ga., and Patrick Douglas Ricks of Tallahassee, Fla.; her mother, Helen Kelly Glover-Royster of Henderson; a sister, Louise GloverManning of Henderson; and four brothers, James Glover and Bobby Glover, both of Henderson, Ricky

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WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage. Foreclosure filings were up 32 percent from the same month last year, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. More than 360,000 households, or one in every 355 homes, received a foreclosure-related notice, such as a notice of default or trustee’s sale. That’s the highest monthly level since the foreclosure-listing firm began publishing the data more than four years ago. Banks repossessed more

than 87,000 homes in July, up from about 79,000 homes a month earlier. Nevada had the nation’s highest foreclosure rate for the 31st-straight month, followed by California, Arizona, Florida and Utah. Rounding out the top 10 were Idaho, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado and Oregon. Among cities, Las Vegas had the highest rate, followed by the California cities of Stockton and Modesto. While there have been numerous recent signs that the ailing U.S. housing market is finally stabilizing after three years of plunging prices, foreclosures remain a big concern. Foreclosures are typically sold at a deep discount, hurting neighbors’ home values.

The mortgage industry has been slow to adapt to the surge in foreclosures. Many lenders have needed government prodding to get up to speed with the Obama administration’s plan to stem foreclosures. The Treasury Department said last week that banks have extended only 400,000 offers to 2.7 million eligible borrowers who are more than two months behind on their payments. More than 235,000, or 9 percent, those borrowers have enrolled in threemonth trials in which their monthly payments are reduced. “The volume of loans that are in distress simply overwhelms” those efforts, said Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac’s senior vice president for marketing.

Business Wire E-mails from public overload Congress Web site WASHINGTON (AP) — People are flooding members of Congress with so many e-mails that they are overloading the House of Representatives’ primary Web site, www.house.gov. Congressional technicians warned House lawmakers on Thursday that the Web site may be slow or unresponsive because of the large volume of e-mail being sent to members. The spike in e-mail traffic comes amid boisterous town hall meetings across the country debating President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system.

Ford to boost production of Focus, Escape DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will build more of its popular Focus and Es-

cape vehicles this quarter to meet growing demand from the federal government’s Cash for Clunkers program. As a result, the automaker now expects to produce 495,000 vehicles in the third quarter, up 2 percent from its prior forecast of 485,000. The increase includes more than 6,000 Focuses, a small car that ranks as the second most popular new vehicle purchased under the Clunkers program, and 3,500 Escape crossovers, among the top 10 most popular. Ford said it plans to build the Focuses at the Wayne Assembly Plant in Michigan, where the company will add Saturday shifts and weekday overtime to boost production. The company will build the Escapes at its Kansas City Assembly Plant, where employees have agreed to work two days during a planned shutdown week in August.

Hepatitis lawsuit filed against Ill. McDonald’s MILAN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois mother and daughter have sued McDonald’s Corp. and a Milan McDonald’s, saying they were sickened with hepatitis A after eating at the restaurant. Karie Fiegel of Kappa and her 14-year-old daughter filed the lawsuit Thursday in Rock Island County Circuit Court. It’s the second lawsuit from a McDonald’s patron sickened in a recent hepatitis A outbreak. Attorneys are seeking class-action status in a separate lawsuit on behalf of people who received preventive shots. McDonald’s spokeswoman Danya Proud says the restaurant took immediate action when local health officials notified them about the hepatitis outbreak. Proud says it would be inappropriate to comment further on a pending lawsuit.

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Edward Jones first among ‘Best Companies’ The financial services firm Edward Jones recently was named the No. 1 company on the “Best Companies to Work for in North Carolina” ranking, according to four Henderson/Oxford Edward Jones financial advisors. NC Magazine teamed up with the North Carolina Chamber to rank the state’s best employers. The ranking was based on a two-part process, a questionnaire filled out by the employers about benefits and policies and an engagement and satisfaction survey completed by the employees. The Henderson/Oxford financial advisors include Tony Adams, Lennie Blackley, Jeff Perry and Clem Seifert.

This is the most recent in a series of recognitions the firm has recently received. For the 10th year, the firm was named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” by Fortune magazine in its annual listing. The firm ranked No. 2 overall and No. 1 among large compa-

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Law Enforcement Briefs Ohio lab protests loss of 3-year DNA contract to N.C. firm CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio lab that lost its contract with the state for DNA testing wants Gov. Ted Strickland to review a state agency’s decision to award the work to a North Carolina company. DNA Diagnostics Center in Fairfield has complained in a letter to Strickland that awarding the 3-year contract to an out-of-state competitor will cost Ohio an additional $1 million and flies in the face of the governor’s promise to buy products and services from Ohio companies whenever possible. The Ohio lab says it has laid off 15 employees because it lost the state’s business, which would have been worth about $3.5 million a year.

N.C. innocence panel to hear convict’s case from ‘93 RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina man serving a life prison sentence for killing a prostitute 18 years ago will have his appeal heard by

the state’s Innocence Inquiry Commission. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday the panel will hear 47-yearold Gregory Flint Taylor’s case Sept. 3 and 4. Taylor was convicted in 1993 of killing a prostitute found dead on the streets of Raleigh. Prosecutors used evidence of a substance thought to be blood on the fender of Taylor’s truck parked near the body, but the substance was never tested. A commission investigator says semen found on the victim’s underpants did not match samples recently provided by Taylor or another man, Johnny Beck, who also had been charged. Prosecutors dismissed Beck’s charges after Taylor was convicted.

Feds seek help finding 8th N.C. terror suspect RALEIGH (AP) — Federal investigators are asking for the public’s help in tracking down an eighth North Carolina terrorism suspect. The FBI said Thursday it is seeking any information regarding the whereabouts of Jude Kenan Mohammad. The 20-year-old has been

indicted along with seven others already in custody. The indictment says that Mohammad went to Pakistan in October to engage in violent jihad. An FBI agent who testified at a detention hearing last week said authorities last heard he was still in Pakistan. Prosecutors accuse the eight men of plotting terrorism in a foreign country and a conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

N.C. man pleads guilty after 93 reptiles taken WAYNESVILLE (AP) — The owner of an Internetbased reptile business in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to violating wildlife laws after authorities seized nearly 100 animals. Multiple media outlets reported that 35-year-old Allen Rivera was fined $300 Wednesday for violating Haywood County’s animal control ordinance. Waynesville Police Lt. Brian Beck said Rivera had his 93 snakes and other animals returned about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Beck says Rivera was ordered to move the animals out of state.

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HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Arrests • Jermaine Tunstall, 36, of 424 Old Epsom Road was arrested Aug. 11. Assault by strangulation. No bond listed. Court date Aug. 24. • Asa Edward Owens III, 21, of 1303 Hickory Ave., Greensboro, was arrested Aug. 11. Possession of Schedule II crack cocaine. Bond was set at $10,000. Court date Aug. 17. • Scott Patrick Lee Yarborough, 26, of 905 David St. was arrested Aug. 11. Failure to appear. Court date Aug. 17. • Eric Wilkins, 58, of 212 Davis St. was arrested Aug. 12. Communicating threats. No bond listed. Court date Sept. 15. • Clarence Hargrove Jr., 40, of 448 Cedar St. was arrested Aug. 12. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $300. Court date Aug. 23. • James Clayton Weaver, 43, was arrested Aug. 12. True bill of indictment. Bond was set at $25,000. Court date Sept. 1. • Joseph Stuart, 24, of 857 Lamb St. was arrested Aug. 12. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $3,000. Court date Sept. 1. • Arthur Hawley William Jr. 28, was arrested Aug. 12. Order for arrest/failure to appear. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Aug. 25. • Alexander Small, 29, of 416 Ranes Drive was arrested Aug. 12. Order for arrest/failure to

appear. Bond was set at $256. Court date Aug. 25. • Kenneth Rew, 18, of 429 Winder St. was arrested Aug. 12. Simple assault and larceny. Bond was set at $500. Court date Sept. 9. • Darren Fleet, 19, of 120 Sherwood Drive, Warrenton, was arrested Aug. 12. Shoplifting. Bond was set at $400. Court date Aug. 31. • Latasha Shanelle Burton, 28, of 253 S. Beckford Drive was arrested Aug. 12. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $3,436. Court date Aug. 25. • Salvador T. Romero, 34, of 140 Shank St. Lot 22 was arrested Aug. 12. No operator’s license. Bond was set at $500. Court date Oct. 22. • William Brent Grissom, 21, of 1242 Hight St. was arrested Aug. 13. Simple assault, injury to personal property and injury to real property. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Aug. 25.

Larceny • Melissa Prewer, 45, of HD Supply, 1029 S. Williams St. reported Aug. 12 the theft of a black Dell flat screen computer valued at $1,000. Damage to a glass door estimated at $250. • Tramont Davis, 36, of Belk, 350 N. Cooper Drive reported Aug. 12 the theft of a silver and black necklace valued at $195, a pair of Nautica shoes valued at $90 and a pair of jeans with belt valued at $44.

Breaking & Entering • Sean Hines, 16, of Sunrise Biscuit reported Aug. 12 a broken window. Damage estimated at $500. • Latoya Bailey, 24, of 220 Crozier St. reported Aug. 12 the theft of children’s clothes valued at $400, a Pioneer DVD player/ recorder valued at $100 and 2 gold necklaces valued at $400.

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Supporting positive behavior focus of training for educators Administrators and staff members from five local schools participated in Positive Behavior Support (PBS) training in the Vance County Schools’ Administrative Services Center recently. Brooke Wheeler (pictured), principal at Cedar Creek Middle School in Franklin County, leads part of one of the training sessions. Wheeler talked about how well PBS has worked in her middle school. Both Eaton-Johnson and Henderson middle schools will implement the PBS program this coming school year. Dabney Elementary School also will implement the program for the first time this year. Other schools participating in the training were Carver and Zeb Vance elementaries. Both of these schools already use the PBS program, which is designed to promote positive behavior practices with all students throughout the school day, including time on school buses in the mornings and afternoons, in hallways between classes and in the cafeteria during lunch periods. PBS focuses on rewarding and recognizing students for their positive behavior.

The annual School Supply Donation Drive is under way to help needy children in Vance County Schools get the supplies they need to begin the new school year. Vance County Schools, in partnership with the Vance County United Way Volunteer Center, is asking local residents to donate new supplies that will be distributed to identified children in local elementary, middle and high schools. The annual drive began on Aug. 7, with volunteers accepting school supply donations in the parking lot in front of the Chick-filA of Henderson on Dabney Drive. Volunteers accepted donations from 7 to 11 a.m. Each person who made a donation received a coupon from Chick-fil-A for a free chicken biscuit or a free milkshake. The area

radio stations, US 98.3 in Oxford and WIZS 1450 in Henderson, were on hand to promote the event live. The Chick-fil-A cow also was there to greet contributors as they arrived with their donations. Until after Labor Day on Sept. 7, donation boxes for needed school supplies will remain in place at 16 local businesses including Americal Corporation, City of Henderson, Vance County Schools’ Administrative Services Center, Maria Parham Medical Center, Partnership for Children, Rose Oil Company, Saint Gobain Containers Inc., Walmart Distribution Center, Variety Wholesalers, M.R. Williams, Kerr-Tar Council of Governments, Walgreens, George’s Restaurant, Kittrell Job Corps Center, CVS Pharmacy and Kennametal Inc.

Anyone interested in donating supplies for needy children may take their donations to any of these locations and leave them in the donation boxes. Once the deadline for donations passes, volunteers will collect the donated supplies and distribute them to Vance County Schools to ensure they go to identified students. School counselors and classroom teachers will work together to identify students who are most in need of the supplies. Suggestions for supply donations include: notebooks, notebook paper, composition books, threering binders, rulers, pencil pouches, pencils, pens, highlighters, crayons, colored pencils, rulers, glue sticks, child safety scissors, book bags and student dictionaries.

Teens With Power seek applications for grant money to fund teen projects

Organization seeks to inspire young women The young ladies of g.r.o.w. inc. (growing radiant outstanding women) recently attended their third annual summit this year in Atlanta, Ga. The trip included visits to Spelman College, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, and the Georgia Aquarium (shown in photo). In addition to the trip to Atlanta, the ladies attended college tours to N.C. State and N.C. Central University this summer. The organization, founded in 2006, is dedicated to inspiring girls to become radiant, outstanding women, and seeks to improve the futures of urban female youth ages 11-19. All young women in Henderson are invited to participate in the 2009-2010 meetings, tours and events. For more information, go to info@iwillgrow.org.

Teens with Power, a group of local teens who are learning about the power of philanthropy, is gearing up to start its fourth year, according to Kevin Collins, youth advisor for the group. The teens have distributed grants for the past three years to area nonprofits that have youthled or youth-benefitting projects, while learning about the importance of philanthropy and giving back to their community. Teens with Power is accepting applications from youth between the ages of 13-19 wishing to connect on educational issues, develop leadership skills, develop creative and analytical thinking, and nourish community involvement. The program is

a nine-month commitment that kicks off on Aug. 29 at a half-day retreat at the Henderson Family YMCA. The group will meet monthly from 6:30-8 p.m., beginning in September. Applications are due no later than Sept. 15 at the front desk of the Henderson Family YMCA. For more information about the program or to obtain an application packet, please call Kevin Collins at 432-3203 or Jeanne Lawson at (919) 256-6914. Applications are also available from Vance County Community Foundation Board members. The youth philanthropy initiative is a program of the North Carolina Community Foundation, which has teamed up with the Henderson Family

YMCA and Leading to Change Inc. to provide this opportunity to teach the importance of philanthropy to youth.

VGCC open limited hours for students on Aug. 17 Vance-Granville Community College’s four campuses will open for students and prospective students on a delayed schedule on Aug. 17. Registration for fall semester classes will also not be held on that day. All regular college operations will be closed on Aug. 17 from 8 a.m. until 1

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Cary woman, 43, surrenders 65 cats living in her home

RALEIGH (AP) — A new subsidiary of Germany’s biggest bank will open a technology development center in North Carolina. Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank and Gov. Beverly Perdue’s office said Thursday that DB Global Technology Inc. would invest nearly $7 million in the next five years. The company plans to hire more than 300 workers at an average wage of $88,000 a year. The state will give the company up to $9.4 million if it sustains the jobs for 11 years. The Cary town council is considering additional local incentives. Deutsche Bank employs nearly 79,000 people in 72 countries. Financial services firms Fidelity Investments and Credit Suisse also opened operations in the Raleigh area in recent years after being awarded state grants.

CARY (AP) — A North Carolina woman has surrendered 65 cats to animal control officials after a neighbor complained about the numerous pets. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday no charges will be filed against Jeanne Diaz of Cary. The 43-year-old willingly gave up the cats Wednesday after Cary police took possession of them and contacted a local animal rescue. More than 35 cats have been taken by Cat Angels Pet Adoptions. The others were euthanized due to various health problems. Police say Diaz acquired all the pets legally and did not mistreat the animals. Officials say many are friendly and appear to be well fed. Diaz said it all started with a larger-than-expected litter of Siamese kittens. They began reproducing after proper vaccinations and neutering procedures became too expensive.

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from a paralyzing illness. A charity air ambulance organization, Grace on Wings, transported 53-year-old Richard Bosco. Grace on Wings CEO Hal Blank says Bosco is in a Charlotte hospital, near his home in Concord, being treated for Guillain-Barre syndrome. Bosco had taken ill while driving through Nebraska and couldn’t afford a medical flight home. Experts describe the syndrome as a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. Blank says his organization got a donation for Bosco’s trip from Saint Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, where he has been treated for more than a month.

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina officials say more than $52 million in federal funding will create 1,400 construction jobs for building affordable rental apartments across the state. The state Housing Finance Agency said Thursday the money from the federal Tax Credit Assistance Program will create jobs for building 10 properties in 10 counties. The agency also will receive federal tax credits to create 2,000 jobs for 14 other properties in 13 counties. Total investment is expected to be $192 million. The agency said most apartments will be designated for families and some for elderly residents. A portion of the privately owned properties will be available to people with disabilities and people on supplemental security income.

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Sea turtle watchers needed for Cape Hatteras HATTERAS (AP) — The National Park Service is looking for a few good “nest watchers” for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray says a new program will allow volunteers to monitor sea turtle nests. Volunteers also will be trained to assist National Park Service biologists with educating the public about sea turtle management, installing and maintaining closures, handling hatchlings and assisting with excavations. Three species of sea turtles nest within Cape Hatteras National Seashore: loggerhead, green and leatherback, all of which are considered threatened or endangered.

N.C. potters sell wares to build overseas schools SEAGROVE (AP) — Some North Carolina potters plan to sell 200 mugs, tumblers and tea cups and donate the proceeds to a man who has built nearly 180 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The News & Record of Greensboro reported Thursday that the vessels will have the peace sign on the bottom, along with the inscription “Seagrove Potters for Peace.” The proceeds will go to the Central Asia Institute, started by Greg Mortenson, who wrote the “Three Cups of Tea.” The book explains why he started building schools 16 years ago in Pakistan and Afghanistan after nearly dying climbing one of the world’s tallest peaks. Potter Beth Gore read the book earlier this year and decided to help. She enlisted the aid of 13 other potters in Seagrove. The sale will begin Saturday at the potters’ shops.

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High time to NARC on bad Internet ads As one of the first steps in taming the Internet, so to speak, an organization charged with consumer protection from false or deceptive advertising has completed its first investigations of online blogs. The National Advertising Review Council’s mission is “to foster truth and accuracy in national advertising through voluntary self-regulation.” On Tuesday it recommended that the company Urban Nutrition — which ran Web sites such as WeKnowDiets.com and GoogleDiets.com — “clearly and conspicuously disclose its material connections” to such Web sites and stop presenting the sites as unbiased consumer resources. Like presumably dozens if not hundreds of companies worldwide, Urban Nutrition had established such seemingly independent sites solely to tout its products. Product endorsements that appeared to be from consumers were actually written by bloggers on the Urban Nutrition payroll. The “Most Popular” and “Customer’s Choice Award” items were always Urban Nutrition products. In another case, the agency determined that some of the claims made by the marketing firm Herbal Groups about its product Prostalex Plus were accurate, but recommended that the company’s “Prostate Health Blog,” which amounted to nothing more than a long-running ad for Prostalex Plus disguised as independent writing or journalism, remain discontinued as the company had agreed to do at the beginning of the investigation. Consumers, it was feared, were unable to discern that According to NARC (one of the truly great acronyms in American business), the group’s job is to minimize the government’s involvement in the advertising business (which could happen if the ad industry steadfastly refused to monitor itself); to maintain a level playing field for settling disputes among advertisers, and to “foster brand loyalty by increasing public trust in the credibility of advertising.” Computer-savvy consumers have been logging-on now for well over a decade, not only for Internet entertainment but increasingly to seek information about products and services. It’s about time that NARC got involved in controlling the truth and transparency of Internet advertising, which in the case of some products has become a 21st century version of the Old West’s traveling medicine shows.

Quotable “I’m concerned about the layers of regulation that health care has now. This will make it worse I think, and I’ve been in health care for 40 years.” — Charlotte Fett, who manages a clinic in Iowa, on health care reform. She and nearly 500 others jammed a sweltering community center meeting room to see Republican Sen. Charles Grassley. “These clothes are used in public, so they can contain molecules, viruses, et cetera, which will go in the water and could be transmitted to other bathers. We reminded this woman that one should not bathe all dressed, just as we would tell someone who is a nudist not to bathe all naked.” — Daniel Guillaume, an official in charge of swimming pools for the Emerainville region in France, where a Muslim woman was banned from using the Islam-friendly head-to-toe swimsuit — dubbed a “burquini” — because of France’s pool hygiene standards. The woman complained of religious discrimination.

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Assembly’s ’09 session not all bad RALEIGH — It’s no secret that fiscal conservatives in North Carolina are angry. They have ample reason to be. In Raleigh, the General Assembly has just adjourned for the year after enacting a tax increase exceeding $1 billion (when fully implemented), including hikes in marginal rates for both the sales and income tax. Legislators also refused to consider substantive protections of property rights against government encroachment via eminent domain or forced annexation, while weakening property rights for restaurant owners who wanted to attract smokers. In Washington, a bipartisan coalition of foolish politicians spent much of the past year enacting trillions of dollars in bailouts, deficits, and ineffective “stimulus.” Now, Congress and the Obama administration are planning new trillion-dollar federal takeovers of the nation’s health insurance and energy industries, imposing unprecedented levels of intrusive regulation and costly taxation. And in many communities across North Carolina, taxpayers are being hit not just with higher state taxes but also increases in property tax — as well as the prospect of another half-cent sales tax increase to fund transit projects

that will move few commuters at great cost. Still, conservatives haven’t lost every battle this year. Consider three recent cases in which the conservative position prevailed in 2009. First, the Left tried to expand government financing of North Carolina political John candidates. Hood Currently, Special to taxpayers The Daily Dispatch are forced to pay for the campaigns of candidates running for state superintendent of public instruction, state insurance commissioner, state labor commissioner, and the appellate courts. Bills introduced this year would have expanded the concept to include candidates for state treasurer as well as local elective office. But the General Assembly adjourned without either bill becoming law, thank goodness. Even more significant was a victory in the courts. The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law represented two Mecklenburg County attorneys who objected to the current funding system for judicial

candidates. One source of revenue is an annual $50 fee that all members of the State Bar were required to pay into the campaign fund. NCICL argued that forcing its clients to fund judicial candidates was a violation of the attorneys’ First Amendment rights. In a ruling released Tuesday, Wake Superior Court Judge Howdy Manning said that the fee itself was permissible but that it was unconstitutional to use the fee to fund judicial campaigns against the wishes of the attorneys paying it. Manning ordered the state to allow attorneys to designate their fees to fund a voter’s guide instead. While some are spinning the judge’s order as a win for government financing, it is really a loss — that is, it is a win for those who advocate political freedom of speech and oppose a purely voluntary system of campaign finance. That group compromises conservatives, libertarians, and a few intellectually honest liberals. Finally, the corporatewelfare lobby tried to create yet another dubious scheme this year to coerce taxpayers into subsidizing speculative private ventures. In this case, the avenue would have been a newly created Life Sciences Development Corporation empowered to make loans to

pharmaceutical, medical-device, or biotechnology startups. If the startup succeeded, private investors would have stood to make lots of money. If the startup failed, state taxpayers could have been forced to cover the loss. Supporters erred by trying to advance the bill late in the session without offering an adequate explanation of its more bizarre features or an adequate answer to serious concerns about its constitutionality. Again, the General Assembly adjourned without passing this “biotech bailout bill,” though it remains live for the 2010 session. So there was at least a little good news this year. North Carolina attorneys will no longer be forced to subsidize the campaigns of judicial candidates with whom they may strongly disagree. And while North Carolina taxpayers will have to fork over more money to the state treasury, at least the money won’t be used to expand the state’s welfare programs for politicians and politically connected biotech businesses. Not this year, anyway. Sometimes you have to take good news wherever you can find it. The writer is president of the John Locke Foundation and publisher of CarolinaJournal.com.

Letters to the Editor Education takes a hit in state budget When the Legislature finished its work … and adjourned after seven months in Raleigh, House Speaker Joe Hackney said the session would be remembered for saving public education. That followed recent comments by Gov. Beverly Perdue who, after signing the budget in private, claimed it protected education. The view is far less heroic from this vantage point, where it appears lawmakers pushed the tough decisions aside in favor of expediency. While there are education bright spots, they are far too few to warrant state leaders patting themselves on the back. East Carolina University officials were no doubt pleased recently when the $19 billion spending plan won “death panels” and whatnot, approval. The University of Obama admits this. In an North Carolina system lost interview with The New York only 6 percent in funding, less Times last spring, he acknowl- than expected … edged that oldsters are a “huge On the other hand, public driver of cost.” The “chronically schools face huge cuts, with ill and those toward the end of lawmakers giving local adtheir lives are accounting for ministrators the responsibilpotentially 80 percent of the ity of identifying $225 million total health care bill out here,” in savings. That could mean Obama explained. Which is the loss of teaching posiwhy he advocated an advisory tions in some schools, and panel of experts to offer “guidcertainly means larger class ance” on end-of-life care and sizes in most. Perdue may costs. But don’t you dare call it have turned back a previous a death panel. budget agreement by objectNow, I don’t think “Soylent ing to larger class sizes in Green”-style solutions are all grades, but the governor coming down the pike. (Govaccepted a deal in which only ernment cheese is people!) But grades K-3 are protected. every nationalized health-care For all the good done with system to one degree or another the university system, most rations care based on the qual- students will pay a higher ity of life and number of “life tuition … (while) the Legislayears” a procedure will yield. ture voted to charge out-ofThat’s perfectly reasonable. If state athletes with in-state you put me in charge of everytuition rates and the univerone’s health care, I would do sity system will continue a that, too. That’s a really good practice of paying administraargument for not giving me — tors full salaries when they or anyone else — that power. return to the classroom. Those When it comes to civil liberprovisions represent millions ties, liberals are often distrustin potential savings. ful of government power. But, This was, without quesfor reasons that baffle me, they tion, a tremendously chalare quite comfortable with lenging budget year. No area Uncle Sam getting into the of state government was business of deciding, or providimmune to the squeeze … ing “guidance” on, which lives But instead of exploring … are more valuable than others. comprehensive tax reform … A government charged with lawmakers chose to tread the extending life expectancy must existing (path). They raised meddle not just with our health the sales tax, among others, care, but with what we eat, how a regressive tax that disprowe drive, how we live. A govern- portionately harms the type ment determined to cut costs of working families state must meddle not just with how leaders purport to protect. we live, but how we die. North Carolina’s motto is That sounds scary and unEsse Quam Videri. Maybe American to me. And if that when the back-slapping makes me paranoid and unpa- stops, lawmakers can try retriotic, then I am what I am. membering its meaning: “To Be Rather Than to Seem.” You can write to Jonah Goldberg by e-mail at JonahsColumn@aol.com. — The (Greenville) Daily Reflector

Testing ObamaCare’s meddle If I went to a Democratic town hall, I’d probably boo, too. Hence, according to various Democrats and supporters of ObamaCare, I’m paranoid and just a bit unpatriotic. Well, let me dilate on my paranoid treachery for a moment. Under the plan discussed at President Obama’s infomercialesqe town halls, America would cut costs and expand coverage while avoiding rationing. Apparently, it’s paranoid to think that’s too good to be true. Imagine you’re in charge of bringing pie to a company picnic. You’re planning to provide dessert for 100 people. Then, your boss says you need to hand out pie to 150. Fine, you say, I’ll make more pies. But — oh no! — you can’t because you’ve also been told costs must go down. OK, then you can cut slices of the existing pies smaller so everyone can have a piece. Wait! You can’t do that either because you’re not allowed to ration (i.e., give less to more). According to Obama, the health-care pie will be sliced into more pieces, of equal or greater size than available now, for less money — all because government is so much better than the private sector at managing large projects. Such contradictions run through the talking points for ObamaCare. Consider life expectancy. In his big speech before the American Medical Association in June, Obama insisted that “the quality of our care is often lower, and we aren’t any healthier. In fact, citizens in some countries that spend substantially less than we do are actually living longer than we do.” It’s true, a few countries beat us in terms of life expectancy.

But life expectancy is only partly about health care. Other factors matter. Swaziland’s life expectancy is 31.88 years. That doesn’t mean the average Swazi dies just a couple of weeks before his 32nd birthday. It means lots of people die young and a few people die old and the average comes out to around 32. Jonah According Goldberg to the CIA World FactTribune Media book’s 2009 Services estimate, American life expectancy is 78.11 years. In the UK — with its nationalized system — it’s a whopping 79.01. Taiwan’s is 77.96 and so is Albania’s. Do we really think the best explanation for all this is how they pay for medical care? Or perhaps things like diet and culture are more important? Is Japan’s health-care system what explains Japanese longevity, or is it that fish and seaweed are staples of the Japanese diet? Even greater disparities exist within America. AsianAmerican women, according to a 2006 study by Harvard’s School of Public Health, have a life expectancy of 87 years, while for African-American men it’s 69. The healthiest white people in America are the low-income folks of the Northern Plains states. Again, is our health-care system the biggest factor? But here’s the kicker: The more life expectancy improves, the more we will spend on health care. Despite his professed outrage over charges of

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