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Dale back with more charges against police Pastor with past HPD run-ins brings young man before council with racism, abuse complaints By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

A 20-year-old black man on Monday evening claimed to the Henderson City Council that he was the victim of police cruelty, along with degrading language because of his race, and claimed that an officer physically abused

his grandmother. Theodous Bryant, with the Rev. Clarence “C.J.” Dale by his side, told the council that, “I feel that I’m treated unfairly” and added that, “I really don’t feel safe around the Henderson police.” Bryant’s statement prompted Councilman George Daye to

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say, “Authorities are messing up our young folks,” while Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans expressed sympathy to Bryant, but additionally took verbal shots at the court system, insinuating that unnamed black judges will not think about giving fellow blacks “a break.” Mayor Pete O’Geary turned

the Bryant matter over to City Manager Ray Griffin for investigation, with Griffin saying he would contact Police Chief Keith Sidwell this morning and start discussions. An attempt to reach Sidwell for comment before press time was unsuccessful. According to Bryant’s statement to the council, which is

only one side of a story, approximately a week or two ago, there was a warrant for a man’s arrest at a place rented by his grandmother, with the man’s girlfriend saying she was not going to let officers in without seeing the warrant. Please see POLICE, page 3A

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Police say robbery not likely motive By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Henderson Police said Monday they have ruled out robbery in the shooting death of a 30-year-old man found lying in the roadway early Sunday morning at Highland Avenue and Rock Spring Street. Robert Newsome of 715 Highland Ave. was pronounced dead at the scene after officers responded to a 911 call shortly before 1 a.m. Lt. C.O. Pulley of the detective division said police had no suspects and were continuing their investigation. Anyone with tips concerning this incident is ask to contact the Henderson Police Department at 4384141 of Crime Stoppers at 492-1925. All information will be kept confidential. Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

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The foreign language hall at Northern Vance High School sits empty of students Monday afternoon. That will not be the case today, as it bustles with students on the first day of classes for public schools.

Henderson man among vets who got false diagnosis letter Gulf War veterans group says 1,200 mistakenly told they had Lou Gherig’s Disease By P.J. DICKERSCHEID Associated Press Writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Air Force reservist Gale Reid received a letter from the Veterans Affairs Department Today that told her she had Lou Gehrig’s disease, and she Scattered immediately put herself High: 92 through a battery of painLow: 65 ful, expensive tests. Five days later, the VA said its “diagnosis” was a mistake. Wednesday Letters were sent to 1,864 veterans about disability benefits for those Drying with ALS, also known as High: 93 Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Low: 69 a “small number” have contacted the VA indiDetails, 3A cating they received the letters in error, VA spokeswoman Katie Roberts said Monday night.

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The National Gulf War Resource Center said Reid was among at least 1,200 veterans who received the letter, even though they hadn’t been diagnosed with the illness. Veterans were initially suspicious, but still went through the agony of not knowing whether they had the degenerative disease, which typically kills people within five years. The National Gulf War Resource Center said at least 2,500 letters informing veterans of disability benefits for ALS sufferers were sent, with almost half — some 1,200 — a mistake. Those who received the letters have undiagnosed neurological disorders, according to the Gulf War veterans group,

which provides information, support and referrals about illnesses to people who served in the military. No one knows for sure exactly how many letters were mailed to veterans treated at VA hospitals and how many were a mistake. “VA is immediately reviewing the individual claims files for all the recipients of this letter to identify those who received the notification in error,” the VA said in a statement Monday night. Former Army Sgt. Samuel Hargrove cried Sunday after opening his letter. “I can’t even describe the intensity of my feelings,” said the father of two from Henderson, N.C.

“With so many health issues that I already have, I didn’t know how to approach my family with the news.” So, at first, he didn’t. Hargrove later discovered the mistake after talking with fellow veterans in the resource center and online. He was angry, as is Reid. “I’ve been through a week of hell, emotionally, physically and financially,” she said. Denise Nichols, vice president of the resource center, said her group has received calls and e-mails from panicked veterans in Alabama, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming. “Our fear was this could push somebody over the edge,” said Nichols, who

worried the news could lead already fragile veterans to commit suicide. “We don’t want that to happen.” Jim Bunker, president of the veterans group, said he talked to someone at the VA and was told the mistake was caused by a coding error. The VA uses more than 8,000 codes for various diseases and illnesses and veterans with undiagnosed neurological disorders, which can range from mild to severe. When told about the VA’s statement, Bunker said his group stood by its figures. ALS is a rapidly progressive disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles.

Coronor rules Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide Insomnia drug overdose blamed By THOMAS WATKINS JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press Writer

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LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide caused by a mix of drugs Obituaries, 4A meant to treat insomnia, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, while his personal doctor told investigators he was actually trying to wean the King of Pop off the powerful anesthetic that did him in.

Forensic tests found the anesthetic propofol combined with at least two sedatives to kill Jackson, according to the official, who spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released. Based on those tests, the Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled the death a homicide, the official said. The coroner’s homicide ruling does not necessarily mean a crime was committed. But it makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against Dr. Conrad Murray, the Las Vegas

cardiologist who was caring for the pop star when he died June 25 in a rented Los Angeles mansion. Through his lawyer, Murray has said he administered nothing that “should have” killed Jackson. Murray told investigators that Jackson stopped breathing about 10 minutes after he relented and finally gave in to his patient’s demands for propofol around 10:40 a.m., following a nightlong regimen of sedatives that did not work, according to court documents unsealed Monday. A search warrant affidavit unsealed in Houston, where

Los Angeles police took materials from one of Murray’s clinics last month as part of their manslaughter investigation, includes a detailed account of what detectives say Murray told them. Manslaughter is homicide without Jackson Murray malice or premeditation. settings, so he had lowered The doctor said he’d been treating Jackson for insomnia the dose to 25 milligrams and added the sedatives lorazefor about six weeks with 50 pam and midazolam. milligrams of propofol every A combination of drugs night via an intravenous drip, Murray tried instead didn’t the affidavit said. Murray work. Around 10:40 a.m. he said he feared Jackson was gave in to Jackson’s “repeated becoming addicted to the anesthetic, which is supposed demands/requests” for propofol, which the singer called his to be used only in hospitals “milk,” authorities say. and other advanced medical

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Mark It Down Today Spay/neuter clinic — Citizens for Animal Protection is sponsoring a cat and dog spay/neuter clinic in Warrenton today. Animals residing in a home in Warren County or at a Littleton address are eligible. Cost is $40 per animal; limit two pets per family. For more information or for an appointment, call SNAP-NC at (919) 783-7627. NAACP — The Vance County chapter of the NAACP will meet at 7 p.m. at the Gateway Community Center, 314 S. Garnett St., Henderson.

Wednesday Wednesday Farmer’s market — The Wednesday Farmer’s Market, located near the track behind the Henderson Family YMCA, 380 Ruin Creek Road, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. selling local produce. The market is sponsored by the YMCA, the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service and Maria Parham Medical Center. Venders 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. Stroke support group — The Maria Parham Medical Center Stroke Support Group will meet from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Center for Rehab Conference Room of the Brodie Waddill Building at Maria Parham Medical Center. The group will follows the National Stroke Association Discovery Circles program, a nationally recognized stroke support group format. Stroke survivors, families, friends and caregivers are invited to attend. Please contact Liz Karan at 436-1604 with any questions.

Thursday Alive After Five — The Granville County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its second Alive After Five event of the season from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Ellington-Brim Chevrolet at the corner of Main and Lyon streets in Creedmoor. The event will feature The Fantastic Shakers Band. The public is invited to bring a chair, enjoy the concessions and dance to the music of this well-known and very popular beach music group. Church Watch — The Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers will sponsor a Church Watch forum at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Star Barbaro will give a presentation on security and protection from terrorism. Pastors and church laity are invited to attend. Chess Club — The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6:30 to 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). Lions Club — The Henderson Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Henderson Country Club. The guest speaker will be District Governor Lion Don G. Henry. He will be speaking on the club activities in District 31-G. Those who are interested in membership in the club should call Randy Oxendine, president, at 438-8034 or send an e-mail to oxendine@nc.rr.com.. Business After Hours — The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Business After Hours hosted by Henderson Wellness Center PA and Chick-fil-A at 414 Dabney Drive (Henderson Wellness) from 5:30-7 p.m. There will be great food and assorted beverages along with door prizes! Please RSVP to rsvp@hendersonvance.org or call 438-8414. Only chamber members and potential chamber members are invited!

Guidelines The Daily Dispatch staff asks that items intended for inclusion in the calendar be submitted in writing at least five days in advance of the event. Please include a contact person’s name and phone number in case there are questions. Items for this listing can be e-mailed to communitynews@hendersondispatch.com.

Old Bute Chapter hosts District VI N.C. Daughters of American Revolution meeting State officers and delegates from 16 area chapters of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) met at the First Presbyterian Church in Henderson Aug. 17 for the annual meeting of District VI N.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Old Bute Chapter served as hostess under the leadership of Sara Davis Stancil, regent, and Janice J. Satterwhite, vice regent. The regent and her

mother, Mary Anne C. Davis, served coffee and a sweet course during the hospitality hour prior to the meeting. Janie Temple of Smithfield, district director, introduced the state regent, Sue S. Anderson of High Point, who brought greetings from the national society. Following the recognition of seven other state officers in attendance and other announcements, the delegates separated to attend workshops on current changes in

The Calla Lily Garden Club captured another crown at the 74th annual N.C. Federation of Garden Clubs Convention. Michelle Edwards, Calla Lilette youth member, was crowned Miss 2009 Youth Queen during the convention held Aug. 7-9 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Research Triangle Park. Edwards is the daughter of Christine Edwards McKnight and a 2009 graduate of Louisburg High School in Louisburg. She will be attending Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson this fall to further her education. She is a member of Haywood Baptist Church, where she is a member of the choir and usher board and also participates in the praise worship group. “Going Green is Our Scheme,” was the theme of the convention. On Aug. 7, Mary Armstrong, state president, opened the garden gate and members from each youth garden club participated on the program. The youth keynote speaker was Laverne

Calla Lilette member Michelle Edwards was crowned Miss 2009 Youth Queen at the 74th annual N.C. Federation of Garden Clubs Convention. Alexander, senior advisor to U.S. Congressman Donald M.

The Vance County Senior Center will begin another session of computer classes in September. Classes are scheduled to run Sept. 1-30. These classes

Apostle Vance L. Dash of Rhema Deliverance Center of Philadelphia, Penn., will be the guest speaker at a twonight revival on Thursday and Friday at Victory Temple

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On Aug. 8, Armstrong addressed the gardeners on the convention theme. Following the president’s address, a hands-on workshop entitled “Powder Room Décor” was led by Celester Clark of the Calla Lilly Garden Club, Sarah Lemay of the Nature Lover’s Garden Club, Grace Gibson of the La Petite Garden Club and Hazeline Wiley of the Azalea Garden Club. During the Grand King and Queen Awards Banquet, Alice Davis of the Little Garden Club of Durham was crowned 2009 Adult Queen in addition to Edwards’ crowning as the youth queen. Vivian Bullock of the Daisy Garden Club was in charge of the setting for the queen’s court and the crowning of the contestant. On Sunday, a devotional memorial service for the deceased was conducted by Barbara Carroll of the Daisy Garden Club. The guest speaker was Judge Carolyn J. Yancey. Following the memorial services, a business session was held and the garden gates were closed by the president.

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Bryant claimed officers forcefully pushed down the door. Bryant claimed that he was called and that Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandmother asked Bryant to stop by and see what was going on. Bryant claimed that a couple of officers cursed at him, so he called his grandmother, hoping that his grandfather would come, but that his grandmother arrived at the scene. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the officers told her that he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk to her until she moved her f----g car. And he repeated that, like three times,â&#x20AC;? Bryant additionally claimed. Bryant claimed when the car was moved, she got a chance to speak with the officers and they told her what was going on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When she went in the house, I heard a couple of rumbling sounds. So, I peaked around to see what was going on,â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed. And Bryant claimed an officer was â&#x20AC;&#x153;swingingâ&#x20AC;? his grandmother, who was holding onto a refrigerator door. Bryant claimed he said that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Officer, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t got to swing my grandmother in that wayâ&#x20AC;? and that another officer put a stun gun in his face, â&#x20AC;&#x153;just inches away from my face.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And he told me to get my black a-- in the car or he was going to shoot me with the stun gun,â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed. Bryant claimed he responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you please get out of my face with it?â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed his cousin intervened and told police, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come on, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take him. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I was on my way to my car. And then thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I heard him (the officer) tell another officer, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to get his black a todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got in my car, he came to the car. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going anywhere until I see your driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed. Bryant claimed he said his car was legitimately registered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, when I was reaching over to get my license, he yanked my window down. Now my window is broke,â&#x20AC;? Bryant told the council. Bryant claimed the officer yanked the car door open and had two other officers pushing him up against the car. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And like I said before, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m

Dale wants HPD to respond to mother of shooting victim By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

The Rev. Clarence â&#x20AC;&#x153;C.J.â&#x20AC;? Dale claimed to the Henderson City Council on Monday evening that the mother of a man who was shot earlier this summer has been unable to reach the police detective in the case. Mayor Pete Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Geary said City Manager Ray Griffin will check into the matter. The woman, Brenda Henderson, said her son Rakeem Lewis was struck by gunfire on June 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has tried to contact the detective, left numerous calls,â&#x20AC;? Dale told the council, additionally claiming his attempts to obtain a response failed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not one phone call has been returned.â&#x20AC;? Police have said Lewis and Christal M. Watson were shot in their backs as they stood in the parking lot behind the convention center at 100 Wortham Court. During the Monday not that big of a guy that I feel that three cops or a stun gun should be pulled out on me,â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they was taking me to the car, I asked one of the officers: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like, do yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all feel like yaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll could do whatever you all want to people because yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all wear a badge?â&#x20AC;? Bryant claimed. Bryant claimed that the officer, who is a female, used the f-word in saying she and other officers do what they want to do. During the discussion Evans said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the surprising thing as far as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned: That a police officer here in Henderson would use that type of language.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It happens a lot,â&#x20AC;? Bryant replied, additionally claiming he has witnessed young black men in Henderson who do not have a criminal record or are too young to have a record be treated similarly. Daye argued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our police officers is going to make our young people have some of the baddest tastes in their mouths and some of the baddest ways about them because, you know, nobody can take this kind of abuse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just too much go-

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OXFORD — Bertha Hicks Allen, 101, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at E.E. Toney Nursing Center. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Hicks and Bertha Kearney Hicks. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wright Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. R.N. Holloway. Burial will be in the Parham-Hicks Family Cemetery. She is survived by a daughter, Vinelle Petrus of Oxford; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a great-greatgrandchild. The viewing will be Friday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the services at Wright Funeral Home. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.

BUTNER — Jimmy L. Daniels, of 1101 East “D” St., died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at Veteran’s Hospital. He was a native of Wilson County and a Navy veteran. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wright Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Anthony Cozart. Burial will be in Belton Creek Baptist Church cemetery. He is survived by a wife, Ernestine Murray Daniels. The viewing will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the services at Wright Funeral Home. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.

Loyal Branch HENDERSON — Loyal Branch, 79, of 1643 Willow Lane, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center. He was the son of the late Norwood T. Branch and Annie Baskett Branch. He was a retired employee of Laurens Glass and a veteran. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Phipps Chapel Baptist Church by the Revs. Wayne Jones and W.S. Taylor. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He is survived by a wife, Mary Malone Branch; four daughters, Jeanetta Branch of the home, Joyce Ann James of Queens, N.Y., Weldena Royster of Bullock, and Hilda Branch of Henderson; a son, Tyrone Branch of Austin, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. The viewing will be Thursday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home of Henderson. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.

Faye W. Clark HENDERSON — Faye Rose Woodard Clark, 62, of 888 Dick Faines Road, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. The family will receive friends at the residence of Glinda Adams, 3414 U.S. 158 Highway Business. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by DavisRoyster Funeral Service.

Mary L. Davis WARRENTON — Mary L. Davis, 101, of 114 Sylvester Davis Drive, Warrenton, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Union Grove Baptist Church in Warrenton. The Rev. Norman T. Davis, pastor, will be officiating. Burial will follow at Edwards Grove Cemetery in Warrenton. She is survived by two daughters, Cora G. Newkirk of Henderson and Carolyn Davis Jones of the home; six sons, Edwin Davis of Warrenton, Gerald Davis of Waxcahachie, Texas, Leonard Davis of Warrenton, the Rev. Spencer Davis of Henderson, Sylvester Jr. of Warrenton, and Calvin Davis of Warrenton; a sister, Cassie Hampton of New Jersey; and a host of grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. The family received friends Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel in Warrenton. Arrangements are by Boyd’s Funeral Service of Warrenton.

George P. Lux HENDERSON — George Peter Lux, age 94, a resident of 133 Granite St., died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at Alamance Health Care in Burlington. Born on Feb. 22, 1915, in Westchester County, N.Y., he was the son of the late Peter Andrew Lux and Anne Hovenic Lux. He was a retired caddie master at Ardsley County Club in Ardsleyon-the-Hudson, New York. Mr. Lux was a member

of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Elmsford, N.Y. He was a decorated Veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II under General George S. Patton in the European Theater, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, and Central Europe. He was the recipient of the European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. He is survived by one brother, Pete Lux of Wendell; and four sisters, Florence L. Smith of Greensboro, Evelyn L. Thelha of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Vera L. Burke of Fort Meyers, Fla., and Elsie L. Montamarano of Buskirk, N.Y.; and nephew, Steve Lux and wife, Sherie, of Henderson. He was preceded in death by one sister, Anne Tobin; and one brother, Fred Lux. Graveside services will be held in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, N.Y., at a later date. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

Sue H. King OXFORD — Sue Margaret Harris King, 86, a resident of Oxford, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Richard Watts and Lina Deal Harris. She was a member of Enon Baptist Church and was a Sunday school teacher for many years. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. today at Enon Baptist Church by the Rev. James C. Shelley Jr. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Surviving are a son, Bill King of Winterville; two daughters, Gay King Stallings and Elaine King Morgan, both of Oxford; a sister, Agnes Harris Tilghman of Texas; a brother, Richard W. Harris Jr. of Oxford; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family received friends Monday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the GentryNewell and Vaughan Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home. Arrangements are by Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Home of Oxford.

Emma Mason WARRENTON — Emma Mason, 53, of 1558 Baltimore Road, Warrenton, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. Funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be announced later by Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.

Robert A. Newsome HENDERSON — Robert A. Newsome, 30, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. The family will receive friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Toney’s Funeral Home.

Warren Co. 4-H seeks volunteers Informational meeting scheduled for evening of Sept. 10 in Warrenton By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

WARRENTON — Warren County 4-H is seeking volunteers to work with young people in the area. A meeting for potential Effie W. Satterwhite volunteers will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10 OXFORD — Effie at the N.C. Cooperative Downey Satterwhite, of 2028 Satterwhite Road, died Extension office at 158 Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at the Rafters Lane. According to WarDurham Regional Hospital. She was a Granville County ren County Cooperative Extension Director native and attended the Tyrone Fisher, “If you can county schools. remember an adult who Survivors include a made a positive impact on daughter, Lueretta Satterwhite of Charlotte; two your life, whether it be a sons, Elton W. Satterwhite teacher, a pastor, a coach, of Mt. Vernon, Va., and a 4-H leader, or any other Regan Satterwhite of caring figure, you should Queens, N.Y.; two brothdefinitely consider becomers, David Downey of ing a 4-H Volunteer!” Oxford and John Downey The 4-H motto is, “To of Durham; sisters, Wilma Make the Best Better.” Howard and Barbara Jean 4-H volunteers have a Downey, both of Oxford, variety of opportunities to Lucy Downey, Marie Satwork with youth to help terwhite and Margaret them develop positive life Brown, all of Baltimore, skills. Md., and Hattie Day of To register for the meetClarksville, Va.; and seving or to obtain more inforeral grandchildren. mation, contact Erin Bain, Funeral services will 4H Youth Development be conducted at 1 p.m. Extension Agent, at 252Wednesday at the Betts 257-3640 or erin_bain@ and Son Chapel by the Revs. Harold Watkins and ncsu.edu. Beginning at the start Michael Hamlin. Burial will follow in the New Corinth Church cemetery. The viewing will be from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today at Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.

OXFORD — Lelia Burton Smith, 88, of 913 Williamsboro St., died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at the Granville Medical Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford.

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door toward El Reno at about 2:40 p.m. Central time with the paste-up of Monday’s edition of the Daily News and the printed copies were expected to arrive back in Anadarko about 6 p.m. McBride, who runs the 4,200-circulation newspaper with her husband, Joe, said the Daily News dates back to April 15, 1901. Joe McBride’s family bought the paper in 1937 and has owned it since. The building that housed the newspaper dated from 1906, she said. Anadarko police have said the blaze was reported about 5 a.m. Saturday and destroyed the newspaper office and the Tornado Alley Bar. It took firefighters more than three hours to extinguish the fire, the cause of which has not been determined. No injuries were reported. The fire came a little more than three months after a tornado that hit Anadarko also damaged the Daily News building. Carolyn McBride said the newspaper does have insurance.

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On Monday, in the alley behind the burned-out building, Daily News pressman Larry Botone surveyed the damage. The burned rolls of newsprint littered the alley, along with pieces of roofing that caved in during the fire. “I just got that sucker fixed,” he said of the Goss Community press. “I put new rollers in it. That Saturday paper was the best-looking paper we’d put out in a long time.” The fire happened during a busy news weekend in this town of about 6,600 people, located about 60 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. In addition to the fire, a pastor was found dead in her church building on Sunday morning. The homicide was the lead story in Monday’s paper, although the fire story also made the front page. The publisher said the Daily News bought new

computers and office supplies over the weekend for its temporary quarters. She said the Oklahoma Press Association offered the newspaper assistance in setting up computers, and the OPA’s executive director, Mark Thomas, visited the Daily News on Sunday and Monday. He brought a temporary “Anadarko Daily News” banner to hang in the windows of the temporary office. Before that, a notebook-size sheet of paper with the printed words “The Anadarko Daily News” was posted on the door. The staff used cell phones for work until land lines could be connected. “The paper won’t look normal for awhile,” Thomas said. “But this brings home the point that people depend on the paper more than they realize. These newspapers are the heartbeat of the community.”

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With a growing chorus of Americans — particularly senior citizens — voicing discontent about a sketchy but massive health care reform movement in Washington, D.C., this news couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Obama administration. The very same seniors who are worried about facing a so-called “death panel” to determine whether they receive expensive health care treatments found out on Monday that their Social Security checks next year will actually be smaller. The Social Security trustees project no cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years, something that hasn’t happened since “automatic” increases were adopted in 1975. Those increases are, however, tied to inflation, which has been negative this year primarily due to much lower energy prices. By law, Social Security benefits cannot decrease, but since many seniors have their prescription medication premiums deducted from each month’s check — and those are due to go up — then those Social Security recipients will have less and less money in 2010 and 2011 on which to subsist. “I promise you, they count on that COLA,” said Barbara Kennelly, a former Democratic congresswoman from Connecticut who now leads the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. A flaw has always existed in the formula for determining COLA increases, and this year’s sharp decline in energy prices finally bared that woe to the world. Seniors don’t spend all that much of their incomes on fuel and home energy. But they spent more on health care than any other segment of the population, and health care costs are usually rising even faster than inflation. Meanwhile, Congress has long played dangerous games with Social Security, pilfering from the program over the years to pay for other items in the federal budget. And Social Security often has been described as history’s biggest Ponzi scheme. Economists argue over whether the moniker is fair, and the program doesn’t satisfy all the requirements of that particular brand of fraud that Bernie Madoff is rotting in a Butner prison cell for committing. However, one basic comparison between Social Security and a Ponzi scheme is quite true: Current benefits are not paid to each senior out of what he or she put into the program, but rather are collected from younger workers to send benefit checks to the retired. While such a scheme isn’t necessarily unsustainable, it’s looking like Social Security might be. The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday that the Social Security Administration admitted the time is growing near when there won’t be enough young workers paying into the system in order to support their elders. “In 2016 we will begin paying more in benefits than we collect in taxes,” the Tribune reported from Social Security documents. “Without changes, by 2037 the Social Security Trust Fund will be exhausted, and there will be enough money to pay only about 76 cents for each dollar of scheduled benefits.” In other words, without reforms — perhaps greatly increased Social Security taxes on current and future workers — within the next 30 years or so the shrunken Social Security checks of 2010-11 are going to seem like the good ol’ days. Advocates for seniors such as Kennelly are calling for a 1 percent (or more) COLA or onetime payments of $150 to try and offset any hardship seniors might suffer due to the zeroCOLA checks that are expected. But opponents note that seniors received a 5.8 percent increase in January (one of the larger hikes in the last 20 years), were given $250 checks as part of the Obama administration’s stimulus package, and are benefiting from decreases in consumer prices of other goods, even if health care keeps going up. “Seniors may perceive that they are being hurt because there is no COLA, but they are in fact not getting hurt,” said Andrew G. Biggs, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. “Congress has to be able to tell people they are not getting everything they want.” But when Congress just finished shelling out $3 billion to prod Americans into buying new cars and the Obama administration is trying to find $1 trillion to pay for its controversial health reforms, telling seniors to tough it out — that a 1 percent COLA is just too much to ask right now — will be a hard sell.

Trisha Babcock was twice the age of the person who allegedly shot and killed her. And she was only 24. Which makes the alleged “gunman” only 12. So here comes another handwringing debate over whether children are still children when they kill like adults. Try these sentences on for size: The kid was sixth-grade age. The kid was too young for a PG-13 movie without guidance. You hear that, you think “child.” Now try these sentences: The “kid” was 6-foot-2. He allegedly pointed a gun at close range and fired. Sounds pretty adult all of a sudden, doesn’t it? The problem is, all those sentences are true. Which is why it’s so mind-numbingly difficult to know what to do here. It’s why the father of the murdered girl told the media, “Part of me feels remorse for the kid because he’s so young, and then part of me wants to choke the living (expletive) out of him.” What do you do? Do you treat Demarco Harris, a 12-year-old, as an adult — and if found guilty imprison him for life?

Or do you say a child is a child, and if Harris is found guilty only put him away, at most, until he is 21, then set him free. On the one hand, it’s hard to argue that a 12-yearold is fully formed. Think back to when you were 12. Mitch How much Albom did you understand the ramifications of things? How much did you change in the years that followed? Throw in the world in which Harris lives, the prevalence of violence, the fast access to guns, and you easily could conclude that this is a tragic intersection of immaturity and a bullet. On the other hand, critics who say a 12-year-old doesn’t understand what he’s doing are, in my view, also a little off. This isn’t about understanding the ramifications of death. Heck, I’m not sure we ever understand the ramifications of death. Soldiers will tell you they only learn it Tribune Media Services

through war. Nurses will say they only learn it on the job. What Demarco Harris did wasn’t about understanding death. It was about understanding murder. And a 12-year-old is plenty old enough to know that murder is wrong, that it is illegal, that it is evil at its most vicious. If the 12-year-old doesn’t know that — and he doesn’t have a learning disability — then his parents did a pretty awful job. Which brings us, naturally, to the parents. It was Harris’ father who ultimately turned him in to the police. But what about before that? Where was the dad in keeping his son off the street after midnight? Where was he in keeping his son away from guns? How much guilt should the parents bear if a shooter is too young to accept the full punishment of his actions? And then there’s the victim. Trisha Babcock was, by most accounts, a smiling young woman who did nothing more than sit in a car at the wrong time. But nothing we do to Harris will bring Babcock back. On the other hand, when victims’ families cry for justice, they should not be dismissed as angry, upset or grieving. Justice matters. You

can’t just shrug and say, “Too bad your daughter got murdered by a 12-year-old. Maybe if the killer were older....” Babcock’s family has every right to expect her death to be acknowledged and balanced with severe punishment. It wasn’t an accident. It wasn’t a tree falling or a bolt of lightning hitting. It was murder. So what do you do? If you treat Harris as an adult, he might go away for the rest of his life. If you treat him as a juvenile, or even use the blended sentence option, he still will spend his formative years in the company of criminals. Does he have much chance of emerging as a solid citizen? Look how quickly Nathaniel Abraham, who killed a man when he was 11, was back in prison after being set free at 21. So add it all up. You have a kid who did or didn’t know better, spending nine years or the rest of his life locked up, surrounded by other criminals, and costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars every year. What do you do? There is no right answer. All we really know is that if a kid is out after midnight, carrying a gun, thinking about robbery, by the time he pulls the trigger, it already is too late.

Letters to the Editor Do your homework, President Obama To the editor:

Pistol-packing camera hogs It is disturbing to see protesters show up with guns at President Obama’s political events. Yet the practice is not illegal. It’s also old enough to have whiskers on it. In 1967, for example, about 30 members of a new organization called the Black Panther Party marched with rifles and shotguns into the California State Assembly in Sacramento to protest a proposed ban on carrying weapons in public. Yes, children, the ‘60s were not only about Woodstock. Imagine how today’s gunrights conservatives would react if, say, a group of armed Panthers showed up at a rally for, say, President George W. Bush or Sen. John McCain, last year’s Republican nominee. Conservatives already are hopping mad that Atorney General Eric Holder’s reluctance to prosecute a group that calls itself the New Black Panthers, for alleged voter intimidation at a Philadelphia polling place in November. The only weapon to be displayed in that episode, which is on YouTube, is a billy club. For the record, I oppose political intimidation by Panthers, old and new, for the same reasons that I oppose those who use the conspicuous display of firearms to get their point across these days. It’s reckless. Express your views, but leave your guns at home. Outside Obama’s speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, a reported dozen protesters flaunted guns. One, an African American who identified himself only as “Chris,” strutted through the crowd with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder. I mention his race only to acknowledge that, contrary to media-generated stereotypes, organized gun lovers aren’t all conservative white guys. Parading with pistols and the like is legal under Arizona

law, Chris pointed out, and the rest of us should “get kind of conditioned to it.” Sure, he’s a patriotic American, he’ll tell you, yet he scoffs with remarkable ease at the sensibilities of a majority that doesn’t see things his way. Chris was not alone. He was invited by a friend, Ernest HanClarence cock, a rightwing Internet Page radio host Tribune Media who packed Services a holstered handgun at the event. He admitted on MSNBC that he was milking the protests as a publicity stunt. Congratulations. It worked. A week earlier William Kostric, with handgun strapped to his leg, famously held up a sign outside Obama’s health-care town hall in Portsmouth, N.H. The sign read, “It’s time to water the tree of liberty.” That’s a reference to Thomas Jefferson’s declaration that the tree “must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” That was also a favorite slogan of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber. Kostric says he meant nothing intimidating, but I can take a hint. Like the Panthers and the self-styled Arizona patriots, Chris got his publicity. Somebody even started a “William Kostric for Congress” Facebook page. That’s the joy of the Internet age. No matter how far off the radar your views may be, you can find love on the Web. What do guns have to do with Obama’s proposed health-care overhaul? All three of the above men said they were freedomloving, tiny-government libertarians who righteously oppose the majority imposing its will

by “stealing” or “confiscating” the earnings of the minority, whether for health care or anything else. They’re entitled to their opinion. Yet they sound mightily reluctant in their zest for minority rights, to concede that if democracy is going to work, the majority rules. To his credit, Obama has refused to take the bait of such provocateurs. When asked, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs would only acknowledge that people are entitled to openly carry weapons outside presidential events if state and local laws allow it, and “(t)hose laws don’t change when the president comes to your state or locality.” That should help ease widespread fears among gun owners that the nation’s new liberal president is out to take their guns, although it won’t soothe the extremists. Sales of guns and ammos surged after Obama’s election, according to news reports, as they did in Bill Clinton’s presidential years. Democrats, it appears, are good for gun and ammo sales. Militia recruitment, too. That’s why some concerned members of Congress have recommended new steps such as widening the security perimeter around the president at public events. But the Secret Service already has the power to do that. There’s not much new that’s going to have much of an impact on those who pack iron for publicity, except some good old-fashioned ridicule and condemnation. This can best be meted out by responsible gun owners, whether in the National Rifle Association or elsewhere, who have enough sense to see that pistol-packing camera hogs don’t really help the cause of gun rights. E-mail Clarence Page at cpage@ tribune.com, or write to him c/o Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207.

It’s a funny thing, all this hoopla over 50 million Americans not covered by health insurance and the major crisis this country will have if we don’t get them covered. Apparently Obama and his cohorts don’t investigate or even read their own government reports before they start throwing numbers around. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau Report on Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S., there are 45,657,000 persons uninsured. Of those uninsured 9,737,000, are not U.S. citizens, 8,488,000 have a household income over $50,000 and another 9,115,000 have a household income over $75,000 and could afford to purchase some type of health insurance but choose not to do so. That leaves 18,317,000 uninsured persons in the U.S. who might not be able to afford coverage. That figures out to be 5.55 percent of the population. By contrast the current unemployment rate is 9.5 percent. Could it be that the high unemployment rate is contributing to the number of people uninsured? The American people need jobs, not government controlled health care. Where are all the jobs the stimulus package was supposed to create? How did all the money wasted on big business bailouts and basically buying out G.M. help create jobs? Not to mention the billions of dollars for TARP bailing out big banks, AIG, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? Get the unemployment rate back down to around 5 percent where it was under the Bush administration and the health insurance problem will take care of itself. The only reform needed for health care is tort reform and to open up interstate commerce to health insurance companies to create competition. Nothing the government runs is cost effective or efficient. To use Obama’s own words, “Look at FedEx and UPS, they are doing fine, the U.S. Post Office is the one in trouble all the time.” But then again, it’s not about health insurance, health care, or anything like it; it’s all about power over the people and making them more dependent on government. “A government that can give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have” — Thomas Jefferson. Jerry Prather, Vance County

DEAR ABBY: What is the protocol when parents dine out with their successful, married adult children and their spouses? As parents, are we expected to pay for their meals and costly alcoholic beverages for the rest of our lives? Or it is fair for these adult children — all of whom have well-paying jobs — to split the bill and tip with us? We feel each couple at the table should chip in and pay their share of the costs — whether it’s our adult kids or contemporaries — but we have been criticized for it. It has reached the point that my husband and I split an entree to keep our restaurant bill within reason. We’re approaching retirement age. Shouldn’t it beclient our choice whether we “treat”

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DEAR ABBY: My former boss, “Ken,” is 30 years older than I am. We slept together several months ago while my boyfriend, “Vinny,” and I were separated. The affair was short-lived, and Vinny and I reconciled. When I discovered I was pregnant, Vinny and I eloped. Abby, I’m almost positive this is Vinny’s baby, but I’m not 100 percent sure, so I told him everything. Now Vinny wants me to tell Ken and his wife that I need a paternity test. I agree that Ken’s wife needs to know, but I’m afraid that bringing this out will bring some serious repercussions. What should I do? — NEEDS CLOSURE IN OHIO DEAR NEEDS CLOSURE: You and Vinny should have the DNA test performed. If it turns out the baby isn’t Vinny’s and you’re afraid to approach Ken and his wife for fear that Ken might retaliate in some way that could hurt your career, consult a lawyer before telling them about the upcoming blessed event. If Ken is the father, he has an obligation to support his child. And you’ll be doing the wife a favor, because if your former boss is the naughty boy I suspect he is, you aren’t the first woman he has had unprotected sex with, and she needs to be tested for STDs.

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others to a meal or not? — PUZZLED IN LOUISIANA DEAR PUZZLED: Of course the choice should be yours. However, you created this “monster,” so it is up to you to set the record straight. The way to do that is to make clear to your successful adult children before their next bite that you are all adults now and that as adults they will be responsible for paying their part of the tab.

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DEAR ABBY: Some friends and I shared a vacation house last month. While I was out hiking, a supposed friend, “Lynette,” rummaged through my purse (which had been stashed in a closet) and made a non-emergency phone call on my cell. She didn’t tell me about it. I found out on my own. It’s not that I mind her using my phone, but a purse is private, and I felt violated. Let me add that she also knew about an article I had packed in Dear a zipped Abby pouch that U niversal Press I keep in my beach Syndicate bag. I don’t know why she snooped through my stuff. Am I wrong to be upset? And do you think this “friendship” is worth continuing? — LIVID IN LEXINGTON, KY. DEAR LIVID: Are you wrong to be upset? No. And the friendship is only worth continuing if you set some boundaries, because Lynette appears not to understand the concept of privacy.

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Ten years ago: The FBI, reversing itself after six years, admitted that its agents might have fired some potentially flammable tear gas canisters on the final day of the 1993 standoff with the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, but said it continued to believe law enforcement agents did not start the fire which engulfed the cult’s compound. Five years ago: An Army investigation found that 27 people attached to an intelligence unit at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad either approved or participated in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.

Thought for Today: “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.” — Althea Gibson, American tennis champion (born this date in 1927, died 2003).

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Today’s Birthdays: Game show host Monty Hall is 88. Actor Sean Connery is 79. Talk show/game show host Regis Philbin is 78. Actor Tom Skerritt is 76. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 73. Author Frederick Forsyth is 71. Actor David Canary is 71. Filmmaker Marshall Brickman is 68. R&B singer Walter Williams (The O’Jays) is 67. Actor Anthony Heald is 65. Rock singer-actor Gene Simmons is 60. Actor John Savage is 60. Rock singer Rob Halford is 58. Rock musician Geoff Downes (Asia) is 57. Rock singer Elvis Costello is 55. Movie director Tim Burton is 51. Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is 48. Actress Joanne Whalley is 48. Actor Blair Underwood is 45. Actor Robert Maschio is 43. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 43. Television chef Rachael Ray is 41. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 39. Model Claudia Schiffer is 39. NFL player Marvin Harrison is 37. Actor Jonathan Togo is 32. Actress Blake Lively is 22. MLB player Justin Upton is 22.

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