The Daily Dispatch - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 by The Daily Dispatch

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Asian Barbeque Chicken Wrap

orget about that bowl of cold breakfast cereal or the same old sandwich for lunch. It’s time to give those meals a healthy makeover. And tortillas are just the ingredient to put a healthy meal together in minutes. Elizabeth Somer, registered dietician and nutritionist, has some easy and delicious ideas for wrapping up healthier meals every day.

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“The most important thing you can do to boost your nutrition is to double your current intake of vegetables,” says Somer. Sneak them into your favorite foods — add baby spinach to a veggie or bean wrap made with whole wheat tortillas; add green peas and carrots to canned soups; or include a salad in at least one meal every day.

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To ensure strong bones throughout life, make sure to get at least three servings of calcium and vitamin Drich foods each day. Nonfat milk is an obvious source, but there are other ways to get calcium, too. “For example,” says Somer, “you get the calcium equivalent of a glass of milk in every Mission Life Balance tortilla. Or, drink calcium and vitamin D-fortified orange juice.”

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To keep carbs under control, skip the sandwich and whip up an Asian Barbeque Chicken Wrap. This recipe uses tortillas with as few as five net grams of carbs, depending on the size.

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The omega-3 fat DHA found in fatty fish, such as salmon, lowers risk for heart disease and possibly numerous other disorders, from dementia and Alzheimer’s to depression. Somer recommends eating two servings a week of salmon. “Or look for foods fortified with the omega-3 fat DHA, such as soymilk with DHA or Mission Heart Healthy tortillas.”

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 3 minutes Cook Time: 1 minute 4 Mission Life Balance Whole Wheat Tortillas warmed 12 eggs, whole Salt to taste (optional) Pepper to taste (optional) Vegetable cooking spray 12 slices fully cooked bacon chopped into bite size pieces 4 tablespoons grated cheddar cheese In a small bowl; whisk eggs with salt and pepper (optional), to evenly combine. To make 1 burrito: heat non-stick sauté pan over high heat. Spray pan with vegetable spray; add equivalent of 3 whole eggs to pan. Soft scramble eggs, taking approximately 30 to 45 seconds. Add 2 tablespoons chopped bacon (equals 3 strips chopped) and 1 tablespoon cheddar cheese to eggs and stir to combine, melting cheese. Spoon hot egg mixture into center of a warmed tortilla; roll burrito style and serve. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for remaining 3 tortillas. Hint: Add red or green pepper and garnish with chopped green onion to add flavor and color.

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Henderson’s government will be applying for a $1 million Community Development Block Grant for the Ransom Street project area in the Orange-Breckenridge part of the city. City Planning Director Erris Dunston on Monday evening told the City Council the funding is being requested for the rehabilitation of several houses, for street and sewer and water infrastructure improvements in the project area and a greenway from the project area to the King’s Daughters Park. The council on Monday evening conducted the first of two required public hearings, with the second one to be Sept. 28. No one spoke at Monday evening’s hearing and the council, without dissent, approved moving ahead with the process of applying for the grant. The council on April 13 approved the OrangeBreckenridge Neighbor-

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Please see RANSOM, page 3A Nicci and Thomas Franklin listen to a question from a reporter Thursday while standing in

their pumpkin patch at Franklin Family Farms.

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Deaths Henderson Annie L. Rainey, 92 David L. Writtenberry, 97 Kenilworth, N.J. Maurice J. Durham Macon Gracie M.L. Clary, 97 Richmond, Va. Willie A. Alston, 73 Wise Maggie L. Plummer, 78

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: 5 minutes 1 Mission Multi-Grain 8-inch Soft Taco Size Flour Tortilla 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter 2 tablespoons squeeze grape jelly 1/3 cup granola, finely crushed 1 tablespoon dried cranberries 1 tablespoon white baking chips (optional) Combine peanut butter, grape jelly and crushed granola in a small bowl. Spread mixture evenly on tortilla to within 1/2 inch of the edge. Top with cranberries and white baking chips. Roll up filled tortilla. Cut in 1-inch slices. Lay slices on side to make pinwheels. Serve immediately.

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Serves: 6 Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 6 minutes 6 Mission 96% Fat Free Heart Healthy 8-inch Soft Taco Tortillas 1 1/2 cups diced, peeled papaya 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 tablespoons diced red onion 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled goat cheese 1/4 cup bottled, roasted bell peppers, chopped 1/2 cup nonfat cream cheese, softened 1 teaspoon minced, seeded jalapeños Vegetable cooking spray Combine papaya, cilantro, red onion and lime juice in a bowl; stir well. Cover, chill and reserve. Combine goat cheese, bell peppers, cream cheese, and jalapeños in a bowl, and stir well. Spread about 2 tablespoons cheese mixture over each tortilla, and fold in half. Cook quesadilla in a large non-stick skillet with cooking spray over medium heat, approximately 3 minutes per side. Cut each quesadilla half into thirds (each person gets 3 wedges). Arrange quesadilla halves and 1/4 cup papaya mix on each of 6 plates. Garnish with cilantro sprigs if desired.

Serves: 1 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes 1 Mission 10-inch Burrito Carb Balance Whole Wheat Tortilla 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 boneless chicken breast, sliced thinly 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, de-stemmed and slightly torn 1/3 cup Napa cabbage or bok choy, julienned 1/4 cup red pepper sliced thinly 1/4 cup sesame seeds 1/4 cup prepared Asian barbeque sauce Place oil in a large or medium sauté pan; place on high heat. When oil is very hot, add chicken and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes on all sides until chicken is done. Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a paper towel to remove the excess oil. Add cilantro, cabbage, red pepper and sesame seeds and toss for 2 to 3 more minutes until slightly tender. Place chicken back in the pan and toss together. Add barbeque sauce and stir until everything’s nice and hot. With tongs or a slotted spoon, drain excess juice, and place the stirup at the bottom of the tortilla. Fold bottom of tortilla over and roll it all up. Serve. Hint: Using fewer sesame seeds is an easy way to cut calories.

Bees worked overtime to the delight of area pumpkin lovers By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Thanks to the 720,000 bees that worked overtime as pollination specialists for nearly two weeks earlier this summer, thousands of pumpkins will go on sale Sept. 19 at Franklin Family Farms on Vicksboro Road. Thomas and Nicci Franklin hired the bees owned by Bill Craig of Weldon’s Mill to increase pumpkin production in the 2 1/2-acre patch they were cultivating for their grand opening. There have already been frequent and enthusiastic customers who have left numerous hoof prints in the red clay surrounding the orange snacks. “The deer have really enjoyed themselves,” Thomas said Thursday during an interview. The couple plan to give small pumpkins to children in tour groups, and to sell a variety of sizes of the fleshy gourds to families after they all make the hayride trip along a dirt path to the field that is at least 400 yards from their office. Some of the groups are

expected to be associated with day-care centers, preschool classes, elementary schools and churches. Until Nov. 7, operating hours will be: • 9 a.m. until dark on Sept. 19, as well as every Friday and Saturday. • 12:30 p.m. until dark on Sundays. • Only scheduled field tours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. • Closed on Mondays. General admission will be $5 per child and $1 for each adult. The sale price for pumpkins will be based on weight, which will be tallied after the merchandise is placed on scales on the spot. Also buyable will be bundles of five corn stalks that have been tied together for use as fall decorations. They will have been harvested from a 3/12-acre maze that kids of all ages will be able to explore without getting too lost. You can purchase hay bales that are roughly four-foot by two-foot. In addition, a hay mountain as high as six feet will be available for climbing. “It will have tunnels

and will be like a little fort for kids to run around in,” Thomas said. When it came to talking about how so many pumpkins sprouted on the vines, Thomas had nothing but praise for the bees. He said they numbered about 80,000 in each of the nine hives that were brought to the field close to the end of July. “After a couple of days, we started to see pumpkins forming inside the vines before they started protruding,” Thomas explained. “All of a sudden, they were everywhere, both bees and pumpkins.” Nicci and Thomas, who have been married 2 1/2 years, said their families have given them a lot of help and support in developing the enterprise. They both described the pumpkin sale as a special event that children and parents can participate in together. “It gives families something to do,” she added. Getting ready for it has been “both challenging and rewarding,” Thomas said. Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

A Clark Street resident expressed concern about bloodshed in the eastern part of Henderson and additionally suggested video monitoring of the area to prevent loitering. Lisa Chandler, the lone citizen to address the City Council on Monday evening, referred to violence at the corner of Andrews Avenue and Clark Street and said, “There really needs to be something done with these guys.” “I don’t know whether they’re in gangs. I just don’t know, but they are hanging out loud and doing all sorts of violent acts,” Chandler told the council. Glenn Greene, 27, is being held without bond on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the Sunday fatal shooting of Carl Hart, 29. Officers responded to the 500 block of Water Street and found Hart, who was pronounced dead at Maria Parham Medical Center. According to Chandler, among violent acts in the past, a young lady’s throat was slashed, a man was beaten with a baseball bat and a man was robbed.

“I just don’t know what to do,” Chandler told the council. Chandler recommended the city invest in some type of a camera system or hold neighborhood variety stores “accountable for these guys hanging around.” “They don’t say anything. They don’t care, it appears,” Chandler said. Mayor Pete O’Geary turned the matter over to City Manager Ray Griffin, who said he will speak with Police Chief Keith Sidwell. Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans, referring to the council on May 11 having passed a revised ordinance against loitering, asked O’Geary, “Who is to report when there are numbers of people hanging around? Is the store responsible for that or is it police patrol?” “It’s a police matter, primarily,” City Attorney John Zollicoffer said. Evans told Chandler, “This is a big concern of the residents” and added, “It seems like to me that murder is in the air in Henderson and something has to be done about it.” Evans wanted to know whether the council’s Public Safety Committee is active. “It has not met in the past year,” said Griffin, whom the council appointed as manager in late July 2008. “I don’t know when it last met.” Please see VIOLENCE, page 3A

City mulls naming voting alternates Planning Board substitutes would vote for absentees By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

City Councilman Michael Rainey asked Henderson’s municipal administration to consider allowing the appointment of alternates to the Planning Board to be able to vote on rezoning matters in the city when city appointed members cannot attend meetings. Rainey, who doubles as Planning Board chairman, made the request at Monday evening’s council meeting after he chaired a Planning Board meeting earlier in the afternoon in which there was a lack of a quorum of city appointed members. Rainey additionally

wanted to have the municipal administration look into allowing Planning Board members representing the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) to vote on rezoning matters in the city because they hear the same details as those representing the city. Extraterritorial jurisdiction allows unincorporated areas of Vance County bordering Henderson to be brought under municipal development standards. City Attorney John Zollicoffer said ETJ representatives cannot vote on city rezoning matters unless there is a change in the municipal charter or the state law. Zollicoffer did point out that the city can appoint two alternates to the Planning Board and, like alternates for the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Please see CITY, page 3A

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Mark It Down Today VGCC South Campus event — Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus, located between Butner and Creedmoor, will hold an event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 134 to celebrate VGCC’s 40th anniversary. Events include a brief rededication at 11:30 a.m. For students who only attend classes during the evening, a reception will be held from 4-6 p.m. 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. Car seat clinic — Safe Kids Henderson-Vance Coalition will sponsor a free child passenger safety car seat clinic at Compare Foods on East Andrews Avenue from 3-7 p.m. Seats will be on hand if needed for a donation of $20. For more information, call Lt. Irvin Robinson or Officer Angela Feingold of the Henderson Police Department or Lt. Michelle King of the Henderson Fire Department.

Thursday Meet Me In the Street — The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce and Harris Inc. of Henderson will sponsor the last of this year’s “Meet Me In the Street” events from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in downtown Henderson along Breckenridge Street, featuring The Embers. Weed & Seed — The Weed & Seed Steering Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Human Relations — The City of Henderson’s Human Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Heritage society — The Heritage Society of Franklin County will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Louisburg United Methodist Church in Louisburg. Anyone with an interest in the heritage and genealogy of Franklin County is urged to attend, and is invited to join. The group’s present project is obtaining articles and information for Volume 2 of the Franklin County Heritage Book. For further information regarding the meeting or Volume 1 and 2, contact Joe Pearce at (919) 496-3321, Maylon Cooke at (919) 556-4213, or Annette Goyette at 492-3820. Early voting — Early voting for the Oct. 6 election begins today at the Board of Elections Office, 300 S. Garnett St., and ends on Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. For more information, please call 492-3730. Community watch — The West Hills/West Creek/158 ByPass Community Watch is having its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Maria Parham Medical Center in the auditorium. The guest speaker will be City of Henderson Public Works Director Linda Leyen, who will present a program on recycling. All community neighbors are encouraged to attend this event. Chess Club — The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6 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). BPW Club meeting — The Henderson Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) will hold its regular monthly dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the boardroom at Maria Parham Medical Center. New members and guests are welcome. For reservations, call 438-6732. AARP meeting — The Vance County AARP Chapter #4082 will meet at the Vance County Senior Center, 126 S. Garnett St., at 2 p.m. The executive board will meet at 1:30 p.m. Members are asked to bring school supplies for the group’s project. Those interested in joining are invited to attend.

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Final ‘Meet Me In the Street’ event Thursday The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its third and final “Meet Me in the Street” concert for the 2009 series on Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. along Breckenridge Street in downtown Henderson. The concert is free and open to the public. The featured band will be The Embers. Spanning

almost 50 years of musical transitions, The Embers present an entertaining and ever-changing show with diverse styles of music and a message of peace, harmony, love and inspiration, backed by fully orchestrated arrangements. The “Meet In the Street” events are sponsored by Harris Incorporated of

Henderson and Budweiser. Other local sponsors include Toyota of Henderson (silver sponsor), and bronze sponsors AA Self Storage; AAA Gas and Appliance Co.; Jack H. Hughes Jr., Attorney; P&G Pet Care; and Satterwhite Point Marina. Media sponsors include The Daily Dispatch, Home in Henderson, US

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority sponsors Barn Theatre trip The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is sponsoring a trip to The Barn Theatre in Greensboro on Oct. 17. The chartered bus trip will include dinner and a theatrical production

of “The Service at Rocky Bluff,” a musical play about friendship and how we influence each other for good. The play is full of old-time gospel music with a few surprises. The

cost of the trip is $68 and includes transportation, dinner, gratuity and show. The deadline for payment is Sunday. To reserve a seat, please contact one of the following sponsors:

Open fall enrollment is going on now for the Henderson Weed and Seed program. Registration is being held at Aycock Recreation Center and Gateway

Community Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and at any Weed and Seed safe haven from 4 -6 p.m. The safe havens are Equipping Faith

Church, Greater Little Zion Church and Progressive Faith Missionary Church. Participants must reside in the Henderson/Vance Weed and Seed area. Participants’

for Everyday Use,” will be offered on Mondays, Oct. 5 through Nov. 23, from 6 until 9 p.m. The instructor is Nydia Dohnert. The cost of the course is $65 plus the cost of a textbook. Another course also focuses on a language — in this case, sign language. Tonya Jester will teach the course on Tuesdays, Oct. 6 through Nov. 24, from 6

Languages, welding and bookkeeping Several upcoming classes at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus near Louisburg give area residents opportunities to learn new skills for personal or workplace use. “Conversational Spanish

until 9 p.m. The cost of the course is $60 plus the cost of a textbook. A course on metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding will be offered at the Franklin Campus, Monday-Thursday, starting Oct. 5, from 2 until 6 p.m. The cost of the course is $175 plus applicable fees. “Bookkeeping/Adminis-

Weed and Seed, Vance County NAACP hit home run for five youth The Henderson/Vance Weed and Seed Program, in partnership with the Vance County NAACP, sponsored five youth to attend a Durham Bulls ball game. The participants (back row, left to right) were Matthew Perkins, Shemar Tunstall, Jordan Pryce,and Joseph Jeffers. Front row participants were (left to right) Elijah Brown and Dashawn Grice. The activity closed out the summer enrichment program. Weed and Seed is now enrolling participants in its fall enrichment program. If interested, please call Hattie Alexander at 492-9400.

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the 2005-07 council. And the previous council was known as a committeedriven panel. Evans, in response to Chandler’s remarks on Monday evening, suggested a meeting of the Public Safety Committee. Councilman Michael Rainey asked whether a citizen with no connection to store property could call in concerns about loitering.

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — University of North Carolina system President Erskine Bowles says a new cancer hospital will provide citizens statewide the most innovative treatments in the nation. Bowles and other university and state leaders spoke at Tuesday’s dedication of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill. The 315,000 square-foot hospital replaces an aging

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to serve. Rainey said the Planning Board on Monday afternoon barely missed having a sufficient number of city appointed members to vote, with the requirement being three and onethirds members. Rainey said that the absences were called in before the Planning Board meeting, but that the bottom line is the panel could not do business and that when people come to voice their opinions, “It’s not fair to them to say, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, we can’t hear you today because we ain’t got a quorum.’” Rainey at the Planning Board meeting did allow anyone who wished to speak the chance to do so. And Zollicoffer on Monday evening told the council, “I think we need to seek out people that genuinely are interested in serving on these boards. That gives them the incentive, maybe, to attend.” The subject of attendance came up Monday evening when the council had to fill two positions.

One was for the Henderson-Vance County Recreation and Parks Commission. The council appointed Zachary Lee Ayscue to replace Glenn Powers, who had been the commission’s vice chairman, but who did not seek reappointment to the commission. Ayscue will serve a three-year term. Randy Oxendine is serving as the commission’s vice chairman. The other was to the Henderson Community Appearance Commission. The council appointed Lucille Quinitchette Williams to replace Katrina Boone, who in March 2008 cited work restraints in being unable to continue serving. Williams will serve a three-year term. Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans refrained from voting for Williams because she is related to Williams. The council will need to fill another position on the appearance panel.

And Zollicoffer said while he does not know whether a citizen could ask someone to disperse from someone else’s property, the citizen could certainly call the police. Griffin said that, under the revised ordinance, “If a property owner, a store owner will post ‘No loitering’ signs on the property, then the police can take appropriate action if they feel there is inappropriate

activity going on without having to ask the property owner. “In the absence of that voluntary signing, then it’s more of the old way of where there would have to be a complaint from the property owner or they saw some overt actions occurring on the site,” Griffin said.

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out “just cause” will be considered to have handed in his or her resignation. And the council has the authority to appoint a successor. And the wording states “just cause” is defined as failing to attend without a reasonable excuse or a reasonable explanation to the board’s or to the commission’s chairman or chairwoman, to the municipal department head under which the board or the commission operates or to Griffin. The issue surfaced at a late October council session, when Rainey stated his concerns about lack of participation after City Clerk Pam Glover informed the council of plans to advertise for vacancies on boards and commissions. Griffin on Monday evening said his office will review attendance because the council may want to consider replacing those who do not show up for the meetings of the boards or commissions on which they are appointed

those substitutes could sit in the audience and be ready to participate in the meeting if needed. “We certainly ought to have two alternates appointed,” Zollicoffer said. Rainey said that the Planning Board had to put four items on hold Monday afternoon and that there will have to be a special meeting for voting on recommending those four items for council approval. City Manager Ray Griffin said he would look into Rainey’s request and bring something back for discussion at a council work session. At the same time, Griffin noted the council in early December agreed to amend the city ordinance to change the attendance requirements in response to Henderson board and commission members who failed to participate. The policy specifies any board or any commission member who misses three consecutive regular sessions or at least one-half of the panel’s regular sessions in a fiscal year with-

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included repairs to houses, demolition of dilapidated houses, widening the street and establishing a neighborhood park. Councilman Michael Inscoe was absent from Monday evening’s meeting.

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RICHMOND, Va. — Willie Anthony Alston, 73, of Richmond, Va., formerly of Warren County, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at his residence in Richmond. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by R.H. Greene Funeral Home in Warrenton.

Gracie M.L. Clary MACON — Gracie Myrtle Lynch Clary, 97, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Wil-Med Nursing Center in Wilson. She was a Warren County native born to the late Monk C. Lynch and Alma Taylor Lynch. Her husband, Lawrence H. Clary, also preceded her in death. She was a long time member of Gardner’s Baptist Church and was a member of the Home Demonstration Club. The Revs. Rob Evans and Steve Stevenson will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gardner’s Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Surviving are her daughter, Juanita Clary Gupton of Wilson; her two sons, M.C. Clary of Macon and Norman O. Clary of Alexandria, Va.; her sister, Hester Hilliard of Black Mountain; her brother, Grover Lynch of Macon; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Blaylock Funeral Home. Arrangements are by Blaylock Funeral Home of Warrenton.

Maurice J. Durham KENILWORTH, N.J. — Maurice Julius Durham, formerly of Henderson, died in Kenilworth, N.J. Arrangements will be announced later by the E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cremation Service.

Maggie L. Plummer WISE — Maggie L. Plummer, 78, of 204 Carrie Dunn Road, Wise, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. Arrangements are incomplete and will be

announced later by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.

Annie L. Rainey HENDERSON — Annie L. Rainey, 92, of 331 Will Jefferson Road, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center. A native of Mecklenburg County, Va., she was the daughter of the late Paul and Sarah Bullock. She was a member of Mt. Calvary Holiness Church and later joined Crusade Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was married to the late Ashley Nelson Rainey. She is survived by seven daughters, Lucinda Hargrove, Janie Perry, Charity Brown, Gladys Evans, Naomi Rainey, Mary Oakley and Martha Jones; five sons, Ashley W. Rainey, Mac Arthur Rainey, Jesse Rainey, William C. Rainey and Walter Rainey; a foster son, David Holman; a sister, Geraldine Goodwin; 54 grandchildren; 116 great-grandchildren; and 84 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Crusade Pentecostal Holiness Church, with Elder Louise Branch officiating and the Rev. Mary Hargrove presiding. Floralbearers will be the granddaughters. Honorary pallbearers will be Mother Annie Evans and Mother Mary Henderson. Burial will follow in the Hunt Family Cemetery in Townsville. The viewing will be from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the E.C. Terry’s Funeral Service Chapel. The family will receive friends at the home. Arrangements are by E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cremation Service.

James P. Terry Jr. CREEDMOOR — James Palmer Terry Jr., born in Warrenton County on May 31, 1963, to James Palmer Terry Sr. and Susie Hargrove died in Duke Hospital in Durham on Sept. 10, 2009. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Warren Chapel Bap-

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David L. Writtenberry HENDERSON — David Lee Writtenberry, 97, formerly of Bracey, Va., died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, in Henderson at the home of Deborah and Earle Grey Edmonds. He was the son of Atwell and Molly Acree Writtenberry. He was a retired farmer and the widower of Dorothy King Writtenberry. They married on Aug. 26, 1936, and were married for 71 years until her death Sept. 15, 2007. He is survived by a sister, Dorothy W. Allen of Newport News, Va. A graveside service was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday by the Rev. Ralph Fletcher at Prospect Cemetery in Ebony, Va. Memorial contributions may be made to Prospect United Methodist Church, 1974 Ebony Road, Ebony, Va. 23845. Arrangements were by Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home of South Hill, Va.

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GHS ranked among hospitals on Community Value Index OXFORD — Granville Health System (GHS) was recently named to the Community Value Index Five-Star hospitals list, the hospital announced. The Community Value Index (CVI) ranking measures the financial value hospitals bring to their service areas and places GHS within the top 20 percent of hospitals in the United States in providing financial value to the communities they serve. CVI contains three core areas of evaluation: financial viability and plant reinvestment, cost structure, and charge structure. Measurement in these areas suggests that hospitals operating with a high degree of community value are those that have low costs, low charges, and use financial resources efficiently for reinvesting back into the provision of health care at the facility. Each area contains metrics that compare a hospital’s performance to an appropriate peer group. The combined performance in

each area is the Community Value Index score. Reinvesting back into the community has been a focus of the health system as it moves forward with the $21 million GHS Expansion Plan. “Our Board of Trustees has positioned us well,” said L. Lee Isley, GHS Chief Executive Officer. “By reinvesting in our community, through the expansion plan, we are ensuring that Granville Health System continues to deliver the highest quality care and customer service to our residents, where they work and live.”

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N.C. Attorney General, banking push anti-foreclosure campaign RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina officials on Tuesday expanded a foreclosure prevention program to all homeowners, seeking to prevent recession-stretched borrowers from losing their homes. The state banking commission said it is expanding free financial counseling to all mortgage-holders in hopes it will hold down the rising number of foreclosures as more borrowers lose their jobs and are unable to repay lenders. The expansion is also seen as undercutting scammers who promise to obtain loan modifications for struggling homeowners in exchange for an upfront fee. It is illegal under state law to charge an upfront fee for foreclosure assistance. “It’s in all of our interest to avoid unnecessary fore-

closures, and to fight back against foreclosures scams that prey on struggling homeowners,” Attorney General Roy Cooper said. North Carolina’s foreclosure rate is up 7 percent this year and almost six out of 10 cases are hitting middle-class families that previously had good credit, the banking commission said. The Center for Responsible Lending said more than 2 million North Carolina homeowners will see their property values decline over the next three years because of foreclosures in their neighborhood. Foreclosures also hurt bankers, who lose about 40 percent of the loan value. The banking commission last November kicked off its Home Foreclosure Prevention Project to help subprime homeowners by

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VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Larceny • Deborah Steverson Cornell, 53, of 1120 Duke St. reported Sept. 14 the theft from the residence of the following items and their values: $60 in change; Brown Winchester 12-gauge shotgun, $500; Marlin semi-automatic .22 rifle, $150; 600 Remington .22 rifle bullets, $200; 2 boxes Remington shotgun shells, $24; and several pieces of silver and gold jewelry, $2,000. • Mike Ranes, 58, of 2120 S. Lynnbank Road reported Sept. 14 the theft from a shed of the following items, no values listed: 2 pneumatic nail guns; Black and Decker case containing 3/8-inch drill, 4-inch skill saw and Saw-2-All; 18volt battery; and electric screw driver. • T.T. Beckham, of 1870 N. Lynnbank Road reported Sept. 14 the theft from t he residence of 200 quarters and a .22 Ruger rifle, no value listed. • Home Credit Corp. of 51 Thomas Road reported Sept. 14 the theft of four 15-inch stock Honda tires valued at $88 each and four 15-inch stock rims valued at $88 each. • Anthony Walker, 24, of 1465 Newton Dairy Road Lot 9 reported Sept. 14 the theft from

the residence of the following items and their values: 64-inch TV, $3,000; Hewlett-Packard desktop computer, $750; 26inch Visio TV, $400; assorted jewelry, $1,800; and a Buick LeSabre, $1,200, which was recovered. • Brandon Handford, 24, of 811 Edwards Road reported Sept. 11 the theft from the residence of 2 Symphonic 20inch TVs valued at $275 each, gold nugget ring valued at $150; and gold rope chain with charm valued at $150. • James R. Stringer, 62, of 210 Deer Tick Lane reported Sept. 13 the theft from the residence of a 9-mm handgun, no valued listed. • Leslie Parrott, 26, of 274 Deerfield Run reported Sept. 12 the theft from the residence of the following items and their values: 1 1/2-karat Princess cut diamond ring, $2,500; 1-karat pear-shaped diamond ring, $1,500; 1-karat marquis diamond baggets, $3,000; 2 white gold wedding band sets, $1,000; gold nugget ring, $1,000; black onyx ring, $1,800; diamond ring, $1,000; bags of dog food, $700; 2 tracking collars, $135 each; Remington 1100 semiautomatic shotgun, $700; and medications, no values listed.

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Brother of slain teenager accused of rape By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MITCH WEISS Associated Press Writer

CHARLOTTE — An adoptive relative of a slain pregnant teen was accused of raping her, and police said Tuesday they were also investigating him in her shooting death at a school bus stop. Authorities said they were also looking into whether Royce Mitchell, 36, was the father of Tiffany Wright’s baby. Tiffany was gunned down Monday morning in a shooting police said stemmed from a domestic dispute, but they have not elaborated. Her baby was delivered at a hospital. Mitchell was a person of interest in her killing, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police spokesman Bob Fey. Mitchell turned himself in Monday on an outstanding warrant charging him with statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with Wright, a minor. Police were investigating the rape allegation before Tiffany’s death, but did not bring charges until after her death.

Mitchell, a street maintenance worker for the city, was being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail without bond and will likely get an attorney after an initial court hearing. Tiffany, who was eight months pregnant, was a junior at Hawthorne High School. She was shot once in the head while she waited at a stop in north Charlotte. Wright’s baby was in critical condition Monday, but a hospital spokeswoman refused to give an update a day later. Tiffany’s grandmother said she was in the process of trying to adopt her granddaughter. “You can’t imagine the pain my family is going through,” said Shirley Boston of Cheektowaga, N.Y., a Buffalo suburb. “Tiffany wanted to leave so badly. She wanted to live with me. She went through so much in her life. And then this? It’s so wrong. How could someone do this to her?” Boston said Tiffany was born in Buffalo, placed in foster care soon after her birth and later adopted. The family lost track of her, but eventually she turned up in Kings Moun-

tain, N.C., and was raised there by the foster mother who adopted her, Alma Faye Wright. Tiffany’s uncle, Israel Robbs, 83, of Eden, N.C., said that after his sister died, Tiffany moved in with Mitchell in his Charlotte home. Mitchell was Wright’s son. “That’s what she wanted. She thought he would take good care of her,” Robbs said. Tiffany lived with Mitchell in Charlotte for about three weeks before she was placed in foster care. Robbs said the family was surprised that Mitchell might be a suspect in Tiffany’s death. “He’s had some trouble in the past. That’s not a secret. But he wouldn’t hurt her,” he said. In a cruel twist, in the late 1990s Tiffany’s biological mother called and told Boston that Tiffany was dead, but didn’t disclose any details, Boston said. Confused, she made some calls and tracked her to North Carolina. “It was a great reunion. We talked and I told her everything would be OK,” she said.

Boston left Tiffany with a cell phone and $50 before heading back to Buffalo. She also told her granddaughter that she would try to get custody of her. Boston said she wanted Tiffany and her baby to come to Buffalo to live with her. It was Tiffany’s biological mother who called Monday and again said Tiffany was dead. This time, Boston didn’t believe her until another relative confirmed it. Now that Tiffany’s dead, Boston wants custody of the baby. “This is something I have to do. No matter what it takes,” said Boston, who is flying to Charlotte today. Britany Page, a relative of Tiffany’s, said they had become close over the last year. “She kept telling me all she wanted to do was be happy. That’s all. She had bounced around so much and felt unloved. She was looking forward to having the baby.” She paused for a moment to collect her thoughts. “She was tired of staying there (in Charlotte.) She told me she wanted to emancipate herself. Now we’re going to bury her. It’s just too sad.”

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meanor show cause. Bond was set at $200. Court date Sept. 21.

• Antoine Clack, 18, of 603 Vance St. on Sept. 14 was served a citation for misdemeanor second degree trespassing. Bond was set at $500. Court date Oct. 27. • Lillie Marrow, 43, of 1111 Nothingham Way, Creedmoor, on Sept. 14 was served a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia. No bond listed. Court date Oct. 27. • Anthony Lee Williams, 22, 1112 David St. on Sept. 14 was served a criminal summons for misdemeanor communicating threats. Bond. Court date Nov. 5. • Joyce Aycock, 60, of 2421 Pepperfield Drive, Raleigh, was arrested Sept. 10. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was set at $500. Court date was Sept. 14. • Christopher Delveccio Dunston, 32, of 400 Oliver Drive Lot 5 was arrested Sept. 14. Misdemeanor simple larceny. Bond was set at $500. Court date Oct. 5. • Heather D. Martin, 19, of 125 Sherwood Drive on SEpt. 14 was served an order for arrest. Misdemeanor larceny. Misde-

Larceny • James Floyd, 50, of 1261 Americal Road Lot 87 reported Sept. 14 the theft from a vehicle of a .380 handgun valued at $250. • McDonald’s, 1695 Dabney Drive reported Sept. 14 the theft of, $2,009 from a bank deposit. • Shannon Perry, 31, of 754 Newton Dairy Road reported Sept. 14 the theft from a vehicle of an Alpine AM/FM stereo-CD player valued at $800.

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News Briefs N.C. professor forecasts state’s economy CHARLOTTE (AP) — A prominent North Carolina economist says the recession is turning up this fall, but the employment picture won’t improve until sometime next year. UNC Charlotte economics professor John Connaughton on Tuesday predicted that unemployment will reach 11.2 percent by the end of this year. The jobless rate has been hovering around 11 percent for the past three months. Unemployment figures for August are to be released Friday. Connaughton said North Carolina’s economy is probably already growing again, but most people won’t recognize the weak recovery. Connaughton said consumer confidence and spending is rising but still at very low levels, interest rates are low and the federal stimulus package is beginning to be felt.

Perdue: I’m trying to begin last leg of I-485 CHARLOTTE (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says she’s still trying to begin construction soon on the last leg of the outer loop around North Carolina’s largest city. The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that Perdue said during a visit to Charlotte she’s working with local leaders to keep moving forward on Interstate 485. Perdue pledged in February to start construction on the last section of I-485 by year’s end. The state floated a plan to shift money away from another area project to do so, but some officials don’t like that idea. Perdue’s time in Charlotte on Monday included visiting a church cafeteria with community leaders and a bakery to talk with the small business owners. She also visited a driver’s license office.

N.C.-based Merge Records celebrates 20th anniversary DURHAM (AP) — An independent record label that began in a rented home in Piedmont North Carolina is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The founders of Merge Records, Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance, will promote a new book about the company. They will speak Thursday at the Bull’s Head Bookshop in Chapel Hill and at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh.

Chapel Hill-based Algonquin Books has published a book about Durham-based Merge titled “Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label that Got Big and Stayed Small.” McCaughan and Ballance began Merge Records in 1989 and their group, Superchunk, was one of Merge’s first bands. Among its bands are Spoon, M. Ward, Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel and She & Him.

N.C.’s AG backs fight against Navy landing field RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s Justice Department has promised its support in resisting the U.S. Navy’s quest to build a landing field in the northeastern part of the state. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday that the state Attorney General’s office promised its help to U.S. Rep. Walter Jones. The Republican congressman is helping local efforts to fight the Navy, which is scouting sites in Camden and Gates counties for a practice landing field for pilots from Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. The Attorney General’s Office says it’s prepared to enforce laws letting the state retain some jurisdiction over land seized for the landing field. That would allow the counties to enforce noise ordinances.

N.C. doctor faces murder charge for fatal wreck RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina doctor has been charged with seconddegree murder after police say he caused a wreck that killed a 20-year-old ballerina. Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Raymond Dwight Cook of Raleigh surrendered his medical license before appearing in a Wake County courtroom for a hearing in connection with death of Elena Bright Shapiro. Cook’s vehicle struck the back of Shapiro’s car Friday night after he was traveling 85 miles per hour in a 45 zone. The ballerina trainee from Winston-Salem later died of her injuries. Cook’s bond was set at $250,000 on Tuesday. He has agreed to enter a substance abuse treatment program. A message left for Cook’s attorney was not immediately returned Tuesday.

Rep. Jim Gulley won’t seek an 8th term in 2010 RALEIGH (AP) — State Rep. Jim Gulley won’t run for an eighth term in the North Carolina House of Representatives next year. The 70-year-old Republican from Mecklenburg County said Tuesday it was time for him to spend more time with his grandchildren. Gulley has been serving while being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Gulley joined the Legislature in 1997 and has been interested in law enforcement and education issues, including charter schools. Gulley was one of three Republicans to vote for Democrat Jim Black for speaker in 1999, helping Black win by just one vote. Black and Gulley were longtime friends. He also spoke in support of a 2007 bill that would permit research on embryonic stem cells that would otherwise be discarded, even as most conservatives opposed the idea.

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N.C. court again tackles governor’s budget powers Easley wrong to transfer road funds for other uses By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer

budget statute for one purpose and transferred by the Governor to another does not fulfill the executive’s duty to administer the budget enacted by the Legislature, nor does it assure that the laws are faithfully executed,” Hunter wrote. Judge Barbara Jackson joined with Hunter in the 2-1 opinion. Easley and current Gov. Beverly Perdue — who also has withheld money and cut down on expenses to deal with even worse fiscal troubles — have said the constitution gives the state’s chief executive broad powers to scour state government to find money to close a shortfall. The state constitution says the governor “shall effect the necessary economies in state expenditures” to “insure that the State does not incur a deficit for any fiscal period.” In the dissenting opinion, Judge Linda McGee said Hunter’s interpretation of the state constitution would hamstring governors from acting quickly to plug a deficit. “The restrictions on executive action as mandated by the majority are inefficient, impractical, and likely to thwart the governor in the governor’s constitutional duty to prevent a deficit,” McGee wrote. The divided court means the state Supreme Court must hear the case if the state appeals the ruling. The office of Attorney General Roy Cooper is reviewing the ruling and will consult with Perdue’s office before deciding its next move, spokeswoman Noelle Talley said. The three judges agreed to uphold a portion of John’s ruling that the Legislature had the authority to take another $125 million from the Highway

RALEIGH — North Carolina courts weighed in again Tuesday on how far a governor can go to balance the state’s budget, this time ruling then-Gov. Mike Easley was wrong to transfer $80 million from a road-building fund to pay for other government operations. In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled the state constitution doesn’t allow a governor to transfer money appropriated by the General Assembly for one purpose and use it for another purpose without legislative approval. Easley transferred the money from the Highway Trust to the state’s general fund with a February N.C. judge 2002 executive order to sustains Lexington help close a shortfall in that year’s budget that licensing deal ultimately reached $1.6 billion. Two former state WINSTON-SALEM officials sued later that (AP) — A North Carolina year, arguing trust fund judge has ruled that Lexrevenues must only be ington Furniture Indusused for purposes outlined tries Inc. has properly in state law. advertised a top furniture Judge Robert Hunter collection and rejected a of Morehead City, writing bid to void the company’s the majority opinion, said deal with an artist. a governor has many avThe Winston-Salem enues to narrow a budget Journal reported Tuesgap — including escrowing day that North Carolina funds, employee furloughs Business Court Judge and temporary spending Ben Tennille ruled that cuts. But transferring Lexington should keep its funds appropriated by licensing agreement with the Legislature crosses American Realist painter the line, Hunter wrote in Bob Timberlake. reversing a ruling by SuTimberlake said Lexingperior Court Judge Joseph ton was focusing more on John in March 2008. advertising a lower-priced “The transfer of these imported Timberlake funds, designated by the line at the expense of the World of Bob Timberlake line. The agreement began in 1991 under different Lexington management Bankruptcy Law and was renewed several May Help times. Lexington sued last year after Timberlake Chapter 13 Payments tried to terminate the As Low As agreement.

Trust Fund to balance the 2002-03 budget. The Highway Trust Fund is primarily used to build urban loops, widen four-lane highways and improve secondary roads. The fund generates revenue largely through a 3 percent use tax on vehicle sales, a gasoline tax and title fees. The case already has wound its way through the court system once on a procedural question. The state Supreme Court agreed in 2006 that Transportation Secretary Jim Harrington and ex-Sen. Bill Goldston, who helped created the fund in 1989, had the legal standing to sue as taxpayers. An attorney for Goldston and Harrington said he would comment on the case later Tuesday. State courts have heard two similar cases involving how Easley managed the budget crisis earlier this decade — decisions that will affect the options Perdue and future governors have to plug spending holes. In 2005, the state Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Easley’s decision to withhold $210 million in expected tax reimbursements to local governments to balance the budget. But another three-judge panel last year ruled it was wrong for Easley to intercept $225 million headed to state employee pension funds because the state and federal constitutions protect them.

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Jail the felons, not their victims Be careful whose home you rob. They might be prepared to defend themselves. And if you’re prepared to defend your home, with a weapon if necessary, be advised that you might be treated like the suspect. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, in Baltimore, a Johns Hopkins University student used, of all things, a samurai sword to kill a burglar in the garage of a home he shares with other students. Only Monday, someone had stolen two laptop computers and a Sony PlayStation from the students’ home. They were likely in no hurry to be victimized again. The dead burglary suspect — who according to police had a lengthy criminal history and had been released from prison just Saturday — “lunged” at the home’s residents when they investigated the sounds caused by his intrusion. The student with the sword swung it. The burglar’s hand was severed and his upper body slashed. He died at the scene. Though a police spokesman says the sword is legal in Baltimore and that people have the right to defend “their property and their person,” authorities “are determining whether the student will face criminal charges,” CNN reports. What is certain is that a samurai sword is hardly the weapon of choice for either criminal intent or home defense. And that clearly prison hadn’t rehabilitated this particular offender. Ever. The Baltimore Sun, the local newspaper and the source doing by far the most thorough reporting on the matter, has identified the student-swordsman as John Pontolillo, 20, of Wall, N.J. Using an anonymous police source, the paper has identified the dead man as Donald D. Rice, 49, who had a rap sheet of 29 prior offenses. He was arrested in 2006 for this sort of crime and for driving a stolen car, and got only five months in jail. He was arrested in December 2007 for pulling a gun on an officer, but the charges were dropped by prosecutors in July 2008 when the cop was deployed overseas as a military reservist and could no longer attend the hearings. A month later, Rice was arrested for stealing a car, was convicted in December, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and was already out on the streets in less than a year, returning to his life of crime within hours. At this writing, John Pontolillo who — not by choice, we’re sure — killed a lifelong criminal who violated his and his housemates’ security, remains in custody. Maryland should’ve kept Donald Rice jailed instead.

Quotable “It is neither right nor responsible after you’ve recovered with the help of your government to shirk your obligation to the goal of wider recovery, a more stable system, and a more broadly shared prosperity.” — President Barack Obama, lecturing financial leaders in a stern bid to boost his regulation proposals. “I have always had a special place in my heart for Patrick. While I was fortunate enough to work with him in three films, it was our passion for horses that forged a friendship between us that I treasure to this day. Not only did we lose a fine actor today, I lost my older ‘Outsiders’ brother.” — Actor C. Thomas Howell, in a statemnet after the death of actor Patrick Swayze.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Your blues, author BeBe Moore Campbell famously wrote, ain’t like mine. I’ve occasionally borrowed that phrase to explain how bigotry as experienced by majority and minority is not the same: the one has access to levers of power enabling it to express its hatred in public policy, the other has access only to fists and words. But there are times that observation is simultaneously true, and irrelevant. This is one of them. There is, after all, a certain egalitarian outrageousness in what happened to 18-year-old Brian Milligan. Getting hit in the back of the head with a chunk of concrete is getting hit in the back of the head with a chunk of concrete, whether you are Jew or Muslim, gay or straight, black or white. That’s reportedly what happened to Milligan the night of Aug. 18, after he walked his girlfriend to her home in their gritty Buffalo, N.Y., neighborhood. Milligan had headphones on, so he didn’t even hear it coming. A mob of 10 to 12 black males then stomped and kicked him

and hit him with more concrete — all in the head and face, says his father, Brian Sr., 41. As they struck him, they taunted him. “You white motherf——-, we told you stay away from here. These are ‘our’ streets. We told you stay away from our women.” Brian, Leonard you see, is white. His Pitts girlfriend Distributed by Nicola Cagle Cartoons Fletcher, 18, is AfricanAmerican. That difference in melanin has, they say, been a source of daily friction with a gang of black men in their neighborhood for months. She’s been shot with paintballs, they’ve both been repeatedly cursed and taunted. “They would hit on her right in front of me,” says Milligan. “They would call her ‘baby’ and all that.” Now there’s this. Brian Sr. says when he got to the hospital, he didn’t even recognize his son. “I seen a mess; I seen somebody

laying there dead.” Not quite, but close. Brian Jr. had a gash on his head that required seven staples to close. He had bleeding and swelling in his brain. His jaw and one tooth were broken. His sense of smell is gone. He has no memory of the beating. According to media reports, blacks in the neighborhood have been conspicuous in their refusal to cooperate with investigators. While a black anti-crime group has been trying to help bring the criminals to justice, Brian Sr. says other blacks have chosen silence. “I don’t know if it’s that they’re scared or they don’t care. That’s a coin I just don’t want to toss up in the air.” Nor do I. So let me just say this: Assuming the facts are as we have been told, this demands prosecution as a hate crime. What happened to Brian Milligan is an offense against civil society. We should “all” be outraged. I loathe bigotry in all its forms, but I have a special problem with bigotry as practiced by those who, by dint of their own history, should know better. When Jews hate Muslims for their religion, when gays scorn straights for their sexual orien-

tation, when blacks beat a white teenager for the color of his skin, it suggests people too dense to understand the moral of their own story, the meaning of their own passages. The minority is no more righteous in its hate than the majority is. Brian Sr., an unemployed construction worker facing a mountain of medical bills, is asking for help. A special savings account (No. 483023966528) has been set up for Brian at Bank of America under his mother’s name: Leslie Ann Milligan. And yes, Brian and Nicola are still together. He credits her with nudging him to get his GED. “She loves me. And I love her. That’s more than anything. That sums it all up.” Somebody thought they had a right to tell this kid where he could go and who he could see. They kicked his head in because he is. And that’s a sadly familiar song. It is a blues we’ve heard too many times before. Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via e-mail at lpitts@ miamiherald.com.

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Rep. Rangel — sign of the times Editor’s note: Jonah Goldberg is on vacation. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is becoming a metaphor for almost all the sins of our age. Let us count the ways. How about corruption? Currently, Rangel is under investigation by two House subcommittees for illegally holding four rentstabilized apartments in New York and not disclosing more than $75,000 in income from a rental villa he owns. He also took free Caribbean trips paid for by corporate cronies and used his congressional letterhead to press for money for the City College of New York’s new educational center, which bears his name. Rangel also acknowledged that he improperly listed his assets, as required by law, and failed to report additional checking accounts valued between $250,000 and $500,000 — princely sums acquired on a congressional salary. Try also hypocrisy. Rangel is the head of the Ways and Means Committee that writes the nation’s income tax policy. The politician, who for generations has urged higher taxes, has chronically schemed to avoid paying them. Don’t dare try that if you are a waitress or schoolteacher. In this regard, Rangel is similar to other Obama cabinet nominees and secretaries like Tom Daschle and Timothy Geithner — advocates of higher taxes, and bigger government — who themselves were in violation of the federal tax code. In this weird new moral landscape, good public intentions apparently offset private lapses. After the Republican scandals involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.), Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) and Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp,” to end the Republican “culture of corruption” and to create “the most ethical Congress ever.” Proclaiming ethical reform apparently means you

have already enacted it. In reality, by her tolerance for the ethically challenged like Rangel, John Murtha (D-Pa.), and others, Speaker Pelosi only reminds Americans that influence peddling and corruption are bipartisan sins: those out of power allege them, those in power commit them. Rangel’s situation also illustrates the problem of racial scapegoating by the nation’s elite, another example of rampant hypocrisy. During the health-care meltdown, overwhelmed by his own Victor Davis ethics problems, a frusHanson trated Rangel Tribune Media lashed out at Services supposedly racist Americans: “Some Americans have not gotten over the fact that Obama is president of the United States. They go to sleep wondering, ‘how did this happen?’” Actually, they may wonder how it happened that the more successful and powerful you become in America, the more proof there is that the country is racist. Rangel would have us believe that an African-American’s election to the presidency, made possible in large part by millions of white supporters, translates into racist opposition to health-care legislation — or into Charles Rangel being unfairly charged with tax dodging. Some of the most privileged Americans in the country have lectured us on race. Attorney General Eric Holder, a Columbia Law School grad, accused the country of cowardice for its reluctance to speak about race on his terms. President and Harvard Law alum Barack Obama asserted that a Cambridge, Mass., police officer acted stupidly in taking his friend, Harvard Professor Skip Gates, down to the station after his invective-riddled hissy fit. New

York Governor David Paterson blames his sinking poll numbers on white racism, more prominent than ever, he thinks, in the age of Obama. Then there is the case of controversial environmental czar and Yale Law graduate Van Jones claimed a “vicious smear campaign” did him in. Jones, remember, resigned after comparing President Bush to a crack addict, and asserting that white people were polluting the ghetto, and that only white students commit mass murders in the public schools, and, most disturbingly, after signing a “truther” petition calling for an investigation of the Bush administration’s purported role in causing 9/11. There were indeed smears that were racist — but largely on the part of Jones himself. In all these disturbing trends, one Rep. Charles Rangel seems to be on the cutting edge. And still these political truths remain self-evident: Congressional reform Democrats are as corrupt as Republican reformers. Those who craft tax policy routinely violate it without compunction. Rules don’t apply to those in Washington, who are generous with someone else’s money, but stingy with their own. The false charge of racism has devolved into a convenient defense when elites find themselves trapped in their own self-created legal and ethical messes, or things don’t go their way. If we wish to understand why congressional approval ratings are at historic lows, why corruption seems to be more blatant than ever, and why the public is tiring of racial scapegoating by the welloff, then we need look no further than Charles Rangel, emblem of our times. Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and author, most recently, of “A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War.” You can reach him by emailing author@victorhanson.com.

Re: the article, “BrainDead Mudslingers,” by columnist,Clarence Page, one can only think it ironic that his own title attacks right wing conservatives by calling them “brain-dead.” He further basically apologized for Van Jones’ “A*H” name-calling of Republicans, as well as his signing a petition that accused President Bush and our own government for the 9/11 attack. Not only did JOnes “dabble” in radical politics, but was absorbed in the teachings of Marx and Lenin and became a selfavowed communist! Had this man been properly vetted, he would never have gotten past the FBI. Yet, President Obama eagerly sought him to become one of his numerous czars, as well as thirty-some others who likewise have not been vetted. Mind you, these unvetted people are Obama’s closest advisors and are unaccountable to no one except he. Obviously, the traditional President’s Cabinet is now in name only. President Obama gave the invitation, “If you want to know my policies, look at the people who surround me.” Luckily, Glenn Beck of FOX News accepted his invitation and has learned quite a bit about Obama’s czars, which has angered Clarence Page. Apparently, he hates the messenger more than the message. What Beck has found is that many of the czars have socialist, Marxist, or communist leanings. I find it hard to believe that any American, whether Republican, Democrat or Independent, wants our government infiltrated by the enemy. Far too many Americans have given their lives to preserve our freedom against the tyranny of these governments. God forbid we should lose it from within the White House! We should all be hoping the real intent of these czars is exposed and they’re forced to leave! What’s even more troubling is their friendship with our president! Something is definitely wrong with this picture. Thelma Johnson, Henderson

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