The Daily Dispatch - Thursday, October 15, 2009 by The Daily Dispatch

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Volume XCV, No. 241

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Elections Board says Daye winner in At Large contest

County vetting its first choices

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Daily Dispatch/GLENN CRAVEN

A worker wearing face and ear protection walks by at the scene on Wednesday where city staff and employees from PSNC Energy were called to stem a natural gas leak that occurred at 302 Zollicoffer Ave. While natural gas is colorless, the leak creates a visible plume most likely by atomizing moisture in the soil or air as it escapes. Below, Henderson firefighters stand by while the leak is capped off.

Gas leak

No evacuation or injuries as crew contains accident By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

A leak in a two-inch line blew a geyser of natural gas into the atmosphere along Zollicoffer Avenue shortly before midday on Wednesday. The potentially dangerous situation was contained after a matter of a few hours. No one was injured. Henderson Assistant Fire Chief Steve Cordell said that situation did not require evacuating residents of the area. There was no fire, but a fire crew stood by as a precaution while a PSNC Energy Please see ECONOMIC, page 4A team stopped the leak,

Index Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Business & Farm. . . . 5A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 8A Light Side . . . . . . . . . 9A Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-4B Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 5B Classifieds. . . . . . . 6-7B

Weather Today Chilly

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Friday Breezy

High: 56 Low: 44

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Deaths Baltimore, Md. Thomas H. Christmas, 87 Henderson Sterling W. Ayscue, 69 Preston Mosely, 84 Heddie L.B. Roberts, 66 Oxford Doris E. Glasco, 62 Savannah, Ga. Edmond A. O’Brien, 52

Obituaries, 4A

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Ward 4 recount denied

Who’s to direct economic growth? Vance County will go back to the drawing board in its search for an economic development director if a “first-tier” applicant isn’t found among current candidates. Members of the Henderson-Vance Economic Development Commission got the message Wednesday when County Manager Jerry Ayscue told them the screening process underway has produced “a couple of different options.” It’s possible that someone could be placed in the position by the time the EDC holds its Strategic Planning Retreat Oct. 27-28, “but we’re still doing background checks,” Ayscue said. Jim Kearney, an EDC member who is participating in the interviews of prospective candidates, said he wished “we could have put a couple of them together.” About 50 people have been invited to attend the first day of the retreat session which take place from 7:45 a.m. to late afternoon at the Ambassador Inn & Suites. The second day will be spent at the Bank of

Cordell said. Angie Townsend, a spokesperson for PSNC Energy, said someone hit a two-inch gas pipe while digging. Workmen for the energy company had to dig down to repair the leak, a timeconsuming process. “We couldn’t just squeeze it off,” Townsend said. She added that two customers lost service, but late Wednesday afternoon the gas company was in the final stages of clearing the line so service could be restored. Contact the writer at dirvine@ hendersondispatch.com.

Public safety study debate heats up Cantley: ‘Fiasco’ has cost $36,000, but report still not ready By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — The City Commission on Tuesday evening voted 4-3 for a budget amendment to pay a final $4,000 amount owed for a study of public safety by the International City/County Management Association, that is, when the document is ready. Commissioner Walter Cantley prior to the vote unsuccessfully called for his fellow commissioners to stop this “nonsense” until the board receives a full length, unedited report. City Manager Mark Donham told the commissioners the reason Cantley for the allocation is because two $18,000 payments were made to the association in Fiscal Year 2008-09 and the $4,000 had to be shifted to this fiscal year so the association can be paid when the document is open for viewing by the commissioners and the public. “The final report has not been submitted,” Donham said, with the estimated time of completion being in December. “We’re still working on drafts.” And Donham said, “We feel that it’s in the best interest of the city to

make sure that we have a full and complete report before we make it public.” Voting for the allocation were Mayor Pro Tem and Public Safety Committee Chairman Howard Herring and Commissioners Paul Kiesow, Chance Wilkinson and Bob Williford. Voting no were Cantley and Commissioners Steve Powell and Bob Shope. Donham on July 23 told a joint session of four City Commission committees that he would be off for a week, but that he and Police Chief John Wolford had obtained a preliminary copy of the study and would sit down and discuss any errors or inaccuracies they found in the approximately 190-page document and ask the association to make the corrections. The Dispatch at the time asked Donham when he wanted to present details in a formal manner before the commissioners and the citizens. Donham at the time replied, “Probably what we’ll do is this: Probably we’ll spend August kind of going through committee and seeing how the committee wants to deal with it. And then probably in September we’ll bring something forward.” Donham, when asked by the Dispatch in an e-mail on Friday for an update, said, “It is looking like it will probably (be) released in December.” That additionally meant the study would not be made public until after the Nov. 3 municipal election. Voters will choose between Mayor Al Woodlief, two-time challenger Please see STUDY, page 3A

Candidate wants fire chief hired By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — Frank Strickland is repeating his call for the hiring of a fire chief. During the public comment phase of Tuesday evening’s City Commission meeting, Strickland, the lone speaker, said, “I’m probably the only person in this room that has experience as a public safety officer and Strickland I can tell you right now it doesn’t work.” Strickland, who is chief of police at Meredith College in Raleigh, added that if no one within the Oxford Fire Department can take charge as fire chief, then something is wrong. And Strickland expressed surprise that Mayor Al Woodlief has not advocated the hiring of a fire chief, citing Woodlief’s previous experience with the Fire Department. Woodlief retired as a captain after 25 years with the department and his on-line biography lists him as an honorary member. Please see CANDIDATE, page 3A

The Vance County Board of Elections on Wednesday told Ward 4 At Large City Council candidate Ranger Wilkerson his request for a recount was denied, meaning incumbent George Daye is officially the winner of the Oct. 6 election. “The basis was it did not meet the threshold in the statute,” Board Chairman Jim Kearney said of the reason Wilkerson was told no. State law says a defeated candidate has the right to demand a recount if the difference between the votes for the defeated candidate and the votes for the prevailing candidate is not more than one percent of the total votes cast. And the difference in Wilkerson’s case was more than 2 percent, with a canvassing of the votes on Tuesday showing Daye with 983 to Wilkerson’s 931. Daye could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday. Wilkerson, when reached by the Dispatch, said he would consult with his attorneys and rely on their advice. “I had so many, many people to call me and beg me to please ask for a recount,” Wilkerson said. And Wilkerson said supporters continued contacting him on Wednesday, telling him, “I knew it was going to happen,” a reference to their belief that the recount was not going to occur. “I mean, I went out to Walmart this afternoon. Same thing,” Wilkerson said of the feedback he was receiving while talking with supporters there. And Wilkerson, noting he received bi-racial backing in the election, said of those who cast ballots for him, “They just want to be treated right. That’s all.” “And that’s the same thing with me,” Wilkerson said. “I don’t want to cause no problems whatsoever. I just want to make sure that I lost fair and square.” Wilkerson requested the recount on Monday. The Dispatch on Wednesday asked Kearney whether Wilkerson could do anything else legally. “It’s a matter of law,” Kearney said of the board’s decision. “I don’t think it’s appealable. However, I guess anything is reviewable. So, I don’t know what he might do.” Wilkerson, a former Henderson fire chief, had held the Ward 4 At Large position until being defeated by Daye in a 2007 contest in which four of the eight members of the then-council were voted out of office. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

The Daily Dispatch

Our Hometown

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Mark It Down Today Weed and Seed — The Weed and Seed Steering Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Henderson City Council chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Human relations commission — 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. Blood drive — The American Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive at M.R. Williams Co. from 1-5:30 pm. For more information about local blood drives or to learn more about volunteer opportunities, please contact Twanna Jones, Granville-Vance Branch Manager at (252) 438-4813 or (919) 693-6550 or email JonesTJ@usa.redcross.org. Heritage society — The Heritage Society of Franklin County will hold its regular monthly meeting at noon, October 15 at the Murphy House Restaurant in Louisburg. Everyone that has an interest in the heritage and genealogy of Franklin County is urged to attend. For further information regarding the meeting, contact Joe Pearce, (919) 496-3321; Maylon Cooke, (919) 556-4213; or Annette Goyette, (252) 492-3820. March/rally — A Stomp Out Drugs and Violence March is planned for 4 p.m. in Oxford, beginning at the rear of the National Guard Armory. Participants are asked to assemble by 3:45 p.m. The event is being sponsored by the Oxford Housing Authority, the Granville County Schools and various other local agencies. The march will end at the City of Oxford Gymnasium with speakers and presentations from youth groups. Afterwards, games and educational activities are planned on the football field and in the gymnasium. For more information, call (919) 693-6936. 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). Community watch — The West Hills/West Creek/158 ByPass Community Watch will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Maria Parham Medical Center auditorium. Sheriff Peter White will be the guest speaker. All neighbors are encouraged to attend. AARP meeting — The Vance County Chapter of AARP will meet at 2 p.m. at the Vance County Senior Center, 126 S. Garnett St. The executive board will meet at 1:30 p.m. Members are asked to bring canned meats and other non-perishable food items for the group’s ACTS project.

Friday Weight loss group — TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a non-profit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Pre-show barbecue — The pre-show barbecue for Show, Shine, Shag & Dine and East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame guests will be held at the Ambassador’s Inn & Suites, Parham Road, I-85 Exit 215, Henderson, from 1-6 p.m. and is open to the public. Cost is $4 per plate cover charge. Antique, classic and nostalgia drag cars will be on display. For more information, call the Vance County Tourism Department at (252) 438-2222.

Saturday Maria Parham fundraiser — The Maria Parham Healthcare Foundation is holding its second annual Foundation 5 event in and around Maria Parham Medical Center on Ruin Creek Road today. The event will consist of a 5K run beginning at 8 a.m. and the Heart Healthy Mile event and Kids’ Dash beginning at 8:45 a.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Maria Parham Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit organization geared to promote health care in the local four-county area. The foundation will dedicate all funds from the Heart Healthy Mile to Maria Parham’s Cardiac Rehab Scholarship Program. Participants may register from 7-7:45 a.m. at the registration table. The entry fee is $25 in advance for the 5K and the Heart Healthy Mile, increasing to $30 on race day. The fee for the Kid’s Dash is $10. For more information, contact Nick at (252) 436-1604. Car show — The Show, Shine, Shag & Dine car show will bring hundreds of antique and classic cars, muscle cars and nostalgia drag cars (pre ‘76) to downtown Henderson along Garnett Street today. Registration will be held from 7:30-11 a.m. Cars will be on display until 5 p.m. Live entertainment will be provided and vendors will sell food and other items all day. Admission is free for spectators. Registration fee is charged for judged and non-judged car entries. For more information, call the Vance County Tourism Department at (252) 438-2222. Rabies clinic — Citizens for Animal Protection of Warren County is sponsoring a free rabies clinic for Warren County cats and dogs on from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Warrenton Lions Club Parking Lot, 249 W. Ridgeway St. The clinic is also offered to those with a Littleton address. Limit of 10 animals per vehicle and cats must be in a carrier. Vance County Farmers’ market — The Vance County Farmers’ Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon. The market is located at the intersection of Williams and Arch streets in downtown Henderson. Vendors interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188. Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon at the corner of Market and Main streets in historic downtown Warrenton. All produce is locally grown by the vendors. For more information or to receive a vendor application, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640. 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 7 a.m. to noon. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring The Woodlief Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Master gardeners — The Master Gardeners will be at Franklin Brothers Nursery and Greenhouse, 3193 Vicksboro Road, Henderson, from 10 a.m. to noon for a plant clinic. If you have any questions please call Franklin Brothers at 252492-6166. Ridgeway Opry House — Performing this week are Julia Morton, Matt Nelson, Verlin Bailey, Jeff Jeffries and Friends, Joyce Chisenhall, Jackie Turner, and Frieda & Ellen with High Mountain Harmony. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. Coming Oct. 24, New Grace Bluegrass.

Sunday Hall of fame — The East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame reunion and awards presentation will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center. An awards presentation and induction ceremony honoring this year’s inductees into the hall of fame will be held at 12:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Vance County Tourism Department at (252) 438-2222.

Winners take home bikes in Fire Prevention coloring contest Fire Prevention Week coloring contest winners named during this year’s open house at the Henderson Fire Station #2 on Oct. 10 were (kindergarten-1st grade) Anna Hope, Vance Charter School (first place), Kaitlyn Whittemore, Vance Charter School (second place), and Josie Nevils, Vance Charter School (third place); (2nd-4th grades) Hunter Edwards, Aycock Elementary (1st place), Shatasia Davis, Aycock Elementary (second place) and Somia Terry, Boys and Girls Club (third place); (5th-6th grades), Katie Ayscue, Vance Charter School (first place); Kimberly Stone, Vance Charter School (second place), and Maddie Sauer, Vance Charter School (third place). Pictured (above) are Edwards, Terry, Stone, Ayscue, Whittemore, Nevils and Hope with Fire Chief Daniel Wilkerson. Pictured with the fire chief (at right) is Sauer. Not pictured is Davis. The first place winners received a bike and will spend a day with Wilkerson as “Chief for the Day.” Second and third place winners received a ribbon and a toy.

Last chance to see ‘The Pajama Game’ at Granville Little Theatre Friday and Saturday The Granville Little Theatre’s production of the award winning musical, “The Pajama Game,” ends this weekend with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Oxford City Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and children. This adult musical is set at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, where the union is seeking a wage hike of seven and a half cents an hour. The play is based on the “game” of selling pajamas (not a pajama party), so this is not a play for young children. With great songs and wonderful choreography the enthusiastic cast brings the conflict and

Cast members of “The Pajama Game” will wrap up Granville Little Theatre’s production of the musical this weekend. romance to a wonderful conclusion. For more information

and directions, go to www. granvilleittletheatre.com or call (919) 482-0777.

‘Meet Me In The Street’ delayed again The final “Meet Me In The Street” event for this season has been rescheduled for a second time due to inclement weather. The

event was planned for 5:30 p.m. today in downtown Henderson, but has been postponed to next Thursday, Oct. 22, due to the weather

forecast for rain. The event is sponsored by the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce and a number of local businesses.

Testing eliminated for high school diplomas With state budget cuts for the 2009-2010 school year approved by the N.C. General Assembly, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction has eliminated the competency tests in reading and mathematics and the computer skills tests and their alternate assessments. Since there were students who failed to meet the competency and/or computer skills proficiency standards, a transition plan to address the graduation requirements for these students has been developed.

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The plan stipulates that as of this past July 1, students who met all state and local graduation requirements except for achieving proficiency on the North Carolina Competency Tests of Reading and/or Mathematics and/or the North Carolina Computer Skills Tests and/or their alternate assessments are allowed to receive their high school diploma. The state is allowing these students to receive their high school diploma through this transition plan until July 1, 2014.

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Yard sale The Britthaven Relay for Life team will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Britthaven, 1245 Park Ave., Henderson. All proceeds will go to Vance County Relay for Life.

Vance County Schools will issue high school diplomas to eligible former students through this transition plan. To request a high school diploma through this plan, former students should contact the Vance County Schools’ Student Records Department by calling (252) 492-2127 or by coming to the department located in the school system’s Administrative Services Center at 1724 Graham Ave. in Henderson.

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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Seattle 59/51 Billings 58/39 Minneapolis 42/32 San Francisco 70/58

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Frank Strickland and writein candidate Powell for the city’s top position for a twoyear term. And Shope has endorsed Strickland. And voters will choose four commission positions being left vacant because Kiesow, Powell, Shope and Wilkinson are not seeking re-election. Thirteen candidates are competing to fill the positions for a four-year term. The commission majority on Jan. 13 gave Donham, who was hired in May 2008, the go-ahead for the study of public safety. Cantley cast the lone dissenting vote, citing concern about the impact on municipal finances. Shope was absent for personal reasons. During Tuesday evening’s commission meeting, Cantley, reading from a prepared text, said: “This fiasco has been going on since May. And we have already paid ICMA $36,000 and still have no idea what they have recommended. This report belongs to the city, who paid for it, not just a few individuals who apparently are trying to interpret it by themselves. Let the board decide what they said.” “If we keep trying to tweak and change their recommendation, then we’ve wasted city funds,” Cantley added. Turning to Donham, Cantley said: “Mark, I think you’ve had this report in your hand since mid-July or before. And we still have not received even a brief preview of what they recommended. Please tell us what the problem is. I am now asking for a copy of the original document submitted from the ICMA so we may

compare their recommendation to yours.” Williford asked what the contract says regarding the $4,000. “It says it’s to be paid when the final copy is delivered,” Donham said. “Then we should hold off,” Williford said. Cantley said, “We ought to have it.” Donham said the city is simply moving money into this current fiscal year and maintained the report will be made public. When Cantley asked when about the latter, Donham said December. “But, again, I advise you to think about this carefully, because you don’t want a study to be released until it’s ready to be released,” Donham said. “We’ve got time,” Donham said, adding, along the lines of e-mail correspondence with the Dispatch on Friday, that he has confidence in Wolford, who has been doubling as fire chief since Lanny Dillehay’s Jan. 16 departure. And Donham told the commissioners he believes the Fire Department is doing an excellent job. “So, there’s no need to rush this just to rush it,” Donham said of the study. “We need to, you know, make sure that we do it correctly. And we don’t want to waste the money. We want to spend it effectively. “And I think the way to spend it effectively is to wait until it’s completed” and then hand the report to the Public Safety Committee, Donham said. “And it’ll be released at that time to both the commission and the public,” Donham added.

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ing until the new commission takes office, adding,“If you do something in November, I mean, they can turn around and redo it in December.” Wilkinson said he is not passing the buck, “but I think the new board ought to have a chance to look at some of these things.” “Amen,” Herring said. Cantley noted the new commission has the power to rescind a previous commission’s action. Powell wanted to know from Donham what would happen when the $4,000 is appropriated. Donham reiterated the report would be presented to the Public Safety Committee and added, “Everyone on the commission will have a chance to have input.” Powell said, “It’s dangling out there. And I would just like to have something concrete, other than theoretical, to let me know, let us know.” The commission met in open session for approximately an hour and 10 minutes before going into closed session, citing the personnel exemption to the state’s open meetings laws. The closed session was in response to an Oct. 4 e-mail from Powell to Donham raising questions about scheduling by the Recreation Department and about Donham’s administration. On Tuesday evening, Woodlief, the commissioners, Donham and Recreation Director Mary Caudle met behind closed doors for approximately 20 minutes. City Attorney Tom Burnette afterward told the Dispatch no action was taken.

remarks and Woodlief quickly moved on with the meeting. Donham has said his plan was to wait until after the International City/County Management Association provided details from a $40,000 study of public safety before making a decision about whether to start a search to replace Dillehay. Donham is saying the study will be ready for viewing by the commissioners and the public in December. Strickland is opposing Woodlief for the third consecutive time in the Nov.

3 municipal election and departing Commissioner Steve Powell has entered the contest for mayor as a write-in candidate. Strickland has favored a self study of public safety. And Strickland has repeatedly called for Woodlief’s resignation, has said he believes Woodlief lied to cover up alleged misconduct by Wolford and had called for the ouster of Tommy Marrow when Marrow was the previous city manager.

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CANDIDATE, from page one Oxford’s previous fire chief, Lanny Dillehay, departed on Jan. 16. Additionally, the Fire Department lost Assistant Chief Butch Ball to retirement, with Ball’s last official day being on March 1. City Manager Mark Donham tapped Police Chief John Wolford to double as acting fire chief. Strickland on Tuesday evening told the commissioners and commission candidates in the audience: “Don’t let ‘em sell you a false bill of goods. When there is a major fire, it takes the police officers off the

street. I know. I’ve been there and I’ve done that. And I know exactly what’s involved in firefighting.” The latter includes much pre-planning and training because of the presence of industries locally and much work getting a fire truck prepared for another run after the fighting of a fire, Strickland said. “But it is a definite, different job than police and we should treat it like that,” Strickland said. Woodlief and the rest of the city officials said nothing in response to Strickland’s

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Herring, as committee chairman, said: “I’m totally comfortable with the duties and the functions and the things that have been done by our police and fire department(s). “And we hired a city manager. He makes the big bucks to make the decisions, to tell us when a report is ready. The report, as I understand it, has been delivered to the manager. “And we need to pay those people. We need to pay ‘em. They’ve done their work. We need to pay ‘em.” Williford was satisfied with Donham saying the $4,000 allocation is an accounting matter. Shope noted he chairs the commission’s Personnel Committee and, as a retired federal fire marshal, additionally noted he has 28 years of experience in the federal fire service. “And I felt like I would have a big input in that,” Shope said of the study. “And I have not been asked one time, neither as a chairman of the Personnel Committee or my back history in fire service.” Herring asked Shope whether he had supported the study and Shope said yes, but Shope added that, once the study came back, he asked Donham, “Could I be involved?” “And I really didn’t get a direct answer. But, I figured he had his reasons. I didn’t push it, but I just wanted to bring this up,” Shope said. Herring said that, “We hired this firm as specialists and experts in the field” and that, “I think we need to wait until we get the final results to make decisions and to act and to implement.” Wilkinson advised wait-

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News Briefs N.C. students still beating national average in math RALEIGH (AP) — New math scores show North Carolina fourth- and eighth-graders are still performing better than students nationwide. The biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress released Wednesday by the federal government shows North Carolina fourth-graders improved their scores slightly compared to 2007. There was no change from 2007 to 2009 for eighthgrade scores. North Carolina fourthgraders on average scored 244 points on a 500-point scale, compared with 239 points nationwide. Eighth-graders scored 284 compared to 282 for the nation. State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison said other results show state education standards are improving through time. The percentage of North Carolina fourth- and eighth-graders performing basic-level work or higher on the tests has increased markedly since the early 1990s.

Health care firm to bring 300 jobs in Charlotte RALEIGH (AP) — A health care purchasing and data company is moving its headquarters from California to North Carolina as it increases its work force by 300 jobs. A state economic incentives panel approved an agreement Wednesday with Premier Inc. The company could receive more than $4 million in grants if it creates the jobs over the next five years in Charlotte and keeps them through 2018. The company already employs about 750 people in Charlotte. The Commerce Department says Premier also will move its headquarters from San Diego to North Carolina’s largest city. Premier is owned by more than 200 not-forprofit hospitals and health care systems that share clinical information and leverage purchasing to reduce costs. The alliance works with more than 2,200 hospitals and 63,000 health care providers.

No trick: Church to burn Bibles, books CANTON (AP) — A North Carolina pastor says his church in Canton plans to burn Bibles and

books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers. Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina church follows. He says all other versions, such as the Living Bible, are “satanic” and “perversions” of God’s word. On Halloween night, Grizzard and the 14 members of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church also will burn music and books by Christian authors, such as Billy Graham and Rick Warren. Telephone calls to the Amazing Grace Baptist Church and Grizzard’s home were not immediately returned Wednesday.

Forest Service closes OHV trail in western N.C. MURPHY (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is permanently closing the Upper Tellico off-highway vehicle trail system in Cherokee County to correct erosion problems in the watershed. The Forest Service said Wednesday it was closing the 39-mile trail system located about 10 miles west of Murphy in the Nantahala National Forest. The agency decided to close the trail because of erosion problems in the Upper Tellico River watershed. The Asheville CitizenTimes reported that the Forest Service first began looking at runoff problems after several environmental groups threatened to sue the agency in July 2007. They charged that the Forest Service violated laws by failing to prevent mud from eroded trails from polluting streams. Officials say it will cost more than $2 million to correct the erosion problems now occurring.

Part of Blue Ridge Parkway closed ASHEVILLE (AP) — The Blue Ridge Parkway has been closed south of Asheville, approaching Mount Pisgah, because officials fear the possibility that a nearby slope will crumble. Engineers with the Federal Highway Administration determined Wednesday that the amount of rain that’s already fallen, combined with the possibility and more rain and the tenuous condition of the slope create a high risk of failure. The slope failed in 2002

ECONOMIC, from page one America, and will involve only EDC members. Andrea Harris, who is on the board, said she would like for all of the members to have comprehensive data pertaining to industries, jobs, unemployment and other facets of life in Vance County and Henderson prior to the retreat. Rick Seekins, who is with the Kerr-Tar Region-

al Council of Goverments, said he would try to gather information that the board can use in its discussions. In other business, Chairman Sam Watkins and some other EDC members expressed disappointment over having to withdraw the board’s proposal to relocate the Small Business Center to downtown Henderson from the Oct. 5 meeting agenda

and has been closely monitored since being repaired. The closure is in effect until further notice from Milepost 393.6 at the French Broad river junction to Milepost 405.5 near the Pisgah Campground Country Store.

Couple accused of defrauding Cisco of $23 million RALEIGH (AP) — Prosecutors say a North Carolina couple has been charged with stiffing Cisco Systems Inc. in a $23 million mail fraud and money laundering scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Raleigh said Wednesday Mario and Jennifer Easevoli were arrested Sept. 28 in Phoenix. A third person has not been arrested. The indictment says Mario Easevoli was president of North Carolina-based Synergy Communications Corp. Jennifer Easevoli was vice president. Authorities say the three used fictitious companies to get networking equipment parts from California-based Cisco. They sold the parts, depositing proceeds in a Synergy account. Court papers did not say if the Easevolis have attorneys. The Bureau of Prisons Web site said Mario Easevoli was being held in Oklahoma City and had no listing for Jennifer Easevoli.

Stimulus to N.C. saves, creates 24,000 jobs so far RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina government says federal stimulus money sent directly to state agencies has saved or created at least more than 24,000 jobs so far. The North Carolina Office of Economic Recovery and Investment began rolling out numbers late Wednesday on how the federal money received has been spent to date. State agencies had a deadline last weekend to report to Washington on the use of recovery dollars. Sizeable amounts of money have been used so far to fill revenue gaps in the state budget, contract for 110 highway projects and provide supplemental funds to local school districts. The state recovery office said more than 19,000 of the jobs were saved or created, thanks to more than $1 billion set aside in the budget for the public schools and Medicaid.

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BALTIMORE — Thomas Haywood Christmas, 87, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Warrenton, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.

HENDERSON — Sterling Wheeler Ayscue, age 69, a former resident of 3899 Warrenton Road, died Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at The Hospice Home of Alamance in Burlington. Born in Franklin County on March 23, 1940, he was the son of the late Nathan Nathaniel Ayscue and Nelford Patterson Ayscue. He was a retired tree surgeon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. L.T. Harris. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens. He is survived by one daughter, Faith Ann Arvidson of Burlington; and was the beloved brother of Linwood Ayscue of Timberlake, and Wade Ayscue of Henderson; and his four

Doris E. Glasco OXFORD — Doris Elizabeth Glasco, 62, of 5086 Antioch Road, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, at her home. She was the daughter of Mary L. Harris and the late John Willie Harris. She was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church where she served on several auxiliaries. Survivors include her husband, McLeonard Glasco Sr. of the home; two daughters, JoAnn Glasco of Raleigh and Antonia Glasco of Winston-Salem; a son, McLeonard Glasco Jr. of Oxford; nine sisters, Mary Cozart, Betty Smith, Julia Cozart, Ann Bass, Pattie Cozart, Melinda Hunt, Jackie Bullock, Elaine Brodie and Angela Rogers; and four brothers, John Willie Jr., Chester, Robert and Elder Bruce Harris. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Morning Star Baptist Church by the Rev. Adolphus Smith. Burial will follow in the Morning Star Baptist Church cemetery on Antioch Road. The viewing will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.

Edmond A. O’Brien SAVANNAH, Ga. — Edmond Anthony O’Brien, 52, of 1425 King George Boulevard, Savannah, Ga., died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at the Memorial Health Care Center in Savannah. He was a United States Air Force veteran. Survivors include his wife, Bettie O’Brien; a

daughter, April O’Brien of New Jersey; his father, Leonard O’Brien of Stone Mountain, Ga.; two brothers, Zachary O’Brien of New York and Leonard O’Brien of New Jersey; two sisters, Angela O’Brien and Audrey O’Brien, both of New York; and a grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted at noon on Tuesday at the Betts and Son Chapel, with eulogy by the Rev. Curtis McCrae. Burial will follow in the Lewis Chapel U.C.C. Cemetery with Military Rites. The family will receive visitors one hour before the service at the Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.

Preston Mosely HENDERSON — Preston Mosely, 84, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Guardian Care of Henderson. The family will receive friends at the residence of Susie Fields, 2645 Thomas Road, in the Williamsboro community. Funeral arrangements

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Heddie L.B. Roberts HENDERSON — Heddie Lamarr Brown Roberts, 66, of 874 Gun Club Road, died Oct. 8, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Macon, Ga., and was the daughter of the late John and Cotis Tallem Brown. As an adult, she resided in New York for many years before moving to Henderson. Survivors include her husband, Conrad Francis Roberts Jr. of the home; two daughters, Debby Allen of Henderson and Ginger Good of Raleigh; four grandchildren; four sisters, Frankie Johnson, Mable Swain, Betty Hart and Joyce Perkinson, all of Macon, Ga.; and four brothers, Douglas Brown, Benton Brown, Sammy Brown and Anthony Brown, all of Macon, Ga. Memorial services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday at Davis-Royster Funeral Chapel by the Rev. William Goode. Arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

2 swine flu vaccine doses for kids under 10 likely By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. For younger children, the protection from one shot is “modest but not sufficient to allow for one dose to do the trick,” he said. Sanofi is the only company licensed in the United States to make vaccine for children as young as 6 months old. The company tested two strengths of the vaccine, given as two shots 21 days apart. The vaccine was tested in 474 children ages 6 months through 9 years old. Only half of children 6 months to 3 years old had enough protection after one shot of the higher

Test results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 are likely to need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday. Federal officials said the news is not surprising, since this age group needs two doses of regular seasonal flu vaccine the very first time they ever are for the Vance County Comgiven a flu vaccine for full missioners. immunity to develop. Just prior to the beginThe new Sanofi results ning of the EDC session on back up what government Wednesday, Watkins told tests are showing, said Dr. a Daily Dispatch reporter Anthony Fauci, director that he had been “lobbied” of the National Institute by a commissioner to withdraw the proposal Oct. 5 because it didn’t have the WARREN COUNTY votes needed for approval. Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

sisters, Edna A. Mosley, Dorothy A. Seiple, and Esther A. Perkinson all of Henderson, and Kathryn A. Ellington of Cary. He is also survived by one granddaughter, Jessica Arvidson; and his very special friends, Rhonda, Susan, and Scottie. He was preceded in death by one sister, Lillian A. Baker; and five brothers, Owen N. Ayscue, Willard Hartwell Ayscue, Larry Roger Ayscue, Sr., Milton Ray Ayscue, and Calvin Durward Ayscue. The family will receive friends today from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral Home. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to a charity or church of one’s choice. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

strength vaccine, as did three-fourths of children 3 to 9 years old, Sanofi reported. For adults, one shot of the higher strength vaccine appears to be enough, Sanofi reported earlier. Another option for people without medical problems is FluMist, a nasal spray vaccine. It is approved for healthy people 2 to 49 years old. The nasal spray accounts for most of the vaccine available now, although shots are starting to make their way to states. Pregnant women and young children are among the groups most urged to seek the vaccine as soon as it is available.

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Sealed bids will be received by the County of Warren (Owner) in the County Manager’s Office at 105 S. Front Street, PO Box 619, Warrenton, NC until 3:00 pm November 13, 2009, and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read for purchase of the following property: 1722 Tower Road, Norlina, NC (house and +/- 1.32 acres). Bids must be submitted on the complete property, sealed and addressed to the County of Warren. Envelope must be marked “Bid for 1722 Tower Road” and bid sheet include: name, full address, telephone and alternate number of bidder. The property is open for inspection. Property is being sold in “as is” condition with no warranties. A minimum bid of $10,000 has been established. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to award bid in the opinion of the Owner in its best interest. All questions should be directed to Linda T. Worth, County Manager, 252-257-3115 (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday) or lworth@co.warren.nc.us.

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In a Sept. 4 photo, Eleanor Chittum is shown at a retirement home in Winston-Salem. She has spent a year-and-a-half in court fighting a debt she says she doesn’t owe. A North Carolina law that took effect this month requires debt buyers filing collection lawsuits to produce documents proving they’re the ones owed the money. say she owed $1,800. “Then they sent me a bill for that amount, and I said, ‘Why do I owe that? I paid it off,’” Chittum said. “I was shocked to see this bill come in like that.” A North Carolina company called Brock and Scott Holdings Inc. filed a lawsuit in late 2007 saying Chittum owed them the original amount plus interest. The company’s lawyer said it wasn’t required to prove from the outset that Chittum owed the debt, just that its records were kept properly. Under the new state law, it would have had to document that she owed the money. “If she owes the debt, she’ll pay it. We’ve tried for a year and a half to get them to prove that she owes the debt,” said Charles F. Hall IV, a Legal Aid attorney representing Chittum. Neither Brock and Scott Holding executives nor an attorney pursuing Chittum’s debt responded to requests for comment. “The bottom line: people should pay their debts,” Cooper said. “But what this legislation does is make the debt buyer produce proof that the debt is actually owed.” A New York City ordinance passed last spring requires similar proof from debt collectors, forcing them to tell consumers what company they represent, the original creditor, and the amount of the debt they owe. “Anyone contacted by a debt collection agency will now be empowered to demand written documentation regarding the status and history of the debt,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. But debt buyers say it’s unfair to limit their right to force people to pay their bills. “They should be eligible to pursue any remedy in court that any owner of an asset can,” said David

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WINSTON-SALEM — With many Americans in dire financial straits, states are cracking down to make sure aggressive debt collectors target only people who legitimately owe them money. National consumer credit laws already prohibit collection agencies from harassing, deceptive, or unfair practices like telling neighbors or family about what is owed, or calling before 8 a.m. or late at night. Since the recession started, at least a half-dozen states have adopted additional limits, like imposing statutes of limitation on collections and adding opportunities to punish abusive practices in court. Other states may follow suit. Lawmakers are increasingly focusing on outfits that buy bad debt from credit card companies and other lenders for pennies on the dollar and profit when they collect more than they paid. Debtors — some agree they owe money, others say they’ve already paid or are disputing their bills — have reported being bombarded with calls and subjected to foul language and threats of arrest or deportation. A North Carolina law that took effect this month requires debt buyers filing collection lawsuits to produce documents proving they’re the ones owed the money. Trying to collect on a debt that a company should reasonably know is invalid could lead to lawsuits and civil penalties of up to $4,000 per violation. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper cites the case of a 65-year-old woman who had been plagued by up to five collection calls a day until her lawyer demanded proof she owed the money, then learned collectors were looking for a debtor in Greensboro, about 140 miles to the west. “We’ve gotten a lot of cases that the debt is not owed or the debt has been paid off,” Cooper said. “They call and they browbeat people to pay money that they don’t even owe.” Other states including Idaho, Colorado, New York, Arkansas and Maryland, along with New York City, have also recently passed more explicit rules for debt collectors. Legislators in several more — including Massachusetts and New Jersey — have pushed bills that could come up again in next year’s legislative sessions. North Carolina’s law came too late to help Eleanor Chittum, 63, who now lives in a Winston-Salem convalescent home. Her records showed she owed $1,439 to Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank on a Visa card, but paid off that account by transferring it to another card. She was stunned when a collection company contacted her to

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First photo of woman held in backyard SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first photo of Jaycee Dugard since she was reunited with her family after 18 years in captivity shows a smiling woman with long, light brown hair. Dugard, now 29, tells People magazine she’s “so happy to be back with my family” after being reunited Aug. 27. People published the photo and comments from Dugard in its latest issue, which hits newsstands Friday. Excerpts of the story, and the cover of the magazine with Dugard’s picture, were posted on the magazine’s Web site Wednesday. Dugard is living with her mother, Terry Probyn, 50, and two daughters — Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11 — fathered by her alleged kidnapper, Phillip

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In this image released Wednesday by People Magazine, the cover of the magazine is shown with Jaycee Dugard. Dugard was 11 when police say she was abducted outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991, she is now 29. Garrido, People reports. Authorities say Dugard and her daughters lived

in a hidden encampment of sheds and tents in Garrido’s backyard. Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have been charged with kidnapping and rape in Dugard’s 1991 disappearance outside her South Lake Tahoe home. The Garridos have pleaded not guilty. Family spokeswoman Erika Schulte told NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday that Dugard decided to release photos to People magazine as a way to “share her joy with the world” and show how well she’s doing. Schulte said Dugard has formed a very close bond with her sister, Shayna, who was just a baby when Dugard was kidnapped. Dugard told People she rides horses, cooks meals and is thinking of collaborating on a book.

Navajo Nation mourns death of Code Talker PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Willard Varnell Oliver, a member of the Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, died Wednesday. He was 88. Lawrence Oliver said his father died at the Northern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System Hospital in Prescott, Ariz. He had been declining health for the past two years.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. ordered flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at halfstaff from Oct. 15-19 in honor of Oliver, who is at least the fifth Code Talker to die since May. Oliver was part of an elite group of Navajo Marines who confused the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in Navajo. The Code Talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the

Pacific from 1942 to 1945. Their work was declassified in 1968. Oliver, who grew up between Shiprock and Farmington, N.M., served in the South Pacific with the 2nd Marine Division from 1943 to 1945. He was wounded during the battle of Saipan of 1944. Oliver’s brother, Lloyd Oliver, was also a member of the elite group. His funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in his hometown of Lukachukai.

Obama: Looking for ways to create jobs By CHRISTINE SIMMONS Associated Press Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Standing at the site of a highway project funded by his massive economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is committed to exploring all avenues to create jobs. “Middle-class Americans are the ones who built this country,” Obama said. “They deserve leaders in Washington who are willing to work as hard as they work.” Obama spoke af-

ter touring a highway construction site in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington. The Fairfax County Parkway Extension project is the state’s largest stimulus-funded project. When completed, it will connect both ends of Fairfax County. Obama first visited the project in February, when work was just beginning. He said the progress that’s been made since then is just one example of the work that’s being done to turn the economy around. “We are moving in the right direction,” he said.

The site is one of 8,000 road and bridge projects approved under the $787 billion economic stimulus bill Obama signed just after taking office. Construction is under way on nearly 5,000 of those projects. Obama said many are coming in 10 to 20 percent under budget, which will allow the government to invest in more projects. Despite the stimulus, the national unemployment rate stands at 9.8 percent. Economists have said unemployment could continue to rise.

Oregon man, 27, gets probation for stabbing fish PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 27-year-old man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her pet fish has been sentenced to two years probation and a psychological evaluation. Court documents say Donald Earl Fite III wanted to reunite with the woman in July, but she wasn’t willing. Fite shoved her against a wall and tossed her against a bathtub. The woman fled, then returned to find her fish on the floor with a knife through it. Court documents say Fite

told an officer, “If she can’t have me, then she can’t have the fish.” The Oregonian newspaper reports Fite declined comment Tuesday. His attorney, Tom

Macnair, said stabbing the fish was “a very low point” in his client’s life. Fite pleaded guilty to animal abuse and domesticviolence assault.

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VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Arrests • Preston Williams, 42, of 4053 Pine Tree Hollow Road, Oxford, was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Child support, 2 counts. Bond was set at $700. Court date Oct. 28. • Kinsey Adcock, 19, of 9731 Hicksboro Road was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Misdemeanor failure to appear on larceny charge. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of no operator’s license. Bond was set at $5,000. Court date Nov. 3. • Tiffany Wade, 26, of 1235 Pine Ridge Road was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Failure to appear on school attendance law vioilation. Bond was set at $2,000. Court date Nov. 3. • Chauncey Obrien Jefferson, 29, of 2370 Thomas Road was arrested Oct. 13. Failure to appear, 2 counts. Driving

while license revoked. Driving while impaired. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Nov. 9. • Derrick Stroman Jr., 21, of 2008 Flintwood Drive, Augusta, Ga., was arrested Oct. 13. Failure to appear on charges of noise ordinance viiolation and failing to notify DMV of address change. • Richard Abney Jr., 32, of 378 Cedar Rock Lane Cottage 3 was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Harassing phone call. No bond. Court date Oct. 26. • Kattie Woodard Balthrope, 50, of 233 Swain St. was arrested on Oct. 13. Misdemeanor simple assault. Bond was set at $500. Court date Nov. 7.

Larceny • John Gordon Ulmer, 33, of 133 Brookcove Way reported Oct. 13 the theft from 122

Brookcove Way of the following items and their values: .45-caliber black Taurus handgun, $500; black Bushmaster/A AR15 with collapsible scope, $1,200; Mossburg 12-gauge over/under shotgun, $489; Ruger/10/22 stainless steel rifle, $222; Mossburg/22C stainless steel riflt, $160; and Snakecharmer pistol-grip shotgun, $100. • Triton Housing, 301 N. Louisburg Road, Spring Hope, N.C., reported Oct. 13 the theft from 387 Mum Lane of a hot water heater valued at $1,400 and a door with brass knob valued at $200. • Paul Collins, 21, of 2589 Beechtree Trail, Kittrell, reported Oct. 10 the theft of a white male pit bull valued at $1,000. • Ardra Leach, 38, of 1215 Hight St. reported Oct. 13 the theft from the residence of an X-Box 360 valued at $400 and 9 X-Box 360 games and a small gray safe, no values listed.

HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Arrests • Shaquon Montrell Jones, 19, 524 Grant St. was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Failure to appear on misdemeanor charge of no operator’s license. Bond was set at $800. Court date Nov. 9. • Sharon Lucas, 33, of 120 Hamilton St. was served with a criminal summons on Oct. 13. Misdemeanor fail to return property. No bond. Court date Nov. 2. • Robert Eugene Brodie, 45, of 722 Young Ave. was arrested Oct. 13. Misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury. Bond

was set at $500. Court date Nov. 9. • Sheila Neal, 36, of 895 Southern Mill Road waas served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond was set at $750. Court date Nov. 9. • Tanya Lee Rayner, 46, of 561 McBorn St. was arrested Oct. 13. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond citation. Court date Dec. 1. • Eric Wendell Seward, 39, of 13279 Camp Kanata Road, Wake Forest, was arrested Oct. 13. Misdemeanor worthless checks. Bond was set at $300. Court date Nov. 9. • Jessica Ellington, 20, of

954 Abbott St. was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 13. Misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond wa set at $6,000. Court date Nov. 9.

Larceny • Anthony Carrington, 33, of 825 Nicholas St. reported Oct. 13 the theft from a vehicle of a Kenwood DVD/CD player valued at $600 and an Audiofon amplifier valued at $300. Damage to 2 door windows estimated at $400. • Lowe’s, 166 Dabney Road, reported Oct. 13 the theft of 3 socket sets valued at $110.

La. police: Smell of pickles might lead to thieves SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say the pungent smell of pickles or jalapenos may lead to the perpetrators of a crime. Police in Slidell, a small town just east of New Orleans, are asking parents to call authorities if their

children came home smelling like pickles or jalapenos over the weekend, or if they hear about students selling lots of candy. Capt. Kevin Foltz says thieves stole $1,000 worth of candy and five cases of soda and sports drinks

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Daily Meditation But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10

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Stay smart, avoid scams The man who stood at our front counter on Tuesday morning was concerned for the community. He has a right to be. And his warning is one that we’ve issued before, and will probably issue again. Beware of unscrupulous people who will steal you blind with promises of bigger and better things. If an offer you’ve received sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is. This gentleman was both wise and a bit lucky. He received a document showing that “total payments now pending” in some supposed prize pool equaled $3,175,536. And all he needed to do to get a share, supposedly, was to provide some bank information for the deposit and submit a small fee for processing. He’d actually torn the response card from the letterhead to start the process when his wisdom and defense mechanisms kicked in. “I knew something wasn’t right,” he said. So, the man used an Internet-capable phone to search the sender’s business name: International Award Advisors. The results were predictable. Web pages described the company’s letters with words such as “complaints,” “scam,” “bogus” and “rip off.” Our visitor decided at that point to tell us about the letter and perhaps protect other Henderson residents from making mistake and sending money or bank information to International Award Advisors. And he said he’d take our advice and present the letter to the police to see if authorities cared to take any action. It’s good news when someone is shrewd enough not to get taken in by these scams. But letters (and e-mails and phone calls) like this one are bad news for honest consumers. If anyone sends you correspondence like this gentleman received, don’t believe the claims until you can prove them. And certainly don’t send any money or banking information.

Quotable “The bottom line here is we need a final bill, a merged bill, that gets 60 votes. Our goal is to pass health care reform not just talk about it.” — Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in a statement after a historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter and cleared a key Senate hurdle. “In almost all developed countries, abortion is safe and legal. But in much of the developing world, abortion remains highly restricted, and unsafe abortion is common and continues to damage women’s health and threaten their survival.” — Guttmacher Institute President Sharon Camp, in a statement after the research institute released a report saying that increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year.

So I guess now he’s a socialist-terrorist-secret-Muslimradical-Christian-Hitler-clone and Nobel Prize winner? Forgive me for laughing, but half the fun of Friday’s surprise news that President Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize lay in anticipating how his political adversaries would react. They did not disappoint. Rush Limbaugh pronounced the award “a greater embarrassment” than Chicago’s failure to land the Olympics. Titular GOP leader Michael Steele said the honor reflected only the president’s “star power.” Blogger Erick Erickson called it “affirmative action.” Of course, not even Barack Obama’s fiercest defenders — or, for that matter, the president himself — could argue with a straight face that he’s accomplished anything that merits this prestigious prize whose previous recipients include Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel and Martin Luther King Jr. “To be honest,” said Obama, “I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize.”

He’s right, of course. But then, one suspects that what is really being honored here is not Barack Obama at all — and that “honored” is probably the wrong verb, to boot. I suspect that last week’s award was intended less to honor than to remind. As in, to Leonard prod a Pitts sometimes Distributed by amnesiac Cagle Cartoons nation into remembering and reclaiming its very best self. There has always been something rather bipolar about the United States of America. We have periodically seesawed between competing extremes. We’ve been the visionary and great-hearted America that declared life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness inalienable rights, that fed and rebuilt Europe after a world war, that went to the moon, that inspired the world through the force of its ideals. And we’ve been the paranoid, reactionary America

too small for those same ideals, the xenophobic, fraidy-cat America that wiretaps and witch hunts and sees Reds behind every lamp post, illegals on every street corner, terrorists at every bus stop. The latter America has asserted itself emphatically in the years since Sept. 11, 2001. Encouraged by President Bush and his endless appeals to expedience and fear, we retreated from our ideals the way you do from a house afire; indeed, we openly questioned whether ideals were still tenable in this frightening new era. In the absence of ideals, we tortured, detained, spied, lied, alibied, all to a chorus of demagogic appeals that would have done Joe McCarthy and Charles Coughlin proud. Meantime the world watched and wondered what had become of the other America, the better one. Then along comes Barack Obama promising hope and change. Yes, it was just a political slogan. Except that this slogan from the campaign of 2008 doesn’t recede into irrelevance quite as readily as others before it — mainly because it was not what they were. Not, in other words,

simply a tool to be used in a contest between competing political visions. Rather, it was a clarion call for people left bereft by the loss of the better America. It was an invitation to feel clean again for the first time in years. And if the invitation was powerful enough to get Obama elected, it was also powerful enough to lift a world that needs the better America and was beginning to wonder where it had gone. So this prize seems to me less an endorsement of Obama than a stamp of approval for a vision of our national greatness many had feared lost for good. Granted, hope and change don’t write health care bills or silence tea party extremists. But they do remind us of the values that are supposed to shape us and of the better America we can sometimes be. Barack Obama’s election suggested that some Americans have missed that America. His Nobel Prize suggests they aren’t the only ones. 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.

Letters to the Editor Ditch the bat and beg forgiveness To the editor: This letter is to the thief, who stole the bat from Lifetime Sports. Wow! That must have been scary for you! Did you plan to take what didn’t belong to you, or did we trust you for a minute too long — long enough for you to give in to temptation and steal? Are you a new criminal, or have you been hurting other people for so long that it has become a curse? Either way, I can only imagine how panicky it must have been to run through the parking lot while trying to hide a big, stolen bat. Now, of course, we are both hurt. Paying for your stolen Mizuno Frenzy, and replacing Attitudes about equal it with one for an honest athrights for gays appear to have lete, will definitely hurt us. evolved within the military as However, the hurt you they have in the civilian world. have caused us is nothing A 2006 Zogby International compared to the damage poll found 73 percent of the you have done to yourself. military personnel were comYou have stolen your own fortable with the idea of servself-respect. You will never be ing with gays and lesbians. able to feel proud of yourself, About one in four U. S. troops or your performance during who served in Afghanistan or a game, as long as you use Iraq told Zogby pollsters they that stolen bat. When your knew a member of their unit teammates congratulate you who was gay. on a good hit, you will secretly Today’s military and the know that you are a loser. reporters who cover them So, here is what I wanted report a generation gap in the to tell you: get rid of that bat. ranks on this issue. The older Give it to someone who really personnel are opposed to gays needs it, throw it in a ditch, I and lesbians serving openly. don’t care, just get rid of the The younger ones tend not to thing. think of the issue is a big deal Then, thief, get down on either way. They have bigger your knees and ask for forissues to worry about. Or, as we giveness. Make it right with used to say about racial inteour Lord. gration when I was a Vietnam This area is chock full of era Army draftee, there are no hard-working, honest, Godbigots in foxholes. fearing athletes — you need A group of 28 retired generto join their team. als and admirals, including retired Army Gen. John ShaIsabelle Donaldson, likashvili, former chairman of Lifetime Sports, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued Henderson a letter late 2007 calling on Congress to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” act. Yet the firings continue. Busy as he is on other issues, Obama owes at least a timetable for action on the big issues of concern to gay and lesbian The Daily Dispatch welcommunities that enthusiasticomes letters to the editor. cally supported his election. Letters must be signed, The equal rights fight calls not include the author’s city only for outreach to opposof residence, and should ing views but also leadership, be limited to 300 words. commitment and action that Please include a telephone spends some political capital. number for verification. That’s a tough call for any president, but as his predecesWe reserve the right to edit sor might say, Obama is “the comments for length, clarity, decider” now. libelous material, personal attacks and poor taste. We E-mail Clarence Page at cpage@ do not publish anonymous tribune.com, or write to him c/o letters, form letters, or letters Tribune Media Services, 2225 where we cannot verify the Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, writer’s identity. NY 14207.

Obama delays promise to gays As if he didn’t have enough headaches. President Barack Obama has to decide not only whether to deploy more troops to the war in Afghanistan but also whether gays and lesbians will be allowed to serve in it. Although confidential surveys show thousands are serving, officially homosexuals are still banned from military service unless they are willing to comply with a hastily constructed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that Congress passed in 1993. In short: Your superiors won’t ask whether you’re a gay, lesbian or bisexual as long as you stay in the closet. How has it worked out? Worse for gays and lesbians in some ways than what they had before. As a candidate, Obama promised to be a fierce advocate for gay rights in the fight to overturn “don’t ask, don’t tell.” As president, he is still an advocate, but fierce? Not so much. In fact, not at all. Some of his supporters in the gay rights community are getting mightily impatient. Maverick conservative and openly gay blogger Andrew Sullivan eloquently endorsed Obama’s candidacy, but you could not tell from his review of Obama’s Saturday speech to the Human Rights Campaign, the world’s largest gay political group. “Much worse than I expected,” he wrote on The Atlantic magazine’s Web site. “(The president) failed every test” — by offering no specifics on key issues — “this speech was highfalutin bull (bleep).” (Censorship mine.) I appreciate Sullivan’s point. I used to think that allowing gays in the military would weaken national security. I have since discovered how much our national security would be weakened without them. I was led to this view not so much by what military people

have said but by what military commanders have done. The discharge numbers indicate that tolerance for gays and lesbians in the ranks actually rises sharply when the military is called upon to perform its primary mission, which is to fight wars. Discharges under Clarence “don’t ask, don’t tell” Page doubled from Tribune Media 617 in 1994 Services to 1,273 in 2001, the Defense Department reports. But despite assertions by the Pentagon that nothing has changed, discharges under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law took a nosedive after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks led to new wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. By 2007 such discharges dropped sharply in half to 627. It even has become a challenge for some gay personnel to get themselves discharged after revealing their homosexuality on purpose. Some who came out of the closet on purpose, like the famous case of Army Sgt. Darren Manzella, were told to get back in. Manzella, whose story was broadcast on “60 Minutes,” served as an openly gay soldier in Headquarters Company, 1st Cavalry Division, for more than two years before he was honorably discharged in 2008. The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, an advocacy group formed in response to don’t ask, don’t tell, estimated more than 500 gay troops are serving openly like Manzella. For their commanders, “don’t ask, don’t tell” apparently has become “look the other way and keep marching.”

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