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New group aims to keep truants out of court By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Organized to keep school truancy problems from becoming court cases, the Judicial Attendance Council held its first meeting Friday to deal with issues facing parents and their children. The session took place early in the morning in a conference room at the Henry A. Dennis Building on Garnett Street so District Court Judge Quon

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Bridges would be able to get to work on time. Besides Bridges and District Court Judge John Henry Banks, who rotate attending the twice-a-month meetings, the other members of the Council include: • A social worker and a nurse employed by Vance County Schools. • A minister. • One or more court counsel-

ors with the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. • Representatives of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office, the Henderson Police Department and Five-County Mental Health. “We try to do two to three

hearings at a session, depending on how many referrals we get,” Bridges said Tuesday during an interview at his office in the court house. He explained that they can come from officials with the school system, as well as the Department of Social Services. Violation of the Compulsory Attendance Law of North Carolina carries a penalty of up to 120

days in jail for parents who are convicted of the misdemeanor. Bridges said the purpose of the Council is to “put on the table what the problem is so that the agencies involved can offer their services.” If medical or psychological problems need to be addressed, there is help available for students and their family members through resources such as school nurses or Five-County Men-

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Index Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Business & Farm. . . . 5A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 8A Light Side . . . . . . . . 11A Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-5B Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 6B Classifieds. . . . . . . 7-9B

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Deaths Clinton, Md. Annie M. Bullock, 75 Henderson Sandy Glover Jr., 59 Alvela C. McKnight, 80 Juanita W. Shearin, 66 Warren County David Perry, 43 James Porter, 68

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Beacon Light, again Griffin to ask council OK for code compliance

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

The subject of privatizing the municipal sanitation service is on the agenda for a Monday evening work session of the City Council. The matter will be brought forward after the 6 p.m. council meeting, with the work session agenda saying a report on privatization of waste pickup will be given by Assistant City Manager Frank Frazier and Public Works Director Linda Leyen. Details about the report will be distributed at the work session. The council, at the twoday annual municipal government retreat in early March, gave marching orders to city departments that included studying possible means for having

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City Manager Ray Griffin is going to recommended that the City Council vote Monday evening to acknowledge there are no Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE more stays of a demolition ordinance regarding the Members of the Embers perform to hundreds at the final Meet Me in the Street event in downtown Henderson Thursday afterdilapidated former Beacon noon. The event was sponsored by the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce. Light apartment complex. And Griffin is going to call on the council to affirm City Code Compliance Director Corey Williams’ authority to do what is necessary to bring the property in line with municipal regulations. Griffin told the Dispatch during a trade mission in who argued a state law The governor’s office By MARTHA WAGGONER late Thursday afternoon China so she could make from the 1970s defined a claims that inmates senAssociated Press Writer that the property owner, a judgment about the life sentence as 80 years. tenced before the state’s Sharif Abdelhalim, is Time-off credits allowed Fair Sentencing Act went RALEIGH — In the face legal quandary, argued saying demolition of the in a statement that she some like Bowden to get into effect in 1981 should of outrage from victims buildings of the U.S. doesn’t believe the Cora day-for-a-day for good not have qualified for the and their Department of Housing rection Department had behavior, and 20 inmates good conduct credits offamilies, and Urban Development the legislative authority qualified for release. fered under that law. North Caroli(HUD) sponsored property to apply credits to inmates The Democratic govAttorney General Roy na’s governor would have to be approved who are in for life. Her ernor said there was a Cooper said his office on Thursday by HUD. At the same time, administration planned to real question whether the advised the Correction challenged deny the prisoners those legislators intended for Department “that no pris- Griffin told the Dispatch a quarterHUD requires that propercredits, preventing their the prisons agency to have oners have to be released century-old ties HUD owns or suprelease until the issue was that kind of authority. until further direction policy on Perdue ports not only meet HUD resolved in the courts. “I do not believe they from the courts.” prison good requirements, but the did, and my legal counsel The potential release conduct credits, saying she They had been scheduled requirements of the local for release next week. agrees,” she said. “This appalled victims, in would not free a group of communities. The North Carolina raises the very real quespart because most of the violent inmates who were And Griffin said if the Supreme Court ruled tion that these inmates inmates would be freed sentenced to life in prison. council, which will meet at earlier this month in favor should not be eligible for Gov. Beverly Perdue, 6 p.m., approves the recomP lease see GOVERNOR, page 4A of prisoner Bobby Bowden, early release.” awakened from sleep mendation, then Williams would have two options: One being to order the demolition, the other being to order repairs. “We’re not telling Corey which path to choose,” company, Wallace C & JP By DAVID IRVINE Griffin emphasized. “The Productions. Daily Dispatch Writer key thing is we want the The CD highlights property in compliance.” songs written and perHenderson’s own The low-income complex, formed by young Henderentertainment entreprewhich dates to 1973 and is son musicians, Tiffany neur, Wallace Cheek, is located at 318 Boddie St. Bullock, Antwon Daniels expanding into televion the southeast side of the and Desmond Gill. sion. The former disk city, was closed in 2006 at Youth is the hallmark jockey and current music the request of the previous of the company and its producer will initiate council after the property products. Cheek, 21, a monthly TV show on had become notorious for Channel 24 this Saturday is a 2006 graduate of crime and unsanitary Northern Vance High at 4 p.m. conditions. The previous The series will be aired School. Perry, 19, lives in council wanted Beacon on the second Saturday of Durham. Light redeveloped with Cheek and Perry also each month. single-family homes. produce a magazine, “Tha Cheek says the first Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Abdelhalim acquired the Hood Times,” which cashow will feature the property for $54,000 in a ters to readers interested Wallace Cheek’s career is booming as the local entertainartists who appeared 2007 foreclosure sale. in the modern music with him on the CD he ment entrepreneur expands into television. A majority of the present scene. produced and released council in August stood midnight on Friday and In another engagement week end on WZFX Foxy this summer. He and firm in moving ahead 99.1 FM out of Whiteville. continue until 3 a.m. on Jonathan Perry produced on his busy calendar, Saturday. His stint will begin at Cheek will appear this the album through their

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Mark It Down Today United Way fundraiser — The Vance County United Way will hold a “Coins Make A Difference” hot dog/hamburger fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the organization’s office, 212 Dabney Dr. (across from the fire station). Hot dog and hamburger lunches will be available for donations. United Way volunteers will also be at the intersection of Dabney Drive and Garnett Street from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to collect donations from motorists. Weight loss group — TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a nonprofit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Book sale — The Friends of the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library organization is sponsoring its annual book sale today through Sunday in the former Super Ten store building on Raleigh Road across from the Supply Line Country Market. The book sale will be open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. Sunday hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the library at (252) 438-3316. Fundraiser — Rebuilding Hope Inc. will hold a barbecue chicken fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the organization’s warehouse, 249 N. Oliver Dr. (off Warrenton Road, just east of U.S. 1 Bypass). Plates will be available for $7 and will include half of a chicken, string beans, potatoes, bread and dessert. Rebuilding Hope is a United Way agency. Yard sale — The Badd Boyz/Lady Badd Boyz Social Club will sponsor a donation yard sale from 8 a.m. until everything is sold out at the home of Justine Williams, 526 Raleigh Road. All proceeds will be used to help the needy. For more information, contact Barbara Jiggetts at (252) 430-6081. Birthday bash — The Vance Senior High School Class of 1977 will hold a 50th birthday celebration for its members from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Ambassadors Inn & Suites in Henderson. Cost is $15 per person and can be paid at the door. Dress is semi-formal. For more information, contact Janice Brodie-Perry at (252) 4924806 or (252) 767-8260. Help foster kids — The Vance County Department of Social Services-Children’s Services will hold a hot dog sale and 50/50 raffle from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 305-B Young St. to raise funds to assist in promoting Adoption Awareness Month in November and to support the Vance County LINKS Program. Hotdogs will be $1.50; hot dog, chips and drink will be $3; and two hot dogs, chips, drink and two raffle tickets will be $5. Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each or 10 for $5. For more information, (252) 4360407.

Saturday 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. 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. Arts tour — Fall for the Arts at Lake Gaston will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tour includes seven lakeside homes featuring the work of 47 juried artists, as well as music and gourmet refreshments at each venue. Fall for the Arts tickets are available at Mary Sherwood Lake Living and the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds from the event benefit the work of O’Sail, a non-profit organization working to enhance life on the lake. For more information about the event, please visit www.osail.org. Community dance — The Epsom Country Club will sponsor a Halloween dance starting at 7:30 p.m., featuring the Southwind Band. For more information and directions, contact Curtis Strickland at 492-6834. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring The Southern Connection Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Ridgeway Opry House — Performing this week are New Grace Bluegrass, Mandolin Orange, Julia Morton, Verlin Bailey, Matt Nelson, Alan & Betsy Reid, Joyce Chisenhall, Donny Gilliam and Ronald Puett & Frieda. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. Kid’s Day — Aaron’s, 119 Hilltop Village, Oxford, will hold a Kid’s Day event today with special appearance by Lucky the Dog. A fire truck will be on display and special giveaways will be available. For more information, call (919) 690-1655. Diabetes event — The “Day at the Farm” Bluegrass Jamboree, featuring local bluegrass bands, crafts, a car display, hay rides, diabetes health fair, food, beverages and more, will be held today at the Vance County Farm, located at 4349 Gillburg Road in Kittrell. Proceeds from the event benefit The Diabetes Bus Initiative®. The gates will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with music from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Performing will be bluegrass bands GrassStreet, Sourwood Mountain Band, Back Porch Boys and The Tims Bluegrass Band as well as the Apple Chill Cloggers. The car display runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the People’s Choice awards at 3 p.m. The complete schedule for the day is available at www.dayatthefarm.com. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the event, and free for children 12 and under. Kittrell residents with valid identification are admitted free. Purchase tickets online at www.dayatthefarm. com. The event will be held rain or shine.

Sunday Open house — Vance Charter School will hold an open house and celebration today from 4-6 p.m. in recognition of the school’s 10th anniversary. Presentations will be made by former and current board members, staff and alumni. The public is invited to attend. The school is located at 1227 Dabney Dr. Alpha Phi Alpha — Members of the Rho Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will meet at 5 p.m. at the home of Bryant Marrow, 188 Meridian Way Lane, Henderson (off Gun Club Road). All Alphas in the area are invited to attend.

Monday Masonic meeting — Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 will hold its stated communication at 7 p.m. at the lodge, located at 1204 West Andrews Ave. For more information, contact Michael Edwards at 767-3672. Mental health meeting — The regularly scheduled meeting of the Five County Mental Health Authority will be held at 7 p.m. at the authority’s administrative building, 134 S. Garnett St., Henderson. The public is invited to attend. Workshop — Today is the deadline to register for a 4-H All Terrain Vehicle Safety Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Oct. 30 (teacher workday). All youth ages nine and up are invited to attend and learn how to use safety equipment and discuss ATV maintenance for safe use. Cost is $2 for 4-H members, $4 for non-members.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

United Way Day of Caring big success in Granville Co. On Oct. 9, the Granville County United Way organized its first annual Day of Caring, which sent dozens of volunteers from private companies and the public sector into the community to work on special projects for recipient agencies. The Granville County Schools Board of Education and leadership team were proud to have 100 percent participation in the event. They worked on cleaning and organizing Red Cross emergency response trailers filled with supplies. Granville County Schools was also represented by a team of administrators from the system’s Central Services who helped repair, remodel and paint an affiliated agency facility. Anyone interested in supporting the United Way’s efforts through volunteer work or donations, please contact Brenda Dickerson-Daniel, executive director, at (919) 693-5205 or visit the organization’s website at http://www.granvillecountyunitedway.org/Index.htm

Relay for Life team to sponsor holiday home tour in December will go to the American Cancer Society. Homes featured on the tour are located in Bracey, Va.; Ebony, Va.; and Henrico, N.C. Tickets for the tour are $15 in advance and $17 the day of the tour at each home. Tickets include admission to all six homes and are available at the Lake

The Ladies of the Lake Relay for Life Team is sponsoring its fourth annual Lake Gaston Holiday Home Tour on Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can visit festively decorated homes around the lake and stop for refreshments at the historic Kennon House. All proceeds

Gaston Gazette, the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce, Mary Sherwood Lake Living, Fresh Faces of Lake Gaston, Michael’s Hair Studio in Littleton, Bird’s Eye View in Littleton, and Picket Fence Antiques in Warrenton. For more information, call (252) 537-1927 or (434) 577-3146.

Thanksgiving fund drive is underway The Salvation Army in Henderson is currently conducting its Thanksgiving Fund Drive to raise money to provide Thanksgiving food boxes to needy households in the community. Checks may be mailed to The Salvation Army, P.O. Drawer 2510, Henderson, N.C., 27536.

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William S. Splees has received a four-year Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) scholarship spinal posture checks. to attend Virginia Military The public is invited to Institute, Lexington, Va. attend. The senior center is The mission of ROTC is to located at 126 S. Garnett St. provide future officers with For more information, call leadership qualities needed (252) 430-0257. in the regular Army and the Reserve components. After graduation, Splees will be required to serve in the military for eight years. He plans to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Splees is the son Offutt Irwing, blues guitarist of John C. Splees of Oxford. Scott Ainslie, and performer Doug Berky. Marketplace “Many thanks to the Granville Arts Council for all Cinema Marketplace Shopping Center their past support with this initiative,” said Foundation President Tim McKelly. “The CIRQUE DU FREAK: students are going to love THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT (PG13) these shows and it will be an FRIDAY: 5:10, 7:20 & 9:30PM SAT: 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20 & 9:30PM educational experience for SUN: 12:50, 3:00, 5:10 & 7:20PM MON-THUR: 5:10 & 7:20PM them.” To find out more about the SAW VI (R) FRIDAY: 5:15, 7:15 & 9:15PM Granville Education FoundaSAT: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15 & 9:15PM SUN: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15 & 7:15PM tion, please contact Executive MON-THUR: 5:15 & 7:15PM Director Shields Blackwell at WHERE THE (919) 693-7047.

Health fair comes to senior center Oct. 29 The Vance County Senior Center will hold a health fair on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A number of vendors will

be present with information, printed materials and promotional items, plus door prizes. In addition, there will be diabetes screenings, blood pressure checks and

Granville Education Foundation sponsors variety of arts programs for area students The Granville Education Foundation recently welcomed the Bright Star Children’s Theatre to Granville County as part of its larger “Arts at School” series. The two-man theater troupe performed for third, fourth and fifth grade students across the county. The material in the show, “Jack’s Adventure in American History,” is based on the state curriculum guidelines for elementary school. The show is an explosion of American history with lots of humor and student interaction. The foundation has scheduled cultural arts performances at schools for every student in the elementary and middle schools in Granville County.

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Regarding the homeownership provision, Griffin said Abdelhalim pledged to work toward this, but gave no definition in terms of a plan to market and develop and work with HUD and other agencies for effecting homeownership on the renovated units. And Abdelhalim would have to approach the Zoning Board of Adjustment to obtain a special use permit because of the property having been unoccupied for so long. Griffin on Thursday afternoon said Abdelhalim has initiated a review process with the Board of Adjustment, a quasi- judicial body which is scheduled to meet on Nov. 3. The problem, Griffin told the council on Oct. 12, is code setback requirements being different today compared to the 1970s. And Griffin said if the burned units particularly have to be demolished or there is a certain percentage of damage requiring demolition, then there is the question of whether they would be allowed back on the same footprint or they would have to meet new setback requirements. Additionally, Griffin said one of the concerns expressed by adjoining property owners was about sparks and embers flying onto their properties and their rooftops after fires broke out. During the Oct. 12 council meeting, Griffin, under questioning from Daeke, said he had received Abdelhalim’s additional information

on Oct. 9. That prompted Daeke to say, “We seem to always be getting some answers after the fact.” And Daeke, a development coordinator at Franklin-Granville-Vance Partnership for Children, emphasized the need for communication and emphasized his job involves seeking grants and complying with deadlines to submit applications for funding. Abdelhalim maintained he had been in contact with Griffin and moments later told Daeke, “I really think, with your attitude, it’s not going to help anybody.” “And I feel insulted again,” Daeke said in a low tone of voice picked up by one of this reporter’s audio recorders. And as Abdelhalim spoke in a rising tone of voice, Mayor Pete O’Geary told him, “I would suggest that you choose your words carefully.” Abdelhalim’s real estate agent, Vance County Commissioner Terry Garrison, stepped to the podium and offered to help Abdelhalim, citing a “language barrier” throughout the ordeal. Garrison unsuccessfully asked the city officials whether they could give Abdelhalim six months from the time Abdelhalim obtained permits to show good faith in terms of a renovation, with the city to take stiff action if there was no progress by the end of that six-month period. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

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with an order to demolish the structures down to a green field, but made clear the city would be willing to work with Abdelhalim. And Abdelhalim was given a 45-day deadline to work out a schedule to bring the property into compliance, with a nine-month compliance deadline. The 45-day deadline expired at the start of this month. Griffin said Abdelhalim provided an incomplete response before the Oct. 12 council meeting, but subsequently provided more information. The terms in August said if Abdelhalim did not meet the 45-day deadline, then the city would use a nearly $1.3 million letter of credit he has with HUD to pay for demolishing and cleaning the property and would seek a portion of the money posted with HUD to help do the same. One problem, Griffin told the council on Oct. 12, is Williams talked with a HUD official in Atlanta, who is saying there is no protocol or procedure for the city’s ability to tap into the letter of credit to help proceed with a demolition. Griffin and Williams on Oct. 12 said the estimated cost of demolition is $250,000, meaning the bond would be approximately $375,000. The council majority on Oct. 12 agreed to give Abdelhalim 14 days to produce a letter from a bank or comparable evidence showing he has financing for a renovation and, through that bank, include a letter of credit to cover the city’s interest in demolition should he default on the project. The vote was 6-0. Councilman Garry Daeke had stepped out of the council chambers at the time of the vote, but he told the Dispatch afterward he would have voted no. Councilman Bernard Alston was absent. During the Oct. 12

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Deaths Annie M. Bullock CLINTON, Md. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Annie Mae-Epps Bullock, 75, of Clinton, Md., formerly of Warren County, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at Clinton View Nursing Center in Clinton, Md. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at United Solid Rock Faith Ministries in Norlina, N.C. The Rev. John E. Jefferson will officiate and the burial will follow at Burchette Chapel United Church of Christ cemetery in Manson. She is survived by a daughter, Maio L. Savoy of Washington, D.C.; three sons, Donald M. Bullock of Clinton, Md., Dennis M. Bullock of Lusby, Md., and Tony X. Savoy; 16 grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; five sisters, Lottie Bullock of Warrenton, Addie Rose, Rosell Jefferson, Lucy Williams and Elnora Young, all of Manson; and two brothers, Robert Epps of Manson and John Epps of Washington, D.C. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. at United Solid Rock Faith Ministries in Norlina. Arrangements are by Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Services of Warrenton.

Sandy Glover Jr. HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sandy Glover Jr., 59, of 557 McBorn St., died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at his home. He was the son of the late Sandy Glover Sr. and Lois Steed Glover. He is survived by two sons and a daughter; two sisters, Dorothy Glover of Bronx, N.Y., and Leora Peace of Oxford; and a brother, Lee Glover of Bronx, N.Y. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Wright Funeral Home of Henderson. The burial will be in New Light Baptist Church cemetery in Oxford. The viewing will be Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home of Henderson. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home of Henderson.

Alvela C. McKnight HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alvela Crudup McKnight, 80, of 210 Center Lane, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Franklin County and was the daughter of the late Josh Sidney and Christine Sissie Daye Crudup. At an early age, she joined Shiloh Baptist Church in Kittrell and remained a faithful member until her health declined. After attending Franklin County public schools, she moved to Baltimore, Md., and worked at John Hopkins Hospital. Later in

life, she returned to Vance County and continued to work until retirement. After retirement, she was the owner and operator of Mackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Kittrell by the Rev. Spencer Davis. The burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include six daughters, Carolyn Cowans of Washington, D.C., Margaret Richardson of Jacksonville, Fla., Delores Mills, Deborah McKnight, Phyllis McKnight and Barbara Hargrove, all of Henderson; two sons, Beatman â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonyâ&#x20AC;? McKnight and Ralph McKnight, both of Henderson; 27 grandchildren; 28 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence, and the body will be on view today at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and at the church one hour before the service. Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

David Perry WARREN COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Perry, 43, of the Perrytown community, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. A public viewing will be conducted today from noon until 7 p.m. at Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Service Chapel in Warrenton. He is survived by his wife, Veronica Perry; three daughters, Latrice Barnett, Valerie Grant and Mercedes Davis; five sons, Bernard Davis, Derrick Rogers, Jihad RogersCheek, David Perry III and Elijah Thacher; a sister, Marie Rice; and two brothers, Karl Scott and Richard Scott. Arrangements are by Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Services of Warrenton.

James Porter WARREN COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Porter, 68, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at his home after a long illness. He was born in Rocky Mount on Nov. 15, 1940, and was the son of the late Elijah Porter and Hattie Howard Porter. He was educated in the Nash County public school system and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1959. He joined the United States Army, receiving an honorable discharge in 1967 after three years of service. He then worked at the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., where he retired in 2004 with 38 years of service. Upon retiring, he drove a cab in his spare time. His second home was Warrenton, where he and his wife, Patricia Ann Perry Porter, oper-

without any post-release supervision. Only one would have official supervision, and the convicted rapists would have to register as sex offenders. Pam Hurley, whose mother was killed by Bowden, said she thinks the reprieve may be just temporary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are happy, but we are continuing to send letters and e-mails to get our message out. This should have never happened in the first place,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that this has been breached, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be crazy to relax and think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, well now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all over.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not over. We know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not over.â&#x20AC;? The governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s argument is the latest legal maneuver in a case that has been in the courts for years. Attorneys for the state argued before the Supreme Court last month that the law was

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HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Juanita White Shearin, 66, of 120 Garden Walk Villa, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Vance County and was the daughter of the late Chambers and Nannie Thomas White. At an early age, she joined Antioch United Church of Christ and later Greater Little Zion Holy Church. She attended the Vance County public schools. She retired in 2002 after employment of 30 years from the Purolator Company. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Greater Little Zion Holy Church by the Rev. Brenda G. Peace. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens. Survivors include three daughters, Connie Shearin of Fuquay-Varina, and Teresa Clark and Angela Miles, both of Henderson; three sons, Calvin Shearin, Reginald Shearin and Arvell Shearin Jr., all of Henderson; a brother, Chambers White Jr. of Washington, D.C.; two sisters, Annie White of Henderson and Effie Anthony of Washington, D.C.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at 44 Shearin Lane and the body will be on view at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. until taken to the church one hour before the service. Arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

HIGHLANDS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Actress Collin Wilcox-Paxton, who portrayed the false accuser in the movie classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbird,â&#x20AC;? died of brain cancer just months after the diagnosis. She was 74. Her husband, Scott Paxton, confirmed Thursday that she died Oct. 14 in Highlands in the southwest part of the state. No funeral was held. Instead, the family held a service before her death. She is also survived by three children and three grandchildren. She was diagnosed Aug. 11 with three brain tumors, he said. The actress played Mayella Ewell in the movie based on Harper Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pulitzerwinning novel. Her role as the young white woman who accuses a black man of beating and raping her in her home was brief but memorable. In the late 1950s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s, she had roles in several Broadway plays, making her debut in 1958 in the family

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ated their Perrytown MiniMart. He continued to drive his cab and operate their MiniMart up until his health began to fail in December of 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baptist Church in the Inez community of Warren County. The Rev. Junious Debnam, pastor, will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Porter; two stepchildren, Jerome Alexander Cooper and Joy Maria Lewis, both of Maryland; two step-grandchildren; four brothers, Elijah Porter Jr. of Newport News, Va., Robert Lee Porter and Willie Porter of Rocky Mount and Earl Porter of Fuquay-Varina; and three sisters, Hattie L. Porter and Catherine McDuffy of Rocky Mount and Dorothy Toone of Newport News, Va. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Johnny â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonny Boyâ&#x20AC;? Porter; and a sister, Mamie Smith. The body may be viewed today from 1 to 7 p.m., and at the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;ambiguous,â&#x20AC;? but justices unanimously agreed to allow a 2008 Court of Appeals decision stand. That announcement earlier this month left the state scrambling to prepare the inmates for release on Oct. 29. Sen. Tony Rand, DCumberland, one of the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most influential leaders, said he backed Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision â&#x20AC;&#x153;until every legal avenue is exhausted.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am confident that the Department of Correction is under no obligation to release these prisoners next week,â&#x20AC;? said Rand, D-Cumberland. Staples Hughes, the state appellate defender whose office represented Bowden, said he would have to wait to find out why the governor thinks the credits were applied improperly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curious that after

all these years, suddenly in the wake of all the publicity about this, they decide the credit was improperly given,â&#x20AC;? he said. Defense attorney David Rudolf of Charlotte, whose clients include former NFL player Rae Carruth and Duke lacrosse players, said Perdue canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change the rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That creates a system that is unfair for everyone,â&#x20AC;? he said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The law is the law, and the governor is supposed to enforce it, not search for reasons to avoid it.â&#x20AC;? Correction Department records show the 20 have racked up more than 250 infractions in prison for offenses such as fighting, weapon possession and theft. Each of the 20 inmates has at least two infractions, and combined they have 256.

TRUANTS, from page one tal Health, according to Bridges. Participation by parents and students at the sessions is voluntary, the judge explained, but those who ignore their meeting notices will probably get referrals to court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we create an environment for young people to help them attend school, they are less likely to drop out,â&#x20AC;? Bridges added. He said the list of issues

that can cause students to leave school includes substance abuse, lack of discipline, peer pressure, gang activity and poverty. According to 2007-2008 statistics from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the dropout rate for 2,521 students in grades 9-12 in Vance County Schools was 5.75 percent or 145 pupils. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The numbers are bad,â&#x20AC;? Bridges said of the truancy sit-

drama â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Day the Money Stopped.â&#x20AC;? While the production was short-lived, The New York Times said she â&#x20AC;&#x153;scatters little sparks of humorous vitality throughout her scenes.â&#x20AC;?

uation in various schools in the county. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a real sense, this council is a way for agencies to reach out to the community to see how they might help.â&#x20AC;? Confidentiality among the council members is assured, according to the judge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sign an oath that we will not divulge anything pertaining to the issues.â&#x20AC;? Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

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Reynolds American profit jumps 72 percent in quarter By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco Writer

RICHMOND, Va. — Cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. sold fewer cigarettes but recorded 72 percent higher profit than in last year’s third quarter, when restructuring costs and the falling value of its trademarks dampened its earnings, the company said Thursday. Tax increases and the tough economy cut the volume of cigarettes shipped by the maker of Camel, Pall Mall and Natural American Spirit by 11 percent. But the nation’s second-biggest cigarette company raised its fullyear profit outlook based in part on its quarterly performance. Reynolds American earned $362 million, or $1.24 per share, for the period that ended Sept. 30. That’s up from $211 million, or 72 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts, who typically exclude one-time items, forecast profit of $1.17 per share, according to

a Thomson Reuters poll. On that basis, Reynolds American earned $1.24 per share as well; that’s 3.9 percent less than the $1.29 per share profit it reported a year earlier. Reynolds’ third-quarter results last year included $264 million in charges related to restructuring and revaluing of its trademarks. Its shares fell 36 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $48.68 in afternoon trading Thursday. Analysts are closely watching the industry’s third-quarter reports for the first clear sense of cigarette volumes after a 62-cent-per pack federal tax increase took effect. Cigarette sales fell during the first half of the year before and after the April 1 change. Winston-Salem, N.C.based Reynolds American said the quarter’s revenue dipped 5 percent to $2.15 billion from $2.27 billion, missing Wall Street’s $2.19 billion estimate. The company estimated that its 11 percent drop in

volume was better than the industry’s overall decline, which it pegged at 12.6 percent. Camel lost 0.1 percentage point of market share in the U.S. and ended the quarter with 7.7 percent, according to data from Information Resources Inc. Pall Mall, which the company is aggressively promoting as a longer-lasting, more affordable cigarette, gained 2.3 points to end up with 5.0 percent of the U.S. market. Like other tobacco companies, Reynolds is focusing on cigarette alternatives — such as snuff and chewing tobacco — for sales growth. Volumes increased in Reynolds’ smokeless tobacco division, which makes Kodiak and Grizzly brand products, by 11.7 percent during the quarter. The cigarette maker lifted its full-year profit outlook to a range of $4.60 to $4.70 per share from $4.40 to $4.60 per share. Analysts predict profit of $4.59 per share for the year.

FDA: Swine flu scams lurk on Internet By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

Federal officials have warned promoters of more than 140 products sold over the Internet about fraudulent claims that they can prevent, treat or diagnose swine flu. Bogus products include devices and sprays that claim to sterilize the air or surfaces, and dietary supplements claiming to boost the immune system. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it even has found fake Tamiflu being sold online without a prescription.

Officials say the problem has grown in recent weeks as vaccine is delayed and real Tamiflu continues to be reserved for only the sickest flu patients. Fraudulent products emerged shortly after swine flu did last spring — about 10 a day, said Alyson Saben, head of a swine flu consumer fraud team the U.S. Food and Drug Administration formed. That slowed over the summer as the flu abated, but lately “we are seeing new sites pop up,” she said. Most worrisome: sites claiming to sell Tamiflu

directly to consumers. The FDA bought and tested five such products. One contained powdered talc and generic Tylenol — no Tamiflu. Several others contained some Tamiflu but were not approved for sale in the U.S. “We have no idea of the conditions under which they were manufactured. They could contain contaminated, counterfeit, impure or subpotent or superpotent ingredients,” Saben said. Tamiflu and Relenza are the only drugs recommended for treating swine flu.

Dell to pay back $26 million in incentives WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Computer giant Dell Inc. has agreed to pay back more than $26 million to a North Carolina city and county and two special funds for incentives given to its soon-to-be-closed manufacturing plant in WinstonSalem. Winston-Salem Mayor

Allen Joines sent a letter Monday confirming Dell will repay $15.5 million in upfront city spending within 30 days. Dell also will repay almost $11 million in grant and county costs. Dell spokesman Kip Thompson acknowledged the company’s agreement to the terms in a letter written

Tuesday. Dell announced Oct. 7 it was closing its 4-year-old large computer assembly plant by the end of January. More than 900 workers will lose their jobs. The computer company was given more than $300 million in state and local incentives.

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Perdue says she’s encouraged by Asia business trip RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina must take a longterm view when it comes to expanding the state’s commercial interests in China. Perdue is in the middle of a two-week economic development trip to Asia and spoke Thursday with reporters by phone from Beijing. PLACE A HAPPY AD FOR YOUR SPECIAL SOMEONE 252-436-2810

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Aycock Elementary selected for azalea project Aycock Elementary School was selected by the N.C. Beautiful program to receive a special beautification prize of over 50 azaleas for use in the school’s 2009 beautification projects. The award is part of N.C. Beautiful’s 24th annual azalea celebration, which rewards North Carolina community groups for improving their communities through creative landscape projects. “We were thrilled to hear that our project was selected to receive the azaleas,” said Kristen Boyd, assistant principal at Aycock. “Aycock’s Beautification Committee has worked extremely hard over the past year to beautify the courtyard and campus here at school.” Boyd worked on the application for the azaleas over the summer and submitted the grant application in September on behalf of the committee. Pamela Barrier, art teacher, helped draw the sketches for the project plan. Boyd was also notified in September that she won a $250 grant for mulch from Annie’s Homegrown Gardens. This grant paid for the mulch around the azaleas. On Oct. 17, Boyd along with several staff members and volunteers, planted the azaleas around the front of the school and mulched around them as well. Staff members who helped with the project included Ray Pharr, head custodian; Amber Hines, third-grade teacher; Jennifer Wade, second-grade teacher; Felicia Lawrence, data manager; and Rebecca Bolton, third-grade teacher. Allen Bolton, Rux Boyd, Sam Boyd and Lane Wade, all family members of the staff members who helped, volunteered their time to help with planting and mulching. “They worked so hard on Saturday to help and everyone at Aycock appreciates what they did for

Volunteers who helped to plan azaleas in front of Aycock Elementary School include, from left, Rebecca Bolton, Allen Bolton, Rux Boyd, Kristen Boyd, Jennifer Wade, Lane Wade, Sam Boyd and Amber Hines. our school,” Boyd said. The majority of the azaleas were planted in front of the school so students, parents and other visitors would be greeted by the blooms in the spring. Some of the azaleas will find a new home in the school’s courtyard. They will be planted by several beautification committee members and students that are members of the new garden club that has just started at the school. The committee, with the support of Laura Rigsbee, principal at Aycock Elementary, has focused their efforts on the school’s courtyard over the past year. Members of the committee include Boyd, Pharr, Jill Coleman (fifth-grade math teacher), Sherry Compton (teacher assistant), Kelly Ellington (fourth-grade math teacher), Shirley Jones (custodian), Hollie Powell (AIG teacher) and Jennifer Wade (second-grade teacher). The members have worked hard to prune bushes, thin out overgrown areas, and add bulbs, flowers, pine straw and mulch to beautify the

area so teachers and students will use it more. The work is paying off because everyone at the school is using the courtyard for a variety of activities. Teachers are using the area for science lessons, to read to their students and for other instructional purposes. Many local businesses in the community have supported the efforts to clean up and beautify the courtyard for the students and staff. They have given flowers, bulbs, shrubs, mulch and other gardening items. These businesses include Franklin Brothers Nursery, Breedlove Electric Co., Rose Gin Supply, Lowes Home Improvement and Hill’s Music Shoppe. Southern States in Warrenton also donated mulch to the school in May and helped with part of the mulch for the azalea planting. Hollie Powell rounded up the support of her fellow garden club members, the Twilight Garden Club, by asking for their support last year. The garden club members have helped with planting and by giving

bulbs, flowers, pine straw and mulch to the school. Boyd recently spoke to the members of the garden club thanking them for their support and asked for them to continue to support the beautification efforts at Aycock. Individuals in the community have supported the committee as well by volunteering and through numerous donations. In June, N.C. Rep. Michael Wray presented a check to Rigsbee to help with landscaping projects. Dr. Anita Blosser donated flowers to the school over the summer and they were planted in the courtyard by Boyd and Shirley Jones. Local resident Cynthia Breedlove has also spoken with several other members of the community about the beautification efforts at Aycock and about the new student garden club. Breedlove has gotten donations from many individuals who want to help support the new garden club and beautification at the school. Allen Bolton, a contractor in Warrenton, donated a small tool shed he built for the students

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VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Arrests • Antemio Alor, 44, of 1663 Jack Clement Road was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 21. Failure to appear on charges of driving while intoxicated. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Dec. 1. • Jahquan O. Terry, 21, of 1218 Walters St. was served with a criminal summons on Oct. 21. Misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond. Court date Oct. 27. • Douglas Steven Person, 38, of 944 Southerland St. was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 21. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge driving while license revoked. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Nov. 13. • Beatman A. McKnight, 55, of 210 Center Lane was served

with an order for arrest on Oct. 21. Misdsemeanor child support. Bond was set at $600. Court date Oct. 28. • James Cash, 27, of 927 Lehman St. was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 21. Bond was set at $400. Court date Oct. 28. • Lee Antione Cook, 26, of 1465 Newton Daily Road Lot 62 was arrested Oct. 21. Misdemeanor injury to personal property. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Also served with an order for arrest for failure to appear. • Macy Holden Jr., 36, of 6280 Raleigh Road was served with an order for arrest on Oct. 22. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $130,500. Court date of Nov. 2 in Franklin. Court date of Dec. 14 in Vance.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Death of missing Fla. girl a homicide By BRENT KALLESTAD Associated Press Writer

ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) — A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday. Clay County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Mary Justino also said the girl’s death was a homicide, though she did not elaborate. Justino confirmed the identification hours after Sheriff Rick Breseler said clothing and a birthmark led Somer authorities to believe they had found the HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT missing girl. An autopsy was being 21. Misdemeanor shoplifting. Arrests performed Thursday by the Bond was set at $500. Court Georgia Bureau of Invesdate Nov. 30. • Andre Wayne Tolbert, 30, tigation in Savannah after • Lorenzo Alston, 19, of 844 of 821 Parham St. was arrested the body was found near the Water St. was arrested Oct. 21. Oct. 22. Misdemeanor resist, deFlorida state line. Misdemeanor failure to appear. lay and obstruct. Bond was set Detectives spotted the Bond was set at $1,000. Court at $500. Court date Nov. 24. legs first and found the body date Nov. 2. • Amanda Maria Denning, partially covered by garbage 22, of 130 Tarheel Lane was Wednesday in a Georgia arrested Oct. 18. Misdemeanor Larceny landfill, after investigators larceny. Felony possession of followed garbage trucks • Paula Schuck, 30, of 230 schedule IV controlled subleaving the neighborhood Chavasse Ave. reported Oct. stance. Bond was set at $6,000. where the child disappeared 21 the theft from the residence Court date Nov. 24. Monday. of the following items and their • Daquon Jones, 16, of 1314 Somer’s father and other values: X-Box 360, $300; X-Box family members were “torn Lamb St. was arrested Oct. 21. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was video games, $1,000; X-Box up” after hearing the news, video controllers, $300; and jew- aunt Laura Holt said. She set at $500. Court date Nov. 30. small 5 hend dispatch.qxd 10/21/2009 hopes authorities 12:28 will findPM elry, $4,000. Damage to a rear • Felicia Dimas, 21, of 609 her niece’s killer. door estimated at $250. Roberson St. was arrested Oct.

“I don’t think they deserve to live,” Holt said. “I don’t think there’s anything worse that a person can do — to kill a child and dump her in the dump like a piece of trash?” Justino said dozens of investigators would continue to sift through trash from the landfill over the next several days. Detectives had followed nine trucks into the landfill, she said, without specifying what evidence they recovered. Authorities have not said whether investigators believe the crime was committed by one or more people. Police have questioned more than 70 registered sex offenders in the area, and that process was continuing. Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show 161 offenders live in a fivemile radius of Somer’s home. No suspect has been arrested. Beseler credited one of his detectives with suggesting on Tuesday that the landfill be checked. Trucks were scheduled to pick up garbage in Orange Park on Tuesday morning. He said detectives were told to go through the debris looking for evidence as the trucks brought it in. “Had we not done this tactic, I believe that body would have been buried beneath hundreds of tons of debris, probably would have gone1undiscovered forever,” Page he told reporters. Even if the

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body had been found later, key evidence could have been destroyed or degraded, the sheriff said. An FBI forensic unit is helping process evidence from the landfill in Folkston, Ga., about 48 miles from where the girl disappeared. Two deputies stood guard at mother Diena Thompson’s home early Thursday morning. It appeared to be full of supporters. An oak tree across the street was decorated with flowers, candles and pictures of Somer. “This has been so unreal for the neighborhood,” said Sharon Galloway, who lives across the street from the Thompsons. “I just hope they get that son of a gun.” At a nearby shrine formed by flowers and dozens of teddy bears, Catherine Sullivan held her tearyeyed 5-year-old daughter, Nya Frederick. They drove to the Thompsons’ neighborhood from Jacksonville because Sullivan wanted to show her child the danger of being too friendly with

strangers. “She seemed to understand when I explained to her, her mommy wouldn’t see her anymore,” she said. Somer vanished on her mile-long walk home from school in Orange Park. She was squabbling with another child, and her sister told her to stop. The girl got upset, walked ahead of the group and wasn’t seen again. Authorities launched a countywide search involving helicopters, dogs and volunteers walking arm-to-arm through wooded areas. Orange Park is a suburb of Jacksonville with about 9,000 people, just south of Jacksonville Naval Air Station. The area where the girl disappeared is a heavily populated residential area with homes, apartment complexes and condominiums. The girl’s father, Sam Thompson, lives in Graham, N.C. Associated Press Writer Katrina Goggins contributed to this story from Columbia, S.C.

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Nothing quite gets our blood boiling like cases of selective morals or ethics. You know the situation — when folks who think something that’s perfectly good for the goose is far from good for the gander. Such is the case of the David Letterman sex scandal, and a demand from the National Organization for Women to hold a meeting with Letterman’s production company to discuss the show’s behind-thescenes “toxic environment.” Letterman, longtime late-night TV host, was publicly embarrassed and frequently waxed apologetic on his nightly CBS program after it was revealed that he had engaged in affairs with a few of his many female employees throughout the years. Letterman was not married during the time, though he was in a committed relationship with the woman who is now his wife. At any rate, it is bad form from a boss. Yet the flings did not come to light because any of Letterman’s girlfriends filed charges or complaints about him. The only reason we even know of Letterman’s indiscretions is because a boyfriend of one of the women allegedly tried to extort millions from the talk show host when he found out about the woman’s past relationship with Letterman. Meanwhile, roughly a decade ago, NOW demanded far less accountability from President Bill Clinton when it was revealed that our nation’s chief executive was having an affair with a youthful intern inside the White House itself. NOW did issue press releases calling Clinton’s behavior “offensive” and stating that the president “betrayed the trust of the women who supported him.” Still, where was NOW’s call for a proper meeting to discuss and clean up the “toxic environment” in the White House as created by the leader of the free world? Simple: Clinton, though a letch, could still advocate for legislation consistent with NOW’s agenda. He was a womanizer, but one who held the ultimate seat of power. Letterman, as a womanizing entertainer, is a much softer target. But how authentic is NOW’s outrage — and how strong its convictions — if the organization’s reactions to objectifying young women differ depending on whether the offending man can do you favors down the road?

Quotable “He’s not going to go crazy in a mall. There’s no way he would do something like that. I read it and I was laughing, and I was like, ‘They have to be kidding.’ Because there’s no way he would do something like that. It makes no sense.” — Rola Yaghmour, a friend of Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Massachusetts, who was arrested and charged with conspiring with two others to support terrorism. “First, most of them say they did not get the hands-on teacher training about managing the classroom that they needed, especially for high-needs students. And second, they say there were not taught how to use data to improve instruction and boost student learning.” — Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who is calling for an overhaul of how college programs prepare teachers.

Perotistas on the march

One of the most macabre images I’ve ever heard described came in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami in 2004. Before the tidal wave crashed on shore, beachgoers stood around and idly gaped as the water drastically receded. Bewildered, they didn’t realize they were looking at the prelude to a calamity. The Democratic Party looks more and more like those beachgoers every day, watching popular support recede, oblivious to the Perot tsunami coming our way. In 1992, the incumbent president, George H.W. Bush, was a disappointment to his party’s base and a pariah to the Democrats. Government seemed to have lost its grip. The deficit became a massive issue, a symbol of out-of-control government. The hangover of Cold War sacrifices, the S&L bailout, runaway crime, huge trade deficits, the long-term trend of manufacturing decline and, of course, the recession contributed to the sense that America desperately needed to get its house in order. Ross Perot, a quirky Texas billionaire, tapped into that anxiety perfectly. Western, pro-business, no-nonsense, prochoice and pro-gun, culturally conservative but with little interest in culture-war issues, he managed to thread the needle between both parties. He also benefited enormously from the fact that his independent bid for the presidency was seen by the press as an indictment of both the incumbent Republican and the “Reagan deficits” that Democrats and the media had been denouncing for years. At one point, Perot led in the polls, and if he hadn’t dropped out and then rejoined (or had he not been so Yosemite Samgoofy), he might have done even better than his historic 19 percent of the popular vote. It’s still debated whether Perot cost Bush the election.

Fixing health care: Insurance industry needs cleaned up, but taxpayers can’t trust either side in debate To the editor: The editorial on health care reform that the Dispatch ran recently requires comment. The uninsured — whether dead broke and unable to afford it, or young and healthy and convinced they do not need it — will all, when injured or ill, walk into an emergency room and expect the hospital to treat them for free. And the rest of us will pick up their bill through larger charges by the hospital to cover its costs, or by higher fees by insurance companies, or by higher taxes, or, most likely of all, by all three methods at once. When are the politicians going to stop jerking us around and admit that the costs of the health insurance reform will, in part, be paid by NOT paying some of the totally stupid things built into the current system.

But even if Clinton would have won regardless, Perot’s candidacy had an underappreciated significance. He forced Clinton to double-down on his “New Democrat” appeals. Clinton had already fashioned himself as a “different kind of Democrat” who would “end welfare as we know it.” But the Perotista revolt of “raging moderates” Jonah and “angry Goldberg centrists” reinforced Tribune Media Clinton’s Services rhetorical commitments and the voters’ expectations. Historian Richard Hofstadter identified the phenomenon decades earlier when he wrote of third parties in U.S. politics: “Their function has not been to win or govern but to agitate, educate, generate new ideas and supply the dynamic element in our political life.” He added: “Third parties are like bees: Once they have stung, they die.” The Perotistas stung in 1992. Once elected — with only 43 percent of the vote — Clinton seemed to betray his promises to govern from the center. His heavy-handed “Hillarycare” effort was exactly the sort of thing the Perotistas didn’t want (never mind gays in the military and all that). The Democrats were shellacked in 1994, losing the Senate and the House to Newt Gingrich and his “Contract with America,” which was a carefully calibrated appeal to centrism. The liberal interpretation of this sea change has always been freighted with denial. The late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings said the election was a giant hissy fit: “Ask parents

of any 2-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums. ... The voters had a temper tantrum.” In part because Perot voters and sympathizers were disproportionately white and male, and because they expressed their dismay with Clinton by voting for the GOP, the Democrats and the media ginned up the “angry white male” theory of American politics. The same voters who were part of a “vital center” when attacking a Republican president were increasingly recast as dangerous minions of Rush Limbaugh and the forces of hate when they aligned with Republicans. Fast-forward to today. The tea-party protesters are in large part the heirs of Perotism, and they are being subjected to the same insults. Liberal commentators are deaf to the tea partyers’ disdain for both political parties, preferring to cast the protesters as a deranged band of birthers and racists or hired guns of a Republican “AstroTurf” campaign. Meanwhile, as National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru has argued, the Democrats have convinced themselves that the moral of Clinton’s failed health care push is not that he was wrong to try, but that he was wrong not to cram it through against popular opposition. President Obama promised a “new era of fiscal responsibility,” but he’s governing as if exploding the size of government is what Americans want, polls be damned. The Democrats’ budget games and giveaways amount to poking the angry Perotista beast with a stick. If the GOP can convincingly align with and exploit the growing Perotista discontent, it very well might ride to victory on a tsunami the Democrats can’t even see.

Forgive me Lord, for I have transgressed, But only, I plead, over the very best. The best of breakfasts, of which are served, Each Saturday morning, by my Granny, with curves! (Who hasn’t grabbed ’hold to a Granny and hugged those very curves?)

Gina Eaves

Maple syrupDaily Dispatch Columnist drenched pancakes, Homemade buttermilk biscuits, too. Pipin’ hot pumpkinpecan muffins, And even walnut brownies’ll do. Crispy-fried bacon, But soft slices I love best. Take that grease from the bacon, And scramble the eggs with the rest.

And don’t forget the damsons, preserves, jellies and jams. Oh, the setting of a Southern breakfast, around Granny’s kitchen table. You know this scene, too, don’t you? Round wooden table, a centerpiece of garden-grown flowers, plates piled high, and coffee mugs steaming with a fresh brew. Can’t you see Granny, standing by the stove, creaking open the oven door just a crack to check those biscuits brownin’ as they rise? Can’t you hear her say through a smile, “Breakfast is almost ready?” Can’t you feel the touch of her hand, as she passes a plate overflowing with her home-cooked feast? At my Granny’s table, my sisters and I, like so many grannies and granddaughters, gather not only You can write to Jonah Goldberg by for meals, but for a dose e-mail at JonahsColumn@aol.com. of family and community Letters to the Editor news. And following the latest happenings comes the highlight of this commuRemember Palin’s long-disme down the river fast. nion — the sharing of old proven “death squads?” Those Get rid of the rhetoric and have been replaced by the give us a health plan similar to family stories. The tales of Granny in “nameless bureaucrat” who will what Obama first proposed. A her younger days, the tales make your health decisions for little of the tweaking has done of Granny’s Granny in her you. Just read or watch TV to some good, but mostly it has younger days — oh, the see the scare-tactics still being just appeased special interests. tales that are told! presented. Well, I’ve met that Your political cartoon showThe tradition of food, “nameless bureaucrat” on three ing an insurance company CEO the sharing of stories, the different occasions. He/she was happy with the prospect of the kinship of granddaughters an employee of my insurance revised plan was correct; when and their grannies — its company each time, and the the compromises are done, it all part of that very specare I was refused, each time, will be good for their business cial, sacred circle formed came back to them as a higher and a rip-off for the rest of us. around a kitchen table. cost to treat me later. If I sound mad at insurance With every new genOne such time cost me total companies, please note that eration of breakfasts, the hearing in one ear and over six long before I moved to Hendersacred circle might move months of pain to recover. Had son I lived for many years in to another kitchen in a difthe insurance company not the Hartford, Conn., area — the ferent home, but that circle been on a “deny treatment and insurance capital of America. remains unbroken. save money” kick, they would Like everyone else in Hartford, Eventually, granddaughhave saved several hundred I worked (briefly) for an insurters become grannies. And thousand dollars, spared me ance company. a new generation gathers four or five months of pain, and Second most dishonest comaround the breakfast table, I would still have my hearpany I ever worked for. Anyone listening to tales of Graning; they would have treated who wants to know which one, ny’s younger days, and the me correctly and much sooner just ask me. But not in print as tales of Granny’s Granny when the problem was first their lawyers have deeper pock- in her younger days … identified. ets than mine. But their major So I am a bit suspicious of competitor — two miles further Gina Eaves is an Epsom nathe arguments made by the down the street — was equally tive, a graduate of Peace Colconservatives on this issue. I’m dishonest. lege and an advertising sales also wary of the liberals who, to representative at The Daily H. Larry Elman, Dispatch. Her column appears capture another possible (but Dabney on Fridays. not guaranteed) vote, will sell

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Drug raids nab 300-plus in cartel By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer

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Warren County Sheriff’s deputies and troopers from the N.C. Highway Patrol pulled over this box truck Wednesday in the southbound lane of Interstate 85 just south of Ridgeway-Drewry Road in Warren County. According to Trooper J.R. Lilly, Virginia State Police chased the truck to the state line, where N.C. troopers took over. He said the driver, Fuasto Rojas, 29, of Dallas, Texas, was charged with failing to stop for blue lights and siren and not having an operator’s license. He said the driver was released after posting a $300 bond.

Minn. man, 62, pleads guilty to drunk driving in chair DULUTH, Minnesota (AP) — A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers. Prosecutors say Anderson’s blood alcohol content was 0.29, more than three times the legal limit, when

he crashed into a parked vehicle in August 2008. He was not seriously injured. Police said the chair was powered by a converted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders. Sixth Judicial DisAnderson trict Judge Heather Sweetland stayed 180 days of jail time Monday and ordered two years of

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probation for Anderson, according to the Duluth News Tribune newspaper. His attorney, David Keegan, did not immediately return a call for comment.

WASHINGTON — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel. La Familia has earned a reputation for dominating the methamphetamine trade and displaying graphic violence, including beheadings. U.S. officials said the cartel, based in the state of Michoacan, in southwestern Mexico, has a vast network pumping drugs throughout the United States, specializing in methamphetamine. The arrests took place in 38 cities, from Boston to Seattle and Tampa, Fla., to St. Paul, Minn., in 19 states. Attorney General Eric Holder pledged to keep hitting La Familia and the cartels responsible for a wave of bloodshed in Mexico. He said the U.S. would attack them at

all levels, from the leadership to their supply chains reaching far into the United States. Michele Leonhart, who heads the Drug Enforcement Administration, said La Familia’s power has grown quickly, in part due to its quasi-religious background. DEA officials say the cartel professes a “Robin Hood mentality” of aiding the poor by stealing from the rich. Some drug proceeds are used to give Bibles and money to the poor, according to investigators. The Obama administration has directed more agents, resources and money to fight the cartel’s presence along the Mexico-U.S. border. But the arrests over the past two days occurred far beyond that region. In Dallas alone, 77 people were charged by a number of different federal and local law enforcement agencies. On Wednesday and Thursday, more than 3,000 federal agents and police officers carried out arrests in more than a dozen states, as part of a long-running effort that has netted nearly 1,200 arrests

over almost four years. The suspects face a combination of federal and state charges. In the latest legal assault on La Familia, a New York grand jury has indicted an alleged cartel leader, Servando GomezMartinez. He is linked to one of the more brazen acts of cartel violence. In July, after a dozen Mexican police officers were found murdered, officials say GomezMartinez publicly proclaimed his membership in La Familia and said the cartel was locked in a battle with Mexican police. Many of the new charges are centered on the cartel’s methamphetamine distribution, but other charges involve cocaine and marijuana, the officials said. The officials said states where arrests were made or charges filed include Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington state.

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Senate panel passes bills to recognize seven tribes By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Seven Indian tribes in North Carolina and Virginia would gain federal recognition and become eligible for federal aid under legislation approved Thursday by a Senate committee. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and six Virginia tribes would be eligible for up to $800 million in federal funds under two bills passed by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The bills, which bar the tribes from building casinos, have already passed the House. Lawmakers said Congress does not have the expertise to determine federal recognition of tribes, but noted that they have faced lengthy delays in accessing federal funding for housing, education and health benefits. In some cases, it has taken 20 or 30 years for their federal recognition to be processed through the Interior Department and that needs to be fixed, said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., the committee’s chairman. “The administrative process is broken,” he said.

President Barack Obama has pledged support for the Lumbee Tribe, which has sought federal recognition for more than a century. The administration has not said whether it will support recognition of the Virginia tribes. Regarding the Virginia tribes, Interior Department spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff said “in most circumstances we prefer the uniformity and certainty provided by the existing administrative process.” The six Virginia tribes, which have around 3,000 members, have been seeking recognition since the 1990s. They are the Eastern Chickahominy, Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan and Nansemond tribes. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine told lawmakers earlier this year that the identities of tribal members were stripped away by Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, a state law in effect from 1924 to 1967. Racial identifications of those without white ancestry were changed to “colored” on birth certificates during that period. There are an estimated 55,000 Lumbee Indians in

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News Briefs New York teen charged in online suicide prank CLARENCE, New York (AP) — A 17-year-old boy in western New York has been charged with a misdemeanor after police said he put ketchup on his arms and faked his suicide on a live video Web site. State police say troopers got several calls Tuesday night about a young man broadcasting a suicide attempt over the Internet. Capt. Steven Nitrelli says the calls came from as far away as Israel, where the Web site is hosted. Nitrelli says police traced the computer address to a home in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence. He says the teen admitted the hoax and insisted it was just a joke. The teen has been charged with one thirddegree count of falsely reporting an incident. He is to return to town court Oct. 29. Police withheld his name because of his age. In August, a 21-yearold man in Lockport, New York, near Buffalo, was charged with aggravated harassment and falsely reporting an incident for using a webcam to stage a fake suicide, pretending to slit his wrists. In 2007, a 42-year-old

man in England committed suicide by hanging while broadcasting to an Internet chat room via webcam. A chat room user notified police, who found him dead.

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Sheriff in Colorado balloon chase answers critics

HELENA. Mont. (AP) — A Montana jury will decide whether a baseball bat manufacturer can be held liable for the death of an 18-year-old pitcher who was hit in the head by a hard line drive. Hillerich & Bradsby, manufacturers of Louisville Slugger bats, is being sued by the mother of Brandon Patch, who died in 2003 after a batter using an aluminum bat smacked a ball so hard that Patch had little time to react. Patch’s family contends the aluminum bat is unreasonably dangerous. Attorneys for Hillerich & Bradsby contend aluminum bats are no more dangerous than wooden bats. The jury trial is expected to go through at least early next week.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Some suggested fishing hooks. Others, skydivers. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden says spectators sent him plenty of real-time suggestions last week on how to capture the large helium balloon that Alderden a Fort Collins couple said was carrying their 6-year-old son. The boy was found at home. Alderden says investigators believe the couple’s report was a hoax. In his online newsletter Thursday, Alderden says people sent e-mails from around the world, some of them calling him gullible, fat and bald with an overinflated ego. He concedes he’s fat and bald. Though Alderden appeared on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor”

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Warship tops out at more than 50 mph MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The second of the Navy’s new generation of speedy warships designed to operate close to shore topped 50 mph in builder trials

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This image provided by the US Navy shows the littoral combat ship Independence (LCS 2) underway during builder’s trials on July 12. completed this month. Officials say the Independence, a 418-foot ship built in Alabama, traveled in excess of 45 knots, which equates to nearly 52 mph, and sustained 44 knots during a four-hour, full-speed sprint. The so-called littoral combat ship is the second of two competing designs. The one built by Austal in Mobile, Ala., features a tri-hull design. The lead contractor is Maine’s Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics subsidiary. The competing ship, Freedom, features a more traditional hull and was built by a team led by Lockheed Martin. It will go into service next year. Eventually, the Navy wants to build up to 55 of the ships.

Panel to NASA: Skip the moon, fly elsewhere By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel is telling the White House. NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel’s chairman said Thursday. A test-flight version of the new rocket, Ares, is on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, awaiting liftoff later this month. NASA should be concentrating on bigger rockets, the panel members said. Norman Augustine, chairman of the White House-appointed panel reviewing the agency’s spaceflight plans, said it makes more sense to land on a nearby asteroid or one of the moons of Mars. He said that could be done sooner than returning to the moon in 15 years as NASA has outlined. The exploration plans now under fire were pushed by then-President George W. Bush after the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster. The moon-Mars plan lacks enough money, thanks to budget diversions, the panel said in a 155-page report. Starting in 2014, NASA needs an extra $3 billion a year if astronauts are going to travel beyond Earth’s orbit, the panel said. The key is where to explore space. In a report, the panel outlines eight options and leaves the choice to President Barack Obama. Three options are part of what the panel calls a “flexible path” to explore someplace other than the moon, eventually heading to a Mars landing far in the future. Augustine said the flexible path option, which includes no-landing flights around the moon and Mars, makes more sense from both a physics and finance standpoint. Landing on the moon and then launching back to Earth takes a lot of fuel because of the moon’s gravity. Hauling fuel from Earth to the moon and then back costs money. It would take less fuel to land and return from asteroids or comets that swing by Earth or even the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, Augustine said.

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Today is Friday, October 23, the 296th day of 2009. There are 69 days left in the year.

Today’s highlights: 1596 — Turks under Mohammed III defeat Austrian Archduke Maximillian’s forces near Erlau, Hungary. 1641 — Great Irish Massacre occurs after discovery of conspiracy against British. 1917 — U.S. troops see first action in World War I near Luneville, France. 1942 — British Eighth Army attacks Axis forces to begin Battle of El Alamein in Egypt during World War II. 1944 — Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. 1954 — Britain, France, United States and Soviet Union agree to end occupation of Germany. 1956 — Anti-Communist revolution breaks out in Hungary. It is crushed by a Soviet invasion on November 4. 1962 — Soviet Union warns that a U.S. blockade of arms shipments to Cuba may risk a thermonuclear war. 1988 — Long-awaited Soviet election reform calls for choice of candidates but limits sharply what they can advocate. 1989 — Tens of thousands of Hungarians demand end to communism on anniversary of 1956 uprising. 1992 — U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces the Vietnamese government will turn over all documents, photographs and personal effects of U.S. personnel it collected in the Vietnam War. 1995 — After a meeting in New York, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announces accord with U.S. President Bill Clinton that Russian troops would help enforce peace in Bosnia. 1996 — A historian reveals that the Swiss bank accounts of presumed Holocaust victims were used to settle Switzerland’s postwar compensation disputes with Poland and Hungary. 1998 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-

yahu and Palestinian leader Yasser will fillArafat agree on a breakthrough land-for-peace West Bank accord after eight days of negotiations in the United States. 1999 — Illinois’ George Ryan pays the first visit to communist Cuba by a U.S. governor since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, declaring he has come “to build bridges between people.” 2004 — Suspected Islamic militants kill 16 people heading to a soccer match in a pre-dawn ambush south of Algeria’s capital — the first bloodshed since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 2005 — Hurricane Wilma punishes Mexico’s Caribbean coastline for a second day, ripping away storefronts, peeling back roofs and forcing tourists and residents trapped in hotels and shelters to scramble to higher floors. At least seven people are killed. 2006 — Police in Hungary fire tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse protesters in antigovernment demonstrations coinciding with the nation’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its uprising against Soviet rule. 2008 — A Paris court convicts nine people of charges linked to financing and associating with a terror group, including Safe Bourada, a French-Algerian who admitted forming an Islamic group that called for armed jihad in France. Today’s Birthdays: Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader (1844-1885); Johnny Carson, former U.S. “Tonight Show” host (1925-2005); Pele, Brazilian soccer star (1940-); Michael Crichton, U.S. author (1942--2008); Ang Lee, Taiwanese film director (1954--); Weird Al Yankovic, U.S. musical parodist (1959--). Thought for Today: It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack — Voltaire, French author and philosopher (1694-1778).

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