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The trademark J.P. Taylor Co. Inc sign has disappeared from the main building Friday afternoon after a fire destroyed a number of buildings Thursday on the complex off Raleigh Road.

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An exit door sits open Friday afternoon after a fire destroyed several buildings on the J.P. Taylor complex off Raleigh Road Thursday night.

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Picking up city garbage By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

The fire that swept through the old J. P. Taylor building Thursday night was still under investigation as the week ended. Harold Henrich, Vance County Fire Marshal and EMS Chief, said late Friday afternoon that the cause had not been determined. “We’ll be out there Monday with the SBI and ATF,” he added. The tobacco plant, which had served the J. P. Taylor Company for 118 years until its closing in 2002, was first reported in flames at 3:34 p.m. on Thursday. Units from Vance County Station 3 were on the scene within five minutes. More than 100 firefighters from 14 companies Please see ARRESTS, page 4A eventually responded to the fire. The building, located at 500 J.P. Taylor Road, was a storage facility for the Pacific Coast Feather Company. The age of the structure and bedding material housed there created a difficult situation for fireOur Hometown . . . . . 2A fighters, who were also hampered in their efforts by Business & Farm. . . . 5A wind and rain. Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 6A Light Side . . . . . . . . . 7A Contact the writer at dirvine@hendersondispatch.com. Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-3B Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5C Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 6C Classifieds. . . . . . 7-10C

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OXFORD — Two men were jailed on more than $100,000 bond, a teen was jailed on more than $50,000 bond and another teen was jailed on $30,000 bond after the Granville County Sheriff’s Department booked them in connection with break-ins and property damage in the rural northern part of the county. Sheriff Brin Wilkins in a statement Friday said that 15 incidents have been solved and that items valued in the thousands of dollars have been recovered. The incidents happened at the Antioch, Bullock, Fairport, Gela and Grassy Creek communities. Wilkins credited an alert neighbor at Fairport with having reported a suspicious vehicle, resulting in the arrests. The four accused persons, all from Oxford, are Dakota Chamberlain, Jonathan Richardson, Kwmane Cozart and Abdul Harris. Chamberlain, 21, of 415 Henderson St., is being held on $125,000 bond.

But challenge coming from other Democrats sparked by Hagan win By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH — North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge said Friday he has decided against a run for Senate next year, saying he’d prefer to remain working in the lower chamber. Etheridge, who was first elected in 1996, pointed to his seniority in the U.S. House and noted that he recently began working on the powerful Committee on Ways and Means. “I really believe that I can best help the people in North Carolina,

during what I consider one of the worst economic downturns we’ve faced since the Great Depression, by remaining in the House,” Etheridge told The Associated Press. The representative from North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district, which covers areas south and east of Raleigh, is the second prominent Democrat to consider but decline a run against Sen. Richard Burr. Attorney General Roy Cooper also passed on the campaign earlier this year. Etheridge said he believes Burr remains vulnerable. “I really think the atmosphere is lining up in North Carolina,” he said. “The dynamics have changed in our state.” North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and

Durham attorney Kenneth Lewis, both Democrats, have announced their plans to challenge Burr. The Republican senator already has $3.4 million to spend on his reelection bid. Democrats have been eager to target Burr since the 2008 election, when party candidate Kay Hagan was able to unseat Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole. An Elon University poll released last month found that Burr had an approval rating of 37 percent among North Carolina adults, while 22 percent of respondents disapproved of the way the Republican lawmaker is handling his job. Next year will be Burr’s first re-election bid in the Senate. He served in the House for a decade before moving to the upper chamber in 2004.

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Heavy rain continues to trigger reports from Henderson of the bypass of untreated wastewater. The city’s Sandy Creek sewage pumping station at Rowland’s Obituaries, 4A Pone at 482 Rock Mill Road byplassed 12,000 gallons from 9:15 p.m. Thurday to 7 a.m. Friday. The cause was heavy inflow and infiltration from 5.85 inches of rain over a 60-hour period. The bypass entered Sandy

Creek, which is a tributary of the Tar Pamlico River Basin. Questions about the bypass should be directed to Tom Spain, Henderson Water Reclamation Facility Director, at (252) 4316081. The city also reported that its sewer collection system bypassed 39,000 gallons of untreated wastewater from 5 p.m. to midnight Thursday. The location was Neathery Street, Rock Spring Street, Pinkston Street school,

Pinkston and Adam Street and Pinkston Street apartments. The bypass also entered Sandy Creek. Questions about this bypass should be directed to Paul Brown, the Public Utilities Operator in Responsible Charge, at (252) 4316105 or Andy Perkinson, Public Utilities Maintenance Supervisor, at (252) 431-0419. Send comments to news@hendersondispatch.com.

Waste Industries is offering to pick up household garbage and recyclables at curbside in Henderson for a monthly base price of $8.94 compared to the municipal government’s current price of $9.91 for backdoor pickup of garbage and curbside pickup of recyclables. “The beauty of the privatization is that the rate could stay flat or you would have a little bit of flexibility,” City Manager Ray Griffin told the City Council earlier this week. The price for the city to provide curbside service would increase to $13.46 by Fiscal Year 2014 because the city would have to replace aging trucks and acquire containers and additionally because of the labor and liability costs, Assistant City Manager Frank Frazier and City Public Works Director Linda Leyen told the council. By comparison, the price for Waste Industries to provide the service is projected to be $9.77 by Fiscal 2014, documents show. Waste Industries is proposing a 10-year contract, with two automatic five-year renewals. The price would be subject to adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index, which is the measure of the average change over time in the price paid by urban households for a set of consumer goods and services. Previous talks had been about a three-year proposed agreement between the city and Waste Industries. A city discount for senior citizens would remain in place. Waste Industries would provide 95-gallon containers for household garbage, along with 65-gallon containers for recyclables. The company has amended details to withdraw an additional $5 proposed charge for backyard service for physically challenged persons and to reduce an additional proposed $5 charge for an extra container to $4. Frazier said that the picking up of recyclables at curbside would remain under the present bi-weekly schedule should the council go with Waste Industries. The city utilizes 18-gallon bins for recyclables, with the recyclables hauled by municipal crews to Sonoco, which is a professional recycling company in Raleigh. The council, meeting on Monday evening, spent approximately 40 minutes hearing from Frazier and Leyen and asking questions. Frazier and Leyen were back after council members posed more questions after the pair gave a presentation on Oct. 26. The council in mid-April 2008 voted to change from twice-a-week to once-a- week household garbage pickup, with the vote taking effect at the start of July 2008. And Leyen has said when the city scaled back the household garbage pickup service, “We probably cut our staff too short.” The Public Works Department has to consistently pull from the cemetery, grounds maintenance and street crews for help with sanitation when there is absenteeism and vacancies. Please see GARBAGE, page 3A

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Mark It Down Today District Masons’ meeting — The 20th Masonic District meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Murphy House Restaurant in Louisburg. Oak Grove Masonic Lodge #393 will be the host lodge. 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. The market plans a fall festival today. 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, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640. Firehouse chili sale — The Kerr Lake Volunteer Fire Department will be selling its “Firehouse Chili” at the fire station at 5021 Satterwhite Point Road from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The chili is $5 a quart and all proceeds go towards purchasing protective equipment for firefighters. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring the Woodruff Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Community dance — The Epsom Country Club will sponsor a community dance starting at 7 p.m., featuring the Southwind Band. For more information and directions, contact Curtis Strickland at 492-6834.

Sunday Historical society meeting — A meeting of the Vance County Historical Society will be held at 2:30 p.m. at St. John’s Church in Williamsboro. After a brief business meeting, a program will be presented by Danny Moody, chief of protocol of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the official historian of the court, on the historical significance of Williamsboro and the families associated with the area.

Monday VGCC Trustees’ meeting — The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. in the board room in Building 1 on the college’s main campus. Regular board meetings are held bimonthly on the third Monday of the month. Committee meetings are held on the same day usually beginning at 5 p.m. Granville Commission — The Granville County Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the commission meeting room, 145 Williamsboro St., Oxford. Vance Charter — The Vance Charter School Board of Directors will have its monthly business meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library.

As the holiday season quickly approaches, many begin to worry about fitting into their favorite jeans once January rolls around. Many North Carolinians gain between one to five pounds each holiday season. Mary Helen Although Jones those are Cooperative small Extension gains, most people who gain weight during the holidays never manage to return to their pre-holiday weight. This year, don’t let holiday weight gain weigh you down! The statewide Eat Smart, Move More NC movement is gearing up for the fourth annual free Maintain, Don’t Gain Holiday Challenge. Rather than focusing on trying to lose weight — a difficult task at this time of

year — this free six-week challenge provides participants with tips, tricks and ideas to help them maintain their weight throughout the holiday season. Free on-line sign-up is now open at www.MyEatSmartMoveMore.com. Only an email address is needed to join. All participant information is kept confidential. The challenge will begin on Nov. 23 and run through Dec. 31. People who sign up early and complete the pre-survey will receive bonus healthy holiday recipes and a shopping list. Each week, participants will receive free weekly emailed newsletters containing tips to manage holiday stress, ideas for fitting in physical activity during the busy season, and resources for cooking quick and easy meals when time is in short supply. A calorie counter, food log and activity log are also available for download to help people track their progress. In 2008, more than 5,400 people from all 100 North

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Carolina counties and 47 other states took part in the challenge. At the end of the program, 79 percent reported maintaining their weight. The challenge is a part of the Eat Smart, Move More NC movement to increase healthy eating and physical activity opportunities wherever North Carolinians live, learn, earn, play and pray. Find out more at www. EatSmartMoveMoreNC.com.

Avoiding weight gain Smokers across North Carolina and the nation will join the Great American Smoke Out on Nov. 19. Many smokers do gain some weight when they quit smoking. Use these tips from Eat Smart, Move More NC to snuff out weight gain when quitting: • Eat smart: Drink plenty of water to help you feel full. Snack on as many fruits and veggies as you want. Choose crunchy snacks like air popped popcorn or carrot sticks to keep your mouth occupied. Include low-fat or fat-free dairy

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seconds (sing “Happy Birthday” twice); (3) rinse hands holding them down; (4) dry hands with a disposable towel; and then (5) use the towel to open the bathroom door. For an activity sheet to use

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Frazier reminded the council on Monday evening the proposal is pursuant to the municipal strategic plan for 2009-10, which includes studying possible areas for privatization. And Frazier said the proposal is consistent with a study the previous year, with the goal of converting to curbside sanitation service and a possible conversion to privatization. Waste Industries responded to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request for a proposal. Frazier said that private curbside garbage pickup would provide for more consistency, including not having to encounter obstacles such as locked residential gates and not having municipal employees exposed to risks such as dog bites and needles in containers. Waste Industries observes three holidays, and with curbside service, there additionally is a better chance of garbage and recyclables being picked up in foul weather, Frazier said. And Frazier said the company has an automated phone system to alert customers of any delays in service. Frazier and Leyen reiterated that Waste Industries has a large fleet, meaning if a truck breaks down in Henderson, then the company can call for another truck from elsewhere to complete a route. If the council decides to keep the picking up of

garbage and recyclables in city hands, then the city would need to replace three sanitation trucks next year, with the price of a new truck being at least $165,000, Frazier said. The three to be replaced would be a pair of 1992 models and a 1994 model, Frazier said. The city has seven trucks in the sanitation fleet. One truck is a 1997 model and the newest one is a 2005 model. The other two trucks, a 2000 model and a 2004 model, are spares. Frazier, under questioning from Griffin on Monday evening, said the average age of a sanitation truck is five to seven years. And Frazier said that, if the city bought three new trucks, then the plan is to sequentially purchase a new truck each year to update the fleet. Griffin, who was hired as manager in July 2008, told the council that the first matter is Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government having not provided resourcing for an equipment replacement plan to keep the rolling stock operational and in good working order. And the second matter is getting the most efficient use of the service, Griffin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, the equipment is the number one killer right now in terms of catching that up so that we can work the service. And we can certainly do

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authorities dropped charges against another man, Clarence Coe, who was initially arrested in the case. McNeill had a first court appearance Friday. Attorney Allen Rogers said he only spoke briefly with his client, adding that he did not know what connection McNeill may have had with Shaniya or her mother. He also did not comment on the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whereabouts. Surveillance footage showed McNeill carrying Shaniya into a hotel room on Tuesday morning, when she was reported missing from a mobile home park.

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WARRENTON — Annie Alston, 91, of 118 Marshall St., Warrenton, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Warren Hills Nursing Facility in Warrenton. Funeral services are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.

GRESHAM, Ore. — Nancy Mabel Dorr, 57, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, with her daughter Grace and sister Jean by her side. She was born on May 4, 1952, in Goldsboro, N.C., was raised in Henderson, N.C., and lived her last 30 years in Oregon. She is also survived by another sister, LeeAnne, and her father, Leslie. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mabel, and brother, Billy. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Goldsboro.

Anthony Bullock HENDERSON — Anthony Bullock, 53, of 439 Bryant Abbott Road, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Granville Medical Center. He was born in Vance County and was the son of James and Dermuest Hawkins Bullock. At an early age, he joined Brookston Baptist Church and attended the Vance County public schools. He worked some years as a truck driver and was the owner of Gateway Motor Carrier Inc. Funeral services will be conducted today at noon at Brookston Baptist Church by the Rev. Almice Floyd Gill. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Deborah Hargrove Bullock of the home; two sons, Carmel Matlock of Danville, Va., and James Anthony Bullock of Martinsburg, W.Va.; his parents, James and Demurest Bullock of Henderson; a grandchild; three sisters, Zelphia Hanks of Williamsboro, Phynice Tyson of Richmond, Va., and Alicia Ragland of Durham; and two brothers, Dolphin Bullock and Dennis Bullock, both of Henderson. The family will receive friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

William H. Green NORLINA — William H. Green, 72, of 236 Yancey Road, Norlina, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Snow Hill Baptist Church in Warrenton. The Rev. A.F. Horton officiated and burial followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by three sons, Keith Tunstall and Melvin Green, both of Warrenton, and Christopher Green of Bristow, Va.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Julia Spell of Macon, Ga., Eula Mae Perry of Corona, N.Y., Mary Elizabeth Richardson of Bronx, N.Y., and Geraldine Green of Norlina; and three brothers, Robert McDonald Green of Hampton, Va., Kenneth Jackson Green of Lomita, Calif., and Alvin Bernard Green of Palm Coast, Fla. The body was on view Thursday from 11 a.m.

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OXFORD — Stephanie R. “Tootie” Johnson, 14, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Duke Medical Center. She was a student at J.F. Webb High School. She was a student of Merit, was a member of the National Honor Society and was on the honor roll. She was a member of Amazing Grace Ministry Church. Survivors include her mothers, Sabrina Johnson and Shantel Johnson; her father, Donald Johnson; a sister, Tamanisa Lewis; two brothers, Demetrius Johnson and Christopher Dunkin; great-grandparents, Mary and Willie Jones; and grandparents, Leroy and Ava K. Johnson, Irine A. Cameron and Marie Johnson. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Amazing Grace Ministry Church, with eulogy by Bishop Jessie Davis. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The viewing was from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.

Abria J. Lewis HENDERSON – Abria Jhune Lewis, 12 years old, of 132 S. Elizabeth St., died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Vance County and was

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HENDERSON — Joshua Lewis, one year old, of 132 S. Elizabeth St., died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. He was born in Vance County and was the son of June and Ayana Nataki Fritz Lewis III. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Vance-Granville Community College. Burial will follow in Sunset Garden Inc. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two

Bernice Nicholson WARRENTON — Bernice Nicholson, 83, of 1318 Parktown Road, Warrenton, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.

Jerline A. Smith RICHMOND, Va. — Jerline Alston Smith, 69, formerly of Warren County, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at MCV Hospital in Richmond, Va. Funeral services are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.

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Realtors: Home prices to rise four percent in 2010 Tax credits have helped stoke sales this year By ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer

SAN DIEGO — Home prices are expected to grow modestly next year and sales will keep rising as the housing market continues to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. Home resales are projected to total 5.7 million next year, up from an estimated 5 million this year. Prices will climb four percent after a projected decline of 13 percent this year, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the trade association. “Going into 2010, I anticipate that prices will also begin stabilizing or begin to modestly improve,” Yun told the audience at the association’s annual conference and expo in San Diego. The housing market’s rebound has been aided by an aggressive federal intervention to lower mortgage rates and bring more buyers into the market. Home resales rose in September to the highest level in more than two years, something Yun said shows buyers are eager to get back into the housing market.

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In this Oct. 27 photo, sign installer Kenny Pichard from Apple Valley, Calif., sets a new street sign pole at the newly finished SheaHomes townhomes at the Victoria Gardens development in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The chief economist for the National Association of Realtors said Friday home prices will grow four percent next year and home resales will keep rising as the housing market continues to recover. A federal tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time homebuyers has helped stoke sales this year. The incentive was set to expire at the end of this month, but the NAR and other housing groups successfully lobbied to get the credit extended. Now buyers can claim the credit if they sign a contract by April 30 and close the deal by the end of June. Lawmakers also expanded the program to include a $6,500 credit for

existing homeowners who have lived in their current residence for at least five years. Yun estimated that the tax credit brought in between 350,000 to 400,000 buyers this year and projected that its extension will continue to lift the market by 15 percent and prices by as much as five percent. However, some housing analysts say the NAR is optimistic, arguing the tax credit has already enticed many buyers who otherwise would have waited until next. But Yun supports his case by pointing to data from 2000, prior to the housing boom, when 11 million renters had the income necessary to buy a median-priced home. This year, he said, there are 16 million renters in that position. “This clearly shows that there’s potential pent-up demand that could be tapped,” he said. While home sales have improved this year, the recovery has been skewed, favoring homes priced under $100,000. Yun also said home values have fallen further than they climbed during the boom years, even in markets that didn’t see huge price swings, like Greenville, S.C. “Even though they had no bubble, they’re experiencing price declines,” Yun said. “Prices are overcorrecting.”

Ford plans new police model to replace Crown Victoria DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says it plans to sell a new police cruiser vehicle to replace the Crown Victoria once the sedan is phased out of production in 2011. Ford says the new car will be more fuel efficient

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Drug firm expanding N.C. operation, adding 260 jobs RALEIGH (AP) — A drug company is expanding its operations in North Carolina, adding nearly 260 jobs. State officials said Friday that Talecris Biotherapeutics will add 259 jobs as part of a $269 million expansion near Clayton. Commerce Department spokesman Charles Winkler said the company in Research Triangle Park could get nearly $4 million in state incentives if it meets investment and job targets. The incentive package

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Try terrorists in military courts In a decision already drawing flak from political opponents, the Obama administration has elected to conduct trials for the accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in civilian courts of New York. Five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to 9/11 — including confessed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — will be brought to trial in the United States, rather than facing military tribunals, said Eric Holder, U.S. attorney general. Critics are fair to point out the drawbacks to such a trial. “Bringing terrorists to U.S. soil expands their constitutional rights and could result in shorter sentences,” said Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, chief Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. It’s a valid criticism. The accused killers are not Americans. Their attacks were not only crimes, but acts of war. Allowing military courts to handle them seems the proper action. And keeping the suspects — and all the security problems that go with them — off American soil has merit, as well. Even a moderate Democrat, Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, said he is “very concerned about the wisdom” of holding civilian trials for the suspects. “It will be disruptive, costly and potentially counterproductive to try (them) as criminals in our civilian courts,” said Webb. Meanwhile, Arizona Sen. John McCain, whom Obama defeated for president a year ago, notes that the government has brought other terrorists to trial in military courts — namely the USS Cole bombers — and it sends a mixed message to extend greater rights to even more vile terrorists. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he supports the decision, wanting to see the plotters face justice in the city where so many of their victims died. We can’t blame New Yorkers for wanting to have a hand in dispensing justice. But the safest and best course of action is to keep the terrorists off-shore.

Quotable “I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be subjected to the most exacting demands of justice.” — President Barack Obama, on self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees being sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court. “To my knowledge, the campaign never billed Gov. Palin for any legal expenses related to her vetting, and I am not aware of her ever asking the campaign to pay legal expenses that her own lawyers incurred for the vetting process.” — Trevor Potter, McCain campaign general counsel, responding to Sarah Palin’s statements in her new memoir “Going Rogue.” “Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose. I don’t know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled.” — GOP Chairman Michael Steele, on dropping elective abortions for Republican National Committee employees with insurance.

My wife never calls with good news. She’s not much of a telephone person, so if I see her number on my caller ID, I generally know that something bad has happened. Perhaps it’s as mild as her having to work late or maybe, it’s, as it was today, that our five-year-old son had misbehaved yet again at school. Since I had missed her call and was calling her back, I greeted Celine picking up the phone with an immediate “what’s wrong?” Call it conditioning from my parents who would both answer an unexpected phone call assuming bad news or call it simple logic based on my wife’s normal patterns, but when her number pops up, nothing good comes from it. I was, of course, correct and my clearly distraught wife explained to me that she had just gotten a call from the school principal. Apparently, Joshua, our not-very-wellbehaved kindergartner, had had a physical altercation with another child where he drew blood. Not exactly an imposing physical specimen, Joshua

weighs about 35 pounds and has the physique of a sunflower. Most kids his age could take him down pretty easily (girls included) but his unpredictable ability to get angry with limited provocation makes him Daniel B. a handful to deal with. Kline Joshua has a Special to The Daily Dispatch complete inability to follow directions and has never handled not immediately getting what he wants well. As parents we have brought him to psychologists, had him neurologically evaluated and have met preemptively with his teacher, the principal and the school psychologist. Though this has made us appear to be responsible, caring parents (which we are) it has done little to improve our child’s behavior. This has made every school day a potential minefield as we send

him off each morning unsure as to whether our day will include a call from the school, a note home or something worse. Always a good student who never got in trouble, my wife has a harder time with Joshua’s behavior than I do. While I would prefer he not hit other kids and wish he would listen to his teachers, I understand Joshua’s frustrations with following directions and remember being unable to react in an appropriate manner when things did not go my way. What has struck me most, however, is our complete helplessness as parents. We have read the books, talked to the doctors, the teachers and anyone else who might listen and nothing has made Joshua any less likely to talk back to his teacher, randomly spit on another kid or become inappropriately violent. As much as I enjoy having a fiercely bright, independentminded child, I would greatly prefer he fit in a little better as his current age and perhaps save some of the independence for adulthood.

I want desperately to be able to provide an answer or to at least convince my wife that some of Joshua’s worst qualities now, may with more maturity, be some of his best. Sadly, I have failed utterly in that respect and Celine (a PHD in developmental psychology) remains despondent and convinced that hitting in kindergarten leads to who-knows-what horrors as the years go on. As a parent, I feel hopelessly unable to help. But as a former difficult child, who has turned out reasonably successfully, I feel pretty good about the prospect that two loving parents, a supportive school system and a the simple passage of time, Joshua will turn out okay too. Daniel B. Kline’s work appears in over 100 papers weekly. When he is not writing Kline serves as general manager of Time Machine Hobby New England’s largest hobby and toy store, www. timemachinehobby.com. He can be reached at dan@notastep. com or you can see his archive at dbkline.com or befriend him at facebook.com/dankline.

Letters to the Editor Jersey Mike’s wins a customer with respect for veterans To the editor: On Veterans Day, I had a meeting in Raleigh that lasted a big portion of the day. I decided to stop at Jersey Mike’s in the Wakefield Shopping Center for a couple of sandwiches for dinner. The manager and I joked around about the size of the bell pepper slices and generally passed a couple of minutes while he prepared my meals. Veterans Day was never mentioned. When I got to the register to check out he looked at me and asked, “are you a vet?” I said that I am, six years from ’64 to ’70. He said, “yours is free and you can have a bag of posture may well disintegrate. chips and a drink if you His reputation for flexibility want them.” I was floored. I said “are notwithstanding, the record shows that he is, in fact, impla- you serious?” and he said cably ideological when it comes “dead serious.” I said that GI’s got spit to his core beliefs. If terrorism on in my war. drives the country rightward, He said “not in here.” he may well choose to stand his I took my sandwiches ground. That’s what he’s done with the domestic crisis. While and thanked him profusely. Want to guess where the country has been screaming I’ll eat lunch when I’m in for Washington to concentrate Wake Forest or where I’m on fixing the economy and the going to stop to pick up unemployment rate, Obama dinner on the way back and his party have rigidly to Henderson? No need. focused on their health care I’m going back to Jersey schemes and cap-and-trade — Mike’s. The sandwiches which, even if they work, will were great as well. do nothing to fix joblessness in the near future. Pete Dunaway, Conversely, if the “HasanTownsville ity defense” prevails, and the left convinces the country — or even itself — that the shootings were a tragic byproduct of two unnecessary wars, the president will still be in a bind. Particularly among Obama’s core supporters, the notion The Daily Dispatch welthat violence only begets more comes letters to the editor. violence is as popular as it is Letters must be signed, untrue. include the author’s city Early reports suggested of residence, and should that Hasan was driven to his be limited to 300 words. murder spree out of frustration with Obama’s refusal to pull Please include a telephone out of Iraq and Afghanistan number for verification. fast enough. If Obama’s base We reserve the right to believes that line of argument edit comments for length, — which is essentially a “blame clarity, libelous material, Bush” argument — it will only personal attacks and poor intensify their opposition to taste. We do not publish escalation in Afghanistan. If anonymous letters, form Obama goes ahead with escalaletters, letters with names tion anyway, the prospect of withheld or letters where “LBJ redux” increases. we cannot verify the If the majority of Americans writer’s identity. had thought in 2008 that the Writers should limit war on terror was a top priorthemselves to one letter ity, they wouldn’t have voted every 30 days. for Obama. It only makes sense Letters can be acthat if the war on terror once cepted by e-mail, but city again becomes a top priority, they’ll most likely regret their of residence and a phone vote. number for verification purposes still must be You can write to Jonah Goldberg by included. e-mail at JonahsColumn@aol.com.

The politics of Fort Hood Let me say up front, I don’t think President Obama is to blame for the Fort Hood shootings, and I don’t think it’s fair to say otherwise. But (you knew there had to be a “but”), that doesn’t mean Obama won’t pay a political price for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s rampage. At first blush, it seems distasteful to take a political yardstick to the pain suffered at Fort Hood. But if we are to consider this incident part of the bloody tapestry of the larger war on terror, there’s no way to separate it from politics. After all, the war on terror has been driving politics in America for the better part of a decade now. And that might offer insight into why so many are eager to make the massacre a story about the psychological breakdown of a man who just happened to be a Muslim. If this is just another incident where a deranged man went “postal” at his office, then there’s no reason to secondguess the Obama administration’s fairly relentless effort to dismantle the war on terror. That effort stems from what Obama believes to be a sweeping mandate to be Not George Bush. In pursuit of that mandate, the White House has already purged the phrase “war on terror” from its lexicon, preferring “overseas contingency operations.” Obama is hell-bent on closing Guantanamo Bay, is making progress on the White House project to treat terrorists as mere criminals, and has kowtowed to the United Nations as no president has. Meanwhile, his secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, says that Islamic terrorism like we saw on 9/11 should now be referred to as “man-caused disasters.” But she adds that American rightwingers must be scrutinized as potential terrorists.

All of these moves seemed politically palatable for a warweary country that felt, rightly or wrongly, as if we’d made it through the worst of it. It was time for a makeover of our political house. The problem is that, rather than merely throw on a fresh coat of paint and lay down some Jonah carpetGoldberg new ing, Obama

is going after load-bearing walls and structural beams. And if the war on terror refuses to go away as easily as the phrase we use for it did, the whole edifice of the Obama administration could come crashing down. For instance, it seems likely that Obama has already suffered a rhetorical defeat. Whatever his faults, President Bush got to say one thing that the American people always appreciated: After 9/11, he kept us safe from a terrorist attack on the homeland. If Hasan acted as a Jihadist terrorist and not a disgruntled psychiatrist, Obama can’t even make the same claim about his first year in office. More substantively, Obama has had the luxury of exploiting his predecessor’s success. His actions on Guantanamo, his mea culpas for America to the Muslim world, etc., have only been possible in a political environment absent domestic terrorist attacks. As it stands, Hasan may have been a one-off, an isolated incident. Let’s hope that’s the case, but let’s not delude ourselves that this is likely. Yet, if we see more of this sort of thing, the underpinnings of Obama’s national-security Tribune Media Services

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