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CMYK Program brings ‘citizen teachers’ into middle school classroom Our Hometown, Page 2A

Feds froze $29,000 in N.C. terror suspect’s accounts Local & Nation, Page 4A Good Taste, Page 1C

Man charged in one of string of N.C. slayings Public Records, Page 7A Crossroads’ Britney Anderson defends the net in the first game of Colts’ 3-2 win over the Eagles

Crossroads soccer falls to Wayne Christian Eagles Sports, Page 1B

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Neighbors’ feud lands 5 in jail By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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Deaths Henderson Willie Roy Jones Oxford George Paul Duffy, 94

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By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

A $3 million contract has been awarded to Triangle Grading & Paving Inc. of Burlington that includes repaving 19 miles of seven sections of secondary roads in Granville County and 13.5 miles of five sections ognize a commissioner of secondary roads in Perfor outstanding work on son County. behalf of every North Work could begin as Carolina county. early as Oct. 5, with the “I was certainly shocked completion date being June and humbled by the selec11, the N.C. Department of tion,” Wright said in a Transportation said. telephone interview TuesThe longest segment in day afternoon while taking Granville will be Cornwall a break from mowing his Road from Dalton Mill lawn. Road to Gela Road. “I told the audience (at The rest of the projects the Hickory Metro Civic in Granville are as follows: Center) that everyone in • Harry Davis Road the room deserved the from Pittard Road to U.S. award more than I did,” he 15. added. • Amis Chapel Road “My wife, Betty, smugfrom Grassy Creek-Virgiligled some of my family na Road to N.C. 96. members down to Hickory • Salem Road from and into the banquet hall,” Perry Road to the GranWright explained. ville County-Vance County “They were lurking in line. the shadows when my • Herbert Faucette eight-year-old grandson, Road from U.S. 15 to the Nicholas, ran down the Granville-Vance line. aisle to greet me. I knew • Antioch Road from he could not be there West Antioch Drive to alone.” Fairport Road. As far as Wright is con• Main Street in Creedcerned, “It doesn’t get any moor from U.S. 15 to N.C. better than that.” 56. NCDOT said more than 20 contracts amounting to Contact the writer at awhePlease see ROADS, page 3A less@hendrsondispatch.com.

Wright ‘Outstanding County Commissioner’ By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

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Danny Wright of Vance County and Chuck McGrady of Henderson County jointly received the Outstanding County Commissioner Award for 2008-2009 last Saturday night in Hickory. The presentations were made to the co-winners during the 102nd Annual Conference of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Please see GUNFIRE, page 3A (NCACC). The first Vance commissioner to win the award, Wright has been on the local board since 1982, and has been its chairman. Our Hometown . . . . . 2A He served as NCACC Business & Farm. . . . 5A president in 1997-98. Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 8A Wright also was the first Light Side . . . . . . . . . 9A Vance commissioner to do Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-4B that. For the past five years, Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 2C Wright has been a member Classifieds. . . . . . . 3-7C of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Counties (NACo). “He has been active Today with his regional council Some sun

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Gunfire leads to arrests OXFORD — Police booked five persons in connection with a weekend shooting off Henderson Street in the southeastern part of the city. Police Lt. Gordon Blackwell said officers at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday were dispatched to the area in response to a report of gunfire and saw Terry a large crowd in front of duplex apartments 337A and 337B. Blackwell said Pierre Demon Terry had fired a Fuller handgun in the air, with the incident having been part of an ongoing feud between neighbors. And Blackwell said the firearm was recovered, along with spent shell casings.

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Vance County Commissioner Danny Wright, left, and Henderson County Commissioner Chuck McGrady share the Outstanding County Commissioner Award for 2008-2009. of governments, bringing county and municipal officials together to solve problems that cross those boundaries, such as economic development and transportation,” said NCACC President Mary Accor, a Cleveland County commissioner. “His integrity is wellknown, and his steady,

forthright leadership has benefitted his county and all of our counties together,” she said. The award is presented in honor of M.H. “Jack” Brock, a former Harnett County commissioner who served as NCACC president in 1973-74. He won the award in 1981. It is intended to rec-

Kerr Lake VFD adds equipment to inventory By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Some of the furnishings in the Kerr Lake Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire house are a 1987 Pierce Arrow aerial ladder truck and two other used pieces of military equipment given by the federal government. The Pierce Arrow, a 3,000-gallon water truck and an equipment truck were obtained from the U.S. Department of Defense Fire Fighter Fund through an application filed by the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. Marshall Humphries,

fire department training specialist with the NCDFR, said Kerr Lake got the aerial truck about two months ago. Besides the U.S. Department of Defense program, Humphries also manages the Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) for the state organization. The FEPP loans out equipment and vehicles to fire departments and state agencies, but expects to get them back at some point. The Department of Defense program gives the titles of the vehicles to the fire departments. Hopefully exaggerating,

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The Kerr Lake VFD boasts several additions to its rolling stock, including a 1987 Pierce Arrow aerial ladder truck, center. Humphries estimated that he has a “10-foot-long list” of applicants across North Carolina. Chief Mark Minish said the other two trucks came

to the Kerr Lake Volunteer Fire Department about 18 months ago. The aerial truck will help add needed “points” to lower the fire insurance

rating for the Kerr Lake fire district from 9S to 6S at the end of the department’s first three years, Please see VFD, page 3A

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Mark It Down Today Clean-Up Henderson — The Clean-Up Henderson Committee meets at 8 a.m. at the City Operations Center, 900 S. Beckford Drive. The public is invited to attend. Lake Gaston Association — The monthly meeting of the Lake Gaston Association will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Lake Gaston Baptist Church on Rte. 903, one mile north of Eaton Ferry Bridge, near Littleton. Rep. Michael Wray will be the guest speaker. The meeting is open to members and nonmembers. For further information, call (252) 586-6577, or toll free 1-888-586-6577. Wednesday Farmer’s market — The Wednesday Farmer’s Market, located near the track behind the Henderson Family YMCA, 380 Ruin Creek Road, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. selling local produce. The market is sponsored by the YMCA, the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service and Maria Parham Medical Center. Venders interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188. Oxford Farmers’ Market — The Oxford Farmers’ Market, located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier streets across from the police station in Oxford, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Redevelopment Commission — The City of Henderson’s Redevelopment Commission will meet at 10 a.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave.

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Shriners’ meeting — The Henderson Shrine Club meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Henderson Masonic Lodge #229, 401 Brodie Road, Henderson. Dinner will be served, followed by the business meeting. Warren Senior Democrats — The Warren County Senior Democrats will meet at 6 p.m. in the Warren County Courthouse law library. Genealogical society — The Granville County Genealogical Society #1746 will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the County Commissioner’s meeting room (new meeting location) on Williamsboro Street. The featured speaker will be John Wilson, who has devoted much time to researching and writing about Granville County since retiring to the Mountain Creek-Cornwall area with his wife, Rose. His third book, Roaming Around Oxford and Its Roots, published just before Christmas last year, will be the topic of his presentation. Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors are cordially invited to attend. Grants for farmers — There will be a meeting about a new grant opportunity for farmers at 6:30 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room in the Vance County Administrative building (former courthouse), 122 Young St. The meeting will cover eligibility guidelines and application procedures, and is being hosted by the Vance County Extension Center. For more information, call 438-8188 or e-mail paul_mckenzie@ncsu. edu. Registration deadline — Registration is due today for the fall series of “The Incredible Years” parenting program for parents of children two to five years old. Both a daytime and evening series are scheduled to begin mid-September in downtown Henderson. There is no charge. Call Vickie Jones at the Vance County Cooperative Extension, 438-8188, for information. The program focuses on strengthening children’s social skills and school readiness and includes information on setting limits, handling misbehavior and providing positive discipline. The program is funded by Smart Start. Community watch — A community watch meeting will held from 6-7:30 p.m. at New Bethel Church on East Avenue. Prayer vigil — A prayer vigil will be held at 7 p.m. at the daycare lot of Creedmoor Baptist Church, 119 S. Main St., for missing Granville County woman Kelly Currin Morris. Chess Club — The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. All are welcome, adults and youths, novice or experienced. For more information, call Rudy Abate at 438-4459 (days) or 738-0375 (evenings). Town hall meeting — Sen. Doug Berger will hold a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. in the Warren County Courthouse, 109 South Main St., Warrenton. The guest speakers will be Adam Linker, N.C. Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition, and Chris Collins and Anne Braswell, both from the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Program brings ‘citizen teachers’ into classroom at Henderson Middle School As Henderson Middle School students begin to settle into their new class schedules and finish up buying this year’s school supplies, some Henderson community members are gearing up to teach students what they know. These are not classroom teachers — they are “citizen teachers,” volunteers who teach kids about their own profession or life experience. Last school year, Citizen Schools, an education nonprofit organization, partnered with Henderson Middle School to bring 20 community volunteers into the school to teach 10-week apprenticeships during the hours after school. Each apprenticeship gave students the opportunity to learn by doing while being taught by experts. Students designed a business plan for a school fundraiser with two senior vice presidents from Variety Wholesalers, learned to fly with a NASA/SEMAA aeronautics lab coordinator, produced a radio broadcast on WARR 1520 AM, and taught safety skills to stu-

dents at Rollins Elementary with the Henderson Police Department. One apprenticeship, taught by Joseph Tyler from the Bioprocess Technology Department at Vance-Granville Community College, focused on yogurt microbiology and showed students how to employ scientific methods to develop different flavors of yogurt. Students were exposed to bioprocess technology, a growing field of scientific inquiry in high demand in North Carolina, by rolling up their sleeves and having fun. “I really enjoyed the enthusiasm and energy the students brought to the project,” said Tyler, who plans to teach again this fall. That energy and enthusiasm didn’t end with the study of bioprocess technology. Students were engaged across the board and proved it with a daily attendance rate of over 90 percent. A huge success, especially given that high attendance rates have been found to be highly correlated with lower dropout rates. Program

Jameel Williams speaks to educators in Granville, Halifax and Nash counties E. Jameel Williams, state president of the N.C. Educational Support Professionals Association and a member of the board of directors for the National Education Association, spoke recently to members of the Halifax County Association of Educators, the Granville County Association of Educators, and the Nash County/Rocky Mount Association of Educators during each group’s annual training session in preparation for the upcoming Williams school year. Part of the training teaches local representatives how to recruit and maintain members in their local association and how to convince educators that they need to belong to their professional organization. The N.C. Association of Educators is the largest teacher organizaStaff Staff

tion in North Carolina. Williams is employed with the Vance County schools as a teacher assistant/bus driver at Lelia B. Yancey Elementary School. He spoke on the importance of being a member of the association and how members can help their local association.

surveys show that parents, volunteers, teachers and school staff gave the program a “thumbs up” as well. “We saw an excellent response to the Citizen Schools program in its first year at the school,” said Victor Fenner, principal of Henderson Middle School. “The students were excited about learning and began to see how grades and schoolwork are relevant to their own lives and aspirations for adulthood.” As the program prepares to launch its second year in Henderson, Citizen Schools

staff members are putting the final touches on curricula for the fall and volunteers continue to sign up to teach apprenticeships ranging from entrepreneurship to health services. A handful of volunteer slots are still open. For more information on Citizen Schools and how you or your organization can get involved, visit www.citizenschools.org or call (704) 332-3645.

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Terry, 26, of 937 Bridgers St., Henderson, was charged with discharging a firearm in the Oxford city limits. Terry was released on $10,000 bond, with a court date set for Sept. 9. Dominique Brandon, 23, of 337A Henderson, was cited for communicating threats. Phillip Evans, 19, of 4058 Brand Wilks Circle, was charged with failure to disperse. Evans was released on $300 bond, also with a court date set for Sept. 9. Sharonda Green Fuller, 23, of 400A New College St., was charged with as-

sault on a law enforcement officer. Fuller was released on $2,500 bond, also with a court date set for Sept. 9. And on Monday, Delois Jackson, 58, of 337B Henderson, was cited for communicating threats in connection with the incident. This is the second reported shooting in the southeastern part of the city since Aug. 13, with the latter having been in the Peace Street area. Police charged Tevon Jones with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, felony possession of a weapon of

nearly $51 million were awarded for bridge and highway projects across the state, including eight projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the federal stimulus designed to help jumpstart the weak national economy. The work in Granville and Person counties will be paid for with state funds.

NCDOT said there is not a breakdown of what each section of road in Granville and Person will cost because the contract bids that were solicited were for the 12 road projects combined and were not priced by county or individually. Granville already is the scene of roadwork, with the advance patching in progress on the segment of U.S. 158/Oxford Loop

JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A 4-month-old North Carolina baby whose toes were chewed off by a pit bull is in stable condition. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that the baby, who lost the toes on the left foot after the dog chewed them off Sunday night, won’t be released from Pitt Memorial Hospital any time soon. The sheriff’s office said the pit bull is in animal control custody undergoing

medical tests for several diseases, including rabies. The child’s mother, Robie Lynn Jenkins, and her boyfriend, Tremayne Spillman, are charged with felony child abuse. The couple was dog-sitting for a man arrested Saturday night for illegal possession of a gun. Authorities moved the couple from the county jail to the hospital to undergo testing as part of the investigation.

VFD, from page one according to Minish. That would mean reduced fire insurance premiums for homeowners within the district, he explained. The 55-foot ladder truck has a high-flow water nozzle, Minish said, and can be used to rescue people on the second floor of a building.

“I figured it would be usable and serviceable, but I didn’t think its condition would be this good,” the chief added. “We’re grateful for the programs,” he said. “Without them, we would be scrapping and scrounging.” Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina child who died this summer had a case of mosquito-borne LaCrosse encephalitis. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday the virus caused the Swain County child’s death — the state’s first such fatal case since at least 2001. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case from lab specimens. A state spokesman didn’t immediately have identifying information for the child, who was hospitalized in July

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Jail Office. Xavier Bobbitt remains charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Joshua Bobbitt, 21, remains jailed on $70,000 bond. Joshua Bobbitt remains charged with possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Xavier Bobbitt and Joshua Bobbitt, both of 111 Summitt Ave., are cousins, police have said.

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mass destruction, felony discharging a weapon into occupied property and misdemeanor discharging a firearm in the city limits. Jones, 18, of 4166 Arthur Currin Road, has remained jailed on $85,000 bond since having turned himself in on Aug. 24. Two others — Xavier Bobbitt and Joshua Bobbitt — were arrested after that shooting, with police having said that incident appears to have been gang related. Xavier Bobbitt, 18, whose bond was set at $75,000, was released on Aug. 17, according to the Granville County Sheriff’s

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Feds froze $29,000 in N.C. terror suspectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accounts RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A North Carolina terrorism suspect who deplored the U.S. banking systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ties to non-Muslims had nearly $29,000 in bank accounts, according to warrants released Tuesday. Federal agents in early August froze a total of $28,940 in two Wachovia accounts that Daniel Patrick Boyd could access, according to court papers. Prosecutors have charged Boyd with plotting international terrorism, saying that he was gather-

Chimps evacuating from L.A. fire tried to escape LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two chimpanzees that were evacuated from an animal sanctuary threatened by wildfire have been recaptured after they escaped from their crates while being unloaded at the Los Angeles Zoo. Zoo spokesman Jason Jacobs says the female chimps fled Tuesday afternoon, prompting zoo visitors to evacuate. One chimp made her way to the small primates and bird exhibit before being tranquilized about 20 minutes later. The other climbed over the fence and into Griffith Park. She was spotted about an hour later and was led into the back of a truck by her trainer. They were among 400 animals, including lions and tigers, that were evacuated from the Wildlife Waystation as a giant wildfire burns in the Angeles National Forest.

This blows! $5,000 horn, trumpet stolen NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police are searching for a thief who made off with a musicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pricey

ing cash to pursue violent jihad overseas. Previous warrants showed that agents seized some $14,000 in cash from the Boyd home. He was arrested last month along with two of his sons and four others. An eighth suspect is still at large and believed to be in Pakistan. In a secretly recorded conversation with a government witness, Boyd decried the U.S. banking system as the main ammunition of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kuffarâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Arabic for

flugelhorn after he fell asleep on a New York City subway train. The 29-year-old musician says he was on an N train in Queens last week and nodded off. When he awoke as he approached the last stop, he noticed his black leather case was missing. Police say the case held the curvy, Swissmade horn and a Bach Stradivarius trumpet. The flugelhorn retails for more than $5,000, the trumpet for about $2,000. The musician reported the theft Monday. Police are asking for anyone with information to call them.

Police: No link between kidnap suspects, slayings PITTSBURG, Calif. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police in the Northern California city of Pittsburg say they have found no evidence to connect kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido or his wife to several unsolved murders. Following Jaycee Lee Dugardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reappearance last week after 18 years missing, Pittsburg police focused on Garrido in connection to the slayings of

nonbelievers. After bragging about robbing banks in Pakistan, he talked about returning to those exploits, discussing the merits of â&#x20AC;&#x153;hitting the Wells Fargo trucks and banks.â&#x20AC;? He said the money was insured, so banks get hurt but people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We must be ready for the sake of Allah,â&#x20AC;? he said in recordings of the conversation, which were played in a detention hearing last month. An attorney for Boyd did not

prostitutes in the 1990s. Police spokesman Lt. Brian Addington said after four days of searching Garridoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, backyard and a neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yard, they found no clear link. Addington said authorities will have to conduct further forensic examination on a few items they found to completely rule them out as evidence. Authorities said Monday they found one small bone fragment in the neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yard but did not know whether it was human.

Plastic bag ban tested on N.C. Outer Banks MANTEO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An experiment ordering big grocery stores to stop giving away disposable plastic bags on North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outer Banks has taken effect. The law that took effect Tuesday means big stores on the barrier islands must offer paper bags made of 100 percent recycled paper or coax customers to try reusable shopping bags. The law only applies to large stores on islands or peninsulas in Dare, Currituck and Hyde counties.

immediately return a call seeking comment. Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Dylan, told federal agents after his arrest that the family typically deals in cash, noting that Muslims do not like to deal with banks because the banks get to use the invested money for any purpose they want, according to a summary of Dylan Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interview. A separate warrant released Tuesday shows that agents froze more than $6,000 in the bank account of suspect Hysen Sherifi.

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Police: Standoff at Texas home ends with 3 dead GALVESTON, Texas (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police in Galveston, Texas say three people died in an apparent double-murder suicide after an eight-hour, overnight standoff with authorities. Galveston Police Lt. D.J. Alvarez identified two victims as 51-year-old Joyce Bell Randle and her 21-year-old daughter, Jacqueline Evette Randle. The identity of the third person, a man, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately released. Police in this coastal city 50 miles southeast of Houston say the standoff began Monday night after neighbors reported hearing gunfire inside the home. It ended about 6:20 a.m. Tuesday after police fired tear gas into the home. Alvarez said police had tried to contact those inside the house but were

Deaths George P. Duffy OXFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; George Paul Duffy, 94, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Arrangements will be announced later by GentryNewell and Vaughan Funeral Home of Oxford.

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HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Willie Roy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scuttâ&#x20AC;? Jones, of 47 LobLolly Lane, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, at Duke Medical Center in U.S. Briefs Durham. Arrangements will be unsuccessful. He said announced later by E.C. police didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a suicide Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral and Crenote but a shotgun was mation Services. recovered at the scene.

Idaho school sues state over plan to use Bible

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A public charter school is suing Idaho officials, saying the state illegally barred use of the Bible as an instructional text. The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boise on behalf of Nampa Classical Academy in Idaho. The charter school is scheduled to open Sept. 8 and had planned to use the Bible as a primary source of teaching material, but not to teach religion. The Idaho Public Charter School Commission said last month that the school couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use the Bible because the state constitution â&#x20AC;&#x153;expresslyâ&#x20AC;? limits use of religious texts. The Alliance Defense Fund says the school has a statutory right to choose its own curriculum and the Bible shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be singled out for censorship.

WHITTIER (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says the state hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ruled out Las Vegas-style card games at a Cherokee Indian casino in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Asheville CitizenTimes reported Tuesday that Perdue said state officials and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have no negotiations under way to expand gambling at the 11-year-old casino. Perdue says working out a state budget and dealing with the recession have taken priority since she took office in January. The tribe has long sought state approval for live gambling at the Harrahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cherokee Casino, which now offers video gambling machines and digital blackjack with a live dealer. Federal law gives governors the authority to negotiate gambling agreements with tribes.

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DETROIT — The Cash for Clunkers program boosted sales at Ford, Toyota and Honda in August as consumers snapped up their fuel-efficient offerings, but rivals Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co. withstood another month of falling sales. The program, which ended on Aug. 24, drew hordes of buyers into quiet showrooms by offering up to $4,500 toward new, more fuel-efficient cars and trucks. The hefty rebates gave automakers and dealers a much-needed lift, spurring 690,114 new sales, many of them during August, at a taxpayer cost of $2.88 billion. Other automakers are expected to release U.S. sales figures later Tuesday. Combined, the results are likely to mark the first year-overyear monthly sales gain since October 2007. Ford Motor Co. sold 181,826 cars and light trucks compared with 155,117 in August 2008, when high gas prices and growing economic

uncertainty kept people away from showrooms. Two of Ford’s vehicles — the Focus and Escape — were among the top selling cars under the clunkers program. Sales of the Focus rose 56 percent while those of the Escape crossover vehicle climbed 49 percent. Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. also posted gains year-over-year gains in August. Toyota sales rose 6.4 percent to 225,088, lifted by small cars like the Corolla, the best-selling clunkers vehicle. Honda sales rose 9.9 percent to 161,439, also largely on the strength of its fuel-efficient offerings. Meanwhile, low supplies of fuel-efficient vehicles at Chrysler kept the automaker from benefiting more from the clunkers program, whose rebates encouraged customers to buy gas sippers in exchange for guzzlers with gas mileage of 18 mpg or less. Chrysler sales fell 15 percent to 93,222 units. Going into August, five of Chrysler’s most efficient vehicles were already at low inventory levels. Those vehicles — the Dodge Caliber, the

U.S. manufacturing activity, new orders grow in August By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — The U.S. manufacturing sector grew in August for the first time in 19 months, adding to evidence that the recession is ending. The better-than-expected reading Tuesday by the Institute for Supply Management showed the highest number for its manufacturing index since June 2007. New customer orders jumped to a level not seen since late 2004. And in another sign of an improving economy, a gauge of future U.S. home sales rose more than expected in July to the highest point in more than two years. The reports raised hopes for a broad economic rebound. Still, as long as consumers remain hamstrung by weak pay and job losses, and wary of ramping up spending, the economy might not be able to sustain a recovery. The ISM, a trade group of purchasing executives, said its manufacturing index rose to 52.9 in August, from 48.9 in July. It’s the first reading

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Chrysler Sebring, the Jeep Patriot, the Jeep Compass and the Dodge Avenger — all qualified as Cash for Clunkers purchases. To make up for the shortfalls, Chrysler is boosting production by 50,000 vehicles of most of its vehicles through the end of the year. At General Motors Co., sales fell 20 percent to 245,550. GM said its inventory levels hit an all-time low of 379,000 during August. GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Aveo subcompact, the Cobalt sedan and Equinox crossover got a lift from the clunkers program. No GM vehicles made the closely watched list of top-10 Cash for Clunkers sales, but they had the largest market share behind Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. GM also said it was extending through the end of September its test program selling vehicles on eBay. Consumers are expected to steer clear of dealers this autumn now that the clunker rebates are no longer available. Dan Strumpf reported from New York.

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American to cut 921 flight attendants DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is cutting 921 flight attendant jobs as it deals with an ongoing downturn in traffic and lower revenue. The airline said Tuesday that the cuts will take effect Oct. 1. American, the nation’s second-largest airline, said 228 employees will be furloughed — laid off but with rehiring rights — and the company will put 244 more on leave for two months. Another 449 will take voluntary options such as leave. Nearly half of the flight attendants to be furloughed are based at New

has been historically equivaabove 50, which indicates exlent to a 3.7 percent increase pansion, since January 2008. in gross domestic product, Analysts polled by Thomson Ore said. GDP shrank 1 Reuters had expected a readpercent in the second quarter, ing of 50.5. New orders jumped nearly but many economists expect 10 percentage points to 64.9 the recession ended over the in August, their highest level summer. since December 2004. With Businesses believe their strong new orders for two customers’ inventories are straight months, production still too low, Ore said, and should grow at “reasonable restocking shelves could help rates” for the rest of the year, boost production later this said Norbert Ore, chair of year. ISM’s manufacturing survey. A weaker dollar also helped exports grow for the second straight month, after shrink1020 S. Garnett St. • Henderson, NC 27536 ing for nine, according to ISM. Other countries also 1020 S. Garnett St. • Henderson, NC 27536 reported a revival in global Skip Satterwhite trade. In China, stateAccount Executive sanctioned survey and a Phone: 252-438-8165 Account Executive private bank report showed Fax: 252-438-6640 Phone: 252-438-8165 • Fax: 252-438-6640 the country’s manufacturskipsatterwhite@ncol.net Cell: 919-522-3825 ing sector grew at its fastest www.westerinsurance.com rate this year in August as skipsatterwhite@ncol.net • www.westerinsurance.com the government’s stimulus spending plan kick-started 1020 S. Garnett St. • Henderson, NC 27536 production. Chinese exports are still down sharply from last year but have improved Account Executive in recent months. The current growth in the252-438-8165 • Fax: 252-438-6640 Phone: U.S. manufacturing sector Cell: 919-522-3825

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employees voluntary leave and the two-month forced absences. The 244 employees who will be placed on “involuntary overage leave” won’t work in October and November, when air traffic is expected to be very weak. They will return to work in December, the union said. American’s traffic plunged 10 percent in the first half of this year compared to the same period of 2008, as the recession grounded many travelers.

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Plane makes emergency Mobile home slayings landing on Mass. highway hit extended Ga. family MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A small plane with engine trouble made an emergency landing on a Massachusetts highway late Tuesday morning, causing a traffic jam but no injuries. The two men aboard had been practicing stalls — slowing down the airspeed to the point that the wings stopped giving the plane lift, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters. “But the engine just quit and didn’t restart,” said Peters. Around 11 a.m., the pilot called Norwood Memorial Airport to report that he was having engine trouble and would have to land the 35-year-old single-engine Piper Cherokee on Interstate 495 in Mansfield, about 25 miles southwest of Boston, Peters said. The pilot and passenger were already out of the plane when Mansfield fire officials arrived soon after the landing. The two were evaluated by paramedics as a precaution. State police identified the pilot as Matthew Klein-

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A Massachusetts state trooper walks near a single engine aircraft Tuesday on Interstate 495, in Mansfield, Mass. Police said the plane, which was first reported on the highway at around 11 a.m., landed about a mile from Mansfield airport. There were no reports of injuries. dienst, 24, of Stoughton, and the passenger as Brian Souza, 21, of Stoneham. The plane wound up nosedown and with a collapsed undercarriage, taking up nearly all three southbound lanes of the highway. Firefighters used foam and sand to soak up leaking fuel. State police temporarily closed the entire southbound side of Interstate 495 on

Tuesday afternoon as authorities removed the plane. The lanes were reopened just before rush hour traffic. A plane with the same registration number is listed on the Web site of East Coast Aero Club, a Bedford-based flight school and rental entity. Mark Holzwarth, president and owner of East Coast Aero Club, did not immediately return phone calls.

Trace Adkins to perform anthem at Flight 93 site SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Country musician Trace Adkins will perform the national anthem at this year’s ceremony honoring the people who died on United Airlines Flight 93 when it crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001. The National Park Service and the Families of Flight 93

group announced Tuesday that Adkins will perform this Sept. 11. Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will be the keynote speaker. The plane was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when it was diverted by hijackers likely seeking to crash it into the White House or Capitol.

The 9/11 Commission report said the hijackers crashed the plane as passengers tried to seize control of the cockpit. All 33 passengers and seven crew members died. A $58 million, 2,200-acre memorial is scheduled to open on the 10th anniversary of the attack.

1 dead when helicopter hits vacant home in Miss. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter has crashed into a vacant home in Mississippi, killing one person on board. The Federal Aviation Administration says one person died when the helicopter

went down in Jackson on Tuesday afternoon. University of Mississippi Medical Center spokesman Jack Mazurak says a second person on board is in critical condition there. FAA spokeswoman

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Eight people slain in a coastal Georgia mobile home over the weekend were members of an extended family, police and relatives said Tuesday. Police released the names and ages of the dead three days after the carnage was reported in a frantic call by a relative who returned from a night out and found the G. Heinze Jr. bodies. No suspect has been named and autopsy results have not been released. The dead included Russell D. Toler Sr., 44, and his four children: Chrissy Toler, 22; Russell D. Toler Jr., 20; Michael Toler, 19; and Michelle Toler, 15. Guy Heinze Sr., 45, was also among the victims. His son, Guy Heinze Jr., told an emergency dispatcher he had found his father, his uncle and several cousins apparently beaten to death. Also killed were Brenda Gail Falagan, 49, and Joseph L. West, 30. Falagan was identified by a funeral home as Toler Sr.’s sister. West’s connection to the family was not known. The sole survivor, whose name has not been released, remains in critical condition. Kathy Clock, administrative assistant to Joseph Iannicelli, who owns the New Hope Plantation mobile home park, said not all nine of the victims lived in Toler Sr.’s small trailer, but all stayed there

at times. They were planning to move because they needed more space. People who knew Toler Sr., who went by Rusty, said he was loyal and loved his children. “Rusty took care of family,” Clock said. “If you needed a place to sleep, there was a place to sleep.” Toler Sr. worked parttime doing maintenance and odd jobs at the mobile home park and at a plant down the street that dries chemicals and other substances, said Iannicelli, who owns both. “He had worked for the company for more than 20 years, and he will be sorely missed,” Iannicelli said. Mark Hill, who was once married to Toler Sr.’s ex-wife, was stepfather to the four younger Tolers and said they were well-mannered and wellbehaved. “Every one of them were good kids,” Hill said. An acquaintance of Toler Sr., Sam Davis, said he and his children used to stop in at the convenience store where Davis worked when the family lived in nearby Townsend. “He was just a nice guy. Quiet, humble. He’d do anything for anybody in the world,” Davis said. “He looked like he loved his kids. I’d see him stop by with them going on fishing trips.” Police have released little information about the case that has rocked this port city between Savannah and Jacksonville, Florida, saying they don’t want to jeopardize their investigation. A recording of the 12-minute emergency call by Heinze Jr., 22, has provided some of the only details about the crime.

He screamed, “My whole family’s dead!” and struggled to describe what he saw, at one point returning to the mobile home to find his cousin Michael, whom he said had Down syndrome, barely breathing. “Michael’s alive, tell them to hurry!” Heinze Jr. yelled in the background as a maintenance man at the mobile home park spoke with a dispatcher. “He’s beat up! His face is smashed in!” Several hours later, police arrested Heinze Jr. on charges of drug possession, tampering with evidence and lying to a police officer. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said he isn’t calling Heinze Jr. a suspect in the killings but isn’t ruling him out. Heinze’s attorney said he is distraught over the slayings and was not involved. Michael Toler died Sunday at a Savannah hospital. A graveside service was tentatively set for the Tolers, Heinze and Falagan on Saturday, according to the Howard-Jones-Nobles Funeral Home. Details of West’s funeral were not immediately available. Associated Press writer Greg Bluestein in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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VANCE SHERIFF’S OFFICE Arrests • Jerome T. Perry, 38, of 4576 Raleigh Road Lot * was arrested Aug. 28. Child support, 3 counts. Bond was set at $900. Order for arrest/speeding and driving while license revoked. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Nov. 9. • Joslyn Tanette Wynn of 2136 Walter Grissom Road, Franklin, was arrested Aug. 28. Misdemeanor failure to appear/ driving while license revoked. Misdemeanor failure to appear/ possession of marijuana. Misdemeanor failure to appear/no operator’s license. Bond was set at $2,800. Court date Sept. 28. • William H. Norwood, 43, of 126 Village Drive was arrested Aug. 28. Misdemeanor simple worthless check. No bond listed. Court date Sept. 22. • Tammy Longmire, 36, of 479 Fawn Drive was arrested Aug. 28. Failure to appear/show cause. Bond was set at $10,000. Court date Sept. 4. • DeBona Blackwell, 51, of 1066 Briggs Road was arrested Aug. 28. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Bond was set at $500. Court date Sept. 17. • Willie Anthony Allen, 27, was arrested Aug. 30. Misdemeanor failure to sppear/child support. Bond was set at $500. Court date Oct. 16. Order for arrest/failure to appear, 2 counts. Bond was set at $500. Court date Sept. 10. • Edgar R. Ramirez, 33, of 1166 Pine Ridge Road was arrested Aug. 30. Child support. Bone was set at $150. Court date Sept. 16. • David Wllis Jr., 22, of 1530 Oak Ridge Church Road was arrested Aug. 29. Misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear, 2 counts. Bond was set at $157. Court date Sept. 14. • Cedric Hargrove, 17, of 265 Regina Lane was arrested Aug. 28. Contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Bond was set at $500. Corut date Sept. 21.

• Doane Galloway, 41, of 215 Fawn Drive was arrested Aug. 29. Failure to appear/driving while impaired. Bond was set at $2,000. Court date Oct. 13. • Lydia Hicks, of 214 S. Vance Drive was arrested Aug. 28. Failure to return rental property. No bond. Court date was Aug. 31.

HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Arrests • John Michael Clark, 63, of 44 Wood Vally Lane was arreted Aug. 29. Misdemeanor failure to appear/worthless check. Bond was set at $500. Court date Sept. 15. • Damien Trauante Jones, 22, of 882B Old Raid Road, Camden, S.C., was arrested Aug. 29. Misdemeanor probation violation. Misdemeanor possession of Schedule VI marijuana. No bond. Court date Nov. 3. • Margaret Ann Williamson, 1804 Old Epsom Road was arrested Aug. 28. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was set at $500. Court date Sept. 14. • Gabriel Antonioi Hester, 29, of 104 Carolyn Court was arrested Aug. 29. Misdemeanor larceny. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Misdemeanor simple assault. Bond was set at $1,000. Court date Sept. 29. • Leroy Williams, 28, of 521 Hilliard St. was arreted Aug. 29. Misdemeanor assault on a female. No bond. Court date Oct. 5. • Michael Anthony Thorpe, 32, of 691 Boddie St. was arrested Aug. 28. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Misdemeanor injury to personal property. No bond. Court date Sept. 15. • Michelle Mayor, 30, of 3598 N.C. H wy 58, Warrenton, was arrested Aug. 28. Misdemeanor failure to appear/driving while license revoked. Misdemeanor failure to appear/driving while license revoked. Bail was set at $2,000. Court date Oct. 15. • Emmanuel Kerney, 20, of 1010 Lehman St. was arrested Aug. 27. Misdemeanor driving while impaired. Misdemeanor

Man charged in one of string of slayings By ALYSIA PATTERSON Associated Press Writer

TARBORO — A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the slaying of a woman who was among six found dead in rural North Carolina since 2005, authoriLarceny ties said Tuesday. Three other women are • Kathy Jones, 54, of 4560 still missing. Authorities U.S. 1/158 reported Aug. 31. the haven’t said theft from the residence of the if or how the following items and their values: cases may Husqvarna 359 chainsaw, $550; be linked, Milwaukee Hammerdrill 284 with though all case and battery charger, $500; six dead Bosch 12v drill and impact drill women came with case and battery; Echo from similar string trimmer GT251, $250; and backgrounds Pittman Milwaukee bandsaw, $400. and had nu•Iago Tucker, 23, of 3062 merous arrests on charges U..S. 158 Bypass reported Aug. related to drugs and pros31 the theft from the residence of the following items: Panasonic titution. Edgecombe County 19-inch flat screen TV; LG 42” Sheriff James Knight said flat screen TV; Sylvania 20” flat screen TV; Kodah digital camera, 7 bracelets; and watch. No values listed. • William Wagner, 83, of 42 Gholson Plaace reported on Aug. 31 the theft from a shed of a Sears Diehard battery valued at $160 and a Craftsman utility trailer, no value listed. • Proven Products of Kinston reported Aug. 28 the theft from a Hamilton Lane location of 14 12-foot thin aluminum tracks valueda at $4,420 and 12 12-foot thick aluminum tracts valued at $5,000. • Lonnie Brame, 34, of 498 Wesley Drive reported Aug. 28 the theft from the residence of 15 boxes of Pergo-Casual hardwood flooring valued at $1,000. • Maggie Durham, 49, of 109 Mt. Pleasant Church Road reported Aug. 30 the theft from 898 Bullocksville Park Road of a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am valued at $4,000.

underage consumption. Bond was set at $500. Court date Oct. 27. • Jason Wilson, 17, of 104 Luther Road, Norlina, was arrested Aug. 29. Misdemeanor possession of Schedule VI controlled substance. Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Misdemeanor false information to law enforcement officer. No bond or court date listed. • Antonio Alexander Jones, 30, of 89 Marilyn St. was arrested Aug. 29. Felony possession of crack cocaine. Bond was set at $10,000. Court date Sept. 10. • James Bolton, 51, of 825 N. Garnett St. was arrested Aug. 31. Failure to appear. Bond was seet at $500. Court date Oct. 8.

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Antwan Maurice Pittman, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Taraha Shenice Nicholson. Her body was discovered north of Rocky Mount in March. Pittman did not yet have an attorney. Wright would not comment on a possible link between Pittman and the other five women, saying only that the investigation is ongoing. Pittman is a registered sex offender, convicted in November 1994 of taking indecent liberties with a 2-year-old. Correction Department spokesman Keith Acree said Pittman received probation for his three-year sentence, but the probation was revoked. He went to prison in January 1996 and was released

asked the FBI to consult after a sixth body was found along rural roads outside Rocky Mount. Pepita Hargrove said Tuesday her family hadn’t been notified of the news conference. The killing of her sister, Jarneice Hargrove, prompted the formation of the task force. The SBI told her last week they had chased down 300 leads and had identified some suspects, but Hargrove is impatient for answers. “It took six women to die for the community to even find out about it — they didn’t want the little town of Rocky Mount to be on the map ... and now it’s national news,” she said. “It should have been national news when two girls were killed,” she added.

in April 1997. Acree said Pittman’s most recent probation ended in November 2008, after he was convicted of misdemeanor driving while impaired and sentenced to probation. He has also been arrested in years past on misdemeanor charges such as simple assault, larceny, and trespassing and resisting a public officer. According to the state sex offender registry, his most recent address is in Rocky Mount in Nash County, which adjoins Edgecombe. But court records also indicate numerous other addresses in recent years in both counties. The sheriff’s office formed a task force in June with the State Bureau of Investigation and

News Briefs Asst N.C. auditor sues, says he’s target for firing

DMV closes license agency as worker is arrested

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina State Auditor’s Office employee alleges he’s being unfairly targeted for firing because he’s a Republican and wrote some letters to a newspaper. Darryl Black sued in Wake County court, asking a judge to prevent State Auditor Beth Wood’s office from terminating his employment without due process and a hearing to challenge it. Wood spokesman Dennis Patterson said a response wasn’t complete Tuesday but that Black’s assertions will be challenged. Black’s lawsuit filed two weeks ago said he worked in the office when Republican Les Merritt was auditor. Wood is a Democrat. Black said his newspaper letters stopped last year but his supervisor questions his objectivity as an assistant auditor. Black said he was offered a buyout last month.

RALEIGH (AP) — The state Division of Motor Vehicles says a former employee at a central North Carolina license plate agency has been arrested on felony charges. The DMV said Tuesday that Zoila Bustos-Perez was charged with misapplication of government property, obtaining state vehicle titles by false pretense, and accessing state government computers to defraud the state. She had worked at the Winston-Salem license agency for six years. Officials said the license agency has been shut down pending an audit of financial activity, an ongoing investigation into criminal activities and a contract review. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is also investigating the matter. Bustos-Perez did not have a listed attorney at the detention center in Forsyth County.

Suspect in 2 shootings arrested in North Carolina

BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — Baltimore police say a suspect in a shooting Saturday that injured Larceny two people, including a pregnant woman, has been • Philip Stevenson, 28, of 1311 Ruin Creek Road reported arrested in North CaroAug. 28 the theft from 204 lina. Carolina Ave. of the following Police spokesman items and their values: Bosch Anthony Guglielmi says table sasw, $500; Dewalt saw, 18-year-old William Hyde $600; 4 Milwaukee power drills, of Baltimore was arrested $1,000; 5 nail guns, $900; and 2 Tuesday in Claremont, reciprocating saws, $700. N.C., by U.S. Marshals. • Michelle Antonett Hargrove, He will be charged with 33, of 508 Zene St. reported two counts of attempted Aug. 30 the theft from a vehcile murder. Guglielmi did not of an Apple Ipod valued at $300 know Hyde’s extradition and the face to the car stereo status. valued at $150. The shootings took place • Verizon Wireless, 393 ProsSaturday night in the perity Drive, reported Aug. 31 the Baltimore neighborhood theft from the business of 11 cell of Hampden. Guglielmi phones valued at $4,141. said a woman, who was • Michael Mendez, 46, of 1105 Closs Court reported Aug. six months pregnant, was shot in the arm and a man 31, the theft from a garage of 4 was struck in the leg. Both custom Lincoln Navigator black were treated and released and chrome wheels valued at from a hospital. $1,600.

Dog bites, deflates N.C. deputy’s tires HOPE MILLS (AP) — This isn’t another dogbites-man story. This is a dog-bites-the-deputy’s-tires story.

day while boogie-boarding with his father and uncle. All three were knocked down by a wave. A Coast Guard spokesman said the approaching Tropical Storm Danny had created strong undertows which pulled swimmers to the water’s bottom.

The Fayetteville Observer reported that the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said a pit bull deflated all four tires of a deputy’s cruiser near Hope Mills on Sunday. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Tanna says the deputy parked his car in a woman’s driveway while responding to her complaint about another dog. Tanna says that when Deputy Lynn Lavallis went to speak with Gloria Bass, her dog bit the four tires. The dog didn’t attack the deputy. Tanna says Bass will be billed for the $500 that the new tires cost.

Killer gets life for Valentine’s Day rampage in N.Y. CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) — A twice-fired nursing supervisor drew a life sentence for shooting a couple to death during a Valentine’s Day rampage that left four people dead in upstate New York. Investigators say Frank Garcia was enraged at two co-workers who accused him of sexual harassment and got him fired from successive jobs. The 35-year-old was convicted of killing Kimberly and Christopher Glatz at their home in Canandaigua on Feb. 14. He showed no emotion Tuesday as he received the maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Garcia will be tried in November for a pre-dawn attack that day. Nurse Mary Silliman was slain along with a motorist who intervened when he saw her being roughed up outside a hospital in Brockport.

Body recovered on N.C. coast is lost N.Y. boy COROLLA (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the body of a 12-year-old New York boy who disappeared in rough surf along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The Currituck County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that a person walking on the beach at Corolla found the body shortly after dawn. The sheriff’s department says Chance William Cosgrove’s family has been notified. The body of the Pearl River, N.Y., boy was found about a mile north of the spot he went missing Fri-

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Post etiquette, post-warning With the launch of our new Web site recently — and an admonishment in this space for our users to try and be civil with one another with our new “comments” capabilities — it’s worth pausing after a few days to see how we’re all doing. … It’s hit and miss. With thousands of visits to the site and dozens of comments now posted, it’s safe to say that the majority of people are — more or less — adhering to the spirit of our rules. That is, rules which are somewhat ambiguous, since we will not edit comments, only allow them to stay or force them to go away. The net result so far is that about one in every six comments posted on our site — specifically, 15.7 percent of posts — don’t pass muster. We found ourselves with no choice but to delete them. Typically the decision was reached because the posts were personally insulting beyond a reasonable individual’s definition of good taste. In one case, insults from one source were copied, then pasted onto ours, to illustrate someone else’s bad behavior. We particularly don’t need problems coming in from elsewhere, whether that’s another Web site, your e-mail or what you’ve overheard on the street. Users certainly don’t have to “keep it positive.” We aren’t the mandatory peace, love and brotherhood police here. Disagreement will occur. Just try not to go overboard. And most of the time, regardless how upset they’ve become, our Web site-posters have been able to dangle over the edge of the boat without getting soaking wet.

Quotable “The situation in Afghanistan is serious and success demands a revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve, and increased unity of effort.” — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, in a statement after delivering his much-anticipated strategic review of the Afghan war to the Pentagon and NATO headquarters. “I was 14. You took my adolescence, my trust, my dream and completely manipulated them for your sexual desires. It sickens me that a grown man can do such a thing to a girl. A girl who was naive and had the belief that all people were good. And you took that to your advantage.” — One of three women who spoke in the courtroom, after fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles. “It’s important that historical justice be restored. It’s important that our nations are able to establish normal relations But we do not regard a recognition of genocide as a preliminary condition for establishing relations.” — Armenian President Serge Sarkisian, in an interview published by the BBC Russian service after Armenia and Turkey took a step toward reconciliation by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties.

And what should we do with our monsters? That we have no answer to that question, that we lack consensus on what to do with sexual predators, is evident from the range of our responses to their crimes. From the Catholic Church shielding pederastic priests to the profusion of databases that let you check if your neighbor is a sex offender, to the pseudo celebrity enjoyed by Mary Kay Letourneau when she married her former student Vili Fualaau, whom she raped when he was 12 and she was 34, our responses scream irresolution. And then, there is Miami, which inadvertently created a shanty town of sex offenders with an overly-broad law forbidding all of them — from the lowly peeping Tom to the psychotic rapist — from living within 2,500 feet of places where children gather. We don’t know what to do with our monsters. But I submit that we owe it to Jaycee Dugard to learn. We have all been duly appalled by her story, of course: she was a sun-kissed 11-yearold from South Lake Tahoe who was snatched in 1991

before her stepfather’s horrified eyes. She was rescued last week, a 29-year-old woman who has spent the intervening 18 years living in a shabby warren of tents, tarps and sheds in the back yard of her captors, registered sex offender Leonard Phillip Garrido and Pitts his wife, Distributed by Nancy. Cagle Cartoons Maybe you think the most horrific part of this story is that Dugard allegedly bore two children by Garrido, the first born when she was about 14. Maybe you think it’s that authorities could have rescued her three years ago — neighbors called 911 to report children living in the back yard — but failed to do so. Maybe you think it’s the 18 years of life and education (Garrido did not allow her to go to school) she lost, irretrievably. Maybe you think it is her psychological ruination.

All that is heart-tearing, I agree. But what gets me is that Garrido should never have been on the street in the first place. When he allegedly took Dugard, Garrido was on parole for the 1976 rape and kidnapping of a young woman. For this, he was given a 50year federal sentence and — the crime crossed state lines — a life sentence in Nevada. He got out after 11 years. Ordinarily, I am not much for mandatory minimum sentencing and other “toughon-crime” measures politicians pass when they want to look as if they are doing something. Such laws have a tendency to remove human judgment (and common sense) from the equation and to produce as many miscarriages of justice as justice itself. I make an exception for sexual predators who prey on children. The crime is viscerally repulsive, yes; the idea of some pervert violating the body and vandalizing the innocence of a child stirs fundamental disgust. Indeed, child rapists are said to be the one kind of criminal even criminals loathe.

But the bigger reason I make an exception is simply this: at least some of them apparently can’t help themselves, driven by compulsions they can’t control and science cannot yet cure. Granted, the research that exists on the subject is sparse and often contradictory. It is hard to determine true recidivism rates due to a number of variables, beginning with the question of how recidivism itself is defined (e.g., by re-arrest or re-conviction). By some estimates, as many as half of all pedophiles will commit the crime again. Others put the figure far lower. My problem is, I don’t know what figure is low enough that I would feel safe allowing a Phillip Garrido to ever again breathe free air. His alleged crime brings me out from irresolution and into a cold clarity. It makes the question easy. What should we do with these monsters? Simple. Lock them up. Lose the key. Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via e-mail at lpitts@ miamiherald.com.

Other Views Local airports need contingency plans News of the passengers who spent the night trapped in a plane at the Rochester, Minn., airport likely left most readers shaking their heads in disbelief. But here’s hoping that at the Grand Forks airport, officials were nodding — in vigorous determination not to let such an incident develop here. Today, those officials should be making sure contingency plans are in place that everyone knows what to do. ... As is the case with many serious mishaps, this one came about because of a chain of unfortunate events. For airport and airline executives, each event should be a lesson learned. First off was the hour. At about midnight on Aug. 8, thunderstorms forced an ExpressJet Airlines flight to divert to Rochester instead of right. But such humility and landing in Minneapolis, the skepticism seem to manifest plane’s intended destination. themselves only when the data The second event was the point to something other than airport. As is typical among the mainstream narrative about local or regional airports, global warming. For instance, many operations at the when we have terribly hot Rochester airport are closed weather, or bad hurricanes, the or curtailed overnight. ... media see portentous proof of cliLeft in charge was a local mate change. When we don’t, it’s representative of Mesaba a moment to teach the masses Airlines, who refused to let how weather and climate are the passengers enter the very different things. terminal. No, I’m not denying that But while that refusal man-made pollution and other was a mistake, it’s at least activity have played a role in understandable under the planetary warming since the circumstances. And that’s all Industrial Revolution. the more reason for airports But we live in a moment when to have good contingency we are told — nay lectured and plans in place. ... harangued — that if we use the Are local airports wrong toilet paper or eat the equipped for such emergenwrong cereal, we are frying the cies? planet. But the sun? Well, that’s a The answer likely is “yes,” distraction. Don’t you dare forget where facilities are conyour reusable shopping bags, but cerned. But facilities weren’t pay no attention to that burnthe issue in Rochester. Training ball of gas in the sky — it’s ing was the issue — trainjust the only thing that prevents ing for late-night and other the planet from being a lifeless situations that call for people ball of ice engulfed in darkness. to think out of the box. Local Never mind that sunspot activity airports should study this doubled during the 20th century, case and incorporate the leswhen the bulk of global warming sons learned. has taken place. What does it say that the — Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald modeling that guaranteed disastrous increases in global temperatures never predicted the halt in planetary warming since the late 1990s? (MIT’s Richard Lindzen says that “there has been no warming The Daily Dispatch welsince 1997 and no statisticomes letters to the editor. cally significant warming since Letters must be signed, 1995.”) What does it say that include the author’s city the modelers have only just of residence, and should now discovered how sunspots make the Earth warmer? be limited to 300 words. I don’t know what it tells Please include a telephone you, but it tells me that maybe number for verification. we should study a bit more beWe reserve the right to fore we spend billions to “solve” edit comments for length, a problem we don’t understand clarity, libelous material, so well. personal attacks and poor You can write to Jonah Goldberg by taste. e-mail at JonahsColumn@aol.com.

Global warming? Pay no heed to that burning ball of gas in the sky On the last day of August, scientists spotted a teeny-weeny sunspot, breaking a 51-day streak of blemish-free days for the sun. If it had gone just a bit longer, it would have broken a 96-year record of 53 days without any of the magnetic disruptions that cause solar flares. That record was nearly broken last year as well. Wait, it gets even more exciting. During what scientists call the Maunder Minimum — a period of solar inactivity from 1645 to 1715 — the world experienced the worst of the cold streak dubbed the Little Ice Age. At Christmastime, Londoners ice-skated on the Thames, and New Yorkers (then New Amsterdamers) sometimes walked over the Hudson from Manhattan to Staten Island. Of course, it could have been a coincidence. The Little Ice Age began before the onset of the Maunder Minimum. Many scientists think volcanic activity was a more likely, or at least a more significant, culprit. Or perhaps the big chill was, in the words of scientist Alan Cutler, writing in the Washington Post in 1997, a “one-two punch from a dimmer sun and a dustier atmosphere.” Well, we just might find out. A new study in the American Geophysical Union’s journal Eos suggests that we may be heading into another quiet phase similar to the Maunder Minimum. Meanwhile, the journal Science reports that a study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, has finally figured out why increased sunspots have a dramatic effect on the weather, increasing temperatures more than the increase in solar energy should explain. Apparently, sunspots heat the stratosphere, which in turn amplifies the warming of the climate.

Scientists have known for centuries that sunspots affected the climate; they just never understood how. Now, allegedly, the mystery has been solved. Last month, in another study, also released in Science, Oregon State University researchers claimed to settle the debate over what caused and ended Jonah last Ice Goldberg the Age. In-

creased solar radiation coming from slight changes in the Earth’s rotation, not greenhouse gas levels, were to blame. What is the significance of all this? To say I have no idea is quite an understatement, but it will have to do. Nonetheless, what I find interesting is the eagerness of the authors and the media to make it clear that this doesn’t have any particular significance for the debate over climate change. “For those wondering how the (NCAR) study bears on global warming, Gerald Meehl, lead author on the study, says that it doesn’t — at least not directly,” writes Moises VelasquezManoff of the Christian Science Monitor. “Global warming is a long-term trend, Dr. Meehl says. ... This study attempts to explain the processes behind a periodic occurrence.” This overlooks the fact that solar cycles are permanent “periodic occurrences,” a.k.a. a very long-term trend. Yet Meehl insists the only significance for the debate is that his study proves climate modeling is steadily improving. I applaud Meehl’s reluctance to go beyond where the science takes him. For all I know he’s Tribune Media Services

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