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Legislative wrap: Not enough money Woman missing a year Problem for state: Fuel-efficient vehicles use less gas to tax By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

The gas tax, the sales tax, highway construction/maintenance costs, toll roads and the State’s money crisis all surfaced Thursday during a legislative wrap-up breakfast at the Henderson Country Club. State Sen. Doug Berger, Rep. Jim Crawford and Rep. Michael Wray fielded questions on those topics, as well as the General Assembly’s epic and painful budgetcutting session that recently ended. Several dozen people attended the local/state/federalissues discussion Wray which was sponsored by the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce. “We are $65 billion short in money we need for road maintenance and construction over Berger the next 20 years,” Crawford said. “A sales tax on gas would make more sense to me,” he told the audience. Crawford and Berger said the gallon tax on gas “is killing us” when it comes to generating spending money needed for all kinds of projects and programs. The increasing fuel-efficiency of vehicles means there are fewer gallons of gas to tax, which means a reduction in various budgets when compared with previous years, Crawford said. “We’re using roads more, but we’re selling less gas per mile,” he added. “There’s no tax to compensate for them.” Crawford said the cost of petroleum-based road construction products goes up with the price of gas. A representative for 26 years, he said the State Department of Transportation is working with the federal government, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia in discussions about “tolling” Inter-

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Community holds vigil for Kelly Morris By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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Dennis Renn of First Citizens Bank, left, shares a comment with Rep. Jimmy Crawford at the conclusion of Thursday’s Legislative Day hosted by the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce. Listening on, from left, are Vance County Commissioner Danny Wright and Timothy Baynes, executive director of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments. state 95. The gas tax is needed to repair The General Assembly passed His best guess was that it might the roads in North Carolina, which a joint resolution supporting the happen a “minimum” of 15-20 are more numerous than in any implementation of the Passenger years from now. He called the time other state except Texas, according Rail Investment and Improvement frame “a moving target.” to Berger. “We will surpass Texas,” Act of 2008 and the American In an interview after the meethe predicted. Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ing, Crawford mentioned four toll Berger said the gas tax paid for 2009, Wray told his listeners. projects on the drawThe acts establish ing board at the North a program of fedCarolina Department Four N.C. toll projects on the drawing board eral capital grants to of Transportation. — but ‘tolling’ Interstate 95 decades away improve passenger, One of them, the intermodal and freight 540 Bypass in Raleigh, services, according to is supposed to be finished in two rebuilding Interstate 85. Wray. years. Faced with a $4.5 billion deficit, He said they create a new He said those expected to be the General Assembly cut spendcapital program for states to completed in about five years are: ing by $2 billion in an effort to expand and improve passenger • Monroe Bypass in Charlotte. balance the State’s budget, Berger rail services, and encourage public• Currituck Bridge at the Outer explained. private partnerships that work on Banks. Taxes were raised by $990 high-speed rail projects. • A main road from Gastonia to million, he said. “The remainder of Wray added that the General the airport in Charlotte. the $4.5 billion deficit was covered Assembly also approved legislation Berger said the Senate wanted with stimulus money.” that allows counties to raise more to expand the sales tax to cover On the subject of transportation, money for mass transit projects, more services so they could lower Wray said related stimulus dollars and make the State’s roads the rate “which is the highest in will be spent fairly. “We will study safer by outlawing text messaging the Southeast.” ways to make improvements to while driving. The House and the Senate our current system, and give our ended up compromising on a onelocal governments more tools to Contact the writer at awheless@ cent sales tax increase, he added. increase local transit options.” hendersondispatch.com.

Two forums set for Granville candidates One each in northern, southern ends of county; election on Nov. 3 By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

Two pre-election forums have been set so Granville County voters can see and hear their candidates. The first one is set for Oct. 1 at the Today Oxford Public Works Building at 227 W. McClanahan St. for Oxford and Stovall candidates. The second one is Partly... set for Oct. 6 at Creedmoor City Hall High: 85 Low: 58 at 111 Masonic St. for Creedmoor, Butner and Stem candidates. The forums are being sponSaturday sored by the County Chamber of Commerce’s Government Forum Committee and the County Human ...sunny Relations Commission. During each High: 88 forum, refreshments will be served Low: 62 at 6 p.m., with the candidate presentations to start at 7 p.m. Details, 3A Each candidate is being advised of

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a three-minute speaking limit and to be recognized per the list provided by the County Board of Elections. Organizers of the forums say there should be time remaining for questions from attendees at the end of the candidate presentations. The election is Nov. 3 for all five municipalities in the county. In Oxford, voters will be choosing a mayor for a two-year term and four city commissioners for a four-year term. Oxford’s seven commissioners serve staggered terms. In Stovall, voters will be choosing a pair of town commissioners for a four-year term. Stovall’s five commissioners serve staggered terms. The mayor is up for election to a two- year term, but is unopposed. In Creedmoor, voters will be

choosing a pair of city commissioners for a four-year term. Creedmoor’s five commissioners serve staggered terms. The mayor is up for election for a two-year term, but is unopposed. In Butner, voters will be choosing a mayor for a two-year term and all six town council members for a fouryear term. In Stem, voters will be choosing a mayor for a two-year term and three town commissioners for a four-year term. Stem’s five commissioners serve staggered terms.

CREEDMOOR — Family members, friends and neighbors on Thursday evening lit candles at a vigil for Kelly Currin Morris, the southern Granville County woman who has been missing for a year. “We have poured out our heart and souls, as has our community, to try to find her,” her stepmother, Juanita Currin, told the Dispatch moments before the vigil, which was at the daycare Morris lot of Creedmoor Baptist Church. “And our belief is that somebody out there knows something. And our hope and desire is that God will work in their heart and that they’ll come forward and tell what they know, so that we can put an end to this,” Currin said. Morris’ father, Pat Currin, has continued to offer a $30,000 reward for information leading to the finding of his daughter. Currin told the Dispatch moments before the vigil that a small search party was out earlierin the day by his daughter’s fire-damaged former residence at 3220 Tump Wilkins Roadsoutheast of Stem. “Still praying and searching and looking for some answers,” Currin said. “I feel for him because you know they need some closure,” Creedmoor Fire Chief Bobby Ray told the Dispatch. Ray, who has participated in searches for Morris, said he, too, would continue looking, adding, “When would you want to stop if it was your daughter missing?” Doug Vinsel, of Raleigh, is chief executive officer of Duke Raleigh Hospital, where Juanita Currin is director of surgical services. The two additionally once worked together at WakeMed. And Vinsel told the Dispatch, Please see MORRIS, page 6A

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Trio wanted in fatal shooting at large By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

With two related arrests made Obituaries, 4A Aug. 19, detectives with the Vance County Sheriff’s Office are still looking for three other men in the July 31 fatal shooting of David Lee Hargrove in his home at 2697 Morgan Road. Those sought are Summorius Lamont Waverly, Christopher Watkins

and Tywan Durham. Tavon Tabarus Durham, 17, and Jason Ryan Warring, 21, were the suspects taken into custody. Each has a bond of $145,000. The charges on all five are the same: • Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury. • Attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon.

• Conspiracy. Investigators have previously said that the shooting occurred during an attempted burglary. Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Waverly, Watkins and Durham is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (252) 738-2200 or Crime Stoppers at (252) 492-1925. Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

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A teary-eyed Juanita Currin, left, and Pat Currin hold candles Thursday evening in Creedmoor at the vigil for Kelly Currin Morris, who has been missing for a year. Pat Currin is Morris’ father and Juanita Currin is Morris’ stepmother.

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Mark It Down Today Boy Scout fundraiser — Boy Scout Troop 620 and the Henderson Panthers AAU Football team will hold a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Innocents in downtown Henderson. Fish plates and chicken plates will be available for $7 and combination plates for $8. Delivery offered for orders of four plates or more. For more information, contact Joe Brodie at 433-6426. Art event — Art du Jour, 209 E. Nash St. in Louisburg will be hosting Artist of the Month Pat McCracken from 5:30-8:30 p.m. McCracken creates nature-inspired organic creations in pottery. For more information, please call Art du Jour at (919) 496-1650. American Legion — American Legion Post 60 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Legion Hut. All members are requested to attend. Weight loss group — TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a non-profit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Tennis lessons — Today is the deadline to register for “Swingin’ on the Tennis Courts” with Vance County 4-H. Tennis lessons will be offered on Sept. 12, Sept. 19, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3 at Fox Pond Park tennis courts with instructor Hilda Delbridge, coach of many local high school championship teams. Three age groups will be offered for fourth grade through high school. Limit of 12 participants per group. Cost is $5 plus a $2 enrollment fee. Register at the Vance County Cooperative Extension Office, 305 Young St., from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Spaces will be available on a first paid, first served basis. Vance-Granville event — Vance-Granville Community College kicks off its 40th anniversary celebration with a celebration on the college’s main campus in Vance County from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. A reception will be held in the student lounge in Building 2, with a brief rededication in the courtyard at 11:30 a.m. and the opening of VGCC’s Hall of History in Building 8. Littleton Lions fundraiser — The Littleton Lions Club will sponsor its 25th annual Littleton-Lake Gaston Festival today and tomorrow. Today’s activities begin at 5 p.m. The Castaways perform from 7-10 p.m. in the town’s municipal parking lot on S. Main Street/U.S. 158 in downtown Littleton. Activities continue at 10 a.m. tomorrow with a custom car show, arts and crafts vendors and a barbecue cook-off.

Saturday Fundraiser — The Warren County Chapter of the WCTSNWHS Alumni & Friends Association Inc. will hold a fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Warren County Training School/ North Warren High School campus, 430 Paschall Station Road, Wise. Rental space is available for $10 ($15 with a table). For more information, call 456-0076. Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon at the corner of Market and Main streets in historic downtown Warrenton. All produce is locally grown by the vendors. For more information or to receive a vendor application, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640. 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. 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. Sign unveiling — The executive board of the John R. Hawkins Alumni and Friends Inc. will unveil a commemorative sign on the former site of the John R. Hawkins High School, 426 W. Franklin St., Warrenton, at noon. Refreshments will be served on the lawn.

Tuesday Appearance Commission — The City of Henderson’s Appearance Commission will meet at 3 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Granville Commission — The Granville County Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the commission meeting room, 145 Williamsboro St. Oxford Commission — The Oxford City Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the commission meeting room of City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St. Mental health meeting — The Five County Mental Health Authority’s Consumer and Family Advisory Committee (CFAC) will meet at 6 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College, Warren campus, Building 4, Room W432, 210 W. Ridgeway St., Warrenton. Consumers can sign-up to discuss issues with the CFAC from 6:15-6:30 p.m. The committee meets monthly to assist in developing and revising the mental health plan that drives mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services for the five-county area. For more information, call 430-1330, ext. 3035 and ext. 3050. Board of Elections — The Vance County Board of Elections will meet at 11 a.m. in the Elections Office in the Henry A. Dennis Building, 300 S. Garnett Street.

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Back-to-school event draws 100 parents and children Warren Family Institute, in collaboration with the Warren County Cooperative Extension Office, presented an informational workshop for over 100 parents and children in August and provided the families with back-to-school supplies. The topic was “The Academic Success of Parents Being Involved in Their

Child’s Education” with guest speakers Pearl Sims, Warren County Schools educator, and Rachel Monteverdi, family and consumer sciences agent with the cooperative extension office. BB&T provided funds for the school supplies in conjuction with its company-wide “Lighthouse Project” held in August

and September. The philanthropic effort is the largest in BB&T’s 137year history. The next Academic Success Workshop is schedule for Sept. 24 at the Warren County Memorial Library at 6 p.m. Contact Lori Parrott for more information and registration at 257-1134.

Granville Education Foundation offers new teachers a warm welcome The Granville Education Foundation recently hosted its ninth annual welcome event for new teachers. The New Teacher Supply Fair was held on Aug. 13 at Northern Granville Middle School. New teachers were invited to “shop” at the fair during their orientation to the Granville County Schools. Donations of teacher and school supplies were collected from retiring teachers, current teachers, community members and local businesses. There were also dozens of boxes of books so teachers could begin building a classroom library. “The purpose of the event is to welcome the new teachers and help provide them with the tools

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The Vance County Senior Center is looking for checker players ages 50 and up to participate in a monthly checkers tournament. The tournament will take place at 11 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in the recreation room. Players who would like to have fun and compete at the same time should make plans to participate. The first tournament is scheduled for Sept. 9. The senior center is located at 126 S. Garnett Street. For more information, call 430-0257.

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OXFORD — The owner of Jones Discount Drug Store in the city center said that he will close the business, but that he will join the future Walgreens down Hillsboro Street. Charlie Jones was quoted in Thursday’s Oxford Public Ledger newspaper as saying that, “I’m going to work as long as I can. I hope to try to be a PR man down there and then work into whatever slot I can fit into.” The newspaper quoted Walgreens spokesman Robert Elfinger as saying that the move should take place around the first week of next month and that this is something the Chicago-area based drugstore chain usually does when opening a new location.

The newspaper said that two others with Jones Discount Drug Store, William Finch and Wendi Partyka, additionally will be part of the Walgreens team. And the newspaper said Charles Creech will be the head pharmacist at Walgreens. Creech’s father once operated a local drugstore and once mentored Jones. Jones told the newspaper that he did not know what would happen to the rest of the Jones Drug Store building, which is located at 116 Hillsboro St., but that a number of persons are interested in preserving the luncheonette. Finch’s wife, Betty, told the Dispatch on Aug. 18 that the business would close Sept. 25 and added that her husband would be going to Walgreens.

Jones, when contacted by the Dispatch the next day, said he could not provide any information because the details had not been finalized. The future Walgreens is at the southwest corner of Hillsboro and Linden Avenue. Elfinger has told the Dispatch that there is no set opening date, other than to emphasize that the hope is October. Jones Discount Drug Store has been one of the mainstays in the picturesque heart of Granville County. Jones has said Oxford’s city center was home to as many as four drugstores after World War II. And Jones since 1955 has had a drugstore along Hillsboro Street. Retail traffic patterns increasingly changed after Walmart in 1991 opened at the Granville Corners

shopping center near the Interstate 85/N.C. Highway 96 interchange. And in 1995, the Revco chain — which had a store along Williamsboro Street and a store at the once-thriving Oak Plaza shopping center on the southwest side of Oxford — closed those two locations and moved into what today is the CVS at the corner of Williamsboro and Lanier streets. Walmart is bidding farewell to the Granville Corners location, with a Sept. 16 opening set for the Walmart Supercenter that is taking shape off U.S. 15 near I-85. And Lowes Foods has announced intentions to close its 111 E. McClanahan St. store. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

ACS adding more than 100 call center jobs From STAFF REPORTS

Affiliated Computer Services is adding more than 100 jobs at its call center in Henderson. The new slots will accommodate an increase in business the firm expects the first of next year, according to Tom Peoples, Director of Customer Care Operations. ACS provides 24-hour call center services for the health care industry, Peoples said. Staff handles in-bound calls from physicians’ offices, pharmacies and

persons covered under pharmacy benefit plans, he said. Such issues as coverage, eligibility and copayments are resolved. Also case profiles are analyzed to determine if covered individuals qualify for certain medications. “We also do a bit of mail-order pharmacy work,” Peoples said. He said that medications are not dispensed from the Henderson facility and that no medications are kept there. The spike in business will come at the first of the year when a number of

ACS clients switch plans, Peoples said. People interested in applying for the positions should visit www.acs-inc. com and click on Careers. Peoples said it is recommended that candidates for positions attend preemployment classes that will begin Sept. 14 on the main campus of VanceGranville Community College. There will be two sets of classes, each running two nights a week for three weeks. One set of classes is on Mondays and Wednesdays, the other on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The classes will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Hiring will start by late September. To sign up for the classes or to get more information, applicants should call (252) 431-8425. ACS already employs 270 at the Henderson facility and serves 17 state Medicaid clients and a large commercial client, Peoples said. Statewide, ACS employes 2,500, with the majority in the Raleigh area. Send comments to news@ hendersondispatch.com.

Accused in stabbing pleads guilty ROCKY MOUNT (AP) — A man accused in the fatal stabbing of an eastern North Carolina volunteer church worker has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Multiple media outlets report that 32-year-old Tommy Lee Holiday of Rocky Mount also pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery. In exchange for his guilty

pleas, Holiday was spared the death penalty. Investigators say Holiday killed Kornegay and critically injured another woman while they were working in the church kitchen for Meals on Wheels in October 2007. Authorities say they believe Kornegay was helping the homeless Holiday find a shelter when he attacked her.

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Carolina Briefs Black woman sues Billy Graham group over race RALEIGH (AP) — A black woman has filed a lawsuit against the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, saying she was abruptly fired from the organization after complaining it was not reaching out to African-Americans. Kimberly McCallum of Charlotte says in the lawsuit filed in Mecklenburg County that she was the only black employee working in the association’s executive offices when she started there in February 2007. She complained to her superiors later that year when she was asked to recruit congregations to a camp program but found that a list of 635 prospective churches had only three congregations that were primarily black. McCallum was told a week later that her job was being eliminated. The association declined to immediately talk about McCallum’s job but called her allegations “preposterous.”

Museum returns Civil War flag to Rhode Island RALEIGH (AP) — Officials at a North Carolina museum have returned a Civil War flag to the Rhode Island National Guard in the hopes the gesture will be reciprocated. The North Carolina Museum of History said Thursday it has returned a silk, V-shaped flag belonging to Company L of the First Rhode Island Cavalry. The flag was captured by the Fifth North Carolina Cavalry in June 1863 and donated to the mu-

seum in the early 1900s. Curator Tom Belton said the museum is hoping Rhode Island state officials will return a North Carolina flag captured by Rhode Island soldiers at New Bern in March 1862. The N.C. Museum of History said it has the third largest Confederate flag collection in the world.

N.C. man sentenced for threatening to kill president STONEVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to saying he was going to assassinate President Barack Obama. The Rockingham County sheriff’s office says Steve Lee Stone pleaded to charges Wednesday of communicating threats, resisting a public officer and misusing the 911 system. He was sentenced to two 45-day jail terms, which were suspended, and 18 months probation. Police say the 44-yearold man called a 911 dispatcher twice from his trailer about five miles south of the Virginia border in late July and said he was going to assassinate the president. He did not identify himself. Sheriff’s deputies and a Secret Service agent investigated the caller’s identity. Stone was interviewed by deputies at his trailer in Stoneville. Deputies say Stone became combative during the interview and they were forced to use a stun gun and arrest him.

N.C. city digs up new concrete for downtown plaza GASTONIA (AP) — Contractors have torn up new concrete for the entrance of a North

Carolina city’s downtown pedestrian plaza after Gastonia officials decided they didn’t like the look. The Gaston Gazette reported Thursday that the city council rejected the off-white walkways and decided to rip them out, a move that will cost the city almost $13,000. City officials said it’s worth getting the look right now, rather than regretting how it looks after it’s too late to repair. City Manager Jim Palenick says officials are rethinking the plaza’s overall design. They are replacing the plain white concrete with a decorative variety that is pressed and colored to look like brick. Gastonia City Council committed $600,000 to build the plaza.

Murder arrest ends man’s months of dodging police TARBORO (AP) — A man accused of slaying one of six eastern North Carolina women killed over the past four years managed for months to avoid capture by police searching for him on unrelated charges. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that 31-year-old Antwan Maurice Pittman was charged with failing to register as sex offender after he was jailed last month in Nash County. Pittman is charged with killing Taraha Nicholson, whose death is one of six similar cases being investigated by authorities. Police sought Pittman after he twice failed to appear in court to face charge. Authorities accused him of trying to sell hundreds of bootlegged copies of compact discs and DVDs. He also was charged with DWI and driving with a revoked license.

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DURHAM — Gloria Algood Thomas, 53, of Durham, formerly of Warren County, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Greenwood Baptist Church in Warrenton by the Rev. Eddie W. Lawrence, pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Herbert Thomas of the home; a daughter, Mikki Davis of Durham; four sons, Eric Tyrone Davis of Durham, Jamal Davis of the home, Edward Donnell Thomas Sr. of Washington, D.C., and Terberyn Thomas of Durham; her mother, Mable Algood of Warrenton; 14 grandchildren; and two brothers, Joseph Algood of Raleigh and Clinton Algood of Durham. The family will receive relatives and friends Saturday from noon until 1 p.m. at Greenwood Baptist Church in Warrenton and at the home of Mable Algood, 182 Read Road, Warrenton. Flowers are accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of your choice

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August retail sales decline; slow back-to-school buying stores open at least a year to fall 3.4 percent in August, not as bad as July’s 4.7 percent drop. August is expected to be the 12th consecutive month of declines in the measurement, considered important for retailers because it removes the effects of expansion. Discounter Target Corp. said sales at established stores dropped 2.9 percent, much better than the 5.1 percent drop analysts expected. Health care products were strong sellers, while apparel and home products were weaker. Meanwhile, warehouse club operators Costco Wholesale Corp. and BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. both reported results fell but also beat analyst expectations. Food remains a best seller and the clubs while apparel and jewelry were weaker. TJX Cos., which operates discount chains TJMaxx and Marshall’s, said its 5 percent increase topped expectations as consumers hunted for bargains. Upscale retailers meanwhile reported a weak month. Saks Inc. said results dropped more than analysts expected and Nordstrom Inc. said sales in stores open at least a year fell 7.6 percent, although analysts predicted a steeper drop. The teen sector was weak as back-to-school sales failed to take off. Hot Topic Inc. sales in stores open at least a

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NEW YORK — Retailers on Thursday posted sales declines for August as shoppers held back on back-to-school purchases and continued to focus on necessities, raising further concern about the upcoming holiday season. Early reports showed 11 retailers missed analyst expectations, while 10 exceeded estimates, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters. The winners were mainly discounters, while more upscale chains fared worse. “It really was all about value and price proposition here,” said Ken Perkins, president of retail consulting firm Retail Metrics. “If you’re off-price or discount-oriented and conscious of price points you fared very well in August.” There have been some signs of a stabilizing economy. On Tuesday, the U.S. manufacturing sector grew in August for the first time in 19 months. Also, a gauge of future U.S. home sales rose more than expected in July to the highest point in more than two years. But any recovery will have to include an uptick in consumer spending, because it accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity. Thursday’s results showed continued widespread sales declines. Perkins expects sales in

year fell 8.1 percent, a bigger drop than the 6.9 percent predicted by analysts. The Buckle Inc., typically an outperformer, said results rose but missed analyst expectations. Meanwhile, Zumiez Inc. and Wet Seal Inc. also reported results dropped but did better than analysts predicted. Aeropostale Inc., which has outperformed competitors by focusing on low prices, said results rose more than analysts predicted. Meanwhile, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., which has kept prices relatively high, reported a 29 percent drop, bigger than expected. Labor Day falls a week later this year, so some back-to-school buys are likely to come later. However, the shift of the sales-tax holidays from July to August in most of the 14 states that have them partly offset the later Labor Day. Limited Brands Inc., which operates Bath and Body Works and Victoria’s Secret, said sales in stores open at least a year fell 4 percent, but that beat the 5.9 percent drop analysts expected. Gap Inc. also said results fell but came in above expectations, boosted by sales at its low-priced Old Navy chain. Department stores remained a weak sector. Macy’s Inc. said sales at established stores dropped 8.1 percent in August, a larger decline than analysts predicted.

Mercantile Exchange. Prices dropped as low as $2.50 per 1,000 cubic feet — the lowest since March 2002 — after the government reported that U.S. natural gas supplies grew again last week and are now nearly 18 percent above the five-year average. Natural gas, a key energy source for power plants, has plummeted to less than a third the price it fetched last summer, and its contract on the Nymex lost nearly 23 percent in the past six trading days.

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NEW YORK — Natural gas prices tumbled again Thursday, hitting new seven-year lows as the country pares down on energy usage and more unused supply is put into storage. That will mean huge savings for a lot of people this winter when the heating bill arrives. On Monday, Spokane, Wash.-based utility Avista Corp. said it wants to reduce natural gas prices for its Oregon customers to the lowest levels in five years. And in the Midwest, Alliant Energy Corp. and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. both predicted heating bills would drop around 20 percent. “Any savings we get, they get,” Alliant spokesman Scott Drzycimski said. Natural gas for October delivery gave up 20.7 cents to settle at $2.508 per 1,000 cubic feet on the New York

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Ga. pastor, father-to-be shot, killed in drug sting ATLANTA (AP) — Plainclothes officers shot and killed a small-town pastor when the 28-year-old fatherto-be resisted efforts to question him about a passenger in his car who was the target of a drug sting, authorities said. Jonathan Paul Ayers of Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Lavonia wasn’t targeted in the probe that ended in gunfire at a gas station Tuesday, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said. But drug task-force agents opened fire on him after he tried to avoid them, putting his car in reverse and striking one of the officers. Bankhead said agents approached Ayers after he dropped a woman off at a store in downtown Toccoa, which is about 90 miles northeast of Atlanta. The passenger was the person being investigated by the task force. A grainy surveillance video from a nearby store

shows two drug task-force agents emerge from a black SUV before Ayers’ small car backs up. The two men fire into the passenger side of Ayers’ car, and then it takes off with the agents running behind it, the video posted on WNEG-TV in Toccoa shows. The station owner would not release the video to The Associated Press. Bankhead said Ayers died Wednesday, about an hour after he had surgery. He said the agent who was hit by Ayers’ car was treated for minor injuries. Bankhead would not disclose the identity of the woman who was in Ayers’ car, but said she’s been charged with cocaine possession and distribution. On Thursday, Ayers’ brother-in-law Matt Carpenter said the pastor had nothing to do with drugs. Carpenter said Ayers’ wife, who is 16 weeks pregnant, is grappling with the idea of being a single mom.

MORRIS, from page one “I’m a parent and I know how difficult this would be for me if this were one of my children.” Vinsel’s wife, Tammy, who is a registered nurse at Duke Hospital in Durham, told the Dispatch that, “It’s very traumatic,” but added that she believes the story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, the Californian who reappeared late last month after being abducted for 18 years, would give a renewed hope that there is a chance Kelly Currin Morris can be found. Moments before the lighting of the candles, three doves were released, each representing the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Pastor Keith Williams told those in attendance that: “We don’t understand why Kelly is missing, why she has been gone from us a year, but I believe that someday we will understand. We have to leave it in God’s hands. And in God’s own time he will answer our prayers. And in God’s own time he will give us the comfort and the closure that we need. “The scripture tells us that God is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, that he won’t put more on us than we can bear. Certainly many times we feel we can’t bear the pain, we can’t bear the loss and we can’t go on, but we must by faith accept God’s word. “And I would encourage you by faith that we continue on searching for Kelly and continue praying and place her in God’s hands to bring her home to us, that we indeed as friends and as a family may have closure.”

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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — U.S. Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart was in Pago Pago for the launch of the American Samoa quarter. The coin is part of a program authorized by Congress after the 50-state quarter program proved to be so popular and profitable. Brunhart said Thursday that the coin honoring American Samoa’s “vibrant traditional culture and rugged beauty is a welcome addition to American coinage.” One side of the coin depicts an ava bowl, which is used in a ceremony to welcome guests and visitors. The other side bears the inscription “Samoa Muamua Le Atua,” which in Samoan means, “Samoa, God is First.” Youngsters under 17 who attended the launching were given free quarters. American Samoa is a U.S. territory located in the South Pacific, about 2,300 miles south of Hawaii.

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Motorcycle riders, including Ken Nacke, center with sunglasses on shirt, Patrick White, left center, and Dale Nacke, right center, hold up a commemorative flag as they gather at Newark Liberty International Airport Thursday, preparing to ride cross-country to San Francisco, following the intended flight path of United Flight 93.

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NEWARK, N.J. — Relatives of the victims of Flight 93 — the United Kelly Currin Morris’ Airlines jetliner that mother, Wanda Hollis, told crashed in Pennsylvania the Dispatch immediately as passengers wrestled afterward that, “We all miss with hijackers on Sept. 11, Kelly and we just want to 2001 — are honoring their find her and we want to bring loved ones with a crossher home, where she belongs, country motorcycle ride. with her family.” The flight originated Kelly Currin Morris’ in New Jersey and was husband, Scott Morris, has bound for California when remained the sole “person of four terrorists hijacked interest” in the disappearance it, and the motorcycle of his wife and in the arson of caravan will retrace the the couple’s residence. THOUSAND OAKS, flight’s intended path. The The first signs of trouble caravan left Newark Libsurfaced shortly before 11:30 Calif. (AP) — California authorities say a clash erty International Airport a.m. Sept. 4, 2008, when a between opponents and on Thursday morning at caller to Emergency 911 resupporters of health care 8:42 a.m. — the same time ported a fire at the residence. reform ended with one man as the flight — and is to Sometime between 4:30 arrive in San Francisco on and 5 p.m., the then-28-year- biting off another man’s the eighth anniversary of old Kelly Currin Morris’ 2005 finger. Ventura County sheriff’s the attacks. Honda Accord was found Capt. Frank O’Hanlon The 9/11 Commission abandoned approximately a report said the hijackers mile away at a future subdivi- says about 100 people demonstrating in favor of crashed the plane as passion, with her cell phone, health care reforms rallied sengers fought to regain pocketbook and other perWednesday night on a control of the cockpit, sonal belongings still inside street corner. averting a possible attack the car. One protester walked on the White House or On Sept. 12, the State across the street to conU.S. Capitol. Thirty-three Bureau of Investigation conpassengers and seven crew cluded the house fire had been front about 25 countermembers died. set deliberately. Then-Sheriff demonstrators. O’Hanlon says the man For Ken Nacke, a David Smith next declared got into an argument and 48-year-old police detective Scott Morris a person of in Maryland, the crossinterest in the disappearance fist fight, during which he country trip, called “Ride of Kelly Currin Morris and in bit off the left pinky of a 65-year-old man who opwith the Forty,” is a way to connection with the arson. posed health care reform. keep their memory alive. By Sept. 25, the first SBI A hospital spokeswoman His older brother Louis documents were made public “Joey” Nacke died in the and they showed statements says the top joint of the man’s pinky was bitten crash. by Scott Morris about the off, including the entire “We’re completing their vanishing of Kelly Currin fingernail. journey,” Nacke said. Morris were inconsistent. It was not reattached. “This is something that Scott Morris has declined to She says he had MediAmericans should never make any comments to the care. forget. Flight 93 was the Dispatch. O’Hanlon says the atfirst battle Americans won tacker fled but authorities against terrorism.” Contact the writer at bwest@ have a good description. The ride also will raise hendersondispatch.com.

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Decriminalize the murder, too? Those activists and politicians who call for an end to the “war on drugs” because it fills our prisons with users more than dealers and still hasn’t done much to reduce addiction have at least one inconvenient point against their argument. The point of a gun. Mexican druglords are believed responsible for a series of attacks on rehabilitation centers in Ciudad Juarez. The latest catastrophe left 18 people dead — people who had fallen victim to the filthy goods the drug cartels peddle and had decided to get themselves clean. A troubling thread runs through the recent attacks and killings. It is suggested that the La Familia drug cartel actually oversees some of the clinics in Mexico’s Michoacan state, using them as recruiting and training centers. Get an addict clean, so the theory goes, and he’s less likely to touch the stash while he’s shipping or guarding it. And the addicts who don’t want to be part of the crime family? Those, you shoot. Authorities are trying to determine if that’s also the method behind the madness in Juarez, where this week’s attack saw patients lined up against a wall and riddled with bullets. Decriminalize drugs, advocates for legalization say, and the violence goes away. But does it? After all, with a new storefront and a few suits and ties the Mexican cartels and U.S. gangs and mobs that now run drugs are the most likely organizations to step up and become the “legal” distributors of narcotics after decriminalization, aren’t they? They own the fields for growing, the facilities for refining, the network for distributing and the “management team” to run the entire operation. And we’ve seen how they do business. Decriminalizing drugs doesn’t, or shouldn’t, absolve the cartel leaders and their foot soldiers from their violent crimes. So there still will — or should be — a war to fight in bringing these murderous animals to justice. Advocates of legalizing some or even many narcotics have a few compelling arguments they can make. Giving in to the criminals who would bully us into acquiescence — even to the point of slaughtering those who try to kick the nasty habits from which the cartels profit — just to stop the violence, is the worst reason of all.

Quotable “One of the criticisms of the recovery act is that it is simply a grab bag of different programs. But the fact that the recovery act is multifaceted doesn’t reflect a lack of design. It is the design. Our economy is so complex and so wounded that reinvigorating one segment alone — or using one tool alone — would never do all that needs to be done.” — Vice President Joe Biden, claiming that the Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package has reshaped the economy by reaching and exceeding goals. “It’s like, ‘Is this really our house? Is it really still here?’ Because we had made peace with the fact that we’d never see our stuff again.” — T.J. Lynch, about returning to his home in the Tujunga neighborhood north of Los Angeles as residents were allowed to survey the damage from wildfires.

Summer is coming to an end as is evidenced by the return of children to school, the start of football season and the breezy hint of cooler temperatures to come. Looking at the political calendar, we are nearing the eight-month mark of the Obama administration and their allied, Democratically-led Congress. So, as Congress sits in recess and the nation braces for the upcoming national health care fight, I thought it an appropriate moment to talk about the future of Republican politics. Not just how we can defeat health care or win more congressional seats in 2010 -- but how we develop the coalitions necessary to ensure we are a party capable of standing strongly 10, 20, 50 years into the future. In essence, we must ensure we are a lasting party equipped to defend the principles of limited government, lower taxes, free markets, a strong national defense, and individual rights and responsibilities. Today, with government spending increasing astronomically, with the prospect of one-fifth of our economy -- in the form of the health care

system -- being turned over to government controls, these guidelines are all the more important. Thirty years ago, my father understood this, and that legacy has passed down to us. Even as conservatives, we will not always agree, but if we respect those with Michael dissenting Reagan opinions, Distributed by we can Cagle Cartoons grow even stronger in our determination to follow our shared values. Americans are increasingly, and rightfully, growing skeptical of policies that emphasize budget-busting government solutions, as opposed to empowering individuals, families and small businesses. Conservatives have a great opportunity and platform to move beyond the media stereotypes of Republicans as demoralized and dysfunctional and come together to reassert our strength and fight for our free-

doms. Liberal, conservative or independent, there is much that unites us. My father understood that good governance required strong coalitions. In order to move forward, this is something the Republican Party will need to understand as well. Today, as political maps show the Northeast and the Southeast entrenching further along party lines, the coalitions and partnerships which will shape our future are increasingly found in the West. We have a new proving ground in the independentminded West, with states like New Mexico, where the presidential election was decided by less than 6,000 votes in 2004 and by a mere 366 votes in 2000, and Colorado, a state so intensely contested between President Obama and Senator McCain in 2008. The West has always been a region of fierce independence and a willingness to buck traditions. The challenges we face today require that spirit and creativity. Any new winning coalition must include America’s growing Hispanic population, which makes up over 20 percent of the

population in six states from this Western bloc, as well as Florida. The Hispanic community has much in common with what I call conservative values, from an emphasis on family values to issues of law enforcement and education. I have seen this in my own home state of California. Now is the time to win back the hearts and minds of all Americans and embrace the founding principles of this great nation. With so much at stake, this is an endeavor that will require all of our participation; no one group can do it alone. This undertaking will also require practical solutions and the leadership of young Americans, whose future is ever more on the line. We must build coalitions that honor our shared traditions and principles, or we will jeopardize our future. It’s time to come together. Mike Reagan, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is chairman and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation (www. reaganlegacyfoundation.org). Look for Mike’s newest book, “Twice Adopted” and other info at www. Reagan.com. E-mail comments to Reagan@caglecartoons.com.

Letters to the Editor Seniors to politicians in Washington: ‘Can you hear us now?’ To the editor: We are the disgusted and angry generation. I can say “we” because I watch the news coverage of the town hall meetings and I see a lot of gray hair. We are “war babies,” born while our fathers fought in WWII and our mothers worked in the factories, on farms and business in order to keep the nation running. We are the generation Washington wants to keep quiet. Born in the 1930s and 1940s, we watched as our nation emerged from a devastating war to stand victorious, ready to rebuild Now, more than a month and restore what was later, things look even worse. damaged. If we were lucky The obvious solution? Even enough to have our fathers more cowbell. But what is lacking is not return home, we know cowbell, it’s substance the what they would say now: American people can support. “Let’s get to work.” They Obama will reportedly be “more fought for our freedoms specific,” but he won’t commit and many died to secure himself to any particular piece those liberties. of legislation. This suggests When my generation that the White House still thinks it has a communication began to enter school age, we were reminded daily, problem, and if only it dispels in the school assemblies, the cloud of “lies” belched up by the opposition, there will be that patriotism is not a bad word. I remember standing nothing but blue skies ahead. Funny how the people who and saluting our beautirun the most sophisticated ful flag and repeating communication operation in the the pledge of allegiance. history of the presidency keep How it strengthened my concluding that their difficullove for my country and ties stem from their inability our freedoms. Then we to get their message out and never from what their message would repeat the Lord’s prayer, acknowledging our actually is. dependence on God for the And so, rather than change blessings we enjoy. the substance of the message, Today, my generation they’re grabbing an even bigger is convinced the battle for megaphone: an address to a joint session of Congress. Three securing our liberties is out of the last four presidents not over. What we learned gave just one address to a joint from our parents sacrifice session of Congress, and all but remains alive in us. Our one of them reserved such ocvoices sound strange and casions for major international confusing to the liberals events, like a war or, in Ronald Reagan’s case, a breakthrough in Washington. They can’t with Soviet leader Mikhail Gor- understand why we love bachev. Only Bill Clinton used this country, cherish our freedom, and while we are such a venue for a domestic still able we thank God for priority: health care reform. That didn’t work out so well His blessings. either. Well liberals, “get over Just seven months into it,” we won’t go away. In Obama’s presidency, the White fact I hope we will turn up House is turning up the speak- the volume and stay in the ers on the cowbell as loud as fight. Washington, we may they will go. And, heck, if you be the last voice of reason love cowbell, it’s going to be a you will hear, but hear us real treat. But in all the ways that matter, it may just end up you will. Stay tuned, we have more to say. being more noise.

Hey, Barack, more cowbell! ABC News reports that Barack Obama has returned to Washington, only to step off the plane and “into his next domestic crisis.” He “planned to leave the details of health care reform to Congress, but today the White House says he’ll play a much stronger role.” The Associated Press says Obama is “backing away” from his “’it’s-all-on-the-table’ approach” and is “prepared to get louder and more involved in the details of a health care overhaul.” “This weekend,” NBC Nightly News explained in its lead story, “the president signaled an aggressive stance to put his personal stamp on the sweeping legislation.” There’s only one problem. These stories were all reported nearly three months ago upon Obama’s return from his largely failed European mission. And yet, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Obama’s planned address to a joint session of Congress next week “will insert the president into the heated debate in a way he has avoided all summer.” The Washington Post informed readers that the “White House is scrambling to take control of the health-care debate after watching from the sidelines.” A “senior aide” to Obama says the president will be “much more prescriptive.” Why the White House press corps didn’t just change the date on their old copy and run it again is beyond me. And I’ll leave it to others to ponder the media’s seemingly infinite capacity to give Obama as many do-overs as he might need. Why the Obama administration is determined to do the time warp again is easier to decipher. Obama’s advisors think the answer to every problem is more cowbell, if by “cowbell” you mean “Obama.” It’s like

Obama guru David Axelrod is the Christopher Walken character from the “Saturday Night Live” skit about Blue Oyster Cult (if you don’t know the reference, Google “cowbell”). Every time someone comes up with an alternative to throwing Obama on TV, Axelrod says, “No, no, no. Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription ... is more Obama!” But is that really what the doctor ordered? Obama’s Jonah address next Goldberg week will Tribune Media be his third Services prime-time appeal in three months and the fifth in his 7-month-old presidency. The networks are chagrined about this, not least because the ratings half-life of these events is severe. (Fox’s broadcast network beat out the other networks by running “So You Think You Can Dance” instead of his last prime-time press conference.) More relevant, they haven’t done Obama much good. His July 22 press conference was billed as perhaps Obama’s last chance to save health care reform. It tanked (partly because Obama’s attack on the Cambridge police dominated the press). Afterward, public support for ObamaCare dropped significantly. A Pew poll taken that week found that more people opposed the proposals being considered by Congress than supported them, and that Obama’s overall approval had dropped 7 points from the previous month. Other polls showed similar declines.

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