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Moonshine found in mountains 929 gallons one of biggest busts, N.C. official says; man, 63, arrested WILKESBORO (AP) — North Carolina authorities say they have found 929 gallons of moonshine under a shed in the mountains. State Alcohol Law Enforcement officials say 63-year-old Roger Lee Nance of Wilkesboro was arrested Wednesday on charges including possession of non-tax paid liquor for the purpose of sell. The director of the agency says it’s one of the biggest mountain busts he can remember. Crime Control and Public Safety spokeswoman Patty McQuillan says Nance stored moonshine in different-shaped containers under a shed in his backyard and was arrested following a two-month investigation. A number listed for Nance was disconnected and a woman who answered another number identified herself as Nance’s daughter-in-law and said she had no comment.

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Donham: Public safety study in Dec. Release of report will come after Nov. 3 municipal election in Oxford By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — Residents will have to wait until near the end of the year to see the outcome of a $40,000 study of public safety. “It is looking like it will probably (be) released in December,” City Manager Mark Donham said when asked in an e-mail by the Dispatch about when the document would be made available to citizens and the press. “This is an important study in

many ways and it is important to obtain the best information we can to make the best decisions,” Donham said in a follow-up e-mail question about why Donham the report would not be available until December. “Our plan is to release the information and study when it is ready and we are ready for (a) full and informed discussion,” Donham said.

Donham additionally said that he believes Police Chief and Acting Fire Chief John Wolford “has done an excellent job working with and managing our firefighters and I feel confident we are prepared to provide the services that are needed.” The International City/County Management Association was hired to conduct the study. Donham on July 23 told a joint session of four City Commission committees that he would be off for a week, but that he and

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Wolford had obtained a preliminary copy of the study and would sit down and discuss any errors or inaccuracies they found in the approximately 190-page document and ask the association to make the corrections. The Dispatch at the time asked Donham when he wanted to present details in a formal manner before the commissioners and the citizens. Donham replied, “Probably

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Sean Tucker flies his Oracle Challenger bi-plane inverted over U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Nathan Miller, flying F/A-18 Blue Angel #5 Thursday over San Francisco Bay. The U. S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels and Tucker are preparing for two air shows this weekend for Fleet Week San Francisco 2009 festivities, which celebrate the area’s long naval history.

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Granville seeking $500,000 for park irrigation system Treated wastewater would be piped in from sewer plant

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OXFORD — Granville County’s government is seeking a $500,000 grant from the N.C. Rural Center to help fund a proposed project to pipe reclaimed water from Oxford’s Wastewater Treatment Alligood Plant to irrigate the playing fields at the Granville Athletic Park. The County Commission authorized the request for the greenbacks earlier this week after County Manager Brian Alligood told the panel, “I’m not looking

at giving you any illusion that we are looking to fund that through any county money.” The total cost of the project is approximately $2.2 million, with the county’s next step being to ask the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund for additional help. “Unless we have significant grant funding for this project, I don’t see it advancing because we just are not in a budget situation where we could do that,” Alligood said. Still, Alligood said this is worth a shot because the proposal is unique. The Granville Athletic Park is located off Belltown Road southwest of Oxford. And the park staff has had difficulty maintaining the site for guests in times of parched conditions. The park’s water is provided by wells and a pair of small, private Please see GRANVILLE, page 3A

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Deaths Alexandria, Minn. Juanita L. Hoyle, 82 Franklin John E. Fuller, 79 Henderson James M. Jones Sr., 59 Katie M. Stevenson, 84 Robert L. Williams Jr., 44 Oxford Gladys C. Beal Winton Jewell J. Copeland, 78

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Mark It Down Today VGCC festival — The public is invited to the “Festival for the 40th,” which will be held at various indoor and outdoor locations on Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in celebration of the college’s 40th anniversary. Planned activities include children’s games, a concert by the Vance-Granville Community Band, and a display of historical photographs, and a fashion show. Fire prevention — The City of Henderson Fire Department will hold its 2009 Fire Prevention Open House from 1-4 p.m. at the fire station at 205 N. Garnett St. Fire trucks will be on display and activities will include a safety smoke house, ID fingerprinting for children, games, free hot dogs and drinks, and visits from Sparky the Fire Dog, McGruff the Crime Dog and Smokey the Bear. Ridgeway Opry House — Performing this week are Julia Morton & Friends, Jackie Turner, Matt Nelson, Verlin Bailey, the Tri-County Bluegrass Band, Joyce Chisenhall and Frieda & Ellen with High Mountain Harmony. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. Coming Oct. 24, New Grace Bluegrass. Vance County Farmers’ market — The Vance County Farmers’ Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon. The market is located at the intersection of Williams and Arch streets in downtown Henderson. Vendors interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188. Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon at the corner of Market and Main streets in historic downtown Warrenton. All produce is locally grown by the vendors. For more information or to receive a vendor application, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring Ace in the Hole featuring James Potreat at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Master gardeners — The Master Gardeners will be at Rose Gin Lawn Garden & Pet Center, 615 W. US 158 Bypass, Henderson, from 9-11 a.m. to help answer garden and lawn questions. For more information, call Rose Gin at (252) 492-1103.

Monday Masonic meeting — Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 will hold its stated communication at 7 p.m. at the lodge, located at 1204 West Andrews Ave. For more information, contact Michael Edwards at 767-3672. City Council — The Henderson City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Meeting canceled — The Vance County Historical Society meeting scheduled for today has been rescheduled for June 6, 2010. The meeting will feature North Carolina author Robert Morgan, who will present a program about Daniel Boone and Judge Richard Henderson. Board of Education — The Vance County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Ave. Book sale — The Friends of the Library organization for the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson is collecting used books for its annual book sale today from 1-4 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon. Do not bring Readers Digest Condensed Books, textbooks, magazines or encyclopedias. Used books can be delivered to the former Super 10 location across from Supply Line Country Market on Raleigh Road.

Senior center offers computer classes starting in November The Vance County Senior Center will offer its next session of computer classes Nov. 17 through Dec. 10. These classes are for Vance County residents who are 55 years old or above. Some of the areas being taught include learning how to access the Internet, use e-mail, type letters, play games or check out e-bay, the on-line auction site. Classes are available for

beginners, intermediates and the advanced. In addition to taking the classes, participants can come to the senior center to use the computer lab (except during class times). Classes will be taught on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. Call the senior center at 430-0257 to register for the classes. The center is located at 126 S. Garnett St., Henderson.

Alien invaders — of the six-legged variety — have arrived in Vance Co. Yes, it’s true. Alien invaders have arrived in Vance County. They have six legs, two antennae, and a mean stinger. These vicious creatures are known as fire ants, and they are spreading. Fire ants have been slowly making their way across North Carolina for decades, and like Japanese beetles and kudzu, they are here to stay. They Paul are easMcKenzie ily recognized by Cooperative the large Extension mounds they build, which are often four inches high and 16 inches across. The ants themselves are small and indistinct, reddish brown to dark brown, an eighth of an inch long. They are aggressive nest defenders and, like honeybees and

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yellow-jackets, will attack en-masse if disturbed. Their attack weapon is a stinger at the end of the abdomen, just like bees and wasps (to which ants are closely related). One sting is unpleasant enough, but should you stumble upon a nest, the unpleasantness is magnified. As with bee stings, some people may be allergic and require medical attention. Managing them is not overly difficult. There are two basic approaches — poison baits and contact poisons. Contact poisons should be used when a quick kill is needed, such as when a mound is found in a high traffic area (e.g., next to a sidewalk). Contact poisons are available in either liquid or granular form. The pesticide is mixed with water, then sprinkled over the mound with a watering can (although some granular products are scattered over the mound and watered in). The key

to success is killing the queen, which may be several inches below the surface. You have to use enough water so that the poison gets down to her level. Baits are also effective, but slower acting. The ants consume the bait when foraging, then carry it back to the nest and distribute it to other ants. It may take a couple of days for the ants to be killed off. Baits can be used to treat individual mounds, or can be broadcast over an area with multiple mounds. Baits work best under specific temperature and moisture conditions. Otherwise, the bait turns rancid and is unpalatable to the ants. Before applying, make sure the ants are active by placing a cheese puff or potato chip near the mound, which should be consumed in less than an hour. When using any pesticide, read the instructions and follow them. Disturbing the mounds

VGCC Class Schedule (main Computer classes Area residents looking for basic computer and office skills will be interested in two VanceGranville Community College courses scheduled to begin in late October on the college’s main campus in Vance County. The “Beginner’s Guide to Computers & Internet” is the perfect first class for students who have limited knowledge of computers. Microsoft Windows XP will

be used to introduce novice students to the common components and many uses of personal computers through the Windows environment. Students will also learn effective ways to make the most of the Internet in their daily lives through the use of common search tools. Additionally, students will set up their own e-mail accounts in order to communicate with friends and family. Classes are scheduled for Thursday nights from 6-10 p.m., Oct. 22 through Dec. 3. Laura

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what we’ll do is this: Probably we’ll spend August kind of going through committee and seeing how the committee wants to deal with it. And then probably in September we’ll bring something forward.” Donham was referring to the commission’s Public Safety Committee, which is chaired by Mayor Pro Tem Howard Herring and includes Commissioners Steve Powell and Bob Williford. The commission majority on Jan. 13 gave Donham, who was hired in May 2008, the go-ahead for the study. Commissioner Walter Cantley cast the lone dissenting vote, citing concern about the impact on municipal finances. Commissioner Bob Shope was absent for personal reasons. Frank Strickland called for delaying the hiring of the association because he

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believed Oxford could do a self study. Strickland, who is chief of campus police at Meredith College in Raleigh, is opposing Mayor Al Woodlief in the Nov. 3 Oxford municipal election contest. Powell on Oct. 1 additionally entered the contest for the top position as a write-in candidate. Powell at the end of July had stated his intention not to seek re-election to the commission. Strickland unsuccessfully challenged Woodlief in 2005 and in 2007. And Strickland has repeatedly called for the resignation of Woodlief, has called for Wolford to step aside and had called for the ouster of Tommy Marrow when he was Oxford’s city manager. Supporters of the public safety study, led by Herring, have cited the Oxford Park residential area, the annexation of Rollingwood subdivision

agricultural ponds across Belltown Road from the park. The ponds are fed by surface water runoff. “We probably lost $40,000 or $50,000 worth of turf grass because we didn’t have enough water in the ponds out there to irrigate our fields,” Alligood told the commissioners, a reference to the drought of 2007. The county obtained a $25,000 grant from the Rural Center for a study conducted by McGill Associates. The Rural Center helps develop economic strategies to improve the quality of life in the Tar Heel State. The two options were an extension of Oxford’s municipal water system or having the reclaimed water system. The study recommended the latter, with Alligood saying the plan is for reclaimed water to

be pumped from Oxford’s Wastewater Treatment Plant through additional treatment at the plant site. The plant, which is located just off the Interstate 85/N.C. 96 interchange, was dedicated in May 2007 at the same location as the old one. The park is located down Belltown Road from the I-85/U.S. 15 interchange. And Phase II of the park was dedicated at the start of May of this year. Phase II, in addition to a multi-specialty facility, includes a pair of lighted fields for baseball and a pair of lighted fields for soccer. Two final projects of Phase II were an outdoor amphitheater to accommodate between 125-150 people and a pump house for a water spray park. Phase I of the park is

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and the construction of the Walmart Supercenter and the Triangle North Granville business park. The Supercenter opened on Sept. 16. And the city’s No. 2 elected official has said the location and cost of a second fire station additionally was a factor in his concluding that there ought to be a professional evaluation of public safety. The present fire station was built in 1993 and is located at 112 E. McClanahan St., just northeast of the central business district. And there is the additional question about the fire chief position because of Lanny Dillehay’s service to the Fire Department having ended on Jan. 16. After Dillehay’s departure, Donham was asked by the Dispatch whether he was going to start a search process for Dillehay’s replacement and when he wanted to have

somebody aboard. Donham said his plan was to wait until after the association provided details from the study of public safety before making a decision. During an Oct. 1 forum of Oxford municipal candidates, Strickland cited the lack of a professional fire chief since Dillehay’s departure. “And that, to me, is a very important issue in this election,” Strickland said. “And I will fight for that.” Danny Currin, a businessman seeking election to the commission, told the forum audience that one of his objectives would be for Oxford to have a fire chief, noting both the departure of Dillehay and the retirement of Assistant Fire Chief Butch Ball. Currin was a volunteer firefighter from 1975-2001.

comprised of two lighted baseball fields, plus three non-lighted soccer fields and a walking track. The commission approved the grant request at the commission’s Monday evening session, with Commissioner Ron Alligood quickly leading

the vote and emphasizing this would be a plus for the wastewater treatment plant. Commissioner Dave Currin was absent for personal reasons.

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Deaths Gladys C. Beal OXFORD — Gladys Claiborne Beal, of Oxford, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at Duke Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Harper and Blanche Munn Claiborne. She was a member of Peace’s Chapel Baptist Church, a member of the WMU and a former Sunday school teacher. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Oliver Beal. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Peace’s Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Jason Hunter. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Surviving are a son, James Beal Jr. of Bassett, Va.; four daughters, Jo Mangum of Stem, Pat Leith of South Boston, Va., and Patsy Hicks and Gail Lane, both of Oxford; a sister, Marie Huff of Oxford; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Mitchell Lane and Bryan Scott Bottoms; four brothers, Hildred, Franklin, Curtis and Melvin Claiborne; and a sister, Margaret Norwood. The family will receive friends Sunday following the services in the fellowship hall of Peace’s Chapel Baptist Church. At other times they will be at the home. Arrangements are by Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Home of Oxford.

John E. Fuller FRANKLIN — John Edward Fuller, 79, of 2775 Grove Hill Road, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late William Henry and Macha Currin Fuller. He was a faithful member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, a member

of Eastern Star Millbrook Chapter 293 in Raleigh, and a member of the Creedmoor Masonic Lodge 499. He was co-owner of Fuller and Wynn Gulf Service in Raleigh for 18 years and owner/operator of Fuller Service Center in Raleigh for 10 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. Dr. Marc Tilley. Entombment will be in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Anna Wynn Fuller of the home; a sister, Ruth F. Hicks of Creedmoor; and two brothers, William T. Fuller of Abington, Va., and James Currin Fuller of Creedmoor. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 745, Creedmoor, N.C. 27522. The visitation will be Monday from 12:30 to 2 p.m., prior to the funeral, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and other times at the home. Arrangements are by Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor.

Juanita L. Hoyle ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Juanita Lamb Hoyle, 82, a resident of Alexandria, Minn., died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Born on Nov. 24, 1926, in Minneapolis, Minn., she was the daughter of the late Claude and Alice Lamb. After graduating high school, she married C. Barton Hoyle, and together they lived in Spokane, Wash., where she worked as a secretary for a dental clinic for a number of years. She attained her private pilot’s license in 1964, and enjoyed flying around the United States. After her husband’s death in 1990, she moved to Alexandria, Minn., to be close to her family. She belonged to a bridge club

be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Henderson. Arrangements are by the Cremation Society of the Carolinas in Raleigh.

and enjoyed taking care of her pet dog “Missy.” She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. C. Barton Hoyle. Private graveside services will be held by the family at Elmwood Cemetery in Henderson. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

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James M. Jones Sr. HENDERSON — James M. Jones Sr., 59, of 199 Gillsburg Estates, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center. He was born in Vance County and was the son of Rosa Lee Gill Jones and the late Bennie Jones. He joined Sandy Grove Baptist Church at an early age. He worked for the former Harriett Henderson Cotton Mill for 26 years. Survivors include his wife, Catherine Marrow Jones; his mother, Rosa Lee Gill Jones; a daughter, Lynette Michelle Jones; a son, James M. Jones Jr.; a grandchild; two sisters, Margaret E. Palmer and Rosa Marie Howard, both of Henderson; and a brother, James Burton of Cary. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sandy Grove Missionary Baptist Church by the Rev. Charles Thompson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the residence. The body will be on view at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and at the church one hour before the service. Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

Katie M. Stevenson HENDERSON — Katie Myrick Stevenson, 84, a resident of Henderson, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. She is survived by her sons, Sidney S. Stevenson III and Michael Bartos. Memorial services will

HENDERSON — Robert Lee “Bro” Williams Jr., 44, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born on Sept. 27, 1965, in Vance County and was the son of Robert Lee Williams Sr. and the late Minnie Perry Williams. He was educated in the Vance County public schools, joined Spring Street Baptist Church at an early age, and later attended Mitchell Baptist Church with his wife. Surviving are his wife of 22 years, Marieepps Williams of Louisburg; a stepdaughter, Candi Renee Alston of Louisburg; his father, Robert Lee Williams Sr. of Henderson; a sister, Carolyn Lee Batchelor of Sickleville, N.J.; four stepbrothers, Michael Hunter of Selma, Todd Hunter of Quantico, Va., and Ryan Williams and Christopher Williams, both of Henderson; and stepmother, Mozella Perry of Kittrell. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at E.C. Terry’s Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Lee Johnson Jr. officiating and interment will be in Mitchell Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at 150 Elizabeth St. Arrangements are by E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cremation Service.

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WINTON — Jewell Anne Jernigan Copeland, age 78, of Winton. Mrs. Copeland was born on June 10, 1931, in Bertie County. She met the Lord in Heaven on October 6, 2009 at Duke Hospital after a long and courageous battle with heart failure. She was the daughter of the late Cecil Jernigan and Whittie Bazemore Jernigan. Twin sister of Ivy Jean Jernigan Callis (deceased). Mrs. Copeland is survived by her husband of 57 years, Edward T. Copeland, Sr.; her living children, Edward T. Copeland, Jr. and Peggy Esther Copeland McLean; five grandchildren, Edward T. Copeland III “Tripp”, Thomas Herbert Copeland, Anne Stephenson McLean, Augustus Lloyd Copeland McLean, and Joseph William Copeland. Mrs. Copeland was a graduate of Ahoskie High School and attended Louisburg College. She was the Third Sweetheart of the Delta Nu Chapter of Sigma Chi of Wake Forest College in 1951. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ahoskie, N.C. She taught Sunday school, vacation Bible school and was a volunteer school nurse during her children’s

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RALEIGH — North Carolina politicians wary they may be blamed for a boondoggle have assured that taxpayer money that helped lure a massive Dell Inc. computer assembly plant to North Carolina will be recovered. But millions of dollars spent on road upgrades and worker training may never come back after the plant near Winston-Salem shuts down in January. Dell announced Wednesday, four years and two days after its grand opening, 905 workers will lose their jobs when its desktop computer manufacturing plant closes. The vast majority of the tax breaks, cash grants and other promises worth up to $318 million that lured Dell was tied to the company meeting milestones for jobs created and money invested in the project. The company got the potentially rich deal by seeming to offer steady assembly work paying an average of $14 an hour for hundreds of dislocated furniture and tobacco workers in central North Carolina. State and local officials have stressed their contracts include provisions forcing

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The state Transportation Department spent about $9.3 million widening roads and upgrading interchanges to accommodate the plant and traffic resulting from it, DOT spokeswoman Greer Beaty said. The state spent $3.6 million to train workers for the Dell plant, while the Golden LEAF fund provided another $1.3 million to screen about 8,000 job seekers and help train about 1,200 hired to work at the plant. The fund, which uses part of North Carolina’s share of payments from a cigarette industry lawsuit to encourage economic growth, is likely to seek that money back, foundation president Dan Girlish said. But improved worker skills represent “an investment that will continue to benefit individuals and employers” after Dell is gone, Assistant Commerce Secretary Kathy Nil said. Plant workers have declined to discuss their pending unemployment, fearing that if they were identified by reporters they would lose their severance packages and other benefits. Dell spokesman Frink said only that all employees sign a confidentiality agreement when they join the company.

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Honored as the ‘anti-Bush’ We can already see the “Saturday Night Live” skit. Fred Armisen as Barack Obama dials the White House phone. In a split-screen, gueststar appearance, former cast member Will Ferrell as George W. Bush answers. “George! It’s Barack!” Armisen says. “Did you know people were handing out global awards and a cash prize of more than a million dollars just for not being you?” The real Barack Obama on Friday received the humbling and surprising news that he was the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. “I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many transformative figures that have been honored by this prize,” Obama said in response. Welcome to the club. It isn’t that Obama is not the sort of person who wouldn’t or couldn’t eventually win a Nobel Peace Prize. It’s just that everybody else who has won the prize has, well, finished doing something first. Obama has been chosen on expectations. Obama’s charisma and unproven plans are plenty for the prize committee, and for others around the world who are glad to bestow the award upon our president because — even in the words of those who presented the honor — Obama isn’t George W. Bush. “Those who were in support of Bush in his belief of war solving problems … probably won’t be happy,” said Aagot Valle, a committee member and lawmaker in Norway’s Socialist Left party. She said the award should show the committee’s “support and a commitment for Obama.” After all, the “not George Bush” criteria has been good enough before. Ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter won the prize in 2002, when the Nobel Committee said Carter’s selection should serve as “a kick in the leg” to Bush for his buildup toward war in Iraq. In 2007, Al Gore, former vice president and loser of the 2000 presidential election to Bush, was honored for his campaign to raise awareness about global warming, a phenomenon that Bush long denied. Italian historian Massimo Teodori agreed with the choice. “The prize is well deserved after the Bush years, which had antagonized the rest of the world,” he said. Which provides an interesting study in perceptions. After all, Obama has yet to close the Guantanamo Bay holding facility for terrorism suspects as he promised, still has U.S. troops in Iraq (though the numbers are declining), has already ordered 21,000 new troops into Afghanistan and is considering a request for 40,000 more, and his administration has even defended some Bush-era surveillance and intelligence programs that Democrats decried as unconstitutional for years. That truth — and irony — hasn’t escaped even a teenager in Afghanistan. “I don’t think Obama deserves this. I don’t know who’s making all these decisions,” said Ahmad Shabir, an 18-year-old student in Kabul. “The prize should go to someone who has done something for peace and humanity. Since he (has been) the president, I don’t see any change in U.S. strategy in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” With anywhere from three to seven more years in office to go, it is possible that Obama’s legacy will indeed be one of ending the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, reducing nuclear arms (he’s agreed to cutbacks in U.S. and Russian arsenals but hasn’t started scrapping any nukes and can’t seem to stop Iran from getting its own), and better relations with other nations. But Obama hasn’t actually done a single one of those things yet. And the Nobel committee admits it. “Some people say, and I understand it, isn’t it premature?” said Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland. “… Well I’d say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us.” What Jagland means — in no uncertain terms — is that waiting to see whether Obama accomplishes anything might result in finding out that he didn’t. And wouldn’t denying Obama a Nobel Prize because the free world didn’t actually respond to his leadership of it just be shame?

My mother gave me six months to get married. Or else. You must understand that my mother is not one of those meddling mothers. No, my ma is hands-off with her adult kids. She leaves us be until she sees one headed for a cliff. Thus, her first call about three months back. “You have six months to marry!” she said. I can’t fault her for her concern. She knows single men Tom can be knuckleheads — Purcell that we don’t Distributed by take care of C agle Cartoons ourselves as we should. The statistics bear it out. Married men are physically and emotionally healthier. They avoid risky behavior. They live longer. They earn more. Married men are much less likely to wake up in a pile of dirty laundry still clutching the tequila bottle they began drinking from just before the party broke up. Mark Twain found tremendous happiness in his marriage. He wrote that there is no greater beauty and sweetness than the closeness of a husband and wife who adore each other, and that is what I long for. The fact is, marriage is good for everyone. Married people

produce happier, healthier children. Marriage produces stable, thriving communities. Marriage has way more upsides than downsides. Thus, my mother has been phoning me regularly. “You have five months, one week, four days, two hours and 12 minutes to get married!” But, ma, I try to explain, the world is so complex these days. It’s not like the old days when you got a job, worked 35 years, then retired. The world is moving at light speed. It’s much harder to find a woman you can stay with forever. “You have four months, two weeks, six days, 12 hours and three minutes!” But, ma, I say, what’s the hurry? Being a fellow in his 40s isn’t like it was with your generation. Fortyish is the new thirtyish! More and more people are marrying and starting families in their 40s and 50s. “You have three months, three weeks, five days, 18 hours and 12 minutes!” But, ma, I say, fewer people marry these days. In 1970, close to 80 percent of adults between the ages of 20 and 54 were married. Today only 57 percent are. “You have two months, two weeks, six days, seven hours and 18 minutes!” But, ma, I tell her, younger generations are much more likely to get divorced than your generation did — some 45 percent of marriages end in divorce. Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project,

told the Associated Press why. He said people have a high degree of “expressive individualism” these days — people are demanding an unrealistic level of fulfillment in marriage. When their sense of fulfillment wanes, many don’t feel like being married anymore. “You have one month, three weeks, three days, four hours and 27 minutes!” But, ma, I continue, Wilcox is on to something. Everyone these days is looking for a soul mate — that perfect person who will make him or her feel warm and fuzzy all the time. Our expectations are impossibly high. We’re all thinking too much. No one person can ever live up to our ideals and so we stay single. “You have two weeks, four days, twelve hours and 18

minutes!” But, ma, I finally say, part of my problem is finding a lady just like you. You are the most honest, caring, compassionate woman I have ever known. You taught me what really matters in life: family, laughter, honesty, beauty. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a woman who holds all the qualities you hold. Ma, you have set the bar so high that… “Put a sock in it. You have one day, two hours and 24 minutes to get married!” Tom Purcell, a humor columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate. Visit Tom on the Web at www. TomPurcell.com or e-mail him at Purcell@caglecartoons.com.

Letters to the Editor Why the U.S. didn’t get the Olympics To the editor:

Fix health care for the paying first In an ideal world every American would have comprehensive health care. In that same ideal world everyone would also have a house, a car, money for vacations, an attractive spouse, well-behaved kids and a local sports team that wins a world championship every year. In this magical fantasy land, everyone would also have white teeth, good hair, a surprisingly accurate jump shot and a chance to meet with the president regularly just to share your opinions. Here in the real world, we should not be focusing on creating an unattainable utopia. Instead, our president should be focusing on fixing the health care system for those who can actually afford coverage. While it would be wonderful to insure the uninsured, that seems like an absurdly ambitious (and ultimately impossible) goal when we can’t even provide decent coverage for those who already pay. My health insurance, which costs nearly $400 a month just for me (my wife and son have coverage through her company’s plan), comes with high deductibles, random denials and an ever-increasing amount of hoops to jump through. Were I to get sick, faceless insurance drones would play a significant role in deciding how I get treated, often overruling highly trained doctors. I base this assumption on the fact for my relatively minor stomach ailment my insurance company has entirely dictated my course of treatment. They

had a specific list of which medicines must be tried first — a list which contradicted what my doctor wanted me to take. If my insurer interferes for financial reasons over a relatively minor stomach medicine than I cannot imagine what the company might do Daniel B. were I to get a major Kline disease. Special to It seems The Daily Dispatch obvious that before we start extending health coverage to those who cannot actually afford it, we must fix it for those who can. It plays well to the populist left-wing audience to attempt to pass universal health care. Attacking the more manageable problem of making sure those who already have insurance get treated reasonably does not excite the Democratic base in the same way even though it is the more logical, more readily solvable problem. President Obama likes to pretend that everyone can have insurance without the vast majority of people already insured paying more. Of course, he intends to tack on extra taxes for the people he considers rich, but us regular middle class folks won’t feel a thing and all of our lightly more downtrodden friends will now have full coverage. Essentially Obama wants ev-

eryone to believe that perhaps through the power of his undeniable charisma everyone can be insured and almost nobody will pay more. Unless doctors and hospitals start working for free (which they already essentially do with most Medicare payouts, sadly enough) then the tab for universal coverage will be enormous. To make matters worse, that tab will be paid by people like me who work hard to pay for fairly crummy coverage. It’s hard to imagine that adding millions of nonpaying customers to the system will improve my care. And, well, though you seem like nice people, at the end of the day, I’m mostly worried about me and mine. While it would be nice for every American to have health care, we cannot provide it by further burdening those who can actually afford it. President Obama needs to stop playing Robin Hood and start solving real problems. Fix health care for the paying customers first and then see what we can do to make health coverage affordable for more people. That sentence won’t win you an election, but it’s practical, logical and, most importantly, achievable. Daniel B. Kline’s work appears in over 100 papers weekly. When he is not writing Kline serves as general manager of Time Machine Hobby New England’s largest hobby and toy store, www.timemachinehobby. com. He can be reached at dan@ notastep.com or you can see his archive at DBKline.com or befriend him at facebook.com/dankline.

There are and will be many explanations for our recent failure to “continue to get what we want,” regarding hosting the next Olympics Games. I would like to add mine. But first a question? When your kids act up or disobey you, do you extend to them favors? If your response is no, then you should understand what I am about to say. For the last few months, Americans have been acting like immature children throwing a fit! We have attacked our properly elected president, shouting our insults, and ridicule, when all he is attempting to accomplish is to aid most of those same shouting Americans. We have displayed total disregard for character and virtue, issuing out the sorts of Bernie Madoff, John Edwards, even David Letterman, etc. (I won’t even attempt to enumerate the politicians!) And if this was not adequate, how about culminating with the beating death of that honor student in Chicago! (The place where we wanted to host the Olympics.) Don’t know how you feel, but I think America doesn’t look like the kind of place you’d want to get too cozy with. Its way past time for “time out;” it is time for maturing into a more decent planetary citizen. Then others will be more likely to want to “come out and play.” John Mayo, Creedmoor

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