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It I Creeks, streams target of clean-up. PAGE3 • Tax credit works, profs believe. PAGE4 ....• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 191 0 •!• 95th Year, Issue 12 ©2004 April 16, 2004 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONT With clear message from voters, new mayor all Funk is in set to tackle reservoir, landlord, student issues Stumblin' By DARREl W. COlE and KAYTIE DOWliNG in on history NEWARK POST STAFF WRITERS Th By JIM STREIT N ONE of the most watched I and intensely fought city may The mayoral race NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER oral elections in recent memo ry, .challenger Vance Funk III Polling Place Godwin Funk COLORADO SPRINGS, soundly defeated two-term =-Di"-'-st~ri:-'-':ct~1:-=-=------- 34·"=o-'=-----~-=-9:::-:0:::=-6 Colo. -My wife, Linda, and mayor and five-term councilman District 2 79 189 I are enjoying a wonderful Hal Godwin. Eastertime visit here, won District 3 170 474 It appears to be the first time District 4 96 185 derful because any time spent that an incumbent mayor lost a with our U.S. Air Force District 5 152 546 re-election bid since the position District 6 88 342 Academy son is cherished. was created in 1951. The weather has been gray TOTAL 925 2,642 and damp, bright sun has not NOTE: Most votes in bold. appeared, and it snowed Saturday morning. But the atmosphere has not damp The District 6 council seat ened our spir Mayor Hal Godwin spent most of Ken Bartholomew ................................115 its. Tuesday making calls to voters from his home. Chris Rewa .....................................121 We planned Kevin Vonck ....................................186 this westward venture weeks Funk, a real estate lawyer and NOTE: Most votes in bohl. ago. Our son former city Alderman, earned 74 will not be percent of vote, garnering 2,642 Voter turnout back in Newark votes compared .------,-------, until July so to 925 for • Of 15,315 registered city voters, 3,567 turned out to vote for the late spring Streit Godwin. The mayor, or 23.3 percent. semester timing 23.3 percent Of 2,727 registered voters in District 6, 422 turned out to vote of our trip seemed to make voter turnout for council, or 15.5 percent. sense. was the highest Little did we know what in recent mem we'd stumble into when we ory, with 3,567 percent), compared to 121 for morning that he was surprised at bought our airline tickets corning out to incumbent Chris Rewa and 115 the margin of victory, and that he NEWARK POST PHOTO BY DARREL W. COLE for challenger Ken Bartholomew. and supporters expected he from Donna Friswell. Rain Tuesday failed to dampen vote. Typically, What was not on our radar around 17 per- Funk Both winners will be sworn in would gamer closer to 65 percent the determination of candidates at a special ceremony Tuesday, of the vote. He said he's ready to scope was the fact that the or voters. Here, District 6 coun cent vote in a date we arrived here was 50 mayoral election. April 20, 7:30 p.m. at the city's get to work. cil candidates Ken Bartholo Municipal Building on Elkton "After you go through an elec years to the day from the mew, left, and Kevin Vonck Meanwhile, 23-year-old UD stroke of President Dwight D. doctoral student Kevin Vonck Road. They will serve at their tion, you approach the job quiet- stand outside their polling first council meeting April 26. Eisenhower's pen that creat place. won District 6 with 186 votes (44 - ed the U.S. Air Force Funk, 61, said Wednesday See ElECTION, 23 .... Academy in April1954. Our son suggested we meet him Thursday afternoon in the lobby of Arnold Hall, the Academy equivalient of The transformation begins Trabant University Center. (All the cadets refer inno staff. Building a new high school in allow that to happen. Others cently to Arnold Hall as "A Christina okays plan The proposal will bring Wilmington and developing hall" and such utterances viewed the plan as one that would to take schools sweeping changes to the district small centers of specialized destroy equality education for the startle me every time-1 hear that will get students in schools learning at the other three high them.) races and re-segregate the from good to great closer to their homes for longer schools will require additional schools. What we walked into was periods of time, consolidate the board approval. However, feasi the break-up of a VIP recep- By ROBIN BROOMAll Members of the board, after administrative and operations bility studies were approved. hearing a second reading of the See UP FRONT, 25 .... NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER departments, and improve aca The April 7 board meeting proposal, with a few amend demic rigor at all levels for stu was a very emotional one with ments, and having their questions By a vote of six to one, the dents in the district's portion of civic leaders, teachers, parents on logistics and finances Christina School District Board the city of Wilmington as well as and community members speak answered by Wise's staff, each of Education approved the the suburbs. Some of the compo ing passionately about their spoke on the difficulty they had Christina Transformation propos nents will begin in the 2004 desires for all children in the dis in arriving at their decisions. al that was presented by superin school year while others will trict to be successful. Some Several of them choked back tendent Dr. Joseph Wise and his need further investigation and viewed the transformation pro future approval by the board. posal as the vehicle that would See CHRISTINA, 19 .... 99462· 00,002 3 IN SPORTS: Rain hampers baseball toumament, page 16. .. l.ocal field hockey teams excel, page 16~ ' f 0 f f I ~ f f f • • I I ' ' \ ~ I PAGE 2 • NEWARK PosT • APRIL 16, 2004 737-0724 • Fax 737-9019 NEWARK PosT ·:· POLICE BLOTTER Can we help? • Police Blotter is compiled OHices: The paper's offices are each week from the files of the HE Delaware State Police arrested preventing them from leaving. located conveniently in Suite Newark Police Department, New Man Ta 27-year-old Elkton man for Police said the driver then exited bis allegedly kidnapping his ex-girl vehicle and jumped into the passenger 206, Madeline Crossing, 168 Castle County Police and the friend from Glasgow and assaulting her side of the victim's vehicle, and assaulted Elkton Rd., Newark, DE Delaware State Police by the urrenders current boyfriend. the boyfriend causing facial cuts and 19711. Office hours are 8:30 newspaper staff. On Sunday, Aprilll, at approximately bruises. The woman exited the driver's a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. after 11:15 p.m. troopers arrested Charles side and as she attempted to help her Phone: (302) 737-0724 Ringgold after he turned himself in at boyfriend, the assailant grabbed her Troop 2 in Newark. Ringgold was around the waist and dragged her into his Facsimile: (302) 737-9019 Fast action, alleged charged with one count of felony second vehicle against her will, police said. e-mail: [email protected] degree kidnapping and one count of mis The assailant then exited the shopping To subscribe: Call 737-0724 or kidnap demeanor third-degree assault. center with the fen\ale in his vehicle. police lookout Troopers reported that on Saturday, Approximately 30 minutes later, 1-800-220-3311. To begin a Apri110, at approximately 12:57 p.m., a police reported that the attacker released convenient home-delivery sub lead to arrests 23-year-old woman and her 36-year-old the victim at her residence in Elkton, Md. scription, simply call. boyfriend left the Friendly's Restaurant Troopers said the woman was To place a classified or display T about 2:15a.m. on Sunday, on Pulaski Highway at People's Plaza unharmed during the incident. The cur ad: Call 737-0724 or 1-800- A April 11, Newark Police Shopping Center and walked to the rent boyfriend refused medical t.reatlllent 220-3311. responded to a call for assis female's vehicle. The two attempted to at the hospital. tance in the unit block of East Main exit the shopping center when the Ringgold was arraigned at. Magistra HE STAFF of the Newark Post is Street after learning that two male woman's ex-boyfriend drove his 1995 Court 20 and was released after be posted Teager to assist readers and advertis University of Delaware students had Chevy Blazer in front of their vehicle $4,500 secured bond. ers. Reporters, writers, editors and been assaulted. salespeople can be contacted as listed: One of the students had his wallet taken during the incident. 'and later fled on foot leaving the car police headquarters and was ulti Card in wrong hands James B. Streit, Jr. is the publisher Police said that witnesses from a behind. mately linked to the break-in, police of the Newark Post. He sets policies and nearby business observed two sus On Wednesday, April 7 at 9:53 said. A 53-year-old Newark resident manages all departments in the Newark pects get into a dark Chevrolet a.m., police responded to a home in Teti has been charged with bur told Newark police on Saturday, office. Call him at 737-0724. Blazer and leave the area westbound the 100 block of DaVinci Court in glary, theft, criminal mischief and April 10, at 6:47 p.m. that soneone Darrel W. Cole is the news editor. on Main Street.