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__/__/__ / / Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com NATION Monday, January 22,2007 3A State prisoners outliving people on the outside, government reports The Associated Press the Justice Department by state overall population. percent — were because of men was 72 percent higher than State prison officials report- prison officials. By comparison, The Justice Department's medical reasons. Of those, two- among women. Nearly one- ed that 94 percent of their WASHINGTON- — State the overall population of peo- Bureau of Justice Statistics said thirds of inmates had the med- quarter of the women who died inmates who died from an ill- prison inmates, particularly ple between ages 15 and 64 is 12,129 state prisoners died ical problem they died of before had breast, ovarian, cervical or ness had been evaluated by a blacks, are living longer on dying at a rate of 308 a year. between 2001 through 2004. they were sent to prison. uterine cancer. medical professional for that average than people on the out- For black inmates, the rate Eight percent were murdered Medical problems that were Four percent of the men who illness, and 93 percent got med- side, die government said Sun- was 57 percent lower than or killed themselves, 2 percent most common among both men died had prostate or testicular ication for it. day. among the overall black popu- died of alcohol, drugs or acci- and women in state prisons cancer. Eighty-nine percent of these Inmates in state prisons are lation — 206 versus 484. But dental injuries, and 1 percent of were heart disease, lung and More than half the inmates inmates had gotten X-rays, MRI dying at an average yearly rate white and Hispanic prisoners the deaths could not be liver cancer, liver diseases and 65 or older who died in state exams, blood tests and other of 250 per 100,000, according to both had death rates slightly explained, the report said. AIDS-related causes. prisons were at least 55 when diagnostic work, state prison the latest figures reported to above their counterparts in the • The rest of the deaths — 89 But the death rate among they were sent to prison. officials told the bureau

Kids' deaths prompt push against LA gangs Suspect in Mo. abductions By Jeremiah Marquez General Alberto Gonzalez for makes first public comments The Associated Press millions of dollars in anti-gang funds and for more federal The Associated Press Louis suburb, where they prosecutors to pursue racket- found Ben and Shawn Horn- LOS ANGELES — A 14-year- NEW YORK — The. man beck on Jan. 12. Shawn had old girl was killed by Hispanic eering and other charges most- ly used in the past against accused of kidnapping two Mis- been missing since 2002. gang members who police say souri boys and holding one of "I guess I was relatively were targeting blacks. A 9- organized crime. The city has been hampered them for four years said life was happy" during those four years, year-old girl died after being good for him during that period, Devlm said. hit by a stray bullet as gang in the past by a lack of resources and changing depart- a newspaper reported Sunday. Devlin pleaded not guilty members exchanged shots Michael Devlin, 41, said his Thursday to charges of kidnap- near her home. A cop was ment priorities, according to a own parents, who live nearby, ping Ben. He also is charged wounded in a gunbattle with a city-funded report by civil with kidnapping Shawn but has rights attorney Connie Rice. have not visited bim since his suspected gangster. arrest earlier this month. The not entered a plea in that case. The soaring violence is And a 1980s anti-gang unit New York Post reported. The Post said Devlin prompting police and.politi- known as Community appeared downcast and red- cians to promise one of the Resources Against Street "I don't know how I'm going to explain myself to my par- eyed during the first interview toughest crackdowns against Hoodlums, or CRASH, was Friday, but was smiling and gangs in city history. disbanded after allegations of ents," Devlin told the Post in two 15-minute interviews at the more upbeat during an inter- "This is the monster, this is police corruption. Few of the view Saturday. what drives people's fears," said thousands of suspected gang Franklin County Jail in Union, The Associated Press Mo., in his first public com- "I feel nothing," he said in the Deputy Chief Charles Beck, members in South Los Angeles first interview. "I hide my emo- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, has appealed to U.S. ments since his arrest, aside who oversees a South Los Ange- were ever charged. tions from other people. I hide les district where gang-related Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez for millions of dollars in anti- Residents are demanding from a brief court appearance. the way I feel." crime jumped 24 percent during gang funds to aid a major crackdown on street gangs this year. renewed action while trying to "It's much easier talking to a In jail, Devlin is separated the year ending in November. stay out of the line of fire. stranger about these things from other inmates because his However, the effort has met Esteban Martinez, 41, hears than your own parents." lawyers and guards believe other skepticism in the city that has connected with the urban setup caught police brass off guard. gunshots at night in the San The 41-year-old pizzeria prisoners could attack him. an estimated 700 gangs with here," Malcolm Klein, a gang Citywide crime rates fell in Fernando Valley, where he manager is accused of taking "I'm not worried. It's 40,000 members — about four expert at the University of 2006 but gang-related offenses lives with his wife and four 13-year-old Ben Ownby just inevitable. I will eventually for every pohce officer — and Southern California, said of tlie increased 14 percent — the first small children. after the boy got off a school have to deal with it," he said, "I that gave birth to some of the gang problem. "You can reduce hike in four years. In the San "Everybody is afraid, but bus Jan. 8 in Beaufort, Mo., haven't exactly done a great job nation's most notorious gangs, it. But the idea you can some- Fernando Valley, gang murders, they don't speak (to police) about 50 miles southwest of St. of representing myself so far." including the Crips, Bloods and how eliminate it is ridiculous." assaults, robberies and other because they are afraid to get Louis. A schoolmate's tip Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. Gangs have thrived for gen- crimes jumped 42 percent. into trouble with the gang about a white pickup led "It's too big, it's too erations in Los Angeles, but the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa members," Martinez said. "I'm authorities to Devlin's apart- To SUBSCRIBE for home entrenched, it's too intimately especially violent past year has appealed to U.S. Attorney worried about my family." ment in Kirkwood, Mo., a St. delivery of the newspaper, call toll-free Pine Valley Farms |« ROOFING & SIDING | Simply the Best!!! 1-866-254-0173 Seamless Gutters, or 734-2525 te Replacement Windows K/llljlbout 'ZFacv NY POTATOES, 4 Professional Skin Care Weekdays 5 - 5 Weekends 5-11 Commercial & Residential OUPOI or subscribe online at 1260 West Church Street L ONIONS & CABBAGE 1 Elmira, New York SELL FOR vvww.stargazetfe.com O" JJOOOI.-I,-wilhSIII.Cml'ureliasc CHILS0N BROS. INC. (607) 733-933? Routel4inPineVaUcy,NY««07-739-2319 | I Rt 15, llndley, NY • 607.962-

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+1 v* 4A Monday, January 22,2007 WORLD Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com Taliban militants to open schools in southern Afghanistan Abdul Hai Muthmahien, the about schooling girls. During its iban are not against education Afghanistan's democratic Group trying to win support of locals. purported chief spokesman for rule, it banned girls from The Taliban want Shariah revival: a huge foreign-funded By Noor Khan mentalist Islamic group against the militants, said the group schools in Kabul, the capital, (Islamic) education." development drive that has The Associated Press state schools in the five years will begin providing Islamic although elsewhere it some- The U.N. mission in seen a fivefold increase in the since its ouster by U.S.-led education to students in March times permitted their schooling Afghanistan derided the number of children attending KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — forces. The Taliban destroyed in at least six southern until age 8 — but only to study announcement, saying it couldn't school. The Taliban said it will open its 200 schools and killed 20 teach- provinces, funded by $1 million the Quran, Islam's holy book be taken seriously. According to a report by the own schools in areas of south- ers last year, and President allotted by the Taliban's ruling Muthmahien said the pro- "No one can say the Taliban aid group Oxfam late last year, ern Afghanistan under its con- Hamid Karzai said Sunday that council. He said textbooks gram had been approved by has a particularly good track more than 5 million boys and trol, an apparent effort to win 200,000 children had been would be the same ones used tribal elders in the region. record in developing girls attend school in support among local residents driven from the classroom. during Taliban rule. "The U.S. and its allies are Afghanistan's schools," U.N. Afghanistan, up from less than and undermine the Western- The TaUban's announcement He also said education would doing propaganda against the spokesman Aleem Siddique said. a million students during Tal- backed government's efforts to that it will open schools "is like be available to boys first and Taliban," he said in a telephone The Taliban's attacks on iban rule. The report said, how- expand education putting salt into the wound," said later to girls, but he did not interview with The Associated state schools in the past few ever, that 7 million children still The announcement follows a Mohammad Hanif Atmar, explain if there had been a Press from an undisclosed loca- years have chipped away at one did not receive any formal violent campaign by the funda- Afghanistan's education minister. change in Taliban thinking tion late Saturday. "The Tal- of the main successes of instruction. Iran announces new missile tests Palestinians fail to agree By Nasser Karimi nations and Israel, which on coalition government The Associated Press Ahmadinejad has called to be wiped off the map. By Zeina Karam The two sides stressed that TEHRAN, Iran — Deter- Iran's new maneuvers are The Associated Press recent Palestinian fighting, mined not to budge under pres- the first since the U.N. Secu- which has killed at least 62 sure, Iran announced new tests Iranian rity Council imposed sanc- DAMASCUS, Syria — Pales- people, was unacceptable and of short-range missiles Sunday, President tions last month over tinian President Mahmoud pledged to exert efforts to and hardline President Mah- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's defiance of its Abbas and the exiled chief of avoid political friction. moud Ahmadinejad dismissed Ahmadinejad demand that Tehran suspend the rival Hamas faction failed "Palestinian bloodshed was Sunday night to resolve their considered totally prohibited, criticism that the country's delivers his uranium enrichment. differences over forming a and we must exert all efforts to economy has been hurt by U.N. budget bill The United States and its sanctions imposed for its sus- allies accuse Iran of secretly unity government, dashing avoid frictions and internal to the hopes for a quick end to deadly clashes," Abbas said. pect nuclear program. parliament developing atomic weapons The missile tests come as the clashes between their support- Hamas, which controls the in Tehran. in violation of its treaty com- U.S. Navy is sending a second mitments. Tehran has ers. Palestinian parliament and But Abbas and Hamas leader Cabinet, and Abbas' more aircraft carrier to the volatile repeatedly denied that, say- The Associated Khaled Mashaal said in a state- moderate Fatah movement Persian Gulf. U.S. officials said ing its program is solely for the USS John C. Stennis, which Press ment that they "achieved have been stuck in political the peaceful purpose of major progress" during the deadlock since Hamas' victory arrives in Mideast waters in a Sunday. It could not be con- Guards commander as saying. developing nuclear technol- matter of weeks, is meant as a firmed whether the exercise had Though U.S. officials suggest meeting — their first since July in legislative elections last ogy to generate electricity. 2005 — and hoped to resume year. warning to Iran. begun near Garmsar city, about Iran exaggerates its military Speaking in Israel, Under- Stressing Iran's preparedness, 60 miles southeast of Tehran capabUities, Washington is very talks within two weeks. The refusal of the Islamic secretary of State Nicholas "There are still points of dis- militants in Hamas to recog- state television said the Revolu- "The maneuver is aimed at concerned about Iranian Burns said the limited U.N. tionary Guards planned to begin evaluating defensive and fighting progress in developing missiles. agreement, but we will try to nize Israel's right to exist led sanctions imposed were just resolve them through a nation- to Western sanctions that have three days of testing the short- capabilities of the missiles," the Some of its missiles are capable the beginning of the global range Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles report quoted an unidentified of hitting U.S.-allied Arab al dialogue until we form a paralyzed the Palestinian effort to punish the Tehran national unity government," economy. 'zTeiJs' regime. 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Kids' deaths prompt push against LA gangs Suspect in Mo. abductions By Jeremiah Marquez General Alberto Gonzalez for makes first public comments The Associated Press millions of dollars in anti-gang funds and for more federal The Associated Press Louis suburb, where they found Ben and Shawn Horn- LOS ANGELES — A 14-year- prosecutors to pursue racket- NEW YORK — The man beck on Jan. 12. Shawn had old girl was killed by Hispanic eering and other charges most- accused of kidnapping two Mis- been missing since 2002. gang members who police say ly used in the past against souri boys and holding one of "I guess I was relatively were targeting blacks. A 9- organized crime. The city has been hampered them for four years said life was happy" during those four years, year-old girl died after being good for him during that period, Devlm said. hit by a stray bullet as gang in the past by a lack of resources and changing depart- a newspaper reported Sunday. Devlin pleaded not guilty members exchanged shots Michael Devlin, 41, said his Thursday to charges of kidnap- near her home. A cop was ment priorities, according to a own parents, who live nearby, ping Ben. He also is charged wounded in a gunbattle with a city-funded report by civil with kidnapping Shawn but has suspected gangster. rights attorney Connie Rice. have not visited him since his arrest earlier this month, The not entered a plea in that case. The soaring violence is And a 1980s anti-gang unit The Post said Devlin prompting police and politi- known as Community New York Post reported. "I don't know how I'm going appeared downcast and red- cians to promise one of the Resources Against Street eyed during the first interview toughest crackdowns against Hoodlums, or CRASH, was to explain myself to my parents," Devlin told the Post in Friday, but was smiling and gangs in city history. disbanded after allegations of more upbeat during an inter- "This is the monster, this is police corruption. Few of the two 15-minute interviews at the Franklin County Jail in Union, view Saturday. what drives people's fears," said thousands of suspected gang "I feel nothing," he said in the The Associated Press Mo., in his first public com- Deputy Chief Charles Beck, members in South Los Angeles first interview. "I hide my emo- who oversees a South Los Ange- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, has appealed to U.S. were ever charged. ments since his arrest, aside Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez for millions of dollars in anti- tions from other people. I hide les district where gang-related Residents are demanding from a brief court appearance. the way I feel." crime jumped 24 percent during gang funds to aid a major crackdown on street gangs this year. renewed action while trying to "It's much easier talking to a In jail, Devlin is separated the year ending in November. stay out of the line of fire. stranger about these things from other inmates because his However, the effort has met Esteban Martinez, 41, hears than your own parents." lawyers and guards believe other skepticism in the city that has connected with the urban setup caught police brass off guard. gunshots at night in the San The 41-year-old pizzeria prisoners could attack him. an estimated 700 gangs with here," Malcolm Klein, a gang Citywide crime rates fell in Fernando Valley, where he manager is accused of taking "I'm not worried. It's 40,000 members — about four expert at the University of 2006 but gang-related offenses lives with his wife and four 13-year-old Ben Ownby just inevitable. I will eventually for every police officer — and Southern California, said of the increased 14 percent — the first small children. after the boy got off a school have to deal with it," he said, "I that gave birth to some of the gang problem. "You can reduce hike in four years. In the San "Everybody is afraid, but bus Jan. 8 in Beaufort, Mo., haven't exactly done a great job nation's most notorious gangs, it. But the idea you can some- Fernando Valley, gang murders, they don't speak (to police) about 50 miles southwest of St. of representing myself so far." including the Crips, Bloods and how eliminate it is ridiculous." assaults, robberies and other because they are afraid to get Louis. A schoolmate's tip Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. Gangs have thrived for gen- crimes jumped 42 percent. into trouble with the gang about a white pickup led "It's too big, it's too erations in Los Angeles, but the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa members," Martinez said. "I'm authorities to Devlin's apart- To SUBSCRIBE for home entrenched, it's too intimately especially violent past year has appealed to U.S. Attorney worried about my family." ment in Kirkwood, Mo., a St. delivery of the newspaper, call toll-free Pine Valley Farms j.^J ROOFING & SIDING | Simply the Best!!! 1-866-254-0173 te Seamless Gutters, or 734-2525 Replacement Windows NY POTATOES, •* Professional Skin Care Weekdays 5 - 5 Weekends 5-11 Commercial & Residential OUPOI or subscribe online at 1260 West Church Street i ONIONS & CABBAGE i Elmira, New York SELL FOR O^ S|Moi?K Wllh$l(MM)l>iin'hiisi> I CHILS0N BROS. INC. 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+1 mmmmmmliar?- •':•«.»;» ^' ..i-.'-i 4A Monday, January 22,2007 WORLD Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com Taliban militants to open schools in southern Afghanistan Abdul Hai Muthmahien, the about schooling girls. During its iban are not against education. Afghanistan's democratic Group trying to win support of locals. purported chief spokesman for rule, it banned girls from The Taliban want Shariah revival: a huge foreign-funded By Noor Khan mentalist Islamic group against the militants, said the group schools in Kabul, the capital, (Islamic) education." development drive that has The Associated Press state schools in the five years will begin providing Islamic although elsewhere it some- The U.N. mission in seen a fivefold increase in the since its ouster by U.S.-led education to students in March times permitted their schooling Afghanistan derided the number of children attending KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — forces. The Taliban destroyed in at least six southern until age 8 — but only to study announcement, saying it couldn't school. The Taliban said it will open its 200 schools and killed 20 teach- provinces, funded by $1 million the Quran, Islam's holy book be taken seriously. According to a report by the own schools in areas of south- ers last year, and President allotted by the Taliban's ruling Muthmahien said the pro- "No one can say the Tahban aid group Oxfam late last year, ern Afghanistan under its con- Hamid Karzai said Sunday that council. He said textbooks gram had been approved by has a particularly good track more than 5 million boys and trol, an apparent effort to win 200,000 children had been would be the same ones used tribal elders in the region. record in developing girls attend school in support among local residents driven from the classroom. during Taliban rule. "The U.S. and its allies are Afghanistan's schools," U.N. Afghanistan, up from less than and undermine the Western- The Taliban's announcement He also said education would doing propaganda against the spokesman Aleem Siddique said a million students during Tal- backed government's efforts to that it will open schools "is like be available to boys first and Taliban," he said in a telephone The Taliban's attacks on iban rule. The report said, how- expand education putting salt into the wound," said later to girls, but he did not interview with The Associated state schools in the past few ever, that 7 million children still The announcement follows a Mohammad Hanif Atmar, explain if there had been a Press from an undisclosed loca- years have chipped away at one did not receive any formal violent campaign by the funda- Afghanistan's education minister. change in Taliban thinking tion late Saturday. "The Tal- of the main successes of instruction. Iran announces new missile tests Palestinians fail to agree By Nasser Karimi nations and Israel, which on coalition government The Associated Press Ahmadinejad has called to be wiped off the map. By Zeina Karam The two sides stressed that TEHRAN, Iran — Deter- Iran's new maneuvers are The Associated Press recent Palestinian, fighting, mined not to budge under pres- the first since the U.N. Secu- which has killed at least 62 sure, Iran announced new tests Iranian rity Council imposed sanc- DAMASCUS, Syria — Pales- people, was unacceptable and of short-range missiles Sunday, President tions last month over tinian President Mahmoud pledged to exert efforts to and hardline President Mah- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's defiance of its Abbas and the exiled chief of avoid political friction. moud Ahmadinejad dismissed Ahmadinejad demand that Tehran suspend the rival Hamas faction failed "Palestinian bloodshed was criticism that the country's delivers his uranium enrichment. Sunday night to resolve their considered totally prohibited, economy has been hurt by U.N. The United States and its differences over forming a and we must exert all efforts to budget bill unity government, dashing avoid frictions and internal sanctions imposed for its sus- to the allies accuse Iran of secretly pect nuclear program. developing atomic weapons hopes for a quick end to deadly clashes," Abbas said. parliament clashes between their support- Hamas, which controls the The missile tests come as the in Tehran. in violation of its treaty com- U.S. Navy is sending a second mitments. Tehran has ers. Palestinian parliament and But Abbas and Hamas leader aircraft carrier to the volatile repeatedly denied that, say- Cabinet, and Abbas' more The Associated Khaled Mashaal said in a state- moderate Fatah movement Persian Gulf. U.S. officials said ing its program is solely for the USS John C. Stennis, which Press ment that they "achieved have been stuck in political the peaceful purpose of major progress" during the deadlock since Hamas' victory arrives in Mideast waters in a Sunday. It could not be con- Guards commander as saying. developing nuclear technol- matter of weeks, is meant as a firmed whether the exercise had Though US. officials suggest meeting — their first since July in legislative elections last ogy to generate electricity. 2005 — and hoped to resume year. warning to Iran. begun near Garmsar city, about Iran exaggerates its military Speaking in Israel, Under- Stressing Iran's preparedness, 60 miles southeast of Tehran. capabihties, Washington is very talks within two weeks. 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Results will be published Saturday. 5A Wednesday, January 17,2007, Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com Associate Editor David Kubissa, 607/271-8217, [email protected] EDITORIAL The next state comptroller The president's leap of faith • Screening panel should select Hevesi • Bush's new Iraq hopefuls with integrity in mind. policy hinges on A prime attribute of New York's next comptroller is several implausible painfully obvious. He or she must put public integrity first circumstances. All right, so it's an obvious requirement for the job, but in the wake of Alan Hevesi's disgraceful abuse of With his new Iraq poUcy, the office and subsequent resignation, the office and its President Bush essentially has nearly 2,400 employees need someone of unquestion- written off any prospect of able integrity to restore confidence in the agency and regaining broad support at state government. What it does not need is someone home for his course of action, who has the most legislative buddies or who has accu- in the slender mulated the highest pile of political lOUs. hope of find- By trying to bilk state taxpayers of $206,293, Hevesi's ing the key to military suc- stain on the office splattered all over Albany. Nothing cess and can erase the cynicism political THE FIELD his crime fueled about agreements Here are the candidates either state government, but a in Baghdad. lobbying for the state comptroller's trustworthy replacement: It is a huge job or thought to be on the short can repair some of the David personal list of potential appointees to the damage. gamble, one vacant position: Starting on Tuesday, a Broder that has trig- • Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, three-member panel will gered a debate that may well domi- D-lrondequoit, Monroe County. review candidates for nate the final two years of • Assemblyman Richard Brod- comptroller and recom- Bush's tenure. sky, D-Greenburgh, Westchester mend as many as five Interestingly, Bush and his County. names to the Legislature, critics start from the same • Assemblyman Thomas which in turn will vote premise: The ultimate solu- tfu^'KEW WKf POWARD" DiNapoli, D-Great Neck, Nassau to appoint Hevesi's re- tion in Iraq is political, not County. placement. In addition to military. In his televised That does not say much protecting Shiite militias. was disbanded in a reckless • Assemblyman Alexander assessing the candidates' speech last Wednesday, Bush about the viabUity of that gov- When I asked a National decision soon after the fall of "Pete" Grannis, D-Manhattan. honesty, the panel said, "Only Iraqis can end the ernment, but there is certainly Security Council official why Saddam Hussein, and is only sectarian violence and secure a measurable risk that Bush the promise should be taken • Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D- should be looking for a now being slowly rebuilt. The Brooklyn. their people." may be right about the conse- seriously, after so many dis- pohce force is notoriously comptroller candidate That will require concrete quences. appointments in the past overrun with sectarian mili- • William Mulrow, Westchester willing to be independ- County investment banker. steps toward national unifica- In any case, he has chosen year, he said the prime min- tias. ent of politics and ag- tion with the Sunni minority to send Maliki a very different ister now faces not just When Bush draws a picture • Andrew SanFilippo, city comp- gressive enough to in- and the Kurds, which the signal — more troops under external pressure from the of Iraqi army and pohce troller, Buffalo. vestigate every nook and Shiite-dominated government looser terms of engagement, United States, but also the brigades going "door-to-door • Carol Bellamy, former UNICEF cranny where taxpayer of Prime Minister Nouri already to support Iraqi forces urgings of "other moderate to gain the trust of Baghdad director. money might be wasted Maliki has balked at taking for in an effort to purge Baghdad elements" in his own coali- residents," he has to hope • Diana Taylor, superintendent or abused. the past year. of rival Sunni and Shiite mili- tion who are weary of the those cops aren't regarded as of banks, New York state. __^ The comptroller's job And Bush and his critics tias. fighting. assassins disguised in uniform share a second premise: That In doing this. Bush has is to be fair and helpful to A skeptic would say that when they go into Sunni government must be nudged adopted the view of John Bush has sacrificed the sup- neighborhoods. the subjects of its audits, into action — or Iraq is lost. McCain, Joe Lieberman and port of moderates at home — And then there are those such as state and local governments, school districts and The Iraq Study Group, the the neo-cons, namely, "The the Repubhcan as well as pohticians in Baghdad — the state authorities. However, an independent auditor must bipartisan panel headed by most urgent priority for suc- Democratic lawmakers voic- ones Bush is gambling can not be afraid to embarrass his political friends, if neces- James A. Baker III and Lee cess in Iraq is security, espe- ing skepticism about his plan find consensus in a country sary, to carry out the duties of the office. Hamilton, argued that the cially in Baghdad." — for some supposed "moder- that has known national unity In addition to being the watchdog over government most effective signal to Maliki But he has claimed to be ates" in Baghdad. only under a dictator. spending, the comptroller approves and monitors state and his associates would be to dealing with the political For this gamble to work, a Everyone acknowledges contracts, analyzes the budget and criticizes, when announce plans for a phased problem at the same time — lot of implausible things have there is no risk-free way of necessary, the spending policies approved by the withdrawal of American by informing Maliki that to happen. Maliki's governing solving the mess in Iraq. Bush troops in the first quarter of Legislature and governor. "America's commitment is not coalition, which includes the has chosen a way that guaran- next year. That policy would open-ended," and by reiterat- party of Moqtada al-Sadr, will tees what was forecast here Hevesi might have been a thief in office, but he also have commanded strong sup- ing the now-familiar set of have to steel itself to send just a month ago: "a foreign was no shrinking violet when it came to warning state port in the Congress elected steps needed for political troops into the neighborhoods poUcy and national security officials about reckless spending habits. That latter last November and, if polls are. progress — division of oil rev- controlled by Sadr's own debate as consequential as any trait is something the comptroller review panel should correct, among the American enues, constitutional reform, Mahdi Army. Defense Secre- this nation and its allies have . be looking for in the next person to run the office. people. provincial elections, de- tary Robert Gates says this faced since the start of World Taxpayers don't need a political lapdog but rather a Bush chose another,course, Baathification — that the will happen, but the promise Warll." comptroller willing to speak his or her mind, use the bul- arguing that any early pullout Maliki government has long remains to be tested. ly pulpit to point out irresponsible spending and manage or loss of American assistance resisted. Also unproved is the capaci- You can write to David other duties such as the state-employee pension fund would lead to "a collapse of Bush said he has Maliki's ty of the Iraqi army and pohce Broder at the Washington the Iraqi government, tear the Tough, fair, honest and bold. Put those qualities in word that all this will hap- force, which are supposed to Post Writer's Group, 1150 ISth country apart and result in pen — and that there will be be "in the lead," with Ameri- the comptroller's chair for the next four years, and St. N.W., Washington, DC mass killings on an unimagin- an end to the unspoken poli- can troops in support, in clear- 20071. E-mail: david- New York taxpayers will be better off. able scale." cy of targeting Sunnis while ing out Baghdad. The army [email protected].

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Thank you, you certainly won't forget he presented in his Jan. U let- bless our country, our presi- many of our schoolchildren groups volunteered to repack how fortunate you are that ter to the Star-Gazette. dent and be with all the brave look forward to winter and food for the children. In the Horseheads volunteers they were there to help you Before the bitter crossing of Americans, their families and spring breaks, 57 percent of words of my parishioner I want to give my sincere while at the same time asking the Delaware by George loved ones now sacrificing to them who rely on free meals Georgia Jordan, "The people thanks to the Horseheads nothing in return. Washington and his ragtag preserve our hard-won free- at school don't have the cer- from Trinity found the expe- Town and Country Fire To all of those who re- army to carry out one last des- doms. tainty of hot breakfasts and rience a gratifying one — Department, its volunteers as sponded to my desperate call perate attempt to defeat the lunches. After being shocked physically repacking the food on Jan 7,1 applaud your deci- PATRICIA C. G00DRIDGE well as the other departments Hessians at Trenton, Thomas ELMIRA with this reality, I was con- items and seeing what the and volunteers who respond- sion to volunteer, and I hope Paine pubUshed these famous vinced to make something children were receiving ed to the chimney fire at my that when called upon I'm able words so applicable to our Hunger efforts happen and that my congrega- made you understand that to respond to a fellow citizen's current situation in Iraq: home on Jan. 7. The volun- should be applauded tion be a part of such an effort. we actually are making a dif- teers' quick response and de- need for help with similar ef- "These are the times that In December, 16 faith com- ference." cisive action no doubt saved fectiveness and professional- try men's souls. The summer When the superintendent of munities in the Elmira area Bravo to the school district my home that night. ism. soldier and the sunshine patri- the Elmira school district, partnered with the Food for initiating an idea. Bravo to The general public, myself JAMES E. H0LLIS ot will, in this crisis, shrink Raymond Bryant, invited Bank of the Southern Tier — the Food Bank for entertaining included, often takes volun- HORSEHEADS from the service of their coun- members of the area faith under the direction of it. And most importantly, bra- teers for granted. They're try; but he that stands it now community to discuss ways Jennifer Bertron — and cre- vo to the people in the faith "out of sight and out of mind" Times are tough, deserves the love and thanks we could help our children, I ated the Holiday BackPack community who make sure of man and woman. until we need them. I hope was excited. When we were Program. The program pro- that no child should go hun- but fight is worthy "Tyranny, like hell, is not asked to help our children that no one will ever be faced vided more than 500 children gry. Hunger does not take a With a grandson serving his easily conquered; yet we have with the most basic of needs with a house fire and thus re- at risk of hunger with vacation. quire the help of a fire de- second tour in Iraq and anoth- this consolation with us, that — feeding them — I was healthy, nutritious food to partment, but if you ever do er recently enlisted in ROTC, the harder the conflict, the shocked I was shocked about take home for vacation. More REV. DR. WILLIAM C. LUTZ and you see them in action, I want to thank Randy Marsh more glorious the triumph." the state of childhood hunger than 70 people from different TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH you'll never forget it. Plus, for the historical perspective May the God of the Bible in the city of Elmira. While congregations and youth ELMIRA

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self-pity and pain. on Sundays and at funeral Masses. a tree outside a window, so I don't "I was so angry," Jacks explains. "I The singing was therapeutic. It start crying," he explains. "Those peo- VOICE kept thinking 'Somebody has to pay helped give him a reason to go on and ple have come there to hear me sing, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A for this."' to be happy. It gave him a means to not cry." That somebody was Mickey's hus- remember and honor his daughter. But a sensitive man, like Jack can't way back to his wife, Bonnie, their band. Jack made him the monster. "One of the main reasons I sing is always hold back the tears, especially three daughters and his church. "Then one day my wife said to me, for Mickey," Jack explains. "I think of at funerals for childrea The Catholic Church was part of 'Jack she (Mickey) loved him.' I'll her when I sing. She's with me when I "Those are the worst," he explains. Jack's life, as a kid. The Elmira native never forget those words," Jack says. sing. She's always with me. Anyone went to St. Mary's Catholic school as Jack has made many people happy "It was like she hit me between the who has lost a child will tell you that." and honored them, in life and death. a child, before attending and graduat- eyes with a 12-pound maul." Every year on the anniversary of ing from Southside High School in' When asked who he would want to That's when Jack realized he had to Mickey's death and on her birthday, sing at his funeral. Jack laughs and 1952. Although he can't read music, he climb out of the hole he had dug and he sings special songs for his daugh- sang in the school and church choirs. says he hasn't thought about it. be a husband and father to his family. ter, usually "Ave Maria" He doesn't have to, says Mary After high school, he drifted away "I needed to make myself useful," Jack's youngest daughter, Jackie, of- from the church, going to Mass only Jack says. "I needed sanctuary. I ten sings with Jack at the church and Montanarella, the organist at St. Mary's. occasionally. found it in the church." weddings. "Jack is so well-known and well- Jack was always a man who gave He found it sitting alone in a pew Soon people were asking Jack to liked," she says, "I think there would back to his community. He served in one sununer day at St. Mary's. sing at funerals, weddings and other be hundreds of people who would of- the Navy, was an Elmira city council- "It's hard to explain, but there's just events. He sings in churches, in funer- fer to sing at his funeral." man from 1969 until 1980 and does something about sitting in a pew, the al homes and at grave sites. Count me in. plenty of volunteer work for nonprof- sim shining through the stained-glass He is a perfect choice — a loving, it organizations. windows," he explains. "It gave me good-hearted family man who knows Jim Pfiffer's Real Life column about JENNIFER KINGSLEY/Star-Gazette But after his daughter's death, he hope and a peaceful feeling. I needed the pain of a loss of a loved one. people, places and life in the Twin "My singing is for the living," says St. stopped being Jack He blamed every- that." That pain can bring tears to his Tiers appears Wednesdays and Mary's choir member Jack Keefe, who one and everything for his daughter's He started going to Mass, joined eyes, while singing at funerals. Fridays. You can reach him by e-mail: sings at funerals. "It's the closure that death. Jack was lost and wallowing in the church choir and began singing "I try to focus on something, maybe [email protected]. people need."

Possible Salvation HOME Army location Navy names next aircraft "CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A carrier for Gerald Ford and paper goods. There is know that an aircraft carrier bear- parking for only four vehicles. By Ken Thomas The Associated Press ing my name may be permanent- The new center would pro- ly associated with the valor and vide additional space for stor- WASHINGTON — The patriotism of the men and women age and as many as 75 to 100 of the United States Navy." parking spaces. Navy said Tuesday that its next Betty Ford did not attend the Merchant said the Salvation aircraft carrier will be named ceremony but planned to watch Army's cost of operation would the USS Gerald R. Ford in it on a Pentagon broadcast, said not increase if the new center honor of the late president, a is built. tribute to his love of the Navy. Ford Bales, who was joined by "We're going to team up Ford, who served in the Navy her three brothers. She said the with other agencies to do during World War II, died Dec. family was grateful to the U.S. things, so we won't be asking "We're going to team up 26 at his home in Rancho service branches for accompa- the community for any more Mirage, Calif;, at 93. Former nying them during the services money than they are giving us with other agencies to do JEFF RICHARDS/Star-Gazette Defense Secretary Donald H. honoring their father. now," he said. Capt. John Merchant of the Coming Salvation Army shows where Rumsfeld had said the Navy "There is nothing, absolutely If the new center becomes a things, so we won't be food coolers are stored in the garage area of the Coming facility. was planning the honor dining nothing, that would have made reality, the Denison Parkway asking the community for a eulogy at Ford's funeral. Dad prouder," she said. building would be sold for up "President Ford will always Several lawmakers said Ford to $550,000, with the proceeds any more money than they NEW BUILDING be an example to us of personal had an intimate knowledge of set aside to maintain the new The proposal for a new Salvation Army community center includes: kindness, loyalty and coolness aircraft carriers — and even complex. are giving us now." • A 35-foot-by-64-foot chapel. under pressure," said Vice helped save one in the Pacific. Potential tenants in the new • A 90-foot-by-64-foot gymnasium. President Dick Cheney, who Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., building could include such CAPT. JOHN MERCHANT • A 45-foot-by-64-foot multipurpose room. served as Ford's chief of staff, noted that during Ford's com- agencies as Meals on Wheels Corning Salvation Army • A 20-foot-by-40-foot child care facility. during a Pentagon ceremony. bat service aboard the aircraft carrier USS Monterey, he led a and the Home Energy Assis- • Rooms for games, teens, storage, arts and crafts, food and cloth- Susan Ford Bales said her father had mentioned the crew that battled a fire sparked tance Program, Merchant said. tenants," Merchant said. ing pantries, offices and meetings. Tom Gaige of South Coming impending honor in a letter to a by planes shaken loose in a The Red Cross could use the Source: Coming Salvation Army. gymnasium for blood drives said he supports the Salvation friend shortly before his death. December 1944 typhoon. and the YMCA could use it for Army plan. He wrote, "In my life, I have "Thirty years before Presi- sports tournaments. "I think it's a wonderful very cramped space in the to donate," Gaige said. "I think received countless honors, but dent Ford would right our ship "We're still searching for idea," Gaige said. "They have current building." it would be doable." none was greater than the of state, Lt. Ford helped save Gaige said he thinks it The new space for teen opportunity to wear the uni- the Monterey and its men," would be possible to raise the activities also would be wel- form of lieutenant commander Levin said. $2.7 million necessary to build come, Gaige said. of the United States Navy." The carrier, with capacity for the community center. "There "That's something the The former president wrote a crew of 4,660, is expected to are many people, organiza- teenage population could des- that it was a "a source of inde- be commissioned in seven to tions and corporations willing perately use," he said. scribable pride and humility to eight years, officials said.

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L+[z: RACIAL AHITUDES GOING IT ALONE EDITORIAL BOARD In the 39 years since the Rev. Martin Luther Vice President Dick Cheney reaffirmed in an Monte I. Trammer, King Jr.'s assassination, do you think racial interview on Sunday that President Bush would president and publisher m relations in the United States have changed send 21,500 more troops to Iraq even if a David Kubissa, ONLINE for the better? majority of Congress opposes it. Should the associate editor YES 63% NO 37% (1,207 TOTAL VOTES) president ignore Congress' wishes on Iraq pol- Lois Wilson, POLL Results are not scientific. They represent only the icy? Visit www.stargazette.com by noon Friday managing editor Opinion opinions of those responding to the question. • to vote. Results will be published Saturday. 5A Wednesday, January 17,2007, Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com Associate Editor David Kubissa, 607/271-8217, [email protected] EDITORIAL The next state comptroller The president's leap of faith • Screening panel should select Hevesi • Bush's new Iraq hopefuls with integrity in mind. policy hinges on A prime attribute of New York's next comptroller is several implausible painfully obvious. He or she must put public integrity first circumstances. All right, so it's an obvious requirement for the job, but in the wake of Alan Hevesi's disgraceful abuse of With his new Iraq policy, the office and subsequent resignation, the office and its President Bush essentially has nearly 2,400 employees need someone of unquestion- written off any prospect of able integrity to restore confidence in the agency and regaining broad support at' state government. What it does not need is someone home for his course of action, who has the most legislative buddies or who has accu- in the slender mulated the highest pile of political lOUs. hope of finding the key to By trying to bilk state taxpayers of $206,293, Hevesi's military suc- stain on the office splattered all over Albany. Nothing cess and can erase the cynicism political THE FIELD his crime fueled about agreements Here are the candidates either state government, but a in Baghdad. lobbying for the state comptroller's trustworthy replacement It is a huge job or thought to be on the short can repair some of the David personal list of potential appointees to the damage. gamble, one Broder that has trig- vacant position: Starting on Tuesday, a three-member panel will gereda • Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, debate that may well domi- D-lrondequoit, Monroe County, review candidates for nate the final two years of I Assemblyman Richard Brod- comptroller and recom- Bush's tenure. sky, D-Greenburgh, Westchester mend as many as five Interestingly, Bush and his County. names to the Legislature, critics start from the same u • Assemblyman Thomas which in turn will vote premise: The ultimate solu- ik NEw vmcvovmRD" DiNapoli, D-Great Neck, Nassau to appoint Hevesi's re- tion in Iraq is political, not County. placement. In addition to military. In his televised That does not say much protecting Shiite militias. was disbanded in a reckless decision soon after the fall of • Assemblyman Alexander assessing the candidates' speech last Wednesday, Bush about the viability of that gov- When I asked a National ernment, but there is certainly Security Council official why Saddam Hussein, and is only "Pete" Grannis, D-Manhattan. honesty, the panel said, "Only Iraqis can end the • Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D- sectarian violence and secure a measurable risk that Bush the promise should be taken now being slowly rebuilt. The should be looking for a may be right about the conse- seriously, after so many dis- police force is notoriously Brooklyn. their people." comptroller candidate That will require concrete quences. appointments in the past overrun with sectarian mili- • William Mulrow, Westchester willing to be independ- steps toward national unifica- In any case, he has chosen year, he said the prime min- tias. County investment banker. ent of politics and ag- tion with the Sunni minority to send Maliki a very different ister now faces not just When Bush draws a picture • Andrew SanFilippo, city comp- gressive enough to in- and the Kurds, which the signal — more troops under external pressure from the of Iraqi army and police troller, Buffalo. vestigate every nook and Shiite-dominated government looser terms of engagement, United States, but also the brigades going "door-to-door • Carol Bellamy, former UNICEF cranny where taxpayer of Prime Minister Nouri already to support Iraqi forces urgings of "other moderate to gain the trust of Baghdad director. money might be wasted Maliki has balked at taking for in an effort to purge Baghdad elements" in his own coali- residents," he has to hope • Diana Taylor, superintendent or abused. the past year. of rival Sunni and Shiite mili- tion who are weary of the those cops aren't regarded as of banks. New York state. And Bush and his critics tias. fighting. assassins disguised in uniform The comptroller's job share a second premise: That In doing this, Bush has A skeptic would say that when they go into Sunni is to be fair and helpful to government must be nudged adopted the view of John Bush has sacrificed the sup- neighborhoods. the subjects of its audits, into action — or Iraq is lost. McCain, Joe Lieberman and port of moderates at home — And then there are those such as state and local governments, school districts and The Iraq Study Group, the the neo-cons, namely, "The the Republican as well as politicians in Baghdad — the state authorities. However, an independent auditor must bipartisan panel headed by most urgent priority for suc- Democratic lawmakers voic- ones Bush is gambling can not be afraid to embarrass his political friends, if neces- James A. Baker III and Lee cess in Iraq is security, espe- ing skepticism about his plan find consensus in a country sary, to carry out the duties of the office. Hamilton, argued that the cially in Baghdad." — for some supposed "moder- that has known national unity In addition to being the watchdog over government most effective signal to Maliki But he has claimed to be ates" in Baghdad. only under a dictator. spending, the comptroller approves and monitors state and his associates would be to dealing with the political For this gamble to work, a Everyone acknowledges 1 contracts, analyzes the budget and criticizes, when announce plans for a phased problem at the same time — lot of implausible things have there is no risk-free way of to happen. Maliki's governing solving the mess in Iraq. Bush necessary, the spending policies approved by the withdrawal of American by informing Maliki that troops in the first quarter of "America's commitment is not coalition, which includes the has chosen a way that guaran- i Legislature and governor. next year. That policy would open-ended," and by reiterat- party of Moqtada al-Sadr, will tees what was forecast here ' Hevesi might have been a thief in office, but he also have commanded strong sup- ing the now-familiar set of have to steel itself to send just a month ago: "a foreign was no shrinking violet when it came to warning state port in the Congress elected steps needed for political troops into the neighborhoods policy and national security ' officials about reckless spending habits. That latter last November and, if polls are, progress — division of oil rev- controlled by Sadr's own debate as consequential as any trait is something the comptroller review panel should correct, among the American enues, constitutional reform, Mahdi Army. Defense Secre- this nation and its allies have ; be looking for in the next person to run the office. people. provincial elections, de- tary Robert Gates says this faced since the start of World Taxpayers don't need a political lapdog but rather a Bush chose anothercourse, Baathification — that the will happen, but the promise War II." comptroller willing to speak his or her mind, use the bul- arguing that any early pullout Maliki government has long remains to be tested. ly pulpit to point out irresponsible spending and manage or loss of American assistance resisted. Also unproved is the capaci- You can write to David would lead to "a collapse of other duties such as the state-employee pension fund Bush said he has Maliki's ty of the Iraqi army and police Broder at the Washington the Iraqi government, tear the word that all this will hap- force, which are supposed to Post Writer's Group, 115015th Tough, fair, honest and bold. Put those qualities in country apart and result in pen — and that there will be be "in the lead," with Ameri- St. N.W., Washington, DC the comptroller's chair for the next four years, and mass killings on an unimagin- an end to the unspoken poli- can troops in support, in clear- 20071. E-mail: david- New York taxpayers will be better off. able scale." cy of targeting Sunnis while ing out Baghdad. The army [email protected].

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Thank you, you certainly won't forget he presented in his Jan. II let- bless our country, our presi- many of our schoolchildren groups volunteered to repack how fortunate you are that ter to the Star-Gazette. dent and be with all the brave look forward to winter and food for the children. In the Horseheads volunteers they were there to help you Before the bitter crossing of Americans, their families and spring breaks, 57 percent of words of my parishioner I want to give my sincere while at the same time asking the Delaware by George loved ones now sacrificing to them who rely on free meals Georgia Jordan, "The people thanks to the Horseheads nothing in return. Washington and his ragtag preserve our hard-won free- at school don't have the cer- from Trinity found the expe- Town and Country Fire To all of those who re- army to carry out one last des- doms. tainty of hot breakfasts and rience a gratifying one — Department, its volunteers as sponded to my desperate c«dl perate attempt to defeat the PATRICIA CGOODRIDGE lunches. After being shocked physically repacking the food well as the other departments on Jan. 7,1 applaud your deci- Heissians at Trenton, Thomas ELMIRA with this reality, I was con- items and seeing what the and volunteers who respond- sion to volunteer, and I hope Paine published these famous vinced to make something children were receiving ed to the chimney fire at my that when called upon I'm able words so applicable to our Hunger efforts happen and that my congrega- made you understand that home on Jan. 7. The volun- to respond to a fellow citizen's current situation in Iraq: should be applauded tion be a part of such an effort. we actually are making a dif- • teers' quick response and de- need for help with similar ef- "These are the times that In December, 16 faith com- ference." cisive action no doubt saved fectiveness and professional- try men's souls. The summer When the superintendent of munities in the Elmira area Bravo to the school district , my home that night. ism. soldier and the sunshine patri- the Elmira school district, partnered with the Food for initiating an idea. Bravo to The general public, myself JAMES E. H0LLIS ot will, in this crisis, shrink Raymond Bryant, invited Bank of the Southern Tier — the Food Bank for entertaining included, often takes volun- HORSEHEADS from the service of their coun- members of the area faith under the direction of it. And most importantly, bra- teers for granted. They're try; but he that stands it now community to discuss ways Jennifer Bertron — and cre- vo to the people in the faith "out of sight and out of mind" Times are tough, deserves the love and thanks we could help our children, I ated the Holiday BackPack community who make sure Program. The program pro- until we need them. I hope but fight is worthy of man and woman. was excited. When we were that no child should go hun- that no one will ever be faced "Tyranny, like hell, is not asked to help our children vided more than 500 children gry. Hunger does not take a with a house fire and thus re- , With a grandson serving his easily conquered; yet we have with the most basic of needs at risk of hunger with vacation. quire the help of a fire de- second tour in Iraq and anoth- this consolation with us, that — feeding them — I was healthy, nutritious food to partment, but if you ever do er recently enlisted in ROTC, the harder the conflict, the shocked. I was shocked about take home for vacation. More REV. DR. WILLIAM C. LUTZ and you see them in action, I want to thank Randy Marsh more glorious the triumph." the state of childhood hunger than 70 people from different TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH you'll never forget it. Plus, for the historical perspective May the God of the Bible in the city of Elmira. While congregations and youth ELMIRA

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self-pity and pain. on Sundays and at funeral Masses. a tree outside a window, so I don't "I was so angry," Jacks explains. "I The singing was therapeutic. It start crying," he explains. "Those peo- VOICE kept thinking 'Somebody has to pay helped give him a reason to go on and ple have come there to hear me sing, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A for this.'" to be happy. It gave him a means to not cry." That somebody was Mickey's hus- remember and honor his daughter. way back to his wife, Bonnie, their But a sensitive man, like Jack can't band. Jack made him the monster. "One of the main reasons I sing is • always hold back the tears, especially three daughters and his church. "Then one day my wife said to me, for Mickey," Jack explains. "I think of The Catholic Church was part of at funerals for children. 'Jack, she (Mickey) loved him.' I'll her when I sing. She's with me when I "Those are the worst," he explains. Jack's life, as a kid. The Elmira native never forget those words," Jack says. . sing. She's always with me. Anyone went to St. Mary's Catholic school as Jack has made many people happy "It was like she hit me between the who has lost a child will tell you that." and honored them, in life and death. a child, before attending and graduat- eyes with a 12-pound maul." Every year on the anniversary of ing from Southside High School in When asked who he would want to That's when Jack realized he had to Mickey's death and on her birthday, sing at his funeral, Jack laughs and 1952. Although he can't read music, he climb out of the hole he had dug and he sings special songs for his daugh- says he hasn't thought about it. sang in the school and church choirs. be a husband and father to his family. ter, usually "Ave Maria." After high school, he drifted away "I needed to make myself useful," Jack's youngest daughter, Jackie, of- He doesn't have to, says Mary from the church, going to Mass only Jack says. "I needed sanctuary. I ten sings With Jack at die church and Montanarella, the organist at St Mary's. occasionally. found it in the church." weddings. "Jack is so well-known and well- Jack was always a man who gave He found it sitting alone in a pew Soon people were asking Jack to liked," she says, "I think there would back to his community. He served in one summer day at St. Mary's. sing at funerals, weddings and other be hundreds of people who would of- the Navy, was an Elmira city council- "It's hard to explain, but there's just events. He sings in churches, in funer- fer to sing at his funeral." man from 1969 until 1980 and does something about sitting in a pew, die al homes and at grave sites. Count me in. plenty of volunteer work for nonprof- sun shining through the stained-glass He is a perfect choice — a loving, it organizations. windows," he explains. "It gave me good-hearted family man who knows Jim Pfiffer's Real Life column about JENNIFER KINGSLEY/Star-Gazette But after his daughter's death, he hope and a peaceful feeling. I needed the pain of a loss of a loved one. people, places and life in the Twin "My singing is for the living," says St. stopped being Jack He blamed every- that." That pain can bring tears to his Tiers appears Wednesdays and Mary's choir member Jack Keefe, who one and everything for his daughter's He started going to Mass, joined eyes, while singing at funerals. Fridays. You can reach him by e-mail: sings at funerals. "It's the closure that death. Jack was lost and wallowing in the church choir and began singing "I try to focus on something, maybe [email protected]. people need."

Possible Salvation HOME Army location Navy names next aircraft CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A carrier for Gerald Ford and paper goods. There is parking for only four vehicles. By Ken Thomas know that an aircraft carrier bear- The new center would pro- The Associated Press ing my name may be permanent- vide additional space for stor- ly associated with the valor and age and as many as 75 to 100 WASHINGTON — The patriotism of the men and women parking spaces. Navy said Tuesday that its next of the United States Navy." Merchant said the Salvation aircraft carrier will be named Betty Ford did not attend the the USS Gerald R. Ford in ceremony but planned to watch Army's cost of operation would ERIC BANKS/ not increase if the new center Star-Gazette honor of the late president, a it on a Pentagon broadcast, said is built. tribute to his love of the Navy. Ford Bales, who was joined by "We're going to team up Ford, who served in the Navy her three brothers. She said the with other agencies to do during World War II, died Dec. family was grateful to the U.S. things, so we won't be asking "We're going to team up 26 at his home in Rancho service branches for accompa- the community for any more Mirage, Calif., at 93. Former nying them during the services money than they are giving us with other agencies to do JEFF RICHARDS/Star-Gazette Defense Secretary Donald H. honoring their father. now," he said. Capt. John Merchant of the Corning Salvation Army shows where Rumsfeld had said the Navy "There is nothing, absolutely If the new center becomes a • things, so we won't be food coolers are stored in the garage area of the Corning facility. was planning the honor during nothing, that would have made reality, the Denison Parkway asking the community for a eulogy at Ford's funeral. Dad prouder," she said. building would be sold for up "President Ford will always Several lawmakers said Ford to $550,000, with the proceeds any more money than they NEW BUILDING be an example to us of personal had an intimate knowledge of set aside to maintain the new The proposal for a new Salvation Army community center includes: kindness, loyalty and coolness aircraft carriers — and even complex. are giving us now." • A 35-foot-by-64-foot chapel. under pressure," said Vice helped save one in the Pacific. Potential tenants in the new • A 90-foot-by-64-foot gymnasium. President Dick Cheney, who Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., CAPT. JOHN MERCHANT building could include such • A 45-foot-by-64-foot multipurpose room. served as Ford's chief of staff, noted that during Ford's com- agencies as Meals on Wheels Corning Salvation Army • A 20-foot-by-40-foot child care facility. during a Pentagon ceremony. bat service aboard the aircraft and the Home Energy Assis- • Rooms for games, teens, storage, arts and crafts, food and cloth- Susan Ford Bales said her carrier USS Monterey, he led a father had mentioned the crew that battled a fire sparked tance Program, Merchant said. tenants," Merchant said. ing pantries, offices and meetings. Tom Gaige of South Corning impending honor in a leder to a by planes shaken loose in a The Red Cross could use the Source: Coming Salvation Army. s gymnasium for blood drives said he supports the Salvation friend shortly before his death. December 1944 typhoon. and the YMCA could use it for Army plan. He wrote, "In my life, I have "Thirty years before Presi- ^sports tournaments. "I think it's a wonderful very cramped space in the to donate," Gaige said. "I think received countless honors, but dent Ford would right our ship "We're still searching for idea," Gaige said. "They have current building." it would be doable." none was greater than the of state, Lt. Ford helped save Gaige said he thinks it The new space for teen opportunity to wear the uni- the Monterey and its men," would be possible to raise the activities also would be wel- form of lieutenant commander Levin said. $2.7 million necessary to build come, Gaige said. of the United States Navy." The carrier, with capacity for the community center. "There "That's something • the The former president wrote a crew of 4,660, is expected to are manyFpeople, or§ilSSa-- teiSSge populadon could des- that it was a "a source's? inde- be commissioned in seven to dons and corporations willing perately use," he said. scribable pride and humility to eight years, officials said.

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+1 1+ Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com NATION Tuesday, January 9,2007 3A A big stink raised in NYC West Side Highway, down to ble inteUigence to suggest any • Cause of odor in Battery Park City and across the imminent threat to the home- Big Apple is unknown. Hudson River. It disrupted mass land or to New York at this transit and caused some brief time," said Russ Knocke, By Karen Matthews evacuations and hospitalizadons. spokesman for the Department Mayor Michael Bloomberg The Associated Press of Homeland Security. said there was no indication that The Fire Department began the air was unsafe to breathe. "It getting calls about the odor NEW YORK — They bom- may just be an unpleasant barded 911 with calls, crowded around 9 a.m., said spokesman smell," he said. He said sensors Tim Hinchey. the sidewalks in front of evacu- did not show an unusually high ated buildings and tuned to the A handful of city schools concentration of natural gas. were evacuated. Steve Satin, the news for word of what was Bloomberg said natural gas is happening. The question on the principal of Norman Thomas odorless, and the chemical that is High School on East 33rd Street, minds of so many New York- added to it gives it the recogniza- said the school was evacuated ers: "What's that smell?" ble odor. He said the smell may A gaslike odor hung over have resulted from a leak of that for about 35 minutes, but then much of Manhattan and parts substance, called mercaptan. students returned to class. of New Jersey on Monday Charles Sturcken, a Susan Badger, a retiree who morning, leaving many unan- spokesman for the city Depart- lives in Chelsea, said she left swered questions in its pungent ment of Environmental Protec- her apartment building at 27th wake as officials struggled to tion, said later that the odor Street and Eighth Avenue to explain the origin of the smell. could have been caused by escape the smell. 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He is tracking how batches of embryonic stem cells created by The Associated Press So why try again, when even CLEVELAND — Van Halen supporters doubt they can over- U.S. researchers are being made a "jump" into the Rock WASHINGTON — Congress ride another veto? Polls show a shipped abroad, and worries that other countries more aggressive- and Roll Hall of Fame on Mon- opens a second showdown majority of Americans support ly pursuing the field may be first day, along with Grandmaster with President Bush over embryonic stem cell research, to turn the master cells into Flash and the Furious Five — embryonic stem cells this week, and Democrats say the public demanded action by casting bal- cures unavailable to Americans. the first rap act to be inducted with Democrats hoping to push lots for stem cell supporters in "Will patients have to travel into the hall — and RE.M., the through an expansion of tax- Ronettes and Patti Smith. the November election. to Australia to get the thera- payer-funded research into the Focusing on preliminary pies?" he asks. A panel of 600 industry fig- The Associated Press controversial cells. ures selected the five acts to "alternatives" such as the amni- Embryonic stem cells are able Grandmaster Flash at a news conference in February in New York. At stake is whether cells that otic stem cells won't fool the to morph into any of the more be inducted at the annual cere- scientists consider the most than 220 cell types that make up mony, to be held March 12 in public, added Sen. Tom Harkin, ate a blend of cerebral, ragged- promising will be the ones D-Iowa. the human body. They typically New York. To be eligible, ONLINE ly emotional music. most used in the race to devel- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "If we truly want to cure and are culled from fertility-clinic artists must have issued a first Grandmaster Flash and the op cures for dozens of diseases. treat diseases that afflict so leftovers otherwise destined to single or album at least 25 www.rockhall.com Furious Five (Kid Creole, Cow- Complicating that question: many people in this country, be thrown away. But because years before nomination. boy, Grandmaster Flash, Melle There are different types of our nation's top scientists the culling kills the embryos, "RE.M. and myself in partic- with his bhstering guitar solos; Mel, Mr. Ness, Raheim) led the stem cells. Fetal stem cells should be allowed to pursue Bush on Aug. 9,2001, restricted ular are really terrible at look- his feud with Roth led to most innovative act in hip- found floating in amniotic fluid stem cell research of all kinds, government funding to research ing backward," R.E.M.'s lead Hagar's run with the band, hop's formative era in the late^ are the latest to make headlines, be it embryonic, adult or amni- using only the embryonic stem singer, Michael Stipe, told The which produced hits into the 1970s, and the song "The Mes- a finding cited by foes of the otic," he said. cell lines then in existence, Associated Press via phone 1990s. sage" was like a letter from embryonic stem cell legislation The scientific community groups of stem cells kept alive from London "We kind of as a RE.M. (Bill Berry, Peter urban America. Grandmaster that is certain to pass the House stands firm that research, not and propagating in lab dishes. band continually look forward, Buck, Mike Mills and Stipe) Flash was considered a pioneer on Thursday. ideology, must determine stem The problem: There are only so it's really fantastic that was the quintessential indie in many DJ techniques. "We don't have to split the cells' true promise — and that about 21 of those lines available someone, especially the Rock rock band until breaking With beehive hairdos and nation on this if we've got an embryonic stem cells so far are for study, most created in ways and Roll Hall of Fame, are through to mass success in the dark eyeliner, the 1960s girl alternative," said Rep. Phil Gin- backed by the most promising that preclude use in humans. At looking backward to recognize early 1990s with songs such as group the Ronettes (Estelle grey, R-Ga., an obstetrician evidence that one day they least 300 more lines now are the work that we've done." "Losing My ReUgion." Bennett, Ronnie Spector, who opposes embryonic stem might be used to grow replace- available that many scientists "I'm just really honored that The unique sound of their Nedra Talley) achieved their cell research because culling ments for damaged tissue, such insist are better suited for they thought of us," he added. first album, 1983's "Murmur," greatest success with producer the cells from 5-day-old as new insulin-producing cells implantation into sick people. Van Halen was the 1980s was the beginning of the mul- Phil Spector and his "wall of embryos destroys them. for diabetics or new nerve con- The new legislation wouldn't hard rock quartet led by gui- tiplatinum band's emergence sound" style. Spector, who is "What we hope is that scien- nections to restore movement fund the creation of stem cell tarist Eddie Van Halen, outra- as leader of the U.S. alternative awaiting a March 5 murder tists will find ways to unlock after spinal injury. lines and hence any embryo geous lead vocalist David Lee scene of the '80s and '90s. trial in the 2003 shooting death the promise of stem cells with- "Let's let the laboratories destruction, but it would allow Roth, and later, rocker Sammy Punk rock poef Smith, of actress Lana Clarkson, co- out having to force people into worldwide figure out which the National Institutes of Hagar, that put out hits such as known as the Godmother of wrote the trio's biggest hit, "Be the choice of claiming a human ones are the best for the task at Health to fund research using "Jump" and "Dreams." Punk, came out of lower Man- My Baby," and was married to life in so doing," White House hand, and that's discovering those already existing newer Eddie Van Halen stood out hattan in the early 1970s to cre- its lead singer, Ronnie Spector. spokesman Tony Snow said treatments and cures for people stem cell lines.

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It disrupted mass land or to New York at this transit and caused some brief time," said Russ Knocke, evacuations and hospitalizations. spokesman for the Department By Karen Matthews Mayor Michael Bloomberg The Associated Press of Homeland Security. said there was no indication that The Fire Department began the air was unsafe to breathe. "It getting calls about the odor NEW YORK — They bom- may just be an unpleasant barded 911 with calls, crowded around.9 a.m., said.spokesman smell," he said. He said sensors Tim Hinchey. the sidewalks in front of evacu- did not show an unusually high ated buildings and tuned to the A handful of city schools concentration of natural gas. were evacuated. Steve Satin, the news for word of what was Bloomberg said natural gas is happening. The question on the principal of Norman Thomas odorless, and the chemical that is High School on East 33rd Street, minds of so many New York- added to it gives it the recogniza- said the school was evacuated ers: "What's that smell?" ble odor. He said the smell may A gaslike odor hung over have resulted from a leak of that for about 35 minutes, but then much of Manhattan and parts substance, called mercaptan students returned to class. of New Jersey on Monday Charles Sturcken, a Susan Badger, a retiree who morning, leaving many unan- spokesman for the city Depart- lives in Chelsea, said she left swered questions in its pungent ment of Environmental Protec- her apartment building at 27th wake as officials struggled to tion, said later that the odor Street and Eighth Avenue to explain the origin of the smell. could have been caused by escape the smell. 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Merchandise, style and color availability may vary by store. Sorry, not available by 1-86 Exit 51A, Horseheads, NY A Community Day not at our New Jersey locations. mail/phone order. [10374C] IOTMALL 607-739-8704 I www.arnotmalljconii STOP SEARCHING AND START SHOPPING! +LL J+ ^ w 4A Tuesday, January 9,2007 IATION Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com :ock hall to welcome first rap aci Democrats head for second 3 Grandmaster Flash tobejoinedbyR.E.M., showdown over stem cell funds Van Halen, Ronettes, Monday, making clear the pres- who need them," adds bioethi- • New bill may be ident hasn't changed his stand cist Christopher Scott, who Patti Smith. facing another veto. since vetoing an identical bill to heads the Stanford Program on By toe [VSilicia expand embryonic stem cell Stem Cells and Society. The Associated Press By Lauran Neergaard research just six months ago. He is tracking how batches of The Associated Press So why try again, when even embryonic stem cells created by CLEVELAND — Van Halen supporters doubt they can over- U.S. researchers are being made a "jump" into the Rock WASHINGTON — Congress ride another veto? Polls show a shipped abroad, and worries that and Roll Hall of Fame on Mon- opens a second showdown majority of Americans support other countries more aggressive- day, along with Grandmaster with President Bush over embryonic stem cell research, ly pursuing the field may be first to turn the master cells into Flash and the Furious Five — embryonic stem cells this week, and Democrats say the public demanded action by casting bal- cures unavailable to Americans. the first rap act to be inducted with Democrats hoping to push lots for stem cell supporters in "Will patients have to travel into the hall — and RE.M., the through an expansion of tax- the November election. to Australia to get the thera- Ronettes and Patti Smith. payer-funded research into the Focusing on preliminary pies?" he asks. A panel of 600 industry fig- The Associated Press controversial cells. ures selected the five acts to "alternatives" such as the amni- Embryonic stem cells are able Grandmaster Flash at a news conference in February in New York. At stake is whether cells that otic stem cells won't fool the to morph into any of the more be inducted at the annual cere- scientists consider the most mony, to be held March 12 in public, added Sen. Tom Harkin, than 220 cell types that make up ate a blend of cerebral, ragged- promising will be the ones D-Iowa. the human body. They typically New York. To be eligible, ONLINE ly emotional music. most used in the race to devel- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "If we truly want to cure and are culled from fertility-clinic artists must have issued a first Grandmaster Flash and the op cures for dozens of diseases. leftovers otherwise destined to single or album at least 25 treat diseases that afflict so www.rockhall.com Furious Five (Kid Creole, Cow- Complicating that question: many people in this country, be thrown away. But because years before nomination. boy, Grandmaster Flash, Melle There are different types of our nation's top scientists the culling kills the embryos. "R.E.M. and myself in partic- with his blistering guitar solos; Mel, Mr. Ness, Raheim) led the stem cells. Fetal stem cells should be allowed to pursue Bush on Aug. 9,2001, restricted ular are really terrible at look- his feud with Roth led to most innovative act in hip- found floating in amniotic fluid stem cell research of all kinds, government funding to research ing backward," R.E.M.'s lead Hagar's run with the band, hop's formative era in the late are the latest to make headlines, be it embryonic, adult or amni- using only the embryonic stem singer, Michael Stipe, told The which produced hits into the 1970s, and the song "The Mes- a finding cited by foes of the otic," he said. cell lines then in existence, Associated Press via phone 1990s. sage" was like a letter from embryonic stem cell legislation The scientific community groups of stem cells kept alive from London "We kind of as a RE.M. (Bill Berry, Peter urban America. Grandmaster that is certain to pass the House stands firm that research, not and propagating in lab dishes. band continually look forward, Buck, Mike Mills and Stipe) Flash was considered a pioneer on Thursday. ideology, must determine stem The problem: There are only so it's really fantastic that was the quintessential indie in many DJ techniques. "We don't have to split the cells' true promise — and that about 21 of those lines available someone, especially the Rock rock band until breaking With beehive hairdos and nation on this if we've got an embryonic stem cells so far are for study, most created in ways and Roll Hall of Fame, are through to mass success in the dark eyeliner, the 1960s girl alternative," said Rep. Phil Gin- backed by the most promising that preclude use in humans. At looking backward to recognize early 1990s with songs such as group the Ronettes (Estelle grey, R-Ga., an obstetrician evidence that one day they least 300 more lines now are the work that we've done." "Losing My Religion." Bennett, Ronnie Spector, who opposes embryonic stem might be used to grow replace- available that many scientists "I'm just really honored that The unique sound of their Nedra Talley) achieved then- cell research because culling ments for damaged tissue, such insist are better suited for they thought of us," he added. first album, 1983's "Murmur," greatest success with producer the cells from 5-day-old as new insulin-producing cells implantation into sick people. Van Halen was the 1980s was the beginning of the mul- Phil Spector and his "wall of embryos destroys them. for diabetics or new nerve con- The new legislation wouldn't hard rock quartet led by gui- tiplatinum band's emergence sound" style. Spector, who is "What we hope is that scien- nections to restore movement fund the creation of stem cell tarist Eddie Van Halen, outra- as leader of the U.S. alternative awaiting a March 5 murder tists will find ways to unlock after spinal injury. lines and hence any embryo geous lead vocalist David Lee scene of the '80s and '90s. trial in the 2003 shooting death the promise of stem cells with- "Let's let the laboratories destruction, but it would allow Roth, and later, rocker Sammy Punk rock poet Smith, of actress Lana Clarkson, co- out having to force people into worldwide figure out which the National Institutes of Hagar, that put out hits such as known as the Godmother of wrote the trio's biggest hit, "Be the choice of claiming a human ones are the best for the task at Health to fund research using "Jump" and "Dreams." Punk, came out of lower Man- My Baby," and was married to life in so doing," White House hand, and that's discovering those already existing newer Eddie Van Halen stood out hattan in the early 1970s to cre- its lead singer, Ronnie Spector. spokesman Tony Snow said treatments and cures for people stem cell lines. Growing use of generics v V. A V ^ ^ .;" A;0 :. ./m^^^m^jo^j//^; ^ moderates health costs By Kevin Freking The Associated Press Health spending WASHINGTON — Health More than 30 percent of health care care spending grew in 2005 at spending in the U.S. went to hospitals SERVICE CENTER OF BIG FLATS the slowest pace in six years in 2005. thanks in part to a greater • 24.6% 30.8% West of Consumer Square Other Hospitals reUance on generic drugs. 6.1% Health spending went up 6.9 Nursing ^^ 607-796-5555 percent in 2005, approaching $2 homes .X. trillion. That represents about $1 out of every $6 spent in the U.S., compared with about $1 out of every $10 in the early 1980s. Private and public payers for r SERVICE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN ELMIRA health care, such as insurers, 7.2% 21.2% states and the federal govern- Administration '-10.1% Physicians Corner of Madison Ave & Water St. ment, have said that such a Drugs spending pattern cannot be sus- 607-733-344 tained without harming the SOURCE: Centers lor Medicare The Associated economy. Some of the tools and Medicaid Services Press they've put in place to slow have sought to slow drug spend- health care spending appear to ing by giving customers an have had an impact. incentive to buy generics or low- The slower growth in 2005 is cost brand name drugs. For OPEN Monday thru Friday 7:30a-Sp° Saturday 8a-4p good news for consumers and taxpayers, but economists aren't example, they require customers confident that the trend will last. to pay only a nominal fee for cer- •lc>;c^' ^CV/O'T' Richard Foster, the chief tain medicines, say $3. However, actuary for the Centers for for medicines they'd rather the Medicare and Medicaid Ser- customer not take, they'll require fmut MOTDCE vices, said there is a growing the customer to pick up a much demand for expensive lifesav- larger share of the drug's costs, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) has filed tariff revisions with the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) ing equipment and procedures. say 20 percent. The use of such tiering has become standard in compliance with the PSC's August 23,2006 rate order regarding electricity rates to become effective January 1,2007. The tariff Officials said prescription drugs played the most impor- practice by insurers. revisions reflect a $36.2 million reduction in delivery revenue (a 5.8% overall reduction in delivery rates), further unbundling of competitive tant role in slowing health care States also took steps to rein services and changes to NYSEG's economic development programs. spending in 2005. The growth in costs. They pooled together in spending on medicine was to negotiate lower prices for Below is a summary of the changes to NYSEG's tariff schedules; affected by the revisions are PSC Nos. 119 and 120 (Electricity), and lower than overall spending on the medicine they provide the 121 (Street Lighting). Full details of the tariff changes are available at nyseg.com. health care for the first time poor and elderly in Medicaid. since the early '90s. They also encouraged the use Tsiof Kewosiomis to ESeOiveirv Prices In the past five years, insurers of generics. Kedmictioini im KesideitnaD Kates > An overall 5.7% reduction in electricity delivery rates for residential customers is achieved through a decrease in per kilowatt-hour (kwh) delivery charges, an increase of $2 in the Basic Service Charge for Service Classification 1 (residential regular) and 8 (residential day/night), and a decrease of $5 in the Basic Service Charge for Service Classification 12 (residential time-of-use). CRAZY /\/\/-j'~ i Small Mom-dismaeii, Wcsn-iesidBinilloal Kates > An overall 6.4% reduction in electricity delivery rates for small non-demand billed, nonresidential customers is achieved through a decrease in per kwh delivery charges and an increase of $2 in the Relax & Come To Basic Service Charge for Service Classification Nos. 6 and 9. KedMcSDomi omi CMiiffiir Wop-KesidlEntiaS > An overall 6.5% reduction in electricity delivery rates for demand-billed. RYNONE nonresidential customers. 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g of Competitive Services > The cost of bill issuance has been unbundled from the Basic Service Charge and • will be listed separately on customers' bills. Customers who receive electricity supply from a supplier other than NYSEG and who receive a consolidated bill for delivery and supply will not be charged NYSEG's Bill Issuance Charge. The Merchant Function Charge has also been unbundled from rates and will appear as a separate line item on the bills of customers who purchase electricity supply from NYSEG. For demand-billed nonresidential customers, metering charges have been unbundled from the Basic Service Charge and will appear as separate line items on the bills of customers who receive metering services from NYSEG.

Tariff Kevisms to Economic [development Programs 0 The company is introducing a new incentive, the Incremental Load Incentive. o The company is phasing out the Economic Development Incentive, Economic Revitalization Incentive, Incubator Development Incentive and Self Generation Deferral Incentive. ° Effective January 1,2007, the Small Business Growth Incentive is no longer available, o Kilowatt-hours supplied by the New York Power Authority are exempt from paying the System Benefits and Renewable Portfolio Great Cabinets at Great Prices! Standard charges. (607) 565-8125 -410 Spaulding St, Waverly, NY • Rynone.coTti/kb + 3+ r\ < Star-Gazette, www.stargazette.com mmn Thursday, January 4,2007 3A Dems vow action on eve of taking control Congressman to be sworn in • Ethics, Iraq top noon today. "In fact, politics has dais that weakened RepubU- keeping a roll call vote open for using Jefferson's Quran prevented progress on these cans in last fall's elections. hours so leaders could find By Frederic J. Frommer more Muslims" will be elected issues for too many years." agenda; shift in power In addition to expanding enough votes to pass Medicare The Associated Press and follow Ellison's lead. Elli- Even as they prepared to take restrictions on privately legislation But rather than ban son was born in Detroit and in Congress becomes control of Congress, Democrats financed trips enjoyed by law- the practice, the proposed new WASHINGTON — Rep.- received a brusque reminder converted to Islam in coUege. official today. makers, House Democrats said rule declares that a vote "shall elect Keith Ellison, the first Ellison spokesman Rick that they face pressure from the they would prohibit travel on not be held open for the sole Muslim ejected to Congress, political left as well as resist- Jauert said the new congress- corporate jets and require purpose of reversing the out- will use a Quran once owned man "wants this to be a special By David Espo ance from Republicans. greater disclosure of earmarks, The Associated Press come." by Thomas day, and using Thomas Jeffer- At one point during the day. the pet projects inserted into After long pledging a new Jefferson dur- son's Quran makes it even Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a member legislation at the behest of indi- WASHINGTON — Congres- era of civility and openness in ing his cere- more special." of the Democratic leadership, vidual lawmakers. monial swear- sional Democrats stepped hun- was addressing reporters when the House, Democrats said "Jefferson's Quran dates reli- The rules do not prohibit ing-in today. grily to the brink of power he was loudly interrupted by they would not a^ow Repubh- gious tolerance to the founders lawmakers from taking trips The chief of Wednesday, promising imme- Cindy Sheehan and other anti- cans the chance to amend any of our country," he added. financed by foundations that of the first half-dozen bills to the Library of diate action to limit the influ- war activists. "De-escalate, inves- seek to influence public opin- An English translation of the ence of lobbyists and constant be brought to a vote during Congress' rare tigate, troops home now!" they ion. Those trips will require Arabic, it was published in 1764 prodding of the Bush adminis- the first 100 hours.of the new book and spe- shouted, while he smiled gamely. pre-approval from the ethics cial collec- | in London, a later printing of tration to bring U.S. troops Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in Line to Congress. The measures ElL S0N committee. tions division, one originally published in 1734. home from Iraq. relate to the minimum wage, become the nation's first female Current rules ban congres- Mark Dimunation, will walk the "This is considered the text President Bush pushed back House speaker, spent much of stem cell research, energy, sional travel paid for by lob- Quran across the street to the that shaped Europe's under- against the political opposition her day at ceremonial events. student loans and recommen- standing of the Quran," Dimu- as he contemplated divided byists or foreign govern- Capitol and then walk it back She attended a Catholic Mass ments, and violations of the dations by the commission nation said. government for the first time in remembrance of the children after the ceremony. existing restrictions played that investigated the terrorist Ellison, D-Minn., contacted It was acquired in 1815 as part since entering the White of Darfur and Katrina, then a heavily in the scandal involv- attacks of 2001. of a 6,400-volume collection House. He said he would soon tea in her honor. the library about the book last ing Republican lobbyist Jack "We view the first 100 month, Dimunation said. that Jefferson sold for $24,000, propose a five-year plan to bal- That left it to her lieutenants to Abramoff. hours as essentially a mandate Some critics have argued that to replace the congressional ance the budget, and he chal- outline plans for the Democrats' from the American peoplfe," lenged Democrats to avoid Democrats appeared to only a Bible should be used for library that had been burned by initial stretch in the majority. backtrack from their campaign- Hoyer told reporters, explain- passing "bills that are simply the swearing-in. Last month, British troops the year before, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Mary- season pledge in at least one ing the decision to safeguard political" statements. land, the incoming majority Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, R- in the War of 1812. area. They were sharply critical those measures from Republi- "There is nothing political leader, said the first six bills Va., warned that unless immi- "It was a real bargain," Dimu- last year of Repubhcans for can attack. about finding a policy to end the and a series of stiffer ethics gration is tightened, "many nation said. war in Iraq, raising the minimum rules would be passed within wage, achieving energy inde- two weeks. Clinical Social Work & Counseling Servicesl pendence or helping kids afford The first step, he said, would college," shot back Sen. 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