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Groups Plan to Refurbish WWII Gunnery Tower www.delawareonline.com THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 2007 ••• THE NEWS JOURNAL B3 LOTTERIES MARYLAND NEW JERSEY Daily Night 5-3-9 DELAWARE Pick 3 Day 3-1-7 Pick 3 Day 9-6-5 Big 4Night 3-4-1-8 Play 3 Day 6-0-6 Pick 4Day 0-7-7-6 Pick 4Day 0-3-0-4 Cash 5 17-22-23-31-34 AND THE REGION Pick 3 Night 6-5-5 Play 4 Day 7-8-3-1 Pick 3 Night 8-9-6 Treasure Hunt 06-10-11-18-19 Play 3 Night 1-0-6 Pick 4Night 5-2-5-3 Pick 4Night 4-5-8-1 Mix & Match(drawn Oct. 8) 06-15-04-18-02 Play 4 Night 3-2-3-7 Cash 5 08-14-15-21-40 Bonus Match 5 13-16-19-21-36 Lotto (drawn Oct. 10) 04-05-06-13-22-31 Pick 6 (drawn Oct. 8) 03-05-09-24-33-38 Match 6 (drawn Oct. 9) 03-07-16-25-42-45 Powerball (drawn Oct. 10) 12-16-31-33-54 Bonus Ball 39 PENNSYLVANIA For a recording of numbers drawn, call: Power 05 Mega Millions (drawn Oct. 09) 01-10-17-32-51 Daily Day 6-1-8 Delaware (800) 338-6200-(302) 736-1436 (out of Delaware Power Play 4 Mega Ball 44 Big 4Day 8-8-2-0 state) CRIME STOPPERS Anyone with information about a Delaware crime can make an anony- Groups plan to refurbish Newark mum mous call to Crime Stoppers. If the information leads to an arrest, the caller could receive up to $1,000. In Delaware, call (800) TIP-3333 (847- 3333) or from acell phone, call on officer in *TIPS. From other states, call (302) WWII gunnery tower 739-5927. Built in 1942 to aim POLICE &FIRE Fort Miles batteries DUI arrest By MOLLY MURRAY Off-duty cop wrecked car leased Kent County The News Journal TEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL AS- by city for undercover purposes SAULT: A teen has been charged with Two resort-area preservation a sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl groups have joined forces to raise By TERRI SANGINITI he was babysitting in her Felton home. money for restoration of one of The News Journal The 15-year-old surrendered to two World War II fire control tow- Delaware State Police on Oct. 5 after ers just south of Dewey Beach, An off-duty Newark police officer was arrested on the child told her parents what had which they want to open to the drunken driving charges last month after he crashed a happened, said agency spokesman Cpl. public. city-leased car on Del. 1. John Barnett. Police learned that the The view from 64 feet above Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh said the teen had worked as a babysitter for sea level should be spectacular officer, 30-year-old David Young, was taken into cus- the family several times. On Oct. 2, the because from the top, people can tody at about 10 p.m. Sept. 6 on southbound Del. 1, 1 child’s parents had gone out for an see 14 ⁄ 2 miles east over the south of the Biddles Corner toll plaza. evening dinner and left the girl and her Atlantic Ocean, said Gary Wray, Young crashed the Toyota Corolla he was operating 1-year-old sister in the teen’s care, president of the Fort Miles Histor- into aconcrete barrier, Whitmarsh said. Barnett said. When they returned, the ical Association, one of the The vehicle was one of three leased by Newark for girl told them the teen had pulled groups involved in the project. To undercover police use, Mayor Vance Funk said. down her diaper and licked her in a the west is Rehoboth Bay. When asked Wednesday if Young was currently private spot, court records said. The Wray’s group has joined the working on the street, Newark police Chief Paul Tier- Felton teen was charged with first-de- Delaware Seashore Preservation nan said he was prohibited from commenting. gree rape and committing adangerous Foundation to raise money and “We're not allowed by law to discuss personnel is- crime against a minor younger than 14 begin tower restoration. sues,” Tiernan said. years old. He was released on $35,000 The plan, said Shirley Price, a Funk said Wednesday that he was aware of the inci- bail and ordered to have no contact co-chairwoman of the tower dent, but that the matter had not yet been brought be- with anyone younger than himself. restoration project, is to raise fore City Council. $500,000 and refurbish the tower “Generally, they would report it when disciplinary Sussex County over the next seven years. action is about to take effect,” he said. Actual restoration work is ex- Councilman Jerry Clifton said because it involved a LIGHTNING HITS HOME: Lightning pected to take about six months personnel issue, council was made aware of the arrest caused afire that damaged amobile because the tower is in remark- through aconfidential memo shortly after the incident home east of Blades ,officials said ably good shape, said Harold E. occurred. Wednesday. The fire happened about Dukes, the tower restoration co- He said council is separated from personnel action 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 9500 block chairman. by the city charter. of Forrest Drive in the Holly View Mo- For the project launch Any action taken will ultimately fall to the city bile Home Park. The state Fire Mar- Wednesday, Dukes brought along manager and city personnel director. shal's Office estimated damage at aflagpole and an American flag. City Manager Carl Luft did not return a telephone $1,500. The home, owned by Gene The flagpole was significant call seeking comment. Walden of Seaford, had working because, Dukes said, his grand- “We were made aware that it happened and it’s smoke detectors. The occupants es- mother used it to fly an American under investigation by state police,” Clifton said. caped without injury and contained flag from her home on VE Day. Clifton said law enforcement officers, just like coun- the fire to the exterior of the dwelling. Dukes said the groups hope to cilmen, are held to ahigher standard in the public eye. Blades Fire Company responded. raise $350,000 to be used for the “If it would have been aconstruction worker or restoration work and an addi- auto mechanic, nobody would have cared,” Clifton RETIREMENTHOME DAMAGED: tional $150,000 for aperpetual said. “The criminal process has to proceed from here. Unattended cooking started afire that maintenance fund. That’s something Ihold in high regard –aperson is in- caused $25,000 damage Wednesday A structural engineer has al- nocent until proven guilty.” to a unit of the Methodist Manor ready signed off on the stability of Funk said damage to the leased vehicle would be House retirement community in the tower, which was built in covered by the city’s insurance. Seaford ,officials said. A sprinkler 1942. And the two preservation Contact Terri Sanginiti at 324-2771 head activated and contained the fire. groups have an agreement with The unit, owned by John Jacobs, was or [email protected]. the state Department of Natural The News Journal/GARYEMEIGH not occupied and no injuries were re- Resources and Environmental ported, the state Fire Marshal’s Office Donors to the fundraising effort for the fire control tower can have the name Control which will allow them to of aWorld War II veteran entered into amemorial database. said. The Manor House is providing proceed. FIRE CALLS housing for Jacobs. The Seaford and “We have an opportunity now, Blades fire companies responded. Wray said the Army paid north. They were the southern with this project, to bring the cle. Christiana Fire Company. tower back to life,” Price said. $17,900 to build Tower 3. stations for batteries Hunter and New Castle County RAPE SUSPECTSURRENDERS: A Dukes said the fundraising Passers-by often think the tow- Herring at Cape Henlopen. 4:21 p.m. – Chestnut Avenue and Maryland man being sought by police Oct. 9 will focus on creating amemorial ers –11dot the shoreline from The restoration plans include Ruth Road. Fuel spill. Elsmere Fire in Delaware on rape charges has 2:05 p.m. – Christiana Road and Company. for World War II veterans. That Lewes south to Fenwick Island – installing anew staircase – the turned himself in, Laurel police said South DuPont Highway. Vehicle. will include sailors in the mer- were used to spot passing ships original equipment was a wooden 4:42 p.m. – DuPont Highway and Wednesday. The rape occurred Mon- Wilmington Manor Fire Company. chant marine who served in war. during WWII. ladder – waterproofing the exte- Scott Run. Accident. Port Penn Fire day in Hollybrook Apartments in Lau- The plan is to set up an inter- In fact, they were used in pairs rior,and adding an observation 2:45 p.m. – Pulaski Highway and Company. rel. Reginald Williams of Salisbury was Del. 1 north. Accident. Christiana active database to honor those to triangulate the big coastal de- deck, Dukes said. arraigned Tuesday in Justice of the Fire Company. 4:48 p.m. – 142 N. DuPont High- who served, with the donation to fense guns at Cape Henlopen. The project has been adream Peace Court and released after posting way. Accident. Wilmington Manor enter aveteran in the database Two additional towers were of the Fort Miles group for five 3:02 p.m. – I-95 north and service Fire Company. $6,000 secured bail.
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