Northwest senior Skateboards Lauren Giambastiani will rule to play golf on Saturday at West Georgia Page 1B Page 1B THE DAILY CITIZEN Saturday,june 20, 2009 •Dalton, Georgia • www.daltondailycitizen.com • 50 Cents Give her a whirl THINGS Hungry TO CHECK OUT ON THE in Dalton? 3 INSIDE He drives liberals to dis- traction but John Sossel Feeding the needy a challenge believes Glenn Beck has a message that needs to e heard. BY MARK MILLICAN Family Promise was one of sev- [email protected] eral networks or providers of social See page 4A services that took part in Friday’s A single mom has four children, Hunger and Housing Forum at There’s a lot going on in no place to stay and is due to deliv- Dalton City Hall. The forum was anea churches, as two er another child any day now. sponsored by the United Way of pages of annoucements That is one of the cases being Northwest Georgia, the show . handled by Family Promise, an Community Foundation of organization of local churches ded- Northwest Georgia and the See pages 8-9A icated to helping families with chil- Chattanooga Area Food Bank, dren who are homeless. which also serves Whitfield and Longtime Daily Citizen edi- “They were in a tough spot,” Murray counties. In 2008, the food tor Mark Pace turned 95 said John Peabody,who with his bank distributed 99,283 pounds of this week and was honored wife Kay were the first co-presi- food in Whitfield and 31,950 at the newspaper with a dents of Family Promise when it pounds in Murray. special luncheon on Friday. was organized locally in May of Michelle Smith, manager of Pace continues to write a 2007. Now the family is being information services at United regular column. helped by the network of 16 Way, reported that agency has seen churches who have opened their a 23.8 percent increase in people See page 5A doors for housing and feeding on a requesting food assistance. In 2007, weekly basis. there were 12,816 requests for food “We make sure they’re ‘appro- in Whitfield and 11,536 requests in FROM TODAY’S priate’ for us to help — there can be Murray. In 2008 there were 16,084 no drugs or alcohol, and no history requests for food in Whitfield and of domestic violence,”Peabody 14,084 requests in Murray. FORUM said. “And they have to commit to Like many agencies, the United “If President Obama participate in getting their lives Way is feeling the strain of trying to wanted people to like him, straightened out.” help more people with less dollars MATT HAMILTON/THE DAILY CITIZEN he should have frozen the Peabody said that in the 140 coming in the door during a down- price of gasoline at around national affiliates in Family turned economy. Matt Goss dances with his daughter Regan, 5, at Trevitt Hall $2 a gallon, at least while Promise — six or seveN are in “The reason we are having this Friday during the Father Daughter Ball which served as a this recession is on.” Georgia — approximately 80 per- fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Georgia cent of the families are able to ➣ Please see HUNGRY, 3A “Obama is getting pre- Mountains. move on to some kind of stability. pared for a nuclear attack from North Korea. He has bought a bigger TelePrompTer.” RDC resists merger, funds could be cut See page 2A WEATHER BY CHARLES OLIVER wants to remain Walker,Paulding and Haralson speaking” Dalton and Whitfield [email protected] part of the North counties. The RDCs are funded by County would have to be in the Forecast: Sunny Georgia RDC. member governments and by con- same region. Today’s High: 97 Members of the North Georgia The North tracts with the state to provide var- “My understanding is that we Tonight’s Low: 71 Regional Development Center say Georgia RDC, ious services. have to go together. We both have Details, Page 12A they don’t want to merge with the headquartered in “This is a big decision for to decide to go or both have to Coosa Valley RDC to become the Dalton, provides Whitfield County. We are the decide to stay,” he said. Northwest Georgia Regional planning and major dues payer for the North Local officials say they are INSIDE Commission. But staying inde- development Georgia Regional Development wary of joining with a region Classified..............6B pendent could cost them some services for Center,and whatever we decide to whose other members may not Whitfield, do would probably be the deter- understand the needs of Whitfield Comics..................5B state money, say state officials. Whitfield County Board of Bethel Murray,Fannin, mining factor as to whether the County. Crossword...............4B Commissioners chairman Mike Gilmer and NGRDC joins the others or stays “We just don’t have that much Dear Abby...................5B Babb, who is a member of the Pickens counties. The Coosa like it is,”Babb said. in common with them,”said state Horoscope...............4B North Georgia RDC board, said Valley RDC — headquartered in DaltoN City CouNcil member Rep. Roger Williams, R-Dalton. Lottery..................5A that “at this point” the board of the Rome — provides those services Charlie Bethel, who is also a mem- for Floyd, Polk, Gordon, ber of the North Georgia RDC Movies.....................4B RDC wants to remain independent and the Board of Commissioners Chattooga, Bartow, Catoosa, Dade, board, said that “pragmatically ➣ Obituaries............10A Please see RDC, 7A Opinion................4A Sports......................1-3B Killings spotlight fear of fringe group violence 7 69847 00001 6 PHOENIX (AP) — The tagline on Shawna Forde’s The possibility that activists in the anti-illegal anti-illegal immigration Web site says her group was immigration movement would use violence did not “doing the job our government won’t do.”They want- surprise Heidi Beirich, research director at the ed to patrol the border,but her small band of activists Southern Poverty Law Center,which monitors hate needed money to do it. groups. So, authorities say,Forde and two men dressed up “We figured for a long time that we were going to as Border Patrol agents and broke into the southern get violence out of this movement,”she said. 56: -031C .353A:/ 9= #@@B?9&> 2$$B== Arizona home of a man they thought was a drug deal- Her organization says the number of hate groups ;# #8?244 !<#;#>?2!<= ;<2; 2!!B2? 9& ;<B er,hunting for money or drugs to sell. They found nei- nationwide has risen 54 percent since 2000, fueled by ther,but killed the man and his 9-year-old daughter. opposition to Hispanic immigration and, more recent- !2!B? "#%B&=2&" (#?B* The May 30 killings rocked an anti-illegal immi- ly,by the election of the nation’s first black president 0/- ;<B8=B$2&'#8 !<#;#!=" #@ '#8? gration movement that prides itself on being vocal but and the economic downturn. $<#9$B 2$?B2;B;# #&B,#@,2,79&" >9@;+ not violent, and added to a growing list of activists Several groups focusing on stopping illegal immi- )))+;<B"294'$9;9%B&+%B&@#49#+$#( unafraid of using violence to advance their aims. gration formed in the past half-dozen years, and many In recent weeks, a white supremacist was accused were drawn to southern Arizona, the busiest corridor This July 12 photo shows of killing a black guard at the U.S. Holocaust in the nation for illegal border crossings. Shawna Forde,center,escort- Museum in Washington, D.C., and an ardent abortion ed in Tucson, Ariz. by Pima foe allegedly shot and killed a prominent Kansas County authorities. abortion doctor. ➣ Please see KIllINGS, 7A Make sure your child is the onlything crawling on your floors. CHATTANOOGA CL EV EL AND Millions of germs,viruses and bacteria could be living on your floor. TM 7200 Shallo wfordRd. atI-75 566 Paul Huff Parkway Get an OreckHalo Healthier Home. WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON Tr ythe NEW germ-killing OreckHalo vacuum with a GERMS ARE GONE 423-485-8897 423-339-5600 30 dayRisk Free Guarantee.Available only at your local OreckStore. 2A Saturday, June 20, 2009 THE DAILY CITIZEN THE DAILY CITIZEN Saturday, June 20, 2009 3A TODAYS FORUM ATYOUR TODAY’S CITIZEN SERVICE Editor’s note: Please improvements, then you “With an 18 percent keep your comments as should pay for those, not decline in property values, Our mailing address: brief as possible. Get to the spread it over all people. We shouldn’t our property taxes NAME: Jill Heine P.O. Box 1167 point! Longer comments are not communists.” go down?” AGE: 27 Dalton, Ga. 30722-1167 should be submitted as let- HOME: Ooltewah, ters to the editor. If you Our shipping address: “A beer festival to support “If Dalton has such good Tenn. include a name, please kids. Are we insane? There looking male cops, a female 308 S. Thornton Ave. spell it. Call (706) 272- are other ways to raise must be doing the hiring. FAMILY:Husband Dalton, Ga. 30720 7748 to reach Today’s money to help kids.” Haha.” Nate and cat Lexi Forum. Our Web site: WORK:North “Someone should write “Looks like the down- www.daltondailycitizen.com “I wish we had Judge Georgia Health Broadrick back as probate about David Pennington and town businesses in Dalton judge. He really had a good Blue Cross Blue Shield.” will do about anything to District Yo uth Our offices are located on the handle on the job at hand.” make a buck.” Development west side of the intersection of “Will Chief Parker be Coordinator “The state of Georgia has enforcing the open container “Every week when I go to Thornton Avenue and Morris PLAY:Running, Street in downtowN Dalton.