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Get ready to reclaim Newark on June 5. PAGE a • 'State' of CHS detailed. PAGE5 •••• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 •!• 95th Year, Issue 18 @2004 May 28,2004 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONT Council vents frustrations By DARREL W. COLE Said Councilman Karl Several conflicts coming to head Kalbacher, "It's incumbent on A friend NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER UD to rectify the issue earlier, but malized process - a memo of The current disagreements instead of rectify they got stub meeting about access to understanding - to deal with come from several issues, includ born, and that's a problem." many neighborhood streets and future development projects. UD ing that city officials believe the Another topic of contention is traffic restrictions sur Government Relations Director debate about traffic impacts on the university's opposition and rounding the University of Richard Armitage said he agreed Orchard and Amstel could have the city's current support of never met Delaware's new performing arts with the concept and believed been handled in a much less installing sprinklers in the park center turned into a chance for something could be created, sug adversarial manner, councilmen ing garage at the arts center, a By JIM STREIT some Newark City Council mem gesting city and UD lawyers be said. For instance, they said the cost estimated between $500,000 bers to vent their frustrations at involved, too. university should have immedi and $700,000. NEWARK POST STAFF WRitER · the university's handling of some The topic of Monday's debate ately conducted a new traffic "What we've seen over the recent matters. - although in the end resolved study after traffic experts from last few months ... is that UD is ARL Jones was one of Meanwhile, Councilman - has contributed to the opening DelDOT deemed the first study viewed as a great lion here that those people that you Kevin Vonck at the Monday, May of old wounds between some city had limited value and did not operates with a degree of arro- knew before you met 24 meeting called for a more for- officials and the university. meet standards. him. See COUNCIL , 20 Long before I arrived in the First State, thousands of Delawareans invited Carl to their breakfast tables even though few Tougher ever met the man face to face. As the curriculum friendly co-host ofWILM By ROBIN BROOMALL AM's morning show with Dick NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Set for fall Holmes, he became an Streit ATCH out for the cars when traveling through important ingredient of get Wilmington, not just • Math to be integrated ting a day off to a good start. those speeding by, but the little One of the hats I wear is beetle-type ones sitting on the By ROBIN BROOMALL that of the publisher of The street comers. Business Ledger, the The city's new public art pro NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER statewide business monthly. gram, Cool City Cars, was to be Arguably the nicest man ever unveiled Wednesday with at least LGEBRA I and II and geometry in advertising, Gene six of the 42 fiberglass cars being A classes will become a thing of the Schwenk was the Ledger's decorated by Newarkers and past as the Christina School founding sales director. placed around downtown District secondary students begin inte During the long hours grated math programs in the fall. They Wilmington. NHS studenfs, Drew Teter spent building a new newspa shooting along the sides. will be introduced to many fields of At first glance, one of the six and Allison Cramer, above, Painter Mike Wolfe, a per, often I would ask Gene math as early as seventh grade and con foot long cars will appear to be on and Mike Wolfe, below, put stUdent at Newark High to tell stories about the tinue the program through 12th grade. fire, with brilliant red flames the finishing touches on their School, dubbed his car Delaware media scene of With approximately 40 percent of the cool cars last week. "Comet." This was the days gone by. lOth graders currently meeting or second year Wolfe was One such tale was his exceeding the state standards in mathe selected to participate in remembrances of his time matics, Superintendent Joseph Wise the program. His car was selling time at WILM. It was established a task force earlier in May to there that he met Carl Jones, also chosen to become a investigate the feasibility of restructur the beginning of a friendship miniature model that will ing the secondary high school math cur be sold in stores for chari that continued until this riculum and increasing the number of week. ty. students successfully completing college While I was president of Allison Cramer and level math. Drew Teter, also students the board at the Newark Wise's achievement target calls for from Newark High, were Senior Center, Carl was pro- 60 percent of students to have completed selected to design a car algebra II by 1Oth grade in 2008. for RideShare Delaware. Currently less than 10 percent of lOth Their design is a multi graders in the district are completing the cultural one, with people course with a grade of C or better. looking out the bus win The task force was comprised of dows. administrators, teachers, parents, com NHS art teacher Karen munity leader and a national expert, Dr. Johnny Lott. Lott is president of the See 23 CARS , See SCHOOLS , 22 7 99462 00002 3 1IN SPORTS: ·Newark Yellowjackets sP.r.I'Jnd ·in ·state track meet: page 15. • State baseball playoffs underwa}', page 15. J '·' ·' PAGE 2 • NEWARK PosT • MAY 28, 2004 737-0724 • Fax 737-9019 NEWARK PosT ·:· POLICE BLOTTER Can we help? • Police Blotter is compiled Offices: The paper's offices are each week from the files of the located conveniently in Suite Newark Police Department, New 206, Madeline Crossing, 168 Castle County Police and the Elkton Rd., Newark, DE Delaware State Police by the . 19711. Office hours are 8:30 newspaper staff. a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. 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He sets policies and Friday, May 14, at about 4:30p.m. Thirty condominiums in the Waters Edge complex on Rt. 896 across from Glasgow High School sustained . manages all departments in the Newark The Concord coach told Newark major damage, estimated at $1 million, during ·a Wednesday, May 19, firf!. There were no major injuries office. Call him at 737-0724. police that he was struck in the face but several people were forced to jump from balconies to escape the flames and smoke . Darrel W. Cole is the news editor. by a NHS player as he was attempt He leads the day-to-day operation of the ing to break up an altercation newsroom. Call him at 737-0724. between players on the field. the Howard Young Correctional during the commission of a felony," Marty -Valanla prepares the sports The fracas started in the third Institution in default of $20,000 ilo police make Lawrence 0 . Thornton, director of pages of this newspaper. The sports period when two players, one from secured bail. arrest in fall robbl:!ry Public Safety at the University, said. editor is seldom in the office, however, each school, began fighting. Officials Kelly was already in jail on other he checks in frequently. Leave mes moved onto the field to intervene. With the arrest of a man on May charges, and his bail has been set at sages for Marty at 1-800-220-3311 . Some witnesses believe the coach Everything gone 20 for a robbery last October, more than $450,000. A second sus Jan Blankenship is the office was struok as he attempted to sepa A resident of the 100 block University of Delaware Police have pect has been identified, and Haug is manager and editorial assistant who rate the battling players by pulling Madison Drive told Newark police identified suspects and made arrests attempting to locate him, UD police processes most press releases: She them away from each other, police on Monday, May 24, at 12:29 a.m. in three of the four reported cases of said. prepares obituaries and People briefs. said. that most of his personal belongings robbery on the campus this academic In the Oct. 10 incident, a group She is assisted by Kathy Burr. Contact School officials are conducting were removed from his home. year, for a clearance rate of 75 per that included two UD students was them at 737-0724. their own investigation of the inci He told officers the theft took cent. robbed by three men, one of whom dent. Police said six students have place between Friday, May 21, and "Through the good work of one had a gun, at around 9:45p.m. in the Robin Broomall is a staff reporter.