Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 191 0 •!• 96th Year, Issue 39 ©2005 October 21, 2005 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONf Test Barely scor1ng• a sound By JIM STREIT changes NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER HEY came. They lis­ First change in DSTP Ttened. But there was barely a sound. levels take effect in 2006 New Castle County Executive Christopher A. for grades 2 to 10 in state Coons brought his travelling road show to Newark High By MARY E. PETZAK School Monday night and less than a dozen citizens had NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER anything to say. It was the OR the first time since the Delaware 12th stop in FState Testing Program (DSTP) his year-long began in 1998, the Department campaign to get of Education has reviewed and recom­ face-to-face with mended changes to the scoring levels. voters and hear "We thought it was appropriate to what's on their see if we are where we need to be," said minds. There Right: Heather Baker looks for ripe apples. Below: Maya Secretary of Education Valerie Woodruff has been one Vanderslice, also from Newart, checks out pumpkins. on Tuesday. "We also wanted to revisit session sched- the DSTP after switching from the SAT uled in each of Streit 9 to SAT 10 in reading and math so we the county's 12 are certain we are meeting the require­ councilmanic districts. ments of the No Child Left Behind Coons was joined by New By KAYTIE DOWLING Castle County president See DSTP, 14 . Paul Clark and Newark's 5th NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER District representative on the New Castle County Council CTOBER wouldn't since 1992, Karen Venezky. Obe the same without The "listening" session the obligatory march Energy was held in the cavernous to the nearest orchard for NHS auditorium, adding con­ apple and pumpkin picking. trast to the sparse attendance. Missing that tradition would After the 75-minute ses­ be like missing the vibrant costs soar sion, Coons admitted that his fall leaves that bum orange listening campaign may have and red. Without it, autumn DOE makes record­ run its course, recalling that would not be complete. a similar gathering last spring According to Jay Milburn, setting fuel adjustment at Glasgow High School for owner of Milburn Orchards District 11 drew 200 people. in Elkton, Md. just over the By MARY E. PETZAK There, the county officials got state line on Barksdale Road, an earful on a .wide range the annual fall farm visit is NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER of topics. From residents going by the wayside for demanding an explanation many families. CCORDING to online reports, why it was taking so long "Growing up, it seemed Agasoline prices fell almost two for the county to purchase like everyone had an aunt or a cents in the week ending Sunday, their flood-ravaged homes to grandmother whom they could Oct. 16. CNNMoney reported that the go visit and enjoy the farm See , 7 average price nationwide for a gallon for the weekend," he said. of unleaded gasoline was $2.752. But, "But today, there's very few according to a calculator provided by people who have that oppor­ MSN Autos, the average price locally tunity anymore. For the most was $2.78. part, we are so many times Analysts speculate that fuel con­ sumption and fuel prices have dropped due to consumers adjusting their driv- See ENERGY, 26 ..... 7 99 462 000(}2 3 IN SPCIR"'!'S: •tewart:'s Yel!owjacke1s poun<i Ch::nter, page 17. • UD Blue Hens fall to Richmond. page 17. PAGE 2 • NEWARK PoST • OcroBER 21, 2005 737-0724 • Fax 737-9019 NEWARK PosT ·:· POLICE BLOTTER Can we help? • Police Blotter is compiled He was arrested as a murder Offices; The paper's offices each week from the files of the EWARK police were called to the suspect and the Amber Alert was are located conveniently in Newark Police Department, New N parking lot outside 700 Scholar cancelled, county police said. Suite 206, Madeline Crossing, Castle County Police and the Man Dr. on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 2:29 168 Elkton Rd., Newark, DE Delaware State Police by the a.m. after officers were alerted of a ''large Two attack two newspaper staff fight." 19711. Office hours are 8:90 hit with Newark police are investigat­ a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Police reported a crowd of 40 persons dispersed upon their arrival and they ing the assault of two men as they Pllone: (302) 737..0724 glass discovered a man on the ground. Words walked along Paper Mill Road at Flcalmlle: (302) 737~9019 Armed were exchanged after a party spilled out Creek View on Sunday, Oct. 16, e-mail: [email protected] onto the lot, police said. shortly after 2 a.m. mug The victim, 20, told police he was The two victims, ages 20 and To subscribe: call 7374l724 or 21, said they were walking north­ 1-800-22()..3311. To begin a robbery st:J;Uck in the head with a glass mug, with a force so hard that the glass shattered. bound when they encountered convenient homHelivery sub­ Police have the description of a sus­ three men heading south. As scription, simply call. pect; the investigation is continuing. their paths crossed, the two men To place a claalfted or display on Amstel were punched several times in ad: Cafl737..0724 or 1-80().. HE Newark Police their faces and thrown to the ground. 22()..3311. T~epartment is investigat­ charged with second degree ner. Sanders was issued citations The victims told police no mg an armed robbery that assault and was transferred to ~or careless driving, no proof of HE STAFF of the Newatk Pb$t is took place in the area of Amstel the Howard Young Correctional msurance, expired registration, words were exchanged and the Teager to assist readers and adver· Avenue and Orchard Road. Facility. no valid license, and two counts attack was unprovoked. tiseiS. Reporters, writerS, editors and The three assailants, described $lleSpeOpl8 can be contacted as listed: According to police, on of no child restraints. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 12:54 Three lanes ofl-95 northbound a wh~te men in their early 20s, fled Jamtll. ltrtll, Jr,ls the pUblisher a.m., two university students were Accident injures runnmg toward East Cleveland of the Nlw4lk Post. He set& po11ctes and were closed for approximately walking to their dormitory when three children, mother Avenue. llllll8ges an departments 111 tile Newark 90 minutes while the crash was office. can him at 737-1724. a vehicle pulled up next to them. The Delaware State Police, is under investigation. KayUe Dewlfqis the news editor. A male suspect yelled for them to investigating a two-vehicle crash, Pair arrested She leads the day· to-day opemion of 1he come to the vehicle, then exited which injured three children and Murder suspect after assault newsroom. can her at 737-1724. the vehicle and drew a handgun. their mother. Marty YaJnll prepares the sports After being told by one victim According to police, on arrested in Newark Two men were arrested after pages of this newspaper. The sports that he . didn't have anything, he Newark police received a call on editor Is seldom in the offlct, however; Tuesday, Oct. 11, just after 7:30 The New Castle County was hit with the barrel of the gun. p.m., a 1994 Freightliner tractor Police SWAT Team arrested mur­ Monday, Oct. 17, at 12:34 a.m. he dleck$ In frequently. Leave mes­ that a man was being beaten on saoee fOr Marty at 1..-22Ha11. The suspect then got back into was hauling an empty 1988 util­ der suspect Matthew H. West on the vehicle and fled. ity trailer on Interstate 95 north­ Saturday, Oct. 15, in the Newark the municipal parking lot at 20 Mary E. Petzlt Is a staff Police said the armed suspect Center St., officers reported. reporter and specialiZes in edt.lcatlon bound just north of the Route area. coverage. Reach her at 7a7-8724. was described as a Hispanic male, 896 northbound on ramp to I-95 On Friday at 10:23 p.m., coun­ The victim, 19, said he was 20 to 25-years-old, approximately northbound. James Krychowski, ty police received a report of walking to his car when he passed Pllll Tom• has been the paper's 5'7'', wearing a black short sleeve a party at a home on Choate arts editor &lllce 1969. WeiH<noWn 63, of Philadelphia, was the oper­ shots fired at a residence in the in the arts community, he writes his shirt, black pants, and had a tat­ ator and lone occupant of the unit block of Foxton Drive in Street. As the man passed, some­ column from his Newm home. Leave too on his right arm. The victims vehicle. Amberfield. Witnesses reported one yelled his name and three mssaQe$ for him at 737-1724. were unable to give a descrip­ A 1989 Chevrolet, Cavalier hearing gunshots and moments people began a chase. A parking lot attendant Ollltr C8lllrtllltlq wdtelllnclude tion of the driver. The car was was traveling in the right lane of later, observing the male hom­ AllM Gruber, Tracy Downs, Elbert described as a small dark-gray I-95. Sharon M. Sanders, 26, of eowner run from the home carry­ observed the attack and sum­ Cballc:e. Marvin Hummel and Mluk Slsk. four-door sedan. Wilmington was the operator of ing an unknown object. moned officers. A short time &.eM messages for them at 737-8724.