Newark Dresses up for Halloween Parade
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Copy Ed11or Spadafino said 90 groups Ba tman, Spid erman, were participating in the parade Frankenstein , Shrek and other and there were several differ Newark res id ents dressed in cos ences thi s year compared to pre tumes ga th ered on Main Street a vious parades. the 57th annual Halloween "The University of Parade to k place Sunday after Delaware's band is involved and noon. there will be a larger grou p of Joe Spadafino, recreation RO iitieians than usual," he said. sup eriT\te ndent of Newark Parks " It's never the same thing twice and Recrea ti on, said the long because the groups arc always running parade had its third gen coming in different costumes." eration of paiiicipants invo lved. Rep. Michael N. Castle, R "It 's a long-standing Newark Del., dressed as Frankenstein, a tradition," he said, " It 's always variety of Delaware pageant win held the Sunday prior to ners, the Newark High School Ha ll oween evety year." band, Aetna Hose, Hook and The parade started off at Ladder Co., and the YMCA were Tyre Avenue with a group of vet just a few of the participants. erans marching through the Nancy reese, who dressed streets. as Tigger, sai d it has been 21 Dave Mullen, accompanied yea rs since she staiied coming to hi s children Kyl e and Evan, who the parade and it is her sixth year were dressed up as B11tman and a wa lking in the parade. Nipj a Turtle, said this is their "Everybody's saying ~ urth ti me participating in the 'Tigger!' and I just blew kisses parade. and waved at th em," she said. "The kids love to see the "It's always good to make chi l parade, especially when people dren laugh.'' throw out ca ndy," he said, "and it History professor Jonathan is a good chance to see th e cos Russ, who accompanied his 7- tum es in dayli ght. " year-old daughter Julia , who Mullen sa id the children dressed as a princess, sa id it was bought the costumes last week th eir lOth year coming to the and th ey were eager to come to event and marched the first ycnr th e pa rade because this was thei r they came. onl y opportunity to · show off "It's great, it 's awesome, " he th eir co tumes before Halloween. said . "I think it's fun scemg so Karen Pollock, 3, who many different costumes." dressed as Fiona from "Shrek,'' arolin c Moor, 76, with her sa id the best pa(t is the trick-or R-year-old dog, Pumpkin, said treat. whi ch comes after the she has attended the parade for as parade. long as she can remember, but " Last yea r 1 got a Jot rof there was one thing she did not ca ndy), about I 00," she aid. like in the parade thi s year. Jack Pollock, Ka ren 's fa th er, "The [cymbals) that clang who dressed up as Fiona 's part together hurts Pumpkin's cars," ner Shrek, said the event plays an she said. important role in bringing the After the parade was over, T ilE REYI(lWfDoug Shields people in the co mmunit y togeth- . children had the opportun it y to Three residents in costume ride in a car fo1· Newark's 57th annual Halloween Parade Sunday. Following the parade, cr. trick-or-treat at local businesses " It 's fun getting to see the on Main Street. participants trick-or-treated along East Main Street. li tt le ones all dressed up," he Just the Facts .Public university tlution has County Exec. hopefuls aim Tuition goes up increased nationwide this y~ar by I 0.5 percent, or more rhan 6,000. • Four-year private univer ity nationwide, UD tuition has increased 6 percent to restore dignity to office nationwide: • Applications for financial aid BY JOHN HINKSON po ition. have increased tO percent Swf!Reporrer The major responsibilities of the county exec- increase steady nationwide. The citi zens of New astl e ounty will be utive are to prepare and submit an annual county electing a new co unty executi ve Nov. 2, as budget, and to make all appointments not stated by • The Uni versity of Democrat Chris Coons and Republi can Chris law, including the chief administrative offjcer and Delaware's out-of-slate Castagno vie for the job that fu nctions as the li ai- department beads. BY ALEXIS BLASO tuition and fees, she sa id. tuition has inCl'eased 3.7 per so n between the county counci l and the adminis- Castagno sa id job creation and increased Stafl Reporter Tuition is genera lly lower in the ceitt from $15 ,420 to $15 ,990 tra ti vc organi zation. investment in public safety and security top his list Tuition at public colleges and South, Southwest and Western for the 2003-2004 academic Castagno has served as •••••••••••••••• of improvements to be wliversities in the counl:!y rose regions of the country, Baum said. year. the New astle City I I made for the county. He is 10.5 percent thi s year according to The tuition increa e also Council president for th e DECISION * 2004 also interested in accelerat- a survey of2,800 schools ailalyzed depends on the state the uni versity • Delaware's in- tate tuition past four years. Coons· ha s • ing the county's sewer by the College Board. is located in, she sa id , and how has increased 7.03 percent served as New a tic rehabilitation, fixing stom1 Four-year private insti tutions much funding is received from the ft:om $5,890 to $6,304 this County Council president for four years. The cur- water runoff and investing in green ways and parks. also saw an increase in tuition of 6 individual state. past academic year. rent cow1ty executive, Democrat Tom Gordon, has Coons said the most important concem of the percent. Baum sa id some state s have served his two-term limit for the office. county are to restore morale of county employees Sandy Baum, seilior policy hi gher tuition because colleges and 6!fNcw England public institu Gordon 's tenn has been complicated with and public faith in their government, making sure reseorch analyst for the College universities give a great deal of llions are considered the mo t controversy, and both candidates said they are there ore no property tax increases, investing in Boord, said although the survey money for lower income students. expensive, followed by north· eager. to bring back honesty and integrity to the on ly provides the data, the i.ncrea e "Sometime the tate legisla eastern and midwestern col see CANDIDATES page A4 might be attributed to a variety of ture just doesn't fund th e col- . lege. reason . leges,'· she aid, "so that's what "When the economy slows they do, th ey rai e the tuition." • Tuition is lowest in the down, the tuition goes hi gher," she Baum said effort nrc being South, Southwest and West. said. made to try to bring th e interest When the economy is weak , rate down, but she predict tuition Baum· said U1e income decrea es will continue to increase. and as a result less endowment "Everyone knows that col "We urge the federal govern are made to in titution of higher leges and uni versities are expen ment to provide more money to education. sive," she sa id . "It' alway going lower income students so they can "There is les income for col to be expensive to further yo ur afford the colleges of their lege and univer itie from endow education." choice," Baum sa id. ments now than several year lt i important to remember Ken Redd, director of ago," he said. the majority of students in the research and policy analy is for Average tuition and fee vary country are receiving orne ort of th e National Association of greatly depending on which region financial aid to alleviate nigh tudent Financial Aid of the country the college or uni costs, Baum sa id. Administration, sa id students have ver ity is located. tudents are applying for to make an effort, because finan "Cost of living has a lot to do grant money and borrowing cial aid has not kept pace with the with this as well," Baum aid. increa ing amounts of money in increa · es in tuition. ·~You would expect it to co t more loans to Jessen the financial load, " lt all depend on the individ to run a college in Bo ton than in she said. The government has also ual's financial ituation a well a Kana ." 1mplemented tax deduction and their goals and a pirations,'' he According to re earch, four tax credits. aid . year institution arc much more "lt i unfortunate though," she Redd aid there has been a I0 e1(pensive in ew England. Other sa id~ "in the pa t two yeors the percent increase in tudent apply region that are considerabl,y more federal grants for individual tu ing for finan ial aid.