In Sports Guide to health and fitness inside! Serving Greater Newark Since 191 0 Published every Friday January 22, 1993 3511 Klan, parents protest at Brader The cause: alleged offensive touching by 6-year-old boy By Tonja Castaneda Post Photo/E. Fine Post Staff Writer Christiana's Calvin Copeland takes a Jump shot In the Peaceful me mbers of the Ku VIkings' 80-68 loss Friday night at Wilham Penn. Article, Klux Klan joined angry parents 1B. outside Brader Elementary School T uesday morning to protest school Inside offici;ds' hand li ng of a student sex­ ual assau lt. THE BEAR-GLASGOW JAYCEES are searching Ma rchers shouted "protect our for more members, and they just might be looking 3A girls" across the street from the bus for you, offering training in business skills as well e ntrance to t he Four Season Parkway school. as giving those in their ranks the chance to better Some parents are angered by the the community through volunteer service. way school officials are handling an incident when a 6-year-old boy NEWARKER JOE REDDEN publishes his first a ll egedly fondled two 6-year-old book, "Emotional Overload," about an illness that SA girls in a first-grade class. Caro l Brooks, whn ~ e daughter almost destroyed him. Writing proved to be a was allegedly touched, said she J-:as great therapy. asked the p ri nc ipa l of Brade r to Klan members in camoflague mixed with parents at Tuesday morning's protest at Brader Elemen· remove th e boy from the classroom tary School near Glasgow. To nja Castaneda photoffhe Post or from Brader. WITH THE CHINESE NEW YEAR celebration 1QA " We have II J signatu res of peo­ different c lass, pl aced in a class do what is best for both sides. the classroom or school, based on upon us, Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet, p le who want the boy re moved wit h problem c hi ldren or p ut in " We do n't wa nt to violate any­ a ll e g a ti on ~. isn't fai r to ei th er side." from Brader Ele me nta ry, " said home schoo ling un til his problems o ne's ri g hts," s a id Kl e mm . " We have started an invest iga­ presents a few recipes for Chinese appetizers to · Brooks. She said she has requested are solved. "I was told no, that th e "Al legations have been made about tio n and evaluation o f the boy," start a meal off with a bang. a meeting with the boy's mother boy has due process ri ghts ," said this boy and he is innocent until said Kl emm. "We have a transi tion­ and was told " no." Reed. proven gui lty . T he young ma n al aide th at will be with him when "We were- told we could come to Reed sa id the subject of counsel ­ should gel a chance to state hi s si de he returns to school. " BESIDES LONGWOOD GARDENS' beautiful 12A a meeting at the school on Jan. 22," ing fo r he r da ug hter was ne ver of the case. Kl emm said counseling is avail­ flowers and plants, they also present many said Brooks . "They have never brought up unt il she claimed that " If he docs have a probl em, then able to the victims. wonderful concerts to entertain visitors. Arts asked if my child needs or wants school offi cials were not conce rn ed we wil l evaluate it a nd see what Reed said she does not know co uns e~i:n g , " said Brooks. with her daughte1. best meets hi s needs," said Klemm. how the Ku Klux Klan fo und out ·Columnist Phil Toman provides the schedule for Lori Reed, whose daughter was Dr. Terri Kl emm, spokesperson It (the so lu tion) won' t be based on about the prole t. Reed said the the coming months. a lso allegedly touched, said she for Christina School District, said allegatio ns bu t educatio na l facts wants t ~e boy to be assigned to a the sc hool district rea ll y wa nt s to and study. To lake a child out of See PROTEST/3A THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE men's bas­ ketball team charged to another win last Sunday 18 against Maine before a crowd of over 3,200 at the . Carpenter Center. The win put the team at 11 -3 One of Bush's overall and 2-0 in the North Atlantic Conference. Index last Points of Light NEWS 1·12A REUGION aA Dorothy Veasey shines in D.C. FIRE CALLS 2A EVENTS 11A COMMUNITY ARTS 12A By Nancy Turner OPINION 6A SPORTS 1·38 Staff Feature Writer UFESTYLE SA CLASS~FIEDS 4-88 On Jan. 14, a homemaker from Robscott Manor in Newark shook the hands of President and Mrs. Bush in the White House. Taking her tum in the receiving line and being delighted by the fe s ti ~i ti e s, she said, "Mr. President, I'd like to thank you very much Police: Rapist on loose for... "Oh, no," President Bush headed her off. 'We are here to th ank you fo r all you have done. This is your day." Rumor mill: He's caught And so it was that Dorothy Biddle Veasey, 62, officiall y became the 10007th " Daily Point of Light" in our nation 's shining force of volunteers. about, but regardless of what By Diane Heck A "Poin t of Light" is an individual, busi ness or organization that people think, there have been no Staff Reporter voluntari ly takes direct and consequential action to solve serious social Despite the various, wild arrests. We will go public problems in the community. rumors buzzing all around New immediately as an arrest is made." For 40 hours per week, for the past seven years, Veasey has worked in Castle County, neither the alleged Whether it's plain Newark every facet of Youth at Risk camps all over th e country. When she is serial rapist nor the suspect of the gossip or idle chit chat , people not on location at the camps, the grandmother of 12 is organizing attempted rape near Pathmark in are talking about these wanted fu ture camp programs over cups of coffee at her ki tchen computer. College ·Square have been caught, men The national Youth at Risk Program, entering its lOth year, teaches county and local police Jerry Lehane III, a long-time abused and neglected inner city youth the virtues of sharing, trust, and departments report. resident of downtown Newarlc, has responsibility in hopes of redirectin g th eir li ves. Initially, the young Dan Eastberg, patrolman for the his own theories about the serial people attend week-long camps in the ru ral countryside where they New Castle County Police, said rapist. "It has to be someone from concentrate on inner-studies, retrospection, and recreation, away fmm nasty, vicious rumors have been out of town," he said. Lehane also the negative influences of their city environments. After completing the rampant over the past few weeks. said he finds it interesting that camp, the youth are assigned to a "committed panner" and other ''The phone lines here are burning some of the rapes coincided with supportive vo lu nteers w ithin their community who monitor their up with different stories," he said. KKK rallies. progress for one year. A New Castle resident heard Regarding the suspect wanted Veasey was invited to volu nteer wi th the Youth at Risk Program by a from a friend of a friend on the for the attempted rape and group of counselors that she met years before, while rappelling and force that the serial rapist was a attempted murder incident that traversing the heights in a "Six Day" self help/physical challenge camp. Delaware State Trooper, and his happened on Nov. 12 near Veasey, reclining In The Blue Room at The White House wife, a police officer with New Pathmark, the rumors are not as. See VEASEY /2A Castle County, was on the numerous, but with his sketch arresting learn. hanging in almost all the stores in " A lot of people are saying the the area, people are on guard. same thing," she said. An employee of Rainbow A Newport man along with Records on Main Street said a guy NVF fire investigation offers reward several Newark residents relate carne in the store three weeks ago very similar stories. A few say that and told her the man had been By E. Fine They also arc in touch wi th the da ys fo ll ow in g the blaze tha t itcd a cess. its chemical-soaked the trooper wasn' t arrested, but caught. "He said the man was Staff Reporter State Fire Marshal, who is investi­ brought between 100 and 120 fire­ fl oor and that the nearest hydrants instead, he checked himself into a arrested at the Sunoco on Main gating the Jan. 9 fire at the NVF fi ghters to the buildi ng from seven were 400 feet from the building. rehabilitation center in Street, and there were a lot of Delaware Crime Stoppers, Inc. is building in Hockessin, Farre ll said. county fire companies and one from The build ing's sprinkler system Wilrn ington. police cars that shied away offering up to $1 ,000 for informa­ Investi gators, though, have ye t to Maryland .