____ C__ ity & State D· Greensboro News & Record Obituaries, Classified Ads Thursday, December 22, 1988 Two men, fetus killed •m gun spree

The Associated Press went surgery and was in serious but LAGRANGE - A Goldsboro stable condition Wednesday night at man went on a shooting spree early Wayne Memorial Hospital after be• Wednesday, killing his father-in• ing three times. law, wounding his wife and killing "What we think happened is, he her unborn baby, then injuring his shot the father, the mother and his mother-in-law before dying himself wife," said Greene County Sheriffs in a car crash as he fled their home, Sgt. Jerry Edmundson. "The father authorities said. apparently died at the house. He David Joseph Whisenant, 32, ap• took his wife to Wayne Memorial parently shot his father-in-law, his Hospital (in Goldsboro). He then mother-in-law and his pregnant 16- came back to the house. year-old wife at his in-laws' mobile "By that time, the rescue squad home about 1:30 a.m., Greene Coun• had picked up the mother and taken ty Sheriff Early Whaley said. her to Wayne Memorial, too. When Whisenant's father-in-law, 45- he came back, there wasn't anybody year-old John Finch, and the unborn left there but the father, dead. He baby were killed. Finch was pro• left, and about two and two-tenths nounced dead at the scene after be• miles from the house, he lost control ing shot three times with a handgun of the car and was killed." and once with a shotgun, police said. Whisenant had been drinking and Shirley Finch, 40, who was shot was traveling at a high rate of Rob Brown I News & Record once in the head and once in the speed, state Trooper J.C. Howell Overturned Greensboro school bus sits at 124 Revere Drive after the driver failed to make a sharp curve neck, was able to drive to a neigh• said. bor's house for help. She underwent Whaley said Whisenant apparent• surgery at Wayne Memorial Hospi• ly returned to the scene "to see if tal and was in serious condition. they all were dead. 2 more buses wreck; Whisenant's wife, Janet, under- (See Shooting, D2) 12 students injured Rockingham

By HA YES CLEMENT Freshman Suzanne Ketcham suffered a Staff Writer knee injury and classmate Jill Burke hurt A Greensboro City School bus overturned her back. Other students suffered cuts, jobless feel pinch on a residential street Wednesday, injuring bruises and back pain. at least 12 students, hours before another Ketcham said Rhodes, the driver, was bus was rear-ended by a car on Friendly taking the curve, like two previous ones, Lines are long at Salvation Army Avenue. too fast when the accident happened. "He The two accidents, in which no one was took it sharp and everyone started sliding believed seriously injured, followed two to the right, then we went over," she said, By RUTHIE PIPKIN school bus accidents Tuesday. "and everyone landed on me." Rockingham Bureau • Donations to Goodwill The bus that overturned was taking 14 Rhodes, a college student, was charged WENTWORTH - Vickie sized Industries have dropped in students home from Grimsley High School with exceeding a safe speed. up the stacks of tugboats, doctor the past week - 02 when the driver, Ronnie Rhodes, 18, ap• "His employment has been terminated," kits, plastic lawn mowers, bowling proached a curve too fast, flipping the vehi• said Charles O'Connor, assistant transpor• sets and whiffle balls that surround• ed her. counties - at its Christmas help• cle, police said. The accident occurred tation supervisor for the city school system. station for the needy. shortly after noon at 124 Revere Drive near The second accident occurred at 2:10 p.m. "What would my baby like?" she when a city school bus driven by Keith asked herself. Like mothers all The army set up the food and toy H1ghland Park in west Greensboro. give-away for Wednesday only at Students, who had been dismissed from Green, 20, was rear-ended by an Oldsmobile across America, she was wondering Cutlass while Green was stopped on Friend• what her children wanted to find cne local National Guard Armory, school early after final exams, climbed out but a few families who missed it will of an emergency exit in the back of the bus, ly to make a left turn onto Wedge dale under their tree on Christmas Drive. morning. be coming to the army's office in said rescue worker M. C. Moore. Twelve Reidsville today. were taken by ambulance to Moses Cone No students were on the bus. Green, who But this toy store - and this was cited for driving with an expired li• Christmas - don't paint a Norman More needed help this year, ac• Memorial Hospital for X-rays and examina• cording to the Army's Major Ginger tions for cuts and bruises. cense, was not injured. The driver of the Rockwell holiday image. car, Anne Goodwin, was treated at Wesley Vickie, one of hundreds of Rock• Friend. Darrell Auterson, director One student, Kristi Underwood, was ad• Long Hospital and released. ingham County residents laid off re• of the Rockingham County Econom• mitted for overnight observation. Under• She was charged with failure to reduce cently, was choosing her four chil• ic Development Commission,agreed wood, a freshman who suffered a back inju• speed. dren's gifts through the Reidsville with Friend's assessment that re• ry, was listed in good condition Wednesday Grimsley High School Principal Jules Crowell Salvation Army - which serves cent shutdowns of plants in Re- night. (See Bus wreck, D3) comforts Michelle Miller, who was on the bus much of Rockingham and Caswell (See Christmas cheer, D2) Ex-High Point city official p eads no contest to lesser charge

By JOHN CONWAY Guilford District Court Judge requires city employees to have insurance agency, also pleaded no of the N.C. League of Municipali• Carolina. High Point is not a mem• Staff Writer Sherry Alloway entered a prayer written permission from their su• contest Wednesday to a misdemean• ties. The payments were authorized ber of the trust. HIGH POINT - Randall Spen• for judgment continued, meaning no pervisor if they have a second job. or charge that he paid a commission by Atkinson. SBI Agent Dan Stone testified cer, a High Point assistant city man• sentence is ever entered in the case. His lawyer said that was the reason to an unlicensed agent. He too re• While Spencer was on the Tuesday that Spencer received ager who resigned last month amid The no contest plea means Spencer for his resignation. ceived a prayer for judgment con• league's insurance board, it award• monthly payments of about $1,000, allegations he accepted bribes from neither admits nor denies his guilt, "That is his primary mistake," tinued. ed Fringe Benefit a $600,000-a-year from Fringe Benefit between July a Charlotte insurance company, although the court treats it as a said Doyle Early, Spencer's lawyer. The state investigation focused on contract to administer a health in• 1986, when the contract was award• pleaded no contest Wednesday to a guilty plea. "He violated his own policy." $28,000 in payments Spencer re• surance trust for the league. The ed, and July 1988. misdemeanor charge of acting as an Spencer did admit he violated a Richard Atkinson, president of ceived from Fringe Benefit Review trust covered about 9,000 workers Spencer was paid out of an ac• insurance agent without a license. city policy - which he wrote - that Fringe Benefit Review, a Charlotte while he was on the insurance board in 322 cities and towns in North (See Manager, D3) He delivers State settles lawsuit Ex-football star runs up score as Santa's helper over crowded prisons

By JUSTIN CATANOSO ly allowed it to grow. It's just taken By ROBERT McCARSON previous two lawsuits, the state has Winston-Salem Bureau off." Raleigh Bureau agreed in court orders to spend $46 WINSTON-SALEM - A year RALEIGH - North Carolina has million to build 2,500 prison beds in ago, Chip Rives graced the cover of The story, reached a settlement in a third fed• the last three years. Sports Illustrated. The former Rives said, also has prompted many eral lawsuit charging that chronic The legislature also passed an Wake Forest University fullback people from outside North Carolina crowding in the state's prisons vio• emergency prison release law that shared center stage with sports to inquire about the Santa's Helper lates inmates' rights against cruel speeds paroles for prisoners within stars such as outfielder Dale Mur• program. and unusual punishment. 90 days of parole consideration phy, linebacker Reggie Williams, "I got a call from a guy in Akron, Correction Secretary Aaron John• when the prison population reaches Ohio, who asked for information to son, citing a court gag order, de• 96 percent of capacity and remains runner Kip Keino. He met with there for 15 days. President Reagan; start his own program," he said. "So clined to make public details of the I sent him a packet this summer and settlement until the General Assem• The Special Committee on Pris• As one of the magazine's eight guided him through setting it up. bly hears them Jan. 16. ons, the legislative panel that Sportsmen of the Year for 1987, He called last night and said he's But a department spokesman said helped write the emergency prison Rives was honored for starting the 1 the settlement relieved officials who act, voted Wednesday to recom• raised $2,500 and given to 36 fami• mend that North Carolina spend al• Santa's Helper program, which de• lies. saw this lawsuit as the one among livers toys to underprivileged chil• three filed by inmates in recent most $23 million to expand pro• dren throughout Winston-Salem. "So we're not only helping people years that presented the greatest grams that punish and rehabilitate in •Winston-Salem, but because of threat of a federal takeover of the some convicted criminals outside And while the national spotlight the publicity we're helping people state prisons. prison. The money would be part of has dimmed, Rives continues to all over." A trial of the lawsuit settled the $75 million mentioned by Roy• bask in its afterglow. The 'project, Wednesday began Oct. 3, but U.S. all. which two years ago raised $3,000 Rives, who hopes to finish his toy District Judge Earl Britt postponed All of the programs - probation, and reached children in 44 needy deliveries today, just laughs when it last month and ordered lawyers to community-based punishment and families, has pulled in more than he thinks how much his program seek a settlement. Because of the house arrests - already operate in $10,000 this year while serving 250 has grown since he began it in 1986. tentative agreement, testimony state government on a level far families. For example, it can no longer be won't continue Dec. 27 as sched• short of what the prison committee run from a friend's garage with the uled, Guth said. had recommended previously. "I never thought it would get this help of a few Wake Forest buddies ... But committee leaders said they big," Rives said Wednesday, his 6- State officials declined to say This year; the Elks Lodge on Si• what impact the settlement, if ap• think their success will persuade foot-Bdnch frame draped with a las -Creek Parkway has let Rives proved by Britt, will have on spend• once skeptical legislators to take an• bright red Santa Claus suit with ing for the Department of Correc• other look at the committee's rec• black spats covering his topsiders, use its ballroom as a type of Santa's workshop. And nearly 100 volun• tion next year. But state Sen. ommendations. "My project has been fortunate. teers have come in to sort and wrap Kenneth Royall, D-Durham, chair• "A part of it has been building a Because I played football and be• man of the Advisory Budget Com• track record for these programs," presents with about 10 more dress• scot! Hoffmann/ News & ~ecord said state Rep. Anne Barnes, D-Or• cause I was an athlete, it got a little ing like Santa Claus and making de mission, said $75 million will be more publicity than some of the oth• One-year old Rashaad Moore with Santa, aka available for the department. ange, co-chairman of the prisons er projects in town. And that's real- (See Santa, D2) Chip Rives To avoid the danger of a federal committee. "We've proceeded with takeover of the prisons posed by the (See l?risons, D2) Cl) ~ "' Q,) '+-.... ·=.c ·;: bl) ...J·- -"' ·- ,, :I bl) Q) ,, c: ....c .E ..c: ~-i - .... :I ,, - 0 0 0 r:s ...J 0 ~ u I CJ Cl) Cl) '"C QJ QJ e c: Cl) 0 QJ ·-....;.... Cl) ::::s '"C c:

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By HELEN ROSS ognized and saw the value of Santa's ey. But I don't think my mom ever Slaff SPOrlS Wrltar Helper, Rives' nonprofit organization thought I would do it myself." Raising the money, shopping for the that distributed gifts to needy families. First, Rives sent out a letter soliciting toys, wrapping package after package - The eight were selected for their work financial support from his immediate somehow, it had almost seemed like work with handicapped, homeless and under• family and friends. Then Rives, in the to him. privileged children, and Rives is in some first of a two-year MBA program at the But then Chip Rives donned his Santa pretty impressive company. Also hon• Babcock Schoolof Business, had the San• Claus costume and made that first deliv• ored are New York Knicks guard Rory ta's Helper program declared tax-ex• ery. SpalTOW, LPGA golfer , empt. "The kid saw the present I had for Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Reggie With the help of Deacon Club member him, and he just came running," Rives Williams, Bob Bourne of the NHL's L.A. Robert Eggleston, Rives sent letters to said, his strong, square jaw softened by a Kings, Atlanta Braves outfielder Dale other Wake Forest boosters asking for broad smile. "I felt great. It really had Murphy and world-class runners Judi their contributions. Bert Woodard, an been more of a job until then. But that Brown King and Kip Keino. assistant sports information director, dis• made all the work worthwhile." The seeds for Santa's Helper were tributed copies of the letter to university Monday, the Wake Forest fullback got sown two winters ago when Rives' moth• personnel. Rives' Sigma Chi fraternity a surprise of his own. He received word er, Becky, showed him a magazine article brothers pounded the pavement while he that he will be featured on the cover of about a woman in San Antonio who dis• spoke to civic groups. Sports Illustrated this week as one of its tributes toys to the needy. "I was im• eight Sportsmen of the Year. Others rec- pressed that it wasn't just donating mon- (See Chip Rives, A6) Chip Rives From Al "A teacher heard an interview of last year's Santas was former that news and the promise of a con• Gene Overby did with me at. half• Greensboro Page standout Stafford tribution. time of one of the basketball games, Moser, a wide receiver on the Dea• "I was pretty shocked," said and her school, Southwest Elemen• con football team. Moser's Santa Rives, who didn't even tell some of tary, raised $700 for us last Christ• credentials, though, were doubted his close friends until SI leaked the mas," said Rives. The same school by at least one youngster who spied news to the media through a series donated $500 more this year. tennis shoes underneath his slip-on of mailgrams. All in all, Rives received dona• boots. "My parents still don't know. I tions totalling about $3,000 for San• Rives and the other Santas at• was hoping that my dad would just ta's Helper in 1986, and children in tracted considerable attention in the - walk in, flip through the mail, and 44 needy families received the bene• various neighborhoods and housing see the SI cover." fits. A of assistance for 90 fami• projects where they made deliver• Ho. Ho. Ho. lies was set this year, but the final ies. As soon as they disembarked count is 101. from the van, kids flocked to them. Rives and seven friends went to the Tons 0 Toys store at the corner "We learned quick that we of Spring Garden and Market needed something to give to them, streets earlier this week and pur• too, so we went out and bought chased almost $4,500 worth of toys. about 500 candy canes," Rives said. ''We just turn the guys loose - The Sports Illustrated honor was they have a general idea of the price the second for Rives this year. In range," said Rives, who estimated Si's preseason football edition, the about $18 is spent on each child. The 6-foot-2, 214-pounder was picked as store gives Santa's Helper a 10 per• one of the magazine's "Best and the cent discount on the toys and no Brightest," an unsung All-American sales tax is charged due to the roster. tax-exempt status. Midway through the 1987 football season, Doug Looney, one of Si's Santa's Helper gets the names of college writers, paid a visit to the needy children through the Christ• Wake Forest campus. The Deacons mas Clearing House. Their names were 5-0, so Looney planned to do a are divided by age and sex, and toys feature on the team's success under are bought accordingly. Each child new head coach Bill Dooley. He receives two gifts, wrapped in spent about an hour talking with brightly-colored paper and labeled Rives, but Wake lost the game with their names. Actual deliveries against Maryland that week, and will start Saturday and run through the story never saw the light of Dec. 23. But if all the houses aren't print. taken care of by that time, Rives Looney returned two weeks ago, will make some visits on Christmas and an early visit by Santa Claus Eve - which also happens to be his was arranged for photo purposes. birthday - before going home to Looney, however, never told Rives Springfield, Va. he was being considered for the Reg. 658 Yamaha RX 300U Recelv Rives and two helpers will dress Sportsmen of the Year honor. The 37 watts per channel. digital tu as Santa to distribute the gifts. One _ managing editor called Monday with Yamaha PF-20 turntable Autoreturn belt drive with corm Polk 4A Speakers fa------Snorts B4 Basketball, Football, Sportscript Tuesday, January 5, 1988 Rives gets his day at the White House Wilt Browning By JOYCE BARRETI a copy of his magazine to claim another later from his brief presidential audi• Slates News Service autograph. "These people have accom• ence, he repeated his conversation WASHINGTON - The few minutes plished a lot." with Reagan. Chip Rives spent Monday afternoon Others honored by Sports Illustrated with President Reagan made up for the are , Atlanta Braves out• "He looked at me and said, 'You're grueling practices and hard knocks he fielder; Judi Brown King, American re• the student.' That was it. That's the The nuttiest sports nut? endured as a Wake Forest University cord holder in the 400-meter hurdles; extent of our personal conversation " football player. of the Chicago Bulls; Rives said. "But he told us all that ~e "This is the peak of my career, obvi• Kip Keino, a Kenyan who ran the are setting a fine example as athletes Here's a vote for Brame ously," the 23-year-old fullback said. 1,500-meter at the 1968 Mexico City and as Americans." "Just look around. I'm with some pret• games; Bob Bourne, a Los Angeles Obviously, someone had thought ofme when ty fast company here." Kings hockey player; pro golfer Patty As an athlete, Rives is waiting for two news releases from a nut company arrived in Rives' fast company included seven Sheehan; and Reggie Williams, Cincin• the mail Monday. Both found their way to my the National Football League draft in other athletes who were featured on nati Bengals linebacker. April. If he isn't drafted (the Denver mailbox. the Dec. 21 cover of Sports Illustrated By Monday afternoon, Rives had the I didn't take it personally. I ignored any Broncos have expressed an interest in as Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the autographs of all of the other athletes, him), he'll continue graduate studies at implied symbolism. I refused to get caught up in Year. They have been honored for a souvenir he plans to give to his par• Wake Forest. wondering why news about nuts was passed on to their athletic excellence and for their ents, Rives said his sister put his being me. Why not Keech? Or Smallwood?Or McCann? contributions to young people in their named to the list in perspective for him As an American, Rives is aware of But someone had pushed both six-page communities. when she learned who else Sports Il• the example he sets for young people. releases into my box. I could handle it. Rives made the list because of his lustrated named. "I'd like to think I live my life in a Turns out, Fisher Nuts is launching its annual role in starting Santa's Helper in De• "She said I was the only nobody manner that if kids emulate me, it will search for America's nuttiest sports nut. cember 1986, a Winston-Salem pro• here," he said. be a positive thing," he said. "But I'm I thought right away ofmy friend, Jay Brame. gram that provides toys for needy chil• During a brisk walk to the White Wake's Chip Rives not here because I play football. I'm Nothing personal, you understand. dren. here because I do other things. There A year ago, Matthew (Pop) Shortell of House, Rives sidestepped snow and ice This Christmas, he raised $5,000 and that covered Pennsylvania Avenue, are many things more important than Ansonia, Conn., won the thing with nothing more back and realize what has happened " football - school, family, good friends played Santa Claus for children in 90 and hunched his shoulders against the he said. "Not everyone can say they'~e dramatic than having never missed a New York poor families. and community activities. Yankee baseball game - either in person, on Washington winter. "I don't have an met the president." television or radio - over the last 50 years. "I'm almost as excited about meeting overcoat. We don't have this stuff in "But this is an experience I'll never everyone here as I am about meeting Winston-Salem," he said. At theWhite House gate, Rives was The only thing Pops has on Brame is longevity. the president," Rives said, holding out forget," he said, looking at the other Tll.e way I figure it, Brame's a shoo-in for the "I guess when I get home, I'll sit the last to gain admittance. Emerging athletes. "It's a thrill of a lifetime." first place "fan's dream package"-:-.a 25-inch