Canal team in Softball •:• Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 191 0 •:• 83rd Year, Issue 30 For the week beginning Aug. 20, 1993 Newark, Del. • 35e THis WEEK Newark cops In Lifestyle in hot pursuit: Moving vans are making tracks to new station By TONJA CASTANEDA ....................................... ,........................ ............ NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER The Newark Police are moving into their new build­ ing at 220 Elkton Road this weekend. Police Chief William Hogan said moving vans will start being loaded by a moving company after 5 p.m. on Friday and continue through the night. He said mostly being moved are boxes packed with things such as old records, office supplies, books, train­ ing materials and police supplies which include extra handcuffs and finger print powder. Also being moved is the department's exercise equipment. Kelsey McDowell Is tuned ln. "We're not moving most of the old furnishings," said Hogan. He said police officers will be moving their personal objects. Hogan said Sunday night after 11 p.m. Newark KIDs LFARN TO MAKE Police will be shutting down communication and mov­ ing the radio equipment, computers and phones. "We won't be out of communication totally," he MUSICATA said. "911 calls will go to the Regional Communication 8A Center at New Castle County Police headquarters." He said that is where 911 calls go for county and YOUNG AGE. state police and it used to take Newark's calls. According to Hogan, Newark Police have been receiv­ ing their own emergency calls for almost two years. In the news · Hogan said the idea is that everything will be ready and set up by 7 a.m. Monday morning at the new loca­ tion. The public is invited to tour the new police station Day campers enjoyed a variety of activities during the week. Above: those participating In a sign language class on Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during open house. Include, from left (standing) Brittany Lyons, Bridget Denny, Elizabeth Szyleyko, Nathaniel Early; (sitting) Molly GLASGOW, BEAR Mahon, Kate Walsh and Julie Moran. Below: VIrginia Maloney and David Crossan participated In a Bonsai clan led by Bill McCracken (right). RESIDENTS LFARN Man takes his 4-H Day Camp MORE ABOUT THE life ·in police draws a crowd DEVELOPMENT 4A station lot to Newark CRUNCH. ' By ERIC FINE . campus ············································································NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER A 27-year-old Wilmington man took his life in the ...........................By TONJA CASTANEDA........ ............................... Newark police station. parking lot , shooting himself in NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER 75 W1RSAGO, the head with a 9 rom handgun. Carlos A. Espinoza of 607 N. Jackson Street drove From learning cheerleading chants to milking EVEN THE WEll WATER into the department's east parking lot at about 4:20 cows to shaping Bonsai trees to digging for arti­ p.m. last Friday, parked and began blowing his car's facts to making and eating delicious desserts, hom, police said. 231 kids, ages 7-12, got to experience different Espinoza shot himself with exploding bullets, and interests at a 4-H day camp held at the WAS TOO HOT 6A probably died moments after pulling the trigger, police University of Delaware last week. said. Because Espinoza had locked all of the doors in The Cooperative Extension held their most TO USE. his car, police had to break the rear windshield to reach popular summer day camp Aug. 9-13. Children him · chose three from almost 50 different activities to He was mo~ed to Christiana Hospital by paramedics participate in. where he was pronounced dead. In sports The campers were also divided into 15 differ· A note taped to the car dashboard with Espinoza's ent Indian tribes where they learned songs and driver's license suggested he had chose the station tribe spirit. parking lot to spare family and friends, police said. Newarker Maria Egler, 12, of the Mohawk Another note found in his home suggested recent tribe said she chose French, whale pillow­ FIGHTING BLUE HENS depression. where she sewed a pillow in the shape of a "It was very sad," said Lt. Alex von Koch, a whale, and Entomology- bug collecting. "My Newark police spokesman. "I don't know why he favorite was French," said Egler. "We got to BEGIN WARMING UP chose the Newark police station. We could find no ref­ learn the French culture." erence .. .in any of his personal effects." Michael Novy of Newark, 10, was in the Von Koch said Espinoza was employed by an area FOR ANOTHER BIG pizza shop and may have been a part-time student at See CAMP, 4A ~ the University of Delaware. SEASONOF lB COllEGE PosrPoiL FOOTBAll. What is the best thing you've done this summer? Loo\L SOCCER TEAM HEADS TO ENGlAND ANDSCORESA VICTORY. 4B Index NEWS 1·12A POLICE 2A OPINION &A I went to my ftrst COMMUNITY 7A We went away to I spent a week in I sent my demo tape I worked all sum­ Vtrginia and visited (Grateful) Dead LifESTYLE SA Kill Devil Hills, away to New York. mer. The best thing several relatives for concert in N.C. 1\venty of us I rap. But 1 haven't was seeing Peter OBITUARIES 9A about two weeks." Washington D.C. ' ' ' ' ' go down every sum­ ' ' heard anything back ' ' Gabriel in concert in DIVERSIONS 11A mer to the beach." yet." Philly." ARTS 12A SPORTS 1-48 -Tyrone Cooper, Newark -Tracey Dencker, Newark -Deirdre Duggan, Newark -Carl Martin, Newark -Dave Mcfadden, Newark CLASSIFIEDS 5·108 PAGE 2A • THE NEWARK POST • AUGUST 20, 1993 ··················································Police beat ·········································································································································· ···························································································································· Compiledfromfiles of the Newark Police Department Cars vandalized. stereo equipment worth $2,600 was taken some­ ty, at 550 S. College Ave., was broken into Newark police have released time between Aug. 15-16. through the rear window sometime between Aug. this composite of a man wanted at Christina Mills: 12-13. A calculator, two briefcases and electrical for the Aug. 4 rape of a woman Three cars parked"on Christina Mill Drive were Theft at Oakland Pool: toolbox were taken. while she was walking along broken into at abouJ the same time on Aug. 13- Police report $1 10 was taken from the Oakland Cash stolen from house: Barksdale Road in the early 14. The locks had been pried open, police Pool Association, when someone entered morning hours. said. The dasnboard in two of the cars were also through a front window and took the cash box. One hundred dollars was taken from a house in He is described as white, in his <lamaged. Stereo equipment, a pair of soccer Stolen motorcycle: A 1990 green Kawasaki the unit block of E. Main St. when a rear window late 20s or early 30s, about 5'9" cleats, a radar detector, a gold necklace and a motorcycle worth $2,600 was reported stolen screen was forced open on Aug. 14. tall and weighing approximately (lair of men's sneakers were taken. from the 500 block of Capitol Trail sometime 230 pounds, with thick brown between Aug. 14-16. Windows stolen from Jeep: Wilbur Street Burglary: All the windows were stolen from a 1993 Jeep hair, a brown moustache and Burglary on Wrangler getting serviced at Newark Jeep Eagle heavy or flabby build. front window of a house in the 100 block of A in the 200 block of E. Cleveland Ave. between Anyone with information ~ilbur Street was forced open and a Bicycle Chrysler property: Aug. 11 -13. about the suspect can call police ~rek 18-inch, green mountain bike and various A private contractor's trailer on Chrysler proper- at 366-7111. fire calls Thursday, Aug. 12 Now At Miller's Carpet One In New Castle ... lt's A 3:01 p.m.- Chestnut Crossing WF..::--.IJ':::=iil Apartments, 103 Chestnut Crossing Drive. Building fire. Aetna and Christiana fire companies. 5:07 p.m.- 337 Paper Mill Road. Auto accident. Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder Co. 5:44 p.m.-·Oid Baltimore Pike and Salem Woods Drive. Auto acci­ dent. Aetna and Christiana fire companies. Friday, Aug. 13 12:19 a.m.- 38 Smalleys Dam Road, Raintree Village. House fire. (:hristiana Fire Co. .1:46 a.m.- Linden Hm and Polly Drummond Hill roads. Auto acci­ dent. Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder Co . .6:05 a.m.- Pulaski Highway and South College Avenue, Glasgow. 'Auto accident. Aetna and :christiana fire companies. Save as you seldom have before on a huge selection of '7:01 a.m.- Barksdale Park, 1100 Barksdale Road. Wires. Aetna quality carpet from America's finest mills. Miller's Carpet .Hose Hook & Ladder Co. :7:11 a.m.- 800 Barksdale Road, One must reduce its inventory to make room for incoming :International Reading, Newark. ·Building frre. Aetna and Christiana merchandise. Our loss - your gain. Hurry for best selection! :rm companies. :&:39 a.m.- 150 S. College Ave., ;University of Delaware southwest Heavy Hidh Luster Sculptured Textured ;campus. Garage fire. Aetna and Commercial Carpet Saxony Carpet Cut & Loop Carpet Stainmaster• Carpet ;Christiana fire companies. Camp. value 14.95 Camp. value 16.95 Camp. value 16.95 Comp. value 18.95 •10:52 a.m.- South College Avenue 'and Old Baltimore Pike. Auto acci­ .dent. Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder 88 8 88 88 :co. :5:54 p.m.- 500 block of School IQ. YD. IQ. YD. IQ, Yl. ;Bell Road. Field fire. Christiana ;Fire Co. Quality Hallway Foa!'}'l·Backed Velvet Saxony Stain master• Runners Sax C~rY Carpet Plush Carpet Saxony Carpet Saturday, Aug. 14 Camp. value 7.99 CamJf value 19.95 Comp. value 25.95 Camp, value 22.95 ·12:20 a.m.- Omega Medical :center, 15 Omega Drive, Four .Seasons.