Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 1910 ....• 94th Year, Issue 26 ©2003 July 18, 2003 Newark, Del. • 50¢ UP FRONT Alcohol Gershwin must be fees • • Local students rank sp1nn1ng Bottom, before By JIM STREIT school was out, 171 o~ayed best in Delaware McVey readers NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER cheered as a flag declaring them state Liquor lobby protest fails O SEEK RELIEF from ~~-~~~~-~--~~~~-~~~~········· ~:~ ~~gb~n;{p tth~ champions runs up Tthe humid heat (and NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER Community Reading the flagpole. to stall approval of Challenge for schools servin avoid any further yard Fourth grader Becky work), I ventured into the NEW FLAG flies over more than 350 students. The reworked fee structure ~c:Vey .School recog- children and community vol­ Connor proudly wears bowels of the Streit palace her reading medal. basement. Rummaging tzmg It as a state unteers earned this distinction By ROBIN BROOMALL champion. out of more than 1,100 "I've been reading through the boxes of junk, I since first grade and ·········~············································ came across a stash of 45 The avid readers at Joseph schools and 360,000 children NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER M. MeVey Elementary School that pledged to participate very glad I did," r.p.m. records from my Connor said. ICENSE fees for the businesses youth. were honored at a state cere- nationwide. mony on June 6 by Reading Is During two weeks in that sell alcohol in the City of If you ever NEWARK POST PHOTOS Newark have fmally been set after heard it, you'd Fundamental, Inc. and the February, many community BY JOHN LLERA MetLife Foundation. members, including athletes months of discussions. remember Billy On Monday, Newark City Council Stewart's The event celebrated the from the University of children's achievement in Delaware and mentors from ·approved a new fee structure that is painful rendi­ based on occupancy and number of bars tion of meeting personal reading area businesses, read with the goals and the school's ability children. One hundred and in an establishment rather than the cur­ "Summertime." rent gross receipts and consumption of It's possibly the to engage community support seventy one children took a for children's literacy. personal reading challenge to alcohol. worst song ever Streit The most significant change is that all to make the State Rep. Stephanie complete literacy related activ- Ulbrich was on hand to pres- ities at home and to meet read- private clubs, service organizations and Top 40. (Oops, I forgot about caterers who sell alcohol to their cus- "They're Coming To Take ent a commemorative certifi- ing goals. Me Away." Okay, second cate and applaud the students "Many of our children See fHS, 13 worst!) receiving medals for meeting from homes where A native of Washington, the Challenge. materials are not readily D.C. , Stewart was tired of McVey is the Delaware able," Diane Nichols, lc<~.u.lll.: touring on the R&B circuit in specialist for the The troops the early 1960s and wanted said. "We had a big to break into the pop market. ee TOPS, 5 A friend suggested he record some old "standards." come home He did just that in 1965 when he lent his signature By ROBIN BROOMALL stutter-like, double-word style to the song from the NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER folk opera "Porgy and Bess." S the C-130's droned in the dis­ Stewart's version of tance, hardly a speck in the sky, a "Summertime" is the Sixties cheer went up from the crowd version of Roseanne Barr's that had gathered at the New Castle Air disrepectful murdering of the Base Sunday. The six aircraft did two "Star Spangled Banner." flyovers before landing. George Gershwin must still Returning pilots, flight crews, aircraft be spinning in his grave. mechanics, life support specialists, In the song, it's "summer­ logosticians and administrative person­ time and the living is easy. nel of the 166th Airlift Wing of the Fish are jumping and the cot- Delaware Air National guard were See , 9 nbtuming home after more than four months deployment to the Middle-East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 187 returning guardsmen and women had one objective as the huge planes came to a stop on the runway - getting off those planes and finding their family members in the sea of flags wav­ ing and kids jumping up and down look- 7 99 462 00002 3 ,, PAGE 2 • NEWARK POST • jULY 18, 2003 737-0724 • Fax 737-9019 NEWARK PosT ·:· POLICE BLOTTER Can we help? • Police Blotter is compiled Offices: The paper's offices are each week from the files of the located conveniently in the Newark Police Department, New Weekly crime report Police Castle County Police and the RobscpttBuilding, t53 E. STATISTICS FOR WEEK OF JUNE 29-JULY 5, 2003 COMPILED BY NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT Chestnut Hill Rd., Newark, DE Delaware State Police by the investigate 19713. Office hours are 8:30 newspaper staff. INVESTIGATIONS CRIMINAL CHARGES a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. 2002 2003 THIS 2002 2003 THIS PART I OFFENSES TO DATE TO DATE WEEK TO DATE TO DATE WEEK Phone: (302) 737-0724 burglaries Murder/manslaughter 0 0 0 0 0 Facsimile: (302) 737-9019 Attempted murder 0 0 0 0 0 e-mail: [email protected] Kidna 0 2 2 0 in Fairfield Ra e 7 2 0 0 0 To subscribe: Call 737-0724 or Police Unlawful sexual contact 7 0 0 0 EWARK Police 1-800-220-3311. Cost is Robbery 28 37 0 32 23 0 Department detectives are $15.95 per year to New Castle Aggravated assault 2 11 5 15 0 N County addresses. To begin a Burglary 97 84 8 15 8 investigating a sudden subscription, simply call. seek Theft 504 491 18 121 125 series of house break-ins early Auto theft 77 76 3 5 0 this month in the Fairfield neigh­ To place a classified: Call 737- borhood of Newark. 0724 or 1-800-220-3311. Arson 2 0 0 2 0 TOTAL PART I 726 712 30 176 183 4 NPD spokesman Sgt. Gerald To place a display ad: Call 737- Simpson said the crime spree 0724 or 1-800-220-3311. shooter PART II OFFENSES caught the attention of investiga­ HE Newark Police Other assaults 218 164 7 176 124 6 tors because few similar inci­ HE STAFF of the Newark Post is Receiving stolen property 19 19 0 Teager to assist readers and advertis­ Department is investigat­ dents in the area were reported T Criminal mischief 428 389 19 59 51 ers. Reporters, writers, editors and ing a shooting at a resi­ prior to July 1. 8 8 0 43 49 0 salespeople can be contacted as listed: Weapons While declining to confirm dence on Terrace Drive in the Other. sex offenses 7 8 0 0 development of Cleveland that police have leads or to give James B. Streit, Jr. is the publisher Alcohol 188 299 4 368 455 4 further details about the investi­ of the Newark Post. He sets policies and Heights on early Tuesday, July 15 Drugs 65 85 0 169 165 2 manages all departments in the Newark at 12:25 a.m. gations, Sgt. Simpson said, Noise/disorderly premise 328 282 7 210 144 "Detectives are working the office. Call him at 737-0724. Police reported that the sus­ Disorderly conduct 649 656 14 61 75 0 Marty Valania prepares the sports pect arrived at the victim's resi­ Trespass 82 76 10 29 11 0 cases." pages of this newspaper. The sports dence where there was a dispute All other 516 413 11 181 242 10 During the first week of July, editor is seldom in the office, however, over property. TOTAL PART II 2492 2383 74 1318 1335 24 Sgt. Simpson said police investi­ he checks in frequently. Leave mes­ gated two burglaries, a "peeping sages for Marty at 1-800-220-3311 . The suspect fired a handgun into the door of the residence, MISCELLANEOUS Tom" incident, a report of suspi­ Kathy Burr is the office manager striking the victim in the Alarm 946 756 39 0 0 0 cious vehicle and an officer on and editorial assistant who processes Animal control 405 383 22 18 21 2 patrol noticed an open door at a most press releases. She prepares abdomen-pelvic area. New Castle County Recovered property 163 139 5 0 0 0 home. obituaries and People briefs. She is Service 5397 5159 173 0 0 0 assisted by Ginni Buongiovanni. Paramedics and members of the About $1,500 in jewelry and Suspicious person/vehicle 610 504 23 0 0 0 Contact them at 737-0724. Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder silver flatware were reported TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS 7521 6941 262 18 21 2 missing from an unoccupied resi­ Robin Broomall is a staff reporter. Company treated the victim at the scene before transporting dence in the same block of Reach her at 737-0724. THIS WEEK 2002 2002 TO DATE THIS WEEK 2003 2003 TO DATE Wilshire on Wednesday, July 2, at him to the Christiana Medical TOTAL CAW 588 16974 552 16081 Phil Toman has been the paper's Center, police said. 9:51 a.m. Police were called arts editor since 1969. Well-known in when a neighbor noticed a screen the arts community, he writes his At press time, the victim;s weekly column from his Newark home. condition was unknown. came to rest in the left center lane 1999 Lincoln Town car traveling pulled out of an upstairs window.