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ONLINE POLL www.delawareonline.com Q. Do you think most of the blame for the Sussex County and Wilmington cancer clusters can be pinned on pollution? MAY 18, 2008 Sunday Newskxrnal WILMINGTON, DEL. Updates and latest news: www.delawareonline.com News tips: 324-2377 or newsdeskdelawareonline.com AGAINST ALL ODDS UD study shows pupil achievements at four Indian River elementary schools defy national trends. B2 uora f. Markell, Carney cflelbate in Lewes Democrats trade barbs, vie for local support leaning toward Markell because she liked what he had to say about the budget and economy.

Linda Cavanaugh, of Milford, said this was her first opportunity to see both candidates together. She said she knows them both and is a Carney supporter. Cavanaugh said she believes Carney has the experience, a commitment to the state and the ability to unite three very differ His suggestion Saturday: If development is approved outside of growth zones, the local government wouldn't be eligible for its normal cut of real estate transfer taxes. The stakes were high Saturday because the forum, held at the Inn at Canal Square, drew Democrats the very voters both men are courting as they lead up to rf fl September's primary. Many in the UE.U1D1UI1 crowd of about 75 already knew who 2008 they were backing and wore T-shirts ent counties.

She said Carney also has taken on projects that go beyond the normal duties of Delaware's lieutenant By MOLLY MURRAY The News Journal In a modern-day bombardment of Lewes, Democratic gubernatorial candidates went on the attack Saturday as they tried to win support from local residents at a forum sponsored by area Democratic clubs. Lt. Gov. John Carney accused state Treasurer Jack Markell of "dividing our party," while Markell suggested Carney would simply be an extension of the Minner administration. "I want to take the state in a bold, new direction," Markell said.

"I've proven I can get results." Carney's salvo in a crowd that has concerns about the impact of rapid coastal growth and development was his suggestion that the state could do more to control land use decisions made by local government. governor. Carney said the situation is difficult both for the candidates and for party Democrats. "They've been supporters of mine for two elections and his, too," he said. "That's the most difficult thing about this whole situation." See FORUM B8 and stickers to show their support.

But for others, like Valerie Driscoll, of Re-hoboth Beach, this was a chance to see and hear both candidates debate the issues at a joint forum. Driscoll, who wore an Obama pin, said she was leaning toward Markell. Joan Stern, of Milton, said she, too, was i r' Special to The News JournalCHUCK SNYDER State Treasurer Jack Markell (right) makes a point as Lt Gov. John Carney listens during Saturday's Democratic forum in Lewes. TT unit" jmkjj 1 i mmmm r' v.

Woman found dead in home Warrant issued for husband Sand moved to beaches damaged by storm By MOLLY MURRAY The News Journal 1 I X' NT ByESTEBANPARRA The News Journal A 44-year-old Talleyville-area woman was found dead in her home Saturday morning and New Castle County police were searching for her husband. Karin Clayton was discovered unresponsive by a relative at about 10:05 a.m. in her home in the 100 1 (Concord (ffl2j Mall Woman found dead in house TalleyvillB SILVFRSipf i block of Cleveland Ave. in the a i 1 Heights community near Talley-ville, Cpl. Trinidad Navarro, New Castle County police spokesman, said.

Officers found the victim on the floor, he said. Details about how she died will not be released pending a medical examiner's investigation. Police have issued an arrest The News JournalSUCHAT PEDERS0N Caroline Cook, 8, (left), and her friend Brynley Lammers, dressed in Colonial garb, play a game of Grace during Saturday's Day in Old New Castle festivities. Visitors took organized walking tours through private homes, backyard gardens and graveyards. Old New Castle has its day Annual event raises funds for Del.

Food Bank kids' program 3ijL-fe, The News Journal A picture perfect beach day brought hundreds of people to Re-hoboth Beach on Saturday. And despite the pounding Delaware's coastal resorts took last Sunday and Monday, there was even some dry sand. State crews came in Thursday and Friday and moved sand up to the dune crossovers so visitors could get to the beach. "We knew folks were going to be here," said Anthony P. Pratt, the state shoreline and waterway manager.

In Bethany Beach, where erosion was especially severe, some beach crossings had a 10-foot high drop from the dune crossing to the sand, Pratt said. All of Delaware's public beaches on the ocean are engineered beaches with man-made dunes and a boost of sand pumped from offshore sand bars. The beaches at Bethany Beach and South Bethany were just rebuilt at a cost of $19.8 million. But state Rep. Gerald W.

Hocker, R-Ocean View, said that without the extra protection from the widened beach and dune, "I think we would have lost the boardwalk in Bethany." Rehoboth Beach Mayor Sam Cooper said he believes damage in Rehoboth would have been much worse were it not for the beach and dune. "At a minimum, we would have lost all the steps," leading to the beach, he said. State and local government officials gathered in Rehoboth Beach to take a look at the damage Saturday. Lt. Gov.

John Carney was there to see the damage with his counterpart from Pennsylvania, Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll. State environmental Secretary John Hughes said some of the sand washed away in the storm will come back. "In Rehoboth, we lost $2 million worth of sand," he said.

What sand doesn't come back will likely be replaced in a state-federal maintenance project later this year. Contact Molly Murray at 856-7372 or mmurTaydehwmonlme.com. warrant for her husband, Rick Lamar Wiley, 30, who also lived at the house. Wiley is wanted on first-degree murder and vehicle theft. He is described as 6 feet, 3 inches tall and 230 pounds Mil IV He has a muscular build close-cropped hair and some facial hair.

Navarro said. Providing a glimpse of Colonial times, Art Malestein (left), of Wilmington, and the Garrison of New Castle fire their muskets. By GARY HABER The News Journal OLD NEW CASTLE When you live in a house built nearly 200 years ago, even a lost sock can have a whiff of history. At Calvin Marshall's historic home on Delaware Street, family members jokingly blame the wayward hose on "Lafayette's ghost," a reference to the Marquis de Lafayette, the 18th century French military officer and supporter of the American forces during the Revolutionary War, who attended a wedding in this very house in 1824. Marshall, who owns and lives in the Nicholas Van Dyke House, built in 1820, was one of about two dozen Old New Castle homeowners who opened their residences to visitors Saturday as part of the 84th annual "A Day in Old New Castle." "It's something we should share with the younger people," said Marshall, 84, who calls living in a home so steeped in history, "a blessing." "I'd like to see more young people involved in American history and the traditions of our country," he said.

The daylong event, which for the first time featured organized walking tours of Old New Castle and its historic graveyards, draws visitors from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. They come for a chance to amble down the town's brick sidewalks and take a peek into the elegant private Wiley may have the vie- Rick Lamar Wiley tim's 2003 Dodge Durango, which is missing, police said. The vehicle's registration number is PC475266. Residents of McDaniel Heights said Saturday they did not know the couple, who they believed recently moved into the house "It's just shocking when something like this happens so close to where you live," said Amy Lantz, who walked passed the house with her husband, Tim, on Saturday evening. To offer information, call New Castle County police at 395-8110, Crimestoppers at online atnccpd.com.

Contact Esti'ban Farm at 324-2299 or ONLINE EXTRA View a photo gallery at www.delawareonline.com. homes and backyard gardens dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. "It's such a great opportunity to show off the wonderful history here," said Richard Day, who owns three Old New Castle establishments Jessop's Tavern and The Arsenal on the Green restaurants, and the newly opened Shoppe of the Three Crowns, a bakery and coffee shop. See OLD-B8 Crowd turns out to dedicate new Appoquinimink High School District hands out timeline for more projects Vv if i f' 1 MASTER PLAN 2009: New elementary school opens 2009: Referendum 2010: Renovations to Townsend Elementary School complete 201L Referendum 201L Addition to Olive B. Loss Elementary School complete 2011 Addition to Appoquinimink Early Childhood Center complete 2011 New elementary school opens 2013: Referendum 2C14; New middle school opens 2014: New early childhood center opens 2015: New high school opens 2015: New elementary school opens APPOQUINIMINK HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY: 1600 students PRINCIPAL Felecia Duggins COLORS: Maroon and gold MASCOT: Jaguar AMENITIES: Open-air courtyard with stadium seating for outdoor learning, commons area with vaulted ceilings, L600-seat gymnasium, computer labs and wireless mobile labs throughout Jaguar Fieldhouse, a 1067-seat athletic stadium "We don't know yet where the third high school will be but we are thinking it will go north of Middletown," the superintendent said.

At the dedication ceremony, Rep. Bethany Hall Long, D-Mid-dletown, praised the district's "great vision." House Majority Leader Richard C. Cathcart, R-Middletown, lauded Appoquinimink as "the best district in the state of Delaware." Appoquinimink School Board President Jinne Christian schools between now and 2016, according to the Facility Master Plan, which was distributed at an education fair after the dedication Saturday. "We wanted to give the folks some long-range perspective on what might be coming," Marchio said last week. "There's some security in knowing there's a method to everything we're doing here." Sometime in 2009, the district will seek a tax increase to finance additions to Olive B.

Loss Elementary School and Appoquinimink Early Childhood Center as well as construction of another elementary school near Odessa. Those projects will cost about $35 million. The state pays for 72 percent of school construction in Appoquinimink, and the district's share is 28 percent. A second referendum in 2011 will finance a new middle school and early childhood center, and a third referendum in 2013 will finance anotber high school and middle school. By AL KEMP The News Journal MIDDLETOWN Appoquinimink School District unveiled the state's newest high school with great fanfare Saturday and a timeline already in place for opening the district's third high school in 2015.

"This is the beginning of bigger and better things to come," Superintendent Tony Marchio said, addressing a stage packed with elected officials and a near-capacity crowd in the auditorium at Saturday's dedication. The two-story, high school has been under construction for more than two years on a 180-acre campus on Bunker Hill Road. Site work already is under way for a new $20 million elementary school, scheduled to open in 2009 on the Bunker Hill campus. To cope with enrollment that's growing by 600 students a year, the district will need to hold three roferendums and uild six new Special to The News JournalEMILY VARISC0 Kevin Savage (center), a member of the Class of 2011 at Appoquinimink High School, cuts the ribbon at the dedication of the new high school Saturday. schools.

"I think those referendums will continue to pass," said Donna Scully, whose daughter is a graduate of Middletown High School and whose twin sons will enter Appoquinimink High School as freshmen on Aug. 27. Contact AiKemp at 324-2347 or thanked Middletown residents for approving four school refcrcn-dums since 1998 and making Appoquinimink "the flagship district in the state and port-of-call for a multitude of newcomers." Spokeswoman Lilian Miles attributes the district's track record to parents who are involved and invested in the success of the.