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Fax it to 324-5509 or e-mail it to: Please submit items three weeks before the event. Call 324-2851. mornslike com delawareonline.com De Sussex tweaks tax amnesty deadlines Sussex County MAN MISSING: State police are searching for a 29-year-old man who has been missing for more than two days since leaving a Fenwick Island Delinquent property owners get break information For additional information on If party in bare feet. Gregory R. Forte, of Selbyville, left a condo on South Carolina Avenue about 11:30 p.m.

Tuesday. Police said they found his gray Jeep Grand Cherokee parked under a carport at County Council President Vance Phillips has said while Sussex has maintained its tax level without a raise for years, it is unfair to taxpayers who do pay on time for delinquent payers to jeopardize the county's fiscal health. In December, the county announced a similar amnesty program for water and sewer bills, of which about 8 percent or 5,100 accounts are delinquent. Officials also have hired a staff member dedicated to improving collections efforts and begun sending more stiffly worded letters to delinquent taxpayers. Contact Dan Shortndge at or diJiorthdgeCd delawaremline com.

By DAN SHORTRIDGE The News Journal Sussex County property owners behind on their taxes have a few more weeks to pay up while getting a break on their penalties. County officials this week announced the deadlines for a new amnesty program, noting that payments by personal or business checks must be received by Feb. 25. Online payments must be made by March 7, and payments by cash, money order or certified check must be received by March 8. As part of an effort to collect about $7 million in back taxes owed to the county and local school districts, officials last month launched an amnesty program, trimming penalties in exchange for prompt payment in full.

There are about 18,000 delinquent taxpayers on the rolls, owing $6 million to the eight school districts and $1 million to the county, which collects property taxes on behalf of the districts. The plan offers a 50 percent re- the tax amnesty program, contact the Sussex County Treasury Division at 855-7760. duction in the penalties imposed for people who bring their accounts current. Penalties are assessed at 1.5 percent per month, with 85 percent going to the schools and 15 percent headed to the county's coffers. A customer owing $.500 over a year also would owe $90 in penalties, but could save $45 by paying off the account during the amnesty period.

Gregory R. Forte the complex with the keys in the ignition, radio playing and driver's door open. His cell phone was found with a dead battery, and his knit hat was found on a walkway leading to the beach. His vehicle was towed to Troop 7 to be processed for evidence, said Sgt. Walter Newton.

Forte is described as 5 feet, 11 inches, 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Call police at 645-6653 with information. New Castle County PREGNANT GIRL STILL MISSING: New Castle County police are asking the public's help in finding a pregnant 15-year-old girl who is missing. Students construct houses, sense of pride Delmarva Christian pairs with Habitat to help local families tt Janteyl Johnson, who lives in the first block of Win-terhaven Drive in the Autumn Park Apartments near Newark, disappeared Feb. 3 after leaving school early.

Police have not received any Janteyl Johnson By MARY DAISEY SHOCKLEY The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times GEORGETOWN Delmarva Christian High School's J-term is a chance for students to work on their studies and help their neighbors. During the 16-day winter session, which takes place in January, they spend their time preparing for the SATs or exploring local or foreign ministries. This year, 28 students chose to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, building homes and futures for local families. "Not only is it a great experience picking up a hammer, but they get to see the fruit of their labor and the difference it will make in someone's life," said Richard Trice, a math teacher who oversaw the operation. Sophomore Michael Yerkes participated in the same program last year and said the experience was so rewarding that he couldn't wait to do it again.

"Seeing the reaction from last year just made it all worth it," he said. "I wanted to have that experience again." Fellow sophomore Tyler Collins said he learned a great life lesson. "It was a real blessing," he said. "I learned that we need to not put ourselves first so much." Sophomore Alyssa Nietham-mer's father works for Habitat. Although she has attended work functions with him in the past, she said nothing can compare to Submitted Peyton Green helps erect a house he and 27 other Delmarva Christian High School students built for Habitat for Humanity during their 16-day winter session.

"Not only is it a great experience picking up a hammer, but they get to see the fruit of their labor and the difference it will make in someone's life," said Richard Trice, a math teacher who oversaw the volunteer operation. confirmed sightings of the teenager. She was last seen wearing a black ski jacket with fur around the hood. Johnson is described as 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. She has long, braided black hair.

Police ask anyone with information to call Detective Seth Polk at 395-8110. TEEN IN IGLOO CHARGED: New Castle County police arrested a teen they say tried to hide from officers in a homemade igloo. The boy, 17, of the unit block of Notre Dame Ave. in the community of Wilmington Manor Gardens is charged with weapon- and drug-related offenses after police say they found him carrying an illegal fixed blade knife, two bongs and 7.5 grams of marijuana. County officers were called to the neighborhood about 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday for a report of a pedestrian possibly carrying a gun. While police looked for him, a resident called 911 to report seeing a man hiding inside a snow bank when a police cruiser approached him. Officers returned to the area and found two black shoes sticking out from the entrance of the igloo. The boy was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, three counts of possessing drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed dangerous instrument (a hammer) and possession of marijuana. He was arraigned and released to his parents pending a Family Court hearing.

Wilmington BODY IDENTIFIED: The state Medical Examiner's Office will perform an autopsy on the body of a 33-year-old New Castle man found Thursday morning in the city. Police said the body of Charles Long, of the 600 block of Moores Lane, was discovered face down in the snow about 2:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of N. Van Buren St. Gloves and a shovel were spotted nearby.

From staff reporter Ira Porter the school has been a great partner for the past three years. She looks forward to working with the students in the future. "It's a wonderful start to our building year," she said. "The students' enthusiasm is contagious for the rest of our staff." all the hard work worth it. "It was an amazing experience," he said.

"It was a blessing to see the owner and see how grateful she was for the home. It really lifted my spirits." Beth Fitton, a resource development manager at Habitat, said the hands-on experience of building a home. "I give all the volunteers props," she said. "It was really hard work and they do that every day." For sophomore Kyle Kokjohn, seeing the owner's reaction made Annual event will honor Middletown WWII hero IF YOU GO The Delaware Medal of Honor Historical Association will host a program to honor the state's medal recipients, 11 a.m. March 25 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.

3792 on Del. 71 just south of Middletown. Light refreshments and cash bar will follow. FOR INFORMATION To learn more about the Delaware Medal of Honor Historical Association, call 994-2061, e-mail or write to 303 Roth-well Drive, Stanton, DE 19804-3437. 'A bJ- I i Sgt.

William Nelson awarded Medal of Honor for bravery By ROBIN BROWN The News Journal Plans are under way to honor Delaware-ans who went the farthest beyond the call of duty, including a Middletown athlete who became more than a hometown hero. The Delaware Medal of Honor Historical Association will co-host its 10th annual ceremony with and at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3792 just south of Middletown town limits, which is named for the local man who also became a national hero. He was William Lloyd Nelson, one of the first Delawareans drafted during World War II, who served as a platoon sergeant in command of a mortar section. He and 13 other medal recipients from Delaware will be honored March 25, designated in 2007 as National Medal of Honor Recognition Day, said Paul L. Cathell association president.

Historian and former state Sen. Roger A. Martin, who wrote a book on Delaware medalists, will be the keynote speaker, he said. Established during the Civil War, the first medal was given March 25, 1863. Awarded by Congress and presented by the president, it's the top U.S.

honor for valor. The group Cathell began in 1999 with his wife, Cassie, holds an annual program to encourage Delawareans to honor all who distinguished themselves "in gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life and beyond the call of duty," as the award says. The group also helped get Medal of Honor plaques placed on recipients' graves, a state historical marker honoring Nelson at his former high school (now Meredith Middle School) in Middletown, and the main drive at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery named Sgt. James P. Connor Memorial Circle in honor of the state's other WWII Medal of Honor recipient.

While Connor survived the war, Nelson did not; Connor served as one of his pallbearers. The Journal-Every Evening, a predecessor df The News Journal, reported that Kfcl- AROUfiD DELAWARE Ruptured pipe causes damage at Bear Library A boiler pipe ruptured Thursday evening causing water damage to the Bear Library, New Castle County officials said. A report of smoke coming from the building around 6 p.m. prompted a call to fire departments. The problem turned out to be a second-floor boiler pipe.

Hot water escaping from the pipe caused steam, officials said. The library sustained minor damage to ceiling tiles and carpeting in the book return area. Some books a count was not available Thursday also were damaged. The problem was not weather-related, officials said. Delaware crime map updated every Thursday delawareonline.com resulting in the loss of his life" as "a priceless inspiration" to troops.

A 1944 book, "Beyond the Call of Duty," likened his spirit in his last combat to his youth, when he was a true team player. Born near Dover, Nelson called Lloyd -grew up in the Middletown-Odessa area, where his parents farmed. Active in 4-H and Future Farmers of America, he studied agriculture at Middletown High School and was a year-round athlete, lettering in basketball, football and baseball. He graduated in 1937. He then studied business at a predecessor of Goldey-Beacom College and was working at Hercules Powder Co.

and playing on its basketball team when he was among the first in the state drafted in 1941, News Journal files say. On leave that year, he married Rebecca Pyle of Wilmington, whom he met in business school. She and his parents would later receive his medal for valor. After his remains were returned to Delaware in 1948, the other pallbearers at his interment included members of his platoon (two from Middletown) and luminaries including U.S. Sens.

C. Douglass Buck and John J. Williams and U.S. Rep. J.

Caleb Boggs. He was honored nationally vith a ship, armory and military facilities in New Jersey and Washington state named for him. His namesake VFW post also honored Nelson 50 years after he died. At that event, his sister Dorothy McCafferty said, "whatever he was assigned to do, he always did his best." Contact mbm bnniTi at 124-285r rbmuTidr lauunroiAne Delaware Public Archives A posthumous portrait shows Sgt. William Lloyd Nelson wearing the Medal of Honor he was awarded after being killed in combat in WWII.

son saw nearly constant combat after landing on the coast of Africa in November 1942. On April 24, 1943, at Djebel Dardys in Tunisia, he "led his section of heavy mortars to a forward position where he placed his guns, and men, under intense enemy artillery, mortar and small arms fire," news reports said. He "advanced alone to a chosen observation position, from which he directed the laying of a concentrated mortar barrage" onto attacking German troops. But a nearby blast flattened Nelson. Mortally wounded with head injuries, "he continued to direct devastating mortar fire that halted a serous enemy attack against the Allied lines," his medal citation said.

Crawling ahead, "dying of hand-grenade wounds and only 50 yards from the enemy, he encouraged his section to continue its fire, and by doing so, it took a heavy toll of enemy lives." His citation praised his "courage and self-sacrificing devotion to duty and neroism..