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2B Monday, October 2, 2006 The Journal News From Page One LoHud.com 4 rrrr-s Jail visitor brought contraband, cops say Intrepid museum closes afcjj dZ' i -jls. 1 "Jr.fe' identified the suspect as Franklin Barber, 26, who is believed to have lived on South Street in Peekskill. Barber was being held in the jail after he was seen with the contraband, when he fled and jumped a fence at 11:43 a.m., said Sgt Thomas McGum of the county police. Barber led the county police and those from Mount Pleasant, Green-burgh, New York state and the MTA on a chase before he was apprehended, McGurn said. Len Maniace VALHALLA A visitor to the Westchester County jail who's accused of passing contraband to an inmate and then fleeing was apprehended yesterday afternoon following a manhunt, the police said.

After a chase into nearby woods, police took the suspect into custody in a cemetery along Commerce Street about 2:19 p.m. Police dogs and a helicopter were apparently used during the search, according to reports. The police still have not identified the contraband. The Westchester County police i. Abortion foes form annual Life Chain 1 1 'iL.

I ft. V.l'.' File photoThe Associated Press the Sea, Air Space Museum, as a floating museum before being imci -cr. tf I. LIFE CHAIN, from IB said of abortion. "It's just not right You kill innocent babies." O'Brien agreed.

As he spoke, a motorist passed by, honked her horn and gave a thumbs-up sign. "Most have been supportive, but there have been a few who have been flipping us off," he said of passing drivers. "One man yelled out O'Brien took it all in stride, saying people had the right to disagree. Dorothy Mayhew has been an abortion rights advocate for more than four decades. Reached by telephone yesterday for a reaction to yesterday's vigil, Mayhew criticized attempts to set aside the 1973 Roe v.

Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Mayhew accused the "religious people" who are spearheading the campaign of seeming not "to care anything about women's health." "Well, if they want to kill women, let them overturn the law," the Monsey woman said. "If they go back to not allowing safe abortions, that's what's going to LOTTERIES New York Midday Daily: 816 Midday WinFour: 10 51 Daily: 8 9 4 WinFour: 110 2 Pick-10: 1 3 9 14 18 28 31 33 36 37 41 48 51 54 56 58 63 67 75 78 Take Five: 12 17 25 27 34 New Jersey Midday Pick 3: 8 9 3 Midday Pick 4: 8 5 1 4 Pick 3: 4 4 7 Pick 4: 2 2 8 4 Cash 5: 9 17 30 34 35 Connecticut Play 3: 9 0 8 Play 4: 2 4 7 4 Cash 5: 10 12 18 19 31 SATURDAY RESULTS New York Midday Daily: 5 5 3 Midday WinFour: 9 3 4 6 The USS Intrepid, a retired Essex-class aircraft carrier now serving as docks at Pier 86 in Manhattan. Yesterday was the Intrepid's last day hauled off to drydock for a two-year renovation. Pre-K program to add as many as expand to more schools and more children with each succeeding year, and by the beginning of the 2001-02 school year, every child and every district would be eligible for the program and money.

State funding stalled in year two and has been flat since then. The four Rockland districts that got in during the first two years East Ramapo, North Rockland, Clark-stown and Nyack have never been able to expand their programs, and Nanuet and Ramapo Central, which expressed interest in the program, have never been able to join. The new state funding is only half of what local educators said Karen Matthews The Associated Press NEW YORK Bob Salmanowitz remembers the food on the USS Intrepid so good that men from other ships would come aboard to eat "We used to have a Texas breakfast, steak and eggs, on Sundays," said Salmanowitz, a photographer's mate on the famous aircraft carrier from 1955 to 1958. Ralph Slane, an air traffic controller on the Intrepid during the Vietnam years of 1966 to 1968, remembers the six pilots shot down during one eight-month cruise. The two men joined other former crew members and a steady stream of visitors yesterday for the Intrepid's last day as a floating museum before being hauled off to drydock for a two-year renovation.

The $58 million overhaul will include repainting the Intrepid's hull and rebuilding the Hudson River pier that has been its home as the Intrepid Sea, Air Space Museum. In addition, some areas that have been closed to visitors, including living quarters in the lower decks, will be fixed up to become part of the tour when the museum reopens in the fall of 2008. The carrier, a key component of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II, was slated for the scrapyard when Zachary Fisher, a real estate developer, rescued it and brought it to New York in 1981. It opened as a naval and air museum the following year.

Salmanowitz, 69, of Pompton Lakes, and Slane, 74, of Queens are among many former Intrepid crew members who serve as hosts and tour guides. Slane has been a tour guide since the Intrepid opened in 1982 and has run into several Navy buddies who happened to be visiting the museum when he was there. "When we were in the service we really never thought we'd want to come back," he said. "But years later, it's like a second home," 510 slots cial-education funding. Universal Prekindergarten money must be approved by the Legislature and governor every year or it goes away.

Brown's new fear is that unfilled seats will go away as well. For right now, however, there are seats available in the programs, especially in East Ramapo, where about 150 slots are open. North Rockland has about a dozen openings; Clarkstown may have 16. The program coordinators are seeking interested parents who want their children in the free, school-validated preschool program. The only requirements are that the child has to be 4 by Dec.

1 and the child has to live in the district in which the program operates. Both private-school and public-school families are eligible for the service. Child Care Resources of Rockland coordinates Universal Prekindergarten for East Ramapo, Nyack and Clarkstown. North Rockland runs its own program. Interested parents may call Child Care Resources at 845425-0009, Ext.

424. For North Rockland, call the school's central registration number, 845-942-3007. Reach Randi Weiner at rcweinerlohud.com or 845-578-2468. cal adviser of Menendez's is accused of using the senator's name to pressure a psychiatrist to hire a doctor for local government work. The psychiatrist who said he was pressured alleges some of the money from the government contract would be kicked back to Menendez, who was a congressman at the time, according to court documents.

Menendez's campaign said the allegation was false and that the senator severed professional ties with Scarinci after learning of the incident Menendez, 52, represented Hudson County in the U.S. House for 13 years before being appointed to the Senate in January to finish Corzine's term. With five weeks to go until election day, the Menendez-Kean race is in a dead heat, according to recent independent polls. stories New ground Candidate, if elected, would be first gay mayor in Westchester EDUCATION, from IB had been in place for more than 30 years. "Experimental" was renamed "Targeted" preschool a year or two ago.

Under the "universal" plan, school districts would create programs for their communities' preschoolers using either their own facilities or commercial sites, and the state would pay between $2,000 and $4,000 per enrolled child. The first year the program was available, only a select number of schools were allowed to apply for the funds, and those had to provide programs for their neediest children. The plan was expected to happen, they'll just kill women. That's the way it goes. That's the way it was before we got the law passed.

"They will not face the fact that women died by the hundreds and that was what we fought for, was safe abortion," she added. "If a woman wanted it, then she should have good medical care. She shouldn't have to do it in her kitchen, or go to some friend." Ramona Garcia of Haverstraw said unwanted children should be adopted, not aborted. "Although it hasn't been born, it's alive," she said, referring to a fetus. "It hurts me to know how we can end the life of a human being, and more, of a child that cannot defend itself." Garcia had advice for mothers of teen girls who become pregnant.

"Mothers, don't be so hard," she said. "When your daughter gets pregnant, support her. Who cares about society?" Reach Suzan Clarke at snclarkelohud.com or 845-578-2414. Daily: 5 7 9 WinFour: 0 8 5 8 Pick-10: 9 16 21 23 25 27 28 29 33 34 36 37 39 56 59 63 70 72 73 76 Lotto: 1 11 40 45 53 58 Bonus number: 52 Take Five: 8 10 18 20 36 New Jersey Midday Pick 3: 9 4 9 Midday Pick 4: 0 6 9 2 Pick 3: 0 2 9, Pick 4: 7 9 5 1 Cash 5: 2 3 19 28 29 Connecticut Play 3: 9 8 0 51 Cash 5: 4 13 26 30 35 Powerball 615 30 32 39 Powerball number: 5 Find the last four weeks of numbers at LoHud.com A ve rrflH (r Win they've wanted: They get more slots, but no new districts can apply. East Ramapo has gained 423 seats; Nyack has picked up 32 seats.

North Rockland has garnered about 85 new spaces; Clark-stown is waiting to see if the 16 new spaces for which it may be eligible will be funded. Despite its educational pluses, Universal Prekindergarten has always had some downsides, mostly tied to money. The per-child funding the state gives to participating school districts has never come close to the fees private preschools charge, for one thing. North Rockland receives $2,100 per child, the other three districts $2,700 per child for the 2'Mour, five-day-a-week, 180-day-a-year program. A private preschool can charge between $10,000 and $13,000 a year for the same amount of time.

School districts have negotiated with their preschool educators to accept the lower amount, but the low funding has limited the preschools that will accept Universal Prekindergarten children. The new funding still has not raised the per-child amount, Brown said. And while the program is state-funded, it's never been dedicated money like transportation or spe We 1 7" Yfi Democrats rally behind Menendez's campaign One of them is right for you. Heck, dozens are right for you. SENATE, from IB works as a subcontractor to Leonardo and is not directly employed by him.

The Star-Ledger of Newark reported Saturday that Lyon struck up a pen-pal relationship with Janiszewski and that the imprisoned politician provided him with a lengthy list of politicians who hold grudges against Menendez and may be willing to provide damaging information about him. In a related development, the Press of Atlantic City reported Saturday that Corzine had asked for the resignation of a longtime Menendez associate from the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. Donald Scarinci represents the authority as its attorney. The childhood friend and close politi Don't miss these local Refund readied mi School district, towns county prepare to pay $240 million to Mirant LoHud.com a (nl na fr better job awaits. To advertise call: 1-866-TJN-HIRE (856-4473).