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2D THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Tuesday May 1 1990 Cabarrus Kannapolis Schools be hools 1 i it equest Teachers lion more than they asked for last Cabarrus system is to have a per- It was the first time both school i year sonal computer in every class- system superintendents both room school boards and the commis- 1 Duncan said in an interview sioners had met Duncan said in an interview when I was in school or college "Our budget reflects Some money so lead teachers can attend seminars and workshops and come back and teach local teachers" The Kannapolis Board of Education is requesting a $1 million budget for the 1990-91 school year about a 24 increase over ing is chairwoman of the Cabarrus County Board of Education on Monday both told the Cabarrus Board of County Commissioners of specific needs in their respective school systems most notably the need for more teachers "Realizing what may be said or may not be said could affect the education of our children makes me nervous and upset" Duncan said as he spoke to commissioners Monday "We have problems now that you didn't have when you were in school and I didn't have By LAURIE WILLIS Concord Bureau Henry Duncan wants 14 additional teachers in the Kannapolis City Schools system: eight to help reduce classroom size and eliminate combination classes in elementary schools four to help implement a middle school and two to teach exceptional children Tina Loving wants 10 additional teachers in the Cabarnis County School system to help reduce classroom size Duncan is chairman of the Kannapolis Board of Education Lov that money to send teachers to state and national workshops on such things as dropout prevention and drugs is crucial to the Kannapolis system "If we do not get funding for the things I've mentioned it would hurt very bad" Duncan said "We need teachers and funds to help with in-service training" Loving said one goal of the "We need to update our computer training for our students through equipment and personnel" Loving said "It will take additional staff to do this" Supt Jesse Register of Cabamis County Schools and Supt Ralph Johnston of Kannapolis City Schools made budget presentations to commissioners Monday night Jim Lentz chairman of the Cabarrus Board of County Commissioners said the board would probably begin its budget process within the next two weeks and would meet again with school system representatives Commissioners' Vice Chairman Giles Moss said it could be June before the budget is approved last year's request 1 The Cabarnis County Board of Education is requesting $113 million for 1990-91 which represents a 25 increase or about $18 mil Pee Dee Spill Halts Iredell Officers Arrest 4 Seize Cash In Drug Sting Carbon Monoxide May Have Killed 2 Found On Boat in its 1990 Children's Index "It was not a pleasant year to work on the index" said institute President John Nib lock noting that the reported cases of child abuse reached nearly 46000 last year with more than a third of those reports confirmed The index a reading of 30 indicators involving children showed that 11588 young people were arrested last year a record with 967 children under age 16 sent to training schools Student use of alcohol and drugs also was reported to be up for the year Jury Not Seated In Overlook Trial MARION NC No jurors were seated Monday in the trial of a Fayetteville man imprisoned since 1988 on charges he pushed his wife and her best friend off a scenic Blue Ridge Parkway overlook James Gibbs a 38-year-old tire builder goes on trial again this week after his first trial ended with a deadlocked jury after 20 hours of deliberations The jury was stopped 10-2 in favor of conviction Gibbs is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his wife Helen Bumette Gibbs 31 and her friend Susan White Haire 32 The women died after falling from the Chestoa View Overlook on Oct 17 1988 A pool of 200 potential jurors was called Mon day to the McDowell County Courthouse for jury selection Pumping CHERAW SC The Town of Cheraw temporarily stopped 1 pumping water from the Great Pee Dee River early Monday after officials detected sulfuric acid spilled in a train wreck Saturday Two hours later about 5 am when the acidity level in the river returned closer to normal the town resumed pumping water said Ted Morris Cheraw's public utility director "We shut our facility down for about two hours stopped pumping water from the river but the town still had water" said Morris The track and trestle where the accident occurred reopened for limited use Monday said Norm Going CSX Transportation spokesman The accident occurred upstream in North Carolina on the Anson-Richmond county line about 15 miles east of Wadesboro SC environmental officials said Monday that the river which is known as the Great Pee Dee in South Carolina is unharmed for the most part Rhonda Williams 1 i HICKORY Preliminary autopsy results suggest two people found on a boat docked on Lake Hickory Friday died of carbon monoxide poisoning Captain Wayne Sumpter of the Hickory Police Department said Monday A friend found Pat Parisi 33 and Sherri Wilson 25 both Carolina of Statesville dead inside Parisi's docked boat at Hickory Watch Marina late Friday morning Police said there was a strong odor of gas in the tightly sealed cabin and that Parisi was carrying a container of gasoline on the boat Debbie Kuehnert clinical director of the laboratory at Frye Regional Medical Center where the autopsies were performed said it is possible fumes from the container could have caused the deaths "It depends on what the gas was made of and how hot it was (in the cabin)" she said "It would be just like being in a closed car with the motor running" Final autopsy results are expected later this week By RHONDA WILLIAMS them 2 kilos of cocaine for Staff Writer $42000" A cocaine bust Monday netted Mooresville police officers the Iredell County Sheriff's sheriff's deputies and FBI aRents Department four Statesville resi- met at 8:30 am Monday The dents and $21000 in cash drug transaction was slated for 10 Sheriff's deputies arrested and am in Mooresville charged three men and one woman But the people the officers were with conspiracy to traffic cocaine io meet could only come up with Monday after FBI and local enough money to buy 1 kilo at authorities set up a cocaine sale $21000 Lloyd said "We decided with the suspected drug dealers we'd take what we could get" he Jeffrey Lynn "Pedro" Myers said and the meeting was resched27 and his brother Sean Lindsay uled for that afternoon Myers 25 both of 415 Salisbury About 3 pm the authorities Rd Richard Kevin "KJ shadowed the suspects and the Thomas 26 1317 Boulevard and undercover agent as they headed Tonya Grant Morrison 31 225 toward Mooresville along 177 he Garfield St were taken to the said Mecklenburg County Jail in Char- About 5 miles later authorities lotte and were expected to go stopped and arrested the suspects before a federal judge today who were riding in a Chevrolet Iredell Sheriff Clyde Lloyd said truck Camaro and Toyota Lloyd the department considered the Myers brothers as "two of our said The officers confiscated major drug dealers in Statesville $21000 stashed in a brown paper bag from the Camaro floorboard The FBI and sheriffs depart- he said ment have worked together for the past four to five months to curtail drug activity in Iredell Lloyd said Lloyd said the department will The Monday bust was the county's continue its effort to curb drug first big arrest since the collabora- activity in Iredell tion began he said "We by no means are going to "About a week ago an under- stop We just hope that with what cover FBI agent made contact with we do and when people get eduthese people" Lloyd said "We cated a little bit they find out made a deal with them to sell (drugs are) not the thing to do" Wing Haven Back Brighter Than Ever Brighter Than Ever North Carolina Reward Offered In Kidnap-Assault WINSTON-SALEM The family of a Rural Hall woman who was kidnapped raped shot and left for dead by the side of 1-95 near Fayetteville has raised $10000 in reward money for the arrest of the man who did it Reward money in the case now totals $16500 authorities said Monday "We feel like if this guy is not caught it will happen again to somebody else" said James Harrison the brother of the woman Phoebe Cooper Cooper was kidnapped March 22 at gunpoint from a First Union National Bank The man armed with a shotgun forced her to drive on 1-95 to Fayetteville Just outside the city limits the man forced her into some woods where he raped her robbed her and shot her in the face with a shotgun authorities said Cooper was discovered by troopers from the NC Highway Patrol when she struggled up a hill to their cruiser Former Sen William Cobb Dead At 67 Want To Go? Charlotte Woman Killed In Wreck HARRISBURG Patricia Braddy Grant 39 of Charlotte died when the car she was driving wrecked on Hickory Ridge Road near Harrisburg authorities reported Monday According to the report of Highway Patrol Trooper GA Langdale the car a 1988 Pontiac was traveling at an unsafe speed as it came out of a curve at 1:45 pm Saturday The car ran off to the right hit the ditch bank overturned and landed on its top according to Langdale's report Langdale estimated damage to the car at $10000 Continued From Preceding Page September when Hogewood arrived to view the hurricane damage "It was total destruction" she says "Practically everything was covered We literally could not get into the garden We had to cut our way in with pruners and saws" But a statue of St Francis the patron saint of wildlife was still standing on a birdbath Hogewood says she and others saw that as both a symbolic and an encouraging sign that Wing Haven would recover The garden was created begin- fling in 1927 by Edwin Clarkson and his wife the late Elizabeth Clarkson It drew nearly 7000 visitors in 1988 Wing Haven will be open today through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm The Wing Haven Garden Shop at the garden will be open the same hours Shop profits benefit the garden Beginning this weekend the garden will be open Sundays 2 to 5 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays 3 to 5 pm Admission Is free Memberships in the Wing Haven Foundation start at 620 Information: 331-0664 garden hours Associated Press COLUMBUS NM William Cobb a former member of the NC Senate and an active member of New Mexico's Republican Party has died at age 67 A memorial service is scheduled today at 2 pm at St Lukes Episcopal Church in Deming for Mr Cobb who died Thursday at his Columbus NM home Mr Cobb was a New York-born graduate of Yale University He lived in North Carolina from 1948 to 1972 and was elected to the state Senate where he served as minority leader He also was a chairman of the NC Republican Party Mr Cobb retired in 1972 and moved to New Mexico He remained politically active serving as coordinator for Grant Hidalgo and Luna counties for George Bush's presidential campaign He also was on a GOP state executive committee in the early 1980s Were You There May 4 1970? The Charlotte Observer would like to print interviews with students professors National Guard members and others in this area who were in Kent Ohio on that day 20 years ago when four students died in an anti-war protest If you were there call reporter Diane Suchetka today at (704) 379-6673 between 2 pm and 9 pm Man Sentenced To Life In Assault Willie Chapple Roberts of Charlotte pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and raping a relative and then stealing her car and $10 from her purse Superior Court Judge Walter Allen sentenced Roberts 36 to life in prison plus 60 years Roberts has been to prison twice once in 1976 for raping a 13-year-old girl and again in 1978 for assault with intent to commit rape Report: Child Abuse Soared In '89 RALEIGH North Carolina's children benefited from expanded Medicaid coverage and tougher enforcement of child-support orders in 1989 a child advocacy group said Monday But at the same time child-abuse reports soared to a record juvenile crime increased and the use of alcohol and drugs by high school students increased the NC Child Advocacy Institute said 4 t' t''' fit P' a i 1St 'C 5' 11 4 i- elMt 1 -1' 4 '19 6 IC l' 16 Edited by Angela Wright I Republicans I Easley's NCCU Classmates Pledge Their Support Two seats open Covers Lower Fork and Upper Fork townships in Burke County Bandys Hickory Jacob's Fork Newton and Clines townships in Catawba County Term runs to 1993 Salary: $11124 plus $5580 annual allowance With no Democratic candidates the May 8 Republican primary will decide the race t'ANDIWkTESIO NC Central law school Associate Dean Irving Joyner said Easley's three years at Central "broadened his exposure to what's going on in the world He's quite comfortable in working with minorities and people from other backgrounds and religious beliefs" Easley's I20-member class of '76 had slightly more blacks than whites Easley liked the state-supported school and continues to support it He's a member of the school's board has addressed incoming classes and as Brunswick County district attorney has hired four NC Central law school grads "Central has a special purpose in that they take students who otherwise would not be accepted due to some type of academic or testing flaw" Easley said He had good grades at UNC-Chapel Hill but tested poorly for law school For decades blacks have respected NC Central's law school black graduates preside as Stine Isenhower Doris Huffman IPat Moss Continued From Preceding Page lot about him More power to him" Gantt said Easley's black supporters from Central say they have no reservations about supporting Easley instead of Gantt "I will never support a candidate just because he happens to be of one particular race or sex and I mean never" said Raleigh lawyer Genevieve Sims Another black Easley supporter state judges and play important roles in the legislature But the school has struggled to gain acceptance from graduates of the other four law schools in the state each of which is predominantly white NC Central law school graduates often have not fared as well as other law school graduates on the NC Bar exam Sims a Raleigh lawyer likes Easley's support of NC Central "There are a lot of whites who won't hang their (NC Central) diploma on the wall" she said "I feel very good about someone white who will say 'Yes I am where I am because of the quality of the education at this institution'" Even Gantt supporters such as 1 state Rep Mickey Michaux D-Durham a black NC Central law school graduate like Easley's candidacy Said Michaux: "I'm I glad and happy and proud he went to Central' 4 45 1 'VIW fe efe Alibt 4 i 1 ft 4 South Carolina Deaths MIMI 010111111111111 More Obituaries NC obituaries are on Page 4D I Pat Moss 49 Moss is president of Trehan Corp a SC land-holding company Although this Is her first run for office Moss Is a member of Foresight Catawba County's long-range planning committee and vice president of the Catawba County Council for the Arts She grew up in Richmond and moved to Hickory in 1964 Doris Hultman 54 Huffman is finishing her third term and is a member of 11 committees including co-chairman of the House Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety She's former chairman of the Catawba County Republican Party A homemaker Huffman was born near Connelly Springs In Burke County and grew up in Hickory Stine isenhower 62 Isenhower is completing his second term in the House He was a Catawba County commissioner from 1966 to 1970 and served on the NC State Highway Commission in the early '70s Isenhower has been in the insurance business since 1953 and Is a partner at BBSTCline Southern Insurance Inc in Newton He was born and raised In Itleki if '11114 r4" Aro' 1111111T Ell ESUOIll tus died April 28 1990 at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte Funeral plans are incomplete Robinson of Rock Hill is in charge ROCK HILL Mrs Gertrude Branch Campbell 99 retired nurse died April 30 1990 at Ebenezer Nursing Home Funeral is I I am today at Laurelwood Cemetery Visitation is 9 to 10:30 am today at Greene Funeral Home Survivors are her nephews and nieces ROCK HILL Mr Thurman Victor Long 80 textile retiree died April 29 1990 at Piedmont Medical Center Funeral is 4 pm today at Bass Funeral Home Visitation is 3 to 4 pm today Survivors are his daughter Ms Barbara Long of Greenville SC brother Ray Long sister Mrs Vernie Schrum of Missouri Valley Iowa Memorials may be made to Elks Club Benevolent Fund 344 Main St Rock Hill SC 29730 SPARTANBURG Mr Lonnie Brittain 67 textile retiree died April 29 1990 at home Funeral is 1 I am today at Sunset Memorial Park Survivors are his brothers Vance Brittain of Charlotte Deward Brittain of Hartsville Bobo is in charge CIIERAW Mr Alex Walter English 88 retired cemetery caretaker died April 29 1990 at Chesterfield General Hospital Funeral is 2 pm today at Carter Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church cemetery both in Rockingham NC Survivors are his nephews and nieces CHESTERFIELD Mr Johnnie Belk 84 died April 30 1990 at Chesterfield General Hospital Funeral plans are incomplete Flemming's is in charge COLUMBIA Mrs Ann Bug gel Herndon $8 died April 29 1990 Funeral is 4:30 pm today at Eastminster Presbyterian Church Dunbar Funeral Home Devine Street chapel is in charge Visitation is at the home Survivors are her husband Francis son Frank Herndon of Atlanta daughter Ms Scottie Trapp of Charlotte mother Mrs Agnes Buggel of Charleston brother JC Buggel KERSIIAW Mrs Susie Sara William Phillips 85 died April 29 1990 at Elliott White Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster Funeral is 4 pm Wednesday at Second Baptist Church Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Cauthen Funeral Rome Lancaster Surviving is her son William Phillips Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church 402 Hampton St Kershaw SC 29067 MEGGETT John Meador Sneed 15 Middleton High School student died April 28 1990 on Edisto Island as a result of an automobile accident Funeral is 10 am today at Ashley River Baptist Church Charleston Survivors are his parents William and Cherrie Sneed brother William Sneed Jr grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Beard of Anderson Mr and Mrs Henry Sneed of Florence McAlister of Charleston is in charge Memorials may be made to Ashley River Baptist Church 1101 Savannah Highway Charleston SC 29407 or to Carolina Children's Charity 316 Calhoun St Charleston SC 29401 MULLINS Mrs Ramona Shuman Lewis 61 homemaker died April 30 1990 at Marion Memorial Hospital Funeral is 4 pm today at Cox-Collins Funeral I tome Survivors ale her husband Joseph! son Bruce Lewis NEWPORT Ms Cathy Pet Although education seems to be a big issue the candidates generally hold similar views such as Increasing teacher pay Moss says the state should provide incentives for businesses that provide day care Isenhour stresses constituent service and calls for more drug education in elemen tary schools Huffman says the state should mandate alternative sentencing and add more beds to ease the prison crisis Moss supports abortion rights Isenhour and Huffman say abortion should be legal only In cases of rape incest or when a pregnant womants life is threatened IlkISTOIWKTC HMI 41 "For Every Heart" Concert Tour Friday May 11 1990 7:30 pm John A Walker Community Center Wilkesboro NC sro Ticket and Love Offering (704) 433-6709 Expect a civil campaign without barbs In a letter Huffman has called for ethical campaigning limits on campaign spending and open debate istihour Is consid ered the favorite Moss is well known in the district and active In the community she is most likely to pose an effective challenge to Huffman A John Hechinger.