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PAGE B6 W1NST0X SALEM JOURNAL Thursday January 3 2002 STATE METRO ABC 45 TV Continued rom Page Bl was at something of a natural disadvan tage when competing with established VH stations in the three major cities Davis who took charge at ABC 45 in Nov 2000 after 10 workers were laid off to save money said that the weaker UH broadcast signal was partly to blame for the last place mar ket share Others pointed to the frequent turnover of personnel at the station small staff size and the bare bones ap pearance of the newsroom's set Whatever the reason weak ratings translate directly into low advertising income "They just didn't have the revenue to support said Karen Adams the general manager at WGHPOX8 tried really hard to compete but they might not have had all the re sources they Davis said that the final decision to suspend ABC news operation was made yesterday in an early morning phone call with officials at cor porate headquarters in Baltimore An official announcement was made about noon David Smith the CEO and president of the company did not return calls for comment yesterday Smith did rele a written statement which said that in creased competition from cable onlv news stations is hurting broad ier the competitive and econom ic landscape and our signal disadvan tage we felt it was in the best i tere iof the marketplace to close the operation rather than sacrifice the quality of the news we Smith said in the re lease Sinclair is one of the largest televi sion broadcasting companies with 63 television stations in 40 markets Sin television group reaches approxi mately 25 percent of US television households and includes ABC CBS OX NBCWB and UPN affiliates Corporate officials said yesterday that severance packages will be offered to some of the employees at ABC 45 and that the company will try to find jobs for some of the workers at other Sinclair stations in the region including Raleigh Asheville and Charleston SC Deborah Hooper the general manag er at WMY News 2 said she has a lot of compassion for the people who will lose their jobs is a very competitive market place and local news is not an inexpen sive business to be she said was already such an established local news market when that particular station started their news Several of ABC on air personali ties declined to comment on the shut down yesterday and no mention of the closure was made during the 6 pm newscast Managers at other sta tions said that the announcement had come as a surprise to the ABC 45 staff members and that several had called looking for jobs Adams at ox 8 said that the shut down will be a loss for the Triad hate to see anyone get out of the local news business because competi tion makes us all better" she said "It will be really weird not to have a news lead in before Peter Jennings (on ABC's World News Tonight)" Michael Biesecker can be reached at: 27 7338 or armbieseckerws Journalcom Journal reporter Tim Clodfelter contributed to this story MANDO Continued rom Page Bl "The lack of recreation and recre ational facilities was something he was concerned about I'd heard him talk many times about how the Boys Club of America in Pennsylvania was instrumental in helping him find said Town Manager Terry Bralley Mando was a founding member of the Mocksville Jaycees and in the 1950s he led a successful campaign for a recreation tax The tax was used to renovate the gymnasium and con tributed to Rich Park The experience of campaigning for more recreation was one of the things that led Mando to run for a seat on the board Bralley said As mayor Mando spent a lot of time just talking to residents andlis MOODY Continued rom Page Bl forcement as a deputy in ranklin County He was a reserve police offi cer in Louisburg and was in charge of two volunteer rescue units that he helped start He joined the Highway Patrol in 1975 Moody has never held elective of fice and said he has supervised few people during his career as a state trooper However he said he is confident in his ability to hire good people to help him run the office which he says is in need of change feel like I can do a lot of good for the Moody said tening to their concerns said Jim Wall a town commissioner welcomed the people to come and take part in the meetings Spent who knows how many hundreds of hours talking to people about prob lems before Terry came in 1979 Mr Mando during his first term was con stantly being called sometimes for reasonable answers sometimes to hear somebody let off Wall said he was always very accom Over the years Mando also got to know residents through his job as as sistant principal at Davie County High School I would take him out to in dustrial tours he would almost bring the production lines to a halt because everyone wanted to talk to Mr Mando They knew him from the Bral ley said matter where we went somebody knew Mr The fact that he has not worked in the department is a plus he said coming in with new ideas and an open he said Moody said that if elected he plans to improve the efficiency of opera tions at the orsyth County Jail He said that arresting officers spend more time at the jail than they should because it takes too long to process inmates Moody said he would also work to raise the morale of deputies who work at the jail (morale) is at an all time he said Moody said that if he wins he plans to restructure the rank and pro motional procedures in the sheriff's office so that they are based on merit He said he will also funnel more One of the things that made him a good mayor was his upstanding char acter Slate said was a devout man I le attend ed church regularly He was a man of integrity Whenever he told you some thing you knew he would stick by what he said He was just an honor able Slate said Slate now applies the things he learned from Mando when leading the current town board At the first town meeting with new com missioners he recalled words took a leaf out of his book I gave them the same lecture I told them leave your politics Slate said are all working for the same Danielle Deaver can be reached at 727 7279 or at wsjournalcom administrative tasks to civilian per sonnel instead of patrol deputies Moody said that one of his goals is to improve the relation ships with other agencies including the Winston Salem Police Depart ment He said that deputies and po lice officers work well together but that relations are strained higher up the chain of command The 2002 election filing period be gins in ebruary i The local Democratic Party will offer support for candidates alter the primary election said Berni Gaither the chairwoman of the orsyth Coun ty Democratic Party 3 Victoria Cherrie can be reached at 727 7283 oral wsjournalcom SCRABBLE Continued rom Page Bl game A neighbor introduced her to the game when she was 14 She was hooked from the first game King continued nurturing her passion through college and into the working world As a teacher at North Davidson High School she unexpectedly received a newsletter from the National Scrabble Association It featured a story about an inmate in a Texas prison who played Scrabble King said she was intrigued and with her class began playing the inmate by mail takes she said several years we Even now years after the inmate's re lease King said that they are still in touch The inmate once told her that he was still alive because King took an interest in him He had been planning to commit suicide she said It was an experience that taught King about value as something more than a game King began using Scrabble in the class room with her special education students She would incorporate vocabulary from so cial studies science and their other subjects into the games caught the fire of my excitement for the she said of her students "They realize they were learning strat egy They were learning math They were learning dictionary skills They loved At the holiday party King verified challenges from players If one player ac cused his opponent of using a questionable word it was job to look it up in the Of ficial Tournament and Club Word List When asked about the validity of one use of the word she said she knew for a fact that the word was good But what does it mean? have to look that one she said defines it as "a plant of the staff tree family found in Africa and Ara but beside the point In tourna ment play Scrabble players do not have to know the meanings of the words just the proper spellings Tournament rules were in effect for the party but the games did not affect rankings "This is just for King explained our trophies sat on the mantle one each for the highest score the highest scor ing two letter word the highest scoring word and the highest scoring a seven letter word "And we will have a prize for the lowest score because I like for everybody to King said Real tournament play is not so forgiving Kevin Glenn a highway guardrail con tractor from Brevard said that tournaments could be nerve wracking He competed in the national finals last year in Las Vegas a tournament that included 700 players play ing 3 1 games each over the course of a week He placed 81st in his division of 150 players a lot of he said lot of brainwaves" King admitted that competitive play was not for everyone a difference between what we do and what most people see in she said "A lot of people are intimidated when they see the level of Scrabble that we deal But she said that discourage people from coming to the meetings and tournaments Will Cooper who works for a mail serv ice company in Winston Salem said he found out about the local club on the Inter net a year and a half ago He went to Barnes Noble one night to see what the club was all about just got sucked into he said "I real ly lucked At the holiday party some attendees jok: ingly described their love for Scrabble as an obsession but King said she liked to explain it in gentler terms like to think that we are a passionate or more information about the Win ston Salem Scrabble Club's tournament email Will Cooper at wlllcoopertrladrrcom ISHER Continued rom Page Bl shaking hands talking politics and spreading the word about who she is and what she stands for "You compete doing it the old fashioned isher said At first most voters know who she was isher admits When she announced her election plans in front of the Rowan County Public Library on Labor Day the only audience member was a local reporter But as the campaign pro gresses people are starting to er said rich I ain't white And I certainly a The Republican Party has de veloped a bad reputation among minorities because fringe groups have taken control of the party she said Her campaign material fol lows most of the traditional Re publican issues She supports spending more money on de fense and finding alternative energy sources that will help the United States end its reliance on oil from the Middle East She wants to make English the country's official language and tighten immigration laws She opposes gun control and blames the North America ree Trade Agreement for many of North economic woes But isher said she also be lieves that North Carolina needs to look at developing technolo gies based on the use of natural elements such as wind and water She supports historic restoration and downtown rede velopment need to think different isher said Heberligh said he think that the state's voters care how long Dole has lived in North Carolina Republican primary is going to turn on whether one of Mrs opponents can con vince Republicans that she's too moderate and thus not a rightful inheritor of Jesse Helms and whe ther that person can win the gen eral elections" Heberligh said Even some of local colleagues agree that she faces a difficult battle respect her and I admire said Clyde Miller the chairman of the Salisbury Rowan school board fighting an uphill battle" or this ONE WEEKEND in January each Bill we reduce every single item in ouR? 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