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1B 61 GETS IT DONE: Davis Womble surges to HPGA Memorial crown. 1D WHO’S NEWS– Marissa A. Cangin, a clinical psychologist, joined Corner- stone Behavioral Medicine. She specializes in psychologi- cal evaluation and counseling for adults with cancer, complex medical condi- tions, distressing treatment side effects, survivor- ship concerns, grief/bereave- ment, end of life concerns, adjust- ment diffi culties and mood and anxiety disorders. INSIDE– WEATHER– Mostly cloudy High 87, Low 68 6D OBITUARIES– No. 151 INDEX ABBY 3B BUSINESS 5D CLASSIFIED 3-6C COMICS 5B CROSSWORD 2C DONOHUE 5B FUN & GAMES 2C LIFE&STYLE 1C LOCAL 3A, 1B LOTTERY 2A MOVIES 6A NEIGHBORS 4B NATION 6A, 6D NOTABLES 2C OBITUARIES 2B OPINION 4A SPORTS 1-4D STATE 2A, 3B TV 6B WEATHER 6D WORLD 5A TRADITION: Teacher fi nds drum music to be good for the soul. 1C Dianna Chambers, 53 Ellard Essick, 88 Elizabeth Fine, 67 Gilmer Hege, 88 Sandy McCallum, 69 Paul Rich, 87 Ruth Walsh, 94 John Walton Jr., 79 Obituaries, 2B BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – You may have noticed them popping up like spring fl owers in places along N.
Main Street or Eastchester Drive. With computers lining the interior walls and col- orful neon blue and green online games splashed across the screens, Inter- net sweepstakes cafes are one of the types of busi- nesses that are opening during the recession, ac- cording to business licens- es fi led in High Point. But the new trend of these cafes also is the cen- ter of a controversy among politicians, with some wanting to shut down the operations and others wanting to keep the prac- tice legal. The General Assembly voted in 2006 to phase out video poker games by July 2007. The legislation ex- empted the video gambling machines at the casino run by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In 2009, N.C.
Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr. Ruled that the exemption violat- ed the federal Indian Gam- ing Regulatory Act, and the ban was overturned. Denise Tomaso, a busi- ness license specialist with the city, said a growing number of applications for a sweepstakes cafe busi- ness have surfaced in the last year. “They are coming in pretty often,” Tomaso said. “I don’t know of any license applications for them prior to this fi scal year.” The applications are fi led under the category of a service-oriented busi- nesses, leaving the city with no specifi c count on how many have opened in the last year.
But a drive through downtown High Point will show several sweepstakes cafes in shop- ping centers and former fast food restaurants that have recently opened. While the General As- sembly tries to close the video poker loophole and an appeal of the ruling works its way through the legal system, the busi- nesses operate in a legal gray area. Proponents say the sweepstakes cafes are allowed to operate because the machines don’t violate the state’s other gaming laws, which deem illegal “a device where the user may become entitled to receive any money, credit, allowance, or any thing of value.” Opponents say there is no difference be- tween the sweepstakes machines and Las Vegas- style slot machines.
The computers don’t have coin slots like other gambling machines or video poker terminals, but they serve the same func- tion, said Schorr Johnson, communications director for Senate leader Marc Basnight, D-Dare. Bas- night hopes the establish- ments will be made illegal CAFES, 2A New trend BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – In theory, it might sound like a good idea, but a multi-tiered fee structure for High Point’s parks and recreation facilities would be unworkable. That was the consensus that emerged from the City Council’s final budget review session Thurs- day when the topic of whether to charge non-city residents higher fees was discussed. Charging those who live outside High Point more to use city golf courses, ten- nis facilities, parks and other amenities would be problematic because the city doesn’t have the staff to spend the required time verifying the residency of pa- trons, offi cials said. It was also argued that such a move wouldn’t be cost-effective. “We’ve been through this dis- cussion with Garry Burnette and Allen Oliver, and we’ve never had either director say they wanted to go down that path,” Council- man Bill Bencini said.
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“I think we open up a can of worms that is probably not worth whatever additional funds that might come from this.” Another topic of discussion for council members was the Guil- ford County Tax Offi ce in High Point and what the future might hold for it. City offi cials said that their conversations with their coun- ty counterparts have sought to make clear the council’s wishes that the offi ce continue to have a presence in High Point and that the same services are offered here as in Greensboro. County offi cials have made it clear that there are no plans to close the of- fi ce. But some council members questioned whether it’s worth the city paying a portion of the cost to operate the offi ce here, especially when its only services provided are looking up tax records and re- ceiving payments while the coun- ty is making a move to put more records online. “I don’t know what we’re get- ting for $324,000 just to say we have a tax offi ce in High Point,” said Councilwoman Bernita Sims.
“Maybe we need to get out of it al- together.” Others pointed out that there still appears to be demand for the offi ce. “I would say it’s primarily people who don’t have the means to travel to Greensboro, who may want to have something explained to them not over the phone and who probably don’t have a com- puter,” Councilman John Fair- cloth said. Pkimbrough@hpe.com 888-3531 Council drops rec fee plan BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – It’s typical to see a rush of household renovation projects every spring, according to Shan- non Kauffman, owner of Handyman Matters. After all, that’s why they call it spring cleaning. But the fl ood of calls that Kauffman and other renovators have seen is signifi cantly greater than the same time last year – when most of their cus- tomers were pinching pen- nies due to bad economic conditions. “Since March, we’ve seen a lot of extra busi- ness.
Our franchise is also saying they’ve seen extra business nationally,” said Kauffman, who opened the Triad location fi ve years ago. “What we’ve noticed is that people are focusing on remodeling. The mar- ket for renovations seems to be improving for us.” From storm repair and small fi x-it jobs to redo- ing entire bathrooms and kitchens, renovators may be fi nding success while the housing market struggles and homeowners stay put. “People are now taking on some projects that they really don’t have to do, but just want to,” said Steve Cranford, owner of the High Point-based House Doctors franchise. “Last year at this time, it was tough (to fi nd jobs). This year, people who recognize their invest- ments are trying to protect it the best they can.” Home sales took a dive in October 2008 and have struggled to gain foothold ever since.
High Point saw much activity thanks to the federal government’s homebuyer tax credit pro- gram. Now that the pro- gram is over, renovators speculate that activity may be fueled into the remodel- ing sector until the hous- ing market and economy make a full recovery. The number of callers requesting price estimates has increased for both businesses, but also the number of jobs.
Other con- tributing factors include tax incentives for adding energy effi cient products to homes, Cranford said. “People are making some choices on windows and doors based around those tax credits,” he said.
“It makes sense in a couple of ways. First, they’re pro- tecting their investment. But it can also save them money in energy costs.” phaynes@hpe.com 888-3617 Businesses say more people are remodeling AT A GLANCE– High Point’s proposed 2010-11 budget holds the property tax rate at 63.3 cents per $100 valu- ation but raises water, sewer and electric rates. The council did away with a proposed garbage collection fee and an increase in the fee for business licenses and opted to trans- fer $1 million from the city’s electric fund and take other measures to close an estimated budget defi cit. Public hearings on the budget are scheduled for June 7 at 5:30 p.m. And June 10 at 9 a.m.
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(AP) – Police in Virginia say a man who robbed a bank in Fairfax Coun- ty was still standing around in the parking lot with his loot when of- fi cers arrived. The Washington Post reported that 29-year-old Makele G. Habtom was arrested and charged with robbery on Thurs- day.
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When a factual error has been found a cor- rection will be published. CAFES Find loophole FROM PAGE 1 through the General As- sembly this summer. “Several years ago, vid- eo poker terminals were banned,” Johnson said. “Those who have opened up the so-called cafes have found a loophole by say- ing they are only charging the customer for internet time, and the actual gam- bling is taking place on the Internet.” Roy Cordato, vice presi- dent for research at the John Locke Foundation, said the practice should be legal, but it probably wouldn’t function well as a revenue raiser if a tax was placed on the games like some lawmakers have suggested. And when it comes to the owners of cafes, most declined to comment about the issue to The High Point Enterprise.
But Jim Jennings, owner of Variety Flea Market on Tate Street in High Point, which has several of the machines inside, said the practice should be left alone. “If there can be a lottery or casinos, I think they (the game parlors) should be able to be open any- where,” he said. Phaynes@hpe.com 888-3617 APEX (AP) – Police say a 59- year-old woman has been shot to death inside the store where she worked and the shooter has killed himself.
Apex police Capt. Ann Stephens said Guadalupe Rosas was killed Sunday at her register at the front of Super Target in the town just 15 miles west of Raleigh. Stephens said the shooter killed himself when confronted by offi cers. Stephens said the shooter’s name is being withheld until next of kin can be notifi ed.
She said Rosas and the shooter had had a romantic relation- ship that ended about fi ve years ago. Investigators do not know what prompted the shooting. Stephens says about 150 custom- ers and employees were evacuated from the store and four people suf- fered minor injuries as they rushed to get out. Police: Man kills worker, self at Apex store MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE AURORA – Colby Whisnant’s pre-kindergarten class in New Bern began studying dinosaurs last week.
The 5-year-old came home with a request. “He wanted to come to the fossil festival and fi nd a dinosaur bone,” said his mother, Melissa. When the family arrived at Sat- urday’s second day of the annual Aurora Fossil Festival, the young- ster ignored all the festivities such as the parade, food, and even the homemade ice cream booth. “He wanted to start digging,” his mother laughed as the two picked their way through one of several huge piles of potential fossil fi nds, provided by Potash- Corp, owner of the town’s huge phosphate mine. While Colby was looking for his dinosaur bone, the 17th annual pa- rade made its way through town, with local bands, veterans, a giant Uncle Sam, civic fl oats and a variety of Sudan Shriners mini-vehicles. Melissa Carlyle and her daugh- ter Brittani French made their an- nual trek from nearby Greenville, where Melissa is a Pitt County Memorial Hospital nurse and her daughter is an ECU nursing stu- dent.
The family has ties to Auro- ra. Dad Bob Carlyle owns a marine construction business here. The women said the festival was a time to renew old acquaintances every year, even among the ven- dors. “There are lots of really nice vendors, some of them from as far away as Florida and New York,” Melissa said. “It’s three days of fun, to come and just have a good time.” Along with the food, amusement rides, helicopter rides, tours of the local mine, car show and marina activities, there was plenty for the serious fossil fan.
Lectures and exhibits were fea- tured at several indoor and outdoor venues by such noted institutions as the Smithsonian, N.C. Museum of Natural Science and fossil clubs from around the state. North Carolina Fossil Club mem- bers Mary Boulton of Charlotte and Joanne Panek Dubrock of Raleigh take in many fossil festivals each year, and rate the Aurora event high on their list. “Where else can you fi nd such as slice of small-town North Carolina where the whole town turns out for something that is such a gift, and goes a little whack-a-doodle about fossils?” Boulton asked. Dock Mitchell of Bayboro and his family come to the festival most years for the good food and a friendly place to visit. “What better place is there to meet some fi ne people and fi nd some deals like this,” he laughed, holding up a pair of metal birds he bought. Each metal fowl was a combination of rebar, springs and other metal parts.
He plans to put the larger bird on his deck or in a fl ower bed, while his wife Corinna bought the smaller bird as a desk ornament. Event offers ‘slice of small-town North Carolina’ ‘He wanted to start digging.’ Melissa Whisnant Mother of 5-year-old Colby ASHEVILLE (AP) – A company that wants to locate a concrete plant in western North Carolina has sued op- ponents of that plant, saying the company was libeled. The Citizen-Times of Asheville reported Satur- day that Blue Ridge Con- crete is suing the North Buncombe Association of Concerned Citizens and its director Aaron Pohl- Zaretsky.
Pohl-Zaretsky said he thinks the lawsuit was an attempt to intimidate him and others from tes- tifying at a hearing last week on the company’s air quality permit appli- cation. NC company sues opponents to its concrete plant RALEIGH (AP) – Pat McCrory’s calendar seems penciled with list- ings for someone ready for a rematch with Gov.
Beverly Perdue. McCrory, who stepped down as Charlotte mayor after 16 years last fall, has become a popular speaker statewide on the Repub- lican Party’s chicken dinner circuit, headlin- ing many GOP fundrais- ers. He’s been a frequent visitor on local and even national television politi- cal roundtables after nar- rowly losing to Perdue in November 2008. Now he has started a po- litical action committee to raise money for legisla- tive candidates and high- light issues he promoted in the 2008 race, including transportation, criminal justice and getting rid of what he called “a culture of corruption” in state government. “North Carolina state government is in a mess,” the 53-year-old McCrory said in a video announc- ing his New Leadership PAC and identifying Dem- ocrats, including Perdue, whom he believes are part of the problem. “It’s time for new leadership in our state and it must start now in 2010.” What about 2012?
Mc- Crory said in an interview he’s going to strongly consider a repeat guber- natorial bid. A longtime observer of his political career is more certain. “He’s going to run for governor,” said Ted Ar- rington, a political sci- ence professor at Univer- sity of North Carolina at Charlotte. Arrington said it’s a challenge for McCrory to keep his name in front of the general pub- lic now that he’s the ex- mayor. He also needs to avoid negative publicity that could harm him po- litically while satisfying both the business com- munity that backed him for years and the new tea party movement to avoid a bruising GOP primary.
“I think he’s still popu- lar, but he’s just disap- peared from everything,” Arrington said. “He’s behind the scenes. He’s working the party lead- ers.” McCrory working to remain visible in NC politics AP Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a shooting that left two dead at a Super Target Sunday morning in Apex. Police say a woman was shot to death outside the store where she worked and the shooter killed himself. Fossil Festival. THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010 www.hpe.com 3A Is your hearing current? Lexington Avenue, Suite 104, High Point, NC 889.9977 SP 00 50 47 46 Is your hearing current?
Lexington Avenue, Suite 104, High Point, NC 889.9977 SP00504736 LOCAL I ’ll admit it. I am stumped. How can I combine the Junior League’s Kentucky Derby Party with the literary League’s Luncheon featuring the New York Times best selling author Mary Jane Clark into one column? Perhaps I should just ask myself why not?
They were both fun events. They both were in High Point. They both in- volve our community. So that’s it. I’ll just do it! The sequence which I’ll tell you about these are not by importance.
It is fairly in chronological order. As I have mentioned before whenever I am going to meet a best-sell- ing author, I feel a certain intimidation. They are best-selling authors, then there is me.
You know what I mean. What continually amazes me, though, is, time after time, my fears and anxieties are met by authors who are gener- ously open and nice. This is exactly what happened when I met Mary Jane Clark.
Even though she is a Nor’easterner, she was “down home” with Southern charm. We chat- ted before the luncheon and she told me that she had looked forward to coming to High Point since her friend and fellow New York Times best-sell- ing author Dottie Benton Frank told her about the High Point Literary League and how welcom- ing and fun it was to come here. Clark’s books are fun to read (I love murder mys- teries) and mix her insider knowledge of the televi- sion news business (30 years with CBS News) and crime.
Crime has always been a large part of her life – her parents met when they were both with the FBI. Now her MO (I had to use the crime jargon meaning modus operandi or in plain English mean- ing method of operating) is about to change. She told me that, af- ter writing 12 books, she wanted a new idea and her newest series of books will be called, “The Wed- ding Cake Mysteries.” So she is changing her “recipe” from newsroom and crime to cakes and crime. Clark got her new idea when she was watching Martha Stewart on the Morning Show and showed a book of wedding cakes – voila! The idea came to Clark (whose ex-mother-in-law is famed novelist Mary Higgins Clark) to feature a bakery that specializes in wedding cakes.
The main character is an aspiring young actress whose mother owns a bakery. The cover of each book will feature a themed wedding cake. Now you have some insider information since none of this has been pub- licized. Her “research” in- cluded taking the Wilton Cake Decorating Course! I like that kind of research! The Literary League Luncheon is another one of those highly anticipated events and the ballroom at the High Point Country Club was teeming with the League’s enthusiastic readers, many of whom are also members of book clubs.
They were not disappointed. As the luncheon ended, outgoing President Judy Hustrulid handed over the gavel to incoming President Emilie Rogers!
Talk began to swirl about the next Literary League Luncheon in October, which will feature scholar, performer and non-fi ction writer Dr. Elliot Engel, who has writ- ten three plays and seven books including “A Dab of Dickens & A Touch of Twain.” I think that book will be on my summer reading list. What’s on yours?
The fall program also will include the annual awarding of the schol- arship to a High Point University student. This was the second year that the Junior League of High Point has celebrated the running of the horses with the Kentucky Derby Party held at the Briles House. Once again, I cannot tell you how wonderful it is that this home has been preserved and is used for such wonderful events.
While it was raining in Kentucky, High Point’s temperatures rose, mak- ing those mint juleps taste better than ever. In addition to the mint juleps, typical Derby fare was served, which included country ham biscuits, vegetables and crudites, pimento cheese sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, deviled eggs and bourbon balls. Julie Andrews and Junior League President Ericka Best-Hunt served as co-chairmen of the party, which also had a silent auc- tion that was coordinated by the Leagues 2009-10 Provisional Class who soon will become active mem- bers of the League. As a member of the community advisory board, I remain awed at everything this Ju- nior League is doing in our community.
In addition to preserving the Briles Home, they host the Kids Kitchen and recently opened the Children’s Learning Center at the Little Red School- house. Their Done-in-a- Day led by dynamo Deena Qubein adopts and imple- ments community projects each month. The list could go on and on. As much as the Ken- tucky Derby is known for the horses, it is also famous for the hats! The Kentucky Derby Web site even touts that the people watching “Parade of Hats” makes it “The greatest two minutes of sports!” The High Point Parade of hats was second to none. I have to tell you about the hat I wore.
It’s confession time. My head is so small that I have to stuff any hat with lots and lots of Kleenex so I just bought a silk fl oral bush and made my own hat. My head looked like a fl ower garden and I was sure that someone might just want to get out the water- ing can! MARY BOGEST is an artist and writer who resides in High Point MSBogest@aol.com Best-selling author, Derby generate excitement ABOUT TOWN Mary Bogest ■■■ MARY BOGEST HPE New York Times best-selling author Mary Jane Clark (second from left) poses with (from left) Linda Gill, Helen Godwin and Ann Kane. MARY BOGEST HPE Julie Andrews (left) and Junior League President Ericka Best-Hunt served as co-chair- men of the Kentucky Derby Party. 3.00% 12 Months.50% 36 Months.3.25% 24 Months 1228 Guilford College Rd.1 Suite 101 Jamestown 336-834-3292 Annuities offered by NSS Life 351 Valley Brook Rd.
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Opinion Page Editor: Vince Wheeler vwheeler@hpe.com (336) 888-3517 An independent newspaper Founded in 1883 Michael B. Starn Publisher Thomas L. Blount Editor Vince Wheeler Opinion Page Editor 210 Church Ave., High Point, N.C. 27262 (336) 888-3500 www.hpe.com The Enterprise welcomes let- ters. The editor reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity and deco- rum. Writers are limited to 300 words and to no more than one letter every two weeks.
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Box 1009 High Point, NC 27261 Fax to: (336) 888-3644 E-mail to: letterbox@hpe.com Monday May 31, 2010 4A WALLBURG- Town Council Mayor Allen L. Todd, 408 Oaklawn Road, Winston-Salem 27107; 769-3065 h; 769-0880 w Gary Craver, 266 Lansdowne Place, Winston-Salem 27107; 769-2308 h Zane Hedge- cock, 1404 Wall- burg-High Point Road, Winston- Salem 27107; 869-7979 h Clyde Lynn Reece, 8013 N NC Highway 109, Winston-Salem 27107; 769-9849 h Mark Swaim, 8781 N. NC High- way 109 (P.O. Box 849), Wallburg 27373; 769-3341 h; 692-0202 Steve Yokeley, 5197 Wallburg Road (PO box 151), Wallburg 27373; 769-3173 h; 7699180 w Last weekend, I had the good fortune to attend the graduation ceremonies for West Point’s class of 2010, in which was Kaitlin El- lison, my good friend’s daughter who is now an Army second lieu- tenant. After spending the day amongst Kaitlin and her bright, energetic classmates and seeing the graduating cadets hurl their uniform hats into the air as part of an age-old tradition at West Point, I was on an emotional high. For those not familiar with the hat-tossing ceremony at West Point, it is tradition for young children to queue up and then storm the fi eld upon which the ceremony is held to collect a cadet’s hat for a keepsake; I fondly remember doing the same thing years ago when my father taught at West Point.
After the hat toss, Kaitlin’s young cousin proudly collected a hat then brought it back to our seats in Michie Sta- dium where we found a handwrit- ten note tucked into the hat. The note read, “My name is Lewis Han. I’m from High Point, N.C., and I am part of the class of 2010. I branched fi eld artillery and I am heading to Ft. Lewis, WA., as my new home.
I hope you will take care of this hat that I have worn for the last four years. Every time you see it, you should be reminded that you can accom- plish anything you set your mind to. Always listen to your parents and those around you that love you.
They will guide you in the right direction and will never leave your side. Remember, you can do anything that you truly set your mind and heart to. Best of Luck, Lewis Han.” In a day and age when we see politicians and executives ly- ing and lacking the most basic leadership skills, it is easy for one to spiral into negativity and feel that our country is headed in the wrong direction. But then a beacon of light like 2nd Lt. Han’s note appears and helps us realize our country is in safe hands with men and women like him in our armed forces. I can’t help but imagine Cadet Lt.
Han sitting down to write the note on the eve of the most exciting day in his young life, and what does he do? Does he complain that he will likely serve in a combat zone in the next 12 months? No, instead he did what all great leaders do: He didn’t make the moment about himself, but instead chose to think of someone else.
He took the time to craft a motivational message that will hopefully shape a youngster’s life in some small manner. One can only hope that the politicians who are sending him into harm’s way will also learn something from Lt. Han’s words, and more importantly, his selfl ess actions. MIKE CAVANAUGH Doylestown, Pa. EDITOR’S NOTE: Lewis Han graduated from Southwest Guilford High School in 2006. The Enterprise waived its 300-word limit for this letter. YOUR VIEW- “There has never been a challenge that the American people, with as little interfer- ence as possible by the federal government, cannot handle.” – Bobby Jindal, March 24, 2009 T hat was then.This is now: 11 people dead in an oil rig explosion, fragile marshlands damaged, perhaps irreparably, uncalcu- lated millions (billions?) in lost revenue for the tourism and fi shing industries, and a short attention span nation trans- fi xed by a compelling image from a deep sea camera, brown gunk billowing out from a hole in the ocean fl oor, Things Getting Worse in real time.
And Bobby Jindal, governor of Loui- siana, off whose coast this tragedy is centered, is singing a new song, starkly at odds with what he said last year in a speech before the Republican faithful. Now he’s begging for federal “interfer- ence.” He wants federal money, federal supplies, wants the feds to help create barrier islands to protect Louisiana wet- lands from oil. Not to pick on Jindal. He is but one prominent voice in a chorus of Gulf state offi cials who once preached the virtues of tiny government but have discovered, in the wake of this spreading disaster, the virtues of government that is robust enough, at a minimum, to help them out of a jam. One hears pointed questions about President Obama’s engagement or lack thereof in the unfolding crisis.
One hears accusations that the government was lax in its oversight duties and too cozy with the oil industry it was supposed to be regulating. One hears nothing about de- regulation, about leaving the free market alone to do its magic. You know what they say: it’s all fun and games till somebody gets hurt. Well, the Gulf Coast is hurt, hurt in ways that may take years to fully assess, much less repair. And the sudden silence from the apostles of small government and free markets is telling.
The thing is, their argument is not fundamentally wrong. Who among us does not believe government is fre- quently bloated, ineffi cient and bound by preposterous rules? Who among us does not think it is often wasteful, hideously complex and redundantly redundant?
Yes, government is not perfect. Nor is it perfect- able. As adults, we should understand that. Any bureaucracy serving 309 million people and repre- senting their interests in a world of 6.8 billion, is likely always to have fl aws. Thus, fi xing government, making it more streamlined and re- sponsive, is and will always be an ongoing project. But instead of undertaking that project, people like Jindal rail against the concept of government itself, selling the delusion- al notion that taxation and regulation rep- resent the evisceration of some essential American principle.
They wax eloquent about what great things the free market and the free American could do if govern- ment would just get off their backs. One thinks of one’s meat oozing with salmonella, one’s paint fi lled with lead, one’s car getting 12 miles to the gallon, one’s self being breezily denied a job for reasons of race, creed, gender or sexual orientation and, yes, one’s ocean covered from horizon to horizon with a sheen of oil. And one shudders. You see, government is not our enemy. Government is the imperfect embodiment of our common will.
That is a not-so-fi ne distinction Jindal and others like him have lost in the rush to stoke the sense of grievance that burns in some conserva- tive souls. It is a distinction they recalled with great clarity as oil began spilling upon their waters. As there are no atheists in foxholes, it turns out there are no small-government disciples in massive oil spills. No, with BP oil soaking the sands of his coastline, Bobby Jindal turned righteously to that big, sometimes bloated, often intrusive federal government, and asked for help. He said, Send money, send resources. You will notice he never once said, Send less. LEONARD PITTS JR., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald.
E-mail him at lpitts@miamiherald.com. Pitts will be chatting with readers every Wednesday from 1 p.m. EDT on www.MiamiHerald.com. J ust last week, the combat death toll for the Amer-ican military in Afghanistan topped the 1,000 mark.
Hitting that mark surely will focus more attention on the fi ghting there and renew criticism of the war, prompting calls for U.S. But today, let us put aside our political arguments about war, or any political issue, and let us pause to remember and honor all of the Americans who made the supreme sacrifi ce for our freedom – warriors who, as Abraham Lincoln said in his Gettysburg Ad- dress, gave the last full measure of devotion. From the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and now Iraq and Afghanistan, American men and women have responded to the call for volunteers or the local draft board’s orders to risk their lives for the freedom of their country. More than 1.4 million Americans have died while serving during America’s wars. According to the Wikipedia Web site, here are estimates of U.S. Mili- tary deaths, including combat and other causes: American Revolution (1775-1783) – est.
25,000; War of 1812 (1812-1815) – est. 20,000; Mexican War (1846-1848) – 13,283; Civil War (1861-1865) – 364,511 Union and est.
260,000 Confederate; Spanish-American War (April-August 1898) – 2,446; Philipine-American War (1898-1913) – 4,196 World War I (1914-1918) – 116,516; World War II (1939-1945) – 405,399; Korean War (1950-1953) – 33,686; Vietnam War (1954-1975) – 58,209; Persian Gulf War (August 1990 - April 1991) 382; Afghanistan (October 2001 – ongoing) – 1,278+ as of May 28; Iraq War (March 2003-ongoing) – 4,404+ as of May 28; And another nearly 5,000 died in the Indian wars and other military actions throughout our nation’s history. The origin of the Memorial Day observance goes back to 1868 just after the U.S. Civil War, but perhaps the best words to explain the true meaning of this national holiday were spoken on a cool afternoon fi ve years earlier on Nov. 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pa., by President Abraham Lincoln. He spoke dur- ing dedication ceremonies for a military cemetery on ground where the Battle of Gettysburg had raged just over four months earlier: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, con- ceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefi eld of that war. We have come to dedicate a part of that fi eld as a fi nal resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
It is altogether fi tting and proper that we should do this. “But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate; we can- not consecrate; we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfi nished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” OUR VIEW- JOHN HOOD: The politics of pretense dominates here. TOMORROW Local West Point grad makes lasting impression Today, we recall freedom’s price That free-market religion gets lost in Gulf oil spill OPINION Leonard Pitts ■■■ OUR MISSION - The High Point Enterprise is committed to this community. And always will serve it by being an intensely local newspaper of excellent quality every day. 5A Monday May 31, 2010 Managing Editor: Sherrie Dockery sdockery@hpe.com (336) 888-3539 RELAXING: President enjoys comforts of his own home.
6A KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The commander of NATO and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan said Sunday there is “clear evidence” that some Taliban fi ght- ers have trained in Iran. Stanley McChrys- tal told reporters in the Afghan capital that Iran – Afghanistan’s western neighbor – has generally assisted the Afghan gov- ernment in fi ghting the insurgent group. “There is, however, clear evidence of Iranian activ- ity – in some cases provid- ing weaponry and train- ing to the Taliban – that is inappropriate,” he said. McChrystal said NATO forces are working to stop both the training and the weapons trafficking. Last month, McChrys- tal said there were indi- cations that Taliban were training in Iran, but not very many and not in a way that it appeared it was part of an Iranian government policy.
He did not give details on how many people have trained in Iran at Sunday’s news conference. Command con- fi rmed that an Ameri- can service member was killed Sunday in a small arms attack in southern Afghanistan. May is al- ready the deadliest month this year for U.S. Troops with 33 deaths – two more than in February when American, NATO and Af- ghan forces seized the Tal- iban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand province.
The month also brought the 1,000th U.S. Military death in the Afghan war since it began in 2001 when Marine Cpl. Jacob Leicht was killed Thurs- day by a roadside bomb in Helmand. The AP’s fi gures are based on Defense Depart- ment reports of deaths as a direct result of the Afghan confl ict, including person- nel assigned to units in Af- ghanistan, Pakistan or Uz- bekistan.
Deaths are based on statements by governments that have contributed forces to the coalition. The Taliban have spread out beyond their heartland in the south in recent years to increas- ingly launch attacks coun- trywide. NATO general in Afghanistan: Taliban train in Iran BRIEFS- Pro-Palestinian aid fl otilla sets sail for Gaza HAIFA, Israel – Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activ- ists, including a Nobel laureate and a Holocaust survivor, set sail Sunday for the Gaza Strip, edging closer to an expected naval showdown with Israeli gunships determined to stop them. Huwaida Arraf, one of the organizers, said the six-ship fl otilla began the journey from international waters off the coast of Cyprus in the afternoon after two days of delays. She said they expected to reach Gaza, about 250 miles away, this afternoon. Bodies found in abandoned silver mine MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s federal police commis- sioner says between 20 and 25 corpses have been recovered from an abandoned silver mine, apparently victims of drug gang violence.
Facundo Rosas says the bodies were pulled from the mine late Saturday and throughout the day Sunday after a suspect told authorities about the abandoned mine, one of hundreds in the region surrounding Taxco, a colonial-era city popular with international tourists. Probe: No technical fault in Libya plane crash TRIPOLI, Libya – A commission investigating a plane crash earlier this month in the Libyan capital that killed 103 people have found no evidence of terrorism or mechanical failure, the state news agency said Sunday. The Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 jetliner plunged into the desert less than a mile from the run- way in Tripoli on May 12 after taking off from Johannes- burg. A nine-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor.
China holds back on blaming North Korea SEOGWIPO, South Korea – China held back from joining the chorus of nations condemning North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean warship, making quick international sanctions unlikely but perhaps buying time while China quietly leans on its unpredictable, nuclear-armed neighbor. As Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts Sunday, tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital, clapping their hands, pumping their fi sts and shout- ing slogans against South Korea and America. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – Torrential rains brought by the fi rst trop- ical storm of the 2010 season pounded Central America and southern Mexico, triggering dead- ly landslides. The death toll stood at 16 Sunday, but authorities said the number could rise. Tropical Storm Ag- atha was dissipating over the mountains of western Guatemala, a day after it made land- fall near the nation’s border with Mexico with winds up to 45 mph. Although no longer even a tropical depres- sion, Agatha still posed trouble for the region: Remnants of the storm were expected to deliv- er 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters) of rain over southeastern Mexi- co, Guatemala and parts of El Salvador, creating the possibility of “life- threatening fl ash fl oods and mudslides,” the U.S. National Hurricane Cen- ter in Miami said in an advisory.
Tropical Storm Agatha kills 16 in Central America AP A Canadian soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, rushes as he leaves to rescue injured com- rades who where involved in an IED attack in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday. May is already the deadliest month this year for U.S. Troops with 33 deaths. ENTERPRISE NEWS SERVICE REPORTS THOMASVILLEO JEWELRY & LOAN 710 E.