C4 MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN Today is Monday, July 17, the 198th day of 2006. There are 167 days left in the year. In History 1821: Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 1898: During the Spanish- American War, Spanish troops in Santiago, Cuba, surrendered to U.S. forces.
1917: The British royal family adopted the name 1944: 322 people were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded in Port Chicago, Calif. 1945: President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam, Germany, in the Allied summit of World War II. 1955: Disneyland debuted in Anaheim, Calif. 1975: An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the superpower linkup of its kind.
1979: Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza resigned and into exile in Miami. 1981: 114 people were killed when a pair of walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a 1986: White House chief of staff Donald Regan drew criticism for suggesting in an interview that American women would not be prepared to up all their if the U.S. were to impose economic sanctions against South Africa. 1996: TWA Flight 800, a Paris- bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, N.Y., shortly after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people aboard.
Five years ago: Katharine Graham, chairman of The Washington Post Company, died three days after suffering a head injury in Sun Valley, Idaho; she was 84. One year ago: The Iraqi Special Tribunal its criminal case against Saddam Hussein for a 1982 massacre of Shiites. Tiger Woods closed with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. Sir Edward Heath, former British prime minister, died in Salisbury, England, at age 89. Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald died in New York City at age 91.
Birthdays TV personality Art Linkletter is 94. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 89. The former president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, is 86. Jazz singer Jimmy Scott is 81. Actor Donald Sutherland is 71.
Actress- singer Diahann Carroll is 71. Rock singer Spencer Davis is 64. Rock musician Terry Butler (Black Sabbath) is 57. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 55. Actor David Hasselhoff is 54.
Singer Phoebe Snow is 54. Television producer Mark Burnett is 46. Actress Nancy Giles is 46. Singer Regina Belle is 43. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 40.
Hip- hop singer Guru (Gang Starr) is 40. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 39. Rhythm-and- blues singer Stokley (Mint Condition) is 39. Actress Bitty Schram is 38. Singer JC (PM Dawn) is 35.
Rapper is 33. Thought for Today soul is a melody which needs Stephane Mallarme, French essayist and poet (1842-1898). Almanac Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Lt. Gov.
Win Rockefeller, the unassuming billionaire who last year abandoned a race for Arkansas governor a post once held by his father died Sunday after unsuccessful treatments for a blood disorder, his said. He was 57. Rockefeller died Sunday morning at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with his family present, his spokesman Steve Brawner said. Bone marrow transplants Oct. 7 and March 29 at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center failed to cure an unclas myeloproliferative disorder.
He returned to Arkansas on July 8 and immediately entered the hospital. The next day, Rockefeller Gov. Mike Huckabee that he could not continue his duties, at least temporarily. Rockefeller embodied the ideals of compassion, generosity, and humility. He was a wealthy man, but his real wealth was not his money, but his heart for serving Huckabee said.
The governor cut short a trip to New Orleans for the Southern Association meeting to return to Little Rock. Under the Arkansas constitution, Huckabee does not have the authority to name a replacement to the remainder of term, which ends in January. Senate President Jim Argue, D-Little Rock, will direct Arkansas government when Huckabee is out of state. The great-grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller ranked No.
283 on the Forbes magazine list of the wealthiest people in 2005, with a fortune the magazine estimated at $1.2 billion. As lieutenant governor, a part-time job, he donated his $34,673 state salary to charity. Born Sept. 17, 1948, in New York, Rockefeller was the only child of former Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and Barbara Sears.
An uncle was former vice president Nelson Rocke feller, and current U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, is a cousin. Rockefeller entered politics in 1996, winning a special election to complete the unexpired lieutenant governor term of Huckabee, who became governor after Jim Guy Tucker was convicted in a fraud case as part of the Whitewater investigation. Rockefeller won re-election twice, winning 67 percent of the vote in 1998 and 60 percent in 2002.
As lieutenant governor, he presided over the state Senate and served as governor when Huckabee was out of the state. He also served as an economic cheerleader for the state, traveling at his own expense to seek foreign investments here. Arkansas Lt. Gov. Rockefeller dies at 57 Win Rockefeller Intruders assault man in his home Larry Haysho, 62, of 444 W.
North was assaulted Saturday in his home. Hay sho told police he answered a knock at his door around 1:05 p.m. when two or three people entered his home and started punching him in the head and face. The unknown people walked around his house for about one minute before they left. Haysho was treated at Mercy Medical Center.
Man arrested on assault charge William Stith, 59, of 419 S. Western was arrested Saturday after he allegedly assaulted Marty Eick, 49, of the same address. Purse recovered, pair arrested A purse stolen from a drive-through window was returned to her and two men were in custody Sunday. Richard White, 53, and Gaylen Wilson, 44, no address listed for either, were arrested on charges of receiving stolen property after police found them allegedly rummaging through a purse that was stolen from the drive- through at 2122 S. Limestone St.
Employee DeLisa Cosby told police someone reached through the drive through window and grabbed her purse that was sitting on the desk. While Cosby was making the call to police, spotted the two men with the purse at the rear of 2040 S. Limestone St. Fake $100 bill used at restaurant The East Main Street reported someone used a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for food sometime between 5 and 9:17 p.m. Saturday.
Riding mower reported stolen Webber Eggers, 72, of 1062 N. Belmont reported the theft of a riding mower valued at $500 from his backyard between 12:10 and 10 a.m. Sunday. Police headlines The Clark County Democratic Central Committee will sponsor a the Candidates and Elected at the Clark Coun ty Fair. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Democratic tent. For more information call 322-6359. Candidate meet-up slated Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio Businesses are cashing in on associations rules, turning neighborhood regulations into entrepreneurial opportunity. The explosion of communities abutting golf courses around Columbus has led to increased sales for retailers specializing in fences, lighting, mailboxes and even swing sets that are regulated by homeowners associations. In an attempt to maintain a desired aesthetic, the communities adopt regulations governing every thing from basketball hoops to exterior paint colors, said Sandy Moreland of the Village Civic Association in Dublin.
That desire for a certain look has translated into booming sales for the high-end Rainbow Play Systems, which is the only brand of swing set some other Columbus- area communities allow on golf course lots. never sold so many $10,000 and $15,000 play sets in my said Doug Kobman, who manages Pete Recreations Outlet, a Rainbow distributor in suburban Powell. Business has been so good that Recreations Outlet recently relocated to a new 12,000 square-foot showroom, 50 percent larger than their last facility, complete with a dozen play sets kids can test out. Response to the new space was so overwhelming that management had to start charging $4 to control the crowds. When parents are done evaluating models and choosing accessories like climbing walls and tire swings, the price tag averages around $3,500, Kobman said.
But play set retailers the only businesses from community restrictions, as retailers and contractors have begun keeping records of neighborhood regulations. Some are from being the exclusive sellers to certain communities. Move into Scioto Reserve in Powell and be directed to one retailer for outdoor lighting: Capital Lighting in Columbus. Want to put a fence around your in-ground pool? Better head to a Jerith dealer; the only brand of iron fencing the neighborhood allows. want to maintain an overall level of said Alan Davies, of Scioto association.
tastes vary so much. We need to protect the homeowners from themselves, in some While the exclusive regulations have been a boon for some businesses, others are struggling to win acceptance with products they think are of comparable quality and visual appeal. Buckeye Backyards in Powell considers its redwood Backyard Adventures play sets to be just as good as but has to tiptoe around regulations sometimes. installed play sets in developments where technically not manager Nick Smith said. Rules boost some businesses associations are making requirements that even specify which brands residents can buy.
Associated Press TINTON FALLS, N.J. When Jim and Teresa Savarese took their family to check out the Maryland area where his civilian Army job will be transferred, the three children were sold on the move once they rode horses with the real estate agent. By the time the family returned to their New Jersey shore community of Point Pleasant, the horses were a fading memory and the children were back to their familiar refrain: want to Tens of thousands of civilians who work at military bases the government plans to close face the same choice as the Savare ses relocate or look for a new job. The Pentagon says the plan to close 22 major bases by 2011 and many others will save $4.2 billion a year. The base-closings commission held a relocation fair for civilian workers at the Fort Monmouth research and development installation, telling them about housing and schools in Maryland.
Their jobs are moving to the Aberdeen Proving Ground near the Chesa peake Bay. trying to give out basic relocation information to our work said Sue Nappi of the Communications Electronics Life Cycle Management Command at Fort Monmouth, who coordinated the fair. want to encourage as many people as possible to move, so when we get to Maryland we keep our mission Relocation fairs also have been held for workers at Fort Rucker, the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois and the Army Testing and Evaluation Command at Alexandria, where 270 civilian jobs also are being moved to Aberdeen. More events are planned, since the base closings are projected four or years away. People attending the Alexandria fair were bused to Aberdeen, where exhibitors at the minor league baseball park set up displays to show workers what life was like in northeastern Maryland.
The Defense Department hopes the civilians choose to move with their jobs so the military can retain an experienced work force, especially in highly specialized operations. is in the best especially for midlevel and senior workers, said J.M. Mike Hayes, a retired Marine Corps brigadier general who works for the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. At the Fort Monmouth event, Jim Farkas gathered plastic bags full of brochures, maps and handouts to look over later with his wife. Farkas, 52, whose job involves supplying equipment to troops, has 13 years in and said pretty sure move.
The Far kases have already found some Maryland communities where they would like to live. now, nobody knows when going to Farkas said. plan on selling your With the Monmouth closing still years away, Nappi said her role now is to get workers to think about their options. Civilians mull over moving with Army Employees of Fort Monmouth attend a relocation fair in Tinton Falls, N.J., aimed at answering questions about schools and housing options in Maryland. Associated Press photo by Mel Evans Clark County GONZALES, Manuel 39, of Medway, Ohio passed away July 14, 2006 at his residence.
Visitation 5-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Trostel-Chapman Funeral Home, New Carlisle, Ohio BOGGS, Rev. Hobert GONZALES, Manuel McLEMORE, Marjorie John McLEMORE, Marjorie H. 83, of Springfield passed away Friday, July 14, 2006 in Mercy Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born October 13, 1922 in Columbus, Ohio the daughter of Edward L.
and Marj orie M. (Lewis) Harcourt. Mrs. McLemore was the third generation of her family to graduate from The Ohio State University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology in 1944. She went to work in the Research Department of the Sharpe and Dohme Pharmaceutical Company in Philadephia, where she met and married her husband of sixty-one years, Dr.
Robert A. McLemore. They came to Springfield in 1950 and Marjorie has been an active member of Covenant Presbyterian Church ever since. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority at OSU, Past President and member of Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary, and was active in The Young Mission, Springfield Country Club and GODA. She is survived by her husband Dr.
Robert A. McLemore of Springfield; two sons and daughters-in-law Stephen H. and Karen McLemore, Dr. William E. and Julia McLemore all of Columbus, Ohio; one daughter Nancy L.
McLemore of Wilmington, North Carolina; a sister Eleanor H. Thacker of Springfield; three grandchildren Anne H. Heath of Raleigh, North Carolina, Kelly M. (Kenneth) Fields of Cincinnati, Ohio and Scott R. McLemore of Columbus; several nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Covenant Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ronald W. Smith officiating. The family will receive visitors in the Library Lounge of the church for one hour prior to the service.
Inurnment will be in Ferncliff Cemetery at the convenience. The family is being served by RICHARDS, RAFF DUNBAR MEMORIAL HOME. Memorial contributions may be made to in Mrs. name to the Mercy-Community Foundation, 1343 North Fountain Boulevard, Springfield, Ohio 45504, or to Covenant Presbyterian Church or to your favorite charity. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to www.richardsraffanddunbar.com Out of Area CALLAHAN, Jacqueline J.
BOGGS, Rev. Hobert, Jr. 75, of Springfield went home to be with the Lord at 10:50 p.m. Friday, July 14, 2006 in his residence. He was born December 18, 1930 in New Boston, Ohio to Hobert N.
Boggs and Herma Louise (Jackson) Boggs. Hobert retired as a supervisor with Vernay Laboratories after 30 plus years of service. He was Pastor of Chapel of Prayer Christian Center and a United States Army Korean War Veteran. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Marjorie A. (Ballinger); four children and spouses, Robert L.
and Cynthia Boggs, South Vienna, Ohio, Debi and Mark Fent, Thomas E. Boggs, Springfield and Dana and Richard Neff, Virginia; 11 grandchildren, Fleming and Sage Boggs, Mark Fent, Mindy Definbaugh, Shannon Jacobs, Charish Paul, Brook Boggs, Tommy Boggs, Levi Boggs, Jennifer Capper and Michael Shotts; numerous great grandchildren; a brothers, Robert (Jane) Boggs, Springfield and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the CONROY FUNERAL HOME with Rev. Thomas Williams officiating.
Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery. CALLAHAN, Jacqueline Janna born June 29, 1944, passed July 15, 2006 at Kobacker Hospice Center in Columbus, Ohio after a fifteen-year battle with ovarian cancer. Jacqueline Jannah Callahan was the daughter of Anna Mabra Callahan and the late Reverend Samuel Callahan. She graduated from Springfield South High School and earned Bachelor and Masters Degrees from the Ohio State University majoring in Fine Arts and Black Studies. She was a member of the Islamic Faith and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
She previously served as faculty at Capitol University and Wilberforce University. While at Ohio State University, she made two study trips abroad to Europe and Japan. A special friend was Alex Haley, the author of When Haley would return to Ohio, he expected a Bean Pie, for which the Islamic Sisters were famous and Jacqueline would always have one available for Mr. Haley. She was preceded in death by her father and her brother Charles K.
Callahan. She leaves to mourn her mother Anna Callahan; sons Lamin Mabra-Callahan and Kinte Ahmad; sisters Dr. Debra Callahan of Johns Island, South Carolina, Alexia Callahan of Springfield, Ohio, Tauhidah Rusul-Ahmad of Columbus, Ohio; a special cousin Dr. Virginia Stull of Centerville, Ohio, two nephews; Martin Callahan of Chicago, Illinois, Elkan Kirkling of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; two nieces, Malika Kirkling of Seattle, Washington and Monica Callahan Pringle of Newport News, Virginia; a special Care Giver, Delbert (Del) Perry during her illness; a host of cousins; and the Islamic family. She was loved by all who knew her and always had something to say that made you laugh or at least a chuckle.
Being an Herbalist, she always had suggestions for a more healthful life. Thanks to friends for your many kindnesses during this time of sadness. Service of Memory Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:30 p.m. at the PORTER QUALLS FUNERAL HOME 823 South Yellow Spring Street, Springfield. The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m.
until time of service. Burial at Ferncliff Cemetery. John 61 passed away Sunday, July 9, 2006 at the John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. John was born in Columbus, Ohio March 2, 1945.
He graduated from Greenon High School and started his 40 year working career with Ohio Bell and retiring from Lucent Technology. John is survived by his wife Penny of Phoenix, Arizona, children; Mike, Sean, and Josh step-children; Monique and Nathaniel Haines, and Dennis Shaw, thirteen grandchildren, his father Cecil of Enon, Ohio. John was preceded in death by his mother Erma Gean and step-son William Gibson. Family will receive friends 5-8 p.m. Monday, July 17, 2006 at the JACKSON LYTLE WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME North Limestone.
Where service will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2006. Burial will follow in the Enon Cemetery..
