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I I it i i I B2 News Record Thuriay Mays 2005 rom Bl GREENSBORO Teenager indicted in bomb threats faces other charge HIGH POINT The 16 year old indicted by a grand jury Mon day on charges of making more than 50 false bomb threats in Greensboro Guilford County and Winston Salem was in a High Point courtroom Wednes day Tony Wayne Moore of 1003 Cranbrook St is charged with making a death threat against High Point Mayor Becky Smothers Police say a threat ening message was left on answering machine in March case was contin ued after the teenager said he wanted to be represented by a public defender His next court date in High Point is scheduled for June 1 Authorities seeking leads in January armed robbery GREENSBORO Police are asking for help in solving a January robbery that remains under investigation Two men entered Colfax urniture on McCuiston Court shortly before 9 pm Jan 17 The men armed with hand guns approached clerks and demanded money from the register Police describe the first rob ber as a black male about 20 years old about 6 feet tall and with a dark complexion and slim build He was wearing a gray sweat shirt and a camou flage ski mask The second rob ber was described as a black male with a light complexion also about 20 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds Both men wore gloves Anyone with information is asked to calf Greensboro police at 373 2255 or Crime Stoppers at 373 1000 Man 53 arrested after death of live in girlfriend LENOIR A man who had been charged twice before with abusing his live in girlfriend is now accused of beating her to death Keith Harold Murphy 53 was arrested Tuesday two days after his girlfriend Su zanne Clark died of head inju ries at Wake orest University Baptist Medical Center in Win ston Salem Caldwell County emergency personnel were called to the home early Sunday Clark was unresponsive said Capt Jeff Stafford of the Caldwell County Of fice During an interview with investigators Murphy said he and Clark had argued that morning Lt Chris Brackett said An autopsy conducted Mon day revealed Clark was struck in the head Staff and Wire Reports GAMBLE WITH YOUR RETIREMENT Move to ixed Annuities Safe Secure Tax avored i WD BiH Mullins (336) 294 9700800 692 9700 Think! 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Geriatric Care Management Community Resources Counseling Wendy Schaitberger LCSW Licensed experienced help for families and individuals 209 7022 1 Budget Continued from Page Bl called no additional funding for low wealth schools types of proposals do not reflect North Carolina val he said Sen Walter Dalton Ruth erford another budget archi tect defended the spending plan as sound by eliminating a potential $13 billion short fall without spending one time funds to do so Dalton said the Senate spent $475 million $25 million more than Easley to help low performing schools com ply with the court decision on Leandro school funding As for the Medicaid reduc tions he said: think they are defensible think they unfairly impact The budget also would alter a lottery bill that passed the House last month even before it becomes law while banning video poker The House has declined to go along with a ban in the past The second of two required votes on the two year spend ing plan was expected today The measure then goes to the House which would substitute its own spending plan The two chambers would then have to mold a final plan to liking by July 1 Although the budget also reduces the corporate tax rate by a half percentage point and phases out the 825 percent in dividual income tax bracket over two years items Repub licans have clamored to change GOP senators complained the budget is too big grown by about $1 billion the past two years responsibility and spending restraint are nonex istent in this Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger Sewage Continued from Page Bl $40 million in improvements costs that would be passed di rectly to water and sewer cus tomers The move also could limit growth because within 20 years Greensboro could reach a point at which it hook up more customers and still meet the proposed restrictions generate this said Martie Groome laboratory and in dustrial waste section supervi sor generate this waste so a population issue rather than an industry Under state law wastewa ter managers would have three years to bring new equipment online that would reduce the output of nitrogen and phos phorous At high concentra tions the nutrients pollute Jordan Reservoir and cause harmful algal blooms A two year extension would be available but even so Greensboro would be hard pressed to get the work done on time said Don Howard the manager of water recla mation not talking about a $20 he said talk ing about multi million dol lar business deals to get stuff And the proposal without flaws Howard and other facility managers say or starters much of the data on the water quality was collected in 2001 during a se vere drought far from a nor mal condition At a meeting Monday in Gra ham dozens of interested par ties also argued that research on the Jordan Reservoir is in TIM RICKARDNews Record VKL GUItrORDV VO complete that the state has not adequately demonstrated that wastewater facilities are re sponsible for the problem and that the cost to fix the problem may outweigh the potential benefit want to do the right said Groome who has tracked the Jordan Reservoir issue for years just want to spend all these millions and have the state come back and say not the But state officials say that unhealthy levels of algae are consistently present during summer months and in 2001 the lake experienced an blue green algae bloom which is highly toxic Throughout the Cape ear River Basin including the Haw River water quality has slipped during the past five years which only exacerbates the problems in the reservoir said Cam Mcnu*tt a NC Divi sion of Water Quality comput ing consultant who monitors the basin Some improvements have been made in isolated areas but general we saw things getting he said happened in part be cause major sources of pollu tion stormwater runoff from development and from agricul tural activities have gone unregulated for years According to state data stormwater runoff and agri cultural activities contribute 68 percent of the nitrogen and 83 percent of the phospho rous in the area of the Cape ear that includes Greens boro Reidsville and Alamance County Those sources have gone unregulated mostly be cause they are difficult to track and permit Though details are vague the proposal would now place them under regulation That NC Division of Water Quality is taking comments on the plan until May 31 A final decision could be reached as early as next year Contact Elyse Ashburn at 373 7090 or eashbumnews recordcom NAL ALL cearance 75 Off 1805 Pembroke Rd Greensboro NC 2714767 Simply Cottage forCaMlLMg CELEBRATE) MOM with a gift from Simply Cottage 2417 Lawndale Dr Greensboro 540 9192 Vw kw I lw Tixw I in wl 'Ivww Sleep? 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Nonprofit agencies that serve children can ap ply until July 5 for grants from Jamestown Day proceeds A grant application is available online at the Web site at wwwjamestownbaorg The association raised about $10000 last year distributing the money to 13 nonprofits Some money for example paid for scholarships to the Rags dale YMCA and GTCC Other proceeds brought members of the Greensboro Symphony Or TIM RICKARDNews Record I'U IO JAMESTOWN I A DAY' IM chestra into Jamestown area elementary schools Contact Justin Cord Hayes at 883 4422 Ext 238 or jhayesnews recordcom Arrests Continued from Page Bl who lived in the home men tioned by the anonymous tip more break ins some one commits the more evi dence they Cotten said random break in is very dif ficult to solve unless you have a witness or a Authorities recommended that homeowners leave their homes locked to avoid becom ing victims However they acknowledged that secured houses stop this round of burglaries someone wants to get in they will get Cotten said the name of the game is de terrence Make them go somewhere Anyone with informa tion is asked to call Cotten at 449 6484 or Crime Stoppers at 373 1000 Crime Stoppers offers cash re wards of up to $2000 for infor mation leading to an arrest Contact Eric JS Townsend at 373 7008 or etownsendnews recordcom Diles Bank with an old friend at a new place Tammy Barbee has joined the SterlingSouth Team As a inancial Services Partner Tammy can assist you' with all your personal and commercial banking needs SterlmvSoiith DK 336 433 5235 3202 North! me Avenue Greensboro NC 27408 wwwstcrlingsouihcom RugS The Definition of Luxury "WK IBkAEk Express yourself with Karasfan the most admired broadloom carpeting and rugs in the world! 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