May 3, 2002
Local
news
Winston-Salem
A 77-year-old woman lost
$5,600 to a man posing as a po
lice officer. The man told her that
he needed the money to catch a
criminal suspected of stealing
money from spouses of the re
cently deceased. The phony po
lice officer told her to meet him
at a local K-mart store with the
money in cash. When she ar
rived, he flashed her a badge and
took the money, promising to
return it to her account. Police
are still searching for the perpe
trator.
Arcadia
Arthur Long, 37, was ar
rested and charged with posses
sion of marijuana, maintaining
a dwelling for drug purposes,
maintaining a vehicle for drug
purposes, and possession of a
firearm by a felon. Davidson
County Sheriff Gerald Hege says
that more charges are to come.
Deputies found over 84 "high
grade" marijuana plants in
Long's basement. The average
price for "low-grade" marijuana
is around SIOO per ounce; Long's
plants would have sold for about
S6OO per ounce, according to the
Sheriffs Department.
Mooresville
Last Monday, fans from as
far as Ohio lined up outside of
late racing legend Dale
Earnhardt's home to celebrate
what would be his 51st birthday.
They christened the day Dale
Earnhardt Day; the festivities
started at 8 a.m. and ended at 9
p.m.
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World & Nation
Who's Who:£°P e I J John I ohn
In the know
The Guilfordian
John Paul II
speaks eight languages and was named "Man of the Year" in 1994 by
Time Magazine. Mehmet Ali Agca attempted to assassinate the pope in
1981; he shot the pope twice in the abdomen.
In 2001 the church finally admitted that John Paul II was suffer
ing from Parkinson's disease. He is best known for his love of human
rights.
Spotlight: John Paul II called a meeting for American Cardinals,
held at the Vatican, to discuss the church's role in the latest sexual
abuse scandal.
Name: Karol Jo
seph Wojtyla (pro
nounced Voy-tee-wah)
Title: Pope John
Paul II
Background: Born
in 1920 to a Polish
army officer and
former schoolteacher
in Wadowice, Poland,
Pope John Paul II be
came the first non-Ital
ian pope since 1523.
He chose the name
John Paul II to honor
his predecessor John
Paul I.
He is the most
traveled pope in
church history, having
visited more than 100
countries by the year
2000. He was also the
youngest pope in 132
years, and the only
pontiff to ever have had
a comic book featuring
his life ( Marvel Comics
1983).
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