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Williamson escapes
. from mental institution
Wendell Williamson, who killed
two people in Chapel Hill during a
1995 shooting spree, turned him
self in Friday about 12 hours after
he disappeared from a state men
tal hospital, authorities said.
The director of Dorothea Dix
Hospital said Williamson was
picked up by hospital police and
returned to the facility without
incident at 9:25 a.m.
Mark Van Sciver, a spokesman
for the state Department of Health
and Human Services, said Dix
police picked up Williamson at
Lake Wheeler after Williamson
called the hospital. He was sitting
on a bench near the lake’s marina,
just a few miles from the hospital,
' he said.
Van Sciver said as a conse
quence, Williamson has lost his
privileges, which consisted of one
hour of unsupervised free time. He
said Williamson would be kept in
a unit where patients are watched
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Before he disappeared,
Williamson was last seen attend
ing an Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, authorities said.
The diagnosed paranoid schizo
phrenic has been confined to state
mental hospitals since November
1995, when he was found not
guilty of first-degree murder by
reason of insanity.
In January 1995, Williamson
walked up Henderson Street in
' Chapel Hill, headed toward
Franklin Street, carrying an M-l
- rifle. He fired multiple shots and
killed UNC student Kevin
Reichardt, who was riding his bike
home, and Ralph Walker, who
lived in a boarding house on
Henderson Street.
Williamson also wounded a
Chapel Hill police officer who
drove into the area.
A bartender who was a former
Marine tackled Williamson as he
was reloading the rifle.
Each year, representatives of the
state Attorney General’s Office and
Williamson’s treatment team
attend a hearing to decide whether
' he should remain committed at
f Dix, in Raleigh.
At a March hearing in Orange
County Superior Court, which
Williamson did not attend, a judge
ordered him to spend another year
at Dix.
His attorney and the head of
forensic services at Dix told Judge
John Jolly that Williamson was
ready for more unsupervised time
at the hospital.
Jolly, however, said that given
Williamson’s history, the risk was
too great to increase the number of
hours Williamson could spend
unsupervised at the hospital.
The hospital does not have a
fence, and there is nothing to keep
unsupervised patients from leav
ing the grounds.
Iron Chef to appear at
A Southern Season
Iron Chef Japanese Masaharu
Morimoto from the Food
Network’s cult Japanese show Iron
Chef will be in Chapel Hill Sunday
and Monday to teach two cooking
classes and to autograph bottles of
his signature sauces and beer at A
Southern Season.
Morimoto will hold a press con
ference at 11 a.m. Sunday at the
gourmet market located in
University Mall.
The sold-out cooking classes will
take place at 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Tickets went for $125 a person.
The Chef will hold the auto
graph session Monday from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Samples of
Morimoto’s new line of products
will also be available.
CHCCS taps three to round
out administrative shuffle
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools approved several key
administrative shifts that will put
'. anew stamp on several schools in
‘ the district.
Richard Pierce, who has held a
variety of positions at Phillips
Middle School including interim
principal since he began there in
1976, will transfer to East Chapel
Hill High School to take on the
role of assistant principal.
He will fill the hole created by
Sherri Martin, who will be the dis
trict’s new director of secondary
education.
Amy Lewis also was named as
the new principal of Glenwood
Elementary School. She will leave
her old position as the assistant
principal at Mel and Zora Rashkis
Elementary School. Lewis also
served as the assistant principal at
.McDougle Elementary School
from 2000 to 2003.
Tracy Weeks will replace long
time CHCCS staple Robert
Stocking as the director of instruc
tional technology and media.
Weeks has served as the
instructional technology specialist
at ECHHS since 2000.
From staff and wire reports.
Campus Y panel discusses draft plan
Report will be sent to trustees in July
BY BRIAN HUDSON
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The Campus Y Renovation
Committee met Monday to discuss
proposals for renovation to the his
toric building and to draft a rec
ommendation for action to the
UNC Board of Trustees.
“We had a good meeting, and
we’ll be bringing a report to the
Board of Trustees during the July
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UNC women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. During
her 18 years as head coach of the Tar Heels, the team has made 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 1994 title run.
HATCHELL EARNS
HALL OF FAME NOD
UNC coach inducted in weekend ceremony
BY MICHAEL PUCCI
SPORTS EDITOR
UNC head women’s basketball coach
Sylvia Hatchell became a member of the
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in a
ceremony Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.
The induction reunited Hatchell with
more than two hundred of her friends,
colleagues, family members and players
past and present
“It was like a dream,” Hatchell said.
“So professional, very first-class. It was
a lot of fun to see all those people who
helped me climb the ladder and
advance.”
Hatchell’s escorts for the ceremony
were her husband and son. ACC
Commissioner John Swofford, who
hired her as Tar Heel coach in 1986
when he was UNC’s director of athletics,
introduced her via videotape. Also in
attendance were UNC’s current director
of athletics Dick Baddour and
Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt.
“I think it’s certainly a great honor
and one that is well deserved,” said Beth
Miller, senior associate athletic director.
“We are extremely proud of her and her
Incidents prompt
UNC safety review
BY CHRIS COLETTA
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
For Lauren Woods, becoming a
Tar Heel isn’t going to keep her up
at night.
“I feel safe,” said the incoming
freshman from Winston-Salem on
Tuesday while unpacking her new
laptop in the Pit.
“Of course, I’ve been warned not
to walk at night by myself and to
travel in groups, stuff like that. But
that’s just common sense.”
But schools in the UNC system,
including UNC-Chapel Hill, have
been prompted to re-examine their
safety and admissions procedures
after two students reportedly were
murdered by their classmates at
UNC-Wilmington.
On May 5, Cary native Jessica
Lee Faulkner was found dead in
the dormitory room of Curtis
Timothy Dixon, a UNC-W student
now charged with her murder.
Then, on June 4, pre-education
student Christen Naujoks was shot
and killed in front of her apart
ment complex. Her ex-boyfriend,
John Brian Peck, was charged with
the crime but later was found
dead, apparently from self-inflict
ed gunshot wounds, after deputies
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meeting,” said Associate Provost
Steve Allred, who serves as chair
man of the committee.
The group which comprises a
combination of student and on
campus leaders as well as BOT
members was created to con
sider the question of whether pub
lic funding should be provided for
the renovation of the decrepit
building.
accomplishments and all that she’s con
tributed to UNC.”
Joining Hatchell as new inductees
into the Hall were North Dakota State
coach Amy Ruley; Oregon coach Bev
Smith; former USA Basketball execu
tive director Bill Wall; retired Kansas
coach Marian Washington; and eight
time AAU All-American Lurlyne Greer
Rogers. There are now 79 members of
the Hall, which began inducting in
1999.
“It was really nice and a great tribute
to all the inductees and we were cer
tainly proud to be there and support
her,” Miller said.
Since becoming head coach of the Tar
Heels, she has compiled a record 0f382-
182 in 18 seasons, as well as 12 NCAA
tournament appearances, nine ACC
championship game appearances and a
national title in 1994.
Hatchell began her professional
coaching career with Francis Marion,
amassing a 272-80 record and winning
two championships. She is the only
women’s basketball coach to lead teams
to national championships at the AIAW,
chased him through the moun
tains of North Carolina.
The deaths have prompted both
UNC-W and the UNC system to
form task forces dealing with the
issue of campus safety. Their find
ings are due in December and
September, respectively.
Joni Worthington, spokes
woman for the system, said all 16
system campuses have similar
groups concerned with safety.
“We are doing everything possi
ble and everything feasible to help
keep our students as safe as we
can,” she said.
At UNC-CH, such a task force
already is in place. Randy Young, a
University police spokesman, said
the task force’s work adds to the
department’s efforts to educate
students about common-sense
safety issues, such as not walking
alone at night and not letting
strangers into residence halls.
“We’re always emphasizing per
sonal security through training
programs and educational pro
grams,” Young said.
He added that University police
have not initiated any changes to
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Allred said the committee will
make two things clear to the
trustees during their July meeting.
“We endorse this notion of
shared space in the building,” he
said, referring to the fact that after
its renovation, the building would
include dining services, class
rooms and a faculty lounge.
Before its phased closing, the
building featured a mini mart and
historic lounges that once served
as a hub of campus activity.
“The pure Y functions will only
NAIA and NCAA Divison I levels.
More than anything, Hatchell attrib
utes her success and longevity to sur
rounding herself with great people and
persevering.
“You’re always going to have ups and
downs, but you’ve got to persevere, and
keep striving to be the best you can be,”
she said.
Though she’s won championships on
every level she’s coached, many of her
players have enjoyed success on a high
er level and she is a newly-inducted
member of the Hall of Fame, Hatchell
still has more to accomplish before her
career ends.
“More championships, more ACCs,
more NCAAs,” she said. “I would also
welcome the opportunity to be involved
in more international basketball with
the Olympics.”
For now, as she continues recruiting
for another competitive season,
Hatchell can reflect on Saturday’s cele
bration of a life dedicated to basketball.
“It’s just been a fantastic weekend,”
she said. “It’s a privilege to be in a club
that helped build women’s basketball.”
Contact the Sports Editor
at sports@unc.edu.
Parking lot plans OK’d by council
Decision finalizes
weeks of scrutiny
BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ
CITY EDITOR
The conceptual master plans for
the development of downtown
parking lots 2 and 5 were over
whelmingly approved Monday
night by the Chapel Hill Town
Council.
The developer and the architect
charged with transforming the lots
and the Wallace parking deck into
economy-boosting engines were in
town from Texas to see months of
hard work finally come to fruition.
Even so, Joe Pobiner, director of
planning for HKS Inc., said that
the council’s approval of the con
ceptual plan doesn’t lock the town
into any of the fine details.
“This won’t be obviously the only
time for the council and the public
to respond to these plans,” he said.
Downtown parking lots 2 and 5
are located behind Kerr Drug and
opposite University Square,
respectively, and the Wallace park
ing deck can be found just behind
the Rathskeller.
The plans were approved after
several planners studied and
addressed numerous concerns
raised by Council members and
end up being 20 percent (of the
building space).”
He also said committee mem
bers will support using University
repair and renovation funds in the
project.
The renovation committee was
formed after the May meeting of
the Board of Trustees. BOT
Chairman Richard “Stick” Williams
mandated the formation of the
committee after a recommendation
from Trustee Roger Perry.
Perry, who is chairman of the
Police plan
to re-examine
chase policies
BY SHANNAN BOWEN
SENIOR WRITER
Following a bizarre manhunt that trailed through
out areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro last week, police
and town officials say they will meet with Chapel Hill
Police Chief Greg Jarvies later this week to review
chase procedures and communication efforts.
On June 10, the lengthy pursuit for a crime suspect
led the Chapel Hill police and nearby agencies through
wooded areas near the Horace Williams Airport, plac
ing about 3,225 students and staff from Chapel Hill
High School, Seawell Elementary School and Smith
Middle School under lock down, reports state.
Despite confusion and apprehension, police and
town officials say their efforts were satisfactory and
in compliance with typical manhunt protocol and
media alert procedures.
“It went as smooth as it could for that time of day,”
said Maj. Tony Oakley of the Chapel Hill Police
Department, who said he could not recall another
manhunt this large and serious. “Our attention was
first to protect the residents of the neighborhoods and
those at the schools.”
The chase began about 2 p.m. when the Chapel
Hill police believed they had spotted murder suspect
Deshaun Mitchell, 20, who was
wanted by the Durham Police
Department and believed to be
armed.
Police immediately placed
schools under lock down, securing
all doors and windows and
restricting phone use. Motorists
were also blocked from accessing
Seawell School Road between
Homestead Road and Estes Drive.
Oakley said about 50 officers
from Chapel Hill and other assist
ing agencies, along with an N.C.
Highway Patrol helicopter crew,
were able tp retain the suspect within a perimeter in
a wooded area of Carrboro.
But police learned that the suspect they were trail
ing was actually Donald Riggsbee, 28, of Carrboro,
who was arrested at about 5:30 p.m. in Carrboro on
charges of resisting arrest and failing to appear in
court to face traffic violations.
During the chase police received several tips about
Mitchell’s location. They apprehended him in an
apartment at 800 Pritchard Ave. Ext. at approxi
mately 9:30 p.m., reports state. According to reports,
he was charged with resisting arrest and transferred
to the Durham Police Department where a warrant
was served for his arrest.
Catherine Lazorko, town information officer for
Chapel Hill, said the first priority was communicating
with those near the suspect’s perimeter, and then con
tacting the media to inform residents of the crisis.
“We were able to inform the citizens of the situa
tion and reassure them that the police had it under
control,” she said.
But Lazorko said that there are some improvements
that could be beneficial, such as developing a direct link
for news announcements on the town’s Web site.
“If citizens get in the habit of looking on our Web
site for news like this,” she said, “I would be able to
communicate directly with citizens.”
Contact the City Editor
at dtydesk@unc.edu.
COURTESY OF HKS ARCHITECTS
The Chapel Hill Town Council approved development plans Monday for
lot 5, pictured in the above concept, to boost the downtown economy.
residents at the May 24 Council
meeting.
Members of the Northside com
munity, located on Rosemary
Street, were worried that the devel
opment of parking lot 5 would cast
an all-day shadow upon their
homes.
Pobiner quelled those fears by
conducting a shadow analysis of
the proposed development, noting
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2004
Buildings and Grounds Committee
of the BOT, heard a report during
the May session on the condition of
the Campus Y and the group’s
fund-raising effort. Student Body
President Matt Calabria and
Chancellor James Moeser made
the plea on behalf of the 98-year
old structure.
The proposal for renovation
first came before the trustees dur
ing a 1998 meeting of the BOT. At
SEE CAMPUS Y, PAGE 6
y
Murder suspect
Deshaun
Mitchell
was captured
in Chapel Hill.
that shadows would only be pres
ent for a brief period.
Also, an artist rendering of the
view from Franklin Street showed
that the development set to be built
on top bf the Wallace Parking Deck
would barely protrude overtop of
the historic downtown post office.
Pobiner noted that architects
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