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Wednesday, October 10,2001 THE CHOWAN HERALD [Vo). LXV!!!, N^ 40 fFVbr^ ^^ro/mct c<MM%. Parents key ^ to Bulldogs' success.. 10-A Business Expo takes place Thursday, Friday ..4-C, S-C Sams Art Gallery celebrates Its downtown expansion... 4-B U S. airstrikes continuing in Afghanistan BY BOB DEANS Cox /Vetos Seroicp WASHINGTON, DC - The United States hopes to topple Afghanistan^ ruling Taliban and gut the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden through a combination of shat tering air strikes, hit-and-run commando raids and military attacks by local Afghan fight ers, Pentagon officials and de fense analysts .said Monday. U.S. warships, heavy bomb ers and strike jets attacked Taliban forces, airfields and other military targets with cruise missiles and bombs for a second night Monday. The air campaign is designed to weaken the Taliban and to disrupt the al Qaida terrorists aligned with bin Laden, but with no guaran tee of putting either out of busi ness. "The cruise missiles and bombers are not going to solve this problem. We know that," said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Whattheycandois to contribute by adding pres sure, making life more diffi cult, raising the cost for the terrorists and those that are supporting the terrorists." * There are ample U.S. and British forces - including Spe cial Operations commandos skilled at conducting lightning raids and other covert missions - to strike in the event that spies on the ground or satellites from space are able to pinpoint the position of bin Laden and his lieutenants. Toppling the Taliban also will likely require ground offensives by Afghan groups, such as the Northern Alliance, which controls about 10 per cent of the country, as well as other groups and tribes in the south. After 20 years of war, Af ghanistan is a shattered nation. U.S. air strikes have focused on what little the country has left in the way of radars, air fields, airplanes, anti-aircraft missiles and artillery and com munications links. By making it difficult for the Taliban to move, communicate and regroup, the air strikes could make the regime vulner able to attacks on the ground. Afghan rebel fighters can help by advancing on Taliban forces when and where they are weakened by air strikes. By shrinking the amount of ter ritory that Taliban and terror ists can hold, those actions can force bin Laden and his back ers out of sanctuaries. "The more he has to run around the more he has to tell people where he is, to give them directions," said a U.S. defense official who requested anonym ity. "That's how we're going to find them." U.S. forces are cooperating closely with anti-Taliban fac tions in Afghanistan, though Rumsfeld would not say that air strikes are being coordi nated with the opposition. Afghani shepherds move their Hocks down the rood on the Pakistani side from the 13,000-foot Dori Pass as their ancestors hove done for thousands of years. Some say they know very tittle about the attacks on America or retatiation against Afghanistan. (Photo by Mike Wittiams/ Cox News Service) ! Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge tistens intently to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his swearing-in ceremony as the country's new chief of Homeland Security. Ridge was chosen for the position by President George W. Bush following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America. (Photo courtesy of Cox News Service) "Certainly we are working with the elements on the ground that are interested in overthrowing and expelling that group of people," said Rumsfeld, adding later, "the Northern Alliance and the tribes in the south and other are among those." Analysts say the U.S. strat egy appears heavily dependent upon those indigenous groups. "It's actually going to be our primary hope," said military analyst Michael O'Hanlon, se nior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. "1 don't see how else this operation can be counted on to succeed as a mili tary operation." Few analysts see any sub stantial benefit to launching a major U.S. ground offensive. "I don't think there, will be a . significant combat ground ac tion by U.S. forces," said Stephen Blank, professor of strategic studies at the U.S. Army War College. "Our objective is not to con quer Afghanistan, the objective is to destroy the terrorist net works," said Blank, who has written extensively on the failed Soviet war there from 1979-89. "You're going to hear, or see, small raids, commando raids, infiltration, hit-and-run things." But that isn't to say U S. and allied ground operations are off the table completely. "Obviously we are preparing a range of military options," British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told reporters in London, "and the use of ground troops is clearly one of them." With winter closing in on Afghanistan within several weeks, however, it's unlikely such a force would be deployed, under any circumstances, be forenextspring, saidO'Hanlon. "And we hope, of course, it won't be necessary at all." School system's ABC results released The State Board of Educa tion has released ABCs results for the 2,158 North Carolina schools participating in the state-mandated system of ac countability. The 2000-01 school year was the fifth year that K-8 schools participated in the ABCs program, and the fourth year for high schools. For the first time since the ABCs were put in place, each of the Edenton-Chowan Schools had 60 percent or more of stu dents scoring Level III or higher. The performance com posite, or percentage of stu dents scoring at or above Level III for 2000-01 end-of-grade tests, rose from the previous year's levels for each of the county's schools. "That's the point we're most pleased with," said Dr. AllanT. Smith, superintendent of Edenton-Chowan Schools. "The schools have shown steady growth, year after year." The ABCs model recognizes both growth in student achieve ment and the percentage of stu dents performing at grade level (Level III for grades 3-8) as mea sured by North Carolina end of-grade tests or proficiency level (Level HI for grades 9-12) on high school end-of-course tests. Results for the Edenton Chowan Schools are as follows: - Chowan Middle School had exemplary growth, defined as exceeding expected growth goals set by the State Board of Education by 10 percent. More than 77 percent of Chowan Middle School students scored at or above Level III on end-of grade tests. - White Oak Elementary had expected growth, meeting the goals set by the State Board of Education. About 76 percent of White Oak students scored at See RESULTS On Page 8 A Reenactment, cannon dedication near On Saturday, Oct. 13, the Edenton Historical Commis sion will unveil and dedicate one of the four long-lost Civil War cannons of the Edenton Bell Battery. Recently returned from Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, NY where it was discovered in 1999, the bronze 770 pound twelve-pounder howitzer named the "St. Paul" will be permanently mounted outside on a gun carriage in Edenton's Colonial Park on the water front beside the Barker House. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. Several reenactor groups will partici pate in the dedication and will present a reenactmen t ceremo nial firing of the four gun Bell Battery. These same groups will stage an artillery encamp menfin the park Friday night and all day Saturday prior to the dedication. Artillery groups participating will be three batteries of the Third Corps Artillery Brigade (Poague's Battalion) as well as Battery B, 2nd U S. Colored Light Artillery — the only Af The onty African-American Civit War artittery reenactment unit in the country wit) be among those participating in this weekend's Civi) Reenactment in Edenton. A)so ptanned is a dedication ceremony for one of four tong-tost Civi) War cannons from the Edenton Bet) Battery. rican American Civil War ar tiilery reenactment unit in the country. The 11th NC Regimen tal Band, the 1st NC Volun teers/llth NC Infantry Regi ment, and the 110th Pennsylva nia Regiment will take part in the ceremony as well. The pub lic is invited to view the en campment and attend the dedi cation. All events are free. The Edenton Bell Battery was organized as the Albemarle Artillery in March of 1862 by Edenton lawyer Capt. William Badham Jr. and his brother-in law, Lt. John M. Jones. Lt. Nelson McLees and his men from Tyrrell and Washington County also joined the battery, as well as men from Bertie and Perquimans counties. The unit wasofficialiyincorporated into Confederate service as Com pany B, Third Battalion. North jRo^ar/an of ?/ze Year Locai attorney and !ong time Rotarian John Morehead , is recognized at the September 27th Edenton Rotary Ctub tuncheon. Honored for his many contributions to Rotary and "dedication to the ideats of Rotary" Morehead was named Rotarian of the year by the 75-year-otd tocat ctub and its Board of Directors. Presenting the award is Craig Mitter, current Edenton Rotary Ctub President. Morehead, himsetf is a past president and member in good standing for more than twenty years. Bike Rodeo, helmet giveaway Friday Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Founda tion, together with Cycle North Carolina and the Edenton-Chowan Recreation Department, is sponsoring a new series of bicycle safety rodeos to take place during the Cycle NC 2001 event com ing to Edenton this Friday, Oct. 12. The Bike Rodeo in Edenton will be held in the Holmes High School student parking lot starting at 10 a.m. While geared toward youngsters ages 8-12, all ages are welcome at this free event. . The primary purpose of these rodeos is to teach proper bicycle operation and provide basic bicycle equip ment safety checks. The first 50 participants that show up at the rodeo will receive bike helmets and other safety gear. A new state wide law requires everyone under age 16 to wear a hel met. For more info, call Robbie Laughton, 482-8595. October 13th 7 P M. OM National Guard Armory Broad Street 4; 7%? Door (252) 482-8005 & D#MCM!g
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