Winchester Star (Newspaper) - April 21, 2008, Winchester, Virginia The Winchester Star April 21, 2008 112th YEAR No. 247 VIRGINIA 22601 showers Winchester area gets and a bit of a scare By ROBERT IGOE The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - A powerful rain helped to quench a thirsty region on and local officials would welcome more of the Up to 2 inches of rain fell on parts of the northern Shenandoah and an additional 1 to 2 inches was possible overnight According to National Weather Service forecaster Brandon the rain was caused by a low pressure system oyer the Ohio Valley that was preceded by southerly with large amounts of The rainfall threatened to cause small streams to but emergency dispatchers reported no flooding as of Sunday night in Frederick or Clarke Another scare came at about 10:15 when a powerful thunderstorm prompted the Weather Service to issue a tornado warning for western Frederick There were no reports of a tornado touching down in the Rainfall totals for the region were not available on but Peloquin said Dulles International Airport received 1.9 of and that total was expected to The 91-year average rainfall for April in Winchester is 2.82 Before the rain started on Winchester had received 1.55 inches of rain so far this The downpour could push the precipitation total past the 91-year In April 2007, the city received 3.31 inches of Sunday's rain caused cancellations of some such as a scheduled practice run for the Soap Box Derby in but others refused to let the wet weather stop them from carrying on their won't let the rain ruin our good said Niki public affairs director for the Shenandoah Valley Discovery which put up a few canopies and continued with its 12th birthday The National Weather Service forecast calls for continued with more showers possible today and The rain was actually great news for area water and sewer who See Page A6 SCOTT Winchester Star Sangeeta Subedi and Medha Gopal drop items into capsule on Sunday afternoon at the Shenandoah Discovery Museum's 12th birthday Discovery Museum throws a party for its 12th birthday By ROBERT IGOE The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - The staff of the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum doesn't know how many more birthdays the museum will celebrate at its current location on the Loudoun Street Mall - ground has been broken for a new facility in the Jim Barnett Park - but they pulled out all the stops to mark their 12th year in downtown Winchester on always have a big birthday celebration with lots of and said museums marketing director Niki served over 400,000* families with educational programs and hands-on The museum opened on April 20, 1996, with only 1,200 square feet available for Larry Duncan of BK Office Supply in Winchester helped to pay the museum's rent for the first year as it sought new ways to grow and serve the educational needs of See Page A6 Pope's U.S. visit comes to an end By MICHELLE BOORSTEIN and JACQUELINE L. SALMON c 2008 The Washington Post NEW YORK - The final day of Pope Benedict U.S. journey was marked Sunday by two powerful praying with victims of Sept 11, 2001, inside the deep pit of Ground and celebrating a Mass at Yankee Stadium before more than 57,000 The six-day which concluded with Benedict jetting back to Italy on Sunday dramatically raised American familiarity with - and affection for - their 81-year-old Experts said it was too early to know if it would also affect the depth of their faith or their trust in an institution rocked by sex abuse known for his quarter-century as the tough enforcer of Vatican steered away for the most part from divisive issues during his U.S. He rarely mentioned homosexuality and his belief in the superiority of Catholicism over other all obvious hot-button To the disappointment of opponents of the Iraq the pope made only a veiled reference to the conflict or his own criticizing unilateral action in addressing the United Benedict's talks were broadly apparently seeking to get Catholics to delve more seriously into the most basic tenets of their At Yankee on an afternoon that went from drizzle to sunshine shortly before the Benedict's message was more calling Catholics to proclaim including the right to life of unborn Living religiously overcoming every separation between faith and and countering false gospels of freedom and It also means rejecting a false dichotomy between faith and public he Benedict acknowledged the obvious challenge of this message in a religiously diverse noting that and cultural tensions already present within the earliest Church he external associations and valuable or even essential as they may ultimately exist only to support and foster the deeper unity in is God's indefectible gift to his Some experts on the American church said Sunday while the visit made Benedict a more familiar and less authoritarian the chasm between American Catholics and the pope is particularly regarding subjects like same-sex unions and 17�.*4'*:^ir\\ % The Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass on Sunday at New York's Yankee Earlier in the day he visited Ground The pontiff jetted back to Italy on Sunday wrapping up his six-day trip to the U.S. QUOTABLE The pope is - Kiriakos Teen fan at Yankee Stadium ried may take a little bit more pride in being able to I'm but it doesn't translate into institutional said Paul F. chairman of the religious studies department at Fairfield University and an expert on American Catholic don't imagine we're going suddenly to see a 5 or 10 percent spike in church I think the issues are much and any solution is going to be much more Secret Service construction workers and police officers stationed on scaffolding made the sign of the cross Sunday morning at Ground Benedict held a morning prayer service with two dozen people directly affected by the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center's twin damaged the Pentagon and killed nearly 3,000 The which brought together some of those and relatives of was held in the nearly Page A6 information key to tackling gang problem By DREW HOUFF The Winchester Star growing number of gang members in the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia will likely mean the need for newer databases and information to help law enforcement officers combat the U.S. Rep. Frank R said the information collected by the Northwest Virginia Regional Gang Task which oversees the Winchester underscores how the gang issue is spreading throughout the creating dangerous situations for are violent gangs in the controlling the drug We're seeing an increase of gang incidents around in Northern and the northern Shenandoah Wolf s not only We are seeing an increase in and elsewhere in Wolf said the Northwest Virginia Regional Gang Task Force has helped to build a database that can be shared by various law enforcement agencies to help combat the That he is key to having a solid approach to preventing the problems Frank R. Wolf created by A recently released synopsis of fang trends by the task force showed 5 different gangs in the northern Shenandoah Some of the gangs are transient and have not established a presence in the but several have become well according to a press release from the Northwest Virginia Regional Gang Task Some of the identified gangs The five cliques encountered on a regular The mainly the GLS See Page A6 Hard-fought Pa. primary Tuesday By JANET HOOK c 2008 Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - After a six-week the Democratic presidential contest goes back to the voters when Pennsylvania holds a primary that is a contest for Hillary Rodham Clinton's struggling It also is a test of whether Barack Obama can regain his momentum de- spite a cascade of recent The last few weeks of campaigning have not been kind to either Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania polls has while Obama has come under fire for his former pastor's incendiary his own association with a radical and a comment that seemed to rural The stakes in Pennsylvania are high as the candidates head into the stretch drive of a race being run on two On one they are still fighting to collect more committed delegates to the nominating although it is hard to how Clinton can overcome But in this close neither See Page A6 Genes guide researchers to heart defense By DENNIS O'BRIEN c 2008, The Baltimore Sun A genetic variation common in blacks naturally protects heart failure patients as effectively as popular heart researchers report Scientists tracked more than 300 heart failure patients for up to eight years and found that variations of a particular gene extended the lives of many of them for several years - just as if they were on Researchers found the variation in 40 percent of but only two percent of The finding could help explain why seem to provide less benefit to blacks than other Many of them already have nature working for a genetic mechanism that mimics the effects of the said Dr. Stephen a of the study and a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Maryland School of The published today in the journal Nature could eventually lead to genetic testing for heart failure with the goal of tailoring therapies based on the is cool said Dr. David an expert on beta blockers at Johns Hopkins School of never seen anything like TODAY'S They they score A team of basketball players in wheelchairs opened eyes and increased awareness on Saturday while trouncing a squad of celebrity opponents in an exhibition Full story Bl Pioneers best Millbrook led the way among area schools at the 68th Full story CI Fun at the library Trit-Trot to - a free program for babies from 2-15 months - runs through April 29. Full story Dl COMING TUESDAY The Clarke County School Board will hear suggestions during a public hearing tonight as it continues its search for a permanent schools US Four 24 Bulletin Classified Dear TODAY'S FORECAST 58 HIGH Chance of showers 90 percent with northeast winds 10-15 mph and gusts up to 25 Full report A6 50 LOW tip Miss your Call 6654946 from 7 to 11 a.m. 0608566000375
