Winchester Star (Newspaper) - July 3, 2008, Winchester, Virginia The Winchester Star July 3, 2008 YEAR No. 309 a Moyer are Star Athletes of the Year | Page CI Once Handley High School's Dorsey and Clarke County High School's Danielle Moyer have proved they are the The Winchester Star has selected Dorsey as the Athlete of the Year and Moyer as the Athlete of the Year - both starred in multiple sports during the 2007-08 school A quarterback in football and guard in Dorsey earns The Star's top honor for the second consecutive a soccer basketball and competitor in cross and track and is recognized as an Athlete of the Year for the fourth VIRGINIA 22601 ' i a and friends at Clayton's State Farm Insurance office in Winchester threw Xenia Diaz a party on a native of El is among 75 people who will take the oath of citizenship at the annual Independence Day RICK Winchester Star Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at near on Celebrating with Diaz were Barb Clayton wife of the couple's daughter 12; and really Woman will take citizenship oath at Monticello FBI wants to utilize profiling Agency contends tactic would help root out terrorists By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Arabs or other racial and ethnic Law enforcement officials say the proposed policy would help them do exactly what Congress demanded after the Sept. 11,2001, root out terrorists before they Although President Bush has disavowed targeting suspects based on their race or the new rules would allow the FBI to consider those factors among a number of traits that could trigger a national security FBI agents need specific reasons - like evidence or allegations that a law probably has been violated - to investigate U.S. citizens and legal The new law enforcement officials told The Associated would let agents open preliminary terrorism investigations after mining public records and intelligence to build a profile of traits taken were deemed Among the factors that could make someone the subject of an investigation is travel to regions of the world known for terrorist access to weapons or military along with the person's race or More than a half-dozen senior Justice Department and other U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the new policy agreed to discuss it only on condition of either because they were not allowed to speak publicly or because the change is not yet The which is expected later this is part of an update of Justice Department policies known as the attorney general They are See Page A7 By STEPHANIE M. MANGINO The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - A city resident is one of 75 people who will become U.S. citizens in a Friday Xenia 26, of Winchester has been selected to participate in the annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at home of the nation's third Thomas At the people from 30 countries will become U.S. a native of El said she learned Monday that she had been chosen for the She received a letter telling her the location of her naturalization and thought the address seemed but did not investigate further until the date grew Diaz said Wednesday that she had been told she would probably take the oath of citizenship before a local Diaz and her colleagues studied the letter at Clayton's State Farm Insurance office and searched online at for the A co-worker at the Front Royal Pike location recognized where Diaz was and my gosh this is going to be Diaz was a crazy As soon as she realized which ceremony she would be she began calling family and Some will travel to Charlottesville to watch the See Page A8 Geese are removed from lake Overabundance of birds cited as factor in recent fish kill By ERIC BEIDEL The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - In the early morning hours agents from the U.S. Department of Agriculture captured and removed more than 200 geese from Wilkins and surrounding The lake had a severe overpopulation of authorities The city government asked the federal agency to take away the The agents carried out the removal between 5 and 7 City Manager Brannon Godfrey said - 180 Canada and 30 domestic geese were taken to be euthanized and processed for Some of the meat will go to food some will be used as food at A few dozen geese remain at the lake in Jim Barnett Park near Shenandoah The removal didn't affect the lake's mallard duck Agents removed the geese during the most opportune time - the summer molt when they are more likely to stay put in large groups before their flight feathers grow The removal was handled as humanely as Godfrey and the geese were transported with no more than five in a to reach the Christiansburg office for comment were A few weeks more than 50 fish were found dead in Wilkins The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality said the kill resulted from a combination of hot weather and a lack of The high numbers of geese at the site indirectly contributed to the fish officials The amount of waste produced by the geese allows the algae in the lake to thrive - the more the less oxy- See Page A8 FOURTH OF JULY Gas prices limiting travel By LAURA The Winchester Star WINCHESTER - Residents of the region are traveling in fewer numbers on the Fourth of July weekend - the first projected decline in about 10 In the Washington 670,100 or 12.5 percent of the are expected to take a trip during the with the other 87.5 percent traveling within 50 miles of their homes or not at The number of expected travelers from the Washington area is down by about 1.3 percent - 8,600 fewer people - compared with projections from last according to AAA Mid-Atlantic The data came from an online survey of the consumer travel intentions of 2,000 adults collected by the Travel Industry Association for a motoring and leisure The survey was supplemented by about 300 adults in the Washington Area Standard Metropolitan Statistical said Mahlon G. AAA director of public and government The statistical area comprises Washington and surrounding See Page A8 RICK Winchester Star William Boyd of Winchester fills up his vehicle at Bo's Belly Barn Wednesday on South Kent Street in High gas prices may limit some holiday travel Fireworks shows cut back in U.S. By LISA LEFF and JOE MILICIA Associated Press Writers Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the victims of a sluggish wildfire fears and product shortages caused by a warehouse fire in With Northern California already battling a string of fire officials in Scotts south of San concluded that going ahead See Page A8 TODAY'S A fitting tribute It's purely coincidental that city resident Carl Ekberg decided to erect a tribute to Thomas Jefferson last just in time for the Independence Day Full story Bl Kit Kittredge American Girl made its debut on the big screen Wednesday in Full story Dl Speed and success Washington Redskins legend Darrell Green will host a football camp this month at Shenandoah University in Full story CI No Star on the Fourth In observance of the Fourth of The Winchester Star will not be published The newspaper offices be closed all the newsroom will reopen at 4 p.m. Four 32 Pages Bulletin Classified Bl D2 .CI TODAY'S FORECAST 88 HIGH Partly sunny with west winds ranging from 10 to 15 Full report A8 68 LOW Miss your Call 665-4946 from 7 to 11 a.m. 0608566000375
