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A2 Daily News Leader, Friday, September 10, 1993 Somali violence raises questions about US role Obituaries The carnage came after scores of Somali gunmen, shielded by women and children attacked some 135 U.S. and Pakistani peacekeeping troops, killing a Pakistani soldier and wounding five Pakistanis and three U.S. soldiers. The violence also may hold implications for possible U.S. involve-ment in Bosnia.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Salvation Army Church by Sgt. Ray L. Parker. The family will receive friends at the residence.

At the request of the deceased, his body was donated to the Virginia Department of Health, State Anatomical Program. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Care Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital, 459 Locust Charlottesville, Va. 22902, or The Salvation Army Church, P.O. Box 2412, Staunton, Va. 24401.

PdOb A service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at Bradley Funeral Home by the Rev. Steven Propst, with burial at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Boyd A.

Bottenfield Boyd Archie Bottenfield, 66, of 12 Gay Street, died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday (September 9, 1993) in the Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville. He was born on March 9, 1927, in Bath County, son of the late Emory Thompson and Maggie (Griffin) Bottenfield. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

He was employed as a security officer at Stuart Hall School for 19 years. He was a member of the Salvation Army Church for 12 years and was president of the Men's Club and was a member of the League of Mercy of the Salvation Army. He was coordinator of the Neighborhood Watch, Bessie Weller area, in conjunction with the Staunton Police Department. Survivors include his wife of 12 years, Betty Hazelwood Bottenfield; five sons, Robert T. Bottenfield of Elkton; Kevin O.

Bottenfield, Boyd A. Bottenfield Jr. and David W. Hazelwood, all of Staunton; Gary S. De-fibaugh and his wife, Linda, of Middlebrook; six daughters, Brenda B.

Shoemaker and her husband, Barry, of Grottoes, Lisa G. Bottenfield of Goshen, Lucinda J. Bottenfield and Tina M. Shiflett, both of Staunton, Sandra L. Defibaugh of Baltimore, and Debi S.

Morrison and her husband, Harold, of Mint Spring; and 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Albert T. Bottenfield of Mt. Solon, Hugh Bottenfield of Florida and David F. Bottenfield of Staunton; and two sisters, Gladys Pluzzo of Waldorf, Maryland and Susan Michael of Palm Harbor, Minnie R. Schneider Minnie R.

(Kate) Schneider, age 93, of Deerfield, Illinois, beloved wife of the late John D. Schneider, founder of Hollister Incorporated, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 1993, after a short illness. Mr. and Mrs. Schneider made their home in Stuarts Draft in the mid-seventies while the Stuarts Draft Plant was under construction.

A memorial service was held Wednesday, September 8, 1993, in Highland Park, Illinois. It is suggested that donations in memory of Mrs. Schneider be made to the Kate Schneider Playground, Schneider Community Park in Stuarts Draft, co Ruritan Charities, P.O. Box 881, Stuarts Draft, Va. 24477.

PdOb Neva V. Housden LURAY Neva Virginia Housden, 80, of Rt. 5, Luray, died at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 8, 1993) at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.

She was born Oct. 18, 1912 in Page County, a daughter of H. Amos and Mattie E. (Foltz) Sours. She was a homemaker and member of Stanley United Methodist Church.

Her husband, Lloyd Orville Housden, to whom she was married on March 27, 1929, died on May 6, 1981. Survivors include five sons, Teddy Dale and Johnnie both of Stanley, Garland L. of Falls Church, Lawrence of Harrisonburg and Cole Housden of Crimora; four daughters, Ethel Mae Hilliards and Deborah Jean Owens, both of Stanley, Gloria Jean Short of Luray and Virginia Dovel of Shenandoah; two brothers, Clark of Boyce and John Sours of Berryville; two sisters, Clara Foltz of Luray and Vera Offen-backer of Silver Spring, and 11 grandchildren and eight Stephen H. Turner Jr. HOT SPRINGS Stephen H.

Turner 69, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 1993) in Alleghany Re gional Hospital. He was born Nov. 17, 1923 in riol Springs, a son of Stephen H. and Neb lie (Linthicum) Turner.

His wife, Audrey (Garner) Turner, preceded him in death. He was employed by the Virginia Hot Springs Company at the Warm Springs pool. He was a member and trustee of Piney Grove Baptist Church and of Covington Masonic Lodge. Survivors include five sons, Stephen H. Ill, Ronald Tyrone.

and Vincent W. Turner, all of-Washington, D.C., and Michael f' Turner of Baltimore, ohe daughter, Sandra J. Cox of ton, D.C.; one brother, George of Washington, D.C.; andt( seven grandchildren and two great; grandchildren. A service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Piney Grove Baptism-Church by the Rev.

Boyd C. Burial will be in Pinehurst Ceim. tery. Pallbearers will be the deacons of the church. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Piney Grove Baptist Church in Hot Springs.

McLaughlin Funeral Home in Hot. Springs is handling arrangements. Gladys Thelma Critzer Gladys Thelma Doyle Critzer, 85, 1 formerly of West Beverley Street," -died Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 8, 1993) in a local nursing home. She was born June 13, 1908 at Princeton, W.Va., a daughter of John and Lula (Dudley) McKay.

Survivors include a son, Elzie Doyle of Westminster, a daughter, Leona Doyle of Staunton; and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday in Hamilton Chapel Cemetery in Highland County near, Mustoe. Billy Graham The LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON U.N. peacekeeping forces and American helicopters clashed with a crowd of Somalis on Thursday in a battle that killed substantial numbers of women and children, U.S.

and U.N. officials said, raising new concerns here about the U.S. presence in Somalia. Auction Continued front page Al ers will hopefully keep the proper-tics up and pay their taxes. The city retained the Staunton law firm of Black, Noland, Gaines and Read to handle the delinquent property tax suits and sales.

Property at 123 Stafford St. sold for $2,400 while the costs of the suit were $1,964, according to a memorandum Wray submitted to council members. Back taxes owed totaled $654. The property was assessed for Birthday Continued from page Al id Councilman William H. Campbell.

Campbell said Augusta County and other localities have been gaining a lot from the event, in terms of tourism dollars and they should be asked to contribute to its future. The newly-formed regional tourism board should be involved in the planning, said Councilman Roy T. Stephenson, adding he hadn't missed a Happy Birthday, U.S.A. event in 24 years. Maynard Stoddard, chairman of the Happy Birthday, U.S.A.

Committee, said the volunteer group hopes that some sort of event will continue. It could prove expensive, however, and the group is not a fund raising one, he explained. There isn't a lot of money made by the committee on the event, according to Stod Villain Continued from page Al Charles M. Kelley, an investment representative for Edward D. Jones and David W.

DeHart, chairman of the downtown development board. From among more than 150 communities which applied to the program, Staunton had been previously selected as one of 30 to receive a one-year membership in the National Main Street Network. Under the second round of grant competition, Staunton competed with the other 29 first-round winners for one of the five community assessment grants. The downtown community assessment could not come at a better time for Staunton, said Avoli. City government and the private sector are working together to transfer the lead on downtown development to the private business community, with continuing financial support from the city, he said.

"The new downtown development board is in the process of deciding its objectives for future downtown revitalization, examining funding alternatives, and developing a work plan and organizational structure for this effort," Avoli said. "Having an outside, objective review of our downtown should be very helpful to the downtown development board in plotting its course." THE DAILY NEWS LEADER ISSN 0747-2501 Published moraines Monday through Saturday except New Year't Day, July 4Lh, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas by 1 Tie Leader Publishing 11 N. Central Staunton, Vs. 24401. Second class postage paid at Staunton, Va.

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Ramsey Mrs. Emma (Musser) Ramsey, widow of Francis Miller Ramsey, formerly of Staunton, died at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 8, 1993) in the Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community, Harrisonburg. She was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late John Herr and Jennie (Retheiser) Musser.

Her parents moved to Staunton when she was six months old. Mrs. Ramsey graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and Templeton Business School. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church.

Her husband preceded her in death on March 21, 1981; and her brother, Harry R. Musser, died on May 6, 1988. Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Thorn-rose Cemetery by the Dr.

James E. Guthrie. Pallbearers will be Paul C. Shirey John F. Watson, Eugene E.

Mul-lins, John W. Swisher, L. Ed Atkinson and Herman G. Adkison There will be no public viewing. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Fund of Second Presbyterian Church, P.O.

Box 175, Staunton, Va. 24401. Arrangements were handled by Henry Funeral Home. Pd Ob Grottoes park By SCOTT HELM Staff Writer GROTTOES The first steps toward a waterfront park in Grottoes will be taken soon. At its work session Thursday, Grottoes Council instructed Town Supt.

Carter Miller to enlist volunteers to help clean up the 50.5-acre parcel along the southern fork of the Shenandoah River. "It could be beautiful," said Miller of the land which council bought this summer for $44,000. "I think we do want to clean it up so people can fish." Council suggested Miller have several town employees work on a Saturday with volunteers to clean up the property, which is somewhat overgrown. No exact date has been set. On a cleaning roll, council said something must be done about the problem with yard sale signs.

"There seems to be an awful lot of them," said Councilman Alvin Secrist. Several agreed, indicating the worst part was that people don't take the signs down after their yard sales. THURSDAY Pick 3: 64-2 Pick 4: 5-1-9-6 closer to reality My answer taxes at $2,000 while a private appraisal firm valued it at $3300. Property on Patton Street sold for $2,500, while legal fees totaled $2,000 and back taxes $1,292. The property was assessed at $5,100 and appraised by the private firm at $3,200.

A parcel on Jones Street, with an assessed value of $3,750 and an appraised value of $2,000, sold for $650. The cost of the suit was listed at $1,991 while back taxes owed are $970. Sold for a high bid of $300, the cost of the suit for property at 425 West-wood Blvd. was listed at $1,977. Back taxes owed on the property, assessed at $1,000 and appraised at $2,500, totaled $398.

dard, and most of what is taken in by the goes right back into the next year's celebration. "Happy Birthday U.S.A. Inc. felt like it was time for us to bid goodbye when the Statlers did," Stoddard added. Murphy said the likelihood of a big name entertainer was rather remote, adding that he sees it more as a continuation of the parade, events at Gypsy Hill Park and local and regional bands.

"If you are talking about entertainers the stature of the Statlers, you are talking about a $100,000 cost," he said. Other council members agreed the event should start small and the regional tourism approach explored. Murphy was given direction to compile a list of names for the committee. Slated to be among its ranks are representatives from the current Happy Birthday U.S.A. Committee, regional tourism bureau, the Staunton-Augusta County Chamber of Commerce and interested residents.

Murphy expressed the city's appreciation to Kelley for the grant sponsorship by Edward D. Jones Co. "To have Edward D. Jones Co. pick up half the cost of the community assessment and the National Main Street Center Network membership enabled the city to compete for these services," he said.

Judging was based on public and private support for exploring revitalization options and broad-based community awareness of and support for the downtown area, officials indicated. Judges also looked for a core of historic and traditional commercial buildings in the downtown areas of the winning communities. On behalf of the downtown development board, DeHart expressed his appreciation to Staunton officials for preparing the application with help from Historic Staunton Foundation. "We had the strong support of the downtown business community behind this grant application and we will need it to continue," he said. "This shows what we can accomplish when we commit ourselves to downtown revitalization and work together.

I'm looking forward to the community assessment and the help it will give the downtown development board to get off on the right foot," he said. Wreck Continued from page Al A state trooper stopped the vehicle near the Mauzy exit. Both Heimeyer and the passenger, Joseph Riley Patterson, 37, of New Boston were charged with felony hit-and-run. A passenger in a vehicle involved in a vehicle crash is bound by state law to render aid to injured people, Henderson said. Heimeyer was also charged with making an improper lane change.

Other charges may be pending, Henderson said. Both men were held in the Augusta County jail Thursday night without bond, pending a hearing. The crash victim was wearing the shoulder strap of the seat belt, but not a lap belt, Henderson said. CHRYSLER CORPORATION PARTS We have several people in our community who want our church to join in a new ministry to help people with AIDS. Frankly right now I am not in favor of this, because that might make people think we approve of the lifestyle of some of the people who get AIDS.

Do you have any suggestions? F.D. If Christ were alive and walking the streets of your city or walking through hospitals today, how would He react to people who were facing death through AIDS no matter how they acquired it? I think you would agree Christ would have compassion on them, and would do all He could for them, both physically and spiritually. Should we who belong to Christ do any less? The self-righteous critics of Jesus condemned Him because "This man welcomes sinners" (Luke But Jesus said, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost" (Luke Christ never excused sin or condoned it; to the woman who had been caught in the act of adultery He said, "Go and leave your life of sin." But He also told her, "Neither do I condemn you" (John No matter who we are, we are all sinners in the eyes of God, and we all need His grace and forgiveness. As someone has said, the ground at the foot of the cross is level. Ask God to help you see others the way He sees them with love and compassion, and not with pride or neglect.

Ask Him also to help you point others to Christ. No, I know not everyone with AIDS (or any other illness) will be open to God. But some are yearning for the hope and salvation Christ alone can give, and God has given us the responsibility to show His compassion for them. The Bible says, "You are the light of the world. let your light shine before men, that they may see your -good deeds and praise your Father in heaven" (Matthew "I've never seen anybody take them down," said Councilman Larry Huff-.

man. Council was considering an ordinance to enforce removal, but decided it wouldn't be required. Instead, council members said they suspect residents will voluntarily comply if they know of the problem. Council agreed to draft a letter advising residents of the problem and Police Chief Charlie Lawhorne said his officers will remind forgetful citizens. Citizen complaints prompted; a.

proposed nuisance ordinance. The first reading of the ordinance, which primarily will concern noise, will be at counci l's regular meeting on Mon-, day. Mayor Doug Shifflett said, "We're really not giving the chief any more latitude than he has when issuing a summons for speeding." Council- man Gene Harris suggested Law-home could give a warning before issuing a summons and "hauling. them off to court." VIRGINIA LOTTERY When Tuesday Wednesday September 14 15 7:00 P.M. CHICKEN RIB BARBECUE Saturday, September 11 10:00 a.m.

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