1. The Daily Reflector, Saturday, December 3, 2011 B
From page one
physician Darryl Neufer about a
plan for a new approach
to speed up the biomedi-
“This is a significant and
major priority for the uni-
versity as a whole,” she said.
Family funeral held for 5
young N.C. slaying victims
Continued from B
cal research process by Horns said funding to-
ered the retroactive period putting researchers from taling about $8 million is
which ran from July 31, the East Carolina Diabe- available from a variety of
2010, to March 31, 2011. tes and Obesity Institute sources to outfit the floor The Associated Press vived for days with what killing her two sons: Rob-
Subsequent payments under the same roof as car- for this purpose. Sheriff BJ Barnes said were ert Dylan Smith, 17, and
should greatly improve the diovascular researchers. “We’ve been investing in PLEASANT GARDEN bullet wounds to the head. Zachary Smith, 14. Barnes
financial outlook for the “The goal is to establish this area for a long time,” — An extended Guilford Holder left two notes apol- said she also killed the
practice, Jowers said in a a world-class research in- Horns said. County family and their ogizing for the pain she’d niece and nephew she took
later interview. stitute,” said Neufer, the The project could be bid community mourned caused, Barnes said. into her home when her
“It should keep the ECU institute’s director. and under construction by Friday and prepared to Holder’s mother Frances sister died: Richard Brian
Physicians practice in the Phyllis Horns, vice March or April of 2012, bury five children killed said the family was praying Suttles, 17, and Hannaleigh
black all the time,” he said. chancellor for health sci- and completed about a in what investigators have at least one of the children Suttles, 8. She also mor-
“It should keep us from ences, said it’s a long-range year later. described as a family mas- would survive to describe tally wounded Makayla
having to worry about project due to the compet- “And so far, we’re on sacre. what happened. Frances Leigh Woods, Robert’s 15-
where the next payment is itiveness of grant funding. course,” said Robert Mourners packed into Holder said she can’t be- year-old girlfriend.
going to come from to pay She said that “part of our Brown, project manager a Baptist church in their lieve her daughter was Mary Ann Holder had
the bills.” institutional investment for engineering and archi- hometown near Greens- responsible for the mass been having an affair with
Jowers told the commit- is creating (this) state-of- tectural services. boro for a collective fu- killings because she cared Randall Lamb, 40, for more
tee that ECU Physicians the-art space to attract re- Neufer said plans call for neral for the five children deeply for her children. than three years, and its
has a mix of patients that search.” office space, a robotics sec- between 8 and 17 gunned “People are calling my aftermath created months
includes: 12.1 percent who Committee member tion with two surgery rooms down in a shooting ram- daughter a deadbeat mother, of bitter accusations be-
are self-paying, 22.5 per- Deborah Davis said pool- for animals, training rooms page by Mary Ann Holder, she was a no-good mother,” tween Holder, Lamb and
cent with Medicaid, 33.3 ing researchers from dif- and a conference space. 36. Officers said Holder Frances Holder said Thurs- Lamb’s wife, including al-
percent with Medicare, ferent disciplines is a new “This is like the McDon- apparently shot one of day outside the church legations of stalking and
11.8 percent with commer- concept that’s thought to ald’s playground for us,” her sons and three other where mourners visited harassment.
cial coverage, and 18.7 per- foster the process. he said, referring to enthu- children while they slept with the family. “She was Jennifer Lamb had pre-
cent with Blue Cross Blue It works to “significant- siasm for the project. at her Pleasant Garden very close to her children. I pared, but not yet filed, a
Shield, and a third party ly speed up new ideas, the home, shot and wounded don’t know what happened. potentially costly lawsuit
category of 1.6 percent. development of new ideas K.J. Williams can be her married former lover, I have no answers. I’m wait- against Holder accusing
In another matter, the … to actually get them to reached at kwilliams@re- killed her younger son. ing for answers, just like ev- her of alienating the af-
committee heard a re- the marketplace,” Davis flector.com or at 252-329- Holder then killed herself. eryone else.” fections of her husband,
port from ECU professor said. 9588. Four of the children sur- Holder is accused of investigators said.
Group bids to revoke N.C. death penalty
By TOM BREEN control of the General As- known Roman Catholic support for a repeal, which racial bias played a role in ciated the campaigners be-
The Associated Press sembly, which this week death penalty opponent they say would save the their cases. Perdue has not ing forthright about their
passed a bill that would re- who wrote the book “Dead state millions of dollars and yet said whether she’ll veto intentions, saying many
RALEIGH, N.C. — peal a law giving death row Man Walking” that later prevent the chance of ever the bill. supporters of the Racial
With the spotlight again inmates another avenue of became a successful film. mistakenly executing an House Majority Lead- Justice Act backed the law
on North Carolina’s death appeal, the campaign’s goal Prejean is serving as the innocent person. Although er Paul Stam said Friday as backdoor way to create
penalty, a group of religious is a tall order, with one top chairwoman of the new ef- there are 158 people on there’s “zero” chance that an unofficial moratorium
leaders announced Friday lawmaker saying there is fort, which the group has death row, according to the the Legislature will abolish on capital punishment.
the start of a new campaign effectively zero chance of dubbed the Kairos Cam- state Department of Cor- or place a moratorium on “At least that’s an hon-
aimed at repealing capital repeal. paign, after a Greek word rection, no one has been the death penalty now that est effort,” Stam said of the
punishment altogether. The advocates for repeal, meaning the right time or executed in North Carolina the House and Senate have Kairos Campaign. “They’re
People of Faith Against though, who on Friday opportune moment. since 2006. Republican majorities. trying to do what they say
the Death Penalty is mod- included representatives “I’m not sure it’s a good But at least in the Gener- Democratic proponents of what they want to do.”
eling the effort on a similar from about a dozen differ- time, but I’m not sure there’s al Assembly, debate seems ending the death penalty Stephen Dear, execu-
campaign a decade ago that ent churches and religious ever been a good time,” said to be shifting in the other usually were about five or tive director of the Car-
drew more than a thou- groups at news conference the Rev. Frank Dew, pastor direction. On Monday, the six votes away from being rboro-based People of
sand resolutions from local in Raleigh, said they don’t of New Creation Commu- state Senate voted to send successful when their party Faith Against the Death
governments and religious expect immediate results nity Presbyterian Church Gov. Beverly Perdue a bill was in charge at the Leg- Penalty, disagrees with
groups and 50,000 peti- from lawmakers. in Greensboro. “But it’s the that would effectively re- islative Building, he said. that interpretation, say-
tion signatures in favor of a “The legislature is nev- right time.” peal the 2009 Racial Justice Today, according to Stam, ing that while the group
temporary moratorium on er going to act until they Members of the group Act, a law that allows death they are about 30 votes hopes Perdue preserves
the death penalty in North have constituencies be- are hoping to present law- row inmates to appeal their short. the Racial Justice Act with
Carolina. hind them,” said Sister makers with overwhelm- sentences by using statisti- The Wake County Re- a veto, that law doesn’t go
But with Republicans in Helen Prejean, a nationally ing evidence of grass roots cal evidence to argue that publican did say he appre- far enough.
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Q My husband appears to be
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Q My dad hasWhat can I do to
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atrial
Q My sondrink diet soda
drinks lots of
soda. Should I encourage
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Au.D., CCC-A using hearing aids at his office F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E., F.S.C.A.I. him to
instead of regular soda?
even though his hearing loss is
mild; is there a relationship? A More than 2 million Americans live with atrial fibrillation (AF), an
irregular heart rhythm that occurs when the heart’s two upper chambers
beat erratically, causing the chambers to pump blood unevenly and
A Soft drinks do not have much nutritional value.
Encourage your son to drink water, milk or fruit juices
A
inefficiently. Blood can pool and clot in the chambers, increasing the risk of
Hearing loss may be a source of stress and fatigue. It stroke or heart attack. AF affects about 3 percent to 5 percent of people over in moderation instead of sodas. Regular soda contains a
seems hearing aids lessen stress, therefore, tiredness, age 65. Although family history may increase your chances of developing
AF, there are specific and likely more important risk factors such as high lot of sugar. Diet sodas do not contain sugar but contain
by allowing easier communication. Imagine, yourself, how
blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and obesity. Controlling these risk factors phosphoric acid and citric acid (just like regular soda).
stressful it is to listen intently for important information could potentially reduce more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation, Drinking lots of regular or diet sodas exposes the teeth to
spoken by someone talking very softly, unclear or in a noisy according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart
Association. In this study high blood pressure was the most potent predictor these acids, contributing to enamel erosion and tooth decay.
place. It’s very tiring even over a short span of time without for developing AF. So my advice to you is to make sure your blood pressure For more information, ask your child’s pediatric dentist.
spending an entire workday doing so. and other risk factors remain under optimal control.
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A YES. A difference in the length of the two legs can cause
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If the legs are of two different lengths, it can make you feel
Q I am morbidly obese and my doctor just started me
on medication for high cholesterol. Is it true that
your cholesterol improves with gastric bypass?
a person to have difficulties with attention, ability to communicate unbalanced when you walk, like you’re swaying side to side, like
verbally, ability to learn new information, and/or inability to remember.
The only way pseudodementia can be identified is through consulting
with a neurologist, who often orders neurophychological testing to
a weeble-wobble. The foot on the longer leg will try its best to
compensate for this by pronating (flattening), which can cause
painful, strained joints and ligaments. The difference in leg length
A High cholesterol levels affect millions of Americans, and most
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is concerned because high cholesterol levels contribute to coronary
differentiate between pseudodementia and other possible causes of the can also cause severe back and neck pain, even scoliosis, as your artery disease and therefore heart attacks. Weight-loss surgery often
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