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Candidate says drag control is failing
BOGOTA, Colombia — A leading Colombian presidential
candidate says drug trafficking is thriving despite U.S.-backed
efforts to crush it, and she called for an international drug sum
mit to rethink failing strategies.
“They’re inadequate; drug trafficking keeps advancing, it
keeps financing our conflict and creating an economy which is
very damaging to democracy (and) its institutions,” Noemi
Sanin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Sanin is running second in the polls. Liberal Party candi
date Horacio Serpa is running about 12 points ahead of Sanin
— an independent — in the runup to the May 26 presidential
elections.
Sanin, 52, has a reputation as a sophisticated politician, but
one unafraid to speak her mind.
As Colombia’s foreign minister in the early 1990s, she once
lashed out at the U.S. State Department amid suggestions in
Washington that Colombia was coddling drug traffickers. She
reminded U.S. officials that the lives of hundreds of
Colombians had been sacrificed in the drug war.
Sanin said an international summit should be held to
reassess counterdrug strategy.
More than 80 percent of the world’s cocaine comes from
Colombia, despite years of U.S.-backed interdiction efforts and
aerial fumigation of the nation’s coca plantations. Heroin pro
duction is rising, and most heroin now consumed in the United
States comes from this South American country.
Bush orders review
of pension rales
WASHINGTON— Presi
dent Bush, fearing political
fallout over an energy corpo
ration whose collapse cost
employees millions of dollars
in savings, ordered his eco
nomic team Thursday to
review pension rules that
could put other workers and
pensioners at risk.
The politically charged
action came one day after the
Justice Department opened
an investigation into Texas-
based Enron Corp., an energy
company closely tied to Bush
and other administration offi
cials. Enron’s top officials,
including Kenneth L. Lay, the
chief executive officer, are
financial supporters of Bush.
Lay was in contact with
top administration officials
while his company was col
lapsing last fall, the White
House disclosed Thursday.
Bush said the Enron case
shed light on potential prob
lems in the nation’s pension
system. “One of the things
that we’re deeply concerned
about is that there has been a
wave of bankruptcies that
have caused many workers to
lose their pensions,” he said.
A senior Bush adviser said
the president wants to pro
tect workers’ pensions as well
as inoculate himself against
mounting criticism for his
administration’s association
with Lay and Enron.
White House press secre
tary Ari Fleischer cautioned
Congress against “partisan
witch hunts, endless investi
gations or fishing expedi
tions” into GOP ties
to Enron. “Enron gave
thousands of dollars to
Democrats,” he said.
Gubernatorial can
didate seeks funds
from businessman
ATLANTA — Facing the
multimillion-dollar campaign
clout of Gov. Roy Barnes,
Republican gubernatorial
candidate Linda Schrenko
wants to borrow $500,000
from an Augusta business
man to finance her campaign.
lb do so requires approval
of the State Ethics
Commission, which considers
such loans as contributions,
limited to $5,000 in a primary
and another $5,000 in a
general election.
Schrenko’s campaign
manager, Richard Leonard,
planned to go before the
ethics panel on Tuesday
to give the commission the
details of a loan offer
from philanthropist and
entrepreneur Julian Osbon to
underwrite the largest por
tion of the campaign of the
current state schools superin
tendent at an interest rate of
6.25 percent.
“This is a business trans
action conducted at arm’s
length,” Leonard said. The
loan would be personally
secured by Schrenko and
her daughter, Catherine
Schrenko Cooper, a dentist.
"My lamiiy wiu join me in
securing the loan with every
thing we have worked hard to
accumulate,” Schrenko said
in a written statement.
Barnes is expected to
report more than $10 million
raised for his re-election bid
in year-end fund-raising docu
ments this week.
Schrenko’s campaign says
Barnes has absorbed most
campaign fund sources in the
state.
“The money pool has pret
ty much dried up, especially
for Linda. She’s not one of the
good ol’ boys,” Leonard said.
The Schrenko campaign
documents $140,000 raised. It
acknowledged that two other
GOP candidates for governor,
Cobb County Chairman Bill
Byrne and former Sen. Sonny
Perdue of Bonaire, probably
have raised more.
Candidates can take out
secured personal loans of any
amount, if obtained through a
banking institution. Schrenko
argues that this essentially
limits statewide candidates
to those who are rich or can
use the power of office to
collect contributions.
Plan for Habitat for
Humanity museum
AMERICUS — Habitat for
Humanity broke ground
Wednesday on a $4.5 million
Global Village & Discovery
Center; a multi-media muse
um and town intended to
educate people about the
worldwide need for housing.
“Today is a milestone day
on a long journey to bringing
this to fruition,” said Millard
Riller, Habitat founder and
president. “The Global
Village & Discovery Center
will give people the opportu
nity to see the simple, decent
houses that Habitat is build
ing in places like Asia, Africa
and South America.
“We want to show the
world that people can make a
difference one life, one family
and one house at a time,”
Fuller said.
The project will be built in
phases over five years by
Habitat volunteers to help
hold down costs. The
Discovery Center will feature
a cultural museum and shop
built on six acres in down
town Americus. Trained vol
unteers in native outfits will
give tours of the houses,
describing how the people
live and telling about each
country and house.
— Associated Press
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WatehDawgs celebrate successful year
By KIMBERLY BOWERS
kbowers@randb.com
Since it first began about
a year ago, WatehDawgs has
provided Athens residents
with over 7,000 safe rides.
To show its appreciation,
WatehDawgs will hold an
event Saturday to celebrate
its anniversary.
The celebration will be
held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Papa John’s on Baxter
Street.
Sponsoring companies
will provide food during
the event. University ath
letes also will be present to
sign autographs.
There will be a raffle for
prizes and students can sign
up to become WatehDawgs
volunteers.
“This is not a fundraiser.
It’s just us thanking all of our
sponsors, getting the com
munity to help them since
they help us,” said Elizabeth
Granger, a sophomore from
Duluth and director of
promotions and media rela
tions for WatehDawgs.
Sponsors include Papa
John’s, Chik-Fil-A, River
Club Apartments, Leon
Farmer and Co., OfficeMax
and Cingular Wireless.
“We just want to let the
community know that we
have such great stores here
in Athens,” Granger said.
WatehDawgs members
said they not only provide a
much needed service to
students, but also a fun
environment for members.
“I had so much fun the
first night that I decided to
become a volunteer,” said
Katy Beck, a freshman from
Columbus and director
of fundraising. “I’ve had the
most fun meeting new peo
ple. It’s a great place to get
to know other students on
campus.”
A major drawing point to
WatehDawgs is that it’s not
only a social organization
but it also provides a service
to the community, according
to another student.
“I joined WatehDawgs
because it was more than
just sitting around talking.
We actually go out and do
stuff,” said Russ Johnson, a
junior from Powder Springs
and director of information
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WatehDawgs relies on
donations and grants from
people and businesses in
the community to fund its
services.
In the past, the program
has been in jeopardy due to
a lack of funding, but now
they have enough money
to keep WatehDawgs running
throughout the semester,
said Joey Powell, a
freshman from Lawrenceville
and WatehDawgs executive
assistant.
“We have really improved
since spring 2001, and as
long as we keep getting fund
ing we’ll keep improving,” he
said.
WatehDawgs provides free
rides home Thursday
through Sunday from 10 p.m.
to 3 a.m.
To get a ride from
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