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Newspaper Page TextLOCATSTATE The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Friday, November 30, 2018 9A Delta now using facial recognition DAVID GOLDMAN I Associated Press A Delta Air Lines jet sits at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Oct. 13, 2016, in Atlanta. BY KELLY YAMANOUCHI Tribune News Service International travelers flying out of Atlanta can now check in for a Delta flight, go through security and board a plane using facial recognition instead of showing their passports. On Thursday, Delta Air Lines unveiled new facial recognition cameras that the company says will shorten traveler wait times at the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson. Eventually, Delta wants to implement the technology for domestic flights, though wide spread use could be years away. Still, some privacy advocates warn there aren’t enough safe guards in place to protect pas sengers’ privacy. The cameras are now in use at Delta’s international check in, at the security checkpoint in the international terminal and on international Concourse F, making up what Atlanta-based Delta calls the first “biometric terminal” in the United States. The aim is to make the airport more convenient and less of a hassle by eliminating the need for travelers to pull out pass ports and boarding passes. “We know our customers like it,” said chief operating officer Gil West. “It saves them time.” During boarding, the cameras will use facial recognition tech nology that will save an aver age of 2 seconds per passenger, according to the airline. West said the airline has invested “millions, but it’s worth it.” Still, it’s not yet a seamless process throughout the interna tional terminal. For about 1 to 2 percent of passengers, the facial scan can’t be matched with the pass port photo on file. They still need to scan a passport if it’s not already in the system. Not all international gates have the cameras yet. And for now, all fliers still need to show their boarding pass at the TSA checkpoint. Delta has been installing the cameras in the international terminal since mid-October, to get the system fully in place by Saturday. The Transporta tion Security Administration began using facial recognition at the Atlanta airport inter national terminal checkpoint for international travelers on all airlines last month. TSA, which has drawn up a road map for expanding biomet rics technology, in September began requiring a photo when PreCheck members renew or enroll, and plans to test facial biometric technology at Pre- Check lanes. Delta said about 25,000 cus tomers travel through the inter national terminal a week, and so far less than 2 percent are opting out of facial recognition. Next, Delta plans to deploy facial recognition to all of its international gates at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, and roll it out throughout other points in the Detroit terminal in 2019. Eventually, Delta aims to expand facial recognition to its other hubs in the United States. Potentially, West said he would like to see facial recog nition technology expanded to domestic travel — but that’s trickier because facial images are matched to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data bases drawn from passports and visas, while driver license data is spread out among states. Delta first announced its plans to make the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport into a bio metric terminal in September. Over a few years, the airline has tested facial recognition during boarding at its hubs in Atlanta, Detroit and at New York’s John F. Kennedy Inter national Airport. “It’s not surprising with technology these days that this is the way we’re going,” said traveler Dave Campbell,“I just hope they’ve done the work on it and it’s secure.” Delta says it does not store the images, and only uses them to compare to the data base kept by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Report: Number uninsured kids spikes to 3.9M Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE - The number of uninsured chil dren in the U.S. has increased for the first time in nearly a decade, placing it at 3.9M in 2017, accord ing to a report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Nationally, the number of uninsured children increased by an estimated 276,000 in 2017, from a historic low of 4.7 percent in 2016 to 5 percent last year. Experts say about 75 percent of the newly uninsured children are clustered in states that did not expand Medicaid such as Florida, Texas and Georgia. Under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Florida and other states could take federal funding to help pay for health coverage for nearly 900,000 peo ple, but the Republican-led Legis lature in Florida voted against it. The vast majority of states have already expanded Medicaid and increased the number of resi dents eligible for its coverage. Joan Alker, executive director for Georgetown’s Center for Chil dren and Families, has written the report for the last eight years and has never seen the rates of uninsured children go up in all 50 states, which happened last year. She said that what is perhaps most concerning is that the uninsured rate among children increased despite an improving economy and low unemploy ment rate that allowed more children to get private coverage through their parents. The study blamed increases on the Trump administration’s repeated attempts to prompt an overhaul of publicly funded health care. There were major efforts to repeal Obama’s Afford able Care Act and cut Medicaid, and the children’s CHIP insur ance funding also ran out and hung in the balance for months before Congress extended it. “There was a lot of confusion among families as to whether these public coverage sources were available,” Alker said. At the same time, the Trump administration slashed funding for advertising and enrollment counselors to help sign people up for insurance programs. The country’s enrollment decline was not just in Medicaid and CHIP, but also in the federal market place where parents can pur chase private health insurance. The report noted that many of the children who do not have health insurance are eligible for coverage, but just aren’t enrolled. The report also expressed concern that strict immigration policies and enforcement were making many immigrant fami lies leery of enrolling, even if their children are eligible. “We think it’s really this national unwelcome mat regarding pub lic coverage,” Alker said. SAVANNAH 2 men get life without parole sentence for robbery death Two men have been sentenced to life in prison without parole for their conviction last week in a 2013 robbery shooting death. News outlets reported Chatham Supe rior Court Judge Louisa Abbot imposed the sentence on 26-year-old Roderick Parrish and 26-year-old Jordan Campbell. Parrish and Campbell were convicted Friday in the 2013 death of Rebecca Foley. Abbot noted that prosecutors showed that Parrish shot Foley and Campbell pro vided the gun in the robbery. Defense attorneys had asked for a life sentence with the possibility of parole. Foley was shot once in her car while try ing to leave for her apartment. MCDONOUGH Man pleads guilty for death of King statue sculptor A man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a crash that killed an artist selected to sculpt a Martin Luther King Jr. statue for the Georgia Capitol grounds. The Henry County district attorney’s office said in a release Thursday Corey Sease pleaded guilty Wednesday to vehicu lar homicide, driving under the influence and reckless driving in the July 2015 wreck that killed 56-year-old Andy Davis. Davis was stopped at a red light when Sease hit him with his pickup truck. Pros ecutors say Sease, who was 20 at the time, had alcohol and marijuana in his system. Davis had just gotten approval for his design for the King statue when he died. The state eventually chose Martin Dawe to replace Davis, and the sculpture was unveiled in August 2017. CANTON Authorities search for suspect in gun store theft Rewards totaling $5,000 are being offered in connection with an investiga tion into the theft of guns Wednesday from a firearms store in Cherokee County. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, are looking into the burglary at Hi-Caliber Firearms on Overlook Circle in Canton, the ATF said in a news release. Each agency is offering $2,500 for the arrest and conviction of those responsible. “We take this crime very seriously,” ATF agent Arthur Peralta said. “Fire arms trafficking is a serious offense which results in significant federal prison time for the person or persons responsible.” The stolen guns pose a “potential dan ger to citizens, communities, and our over all quality of life,” Peralta said. Anyone with information about the inci dent should contact the ATF gun hotline at 800-ATF-GUNS (283-4867). Associated Press OBITUARIES James A. “Bubba” Ball March 19, 1922-Nov. 27, 2018 James A. “Bubba” Ball, 96, of Columbus, Ga., died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, at his residence. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Fri day, Nov. 30, 2018, at Morningside Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga., with Dr. Kevin Calhoun officiating. Interment will be held in Parkhill Cemetery according to McMul len Funeral Home and Crematory, Colum bus, GA 31907. Coach Ball was born March 19,1922, in Bessemer, AL, son of the late Judge Frank and May Belle McKinney Ball. He was a 1940 graduate of Bessemer High School and was a U.S. Navy veteran serving as an Aviation Machinist Mate First Class during World War II. Coach Ball was a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University) and later became a teacher, coach and athletic director. He served at Baker High School, Gainesville Junior College, Hard away High and Shaw High Schools. Coach Ball played professional baseball in Colum bus, Newnan, Miami, Lake Charles and was a player agent in Opelika, Andalusia and Headland. He also played professional bas ketball for the Birmingham Vulcans. Coach Ball was a former member of First Baptist Church in Bessemer, AL, Edgewood Baptist Church, Hilton Terrace Baptist Church and was a current member of Morningside Baptist Church. He served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher, R.A. Leader and various other committees throughout the church. Other than his parents, Coach Ball was preceded in death by his daughters, May- belle Ball Teeters, Jane Ellen Ball Cahoon and brothers, William Franklin Ball, Sr., Benjamin Ball and Foy Colquitt Ball. Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Deborah Cheek Ball of Columbus, GA, daughter, Kathy Bolles (John) of Pine Mountain, GA, sons, Dusty Perdue (Jen nifer) of Phenix City, AL, James Augustus “Austin” Ball Jr. (Emily) of Norcross, GA, and Alex Ball of Columbus, GA, 10 grand children and 7 great grandchildren, and two very special nieces, Linda Pierce and Nancy Stevens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Morningside Baptist Church Youth Ministry Fund, 6065 Morningside Drive Columbus, GA 31909 in memory of James A. “Bubba” Ball. Those who wish may sign the on-line guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneral- home.com. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus Sign the online guest book at gainesvil- letimes.com. The Times, Gainesville, Ga. Nov. 30, 2018 H. Jack Brock Died Nov. 25, 2018 Funeral Services will be held Sunday Dec. 2, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Lakewood Baptist Church for H. Jack Brock, 86, of Johns Creek, formerly of Gainesville. Burial will be in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery. Dr. Tom Smiley and Dr. Jerry Gill will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the church. Mr. Brock passed away Nov. 25, 2018. Mr. Brock was the son of the late Major Glenn Brock Sr. and Estelle Boleman Brock. He served 36 years active & reserve in the Armed Forces and upon graduating from the Army Command and General Staff College he was promoted to Lt. Col. After serving three short tours at the Pentagon he retired. After retirement he volunteered each summer teaching aviation ground school to U.S. Naval sea cadets in the United States and overseas. His passion was gardening, growing veg etables to share with friends and family. He was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church for 45 years. Mr. Brock was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. Those wishing may make memorial gifts to Lakewood Baptist Church, 2235 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville, Ga., 30501. Survivors include, son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Sylvia Brock Jr.; daughter and son- in-law, Angela and Howard Giles; partner, Janeen Baker; grandchildren, Patrick Brock (Maria), Katherine Brock, Chris Giles (Kay- Leigh), Kevin Giles (Heather), Patricia Giles Custenborder (Nick); six great grandchildren; sister, Charlotte Grogan; sister & brother-in- law, Lynda and Dan Allison. Online condolences may be sent to wardsfh.com Ward’s Funeral Home, Gainesville Sign the online guest book at gainesville- times.com. The Times, Gainesville, Ga. Nov. 30, 2018 DEATH NOTICES Willard R. Arnold Died Nov. 28, 2018 Willard R. Arnold, 93, of John’s Creek died Wednesday. McDonald and Son Funeral Home, Cumming. Hugh Anthony Brown Died Nov. 28, 2018 Hugh Anthony Brown, 63, of Gainesville died Wednesday. Memorial Park Funeral Home, Gainesville. Betty Louise Butcher Died Nov. 22, 2018 Betty Louise Butcher, 80, of Clayton died Thursday, Nov. 22. Memorial Park South Funeral Home, Flowery Branch. Edward Janies Fuhrmann Died Nov. 28, 2018 Edward James Fuhrmann, 95, of Cum ming died Wednesday. McDonald and Son Funeral Home, Cumming. Paul Newton Garner March 26, 1928-Nov. 29, 2018 Paul Newton Garner, 90, of Alto died Thursday. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Satur day, Dec. 1, funeral home chapel. McGahee- Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia. Leonard Thomas Herring Jr. Died Nov. 29, 2018 Leonard Thomas Herring Jr., 84, of Oak- wood died Thursday. Memorial Park South Funeral Home, Flowery Branch. Marilyn Levene Johnson May 4, 1929-Nov. 28, 2018 Marilyn Levene Johnson, 89, of Buford died Wednesday. Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford. Nicole Parker Aug. 17, 1978-Nov. 29, 2018 Nicole Parker, 40, of Cleveland died Thursday. Barrett Funeral Home, Cleveland. Shirley Higham Patten May 5, 1939-Nov. 28, 2018 Shirley Higham Patten, 79, of Demorest died Wednesday. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, funeral home chapel. Fla nigan Funeral Home, Buford. Audrey L. Rosenthal March 13, 1934-Nov. 28, 2018 Audrey L. Rosenthal, 84, of Waterford, Wis. died Wednesday. Funeral service, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, Buford First United Methodist Church. Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford. Obituary information Death notices are printed free as a public service by The Times. More information can be provided in paid obituaries. The rate is $50 per 100 words (or any part thereof). There is an additional mandatory $40 fee for online services, which includes a guest book that allows family and friends to post condolences. Deadline for publication is 6:30 p.m. seven days a week. Death notices and obituaries are accepted only from funeral homes. They should be emailed to obits@ gainesvilletimes.com. All submissions will appear in The Times and online at gainesvilletimes.com. For additional information, please call 770-718-3419 or 800-395-5005, extension 3419, between 3 and 6 p.m. weekdays. INTRODUCING eto' t/yt Little & Davenport Funeral Home To inquire about pricing packages available to memorialize a pet in print, please contact Megan Lewis at 770-535-6371 or mlewis@gainesvilletimes.com Pets at Peace will appear in The Times the last Sunday of each month.