Amherst News-Times, 2006-05-24

              summer ball games start - page 6 amherst news-times former couple slain by gunman leaders set to annex 20 acres 3 surviving steele graduate's haunting online journal shows premonitions of violence jason hawk reporter bobby slatt had an uncanny premonition danger before his parents were shot and killed a deranged last week. "eagle has already made threats retaliation against us other neighbors. now all we can do is sit wait for him something us," the man wrote in journal. dale eagle, 64, being held north central regional jail west virginia today following killing robert tanna outside their four states, w.va. home. tuesday, just prior 2:30 p.m., eagle opened fire son, 31-year-old bobby, marion county sheriff's investigators say. died unspecified wounds, but lived through attempt on life recovering at ruby memorial hospital morgantown.w.va. slait family previously 6501 dec drive township (between rustic hill hidden tree lane 'in deer run subdivision), moving states years ago. sr., 56, was employed lorain ford assembly plant (nee garra) slatt, 52, ran traveler's choice, travel agency from home, according public records. 31, graduated l. high school 1993 currently enrolled fairmont state university, where he studying political science administration. deputies arc still puzzled over motives behind triple-shooting, keeping 200-acrc alpaca farm slatts as open crime scene. sheriff junior slaughter continued pago dalo eaglo m class project birds sarah gallo, 6, first-grader shupe elementary amherst, helps teacher dob golenlus hang blrdhouso manor lake street. kids crafted many bird houses distributed them nursing homes tho historical society service project. own words: president lincoln teaches ajhs civil war faces teach hard truths about nation's history words textbook one thing, when abraham sets out tell you talc flesh,. listen. "i did not want our country go war, i everything could prevent that ugo became president," stoic told 360 eighth-graders recounted horrors american war. or rather, look-a-likc, gerald payne wooster put musty into new perspective teens week, helping see past characters book heroes 1860s real, living, breathing people. "wc get grasp severity this time history," said david kos avon lake, who played union army corporal alongside lincoln. "it wasn't long lincoln, aka gorald ol wooster, shares views ago, it happened right here americans versus americans, it's most monumental things past. affected everyone, that's what wc understand." duo pulled no punches they shared first-hand 8 honor those have 00ne lhn thm vibi ife k. lhffm veterans donate 40 flags classrooms legion post 118 membors john pena tom hauck. fold flag with proper decorum. brought attention sacred symbol freedom, bravery, spilled blood scarce be found certain local classrooms, old soldiers knew immediately must done. "kids should know country. legion, living being. waves, lives. united goes battle," says pena, commander 1662. series assemblies, legionnaires dedicated 'junior tuesday morning, after learning are bare stars stripes. commemorate event, principal michael diamond led students moment silence, followed pledge allegiance. "you may noticed two you've been building there some others. you, issue," kids. seventh grade dianna clark approached help correcting problem, will join rest educational staff instructing etiquette end year. fonner hauck discovered bid, cost installing holders included contract. showed way fold, hand, respect flag. never touch ground, always displayed (the field blue) top, jury selection under death penalty case year's slaying suspect only whether "an eye eye" mean shawn kelley. nearly year half triple stabbing visiting carolina woman day 2005, trial elyria man. graduate catholic school, kelley served assistant couch london wildcats varsity football team prominent sports lead ership. 19 counts including each aggravated murder, attempted murder; three felonious assault; count kidnapping, robbery, rape, tampering evidence. lawyers both sides silent regarding strategies, coimty chief prosecutor mike nolan expected argue kelley, then 27, strangled 29-year-old tanya kennedy linkous room ridge road house mounting stairs sleeping couple. home's owner, charles baker iii, 44, girlfriend, tammy lutz, 42, lorain, asleep second-floor waterbed allegedly pounced wearing white rubber gloves wielding eight-inch kitchen knife, statements lutz. terrified bolted, running naked, superficial stab neighboring finally placing frantic 911 call office. stabbed neck chest crawled unlocked back door vacationing neighbor's house, hid called police, transcripts phil starnmitti. unable identify 9 parade salute fallen comrades-in-arms celebration, solemnity. while remembering sacrifices dead. annual monday, 29, starting cleveland street cemetery 9:55 a.m. groups offer up prayers salute-ut-arms comrades kicks off 10 though organizer gerri rice finalizing list participants, she members department, city council, vfw 1662,