t\/an, upset over debts, 11s family FARMINGTON HILLS (AP) - A man who dame home from Las Vegas distraught over gam- blng debts said in a suicide note that he "did not know how else to escape" - and so he killed his 'regnant wife and three young children, then shot himself to death, police said yesterday. A maid found the family's bodies in their beds in their neat two-stoty brick home in this Detroit sub- _u rb shortly after noon yesterday. A suicide note left open and pinned down by salt nd pepper shakers was found on the kitchen counter, Farmington Hills Police Chief William Dwyer said. In it, 42-year-old Jihad Hassan Moukalled -expressed remorse about gambling debts and "clearly indicated he was sorry he had to take the lives of his wife and children," Dwyer said. "For everyone I owe money to I have nothing to say but ask for your forgiveness," Moukalled said in the handwritten note. "Family and friends please orgive me. I never ever had a bad intent toward anyone. I think that I was gripped by the hope of 'RECOUNT Continued from Page 1 T court concluded, "for to do so would result in ci this court substantially rewriting the code. We ju leave that matter to the sound discretion of he body best equipped to address it - the in legislature." S Democrats seized on that passage as evi- fe ence that county elections officials can use wide discretion to approve ballots. v "We all have a stake in the strength of our di union and in that endeavor there can be no fc losers - no matter what the outcome," Gore said, quickly summoning TV cameras to bask lo in the glow of a partial victory. Now that we know the process will con- tc tinue, I once again urge that Governor Bush B and I meet to demonstrate the essential unity C at keeps America strong and free," Gore ih said, trying to strike a statesmanlike pose. to Bush sent Baker out to respond. The former diplomat barely concealed his fo disdain for the court ruling and Democratic w VOLUNTEERS Continued from Page 1 Smith said students at the University often are only surrounded by people close to their own age and enjoy their contact with people of all &es. "One thing students tell me is that they get that multi-generational experience," Smith said. Nancy Vangieson-Rix, a head clinical nurse at the University Hospitals, works as a liaison between the volunteers and patients, helping to familiarize volunteers with the hospital. "Students all have such enthusiasm. They are young and excited and interested in everything Ihere,' Vangieson-Rix said, adding that patients and irses appreciate students who give their time to ehospital. "Sometimes when we have patients that are just a little disoriented or anxious - we've had plenty of volunteers who sit and talk with the patients who -are very appreciative,' Vangieson-Rix said. Nursing fieshian student Paula Graff volunteers through Project Community in the orthopedics and trauma burn unit at the University Hospitals. Graff said she tries to help waiting families as much as she helps patients. Graff remembered an elderly woman whose husband had been at the hos- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 22, 2000 7 LOCAL/STATE State makes tax-free college savings accounts available Farmington Hills Police Chief William Dwyer reads a suicide note outside the home of Jihad Hassan Moukalled in Farmington Hills yesterday. gone more shot.' I did not know how else to escape what I got myself into." The victims were identified as his wife, Fatima, 31; daughter, Aya, 7; son Adam, 5; and daughter Lila, who would have turned 3 on Saturday. Dwyer said Moukalled, who owned an Oak' Park printing business, attributed his problems to gam- bling debts.; Interviews with relatives indicate his gambliig problems started about four years ago with a trip to Casino Windsor. Accounts can be used to pay postsecondary education costs anywhere in the nation LANSING (AP) -Michigan residents can set up tax-free higher education savings accounts beginning this week, state officials announced yesterday. "With the Michigan Education Savings Program, we're saying to families across the state, ' Let the learning and savings begin,'' Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus said, speaking in the library of Elmwood Ele- mentary School in Lansing. About 40 fourth-graders and many of their parents looked on. The accounts can be used to pay expenses at any college, technical school or graduate school in the nation. The minimum contribution to set up an account is S25, or $15 through a payroll deduction plan. An individual can contribute up to 55,000 annually, while a couple can contribute up to $10,000 per year per account. The maxi- mum balance allowed in an account is $125,000. People may open accounts for several different beneficiaries. The state will charge no income taxes on the accounts. Federal taxes will be deferred until the money is withdrawn, at which point taxes will be assessed at the student's income tax rate. Those who set up an account by Dec. 31 can immediately take advantage of the tax break. The state also will match contributions from families that make less than $80,000. If a beneficiary is age 6 or younger, the state will give SI for every S3 contributed, up to S200. The program was the brainchild of state Sen. Mike Rogers, a Brighton Republican who just won election to Congress from the 8th district. "We want to tell your parents that this Christmas they can give you a very special gift,' lie told the schoolchildren in Laning. Rogers, who has two young children. said lie plans to signI up for the program by-Fri- day. He also is sponsoring federal legislation that would duplicate Michigan's prograr nationally. Right now, about 24 states have state- sponsored college savings programs. The state chose TIAA-CREF Titiont Financing Inc., a New York-based fir ithat manages I1I other college savings programs. The company will offer three investment options, based partly on the age of the bene- ficiary. Lansing firefighter Michael Roman lis- tened to the presentation and said he will definitely consider the program for his four children, who are all under 9. ears old. "I like the idea of the tax savings," said Roman, who said he is still payintg tff his own college loans from Michigan Stali.Un1i- versity and Lansing Community College. icials conducting recounts, "Is it right to hange the rules in the middle of the gatme'? he Florida Supreme Court and some Demo- ratic (election) boards have decided to do ist that." Bush advisers said lie has several options, icluding a potential appeal to the U.S. tupreme Court and action pending with a deral appeals court in Atlanta. Democrats welcomed the decision, but pri- ately worried that Republicans would slow own the recount process to make it difficult or Gore to overtake Bush before the deadline. In three Democratic-leaning counties, bal- ot counting continued past I I p.m. "We'll be able to meet the deadline,' Bur- on said as televisions in the West Palm each counting room showed the Supreme ourt spokesman releasing the decision, but ie audio was tumed off. Workers continued oihand count the ballots. Broward County officials said they would trge ahead with the counting, maybe even orking on Thanksgiving to meet the new pital for two weeks. The woman as touch teceive just a cup of coffee from Graft' "I loved helping her," Graff said. "It mad feel happy to help her out and tend to her i because she's just as important as the patient iii the huispital bedh: Another time, Graff said she was feed woman who she described as being grump' distant, but she remembered That as she t; to the woman, trying to make her feel bette came to understand that the woman felt tel because she wasn't able to feed herself. "She told me that she was a feacher and it, hard transition to go from her tending to other ple to having other people tend to her;' Grall's After having stayed at the hospital, Grafi she felt like it is her turn to help others feel comfortable in the hospital. ' "I spent the majority ofmy childhood in this pital. I have memories of nurses helpitig tMe. look back on it and think oflhow much I could really feared the hospital but I didn't because people were so nice to me," Graff said. Working with trauma patients, the eitotiot high, according to Graff, but this only inspire to go right back the next week and help patients. "I find myself getting really attached to pat deadline. The state's biggest county, Miami-Dade, got a late start and officials had said they would not be done until early December. The justices said they were hesitant to rewrite the Florida Election Code on the issue of manual recounts and instead sought "a fair and expeditious resolution" of the immediate issue -a deadline for filing recounts. Democrats want three county canvassing boards to count hundreds of punch-card bal- lots with no holes poked out for the presiden- tial race, giving Gore or Bush a vote when an indentation is found next to their name. With the Texas Republican clinging to a 930-vote lead, the vice president's advisers said they almost certainly can't win Florida and the White House unless county officials discern the intent of voters whose ballots were not properly punched. Both sides acknowledged Tuesday that Gore stands to pick up hundreds of votes - perhaps as many as 1,500 with the most liber- al approval standards. Alan Williams, a supporter of Vice President Al Gore, waves a copy of the Florida Supreme Court ruling yesterday allowing the hand counting of ballots to continue. "Students leave with a better sense of self and a better sense of well being." - Beverly Smith University Medical Health Systems volunteer resources coordinator STUDENTS Continued from Page 1 quiet. Like Akin-Aina, LSA sophomore Rahul Gupta said he will remain on campus during break. Gupta, who is from Japan, said many international students he knows will be using the break to travel. "A lot of my friends don't hive in the U.S., so they use the opportunity to see friends and rrelatives around the U.S.," he said. Gupta said he spent his fiist 1lhanksgiving break with family "Last year, I went to see my sister in Cinciinati, but unfortunately she's not living there anymore," he said. Many families across the United States take in relatives from abroad who are studying in this country. LSA sophomore Alisha Moopen, who is from Duba iin the United Arab Emirates, said her family men- bers from across the country come together in New York during Thanksgiving. "Last year I stayed with my cousins. We generally go out some- where but it's just like any other vacation," Moopen said. LSA sophomore Sabrina Yeung, who previously hived in Singapore, said she usually spends the vacation with family. "Last year I visited relatives in Canada and this year I'n staying on campus. I'm going to eat dinner with my brother who's already graduated from the University," Yeung said. L S A junior Barry Laurens -of Indonesia said Thanksgivimg is very similar to the Chinese New Year, especially because his family sits down and has exquisite dinner. Laurens has spent his pastitwo Thanksgiv ings with frienids will continue the tradition this years. "My first two years I went to visit a friend in Toronto," he said. 'We just hang out around Toronto, go to clubs, eat and visit Niagara Falls." Sometimes I go home and cry because I know the person I saw today suon't make it. But it gives me that much more motivation to do everything I can the next week to help patients and their families" GraffIsaid. Being in a one-on-one situation with patients has helped Graff with her people skills and assured her that she wants to make this her career, she said. "It really helps me analyze what I do during my volunteering and I learn what I can do better. I'm also so much more sensitive tward people's needs. It makes my problems so minuscule'Graff said. Smith also said students who volunteer can ben- . efit from their work. "Students leave with a better sense of self and a better sense of well-being" Smith said. Kristina Capiak, an Art and Design sopho- more, said the Iong-lasting relationships she forms with patients in the pediatric cardiology overflow unit are an important part of her volun- teer work. "With most patients, their parents work. Is makes the patient feel more comfortable when someone they know is there," Capisk said. And conversely. "it gives (parents) the assurance that someone they know is taking care of their child.'' Capiak said she hadthe opportunity to give a baby its first bottle when a nurse was busy. The baby's mother traveled every night from Toledo to see shit. "At that time, tyou ay not know you're helping out. but when (the patient's) parents thank you ive times lur something so small, you feel like you've really made an impact,, Capiak said. 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