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Wednesday, Sept. 28

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Former
Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency
Director
Michael
Brown
defends
his response to
Hurricane
Katrina on
Capitol Hill
Tuesday.
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Local schools win Blue Ribbon
schools National Blue Ribbon
award-winning schools.
Gautier High take
Only four schools in the state and
295 schools nationally received the
top national honors
award, including seven that were
By ALLISON MATHER
directly affected by Hurricane KatThe Mississippi Press
rina and are currently not operatPASCAGOULA — The U.S. ing. This includes three schools in
Department of Education has New Orleans, one in Metairie, La.,
named Gautier and Pascagoula high Pass Christian High School and
■ Pascagoula High,
Gautier and Pascagoula High
Schools.
The Pascagoula School District is
the only school district with two
award-winning high schools.
The schools were selected for the
award based on students’ performance on the Subject Area Tests for
the 2003-04 school year, and are
among the top half of 1 percent of
MONSTER
MOLD
Dennis Cook/AP
Ex-FEMA chief
blames others
■ Michael Brown criticizes
It’s the South’s new
kudzu, a creeping
crud that threatens
citizens’ health
Bush, Louisiana officials
for Katrina failures
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An angry Michael
Brown blamed the Louisiana governor,
the New Orleans mayor and even the
Bush White House that appointed him
for the dismal response to Hurricane Katrina in a fiery appearance Tuesday before
Congress. In
response, lawmakers alternately lambasted and
mocked the
former FEMA director.
House members’ scathing treatment of
Brown, in a hearing stretching nearly six
and a half hours, underscored how he has
become an emblem of the deaths, lingering
floods and stranded survivors after the
Aug. 29 storm.
Well aware of President Bush’s sunken
poll ratings, legislators of both parties
tried to distance themselves from the federal preparations for Katrina, as well as
from the storm’s aftermath.
Brown admitted making mistakes during the storm and subsequent flooding
that devastated large swaths of the Gulf
Coast. But he accused New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Gov. KathSee BROWN, Page 7-A
By JULIA SILVERMAN
and MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Democrats grill
Brown at hearing
By DAVID PACE
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi wasn’t about to let former FEMA Director Michael Brown get
away with blaming state and local officials in Louisiana for the failed response
to Hurricane Katrina.
“You can try to throw as much as you
can on the backs of Louisiana, but I’m a
witness as to what happened in Mississippi,” Taylor told Brown during Tuesday’s hearing by a House select committee
set up to investigate the response. “You
folks fell on your face. You get an F minus
See DEMOCRATS, Page 8-A
Kevork Djansezian/AP
Roberto Botano tries to recover some of his handmade pottery as he stands in the
mold-covered living room of his family’s home as residents of St. Bernard Parish,
heavily damaged by Katrina’s flooding, returned to their homes Monday.
Cruise ship may arrive in Pascagoula today
■ ‘Holiday’ housing
displaced victims
of Hurricane Katrina
By BRAD CROCKER
The Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA — Joanna
Rogers has lived in three different places since Hurricane
Kartrina reduced her Pascagoula home to rubble on Aug.
29.
After a week with her mother in Moss Point, a week with a
all high schools in America under
the guidelines of No Child Left
Behind.
Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich,
PHS principal Steve Simmons and
GHS assistant principal Anthony
Herbert, along with one teacher
from each high school, will attend
the national awards ceremony Nov.
See SCHOOLS, Page 8-A
brother in Escatawpa and two
weeks with her cousin in Pascagoula, Rogers, 48, is now
looking for a steady place to
call home..
“You can only intrude on
your friends and family so
long,” she said. “I don’t want
to do that no more.”
Rogers is now considering
boarding the 1,452-passenger
Carnival cruise ship Holiday,
which the Federal Emergency
Management Agency leased
along with two other vessels
from the Miami-based cruise
line. FEMA is using the ships,
leased for six months for $192
million, to provide temporary
housing for storm victims.
About 500 of the rooms onboard have been taken up,
mainly by Jackson County residents displaced by the storm,
and that number is expected
to increase when the ship is
relocated to the Port of Pascagoula, FEMA spokesman
Gene Romano said Tuesday.
Port Director Mark McAn-
drews said all the necessary
preparations are in place and
the ship could possibly pull into
port today or later this week.
After some port repairs were
made, the main port requirement was to ensure enough
potable water can be delivered
to Katrina victims.
A bus service has been provided for displaced residents
to go to work and gather essential items. Romano said anyone wanting to stay aboard the
See HOLIDAY, Page 7-A
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County continues
bus service
for storm victims
Pascagoula
Council approves
debris removal
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NEW ORLEANS — Wearing goggles, gloves,
galoshes and a mask, Veronica Randazzo lasted only 10 minutes inside her home in St.
Bernard Parish. Her eyes burned, her mouth
filled with a salty taste and she felt nauseous.
Her 26-year-old daughter, Alicia, also covered in gear, came out coughing.
“That mold,” she said. “It smells like death.”
Mold now forms an interior version of kudzu
in the soggy South, posing health dangers that
will make many homes tear-downs and will
force schools and hospitals to do expensive
Related story,
repairs.
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It’s a problem that
any homeowner who
has ever had a flooded basement or a leaky
roof has faced. But the magnitude of this problem leaves many storm victims prey to
unscrupulous or incompetent remediators.
Home test kits for mold, for example, are
worthless, experts say.
Don’t expect help from insurance companies, either. Most policies were revised in the
last decade to exclude mold damage because
of “sick building” lawsuits alleging illnesses.
Although mold’s danger to those with asthma
or allergies is real, there’s little or no science
behind other claims, and a lot of hype.
“We went through a period when people
were really irrational about the threat posed
by the mere sight of mold in their homes,”
said Nicholas Money, a mold expert from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and author of
“Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores,” a book
about mold.
“If you give me 10 minutes in anybody’s
home, I’ll find mold growth somewhere,” he
said.
Mold is everywhere. Most people have no
problem living with this ubiquitous fungus. It
reproduces by making spores, which travel
unseen through the air and grow on any
moist surface, usually destroying it as the
creeping crud grows.
Mold can’t be eliminated but can be controlled by limiting moisture, which is exactly
what couldn’t be done after Hurricane KatriSee MOLD, Page 7-A
Peter Anderson Festival
adds New Orleans tradition
From Staff Reports
OCEAN SPRINGS — “The
Second Line,” a celebration
of what has been, the prelude of what is to come and a
New Orleans tradition, is
now being incorporated into
the 27th annual Peter Anderson Festival.
The festival has been renamed to incorporate the tradition, which was also mentioned by President George
W. Bush as he addressed the
country in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. The
intent is that “The Second
Line” will serve as a motivation to continue Peter Anderson Festival into its 27th
year.
“What a sense of rebirth
the festival holds. It will be
good for our community, good
for Ocean Springs and good
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Free bus service continues
■ Six temporary
routes connect
residents to Disaster
Recovery Centers
From Staff Reports
PASCAGOULA — Free bus
service will continue this
week for residents in south
Jackson County.
The six temporary bus
routes were created last
week to connect residents to
federal Disaster Recovery
Centers, Singing River Mall
and Red Cross Relief Centers.
All six bus routes run from
9 a.m.-5 p.m., making a complete loop each hour. The
buses are on loan from the
Pascagoula School District.
Mike Brown, a disaster
recovery specialist from California, worked with the
school system and Jackson
County Board of Supervisors
to develop the routes.
“We decided to continue
the bus routes this week
since they helped dozens of
residents get around the
south part of the county last
week. We know transportation is still a major issue in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina and we hope this temporary bus system is providing some relief,” Brown said.
TO RIDE
Jackson County’s free bus service will continue this week, with six buses making the following stops:
Express Bus — Singing River Mall (east
front entrance), Jackson Avenue Complex.
St. Martin Bus — St. Martin Community
Center, St. Martin Middle School, Dismuke
Avenue and Crescent Shore Drive, Orchard
Road and LeMoyne Boulevard, El Camino
Road and Fairway Drive, Washington Avenue
and Government Street, Singing River Mall
(east front entrance).
Fountainebleau Bus — Belle Fontaine
Drive and North Street, Midway Street and
Main Street, Apple Street and Midway Street,
Beach Street and Magnolia Street, Singing
River Mall (east front entrance).
Gautier Bus — Singing River Mall (east
front entrance), Bonita and Dolphin Road,
Neptune Drive and Dolphin Road, Graveline
Road and Dolphin Road, Ladner Road and
Graveline Road, Ladner Road and University
Drive, Stine Road and Library Lane.
Moss Point Bus — Jefferson Avenue
Complex, Hospital Road and Shortcut Road,
Telephone Road and North Market Street,
Catalpa Avenue and River Road, Jefferson
Avenue and River Road, Prentiss Road and
Griffin Street (West Elementary), Moss Point
Post Office, Miss. 613 and Dr. Martin Luther
King Boulevard, Sue Ellen Gym (Park), Seven Trees Circle and Fredrick Street.
Pascagoula Bus — Jefferson Avenue
Complex, Chicago Street and Chicot Road,
Eden Street at Old Mobile Avenue, Palmer
Street and Old Mobile Avenue, Marion
Avenue and Jackson Street, Pascagoula Post
Office, Trent Lott Middle School, Washington
Avenue and Pascagoula Street, Washington
Avenue and Belair Boulevard, Pascagoula
Beach Park, Washington Avenue and Louise
Street, Louise Street and Ingalls Avenue,
Ingalls Avenue and Martin Street, 14th Street
and Ingalls Avenue, Covenant Street and
14th Street, Old Mobile Avenue and Sherwood Drive, Robin Hood Drive and Old
Mobile Avenue, King James Drive and Old
Mobile Avenue.
That relief is being delivered in part by Betty Watts,
the bus driver for the Gautier route. Watts said she has
about 10 regular riders each
day.
“People are taking advantage of this. My bus isn’t
packed, but for the people
who do, it’s an important
service. The mall is a good
central location for people.
They can get Red Cross
assistance or get a meal with
the Salvation Army,” Watts
said.
Watts is on loan from the
school district and is proud
to do her part in the hurricane relief effort.
“It’s nice to know I’m providing a service that’s helping but I’m also looking forward to school restarting
next week and getting our
students back,” Watts said.
The bus routes will be
updated later this week to
include the state’s new food
stamp registration points.
The bus services will end
Friday evening.
Plans are currently in the
works for the Coast Transit
Authority to continue the
routes in the future.
Graveside service and
interment will be at 9 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at
Machpelah Cemetery in Pascagoula, Miss.
Arrangements by O’BryantO’Keefe Funeral Home, Pascagoula, Miss.
tany Crawford, Derek Johnson, Erin Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Caitlin, Johnson, Stephen
Johnson, McKenzie Johnson,
Daniel Green, Dillon Waite,
Alyvia Waite; great-grandchildren, Cortney Ballew,
Zachary Shoemaker, Madeleine Howell, Loren Howell III,
Blakeney O’Brien, Anna Leigh
O’Brien, Patrick Russell, Destin Russell, Laurel Russell,
Greenlea Reynolds, Chelsea
McDonough, Jaque Johnson
and McKenna Johnson; sisters, Deasy Scordino, Marie
Ryan and Gwenie Caughorn;
and brother, Lamar Cox.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28,
2005, at O’Bryant-O’Keefe
Funeral Home, Pascagoula,
Miss. Rosary will be at 7 p.m.
The funeral will be at 10
a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005,
at St. Joseph Catholic Church
in Moss Point, Miss. Burial
will follow in Machpelah
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her
grandsons.
Arrangements by O’BryantO’Keefe Funeral Home, Pascagoula, Miss.
Doug Lawson officiating.
Pallbearers will be Phillip
Huffstatler Jr., Anne Marie
Tovar, Stephen Webb Huffstatler, Michael Odom Huffstatler, Jay Huffstatler and
Jennifer Huffstatler.
Arrangements by Southern
Funeral Homes, Lexington,
Miss.
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PILLSBURY
Mary Martin Pillsbury,
80, died Monday, Sept. 19,
2005, at her residence in
Booneville, after a short illness. She was born Aug. 11,
1925, to the late Douglas D.
and Mary Chancellor Martin.
She was a native of Tampa,
Fla., and had lived several
places including San Jose,
Calif., Pascagoula, Miss., Saudi Arabia, Gatlinburg, Tenn.
and Charlotte, N.C. before
moving to Booneville, Miss.
She attended the First Baptist Church of Booneville,
where she grew to love the
members and developed a
closer walk with God. She
loved playing tennis, golf and
spending time with family and
friends.
She is survived by her husband, Eugene H. Pillsbury of
Booneville; two daughters,
Jane Pillsbury Slater of
Booneville, and Ann Dawson
Inman and husband Roger of
Booneville; three grandsons,
John Hundley Slater, Robert
Dawson and Brad Dawson;
one sister, Jane Martin Dugan
of Boca Raton, Fla.; and one
brother, Douglas D. Martin of
Tampa, Fla.
There will be a private
memorial service at her home
on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
gifts may be given to Operation Christmas Child through
First Baptist Church, Booneville.
Arrangements by W.E.
Pegues Funeral Home, Tupelo,
Miss.
OBITUARIES
GARRETT
Thelma Simms Garrett,
91, of Pascagoula, Miss.,
passed away Sunday, Sept. 18,
2005, in Pascagoula, Miss. She
was a retired employee of
Jackson County and her private business “Ceramic Art
Studio.” She was a lifelong resident of Jackson County with
a short stay in Splendora,
Texas. Mrs. Garrett was preceded in death by her husband, R. F. Garrett.
She is survived by her son
and daughter-in law, Albert
Jack and Jackie E. Garrett of
Splendora, Texas; two grandchildren, Randolph Jack Garrett and wife Lisa Stevens
Garrett, and Amy Christine
Weaver and husband Larry,
all of Las Vegas, Nev.; three
great-grandchildren, and a
nephew, William Oliver
Simms, and his wife, Cynthia,
of Ocean Springs, Miss.
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Mrs. LaNore’ Adelaidd
Johnson, 84, of Pascagoula,
Miss., passed away Sept. 26,
2005, in Pascagoula. She was
born Nov. 19, 1920, in Pascagoula, Miss. Mrs. Johnson was
a homemaker and member of
Our Lady of Victories Catholic
Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Herman J. Johnson; her parents,
Pedro W. Cox and Hermenia
Frederic Cox.
Survivors include her children and their spouses, Hermenia (Butch) Shoemaker,
Patty (Calvin) Russell, Herman (“Joey”) (Carlene) Johnson Jr., Charles (Betty) Johnson, LaNore’ Johnson, Jeffrey
(Connie) Johnson, Keith Johnson, and Laura (Jim) Waite;
her grandchildren, Paul (Susan) Shoemaker, Karen
(Richard) Howell, Stephen
O’Brien, David (Hope) O’Brien,
Patrick (Lynn) Russell, Tammy (Terry) Richards, Chrisley
Russell, Jamie Lee (Brad)
Reynolds, Jenifer (Mike)
McDonough; Thomas (T.J.)
Johnson, Jason Johnson, Brit-
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Minnie Catherine Webb
Garnett, 89, of Vicksburg,
Miss., died Monday, Sept. 26,
2005, at River Regional Hospital in Vicksburg. She was
born Dec. 6, 1915, to Alfonso
Webb and Anna Phillips Webb
and was a homemaker and a
member of Highland Baptist
Church. She was a member of
the DAR and Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by
a son, James Erwin Huffstatler.
Survivors include her son,
Phillip Huffstatler, and his
wife, Faye, of Vicksburg, Miss.;
six grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be
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Grand Isle cleans
up again after Rita
By MARY FOSTER
GRAND ISLE, La. — After
Katrina, people on Louisiana’s
only barrier island were saying
it could have been worse. Then
Rita came and it was worse.
Police officer Thomas
DeRosia, who has lived on
Grand Isle for 43 years, said
that when he got back to the
island Sunday morning, there
was 6 feet of water on one side
of the floodgate. A number of
big barges on which houses had
been built were sitting on the
island. One was in the middle of
Route 1; a bulldozer pushed it
out of the way while there was
still water beneath it.
The entire island looked like a
dump, with branches and pieces
of houses everywhere — stacked
in front of some houses, but
mostly just still strewn about.
On Monday, mud covered the
wide cement floor in the Town
Hall, which also serves as the
police station. Ten stacks of
baked beans, water and MREs
stood ready to hand out, but
DeRosia said very few people
had returned.
He didn’t know how many
would be coming back. “I know
a lot of people are looking up
north, especially the younger
people.”
Hurricane Katrina had
swamped the island 7 feet deep.
DeRosia said Rita had put 4
feet of water in Town Hall and
5 feet in his house. DeRosia
also had a mechanic’s shop.
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“We’d pretty much cleaned
up after Katrina. Then Rita
came in and now we have it all
to do over again,” DeRosia said.
Grand Isle got Katrina’s back
side, but Rita’s front.
“We didn’t get as much wind
as with Katrina. It was more
mud and water. Mud and water
everywhere,” DeRosia said.
He held up a newspaper ad
for property and said he was
looking up around Natchitoches, but wasn’t sure whether
he’d leave or stay on Grand
Isle.
He said crews had begun
repairing one levee which broke
during Katrina. Rita made two
more breaches, one on the
beach side, facing the Gulf of
Mexico, and one on the bay
side, facing the mainland.
There was still a foot or more of
water on the bay side, including
Grand Isle State Park.
Eddie Womac of Metairie had
come to check his family’s vacation house, originally built in
1960 and then replaced after
Hurricane Betsy destroyed it
in 1965.
Katrina had damaged the
roof and windows, then Rita
drenched it.
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LOCAL
Council approves debris removal
By BRAD CROCKER
PASCAGOULA — South
Pascagoula residents in a specific area can now get their
debris piles removed following
an emergency order passed
Tuesday by the City Council.
In conjunction with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, residents who live on King Avenue
south to the Mississippi Sound,
and within that area from the
East Pascagoula River to Bayou Casotte, can have crews remove their debris.
Right of entry forms must be
filled out by the property owner — in eligible areas — and
can be obtained at the code
enforcement department on
14th Street, City Attorney
Melvin Mitchell said.
Councilman Keith Belcher,
whose ward encompasses
many of the city’s homes and
businesses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, moved for the
emergency order and said he
knows of numerous constituents who “have been wait-
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A frontend-loader pushes through the remains of the
old section of Vancleave Upper Elementary, which was
damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The section of the
school was demolished Tuesday morning.
Unused VUE school
buildings demolished
From Staff Reports
remove the building at no cost
VANCLEAVE — The old as a result of the emergency
auditorium and classroom com- declaration by Gov. Haley Barplex at Vancleave Upper Ele- bour.
mentary was demolished Tuesday, removing a safety hazard
and saving the Jackson County
School District $100,000, superintendent Rucks Robinson said.
Robinson said the structure
was infested with termites and
for the last several years has
only been used to store old computers.
“It was not being used. It
could not be used,” he said.
“We had actually included
$100,000 in our budget to
demolish the building and have
it removed,” Robinson said.
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because they haven’t known
where to turn.”
City officials also said it was
necessary because of safety and
health concerns due to the
large piles of debris.
Many of the homes were
heaps of wood, brick and siding
following the storm and
Mitchell said the work, which
will be conducted by the Corps
of Engineers, also covers remnants of homes that may only
contain pillars or other small
pieces of the structure.
The council also discussed
how many residents will continue to live in the Flagship
City.
“I don’t want to see anybody
leave from any area,” said
Mayor Matthew Avara, adding
that the city will take “a big
hit” from people being unemployed and those who lost
everything starting over, “but
we are moving forward and
things are getting better.”
Councilman Mike Mangum
said he wants the city to utilize
all available resources and
work with every agency possible to help small businesses.
“We want them back in business and will help them any
way we can,” Mangum said.
“We have to be proactive and
advertise all the incentives we
have in place and the things
we’re gonna get,” Avara agreed.
A 1 1⁄2-percent cost-of-living
increase for city employees was
approved by the council.
“Even though there are a lot
of things we’re holding back
on, I believe the way employees
have worked that they deserve
it,” City Manager Kay Kell
said.
“I wish I could double it,”
said Avara, adding that numerous departments were out
working “before the wind quit
blowing.”
The council also transferred
titles for four donated vehicles
from the city of Newark, Del.
The police department will
use three additional vehicles
donated from Ford Motor Co.
via U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, who
garnered a similar deal with
Ford for two other vehicles to
be used by City Hall employees.
Reporter Brad Crocker can
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Personnel from the East Bay Incident Management Team from California collect and organize information on the Katrina relief effort at their
base of operations at Gautier High School. The command center is moving to a county-owned Vancleave horse arena.
CAMP VANCLEAVE
Horse arena picked for incident command center
By NATALIE CHAMBERS
GAUTIER — Thousands of
new faces came to Gautier as
part of the Hurricane Katrina
recovery effort.
This week, some of those faces
began popping up in Vancleave.
Camp Gautier, an incident
command post that has housed
68 federal, state, county and
non-governmental agencies
since Sept. 2, is relocating to the
grounds of the county-owned
horse arena in Vancleave.
Frank Mosbacher, information officer for the Californiabased National Incident Management Team 4 that replaced a
team from New York, said the
primary goal was to create a
camp capable of hosting 1,000
people.
Their command post at Gautier High School, dubbed Camp
Gautier, at times served as a
base for approximately 4,300
people.
Mosbacher said a 30-day contract with the Pascagoula School
District ends Sept. 30, prompting the move to Vancleave.
“We are changing locations of
this camp. We are not closing
the camp. We’ve got a new name
but basically the responders are
still coming into Jackson County and they will receive all the
services they need to be effective through a camp operation.
It’s just going to be located in
Vancleave so that the (Gautier)
high school can open,” he said.
The new camp site, designated Camp Vancleave, also is
expected to bring thousands of
new faces to the 4,500-strong
incident management community.
Emergency
responders
assigned to the base camp
change as the incidents change,
according to Mosbacher.
In the beginning Camp Gautier residents were mostly law
enforcement and military personnel who patrolled the
destroyed neighborhoods and
business districts.
Hundreds of municipal firefighters were the next to arrive.
They were brought in by FEMA
to perform the community relations task of personally informing victims of how they could
obtain assistance, Mosbacher
said.
The search for a replacement
to Camp Gautier was extensive
and involved Jackson County
officials and FEMA. Mosbacher said two sites, including an
existing camp in Mobile, were
considered.
“We were happy to find we
could accommodate them in
Vancleave at a place normally
used for horse shows,” he said.
The move to Vancleave will
be similar to relocating a small
city.
“I think if people have a
chance to see what develops up
there, they will be surprised at
the town that will arise,” Mosbacher said.
Foremost is sleeping, eating,
laundry and restroom arrangements for 1,000 people.
“Parking will all be organized.
There will be wood chips on the
ground to make it less dirty.
Watering will be going on to
keep the dust down. It will be
quite a buzzing place until the
camp is no longer needed,” Mosbacher said.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Americorps,
National Guard, health agencies, Army Corps of Engineers,
media, Salvation Army and law
enforcement functioned at the
high school 24 hours a day. The
agencies will also utilized Camp
Vancleave. Law enforcement
from surrounding states are
among the non-lodging agencies
that will frequent there.
“This place provided a catalyst for us coming together but
many of them have different
missions,” Mosbacher said.
The 16-member East Bay incident management team from
Oakland, Calif., another arm of
the recovery process that makes
its base at the camps, was
brought in by Jackson County
through the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Jim Parrott, a member of the
East Bay management team,
said an emergency mutual aid
agreement was not in place with
Mississippi. He said Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger agreed to enter
a pact so aid could be provided
to Mississippi.
“We have a medical officer
who helped the county health
people get a plan together with
those people. We have a safety
person who looks at all safety
issues that come up with a disaster response such as trucks
driving too high. They were
pulling down power lines,” he
said.
Mosbacher said as the camp
relocates to Vancleave, he and
his colleagues are proud to know
that five school campuses —
four unidentified elementary
schools and Gautier High School
— have benefited from their
presence.
“With the help of a Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion
from Gulfport, Miss., and a
Naval Construction Battalion
Maintenance Unit from Naval
Base Coronardo, Calif., we were
able to remove debris from five
schools and repair damage at
Gautier High School. It’s important that students return to a
pleasant school environment
especially considering all the
damage they have been living
with over the last month,” said
Aaron Gelobter, incident commander of the California Interagency Incident Management
Team 4.
Reporter Natalie Chambers
can be reached at nchambers@mspressonline.com or
(866) 843-9020.
MOSS POINT — A
search for a new city police
chief will not happen while
hurricane recovery efforts
continue,
the mayor
said.
Moss
Point Mayor Xavier
Bishop said
Michael
Ricks’ resignation
Monday
Bishop
came during a “time of crisis” as the
city recovers from the
effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Bishop said the city will
begin the search process
for Ricks’ replacement
“when the time seems
right.”
Chief Deputy Demetrius
Drakeford will continue as
interim chief of police, he
said.
“What’s most important
is that there be some stability in the police department where there hasn’t
been for some time,” he
said.
Bishop said Drakeford is
“an able leader” who was
brought into the department by Ricks to serve as
interim-chief in his
absences and “he has done
so ably over the last several years.”
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Katrina
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‘do-over’
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No, really, it
is a triumph
Kids, don’t try this home. This is only for skilled
political professionals with years of practice in keeping a straight face.
To a political novice, the record growth in government, federal spending and deficits, not to mention
creation of the largest entitlement program since the
Great Society, under conservative Republicans would
seem a contradiction to — perhaps more accurately,
a flat-out repudiation of — fundamental conservative
GOP principles.
But you would be wrong. And all this week, emissaries from the Republican congressional leadership
will be hitting the local airwaves and the usual circuit of conservative talk shows to tell you just how
wrong you are.
What brought this seeming heresy from old-time
Republican religion to a head was the unwillingness
of the Republican congressional leadership to come
up with a way to pay for Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita other than to just keep on borrowing.
To a political amateur, this would seem like a failure in governance.
Au contraire, says House Republican leader Tom
DeLay of Texas. Katrina and Rita have “introduced a
valuable forum to promote the triumph of our ideas
and solutions for government over the crumbling and
outdated policies of the Democratic-controlled Congresses of past decades,” he writes.
The federal budget is in good shape, he says,
because, “After 11 years of Republican majority we
pared it down pretty good.” This is close to delusional.
In those 11 years, total federal spending has gone
up more than $1 trillion and discretionary spending,
which Congress directly controls, has gone up $420
billion. The Bush-friendly think tanks, Heritage and
Cato, note that both federal spending and the size of
the federal government have increased by a third
since the Republican president took office.
One way to pay for the cleanup is to offset the costs
elsewhere in the budget, but DeLay said no one had
come up with any offsets. Actually, someone had —
the more than 100 members, mostly young backbenchers, of the House Republican Study Committee. They came up with hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of offsets. Most of them were politically
undoable, but several of them — notably, delaying
the Medicare prescription-drug benefit and delaying
or forgoing the individual pork projects in the highway bill, two pet leadership projects — were all too
politically doable.
House Republican elders summoned the head of
the study committee, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, to
a closed-door thrashing that columnist Robert Novak
compared to the Inquisition’s treatment of heretics.
Pence has been silent about offsets since.
Kids, if you don’t see this as a “triumph,” well, you
just haven’t been practicing hard enough.
— Scripps Howard News Service
Six SUVs when five would do
“Oh no,” thought traumatized veterans of the Carter
years when President Bush began talking energy conservation. “Not the dreaded cardigan sweater.”
But the president was only suggesting that government employees and people generally curtail nonessential travel, carpool and take mass transit until gas
and oil supplies returned to pre-hurricane levels.
Besides, the temperature in the capital was in the
mid-80s. No need for the cardigan — yet.
This, of course, caused the press to zero in on the
White House’s own high level of energy consumption —
seven trips to the Gulf Coast involving Air Force One —
$6,029 worth of fuel an hour; a backup jet; another jet
for staff and press; Marine One plus other helicopters
for his entourage; and motorcades on the ground.
Even though these visits involve briefings that the
president could just as easily get in Washington, press
secretary Scott McClellan defended them as being
“important for the president to get a firsthand look.”
McClellan said the president had ordered the White
House and the federal agencies to cast around for ways
to save energy. And that, in turn, led the press to ask
about the fuel consumption of the president’s motorcade
that he uses to go everywhere, even across the street.
McClellan said, “I’ll look into it.” How about shortening
the motorcade? “I’ll keep you posted.”
Of course, the press pool, the reporters chosen to
travel with the president, took to tallying the size of the
motorcade — six huge SUVs, three vans and two limos
to go to the Department of Energy on Monday.
But there was a small sign of progress on the conservation front that night. En route to a party at
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s house a short
jaunt up Connecticut Avenue, one of the SUVs had
been replaced by a presumably less-energy-consuming
van.
We can all show solidarity with the president by
reducing the size of our motorcades. The cardigans
can come later.
— Scripps Howard News Service
TV reporters are
wearing out the viewers
Once upon a time, there was such a
thing as a hurricane unaccompanied by
live TV coverage.
It blossomed with little fanfare in the
Atlantic or the Gulf of
Mexico. Monitored by
ships at sea, it eventually worked its way
toward the U.S. coastline.
In the early days,
people in a hurricane’s
path had little or no
warning that it was
coming. Most of the
Frances
nation’s coast wasn’t
Coleman
heavily populated, but
even so, sometimes hundreds (and occasionally thousands) of people died.
After the storm passed, there were newspaper dispatches telling of the death toll
and damage.
And that was pretty much it.
No reporters standing in front of TV
cameras, clad in stylish windbreakers,
being buffeted by the wind and shouting
into their microphones. No around-theclock coverage of the storm’s approach,
landfall and aftermath.
No experts speculating on the potential
wind speed, amount of damage, height of
storm surge, number of deaths, and
whether or not people would evacuate.
Just some basic information about the
storm.
Now there is no such thing as a hurricane without television coverage. From
The Weather
Channel to Fox and CNN, plus the “big
three” networks and local stations, media
executives
have decided that we Americans need —
nay, we crave — relentless reports from the
time the storm forms until it fizzles out
over land.
Out come the file folders of weatherrelated clichés ("in harm’s way,” “hoping for
the
best but preparing for the worst,” “bracing for,” “all eyes are on,” and — thanks to
Katrina — “toxic gumbo.”
Out come the complicated maps with
flashing icons, the guesstimates of where
the storm will strike, and the footage of
people hurrying to Wal-Mart and The
Home Depot for candles, batteries and/or
potted meat.
In due time, out come the descriptive
verbs.
When televised, hurricanes cease to
merely strike an area. They wallop. And
pummel. And batter. And slam.
They are no longer clocked at a certain
speed. Having become media events, hurricanes “pack winds” that howl, rip and roar
— anything except blow.
And when they are over? I don’t know
about you, but I’m not sure I’m as educated
by the nonstop coverage as I am exhausted
by it.
Take Hurricane Katrina. I have heard
the edgy theme music, I have seen the
crusty, cigar-chomping general, I have wallowed in the victims’ misery and I have
witnessed the post-hurricane confusion
until I can hear/ see/wallow/witness no
more.
Which makes me wonder if the news
media’s aim is to warn and inform, or if it’s
to agitate.
Have they accomplished their mission if
we are merely mindful of the approaching
storm? Or are they satisfied only if our
teeth literally chatter at the prospect of a
hurricane, if we weep when its victims
weep and shudder when the TV reporters
shudder?
The news media serve the public when
they cover hurricanes appropriately. They
can literally save lives by warning people
to evacuate low-lying coastal communities.
But the media also can play on the public’s emotions and prey on its fears; and
when they do this, they commit a grave
disservice.
With the advent of technology, there is no
more “once upon a time” for hurricane coverage.
Nor would we want to go back to the
days of being surprised by a storm.
But it would be nice see an occasional
straight-forward presentation of a hurricane’s approach. Here’s hoping that, at
least now and then, the TV networks will
accommodate us with one.
Frances Coleman is editorial page editor
of the Mobile Register.
PASCAGOULA — A few observations
on the fourth week after Katrina:
The evidence of change is everywhere
as Jackson County continues to rebuild
after Hurricane Katrina raked the Coast.
Some stores are beginning to reopen,
and the gas lines are getting shorter
while the price gets higher. Trash and
debris are disappearing from the sidewalks only to be replaced by more as people continue the job of gutting and ripping up the moldy,
flood-damaged dry
wall and wood that
were once the walls,
floors and counters in
their homes.
A vacant lot on the
north side of the intersection of U.S. 90 and
Pascagoula Street has
become Jackson County’s version of Paw
John
Paw’s Camper City as Surratt
motor homes and
camper trailers become a highly sought
after commodity as displaced residents
search for something that can provide
some semblance of a home as they
rebuild their houses and their lives.
Signs on debris and large appliances
sitting on front lawns no longer issue
warnings to looters. Now they say, “pick
up this junk.”
The debris removal has made it easier
to get around the county, opening access
to some areas that were demolished by
the storm.
I got a good look at the devastation in
some of those areas late last week, as I
drove along the eastern side of Beach
Boulevard in Pascagoula, sections of the
Bayou Cumbest area and the accessible
areas of St. Andrews and Belle Fontaine
Beach.
It was amazing to see the damage —
homes ripped and swept away from their
foundations or torn off the pilings and
supports that were to protect them from
high water rather than high winds.
St. Andrews, a long-established community where people still knew the guy
next door and across the street, had
areas facing the Mississippi Sound that
had been stripped of all form of structure. Across the street, other homes were
gutted; some looking like they had been
shoved in and off the foundation by a
giant hand.
East Belle Fontaine was in the same
situation. I couldn’t get to the west side
of Belle Fontaine Beach. The road was
severely damaged by waves from Katrina.
The damage is enough to make you cry;
this is something that we watch happen
to other people on the evening television
news, giving us a false feeling of security
that we are somehow immune the same
fate. We watched other coastal areas get
hit, saying that we were sorry to see it
happen while in the back of our minds,
we were saying, “better them than us.”
Now, we are them and it hurts because
we’ve been hit where we live.
We have a long road ahead to reach the
point where we were before, to borrow
from an Alan Jackson song, the world —
our world — stopped turning.
We’re getting a lot of help with our
recovery and people learning to make do
with what they have.
But this recovery should be about more
than rebuilding homes and businesses.
The pundits and the advertisements talk
about how the Coast will come back
stronger and better. It’s time all of us
took a look at all aspects of our community — including education and government — find ways to make things better.
Maybe it’s time we consolidated city
and county governments. Maybe it’s time
we looked at recreation, establishing a
commercial district for small businesses.
Or turning the area between Beach
Boulevard and Washington Street into a
park area and building a higher seawall
— fronted by a usable beach to protect
the city. Revising the city’s drainage patterns to reduce the threat of storm surge
to residents further inland should also be
considered.
After the 1900 hurricane, the city of
Galveston, Texas, underwent a dramatic
change that eliminated many of the city’s
problem areas, including a new form of
municipal government that would be
more responsive to the people in times of
emergencies. The city is now thriving.
As one sign I saw after the storm said,
a new life is beginning. This is our opportunity to make Pascagoula and Jackson
County a better place to live and work. In
other words, we’ve got a “do-over.” Let’s
not waste the opportunity we have.
Reporter John Surratt can be reached
at jsurratt@mspressonline.com or (866)
843-9020.
Mold
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na. Standing water created
ideal growth conditions and
allowed mold to penetrate so
deep that experts fear that
even studs of many homes
are saturated and unsalvageable.
In fact, New Orleans is
where mold’s health risks
were first recognized.
A Louisiana State University allergist, the late Dr.
John Salvaggio, described at
medical meetings in the
1970s what he called “New
Orleans asthma,” an illness
that filled hospital emergency rooms each fall with
people who couldn’t breathe.
He linked it to high levels of
mold spores that appeared
in the humid, late summer
months.
“These are potent allergens,” but only for people
who have mold allergies,
said Dr. Jordan Fink, a Medical College of Wisconsin
professor and past president
of the American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology.
Molds produce irritants
that can provoke coughing,
and some make spores that
contain toxins, which further irritate airways.
“The real pariah is this
thing called Stachybotrys
chartarum. This organism
produces a greater variety of
toxins and in greater concentrations than any other
mold that’s been studied,”
Money said.
Doctors at Cleveland’s
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital blamed it for
a cluster of cases of pulmonary hemorrhage, or
bleeding into the lungs, that
killed several children in the
1990s, but the link was never proved.
The federal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention says there is no firm
evidence linking mold to the
lung problem, memory loss
or other alleged woes beyond
asthma and allergy. However, the sheer amount of it in
the South could trigger
problems for some people
who haven’t had them
before, medical experts said.
“The child who didn’t have
a significant problem before
may be in a much different
scenario now,” said Dr.
Michael Wasserman, a pediatrician at Ochsner Clinic in
the New Orleans suburb of
Brown
A toxic and hazardous problem
Flooding and humidity have been ideal breeding grounds for mold
growth. Molds produce allergens, irritants and at times potentially
toxic substances called mycotoxins.
Asthma attacks
can be triggered
in those allergic
to molds, may
worsen asthma
in non-allergic
people.
Irritant Effects in the eyes, skin,
nose, throat and lungs can feel like
a burning sensation.
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
– resembles bacterial pneumonia,
may develop from exposure to
molds.
Opportunistic Infections
– people with weak immune
systems may be vulnerable to lung
infections.
Allergic
reactions
– mold or
spores
touched or
inhaled may
cause
sneezing,
runny nose,
red eyes and
skin rash.
Wear protective clothing
– avoid breathing or touching mold.
N-95 mask keeps mold
spores from being
inhaled.
Gloves
Infections
– athlete’s
foot, yeast
infections.
Goggles
Get rid of
moisture – use
fans, dehumidifiers
or air conditioners
to circulate
out moist air.
SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Metairie whose office and
home were flooded and are
now covered in mold. He
plans to tear down his
house.
Even dead mold can provoke asthma in susceptible
people, meaning that places
open to the public — restaurants, schools, businesses —
must eliminate it.
This is most true for hospitals, where mold spores can
cause deadly lung diseases
in people with weak immune
systems or organ transplants. Such concerns
already led Charity Hospital’s owners to mothball it.
Tulane University Hospital and Clinic’s cleanup is
expected to take months.
“The first floor’s got pretty
much mold. It’s going to be
pretty much a total loss,”
said Ron Chatagnier, project
coordinator for C&B Services, a Texas company hired
by the hospital’s owner,
HCA.
“It might be difficult or
impossible to reopen some of
these medical centers,” said
Joe Cappiello, an official
with the Joint Commission
AP
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
“It’s not just the physical
destruction that you see,”
but ventilation systems and
ductwork full of mold, ready
“to seed the rest of the hospital with spores” if the heat
or air conditioning were
turned on, he said.
As for houses, “anything
that’s been submerged probably will be a tear-down,”
said Jeffrey May, a Bostonarea building inspector,
chemist and book author
who has investigated thousands of buildings for mold
problems.
Clothes can be washed or
dry cleaned, but most furniture is a loss. Ditto for carpeting, insulation, wallpaper
and drywall, which no longer
lives up to its name. Mattresses that didn’t get wet
probably have mold if they
were in a room that did.
“Anything with a cushion
you can forget about,” May
said.
The general advice is the
same as when food is suspected of being spoiled: when
in doubt, throw it out.
Holiday
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Holiday have to apply at one of the agency’s disaster recovery centers. Rooms on the ship are
also being offered to a priority list of first
responders and essential personnel in the most
affected communities.
“As the saying goes, not everyone wants to
live in a shelter, not everyone wants to go live
in a cruise ship,” said Romano, adding that
residents are not forced to stay where shelter is
provided.
“We realize they want to be in their communities, as close as possible, and temporary housing is without a doubt the most critical issue
we’re facing,” he said.
More than 2,100 FEMA travel campers and
mobile homes have been provided, and “thousands and thousands and thousands of travel
trailers, mobile homes and other types of temporary housing” are on the way and in the
works, Romano said.
Romano said people like Rogers are becoming
more common because they originally thought
they would have to stay with friends and family for only two to three weeks. He said FEMA
Festival
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for the Gulf Coast,” said Margaret Miller, director of the
Ocean Springs Chamber of
Commerce and Main Street
Visitor Center.
The festival is named for
Peter Anderson, the master
potter and founder of Shearwater Pottery, and will continue as planned on Nov. 5 and
Nov. 6 in downtown Ocean
Springs.
“The festival is such a fall
tradition. We didn’t want to
break tradition or break our
spirits, instead we wanted to
celebrate our lives and our
spirit,” Miller said.
The reason to continue with
the festival as planned is twopronged: For the heart of the
community and for the economic recovery of the community, Miller said.
Miller added that the festival would be a great way to
let the surrounding areas
know that downtown Ocean
Springs at U.S. 90 and Government Street fared the
storm well and that the businesses there are open.
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is ready for “a new population to deal with”
regarding temporary housing.
In addition to the cruise ships, FEMA is talking to campsites with cabins, RV parks and
other places where utilities are available and
Hurricane Rita did not reduce assistance or
resources in Mississippi, he added.
“We’re continuing to focus entirely on Mississippi and the assets these folks here are
entitled to,” said Romano, also referring to crisis counseling, unemployment assistance, small
business needs and other parts of “the total
disaster package.”
The American Red Cross is continuing its
financial assistance and other services, including assessments of how to handle housing, said
Paige Roberts, executive director of the Southeast Mississippi Chapter.
Recent condemnations of apartment complexes have been monitored by the agency,
Roberts said, “but we haven’t seen a large
influx” of people seeking shelters “because people are finding other places to go.”
Reporter Brad Crocker can be reached at
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leen Blanco, both Democrats, of fostering chaos
by failing to order a mandatory evacuation more
than a day before Katrina hit.
“My biggest mistake was not recognizing by
Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional,”
Brown told a special panel set up by House
Republican leaders to investigate the catastrophe, which killed more than 1,000 people across
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
“I very strongly personally regret that I was
unable to persuade Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin to sit down, get over their differences
and work together. I just couldn’t pull that off.”
Brown also said he warned Bush, White
House chief of staff Andrew Card and deputy
chief of staff Joe Hagin that “this is going to be
a bad one” in e-mails and phone conversations
leading up to the storm. Under pointed questioning, he said some needs outlined to the
White House, Pentagon and Homeland Security Department were not answered in “the timeline that we requested.”
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said,
“It’s important that Congress move forward and
do a thorough investigation of what went wrong
and what went right and look at lessons
learned.”
Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike
gave harsh assessments of Brown’s explanations and said they were glad he no longer headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Brown resigned Sept. 12 after being relieved
of his onsite command of the response effort
three days earlier.
He had held the post for more than two years
after joining FEMA in 2001.
“I’m happy you left,” said Rep. Christopher
Shays, R-Conn. “Because that kind of, you know,
look in the lights like a deer tells me that you
weren’t capable to do the job.”
“You get an F-minus in my book,” said Rep.
Gene Taylor, D-Miss.
At several points, Brown turned red in the
face and slapped the table in front of him.
“So I guess you want me to be the superhero,
to step in there and take everyone out of New
Orleans,” Brown said.
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in my book.”
With House Democratic leaders boycotting the hearing
while holding out for an independent investigation, Taylor
and fellow Louisiana Rep.
William Jefferson were the only
Democrats who participated.
Both appeared to relish the
chance to confront Brown, who
was removed from control of
the Katrina response and later
resigned as head of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
A
third
Democrat,
Louisiana
Rep. Charlie
Melancon,
also
had
planned to
attend, but
was unable to
make it when
Taylor
his flight back
to Washington was canceled.
Jefferson, whose New
Orleans district was home to
many of the more than 1,000
people who died as a result of
the storm, told Brown he found
it “absolutely stunning” that
he would try to blame FEMA’s
failure on Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans
Mayor Ray Nagin while admitting to only minor mistakes.
“I think that’s a very weak
explanation of what happened,
and very incomplete explanation of what happened,” he
said. “I don’t think that’s going
to cut it, really.”
Jefferson said FEMA’s prestorm plan for dealing with a
catastrophic hurricane hitting
New Orleans recognized that
state and local officials would
be unable to respond because
they themselves would be victims.
Reminding Brown of his earlier testimony that FEMA had
been overwhelmed by Katrina,
Jefferson asked, “How much
more would one think that a
state or local government
would be overwhelmed by such
an event?”
Jefferson told Brown that
Blanco’s mandatory evacuation
order went out on Sunday, Aug.
28, the same day that Missis-
sippi Gov. Haley Barbour
ordered a mandatory evacuation of his state’s coastal counties.
“They were made at about
the same time,” he said. “Are
you saying that FEMA did
everything right in Mississippi
and Alabama and only
Louisiana had problems.”
“No,” Brown replied, “I’m
saying the system worked in
Mississippi and Alabama. The
system did not work in
Louisiana.”
Taylor, however, wasn’t
“You would think
those folks who are in
the business of looking
for worst case scenarios
would have thought this
thing through. Apparently, you didn’t.
— U.S. Rep. Taylor
accepting that. He asked
Brown what part of FEMA’s
response plan envisioned first
responders in his state having
to loot stores to feed and clothe
themselves in the aftermath of
the storm.
“Congressman, I respectfully disagree with the premise
of your question,” Brown
replied. He said it’s not reasonable to expect the federal
government to be on the
ground with food and water
and supplies “the minute you
come out.”
Taylor, who lost his own
home in the storm, then asked
why FEMA hadn’t considering
making gasoline available for
people on fixed incomes to fuel
their cars so they could evacuate. Brown said that wasn’t
the government’s job either.
“You would think those folks
who are in the business of looking for worst case scenarios
would have thought this thing
through,” Taylor said. “Apparently, you didn’t. Even now sir,
I think the bravest people in
South Mississippi are the ones
walking around with the
FEMA shirt on ... People
thought there was some federal expertise out there. It
wasn’t, not from you.”
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“It's a great testament to the
hard work of these students,
administrators, teachers and
our communities,” Rodolfich
said. “This award is a silver
lining to the clouds that have
consumed our communities.
“Everyone in the Pascagoula
School District and the communities of Gautier and
Pascagoula should take great
pride in these awards because
it signifies the will of our communities to be highly successful in all aspects of our scholastic pursuits,” said Rodolfich.
Rodolfich was principal at
GHS and Herbert led PHS last
year, the academic period
measured for the award.
Rodolfich said he is proud of
the accomplishments of the district as a whole.
“I'm especially proud of Gautier High School because we
did not have one student fail
the state algebra, history or
biology tests all of last year,” he
said.
Herbert is now an assistant
principal at GHS
“I was there (PHS) for the
past two years and I got to
work with an awesome faculty
EARNING BLUE RIBBONS:
HOW IT WORKS
The award-winning schools are selected based on one of
three criteria:
• Schools with at least 40 percent of their students from
disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically improve student
performance on state tests.
• Schools whose students, regardless of background,
achieve in the top 10 percent of their state on state tests.
• Private schools that achieve in the top 10 percent in the
nation.
Under No Child Left Behind, schools must make Adequate
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Source: U.S. Department of Education Web site,
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and great students,” he said.
“(Now) it’s more of a supportive
role, but I plan to continue
what’s already been accomplished here.”
Herbert said the recipe for
success has many ingredients.
“The leadership in our district has always been very progressing and very proactive,”
he said, adding that good leaders are not effective if there
are not good teachers to
respond.
“I'm telling you — teachers
— they get the job done in the
classroom.”
Herbert said when it comes
to laying a good foundation for
success, and then raising
expectations of it, “We don't
take no for an answer.”
“You hear the phrase ‘Failure
is not an option,’ but we really
live and breath that philosophy,” Herbert said. “Students
know that when they come
through the doors of this institution, we’re going to take care
of business and we're not going
to tolerate any excuses.”
A few years ago, school
administrators may have been
the only people in the school
reading the motivational
posters lining hallways
throughout the district.
“But over the past several
years I’ve seen almost a cultural change to where the students have really bought into
it,” Herbert said.
Teachers and administrators
may appreciate a national pat
on the back for emphasizing
progress and test scores, but
why should it matter to the
students?
“One message I think they
will hear is that hard work
really does pay off because this
is a national honor,” Herbert
explained. “This is one honor,
one end result that they can
see.”
He said the schools’ performance is not an anomaly,
with one group of students that
has outperformed previous and
future classes.
“Now it’s definitely a rarity
to have two schools in one district get the award in the same
year,” Herbert said.
Reporter Allison Mather
can be reached at
amather@mspressonline.com
or (251) 219-5551.
Virginia votes to assist oyster shuckers stung by storms
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP)
— Virginia marine regulators
took steps Tuesday to prop up
the oyster industry ravaged by
Gulf Coast hurricanes by opening the state’s harvesting season early and increasing the daily catch permitted.
The
Virginia
Marine
Resources Commission voted to
open the season Oct. 1 for most
areas and to increase the daily daily catch means that Virginia’s
However, he said the state’s
limit from eight to 12 bushels.
beds will be depleted faster.
oyster shucking industry
However, the commission
“It will definitely shorten the depends on the Gulf Coast region
granted a request from Tangier season,” he said.
for about 90 percent of its stock.
Island watermen to delay the
start of their season until Dec. 1
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
JACKSON — Rep. Jim Simpson Sr. stood
before the Mississippi House in 1969 to thank
the state and the nation for helping the Gulf
Coast after a horrific hurricane.
On Tuesday, his son did the same.
Rep. Jim Simpson Jr., R-Long Beach, first
apologized to his colleagues breaking the House
chamber’s coat-and-tie dress code.
“The fact is, I don’t own a suit and I don’t
own a coat and I don’t own a tie and I don’t own
a home,” he said. “I am no different than 90
percent of my constituents and my neighbors.”
The younger Simpson choked back tears as he
read the speech his father delivered on Aug. 27,
1969 — just 10 days after Hurricane Camille
flattened the Simpsons’ hometown of Pass Christian.
Jim Simpson Sr., a Democrat, served from
January 1964 to January 1992 and died in 1994.
He said in 1969 that he saw a new light on the
Mississippi Coast in the dark days after Camille.
“’This light comes from the north, the east
and the west and every point in this great state
and generous nation,”’ his son read. “’This light
is called hope.’
“’It comes from every place in the United
States of America, in the form of medical supplies, food, water, clothing and the essentials
that are necessary to sustain life,”’ he read. “’But
even more important it has come in your faith
and your prayers and your love, and these are
essentials to sustain not our bodies but our spirits — and sustain them it has.”’
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Rep. Jim Simpson Jr., R-Long Beach,
apologizes to his colleagues for breaking
the House chamber’s coat-and-tie dress
code Tuesday at the Capitol in Jackson.
Camille was one of the most intense hurricanes ever to hit the United States, but its band
of destruction was narrower than that of Hurricane Katrina, which wiped out tens of thousands of homes and business across Mississippi’s
80-mile coastline when it hit last month.
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As lawmakers arrived Tuesday for the Special Session of the Legislature, Kendall
Boutwell, pastor of Brookhaven’s nondenominational The Church of the Lord Jesus
Christ, waves his Bible as he and church member James Kitchens stood outside the
Capitol in Jackson to protest against gambling.
Barbour urges for
Coast renaissance
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
JACKSON — Gov. Haley
Barbour on Tuesday challenged lawmakers to help the
Mississippi Gulf Coast rebuild
bigger and better as it recovers
from the “unimaginable”
destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
Part of that rebuilding effort
should be allowing casinos to
move off the water and a few
hundred feet on shore so companies will build “world class
resorts that will be about
much more than just gaming,”
Barbour said as he opened a
special legislative session.
“Many will see the vote on
shore-based gaming as the
first defining vote of where
Mississippi is headed,” Barbour said. “Will it be business
as usual; the same old, same
old? Or are we going to lift our
horizons and take advantage
of this opportunity to have
something better?”
Barbour, a Republican, campaigned in 2003 on preventing the spread of gambling. He
is proposing to let Coast casinos build up to 1,500 feet on
shore — as long as they still
have facilities touching water.
Most of the state’s 13 Coast
casinos were heavily damaged
when Katrina struck Aug. 29.
The hurricane’s powerful
winds and storm surge tossed
some of the massive gambling
barges ashore and ripped
away walls of others, exposing twisted metal skeletons.
The state legalized casinos
in 1990 but restricted them to
the waters of the Mississippi
River or the Gulf of Mexico.
Religious groups including
the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the American
Family Association are lobbying against any change in
state casino laws.
As lawmakers arrived for
the session Tuesday, three
men from Brookhaven’s nondenominational The Church
of the Lord Jesus Christ stood
outside to protest against
gambling.
“Many ask at this hour,
‘What will we do without the
boats? What will we do without the casinos?”’ shouted
Kendall Boutwell, the church’s
pastor.
“The Lord will provide,”
Boutwell said.
A Mississippi law enacted
earlier this year allows casinos to build on pilings to provide some protection in
storms, but none of them had
time to do so.
Barbour is putting a plethora of other issues before lawmakers during the special session, including a proposal to
create a loan program for
small businesses.
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M&M Bank president to serve on commission
By DONNA HARRIS
SCHEDULED ENTERTAINERS
PASCAGOULA — A host of Hollywood’s greatest plan to help a battered and bruised Mississippi rise again.
Tickets for Mississippi Rising are selling fast.
The three-hour, star-studded benefit concert to be
held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford on
Saturday may be sold out by this morning.
“We’re down to a very few left,” said Sans Russell, assistant athletic director for ticket sales
at Ole Miss.
Morgan Freeman
Faith Hill
Ray Romano
Russell said $30 and $100 tickets for the
remainder of the 4,400 seats can be purchased by
phone beginning at 8 a.m. by calling (888) 7328587 or (662) 915-7167.
Money raised from the event supports the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund, a non-profit
organization established by Gov. Haley Barbour
to serve as the state’s central clearinghouse for
corporations, organizations and individuals to
donate much needed money, equipment, goods,
services, volunteers and time to the hundreds of
Kathie Lee Gifford Sela Ward
thousands of Mississippians who are recovering Doris Roberts
and preparing to rebuild from the devastation of AND: Whoopi Goldberg, Marilu Henner,
Hurricane Katrina.
Kathy Ireland, Lance Bass, Delta Burke,
The concert is co-chaired by native Mississip- Gerald McRaney, Jean Smart, Debbie Allen,
pians Faith Hill, Morgan Freeman, Archie and Mary Haskell, Gary Morris, Marilyn McCoo,
Eli Manning, John Grisham, Brett Favre and Billy Davis Jr., Steve Azar, Hugh Laurie,
Sela Ward.
Bernadette Peters, Brian McKnight, Deidra
The event will be broadcast live by MSNBC,
local television stations throughout Mississippi Hall, Alison Sweeney, Peter Reckell, Kristand Louisiana, Mississippi Public Television and ian Alfonso, Greg Rikaart, Melody Thomas
Scott, Michelle Stafford, Mary Ann Mobley,
several local and regional radio stations.
Barbour established the Mississippi Hurri- Gary Collins, Guy Hovis, Gary Grubbs, Jill
cane Recovery Fund in response to massive recov- Conner Brown, Kristian Dambrino, Gail
ery costs that will surpass legal coverage provi- Pittman and Cat Cora.
sions of federal and state funds.
Royce Cumbest of Wade will represent Jackson which is reestablishing the workforce. He said
areas cannot rebuild without it.
County on the state commission.
“We have to keep those people here or we have
Cumbest, president and chief executive officer
no
community,” he said. “People who live here
of Merchants & Marine Bank, joins chairman
need a job, but to live and work here they have to
Richard Hickson of Trustmark
have a stable environment.”
Corporation, Peyton Self of CitWhile all the food, ice, water
We’ve got our basics.
izens Bank & Trust, Chevis
Swetman of The Peoples Bank We need help rebuilding and supplies coming in locally
and nationally have been helpful
in Biloxi and Ray Wesson of people’s lives.
in the past month, it is time for
Bancorp South.
financial assistance to arrive, he
The Mississippi Hurricane
— Royce Cumbest, said.
Recovery Fund will be used to
President, Merchants &
“The best way to help is to
raise and disperse money to help
Marine Bank, serving on the send money,” Cumbest said.
with recovery costs by suppleMississippi Hurricane “We’ve got our basics. We need
menting the coverage provided
Recovery Fund help rebuilding people’s lives.”
by insurance, government fundBarbour said Mississippi Rising and immediate relief organing will be a tremendous boost
izations.
It will provide grants for the benefit of Missis- not just in providing desperately needed funds for
sippians who are affected as a result of the dis- the state’s recovery effort, but also in bringing
national attention to efforts to transition from
aster.
emergency relief to rebuilding Mississippi
Barbour will serve as honorary chairman.
“I am pleased that each of these individuals “stronger, bigger and better.”
Co-chairwoman Sela Ward, a native of Meridaccepted my request to serve with this important
fund,” Barbour said. “I know they will help ian, said she is thrilled to be part of the efforts,
ensure that every penny will be spent on worth- “as it will raise much needed funds for the recovwhile projects to help Mississippians rebuild and ery efforts that lie ahead. Mississippi’s gown
may be torn and tattered but she will prevail.”
restore their lives.”
The October event is being organized by two
Cumbest said he was happy to have the opportunity to help direct some of the relief effort to native Mississippians, Sam Haskell III and Lanny Griffith.
Jackson County.
Haskell produces Stars Over Mississippi in
“The relief effort is so important to our recovery down here,” he said. “This is going to be a Amory every two years to raise scholarship monlonger recovery phase than we’ve seen in other ey in the name of his mother. Griffith is the chief
storms. It may be two or three years until we feel executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based
like we’re at 100 percent.”
lobbying firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers, LLC,
Before receiving the governor’s invitation to which was founded in 1991 by Haley Barbour.
serve, Cumbest accepted a co-chairman position
The costs of the entire event are being underon Rebuild Jackson County, which was estab- written by a contribution to the Mississippi Hurlished locally through the Bacot/McCarty Foun- ricane Recovery Fund by UnitedHealth Group
dation to serve the same purpose as the gover- Foundation in Minnesota.
nor’s statewide plan.
Corporate sponsorships are being solicited by
Using information provided by Escambia Coun- a national finance team, and all proceeds will go
ty, which went through similar situations a year to the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund or a
ago with at least three damaging hurricanes, similar fund in Louisiana administered by FounRebuild Jackson County has a jump on the recov- dations for Recovery named The Hurricane Katery process.
rina New Orleans Recovery Fund (www.foundaCumbest said after all the federal and state aid tionsforrecovery.org).
is exhausted, it will be up to cities and counties
“I have been devastated by the site of the afterto rebuild themselves.
math of Hurricane Katrina,” Haskell said. “We
“Federal agencies are only going to be here
for a limited amount of time,” Cumbest said. are doing Mississippi Rising to help ensure the
“They have a responsibility to the entire popu- future of Mississippi is filled with recovery and
renewal.”
lation in 50 states.”
Reporter Donna Harris can be reached at dharCumbest said his focus on the state commission
will be similar to his focus in Jackson County, ris@mspressonline.com or (866) 843-9020.
AP
First Lady Laura Bush talks about the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina Tuesday after touring a hurricane relief distribution site outside the Biloxi Community
Center.
First lady makes reality TV debut
BILOXI (AP) — First lady
Laura Bush made her reality
TV debut Tuesday, helping
with a filming of “Extreme
Make-over: Home Edition” in a
sweltering community building as she toured hurricane
relief sites on the Mississippi
Coast.
With hundreds of people
crowded into the Biloxi Community Center, where a mountain of donated clothes covered
a stage, Mrs. Bush and Preston Sharp, a designer on the
ABC-TV show, greeted storm
victims and handed out donated items from big plastic bins.
“Extreme Makeover” usually
remodels homes for needy people with compelling stories. It
came to the Coast to help distribute items donated for victims of Katrina, which displaced as many as 1 million
people in Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Later, with sweat beading
on her forehead under the blazing sun, Mrs. Bush said she
was encouraged by the way
governments, private organizations, faith-based groups and
individuals were helping ease
the suffering after the Aug. 29
hurricane that killed at least
220 Mississippians and left
major damage along the state’s
80-mile coast.
“It’s going to take all of these
working together to help people rebuild their lives,” she
said.
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New Orleans police chief resigns after four turbulent weeks
By JULIA SILVERMAN
NEW ORLEANS — Police
Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after
four turbulent weeks in which
the police force was wracked
by desertions and disorganization in Hurricane Katrina’s
aftermath.
“I served this department
for 26 years and have taken it
through some of the toughest
times of its history. Every man
in a leadership position must
know when it’s time to hand
over the reins,” Compass said
at a news conference. “I’ll be
going on in another direction
that God has for me.”
As the city slipped into
anarchy during the first few
days after Katrina, the 1,700member police department
itself suffered a crisis. Many
officers deserted their posts,
and some were accused of
joining in the looting that
broke out. Two officers Compass described as friends committed suicide.
Neither Compass nor Mayor
Ray Nagin would say whether
Compass was pressured to
leave.
“It’s a sad day in the city of
New Orleans when a hero
makes a decision like this,”
said Nagin, who appointed
Compass in mid-2002. “He
leaves the department in pretty good shape and with a significant amount of leadership.”
New Orleans evacuees at a
shelter in Baton Rouge dis-
Seafood industry
loses may be
felt nationwide
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)
— It may be months before
officials know the extent of
hurricane damage to Louisiana’s seafood and aquaculture industries. But Hurricane Rita’s damage picked up
right where Katrina’s left off
on Louisiana’s ragged coast.
Louisiana is the nation’s
second-biggest seafood producer, behind Alaska. It leads
the nation in several species,
harvesting 40 percent of the
nation’s shrimp, 35 to 40 percent or more of its oysters and
al-most 35 percent of its blue
crabs.
Oyster prices will jump, but
any increase in shrimp prices
is likely to be much less, since
most of the nation’s shrimp
are imported, said Sherylyn
Harley LeBon, a spokeswoman for the National Fisheries Institute.
Shrimpers and shrimp processors, hit hard for years by
cheap frozen imports from
Asia, now have to worry that
they may lose more customers
while they are out of business,
said Ewell Smith, executive
director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.
He said shrimpers west of
Bayou Lafourche should be
able to get back to work within two weeks. But market
share — and the fact that
New Orleans is a major market — are big concerns, he
said.
Flooding or power failures
caused by Hurricane Rita put
nearly every shrimp dock and
processing facility out of business, at least temporarily, said
Martin Bourgeois, shrimp program manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries.
“I’m not sure of any port
anywhere along the Louisiana
coast — or, for that matter,
from Galveston (Texas) to
Bayou LaBatre, Ala., where a
fisherman could land a pound
of shrimp,” he said Tuesday.
“Gee whiz, we were enjoying a
very productive white shrimp
season before these storms.”
After Katrina, shrimpers
were able to work without
problems west of Bayou Lafourche. But Rita flooded
docks and knocked out power
across the rest of the coast.
“There was a lot of frozen
inventory lost because of this,”
Bourgeois said. The fleet survived, but many shrimpers’
houses were flooded and their
families displaced. “In order
for them to proceed, they have
to put their lives in order,” he
said.
agreed over the chief ’s legacy and whether he should
have resigned.
“It’s about time,” said Larry
Smit, 52, who owns a construction company. “Get rid of
all of them. They ain’t doing
anything.”
But truck driver James Dordain, 41, said Compass had
been doing a good job with an
understaffed department and
faced with an unprecedented
natural disaster.
“They pushed a good man
to the breaking point,” said
Dordain, referring to other
g ov er n men t aut horit ies.
“When they came, it was really too late.”
The mayor named Assistant
Superintendent Warren Riley
as acting superintendent.
Lt. David Benelli, president
of the union for rank-and-file
New Orleans officers, said he
was shocked by the resignation.
“We’ve been through a horrendous time,” Benelli said.
“We’ve watched the city we
love be destroyed. That is
pressure you can’t believe.”
Benelli would not criticize
Compass.
“You can talk about lack of
organization, but we have
been through two hurricanes,
there was no communications,
problems everywhere,” he
said. “I think the fact that we
did not lose control of the city
is a testament to his leadership.”
But in fact, chaos reigned
in New Orleans as Katrina’s
floodwaters rose. Gunfire and
other lawlessness broke out
around the city. Rescue workers reported being shot at.
At the height of the Katrina
chaos, Compass fed the image
of lawlessness in the city by
publicly repeating allegations
that people were being beaten
and babies raped at the convention center, where thousands of evacuees had taken
shelter. The allegations have
since proved largely unsubstantiated.
R onnie J ones, a form er
Louisiana state police officer
New
Orleans
Police
Superintendent Eddie
Compass,
right,
announces
Tuesday his
retirement
as Mayor
Ray Nagin
looks on.
and a criminal justice instructor at Tulane and Southeastern Universities, said communication and transportation problems after the storm
forced commanders on the
ground to operate without any
direction from above.
“In the midst of that, I think
any chief would have had
trouble dealing with things,”
Jones said. “In a crisis you
have to coordinate forces. I
don’t think he had the resources, the radios, the communications to do that.”
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Radio chips help morgue keep track of victims
By DAVID DISHNEAU
GULFPORT — As body counts
mounted and missing-person reports
multiplied in the days after Hurricane Katrina, morgue workers began
using a new technology to keep track
of unidentified remains recovered in
two Mississippi counties.
Radio frequency identification chips
— slender red cylinders about half an
inch long — were implanted under
the corpses’ skin or placed inside body
bags. Each VeriChip, donated by a
subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions Inc., emits a specific radio signal,
enabling morgue workers to quickly
locate and catalog the remains.
With 48 of the 133 bodies recovered
in Harrison and Hancock counties still
unidentified as of Sunday, Harrison
County Coroner Gary T. Hargrove said
the chips have been a boon to the Disaster Mortuary Operational Recovery
Team he oversees.
“It’s better enabled me to do my job
as the coroner — tracking and getting people’s loved ones back to them
quickly,” he said.
Beside tagging the storm victims,
which are kept in refrigerated trucks
at Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport,
the chips are helping Hargrove catalog
other human remains that the flood
waters released from damaged cas-
AP
Harrison County Coroner Gary T. Hargrove displays a radio frequency identification chip. The chip is like those being used to
keep track of unidentified human remains recovered from the
wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
kets and burial vaults in cemeteries.
Product manufacturers and retailers
such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. use similar RFID technology to monitor the
movement of goods. VeriChips, which
were approved by the Food and Drug
Administration for human implantation in 2004, have been used for tagging pets and identifying high-security workers, but not for managing
Youth says encounter with missing
Alabama teen did not include sex
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a missing
Alabama teen said Tuesday that a Dutch man
was lying when he denied that he and two other
youths had sex with the young woman before
she disappeared during a trip to Aruba.
Beth Holloway Twitty, responding Tuesday to
statements from Joran van der Sloot in an interview with the magazine show “A Current Affair,”
said van der Sloot has admitted sexually assaulting her missing daughter, Natalee Holloway.
Holloway Twitty, appearing Tuesday on ABC’s
“Good Morning America” and CBS’s “The Early
Show,” said van der Sloot and the brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe told Aruban authorities
they had sex with her daughter after leaving a bar
on the night of May 30.
In the interview, which aired Monday, van der
Sloot says, “I kissed with her but neither did
Deepak or Satish ever had sex with her and no
one ever said otherwise.”
Not so, Holloway Twitty told CBS’ “The Early
Agency reports
no leaks at one
DuPont facility
DELISLE (AP) — Despite
some damaged facilities, no
hazardous material leaks have
been found at the DuPont facility in this coastal town that
was slammed by Hurricane
Katrina, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality officials said Tuesday.
A jury last month awarded
Bay St. Louis oyster fisherman
Glenn Strong $14 million in
damages after finding chemicals from the plant responsible
for causing Strong’s multiple
myeloma, a rare blood cancer.
Strong’s wife, Connie, received $1.5 million for loss of
“love and companionship.”
The same jury deadlocked
over a request for $225 million
in punitive damages.
DEQ officials said inspections at the facility in Harrison
County since Hurricane Katrina have revealed that the
plant site was inundated with
water and railcars were
pushed off their tracks and
onto their sides but no hazardous material releases or
leaks were observed.
The onsite landfill for waste
disposal remained intact and
was not overcome by the storm
surge.
“We were pleased to learn
that DuPont’s landfill, which is
a series of impoundments constructed with levees and
berms, worked as it was
designed and did prevent the
inflow of water,” said Phil
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Office of Pollution Control.
“EPA and MDEQ will begin
monitoring at the facility and
the bay, but our visits to the
site assure us there have been
no leaks or releases.”
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“He admitted this to the interrogators,” she
said. “He admitted this in front of 10 witnesses in
the early morning hours of May 31st of the sexual
assault that he committed against Natalee. So,
yes, that is a fact.”
Holloway, an 18-year-old honors student, had
graduated from high school in Mountain Brook,
Ala., and was on a class trip to Aruba. She was
last seen leaving a bar with the three youths.
Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers had
been held as suspects in the disappearance. But
no charges were filed against the three, who were
released after an investigation into possible sexual assault and murder.
“I don’t respect that the Aruban authority tried
to pin that it was a rape case,” van der Sloot told
the television show. He said both he and Holloway had been drinking when they left the bar.
“She wanted to go with me. I wanted to go with
her. It was totally consensual.”
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morgue cases before, Applied Digital
spokesman John O. Procter said.
While acknowledging that some
may shudder at the idea, Procter said
the chips can speed the morgue-management process and reduce errors.
Applied Digital, of Delray Beach,
Fla., said it sent 360 VeriChips to
Gulfport, along with five handheld
scanners that read the radio signals
and a 40-foot mobile clinic outfitted for
chip injections. The company is talking
with officials in Louisiana about using
the technology at a DMORT site in
St. Gabriel, La., that also is handling
Katrina victims.
The RFID chips are being used only
with remains from Harrison and Hancock counties. Their combined death
toll represents more than half of the
220 people killed by Katrina in Mississippi. At least 1,079 deaths have
been attributed to Katrina in five
states.
Each chip comes packaged in a
white plastic injector that looks like a
bulky pen attached to a thick hypodermic needle. Hargrove said the chips
are implanted in the corpse’s shoulder
or placed inside the body bag, depending on the condition of the remains.
While officials in Mississippi are
using the technology for free, Applied
Digital recommends doctors charge a
total of about $200 for the chip, the
injector to place it under a person’s
skin and for performing the procedure.
The beige plastic scanners, which
resemble TV remote controls, have
screens that display a 16-digit number
when passed within six inches of a
chip. The same number is preprinted
on bar-code stickers attached to each
injector package. Hargrove said the
stickers go on the outside of the bag,
on the case file and on any DNA samples taken from the remains.
Conventional morgue case management involves ankle bracelets,
which must be checked to ensure that
the remains match their file numbers.
“The VeriChip allows the technicians to accurately and quickly identify the remains inside the body bag
without having to open the body bag
at each step along the process,” Procter said.
Some privacy advocates fear that
implantable RFID chips could lead to
unwanted tracking of humans.
But Chuck Kerr, a Murfreesboro,
Tenn., businessman whose parents’
bodies were at the DMORT site in
Gulfport for nearly two weeks after
the Aug. 29 storm, doesn’t object to
the technology’s use in disaster recovery.
“If it helps the families find their
loved ones, then I think it’s a good
thing,” he said.
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Committee rejects Cocaine blight spreads to nature parks
effort to kill base
closing proposal
■ Coca production
threatens Colombia’s
Sierra Macarena
By KIM HOUSEGO
Associated Press Writer
By LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON — A House
committee rejected an effort
Tuesday by a Republican congressman to kill the Pentagon’s
proposal to close or downsize
hundreds of U.S. military bases.
Nevertheless, under the law
that authorized base closings,
any House lawmaker can force
the full House to consider Rep.
Ray LaHood’s joint resolution
to disapprove the plan to
restructure the U.S. network of
military bases.
Rep. Curt Weldon, the No. 2
Republican on the House Armed
Services Committee, said he
expected the resolution to reach
the House floor as early as next
week.
It’s highly unlikely that the
House will support LaHood’s
resolution. Members overwhelmingly support the first
round of base closings in a
decade.
On Sept. 15, President Bush
endorsed the report by the federal base-closing commission
that reviewed the Pentagon
plan. The report calls for closing
22 major military bases and
reconfiguring another 33. Hundreds more from coast to coast
also will close, shrink or grow.
The commission said the plan
would mean annual savings of
$4.2 billion.
The report becomes law in
mid-November unless the House
and Senate pass a joint resolution rejecting it.
LaHood, R-Ill., introduced his
joint resolution last week.
LaHood, whose district includes
a base in Springfield, Ill., that is
to lose 15 National Guard fighter jets, says the base-closing
commission and the Pentagon
ignored the fact that the country
is at war when it decided to close
bases.
“These issues have been thoroughly discussed and debated,”
Weldon said.
The House Armed Services
Committee voted 43-14 against
the resolution.
No lawmaker in the Senate
has introduced a joint resolution. A GOP-led effort in the
Senate to derail the plan fizzled
last month after the commission reviewing the plan spared
several bases in the home states
of lawmakers who opposed it.
Supreme Court takes
Anna Nicole Smith case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court shed its staid
image Tuesday, giving
stripperturned Playboy
model
Anna Nicole
Smith a new
chance at a
piece of the
fortune of her
90-year-old
late husband. Smith
The court
said it would hear arguments
early next year as part of
Smith’s effort to collect as much
as $474 million from the estate
of J. Howard Marshall II. The oil
tycoon married her in 1994
when he was 89 and she was
26.
The case promises to be the
sexiest of the nine-month term
which begins next week.
“She’s very excited. She will
be attending arguments, there’s
no question about that,” Smith’s
lawyer, Howard K. Stern, said in
a telephone interview from Vermont where the television reality star is filming a movie.
At issue for the court is a relatively mundane technical issue:
when may federal courts hear
claims that also involve state
probate proceedings. But the
facts are eye-catching.
The 1993 Playmate of the
Year and self-described “blonde
bombshell” claims her husband
promised her millions but that
his scheming son cut her out of
the estate.
The son, E. Pierce Marshall,
said that a Texas court had
found Smith’s claim frivolous
and that a jury determined he
did nothing wrong.
PUERTO ARTURO, Colombia — Cocaine is killing the
great nature parks of Colombia.
Government spraying of coca
plant killer is driving growers
and traffickers out of their usual territory into national parks
where spraying is banned. Here
they are burning thousands of
acres of virgin rain forest and
poisoning rivers with chemicals.
Now the government faces a
painful dilemma: to spray weedkiller would be devastating, but
the impact of coca-growing is
increasingly destructive. The
question is, which is worse?
Colombia is home to about 15
percent of all the world’s plant
species and one of its most
diverse arrays of amphibians,
AP
An anti-narcotic police stands guard in a drug lab in the
village of Puerto Arturo near the Sierra Macarena National
Park in Colombia, which is most threatened by cocaine.
mammals and birds. Dozens of
species that populate its jungles
and Andes mountains exist
nowhere else on the planet. One
of the richest is the Sierra
Macarena National Park, where
monkeys clamber across the jungle canopy and seven species of
big cat prowl in its shadows.
But Sierra Macarena is most
threatened by cocaine. A recent
flight over part of its 1.6 mil-
lion acres revealed a trail of ugly
gashes and charred trunks of
trees felled by coca planters. The
intruders also have built dozens
of makeshift drug labs in the
park and in the nearby village of
Puerto Arturo, bringing in tons
of gasoline, cement, hydrochloric
acid and other toxic chemicals to
process the coca leaves into
cocaine. All of it pollutes the
rivers and soil.
So far only a small fraction of
Sierra Macarena has been
affected, but the spread of
cocaine operations is alarming.
The amount of acreage under
coca cultivation has more than
tripled to 9,600 acres since 2003,
according to the Counternarcotics Police. Overall, 28,000
acres are being cultivated in
Colombia’s 49 national parks,
compared with 11,000 acres only
three years ago. But the destruction is worse than the figures
would indicate; for every acre
of coca planted, an average three
acres are torn down.
Campaign finance reform
draws high court attention
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court said Tuesday
it will take a new look at spending limits on candidates and
interest groups, giving President Bush’s court picks an
immediate chance to rewrite
rules for politicians and deeppocket donors.
The new chief justice and the
successor to Justice Sandra
Day O’Connor will be major
players in the latest free-speech
clash over the influence of
money in elections.
Conservative justices like
Antonin Scalia, Anthony
Kennedy and Clarence Thomas
have opposed government meddling in political speech and
may find new muscle in the
Bush justices.
O’Connor’s retirement strips
the court of a deciding vote to
uphold limits. John Roberts
may be confirmed by the Senate this week as chief justice,
replacing William Rehnquist,
who sometimes endorsed limits
on campaign giving.
“I think we’re likely to enter
into an era where the court is
more skeptical and will strike
down campaign finance rules,”
said Richard Hasen, an election law expert at Loyola Law
School.
The court just two years ago
on a 5-4 vote upheld the broadest restrictions on campaign
donations in nearly 30 years.
O’Connor was an author of the
decision, which prompted
Scalia to write that it was “a
sad day for the freedom of
speech.”
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
TIME OUT
A late
SEC
forecast
On Monday, Aug. 29, I had
planned to write my yearly
SEC predictions column for
publication in The Mississippi Press later that week.
We all know how that day
went.
Anyway, in keeping with
the idea that we must move
on and look ahead, today I
will present those predictions to you, tardy though
they may be. You’ll just have
to trust me to have not
adjusted the records per
these
past
three
weeks.
SEC
EAST
(Overall,
then
conference
records Richard
in
Lucas
parentheses)
1. Florida (10-1, 7-1) —
The Gators have always
had the talent. Now, Urban
Meyer is there to put it all
together.
2. Georgia (9-2, 6-2) —
Another talented group that
will challenge for the top.
3. Tennessee (8-3, 5-3) —
Seems like Tennessee either
overachieves or underachieves. Could be the latter this year.
4. South Carolina (5-6, 35) — The ’Ol Ball Coach will
improve the Gamecocks, but
they have a ways to go concerning talent.
5. Vanderbilt (5-6, 3-5) —
Jay Cutler alone gives
Vandy a chance to have its
best season in years.
6. Kentucky (4-7, 2-6) —
Let’s see, basketball practice
starts in the middle of October, right?
SEC WEST
1. LSU (9-2, 6-2) — New
coach Less Miles inherited
a talented bunch.
2. Alabama (7-4, 5-3) —
The Tide has a strong
defense, but Brodie Croyle
must stay healthy.
3. Auburn (7-4, 5-3) — Not
quite the same deal without
Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown in the backfield.
4. Ole Miss (6-5, 3-5) —
Expect some ups and downs
in Coach O’s first year.
5. Arkansas (5-6, 3-5) —
Nutt’s bubble may be finally beginning to burst.
6. Mississippi State (4-7,
2-6) — Norwood is exciting,
but still struggling on both
lines of scrimmage.
In the championship
game, I see Florida topping
LSU. Bonus coverage: USM
will go 7-4 and challenge to
play in the C-USA championship game.
So there you have it, my
semi-fearless predictions. A
little late, but hey, still fairly bold. Let’s hope that next
year, for all the right reasons, they come out on time.
Comments concerning
Richard Lucas’ column can
be sent to sports@mspressonline.com.
Moss Point mistakes
too much to overcome
By JR. WITTNER
MOSS POINT — South Panola and
Moss Point have a storied history over
the last 10 years, meeting each year from
1996-2002.
Moss Point defeated South Panola on its
way to back-to-back state titles, a feat
which was matched last season by South
Panola.
South Panola, who entered the game
against No. 8 Moss Point, at No. 1 in the
state and No. 14 in the nation by USA
Today, wasted not time putting a touchdown on the board, and held off the Moss
Point Tigers Tuesday night at Dantzler
Stadium 20-7.
After forcing a Moss Point punt on its
first possession, the Tigers needed just
See MISTAKES, Page 2-B
Photos by Bill Coglin
ABOVE: Dontavious Morrissette looks for running room Tuesday night in Moss Point’s 20-7 loss to
No. 1 South Panola at Dantzler Stadium. LEFT: Quarterback C.J. Bailey calls his own number in the
Tigers’ loss.
Champs again
■ Braves clinch 14th
straight NL East
crown
By PAUL NEWBERRY
The Assocaited Press
AP
Atlanta Braves' Adam LaRoche, right, is greeted at
home plate by Jeff Francoeur after hitting a solo home
run off Colorado Rockies starter Aaron Cook in the second inning Tuesday in Atlanta.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta
Braves tried to hold off the celebration. It didn’t work.
The Braves wrapped up their
14th straight division championship Tuesday night while
playing the Colorado Rockies,
the NL East title assured midway through the game when
the second-place Phillies lost
to the New York Mets.
Clinching in style, Marcus
Giles hit a pair of homers,
Adam LaRoche also homered
and the Braves routed the
Rockies 12-3.
Still, the way it worked out
was a bit strange.
The Braves had just finished
off a four-run fifth inning, giving them a 7-1 lead, when
Philadelphia’s Bobby Abreu
struck out to complete a 3-2
loss to the Mets.
A smattering of fans apparently learned of the Phillies’
loss via cell phone or other
means, clapping as soon as
Abreu struck out. “Let’s go
Mets!” one man yelled. A tomahawk-chopping woman held up
a handmade “2005” sign above
the left-field seats, right next
to the official pennants detailing each of the Braves’ playoff
seasons.
But most of the crowd was
apparently in the dark. The
out-of-town scoreboard merely
showed the Mets leading 3-2 in
the eighth. Even after the Rockies were retired in the top of
the sixth, there was no mention of the division title.
In the bottom half, Giles hit
his second homer, a two-run
shot, to give the Braves a 9-3
lead.
Finally, as Chipper Jones
stepped into the box, the public
address announcer revealed the
news.
Mets 3, Phillies 2.
The celebration was on. The
crowd of 25,306 gave the
Braves a standing ovation, and
several fans broke out signs
marking the occasion. “In case
you didn’t know — 14 in a row,”
one said. Two shirtless men had
painted a “1” and a “4” on their
chests.
After Jones struck out,
Braves manager Bobby Cox
began pulling his starters.
Rookie Kelly Johnson pinch-hit
for MVP candidate Andruw
Jones. Little-used Brayan Pena
batted for Brian McCann.
After Pena came through
with a bases-loaded triple,
pushing the lead to 12-3, Cox
cleared his bench. Starting
pitcher Tim Hudson (14-9) was
replaced by Jim Brower. Rookies Pete Orr, Wilson Betemit
and Andy Marte entered the
game.
Even Eddie Perez, who
missed most of the season with
a shoulder injury, got in as a
pinch hitter — his first appearance since May 18.
The Braves overcame all sorts
of adversity to do what they
always do — win the NL East.
When pitchers Mike Hampton and John Thomson went
down with injuries, Atlanta
dipped into its bullpen for journeyman Jorge Sosa, who had a
career record of 11-26. He’s 133 this season.
When aging outfielders Raul
Mondesi and Brian Jordan
failed to recapture their past
form, the Braves turned to rookies Jeff Francoeur and Ryan
Langerhans. The 21-year-old
Francoeur has emerged as one
of baseball’s most dynamic
young players.
When Chipper Jones was
sidelined by a foot problem,
Betemit filled in ably. When new
closer Dan Kolb didn’t work out,
the Braves traded for Kyle
Farnsworth. When catchers
Johnny Estrada and Perez were
ailing, McCann came up from
the minors.
Hall of Famers to accompany Selig to Capitol Hill
home run leader Hank Aaron
and four other baseball Hall of
Famers planned to accompany
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drug testing and punishment
in major professional sports.
Three similar bills have been
introduced in the House.
Selig had invited Aaron,
Ryne Sandberg, Phil Niekro,
Robin Roberts and Lou Brock
to attend the hearing, a baseball official told The Associated
Press on condition of anonymity. The official was not authorized to disclose that information.
As of Tuesday evening, there
were no plans to have the former stars testify, and none was
on the witness list posted on
the committee’s Web site.
A sixth former baseball player will be present Wednesday,
and he’ll be asking questions:
Sen. Jim Bunning, a Kentucky
Republican and former pitcher
elected to the Hall of Fame in
1996.
He’s not a member of the
Commerce Committee but was
invited to participate because
he sponsored the Professional
Sports and Integrity Act. Sen.
John McCain, an Arizona
Republican, will run the hearing; he sponsored the Clean
Sports Act, a companion to the
House bill introduced by Government Reform Chairman
Tom Davis.
Both Senate bills call for a
two-year suspension the first
time an athlete fails a drug test
and a lifetime ban after a second failed test. The four
leagues whose leaders are
appearing Wednesday have
less strict policies, though all
have toughened or proposed
toughening their penalties in
recent months.
“If they would take seriously
the bills before the Congress
and negotiate some kind of settlement that is close to the bills
in the House and in the Senate,
then I think major league
sports and their unions could
get away without having legislation passed by the Congress,”
Bunning said in a conference
call with reporters Tuesday.
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WEDNESAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
BY THE NUMBERS
FOOTBALL
National Football League
Glance
All Times CST
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct
Miami
2 1 0 .667
New England 2 1 0 .667
Buffalo
1 2 0 .333
N.Y. Jets
1 2 0 .333
South
W L T Pct
Indianapolis
3 0 0 1.000
Jacksonville
2 1 0 .667
Tennessee
1 2 0 .333
Houston
0 2 0 .000
North
W L T Pct
Cincinnati
3 0 0 1.000
Pittsburgh
2 1 0 .667
Cleveland
1 2 0 .333
Baltimore
0 2 0 .000
West
W L T Pct
Denver
2 1 0 .667
Kansas City
2 1 0 .667
San Diego
1 2 0 .333
Oakland
0 3 0 .000
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct
Washington
2 0 0 1.000
Dallas
2 1 0 .667
N.Y. Giants
2 1 0 .667
Philadelphia
2 1 0 .667
South
W L T Pct
Tampa Bay
3 0 0 1.000
Atlanta
2 1 0 .667
Carolina
1 2 0 .333
New Orleans 1 2 0 .333
North
W L T Pct
Detroit
1 1 0 .500
Chicago
1 2 0 .333
Minnesota
1 2 0 .333
Green Bay
0 3 0 .000
West
W L T Pct
St. Louis
2 1 0 .667
Seattle
2 1 0 .667
San Francisco 1 2 0 .333
Arizona
0 3 0 .000
PF
68
70
41
44
PA
51
67
50
60
PF
47
55
59
14
PA
16
44
75
49
PF
88
81
45
17
PA
28
37
64
49
PF
60
60
86
57
PA
61
54
71
76
PF
23
75
92
75
PA
20
69
74
37
PF
60
56
71
49
PA
32
47
67
80
PF
23
52
54
43
PA
41
39
77
60
PF PA
73 67
72 56
62 101
43 96
Sunday’s Games
Miami 27, Carolina 24
Atlanta 24, Buffalo 16
Cincinnati 24, Chicago 7
Indianapolis 13, Cleveland 6
St. Louis 31, Tennessee 27
Jacksonville 26, N.Y. Jets 20, OT
Tampa Bay 17, Green Bay 16
Philadelphia 23, Oakland 20
Minnesota 33, New Orleans 16
Seattle 37, Arizona 12
Dallas 34, San Francisco 31
New England 23, Pittsburgh 20
San Diego 45, N.Y. Giants 23
BYE: Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Washington
Monday’s Game
Denver 30, Kansas City 10
Sunday, Oct. 2
Buffalo vs. New Orleans at San Antonio, 1
p.m.
St. Louis at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Washington, 1 p.m.
Denver at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Houston at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
San Diego at New England, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Arizona at Mexico City,
8:30 p.m.
BYE: Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, Pittsburgh
Monday, Oct. 3
Green Bay at Carolina, 9 p.m.
Top 25 Schedule
No. 1 USC at No. 14 Arizona State, 2:30
p.m.
No. 2 Texas at Missouri, 11 a.m.
No. 3 Virginia Tech at West Virginia, 11 a.m.
No. 4 LSU at Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m.
No. 5 Florida at No. 15 Alabama, 2:30 p.m.
No. 6 Florida State vs. Syracuse, 2:30 p.m.
No. 9 Miami vs. South Florida, 7 p.m.
No. 10 Tennessee vs. Mississippi, 6 p.m.
No. 11 Michigan State vs. Michigan, 11 a.m.
No. 12 California vs. Arizona, 6 p.m.
No. 13 Notre Dame at No. 22 Purdue, 6:45
p.m.
No. 16 Texas Tech vs. Kansas, 7 p.m.
No. 17 Wisconsin vs. Indiana, 11 a.m.
No. 18 Minnesota at Penn State, 2:30 p.m.
No. 19 Virginia at Maryland, 11 a.m.
No. 20 UCLA vs. Washington, 9:15 p.m.
No. 21 Boston College vs. Ball State, noon
No. 23 Iowa State at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m.
No. 24 Louisville vs. Florida Atlantc, 11 a.m.
College Football Schedule
Tuesday, Sept. 27
FAR WEST
Toledo (3-0) at Fresno St. (1-1), (n)
Tonight, Sept. 28
MIDWEST
Cincinnati (2-1) at Miami (Ohio) (1-2), 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 29
SOUTH
SE Missouri (0-4) at Samford (1-3), 6:30 p.m.
FAR WEST
Air Force (2-2) at Colorado St. (1-2), 6:30
p.m.
Friday, Sept. 30
EAST
Pittsburgh (1-3) at Rutgers (2-1), 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 1
EAST
Connecticut (2-1) at Army (0-3),11 a.m.
Virginia Tech (4-0) at West Virginia (4-0), 11
a.m.
Penn (1-1) at Dartmouth (1-1), 11:30 p.m.
Lehigh (2-1) at Harvard (2-0), 11:30 p.m.
Villanova (2-1) at New Hampshire (3-0), 11:30
p.m.
Ball St. (0-3) at Boston College (3-1), noon
Rhode Island (3-1) at Brown (1-1), noon
Marist (3-1) at Bucknell (0-3), noon
Cornell (1-1) at Colgate (1-2), noon
Iona (2-2) at La Salle (1-3), noon
Columbia (2-0) at Princeton (2-0) ,noon
St. Francis, Pa. (0-3) at Robert Morris (1-2),
noon
Monmouth, N.J. (2-1) at Stony Brook (1-2),
noon
Sacred Heart (1-2) at Wagner (3-1), noon
Holy Cross (2-2) at Yale (1-1), noon
Lafayette (3-1) at Georgetown, D.C. (2-2), 1
p.m.
James Madison (2-1) at Hofstra (2-1), 2:30
p.m.
Minnesota (4-0) at Penn St. (4-0), 2:30 p.m.
St. Peter’s (1-2) at Cent. Connecticut St. (22), 4 p.m.
Albany, N.Y. (0-3) at Maine (1-2),5 p.m.
Delaware (3-0) at Towson (2-2), 5 p.m.
SOUTH
VMI (1-3) at Liberty (1-3), 11 a.m
Florida Atlantic (0-4) at Louisville (2-1), 11
a.m
Virginia (3-0) at Maryland (2-2),11 a.m.
Mississippi (1-2) at Tennessee (1-1), 11:30
a.m.
Drake (2-2) at Davidson (2-2), noon.
Navy (0-2) at Duke (1-3), noon
Howard (2-2) at Charleston Southern (2-2),
1:30 p.m.
Utah (3-1) at North Carolina (1-2), 1:30 p.m.
Valparaiso (1-3) at Austin Peay (1-3), 2 p.m.
Georgia Southern (2-2) at Elon (3-1), 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb (2-1) at Furman (3-1), 2 p.m.
Coastal Carolina (3-1) at S. Carolina St. (3-0),
1 p.m.
Murray St. (1-2) at Tennessee Tech (1-3),
21p.m.
LSU (1-0) at Mississippi St. (2-2), 1:30 p.m.
Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-4) at Alcorn St. (1-1), 2
p.m.
Florida (4-0) at Alabama (4-0), 2:30 p.m.
Syracuse (1-2) at Florida St. (3-0), 2:30 p.m.
SE Louisiana (0-1) at Tulane (1-1), 2:30 p.m.
Clemson (2-2) at Wake Forest (1-3), 3:30
p.m.
Texas Southern (0-2) vs. Alabama A&M (3-1)
at Mobile, Ala., 3 p.m.
Morgan St. (1-3) at Bethune-Cookman (31), 3 p.m.
Wofford (2-1) at Chattanooga (2-2), 3 p.m.
SMU (1-3) at Marshall (1-2), 3:30 p.m.
Southern Miss. (1-1) at East Carolina (1-2), 5
p.m.
Florida A&M (2-2) vs. Fla. International (0-3)
at Miami, 5 p.m.
Delaware St. (2-2) at Hampton (4-0), 6 p.m.
Norfolk St. (0-3) at Savannah St. (0-4), 5
p.m.
The Citadel (1-2) at W. Carolina (2-1), 5 p.m.
South Carolina (2-2) at Auburn (3-1), 6 p.m.
E. Kentucky (1-3) at Jacksonville St. (1-3), 6
p.m.
New Mexico St. (0-4) at Louisiana Tech (0-2),
6 p.m.
Arkansas St. (2-2) at Louisiana-Monroe (1-3),
6 p.m.
Rice (0-2) at UAB (2-1), 6 p.m.
Middle Tennessee (0-3) at Vanderbilt (4-0), 6
p.m.
Southern U. (1-1) at Alabama St. (3-1), 7p.m.
UCF (1-2) at Louisiana-Lafayette (1-2), 7
p.m.
S. Utah (0-4) at McNeese St. (1-1), 7 p.m.
UTEP (3-0) at Memphis (1-2), 7 p.m.
South Florida (3-1) at Miami (2-1), 7 p.m.
MIDWEST
Jacksonville (1-1) at Dayton (4-0), 11 a.m.
Illinois (2-2) at Iowa (2-2), Noon
Michigan (2-2) at Michigan St. (4-0), Noon
Texas (3-0) at Missouri (2-1), Noon
Indiana (3-0) at Wisconsin (4-0), Noon
Morehead St. (3-1) at Butler (0-4), 1 p.m.
Kent St. (1-3) at E. Michigan (2-2), 1 p.m.
W. Kentucky (2-1) at Indiana St. (0-4), 1 p.m.
N. Iowa (2-1) at W. Illinois (2-2), 1 p.m.
Missouri St. (2-1) at S. Illinois (2-1), 1:30
p.m.
Iowa St. (3-0) at Nebraska (3-0), 2:30 p.m.
Temple (0-4) at Bowling Green (1-2), 3 p.m.
N. Carolina A&T (1-3) vs. Tennessee St. (1-3)
at Indianapolis, 4 p.m.
Cent. Michigan (1-3) at Akron (2-1), 5 p.m.
Illinois St. (3-1) at Youngstown St. (3-1), 5
p.m.
Nicholls St. (1-1) at N. Dakota St. (3-1), 6
p.m.
Buffalo (0-3) at W. Michigan (2-2), 6 p.m.
Notre Dame (3-1) at Purdue (2-1), 6:45 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Baylor (3-0) at Texas A&M (2-1), 11:30 p.m.
Colorado (2-1) at Oklahoma St. (3-0), 1 p.m.
Kansas St. (3-0) at Oklahoma (1-2), 6 p.m.
New Mexico (3-1) at TCU (3-1), 6 p.m.
S. Dakota St. (2-2) at Texas St. (2-1), 6 p.m.
Kansas (3-0) at Texas Tech (3-0), 6 p.m.
Houston (1-2) at Tulsa (2-2), 6 p.m.
Grambling St. (1-1) vs. Prairie View (1-1) at
Dallas, 7 p.m.
FAR WEST
Weber St. (2-2) at Montana (2-1), 2 p.m.
Cal Poly-SLO (3-1) at N. Colorado (2-2), 2
p.m.
UNLV (1-3) at Wyoming (3-1), 3 p.m.
Southern Cal (3-0) at Arizona St. (3-1), 2:30
p.m.
San Diego (3-1) at Menlo (0-4), 2:30 p.m.
Idaho St. (3-1) at Montana St. (2-2), 2:30
p.m.
Washington St. (3-0) at Oregon St. (2-2), 3
p.m.
Portland St. (3-1) at E. Washington (1-2), 4
p.m.
Utah St. (1-1) at Idaho (0-4), 4 p.m.
Oregon (3-1) at Stanford (1-1), 4 p.m.
Arizona (1-2) at California (4-0), 6 p.m.
Nevada (1-2) at San Jose St. (1-2), 6 p.m.
N. Arizona (2-2) at Sacramento St. (0-4), 8
p.m.
BYU (1-2) at San Diego St. (1-3), 9 p.m.
Washington (1-3) at UCLA (3-0), 9:15 p.m.
Boise St. (1-2) at Hawaii (1-2), 11:05 a.m.
BASEBALL
National League Glance
East Division
W
x-Atlanta
90
Philadelphia
84
New York
80
Florida
80
Washington
80
Central Division
W
x-St. Louis
97
Houston
86
Milwaukee
79
Chicago
77
Cincinnati
72
Pittsburgh
64
West Division
W
San Diego
77
San Francisco 74
Arizona
72
Los Angeles
70
Colorado
65
L
68
74
77
78
78
Pct GB
.570 —
.532
6
.510 91⁄2
.506 10
.506 10
L
61
71
78
80
85
94
Pct
.614
.548
.503
.490
.459
.405
L
79
82
84
86
92
Pct GB
.494 —
.474
3
.462
5
.449
7
.414 121⁄2
GB
—
101⁄2
171⁄2
191⁄2
241⁄2
33
x-clinched division
Monday’s Games
Washington 4, Florida 0
N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5
Colorado 6, Atlanta 5
Milwaukee 12, Cincinnati 9
San Francisco 3, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 9, Pittsburgh 4
Tuesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 3
Washington 11, Florida 1
Houston 3, St. Louis 1
Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 2
Atlanta 12, Colorado 3
San Francisco at San Diego (n)
Arizona at L.A. Dodgers (n)
Today’s Games
Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Prior 11-6), 1:20 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 13-12) at Atlanta (Davies
7-4), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Loaiza 11-10) at Florida
(Beckett 15-8), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 1-3) at Philadelphia
(Padilla 8-12), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 10-13) at Milwaukee
(Capuano 18-10), 6:35 p.m.
Houston (Backe 10-8) at St. Louis (Carpenter 21-5), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Schmidt 12-6) at San Diego
(P.Astacio 3-2), 9:05 p.m.
Arizona (Nippert 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers
(Houlton 6-9), 9:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m.
Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Houston, 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.
Wild Card
W L
Pct GB
Houston
86 71 .548 —
Philadelphia 84 74 .532 21⁄2
Tuesday’s Games
Houston 3, St. Louis 1
Remaining Schedules
Houston
HOME (4) — Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Chicago.
ROAD (1) — Sept. 28 St. Louis.
Philadelphia
HOME (1) — Sept. 28 New York.
ROAD (3) — Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Washington.
NL Boxes
METS 3, PHILLIES 2
NEW YORK
PHILA
abrhbi
abr h bi
Reyes ss 5 2 4 0
Rollins ss 5 0 1 0
MrAnd rf 3 1 1 1
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
Diaz rf
100 0
Utley 2b 1 0 0 0
Beltran cf 5 0 1 2
BAbreu rf 4 0 0 1
Floyd lf
200 0
Burrell lf 2 0 0 0
Wright 3b 3 0 0 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Piazza c 3 0 0 0
DaBell 3b 3 0 0 0
RCstro c 1 0 0 0
ToPerz 3b 0 0 0 0
Jacobs 1b 4 0 1 0
Pratt c3 0 0 0
Heilmn p 0 0 0 0
Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 2 0
Lbrthal c 0 0 0 0
VZmno p 2 0 0 0
Lieber p 3 1 1 0
Ishii p
000 0
Urbina p 0 0 0 0
KMtsui ph 1 0 0 0
Vctrno ph 1 0 1 0
JuPdla p 0 0 0 0
BWgnr p 0 0 0 0
Mntkw 1b10 0 0
Totals
3539 3
Totals
312 4 1
New York 102 000 000— 3
Philadelphia000 020 000— 2
E—Reyes (17), Jacobs 2 (3), BAbreu (4).
LOB—New York 9, Philadelphia 11. 2B—
Reyes 2 (23), Beltran (33), Lieber (2). 3B—
Reyes (17). SB—Reyes (59), Lofton 3 (21),
Utley (15). S—MarAnderson, Lofton.
IP H
R ER BB SO
New York
VZambrano
42⁄3
2
2 0 4 5
1
Ishii
⁄3
0
0 0 0 0
JuPadilla W,3-1 2
1
0 0 1 1
Heilman S,4
2
1
0 0 2 3
Philadelphia
Lieber L,16-13
7
9
3 3 3 7
Urbina
1
0
0 0 0 1
BWagner
1
0
0 0 0 1
HBP—by VZambrano (Utley). WP—VZambrano.
Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Dale
Scott; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Ron Kulpa.
T—3:01. A—36,150 (43,826).
———
BRAVES 12, ROCKIES 3
COLORADO
ATLANTA
abr hbi
abr h bi
Barmes ss 4 0 1 0
Furcal ss 2 3 1 0
Sllivan cf 4 1 2 0
Btemit ss 1 0 1 0
Helton 1b 3 1 0 0
MGiles 2b 3 3 2 3
Hlliday lf 4 1 2 1
AMrte 3b 1 0 0 0
Atkins 3b 4 0 1 2
CJones 3b 4 1 1 2
Hawpe rf 2 0 0 0
Brower p 0 0 0 0
LuGnzl 2b 3 0 0 0
Kolb p
000 0
Cortes p 0 0 0 0
EddPrz ph 1 0 0 0
Willms p 0 0 0 0
Devine p 0 0 0 0
Shealy ph 1 0 0 0
AJones cf 2 1 0 0
Ardon c 4 0 0 0
Jhnson lf 2 1 1 0
Cook p
200 0
LaRche 1b 5 1 1 1
Crvajal p 0 0 0 0
Frncur rf 4 1 2 1
Miles 2b 2 0 0 0
Lngrhn lf 2 1 2 1
McCnn c 2 0 1 1
Pena c
101 3
THudsn p 3 0 0 0
Orr 2b
100 0
Totals
33363
Totals 34121312
Colorado
000 102 000 —3
Atlanta
111 045 00x —12
E—Holliday (6), Ardoin (5). DP—Colorado
2. LOB—Colorado 6, Atlanta 5. 2B—Holliday (23), Atkins (30), CJones (30), Pena (1).
HR—MGiles 2 (15), LaRoche (20). SB—Furcal (46).
IP H
R ER BB SO
Colorado
2
Cook L,6-2
4 ⁄3
8
7 6 3 3
1
Carvajal
⁄3
1
2 2 2 1
Cortes
2
4
3 3 1 2
Williams
1
0
0 0 0 1
Atlanta
THudson W,14-9 6
4
3 3 2 4
Brower
1
2
0 0 0 0
Kolb
1
0
0 0 0 2
Devine
1
0
0 0 0 2
Carvajal pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
HBP—by THudson (Helton), by Cook
(AJones).
Umpires—Home, Jim Wolf; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Randy
Marsh.
T—2:46. A—25,306 (50,091).
———
PIRATES 5, CUBS 3
PITTSBURGH
CHICAGO
abrhbi
abr h bi
Snchez 2b 4 2 2 0
Theriot 2b 4 1 0 0
JWilsn ss 4 0 0 0
NPerez ss 4 0 1 0
Bay lf
412 4
DeLee 1b 4 0 1 0
Mckwk rf 4 0 1 0
Grcprr 3b 4 1 2 2
Eldred 1b 4 0 0 0
Barrett c 3 1 0 0
McLth cf 4 1 1 1
Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0
Cota c
300 0
Murton lf 3 0 2 0
JBtsta 3b 4 0 0 0
CPttson cf 3 0 1 1
Duke p
312 0
Mddux p 3 0 0 0
TRdmn ph 1 0 0 0
STorres p 0 0 0 0
Totals
3558 5
Totals
32373
Pittsburgh100 030 010 —5
Chicago 012 000 000 — 3
E—JWilson (14), DeLee (6), Maddux (3).
DP—Pittsburgh 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 3. 2B—Sanchez (23), DeLee (50), Murton
(3). HR—Bay (32), McLouth (3), Garciaparra
(9). SB—Mackowiak (7), McLouth (2). CS—
CPatterson (5). S—Sanchez, JWilson.
IP H
R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Duke W,7-2 8
7
3 1 1 6
STorres S,2 1
0
0 0 0 1
Chicago
Maddux L,13-149
8
5 5 1 6
WP—Maddux.
Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Rob
Drake; Second, Mike Reilly; Third, Jeff Kellogg.
T—2:11. A—38,440 (39,538).
American League Glance
SPORTS DIGEST
TV SPORTWATCH
TODAY’S LISTINGS
College Football
6 p.m. — Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) (ESPN2)
Major League Baseball
1:10 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (WGN)
1:15 p.m. — Teams TBA (ESPN)
6 p.m. — Teams TBA (ESPN)
9 p.m. — Teams TBA (ESPN)
9 p.m. — Teams TBA (ESPN2)
Soccer
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: Liverpool FC
vs. Chelsea FC (ESPN2)
Thursday, Sept. 29
College Football
6:30 p.m. — Air Force at Colorado State (ESPN)
Golf
3 p.m. — PGA Tour: Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
(USA)
N.Y. Yankees 11, Baltimore 3
Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Kansas City 5, Minnesota 0
L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 3
Tuesday’s Games
Boston 3, Toronto 1, 1st game
Toronto 7, Boston 5, 2nd game
Detroit 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 4
Minnesota 3, Kansas City 1
Baltimore 17, N.Y. Yankees 9
Texas at Seattle (n)
L.A. Angels at Oakland (n)
Today’s Games
Toronto (Lilly 9-11) at Boston (Arroyo 14-9),
6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Chacon 6-3) at Baltimore
(Cabrera 10-12), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (McClung 6-11) at Cleveland
(Lee 18-4), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Contreras 14-7) at
Detroit (Douglass 5-4), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Lima 5-16) at Minnesota
(Lohse 9-13), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (C.Young 11-7) at Seattle (Pineiro 710), 9:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Byrd 12-10) at Oakland (Haren
13-12), 9:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 2:35 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 5:35 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.
Wild Card
W L
Pct GB
Boston
92 65 .586 —
Cleveland
92 65 .586 —
Tuesday’s Games
Boston 3, Toronto 1, 1st game
Toronto 7, Boston 5, 2nd game
Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 4
Remaining Schedules
Cleveland
HOME (5) — Sept. 28-29 Tampa Bay; 30Oct. 2 Chicago.
Boston
HOME (5) — Sept. 28, 29 Toronto; 30-Oct.
2 NY Yankees.
AL Boxes
RED SOX 3, BLUE JAYS 1
First game
TORONTO
BOSTON
abrhbi
abrhbi
Ctlnotto dh 3000
Damon cf 411 0
Rios r
4020
Rnteria ss 4220
VWells cf
3000
DOrtiz dh 4012
Hlnbrn 3b 4000
MRmrz lf 2011
Hinske 1b 4000
Nixon rf 4000
Mnchno 2b 3110
Mueller 3b 4000
Adams ph 1000
Olerud 1b 2000
AHill ss
3000
Mrbelli c
3000
Koskie ph
1010
Cora 2b 3010
Gross lf
4000
Quiroz c
2010
Zaun c
0000
Totals
32150
Totals 30363
Toronto 000 010 000 —1
Boston
200 010 00x —3
E—Renteria (30), MRamirez (7). DP—
Boston 1. LOB—Toronto 7, Boston 6. 2B—
Renteria 2 (34), DOrtiz (39), Cora (8).
IP H
R ER BB SO
Toronto
Bush L,5-11
6
6
3 3 2 5
McGowan
2
0
0 0 0 1
Boston
Wkfield W,16-11 7
3
1 0 1 6
Papelbon
1
1
0 0 1 2
Timlin S,12
1
1
0 0 0 1
HBP—by Bush (MRamirez), by Wakefield
(VWells). PB—Mirabelli.
Umpires—Home, Brian O’Nora; First,
James Hoye; Second, Tim Welke; Third, Gary
Cederstrom.
T—2:23. A—35,700 (35,095).
———
TIGERS 3, WHITE SOX 2
CHICAGO
abr hbi
Pdsdnk lf 5 0 1 0
Iguchi 2b 3 0 0 0
Rwand cf 5 0 0 0
Knerko 1b 4 0 2 1
Gload pr 0 0 0 0
Dye rf
200 0
CEvrtt dh 4 0 2 0
WHarrs dh 0 0 0 0
Ozuna 3b 3 1 1 0
Casnva ph 1 0 1 0
Przyns c 0 0 0 0
Widger c 3 0 0 0
Blum 3b 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 2 1 1 1
Totals
3328 2
DETROIT
Grndsn cf
CGillen ss
Shltn 1b
MOrdz rf
CPena dh
Monroe lf
Inge 3b
VWilsn c
Infante 2b
abr h bi
400 0
412 0
401 0
401 1
300 0
311 1
301 0
201 0
312 1
Totals
303 9 3
East Division
W L
Pct GB
Boston
92 65
.586 —
New York
92 65
.586 —
Toronto
77 80
.490 15
Baltimore
71 86
.452 21
Tampa Bay
66 91
.420 26
Central Division
W L
Pct GB
Chicago
94 63
.599 —
Cleveland
92 65
.586
2
Minnesota
79 78
.503 15
Detroit
71 86
.452 23
Kansas City
54 103
.344 40
West Division
W L
Pct GB
Los Angeles
90 66
.577 —
Oakland
85 71
.545
5
Texas
77 79
.494 13
Seattle
67 89
.429 23
———
Monday’s Games
Toronto at Boston, ppd., rain
Chicago
000 010 001 — 2
Detroit
001 011 00x — 3
DP—Chicago 2, Detroit 2. LOB—Chicago
12, Detroit 4. HR—Monroe (20), Infante (9).
SB—Ozuna (14). S—VWilson.
IP H
R ER BB SO
Chicago
McCarthy L,2-2 61⁄3
8
3 3 0 4
2
⁄3
0
0 0 0 0
Cotts
Hermanson
1
1
0 0 0 0
Detroit
1
Rbrtsn W,7-15 6 ⁄3
5
1 1 5 5
Spurling
12⁄3
2
0 0 1 0
Rodney S,9
1
1
1 1 2 0
Umpires—Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First,
Larry Young; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third,
Eric Cooper.
T—2:21. A—13,983 (40,120).
——
DEVIL RAYS 5, INDIANS 4
TAMPA BAY
abr hbi
Lugo ss 4 2 3 3
Crwfrd lf 5 0 1 0
Cantu 2b 4 0 1 1
NGreen 2b0 0 0 0
Huff rf
301 0
Hollins rf 0 0 0 0
Gomes dh 4 0 0 0
TLee 1b 4 0 1 0
ASGzlz 3b 4 2 2 1
THall c
412 0
Gthrght cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 35511 5
CLEVELAND
abr h bi
400 0
411 0
401 0
410 0
000 0
501 1
412 0
200 0
111 1
302 1
401 1
354 9 4
Szmore cf
Crisp lf
JhPlta ss
Hafner dh
Gterrez pr
VMrtnz c
Blliard 2b
JHrndz 1b
Brssrd 1b
Boone 3b
Blake rf
Totals
Tampa Bay
100 301 000 — 5
Cleveland
000 001 021 — 4
E—Boone 2 (18). DP—Tampa Bay 1,
Cleveland 2. LOB—Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland
11. 2B—Crisp (41), Broussard (29), Blake
(30). HR—Lugo (6), ASGonzalez (9). CS—
Lugo (10). S—Gathright.
IP H
R ER BB SO
Tampa Bay
Kazmir W,10-9
6
4
1 1 5 7
TreMiller
1
0
0 0 1 0
Borowski
1
3
2 2 0 2
DBaez S,40
1
2
1 1 1 0
Cleveland
Elarton L,11-8
5 10
5 5 1 1
FCabrera
2
0
0 0 1 1
Riske
1
0
0 0 0 1
Betancourt
1
1
0 0 0 1
Elarton pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Umpires—Home, Alfonso Marquez; First,
Rick Reed; Second, Chris Guccione; Third,
Ted Barrett.
T—3:04. A—23,794 (43,405).
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Recalled RHP Joey
Devine from Richmond of the IL.
California League
SAN JOSE GIANTS—Named Jim Weyermann president and CEO.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Re-signed F Gerald Wallace to a three-year contract.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Signed C Kimani
Ffriend.
NEW YORK KNICKS—Named Phil Ford and
Dave Hanners assistant coaches.
SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Re-signed G-F
Ronald Murray to a one-year contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed PK Aaron
Elling. Released LB Jim Nelson.
DETROIT LIONS—Placed CB Fernando
Bryant on injured reserve. Signed WR Scottie Vines.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Placed S Rodney Harrison on injured reserve. Waived LB
Wesly Mallard.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed QB Vinny Testaverde. Waived RB Terry Butler and DE
Radell Lockhart from the practice squad.
Signed LB Renauld Williams to the practice
squad. Waived WR Dante Ridgeway from
the active roster and signed him to the practice squad.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Re-signed WR
Michael Gasperson to the practice squad.
Released CB-WR Robert Redd from the practice squad.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Placed WR
Rashaun Woods on injured reserve.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed QB Matt
Mauck from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Assigned LW Karl
Stewart to Chicago of the AHL.
CALGARY FLAMES—Assigned G Curtis
McElhinney to Omaha of the AHL.
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Signed LW
Andrew Ladd to a three-year contract.
COLORADO AVALANCHE—Assigned LW
Paul Healey and D Jeff Finger to Lowell of
the AHL.
DALLAS STARS—Recalled F Marius Holtet
and F Mike Siklenka from Iowa of the AHL.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled F Ryan
Oulahen and D Derek Meech from Grand
Rapids of the AHL. Assigned F Michael Hackert to Grand Rapids.
EDMONTON OILERS—Assigned F Nate
DiCasmirro to Grand Rapids of the AHL.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned LW Doug
Doull, C Jakub Koreis, G Steve Passmore, C
Martin Podlesak and D Matthew Spiller to
San Antonio of the AHL.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F Colin Hemingway and F Trent Whitfield from Peoria of
the AHL.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Assigned RW Lukas
Kaspar and D Doug Murray to Cleveland of
the AHL.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned F
Chris Bourque, F Jared Aulin, F Eric Fehr, F
Jakub Klepis and F Dave Steckel to Hershey of the AHL and D Jeff Schultz to Calgary
of the WHL.
Central Hockey League
LAREDO BUCKS—Signed F Reg Thomas
Jr.
LUBBOCK COTTON KINGS—Signed F
Aaron Goldade.
WICHITA THUNDER—Named Mark French
coach.
ECHL
LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS—Signed LW
Todd Alexander and D Lee Green.
READING ROYALS—Announced the resignation of John Curtis, director of broadcasting and media sales. Named Mark Thompson
director of broadcasting and Brenna Temple marketing manager.
United Hockey League
ADIRONDACK FROSTBITE—Signed D Josh
Mizerek.
Lady Rebels
top HCHS
From staff and wire reports
Brittany Minor and Jesica Young each collected two hits to help lead George County to
a 6-3 win over Harrison Central Tuesday night
in Lucedale.
Blair Simmerall added two RBIs, while
Leatha Pritchett (6-3) earned the win onthe
mound.
George Co. (9-6) plays at Moss Point in a
division showdown Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
East Central downs
Vancleave in volleyball
East Central beat Vancleave in the best of
five sets, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 25-16, Tuesday night.
Chrsity Golden had 16 kills, while Whitney
Melton had 12 kills. Breanna Dykes and Taylor Montgomery each had 35 kills apiece for
the Lady Hornets. Nicki Brady and Lisa
Buchanon each had 20 sets for kill. Buchanon
was starting her first game at the set position.
The Lady Hornets (9-2, 1-0) play Resurrection tonight and Gautier on Thursday.
In junior varsity action East Central swept
Vancleave, 25-9, 25-13.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Tigers-Vols receive high ratings
NEW YORK — The Tennessee-LSU game
Monday night averaged a 3.1 rating on
ESPN2, making it the highest-rated college
football game in the network’s 12-year history.
Tennessee’s 30-27 overtime victory was
seen by a record 2.76 million households.
The game, originally scheduled for Saturday,
was postponed because of Hurricane Rita.
The previous highest-rated and mostviewed college football game was the Virginia
Tech-North Carolina State game on Sept. 4,
which drew a 2.5 rating and 2.19 million
households.
The Tennessee-LSU game was ESPN2’s
second highest-rated program ever behind a
3.6 rating for the Oakland-Boston divisional
playoff game on Oct. 4, 2003.
Memphis Liberty Bowl making
Southeastern Conference connection
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Liberty Bowl
announced a four-year agreement Tuesday to
match a Southeastern Conference team with
the Conference USA champion in the annual
postseason football game in Memphis, beginning in 2006.
C-USA has sent its champion to the Liberty
Bowl since 1996, when the league began
football competition.
The bowl’s agreement with the Mountain
West Conference expired last year, so C-USA
has an open selection for this year’s game on
Dec. 31.
The Liberty Bowl, with Memphis-based
AutoZone as its primary sponsor, has featured SEC teams 23 times over the years.
“This is definitely a red letter day for the
AutoZone Liberty Bowl,” said Steve Ehrhart,
the bowl’s executive director. “We have a rich
history with the SEC that dates back to the
inaugural Liberty Bowl in 1959.”
Mississippi made the latest SEC appearance in the Liberty Bowl, defeating Air Force
13-0 in 1992.
Alabama’s Bear Bryant ended his coaching
career at the Liberty Bowl in 1982, leading the
Crimson Tide to a 21-15 victory over Illinois.
How the SEC will select its Liberty Bowl
participants was not disclosed.
Fort Worth extends agreement with C-USA
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth
Bowl on Tuesday extended its agreement
with Conference USA for four years through
the 2009 season.
The bowl earlier this year reached a deal
with the Mountain West Conference for that
league to provide a team for the game from
the 2006-09 seasons.
PRO FOOTBALL
Jets agree to terms with Testaverde
NEW YORK — Vinny Testaverde, who
spent some of his best NFL seasons with the
New York Jets, is set to rejoin the team to
replace Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler,
both lost for the season with a shoulder injury.
The agreement was confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday by a person with
knowledge of the deal, but who declined to be
identified.
Announcement
The Gulf Coast Basketball Officials Association will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at
Gulfport High School gymnasium.
Mistakes
From Page 1-B
four plays to score as quarterback Leroy Diggs hooked up
with Jeramie Griffin on a 74yard touchdown strike with
6:46 to go in the opening quarter.
The Moss Point defense held
after a high snap on a punt
gave the Tigers the ball at the
Moss Point 21.
The Moss Point offense
struggled to get into a rhythm
in the first half and South
Panola took advantage of a
Moss Point three-and-out as
they began a drive at the MP
49 with 9:21 to go before the
half.
South Panola went 49 yards
in nine plays as Ricky Sanford
scored on a 17-yard run,
breaking three tackles in the
backfield to reach the end
zone.
“They had the ball a lot in
the third and fourth quarter,
because we had too many
three-and-outs,” Moss Point
head coach Jerry Alexander
said. “We got a couple of
turnovers in the second half,
but couldn’t get anything out
of them.”
Moss Point’s only touchdown
came by the way of its defense
as linebacker Corey Jackson
scored on a 28-yard fumble
return with 43 seconds left
before halftime, to make it a
14-7 game after Brad Bingham’s extra point.
South Panola responded
once again to start the second
half as they went 80 yards in
eight plays as Diggs scored on
a 14-yard run after the Tigers
converted a second-and-12
with a 49-yard strike between
Diggs and Griffin. The PAT
failed leaving South Panola
ahead 20-7.
It looked as if Moss Point
was going to respond as they
drove down to the South
Panola 20, but quarterback
Kevin Barkley was stripped of
the ball inside the 10 and Moss down and 2-of-2 on fourth
Point would never threaten down, including forcing a Moss
again.
Point offside penalty on a
fourth-and-4 with five minutes
“Against the No. 1 team in left in the game.
the state you have to take
Diggs finished the game
advantage of your opportuniwith 104 yards on 32 carries
ties,” Alexander said. “The
fumble really changed the and was 2-of-3 for 123 yards
momentum again, but we got through the air for South
the ball back on a fumble and Panola (4-0), who have know
turned it right back over outscored their opponents 12644. Griffin added 72 yards on
again.
“I thought we played really
hard against a great team, but
we just didn’t make enough
plays to win.”
South Panola chewed up a
lot of time in the second half
converting 6-of-7 on third
the ground and reeled in both
passes.
No. 8 Moss Point (1-2) was
led offensively by Dontavious
Morrissette’s 30 yards rushing.
Moss Point will open Region
4-5A play Saturday at 7:30
p.m. in Biloxi.
JR. Wittner can be reached
at sports@mspressonline.com
or (251) 219-5553.
3-C
Bama hopes to
restore respect
■ Crimson Tide set to
entertain No. 4 Florida in a
key SEC showdown
By JOHN ZENOR
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ramzee Robinson can be forgiven if he isn’t sure how
No. 15 Alabama would react to a really
big victory, one that draws the national
spotlight and makes people wonder if
’Bama is really back.
It’s only his fourth year, after all.
“I couldn’t tell you, because I can’t really remember a big, big, big game we’ve
won,” the Crimson Tide cornerback said.
It’s been awhile. Alabama (4-0, 2-0
Southeastern Conference) is trying to
snap that drought Saturday when No. 5
Florida visits with an identical record
and considerably more credibility nationally.
The last time Alabama beat a Top 10
team was 1999, when the seventh-ranked
Tide hammered the No. 5 Gators 34-7 in
the SEC championship game.
Sure, there was a win at No. 11 LSU in
2002, but the Tide was a spoiler, not a
contender since the team was ineligible
for a league title because of NCAA sanctions.
Since then, Alabama’s only victory over
a Top 25 team in eight tries was last season’s win over a Southern Miss team
ranked 24th.
No wonder linebacker DeMeco Ryans
thinks Alabama would have so much to
gain from a midseason victory over a
team from a different SEC division.
“We’re going out to win, just to put
Alabama back on top,” Ryans said. “To
get our respect back at the University of
Alabama. I think a lot of people have forgotten about Alabama football and the
winning tradition we have here. A win
would just put us back on top.”
If not on top, it would certainly put
the Tide in the driver’s seat for the SEC
West, especially with LSU’s overtime loss
to Tennessee on Monday night. But a
must-win? In October? Charlie Peprah
thinks so.
“It’s been a long time since we won a
big game around here,” the Tide safety
said. “It’s another step in the ladder that
we’re trying to climb.
“We’ve just got to win this game, that’s
all there is to it.”
The Tide could cite plenty of factors
for not being able to win the big games
despite a number of close calls, from
coaching changes to depth disadvantages
caused by the sanctions.
There have been plenty of close calls:
losses to Oklahoma by a combined 17
points in 2002 and 2003, a 27-25 defeat
against No. 7 Georgia three years ago.
Not to mention an exasperating fiveovertime loss to No. 22 Tennessee in
2003.
Peprah doesn’t think the Tide ever
lacked confidence heading into those
games. Depth, maybe. Talent, possibly.
Now, he thinks there’s a difference in
this team after a road win at South Carolina and strong finishes in wins over
Southern Miss and Arkansas.
“This year we’ve got a brand-new confidence that no matter what the situation,
we think we can pull it out,” Peprah said.
For once, though, history is against
Alabama. For all its national and league
titles, the Tide is 0-5 against Top 5 teams
at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Quarterback
Brodie Croyle didn’t even know that until
a fan approached him at lunch Tuesday.
“We were all kind of shocked, with the
tradition that we have and all the big
games that we’ve won,” Croyle said.
“That kind of gave us an extra little bit of
motivation, if we needed any at all, to
be the group that did that first.”
After about two years out of the rankings and a 10-15 mark in coach Mike
Shula’s first two seasons, the Tide is off to
SEC Individual Leaders
Top 10 Leading Rushers
Car Yds Avg Yds Pg
Addai,LSU 16 109 6.8 109.0
Darby,Ala
77 412 5.4 103.0
Riggs,Tenn
40 196 4.9 98.0
Little,Ky
63 340 5.4 85.0
Norwood,MSU61 304 5.0 76.0
Irons,Aub
43 292 6.8 73.0
McSwain,Miss19 216 11.4 72.0
Howard,Ark 47 279 5.9 69.8
Brown,Ga
37 208 5.6 69.3
McFadin,Ark 31 259 8.4 64.8
Top 10 Leading Passers
Att Cp Yds Tds Pts
Leak,Fla 114 81 1037 9 173.5
Shokly,Ga 97 58 959 8 165.9
Mitell,USC 109 71 916 7 151.4
Cox,Aub 81 50 715 5 146.4
Cryle,Ala 109 62 828
6 135.2
Rusell,LSU 29 16 232 1 133.8
Wodson,Ky 92 53 702 5 133.1
Coner,MSU101 59 662 7 130.4
Cutlr,Vand 162 100 1131 6 130.1
Sprlck,Miss 73 35 524 2 111.8
Johnsn,Ark 92 48 464 4 100.2
Ainge,Tenn 43 19 204 2 90.1
Top 10 Total Offense
Yds Avg YdsPg
Cutlr,Vand 1291 6.5 322.8
Shokly,Ga 1110 9.2 277.5
Leak,Fla 1036 6.9 259.0
Cox,Aub
691
Cryle,Ala
845
Mitell,SCaro 836
Rusell,LSU 191
Sprlock,Miss 548
Coner,MSU 668
Wodson,Ky 632
7.4
6.8
6.7
5.3
5.8
5.3
5.7
230.3
211.3
209.0
191.0
182.7
167.0
158.0
Top 10 Receptions Per Game
Gms Ct Yds CtPg
Jackson,Fla 4 32 401 8.0
Davis,Vand 4 28 353 7.0
Rice,SCaro 3 15 235 5.0
Monk,Ark
4 18 216 4.5
Bennett,Vand4 18 215 4.5
Baker,Fla
4 16 158 4.0
Davis,LSU 1 4 49 4.0
Proser,MSU 4 16 158 4.0
Newtn,SCaro4 16 197 4.0
Turmn,SCaro3 11 46 3.7
Receiving Yards Per Game
Gms Ct Yds YdsPg
Jackson,Fla 4
32 401 100.3
Davis,Vand 4
28 353 88.3
Rice,SCaro 3
15 235 78.3
Hall,Ala
4
12 231 57.8
Cornelius,Fla 4
14 217 54.3
Monk,Ark
4
18 216 54.0
Bennett,Vand4
18 215 53.8
Milner,Ga
4
7 209 52.3
Newtn,SCaro4
16 197 49.3
Prothro,Ala 4
12 191 47.8
SEC Team Leaders
AP
Alabama’s defense will play a big
part in its contest with the Gators at
Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday
its first 4-0 start since 1996.
Now comes the biggest opportunity of
Shula’s brief tenure with his team finally looking like a potential contender.
Some regarded him as on the hot seat
entering the season, needing a big season
— and a big win or two — to keep his job
status secure.
The low-key Shula isn’t approaching
it any different and wants his players to
follow suit.
“Our preparation’s got to be the same,”
Shula said. “We’ve got to be focused in.
We have to not let any outside thing
influence the way we prepare. Each week
as you play in the SEC and as you win,
each game gets bigger.
“We want guys here — we’ve got guys
here — that enjoy that, who want to have
people looking at them, people looking
at our football team and wondering what
the team’s about.”
And finally talking about Alabama in
terms of current events instead of tradition.
“We embrace that tradition here,” Shula said. “It’s exciting. But the other thing
about this place to me is people in my
opinion, they don’t want to live in the
past.”
Rushing Offense
Arkansas
Georgia
Auburn
LSU
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Florida
Mississippi St.
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Car Yds YdsPg
186 1111 277.8
145 792 198.0
141 767 191.8
47 190 190.0
169 739 184.8
149 722 180.5
164 597 149.3
138 496 124.0
92 341 113.7
60 204 102.0
119 400 100.0
111 262 65.5
Passing Offense
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
LSU
Auburn
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
Mississippi St.
Arkansas
Total Offense
Plays
Georgia
255
Vanderbilt
313
LSU
77
Auburn
247
Florida
284
Arkansas
294
Alabama
280
South Carolina230
Mississippi 187
Tennessee 133
Mississippi St.244
Kentucky
219
Att
164
110
120
119
30
106
111
73
95
100
106
108
Yds
1873
1866
434
1693
1670
1633
1605
1281
944
625
1168
1147
Cp Yds YdsPg
101 1144 286.0
67 1081 270.3
85 1073 268.3
78 1019 254.8
17 244 244.0
64 926 231.5
64 866 216.5
38 421 210.5
44 603 201.0
58 747 186.8
61 672 168.0
53 522 130.5
YdsPg
468.3
466.5
434.0
423.3
417.5
408.3
401.3
320.3
314.7
312.5
292.0
286.8
Rushing Defense
Car
Tennessee 60
Florida
111
Georgia
122
Alabama
107
Mississippi St.143
LSU
25
Auburn
140
Mississippi 130
Vanderbilt
146
Arkansas
142
South Carolina182
Kentucky
184
Yds
121
316
349
351
387
99
468
491
681
727
796
858
YdsPg
60.5
79.0
87.3
87.8
96.8
99.0
117.0
163.7
170.3
181.8
199.0
214.5
Passing Defense
Att Cp Yds Tds Pts
Florida
132 56 576 2 73.47
Auburn
105 55 614 1 95.12
Georgia
125 72 687 2 96.25
Alabama
116 60 579 4 99.86
South Carolina108 60 620 4 108.59
Mississippi 104 57 683
2 110.55
Vanderbilt
122 65 928
4 124.71
Tennessee 64 44 461
1 131.29
Mississippi St.122 74 861 5 131.82
Arkansas
134 71 1056 11 141.79
Kentucky
123 89 955 8 152.54
LSU
56 35 461 4 155.22
Total Defense
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Auburn
Tennessee
Mississippi St.
South Carolina
Mississippi
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
Kentucky
LSU
Plays
243
223
247
245
124
265
290
234
268
276
307
81
Yds
892
930
1036
1082
582
1248
1416
1174
1609
1783
1813
560
YdsPg
223.0
232.5
259.0
270.5
291.0
312.0
354.0
391.3
402.2
445.7
453.2
560.0
Croom looking for offensive toughness
■ Bulldogs managed
just 49 yards on the
ground against UGa
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) —
Mississippi State’s offense is
going back to basics.
“We just have to play a lot
better,” coach Sylvester Croom
said Tuesday at his weekly
news conference. “We are going
to do that by getting back to
some of our base things and
see if we can execute the core of
our offense.”
The Bulldogs (2-2, 0-2
Southeastern Conference)
struggled to sustain drives
during last week’s 23-10 loss
to No. 7 Georgia. Mississippi
State had a field goal on its
opening drive, a touchdown
on its next-to-last possession
— and not much in between,
largely because the Bulldogs
couldn’t get much going on the
ground.
Mississippi State spread the
field and attempted to run
through the gaps last week,
but that didn’t work.
The Bulldogs ran for a season-worst 49 yards, and running back Jerious Norwood
was held to minus-6 yards
rushing in the second half.
“We have got to get into a
rhythm of running the football,” Croom said. “We tried
to spread them out a little bit
last week, trying to create
some better running lanes. We
are going to start doing it the
hard way again, by knocking
people off the football.
“We are not going to try to
finesse people. We are going to
block people and run and do it
the sure, hard way,” he said.
LSU (1-1, 0-1) did a good
job Monday night of stopping
the run in its loss to Tennessee — except in overtime.
The Tigers held Gerald Riggs
to 89 yards on 24 carries but
allowed him to score the win-
ning touchdown in the Volunteers’ 30-27 victory. The Vols
finished with 70 yards rushing.
Tigers defensive coordinator Bo Pelini and Croom were
on the Green Bay Packers’
staff in 2001 and 2002, and
the Mississippi State coach
knows what to expect from
Pelini.
“He is not going to play
tricks during the game,”
Croom said. “He pretty much
knows my philosophy, and I
know his. So really, it is going
to come down to the players
executing and playing good
football.”
Kickoff for Saturday’s game
is 1:30 p.m.
AP
Georgia’s Thomas Brown is among the leading
rushers in the SEC.
USM ready for Orgeron, Rebels prep for Vols
tough stretch
■ Ole Miss travels to
Knoxville Saturday
By JOEDY McCREARY
JACKSON — Southern
Mississippi vows to play anyone, anywhere, anytime. Two
hurricanes have put that slogan to the test.
The Golden Eagles had two
games postponed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and
to squeeze in the makeup
dates, the schedule was shuffled and two bye weeks were
scrapped.
As a result, they could play
10 games in 10 weeks if they
reach the Conference USA
championship game.
“Like our motto says, that’s
how we’re going to approach
it,” quarterback Dustin
Almond said Tuesday night
in a phone interview. “As a
football team, we like challenges, and it’s going to be a
challenge.”
The team’s two-month test
of endurance begins Saturday
in its league opener at East
Carolina.
“We’re going to get into a
stretch where we are going to
play a lot of games without
time off,” coach Jeff Bower
said. “I think the players have
handled it well. Our practices
have been good. They known
there’s nothing anyone
could’ve done about the games
being canceled. We know we
are going to play and they will
be excited about playing.”
When the schedule was
announced, Southern Miss
had three weekends off. Two
sandwiched a weeknight
game, and the third fell
between the season finale and
the league title game.
The schedule was rearranged after two recent hurricanes ravaged the region.
Katrina blew through Hattiesburg late last month,
knocking down trees and power lines, sending the football
team to a Memphis hotel for a
week and forcing officials to
postpone the Sept. 4 opener
against Tulane.
USM played Alabama and
McNeese State in consecutive
weeks before Hurricane Rita
threatened the Texas Gulf
Coast last week and convinced Conference USA officials to push back the Sept. 24
game at Houston.
The Golden Eagles will visit the Cougars either Nov. 12
or 13 and will face Tulane on
Nov. 26, backloading the
revamped schedule, giving
them four straight road
games and essentially guaranteeing USM will play each
week through November.
By JOEDY McCREARY
JACKSON — It was rarely
this hard in recent seasons for
Ed Orgeron at Southern California.
The new Mississippi coach
has his first personal losing
streak in a half-decade and,
with an uphill climb at 10thranked Tennessee this week,
a three-game slide looks
increasingly likely.
“We just need to keep on
grinding, just keep on doing
the best that we can, keep on
sticking with the program,”
Orgeron said Monday during
his weekly news conference in
Oxford. “I’ve seen this program
work. I’ve seen it with my own
eyes.”
In previous seasons, losing
was a foreign concept to Org-
eron. The Trojans’ former
defensive line
coach in his
first season at
Ole Miss (1-2,
0-1 Southeastern Conference) is dealing with his Orgeron
first losing
streak in five seasons.
Wyoming beat the struggling
Rebels 24-14 last week to give
them consecutive losses. Orgeron’s last multi-game slide
came in 2000, when USC lost
five straight during a 5-7 season.
Three games into his head
coaching career, Orgeron promised to stick with his multifaceted offense and his 4-3
defensive scheme.
“We are not going to change
our offensive and defensive
systems just because it’s not
operating the way we want
them right now,” he said.
The key to getting in that
winning groove is through
more hard work. His relentless work ethic and over-thetop enthusiasm were among
the factors that led Ole Miss to
hire him last December.
Since then, he’s dedicated
himself to rebuilding the program in his high-intensity likeness.
“I’ve been with it 24-7 and
we’re doing the same exact
things,” Orgeron said. “We’re
going to work, we’re going to
stay positive and we’ll get
them to play.”
Orgeron is hoping the challenge of playing a nationally
ranked team at its huge, tradition-rich stadium for the first
time since 1997 will provide
at least a spark of motivation.
“Practices are so important,”
Orgeron said. “I really think
our guys are going to come out
ready to go on a daily basis,
on a weekly basis, regardless of
who we’re playing.”
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Ex-beau’s invitation not to woman’s taste
Dear Abby: My former
fiance has recently begun
calling and asking me to
meet him for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Our relationship ended badly, and I have
neither spoken to him nor
seen him for almost two
years. He will not explain
why he wants to meet, and
insists that it’s just “casual.”
I don’t see anything “casual” about meeting my ex in a
fancy restaurant for dinner.
I am curious about what he
wants to say, but I don’t
want to disrespect my new
beau by going to meet my exfiance. (I know I would be
upset if the tables were
turned.) I am happy in this
relationship, and I don’t
want to encourage my ex to
continue trying to contact
me, or trying to be friends.
How should I handle this
with tact and grace? —
Uncomfortable in
Wyoming
Dear Uncomfortable:
Handle this with tact and
grace by smiling into the
telephone as you tell your
former fiance exactly what
you have told me. By smiling
when you speak, a warmer,
friendlier tone is generated
than if you tighten your jaw
and speak from the throat.
Your message is entirely
appropriate.
Dear Abby: In years past,
you have helped the National Influenza Summit
spread the
word
about the
importance of
yearly
influenza
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behalf of
Abby
millions of
health-care professionals,
thank you for this great public service, and for helping to
protect our patients against
a disease that kills 36,000
Americans and hospitalizes
more than 200,000 every
year.
As our nation faces another flu season, your readers
may remember last year’s
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vaccine is in short supply:
• People at high risk for
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and older; people who live in
nursing homes and other
long-term care facilities; all
children 6 to 23 months of
age; adults and children 6
months and older with
chronic medical conditions;
and women who will be
pregnant during the influenza season.
• People who can transmit
influenza to others at high
risk: This includes healthcare workers, and household
contacts and out-of-home
caregivers of children 0 to 6
months of age.
If injectable flu vaccine is
in short supply again this
year, the CDC recommends
that FluMist (nasal spray
vaccine) be encouraged for
use as much as possible for
non-pregnant, healthy people 5 to 49 years of age,
including health-care workers and contacts of the highrisk persons listed above. —
Mitchel C. Rothholz,
American Pharmacists
Association
Dear Readers: As most of
you know by now, I am, from
personal experience, a firm
believer in flu vaccination. If
you fall into any of the
groups mentioned in Mr.
Rothholz’s letter, get vaccinated early in the season
(October) by your healthcare provider or local health
department. If you are not in
one of these groups, vaccination in later months is a
good way to safeguard your
health. According to the
CDC, flu shots will be “prioritized” until Oct. 24. On Oct.
24, the vaccine will be available to all who want it. Mark
your calendars!
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enced the “pee” problem and
a junior high teacher of 20
the domino effect.
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they enter my class. With the es per quarter. The time out
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students out of class
after school.
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only three minutes
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utes in the hall moniAnnie’s
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KATRINA AFTERMATH
UPDATE
JACKSON COUNTY CITIZEN INFORMATION
LINE: 228-769-5870 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
JACKSON COUNTY COMMAND CENTER:
• Jackson County’s hurricane command center is moving from
Gautier High School. All morning briefings will now be conducted at Gautier City Hall at 8 a.m.
WATER:
• Twenty-one water systems in Jackson County are still under
a boil water notice from Mississippi’s Department of Health.
These systems are:
Residential — must boil
• Coast Water Works — Gulf Hills
• Colonial Estates #3
• Gulf Breeze Mobile Home Park
• Houston Estates Utility
• Martin Lake Resort
• Pine Grove Water Systems
• Presley’s Outing
• St. Andrews Water and Sewer
• TESI: Langley Point
• TESI: Beach Bayou
• Tucker Hill Water Works
• Vancleave Family Park
• Woodland Park
Businesses — must boil
• Jackson Co. Port Authority — East 3
• Jackson Co. Port Authority — East 13
• Jackson Co. Port Authority — West
• NGSS- Ingalls East Bank
• Naval Station Pascagoula
• Jackson Co. Welcome Center
Schools — must boil
• St. Martin High School
• Vancleave High School
NOTE – This information will be updated by special release
as information becomes available.
• Do not assume that the water is safe to drink until it has
been confirmed by the Department of Health. Even if you have
running water, do not assume it is safe to drink. This is especially true if you are on a well system.
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY
• With schools around Jackson County reopening in the coming days, it is important to remind residents and debris contractors of the importance of school bus safety.
• Be prepared to slow down and possibly stop whenever you
see a school bus. Remember, school buses stop prior to crossing any railroad track, so be sure not to follow too closely.
Motorists should stop at least 20 feet from the bus. Remember
to stop for a school bus until the red lights stop flashing, or until
the bus driver or police officer/traffic director directs you to proceed. Motorists must stop for a school bus even if it is on the
opposite side of a divided highway.
• With piles of debris on the roadsides, it may be hard to see
children waiting for the bus. Watch carefully on both sides of the
road and drive very cautiously until you are out of the area. Children have been known to dart across a street or not realize
motorists are nearby in their excitement to go to school or come
back home.
TRANSPORTATION:
• Free bus service will continue this week for residents in
south Jackson County. The six temporary bus routes were created last week to connect residents to FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Centers, Singing River Mall and Red Cross Relief Centers.
• The bus routes will be updated later this week to include the
state’s new food stamp registration points.
• The final day for the current bus service will be Friday, September 30, when the busses will be returned to the school systems for the resumption of classes.
FIRE:
• State forestry officials remind residents that despite the rain
over the weekend, the burn ban remains in effect for all of Jackson County. This includes barrel burning.
• Residents are reminded to remove brush and debris covering fire hydrants. Several hydrants have been damaged in
recent days by heavy equipment removing debris that was covering fire hydrants.
HEALTH:
• Mississippi Department of Health is providing tetanus and
hepatitis shots at Singing River Mall (outside the old Conrad’s
Restaurant). Hours: 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. weekdays. Tetanus shots
are also available at the Health Department office in Ocean
Springs and in a tent in front of Pascagoula’s old building on
Hospital Road.
• Mississippi Department of Health has established a Jackson
County mold hotline. Call 866-458-4948.
• Well water testing (drinking water wells) — to have your well
water tested, contact the Mississippi Department of Health or
Micro Lab (6500 Sunplex Drive, Ocean Springs, 228-875-6420).
There will be a charge for using Micro Lab’s services.
MENTAL HEALTH:
• Mental health services are available from Singing River Services at 3407 Shamrock Court, Gautier or call the 24 hour Crisis
Line at 228-497-0690. A special program for children is available
by calling 228-696-0030.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZED FOOD AND/OR SUPPLY
DISTRIBUTION AREAS:
• First Baptist Church (Live Oak Avenue in Pascagoula)
• First Baptist Church of Moss Point (Main Street)
• Swingster Building (Government Street in Ocean Springs)
• Gay Lemon Park (Deana Road)
• Miss. 63 near Saracennia Road staffed by United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
• Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Contact:
(985) 649-2774 or (985) 649-2776
• Convoy of Hope at the Refuge (U.S. 90, Gautier) 9 a.m. –
4:30 p.m.
• The Jackson County community is saturated with clothing
donations are no longer needed. If individuals are in need in of
clothing, please contact the Salvation Army (228) 762-7222.
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Health officials raise cleanup concerns
neck, jaw or stomach.
• Shortness of breath. May
occur before, with or without
chest discomfort.
• Other signs: Breaking out
in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
From Staff Reports
PASCAGOULA — Jackson
County health officials urged
local residents, especially those
performing heavy physical
activity, to take caution when
working in the heat.
Jackson County medical facilities have seen an increase in
heart attack, heat stroke and
heat exhaustion cases. Health
officials encouraged people to
continue taking their prescriptions as directed and to refill
their prescriptions when needed.
“You must take time to hydrate yourself and eat regular
meals. If you do not take care
of yourself now, you won’t be
able to continue recovering
from Katrina and rebuilding
your lives,” said Dr. Cathy
Butts of the Jackson County
Department of Health.
“Initially, we were worried
about the eating food that had
spoiled or drinking water before the boil water notice had
been lifted,” said Liz Sharlot,
director of communications for
the Mississippi Department of
Health. “Now we are more concerned with issues related to
the cleanup process.”
People should wear gloves,
shoes and socks when they are
working to remove debris.
Along with taking precautions
to keep from getting injured,
Sharlot advises people to clean
wounds and to see their family
physician to find out if a tetanus shot is needed.
Those affected by Hurricane
Katrina should be aware that
September is the peak month
for West Nile Virus and October is the beginning of flu season.
Anytime a hurricane the size
of Katrina makes landfall it
brings with it mosquitos. The
health department has seen an
increase in mosquitos, and people covered when outdoors and
wear DEET at all times, Sharlot said, and make sure they
are vaccinated for the upcoming flu season.
Health officials also want to
continue to remind residents
who are using generators as
their power source to be cautious of carbon monoxide poisoning.
“Place generators in a well
ventilated area. It should be
outside and away from windows and air-conditioning
units,” Sharlot said.
Health officials also issued
the following advice Sunday on
a variety of health concerns:
Heart attack
While some heart attacks are
sudden and intense, many
heart attacks start slowly, with
mild pain or discomfort. If you
or someone you are with begins
to have chest discomfort, especially with one or more of the
other signs of a heart attack,
call 9-1-1 immediately.
What to do?
If you, or someone you’re
with, show one or more of
these signs, don’t ignore them.
Get medical help immediately.
Calling 9-1-1 is almost always
the fastest way to get lifesaving treatment. Emergency
medical services staff can begin treatment when they
arrive — up to an hour sooner
than if someone gets to the
hospital by car.
Carisa Anderson/The Mississippi Press
Elizabeth Blake, a nurse practitioner from Port
Townsend, Wash., organizes medicines in the pharmacy of a health clinic at First Christian Church in Moss
Point. A group from Northwest Medical Teams is offering the free clinic at the church on Magnolia Street for
two weeks.
Warning signs of a heart attack include the following:
• Chest discomfort. Most
heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest
that lasts more than a few minutes or that goes away and
comes back. It can feel like
uncomfortable pressure,
squeezing, fullness or pain.
• Discomfort in other areas
of the upper body. Symptoms
can include pain or discomfort
in one or both arms, the back,
Heat stroke
Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related illness. It
occurs when the body becomes
unable to control its temperature: The body’s temperature
rises rapidly, the body loses its
ability to sweat, and it is unable to cool down.
Body temperatures could
rise to 106 degrees or higher
within 10 to 15 minutes. Heat
stroke can cause death or permanent disability if emergency
treatment is not provided.
Warning signs vary but may
include the following:
• An extremely high body
temperature (above 103 degrees).
• Red, hot and dry skin (no
sweating).
• Rapid, strong pulse.
• Throbbing headache.
• Dizziness.
• Nausea.
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KATRINA AFTERMATH
UPDATE
RED CROSS SHELTERS:
• Riverfront Community Center is opening in Moss Point on
9/27/05
• Christus Victor Lutheran Church is closing on 9/27/05
• St. Paul’s United Methodist Church East Campus is closing on 9/27/05
• Gautier Convention Center (just north of U.S. 90 on
Library Lane)
SALVATION ARMY HOT MEALS
(Noon to 7 p.m.):
• The following canteen units will be operational today:
• Roving Unit – Orange Grove
• St. Martin Community Center
• St. Andrews — Roving
• Fountainbleau — Roving
• Roving Unit — Martin Bluff Road
• Roving Unit — Ingalls Ave. in Pascagoula
• First Baptist Church – Live Oak Ave, Pascagoula
• Southgate Shopping Center – Miss. 613 in Moss Point
• The Salvation Army is now seeing clients by appointment
only at its new warehouse at 4200 Bell View in Moss Point.
Vouchers to local merchants, the warehouse, and Wal-Mart
will be issued based upon the client’s needs. The Salvation
Army is using a case management system for long-term
assistance and clients are asked to bring information with
them about special needs. Clients should call 228-762-7222
on Friday, Sept. 30, to make appointments for next week.
OPERATION BLUE ROOF IN JACKSON
COUNTY — U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS:
• Residents can sign up for the Corps of Army Engineers
Blue Roof Program at all three FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (Pascagoula, Moss Point, Ocean Springs) and Singing
River Mall by filling out a right of entry form. The Blue Roof
Program will be in a separate line from FEMA applications.
• Residents are reminded that ACOE Blue Roof installations
are free of charge and will not affect FEMA eligibility or assistance payments.
• Blue Roofs: 5,122 registrations for right of entry and 1,751
blue roofs installed as of Sept. 25.
DEBRIS REMOVAL — U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS:
• 1,097,388 cubic yards of debris removed so far in Jackson
County.
• All contractor trucks hired by the Army Corps of Engineers
will have an Ashbritt seal and truck number on it. Those without seals are not operating as part of the Army Corps of Engineers.
COUNTY DEBRIS PICKUP:
• Debris removal assistance is available for eligible unincorporated Jackson County residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. County officials will remove debris
at no costs to residents who:
• Sustained damage of more than 50 percent to their homes
or received significant damage from debris from surrounding
areas; and
• Incurred damage that is a threat to the public health and
safety.
• To receive this assistance, residents must complete a right
of entry form which grants the County and the contractor permission to enter the residents’ property and remove the
debris. Applicants must attach a brief description of the damage. Because of FEMA guidelines, applicants are encouraged
to submit the right of entry form no later than Oct. 28.
• Right of entry forms are currently available at the Jackson
County Civic Center on Shortcut Road in Pascagoula, St.
Andrews Fire Station, Elks Lodge on Beach View, St. Martin
Library and the West Jackson County Road Department.
• Residents are reminded to remove brush and debris covering fire hydrants, or electric or water meters. Several
hydrants, gas lines, water stubs or electric meters have been
damaged in recent days by heavy equipment removing
debris.
EDUCATION:
• Ocean Springs School District – open.
• Moss Point School District is expected to reopen today.
• Pascagoula School District is expected to reopen Oct. 6,
teachers should report Oct. 3.
• Jackson County School District is expected to reopen Oct.
3.
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BRIEFS
George County ends emergency proclamation
LUCEDALE — In its regular
end of the month meeting, the
George County Board of Supervisors ended its local emergency proclamation for Hurricane Rita, which was executed
on Sept. 23.
An emergency proclamation
allows for emergency management preparations prior to a
storm and the activities required
in the immediate aftermath,
according to George County
Emergency Management Director Lorraine Howell.
The supervisors also lifted the
countywide burn ban. Board
president Kelly Wright said that
when the weather once again
turns dry, the burn ban may be
reinstituted.
Howell cautioned people
burning storm debris to exercise
care and to make sure fires are
carefully controlled. She said
that wildfires requiring Forestry
Commission response may
subject the person or persons
responsible to the cost of extinguishing the blaze and for the
damage caused, as well as
fines and legal costs.
The board also voted to purchase a rubber tire packer for
$31,535 and a motorized
sweeper for $62,824 from
Puckett Rents, the only company to submit a bid for the equipment.
Boil water advisory lifted for
Pine Grove Water System
State health officials today lifted the precautionary “Boil
Tiny Mister, Miss Jackson
Water Alert” for customers who
County pageant
get their drinking water from the
to be rescheduled
Pine Grove Water System in
HURLEY — The inaugural
Jackson County.
Tiny Mister and Miss Jackson
Tests performed by the MisCounty pageant, scheduled for
sissippi Department of Health
Oct. 1 at East Central High
Public Health Laboratory indiSchool, has been postponed,
cate the water is now safe to
announced director Wanda Tira. drink.
It will be rescheduled at a latTwenty additional systems in
er date. The pageant was spon- Jackson County remain under a
sored by East Central High
boil water advisory.
School Choral Parents League.
For more information, the
public can contact the MissisFriendship club
sippi Department of Health at
suspends meetings
(866) 458-4948) or online at
OCEAN SPRINGS — The
Friendship Civic Club of Ocean www.HealthyMS.com.
Springs has suspended all
Arts Commission selects
meetings until further notice.
White as director
Call Margie Fleming at (228)
JACKSON — The Mississip875-7407 for details.
pi Arts Commission has hired
Jackson restaurateur and proSquare dance
moter Malcolm White as its
lessons postponed
new executive director.
ESCATAWPA — The Singing
White, 54, was hired MonRiver Swingers Square Dance
day. The $66,000-a-year job
Club’s lessons, originally sched- oversees a staff of 11 and a
uled to start in September, have nearly $2.4 million operating
been postponed until January.
budget. His first official day is
include “Sufficient Grace.”
Call Fred Yates at (601) 9472597 for details.
Saturday.
White, a native of Stone
County who owns homes in
Jackson and Bay St. Louis,
said the commission’s first obligation “is to see what we can
do to help the arts community
on the coast.”
Because of the devastation
caused by Hurricane Katrina,
museums, theaters and other
arts groups will need help reestablishing themselves, White
said.
White also wants to work on
the agency’s existing strategic
plan that extends through
2008, and begin work on things
he’s interested in, “of course
music being one.”
“I’m trying to develop Mississippi’s contribution to America’s music, not only as a cultural tool, but a tourism tool,”
White said. “We have forever
given our musical heritage
away to Memphis and New
Orleans.”
White said he was ready for
a career change and is eager
to have a statewide platform.
— From Staff, Wire Reports
Assessment team
tours historic sites
PASCAGOULA — Homes
and businesses in Pascagoula
listed on the National Register
of Historic Places may be eligible to receive aid from the Mississippi State Historical Preservation Office.
An assessment team from
that office was in Pascagoula
Monday and was “pleased” by
the overall condition of the
approximately 75 remaining
structures listed on the National
Register of Historic Places or
located within a National Register district, said Liz Ford, chairwoman of the Pascagoula Historic Preservation Commission.
Assistance in mold remediation by experts in that field is
also available through the state
agency as well as advice from
structural engineers, Ford said.
Before demolition is considered, home and business owners are urged to contact the
state at (601) 956-2658 or (601)
965-2898 for suggestions.
“In addition a bill is under
consideration in Congress to
offer monetary assistance or tax
credits for renovation of individual homes as well as businesses listed on the National Register,” Ford added.
Movella Missionary
Baptist Church to host
singing convention
MOVELLA — The Big Creek
Singing Convention will be held
Oct. 1 at the Movella Missionary
Baptist Church on Miss. 63. The
convention will begin at 7:30
p.m. and featured singers will
MUNICIPALITIES
CITY OF GAUTIER:
• If you have a trailer that you wish to place on your property, call the Planning Department at 228-497-1879 for a permit.
If citizens need a permit, they should call the city’s planning
department at 228-497-1878.
CITY OF MOSS POINT:
• Moss Point City Hall (4412 Denny St.) resumed normal
business hours this week (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.). For
more information, call 475-0300.
CITY OF OCEAN SPRINGS:
• Mosquito larvae discs are available at Ocean Springs City
Hall. The discs are for use in swimming pools, ponds, or large
areas of standing water and are used to stop mosquito larvae
from developing. Please contact Marie Starr at (228) 8756666 or Angela Mohar at Ocean Springs City Hall at (228)
875-4415.
CITY OF PASCAGOULA:
• Work has begun to repair roof damage to the Public
Works Complex on 14th Street from Katrina and Rita.
• Public dumpsters are available for the disposal of debris,
garbage, in Pascagoula.
• Daycare for children age 6 – 14 continues. Monday – Friday from 7 a.m. — 5:30 p.m. at Lake Elementary School. Participants should enter at the back of the school.
IMPORTANT JACKSON COUNTY
PHONE NUMBERS:
• Ocean Springs Citizens Information Line, (228) 875-4236
• Jackson County Building Permits, (228) 769-3056
• Pascagoula Building Permits, (228) 381-0710
• Pascagoula water, sewer and gas leaks, (228) 938-6623
• Pascagoula Police Department, (228) 762-2211
• Jackson/George County Library System, (228) 475-7462
• Jackson County Chamber Volunteer Hotline, (228) 8753416 or (228) 875-3368.
• Price Gouging Hotline, (800) 281-4418.
• Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, (877) 744-7NGS (877)
744-7647.
Butler Snow’s
Coast office is open and ready
to help with recovery
We’re back home, ready to help our Gulf Coast clients, friends and neighbors
recover and rebuild. During this trying time, our 25 Coast attorneys and staff –
and the entire 140-attorney-strong Butler Snow team – have worked to serve our
clients’ needs. With the re-opening of our Coast office, Butler Snow’s commitment
to this community is stronger than ever.
Robert C. Galloway
James B. Galloway
Peter H. Barrett
John M. Harral
John L. Galloway
Ann Bowden-Hollis
Walter J. Eades
Patrick T. Bergin
Richard W. Sliman
Paul S. Murphy
Brian W. Sanderson
Shannon F. Favre
Michael B. Hewes
Whitney National Bank Building
Suite 204, 1300 Twenty-fifth Ave.
Gulfport, MS 39502
Phone 228-864-1170
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FAX 228-868-1531
www.butlersnow.com
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