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Ike online: BeaumontEnterprise.com AFTERMATH ANSWERS: Things you want to know WHAT’S ON: Search and share info with the online database for restored electricity WHAT’S OPEN: Database on what’s open and closed in Southeast Texas SHARE INFO: Videos, photos, forums and news alerts PHOTOS: Latest storm images VIDEO: Watch our latest storm videos WEATHER: Isolated thunderstorms, Highs: 80s, Lows: 60s/2A
The tastiest bits of Southeast Texas are on
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
at beaumontenterpris com
V OL . CXXVIII , N O. 319
50 Cents
THE ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE 1880
Coming together Distribution kinks fixed, Chertoff says
Peninsula residents gather in frustration
By DEE DIXON
THE ENTERPRISE
FEMA has doled out more than $927,000 in aid so far to residents in Orange and Jefferson counties, a spokesman said Thursday. As of Thursday, 62,000 Jefferson County residents had registered for emergency disaster INSIDE assistance from Homeland the federal agency, Security and 20,938 chief holds Orange County news conhad ference: 8A residents applied. The agency has disbursed $429,000 to those in Jefferson County and $498,000 to those in Orange County, spokesman Marty Bahamonde said. On his second trip to Beaumont this week, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said some kinks in the supply-distribution chain were corrected.
By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE
THE ENTERPRISE
WINNIE — Butch Leger of Crystal Beach wanted to know when he could get back in to see what he could salvage from his home and business. He called a few friends and neighbors to get together at the Market Basket in Winnie on Thursday, hoping to get some answers. MEETING, page 9A
VIDEO ◆ High Island residents meet in Winnie to vent their frustrations related to Hurricane Ike at Beaumont Enterprise.com
Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise
Crystal Beach resident, Laura Wolfford, center, has an emotional reunion on Thursday with Paul Norton, left,
and his wife, Cathy, at Market Basket on Texas 124 in Winnie.
Sabine Pass residents try to pick up the pieces Sabine Pass resident Diane Bergeron says her family will stay and rebuild after Hurricane Ike destroyed their home.
By RYAN MYERS
THE ENTERPRISE
SABINE PASS — Three dogs, three horses, hundreds of pages. At the converted beach bar he called home, retired football coach Neil Morgan’s third book was nearing completion. “I put some of the manuscript in my truck when we left for higher ground,” he said, surveying the skeleton of his home
Dave Ryan/ The Enterprise
HOME DELIVERY Delivery of The Beaumont Enterprise resumes today to most homes. Customers whose regular carriers evacuated might still experience late or no delivery for a few more days. The Enterprise is available in racks throughout the region. Please go to BeaumontEnterprise.com for details and news updates.
0 0
AND
% A.P.R.
For 36 mos. on
SELECT NEW Kubota’s
◆ See Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s Sabine Pass visit at Beaumont Enterprise.com
INSIDE ◆ $351 million in timber lost to Ike: 4A ◆ Dead fish cleanup not an easy task for Orange: 10A ◆ Crews work to rebury caskets that floated out of concrete crypts in Orange County: 13A
Matthew Danelo/The Enterprise
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, center, tours the FEMA staging area Thursday at Ford Park.
Weather helps Entergy make big restoration gains By DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
Southeast Texas electric utilities scored big restoration numbers Thursday, though almost threefifths of Entergy Texas’ service territory still struggled without power. By this morning, about 150 hours
INSIDE
DOWN
VIDEO
Thursday. “The rest was in a little shed I used as an office. I don’t even know where that shed is now. It’s not where it used to be.” When Hurricane Ike roared ashore Saturday morning, storm surge here reached 14 feet. Many homes have all but disappeared, washed away into miles of marshland at the Southeastern tip of Texas. IKE, page 8A
FEMA, page 8A
Advice & TV......5B Classified ........6B
Comics ............4B Nation ..............2A Obituaries ......12A Puzzles ............5B
had ticked by since Hurricane Ike’s landfall near Galveston, knocking out power to nearly all of Entergy Texas’s 395,000 customers across 26 counties. The Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative, serving Jasper and Newton counties and northern areas of Orange County, has
Sports ............1B State................2A Weather ..........2A World ..............2A
restored power to almost two-thirds of its 17,000 meters, the cooperative’s spokesman said. By Thursday afternoon, Entergy had restored almost 150,000 customers, leaving almost 243,000 without power. That’s about 38 percent of its customers, said Dave Caplan, Entergy
Dow Nasdaq +410.03 +100.25
Average price of a gallon of regular gas in Southeast Texas: As of Thursday morning
Texas communications manager. “We are working the plan and making progress,” Caplan said. “The weather is cooperating nicely.” Jasper-Newton has had assistance from six “sister electric cooperatives” who have provided a work
$3.70
Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service
Legendary
Beaumont Tractor Co.
Kubota Quality
(409) 866-3360
More Affordable Than Ever!
POWER, page 9A
4430 College Street • Beaumont
BeaumontTractor.com
Everything You Value
Down, 0% A.P.R. financing for terms up to 36 $0 months on purchases of new Kubota ZD, F, BX, B, L, M, CE,TLB Series form available inventory at participating dealers through September 30, 2008. Example: a 36 month monthly installment repayment term at 0% A.P.R. requires 36 payment of $27.78 per $1,000 borrowed. 0% A.P.R. interest is available to customer if no dealer documentation preparation fee is charged. Only Kubota and Kubota performance-matched Land Pride equipment are eligible. Inclusion of ineligible equipment may result in a higher blended A.P.R. Dealer charges for document preparation fee shall be in accordance with state laws. Not available for Rental, National Accounts, or Governmental customers. Financing is available through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A., subject to credit approval. Some exceptions apply. See us for details on these and other low rate options or go to www.kubota.com for more information.
◆ Section designed and copy-edited by Tammie Hodges, David Constantine, Megan Kinkade and Wendi Wilkerson, (409) 880-0793 ◆
The tastiest bits of Southeast Texas are on
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
at beaumontenterpris com
V OL . CXXVIII , N O. 319
50 Cents
THE ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE 1880
Coming together Distribution kinks fixed, Chertoff says
Peninsula residents gather in frustration
By DEE DIXON
THE ENTERPRISE
FEMA has doled out more than $927,000 in aid so far to residents in Orange and Jefferson counties, a spokesman said Thursday. As of Thursday, 62,000 Jefferson County residents had registered for emergency disaster INSIDE assistance from Homeland the federal agency, Security and 20,938 chief holds Orange County news conhad ference: 8A residents applied. The agency has disbursed $429,000 to those in Jefferson County and $498,000 to those in Orange County, spokesman Marty Bahamonde said. On his second trip to Beaumont this week, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said some kinks in the supply-distribution chain were corrected.
By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE
THE ENTERPRISE
WINNIE — Butch Leger of Crystal Beach wanted to know when he could get back in to see what he could salvage from his home and business. He called a few friends and neighbors to get together at the Market Basket in Winnie on Thursday, hoping to get some answers. MEETING, page 9A
VIDEO ◆ High Island residents meet in Winnie to vent their frustrations related to Hurricane Ike at Beaumont Enterprise.com
Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise
Crystal Beach resident, Laura Wolfford, center, has an emotional reunion on Thursday with Paul Norton, left,
and his wife, Cathy, at Market Basket on Texas 124 in Winnie.
Sabine Pass residents try to pick up the pieces Sabine Pass resident Diane Bergeron says her family will stay and rebuild after Hurricane Ike destroyed their home.
By RYAN MYERS
THE ENTERPRISE
SABINE PASS — Three dogs, three horses, hundreds of pages. At the converted beach bar he called home, retired football coach Neil Morgan’s third book was nearing completion. “I put some of the manuscript in my truck when we left for higher ground,” he said, surveying the skeleton of his home
Dave Ryan/ The Enterprise
HOME DELIVERY Delivery of The Beaumont Enterprise resumes today to most homes. Customers whose regular carriers evacuated might still experience late or no delivery for a few more days. The Enterprise is available in racks throughout the region. Please go to BeaumontEnterprise.com for details and news updates.
0 0
AND
% A.P.R.
For 36 mos. on
SELECT NEW Kubota’s
◆ See Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s Sabine Pass visit at Beaumont Enterprise.com
INSIDE ◆ $351 million in timber lost to Ike: 4A ◆ Dead fish cleanup not an easy task for Orange: 10A ◆ Crews work to rebury caskets that floated out of concrete crypts in Orange County: 13A
Matthew Danelo/The Enterprise
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, center, tours the FEMA staging area Thursday at Ford Park.
Weather helps Entergy make big restoration gains By DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
Southeast Texas electric utilities scored big restoration numbers Thursday, though almost threefifths of Entergy Texas’ service territory still struggled without power. By this morning, about 150 hours
INSIDE
DOWN
VIDEO
Thursday. “The rest was in a little shed I used as an office. I don’t even know where that shed is now. It’s not where it used to be.” When Hurricane Ike roared ashore Saturday morning, storm surge here reached 14 feet. Many homes have all but disappeared, washed away into miles of marshland at the Southeastern tip of Texas. IKE, page 8A
FEMA, page 8A
Advice & TV......5B Classified ........6B
Comics ............4B Nation ..............2A Obituaries ......12A Puzzles ............5B
had ticked by since Hurricane Ike’s landfall near Galveston, knocking out power to nearly all of Entergy Texas’s 395,000 customers across 26 counties. The Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative, serving Jasper and Newton counties and northern areas of Orange County, has
Sports ............1B State................2A Weather ..........2A World ..............2A
restored power to almost two-thirds of its 17,000 meters, the cooperative’s spokesman said. By Thursday afternoon, Entergy had restored almost 150,000 customers, leaving almost 243,000 without power. That’s about 38 percent of its customers, said Dave Caplan, Entergy
Dow Nasdaq +410.03 +100.25
Average price of a gallon of regular gas in Southeast Texas: As of Thursday morning
Texas communications manager. “We are working the plan and making progress,” Caplan said. “The weather is cooperating nicely.” Jasper-Newton has had assistance from six “sister electric cooperatives” who have provided a work
$3.70
Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service
Legendary
Beaumont Tractor Co.
Kubota Quality
(409) 866-3360
More Affordable Than Ever!
POWER, page 9A
4430 College Street • Beaumont
BeaumontTractor.com
Everything You Value
Down, 0% A.P.R. financing for terms up to 36 $0 months on purchases of new Kubota ZD, F, BX, B, L, M, CE,TLB Series form available inventory at participating dealers through September 30, 2008. Example: a 36 month monthly installment repayment term at 0% A.P.R. requires 36 payment of $27.78 per $1,000 borrowed. 0% A.P.R. interest is available to customer if no dealer documentation preparation fee is charged. Only Kubota and Kubota performance-matched Land Pride equipment are eligible. Inclusion of ineligible equipment may result in a higher blended A.P.R. Dealer charges for document preparation fee shall be in accordance with state laws. Not available for Rental, National Accounts, or Governmental customers. Financing is available through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A., subject to credit approval. Some exceptions apply. See us for details on these and other low rate options or go to www.kubota.com for more information.
◆ Section designed and copy-edited by Tammie Hodges, David Constantine, Megan Kinkade and Wendi Wilkerson, (409) 880-0793 ◆
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