Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - September 12, 2005, Galveston, Texas L V E S T O Monday I September 12 2005 50 cents Oldest Newspaper Since 1842 Vol 163 No 155 INSIDE TODAY Biz Buzz dredges up a silver lining in the cruise confusion following Hurricane Katrina For more on area business news in Laura Elders Moving forward Construction on a Super WalMart in League City is slated to begin in nearly two years after a sign went up announcing the multimillion dollar NEL results Buffalo 22 Houston Dallas 28 San Diego 24 New Orleans 23 Carolina 20 Pittsburgh 34 Tennessee Kansas City 27 Cincinnati 27 Cleveland 13 Index Bulletin TV Inside League Santa Texas Weather Todays Forecast Partly sunny High 88 Low 80 Details B6 2005 The Galveston County Daily News Families honor Sept 11 victims The Associated Press NEW YORK America mourned the victims of Sept 11 on Sunday as the sib lings of the deceased read their loved ones names to a weeping crowd at the site where the World Trade Center once stood One by one the names of the dead echoed across the site where the twin towers collapsed four years ago in a nightmarish cloud of dust and debris The ceremony drew to a close after four hours the time it took to read the names Relatives in the crowd bowed their heads and sobbed as speakers uttered brief personal messages to the brothers and sisters they lost many voices breaking in sorrow Mom and Dad ache for you every Linda said to her brother Vincent Giammona one of 343 firefighters killed We love you and See SEPT The Associated Press People gather to place flowers in a reflecting pool at the footprint of the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York during the fourth an of the terrorist attacks Families of the victims placed flowers in two reflecting pools at the site of each tower Cleanup continues Hopelessness begins to lift from flooded New Orleans The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS Workers here were picking up trash Sunday a small miracle under the circum stances The airport opened to cargo traffic A volunteer led relief workers in a chorus of Amazing Nearly two weeks after Hurri cane Katrinas onslaught the day was marked by signs that hope lessness was beginning to lift in this shattered city While the final toll from the disaster remains un known there were indications New Orleans had begun to turn a corner You see the cleaning of the streets You see the people coming said the volunteer with the bullhorn Norman Flowers The people arent as afraid Flowers deployed by the Southern Baptist Convention stood in the bed of a pickup truck on Canal Street leading police firefighters and relief workers in song punctuated by the exuberant honk of a fire truck nearby This is a sign of said New Orleans resident Linda Taylor gesturing at the impromptu gathering Last Sunday I couldnt find any church services This Sunday people have gathered to gether to Numerous residents were able to visit their homes for the first time however briefly as ters receded and work crews cleared trees debris and downed telephone poles from major streets Albert Gaude ITT a Louisiana State University fisheries agent was among those for the first time since the storm They wouldnt let ins in before but we made it now and we could drive all the way here with no he said President Bush planned to fly to New Orleans later Sunday and The Associated Press Floodwaters surround homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans spend the night Today he planned to tour the devastated town of Gulf port Miss The Louis Armstrong New Or leans International Airport re opened for cargo traffic Sunday and limited passenger service was expected to resume Tuesday air port director Roy Williams said Williams said he expects about 30 departures and arrivals of pas senger planes a day far below the usual 174 at the airport where a week ago terminals be came triage units and more than two dozen people died Trash collection began over the weekend a service unimaginable in the apocalyptic first days after Ka trinas fury battered the Gulf Coast and broke holes in two levees flooding most of New Orleans Mayor C Ray Nagin was asked on Meet the Press whether New Orleans could stage Mardi Gras in February 2006 I havent even thought that far out he said See to rethink storm plan GALVESTON Medical branch looks at evacuating some patients in event of major hurricane By KELLY HAWES The Daily News Michael Megna has been keeping a close eye on the events unfolding in the commu hit by Hurricane Katrina They are living out our worst he said The pictures coming out of New Or leans are just hilling Megna the man responsible for putting to gether a hurricane plan for the University of Texas Medical Branch said he had seen the im ages of hospitals with all of the windows broken out and draperies flap ping in the breeze I never would have ex that kind of damage to those build he said Even before the storm Megna said the medical center had begun to rethink its hurricane strategy We have always said that would be here he said Weve really now considered very seriously some planning that would relocate at least some of our pa primary role at is as the administrator of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice hospital In some respects he said dealing with that population of pa will be easier than dealing with the hospital at large For one thing its easy to stop the in flow of he said Ail we have to do is tell the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to stop sending And as for moving patients back to prison will transport anybody we say is Megna said There are challenges though Theres no other facility like this one any where in the Megna said This facility was specifically designed with the se curity measures necessary to house pris Still he said there are other hospitals ac customed to dealing with inmates Just because of the geography of the See Our goal is to get as many people out of harms way as Michael Megna State sets hearing on proposed ferry rules GALVESTON Plan would provide annual pass for passenger cars By KELLY HAWES The Daily News Those who pushed for a priority boarding program for the Bolivar ferry arent all that happy about what the Texas Department of Transportation is proposing We think if s a slap in the face to the people of said Darlene Leal a Crystal Beach resident who has been among the most out spoken proponents of the system WHAT Public hearing on proposed priority boarding rules for the Bolivar ferry WHEN Sept 21 WHERE Ball High School 4115 Ave 0 Galveston Written comments Written comments may be di to Zane Webb director of the maintenance division Texas Depart ment of Transportation 125 E 11th St Austin TX 787012483 The deadline is 5 Oct 10 Leal said peninsula residents were particularly unhappy about the proposed fees which range from for a motorcycle or a pas senger car to for a large truck It seems has denned priority as ability to Leal said Residents are also unhappy about the location of a public hearing on the proposal They had pushed for a location on the penin sula but the state chose Galveston instead We feel like thats an insult Leal said Were the ones most af by it and we have to line up for the ferry to get Nevertheless she said penin sula residents will turn out in force for the meeting Were planning to have a big she said The proposed rules would apply both to the Bolivar ferry on state See Council discusses cuts to budget LA MARQUE Cuts would hurt services mayor says By DANIEL R HURON The Daily News WHAT La Marque city tax rate hearing WHEN today WHERE La Marque Council Chambers 1109 B Bayou in La Marque The city council met Sunday night to dis cuss the tax rate resi dents will have to pay and what cuts would be necessary to de crease the citys deficit The council is con a tax rate of See LA
