Orange Leader, The (Newspaper) - February 28, 2003, Orange, Texas ENTERTAINMENT The Singing Cadets bring Aggieland spirit to ORANGE LEADER 128 59 February 2003 2 Sections 16 50 Cents Terror alert lowered to yellow Public told to stay defiant and alert WASHINGTON AP The Bush administration lowered the national terror alert Thursday from orange to yel suggesting the immediate threat of an attack on soil had Americans were warned to continue to be defiant and alert Counterterrorism officials said remains capable of and they cau people not to think the Reelections roll around for incumbents By Royal Hopper III The Orange Leader A week filing for the May 3 general elections has incumbents are lin ing up for In Incumbent Place 2 city councilman Ben Culpepper has filed for a spot on the a insurance agent from the is running for his third two year Under the Orange city candi dates may serve a maximum of three consecutive two year In West incumbent mayor Roy McDonald will square off against old mechanical Steven is the opera tions manager of the Hillcrest Cemetery and a incumbent Incumbents Frank Skeeler and Frances Droddy have also filed for reelection to their city council Skeeler owns a lawn and Droddy is a professor at Lamar University in In three at large council seats are up for reelection May Incumbents Bessie Huckaby and Gale Meadows have filed for lists her pation as development staff is a dental Incumbent Steve Johnson has not filed for reelection as of In incumbent mayor Joe 59 incumbent Ward 1 councilman Don 63 Ward 4 council man Lanny 61 and Ward 6 councilman Ray have filed as can for the All three men list their occupations as Eicher owns Garys Gun Shop in Bridge City also has three city council seats up for re Kirk owner of Bridge City has filed for reelection to his Place 1 Incumbent Place 3 councilman George Navarro and Place 5 councilman Litton have not filed for re election as of Both are eligible to March 19 at 5 is the last day for candidates to file for a place on the May with March 24 set as the last day for candidates to file and March 28 the last day for them to withdraw from the ballot Early voting for the election begins April 16 and ends April threat had will wait until it believes Americans are less vigilant and less prepared before it will strike Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in a joint statement The conclusion of the Muslim hajj holiday period played a role in the decision to lower the threat level from the level on the Ashcroft and Ridge Counterterrorism officials had noted intelli gence information pointing toward a possible attack around the time of the which is in early and mid unspecified intelli gence suggested that the threat of imminent attack has abated to a officials The two Cabinet secretaries said that lowering the alert sta tus is only an indication that some of the extra protective measures enacted by govern ment and the private sector may be reduced at this A or alert is the thirdhighest alert on a It means intel suggests a significant risk of terrorist The orange alert is a step higher and means there is a high risk of an The highest alert never activated since the system was instituted last is The level was raised to orange on prompting the government and business es to impose extra security measures at ties and other key infrastruc ture A senior FBI brief reporters on condition of said despite the uncertainties in trusting ter the administration prefers to err on the side of the FBI is circulat ing a new bulletin to local and state law enforcement agen cies this week warning that al operatives plotting attacks might use surveil lance techniques ranging from hidden cameras to phony Law intelli gence and homeland security officials debated for days about the proper time to lower the alert status as com among suspected terrorists waned and some leads on possible threats were Its a sad day in the neighborhood favorite Fred dies of cancer at age 74 PITTSBURGH AP Day after day for more than three Fred Rogers put on a cardigan and sneak ers and gently invited mil lions of children to be his He never wavered in his mission using Mister Rogers Neighborhood as a way to persuade young televi sion viewers to love and feel more secure in their Rogers died Thursday after a bout with stomach cancer his leav ing generations of people who grew up watching him in He was His lowtech public television show refused to follow its more ani mated It pre sented Rogers as one adult in an increasingly busy world who always had time to listen to What a loss to the He talked to kids at the ages of 4 to 6 about Thats the age when they begin to realize they have an effect on their said Berry an author and World of Mister Rogers Neighborhood King Friday ruler of the Neighborhood of Make Believe Fred creator and host of Mister Rogers died Thursday at the age of Mister Rogers would take his audience on a journey from his living room to the Neighborhood of where puppet characters and adults would teach children how to deal with Issues ranging from grief and Lady niece of King Friday XIII Daniel Striped debut in 1954 on Rogers first TV show The Childrens Comer Mister played by who composed his own songs and did much of the and voices for the show SOURCES Family Communications Public Broadcasting Service child development specialist An ordained Presbyterian Rogers produced the show at Pittsburgh public television station beginning in going national two years The final episode was taped in December 2000 and aired in August though PBS affiliates continued to broad cast old Rogers opened each episode in a set made to look like a comfortable living Its a beauti AP ful day in the He composed his own songs for the One of his sweaters hangs in the Smithsonian He would talk to viewers in See Page 2A Fred the host and creator of Mister Rogers died What do you think of him and the childrens show he created Nancy retired teacher He did a marvelous 9 11 segment that explained what hap to children in a way they could under You could always trust what he Matt corrections officer I thought he was funny when I was a When I grew it seemed a bit Mavis DuPont operator He was the guy with the right He had one of the better shows for and he ran a long Cathy nursing student Its a lot better than the shows they have for kids He was a real person who talked about real Ashley Home Health Care worker I liked It was always Brian nursing student My kids like Sponge Mardi Gras more than big Tradition goes back to primitive celebration of the coming of new life By Chad McGee The Orange Leader Everyone has heard of the wild parties and celebrations that go on every year during Mardi New Orleans traditionally has the biggest Galveston has developed quite a reputation for having a big as well as Port Almost every town in Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras in some shape or form either by a party or Orange County gets into the swing of things tonight with its first Mardi Gras parade Parade weather mostly cloudy Page starting at 6 But with all the the true meaning and history of Mardi Gras can easily get lost Lisa Miller has studied some of the history of the Catholic tradition in prepara tion for the Orange Miller and her Travis will participate in the riding on the float of the krewe de Bon The krewe will use Hawaii as the theme of their Miller did research on the Internet to find information about Mardi Mardi Gras has been traced back to the Romans by some But many are not sure Ti See HISTORY Page 2A Leader photo by Brandon Lisa Miller talks about the history of Mardi Gras as the city gears up for the Oranges first Mardi Gras parade is at 6 Tonight First Orange Mardi Gras parade starts at 6 beginning at the MacArthur Shopping Center on MacArthur Mardi Gras Fact In the first recorded Mardi Gras celebration in America took place on a small island in the Mississippi just down from what is now New I State Nation Index Vatican rarities 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