Orange Leader, The (Newspaper) - September 16, 2003, Orange, Texas Vinton get ready for South Cameron Page 1B ORANGE LEADER 128 259 September 2003 2 Sections 16 50 Cents Democrats return ready for business AUSTIN AP Ten Senate Democrats who fled the state to thwart congressional redistricting by Republicans returned to the Capitol to a thun der of cheers and applause Monday as another special legislative session The presence of John Whitmire of who defected from a group of quorum busting Democrats holed up in gave Republicans the quorum they need ed to conduct Senate Ten fellow Democrats waited to enter the Senate chamber until they Perry were certain a or two was But Whitmire quickly asked that the Senate adjourn until and Republican lawmakers exited before the Democrats showed When they a packed Senate gallery erupted with long cheers of The Democrats raised their joined hands in a circle on the Senate Thank you Texas Leticia Van de DSan shout ed to the Van de chairwoman of the Senate Democratic led 11 Senate Democrats during their more than stay in New Its been six weeks since Senate Democrats took a stand based on prin based on voting based on our belief that only in the rule of law can there be true she The Democrats pledged to keep battling redistricting in the Senate and in They said the Republicans are trying to shut off the representation of rural and minority Texans in This fight is long from We have just begun the said Royce Republican David Dewhurst presides over the Senate and said he was glad all the ers were Were here and finally weve got a The Democrats have shown We can do the business that were all elected to Dewhurst when spectators in the gallery booed and hissed as the Republican senators suddenly Dewhurst pounded his gavel a few times but before long he left his front If they were so eager for us to come back to where are they Mario said to laughs from the The Democrats accused their oppo nents of turning off their micro preventing the audience from hearing all their Republican Chris R who turned off the micro said the Senate floor has never before been used for a political rally and no meeting was scheduled that would require a loud The new session is the latest round in a bitter fight over the composition of Texas delegation to the Democrats have a 1715 majority in Texas congressional Republicans want more seats in the delegation and say they deserve it because of the states GOP voting trends over the past few On the Senate Republicans unveiled a new con gressional redistricting The Senate Todd said the map reflects the composition of the Texas Senate and estimated it could give Republicans 19 or 20 Across the Capitol in a hastily called the House Redistricting Committee voted 105 in favor of the same redistricting map passed during the first special During that senators ally rejected the House version of the map and designed one of their Staples said differences between the two chambers proposed maps would still have to be worked including a West Texas dispute over whether Midland and will be placed in the same congressional district New doctor values the quiet communities By Amelia Feathers The Orange Leader Tennis anyone Thats the question Marco Caselli will be asking when hes not in the operating a general moved his practice to He will be one of three gener al surgeons with Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital He moved here because he wanted a profes and personal life in a smaller And instead of spending his on the a stereotypical sport people think doctors Caselli prefers playing a general recently moved here from Beaumont after doctoring there for 10 Today a lot of surgeons spe he General surgeons do pretty much a variety of Among his vast surgical Caselli performs vas cular and breast Born in the 58 yearold doctor travels home once a year to visit his par who are in their he says with an Italian He jokes his accent is a part of his His father is retired from the Italian Air His mother is a He says his parents and one brother still See Page 2A Bush defends industrial pollution regulations AP President Bush defended his proposal to ease industrial pollution rules say ing the regulations would fight dirty air while keeping electricity flowing and Americans The proposed rules would make it easier for thousands of older power refiner chemical plants and paper mills to make major upgrades without installing costly new antipol lution The old rules created too many and that hurts the working he said at a electric plant as he tried to strengthen his environmental image during a trip to Michigan and two states cru cial to his reelection Bush said his new rules would encourage plants like the Detroit Edison facility he toured to invest in envi friendly equip ment without fear of costlier See POLLUTION Page 2A Working at the car wash Leader photo by Brandon Orange resident Kurt Shelton attempts to rid his truck of the infamous that bombarded his truck when he returned from on The little pesky black bugs are back in season and no Vehicles windshield or paint job in Orange County is spared during this Constables workload overloaded By Amelia Feathers The Orange Leader Orange Countys constables told Commissioners Court their workload is now burden some since they began serving child support legal papers three years So they want But County Judge Carl Thibodeaux said the county cant afford to pay more to the constables or pay for more employ Three of the countys four Keith Merritt of Precinct Weldon Peveto of Precinct 4 and John Ford of Precinct 3 were at Mondays Commissioners Court meeting asking for Precinct 2 Constable Parker Thompson did not The constables and Thibodeaux disagreed about increasing the constables salaries or hiring parttime staff to help with child sup port Commissioners formed a committee with the consta the district clerk and the sheriff to study what can be See COUNTY Page 2A Thibodeaux Leader Online Please visit our website at Weather MOSTLY SUNNY Today will mostly sunny with a high of Please see Page for the complete weather Index 2A Local Opinion 88 Sports Features Comics SB 97 13 78 1 Solid Gold Rock Roll show features headliner By Darragh Doiron Southeast Texas News Bureau Silvery haired Johnny Preston has an aura of It no doubt grew as his Running Bear became the 1 hit in the English speaking as the card near his gold record at Museum of the Gulf Coast The local actually named Johnny Preston Courville was looking relaxed in a palm print He impressed the security guard who recognized him near Prestons Museum He gets it all the all over the The Port Acres singer per forms often in the United Kingdom and and is gracing local fans with a show Saturday at the Parker Center at Lamar State CollegePort Arthur to benefit Museum of the Gulf Preston said he performs often around the country with the other but trav el has become more tedious after the 11 Additional security checks cause tiresome That really makes things he But its all worth it when he walks into the spotlight in johnny Preston 1939 Photo by Brian Vincent Johnny whose hit Running Bear sold three million records and reached 1 in will appear for a benefit for the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur on Saturday at 8 front of an Once I get on stage Im just has happy as I can Im glad to do he Theyre glad to see us and were glad to see them still coming out after all these Running Bear The Big based Running Bear on a local Native American tale and the rock beat made it a perennial People still know the words and sing Young musi cians are imitating the It goes a little something like this On the banks of the river stood Runnin young Indian On the other side of the river stood his lovely Indian White Dove wasa her such a lovely sight to their tribes fought with each other so their love could never be Chorus Runnin Bear loved Little White Dove with a love big as the sky Bear loved Little White Dove with a love that couldnt Preston said the song became a hit after his The Big died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and Ritchie I tell you This is a hit It may not be a hit by but it will be a hit by Preston The music back in the 50s parents often slammed rock music for its but those lyrics seem tame by todays MTV Preston said he didnt get a bad rap from parents in his I liked it better back he recalling an era of simpler tunes before there was so much Classic rock can still sound fresh and revolutionary in It could be the Its Preston citing tunes such as Get a Job and Yellow Polka Dot He wore a suit on stage Most entertainers Thats not true any Thats old Some per formers today go on stage and look like they just stepped out of the he At this stage of hes interested in packing Carrying a wardrobe around with you on one nighters thats he Also on the show Freddy Boom Boom Cannons first single Tallahassee Lassie hit the Top 10 after it was released in 1959 when Cannon was This proceeded Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 3 in Palisades Park 3 in Abigail See page 2A
