Community dinner raises funds and honors local citizen
A large community dinner featured barbecue fare for about 1,800 attendees with entertainment by the Ulysses High School choir and Linda Hauser’s students. Matte Traster of Ulysses was named Grant County Citizen of the Year for creating a natural gas trust fund. the program passed in 2005. Politicians such as State Rep Larry Powell and others attended the event, with Rice and Renee performing a comedy act on stage and interactions with audience members including a 3-year-old girl.
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Son
Henson
Independent and Company
Matte Traster
Ulysses
Grant County
Ulysses High School
Linda Hauser
Rice
Renee
Las Vegas
Larry Powell
Garden City
Powell
Kansas
Connie Morris
State Board of Education
Sally Cauble
Robin Jennison
Sandy Prager
Phill Kline
Lynn Jenkins
Eric Carter
Evacuation intensifies as Rita nears Gulf coast
Federal officials rush water ice and meals to the Gulf region and warn residents to evacuate. Rita was about 260 miles west of Key West and 775 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, with track toward Texas or western Louisiana. Authorities began evacuating New Orleans and nursing home residents, while Lafayette and Galveston prepared to move the elderly and refugees by bus and ambulance.
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Gulf Coast
Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
ABC
Rita
Key West
Fla
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mexi
Louisiana
Chris Landsen
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Gulf
New Orleans Convention Center
Ray Nagin
Mississippi River
Spe
Amber Mangham
Convention Center
New Orleans
Lafayette
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Edgewater
Engineers race to patch New Orleans levees during Rita threat
Rita intensified toward Category 4 threatening Texas and raising fears of renewed flooding in New Orleans. Army Corps warns levees handle only six inches of rain and 10 to 12 feet surge as officials brace evacuation orders and a massive metal barrier is installed across the 17th Street Canal.
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Texas
Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans
Dave Wurtzel
17Th Street Canal
Ray Nagin
Nagin
Coast Guard
Adm
Thad Allen
Kathleen Blanco
Lake Pontchartrain
Deerfield veteran shares war memories with students
A Deerfield veteran recounts 15 years of active duty across the Gulf War Kosovo Bosnia and Iraq. He praises progress in Iraq, recalls losses and camaraderie, and describes aiding a fallen bomb tech during an Iraqi operation while stressing duty to country and the hope of a free future for Iraqi children.
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Kosovo
Bosnia
Iraq
Dreiling
18Th Infantry
Germany
United States
Ple
Lragg
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