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The tastiest bits

of Southeast Texas are on THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

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On ice
trucks filled
with hurricane
relief supplies
wait to enter
Ford Park
Wednesday
before being
routed to dis-
tribution
points.
Matthew Danelo/
The Enterprise

Truckers stack up with supplies awaiting distribution

By DEE DIXON and
MATTHEW DANELO
THE ENTERPRISE

BEAUMONT — Georgia truck

Here’s what happens when a hurricane barges in
driver Kirk Tenn propped his feet
on both sides of his steering wheel
as he waited for a third day to
unload 50,000 pounds of ice for
Hurricane Ike victims in Southeast
Texas.
He got a call Sunday at his Cov-
ington, Ga., home to haul a truck-
load of ice to Ford Park. He arrived
Monday. Wednesday afternoon he
was still waiting to unload.
Tenn was among an estimated

HELP, page 9A

INSIDE
◆ Signals out, roads closed: 3A
◆ Pleasant cool weather a hurri-
cane anomaly: 3A
◆ Road to landfill cleared: 4A
◆ Rebuilding leads to injuries: 4A
◆ Ike opens career doors: 5A
◆ Zoo animals dead after Ike: 6A
◆ Members of media meet angry
livestock: 10A
◆ Future looks bleak for ocean-
front property: 13A
◆ Boats bashed at Port Arthur
Yacht Club: 1B
◆ Big Thicket clearing trails: 1B
◆ Aftermath photos: 6B

Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise

It’s back Two barges were found on Texas 73 near Port Arthur. The barges had been brought from Sabine Pass to Taylor’s Bayou before the storm.

to school Ike crushes oil tanks

yet again
Jasper and Newton County
classrooms will lead the way
By EMILY GUEVARA
THE ENTERPRISE
At least three Jasper County and
two Newton County schools will be
back to normal operations by Mon-
day, according to district officials
and school Web sites.
School resumes today in the
Burkeville and Newton school dis-
in coastal wilderness
By SARAH MOORE Johnny Darcey stood up in the
THE ENTERPRISE airboat and pointed to a dark brown
line running a foot or so about the
water on a stand of tall grass.
MCFADDIN WILDLIFE REFUGE
Crude oil.
— The cluster of white tanks looked
as if Hurricane Ike stopped for a The distinctive aroma of the thick,
cold one on his way through, toss- tar-like substance floated on the
Dave Ryan/The Enterprise
ing down the empties and crushing fresh Wednesday morning breeze.
State resource officers survey damage to a pumping and storage them with his massive foot before
moving on.
facility on Clam Lake. One of the main oil tanks was crushed. SPILLS, page 8A

Cities within cities are repair army’s base

tricts in Newton County. Newton
SCHOOLS, page 9A

LIMITED HOME
DELIVERY
Home delivery of The Beaumont
Enterprise resumes today on a
limited basis.Customers whose
regular carriers evacuated might
still experience late or no deliv-
ery for a few more days. The
Enterprise is available in racks
throughout the region. Please go
to beaumontenterprise.com for
details and news updates.
With 14,000 workers on the job, you have to be johnny on the spot with portable toilets, bunks, showers, laundry
By DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
BEAUMONT — David Seyler
tooled around Babe Zaharias Park
on a golf cart Wednesday, weaving
around parked truck trailers.
He pointed out which ones
were bunkhouses and which
were for laundry or showers. He Pete Churton/The Enterprise
OPERATION, page 8A This is one of two lines of portable toilets that illustrate the scope of the operation Entergy has in place.

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Nation ..............2A
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Weather ..........2A
gallon of regular gas
in Southeast Texas:
As of Wednesday morning
$3.67
Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service
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