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◆ Teachers won’t give up on
disrupted school year: 4A

BISD Organization helps those searching for loved ones in wake of Ike
By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE and found. “We’re still not giving up,” said
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BLAIR DEDRICK ORTMANN She last heard from him Sept. 12. Rubin, 66, whose home in High ter: www.lrcf.net/ike
THE ENTERPRISE He was still at his Gilchrist home as Island also was destroyed by Ike. ◆ To contact the Laura
the storm surge from Hurricane Ike Moseley is one of dozens of Bolivar Recovery Center, call
Norma Rubin of High Island hasn’t was rising. Peninsula residents listed as missing (866) 898-5723 or
given up hope that her son, Herman Only a few homes remain intact in (281) 482-5723.
“PeeWee” Thomas Moseley, will be Gilchrist.

waiver
MISSING, page 6A

Students might not ‘Mid-County Kindness’ to help Bridge City

make up missed days
By EMILY GUEVARA
THE ENTERPRISE

Hurricane Ike was on the minds

of Beaumont school district
trustees as they approved funding
for emergency repairs and employ-
ee back pay.
However, trustees did not
address what the hurricane could
mean for students in the long run.
Spokeswoman Jolene Ortego
said the district will apply to the
state for waiver days, which if

SCHOOL, page 4A

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decades Many Bridge City residents are placing signs in their yard to ensure their damaged items are checked by insurance companies.

Ike likely obliterated prof ’s

‘Ultimate Beach House’
By EMILY GUEVARA
THE ENTERPRISE

The wall in her office is filled with

pictures — many of them taken in
other countries such as China,
Indonesia and Russia.
In one she is standing with an
Israeli student. In another she is
next to explorer Jacques Cousteau.
And in another, she is shaking
hands with a governor in Indonesia.
HOUSE, page 4A
Neighborly deed
Groves church calls for Good Samaritans to team up to clean up devastated town
By GREG HAYES day out as they move toward send out teams of volunteers from Worley brought together city lead-
THE ENTERPRISE recovery and restoration. all across Mid-County to aid the ers from Nederland, Port Neches,
First Baptist Church in Groves is Bridge City residents in an effort Groves and Bridge City for what he
GROVES — The scene of hoping to ultimately improve their that is being called “Mid-County called a “consolidated effort.”
destruction in Bridge City left from scenery a bit by helping with Kindness.” “Between now and the (Satur-
Hurricane Ike is something that its cleanup efforts. At a press conference Thursday,
residents have to see day in and On Oct. 5, the church wants to First Baptist Church pastor Joe KINDNESS, page 5A

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