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BAYTOWN & BEYOND
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Friday, June 16,2006
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interest in afternoon, evening
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him that he has a commitment sition of Walton into executive
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Homeland Security says we’re
still not ready for catastrophes
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BY LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer
ON THE NET
Homeland Security Department:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/
BY PATRICK QUINN
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A
attending. The college should
students about financial aid
REGENTS
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Shiite cleric.
It suggests carrying out a
range of terrorist acts for
which it will falsely impli-
cate Iran, including bomb-
measure of comfort as he
wasted away with Alzheimer’s
duringhisfinalsixyears.lt
was my way of paying him
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brutal half-dozen years.
Besides frogs, this is what
I’ll think about Sunday.
Baytown Sun photo/Nicki Evans
Emily Bennett. 8. of Baytown, swings on the swing-set
Thursday near the Central Little League baseball park.
President Bush ordered the review of
state and city emergency plans in a
speech in New Orleans last Sept. 15,
weeks after Katrina ravaged the city. It
analyzes response and evacuation pro-
cedures for all 50 states, the nation’s 75
largest cities and six U.S. territories.
Documents made available to the AP
did not cite individual cities or states,
and a Homeland Security official sug-
gested that portion of the report will be
released later.
It criticized the states and cities in
several key areas, including:
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lege program. In the short
term, Ellis said, the college
must continue its recent
upward trend in both the
“headcount,” or total number
of enrolled students, and “con-' t
tact hours,” or the total number academic degree programs,
of class hours taken.
She pointed out that enroll-
ment is “inextricably linked” to
the funding the college
Houston office of the federal
Department of Housing and
Urban Development over an
inspector general’s audit
which found numerous viola-
tions of HUD policies and
record-keeping practices.
BHA board president
Lawrence Wallace said Eiland
would serve on an “as need-
ed” basis to assist in the tran-
In the Baytown area, the
petrochemical and refining
industry will be hiring fewer
workers to replace those who
are retiring, but they will be
looking for a higher level of
educational attainment for
those people they do hire, she
said.
Ellis said she has set a long
term goal that everyone in
now set for Tuesday.
“Things are going to be
brought to a head, which is
where they needed to be,” he
said.
Following an executive ses-
Gulf coasts were judged by peers to
have emergency plans "that were more
likely to be rated sufficient... than
other states,” the review noted. Plans
by Hurricane Belt states to manage
resources, health and medical issues
and communications were “noticeably
stronger” in comparison, it found.
Similarly, cities in Hurricane Belt
states also were rated more likely, to be
prepared in issuing warnings, manag-
ing resources, distributing emergency
public information and mass care. But
in a glaring exception, the cities were
judged as comparatively not sufficient
in planning for evacuations.
The review is the latest in a series of
government and expert analyses since
Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast
last Aug: 29. Nearly all have found
- Failing to address emergency needs lacl“nf. P^edness levels for large-
p -Illi i cralp niQQCfpre I Ha xonf 1 I nnmmic-
for sick, elderly or poor people unable
to help themselves.
- Being too slow to issue disaster
warnings and other alerts to the public.
- Failing to designate a clear chain of
command during maj.br disasters. :
“Most review participants have
’ " “ y are able to suc-
cessfully manage commonly experi-
enced incidents, yet are not fully pre-
pared for a Catastrophic event,” the
review concluded. It called the gaps
cause “for significant national con-
cern.”
But it found that 18 hurricane-prone
states, from Maine to Texas, appeared
to be better prepared for disasters than charities and other non-governmental
the rest of the country. services to stockpile aid for disaster
Those states hugging the Atlantic and victims.
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nappings. It also recom-
mends declaring the exis-
tence of a relationship
between Iran and terrorist
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bogus confessions showing
mass destruction.
Vice President Dick
Cheney said the document,
if authenticated, shows the
terrorists know they are
losing the war.
The words “are fascinat-
ing because they do reveal
— obviously whoever I
wrote them, assuming they
are authentic — somebody
who believes they are on
the losing end of the
engagement,’“Cheney said
on the Sean Hannity radio
show.
"I think the psychologi-
cal business here is really
enormously important as
well, too. Somebody said
the other day that... the
—. .... .
terrorists finally become
quit.”
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tional morning weekday class- the retirement community,
Wright said that Hispanic
respondents expressed more
interest in workforce develop-
m<
cial outlets.
According to a transla-p
tion provided by National'
Security Adviser
Mouwafak al-Rubaie, the
document said the best way
»to overcome the “current
bleak situation” would be
to involve U.S, forces in a
“war against another coun-
The way to do this, the
scale disasters. The Sept. 11 commis-
sion and other panels have also found
shortcomings in preparedness for
another terrorist attack.
The latest report was released as the
Senate sent President Bush a $94.5 bil-
lion emergency spending bill that
included funds for new aid for Gulf
Coast hurricane victims.
The review noted several failings on
the federal government’s part, citing a
need for clearer guidance and up-to-
date preparedness data to state and
local officials. It also urged better col-
laboration with private businesses to
help evacuate disabled people and with
services to stockpile aid for disaster
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281-427-TIPS. Crime
Stoppers pays cash for tips,
■ and callers remain anony-
mous.
According to a public data
Web site, Johnson’s last dri-
ver’s license address was in
Laredo, although he previous-
ly had a Dayton address. He
has an extensive criminal his-
tory, including convictions for
burglary, evading arrest or
detention, and failure to iden-
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in Iraq as being in “bleak’
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ing strength and proposing
ways to stir up trouble
between the U.S. and Iran
to divert American atten-
tion.
American and Iraqi
forces have killed 104
insurgents in 452 raids
nationwide since al-Qaida (/hostile group.
in Iran Ahn Musab The way tQ do tbe
document said, “is to try
and inflame the situation
■ between America and Iran”
or between the U.S. and
followers of Grand
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costs. The Methodist System
has indicated that it will hot
who come to the college for grant another extension on the
those programs often “change s ' ”” '
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receives from the state. Actions some initial success. ____ _
by the Texas Legislature in
recent years have reduced the
state revenues the college has
received, she said.-
She said that the college
needs to expand and refine its
marketing efforts, including
upgrading its Web site to
appeal to young people.
“When I first came to Lee
College, I kept hearing that
San Jacinto College is our
major competitor,” Ellis said.
But rather than similar commu-
nity colleges, she said, “Our
major competitor is the people
who are not attending college.”
Robert Wright, the college’s
executive director for institu-
tional advancement, presented5"3
the results of a recent phone
survey to measure the coliegels
impact in the community.
The survey, which was
weighted toward reaching
Hispanic respondents, showed
that “Lee College is both well-
known and well-thought-of in
this community,” Wright said,
Forty-five percent of respon-
dents said they would like
more information about the
college she said.
On a more challenging note,
Wright said, the vast majority
of the respondents had not vis-
ited the campus in the last
three years, a time in which the
college has had a number of
Terrorist blueprint
shows a weakening
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said.
An overwhelming majority
of respondents, 92 percent,
said they would like to see the Housing Authority from its
college host more c”'*”'"1
artistic activities, Wright said. sale agreement.
She said that a great number
trip.
The tape shows two of the
men getting out of their truck,
pointing something at
McCartney and getting inside
his truck. The two trucks are
ing to burn something in the *en seen driving away,
back yard. The object proved Carter’ who was also
to be the wallet of Bobby charged in Harris County with
McCartney, 49, who had been engaging in organized enmi-
reported missing by his sister
the day before.
Earlier that morning, a nude
•body was found alongside a
rural road in west Liberty
County, Authorities quickly
■connected the stolen wallet to
the body of the man. whose
throat had been slashed.
Liberty County authorities
have charged three men-
Faught, 22, Randall Wayne
Carter, 32, and Larry Ray
Welch, 20 - with McCartney’s
capital murder. The apparent
motive was to steal
McCartney’s pickup truck for
its parts.
A video surveillance tape
shows four men in a pickup
truck pulling alongside
Carter, who was also
charged in Harris County with
nal activity, pleaded guilty to
that charge Monday and was
sentenced to 15 years in state
prison.
Welch was arrested Tuesday
and is being held on $500,000
bond in the Liberty County
Jail.
Another man, Jerry
Woodward, 23, pleaded guilty
to an organized crime charge
Tuesday and received nine
years in state prison.
The remaining defendants
charged with engaging in
organized crime in Harris
County are: Francis
Woodward. 23; Brandie Jane
Thomas, 24; Stacy Kane
Johnson, 26; Dixie Lee Pond,
24; and Alysha Bryanne
Hollaway, 26.
■
FAUGHT
McCartney’s
in the parking
lot of the
Wal-Mart
store on
Garth Road,
where
McCartney
had gone June
A Crime Stoppers tip on the 8 to buy supplies for a fishing
location of some of the stolen
■ merchandise led Baytown
Police June 9 to a house in the
300 block of Morrell Street.
There, they encountered
Michael Faught, 22, attempt-
respondents said they would
prefer to receive information
about the college through
direct mail, followed by the
Internet, followed by newspa-
per advertising,
Responding to a question by
Regent Pete Alfaro about what
actions the college is taking to
increase enrollment, Ellis
replied that the college has
already stepped up its direct
mail efforts.
In other business, the board
approved issuing $ 12 million
in revenue bonds to be used in
construction of new facilities
.» as pah of the college’s master
plan-update. Among the facili-
. ties plamMk^a new visual
and performing arts center.
At the start of the meeting,
Ellis honored Baytown Sun
editor and publisher Wanda
Gamer Cash, who has served
for many years on the Lee
College Foundation board.
Cash is leaving The Sun later
this month to take a teaching
position at The University of
Texas at Austin.
“Welcome to academia,
Wanda. And remember, never
are the arguments so fierce as
when the stakes are so low,”
said Ellis, quoting Henry
Kissinger.
insurgents in 452 raids
in Iraq leader Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi was killed last
week, the U.S. military
said.
Arrests, weapons
seizures and money short-
ages are taking a heavy toll Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
on al-Qaida’s insurgency in lraq>s most influential
Iraq, according to the shiite c]eric
three-page transcript
released Thursday by the
Iraqi government, which
said it reflects al-Qaida ,
policy and the terror orga- ings in the West and kid-
hization’s cooperation with nappings. It also recom-
groups loyal to Saddam
Hussein.
There was no way to
confirm the authenticity of groups, and disseminating
the information attributed I " ’
to al-Qaida, and U.S. and that Iran has weapons of
Iraqi officials offered con-
flicting accounts of when
and where it was seized.
Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki’s office
said Iraqi forces found the
document in al-Zarqawi s
hideout after the June 7
U.S. airstrike-that killed
him. '
However, U.S. Maj. Gen.
William Caldwell said the
document had been taken
from a computer in a raid
during the three-week oper-
ation to track down al-
Zarqawi.
Caldwell said sweeps
across Iraq since al-
Zarqawi’s death led to 28
significant arms caches. He way we win is when ... the
said the raids included 255
joint operations and 143 by convinced that we won’t
Iraqi forces alone.
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have not been on this campus,
she said. authority.
Wright said that cost, even The contract also assigns a
information relating to the
audit and other matters.
~ „ The consulting agreement
j sale agreement. The closing is will end on or before June 30.
their goals” once they achieve \ '
some initial success.
Wright said the majority of UI TNI UY
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Gigi, divorced during my high back, although it was an ugly,
school senior year — we ' . 11 ><-i
ended up having far more
wonderful years than bad
ones. I’m thankful for that.
I’m also grateful that, final- Jim Finley is a former Sun
WASHINGTON — Most American
cities and states remain unprepared for
catastrophes, a government analysis
concludes, calling the shortcomings in
emergency planning a cause “for sig-
nificant national concern.”
Nearly five years after the 9/11
attacks and 10 months after Hurricane
Katrina, the Homeland Security
Department concluded that local
response plans for major disasters are
often antiquated and uncoordinated.
Although emergency plans appear to
be stronger in 18 states along the
nation’s “Hurricane Belt,” the analysis
cited preparedness gaps in 131 state
and city emergency response plans.
r Planning for evacuations, too, remain
i “an area of profound concern,” the
review found.
“We rely to a troubling extent on
/ plans that are created in isolation, are
insufficiently detailed and are not sub-
ject to adequate review,” concluded the
department’s 160-page review of find-
ings and annexes that was delivered to
Congress on Thursday evening. A copy demonstrated that they
of the review was obtained by The
I Associated Press.
“Time and again, these factors
i extract a severe penalty in the midst of
a crisis: precious time is consumed in
the race to correct the misperceptions
of federal, state and local responders
about roles, responsibilities and ■
actions,” the review found, “The result
is uneven performance and repeated
and costly operational miscues.”
al-Qaida insurgency
The al-Qaida document
said its insurgency was
being hurt by an increase
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document purportedly cap- by widespread arrests and
tured in an al-Qaida hide- seizures of weapons, and
out portrays the insurgency by a crackdown on finan-
in Iraq as being in “bleak” — *<--
shape, saying that it is los-
BHA
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authority.
Increasingly, employers are Wright said that cost, even _„.D.— „
requiring that new hires have at the relatively low cost at Lee development agreement to The sion, the board members for-
least some higher education, College, remains a factor that Grey Horse Group, a mally appointed Jason Walton
Ellis said. keeps many people from Houston-based development to serve as BHA’s interim
u. .u. ------- xi— ti., company, and an architectural executive director, replacing
do more to inform prospective agreement to the firm of Eiland, who resigned June 1
students about financial aid Dallas architect Douglas citing health concerns,
and available scholarships, she Guiling. The board also formally
Johnson said that the agree- entered into a short-term com-
ment calls for The Methodist suiting agreement with Eiland,
System to release the Baytown who was under fire from the
Cultural and obligations under the original
Plans call for the appoint-
Baytown between the ages of of respondents expressed more ment of a new board - which
18 and 30 have at least a cer- interest in afternoon, evening ,l’“ ■’pp—"'1
tificate of completion in a col- and Saturday classes than tradi- the BHA board — to overs
Johnson said.
He said that Grey Horse
president Ed Beckham told
lent programs than traditional from his bank for the closing director role and provide
But, she said, young students
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