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SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
By BETH GALLASPY
THE ENTERPRISE
Dad: ‘That was Source: AAA and Oil Price Information Service
plenty of time to react’
By DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
ing.”
Caplan said anywhere from
70 to 100 members of repair
crews began returning last Fri-
day to Southeast Texas from
my best friend’
Hurricane Katrina duty in and
ENTERGY, page 4A
By KEVIN J. DWYER
THE ENTERPRISE
INSIDE
Miracle Bevil Oaks parents want kids
Advice & TV ................2C Dow
Business ....................8B
Classified....................6C
Worker
A staging of ‘The
in Hardin-Jefferson schools
Comics ......................5C Miracle Worker’ hits
Friends & Family..........1C -84.31
close to home for District has public hearing Bevil Oaks residents want to see
their children go to school in the
Obituaries ..................10A
Nasdaq Brett Simpson, who is on annexing community neighboring Hardin-Jefferson
Opinions ..................12A blind and deaf. Not school district.
Puzzles ......................3C only is he teaching the By JACQUELINE LANE The Hardin-Jefferson school
Region ........................9A cast about being blind, THE ENTERPRISE board had a public hearing Mon-
Sports ........................1B -15.09 he’s also in the play. day night on annexation of the Jef-
Friends SOUR LAKE — Unhappy with ferson County community and to
Pirates snap Houston’s 5-game
winning streak: IN SPORTS & Family 1C school zoning and the quality of
education in Beaumont, some SCHOOL, page 4A
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In Sports: Houston keeps wild card lead with 7-4 win against Pittsburgh Page 1C
WEATHER: Mostly sunny, Highs: 90s, Lows: 70s/2A
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Residents load up on storm supplies Bush reviews damage from one storm, braces for another: 3A
Carla, a Category 5,
By ANGELA MACIAS and
RACHEL STONE
THE ENTERPRISE
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In Sports: Astros win 7th time in 8 games with 12-8 victory vs. Pirates Page 1D
WEATHER: Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon, Highs: 90s, Lows: 70s/2A
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H U R R I C A N E R I TA
Sea monster
1.3 million ordered to flee storm that could be worst to hit state
◆ RESPONDERS: 7A Bus pickup points in Port Arthur, Orange County and map of evacuation routes: 4A
Emergency crews and police
prepare to face disaster
Port Arthur mayor orders
residents to leave Sabine Pass
Evacuation could become Getting stronger
Hurricane Rita reached category
mandatory for rest of county
◆ ALSO IN REGION 5 status Wednesday, still on
7A: Some hospitals, nursing if hurricane’s path changes course for the Texas coast.
◆ STAY OR GO: 1B
Many factors influence decision
◆ ALSO IN LIFE & STYLE Scott Eslinger/The Enterprise
1B: Harvest Club concert off Lyle Simpton, 72, of Port Bolivar herds about 125 head of cattle into
3B: Museum safeguards art a pen at a friend’s house in Caplen along the bay side of Texas 87
Wednesday in preparation for Hurricane Rita.
◆ DAMAGE FEARS: 8B
Homeowners, insurers brace for
Peninsula residents pack up all
storm that could cost billions
◆ ALSO IN BUSINESS
— from appliances to horses
8B: With refineries in projected
By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE The 72-year-old Port Bolivar
path, Rita could raise gas prices THE ENTERPRISE resident coaxed a couple of strag-
8B: Dow down more than 100 gling wayward cows as his friend,
points in face of hurricane BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Lyle Walter Nelson, headed them off Jennifer Reynolds/The Enterprise
Simpton’s evacuation preparation with his tractor. The men were try- Andy Slaughter carries the family dog to the car as he, his wife Gin-
8B: Gulf Coast ports get ready list had something more than ing to corral 125 head of cattle into ger and daughter Cheyenne — along with a macaw and three ham-
8B: Hibernia closes branches boarding up his house. a pen on the bay side of Texas 87. sters — evacuate Sabine Pass on Wednesday. Ginger Slaughter said
Rounding up his cattle was on they were going to stay with family in Marshall.
there too. BOLIVAR, page 4A
◆ FOOTBALL: 1D
HS, college, pro games affected Customers wait
in line for gener-
Rita feeds on warm Gulf and
ators at Home
Depot in Beau-
mont on
surges to top of hurricane scale
INSIDE Wednesday.
By PAM EASTON
Some waited as
Advice & TV ............2B Dow long as 9 hours THE ASSOCIATED PRESS To our readers
Business ................8B with no firm Regardless of when and
arrival time on GALVESTON — Gaining where Hurricane Rita makes
Classified ..............1C strength with frightening speed,
the truckload. landfall, The Enterprise and its
Comics ..................7D Hurricane Rita swirled toward the readers likely will be affected.
Life & Style ............1B -103.49 Mark M. Hancock/
The Enterprise Gulf Coast a Category 5, 165-mph Beginning today, deliveries
Obituaries................8A monster Wednesday as more to homes and stores might be
Opinions ..............10A
Nasdaq than 1.3 million people in Texas later as carriers and other
Puzzles ..................3B
Region....................7A Gasoline, lumber, pet carriers and Louisiana were sent packing
on orders from authorities who
learned a bitter lesson from Katri-
employees continue to evacu-
ate. Deadlines will be earlier to
accommodate longer delivery
Sports....................1D -24.69
Average price of a gallon and kennel space run out fast na.
“It’s scary. It’s really scary,”
Shalonda Dunn said as she and
times, which could mean some
late-breaking stories don’t
make the paper.
of regular gasoline in her 5- and 9-year-old daughters Our employees are prepared
By ANGELA MACIAS and mont waited in line for gasoline to make every effort to publish
Southeast Texas: $2.63 RACHEL STONE at the Kroger on Dowlen Road,
waited to board a bus arranged by
emergency authorities in Galve- throughout Rita and its after-
Price as of Wednesday morning THE ENTERPRISE only to find pumps tapped dry. math. Be sure to go to
ston. “I’m glad we’ve got the SoutheastTexasLive.com, even
AP The grocery store ran out of opportunity to leave. ... You never if you plan to evacuate, for the
Retailers replenished stock regular grade, but a truck carrying know what can happen.” most complete coverage and
Wednesday as quickly as South- more was on its way, said David With Rita projected to hit Texas latest updates on the big storm
east Texans wiped out necessities Himsel, store manager. by Saturday, Gov. Rick Perry and its effects on Southeast
in preparation for Hurricane Rita. Texas.
Source: AAA and Oil Price Information Service Tanya Linderman of Beau- SUPPLIES, page 4A MONSTER, page 4A
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H U R R I C A N E R I TA : H E A D E D T O H I G H E R G R O U N D
25°
0 150 mi
4 5
7 a.m. 7 a.m. 1 p.m.
Sat. Fri. Thurs.
Tensions Nothing but taillights for miles
0 150 km Gulf of Mexico
SOURCES: NOAA; Weather
Underground; ESRI
AP
run high as Coastal residents try to
keep cool, calm as they
mass exodus that continued into
the night and the wee hours.
“Right now, I’m frustrated,”
◆ TEXAS PREPARES: 3A
gas runs low head inland out of town
By F.A. KRIFT
Julia Hayes said from the win-
dow of her green Ford Explorer
Thursday afternoon.
2A: Nearly 2 million coastal By KEVIN J. DWYER THE ENTERPRISE
Two sets of rosary beads hung
residents flee ominous storm from her rearview mirror. The
THE ENTERPRISE
blue-faced watch on her left
3A: Special needs patients get SILSBEE — Letdown clotted wrist read 1:01 p.m. She left Fan-
airlifted to safety from airport BEAUMONT — For residents the air along U.S. Highway 96. nett at 9 a.m. She had made it to
fleeing in the face of Hurricane Rita, Anxiety passed between cars as the northern edge of Lumberton.
3A: Shortage of buses cause even the chance of filling up or top- break lights flashed on and off. In an hour she’d gone 1.7
problems for those evacuating ping off their gas tanks was worth On and off. miles, In two hours, the traffic
3A: Hospitals do what they can stopping for. On and off. Red lights on and had moved 3.3 miles.
If one car pulled into a station — off.
to get patients out of harm’s way No one — no car, truck, van or
Red lights on and off. On and
even those closed for hours Thurs- off.
day — a parade of cars was likely to RV — moved fast Thursday out of Ten minutes, another 0.1 of a
follow into the parking lot. Southeast Texas, but everyone mile.
And the slim or non-existent gas wanted to escape Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was headed to
supplies caused tempers at some Jennifer Reynolds/The Enterprise
— soon. As in now. Southeast Texas, reports said
stations to grow short. Thousands of cars clogged the early Thursday morning.
Candace Washington, 8, waits northbound escape routes all
“People have been real aggres- The storm with 175-mph
sive,” Robert Justen, 49, a nurse from with her family for a bus at Smith day after a mandatory evacua- winds at one point during the
Port Acres, said as he was trying to Middle School in Beaumont to tion was declared early Thurs- day was headed to Hayes’ home.
take them inland as Hurricane day. Most of Southeast Texas’
GAS, page 4A Rita approaches the coast. 380,000 people had joined a EXODUS, page 4A
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WEATHER: Windy, rain, at times heavy, Highs: 80s, Lows: 70s/2A
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BRUTAL BLOW
BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR ORANGE COUNTY HARDIN COUNTY
Near miss still hits Officials, equipment No storm surge, but Harrowing morning
too close to home roll back into town damage everywhere riding out the storm
Insulation and wires dangle in the wind at the Christian Fellowship Church in Beaumont on Saturday after Hurricane Rita collapsed an outer wall and tore away part of the roof.
TO OUR READERS
Large Pine trees blown over by Hurricane Rita block a road in the Old Town neigh-
borhood of Beaumont on Saturday. The storm toppled trees and powerlines all over
the city, blocking some neighborhoods completely.
T oday’s special hurricane edition of The Beaumont Enterprise — and maybe
newspapers in coming days — will be reduced to essentials so we can bal-
ance storm coverage against the safety of our employees, many of whom have
evacuated.
We’re trying to get information out as quickly as we can, so continue to go to
Weathering Rita: Images from the storm SEE PAGE 6A www.SoutheastTexasLive.com for expanded, real-time updates.
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WEATHER: Cloudy and humid with chance of rain, Highs: 90s, Lows: 70s/2A
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AFTERMATH
JEFFERSON COUNTY PORT ARTHUR JASPER & NEWTON CHAMBERS COUNTY
Governor takes tour DPS turning people Hurricanes more than Released dam could
of damaged areas away on U.S. 69 just a coastal concern flood low-lying areas
A Beaumont street is flooded and power lines are left dangling after Hurricane Rita hit the area on Saturday.
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DESPERATE NEED
NEWTON & LIBERTY BEAUMONT ORANGE COUNTY PORT ARTHUR
Rita claims lives of Governor assures area Officials seek help Refinery attempts
3 Southeast Texans ‘the place is stable’ for medical services to make fuel available
County judge:
FEMA aid
slow in coming
By JACQUELINE LANE
THE ENTERPRISE
RITA, page 4A
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FRUSTRATION
SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEAUMONT GETTING HELP HARDIN COUNTY
President Bush will Rita’s latest victims Residents have options Officials conducting
survey damage today include three children in rebuilding process some regular business
Above: Police shield workers as they remove the body of a Beaumont resident who was killed ment, and two more were in critical condition. Below: Pamala Huntley of Beaumont takes a
Monday, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning. Five people died in the Pine Street apart- break at a closed gas station in Raywood as she slowly makes her way to a friend’s house.
How to
get help
5 die in Beaumont
By JACQUELINE LANE investigate. They found the bod-
FEMA assistance and KEVIN J. DWYER ies and immediately began
hot line THE ENTERPRISE dragging them outside where
(800) 621-3362 they attempted to revive them
Beaumont Red Cross BEAUMONT — A generator with CPR.
(409) 832-1644 stored inside the door of a Pine “A girl came out screaming
Orange Red Cross Street apartment is believed to help, help, somebody help,” said
be the cause of the deaths of a Jeffery Rodgers, 29, who is stay-
(409) 883-2322
sleeping family of four and a ing with relatives at the com-
Red Cross friend. plex. “… That’s what caught our
(800) 975-7585 Neighbors heard the genera- attention. So we ran over there.”
Houston SPCA Animal tor running inside the apart-
Emergency Hot line ment about 9 a.m. and went to TOLL, page 3A
(713) 802-0555
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‘COMMITTED’
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATION HARDIN COUNTY
President takes aerial Water services are School reopening Officials urge residents
tour to survey damage slowly being restored dates to be determined to conserve gasoline
Bush promises
aid to ‘get lives
back together’
By KEVIN J. DWYER
THE ENTERPRISE
BUSH, page 4A
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WEATHER: Sunny, Highs: 90s, Lows: 70s/2A
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A LONG ROAD
JEFFERSON COUNTY ORANGE COUNTY ECONOMY PORT ARTHUR
Help from FEMA Residents find supplies Rita’s effects could be When services return,
slow but noticeable when, where they can felt for years to come residents can as well
Some lights
expected in Mark M. Hancock/The Enterprise
Beaumont
his neighborhood for looters on Tuesday. He said
he rode out Hurricane Rita for the excitement.
Left: Albert Lovett, 73, of Beaumont waits for
the next bus to depart for a shelter in San Anto-
nio Wednesday at Ford Park in Beaumont.
By JACQUELINE LANE
THE ENTERPRISE
horror movie’
town at any moment.
Still, officials said the city remains
closed and residents trying to return will
be turned around.
“It’s a day-to-day deal,” said Beaumont
Mayor Guy Goodson of when a decision Scott Eslinger/The Enterprise
could be made. By ROBERT LOPEZ
Residents in unincorporated areas of THE ENTERPRISE
the county with water wells, septic sys-
tems and generators are able to return,
Jefferson County Judge Carl Griffith said.
Those who rode out storm: Stay away DALLAS — Alex LeBlanc left Beaumont on
Thursday to begin a 50-hour bus trip across
Goodson said that because Beaumont East Texas.
By F.A. KRIFT What he experienced, he said, was “like a
is closed, the city is not providing food, THE ENTERPRISE
How to get help horror movie.”
He couldn’t get off the bus to buy food. The
COUNTY, page 4A
BEAUMONT — As curiosity increases FEMA assistance drivers were exhausted. And he couldn’t go to
and patience dwindles, displaced Southeast (800) 621-3362 the bathroom.
Texans want to return home after Hurricane Beaumont Red Cross “Just had to wait,” he said. “I tried to drink as
Rita. (409) 832-1644 little as I could, but I’m a diabetic. I need a lot of
TO OUR READERS But listen to one word of Alvin Madison Orange Red Cross fluids.”
as he walked sweaty, dirty and tired onto a (409) 883-2322 LeBlanc was one of about 3,000 evacuees
T oday’s special edition of The
Beaumont Enterprise — and
newspapers in coming days — will
bus at Ford Park on Wednesday to evacuate
Beaumont for Kelly Air Force Base in San
Red Cross
(800) 975-7585
who fled Hurricane Rita aboard a convoy of
about 50 Beaumont Independent School Dis-
Antonio. Houston SPCA Animal Hotline trict school buses. The drivers originally were
be reduced to essentials so we may (713) 802-0555
better cover the aftermath of Hurri- “Stay.” scheduled to pull into Lufkin, but were prevent-
Call your local Red Cross shelter
cane Rita under the extraordinary How bad can it be? No electricity, no big ed from stopping there. That pattern continued
to: Obtain emergency food, water and
circumstances currently facing deal. Just the word home sounds so com- hygiene items. until they reached Canton, about 250 miles
Southeast Texas. fortable, even if the mandatory evacuation is Call the Red Cross 800 line to: from Beaumont, at about daybreak Saturday.
For expanded, real-time updates, still in place, even if there isn’t power, drink- Register for emergency financial In Lufkin, 81-year-old Charlotte Ranger of
continue to go to www.SoutheastTex- able water or refrigeration. assistance to meet urgent needs until Beaumont was struck by a vehicle and killed
asLive.com state and federal aid is available.
STAY, page 4A EVACUEES, page 4A
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WEATHER: Sunny, Highs: 90s, Lows: 70s/2A
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ILLUMINATED
DEATH TOLL JASPER COUNTY NEWTON COUNTY SERVICES
Carbon monoxide Search & rescue takes Disaster recovery Social Security checks
claims 6th victim priority over electricity center set to open waiting at post office
Some lights
return to
Beaumont
By JACQUELINE LANE
and DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
How to
get help Transportation
FEMA assistance
(800) 621-3362
secretary tours
Beaumont Red Cross
(409) 832-1644 area’s airport
Orange Red Cross
(409) 883-2322 By JACQUELINE LANE
Red Cross THE ENTERPRISE
(800) 975-7585
Houston SPCA Animal NEDERLAND — The fed-
Hotline eral government has pledged
(713) 802-0555 help to repair the Southeast
Call your local Red
Cross shelter to:
Texas Regional Airport,
Obtain emergency food, which took a devastating
water and hygiene punch from Hurricane Rita. Jennifer Reynolds/The Enterprise
items. Secretary of Transportation U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, left, and Jef-
Call the Red Cross ferson County Judge Carl Griffith tour the damage at the
800 line to: MINETA, page 4A Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Nederland.
Register for emergency
financial assistance to
meet urgent needs
Scott Eslinger/The Enterprise
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WEATHER: Sunny, Highs: 90s, Lows: 70s/2A
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ANXIOUS RETURN
LAMAR UNIVERSITY SALVAGING TIPS ORANGE COUNTY PAYING BILLS
Officials say classes What to keep, throw Guardsmen leave their Rent is due, but bills
resume in 2-3 weeks away & try to restore families to help others have a grace period
DAMAGE, page 4A
TO OUR READERS
LEFT: Contractor Jason Viator, 29, of Beaumont
T oday’s special edition of
The Beaumont Enterprise
is reduced to essentials so we
talks on his cell phone with a customer Friday
morning while crouching on a large oak tree that
may better cover the aftermath fell into a home in the West End of Beaumont
of Hurricane Rita under the when Hurricane Rita battered Southeast Texas.
extraordinary circumstances BELOW: Jennifer Reedom, 40, of Beaumont
facing Southeast Texas. picks up a bent up window screen from the dri-
For expanded, real-time veway of her Beaumont home Friday morning.
updates, continue to go to Reedom, her husband, and her daughter,
www.SoutheastTexasLive.com returned to check on their home after evacu-
taing to a shelter in Marshall.
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WEATHER: Scattered clouds with possible isolated thunderstorm, Highs: 80s, Lows: 70s/2A
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COMEBACK TIME
NINE DAYS LATER: Southeast Texas on long road to rebound after Hurricane Rita
A construction crew prepares to begin reconstruction on the Target store in Beaumont on Saturday. The store’s roof collapsed during Hurricane Rita.
By DAN WALLACH
supplemented by about a dozen Enterprise staffers who went to
Houston and Dallas, never stopped reporting the story. For nine
days they produced an online newspaper devoted to coverage
of the evacuation, the hurricane and its aftermath and provided
round-the-clock news updates and dozens of online features at
forward
THE ENTERPRISE SoutheastTexasLive.com. By KEVIN J. DWYER
The electronic newspapers, dating to the eve of Rita’s arrival, THE ENTERPRISE
Repair crews restored power to were printed in San Antonio. They can be found inside today’s
the Parkdale Mall area and parts special Hurricane edition of The Enterprise.
Like the rest of Southeast Texas, we’re eager to get back to full More than a year after Hurri-
of Dowlen Road on Friday night strength, and we’ll make every effort to make that happen as soon cane Ivan roared ashore near
and could have some West End as possible. We appreciate your patience while we’re working on it. Pensacola, Fla., Mayor John Fogg
neighborhoods connected by still sees homes without roofs,
tonight, Entergy Texas chief exec- hotels without guests and ongo-
utive Joe Domino said this morn- ing work to rebuild his city.
ing.
Domino said in an 11 a.m. Tree-clearing ministry in area His advice to Southeast Texans
in the wake of Hurricane Rita:
conference call that the utility is Treat recovery and rebuilding as a
hitting a good stride in its restora- By F.A. KRIFT saw Ministries of the Texas marathon race, not a sprint, or
tion efforts. Neighborhoods THE ENTERPRISE Baptist Men cleared three the process will be maddening.
around the Tanglewood section pine trees Saturday from a Full recovery can take up to
of Beaumont and areas around BEAUMONT — The home on Briarcliff Drive, five years, Fogg said.
Major Drive could see lights by Texas Baptist Men have off Delaware Street. Hurricane Ivan devastated
tonight, he said. Bibles. They have chain- They didn’t come to Jennifer Reynolds/The Enterprise
Pensacola on Sept. 16, 2004. The
Within the next two days, saws, too. profit. No exchange of Tom Moses cuts through one of several trees that storm damaged or destroyed
A three-man team from fell across the garage of his Beaumont rental prop-
ENTERGY, page 3A the Collin County Chain- TREES, page 3A erty, as he starts cleaning up Saturday. FORWARD, page 3A
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Power restored
to about half
ELECTRICTY president and chief execu-
tive.
It could take another The restoration of power
to customers gets tougher
week to reach those from this point because of
heavier damage, Domino
who are still in dark cautioned Sunday in a con-
ference call with reporters.
By DAN WALLACH At the peak, Rita cast
THE ENTERPRISE
about 287,000 customers
Entergy Texas repair into nighttime darkness and
crews picked up an addi- daytime swelter as the utili-
tional 30,000 restorations ty struggled to mount an
through Saturday and assessment of overall dam-
expected to score at least as age as it crafted its repair
many Sunday, bringing total response.
restorations down to about To date, Entergy has
half of the peak number managed to reconnect
who lost power to Hurricane 112,000 customers thus far,
Rita more than a week ago,
said Joe Domino, utility POWER, page 4A
Firefighters battle a blaze at the B.P.O. Elks Lodge in Beaumont on Sunday. The building was completely destroyed.
TO OUR READERS
Electrical problems L ike a lot of Southeast Texas people and businesses, The
Enterprise is digging out from the destruction caused by
Hurricane Rita. We’re working hard to get our people and facili-
ties up and running again. Until we do, the paper will be small-
er than usual and delivery might take longer. We appreciate
your patience while that’s going on.
In the meantime, continue to go to www.SoutheastTexas-
MORE ON RITA
◆ State and national coverage: 3A ◆ Helpful info: 5A
◆ Rita in pictures: 8A
HISTORIC LOSS
Fire started after building’s
power came back online
By JAMIE REID
THE ENTERPRISE
Faithful thankful for
BEAUMONT — Electrical problems
sparked a fire Sunday that leveled the
Elks Lodge on U.S. 90.
what Rita didn’t take
where Christians gathered
No one was injured in the fire as
about a dozen of the group’s 250 mem-
COMMUNITY together in prayer.
bers stood and watched the lodge at ‘You all got out of ...,’ Many churches here, like
11431 U.S. 90 burn to the ground. Some all over Southeast Texas, were
of the Elks cried.
pastor tells group gathered damaged or destroyed in the
Lost in the blaze were historical at football stadium hurricane, so about 75 people
records for the 107-year-old group, as had church in the home team
By JAMIE REID
well as a 112-year-old Bavarian clock, stands.
THE ENTERPRISE
Elks members said. Despite the hardships,
Beaumont Fire Department Capt. people counted the blessings
VIDOR — High school that Rita brought, such as
Brad Penisson blamed the blaze on
football stadiums usually are uniting the community and
electrical problems that arose about
1:40 p.m. after power was restored to the battlefields of young men, sparing lives.
but on Sunday Pirate Stadium
FIRE, page 4A Firefighters battle a blaze at the B.P.O. Elks Lodge in Beaumont on Sunday. became a makeshift holy spot CHURCH, page 4A
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