WEATHER: Partly cloudy, Highs:80s, Lows: 60s/2A  

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

VOL .CXXVII I, NO. 3 18    THE ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE 1880     50 Cents

THURSDAY The tastiest bits

of Southeast Texas are on

 

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On ice

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 angrylivestock: 10A

◆ Future looks bleak for ocean-front property: 13A

◆ Boats bashed at Port ArthurYacht Club: 1B

◆ Big Thicket clearing trails: 1B

◆ Aftermath photos: 6B

By EMILY GUEVARA

 THE ENTERPRISE

 At least three Jasper County andtwo Newton County schools will beback to normal operations by Mon-day, according to district officialsand school Web sites.

School resumes today in theBurkeville and Newton school dis-tricts in Newton County. Newton

SCHOOLS, page 9A

It’s back to school

 yet again Jasper and Newton County classrooms will lead the way 

By SARAH MOORE

 THE ENTERPRISE

MCFADDIN WILDLIFE REFUGE— The cluster of white tanks lookedas if Hurricane Ike stopped for acold one on his way through, toss-ing down the empties and crushing them with his massive foot beforemoving on.

Johnny Darcey stood up in theairboat and pointed to a dark brownline running a foot or so about the

 water on a stand of tall grass.

Crude oil.

The distinctive aroma of the thick,tar-like substance floated on thefresh Wednesday morning breeze.

SPILLS, page 8A

By DEE DIXON and

MATTHEW DANELO

 THE ENTERPRISE

BEAUMONT — Georgia truck driver Kirk Tenn propped his feeton both sides of his steering wheelas he waited for a third day tounload 50,000 pounds of ice forHurricane Ike victims in SoutheastTexas.

He got a call Sunday at his Cov-ington, Ga., home to haul a truck-load of ice to Ford Park. He arrivedMonday. Wednesday afternoon he

 was still waiting to unload.Tenn was among an estimated

HELP, page 9A

Ike crushes oil tanksin coastal wilderness

Here’s what happens when a hurricane barges in

Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise

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.

Cities within cities are repair army’s base

Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

State resource officers survey damage to a pumping and storage

facility on Clam Lake. One of the main oil tanks was crushed.

 Truckers stack up with supplies awaiting distribution

Almost 150

trucks filled

with hurricane

relief supplies

wait to enter

Ford Park

Wednesday

before being

routed to dis-

tribution

points.

Matthew Danelo/

The Enterprise

Advice & TV......5BClassified ........6B

Comics ............4B

Markets ..........3B

Nation ..............2A

Obituaries ......12A

Puzzles ............5B

Sports ............1B

Weather ..........2A

World ..............2A

Dow Nasdaq

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I N S I D E

◆ Section designed and copy-edited by Vic Odegar, Christopher Clausen, David Constantine,Megan Kinkade and Dennis Meloncon, (409) 880-0795◆

 Aftermath: Keepan eye on mold

 www.TexasHurricaneNews.com

 Average price of a gallon of regular gasin Southeast Texas:

As of Wednesday morning Sources: AAA,Oil Price Information Service

 $3.67

LIMITED HOME

DELIVERY

Home delivery of The BeaumontEnterprise resumes today on alimited basis.Customers whoseregular carriers evacuated mightstill experience late or no deliv-ery for a few more days. TheEnterprise is available in racksthroughout the region. Please goto beaumontenterprise.com fordetails and news updates.

By DAN WALLACH

 THE ENTERPRISE

BEAUMONT — David Seylertooled 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

OPERATION, page 8A

Cities within cities are repair army’s base With 14,000 workers on the job,you have to be johnny on the spot with portable toilets,bunks,showers, laundry 

Pete Churton/The Enterprise

This is one of two lines of portable toilets that illustrate the scope of the operation Entergy has in place.