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I . THE MASHPEE ENTERPRISE• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,2005 Page 13 .
<br /> Communities, officials ork To' Ease Transition For Evacuees
<br /> By MARK A.BROWN tional Guard Environmental and in Massachusetts and quality tion A x xF, day's carpentry work., Twenty'
<br /> With no additional survivors Readiness Center,said. public assi would need toy` x s ,� $i �g x*. -a.i brand-new picnic tables were
<br /> of Hurricane Katrina being 'A job fair was scheduled to apply throul ep1mr channels, � a x €` z q x assembled and placed in the
<br /> be held toga at the base from he said. _. 1xx Targe courtyard between the
<br /> flown into Otis Air National y r ��` x z�« gx barracks.
<br /> 10 AM to 2 PM, and another is. Bourne paramedics Penny x � xz x, t x:,il r � t "
<br /> Guard Base, Upper Cape com- € a z xx `"` e xxxx } ;„x Four men from Wamp Worx a
<br /> munity leaders and state offs- scheduled for Wednesday. Fusco and David Pelonzi were tag t � g r1 i 1, ,+
<br /> mals at the base are now to- "We'll have 10 employers. here on the base Monday, just two of rix � �xi���b'� � ,x � � '�� x3i : Mashpee Wampanoag contract
<br /> Friday who have specific jobs the many fire and rescue per-
<br /> x x:fs �g I it« k i i ing firm, spent Monday cutting
<br /> cused on stabilizing and relocat- �1� x x three-foot sections of electrical 3fT+rs:
<br /> ing hose displaced by the available that match the skills of sonnel from various Cape com- x< xE�x t� x= ”
<br /> the people from Louisiana," munities providing round-the- 1x xgxx� , t a conduit to be placed across up 10µ'1p
<br /> storm. said Stephen Kelleher of Sa- clock sentry duty.Yesterday Ms. : �exxazjle Per floor windows. ,E
<br /> The Federal Emergency �s` "The fire chiefs wanted this
<br /> Management Agency on Tuesday gamore, vice :commandant of Fusco and Mr. Pelonzi .com- zt :
<br /> scrubbed plans for additional Massachusetts :Maritime acad- forted Dionne M. White and her a done to prevent any children t y
<br /> evacuation flights from Gulf emy. 8-year-old daughter, Nico. Ms. from falling out," Russell Peters r1t'J•t
<br /> Coast states. Many agencies are "The academy itself has a White, who is pregnant, has Jr. said as he sliced the tubular
<br /> trying to help evacueesdeter-
<br /> few jobs they'd like to fill," said been separated from seven steel with a radial saw. Mark
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<br /> mine where they want to go. Mr. Kelleher, a former Marine other children and a grandchild Harding, owner and CEO of the
<br /> "They want to get stabilized hist
<br /> Corps FEMA liaison officer who since before the hurricane made company, and his son, Bud,
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<br /> and then think abouthousing," is managing the job fair. landfall. - loured Mr. Russell at the base h,rd;
<br /> said Alison Reid of the Housing At least twoevacueesare al Ms. White and her daughter along with Jose White. By days
<br /> Assistance Corporation in ready working, with employers spent three days,atop their New end, more than 300 bars had �frfAt;
<br /> Hyannis. "A lot of them that picking them up outside the Orleans roof 'awaiting rescue. been cut and installed in more 140,•
<br /> don't know where family mem- base gates,Col.,Fitzpatrick said. "You don't know what_it's like than 100 rooms. 1044,
<br /> trying to sleep on R'slanted roof, Three shuttle bus routes have
<br /> bens are want to go back and try The state welfare agency is v .3,
<br /> to reunite with them," Ms.Reid. providing centralized assistance with no food, no water. If you max"- been established to transport •znx,•
<br /> roll over the wrong way, you're evacuees outside of the residen
<br /> Communities on the Cape for evacuees. An : electronic l asl4 :'
<br /> could see about 100 of the 207 "Standard Benefits Packaged in the water with all the filth tial area: A Sea Line Breeze bus,
<br /> and dead bodies;'
<br /> Re-
<br /> evacuees plant roots here, Ms. card conveys a 30-day stipend of Ms. White re- provided by the Cape Cod runs
<br /> Reid said: "It's about half-and- federal food stamps and state- called.. gional Transit Authority, runs 1or•a�.'
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<br /> half as far as who wants to stay funded cash to recipients, said A line of evacuees stretched continuously between the bar ,stt•yt,
<br /> MARK A.BRowNIENTEm'atsE- racks and the Kaehler Memorial Wt 9y,. ':
<br /> here and who wants to go else- John Wagner, commissioner of through a mess hall at mid- Russell Peters, a Mashpee Wampanoag, saws steel tubing Medical Clinic operated on base ,
<br /> where. It all depends on the the Department of Transitional afternoon yesterday as many ttjwf7
<br /> day,"she said. Assistance. sought help from state aid work- Monday at Otis Air National Guard Base. Four men from Wamp by the US Coast Guard. yII WILY;
<br /> Counseling and guidance con- The amount of aid available ens. A woman locking for Social Worx, including Mr. Peters and owner Mark Harding;.:installed A full-size bus provided by
<br /> times to be provided for those depends on family size, ,Mr_ , Security assistance was directed
<br /> child safety bars in 100 upper-floor windows at the barracks Brockton Area Transit arrived
<br /> in need. Reverend Jeffrey L. Wagner said.A singe adult with to a phone bank in the lobby of where hurricane evacuees are housed. at 2 PM yesterday to drive a loop 0 till
<br /> Brown, picked by Governor W. no children would receive $149 the barracks next door, route to various base s
<br /> Mitt Romney to serve as mayor in food stamps and $300 in cash, " ties including thea gymnasium,v+ 9W,.
<br /> The state services are meet- grocery store, and activities cen •alid+s.
<br /> of Edwards Village, where while an adult with four chil- ing twice a dayto coordinate ac- ter. Another full-size bus from it ' s•
<br /> evacuees are housed, provides dren would receive $592 in food tivities," said Stephen J. process the various people who replaced before evacuees ar- the Cape transit authority leaves •JN2
<br /> comfort for those still in shock stamps and$700 in cash,he said. +o-1441r
<br /> from the upheaval. There are no restrictions on O'Brien, superintendent with have been staying with local rived, and workers Monday were every two hours from the bar .
<br /> the Massachusetts Department family and friends, but have tossing old mattresses from the
<br /> "Reverend Brown constantlywhat may be purchased with the racks,carrying guests to Falmouth of Public Safety. been. driving onto the base. upper-floor windows of a fourth destinations, such as Falmouth �•�#ersa,t
<br /> reminds them that this is a way cash portion of the card, which Many of them are trying to track building. By late afternoon, all
<br /> station, and it's a decision point is accessed through automatic "Everyone tvho arrived on center and the Falmouth Mall
<br /> down family,"Mr.O'Brien said. 288 mattresses had begn re The office of Barnstable
<br /> in their life," Colonel William teller machines,, Mr. Wagner the planes was processed after More than a week has passed laced. Cum-
<br /> Fitzpatrick,
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<br /> Fitzpatrick, director of the Na-' said. Those who decide to settle they landed.New we're trying to- since the second of two planes p County Sheriff James s Cum
<br /> landed at Otis' Air National Each of the barracks and mines in Bourne has been
<br /> mess halls now features ADA- tasked with many logistical.du
<br /> Guard Base in the early morning ties. "We've been mainly assist
<br /> Brothers Make Tt `Home' To gape hours of September 9. Yet the compliant ramps For wheelchair "i
<br /> compound housing survivors of accessibility, the result of Mon- Continued on Page 22 ,.{411:
<br /> Hurricane Katrina continues to
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<br /> day, and they'd run out of gas," ministrator in the Sagamore tors, volunteers, agency offi- Yo /' x•�
<br /> was finally evacuated on Sun- Jason said. store. cials, state police, and munici-
<br /> day,September 4. When gas was available, each The family had moved to Buz- pal employees.
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<br /> Jason and.Martin, along with . vehicle could only get 10 gallons zards Bay in 1973, when Martin Although renovations haveD''I W
<br /> Deborah and the dog, headed at a time. "We literally had to go was 5 and Jason was 3. been ongoing in the eight bar • •
<br /> north the next day in three vehi- county by county and keep top- Martin and Deborah went to racks for years, many projects '
<br /> cles. "My brother had his truck ping off our tanks before we Otis on September 10 to get help were accelerated while others Full Service Home Gym Supplier r r 4th+
<br /> and Debbie had her.Hyundai. I found a place where we could from the veterans desk, and are had been recently added to the ;
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<br /> had a friend at a U Haul store fill up,"he said. now staying at the base Jason list,All of the mattresses in the "N /�
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<br /> some stuff with us,”Jason said contact their mother. As they "Things were getting a little,,.,, Nysrmils �a g
<br /> continued north, the stgft, at a cramped here;"•Jason said; who "" °s�ipZyO f omlliuldcaf3on
<br /> To the back of his truck Mar- motel in New Jersey opened up is still at his mother's house, Smith Pratt Unit 1-8
<br /> tin strapped a cardboard sign their kitchen at 10 PM and pro- "and we all needed our space. I Call for Hours•www'
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<br /> As they made their way up In- cards, and some lunches to go. hicle." Serving the Cape eflsfandsfor21yearn
<br /> terstate 59 toward Birmingham, We 'can't thank those people The three evacuees are now
<br /> Alabama, the swath of destruc- enough for what they did." seeking jobs in their careerl i IVA?. '
<br /> tion left in Katrim's wake was `
<br /> "Imagine driving It took four days to complete fields. Jason, an auto financier,
<br /> eye-popping. "I
<br /> miles an hour, their journey from Hattiesburg interviewed Wednesday with a
<br /> four hours at "70 '
<br /> to Sandwich.Their first morning car dealer in Hyannis. Martin
<br /> with trees down everywhere and back home, they were treated to administered school computer
<br /> no power. That's how bad it breakfast by Friendly's in Sa- networks in Hattiesburg. Debo- 1 r
<br /> was;Jason said. rah, whose family remains in ptpr
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<br /> Fueling their vehicles pre- "People have just been won- Mississippi, hopes to land a m - alar
<br /> sented challenges. "Gas stations derful.That's about all I can ask nursing job although she is not
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