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Truck to leave for Louisiana
Driver to deliver
essential supplies
BY MEGHAN DAVIS
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
After Hurricane Katrina’s
assault on the Gulf Coast led to a
sharp rise in gas prices, Gov. Mike
Easley encouraged carpooling as a
means to conserve gas.
This week, two Chapel Hill
groups are applying Easley’s
message to their Katrina relief
efforts.
Volunteers from the Chapel
Hill Children’s Clinic, led by
nurse Maria Mekeel, and the
Orange County Democratic Party
will share a truck to carry sup
plies south to Covington, La., on
Thursday.
When she saw the devastation
the hurricane caused, Mekeel said
she knew she wanted to help.
She began to collect supplies to
send to evacuees living in tempo
rary shelters.
“She was so moved by the plight
of displaced people, especially the
kids, that she felt moved to do
something,” said Bob Krueger, who
owns Great Harvest Bread Cos., at
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for him, the report states that the
hiring process was neither open
nor fair.
The fairness of distribution also
was a point of contention.
Julie Robinson, spokeswoman
for Black, said the programs went
through an approval process before
receiving funds.
“All projects had to meet strict
criteria to prove they were eligible
for state funding,” she said. “If they
did not meet that criteria for state
funding, they did not receive any
funding for that program.”
But in Cooper’s report, project
accountability was cited as one of
the three major inadequacies in
funds appropriation.
Mecklenburg County is one
area expected to receive funds, but
Dumont Clarke, a Mecklenburg
County Commissioner, said he did
not know of any specific programs
that are receiving funds.
“I think the money went to
some worthy causes just because
I know Jim Black, and I trust his
judgment,” he said. “He is a good
man who has worked very hard on
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Krueger offered his store as a
drop-off location for supplies.
“We’re looking for things like
bug spray, diapers, tools, cleaning
supplies, any type of canned goods,
paper goods, flip-flops,” Mekeel
said.
She set up collection sites at
University Mall, Carrboro Family
Pharmacy, Chapel Hill Urgent Care
and the clinic.
“The only thing we can’t take is
clothes,” Mekeel said.
“These people have no dressers,
no homes to put clothes in.”
As of Monday, there was some
question of who would be able to
drive the truck such a long dis
tance.
Krueger even asked those gath
ered for the Chapel Hill Town
Council meeting Monday if they
know anyone who can drive a
rig.
Then Charlie Gray, the chief
executive officer of Carolina
Trucking Academy, offered
Mekeel a big rig to carry the sup
plies.
“Talk about being careful what
you wish for,” Krueger said.
Mekeel said Gray parked the
truck in Carrboro Plaza and
behalf of the people of this state.”
Robinson said projects are being
undertaken throughout the state
and not just in the home counties
of the legislative leadership.
‘These projects went to districts
all across the state,” she said. “Almost
every Democratic member (received
money for a project), and I know
that former co-speaker Morgan
helped several Republicans.”
The partisan slant to the dis
tribution of funds is a concern to
some, but more than that is the
blow to public accountability.
“I think public officials have a
responsibility to keep the public
trust,” said Lynda Clay, chairwom
an of the Carteret County Board of
Commissioners.
Ensuring public trust is some
thing Cooper addressed in his report
with recommendations to avoid
controversy in the future, stressing
transparency and accountability.
In the 2005-06 state budget,
Robinson said, all projects to be
taken up were specifically item
ized, instead of establishing a
reserve fund.
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“She was so moved by the plight of
displaced people, especially the kids,
that she felt moved to do something.”
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offered a driver and the gas nec
essary for the trip, some $1,500
worth.
Mekeel said the Orange County
Democratic Party contacted her
last week to coordinate their
drives.
The party collected sup
plies Tuesday and Wednesday
at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712
Willow Drive.
“When I left we did a head
count, and we estimated that
we had another tractor trailer’s
worth of stuff,” said resident
Katrina Ryan.
Ryan is a candidate for the
Carrboro Board of Aldermen who
traveled to Texas her home
state —with several truckloads
of supplies last week.
“One of the little classrooms at
Binkley is entirely full.”
The truck will leave today for
Covington, where the Veterans for
Peace have set up a camp on the
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“It’s a chance for the community
to come together and hear direct
ly from him what’s on his mind,”
Wegner said.
Officials said the forum has
helped Moeser keep in touch with
the community.
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Last semester, junior Janel Jack
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And Mekeel already has plans
for the next trip.
“A second load is going to Biloxi,
Miss.,” she said.
“That one is focusing more on
children.
“I heard that children down
there are sleeping on top of a tarp
in a Kmart parking lot and being
eaten alive by fire ants.”
Mekeel said she would love to
have some help in her efforts from
volunteers.
“There will be a drive in our
office parking lot this Saturday,
and I need to staff it,” she said.
The Chapel Hill Children’s Clinic
is located at 109 Connor Drive,
Suite 103. She will be on-site from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
“The next truck I have donated,
but no gas for it.”
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“l think he sees it as a tool, one of
the many methods of being in touch
with the campus,” said Lisa Katz,
director of UNC News Services.
“It’s an opportunity to talk about
the big picture, and we’re all part
of that.”
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she says it’s a diverse group in
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Pressley says that just because
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
New Orleans seeks
clean bill of health
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS - The putrid
air rising from New Orleans’
slowly receding Jloodwaters was
found Wednesday not to be overly
polluted, encouraging news for a
mayor weighing the reopening of
the French Quarter and other dry
parts of the city.
Mayor C. Ray Nagin had said a
clean bill of health for the air would
allow the tourist-friendly French
Quarter and central business dis
trict to open as early as Monday.
And while the Environmental
Protection Agency still found the
floodwaters contained dangerous
levels of sewage-related bacteria,
the air pollutants were found to be
at acceptable levels.
“We’re bringing New Orleans
back,” Nagin promised earlier.
“We’re bringing this culture back.
We’re bringing this music back. I’m
tired of hearing these helicopters. I
want to hear some jazz.”
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April. The bodies were found May
14 wrapped in blankets inside the
house.
During the two weeks before his
parents’ bodies were discovered by
police, he checked in and out of a
Durham Marriott hotel.
At a previous hearing, Williams
said elements of both physical and
emotional abuse might have pro
voked the shootings.
During Wednesday’s hearing
the court also addressed a motion
for involuntary commitment filed
by Sapikowski’s legal guardian.
Barber said the motion would
be handled in a closed civil pro
ceeding with the clerk of court.
He ordered that the Orange
County sheriff keep Sapikowski in
the county jail for the hearing before
transporting him to the hospital.
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city still was flooded, down from
80 percent after Katrina hit, as 53
permanent and temporary pumps
worked to siphon off 8 billion gal
lons a day.
On the hard-hit east side,
block after block of once-flood
ed neighborhoods gave way to a
slimy, putrid muck, ruined cars,
snapped utility poles and col
lapsed houses.
Virtually all homes bore marks
indicating they had been searched
for victims.
None in sight during a pass
through neighborhoods had an
additional numeral that would
indicate bodies.
The body count in Louisiana
alone climbed to 474 on Wednesday,
and it was expected to rise further
as state and federal officials went
about the tedious task of collect
ing bodies and then using DNA to
identify them.
tions filed in the matter be sealed.
Sapikowski will remain in tem
porary custody at the hospital, and
if released, will be in the custody of
the sheriff.
Last week, evidence from the
supplemental discovery in the case
was turned over to Williams.
The list of evidence included:
■ A State Bureau of
Investigations lab report;
■ Adam Sapikowski’s bank
account summary;
■ A Lab Corp report;
■ Xeroxed photocopies of seized
items and contents of spiral note
books;
■ Sapikowski’s first semes
ter report card from Durham
Academy;
■ A handwritten letter that
appears to have been written by the
defendant dated Aug. 28, 2003.
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