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“They Shall Rise Again” Muncie Celebrity Style Show Sunday, October 16, 2005, 6:30PM at The Horizon Convention Center

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Vol. 15, No. yi- Also Serving Anderson, Marion, Richmond And New Castle Communities October 6, 2005 Prayer After the Storm

By Maria WilliamsHawkins. Ph. D.

Hurricane season started as it always does, far away from me. Most of my family is removed

from the hurricanes susceptible areas of the country. One part in Texas is in the region, but in the highest point between the gulf and Dallas. So, I wasn’t really worried. When Katrina, only a category one storm at the time, hit Florida, I didn’t mind. It was only a one and the people could endure a storm that weak. Something in my mind suggested that Katrina wasn’t going quietly into the night. On August 29th, it proved me correct.

Katrina hit Louisiana and breached the canal that protected New Orleans. I was sorry that Katrina had hit such a wonderful

southern city. Then my husband called with a simple question, “Isn’t Garnett still in New Orleans?”

Hurricane Katrina reveals ugly face of U.S. poverty

Muncie groups organize fashion show to benefit hurricane victims

By Marian Wright Edelman One of the unexpected side effects of Hurricane Katrina is that the storm opened up. a national conversation on a piece of the tragedy that wasn’t caused by the wind or water: poverty. Katrina ripped the blinders of denial off on the chronic but invisible tsunami of poverty that afflicts 37 million Americans, including 13 million children. People were forced to see what poverty looked like on the clear pictures on their television screens: families who didn’t have enough

money to own a car or have a credit card or enough cash to pay for another way out of the hurricane’s path, families left stranded without food, water, or shelter when the storm came. The pictures of Hurricane Katrina’s poor victims were hard to ignore. They put a vivid and desperate face on what is really a constant, daily crisis for millions of people in our rich nation. All over the country, poor families and children are being left behind as the benefits of a steadily growing economy fail to contiuned on page 8

By T. S. Kumbula A Celebrity Fashion Show will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Horizon Center, downtown Muncie, to raise funds to support 54 Hurricane Katrina families temporarily living in East Central Indiana. The idea is the brainchild of Muncie Times Publisher Bea MotenFoster who orchestrated a similar event years ago to help raise money for building the Youth Opportunity Center (YOC). "About 4 weeks ago, a friend (Augustine Fairley) approached me to say her son, Dathan Fairley, was driving a van full of supplies South to help the

victims of Hurricane Katrina. I said he could stop by my house and pick up more things. "When he came by, he said the van was filled to capacity and there was no room for any more supplies. So my husband. Bob, and I gave Dathan some money. As I thought about the situation and spoke to some local people, I realized I could do more. The Lord gave me a vision to try and do something about this. I decided I could organize a fashion show to raise some money. Most people that I talked to and asked to be in the fashion show laughed, at first," MotenFoster said. "The first person I called, on a Saturday

morning, was Dan Allen, president of the MuncieDelaware County Chamber of Commerce. He laughed when I told him that I wanted him to be a model in my fundraising Celebrity Fashion Show. But he finally agreed. "I didn't have to twist any arms, because most people laughed, at first, but then agreed to participate, although some did so reluctantly, when I told them I was resurrecting the fashion show." Instead of runway supermodels, MotenFoster said she went for bank president, a university president, judges, law enforcement official, continued on page 5