Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 6 October 2005 — Page 5

The Muncie Times • October 6, 2005 • Page 5

continued from page 1 presidents, CEOs and directors or companies, politicians and community activists. The models she put together, based on a similar approach to what she used for the YOC project, read like a Who's Who of Muncie and Delaware County movers and shakers. They include Ball State University President Dr. Jo Ann Gora, Allen, Delaware County Sheriff George Sheridan, Delaware County Prosecutor Rick Reed, Muncie Police Chief Joe Winkle, Delaware County Democratic and Republican chairs Dennis Tyler and Kaye Whitehead, state Sen. Allie Craycraft and Steve Edwards, Muncie Community Schools assistant superintendent. Also Dr. Sam Abrams, a CAPE consultant and former Muncie Community Schools superintendent, Phyllis Bartleson, director of the Muncie Human

Rights Commission, Gina Bradbum, local Red Cross director, Judge Marianne Vorhees of Circuit Court 1 and Judge Linda RaluWolf of the Muncie City Court, Juli Metzger, publisher of the Muncie Star Press, Tom Miller, Star Financial Bank president, and Bubba Cunningham, Ball State University athletic director. Moten-Foster said the lineup was similar to that used for the YOC fund raiser, when models included the Muncie police chief and Delaware County prosecutor. "Everybody will provide their own clothes. Some will appear in one scene and the others will appear two or three times. For those attending the event, the suggested dressing is casual attire," MoteFosterer said. "When I started thinking about this project, the idea was to raise money so that it could be sent to Louisiana,Mississippi! and Alabama, my home state.

But when I found out that some Hurricane Katrina families were now in and around Muncie, we decided to focus our efforts on the local families and redirect our efforts to helping those families already here." She said she would be working with the American Red Cross chapter in Muncie. She has also enlisted the help of the Muncie Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Team Committee in trying to sell tickets to the Celebrity Fashion Show. "We would like to raise a minimum $10,000 from the show, almost all of which will be used to help people around here. "This is not a Muncie Times event. It's a Muncie community event. What we're doing is trying to appeal to the people around here to come out and watch this unique, enjoyable event." Moten-Foster said she was expecting about 1,500

people to come Oct. 16. She said she was sending a letter inviting Ball State University faculty and staff to attend the fashion show. "So far, people all across the country have been very generous in supporting the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We hope to see more of the same spirit in Muncie and the surrounding cities," she said. Some of the 54 Katrina evacuated families will be at the fashion event. "This is an opportunity to see some of the human faces and victims of Katrina. It is an opportunity to give something to someone who has nothing or who has lost everything because of the hurricane. It is an opportunity to see first hand the results of the hurricane's destruction and to help fellow human beings who are suffering, who are in trouble," she said. "The evacuees who came to Muncie are a cross-sec-tion of the Gulf Coast suf-

fering. They are black and white, young and old." Governor Davis, Kevin Woodgett's Praise Team and the East Central Indiana Youth Symphony will provide musical entertainment. A1 Rent and Terry Whitt Bailey will be the master and mistress of ceremony, while Angela Gordon will be stage manager. Moten-Foster said Comcast, WIPE-TV, radio and other local media have been enlisted to help in spreading the word about the fashion show. Letters and fliers are being sent to local churches and other outlets. Tickets are on sale from The Muncie Times, 741— 0037, the American Red Cross Muncie chapter, 284-3361, or from members of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Team Committee. Moten-Foster said all the money raised will go to the local American Red Cross chapter.