[Budge]

Many evacuees have been housed at the Convention Center here in Pine Bluff. The Arts And Science Center, which is only about a block away, opened it's door and provided free entertainment, movies, food and drink for them.

Many people here have opened their homes to them. Wal-Mart is hiring any associate who has been displaced by Katrina, not just here but all over the U.S.A. This in addition to financial assistance.

On a sour note, five evacuees cars were broken into at the Convention Center the first night they were there, despite the almost constant police patrol. FWIW, the police department is across the street from the convention center! However, no break-ins have been reported since.

[sweetliberty]

"On a sour note, five evacuees cars were broken into at the Convention Center the first night they were there"

Now Budge, you know that was just the Pine Bluff welcoming committee. < /sarcasm >