Reply #76: vapid Laura

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>First lady Laura Bush will travel separately to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and will be meeting face to face with refugees in Lafayette, Louisiana.<
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>First Lady Laura Bush, meanwhile, was in Lafayette, La. Thursday to meet with refugees and to thank volunteers for their efforts in the wake of the hurricane.

She urged those who fled the coast to enroll their children in school as soon as possible, wherever they are now.

“It’s really important for parents to let their kids keep going to school, “ Mrs. Bush said.<
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1717391.html

First Lady Visits Louisiana Center

First lady Laura Bush said she's seeing proof that not all parts of Louisiana are in terrible shape.

Bush has visited an evacuation center inside the Cajundome in Lafayette. She told reporters the center "doesn't really look like what we're seeing on television." The first lady said "some things are working really, really well in Louisiana."

She said about 6,000 people are having basic needs met inside the center, and she's urging more volunteers to show up there and at locations around the Gulf Coast.

After at first steering clear of a question about the federal response to Katrina, the first lady later said the response hasn't been the kind the government had in mind.

"We know we can do it better," she said.
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First lady Laura Bush, visiting the Cajundome today to serve food to some of the 6,000 hurricane evacuees living there, praised the volunteers who make shelters work in cities across the Gulf Coast.

She urged people to volunteer whatever time and talent they have to help the thousands displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Her comments reflected the widespread view that evacuees may be forced to stay in shelters for months.

“If you can’t (volunteer) this week, there will be the next week and the next week,” Bush said.

She helped ladle beans, rice and jambalaya to hungry evacuees, many of whom waited for lunch while the first lady toured the arena. She helped serve 60 people by 2 p.m.
http://www.acadiananow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050902/NEWS05/50902012