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LocalState 8A THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 THE TIMES shreveporttimes.com FTTT77T tMvNTv-r --fTjy Temits Concert set for Tuesday Val Horvath The Times A house was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday near Waskom, Texas. Continued from 1A- will camp out through Tuesday. The goal is to raise awareness and collect money to send to Haiti through the church. The idea comes from Britney Winn, a missionary to Haiti who just returned from there Saturday. Most in the United States Tornado: About 2,000 without power Tornado 1 I strikes Marshall VSAr Waskom fML have conveniences and basic necessities that many people in Haiti no longer have.

"There are tent cities emerging all over Haiti." said 22-year-old Winn, a 10 nines Grand jury indicts teen over death of his uncle A Caddo grand jury indicted a Shreveport teenager Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder in connection with the slaying of his uncle. Angelo Adams, 15, is accused of shooting Victor Tucker on April 9 at the 4 1-year-old's residence in Shreve-port's Werner Park neighborhood. Adams eventually left the residence that night after Tucker told him to go home but the teen returned a little while later armed with a gun, authorities said. Adams is accused of kicking in the door and shooting his uncle once in the chest. Tucker was pronounced dead at the scene.

Adams, who was 14 at the time of the slaying, remained Wednesday night in Caddo Correctional Center on a charge of first-degree murder, the charge on which he originally was arrested. No bond amount had been set. Trial slated May 24 for suspects in fraud case Three former inspectors for the city of Shreveport and two city contractors will be tried May 24, a Caddo judge decided Wednesday. Contractors Santana Brown, Alex James III and James Lester Ray Jones and ex-cityemployees Daniel Lacour and Jackie Mandigo appeared before Caddo District Judge Mike Pitman. The inspectors are accused of signing off on work that was incomplete or never happened for the contractors who face a variety of charges.

They were arrested following a six-month investigation of Shreveport's Community Development Department. The alleged scam led the city to shut down its limited repair program for low-income residences. Caddo Assistant District Attorney Lea Hall, who is prosecuting the group, said each will be tried individually. Each faces up to five years in prison on each felony if convicted, he said. Following are the charges.

Alex, owner of Ninja Remodeling three counts of engaging in the business of contracting without authorization and one count of home improvement fraud. Brown, 34, three counts of contracting without a Dcense and one count of home improvement fraud. LaCour, 53, and Jones, 54, each on two counts of filing false public records. Lester, 53, owner of ReGenesis Construction, one count each of filing false public records and contractor fraud. Mandigo, 39, one count of filing false public records.

Alphonso Williams, 36, a contractor and owner of Williams Enterprises, faces two counts of filing false public records and one count of contractor fraud. He also has unrelated charges pending in Caddo District Court and is set to go before a judge Monday. Deputies find drug lab, book man on 2 charges Caddo sheriffs deputies discovered a working methamphetamine laboratory Tuesday wliile conducting an investigation in the 8100 block of Paula Kay Place at Blanchard, according to a news release. Deputies noticed a strong chemical odor coming from the residence when they made contact with Christopher Edenfield at the front door then found the lab in the bathroom, the release states. Edenfield, 34, was in the process of making meth a glass dish was cooking on an electric burner when deputies arrived, the statement says.

He has been charged with one count each of creation of a clandestine lab and possession of methamphetamine, according to the release. From Staff Reports The Times Winn Ways to donate A donation table will be set up in front of Centenary College's Gold Dome. Donations also may be made at the Christian Leadership Center office on the second floor of the Smith Building on the Centenary campus in Shreveport and at First United Methodist Church in downtown Shreveport. Make checks payable to First United Methodist Church and note it's for Haiti relief. The Fuller Center for.

Housing, which has built 40 houses in Shreveport's Allendale area, also is accepting donations for long-term earthquake relief in Haiti. Send a check to the Fuller Center Haiti fund by mail to The Fuller Center for Housing, Box 523, Americus, GA 31709 and include a note that specifies the donation is for Haiti. View this item at shreveporttimes.com to donate to the Fuller Center effort online. The Fuller Center plans to build earthquake-resistant homes for less than $4,000 each, breaking ground after emergency teams have completed their work. Concert fundraiser What: One Voice: Benefit concert for the earthquake survivors in Haiti When: 6 p.m.

Jan. 30 Where: Shreveport Convention Center Organizer: Praise Temple Full Gospel Church Haynesville native and 2009 Centenary graduate. "Since (Port-au-Prince) is leveled, there's no place for survivors to live." Shreveport's tent dwellers plan to call and visit businesses to seek donations. Activities at the tent city will include a concert Saturday. "Everyone's been real gracious and onboard," Winn said.

Anyone can join the group: just bring a tent, camping gear and Water will be supplied, and Centenary will provide bathrooms and showers. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12. Winn and fellow First United Methodist Church members Nycki Sorensen and Hu Debo were there visiting an orphanage their congregation sponsors. The orphanage, about 140 miles from the quake's epicenter, was not people, according to Kendrick Briggs, of Panola Harrison Electric.

Other than emergency and police lights. Gene and Judy Griffin's house was the only illuminated residence on the block. The Griffins' generator automatically turned on when the power went out. Debris and wind broke the north-facing windows on the house, and the swirling winds left everything topsy-turvy, Judy Griffin said. While surveying the damage, the couple found frozen meat scattered about their lawn from a freezer that was housed in the garage.

The house's "roof is leaking like a sieve," she said. The couple also lost three barns, two sheds and their back deck. "I am so thankful everyone's OK," Judy Griffin said of her family and their four dogs, seven horses and 14 goats. She said she was just praying her two pregnant horses didn't give birth early due to stress. Continued from 1A Pieces of bent steel sheeting littering the ground and tangled around trees on the south side of I-20 alerted motorists in the vicinity of mile marker 628 that a storm had blown through.

The metal came from Rod Cory's office and other steel buildings at Five Starr Builders, located on the 1 north side of the interstate, "It's all gone, dude. It's all gone," Cory said to a friend who called him that night as he stood on the foundation of what used to be his office. Just minutes after quitting time, the storm annihilated his business doing an estimated $500,000 worth of damage to the structure and work trucks. Cory said he had just arrived home when he heard about the tornado. "I came back looking for bodies." He soon discovered his workers were about five miles down the road at the time the storm hit and were unharmed.

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