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The Go 'Sideways' at Brew View, Bl Date God Bless America 128th year No. 32 Wednesday, August 31, 2005, Moline, Illinois www.QCOnline.com 50 cents ois n. mm Weather Pleasant Katrina's full wrath still being felt; death toll soars 1 High: 86 Low: 62 Weather, Back of 'f 'in '-J mimiii -f mi i i iiw i im ii i -i JL. JL; 1 Katrina could cause price of building materials to skyrocket A5 Expect gas prices to reach record highs this week. CI How does Katrina stack up against past hurricanes.

CI NEW ORLEANS (AP) -Rescuers along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast pushed aside the dead to reach the living Tuesday in a race against time and rising waters, while New Orleans sank deeper into crisis and Louisiana's governor ordered storm refugees out of this drowning city Two levees broke and sent water coursing into the streets of the Big Easy a full day after New Orleans appeared to have escaped widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina. An estimated 80 percent of the below-sea-level city was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places, with miles and miles of homes swamped "The situation is untenable," Gov. Kathleen Blanco Another miracle Moline 10-year-old Tom Rynott suffered his second major Injury when he was struck by a golf club In the head while at a local driving range. Four years ago, Tom was nearly killed when he was hit by a truck. Q-C Area, A3 it i A-ssociatea Ptess 'We're not even dealing with dead bodies.

They're just pushing them on the Ray Nagin, New Orleans mayor Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near Interstate 10 in downtown New Orleans Tuesday. fit Donations for Katrina relief efforts can be: Made by calling the American Red Cross at 1-800-HELP NOW, or going to www.redcross.org on the Web. Dropped oft at dr mailed to the American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area. 1100 River Drive, Moline, IL 61266-0888. Made by calling the Salvation Army at 1-800-SAL-ARMY, or going to www.1800salarmy.org on the Web.

Mailed to or dropped off at these Satvatwn Army locations: 2200 5th Moline, IL 61265 3400 W. Central Park Davenport IA 52804 301 W. 6th Davenport, IA 52803 fj Go the 'whole' way Sure, most bread has 'grain' the key is in the previous word. Check the label to make sure it's "whole-grain' bread. Life, Bl T' Quad-Citians can help Katrina victims said.

"It's just heartbreaking." One Mississippi county alone said its death toll was at least 100, and officials are "very, very worried that this is going to go a lot higher," said Joe Spraggins, civil defense director for Harrison County, home to Biloxi and Gulfpurt Thirty of the victims in the county were from a beachfront apaitment building that collapsed under a 25-foot wall of water as Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast with 145-mph winds. And Louisiana officials said many were feared dead there, too, making Katrina one of the most punishing storms to hit the United States in decades. After touring the destruction by air, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said it looked like Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said hundreds, if not thousands, of people may still be stuck on roofs and in attics, and so rescue boats were bypassing the dead.

"We're not even dealing with dead bodies," Nagin said. "They're Just pushing them on the side." The flooding in New Orleans grew worse by the See Katrina, A2 By Jan4 IkIuom jacksonjqcorlinecom In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, local fundraisers are being Moline, and at the Quad City Radio Group offices, 3535 E. Kimberly Road. Davenport. All checks must be made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Kit.

organized to help the resi- dents of the battered Gulf Fund or the American Red A Coast. WQAD-NewsChannel 8 and the Quad City Radio Group have teamed up with the American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area to host "Cash for Katrina Victims." a one-day fundraiser from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. Individualn can donate Cross with a note in the memo portion that the funds must be used toward Hurricane Katrina.

Smokey's Auto Sales, 931 State Bettendorf, also will hold a special $2 car wash from 9 a m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, with proceeds benefiting the Natural Disaster Relief Fund, said See Donations, A2 l. I Associated Press A resident is rescued from the roof of a home by the U.S. Coast Guard as flood- money at the WQAD stu-waters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets Tuesday in New Orleans. dios, 3003 Park 16th 23 years later, the search for Kimberly Doss continues Kimberly Sue Doss Book Feb.

12, 1966 Ag 16 when missing, would be 39 now HaJr Brown, possibly bleached blonde Ey Brown Rac White On the Web Thursday's Child: www.thursdayschild.org Iowa Department of Public Safety: www.dps. state, ia.usdcimpic National Center for Missing or Exploited Children: www.misslngkids.com Quite a rush! Fulton's Tyler Manon was switched from quarterback to wing-back this season, ft proved to be a good move as he rushed for 209 yards on Just six carries in the Steamers' season-opening win. Sports, Dl Index Baseball D3 Births A6 Business A9 Classified Comics Crossword C7 Daily Planner Obituaries A7 Prep Sport9 D4 Television B5 Theaters Viewpoints A4 rlflllllloPL By Brian Krm bkransqconline.com Kimberly Sue Doss was 16 when she was reported missing 23 years ago today Now, she would be almost 40, and her missing persons case sfill is open across the country The faded missing persons poster from the National Center for Missing or Exploited Children still hangs in the Davenport Police Department lobby with a few others. "There's been so-called spottings that we've followed up on that panned out to be nothing," Lt. Gene Wall of the Criminal Investigation Division said.

Ms. Doss, a native of Houston, Texas, was reported missing on Sept. 1, 19B2. She was spotted three weeks later at a Davenport Greyhound bus station. Where she was going and why still aren't clear, but Lt.

Wall said there were no signs of foul play The Texas Department of Public Safety reports Ms. Doss could have been traveling from Houston to visit her father. But she vanished. Don Austen, founder of Thursday's Child, a Los Angeles-based foundation that helps she had disappeared from Hollywraxl. "The police declared her as dead and everyone stopped looking," Mr.

Austen said. "Here's a girl that's been missing 23 years and if it would have happened today, the same thing would have happened." But police keep checking possible sightttiKS. About two years ago, Ms. Doss' mother, Linda Robertson, gave DNA samples to be filed in a database for comparison against possible remains if any are found, Lt. Wall said.

Most runaways leave with a boyfriend or girlfriend, and police are required only to ensure runaways are safe, he said. "There's nothing illegal alxtut just leaving." However, if foul play is suspected, authorities will dedicate more resources, I A. Wall said, Now, more than two decades after Ms. Doss' disappearance, technology has increased to help locate runaways, and Ms. Doss' Information is on about half a dozen Internet sites.

Finding missing persons in the Quad-Cities is much easier than in larger cities, Lt. Wall said. Tracking them through Social Security numbers, credit cards and other means has advanced a lot since Ms. Doss' disappearance. "We can find someone if they take off." Kimberly Sue Doss Doss as she at age 16 might look today at-risk youth, said he was positive Ms.

Doss was a teen prostitute he came across in 1984. The young girl in high heels with straight bleached blonde hair carried Ms. Doss' signature gap in her teeth, and went by the name Kimberly Kathleen Gardner. This girl, however, was about four inches taller than Ms. Doss.

"I can still see her in my mind," Mr. Austen said. "The first or second time I saw her, there was an officer who said she was all right and gave her a warning." The young woman reportedly was work- Ing for a pimp on the streets of Hollywood. Mr. Austen tried to help her, but she soon vanished, like many young women in the area do.

He never got a straight story where she went, he said. Mr. Austen believes they should have taken the girl's fingerprints and mugshot to see if they matched Ms. Doss. Several years later, investigators believed Ms.

Gardner was Ms. Doss. By that time,.