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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 DECATUR, ILLINOIS LOCALNATION A3 AMERICA RESPONDS ft nD limpid ranIeK 7 5,000 Guard, reserve troops added to force WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon rolled out workhorse B-52 bombers and activated an additional 5,172 National Guard and reserve troops Saturday in preparation for the first military strikes in the new U.S. campaign against terrorism. hi An GOOD TO GO: A plane captain gives the 'thumb's up' signal to the pilot of an EA-6B 'Prowler' during flight operations aboard USS Enterprise. The Air Force will be sending as many as 130 aircraft to the Persian Gulf region, including B-52s, B-1s and fighters. a and an array of other weapons were en route to an undisclosed location after leaving overnight from Barks-dale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

The call-up Saturday raises to 10,303 the total of Air National Guard Air Force Reserve troops called to active duty since Thursday. Among the latest call-ups are units to provide air refueling and joint communications. Lt. Gen. Charles Wald, commander of U.S.

Central Command's air component, early in the week shifted operations to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, where he could plan and direct air attacks against bin Laden, Afghan supporters and other possible targets in the region, officials said. The United States has "a command and control center with Saudi Arabia. It's up and running and it's operational," a U.S. official said Saturday. The Air Force is sending 100 to 130 aircraft to the Gulf region the B-52s as well as B-ls and fighters, officials have said.

Tanker aircraft for refueling the fighters and bombers as they cross the Atlantic had already left U.S. bases to position themselves as an "air bridge" Thursday. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said its fighters shot down an unmanned reconnaissance plane Saturday in northern Afghanistan and were trying to determine what country launched it. The plane was reported downed in an area where Taliban opposition reported heavy fighting with forces of the hardline Islamic leadership. Pentagon officials refused to say whether the plane was American, one adding that they were happy to keep the Taliban guessing.

Turkey will allow Air Force transport aircraft to use its airspace and airports for a possible retaliation to the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said in a letter to President Bush. Turkey, base for the U.S. and British "no-fly" zone flights over Iraq, is also willing to share intelligence on Afghanistan with the United States. On Friday in Japan, the USS Kitty Hawk, the only U.S.

aircraft carrier stationed in the western Pacific, left its port in Yokosuka for an undisclosed location. Two carriers are already in the Persian Military officials welcomed word that Turkey would join the ranks of nations that will Defense Department: www. defenselink.mil help U.S. armed forces in the fight against prime suspect Osama bin Laden. He is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan.

"We appreciate all the support we're enjoying in the region and around the world," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan G. Whitman. Air Force B-52 bombers capable of dropping or firing long-range cruise missiles Associated Press cial operations forces such as helicopter-borne Army Rangers. Planned, as well, are non-military moves such as financial steps to dry up bin La-den's resources and law enforcement efforts against his accomplices. Gulf or Indian Ocean, and a third, the Theodore Roosevelt, left Norfolk, during the week for the Mediterranean Sea and possibly points east.

It is widely expected that a U.S. campaign against the terrorists would be led by spe- lush showing vsri steady hand Wt m. for leadershi aides reuoet Knight Ridder Newspapers liflcfiiJ-'- fVj EVENTS A rally for America will begin at 2 p.m. today at Mil-likin University's Frank Lindsay Field. It will feature several bands, the combined choirs from Millikin, prayers and speeches.

Free shuttle service will be offered between Millikin and nearby parking sites including Fairview Park Plaza. DONATIONS Four Mount Zion businesses joined forces Saturday to raise money for the New York Fire Fighters Fund. Judy's Painting Place, Ace Hardware, All-Star Diner and the Mobil Station all collected money in firefighter's boots throughout the day. Ace Hardware sold hot dogs and other food, and Judy's Painting Place held a craft fair and scrapbooking event and sold commemorative stones to raise additional donations. Judy's raised more than $500, and the Mount Zion Fire Department planned to collect all the money and send it as one donation.

The National Association of Theatre Owners has designated Tuesday, Sept. 25, as "Victims' Benefit Day at the Movies." On that day, all the ticket and concession sales at participating movie theaters nationwide will be donated to the September 11th Fund of the United Way and the American Red Cross. GKC Theatres, which runs movie houses in Decatur, Forsyth and Lincoln, and Kerastoes Theatres, which is in charge of the theaters in Taylorville, Mattoon and Charleston, are both participating in the benefit. Salaried, management and hourly employees of the Mining Construction Equipment division of Caterpillar Inc. in Decatur donated $22,350 to the United Way, the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

Caterpillar will match the donations for a total of $44,700 going to these Sept. 11 disaster relief funds. The Illinois Sheriffs Association is asking citizens to make a donation to a "Heroes' Fund" to help families of fire, police and EMS personnel who died during the attack on the World Trade Center. Donations may be made to: Heroes Fund, co Fleet Bank, 69 State Albany, NY 12207. Hair Cuttery at 149 E.

Pershing Road will sponsor a $5 per haircut Cut-a-thon to benefit the American Red Cross from 4 to 7 p.m. today. The Catholic Charities office in Decatur is accepting donations to the national effort. Take or send donations to Catholic Charities, 247 W. Prairie Decatur, IL 62523 or call 428-3458.

You also can send it to Catholic Charities USA, Box 25168, Alexandria, VA 22313-9788 or call 1-800-919-9338. The United Way of DecaturMacon County has established The September 11th Fund to help attack victims. Send financial donations in care of United Way September 11th Fund, 160 E. Main Suite 301, Decatur, IL 62523. For information, call 422-8537.

The Decatur Fire Department is accepting donations for the families of New York City firefighters killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. Donations can be taken or sent to Fire Station No. 1, 1415 N. Water St. RED CROSS National office: 1-800-HELP NOW www.redcross.org Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013 Macon County chapter (serves Macon, DeWitt, Moultrie and Shelby counties): 428-7758 872-1430 (for blood donations) 1-800-728-3543, Ext.

1441 (for blood donations in Moultrie and DeWitt counties) 1-800-705-2406 (for blood donations in Shelby County) 500 E. Lake Shore Drive Decatur, IL 62521 WASHINGTON Facing the deepest crisis of his political life, George W. Bush must tap a reserve of emotional discipline and maturity to steer the nation with a steady hand. After a shaky start, he appears to be handling it weil. Aides and friends say the president's emotions are steadied by his strong family relationships, his stress eased by strenuous exercise, his personal discipline reinforced by his quitting drinking years ago.

Associated Press 5Ct MAKING A STATEMENT. A coalition of local artists joins hands to perform a piece titled 'Our Grief Is Not A Cry For for victims of the World Trade Center attacks at a makeshift memorial at Union Square in New York. Shrine to victims, missing draws many He has displayed anger, using ill-advised words at times that had to be pulled back. But he's kept in check the explosive temper he sometimes displayed when he drank and resisted any urge to order an immediate military counterattack. He has shed tears, but steeled Bush world.

God Bless America. We love you, New York. And even though "walls of tears" rose up elsewhere at the Armory and St. Vincent's Hospital Union Square seemed different. There has been singing and dancing, with people camped in the park all night.

Chains of white origami birds dangled from trees. "Peace" and "Love" signs were daubed all over Washington's bronze horse. "It was just a joyous feeling, even in the middle of such sadness, to feel such a massive display of unity and hope," said Marta Ja-blonka, an 18-year-old student from Queens. wire fences, heaped next to the subway entrance. Families bring tears.

Gazing down from every lamppost, every tree-trunk, every wall, the smiling faces of loved ones they may never see again. MISSING: Craig Staub. Age 30. 89th Floor. Expecting first child this week.

MISSING: Ann Marie Riccoboli. Last seen on 85th floor. Bronze nail and toe polish. Thyroid surgery scar on throat. MISSING: My sister Mayra.

Brown Hair and a Florida tan. She has a 12-year-old son named Elias. For some, the park has become an altar, one that sprang up spontaneously because it was one of the closest public gathering points to Ground Zero. In the days after the attack, police barricades prevented people from traveling south of 14th Street, where the park is located. So families came with pictures and pleas and lingering hopes.

Have you seen my mother, my brother, my friend? Please help me find my sister, my husband, my cousin. Students laid huge sheets of white cardboard paper on the ground. People began scribbling poems, messages to their loved ones, to the rescuers, to the NEW YORK (AP) They flock here by the thousands to pour out their souls in this tiny park just 30 blocks from the rubble. The artists come with their creations: poems and paintings and songs. The peddlers come with their wares: American flags, and postcards of a time when the world was different and two steel towers glistened over the Hudson River.

Strangers bring candles and flowers roses and sunflowers and carnations huge bouquets that are strewn beneath the giant bronze statue of George Washington, pinned onto 1 COURAGEOUS -if 1 -jr "wwi. 1 I himself and delivered what was probably his best speech ever to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night. History suggests that emotional strengths or flaws are magnified in the Oval Office, where they are exposed and tested in the harsh light of public scrutiny. Franklin D. Roosevelt's patrician confidence was crucial to his success in leading the country through the Great Depression and World War II.

Conversely, Woodrow Wilson's inflated sense of self doomed his efforts to build a lasting peace after World War I. "The question is whether they have their psyches in control," said Fred Greenstein, a presidential scholar and political scientist at Princeton University. "Bush is someone who has grown in his own psyche and is quite visibly growing in the presidency in an instant fashion." Bush was visibly shaken on the day of the attack. Appearing briefly in a videotaped message to the country, the president appeared grim, his eyes rimmed in red. But by the time he returned to the White House that evening and addressed the country again from the Oval Office, his face, while decidedly somber, had recovered its normal appearance.

In following days, Bush's emotions did show. After speaking to New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani by phone from the Oval Office, Bush's eyes teared up as he spoke about the loss of life and the heroic efforts to find survivors. "He left the office for a minute and came back in and looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and said, 'That's the way I said adviser Karen Hughes. Those close to Bush say he's a calmer person when his wife is present. "She has a way of tethering him," said adviser Mark McKinnon.

"She confers on him a sort of sense of patience and calm and brings him to Earth a little bit. She helps channel his energy." A devoted runner, Bush also burns off stress by exercising regularly. On the morning of the attacks, he had run hard for 4.5 miles in Sarasota, Fla. But WTiite House aides did not know of another chance to exercise until he ran the following Saturday morning at Camp David. CANINE: Erick Robertson of Oakhurst, pets Porkchop, as the search dog receives a dehydration intravenous treatment on Wednesday at a mobile clinic at the attack site in New York.

Search dogs face stress with strength Knight Ridder Newspapers NEW YORK For the small army of search dogs who work to exhaustion in the smoking rubble where the World Trade Center stood, the unforgiving job is made even tougher by a gruesome fact: The smell of death is everywhere. "It's sensory overload," veterinarian Kim Rosenthal said as she waited for her next patient at a dog triage center about six blocks north of the World Trade Center disaster site. It is taking its toll on the roughly 300 dogs that have been brought here from as far as France, Canada, Michigan and California. Lacerated paws. Burns.

Dehydration. Overheating. Irritated eyes. Though they are in top physical shape, all the dogs are fatigued from keeping their balance on shifting wreckage. Some, showing signs of psychological trauma, are having trouble eating and drinking normally; others refuse to relieve themselves near the search area.

"Most dogs that train for this, in their whole career don't do as much as they're doing in one week here," Associated Press "It would be almost impossible without the dogs," said Roy Gross, chief of law enforcement for the Suffolk County (Long Island) SPCA. Fortunately, authorities said, they are able to reward the dogs with the best possible care. Animal agencies have received tons of food and nec-sssary supplies. The round-the-clock relief area includes a state-of-the-art mobile hospital with an operating room, X-ray and blood testing equipment. Authorities said they did not know of any serious injuries or dog said Rosenthal, one of dozens of veterinarians working 12-hour shifts at the animal medical tent.

Because their work is entirely dependent on their keen noses, that makes the vets' job all the more important. The odors cling to the dogs' fur, legs and paws, confusing them, so they are given regular baths. For the four-legged helpers that have combed the wreckage since the Sept. 11 attack, it's just one of the ways in which the instinctive drive to do their job and do it well has been hampered by the realities of the brutal terrain-.