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Texas receives $33 million
to prepare for bioterrorism
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By Shawn Millender
THE BATTALION
As a part of a $498 million grant from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
to hospitals nationwide, Texas hospitals will
receive over $33 million to better prepare for the
threat of bioterror attacks.
“These grants are an important addition to
national security because hospitals play such a
critical role in identifying and responding to a ter
rorist attack,” said HHS secretary Tommy G.
Thompson.
Thompson said that the grant money will be used
to improve emergency care throughout the nation.
“States and communities can use these funds to
improve emergency care in any health crisis,
whether the source is a bioterror attack or other
infectious disease outbreaks like SARS or West
Nile Virus, or any natural disaster like a flood or a
hurricane,” Thompson said.
Texas will receive $33,338,368, about 7 per
cent of the grant money. The amount is second
only to California, who will receive $38,773,727.
Don Stewart, communications director for
Texas senator John Cornyn, said the money is
going to be used for several things.
“It will be distributed through the state to our
hospitals to purchase equipment and in some cases
pharmaceuticals to prepare for bioterror attacks,
outbreaks, national disasters, anything that causes
a high number of casualties,” said Stewart. “It's
very wide-ranging.”
Texas had four areas recognized by the
Department of Homeland Security as possible
targets in a separate urban threat initiative in
2003, Stewart said. These areas were San
Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Houston's
METRORail system.
“Biological weapons are useless in isolated
areas, so highly concentrated areas are most at risk
for attack,” Stewart said.
Rabbi Peter Tarlow, Ph. D., executive director
of the Texas A&M Hillel Foundation, is an author
ity on the impacts of terrorism on tourism. He has
served as security adviser to the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation since 1998.
STATES RECEIVE MONEY TO
PREPARE FOR BIOTERRORISM
States and some major metropolitan areas
were awarded $498 million to help hospitals
around the nation to better prepare for bio
terrorism.
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“Any place that has economic value, icoi
value, military value or mass gatherings ofpeofj
is open for attack ” said Tarlow.
Tarlow said there isn’t enough money toelfe|
lively combat terrorism alone and money isi
help to creative thinkers who can find aneffectij
solution to a problem.
“Money can only go so far without goodthinbf
and this money will provide us a way to buy!
money is a means to an end," Tarlow said.
Stewart said that the United States can neveii
fully prepared for an attack.
“We’ve increased funding by hundreds of r|
lions of dollars and staff by hundreds oftkj
sands, and right now we are far better prep
than we were for 9/11,” Stewart said.
He said that the United States will gainexps |
ence and know ledge of the terrorist issue withtiu
“We’re going to be better prepared nextya
and better the year after that now that we know!
is an asymmetrical war, not just an army marcli
up the coast,” Stewart said. "We know an m.
could come from any direction, at any time."
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By Michael Kuchwara
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — “Avenue
Q,” a cheeky little musical that
uses puppets, four-letter words
and catchy, jinglelike tunes, was
the upset winner Sunday at the
Tonys where history was made
as Phylicia Rashad became the
first black actress to win for a
leading dramatic role.
“I Am My Own Wife,” Doug
Wright’s gender-bending tale of
survival, was named best play.
“Avenue Q” also received
Tonys for the best book and
score in beating out “Wicked,”
the lavish “Wizard of Oz” pre
quel for the top
musical prize.
“It certainly
doesn’t suck to
be us tonight,”
enthused Robyn
Goodman, one
of the musical’s
surprised, yet
overjoyed pro
ducers.
R a s h a d ’ s
acceptance
speech was
more composed.
“Often I’ve
wondered what
does it take for
this to happen,”
said the actress,
who received
the prize for her portrayal
came up with an idea for a show
about people like us whose lives
all kinda suck.”
“But we’re here to tell you
as living proof that things get
better. L and Carol just gave us
the Tony Award,” said an exu
berant Jeff Marx after Carol
Channing and LL Cool J gave
them the prize.
Just before announcing the
award, the Broadway legend and
rapper did a duet that had the
audience roaring.
Hugh Jackman, besides serv
ing as host of awards program,
won the actor-musical prize for
portraying flamboyant entertain
er in “The Boy From Oz.”
“Peter, it’s an honor to play
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old
impi
said, “The only thing I nil
ever wanted to do was be
Broadway.” She thanked
cast, her family and said, "T' S
belongs to Lorraine Hansbep low
the play's author. Wng
Anika Noni Rose woni L
featured-actress prize forii
role as the defiant daughter
“Caroline, or Change.”
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“Wizard of Oz” witches, was 5
ebrated for its spectacle, pid
up two design prizes: Eugenel
for Ins gargantuan sets for the S|
million musical, and SusJ
Hilferty for the ornate cosi
And Idina Menzel won for li
ing actress in a musical
Jack O’Brien received t
director/pl
58TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
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“I Am My Own Wife” wins best play
Phylicia Rashad became the first black actress to win
the Tony award for a leading dramatic role.
Best Play
“I Am My Own Wife"
Best Revival of a Play
“Henry IV”
Best Actor in a Play
Jefferson Mays, “I Am My
Own Wife”
Best Actress in a Play
Phylicia Rashad,
“A Raisin in the Sun"
Best Musical
“Avenue Q”
Best Revival of a Musical
“Assassins”
Best Actor in a Musical
Hugh Jackman, “The Boy
from Oz”
Best Actress in a Musical
Idina Menzel, “Wicked”
SOURCE: League of American Theatres and Producers and the
American Theatre Wing
AP
of
Lena Younger, the tough-mind
ed matriarch in a revival of “A
Raisin in the Sun.”
“And now I know. It takes
effort and grace ... And in my
life that grace has taken numer
ous forms. The first was the
family into which I was born,
parents who loved and wanted
me, and a mother who fought
fearlessly, courageously, consis
tently so that her children above
all else could realize their full
potential as human beings.”
Jefferson Mays bested the
much better known competition
to take the top acting prize for
his portrayal of a German trans
vestite — and some 40 other
characters — in Wright’s “I Am
My Own Wife,” a role he called
“a labor of love.”
“Our entire cast just won
Tony Awards,” joked Wright in
accepting the best-play honor.
“When we started writing
‘Avenue Q,’ Jeff was an intern
and 1 was a temp,” said one of
the songwriters, Robert Lopez.
“Our lives kinda sucked so we
you and I dedicate this Tony to
you,” Jackman said in saluting
Allen who died of AIDS in 1992.
“Assassins,” Stephen
Sondheim’s sardonic musical
about presidential killers, picked
up five Tonys, more than any
other show. Its prizes included
best musical revival and one for
Michael Cerveris, who portrays
John Wilkes Booth in the show.
“You don’t have to kill
somebody to get something like
this. You can just pretend to on
Broadway,” joked Cerveris,
winner of the award for featured
actor in a musical.
The show also won for direc
tion-musical (Joe Mantello),
lighting design (Jules Fisher and
Peggy Eisenhauer) and orches
trations (Michael Starobin).
Featured acting prizes went
to Audra McDonald, her fourth
Tony in 10 years, this time for
her role as the hardworking
wife in the revival of “A Raisin
in the Sun,” and to Brian F.
O’Byrne, who plays a serial
killer in “Frozen.”
An emotional McDonald
award,
Lincoln Cetf
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engagement
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for best
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convinced,
talked tatt
out of this
repeating
mantra, ‘We'rf
classic and we
closed,’”
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directed
year’s Tony-wi
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was presented to the Cincinn
Playhouse in the Park. James)
Nederlander, patriarch of
family which operates i
Broatiway theaters, was awat
ed a lifetime achievement pm
It was a busy year v
productions opening
Broadway during the 2003-20
season, compared to 36
the previous 12 months. Grosi
were up, too, from $721 mill* doi
to $771
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reached
increase
million, but so wi
prices. Attendan'
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terrorist attacks.
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acclaimed, megamusical sucli Inlc
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high-profile successes. Besi
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