Hurricane Katrina hits close to home.Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Two of Oregon State's football players are from New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . It was no surprise then that on Monday morning redshirt freshman cornerback Keenan Lewis and true freshman True freshman is a term used in NCAA sports, indicating that an athlete is playing the sport in his first year of college, rather than redshirting for one or more years to protect future college eligibility. linebacker Dennis Christopher Dennis Christopher (born Dennis Carrelli on 2 December 1955) is an American actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller in the cycling classic Breaking Away (1979). were intensely interested in Hurricane Katrina's march on their hometown. "I have not been able to contact my family," said Christopher, who, like Lewis, attended O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans. "Nobody is picking up on the cell or anything." Lewis said his family had left New Orleans for Texas to safely wait out the hurricane. "I've been looking at the newscasts," he said, "seeing the destruction. I'm pretty glad me and my family are not there." Christopher said his family stayed in New Orleans, in part because his mother, Prisca Christopher, is a deputy sheriff. "I think they are all together and I hope they are safe," said Christopher as the Beavers gathered Monday afternoon for practice and further preparations for Saturday's season opener against Portland State at Reser Stadium History and use The stadium was built in 1953 and named in honor of Portland businessman Charles T. Parker, who played a significant role in the initial fundraising. The stadium was renamed in 1999 to honor one of the school's major athletic donors, the Reser family, owners of . It is not his family's first experience with a hurricane, Christopher said. "I've been in a couple of hurricanes but nothing as big as this one," he said. At one point, Katrina was a category 5 storm but diminished slightly as it struck landfall land·fall n. 1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight. 2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight. some 40 miles east of New Orleans. The city was pounded by heavy rain and wind, flooding areas of the city and causing widespread damage. "I worry about them," Christopher said, "I worry if something happened to them. I hope they are all right." On television Oregon State's game against Portland State, scheduled for a 3 p.m. kickoff on Saturday at Reser Stadium, will be televised live on the Beavers Sports Television Network (KVAL). An OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. preseason football special is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday. It will air on KVAL and its affiliates, KPIC KPIC Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company KPIC Kennedy Political Items Collectors in Roseburg and KCBY in Coos Bay. |
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