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Article: HURRICANE KATRINA: TWIN CITIES RESPONSE; Evacuees seek Hennepin County help.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 8, 2005
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Byline: Mike Kaszuba; Staff Writer
If hurricane evacuees come seeking aid in Hennepin County - and some already have - they will enter the county's economic assistance office through the glass doors on 12th Street, turn right and see the sign: "If you are a victim of Katrina, please let us know."
As Minnesota's most populous county, Hennepin is almost certain to get many Hurricane Katrina victims should they come here in search of food, shelter - or even a coloring book.
Dekayyla Evans, age 4, lay on the carpet with crayons and a new coloring book Wednesday as her mother, Semika, a New Orleans native, waited for a county-paid bus ticket. ...