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<br /> • By LEE WEISBECKER C 1 . •.• of the debris left by the twister snapppeed •
<br /> Staff Writer " trees, exploded windows and demolished r..
<br /> ,-.0..0 t!_.. ..-= roofs — have been cleaned up, thanks iri
<br /> HILLSBOROUGH Orant'a n has:;
<br /> ' g tY ::;part town army of chain-saw totingvolun=�yy'� , 1
<br /> opened aone-stop service center on court=.;• teers from Orange and 'other',counties.:_,
<br /> house square to assist the victims of the tor- ' With that need met, the recovery focus'':,
<br /> nado that ripped nearby farms and neigh- has shifted to meeting the needs of families
<br /> borhoods nine days ago,killing two people .dislocated by the disaster.; %,'• :;?;;
<br /> • and leaving,..scores scores homeless. • r.
<br /> • " - "And we're working to identify just who Y•1
<br /> The service°center, at,109;Court Street, ;d1 those families are,", said Hilisboroug�
<br /> houses the:Red Cross, numerous county . s ' d _
<br /> ,.,.: ,,:•, .Mayor Horace H.Johnson Sr:«We ve ha 1�r
<br /> human service agencies.and:'.the Orange 'lot of families move in with relatives out-
<br /> Congregations in Mission;a church group "side of the noun We're to locate .;
<br /> -' "The idea is to put all the or• anizations, - ty' 1of help
<br /> P , g .:1••them and explain the kinds,of help thaYs ,=_�
<br /> • involved in this recovery under one:roof," ;''available to them.
<br /> •`said'Orange County..Manager John Link -:sa. ~ ..' . ,mot'P'` ` ' -•'i .:4
<br /> "This way,the people who need help won't,' ;'.The•creation of a one-stop•service center•'- '
<br /> have to go from one place to another to'find is an attempt to consolidate that human re- '
<br /> . it." covery effort. Representatives of the vari " •The office will also house representatives ous organizations housed in the office will •
<br /> from the:federal Small Business Admi ;;:'form' an ."unmet needs committee" that :
<br /> nistration,if and when the SBA declares Or-,' over the next few weeks will assess short`+..
<br /> ange County eligible for low-interest loans' term victim needs and long range housing : :; •
<br /> to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed .plans for each family dispossessed by the
<br /> and damaged by; the twister. tornado'
<br /> SBA officials in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; on ' Actually meeting those•housing needs,; •.
<br /> Tuesday reviewed the damage figures from will,be the, Orange County Red Cross, :
<br /> Orange and five:other North Carolina -i.which is attempting to obtain mobile homes :•
<br /> counties; but they hadn't issued a formal to house needy,families, and presumably;•.'.
<br /> ,declaration of loan eligibility..:.::".. the SBA:
<br /> "We have the figures and we expect word'��=�:;: Under the-SBA' program;' the:federal •- 1-
<br /> -.on this momentarily," said SBA spokesper-.• agency offers-three types of loans at 4'pert':
<br /> son Catherine Thom. But the formal word.', cent to 8 per cenf ih'terest:viediai assistant'
<br /> hasn't'coime'down.yeL": 1 •;. -2.:a.'-';1:'!-7.-!'''...".:'
<br /> _'- loans::up toT $20,00q to replit:e_'persortil ! • _
<br /> In Orange, the'early`morning tornado= property,home loans to$100,000 and busi=µ.
<br /> that formed over the Eno River on Nov.23' ness loans to':$500 ' ' `' " '';''=
<br /> ,000. ' �; ..;.� ';;: ,_,,. .
<br /> cut a 4-mile swath of destruction,blowing.. ;11..A 4,;;4-11f1 ski:'i'`l:�t :%`.- '^;n.: ;;' :::: .0;':�:,,
<br /> away or wrecking 162 homes and two bu-'.•;,:•.!We don't ve anyreason to.thinl(Or-
<br /> sinesses.. It also claimed the lives.o£ a..?`tinge County.won t qualify [for the SBA�_ '•
<br /> 53-year-old businessman and a young boy, program," Link said,"but right now we're
<br /> the day before the child's second birthday.. like everyone else=waiting for the formal;• ::
<br /> County officials say roughly 80 per cent declaration." : .- . .
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