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I r. I - t SLL � i 4 - . 1 --�. "./,. # . @ . c , xis v • r� itit. • Wesley Hyatt/The News of Orange County cited Way of Greater Orange County members Ted Abernathy, extreme left, and r n Russell, extreme right, flank representatives with Orange Congregations in Mission and the Orange County Red Cross, two groups which received $5,000 each last week from the United Way to provide immediate financial assistance through the anksgiving weekend. Accepting from left to right are OCIM Executive Director Rev. aron Freeland, Orange County Red Cross Executive Director Bob Lockwood, and Orange County Red Cross Chairman John Rego. 7mergency shelter helped to fill residents' needs following tornado 22 counties reporting some tornado week as"Excellent. Outstanding." , y Wesley Hyatt damage last week reported Lockwood concurred. Editor destruction to personal property "The reason is the agencies in this or those helping with repair requiring Red Cross disaster relief county are so close-knit,we know rk last week, the action was at assistance. Orange County was the how to work with each other, so i: ahwest Hillsborough. But for most heavily hit area. nothing is compromised or those helping the tornado victims, To help the Red Cross chapter affected,"Lockwood said. tk-re was one main place to go—the with its work, which included not ergency shelter at the Orange only food and shelter but also The shelter ended its operation gh School gymnasium medical,financial and other forms of this week; however,the Red Cross administered by the Orange County assistance, the agency received will continue its relief work in chapter of the American Red Cross. several checks last Wednesday, Orange County and across North rrirthrter operfed urlTionday"Including- S5,00t3 eath-from the Carolina as needed. For those;4vho er the-storm-hit earlier that "United Way of-Greater Orange wish to help the organization in morning with the permission of County and Central Carolina Bank. Orange County,call 942-4862. For school officials. By all accounts, Orange County Red Cross those who wish to help the shelter was an efficient—and Chairman John Rego termed all the statewide_effort, call 1-800-842- sy—operation. work between relief agencies last 2200. 'I'd say after the first two days, we fed 600," said Bob Lockwood, A.ecutive director of the Orange Orange County Tornado aunty Red Cross,last Wednesday. Ve fed 150 for breakfast today. That includes victims and Assistance Numbers volunteers." Lockwood added that 60 to 65 •Orange County Tornado Victim Assistance(a 24-hour hotline for :rcent of tornado victims had come victims): 967-7426. to the shelter to get help for their •Orange County Red Cross: 942.4862. needs,and that 50 more people had •Orange Congregations in Mission(OCIM): 732-6194. dicated that they planned to do so •Volunteer Assistance(for those contributing services,goods,etc.;a ter last week. 24-hour hotline): 968-2050. The Orange County chapter was •Tornado AssistanceFund(financial contributions;done in cooperation not alone in handling emergency with Hillsborough Savings Bank,SSB): 732-2143 or 732-2144. -eeds in the state. Fourteen of the