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L-Service clubs unite in no-middleman Katrina reliefBy Roger PhelpsDemocrat staff writerSome disaster aid reached Gulf Coast v id inis of Hurricane Katrina through a near-direct transfer of help from donor to recipient, involving Rotary clubs in PJacervitle anti in Hie storm-ravaged town of Pass Christian, Miss.The president of the Pass Christian Rotary Club traveled to Placerville Thursday to recount“/// can find out the cost of buying 10 feet of .sewer line, how many of you would be interested in adopting a sewer?”- Ur. D.H. Short, a Gulf Coast Rotarian, to Planfirvilln nfuh momhersdetails of how his group, with Placervi lie’s help, tackled social problems and aided storm vie Jims. The Placerville Rotary made a search among Gulf Coastcommunities, eventually hitting on Pass Christian as n candidate lor what Dr. D.H. Short, Pass Christian club president, would come to dub “Rotary-to-Rotary” assistance. The clubs cut out what they essentially viewed as middlemen, in die form of major relief agencies already on the ground in Louisiana and Mississippi.Short used stark, descriptive sen ROTARY, page A-7
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Placerville Mountain Democrat
Placerville, California, US
Mon, Nov 14, 2005
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