Tornado Victims Seek Help from Harrisburg STORM
Tornado victims can contact Harrisburg STORM at 618-294-9409 for assistance. Volunteers are invited to call 618-294-9600 to offer help.
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2012
Page
1
Tornado victims can contact Harrisburg STORM at 618-294-9409 for assistance. Volunteers are invited to call 618-294-9600 to offer help.
Harrisburg relief efforts grow as agencies report about 13 million in aid for the February 29 tornado victims. Jerry King coordinates STORM Social Services Temporary Housing One Stop Center Rehabilitation of Houses and Matching and Management of Resources, guiding volunteers to determine who qualifies for loans and in-kind services. The long term effort began after a March 15 meeting at First Presbyterian Church with about 55 volunteers forming the STORM group.
Jerry Kine, STORM coordinator, says the team is expediting clients back to recovery and taking decisive action to manage hazards and restore safety promptly.
Two young Chicago area residents, Marielle A Carson 20 and Latisha A P Ray 21, died when a car plunged into Cedar Lake south of Carbondale early Saturday. Driver identified as Carson, five aboard, three escaped, coroner notified at 3 18 am.
In Tamms Illinois motorists see two signs near the village: a state green Tamms Correctional Facility sign and a white sign declaring Tamms a good place to live. Residents fear closures by Gov. Quinn could devastate the small village of about 700 residents not counting prisoners, affecting its map status.
The Southern advertises a video of last week's Tamms public hearing accessible through the site www.thesouther.com.
An Associated Press analysis of Tamms prison shows two thirds of inmates are murderers with life terms or more than 50 years. Gov. Quinn cites $26 million annual savings as a key reason to close the supermax, while families and mental health advocates argue ongoing segregation is inhumane and inmates could be moved to Pontiac and Menard.
In 1984 Danny Shelton, a carpenter from Thompsonville Franklin County, founded Three Angels Broadcasting Network after a prayer vision. He aimed to spread the gospel worldwide from Southern Illinois, without begging or borrowing money, while hosting 24 hour programming and staying true to simple, common people preaching.
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