L. James Madison University Thursday, November 21, 1985 Vol.63 No. 23 Against the wind Staff photo by STEPHEN JAFFE JMU senior Rich Barney takes advantage of warm weather Wednesday and goes wind surfing on Newman Lake. Students can offer flood help By Kyra Scarton assistant news editor State officials have estimated flood damage at Burns said 10 to 15 volunteers are in the Rock- about $753 million in Virginia. Twenty-two flood- ingham field daily. The service center had been set Although flood waters subsided last week, related deaths have been reported. up in Bridgewater. cleanup workers still are paddling against the cur- About $28 million in damage has been reported The Red Cross is assisting victims with im- rent. in Rockingham County, where four deaths and 16 mediate clothing, food and temporary housing in Local clean up projects have been in operation injuries have been reported. The county is included motels, rental trailers and apartments to replace for more than two weeks, but coordinators report in the region President Ronald Reagan declared a what was lost in the flood, he said. Medicine will much work still needs to be done. federal disaster area. be available "if absolutely necessary." While a majority of the affected area in Rock In 64 counties in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Case registration for assistance also is available ingham County has been cleared, there is a need Virginia and Virginia, 13,319 homes were through the Red Cross, but not many residents for assistance with reconstruction, said Bob Burns, destroyed or damaged by the flood, according to a have applied, he said. disaster coordinator for the American Red Cross. report filed Monday morning. The organization is seeking donations to help "This is basically the sort of thing students have In Virginia, 465 homes were destroyed, 675 sus- flood victims. It is low on funds "due to the ter- been doing and 1 hope will continue to be doing tained major damage and 2,570 had minor rific number of storms and disasters" that have oc- until things are reasonably back to normal," Burns damage, the report stated. This was in a 22-county curred this year, Burns said. region. said. See AID page 2 *• Number JMU Is ranked by survey as the Free- Uninhibited actress Karin McKie second-best comprehensive universi- shares her talents with audiences two ty In southern border states. 3 style at JMU. 11 Page 2, Th« Breeze, Thursday, November 21, 1985 Aid Volunteers should contact the *► (Continued from page 1) Mennonite Relief Services at Donations can be sent to: Disaster 434-9727 or 434-4455, ext. 220. Fund, Harrisonburg/Rockingham Evelyn Krai/ helps coordinate the Chapter of the American Red Cross, • volunteers at the Mennonite center. Room 504, Sovran Bank Building, "They just go in and scoop out Harrisonburg, VA 22801. mud," she said. Volunteers work to Vans depart daily from the salvage furniture and wash down Virginia Mennonite Conference walls. Center, where work now is concen- Wood blocking riverways is chop- trated in West Virginia. ped into managaable pieces and is Volunteers are needed most to distributed to those whose wood shovel mud out of houses and supplies was washed away. basements, said Bernard Martin, "It's very dirty work," she said. chairman of Mennonite Disaster Ser- Workers are asked to get tetanus vices for the Shenandoah Valley. shots. They also should bring "Later on we'll go into outdoor shovels and cleanup supplies. cleaning." The Harrisonburg/Rockingham Between 120 and 140 volunteers Community Services Board/Mental were at flood sites Nov. 9, the Satur- Health Services need money for day after the disaster, he said. publications. Workers were concentrated in Briary "Obviously we didn't plan for a Branch, Bridgewater and Rawley natural disaster this year," said Springs. Kevin Hoschar, director of the Volunteers range from high school Listening Ear hotline program. students to retired people, Martin A brochure, which will cost about said. "It's an across-the-board scat- $50, is being prepared to help Staff graphic by INGRID HENDERSON tering." volunteers deal with the crisis, he About 700 food baskets were tions also can be dropped off at the £ About 100 volunteers went out said. distributed at Thanksgiving last office located at 17 E. Johnson St. Saturday. Twenty-five workers "They are at risk because they've year, he said. The demand will be The office is open Monday traveled to West Virginia Monday seen a lot* of the damage," he said. greater this year. through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or and two vans were scheduled to leave "It does have a definite stress risk." "There's a definite need for call 434-4854. Tuesday morning. A second brochure will be directed food," Hartsook said. Volunteers in Five Sigma Pi members joined the "It goes up and down as people at the general adult population. It the field have been distributing cof- Mennonite operations last week. feel like donating a day's worth of will be aimed at those without fee and sandwiches as well as truck- They had worked at Bridgewater time," he said. More volunteers are children and will cost about $100.. ing food into distribution centers. Nov. 4. available on the weekend but many About 9,000 pamphlets have been The Salvation Army and the Red The group left Eastern Mennonite have volunteered after taking a day distributed through local schools to Cross haul water into affected areas. College about 6:30 a.m. for off work. help parents deal with the crisis. Almost 60 truckloads of merchan- Petersburg, W.Va., said Steve "Basically we funnel manpower A coloring book will be produced dise has been distributed in two Bolton, Sigma Pi member. They just to help the people," he said. for preschool/elementary children, weeks by the Salvation Army, he returned about 6:30 p.m. All organizations report more he said. The cost is about $1,000. said. They worked at an older couple's than enough clothing has been Hoschar has been working with Four truckloads of water were home where about three feet of mud donated. "That just came in by the the JMU office of student affairs distributed Tuesday in addition to covered the basement floor, he said. truckload." Bedclothes such as and the Student Government truckloads of furniture. "He (the owner) said he was afraid sheets and comforters still are need- Association. his house wouldn't be there when he ed, he said. Contributions can be mailed to: Donations should be mailed to: got back," Bolton said. Food is available at relief centers SGA, Box M-41, Campus Mail, or The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 546, "They're (the victims) going to in the region. call the office at x6376. Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Dona- need help for quite a while." Cleanup work will continue, but SGA President Helen MacNabb is reconstruction cannot be considered coordinating the project. The SGA is for at least six weeks, he said. working with The Salvation Army to "I know it's going to take a determine families student organiza- correction tremendous amount of money to tions can sponsor. buy supplies for reconstruction," The Salvation Army is preparing The United States Air Force Martin said. With victims applying for the holidays, said Lt. Bob Hart- Hall. An incorrect date was band will perform here Mon- listed in the Nov. 18 issue of for financial assistance, "there's go- sook, commander of the Harrison- day at 7:30 p.m. in Wilson ing to be a lot of paperwork." burg corp. The Breeze. 7 e cBtBeze Graduating? Editor Owen Farias. 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Both received 11.1 dings in the Nov. 25 issue, which went on sale 14.8 percent of the response.