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Illinois town asks people to quit with the tornado donations
http://daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=488609Tornado donations unwanted in Harrisburg
March 20, 2012, 10:38 am
By Dennis Yohnka
[email protected]
815-937-3384
Call it an overreaction to TV news coverage.
Call it a lack of emergency coordination or just a waste of $200 in fuel.
But don't call it a spirit breaker for Felicia Daverin, the 23-year-old Bradley woman who orchestrated a local tornado response effort that found no takers among the residents of downstate Harrisburg. ... For the unabridged version of this story, subscribe to The Daily Journal's print edition or E-edition.
