Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 7, 1995 TAG: 9507070066
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Meanwhile, state transportation officials and farmers are looking at the damage left by nine days of nearly steady rain. Rivers are running where roads used to be, and homeowners are stuck with unwanted waterfront views.
Norman Goodwin, a painter from Norfolk, said Wednesday that dozens of Tidewater painters, potters and antique dealers will donate to today's auction to benefit three Madison County families.
One of the families is that of Doris Frisbie, 64, killed when rocks and mud consumed her mountainside home with her inside. Frisbie was the wife of Goodwin's cousin, Herbert Frisbie. Doris Frisbie had been missing for five days when her body was found Saturday, about 200 yards from where the Frisbies' home once stood.
Goodwin said he decided to organize the auction when he heard that the Frisbies' insurance would not cover the damage.
The sale, to be held at the Scott & Co. auction house, will feature paintings by Goodwin, Charles Sibley, Barkley Sheaks, Ed Carson, Herb Jones, Edna Larazon, Louis and Susan Jones and others.
``I've always thought that the arts community in this area had the biggest heart of any segment of the community, and this proves it,'' he said. ``We can't always come up with a check for $1,000, but we can donate a painting that can bring $1,000 at auction.''
As officials tour the state assessing damage, some parts of Madison County are proving to have been changed dramatically, perhaps for good.
``There's places where you used to have a road beside a stream. Now you have a stream,'' said Dana S. Young, a conservation service engineer.
Three dozen agents from the former Soil Conservation Service are in Madison, Rockbridge and other hard-hit counties this week, searching for sites where changes left by the flooding pose imminent danger.
The service's goal is to return the landscape to what it was before the devastation. In some cases, however, that might not be possible.
American Red Cross officials said they will open service centers for flood victims in Greene County, possibly as early as today, and in Glasgow. The agency also has centers in Roanoke, Lexington, Buena Vista and Madison.
The centers offer help with groceries, clothing and other essentials.
The Red Cross also continued to search for people in rural areas.
``We're sending [caseworkers] into all the counties where we suspect there are still needs to be met,'' spokeswoman Carol Brown said.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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