Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 12, 1995                   TAG: 9507120076
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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FLOOD RELIEF

Donations to the fund-raising effort may be mailed to: Disaster Relief Fund, American Red Cross, Roanoke Valley Chapter, 352 Church Ave. S.W., Roanoke i24016. For more information and the addresses of Red Cross chapters outside the Roanoke Valley, call (800) HELP NOW.

For disaster assistance . . .

The Red Cross will close its disaster relief centers in Buena Vista and Glasgow after today and consolidate the operation at Rockbridge County High School. Service centers in Madison; Roanoke; Lexington; and Bluefield, W.Va., will continue to be open until further notice.

Free disaster-related legal assistance, offered initially at disaster assistance centers, will continue to be available by telephone at (800) 267-9152. The crisis task force of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association has arranged for volunteer attorneys to answer the phones from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, for the next four weeks.

Environmental Directions Inc., a Roanoke environmental consultant, is offering half-price testing of wells for flood victims whose drinking water may have been contaminated. The company will charge flood victims in Roanoke, Botetourt, Rockbridge and Amherst counties $15 to test for fecal coliform baciteria. Call the company at (703) 562-1236 for more information.