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MOTHER'S DAY AT SENIOR CENTER-Mrs. Veralee R. Mask, right, presents a corsage to the oldest mother with nine living children and gift to the youngest mother with seven living children during a spe- cial Mother's Day program at the Senior Center. Accepting corsages from Allen's Florist and gifts from McGinnis Department Store are Margie Pressley, left, and Rosa Burris. C President Bush has declared 11 North Carolina counties, including Cleveland, as the Federal Disaster Area because of the May Sth torna- dos. The President's major disaster declaration makes Federal aid available to affected individuals and business owners in the coun- ties of Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Davis, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln and Union. Federal funding also will be pro- vided under the declaration to pay part of the eligible recovery costs for damages to public facilities in Davidson, Davis, Durham and Forsyth Counties. The counties were designated el- igible for this aid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) immediately following the President's action. The agency said more counties may be added when damage surveys in other ar- eas are completed and assessed. Assistance for individuals and business owners can include tem- porary housing, grants, low-interest loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help them recover from the effects of the disaster. Eligible local governments may also apply for Federal funding which will pay 75 percent of the approved costs for the repair or re- placement of damaged public facil- ities. Paul I. Fell of FEMA's regional office in Atlanta was named to co- ordinate Federal recovery opera- tions in the stricken area. Requesting Disaster Assistance The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) serves as the central point of con- tact within the federal government for a wide range of emergency re- sponse activities including plan- ning, mitigation, response, and re- covery in crisis situations. Disaster assistance is provided under the au- thority of Public Law 93-288, as amended by PL 100-707. When a disaster situation is be- yond the capabilities of local and state forces, supplemented by pri- vate and volunteer organizations, the Governor may request that the President declare a "major disaster" or an "emergency." The Governor's request includes a statement of the impact on the affected area, the re- sources on hand, and the unmeet needs which require federal assis- tance. A Governor's request for federal aid, addressed to the President, is forwarded to FEMA for evaluation which includes an on-scene dam- age assessment and analysis. FEMA's recommendation, is then forwarded to the President. At the time of the Presidential declaration, FEMA designates the counties that are eligible for federal aid. (Additional counties are some- times designated at a later point.) The President's declaration also names a Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) who, as the President's representative, will di- rect federal recovery and coordina- tion activities. FEMA's responsibility is to sup- plement disaster assistance avail- able through state and local gov- ernments, not to supersede it. FEMA is also responsible for coor- dinating disaster assistance provid- ed by all other federal agencies, state and local governments, and, with their consent, those of private relief agencies as well. Basic disaster assistance from the federal government falls into two possible categories: « Individual assistance, which can provide help to individuals and families, businesses, including farmers; and « Public assistance is designed to provide federal grants to state and local governments and certain pri- vate non-profit organizations. Whether both categories of as- sistance are made available de- pends on the needs identified dur- ing damage assessments by teams usually made up of federal, state and local officials. Some declara- tions will involve only individual assistance or only public assistance programs. However, if both pro- grams are designated for any coun- ty, all designated counties will re- ceive both types of assistance. FEMA's first concern is for fam- ilies and individuals adversely af- fected by the disaster. The degree of suffering and deprivation plays a major role in determining the need for federal assistance. There are no hard and fast rules within FEMA requiring that a specified number of people must be affected before a request can be considered. The critical considera- tion is whether those impacted by the disaster have uninsured needs which state, local and/or volunteer efforts cannot meet for one reason or another. It is virtually impossible to ini- tially assign a dollar value to the amount of property lost or to the amount that will be needed to re- store those losses. A governor's re- quest for federal assistance almost always includes a dollar estimate of the damages. But, as the record shows, these estimates can be far toc high or much too low. Such es- timates are developed quickly in most cases, and their intended role is to be one factor in the decision process in determining whether the recovery effect is beyond state and local response capability. The Application Process Presidential approval of a Governor's request for federal sup- plemental assistance activates a wide range of disaster recovery programs from a variety of federal eveland Declared Disaster Area agencies. Representatives of these agencies will move into the disas- ter area to provide the long-term recovery assistance not available through emergency response groups such as the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and others. To make it easier for disaster victims to obtain individual assis- tance, the FCO establishes one or more Disaster Application Centers (DAC) where, under one roof, rep- resentatives of federal agencies, lo- cal and state governments, and vol- untary relief agencies can counsel and accept applications for aid from individuals, families, and business firms. In some cases, where it may not be convenient for persons to come to the DAC, toll free telephone lines may be used to accept applications. Disaster Application Centers are established close to the stricken area in laige facilities, often in schools or armories, to accommo- date many workers and the appli- cants they will serve. Following an initial interview, each applicant is directed to the desks of one or more of the government or private assistance programs most likely to meet the needs of that applicant. Since this is the beginning of the application process, no decision is made in the DAC whether the ap- plicant is eligible for one type of aid or another. Such decisions are made by the various agencies on the basis of information provided by the applicant. Important points to keep in mind about the Disaster Application Centers: = A visit to a DAC is the first of several steps in the recovery pro- cess. Applicants will receive infor- mation and applications at those centers, not goods or cash. « Long lines on opening day and busy signals on the phone can be avoided by those not severely af- fected by the disaster by waiting a day or two before filing an applica- tion. See Disaster, Page 9-B Mall pss mid TER & DAYBED SETS BLANKETS DSPREADS * CROWN CRAFTS ¢ BURL INGTON * WILKINSON e SPRINGS ° CAROLINE e THOMAS . SIDEWALK SALE Saturday, May 27 ¢ 10 am-6 pm Prices and styles to suit every taste and budget . Save on discontinued GOOD! Budget CURTAINS Great lor rentals. apartments, mobile homes or vacation homes AS LOW AS $725 CLOSEOUTS! 50"x68", 50"x84", 150"x84". Rose, Green, Gray. 50" width #149 ¢ 100"-125" width 820% o 150" width *36% and close-out items! BETTER? FIRST QUALITY BURLINGTON DRAPERS! 50"x73", 100"x84", 125"x84", Blue, Natural, Peach, BEST? 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CRP is one option farm- ers have in meeting the law's re- quirements, stated Jones. "There is no assurance that there will be an- other signup period before the Conservation Compliance provi- sion of the 1985 Food Security Act goes into effect,” he added. Under the Conservation Reserve provision, farmers who agree to take highly erodible cropland out of production and establish perma- nent cover on it for a 10-year peri- od receive annual rental payments through the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). Participants also receive cost-share payments of up to 50 percent of the cost of estab- y rt Wednesday, May 24, 1989-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 5B Conservation Sign-Up Period Listed lishing permanent vegetative cover. More than 5,000 North Carolina farmers have taken advantage of the Conservation Reserve Program since its enactment three years ago. 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