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	Several Kingsport churches are joining together to send a tractor-trailer load of supplies to the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Needed items include: bottled and jugged water; pull-top canned food; plastic spoons; hand sanitizer; unscented bleach; diapers (baby and adult sizes); feminine supplies; washcloths, towels, and new and gently used blankets; garbage bags; toilet paper; paper towels; and Ziploc bags. Monetary donations will also be accepted. Please bring items to First Assembly of God on Brandon Lane in Kingsport Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.. For more information call Holly Deyo of New Life Church of God at 384-3807.

	Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee is asking for trucks and drivers to be sent to the disaster area for a monthlong commitment to help with getting food to people in need. For more information or to make a donation visit www.secondharvest.org or call 1-800-771-2303.

	A pickup truck, enclosed trailer, motor home and satellite phones are needed for a multi-denominational relief effort being coordinated through the Church of the Nazarene in East Tennessee for relief in the Biloxi and Hattiesburg, Miss., areas. Construction and medical work are the targets for this effort. Contact Eric Miller at 384-0240 or Baxter Hood at 239-9415. Items are be needed by Sept. 16 for a two-week period in the disaster area.

	Don's Motor's in Weber City will hold a going-out-of-business auction Saturday at 10 a.m., where all the proceeds from the sale of shop and office equipment will go to hurricane relief. For more information call 392-0736 or 246-9300.

	St. Louis-based financial-services firm Edward Jones has made contributions totaling more than $1 million to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The firm will donate $250,000 directly to the American Red Cross and an additional $750,000 to Red Cross relief efforts in communities where Edward Jones branches are located. Kingsport investment representatives include Becky Frazier, Allison Reed, Stu Fisher, Luke Anderson, Les Wright and Alan Taylor.

	Charter Communications is providing Internet and cable TV service to the Kingsport Red Cross hurricane relief shelters in the Kingsport Civic Auditorium and the old Keystone School Building in Johnson City. The Internet service will allow evacuees access to e-mail, and the cable TV will provide entertainment and information for the people staying in the shelters.

	Tennessee Protection & Advocacy Inc. is providing free advocacy and information and referral services for persons with disabilities who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina and need help with services such as Medicaid and special education. All people with disability-related concerns are eligible for the free information and referral services. For more information call 1-800-342-1660, TTY: 888-852-2852.

	Breastfeeding Essentials in Kingsport is donating 5 percent of gross sales during the month of September to the Red Cross for victims of Katrina . This includes sales in the local store and on the company's Web site: www.breastfeed-essentials.com.

	Downtown Kingsport Association has announced a portion of proceeds from its upcoming Sam Bush concert will be donated to the Red Cross in its effort to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Bush, one of the world's most renowned mandolin players, will perform Saturday on the chamber of commerce lawn in downtown Kingsport as part of the DKA's Harvest Fare festival. Tickets to the concert are $10 in advance or $12 at the gate. Bush will also present a mandolin workshop at 3 p.m., and a price of $20 includes the workshop and a concert ticket. For more information call the DKA at 246-6550.

	The Unicoi County Sheriff's Department teamed up with Sweetwater Church of God to send another trailer full of supplies to the disaster stricken Gulf Coast. This is the fourth. A fifth is being planned. 423.743-5306

	Love Chapel Christian Church and Todd Love of Erwin Motors have stationed a trailer in the Food Lion parking lot. They will be collecting supplies such as food, bedding, clothing, toiletries and baby items today and tomorrow. There will be someone at the trailer to accept donations from 11:45 until 1 p.m. and then this evening from 4:30 until 6:30. Those drop-off times are for both today and tomorrow. To donate items on Saturday, call Bruce Shawver at 743-5909.

	The Flag Pond Neighborhood Watch is putting on its annual Spaghetti Supper this Saturday from 4 until 7 at the Old Flag Pond School. A Cake Walk will follow the meal, and donations from the Cake Walk and any other monetary donations will go towards paying fuel expenses for trucks from our area delivering relief supplies to the hurricane victims in Hancock County, Mississippi.

	Blue Ridge Trucking is loading trucks with water, non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, and batteries. Drop off such items at Blue Ridge Trucking at Exit 13 in Bristol, at Landstar at 3267 East Stone Drive in Kingsport, or at Food City in Johnson City and Gray.

	First Christian Church at Exit 14 in Abingdon is collecting monetary donations to be distributed to the victims through a partnership with Journey Christian Church in Downtown New Orleans.

	Happy Valley High School will be holding a water drive for the victims of the hurricane. Donations of water or money to purchase bottled water can be delivered to Happy Valley High School in Elizabethton between 8 am and 3 pm Tuesday through Friday. High school students will load the water on Friday evening.

	The Bristol Mall will be collecting new socks and undergarments for the hurricane victims beginning Monday. These items will be distributed directly to the storm victims through the Mall's corporate headquarters in Alabama. You may drop off new socks and undergarments at the Customer Service Desk at the Bristol Mall.

	Heritage Baptist Church in Johnson City is loading a tractor trailer with canned goods, bottled water, razors, shaving cream, toothbrushes and paste, charcoal, and bug repellant. The truck will leave for Mississippi on Friday. Heritage Baptist is located across from Science Hill High School.

	100 victims of Hurricane Katrina will be housed at the old Power Board Building in Johnson City. They need cleaning supplies, deodorants, pillows, blankets, toothpaste and brushes, soap, and bedding. They also need of electricians, plumbers, carpenters, and other volunteers to get the building ready. Call 423-612-4416 for more info.