Local News

Red Cross helps roommates who lost roof

By Journal staff | Friday, November 16, 2007

Two Rapid City residents who lost the roof of their mobile home to Monday night's winds have been assisted by the Black Hills area chapter of the American Red Cross

Roberta Marske and Blake Whealy awoke late Monday night to the sound of the roof blowing off their mobile home in Prairie Acres Estates, just off Seger Drive. The mangled roof cleared another mobile home before landing in the yard of a third.

Related Stories
Most Popular

Visual Journalism Program

Brooks Institute of Photography - Earn a Degree in Visual Journalism.
Brooks.edu/visual-journalism

Rapid Detox - Vicodin Addiction Center

Rapid Detox from Vicodin Addiction Proven Care in the Most Humane Way.
www.Opiates.com/vicodin

Grand Rapids Mom Cures Skin Wrinkles

I wasted more than $1000 before I found Two FREE Products that work.
AskErinTurner.com

Ads by Yahoo!

Whealy owns the mobile home but does not have insurance on it.

Tuesday morning, Marske said Whealy was trying to find help.

Richard Smith, executive director of the Black Hills' Red Cross chapter, said agency workers drove to the site to assess the situation, and Marske and Whealy received a gift card for supplies to temporarily patch the roof.

"We're able to do things like this because of the generous donations of people in the community to the Red Cross," Smith said. "We respond to both single-family disasters as well as major disasters."

Rapid Reply

Show Comments

11 comment(s)

Send us your Rapid Reply

The preceeding are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the views of the Rapid City Journal or Lee Enterprises.

The opinions above are from readers of rapidcityjournal.com and in no way represent the views of the Rapid City Journal or Lee Enterprises.

Rapidcityjournal.com provides this community forum for readers to exchange ideas and opinions on the news of the day. Passionate views, pointed criticism and critical thinking are welcome. Name-calling, crude language and personal abuse are not welcome. Moderators will monitor comments with an eye toward maintaining a high level of civility in this forum. Our comment policy explains the rules of the road for registered commenters.

If you don't see your comment, perhaps...

you called someone an idiot, a racist, a dope, a moron, etc. Please, no name-calling or profanity (or veiled profanity -- #$%^&*).
you rambled, failed to stay on topic or exhibited troll-like behavior intended to hijack the discussion at hand.
YOU SHOUTED YOUR COMMENT IN ALL CAPS. This is hard to read and annoys readers.
you named a business or identified a business in a way good or bad. Contact the business directly with your customer service concerns or your praise – they’ll likely appreciate your feedback.
you believe the newspaper's coverage is unfair. It would be better to write Jerry Steinley at jerry.steinley@rapidcityjournal.com or call him at 394-8427. This is a forum for community discussion, not for media criticism. We'd rather address your concerns directly.
you included an e-mail address or phone number, pretended to be someone you aren't or offered a comment that makes no sense.
you accused someone of a crime or assigned guilt or punishment to someone suspected of a crime.
your comment is in really poor taste.