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[Audio] Murray Rotary Club Collecting School Supplies for Students of Flooded Louisiana Schools

WKMS | By Tracy Ross,

Published August 31, 2016 at 9:02 AM CDT

Murray Rotary Club President Mark Welch speaks with Tracy Ross on Sounds Good about the club's relief efforts for victims of the Louisiana floods.

Welch says the August 13 rainstorm put the Amite River 17 feet over flood stage and brought a trillion gallons of water down on southern Louisiana.

The Murray Rotary Club is collecting school supplies for students of the 15 schools in Livingston Parish that have been flooded out. Livingston Parish Rotary club identifies the five most needed items as loose leaf paper, crayons, glue sticks, pencils, and blue ink pens. Volunteers will collect these items at the Bel-Air Shopping Center in Murray from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 8. Gallimore Electrical Contractors and New Life Book Store will accept donations from those who cannot make it to the collection day.

Welch says those who would like to make a financial contribution can donate to the Rotary of Baton Rouge Foundation.

For more information visit Murray Rotary Club online or on Facebook.

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Tracy Ross

Tracy started working for WKMS in 1994 while attending Murray State University. After receiving his Bachelors and Masters degrees from MSU he was hired as Operations/Web/Sports Director in 2000. Tracy hosted All Things Considered from 2004-2012 and has served as host/producer of several music shows including Cafe Jazz, and Jazz Horizons. In 2001, Tracy revived Beyond The Edge, a legacy alternative music program that had been on hiatus for several years. Tracy was named Program Director in 2011 and created the midday music and conversation program Sounds Good in 2012 which he hosts Monday-Thursday. Tracy lives in Murray with his wife, son and daughter.

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Allison Crawford

A proud native of Murray, Kentucky, Allison grew up roaming the forests of western Kentucky and visiting national parks across the country. She graduated in 2014 from Murray State University where she studied Environmental Sustainability, Television Production, and Spanish. She loves meeting new people, questioning everything, and dancing through the sun and the rain. She hopes to make a positive impact in this world several endeavors at a time.

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