Geneva White

Geneva also goes by the name Geneva A. Straw

Cory/Douglas Township

EMA meeting cancelled for February 1

President Roger Marshall says our monthly meeting for Tuesday, February 1, has been cancelled.  We will meet again when there is less rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow.

Phil

Geneva White

Geneva White (8/6/78) said she was stranded here and needs to get home to Mt. Carmel, IL. She is banned from Swan per her own admission. She has a friend who is coming to get her tonight. His name is Tim Banks. I am giving them a voucher for gas.

Cory
Douglas Township

Ronald Wayne Sciarretta

Mr. Sciarretta went to St. Anthony wanting a hotel room. Robin told him to go to us (Douglas Township) and we would help with transportation to shelter. He got very angry and just wanted hotel. She offered our services twice. He told her he knew where the Priest was and would go directly there.

Cory
Douglas Township

January 31, 2011

Ronald Wayne Sciarretta from Boonville, MO (05-28-53) is hitch hiking through town.  He was wanting a hotel room.  We have a record of helping him on 10-04-09, so no assistance was given.
Darlene / Sacred Heart Church

January 28, 2011

January 28, 2011 / 1124 am

Larry Cavinder and Betty (Francois) Cavinder came in wanting gas. He said he had about 5 gallons. They lost their job and house and were living out of car (Cadillac). He said he had a job  at Golden Corral in Little Rock Arkansas and needed to get there by Tuesday. We offered to give 5 gallons of gas and he did not like that. He wanted us to help get him all the way there. We requested current driver’s license and proof of insurance. He said he’d be right back and never showed. Catholic Charities gave food and said they helped them in 2008 and they had the same story then.

Cory/Douglas Township

January 28,2011 / 116 pm

hey also came into our office today wanting gas but the story for us was they were going to a job at cracker barrell in Little Rock Arkansas and needed to be there by Tuesday!

Kristina /SWAN

January 26

Working through the Public Defender’s office, Harold with FISH and Douglas Township gave Xethlyn Hudson (1/25/11) a train/bus ticket to Rockford, Illinois, leaving Effingham on Thursday, January 27, 2011.

Cory Stumeier
Douglas Township

January 24

January 24
John George Gregory came by around 4:20 p.m. looking for help to get a train ticket toward Dayton OH.  Was hitch hiking and trucker dropped him off at the reststop between here and Altamont.
Said he had $20 to help with train and asked for directions to McDonalds.  We gave no assistance.

Robin Jarrett/St. Anthony of Padua

January 24, 2011 / Sacred Heart Church

Sacred Heart Church gave John Gregory (10-07-67) $6.00 voucher for Subway.  He is on foot with backpack.
Darlene/Sacred Heart Church

January 19 from Douglas Township

January 19/2:07 pm

Just gave 5 gallons gas to Johnny A. Parsons (8/2/82) and Amber Lea Smith (3/21/78). Came to get girlfriend from Atwood and going back to Arkansas because “wife” said to come take babies to hospital??? Wow

Cory/Douglas Township

January 19/823 am

Subject: Randy W. Waller

Randy W. Waller

DOB: 11/18/64

Monroe, LA

Gave train ticket to get closer to Louisiana. He said his van broke down after Walmart changed his oil. He said it ran fine before that. Seemed like a nice clean cut guy. In today’s paper it showed he was arrested for receiving/possession/selling a stolen vehicle. Upon research, he was arrested in 2008 for the same thing in Effingham County and had an Effingham address. I hate it when I get taken.

Cory/Douglas Township

January 19

Jan 19
We just paid for one night at the Effingham Motel for Satisha Hill
John Hackmann, Associate Pastor,
Effingham Centenary United Methodist Church

January 17

Jan 17,
I gave a $25 gift card to Martins IGA & $20 cash to William Jackson.  
Fr. Robert Spriggs/Sacred Heart Church

January 18

Jan 17

Dean Nichols from Peoria was visiting his sister Robin Greenwood (ph. 217-315-0170) at Easy Breeze Trailer Court, Effingham and had to fix his car and now needs money to return to Peoria.  We are giving $15 gas voucher.  We have no previous requests from Dean Nichols nor Robin Greenwood.

Darlene Koester/Sacred Heart Church

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday observed, January 17, 2011

If we keep connected by sending each other e-mails I am fairly certain everyone will see everything at some point but the constant, continuous emails can be a nuisance.  I have created a blog wherein I can post the collections of everything going back and forth and will TRY to post on a regular basis and you can check in as often as you wish.

I am not for sure what the absolute answer is to keeping each other informed but am aware there are a lot of people in need traveling through Effingham regularly.

Week of January 9 information

Jan. 11, 2011

Salvation Army has provided lodging at the Econo lodge for the following individuals.

Tiffany Griffith

John Bochholtz

Presbyterian church provide a meal for Mr. Bochholtz at Neimergs Restaurant

Jan 12, 2011

St Anthony's Church provided John Buchholtz with lodging at a motel in Effingham on January 10 and in March of 2010 was given coupons for McDonalds

Jan 12, 2011

John Buchholtz stopped by Sacred Heart Church at 2:20pm today wanting help with food.  He mentioned that Salvation Army has already helped him with lodging.  He said that he would be leaving town in the morning.  We did not provide any help today.

 We also have a record of helping him on January 19, 2010 with a meal at Subway. 

Darlene Koester/ Sacred Heart Church

Thursday, January 13

Jody Larimer from Effingham called to request assistance for Satisha Hill (St. Louis) for a night lodging.  She had surgery on her finger and was dismissed from the hospital.  Jody paid for last night but he can't afford another night and he cannot let her stay with him either. Her mom is to pick her up on Friday. Sacred Heart helped Jody on 6-28-10 with gas and Satisha Hill with 2 meals on 9-1-09.  We did not provide assistance.

Darlene Koester/Sacred Heart Church

Jan 12, 2011

I gave a ride to Mr. Bochholtz from the Effingham Motel to Burger King on Tuesday (January 11) morning.  He told me that St. Anthony had given him lodging and a food voucher for Burger King.  When I saw him come out of the motel room, I immediately recognized him as an individual that I had helped before.  I had given him a meal at Niemerg’s and taken him to Wal-Mart to buy him tv dinners.  I am not sure of the timing on that incident.  It has been at least a year.  He told me that he was from Pennsylvania headed to Oklahoma to look for a job.  The story sounds strangely similar to what he had told me on the first occasion when we met.  On the first occasion, he showed up at our Wednesday night service and we fed him supper.  He did stay for Bible study at that time.  Sounds like Effingham is a regular stop on his journeys.

David McConnell/First Christian Church   

Jan 13, 2011

Mr. Buchholtz's story to St Anthony's was he had been to Marion for a VA visit and was heading home.  We do have a photo id on a vet’s card.  He did not want a bus ticket to Terre Haute because it would be late getting in and not a good neighborhood.  He is marked do not help for one year on our card.  Letting us know his travel pattern is very helpful.

Robin Jarrett/St. Anthony of Padua  

January 12, 2011

Robert West from CEFS called. They have three single people that are looking for homeless shelter NOW.  They will be able to give aid to one but not the other two and are requesting assistance from churches and organizations.  If you are able to help call him at 347-7514 or send email to rwest@cefseoc.org.  (Note:  he has asked to be included in our email list for notification, too).

Philip R. Coats, Secretary-Treasurer

Effingham Ministerial Association  

Jan 13, 2011

Jessica Davis requested gas to visit her mother in Champaign.  I gave her a voucher for $25.00 for Gas.

Drew Holloway/First Presbyterian

Jan 13, 2011

Jessica Davis called Sacred Heart Church at 11:35am while I was out to lunch.  She mentioned on the message that her mom was in a car accident and she was going to visit her and needed gas money. When I called her at 12:10pm I got a recording. 

Darlene Koester/Sacred Heart Church              

Jan 13, 2011

We provided $15 in gas to Derek Thoelle for a doctor’s appointment at Sarah Bush for his girlfriend.

 John Hackmann, Associate Pastor, Effingham Centenary United Methodist Church