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Free sand and bags available to flood victims in Santa Rosa at the HomeBase warehouse.


IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1997--Free sand and bags are available to flood victims at the Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina
Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area.
 HomeBase home improvement warehouse, HomeBase President Allan Sherman
Not to be confused with the songwriter Al Sherman (1897-1973).
Allan Sherman (sometimes incorrectly Alan or Allen), November 30, 1924 – November 20, 1973, was an American musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer.
 announced Wednesday.

Flood victims can help themselves to all the sand and bags that they need when the sand arrives Thursday, Jan. 23, at 2001 Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa. There is no limit on the amount of bags that customers can receive.

"Customers can help themselves to as much as they can carry," said Bob Harris Bob Harris may refer to:
  • Bob Harris (radio) (born 1946), "Whispering" Bob Harris, BBC radio presenter
  • Bob Harris (writer) (born 1963), American political commentator, writer, stand-up comedian, and Jeopardy! contestant
, general manager at the Santa Rosa HomeBase.

This emergency sand bag project is a community service sponsored by HomeBase, in cooperation with Quikrete, which is donating the sand. In addition, HomeBase is donating the bags to the assistance effort.

Committed to meeting the needs of the local community, HomeBase currently operates 84 locations in 10 states. With headquarters located in Irvine, HomeBase is one of the Western region's leading chains of home improvement warehouses and can be viewed on the Internet at http://www.homebase.com . The company is a division of Natick, Mass.-based Waban Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:WBN).

CONTACT: HomeBase, Irvine

Marie K. Kroesen

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