COLERAIN TOWNSHIP — Township trustee Diana Rielage can't go to see her son, Dale, who was in the wing of the Pentagon that was struck this week, so she's going to do the next best thing: join the Colerain Township Loves America effort.

        Volunteers will gather at the Colerain Township Senior and Community Center, 4300 Springdale Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

        Mrs. Rielage said she learned that Dale, a lieutenant commander in the Navy, is fine, but Bolling Air Force Base, where he resides with his wife and two young sons, is under a lockdown. So she's putting her efforts into the township effort.

        Volunteers will assemble red, white and blue ribbons that residents are being asked to display on their mailboxes.

        The effort began with a suggestion by resident Eileen Schroeder.

        The Colerain Township Business Association joined the effort and is paying for materials.

        “It's a helpless feeling,” Mrs. Rielage said. “I just need to hear his voice. Raising money for the Red Cross is all we can do right now.”

        The ribbons will be distributed to anyone making a donation to the Red Cross from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Saturday, and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, at the four fire stations, the senior and community center, or the fire department's Northgate Mall substation.

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