Bob Hoelscher, board member for the Mercer County chapter of the American Red Cross, works with volunteer Billie Engle as they help sort disaster relief supplies at the Celina office on Main Street. The agency is in short supply of trained volunteers and will be offering classes next month.

Local residents could get shortchanged in a disaster situation if volunteers don't come forward to participate in upcoming training classes. Mercer County currently has just four trained disaster volunteers, and none of them ha . . .