Good Morning Tri-State anchor Adrian Whitsett interviewed Clermont County leaders who collaborated in helping families recover from April, 2025 Ohio River flooding.
On a sunny May morning sitting along the New Richmond Riverfront, WCPO-9's Adrian Whitsett spoke with Clermont County Emergency Management Director Pam Haverkos; Village of New Richmond Administrator Kathryn Gail Bailey; United Way-211 Community Connections Director Amy Story, and Connect Clermont President Bob Pautke about collaborating on flood recovery efforts.
Excerpts from Adrian's interview:
“It’s been amazing. I mean, literally, the water was all the way out to the wall one day, and two days later, we’re all sitting in restaurants eating because the recovery effort was phenomenal,” said Kathryn Bailey.
“In 2018, we activated a joint Emergency Operations Center, a unified command structure. And so every year, we send out our flood plans and make sure that we are all on the same page," said Pam Haverkos.
“As those calls came in, we were able to identify for residents what they needed and then communicate that through the platform to the volunteer organizations,” said Amy Story of United Way 211.
“We collected pledged amounts over $6,100 for flood relief, and every penny will go into flood relief,” said Bob Pautke from Connect Clermont.
“Generous viewers, as well as WCPO and the Scripps Howard Foundation we were able to provide about $1,500 additional dollars” Whitsett said while presenting a check for flood relief.
We said: “Thank you very much. It will go into that same pot of money. There are unmet needs."
--> Read Adrian's full article a video of his interview here, published by WCPO May 29, 2025.
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