Aiken Volunteers Help Biloxi Roofs After Katrina
Aiken volunteers traveled to Biloxi and Gulfport to repair roofs after Katrina. Teams learned on the job with teens from Nashville and local guidance from Rick Huston of LATCH. Barbara Madison, born in her home, received repairs and meals, affirming the mission’s emotional impact and community bonds.
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Huston
Bethel Lutheran Church
Biloxi
Madison
Katie Thornton
Nashville
Aiken Home Sales Grow Fast in 2005
Aiken area real estate shows rapid expansion with listings rising from 180 to about 380 agents offering homes through the Aiken MLS. Median residential price rose 9.68 percent to 134000, below South Carolina’s 148000 state average.
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Aiken Area
Brodie
Hilton Head
Coastal Carolina
Myrtle Beach
Georgetown
South Carolina
Jim Peters
S.C. Association of Realtors
Video gambling magnate Fred Collins dies at 70 in Greenville
Fred Collins a Greenville video gambling magnate who built Collins Entertainment Corp into a statewide force owning about one in six machines across South Carolina died at 70 from liver cancer at his home. He rose from jukebox stocking as a teen to wealth, later surviving court battles to keep gambling legal. Hayne Hipp called him a gregarious friend who needed little formal training to run the business.
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Greenville
Fred Collins
Collins
Dale Sutton
Overbrook
Salvation Army
South Carolina
Collins Entertainment Corp
Hayne Hipp
Beaver Creek Tribe Known as Lost Tribe Receives Federal Grant
In a 2003 interview officials described the Beaver Creek Indian tribe as a long established community around Salley and Beech Island. They note limited written records for births and marriages, efforts to document the tribe, and grave markers with seashells aiding lineage research.
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Beaver Creek
Salley
Fort Moore
Beech Island
Beaver Creek Baptist Church
Mt. Beulah Baptist Church
Aiken County
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