Gold Cup polo event boosts Aiken economy and charity efforts
The USPA Gold Cup presented by Land Rover drew visitors and vendors to Aiken as locals anticipate three weeks of polo drama. Realtors, vendors, and hospitality workers expect a real estate and service boom while donations support Hitchcock Healthcare ACTS and Hurricane Katrina relief via the American Red Cross. HorseTV sponsor Michael Miller noted a late October network launch and the event underscored Aiken’s equine profile.
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Aiken
Land Rover
Vivien Bunce
Eulalie Salley & Company Realtors
Channing Delaplane
Delaplane
Augusta
Hitchcock Healthcare
ACTS
American Red Cross
Horse Channel Television
Evacuees Find Shelter and Community Support in Aiken
Sixteen adults and two children evacuated from New Orleans were sheltered at St. John’s Church in Aiken. Volunteers from Wesley UMC and St. John’s provided beds, supplies, and medical staff as families adjust to loss, with Red Cross aid and emotional support from local clergy and citizens.
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Brown
Neil Flowers
New Orleans
Wesley United Methodist
St. John’s
Michelle Pearson
Robert Woods
Bessie Hawkins
Lynn Johnson
Melvin Ferrin
Melanie
Melvin
St. John’s Church
John Gunther
George Howles
Howles
Wesley Umc
William Bowser
Aiken
St. John’s Christian Education
Terry Fleming
Red Cross
Shreveport
Louisiana
Fleming
John Tiffany
Shauntel Brown
Kenner
Memorial marks Sept 11 tragedy as Katrina rages
New York relatives read 2,749 names at ground zero in four hour ceremony. Fire Lt Charles Garbarini honored by sister, while Gulf Coast relief efforts for Katrina unfold with firefighters remembering fallen colleagues. Moments of silence recall 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. readings.
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World Trade Center
Trade Center
Charlie
Peggy Garbarini
Charles William Garbarini
the Trade Center
Michael Bloomberg
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Kirk Noffsinger
Ground Zero
Iliani
Linda Giammona
Julian
Vincent Giammona
Condoleezza Rice
Christina Rossetti
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Northbrook
Allstate Financial Services, LLC
LSA Securities
SIPC
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Allstate Insurance Company
Allstate
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Wall Street Journal
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Harris & Company
Taxexperts.com
WSJ
Mark Taylor and Associates, LLC
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Southside
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BlueCross BlueShield Association
Kay Biermann Brohl
Aiken City
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