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Church helps its southern neighbor.(Baptist Church )(Brief article)
It's been some time since we've reported about Good Samaritans helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina, but--just as surely as victims of the powerful storm still need help--that help continues to arrive. One of the hardest-hit cities last year was Gulfport, Mississippi, an area that has still not been rebuilt.
Far away from the Gulf Coast, in Jefferson, Oregon, the congregation at Jefferson Baptist Church decided to pitch in and help their neighbors down south. Among the church members is Tracy Roe, the owner of Trinity Custom Homes. Roe owns a piece of equipment called a Takeuchi TB 145 excavator, which sounds like just the thing a hurricane-ravaged community could use to help rebuild a debris-strewn community. He hauled his excavator down to Gulfport, and a team of 16 volunteers from the Jefferson church went along, including Gordon Hilton, the owner of Hilton Trenching; Scott Weddle, of Weddle Construction; Larry Payne, a retired architectural consultant; and others with home repair skills.
Roe told the Salem, Oregon, Statesman ...
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