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January 21, 2008

Archives: Mission To Moss Point

Anonymous The Record Eagle Mon Jan 21, 2008, 11:46 AM EST

Stories and photos from the 2006 trip to Moss Point, Miss.:

Mission to Moss Point photo gallery - February 5, 2006
Students learn to comprehend the reality of 'Amazing Grace' - February 5, 2006
Katrina fails to derail dream - February 5, 2006
FEMA trailer: 'It's like a boxed-in cubbyhole' - February 5, 2006
Columnist James Cook: Three Super Bowl players impacted by Hurricane Katrina - February 5, 2006
Editorial: School, students show courage, compassion - February 5, 2006
Katrina's devastation still evident in Biloxi - January 27, 2006
Katrina's wrath amazes students - January 26, 2006
Moss Point photo gallery - January 24, 2006
Students get a close-up glimpse of damage - January 24, 2006
Students to help with hurricane relief efforts - January 21, 2006
From the AP: Katrina, One Year Later

Restoring Hope

Volunteers, town have 'come a long way'

St. Bernard Parish's governmental center flooded with nearly 12 feet of water after Hurricane Katrina two years ago, and it has yet to be restored. So government employees lead the roughly 465-square mile parish, based in the town of Chalmette, from trailers set up in the parking lot.
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BY LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sun, January 27
Jan 27, 2008 2:43 pm 1 Photo
Restoring Hope: A Test of faith

A full recovery is still a long way off, but the Rev. John Dee Jeffries believes nothing can be accomplished without first having a vision. It's how blueprints emerged to renovate the First Baptist Church of Chalmette, La., after Hurricane Katrina destroyed it.
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By LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sun, January 27
Jan 27, 2008 11:52 am 2 Photos
Woman finds a miracle in mud

Residents in southeast Louisiana know the formula for hurricane evacuations: You leave for a few days, but you'll soon be home. It's more a pain than a plan. But when the evacuation orders started two years ago for Hurricane Katrina, Carol Saling knew this time would be different.
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BY LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sun, January 27
Jan 27, 2008 11:51 am 1 Photo
Students refurbish gutted homes, landscape

Regina Craft leaned on faith to get her through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Water damaged Craft's home in New Orleans' Chantilly neighborhood, but she was at the house Wednesday, where she shared her story with a handful of students from Traverse City Christian School.
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By LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sat, January 26
Jan 26, 2008 10:54 am 6 Photos
Residents vow to make New Orleans better

There was nothing left of New Testament Baptist Church when the Rev. Jack Battiste returned to his neighborhood for the first time in months. Katrina made sure of that.
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By LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Fri, January 25
Jan 25, 2008 10:24 am 5 Photos
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Relief workers target New Orleans homes

The lawn likely hadn't been cut in years, and Anne Friedlander fired up the lawn mower in ankle-high grass. The one-story, brick house in the New Orleans East neighborhood was one of several homes students refurbished as part of a schoolwide mission trip to Louisiana to assist in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.
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By LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Wed, January 23
Jan 23, 2008 10:59 am 2 Photos
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Local students begin relief mission in La.

Jared Olshove's no stranger to basic construction chores, so the Traverse City Christian School sophomore jumped right into the fray at a church tattered by Hurricane Katrina.
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Anonymous The Record Eagle Tue, January 22
Jan 22, 2008 5:28 pm 2 Photos
Monday, January 21, 2008
TC students head back to New Orleans

Less than six months after Hurricane Katrina, in a devastated region of the Gulf Coast, students from Traverse City Christian School spent part of a week tearing things down. Now, two years later, they plan to build things up.
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BY LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Mon, January 21
Jan 21, 2008 4:47 pm 2 Photos
First look at battered city an eye-opener

For the next week, students from Traverse City Christian School will replace their semester exams with a different kind of test. The 123 students and several dozen parent volunteers will spend the week rebuilding parts of Chalmette, La., a town that has yet to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
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By LINDSAY VANHULLE The Record Eagle Copyright 2012 Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Mon, January 21
Jan 21, 2008 4:47 pm 1 Photo

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