Smith recalls Phelon shooting and Aiken Standard front page
Ex Aiken Standard journalist Thomas Smith recalls reporting the Sept 15 1997 Phelon plant shooting in which Hastings Wise killed four and wounded three. Names of victims Esther Wood Charles Griffeth David Moore Ernest Filyan are listed and witnesses describe relief and chaos at the scene.
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R.E. Phelon
Aiken Standard
Thomas Smith
Smith
Phelon
Hastings Wise
Esther Sheryl Wood
Charles Griffeth
David Moore
Ernest Filyan
Stan Vance
John Mucha
Jimmy Corley
Aiken
USCA Lecture Examines History of Race Relations
USC Aiken marks Constitution Week with a lecture by Dr. David Shi on the History of Race Relations in the United States at 2 p.m. in Penland Building Room 106. The event is free and open to the public, part of a broader Constitution Week program at USCA.
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David Shi
United States
USC Aiken
Shi
Furman University
Greenville
USCA
Penland
Furman
Mark Hollingsworth
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Hollingsworth
Matthew Thornburg
Penland Administration
Thornburg
Young Republicans
Young Democrats
Elizabeth Georgian
U.S
Philadelphia
Local church ships 40,000 pounds of Harvey aid to Houston
Christian Heritage Church in Graniteville loaded nearly 40,000 pounds of clothes water cleaning supplies and more onto a tractor trailer. Pastor Stephen Phillips said the crew started donations after Harvey and delivered the truck to Casa del Peregrino in Houston where Congregational Holiness Church members assisted. The effort involved community groups including the Aiken County Sheriff's Office and aimed to help relief efforts across the Houston area.
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Houston
Texas
Christian Heritage Church
Ascauga Lake Road
Graniteville
Stephen Phillips
Christian Heritage
Phillips
Inman Floyd
Aiken County
Congregational Holiness Hispanic Church of Houston
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