Isabel Downgraded to Tropical Storm Still Packs a Punch
Tropical Storm Isabel battered the mid Atlantic with flooding and high winds. Power outages topped 1.5 million in Virginia as 16 000 shelters filled and four deaths were linked to weather hazards. Rescue crews aided islanders along the York River while the Potomac faced a 5 6 foot surge.
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Gloucester County
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Dragon boat rower finds survival on Charleston water
Owens, a breast cancer survivor and former USC instructor, now paddles with Dragon Boat Charleston to raise funds for Fox Chase Cancer Center. She trains with eight other women aged 25 to 65, aims for Philadelphia races, and credits dragon boating with emotional and physical healing as she faces ongoing treatment and a possible bone marrow transplant.
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Philadelphia
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Hollings Cancer Center Science Foundation
Sterling Hannah
Storm chasers recount Isabel's ferocity and flooding
Chasers report 100 mph winds and near blinding rain as they filmed Isabel. In Elizabeth City the downtown flooded within 30 minutes and several cars were submerged up to windows. After a day of shooting they found a powered hotel and will edit through the night for The Weather Channel.
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Sandra de Dubhovay
Los Angeles
Middletown
N.J
Isabel
Jean Paul Zammit
Zammit
Johnstown
Riley
Elizabeth City
Weather Channel
Aiken
Jeremy Schoolfield
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Priest Ukpong Leads Growth of St. Gerard’s Parish
The church in Aiken expands under Father Ukpong who hosts a popular Sunday Bible study and 11 am Mass at the Edrie Street and Sandy Street church. St. Gerard’s began in 1942 as a Redemptorist mission for African American Catholics and later integrated local schooling with St. Mary Help of Christians. Contact Philip Lord for more information.
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St. Gerard’s
Redemptorist Fathers
Orangeburg
York Street
First Baptist Church
Oblate Sisters of Providence
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School
Aiken
Ukpong
Edrie Street
Sandy Street
Philip Lord
Plord
Aikenstandard.com
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Kitty Hawk
Aiken County
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Aiken Center For the Arts
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Aiken, SC
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