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closeRetired local dentist Goggins honored
Retired dentist Horace Goggins Sr. was awarded the Humanitarian Award for dedication and faithful service to Rock Hill during the 67th annual Civil Rights Conference of the South Carolina State Conference NAACP held recently in Charlotte.
Goggins has served as president of the Medical and Piedmont Dental Association and continues to be active in many organizations.
— Mary Jo Balasco
Rock Hill NAACP honored for education advocacy
The Rock Hill branch of the NAACP was awarded the Modjeska Simkins Award for its achievements in education advocacy in the community.
The award was presented during the 67th annual Civil Rights Conference of the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP held earlier this month in Charlotte.
— Mary Jo Balasco
National Right to Life endorses Spencer
Republican Albert Spencer has picked up an endorsement in his run for the U.S. House 5th District against incumbent Democrat John Spratt.
National Right to Life, an anti-abortion group based in Washington, D.C., announced its support for Spencer this week. “We look forward to working with you in Congress to restore legal protection for innocent life,” the group wrote in a letter.
A devout Catholic, Spencer fiercely opposes abortion rights. He favors a Constitutional amendment outlawing abortion and ending what he calls “a culture of death.”
Spratt supports abortion rights in the first three months of pregnancy but has voted against using Medicaid to fund the procedure.
The two candidates faced each other in 2004, when Spencer earned 37 percent of the vote. Spencer lives in Gaffney and teaches physical education at Limestone College.
— Matt Garfield
President Bush plans to return to South Carolina
CHARLESTON — President George Bush will make a brief visit to South Carolina later this week.
After several appearances in Florida on Friday, the president will fly to the Charleston Air Force Base, where he will meet and pose for pictures with members of the Simpsonville Stars. The team recently won the Little League Softball World Series.
The president will head to Kiawah Island for a reception sponsored by the Republican National Committee before flying back to Washington. Bush last visited South Carolina in May, when he spoke during commencement exercises at Furman University.
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