Church Escort: VOICES OF THE GUN LISTEN TO WHAT AFRICAN AMERICANS SAY ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY
"People! People Over Weapons!" sang the 20 young actors of Freedom Theatre's teen division during the climax of last week's debut of a vigorously performed show about youth violence and its consequences.Its raw expression of the role that guns and random cruelty play in many poor black neighborhoods did more than a million press releases to describe the crisis of violence in the African American community. POW! (People Over Weapons),...
Church Escort: VICTIMS REMEMBERED
VETERAN CSX RAILROADER EULOGIZED AS TOUGH- TALKER WITH A WARM HEART
He was a tough-minded and tough-talking union man who normally worked the yards, until last Friday when another worker took leave and he was asked to ride a Maryland commuter train as conductor. Yesterday, James E. Major Jr., a CSX railroader for 26 years and a yard crew foreman, was memorialized as a hero, along with engineer Richard Orr and assistant conductor James Quillen, all of whom perished along with eight passengers in the collision between their Maryland Rail Commuter Service train...
Church Escort: Volunteers needed
The Volunteer Center of Marathon County recruits volunteers for local nonprofit agencies. If you would like to respond to any of the following volunteer opportunities, call the adult volunteer program coordinator at the Volunteer Center, 261-6671. Featured opportunity *Housekeeping: This program is seeking one or two female volunteers to clean/organize the home of one of its female clients. The client has a health condition that makes it impossible for her to clean the house. Flexible...
Church Escort: `PATRIOT' NEVER WEARIES OF GIVING
For almost half a century, Beulah Meier has been a permanent fixture at the Veterans Administration Medical Center.She began volunteering there in 1948; she hasn't let time stand in her way. Meier, 90, who received the Golden Rule award in the adult category, has been involved in every major volunteer program ever since the center was established.During the 59,500 hours she has volunteered, Meier has coordinated projects like the Ambassadors Program, a welcoming committee...
Church Escort: Obituaries
Former Greenville County Council Vice Chairman William Hunter dies GREENVILLE -- William "Bill" Looper Hunter, 69, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at St. Lukes Hospital, Columbus, N.C.He was born May 26, 1935, son of Frances Looper Hunter and the late Robert Wilson Hunter.He was a first lieutenant in the South Carolina National Guard with the 111th Signal Company. While on active duty during the Berlin Crisis, he received the Army Commendation Medal and also the...