Sunday, February 16, 2003

County copter helps deputies get their man

Hawk 1, the Fayette County Sheriff's Department's helicopter unit, paid off big Thursday afternoon in the apprehension of a man driving a suspected stolen vehicle who led deputies on a chase into Atlanta.

Student dies after falling ill in class

A Fayetteville resident died suddenly Tuesday after becoming ill in his physical education class at Woodward Academy.

NAACP training this weekend at Atlanta Hilton

The Fayette County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is hosting the 51st Southeast Region Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute Friday through Sunday at the Atlanta Hilton hotel.

Special Olympics seeks volunteers

Fayette County Special Olympics will hold its local track and field event at Sandy Creek High March 21 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. All volunteers who would like to help with the event may report to Sandy Creek, 360 Jenkins Road in Tyrone, at 9 a.m. Contact Barbara Bruce at J.C. Booth Middle, 770-631-3240, for more information.

Nativity Episcopal to hold prayer vigil Sunday

Fayetteville's Episcopal Church of the Nativity invites the community to join in a worldwide candlelight vigil Sunday, March 16, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the church on Antioch Road.

The Lone Ranger rides again
By KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

This article was from the 3/11/03 Jewish World Review, written by Dennis Prager: It is Dead ON Target! I print it here in its entirety. I appreciate Gary Stewart sending it to me.

Hey, Pastor, What do you do all week? Don't you just work on Sundays?
By DR. DAVID L. CHANCEY
Pastor

This is a true story, not a "pastor tale." A pastor in Ohio went to the home for Alzheimer's patients to visit an elderly church member. After greeting her, he said, "Lillie, do you know who I am?"

Make your voice heard
By MARY JANE HOLT
Contributing Writer

In a recent column, news commentator and talk show host Bill O'Reilly spoke of how, in the 1930s, millions of people simply did not want to think about the evil Hitler was brewing up. He pointed out that France and Russia were the chief appeasers, as they are today on the Iraq question.

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