Church Escort: PROFILE: PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY OBJECTS WHEN A CHURCH GROUP MOVES MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS MEN INTO FOUR VACANT APARTMENTS THERE
ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.SUSAN STAMBERG, host: And I'm Susan Stamberg.Mental health advocates are finding that people with disabilities usually do better in a place of their own rather than in institution or even a group home. But when mentally ill people try to move into the mainstream of society this way, they often meet resistance. A lot of neighborhoods yank away the welcome mat when somebody...
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: 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...
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: 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...