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Buckner brings hope to boys in ‘cages of gold’_110104
Posted: 10/29/04
A psychologist in Guatemala City describes the children's homes in her area as "cages of gold," where basic needs are met, but children have neither freedom nor family. (Felicia Fuller Photos) Buckner brings hope to boys in 'cages of gold'
By Felicia Fuller
Buckner News Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Guate-mala–Their stories are heartbreaking. A boy suffers severe hip displacement from repeated sexual abuse by an older sibling. Brothers coerced by their mother to beg for money in bars are abducted by two criminals, assaulted and dumped in a cemetery. Children are forced to drop out of grammar school to help support their family.
10/29/2004 - By John Rutledge
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After a 43-year run, Baylor coach still not winded_110104
Posted: 10/29/04
Clyde Hart is in his 43rd year as track coach at Baylor University. After a 43-year run, Baylor coach still not winded
By Toby Druin
Editor Emeritus
WACO–Maybe it was coincidence, but more likely divine intervention. That's how Clyde Hart describes a trip from Hot Springs, Ark., to Glorieta, N.M., in 1952 that led through Waco and to his becoming a student at Baylor University instead of Louisiana State University.
10/29/2004 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: Our next president should restore civility to America_110104
Posted: 10/29/04
EDITORIAL:
Our next president should restore civility to AmericaThe past few weeks, have you sometimes felt battered and bruised when you clicked your TV set off? Did your ears feel assaulted as you left your business breakroom or lunchtime diner? Have you had a tension headache after Sunday school? Did your pulse pound when you read the letters to the editor in this newspaper?
You know what I'm talking about: Incivility anxiety. It's the ferocious unease millions of Americans have suffered because of this down-and-dirty political season.
If you've traveled in any of the so-called battleground states, you've seen this played out. TV ads have competed for voters, challenging them to choose George W. Bush or John Kerry. And from what we hear, most of those ads have taken the low road, mongering fear and suspicion for the sake of ballots. Although no one doubts where Texas' electoral college votes will go, we haven't been exempt from the mayhem. Thanks to re-gerrymandered congressional districts, we've heard incumbents verbally bludgeon one another for the opportunity to return to Washington and represent us in Congress.
Whether it's George W. Bush or John Kerry, our next president better give attention to restoring civility to America. It's a moral, spiritual, political and social problem that deserves his best efforts. 10/29/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Executive Board recommends changes in governance; rejects efforts to postpone_110104
Posted: 10/29/04
Wesley Shotwell of Azle, vice chairman of the BGCT Executive Board, responds to criticisms of proposed changes in governance. Charles Davenport of Tulia urges the Executive Board to send the governance proposal back to committee for one year. Executive Board recommends changes in
governance; rejects efforts to postponeBy Marv Knox
Editor
The most significant reorganization of the Baptist General Convention of Texas in five decades has cleared another hurdle.
10/29/2004 - By John Rutledge
