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Under God?
ART Sandi Martindale,
a local selling artist for
20 years, is offering 3
beginning art classes at
Carver Community
Center. These classes
will begin working with
charcoal and work
through to pastels.
Martindale, who has
taught privately in the
Valley for 20 years, plans
an art show in March in
Santa Fe, Mexico.
Martindale states, "I
want to stress that I love
the idea of proving to
people that art is instinc
tual; that anyone can
learn to express them
selves through art." For
more info., call Carver
Community Center.
ART The sculptures of
Joyce Blunk of Asheville
will be featured in the
Holden Gallery on the
Warren Wilson Campus,
February 10-March 14.
This exhibit is part of the
Allegro Con Brio series of
Fine Arts events at War
ren Wilson College.
COMMUNITY NEEDS
The Red Cross is asking
for an increase of blood
donations due. to the
national situation. The
Red Cross, which is re
sponsible for 1 /2 of the
nation's blood supply,
feels that donors will
respond to this need.
Donations are accepted
at the Red Cross collec
tion center located in
Asheville at 100 Edge-
wood Road. Times avail
able for donations are as
follows: Mon. 9 a.m.-l
p.m., Tues 6 p.m. to 8
p.m., Thurs. 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m., and Fri. 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. The Center
requests that you call to
make an appointment if
possible.
ROOK RELEASE A
former Administrative
staff member of Mon-
treat-Anderson College
has published a book
concerning the Union's
capture of Ft. Fisher in
Wilmington. It was the
last port open in 1864 to
General Robert E. Lee's
outnumbered army in
Virginia. Ron Gragg,
who researched for the
last 14 years, served at
M-AC in the late 1970's.
The book is entitled
Confederate Goliath:
The Battle of Ft. Fisher
and is on sale in book
stores now for $25.00.
Are we truly a Na
tion without God? Many
would have us believe
that we are no longer
"One Nation Under God,
With Liberty and Justice
For ALL." They would
tell you that Charles
Darwin and Carl Sagan
were right about the ori
gins of man and the
universe. They would
tell you that as man tri
umphantly progresses
into the coming centu
ries' that we ourselves
will be able to find the
cures for all disease and
hunger, and we alone
understand the myster
ies of our universe. That
we creatures consumed
by our passions will be
able to solve all of our
own problems. Do we
really believe this gar
bage?
Many students have
had the opportunity to
attend some of the local
Pro-Troop Rallies, we find
them dominated with
heart-felt and sincere
prayer, not by slogans
and chants like their
Anti-War counterparts.
The front page of a local
newspaper two Sundays
ago pictured a young
black soldier on our front
lines, written on the side
of his Kevlar helmet, for
all the world to see, was
the quote "May the Lord
Bless Usll" Even at the
San Francisco 49ef-New
York Giant game Amer
ica's faith was evident;
with less than ten sec
onds to go on the clock
and one point behind,
the Giants had the op
portunity to win with a
field goal. The Giant
defense did not stand on
the sidelines cheering for
their kicker, instead they
were gathered in circle,
heads bowed, praying.
Our President spent an
entire day at Camp
David, in prayer. After
wards he sought the
counsel of leaders in the
Kingdom of God, like Dr.
Billy Graham. Then, and
only then, did he com
mit our troops to action
in the Gulf.
Our media wants us
to believe that God is
dead, that we no longer
need, or heed Him, that
we as a nation have
abandoned Him. Yet we
should say, we must say
NO to this lie of Satan.
America is, as she always
has been, a nation of
prayer. From our Presi
dent, to our troops, to
the people here at home,
even to our football
teams, we are a Nation
Of Prayer. When the
going gets tough God's
silent army stands forth
and wages war on evil.
We are, and hopefully
always will be: One Na
tion Under God, With
Liberty and Justice for AW.