Leader Call – Businessman killed in morning hunting accident
By Eloria Newell James and Jason Niblett, Leader-Call staff
A well-known Laurel business-owner “doing what he loved, where he loved to do it” was killed during a reported hunting accident Tuesday.
Robert Lightsey was 55.
Lightsey, the owner of Lifeguard Medical Alerts and SmarTel Communications and a keyboardist [...]
The Globe Outreach Board of Directors voted unanimously to accept three new board members for the upcoming 2009 year. Each new member will serve a three year term according to the Globe Outreach, Inc. bylaws and will be responsible for various tasks pertaining to the operation of the organization.
Below are the names of Globe’s newest [...]
After much hard work and planning the walls are going up on the new J.O. Chifundo School. This news comes with great joy and anticipation as the school prepares for a new semester beginning in January. While the school will not be ready for the upcoming term, it is agreed that if all goes according [...]
The proposed J. O. Chifundo School building plan is to provide a permanent building for this 9 year old school and thereby direct all tuition collected to curriculum/ teachers rather than escalating rental prices associated with the current facility. The Chifundo parent committee purchased land 3 years ago in hopes of this being possible.
Comparing [...]
In 1996 the Zambian Acappella Boys Choir (ZABC) was brought to the United States. They sang in many churches, schools and malls. In 1998 ZABC returned to Zambia after touring the U.S. for about 2 years. Without the education promised to them, the [...]
In July 2008, Globe Outreach (Globe throughout the remainder of the article) participated in a mission project to Zambia. Three men, including Deetz Shepherd, David Fedele, and David Nabors, along with a team connected with Strategic Partnership Missions headed to Zambia to engage in evangelism and church strengthening. This project was the initial effort of [...]
During a school presentation made while in Zambia, David Fedele and Deetz Shepherd presented a picture of the late Jack Oswald of Colleyville to the Chifundo School. This presentaion marks the official name change of the school. With this change, the school’s name will now be the J.O. Chifundo School. Jack Oswald was a man [...]