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Before appearing on American Idol, Aiken was a special-education teacher in Raleigh, N.C. He is a devout Baptist who does not smoke or drink, though he claims to have a temper that emerges when he sees "people with disabilities treated like they're 4 years old." In his piety, Aiken can make Billy Graham seem like a rogue. He listened to Davis' advice about edge and then respectfully asked that he not be required to sing any songs about sex. "Clive tried to tell me that saying certain words in a songor as he says, 'putting some balls into...
...Birmingham, Ala. [TIME IN DEPTH, Sept. 22]. If Sims really wishes to make amends to Ware's family, he could pay for a proper burial for the child. Perhaps it could be in the same cemetery where the four little black girls who died in the Baptist-church bombing are buried. Sims could erect an appropriate memorial at the burial site to replace the unmarked grave in which Ware now lies. Alternatively, a memorial fund for Virgil Ware could be established. I would be happy to make a contribution. MAUREEN MADDEN Oro Valley, Ariz...
...exhibit comes to Cambridge not only in the name of cultural exploration, but as means of support for the local Haitian communities. The New Jerusalem Evangelical Baptist Church and Learning/Community Center in Dorchester is a Haitian community center, and proceeds from gifts and the sale of the art at the exhibit will benefit the Center and its community members, hopefully in the form of a new property and facility that can accommodate its needs...
...blinding glare of grace. Cash saw the light in 1967, when he began spending quality time with June Carter, of the legendary country clan the Carter family. Carter urged Cash, who was trying to kick his addiction to prescription drugs, to attend services with her at the First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, Tenn. "He said he didn't think he was ready for that," recalls the church's minister Courtney Wilson. "But she told him they could go late and leave early. They came late and sat in the back." That day marked the revival of Cash's churchgoing...
...just about the whole time we were there. But he was in a good mood. He said he was fixing to get up and throw that wheelchair away, and he was going back to work." But to others Cash revealed his resignation. Wilson, who visited Cash at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, says, "He was aware things were closing down for him, and he was at peace. He was ready to go home...