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Just got to tell everybody what a good time we had yesterday at Calvary Baptist. Yesterday morning we saw a young lady, Lakala Richardson, come to the Lord. It didn't stop there. We had a baptizing scheduled for last evening at the Pompeii reservoir at 6 PM. We had 5 people ready to be baptized. We took song books and had a regular service there. I preached on the Ethiopian eunuch and Phillip telling him how to be saved, out of Acts chapter 8. After we finished the alter call we went to the water and had our baptizing. Just as I got the last person finished there was a call from the shore to wait a minute. Seems Glen Glover had been wanting to be saved and told me to wait so he could be baptized. I thought his wife was going to faint or have a running fit right there on the shore. She cried and hollered and was just plain tore up. Ole Glenn he came to the water taking things out of his pockets on the way. I tell you it was a great time last night. That made 6 last night with one more to go. Man , when God blesses he just pours it out.

Oct.01,2006
Our Prayers Goes Out To the Person (s) Who Took the Money Jar Out Of Our Church... The Money Collected Was For the Benefit Of The Baptist Children's Home...May the Person ( s) Involved Change Their Hearts and Seek Redemption.

Powell pastors rally against drugs

By Peter Mathews
CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU

From The Lexington Herald Leader Web Site
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/

STANTON - Vowing to "take the devil by the horns," Powell County ministers launched an anti-drug campaign last night with revival-style fervor.
The crowd of about 700 passed up a University of Kentucky basketball game to pack Powell Middle School's gymnasium. They were joined by U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, dozens of other elected officials and law officers, and Powell's district and circuit judges.
With more than 30 ministers standing behind him, the Rev. Bill Boldt, pastor of Stanton Baptist Church, outlined a plan to create five 12-person task forces to deal with the drug problem.
One, the anti-drug task force, will look for ways to bring to Powell Operation UNITE, a federally funded anti-drug organization, or something similar. Two leaders of the effort, which is in 29 counties, told the crowd how it had helped turn around the drug problem in Manchester. UNITE stands for Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Treatment and Education.
Other task forces will focus on prayer, education, awareness and rehabilitation. They will organize marches, work with children and learn about treatment programs.
"We need some people with some backbone," said Joe Farmer, of Operation UNITE, to tell drug dealers "it is no longer acceptable to sell drugs to our children."
Powell law enforcement officials say nearly every crime they see involves drugs or an attempt to obtain money to buy drugs. But with Stanton's police force having been cut from 10 officers to eight, the department no longer has the personnel for much investigative work, Police Chief Kevin Neal said before the rally. The department has opened about 200 fewer drug cases this year than in 2004, before the cut was made.
Neal appealed to the community for help, inspiring Boldt to step forward, he said.
Boldt said he was pleased by the turnout and hoped the rally changed the minds of people who thought nothing can be done.

We'll miss you dearly Tony & Joan, hope to have you back visiting with us soon !

We'd like to thank Donny and Betty Branham for
their contribution supporting the first 6 months
of our web site, God Bless you both !

This letter is in regards to the recent abductions, rapes and murders of little girls in Florida. We feel that the people of Powell County have the right to know who our neighbors are.

There are currently 10 registered sexual offenders in Powell County and 4,003 registered offenders statewide. This information can be found at the Kentucky State Police Web site www.kentuckystatepolice.org . They list the offenders, their current address, a picture and crime. This Web site can be very helpful in protecting our children.

Unfortunately, it was through the brutal 1994 rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka that prompted the public demand for broad-based community notification.

On May 17, 1996 President Clinton signed Megan's law. Megan's Law requires the following two components.

Sex Offender Registration
- Sex offenders pose a high risk of re-offending after release from custody.
- Protecting the public from sex offenders is a primary government in tester.
- The privacy interests of persons convicted of sex offenses are less important than the government's interest in public safety.
- Releases of certain information about sex offenders to public agencies and the general public will assist in protecting the public safety.

Community notification
- Megan's Law allows the states discretion to establish criteria for disclosure, but compels them to make private and personal information on registered sex offenders available to the public.
- Community notification assists law enforcement in investigations, establishes legal grounds to hold known offenders, deters sex offenders from committing new offenses and offers citizens information they can use to protect children from victimization.

For those who have no access to the Internet, our local library has computers for public use.