IOI070112                    ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

A year ago this month, I wrote the first Items Of Information  to keep Friends Of One Columbus and others informed and up to date on activities and events that relate to our work. A once a month board meeting, special announcements and infrequent notices in the print and electronic media did not seem to be enough. I kept getting inquiring calls even after Items Of Information was in place, and although the calls did not diminish, the information that readers were seeking seemed to be getting out in brief and concise form and on a timely basis.

We started sending out IOIs to a couple of dozen readers and today are in the hundreds.  (We did have half a dozen that wrote in and asked that their names be taken off our mailing list, which we did). Others have found IOIs useful and have asked us to add other names to our mailing list.  I hope you have found Items Of Information useful and will pass it on to others.

I am proud that One Columbus has come this far, and anxiously look forward to the rest of 2007 and beyond.

Thank you for your support, your prayers, and your good wishes. We look forward to continued service to this community, our state, country  and to the rest of the world.

Ken Crooks

M L King Events and the Third Annual Recognition Dinner

The Ledger Enquirer printed the  Dr. Martin Luther King Events Calendar earlier this week. Every activity during this time of celebration is important; however One Columbus has its Third Annual Recognition Dinner on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at the Columbus Iron Works and Trade Center to which I hope all Friends Of One Columbus will come.  Tickets are $40.00 and can be purchased at any of four locations. Please see our website www.onecolumbus.org for the ticket locations, the press release, information about our keynote speaker Dr. Ruby Payne and the awardees Carmen Cavezza and Philandria Williams.

Carmen Cavezza's record of service to this community goes back a long way. We are particularly proud to award him the Community Service Award on Thursday. The Chalice that you will see next week is displayed on the Plaza Level of the Government Center until, each year, it is presented at the Dinner to the awardee.

Philandria Williams is a senior at Hardaway High School and expects to go to CSU or Georgia State next year to pursue her interest in biology. She is a flag girl at Hardaway and has numerous awards and credits to her name. On Thursday, She will receive the Richard R. Miles Award for her essay on diversity. Look under "Awards" on the website for information about Richard R. Miles who was a pioneer in his own right here in Columbus .

"Building Bridges . . . Connecting People"

 

Ken Crooks, Executive Director
One Columbus 
706-315-0162
fax 706-221-1167
onecolumbus4@msn.com

website: www.onecolumbus.org

TO KEEP CURRENT ABOUT ONE COLUMBUS EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND MEETINGS, CALL 706-315-0162