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It was as much a family reunion as a party as Motown stars, friends and fans gathered tonight at the Roostertail to toast, drink and dance to the music that made Detroit famous. "This 50th anniversary is to celebrate you, to celebrate all the people that made us what we became," said the founder Berry Gordy, Jr. after accepting the Spirit of Detroit award from Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson. Moments earlier, fans and media swarmed around Gordy as he entered the hall filled with singers, writer  

WorldGate, a provider of digital voice and video phone services and next generation video phones, announced the hire of Barry MacCheyne as Vice President of Sales. In the role of Vice President of Sales, MacCheyne will be responsible for digital video phone sales to direct and agency customers as well as sales of WorldGate's turn-key services platform, which will offer a complete end-to-end VoIP based digital voice and video solution. "I'm very pleased to welcome Barry as Vice President of Sales for W

I'm very pleased to welcome Barry as Vice President of Sales for WorldGate   -George E Daddis

 

Services for Julian Earl "Junebug" Oswalt, 81, of 1529 Chinquapin Church Road, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at Mount Ebal Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Bill Paulling will officiate.  

Dorothy Taylor "Dot" Jordan, 80, of Aiken and Seminole, Fla., died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. She attended high school and college in Winter Haven. Survivors include her beloved husband, Julian Thomas Jordan Jr. of Aiken; her daughter, Dr. Julie A. Jordan of Aiken; her son, Jay A. Jordan of St. Petersburg, Fla.; five grandchildren, Alex Jordan, Jason Jordan, Jessica Jordan, Katie Jordan and Eli Jordan; her sister, Evelyn Hayes of Valrice, Fla.; and her brother, James E  

Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 's call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples. "We pledge to each other, and to our fellow believers, that no power on earth, be it cultural or political, will intimidate us into silence or acquiescence," it says

We argue that there is a hierarchy of issues   -Charles Colson

 

Although some work has begun on Eastern Illinois University's Renewable Energy Center site, the ceremonial groundbreaking will be today, according to a press release from EIU. The public is welcome to join members of the university community and guests at 3:30 p.m. Due to limited parking at the construction site, located on the east side of campus near the intersection of 18th Street and Edgar Drive, transportation will be provided.  

The Niagara Falls Canucks will be searching for their 15th victory of the season when they host the Stoney Creey Warriors (11-5-2) on Friday night. The Warriors handed the Canucks an 8-0 loss in the previous game between these two jr. B clubs. Niagara Falls edged the Wheatfield Blades 4-3 on the road Nov. 12, but lost to the Thorold Blackhawks 2-1 the following night.  

For Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon, the mission at Sunday's Ford 400 is simple. All three want to win the Sprint Cup Series championship. But for the other 40 drivers in the race, there are much different priorities.

We were so good last season, but it doesn't really work like that   -Carl Edwards

 

Horace Broadnax might be one of the best salesmen in Savannah. The Savannah State University men's basketball coach convinced Georgetown University coach John Thompson III to bring the No. 19 Hoyas to Savannah for Saturday's 1 p.m. game at Tiger Arena. Georgetown, a member of the Big East Conference, will be the most accomplished program ever to play a game at SSU, which has been an NCAA Independent (without conference affiliation) since moving up to Division I in 2002.