Last year, the National Association of Letter Carriers collected more than 62 million pounds of food nationally and more than 200,000 pounds in the metro Atlanta area. A kickoff of the event is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. The event is open to the public. Saint James UMC to host prayer conference St. James United Methodist Church, West Lake Drive at South Lumpkin St., will host a conference on prayer, the Acts 29 Prayer Encounter, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday. Leading the conference will be Dr. Terry Teykl of Houston, a former pastor who has spent more than two decades teaching about prayer.
Registration is required, and forms are available at a number of Athens churches.
McNutt Creek A sewage leak caused by erosion around a manhole sent an estimated 250,000 gallons of raw sewage into McNutt Creek behind the Tanglewood subdivision off Timothy Road before it was repaired this week. According to the Athens-Clarke County Public Information Office, the leak was reported Monday by a private citizen. Long-term repairs are continuing on the site. This article published in the Athens Daily News on Wednesday, May 2, 2001. send this story to a friend discuss this story email the editor opyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.