Win $350! Play CASHWORDS, See page 5A ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY MONDAY | JUNE 29, 2015 New director comes to Salvation Army ture was taken, their hands stayed After two years in the clasped as they walked inside. Delta, new leader ready They are a team. Alan — the official new director to help Columbus of Columbus’ Salvation Army — preaches on Sundays and handles Alan Phillips, and BY GINGER HERVEY the fundraising so Cheryl “can go his wife, Cheryl,
[email protected] out and do the programs she wants pose in front of to do,” he said. “Cheryl works the the Salvation’s When they went to have a photo- operations side, organizing the min- Army sign on Main graph made recently, Alan and Cher- Street in Colum- istries with the community. bus. Alan Phillips yl Phillips simultaneously reached They met in seminary school in is the new direc- for the other’s hand, without any Atlanta, “fell in love, got out during tor of Salvation prompting. the summer and came back the next Army, replacing They stood beaming by the Sal- year as a married couple,” according Eric Roberts, who vation Army sign in their matching to Cheryl. For the last 25 years they has moved onto Alabama. officer uniforms, and after the pic- See SALVATION ARMY, 3A Ginger Hervey/Dispatch Staff ALL SMILES Caledonia launches new town website New community center accommodates 200 BY ANDREW HAZZARD
[email protected] Caledonia residents and non-res- idents alike looking to learn about their local government and town can now do so from the comfort of their homes.