Sidney Lanier High School ...the Pen is mightier than the Sword...

By AMY LOTT
Published 2/5/08 in

The Times-Herald
amy@newnan.com

An accident in north Coweta County involving a car and a tractor-trailer truck early Monday morning in the southbound lanes of Interstate 85 south of McCollum-Sharpsburg Road resulted in the ejection and death of an Alabama man, authorities said.

Fred Frank Bell II, 27, of Montgomery, Ala., was driving southbound in a Dodge Stratus around 1 a.m. when the incident occurred at about the 50 mile marker, said Corp. Donnie Slaton of the Coweta County Sheriff's Office Eastside Precinct.

10 Year Reunion
Class of 1998 10 Year Reunion

Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 7:00 pm.

Plaza Terrace
770 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL

For more information and online registration, visit http://lhsclassof1998.blogspot.com/2007/10/fees.html
Contact Patricia Eaves at 334-356-7220.
www.myspace.com/lanierclassof98

Please complete your registration by March 19th, 2008.
Send a money order or cashier's check
made payable to Class of 98 to:

Sidney Lanier Class of 98
PO Box 20412
Montgomery, AL 36120

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Class of 1998

Remembering the 'Bear': Coach's death an indelible memory

By Tim Gayle
tgayle@gannett.com

It was one of those moments in time that people never forget.
Like John F. Kennedy's assassination or the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, college football fans across the South, and particularly in Alabama, will never forget Jan. 26, 1983.

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900-1948)

Author, ballerina, and painter, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is considered and assessed as a woman of exceptional energy and ability. Her novel, Save Me the Waltz, is described as "the deeply felt and carefully crafted expression of a creative, independent spirit."

January 19, 2008

By A. Stacy Long

While Sidney Lanier's leading scorer sat on the bench for an eight-minute stretch of the second half Friday, the Poets didn't seem to mind.

Lanier added to the 14-point lead it had against Robert E. Lee and -- once guard Marquise Glaze returned -- pulled away for a 90-68 victory at Walker-Joiner Gymnasium.

"I got bored sitting over there," Glaze cracked about his long siesta.

January 16, 2008

HOLTVILLE -- Stevi Sport tossed in 25 points to help Trinity claim a 50-36 win at Holtville on Tuesday.

The Wildcats (5-11) improved to 2-1 in Class 4A, Area 5 and host Alabama Christian on Friday.

Jade O'Brian had 11 points for Holtville, which plays at Southside-Selma on Friday.

Alabama Christian 45, Southside-Selma 42

SELMA -- Katie Martin scored 14 points and Christina Hayes added 12 to lead Alabama Christian (16-4). Kiara Brown scored 13 points for Southside.

LAMP 80, Marbury 35

January 18, 2008

Marquise Glaze scored 18 points and Mike Harvey added 14 to lead Sidney Lanier to a 76-64 victory over Enterprise on Thursday.

D.J. Brown finished with 12 for the Poets, who have won 13 games in a row.

The Wildcats' Xavier Frazier and Colby Brown contributed 14 and 10 points, respectively.

The Poets (20-2, 4-1) host Robert E. Lee today.

R.E. Lee 83, Brewbaker Tech 73

Brandon Crawford's game-high 36 points helped the Generals (9-8) to the victory.

Lee's Adrian Nelson had 15 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists and Eric McMeans added 11 points.

January 16, 2008

WETUMPKA -- Marquise Glaze scored 21 points and Sidney Lanier won its 12th straight game Tuesday, beating Wetumpka 77-64.

D.J. Brown added 16 points and Shedrick Mathews 11 for the Poets (19-2), who host Enterprise on Thursday.

Wetumpka's O'Brien Murphy had 22 points. Kendall Lacey added 10.

G.W. Carver 66, Central-Hayneville 40

MOSSES -- Brandon Pettaway scored 14 points to lead the Wolverines (17-5). Randi Tucker added 13, while Jeremy Fountain and Jesse Ware had 10 each.

Demarcus Randolph had 14 points for Central-Hayneville (14-7).

Alvin Benn (abenn@gannett.com)

OPP -- Everybody loves rags-to-riches stories, especially those involving people who retain their humility and integrity in the process.

Henry Morgan is one who has done it all, thanks to a mentoring uncle and a business acumen that made him wealthy over the years.

Morgan is known to most folks in south Alabama as "Mr. Henry," a distinctly Southern approbation suited to a very special man.