1997

For our RA Racer Derby, we had a trial race and then the competition in January.

On March 17, Rod flew to New Orleans to help with Jeff's office renovation.

In memory of Bonnie, who went to be with the Lord on April 2 at the age of 53.

On April 5, we made a combined RA/GA trip to Bent Tree and hiked up Big Stump Mountain.

On July 5, we made a trip to Bent Tree with the RAs but included the families.

In August, we went to Denver for Rod's AAPT meeting and then explored some of Colorado.

In September, Brenda attended the national AACC meeting and received the Sarah Craig leadership award.

On October 4, we made a trip with the RAs to Bent Tree for fishing and exploring.

On November 21, we took 10 RAs to Bent Tree in pouring rain and camped out in the basement.

In December we celebrated the life of Inez Russell at the time of her death on December 11. She had faithfully served First Baptist Church Mableton for over 30 years.