For 100th issue, Fayette Woman team takes a bow
May 6, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Fayette Woman Backstage
It all started last fall during a routine staff meeting. Joyce, Heather, Gwen and I were sitting around a conference table, planning upcoming issues of Fayette Woman. As the conversation went along, the subject of how many issues we’ve produced came up, and Joyce mentioned that we were at ninety-something. The realization came abruptly: Fayette [...]
Teen author Noni Carter writes, inspires
April 7, 2010 by Abby Brunks
Filed under Noni Carter
If you think inspiring thoughts and words of wisdom are spoken only by people in their senior years, then you haven’t heard – or read – the words of Noni Carter. At just 18 years of age, Noni is already a renowned African-American writer who possesses a remarkable talent for creating fictional stories, a skill [...]
Still waters run deep
March 6, 2010 by Lynn Parsons
Filed under Kim Schisler
In the saddle since she was 18 months old, as long as she’s riding, she’s happy. Through good times and bad, Kim Schisler has kept this dream alive: to ride at the Olympic level. She does this, and teaches the art of Dressage.
For Diana Galloway, the sky is the limit
February 5, 2010 by Kristin Girard
Filed under Diana Galloway
February 12, 2009 started out as just an ordinary day for Fayetteville resident Diana Galloway, a flight attendant with Atlantic Southeast Airlines, based out of Hartsfield Jackson Airport. But by the time it was over, Galloway and the ASA crewmates she flew with that day—Captain Rachelle Jones, First Officer Stephanie Grant, and flight attendant Robin [...]
Ann Yingling: Advocating for our wounded warriors
January 7, 2010 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Ann Yingling
Ann Yingling’s home reflects the experiences of her life. Cuckoo clocks chime and sing on the hour. Polish pottery adorns shelves and a 100-piece Hummel figurine collection stares out from behind a glass cabinet. Korean and German antiques grace the rooms. A vase is from Bangkok; another piece of pottery from El Paso. Dozens of [...]