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Hats off! The flag is passing by.” Continuing the ceremony, Thomas Waddoups, a young haole, spoke: “Now raise the starry banner up, Emblem of our country’s glory, And teach the children of this land Its grave and wondrous story; Of how in early times it waved High o’er the Continentals, Who fought and made our country free, The one true home of liberty.” Photo by BYU–Hawaii Archives Photo by BYU–Hawaii Archives As the flag reached the top of the flag pole, Otokochi Matsumoto, a Japanese boy, continued the chant: “Salute the flag, oh children, With grave and rev...

Published: Thursday, 25th February 2021 The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Mark Lygo, is hosting a European Reception online on Sunday 28 February at 1pm. This is the first time the annual reception, to welcome Oxford residents who come from other European countries, has been online instead of in Oxford Town Hall. The District Mayor of Bonn, Jochen Reeh-Schall and the Deputy Mayor of Wrocław, Jakub Mazur, from two of Oxford’s twin cities, will join the Lord Mayor of Oxford at the reception. The Mayors of Chipping Norton, Didcot and Faringdon, as well as the Mayors of Henley, Thame, Abi...

Oxford City Council has approved its budget for 2021/22 OXFORD residents will on average pay an extra £6.25 a year in council tax in the short term, as the council continues to plug a £29m hole left by Covid. Oxford City Council approved its budget last night (February 17), which included the tax hike which will help to pay for a £23.6m programme of works over the next year. As the budget was signed off by the Labour-led council, its deputy leader said the budget would helped to ‘rebuild Oxford’ after the pandemic. The average household in a Band D home in Oxford will now pay £6...

‘Lift Every Voice’ toward racial justice Updated Feb 17, 2021; By Beth Thames | bethmthames@gmail.com This is the story of two Baptist churches—one Black and one white. It’s the story of a friendship that started with a funeral and continued for 36 years. In 1985, a white family at First Baptist Church on Governors Drive asked a Black pastor at First Missionary Baptist on Blue Springs Road to join their pastor and conduct a funeral for one of their members. He said yes. What happened after that was the linking of two prominent churches, two prominent pastors, and the beginning of a ...

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