General Convention Deputies elected



   Top: The Honorable D. Dee Drell moderated the Candidates' Forum at which all
   candidates answered a series of questions posed by convention delegates.
   Bottom: The Rev'd Dr. Peter J. A. Cook answers a question as fellow candidates (from
   left to right) Don Palombo, John Robert, Dr. Cheryl White, and The Rev'd Canon
   Gregg L. Riley listen attentively.

  
    Delegates to the 28th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Western Louisiana    elected the Clergy and Lay Deputies who will represent the diocese at the next    General Convention of The Episcopal Church, to be held in 2009. Balloting took
   place Saturday morning, October 13.
      All the candidates participated in a candidates' forum held after the Friday night    Convention Dinner. Moderator, the Honorable D. Dee Drell, asked questions    suggested by convention delegates earlier in the day.
      Those elected include: Clergy Deputies, the Rev'd Dr. Wayne E. Carter, rector of    St. John's, Minden; the Rev'd Dr. Peter J. A. Cook, rector of St. Michael & All    Angels, Lake Charles; the Rev'd Canon Gregg L. Riley, rector of Grace Church,    Monroe, and the Rev'd Guido Verbeck, III, rector of St. Paul's, Shreveport.
      The Rev'd Catherine Thompson, rector of Trinity, Natchitoches, was elected First    Alternate.
      Lay Deputies include: Dr. Cheryl White, St. Paul's, Shreveport; John H. Robert, St.   Timothy's, Alexandria; Bradley L. Drell, St. James, Alexandria, and Don Palombo,   Holy Trinity, Sulphur.
      Lay Alternates elected include: First Alternate Reece Middleton, Holy Cross,    Shreveport; Second Alternate Pendleton Tompkins, Epiphany, New Iberia, and Third    Alternate Daniel Cutler, St. Timothy's, Alexandria.


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