PRAYING AROUND THE FLAGPOLE

9/30/2006

A group of students gathers around the fl agpole at Libbey High School on Western Avenue to pray during the 17th annual See You at the Pole event, held nationwide on Wednesday before the start of classes. An estimated 1,500 teenagers participated in the prayer sessions at 50 junior and senior high schools in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, according to statistics compiled by YES-FM Christian radio. Nationwide, more than 2 million students in all 50 states took part in

the prayer rallies last year.