August 23, 2004: Headlines: COS - Togo: Older Volunteers: The Facts: Brian Courts and his wife, Mickey Chapman, will spend 24 months in the African country of Togo in what will be his third stint in the service
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Brian Courts and his wife, Mickey Chapman, will spend 24 months in the African country of Togo in what will be his third stint in the service

Brian Courts and his wife, Mickey Chapman, will spend 24 months in the African country of Togo in what will be his third stint in the service

Brian Courts and his wife, Mickey Chapman, will spend 24 months in the African country of Togo in what will be his third stint in the service

County official working for peace
By Michael Wright
The Facts

Published August 23, 2004
ANGLETON — For the third time in his life, Brian Courts is going to give peace a chance.

Courts, 53, will leave his post as assistant Brazoria County engineer to join the Peace Corps, in what will be his third stint in the service.

Courts and his wife, Mickey Chapman, will spend 24 months in the African country of Togo.

“My wife is going to be working for community health and AIDS prevention,” Courts said. “I’ll be working in a program in girls’ education and empowerment, which is to promote opportunities for women to more fully participate in the development of their country.”




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