Sister pilots boats, delivers God's word
By John Johnston
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, October 13, 2003

ABOARD THE COLONEL - Sunshine bathes the pilothouse of this stately triple-deck paddle-wheeler as it glides up the Ohio River toward the Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival.

"It's nice to be able to see this mornin'," says Capt. Joy Manthey, whose 1,720-mile journey from Galveston, Texas, to Cincinnati - the longest distance traveled by any Tall Stacks boat - has been slowed on occasion by fog.
The captain, who is also a nun, keeps prayer books and a rosary within arm's reach, but there's no need to pray for good weather this day. Besides, it would take more than fog to cloud the spirits of this exuberant 46-year-old native of New Orleans (which she pronounces N'awlins).

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