Public generosity saves gospel choir By SUSAN PAYNTER SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER COLUMNIST The student singers in Garfield High School's gospel choir, their director, principal and assistant principal were all "bouncing off the walls" with jubilation last Friday afternoon. "It feels like the end of 'It's a Wonderful Life'! The program is not only saved but launched! This renews my faith in humanity," e-mailed choir director Carol Burton. Hallelujah! Word had just arrived that the racially integrated, uplifting, high-energy choir, which had been doomed to disband due to lack of money, had been saved. A few calls came early that morning to...