I am saddened to hear that there is a real possibility of a power increase in Westminster. I do so pray that the city fathers will find a way for that not to happen. My husband and I researched the power rates in America and found that we, right here in Westminster, already pay the highest power rates of any where in the nation. We must get out from under PMPA! Help, City Council!!!!!

Happy birthday wishes are sent to Jay Lee, Mae Bridwell, Layton Mainous, Ausley Carraway, Debbie Goulding, Martin Gjelsvik, Hunter Hackett, Marilyn Mickelson, Terry Herring, Jill Freeman Lee, Jay Lee, Susan Morgan, Ernestine Addis, and Burl Carraway.

Get-well wishes are sent to Dr. Bob Hall, Faye Lusk, Dan Duncan, Annette LeRoy, Christine McVay, Bruce McGuffin, Dot Ramey, Roger Norwood, Mildred Walters, Glenn and Alice Cox, Wilma Brewer, Chris Shook, Kelly Bryson, and Mr. Morgan,

Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to the Family of 18-year-old A J Peterson, Jr. who died early Sunday morning in Greenville Memorial Hospital as the results of a motorcycle accident in Spartanburg on Saturday.

A J was our daughter-in-law Doraine Lee’s cousin. To his parents David and Wendy Bright and to his grandparents Bill and Sandy Bright and all of his family and friends, we send our love and prayers. God bless you.

Mr. Waco Turner who was a resident at Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home passed away last week. Our sympathy is extended to his family.

We send our sympathy to the family of Jim Canupp due to his death last week. God Bless you.

To the family of Linda K ay Leard and to the family of Ruth Chrisley we send our love and prayers in their time of sorrow and loss. God Bless you all as you face each new day.

Recent guests of Miss Edna Leopard include her sister Grace Osborne from Clinton. The sisters visited Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson in Liberty. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winchester and Frances Lee.

On March 8, Bill and Carol Strickland met Marvin and Erith Cobb of Taylors at Olive Garden in Greenville for lunch together.

Jennifer D Adams attended a conference on Friday and Saturday of last week. Others form Oconee attended the weekend Sertoma Conference in Goldsboro North Carolina

A surprise birthday celebration was held Saturday at McGee’s in Anderson for Susan Morgan…Attending the very Irish event in honor of her April First birthday were Jennifer D. Adams, Lorraine Harding, Marilyn Mickelson (Lorraine’s sister from Washington D. C who was actually the birthday girl of St. Patrick’s Day), Kaytlin Cape, and Rolann Lee. Jennifer and Rolann visited with Susan Morgan and her granddaughter Kaytlin in Pendleton after the event for coffee and dessert.

Kim Reed from Pennsylvania visited for two weeks with her parents Mason and Brenda Lay and her brother Jeff Lay and his family in Oconee. Kim with her parents spent several days in Gatlinburg Tennessee this week.

I met Noah Lay Monday afternoon. He is precious and looks so much like his mother Sherry. I had not seen him since he was a baby. He was helping his daddy spread mulch in our yard waiting for him mom to pick him up. Thanks, Noah.

I have heard so many wonderful things about the GALA for the Depot planned by Jane Suttles and catered by Kay Owens.

Adjectives such as “wonderful, delicious, spectacular, very much fun, refreshing’ have been shared.

I am so sorry I was not able to attend, but I understand over one hundred did. From city council, our mayor Derek Hodgin and his wife were there in full support of the fundraiser that did quite well.

Ernestine Addis was guest of honor on Monday for her birthday at Copper River in Seneca. Joining the hostesses, Frances Robinson from Lawrenceville Georgia, Ruth Brown, Ruth Osborne, and Rolann Lee, were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sandifer and their daughter Rosalyn from Germany who stopped by the table and joined in the singing of ‘Happy Birthday” to Ernestine.

Congratulations to 2006 West-Oak honor graduate and now USC freshman Brooke Brock, daughter of Stanley and Debbie Brock who was named to The Presidents List recently. We are so proud of you Brooke.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brock with daughter Brooke and her friend Allison Rhodes spent several days in Gatlinburg last week.

Billie Stancil was hostess for The Westminster Garden club last week. I really enjoy the fellowship of the group. Would love to have visitors at any meeting.

I had a nice chat with Shorty Smith on Monday. He suffers from leg pain all of the time. Our good wishes go to him.

Peggy Morgan has answered a call to be the musician at Reedy Fork Baptist Church in Seneca. Her first Sunday to play for that congregation was March 18th. I really will miss Peggy and her husband Clark at my church. Many of my Cleveland cousins attended Reedy Fork through the years and Peggy told me that she was told that first Sunday that memorials from my cousin Daisy Dean Cleveland and her family members were responsible for the music system in the church.

Mr. Ray Brock enjoys boarding the Southern Crescent in Toccoa and traveling to visit with his late wife’s family in Selma Alabama on occasion.

Stanley Brock told me that the Festival of the Nations would begin the last day of March and go for two month at DollyWood in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. He highly recommends it for all ages.

I enjoyed meeting Kathy and Steve Parrish recently. They moved here out on the lake and told me they like our area. Welcome! We are happy to have you.

I happened to see Elaine Sheriff Turner and her family in Anderson on Saturday. I have such fond memories of her when she was a lifeguard at the Westminster Swimming Pool with me.

I stopped by the Tribble Center Gift and Thrift Shop in Bountyland Road in Seneca for the first time on Friday afternoon. They opened in November. Found it to be a very good place to shop. Everyone was so friendly. I will go back. Open Monday –Friday 10:00 A M to 6:00 P M and on Saturday from 10:00 A M to 4:00 in the afternoon.

I also went over to Habitat for Humanity Thrift Shop. They have EVERYTHING you can imagine!

Did you know?

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
11. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
12. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

I have had comments from so many different people this week. I do so appreciate you keeping me encouraged. Love you all.

“NOTE” to Remember: "It is not our condition, but the caliber of our soul, that makes us happy" (Voltaire).