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A marriage that lasts throughout seven decades is hard to come by these days.  For Magnolia Personal Care Home resident Freddy Stone, however, that was his reality for 72 years and he continues to cherish the memories he had with his wife, Edith.

Humble, soft-spoken Christopher Raines uses his knowledge of carpentry to build elaborate theatrical sets for the Ole Miss Theatre Department.

A 2003 graduate of Myrtle Attendance Center, Raines always enjoyed carpentry as a child when he learned construction from his uncle and grandpa. He said that he enjoys theatre because of the people in the department, the stories that people tell, and having the ability to create different venues through construction.

Valireteen Carter has occupied Room 403 of Union County's Health and Rehabilitation Center for almost four years today and, in all that time, has tried her best to put other residents and staff members above herself.

"I love to be with the people here," Carter, 93, said. "I love these people. We just have a great time everyday."

Carter came to Union Health and Rehab in August of 2003 with her second husband, Troy Carter.

The second semester is under way here at West Union. A congratulation goes to Robin Lindsey for being selected as the Union County teacher of the year. Also, a congratulation goes to Katie Jenkins who has been selected as the HOBY representative for West Union. She will attend the HOBY seminar in Jackson in May. West Union will be hosting the Junior High Union County Basketball Tournament on the 17th, 21st, and the 24th. Last Monday, January 7, the girls bowling team beat East Union 7:1, and the boys won 5:3. They will both be competing in Starkville Thursday, January 17.

The Geographic Bee was last Friday. I want to congratulate all the 90 people who

were in the Bee. You all did a great job in the Bee. We had 22 people who to do a

tiebreaker for a spot in the finals. 22 people were there, but only one had to come out for

the final place in the finals. The ten finalists in the Bee were Daniel Drummond, Cam

Clark, Arturo Valles, Riley Alef, Easton Hall, Josh Creekmore, Jonah Zahller, Walter

Smith, Brianna Smith, and Jessye Staten. The winner of the Geographic Bee was Josh

Several residents from the area enjoyed sightseeing in New York City during the Christmas season. From Hurricane were Daniel and Nita Robbins. From Memphis were Pam Short and her sister, Sheila Eaton.

I enjoyeda letter from Sarah Price of Acworth,, Georgia. She sent a news clipping about the late Congressman Charlie Norwood, R-Georgia as his widow Gloria had donated a generous amount of money to the Georgia School of Medicine for research and Habitat for Humanity in his congressional district as well as their local Methodist Church.

You know the holidays have ended when you see the yellow school buses go buzzing by. Another year has rolled off the books and we are beginning a new one. We can hope to be a little smarter and wiser this year. Lots of work to be done, which in this household includes boxing up the balance of Christmas decorations. Valentines are already displayed in stores so here we go again. Happy 2008.

Happy Birthday to Gladys Randle, of Tupelo, whose birthday is tomorrow, January 12.

Christmas is around the corner and all I can think about is the Christmas past when the family was all together and we would have a few gifts to pass out and a lot of fruit, candy canes, and the food out was of this world, because it was all made from scratch. You didn’t get the finest of clothes, pc, cameras and so on, but you appreciated what you got because you knew your mom and dad worked so hard to get you these items with small wages and you would more than likely not get anything else till the next Christmas.

Sometimes good intentions can turn out wrong. In last weeks column I mentioned Christmas Cards for A recovering American Soldier, to be sent to a medical center. I heard on the National News broadcast the cards cant be delivered without having a persons name. Anyway, the thought was good.

We send sympathy to the family of Geraldine Ligon who was buried last week. She is survived by a daughter Clara Carter of Meridian, two sons Larry Ligon and Wayne Ligon of New Albany and several grand children and great grand-children.