Welcome sweet springtime!  The sunshine and warm air feels good. April will be over next week.

Then here comes May--tests for the school children.  Then the end of the 2016 school year until fall.

Forgot to mention last week the presence of Chrisy Halsam, the governor’s wife, at Smithville Elementary School.

Also upcoming is the annual Storytelling Festival on May 7, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Community Center.  Dot Tittsworth and Susan Hinton are the coordinators.  The theme is "Hometown Heroes."  Glad these gals are promoting the art of storytelling in our area.

Sympathy to the family of Bob Pettis.  His funeral was last week.  He was a very kind gentleman.

Get-well wishes and hugs to Ann Carpenter Wise, Ethan Judkins, Charles Fann, Charmaine Mitchell, Hilda Meyers and  Jean, Deborah and Mickey Taggle, Darren Waggoner, Jerry Williams, Sarah Brown, Laird Barnard and my aunt Helen Trusty in Lebanon.

Happy birthday wishes the latter part of April to: Carole James, Robin Pafford,

Pamela Poss, George Sperry, Lois Rader, Debbie France, B ud King, Pamela Anderson, Katherine Clendenen, Hilda Meyers., John Hummer, Fay Fuqua and Joann Odom.

The Boy Scouts hosted a spaghetti lunch at First Methodist last Sunday as a fundraiser I did a noble thing last Saturday. I cleaned out my car!  Amazing what all I found- a pair of winter gloves, popsicle sticks,  grocery lists and lots of crumbs.

Thought of the Week: "What do you use to fix a broken tomato? Answer:  Tomato paste

Amen to all of my above news.  Call me to report your news.  61 5-653-1737.