News For the Week of May 29, 2013

May is my favorite month of the year and I always say it is because the temperature is just right, it is so lush and green and it smells so good from all the flowers blooming. My yard is full of fragrant flowers right now. Pink peonies, white peonies, old fashioned bright pink roses and old fashioned light pink roses and many different colors of iris. They all smell wonderful. I also have a couple of the multiflora rose bushes in my yard that is the bane of all farmers everywhere because they are so invasive, but my, they smell so good. The hummingbirds love the flowers too. They have been pretty much ignoring my feeders the last week or so. Once in a while I see a few but I think they must prefer the flower's nectar when it is available.

Hercules Church has added on to their church to enlarge the sanctuary and add classrooms and will have a Dedication and Celebration Service on Sunday, June 2. The special service will start that morning at 10:30 with a potluck dinner on the grounds following, and an open house. Everybody is welcome to come see all the changes and to celebrate with the church.

Bob and I made the rounds to decorate graves last Sunday afternoon and we always run into someone we know. We passed Exie and Jessie Case as we were going up the road to the Garrison Cemetery but didn't get to visit any with them. We did get to visit a while with Doug and Kay Morgan while at the Patterson Cemetery and then visited a little with Deanna Badovinatz and Ginny Clayton as we were leaving. Ginny was joining Deanna and her family for a bite to eat before they went to different cemeteries. The cemeteries really looked pretty with all the new flowers decorating the graves.

Birthdays for the coming week include: May 30: Ashton Judd, Kristen Maggard, Louis Letendre; May 31: Hildred Knight, Ginger Sloan; June 1: Bob Birdsong, Eddie Combs, Roy Combs, Kambria Todd; June 2: Devon Hankins, Caseigh Hodges, Ben Rogers; June 3: Tim Blair; June 4: Lynn Gott, Robyn Whittaker, Jeffrey Shockey.

Anniversaries for the coming week include: May 30: Jerry and Sherry Henning; June 2: Jerry and Pam Herd; June 3: Randy and Joyce Adams, Jack and Stacey Clemans; June 4: David and Teresa Koenig; June 5: Corby and Lisa Lux.

News For the Week of July 3, 2013

Beautiful weather for the last of June and first part of July. It is really nice for those that have to work outside. The birds were singing this morning like it was early spring so I think they must enjoy the cooler weather also.

The storms the past week caused some damage in different places. We had no damage here but the winds blew a couple of trees down at Robert and Dee Hammons place. One tree fell on the corner of their house where their bedroom is located and another tree fell on a shed behind the house, falling on their boat also.

Some good news for our family is that Emmett Lawson got to come out of the hospital where he has been in NICU since his birth seven weeks ago. Twin sister Makenna is expected to follow him home in a week or two. They are doing really well. Emmett weighs almost six pounds and Makenna weighs almost five and a half pounds.

David Case was visiting us this past week. He made the trip home to see the twins and to visit with family and friends. It was a short visit and he journeyed back home last Sunday morning.

New Mansion Church is having VBS this week, skipping the night of  July 4^th so everyone can spend the holiday with their family. They l;    will be finishing up with VBS this week with a program Sunday afternoon at 4:00 and then fireworks Sunday night. It is always a lot of fun.

The Bradleyville Church of the Nazarene recently made a trip to Eureka Springs to see the Passion Play. I heard everyone had a wonderful time.

Congratulations to James Marsh and Crystal White on their engagement.

Lone Star Church and Bryant Ridge Church came together for a baptizing last Sunday at the AA bridge down past Taneyville. Congratulations to all who followed this step of faith.

Birthdays for the coming week: July 4: Ethan Todd; July 5: Junior Hicks, Diane Roberts; July 6: Chris Bettis, Mike Blair, Janet Burns, Cody Combs, Jeff D. Marsh; July 7: Markie Boyd, Rhonda Cook, Jerry Hodges, Cody Rogers.

Anniversaries for the coming week: July 5: Steve and Carol Hunsaker, Nathan and Jessica Stafford; July 7: Danny and Rosa Williams.