I wish for each of you a bright, happy new year.  Thank you for continuing to send your news to me to report!

Happy birthday to Jay Strickland, Morgan Duckett, Paul Pike, Kerry Arwood, Perry Belcher, Amy Talley, Courtney Everhart,  James Baker, Carl Gray and Amanda Belcher.

Get well wishes go to Betty Cheeks, Sam Belcher,  Faye Torbett, O.R. "Red" Young, Sue Young, Susie Moser, Otis Young, Wail Dalton, Thelma Matoy, JoAnn Queen,  Boyd Rodgers, Emma Best, Wayne Lynn, Charlotte Duncan, Justine Williams, Margaret Wall,  Virgil Tipton, Faye McDaniel, Gladys Best, Bill Crowe and Patsy Long.

Thank you to everyone who sends e-mail to me for printing.  I really appreciate your help. Please send any monthly meeting information to me.  Sometimes I will forget that your organization has a standing meeting on a certain day of the month, such as a Ruritan meeting on the second Tuesday.  I want this column to be for you.  I enjoy letting everyone else know what is important to Tellico and area readers.

You can e-mail me at bep98twc@charter.net to have your news reported.