All the recent rainfall and humid weather we’ve experienced lately has me feeling as though I’m living in a rainforest!

I can take the heat. When coupled with the humidity, however, I find that my energy level plummets, along with my hair, and I don’t want to do anything but find a cool, dry spot to hide. Just looking at my hot rollers and curling iron makes me break out in a sweat! So, I’ve developed a new appreciation for the "pony tail" and staying inside.

Besides, all the annoying biting and stinging insects that come with the hot and humid weather seem to think I’m a smorgasbord every time I step out the door, and my hair seems to be the "landing strip" for most of them.

My car has become an "oven" that heats up faster than a microwave. By the time the air conditioner starts to cool things down, I have to get out and turn it off again.

So, I think I’ll just do like the bears and hibernate. I’ll just do it in the summer months! Wake me up when October gets here, please.

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I’ve been ask to publicize the address of Ronnie Perryman who was recently deployed to Iraq so that family and friends may write or send care packages to him. Care packages can consist of non-perishable food items, handy wipes and other toiletries. Ronnie’s address is: SFC Ronnie Perryman, Alpha Battery, Taskforce 118th, APO AE 09378.

Ronnie was recently featured in an article appearing in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. You may read it online at ajc.com.

Please remember all of our military all over the world in your prayers and thoughts on a daily basis.

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You may have noticed a couple of new names in the newspaper in recent weeks.

Jessica Newberry and Diana Royal have joined our staff for the summer. Jessica is our summer intern, and Diana is our office assistant.

Jessica is a sophomore at the University of Georgia, and Diana is a staff writer for The Citizen.

We’re glad to have both of them!

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Happy birthday this week to: Sarah Jenkins, Robert Pierce, Shirley Dwight, Trevor Weathersby, Susan D. Godbee, Gayla Landing, Bryan Weatherfor, Brian Richards, Rew Herrmann, Chuck Richardson, Ray Boynton and Bryce Cranshaw.

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Military Active Duty List: SPC Grade E4 Arthur Lamont Milton Jr., HHC 1-36 Infantry Support, Friedberg, Germany; Staff Sgt. Gilbert C. Sheppard III, 48th Brigade, 118th Field Artillery, Ft. Stewart; Airman Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Great Lakes, Ill.; Andy D. Crosby, U.S. Navy, Leyete Gulf Destroyer, Norfolk, Va.; LCPL Dwain "Cade" Lee, 1st Marine Division Combat Service Support Group II Security Element, ArRamadi, Iraq; Jimmy Cooper, U.S. Army National Guard, 878th Engineering Battalion-Augusta, Persian Gulf ; Thomas Kelsey, U.S. Army National Guard, 878th Engineering Battalion-Augusta, Persian Gulf; 1st Lt. J.R. Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Iraq; SPC. Daniel Stuart, 18th MEDCOM, 121 General Hospital, Seoul, Korea; SFC Floyd Bolton Jr., 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky; SFC Maria Bolton, 61st Medical Detachment, 21st Combat Support Hospital, 4th Medical Brigade, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky; 1st Lt. Andrew P. Thomas, U.S. Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Small Craft Company, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Sgt. Steven Yager, 362nd Sig. Company, Korea; MM3 Jeffrey Sweat, U.S. Navy, USS Kauffman, MM3 59/E-Division, A-Gang, Norfolk, Va.; Cpl. Larry Lamont Clark, U.S. Marine Corp, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Bagdad, Iraq; Khan Young, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Persian Gulf; Robert Milton Jr., E-3, U.S. Army, Ft. Stewart, Hinesville, Ga., Mission Kuwait; SFC Ronnie Perryman, E-7, Georgia Army National Guard, Battery A, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, Iraq; Arnold R. Mosley, 2nd Lt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; Debra A. Mosley, Tech. Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; and 1st Lt. Donald Slade Burke, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta.