The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett

The Millen News will be closed Monday, Dec. 25, for Christmas. Articles for the Wednesday, Dec. 27, edition should be submitted no later than noon Friday, Dec. 22.

We will also be closed Friday, Dec. 29, and Monday, Jan. 1, for the New Year holidays. Articles for the Wednesday, Jan. 3, edition should be submitted no later than noon, Thursday, Dec. 28.

I hope your holiday is a safe and happy one. Merry Christmas to all!

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Happy birthday this week to: Myra S. Herrington, Rodney Smith, Morah Johnson, Cindy Linder, Anna Kate Waters, Bill Wilson, Mandy Weathersby, Jeremy McBride, Caleb Chance, Harriett L. Lewis, Deirdre Edenfield, Chad Brown, Cynthia Butts, Charles Davis Sr. and Charlie Davis Jr.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chance Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Saxon.

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Military Active Duty List: Capt. Donald Slade Burke, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, Calif.; 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; Petty Officer 2nd Class Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Maryland; Petty Chief Officer Andy D. Crosby, U.S. Navy, Elroy Destroyer, Norfolk, Va.; Stephanie Crosby, R.N., U.S. Navy, Lafayette Destroyer; 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 ; 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; Capt. Andrew P. Thomas, U.S. Marines, 2nd Marine Division, F.A.S.T. Company, Yorktown, VA; Sgt. 1st Class 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; Arnold R. Mosley, 2nd Lt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; and Debra A. Mosley, Tech. Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas.