The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett

The Millen News will be closed for the Christmas holidays Monday, Dec. 24, through Wednesday, Dec. 26. News items to be included in the Dec. 26 edition should be submitted by noon Thursday, Dec. 20.

We will also be closed Monday, Dec. 31, and Tuesday, Jan. 1 for the New Year's holiday. News items for inclusion in the Jan. 2 edition should be submitted by noon Thursday, Dec. 27.

We wish you and yours a safe and "Merry Christmas" as we celebrate the birth of our Savior.

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Please don't forget to come by the office and pick up your Magic of Christmas photos as soon as possible. We have no use for them after the paper is published.

Also, if you would like to purchase extra copies of the Christmas paper or any edition, please do so within a week after publication. All of the extra newspapers are now donated weekly for recycling purposes and are not available for purchase after about a week.

However, you may view back issues online at http:// www.themillennews.com.

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Happy birthday this week to: Airell Larisey, Myra S. Herrington, Rodney Smith, Morah Johnson, Cindy Linder, Anna Kate Waters, Bill Wilson, Mandy Weathersby, Jeremy McBride, Caleb Chance, Harriett Lewis, Deirdra Edenfield and Chad Brown.

Celebrating anniversaries are: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis, 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: PV2 Ashley Clifton, U.S. Army, Yongsan, Korea; Airman First Class Charles F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Capt. Andrew P. Thomas, U.S. Marines, 2nd Marines, F.A.S.T. Company, Yorktown, VA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Ali Al Salem AFB, Kuwait; SPC 4 Travis D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, Camp Taji, Iraq; 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, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; 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; 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; 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.