The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett

An e-mail buddy sent me this little tidbit of laughter and I thought it worthy of sharing.

"Woman has Man in it; Mrs. has Mr. in it; Female has Male in it; She has He in it; Madam has Adam in it; Okay, Okay, it all makes sense now...I never looked at it this way before: Ever notice how all of women's problems start with MEN?"

Just for the record, I will be glad to give equal space for tidbits of laughter concerning the female gender - I don't discriminate.

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The poll question on our website for last week was, "Do you support the decision by the city and county to begin enforcement of the Public Nuisance Ordinance as outlined by state statutes?"

Responses, as of Monday morning, were as follows: Yes - 21; No - 3; and Undecided - 2.

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Happy birthday this week to: Gail Boyd, James Davis, Bobby James, Henry Thompson, Joe Burke Jr., Emily Edenfield, Pam Gay, Cecil Walters III, Jennifer Wiggins, Steve Burke, F.A. Black, Rick Cordell and Megan Lane.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hodges and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Adams.

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Military Active Duty List: Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, Twenty Nine Palms, CA; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq; Lance Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines, Radio and Communications, Bahria, Iraq; 3rd Class Master at Arms Eric B. Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NSA Naples, Italy; Airman First Class Charles F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Capt. Andrew P. Thomas, U.S. Marines, F.A.S.T. Company, Yorktown, VA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Bossier AFB, Bossier, LA; SPC 4 Travis D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt. Donald Slade Burke, 735th Air Mobility Squadron Detachment 1 Commander, Richmond Royal Australian AFB, Richmond, Australia; 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; 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; SPC Charles "C.J." Amerson, U.S. Army, Camp Adder, Iraq.