I received the following "Seeds from Sower" from the Michael A. Guido ministry recently and thought you might enjoy it as much as I did.

A politician said to a newspaper editor, "You've insulted me."

"How's that?" he asked? "I printed your article of resignation as Mayor just as you wrote it."

"Yes," he said, "but look where you put it - under PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS!"

Everyone can do something to make the world better. You can improve yourself. And if you don't become better, you'll stop being good. Concerning our Lord, the Bible says, "Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man."

Are you improving yourself daily by growing mentally, physically, socially and spiritually?

If you're still breathing, you can improve.

I thought this was very good. We sometimes tend to think that we have "arrived" at our best when the truth is that there is always room for improvement.

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Our poll question on the website last week was, "Is the president doing a good job?"

Responses, as of Monday morning, were as follows: Yes - 20; No - 47: Undecided - 4.

To participate in this week's poll, go to http:// www.themillennews.com.

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Happy birthday this week to: Twalla Daniels, Winn Lee, Dawn Waters, Cody McTeer, Benny Mims, Jason Bennett, Rhonda Hendley, Brianna Carol, Grady Lane Jr., Stephenie Adams, Matt Brinson, Janie Waters, Michelle B. Richardson, Lois Parker and Blakey Brown.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries are: Mr. and Mrs. Ivey McMillan and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Young.

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Military Active Duty List: PV2 Jeremy Johnson, U.S. Army, 59th Quartermaster Company, Ft. Carson, Colorado; Ronnie Perryman, Charlie Troop, 108th Calvary Division, 4th Platoon, Afghanistan; Lance Cpl. Adam Lanier, U.S. Marines, 8th & I Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.; E-4 Sr. Airman Roy Davis, U.S. Air Force, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, Baharia, Iraq; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq; Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines, Camp Pendleton, CA; E5 Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric B. Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NSA Naples, Italy; Senior Airman Charles F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Barksdale 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; and SPC Charles "C.J." Amerson, U.S. Army, Camp Adder, Iraq.