Just a word of "caution" - check the expiration dates on the bottled or canned drinks you are buying.

I never thought about doing that until someone I know related how they had purchased a bottled drink and discovered it was out of date by over a month when she checked the expiration date. She returned to the store to exchange it and found that "all" of the same kind of drinks in the cooler was out of date.

The drink may have been okay to consume, but I don't think the company would put an expiration date on the bottle if it was not important.

The Latin doctrine of "caveat emptor" or "Let the buyer beware" has some merit.

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It is that time of the year again. Don't forget to set your clock "back" an hour before you go to bed this Saturday night. Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m.

At least we get to sleep an extra hour Sunday morning!

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A new activity has been added to the Harvest of Fun Festival scheduled to take place 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the Jenkins County Recreation complex - trunk style "trick or treating."

Anyone who would like to participate should decorate the trunks of their vehicles and fill them with candy that can be given away to children attending the festival.

I think it is a great idea.

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Happy birthday this week to: Megan N. Lane, Gwen Lindsay, Annelle Dickey, Glenda Wallace, Sean Craig, Joshua Gay, C. J. Chance, Jay Johnson, Bobby Jean Mitchum, Brooke Landing, Julie Chance, Will Brinson, Michelle Miller, Roy Cook, Doris Parrish, J.R. Schwonke, Amanda Troisi, Lillie McDowell, Evan Moore, Wade Ward, Ron Washburn and Camery Meeks.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries are: Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hooks Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rich and Mr. and Mrs. Don Godbee.

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Military Active Duty List: PV2 Brianna Joiner, U.S. Army National Guard, Ft. Leonardwood, MO; 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, Osan AFB, Korea; 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.