While I have often heard it said that we are moving toward a paperless society, I have never really thought much about it until recently.

Since writing a check for purchases in stores has become so aggravating, requiring two, sometimes three, signatures, I decided to try a debit card. I am hooked. It is wonderful to just "zip" through the process!

I am quite sure some of you have been using the "plastic check" for years, but don't laugh at me. There are still folks out there who always pay with cash! I learned a long time ago from having my wallet stolen to never carry much cash.

There is also online banking where you can check your balances, deposit your checks, pay your bills and transfer funds - all without waiting in line at the bank.

And then there is e-mail. We receive very little correspondence at the office through the U.S. Postal Service any more, but our e-mail account is thriving.

I do, however, miss seeing the folks at the bank. There is still something to be said for the personal touch. The folks at the post office I see more often - still have to buy stamps for those items that can't be transmitted electronically.

While I enjoy the convenience technology offers, there are some "paper" items, however, which I will never give up - like a printed newspaper, book, magazine, card or photograph. I appreciate that we live in a technological society, but the electronic versions of some things are just not the same!

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I recently lost a little dog near my home on Fountain Springs Road. Ziggie jumped out of the back of our truck on the way to the trash dumpster at Lane Road. We immediately missed her and drove back expecting to find her by the side of the road. She wasn't, and we have not seen her since.

If you spot a small brown and white dog in the area between Fountain Springs Road and Lane Road on West Old Savannah Road, please let me know. She normally is a little timid and it would difficult for anyone else to catch her.

Her riding days are over if we are fortunate enough to get her back!

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The poll question on our website last week was, "Do you approve of the City of Millen's plans to renovate the old Soc Station site on Winthrope Avenue?"

Responses, as of Monday morning, were as follows: Yes - 33; No - 10; and Undecided - 1.

We had one comment: "I approve of the city's plans to improve the property, but we need more parking for the courthouse and post office not more parks. Who will have to pay to keep up the parks?"

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

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Happy birthday this week to: Judy C. Joyner, Lisa Padgett, Chase Thompson, Susan Hooks, Whitley Clark, Mason Davis, Amanda Godbee, Debbie Williams and Seth Benson.

****** Celebrating wedding anniversaries is: Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rackley.

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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.