Here is another one from an e-mail buddy worth sharing. I am amazed that someone thought of this.

Dancing With God: when I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing “dance” at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God’s will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn’t flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky. When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing lightly in one direction or another. It’s as if two become one body, moving beautifully. The dance takes surrender, willingness and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other. My eyes drew back to the word Guidance. When I saw “G”: I thought of God, followed by “u” and “i”. ”God, “u” and “i” dance.” God, you and I dance. As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance about my life. Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

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I received a nice note from Mrs. Frances Williams Phillips who attended school in Jenkins County her first eight years. She and her family moved away from Millen in 1935, but she has many fond memories of her school days here and would love to hear from any of her former classmates who would be between the ages of 88-90 years old now.

Some of the names she recalls are Jean Evans, Mildred Gay, Dorothy Taylor, Annie Mae Taylor, Jane Simpson, Jane Mulkey, Mary Fries, Grace Williams, James Reynolds, Bob Godbee, Richard Gay, Billie Turner, Bill Landrum, Geraldine Averitt, Nell Brannen and Billie Parker.

Mrs. Williams resided with her family at 805 Masonic Street, next door to the Prescott and Edenfield families.

You may contact Mrs. Phillips at 414 Terracedale Court, Griffin, GA 30224.

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Once again I want to remind everyone that we cannot guarantee that an article will run the same week it is submitted. Due to space limitations, we must give precedence to items that are time sensitive. We will eventually run all of the news items received, but it may take a little while to get them in.

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Happy birthday this week to: Edward Lewis, Tammy Lee Mixon, Pearl Myers, Lisa Burke, Harry Jackson, Johnny Wilson, Myra Fleming, Jennie Ann Durden, John Troisi Jr., Randall Gay, Roy Head, Stewart Rackley, Tori Smith, Debbie Richards, Kimberly Godbee Bennett, Ginger Lanier, Robert Pierce and Shirley Dwight.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Burke.

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Military Active Duty List: PFC E3 Jeremy Johnson, U.S. Army, 59th Quartermaster Company, Ft. Carson, Colorado; 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; Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, 29 Palms, California; 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; Chief Petty 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. Baghdad, 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, Louisiana.