News For the Week of January 14, 2015

Winter is here with a blast! Last Sunday got pretty icy in some spots. Several people slid off the road or wrecked their vehicles driving on the roads. The state and county road crews were out working on the roads but it was icing over faster than they could get it treated. School was canceled for Monday along with several other schools in the area which I always think is a good idea. I remember one year it was right on the edge of rain or ice and it turned to ice right about the time school started. One of the school kids slid off the road near our house and we thought the young man was badly injured. The lifeline helicopter couldn't fly because of the ice and the ambulance had a horrible time getting here. The old saying “better to be safe than sorry” is also a very true statement. There is always time for school when the weather is better.

Keep Nona Norwine and her family in your prayers as this dear lady is still in the hospital. She is improving but still needs prayers for a complete recovery. Nona was my eighth grade teacher. She retired a year or so ago but has been an educator for most of her life and has taught several hundred if not thousands of Bradleyville school children in her career.

Well, I got a ballgame time in wrong last week but will try again. On Thursday, January 15 the girls will play Forsyth, at Forsyth. On Friday, January 16 the boys will travel to Mansfield for a ballgame. The next week, January 19-24 will be the Mark Twain Conference Tournament but I don't know where it is being held this year at this time.

The PeeWees have games on Tuesday, January 13 and Thursday, January 15 but that is all the information I have on them. To check location and times and for more information, please call the school at 796-2288.

Homecoming will be on January 30 this year. The boys and girls will both play Hurley, at Bradleyville of course, and games will start at 5:00 pm.

Please feel free to contact me by phone at 796-2651 or by e-mail at karencase.55@gmail.com and let me know your birthdays, anniversaries or some news you would like in the paper.

Happy belated birthday to Layla Blair, her birthday was last week on January 10. Layla turned four years old.

Birthdays for the coming week include: January 15: Linda Black, Jim Crouch, Manny Nelson: January 18: Sue Bettis, Carla Braden, Marlana Byrne; January 19: Jess Cook, Tucker Lux, Donetta Terry; January 20: Riley Combs, Gene Pool; January 21: Ethel Metcalf.

Happy belated anniversary to Eric and Cindy Frye. Their anniversary was on January 12 and they have been married for 16 years.

Anniversaries for the coming week include: January 16: Alva and Edna Johnson, Brenton and April Whittaker; January 21: Lee and Sue Bettis.