Days slip by quickly in Champion.  Spring is all over us and we are dazzled by the red buds and dogwoods.  The little bit of rain has lifted our spirits and our hopes particularly as the morels are up in profusion. It is easy to lose track of things.

Pete Proctor reminded us of March 29th Honoring all who served in Viet Nam.  151,000 Missourians served. 1,141 of those soldiers are memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

We remember dear Beverly Coffman Emery on her birthday on April 7th.  Her spirit of fun was matched with her kindness, and her many friends miss her yet.  Margie Carr also has April 7th as her birthday, and she has undisclosed family connections to The General himself.  Lindsey Short celebrates on April 8th.  Felix the Farmer will probably sing to her and make her a special card.  He is good at that.  Champion grandson Dylon Watts has a birthday on April 12th, and it is rumored that he will soon be a father.  Studebaker Bob Berry will rev up his beautiful red 1946 Studebaker pickup truck on his birthday on April 14. Skyline prekindergarten student Wesley Wangsgard also celebrates that day.  April 15th has been income Tax Day for a long time.  Champion son-in-law Dustin Cline celebrates that day and remembers his wife’s aunt Vivian Floyd with whom he shared the day.  Many remember George Gary Jones that day, a Veteran and as good a friend as anyone could ever hope to have.  John Jolly’s birthday is also Tax Day.  We remember sweet Myrtle Harris on April 19th and her beautiful flowers.  One of our favorite Fox Creek Farmers will be old enough to get his driver’s license on April 20th.  So, happy birthday to all you who are still with us and to those who are not, we are grateful to have had you in our lives.

In our Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it we watched the Easter bunny hippity hop fun for our young ones.   The religious significance of the holiday gives us hope for a loving peaceful world in the future.  Champion—Looking on the Bright Side!

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