By Evangeline Sloan

The North Jefferson News



Garden tip: If you have not trimmed your shrubs that have already bloomed, this is a great time to cut back the tall branches and the tip end stems that have grown the wrong way. Also, check all plants. The insects are really working.

• Happy birthday to: Mildred Rhodes on May 20; Bill Farley on May 23; Tara Holt, Hattie Baldwin and Bonnie Price on May 24; Louise Black on May 29; and Geraldine Sanders on May 30. I hope all of you have a great birthday and year.

• Waterstone Baptist Church will have VBS on June 1-5 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The theme will be “Outrigger Island.” Pack your gear, prepare to set sail and discover how to live God’s unshakable truth on Outrigger Island. If you need information about this VBS, call 647-9592 or log on to www.waterstonechurch.org

• Pray for Emma Swindle, Burlie James, Betty Thompson, Orine Jones, Essie Mae Lowe, Erskine James and a young man that is having a real problem, he is Dee Sloan. Pray for him extra. May God bless each one of these lovely men and ladies.

• We need to pray for our troops that are in harms’ way.

Evangeline Sloan is The North Jefferson News correspondent for the Warrior, Corner and Hayden communities. She can be reached at 647-9655.