Birthday wishes to Harold Banks, Sept. 28, Drakes Branch; Tanya Webb, Sept. 28, Keysville; Cartrelle Farrar, Sept. 29, Chase City; Levar Jennings, Sept. 30, N.C.; Zack Daniel, Oct. 1, Randolph; Scott Garnett, Oct.3, Randolph; Cleo Noblin, Oct. 3; Thema Fallen, Oct. 3, Keysville. I wish each of you many more happy

Birthdays. Happy Birthday!

Birthday winners for Sept. are Denise Pridgen, Drakes Branch; Jackie MCcargo, Drakes Branch; Linda Foster, Saxe; Pat Nichols, Randolph. Gifts can be picked up at The Charlotte Gazette on Wednesday. The deadline to pick up your gifts is Oct.5.

Get well wishes to all of the sick and shut in. I hope you are well soon, up and about. You are in our prayers.

Anniversary wishes to David and Ruth Walker, Sept. 28, 25 years, Charlotte Court House; Bennie and Violet Mosley, Oct. 3, Saxe. They have three daughters and a son. May God bless you with many more happy years together.

Thought for the Week: Promises mean everything, but after they are broken, sorry means nothing.

Effort

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed a hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one’s own efforts.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude. The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort. Strength and growth comes only through continuous effort and struggle.

News is due by 9 p.m. Friday. News can be submitted by calling Virginia Freeman at (434) 568-0596.

Virginia Freeman is a community columnist for The Charlotte Gazette. She can be reached at vstars@pure.net.