Happy Memorial Day to everyone. Please take a few minutes to remember those that lost their lives serving our country.
Montezuma Community Center would like to thank all those that came out to support our District 3 Commission update meeting this past week. There was a good turnout and thanks to Beverly Morton, Property Accessor, for explaining the CVU Assessment process. Please let your commissioners know if you would like to have more of these in the future. Your feedback is important, and we would encourage more attendance in the future. This is a good way to learn more about our county. We encourage people to come and hear what is going on within our county. Our local governmental meetings need more community support. If you care about Chester County, please pay attention to what is taking place in our county and come out to budget meetings and commission meetings and show your interest or concerns. Everyone should be mindful of what is going on in our county and care enough to help make a difference. Our local finance office is currently working on numbers for the 2025-26 budget, and the budget committee will start reviews on this in the next couple of weeks and get it ready to present to the Commission for a vote soon.
Montezuma sends out Happy Birthday wishes to Felicia Hathcock on May 22, Heather Wells on May 23, Anthony Hornbeak on May 25 and Ayden Sanford on May 27. Montezuma sends out Happy Belated Anniversary wishes to Jerry and Kathy Emerson for May 19.
We appreciate all our members at the center and would love more of our community to get involved. With more help, we could plan more events for our community. Membership dues are $25 after your first initial year of joining, and they are due for this current year. Membership dues need to be paid now to be considered an active member. We also take donations. Payments can be mailed to Edith Sills at 4475 Sunshine Rd, Henderson, TN 38340. Call Ann Moore at 608-2033 or myself if you have any new ideas for the center or wish to get involved. People who want to rent the community center should contact Betty Cooper at 879-9078 for booking. We ask those renting our facility to please follow our rules and show respect for the building. We try to keep it in the best order possible, and it takes everyone cooperating to make that happen. If you care about this community, please get involved in what is taking place to continue to grow our county and make it a better place to live and raise a family. Get to know what is changing in our local government, schools, churches and communities through the news, friends, your church, teachers, etc., and if it matters to you, there are ways to help make things better.
There is much spiritual warfare with society accepting things that go against who God is and what HIS laws are that we are to follow. Every day of life has its challenges, but if we look to God for the right path, it can be a good one. Enjoy what time you have with your creator, your family and your friends. Please be in prayer for the victims of tornado and flooding in the surrounding areas, our local and federal government, law enforcement, school staff, teachers, Dorothy Barnes, Frank Naylor, Lynn Frye, Brenda Hannah, Donna Doyle, Mike Lott, Cindy Kilzer, Curtis Morrison, Donnie Brooks, Mike Tedford, Sherry Fletcher, Chuck Beacham, Sandra Lott, Faye Crouse, Jeanette Walker, Paul Schilling, and others that are sick or healing. We especially want to remember the families of Tommy Harwell, Grace Moody and other families that have recently lost loved ones.
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As always, until next time, I am wishing a very blessed week to all you readers!
