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By Brenda Bailey

Sheffield-Calahaln

Correspondent

Birthday wishes to Bill Reeves who will celebrate his on Sept. 7. Happy anniversary to the following couples: Rodger and Melba Feimster on Sept. 4; Wade and Linda Leonard on Sept. 6; Rowan and Judy Fay on Sept. 8; David and Tammy Beck on Sept. 9; and Calvin and Mary Bell Prevette and Jack and Mildred Keller on Sept. 10.  If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sheffield-Calahaln VFD meetings are held each Monday night at the station at 7.  If interested in becoming a volunteer firefighter, feel free to come to the meetings or see a member of the department.  We look forward to having more community involvement. Everyone is welcome.

Cody Davis celebrated his 16th birthday on Aug. 30 with family and friends.  We all wish Cody a very Happy Birthday.

Ijames Baptist Church will continue to hold outside worship services each Sunday morning at 9.  In the event of rain, services will be drive in with Pastor Robert Jackson.

New Union UMC will continue to hold worship services each Sunday morning at 9 in the parking lot.  You can also view these services on Facebook live each week.

A new restaurant, Gunter’s Wing Shack, near Sheffield Road and NC 901, is scheduled to open on or about Sept. 14. Due to the overwhelming success of the opening of Gunter’s Country Store, Tina Gunter and Devon Parks, look forward to serving their customers in an additional location.  Watch this column for more information.

Prayer requests continue for Bryan Swain, Jean Reavis, Lori Dyson, Johnny Naylor, Dot Keller, Pat Moore, Deborah Nichols, Sylvia Ratledge Williams, Wellman Beck, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Betty Dameron, Tammy Keller, Naomi Wooten, Jeff Potts, Charles England, Greta England, Lincoln Dyson, Chester Reeves, Hazel Frye, Yvonne Ijames, Bonnie Gunter, Ed Livengood, Ted Adams, Jane Tutterow, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Bob Ellis, Caren Morgan, Melissa Spry, Wade Reeves, Helen Bulla, Joann Renegar, Rowan Fay, Paul Beck, Greg Gobble, Betty Richardson, Fred Beck, Larry Dyson and Suzonne Stratton.

Please submit all news to me at brfbailey@msn.com, message me on Facebook or call me at 336-837-8122 no later than noon on Thursdays.