...PROGRESS: There are many talented kids in this area who could become singing stars down the road. One proud mother, Carla Oellerich, wrote me of her daughter, Ava, getting to sing with native Augustan Amy Grant on a Christmas show last year and...

...lynx (the four-legged kind, not an Augusta Lynx). Beverly Norris also sends greetings from Alaska. Ted and Carla Oellerich (and Libby, Ava and Lonnie), of Hephzibah, are enjoying the beach at Jekyll Island. David Daitch sends a card...

...are in Seattle for their granddaughter's high school graduation - a big ceremony at Safeco Field. And Ted and Carla Oellerich of Hephzibah send greetings from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, where they went to see their favorite country singer...