Earlier today I scanned through the February Celebrations and noticed that only two birthdays are listed for February 29th. Ever being the knight errant in search of a windmill at which to tilt,

I called up my old friend Sancho and away on a-windmill tilting jaunt we went. A mere 27,789 names (the number of birth certificates issued in Adair County from 1911 through 1999) and four bloodshot eyes later, Sancho and I are proud to present CM with - drum roll please!! nine additional names.

(We actually found 11 names but one was poser, a pretender to the throne and not worthy of mention in connection with True Adair Countians; another was one of the two names already on CM's list. At any rate, we hope this massive number doesn't increase your overhead by forcing you to hire more minions.These first five names go in the "in memory" listings for February 29th (date in parenthesis is the birth year):

• Finnis R. Burton (1944)
• Mattie E. Streeval DeSpain (1940)
• William H. Dixon (1924)
• John E. Streeval (1920)
• Luther O. Wilson (1924)

This gentleman is, to the best of my knowledge, still on this side of the Great Divide: Allen D. Curry.

These three names are problematic in that Sancho & I don't know if they are amongst the living, nor do we know the married name (if any) of any of the three. 1) Eva M. Montgomery. 2) Elva Morgan 3) Betty S. Smith

Yours in Windmill Tilting and Minionmongering,
D.Q. & Sancho