ANNIES MAILBOX
Respect is a major component of marriage
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
      Dear Annie: My boyfriend, "Dennis," and I were friends for seven years before we became a couple. A few nights ago, during a normal conversation, he suddenly said he was really annoyed with my questions. He said he couldn't believe I needed to ask about things "even a person of average intelligence would know.
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Yes,Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
      Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.
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WHAT'S UP
      Christmas services The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation on College Drive will hold special Christmas Eve services at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Limestone Presbyterian Church will hold its annual candlelight Christmas Eve service at 5 p.m. with special music and readings by members of the congregation.
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Survey links headaches, depression
Are headaches making you depressed or are you depressed because you have headaches?
      CHICAGO, Ill. - A recent online survey conducted by the National Headache Foundation (NHF) further confirms the connection between headaches and depression. The survey found that 42 percent of respondents believe their headaches and depression are linked and 53 percent believe that their headaches came before the developed depression.
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BIRTHDAYS
     ARDEN REESE BRADLEY will celebrate her 2nd birthday today, December 24, 2008. She is the daughter of Robert and April Bradley of Gaffney. Maternal grandparents are Don and Rita Johnson of Gaffney. Paternal grandparents are Robert and Brenda Bradley. Maternal great-grandparents are Alice Johnson of Clinton and Betty Goins of Buena Park, Calif. Paternal greatgrandparents are Hazel Myers of Chester, and Roy and Margaret Bradley of Gaffney.
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MARRIAGES
      The following marriages have been filed in the probate court of Cherokee County: Erik Todd Mowery and Kelsey Marie Clark of Gaffney; William Kyle Parker and Jennifer Brooke Finley of Gaffney; Richard Anthony Morris and Tina Renea Blackwell of Gaffney; David Dustin Fowler and Jennifer Lee Barnhill of Gaffney; Eulis McCombs Jr.
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VCI is preventable form of dementia
      ROCHESTER, Minn. - All dementia isn't Alzheimer's - where plaques and tangles form in brain cells for unknown reasons, eventually causing irreparable damage. A less common form of dementia, vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), can be mistaken for Alzheimer's.
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