It's birthday time once again for Margaret Knowlton, Allison Southmayd, Elizabeth Marinelli, Sondra McCracken, Carolyn Teague, Riley O'Connell, Mary Ann Crevasse, Estelle Walters, Harvey Paul, Nancy Raymond, James Anderson, Alexander Boler, Cathy Brown and David Parsons. All celebrate their special day today, May 25 ... Tara Leavitt, Betty Lloyd, Carmen Shower and Jeffrey Miller are among those turning a year older tomorrow ... Be sure to extend all best birthday wishes on Saturday to Doris Carpenter, Betty Mould, Karen Meachum, Debbie Lombardo, Carol Franklin, Burt O'Rourke, Judy Battle and Brad Weller ... The birthdays of Julianne Maran, Debra Gerlach, Charles Haydon, Sandi Fogleman, Joanne Smout, Karen Rodowicz and Lila Burgess are coming up on Sunday ... Bring out the cake and ice cream on Monday for Samantha Fowler, Annette Lawrence, Lisa Baran, Cathy Jacobson, Bobbie Belcher, Christopher Ellingham, Carmen Heidt, Jennifer Pate, Ann Bates, David Dennis, Nancy Ehrhart, Dianna Holden, Emily Escobar and Shirley Quimby ... Tuesday brings the 30th day of the month and the birthdays of Pat Smith, Amanda Lawrence, Elizabeth Jones, Jeannette McDonald, Danni Wells, Barbara Jones, Cheryl Micciche, Brent Barnaky, Nathan Koberna, Florence Renton and Keith Davis ... You still have time to get cards in the mail by Wednesday to Jenna Davis, Victoria Runkle, Laurie Wiedemann, Lauren Kay, Philip Kolodziej, Beverly Butters, Thomas McMurtrey, Tiffany Horton, Chami Hawi, Bill Turner, Orve Johansson and Henry Graf ... Belated "Happy Birthday" wishes are in order for Laura Howard, Ellen Mandt, George McLeod, Kalin Winsey, Kenneth Winsey, Kathleen Monahan, Jeremy Lewis, Marsha Mullett, Patricia Lusher, Justin Foster, Mary Beth Petti, Diana Noblet and Hannah McCall ... Congratulations to the following couples celebrating wedding anniversaries in the coming week: Jerry and Susan Center (May 27), Ronnie and Ann Duncan (May 28), Kurt and Melissa Erickson (May 30). It's anniversary #24 for the Centers ... Belated anniversary congrats go to Ken and Drina Meyer, whose special day was May 24 ... Reader Mary Kelly advises the late actor Gary Cooper found he could save a lot of money by paying for everything he bought with checks. That's because many of the people he paid wouldn't cash the check because they wanted to keep it as an autographed souvenir ... May the coming week be a good one for you and yours.