It's birthday time once again for Tessa Ladd, Betty Smith, Sally Endwright and Danny Cochran. All turn a year older today, June 29 ... Herb McLachlan, Denise Brown, Kristin Wenzell, Richard Lake and Evelyn Joslin will be celebrating their special day tomorrow ... Saturday brings the first day of July and the birthdays of Chad Berry, Caroline Keck, Chris Moore, Joan Pechin, Robbyn Anderson, Dorothy Clark, Audrey Scheidenhelm, Debbie Meredith, John Howe, Dick Bliss, Emma Moscardini, Ann Neller, Justin Manley, James Dunk, Diane Bergner and James Hardin ... Did you know Sunday is Bud Weeden's birthday? You can also bring out the cake and ice cream that day for Carol Schwenke, Scott Johnson, Martha Brown, Jack Cramer, Nikki Rideout, Glenn Maxon, Joanne Kerr, Jennifer Blohm and Jim Gibson ... Myrtle Johnson, Karen Koch, Anne Kelley, Alison Foster, Bill Kilgore, Stacey Minor, Peyton Malone and Robert Wright have birthdays coming up on Monday ... Barbara DeBelles, Rita Wood, Debbie Clanton, Stephen Bingham, Amanda Grady, John Ross, Bob Howard, Jim Phillips, Naomi Curry and Aline McCann have another reason to celebrate on the 4th. It's also their birthday ... You still have time to get cards in the mail to Grete Wrede, Elinor Wilson, Jeff Pollick, Barbara Shannahan, Nicole Wall, Roger Miller, Mary Lee, Eileen White, Bob Peacock and Gene Smith. Their birthdays are Wednesday ... Congratulations to the following couples celebrating wedding anniversaries: James and Connolly McArthur (June 27); Stan and Beverly Ashbrook (June 28); John and Patricia Slaughter (July 3). It's anniversary #41 for the Slaughters. The McArthurs will be marking eight years of marriage ... Something to keep in mind: One kind word can warm three winter months (Japanese proverb) ... Have a good week, everyone.