A tip of the hat to Scott Oster, City of Clearwater's "Employee of the Month" for September, and the employees in Vehicle Fabrication, who received the city's September/October Team Award ... Applause, please, for the recipients of the Excellence in Youth Sportsmanship Awards, presented annually by the City of Clearwater. This year's winners are Elysha Agen, Bennett Andrews, Ryan Perkul-Carter, Hannah Hess, Robby Hicks, Brooke Johnson, Wade Ryan Lester, Michael Marry, Lee Newhaller, Dennis Quinn, Mitchell Ronacher, Whitney Roper and Tommy Ryan ... Congratulations to the following couples celebrating wedding anniversaries in the coming week: Christopher and Jill Ann Rees, Donald and Lesley Pratt, Gary and Kristine Young (Sept. 19); Frank and Jackie Williams, Justice and Jennifer Anderson (Sept. 21). It's anniversary #18 for Christopher and Jill Ann. The Youngs will be marking 19 years of marriage ... Belated anniversary congrats go to Robert and Patricia Weems (Sept. 5) and Andrew and Comfort Von Eitzen (Sept. 4) ... Margaret Amburgey, Ralph Scheidenhelm, Kathy Voutsinas, Dorothy Richardson, Rees Stanley, Karol Wojciechowski, George Graham and Wendall Gunn are among those celebrating birthdays today, September 14 ... Did you know Claudia Thomas, Brittany Reese, Scott Behler, Cynthia Nilson, Peter Keck and Greg Nicoletto turn a year older tomorrow? ... "Happy Birthday" wishes are in order on Saturday for Adam Burrell, who will have ten candles on his cake this year. Others with birthdays that day are Gwendolyn Williams, Courtney Jay, Norm Banning, Erin Applebaum and Denna Freeburg ... Be sure to wish Marge Piernick, George Wich, Elwyn Smith, Barbara Myers, Tedi Southmayd, Bill Morgan, Christine Sinicrope, Bill Rogers and Woody Cardozo all the best on their special day, which is Sunday ... Monday brings the 18th day of the month and the birthdays of Mandy Petersen, Marissa Kautz, Sue Roberts, Emil Tanner, Mary Setzer, James Booker, Kathleen George, Tanner Koch, Charlotte Shanahan and Devin Ortega ... Coming up Tuesday are the birthdays of Velia Evans, Ina Fitzgerald, Sue Johnson, Bernadette Weiers, Aidan McAllister, Glenn Hanson, Martha Snow and Skip Griffith ... Bring out the cake and ice cream on Wednesday for Sara Connell, Ellie Moscardini, Melissa Daniels, Bernie Kendall, Beverly Green, Anne Martinelli, Ed Dalton and Celia Kottmeier ... Hope you remembered Debra Smith's birthday on Tuesday ... A little bird told us the following persons recently had birthdays: Bob Post (Sept. 5); Tracy Ozbun (Sept. 4); Norman Welsh (Sept. 2) ; Sharon Johnson (Aug. 31); Alyssa Sanders (Aug. 27) ... Barbara Hartley says cookbooks are fascinating reading because they contain so many stirring events ... Have a good week, everyone.