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Memorial Day Celebration At Cemetery

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By TEREZKA OLSON

Hernando Today correspondent

Published: May 18, 2008

Nazdar,

Memorial Day is officially on May 30, and it will be observed on Monday, May 26, at the Masaryktown Cemetery. Chris Kovacs, this year's program director, said services will start at 9 a.m. Bring your own chairs and refreshments to follow at the Community Hall on Lincoln Avenue. In case of rain, the services will be held at the hall. Honor the dead by helping the living. From Camper's Holiday have mailed out in May 29 packages to our servicemen and women. They would like to thank Brooksville's Habitat for Humanity for their donation of paperback books, thanks also to Your Hair Fashions for the items they collected for our troops overseas and thanks again to Dee Mills and Lea's Prayers and Postage Inc. Also thanks to Donna Panda and all the folks at Camper's Holiday.

Mother's Day happenings: Aurea and Ramon Diaz had a houseful on Mother's Day; attending were their six daughters - Maria Lambert, Blanca Ortiz, Zoraida Lopez, Lily, Adilia Norris, Marisol Morales and their spouses and all 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

There was a belated Mother's Day visit from Robert Havens, his friends Chris and their son Jordan Havens from Jackson, N.J. They arrived last week to visit with mom/grandma Helen Havens and went to Disney World.

Joan Kuka celebrated Mother's Day four times. The twins Kim Poteet and Melody Baly took mom to Leroy Selmons for barbecue ribs, son Joel and Melanie had mom at their home before for a turkey dinner. Joan enjoyed several piano pieces by her granddaughters Cassey and Chloe. After dinner, all enjoyed the special cake at the home of son Vince and wife Tracy and grandchildren Danielle and Devon; and she received beautiful orchid and hydrangea plants and enjoyed a fresh fish dinner. The final dinner was at the home of son Dave and Jo Ann with Dave Jr. and their daughter Mary Ann and her husband Stephen Marchese.

Carolyn Blaha and her two daughters Kathy Anderson, her hubby Dennis and their daughter Brianna, and Carolyn's other daughter Niki Bolton-Hunt and her two daughters Amanda and Ashley all went to the Outback Steakhouse. While there, they ran into Pastor Dave Brockhoff, his wife Bonny, daughters Bethany, Emily and Rachael, who were treating mom to dinner.

Melissa Salomonsen's mother Janet Albes, 55, died in 2002 in Mesa, Ariz., and her grandmother Julia Daponte, 76, died in 2001 in Fall River, Mass. Both were scattered upon the ocean; and since then, a flower is set out to sea for each one of them. This year, the flowers were set out by Melissa, her husband Lars Salomonsen, their son "Lil' Lars" and their granddaughter Makenzee Aguiar, and great-great-grandmother Karen Ragnaldsen.

The Salomonsens are enjoying a visit from Melissa's great aunt, Emily Albertsen, 89, from North Dartmouth, Mass. If she likes it here, she may stay.

Last Saturday night, May 10, Russell Bourdon and his son Jared went to see their cousin Roger Hatfield graduate from UF in Gainesville. Some 300 students graduated and Hatfield chose a degree in law and is already working with a law firm. Also on hand were Russ's mom (Roger's aunt) Rose Chepon from Orlando and Roger's mom Jane Hatfield. After graduation, all went to Jacksonville to celebrate Rose and Jane's mother, Lillian Chepon's 89{+t}{+h} birthday, at Gene's Seafood Restaurant on the beach, where they met other sister/aunt June Williams and her hubby Bill, and all the children.

Last Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 12-year-old Kyle Voyles, 12-year-old James Loughran and 16-year-old Kenny Smith received Communion.

Congratulations to John and Chris Kovacs, who are proud to announce the promotion of their son-in-law, Charles Litchfield, to captain. Charles is a U.S. Naval pilot and is married to their daughter Leana with their children Evan and Abigale, currently stationed in Colorado Springs, Colo.

St. Mary Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church will go to summer schedule - one Mass at 9:30 a.m. - starting next Sunday.

Blaha's all-organic garden is ready - there are tomatoes, green beans, strawberries, cucumbers, green peppers, lettuce, collards and squash. For more information, call 352-796-0459.

Happy birthdays to: Jared Bourdon, Jayson Desi, May 18; Debbie Nielson, Tracy Smith, May 20; Virginia Ver, Andrew Stokey, May 21; Jim Blaha, May 23. Wedding anniversary wishes to: Troy and Teri Smith, May 29; Cosmo and Tami Italiano, May 21; Paul and Senta DeMaria, Bob and Sue Mackert, May 24.

S Bohom

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