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By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen

Mark you calendars for the Waynesboro Shrine Club Farm Fest 2007 set for Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Southern Bank Complex and Pavilion at the corner of Liberty and Ninth streets in

Waynesboro.

Racks by the Tracks, an amateur cook-off, craft and vendors show and parade will be held in conjunction with the farm fest.

For festival information contact Paul Bennett, 706-799-0973 or 706-592-2770; parade information, Jody Ellison, 706-360-2360 or 706-437-0529; and cook-off, Betty Black, 706-437-9977.

It will be a terrific community event honoring our area agribusiness folks.

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I had the pleasure of hearing Chetta Strings, music that touches the heart, during homecoming service at Botsford Baptist Church last Sunday.

The group was comprised of seven violinists ranging in ages from 12 years to college students accompanied by their mother and friend, the pianist.

It was a sermon in song with some humor mixed in.

The leader, their father and friend, told the difference between a fiddle and a violin.

A violin has strings ... a fiddle has "strangs." You play a fiddle barefooted and a violin with shoes on. Fiddles are played on Saturday night and violins on Sunday morning.

I would recommend them for your next church function. They were fantastic!

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I also had the pleasure of attending the bridesmaid's luncheon, rehearsal dinner and wedding for Brad Edenfield and Morgan Franks last weekend. It was a joyous occasion for both families.

I have known Brad since he was born and it is difficult to believe that blond-haired angel, sometimes referred to as "Bad Brad," is all grown up, a college grad and now a husband.

Brad has always been a gentleman in my presence and I would expect he would be the same to his beautiful wife, Morgan.

He will be a great provider, for he knows good work ethics and is not afraid of hard work. He has worked many long hours along side his dad, Shorty, on the farm.

His love for college and being a terrific student, he inherited from his mother, Sue.

I have only known Morgan for a few years, but I know she comes from good "stock."

Her mom and dad, Jimmy and Ginny Franks, own and manage a dairy farm in Burke County. They are hard working folks ... 365 days a year.

They are very involved in their children's education.

It is great to know a couple who know they are meant for each other, have common goals, are committed to marriage and are willing to strive for a lasting relationship.

Congratulations, Brad and Morgan Edenfield!