HUGO MIDDLE School Computer Science Teacher, Angela Bruno was nominated as February’s Employee of the Month..

• Recipients were honored at the 202ONE Virtual NSC Safety Congress & Expo Itasca, IL –– The National Safety Council is proud to honor the winners of the Women in Safety Scholarship and the Billy D. Young Memorial Scholarship.

Andy stepped outside after the recent, huge snow storm in our city to meet our postman halfway. Our street was too clogged with snow and ice for him to navigate safely, so our mailman had wisely parked his van at the end of the street. Then this valiant servant of our U.S. Postal System gathered everyone’s mail in his arms and began the tedious job of handdelivering to each front door. He was working for the company known for its old slogan, “Neither rain nor snow, nor heat or gloom of night stays these couriers from their appointed rounds.”

January’s Hugo Middle School Students and Employee of the Month (l to r): Employee of the Month is LaShonda Johnson. Ms.

THE PROJECT LIT Book Club, made up of students and staff, recently finished their January book, “Ghost Boys.” The Project LIT Book Club is led by Mrs. Cody, the seventh grade ELA teacher. Book club members are already reading and discussing the February book and deciding on March’s book.

In January, HMS held the First Semester Academic Awards Assembly. Winners include: Perfect Attendance - First Semester: Elijah Calvin.

BOBBY AND BEVERLY HAMILL recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple, who met as children and grew up on the same street, were married on Feb. 20, 1971 in Balch Springs, Texas. Together they have four children, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A young couple was deeply involved in the timeless dance of married couples since the first union, and I am not referring to sex. This was the dance of war. Each had taken a rigid, angry stance on opposite sides of their ballroom. In fact, the battle for this championship had escalated to the point that, no matter what one said, the other was definitely going to disagree. No compromise, take no prisoners. Victory at any cost.