From the Front................pg 6

Publisher's Corner..........pg 7

Chaplain..........................pg 8

Ringling...........................pg 9

Mosaics.........................pg 12

Christmas/Hanukkah...pg 14

Sudoku..........................pg 16
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On the water.................pg 18

Poem..............................pg 19

Reading is FUNdamental................pg20

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This summer while tending her Canadian garden, Helen Kaiser, Boca Grande winter resident, prayed about finding a mission. Sitting in the chair at Courtyard Hair in November, she got her answer through hairstylist, Jan McHenry.

Every week, McHenry has sent some 25 packages to the 110th Infantry unit stationed in Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq where her son, Major Patrick McHenry, serves as second in command.

"This project of mine is an on going thing until all the 110th Infantry come home in June or remain there," Jan McHenry said in an email to the Banner. " I have this passion to make life as

"Richard died Tuesday morning, Dec. 20, at Hospice House in Venice. He had begun a noticeable decline over the weekend and by Sunday he was having a difficult and painful struggle. That afternoon we transferred him to Hospice House, a beautiful facility, which provided a

"Daughter Sarah Gonzalez from Orlando and son Bryan from Atlanta were able to visit with him also. I remained at his side through the night and through his final breath. He had a restful night went very, very peacefully at 7:00 AM."

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