A tip of the hat to Stacy Keenan, City of Clearwater's "Employee of the Month" for May ... Applause, please, for Christina Brown, who was recently awarded a scholarship by the Countryside Kiwanis Club. Christina is headed to USF this fall ... Congratulations are in order for proud grandparents Bob and Carolyn Ulasewich on the birth of grandson Alexander Martin Ulasewich in Colorado ... Jean Arnold was pleased to be the lucky grand prize winner at the Largo Woman's Club card party last month ... Alan and Kellie Simpson recently flew to San Diego, where they boarded the ms Amsterdam, flagship of Holland America's five-star fleet, for a 30-day cruise. Their travels took them to the Hawaiian Islands, with stops in Honolulu, Maui and O'ahu, and the French Polynesia Islands, where they visited Tahiti and Bora Bora ... Be sure to extend all best birthday wishes today, May 4, to Colleen Jahns, Richard Gilchrist, Taylor Charmatz, Harry Severance and Suzanne Greenfield ... Bring out the party hats tomorrow for Mary Kay Parker, Marion Ress, Howard Barnhardt, Doris McLean, Michael Maguire and Bob Harvie ... Did you know Ruth Reid, Elizabeth Dale, Dana Caballero, Patricia Slaughter, Hannah Griswold, Lola Lin, Paul Andress, Carol Lowrey and John Snider turn a year older on Saturday? ... Sunday brings the 7th day of the month and the birthdays of Anna Marie Miller, Grace Nolan, Kim Fowler, Isabella Lorente, Crag Cleland, Iris Young, Gunnar Wilson and Kimmie Gilbert ... Friends and relatives will be singing Happy Birthday on Monday to Kirsten Lavalette, Roger Ormerod, Carly Duncan, Barbara Smith, Judith Carpenter, Marsha Kuhlman, Sue Carlson, Carol Warren, Kim Wynn, Mary Carpenter and Maureen Kaufman ... You will want to wish Mary Byrd, George Weiss, Phyllis Bishop, Harry Mattheus, Frances Reed, Jeff Thompson, Mary Vaughan and Faye Wyatt all the best on their special day, which is Tuesday ... Marisa Corbitt, Helen Salanco, Joan Kline, Christopher Webb, Bobbie Key and Jonathan Grinsted have birthdays coming up on Wednesday ... Hope you remembered Beth Sellers' birthday yesterday ... Just learned the birthdays of the following persons have recently come and gone: Ellie Kemp, Ruth Schmidt, Aggie Blair, Kayla Gorst, Jeanne Smith, DeLene Crown, Evelyn Hall, Elizabeth Luke, Kira Baldwin, Bill Wilfert, Doris Peterson, Lindsay Phillips, Betty Dill, Joan Boos, Elesa Boos, Dick Brady, Lin Page, Ellen Folkman, Mildred Anderson, Tony Foster and Tanya Shinsky ... Three Tampa Bay Buccaneers had birthdays last month. Linebacker Derrick Brooks turned 33 on April 18. Running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams celebrated his 24th birthday on April 21. It was birthday #25 on April 22 for tackle Sam Lightbody ... Congratulations to the following couples celebrating wedding anniversaries: Robert and Heather Polanis (May 4); Bill and Marge Johnston, Bruce and Carol Kaufman (May 5); David and Lori Parsons (May 6); Blake and Margie King (May 8). It's anniversary #10 for Robert and Heather. David and Lori will be celebrating six years of marriage ... Belated anniversary congrats go to Jack and Carole Groll, whose special day was May 2 ... According to my neighbor Liz, you know you're getting older when you think about comfort as well as looks when you're buying new shoes ... Have a great week, everyone.