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4G LIFESTYLE Sunday, January 13, 2002 Montgomery Advertiser Lawson-Knudson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Seay Lawson, of Montgomery, announce the engagement of marriage of their daughter, Rose Gunter Lawson, to Mr. David Nelson Knudson. Her grandparents are the Supreme Court Justice and Mars, Preston Copeland Clayton of Clayton.

She is also the granddaughter of retired Supreme Court Justice Thomas Seay Lawson and the late Rose Gunter Lawson of Montgomery. After graduating from the University of Alabama, Miss Lawson has resided in New York City. There she has done graduate work at New York University and is employed with The International Longevity Center, a non-profit organization, as director of finance and administration. Mr. Knudson is the son of Dr.

and Mrs. Stephen Kinney Knudson of Williamsburg, VA. He is the grandson of the late Mr. Richard Knudson and Ruth Knudson of Williamsburg and the late Dr. Oscar Nelson and Carol Kinney Nelson of Saginaw, Michigan.

Mr. Knudson graduated from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and did LeGrand-Willis The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Brooke Willis of Montgomery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David F. Willis of Montgomery, to David Lane LeGrand of Huntsville, son of Dr.

and Mrs. M. Paul LeGrand, III of Huntsville, took place on December 1, 2001 at Capital Heights Baptist Church in Montgomery. The Rev. Hal P.

Oakley, of Covenant Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, officiated the ceremony. Miss Heather Falkowski, of Mobile, was Maid of Honor. Bridesmaids were Kendra Black of Tuscumbia; Jeannie Barnes of Birmingham; Mary Gwin Stainton of Birmingham; and Holly Oleson of Phenix City, GA. Paul LeGrand, father of the groom, of Huntsville, was Best Man. Groomsmen were Wes Rothrock of Birmingham; Brent Willis of Montgomery; Derek Simpson of Birmingham; Brad LeGrand of Huntsville and Matt LeGrand of Huntsville.

Gillespie-Tortorici Natalie Ann Tortorici and Robert Emory Gillespie, were married January 5, 2002 in the chapel at Canterbury United Methodist Church. Dr. Allen Montgomery and Dr. Karl Stegall officiated. The Bride is the daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. Ignatius Joseph Tortorici of Birmingham. The Groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emory Gillespie of Montgomery.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Marion Leigh Tortorici was her sister's maid of honor. Flower girl was Barbara Grace Tortorici, niece of the bride. The groom's father was his son's best man. Ring bearers were Samuel Michael Tortorici, and Daniel Joseph Tortorici, nephews of the bride.

After a honeymoon trip the couple will make their home in Montgomery. McInnish-Moorer Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael McInnish of Montgomery announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Catherine, to Thomas Dale Moorer, son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. John Calvin Moorer of Fort Deposit. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Howell Mason McInnish of Andalusia, and Mrs.

Mary Green Henson and the late Mr. Earl Madison Henson of Louisville. She graduated from The University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Masters degree in Accounting and The University of Alabama with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and is employed at Alfa Insurance as a Senior Accountant. The groom-to-be is the grandson of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Wilton Moorer of Fort Deposit, and Mr. Pruitt Watson of Hayneville and Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Adams of Fort Deposit.

He is a graduate of Troy State University with a Bachelor's degree Mrs. Robert E. Gillespie, Jr. Miss Mary C. Mcinnish in Business Administration.

Mr. Moorer is employed at Alfa Insurance as a Systems Analyst. The wedding is planned for March 9, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Montgomery. Five principles will transform your life So it's a brand-new year.

And your life is the same old mess. Last year's recycled resolution to exercise more and lose weight went off the tracks by March. The new job is, to put it kindly, the pits of hell, with your boss as the head devil-in-charge. Worst of all, you got involved with the wrong person (yes, again), and he or she is making you utterly miserable, but you can't seem to break things off. It's so unfair.

You're a good person who does not deserve any of this. So how did it happen? "I don't know!" you moan. "It just happened." Well, here's a flash: Relationships, good or bad, don't "just happen." Neither do habits, good or bad. Miss Rose Gunter Lawson graduate work at Western Illinois University. He resides in New York City and is a database analyst with Minolta, Inc.

The wedding is planned for April 6, 2002, at historic Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church on Park Avenue in New York City. Mrs. David L. LeGrand After a honeymoon to Orlando and the Caribbean the couple will live in Birmingham. "Everything I do relates to my choices individual choices," says author Charles S.

Platkin, a nonpracticing attorney and entrepreneur who lives and works in Manhattan and Miami. "When you understand freedom of choice, you can answer the question: How did I end up in this place?" That's the theme of Platkin's new book, "Breaking the Pattern: The Five Principles You Need to Remodel Your Life" (Red Mill Press, And he's not just spouting theory. He says he has used principles to change his own life shedding 50 pounds, ending a "very destructive relationship," and finding happiness professionally and personally at age 39. This is, he believes, a message that people need to hear right now, at a time when many make New Year's resolutions in Special January Clearance Sale Save up to on select items throughout the store Bedroom Groups Sofas Chairs Floor Samples Odds Ends Leather Accessories MANY ONE-OF-A-KINDS DRASTICALLY REDUCED ALL ITEMS "FIRST COME FIRST SERVED" Jordan's HOME FURNISHINGS Alabama's Only Rowe Gallery More Mon-Sat 10am-7pm Sun 1pm-5pm 508 N. Eastern Blvd.

Montgomery 334-260-2900 www.jordanshomefurnIshings.com Wedding and Engagement Guidelines 1. Weddings and engage- armed services, officiating ments appear in the Montgom- clergyperson (is pasery Advertiser only on Sun- tor?) and church. The day. Free wedding and authorization form must be engagements announcements signed by one of the principals are limited to approximately (bride, bridegroom, or parents) 50 words, including a small with an address and daytime photo of the bride only. telephone number of one of the 2.

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We must receive lines. We are not responsible wedding, engagement and an- for lost photographs; we can niversary news at least 11 days not guarantee a publication before the desired publication date of specific space on a date. page. 3. Announcements received 7.

Announcements may be more than 90 days after the brought to the office at 200 wedding will not be published Washington Avenue, first floor for free. or mailed to the Montgomery 4. We prefer a 5x7 black and Advertiser, Attn: Weddings, white professional quality P.O. Box 1000, Montgomery AL print of the bride. However, 36101-1000.

pictures will couple be accepted 8. We will return photos of the and fulllength prints only. only if they are accompanied for paid announcements by a stamp (two 34-cent We will deemed not print photos that No stamps), self-addressed enveare poor quality. horizontal shots please. lope.

block- 9. For further information 5. Type or clearly printed with the day and date or holiday deadline schedules, of the wedding, full names (no contact Melissa Searcy at initials or nicknames) and city 261-1532 or email msearof residence of participants rank and branch of mil- ser.com, 8 am-5 pm, Mondayitary service for anyone in the Friday. Baisden-Fleming Mary Alice Michelle Fleming and Christopher Charles (Chad) Baisden were married December 1, 2001 at Mrs. Baisden roOTS1 rEcords EVENTS, REFERENCES 566-1314.

The Montgomery Genealogical Society (MGS) is a nonprofit or- The Booker T. Washington High School Alumni Association meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Cleveland Avenue Branch YMCA, 1201 Rosa Parks Ave. Homecoming 2002 is planned for July 1-3. For more information, call 281-7477 or 262-3155.

The Pike County Heritage Book has been printed and copies are available at the Troy Public Library. The book is $75.60 (plus $5 postage if mailed). For more information, call Patsye Lucas at (334) 566-3765, Jewel Griffin at (334) 566-1633 or the library at (334) ganization concerned with preserving genealogical records and with promoting genealogical and historical research in central Alabama. The group accepts honorariums, donations and memorials, which are published quarterly. For memorials, the Auburn University at Montgomery Library Genealogical Section prepares a bookplate to be placed in a genealogical book.

The summer months are filled with the ongoing project of surveying all cemeteries in Montgomery County. Volunteers interested in preserving and cleaning the abandoned cemeteries are asked to contact group. Membership is open to anyone interested in genealogy, and visitors are always the September through June meetings the second Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in the Montgomery Public Library, Main Branch at the corner of High and Lawrence streets. Information may be obtained by writing the Montgomery Genealogical Society at P.O.

Box 230194, Montgomery, AL 36123-0194 or by e-mail at or 272-0481 or log on to our Web Site at http://www.rootsweb.com/ The following are MGS publications: MGS Quarterly. Free to members. To the public $5 plus $1 shipping. Many back issues are available at reduced prices. Indexes to all issues can be accessed from the web sites main page.

State of Alabama Montgomery County Will Books 1822-1854, Prattville Country Club by Pastor Henry Williams. Michelle is the daughter of Barbara Fleming, Montgomery and Jerry Fleming, Prattville. Chad is the son of Bill and Judy Baisden, Madison, MS. They are residing in Montgomery. now in the third printing, contains 303 wills and two indexes, and everyone named in the wills.

More than 1,500 slave names are included. Cost is $25 plus $3.50 shipping. State of Alabama Montgomery County Marriage Books A-E 1817-1850 contains 110 pages and is completely indexed, showing both bride and groom along with the officiating official. Cost is $20 plus $2.50 shipping. QUERIES By Joyce Saenz Harris Knight-Ridder Tribune hopes of bettering their lives.

The key is recognizing the negative patterns and learning how to analyze them and break the cycle of behavior. Here are Platkin's five principles: Patterns: Recognize, review, and evaluate various stages of your life. Reflect on those stages, and look for underlying negative patterns that repeat themselves. Do you consistently choose the wrong partners, romantically or professionally? Are you a "yo-yo" dieter who gains, then loses weight over and over again? Failure: Don't be afraid to risk failure. Successful people must be willing to take chances and to fail occasionally.

Learn to view failure as an opportunity to learn as an integral part of becoming an achiever. Responsibility: Focus on individual responsibility. This allows you accept that only you are responsible for the choices you make in life. Only then, Platkin says, is real change possible. "It's not about discipline and willpower, or about blaming yourself," he stresses.

"It's about empowering yourself." What about the things in life you can't control? "I didn't choose to have cancer," you may say. "I didn't choose to have my parent or spouse die." No, but you can control your responses to life crises. You can choose your attitude toward treating an illness, your way of dealing with grief or depression. Goals: Strategize to reach your goals. Achievement is planned for, visualized, and relentlessly pursued, Platkin says.

"Do a mental rehearsal athletes do it all the time," he says. "Pick a scenario, maybe about your weakest point, like latenight snacking. Write down in detailed form what you'll do when you get the urge to snack even 'Plan B' it and rehearse it in your head." Platkin says goals must be S.M.A.R.T.: specific, motivating, achievable, rewarding, and tactical. Don't just say, "I'm going to lose weight." Say, "I am going to lose 20 pounds over six months." Cut out 400 calories a equivalent of a soft drink and an ice-cream snack and you can reach that manageable goal. Make the process rewarding, and keep your changes modest and incremental.

I Achievement: When you understand that achievement is the end result of action-oriented behavior, you can develop specific strategies to help you be "opportunity "When you start realizing you have freedom of choice in everything you do, you have a much healthier outlook on things," Platkin says. "There's a burden of knowledge that comes with accepting responsibility, but also a huge freedom." Wedding Planner YOUR GUIDE TO WEDDING PRODUCTS SERVICES Catering Consultant Academy Ann Mary Premier Elegance Event dating Free Initial Consultation Cawley Campbell Wedding Coordinating Family Reunions and Directing Parties 5312 Atlanta Highway Montgomery, AL 36109 CEC. Gift baskets and much more Ph: 334.215.7155 Fx: 334.215.7156 CCE. Catrina Waters, Event Coordinator e-mail: (334) 538-0733 E-mail: Clothing Event Facility 4 Touch of Class Southern Plantation Weddings Complete Event Packages Bridal Formal Theme Weddings Mothers of the Wedding Wear Beautiful Gardens Fresh Unique Menu by Chef Cheryl Deiro 307 South Main St. Wetumpka, AL 36092 Chantilly (334) 567-7315 Plantation, Inc.

(334) 271-0509 Advertise your business in this directory and reach over 140,000 potential customers. Call Guan Thompkins at (334) 956-0257 or fax (334) 261-1591 Lou Jones of Saraland is seeking information about James Joseph Breadlove and Ancebellia Powers, who were married Feb. 17, 1895. They had nine children Florence Alice, Olen Dorman, Willis Green, Viola Ann, Erian Mae, Boyd Russell, Susie Isabelle, Joe and John Amos. They lived in the Huntsville and Morgan County area.

Anyone with information about the family can write Lou Jones at 112 Highway 43S No. 8, Saraland, AL 36571. James R. Griffin of Pittsburg, is seeking information about the Griffin, Keith and Keys family who lived in the Sand Mountain and Cullman, 1800s. areas of Andrew Alabama J.

in Griffin the was married to Hester A. Keys. They had at least three children. William P. Griffin was born July 8, 1831.

Isaac W. Griffin was born Nov. 2, 1825. Malinda Griffin was born Oct. 6, 1823.

Malinda married George W. Keith. Isaac married Martha. Malinda had at least one child in Alabama, Nancy. After leaving north Alabama, the Griffin family moved to Pope County in southern Illinois, possibly in the early 1850s.

Hester was a widow in the 1860 census of Pope County. Anyone with information about this family can contact James R. Griffin at (618) 982-2793. Clarence C. Bearden Jr.

of Montgomery is seeking information about the family of Irving Henderson, who was listed on the 1870 Barbour County census as age 75, farmer, born in North Carolina. The following people were listed in the same household, Sarah, age 38, born 1832 in South Carolina; James, age 18, born 1852; John, age 17, born 1853; Sarah, age 15, born 1855; Daniel, age 10, born 1860; Joseph, age 8, born 1862; Alice, age born 1863; and William, age 4, born 1866. All were born in Alabama except Sarah (age 38). Could they be the grandchildren, and Sarah (age 38) his daughter-inlaw and a Civil War widow? Anyone with information can contact Bearden at 743 Pinkston Montgomery, AL 36109 or call 271-7104. Complete Wedding Florist Wedding Consultants Floral Designers Fresh and Silk Flowers Bridal Registry We carry a complete line of wedding accessories from Books, Invitations for Parties and Weddings, to Plume Pens and Picture Albums Lucite Linens Capitol's ROSEMONT A GARDENS Frames 0 2210 Rosemont Place 334-834-7731 Crystal Giftware Brass, Pewter, Copper Bridesmaids Gifts Groomsmen Gifts Hostesses Giftsd,.