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officers served soldiers
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MIKE HASKEY mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com

Catherine and Julio Morales are the proud parents of Juliette Morales.
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SOFTBALL TEAM
A little fighter, Baby I KNOW THIS WILL BE
A VERY LONG ROAD,
NAMED
Northside, Columbus and
Harris Co. had players on

Juliette enters world BUT YOU ARE STRONG

AND ARE SHOWING
ALREADY THAT YOU
the 16 All-West Georgia
softball team. 1B

in miraculous way ARE A FIGHTER.

BY CHUCK WILLIAMS
chwilliams@ledger-enquirer.com
entered the world about three
months premature and spent 70
days in neonatal intensive care
units in South Carolina and
PLEASE CONTINUE
FIGHTING FOR ME.
one day and shes going through Catherine Morales
names and she said the name
Juliette, Julio remembered. It
was sort of a play on our names,

E
very miracle deserves a
name.
And Juliette Morales,
now 6 months old and
living in Columbus with her
parents, is a miracle.
Juliette was born May 10 at
the Medical University of South
Georgia. Julio and Catherine. We called
But long before Juliette ar- her Juliette Catherine. We start-
rived, her parents, Julio and
Catherine Morales, had settled
on a name. They were a little
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reluctant because Catherine had
already experienced a miscar-
riage in 2014.
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Carolina in Charleston. She
HOLIDAY SHOPPING
Holiday doorbuster deals galore,
We were at her moms house
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The application period
to attend the Muscogee
makes them an easy choice, but County School Districts
many consumers will still search
new school starts
online and in store, browse ad
circulars and even log in to
Facebook to find inspiration for
next month. 13A

from Barbie to ultra high-def TVs
BY TONY ADAMS
tadams@ledger-enquirer.com
The lines between Thanks-
giving Day and Black Friday and
Small Business Saturday and
Cyber Monday are blurring once
again this year, with retailers
having started advertising deals
a couple of weeks ago.
Yet the holiday items peo-
ple will purchase for others or
themselves remain somewhat
predictable. Clothing and acces-
sories are at the top of shoppers
list, followed by gift cards and
certificates, music and video
games, toys, food and candy,
electronics and computers,
personal care items and jewelry,
according to a survey released
this week by the National Retail
Federation and Prosper Insights
unique and memorable gifts for
their loved ones, said Pam
Goodfellow, principal analyst
& Analytics. with Prosper.
TO DO
The so-called hot toys this In the electronics arena, any-
year for girls, according to the
survey, start with Barbie, fol-
thing to do with 4K high-defini-
tion televisions will be in high
FANTASY IN
lowed by traditional dolls, Shop- demand this year, along with LIGHTS ADDS
kins, Hatchimals, Legos and
American Girl. Legos are at the
gaming consoles, said Ruben
Garza, assistant manager of the NEW SCENE
top for boys, trailed by cars and Best Buy store in Columbus. A new scene, Snow Day,
trucks, video games, Hot One of the hot items, of has been created to
Wheels and Star Wars-related course, is the Nintendo Classic.
items. celebrate its 25th
The popularity of gift cards SEE SHOPPING, 6A anniversary. 1C

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