Semisesquicentennial Diamond Celebrated

Semisesquicentennial diamond...if that isn't a tongue-twisting title, it should be! It is the name associated with someone who is observing their 75th birthday and last weekend, Jay Southwick joined that elite group. He joins King Charles III, Billy Joel, Kathy Bates, Richard Simmons and Cat Stevens in the "age" group. But he was the only one who celebrated the milestone at the local VFW with family and friends on Friday evening doing what he loves best...playing his fiddle.

Southwick kept the fiddle strings warm with his rosined bow as friends showed up to celebrate with him, at a cake celebr...