Labor Day 2000 marked the fortieth anniversary of Betty Haughin's column, "Chit Chat." The column is published in the local newspaper that is delivered to the homes in eight small communities northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Betty has only two rules for her column. The news, except for deaths, must always be good and the names must be spelled in all capitals on their first reference. Betty realizes that, "Happiness is born a twin and so is sorrow. We're not meant to go through either alone." To ease the burden of the latter, she writes a column to remind us of the former.
