 The COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine are different and it's safe to get both vaccines at the same time. So don't hesitate. Vaccinate. The Pike County Health Department reminds you that the strongest defense is vaccination against flu and COVID. May Robinette of Varnoom, Kentucky celebrated her hundred and fourth birthday, March 21st, surrounded by family and staff from Bluegrass Hospice Care. May has one secret she attributes to her long life. What I think is secret is, I guess, I don't know unless it would be the Lord, honey. He can lose his stony. He's a giver and a tater. He gives us a slice and he takes his slice. May was born in 1918 and has seen decades of advancements including sliced bread, a microwave, and the cell phone. But her favorite was something much simpler. The best thing is, I know what was electricity. That's one of the best things I know of. I'm free with kids. Yeah, that's the truth. May grew up on a farm and after eighth grade began working with her family to keep food on the table. The only education that I had was in eighth grade education. There wasn't no such thing as high school. We made what we'd go eat just about. We had big gardens, we had cattle, we had hogs, sheep, cows, all of them, and chickens, and everything. And it was so different to what it is today. We didn't have such things as electricity and we didn't have no co-pops like a half today. We didn't have no ice creams that in here. Now people were in purple, I guess, did. May had seven children with the oldest living child being 82 and her youngest being 67. Sharon Corball, her youngest child, spoke about what it was like to have May as a mother. She's a great mom. She's always caregiver, always taking care of everybody. She raised half of Brush Creek is what was said. She'd have to go and count heads in the morning to see how many people she had to make breakfast for. So she was always busy, always working, always there. She was excellent seamstress, she always quilted, and it made clothes for people. She made my friends wedding dress, she got married in. She did laundry for people, iron clothes, whatever, however she could make money to bring them a little bit of money in the house. And we were all taught to do the same. May has 21 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. Many things have changed in May's lifetime, including the popularity of vehicles. May recounts the first time she ever saw a car. I can remember the first car I ever saw, and it was one of these little, I call them most, those little cars. It was between a gray and a blue in color, and they said that it belonged to high majors. Now, I don't know who it belonged to, but I said, sure, it's it. I said, I don't know how it could be lived to get in here. There was no room. May says she has enjoyed life and hopes to enjoy it for as long as she lives. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robertson.