Grover Sanders and wife Jennie of Longview prepare Monday to celebrate his 97th birthday. Members of the 'Social Work on Aging' class at MSU, taught by Julie Smith (standing, right), furnished the cake and party favors. Class members are (front, l-r) Margaret Jordan and Hillary Kelly; and (standing, left) Victoria Whitten. The students met the Sanders during Starkville's annual Christmas Adopt-a-Family program.