Fielder's
Choice
By Barry Burleson
Looking back
This week
the look back at 2004 pick ups in June.
A weekend
thunderstorm wreaked some of the worst tree damage across
Marshall County in 12 years.
Marshall
County Historical Museum curator Lois Swanee was
recognized as “Mississippi’s Outstanding Older
Worker of the Year.”
Brian Pope
of Oxford won the Killer Kudzu 5K Run for the third
straight year.
The 16th
Annual Kudzu Festival was held in Holly Springs at Thomas
Arena with activities enjoyed by young and old alike.
Holly
Springs Police Chief Robert Burby resigned after almost
two years on the job. He accepted the same position in
Texas City, Texas, population 43,000.
Patricia
Selman took over as acting chief, on appointment by the
Holly Springs Board of Aldermen.
A Marshall
County bank was robbed at gunpoint by a suspect who
traveled to and from the bank on a bicycle. A suspect was
arrested.
The first
annual Byhalia Clydesdale Festival was held despite
steady rain and overcast skies.
Holly
Springs was added to the Sabers and Saddles Tour circuit
put on by the Blue and Gray Educational Society.
A hearing at
Byhalia High School on the proposed routes of I-69 was
attended by more than 400 people.
A second
suspect in the recent bank robbery surrendered to
authorities.
Mississippi
First Lady Marsha Barbour toured Strawberry Plains and
was invited back to launch the annual Hummingbird
Migration Celebration later in the year.
Kenny
Dawkins scored 11 points in the North’s win over the
South in the annual Mississippi High School All-Star
Basketball Game.
A new Pop
Warner Football League was organizing in Marshall County.
The
community, guests and family members participated in the
annual Ida B. Wells Celebration in Holly Springs.
Mike and
Jorja Lynn were busy getting ready to open stage one of a
three-part garden and historic home tour in Holly
Springs.
Wade Griffin
held his first practice as head coach of the Marshall
Academy football Patriots.
A Troop
commander Doug Ferguson encouraged the community to give
soldiers a good sendoff. The troop had been mobilized for
deployment to Iraq.
Two new
coaches were hired for the Holly Springs Lady Hawks
basketball team – head coach Wilbert Beard and
assistant Errine Malone.
Holly
Springs was the setting for the opening scenes of
“Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?” starring John
Maxwell. Film crews were in town.
One of Holly
Springs’ loved historic mansions, Airliewood,
survived an almost devastating fire, thanks to the
efforts of firefighters.
The Marshall
County Sheriff’s Department made three arrests in a
dogfighting case.
The Byhalia
Family Health Center held the grand opening of its
expanded facility with Congressman Roger Wicker on hand.
A flyover of
various areas in Marshall County led to the discovery of
a small field of marijuana plants, and an arrest
followed. Local and state authorities were involved in
the case.
National
Guardsmen packed their bags for Camp Shelby for advanced
training before going to Iraq.
That carries
the “look back” through August. I will wrap it
up there. The past four months should still be fresh on
everyone’s mind. Next week it’s back to the
regular column - I hope.
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