Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
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Community | Obits | Editorial & Columnists | Society | Sports | Education | Classified Ads | Calendar of Events | Features | Newsbriefs | Legals | Archives | Subscriptions | Photo Gallery |
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Calendar of EventsWednesday • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. Friday • YOUTH NIGHT OUT Fri., Feb. 16, 6-10 p.m. at the Multi-Purpose Building. Admission charged. Ages 7-15. Refreshments will be sold. Sponsored by the Jones Grove Youth Ministry. Music by the legendary J. Falk. Saturday • MID-SOUTH CIVIL WAR SHOW Feb. 17-18, Creative Arts Center, Memphis Fairgrounds. Admission is charged. Open to the public. For more info., call 901-388-2346, or write P.O. Box 11207, Memphis, TN 38111. • BANQUET Kimbrough Chapel will host a pastor and wife banquet, Sat., Feb. 17, 6 p.m. at the Zeta Sigma Complex building. The public is invited. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. • BLACK HISTORY BANQUET First annual countywide Marshall County black history banquet, 7 p.m., Feb. 17, St. Paul Outreach Center, Byhalia. Keynote speaker, the mayor of Maywood, Ill., Henderson Yarbrough. Sponsored by Rev. Andrew Cheairs, St. Paul MB Church and State Rep. Kelvin Buck. All proceeds go to the St. Paul Outreach Center and the Marshall County branch of the NAACP. For tickets or info. call the church at 838-4774. • CELEBRATION OF LOVE Victoria United Methodist Church, Sat., Feb. 17, 5 p.m. Entertainment by The Justified Jug Band of Olive Branch. Good food, good fun and good fellowship. Please come. • BLACK HISTORY Anderson Chapel CME Church family invites you to join in the celebration of black history. They will host the Black Voices from Mississippi State University, Starkville, on February 17, at 6 p.m. • BENEFIT for Jason West, wreck victim, on Feb. 17, at Potts Camp Auction, 25 S. Center St., Potts Camp, beginning at 12 noon. Barbecue plates, hamburgers and more. Country and gospel singers, Southwind Band, Mitch Stone, Ilena Wear, Fishers of Men will be from 2-3 and the auction will start at 5 p.m. Cakes, pies and lots of goodies. • WOMEN’S BRUNCH Ark of Safety Ministries, 4174 Hwy 178 W, Red Banks, next door to the Meat Market. Brunch and registration, 9 a.m. Dynamic speakers, evangelists Brenda James and Natasha Hardin. Host pastor, Bruce Williams. 662-551-1500. • SINGING Clear Creek Baptist Church, Sat., Feb. 17. Fellowship at 6, singing at 7 p.m. with Fishers of Men. Everyone is invited. Sunday • STATE DRIVE Kimbrough Chapel, Feb. 18, 11 a.m. • STATE DRIVE Liberty Hill MB Church, southeast of Byhalia, Sun., Feb. 18, 2 p.m. Rev. Charles Miller and New Beginning of Southaven, will be guests. Rev. Jerry Selvy, pastor of Liberty Hill. • PROGRAM Hopewell #1 Missionary Baptist Church Youth Department will present its annual Black History program Sunday, February 18, 2007, at 2:45 p.m. Mayor Andre’ DeBerry will be the speaker. Everyone is invited • Celebrating Black History Sunday, Feb. 18, at 3 p.m. The Latter Rain Church will celebrate black history. Special guest speaker will be Dr. Leon Howard, Rust College professor and chair of division of education. The community is invited. For more information, contact the Latter Rain Church at 252-6350. Elder Joseph Selman, pastor. • SPECIAL SERVICE Sun., Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m., New Life Tabernacle, Hwy. 178 W., Byhalia. Evangelist Rev. Steve Hale from Paris, Tenn. Pastor Travis Montgomery and church family invite all. • MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER First United Methodist Church, Holly Springs. Sun., Feb. 18, 11 a.m. Speaker is Gary Gunderson, senior vice president of Methodist LeBonheur Health Care and author. He has made presentations on health and faith in Africa, Europe and the U.S. Tuesday • MEETING The Marshall County Humane Society will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the public library in Holly Springs. Everyone is welcome. • PARENT WORKSHOP Byhalia High School, for parents of students taking the subject area tests. Tues., Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m. in the BHS library. Your child must pass these tests before he/she can graduate. February 21 • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. February 23 • FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT Kimbrough Chapel, 7 p.m. with guest speaker Rev. Allen Carr of West Memphis, Ark. All youth are invited to attend. Sponsored by the Friday Night Fight committee. • AFRICAN AMERICAN FEST Fri., Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in observance of black history month. Sponsored by the Friends of Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum and Cultural Center of African American history. Theme: African American contributions to Holly Springs, 1830-1900. Eddie L. Smith Multi-Purpose Building. For more info. call 252-3232. • “The Newlywed Game” featuring couples from True Vine, the Holly Springs community, and the Memphis area. You are invited to enjoy the fun, the food, the laughter and the fellowship. Grand prize to the winner. True Vine MB Church, Friday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. Darrell E. Cunningham, host pastor. February 24 • GOSPEL EXTRAVAGANZA Galena School PTA will host their third annual gospel extravaganza, Sat., Feb. 24, 6 p.m. at Mt. Olive MB Church in Byhalia. Everyone is asked to get involved with helping the school. • RALLY Kick-off rally, “40 Days of Prayer,” Feb. 24, 6 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, located one mile south of Hwy. 78 on Hwy. 309 (beside gas station at the deep curve in Warsaw). Everyone is invited. For more info. call Amy Presley, 662-893-0794, leave message. • MEETING The W.T. Sims High Class of 1967 Club will meet Feb. 24, 4 p.m. at Pizza Hut, Hwy. 7, Holly Springs. Important, please attend. Chairman, James Alford. February 25 • YOUTH DAY Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant, Sun., Feb. 25, 3 p.m. Everyone is invited. Pastor, Elder Curtis Pritchard. • BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM Ark of Safety Ministries, 4174 Hwy 178 W, Red Banks, 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker, pastor Charles Dooley and Hamilton Chapel. Host pastor, Bruce Williams. 662-551-1500. • MEETING Holly Springs High School Class of 1973 will have a meeting, Feb. 25, Marshall County Library, 4 p.m. For more info. call Alberta, 252-6886, Harvey, 662-629-0030 or Janice, 252-1026. • SINGING Mt. Teamer CME Church, Musgray Rd., Holly Springs, Feb. 25, 3 p.m., featuring the Hampton Singers. Everyone is invited. Willie Harper, pastor.Delta Sigma Theta Founders Day Program at 3:00pm at Asbury UM Church. Public is invited. Speaker will be Dr. Marian Y. Talley. Entertainment will be the Holly Springs High School Choir. February 28 • FREE CONCERT Crossway Quartet Group will be in concert at Slayden Baptist Church, 2534 Hwy 72, Slayden, Sun., Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. Free to the public; a love offering will be taken. Everyone is invited. For more info. call the church at 252-4559. • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. March 3 • BENEFIT PROGRAM Jones Grove Baptist Church, for Bro. Aubrey (Pete) Jeffries, Sat., March 3, 5 p.m. Bro. Jeffries is lead singer with the Twilight Singers and is a kidney transplant patient, along with other medical conditions. The Twilight Singers, along with his family, invite all choirs, male choruses, soloists and gospel groups to participate. March 7 • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. March 10 • Second Saturday, the Marshall County Humane Society’s farmers’ and flea market, will be open from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the VFW in Holly Springs. Call Lynn Pullen at 901-490-8553 for information on getting your own booth. March 13 • MEETING State Retired Education personnel will meet Tues., March 13. Retirees from Marshall County will be in attendance. March 14 • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. March 24 • HORSE SHOW March 24 at the Marshall County Fairgrounds. Gates open at 2 p.m., show begins at 4 p.m. For more info., please call 252-5441. If ice or snow, show will be cancelled. FYI • REUNION Byhalia High School Classes of 1980-1981-1982 and 1983 is planning a reunion. Please contact Paula Wheeler-Davis 662-838-7194 or newspdavis@yahoo.com, Vivian Rogers-Gulledge 901-870-1210, or Ruby Shaw-Blackmon 662-838-6996 or Martha Jones-Rogers, 901-361-8480 for more details. Report News:
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