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Clydesdale Festival features carnival, music, much more

The Byhalia Clydesdale Christmas Store Festival kicks off Thursday.

It will be held June 19-21 at Highway 309 South and Stonewall Road. Gates open at 5 p.m. each day and close at midnight.

Activities include a carnival all three nights, rodeo Friday and Saturday, plus entertainment nightly. The headliner is Little Texas, performing Saturday from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Parking is $2. An entry fee will also be charged each night.

Leadership class graduates Thursday at Trevecca Manor

The members of the 2008 Leadership Marshall Class will graduate Thursday.

The ceremony is set for June 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trevecca Manor. From Highway 78, go to the Red Banks exit and go south. Look for the sign on the west side of the road.

For more information call 662-838-8127 and leave a message or e-mail byhaliachamber@aol.com. A $10 donation is requested at the door.

The keynote speaker is Dr. Jim Biedenharn, who will talk on “Leading in a Changing World.”

Byhalia Chamber sets quarterly meeting June 26

The Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Membership Luncheon will be held Thursday, June 26, at The Flame, Byhalia United Methodist Church, 2511 Church Street.

Hosts will be Senator Bill Stone, Representatives Tommy Woods, Jack Gadd and Kelvin Buck, and MDOT Northern Commissioner Bill Minor.

Networking and buffet begins at 11:30 a.m. and program begins at 12 noon. Free to members with reservations and others a donation at the door.

For more information call the chamber office, 662-252-8127.

Ida B. Wells celebration July 11-13 in Holly Springs

The Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum is hosting its annual Ida B. Wells Birthday Celebration and Festival on July 11-13.

The theme for this celebration is “Preserving, Protecting, Promoting the Ida B. Wells Legacy.”

Guest speaker for the banquet on July 12 will be Michelle Diane Wright, author of “Broken Utterances: A Selected Anthology of 19th Century Black Women’s Social Thought.”

On each day of the celebration, a member of the Wells family will share the legacy of Ida B. Wells.

For more information on this year’s celebration, call the museum at 252-3232.

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