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OpinionFielder’s Choice Turning 47 A preacher I heard recently asked, “What is old?” He answered that after years of trying to come up with the answer, he had come to the conclusion that most people define anyone who is 20 years their senior as “old.” Perhaps that’s why my children – ages 17, 14 and 6 – say I’m old. Close to Nowhere Nashville cats...
This past week there may have been thirteen-hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville, but they were far outweighed by the “thread pickers” — quilters filled the city and if Jane and I were any example, we were all playing wild and clean (OK, washing fabric does count as clean!). Forgotten, but not gone By Bobby Mitchell The history of Strawberry Plains and the families so intimately connected with it through its long history have been largely forgotten in recent decades. While forgotten from our collective and most individual memories, the history itself was not gone; it was still there waiting to be rediscovered. In 2004 Strawberry Plains Audubon Center director Madge Lindsey saw the need for a written history of the plantation and its benefactors, the Finley sisters, Ruth Finley and Margaret Finley Shackelford. There was only one person with the credentials to undertake this history, someone with personal knowledge of the intricate familial relationships and geographic setting of the original Strawberry Plains plantation and its subsequent additions. Letter To The Editor Response to Safehaven: Marshall County We were told after the Zoning meeting on Aug. 14 that this proposed intrusion into our community would not be permitted by our “elected officials” — (remember, people, key word here is elected). According to this website it’s already a done deal. Please take the time out to read it. I called my supervisor and read it to him; he said the contents were not true. Again, please, you read it and see if you want to make a call as well. Better yet, be sure and once again show up at the next meeting, Sept. 8, 9 a.m. (watch for location in paper)....How dare “they” say we have no say-so. They had say-so in DeSoto County. There’s some serious fibbing going on here. I hope we don’t have to use the phrase “just follow the money.” The article is “SafeHaven Moving Ahead” By Larry Logan, director of SafeHaven; http://www.safehavenofnorthms.com/august2008-newsletter.htm The Beacon - Newsletter of Safehaven of North Mississippi. Deborah Nash Hometown Heroes Please take time to remember our local “heroes” who are serving in war zones around the world. Welcome Home: James Marcus Anthony, Kevin Luse, George Frank Frayser, William Payton, Charles (Will) Stanback Mark W. Clark II, Army, IraqBattle Ewing, Army, Iraq Charles Fairbairn, Army, Iraq; now in Afghanistan Jarod Grimes, Army, Iraq Timothy Hardaway, Army, Iraq Lee (Brandon) Hutchens, Marines, Iraq Jason Janicki, Army, Iraq Henry A. Jones, Army, Iraq Donnie Kirksey, Marines, Iraq Matthew McArthur, Marines, Iraq Michael McClatchy, Army, Iraq George Merritt, Marines, Iraq Chad Minor, Air Force Chadwick (Chad) Phillips, Army, 2nd tour, Iraq Deron Randolph, Marines, Iraq Jerry W. Richardson, Army National Guard, Iraq John Snow, Army, 2 tours Iraq, now in Afghanistan Mitch Swann, Army, Iraq Stephnie Taylor, Air Force, Iraq Lynwood Turner, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq Charles Weathersby, Marines, Iraq Supporting Our Troops If you’d like to add a name to this list, please contact The South Reporter, attn. Linda Jones, P.O. Box 278, Holly Springs, MS 38635; 662-252-4261; or email: south@dixie-net.com |
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