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Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Storm causes damage

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Cleanup
Aubrey and Dwight Skelton clean up debris from the storm which struck last week.

High winds along Highway 7 North at the Jerry Bolden ranch and further north at Dwight Skelton’s mobile home did roof and tin damage Thursday about 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Local officials to attend Barbour’s budget meeting

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Members of the Mississippi Legislature and state agencies are waiting with bated breath for Gov. Haley Barbour’s planned stimulus package summit with state and local officials April 16 at the Convention Center in Jackson.

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Drop in car sales creates monster for Legislature

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Mississippi motorists may begin paying nearly double for their motor vehicle registration tags if the State Legislature does not find a way soon to replenish a revenue stream that, beginning in 1994, paid half the car tag fee for motorists.

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Photos by Barry Burleson

Lifetime Achievement

The late Dr. W.A. McMillan was the Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Accepting from Lynn Pullen (middle) are his daughter, Dr. Paula McMillan Jones (left), and his granddaughter, Lauren Jones.

Chamber hands out awards

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted an evening of celebration and recognition March 31 at the Oak Palace.

About 150 tickets were sold and everyone had a good time at the gala, according to executive director Amy Heaton.

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Police arrest several suspects

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Holly Springs Police Department made two arrests last week on burglary charges, two on rape charges and one on molestation charges, according to police chief Robert Pearson.

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Byhalia police officers respond to 54 calls

The Byhalia Police Department was busy last week, responding to 54 calls.

Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 7; motor vehicle accidents, 2; burglaries, 3; disturbances, 4; shooting, 1; vehicle theft, 1; escort, 1; assists, 3; medical assists, 11; fires, 3; miscellaneous calls, 18.

Officers with the Byhalia Police Department also made three arrests during the past week.

Balfour returns from deployment

Marine Corps Cpl. Javian D. Balfour, son of John Balfour of Hickory Flat, along with more than 2, 200 Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., returned from a seven-month deployment to the Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleets’ area of operations in support of Maritime Security Operations and the Global War on Terror aboard ships of the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), Norfolk, Va.

While deployed, the MEU supported regional security and stability operations in Iraq and the Horn of Africa as well as conducted theater security cooperation exercises with regional allies and impromptu counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. The MEUs CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters were detached for six months to support Marine Aircraft Group 16, Al Asad, Iraq.

The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, the U.S. Ambassador to Spain, the Spanish Minister of Defense, former Marine and actor R. Lee Ermey as well as officers from countries throughout the 5th and 6th Fleet visited the Iwo Jima and the MEU to foster moral and continued international cooperation.

Balfour is a 2003 graduate of Hickory Flat High School of Hickory Flat and joined the Marine Corps in October 2003.

OCS graduate

Ens. James H. Crouch III, a recent graduate of Officer Candidate School, U.S. Naval Command, Newport, RI, was selected as a Battalion Lt. for Graduate Class 10-09 and is currently stationed at U.S. Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga. Officer Crouch was a 2002 graduate of Collierville High School and a 2006 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with a major in aviation administration. Officer Crouch is married to Casey M. Crouch. Ens. Crouch is the son of Bettye S. Crouch of Collierville, Tenn., and James H. Crouch Jr. of Fayette County, Tenn. Officer Crouch is the grandson of Richard P. and Marge C. Simmons of the Barton community and James H. Crouch of Germantown, Tenn., and Sarah D. Crouch of Memphis, Tenn.

Accident causes one fatality

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

One driver has died and another driver was injured April 1 following a collision at Highway 302 and Highway 309 in the Barton community, according to Sgt. Leslie White with the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

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City starts absentee voting

Absentee voting is available for the City of Holly Springs primary election, scheduled for Tuesday, May 5.

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Perry, Person guests on show

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Chickasaw Council elder Robert Perry and attorney David Person were two guests recently interviewed on the “Good News Happy Hour,” a.k.a. “Lois and Lisa Show,” at the studio in Holly Springs.

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Photo by Sue Watson

Spidermen

Chase Rippee and Matt Davidson, with Diamond K Tower Co. Inc. of Greenville, took care of business last week, installing the new communication tower that will serve the City of Holly Springs and Marshall County. The tower was put up behind the new Holly Springs police station on J.M. Ash Drive which should open next month.

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