News Briefs
Grand opening
set for new police station
A
grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting to celebrate the new Holly
Springs police headquarters on J.M. Ash Drive has been rescheduled for
June 29. Ribbon cutting is set
for 10 a.m. and the facilities
will be open for touring from then until 2 p.m., according to chief
Robert Pearson. The public is encouraged
to attend the grand opening and to receive an informative tour of the
new station.
Killer Kudzu
Run set for Friday in Holly Springs
The Killer Kudzu 5K Run
will be held Friday evening, May 29, in downtown Holly Springs. The annual event, which
benefits the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, begins and ends
on the courtsquare. The 5K starts at 7 p.m.
and the one-mile run at 8 p.m. Race day registration is from 6 p.m. to
6:45 p.m. The Killer Kudzu is
sponsored by American Pacific. For more information,
see the story on page 1 of the second section or go to
www.americanpac.com. County’s Relay
for Life June 12-13 at city park The
10th annual Relay For Life in Holly Springs/Marshall County is set for
Friday, June 12, from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. at Sam Coopwood Park in Holly
Springs. The Relay for Life
committees are asking individuals to
come out to the park to celebrate the evening with survivors, families
and friends and to purchase luminaria or purple bows to support the
fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society. Luminaria sell for
$10, silver luminaria for $25, and gold luminaria for $50. The
presentation of the luminaria to honor someone living or the memory of
a loved one who lost the battle is one of the most moving segments of
the evening. Individuals can also
purchase purple bows to help
raise awareness of the event in the community in the Paint The Town
Purple segment of the event. Purple bows sell for $10 and $20 each and
can be attached to the lampposts, a business door, or a mailbox and
call attention to the annual fundraiser. All proceeds go to the
American Cancer Society to help raise cancer awareness and to pay for
research for the cure, as well as to help Marshall Countians, who are
currently fighting cancer, with transportation costs to go to
treatments or doctor’s appointments.
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