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Opinion

Fielder’s Choice
By Barry Burleson

Braves and bad bug

First comes the good part about a three-day vacation last week.

Good friend Don Brooks and I had been trying to work out some dates to see the Atlanta Braves play. I had hoped to go since day one of the 2010 campaign, because it’s manager Bobby Cox’s last season. He will be a Hall of Famer – no doubt.

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Close to Nowhere
By Linda Jones

The Loose Threads...

My friend Jane and I have been members of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild in Oxford since about 2003. The Piecemakers meet once a month on Saturday and every week on Wednesday morning.

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The Preacher’s Corner
By Rev. Dr. Milton Winter

The Sabbath school was first Holly Springs Church

While our old church is being worked on, we’ve been meeting in the little building two doors north that belongs to the Town and Country Garden Club. We are grateful to the club for allowing us to use this space, for it has a historic connection to our congregation. You see, the little garden club building was the original Holly Springs Presbyterian Church! In fact, it was the town’s first church.

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Hometown Heroes

Please take time to remember our local “heroes” who are serving in war zones around the world.

Welcome home RobertWeston Pittman

Welcome home Barry Lester

Immanuel Betts, Marines, 2cd tour, Afghanistan
Houston Brimmage, National Guard, Iraq
Shanika Buffington, National Guard, Iraq
John Davis, Army, Iraq
John Westley Day, National Guard, Iraq
Battle Ewing, Army, 2nd tour, Afghanistan
Charles Fairbairn, Army, Iraq; now in Afghanistan
George Frank Frayser, Army, 4th tour, Iraq
Wayne Gowland, Army, Iraq
Jarod Grimes, Army, Iraq
Mark Holland, National Guard, Iraq
Tyler Holmes, Army, Iraq
Lee (Brandon) Hutchens, Marines, Iraq
Sammie Ivy, National Guard, Iraq
Jason Janicki, Army, Iraq
Robert Jordan Jr., Army, Iraq
LaVandes Lester, Marines, Iraq
James Light, Army, Afghanistan
Tanya Martin, Air Force, Iraq
Matthew McArthur, Marines, Iraq
Jessie Mills, National Guard, Iraq
Chad Minor, Air Force
Chadwick (Chad) Phillips, Army, 2nd tour, Iraq
Scott Poff, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq
Deron Randolph, Marines, Iraq
Darryl Wayne Ricks, National Guard, Iraq
Cody Sanderson, Air Force, Iraq
John Snow, Army, toured two times in Iraq; now serving his second tour in Afghanistan
Mitch Swann, Army, Iraq
Stewart Skelton, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq
Landon Tucker, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq
Chauncy Turnage, Army, 2nd tour, Iraq
Clebin Walker, Army, 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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