News Briefs
Business
After Hours Thursday at bank
The
Bank of Holly Springs is hosting Business After Hours Thursday, Oct.
14, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
The
bank is located at 970 Highway 7 South.
Members
and guests will meet the new Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce
Coordinator Rebecca Bourgeois, a Marshall County native who has worked
with the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce.
The
November 9 Business After Hours will be held at Booker Hardware.
Plan
to participate in the chamber’s annual Christmas Parade December 4 and
Holiday Lighting event on December 11.
For
more information on these activities, call 662-252-2511.
Statewide
burn ban until further notice
A
statewide burn ban was issued by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour last
week. The declaration was made in an attempt to protect homes and
forests.
The
burn ban, which includes a ban on
outdoor grilling, was necessary because of low humidity throughout the
state and lack of rainfall for an extended period. The burn ban is in
effect until further notice, according to the Mississippi Forestry
Commission website.
A
600-acre fire near Madison a week ago caused concern. The brush fire
was intentionally set, according to reports.
To
monitor when burn bans are lifted, visit www.mfc.ms.gov.
A
statewide burn ban in Louisiana was issued October 2, allowing private
burning only with permission of local fire departments and local
government. But the ban in Louisiana did not limit prescribed burning
by agriculture and forestry.
Precinct
moved for Nov. 2 general election
The
5 Holly Springs voting precinct, usually located at the Holly Springs
National Guard Armory, has been moved for the November 2 general
election up the road to the Shriners building, according to circuit
clerk Lucy Carpenter.
The
Shriners building is
located on the right side of Highway 4 East and directly across the
road from the old nursing home which is now a school.
Carpenter
said the 5 Holly Springs precinct is being moved from the armory
because the building is under complete renovation and will
not be
ready for occupancy by the Tuesday, Nov. 2, general election.
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