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Opinion

Fielder’s Choice
By Barry Burleson

Kicking off Christmas

I’m not a cold weather fan, but Sunday’s sudden blast actually helped.

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Close to Nowhere
By Linda Jones

“A day that will live in infamy...”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy...

“FDR asks for a Declaration of War”

“The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, stunned virtually everyone in the United States military.

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Protecting consumers and small businesses

U.S. Senator
Roger F. Wicker

As Christmas approaches, parents and grandparents want to know that products on store shelves are safe. News stories of lead paint decorating children’s toys and defective merchandise understandably concern consumers. Dangerously tainted drywall, which has affected many Mississippi families, also reminds us of the damage caused by poorly-made products.

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Letter To The Editor

Thanks for blood:
Dear Editor,

We would like to say a special thank you for giving blood for Trinity Woods.

There is no way to express our thanks to you for trying to save someone’s life that we love.

This shows that there are still people who care.

Benny Woods and family
Billy Woods and family
Cora Woods Hale and family

Thanks for support:
Dear Editor,

The True Vine Church family would like to give a special thank you to all the merchants who made donations to our Thanksgiving program in which food was provided for people in the community. It would not have been such a success without your support.

Thank you
Pastor Darrell Cunningham and church family

Hometown Heroes

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

Welcome home:

Mark Holland, Matthew McArthur

Immanuel Betts, Marines, 2nd tour, Afghanistan
Chad Bowman, Afghanistan
Houston Brimmage, National Guard, Iraq
Frederick D. Brown, Army, Afghanistan
Shanika Buffington, National Guard, Iraq
John Davis, Army, Iraq
John Westley Day, National Guard, Iraq
LaCourtney Ellis, Army, Afghanistan
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
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
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

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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