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Opinion

Fielder’s Choice
By Barry Burleson

Selection Sunday

This year’s annual family event of filling in our NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket was the most disappointing I can recall.

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Close to Nowhere
By Linda Jones

Medical conclusions

Last week I left everyone hanging about my Thursday emergency MRI -- remember chapter movies eons ago?

Beth, who has just completed eight chemo treatments, had an MRI Wednesday. We talked about it at work Tuesday -- the headphones to keep the noise level bearable, the claustrophobia and the best part -- the vibrations!

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Celebrate Southern culture in Holly Springs

Stephanie McKinney
Executive Director
Holly Springs Tourism

Southern literature was born in Mississippi. The state’s literary greats have distinguished themselves the world over with a special talent for capturing the true South and the heart of America in their works. As a creative bedrock, Mississippi has also produced artists in every genre from painting and sculpture to stage and film. Nowhere is that more evident than in Holly Springs.

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Letters To The Editor

Tyler still has hopes of finding that duck pond:
Dear Editor:

The wild Coldwater River has claimed another victim. My grandson, Tyler Lawler, used Google Earth on the Internet and thought he had spotted a duck pond on the Hathaway Farm that the Coldwater runs through.

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Hometown Heroes

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

Immanuel Betts, Marines, 2nd tour, Afghanistan
Chad Bowman, Afghanistan
Houston Brimmage, National Guard, Iraq
Frederick D. Brown, Army, Afghanistan
Shanika Buffington, National Guard, Iraq
Wesley Crutcher II, Afghanistan
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
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
Scott King, Navy, Afghanistan
LaVandes Lester, Marines, Iraq
James Light, Army, Afghanistan
Tanya Martin, Air Force, Iraq
Chad Minor, Air Force
Will Olita, Navy, Arabian Sea (Afghanistan)
Chadwick (Chad) Phillips, Army, 2nd tour, Iraq
Scott Poff, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq
Deron Randolph, Marines, Iraq
Darryl Wayne Ricks, National Guard, Iraq
Candace L. White, Army, Afghanistan
Justin Sanders, Army, 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
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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