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OpinionFielder’s Choice Have fun this season Marshall County Dizzy Dean baseball and softball teams begin their season this week. Most of all, I hope it’s a fun season for the children. Close to Nowhere Our friend Beth • The last time I wrote about Beth, I had her permission to talk about her recent diagnosis of cancer. I didn’t ask her permission this time. But, if you know Beth (Breithaupt, who works here at the newspaper), you know she won’t care. Besides, sometimes it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Beth had liver surgery Wed., April 20, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. She’d already undergone several months of chemo in preparation for the surgery and had not had a very bad reaction at all. Wyatt’s World Our typical family Easter Sunday Is there any more perfect representation of the tribulations of being a parent than sitting in church with three antsy children? Letters To The Editor Tornado sirens After reading your editorial in last week’s paper, it again brought to mind that Holly Springs still does not have tornado sirens. I wonder how our county officials can justify not installing them in our town. It could and would save lives as well as avoiding many severe injuries. My husband and I work in the Byhalia schools. Yesterday, April 25, our students had to go into the halls because a tornado was right over the Marshall County area. The Byhalia sirens were going off. I would bet a lot of people in Holly Springs did not even know what the weather was like or that a tornado was in our area. When we got home late in the afternoon, we immediately turned on the TV to watch what weather forecasters were saying. We were under a tornado watch until midnight. All of the Memphis TV channels had interrupted programming to keep us posted on what was happening. We could leave the TV on, but that should not be an option. I would guess that there are a large number of citizens who don’t have weather radios. Power could go out, and we would not have cable service. With elections coming up and most candidates are now campaigning, some of these candidate should get serious about tornado sirens. It would certainly make most of us feel a little safer in Holly Springs. Thanks, Hometown Heroes Please take time to remember our local “heroes” who are serving in war zones around the world. Immanuel Betts, Marines, 2nd tour, AfghanistanChad 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 Antione McNeil, Army, 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 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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