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Clydesdale fest
• Proceeds benefit Christmas Store

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Halie Atkinson from Hernando takes a ride on the mechanical bull Friday at the festival.

The Byhalia Clydesdale Festival got off to a wet and muddy start but by all accounts was successful in attendance and fun, according to Ronnie Luther.

He and his wife Brenda organized the Clydesdale Christmas Store to provide toys and clothes for children of needy families.

Thursday night was rained out about an hour after opening, he said. But before the storm clouds swept in, the evening was stacking up to be one of the better attended Thursday nights in the festival’s history.

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Robbery suspect arrested in county

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

An Oxford man was arrested Thursday on Skating Rink Road after he allegedly fled the scene of two armed robberies in Southaven and shot a gun near a Mexican restaurant in Byhalia.

The arrest was made by officers with the Byhalia Police Department and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department

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Bids come in on Ash/7 intersection

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Four construction companies proffered bids for the construction of the intersection at J.M. Ash Drive at Highway 7 South near U.S. 78. One company failed to complete the application and the bid was not read.

Other bids, opened at the Marshall County Board of Supervisors meeting June 13, included the low bid of $822,998.21 from Union Construction Company at Etta; mid-range bid of $829,530.64 from Bain & Sons in Holly Springs; and a high bid of $911,618.49 from Endevco of Oxford.

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Brother to donate portion of his liver

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Thirty-year-old Jonathan Nichols of Byhalia is to be married to Megan Tate of Higdon Road Saturday at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Potts Camp. On July 18, the groom is scheduled to have surgery to donate a portion of his liver to his brother, Jeffrey, who needs a new liver.

Jeffrey, 23, has been in trouble with leukemia and now with liver damage due to chemotherapy treatments to knock out his T-cell leukemia. Surgery for both men will take place at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

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Annual picnic Friday, Saturday

The annual North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic will be held June 24-25 at Foxfire Ranch, 1465 Old Oxford Road, Waterford.

This year’s festival lineup features Hill Country musicians Kenny Brown, Duwayne Burnside, The North Mississippi Allstars, Duoluco, Jimbo Mathus, Rising Star Fife and Drum Band and many more. The two-day festival takes place in the rolling hills of Marshall County and will run from 4 p.m. on Friday, June 24, until after midnight on Saturday, June 25.

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Photo by Sue Watson

Fire hydrant mishap

Terry Sims assists traffic while waiting for the turnoff valve supplying this water line to be located by crews upstream. The fire plug on West Woodward was being flushed by Holly Springs firemen Thursday when the shutoff valve at the plug broke and they were unable to turn off the water. The problem began between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Thursday and the valve was still spewing water at 3 p.m. as crews worked fervently to find the buried shut-off valve in the main line.

Byhalia police officers go to 43 calls

The Byhalia Police Department responded to 43 calls during the past week.

Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 10; miscellaneous, 13; escorts, 3; juveniles, 2; disturbances, 1; motor vehicle accidents, 1; fires, 3; and medical, 10.

Byhalia police officers also made six arrests during the past week, according to Chief Looney.

Holly Springs officers respond to larcenies, mischief, more

The Holly Springs Police Department responded to 94 calls last week.

The calls included – stolen auto, 1; disturbances, 11; alarm calls, 4; domestics, 2; larcenies, 8; accidents, 5; burglaries, 1; auto burglaries, 1; fraud, 2; malicious mischief, 1; funerals, 2; shots fired, 2; and miscellaneous, 54.

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Holly Springs Chamber schedules quarterly meeting

The Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce announces the second quarterly meeting Thursday, June 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Beckley Center, across from Rust College. Lunch will be served. Cost per person is $10. Please RSVP to 662-252-2943.

County awaits word on sewage bond

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors and consultant Gary Anderson are closely watching an August 17 bond commission meeting in Jackson to make sure a sewer project bond is in the sale.

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