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Barton attains Level 8 fire rating

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Four years of hard work getting manpower up and paperwork filed have resulted in a Level 8 fire rating for the Barton Fire Grading District.

The Level 8 applies to everything within the five-road mile distance of the fire station, fire chief Buck Culver said.

A Level 8 fire insurance rating will mean a possible 30 percent to 40 percent drop in homeowner insurance rates in the grading district, he said. Homeowners should call their insurance agents to ask for rate reductions if their policy allows it.

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Thanks, veterans
• Servicemen honored for sacrifices

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Enoch Lester, U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam from July 1968 to August 1969.

Holly Springs veterans were treated to a military appreciation ceremony Thursday, Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day.

Guest speaker was Rep. Kelvin Buck, a former member of the U.S. Marine Corp.

He reminded citizens to remember that freedoms enjoyed in the United States came and continue to come at a high cost. Freedom is not free, he said.

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Police make several arrests

The Holly Springs Police Department responded to 92 calls last week and made felony arrests for sexual battery, rape, possession of a firearm on a school campus and possession of marijuana.

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Assistant librarian talks on genealogy

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Assistant librarian Robert Patterson was guest speaker at “Friends of the Library” this month. He reviewed some of his recent activities and his interests, including genealogy.

Taking a suggestion from Martha Fant, Patterson got a copy of a large county map that has the locations of cemeteries in Marshall County. He had it laminated and it will be on display for the genealogy room. The original map is located in the county courthouse. He said the librarian wants to rearrange the genealogy room so the map can be walked up to and studied.

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Be alert for suspicious activity

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays at hand, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department is urging residents to be on the alert for burglaries and break-ins, which usually increase heavily this time of year.

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Beck will be guest speaker for Dec. 6 library program

The Friends of the Marshall County Library will be hosting a program by Dr. Brandon H. Beck on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at noon.

Beck lives in Columbus. He is a retired professor emeritus of Civil War History, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Va., and current director of the McCormick Civil War Institute at that university.

He is the author of nine books in Civil War history. The book “Holly Springs” covers the defense of Vicksburg in 1862, when Gen. Earl Van Dorn turned back two full-scale offensives.

Dr. Beck’s program will feature Van Dorn as well as the Arkansas and the Holly Springs raids.

Correction

In a newspaper report last week on Mass Communications Week at Rust College, the title of Dr. Kenneth Jones was incorrect.

He ranks as an associate professor at the college in Holly Springs.


Photos by Barry Burleson Halftime show The Galena School band performed during halftime of Marshall Academy’s recent state playoff football game versus Carroll Academy. Pictured are Jarrett Parks (left) and Kayla Wooten.

Golding visits to promote new book, ‘Panther Tract’

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Writer, photographer and artist Melody Golding recently visited the Marshall County Historical Museum to sign copies of her new book, “Panther Tract,” about wild boar hunting in the Mississippi Delta.

The book, containing 160 color photographs, introduction and appendix, is available from University Press.

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