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Marshall-Benton split in Senate plan

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Bill Stone (left) and Gary Anderson talk with supervisors Monday.

Sen. Bill Stone met this week with the Marshall County Board of Supervisors to discuss the recently passed Senate redistricting plan that eliminates the Marshall-Benton-Tippah district.

Stone said Marshall and Benton counties have strong arguments they can use to fight the redrawing of their legislative district.

Benton County can argue that the proposed redistricting in Northeast Mississippi causes a dilution of its black voting population, he said. And Benton and Marshall counties can both argue that the redistricting plan breaks up communities of interest, he said.

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Board supports mayor on bill dispute

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Holly Springs Board of Aldermen stood behind the mayor in a dispute over collection of a delinquent gas bill from Acme Brick.

Ed Watson with Acme argued with the mayor and board at a recent meeting that his company had been treated wrongly over a natural gas bill dispute.

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‘Charles never gave up’
• H.W. Byers student released from hospital

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

From left are Sheriff Kenny Dickerson, Charles Hardeman, Tammie Hardeman and Maj. Kelly McMillen with the sheriff’s office.

Charles Hardeman, an H.W. Byers junior, is home and in his mother’s care after spending several weeks at The Med recovering from head trauma and a stroke that paralyzed his left arm.

His mother, Tammie Hardeman, of Grand Junction, Tenn., said her 18-year-old son’s miraculous survival, from a blow to the face and being thrown in a lake with a weight tied to his foot to die, has brought them both closer to God.

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Asset mapping team covers city sites

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Holly Springs’ best tourism features will be mapped and put on the Internet for travelers to use in planning trips to the city.

It is the latest of a series of cities and towns over the state to receive the asset mapping service, according to Diana O’Toole with the Mississippi Development Authority’s asset mapping team.

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Photo by Sue Watson

New business
A ribbon-cutting ceremony, coordinated by the Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce, was held Tuesday morning at the new offices of State Farm agent Ellis Stubbs. The building is located at 281 Alexander Avenue in Holly Springs, near Walmart and the Bank of Holly Springs. Stubbs, his wife LeeAnn and baby son Townsend, along with employees Emma Woods and Masey Gresham, join other family members and community representatives for the grand opening. Mayor Andre’ DeBerry is pictured cutting the ribbon.

Lucas serving as interim at Southern Miss

Returning to familiar territory, Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas has been selected to serve as the interim president for the University of Southern Mississippi, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning recently announced.

“Dr. Aubrey Lucas is the epitome of an educator and a scholar,” said Ed Blakeslee of Gulfport, president of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. “His vast knowledge of higher education, and particularly the University of Southern Mississippi, will serve the university well during this transition period.”

Lucas is president emeritus and professor of higher education at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served for 22 years as president.

He had previously served as president of Delta State University for four years. He also served as interim commissioner of higher education from October 2008 until July 2009.

Correction

In a story headlined “Buffington joins tourism,” that ran in last week’s South Reporter, an error was made about an audio CD.

The audio CD is of the citywide walking/driving tour and not for the cemetery, according to Stephanie McKinney, executive director the Holly Springs Tourism and Recreation Bureau.

The cemetery tour was on the new brochure developed for visitors by the tourism bureau and Chelius Carter.

The CD is a separate tour guide that can be downloaded for free from the tourism website, www.visithollysprings.com

City officers go to 110 calls

Holly Springs police officers responded to 110 calls last week, according to interim chief Lt. John Norman.

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City plan nears final draft

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

A new 20-year comprehensive plan for the City of Holly Springs should be ready for presentation to the mayor and board of aldermen and the public in June, according to consulting planner Bob Barber.

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