The South Reporter — Thursday, June 7, 2012


Thursday, June 7, 2012
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Explosion, fire level business
• Lightning strikes house

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Barry Burleson

Mike’s Quick Stop on Highway 7 North in Holly Springs was reduced to this pile of rubble early Monday morning.

An explosion early Monday morning and resulting fire demolished Mike’s Quick Stop in Holly Springs.

Later that morning, lightning struck a house on Hernando Road and started a fire.

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Schools receive national honor

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

H.W. Byers, Potts Camp and Holly Springs are in a group of 76 Mississippi high schools recognized nationally as bronze medal schools in the U.S. News Best High Schools 2012 rankings.

Pass Christian High School ranked nationally as a silver medal school, the only school in the state to do so.

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Moving forward
• City’s comprehensive plan takes shape

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Holly Springs Comprehensive Plan is close to ready for approval by the board of aldermen – likely sometime in June or July, according to Bob Barber, consultant for the city.

He recently met with a handful of interested public at the Multi-Purpose Building to go over the plan as it stands now and ask for comment. Barber was consultant on the last comprehensive plan of the city drawn up in 1997.

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Relay for Life all night Friday in Holly Springs

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The 2012 Marshall County Relay for Life is almost here, set to start Friday at 6 p.m. at Sam Coopwood Park.

This relay is especially meaningful to survivors and caregivers alike, as its founder, Dr. Gordon Klatt, has been diagnosed with cancer.

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Rubbish site notches forward

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors met recently with John Porter to discuss a proposed Class II rubbish site on the northwestern edge of the county.

Details of the agreements Marshall County Solid Waste Authority wants to work out with Porter must be fine-tuned, according to board attorney Kent Smith.

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Photo by Sue Watson

“Friends” install azaleas

Azaleas are installed on the north wall of the Marshall County Library in Holly Springs, a gift from Bobby Mitchell, also a member of Friends of the Library. He donated the azaleas in memory of his late wife, Martha. Helping with the work are Frances Buchanan, Dorothy Warren and Willie Brown (kneeling). Richard Williamson, with Shepherd Day Lily Farm, purchased the shrubs. All that is left is the mulching. Friends of the Library want a brown mulch for these beds.
For more about Friends, call the library at 662-252-3823.

Police respond to two robberies

Holly Springs police officers answered 111 calls for the week, according to interim chief Lt. John Norman.

The calls included disturbances, 13; alarms, 16; larcenies, 2; accidents, 2; assists to other agencies, 7; domestic, 3; assaults, 3; funeral escorts, 2; burglaries, 2; 911 hang-ups, 1; auto burglary, 1; checks on shut-ins, 2; robberies, 2; shots fired, 1; fire, 1; and 53 miscellaneous calls. The dog catcher took 11 calls.

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TV star returns home
• Davis speaks to Byers grads

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Television actress Cassi Davis was graduation speaker at H.W. Byers in May.

Friends of the actress and Holly Springs native were instrumental in arranging for Davis to be the featured speaker, according to Jerry Moore, superintendent of education for the Marshall County School District.

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MDWFP stresses safe boating

During the 2012 Boating Season in Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks enforcement officers will be out patrolling the waterways to ensure that boaters are in compliance with state and federal laws and are using good boating safety practices.

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Photo by Sue Watson

Gas line extension

Jessie Hernandez (right) joins ends of a six-inch gas line in a trench in Holly Springs. The line is being laid to supply better gas pressure to the south side of U.S. Highway 78. John McAnally (left), with T.J. Construction, Florence, Ala., re-rounds six-inch gas line pipe. The pipe is pulled after it is re-rounded and stretched out on the ground.

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