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Thursday, June 14, 2012
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Storm downs trees

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

North East Electric Power workers repair a snapped pole in Waterford. Resident Ray Gallagher estimated winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour were responsible for the damage.

Late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms swept across the area Monday, blowing down trees over roads and snapping at least one utility pole in Waterford.

Marshall County administrator Larry Hall said the storm took two paths as it swept to the south and east causing widespread problems with trees downed across the roads. One path was through the Red Banks area and the other came through Slayden and Mt. Pleasant.

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HSUD to offer Plus-1

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Holly Springs Utility Department is expected to roll out its Plus-1 program by mid-summer.

The program would allow utility customers to donate a dollar or more each month to a fund that would be used to help customers who are in arrears pay their bill.

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Groovin’ for a Cure
• Community unity prevalent at Relay

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photos by Sue Watson

Connie Mason (left), committee co-chair with Marshall County Relay for Life, shares a happy moment with Amy Wilkes, staffer with the American Cancer Society in Oxford, and Melvin DeBerry.

The 13th annual Marshall County Relay for Life, that raises money for the American Cancer Society’s effort to stamp out cancer, drew a large crowd to Coopwood Park Friday.

The event, a mixture of religious sentiment, patriotism and community pride, is put on yearly to raise cancer awareness and to raise money for cancer research and support for those undergoing treatment.

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City opens bids for splash pad

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Bids are in for the construction of a splash pad, to be located behind the Multi-Purpose Building at Spring Hollow.

Two bids were submitted for the construction of the pad and water features, while IMS Engineers will do an environmental study, said Micheal Crittle, public works director for the City of Holly Springs.

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Photo by Sue Watson

Growing big cabbages

Willie D. and Que Tee Williams proudly display a 27-pound cabbage from their home garden in Michigan City. The smaller cabbage weighed 12 pounds and has a terrific swirl of leaves while the large one used its exterior leaves mostly to put into the cabbage head. Williams said he used Triple 13 fertilizer and Miracle-Gro on his plants. He set out the plants on or about the first of April. The cabbages were weighed at Carlisle’s Big Star in Holly Springs.

Developers selling no lots want out

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Two developers who have sold no lots want their subdivision properties taken out of plats, according to recent discussions in the Marshall County Board of Supervisors.

One subdivision owner has a case in circuit court seeking to dissolve a 34-lot subdivision and a second subdivision owner requested his three-lot subdivision plan be rezoned at the May 21 board of supervisors’ meeting

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Video promotes city tourism

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Anne Palmer, with Palmtree Studios in Tupelo, was in Holly Springs recently taking video of tourist sites for the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Alliance.

LaKisha Mitchell Buffington, office manager for the Holly Springs Tourism Bureau, served as a model. The setup was at the Hugh Craft Slave Quarters.

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MDOC awards new contract

Management & Training Corporation announces the Mississippi Department of Corrections has awarded the company a 10-year contract to operate the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs, effective August 13, 2012.

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Holly Springs police go to 117 calls

Holly Springs police officers responded to 117 calls for the week, according to interim chief Lt. John Norman.

The calls included - disturbances, 10; alarms, 20; larcenies, 2; accidents, 7; assists to agencies, 3; domestics, 2; assaults, 1; funeral escorts, 4; burglaries, 3; 911 hang-ups, 2; auto burglary, 1; welfare checks, 1; shots fired, 2; auto theft, 2; malicious mischief, 1; and 54 miscellaneous calls. The dog catcher answered 10 calls.

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Byhalia police officers respond to 35 calls

The Byhalia Police Department responded to 35 calls during the past week.

Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 3; miscellaneous, 9; escorts, 5; juvenile-related calls, 1; disturbances, 2; animals, 2; assists, 3; motor vehicle accidents, 3; fires, 3; damaged property, 1; medical, 3.

Byhalia police officers also made five arrests during the past week.

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