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Now open

City officials gathered Thursday morning to open the new West Boundary Extended in Holly Springs. For more photos and information, see next week's South Reporter.

County OKs new office complex

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors decided Monday, by unanimous vote of all present, to build a new office complex on the site of the Old Colonial Building on Highway 178 East about a mile from downtown Holly Springs.

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Looking for work
Job hunters meet change with optimism

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Photo by Sue Watson

Good attendance

Clayton Smith (right) with Tower Loans talks with some Marshall-Benton Area Job Fair attendees on March 4 in Holly Springs.

More than 600 job seekers turned out March 4 for the chance to go face-to-face with an employer and find a new job.

The Marshall/Benton Area Job Fair drew 39 employers and people were offered jobs or hired on the spot.

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City schools stress positive

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

There is a new wave of enthusiasm flowing through the Holly Springs School District. Its message – awaken the power of wisdom and positive thinking.

The district recently held its annual community forum and all leaders in the school district are singing the same mantra – accentuate the positive.

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Rust College professor traces roots in new book

By IRVING R. SMITH
Contributing Writer

The movement that brought millions of enslaved Africans to the New World in the 15th century is told from another perspective in a new book by a Rust College professor.

Born and raised in the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Yao Foli Modey, author and professor of history in the social science division at Rust, gives the African narrative behind the slave trade in his book titled “Tears of Mama Africa.”

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Board discusses workforce, tuition guarantee

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Marshall and Benton counties and the municipalities were introduced last week to a state plan to help fund a Workforce Investment Center in the area.

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Photo by Sue Watson

Sewer work

Holly Springs Utility Department’s Gerald Dixon (left) pays attention to excavation of a sewer line near South Memphis Street last week. A gas worker, Dixon was there to help assure that a parallel gas line was not broken during the work on the sewer line which he said has been sluggish. George Zinn III operates the backhoe while his son Robrekous helps direct and clears the area with a shovel.

Governor declares Flood Awareness Week

The state of Mississippi averages nearly 60 inches of rain each year which can cause flooding in our state. This is why Governor Haley Barbour has declared March 15-19 as Flood Awareness Week in Mississippi.

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Jurnee Marion selected March of Dimes Ambassador

Jurnee Marion is the 2010 March of Dimes Ambassador child for the Memphis, Tenn., area March of Dimes. Jurnee was born May 30, 2008, almost three months early weighing one pound, 10 ounces.

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Students hear financial advice

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Local school students packed the Eddie Lee Smith Multi-Purpose Building in Holly Springs recently to hear the experts talk about money matters.

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Byhalia officers go to 28 calls

The Byhalia Police Department responded to 28 calls during the past week.

Chief Gary Looney released the following report – alarm calls, 4; disturbances, 1; escorts, 3; assists, 1; medical assistance, 5; fires, 2; harassment, 1; miscellaneous calls, 11.

Chief Looney said Byhalia police officers also made three arrests during the past week.

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Retiring

District 3 Circuit Court Judge Henry L. Lackey retires this year after 17 years at the bench. He graduated with a bachelor’s from Mississippi College and with a juris doctorate from Ole Miss School of Law, practiced 26 years in Calhoun City as a country lawyer, then accepted appointment to fill the vacancy of Judge Bill Lamb by Gov. Kirk Fordice. Lackey’s term ends in December 2010. “I don’t know of anybody who has had more fun in a lifetime than I have,” Lackey said while in Marshall County in February.

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