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OpinionFielder’s Choice Emotional I’d never seen or experienced such a wide range of emotions Thursday night and Friday morning. Close to Nowhere Random thoughts • It’s all my fault. I knew better than to watch the Memphis Tigers game Monday night. It was my fault in 1973 also, when Gene Bartow was coaching the Memphis Tigers. I didn’t watch a single game in the tournament, until the last one. I watched that last game and they lost. The Preacher’s Corner Fourth grade was more than 40 years ago... All of us owe gratitude to those in our past who shaped us as persons. But it is difficult, I think, for most of us to find words to thank them. I write this week with special reference to the teachers we have admired — teachers for whom we may have been difficult students but for whom, as the years have passed, our respect has grown, and to whom the opportunity in this life may have passed to say thanks. Letters to the Editor Miracle on Cuba Street: On Thursday evening (just before dark) April 3, an explosion rocked the City of Holly Springs when a home owned by Joe Elliott exploded, causing massive damage to life and property. With this explosion three adults were injured and an infant baby girl (Olandrea Chenelle Elliott) was trapped in the rubbish of the home.Hometown Heroes Please take time to remember our local “heroes” who are serving in war zones around the world. If you’d like to add a name to this list, please contact The South Reporter, attn. Linda Jones, P.O. Box 278, Holly Springs, MS 38635; 662-252-4261; or email: south@dixie-net.com James Marcus Anthony, Army, 2nd tour, IraqMark W. Clark II, Army, Iraq Battle Ewing, Army, Iraq Lee (Brandon) Hutchens, Marines, Iraq George Frank Frayser, Army, 3rd tour, Iraq Charles Fairbairn, Army, Iraq, ’05-06; now in Afghanistan Brandon W. Freeman, National Guard, Iraq Jarod Grimes, Army, Iraq Henry A. Jones, Army, Iraq Donnie Kirksey, Marines, Iraq Kelvin O. Luse, Marines, 2nd tour, Iraq Matthew McArthur, Marines, Iraq Michael McClatchy, Army, Iraq George Merritt, Marines, Iraq Chad Minor, Air Corps Intelligence, Iraq William D. Payton Jr., Air Force, Kuwait Chadwick (Chad) Phillips, Army, 2nd tour, Iraq Deron Randolph, Marines, Iraq Ben Rogers, Army Ranger, Iraq John Snow, Army, 2 tours Iraq, now in Afghanistan Charles (Will) Stanback, National Guard, Iraq Stephnie Taylor, Air Force, Iraq Lynwood Turner, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq Charles Weathersby, Marines, Iraq Supporting Our Troops! |
        
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