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OpinionFielder’s Choice Hectic day I had my Friday pretty much planned out. It included getting some writing done, going to Byhalia to pick up inserts and see a few more customers, selecting photos for this week’s newspaper, and a few more tasks so I would be in good shape going into Monday morning.
My friend Mike and my friend Mark at the Olympics • Yes, that’s still an old picture of me up there. My youngest granddaughter Remy thinks she looks like me in that picture and asked me to use it “always.” She’ll forget soon and then you’ll have to look at the “real me” again. Due South Local reporters work hard -- all over the world It’s been a busy few weeks for news here on the paper. The main story which broke last week was the disappearance of a climber from the Scottish Borders who had gone missing while in the mountains of Pakistan. Just 28 years old, Ben Cheek was an experienced mountaineer doing what he loved but that has not made it any easier for his grief-stricken family. Tourism is a science and a business to attract visitors Tourism helps a community become more attractive and prosperous - more attractive, because a community must be appealing to draw and satisfy visitors; more prosperous, because these visitors spend money. Anna Morrison shares trip to Alaska visiting her daughter By ANNA MORRISON I went to Alaska to visit my daughter. I was gone the last week in July and returned on the 31st. I left the heat of Memphis to arrive in Anchorage, Alaska where the temperatures were in the 50s. Yes the 50s.Hometown Heroes Please take time to remember our local “heroes” who are serving in war zones around the world. Welcome Home: James Marcus Anthony, Kevin Luse, George Frank Frayser, William Payton, Charles (Will) StanbackMark W. Clark II, Army, Iraq Battle Ewing, Army, Iraq Charles Fairbairn, Army, Iraq; now in Afghanistan Jarod Grimes, Army, Iraq Timothy Hardaway, Army, Iraq Lee (Brandon) Hutchens, Marines, Iraq Jason Janicki, Army, Iraq Henry A. Jones, Army, Iraq Donnie Kirksey, Marines, Iraq Matthew McArthur, Marines, Iraq Michael McClatchy, Army, Iraq George Merritt, Marines, Iraq Chad Minor, Air Force Chadwick (Chad) Phillips, Army, 2nd tour, Iraq Deron Randolph, Marines, Iraq Jerry W. Richardson, Army National Guard, Iraq John Snow, Army, 2 tours Iraq, now in Afghanistan Mitch Swann, Army, Iraq Stephnie Taylor, Air Force, Iraq Lynwood Turner, National Guard, 2nd tour, Iraq Charles Weathersby, Marines, Iraq Supporting Our Troops 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 |
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