 Calhoun County supervisors met Thursday morning at the courthouse in Pittsboro. See the related news story below. Pictured, from left, are supervisors Earnest Fox, Howard Morgan, J.B. Rogers, Barney Wade, Chancery Clerk Jess Moore, and Gwin Longest. Photo by Joel McNeece
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Vardaman is one of the benefactors of $820,718 in community facilities projects for Mississippi's First Congressional District, Con. Travis Childers announced Thursday afternoon. These projects are being funded immediately with federal funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Calhoun County supervisors approved improvements tot he Calhoun County
airport and listened to a new life insurance proposal for county
employees at a meeting Thursday morning in Pittsboro.
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 The Fourth of July isn’t a day taken for granted by Mallon Henry. “We should be thankful we live in a free nation where we can do what we
want to,” said the 86-year-old Henry. “We don’t know how fortunate we
are to have the freedom we have.” After five major campaigns and earning a Purple Heart in World War II, Henry cherishes his freedom.
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A new organization in Bruce made up of representatives of local civic
clubs is looking to make “B.I.G.” improvements around the Bruce Square.
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Members of the 858th National Guard Unit based in Calhoun City and
their families will be honored Thursday, July 2 with a countywide
“picnic” at the Calhoun City football field beginning at 5 p.m.
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The Calhoun County School Board heard requests for air conditioned
gymnasiums and made several changes to the student handbook for the
coming school year during a busy meeting Monday night in Pittsboro.
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Bruce Kindergarten teacher Paula Monaghan and Calhoun City football
coach Mike Ray were hired as the county’s newest school principals at
Monday’s School board meeting.
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The 18th Annual Bruce Sawmill Festival will open Thursday, July 9 with the Aqua King and Queen Pageant.
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Preparations are well underway for the 2009 Calhoun County Fair July 27 – August 1.
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One of the oldest homes in Calhoun County, circa 1860-1880, burned last Friday morning.
John and Diane Fuller’s house, formerly known as the Bee White home, on
CR 291 just off Hwy. 32 west of Bruce, was destroyed by fire in the
early morning hours.
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Tri-Community Homemakers are a group of young and old with certain
goals in mind--to reach out through projects in the county, and show
support to local fundraisers and groups in and out of this community.
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 When Tim Parker first arrived in Beijing, he entered his hotel room to find a mat on the floor. It was his bed. "I was expecting more of a Western hotel," Parker said. "It was culture shock, right off the bat." Parker, 30, is a Calhoun Academy graduate who earned degrees from ICC ,
and Mississippi State, before completing his graduate work at Southern
Miss. He was teaching 10th grade English at Corinth when he decided he
was ready for a new experience. Parker said he had become dissatisfied with the experience of teaching
in Mississippi Public Schools where the curriculum was so
"test-focused." He found what he was looking for with Education First – an international leader in foreign study programs.
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The Calhoun County Journal earned eight awards, including four first
place, in the Mississippi Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest
at the association's 143rd annual convention last week in Biloxi.
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Cheyenne Thomas, 23, was sweeping fresh cut grass off a sidewalk on
South McSweyne Street in Bruce Monday as co-workers continued to mow
down the weeds in the near 100-degree heat. Thomas, who hopes to start school at Itawamba Community College this
fall to pursue a criminal justice degree, said the summer-jobs program
for youth implemented in Calhoun County this summer with federal
stimulus funds has been a life-saver.
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Calhoun County’s Relay For Life is looking at a possible make-up date of Saturday, Aug. 8.
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