Polls

Would you favor or oppose the government offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan like Medicare that would compete with private health insurance plans?
 
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Supervisors Meeting
supervisors.jpgCalhoun 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
 
Vardaman Receives Grant For City Truck
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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Supervisors Listen To Life Insurance Pitch
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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Thankful To Live In A Free Nation
mallon_henry559.jpgThe 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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"BIG" Improvements Planned For Bruce Square
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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National Guard Picnic Thursday Night
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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School Board Keeps 10-Point Scale
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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Ray, Monaghan Hired As New Principals
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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Sawmill Festival Begins July 9
The 18th Annual Bruce Sawmill Festival will open Thursday, July 9 with the Aqua King and Queen Pageant.
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County Fair Is July 27-Aug. 1
Preparations are well underway for the 2009 Calhoun County Fair July 27 – August 1.
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Fuller Home Burns West of Bruce

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-Comm. Homemakers Formed In 1972
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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Parker Returns From Year Teaching In China
china_camel.jpgWhen 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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Journal Wins Eight Awards In Better Newspaper Contest

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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Summer Jobs Program Helping Kids, Calhoun Co.
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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Relay Make-Up Tentatively Set For Aug. 8
Calhoun County’s Relay For Life is looking at a possible make-up date of Saturday, Aug. 8.
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