
Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman football teams concluded seven-on-seven competition for the summer with a 5-team event Monday at Bruce. The teams joined Amory and Cleveland in the round robin format.

Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman football teams concluded seven-on-seven competition for the summer with a 5-team event Monday at Bruce. The teams joined Amory and Cleveland in the round robin format.

Calhoun City football coaches hosted their first Ladies’ Football Forum last Saturday with 18 attendees. The coaches spoke to the ladies about the fundamentals of football, shared with them what a typical week is like for the Wildcats during the season, and answered numerous questions.
Thomas Jefferson Hall of Bruce died June 18, 2012 at NMMC in Tupelo. He was born June 9, 1941 in Bruce. He was a member of New Hope Church of God in Christ. He loved people and had a very giving heart. he loved and supported his family, and was a dedicated family man. He loved to work, fish and hunt.
Mary Alice Moore Tutor, 81, Vardaman, died June 24, 2012 at Darlington Oaks Hospice House in Verona. She was born April 29, 1931 in Calhoun County, the daughter of Claude Moore and Era Witt Moore. She was a homemaker and member of Hopewell Baptist Church.
Clara Butler Terry, 85, of Big Creek, died June 24, 2012, at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City. She was born October 13, 1926 in Pontotoc County, the daughter of William Thomas and Nora M. Swan Butler. She was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church and attended Mt. Tabor Baptist Church. She was a farmer and a homemaker.
Earline T. Daniels, 73, of West Point, died June 19, 2012 at BMH in Columbus. She was born April 7, 1939 in Calhoun City, the daughter of Monroe Terry and Carrie Terry. She was a homemaker.
Tom E. Blaylock, 85 died Monday evening June 18, 2012 at Indywood Glen in Greenwood. Funeral services were 2 p.m. Thursday June 21 at Wilson & Knight Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Ray Stonestreet officiating. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Bruce, Vardaman, Derma, Big Creek, and Slate Springs are all experiencing increases this year in sales tax revenue while Calhoun City and Pittsboro have recorded decreases.
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School Board Attorney Paul Moore Jr. informed the board this week that the Secretary of State’s office rejected the hunting and fishing leases of the school district’s 16th section lands because the county is getting so much less than surrounding counties.

The Calhoun County School Board will meet Monday, July 2 at 6 p.m. to adopt the 2012-13 budget that was presented at a public hearing Monday night.
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