General Farmer

June 28, 2012

From press reports The General Farmer’s Market Food Safety Training is a two hour workshop designed to teach the basics of food safety and regulations for processing foods in Mississippi. Training will cover food handling, sanitation and hygiene/health, fresh cut fruits and vegetables, temperature of sampled foods. Whether you have a business that you...

Read more »

Calendar of Events

June 28, 2012

Neighborhood Watch meeting June 28 Highpoint /New Zion Neighborhood Watch meeting Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Highpoint Fire Department. Everyone is urged to attend to help keep our community safe. VBS at South Louisville June 29 South Louisville Vacation Bible School June 25 through June 29 Beginning at 8:30 am. until...

Read more »

News of the Past by C.J. Johnson

June 28, 2012

100 Years Ago – June 28, 1912 NOXAPATER: Quite a crowd of young people attended children’s day service at Hight last Sunday. – Mrs. C. C. Crawford of Weir was a guest of her son, Mr. W. T. Crawford, first of the week. – Little Master S. F. Riley of Greenwood came Sunday to...

Read more »

[news) Trapsin

June 28, 2012

Fast food in Paris is on the street sold from an umbrella-covered cart or a street front counter with big windows “up” and crepes (very thin cakes) cooked right before your very eyes. The preferred flavor is Grand Marnier (orange flavored liqueur) with powdered sugar sprinkled all over. Otherwise, the haute cuisine of great...

Read more »

Friends of Noxubee Refuge hold meeting

June 28, 2012

The Friends of Noxubee Refuge will hold its summer Membership Meeting on Thursday June 28 at 6:30 in the Refuge Visitor Center. The speaker for the meeting will be Tim Brooks,a Registered Forester and Certified Wildlife Biologist with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The title of his talk will be Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway...

Read more »

ECCC offers apprenticeship program at Centers

June 28, 2012

From press reports Instruction in the Core and Level 1 Industrial Maintenance Apprenticeship Program, a program designed to provide training for an entry level multi-craft maintenance technician, is being offered at two East Central Community College Training Centers: the Integrated Technologies Training Center in Choctaw and the Career Advancement Center in Louisville. This class...

Read more »

Town and Country Garden Club Poetry Winner chosen

June 28, 2012

From press reports Each year in November, the Town and Country Garden Club holds a poetry contest, which is sponsored by the National Garden Club, Inc. This contest is offered to students in kindergarten through 9th grade. This contest helps give children a chance to broaden their minds and talents as well as deepen...

Read more »

UDC gathers for dedication

June 28, 2012

Submitted On June 16, members of the Mississippi Division UDC gathered at Grenada to dedicate the newest Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway Marker at the intersection of Highway 51 and Highway 8. It had been the desire of the Division for a long time to erect a monument in Grenada. Highway 51 is officially recognized...

Read more »

Groups come together to fight hunger in Mississippi

June 28, 2012

Tyson Foods announced today a partnership with the National Urban League to establish a grassroots, community-based hunger awareness and relief program that will provide resources to Mississippi citizens impacted by food insecurity. Dubbed the Urban League –Tyson Foods Hunger Project Mississippi, Tyson and the National Urban League are targeting the state because it has...

Read more »