Archive - 2013 - Food and Leisure
April 1st
Rebecca’s Rooms, a charity dedicated to remodeling the rooms of disabled children, received a nice contribution from the American Legion Riders, Post 38 on Saturday.
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March 30th
Studio B will welcome Beverly Campbell, Catherine Craig and Laura Yelverton (at Shendopen) to display their works of art on April 13. Pictured are Holly Mitchner, Beverly Campbell, Jenna Boykin, Lewese Jackson and Sydney Benson. More about the artists on page 5. Photo by Donna Summerall
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We as Mississippians are often looked down on by those from other parts of the country who consider themselves more “enlightened or progressive” than us. I saw an example of this on Facebook. A friend had posted a story about a homeless woman being fired from her job at KFC in Tupelo, because she had no physical address. The first person to jump on the bashing bandwagon was a professor from Penn State who promptly said,
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March 28th
Lockelyn Frazier rides comfortably in the back of an Easter-theme wagon during the First United Methodist Early Childhood Development Center’s Easter Parade on Thursday morning. Photo by Bryan Davis
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March 27th
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Vaudine Landess had her 100th birthday yesterday at Dugan Memorial Home with her son, Joe Landess and daughter-in-law Eva Landess of Chattanooga, Tenn. She was born March 26, 1913, in Alabama. She moved to West Point and married Foster Landress. They had four children, seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. She enjoyed playing Bridge, cooking and being with her family and friends. The staff at Dugan celebrated her milestone birthday with cake and punch. Submitted Photo
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Earlier this week, the Republican governor of North Dakota, Jack Dalrymple, signed into law anti-abortion legislation that will take effect this August, some of which is the strongest the nation has seen yet to challenge the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in our nation.
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March 25th
I wanted to take today to relay a little snippet of a conversation I heard on Friday night at the Ozark Regional Intercollegiate Rodeo.
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March 23rd
The Wednesday meeting of the West Point Civitan Luncheon Club turned to former president Bill Ladd to introduce his guests, Jim Bearden and Mitzi Thompson from East Mississippi Community College.
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Sally Kate Winters Family Services is pleased to announce March 18-24, 2013 as National Safe Place Week. The week serves to increase awareness about the importance of youth safety and the dangers young people face when they feel they have nowhere to go or are in crisis situations. It also highlights Safe Place, a youth outreach program that connects businesses and volunteers to provide help and safety to youth facing abuse, neglect, bullying or serious family problems.
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My dad was one of those lucky few who went into the military to serve his country during a slow period. By that I mean he went into the Air Force after the Korean War and before the Vietnam War. It didn’t make him any less patriotic, I just think it made him less likely to die. He had his opinions on the war in Vietnam. None were complementary to the men who burned their draft cards or ran away to Canada. I can still remember how angry he was when President Ford pardoned the “draft dodgers.” His feelings toward “Hanoi” Jane Fonda were worse. Much worse.
