Local Living

Pogue, Smith wed

January 19, 2013

Donna Summerall

Heather Pogue and Paul Gregory Smith were united in marriage July 14, 2012, at a 2 p.m. ceremony at First Baptist Church of West Point with Bro. Chip Stevens officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Darrell and Delisa Pogue. She was given in marriage by her father, Darrell Pogue. Her bridal gown was by Maggie Sottero, a fit and flare lace bridal gown with halter neckline and key hole back. It was embellished lace on tulle with crystals over satin. She carried a bouquet of orange roses, orange calla lilies, hypericum and green spider mums.

Marshall Drake Lewis debuts

January 19, 2013

Donna Summerall

dtllife@bellsouth.net

Mickey and Katie Lewis of West Point, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Marshall Drake Lewis, December 5, 2012, at 3:25 p.m. at Oktibbeha County Hospital Regional Medical Center in Starkville. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Randy and Joann Simmons of West Point.
Paternal grandparents are David and Janie Lewis of Sulligent Ala., and the late Pamela Lewis.
Great-grandparents are Bill and Hilda Faulkner of West Point, Bill and Earline Simmons of West Point and Rene Gainey of Forrest.

Grant’s home at MSU perhaps more fitting than ironic

January 17, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

An issue of “Harper’s Weekly” once depicted Ulysses S. Grant as a bulldog. President Abraham Lincoln is quoted as ordering Grant “hold on with a bull-dog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.”
Today, Mississippi State University stands as the home of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, and John F. Marszalek, Ph.D spoke to the West Point Rotary Club on Thursday about the ironic journey the archives took from Southern Illinois University to MSU in 2008.
“It was fate,” Marszalek quipped regarding the above quote and political cartoon.

Rotary Readers of the Month

January 17, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

Church Hill Elementary Principal (back) Cindy Donahoo stands with this month’s Rotary Club Readers of the Month First Grade student Syndee Johnson (front left) and Second Grade student Kendyl Watson during the club’s meeting on Thursday. Photo by Bryan Davis

CTC childhood program offers real world skills

January 17, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

Early Childhood Educations reforms are currently being pushed at the state level, in attempts to raise education standards and help students read at grade level throughout their time in Mississippi public schools.
The lack of sound reading skills has been touted as a top reason for high dropout rates and low probabilities of success for many students leaving schools after 12 years in this state.

Music lovers weather cold to hear warm melodies

January 16, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

“Noontime Music at the Library” comes just as advertised on Wednesday at the Bryan Public Library. Above, Justin Estes plays Chopin’s “Nocturne One” on the Grand Piano donated to the library by Music Coterie. The West Point/Clay County Arts Council event drew a full room to hear the hour of relaxing classical numbers. Photo by Bryan Davis

Ryland brightens room at Civitan

January 16, 2013

Donna Summerall

dtllife@bellsouth.net

The West Point Civitan Luncheon Club was pleased to welcome Brandi Randle-Ryland, a native of West Point, to speak at Wednesday’s meeting. She graduated from West Point High School and received her Bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in Interior Design. She has her own home based business to help with color and fabric inovations.

District 16 Special Election today

January 14, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

It will be cold and it will likely be wet all day today.
Those factors do nothing to change the fact that Clay County voters have until 7 p.m tonight to make it to the polls and choose whether Angela Turner Lairy or Kenny Fowler will be the District 16 representative in the Mississippi state senate.
Absentee ballot voting ended Saturday, and the remaining qualified votes will be tallied this evening to decide the special election.

Events set for celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 14, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

Event coordinators hope West Point’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration is going to be a special one this year.
January 21 will be a day of festivities, marking not only King’s life but also the President Barack Obama’s re-election to the presidency.
“This year the celebration will coincide with the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States of America,” said Event Coordinator Anna Hayford-Jones in a press release on Monday. “The theme for this year’s celebration, according to Jones, is “Continuing the Legacy.”

Daily Times Leader partners with Food Pantry

January 14, 2013

Bryan Davis

dtleditor@bellsouth.net

Thanksgiving and Christmas are now behind, and folks are settling back into normal routines.
Those two holidays typically bring a large spike in the number of canned food drives in any community.
Thousands of people are fed during the holiday season each year thanks to the generosity of individuals during those drives.
The Project Homestead Food Pantry in West Point, however, is in constant need of food donations and labor to help deliver and organize food products.
Now serving over 400 families in Clay County, the Food Pantry feeds over 800 people each month.

Local Living

Pogue, Smith wed

January 19, 2013

Marshall Drake Lewis debuts

January 19, 2013

Grant’s home at MSU perhaps more fitting than ironic

January 17, 2013

Rotary Readers of the Month

January 17, 2013

CTC childhood program offers real world skills

January 17, 2013

Music lovers weather cold to hear warm melodies

January 16, 2013

Ryland brightens room at Civitan

January 16, 2013

District 16 Special Election today

January 14, 2013

Events set for celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 14, 2013

Daily Times Leader partners with Food Pantry

January 14, 2013

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