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 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!  -0-  Winter begins Sunday, December 21st. The weather has been going up and down like a see saw.  -0-  We were watching the basketball game the Celtics were playing. The announcer said “One of the players, on the Celtic team was 7’8’’. That was 8’’ taller than my late brother Walter Hickey.  -0- …

 Last week I asked you to consider the shepherds and what it must have been like for them that first Christmas night. No doubt the shepherds had heard mention of the coming Messiah for as far back as they could remember, but the reality was for generation after generation their people had waited for the…

 Your writer, has a new device to write her news. Our sweet granddaughter, Francesca Holliday, surprised us with a delicious supper cooked by Lil John Dukes on Saturday night and we spent the rest of the evening trying to figure out my new iPad. Oh, it’s so hard for this old lady to keep up…

 It truly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas and that song kicked off the Oakland Tree Lighting Ceremony on Sat., Dec. 6 as the Stayin’ Alive Singers of Desoto County, in Victorian Carolers’ attire led a group of about 80 people who gathered for the tree lighting. Mayor Stephanie Patterson led the countdown…

  Sewing for Service will not meet on Monday, December 15. They will meet on December 16th for their MHV Christmas Luncheon and then be done for the year.  Yalobusha County 4-H Home School club will meet on Tuesday, December 16th at 1:45 p.m. at Nursing Home in Water Valley to sing Christmas Carols. We…

 Coffeeville Holiday Open House & Snapshots with Santa Dec. 11  Coffeeville Public Library will host the annual Holiday Open House on Thursday, Dec. 11, from 1:00 – 6:00 PM. Join us for delicious punch, hot cider, and cookies all afternoon as we get into the holiday spirit.  Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa will…

 90 YEARS AGO  January 4, 1936  Representative R. W. Upchurch left Sunday for Jackson to be at the opening of the Legislature Monday morning.  Mrs. Mary Ellen Hyde who for the past few months has been employed at Mrs. W. A. Spearman’s Beauty Parlor in Water Valley is at the present working here with Miss…

 I do not know about you, but to me it seems this year has flown by. It is hard to believe that Christmas is only about three and half weeks away, but there is no doubt it is that time of year again. Christmas music is all over the radio, and Christmas decorations are going…

 Well, here we are starting the last month of the year. Can you believe how fast this year has gone by? Only 24 days left for your Christmas shopping.  Your writer and David had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with daughter, Donna Garripoli, Brad, Frankie, and Bradley Holliday, Timothy Sullivan, Summer and Miranda Procella. We had…

  Sewing for Service – will meet on Monday, December 15 at 9 a.m. to finish sewing wheelchair and walker bags for the nursing home.  Yalobusha County 4-H Home School club will meet on Monday, December 1st at 1:30 p.m. at the Extension office.  Yalobusha County 4-H Home School club will meet on Monday, December…