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 Oakland Public Library Open Sat., Dec. 6  Come enjoy the wonders to be found at Oakland Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. The library will be open to check out books and other materials, use computers, make crafts, play with puzzles or game, or sit and read. In December, we…

 For the last few weeks I have been wondering if the Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin would be taking the head coaching job at LSU. Saturday night he made the announcement that he will be going to LSU. And as Dr. Ed Meek stated “He was burning his bridges behind him.”  -0-  Friday afternoon…

 90 YEARS AGO  December 20, 1935  United States Senator Theodore G. Bilbo will open wide the doors of his “Dream House” near Poplarville Saturday and Sunday and extends a welcome to everyone.  Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes and family who have been living in our community out on the upper crossing this year, moved…

 The Thanksgiving Holiday is supposed to be a time to reflect and give thanks to God for all that He has blessed us with throughout the year, but for a lot of us it has just become a day to eat turkey, dressing, various casseroles, and desserts with very little thought given to God or…

 Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours. I pray you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving day with lots of love and lots of food flowing around your table. Don’t forget before you eat to at least thank God for one thing that you have been blessed with through the past year.  Baby, it’s cold outside.…

 Holiday Closing – The Yalobusha County Extension office will close Wednesday, November 26 at noon and will be closed through Friday, November 28 to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will reopen on Monday, December 1st at 8 a.m. We hope you and your family have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.  Sewing for Service will meet…

 Drop-In Thanksgiving Crafts Nov. 24-26  Children and youth are invited to the library in November for “drop-in” Thanksgiving crafts Nov. 18- 26. Both Coffeeville and Oakland have creative Thanksgiving projects for kids to make at the library or take home. Be sure to drop in while schools are closed for the holiday.  Libraries Closed for…

 Last week my speech therapist had me to read this to her and I thought it was interesting and wanted to share it.  The old saying ‘spring forward, fall back’ refers to the practice of daylight savings, where America rewinds her clocks on the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November. The…

 90 YEARS AGO  December 20, 1935  The depot in Tillatoba was closed Saturday. Mr. W. H. returned to his home in Sardis.  Mrs. Keith Tillman and children Phillip, Len and John, of Tillatoba, are visiting her parents in Moscow, Tennessee.  Miss Loryn Porter, who has been working in Memphis, for several months, is home for…

 In our study of great nights of the Bible, this week we come to 1 Samuel 28 where we find the account to King Saul visiting a medium the night before his death. King Saul spent much of the last five years of his life hunting David. Jealousy led Saul to be so driven, so…