Bruce News

By JOEL McNEECE Preparations are well underway for the 2009 Calhoun County Fair July 27 - " August 1. Exhibits books are currently available at the Extension Office in Pittsboro and libraries at Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman.

By JOEL McNEECE Members of the 858th National Guard Unit based in Calhoun City and their families will be honored Thursday, July 2 with a countywide "picnic" at the Calhoun City football field beginning at 5 p.m. The soldiers are scheduled to be deployed to Iraq on July 17.

The Calhoun County School Board hired Calhoun City football coach Mike Ray and Bruce kindergarten teacher Paula Monaghan as the distirct's next school principals at its meeting Monday night.

John and Della Rogers of Okolona and Houston, MS are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Elaine Rogers, to George Gladney, Jr John and Della Rogers of Okolona and Houston, MS are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Elaine Rogers, to George Gladney, Jr.

By JOEL?McNEECE Cheyenne Thomas, 23, was sweeping fresh cut grass off a sidewalk on South McSweyne Street in Bruce Monday as co-workers continued to mow down the weeds in the near 100-degree heat.

By JOEL McNEECE Thunderstorms roared through Calhoun County much of the weekend uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing the postponement of the countya s Relay For Life.

By JOEL McNEECE Sales tax returns overall are down around the county entering the final two months of the fiscal year.

By JOEL?McNEECE The Bruce Board of Aldermen ratified an appointment by the Board of Supervisors to have Mayor Robert Edward Oakley represent the city and county at a meeting discussing the potential future of the Skuna Valley Railroad.

By JOEL?McNEECE Lyn Parsons, Larry Bratton, and a lot of incumbents in Derma and Vardaman were all winners in Tuesdaya s board of aldermen races around the county.

The Calhoun County School Board tabled a proposal from Superintendent Mike Moore to create a new middle school principal position in Calhoun City at Thursday's recessed meeting in Pittsboro.

By JOEL?McNEECE Calhoun County voters will return to the polls next Tuesday, June 2 to make selections in four alderman races in four towns.

The Bruce Forestry Museum is seeking old pictures of Bruce to compile for its photo library.

By JOEL?McNEECE Memorial Day observers in Bruce and Calhoun City Monday morning were urged to a oenever forgeta and to live a a oegood lifea in honor of the many fallen American soldiers.

The idea for a Calhoun County plant swap originated with Connie Caviness of Calhoun City after a conversation between her and Ann King of Bruce when they agreed to exchange some irises.

By JOEL McNEECE Bruce and Calhoun City will host their annual Memorial Day programs on the respective squares next Monday, May 25.

By JOEL?McNEECE The Calhoun County School Board heard in no uncertain terms just how challenging the new accountability model will be for the school district in the coming years.

Lt. Robert Sanders of Derma, Capt. Jack Britton of Tupelo, and 1st Sgt. Joey Jones of Bruce, are preparing to lead the 858th Horizontal Construction Company from Calhoun City to Iraq.

By JOEL?McNEECE The Calhoun County School Board took its first steps toward offering students AP? courses at the Career and Technical Center during Monday's meeting in Calhoun City.

" The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated nearly $2 million for rural water projects in North Mississippi through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congressman Travis Childers announced today.

The memory of S. Gale Denley, former publisher of the Calhoun County Journal in Bruce and an Ole Miss professor, was honored with a plaque for his commitment to a oeFriends of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis a Thursday at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.