Derma News

By JOEL McNEECE Ernest Sherrill has been an avid whittler all his life. "I've been whittling since I was old enough to lose my dad's pocket knives," said Sherrill, a retired policeman from Nashville who moved 11 months ago with his wife Helen to the Derma area.

By JOEL McNEECE The Derma Board of Aldermen approved the installation of four new stop signs in town at last weeka s meeting.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun City Police Chief Benny Langford described it as a feeling hea s never felt before and hopefully never will again.

By JOEL McNEECE Sales tax returns in July, the start of the new fiscal year, were up in Bruce and Vardaman compared to 2008.

By JOEL McNEECE From leading troops in battle during World War II to serving as the first ever chief of security with the CIA, Col.

Fire departments from Calhoun City, Derma, Vardaman and Big Creek were on hand to battle a large blaze that consumed a Calhoun City restaurant Monday morning.

By JO ANN DENLEY No discussion or participation was raised at Calhoun City' s hearing for their 2010 fiscal yearA budget last night at their regular meeting, which was also set as the budget hearing.

By JOEL McNEECE Judy Tedford was unanimously voted mayor pro-tem of Derma at the towna s monthly board meetingA Tuesday night.

By JOEL McNEECE Judy Tedford was unanimously voted mayor pro-tem of Derma at the towna s monthly board meetingA Tuesday night.

By JOEL McNEECE Judy Tedford was unanimously voted mayor pro-tem of Derma at the towna s monthly board meetingA Tuesday night.

By JOEL McNEECE Gasoline prices around Calhoun County remain in line by Mississippi standards and lower than the national average, according to the latest surveys.

By JOEL McNEECE Gasoline prices around Calhoun County remain in line by Mississippi standards and lower than the national average, according to the latest surveys.

By JO ANN DENLEY Calhoun City Mayor J.R. Denton and the Board of Aldermen were sworn into office for this municipal term last night at their regular meeting by Court of Appeals Judge Jimmy Maxwell of Oxford, who is the grandson of the late Kit and Ruth Bryant of Derma.

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 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.

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.

By JOEL?McNEECE The Derma Board of Aldermen accepted a bid for a weather warning system at last weeka s meeting.

As a crappie destination, the Columbus Pool of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway makes a great bass fishing hole.

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.