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Clarifying circumstances by SCR
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
 This letter is to clarify the circumstances regarding the arrest of Richard D. Maddox on February 16, 2010 for grand larceny.    After a conference between the Agriculture Theft Division and the District Attorney’s office, due to the circumstances surrounding the ownersh...
February 26, 2010 by SCR
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
This week we passed Senate Bill 3189 that creates incentives for luring to the state a $132 million solar panel production company that would employ 500 workers within five years at an average annual wage of $34,000. Though the Mississippi Development Authority is still working with the compa...
Where Are You Going? by SCR
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
 I love to read stories about the missionaries in history. Some were able to accomplish great things.  Others faith and persistence must be admired.  And there are a few whose good intentions did more harm than good (but couldn't that be said of us all?).     But...
March 4 Talk Back by JCN
Mar 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor’s Note: The Jasper County News reserves the right to edit and omit comments for length and/or content. ––––––––––––––––––––– “To the people that ...
March 4 Jail Docket by JCN
Mar 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jasper County News prints the entire jail docket as provided by the Jasper County Sheriff’s office. JCN does not delete names from the docket. •Tyrone Hatten, 05-05-69, MB, bad checks x7. •Eric Moffett, 03-17-75, MB, DUI first. •Harvey Bourlua, 11-12-65, MW, distruba...
By the time most of you read this column, I will be two days away from the biggest day of my life: my wedding day. by JCN
Mar 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
By the time most of you read this column, I will be two days away from the biggest day of my life: my wedding day. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how my life lead up to this moment. I never thought the day would come, but suddenly it’s heading towards me like a freight train...
School budget choices by SCR
Feb 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
I have another update I would like to share with you regarding the funding crisis facing our Smith County schools. We have salvaged 2010 and part of 2011 without having to cut teacher units.  Basically, we have been able to stop the bleeding in our budget with band-aids instead of having...
Made Fit by SCR
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
 The other day Mrs. Ginny and I bought a new refrigerator.  Our old one had reached the point of making more racket than refrigeration, it had begun to leak, and the color scheme (think Harvest Gold but darker) was no longer as fun to look at as it had been.  The time was right fo...
Weekly report for February 19, 2010 by SCR
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
This week the Senate passed Senate Bill 2444 that would authorize up to a 50-percent tax credit for items costing up to $25,000 for persons who install wind or solar energy systems at their homes or businesses. With a vote of 26-22, Senate Bill 2688 was approved as amended by the House of Rep...
February 24 Talk Back by JCN
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor’s Note: The Jasper County News reserves the right to edit and omit comments for length and/or content. ––––––––––––––––––––– “Yeah, I got a question...
February 24 Jail Docket by JCN
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jasper County News prints the entire jail docket as provided by the Jasper County Sheriff’s office. JCN does not delete names from the docket. •David Lee Cole, 01-04-67, MB, speeding, no insurance, DUI first. •Dewayne Barnett, 07-02-82, MB, speeding, DUI. •Ronnie Wil...
Rosie Kersh Library display by SCR
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Thanks for featuring the Raleigh library display in your Smith County Reformer.  Thanks also to the former librarian for asking me to do it and the friends of the library, the Raleigh Women’s Club and president, Mary Edmond, for allowing me to place a display there.  In the artic...
February 12, 2010 by SCR
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
This week lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2506, which will lower legislative pay by 10-percent during the state’s economic downturn. Senators thought it was the appropriate thing to do considering January revenue collections were $40.5 million below Fiscal Year 2010 estimates, marking the ...
Snow Day by SCR
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
 I love snow!  And it so rarely falls in this part of the country. And certainly not to the degree it fell last Friday.  It was a joy to be able to go out into the snow and actually hear it crunch underfoot and not see grass peek up through the shoeprint.    I know th...
February 17 Jail Docket by JCN
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jasper County News prints the entire jail docket as provided by the Jasper County Sheriff’s office. JCN does not delete names from the docket. •Crystal Wheaton, 12-24-79, FB, business disturbance. •Shana Myers, 05-29-84, FB, business disturbance. •Mark Donavan, 01-12...
To the Heidelberg community by JCN
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
To the Heidelberg Community, We would like to thank all of you for helping make our district basketball tournament a great success. This is only the second time in 20 years we’ve had the privilege of hosting the district tournament. This was a grand opportunity to display all the positiv...
February 5, 2010 Weekly Report by SCR
Feb 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
This week the Senate passed House Bill 512 that will require a prescription for the purchase of certain over the counter medications containing pseudoephedrine, a key component in the illegal production of methamphetamine. This measure was passed because law enforcement has been overwhelmed i...
Miracles Do Happen by SCR
Feb 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
 I've heard that phrase a lot since this new year has started.  A Republican wins a Senate seat in Massachusetts!  The Saints win the Super Bowl!  We need to keep our eyes open...these things usually come in threes!    Actually, there is no set number of miracles...
February 10 Jail Docket by JCN
Feb 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jasper County News prints the entire jail docket as provided by the Jasper County Sheriff’s office. JCN does not delete names from the docket. •Martinez Hernandez, 12-08-92, MO, speeding, no driver’slicense, no inspection sticker. •Cynthia Bender, 11-12-77, FB, ran s...
We live in stages, lived out through local newspapers. by JCN
Feb 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Trying to get me to consentate on one subject long enough to write a column right now is like asking a ten-year-old at Disney World to sit down and do their homework. “But there’s just so much to do!” As you may have read last week, I am getting married in March. Exactly 52 ...