Omie Wall Parker’s recently added marker is next to the Herschel Brickell memorial.By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

The Henry Herschel Brickell Memorial Literary Walkway at the Ricks Memorial Library continues to grow with the recent addition of ten new authors.
Over 100 published Yazooan writers are included on the brick walkway that pays homage to Brickell, a native son who traveled the world as a writer, literary critic, scholar and editor.
“We try to recognize people from Yazoo who made literary contributions,” said John Ellzey, reference librarian and local historian. “We honor writers, photographers, publishers, newspaper people and others.”
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FielderBy JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

A Yazoo City man is charged with felony child abuse after allegedly shaking an infant so violently that it caused major head trauma.
Grady Fielder III, 42 of 50 Banks Lane, was arrested by the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department after a two month investigation.
Tommy Irvine, chief investigator, said he conducted a thorough investigation along with medical examiners and the Department of Human Services.
“Any time there is an incident involving a child,  we are going to be looking at everything very closely,” Irvine said. “The evidence clearly suggests that this child was abused.”
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Kirk Jr. will celebrate their 50th anniversary Aug. 11 from 2-4 p.m. at Concord Baptist Church. The couple first met on a blind date while they were college students. By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

Herbie Kirk was hesitant when his college roommate asked him to join him on a double date.
It was also a blind date.
After juggling the notion of helping a friend out, he eventually agreed to come along.
But the moment Kirk saw Janice Gates walk down the stairs, he knew he’d made the right decision.
“I said, ‘that’s the girl I’m gonna marry,” he said, smiling.
It may sound like the beginning of a beautiful relationship. But both Herbie and Janice agree it took awhile for the sparks to fly.
On their first date, they pretty much kept to themselves.
“It was not very romantic,” Herbie said, with a laugh. “She sat on her side of the car, and I sat on mine.”
Both Janice and Herbie were both dating people back in their hometowns. So it wasn’t an instant romance for the two.
They didn’t meet again until two years later. And they haven’t left each other sides in 50 years.
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By VERNON SIKES
Herald Correspondent

Yazoo City's school children will face stiffer penalties this year for misbehavior on the school buses, thanks to a new student handbook with more “teeth” in it.
That's how Dr. Arthur Cartlidge described the new edition, explaining that “the code of behavior, in particular, was the one main thing we wanted to re-address because, as you know, there were some situations last year where we needed some more teeth in the handbook.”
Trustee Lula Starling voiced opposition to a 10-day suspension for all age students from the buses for misbehavior. She said the policy was perhaps too harsh for kindergarten and early elementary students.
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