 Rev. Ken Lynch, Rev. George Woodliff, Rev. Bill Poole and Father Lincoln Dall discuss the Pray Yazoo event that will be held Sunday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher
Broken families, struggling schools and a struggling economy.
Like most of the nation, these are issues confronting Yazoo.
“It’s not like a natural disaster where you can immediately see the damage, but it’s still very devastating,” said Rev. George Woodliff, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church. “When families are destroyed the consequences are felt in our schools, our neighborhoods, our economy... it just goes on and on. We ignore this at our own peril.”
A group of local ministers are confronting the issues by encouraging Yazooans of all denominations to join together in prayer. Pray Yazoo was established in an effort to unite the community to seek God’s help. Woodliff said he believes many people in Yazoo are crying out for help.
“We as Christians have an obligation to see the problems that exist and ask for God’s guidance in seeking a solution,” Woodliff said.
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By VERNON SIKES
Herald Correspondent
After one Yazoo County School Board trustee pressed to make certain the cost of the fiscal 2013 budget overage would not be passed on to the taxpayers, and another railed against state and federal mandates, the four trustees present Tuesday unanimously approved the budget. School board President Larry Walls was absent.
With total revenues projected to be $17,104,682.58, the school district anticipated expenditures for the fiscal year of $17,395,364.17, or a deficiency of $290,681.59. In the July 17 budget hearing, the projected deficiency was $362,230.05.
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 Country music star Steve Azar (center) is pictured with Bobby Benton (left) and Wes Benton after meeting at Stub’s in Yazoo City Tuesday. The three were meeting to discuss the upcoming Sun and Sand Festival on the Gulf Coast in November. By TAYLOR MITCHELL
Sports Editor
Country music is one of the most popular genres of music in Mississippi. One of the state’s most popular country music artists, Steve Azar, is a native of the Mississippi Delta and Greenville.
Those who chose Stub’s Restaurant as their lunch of choice Tuesday afternoon were surprised to see the Delta native sitting at one of the many tables.
Azar was joined by Wes and Bobby Benton, of Red Planet Entertainment, who are putting on the inaugural Sun and Sand Festival, a film and musical festival, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast from Nov. 7-11. Over lunch, the three creative minds discussed various aspects of the festival, including the impact it can have on Mississippi’s creative economy.
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 Yazoo County relatives of the late Brandon Michael Fugate donated a side scan sonar unit to the Yazoo County Dive Team on behalf of the BMF Project, an organiztion founded in Fugate’s honor. Pictured from left are (front) Kaye Louise Purvis, Tolar Purvis and Holly Purvis, (back) Brandi Carter, Jay Wistead, Sheriff Jake Sheriff and Michael McCain. By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher
After enduring nearly a month of helplessly waiting while search teams combed the water for the body of their son, a Texas family is determined to keep others from having to endure that experience.
After purchasing a high tech device to give them an edge in fishing tournaments, an Illinois couple located a car at the bottom of the Mississippi River that belonged to a retired school teacher who had been missing for three years.
These two unrelated events led to a movement to improve search and rescue teams around the country. Yazoo County’s Dive Team was one of the latest groups to benefit.
Like most rural search and rescue teams, Yazoo County’s Dive Team has very limited resources. It’s a volunteer effort, and much of the equipment has been donated or purchased through fundraisers.
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
Investigators continue to search for leads with two armed robberies at separate businesses on Jerry Clower Boulevard this week.
Chief Eric Snow said the first armed robbery occurred on Friday, with the second one on Monday. Both robberies occurred at businesses next door to each other.
“We are hoping these are isolated incidents, but we aren’t ruling anything out,” Snow said.
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