OFFER TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR LEASE OF  SIXTEENTH
SECTION LAND
The undersigned will receive sealed bids until 2:00 o’clock p.m., Tuesday, July 6, 2010, for the following hunting leases for a period of five (5) years, beginning September 1, 2010 and ending August 31, 2015.
1. SECTION SIXTEEN, TOWNSHIP 9, RANGE 4 WEST
That portion of Sixteenth Section, Township 9, Range 4 West, containing approximately 251 acres, currently leased to Russell Outdoors, Inc., T.Logan Russell
2.     SECTION SIXTEEN, TOWNSHIP 9, RANGE 5 WEST
That portion of Sixteenth Section, Township 9, Range 5 West, containing approximately 161.5 acres, currently leased to William Martin
3. SECTION SIXTEEN, TOWNSHIP 11, RANGE 1 EAST
That portion of Sixteenth Section, Township 11, Range 1 East, containing approximately 478.9 acres, currently leased to Michael Daniels & Chadwick Hathcock
4.    SECTION SIXTEEN, TOWNSHIP 12, RANGE 2 EAST
That portion of Sixteenth Section, Township 12, Range 2 East Containing approximately 397.1 acres, currently leased to Pete Pingrey & Peter Pingrey
5.    SECTION SIXTEEN, TOWNSHIP 12, RANGE 3 EAST
That portion of Sixteenth Section, Township 12, Range 3 East Containing approximately 360 acres, currently leased to Mitchell  Saxton
NOTE:    By order of the Board of Education, advance payment of lease and certification of  Insurability will be required on all leases, due upon execution of Contract. (within fifteen days of awarding lease) 5% of bid amount will be made payable in the form of cashier’s check or money order at the time of bid. (Refundable if bid not successful)  A security deposit in the amount of 1 year’s tax will be paid at the execution of the Contract.  An $8.00 per acre minimum is required for the bid to be valid.    
The County Board of Education reserves the right to execute timber deeds; oil, gas and mineral leases; and deed for rights of way serving power, gas, telephone lines and public roads.    
All leases will be subject to the laws of Mississippi regarding the use of timber upon Sixteenth Section lands.
Lessees will be required to indemnify and hold harmless Lessor from any and all damages, claims or rights of action of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of any acts of Lessees, their agents, servants, employees, guests or invitees, in the exercise of the rights granted in said lease.  Lessee will also be required to procure general liability insurance in an amount to be determined by Lessor which will name Lessor as an insured under said policy or policies to protect Lessor from any and all damages or claims arising out of Lessees acts in the exercise of the rights granted under said lease.
Bid forms shall be secured from the Office of the County Superintendent of Education.  All bids are required to be submitted on such form.
Each bidder must satisfy the Board of Education as to his ability to comply with  the term of his bid.
The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities.
By order of the Board of Education of Yazoo County, Mississippi, this 1st day of June, 2010.
YAZOO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
By:  Larry Walls, President
By:  Jack O. Nicholson, Ph. D.
County Superintendent of Education
No. 407 (June 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2010)     

   
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF YAZOO
PUBLIC NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
To all persons interested in the following described lands in Yazoo County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Entire Section 16, Township 12 North, Range 2 East, containing 640 acres, more or less.
You are hereby notified that sealed proposals to lease for oil, gas and mineral exploration and development the above described Sixteenth Section lands may be filed with the Superintendent of Education of the Yazoo County School District, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, on or before 4:00 o’clock P.M., on the 6th day of July, 2010, and you are invited to submit sealed bids specifying the bonus to be paid by the lessee for said lease. ALL BIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED ON ALL THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LANDS AS A SINGLE TRACT. The form of said oil, gas and mineral lease as prescribed by said Board of Education and the terms so prescribed, including the royalty to be retained by the lessor, the annual rental to be paid by the lessee, and the primary term of the lease, is now on file and available for inspection in the office of the Superintendent of Education of the Yazoo County School District at Yazoo City, Mississippi, where it may be inspected by all interested parties. The sealed bids submitted will be opened at 6:00 o’clock P.M., or as soon thereafter as conveniently possible, on the 6th day of July, 2010, at a regular meeting of the Board of Education of said School District. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids; but if any bid is accepted, the Board will award said oil, gas and mineral lease to the highest bidder in the manner provided by law.
THIS the 1st day of June, 2010.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE YAZOO COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT, YAZOO CITY,
MISSISSIPPI
BY: /s/ Larry Walls
LARRY WALLS, PRESIDENT
No. 413 (June  9, 12, 16 & 19, 2010)

PUBLIC NOTICE FORMER YAZOO COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE GIFTED EDUC
ATION SERVICES AND THEIR PARENTS
The Yazoo County School District will destroy selected records pertaining to gifted education prior to August, 2005. the education records pertain to students who attended Holly Bluff, Linwood, Yazoo County High, and Bentonia-Gibbs Elementary.
If you would like to obtain these records, please contact Patricia Parker at 662-755-2518, Extn. 1335 or Angela Hudson at 662-746-4672, Extn. 1022.
These records are available until June 21st to parents or students eighteen years of age or older with proper identification.
No. 414 (June 9, 12, 16 & 19, 2010)

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF YAZOO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER FOR THE MINERAL INTEREST OF W. O. THOMPSON, MRS. J. J. LIPSEY, HALLIE KING, BUDDY HESTER, MRS. DEE DEE MASON, TGCD PARTNERSHIP, MARGARET THORNE, LEONARD CULBERTSON, J. W. LEE, LUTHER H. WHITE, BEN E. TAYLOR, STARTEX OPERATING CO., HORATIO V. S. NEGUS a/k/a HORATIO V. S. NEGRES, JAMES KEMP, CHARLES WHITE GAMBLE, W. H. FINCHER, FRANK VALIANT GORDON, MILDRED H. GORDON OWINGS, JOHN BENNETT GORDON, ESTATE OF IDA V. PRESLEY HUGH GRADY GRAHAM, JOHN EDWARD AINSWORTH, AND HILDA NEWBORN TRUST, IF LIVING, AND IF DECEASED, THEIR UNKNOWN HEIR(S), ADMINISTRATOR(S), EXECUTOR(S), LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE(S), SUCCESSOR(S) AND ASSIGN(S).
SUNBELT RESOURCES, INC.  PETITIONER
CAUSE NO. 10-0050
AMENDED SUMMONS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO:  W. O. THOMPSON, MRS. J. J. LIPSEY, HALLIE KING, BUDDY HESTER, MRS. DEE DEE MASON, TGCD PARTNERSHIP, MARGARET THORNE, LEONARD CULBERTSON, J. W. LEE, LUTHER H. WHITE, BEN E. TAYLOR, STARTEX OPERATING CO., HORATIO V. S. NEGUS a/k/a HORATIO V. S. NEGRES, JAMES KEMP, CHARLES WHITE GAMBLE, W. H. FINCHER, FRANK VALIANT GORDON, MILDRED H. GORDON OWINGS, JOHN BENNETT GORDON, ESTATE OF IDA V. PRESLEY HUGH GRADY GRAHAM, JOHN EDWARD AINSWORTH, AND HILDA NEWBORN TRUST,  IF LIVING, AND IF DECEASED, THEIR UNKNOWN HEIR(S), ADMINISTRATOR(S), EXECUTOR(S), LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE(S), SUCCESSOR(S) AND ASSIGN(S).
You are summoned to appear at the Chancery Court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, the 15th day of July, 2010, in the Chancery Courtroom, located at 209 E. Broadway, Yazoo City, MS  39194, to defend the suit of Sunbelt Resources, Inc. praying for the appointment of a receiver of an undivided mineral interest claimed to be owned by you in and under the following lands situated in Yazoo County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Township 12 North, Range 3 East
Section 32: NW 1/4; E 1/2 of SW 1/4; E 1/2 of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4
Section 30: E 1/2 of W 1/2 of SE 1/4; SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
Township 12 North, Range 2 East
Section 25: NE 1/4 of NE 1/4; N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4; S 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4; S 1/2 of NE 1/4, lying north and east of Cypress Creek.
Township 12 North, Range 3 East
Section 30: NW 1/4 of SW 1/4; NE 1/4 of SE 1/4
wherein you are a defendant.
This the 7th day of June, 2010.
Quint Carver
CHANCERY CLERK OF YAZOO COUNTY, MS
By: /s/ April L. Adams
April L. Adams, D.C.
(SEAL)
OF COUNSEL:
A. JERRY SHELDON
(MSB NO. 6751)
Adams and Reese, L.L.P.
P. O. Box 24297
Jackson, MS  39225-4297
Phone: (601) 353-3234
No. 421 (June 12, June 19, June 26, 2010  and July 3, 2010))

in the chancery court of YAZOO county, mississippi
In the matter of the ESTATE OF SARAH F. VICE, deceased
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 10-0184
notice to creditors
Letters Testamentary  having been issued on June 8th, 2010 to the undersigned as Co-Executors of the above estate by the Chancery Court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to file the same with the Clerk of said Court for probate and  allowance as required by law within ninety (90) days of the date of the  first publication of this notice, or the same will be forever barred.
THIS 8th day of June, 2010.
THOMAS E. VICE AND RONALD F. VICE CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF SARAH F. VICE, DECEASED
No. 422 (June 12, 19 & 26, 2010)

in the chancery court of YAZOO county, mississippi
In the matter of the ESTATE OF DAVID M. SPIARS, deceased
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 10-0195
notice to creditors
Letters Testamentary  having been issued on June 8, 2010 been issued to the undersigned as Administratrix  of the above estate by the Chancery Court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to file the same with the Clerk of said Court for probate and  allowance as required by law within ninety (90) days of the date of the  first publication of this notice, or the same will be forever barred.
THIS 8th day of June, 2010.
HEATHER C. SPIARS,
ADMINISTRATRIX  OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID M. SPIARS, DECEASED
No. 423 (June 12, 19 & 26, 2010)

Warren-Washington-Issaquena-Sharkey, CAA is submitting an application to USDA Rural Development for the purpose of obtaining funds to implement a Housing Preservation Grant Program for Yazoo County.
A “Statement of Activities” is available at WWISCAA office located at 1538 Old Leland Road, Greenville, MS 38703 for review by any and all citizens in the referenced county or call Beverly Saulter at 662-378-5857. The SOA can be reviewed any time between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
WWISCAA is an EEQ organization.
No. 432 (June 19 & 23, 2010)

BEFORE THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
RE: PETITION OF PEAK ENERGY COMPANY FOR AN EXTENSION OF INACTIVE WELL STATUS UNDER STATEWIDE RULE 28 FOR WELLS LOCATED IN PICKENS FIELD, YAZOO, COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
DOCKET NO 276-2010-D
PUBLIC NOTICE
Take notice that Peak Energy Company  (“Petitioner”) has filed  a Petition with the Mississippi State oil and Gas Board under the above docket requesting an extension of the inactive well classification under Statewide Rule 28 for certain wells in the referenced Field as identified as the Louise Dixon #1, Sec 32, T12N, R1W Yazoo County, Mississippi in the petition and for other relief as set forth in said Petition. The Petition in this matter is on file in the records in the office of the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board and may there be examined.
The Petition will be heard by said Board at 9:30 am. On the 21st day of July 2010 at 500 Greymont Avenue, Suite E. Jackson Mississippi 39202, at which time and place you may appear and contest, said matter.
If you intend to contest the Docket or request a continuance you must notify the Board and the Petition’s representative of your intention in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. Tuesday July 14, 2010, which is seven (7) days prior to the date stated above for the hearing. Failure to so notify the Board and Petitioner’s representative shall be a waiver of your right to contest or request a continuance.
You are advised the Board may adopt an order concerning a Petition, which may differ from the relief requested by Petitioner and the Board will enter such order or orders assign its judgment may be appropriate in accordance with the evidence presented.
Dated this the 14th day of June, 2010
MISSISSIPPI STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD
By:Lisa A. Ivshin
Lisa A. Ivshin
STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD
No. 433 (June 19, 2010)

IN THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
DOCKET NO. 255-2010-D
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE SE 1/4 of SE 1/4,  SECTION 18-T10N-R1E, YAZOO County, Mississippi.
Please take notice that beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at the hearing room of the State Oil and Gas Board (“Board”), 500 Greymont Avenue, Suite E, Jackson, Mississippi, the State Oil and Gas Board will hear the Petition of Roundtree & Associates, Inc., for authority to drill its King 18-16 No. 1 Well at an exception location, and for related relief, in a 40 acre oil drilling unit described as follows:
SE1/4 of SE1/4, Section 18, Township 10 North, Range 1 East, Dorn Field, Yazoo County, Mississippi, containing 40 acres, more or less.
A copy of said Petition is on file in the office of the State Oil and Gas Board, 500 Greymont Avenue, Suite E, Jackson, Mississippi, and may be there examined by any person interested. The Petition will be heard on all requested relief, at the July 21, 2010, hearing of the Board. At said hearing all interested persons may appear and contest said matter.
If you intend to contest the docket or request a continuance with respect to the relief requested you must notify the Board and the Petitioner’s Attorney of your intention in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2010.  Failure to so notify the Board and the Petitioner shall be a waiver of your right to contest or request continuance.
You are advised the Board may adopt orders concerning a Petition which may differ from the relief requested by the Petitioner and Board will enter such order or orders as in its judgment may be appropriate in accordance with the evidence presented.    DATED at Jackson, Mississippi, this the 14th day of June, 2010.
STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
By: /s/ Lisa Ivshin    
LISA IVSHIN
State Oil and Gas Supervisor
OF COUNSEL:
WATTS C. UELTSCHEY
(State Bar No. 5758)
BRUNINI, GRANTHAM, GROWER & HEWES, PLLC
The Pinnacle Building, Suite 100
190 East Capitol Street (39201)
Post Office Drawer 119
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Telephone (601) 948-3101
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER,
ROUNDTREE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
No. 434 (June 19, 2010)