C Spire has been great for Yazoo
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Jason Patterson Editor & PublisherMississippi has benefited in countless ways from having homegrown company C Spire rise to such great heights.
Not only has our state enjoyed the obvious economic benefits that come with such innovation, but the company has an admirable record of giving back. C Spire sponsors events that benefit our state and communities and gives to many worthwhile causes.
Yazoo County has also benefited considerably.
Since the company first came to Yazoo City in its Cellular South days, C Spire has consistently made providing service to our community a priority. Major investments have been made to ensure the best possible service in this area.
The store on Jerry Clower Boulevard is always busy, and it’s that way for a reason. People know that the performance of the product is superior in this region, and they know that they will receive good customer service.
Yazoo manager Belinda Poe does an outstanding job of leading our local store. There are so many customers in that store on any given day that it could be utter chaos, and yet it operates efficiently and effectively under Poe’s leadership. If someone was looking to establish a new business in Yazoo City, a visit to C Spire would be a great place to start to see how to do it right.
I got my first cellular phone when I worked for a newspaper in Cleveland. I got such good service when I was visiting home in Yazoo once that I continued to deal with the Yazoo store anytime I needed something.
Over a decade later I still find the same great service here in Yazoo City.
That’s particularly important to a guy like me who is mostly clueless when it comes to the latest technology. I finally retired my trusty Nokia a couple of years ago after the battered device finally threw in the towel after it fell out of my pocket while I was driving a tractor. That same phone had survived being totally submerged in water when I tried to cross a creek in the dark that was much deeper than I expected and being dropped in the woods before a dog eventually found it and brought it home. It had a few teeth marks, but it still worked just fine.
I reluctantly accepted a Blackberry as a replacement, and quickly learned to appreciate being able to access the Internet at any time and send and receive email anywhere. Just a few years ago I never would have dreamed that such things are possible.
Now Yazoo County is among the first in the state to receive 4G technology, which is the fastest and most advanced available anywhere in the world. I was amazed watching the demonstration of how fast this new technology functions.
I’ll probably be one of the last to make the transition (unless my phone falls out of my pocket while I’m on the tractor again), but I am truly grateful that C Spire believes in our community enough to make such great investments that benefit us all.
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Jason Patterson is the editor & publisher of The Yazoo Herald. He can be reached at 746-4911 or by sending an email to
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Dear Editor,
The decision by the present school board not to renew the teaching and coaching contract of Mr. Archie Carlyle was a planned and calculated act of politics. This kind of thing has been happening for years.
They didn’t follow policies or procedures in this matter. The state’s report on the district asked the board to stop interfering in this kind of situation, but it seems they didn’t get the memo.
My mother always put her 11 children first in making decisions for their futures. It is clear this board did not do that.
Mr. Carlyle’s only crime was putting his students first. I feel like Jesus, when he told the people at the well, “He who is without sin cast the first stone.”
I and the 800 people who have signed the petition calling for Carlyle’s return can find no fault in his dedication to our community. We are being laughed at across the state, and on Facebook and Twitter.
Our community is losing faith in our ability to work in a productive and successful district. The Yazoo Herald’s sports editor called it a “travesty.” I ask the question, where are all those Christian folks, his co-workers, his pastor and his fellow church members?
Where are the athletes, past and present, and most of all where are the parents? He has mothered and fathered when you were unable to make it to a game or on the road, giving your children heart-to-heart talks of motivation and encouragement both in the halls of our schools and on the streets of this community. Now he deserves your support in this critical matter.
This affects us all, black and white, because the future of our community is at stake. I am asking everyone to show as much concern about this matter as they do during election time.
Mr. Clifton Jones, I sat on the school board when you and your wife in a 3 to 2 vote were denied what you rightfully deserved. When you first ran for alderman you were the only politician I ever spent an entire day with, walking the streets because I believed in you. When I ran for mayor as an independent, I endorsed McArthur Straughter in the primary. Many people thought I was crazy, but I was exercising my rights.
Mr. Aubry Brent Jr., I followed you from Vicksburg to Belzoni and saw people commit perjury to defeat you. When citizens support a candidate, they want something in return. As a citizen with the 800 petitioners, we are calling in our wager. Just get the record of the board of that decision, which is public record. Check the timeline of the action, and you will be amazed. Next month you will appoint or reappoint a board member, but before you do we deserve answers.
If you find me wrong I will come back and sit before you and the school board and give a public apology. Everyone deserves their day in court, and Mr. Carlyle certainly does.
What you do or don’t do will determine the caliber of teachers and coaches willing to come into our community and work with our children.
Johnny Staples
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