One arrested for passing fake $100

VOLUME 107 • NUMBER 10 ESTABLISHED 1882 

The Marion County Sheriffs’ 

Office arrested a black male for 

passing counterfeit $100 bills 

Tuesday. 

The suspect, whose name is 

being withheld pending further 

investigation, was the target of a 

three-hour manhunt by MCSO. 

The suspect allegedly passed 

$100 bills at some convenience 

stores in the county. Sheriff Berkley 

Hall conducted a phone 

investigation to some of the stores 

because he suspected that person 

might hit one of those stores next. 

While on one call, Hall was told the 

suspect was in the store at that time. 

A short time later, Constable Paul 

Barber spotted the suspect’s vehicle 

traveling west on Highway 98 near 

Columbia. He requested backup 

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One arrested 

for passing 

fake $100 

By Don Hill 

Editor 

from the sheriff’s office. Barber and 

other units from MCSO stopped and 

apprehended the subject. 

After arresting the suspect, more 

counterfeit $100 bills were found, 

plus a quarter-ounce of marijuana. 

The MCSO and the United States 

Secret Service are continuing the 

investigation. 

A person was passing counterfeit 

$100 in the Lumberton area earlier 

this week, as reported by Metro 

Crime Stoppers. In that case, the 

Lumberton Police Department is 

looking for a suspect described as a 

black male, wearing a black hat, 

about 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, last 

seen driving a silver or black sedan. 

According to Officer Efram 

Torres with the Lumberton Police 

Department, the counterfeit bills 

have finger “smudge prints” on 

them. The fake bills also have the 

serial number DJ17594442A 

printed on them. 

Award-winning author and nature photographer Debbie Miller of 

Alaska will be at Columbia Academy on Feb. 3 for several 

educational sessions with students. submitted photo 

Writer and photographer to 

visit Columbia Academy 

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Debbie 

Miller, award-winning author will 

give programs to Columbia 

Academy’s elementary students. 

Miller writes award-winning 

books for children and adults 

focusing on Alaskan nature and 

wildlife. She works closely with 

Jon Van Zyle, an Alaskan wildlife 

artist. One student described her 

books as “storyfact” books. She is a 

former teacher and has lived in 

Alaska for 30 years. 

Miller loves to share her Alaskan 

stories with school children. Alpha 

Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa 

Gamma, the Hattiesburg chapter of 

the national organization of 

professional women educators, 

extended an invitation for her to 

come to the Pine Belt area schools. 

She gladly accepted the invitation 

since she has a goal of reaching 50 

states with her Alaskan stories and 

had never been to Mississippi. 

Miller will have four sessions 

with elementary school children at 

See ‘Writer,’ Page 2 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2009 

BUSINESS 

Houstons brings 

experience in cleaning. 

See page 2 

INSIDE 

Nivens welcome birth of 

first child. 

See page 6 

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word 

stirs up anger.” 

— Proverbs 15:1 

LEADING BUSINESS WOMAN 

Janette Nolan with her line of workers at Pioneer Aerospace. photo by Don Hill 

Nolan receives top honor 

By Lori Watts 

Staff Writer 

On Jan. 15, Janette Nolan, 

production manager at Pioneer 

Aerospace Corporation, was 

honored as one of Mississippi’s 

50 Leading Business Women at a 

luncheon at the Mississippi 

Business and Technology EXPO 

at the Mississippi Trade Mart in 

Jackson. 

Nolan, the former Janette 

Langston of the Society Hill 

community, is a Marion County 

native and graduate of Columbia 

Academy. As a young adult, 

Nolan lived in north Mississippi 

for a while and then moved to 

Texas where she met and married 

her husband, Bill. She held 

several management positions 

with different firms but had 

Kiwanis choose King and Queen 

Columbia Club prepares for Mardi Gras Parade on February 14 

The Kiwanis of Columbia 

announced their choices for the 

King and Queen of the Mardi Gras 

Parade Wednesday at their regular 

weekly meeting at the Microtel 

meeting room. 

Ray Mathews, current Kiwanis 

president and Wal Mart general 

manager, will serve as King of the 

parade and Ann Fortenberry, former 

children’s librarian, will be the 

Queen. 

The Kiwanians choose the King 

and Queen each year to recognize 

citizens who contribute to the 

community in special ways. One 

member of the royal couple is 

chosen from within the club and the 

other is chosen from the 

community. 

Mathews has chaired the charity 

golf tournament for the Kiwanis 

Christmas for Kids. According to 

Billy Douglas, fellow Kiwanian, 

“Ray is always willing to volunteer 

settled in the Dallas, Texas area in 

2005 and was operations 

manager with Nokia mobile 

phones. 

The Nolans decided that they 

wanted their daughter Leah to 

grow up in a different 

environment from the big city. 

Nolan credits her parents for 

motivating her to succeed and she 

wanted that atmosphere of family 

and christian values as a solid 

foundation for her daughter’s life. 

“[My parents] were always 

supportive and encouraged me to 

do right by God and be good to 

myself,” Nolan said. 

The Nolans both left their 

careers in Dallas to return to 

Janette’s home here in Columbia 

in August 2005. “We took a leap 

of faith,” Nolan said, since neither 

of them had a job to come to when 

for whatever project we are 

undertaking as a club.” Mathews 

also serves on the Main Street 

Columbia board as well as many 

other community groups. He was a 

driving force behind the 

establishment of the Marion 

County recycling program and was 

given world-wide recognition by 

the Wal Mart Corporation for his 

recycling work. 

Fortenberry served as the 

children’s librarian at the Marion 

County Library for 20 years and 

currently volunteers with the 

Columbia Primary After-School 

tutoring program. She works as a 

volunteer with Marion County 

Habitat for Humanity, the Marion 

County food pantry and with the 

United Methodist Women at 

Columbia’s First Methodist Church 

and works part-time at the law firm 

of McNeese and Hahn. 

Fortenberry said “I am honored 

they made the change. 

The Nolans moved into their 

new Columbia home just two 

days before Hurricane Katrina. 

Nolan’s friends and former coworkers 

in Dallas were quick to 

deliver food, gas and supplies to 

her when they learned that her 

new home was damaged. “Our 

first home improvement was to 

get the tree off the house,” said 

Nolan. 

Nolan’s first position upon 

returning to Marion County was 

with Gerald McRaney and Delta 

Burke who were in the process of 

renovating an old grocery store 

into an antique mall in Collins. 

She worked many extra overtime 

hours managing the 

transformation and beginning 

operations of their endeavor. 

See ‘Nolan,’ Page 2 

that Kiwanis chose me, especially 

as I see how much good the club 

does for our local citizens. Their 

volunteer efforts and charitable 

contributions support so many 

projects for our community and 

they also provide us with lots of fun 

by sponsoring both the Christmas 

and Mardi Gras parades.” 

Mathews and Fortenberry will 

hold court during the Mardi Gras 

parade on Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. in 

downtown Columbia. Other Mardi 

Gras parade royalty include Mari 

Margaret Phillips, Marion County 

Miss Hospitality as the Royal 

Princess and Marion County’s 

Junior Miss Anna Morris as 

Princess. John Wayne Tolar will 

serve as the Grand Marshall and the 

Jester of Kindness is yet to be 

announced. 

For more information on having 

a float in the parade call Al 

Johansen at 601-736-3237.

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BUSINESS FEATURE 

HOUSTONS 

COLUMBIA CLEANERS 

317 Second Street, Columbia, MS 39429 

601 - 736 - 4671 

By Don Hill 

Editor 

After moving to Columbia from 

Natchez in 1969, Bill Houston, then a 

loan officer with Citizen’s Bank, and his 

wife Gail, bought Columbia Cleaners 

from Dick Yarborough in 1972. Son and 

now owner Reed Houston was 13 then. 

“I started working in the afternoon 

and on Saturdays,” Houston said. “It is 

not something I wanted to do, I would 

have rather been outside playing.” 

Houston continued to work hard and 

bought his father’s business in 1999, 

and has continued the family tradition of 

striving to make the business better 

every day. 

The Houstons learned the cleaning 

business pretty much from scratch, 

going to conventions and pouring 

through trade magazines. Houstons’ 

own employees bring in vast experience, 

and they pick up hints and tips, as the 

employees brings close to 150 years of 

combined experience. 

“They are back there every day, 

picking up things that are nice to know, 

like quicker ways to do stuff,” Houston 

said. “You never get through learning.” 

Bill Houston continues to work with 

his old business on a part-time basis. 

“It is good to have him here, he is 

like a resource person,” Reed said. 

Charlene Hamilton has been working 

with them for 16 years, Lisa Ates for 18 

years, Kay Fairley for seven, Carolyn 

Gipson for 10 years and Lucas Porter for 

five years. Houston’s son, Will, just 

graduated from college also works with 

the family business until he finds a job in 

his field of study. Fairley presses shirts; 

Ates does dry cleaning spotting, 

washing, and drying. 

“We have Charlene Hamilton, who 

can press anything, and Al James presses 

pants, he is the newest guy I have,” 

Houston said. “We don’t have a lot of 

turnover.” 

Do not forget to add Bill and Reed’s 

combined 70-plus years of experience. 

Houston said it is important to have 

that continuity, as turnover hurts 

productivity. He said the employees 

work together very well, and they do 

what they can for each other. 

“We are not quite like a family, but it 

is darn close,” Houston said. “When 

you have known people this long, they 

know you, they know your habits, and 

you know theirs. It goes beyond 

employer-employee.” 

Houstons Cleaners might be a small 

operation compared to cleaners in larger 

towns and cities, but they are big enough 

for Columbia. They did have a time of expansion and 

growth, having cleaners in Magee, Monticello and Prentiss. 

“At different times with the economy going up and 

down, we downsized,” Houston said. “When daddy retired, 

I wasn’t able to stretch myself, so we downsized and got to 

where we could manage it.” 

Houston is also a bi-vocational preacher, serving the 

last 16 years as pastor of Foxworth United Methodist 

Church. 

“That is another reason I down sized, because that is 

important to me,” Houston said. “I the two things I do are 

so different, they complement each other. They both deal 

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Houstons Columbia Cleaners is proud to serve Marion County, 

shown from left are Reed Houston, Lisa Ates, Al James, Kay Fairley, 

Carolyn Gipson, Charlene Hamilton, Bill Houston and Lucas Porter. 

Bill Houston takes care of some detailed work. 

Above middle left, Kay Fairley presses some cuffs; middle right, 

Charlene Hamilton takes care of blue jeans; and at bottom left, Lucas 

Porter finds some customer’s clothes. Bottom right, Carolyn Gipson 

handles duties in the front of the store. 

with people, and we try to treat everybody as best we can.” 

Houstons does dry cleaning, laundry service, plus they 

starch pants and shirts and do basic alterations. 

“We do not get into the “bachelor bundles,” sheets, 

towels and stuff like that,” Houston said. 

Houston said they opened Houstons Suds Laundry Mat 

on High School Avenue, to handle that type of washing. 

“That is self service, and they can take it over there if 

they want to do that,” Houston said. “That has been open 

since September.” 

Houstons Cleaners are open from7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. 

Lisa Ates takes care of the dry cleaning. photos by Don Hill 

Writer 

CA. During the sessions 

the author will give a slide 

show on Alaska and its 

wildlife and will have handson 

materials for students to 

view, such as caribou hides 

tanned by Alaskan natives; 

bones and antlers, artifacts 

and animal puppets. Miller 

will discuss how a nature 

writer works in Alaska and 

the book-making process 

with materials showing the 

different stages of book 

production. 

Miller will also attend a 

young authors’ luncheon 

with 16 junior high and high 

school students and will be 

Nolan 

SATURDAY 

January 31, 2009 

Dale establishes endowment 

for missions at WCU 

Chancery Judge Sebe 

Dale Jr. of Columbia 

recently established the 

Thelma Burrow Dale 

Endowment for Missions at 

William Carey University to 

honor his late mother. The 

scholarship will provide 

money for students who are 

preparing to serve on the 

mission field and in other 

mission related causes. 

Son of the late Judge Sebe 

Dale, Sr., he and his wife 

Camille are members of First 

Baptist Church of Columbia 

where he has served as a 

Sunday School teacher for 

many years. 

A judge in the 10th 

District of the Chancery 

Court of Mississippi, Dale 

received degrees from 

Mississippi College and the 

fixed work schedule, Nolan 

formulated a business plan 

for the addition of a 

restaurant to the antique 

facility and then left the 

position. 

She began working in the 

Marion County Circuit Clerk 

office and eventually found 

her way to her position at 

Pioneer. Nolan works hard to 

be a leader who helps her 

employees to grow by 

challenging them to be the 

best they can be. She also 

still works part-time for 

Circuit Clerk Jessie Loftin, 

posting receipts and 

restitution payments from 

court cases. 

Nolan first learned about 

the recognition she received 

in August 2008. The MBJ 

hosted a retreat for the 50 

women chosen for the honor. 

The honorees were taken by 

limousine to the Governor’s 

mansion for a wine and 

cheese tasting followed by a 

gourmet dinner hosted by E 

& J Gallo Wine. The next 

day the women enjoyed 

several seminars and a 

luncheon at Eagle Ridge 

Conference Center. 

University of Mississippi 

School of Law. His court 

district includes Forrest, 

Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, 

and Perry counties. Judge 

Dale is the longest-serving 

chancellor in Mississippi. 

A 2000 recipient of the 

Distinguished Jurist Award 

of Mississippi State 

University’s Pre-Law 

Society, he has also received 

the 1995 Justice 

Achievement Award of the 

Mississippi Court 

Administrators Association, 

1996 Mississippi Supreme 

Court’s Chief Justice Award, 

1997 Lifetime Achievement 

Award of the Mississippi Bar 

Association and 2008 

Marion County’s Citizen of 

the Year as chosen by readers 

of the Columbian Progress. 

Chancery Judge Sebe Dale Jr. of Columbia presents 

a check to Dr. Tommy King, president of William 

Carey University, to establish the Thelma Burrow 

Dale Endowment for Missions at William Carey 

University to honor his late mother. The scholarship 

will provide money for students who are preparing to 

serve on the mission field and in other mission 

related causes. submitted photo 

continued from Page 1 

signing copies of her books. 

Ginny Kemp, Alpha 

Gamma chapter member, 

said that the organization 

will be hosting the author for 

a week. She will spend one 

day in Marion County and 

the rest of her time in Lamar 

and Forrest counties. 

“I am very excited to have 

someone of [Miller’s] caliber 

in our area. I’ve have looked 

at all her books and they are 

great,” Kemp said. 

More information on 

author Debbie Miller is 

available at 

debbiemilleralaska.com. 


Pioneer Aerospace Plant 

Manager and Director of 

Operations Christopher 

Powell said, “Janette is a fine 

example of what a Leading 

Business Woman stands for. 

Pioneer Aerospace is lucky 

to have her. Congratulations 

Janette.” 

Nolan is the daughter of 

the late D.L. Langston, Sr. 

and Carolyn Carter. Her 

husband is employed with 

American Warrior 

Compression. She volunteers 

with Habitat for Humanity, is 

a member of the 2009 class 

of Leadership Marion 

County and works with Dr. 

Jan Sears at the Carl Loftin 

Career Center on the 

Partnership Education 

program. 

“But most of my spare 

time is spent carting my 

daughter around to all her 

activities,” Nolan said. “We 

try to let her take advantage 

of as many opportunities as 

possible as well as have 

plenty of time to fish and 

spend outdoors at my 

family’s place in the 

country,” she said.

SATURDAY 

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January 31, 2009 www.columbianprogress.com 

CINDY MESSER 

EDNA 

CORRESPONDENT 

Dear Friends, 

Sunday was a beautiful 

day. God’s house was full and 

the fellowship was wonderful. 

Bro. Kenny’s message was 

taken from Philippians 1:3 

entitled “Thank God for You.” 

Are we really thankful for 

our Christian brothers and 

IDA BOND HOLMES 

Advance 

CORRESPONDENT 

First, let me correct an 

error from last week. The 

little log church built in 1875 

was on the north side of the 

road and on the east end of 

the cemetery. The west end of 

the cemetery used to be 

between the cemetery and 

On Sunday night, January 

18, Rev. Glenn read scripture 

from I John 4:7-21. If we 

cannot love our fellow man, 

how can we love God? All 

through the Bible there are a 

lot of verses about love. If we 

love God, we can have love 

towards others. Love is the 

greatest emotion we can have 

toward each other. God first, 

family next and self last. 

There would not be so much 

murder, drugs and trouble in 

the world if we would 

remember this. A drug dealer 

would not sell drugs to young 

people if he had love in his 

Hello, Hope you all had a 

safe week and that all is well 

with each of you. 

Well, Saturday afternoon 

some of the Middlers and 

young people got together at 

the Family Life Center for 

some good food and 

fellowship, those helping 

cook the meal were Derry 

Dunaway, Tommy McNabb, 

Brother Davis and Kenny 

Cooper. Those attending were 

Tommy and Sue McNabb. 

Sandy Bean, Derry and Cathy 

Dunaway, Cathy Hilburn, 

Dana and Hannah Rowelly, 

Tuckie and Patti Jerkins, 

Vicki and Ronnie Bracey, 

Randy and Elisha Hollis, 

Good morning everybody. I 

fell off the grapevine the first 

of December and spent New 

Year’s inside with what has 

been going around. Some say 

it was the flu and it is taking a 

long time flying off. I want to 

thank family and friends for 

all the food, fruit juice and 

things that helped to keep me 

going. I had a couple of 

friends to bring me potato 

soup which is good anytime. 

I have heard through the 

grapevine while I have been 

shut in that several of my 

friends have passed away. My 

sympathy is with all of the 

ones that have lost loved ones. 

GRAPEVINE 

We should be thankful for Christian brothers and sisters 

sisters? Paul had a tender 

relationship with the 

Christians at Philippi. Paul 

prayed for his fellow 

Christians, enjoyed 

fellowship with them and 

was confident that God would 

finish the good work He had 

started in them. 

We should remember the 

good things, the positive 

things about our fellow 

Christians. We hold the keys 

to our heart and are the only 

The church is the house of God 

Doc Gore’s yard. Mr. Gore 

donated room on the west 

end of the cemetery to bury 

Gores and Goars. It is filling 

up seems like. 

Reverend Bud Parker 

preached a powerful sermon 

on The House of God. He 

delighted us with unusual 

bulletins with a beautiful 

snapshot of Advance Church 

on the front. He is a man of 

many talents. He can not only 

preach mighty sermons, but 

he can also sing and play the 

We must love one another 

heart, because he knows 

drugs will hurt or kill this 

person. There have been so 

many murders in the county 

because of drugs and money. 

Subrina Jones, Sherrie and 

Kayla Scarborough attended 

the wedding of Whitney 

Lorries and Trace Ryals on 

Saturday, January 17, at Mt. 

Caramel Church of God. It 

was a very beautiful 

wedding. 

Rusty, Subrina, Jon and 

Jazmyn Jones visited with 

Mr. Hoyt and Ramona 

Forbes, Pappa and Grandma, 

on Friday and Saturday. 

Rusty and the kids went deer 

hunting. 

January 26 will be Rusty 

Jones’s birthday and Mr. 

Hoyt Forbes’s was on Friday, 

ones who can choose to put 

positive things and not the 

negative things there. We 

should tell our friends of our 

appreciation for them. And, if 

we say it is not in our nature to 

tell people how we feel, then 

we should change our nature! 

What if you knew this was 

your last day to spend in the 

world? Who would you tell of 

your love and appreciation for 

them? Who can you make 

smile today? Your husband or 

piano. 

Cynthia Lingle is really 

neat on the piano and Jim is 

faithful to lead the music. 

Folks need to get up and 

worship God in historic 

Advance Church. Some of 

my sisters who live away 

grieve because they are not 

here to worship in historic 

Advance Church. We have 

had several folks from. out of 

town who have not been able 

to find the church, so there 

will soon be a sign at the east 

January 23. A group went out 

to Stogners Fish House on 

Saturday night to celebrate 

with them. Going were Hoyt 

and Ramona Forbes, Rusty, 

Subrina and Jazmyn Jones, 

Sherrie, Kayla and Katie 

Scarborough, Kyle Breeland, 

Lilly Holmes, Ralph, Diane 

Bedwell, Dewitt and Earlene 

Forbes, Tracy Fulton, Nell 

Tolar, David, Jan, Mattie and 

Mallory Clark, Kerrie 

Powell, Danny, Crystal and 

Mason Crawford, Terry and 

Craig Bass, Ashley Blue, 

Bridget Host, Marina 

Roberson and Ed and Sandra 

Sanford. The cake for Rusty 

was made by Pam Holmes 

and featured a deer and 

hunting scene. Several went 

over afterwards to Keith and 

Youth enjoy fellowship 

Shana and Clayton Holmes 

and Clayton’s dad, Cory and 

Kayla Odom, Brother and 

Sister Davis and Maddie, 

Randy and Sarah Buchanan, 

Randy and Kim Bracey, 

Leona and Chase Bozeman, 

Nikkie and Nathan, Joe and 

Leigh, Chris and Candance 

Crawford, Martin Bean, and 

Bryan and Sherri Morgan. I 

hope I have not left anyone 

out. 

Please continue to pray for 

the Ray Morgan family. 

Brother Ray passed away and 

will be remembered by many, 

he was such a sweet and dear 

man. 

Also, remember Barabra 

Easterling who, at this time, is 

in the hospital. 

The teens did a wonderful 

job Sunday night at our 

church. Thank you Chris and 

Candace Crawford, Jen and 

Jon Miller and Ashley and 

Michael Broom for all that 

you do for our teenagers. It is 

greatly appreciated by me. 

Happy birthday to Doug 

Hammond, Randy Warren, 

Jana Lynn Morgan, Deidre 

Brumfield, Ronal Hilburn, 

David McLeod Sr., Dustin 

Morgan, Sharon Stringer. We 

wish you all many more 

blessed birthdays. We had a 

wonderful service in church 

Sunday morning. We had 

Communion. 

Please keep Diane and 

Cecil Morgan in your prayers. 

Diane’s mother Sister 

Hathorn passed away last 

See ‘Morgantown’ Page 5 

I fell off the grapevine 

I want to thank two of my 

great grandsons, JR and 

Corey, for cleaning up my 

yard. The old pecan tree has 

limbs that are beginning to 

fall. Thanks Boys. 

My being shut-in for so 

long has spoiled Miss Cat. 

She has enjoyed my company. 

I have missed my church 

family. You lose a lot when 

you are out for so long. I know 

several of them have had a 

touch of sinus mess also. 

It does not do much good to 

plan ahead. I thought that I 

would be stronger to go to 

church today, but it did not 

work out. Even the weather 

was against me. I am not up to 

getting out in the dampness 

just yet. One thing for certain 

is a relapse of pneumonia is 

worse than the first time. 

Through the week I have 

had several family members 

to come in and out. 

I talked by phone this week 

to my niece, Linda, from 

Sumrall, Sue, from North 

Carolina and Tori, from 

Purvis. Several times I talked 

to my cousin, Betty, at The 

Grove. 

I am glad to know that 

things at church are going 

ahead. Some are beginning to 

think that the Sweetheart 

banquet is not far away. So 

here is hoping that I will be on 

the go by then. Special music 

for the banquet is going to be 

by Tori Gay. 

All of you try to stay well. 

“Being powerful is like 

being a lady, if you have to tell 

people you are, you aren’t.” 

wife, maybe your child needs 

your attention. 

Then again, it may be a 

total stranger that needs a little 

care and love. You have the 

power to change your world 

by either speaking love into it 

or anger. Which will you do? 

I did not attend Church 

Sunday night as I was a little 

under the weather. But, I do 

thank all who have called to 

check on me. I am doing 

better but you all know how 

end of the road going 

past Advance 

Church, as the sign 

already at the west end is a 

help to folks traveling east on 

Hwy. 44. 

I am sorry that I was unable 

to hear Dr. Celina Echols 

speak at John the Baptist 

Church, as her family is long 

time friends of my family. 

Her grandmother was a 

wonderful neighbor named 

Mrs. Emma Magee when I 

was rearing my family. Her 

mother is Veolar Magee 

Echols, a granddaughter of 

Mrs. Emma. Her Uncle 

Sherrie Scarborough’s form 

more cake and ice cream. 

Tasha Avery visited with 

Rusty and family. Thomas 

and Robin McKensie ate out 

at Popwell’s recently. Sherrie, 

Kayla and Subrina attended a 

purse party on Saturday 

evening at the home of 

Jennifer Baughman. Mays 

Creek Church of God is 

selling Rador knives; call 

Bridget at 736-2337 or 

Subrina at 736-8736. 

Jonathan Smith spent the 

weekend with his dad, 

those viruses can be. 

Mrs. Catherine Budjick did 

have to have a graph on her 

foot. Please remember this 

sweet lady in your prayers. 

Our prayer list is still very 

long, so please take it in hand 

and pray God’s will on all, for 

He knows best. 

Sunday we will have Super 

Worship Sunday. We will 

have morning service as 

always and will have a “bring 

your own lunch” fellowship 

Clarence is a valued friend, 

and her precious Aunt Emma 

CampbeIl was our first 

pianist at Advance Church 

ten years ago. How all of us 

loved Mrs. Emma Campbell 

as she was on kidney dialysis 

three times weekly but still 

played the piano at Advance 

until her health broke. After 

her untimely death we placed 

her portrait behind the piano 

in Advance. We will never 

forget her. 

Herman Field is home in 

the neighborhood for three 

weeks. He and his family are 

good neighbors. 

Ronnie Smith and 

grandparents. Shiloh had 

birthdays party after church 

on Sunday night, January 25. 

My heart was broken on 

Monday, January 19, when I 

heard of the death of a cousin 

and a good friend, Emma 

Lou Boyles Mullins. She was 

so faithful to come to WMU 

and church. Even though she 

walked on a walker and had 

fallen several times, she 

never gave up. She still drove 

her car and picked up others 

afterwards. We will have an 

afternoon service at 1:00. 

The men will have a 

brotherhood super on the 5th 

at 6:30pm. I hope this will 

give many men the 

opportunity to come and enjoy 

the fellowship. 

February the 8th we will 

honor Len Cooke and his 

family for 5 years of service at 

Edna. 

Well I believe that is it for 

this week. God’s love to all 

until next time. 

We miss Learlean Deen 

since she has had to miss 

church due to her illness. We 

keep her on our prayer list 

Carol Seymour said that 

her Uncle Wendell 

McDoweIl is in the hospital 

with kidney stones. We wish 

him a speedy recovery. 

Ruby Bond Noblitt Allen 

had a call from her son Don 

Noblitt who is vacationing in 

California and he said that 

they are having a wonderful 

time. 

Have a good week and stay 

well. 

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OPINION & EDITORIAL 

SCHIP expansion 

shorts the have-nots 

There are a lot of reasons why the proposed expansion of the State 

Children’s Health Insurance Program is flawed. 

By letting middle-class families sign up their children in some states, it 

will entice them out of the private market, creating a huge new entitlement 

for Washington and the states. It will drive up health insurance premiums 

for those left behind in the private market, since there will be less people 

around whom to spread the risk. Perhaps most perniciously, it will further 

brain-wash the public into thinking that government is going to take care of 

all of its needs, even those they have the means to pay for themselves. 

Gov. Haley Barbour has added another strong objection. The legislation, 

which has passed the House and awaits Senate action, is tilted against the 

very states with the most number of families in need of help. 

SCHIP was sold on the premise that it would provide coverage to 

children of the “working poor” - those whose families earned too little to be 

able to pay for private insurance and too much to qualify for Medicaid. It’s 

never fully done that. 

And now, wealthier states are pushing for an expansion that will provide 

insurance for families making $84,000, maybe even more than $100,000 a 

year. All the while, tens of thousands of children from Mississippi families 

making half that still would not have coverage. 

Yes, the expansion will cover more of the state’s children. One advocacy 

group claims that 55,000 additional children will get coverage. The bill’s 

backers think that Mississippi should be satisfied, even as they add middleclass 

workers from other states onto the government dole. 

The trade-off is not acceptable because it perverts the program’s 

intention. The government should not be providing free insurance to the 

middle class. It especially shouldn’t be doing it when a chunk of the 

working poor still don’t have coverage. 

Courting trouble on 

children’s insurance 

As President Bush was leaving office, one of the accomplishments he 

listed was the expansion of Medicare to include prescription drug 

coverage. 

With all due respect to the former president, we’d call the legislation 

he pushed through Congress one of his bigger blunders. It greatly added 

to the cost of an entitlement program that was already on seriously 

shaky financial ground. Although seniors were thrilled to get help with 

their prescription drug purchases, the expansion in Medicare has only 

pushed it closer to insolvency by several years. 

Congress is about to make the mistake again with the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program. The House, rebuffed by Bush last year, has 

already approved a measure to double funding for this program. If the 

Senate concurs, it will greatly expand SCHIP beyond its original 

purpose and turn yet another entitlement into a fiscal nightmare. 

When SCHIP was established in 1997, its mission was to provide 

health coverage to the children of the so-called “working poor.” At that 

time, the “working poor” were defined as those who made too much to 

qualify for Medicaid but too little to be able to buy private health 

insurance. In dollar terms, the income cutoff was defined as two times 

the federal poverty level. 

Several regions of the country, particularly the more prosperous 

states, have been pushing those levels ever higher - either through 

waivers or lobbying for new legislation. The latest proposed expansion 

would allow some states to provide SCHIP benefits to families making 

up to four times the federal poverty level, or about $84,000 for a family 

of four. According to George Will, a columnist for the Washington Post, 

the effective cutoff could be even higher in some places. Where states 

allow families to deduct some living expenses from their income, the 

true income cap could rise to above $100,000. Suddenly the upper 

middle-class is now part of the “working poor.” 

What’s likely to be the outcome of this bracket leap? Not good on 

several fronts. 

Those who now pay themselves for their children’s insurance 

coverage will drop the policies and enroll them on SCHIP. Enrollments 

in the government program will soar beyond current projections, and 

with it the cost. The House bill calls for paying for the expansion with 

a 61-cent increase in the federal tax on cigarettes. Maybe that will work 

for a while, but before long it won’t be enough. Time and again, the 

federal government has created entitlements whose original funding 

mechanism has fallen short. 

As families drop private coverage, those left in the private pools may 

see their premiums rise. Insurance rates are based on spreading the risk. 

The less people there are to share the costs of claims, the higher the rates 

are likely to be. 

In addition, even as many states push for this expansion, they do so 

at a time when they are hard-pressed to meet their existing health-care 

obligations. Although the federal government on average picks up 70 

percent of the cost of SCHIP, the states still have to come up with their 

30 percent. Given how most states struggle to meet their cost share with 

Medicaid, it’s hard to see how they can stand adding to that health-care 

burden with a bigger SCHIP load. 

All these well-meaning initiatives sound good until you try to figure 

out how to sustain them over the long haul. Once the math catches up 

with the idea, though, it’s too late. After the public gets used to an 

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TWO CENTS WORTH BY LOUIS BREAKFIELD 

Some things were just better ‘in the day’ 

Sometimes my memories just overwhelm me. Even 

though my short-term memory plays havoc with my 

mind sometimes, my long-term memory seems to be 

getting better, with the exception of recognizing my 

students from years ago. 

Many times my former students have to remind me of 

names, even though I might remember the face very well. 

Not all memories are so pleasant, but many of them 

are. 

First let me preface this by saying I was born in the 

year of our Lord 1949 A.D. If you don’t get the reference, 

I am a proud member of the Baby Boomers. My teenage 

years were some of the happiest of my life, right here in 

ole’ Columbia, Mississippi. 

I guess what triggered this trip down memory lane 

was seeing and talking to a former student of mine, Greg 

Ellzey. Greg spent many years as an assistant to the 

legendary Les Peters at East Marion but is now an 

assistant coach at my alma mater (and his) Columbia 

High School. 

As an addendum, may I say, GO WILDCATS! 

As we talked he started pointing out basketball players 

and cheerleaders who are sons and daughters of some of 

my former students. Made me feel old and proud at the 

same time. 

Suddenly, for some reason, my mind flashed back to a 

picture in my CHS senior yearbook. It was a picture of 

Flora’s a burger place on the corner of Broad Street 

across from the school. The sign over the establishment 

said: “Five burgers for a dollar.” That’s five hamburgers 

for one dollar! 

Directly across the street from Flora’s was the Big R, 

another burger place. 

The significance of this was not so much that the 

prices were so low, but that students at Columbia High 

could actually leave campus to eat at those places, or 

even go home to eat if there was time. 

We had an hour for lunch, and, if you ate in the 

cafeteria, you could well have 30 minutes to walk around 

the campus or lie in the grass and catch some rays. 

Of course, if you left campus, you were expected to be 

back on time, and everyone always was. 

Now, if you allowed students to leave campus at 

lunch, half of them would never show up again that day. 

The trust in us was something students of our day valued 

more than money. 

“Back in the day” there were three movie theaters in 

town. The Marion, in the same place it is now; the Rebel, 

Watch out for scammers and scams 

Everybody knows not to get sucked into those absurd 

Nigerian e-mail scams. 

The scam goes like this: Some fellow in Nigeria just 

got a United Nations contract, but he needs to deposit the 

money in the United States for security. If you’ll deposit 

the money for him, then you’ll get 10 percent. 

What people don’t know is the actual mechanism of 

the scam. It’s a mechanism that is being used much more 

astutely in many ways. Watch out. You could get 

scammed. I almost did. 

The scam relies on a minor detail of banking that most 

people don’t understand. Most people think when the 

bank takes your deposit and credits your account, then the 

check is “cleared” and the bank guarantees it. But this is 

not so. 

A bad check can take weeks to bounce. And when the 

bad check bounces, the bank will “unclear” your check, 

debit your account and expect you to make good on any 

missing funds in your account. Ouch. 

The scams always involve sending a fake check or 

money order. You deposit it into your account and when 

it “clears,” you’re expected to wire a portion of the money 

somewhere else. Weeks later, the check bounces. By that 

time your customer and the wired money have 

disappeared. Then you get the call from your bank asking 

when you are going to deposit additional funds in your 

account to cover the wire transfer. 

These scams typically show up when you are selling 

some big-ticket item, in my case, an airplane. 

The scammer will always send you more than the 

purchase price, with instructions to wire the money on to 

someone else. My fraudulent airplane purchaser was 

going to wire extra money for overseas shipping. I was to 

deposit the check and wire the shipping cost to the 

shipping company. 

I received a very real looking money order from a 

prominent national bank. I deposited the money and, sure 

enough, the funds were available to me within 24 hours. 

That’s when I was supposed to wire several thousand 

dollars to a shipping company. 

Fortunately, I was suspicious, so I called the bank 

whose name was on the money order to verify the check 

number. A few hours later, a bank official called me back 

and asked me to fax a copy of the check. The next 

morning, the bank called and advised me the check was a 

forgery. 

Meanwhile, the “buyer” was desperately asking me 

why I had not wired the money to the shipping company. 

If I had done so, the check would have been returned for 

insufficient funds and my bank would have expected me 

to pay for the wire transfer myself. 

To be sure, the signs were clear that the deal was 

amiss. The e-mail address of the buyer was a generic 

address. Be suspicious of buyers who use e-mail 

addresses with endings like gmail or yahoo. Such e-mails 

can’t be traced. 

The buyer had a foreign accent and always called from 

a cell phone with blocked caller ID. Such cell phones can 

be bought at a store and discarded. They can’t be traced. 

Never accept payment by check or money order. Make 

around the comer in the 

former location of 

AutoZone; and another 

theater down on Second 

Street near where the 

Salvation Army Store is 

now, but I can’t remember 

the name. 

One of the great 

pleasures (in more ways 

than one LOL) was the 

drive-in theater. Some took 

LOUIS BREAKFIELD 

the family to see movies 

there, while some younger 

folks without wife and kids, went to fool around in the 

dark. 

And before you pervs start thinking otherwise, I don’t 

know of a single female who got pregnant at the drive-in. 

As a matter of fact, I only remember one girl in my high 

school days who did get “with child.” Another change 

from today. 

Another thing teens of today are missing out on are the 

soda fountains we had. If you wanted the best ice cream 

soda in town, you went to Harris Drug Store, and if you 

wanted the best banana split in town you went to 

Walkers. 

Oh we had a lot of things to occupy us. For instance, 

there were two pool halls on Second Street, flanking The 

Columbian-Progress. I will say without too much 

modesty, I did pick up some pocket change playing 9-ball 

at Harmon’s. 

Jack’s hamburger joint was there, serving, if that is 

possible, even better burgers then. Of course, Jack’s was 

around the year I was born. 

I seem to be the only one who remembers this, but 

there were in-ground trampolines about near the 

northwest end of Garner Shopping Center. 

There were a lot of things that I would really like to 

see again. Like the homecoming parade for CHS, the 

stores closing downtown every Wednesday afternoon, 

and a simpler, more laid-back way of life. 

But the best memory of my teenage years was .... 

In my freshman year, during my library period (first 

period), I sat at the table next to, get this, Martha 

Shepman, Pat Hathorn, and Eva Carolyn Aultman, three 

of the most beautiful girls ever to attend good ole’ CHS. 

It was a great start to every school day. 

GUEST COLUMN by Wyatt Emmerich 

them wire the money. 

Never, ever accept a 

payment greater than the 

purchase price with 

instructions to wire money 

forward. These are always 

scams. In particular, never 

wire money overseas. 

If there is any doubt, call 

the bank and make sure the 

check has really “cleared.” 

This is different from the 

WYATT EMMERICH funds being available. Just 

because the funds are 

available to you does not mean the bank has received the 

funds from the deposited check. 

Of course, this is where no good deed goes 

unpunished. Or how government regulations can botch 

anything. 

The government - looking after consumers - decided 

that banks were dragging their heels allowing customers 

access to their deposited funds. So the feds mandated that 

banks had to make funds deposited available to 

consumers within 24 hours of deposit. 

To get this law passed, the feds had to allow banks to 

recoup any losses from any bad checks that later bounced. 

The average consumer believes that the bank - being 

prudent - would never allow a customer access to funds 

unless the funds were rock solid. And this is true. 

But the banks aren’t calling the shots. Federal law 

forces the banks to make the money available to you 

within a day. In essence, availability of funds has no 

bearing on a check being truly “cleared.” 

These scams are increasingly common in the Internet 

age when many transactions occur in cyberspace. The 

same amazing technology that allows you to sell a used 

thingamajig to someone around the world, also allows a 

poor Bulgarian operating in his basement to scam 

thousands in a week. There’s a sucker born every minute. 

Ebay transactions are rife with these wiring scams. 

Being a good citizen, I reported the fake money order 

to the FBI and the Secret Service. One dutiful agent 

actually called me back for details. I asked him if he 

wanted me to send him the check. He laughed, “I’ve got 

a pile of these scams two feet high on my desk. If you 

didn’t lose any money, don’t bother.” 

I admit to goading my scammers by playing innocent, 

despite my suspicions. This at least gave me some cheap 

entertainment. I convinced them I was on the verge of 

wiring them thousands. It was hilarious to see their 

desperation rise as the wire transfer was coming - they 

thought - within minutes. 

When I told the scammer there was something wrong 

with the check, he acted indignant and suggested I fax 

him a copy. “There must be something wrong. My client 

has a perfect reputation.” 

It was finally time to pull the trigger. “This is just a 

scam. I’ve known it all along,” I boasted. ‘Click’ was the 

only response as the scammer moved on to the next 

sucker. Don’t let it be you.

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Morgantown 

week and we need to 

remember this family in our 

prayers that God will give 

them the comfort they need in 

this time of their loss. We love 

you Diane and Cecil and have 

you in our prayers. Thank you 

ladies, Sue McNabb, Sandy 

Bean, Dana Rowelly and 

Cathy Dunaway, for helping 

with the food. 

Mrs. Edith Pittman visited 

with me in my home last 

week, also Sue and Tommy, 

T.J. Landon McNabb, Jon, 

Jen and the kids, Kayla and 

Zoe Bittinger. Please keep 

Zoe and Dustin’s babies in 

your prayers for they have 

been sick. Also, remember 

Tyler, my great grandson, he 

has been sick with the flu. The 

Kokomo 

to bring to WMU. The was 

held Tuesday night in the 

Shiloh Church, with burial on 

Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. 

Roy Tidwell had charge of 

the service and it was one of 

the most beautiful sermons I 

have ever heard. He used the 

seasons of the year, spring- 

flu is all in the schools, so we 

need to pray for all of our 

children that are sick. 

Nina Marchcofona of 

Metarie La., visited with Bea 

Lowe last week. Also, her 

daughter Melinda Langston, 

Mike and Bea Ann. 

Peggy Tines of Jackson 

visited with her mother Hazel 

Price and attended the funeral 

of Brother Ray Morgan. 

It was good to see a good 

friend of mine, Faye Martin 

and her husband. My niece 

Kate Habeeb visited with me 

last week. 

Lexie Smith of Madison 

spent a few days with Helen 

Butler last week. 

My friends Annette Morgan 

and Sherri Odom are on the 

when we are children, 

summer-when we start our 

families, fall-as we begin the 

final days of our lives, but 

when we die and go be with 

Jesus, it is spring time again 

for ever. 

As I was reading Monday 

night, January 19, two articles 

Bullock celebrates first birthday 

Elijah Beau Bullock, son of Jeremy and Jordan Bullock, 

turned one on December 12, 2008. He celebrated his 

birthday with a construction pals themed party on Sunday, 

December 7, 2008, at his home. Decorations included 

bulldozers, dump trucks and blue and orange balloons, 

among other things. Eli’s cake was construction themed 

with a dump truck on top and yellow caution tape around 

the edges. His mess cake was topped with a bulldozer. 

Guests were served chili, chips and dip, cake and ice 

cream. Family and close friends were invited. Eli received 

many wonderful gifts. 

Over 100 years of 

experience retires 

On December 4, 2008, Pioneer Aerospace bid farewell to 

two long time employees. Lizzie Breland and Elowease Wilks 

retired from the company. Wilks who had been employed 

since November of 1942 had 66 years with Pioneer and 

Breland who had been employed since July of 1966 had 42 

years of service. Together they had a total of 108 years of 

experience. How do you replace that kind of experience? Plant 

Manager and Director of Operations Christopher Powell said 

“we will never be able to replace the experience and work 

ethic that these two ladies brought to Pioneer each and every 

day. To work for a company for this many years is outstanding 

and speaks highly of these women. We wish them well in their 

retirement”. 

Pictured are Elowease Wilks and Lizzie Breland. 

Submitted Photo 


sick list and we need to pray 

for them. We miss them when 

they are not in church with us. 

We pray God’s healing on 

them. 

Butch and Donna Emler 

visited with Traci, Tyler and 

Cuco last week. William and 

Cindy Dixon visited with 

Erma Dunaway last week 

Sue talked with Romana 

Hauser this week and they 

where preparing for an ice 

storm to come through Idvel, 

Okla., where they live. 

Visiting with Sonny and 

Jean Hammond has been 

Misti, Karlie and Kassidy 

Kessler this past week. 

Butch and Donna carried 

their grandson Michael Lord 

to the doctor in Jackson 


seemed to remind me of 

playing with Emma Lou and 

her brothers in the yard at my 

house. I had on a thin blouse 

and we caught lightening 

bugs and put them down into 

my blouse. For three 8 and 9 

year olds, this was great fun. 

Isn’t it funny how you 

Monday and he got a good 

report. Praise the Lord for that 

report. 

Rhelda Easterling of 

Natchez visited with Bob and 

Olese Stephens this past 

week. 

Also attending a dinner at 

Refa and Debbie Smith’s 

home on January 10, were 

Darlous and Greg Prine, 

Amanda and Aleck 

Skidmore, Chris and Dana 

Prine and baby Micah. 

Laura has been busy again; 

she and some of her friends 

attended the concerts of The 

Inspirations and The 

Kingdom family. Laura and 

her daughter, Joy, went to 

Birmingham to see her 

granddaughter, she is looking 

for a great grandchild in May 

and it is a boy. Sorry to hear 

one of her Bible School 

friends passed away, Mr. 

remember these things of 

long ago? 

I am so disappointed in 

who ever is throwing garbage 

out along the side of the road. 

Everyone has to pay for the 

garbage pick up, so why not 

discard of it that way? Whole 

sacks of garbage are on our 

land and so much is along the 

road. Also, deer parts are 

being tossed in the creek and 

by the road side. I wish our 

game wardens could put up a 

Local students named 

to the University of 

Mississippi Honor Roll 

The following local students were listed on the 

Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Mississippi for 

the Fall 2008 semester. A grade point average between 3.75 

through 4.0 is required of full-time students carrying at least 

12 semester hours for listing on the Chancellor’s Honor 

Roll. The students are: Billy Wayne Jefferson, Columbia; 

Adam Douglas Porter, Columbia; Lauren Michelle Haney, 

Sandy Hook. 

Local student, Mari Margaret Phillips, was listed on the 

Dean’s Honor Roll at the University of Mississippi for the 

Fall 08 semester. A grade point average between 3.5 through 

3.74 is required of full-time students carrying at least 12 

semester hours for listing on the Dean’s Honor Roll. 

Doyle Buckley. He will be 

missed by many. Laura’s 

friend Arron McKenize is still 

playing for Calvary Baptist 

Church and he does a great 

job using his talent for the 

Lord. 

Those attending the first 

birthday party of Xilan Bond 

where her mother Velisity, her 

brother Canan and Teran 

Bond, her grandparents, Scott 

and Brenda Zavoral, Jan 

Little, Sue McNabb, Mary 

Joe McLeod, Jen, Gabe, 

Jonathon and McKenna 

Miller, Faye Badon, her 

Uncle Jr. Little, Uncle 

Wesley Little and Kyra, Boe 

and Sammy Jerkins, Allissa, 

Tyler and Taner Stampley 

,Kayla Lambert, Jim Bob 

Meidl, Teresa Morgan, 

Christie and Jared Morgan, 

Leanne and Patrick Beasley, 

Amy and Angelica Beasley, 

camera and catch whoever is 

doing it. It is against the law, 

especially throwing it into 

water ways. My dogs bring 

up all kinds of parts of deer. It 

is really disgusting. I wonder 

if these people were taught to 

not respect other people’s 

land areas. 

WMU met on Tuesday, 

Kevan and Jennifer Mitchell, 

Katlyn and Annie Simmons, 

Breanna Stringer, Robby 

Duff, Kelsey and Draven 

Simmons and Audrey 

Thurman. Xilan received 

birthday wishes from her 

grandmother and grandfather, 

Roger and Glenda Turner, 

from Eastaboga, Ala. Xilian’s 

birthday theme was lady 

bugs. Everyone enjoyed ice 

cream, cake and dip and 

chips. Everyone had a good 

time watching her open her 

presents and laughing as she 

did. We wish her many more 

blessed birthdays. 

I pray you all have a 

blessed week and remember 

to keep our country in your 

prayers. We are truly in a time 

of need for the Lord to take 

control of our country and 

nation as a whole. 

January 13, at Shiloh 

fellowship hall. The program 

was out of the Mosaic 

magazine. We enjoyed king 

cake and marble cake with 

coffee. Attending were Mary 

Rose Turnage, Helen Jones, 

Teresa Magee, Barbara 

McCain, Emma Lou Mullins 

and Martha Broom.

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Students participate in community recycling 

The polymer science students at Carl Loftin Career Center are collecting printer ink 

cartridges and cell phones as a community recycling project. Pictured are (back row) 

Chevarres Brown, Stella McIver, Jamie Barnes, Irene Sibley, Jasper Stringer, and Terrell 

Moses. Front Row: Codie Slocum, D’Andre Watts, and Matt Stafford. 

Caston kills first buck of season 

Evan Caston killed his first buck of the season while 

hunting with his dad on January 16. Evan is the son of Paul 

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SOCIETY 

Nivens announce birth of girl 

Alan and Lori Niven, of Columbia, announce the birth of 

their first child, an eight pound, seven ounce daughter 

named Emily Grace Niven. She was born on December 23, 

2008 at Wesley Medical Center. Maternal grandparents are 

Mr. and Mrs. James McPhail, of Carson. Paternal 

grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Niven, of Natchez. 

Shirleys enjoy snow day 

Blaine McCain and Cody Shirley enjoy Foxworth’s Snow 

Day on December 11, 2008. They played in the snow all day, 

and the built a huge snowman! Blaine is the son of George 

and Resa McCain of the New Hope Community and Cody is 

the son of Ryan and Shranda Shirley of the New Hope 

Community! 

Silver inducted into Phi Theta Kappa 

Thomas Silver of Columbia was among the 75 recently 

inducted into Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s Eta 

Omega Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. Spring induction 

ceremonies were held in the Rea Auditorium on the Wesson 

Campus. Phi Theta Kappa is the international two-year honor 

fraternity. Students must achieve a 3.5 or better academic 

average to receive an invitation for membership. 

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CA students tour State Capitol 

Teachers Amanda Dill and Kerry Jones accompanied their fourth grade class at Columbia 

Academy on a field trip to Jackson. In anticipation for their upcoming project, Mississippi 

Notebook, the class toured the State Capitol building and the Governor’s mansion. Many 

captured excellent pictures to include in their notebooks. Both teachers hope the experience 

will enrich the lives of the students. 

Sandifers welcome daughter 

Adam and Tara Sandifer, of Foxworth, announce the 

birth of their second daughter, Rhylie Sandifer. Rhylie was 

born December 8, 2008, at 7:38 a.m. at Southwest 

Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb. She 

weighed seven pounds and was 19 inches long. Rhylie was 

welcomed home bye her big sister, Jaelynn Sandifer. 

Anthony kills first deer 

Alex Anthony killed her first deer with a 243 rifle on 

January 5, while hunting in Sartinville. She is the ten year 

old daughter of Mitch and Kimmie Anthony

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AL-ISLAM 

MASJID AL-HALIM 

Imam Mikal Uqdah 

16 Al-Halim Road, Columbia 

Phone: 736-8540 Medinah@datastar.net 

APOSTOLIC 

CHURCH TEMPLE APOSTOLIC 

Hwy. 98 W., Foxworth 

Pastor: Charles Brumfield 

PLEASANT HILL JESUS NAME 

APOSTOLIC CHURCH 

1720 Hwy 98 West, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Marvin Terrell 

Phone: 736-6819 (res.) 

PINE BURR CHURCH OF THE LORD 

JESUS CHRIST 

15 Byrd Lane, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. W.D. Hibley 

Phone: 736-1143 (res.) 

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD 

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD 

1001 Park Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Warren J. Selman Jr. 

Phone: 736-9641 

MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH 

32 Barnes-Daniels Drive 

Pastor: Dr. Sammie L. Barnes, Sr. 

Phone: 736-8462 (Church) 736-4261 (Res) 

BRUSHY CREEK MISSIONARY BAP. 

Brushy Creek Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Trent Tolar 

Phone: (601) 731-1159 

CHRISTIAN HILL BAPTIST CHURCH 

P. O. Box 1083 Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Derico Cain 

Phone: (601) 736-7071 

CHRISTIAN UNION MISSIONARY BAP. 

Christian Union Road, Improve 

Pastor: Rev. Carl Bullock 

Phone: 736-4502 (H) 736-8170 (C) 

ENON MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

Route 6, Columbia 

Pastor: Richard Maggee 

FIRST HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH 

P.O. Box 837, Sumrall 

Pastor: Rev. Jessie Bridges 

Phone: 736-7555 (ch.) 270-4489(h) 

FORDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 

03 Son Thompson Road, Sandy Hook 

Pastor: Rev. Edward Mark, Sr. 

Phone: 876-6897 

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH 

P. O. Box 413, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev.David Daniels 

Phone: 736-5460 

GATES ROAD MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

Columbia 

Pastor: Bro. Jimmy Barber 

Phone: 601-736-6050 

GOOD HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH 

208 Good Hope Road 

Pastor: Denny Patterson 

Phone: 601-736-6187 

GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

2598 Hwy. 44, Columbia 

Pastor: Jon Neal 

Phone: 765-9111 (h) 517-1705 (c) 

HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH 

Old Hwy. 35 North, Columbia 

Pastor: Bro. Willie D. Smith 

Phone: 736-7163 

HUB COMMUNITY MISSIONARY 

BAPTIST CHURCH 

Highway 13 South, Columbia 

JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH 

500 Lumberton Rd., Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Calvin Newsom 

Phone: 736-5591 (ch.) 

LITTLE ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH 

Route 1, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Clayton Expose 

MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

Hwy 43 Columbia 

Pastor: Elder Ed Penton 

MORNING STAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

1351 Gates Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Kevin D. Russell, Sr. 

Phone: 736-3808 

MOUNT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH 

Route 1, Box 65, Sandy Hook 

Pastor: Rev. James Wells 

Phone: 736-5246 

MT. BETHEL NO. 2 BAPTIST CHURCH 

Route 1, Sandy Hook 

Pastor: Rev. Hycie Carson 

MT. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 

803A Main Street, Columbia 

Pastor: Clarence C. Parker, Sr. 

Phone: 731-5209 

MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 

P.O. Box 191, Foxworth, Ms 39483 

Pastor: Rev. S. E. May 

Phone: 736-7887 (res.) 

NEW DAMASCUS BAPTIST CHURCH 

Route 1, Kokomo 

Pastor: Rev. Timothy Magee 

NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH 

97 Howard Road, Columbia 

Phone: 736-2451 

NEW UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

New Union Community, Columbia 

Pastor: Darrin Webb 

Phone: 261-3928 

OWENS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 

1223 Martin Luther King Drive, Columbia 

Pastor: Isaac Brown 

Phone: 731-3071 (H) 736-6493 (C) 

PEARL RIVER MISSIONARY BAPTIST 

Hwy. 35 S., Sandy Hook, MS 39478 

Pastor: Elder Lavell Knight¯ 

ROSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH 

Rt. 5, Columbia, Pho. 736-0605 

Pastor: Rev. James E. Price 

SAINT LUKE BAPTIST CHURCH 

Hwy. 44, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Avon Rawls 

Phone: 736-5906 

SAINT MARK BAPTIST CHURCH 

Rt. 2, Box 22-A, Columbia 

Pastor: G. D. Owens 

Phone: 731-9812 (c) 736-9396 (res.) 

SPRING HILL BAPTIST CHURCH 

284 Spring Hill Church Rd., Sandy Hook 

Pastor: Rev. V. D. Lee 

Phone: 731-2857 (Ch) 876-2473 (Pastor) 

SUNFLOWER BAPTIST CHURCH 

Rt. 2, Box 31, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Wilburt Morris 

Phone: 736-1635 (church) 

SUNLIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH 

Route 1, Sandy Hook 

Pastor: Rev. Charles Galloway 

SWEET HOME BAPTIST CHURCH 


Pastor: Ollie Barnes 

TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH 

Rogers Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Kevin Sanford 

Phone: 736-1965 

TRUE VINE BAPTIST CHURCH 

S. Main St., Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Edward Handshaw, Jr. 

Phone: 736-4817 

UNITY BAPTIST CHURCH 

326 Mayson Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: LeRoy Henry III 

Phone: 736-8678 (ch.) 

VICTORY TABERNACLE BAPTIST 

900 Gill St., Columbia 

Pastor: Elder Everette Broome 

Phone: 736-6211 

NATIONAL BAPTIST 

SAINT JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH 

Expose 

Pastor: Edward G. Herron 

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST 

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH 

720 Church Street 

Pastor: Ken Shinn • 736-1463 

FIRST GRAVES CREEK BAPTIST 

144 Pierce Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Bro. Bo Reid 

SOUTHERN BAPTIST 

ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH 

990 Taylor Road, Kokomo 

Phone: (H) 736-9430 

Pastor: Willie Martin 

BUNKER HILL BAPTIST CHURCH 

63 Bunker Hill Rd., Columbia 

Phone: (C) 736-1136 (H) 731-6241 

Pastor: Rev. Randy Gardner 

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 

1309 Church St., Columbia 

Phone: (C) 736-6336 (H) 736-8703 

Pastor: Rev. Perry Robbins 

CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH 

44 Cedar Grove Road, Columbia 

Phone: (C) 736-4612 (H) 731-5031 

Pastor: Rev. Tom McCardle 

CLEAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 

1460 Clear Creek Rd., Columbia 

Pastor: Winston Fortenberry 

Phone: 601-303-0160 

CHURCH ON MAIN 

Main Street • 441-6085 

Rev. Brian Stewart 

EAST COLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCH 

385 Columbia-Purvis Road 

Pastor: Rev. Phillip Duncan 

Phone: (C) 736-2683 (H) 736-6794 

EDNA BAPTIST CHURCH 

532 Old River Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Kenneth Peavey 

Phone: (C) 736-5228 (H) 736-1978 

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH 

1940 Old Hwy. 35 N. 

Pastor: Rev. Scott Young 

Phone: 736-3537 

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 

900 High School Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Dr. Bryant Barnes 

Phone: (C) 736-2608 

FOXWORTH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 

P. O. Box 45, Foxworth 

Pastor - Rev. Charles Nail 

Phone: (C) 736-4401 (H) 731-2482 

GOSS BAPTIST CHURCH 

26 Goss Church Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Mark McArthur 

Phone: (C) 736-9563 (H) 731-5438 

HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH 

163 Holly Springs Road., Foxworth 

Pastor: Dr. Ron Jordan 

Phone: (C) 736-5795 

HURRICANE CREEK BAPTIST 

247 Hurricane Creek Church Road 

Sandy Hook, MS 39478 

Pastor: Curtis Roland 

Phone: (C) 736-3544 (H) 736-9583 

IMPROVE BAPTIST CHURCH 


Pastor: Bro. Darrel Daniels 

Phone: (C) 736-4947 (H) 731-2034 

KOKOMO BAPTIST CHURCH 

116 Nace Road, Kokomo 

Pastor: Rev. Glenn Nace 

Phone: (C) 736-0990 (H) 736-0537 

MAGEE’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 

174 Darbun Road 

Pastor: Bro. Jimmy Jones 

NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH 

508 New Hope Church Road, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Tim Parker 

Phone: (C) 736-6511 (H) 736-4823 

NORTH COLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCH 

1527 N. Main Street 

Pastor: Rev. Michael Grenn 

Phone: (C) 736-8635 (H) 736-1031 

PINE BURR BAPTIST CHURCH 

1292 Pine Burr Road, Columbia 

Pastor: John Watts 

Phone: (C) 736-8524 (H) 794-3926 

SANDY HOOK BAPTIST CHURCH 

P.O. Box 125, Sandy Hook, MS 39478 

Pastor: Ricky Daugherty 

Phone: (C) 736-0045 (F) 736-0093 

SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH 

91 Shiloh-Firetower Road, Foxworth 

Pastor: Roy Tidwell 

Pastor: (C) 736-7977 

SPRING COTTAGE BAPTIST CHURCH 


Pastor: Rev. Curtis Heyward 

Phone: (C) 736-5671 

TRUEVINE BAPTIST CHURCH 

275 South Main Street, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Edward Handshaw, Jr. 

Phone: 736-2316 

WHITE BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH 

2755 Highway 587, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. John Blackmon 

CATHOLIC 

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH 

1429 N. Park Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Martin Gillespie 

Phone: 736-3136 (ch.) 

C.M.E. 

Blue Springs CME 

1608 Gates Rd., Columbia 

Pastor: Eddie Dixon 

CHURCH OF CHRIST 

NON-DENOMINATIONAL 

COLUMBIA CHURCH OF CHRIST 

1120 Broad Street, Columbia 

Minister: Jimmy W. Cox 

Phone: 736-0900 

VIRGINIA AVE. CHURCH OF CHRIST 

Virginia Ave., Columbia 

Minister: Billy Warren 

Phone: 444-5171 

CHURCH OF GOD 

LAKEVIEW CHURCH OF GOD 

136 U.S. Hwy. 198 E 

Pastor: Rev. A. D. Gammill Jr. 

Phone: 736-0390 (res.) 

MAY’S CREEK CHURCH OF GOD 

281 May’s Creek Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Tim Bedwell 

Phone: 736-2337 

MORGANTOWN CHURCH OF GOD 

Hwy. 587 - Morgantown 

Pastor: Rev. Lamar Davis 

Phone: (601) 736-3222 

MT. CARMEL CHURCH OF GOD 

573 Mt. Carmel Church Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Timothy Bass 

Phone: 731-2882 (C) 736-0404 (Pastor) 

MT. SINAI CHURCH OF GOD 

510 Circle Bar Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Phil Hobson 

Phone: 736-7585 (res.) 

NORTH COLUMBIA CHURCH OF GOD 

N. Main St., Columbia 

Pastor: Larry R. Massey 

Phone: 736-4266 

RICHLAND CREEK CHURCH OF GOD 

200 Richland Creek Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. David Adams 

Phone: (H) 736-4440 (C) 731-8543 

WEST COLUMBIA CHURCH OF GOD 

2126 Hwy 98 W, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Lane Turnage 

Phone: 731-5492 (res.) 

CHURCH OF GOD 

IN CHRIST 

AMAZING CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 

Hwy. 35 S. Foxworth 

Pastor/Supt: A. D. Galloway 

Phone: 444-5097 

EATON TEMPLE C.O.G.I.C. 

1014 Hwy. 13 S, P.O. Box 946, Columbia 

Pastor: Elder Randolph Chestang 

Phone: (601) 736-0556 

EXPOSE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 

1215 Maxwell St., Columbia 

Pastor: Elder Fred Idom Jr. 

Phone: 736-4818 (office) 

HUB CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 

544 Joe Road, Hub 

Pastor: Elder Jesse Peavy 

Phone: 601-307-8807 or 601-731-3907 

NEW JERUSALEM C.O.G.I.C. 

Route 1, Box 324, N.J.C., Foxworth 

Pastor: Elder Clyde Conerly 

NEW REVELATION EVANGELISTIC 

MINISTRY 

811 Main Street • Columbia, MS 

Phone: 601-329-6139 

Founder/Pastor: Elder Norris E. Preston 

THE TABERNACLE OF FAITH C.O.G.I.C. 

136 Christopher Road (Brushy Creek Com) 

Pastor: Anthony Smith 

WEST COLUMBIA C.O.G.I.C. 

1891 Hwy. 98 West, Foxworth 

Pastor: Jerry Walker 

Phone: 736-5262, 736-3011 

WILLIAM CHAPEL MIRACLE C.O.G.I.C. 

605 School St., Columbia 

Pastor: Elder S. Q. Quinn 

Phone: 736-2312 (Pastor) 

EPISCOPAL 

ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 


The Reverend Catherine Rickett 

Church Phone: 736-5496 

Home Phone: 736-4500 

LATTER DAY SAINTS 

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 

OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 

Lakeview, Columbia 

Bishop: Steve L. Crosby 

Phone: 441-4104 

METHODIST, 

CONGREGATIONAL 

VICTORY FIRST CONGREGATIONAL 

METHODIST CHURCH 

Shiloh Firetower Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Max Campbell 

Phone: 731-1621(res.) 

TURNAGE CHAPEL 

CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST 

483 Turnage Chapel Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Bob Whitehead 

Phone: 736-7744 

METHODIST, 

PROTESTANT 

HICKORY GROVE METHODIST 

PROTESTANT CHURCH 

72 Phillips Road, Sumrall 

Pastor: Rev. Harold Jackson 

Phone: 758-3624 

METHODIST, UNITED 

BAYLIS CHAPEL UNITED 

METHODIST CHURCH 

15 East Baylis Chapel Rd., Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Glen Freeman 

Phone: 736-2182 (Res.) 

CHAPEL OF THE CROSS 

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 

1639 Hwy. 98 East, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Glen Freeman 

Phone: 736-0720 

COLUMBIA VALLEY METHODIST 

1118 West Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Tommy C. Greer, Sr. 

Phone: 736-4516 

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 


Pastor: Dr. Tom Atkins 

Phone: 736-7121 (ch.) 

FOXWORTH UNITED METHODIST 

P.O. Box 429, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Reed Houston 

Phone: 736-5305 (res.) 

HOPEWELL UNITED METHODIST 

P.O. Box 48, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Tyler Bridge 

Phone: 736-0018 

HUB CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST 

544 Joe Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Tommy Greer, Sr. 

Phone: 736-6315 

KOKOMO UNITED METHODIST 

126 Kokomo Road, Kokomo 

PASTOR: Dr. David Young 

Phone: 736-2182(h) 

NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST 

187 Hwy. 43 South, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Terry Thomas 

Phone: 736-6086 (H) 

NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST 

17 East Marion School Rd, Columbia 

Pastor: Eddie D. Brown 

Phone: 736-1080 (ch.) 

PLEASANT VALLEY METHODIST 

Route 3, Foxworth 

ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST 

P. O. Box 4, Foxworth, MS 

Pastor: Eddie D. Brown 

Phone: 736-8097 

SANDY HOOK UNITED METHODIST 

P.O. Box 40, Sandy Hook 

Pastor: Rev. Van Moore 

Phone: 736-2475 

ZION RIDGE UNITED METHODIST 


Phone: 1-601-794-2905 

NAZARENE 

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 

816 East Avenue 

Pastor: Rev. Gay Bosley 

Phone: 601-736-1255 

NON-DENOMINATIONAL 

ADVANCE HISTORICAL CHURCH 

Old Hwy. 44, 2 blocks from Lamar County Line 

Pastor: Bill T. Vasilion 

Phone: 736-9318 

A. T. TA.M. MINISTRIES 

1116 Shiloh - Firetower Road, Foxworth 

Pastor: Apostle Derek & Lisa Mingo 

Phone: 731-2227 (Ch) 

CHRISTIAN FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER 

1104 Broad Street, Columbia, MS 

Pastor: Terry L. Montgomery 

Phone: 444-5005 

GRACE POINTE WORSHIP CENTER 

1810 Hwy. 586, Foxworth 

Interim Pastor: Rev. Jeremy Fortenberry 

Phone: (C) 601-736-1099 

GREATER EAST LAMPTON CHURCH 

1477 Hwy. 13 South, Columbia 

Pastor: Calvin C. Brown 

Phone: 731-2181 (Chu) 

MINISTRY OF THE LIVING GOSPEL 

821 Goss Bunkerhill Road, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. Bob Perret 

Phone: 444-9836 

NEW BIRTH FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY 

417 Barnes Street, Columbia, MS 

Pastor: Ricky E. Buckley 

NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 

1214 N. Park Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Terry Weems 

Phone: 731-1877 

THE CHURCH ON MAIN 

701 Main St. 

Pastor: Brian Stewart 

Phone: 736-7144 

TRINITY LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY 

261 Robert Baggett Road 

Pastor: Ray Allen 

Phone: 736-5533 

TRUEVINE DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES 

CHURCH 

441 Old Hwy. 13 S, Columbia 

Pastor: Elder James Hunter 

Phone: 601-736-2076 

PENTECOSTAL, UNITED 

OAK GROVE UNITED PENTECOSTAL 

1069 Hwy 587, Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Felix Arnold 

Phone: 736-2831 

PINE GROVE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 

761 Pine Grove Ch. Rd., Foxworth 

Pastor: Rev. Kenneth Rockco 

Phone: 736-5139(R), 731-9040(O), 731-9011(C) 

WOODLAWN UNITED PENTECOSTAL 

Hwy. 98 By-Pass, Columbia 

Pastor: Rev. James Carney 

Phone: 736-5128 (ch.) 

GREAT FAITH MINISTRY 

1106 Martin Luther King Dr. 

Paster: Cleveland Curney 

PRESBYTERIAN 

COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 


Phone: 736-4728 

Pastor - Willaim H. Dever 

SEVENTH DAY 

ADVENTIST 

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 

1223-1/2 North Park Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Bill Devine 

Phone: 736-7777 or 296-9508 

SOUTH COLUMBIA S.D.A. 

Mississippi Ave., Columbia 

Pastor: Caesar Monroe 

Phone: 731-2506 

FULL GOSPEL 

CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH 

P.O. Box 706 411 Hwy. 35 N. 

Phone: 736-8808 736-7667 

Ken & Sandy Stover - Pastors 

LOVE IN ACTION 

211 Pearl St., Columbia 

Phone: 731-7608 

Rev. Billy Rayburn - Pastor 

RESCUE MISSION 

SONRISE MINISTRIES 

424 Bullis Street 

Phone: 736-5290 

WOLFE 

LUMBER YARD, INC. 

261 S. High School Ave. 

736-4539 

1111 Highway 13 North 

Hwy. 98 East - Columbia 

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SATURDAY 

January 31, 2009

SATURDAY 

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Legal All lands 

belonging to Ora 

Mondy, Myles Mondy 

and Lawrence Mondy 

are posted against 

any and all forms of 

trespassing. (12/31/09) 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

W E D D I N G 

RECEPTION? 

PARTY? Reunion? 

Columbia Country 

Club has the place for 

you! Call 601-736- 

0383 and book your 

activity now. (TFN) 

AUTOMOBILES 

2005 GMC Yukon in 

excellent condition, 

loaded with leather, 

CD, navigation, DVD 

only one owner for 

only $16,500.00. Call 

601-270-8884. (TFN) 

2004 Chevy 

Duramax, loaded 

4x4, crewcab. 

$17,500. 601-441- 

6046. (2/7) 

2007 Premium 

Mustang GT, loaded, 

satellite radio, has 

extended warranty, 

automatic, 48k miles, 

no down payment, 

assume loan. 

$27,000, 601-740- 

1456 (2/26) 

2005 Toyota 

Tundra, 4 wheel 

drive, $8,500. 2000 

Ford F250, $5,000. 

601-731-5541 or 601- 

441-6395 (2/26) 

2003 Kia Optima, 

black with tan leather 

interior. 106,000 

miles. $4,000. 601- 

695-1117 (2/12) 

BOATS 

1991 Astro 18 ft. 

bass boat, 150 HP 

Mercury motor. 24 volt 

trolling motor. 2 depth 

finders. 2 live well, 

rod box, plenty 

storage, galvanized 

trailer with new tires 

and spare. Excellent 

condition. 601-731- 

8629. (TFN) 

HELP WANTED 

YES! Avon can be 

the answer. Contact 

Dianne, Ind. Sales 

Rep. 

(2/26) 

601-225-7460 

Fitness center 

seeking full time 

employee for 

management position. 

Must be able to start 

immediately. Call for 

more information. 

985-969-3396 (2/26) 

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businesses find the 

best employees? They 

advertise in the 

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Call today to start 

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LEGAL HELP WANTED APTS. FOR RENT 

Driver Trainees 

Needed. No CDL? No 

Problem! Earn up to 

$900/wk. Home 

weekends with TMC. 

Company endorsed 

CDL Training. 1-800- 

350-7364. (2/28) 

New business 

seeking a tattoo artist. 

Call 601-740-0259 

(3/19) 

Assistant controller 

needed. Large 

company in 

Marion/Walthall 

county looking for 

someone with 

a c c o u n t i n g 

background/educatio 

n. Quickbooks & Excel 

experience preferred. 

Competitive salary & 

benefits. Email your 

resume to 

marionaccountant@g 

mail.com (1/31) 

AVON: Buy or Sale 

Start your own 

business for just 

$10.00. Call 601-731- 

2543 or 601-736- 

2891. (TFN) 

Song Health & 

Rehab, LLC. Nurses 

needed, day shift, 

night shift, PRN. Sign 

on bonuses for nurses 

with shift diff. CNAs 

needed all shifts. Call 

Shannon Breeland at 

601-736-9557 (2/12) 

HOMES FOR SALE 

Home for sale: 3 

BR/2 BA, 3,600 sq. ft., 

on corner lot, 2 c/h/a 

units, swimming pool, 

hot house on 1 acre. 

May be owner 

financed. Serious 

inquiries only. Call 

601-467-8123 (2/7) 

4 BR/2 BA brick 

home on 1 1/2 lots 

with carport, fenced 

back yard and large & 

small storage 

buildings, beautiful 

trees. Viewing by 

appointment only. 

601-736-4880 (1/31) 

For sale by owner: 

3 BR/1.5 BA, brick, 

needs work, on West 

Rankin. 736-7679 or 

441-0398 (2/5) 

2 or 3 BR home for 

sale or rent. Owner 

financing available. 

Rent $750/month. 

601-444-0007 (2/14) 

APTS. FOR RENT 

1, 2 & 3 BR 

apartments. $385- 

$525/month. 601- 

736-0811 (2/14) 

Broadmeadow 

Apts.- $300 move in 

special. 1, 2 & 3 BR 

available. 13th month 

free. 601-587-5677 

(2/7) 

Classified Ad? Call 

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1 BR/1 BA 

f u r n i s h e d 

apartment. 

Washer/dryer, in nice 

area of town, water 

pd., no children or 

pets, no smoking 

inside, $350/month 

with $300 deposit. 

601-731-0783 or 601- 

736-1463 (2/5) 

HOMES FOR RENT 

2 BR/1 BA nice 

spacious duplex in 

quiet secluded area of 

town. Central heat & 

air, no pets, no 

smoking inside, 

$550/month with 

$450 deposit. 601- 

731-0783 or 736-1463 

(2/7) 

3 BR brick home for 

rent. References 

required. 601-736- 

7890 (TFN) 

For rent, sale or 

lease. Royce Rental. 

Owner financed 

selection of houses 

and apartments. 601- 

736-2329 or 601-441- 

2617. (TFN) 

Nice house for rent, 

3 BR/1 BA with dining 

area, in Columbia. 

$550/mo with $550 

dep., 

(1/31) 

601-520-3795 

For rent or sale: 

cottage in the country. 

1 BR/ 1 BA. Hwy 43 

S., 10 miles from 

town. Rent $400. 

Owner financing 

available. 601-270- 

6319 (1/31) 

House for rent. 601- 

441-5863 (TFN) 

MISCELLANEOUS 

For Sale- 36” square 

restaurant style 

tables, $25 each. 

Chairs with cushion 

back & seat, $7 each. 

For more info call 

601-466-4571 (TFN) 

Kimball Piano- was 

just tuned. $1,600. 

Call 601-441-1289. 

(TFN) 

HUGE reptile cage. 

2 ft x 4 ft. Wood with 

screened & hinged 

top and removable 

Plexiglass front. $200 

obo. 601-441-8913 

leave message. (TFN) 

Want to place an 

ad? Call the 

Columbian-Progress 

at 601-736-2611. 

For Sale 

Laptop 

computer, IBM 

Thinkpad, 

complete & 

loaded, WiFi, 

$175. 

Town Square Flea 

Market, Booth 14 

Line ads (up to 20 words): 

$25 for one month 

$18 for two weeks 

$10 for one week 

$7 for one time 

MISCELLANEOUS 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Tires Due to the 

recession, many tire 

dealers along the Gulf 

Coast are going out of 

business. However, 

here at Tire City of 

McComb we have 

been fortunate 

enough to get great 

deals on new & used 

tires from these 

dealers and from our 

contracts with 

manufacturers out of 

NY & Chicago, 

allowing us to pass 

these savings on to 

our valued customers. 

For example, a set of 

like new tires would 

sell for $480, our price 

is $185. You save 

$295. Tire City of 

McComb, 405 W. 

Presley Blvd. 601- 

250-1172, 601-684- 

0101. Mon-Sat 7 am- 

6:30 pm. (2/5) 

MBL HOMES 4 RENT 

2 BR mobile home 

on Hwy 35 North. 

601-736-9384 (TFN) 

For rent mobile 

home, 2BR/2BA. 

Central air, stove, 

fridge, no drug 

tolerance, deposit 

required, rent 

$450/mo. with 

approved application. 

601-441-8206 (2/5) 

2 BR/2 BA trailer in 

nice quiet area of 

town. Washer/dryer 

included. All electric, 

no pets or smoking 

inside. $475/month 

with $400 deposit. 

601-731-0783 (2/5) 

BLDGS FOR RENT 

Retail Space 

Available for rent on 

Second Street. Call 

now 601-736-4104. 

(TFN) 

Restaurant for 

lease-inside Town 

Square Flea Market, 

Hwy 13 S. Come by to 

apply. Tues-Sat 7am- 

9pm. 736-2800 (2/7) 

Don’t miss out on all 

of the latest local 

news, sports, weather 

and events! Subscribe 

to the Columbian- 

Progress today by 

calling us at 601-736- 

2611 or stopping by 

our office at 318 

Second Street. Also 

available is our eedition. 

Visit our 

website at 

www.columbianprogr 

ess.com. 

For Sale 

Desktop 

computer, fully 

loaded, XP Pro, 

Office suite, 

virus protection, 

super fast, $200. 


Market, Booth 14 

WHY IS IT? 

We carry mobile 

home doors, 

windows, and 

plumbing supplies and 

portable buildings. 

Call or come by G & J 

Building. 601-736- 

1197. (TFN) 

TAX RETURN 

SPECIAL: For Sale- 

2009 Sunshine 

“President” 16x80 3 

bed + 2 bath: 

includes whirlpool 

appliances, 

floated/painted 

sheetrock walls, 8 foot 

ceilings, storm 

windows, oak 

cabinets, upgrade 

carpet, Hollywood 

bath, plywood 

construction, “ASHLEY 

FURNITURE”, 

washer/dryer, skirting 

and much more. All 

for only $365.99 per 

month. Call Southern 

Colonel Homes in 

Laurel at 1-866-428- 

8218! (1/31) 

UNBEATABLE 

DEAL: For sale-2009 

28x80 “BIG DAWG” 4 

bed + 2 bath: 

includes Black 

appliances, Huge 

living room, lots of 

walk in closets, BIG 

KITCHEN rock 

columns, rock 

fireplace, Hollywood 

bath with rock tub, 

plywood construction, 

large laundry area, 

washer/dryer, skirting, 

“ASHLEY FURNITURE” 

and much more. All 

for only $544.99 per 

month. Call Southern 

Colonel Homes in 

Laurel at 1-866-428- 

8218! (1/31) 

NEW YEAR 

SPECIAL: For Sale: 

2009 16x80, 3 

bedroom, 2 bath, 

vinyl siding w/ wood 

backer, shingle roof, 

thermopane windows, 

oak cabinets, 

fiberglass tubs & 

showers, plywood 

floor, refrigerator, 

stove, dishwasher, 

washer/dryer, Ashley 

furniture and much 

more. Delivered, setup, 

skirted, a/c. All for 

only $301.39 per 

month wac. Call 

SIMMONS HOUSING 

at 1-888-346-9998 

(1/31) 

“Can’t miss deal” 

Want more bang for 

your buck? 16x80, 

3+2, total electric, 

stove, refrigerator, 

central H/A, delivered 

and set up for only 

$20,900. Call 601- 

264-7199 or 601-520- 

0710. Financing 

available (2/12) 

CLASSIFIED DEADLINES - 

Monday at noon for the Thursday edition 

Wednesday at noon for the Weekend edition 

LEGAL DEADLINES - 

Thursday at noon for the following Thursday edition 

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 

REAL ESTATE 

NEW YEAR 

CLEARANCE: For 

Sale: 2008 32x80, 4 

bedroom, 2 bath, 

plywood construction, 

huge kitchen, glamour 

bath w/ tub, computer 

room, living room & 

den w/ fireplace, 

Ashley furniture, 

washer/dryer and 

much more. 

Delivered, set-up, a/c, 

skirted. All for only 

$493.87 per month 

wac. Call SIMMONS 

HOUSING at 1-888- 

346-9998. (1/31) 

Wanna own your 

home? Wanna pay 

$450.00 a month for 

five years and it’s 

yours? Plenty of 

mobile homes to 

choose from! Like this 

2000 16x80 3+2 with 

new carpet, paint, 

delivered and set with 

central H/A! Homes 

like this and many 

more, call 601-264- 

7199 or 601-916- 

9796. “If we don’t 

have what you want, 

we will find it!” (2/12) 

Looking for a 

beautiful home? 

Need more room? We 

have a house for you, 

2002 28x70, 4 

BR/2BA, double wide 

mobile home, vinyl 

siding, shingle roof, 

living room with 

fireplace, master bath 

has large tub, 

separate shower, 

stove, refrigerator, 

central H/A. Delivered 

and set up for only 

$48,900.00 Financing 

available, 601-264- 

7199 or 601-520-0710 

(2/12) 

28x60, 3 BR/2BA, 

20x20 game room & 

carport added, 

remodeled kitchen, LR 

has hardwood floors 

& cedar walls. 601- 

441-5261 or 601-731- 

1123 (2/21) 

“Look no further” 

28x70 zone 2, 

3BR/2.5 BA double 

wide mobile home, 

has living room and 

den with 2 fireplaces, 

large kitchen with 

island bar, plenty of 

cabinet space, sliding 

glass back door, 

separate laundry 

room, new carpet and 

vinyl throughout 

home, large master 

bath with separate 

tub and shower, all for 

only $39,900, 

financing available. 

Call 601-264-7199 or 

601-520-0710 (2/12) 

Classified? 736-2611 

Easy Owner Financing Available! 

Affordable woodland homesite tracts. 

Electricity and community water on 

site Public road frontage. Only four 

tracts left! www.landwatch.com or call 

for more information 601-736-4956, 

Michael A. Webb, Owner/Agent. 

FRED BUHRER REAL ESTATE 

Found in 

Ridgewood area, 

small red, male dog. 

Call to ID. 601-736- 

5828 or 601-270-6142 

(2/5) 

STORAGE SPACE 

SPACE AVAILABLE: 

30’ x 40’ Commercial 

storage space 

available. Northside 

Self Storage. 601- 

441-3672. (TFN) 

Large 30 x 40 

metal building for 

storage or RV 601- 

736-5642 or 441- 

1336. (TFN) 

BUSINESS SERVICES 

I will do 

babysitting in my 

home. 601-731-4547. 

(2/5) 

R & R Lawn Care - 

Off season yard 

maintenance, leaves, 

mulching, house 

pressure washing, 

flower beds, grass 

maintenance, aerator. 

Call 

(TFN) 

601-441-9706. 

Mechanic, welding, 

heavy equipment, 

small engines & 

tractor. Reasonable 

prices. Call David at 

601-758-4375. (2/7) 

F.C. Smith Air 

Conditioning & Heat. 

Start the new year off 

with a high efficiency 

heat pump system. 

Call for our low rates. 

601-421-1650 (2/19) 

G a m b l e 

Construction, house 

leveling, piers, floor 

joist & floor sills 

replaced, bathroom 

renovations. Insured. 

Free estimates. 34 

years in business. 

601-794-6423, 601- 

550-2194 (2/19) 

Stop! You just proved 

advertising works! Call 

736-2611 to place yours. 

A man wakes up under an advertised blanket on an advertised mattress, pulls off advertised pajamas, shaves with an advertised razor, brushes his teeth with an advertised brush and toothpaste, washes with 

an advertised soap, and puts on advertised clothes. He then drinks advertised coffee and drives off to work in an advertised car. But he refuses to advertise, believing it doesn’t pay. 

Later, when business is poor because he didn’t advertise, he puts the business up for sale - and advertises it. 

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING 

PAYS FOR ITSELF... 

Call The Columbian Progress and let us show 

you how to advertise effectively. 736-2611 

LOST & FOUND 

STORAGE SPACE 

BUSINESS SERVICES 

Cook wagon for 

lease, outside of 


Market, Hwy 13 S. 

Come by to apply, 

Tues-Sat 7am-9pm. 

736-2800 (2/7) 

Perfection Plus: 

construction, 

c a r p e n t r y , 

remodeling, concrete, 

painting & more. 

Professional high 

quality work at your 

convenience. Free 

estimates. Tony 

Murray 601-466-2269 

or Ray Anderson 601- 

688-1254 (6/27) 

We do plumbing, 

electrical, carpentry 

and all types of 

repairs. Free 

estimates. 601-467- 

1252 (1/31) 

Carpentry/Handym 

an-home repair, 

remodeling, siding, 

doors, locks, 

windows, handicap 

ramp, steps, closets, 

sheds, barns, light 

chainsaw work Guy 

Foster, 601-731-9706. 

(2/14). 

New Touch painting 

& pressure washing. 

Free estimates. 

Contact Jeff See at 

341-0069 or 736-1833 

(2/5) 

I make a variety of 

homemade pound 

and sheet cakes. Call 

731-2386 or 441-4717 

(2/12) 

Looking for an 

affordable way to 

grow your business? 

Advertise in the 

Columbian-Progress. 

We have the 

advertising that is 

right for your 

company’s needs. Call 

us at 736-2611. 

BUSINESS SERVICE 

Jimmy Broughton 

Consulting Forestry 

Experienced & Honest 

Timber Management 

Sales & Appraisals 

Oakvale, MS 

601-792-2783 Home 

601-792-2795 Ph/Fax 

601-818-0264 Cell 

How are local businesses 

reaching potential customers? 

They advertise in the 

Columbian-Progress. Call us 

today for more information. 

601-736-2611

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Grandma, Do you love me? 

Then put my picture in the 

“Grandparents’ Sweethearts” 

special section in 

The Columbian-Progress for 

Valentines Day! 

FEBRUARY 14, 2009 THE COLUMBIAN-PROGRESS 

B SECTION 

GRANDPARENT’S 

SWEETHEARTS 

Lela Casey 

Granddaughter of Bill & Cathy Myers 

Gary & Rhonda Casey 

Samuel Grayson 

Grandson of Jimmy & Bonnie Hudson 

Billy & Martha Baughman 

Kim & Pam Grayson 

Alex Grayson 

Granddaughter of Jimmy & Bonnie Hudson 

Billy & Martha Baughman 

Kim & Pam Grayson 

Deadline for entries is Friday, February 6th, and the cost is $25 per child. 

(Only 1 child per picture.) We can accept any size picture of good quality 

- color or black & white. 

SATURDAY 

January 31, 2009

One arrested for passing fake $100

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