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With only a week and a half until Christmas, the 2008 "Sharing at Christmas" fund is woefully short of its goal of $25,000.

As of press time, the fund has received approximately $8,000 in monetary donations, as well as some donations of toys.

The money that is donated is designated solely for the "Sharing at Christmas" fund.  A large majority of the funds are used by several volunteers to purchase food that will be included in each of the 250  Christmas boxes.

Blues musicians and Union Countians Sam Mosley, Bob Johnson and Billy Ball were all commemorated with a Mississippi Blues Trail Marker erected in their honor. The Mississippi Blues Commission is erecting 140 blues trail markers across the state of Mississippi and the one in New Albany is the 60th marker to be erected. On Monday, December 8, 2008 in New Albany at 110 Cleveland Street in front of the Union County Heritage Museum, there was a celebration honoring the three musicians.

A deed will be drawn up soon for the recently purchased Littlejohn Law Firm office building, located at  108 and 110 East Main Street, across the street from the Chancery Court building.

Board attorney Thad Mueller said, “(County Architect) Hubert Foley surveyed the property and I am going to draw up the deed.”

The board authorized Board President Danny Jordan to execute the deed using survey descriptions for the Littlejohn property.

 A plethora of wild animals are on exhibit at the Union County Heritage Museum from December 1, 2008 to January 10, 2009.  Union County native Chico Foote is the reason these animals are on display. He was a big game hunter and traveled extensively with a quest to hunt the largest and most vicious animals any hunter can encounter.

Other Union Countians like big game hunter and millionaire, Paul Rainey and national dog trainer and hunter Clyde Morton of Myrtle could relate to the adventure of big game hunting as well as a love for animals rare and exotic.