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Today's Opinions

  • Ingomar Mounds

     The announcement that the Ingomar Mounds historic site will receive $40,000 in federal tax money to help develop its educational and tourism potential is good news.

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  • No longer a dream

     The dream of having a high school football program in the Union County schools took a major step Tuesday night when the team played its first games at H.W. Byers in Marshall County.

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  • On sewers, snake havens

     As soon as it starts to rain, my wife is ready to do laundry.

    Why? Because she can.

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  • Showing off our best

     The biggest Tallahatchie Riverfest ever kicks off Thursday for a three-day run in downtown New Albany with lots of things to see, hear and do for all ages.

    The festival keeps getting bigger and this year has been expanded to three days, from two.

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  • Museum ‘Pioneers’

     Saturday is a good time for families to get acquainted or re-acquainted with the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany.

    The museum will have its annual Heritage Pioneer Days, a living history event that shows off the rural life of the area in days gone by.

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  • Graduation was enough

     I wasn’t all that good a student in college. In fact, the intricacies of math and science pretty much eluded me in high school, so I was totally unprepared for college.

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  • New city budget

     The budget for the city of New Albany for the next fiscal year was adopted Monday night, and generally we think the Board of Aldermen did a decent job with the numbers in what will be a tough revenue year.

    The city’s general operating budget is $5.2 million, down about $29,000 from what the city expects to spend this year.

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  • ‘Minimal’ impact?

     Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision to cut $172 million from the state budget because of a shortfall in state tax revenues will hit public schools hard. A total of $158.3 million will be cut from education – from the kindergarten through university level.

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