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i 12-Th 6un-Sfewl, CharlMton, Use, Thursday, July 31, 1M7 School Tallahatchie Motes (A column of community news and announcements) pinch now after the loss this year of $111,000 in state uniform mil-lage assistance money, an allotment based in large part on local tax revenues and other factors. The district may lose a like amount of money next year, he said. Closing Black Bayou not only would help to save costs but also would open up more educational and extracurricular activities for the students at the Glendora school who presently are alienated from many district activities by geography and transportation problems. The West Tallahatchie School Board has not formally voted to close Black Bayou, Barnes said. moved from its present site at the former Hopson Elementary in Tutwiler to the vacated Sumner Elementary building, Barnes said.

To make room for the younger students arriving at Bearden, the school district will be moving seventh-grade students from Bearden to West Tallahatchie High School. Under the new configuration, Bearden will house students from kindergarten through sixth grade and West Tallahatchie High School will house students in grades 7-12. Eight additional classrooms will be constructed on the north end of the high school to house the seventh-graders, Barnes said. Bids for construction were opened in June but were rejected because they were deemed too high. He said the school board will discuss the matter again at their August meeting.

Future plans include the addition of 10 new classrooms at Bearden which houses about 700 youngsters to accommodate students from Sumner Elementary and Black Bayou Elementary at Glendora, which the school district has discussed closing for cost and other considerations. Barnes said Black Bayou, which bouses 200 students in grades K-6, is a tremendous expense to operate. "It would be a situation where we could save tons of money to close the school," he noted. Barnes said the district is in a Only the Newspap i i Fox team runner-up in race The Fox Auto Paxts-InstaCash Racing Team earned runner-up honors at Greenville Raceway Park Sunday, July 27. Driver Sedrick Fox of Charleston was defeated by current track champion Billy Muir-head in the finals.

Fox is currently ranked fifth in the Greenville Raceway points standings out of an allotment of 36 race cars which compete at the park. Strider cheering camp set On Saturday, Aug. 9, at 3 in the school gymnasium, Strider Academy varsity cheerleaders will conduct a cheerieadingdance camp for girls entering K4 through ninth grade. Registration is $30 and may be paid on camp day. Lunch will be provided, along with prizes, ribbons and certificates.

Parents may come at 2 p.m. for a pep rally to be provided by campers. For more information, contact Jennifer Roberson at 647-5833. Cheerleaders give thanks Strider Academy varsity cheerleaders issued a statement Monday thanking "all golfers who braved the 110 heat index, businesses and parents" for helping in the golf tournament to benefit the squad. Charleston reunion on tap Cincinnati, Ohio, will be the host city for a Charleston Day Club reunion Aug.

29 through Sept 1. The club will be celebrating its 23rd annual Labor Day weekend reunion of present and former Charleston residents. This year's theme is "Remembering Our Roots," and club members will be invited to visit with former teachers, classmates and friends. Students from Charleston will speak during the banquet, an event made possible by the national Charleston Day Club's 10 chapters. For more information, contact any Charleston Day Club member.

Camp hours will be 9 a.m. until 12 noon and 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. daily. All band students who will be entering grades 7-12 (including the color guard and dance team) should attend and bring instruments.

Athletic physicals on tap Physicals for all athletes and cheerleaders in the East Tallahatchie School District will be administered Thursday, Jury 31, at 5 at the Charleston High School gymnasium, according to coach Jimmy Link. The cost is $5. Fancher visiting in revival James Fancher of Jackson is appearing in revival at Springhill Baptist Church this week through Friday, Aug. 1. Fancher has pastoral in the area and was an associate in the Baptist Department of Evangelism in Mississippi.

Huey Dedmon, minister for youth and education at First Baptist Church in Grenada, is special singer. Services are at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 pjn. daily. Paul plans gospel concert There will be a gospel concert at Paul Baptist Church on Saturday, Aug.

16, beginning at 6 p.m. Guest groups are The New Spirit from BatesviHe and The Witnesses from Pontotoc. A love offering will be taken. Bro. Donnie Bain and the Paul church family invite the public to attend.

School reunions set Aug. 2 The annual reunion for all classes of the Oakland School and Yalobusha County Agricultural High School will be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at the George Payne Cossar State Park lodge. Registration begins at 10:30 am. Participants are asked to bring food to share pot-luck style and any old pictures or memorabilia to display.

All former faculty and stu Food for thought! Only to the newspaper do people turn for grocery and food ads and news, as well as prices and lists and other news about what products and services are available in your area. (Con Da Bed from page 1) square-foot addition to the school The new building, which will be constructed on the northeast end of the campus, will house three classrooms, the school library and a nurse's station. Hargett said the new library will more than double the size of the school's existing library, which is located upstairs in die second- and third-grade building. The classrooms and nurse's station will be relocated from trailer houses on the southeast comer of the campus. The trailers will be eliminated altogether, Hargett said.

Groundbreaking is expected to take place soon, and construction should be completed by late fall, he added. The school will begin utilizing the new facilities as soon as they are available, Hargett said. Charleston High School is beginning Tech Prep classes this year, featuring a career center that integrates vocational and academic classes into one setting. Strider Academy: New stage curtains have been erected in the Donna Burford Memorial Building on the school's campus, said Allison. Twelve new IBM-compatible computers have been installed.

Combined with 12 others the school received last October, Strider now has 24 new computers, said Allison, who teaches a computer class at the school. Allison said a number of older computers that are being replaced by the latest batch will be moved into elementary classrooms and the school's library. The school's annual football jamboree, featuring 10 area teams, will take place Aug. 21. More details will be forthcoming, Allison noted West Tallahatchie Schools: Barnes reported that children involved in the PECE program, provided by a grant through Mid-State Opportunities, have painted classrooms and hallways, and landscaped around a sign and monument at West Tallahatchie High School.

He also noted that between 30-40 members of the Christian Fellowship Assembly Church of Tutwiler worked all day Saturday, July 26, painting, cleaning windows, trimming grass and performing other tasks at the high school in Webb. "It was a great day. That's what parental involvement is all about, and it's something new to me said Barnes. "I'm hoping that will create a spark in some of the other churches where they will want to do the same thing." The district has closed Sumner Elementary School and will be moving the kindergarteners and first-graders who formerly went there to Bearden School. The district's alternative school will be dents of the schools are invited.

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Registration begins at 1 pjn. Fall semester registration for the rest of the student body is Aug. 18-19. Galena tells of services Galena Missionary Baptist Church in Tutwiler has announced that a special appreciation program in honor of Mr. and Mrs.

James Hearon of Tutwiler for 30 years of service to the church and community will be held Sunday, Aug. 10, at 3 p.m., at the church. Galena also has added a new service to the church's schedule. In addition to the fourth Sunday service at 1 1 a.m., there is now a second Sunday service at 9 a.m., according to pastor CL. Harris and program committee member Savanah Hayes.

VBS slated for Aug. 6-8 Charleston First Presbyterian Church will conduct Vacation Bible School Aug. 6-8 from 6 to 8:30 pjn. daily. Children participating in the school will learn about the Ten Commandments through songs and activities.

Supper will be served to children each night For more information, call Erin Speir at 647-S382. Church homecoming set Homecoming 1997 will be celebrated at the Charleston First Presbyterian Church Aug. 9-10. Activities get underway with an ice cream supper followed by entertainment by the youth beginning at 6 pjn. on Saturday.

Aug. 9. On Sunday, Aug. 10, breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. and dinner will be served at 12 noon following the morning worship.

"We invite you to join us for this good time celebrating and worshipping God," said pastor Wil Howie. For more information, contact Howie or Erin Speir at 647-5382. Mt. Pisgah plans revival Mount Pisgah Baptist Church at Enid will be in revival Aug. 10-13 with the Rev.

Truman Scarborough preaching the services. Services begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday night and at 7:30 during the week. Harlan Fox will be directing the musk. The public is invited.

Parker reunion set Aug. 10 The annual reunion of the descendants of Henry P. and Nancy Barnes Parker will be held on Sunday, Aug. 10, at the American Legion building in Calhoun City. Registration win begin at 10 am.

Those attending are asked to bring food and soft drinks or tea for a picnic lunch to be served at noon. Ice, plates, cups and utensils will be provided. For more information, call Elouise Austin Wolfe at 333-3069 or Grady Parker at 838-6798. CHS band camp Aug. 4-8 The summer band camp for Charleston band members will be held Monday, Aug.

4, through Friday, Aug. 8, at the Charleston High School band hall Paul Baptist Church will be the site of a "Holy Spirit led revival" Sunday, Aug. 17, through Friday, Aug. 22, with Sunday services starring at 1 1 ajn. and 6 pjn.

and weekrught services at 7. Don Abemathy, who has pastored Long Crest Baptist Church in Memphis for the past 16 years, will be the evangelist Paul pastor Donnie Bain and the Paul church family invite the public to attend. Pine Hill sets homecoming Pine Hill Presbyterian Church will mark its 164th year of continuous worship of God at 11 Sunday, Aug. 3. Rev.

Charles Cornelius, pastor, will be preaching the homecoming message. Dinner on the grounds will follow. The annual revival will begin Aug. 3 and continue through Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 7 p.m.

nightly. The Rev. Truman Scarborough will preach the revival. The public is invited to attend both events. Betty Taylor finishes basics Army Reserve Pvt.

Betty J. Taylor has graduated from basic military training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid and Army history and traditions. Taylor is the daughter of Ella M. Richardson of Glendora.

She is a 1995 graduate of Charleston High School. Cox completes training Air Force Airman Karen M. Cox has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special training in human relations. Cox is the daughter of the Rev.

Graver and Fay M. Cox of Rural Route 2, Oakland. She is a 1992 graduate of Charleston High School. Correction or clarification None. The Sun-Sentinel attempts to report news accurately and fairly at all times.

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