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NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL

Region has ‘sleeping hunger for solar energy’ Construction companies begin to offer the alternative energy source

small ones for homes and much larger ones for factories.

The ideal solar energy candidate, Haynes said, s alternative energy sources continue owns a home with at least 3,000 square feet and to grow in popularity across the country, more Northeast Mississippi has an annual household income of at least $100,000. The larger homes benefit from solar enconstruction companies are adding ergy, he said, because they have high energy deeco-friendly options to their repermands, which usually means higher bills. toire.

However, he added, smaller homes of at least The newest alternative is solar energy. The most 1,500 square feet can benefit from solar as well. popular way to harness solar energy is through photovoltaic panels that are installed on roofs or But even if a home or building owner wants to the ground. buy a solar system, the alternative energy source Corinth-based Cross City Custom Roofing may not be appropriate for the facility. launched SolarGallery.com last year. Quail Hills “It’s useless to purchase the system if it’s not Construction, based in Coffeeville and Tupelo, going to get sunlight for a certain amount of founded Solar Solutions earlier this year. hours,” Haynes said.

The companies’ owners cited a growing interest Kirk had a potential client who wanted to add from consumers in ways to reduce their energy solar panels to her roof in Tupelo but couldn’t bebills. Plus, the federal government and the Tencause her house was in a shady area. nessee Valley Authority are offering incentives to In addition, Haynes said he’s found that the sunencourage more residents to switch to solar. niest parts of a house often face the road and it “It’s the way of the future,” said Quail Hills Conmay not be attractive to mount panels on the roof. struction owner John Kirk. “Sooner or later, it’s So, his company emphasizes panels that are ingoing to be everywhere.” stalled on racks on the ground and, if needed, can The biggest factor affecting the growth of solar be moved or fenced in. energy, according to Kirk and Cross City Custom Both companies are in the beginning stages of Roofing owner Keith Haynes II, is the pricing of the solar panels. The more affordable the units are, the marketing the products to consumers in the requicker consumers are likely to adopt the technol- gion, so they aren’t concerned that they haven’t sold many units. They expect sales will pick up as ogy.

“Of course, it really makes sense for the environ- Northeast Mississippians learn that local companies offer and install solar panels. ment,” Kirk said.

They also expect they’ll get more interest in solar Prices vary greatly depending on the type, size and brand of the system. A smaller unit for a 1,000- panels once the public becomes more educated square-foot building starts at about $3,600, accord- about the alternative energy source. ing to Haynes, and can last for many years.

“I think there’s a sleeping hunger for solar energy The solar units are sold based on the number of in Northeast Mississippi,” Haynes said. kilowatts they can produce. Haynes said the rule of Contact Carlie Kollath at (662) 678-1598 or thumb is to allow one kilowatt for every 1,000 square feet of building. Solar panel options include carlie.kollath@djournal.com.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 ■ PAGE 3E

Freecycle Home gardens take time, water and personal energy groups grow in popularity ■ Commentary

■ But the effort can be very satisfying – and delicious.

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal

You don’t have to be a gardening genius to get started with raising a bit of fresh food at your home.

Basically, what you need are a few tools, sunshine and your own time.

Without a sunny spot, you’re automatically limited to basic green things that won’t make big juicy crops.

So, the first thing is to analyze what kind of garden space you have – a small piece of ground, a raised flowerbed or a patio.

Take time to consider how much sunshine your available spot gets each day, then do some homework. That may involve stopping by your County Extension Office to get expert advice or finding a good book at the library about gardening.

The online world also is full of advice and ideas.

Especially, consider how much time and resources you can give to this garden.

Remember, it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to raise enough of a crop to pay yourself back for your efforts. If you’re just going to grow some tomatoes and herbs in pots, well, maybe you’ll do better financially.

But a real, in-the-ground garden is likely to take a bite from your wallet in soil preparation, fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, basic tools like hoes and trowels, garden hose, seeds, plants, plant supports and water bills.

■ Nine groups in Northeast Mississippi are part of the worldwide network.

BY LENA MITCHELL

Daily Journal Corinth Bureau

Just a small, sunny place beside your house is enough to grow a variety of vegetables and herbs. Here, clockwise from lower right, are pole beans, peas, peppers, cucumbers, corn, radishes and a kitchen garden of herbs, onions and cherry tomatoes.

what has finally become fairly good ground. In the “lower garden” directly beside the house, I’ve got four 8 x 8 garden squares bordered with lawn timbers. In the “upper garden” behind the house, I’ve put in three regular garden rows about 10 feet long each, plus a bed anchored by a 6feet-long galvanized water trough I’ve turned into another planting area.

That may be more than you want, but it gives you an idea of what one person can handle inside the city. My country friends with larger lots have The reward often comes in much more to work with, if they have the time and rethe personal satisfaction sources. home gardeners find in But even in one garden square, I’ve got room for what just doing it. It’s time to folks call a “kitchen garden,” yourself, time to think with asparagus, fennel, chives, flat-leaf parsley, cherry tomaabout something other toes, basil, dill, shallots, red than work and time to get onions and green onions. a lot to enjoy. outside and speak to your That’s With my other three squares, neighbors as they walk by. I have corn, radishes, cucumbers, four kinds of peppers, two kinds of pole beans, peas and cilantro. In a plastic kids’ pool, I’ve got cantaloupes and Perhaps that last listing is a watermelons. crucial consideration: How Then, in the upper garden much time and money are you are tomatoes, eggplants and willing to devote to making sure your garden gets sufficient zuchinni growing near blackberry vines. water when our hot summer It’s all about maximizing days turn dry, like last year? your space.

Climate change or not, you If you’ve got only a sunny cannot depend on those afternoon, summertime showers to patio, talk to your local gardensupply folks about planting in do your watering for you.

Rain is much better for your pots. This is a very convenient way to have herbs and fruitcrops than municipal water, bearing plants like tomatoes but gardens need good soakand eggplants. I suspect you ings, not just brief hosings.

For example, tomatoes need also can have good results with cucumbers and salad greens, consistent soil moisture or too. Just ask someone who they’ll get susceptible to variknows. ous diseases. Blueberries are The reward often comes in the same. I’ve killed a few, so I the personal satisfaction home know about that. gardeners find in just doing it.

My garden is in its fourth It’s time to yourself, time to year. It started as some pretty think about something other awful clay ground, but it had than work and time to get outgood sunshine. My son risked side and speak to your neighlife and limb to help me “bust up” the top layer with a rented bors as they walk by.

While Mother Nature gave tiller, then we augmented that me a chance to get my garden layer with compost.

Sooner than later, I bought a going a little early this year, it’s not too late for you, if you’ve small, electric tiller and it’s got the notion. been my work mainstay by Do you homework, ask doing the hard work ever since. questions and get going!

It’s also “greener” than a gaspowered tiller and a lot quieter.

Contact Patsy R. Brumfield at (662) 678Each year, I’ve added more 1596 or patsy.brumfield@djournal.com. compost with the necessary lime or fertilizers to build up

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Peas are a good choice to plant early. They don’t like our hot weather, though, so don’t expect them to last all summer. Some other crop, like cucumbers, will replace the peas when they peter out.

Vines bring their own character to a home garden. Here, blackberry vines and purple-flowering wisteria overlook a water trough of hops, with a bag of leaves ready to be used for mulch after a fourth hops plant arrives from an Internet order.

CORINTH – If you have something you don’t want, give it away.

If you need something you don’t have, ask for it.

The principle is simple, and one around which Deron Beal of Tucson, Ariz., built The Freecycle Network in 2003.

Beal’s mission remains to “build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources and eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community.”

He has been pretty successful, with almost 5,000 groups and more than 7 million members in 85 countries thus far. Northeast Mississippi’s nine groups have attracted about 6,000 members.

“Basically Freecycle tries to find homes for things that can be used again,” said Karen Beth Martin, who initiated Freecycle groups in Oxford and Corinth. “It keeps things out of the landfill. The group is insistent that the only thing a person can post is what they need, with no explanations or anything. It is a green space, not a charity site.”

Not permitted are appeals for money, advertising, specific brand names or animal breeds.

All types of items have been offered through the Corinth group, such as a refrigerator, a miniature horse, toilets, building supplies, clothing, a cheststyle freezer, an aquarium, computer equipment and more.

Becoming a member is free, and everything offered through the group must be “free, legal and appropriate for all ages.”

You must join a local group to see the items being given away in that community.

“When I was renovating my house, anything I would take out I would offer it on Freecy-

Northeast Mississippi Freecycle programs

Amory

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Calhoun

■ http://groups.freecycle.org/calhouncountyfreecycle/description (143 members)

Corinth

■ http://groups.freecycle.org/Corinth MSFreeCycle/description (488 members)

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■ http://groups.freecycle.org/HollyS pringsMsFreecycle/description (274 members)

Oxford

■ http://groups.freecycle.org/OxfordMSFreecycle/description (1,413 members)

Ripley/Tippah County

■ http://groups.freecycle.org/ripleyfreecycle/description (106 members)

Starkville

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■ http://groups.freecycle.org/Tisho mingoMSFreeCycle/description (144 members)

Tupelo

■ http://groups.freecycle.org/tupelofreecycle/description (2,559 members) ■ To start a Freecycle group: Go to The Freecycle Network home page at www.freecycle.org. Click on the “browse groups” button at the top of the page, which will take you to a U.S. map and list of states. Click on the link for the state to see the list of Freecycle groups. If you don’t see a group for your community, go to the bottom of the page for a link “No local group? Apply for a new one...” cle,” Martin said. “It’s a huge program internationally, and something I’d like to see more of in Mississippi.”

Contact Lena Mitchell at (662) 2879822 or lena.mitchell@djournal.com.

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Guntown students recycle used paper â– Sixth-grade science teacher Adrienne Simmons emphasized the impact the students can have.

BY CHRIS KIEFFER Daily Journal

GUNTOWN – Students in Adrienne Simmons’ sixthgrade science classes at Guntown Middle School are learning about more than cells and the Earth’s rotation. They’re also being taught how to care for that planet.

Simmons and eighth-grade science teacher Farris Green helped set up more than 10 paper-recycling bins in different locations around the sixthto eighth-grade school, including one in both Simmons’ and

Green’s classrooms.

Simmons often reminds the students in her room to use the recycling containers instead of throwing away their paper.

But the biggest push came just before spring break when Simmons spearheaded a recycling effort for 128 sixth-grade students from five classrooms located near hers.

On March 12, those students cleaned out their lockers, backpacks and notebooks of unneeded paper that had been accumulating all year. They filled 15 large trash bags, which Simmons took to a recycling center in Corinth, where she lives. “It is a little thing, but it can make a huge impact,� Sim-

Guntown students, from left, Brielle Thompson, Keilah Russell, Colton West and Kyle Costilow and teacher Adrienne Simmons filled 15 garbage bags with recycled paper in March

mons said.

The class will have a similar recycling push at the end of the year. Simmons said it is rewarding to hear the students talk about the important of going green. “The day we did it, a lot of them were talking among themselves about what they could do to make a difference at home.�

Two of those students are sixth-graders Cody Hopkins and Kyle Costilow, who each said that if they see paper lying on the floor, they will pick it up and recycle it. “It made me think that I need to recycle more,� Costilow said.

Contact Chris Kieffer at (662) 678-1590 or chris.kieffer@djournal.com.

DISPOSE WITH CARE

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New household sharps drop-off program aims to reduce loose needles in the landfill Here is the list of pharmacies and fire departments that have agreed to serve as drop off locations for the household sharps disposal.

To drop off sharps, they must be packaged in a rigid plastic, puncture-proof container and should be labelled SHARPS DO NOT RECYCLE. The containers should be sealed or taped with duct tape.

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BY MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS Daily Journal

eople with diabetes and other conditions that require daily injections don’t have to get stuck with their sharps.

More than 60,000 needles have been diverted from landfills and the wastewater system since Mississippi began a safe sharps disposal initiative in November. Most were collected between January and March.

The initiative is a partnership with The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi and 98 pharmacies and fire stations in 66 Mississippi cities. “It’s continuing to grow,� said Mark Williams, an administrator with the DEQ solid waste program.

An estimated 90,000 Mississippians rely on daily injections. People with diabetes make up the largest group, but people also take injections at home for arthritis, allergies, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. “That’s about 30 million shots,� said Robbie Wilbur, communications director of the state DEQ. “We’d like to capture as many of them as possible.�

The problem comes when people dispose of the needles by flushing them down the toilet or throwing them loose in the trash, exposing janitors and sanitation workers to accidental needle sticks.

Under the disposal program, people will be able to take their used sharps – properly packed in puncture-proof, rigid plastic – to the drop-off points, Williams said.

Medical waste companies collect from the bins at no cost in most areas of the state as a community service. “They are already collecting medical waste in these areas,� Williams said. “These companies are stepping up.�

It is not safe to store needles in plastic water bottles, milk jugs or other soft plastic. Needles can break through.

Sharps boxes and needle clips are available through pharmacies, but rigid plastic household containers with screw-top lids – like bleach, antifreeze, fabric softeners – also can be used safely.

Just make sure they are sealed with duct tape and clearly marked as sharps before disposing, ideally at a community drop-off, Williams said.

Alcorn County

â– Medical Plaza Pharmacy, Corinth â– Prescription Shoppe, Corinth â– Smith Drug Co., Rienzi

Calhoun County

■Logan’s Discount Drugs Inc., Bruce ■Stepp-Saver Pharmacy, Bruce ■Chandler Drug Inc., Calhoun City

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Clay County

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Lee County

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Oktibbeha County

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Pontotoc County

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Tippah County

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Tishomingo County

â– Barnett Apothecary, Iuka

Safe sharps disposal

■NEVER throw loose sharps in the garbage or flush down the toilet. ■Place sharps in a thick-walled, sturdy plastic container such as one used for bleach, liquid soap, washing powder, antifreeze, fabric softener, paint thinner, etc. Rinse the container three times to make sure it is free of any residual product before using. ■Do not use soft plastic containers (soda or milk jugs), glass containers, or coffee cans. The container should have a tight-fitting, screw-type lid which can be used to seal the sharps when full. Also, most local pharmacies stock OSHA-approved sharps containers that sell for less than $10. ■Label the container with the words “SHARPS� and “DO NOT RECYCLE�. ■Seal the container with heavy-duty tape before disposing.

Other options

■Destroy it: Sharps Destruction Devices clip or burn the needle off and allow the user to then dispose of the plunger in the trash. The clip can be purchased for less than $10 and will hold 1,000 or more needles. When the device is full, you can take it to a local sharps drop-off station in your area, or you can seal it by wrapping in heavyduty tape and disposing in your trash. The burn devices are more expensive, but may well be the most cost-effective option over an extended period of time. ■Send it: Mail-back programs use a special container from a sharps disposal company that is mailed to the company for proper disposal. These program can cost about $26 to $100 based on the size of the sharps container. ■Last resort: If dropping off sharps at a collection point, destroying the needle or using a mail-back program isn’t feasible, seal them in puncture proof container, tape it shut, label as sharps and dispose in the trash.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 ■ PAGE 5E

Green Market promotes handmade, home-grown items

C. TODD SHERMAN

Joe Haynes, who owns Greatest Hits in Tupelo, said a store like his helps both the environment and the community.

For your (green) entertainment ■ Recycling music, books and movies is a win-win for all involved.

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Stephanie Sweeney of Michie, Tenn., uses a lampworking technique to make glass beads for the jewelry she designs in her booth at the Green Market at the Corinth Depot.

■ The event began last year and was voted the Best Small Event by the Mississippi Tourism Association.

BY LENA MITCHELL

Daily Journal Corinth Bureau

CORINTH – The season already has begun for the Green Market at the Corinth Depot, which is held the first Saturday of the month through October.

The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, through its Arts and Culture Committee, launched the event last year to attract vendors of handmade and home-grown products from a 100-mile radius to bring their goods to downtown Corinth.

“Even though it rained that first time, there were still more than 20 sellers who came out, and a couple hundred buyers,” said Karen Beth Martin, CVB program manager and Green Market organizer. “We considered that a success.”

Though the event was held the second Saturday of the month in 2009, it continued to attract on average two dozen vendors and about 500 buyers each week.

However, some of the sellers were disappointed because they also sell at the Tupelo Flea Market on second Saturdays and were unable to participate in the Green Market for the entire season.

The change to the first Saturday will allow them to be more involved this year and hopefully draw larger crowds, Martin said.

Another goal for this year is to attract more produce sellers, she said.

Vendors usually pay $10 per Saturday or $60 for the season.

However, the fee is waived for any vendor selling at least 90

Shoppers look around during the Green Market at the Corinth Depot, which attracts vendors from a 100-mile radius.

Green Market details

■ When: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; May 1, June 5, July 3, Aug. 7, Sept. 4, Oct. 2 ■ Where: Historic Corinth Depot, Wick at Fillmore Street, Corinth ■ For more details and registration information: karenbeth@corinth.net

percent produce.

“We’ve had a couple more produce sellers to register, but we want to get as many of them coming as we can,” Martin said.

The Green Market introduced a special blend of coffee this year, called Green Market Brew.

“The coffee is locally grown

in New Albany and we’re very excited to bring something new,” Martin said. “Our committee had a tasting to select the roast we wanted to use. Let me make it clear that our ‘brew’ doesn’t refer to anything alcoholic.”

Other brand logo items the Green Market has developed to promote the event include reusable, organic, biodegradable cotton market totes that are made in the United States; either green or white T-shirts; and local honey that will be available at the June market.

Martin emphasized that the goal of the Green Market is to provide a place where farmers,

gardeners, artisans, crafters, hobbyists and others can sell and showcase their goods.

It is not primarily a moneymaking venture, but any proceeds go back into improving and promoting the Green Market.

“We’ll have baked goods, handmade furniture, jewelry, baby clothes, birdhouses, embroidered items, jams and jellies, herbs, handmade detergent, dog treats, fudge and peanut brittle, organic produce – just a wide variety of items,” Martin said.

Contact Lena Mitchell at(662)287-9822 or lena.mitchell@djournal.com.

“I was thinking of my personal philosophy, of helping people find what they’re looking for,” Haynes said.

But after having his own used book-music-movies store for several years, he sees how his business helps more than just the economy: It benefits the environment, too.

Haynes, who owns Greatest Hits Music & Books on Jackson Street in Tupelo, buys back books, CDs, movies, vinyl records and games in exchange for cash or store credit.

In return, he sells the used merchandise at discounted rates.

A newly released, unused hardcover book that sells for close to $30 at a major chain will sell, gently used, for around $15 at his store.

Hayes opened his first used music store in 1990, but he’s expanded that idea since then as the times have changed.

The suffering music industry – which for several years has seen a decline in CD sales and a spike in digital downloads – helped Haynes diversify.

“It started out as a CD store, and then it graduated to movies, games, then books,” he said. “I didn’t plan it. It just happened by accident. I put in a few movies, and they sold.”

Haynes said he takes back items that are in good condition and that are in demand.

“You know what people are looking for. You don’t try to go by what’s popular, but what’s in demand,” he said, and there is a difference between the two.

Just about everybody has hugely popular books by authors like Norah Roberts or Danielle Steele, he said, but not everybody has, for example, a book of Civil War maps or Bette Davis’ autobiographies. Those kinds of books are in demand, he said.

If someone doesn’t want cash or store credit for what they sell back to him, he can donate the dollars to a charity of their choice, and send them a receipt for tax purposes.

Haynes said stores like his help the environment by keeping media and entertainment out of landfills and keeps them in the hands of others who

could use those products at a cheaper price.

“My green concept is a little different than most green concepts,” he said. “I don’t think the world is that fragile, but I think we need to do our part. I think we need to help other people rather than help the earth.”

Giving back

For those who prefer to donate their used items, there are options.

The Lee County Library is always looking for donations of books, movies and CDs, said Jan Willis, library director.

“Especially now, with budget cuts, we need and depend on donations more than ever before,” he said.

Used DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs and books can be checked out for free from the library, he said. In some cases, they’re sold at the library’s gift shop.

In the recession, he said they’re seeing more and more folks check-out movies from the library for free – which have a seven-day check-out period – rather than paying to rent a movie from a major chain.

More than 13,000 items were donated last year, making the library’s selection even more diverse, Willis said.

The Goodwill bookstore in Tupelo, which opened in January, also thrives on donated books, CDs and movies.

The used goods are sold at a discounted rate, and if they’re not sold locally, they’re shipped to other locations, said the bookstore’s general manager, Alexis Horton. DVDs sell for around $3.99, while CDs sell for about $2.99.

The donations help serve Goodwill’s mission, which is to provide 40-hour work weeks to the disadvantage and disabled, Horton said.

Books and other media can be dropped off at any location, and the bookstore takes donations of all kinds.

Both the library and Goodwill offer receipts for tax reductions.

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NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL

april twenty-second, two thousand ten A Man & A Van, LLC Adair Carpet • Advanced Innovations East, LLC Aerus Electrolux • Airgas • Amory Marine Sales Ashley Furniture Industries • B & B Concrete • B.J.'s Maintenance Baldwyn Discount Drugs • Baldwyn Hardware & Supply Inc. • Bank of Okolona Barley Court Apartments • Bassco Foam Company • Bauhaus • Becker Enterprises, LLC Bill Benson Chancery Clerk • Blue Mountain Production Company • Booneville Hardware & Supply Company Booneville Supply Company • Boy Scouts of America – Yocona Area Council • Boyles Tire & Auto Care Center, Pontotoc Bramlett's Peter Cottontail • Carr's Guns & Ammo • CDI Services Inc. • Chateau Royale Apartment Homes • Cobb Environmental & Technical Services, Inc. • Cockrell Banana Company • Color My World Child Care • Comfort Engineering Inc. • Community Bank Cooper Auto Truck/Servicenter • Cooper Realty Inc. • Cotton Bolt • Courtyard by Marriott • Cravin Catfish • Crye-Leike Realtors • Custom Care Cleaners • Dabbs Engineering Co., Inc. • Danver's Restaurant • Donald Allred Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. • Dossett Big 4 Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association • Ear, Nose & Throat Physicians of North MS • Ecowater Systems • E-Fire, Inc. • Elite Gymnastics • Event Rentals • Flanagan's Electronic Service • Franklin Collection Service Inc. • Frank's Battery Service Inc. • Friendly City Tire • Fulton Home Center • Girl Scouts of Northeast MS - Heart of the South • Golden Auto Sales, LLC, Belmont • Golden Living Center - Eason Blvd. • Grand Ole Oak Apartment Homes • Grass TV & Electronics • Greyhound Bus Station • Grisham Lumber & Supply Gum Tree Mortgage • Hankins Service Center, Inc. • Harvey Russell Auto World • Hatfield Home Theatre Automation Specialist Henson Sleep Relief, Inc. • Hickory Springs Manufacturing Co. • Honda of Tupelo • Honey Baked Ham Company & Café Houston Banking Center • Hunter Douglas Inc. • Hussey Sod Farm • Independent Furniture Supply • Inter-Pac, Inc. Iron Effects • ITW Paslode • Ivy Fence Company • J & M Home Builders, LLC • Jesco • Jim Bain's Pharmacy Johnny Bishop RV • Key Staff Source • KFC • Landscape Services Total Lawn Care • Lindsey, Davis and Associates Los Toros Mexican Restaurant Guntown & Tupelo Locations • Louise Godwin • LSI Human Resource Solutions Maloney Glass & Door • McFarling Machine Works and Welding Services • MCH Transportation Co. Mid South Nursery • Mississippi Door LLC • Mississippi Guttering Supply • MMC Materials, Inc. • Montgomery Drugs N.E.W. Customer Service Companies • Norbord Mississippi Inc. • North MS Pediatrics, P.A. • Northside Barbeque & Grill Oak Creek Apartments • Oasis, Amory • Oil Dri • Our Artworks (Daddy’s Duck) • Pampered Pooch Pet Grooming • Philips Day-Brite • Philips Garden Center • Piggly Wiggly - Smithville, Amory, Nettleton, Aberdeen • Pitts Companies Inc. • Pizza Doctor • Pizza Factory Pontotoc Ridge Realty • R J Wilemon Construction Rabbit Patch Day Care • Re/Max Associates Realty Rebel Electric • Rebelanes • Region III Mental Health Republic Finance • Riley Building Supply Ruff Business Systems • Rural Healthcare Developers, Plantersville • Russell Delivery Service

SamStevensMotors.com Scott's Watch & Jewelry Security Alarms of Tupelo, Inc. Senter Transit Mix • Sherm's Marine Service Shoe Country • South Park Manor Apartments • Southeast Surplus Inc., Belmont • Southern Security LLC • Southtec • Staggs Carpet & Interiors • Stevens Auction • Stone Auctioneers & Appraisers Stouts Carpet • Cotton Bolt • The Clothes Cottage • The Dance Studio The Shoe and Boot Outlet • The Shoe Hospital • Three Rivers Planning and Development • Timmons Electric Company • Titan Storage • Trace Ridge Apartments • Traceway Retirement Community Tupelo Auto Sales • Tupelo Coca Cola • Tupelo Recycling Tupelo Small Animal Hospital • Tupelo Stone and Masonry Tupelo Upholstery • Tupelo Wrecker Service • United Blood Services • United Funeral Service • Verona Carpet Warehouse • Way-Fil Jewelers • White Oil Co. • Wiggles & Wags Pet Sitting • Window World • Yummy Yogurt

This Earth Day Help Clean Up a Park, Field or Street

We need everyone to pitch in, because there’s more than enough litter to go around. Form a cleanup committee in your neighborhood.

Yocona Area Council Generations Connection grandparents, children and grandchildren are encouraged to plant a tree on Arbor Day weekend.

Yocona Area Council - Working in partnership with The Arbor Day Foundation, have planned a “Generations Connection” event complete with a tree planting opportunity at Camp Yocona’s Centennial Forest on Saturday, May 1 For More Information on the Yocona Area Generations Connection -Tree Planting Effort Contact: Brian L. Steger bsteger@bsamail.org