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Some families moving because of schools
By JOHN MARTIN
Sat,10/04/03-11:00PM , 111 Reads
Public and private school officials in Leflore County blame a poor economy for the overall 3 percent drop in enrollment at their schools, but a steady, if smaller, number of students are leaving for another reason.
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Working on the playground
By JOHN MARTIN
Sat,10/04/03-11:00PM , 63 Reads
Some members of First United Methodist Church put in some work Saturday morning on a new playground going up across the street from the church. Applying paint to a merry-go-round here are, from left, Stephen Handley, Brent Bailey, Ashley Hardin, Allison Hardin, Tom Hardin, Robert McBryde, John Picardat and the Rev. Glenn Seefeld.

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Goodwill effort abandoned
By JOHN MARTIN
Thu,10/02/03-11:00PM , 105 Reads
A group of Greenwood activists and out-of-town developers teamed up in 1997 to turn a block of nearly dilapidated buildings near Wesley United Methodist Church into a neighborhood of quality low-income housing.
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Hot tamales!
By JOHN MARTIN
Wed,10/01/03-11:00PM , 189 Reads
It was hot tamale time at The Alluvian on Wednesday evening as the Southern Foodways Alliance, assisted by Viking Range Corp., kicked off its 2003 symposium with a tasting of the Delta specialty.
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