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Leslie Burl McLemore, director of the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy at Jackson State University, stands in front of a marker commemorating Emmett Till after its unveiling Wednesday in Money. The marker, which is the first on the Mississippi Freedom Trail, stands at the site of the Bryant Grocery and Meat Market.

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Sign of change
By DAVID MONROE - City Editor

Thu,05/19/11-1:00PM , 189 Reads
The unveiling of a historical marker in Money on Wednesday commemorated a horrific event, but the speakers were also stressing progress and a positive future.
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Austin Wilkey has started a business that will offer tree cutting and pruning, stump grinding and other services. For now, he will work out of his home on Nicholson Street.

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Owner of new tree service nearly ready to open
By DAVID MONROE - City Editor
Sun,01/09/11-3:11AM , 163 Reads
Austin Wilkey is looking forward to the opportunity to be his own boss with A.W. Tree Service.

Wilkey worked for farmer Ricky Belk for about four years and says it was a good job.

“He taught me work ethic,” Wilkey said.
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Lessley Singleton, who has run Indoor Garden for 18 years, decided to close the business and take a sales job with Two’s Company. She says she has made a lot of friends through the shop but is looking forward to spending more time with her family.

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Owner of Indoor Garden moving on
By DAVID MONROE - City Editor
Sun,12/26/10-1:00AM , 137 Reads
Lessley Olmsted Singleton says it’s been fun running Indoor Garden for 18 years, but she’s looking forward to a job that will give her more time with her family.

Beginning Jan. 3, she will be working as a sales associate for Two’s Company, a New York-based gift company.
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Gina Haynes, a speech therapist at Golden Age Nursing Home, visits Golden Age Cilnic for a checkup. Brandy Smith, left, runs the clinic.

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Golden Age Clinic open for business
By DAVID MONROE - City Editor
Sat,11/13/10-9:52PM , 199 Reads
Brandy Smith says she’s proud to be part of a milestone with the opening of the Golden Age Clinic.

Mississippi’s first facility-based long term care certified rural health clinic opened Oct. 1 at Golden Age Nursing Home. Smith, a family nurse practitioner, manages it.
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