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Celebrating 60 years
By RUTHIE ROBISON - Lifestyles Editor
Sun,04/10/16-6:03AM , 405 Reads
A crown jewel of the community for the past 60 years, Greenwood Little Theatre boasts more than 230 live performances and is now the second-longest-running community theater in Mississippi.
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Cancer survivors, from left, Elizabeth Bailey, Randa Martin, Debra Miller and Betty Aden took a lap around the track at last year’s Relay for Life of Leflore County event.

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Celebration of Life
By RUTHIE ROBISON - Lifestyles Editor
Fri,04/01/16-7:49PM , 799 Reads
Elizabeth Bailey says she’s “one of the lucky ones” because her kidney cancer was caught — by accident — in an early stage.
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Delta Streets Academy students pictured during a rehearsal of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” are, front row, from left, Jakarrian Hemphill (Valentine), Stephen Metcalf (Orsino) and Isaiah Blackmon (Curio); back row, Daree Robinson (Sir Toby Belch), Jaylin Smith (Viola) and Andre Williams (Sir Andrew Aguecheek.)

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Delta Streets students to present Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’
By RUTHIE ROBISON - Lifestyles Editor

Wed,03/30/16-6:02PM , 198 Reads
Several Delta Streets Academy students are gearing up to present William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”

The performance will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Confederate Memorial Building. The play will feature students in grades 9-11.
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Cheryl Thornhill, executive director of the Museum of the Mississippi Delta, organizes a display.

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The Power of Children
By RUTHIE ROBISON - Lifestyles Editor
Sun,03/27/16-6:06AM , 379 Reads
“The Power of Children: Making a Difference” is the largest traveling exhibit to make its way to the Museum of the Mississippi Delta, says Cheryl Thornhill, the museum’s executive director.

“We haven’t had anything like this to my knowledge,” she said.
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