2A THE NEWTON COUNTY APPEAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024 Beat 2 Supervisor Jeffery Harrison mans the excavator as he places dirt on top of a new culvert as City of Union Al- dermen Robert Blount and Billy McCune look on. Harrison assisted the City of Union last Wednesday in adding a second culvert to the canal running underneath McMahen Street in Union to help with the flooding that occurs in the area after heavy rain. The work to add the new culvert took just two hours to complete. area, including the police department, always has to deal with heavy flooding due to the water backing up here. You know how excited I am to see this happening said McCune.
wanted to get this done be- fore we blacktop the roads in a few weeks. so thankful for Jeffery Harrison and the supervisors for assisting the city with Appeal Morgan Newton County Rotary Club President Karla Butler pre- sented Ben Kelly with a New Member Certificate at the June 4 Rotary Club meeting. Newton County Rotary Club have reached their 100th year in serving our com- munity. Join them for lunch on Tuesdays at noon at the Newton Depot and decide if Rotary is right for you. Submitted Photo The veterans memorial, located in Decatur, Mississippi.
Appeal Morgan ROADS Union Adds Culvert to Combat Flooding on McMahen Street have not been laid yet. waiting until we get a big order because they will only ship a big he said. we still have spots for them. What going to try to do in the future is do two orders a year, that way we can get 20-30 bricks in, rather than 5-10 Reeves added that the me- morial was designed for up to 1200 bricks, so bricks can still be ordered. Those who are interested are invited to come by the Newton County Veterans Service Office at the Newton County Court- house, call the office at 601- or email him at Order forms can also be found on a table outside the office.
Reeves also reminds that this is a memorial for all vet- erans of Newton County. last count, which was a couple of years ago, we had 2,500 living veterans in New- ton said Reeves. only requirements are that you have to have lived in Newton County, even if it was just a day, and had an honorable Now that the bricks are laid, the next step will be a process of adding other do- nated items for the memo- rial. monument is going up next, followed by the flagpoles. The Newton County Supervisors have been very helpful by donat- ing gravel to go towards parking.
The Town of De- catur came and dug us a ded- icated water system at no Reeves said. also got four park benches that were donated by people. The next process will be get- ting lighting, and lean- ing on going solar for that. begin working on land- scaping in the Fall, and we have a fence building com- pany, Custom Fence Builder, that are donating labor for building a Reeves added that they are still taking donations that would help with buying materials for the fencing and other additions to the Veter- ans Memorial. If anyone would like to donate, please contact him at the Veterans Service Office.
As for the Grand Opening of the Newton County Veter- ans Memorial, Reeves said hoping they have a cer- emony on Veterans Day, No- vember 11. Until then, he invites everyone to stop by and take a look at the memo- rial. had a lot of people that are visiting said Reeves. want the peo- ple to know that wel- come to come on a weekend or in the mornings when work being done to the memorial and see the work being The Mississippi Depart- ment of Agriculture and Commerce is providing in- come-eligible senior citizens access to healthier foods through the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). The SFMNP pro- vides benefits in the form of a benefit card valued at $50 that can be used at author- ized farmers markets in twenty-seven counties for the purchase of locally grown fruits, vegetables and honey.
Program information including program criteria and how to apply for and re- deem the benefit card can be found on the Farmers Mar- ket Nutrition Program web- page. Senior citizens that applied online and received benefits in 2023 must reap- ply online in order to receive benefits in 2024. Senior Farmers Mar- ket Nutrition Program is a win-win for both our senior citizens and farmers. This program increases access of locally grown produce and honey for income eligible senior citizens while open- ing marketing opportunities for said Commis- sioner Gipson. encourage eligible seniors to visit our website and submit an appli- cation in order to take ad- vantage of this For the year 2024, pro- gram benefits can be re- deemed at authorized and participating farmers mar- ket locations in the following counties: Adams, Attala, Benton, Carroll, Clay, Des- oto, Forrest, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Jackson, Lafayette, Leake, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Mont- gomery, Neshoba, Newton, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pike, Pontotoc, Tate, Walthall, Washington, and Webster.
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