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July 2, 2026

Hinds County, Mississippi

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  • Armchair Ponderings Road trash is everyone’s problem

    This past Saturday’s Enterprise Journal opinion page, which I read on a daily basis, featured a column by Patsy R. Brumfield concerning a tremendous litter problem in McComb. I completely agree with portions of that...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    Are you enjoying these beautiful May days that we have been having this February? I know that I have! But, it should be remember that during this month of February, it has thundered at least twice - on the 9th and on...

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  • Spring Is the Best Time to Explore Mississippi’s Treasures

    Spring and for some, a weeklong break from school, are on the horizon. Instead of jumping ship to other states, why not stay in Mississippi, a state filled with interesting places to explore and enjoy? Here are a few of...

    Columns Editorial
  • ‘Retro Food’ is a New Trend I Can Embrace

    It’s 2023 – a new year filled with a dizzying array of food and beverage trends filtering down from the “experts.” A few I simply can’t wrap my head around are kelp-based burgers and sauces, climate-conscious...

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  • Armchair Ponderings Hospice versus chemotherapy

    As a disclaimer, I have no formal medical training but I have 86 years of observing life around me. I am not reporting my own opinion but that of others that either have suffered or are presently suffering for what is...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    There are two deaths to report this week. The first one is that of longtime Terry resident Mary Joyce Kister. She attended high school here in Terry, although she graduated from Central High School in Jackson. She...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    On Saturday morning, Susan Champion Yates announced the death of her father, J.B. Champion. This was particularly sad to most of us in town, as J.B. had built the car garage on Cunningham Avenue in between Sweeney’s...

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  • From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:19-20)

    “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, you will recognize them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:19-20) Can we lament together for a moment? Our society has robbed man of...

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  • Felder’s Indoor Plants: Mid-Winter Maintenance Tips

    Just like people, cooped up indoor plants can use a midwinter break. But unlike humans’ Seasonal Affective Disorder, tropical plants have their own brand of misery andcan’t just waltz out the door for a stretch in...

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  • Armchair Ponderings Public speaking, a lost art!

    I never cease to be amazed by the lack of preparedness of public speakers in today’s times. Starting with the president of the United States reading his speeches; whether they are written for him by a room-full of...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    January 2023 has come. It is already the 16th when I write this week’s column. 2023 is the year during which most of our elected officials in Mississippi will be elected (on November 7th) after being elected in the...

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  • From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:12)

    “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12) “The Golden Rule” - how many of us have heard this rule echoed into our ears after some...

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  • Christmas Gifts, the Sequel

    Before you call me hypocritical for my next statement, yes, it’s true: I advocated buying Marie Callender’s pies for Thanksgiving if baking was not in your wheelhouse or time frame. With that disclaimer out of the...

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  • Armchair Ponderings The spirit of Christmas in 1882

    First printed as an award-winning Arm-chair Ponderings in the Magnolia Gazette on 12/16/98. There he was again peering through the shop window. The young fisherman walked home daily at dusk after a hard day’s fishing...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    We have waited and studied and thanked throughout the four weeks of the Advent season. By the time you are reading this, it may well be Christmas Day. It will certainly be one of the days immediately before Christmas....

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  • Terry Headlight News

    Unfortunately, there are two deaths with connections to the town of Terry to report. This morning, I learned of the death of Albert Pleasant. He was a graduate of Terry High School and the widower of fellow graduate...

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  • Felder’s Winter Gardening Guide

    Lotta folks are moaning right now about the demise of their summer and fall garden. Not me. One of the things I admire most about gardeners in Great Britain is how they have moved past having just a big spring rush and...

    Columns Editorial
  • Armchair Ponderings A world of acronyms

    With so much stuff on the news ranging from the splash down of Artemis, the next Lunar mission vehicle that was so ho-hum to the press that it took a back seat to the prisoner swap of a barely known female basketball...

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  • From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:7-8)

    “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” (Matthew...

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  • Armchair Ponderings The truth can still hurt

    An open letter to Past President of the United States Donald J. Trump! It has been 81 years yesterday, since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, precipitating the war in the Far East. Millions of words have been...

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  • Christmas on the Coast: It’s the Perfect Start to the Holidays!

    The email in my inbox sounded so appealing: “From Thanksgiving to New Years, Beau Rivage in Biloxi is transformed into a winter wonderland adorned with larger-than-life nutcrackers, colossal Christmas ornaments,...

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  • Armchair Ponderings It’s never too late.

    The Coffee Caboose Roasters, LLC has been advertising in the Magnolia Gazette for several weeks; November 14th was the “soft opening” of this important new business in Tylertown, located in the historic GM&O...

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  • Felder’s Landscaping Tips

    Whether you go with ancient Latin’s autumnus, or prefer the American slang “fall” a common chore this reflective time of year can lead to how we approach our landscapes. As we corral plummeting foliageinto compost...

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  • From the Pastor’s Pen: “Blessed...” (Matthew 7:6)

    “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” (Matthew 7:6) In my office on Friday, an insightful observer made an interesting...

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