Of Local Interest
NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR EXHIBIT HALL SIGN UP
Come by the MSU Extension Service-Neshoba County office and pick up your entry forms, entry tags and exhibitor number for the Neshoba County Fair Exhibit Hall. Youth ages 8-18 can enter items in the categories of fresh fruits and vegetables, field crops, food preservation, food-nutrition, posters, and arts and crafts. Adult categories include fresh fruits and vegetables, field crops, food preservation, and cultural arts. The deadline to pick up your entry forms, tags and exhibitor number is Friday, July 16. Call 601-656-4011 or come by the Extension Service office in the Neshoba County Coliseum for more information.
CEMETERY FUND
Please mail all donations for Old Pearl Valley Baptist Church Cemetery Fund to Mrs. Joan Gamblin at 12220 Marty Stuart Drive Philadelphia, MS 39350.
DESIGNATED DISASTER AREAS
Administrator Zach Ducheneaux designated two (2) counties in the State of Mississippi as the primary natural disaster area. Producers in Kemper and Noxubee counties who suffered physical damage and losses caused by a winter storm, excessive snow, excessive ice, freeze, high winds, hail, and excessive rain that occurred February 15, 2021 through February 19, 2021, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
This natural disaster designation allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts.
Producers in the contiguous Mississippi counties of Lauderdale, Lowndes, Neshoba, Newton, Oktibbeha, and Winston are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.
The deadline to apply for these emergency loans is January 25, 2022.
NESHOBA CENTRAL PRE-K
The Pre-Kindergarten Program is located at the Neshoba County School District, Office of Federal Programs/Pre-K building at 1125 Golf Course Road. Students are screened for enrollment by a pre-kindergarten test. The program is designed to serve those children with the most academic/ developmental needs, and will be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2021. The classes will begin and end to coincide with the regular school term at Neshoba County Schools. Participating students’ parents will be required to provide transportation to and from the center. As other students in the school district, pre-k students will be offered breakfasts and lunches by the Neshoba County School District Food Services.
Registration and testing will be conducted from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m,, on May 19 – 21. We ask that one parent attend with the child being tested.
To register a child for the pre-k program, guardians must provide the following documents:
Two (2) of the following proofs of residency:
• IF RENTING/LEASING: Current notarized official home/apartment lease/rental agreement with length of lease and Parent’s or Guardian’s name included on lease/rental agreement (THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE PROOFS IF LEASING OR RENTING and one of the following #3-#6)
• Filed Homestead Exemption application form OR current mortgage document or property deed
• Valid driver’s license OR voter identification card
• Current utility bill (dated within 60 days) showing the service location with parent’s or guardian’s name listed (acceptable bills: electricity, gas, water, or landline telephone)
• Automobile registration receipt
• Any other document that will objectively and unequivocally establish that the parent or guardian resides within the school district, and in the case of a student living with a legal guardian who is a bona fide resident of the school district. (Official government documentation – i.e. current tax year return, social security statement, DHS statement, etc.)
• Property Tax Card, Property Deed, or other document that states the residency property’s
Section, Township, and Range.
C. The child’s certified birth certificate from Mississippi State Department of Health Vital Records (601-206-8200) (child must be 4 years of age on or before September 1, 2021),
D. The child’s social security card,
E. The child’s MS certificate of immunization compliance form (Form no. 121) checked and signed,
F. CDIB (if applicable).
COOKBOOKS AVAILABLE
Veterans of Foregin Wars Cookbooks are ready to be ordered! They are $20 a piece and $25 for shipping. Please call, text, or email to order! 601-562-1769, susans438@aol.com, 13281 HWY 16 E.
CEMETERY UPKEEP
If anyone is interested in the upkeep of the Martin McNeil Cemetery, then please send donations to Ann Pinter, 12451 Rd 101.
NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR LIVESTOCK
SIGN UP
Come by the MSU Extension Service-Neshoba County office and pick up your entry form and rules and regulations book for the Neshoba County Fair Livestock Shows. Youth ages 8-18 can enter in events of Beef Show, Dairy Show, and Sheep and Goat Show. The deadline to enter is Friday, July 16. Call 601-656-4011 or come by the Extension Service office in the Neshoba County Coliseum for more information. You must enroll in 4H to enter.
BIBLE STUDY
Gatherings on Tuesday nights, 7 p.m. at the Philadelphia Thrifty Nickel. Stay inspired by the Word of the Lord. Come join us as we dive into “Learning the Bible” with Speaker Bro. Ricky Rogers. Be renewed by the Bible.