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MCHS cheer camp sees large turnout
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County High School Cheerleaders held their Mini Cheer Camp June 17-19 in Inez. Forty-five upcoming Cardinals between the ages of 3 and 13 attended the annual camp. Each girl learned two sideline cheers, a dance and a floor cheer. During halftime of the first Martin County…
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The Ten Commandments: Surely we are willing to try
Governor Jeff Landry of Louisiana recently signed into law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in Louisiana’s classrooms. This is the first law of its kind in the country since 1980 when a more moderate Supreme Court ruled a similar Kentucky law unconstitutional. The new law gives schools until Jan. 1 to display the…
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Trying to stay cool during the hot days of summer
It looks like the temperatures have gotten very hot the last few days as we officially start summer. We have actually had some mild weather before this heat wave began. I have always liked summer, especially when I was younger and more active. But now that I have gotten older, it is tougher to take…
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Notes from Calvary: The Renter’s Heart
“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this…
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The Pastor’s Pen: ‘I thought you were Jesus’
When Wycliffe Bible translator Doug Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil’s Fulnio Indians, he was referred to simply as “the white man.” The term was by no means complimentary since other white men had exploited them, burned their homes, and robbed them of their lands. But after the Melands learned the…
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Telling the Story: Appreciation for creation
Listening to the morning sounds in the mountains, I hear birds tweeting and greeting. They call across the hills, “Good morning! It’s time to get up.” God didn’t have to make birds sing. But He did. The honeysuckle grows wild up the hollow. It’s a delicious treat for drivers who have their windows down. Autumn…
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Martin County court docket
INEZ — Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard the following cases June 20 in Martin Circuit Court: Mark Meek (arraignment) — Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 8/1/24 at 11 a.m. Garland Mills (arraignment) — Complicity burglary, second degree; criminal mischief: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 8/1/24 at 11 a.m. Chad Nichols (arraignment) — Possession of controlled substance, first…
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Martin County deeds
INEZ — Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles reported the following deeds recorded in her office June 12-20: Albert Sexton, Tina Sexton (first party) to Larry Lemaster, Sheila Lemaster (second party). Daisy Slone, Bertha Jude (first party) to Adam Crum, Leigh Ann Crum (second party).
