A dinner dance to benefit the Mississippi Equine Rescue & Adoption organization will be held on Friday, November 6 at the Crystal Palace, 3036 MS Hwy 43 North at 7 p.m.

With Veterans Day next week, a number of events are being held to honor them including an exhibit, a luncheon, an Armed Services Reception, and a parade.

For every thing there is an opposite and that is the balance of the universe. Good has to have evil so we know the difference between the two.

When Tim Garrett arrived a little over a year ago to be the band director for Picayune Memorial High School, he didn’t fully realize the obstacles he was facing. Discovering only a handful of students still trying to hang on after several years of unstability in the program, he knew he’d have to dig his heels to make the band work. Students, frustrated with an ever-changing series of band directors — seven within the last four years — had dropped out of the band in droves.

When Misty Toruno received the news that she had Stage 3C ovarian cancer, her mind raced with all the implications of the diagnosis from the survival rate, to her family and friends, to all the side effects of chemotherapy. “I was most concerned with my hair,” said Misty, echoing the concerns of most women who undergo the treatment. “It is what makes me feel feminine, feel like a woman.”

Pearl River County Home Builders recently awarded an academic scholarship to Nicole Couch, a college freshman.

Jason Piglia and Ashlyn Watts practice a scene from the one-act play - “Talking Bird.”

Food for thought — what can one student do to change the world? Well, Picayune Memorial High School student, Jamison Dodd, came up with the idea of promoting a food drive to help local families who are struggling to put food on the table during these economically difficult times.
Dodd came up with the idea of promoting “Unity Within the Community” after attending an APEX Leadership Summit at the University of Mississippi at Oxford.

Where do I start? The road to crazy town has been paved before Balloon Boy with favorite reality-cravers like the Octo Mom, a woman who purposely birthed eight babies at one time to add to her collection of six. Her motivation? She loves kids. That is her rehearsed answer, but as an emotionally challenged individual, me thinks she was seeking her 15 minutes and as an obliging public, we gave her 15 and whole lot more, such as fame, news coverage, paparazzi and her own reality show.