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Emory Hodgson Jr.,89, dies SundayEmory R. Hodgson Jr., 89,.o£-

Yazoo City, died Sunday, Feb.8, 2004, at St. Dominic'sHospital in Jackson.A memorial service will be

11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14,from First United Methodist

Church with

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Hodgson

willservice

the Rev.

Jerry Hortonofficiating.Visitation

will be 10-11

a.m. at thechurch priorto theservice.A

privategravesidefollow with

Stricklin-King Funeral Homein charge of arrangements.1 He was the former co-owner,

1 vice president and general■manager of AMCO Inc., a■ manufacturer of farm

implements.Hodgson was born July 15,

1914, in Da3d;on, Va. to E.R.Hodgson and Sadie HollarHodgson. He spent most of hislife in Pearl River County andYazoo City. A graduate of theUniversity of Alabama, hewas a member of theAmerican Society of Agri-Engineers.

Participating in theEuropean campaign in WorldWar II, he earned two BronzeStars and was honorablydischarged in January 1946with the rank of major. Hewas a member of the VFWand the American Legion.

In 1949, Hodgson organizedand was the first commandingofficer of the 138th EngineerPontoon Bridge Company ofthe Mississippi National

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Hodgson: He was three timespresident ofYazoo Rotary ClubGuard in Picayune. He ispast president and chairmanof the board of the SouthernFarm EquipmentManufacturing Associationand was active in severalnational farm equipmentorganizations.He served three times as

president of the Yazoo CityRotary Club and was a three-time Paul Harris Fellowcelebrating his 50th year ofmembership. Hodgson wasfounder and past president ofthe Millbrook Golf andCountry Club of Picayune as

well as a lifetime member ofthe Mississippi Seniors GolfAssociation.Survivors include two sons,

Mike Hodgson of Cordova,Tenn. and Geoff Hodgson ofMagnolia; a daughter, PamLowery of Tupelo; sixgrandchildren; and sevengreat-grandchildren.Memorial contributions

may be sent to First UnitedMethodist Church, 203 N.Washington St., Yazoo City,MS 39194 of SanctuaryHospice House, P.O. Box 192,Tupelo, MS 38802.

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Lincoln murderBy GARY ANDREWSEditor and Publisher

In 2003, it would seemimpossible to actually knowsomeone who has spoken withan eyewitness of theassassination of AbrahamLincoln in 1865. EmoryHodgson Jr. defies what onewould think because he oncespoke to one who was in theFord Theater that fatefulnight.Hodgson was bom 1914 in

Da3^on, Va."I was born in the middle of

a Civil War battlefield,"Hodgson said recently. "It wasin the Shenandoah Valleywhere Stonewall Jackson ledthe South and GeneralSheridan led the North."

The first 10 years of his life,Hodgson lived in Virginia andwas close to his grandmother.Spending a lot of time withher gained him a wealth ofstories about the Civil Warand relationships his familyhad with both Union andConfederate soldiers. Hisgreat grandfather, RichardJohnston, was a schoolmate ofGeneral Sherman at WestPoint. In fact, Sherman was inhis great grandparents'wedding.As he reminisced about one

of her stories, Hodgsonrecalled the time hisgrandmother was inCharleston, S.C. and GeneralBeauregard fired the firstshot of the Civil War at Fort

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EMORY HODGSON JR. hasvivid memories of his ties tothe past.Sumter. He remembers askingher about it and she said, "Itwoke me up. It woke me up."Another time, his

grandmother was inSavannah, Ga. A staunchsouthern belle and believer inthe confederacy, theoutspoken Miss Johnston gotin trouble tearing up a UnionJack flag and was arrested.This happened at the timeSherman was making hisfamous march from Atlanta toSavannah and he was intown. Mrs. Johnston called onSherman to get her daughterout of jail, and he assistedthem in quick order.The relationship between

Mrs. Johnston, her family andGeneral Sherman remainedin tact even though MrJohnston had died severalyears earlier from a diseasphe contacted while onmission in Mexico. ^Before she could marrv

Miss Johnston wrote a lpf<-to Sherman to ask permissionto marry a man namoSHodgson. The letter of

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Hodgson: The show wasgoing on and all of a sudden.../from is m the familyarchives and Hodgson says itis one of his favorites."Oeneral Sherman wrote

back and said by all means donot marry this Hodgson man;you deserve better."As most young brides in

love, she married him anyway.Another adventure that

Hodgson remembers is hisvisit to his grandmother'sgood friend, Mrs. White,"My grandmother insisted

that I spe^ with her since Iwas always talking aboutCivil War things. She wouldsay, "Now Emory Jr., youought to go next door and talkto Mrs. )^ite.""So I went next door and

knocked on the door and thisgreat big woman, overweightwoman, came to the door andinvited me into her livingroom."Hodgson went on to say that

Mrs. White was at Ford'sTheatre the night PresidentLincoln was shot and killed."Well, it was my 15th

birthday and I had been giventhe opportxmity. My parentssaid that they would take meto the city for the theatre,"White said.She related that her family

arrived with their horse andbuggy and planned a stay inthe hotel for the night."It was only a 6-mile trip to

the theatre, however wewould spend the nightbecause there was not much

buggy riding at night."^er turning the horse into

the livery people. White andher family went to thetheatre.*Well, we went to the Ford

Theatre and we were facingthe general seating area, butwe could see PresidentLincoln up there in thepresident's box or the bestseat in the house," White said.Relating her story to the

young Hodgson, shecontinued. "The show wasgoing on and all of a suddenthere was an explosion. Someman jumped out of thepresident's box onto the stageand everybody stood up andbedlam was created and chaosand my parents got me out ofthere as quickly as they couldand we went back to thehotel.", Hodgson said this was theend of his interview with aneye witness account ofPresident . Lincoln'sassassination. Being atremendous history buff,Hodgson recalled some morehistory of his family's pastdating back to the 1700s."My grandmother's

grandfather was the firstgovernor of North Carolinaelected by the people."Being a walking history

book Emery Hodgson Jr. hasmemories that he can reflecton during his 89-plus years.Tina Bradford contributed

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E-iO, Yazoo Daily Herald. Yazoo Qty, Misa., Mar. 15, 1976 ,

Rotary Club asks.

Is it the truth?The motto of' 'Service above

&lf" was just as appropriatein 1937, the year that RotaryCame to Yazoo City, as it isnow, 39 years later.Judge Louis Wise and the

late Phil Wiiliams generatedinterest in forming a Rota^Club in Yazoo City, th^were responsible for getting itstarted. Of the thirty-sixcharter members of this club,only two, Judge Wise andDuaine Jdorgan, are activpmembers in 1976.The first president of the

Yazoo City Rotary Qub wasRiley Koonce, superintendentof the Yazoo City schools.

The officer for 1975-76 are

Wilburn Delancey, president;Gerald Puckett, vice-

president; Stan Herren,treasurer; Larry Sutterfield,secretary; and ClarkColeman, Bryan Jones,

Martin Vick, and Emory

Hodgson, directors; andC. E.Lingenfelder, sergeant^at-arms..

Rotary Club officersDirecting Rotary Club efforts are(from left) Director Clark Coleman,Director Martin Vick, PresidentWilburn Delancey, Director BryanJones, Vice president GeraldPuckett, Director Emory Hodgson,Sergeant-ot-arms Charles Lingenfelder, Treasurer Stan Herren. Notpictured are Secretary LarrySutterfield and Assistant Sergeant-at-arms Marvin Terrell.

The club has increased inmembership from 36 to 58."Many worthwhile projectshave been undertaken by thisjclub. Two projects with a 1976«vintage are (1) InternationalStudent Week in April to entertain foreign students inRotarian's homes in YazooCity. (2) An auction in May to.raise money for the club's

Scouts celebrating5th anniversary

humanitarian interests.'Weekly meetings are held at

noon each Friday in the Elks.Qub in Yazoo City, where thiFour-Way Test is applied tothings Rotarians say and do:(1) Is it the truth? (2) Is it fairto all concerned? (3) Will itbuild good will and better

friendships? (4) Will it bebeneficial to all concerned?

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master; Troop 75, sponsored byIn this bicentennial year including many different ac- First United Methodist Church

scouting is celebratog its 65th tivities. Men's Club, Bo GoIHns Scout-Mrthday. The impact of The Andrew Jackson Council master; Troop 77, sponsored byScouting in America is easily Scout Show is a yearly event. First Baptist Church, Billjeen—alumni include 26 of the with this year's show slated for Stanford, Scoutmaster- Troopirst 29 astronauts, 85 per cent of May 8 at the Jackson fair 274, sponsored by Concordjtudent council presidents, 72 grounds. Over 13,000 people Missionary Baptist Church injer cent of the Rhodes Scholars, came last year to view the Bentoriia, Rev. Sasser Handymd 71 per cent of the football exhibits put together by troops, Scoutmaster; Troop 394,captains.' packs, and posts. sponsored by a group of YazooYazoo County is included in For Cub Scouts, upcoming City citizens, Arthur Creightonhe Andrew Jackson Council, activities include a Pinewood Scoutmaster; Troop 318,^hich serves 22 counties in Derby, a Rocket Derby, and a sponsored by Temple BaptistJuthwest Mississippi. The Kite Derby. Church, Ken Hamilton Scout--«uncil is subdivided into Canoe trips in Arkansas, master; Troop 114, sponsoredhstricts; Yazoo and Madison hikes in Vicksburg, and by Holly Bluff Baptist, Rev.|OUnties are in the Big Black ushering for football games in Aubrey Jones, Scoutmaster,iver District. Durina 1975 .Ta/«lrcAr> or« fa... ac a

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Councilmen avoid

drug testing toavoid being 'set up'

■ Varner says, 'I think it'sone of the worst motions

I've heard since .../

By CARRIE R. CHANEYHerald Reporter

Monday, city councilmenvoted to remove their namesfrom the mandatory cityemployees drug testing list,with one councilman callingthe decision a disgrace.In a 3-2 vote, with Mayor

Wardell Leach and Ward 2Alderman Jack Varneropposing, the council voted tohave their names taken offthe city's list for drug testingdue to alleged financialconcerns and concerns relatedto a lawsuit in which three of

the city's councilmen areinvolved.

"You know we are goingthrough a lawsuit, and I canonly say so much about thislawsuit," Ward 4 AldermanAuhry Brent Jr. said. "They

are in the phase calleddiscovery now, and somethings have been discoveredthat's not very pretty, and wewere basically advisedbecause of this discovery thatwe didn't need to be goingthrough testing like this."Brent said the councilmen's

attorneys advised them toremove themselves from thedrug testing list because theymay be "set up" although hewas adamant about the factthat he has full faith in King'sDaughters Hospital, thetesting agency."We were basically advised

that we need to get off thisdrug testing thing right nowbecause we could be set up,"Brent said. "And I know that'sbad, and not through thehospital or anything. It's justthat we need to refrain fromdoing anything until thisthing is over.

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Emory Hodgson Jr.,89, dies Sunday^ „ Emory R. Hodgson Jfty 89, ofYazoo City, died Sunday, Feb.8, 2004, at St. Dominic'sHospital in Jackson.A memorial service will be

11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14,from First United Methodist

Church with* the Rev.Jerry Hortonofficiating.Visitationwill be 10-11a.m. at thechurch priorto the

service.A

Ljj privateHodgson gravesideservice will follow withservice will follow withStricklin-King Funeral Homein charge of arrangements.He was the former co-owner,

vice president and generalmanager of AMCO Inc., amanufacturer of farm

implements.Hodgson was bom July 15

1914, in Dayton, Va. to E RHodgson and Sadie HollarHodgson. He spent most of hishfe in Pearl River County andYazoo City. A graduate of theUniversity of Alabama, hewas a member of theAmerican Society of Agri-Engineers.Participating in the

European campaign in WorldWar II, he earned two BronzeStars and was honorablydischarged in January 1946with the rank of major. Hewas a member of the VPWand the American Legion.In 1949, Hodgson organized

and was the first commandimiofficer of the 138th Enginee>Pontoon Bridge Companythe Mississippi Nation^}See HODGSON, 12

County school super

ups commonadministrators from oneschool to another," he said."Fve never seen the benefitin that. Obviously, ifsomebody is not doing thejob, you would want tochange, but if you've got anadministrator who's not

doing his job, I would thinkyou would want to changehim completely out of yourdistrict. I wouldn't feelcomfortable renewingsomeone and moving aproblem from one place toanother."

Smith said while there is aturn-over among thedistrict's teaching staff —teachers move, retire and soforth — "Historically in thisdistrict, there's not been a

Hodgson: He was three timespresident ofYazoo Rotary ClubGuard in Picayune. He ispast president and chairmanof the board of the SouthernFarm EquipmentManufacturing Associationand was active in several

national farm equipmentorganizations.He served three times as

president of the Yazoo CityRotary Club and was a three-time Paul Harris Fellow

celebrating his 50th year ofmembership. Hodgson wasfounder and past president ofthe Millbrook Golf andCountry Club of Picayune as

well as a lifetime member ofthe Mississippi Seniors GolfAssociation.Survivors include two sons,

Mike Hodgson of Cordova,Tenn. and Geoff Hodgson ofMagnolia; a daughter, PamLowery of Tupelo; sixgrandchildren; and sevengreat-grandchildren.Memorial contributions

may be sent to First UnitedMethodist Church, 203 N.Washington St., Yazoo City,MS 39194 or SanctuaryHospice House, P.O. Box 192,Tupelo, MS 38802.

Heart: KDH will host Heart Day in Maycelebrate her 92nd birthday."I saw this advertised in the

newspaper, and I knew I hadthese complaints," Dillardsaid.She said she had never

experienced heart problems."(The top reading on my)blood pressure was a littlehigh, but the bottom (reading)was good."Dillard said she will take

the results of her tests Fridayto her family doctor."The Lord is blessing me

right now and He's been withme 92 years," she explained.Gwen Kettleman has had

heart surgery. Sheparticipated in Friday's eventbecause "I want to know all Ican about (heart disease).""The results of my tests

were very good," Kettlemansaid, adding that she plans totake the results of her test toher physician this week."I heart surgery the year

before last," she said. "I didn'thave an attack, but I had

(fibrillation.) After spending aweek here in this hospital, Iwent to Jackson and theyfound that the aorta valve ,was nearly closed and I hadsurgery and I'm doing fine."Henderson said KDH will

host another Heart Day inMay, which will be anopportunity for males andfemales to be checked for •heart disease.Information regarding the

event will be released as thedate draws closer.

Set up: We were not guilty of anything...""In the beginning, it was my

suggestion that aldermenshould be tested as well as ourcity employees, but since thislawsuit has come up and

"I'm totally against drugs, difficult. I don't use drugs,but with the city paying for Why do you think thethe drug testing for thecouncilmen and checking withthe attorney general's office

supervisors don't take thetest? Most elected officialedon't take the test because i

EmoryHodgsonAwards

ThursdayBy JASON PAITERSONManaging Editor

Sam B. Olden and theYazoo County AlumnaeChapter of Delta SigmaTheta Sorority will be honor^ Thursday at the 2008Emory Hodgson CommunityService Awids.The ceremony is set for at 6

pju. att h e !Triangle _Cultural l|fCenter."They

go aboveandbeyond Iin show- Iing com- oi^enmunityand dvic pride, and we arevery fortunate to have themas champions in our community" saxdlbnja Smith, director of the Yazoo CountyConvention and \^itors

See Awards, Page 8

Awatds (from page 1).Bureau.The Emoiy Hodgson

GomTnimity Service Awardis given in honor of itsnamesake. Mr. Hodgsonworked as a tirdess volun-

' PiibSc irMted to ceremonyteer with the CVB and withother parts of the county foryears.

The public is invited. Formore i^rmation, call 746-1815.

2008 Emory R. Hodgson Awards

Welcome Tonja Ray-SmithExecutive Director, Yazoo County CVB

Video Presentation of Mr. Sam B. Olden

Presentation of Award Mrs. Bettye Grout

Video Presentation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Presentation of Award Ms. Vanassa Conston

Acknowledgments Tonja Ray-Smith

Adjournment

Reception immediately following in the Triangle Cultural CenterMeeting Room. If you desire, you may return to the auditorium to

view a video honoring Mr. Emory R. Hodgson

Yazoo County Convention & Visitors BureauBoard of Directors

Mr. John Meeks, ChairmanMrs. Bettye Crout

Ms. Vanassa Conston

Mr. Bob BaileyMrs. MoUy McNair

Tonja Ray-Smith, Executive DirectorShanitra Finley, Assistant Director

Acknowledgements:Gilberts Gourmet & Gifts

Yazoo Florist

Sunflower Food Store

Elim's Multimedia

Many thanks to all that contributed to the video presentation for ourhonorees.

Olden, sorority to receiveEmory Hodgson awardsByJASONPATTERSONMan^ingEditQr

The 2008 Emoiy HodgsonCommunity Semce AwardsCereDQony is set forOct. 23 at 6 pm. atthe THangleCultural Center.Sam B. Olden

and the YazooCounty AlumnaeChapter of Delta

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as champions in our community"Smith said she believes it i

Sigma eta

Sorority have beennamed this year'srecipients.'Its just as much an honor

for us to present them withthis ssvsocd, as it is for them toreceive it," said Tbnja Smith,

simportant to recognize members of the community who

are making a difference.

"Oftentimes weget cau^t up in ourlives and foiget toshow appreciationto those who make adiference," she said.The EmoryHodgsonCommunity ServiceAward is given in

honor of its namesake. Mr.Hodgson worked as a tirelessvolimteer with theConvention & Visitors

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(jjrector of the Yazoo County Bureau and with other partsConvention and \^itors of&e county for years.

ThBureau "They go above andbeyond in showing community and dvic pride, and we arevery fortunate to have them

e public is invited. Formore information, call theConvention & VisitorsBureau at 746-1815.

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MARJORIE AND CLARENCE BROWN accept the 2004 Emory Hodgson Volunteer of theYear Award from Yazoo County Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directorsmember Bob Bailey during Tuesday's ceremony.

untiring volunteer effort2004 were Maqorie and JACKIE SANFORD ACCEPTS one of two 2004 EmoryClarence Brown, and Jackie Hodgson Volunteer of the Year Awards presented TuesdaySanford. Bob Bailey, a evening at the Triangle Cultural Center.member of the Yazoo County u j i, r iConvention and Visitors number of people presentBureau (YCCVB) Board of things or carry people for the first volunteerDirectors, presented the around on tours. Mr awards, Meeks said, "I thinkawards before almost 100 Hodgson was one of the first ttis would have made Mr.who were in attendance.The Volunteer of the Year "'T? moment, he

Award memorializes the ^oold come here (and helpvolunteer efforts of the late n T^'r u'' "iehghtfiilEmory Hodgson, who of Directors. person to talk to and is veryassisted at the YCCVB for .i, much niissed by themany years among the directors that the bureau.""Ten years aeo whpn thp Volunteer of the Year Award Bailey said the award

Convention and Visitors Hodgson. was named honoring MrBureau started and we Hodgson "because in ourneeded volunteers to come were selected by the YCCVB minds, he epitomized thein and sit around and Board opirectors

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JACKIE SANFORD ACCEPTS one of two 2004 EmoryHodgson Volunteer of the Year Awards presented Tuesdayevening at the Triangle Cultural Center.answer the phone or do number of people presentthings or carry people for the first volunteeraround on tours, Mr. awards, Meeks said, "I thinkHodgson was one of the first this would have made Mr.and up until he got sick, he Hodgson very proud. If hestayed with us all the time," had a free moment, hesaid John Meeks, who is would come here (and helpchairman of the YCCVB out). He was a delightfulBoard of Directors. person to talk to and is very

He said it was decided much missed by theamong the directors that the bureau."Volunteer of the Year Award Bailey said the awardshould honor Mr. Hodgson. was named honoring Mr.This year's award winners Hodgson "because in ourwere selected by the YCCVB minds, he epitomized theBoard of Directors.

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student: 'She's one of the sweetest bri^htesf"Thp\7 T-OClll^r t.: 1"They really spent time pdoing this," she said.Yazoo City High School's

Kevin Gaylor, who teacheschemistry, physical scienceand science skills andreason, was instrumental ingetting Veniece to this point.He'll be traveling to Phoenixwith Veniece."Veniece is a very out

going person," Gaylor said."She's very dedicated to hercause so far as me workingwith her. I saw that she wasvery persistent with herresearch. She was verythorough with her research,and those are qualities that

eople look at when you'redoing research projects ....She's just a very brilliantperson, very intuitive whenit comes to doing theresearch. She's a go-getter.She knows how to look forthe details that peoplewould expect to look forwhen doing that type ofresearch."YCHS Principal John

Wallace was the one whosaid she's referred to as "theMad Scientist.""We call her the Mad

Scientist, and she's one ofthe sweetest and brighteststudents we've got," Wallace

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said. "She's got some of themost supportive parents I'veever encountered. All you'vegot to do is call and theytake (whatever project) fromyou. You can call them andask them to do something,and you don't have to worryabout it any more."Veniece's father is one

proud father."I'm very proud of her," he

said. "She's a dedicated,hard worker. She spent a lotof time and effort on her

■project, and we always teachthat if you work hard andput effort into things, goodthings will come about."

VoluntCGM ^They have been so instrumental inestablishing the Boys' and Girls' Club, ...'characteristics of a person that we ascitizens and community members ought toemulate as it relates to volunteer work forthe community."

He characterized Mr. Hodgson as "thatguy who was always ready and willing tostep up to the plate when there was a needand a cause.

In^reference to Sanford, Bailey said shehas become the expert on folklore and locallegends and cemetery history. She's beenvery available and helpful for groups thathave come into town, even unexpectedlyand wanting a cemetery tour."

He said the Browns have beeninstrumental in promoting black history.

"They have been so instrumental inestablishing the Boys' and Girls' Club,beautifying our town and all kinds of thingslike that," Bailey said.

Mike Hodgson, son of Emory Hodgson,expressed his family's appreciation for thetribute to his father.

"We want to extend our thanks andappreciation to everyone at the ConventionBureau for this great honor," he said. "We'rehumbled by it.

I know my father would be, too. He lovedeach and every one of you. He would havegotten the first award.

We re very thankful for this annual honorin his name."

^ want a damn thing to do with (Community Action)...crn Til« ..IJ 1_- y 'go . The elderly receivetransportation and home-delivered meals, among otherthings, through YCA.

Especially endangered areservices that are grant-funded and that require YCAto match the ^ant dollars.

"Although it could be asmall program, it couldrequire a match (matchingfunds from YCA). And unlesswe're getting the match fromsomewhere else, we'llprobably drop it," James said."That probably won't happenuntil we do an in-depthanalysis of the agency andfind out which ones(programs) are the mostcostly"

Prioritizing programs couldtake six to eight months,James added. Some servicesrun on contracts and could bediscontinued after thecontract expires. If this dealcome.s tn -••i-

of the upstairs of the CreoleHouse was fixed. People werestaying up there."

Most of the shelter's clientswere single mothers withmultiple children, James said.The house was furnished withdonated televisions and beds.

Without a shelter in YazooCity, YCA now puts thehomeless in hotels andtransports them to Jacksonshelters.

YCA also partnered withYazoo City and Countyschools in administering its"Males in Classrooms"program that had adult malesmentor school-age children.

The city paid JimmieWalker $2,000 to serve as aconsultant on the project.While ^ it's not currentlyoperational, James said it'snot "totally dead."

Mayor Wardell Leach, whosits on Head Starf'c ..r

ensure Yazoo City's HeadStart was not a victim of abudget crunch.

"We're trying to save ours,"he said, noting that severalgovernment-run programsacross the county had ceased

operations because of lack offunding.

Varner reiterated his pointWednesday morning.

"I don't want a damn thingto do with Yazoo CommunityAction financially," he said.

Fouche: the Wise Mentook a different route

Fouche refused to identifywho he said he took the fallfor, nor would he name thePSC member he mentioned.He also was angry that hisspeech was not kept off therecord as he requested.

The Yazoo Herald didn'tescape Fouche's ire onMonday, either.

"The Herald and VernonSikes has claimed to be a

Fouche lives on Custer Street.Fouche said he has spent

over $7,000 to alleviatedrainage problems. He addedthat when Mayor WardellLeach was an alderman, hepromised to fix the problem,but he never did.

"Nothing has been done," hesaid."Thousands of dollarshave been spent in otherareas on drainacro — »