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Career day at Camp Discovery brings out array of professional speakers
WELCOMING GUESTS – Camp Discovery campers Joseph Linningham, Christin Currie, Jaliyah Fair and Andrea Jackson perform the camp song as a welcome to the career day professionals who enjoyed lunch and spoke to campers June 19. LANE PRESIDENT – Dr. Logan Hampton, the 10th president of Lane College entertained the campers as he spoke. Dr.…
Read More1929 Coxville lynching soil going to Equal Justice Museum
Tennessee dignitaries, overflow crowd attend Boxley soil dedication ceremony Rose Champion Johnson, niece of Boxley, adds soil from the lynching site to the commemorative jars. Anna Laura James, (below) longtime genealogist for Humboldt Library, (right) was a teen when the 1929 lynching occurred in the Coxville neighborhood. Marion Watkins (left) was a school friend of…
Read MoreBailadores celebrate 56th Baile
Mary Key Roe crowned 2017 Marquesa The New Southern Hotel, Jackson, Tennessee was the setting on May 27, 2017 for the 56th Baile for the gentlemen and wives of Bailadores. The New Southern was also the original venue in the late 1950s for this organization. Bailadores is a wonderful tradition for a select group of…
Read MoreSurvivor spirits soar at relay
Play the Game by Danny Wade The threat of storms and rain may have hampered the numbers at Humboldt’s Relay for Life last Friday night, but it didn’t hamper the feeling of community and unity during the festive event. Co-chairs Mitzie Privitt and Julie Moore, and a strong team of volunteers led this year’s…
Read MoreGlenn gave each Relay for Life 100-percent
RELAY HONOREE – The late Diane Glenn (in portrait) is this year’s Relay for Life posthumous honoree. Glenn was devoted to Relay for Life, serving as team captains and always stayed all night long until the end. Her last Relay she attended was 2015. Her husband, Fred Glenn (left), and daughter, Tiffany Glenn (right) invited…
Read MoreChampion brings star-studded camp to Humboldt
Martin to retire Humboldt Library after 30 years
Felita Pearson Martin put her heart and soul into her hometown library for 30 years. “This is the only thing I’ve ever known,” said Martin last week. Her work there ends this month as she retires. She began working for the Humboldt Public Library at the same time Carolyn Adams began there in July, 1987.…
Read MoreHumboldt city elections slated this year
Humboldt’s city ward boundaries do not match the county districts. Know where you vote before you go to the poll this fall. Contact the Gibson County Election Commission at 855-7669. In November, Humboldt voters will go to the polls to select the next mayor, five aldermen, and four of the five school board members. Election…
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