At Long Last, A List Of The Public Meetings In Yalobusha County
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DAVE’S WORLD
By David Howell
Has anybody seen my umbrella?
I accidentally left it at a football game last fall. Not the game against J.Z. George on the road that was a real soaker, it was an earlier game when it was only threatening. I can’t remember what color the umbrella was, but my wife knows.
Just kidding – I know that umbrella is long gone to a new home. Actually I never have been one to keep an umbrella in the vehicle, and the only reason I had it that night was to cover my camera.
I have thought about picking up a new umbrella lately if it is going to rain the rest of the month. And this time I think I will buy one instead of borrowing an umbrella from my wife!
don’t know about you, but if the weatherman says the rain has moved out it may be time for a second opinion!
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I enjoyed talking to Vicki Flynn last week. She lives in Sugar Land, Texas, and was renewing her subscription. Her late husband, Shannon Flynn, was a former hospital administrator at Yalobusha General. Although they moved from Water Valley in 1983, she still loves the city and said their time here raising their daughters was the best.
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Now on to more important business. I think this is the seventh or eighth week that has passed since Dale Knuth asked me to publish information about when public meetings are held in the county. Dale may have figured out by now that my middle name is “Procrastinator.”
Our longtime Herald subscribers may remember Mrs. Betty writing about annual summer visits from Dale Knuth and Anne Winebrenner. Up until around a year ago, they lived in Tempe, Arizona, but they had visited the Valley almost every summer since 1995. I don’t think there is any connection other than they liked the area.
Last year they purchased a home from Robert Turnage on Kimmons Street and made Water Valley their permanent residence. If you are up and down Main Street, you will probably recognize them as the couple regularly walking their dogs including one that is missing a leg. He hops along just fine on the other three and enjoys the daily outings as much as the rest of the crew.
At long last, Dale, here is the list I have compiled for those who may be interested:
• The Water Valley Board of Alderpersons meetings are held monthly on the first Tuesday of the month as required by state law. The city board meets at 6:30 p.m. at city hall There are also periodic “special meetings” scheduled as issues arise between the monthly meetings.
City Clerk Vivian Snider will post a notice on the bulletin board inside City Hall and email city leaders and the North Mississippi Herald when a special meeting is called.
Other municipalities in the county also meet on the first Tuesday.
• The Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors meets on the first Monday of each month at 9 a.m. as specified in state law. The board alternates between the Coffeeville and Water Valley courthouses, starting each January at the Coffeeville courthouse. The easiest way to remember is meetings in odd numbered months are held at the Coffeeville courthouse and even numbered months are held at the Water Valley courthouse.
The Board of Supervisors typically have a second meeting each month, held on the third or fourth Monday, also at 9 a.m. Chancery Clerk Donald Gray can provide details about the scheduled meetings if information is needed.
• The Water Valley School Board of Trustees meet on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Typically when the scheduled meeting date falls on a holiday for the city, county or school, the meetings will be moved to the next day.
And lastly, the Board of Trustees for the Yalobusha General Hospital regular meeting date is the last Thursday of each month at noon.
I regularly attend all of these meetings except the hospital board and it is refreshing to see government at work without partisan politics driving the conversation. I think our officials in Washington, D.C. should take note!
