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Organ donor scholarship applications sought

By | 6:05 PM | March 6, 2013 | Business, Living, News

Special to the Chickasaw Journal   The North Mississippi Donor Family Council of the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency is seeking scholarship applications. A minimum of four $500 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors and the deadline for submitting an application is April 1. Application forms may be obtained through school counselors or [...]

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College Goal Sunday

By | 7:48 AM | March 3, 2013 | Business, Living, News

CHICKASAW COUNTY – Kiera Stanfield knows what she wants to do after high school and she and her mother were at College Goal Sunday last week to help find ways to pay for it. “I plan to join the Army but I also want to go to ICC (Itawamba Community College) and major in business,” [...]

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College Goal dates set at Houston, Okolona

By | 1:05 PM | February 20, 2013 | Business, Living, News

College Goal Sunday, a non-profit program that provides free information and assistance to Mississippi families applying for financial assistance for higher education will be offered again in the public schools. The College Goal event will take place over an eight-day period at many locations in the state. • At the Houston School of Science and [...]

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LIFT awarded $9,000 grant

By | 3:05 PM | February 18, 2013 | Business, Living, News

HOUSTON – Chickasaw County has been awarded $9,551.00 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. The selection was made my the National board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consist of representatives from the Salvation Army; American Red Cross; United Jewish Communities’ Catholic Charities; USA; National [...]

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