Tunica Academy’s 2013 Homecoming Court will be presented in special ceremonies at Robby Sartin Field on Friday, Sept. 27.

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A casual discussion near the end of the Sept. 3 Board of Supervisors meeting may cut down on the volume of paper that crosses officials’ desks.

Board president James Dunn asked county administrator Clifton Johnson to research ways to eliminate paper reports and other printed material that supervisors handle at each meeting.

“I would like to see a system put in place as soon as possible to do away with paper, “ Dunn said.

“We could have IPads and these reports could be projected,” he said, gesturing toward the screen in the courtroom.

Johnson agreed to look into Dunn’s idea.

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Officials in the only county thusfar in Mississippi to use federal dollars to build an emergency shelter call the facility a “great asset” to their community.

Lamar County administrator Chuck Bennettt said the shelter, completed early in 2012, even came in a million dollars under budget.

“We turned it down at first,” Bennett said, “because the rules were then that you couldn’t use it for anything else.

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