Winners of Phase III of Get Snap Happy Photo Contest Announced
The winners of Phase III of SCEDP's year-long Get Snap Happy Photo Contest have been named. Congratulations to Charlotte Wippler, who won $100 for First Place for her entry, Pond Sunset. Second place ($50 award) and honorable mention went to Kristen Breland for her submissions, Flag and A Quiet Moment on Red Creek. All entries will go on to be judged in the overall competition, which will award a grand prize of $500.
  
clockwise from top, Pond at Sunset, Charlotte Wippler; Flag and A Quiet Moment on Red Creek, both by Kristen Breland
New industry fires up heating fuel plant in Stone Co.
A new industry opened in Wiggins Tuesday that will pump money and create jobs in Stone County. Piney Woods Pellets on old Highway 49 produces tiny wood pellets that are used as heating fuel in homes and in large industrial plants across the south. As Trang Pham-Bui reports, the owner says the plant makes a product that's kind to the environment and it puts people to work.
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SENATOR ROGER WICKER VISITS SCEDP, COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS
Sen. Roger Wicker, center, has taken note of the rapid growth in Stone County. He paid his second visited to Stone County on April 7 to meet with SCEDP and county and city officials. The SCEDP served as host and held the meeting
at its office in Wiggins.
PINE HILL FESTIVAL 2009 DRAWS RECORD CROWD
  
A record crowd of approximately 6,000 attended this year's Pine Hill Festival. Above, left: vendors and attendees on
Pine Hill Ave. Center: Musician T. Bone Pruitt lit up the stage with his guitar and vocals. Above, right: Vendors' colorful
booths held displays of a broad variety of wares.
PINE HILL WINNERS' CIRCLE
The winners of the Pine Hill Talent Show: Chelsea Cox (far right), 10, of Perkinston, won first place and $100 for her rendition of Potter's Hand; Chelsea Parker (second from right), 9, of McHenry, won second place and $50 with her song, Jesus Will Always Be There; and 15-year-old twins Shalante and Allante Evans (first and second from left) and their 14-year-old friend Alexandra (third from left), all from Wiggins, won third place and a $25 gift certificate to Radio Shack. Congratulations to these Pine Hill winners!
SOAP BOX DERBY WINNERS
SPEED CLASS: Joshua Comeaux (First Place)
Drew Stanley (Second Place)
Emily Bond (Third Place)
OPEN CLASS: Dalton Stanley, (First Place)
PEOPLE'S CHOICE: Payton McLure
SPONSORSHIP AWARD: Kirkland Bond |
