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Walthall
County has been included in a broadband proposal, according to the
Mississippi Technology Alliance. A
Birmingham, Ala., company, Contact Network, doing business as InLine, has
received a $20 million grant under the Broadband Technology Opportunities
Program to build a high speed fiber network connecting 16 counties in South
and Central Mississippi. Counties
being served include Walthall County, along with Hinds, Rankin, Newton,
Lauderdale, Leake, Copiah, Simpson, Lincoln, Lawrence, Jefferson
Davis,Covington, Jones, Pike, Marion, and Forrest. It’s part
of a move to make rural areas accessible to broadband communications with a
long term goal of increasing jobs, increasing investments and bringing rural
and urban areas closer. The
network will connect over 200 schools, hospitals, police stations and other
public institutions at speeds of one gigabit--one billion bits--per second. Such a
connection will allow schools to implement distance learning programs so
students can take AP and other courses otherwise unavailable in their
districts. Students would also be able to take virtual field trips to the
Smithsonian, NASA and more. The
advantage to hospitals means specialists in Jackson or Hattiesburg can assist
in treatment at the local hospital. Also, the
network will be open to other providers, allowing rural cable, telephone and
internet companies to deliver faster, reliable connections. The
network will consist of over 600 miles of fiber optic cabling. The project is
expected to indirectly create thousands of jobs because of the increased
speed of communications and making it easier for businesses to invest and
expand into more areas. The
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act has appropriated $7.2 billion to
expand broadband access in communities across the U.S. Rural
Utilities Service, part of the USDA, is making loans and grants for broadband
projects in rural areas through the Broadband Initiatives Program. |
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Walthall included in broadband network |
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Qualifying deadline Friday for Nov. 2
election |
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Friday is
the deadline to qualify as a candidate for the upcoming Nov. 2 elections. As of
press time, 21 had qualified to fill the remainder of the term following
former circuit clerk Pat Broussard’s resignation. Interim
circuit clerk, George Alford said Artis Wilson Williams, Steven Brumfield,
Wavilyn Dillon, Patricia Sue Holmes, Sarah McDaniel and Jim Craft are the
latest to announce and qualify for circuit clerk. They join
15 other candidates who qualified earlier to run in the special election Nov.
2. If a
runoff is needed, it will be held Nov. 24. In order
to qualify for circuit clerk, the candidate must be a qualified elector of
the county, must present a petition signed by 50 qualified electors in the
county. The
winner will be sworn in to complete
the time remaining in the term right after the special election is
completed, and will serve until 2012. A second
candidate has also qualified to run in the special school board election for
district three. Deloris Breland filed qualifying papers last week. She will
face Charles McCaskill who qualified to run for the remainder of the term
after he was appointed to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Robyn
McDaniel. Regular
school board elections are also being held on the same day as the special
election. To run
for school board, a candidate must be a resident of the district, present a
petition with the names of 50 qualified voters in the district, and must have
a high school diploma or its equivalent. |
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