The Picayune Item Homepage 2012-02-23T00:18:33-06:00 urn:uuid:d362c24c-1901-46cd-b317-44daf017e8c0 CITY HALL WORK urn:uuid:a7ec0fd3-fb2c-4f94-9fc2-15b6f1f2337f 2012-02-22T08:33:00-06:00 <p> Dirt work is underway at the site of an expansion to historic city hall.</p> Group founds a Jewish synagogue in Ozona Community By David A. Farrell, Item Staff Writer urn:uuid:efa7d8e6-8730-4e42-ae19-bf4f454d8991 2012-02-22T08:29:36-06:00 <p> The last place a person might think of finding a Jewish synagogue is in this community,&#160; where it is surrounded by Pentecostal and Baptist churches, but there&#8217;s one on Terry Lane.</p> ROBOTIC HOOPS Staff Writer urn:uuid:de55a927-6989-4fd1-9cd5-972d3c8d5e98 2012-02-21T08:40:50-06:00 <p> Pearl River County&#8217;s Team CHAOS showed off its robot during an open house on Saturday.</p> Further storm assessment revealed more damage By Jeremy Pittari, Item Staff Writer urn:uuid:43b406f2-d720-4b97-ba6f-c5ac5f2bb523 2012-02-21T08:31:19-06:00 <p> High winds roared through the south end of Pearl River County on Saturday causing some damage to structures and knocking over trees. A ride through the county found debris from a number of trees volunteer firefighters had to cut from roads after Saturday&#8217;s storm.</p> Tide ladies fall to South Jones By Curtis Rockwell, Sports Editor urn:uuid:93e0ac77-15e6-48ec-b262-e9439c5b176f 2012-02-18T19:30:29-06:00 Tide ladies fall to South Jones Early Head Start Mardi Gras parade By Jeremy Pittari/Item Staff Writer/And The Associated Press urn:uuid:6ed5da7d-9086-46ea-ad7d-f33254ceddb4 2012-02-18T19:22:15-06:00 “LITTLE MARDI GRAS” — Children and parents in the Early Head Start program celebrated Mardi Gras with a small parade down Rosa Street. Each class dressed up in a different theme, ranging from Robots, to Disney and mismatched. The parade then turned into the South Side Elementary campus before heading back to the Early Head start building on Beech Street. Saturday storm causes minor damage By Jeremy Pittari/Item Staff Writer/And The Associated Press urn:uuid:dfcbb6b8-c388-4d67-8ce5-7f79c1227878 2012-02-18T19:16:19-06:00 A storm system passed through Mississippi, including Pearl River County, on Saturday causing downed trees and power outages locally. Season ends for Lady Tide By Curtis Rockwell, Sports Editor urn:uuid:21bb7572-4fbf-40be-9876-955cf50140ab 2012-02-18T18:54:54-06:00 Picayune's girls were one step away from earning a first-ever trip to the overall state basketball tournament Friday night. Keoshya Wilson and her South Jones teammates, however, proved to be too big of an obstacle for the Lady Tide to overcome. PRC residents benefit through foundation grant By Jodi Marze, Lifestyles Editor urn:uuid:ca18552f-def5-45f9-83d8-63aad9f39fde 2012-02-18T16:57:54-06:00 Living Independence for Everyone of Mississippi (LIFE) has successfully completed project Pearl River Independence through a $34,110.32 grant from Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation (LPRVF) and $8,823.25 from LIFE through in kind donations. Pearl River Independence was a project where five Pearl River County residents received home modifications to make them handicap accessible. Picayune Item’s super senior By Jodi Marze, Lifestyles Editor urn:uuid:7dc2a75d-0119-4f2b-a900-7b968836e1b8 2012-02-18T16:56:40-06:00 Mollie Jackson is this week’s Picayune Item Super Senior. Jackson has devoted her life to education, her church and community. A teacher at Pearl River Central for a total of 34 years she taught special education for 28 years as well as summer and night school for adults, for 12 years.