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• Gaining ground: Chef Thames prepares a locally-sourced meal May 17, 2012
  Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff STARKVILLE — As a restaurant owner and chef, Ty Thames loves watching all of those “extreme” cooking shows that litter the cable TV landscape. “I always wondered what it would be like to be on one of those shows,” said Thames, co-owner and chef at Starkville’s Restaurant Tyler. On Saturday, Thames won’t [...] […]
• Gonsoulin displays SSD projects list May 17, 2012
  CARL SMITH Although Starkville School District Assistant Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin is preparing for a new job, he’s also been busy developing a list of repairs and renovation needs for the district’s future. Gonsoulin unveiled his suggestions for short-term projects during the school board’s Tuesday meeting. His list includes renovations for Starkville […]
• MSU hosts leaders in unmanned aviation May 17, 2012
  STEVEN NALLEY Mike Toscano doesn’t like to call them “drones.” Call them unmanned aerial vehicles, but don’t call them drones, Toscano, president of the Association for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles International, said at Colvard Student Union Tuesday. When people hear the word “drone,” he said they think only of the machine and not of the human [...] […]
• Ambiguity in sidewalk fixes kills approval May 17, 2012
  NATHAN GREGORY A second public hearing on amending the city’s current sidewalk ordinance Tuesday didn’t draw as varied reaction from citizens as it did from Starkville Board of Aldermen members themselves. The board voted against modifying the ordinance currently on the books to exempt areas not conducive to pedestrian traffic in a 4-3 vote. Ward [...] […]
• SHS athletic needs highlight ‘sobering’ school budget concerns May 16, 2012
  Carmen K. Sisson Starkville High School Athletics Director Stan Miller put forth his best effort at Tuesday night’s school board meeting, but his proposal for program improvements failed to budge board members. Miller asked for more than $1 million to replace the football field’s grass with artificial turf, resurface the track and expand the tennis [...] […]