When Ernie and Janet Watt married in 1982, just like many newlyweds they had no idea what the fu­ture had in store for them.

The Kemper County Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to improving our county.

Here are a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.

ADULT EGG HUNT SET The West Kemper High School Class of 1973 is host­ing an adult Easter Egg Hunt on April 9, at Kemper Lake beginning at 10 a.m. The invitation is for the friends and associates of the class of '73. For more in­formation please call Billy Rush at 601-480-9235 or Cluis Cox at 205-907-2634.

Ike Kiefer of the Kemper County Economic Devel­opment Authority told the Kemper County Board of Supervisors during their regular first Monday meeting that Greenbriar Construction was way ahead of schedule on the project to install water and sewer lines from the Town of DeKalb to the Kemper Crossing Indus­trial Park located at the in­tersection of Hwy 16 and Hwy 397 just west of town.

 Morning visitors to the Lauderdale County Missis­sippi Welcome Center were greeted with special treats on Friday morning, March 25.

This was the twelfth week of the 2022 Legislative Session. At this point in the session, bills have either been sent to the governor to be signed or are being dis­cussed in conference.

There was plenty of fun and fellowship at the Third annual Ruby D. Rankin 5K Color Run/Walk held at Kemper lake on Saturday morning.

When planning my home garden and landscape, I love to combine different plants in containers. My basic prac­tice is to follow the thriller, filler and spiller recipe.

John C. Stennis Career and Technical Center was pleased to have David Williams, EMCC Recruiter, and his Career and Technol­ogy team from East Missis­sippi Community College to visit with and introduce students to various Career and Technology programs offered at the Scooba cam­pus.

The Kemper County School District's Board of Education met at the last board meeting to honor six exemplary students from John C. Stennis CTE who earned ACT WorkKeys platinum certifi­cations following state-wide testing last month.

Here are the a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.

Starting this fall, students will be able to enroll in Computer Network­ing Technology on East Mississippi Community College’s Scooba cam­pus.

According to Emergency Man­agement Director Ben Dudley, the storm that struck the Damascus community of Kemper County on Tuesday of last week, was rated as a low- end EF3 tornado by the Na­tional Weather Service in Jackson.

Jayne Wiggins was really look­ing forward to taking Joy Brown Sorrels’ phycology class this year, but instead Sorrells decided it was time to retire after 40 years of teaching at Kemper Academy.

Over one hundred stu­dents at John C. Stennis Career and Technical Edu­cation Center (CTE) have almost successfully com­pleted another nine weeks in their respective career/technical courses.

Columbus-based Brewer Insurance Solutions owner Chimerel Brewer knew the implementation of modern marketing techniques would help her business.

Three East Mississippi Community College stu­dents placed in the Missis­sippi Community College Art Instructors Associa­tion’s Student Art Compe­tition and Art Show.

Here are the a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.

This was the tenth week of the 2022 Legislative Ses­sion. Wednesday was the deadline for the House to discuss general Senate bills.