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 Shoshana Brackett/SDN Three educators were inducted to the Starkville Area Education Hall of Fame Thursday night. Pictured from left to right are inductees Dr. Robert Wolverton Sr., Dr. Patti Abraham and Dr. Joseph Brown. By SHOSHANA BRACKETT
Starkville Daily News
For their dedication to education, three long-time Mississippi State faculty members were inducted into the Starkville Area Education Hall of Fame Thursday night.
A joint effort of the Starkville School District and the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, the program honored Dr. Patti Abraham, Dr. Joseph Brown and Dr. Robert Wolverton Sr. |
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Thousands of bikers set to arrive for Rally |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 |
By BRIAN HAWKINS
Starkville Daily News
The population of Sturgis is about to increase by several thousand people over its current citizenry of 250 residents.
The thousand of attending the 12th annual Sturgis South All-Bike Motorcycle Rally this weekend have already begun to descend on Oktibbeha County for, and rally organizers have been busy this week making final preparations.
“We’re excited about this year’s Rally, and we hope folks will come out and enjoy the sights and some great music,” said Donny Hanson, president and entertainment director for the Rally.
The first sanctioned Rally was held Sept. 20 and 21, 1997, and attracted 500 bikers and a total attendance of 800 people. In recent years, the Rally has seen attendance of more than 35,000 people.
Rally activities officially get under way today with a free “Thursday Night Special” concert at Diane Jackson City Park. The band Suicide Shift from Louisville will perform beginning at 8 p.m. today.
Actual motorcycle events for the Rally will kick off with the annual Dinner Ride on Friday.
The ride procession will line up in front of Sturgis Town Hall at 3:30 p.m. Friday and will leave Sturgis at 4 p.m. with an escort by the Mississippi Highway Patrol Motorcycle Brigade leading the riders, followed by the rally staff and registered Friends of the Rally.
The ride will proceed west from Sturgis on Highway 12 and move through Starkville on Highway 12 West to Highway 182, with a stop at the Village Cycle Circle on Highway 182 at 4:30 p.m. The ride will depart Village Cycle Center at 5:30 p.m., taking U.S. 82 to Highway 25 South to head to Louisville.
The ride will stop at the Louisville Coliseum at 6:15 p.m. and depart at 6:45 p.m., heading northwest on Highway 15 to Ackerman and then turning back east on Highway 12 to Sturgis.
The ride will conclude at 7:30 p.m. and will be an 80-mile round trip. Participating bikers should have plenty of fuel and wear helmets, Rally organizers say.
When the Dinner Ride passes through Starkville, all eastbound lanes of Highway 12 will be closed to traffic, with Starkville police officers set at each intersection for traffic control. Residents interested in watching the Dinner Ride processional through Starkville are encouraged to park in public lots on the south side of Highway 12 and safely watch from those areas, officials said.
A schedule of Rally activities in Sturgis is as follows:
Today
• 8 p.m. — Free concert featuring Suicide Shift, Diane Jackson City Park.
Friday
• 8 a.m. — Registration, Rally and Park Opens.
• 3:30 p.m. — Lineup begins for Dinner Ride, Main Street.
• 4 p.m. — “Registered Rally Friends” Dinner Ride.
• 5:30 p.m. — Program and announcements, City Park
• 6 p.m. — Braden Gray and Loose Gravel performs, City Park.
• 8 p.m. — A Band Called River performs, City Park.
• 10 p.m. — Jeff Bates performs, City Park.
• Midnight — Lights out.
Saturday
• 8 a.m. — Registration Opens
• 9 a.m. — Dice Run (registration site to be determined; last bike out by 10:30 a.m., last in by 1:30 p.m.; prizes will be awarded).
• 9 a.m. — Bike Show, City Park.
• Noon — Bike Show concludes, prizes awarded.
• 2 p.m. — Bike Games, City Park.
• 5 p.m. — Burnout Contest, Cruiser and Sport Bikes, City Park.
• 6 p.m. — Program and announcements, City Park.
• 8 p.m. — Merle Haggard performs, City Park.
• 10 p.m. — Crossin Dixon performs, City Park.
• Midnight — Lights out.
Sunday
• 8 to 10 a.m. — Blessing of the Bikes.
Other activities scheduled during the day Friday and Saturday include
• More than 100 vendors and Sturgis merchants.
• Welcome Center at Sturgis Town Hall where bikers may sign guest books and enter the Farthest Rider and Oldest Rider competitions
• Area rides and self-guided tours of the Natchez Trace Parkway; Pearl River Resort in Philadelphia (more information is available at the registration tents on Main Street and at the entrance to City Park.
• Sturgis Baptist Church Hospitality Center with refreshments and mist tent on Highway 12 West.
Complete information about the Rally may be found on the Web site at http://www.sturgismsrally.com.
Editor’s note: Information about the Dinner Ride, a map of the Dinner Ride route and the schedule of Rally events will be published a second time in Friday’s edition of the Starkville Daily News. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 August 2008 )
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