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What would the new century bring to the Mississippi Coast? Check these headlines appearing in The Biloxi Herald that year. "Biloxi this week to welcome two circuses at the same time." Asked the editor, "How will our children ever decide which one to attend?" The newspaper known as "Gulfport Southward" (founded by Joseph Leger) has been purchased by George Wilkes, founder and owner of the Biloxi Herald." "The newest social club to organize in Biloxi is called the Pig's Foot, but there has been a problem...
SCENES FROM THE BEACH

Footprints in the sand are intriguing. Who had walked along the shore earlier, leaving a record of his pathway? By studying his route, we learn something about his interests. The trail disappears for a while, when he waded into the shallows, then resumes in the wet sand, as he returned to the shoreline. Now it veers off to the wrack line, and we see that he stopped perhaps to pick up driftwood or a shell or to look at a late summer butterfly.
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We The People surrenders the high ground in battle over buildings
Buddy Walk raises $20K

The 2008 Buddy Walk hosted by the Gulf Coast Down Syndrome Society on Saturday drew more than 700 participants to Greyhound Stadium.
Let's roll welcome mat out for sports on Coast

The Coast has tons of activities for those who are sports-minded.
Shoe giveaway will help students

At least 3,000 Coast elementary school children will get the chance to decorate a free pair of shoes and walk away with their art.
Flag recipient's grave crushed

As history mysteries unravel, interesting sidebars pop up like welcomed daisies. The Friendship Flag is no exception.
Roast Blessey on menu

Coast Housing Director Gerald Blessey will be in the hot seat Oct. 23 when he is roasted by his peers.
Sword's new role

A sharp edge comes to the tale of the Friendship Flag, captured by Connecticut Yankees in Pass Christian and returned to Mississippi Rebels two decades after the Civil War as a rare show of North-South goodwill.
Coast banks: 'We are lending'

While many Americans in other parts of the country feel they're getting the cold shoulder from lending institutions, South Mississippi banks and credit unions say they welcome those seeking loans for homes and cars.
Jackson County projects in the works

Jackson County will soon be bidding out construction of a new county Health Department, and officials are also looking forward to breaking ground on a county services complex.
Big picture made up of smaller tragedies

Though all eyes Thursday were on Wall Street's plunge, its cause is being felt across America as the financial crisis sends an already-weak economy into an accelerating decline.
CRUISIN' EVENTS

Cruise Central (registration) is in Jones Park, Gulfport
Taylor confronts McCay in House race

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor faces longshot Republican John McCay III in the Nov. 4 election. The incumbent, if victorious, will head to a 10th term on Capitol Hill.
Pier planned in Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs residents can look forward to a new beachfront public pier by next year, but not in the same place it was before Hurricane Katrina.
SUNHERALD TV: Silver Run Bath Co.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

With 40 million Americans without any type of medical insurance, may I share a situation that shows just how critical this issue can become.
We have lost too much to lose our library too

Overlooking Gulfport's scenic beaches, yachts and harbor, the downtown library property is the gateway to Jones Park. Not only is it ideally situated on heavily traveled U.S. 90 (Beach Boulevard), but its northern boundary is adjacent to a parking garage located on the corner of 14th Street and 21st Avenue.
Coast is fertile ground for malls

Jacques Pucheu, director of acquisitions for Tellus Development, is bullish on the Coast economy, with the company's Acadian Plaza just complete on U.S. 49 and two more shopping centers to come.
Herbie goes to Cruisin'

Herbie, a 1965 replica of the famous Volkswagen "Love Bug" paid a visit to downtown Ocean Springs during Cruisin' The Coast on Friday.