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Baldwyn-based Hancock Fabrics filed this notice with the SEC around 3 p.m. today (full filing):

HANCOCK FABRICS, INC.

One Fashion Way

Baldwyn, Mississippi 38824

NOTICE OF 2012 ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING TO BE HELD ON JULY 20, 2012

To the Stockholders of Hancock Fabrics, Inc.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2012 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Hancock Fabrics, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”) will be held at the Company’s headquarters at One Fashion Way, Baldwyn, Mississippi on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. CST, or as soon thereafter as a quorum shall be present, for the following purposes:

1.          To elect four members of the Board of Directors to hold office until the next Annual Stockholders’ Meeting or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. The nominees are Sam P. Cortez, Steven R. Morgan, Steven D. Scheiwe and Neil S. Subin.

2.          To ratify the appointment of the accounting firm Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 2, 2013.

3.          To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on May 25, 2012 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. A list of such stockholders will be available for inspection at the principal office of the Company at least 10 days before the date of the Annual Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 20, 2012: We generally provide our stockholders access to our proxy materials over the Internet instead of mailing them. On or about June 6, 2012, we expect to mail to all stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors for use at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof. On the date of mailing, we will make our Proxy Statement, including this Notice of Annual Meeting, the form of proxy and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 2012 (collectively the “proxy materials”) publicly available on the Internet according to the instructions provided in the Notice.

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting.

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Happy Tuesday, everyone. Hope you enjoyed the long weekend. And now on to this week's restaurant inspections ...

The state Department of Health regularly inspects restaurants and food facilities.

The facilities are graded from A to C. "A" is the best. "C" is the equivalent of failing, but the inspection isn't bad enough to merit the closure of the restaurant.  Any restaurant with a C gets a follow-up visit within 10 days.

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The following Lee County facilities were inspected between 5/21 and today.

-- A's --

Danver's

KFC (South Gloster)

Samaritan Garden (nursing home on South Gloster)

Sprint Mart (West Main)

The Olive Garden

Home Run Cafe (Belden)

Subway (Verona)

-- B's --

None

-- C's --

None

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The records show that Chili's was inspected May 22, but the grade and the report are not on file with the MS Dept. of Health. Chili's has made A's since September 2010. (see the reports)

We have a call in to the inspector to see what the deal is.

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Want to check inspections from other counties? Click here.

Read the full reports by clicking here.

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FYI - the health department has the following disclaimer on the data:

Data in this system come from two very different systems. Some inspections in the old system may be missing prior to July 2002. If in doubt about any facility, call the responsible health department.

Data are for informational purposes, not enforcement.

The health department also has the option of revising the reports.