V13n39 Summer Fitness 2015

vol. 13 no. 39

FREE

@kd[ ) # /" (&'+ r ZW_bo d[mi Wj `\f$ci

6800(5 ),71

(66

P E T S E H T ONTO

U S T I JIU-J

MAT

&DUGRQ SS

S, APP HY LT HEA NG & EATI MER SUM ETY SAF SS

SIEMENS RAMPS UP

WARDLAW’S CREATIVE JOURNEY

ONE ROOKIE’S PGA TOUR

1DYH SS

6PLWK S

:LHQHU S

11th Annual

Join the JFP Chick Ball in celebrating 11 years of helping metro families break the cycle of domestic abuse.

Proceeds benefit Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the services it provides victims and families.

Sign up now to Sponsor! *NQFSJBM )JHIOFTT t &NQSFTT &NQFSPS 2VFFO ,JOH t 1SJODFTT 1SJODF t %VDIFTT %VLF $PVOUFTT $PVOU t $IJDL 3PPTUFS Make checks payable to Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence or use your credit card at mcadv.org

Volunteer or donate for the silent auction!

Ă•Â˜iÊÎʇʙ]ÊÓä£xĂŠĂŠUĂŠĂŠÂ?vÂŤÂ°Â“Ăƒ

Drop off your silent auction donation to our offices on the 13th floor of Capital Towers in downtown Jackson.

2

Email natalie@jacksonfreepress.com or call 601-362-6121 ext. 16 to get involved.

IMANI KHAYYAM

JACKSONIAN LAUREN SMITH

P

ersonal trainer Lauren Smith, 30, recalls one client, Pam Swanson, whom she worked with about three years ago.

Swanson had diabetes and had to have her leg amputated and because of that, she wore a prosthetic leg. For two months, Smith helped her use a bosu ball. They worked on Swanson being able to balance on it without Smith’s help. For weeks, they practiced the exercise with no success. Finally, one session, Swanson was able to hold her weight and balance on the ball by herself; she started crying when she realized her achievement.

Seeing how much a relatively small action—just balancing—meant to her client, Smith nearly started crying along with her. “You kind of realize this is really important to people and impactful,� Smith says.

As a personal trainer at the Deville Plaza YMCA, her job is to encourage her clients during their workouts and hold them accountable for achieving results, she says. But it is not a career path that Smith was always certain about.

The Jackson native graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in dietetics and nutrition in 2007. After an internship in the field at Central Mississippi Medical Center that summer, she realized it was not her calling. Smith spent a few years after graduation working in sales and other jobs.

Knowing that she had always been into fitness and healthy eating, a friend, Ken Simmons Jr., told Smith about an open female trainer po-

CONTENTS

sition at his father Ken Simmons Sr.’s gym, Energy in Motion. “I knew I did know a lot about working out just from doing it on my own and growing up playing sports,â€? Smith says. â€œâ€Ś It was just a matter of doing it.â€?

So, in 2010, she took the next step and received her personal trainer certification from the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America. She worked at his gym for two and a half years before moving to her position as a trainer at the YMCA in 2013.

The relationships Smith has with her clients is her favorite part of her job. “A lot of them have been coming for three or four years,� she says. “I know them; I know their family. I know kind of all about what’s going on with them and interacting with them.�

Smith’s own mother, Connie Smith, was her first client and still trains with her. Smith’s family is supportive of her many fitness pursuits.

Even in her free time, she cannot escape physical activity. She participates in the United States Tennis Association and plays tennis throughout the state. “Anytime I can play something, and there’s some kind of competition in it, I’m probably going to be interested,� Smith says.

On Mississippi having more obese people than any other state, Smith says: “I hate that’s how people see us. ‌ There’s a lot more activity, especially in Jackson, than people give us credit for.â€? Smith works to prove those beliefs wrong both in and outside of the gym. — Emerald Alexis Ware

cover photo of Nelson Buckley (top) and Zackary Roberts (bottom)

by Imani Khayyam

10 Homeland Security Forget about ISIS. Holding women back is the biggest threat facing Mississippi.

27 TAUK: Bridging Genre Gaps “Blending multiple musical styles, from jazz to Ă­70s rock to funk and electronic, TAUK’s melody-driven original songs lay track between generations of music and generations of music lovers.â€? —Genevieve Legacy, “TAUK: Beyond the Genreâ€?

28 SEC Leads the Way

Recently, the SEC made drastic changes to some of its rules.

Ă•Â˜iÊÎʇʙ]ÊÓä£xĂŠĂŠUĂŠĂŠÂ?vÂŤÂ°Â“Ăƒ

4 ............................. EDITOR’S NOTE 6 ............................................ TALKS 12 ................................ EDITORIAL 13 .................................... OPINION 14 ............................ COVER STORY 18 ......................................... FOOD 22 .......................................... ARTS 24 ....................................... 8 DAYS 25 ...................................... EVENTS 27 ....................................... MUSIC 27 ....................... MUSIC LISTINGS 28 ..................................... SPORTS 31 .................................... PUZZLES 33 ....................................... ASTRO

FLICKR/ANDREA WRIGHT; ZACH MCNABB; EMERALD ALEXIS WARE

JUNE 3 - 9 , 2015 | VOL. 13 NO. 39

3

EDITOR’S note

by Amber Helsel, Assistant Editor

What Is Beauty?

T

he first time I ever saw a photo of size 22 model Tess Holliday, I couldn’t help but remark to myself that she was a terrible role model for young girls.

I posted on Facebook about it, saying how I thought she was a terrible example for positive body image because she essentially promotes obesity. If you just glance at her Instagram, it is filled with many photos of her flaunting her size, remarking how she doesn’t care that her arms are big, how she eats whatever she wants, in what she calls the #effyourbeauty standards movement. But to me, it seemed dangerous to promote that when she herself didn’t look that healthy.

After I posted the link on Facebook, someone commented that along with all those photos, she also posted a lot of photos of herself working out.

I blinked as if the world had finally come into focus. Then, I went to her Instagram page and scrolled through the photos, and that person was right. With all the modeling shots and photos from her everyday life, Tess also posts many photos of her working with her personal trainer, Mack. This brings an interesting idea to the table: Like the skinny Victoria’s Secret models, she has to work to keep her size.

Otherwise, she’s out of a job, right?

Very interesting, indeed. See, we remark about how the normal models look nothing like regular women. They have to be anorexic or bulimic to keep that size, right? And models like Tess Holliday just do whatever they want and don’t care. But do we really know anything about them?

Probably not.

Tess, whose real name is Ryann Hoven, was born and raised in Laurel, Miss., where she lived in a trailer park. When she was 4, her family moved to different places such as Florida and Atlanta. In articles, she has

estimated that her family moved around 60 times in a few years. She and her brother Tad were young when her parents, Beth and Doug, divorced. When Tess was 9, and Tad was 8, her mother’s then-boyfriend shot her twice in the head. Beth survived, but she was partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair for several months. After the shooting, Tess began to gain weight.

At 15, she was a size 16 and 5’4�.

She auditioned at a plus-sized model cast-

and share their stories about beauty and their bodies.

It’s easy to look at Tess and only see her size. She weighs 260 pounds and is currently 5’5�. But if you look a little closer, you’ll see much more than that. She’s a testament to have far we’ve come and how far we’ve got to go in terms of accepting everyone for who they are. Even if I personally don’t like my weight, it’s women like her who make me realize that even though I

It’s important to accept yourself where you stand. ing call in Atlanta and was told that she would be lucky if she got in print or catalog because she was too short and too big.

When she was 17, she moved from Mississippi to Los Angeles and at age 24, she became a professional model. She began modeling for fashion company Torrid and, since then, modeled for companies such as Black Cat Bikinis and Batcakes Couture.

She was the face of A&E’s reality TV show “Heavy,� which chronicled the weight loss of severely obese people. She also did a campaign for Benefit Cosmetics and had a feature in Vogue Italia. In 2014, she quit her day job as a receptionist at a dental office in L.A. to pursue modeling full time.

Her #effyourbeautystandards campaign is a way for women to show the world their truest selves.

In the campaign, women take selfies

do need to change my lifestyle, I’m also just fine the way I am. I may not eat that healthy, and I may not wear makeup or fuss with my hair that much, but I’m beautiful just as I’m sitting here typing this editor’s note.

We could all use some improvement, right? But it’s important to accept yourself where you stand. Treat your body right.

Exercise. Eat healthy. Meditate. But also take a really good look in the mirror in the morning. Maybe your eyes are a little puffy, and your hair looks like you stuck a fork in a light socket (I know mine does). Maybe you have a couple of fat rolls around your stomach, or you think you’re too skinny.

Wherever you are, just appreciate the person looking back at you. Half the battle in life is learning to stop hating what you see in the mirror.

I have to keep that in mind every time I look at the scale these days. I work out early on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and I’m proud of myself when I go.

But then, I look at the scale, and it’s the exact same number it was the day before.

I always hope it goes down at least half a pound, but it doesn’t.

I normally weigh myself each day just because getting an average of the week gives you a more accurate depiction of how much you’ve lost or gained, but now, I have to grit my teeth and do it only every once in a while. But then, I always remember this fact: Muscle weighs more than fat.

I look in the mirror these days, and even though the scale tells me I’m dangerously close to 200 pounds, I seem smaller. My face has gotten a little skinnier. When I turn to the front, my hips seem smaller.

The change has boosted my confidence and made me appreciate myself more and all the work that I do.

I also remind myself that weight looks different on different people. While I’m not a size 22, I’m still more susceptible to being heavier because I’m short. My sister is a couple of inches taller but has a skinnier frame. My mom is tall with an athletic build, and I know plenty of women who are shorter than I am but much smaller, and women who are taller but carry more weight. We all come in different shapes and sizes, but we’re all beautiful.

When you look at women like Tess Holliday, or even me, it’s important to remember that. And remember that you don’t necessarily know what a person is going through. And before you say Tess’ size is detrimental to her health, take a look at her everyday life. She works out four days of the week and follows a rigorous diet.

Who cares if her arms are big?

Email Assistant Editor Amber Helsel at amber@jacksonfreepress.com.

Ă•Â˜iÊÎʇʙ]ÊÓä£xĂŠĂŠUĂŠĂŠÂ?vÂŤÂ°Â“Ăƒ

CONTRIBUTORS

4

Ă•ĂƒĂŒÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ >Ă€`œ˜

“>Â˜ÂˆĂŠ Â…>ÞÞ>“

/ÂˆÂ“ÂœĂŒÂ…ĂžĂŠ+Ă•ÂˆÂ˜Â˜

ÂœĂ€`>Â˜ĂŠ °Ê ÂœĂ€Ă€ÂœĂœ

,° °Ê >Ûi

<>VÂ&#x2026;>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;"Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;

iÂ&#x2DC;iĂ&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; i}>VĂ&#x17E;

Â&#x2C6;Â&#x201C;LiĂ&#x20AC;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;vwÂ&#x2DC;

Web Editor Dustin Cardon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi.

He enjoys reading fantasy novels and wants to write them himself one day. He wrote the cover story.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took photos for the issue.

Freelance writer Timothy Quinn is a family physician at Quinn Total Health who dedicates himself to giving his patients consistent, comprehensive and ethical medical care. He wrote about snakes for this issue.

Editorial Intern Jordan K. Morrow bleeds coffee and prides herself on her colorful sock collection. She enjoys singing to her Chihuahua, Georgie, and entertaining endless curiosities. She contributed to the cover package.

R.L. Nave, native Missourian and news editor, roots for St. Louis (and the Mizzou Tigers)â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for Jackson. Send him news tips at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com or call him at 601-362-6121 ext. 12. He wrote a news story.

Editorial Intern Zachary Oren Smith comes from a long line of storytellers and decided he might as well make a dime off the family business. And no, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not related to the Smiths youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking. He wrote an arts story.

Freelance writer Genevieve Legacy is an artist, writer and community development consultant. She works at Hope Enterprise Corporation and lives in Brandon with her husband and youngest son. She wrote a music story.

Advertising Director Kimberly Griffin is a fitness buff and foodie who loves chocolate and her mama. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also Michelle Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s super secret BFF, which explains the Secret Service detail.

5

Õ iÊÎÊ Ê ]ÊÓä£xÊÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

³, MXVW VWURQJO\ EHOLHYH LI ZH FDQ ¿ QG PRQH\ IRU DOO WKHVH FRQVXOWDQWV ZH FDQ ¿ QG PRQH\ WR LQFUHDVH VDODULHV ´ ³ :DUG &RXQFLOPDQ 0HOYLQ 3ULHVWHU -U RQ SD\LQJ FLW\ ZRUNHUV D PRUH FRPSHWLWLYH ZDJH

Thursday, May 28 Obama administration attorneys urge U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer to throw out a lawsuit by House Republicans over the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care law in the first hearing on the case.

Friday, May 29 A conference in Thailand of 17 countries affected by the Southeast Asia migrant crisis ends with no major breakthroughs. â&#x20AC;Ś The Obama administration formally removes Cuba from a U.S. blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.

Saturday, May 30 A month out from a nuclear deal deadline, the top U.S. and Iranian diplomats gather in Geneva in an effort to bridge differences over how quickly to ease economic sanctions on Tehran and how significantly the Iranians must open up military facilities to international inspections.

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

Sunday, May 31 Swiss pilot AndrĂŠ Borschberg embarks across the Pacific Ocean from Nanjing, China on the longest leg of the first attempt to fly a solar-powered plane around the world. â&#x20AC;Ś The National Security Agency loses its authority to collect Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; phone records in bulk after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stands in the way of extending the program.

6

Monday, June 1 Casey Coombs, a freelance journalist who was among several Americans held by Iranian-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen, is set free.

Tuesday, June 2 President Obama posthumously bestows Medals of Honor to two World War I Army heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one black, one Jewishâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who were previously denied them because of discrimination.

Breaking daily news at jfpdaily.com.

Siemens Reboots, Council Critics Remain Skeptical

by R.L. Nave

J

ackson council members are cautiously optimistic as Mayor Tony Yarberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration lifts a work stoppage for the beleaguered Siemens water-meter upgrade project.

Siemens, the company that Jackson is paying $91 million for water upgrades, has been given a green light to finish the watermeter change-out. The meter project was less than half finished when City officials halted the work amid concerns over shoddy oversight that could have led to large water bills.

Melvin Priester Jr., the counDespite the restart of the Siemens water-meter project, some members of the Jackson City Council say the proof of the contractâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth will be in the pudding. cilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president and chairman of the Budget Committee, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still reviewing information from Siemens and Yarberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.

Priester says he is encouraged, but not cer- the City bills customers in cubic feet, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an important milestone in the tain Siemens has addressed all his concerns. mix-up could have led to higher bills, al- Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water infrastructure improvement As an example, Priester said he recent- though the bill discrepancies could be re- contract with Siemens, which is intended ly spent two hours on the phone trying to lated to any number of issues. Director of to help the City better manage its resources help a woman who received two inexpli- Public Works Kishia Powell ordered meter and provide improved service to its cuscable $400 water bills after getting a new installations be stopped pending a review tomers,â&#x20AC;? Siemens spokeswoman Amanda water meter. and submission of a corrective action plan Naiman said in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until I stop having constituents by Siemens.

In 2012, the Jackson City Council coming to my office with problems, then On May 28, Siemens announced approved the agreement for 65,000 new I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m comfortable,â&#x20AC;? Priester said. work could resume on the water-meter water meters as well as various sewer projIn February, a City official found a project and that work had been completed ects under what was called a performance water meter reading for gallons. Because on several water and sewer-line repairs. contract. The way most performance

IMANI KHAYYAM

Wednesday, May 27 Swiss prosecutors open criminal proceedings into FIFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups hours after seven soccer officials are arrested pending extradition to the U.S. in a separate corruption probe. â&#x20AC;Ś The city of Memphis says farewell to blues legend B.B. King with a tribute and processional down Beale Street, the street where Riley B. King, nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy, earned his famous moniker.

$ QHZ VWDWHZLGH JURXS ZDQWV D PRUH VHFXUH IXWXUH IRU ZRPHQ S

#POTHOLESOLUTIONS E\ -)3 6WDII

A

fter the Pothole Parade a couple of weeks ago, Jacksonians started planting flowerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in some of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potholes.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another way that local citizens have taken the issue into their own hands, after the Robin Hood of Potholes filled some of them with asphalt from the city. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see done to the potholes.

Two words: Urban farming.

Make pothole Champagne fountains; book June weddings.

Partner with CSpire, run fiber to potholes, mount flat-panel TVs and stream â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring It!â&#x20AC;? for free.

Surround them with little LEGO workers and LEGO road-making machinesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all on lunch break.

Stock with bass, woo retirees back from Madison.

Breed mosquitoes. (Actually, that might not take any additional effort.)

Two more words: Supercolliding Superconductor.

Fill them with #napkins.

Tell Kenny Stokes they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t named yet.

Lemons-into-lemonade solution: Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keeping digging and just build a subway! #publictransitrulez

³:H KDYH D ORW RI ZRPHQ VHUYLQJ LQ WKH VWDWH &DSLWRO ZKR DUH QRW SURJUHVVLYH WKDW GR QRW UHSUHVHQW ZRPHQœV LVVXHV ZKHQ WKH\ YRWH ´ ³ 6WDWH 6HQ 'HERUDK 'DZNLQV ' 3DVV &KULVWLDQ RQ VXSSRUWLQJ D VWURQJ SUR ZRPDQ DJHQGD

contracts work is that companies front the cost of construction of energysaving infrastructure and take a cut of the savings. Jackson, however, took out bonds to pay for the Siemens system that the contract said would save the City $123 million in the long run.

The bulk of the total cost, approximately $65 million, went toward the water meters. The other $26 million was designed to help make fixes the City needed to comply with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit against Jackson for discharging sewage into the Pearl River.

After an independent consultant issued a report about several aspects of the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water and sewer businesses, the city council ordered a full review of the Siemens

contract and the Water Sewer Business Administration.

Installation of water meters will resume June 1, and Siemens has also agreed â&#x20AC;&#x153;to a process to reimburse water customers for proper claims associated with faulty meter installations,â&#x20AC;? the company said.

Naisman said Siemens and the City held a series of workshops to identify and address project challenges and establish improved communication and public-information outreach efforts. Results of the workshops include the development of a detailed implementation plan that will allow the City to readily verify that its goals are being met.

When the Jackson Free Press asked Naiman for a copy of Siemensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; corrective

³$Q\WLPH , FDQ SOD\ VRPHWKLQJ DQG WKHUHœV VRPH NLQG RI FRPSHWLWLRQ LQ LW ,œP SUREDEO\ JRLQJ WR EH LQWHUHVWHG ´ ² /DXUHQ 6PLWK D SHUVRQDO WUDLQHU DW WKH 'HYLOOH 3OD]D <0&$ RQ FRPSHWLYHQHVV

action plan, she said the document was a client work product and deferred to the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communications director, Shelia Byrd, who said the JFP would need to submit a public-records request.

Siemens also said the company would implement enhanced quality control and quality-assurance measures such as taking photos of each meter installed so that problems can be more easily traced back to the installation process.

In all, nearly three miles of aging water and sewer lines were either repaired or replaced at 19 sites across Jackson, Siemens said. The repairs included phasing out expensive-to-operate bypass pumps and to help keep rainwater out of the sewer lines.

Council President and Ward 4 Coun-

cilman Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keither Stamps has for weeks called on the administration to restart the project because he says the City cannot argue that Siemens did not deliver on its promise to save the City $123 million until all the water meters are in place.

Stamps said he would be happy to terminate the agreement, but the City would still be on the hook for the loan, for which the first principal payment is due in December; the City has been paying interest on the bonds since late 2013.

Even with the reboot, Stamps wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satisfied with the status of the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody show me $123 million,; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be satisfied,â&#x20AC;? Stamps said.

Comment at www.jfp.ms/water. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

Low City, County Wages Cause Concern

by R.L. Nave

D

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

IMANI KHAYYAM

espite getting news from an independent con- imately $55,000 to cover basic monthly expenses and A County-Wide Concern sultant that the wage structure the Jackson City build modest savings for retirement and emergencies, the Hinds County is also hand-wringing over the effects Council approved last year might break the bank, Mississippi Economic Policy Center reports. of low wages in a key agency that has drawn scrutiny in supporters of the higher wages are hopeful that In Jackson, where local government is one of the recent weeks. the numbers can work. biggest employers, when government workers are under- After the release of a damning report from the U.S. Jusâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got until September 15,â&#x20AC;? said Ward tice Department concerning conditions at Hinds 2 Councilman Melvin Priester, who also chairs County jails, officials are eyeing changes to the the Budget Committee, referring to the deadline pay structure for guards. for completing a spending plan.

On May 21, the DOJ published the reâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be painless to sults of a year-long investigation finding that make the numbers work, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confident but Hinds County violates the constitutional rights weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got everyone focused on this.â&#x20AC;? of prisoners by failing to protect them from vioLast fall, the council upped the minimum lence and by holding them beyond their courtwage from the federal level of $7.25 to $8.75 per ordered release dates. hour within a year. After two years, it would go The report notes that the county jailsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; up to $9.70 and $10.65 after three years. one in downtown Jackson and another in RayAt the time, Mayor Tony Yarber was conmondâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are not only understaffed, but that incerned about the ripple effect of changing the rate experienced and inadequately trained staff somestructure and called for a wage study. times unnecessarily use force on prisoners.

John Jordan, a principal with consulting This morning, board President and Disfirm Core Learning LLC, completed the $25,750 trict 3 Supervisor Peggy Hobson Calhoun recstudy of the compensation structure and told ommended pay increases for detention officers council members May 26 that the City might to make Hinds County more competitive with not be able to afford the new minimum wage. surrounding counties that pay more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be brutally honest, you have caused â&#x20AC;&#x153;They put their lives in danger each time Ward 6 Councilman Tyrone Hendrix wants to make the City of yourself a financial problem,â&#x20AC;? he said. they come through the detention-center doors,â&#x20AC;?

Jackson a more attractive employer.

When full implemented, the Jackson wage Calhoun said this morning. increase will cost about $300,000 per year. The Hinds County detention officers have a wage restructuring drew unanimous support on the paid, it can undermine economic progress, officials say. starting salary of around $18,000 per year and earn an avcouncil, whose members believed the comparatively low â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our best and brightest get cherry picked,â&#x20AC;? said erage of $22,000 per year, Calhoun said. Comparatively, wages at the city creates low morale and competition Ward 6 Councilman Tyrone Hendrix, who pushed for jailers in Rankin and Madison counties earn an average from surrounding cities. the new, higher minimum wage.

In Hinds County, a household with two adults and â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we want our roads paved, if we want potholes PRUH :$*(6 VHH SDJH two school-aged children would need to bring in approx- fixed then we have to have the personnel to get it done.â&#x20AC;?

7

Honda " UP A

Ä?

1 / U , Ä?

1 Ä?/ U "

re you ready to get your career moving? At Belhaven University, your degree is in reach through our Adult, Graduate and Online programs. Our experienced EQWPUGNQTU YKNN JGNR [QW DCNCPEG YQTM HCOKN[ CPF Ć&#x201A; PCPEGU VJTQWIJ GXGT[ ENCUU [QW VCMG .GV WU JGNR [QW Ć&#x201A; PF [QWT RNCEG [QWT RWTRQUG #TG [QW TGCF[ VQ IQ!

JACKSON.BELHAVEN.EDU

601-968-5988 | jackson@belhaven.edu

J AC K S O N | A d u l t . G ra d u a t e . O n l i n e

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

´: K PH HUH HW RIĂ&#x20AC; V I FH XQ

FWL Ă H[L RQ ELO DOL LW\ W\ Âľ

SALES EVENT Happening Now!

8

We specialize in office solutions that are designed to meet your individual business needsâ&#x20AC;Ś Professional Office Solutions fully furnished professional offices Virtual Business Solutions professional appearance for virtual offices Meeting Solutions convenient, cost effective, full service meeting space

555 Sunnybrook Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157

% ### !!$

CALL TRIAD BUSINESS CENTERS TODAY!

www.triadbusinesscenters.com info@triadbusinesscenters.com (601)-709-4610 %ULDUZRRG 'ULYH _ 6XLWH

TALK | county :$*(6 IURP SDJH

that (jailer salaries) do need to be upgraded, but we need to think about all our employees. To give them a

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough people to answer the phones.â&#x20AC;? raise would not be fiscally responsible.â&#x20AC;?

Graham said the county should hold off on any salary increases until the next round of budget negotiations. The board took no action on the jail salary issue.

Priorities, priorities If it comes down to making hard choices to make the budget numbers work, council President Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keither

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T MISS OUT!

Get Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s News

TODAY (Daily News & Events Updates Via E-mail)

Sign up at JFPDaily.com

on the really

$$ BIG BUCKS $$ to be made

Telesales!

Start at $12.00/hr PLUS BONUS and 4 DAY work week

Call today: 601-957-3841

L.D. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mire Financial Services

Stamps, who also co-sponsored the minimum-wage plan, wants to look at per-employee spending.

For example, he said when he joined the council in 2013, he was issued a desktop computer and iPad, but only uses his iPad; he has also tried unsuccessfully to eliminate bi-weekly special council meetings, at which council members approve claims and payroll.

Stamps believes that the time city employees spend at special meetings could be better spent working on other things.

Councilman Priester points to another independent report, which Raftelis Financial Consultants completed for the city in February. It highlighted cash-flow problems and possible fraud at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Water and Sewer Business Administration.

The Raftelis report estimates that approximately 12 percent of water and sewer revenues goes uncollected, about $9.8 million per year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough people to answer the phones,â&#x20AC;? Priester said.

Priester added that he is encouraged that the council is starting to talk about the budget earlier than usual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just strongly believe if we can find money for all these consultants, we can find money to increase salaries,â&#x20AC;?

Priester said.

Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@ jacksonfreepress.com.

910 Lake Harbour Dr. Ridgeland, MS 601-956-2929 www.fratesis.com

Serving Authentic Italian Cuisine for 25 years

Voted One of the Best Italian Restaurants In Jackson

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

of $23,254 and $24,876, respectively, Calhoun said.

The relatively low salaries in Hinds County make it difficult to attract and retain staff. Alleged misconduct of Hinds jail employees have brought harsh criticism to the county and to Sheriff Tyrone Lewis, whose office runs the day-to-day operations of the jails but does not control the finances.

In recent weeks, a jailer was terminated for sleeping on the job, and two detention officers were arrested and charged with helping prisoners escape from the downtown Jackson facility.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections also sped up the transfer of more than 40 prisoners from the county-state work program over concerns about the Justice Department investigation.

The DOJ also took a sample of 100 people booked into the jail in the past year and found that it held 12 of those people past their ordered release date because of staffing reductions and reassignments, broken fax machines and out-of-date software, and jail employees not understanding the language in court orders.

The report points out that the current jail administration removed books explaining the language of judicial dispositions.

District 1 Supervisor Robert Graham said the DOJ did not recommend increasing salaries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The DOJ said there needs to be more guards, not to pay them more,â&#x20AC;? Graham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my estimation

9

TALK | economics

Group: Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Security is Our Security

by Emerald Alexis Ware and Zachary Oren Smith

ings highlight the plight of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working mothers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We realize they need more than just child care, and we know that we need to expand what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing to really talk about economic security. We know that child care really makes a difference in moving women from welfare to work,â&#x20AC;? Welchlin said.

nett, executive director of the Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative.

Information from the Mississippi Economic Policy Institute highlights the disparity, finding in 2012 that men made an average wage of $14.92 an hour, with women only earning $12.65 per hour, or 84.79 percent of every dollar men make.

EMERALD ALEXIS WARE

W

anaki McDuffy is a single mother who is unable to fit both school and work in her schedule. In order to pay for her education, she says she needs a full-time jobâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a nearly impossible task with the limited child-care voucher the state of Mississippi provides.

As officials with the newly formed Mississippi Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Economic Security Initiative point out, child care is one part of a more complex problem facing McDuffy and women across the state.

Despite what state leaders like Gov. Phil Bryant say about how great Mississippi is for women, the coalition of female advocates, business owners and lawmakers say the state has a long way to go toward being more woman friendly, which includes strengthening support for child care and encouraging women to seek elected office.

On May 30, at the first of a series of town halls the coalition is conducting around the state, McDuffy, a pharmacy technician at a local hospital, said even though she had the same credentials as a male colleague hired around the same time she was, the man made more money. In addition, she said single moms are often pigeonholed into certain kinds of jobs, which leads to competition among women for lower-wage work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Jobs) are available,â&#x20AC;? McDuffy said â&#x20AC;&#x153;But there are various single moms that are trying to access a lot of the stuff that is available.â&#x20AC;?

Information from the coalition shows that 76 percent of poor children under age 6 live in single-mom-headed households. Cassandra Welchlin, MWESI program director, said its initial find-

Wanaki McDuffy (center) says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living proof that women often get paid less than men for the same work. A new campaign called the Mississippi Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Economic Security Initiative and women like Carol Burnett (far left) and Julie Kuklinski (far right) hope to change that.

On May 27, members and supporters of the initiative officially unveiled plans to create an economic-security policy agenda that includes child care, housing, transportation and equal pay for equal work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All working parents need child care, but child care is expensive,â&#x20AC;? said Carol Bur-

Furthermore, the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s security group cites data showing that women head 67 percent of Mississippi households, with 45 percent of those families living below the federal poverty line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These moms need to be able to earn enough money from the work they do to

support their families,â&#x20AC;? Welchlin said.

The coalition also wants to see more women in policymaking roles. Its members hope that the recommendations it collects from the town halls will translate into a legislative agenda as well. Ercilla Hendrix, the co-founder of a political-consulting firm in Jackson, said many women are qualified for political positions but are sometimes reluctant to run for office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women need to get involved in politics in community organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions, but I also feel like they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get enough support,â&#x20AC;? Hendrix said.

Rep. Alyce Clarke, D-Jackson, and state Sen. Deborah Dawkins, D-Pass Christian, want to reactivate the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legislative Caucus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you think of anyone better to tell you what women need other than women?â&#x20AC;?

Clarke said. In addition to electing women, Clarke, one of the caucusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; founders, urges voters to elect officials that support the progression of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues.

Sen. Dawkins agreed, warning, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of women serving in the state Capitol who are not progressive, that do not represent womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues when they vote.â&#x20AC;?

Welchlin says the initiative is capable of creating real change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want women to come out to these town talks so that we can hear from them, hear their solutions. But another critical part of this is building the political will so that they will go register to vote and vote for elected officials for their values,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a result of these town talks, we are raising this movement together and raising women to be politically active.â&#x20AC;?

Comment at www.jfp.ms.

Biz: Weather the Underground with Torshel

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

R 10

idgeland resident Israel Martinez decided to start his storm shelter construction company, Torshel, after witnessing the destruction a series of tornadoes in Mississippi caused in 2014. More than 15 people died in the storms, and more than 80 were injured. Cities such as Tupelo and Hattiesburg saw entire blocks destroyed.

After those storms, Martinez saw a need for shelter construction in Mississippi. He found that few businesses in

FILE PHOTO / TRIP BURNS

by Dustin Cardon the state offered storm shelters, and all of these charged high prices. Martinez looked outside the state and made contact with Oklahoma-based company Stormsafe, which he partnered with to bring affordable storm shelters to Mississippi.

Martinez, 29, opened TorRidgeland businessman Israel Martinez and his prefab shelters can keep you safe from storms. Also, from zombies.

shel in April. The concrete and steel shelters are manufactured to withstand EF5 category tornadoes to meet and exceed FEMA standards for storm shelters. All shelters come with an emergency kit that includes a whistle for summoning help, a jack for lifting large objects, LED lights with batteries and battery-powered fans.

Torshel builds underground shelters ranging from extra small to community-sized based on the number of people intended

to use the shelter. Prices range from $3,950, to $7,300.

In addition to protecting its owners in case of a storm, a storm shelter also improves the value of a property, especially in tornadointensive areas like Mississippi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our objective is to save lives and create awareness,â&#x20AC;? Martinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to constructing shelters, Torshel provides information on what to do and what you need in case of a storm so people can protect themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Comment at www.jfp.ms.

Fridays & Saturdays '+ 1+# 7 -* -* One winner selected each hour will get to spin the BIG prize wheel to win or up to $2,500 Cash! Earn entries now. Earn 10X entries Fridays-Sundays, 30X entries Tuesdays & Thursdays and 50X entries Mondays & Wednesdays.

Sunday, June 21 10am-6:30pm

FREE to all Riverbank Rewards members 50 years and over! The top 25 place finishers will advance to the Riverwalk 2015 TournEvent of Champions qualifying 3.41-!,%-3 .- 4-$!7 4'423 ./ places will advance to Las Vegas for a #(!-#% 3. 6)- ./ /+!#%2 /!)$ )- 4/ 3.

June 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; July 25 Thursdays & Saturdays 7pm-11pm Grand Prize Drawing Saturday, July 25 at Midnight!

at t

m useu

issippi Ag & Forestry M s s i M he

Table Games Promotion

Friday, June 12th at 6:00 P.M. Gates open at 5:00 P.M.

-% .3 %!3 6)--%1 $1!6- %5%17 (.41 wins $200 in Promo Chips and receives one FREE boat entry. Entries can be deposited into the drawing drum at the 1!-$ )-!+% .- !341$!7 4+7 6(%1% one lucky winner will take home a Sun Tracker Bass BuggyÂŽ 16 DLX Boat!

New Members Scratch & Win!

Tickets on sale NOW at ardenland.net Presale $10 s 'ATE $15 s #HILDREN UNDER $1 *B.Y.O.C. - Bring your own lawn chair or blanket!* -ISSISSIPPI !GRICULTURE AND &ORESTRY -USEUM s ,AKELAND $RIVE *ACKSON -3 MSAGMUSEUM ORG FACEBOOK COM MSAGMUSEUM s OR

#

! " ! # Must be 21 or older to enter casino. Management reserves all rights to alter or cancel promotion at any time without notice. Gambling problem? !++

: )5%16!+* !2)-. 9 .3%+ ++ 1)'(32 1%2%15%$

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

Outdoor concert benefitting the MS Ag Museum Foundation following last Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire with opening act â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOUTHERN GRASSâ&#x20AC;?

11

Why D-Day Matters

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

T

12

he view from the ridgeline above the former ski resort was extraordinary, although the hangmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noose on the scaffold just in front of me somewhat marred the image. The valley was steep and heavily wooded, and the mountain on other side of the valley rose up and seemed close enough to touch. The trees looked blue through some optical illusion of the sun and air. It was cool that day in the Vosges Mountains and crisp, and I congratulated myself on bringing a jacket even though it had been quite warm in the Rhine Valley.

Denver, my 12-year-old, was cavorting around in sandals and seemed oblivious to the cold and to the ghosts all around us. I had made it through about half the museum before it started to make me sick, and I had to leave.

Denverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother was still inside. As a medical professional, she found the descriptions of the experiments practiced on the prisoners horrifying but also morbidly interesting.

We were visiting the former Nazi Concentration Camp located near Natzweiler, in the Alsace region, the only concentration camp that had been located in France. There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much left of it, but the French have turned it into a memorial, and many people were visiting on this beautiful Sunday afternoon.

As I waited for my wife and contemplated the seemingly unending horrors that man can perpetrate on other I had made it through men, I realized that standing here answered the question about half the museum that I had asked myself just a before it started to couple of weeks before. Then, I had been standing on a bluff make me sick. overlooking the D-Day beaches and wondering why in the world it had been necessary.

Specifically, I had stood where WN 62 had been located. WN is short for Widerstandsnest in German and can be roughly translated to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resistance Nest.â&#x20AC;? WN 62 was a German strong point overlooking the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach and was infamous for causing many American casualties during the D-Day landings.

As a former soldier myself, I have some experience with military weaponry. As I looked out from WN 62â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position onto the beach where children played in the surf, it was clearly obvious that any soldier with just a modicum of training could wreak havoc on anyone trying to get ashore.

I remember asking myself at the time why it had been necessary to expose those soldiers to that murderous fire of these heavily defended beaches. It really was too much to ask them to wade through hundreds of yards of open water and beach under constant fire of defenders encased in concrete. It is incredible that we could ask anyone to do that and more incredible that they did.

The answer, of course, to why is right here, at Natzweiler. It is on the memorial to the 86 Jews who were gassed so a university professor could have a collection of Jewish skeletons. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the drawings of the brutality the prisoners endured and the horrors of everyday life survivors described.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the concentration camp is still here and why the president of France paid a recent visit to the camp alongside the president of the Council of Europe and the president of the European Parliament. It is why WN 62 is preserved, why endless numbers of French schoolchildren were visiting the D-Day beaches while I was there, and why on June 6 we should stop and remember the sacrifices made to bring such madmen to justice and do our damndest to make sure it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen again.

Richard Coupe is a long-time resident of Mississippi and occasional contributor to the Jackson Free Press. He is currently a Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Strasbourg and lives in Strasbourg, France, with his wife, Anne, and their youngest daughter, Denver.

City Should be More Proactive on Siemens Oversight

N

early four months ago, Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Director of Public Works Kishia Powell brought the Siemens water-meter project to a screeching halt when one of her deputies discovered a major mistake that had the potential to cost water customers thousands of dollars in erroneous charges.

For critics of the $91 million Siemens contract, the stoppage was a welcome respite from the project, which has remained under intense scrutiny since its inception for its sheer scope and price tag.

Could the City of Jackson terminate the contract? Could we sue to get some of the money back for taxpayers? Could we renegotiate the contract to get a better deal?

So far, none of that has happened despite the fact that a close look (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troubled Water Parts I and IIâ&#x20AC;? at jfp.ms/water) raises question about whether the Siemens contract is nowhere near the sweet deal the city was sold on in 2012. Scores of government officials and citizens now also agree.

Yet, from the beginning Siemens has been in almost complete control. The contract is by design so incredibly complicated that the City has been at the mercy of Siemensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; representatives; Powell even urged the City to hire a consultant to interpret the document because no one on the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s payroll fully understood.

Part of that is because of the shortcomings

in the original agreement, the negotiations of which are murky. Making matters worse, the City also failed to set aside funds for a project manager to protect the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests. Now, nearly three years later and under the weight of myriad budget pressures, the city may be past the point of no return on hiring a project manager, which can cost upward of $10 million.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth noting (and applauding) that it was Powellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy, Jerriot Smash, who is filling the role of Siemens project manager, who found the bad water meters that led to the shutdown.

The result of failing to have a project manager is that we now have a project that is less than half complete but is 80 percent paid for.

Last week, Siemens and the City announced that the company had addressed concerns sufficiently enough to restart the water-meter replacement project, an announcement that met with consternation across the city. But with about half of the work on the meter project remaining, the City must be aggressively proactive in overseeing the remaining $20 million.

As Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester told us this week, if the City can spend millions on out-of-town consultants, certainly the council and Mayor Tony Yarber can find a way to help staff up the public-works department.

We must take back control from Siemens, and take charge of our financial destiny.

Email letters and opinion to letters@jacksonfreepress.com, fax to 601-510-9019 or mail to 125 South Congress St., Suite 1324, Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Include daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length and clarity, as well as factchecked.

FUNMI â&#x20AC;&#x153;QUEENFOLAYANâ&#x20AC;? FRANKLIN We Are Enslaved Still

EDITORIAL News Editor R.L. Nave Assistant Editor Amber Helsel JFP Daily Editor Dustin Cardon Music Editor Micah Smith Events Listings Editor Latasha Willis Music Listings Editor Tommy Burton Editorial Assistant Adria Walker News Intern Zachary Oren Smith Editorial Interns Jordan Morrow, Guy King, Miles Thomas, Alexis Ware, Nia Wilson Writers Bryan Flynn, Shameka Hamilton, Genevieve Legacy, LaTonya Miller, Maya Miller, Ronni Mott, Greg Pigott, Julie Skipper, Jon Wiener Consulting Editor JoAnne Prichard Morris ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY Art Director Kristin Brenemen Advertising Designer Zilpha Young Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam Contributing Photographer Tate K. Nations Design Interns Joshua Sheriff, TabithaYarber ADVERTISING SALES Advertising Director Kimberly Griffin Account Managers Gina Haug, Brandi Stodard BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS Distribution Manager Richard Laswell Distribution Raymond Carmeans, Avery Cahee, Clint Dear, Michael McDonald, Ruby Parks Bookkeeper Melanie Collins Marketing Assistant Natalie West Assistant to the CEO Inga-Lill Sjostrom Operations Consultant David Joseph ONLINE Web Editor Dustin Cardon Web Designer Montroe Headd

CONTACT US: Letters letters@jacksonfreepress.com Editorial editor@jacksonfreepress.com Queries submissions@jacksonfreepress.com Listings events@jacksonfreepress.com Advertising ads@jacksonfreepress.com Publisher todd@jacksonfreepress.com News tips news@jacksonfreepress.com Fashion style@jacksonfreepress.com Jackson Free Press 125 South Congress Street, Suite 1324 Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Editorial (601) 362-6121 Sales (601) 362-6121 Fax (601) 510-9019 Daily updates at jacksonfreepress.com

The Jackson Free Press is the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award-winning, locally owned newsweekly, with 17,000 copies distributed in and around the Jackson metropolitan area every Wednesday. The Jackson Free Press is free for pick-up by readers; one copy per person, please.

First-class subscriptions are available for $100 per year for postage and handling.

The Jackson Free Press welcomes thoughtful opinions. The views expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily those of the publisher or management of Jackson Free Press Inc. Š Copyright 2015 Jackson Free Press Inc. All Rights Reserved

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I

4(!.+3 &/2 6/4).'

f youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re white and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re black and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong.

People are people. Black, blue, pink, greenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;God makes no rules about color; only society makes rules where my people suffer, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we must have redemption and redemption now.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard people say everything from slavery being over to black folk being lazy, all in an effort to erase the shame (or ignorance) of admitting that there has never been a struggle to keep us from equality. By us, I do mean black people, to clarify.

So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written about white privilege being real. I heard your displeasure. That didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change the facts, but I heard you.

Now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m moving on with more truth that you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like.

Let us talk a little bit about how much society has changed and not changed at the same damn time.

Let us talk about how the opposition to racism and inequality has not changed.

We still want to light candles and place teddy bears in the streets where our boys are killed. We want to march and call meetings. We are doing what worked for Martin Luther King Jr. without realizing that our children are not the same sons and daughters as our mothers and fathers.

While the world around us has changed its face, ultimately the struggle is the same.

We are not free; we are enslaved still.

We are not treated justly, fairly or equally.

No doubt about that. However, the shield that covers the struggle is indeed different.

The face of oppression is different today than in the 1960s or even in the 1690s.

Just as times change, so then should our approach to abolition of slavery.

To those who say slavery is over, I beg of you to stop spewing that ignorance out loud and on blogs where you feel safe. Slavery has not gone anywhere.

It has only changed its image. It has contoured its face to mix and mingle without notice.

Brainwashing a race of people to believe they are not valuable beyond material things and worldly possessions is slavery. Paying less money for more work is slavery. Killing black men in the street for sport and then protecting the perpetrators by using laws created to ensure that we never rise is slavery.

We are indeed enslaved.

So if the face of slavery has changed, so too must the faces of those who fight

for justice and the means by which we go about it. The struggle today is for freedom from mental slavery. We have this entire idea of life mixed up. We have boxed ourselves in to what society dictates to us.

Society says whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool, acceptable and attractive. Society tells us what to eat, listen to, sing about and even what to be angry about.

Society is controlling us; raising our children. This society is using our brains to think our thoughts. We have become a nation of followers. Crosses are not burned in yards today. These days the cross-burners might sign our checks. They are still controlling us by making sure we never get to where they are, financially or otherwise.

Plantation masters donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hover over us in the field and count the barrels of cotton. But they do make us clock in and sign their names to work we spend hours collecting, studying and preparing.

We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see â&#x20AC;&#x153;White onlyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Colored onlyâ&#x20AC;? signs anymore. But go to a business meeting and see how the black people shuffle to one end of the room, while the whites go to the other, in many situations.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as common to have the help take home the leftovers after the masters have taken what they wish. Still, we shop at businesses that non-blacks own because we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t learned yet the value of circulating black dollars. This is a lesson other races have mastered.

Bob Marley said it best, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds.â&#x20AC;?

Marching is not going to tackle the type of enslavement that we are facing today. We must build bridges to each other and stop looking elsewhere for answers to our issues.

We know what our issues are. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve carried them for generations, and we can free ourselves of them.

We have prayed, marched, picketed and boycotted. We have had a dream; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kept hope alive by any means necessary. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to adjust and conquer in ways we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t embraced.

We must become mentally free from all the hurt and the reactionary pain weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve allowed to guide us.

We must do it now, and we must do it ourselves.

Funmi â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queenâ&#x20AC;? Franklin is a word lover, poet and advocate for sisterhood. She has a weakness for reality shows.

The struggle today is for freedom from mental slavery.

)LQDOLVW

"%34 !3)!.

2%34!52!.4 %HVW RI -DFNVRQ

7ZR ORFDWLRQV WR VHUYH \RX

+ & 1 /8(&,$/ 63

+LEDFKL &KLFNHQ IRU

0RQGD\ WKURXJK )ULGD\ 'LQH ,Q 2QO\ ( /^` Â&#x2039; 4HKPZVU )LOPUK [OL 4J+VUHSKZ PU 4HKPZVU :[H[PVU

;YLL[VW )S]K Â&#x2039; -SV^VVK )LOPUK [OL (WWSLILLÂťZ VU 3HRLSHUK

DW WKH 2OG )DUPHU¡V 0DUNHW

&6EGETABLES 2%3(

:H VHOO IUHVK EXWWHU EHDQV DQG SHDV E\ WKH EXVKHO

:RRGURZ :LOVRQ Â&#x2021; -DFNVRQ

Best Fried Chicken in Town & Best Fried Chicken in the Country -Best of Jackson 2003-2015-

-Food & Wine Magazine-

707 N Congress St., Jackson | 601-353-1180 0RQ WKUX )UL DP SP Â&#x2021; 6XQ DP SP

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

Editor-in-Chief Donna Ladd Publisher Todd Stauffer

13

IMANI KHAYYAM

Step Onto the

Mat

by Dustin Cardon

14

ing to use technique on technique, but her technique was better.â&#x20AC;?

600 SQUARE FEET OF TRUTH Lizabeth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bethâ&#x20AC;? Thrasher and her husband, Chris Thrasher, are the operators of Wingfield High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vector Jiu-Jitsu program. The couple refers to their domain behind the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auditorium as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 600 Square Feet of Truth.â&#x20AC;? Stepping onto the training areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blue matsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;only after theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken their shoes offâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;brings students faceto-face with the negative self-perceptions they may have brought with them. Vectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roster includes students of all ages and sizes, but no matter who is paired with whom, the COURTESY VECTOR JIU-JITSU

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

B

eth Thrasher, a practitioner of a martial art known as jiu-jitsu, calls over one of her students, a young man named Devin Williams, who is considerably taller and more heavily built than she is. After a traditional bow, Williams places her in various disadvantageous positions that she always manages to escape.

The instructor lies sideways on the ground. Williams grapples her and pins her down from beside and above her. With a quick movement, she gets her legs underneath him, unbalances him, and throws him off with a kick and roll.

Next, she allows Williams to place her in one of his dominant positions: grabbing her around the neck from behind in a kneeling position. After only a few seconds of struggle, she rolls him around and throws the larger boy off, then pins him underneath her and straddles him from above. At this point, Williams wraps his legs around her to keep her off, a standard guarding method in jiu-jitsu. Beth deftly grips and slips around the his legs and ends up sitting on top of him. She could go as far as wrapping her legs around his head if she wants to, she says.

At the end of the demonstration, the two rise and slap hands. Then, they bow to each other again as a sign of mutual respect.

A key to jiu-jitsu is patience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jiu-jitsu can let you be in total control against a larger attacker,â&#x20AC;? Beth says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All you have to do is stay calm, preserve energy and defend while you let them tire themselves out. Prioritize your own safety first, and when the moment comes that you can turn the situation around, you can do something offensive like going for a hold or incapacitation.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Technique always wins,â&#x20AC;? Williams adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She just slung me around. I was try-

Participants in Chris and Beth Thrasherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vector Jiu-Jitsu are like family. The couple offers encouragement and support, and helps their students learn to focus both in training and in school.

Nikari McKee, the poster boy for Vector Jiu-Jitsu, turned his life around through the program and is working to help take Vector to other locations.

combatant who best uses technique will always come out on top. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In jiu-jitsu, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to find out quickly if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned your techniques properly or not,â&#x20AC;? Beth says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have, you can submit (score a win against) your oppo-

nent, and if not, you will be submitted and forced to tap out. And you will end up forced to tap out countless times while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re training. That is an ego-killer for a lot of people who just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle the losing.â&#x20AC;?

Vector is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping at-risk youth who would not otherwise be able to afford martial-arts training. Beth, a math teacher at Wingfield since 2011, proposed the program to Jackson Public Schools board and then the JPS Athletic Board to provide an exciting afterschool activity that would teach students to defend themselves while instilling the values of hard work and accountability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole point behind the program is to give kids a carrot out in front of them to make them want to come to school and want to achieve everything they can in life,â&#x20AC;?

Beth says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We give them the motivation of learning a martial art and provide a family thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hold them to a higher standard.â&#x20AC;?

One of Vectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success stories is Nikari McKee, whom the Thrashers consider the poster boy for the Vector program. When he began jiu-jitsu training in January 2013, McKee was a depressed 18-year-old high-school sophomore with no interest in graduating. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Nikari first joined Vector, he would only show up every now and then, and not come back for a while,â&#x20AC;? Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day, we were holding a tournament at the school, and Nikari signed up the day of. I warned him that he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trained and would get beaten but said he could go ahead. Sure enough, he ... got manhandled, and from then on he was here every day. It woke him up and motivated him.â&#x20AC;?

McKeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience woke him up in his schoolwork as well. Rather than sleep in class as he once had, he started paying attention, moving to the front of Bethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s math classroom, for example. The next year, the only thing that slowed his training on the

mats was the amount of time he dedicated to catching up in school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was failing all my classes when I first came to Vector, but the Thrashers encouraged me to come to school and worked with me the whole year,â&#x20AC;? McKee says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went from being held back in 10th grade to being able to skip 11th with all the help and encouragement they gave me.â&#x20AC;?

McKee is now the first male highschool graduate in his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. He has enrolled in Hinds Community College in Jackson and is working toward becoming a mentor for Vector Jiu-Jitsu. He hopes to help the Thrashers expand to other locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With just Nikari and his story alone, I could quit tomorrow and feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve accomplished something,â&#x20AC;? Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping even that one student better himself makes it all worth it.â&#x20AC;?

Vectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motto is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Know Yourself, Better Yourself, and Help Others.â&#x20AC;? The Thrashers believe that one of the keys to getting students to help themselves and others to excelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in martial arts and in schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is to instill honesty in regard to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capabilities, limits and effort.

A LIFE-CHANGING ART Beth and Chris Thrasher knew that jiu-jitsu could be a powerful positive force in helping at-risk students improve because practicing the art helped both to pull away from difficult times while giving them drive and a sense of purpose.

Chris, 39, was born in Fulton, Miss., and attended Itawamba Agricultural High School. He went to Itawamba Community College from 1993 to 1995, where he majored in music with a minor in physics.

He then went on to the University of Mississippi, where he graduated with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in music in 1998.

He drifted through a number of jobs

SUMMER FITNESS

'LVMW ERH &IXL 8LVEWLIV JSYRH HVMZI ERH E WIRWI SJ TYVTSWI XLVSYKL NMY NMXWY ERH JSYRHIH :IGXSV XS MRWXMPP XLI EVXÂłW ZEPYIW SJ HMWGMTPMRI ERH LEVH [SVO MR GLEPPIRKIH WXYHIRXW

â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning, common sense may tell you that the biggest, strongest guy is going to dominate; however, in jiu-jitsu youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to find out quickly that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned and are using your techniques properly or not,â&#x20AC;? Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen time and again situations such as a while back, when a former collegiate football linemanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;over 6 feet tall and 275 poundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;came (to Gracie) because he wanted to learn grappling to do (mixed martial arts) fighting. He walked onto the mats, grabbed a 145-pound kid from Belaruse, and ended up getting thrown up and down the room. He walked off the mat, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen him again. He couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deal with the truth: that his muscles and size werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to help him.â&#x20AC;?

One reason size means little in jiu-jitsu is that practitioners do not strike their opponents. Instead, the art centers on grappling and applying the laws of physics to gain the advantage. Proper application of leverage, momentum, friction and weight transmission are key, as is an understanding of a com-

batantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s center of gravity, plus balance and manipulation of the anatomyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital points.

A well-practiced jiu-jitsu artist uses an opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight and momentum to move him or her instead of brute force, making it an ideal defensive art regardless of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jiu-jitsu is like physical chess, trying to think several moves ahead of your opponent,â&#x20AC;? Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It teaches stress management and organizing your thoughts in a potentially dangerous situation.

Chris says you have to use every advantage of space, angles and balance to get control of the situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can be in control even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the bottom, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing it right,â&#x20AC;? he says.

A key part of jiu-jitsu is being honest with yourself about the need to continue training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only those who are willing to acknowledge the need to improve will continue to train on the mats. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we COURTESY VECTOR JIU JITSU

Cameron Lindsey, who transferred to ;MRKĂ&#x;IPH ,MKL 7GLSSP JVSQ 'ETMXEP 'MX] %PXIVREXMZI 7GLSSP LEW JSYRH XLI HVMZI XS WYGGIIH ERH E WIRWI SJ TYVTSWI XLVSYKL :IGXSV

tell our students not to see an opponent in a match as an enemy, but as a mirror that shows where you are in your training and

what you need to improve on,â&#x20AC;? Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want them to understand that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to compare yourself to or be better than someone else. You only have to be a better you.â&#x20AC;?

ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRED The Thrashers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider Vector to be only a martial-arts program, even as their students learn jiu-jitsu techniques. The coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to help participants better themselves in all areas using the disciplines learned through jiu-jitsu.

Vector is a physics term describing a force applied in a specific direction. The arrow in Vectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s logo reflects the Thrashersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goal of guiding students in their daily lives, getting them to put their youthful energy toward improving on the mats and in school.

The Thrashers also emphasize accountability. They task Vector members to be aware of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in the lives of other members and encourage their students to support any of their peers who need help.

All the while, the Thrashers also ensure that Vector students remain focused and steadily improve. A requirement for taking part in the program is that students maintain or improve their grades and behavior in school while always being honest about how they are doing and how they can improve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a student is falling behind in class or they fail a test, is it because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fault? Or is the truth that they could have tried harder, done better, studied their material the same way they study their jiu-jitsu techniques? We ask them to look inside themselves and ask what went wrong and PRUH -,8 -,768 VHH SDJH

Jiu-Jitsu Basics

J

iu-jitsu techniques use mechanical advantage instead of physical strength. The martial art operates on the premise that a larger and physically stronger personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s combat advantage lies primarily in his or her superior reach and more powerful strikes. Because grappling on the ground reduces the usefulness of those factors, jiu-jitsu emphasizes getting an opponent to the ground, and then using submission holds, joint-locks and chokeholds to pin him or her to the mat.

Once combatants are on the ground, jiu-jitsuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objective is to maneuver your opponent into a position where you can apply a submission hold, which is the equivalent of checkmateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an instant win in a competitive match. In a real fight, being in a submission hold could lead to injuries such as dislocated joints or unconsciousness. A jiu-jitsu match ends if one combatant gets his or her opponent into a submission from which escape is unrealistic, forcing the opponent to tap out. In the event that neither combatant manages to submit the other, combatants have other ways of gaining points and winning matches.

Defending in a jiu-jitsu match is done through the guard position, in which combatant, with his back to the ground, attempts to get his legs around the other combatant to control his movements. Guarding allows the bottom combatant to use joint locks and chokeholds to keep the opponent away or, alternately, move him or her into a position from which the defender can â&#x20AC;&#x153;mountâ&#x20AC;? the opponent.

Mounting is either sitting on the opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s torso or back in a way that restricts the bottom combatantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements.

In a real fight, being mounted would leave the person on the bottom open to punches or other attacks. The goal of the top combatant is to get around the defenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legs, known as passing their guard, and move into a mounting position or, of course, submit the opponent.

Combatants score points by bringing their opponent to the ground, passing an opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guard and moving into a mounting position. If neither opponent submits the other, the combatant with the most points at the end of five minutes wins the match.

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

SIZE DOESNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T MATTER Many older students trying jiu-jitsu for the first time quickly learn that size and strength arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to make a difference.

IMANI KHAYYAM

after college, including a sales position at what is now Gray-Daniels Ford in Brandon in 1998, a job with a mortgage company in 2002, and he opened his own mortgage company, Best Mortgage, in 2004, which closed in 2008.

His first exposure to jiu-jitsu came when he watched Royce Gracie fight in the second Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until 2004 that the spark from then helped start the fire I have for jiu-jitsu now,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw one day that a studio called Southern Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, which became Gracie South while I was there, had opened in Jackson, and I decided to try it, starting under Randall Powell.â&#x20AC;?

In 2007, Chris started helping teach classes at Gracie South, and it was through those classes that he met his wife in 2008.

Born in Rochester, N.Y., Beth attended Mount Morris High School, which only had 37 students at the time. She went on to the Florida Institute of Technology in 1999 and graduated with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in chemistry in 2004.

Beth was involved in ROTC, crosscountry running, rowing and numerous other physical activities in college. Then, in October 2001, she broke her pelvis and severely damaged the muscles and tibia and fibula bones in her right leg in a car accident.

She required six months of physical therapy to be able to walk again. The accident left her with a fused ankle, which made her unable to run or serve in the Army. Determined to stay active despite her disability, Beth continued to seek out physical outlets.

She moved to Buffalo, N.Y., to attend the University of Buffalo Medical School in 2005; however, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of sports teams and her inactivity led to depression.

She was sleeping too much and skipping classes. It was during this time that Beth saw a reality show about jiu-jitsu on television called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ultimate Fighterâ&#x20AC;? in 2006, which led to her seek out a jiu-jitsu studio in Buffalo. She started practicing at the Western New York MMA studio, and though she dropped out of medical school in 2007, Beth continued practicing jiu-jitsu.

During Thanksgiving 2007, Beth came to Jackson to visit her sister, Julene Stewart.

Wanting to use her education to help people, Beth soon decided to leave New York and look for a teaching position in Mississippi.

She settled in north Jackson in April 2008 and signed up at Gracie South, where Chris was teaching. Chris and Beth started dating within a month, and they married in Tallulah, La., on Dec. 22, 2008. The Thrashers held a grand wedding service for their families a few days later on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve. Today, the Thrashers have two children, 5-year-old Clayton and 4-year-old Sophia, who also like to practice jiu-jitsu with their parents.

15

-RLQ XV IRU

COACHES PACERS FRIENDS

Â&#x2021; )5(( +LQGV W VKLUW IRRG DQG SUL]HV Â&#x2021; 5HVHUYH \RXU FODVVHV Â&#x2021; 5HFHLYH KHOS IURP Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DLG DQG PRUH

6LJQ XS PRUH LQIR hub.hindscc.edu/tuesday June 9

1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 pm

Vicksburg/Warren Campus

June 16 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 pm June 23 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 pm June 30 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 pm

Utica Campus Rankin Campus Raymond Campus

July 7 July 21

Jackson Academic/Technical Center Raymond Campus

1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 pm 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 pm

Receive

$50 OFF

in June when you sign up for Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere marathon and half-marathon training program

Register Today!

Hinds registers students every day, but 7HUULĂ&#x20AC;F 7XHVGD\ PDNHV LW PRUH IXQ IRFXVHG RQ \RX

Hinds Community College offers equal education and employment opportunities and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability or veteran status in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Dr. Debra Mays-Jackson, Vice President for the Utica and Vicksburg-Warren Campuses and Administrative Services, 34175 Hwy. 18, Utica, MS 39175; 601.885.7002.

So Many Great Restaurants...

Join In June And Receive Your

1ST MONTH FREE Pay A Year In Full And Receive

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

3 ADDITIONAL MONTHS FREE

16

3HRLSHUK 7SHJL :\P[L

Flowood, MS (in front of Walmart) Ă RZRRG#DQ\WLPHĂ&#x20AC; WQHVV FRP

/PNO^H` :\P[L , %UDQGRQ 06 DFURVV IURP +RPH 'HSRW

EUDQGRQ#DQ\WLPHĂ&#x20AC; WQHVV FRP

0 5VY[O :\P[L

-DFNVRQ 06 LQ IURQW RI .URJHU

MDFNVRQPV#DQ\WLPHĂ&#x20AC; WQHVV FRP

^^^ HU`[PTLĂ&#x201E; [ULZZ JVT =V[LK 6UL VM [OL )LZ[ 7SHJLZ [V >VYR 6\[ )LZ[ VM 1HJRZVU

DO I HAVE TO CHOOSE JUST ONE!?

Registration for

2015 Summer Camps is NOW OPEN! Ages 2 and Up

Try all Three of these Local Hotspots!

Fondren Corner

# # # %

www.roostersfondren.com

Morning, Afternoon and Night Classes Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Tumble, and Competition Teams 4149 South Siwell Road Jackson, MS 39212 lcdanceco@yahoo.com

(601)260-7470

www.lcdanceco.com

!# ! "" #

Fondren Corner

# # # %

$$$ "

!# %

www.featheredcow.com

Ser ving Jackson since 1984

JIU-JITSU IURP SDJH

PULLING UP, TURNING AROUND Beth decided to teach school in Mississippi after researching where teachers were most needed. She initially taught math at Whitten Middle School, and in 2011, she transferred to Wingfield. Bethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary goal at Vector is to reach out to challenged and struggling students who may be faced with difficult personal situations. She wants to help them turn their lives around.

Cameron Lindsey, 16, is one such student. Lindsey transferred to Wingfield in March after spending his first year of high school at Capital City Alternative School. Lindsey ended up in Capital for fighting and for smoking marijuana in the bathroom when he was in Peeples Middle School.

At Wingfield, Lindsey was in one of Bethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s math classes. She approached him after she learned he was interested in martial arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had been wanting to try martial

arts for years, ever since I first saw martial arts movies like Bruce Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I was 7,â&#x20AC;? Lindsey says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But my mom didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the mon-

of money will never be a barrier to anyone wishing to learn.

When Beth approached Lindsey, he was failing several subjects in school. She IMANI KHAYYAM

how they can improve,â&#x20AC;? Beth says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Training on the mats and holding each student accountable for themselves and their peers helps them resist the urge to blame something else and focus on things they can fix.â&#x20AC;?

SUMMER FITNESS

.MY NMXWY IQTLEWM^IW XEOMRK XLI Ă&#x;KLX XS XLI KVSYRH ERH YWMRK KVETTPMRK techniques such as WYFQMWWMSR LSPHs ERH PSGOW XS TMR ER STTSRIRX 4MGXYVIH EVI WXYHIRXW 1ENEL ,EVTIV PIJX ERH ;MPPMEQ 7QMXL VMKLX

ey to enroll me in that kind of activity.â&#x20AC;?

One of the reasons for Vectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status as a nonprofit is to serve students like Lindsey who want to try martial arts but canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t because of their financial situation.

Vector doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t charge its students, so lack

saw the opportunity to motivate and help him improve his grades so he could stay in the Vector program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to be involved, and Mrs. Thrasher helped me pull up from making a 50 in math (to a 70),â&#x20AC;? Lindsey says.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m stuck on a problem, she helps me take notes and understand the material. I wanted to stay with Vector when I found it, and Mrs. Thrasher helped me do it.â&#x20AC;?

Lindsey has also turned his personal life around, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stayed out of trouble with the help of fellow students in the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The friends Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made in Vector are goofy, but they change, too,â&#x20AC;? Lindsey says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not like they were when they were in middle school with me. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown, become more mature and have more discipline with Vector.â&#x20AC;?

Not only did Lindsey become part of the Vector family; he got his actual family involved with the program as well.

His mother, Wingfield graduate Terese Lindsey, carpools for Vector and provides whatever help she can. After seeing how much Vector helped her son, she brought Lindseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cousins, 5-year-old Ashton Clay and 12-year-old Anniyah Hurst, to join the program as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Thrashers have helped my life do a complete (180),â&#x20AC;? Lindsey says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I pay attention to our motto: Know Yourself, Better Yourself and Help Others. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a motto to respect. It feels like a prayer for life, in a way.â&#x20AC;?

Comment on this story at jfp.ms.

Healthy App-ing

by Amber Helsel

CALORIFIC Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an avid watcher of Buzzfeed videos, and my favorites are the ones that focus on health. A couple of years back, the media company did one on what different amounts of calories look like. And now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found an app that can tell you that as well. With incredible photography of food, it tells you what 200 calories looks like in different forms of food, and even allows you to compare types.

ADDAPP Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the most intuitive health app, but it does allow you to connect all your fitness things, including Apple Health and Map My Run, and devices such as Jawbone Up and Fitbit. Based on the data, it gives insights into your personal health, which helps you learn more about nutrition, fitness, sleep and your general well-being.

%TTW WYGL EW 2YXVMRS GER EMH ]SY MR ]SYV UYIWX XS KIX LIEPXL]

NUTRINO App stores have so many diet apps these days that you can choose one based on your needs. I personally like ones that give me as much guidance as possible, because even though Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been on many diets, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not actually sure how to eat healthy. Nutrino helps with that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those apps that cover all the bases, from heart health to sleep activity to exercise to food. It gives you helpful tips and even has a place where you can read the latest in health news.

YOGA STUDIO While Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a huge fan of spending money on apps, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d make an exception for Yoga Studio ($3.99). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically everything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want in a yoga app, with a library of poses, ready-made yoga and meditation classes, and is suitable for all levels. You can even schedule yoga classes and sync them with your calendar.

Read more health and wellness stories at jfp.ms/health.

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

WAKE N SHAKE This app helps with your sleep, at least in the waking-up department. I found it while searching for a better alarm clock app and, so far, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked.

You can set an alarm for the morning, or even time a nap, and when you need to get up, your phone vibrates and makes loud, very annoying noises. And in a way, the app is kind of like a game. You have to shake it until it gets to 100 percent, and depending on the mode you use, it takes quite a while. The one downside?

You have to keep the app on display while

using it, which runs your battery down. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wake up for the gym one morning because it had died in my sleep.

AMBER HELSEL

W

ith smart phones now at the forefront of technology, there really is an app for almost everything you can imagine, from enacting your secret desire to be a crazy cat person (looking at you, Nekoatsume) to helping you get fit.

For our purposes in this issue, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably best if we discuss the apps that help with health â&#x20AC;Ś not cat ownership.

Here are this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top five.

17

SUMMER FITNESS

AMBER HELSEL

Live Healthy, Locally

by Amber Helsel

E AM

BE R

HE

LS

EL

ating healthy is getting easier and easier for Jacksonians. Rainbow Co-op and High Noon CafĂŠ give us easy ways to find good food thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for you, and they do it with locally sourced products. Rainbowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selection and focus on non-GMO options make it a natural choice for health-conscious Jacksonians who named it the Best Place for Healthy Food and the Best Vegetarian Option in the 2015 Best of Jackson competition.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of what Rainbow and High Noon offer.

High Noon CafĂŠ is probably one of the healthiest restaurants in town.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a single morsel of meat, but you will find options for vegetarians, vegans and the adventurous omnivore. Dishes at High Noon include pizzas, salads, soups and desserts.

Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve finished cleaned your plate at High Noon, you can step out into Rainbow for some light shopping. The grocery stocks a variety of natural Pizza with roasted and organic products for pet care, homes and red peppers beauty (including organic soaps that you can dispense yourself), and a huge selection of vitamins and herbs.

Rainbow Co-op (601-366-1602) is open Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. High Noon CafĂŠ (601-366-1513) is open Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both are located at 2807 Old Canton Road in Fondren.

For more information, visit rainbowcoop.org.

Rainbow Co-op has a large selection of healthy food options and natural products for everything from home care to beauty.

MORE AT BESTOFJACKSON.COM

BEST PLACE FOR HEALTHY FOOD Rainbow Co-op (2807 Old Canton Road, 601-366-1602, rainbowcoop.org) / High Noon CafĂŠ (2807 Old Canton Road, 601-366-1602, rainbowcoop.org) / Brunoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adobo (127 S. Roach St., now closed) / Broad Street Baking Company (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601-362-2900, broadstbakery.com) / Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive, 601-366-6033, aladdininjackson.com) VEGETARIAN OPTIONS High Noon CafĂŠ, Rainbow Co-op (2807 Old Canton Road, 601-366-1602, rain bowcoop.org) / La Finestra (120 N. Congress St., Suite 3, 601-345-8735, eatlafinestra. com) / The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601-398-4562, themanshipjackson.com) / BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601-982-8111, bravobuzz.com) / Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive, 601-366-6033, aladdininjackson.com)

Snakes on a Porch

by Timothy Quinn

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

W

18

hile examining a patient a few weeks ago, a clearly upset nurse interrupted me, apologized and informed me that there was a huge snake outside the rear exit of our clinic. Everyone was in panic mode, so I told one of the office workers to contact the animal control person for the area. When the officer arrived, our groundskeeper had scared the snake off into the woods.

In preparation for the snakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible return, the animal control officer, Craig Cotten, provided important information to the staff and myself on dealing with snakes. After getting approval from his superior officer, Lt. Brian Myers, Cotten also allowed me to meet with him at the Ridgeland Police Department to further discuss animal control and safety when it comes to these misunderstood creatures.

Cotten told me that people are often surprised when they call the number listed for animal control and get the police department. An animal-control officer is part of the local police department, and animal-control officers go through a certification program and have continuous

on-the-job training that emphasizes animal behavior and safety. The course work also includes preventative and treatment protocols for zoonotic diseases, such as bacterial infections, that can be transmitted from animals to humans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The importance of the continued training is to be able to properly assess the disposition of animals, (which includes) evaluating their behavior to best assess the potential threat to the public that I serve and protect,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Snakes are generally not aggressive and often fear humans.

Snakes are among the least understood, yet most intriguing groups of animals. As temperatures rise, many of the creatures may come out of hibernation. Mississippi is the home of 40 species, and only six are venomous. The most

common venomous snakes in our state include the copperhead, cottonmouth and coral snakes, and rattlesnakes. Even though most of the ones in our area are non-venomous, all should be treated as venomous for safety reasons. Officer Cotten said that citizens should not immediately attack the creatures when they come into contact with them, though. It is best to first F ILE

PH

O TO

assess the situation and be aware that the majority of bites occur when the animals feel threatened.

Snakes are generally not aggressive, and, in most cases, fear humans. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always best to err on the side of caution as there are few species, such as the copperhead, that have been known to be aggressive, Cotten said. So, the next time you see a snake, call your local animal-control officer and keep an eye on its location.

The officer is trained and available to address your situation and determine what is best for you and your slithering guest.

Animal Control Tool Box Here are a few pieces of equipment that an animalcontrol officer uses to protect and serve.

Pole grabberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A device used to clamp an animal such as a snake or cat and safely manipulate it into a kennel.

Snare poleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A pole and cable system that can be used to secure an animal such as a dog.

Taurus revolver, also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Judgeâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;A .410 caliber pistol that can fire two types of bullets, including the bird shot (for small animals) and slugs (for large animals) as the need arises.

Shotgunâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A 12-gauge used for extremely large animals such as buffalo and bulls.

VISIT THE NEWEST EXHIBIT AT THE SOUTHEAST’S BEST ATTRACTION!

) ' '%

NOW ING SHOW

" ! " % & ( ' ' %& " * % #" * #% " '! "

" #" * #%

" $$* * ! " %

THERE’S A LITTLE WOLF IN EVERY DOG

" # ! "

THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRAVELING EXHIBITION EVER CREATED TO EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF DOGS Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ Museum of Natural Science 2148 Riverside Drive Jackson, MS ZZZ PVQDWXUDOVFLHQFH RUJ

" )&' ' '% #!

This project sponsored in part by the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau

! ! ! "! ! " ! $ ! # !

Local businesses: Call 601-362-6121 x11 to learn more about how to get involved in Indy Week!

2015

JULY 1-7, 2015

#" " " !% ' ! ! $ $ ' # ! " & ! "" $# # % $ " & # # $" "" " ' " # " !# #

#" VSHQG PRQH\ ZLWK RWKHU ORFDO EXVLQHVVHV DQG SURIHVVLRQDOV±VXSSOLHUV DFFRXQWDQWV DWWRUQH\V DQG RWKHUV

#" HPSOR\ PRUH SHRSOH VWXGLHV KDYH FRQFOXGHG WKDW WKH DUULYDO RI ELJ ER[ UHWDLOHUV FDQ GHFUHDVH WKH QXPEHU RI MREV LQ WKDW DUHD DQG ELJ ER[HV JHQHUDOO\ GHSUHVV ZDJHV

#" PD\ FRQWULEXWH WR RYHUDOO ZHOO EHLQJ±HYHQ FULPH DQG KHDOWK $ VWXG\ E\ SURIHVVRUV DW /68 DQG %D\ORU 8QLYHUVLW\ VKRZHG FRUUHODWLRQ EHWZHHQ WKH VWUHQJWK RI WKH ORFDO EXVLQHVV FRPPXQLW\ DQG ³ORFDO HIILFDF\ ´ PHDQLQJ WKH FRPPXQLW\¶V DELOLW\ WR ZRUN WRJHWKHU IRU VROXWLRQV

#" SD\ WD[HV DQG UHTXLUH IHZHU VXEVLGLHV 6WXGLHV KDYH VKRZQ WKDW WKH FRVW RI LQIUDVWUXFWXUH DQG WD[ EUHDNV WR ZRR FKDLQV FDQ H[FHHG WKH DFWXDO EHQHILWV OHDGLQJ WR ZRUVH URDGV DQG VFKRROV

! # " ! " " ! ! ' $! ( ) ! "# ! " ! # #" & # $"

Õ iÊÎÊ Ê ]ÊÓä£xÊÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

#" UHWXUQ PRUH PRQH\ WR WKH ORFDO HFRQRP\ DFFRUGLQJ WR VWXGLHV FRQGXFWHG E\ &LYLF (FRQRPLFV WKDW QXPEHU LV XVXDOO\ EHWZHHQ DQG WLPHV WKH HFRQRPLF UHWXUQ FRPSDUHG WR FKDLQV

19

JFPmenus.com

20

AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINE Basilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (2906 N State St #104, Jackson, 601-982-2100) Paninis pizza, pasta, soups and salads. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got it all on the menu.

Broad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900) Hot breakfast, coffee drinks, fresh breads & pastries, gourmet deli sandwiches.

The Feathered Cow (4760 I-55 North 769-233-8366) Simple and homemade equal quality and freshness every time. You never leave The Cow hungry!

Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland 601-936-3398/ 515 Lake Harbour 601-898-3400) A Jackson institution for breakfast, blue-plates, catfish, burgers, prime rib, oysters, po-boys & wraps. Famous bakery!

Roosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (2906 N State St, Jackson, 601-982-2001) You havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a burger until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a Roosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burger. Pair it with their seasoned fries and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in heaven.

Two Sisters Kitchen (707 N. Congress St. 601-353-1180) Lunch. Mon-Fri, Sun. PIZZA Sal & Mookieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919) Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant Parmesan, fried ravioli & ice cream for the kids!

Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood, 601-992-7499) More than just great pizza and beer. Open Monday - Friday 11-10 and Saturday 11-11.

ITALIAN BRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111) Award-winning wine list, Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining.

Fratesiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) Fratesiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has been a staple in Jackson for years, offering great Italian favorites with loving care. The tiramisu is a must-have!

La Finestra (120 N Congress St #3, Jackson, 601-345-8735) Chef Tom Ramseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown Jackson hot-spot offers authentic Italian cuisine in cozy, inviting environment.

STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DINING The Islander Seafood and Oyster House (1220 E Northside Drive, Suite 100, 601-366-5441) Oyster bar, seafood, gumbo, poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;boys, crawfish and plenty of Gulf Coast delights in a laid-back Buffet-style atmosphere.

The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 North State St. #100 601-398-4562) Transforms the essence of Mediterranean food and southern classics.

The Penguin (1100 John R Lynch Street, 769-251-5222) Fine dining at its best.

Rockyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches.

Sal and Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seafood (6600 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland 601-957-1188) Great Seafood, Poboys, Lunch Specials, Boiled Seafood, Full Bar, Happy Hour Specials Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Avenue 601-982-2899) Creative seafood classics. One of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best New Restaurants.

MEDITERRANEAN/GREEK Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033) Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma.

Vasilios Greek Cusine (828 Hwy 51, Madison 601-853-0028) Authentic greek cuisine since 1994, specializing in gyros, greek salads, baklava cheesecake & fresh daily seafood.

Zeekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newest Greek Restaurant, offering authentic gyros, hummus, and wide selection of craft beers.

BARBEQUE Chimneyville (970 High St, Jackson 601-354-4665 www.chimneyville.com) Family style barbeque restaurant and catering service in the heart of downtown Jackson.

Hickory Pit Barbecue (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Butts in Townâ&#x20AC;? features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;boys.

Pig and Pint (3139 N State St, Jackson, 601-326-6070) Serving up competition style barbecue along with one of the of best beer selections in metro.

COFFEE HOUSES Cups Espresso CafĂŠ (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERS Bonny Blairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (1149 Old Fannin Rd 769-251-0692) Traditional Irish pub food and live entertainment. Open 11am daily.

Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd. 601-899-0038) Best Burger of 2013, plus live music and entertainment!

Cherokee Inn (960 Briarfield Rd. 601-362-6388) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Hole in the Wall,â&#x20AC;? has a great jukebox, great bar and a great burger.

Fenianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches & Irish beers on tap.

Hal and Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or daily specials.

Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Dr. 601-919-1165) Your neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill.

Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, beer selection.

Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St. 601-960-2700) Pub food with a southern flair: beer-battered onion rings, chicken & sausage gumbo, salads, sandwiches.

One Block East ( 642 Tombigbee St. 601-944-0203) Burger joint and dive bar located in downtown Jackson. Great music, tasty beverages and Bad Ass Burgers is what we do.

Underground 119 (119 South President St. 601-352-2322) Pan-seared crabcakes, shrimp and grits, filet mignon, vegetarian sliders. Live music. Opens 4 p.m., Wed-Sat ASIAN AND INDIAN Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetops Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588/1030-A Hwy 51, Madison 601-790-7999) Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi.

Ichiban Chinese (359 Ridge Way - Dogwood Promenade, Flowood 601-919-8879) Asian food with subtle and surprising flavors from all across the Far East!

Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson 601-981-3205) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newest Authentic Thai & Sushi Bar with 26 signature martiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and extensive wine list.

VEGETARIAN High Noon CafĂŠ (2807 Old Canton Road in Rainbow Plaza 601-366-1513) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own strict vegetarian (and very-vegan-friendly) restaurant adjacent to Rainbow Whole Foods.

Local Nutritious Noms

by Jordan K. Morrow

I

n Mississippi, some people may consider macaroni and cheese a vegetable, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder why people think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the most unhealthy of all the states. Jackson-area restaurants are trying to change this sentiment with healthy and appetizing alternatives. While residents voted Rainbow Co-op and High Noon CafĂŠ as having the best healthy and vegetarian options in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best of Jackson contest, a few other local restaurants made it as a finalist. Here they are.

At Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive, 601-366-6033), you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong with most anything on the menu, but some of the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthiest options are the chicken tecka, which is TRIP BURNS/FILE PHOTO

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

Paid advertising section. Call 601-362-6121 x11 to list your restaurant

SUMMER FITNESS

Local restaurants such as Aladdin Mediterranean Grill have healthy food options for Jacksonians.

a marinated chicken breast and leg, and the Lula kabab plate, which is chicken or lamb with spices, and both dishes are grilled. For seafood lovers, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the shrimp plate, which is shrimp sautĂŠed in garlic and mixed with onions and bell peppers. All entrees get a green salad, basmati rice and hummus, and patrons can swap white pita bread for wheat on entrees served with dips. Aladdin also has an array of vegetarian options, including the vegetable dolmas plate, which can be ordered without beef, and the sautĂŠed vegetables plate, a combination of squash, zucchini, carrots, celery, and mushrooms sautĂŠed in olive oil and garlic with feta and served over a bed of basmati rice. And Aladdin also has mint Lebanese tea to compliment your healthy meal.

Broad Street Baking Company & CafĂŠ (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601-362-2900) takes a different approach to the shrimp poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;boy with the option of sautĂŠed shrimp instead of fried. The restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chicken-salad sandwich has all-white meat, basil pesto, and pine nuts instead of mayo, roasted peppers and Provolone cheese. For vegetable lovers, Broad Street has the Contadinoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sautĂŠed spinach, roasted Portobello mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, cheese and caramelized onions served on a warm flour

tortillaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or Debâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salad, which is blueberries, strawberries and mozzarella over mixed greens sprinkled with house-made granola and a honey-lemon vinaigrette. The minted fresh-fruit salad is the healthiest side option, and you can swap white bread for multigrain or Sugar Busters whole wheat.

BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601-9828111) has an entire menu dedicated to gluten-free dining and another with low-calorie options. Try the five-ounce steak filet with sweet potatoes, spinach, pesto vinaigrette, grilled asparagus, and roasted red bell peppers or the broiled tilapia with zucchini, sugar snap peas, grape tomatoes, cous cous and arugula in a spicy tomato sauce. The BRAVO! chopped salad, which has chopped greens, cucumber, red onion, tomatoes and olives tossed with feta and a traditional, house-made Italian vinaigrette, makes for a gluten-free vegetarian meal. BRAVO! also offers a range of gluten-free pastas and has a vegan menu on Thursday nights.

The smoked tuna dip at The Manship Woodfired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601-398-4562) is a healthy option for an appetizer. For lunch, try something light and fresh, like the Greek salmon salad with baby kale, peppers, cucumbers, grilled onions and feta vinaigrette, or the tomato and avocado fatoush salad, which has sumac, pomegranate, feta, radishes, red onions and cucumbers. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hungrier, try the redfish â&#x20AC;&#x153;fisherman style,â&#x20AC;? the spit-fired Greek chicken or the vegetable plate, all served with the option of a salad. For dinner, salmon, tuna, duck and quarter Greek chicken are served a la carte. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on the Brussels sprouts with pancetta as a side.

Italian food may not ring high on your list of healthy cuisines, what with all the heavy pasta and other dishes. But Tom Ramseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian restaurant, La Finestra (120 N. Congress St., Suite 3, 601-345-8735), is a pretty healthy place to go downtown.

Besides the selection of salads (including the chef salad, which has seasonal greens, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, marinated vegetables and cured meats), it also has many sandwiches that are on the healthier side, such as the Donnatodda, a veggie sandwich named for the JFPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners, Donna Ladd and Todd Stauffer, and the cartenuto, which has roasted chicken, grilled onions, sweet peppers, arugula and provolone. The restaurant also has other dishes for dinner with lamb, calamari and scallops.

With all the nutritious selections available at Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local eateries, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason not to get out of the kitchen and enjoy a meal you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel guilty about.

We have been serving the best Thai food and Sushi rolls in Atlanta, Alabama, Tennessee and now Jackson, MS. We invite you to come try our expertly prepared Thai & Sushi dishes, we have 26 signature martinis, extensive wine selection and fully stocked bar.

We are open to serve you 7 days a week for Lunch & Dinner

HAPPY HOUR (4:30-6PM) (Seven days a week for a limited time) ½ Off Nigiri/Maki Roll Sushi $2 Off House Wine, All Beers And Signature Martinis

(Not valid on charity taco nights)

Download our new app!

Mon. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Maywood Mart Shopping Center 1220 E. Northside Dr. 601-366-5676 www.mcdadeswineandspirits.com Please Drink Responsibly

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson | (601)981-3205 Like us on Facebook! www.surinofthailand.com

21

8 DAYS p 24 | MUSIC p 27 | SPORTS pp 28-30

Apples and Windows: George Wardlawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey

by Zachary Oren Smith

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

22

1969, COURTESY MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART

A

lthough many of us proudly cheer on some of our Mississippi artists, we continue to overlook those who pushed some of the creative boundaries we take for granted. Between May 29 and Aug. 30, the Mississippi Museum of Art exhibits the work of one such artist: George Wardlaw.

Born April 9, 1927, four miles west of Baldwyn, Miss., Wardlaw grew up on his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cotton-and-soybean farm. In 1945, he volunteered for the U.S. Navy, completing his service two years later.

On his return, Wardlaw used his G.I. Bill benefits to pay his tuition at the Memphis Academy of Arts. In an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement for the Mississippi Museum of Art, he tells the story of his painting instructor at the academy, Ben Bishop. Wardlaw recalls that the instructor said one of his paintings was â&#x20AC;&#x153;like a spiritual journey. â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you title it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Spiritual Journey?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did, and I have been on a spiritual journey ever since,â&#x20AC;?

Wardlaw shares.

Having spent years learning the craft of silversmithing, he taught jewelry making at the University of Mississippi, where he met his mentor, Jack Tworkov, then an artist-in-residence, in 1952. People believe that Tworkov influenced Wardlawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eventual conversion to Judaism. In 1956, Wardlaw joined the faculty at Louisiana State University. That same year, the State University of New York invited him to join its art faculty.

In New York, apple orchards surrounded Wardlawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, and he began obsessively researching the fruit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really into apples,â&#x20AC;? Wardlaw says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;being handled, being bruised, being diseasedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the kind of markings, colorations, shapes that appeared.â&#x20AC;?

He began producing studies of the fruit on small canvases and in sculpture. He moved to further abstracting apples as subjects until the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s, when he began painting landscapes of Maineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coastline.

In his March 2008 exhibition at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recent Paintings: Windows 1,â&#x20AC;? Wardlawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artist statement reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Windows are openings that frame the outside and inside world. The glass is a transparent curtain to the world stage, where it has become a setting for the real, the unreal and the surreal nature of my work.â&#x20AC;?

Although he had roots in Abstract Expressionism, Wardlaw worked in movements as far-flung as Color Field painting, Pop Art and Minimalism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His art and his career itself is saturated with energy,â&#x20AC;? says Julian Rankin, marketing director at the Mississippi Museum of Art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The energy to be making in so many mediums from jewelry to sculpture to painting, to be switching to all of these aesthetics and changing alongside all these different art movements, to be traveling, always be teaching and still paintingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even now in his late 80s.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;George Wardlaw: A Life in Artâ&#x20AC;? is at the Mississippi Museum of Art from May 29 to Aug. 30. In the photo, Wardlaw, who currently lives in Massachusetts, paints in his University of Massachusetts studio in Amherst. He taught at the university from 1968 to 1990.

In conjunction with the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show, Fischer Galleries (736 S. President St.) will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;George Wardlaw: Recent Worksâ&#x20AC;? from May 28 and Aug. 30. See â&#x20AC;&#x153;George Wardlaw, A Life in Artâ&#x20AC;? from May 29 and Aug. 30 at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515). It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday between noon and 5 p.m. During museum hours, admission is free for members and children, and $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for students.

ON THE

4PM-2AM MON-SAT

NEVER A COVER! WEDNESDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š6/3

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š

Pub Quiz WITH

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠANDREW

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠM CLARTY

THURSDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š6/4

VOTED ON OF JACKSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEST PATIOS BEST OF JACKSON 1060

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠE

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠCounty

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠLine

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠRd.

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š Ridgeland

601-­â&#x20AC;?899-­â&#x20AC;?0038 WWW.BURGERSBLUES.COM

hummus, craft beers, and gluten free menu options.

132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood, MS 601.992.9498 www.zeekzhouseofgyros.com

Restaurant

Tuesday, June 9

HOUNDMOUTH Clear Plastic Masks

ALLEN STONE

FRIDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š6/5

FRIDAY 6/5

Friday, June 12 JASON DANIELS BAND

JOE CARROLL TRIO

MONDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š6/8

variety of gyros,

BILL & TEMPERANCE

TAUK

The Red Thangs

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Lo Trio

JASON BAILEY

We have a great

WEDNESDAY 6/3

Friday, June 5

EMERALD ACCENT

SATURDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š 6 /6

Come check out Flowoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newest and Only Greek Restaurant!

COMING UP

KARAOKE WITH

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠMATT

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠCOLLETTE

TUESDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š6/9

OPEN MIC WITH

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠB ROCK

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠB AILEY

HAPPY HOUR $1 off all Cocktails, Wine, and Beer

M ONDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š-

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠS AT URDAY

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š 4 P M

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š-

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š7

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;Š P M

901

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠE

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠFORTIFICATION

 â&#x20AC;¨â&#x20AC;ŠSTREET

601-948-0055

WWW.FENIANSPUB.COM

THURSDAY 6/4

Restaurant

Restaurant Open as Usual SATURDAY 6/6

BRUNCH 11-2:30 Patio

TAYLOR FERRELL & MATTHEW MCGEE Restaurant

Wednesday, June 10 Brynn Elliott

Young Valley + European Theatre

Saturday, June 13

KILLER BEAZ Wednesday, June 17

J. RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS Sleepwalkers

Saturday, June 20 KING SUNNY ADE & HIS AFRICAN BEATS

MONDAY6/8

Thursday, July 9

CENTRAL MS BLUES SOCIETY PRESENTS:

CHRIS KNIGHT

BLUE MONDAY

Saturday, July 18

LEON RUSSELL Monday, July 20

Restaurant - 7pm - $5

DELTA RAE

TUESDAY 6/10

Sunday, July 26

PUB QUIZ

W/ TAYLOR & WEBB Restaurant - 8pm - $2 to Play OFFICIAL

HOUSE VODKA

Visit HalandMals.com for a full menu and concert schedule

601.948.0888 200 S. Commerce St. Downtown Jackson, MS

GOOD GRAEFF Friday, October 2

MIKAL CRONIN

JX//RX

COMPLETE SHOW LISTINGS & TICKETS

dulinghall.com

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

JOIN US PATIO

23

THURSDAY 6/4

SATURDAY 6/6

MONDAY 6/8

A Midsummer Art Night is at SpringHill Suites in Ridgeland.

The Magnolia Speech Sprint is at Jackson Academy.

The Guest Chef Series is at Saltine Oyster Bar.

BEST BETS JUNE 3 - 10, 2015

Hip-hop artist MARCx performs for #Vibe Session Friday, June 5, at Soul Wired Cafe.

History Is Lunch is noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Author Janice Tracy discusses her book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mississippi Moonshine Politics.â&#x20AC;?

Sales and signing to follow. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah. state.ms.us. â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Nothinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; But the Bluesâ&#x20AC;? is 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The production is a retrospective of classic blues songs. Additional dates: June 4-6, 7:30 p.m., and June 7, 2 p.m. $28, $22 students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

COURTESY FNBE

WEDNESDAY 6/3

THURSDAY 6/4

FLICKR/CANADIAN FILM CENTRE

June Recital Remix: An Evening of Music and Dancing in Eudoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden is 6-8:30 p.m. at the Eudora Welty House and Museum (1119 Pinehurst Place). The celebration includes music and remarks from scholar Suzanne Mars in conjunction with the Welty Biennial. Free; call 601-3537762; email robin@weltybiennial.org; weltybiennial.org.

the sorority chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community programs and the Think HBCU Initiative. For ages 21 and up. Wear chic white attire. $50, $400 table of eight; call 601-665-9243; email info@theallwhiteaffair.com; theallwhiteaffair.com. â&#x20AC;Ś #Vibe Session is 8 p.m. at Soul Wired CafĂŠ (111 Millsaps Ave.).

Shad Sayles hosts. Performers include Cam Capollo, donbee, MARCx, Zak-Mozis, DJ Murph2Cold and more. $5; call 601-383-2980; email kharijohnson2010@gmail.com.

SATURDAY 6/6

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circeâ&#x20AC;? is 2:30-4 p.m. at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). New Stage Theatre presents the performance in conjunction with the Welty Biennial. Free; call 960-1550; email robin@weltybiennial.

BY MICAH SMITH org; weltybiennial.org. â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asphodelâ&#x20AC;? with Olympia Dukakis is 5-7:30 p.m. at Millsaps JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM College (1701 N. State St.) FAX: 601-510-9019 in Christian Center Hall. The DAILY UPDATES AT Oscar-winning actor presents JFPEVENTS.COM a staged reading of Eudora Weltyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short story in conjunction with the Welty Biennial. Free; call 974-1000; email robin@weltybiennial.org; weltybiennial.org.

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

EVENTS@

24

Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis presents a staged reading of Eudora Weltyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asphodelâ&#x20AC;? Saturday, June 6, at Millsaps College.

FRIDAY 6/5

The Pearl Factor: An All White Affair is 7 p.m. at the Country Club of Jackson (345 St. Andrews Drive). The Rho Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosts. Includes music, food and a silent auction. Benefits

SUNDAY 6/7

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woodsâ&#x20AC;? is 2 p.m. at Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Playhouse (121 Paul Truitt Lane, Pearl). The Stephen Sondheim musical is about a baker and his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to break a witchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curse. Additional dates: June 5-6, 7:30 p.m., June 12, 7:30 p.m., June 13-14, 2 p.m., $15; call 601-6640930; brownpapertickets.com.

MONDAY 6/8

Author Jeff Shaara signs copies of his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil Warâ&#x20AC;? at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202).

Reading at 5:30 p.m. $17.95 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. â&#x20AC;Ś The Covington Brewhouse Beer Dinner is 6 p.m. at Sal & Mookieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Pizza and Ice Cream Joint (565 Taylor St.).

Enjoy a five-course meal paired with beers from Covington Brewhouse. RSVP. $60 per person; call 601-368-1919; email maggieb@salandmookies.com; salandmookies.com.

TUESDAY 6/9

Music in the City is 5:15 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) in Trustmark Grand Hall. Enjoy a cash bar at 5:15 p.m., and music from pianist Rachel Heard at 5:45 p.m. Free, donations welcome; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

WEDNESDAY 6/10

Allen Stone performs 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The soul and R&B artist from Washington State performs to promote his album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Radius.â&#x20AC;?

Brynn Elliott also performs. All-ages show. Adults must accompany children. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net. â&#x20AC;Ś Purgatory and No Victory perform 8 p.m. at Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (208 W. Capitol St.). The midwestern hardcore acts perform as part of their Southeast Annihilation 2015 tour. Suitcase Bomber also performs. $7; call 601-863-9516; find Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Facebook.

Events at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.) UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x160;June 3, noon. Author Janice Tracy discusses her book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mississippi Moonshine Politics.â&#x20AC;? Sales and signing to follow. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x160;June 10, noon-1 p.m.

Historian Clarence Hunter presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Chaplains,â&#x20AC;? a program about influential staff at Tougaloo College. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

Events at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) UĂ&#x160; Ă?ViÂ?Â?iÂ&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; VĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;ÂŤĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x153;vÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;>}iÂ&#x201C;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;

iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;vÂ&#x2C6;V>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;*Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;}Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160;June 4-5, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. In Murrah Hall. The Mississippi Center for Nonprofitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; two-day training is for board members, directors, nonprofit staff and volunteers. Registration required. Meals included. $295; call 601-968-0061; msnonprofits.org.

UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x160;7iÂ?Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;-VÂ&#x2026;Â&#x153;Â?>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;½Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x17E;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C; June 4-7.

Leading scholars discuss the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography and writing, and the artwork featured in the Welty Biennial exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Free; call 974-1000; email robin@ weltybiennial.org; weltybiennial.org. Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;7Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Â?iĂ&#x192;>Â?iĂ&#x160;-Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160;June 4, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., June 5, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). In its 20th year, the order-only annual show brings together buyers and exhibitors. Buyers must have credentials to attend. Registration required. Limited space for accompanying guests. Free for buyers; call 888886-3323; mississippimarket.org. Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;,iVÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;>Â?Ă&#x160;,iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Ă?\Ă&#x160; Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;

>Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;>½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;`iÂ&#x2DC; June 4, 6-8:30 p.m., at Eudora Welty House and Museum (1119 Pinehurst Place). Includes music and remarks from scholar Suzanne Mars in conjunction with the Welty Biennial. Free; call 601-353-7762; email robin@weltybiennial.org; weltybiennial.org.

+)$3 -Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x160;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;*Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;VÂ&#x2026; June 4, 3-4 p.m., at Eudora Welty House and Museum (1119 Pinehurst Place). Children in grades pre-K through 2 hear a story and make a related craft. Free; call 601-3537762; email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.

>``Ă&#x17E;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Â?Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x153;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;viĂ&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x160;June 5, 6-10 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). In the Thad Cochran Center. The conference for young ladies ages 10-20 includes food, speakers, music and more. $15 for two, $5 each additional guest; call 601624-0437; follow Sistas N Pink on Facebook. Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â?`Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160;(2145 Highland Drive) UĂ&#x160;+Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x152;ÂśĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x152;tĂ&#x160;->Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;June 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dr. Robert Brodell and his team from the dermatology department at Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Mississippi, part of UMMC, lead activities about protecting the skin in the summertime.

Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months and members free); call 601-9819469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

UĂ&#x160;6Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;\Ă&#x160;-VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â?LiĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;p Harmonica Heaven June 7, 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Inspirations Studios. Enjoy music from the local multi-genre artist and learn about playing the harmonica. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; i>Â?Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;June 9, 10 a.m.

Includes cooking classes, environmentallyfriendly crafts and story time. $10-$10; call 601981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Mental Math Camp June 8, 9-10 a.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Campers ages 9-12 learn simple calculation techniques to increase their abilities in mental math. Registration required. Runs through June 12. $55; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted.

Events at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.) UĂ&#x160;<Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x201C;ÂŤ\Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; iĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;­ }iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;nÂŽĂ&#x160;June 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn about the behaviors of predators and prey in the one-week camp. Registration required. $185, $170 members, optional extended care and lunch sold separately; call 601-352-2580, ext. 240; jacksonzoo.org/camp.

UĂ&#x160;<Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x201C;ÂŤ\Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă?Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x201C;iĂ&#x160;­ }iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2021;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;ÂŽĂ&#x160;June 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn about the remarkable abilities of animals in the one-week camp. Registration required. $185, $170 members, optional extended care and lunch sold separately; call 601-352-2580, ext. 240; jacksonzoo.org/camp.

77 Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;June 5, 7:30 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). Professional wrestlers include John Cena, The New Day, Ryback and more. Doors open at 6 p.m. $15-$95; call 800-745-3000. >}Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Â?Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x160;-ÂŤiiVÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x160;-ÂŤĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;June 6, 7:30 a.m., at Jackson Academy (4908 Ridgewood Road). At Raider Park. Check-in is at 6:15 a.m. Includes a 5K run/walk and a half-mile kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bubble run. The event is a fundraiser for Magnolia Speech School. Registration required. $30 5K, $20 fun run; call 922-5530; mss5k.com. * Ă&#x160;-Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;`Ă&#x17E;LĂ&#x2022;Â&#x2C6;Â?`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;petition June 6, at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Categories include bodybuilding, figure, bikini and physique. $20 prejudging, night show: $30, $40 VIP; email hollis1965@ comcast.net; npcsouthernclassic.com.

*&0 30/.3/2%$ Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;`>Ă&#x17E; June 4, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., in Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the mostly monthly neighborhood event formerly known as Fondren After 5. Includes shopping, food vendors, live music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601-720-2426; fft.city. /Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;*i>Ă&#x20AC;Â?Ă&#x160; >VĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;\Ă&#x160; Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â?Â?Ă&#x160;7Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160; vv>Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC; June 5, 7 p.m., at Country Club of Jackson (345 St. Andrews Drive). The Rho Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the host.

Includes music, food and a silent auction. Proceeds go toward the sorority chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community programs and the Think HBCU Initiative. For ages 21 and up. Wear chic white attire. $50, $400 table of eight; call 601-665-9243; email info@theallwhiteaffair.com; theallwhiteaffair.com.

Write to Change the World July 11, at Jackson Free Press (125 S. Congress St., Suite 1324). Learn to write sparkling stories that can change your life and the world around you in Donna Laddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nonfiction writing classes. Meets six Saturdays 12:30-3 p.m. in July and August. Classes recorded if you need to miss any meeting. $350, includes snacks and materials; call 601.362.6121 ext. 15; email class@writingtochange.com; writingtochange.com. Mention this listing for 20 percent off fee. ÂŁÂŁĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x2022;>Â?Ă&#x160; *Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160; >Â?Â?Ă&#x160;July 18, at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St.). The annual event includes food, door prizes, a silent auction, poetry and live music. Currently seeking sponsors, auction donations and volunteers; get auction items by June 15 to make the auction guide in the big Chick issue. Benefits the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. For ages 18 and up. $5; call 601-362-6121 ext. 16; email natalie@jacksonfreepress.com; jfpchickball.com.

&//$ $2).+

34!'% 3#2%%.

Mississippi Farmers Market Birthday Bash June 6, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Farmers Market (929 High St.). The market has been in operation for 10 years. Enjoy cooking demonstrations, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, shopping and more.

Free; call 601-354-6573.

Âş Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â?Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;ÂťĂ&#x160;June 3-6, 7:30 p.m., June 7, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The production is a retrospective of classic blues songs. $28, $22 students; call 601948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

Â&#x153;Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x153;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x160; iiĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x20AC; June 8, 6 p.m., at Sal & Mookieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Pizza and Ice Cream Joint (565 Taylor St.). Enjoy a fivecourse meal paired with beers from Covington Brewhouse. RSVP. $60 per person; call 3681919; email maggieb@salandmookies.com; salandmookies.com. Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;ivĂ&#x160;-iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;June 8, 6:30 p.m., at Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201). Enjoy a six-course dinner from Chef Jason McLeod of Ironside Fish & Oyster in San Diego. Beer pairings sold separately. Registration required. $80 per person, $20 optional beer pairings; call 601-982-2899; saltinerestaurant.com.

30/243 7%,,.%33 Fleet Feet Blue Mile June 5, 5:30 p.m., at Township at Colony Park (1037 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). Includes a USATF-certified one-mile race, a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mile and a beer mile. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Central Mississippi Chapter of Girls on the Run. Registration prices vary; call 601-899-9696; fleetfeetjackson.com.

Âş Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;7Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`Ă&#x192;ÂťĂ&#x160;June 5-6, 7:30 p.m., June 7, 2 p.m., at Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Playhouse (121 Paul Truitt Lane, Pearl). The Stephen Sondheim musical is about a baker and his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to break a witchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curse. Additional dates: June 12, 7:30 p.m., June 13-14, 2 p.m., $15; call 601-664-0930; brownpapertickets.com. Âş Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;ViÂťĂ&#x160;June 6, 2:30-4 p.m., at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). New Stage Theatre presents the performance in conjunction with the Welty Biennial. Free; call 960-1550; email robin@weltybiennial.org; weltybiennial.org. Âş Ă&#x192;ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x153;`iÂ?ÂťĂ&#x160;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;"Â?Ă&#x17E;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x2C6;>Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x17D;>Â&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;June 6, 5-7:30 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). In Christian Center Hall. The Oscar-winning actor presents a staged reading of Eudora Weltyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short story in conjunction with the Welty Biennial. Free; call 974-1000; email robin@weltybiennial.org; weltybiennial.org. Âş Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;`iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;ÂťĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;i>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;June 9, 7 p.m., at Rossini Cucina Italiana (207 W. Jackson St., Suite A, Ridgeland). Mississippi Murder Mysteries presents the family-friendly show set in a senior day care center for superheroes. Includes a three-course dinner. RSVP. $46; call 601-8502318; fringedinnertheatre.com.

#/.#%243 &%34)6!,3 Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) UĂ&#x160;/ 1 Ă&#x160;June 5, 9 p.m. The band from Oyster, N.Y. plays heavy instrumental rock fusion music. Doors open at 8 p.m. All-ages show.

Adults must accompany children. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;`Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;June 9, 8 p.m. The alternative country band performs to promote their latest album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Neon Limelight.â&#x20AC;? Doors open at 7 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email jordan@ardenland.net; dulinghall.com. *Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;"Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;i>VÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x160;June 6, 3-6:30 p.m., at Battlefield Park (953 Porter St.).

The gospel concert features local musicians and dancers. Free; call 601-720-5171. iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;>Â?-Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;June 6-20, at Hattiesburg. The multi-genre festival includes music, dance, exhibits and theater at several venues. Headliners include Webb Wilder and Travis Clark. Admission varies per event, some events free, all-access passes available; call 601-296-7475; festivalsouth.org.

,)4%2!29 3)'.).'3 Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x152;ivĂ&#x2022;Â?Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}\Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x203A;iÂ?Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Â?Ă&#x160; 7>Ă&#x20AC;ÂťĂ&#x160;June 8, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202 Jeff Shaara signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $17.95 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks. com; lemuriabooks.com. >Ă&#x20AC;}>Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;7>Â?Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160; iVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160;June 6, 1 p.m., at Quisenberry Library (605 E. Northside Drive, Clinton). Storyteller Terrence Roberts hosts Stories â&#x20AC;&#x153;For My Peopleâ&#x20AC;?: A Storytelling Workshop for Children. Free; call 601-924-5684.

#2%!4)6% #,!33%3 /Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;June 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table Cooking School (Town of Livingston, 129 Mannsdale Road, Madison). Recipes include barbecue pork sandwiches, potato chips and ice cream sandwiches.

Registration required. $59; call 601-506-6821; farmerstableinlivingston.com.

7Â&#x2026;iiÂ?Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;*Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;June 6, 1-3:30 p.m., at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). The focus of the class is centering and pulling techniques. Additional session on June 13 (optional). Registration required. $50 per day; call 601-856-7546; craftsmensguildofms.org.

"% 4(% #(!.'% Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;June 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at SpringHill Suites (121 Southtowne Ave., Ridgeland). See art from Batson Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital patients, and enjoy refreshments and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit Batson Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. RSVP. Free; call 601-790-6539; email mcole@ kanahotelgroup.com; visitridgeland.com.

-Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;June 4, 7-10 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Operation Shoestring hosts. Includes music with Southern Komfort Brass Band as the headliner, food and a cash bar. Sponsorships available. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; call 601-353-6336, ext. 27; email sjordan@operationshoestring.org.

Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings, or to add your own events online. You can also email event details to events@jacksonfreepress.com to be added to the calendar. The deadline is noon the Wednesday prior to the week of publication.

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

#/--5.)49

25

Best of Jackson Winner 2012-2014

LIVE MUSIC Friday June 5th

Saturday June 6th

Guitarist Dennis Bonds

SJ BLUES

Press Play 601 Band

Jazz Tuesdays

12 Noon

9PM

Voted one of the Best Restaurants and Bars In Metro Jackson Best of Jackson 2014

9 PM Tuesday June 9th

7 PM

Plate Lunch Starting At $10 Includes Tea! Minutes from Downtown!

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

1100 John R. Lynch Street | Suite A | Jackson, MS 769.251.5222 | thepenguinms.com

26

0XVLF OLVWLQJV DUH GXH QRRQ 0RQGD\ WR EH LQFOXGHG LQ SULQW DQG RQOLQH OLVWLQJV PXVLF#MDFNVRQIUHHSUHVV FRP

*5.% 7%$.%3$!9

by Genevieve Legacy

N

=$&+ 0&1$%%

ew York-based instrumental band â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a strong 18- to 35-yearTAUK bridges gaps, whether in old range of fans, but we also have a lot generations or genre. Blending of older fans,â&#x20AC;? Dolan says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we multiple musical styles, from jazz played the Floydfest in Virginia (in July to â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s rock to funk and electronic, TAUKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014), there was an older couple with melody-driven original songs lay track be- a sign that said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old People Love You.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tween generations of music and music lov- When we played San Antonio, Texas, for ers. Their ability comes from years of expe- the first time last year, there was a group rience and a wide net of influences. of younger kids, maybe 15 years old, in The core members of band have been the front row. They knew a bunch of the making music together for 15 years. Gui- songs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great feeling to know our tarist Matt Jalbert, bassist Charlie Dolan music is reaching a broad audience.â&#x20AC;? and keyboardist Alric â&#x20AC;&#x153;A.C.â&#x20AC;? Carter began playing together when they were in the seventh grade in Oyster Bay, N.Y. Back then, they listened to breakthrough rock artists such as The Who, Cream and Jimi Hendrix. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, we got into Phish and (the) Dave Matthews Band. Later, we listened to Herbie Hancock, and funk bands like Sly and the Family Stone,â&#x20AC;? Dolan says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now we listen to everything: electronic music, /HIW WR ULJKW &KDUOLH 'RODQ $OULF ´$ & Âľ &DUWHU 0DWW -DOEHUW DQG ,VDDF 7HHO RI 7$8. SHUIRUP )ULGD\ -XQH DW 'XOLQJ +DOO classical, rock, hip-hop to R&Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;everything.â&#x20AC;?

After high school, the three friends went their separate ways to study music at different colTAUK released three albums in the leges. Dolan attended New York Univer- last two years: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pull Factorsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hosity, Carter went to Northwestern Univer- munculusâ&#x20AC;? in 2013 and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Collisionsâ&#x20AC;? in sity, and Jalbert headed for the University 2014. Long-time collaborator Robert of Virginia. But each time they came home Carranza, a Grammy winner who has from school, they rehearsed, learned new worked with The Mars Volta and Jack songs and performed, planning to contin- Johnson, produced the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most reue playing together after graduation. cent release. Dolan says Carranzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inTAUKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been volvement on the 10-track collection strictly instrumental, though. The current helped TAUK refine its dynamic fusion incarnation officially began in 2011, when of funk, jazz and progressive rock. the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vocalist left the group, and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robert is a big part of the sound musicians couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a replacement. weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve developed,â&#x20AC;? Dolan says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be They soon realized that listeners were a big part of everything we record and responding to the melodies they wrote, release in the foreseeable future.â&#x20AC;? which didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require vocals. Drummer Carranza has been on the scene at Isaac Teel joined a year later, completing TAUKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shows since the band began this new voiceless version of TAUK. touring in January of this year, producLike most ambitious late-20-some- ing the next releaseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a two-disc live althings in bands, gigging is the heart of the bum. Dolan says the band has been hard endeavor for TAUK. at work making videos and recording live â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are eternally touring,â&#x20AC;? Dolan performances for the as-of-yet unnamed says, which has helped the band build a album, which the band hopes to release diverse and loyal fan base. TAUK plays at later this year. festivals such as Bonnaroo, Hangout MuTAUK performs at 9 p.m. Friday, sic Festival and the Allman Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Peach June 5, at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave., Fest, and has appeared with artists such 601-292-7121). Tickets are $10 in adas The Funky Meters, Robert Randolph vance at ardenland.net or $15 at the door. & the Family Band, Papadosio, Toubab The Red Thangs also perform. For more Krewe and The Revivalists. information, visit taukband.com.

&2857(6< 2) 05 6,33

TAUK: Beyond the Genre

2OH 7DYHUQ '- 5HLJQ 7KH 3HQJXLQ 'HQQLV %RQGV %RQQ\ %ODLUÂśV 2SHQ 0LF S P QRRQ 3UHVV 3OD\ %DQG &HUDPLÂśV 6WDFH &DVVLH S P .ULVWRV %ULDQ 6PLWK S P 3RSÂśV 6DORRQ 7UXFN 3DWFK 5HYLYDO 'XOLQJ +DOO -RKQ 0LFKDHO %RQG S P Z ,VPDHO /RXIWL &RUELQ 5HHG 3LHUFHÂśV %\UDP 0LOHV )ODWW 0F'DYLWW 6DUD $VPXV S P IUHH S P DGYDQFH GRRU 6KXFNHUÂśV +XQWHU 7KH *DWRUV DUGHQODQG QHW S P 5RQ (WKHULGJH GHFN

)LW]JHUDOGÂśV -RKQQ\ %DUUDQFR S P IUHH S P -RVHSK /D6DOOD 6RXOVKLQH 5LGJHODQG +RQH\ER\ S P %RRWV S P +DO 0DOÂśV %LOO 7HPSHUDQFH 6RXO :LUHG &DIH 9LEH 6HVVLRQ +DPSÂśV 3ODFH %HVW LQ +LS +RS Z KRVWHG E\ 6KDG 6D\OHV S P $]LDWLNN %ODNN

.DWKU\QÂśV *DWRU 7ULR S P 8QGHUJURXQG 6WHYLH - S P 0F%ÂśV /DUU\ %UHZHU 'RXJ +XUG

S P 6KXFNHUœV :D\ORQ +DOHQ *5.% 3!452$!9 6RXO :LUHG &DIH 0DWWKHZ )UDQW] 8QGHUJURXQG $GLE 6DELU $PHULVWDU %RWWOHQHFN %OXHV %DU S P IUHH 9LFNVEXUJ .LQJ (GZDUG S P IUHH *5.% 4(523$!9 %XUJHUV %OXHV $DURQ &RNHU S P %XUJHUV %OXHV $ODQQD 0RVOH\ S P )HQLDQœV (PHUDOG $FFHQW )LW]JHUDOGœV -RKQQ\ %DUUDQFR S P /XFNHQEDFK S P *HRUJLD %OXH )ORZRRG -DVRQ 7XUQHU *HRUJLD %OXH 0DGLVRQ 6NLS 0LNH +DO 0DOœV '¡/R 7ULR S P ,URQ +RUVH *ULOO %ULDQ -RQHV 0U 6LSS ZLOO KROG D &' UHOHDVH SDUW\ DW 8QGHUJURXQG 7KXUVGD\ QLJKW S P .DWKU\QœV 6LG 7KRPSVRQ 'RXEOH6KRW] S P 0 %DU 6LSSLQ 7ULSSLQ &RPHG\ ) -RQHV &RUQHU 7KH %OXHV 0DQ S P %UR &KULV 6DUWLQ 6KRZ Z '- 6KDQRPDN S P 7KH 6RXO 6KLQH )DPLO\ %DQG IUHH PLGQLJKW 2QH %ORFN (DVW &ROOHJH 1LJKW Z )HQLDQœV -DVRQ %DLOH\ '9'- 5HLJQ S P )LW]JHUDOGœV -RKQQ\ &URFNHU 3HOLFDQ &RYH $QG\ 7DQDV S P S P 6KXFNHUœV $FRXVWLF &URVVURDGV *HRUJLD %OXH )ORZRRG %ULDQ S P -RQHV :HOW\ +RXVH +RZDUG -RQHV -D]] *HRUJLD %OXH 0DGLVRQ $QG\ S P IUHH 7DQDV 8QGHUJURXQG 0U 6LSS &' ,URQ +RUVH *ULOO 6LODV 5HHG 1¡ 'D 5HOHDVH 3DUW\ S P %RRNV S P .DWKU\QœV $QGUHZ 3DWHV S P *5.% &2)$!9 IUHH .LQJGRP &LW\ &KXUFK 3HDUO 3 /R $PHULVWDU %RWWOHQHFN %OXHV %DU -HWVRQ S P 9LFNVEXUJ 0U 6LSS S P IUHH %RQQ\ %ODLUœV $DURQ &RNHU S P 0 %DU 6DWXUGD\ 1LJKW /LYH Z '- 6KDQRPDN IUHH %XUJHUV %OXHV )DUULV 0DUWLQ 0DUWLQœV 6RXWKHUQ .RPIRUW %UDVV $QWRRQ S P %DQG S P &OXE &DQWRQ -DVRQ 0LOOHU 1HZ +RUL]RQ &KXUFK 7KH %DQG S P :LOOLDPV %URWKHUV S P &OXE +RW %R\ 7XUN 2OH 7DYHUQ 7KH 'HPLJV Z 'XOLQJ +DOO 7$8. Z 7KH 5HG %DZFRPYLOOH 7KDQJV S P DGYDQFH 7KH 3HQJXLQ 6- %OXHV S P GRRU DUGHQODQG QHW 5HHG 3LHUFHœV %\UDP /RYLQ ) -RQHV &RUQHU 7KH %OXHV 0DQ /HGEHWWHU S P IUHH S P IUHH %UR &KULV 6DUWLQ 7KH 6RXO 6KLQH )DPLO\ %DQG 6KXFNHUœV $FRXVWLF &URVVURDGV GHFN S P IUHH +XQWHU PLGQLJKW 7KH *DWRUV S P 6LG )HQLDQœV -RH &DUUROO 7ULR 7KRPSVRQ 'RXEOH6KRW] )LW]JHUDOGœV -RKQQ\ &URFNHU GHFN S P IUHH 5RQQLH 0F*HH S P 8QGHUJURXQG -HII -HQVHQ *HRUJLD %OXH )ORZRRG &DURO S P &DQWUHOO *HRUJLD %OXH 0DGLVRQ 6KDXQ 3DWWHUVRQ *5.% 35.$!9 +DPSœV 3ODFH %HVW LQ 5 % 3URYLVLRQV )DLUYLHZ ,QQ 6RXWKHUQ 6RXO .QLJKW %UXFH D P ,URQ +RUVH *ULOO 6FRWW $OEHUW %XUJHUV %OXHV 6KDXQ -RKQVRQ S P 3DWWHUVRQ S P -DPHV 3DWWHUVRQ 3KRWRJUDSK\ &KDU %LJ (DV\ 7KUHH D P 0DUFHOOD +HU /RYHUV S P 7KH +LGHDZD\ 0LNH 0DUW\¡V .DWKU\QœV $FRXVWLF &URVVURDGV -DP 6HVVLRQ S P 0 %DU )OLUW )ULGD\V Z '- IUHH .DWKU\QœV $FRXVWLF $QJHOV S P IUHH 0DUWLQœV <RXQJ 9DOOH\ S P 0DUWLQœV 5XWDEDJD -DP S P

3HOLFDQ &RYH $QG\ 7DQDV 6HDIRRG 5ÂśHYROXWLRQ 5LGJHODQG +RZDUG -RQHV -D]] 7ULR D P 6KXFNHUÂśV $QGUHZ 3DWHV GHFN

S P IUHH 6RPEUD 0H[LFDQ .LWFKHQ -RKQ 0RUD D P 7DEOH 5DSKDHO 6HPPHV D P :HOOLQJWRQÂśV $QG\ +DUGZLFN D P 7KH <DFKW &OXE 6LG 7KRPSVRQ 'RXEOH6KRW] S P

*5.% -/.$!9 +DO 0DOÂśV &HQWUDO 06 %OXHV 6RFLHW\ UHVW S P )LW]JHUDOGÂśV &KULV /LQN +XQWHU *LEVRQ S P -XOHS -RH\ 3OXQNHWW S P .DWKU\QÂśV -RVHSK /D6DOOD S P /DVW &DOO 6SRUWV *ULOO , /RYH 0RQGD\V Z '- 6SRRQ DIWHU S P 0DUWLQÂśV 2SHQ 0LF )UHH -DP S P 3HOLFDQ &RYH 6WDFH &DVVLH S P

*5.% 45%3$!9 %XUJHUV %OXHV -HVVH ´*XLWDU¾ 6PLWK S P 'XOLQJ +DOO +RXQGPRXWK Z &OHDU 3ODVWLF 0DVNV S P DGYDQFH GRRU DUGHQODQG QHW )HQLDQœV 2SHQ 0LF )LW]JHUDOGœV -RKQQ\ %DUUDQFR S P /DUU\ %UHZHU 'RXJ +XUG S P .DWKU\QœV :D\ORQ +DOHQ S P .HPLVWU\ 2SHQ 0LF 0DUJDULWDœV -RKQ 0RUD S P 3HOLFDQ &RYH %ULDQ -RQHV S P 7KH 3HQJXLQ -D]] 7XHVGD\ 8QGHUJURXQG -HVVH 5RELQVRQ S P

*5.% 7%$.%3$!9 %RQQ\ %ODLUÂśV 2SHQ 0LF S P 'XOLQJ +DOO $OOHQ 6WRQH Z %U\QQ (OOLRWW S P DGYDQFH GRRU DUGHQODQG QHW )LW]JHUDOGÂśV -RKQQ\ %DUUDQFR S P -RKQQ\ &URFNHU 'HEELH %XLH S P +DPSÂśV 3ODFH %HVW LQ +LS +RS Z $]LDWLNN %ODNN .DWKU\QÂśV /DUU\ %UHZHU 'RXJ +XUG S P 6KXFNHUÂśV 5RDG +RJV 8QGHUJURXQG 3OXV 2QH -D]] 7ULR S P IUHH

*HW UHJLRQDO SLFNV QHZ UHOHDVHV DQG RWKHU PXVLF QHZV HYHU\ ZHHN DW 7KH 0XVLF %ORJ DW MIS PV PXVLFEORJ &RQWDFW LQIR DW MIS PV PXVLFYHQXHV

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

MUSIC | live

27

DIVERSIONS | jfp sports iĂ&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160;>Â?Â?Ă&#x160;Â?iĂ&#x203A;iÂ?Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x192;ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;

HOME COOKINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

CAPSULE

by Jon Wiener

by Jon Wiener

PGA Tour rookie and Brandon, Miss., native Jonathan Randolph enjoyed his brightest moment of his rookie season at the AT&T Byron Nelson Classic May 28-31.

talize on his dazzling putting skills in Irving. In doing so, he found himself in the infamous tour mix for the first time.

Suddenly, Randolph wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just another anonymous tour rookie. He led a major tournament late in the third round.

Cameras trailed his walks up the fairway, hugging closer than the yardage book slotted in Randolphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back pocket. His name was plastered in bold and all caps atop

E\ -RQ :LHQHU

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

cryogenic suit. A Sunday full of such promise quickly became a disappointing slide.

Yet, it was every bit a breakthrough week for the affable Mississippian. He carded three straight rounds in the 60s for the first time in his career. His 63 on Friday proved one of the best rounds played in Irving all week. That made his performance the following day most impressive. PGA Tour players believe in the axiom that the hardest thing to do in golf is follow one really low score with another one. Randolph proved to be the exception with his 65 on Saturday, far outclassing his high-profile playing partners in the process: Masters champion Jordan Spieth and Ryder Cup

Randolph Tastes Tour Success

3PORTS "OUTS OF THE 7EEK

28

course leaderboards and CBS graphics. After he had played the majority of his rookie season in relative obscurity, Randolph was now front and center.

Meanwhile, he still played an impossibly difficult game against the best players in the world. The PGA Tour is a pressure-packed cauldron that can swallow even the biggest stars, much less the uninitiated rookie.

It got the best of Randolph. Standing on the 18th tee tied for the lead, one good swing away from another impeccable round, he made his only bad stroke of the day. He pulled his drive into the water lining the fairway and compounded the error

COURTESY OLE MISS ATHLETICS

Murrah High School basketball great Jesse Pate passed away on Friday, May 29, from a spinal meningitis infection at the age of 41.

Pate won two state titles, was Mr. Basketball in 1993 and is the fourth leading scorer in Murrah history at 22.7 points per game.

Support a great legacy and cause. The fifth annual 5K Walk for Mike is Saturday, June 6, starting at 8 a.m., in downtown Jackson. The walk is $20 to register. All proceeds go towards the Michael D. Johnson Memorial Foundation Scholarship, which awards $1,500 in college tuition funds to a Jackson Public Schools student-athlete.

A special memorial service for legendary Alcorn State University head basketball coach Dave Whitney will be Saturday, June 6, at noon at the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex on the Alcorn campus in Lorman, Miss. Whitney led the Braves to 12 SWAC championships as head coach. He died on May 10 at the age of 85.

The Mississippi Braves wrap up a 10-game home stand June 3-5 at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). They return Thursday July 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15 to play against the Biloxi Shuckers.

Jackson Preparatory School product and Ole Miss great Jonathan Randolph completed his best two-week stretch of his PGA Tour rookie season. He finished T-20 at the Wells Fargo Invitational, followed by a T-34 at the Byron Nelson Classic on May 28-31.

P

GA Tour rookie Jonathan Randolph played brilliantly over 53 holes at the AT&T Byron Nelson Classic this past week in Irving, Texas. The final 19 was a welcome initiation into what the pressure cooker of the PGA Tour is all about.

Randolph carved up a soggy TPC Four Seasons course with a 69-63-65 start over three rounds. It was a breakthrough of sorts after a slow start to his rookie season.

The former All American at Ole Miss had missed the cut in three straight starts and nine times in 14 events. But Randolphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ball-striking took a turn for the better in recent weeks, giving him a chance to capi-

7KH 1%$ )LQDOV SLWV /H%URQ -DPHV DQG WKH &OHYHODQG &DYDOLHUV DJDLQVW OHDJXH 093 6WHSK &XUU\ DQG WKH *ROGHQ 6WDWH :DUULRUV *DPH RQH LV 7KXUVGD\ -XQH DW S P $OO JDPHV ZLOO EH RQ $%&

'RQÂśW PLVV $PHULFDQ 3KDURDKÂśV UDFH IRU KLVWRU\ LQ WKH %HOPRQW 6WDNHV 6DWXUGD\ -XQH DW S P RQ 1%$ 3KDURDK LV ORRNLQJ WR WKH ÂżUVW KRUVH VLQFH WR FODLP WKH FRYHWHG 7ULSOH &URZQ

7KH ELJJHVW SUL]H LQ SURIHVVLRQDO VRFFHU LV XS IRU JUDEV RQ 6DWXUGD\ -XQH LQ WKH &KDPSLRQV /HDJXH ÂżQDO %DUFHORQD YV -XYHQWXV DW S P RQ WKH )R[ 1HWZRUN

7HQQLV DQ\RQH" 7KH )UHQFK 2SHQ FRQFOXGHV )ULGD\ -XQH 6XQGD\ -XQH RQ 1%&

moments later with a short missed putt for a closing double-bogey.

It was the only scratch on another sterling scorecard, one that came at the end of a brutally long day amidst torrential Texas rain delays. And Randolph still carded a salty 65 to put himself in the penultimate group on Sunday. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be unfair to connect the closing stumble to the heightened gravity of the moment, if Randolph hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played so flawlessly until that point. The pressure of the lead combined with the proximity of the clubhouse can do terrible things to a golferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s psyche.

Still, Randolph entered the final round tied for second place, just two shots behind the lead. But the fall from the rarefied air continued. He bogeyed the first two holes and never gained any momentum after that. His final-round 74 didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include a single birdie and dropped him to a T-34 finish. It was as though the previously redhot Randolph had put on Dr. Victor Friesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

veteran Hunter Mahan.

It was easily the brightest moment of Randolphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infant PGA Tour career.

But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason for most axioms: They usually prove true. In the case of the tour, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because low scores always mean more scrutiny and pressure.

They bring television cameras around your every move. They place elite stars with enormous followings in your group.

They create undue expectations for yourself and the course. They raise the stakes on every shot. They make you sit all day and think about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake while you wait for everyone else to tee off.

In short, they put you in the mixer.

Randolph found out what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about last week in Dallas, and that only bodes well for his future. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an experience that most eventual champions have gone through at some level. After all, you have to have the spice to get thrown in the cauldron.

Jon Wiener is the host and producer of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Cookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? on ESPN 105.9 FM The Zone. He has a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in English and masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in broadcast journalism.

Follow him on Twitter at @ESPNHomeCookin.

ER

H

+PJO VT GPS PVS 5SJWJB 4FBTPO 'JOBMF 1BSUZ +VOF UI

'PMMPX .FMMPX +BDLTPO

)DFHERRN ZZZ IDFHERRN FRP PHOORZMDFNVRQ 7ZLWWHU #PHOORZMDFNVRQ ,QVWDJUDP #PHOORZMDFNVRQ

%PHXPPE 'FTUJWBM ┬Е %PHXPPE #MWE 'MPXPPE .4 ┬З 4VO 5IV ┬Е 'SJ 4BU /LNH 8V 2Q )DFHERRN IRU 'DLO\ 6SHFLDOV DQG 8SGDWHV 0HOORZ0XVKURRP-DFNVRQ

EG H T

O RO M

E RE N

-Pool Is Cool-

Best Ribs Best BBQ 970 High St, Jackson

(601) 354-4665

www.chimneyville.com

WeтАЩre still #1!

Best Place to Play Pool Best of Jackson 2015

INDUSTRY HAPPY HOUR Daily

┬атАитАй11pm

┬атАитАй-2am

DAILY 12pm

┬атАитАй-

┬атАитАй7pm BEER SPECIALS

POOL LEAGUE Mon

┬атАитАй-

┬атАитАйFri

┬атАитАйNight

DRINK SPECIALS BURGERS INGS ULL BAR GATED PARKING BIG SCREEN TVтАЩS LEAGUE AND TEAM PLAY B EGINNERS TO A DVANCED I NSTRUCTORS A VAILABLE

444

┬атАитАйBounds

┬атАитАйSt.

┬атАитАйJackson

┬атАитАйMS

601-718-7665

├Х┬Шi├К├О├К┬З├К┬Щ]├К├У├д┬гx├К├КU├К├К┬Нv┬л┬░┬У├Г

Best of Jackson Finalist 2015

29

DIVERSIONS | jfp sports

THURSDAY

>LKULZKH` 1\UL YK

!$)"´3 *!::

6/4

$5 APPETIZERS (D O ) INE IN

NLY

OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL

FRIDAY

6/5

YOUNG VALLEY 49 :077 WITH SPECIAL GUEST ! 74

;O\YZKH` 1\UL [O

P A R T Y 74

-YPKH` 1\UL [O

by Bryan Flynn

A

lot happened in the sports world in the last week.

The NBA and NHL finals are now set, and the NCAA Baseball Tournament started May 29 and the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College World Series started June 1, just to name a few. Last week also marked less than 100 days until the start of college football.

So, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK if you missed some of

the medical observer can stop the game and get the person help.

Finally, in the biggest and most unprecedented move in college sports by a major conference, the SEC has adopted a proposal that bans athletes from transferring into the conference or to member schools if they have histories of domestic violence or sexual assault. Most who run afoul of their team or the law have been

6/6

SOUTHERN KOMFORT

FLICKR/ ANDREA WRIGHT

#$ 2% , % !3%

10 P.M.

SATURDAY

The SEC Leads the Way

:;,=0, 1 BRASS BAND 10 P.M

B L U E S 74

:H[\YKH` 1\UL [O

*%&& *%.3%.

74 ;\LZKH` 1\UL [O

SUNDAY

6/7

BEER BUCKET SPECIAL (5 Beers for $8.75)

ALL DAY LONG!

MONDAY

6/8

OPEN MIC

NIGHT

TUESDAY

6/9

1 , : : , SHRIMP 2 / " ) . 3 / . BOIL HUK OPZ

,%'%.$!29 &2)%.$3 ! 74

#534/-%2 !002%#)!4)/. ;/<9:+(@: -PYZ[ KYPUR -9,,

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

MYVT ! [V

30

FREE BAR SNACKS AND FOOD SPECIALS

-9,, 4<:0* WT [V ! : 7YLZPKLU[ :[YLL[

^^^ <UKLYNYV\UK JVT

5 - 10 PM

$1 PBR & HIGHLIFE

$2 MARGARITAS 10pm - 12am

UPCOMING SHOWS 6/12 - Lucidea 6/13 - CBDB w/ Backup Planet 6/19 - The Tombigbees w/ Parallax 6/20 - Steepwater Band 6/31 - Sabotage New Orleans Beastie Boys Tribute

See Our New Menu

WWW.MARTINSLOUNGE.NET

214 S. STATE ST. DOWNTOWN JACKSON

601.354.9712

The SEC recently adopted a policy that football players with a history of domestic abuse or sexual assault can no longer transfer into the conference or to different schools within it.

the big news to come out of the SEC. The conference made several changes at its annual spring meeting. One was increasing the fine for fans storming the field or court. Now, schools will be fined $50,000 for a first offense, up from $5,000.

A second offense would net the school a $100,000 fine over the old $25,000, and after the third offense, the school will now get a $250,000, up from $50,000.

The move should make schools take keeping fans off the field-of-play, for the safety of themselves and the players, more seriously. Also, fines had to be adjusted with schools sharing a NCAA record $455.8 million in revenue, or $31.2 million per school, in the 14-member conference. The old fines didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scare anyone when schools were getting that much shared cash.

The conference also approved adding independent medical observers in the press box for all football games. If officials or a teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical staff fails to notice a player who might need medical help after a play,

able to go to another school after burning all their chances up at their previous institution of higher learning, especially in cases of domestic violence or sexual assault charges. Those players can no longer leave from conferences such as the Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference or Big Ten and then transfer into the SEC. It also means a player canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave schools such as the University of Georgia and transfer to the University of Alabama, like Jonathan Taylor, who left the Bulldogs and went to the Tide after being kicked off the Georgia team because of a 2014 domestic-violence charge.

As with all SEC policies, there is a waiver process for players if charges are dropped or they are cleared in a court of law. This is a major step in the right direction for college sports, and it also puts pressure on other conferences to do the same thing.

Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

$FWUHVV +HPLQJZD\ %ULDQ ZKR UHOHDVHG ³$PELHQW 2Q /DQG´ BBB 5RPHR ,WDOLDQ FDU FRP SDQ\

(ODVWLF :6- ULYDO (DFK

$OWN

±0RESIDENTIAL 0ETS² ²7KH\¶UH D EXQFK RI DQLPDOV !CROSS

:RUG EHIRUH RXW RU SXW ,W SUHFHGHV WKHWD 0DNH D GLIIHUHQFH 3KRQH FRQQHFWLRQ ' PHG VFDQ ³-DYD´ WUXPSHWHU 5RE )RUG E\ UHVLGHQFH :LWK $FURVV WKH ¿UVW FDW SUHVLGHQW" 6HH $FURVV /XDX VWDSOH 7ZR SOD\HU FDUG JDPH 7ZLFH VHUYLQJ GRJ SUHVLGHQW" $I¿[ DV D EXWWRQ

³$V , VHH LW ´ LQ D WH[W ³1LJKW´ DXWKRU :LHVHO ³0RG 6TXDG´ PHPEHU )ORZHU SDUW PDGH XS RI VHSDOV 8S DQG TXLW BBB 'D\ PXOWLYLWDPLQV (QGLQJ IRU VSDW 'LUHFWHG WRZDUG

5HFHQW VPDOO IXUU\ SUHVLGHQW LQ D FDJH" 5HVRUW W\SH 9LFWRULDQ RU (GZDUGLDQ H J /HDGLQJ SRW EHOOLHG SLJ SUHVL GHQW" 8QGHUZDWHU QDYDO KDELWDW 3LFWXUH RI SDQGHPRQLXP

/LNH PRODVVHV 7XUQHU RI QRWH )RUPLFDU\ GZHOOHUV ³+HOO BBB ´ .H\ RI %UDKPV¶V 6\PSKRQ\ 1R 'LUH *UDPPDU FODVV IDX[ SDV =HQLWK FRPSHWLWRU RQFH 3RUWR BBB %UD]LO <RX ORQJ DJR 5DGLDO H J 5RZLQJ PDFKLQH XQLW 'HOLYHU\ SDWK IRU VKRUW 'HFLGH QRW WR JR JUHHQ" ³, BBB VRXO WR WKH FRPSDQ\ VWRUH´ ³6L[WHHQ 7RQV´ O\ULF

4XHHQ LQ 4XHEHF ³)RU 6DOH E\ BBB´ :RUGV IURP WKH WHDFKHU" 3DOH SXUSOH $ERYHERDUG VODQJLO\ 7H[DV 5HYROXWLRQ VLWH ³6HSDUDWH 7DEOHV´ 2VFDU ZLQQHU 'DYLG 0RQRSRO\ KROGLQJ *R WKURXJK PXG 'HVHUYLQJ RI EODPH .RUDQ IRFXV ³'HOWD RI 9HQXV´ DXWKRU 1LQ -RUGDQ¶V QHLJKERU /LNH VRPH IXUQLWXUH SROLVKHV VFL ¿ VKRUW VWRU\ FROOHFWLRQ E\ ,VDDF $VLPRY

0RGHUQ 0DWXULW\ SXEOLVKHU 5DGDU UHDGLQJ ³, WRWDOO\ DJUHH ´ (OLWH (LJKW RUJ ,RGLQH ULFK VHDZHHG /RZGRZQ &HUWDLQ WLGH 7H[WLQJ SURWRFRO LQLWLDOV (YLDQ RU 3HUULHU -RQHVLQ¶ &URVVZRUGV HGL WRU#MRQHVLQFURVVZRUGV FRP

/DVW :HHN·V $QVZHUV

)RU DQVZHUV WR WKLV SX]]OH FDOO FHQWV SHU PLQXWH 0XVW EH 2U WR ELOO WR \RXU FUHGLW FDUG FDOO 5HIHUHQFH SX]]OH

%< 0$77 -21(6

/DVW :HHN·V $QVZHUV

±3UM 3UDOKU²

3XW RQH GLJLW IURP LQ HDFK VTXDUH RI WKLV 6XGRNX VR WKDW WKH IROORZLQJ WKUHH FRQGLWLRQV DUH PHW HDFK URZ FROXPQ DQG [ ER[ DV PDUNHG RII E\ KHDY\ OLQHV LQ WKH JULG FRQWDLQV WKH GLJLWV x H[DFWO\ RQH WLPH QR GLJLW LV UHSHDWHG ZLWKLQ DQ\ RI WKH DUHDV PDUNHG RII E\ GRWWHG OLQHV DQG

WKH VXPV RI WKH QXPEHUV LQ HDFK DUHD PDUNHG RII E\ GRWWHG OLQHV WRWDO WKH OLWWOH QXPEHU JLYHQ LQ HDFK RI WKRVH DUHDV 1RZ GR ZKDW , WHOO \RX 6ROYH SV\FKRVXGRNX#KRWPDLO FRP

Õ iÊÎÊ Ê ]ÊÓä£xÊÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

%< 0$77 -21(6

31

All workshops are 1 Day and 100% Hands-On Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to a workshop?

Already trained but need to be certified? Our online exams can have you certified in 3 hours or less!

REGISTER NOW! 1-800-750-9222 www.becksford.com

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

1016 Thomas Drive, Suite# 317 Panama City Beach, FL, 32408

32

Fax: 601-366-7122

DINE-IN OR TAKE-OUT!

Sun-Thurs: 11am - 10pm Fri-Sat: 11am - 11pm

WE DELIVER!

Fondren / Belhaven / UMC area

WE ALSO CATER! VISIT OUR GROCERY STORE NEXT DOOR.

FAMILY FEAST 16 Sizzling Skewers

Chicken Kabob, Lamb Kabob, Chicken Lula or Gyro.

Baba Ganoush, Hummus, Lebna, Rice and Garden Salad

$79.99 + tax

'%-).) -AY *UNE

1REHO 3UL]H ZLQQLQJ SK\VLFLVWV :ROIJDQJ 3DXOL DQG 1LHOV %RKU ZHUH ERWK DPXVHG DW KRZ FRXQWHU LQWXLWLYH WKHLU LQQRYDWLYH WKHRULHV VHHPHG 2QFH 3DXOL ZDV OHFWXULQJ D JURXS RI HPLQHQW VFLHQWLVWV DERXW D UDGLFDO QHZ K\SRWKHVLV %RKU JRW RXW RI KLV VHDW LQ WKH DXGLHQFH DQG ZDONHG XS WR WKH IURQW WR LQWHUUXSW KLV FROOHDJXH ³:H DOO DJUHH WKDW \RXU WKHRU\ LV FUD]\ ´ %RKU WROG 3DXOL ³7KH TXHVWLRQ WKDW GLYLGHV XV LV ZKHWKHU LW LV FUD]\ HQRXJK WR KDYH D FKDQFH RI EHLQJ FRU UHFW 0\ RZQ IHHOLQJ LV WKDW LW LV QRW FUD]\ HQRXJK ´ 3DXOL GHIHQGHG KLPVHOI ³,W LV FUD]\ HQRXJK ´ KH VDLG %XW %RKU ZDV LQVLVWHQW ³,W¶V QRW FUD]\ HQRXJK ´ KH DUJXHG ,¶P JRLQJ WR SRVH D FRPSDUDEOH TXHU\ WR \RX *HPLQL $UH \RXU QHZ LGHDV DQG SRVVLELOLWLHV FUD]\ HQRXJK WR EH WUXH" 0DNH VXUH WKH\ DUH <RX¶YH ZDQGHUHG LQWR DQ DZNZDUG SKDVH RI \RXU F\FOH 0LVVHG FRQQHFWLRQV KDYH DURXVHG FRQIXVLRQ 'LVMRLQWHG HYHQWV KDYH OHG WR ZHLUGQHVV ,¶YH JRW D VXJJHVWLRQ IRU KRZ \RX PLJKW EH DEOH WR UHVWRUH FODULW\ DQG FRQ¿GHQFH 0DNH D IRUD\ LQWR D ERUGHUODQG DQG ULVN LPDJLQDWLYH DFWV RI KHURLVP 'RHV WKDW VRXQG WRR FU\SWLF RU VSRRN\" +RZ DERXW LI , VD\ LW OLNH WKLV *R RQ DQ XQSUHGLFWDEOH TXHVW WKDW ZLOO IUHH \RXU WUDSSHG YLWDOLW\ RU WU\ D P\VWHULRXV H[SHULPHQW WKDW ZLOO DZDNHQ \RXU VOHHSLQJ PDJLF 3 6 )RU EHVW UHVXOWV DVN IRU KHOS HYHU\ VWHS RI WKH ZD\

,%/ *ULY !UG

*HVDPWNXQVWZHUN LV D *HUPDQ ZRUG WKDW FDQ EH WUDQVODWHG DV ³WRWDO DUW ZRUN´ RU ³DOO HPEUDFLQJ DUW IRUP ´ ,W UHIHUV WR D FUHDWLYH PDVWHUSLHFH WKDW PDNHV XVH RI VHYHUDO JHQUHV 7KH WK FHQWXU\ FRPSRVHU 5LFKDUG :DJQHU KDG WKLV LQ PLQG ZKHQ KH SURGXFHG KLV RSHUD F\FOH ³7KH 5LQJ RI WKH 1LEHOXQJ ´ ZKLFK LQFOXGHG RUFKHVWUDO PXVLF VLQJLQJ WKHDWHU DQG OLWHUDWXUH ,¶P LQYRNLQJ WKH VSLULW RI *HVDPWNXQVWZHUN IRU \RXU XVH /HR 7KH FRPLQJ ZHHNV ZLOO EH DQ H[FHOOHQW WLPH WR V\QWKHVL]H DQG FRRUGLQDWH DOO WKH WKLQJV \RX GR EHVW DQG H[SUHVV WKHP ZLWK D ÀRXULVK

6)2'/ !UG 3EPT

³'HIHQGHU´ ZDV D SRSXODU YLGHR JDPH WKDW \RXQJ SHRSOH SOD\HG LQ YLGHR DUFDGHV GXULQJ WKH V )LIWHHQ \HDU ROG 6WHYH -XUDV]HN ZDV SUR¿OHG LQ 7,0( PDJD]LQH DIWHU KH UDFNHG XS D UHFRUG EUHDNLQJ PLOOLRQ SRLQWV ZKLOH SOD\LQJ WKH JDPH IRU KRXUV VWUDLJKW %XW ZKHQ KLV KLJK VFKRRO SULQFLSDO IRXQG RXW WKDW -XUDV]HN KDG VNLSSHG FODVVHV WR EH DW WKH DUFDGH KH VXVSHQGHG KLP ,¶P ZRQGHULQJ LI WKHUH PD\ VRRQ EH D VLPLODU GHYHORSPHQW LQ \RXU RZQ OLIH 9LUJR :LOO \RX KDYH WR SD\ D VPDOO SULFH IRU \RXU VXFFHVV" <RX VKRXOG DW OHDVW EH SUHSDUHG WR ULVN DQ DFFHSWDEOH ORVV LQ RUGHU WR DFFRPSOLVK DQ LPSRUWDQW JRDO

FXOWLYDWH DQ DSSUHFLDWLRQ IRU WKH MR\V DQG FKDOOHQJHV RI WKH VKLPPHULQJ GDQFH

#!02)#/2. $EC *AN

7KH FRUH RI \RXU KRURVFRSH FRPHV IURP WKH SRHP ³$ &RORU RI WKH 6N\´ E\ 7RQ\ +RDJODQG ,PDJLQH WKDW \RX DUH WKH ³,´ ZKR LV VD\LQJ WKH IROORZLQJ ³:KDW , WKRXJKW ZDV DQ HQG WXUQHG RXW WR EH D PLGGOH :KDW , WKRXJKW ZDV D EULFN ZDOO WXUQHG RXW WR EH D WXQQHO :KDW , WKRXJKW ZDV DQ LQMXVWLFH WXUQHG RXW WR EH D FRORU RI WKH VN\ ´ 3OHDVH XQGHUVWDQG &DSULFRUQ WKDW VSHDNLQJ WKHVH ZRUGV PLJKW QRW PDNH WRWDO VHQVH WR \RX \HW <RX PD\ KDYH WR WDNH WKHP RQ IDLWK XQWLO \RX JDWKHU IXUWKHU HYLGHQFH %XW , XUJH \RX WR VSHDN WKHP DQ\ZD\ 'RLQJ VR ZLOO KHOS JHQHUDWH WKH WUDQVIRUPD WLRQV \RX QHHG LQ RUGHU WR PDNH WKHP FRPH WUXH

As low as $20! jfpclassifieds.com REAL ESTATE HIRING 2E CRUITER &ONDREN !PTS FOR 2ENT 0XVW EH ELOLQJXDO EHGURRP EDWK DQG 6SDQLVK SULPDU\ EHGURRP EDWK (QJOLVK VHFRQGDU\ 1R DSDUWPHQWV LQ TXLHW H[SHULHQFH QHFHVVDU\ SOH[ 5HQW DQG EXW PXVW EH YHU\ PRQWK \RX SD\ RUJDQL]HG 6DODU\ N OLJKWV DQG ZDWHU &UHGLW SOXV ERQXVHV EHQHILWV FKHFN UHTXLUHG 1R +8' 3OHDVH HPDLO UHVXPH WR 1R SHWV &DOO .DUHQ FLQG\#HFOVZY FRP

!15!2)53 *AN &EB

/HVVRQV LQ OXFN DUH FRPLQJ \RXU ZD\ :LOO WKH\ KHOS \RX DWWUDFW PRUH OXFN" 0D\EH :LOO WKH\ VKRZ \RX KRZ WR PDNH EHWWHU XVH RI \RXU OXFN" 0D\EH $ ORW GHSHQGV RQ \RXU DELOLW\ WR XQGHUVWDQG DQG ORYH WKH SDUDGR[ RI OXFN ,¶YH DVVHPEOHG D IHZ HQLJPDWLF WHDFKLQJV WR SUHSDUH \RX ³/XFN LV EHOLHYLQJ \RX¶UH OXFN\ ´ ²7HQQHVVHH :LOOLDPV ³,W LV D JUHDW SLHFH RI VNLOO WR NQRZ KRZ WR JXLGH \RXU OXFN HYHQ ZKLOH ZDLWLQJ IRU LW ´ ²%DOWDVDU *UDFLiQ ³6RPHWLPHV QRW JHWWLQJ ZKDW \RX ZDQW LV D EULOOLDQW VWURNH RI OXFN ´ ²/RULL 0\HUV ³7KH KDUGHU , ZRUN WKH OXFNLHU , JHW ´ ²6DPXHO *ROGZ\Q ³<RX¶YH JRW WR WU\ \RXU OXFN DW OHDVW RQFH D GD\ EHFDXVH \RX FRXOG EH JRLQJ DURXQG OXFN\ DOO GD\ DQG QRW HYHQ NQRZ LW ´ ²-LPP\ 'HDQ ³*R DQG ZDNH XS \RXU OXFN ´ ²3HUVLDQ SURYHUE

0)3#%3 &EB -ARCH

7KH ZRUG ³ERXGRLU´ PHDQV D ZRPDQ¶V EHGURRP %XW KXQGUHGV RI \HDUV DJR LW KDG D PRUH VSHFL¿F GH¿QL WLRQ ,W ZDV D URRP ZKHUH D ZHOO EUHG JLUO ZDV VHQW ZKHQ VKH ZDV SRXWLQJ ³%RXGRLU´ LV GHULYHG IURP WKH )UHQFK YHUE ERXGHU ZKLFK PHDQV ³WR VXON ´ ,I LW ZHUH ,)"2! 3EPT /CT LQ P\ SRZHU 3LVFHV , ZRXOG VHQG \RX WR WKH VXONLQJ 3HRSOH , PHHW DUH VRPHWLPHV WDNHQ DEDFN E\ WKH SURE URRP ULJKW QRZ ,Q IDFW , ZRXOG HQFRXUDJH \RX WR LQJ TXHVWLRQV , DVN WKHP 5HFHQWO\ DQ DFTXDLQWDQFH VDLG VXON ,Q P\ RSLQLRQ D JRRG ORQJ VXON ZRXOG EH MXVW WR PH ³:K\ GRQ¶W \RX IHHO GULYHQ WR WDON DERXW \RXUVHOI WKH ULJKW SUHVFULSWLRQ IRU \RX ,W ZRXOG WULJJHU EUDLQ DOO WKH WLPH OLNH HYHU\RQH HOVH"´ , WROG KLP WKH WUXWK VWRUPV DERXW KRZ WR FKDQJH WKH VRJJ\ IRJJ\ FRQGL ³%HLQJ FXULRXV LV MXVW WKH ZD\ , ZDV PDGH 0D\EH LW¶V WLRQV WKDW ZDUUDQWHG \RXU VXONLQJ LQ WKH ¿UVW SODFH EHFDXVH RI P\ 0HUFXU\ LQ *HPLQL RU P\ VHYHQWK KRXVH VXQ RU P\ WKUHH SODQHWV LQ /LEUD ´ , VXVSHFW WKDW \RX !2)%3 -ARCH !PRIL DUH GXH WR JR WKURXJK D SKDVH VLPLODU WR WKH PRGH ,¶P VR IDPLOLDU ZLWK ,I LW GRHVQ¶W KDSSHQ QDWXUDOO\ , VXJJHVW 7KH 3HUVLDQ VFKRODU $YLFHQQD ZDV VR ZHOO URXQGHG LQ KLV NQRZOHGJH WKDW KH ZURWH WZR GLIIHUHQW HQF\ \RX FRD[ LW RXW <RX QHHG WR EH H[WUD LQTXLVLWLYH <RX¶OO EHQH¿W IURP GLJJLQJ DV GHHSO\ DV \RX GDUH 7KH PRUH LQ FORSHGLDV (YHQ DV D WHHQDJHU KH ZDV REVHVVHG ZLWK IRUPDWLRQ \RX XQFRYHU WKH EHWWHU \RXU GHFLVLRQV ZLOO EH OHDUQLQJ DOO KH FRXOG +H JRW HVSHFLDOO\ FRQVXPHG ZLWK WU\LQJ WR PDVWHU $ULVWRWOH¶V ³0HWDSK\VLFV ´ ZKLFK GLG QRW HDVLO\ \LHOG LWV VHFUHWV WR KLP +H UHDG LW 3#/20)/ /CT .OV WLPHV PHPRUL]LQJ HYHU\ ZRUG :KHQ KH ¿QDOO\ XQ , ORYH WR ZDWFK DQ HYROYHG 6FRUSLR JHW KLV RU KHU QHHGV GHUVWRRG LW KH ZDV VR H[FLWHG KH FHOHEUDWHG E\ JLYLQJ PHW E\ KHOSLQJ RWKHU SHRSOH JHW WKHLU QHHGV PHW RXW PRQH\ DQG JLIWV WR GHVWLWXWH VWUDQJHUV , VXVSHFW ,W¶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¶V UXVK KRXU LQ 7RN\R XQZLHOG\ FURZGV RI FRPPXWHUV ERDUG WKH WUDLQV DQG VXEZD\V 7KH\ RIWHQ QHHG KHOS DW VTXHH]LQJ LQ 5DLOZD\ ZRUNHUV NQRZQ 3!')44!2)53 .OV $EC DV RVKL\D RU SXVKHUV SURYLGH WKH QHFHVVDU\ IRUFH ³:RXOG WKDW OLIH ZHUH OLNH WKH VKDGRZ FDVW E\ D ZDOO RU :HDULQJ FULVS XQLIRUPV ZKLWH JORYHV DQG QHDW KDWV D WUHH ´ VD\V WKH 7DOPXG ³%XW LW LV OLNH WKH VKDGRZ RI WKH\ FUDP WKH ODVW VWUDJJOHUV LQWR HDFK FDU , IRUHVHH D ELUG LQ ÀLJKW ´ 7KDW¶V D O\ULFDO VHQWLPHQW EXW , GRQ¶W DJUHH ZLWK LW ,¶YH FRPH WR SUHIHU WKH VKLPPHULQJ GDQFH WKH SRVVLELOLW\ RI \RX EHLQJ FDOOHG RQ WR SHUIRUP D PHWDSKRULFDO YHUVLRQ RI WKH VHUYLFH WKHVH SXVKHUV RYHU WKH VWDWLF VWDQFH 7KH HYHU VKLIWLQJ SOD\ RI OLJKW SURYLGH ,V WKHUH D SROLWH DQG UHVSHFWIXO ZD\ IRU \RX DQG GDUN LV PRUH LQWHUHVWLQJ WR PH WKDQ WKH LOOXVLRQ RI WR EH LQGHOLFDWH LQ D ZRUWK\ FDXVH" &RXOG \RX EULQJ VWDELOLW\ , IHHO PRUH DW KRPH LQ WKH XQSUHGLFWDEOH ÀRZ WKDQ LQ WKH VWDJQDQW WUDQFH RI FHUWDLQW\ :KDW DERXW \RX OLJKW KHDUWHG WDFW WR EHDU DV \RX VHHN DQ RXWFRPH WKDW HQFRXUDJHV HYHU\RQH WR FRPSURPLVH" 6DJLWWDULXV" , VXJJHVW WKDW LQ WKH LPPHGLDWH IXWXUH \RX +RPHZRUN , GDUH \RX WR EHVWRZ D EOHVVLQJ RQ D SHUVRQ \RX¶YH FRQVLGHUHG WR EH EHQHDWK \RX 7HVWLI\ DW )UHH:LOO$VWURORJ\ FRP

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD:

Shut Up and

WRITE!

NEW START DATE: JULY 11 Resolved to write? Register now for JFP Editor Donna Ladd’s new creative non-fiction summer class series, co-taught by Ronni Mott.

All levels welcome in the 101 classes.

Class meets Saturdays from 12:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 11, 25, Aug. 1, 15, 22, 29 + evening wrap-up party/class reading Classes recorded; attend online or watch later.

Meets at JFP in Capital Towers, 125 S. Congress St., # 1324, (downtown), $350, includes snacks + workbook

Mention this Ad for 20% OFF

Must register: Call 601-362-6121 ext 15 or email class@writingtochange.com for more information.

! !

!

!

Õ iÊÎÊ Ê ]ÊÓä£xÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

#!.#%2 *UNE *ULY

BULLETIN BOARD: Classifieds

33

DOG & CAT ALERT

Is Your Flea & Tick Treatment Poisoning Your Pet? $PVOUMFTT EPHT BOE DBUT HFU TJDL GSPN n FB BOE UJDL QSPEVDUT UIBU DPOUBJO EFBEMZ QFTUJ DJEFT FWFO UIF NFEJDBUJPO ZPV HFU GSPN ZPVS WFUFSJOBSJBO 5IFZ DBO BMTP CF IBSNGVM UP ZPVS GBNJMZ FTQFDJBMMZ ZPVS LJET

Wallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All Natural Flea & Tick Kit: The Safe Solution t Powerful, all-natural and organic ingredients t Kills n FBT UJDLT CZ DPOUBDU and UIFZ EPO U DPNF CBDL t Safe, TPPUIJOH BOJNBM DSVFMUZ GSFF t Fresh QFQQFSNJOU TDFOU MFBWFT ZPVS QFU TNFMMJOH HSFBUĂž

You Get All This For One Low Price: t 'MFB 5JDL 4IBNQPP t 'MFB 5JDL $BSQFU 1PXEFS t 1FU 4QSBZ 8JUI $POWFOJFOU 4QSBZFS t Bonus: 0SHBOJD 1FU &BS 4PMVUJPO

FREE BONUS

Call Now, Toll-FREE

1-800-822-6730 7:00 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30 pm EST Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday ONLY Use Promo Code: NATURAL01 www.wallysnatural.com/offer

Businesses:

BOOK

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think a natural product would work, but after using Wallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pet products, NZ QFUT OP MPOHFS IBWF n FBT Â&#x2030; XJUIPVU putting my pets or family at risk.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Scott H. 4BDSBNFOUP $"

Your Upcoming JFP Issues Today!

COMING UP: Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day and Summer Food & Beer

Ad Artwork Deadline: 6/11/15 Street Date: 6/17/15

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

FREE TRIAL! 7 Day Free Trial offered to all primary members.

34

Come in or call today to sign up!

Adults 18 and up. Valid one time only.

34 Walter Payton Drive Jackson, MS 39217 www.jsums.edu/paytoncenter | 601-979-1368

CALL

Kimberly: 601-362-6121 x11 Gina: 601-362-6121 x18 Brandi: 601-362-6121 x24

to learn more about advertising in the issue!

% $ ! "

$# % $ % ! ! $ ! " # Features must be enabled by customer.

Available with qualifying packages. Monthly fees $ Hopper, $12; Joey, $7; Super Joey, $10. Requires Internet connection.

! ! " $

%% (""!*+ *!)-$*! &(',# (&&$,&!', ' *! $, )- %$0 ,$('

%% ,( / ' + .!

Bring in This Ad for

ONE FREE COOKIE

With Purchase from our Lamar Street Location

1-800-805-6158

Important Terms and Conditions: Promotional Offers: Require activation of new qualifying DISH service. All prices, fees, charges, packages, programming, features, functionality and offers subject to change without notice. After 12-month promotional period, then-current everyday monthly price applies and is subject to change. ETF: If you cancel service during first 24 months, early termination fee of $20 for each month remaining applies. Additional Requirements: Hopper: Monthly fees: Hopper, $12; Joey, $7; Super Joey, $10. With PrimeTime Anytime record ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC plus two additional channels. Commercial skip feature is available at varying times, starting the day after airing, for select primetime shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC recorded with PrimeTime Anytime. Recording hours vary; 2000 hours based on SD programming. Watching live and recorded TV anywhere requires an Internet-connected, Sling-enabled DVR and compatible mobile device. Premium Channels: 3-month premium offer value is $135; after 3 months, thencurrent everyday monthly prices apply and are subject to change. Blockbuster @Home requires Internet to stream content. HD-only channels not available with select packages. Installation/Equipment Requirements: Free Standard Professional Installation only. Leased equipment must be returned to DISH upon cancellation or unreturned equipment fees apply. Upfront and additional monthly fees may apply. Miscellaneous: Offers available for new and qualified former customers, and subject to terms of applicable Promotional and Residential Customer agreements. State reimbursement charges may apply. Additional restrictions and taxes may apply. Offers end 1/16/15. Š 2014 DISH Network L.L.C. All rights reserved. HBOŽ, CinemaxŽ and related channels and service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. STARZ and related channels and service marks are property of Starz Entertainment, LLC. DR_15394

PUBLIC NOTICE Listings for Fri. 6/5â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thurs. 6/11 Spy

R

Insidious 3 PG13 Entourage

R

San Andreas PG13 3-D San Andreas PG13

Aloha

PG13

Tomorrowland PG Poltergeist(2015)

PG13

Far From the Madding Crowd

PG13

Mad Max: Fury Road R Pitch Perfect 2

PG13

Hot Pursuit PG13 Avengers: Age of Ultron PG13 The Age of Adaline PG13 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 PG Home PG Chocolate City R

GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE DAILY BARGAINS UNTIL 6PM Online Tickets, Birthday Parties, Group & Corporate Events @ www.malco.com

Movieline: 355-9311

COMMONWEALTH VILLAGE WILL UPDATE AND PURGE THE WAITING LIST ON JUNE 15, 2015 The waitlist will re-open on June 16, 2015.

If you applied for housing you must contact us by regular mail or email beginning June 1st thru June 14, 2015 to remain on the waiting list. )DLOXUH WR FRQWDFW RXU RIĂ&#x20AC;FH within the state time period will result in your name being permanently removed from the waiting list.

It is not necessary to FRPH LQ WR WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH MAILING ADDRESS: Commonwealth Village Apartments 3930 Skyview Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 EMAIL: commonwealthvillage@ mcCormackbaron.com

Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2021;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x201C;ä£xĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Ă&#x160;Â?v°Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;

ALL STADIUM SEATING

35

HOME FOR SALE

Jackson Sewanee Dr

Crawfish Live & Boiled The Shack (601) 926-4793

941 Highway 80 East l Clinton, MS Hours: T-Th: 12pm-8pm, Fri-Sat: 11am-9pm, Sun: 12pm-6pm www.facebook.com/tbeauxscrawfish

The Swamp (769) 230-3855

5752-B Terry Rd. l Byram, MS Hours: T-Th: 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 11am-9pm, Sun: 12pm-6pm www.facebook.com/tbeauxsbyram

SEA-DOO, SEA-DOO, YOUR BRAND YOUR BRANDOFOFCHOICE CHOICE

(601) 853-7132 GTI 130

GTI 130 GTI SE 130

GTI SE 130 GTI™ Limited 155

GTI™ Limited 155

1 2 3

1 2 3

Sea-Doo is the only brand withisanthe on-water Sea-Doo® only brand with an braking system recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard. ®

®

on-water braking system recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard.

In ECO mode, Sea-Doo watercraft boast up to 46% improved fuel efficiency.

In ECO™ mode, Sea-Doo watercraft boast up to 46% improved fuel efficiency.

87% of Sea-Doo watercraft purchased in the past 10 years 87% are stillof in use today. watercraft purchased in Sea-Doo the past 10 years are still in use today. ™

1029 Highway 51 N, Suite G2 Madison, MS 39110 Get a FREE quote – see what you can save!

3BR/1BA Single Family 1432 sqft, Hardwood Floors

Lease Program $350 DN, $265/mo Call 855-671-5656

K AR DI O

1

2

BY KIMBERLY

Dealer Imprint Goes Here

JACKSON MOTOR SPORTS 3843 HWY 80 E., PEARL MS

601-933-1145

©2015 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP). All rights reserved. , and the BRP logo are trademarks of Bombardier Recreational Products or its affiliates.

Products are distributed in the USA by BRP US Inc. Based on BRP internal testing, compared to itself at wide open throttle when ECO mode is not activated; fuel consumption varies per model and engine package. Based on state boat registrations compiled by InfoLink. Always ride safely and responsibly. Not all riding conditions are appropriate for inexperienced or beginner riders.

2107626

jacksonmotorsports.net ©2015 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP). All rights reserved. ™, ® and the BRP logo are trademarks of Bombardier Recreational Products or its affiliates. Products are distributed in the USA by BRP US Inc. 1Based on BRP internal testing, compared to itself at wide open throttle when ECO mode is not activated; fuel consumption varies per model and engine package. 2Based on state boat registrations compiled

by InfoLink. Always ride safely and responsibly. Not all riding conditions are appropriate for inexperienced or beginner riders.

2107626

CALL US FOR CATERING NS EUNIOICS R Y L I FAM ICE PICN OFF H OF JULY 4T

$30 for 8 Weeks OR $5 Drop In

605 Duling Ave. Jackson, MS

601.884.0316 HOME FOR SALE

Bills Insurance Agency, Inc.

Jackson Southhaven Cir

Does your insurance rate constantly increase at renewal?

3BR/2BA Single Family 1680 sqft, Attached Garage

Lease Program Call For Details Call 855-671-5658

Supplements…

Every Monday at 6:30

Providing Insurance Protection Since 1975

Have you been denied insurance coverage?

Have you received a cancellation notice?

WE CAN HELP call us today!

A UTO | H OME | L IFE | H EALTH | B USINESS

601-345-8268

1675 LAKELAND DR. JACKSON, MS

Nope, not just for baseball. !KKnnoocckk iitt oouutt ooff tthhee ppaarrkk ttoonniigghhtt wwiitthh oonnee ooff tthheessee rroocckkeett bboooosstteerrss!!))

!7755 HHwwyy 8800 EEaasstt iinn PPeeaarrll ** 6600!..993322..2288!! MM-­-TThh:: !00-­-!00pp FF-­-SSaa !00-­-MMiidd SSuu:: !-­-!00pp ** wwwwww..sshhoopprroommaannttiiccaaddvveennttuurreess..ccoomm