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s a child, Yolanda Foster knew she wanted to do something creative when she grew up. “I remember my dad used to tell me that I couldn’t make living off art,�

Foster says. “I wanted to have a creative job, but he would say that he wanted me to, in his words, stop ‘being a starving artist.’ I kept pursuing it.�

Foster, 30, was born in Jackson and lived there until she moved to Ridgeland five years ago. In seventh grade, she got into the Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex visual arts program at Peeples Middle School, and also took advanced-placement art courses at Murrah High School. After graduating in 2003, she went on to the University of Southern Mississippi in 2003. She graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in graphic communications.

Foster joined the American Advertising Federation Jackson, a chapter of the nation’s oldest advertising trade association, as a volunteer straight out of college.

As an intern, she helped to organize the agenda and name badges for the 2007 Jackson district conference. She became a secretary for the organization in 2012 and was named president in July 2014. AAF club presidents have one-year terms.

This year, AAF Jackson received the AAF District 7 Club of the Year award. Foster received the Club President of the Year at a cere-

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mony Saturday, April 10, at the district’s spring conference in Knoxville, Tenn.

The national organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and comprises 200 local federations that represent 40,000 advertising professionals across the country.

AAF also has more than 200 college chapters with over 6,500 student members. AAF Jackson is one of 24 in AAF District 7, which includes Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and Georgia. In addition to the Club of the Year award, the Jackson chapter is set to receive national awards in club operations and diversity this June in a ceremony at the national conference, Admerica.

Aside from her current club president position, Foster works with Mississippi Media, the creative marketing strategists for AAF that handle in-house marketing. She is a graphic designer in charge of digital media, creative works and other aspects of AAF’s brand.

Her favorite art is graphite portraits, and Jackson artists such as Jason “Twiggy� Lott inspire her. Foster plans to continue her fine arts education by attending graduate school at Mississippi College and enrolling in the school’s master’s of arts program within the next year. “My dream is to be able to have my own art show someday,� Foster says. “I’m still having a bit of a struggle over just what my show would be, however. I ask myself, ‘What kind of style do I want to pursue, where will I go?’� —Dustin Cardon

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7 A Different Abortion Debate A new study finds a drop in the national abortion rate, but no one is really sure what’s driving the decline. Abortion supporters in Mississippi have a few theories.

22 Southern Cool Blues and Coffee

“It’s long days and long nights with the military, and espresso gives you that kick you need. ‌ The espresso they make in Milan in Italy remains my favorite to this day.â€? —Mike Odom, “A ‘Southern Cool Blues’ Vibeâ€?

30 Bringing Gospel Back Nighthawk Productions’ Gospel Showcase is June 13 at Church Triumphant Global.

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by R.L. Nave, News Editor

Blackness, Leisure and an American Dream

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y dad started buying me baseball cards when I was 7. By then, baseball was becoming whiter (or there was a perception that it was), but me and my friends were big into the sport.

Since our parents could afford ranchstyle houses in the suburbs, they could also supply us with bats, pro-style leather gloves and pocket change to spend on packs of cardboard featuring ballplayers’ pictures.

Every year, I tried to collect as many St. Louis Cardinals players’ cards as I could and, if they made the playoffs, for each game I would lay all my Cardinals in a grid and cheer them on.

Like a Wall Street insider, I got serious about the mechanics of the card market.

Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was my Wall Street Journal; I studied Beckett’s price guides intensely and knew how to spot a winner.

I also attended card conventions.

Sometime, probably in the early 1990s, my parents dropped me and my younger cousin, Michael, off at a sports memorabilia collectibles show at the St. Louis Convention Center.

We stopped at one booth where the gimmick was to pile thousands of cards into a shallow crate for treasure seekers (think the $5 movie bin at Walmart) in hopes of finding a few gems. Michael and I set about sifting through the heap. I would set some cards aside, then put them back.

After a bit, I wasn’t feeling any of the finds, so I tossed my cards back into the pile and started to leave the table.

When the booth operator, a white man in his late 20s or early 30s, saw us leaving, he ran after us and shouted: “Hey, where did those cards go?� Really, he was accusing me of stealing. Luckily, I’d seen where I’d tossed the five or six cards that I’d set aside before discarding. I picked one up and showed it to him before flipping it back

in his general direction (although I wanted to flick it right into his face, Gambit-style) before walking away.

I can’t recall many overt acts of racism from my childhood. Mostly, it’s the tone of white adults who seemed to resent having me around that I remember most. When I became a Boy Scout, whenever our racially diverse troop went to camporees in rural Missouri, we seemed to be picked on by other scout leaders. Another time, my cous-

In many corners of America, black freedom is still unwelcome. ins and I were hanging out at a baseball field near their house when a group of white men showed up for a baseball game. For some reason, they assumed we 9- and 10-year-olds were members of the park’s grounds crew and scolded us for the shabby condition of the field they had reserved to play on.

In cities everywhere—including St. Louis and Jackson—when white flight follows new malls to the outskirts of town, the black middle class usually isn’t far behind, first as consumers then, maybe, as residents.

The driving force is the same for everyone: neighborhoods and schools with fewer problems, less crime. Peace.

But we forget that white folks also define their peace in terms of the spatial distance between themselves and blackness.

Psychological distance, too. I go back to my experience with baseball, which—right

or not—is somewhat of a white thing. For many whites, it’s their thing. And this came into full focus last fall when St. Louis Cardinals fans clashed with Ferguson protesters outside Busch Stadium. At one point, a white crowd turned a chant of “Let’s Go Cardinals� into “Let’s Go Darren,� referring to Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed teenager Mike Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.

Recreational spaces have long been battlegrounds over racial inequality, which is why Jackie Robinson’s introduction to the major leagues was such a big deal at the time. As court-mandated integration spread throughout American culture, we also saw racial barriers come down in schools, restaurants, playing fields and swimming pools.

In a piece for Grist last year, my friend Brentin Mock examined the relationship between African Americans, swimming pools and residential segregation. “Black kids couldn’t access public pools because they were placed in neighborhoods that black people couldn’t access,� he wrote.

James Baldwin observed that in his time, the black experience in America was largely about trying to make white people comfortable with us. I do think one of the achievements of integration is that we now have a whole generation of young blacks, maybe myself included, who move relatively freely about the world without a thought about white folks’ comfort.

However, in many corners of America, black freedom is still unwelcome. A painful reminder of this came last weekend, when black teenagers showed up for a pool party in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, Texas, and, according to media accounts, were told by white adults to go back to “Section 8 housing.�

What came next was horrifying and heartbreaking—and I’m not easily horrified or heartbroken.

A video shows Eric Casebolt, a patrol

officer with the McKinney Police Department, grabbing just about every small black body within arm’s reach, including a 14year-old, whom he used as a rest stool after he tired himself wrestling her to the ground.

One of the most striking things about the McKinney video, which a white teenager named Brandon Brooks recorded, is how freely Casebolt let whites move about the chaotic scene, how close he let whites get to him. At one point in the video, Brooks walks up to Casebolt to return a flashlight the officer had dropped.

We don’t need to wonder what would have happened had a black teen approached Casebolt holding a small, silver object.

Later in the video, when a group of boys rushed toward Casebolt, presumably to help Rhodes, Casebolt drew his sidearm.

It’s not clear where the black kids came from, but it also doesn’t matter. The person who called the police said the children hadn’t been invited so it’s possible they did come from a public-housing project, wanting an afternoon escape to suburbia for a dip at a friend’s pool party. Maybe they were black suburban kids who had the good fortune of growing up not thinking they had a place that they’re supposed to stay in.

It’s another reminder that, for a lot of us, closeness to whiteness always means safety; proximity to blackness, danger.

Of course, I don’t fault my parents, or anyone else, for wanting to raise their families where their kids might receive better-quality schooling, have a community pool to cool off in the hot summer months and open space in which to run freely and play safely.

After all, everyone was sold on the American Dream. The trouble is, when scenes like McKinney play out, it’s hard to make a case that black people who bought into the dream shouldn’t get every penny of their money back.

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Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go anywhere to hear the blues, and she is a real farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter. She wrote a music story.

Sports writer Bryan Flynn is a lifelong Mississippian. He is a husband and stay at home father to a baby girl. He constantly wonders, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen on ESPN or Disney Jr., did it really happen?â&#x20AC;? He wrote a sports story.

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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.

Account Manager Gina Haug is a self-professed information collector who has a love for all things fun. She is a huge Ole Miss and Saints fan, and her birthday is her favorite holiday.

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Friday, June 5 Jolene Burdge of Billings, Mont., says the FBI interviewed her last month about her allegations that Dennis Hastert sexually abused her brother while Hastert was a teacher, possibly explaining why Hastert allegedly agreed in 2010 to pay a $3.5 million bribe to someone to stay quiet about â&#x20AC;&#x153;prior misconduct.â&#x20AC;?

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Monday, June 8 The Supreme Court strikes down a disputed 2002 law that would have allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel on their U.S. passports. â&#x20AC;Ś A grand jury in South Carolina indicts former North Charleston officer Michael Slager for murder in the shooting death of Walter Scott.

Tuesday, June 9 A federal appeals court throws out a pair of high-profile lawsuits challenging the Obama administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweeping plan to address climate change, saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to challenge a proposed rule that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet final.

Disturbing the Peace Law: Ludicrous?

by R.L. Nave

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ifty years ago, at least 13 people were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace in Mississippi. As far as anyone can tell, these people were not being drunk and disorderly, trespassing or even whooping and hollering at a commencement ceremony. In the eyes of Mississippi authorities, they were doing something much more disturbingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;registering blacks to vote.

According to the University of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive, during Freedom Summer in 1964, local police regularly arrested young people during voter registration drives. On July 31 of that year, two white organizers with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, were assaulted by a white mob at a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. The Rev. Edward K. Heininger and John Polacheck were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace because the doctor claimed the men used profanity while they were assaulted.

In August of that year, a volunteer named John Luther Bell was jailed in West Point for disturbance of the peace and larceny during voter canvassing. The same month, in Amory, black volunteers Adair Howell, Andrew Moore and Essie Carr were charged with disturbing the peace and coercing a woman to sign a voter registration form.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed explicit racism discrimination in public-accommodation segregation laws, authorities had to find more creative ways to

punish African Americans for drinking out of a whites-only water fountain or attempting to exercise the franchise.

Usually, that was relying on Mississip-

school graduation last month. This week, Foster dropped the charges. Before that happened, Ursula Miller told WREG-TV that when her niece, Lakaydra Hearn, walked COURTESY YOUTUBE/THE LYRICAL ELITIST

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The charges were dropped against several people, including Henry Walker (left) and Ursula Miller (right), who cheered last month at a Senatobia graduation.

Still, legal experts question whether the law that almost landed the people in jail is too broad to be enforced fairly.

piâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disturbance of the peace statute, which legal experts say is broad enough to mean whatever police and judges want it to mean.

Legal experts say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to know the history of this sweeping law when it comes to understanding Senatobia City Schools Superintendent Jay Fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to press charges against people for cheering at a high

across the stage, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just called her name out. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lakaydra!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Just like that.â&#x20AC;? Henry Walker, whose daughter, Lanarcia, also graduated, yelled on his way out of the auditorium, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You did it baby!â&#x20AC;?

Walker, Miller and two other people who were not identified in media reports were asked to leave because Foster said

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he Jackson Free Press internship program is in full swing. In all, there are about 15 interns from Jackson-area high schools and Mississippi colleges, plus about six students training with super-intern-turned-super-editorialassistant Adria Walker on a Youth Media Project. A few of them revealed their intern superpower and how they plan to use it this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for good instead of evil.

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he wanted the ceremony to be solemn and dignified and asked that audience members hold their applause and celebration Weeks later, court summonses showed up; a hearing was scheduled for June 9. Under state law, a conviction for peace disturbance can come with a fine of $500 and up to six months in jail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were instructed to remove anyone that cheered during the ceremony, which was done,â&#x20AC;? Zabe Davis, the chief of the campus police and a Senatobia High alumnus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then Jay Foster, the superintendent, came and pressed charges against those people.â&#x20AC;?

Matt Steffey, who teaches constitution-

al law at Mississippi College School of Law, said the Senatobia case harks back to the Jim Crow era when white authorities frequently used disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct laws, and their wide interpretations, to maintain control over every aspect African Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives and behavior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think this is heavy-handed and obtuse and seems designed to make the minority conform to the norms the white superintendent wants to impose,â&#x20AC;? Steffey told the Jackson Free Press.

Early on, Foster scoffed at the idea that the move was racially motivated, telling The Clarion-Ledger that of those asked to leave

the commencement, two (Miller and Walker) are black and two are white.

Even without the element of racial discrimination, the ACLU of Mississippi believes the charges infringe on the Constitutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protections for freedom of expression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Citizens should be able to enjoy the right of free speech, especially at a congratulatory event, like a high school graduation.

The cheering by the family does not qualify as a disturbance of the peace and should not have elicited a criminal response.

Additionally, the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration was not calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, nor would it have led to a breach of

the peace,â&#x20AC;? the ACLU of Mississippi said in a statement.

So far, the ACLU isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actively involved in the case. Charles Irvin, the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal director, said his group is watching the Senatobia case closely and believes the disturbing-the-peace law mainly applies to acts of violence and intimidation that are intended to cause a disturbance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they intended to disturb anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peace,â&#x20AC;? Irvin told the Jackson Free Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole thing sends a message of overreach.â&#x20AC;?

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

Debate Rages Over Causes of Abortion Declines

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on womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constitutional right to have an abortion.

Exactly what is driving the decrease has prompted debate on all sides of the abortion question.

Colon said that abortion numbers could be down for multiple reasons, including higher distribution of contraceptives and

2,297 abortions performed in Mississippi; by 2013, there were 2,170 abortions performed in the state. In Louisiana, however, abortion numbers are up 11.9 percent. Nationwide, the AP survey showed a decrease in abortions of about 12 percent since 2010.

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ichelle Colon, 40, a volunteer â&#x20AC;&#x153;pink-house defenderâ&#x20AC;? at the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only abortion clinic, the Jackson Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Organization, says she can see the effects of the abortion laws in surrounding states at JWHO. Although she believes JWHO is seeing slightly less traffic overall compared to this time last year, the clinic is drawing more patients from surrounding states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes, we get patients from Alabama and Tennessee all dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we are getting some of those people who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get in (to see abortion doctors) in other states,â&#x20AC;? Colon said.

This is because Alabama now enforces a 48-hour waiting period before women can have abortions, and some clinics in Tennessee have been backed up for three to four weeks, Colon said.

The experiences at JWHO, which is still in the midst of a legal battle with the state of Mississippi over a 2012 admittingprivileges law, mirror a broader trend going on nationwide, where abortion rates have declined in just about every state, Mississippi included, an Associated Press report released June 8 shows. In Mississippi, abortions conducted in the state are down 5.5 percent since 2010.

The U.S. Supreme Court could decide in the coming weeks whether to hear the Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal of two lower court decisions striking down that law. A federal court in Mississippi and an appeals court both ruled that the law, which would close down the only clinic in the state, infringes

The Jackson Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Organization, dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;the pink houseâ&#x20AC;? by WYTTSVXIVW LEW GSQI YRHIV Ă&#x;VI EW XLI PEWX VIQEMRMRK EFSVXMSR GPMRMG MR Mississippi. There, and at abortion providers across the nation, the numbers of women receiving abortions dropped between 2010 and 2013.

the lowering of teen-pregnancy rates in states like in Colorado. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lot of the other reasons the rate is down is because of a lack of money and transportation,â&#x20AC;? Colon said of women needing abortion services.

Data show that in 2010 there were

numbers go down in Mississippi, she thinks the decreasing rate of abortions in the state is negligible. Derzis said the likely reasons for the national decline is two-fold. She said the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP laws, that prevent access for women such as Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ban of abor-

tions after 20 weeks are part of the reason for the decrease. Access to contraception and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;morning afterâ&#x20AC;? pill available in pharmacies has also likely helped numbers decrease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These laws are designed to make it more difficult for women, and do they do so? Absolutely,â&#x20AC;? Derzis said.

Even with the drop, Derzis doubts the activists who want to see abortion disappear in Mississippi will let up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think these (anti-choice) people will not be happy until they see every clinic closed,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The purpose of these laws is to make it tougher and tougher on women to have an abortion.â&#x20AC;?

Louisiana was one of only two states with increased abortion rates in the past four years, according to the AP report, and Derzis said it is likely that women from Mississippi are a part of those increased Louisiana numbers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women are going to any state that is easier (to) access and if most states pass legislation that does the same thing, then thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when you will have major problems,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Derzis said that some of those women that go to Louisiana are farther along in their pregnancies and go because of the TRAP laws. 9,932 abortions were performed in 2014 in Louisiana.

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tions up to 16 weeks, so if a woman from Mississippi wants an abortion later in her pregnancy she has to go out of state anyway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a choice,â&#x20AC;?

Derzis said.

Debate Rages The AP obtained the most recent abortion numbers from the health departments of all 45 states that compile such data on a comprehensive basis. (States not compiling such data are California, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Wyoming.)

With one exception, the data were from either 2013 or 2014, which provides a nationwide gauge of abortion trends during a wave of anti-abortion laws that gathered strength starting in 2011.

Among the groups most active in promoting the restrictive laws is Americans United for Life. Its president, Charmaine Yoest, suggested to AP that the broad decrease in abortions reflected a change in attitudes among pregnant women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an entire generation of women who saw a sonogram as their first baby picture,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an increased awareness of the humanity of the

baby before it is born.â&#x20AC;?

But advocates for abortion rights said the figures demonstrate that restrictive laws are not needed to reduce the number of abortions significantly. That can be achieved, they said, by helping more women obtain affordable, effective contraception, including long-lasting options such as IUDs and hormonal implants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Better access to birth control and sex education are the biggest factors in reducing unintended pregnancies,â&#x20AC;? Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told the Associated Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More restrictive abortion laws do not reduce the need for abortions.â&#x20AC;?

Elizabeth Nash, a state-issues expert for the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, told the AP that a total of 267 abortion restrictions have been enacted in 31 states since 2011. Among them are measures that ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, impose hospital-like physical standards on abortion clinics and require doctors who perform abortions at clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

While lawsuits have blocked some of the new laws, most have taken effect, contributing to closure of about 70 abortion clinics in a dozen states since 2010. States with the most closures, according to state

officials and advocacy groups, include Texas with 27, Michigan and Arizona with about 12, and Ohio with at least four. Two clinics closed in Virginia, including one that was the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busiest. The only states with significant increases in abortions since 2010 are

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lot of the other reasons the rate is down is because of a lack of money and transportation.â&#x20AC;?

Republican-led Louisiana and Michigan, which have passed laws intended to restrict abortion. Louisiana, where abortions increased 12 percent between 2010 and 2014, was recently honored by Americans United for Life as the No. 1 state in taking steps to reduce access to abortion.

In both Louisiana and in Michigan,

where abortions rose by 18.5 percent, the increases were due in part to women coming from other states where new restrictions and clinic closures have sharply limited access. Anti-abortion groups said many Ohio women were going to Michigan and many Texas women to Louisiana.

Regulating the Womb Lori Carpentier, chief executive of Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan, argued that one factor in Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increase was inadequate public funding for family planning.

Genevieve Marnon of Michigan Right to Life said the increase resulted in part from new licensing and inspection regulations that prompted several abortion clinics to close a few years ago. She told AP that some of these clinics had failed to report many of the abortions they performed and that women in those communities were now going to clinics with more scrupulous reporting practices.

In all, about a dozen clinics closed; Marnon said 19 remain in operation.

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nonresidents jumped from 708 in 2013 to 1,318 in 2014.

Northland Family Planning, which operates three abortion clinics in southern Michigan, has been openly soliciting business from women in Ohio and Indiana. Its website notes that one of its clinics is less than 60 miles from Toledo, Ohio.

An influx of women from out-ofstate also was cited as a reason for Louisianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increase. Ben Clapper, executive director of Louisiana Right to Life, told AP that abortions for nonresidents jumped by

employees started work at only about $12 an hour, Nissanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular payroll production associates made $13.25, rising to $21 an hour after two years. This would translate to maybe some extra money to take her children somewhere during their time off in the coming summer.

When they asked her to take a drug

call from a human-resources representative at Nissanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smyrna, Tenn., plant saying she tested positive for cocaine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only thing he told me I could do was argue with HR,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Nissan did not respond by press time to requests to interview a Nissan representative for this story. However, in response to the

test, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anything of it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a test that I knew I had to take so why would I jeopardize something like that?,â&#x20AC;? Stewart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen people get pulled for random (drug tests), and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll leave before they even take the test. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because they know what the (results will be).â&#x20AC;?

But on April 13, Stewart got a phone

protest, Nissan sent a general media statement saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nissan is committed to health and safety in the workplace and maintains a zero-tolerance policy for substance abuse.

Positive drug tests result in termination.â&#x20AC;?

After contacting Nissanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human-resources department, Stewart went the following day to get her own hair-sample drug test

conducted. Those results showed negative for all drugs, including cocaine. She faxed the results to Nissan hoping that she could get her job back. HR explained to Stewart that Nissan will not take into account the results from outside drug tests.

Justin McCreary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson, in support of the union movement, said Stewart is just one example of what he calls a suspicious pattern of union-affiliated employees â&#x20AC;&#x153;who have been told they tested positive on drug tests by Nissan, only to have a test done by independent labs come back clean.â&#x20AC;?

When contacted about several such alleged instances in April, Justin Saia, the Nissan spokesman told the Jackson Free Press, â&#x20AC;&#x153;To protect the privacy of employees regarding personnel matters, Nissan does not share specific details around such issues. However, Nissan does have a drug-testing policy that is enforced on a consistent basis to ensure the safety of all employees.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;With no union, they have little or no recourse â&#x20AC;Ś but the only way workers will have a fair chance of getting a union, is if Nissan ends its anti-union campaign of interference with these workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; human and civil rights,â&#x20AC;? McCreary said.

In the meantime, Stewart is still looking for a job to help support her kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was dedicated to them,â&#x20AC;? Stewart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I drove an hour-and-10-minute commute to work every day. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t missing work for anything, and to just have your job ripped from you, for something that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do?â&#x20AC;?

Above all, she says that losing her job has taken its biggest toll on her to young children: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do what we are used to doing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to change your life around.â&#x20AC;?

more than 1,200 between 2010 and 2012, and suggested new restrictions in Mississippi and Texas were a factor.

The AP reported that Ellie Schilling, a lawyer who represents Louisiana abortion clinics, said the state could reduce abortions through expanded sex education and other efforts to reduce teen pregnancies. The rise in abortions â&#x20AC;&#x153;is absolutely not because access has increased,â&#x20AC;?

Schilling said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were fewer clinics and doctors in 2014 than 2010.â&#x20AC;?

The biggest decrease in abortion, percentage-wise, was in Hawaii, where abortions fell from 3,064 in 2010 to 2,147 in 2014. Laurie Temple Field, government relations director for Planned Parenthood in Hawaii, said more women there were

getting access to health insurance and affordable contraception. She also credited the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies on sex education in public schools, which includes information to help teens avoid unplanned pregnancies.

Five of the six states with the biggest declinesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Hawaii at 30 percent, New Mexico at 24 percent, Nevada and Rhode Island at 22 percent, Connecticut at 21 percentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have passed no recent laws to restrict abortion clinics or providers.

Nancy Northup, who, as CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, has overseen some lawsuits against state restrictions on abortion, told AP, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of this effort is being spent on passing legislation and on litigation, when in fact what those states should do is take a look at the blue

states and what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing right in decreasing abortions.â&#x20AC;?

Judy Tabar, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, said the declines in Connecticut and Rhode Island were due in part to expanded access to long-lasting contraception methods that are now fully covered by health insurers under the federal Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion and other initiatives.

Nationwide, Planned Parenthoodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the largest abortion provider in the U.S.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; says its health centers report a 91 percent increase since 2009 in the use of IUDs and contraceptive implants.

The Associated Press contributed to this story. Email Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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raving 90-degree temperatures and 50 percent humidity, almost three dozen people showed up on Nissan Drive right by the front entrance of the automobile manufacturer to hold what organizers referred to as a prayer vigil urging Nissan to stop using threats in the manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-union campaign.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mississippi is a land (where) the civil rights of people have been denied for too long,â&#x20AC;? said the Rev. Jerome Kyles of New Gordon Chapel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So we asked pastors, families, friends and fellow Mississippi Nissan workers to stand here today to condemn Nissanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack on the right to organize a union.â&#x20AC;?

Kyles and other union supporters allege Nissan has pressured and even threatened workers who support bringing in the United Auto Workers Union to represent workers at Cantonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nissan Plant.

One voice in the middle of the six ministers who prayed, sang and spoke at the event, was that of Melody Stewart, whom union officials say is a good example of what happens to Nissan workers who speak out.

Until recently, Stewart worked at Nissan plant as a Kelly Temporary Services worker.

Good Jobs First, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that monitors corporate subsidies, estimated in a 2013 study that one in five of the 4,500 Nissan employees held a temp position, filled by agencies like Kelly.

Stewart, a 36-year-old mother of two, told the Jackson Free Press that she worked at Nissan for about two years. In April, she said she heard from her manager that she was going to be brought up from her Kelly temp position to a regular Nissan payroll position.

She said there was a ton of paperwork to fill out, but she was happy about the prospect of a bigger paycheck. While Nissanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temporary

Outside the Nissan plant in Canton, clergy, family, friends and workers protest what they call intimidation by company against pro-union workers.

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s we enter the 2015 election cycle, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth noting that Mississippi is down to one of only 14 states that has no provision for early voting and requires an excuse for absentee voting. (Previously, when we wrote a similar editorial in 2008, there were 20 states left with no early voting option. Six have since changed that.)

After spending a great deal of time and money on voter IDâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a focus that is widely perceived to be a Republican gambit to suppress the vote of poor and minority votersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it would do the state some good to focus on expanding access to the ballot box by implementing an intelligent form of early voting.

The options range from voting by mailâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the preferred approach in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to the early, in-person voting that states such as Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee offer.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, now running for president in the 2016 election, brought up the issue in part to suggest that the GOP has focused more on limiting access to the ballot than increasing it, a criticism that certainly would ring true in the Magnolia State.

But, Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaction might also offer an opportunity to figure out what works best and implement that system. Texas has one of the most vibrant no-excuse early voting systems, where any county larger than 100,000 must have a satellite office open at different hours to allow people to cast votes prior to election day; in the 2014 election, about one-third of Dallas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s votes were cast early.

Early voting reduces lines at polls and makes voting more convenient. It can also help cut down on the most typical form of voter fraudâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;absentee fraudâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is not addressed by voter ID laws.

Clinton called for early voting to include weekend voting (not always guaranteed in the Texas system) and universal voter registration at the age of 18.

Unfortunately, Mississippi Republicans have a history of turning away even pilot programs for early voting; in 2009, then-Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant led the charge to kill a voter ID compromise bill because it included an early voting provision.

Mississippi has spent enough time restricting peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to vote. Barring special session, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late for 2015, but in the 2016 legislative session, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for Mississippi to join some of its neighbors in enacting intelligent absentee voting laws to shorten lines, increase access, cut down on potential absentee fraud and send the message that our democracy is open to all eligible citizens.

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he night of June 5, police were called to a pool party because, the reports said, a group of black kids had crashed the party and were being disruptive. A variety of young people of various races were there. Their comments and cellphone video have allowed the world observe the actions of the police (mostly on Cpl. Eric Casebolt), and youth.

In the seven-plus-minute video that Brandon Brooks, a 15-year-old white student who says police ignored him, took, Casebolt is seen yelling and cursing at the young people, many of them under 18. He makes several of them sit or lie on the ground, and at one point, wrestles 15-year-old Dejerrica Becton to the ground.

When two young black males try to come to her aid, the officers pulls his gun and aims it at them.

He then takes Bectonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair and pushes her face-down. He sits on her back, as she cries and wants to call her mother.

Soon, another officer handcuffs her, although she was later released.

Since the pool-party videoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release last weekend, I have been talking with family, friends, colleagues and clients about their reactions, thoughts and feelings. A number of them asked if I could develop a list of questions and discussion points for them to consider for selfreflection and discussion. I thought I would share them here.

My first request is that you watch the video Brandon Brooks posted in its entirety. While you may have seen clips of the video on the news, it is important to see and hear the full 7.5 minutes. As you watch the video, I want you to imagine the following: The girl is your own daughter, granddaughter, niece, sister, cousin or friend; You were physically there witnessing this; You were the person recording this; You were a fellow police officer.

After watching the video, consider the following questions for self-reflection and discussion.

1. If the girl was your own daughter, granddaughter, niece, sister, cousin or friend â&#x20AC;Ś What are the initial feelings and reactions that arise for you? What would you want to know from the officer? From the residents in the neighborhood? From the McKinney Police

Department? What would you need in order to support your young relative and family in healing from this?

2. If you were physically there witnessing this â&#x20AC;Ś What actions might you have considered? How likely that this might this occur in your community?

What would you do to assure that something like this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen? Now that several days have passed, what follow-up actions, if any, would you consider?

3. Brandon Brooks was the 15-yearold young man who recorded and posted the video. If you had witnessed something similar, would you have had the capacity and demeanor (notice how calm and quiet Brandon was) to record and post a video? Brandon Brooks, who is white, reported: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone who was getting put on the ground was black, Mexican, Arabic. (The cop) didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even look at me. It was kind of like I was invisible.â&#x20AC;? Do you think this video would have been received differently if Brandon was black? Why or why not? Do you think recording law enforcement is a fair tactic for community members? Why or why not?

4. Casebolt is the police officer featured in the video. What do you think motivated him to behave the way he did? What justifications might he have for treating the young men and women in this manner and drawing his weapon on them? Notice the other officers who were treating everyone calmly and respectfully. How might the situation have turned out differently if Casebolt behaved in that manner? If you were an officer on the scene and you witnessed Officer Caseboltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behavior, what would you have done? What does the McKinney Police Department need to do to engage the community in next steps?

(Note: Casebolt has been placed on administrative leave).

5. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next? How can we as individuals, communities and the nation prevent these occurrences from escalating?

What can you do? What will you do?

How likely is it that this might occur in your community?

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he political rivals of Sheriff Tyrone Lewis wasted no time in seizing on the findings of a U.S. Justice Department report that prisoners at two Hinds County jails are continuously subjected to violence, from both fellow inmates as well as jail guards.

The DOJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probe began a year ago after a string of high-profile incidents, including a riot in 2012 that rendered a third of the jail unusable for two years and the deaths of two men. In its report, released May 21, officials from the DOJ cited the jail for â&#x20AC;&#x153;systemic deficiencies in staffing; policies and training; security and classification procedures; physical plant and maintenance; contraband control; and administrative review and other accountability measures to prevent, detect and investigate improper uses of force.â&#x20AC;?

Separate from the DOJ investigation, the Mississippi Department of Corrections got a tip that a state prisoner assigned to the jail was receiving special privileges, including unsupervised overnight stays at his home and was able to earn cash on the side by fixing the private cars of county employees and even kept his horse at the county jail.

Lewis himself has sought to counter the narrative of his slipshod management of the jail with regular announcements of contraband busts in the jail and by arresting jail employees whom he says bring in

Victor Mason, former gang-unit leader of the Jackson Police Department and a former Hinds County deputy (and a close friend of former Mayor Frank Melton) said he wants to bring back mentorship programs to help the youth.

jail guard caught sleeping on the job was â&#x20AC;&#x153;dealt with,â&#x20AC;? by unspecified sanctions.

The biggest obstacle between Lewis and a second term is Victor Mason, a former Jackson police lieutenant, who has followed jail developments closely.

McMillin sat out. Now, Mason is Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chief adversary. But Anthony P. Thomas, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also on the primary ballot could, despite his lack of name recognition, could play the spoiler if the race goes down to the wire.

On June 3, Mason held a press conference at former car dealership and brought together about one dozen detention officers who say they were fired unceremoniously by Lewis, whose office runs the jails, and pointedly criticized the management of the facilities over the past four years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After reviewing this document of the U.S. Department of Justice, that was a call to action,â&#x20AC;? Mason told the Jackson Free Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That made me realize we had to do something. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like me, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just tired of hearing about (crime), so somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to do something about that.â&#x20AC;?

Mason started his law enforcement career with the Jackson Police Department, and worked for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, JPDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice and narcotics, intelligence and youth divisions.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we took over, we decided we were going to be transparent, that (we) would no longer continue to sweep things under the rug.â&#x20AC;? and have existed since the building first opened in the early 1990s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they do their research, they will see that this problem existed Day 1 in 1994,â&#x20AC;? Lewis told the Jackson Free Press in an interview in May 2014.

Lewis said in an interview with the Jackson Free Press on June 9 that he intentionally did not include fixing the jail

ongoing issue,â&#x20AC;? mainly because Rankin and Madison counties and Central Mississippi Correctional Facility pay detention officers and deputies more than Hinds County. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fact that is not lost on the maintenance worker, who agreed that based on some of the repairs he made, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious that jail staff failed to check on prisoners for long periods of time.

County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill, becoming the first black sheriff in the history of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most populous county.

People close to Lewis at the time say Lewis forgot who his friends were who helped him win a close race that included a challenge of the official results.

The decision to be sworn in by Weill, the conservative former Republican city

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut on stone and not hear no noise,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Unforgiven Lewis counters the claims of former jail workers that he came into office and started blindly slashing and burning staff.

Rather, Lewis said an assessment of the office before he came into office found inefficiencies, including a top-heavy management structure that included about 30 captains who had no employees under their command. After the assessment, some people were given a chance to reapply for their jobs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fire a whole lot of people.

A lot of people just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reapply,â&#x20AC;? Lewis told JFP said of what calls a streamlining of operations.

About a dozen former employees on hand for Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s press conference told a different story. Although most declined to speak on the record, they all characterized Lewis as unnecessarily heavy-handed when it comes to his handling of personnel issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fire people. People fire themselves,â&#x20AC;? Lewis said.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a narrative that emerged not long after Lewis took office in 2011. At a courthouse ceremony, Lewis raised his right hand and placed his left hand on a Bible and took the oath of office from Hinds

councilman, instead of Tomie Green, the circuit courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior judge, raised a lot of eyebrows among Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; supporters, said Kamau Franklin, an attorney who managed the final leg of Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign and for a brief time was co-counsel for the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.

Franklin, who now lives in Atlanta, said when the race got close Lewis reached out to then-Councilman Chokwe Lumumba and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which has the organizational know-how to mobilize people.

Lumumbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship with Lewis started when Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. installed Rebecca Coleman as police chief in 2009 instead of Lewis, who was acting chief at the time.

When Lewis geared up to run for sheriff, sources say Lewis convinced Lumumba that he shared the human-rights activistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerns about the effects of mass incarceration and wanted to make changes to how the jail was run. In turn, Lumumba loaned the Lewis campaign several of his lieutenants, including Franklin and his son, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and began campaigning with Lewis.

The junior Lumumba, who ran for mayor of Jackson in a special election after his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in 2014, said his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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The Good, Bad and Ugly Predictably, problems at the jail are emerging as a central campaign issue in the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race. In response to critics of his management of the facilities, Lewis offers a two-pronged rebuttal. First, he says, despite sensational media headlines, the problems at the job are nothing new

as one of his campaign talking points because he never believed that he along could address its problems.

Those problems in the mid-1990s, when Hinds County went into mediation with Dunn Construction, which built the building and the jailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architect Allen & Hoshall Ltd., over a series of problems, including frequent electrical surges and a faulty foundation that kept cell doors from locking properly. The county poured about $500,000 into fixes, and eventually brought in an out-of-state consultant to perform a complete diagnosis. The architects eventually settled their part of the lawsuit for $650,000, news reports at the time show. The building lacks proper drainage and has dropped ceilings, which prisoners have dismantled over the years as a way to get out of their cells by fashioning shanks and other tools out of the metal splines that support the tiles and out of boredom.

Numerous reports have highlighted these issues, including the opposition research report Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign conducted against McMillin in 2011 as well as a report issued by a grand jury in 2013 and the recent DOJ investigative report, all of which Lewis says he has welcomed because they highlight problems heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been trying to bring to the attention of the public and the board of supervisors since his administration took over.

The second part of Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense of his management of the jail is that the public perception that things have gotten worse are because he brought them to the fore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we took over we decided we were going to be transparent, that (we) would no longer continue to sweep things under the rug. We pulled the carpet back,â&#x20AC;?

Lewis told the JFP last May. One of the themes Lewis has hit the hardest is what he calls the tenant-landlord arrangement between his office (the tenant) and the board of supervisors (the landlord). If he, as the tenant, wants to fix the broken windows at the downtown jail, which have figured into an escape and a contraband seizure, jail officials have to ask the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maintenance department and those order forms sometimes get stuck in bureaucratic red tape.

(It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help that the Hinds County Board of Supervisors is made up of five popularly elected men and women, each with his or her own political agendas and motives.)

The former maintenance employee says thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necessarily true. This year, he was reassigned from being a detention officer to a maintenance worker assigned to the Raymond detention center and says that any requests related to jail security were prioritized to the front of the pile.

Lewis also admits that â&#x20AC;&#x153;staffing is an

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bers to a camp in Texas in the 1980s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a good person at heart. No one could argue with that. I just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with some of his tactics. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tell him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Man, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But you know Frank. It was either his way or no way.â&#x20AC;?

Mason is also making juvenile justice a centerpiece of his campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at the crime thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on around here now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainly being committed by teenagers and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just unacceptable. Young people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any business committing crimes, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones with all the guns and things,â&#x20AC;?

Mason said last week.

His solution: Bring back role models. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring back guys that were in the military, that are willing to volunteer on our team.

Bring back normal everyday people that can teach these people the Bible, that can teach these young people the way of life.â&#x20AC;?

He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we were young, we cut grass (for) $2.50. Now you cant pay a child to cut grass. You can pay him to smoke it.â&#x20AC;?

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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.

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support of Lewis was about half because Thomas, who teaches criminal justice he believed Lewis wanted to make changes at East Mississippi Community College and about half because he was interested during the week and lives in Raymond, in protecting the integrity of the election, was a detention officer at the Raymond which could mean the first black sheriff Detention Center under McMillin when in the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. the jail opened in 1993. Like the workers After the election, Franklin and the flanking Mason at his press conference, junior Lumumba say Lewis seemed to he remembers morale being high and calose interest in working with Lumumba maraderie being strong jail workers. on jail reform, including adopting a civilThomas says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not interested in ian review board, doing away with so-called turnkey fees, which are assessed in addition to bond on release from jail, and expanding educational services inside the jail.

Antar Lumumba said, that with Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victory in hand, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the breakdown in communication happened almost immediately. There was a failure to answer phone calls.â&#x20AC;?

Lewis says he made no such promises. He adds that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe a civilianreview board is necessary because the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has a strong internal-affairs department, which investigates allegations against deputies and detention officer. These investigations have exposed Anthony P. Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; career in law enforcement includes stints as a detention corrupt jail employees over the SJĂ&#x;GIV MR ,MRHW ERH ;EVVIR GSYRXMIW EW [IPP EW year, Lewis said.

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Thomas told the JFP in a telephone interDespite the desire of some in the view, saying that his campaign volunteers Lumumba camp for payback, the elder knocked on 11,000 doors in May. Lumumba held his people at bay because Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who ran he did not want any distractions as he unsuccessfully for mayor in 2014, is backprepared to run for Jackson mayor, a race ing Mason. Lumumba, who has returned Lumumba won even though Lewis never to his practice as a defense attorney, has publicly endorsed his former ally. met with Mason, who said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interested â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did respect Chokwe, but he fi- in forming a civilian-review board. nally got what he needed. In the end, he â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sincere in his efforts, used us more than we used him,â&#x20AC;? Frank- that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capable and intelligent,â&#x20AC;? Lulin said. mumba said.

Lumumba said supporting Mason High Noon isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about getting even.

On top of all of the other issues Lewâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to have air of accountabilis is up against, another dark horse could ity,â&#x20AC;? Lumumba told the JFP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The point make the race interesting. Anthony P. is not weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not where we need to be.â&#x20AC;?

Thomas may lack name recognition, but Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email has enough of presence on social media R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com. and with yard signs that he could upset Check www.jfp.ms/2015elections for more the race for Mason and Lewis. election coverage.

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CoffeeBAR opened in the Outlets in December 2014 as a sister store to Odomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise there, but the CoffeeBAR itself is not a franchise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I first talked to my wife, Emilie, about opening a business, I said that we really need to think about something that people will always want to buy,â&#x20AC;? Odom says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sat down and talked about it and agreed that people would

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Odom, who now owns a coffee shop of his own called the CoffeeBAR at the Outlets of Mississippi, has been to more than 50 countries and tried coffee from most of them, but out of all the varieties, he holds espresso in particularly high regard. He says he fell in love with it when he was working as a spokesman for the Air Force with a 30-nation

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NATO military contingent in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 2002. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You had people from all over the world working in my office, dealing with the media every day, and thankfully, most everyone spoke multiple languages including English, so I was able to get to know a lot of the people there,â&#x20AC;? Odom says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took to hanging out with a group of guys from Italy who were part of a security police force called the Multinational Security Unit. Their military had better food than anyone else there, so I would always eat lunch with them, and one day, they invited me to their barracks to try some Italian espresso.â&#x20AC;? Odom says that espresso is so big in Italy that the government often regulates the price just to make sure everyone can afford it.

He would get in line as much as he could to get more of the espresso they served the troops. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long days and long nights with the military, and espresso gives you that kick you need,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The espresso they make in Milan in Italy remains my favorite to this day.â&#x20AC;?

Odom decided to follow his dream of owning his own store after retiring from the military, but it was chocolate, rather than coffee, that he started with. He began with the purchase of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise

always buy chocolate, coffee, beer, wine and cold desserts like ice cream and frozen yogurt. Now, I can offer all those things with my shops.â&#x20AC;?

The space the CoffeeBAR now occupies housed another coffee shop called Old South Coffee House when the Outlets first opened, but it only remained open for five months before it closed down. Cathy Hackshaw, general manager of the Outlets, approached Odom in November 2014 and asked if he could put his experience running two successful businesses of his own to use in opening a new coffee shop in the space. Odom agreed, and decided to open a shop with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southern cool bluesâ&#x20AC;? vibe, as he calls it, that could also serve as a fun place for shoppers to relax for a break and listen to music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also looking into adding entertainment here on the weekends,â&#x20AC;? Odom says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I can get local musicians in here, we could turn this into a great entertainment venue. Because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called a resort area, we can have things going on until one in the morning and host live events if we want.â&#x20AC;?

While Odomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business model for running the CoffeeBAR is more or less the same as Rocky Mountain, he had more challenges getting it up and running smoothly, starting with getting people to know it was even there.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in the food court here, and people think of the food court right away when they go to the mall,â&#x20AC;? Odom says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need people to know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here and that we have beer and wine as well, which is unusual for a coffee shop.

When they do find out, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re often pleasantly surprised.

Some donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal to sell alcohol in Rankin County, let alone at the Outlets.â&#x20AC;?

Odomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach to advertising the CoffeeBAR involves signage and the seemingly simple act of hanging out in front of his shop and striking up conversation with passers-by. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a practice more storeowners than just Odom engage in, but he jokingly calls himself more â&#x20AC;&#x153;aggressiveâ&#x20AC;? about it than others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I come out and ask people questions, let them know what we have,â&#x20AC;? Odom says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I especially want guys to know that this place can be their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;man chair,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; a place for guys where they can come in and hang out while their significant other shops, like the chairs some clothing stores have for guys to wait on. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind this place being a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;woman chairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; either, of course. People are always happy to have a coffee shop no matter who they are, especially because there had been a long gap without one here at the Outlets.â&#x20AC;?

The CoffeeBAR offers a wide assortment of coffees, frappes, espressos, mochas and more, all made with coffee beans from Prodigy, a local roastery in Flowood. The shop also offers merlot, cabernet and chardonnay wines, and Suzy B craft beer from Southern Prohibition in Hattiesburg, with plans in place to add more local craft beers to the menu in the future.

Some of the specialty blends available at the CoffeeBAR are the Ssippi Smore, an espresso mixed with chocolate and toasted marshmallows; a cinnamon bun frappe made with white chocolate, brown cinnamon and sugar-cinnamon that smells and tastes just like the real thing; and a salty nut frappe made with white chocolate, salted caramel, hazelnut, coconut and macadamia nuts.

The shop also has grilled ham and cheese Paninis served with chips and homemade tomato soup, along with wings, hotdogs, nachos and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;bar foodâ&#x20AC;? items, as Odom describes it. For dessert, the CoffeeBAR has local goodies such as a signature chocolate and pecan baklava from Demirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Byram, and cheesecake from Jubilations in West Point, available in pecan, turtle pecan and â&#x20AC;&#x153;supremeâ&#x20AC;? flavors.

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WEDNESDAY 6/10

SATURDAY 6/13

WEDNESDAY 6/17

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Nothinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; But the Bluesâ&#x20AC;? continues at New Stage Theatre.

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WEDNESDAY 6/10

The Jackson 2000 June Luncheon is 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.).

The speaker is Patsy Brumfield of 42 for Better Schools. Attire is casual or business casual. RSVP. $12, $10 members; call 960-1500; email todd@jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000. org. â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;On a Questâ&#x20AC;? Film Screening is 7 p.m. at Malco Grandview Cinema (221 Grandview Blvd., Madison). The film is about the life of Swami Chinmayananada. $10 (sold at the door or Indian grocery stores); call 601-914-6832.

(Left to right) Bowman Townsend, Sam Quinn, Cruz Contreras, Trisha Gene Brady and Jonathan Keeney of The Black Lillies perform Friday, June 12, at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.

THURSDAY 6/11

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Historic Preservation Boot Camp begins 9 a.m. at the William F. Winter Archives & History Building (200 North St.). The annual workshop, which takes place June 1112, is an introduction to historic preservation. Registration required. $25 full workshop, $15 one day; email bwhite@ mdah.state.ms.us; call 601-576-6940.

292-7121; ardenland.net. â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woodsâ&#x20AC;? is 7:30 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 13-14, 2 p.m. $15; call 601-664-0930; brownpapertickets.com.

SATURDAY 6/13

Tamela Mannâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Live in Concert is 7:30-10:30 p.m.

BY MICAH SMITH at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.) The actress JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM and gospel singer, best known for Tyler Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meet the FAX: 601-510-9019 Brownsâ&#x20AC;? and her song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take DAILY UPDATES AT Me to the King,â&#x20AC;? performs.

JFPEVENTS.COM Darrel Petties and Blest by Four also perform. $39-$69; call 601-353-0603 (tickets) or 601-960-1537 (information). â&#x20AC;Ś Floor Wax is 8:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. at One Block East (642 Tombigbee St.). Enjoy music from Jeffy D, Dekane, Chance4Life, Imprince, Radiologix and guest deejays. Food served until 2 a.m. or later. For ages 18 and up. $10-$15; call 601-944-0203.

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Actress and gospel singer Tamela Mann performs Saturday, June 13, at Thalia Mara Hall.

FRIDAY 6/12

The Barnyard Concert is 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive).

Southern Grass and The Black Lillies perform at the outdoor event. The event is a fundraiser for the Agriculture and Forestry Museum Foundation. Lawn chairs welcome. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $1 ages 12 and under; call 601-

SUNDAY 6/14

Medgar Evers Homecoming Celebration concludes 4 p.m. at Word & Worship Church (6286 Hanging Moss Road). The three-day celebration, which includes a scholarship banquet June 12 at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road) and a parade June 13 at 10 a.m. at Freedom Corner (Medgar Evers Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), concludes with a free gospel concert featuring Darrell Luster, Lil-

lian Lilly, The Trumpets and more. Free gospel concert and parade, admission for banquet TBA; call 601-9485835; medgarevershomecoming.com.

MONDAY 6/15

Author Marja Mills signs copies of her latest book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee,â&#x20AC;? 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $17 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

TUESDAY 6/16

The Chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table Dinner is 6:30 p.m. at The Strawberry CafĂŠ (107 Depot Drive, Madison). Executive Chef Eric Bach prepares a special menu with baked crab and avocado melt, tomato basil soup, sesame seared tuna with wasabi crème, mango barbecue pork roast and more. Reservations required. $48 per person, optional wine pairing; call 601856-3822; strawberrycafemadison.com.

WEDNESDAY 6/17

J. Roddy Walston & The Business performs 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The rock band from Baltimore performs to promote its album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essential Tremors.â&#x20AC;?

Sleepwalkers also performs. Doors open at 7 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ ardenland.net; ardenland.net. â&#x20AC;Ś Adjy performs 8:30 p.m. at Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (208 W. Capitol St.). The North Carolina indie-pop group is touring to support its latest EP, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another Flammarion Woodcut.â&#x20AC;? Second Wind, The Phlegmatic and Common Goals also perform. Doors open at 8 p.m. $5; call 601-863-9516; find the event on Facebook.

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The speaker is Patsy Brumfield of 42 for Better Schools. Attire is casual or business casual. RSVP. $12, $10 members; call 960-1500; email todd@ jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Nothinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; But the Bluesâ&#x20AC;? June 10-13, 7:30 p.m., June 14, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The production is a retrospective of classic blues songs. $28, $22 students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

11th Annual JFP Chick Ball July 18, at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St.). The annual event to combat domestic violence includes food, door prizes, a silent auction, poetry and live music.

Currently seeking sponsors, auction donations and volunteers now. 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.

#/--5.)49 Medgar Evers Homecoming Celebration June 12-14, at various Jackson locations. The celebration includes a scholarship banquet June 12 at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road), a parade June 13 at 10 a.m. at Freedom Corner (Medgar Evers Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) and a gospel concert at Word & Worship Church (6286 Hanging Moss Road). Free gospel concert and parade, admission for banquet TBA; call 601-948-5835.

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Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; i>âĂ&#x160;June 13, 8:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The comedian does stand-up to promote his album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Ever Touch Anybody You Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know!â&#x20AC;? For ages 21 and up. $20 in advance, $25 at the door; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

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Chad and Rick Rhoden sign books. $17.99 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

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The interactive exhibit includes hands-on activities is based on the popular PBS show. Open through Sept. 6. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-9815469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

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Other prizes consist of trophies, recording studio time, gift cards and a national promotion contract. Judges for the showcase include representatives from the Malaco and Blackberry record labels, as well as national gospel recording artists. Past judges have included Doug Williams of The Williams Brothers, David Curry of the Mississippi Mass Choir and Benjamin Cone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of our contestants, (such as) Ashford Sanders and Tonya Boyd Cannon, have gone on to perform on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sunday Bestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Voice,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; respectively,â&#x20AC;?

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Those sponsors can help cover travel, equipment, attire, food, lodging costs and entry fees. For the youth category, which is for ages 17 and under, the cost is $30 for a solo performer or $70 for a choir. The price for adult contestants ages 18 and up with some performing experience is $40 for a soloist or $80 for a choir. Entry for the professional category, which is for experienced artists that are not signed to a label, is $60 for a solo performer or $160 for a choir.

Each division has its own first, second and third-place winners. Better yet, each winner will be considered for the opportunity to perform at the gospel portion of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jackson Music Awards Sunday, July 12.

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But just because it was a contest didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that Nighthawk would be turning away droves of gospel hopefuls.

Davis says that the showcase has maintained an open-door policy for performers of all backgrounds and abilities.

Each year, about 20 contestants compete in the showcase, singing traditional and contemporary gospel or rapping in what Davis calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;holy hip-hop.â&#x20AC;? While some competitors are Mississippi natives, others have traveled to Jackson from Ala-

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Calling all city hoopers: Jackson State University basketball will host three youth camps June 8-11, June 22-25 and July 27-30 for boys and girls ages 6-17.

For more information, contact Assistant Coach Cason Burk at cason.c.burk@ jsums.edu or call 601-979-2421.

Bring on Biloxi. The Mississippi Braves return to Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl) June 11-15 with a five-game series against the new Mississippi franchise on the Gulf Coast, the Biloxi Shuckers.

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ports can seem trivial in times of great tragedy. But after two recent events in Jackson, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more convinced than ever of their power to help heal in the painful aftermath.

Michael Darmond Johnson and Tait Michael Hendrix were superstar teammates on the baseball field.

They played together on traveling all-star teams growing up.

Johnson was a dazzling shortstop and leadoff hitter, Hendrix a feared allaround hitter and power pitcher. It was a special group, with Johnson and Hendrix as the quiet leaders. I was a cheerleading teammate and friend of both. To me, the collection of special talents making so many magical moments seemed to be the work of the divine. But the years have shown how God giveth and taketh away.

Both men went on to outstanding careers. Johnson starred at Murrah High School and won a state championship in basketball as the starting point guard before signing to play baseball at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Hendrix starred in baseball and football at Jackson Preparatory School and went on to a historic AllAmerican career at Millsaps College.

Both were leaders by brilliant example, as rock-solid off the field as they were standouts on it. Each was wired the same way: quiet and humble, but confident and ultra-competitiveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the common traits of the great Mississippians.

Sadly, where the two connected in life, so too were they linked in death.

Johnson and Hendrix were killed in automobile accidents on roughly the same day

nine years apartâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Johnson at the age of 18 in the early hours of June 5, 2005, and Hendrix, 27, in the late night of June 4, 2014. Two good ones gone, by the same fatal stroke. It was as though they had been

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Terence Mann, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Field of Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? put on Earth just long enough to show us how special life can be, and then taken away just as suddenly and similarly to hammer home lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fragility.

The loss of both at such young ages in such a manner is still hard to fathom. But the strength, love and courage Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in their remembrance has been a blessing that is also hard to describe. The setting for the memorials? Those same baseball fields.

Three years after Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in 2005, the Jackson City Council passed a resolution to rename the baseball field on Lakeland Drive in front of Smith Wills Stadium the Michael D. Johnson Memorial Field, in honor of Johnson, and a scholarship foundation in his name that awards money to college-bound Jackson Public Schools student-athletes. On Saturday, June 6, the fifth annual 5K Walk for Mike took place in downtown Jackson, ending with the presentation of a

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After Hendrixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; death in 2014, the Jackson Prep baseball community pledged construction of the Tait Hendrix Player Development Area, starting with an impromptu homerun derby and #TeamTait online campaign. Upon completion of

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The PGA Tour stops up the road in Memphis this week for the Fed Ex St. Jude Classic. At $35 general admission and $15 for children, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth the drive for golf fanatics.

The NBA Finals is now a series with Cleveland winning in Game Two. At least youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get Game Four on Thursday, June 11, and Game Five on Sunday, June 14. All games are on ABC.

The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Cup is underway. Catch the U.S. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Team in action against Sweden on Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m., on Fox.

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the facility in early May, a full-scale, second annual Team Tait Home Run Derby was held at Patriot Field to dedicate the facility and raise additional funds.

Each event featured its share of tears but countless more laughs, hugs and high-fives. There we were, a decade after Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, and not a year removed from Hendrixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, together sharing fellowship around the baseball field again. Friends old and new, black and white, barbecued and played catch. Stories of good times and great plays echoed with the ping of the bats. Trophies and banners strung up like bunting affirmed those tales in colorful celebration.

Back at the baseball field again, families once and forever stricken with grief mixed a day of radiant goodwill into the journey. Nothing can ever assuage the loss of such great people at such a young age.

We grieve and honor in a multitude of ways as time goes on. And the star on the diamond was only a glimmer of the light Johnson and Hendrix shined as people.

The baseball field brought Hendrix and Johnson together and brought out their best. Years later, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we come together again to mark the time and find strength and happiness in their remembrance.

Sportswriter 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.

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Galloway was a runner-up for the award.

There is, in fact, no runner-up. But that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop social media from launching meme after meme in a battle that, at its most innocent, was about who had the right to be called courageous and, at its worst, became extremely hateful.

There is no question that Galloway is courageous. The U.S. Army veteran lost an arm and a leg but still competed on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dancing with the Starsâ&#x20AC;? and in several athletic events. He would have made a fine winner of the Arthur Ashe Award if he had been chosen, although he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take second place.

Another person who gained traction on social media was Division III freshman Mount St. Joseph University basketball player Lauren Hill, who was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Hill played in four games, making five layups, before she succumbed to cancer. Again, Hill would have been a great choice for

always been a woman. Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that what we try to teach our children? To be who they are and be the best person they can be in this life?

Jenner, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure, knew there was going to be backlash, and there was, but she still made the bold choice. To still grace the cover of Vanity Fair and accept the Arthur Ashe Award knowing the Internet and social media would go crazy is brave in my book.

Serving in the U.S. Army and losing an arm and a leg in war is courageous.

Not letting brain cancer stop you from playing college sports is courageous as well. But also having the fearlessness to let the whole world know who you really are is courageous. There are many definitions of courage, and Jenner certainly fits the bill. If everyone would stop being hateful, they would see that courage.

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

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