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JACKSONIAN JIMMY GODBY AND FRANK THE CAMEL

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pon first hearing of Jimmy Godby’s latest endeavor, many people cock their heads in confusion, shock or even awe. An electrician of 33 years, Godby, 51, has decided to become a dairy farmer—a camel dairy farmer, that is.

Godby married his wife, Tonia Godby, in 2006 many years after they met at Brandon High School. “We bumped into each other at a restaurant and got back together after 25 years,� he says, adding that the two instantly picked up where they left off. His wife, formerly Tonia Blough, grew up on Hilltop Painted Acres, her family’s farm in Brandon. The farm was renowned for haunted hayrides, foreign animals and livestock. Tonia grew up helping raise them. As for Godby, he had only raised dogs before his plunge into camel rearing.

The idea of raising camels took root in early 2011 when Tonia’s mother, who was curating the nativity scene for Brandon Baptist Church’s Christmas play at the time, thought a real, live camel might just bring the act new life. After discussing the prospects of renting a camel, Godby and his wife thought it might be more fun to just buy one.

So, in June 2011, they drove west to Mount Pleasant, Texas, to pick up their first baby camel, a 5-week-old they named Frank.

The two loaded him into their Toyota minivan, into which he barely fit. Now, at 4 years old, Frank towers over people and horses alike and makes appearances at events such as Fon-

dren’s First Thursday and Christmas shows all over the state. In 2013, Frank led the Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade, trading kisses for donations to Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital. “He doesn’t know strangers because he was out in public as soon as we got him,� Godby says. “At 5 weeks, he was separated from other camels completely. He didn’t see another camel until last September when we got four more camels.�

The Godbys acquired the additional camels with the intent of beginning their dairy farm, Frank and Friends. Three of those camels have now given birth to calves, one of which is tentatively called Buddy Ray, who was just born to Sally on June 8. That’s also Godby’s birthday. Frank and Friends is situated in the rolling countryside off Highway 80 between Morton and Pelahatchie.

As the first camel dairy farm in this part of the United States, Godby says: “There is not protocol in place for a camel dairy. We are having to help (the FDA and the health department) write all of these rules and regulations.�

Camel’s milk is a rich source of protein and is thought to have antimicrobial and nutritional benefits along with an abundance of vitamins and minerals.

If all goes as planned, expect to find the Frank and Friends camel milk at local farmers markets, Whole Foods Market and Rainbow Natural Grocery Co-op come July. —Jordan K. Morrow

CONTENTS

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by Zilpha Young

9 A Helping Hand.

A pilot youth-court program in the Jackson metro is helping poor families keep their families together.

30 Bright Sun Rays

Learn about skin cancer and how to protect yourself from harmful UVA and UVB rays.

33 Say Hello to The Hood Hippie

“If you’re a painter, or maybe if you do a comic strip, have a clothing line or make short films, I just want to promote the artistry going on in Mississippi. I feel like a lot of times people overlook the stuff that’s going on in the city, especially the smaller things.� —Malcolm Morrow, “Holding Out for The Hood Hippie�

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EDITOR’S note

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

Driving Old Dixie Down

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ook, I get it on a visceral level and somewhere deep in my Confederatedescendant bones: Mississippi was eviscerated and nearly leveled in the Civil War. Eighty percent of casualties in our state were from diseases that spread through soldiers from the North and the South, and many Mississippians died from untreated diseases and even starvation once the North cut off the supply routes, blew up the railroads, and torched crops and homes.

By the time Union troops took Mississippi, the conditions here were deplorable: “We were hungry and just barely alive,� as The Band sang in “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.� And we know Union generals burned Jackson multiple times.

My great-great grandfather Jefferson Adkins enlisted in the Co.D Yankee Hunters, 36th Mississippi infantry, to fight for the Confederate cause, I’m told. His first wife, Cynthia, and their six children were struck in an influenza epidemic. After the Battle of Shiloh, he deserted because he learned they were ill, as so many people in Mississippi were in the abysmal conditions here. He arrived home and found they had all died.

Granddaddy Jeff, the story goes, then moved to Louisiana and re-enlisted into the 6th Louisiana Calvary, fought to the end of the war and married my great-great grandmother Fannie there. They then had 12 children including my great-grandma, Becky Ladd, whom I knew. (She was old by then.)

He survived the war, but the South suffered a resounding defeat. Most southerners lost everything they had, including many loved ones, and they lost the “product� that had made Mississippi what was probably the richest state in the country before the war.

Slaves.

I can’t know how my great-great grandfather felt about black people, although there was plenty of racism passed down, at least through my generation. I still don’t know if

he or his ancestors had owned slaves—I’m still working on that—but I do know that other direct ancestors did. I don’t, nor can I, know what was in his heart when he enlisted to hunt down and kill Yankees.

What I do know is that the South fought the Civil for very bad reasons. Mississippi was the second state to secede, egged on by then-Gov. John J. Pettus, and our leaders made it crystal-clear why our state left the union and joined the new Confederacy that

None of it was ours in the first place. stole federal property at Fort Sumter, near Charleston, S.C., to kick off the war. “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery—the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product, which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth,� Mississippi wrote.

The “product� was black slaves, who out-numbered whites in Mississippi in the 1860s. When I hear people defend the Confederacy as a fight for our “heritage,� I want to remind them that our state had only existed 44 years when Rebels attacked Fort Sumter. Our “heritage� was cotton and the wealth it created for planters: both the people who had great amounts of it and those who wanted to lift themselves up to slave-owning planter status. Our pre-Civil War economy was built on the cotton crop, and its profits depended on free labor. Of course southerners were freaked out about losing slaves; the

economy was built on those people’s backs.

An MPB documentary I watched this week, “Mississippi War: Slavery and Secession,� brings home the point that most Mississippians then didn’t even grow their own food; they were largely focused on growing and then exporting cotton, much as my Virginia ancestors 200 years before had been tobacco exporters. This fact was part of the reason so many people fell hungry here in the Civil War once the union took Corinth and New Orleans and blocked imports.

In many ways, our state was the ultimate “gold-rush� destination of early 1800s Many of our people flocked from states like Virginia and the Carolinas to a lush place with tropical growing climates and a big river to draw from. Many of them brought slaves with them (some of my ancestors did); others couldn’t yet afford slaves but hoped to.

Many families owned one or two slaves. In Mississippi at the start of the war, 49 percent of families owned enslaved people.

But regardless of whether any of your ancestors owned slaves, the “way of life�

Confederates fought for depended on it. “Everybody benefitted,� one of the historians in the MPB documentary conceded, meaning all the white people.

The irony of our secession was that President Lincoln, who hadn’t exactly started out as an abolitionist, had offered to reimburse slave owners if they would give up slaves. But here it wasn’t just about the labor, as our Declaration of Secession and countless writings and speeches by Confederate leaders prove, it was about the habit of feeling superior to people of a different race: the “way of life.� Southerners only knew an existence that included slavery and white supremacy; they would fight to keep it in place and to have a federal government that would force new states to be pro-slavery and to send runaway slaves back to the states they had fled— part of the Confederate platform.

It was ugly stuff, and it’s hard to get more tragic. It breaks my heart now in multiple ways to think that my own people were part of that system and fought to the death to keep it in place.

But they were. And I can’t change that.

At the same time, I can feel the pain and hunger and anguish of losing everything based on a lie you’d been raised to believe. I think of my great-great grandfather burying his wife and six kids, and I can hear the sad bells The Band recalls in that song.

I don’t need to romanticize that war, or its symbols, and it doesn’t change my pride in Mississippi now because we’ve bounced from the extremes so far in our history. We were the richest, then we were the poorest because the immigrants here we descend from didn’t want to give up the curse that made many of them incredibly wealthy for a little while.

Here’s the thing: None of it was ours in the first place. We took the land, and we made money off of it with enslaved people.

There is not pride in that heritage. We cheated, and we lost. It was inevitable, if ugly.

Where there is pride, though, is in overcoming it. Just in my lifetime, I’ve seen remarkable progress in this state, especially considering where it started. My own life, and my business here, my staff and my family all prove it in their own ways. We’ve come such a distance, but we’re still chained to the romantic, inherited vision of the Dixie ideal too many still hold onto.

Such a grasp of the past doesn’t serve any of us. It is long past time to declare independence from a “lost cause� that wasn’t worth fighting for and from those who insist on keeping us stuck there. Mississippi now is better than our past, and our people and the world around us deserve to know that.

It is high time that we ring those bells loudly and finish driving old Dixie down.

Comment at jfp.ms and email Donna Ladd at donna@jacksonfreepress.com.

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Monday, June 29 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the use of a controversial drug in lethal injection executions as two dissenting justices say for the first time that they think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly likelyâ&#x20AC;? that the death penalty itself is unconstitutional.

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by Arielle Dreher

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he party room in Julep restaurant in northeast Jackson was filled with relief Monday night as a group of about 30 people, new and old friends, gathered to celebrate four samesex couples who were finally issued marriage licenses that morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all have the same anniversary now,â&#x20AC;? Knol Aust said, toasting the other couples in the room. Aust had married his partner of 17 years, Duane Smith, that afternoon, June 29, 2015.

After a false start on Friday, the day the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling, same-sex couples in Hinds County and 49 counties across the state were finally able to tie the knot on Monday, after Attorney General Jim Hood wrote to the county clerks promising no â&#x20AC;&#x153;adverse actionâ&#x20AC;? in response to issuing licenses. Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s email to the clerks also said that regardless of the status of the Mississippi marriage lawsuit, Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant, in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday is now the law of the land.

The case is currently stayed in the 5th Circuit but will be moving soon. On Monday, that court ordered both parties to file advisory letters by Wednesday, July 1, to â&#x20AC;&#x153;assist the court in rendering a full and appropriate final disposition.â&#x20AC;?

Lindsey Simerly, the campaign man-

ager for Campaign for Southern Equality, came to Mississippi on Monday to help county clerks begin issuing licenses.

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up to 25 days, but Hood has asked for an expedited ruling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With legal stuff, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to say anything with certainty in terms of timelines,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Ultimately, the ruling does not affect Mississippi same-sex couples trying to get married now, because more than half the counties in the state are issuing licenses.

Simerly said no couple in the state should have to drive more than an hour to get a license, and she expects more counties to come on board this week.

A legal marriage means all couples have immigration, adoption (depending on the agency), property inheritance, medical consent, state tax filing and Veterans Affairs benefit rights, recognized at the state and federal levels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this real validation, and having it be nationwide is even more of a validation because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a patchwork of laws that says your marriage is valid in Mississippi but not (somewhere else),â&#x20AC;? Simerly said.

Hood gave his reasoning for his initial hesitancy on Friday in his Monday email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I]t might be wise to advise same-sex applicants that the validity of marriage licenses issued prior to the stay being legally lifted might be contested in any potential divorce action or in future estate proceedings,â&#x20AC;? he wrote.

The appelleesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; counsel issued a motion to lift the stay on Friday afternoon after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.

Robert McDuff is an attorney at McDuff & Byrd, one of the firms representing the plaintiffs in the Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We filed it because of the confusion that had been generated,â&#x20AC;? McDuff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

5th Circuit would have done that anyway, but we wanted to go ahead and do it quickly in light of the fact that this was being used to delay the process.â&#x20AC;?

The 5th Circuit had issued the stay originally, pending the outcome of the appeal, which is why they have the responsibility to lift the stay now.

McDuff said the attorney generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement issued Friday explaining the delay puts â&#x20AC;&#x153;form over substance.â&#x20AC;? McDuff said Hood had raised technicalities, and the circuit clerks typically follow his lead, in this case waiting for clarity after Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement.

The 5th Circuit has asked both parties to state what the proper order should be following the Obergefell v. Hodges decision. The court asked both Hood and Gov. Phil Bryant to address their positions on the motion filed by the plaintiffs on Friday, specifically â&#x20AC;&#x153;appellant Bryant should state the reasons, if any, for opposition.â&#x20AC;?

The court asked advisories to state any reason the case should be returned to the district court or if the 5th Circuit could hand down a final ruling.

Texas, Louisiana and Alabama are also experiencing pushback, with some counties still not issuing marriage licenses. This time, however, Mississippi might not be last.

Six months ago, plaintiffs Joce Pritchett and her wife, Carla Webb, were encouraged after Judge Reeves struck down the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ban on same-sex marriage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was the first time in my life that I had ever really, really thought there would be a chance that we could be married in Mississippi,â&#x20AC;? Pritchett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And look, six months later, everybody is getting married.â&#x20AC;?

Email Arielle Dreher at arielle@jackson freepress.com. For more stories about LGBT issues visit jfp.ms/lgbt.

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Empowering Low-Income Parents

by Arielle Dreher

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said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a win-win because the child has less trauma, and (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) a great way to have somebody on the front end invest time and effort with families, getting them back on the right path.â&#x20AC;?

Broome said the cost of having parent representation is small compared to the cost of children staying in foster care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small cost for a big financial win for the state,â&#x20AC;? Broome said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also morally the right thing to do: to try and rectify the parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; problems and reunite the children with their families.â&#x20AC;?

Progress in Small Steps Expansion is the next step, and Hancock County is rolling out its pilot program now. DeSoto and Lafayette counties have plans to follow, Broome said. Of course, funding is a core developmental problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We believe that we will be able to demonstrate to the Legislature that this is a very advantageous program from an economic standpoint for the state,â&#x20AC;? Broome said, adding that he hopes the state will eventually fund the program.

Currently, the Administrative Office of the Courts and Casey Family Programs funds Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pilot programs. It is a Seattle-based foundation that works in every state on issues of foster care with an endowment to work free of charge.

Isabel Blanco, a consultant for Casey Family Programs in Mississippi, said her organization is pleased with how strongly the judges support the program in Mississippi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Research shows that parent representation helps among other things to expedite permanency, meaning children returning home,â&#x20AC;? Blanco said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are interested in the children being able to return home safely when the courts are in favor of that.â&#x20AC;?

The advantage to having a designated attorney in youth court for parent representation is that reunification with families happens faster, ideally meaning a child spends less time away from home.

In the same study done on Rankin Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program, with a relatively small sample, it took about 42 days to get from the petition filing to the adjudication with Hicksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; counsel while it took families with no attorney about 71 days. In other words, legal representation cut a month off of â&#x20AC;&#x153;inlimboâ&#x20AC;? time for cases in the initial phases.

From the petition filing to the case closure, however, the numbers seemed to level off, and it took a family only 20 more days or so to get a case closed without Hicks representing them.

So far, the attorneys and data agree: the program is working.

Read and comment at jfp.ms.

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essica Smith had only been living in gram, and she entered Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Well Recovery reduced the number of days children remain Rankin County for a couple months Center in Poplarville almost immediately. in care and experienced quicker reunificaafter moving there with her son, JusTen months and two programs later, tions,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. tin, to get away from an abusive hus- Smith was cleared with MDHS to set up a Hicks has 74 cases open (including band. The change of scenery didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t curb her permanent residence for Justin and her to counsel and full representation), and 80 is drug use, however, and her husband called live. She went back to work as a teacher at the cap the committee suggests. Hicks has the Mississippi Department worked on over 200 cases in of Human Services to reclaim the past three years. custody of their son, Justin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;About 80 percent Smith, whose nameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; of the cases are rooted in soalong with that of her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; cial economic disparity, and has been changed for this MDHS is called for things like story, was addicted to crystal deplorable conditions of the meth at the time of her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home or chemical dependenbirth and continued to use cyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the majority arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going drugs as a way of coping with to be the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;worst of the worstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; her abusive spouse, she says. cases,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said.

Before his birth, Smith had a Currently, pilot pronormal life as a public-school grams are active in Adams, teacher, but by June 2010, she Forrest, Harrison and Rankin had stopped working. counties. Rankin County Everything came crashCourt Judge Thomas Broome ing down May 13, 2013. Afsaid that, so far, the program ter her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complaint to is working. The presence of MDHS, Smith was required an attorney, solely dedicated to to take a drug test, which she parents needing representation, failed, and child-protection ofcan help families navigate the ficials took Justin away. Smith complicated MDHS hearing was arrested and was told she Carlyn Hicks is Rankin Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parent-representation processes and legal procedures. would have to begin reha- attorney, helping mothers and fathers get back on track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have found that if bilitation immediately if she a parent was empowered with wanted Justin back. a private Christian school and a restaurant. knowledge and had somebody advocating on During her MDHS intake, Smith testi- She received two years of probation. their behalf, and also providing them guidfied that her husband had repeatedly abused Smith, 30, has had her son back for a ance it would lead to a quicker reunification her, hoping the state would not give Justin, little over a year, since May 2014, and plans of the child with the family,â&#x20AC;? Broome said. then 2, to her husband. She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the to divorce her husband this year. She attriâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Many, in fact, never result in the child money to hire an attorney to defend herself. If butes her turnaround and reunification with being removed from the family.â&#x20AC;? she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been in Rankin County, the odds her son to Hicksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work.

The National Council of Juvenile and of reunification with her son would be low. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carlyn was my advocate when I Family Court Judges conducted a study on But Rankin County is one of four couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Rankin Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program and found that 50 counties that run a pilot program for parent percent of Hicksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cases resulted in dismissed representation. Mississippi is the only state in A Social and Economic â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Win-Winâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; petitions. This number likely represents the the U.S. that does not statutorily provide atThe Mississippi Parent Representation importance of having an attorney available torneys for indigent parents in youth-court Program launched in 2012 due to the work to explain procedures to parents. Broome proceedings. When the state takes children of Rankin County Court Judge Thomas said that some cases can be resolved quickly from their parents, families must seek out le- Broome, retired Adams County Court Judge with the petition dismissed, often if a famgal counsel on their own dimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a cost that John Hudson, Forrest County Court Judge ily leaves an unfit home or a family member is often unthinkable for low-income and Michael W. McPhail and Harrison County leaves the environment. working-class families.

Court Judge Margaret Alfonso. The pilot MDHS information shows 8,378 Carlyn Hicks, the parental-represen- program designates an attorney in the coun- substantiated cases involving child victims tation attorney assigned to Rankin County, ty to take Parent Representation cases, if the in Mississippi last year. Harrison, DeSoto, called Smith before the first hearing. Smith family wants it, free of charge.

Rankin and Hinds are among the counaccepted Hicksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offer of representation, Hicks said the majority of her cases ties with the highest number of cases. As of wanting to get her son backâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and keep him involve families that cannot afford their April, 2,697 children were in foster care in away from her husband. own lawyers. Chemical dependency fuels Mississippi, MDHS reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt so blessed to have somebody who most cases.

Broome said the pilot programs are had my back legally and would protect the â&#x20AC;&#x153;The majority of my cases are meth ad- working from a social and an economic rights of my son,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. dicts,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Addictions are illnesses, standpoint, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping the Legislature With Hicksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; help, Justin went to live and I ask, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;How can I help this client get into will see the benefits and help fund it. with his grandparents in Picayune and later a rehab facility or treatment facility?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time that we can keep a child moved to Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in Pearl River Reunification is the goal and the stron- out of foster care or prevent a child from County. These arrangements were contin- gest argument in favor of mandated parental lingering in foster care, that is definitely a gent on Smith going into a drug-rehab pro- representation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen is that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve financial savings to the taxpayer,â&#x20AC;? Broome

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Good Ole Boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Talking Points

By You, the Readers

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uring the Confederate flag dust-up of the last two weeks, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned that many Americans and Mississippians are no longer buying into romantic myths about why these Confederate states fought the Civil War. (Slavery, as the Declarations of Secession make abundantly clear.)

There are hold-outs, though, and their reasoning can raise the hair on the back of your neck. We asked readers on Facebook to share some of the goodole-boy/girl reasons they were seeing to keep the Confederate emblem in the Mississippi state flag. Here are some of our, er, favorites, all of them using twisted rationalization and many of them based on outright falsehoods.

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;yĂ&#x160;>}Ă&#x160;Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; do with the hatred of some *sshole towards a certain race. Why change to some liberal crap because a group of people decide everything is racist and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offend anyone?â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â?>VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160;ÂŤiÂ&#x153;ÂŤÂ?iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x153;iĂ&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; the only slaves.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â?Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;vi`iĂ&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160; soldiers were slaveholders.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â?>VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x2022;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;`iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; the Confederacy.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x153;Â?Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x160;Ă&#x20AC;>VÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â?`Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; have been about slavery.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş-Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â?`Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;>vvÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x160; slaves. The war was over the greedy North trying to take our fields.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;LiV>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vviÂ&#x2DC;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; someone doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean we have to erase our history. Our history unites us. Blacks died for that flag, too.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x153;LÂ&#x153;`Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;LÂ?>Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; vĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;V>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160; they are the ones that sold slaves to the Europeans in the first place.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;yĂ&#x160;>}Ă&#x160;Â&#x2026;>`Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; do with race until the KKK used it in the 1940sâ&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş7Â&#x2026;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;ÂŤĂ&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;LiV>Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x160;Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160; groups have misused our fine symbol of southern heritage?â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen to outside agitators.â&#x20AC;?

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UĂ&#x160;Âş iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;-Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;vĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x160; cannot accept her heritage! We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need your kind that gives in to someone being offended over every little thing we do.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş9>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x17D;iiĂ&#x160;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;LÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;VÂ&#x2026;iĂ&#x192;° UĂ&#x160;Âş,>VÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160;`Â&#x153;iĂ&#x192;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?Ă&#x160;LÂ?>VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160;ÂŤiÂ&#x153;ÂŤÂ?i°Ă&#x160; Black people kill black people.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;ÂŤiÂ&#x153;ÂŤÂ?iĂ&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; outsiders, should continue to be able to choose for themselves the flag that flies over the State of Mississippi.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â?Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;`iĂ&#x160;>}Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;° UĂ&#x160;Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;vi`iĂ&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160;yĂ&#x160;>}Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>LÂ&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; heritage. Blacks, Mexicans, Chinese

everybody gets to honor their heritage except white people.â&#x20AC;? Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;Âş-Â?>Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;iÂ&#x2DC;`i`Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x160;Â?Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x160;>}Â&#x153;°Ă&#x160; We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t owe blacks nothing. So if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it, I suggest they move to Chicago or some other place and leave our people alone.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş-Â?>Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;L>`Ă&#x160;LĂ&#x2022;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;`iĂ&#x192;ViÂ&#x2DC;`>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; of slavery who remained in this country have benefitted from it.

UĂ&#x160;Âş ÂŤÂŤ>Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; - -Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x20AC;iVĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; in MS and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because a bunch of chicken crap idiot liberals want to change the state flag.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not unconstitutional to be offended.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;ÂŤÂ&#x2C6;VĂ&#x192;]Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; a mixed child in your photo, and in your other pics you have black friends. â&#x20AC;Ś Shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you be glad for slavery and the fact that the black people are here? Because without them selling their own people, you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have your beautiful child nor your black friends.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;º­/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;yĂ&#x160;>}Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>ÂŽĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;`Â&#x2021;}Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; of the white man.â&#x20AC;? Look at â&#x20AC;&#x153;their missionary work for the negro.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş9Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x160;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;vĂ&#x160;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x160;`Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x160;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; governor, our state or our flag, let me know where you are and I will come help you pack and you can move the hell out of our great state.â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Â?`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17E;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x160;L>VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160; is your own ignorance and laziness â&#x20AC;Ś donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blame it on a flag!â&#x20AC;?

UĂ&#x160;Âş Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â?`Ă&#x160;LiĂ&#x160;V>Ă&#x20AC;ivĂ&#x2022;Â?Ă&#x160;Ă&#x17E;>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x17D;iiĂ&#x192;°Ă&#x160;,Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; like your ancesters (sic) did. Hide.

Behind something you believe in.

The South believes in liberty, life and love. What do the yankees believe in ? Obumer. Hillary. ???

Muslim bs?? Im sure yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all can go back and stop moving to the south to retire and trying to change us.â&#x20AC;?

Add yours at jfp.ms/goodoleboys.

Read more on this issue at jfp.ms/slavery.

Cities, Legislature Should Follow Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lead on Hate Crimes

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ast year, after the Mississippi Legislature passed an odious so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act that had the potential to open the door to discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, several municipalities, including Jackson, passed resolutions affirming the human dignity of all city dwellers.

Those resolutions, a half dozen in all, were nice symbolic gestures and badly needed first steps toward doing what federal and state lawmakers have shown no will to do, which is to send a message to minority groups that they do not have to live in fear. Each of us who is familiar with Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history of violent intolerance knows that there is plenty left to fear.

It took four years for the federal government to conclude its case against the 10 white defendants charged in connection with the murder of James Craig Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who would have turned 54 this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and months of racially motivated night rides prior to Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chilling death.

And while the federal government historically has been, even if marginally, a bit more forward thinking than deep southern states, LGBT people still lack status as a protected class similar to that of racial and ethnic minorities. Legal scholars will argue whether last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court inches us closer to strengthening the constitutional rights of LGBT, but in the meantime, minorities remain vulnerable.

This is especially true in Mississippi, where our hate-crime law considers only a victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, ancestry, national

origin or genderâ&#x20AC;? as motivation for an alleged crime; gender identity and sexual orientation are not included.

Furthermore, hate-crime statistics reporting to the Federal Bureau of Investigation is voluntary, and many local governments lack firm guidelines on how to record and report hate crimes. To that end, we applaud Jackson City Council President Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keither Stamps for building on last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diversity resolution with an ordinance that requires the mayor and police chief to train officers to identify and report hate crimes in the city.

That measure passed June 30 and will take effect by Aug. 1. The action could not have been more timely, coming amidst the nation grieving the deaths of nine church members in South Carolina in a suspected hate crime and subsequent reports of church burnings in five southern states. With the Supreme Court removing the last obstacles to same-sex marriage, authorities must remain vigilant against any hateful backlash to the ruling.

Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ordinance will not only help protect citizens, but will also hold authorities accountable for investigating and reporting alleged hate crimes in the capital city. Now that Jackson has taken this step, we hope to inspire other cities to do the same.

When the Legislature reconvenes in January, lawmakers should strengthen the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hate-crime law by extending protections to LGBT people and developing uniform reporting standards for all law enforcement agencies.

Given the climate in our nation and our state, doing so is a matter of moral necessity.

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YRONZA, Ark.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The black and white sharecroppers of the Arkansas Delta in the 1930s were the lowest of the low, the poorest of the poor.

They worked from sun-up to sun-down, buried in debt, a southern peasantry every bit as bound to landowners as their medieval counterparts in Europe centuries before.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had them in mind when he declared the South â&#x20AC;&#x153;the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number-one economic problem,â&#x20AC;? yet the federal government botched its attempt to help them with the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, allowing landowners not only to grab federal dollars intended for the peasants, but even to evict them from their shacks and shotgun houses. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the lowest of the low finally stood in protest.

It was in 1934 when 11 white and seven black sharecroppers and tenant farm-

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You can visit the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza, Ark.

ers gathered in Red Square, a combination of dry cleaners that H.L. Mitchell ran and a gas station that local marshal Clay East operated, in Tyronza, a tiny town located at the heart of the Arkansas Delta. In that humble building, they established the headquarters of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.

Taking inspiration from the writings of Upton Sinclair and the speeches of Norman Thomas, Mitchell and East were both self-proclaimed socialists. They were disgusted with an unhinged capitalism that had plunged the nation into economic chaos and left their neighbors near starvation while plantation owners and their political cronies jealously guarded the status quo.

This rare moment in southern history where black and white came together to stand for social justice against overwhelming odds is preserved in what must be the most humble of historic placesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the nineyear-old, state and federally funded Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza, located in the same building where Mitchell and East led the union.

Some have called Southern Tenant a predecessor to the Civil Rights Movement, Cesar Chavezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Farm Workers and todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm Labor Organizing Committee in Ohio and North Carolina. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a lot of courage,â&#x20AC;? Linda Hinton, the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director, says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the original members had been a Klansman, but whenever he started looking around and see-

ing how he was being treated, and saw the blacks were being treated the same way, he joined the union.â&#x20AC;?

Courage, indeed. Earlier efforts of sharecroppers and tenant farmers to assert their rights were met with brutal suppression. An Arkansas Delta picker strike in 1891 ended with nine of the strikers captured by masked vigilantes and summarily hung.

What is probably the worst race massacre in U.S. history took place in nearby Elaine, Ark., in 1919 when black sharecroppers met in a church to organize for better wages. A band of armed white men launched a terror campaign against them, which led to more than 100 deaths.

Members of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union faced beatings, kidnappings, jail time and constant threats from gun-toting night riders. However, a strike in 1935 led to several landowners agreeing to better wages. By 1937, the union claimed tens of thousands of members in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetings followed the pattern of religious revivals, with fiery sermons, passionate exhortations, and emotional hymns,â&#x20AC;? writes University of Mississippi historian Elizabeth Payne in her essay on Southern Tenant organizer Myrtle Lawrence.

Great labor songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Shall Not Be Movedâ&#x20AC;? and Southern Tenant sharecropper-poet John L. Handcoxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roll the Union On,â&#x20AC;? came out of the movement. Takeover attempts by Communist-led unions, internal divisions and other pressures eventually drained the farmers union of its fire, and by the 1940s, it was a mere shell of itself.

Decades later, the history remains controversial, Hinton says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I started working here, I spoke to a couple of elderly ladies at the church and asked them about it, they whispered, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes, we do know about it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They felt they had to whisper.â&#x20AC;?

The museum, which gets about 4,000 visitors a year, is part of a four-site â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southern Heritageâ&#x20AC;? tour that Arkansas State University sponsors and also includes the barn studio in Piggott where Ernest Hemingway worked on the novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Farewell to Arms,â&#x20AC;?

Lakeport Plantation in Lake Village, and Dyess Colony, the farm cooperative whose most famous resident was Johnny Cash.

The Southern Tenant Farmers Union failed to realize its dream of equality and fairness in the Delta. The region remains poor and divided, its biggest change seen in the corn and soybean crops quickly replacing King Cotton. Yet a closing sentence in a 1937 Southern Tenant declaration of rights speaks to the hope that union still inspires: â&#x20AC;&#x153;To the disinherited belongs the future.â&#x20AC;?

Joe Atkins is a veteran journalist, columnist and professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi. His blog is laborsouth.blogspot.com. Email him at jbatkins@olemiss.edu.

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Nothing Personal, Walmart, But

Local Is Better

by Donna Ladd

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local company stays in the community than that of a corporate substituteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;studies show that 70 percent stays at home as opposed to about 40 percent of corporate revenue.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just common sense why. Local businesses tend to spend their money with other local vendors; we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t typically outsource out of state (The Clarion-Ledger is designed in Tennessee, for instance); we work harder not to lay off

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than working to keep our local dollars here at home.

The Clarion-Ledger, for instance, is owned by the mammoth corporation that actuallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we kid you notâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; trademarked the site ShopLocal.com to push its advertising circulars for corporate big-box outlets. You seriously canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make up such Orwellian tactics of calling yourself the opposite of what you are and expecting folks to buy it.

The good news is that Jackson has become a real center for â&#x20AC;&#x153;locavores.â&#x20AC;? Go out for any Fondren First Thursday (the next one is the first Thursday in August), and then witness the energy of a diverse mass of people out shopping, eating, drinking and socializing locally. These days, I walk around remembering the early days of the Fondren Art Mix, as it was called way back, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky if half the businesses were open. Now Ron Chaneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who owns the 2015 Best Local Business, by the wayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will break your legs if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open your doors and participate.

And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that local-first-damn-it attitude that we love and have long wanted to see in Jackson. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just about local businesses being much cooler than corporate versions (although we are), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also about lifting up Mississippi. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long been true that far more of the revenue for a

workers to keep profit margins higher; and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have shareholders everywhere but here gulping up our profits.

When that money is kept at home, it makes a huge difference. Our graphic designers spend their paychecks right here in the metro, meaning they help other workers get paid. We create our products using supplies mostly from Workspace by Barefield rather than a corporate outlet. Our owners live in the city, and we know our employees and try to take care of them however we can.

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e donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean to brag, but the Jackson Free Press has long been a proponent of the concept of shopping local first starting nearly 13 years ago when we published the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think Global, Shop Localâ&#x20AC;? on the cover of our second issue. Until that point, it seemed that other media were pushing our shoppers into the suburbs to big-box outlets rather

As Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance puts it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Compared to chain stores, locally owned businesses recycle a much larger share of their revenue into the local economy, enriching the whole community.â&#x20AC;?

Put another way, we local businesses love the community, and it loves us back.

Putting Lipstick on a Walmart Over the last decade, the local movement has exploded in the United States, with Americans increasingly craving the personal attention of locally owned businesses, not to mention the need to keep more revenue and tax dollars at home during tough economic times.

A study by the ILSR and the Advocates for Independent Business studied 3,000 locally owned businesses, finding that they reported increased sales in 2014, with an average revenue increase of 8.1 percent over 5.3 percent in 2013. The retailers alone showed a 5.1 percent increase in 2014 over 2.3 percent the year before. And holiday sales, Olivia LaVecchia reported at ILSR.org, were up an average of 4.8 percent. By contrast, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported a 0.9 percent decline in that Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retail sales overall.

That is, local businesses are starting to win.

LaVecchia reports that â&#x20AC;&#x153;local firstâ&#x20AC;? movements raise awareness among consumers about the advantages of eschewing corporate spending in favor of local businesses.

The success of the local movement is drawing pushback from corporate businesses, even â&#x20AC;&#x153;local-washingâ&#x20AC;? frauds like Gannett with its ShopLocal nonsense. In some places, the Starbucks Corp. doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include its name prominently on its stores any longer, opting to make them look more like a â&#x20AC;&#x153;localâ&#x20AC;? coffee house and less cookie-cutter. And by now, most Jackson residents have seen the efforts of Madison to require the new Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club up there to look â&#x20AC;&#x153;classyâ&#x20AC;? as they do all of their chain businesses.

But, as they say, you can put lipstick on a pig, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a big-box outlet. And it still sucks revenue out of state.

Now big, bad Walmart has decided to expand beyond all those exhausting Supercenters that already suck the life out of local grocers. Walmart already captures one-quarter of grocery salesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and up to a half in 40 metropolitan ar-

Ron Chane was a local-business revolutionary in Jackson long before many people thought twice about it. Viva la Chane! (A new T-shirt, perhaps?)

Best Locally Owned Business: Studio Chane 2906 N. State St., Suite 103, 601.366.9955, chane.com Finalists: Mauriceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barber and Style (398 Highway 51, Suite 60, Ridgeland, 601.856.2856) / The Nail Bar (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 20, 769.216.2152) / Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.) / VIP Fitness (119 Colony Crossing Way, Suite 660, Madison, 601.717.2429; 1139 Old Fannin Road, Brandon, 601.624.5757)

easâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but it wants even more than that unfair share.

The company is planning to build about 450 â&#x20AC;&#x153;neighborhood marketsâ&#x20AC;? in the next two years, the ILSR reports.

These are large supermarketsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sorry, no panties and guns here, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thinkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that Stacey Mitchell of the ILSR says will be about the size of an NFL football field, surrounded by multiple acres of parking lots.

Mitchell writes that Walmart is growing its square footage per person in many states, including Mississippi, where we can ill afford to have one more dollar leave the state than necessary. Walmart, she reports, has doubled its national footprint since 2000 to a whopping 2.75 square feet for every American citizen. Arkansas, of course, is the highest at 5.54 square feet per person, but Mississippi is one of the top six states for its square-footage dominance.

One answer is more attention to antitrust regulations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big question is, should we sit back and let it (happen)?â&#x20AC;? Mitchell writes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or is it time that Americans get serious about resurrecting anti-monopoly policies?â&#x20AC;?

Steven Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill long dreamed of owning his own restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and he has opened a popular locally owned favorite that gives back to the community.

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Finalists: Anthony Reppond (VIP Fitness, 119 Colony Crossing Way, Suite 660, Madison, 601.717.2429; 1139 Old Fannin Road, Brandon, 601.624.5757); Mario Tolliver (Pro Accurate Tax Service, 407 Briarwood Drive, Suite B4, 601.209.7124); Phillip Rollins (Offbeat, 151 Wesley Ave.); Tyler Raborn (Raborn Media, 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 5203, Ridgeland, 601.624.3494)

Of course, Mississippi is unlikely to strengthen its very weak antitrust lawsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which were very unhelpful to the JFP and other local publishers in 2006 when The Clarion-Ledger tried to bully us into paying their â&#x20AC;&#x153;TDNâ&#x20AC;? to distribute to our locations. The way to win for the local movement now is probably the same as it was for us then: Win the war of public opinion. That is, talk about why spending local first mattersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a lot. Educate locals so they will self-regulate the corporate monsters with their pocketbooks. It works, as the increased local revenue for so many businesses proves.

Corporate Carpetbaggers Still, the threats by big-box outlets to local economies are real, and go beyond the individual shopper. Local businesses tend to compete on what the ILSR calls a very â&#x20AC;&#x153;uneven playing field,â&#x20AC;? often created by local lawmakers giving favors to corporate carpetbaggers.

For instance, the fact that many online stores are free from collecting sales taxes needed locally is devastating to local businesses. Think about that next time youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re deciding whether to go to a bookstore or just log onto Amazon and send your money to Washington state.

In addition, ILSR reports, local business owners often have a hard time getting credit they need to grow their businesses, especially if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re women or people of color. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over 44 percent of minority-owned businesses seeking financing and 35 percent of those owned by women failed to secure a lender,â&#x20AC;? LaVecchia writes. Meantime, research shows that banks are lending to large businesses.

Then there is the problem of â&#x20AC;&#x153;dark stores.â&#x20AC;? Earlier this year, ILSR reports, the library in Marchette, Mich., had to cut back its hours, and schools and the fire department faced a loss of funding.

Why? Because the township owed a $755,828 tax refund to the Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even though it had spent millions on infrastructure to create a corridor for big-box development.

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People Matter: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally and, in some sectors, provide better wages and benefits than chains do.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Stacy Mitchell, ILSR.org

Restaurateur and urban warrior Jeff Good is hard to beatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because he loves so much on the community and other locally owned businesses.

Best Local Business Owner Jeff Good (Mangia Bene, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601.362.2900)

Finalists: Chris Paige (Custom Cuts & Styles, 2445 Terry Road, 601.321.9292) / Mario Tolliver (Pro Accurate Tax Service, 407 Briarwood Drive, Suite B4, 601.209.7124) / Phillip Rollins (Offbeat, 151 Wesley Ave., offbeatjxn.com) / Stephanie Barnes (LaCru Salon, 5352 Lakeland Drive, Suite 600, Flowood, 601.992.7980)

That refund resulted from the chain going to tax court to get a lower property-tax assessment than the $5.2 million expectedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;using the â&#x20AC;&#x153;dark storeâ&#x20AC;? logic that could spread across the country and hurt other local tax bases.

The argument goes that because a cheaply build bigbox space is essentially useless once the chain moves to a different location as it grows, Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s argued that the property is worth much less when it comes to paying taxes on it. They basically insist that their property taxes be based on comparable empty big-box spaces that the communities must struggle to find a new use for when it moves on.

In Marquette Township, that meant a much lower assessment, even though that Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had brought in $30 million annually. Other Michigan and Indiana retail outlets followed Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead and appealed their tax assessments. The retail giants, ILSR claims, have an army of lawyers working on assessments, which can mean that cuts in services could be on the horizon as the trend moves to other states.

State legislators in Michigan are trying to fight back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Using empty stores might fit the letter of the law, but to a reasonable person, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intended by a comparable sales,â&#x20AC;? state Sen. Pete Miller told ILSR. The moral of the story seems to be to force lawmakers to remain vigilant about such strategiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and to spend as many dollars as possible in locally owned stores.

As weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve long said, spend local first. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an investment in the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future.

Read more about the challenges and solutions for local businesses at ilsr.og. Read about the best of the best locally owned businesses our readers have honored at bestofjackson.com.

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o, howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the local movement going?

Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headed? Apply a SWOT analysis, and here is what you get.

STRENGTHS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Communities are starting to get it: Local shopping is cooler, and helps create amazing third-place neighborhoods like Fondren. We want authentic wares, locally made whenever possible. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the best gifts, and local businesses often offer the best service (or they should). Sales are growing, even as big-box outlets are seeing drops.

WEAKNESSES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always get what we need at locally owned businesses, and sometimes the service can be snooty (although not usually). Or the business owner hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put systems into place that guarantee uniformity in the customer experience, which is needed even with a more local touch. Not to mention, too many customers in the Jackson metro still will choose a big-box outlet first, rather than the other way around. The local-first message hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten out to all local consumers, yet, which is up to each of us.

OPPORTUNITIES â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital to work with other local businesses and crosspromote whenever we can. The city is small enough that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to make a difference by getting your event catered by a local business or ensuring that your next business or nonprofit meeting is in a local restaurant. In addition, we can make our local and state lawmakers aware than we demand a local-first attitude (and policy_ that does not create or sustain an unlevel playing field between mom-and-pops and large corporations. We matter, too.

THREATS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jackson suffers from not having a strong business alliance separate from the Greater Jackson Chamber that looks out for small-business interests. We must be diligent about the threat of â&#x20AC;&#x153;dark storeâ&#x20AC;? tactics eviscerating our tax base. And new big-box outlets strategically placed can hurt local grocers like McDadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, as well as hardware, liquor and other local outlets. Our residents can get a bit too upset about a Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leavingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when maybe we should be telling it not to let the screen door hit its ... well, you know.

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A National (and State) Housecleaning?

by Donna Ladd and Guy King

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ensure that free states returned southernersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;runaway slavesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to them. This, indeed, was the antithesis of â&#x20AC;&#x153;stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rightsâ&#x20AC;?: The South, which held great sway in Washington for decades, was asserting its desire to see the anti-slavery states bend to the task of enforcing pro-slave provisions they found immoral. Instead, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rightsâ&#x20AC;? argument was grafted onto the war much later, as it would support the southern statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; assertions for Jim Crow laws and onerous Black Codes and, later, against integration and Civil Rights reforms.

Likewise, Confederatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own words also show that the southern cause was about white supremacy over supposedly inferior black people. Confederacy Vice President Alexander Stephens made this motivation clear in his 1861 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cornerstone Speechâ&#x20AC;? in Savannah, Ga.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With us, all of the white race, however high or low, rich or poor, are equal in the eye of the law. Not so with the negro. Subordination is his place.â&#x20AC;?

Here in Mississippi, the official Declaration of Secession explained the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reason for seceding from the union in blunt terms: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slaveryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product, which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization.â&#x20AC;?

It is long overdue, but the nation is talking about slavery now and what the Confederate flag really stands for, what should be renamed and what should come down. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy conversation, but the first step is knowledge of just what is being celebrated when we venerate the Confederacy.

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he Civil War had nothing to do with slavery.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the most absurdâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and falseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;claim weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in social media over the two weeks since a Confederate flag-loving domestic terrorist allegedly killed nine black people in a Charleston, S.C., church. Due to the fact that a Confederate flag continued to fly high on Capitol grounds there even as the preacher of the church lay in state inside, and all the photos proving the killerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession with the flag, the nation has suddenly started paying attention to what the flag represents. That means that even here in Mississippi, some Republicans are saying it may instead belong in a museum.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transpired in the last week is a public conversation about the intentions of the war the flag representsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;specifically the Confederate â&#x20AC;&#x153;lost cause.â&#x20AC;? After Reconstruction ended and the South returned to self-rule (and Jim Crow), the United Daughters of the Confederacy were founded in 1894 and got busy erecting memorials to Confederate soldiers throughout the South, along with a romantic â&#x20AC;&#x153;lost causeâ&#x20AC;? narrative. In addition, the fans of Nathan Bedford Forrestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a Confederate general who helped lead the early the Ku Klux Klanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have busily worked to rewrite his history, erecting statues to him as well as naming parks and counties (including Forrest County, site of Hattiesburg) after him.

This Confederate revisionism helped make the war not about slavery to many, but about federal encroachment of â&#x20AC;&#x153;stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights.â&#x20AC;? In Mississippi, the lack of accurate history texts and lessons in schools, both public and private, only helped the cement the myth of why the South fought the Civil War. But the Confederatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own words (jfp.ms/ slavery), captured in their Declarations of the Causes of Secession and various speeches and official documents, prove that the Civil War was fought over the right to continue slavery, expand it into new states (by federal law) and

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his is a probably incomplete list of metro-area memorials to the war for white supremacy, compiled at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Add others from around the state at jfp.ms/confeds.

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Hinds County: Jackson (1891) on Old Capitol grounds in front of Archives Building. An elaborate architectonic piece consisting of a soldier standing in a variant â&#x20AC;&#x153;at restâ&#x20AC;? posture, leaning on his rifle, atop a very tall obelisk, which rises above a mausoleum-like vault in an exaggerated Gothic styles.

Jackson, Women of the Confederacy Monument, on New Capitol grounds. An elegant bronze sculptural group consisting of two

female figures in classical grab attending a wounded soldier, on a high carved stone base. The bronze is identical to the Tennessee monument to the Women of Confederacy in Nashville.

Jackson (1931), in the Confederate area at Greenwood Cemetery.

An austere stone tablet on a base, encircled by a hedge.

Raymond (1908), located on Hinds County Courthouse grounds. A bronze soldier standing â&#x20AC;&#x153;at restâ&#x20AC;? atop a tall sculptured stone pedestal, on a stepped base.

Clinton (1928), in Clinton Cemetery. A rough-edged free-standing stone tablet.

Clinton (1926), Mississippi College Rifles Monument, on the campus of Mississippi College Edwards, vicinity, Gen. Lloyed Tilghman monument on Cham-

pion Hill battlefield. A rough granite boulder to which a bronze tablet has been affixed, enclosed within a fence.

Madison County Canton, Howcott Monument to Loyal Servants of the Harvey Scouts. An obelisk atop a pedestal on a stepped base.

Canton (1881), Monument to Confederate Dead, in City Cemetery. A broken column atop a pedestal, on a stepped base.

Canton (1894), Harvey Scouts Monument, in City Cemetery.

Rankin County Downtown Brandon, (1907), at the intersection of Government and North streets, in front of the courthouse. A soldier standing â&#x20AC;&#x153;at restâ&#x20AC;? atop a tall sculptured obelisk-

like shaft on a pedestal, on a stepped base.

in a 1858 speech to the Mississippi Legislature.

Related Memorials Forrest County (Hattiesburg) was split off from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan B. Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and a leader of the original Ku Klux Klan.

Ross Barnett Reservoir is named for the segregationist governor who worked to block blackfreedom activities, including the enrollment of James Meredith at Ole Miss, which turned into a deadly riot. He is known nationally for presiding over a state bent on armed insurrection against federal civil-rights laws.

Jefferson Davis County is named for Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, who lambasted the Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposition for describing â&#x20AC;&#x153;the institution of slavery as degrading to labor, as intolerant and inhumanâ&#x20AC;?

Lee County is named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. What is often not known is that Lee called for Confederate flags to be packed up after losing the war, and no Confederate flags or uniforms were displayed at his funeral.

Union County is named for the reunion of the Confederacy Mississippi U.S. Sen. James Eastland, a staunch Dixiecrat segregationist, has been a favorite honoree in the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from Eastland Drive in Pearl to the James O. Eastland Federal Courthouse at 245 E. Capitol St. in Jackson to the James O. Eastland Law Library at Ole Miss. Since the old federal courthouse in Jackson closed, his name was removed.

Add others from around the state at jfp.ms/slavery.

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Long a lightning rod, the Mississippi state flag has come under fresh scrutiny in recent weeks following a mass killing of nine African Americans at a church in South Carolina. Although the leadership there is almost unanimously in favor of taking down the Rebel battle flag from the state Capitol, the symbol is literally part of the fabric of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flag; changing it has met political resistance in the Magnolia State.

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look forward to the summer heat waves because summer time means grilling time. A chef s kitchen is always warm, so when it gets hot outside, we fight fire with fire. There are many methods and techniques on the grill, but my favorite has always been the patient, slow burn that comes from smoking meats. It s a method of cooking that engages all five senses.

3IGHT Watch the smoke billowing out. If it s coming out in inconsistent puffs, you might need to let some more air through or turn over your coals. Too fast means it might be too hot.

When you see that steady stream of smoke, that s when you know it s good, and you can turn your back for a few hours and have a beer, kiss the baby and start making your pasta salad.

3OUND If you ve rushed your meat, you ll hear it talking back to you. It ll be saying, Save me! Save me!

â&#x20AC;ŠThat s when you need to recalibrate and lower the heat.

But grilling means other sounds, too, like music and good conversation. And people always want to talk to the grill master. They ll lay some jokes on you and try to make you laugh in hopes that when that first rib or piece of chicken comes off, they ll be the ones to taste it.

4OUCH When you pull your meat off, that s when touch really comes in. You feel how the meat separates from the bone when it s properly cooked. You know, then, without even tasting, if you ve got a winner.

4ASTE Taste is why you re here. It s the reason folks crease up their aprons the night before and take the whole day prepping and soaking their wood and getting that perfect smoke.

Grilling is like game day.

And when it finally comes time to eat, that perfectly smoked meat is like Super Bowl victory Champagne.

The greatest thing about grilling, and cooking for people in general, is the atmosphere. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be hard work for everyone in attendance. One grill master can fuel a party for hundreds. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I have an invitation for you.

Every third Thursday night, the Mississippi Museum of Art and I host a party with pop-up art shows, film, music and more. Starting at 5:30 p.m., I prepare dinner for the masses, part of my monthly â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced three-day dining experience, where I create limited-time menus from local product (lunch Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner Thursday).

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Lower Your Risk of Skin Cancer

by Ioana Bonta

Skin Cancer Risk Factors Although most skin cancers are slow to spread and treatable, they

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nly a generation ago, many people thought a suntan was healthy.

Now, we know it is anything but.

In fact, today, doctors know a tan is actually a response to the skin being injured by the sun. And although a tan may not be as severe an injury as a sunburn, any color change means the skin has been harmed. Suntans and sunburns increase a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s risk of developing skin cancer.

It is the most common type of cancer in the U.S. The American Cancer Society, about 3.5 million cases of basal and squamous cell carcinoma are diagnosed in the U.S. each year and account for the vast majority of cases. They are often curable, especially when discovered early, and rarely spread to other areas of the body.

However, between 2 and 5 percent of skin cancersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more than 76,000 cases this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will be potentially deadly melanoma. Like most skin cancers, melanoma is almost always curable when detected early.

However, it is much more likely to spread to other areas of the body, where it can be much harder to treat.

As a result, melanoma causes the vast majority skin-cancer deaths in the U.S., accounting for approximately 10,000 of the 13,000 annual deaths from the disease.

noma are higher in the southeast where the sun is strong, some of the highest rates in the U.S. are found in the northwest. This should be a stark reminder that overcast skies do not protect against UV rays. Protecting your skin even on cloudy days is critical.

Fair Skin: The American Cancer Society reports melanoma is more than 20 times more common in Caucasians than African Americans. The risk is also higher in individuals with blonde or red hair, blue or green eyes, or skin that burns or freckles easily.

Age: Although skin-cancer risk increases as you age, melanoma is one of the most common cancers in young adults, especially women. People who have had at least one severe (blistering) sunburn as a child, or used sunlamps or tanning beds before age 30, also have an increased risk.

Wearing sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or more and that protects against UVA and UVB rays will help decrease your risk of skin cancer.

can also be deadly. Here are some things that can increase your risk of skin cancer.

let light, including sunlight, sunlamps and tanning beds. The greater the exposure, the greater the risk. Although the rates of mela-

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Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtually impossible to go through life with no sun exposure, everyone is at risk. But you can take several steps to protect yourself from the sun and help reduce your chances of developing skin cancer.

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trunks. Many children now wear swim shirts or t-shirts while at the pool or beach, but these are also a good idea for adults.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;VÂ?Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;iÂ?Ă&#x17E;\Ă&#x160;Regular thorough skin examinations are important, especially if you have a large number of moles or other risk factors. While this will not prevent skin cancer from developing, exams can help catch it early. Always tell your doctor if you see any new, unusual or changing moles or growths on your skin.

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f you make something, Malcolm Morrow, creator of Jackson entertainment blog The Hood Hippie, wants to help you. No, really. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a painter, or maybe if you do a comic strip, have a clothing line or make short films, I just want to promote the artistry going on in Mississippi. I feel like a lot of times people overlook the stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in the city, especially the smaller things,â&#x20AC;? he says.

One of Morrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main interestsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and his biggest project at The Hood Hippieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is promoting Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hiphop music scene. Growing up, Morrow was a regular at local venues, including Swell-O-Phonic, where he would go see acts such as 7evenThirty and DJ Young Venom perform. After graduating from Provine High School in 2009, he attended Holmes Community College before transferring to the University of Southern Mississippi in 2011. When Morrow moved back to Jackson with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in criminal justice in 2014, he found the entire arts scene had grown since he left. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like there was an artistic Renaissance going on because everywhere I looked, there was just something happening,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Morrow had always been interested in writing and

developed the skill further while at USM, interning for the national news organization Your Black World. He knew that he wanted to build something of his own using what he learned from his internship, and after seeing Jackson hip-hop ignored despite its quality and variety, Morrow set his sights on fixing that problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was important for me to focus on music here because Jackson is one of the places where hip-hop isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really supported too much. People will support other artists from outside of Jackson before theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll support somebody from here,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being from Mississippi, even if you get famous, you might still not get the support you deserve. I want to make it to the point where people see local artists the same way they see celebrities.â&#x20AC;?

Morrow began The Hood Hippie in March 2014.

Now, with the help of his business partner Will Robinson, who organizes the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly hip-hop playlists and videos, the blog has garnered more than 15,000 views. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I first started, it was just me. I used to have to hit the artists up,â&#x20AC;? Morrow says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sit there and send emails to probably 15 artists a day, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, would you like to be featured on my blog?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Now, people are hitting me up constantly. â&#x20AC;Ś I went from being some music-

geek guy, just sitting there writing about artists, to kind of being like a tastemaker in the music scene here.â&#x20AC;?

As a result, the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s content offerings have also grown. In April, The Hood Hippie released its first mixtape, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sativa Symphonic,â&#x20AC;? presenting the latest tracks from Jackson rappers, such as T Lo da Champ, Jhamasa Corinthian and GSpitta. The team released its second mixtape, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Wave Vol. 1,â&#x20AC;? June 22, featuring artists including Sika J, TDot VDot and Ray Kincaid.

Through the blog, Morrow also organized live showcases at Fondrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Thursday in April and May. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re currently taking a break so as not to wear out their welcome, but he says thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a portion of what he sees for The Hood Hippieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimately, I want us to become more than just a blog. I want us to be kind of like an entertainment company and a nexus for hip-hop, for art, for film and for anything that you want to do artistically in the city,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want us to be in the middle of that where people come to us to find the hottest things going on in Jackson.â&#x20AC;?

For more information, visit thehoodhippie.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sativa Symphonicâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Wave Vol. 1â&#x20AC;? are available at soundcloud.com/thehoodhippiems.

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DIVERSIONS | music

Finding the Lost Puppet Society

by Christo Hicks

â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one wants to watch a kid and his keyboard live,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m (thinking of) getting with a buddy whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a guitar player, â&#x20AC;Ś and maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start a new project with that.â&#x20AC;?

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ackson musician Eli Begitta is the sole member of Lost Puppet Society, an indie-electronica project that he admits started from being â&#x20AC;&#x153;the geeky computer kid with too much time on his hands.â&#x20AC;?

But that combination gave birth to an evolving interest in music. As LPS, Begitta likes to slip his creations under the table quietly, preferring to let his listeners discover the music for themselves. Begitta, 16, decided to follow that route with his first full-length record as LPS, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Amongst the Fallen Leaves,â&#x20AC;? which he released in May of this year.

Before there was LPS, though, Begitta released an album called â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Long as My Eyes Will Let Meâ&#x20AC;? under the name Playing in Parks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was more dance, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really into that anymore,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really into that when I was (younger), but I listen to it now and its like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eh.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Begitta released â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Long as My Eyes Will Let Meâ&#x20AC;?

Friday, October 28, 2014, through Bandcamp, a free and easy-to-use website for artists to stream and sell their music online. Only one day after its release, he began working on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Amongst the Fallen Leaves,â&#x20AC;? which he recorded over the course of seven months.

As he continues to grow and develop his sound, he is also making many changes in the way he presents his music, including teaming up with other musicians to improve his performances.

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son soul artists, including Dorothy Moore, also played a huge part in creating a signature sound for LPS. As with many modern electronic artists, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;808â&#x20AC;? sound is one of his main platforms. The backing beats found in LPS songs are often based on those of the original Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, a programmable drum machine that premiered in the early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s.

He also uses a â&#x20AC;&#x153;little (Korg) MS 20 plugged into a box, and it makes my voice sound like a robot. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same thing that Daft Punk does,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Begitta says this effect was the beginning of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Amongst the Fallen Leaves,â&#x20AC;? which he created to be viewed as a whole, rather than having singles pulled away from it. The storyline and music meld together into what he describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a trip.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really earthy sounds, and then the second half is way more space,â&#x20AC;? he says.

When not making music, Begittaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life as a Jacksonian includes going to his favorite local venue, Duling Hall, a few times a month, visiting the Mississippi Museum of Art and hanging out in Fondren. While on the music-making grind, he works to pull inspiration from his own â&#x20AC;&#x153;teenage angstâ&#x20AC;? to discover the next stage of Lost Puppet Society.

Lost Puppet Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Amongst the Fallen Leavesâ&#x20AC;? is available now at lostpuppetsociety.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/lostpuppetsociety.

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Harper Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set a Watchman,â&#x20AC;? will be released July 14.

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young Finch, she set the novel aside. The manuscript, lost for many years, was rediscovered in 2014. The novel follows Scout Finch as she travels from New York City to Maycomb to visit her father 20 years after the events in â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbird.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set a Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? will be published in its original form with no revisions.

Lemuria will host a book release in celebration of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set A Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? on July 14 at 5:30 p.m. The quaint bookstore, located on the second floor of Banner Hall, often has events that showcase writers and their newest publications.

Recently, Marja Mills made an appearance to read from and sign her new book about her experiences from becoming neighbors with Lee in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee.â&#x20AC;? In Millsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biography, she tells the previously unknown details of the private and mysterious author. In the book, readers will discover that her friends in New York City funded her life for a year so that she would have the time and energy to write â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbird,â&#x20AC;? and will learn about her life with her sister, Alice, and her lawyer father. Mills also portrays Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love for the outdoors and the city streets.

With the author never being one to submit to interviews to maintain her privacy, the book is a must-read for those who want to learn more about Lee. At Lemuria book releases, attendees can usually expect to meet the author.

However, Lee, 89, is currently not well enough to tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, this time, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have her here; however, we still wanted to have a celebration. Hopefully, people will come to celebrate the book, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a bit of a party,â&#x20AC;? Pickerill says.

Local author Howard Bahr will read from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set a Watchman,â&#x20AC;? and beer will be on sale for $1. Readers can also buy first editions of the novel. The event at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., 601-3667619) begins at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit lemuriabooks.com.

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o Set a Watchman,â&#x20AC;? the second novel by â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;? author Harper Lee, will finally be out July 14. The hype surrounding the novel has been building since mere rumors of the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence, and probably even longer than that. When â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;? hit shelves in the summer of 1960, the author herself hinted that a second book was in the works. After more than 50 years of anticipation, readers will have their wishes granted.

Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;? is probably one of the most common novels listed as required reading for high-school classes across the country and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. It is set in the 1930s, pre-segregation and mid-Depression in the fictional town, Maycomb, modeled after Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own hometown of Monroeville, Ala. The book is written from the perspective of Scout Finch, who recalls an incident that happened when she was only 6 years old in which her father Atticus, a virtuous southern lawyer, is appointed to the defense of Tom Robinson, a black man who allegedly raped a white woman.

While there are countless similarities between Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and the story of the Finches, including that Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father was also a lawyer, she has always maintained the novel is not meant to be autobiographical. The story was adapted for the silver screen in 1962 and is often represented in theatrical plays around the nation.

Not much is known about the new book, although there has undoubtedly been speculation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all very hush hush,â&#x20AC;? says Lemuria employee Kelly Pickerill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only a handful of people in the world have actually read (the book) at this point.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set a Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? was originally written in the mid-1950s and was the first novel Lee submitted to her publishers. When her editor suggested that she write a novel from the perspective of a

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FRIDAY 7/3

SATURDAY 7/4

The Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest is at the Canton Multipurpose Complex.

The Independence Day Celebration is at Trustmark Park in Pearl.

The Watermelon Classic is at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

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History Is Lunch is noon at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). In conjunction with the Margaret Walker Centennial Celebration, Dr. Robert Luckett of Jackson State University presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Margaret Walker in Her Own Words.â&#x20AC;? Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us. â&#x20AC;Ś The Independence Day Weekend First of July Celebration is 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) in the Art Garden. Includes food trucks and music from the United States Air Force West Concert Band, the Mississippi Mass Choir and the Cade Chapel Voices of Love. Free; call 601-960-1891; visitjackson.com.

THURSDAY 7/2

LeFleur East Foundation Flash Dash is 7-10 p.m. at Highland Village (4500 Interstate 55 N.). The annual glow-in-the-dark 5K includes local food, face painting, a rock wall, live music from the Patrick Harkins Band and

Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell performs for Livingston Live Friday, July 3, at the Town of Livingston.

Voice,â&#x20AC;? Vick Allen, Deanna Tisdale and Santore Bracey.

Gates open at 6 p.m. No outside food or glass containers.

Free; call 601-960-1084; jacksonms.gov.

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FRIDAY 7/3

Livingston LIVE is 6 p.m. at the Town of Livingston (Intersection of Highway 463 and Highway 22, Madison).

Country singer-songwriter Jason Isbell performs with Holly Williams. Doors open at 4 p.m. $20 in advance, $30 at the door, $100 VIP, children 10 and under free; call 601-2927121; ardenland.net. â&#x20AC;Ś Rocky Horror Burlesque Show is 9 p.m.

BY MICAH SMITH at The Hideaway (Deville Plaza, 5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). Black Hat Burlesque JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM presents the horror-themed FAX: 601-510-9019 show. $15 in advance, $20 at the DAILY UPDATES AT door, $25 VIP, $40 Ultra VIP; JFPEVENTS.COM call 208-8283; eventbrite.com.

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Fourth of July Backyard Bluez Festival is 9 p.m. at F. Jones Corner (303 N. Farish St.). The block party includes free barbecue while it lasts, free Jell-O shots until midnight, beer bucket specials and live music starting at 10 p.m. inside the club. Dexter Allen performs at midnight in the backyard.

Lawn chairs welcome. No coolers. $10-$15; call 601-9831148; fjonescorner.com. â&#x20AC;Ś Old School Saturday is 9 p.m.-2 a.m. at ISH Grill and Bar (5105 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The party features music from the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s. For ages 30 and up. Wear upscale attire. No athletic gear. $10 in advance, $20 at the door, table and booth reservations available; call 769-257-5204; email ishgrillandbar@gmail.com.

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I Was Afraid performs 7 p.m. at Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (208 W. Capitol St.). I Was Afraid is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s emo band from Arkansas. Other bands include Dream Cult, Common Goals, The Am/Fm, Empty Atlas and Finding Peace in Gunshots.

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Blue Monday is 7 p.m. at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St.). The Central Mississippi Blues Society hosts the weekly jam session. The Front Porch Acoustic Hour is 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., and the CMBS Blue Monday Band performs 8:45 to 11 p.m. $5, $3 for CMBS members; email centralmsbluessociety@gmail.com; centralmississippibluessociety.com.

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The Margaret Walker Centennial Program is 11:30 a.m. at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.).

July 7 at 11:30 a.m., the Jubilee Picnic, a lecture from Dr. Maryemma Graham and a roundtable discussion take place at Ayer Hall. July 10 at the Student Center, the gala includes a reception at 5 p.m. and music at 7 p.m. RSVP. Free; call 601-979-3935; jsums.edu/margaretwalkercenter.

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BomBassic performs 8 p.m. at OffBeat (151 Wesley Ave.). The Asheville, N.C., music duo (Cpt. Hyperdrive and Brucey B) performs live electronic music on its summer tour in support of its mix album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Synergy.â&#x20AC;? For ages 18 and up. $5; call 601-376-9404; offbeatjxn.com.

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Independence Day Weekend First of July Celebration July 1, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In the Art Garden.

Includes food trucks and music from the United States Air Force West Concert Band, the Mississippi Mass Choir and the Cade Chapel Voices of Love. Free; call 601-960-1891; visitjackson.com.

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Red, White and Jackson July 2, 7 p.m., at SmithWills Stadium (1200 Lakeland Drive). Includes food vendors, live entertainment, a fireworks display and more. Performers include the Bluz Boys, Vedo from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Voice,â&#x20AC;? Vick Allen, Deanna Tisdale and Santore Bracey. Gates open at 6 p.m.

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Broadmeadow Neighborhood Association Fourth of July Parade July 4, 11 a.m., at Broadmeadow United Methodist Church (4419 Broadmeadow Drive). Costumes encouraged. Bicycles and wagon floats welcome. Refreshments and family-friendly activities after the parade. Free; call 366-1403; email maureencatherinesmith@gmail. com; topoffondren.com.

Mississippi Family Fest July 4, 3-8 p.m., at Livingston Park (150 Livingston Park Drive). The family-friendly event includes food, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities and fireworks. Free; call 601-398-2433; email lsh@theholmesinc.com; theholmesinc.com.

Fourth of July Party July 4, 5-8 p.m., at Old House Depot (639 Monroe St.). Includes food from The Feathered Cow and Arender Tomatoes, and music from Southern Komfort Brass Band.

Free; call 601-592-6200; oldhousedepot.com.

Fourth of July Backyard Bluez Festival July 4, 9 p.m., at F. Jones Corner (303 N. Farish St.). The block party includes free barbecue while it lasts, free Jell-O shots until midnight, beer bucket specials and live music starting at 10 p.m. inside the club. Dexter Allen performs at midnight in the backyard. Lawn chairs welcome. No coolers. $10-$15; call 601-983-1148; fjonescorner.com.

Red, White & YOU July 4, 9 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N.). Local deejays Orin, Jo:L, The Trapstar Bobby Stanton, Monoxide and DJ Blizzy provide music at The Hideawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fourth of July dance party. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, half-price admission with military ID; call 769-208-8283; hideawayms.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. Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. For ages 18 and up. $5; call 601-3626121 ext. 16; email natalie@jacksonfreepress. com; jfpchickball.com. Donate now to help!

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;July 8, noon. Peggy Prenshaw, Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies Emerita at Louisiana State University and Millsaps College Humanities Scholar-in-Residence, presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ellen Douglas: A Life.â&#x20AC;? Free; call 601576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

Margaret Walker Centennial Program July 7, 11:30 a.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). July 7 at 11:30 a.m., the Jubilee Picnic, a lecture from Dr. Maryemma Graham and a roundtable discussion take place at Ayer Hall. July 10 at the Student Center, the gala includes a reception at 5 p.m. and music at 7 p.m. Please RSVP for the gala. Free; call 601-979-3935; jsums.edu/ margaretwalkercenter.

Summer Family Fun Night Fridays, 6-8 p.m., Saturdays, 5-7 p.m. through June 27, at Northpark Mall (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland).

Families enjoy an evening of entertainment, karaoke and activities from local retailers with a different theme each week. $5; call 601-863-2300; follow Northpark Mall on Facebook.

+)$3 Once Upon a Time: Storytime at the Manship House July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., at Manship House Museum (420 E. Fortification St.). Children in grades K-3 listen to a story and make a related craft. Reservations required. Free; call 601-961-4724; email info@manshiphouse.com; mdah.state.ms.us.

Events at Mississippi Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum (2145 Highland Drive) UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă?Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;`i`Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. The museum is open late Fridays through July 24. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months and museum members free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

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Discovering the Young Artist Camp July 6, 9-11 a.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). For children in grades 1-4. Topics include shape, form, shading, and color. Registration required. Runs through July 10. $105; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted.

Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) UĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; p*Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;}Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; July 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Children ages 11-13 learn to draw live models. Runs through July 10.

Registration required. $250; call 960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

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DayStars Creative and Performing Arts Camp July 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Wells United Methodist Church (2019 Bailey Ave.). The camp for children in grades K-6 is held weekdays through July 18.

The camp ends with a production of Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jungle Book Kids.â&#x20AC;? Registration required.

Snacks included. Lunch option available for an additional cost. $425 per child (scholarships and discounts available); call 601-212-0063; email admin@wellschurch.org. Â&#x2C6;`Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x20AC;>VĂ&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x201C;ÂŤĂ&#x160;July 6, at Christ United Methodist Church (6000 Old Canton Road). The camp is for children entering grades K-5. This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus is basketball and dance. Runs through July 9. Registration required.

Children must be at least 5 years old by Sept. 1. $20, $5 each additional sibling; call 601-9566974; christunitedjxn.org. >}Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x2C6;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; > Â&#x2026;>Â&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x160;July 7, 10-11 a.m., at Madison Public Library (994 Madison Ave., Madison). Mississippi magic man and family entertainer Dorian LaChance presents his brand-new magic show. Free; call 601-856-2749; mcls.ms.

Middle School Book Club July 8, 3:30-4:30 p.m., at Ridgeland Public Library (397 Highway 51, Ridgeland). Share what you have been reading this summer, and learn about a few new books that pique your interest. For grades 5-8.

Free; call 601-856-4536; mcls.ms.

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Free; call 601-987-8181.

&//$ $2).+ Slice of Americana Pizza Festival July 4, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at Powerhouse Community Arts Center (413 S. 14th St., Oxford). Includes the Slice of Americana Pizza Competition, a pizzamaking contest, live music, games and more. $5-$40; call 662-236-6429; email yacoperations@ gmail.com; oxfordarts.com.

30/243 7%,,.%33 i Â?iĂ&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;`>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;July 2, 7-10 p.m., at Highland Village (4500 Interstate 55 N.). The annual glow-in-the-dark 5K run includes local food, face painting, a rock wall, live music from the Patrick Harkins Band, fireworks and more. Registration required. $30 through June 15, $40 after; fun run: $15 through June 15, $20 after; $100 family (four or more) through June 15; call 601-720-8343; eventbrite.com.

Balloon Chase Run/Walk July 4, 6:30 p.m., at Canton Multipurpose Complex (501 Soldier Colony Road, Canton). Includes a fourmile run, a two-mile walk and a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run at 8 a.m. Awards given. The race is part of the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest. $20, $10 fun run; call 601-355-6276; ballooncanton.com.

Farm Bureau Watermelon Classic July 4, 7:30 a.m., at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1152 Lakeland Drive). The annual race includes a 5K run/walk, a one-mile fun run and a Tot Trot for children ages 3 and under.

Costumes welcome. Watermelon and beverages served after the race. Registration in advance required. $30 5K, $20 fun run, $90 family rate, $130 team (register by June 30 for a $5 discount); call 601-982-8264; msfame.com.

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Rocky Horror Burlesque Show July 3, 9 p.m., at The Hideaway (Deville Plaza, 5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road).

Black Hat Burlesque presents the horrorthemed show. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $25 VIP, $40 Ultra VIP; call 2088283; eventbrite.com.

#/.#%243 &%34)6!,3 Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest July 2, 5-8 p.m., July 3, 6 p.m., July 4, 6:45 a.m., July 4, 4-9 p.m., July 5, 7 a.m., at Canton Multipurpose Complex (501 Soldier Colony Road, Canton). The 30th annual event is a fundraiser for the Good Samaritan Center. The Celebrate America Balloon Glow is July 3 at Northpark Mall. The Canton Balloon Glow is July 4 at the Canton Multipurpose Center. More events on the website.

Free; call 601-859-4358 or 800-844-3369; ballooncanton.com. Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; 6 Ă&#x160;July 3, 6 p.m., at Town of Livingston (Highway 463 and Highway 22, Madison). Country singer-songwriter Jason Isbell performs with Holly Williams. Doors open at 4 p.m. $20 in advance, $30 at the door, $100 VIP, children 10 and under free; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net. ,Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;`iĂ&#x160;6Â&#x153;Â&#x153;`Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;July 3, 10 p.m., at Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.). The Oxford, Miss., acid-rock band performs in support of its debut album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Metaphysical Seduction.â&#x20AC;? Chilowee Royal also performs. Admission TBA; call 601-354-9712; email ryboltproductions@comcast.net; martinslounge.net.

I Was Afraid July 5, 7 p.m., at Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (208 W. Capitol St.). I Was Afraid is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s emo band from Arkansas. Other bands include Dream Cult, Common Goals, The Am/Fm, Empty Atlas and Finding Peace in Gunshots. Doors open at 7 p.m. All-ages show. $5; call 863-9516; email bigxsleepy@ gmail.com; follow Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Facebook.

BomBassic July 8, 8 p.m., at OffBeat (151 Wesley Ave.). The electronic music duo (Cpt. Hyperdrive and Brucey B) from Asheville, N.C. performs. For ages 18 and up. $5 cover; call 601-376-9404; offbeatjxn.com.

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.

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The Phoenix Suns selected Moss Point High School product Devin Booker No. 13 overall in the NBA Draft. Booker is the highest Mississippi selection since Meridianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rodney Hood went No. 23 in 2014.

Lanier High School great Monta Ellis opted out of the final year of his contract with the Dallas Mavericks and will be an unrestricted free agent starting July 1.

Mississippi State University senior Erica Bougard finished third in the heptathlon at the USA Track and Field Championships on Sunday in Eugene, Ore., which earned her a spot on the U.S. National Team for the 2015 Track and Field World Championships in Beijing.

Former University of Mississippi track star Sam Kendricks won his second straight U.S. pole-vaulting national title in Eugene and will participate in the World Championships in Beijing.

Jackson Preparatory School alumnus Jonathan Randolph finished T60 at the PGA Tour Travelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Championship in Cromwell, Conn. Randolphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finish paid out $13,338.

The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Cup final is on the line Sunday, July 5, in Vancouver, Canada. The semifinal matchups: U.S. v. Germany Tuesday, June 30 and Japan v. England Wednesday, July 1.

The Wimbledon tennis championship, the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most coveted major title, takes the stage June 29-July 12.

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Follow golf â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest stars as the summer swing heats up with the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulfur Springs, W.Va., July 2-5 (Golf Channel/CBS).

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The Mississippi Braves host the Jackson Generals July 4-8 at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl).

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.

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triking out is not meant to be celebrated.

Aaron Holbert, manager of the Mississippi Braves, should know this. He has been in professional baseball for 25 years.

In August 2005, the then-32-year-old pinch hitter for the Cincinnati Reds whiffed on a 1-2 splitfinger fastball to end the sixth inning in an otherwise forgettable late summer game between the middling Reds and San Francisco Giants.

ing track for an out before Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa removed him in the sixth inning.

The next day, Holbert was sent back to Louisville. La Russa told the 23-year-old prospect, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be seeing you again soon.â&#x20AC;?

These parting words proved false, as Aaron never suited up for the Cardinals again. His next appearance on a major league lineup card was September 6, 2005, nine years and 104 days later. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4,025 days between major league games, the longest gap of any player since World War II. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get back to the majors with no problem after those first five days,â&#x20AC;? Holbert says. But it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so easy.

The gulf that separates the majors from the minors is profound. A playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compensation and support exponentially increases from lower Single-A to the majors. The differences between the highest minor-league tier, AAA, and the majors are vast: hundreds of thousands of dollars a season, upper-deck stadiums, ESPN SportsCenter highlights.

The major league minimum salary in 2015 is $507,500, while the average AAA salary is about $25,200. Holbert averaged around $55,000 per season as a free agent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get 10 years as a player,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all dream big, and I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be an all-star player.â&#x20AC;?

A bitter combination of small injuries and circumstance kept him in Triple A from Bill Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first term to George Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed like every year I signed somewhere, there was a legitimate shortstop or second basemen manning those positions,â&#x20AC;? Holbert says.

When his Cardinals contract expired, he signed with the Mariners in the spring of 1998. He went on to bat .314 with AAA-Tacoma, but the Mariners had Alex Rodriguez at shortstop, who was then the most talented young player in the sport. With the Boston Red Sox organization in 2000, Holbert spent the year in AAAPawtucket as shortstop Nomar Garciaparra blazed his way to a .372 average and the batting title in Boston.

Single season sojourns with the Tampa Bay Devil Mississippi Braves Manager Aaron Holbert wants the minor league Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Piteamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players to know that he understands the toil of MILB. rates provided more realistic opportunities for a call-up, but nothing happened. Hamstring pulls and tears pestered him throughout his career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That might have been the best strikeout of my professional â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is some frustration, especially at the AAA level, because career,â&#x20AC;? Holbert says. An odyssey ended for him with that strikeout, you are one step away, and you are constantly seeing guys going up,â&#x20AC;? which occurred in the second game of his MLB career.

Holbert says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re upset at your own circumstance, the fact that if The St. Louis Cardinals drafted him 18th overall in the 1990 I were healthy, maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be me.â&#x20AC;?

Amateur Baseball Draft. Scouts took note of the swift-fielding As the 1990s turned to the 2000s, front offices began placing high-school sophomore from Torrance, Calif., two years earlier a greater premium on power-hitting middle-infielders, a quality while evaluating his older brother, Ray Holbert, who ended up Holbert lacked. His homerun total never topped 12 during any of playing for teams such as the San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves his 16 minor league seasons. When he was drafted, middle-infieldand Kansas City Royals. Though thin, Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speed and fielding ers were defenders first, their offensive production a bonus. impressed the scouts. He got called up from Triple-A Louisville For instance, Ozzie Smith, the Cardinals Hall of Fame shortdays prior and made his major-league debut against the Phila- stop (whose injury at the start of the 1996 season paved the way delphia Phillies on April 14, 1996. He rode the bench for four for Holbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first call-up), hit 28 home runs across his entire cagames before finding his name on the lineup card, slotted to bat reer. By Holbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prime, some shortstops and second basemen leadoff and play second base. were expected to hit 28 homeruns a season, and many of them â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolute terror and fear,â&#x20AC;? Holbert says of his state of mind be- did. This was at the heart of the steroid era, years when the power fore his debut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want so badly to do well. You dreamt about this numbers ballooned artificially, as did the biceps. for so long, and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your opportunity.â&#x20AC;?

Holbert signed with the Reds in 2004 and discovered what Holbert went 0-3 that day, driving one pitch to the warn- is so rare in the transient minor leagues: a stable community.

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Oxford High School won Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier seven-on-seven high-school football tournament, the Medicomp 7 on 7, at Liberty Park in Madison June 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28. Clinton High School placed fifth as the top performing metro area team.

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Halfway through 2005, Holbert was having his best hitting season in years. By Aug. 16, the veteran was hitting .304. On that mid-August day, rain was delaying the Batsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game when manager Rick Sweet called the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention.

Holbert, filling the downtime with clubhouse dominoes, hoped Sweet would say the game was cancelled. Instead, he told him to report to Cincinnati immediately.

The Reds were playing the Giants that night, and Aaron was needed. Louisville to Cincinnati is an hour and 45 minute drive due north, but for Holbert, the journey to Cincinnati had been anything but short and straight.

He vowed to cherish this second turn in MLB. His wife, Jacqueline Holbert, was watching from the Redsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; family section at Bank of America Park. Newlyweds in 1996, Jacqueline did not see her husband play his one game that year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My whole reason for grinding and persevering for all of those years was for her to experience that moment,â&#x20AC;? Holbert says.

His first at bat came in the bottom of

the fifth. He stood in the on-deck circle, embracing the moment. His head swiveled, eyes canted up. He listened to the din of 17,000 spectators, soaking it all in.

Then, Holbert approached the plate, faced right-hander Jeff Franco, inhaled deep and struck out on four pitches.

The next season, Holbert was back in Louisville, where management gave him the option of either testing free agency or becoming a coach. He chose the latter, embarking on his second career path as the hitting instructor with the Gulf Coast Reds in 2006. He coached the Rookie League Bill-

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Holbert played 22 games the rest of the season, mostly as a pinch hitter, notching six hits and three runs in 27 plate appearances.

With each game, his peers showed appreciation for the journey he had made. Teammates like Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn congratulated his multi-base hits with particular enthusiasm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I even had players and staff from the other team saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow, good for you,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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ings Mustangs in 2007. Then, after managing teams such as the Kinston Indians and Lake County Captains, he became the manager for the Mississippi Braves in 2011.

Four years in with the Mississippi Braves and the same ambition that drove Holbert as a wiry 17-year-old prospect defines his work today: making it to the major leagues. Holbert and his staff strive to prepare each current Mississippi Brave for a roster spot with Atlanta. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really, the ul-

timate goal of these players is not to spend the entire year here,â&#x20AC;? Holbert says.

Life in the minor leagues can be a bit like a perpetual first date. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not always sure where you stand with the people you want to impress. Many begin obsessing over how management views their performance: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is management happy with me? Am I getting the promotion?

Am I getting sent down? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a family now, and the salary is low. Is it time to retire from the game I love?â&#x20AC;?

When one of his players becomes caught up in the anxiety, Holbert leans on his past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope they understand that I and we as a staff have been through what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ... understand the toil of the minors. We had to battle and scratch and crawl for everything we got.â&#x20AC;?

Just as his players aspire to rise in the baseball ranks, Holbert, too, desires for promotion to the Atlanta Braves. But his route to the Braves will be through his ability to instruct, not play. Coaching could be his avenue to Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turner Field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out to the degree that I hoped as a player. Maybe this is the way itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to work,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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