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Making a splash

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» Cathead’s Old Soul bourbon hits the marketplace

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The stock of Old Soul bourbon at Briarwood Wine and Spirit was down to about two cases on Tuesday.

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» Shrimp Basket to open on County Line

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MADE IN MISSISSIPPI

Tiffany Stone making her community a better place to live and work

Cathead’s Old Soul bourbon makes a splash

By CALLIE DANIELS mbj@msbusiness.com

Three years ago, a Memphis native moved for the first time to Tupelo. Not only did she meet and marry her husband, become a mother to two sons: she impacted her community for the better.

“I was born and raised in Memphis,” said Tiffany Stone.

“I moved here because the job I had at the time was in retail management, and the part of the job was if they had a management position open and they needed you to move… you had to move. So I moved to Tupelo because of my retail job at the time. I now love Tupelo. I met my husband a year and a half after I moved here. I believe that’s why God moved me here so I could meet my husband that I am thankful for.

I now have two boys: Matthew who is six, and Adam, who is four. Tupelo is our home. This is a great place to raise a family.”

Stone is a woman of many titles: senior universal banker at BankPlus, Mrs. Mississippi, a sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Board member of Catch Kids, Committee member of Joyner Elementary Parent Advisory Committee and Harrisburg Preschool Committee.

Her impact begins with BankPlus where she began three years ago as the Banking Center head teller.

“Tupelo was going to be the new model for branches for BankPlus,” Stone said. “All the branches here in Tupelo are around the same prototype. Tupelo branches would only have universal banker positions in the branches. A universal banker does it all: teller transaction, open accounts, consumer loans, and account maintenance, etc.”

She was promoted to senior universal banker and is the Branch Manager at the Coley Road branch.

“The coolest part of my career is to be a part of the future of banking,” Stone said. “Our branches are the future of banking with ITM: Interactive Teller Machines. This is where a live person takes care of all your transactions through our Interactive Teller Machine just like you would at any teller window at any bank. Our branches are not your typical branch look, but customers love it because it’s so pleasant and efficient.”

Stone also teaches a program at Bankplus, “Credit Plus,” which is a small-dollar, short-term loan product designed to encourage participants to develop a regular savings plan designed to help those “caught up in the Payday Lending cycle or would like to join the banking mainstream with re-established credit,” according to BankPlus website. All borrowers in this program are required to complete the financial literacy seminar provided by BankPlus, a course which Stone teaches.

She is also the 2017 titleholder as Mrs. Mississippi. In seeking the title, she championed confidence and a go-getter attitude for women everywhere.

“I entered the Mrs. Mississippi pageant because I wanted to do something for me,” Stone said. “This was a goal and a dream of mine to compete. We as moms and wives put so

much energy into our busy lives and sometimes don’t do the things we want to do.

We all need to take the time to do things that we want to for ourselves. Whatever goals you have and want to accomplish, you should go for it. So this is what I did, and this is the message I like sharing with women everywhere.”

Stone had always dreamed of being in a Stone pageant so when the opportunity presented she seized it regardless of what the outcome could be.

“Winning the title of Mrs. Mississippi was amazing! I went into the competition with the mindset of no matter what the outcome would be I just want to do my best. That way when I looked back on it in the end I would know I gave it my all. When I won it was like a dream come true. I gave and still give all Glory to my lord Jesus Christ because he made this happen for me and I’m so thankful,” Stone said.

Her platform as Mrs. Mississippi was volunteerism during the Pageant, as she is a dedicated volunteer to several organizations in her community.

“I enjoy volunteering,” she said, “and I encourage others to find time whenever that is to either volunteer or give monetarily. There are so many wonderful organizations that need support.”

Stone makes time to devote to her busy, dedicated life.

She is grateful for the “great support system” in her husband and family who step in when she has to be away.

When asked what advice Stone would give to fellow busy, dedicated women who want to make a difference, she said: “I like to tell women to trust God to order your steps in everything in life. If there is a goal or dream that you want to accomplish, go for it. If it doesn’t turn out the way you wanted, don’t be discouraged but learn from it and keep going. God allows everything to happen for a reason: to teach us a lesson and to make (us) stronger.”

“I enjoy volunteering and I encourage others to find time” Tiffany Stone

By JACK WEATHERLY jack.weatherly@msbusiness.com Cathead Vodka distillery is looking confidently to 2019 after the launch of its first bourbon, Old Soul.

The Jackson distillery issued 500 nine-liter cases in mid-November in Mississippi only.

Next summer, Cathead will produce 4,000 cases to be distributed across the South, according to co-founder Richard Patrick.

Briarwood Wine and Spirit at 4949 Old Canton Road had sold all but two cases of 25 as of Tuesday, most to individuals, said store manager Colin Thompson.

“We’ll be out by the end of the week,” Thompson said.

Patrick said the release was designed “to get us through the holidays.”

The name Old Soul is a twofold metaphor, Patrick said.

One is the acknowledgement that bourbon making is a slow process, and the other is homage to the experienced people who make the whiskey, led by distiller Phillip Ladner, Patrick said.

“There’s a lot of art to making bourbon” to go with the science, Patrick said.

Old Soul likewise is a characteristic attributed to people who are wise beyond their years, precocious in a mature way.

The whiskey is a blend – 74 percent aged at least four years and 26 percent aged a minimum of 15 months. Its mash is 21 percent rye, 75 percent corn and 4 percent malted barley The package for whiskey was not without considerable thought, Patrick said.

The bottle is shaped like a French cognac bottle, has a “nice weight” and a cork top.

Cathead Distillery was founded in Gluckstadt in 2010 and moved to a larger facility in 2015.

Bourbon had to wait its turn after Cathead Vodka established its market.

Patrick said it takes “massive capital” along with time to produce bourbon.

So the vodka, along with gin and a liqueur, has had to pay the bill, while the bourbon was paying its dues and waiting its turn.

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Costco war moves to yet another battlefield

By JACK WEATHERLY jack.weatherly@msbusiness.com

Opponents of the proposed Costco Wholesale store in Ridgeland are unrelenting.

The “war” that has dragged on for three years over the project proposed as the anchor for the 45-acre phase three of the Renaissance at Colony Park has moved to a third battlefield.

The Mississippi Supreme Court was unanimous in finding on April 19, 2018 that the site zoning approved by the city of Ridgeland was illegal and done as a favor to Costco and the developer, Mattiace Properties of Jackson.

Afterward, the city approved a site plan for a “fueling station” set on two acres across High Colony Parkway, which homeowners subsequently challenged in Madison County Circuit Court and is pending.

The station was an especially nettlesome aspect of the big development, which opponents contend would bring heavy traffic and disruption of the area in which they live, primarily because of Costco, which is a private shopping club like Sam’s Club.

Now the action turns to the Madison County Chancery Court over a permit issued by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the bigger site.

Steve Maloney, who represents six homeowners living in the vicinity of the development in the case pending in Madison County Circuit Court, responded in the chancery court case in which the MDEQ seeks dismissal of an appeal of a permit it granted in June 2016 for the site.

The MDEQ said that Maloney’s appeal should have been filed March 3, 2017, 20 days after the issuance, not 20 months, as Maloney did.

Maloney countered that “the citizens are not appealing the initial permit. The citizens are appealing the failure of the MDEQ to revoke the initial permit. . . because it was based almost entirely on zoning laws that were later de-

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Pipe is stacked on the 45-acre site though no construction has begun.

clared illegal” by the Supreme Court on April 19.

Four days after the Supreme Court ruling, Maloney argued in a chancery court filing, the MDEQ “should require the developers to cease and desist all activities on the subject property in light of the recent Mississippi Supreme Court ruling.”

Nevertheless, the MDEQ maintained that “Renaissance may still develop the site as planned; it simply cannot

construct a fueling station on site.”

Maloney argued in his Madison Circuit Court filing that what Costco calls its “fueling station” is not a “service station” that sells to the public.

“Costco is left with the unenviable task of proving that their ‘private club fueling station’ is a ‘service station,’ even though they have argued in other jurisdictions that their ‘private club station’ is not a ‘service station.’”

DINING

SHRIMP BASKET TO OPEN FRIDAY ON COUNTY LINE

By JACK WEATHERLY jack.weatherly@msbusiness.com

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A Shrimp Basket restaurant will open Friday in the former Shoney’s on County Line Road at Ridgewood Road

A Shrimp Basket restaurant will open Friday on County Line Road at Ridgewood Road.

It will be the 30th restaurant in the Pensacola, Fla.-based casual dining chain that offers seafood seven days a week and a full bar.

James Caldwell, the Ridgeland general manager, said the Shrimp Basket offers “good quality food served in a quick time frame. We’re not fine dining, but we could be.”

It will have several all-you-can-eat specials, depending on the day – steamed shrimp, fried popcorn shrimp or fried fish, white or catfish – and a full menu of appetizers, platters, poboys, salads and soups.

Another enticement is “Oyster Tuesday,” on the second Tuesday of the month from September through April when oysters are sold for 47 cents

apiece, according to marketing director Caitlin Lucas.

Lucas said that “we call ourselves a casual seafood dining restaurant. The environment. . . for the customer is that they are on the beach, that they are on vacation.”

And to that end is the fact that all the seafood is “fresh from the Gulf,” she said.

Hours are 10:30 a.m. till 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10:30 till 9 p.m. on Sunday.

The restaurant, with a seating capacity of about 185, will hire 85, most of whom are full-time. Staffing is currently sufficient and thus hiring will be on hold for the first two weeks of operation, Caldwell said.

The new restaurant is in the former location of a Shoney’s that closed several years ago.

Adjacent to the Shrimp Basket will be a Hardee’s, which will be built from ground up after the former Ralph and Kacoo’s is razed. That building has been vacant for 20 years.

Work has not begun on that project, but the parent company, CKE Restaurants Holdings, said Tuesday that the plan has not changed.

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Bloomberg announces Jackson to receive $1M for public art project addressing nutrition, food equity

Expert: Mississippi auto making on solid footing despite turbulent industry

By MBJ STAFF MBJ@msbusiness.com Philanthropist, public health advocate and former mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg joined Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba to announce that the city has been named a Bloomberg Philanthropies 2018 Public Art Challenge winner. Jackson will receive up to $1 million for its project, “Fertile Ground: Inspiring Dialogue About Food Access,” which aims to inform policy related to nutrition by using art as a medium to communicate the complexities of the issue in the city.

An interdisciplinary team of local and national artists, landscape architects, filmmakers, farmers, chefs, nutritionists, and community members will come together to create a city-wide exhibition with installations, performances and programming. Workshops and panels will address challenges stemming from a proliferation of fast food restaurants in the area and the need for healthy food opportunities for the community.

Sites will include public streets, community gardens, a local elementary school, a vacant building that will be converted into exhibition space, and a food lab with pop up kitchen space that will act as an experimental food incubator.

Bloomberg said, “This project, ‘Fertile Ground,’ will bring together artists from all walks of life to discuss barriers to healthy food in Jackson, Mississippi. Lack of access to healthy food is a challenge in many communities across the country, and this project is a great example of how local artists can help spur conversations around important issues.”

Lumumba said, “The city is overjoyed to have been selected in this process. This was a highly competitive grant where over 200 cities around the world applied to be a part of this Public Art Challenge. And so, to be able to aid in the aesthetic appeal of the city while delivering a message of healthy eating for the citizens of Jackson is a truly remarkable opportunity and we are ecstatic and look forward to seeing this project come into fruition.”

Partners will include local arts councils, community organizations, restaurants and cafes as well as the Jackson Medical Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Jackson State University and the Mississippi Museum of Art. Select na-

tional and local participants who will inform both the creative process and food related programming include: » Kara Walker, a nationally celebrated artist known for her exploration of race, stereotypes and gender throughout American history. » Adrienne Domnick, a local artist whose work is an exploration of sound, light, bold colors on a variety of surfaces.

Through her work in Jackson’s Midtown community, Dominick leverages her creative perspective to bridge the gap between community and art. » Award winning filmmaker, director, and producer Keegan Kuhn, and local director and producer Roderick Red, who both work with nonprofits and focus on social issues. » Mark Bittman, the country’s first food-focused Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times and faculty member of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. » Nick Wallace, included on 2017’s “Best Chefs America” list and Mississippi’s first Food Network’s “Chopped Champion,” is a leader in redefining the Southern food experience and also provides healthy food options for local schools. » Ron Finley, frustrated by his community’s lack of access to fresh, organic food, turned a parkway in front of his South Central Los Angeles home into an edible garden. The experience blossomed into a quest to teach communities how to eat and take control of their food sources.

Walter Hood, a landscape architect, participating in the project said, “I am delighted to be collaborating with the ‘Fertile Ground Project’ and local community to create a lasting and sustainable sculptural work that is at once a powerful reminder of how landscape and food are symbiotic to our lives.”

For a list of all participating creative partners, downloadable images, and more information, click here for a media kit courtesy of the City of Jackson: https:// bit.ly/2TvMaGF. To keep up with the project updates please visit the Fertile Ground project page.

About the Public Art Challenge: In February, Bloomberg Philanthropies invited mayors of U.S. cities with 30,000 residents or more to submit proposals for

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks with reporters following a press conference in Jackson on Nov. 29.

temporary public art projects that address important civic issues, and demonstrate an ability to generate public-private collaborations, celebrate creativity and urban identity, and strengthen local economies.

More than 200 cities applied for the 2018 Public Art Challenge with proposals reflecting diverse artistic mediums addressed a range of pressing issues and social themes such as community development, environmental sustainability, cultural identity and immigration. Fourteen finalists were announced in July.

Earlier this month, Anchorage, Alaska was the first city to be announced as a winner in the 2018 Public Art Challenge for “SEED Lab,” followed by Coral Springs in partnership with Parkland, Florida for “Inspiring Community Healing After Gun Violence: The Power of Art.” Additional winning cities will be announced in the coming weeks.

By JACK WEATHERLY jack.weatherly@msbusiness.com

Mississippi does not face a negative impact from the fact that General Motors last week announced it will shutter five plants and lay off thousands of workers in the United States and Canada.

GM does have an indirect presence in the state – a distribution center in Rankin County and two manufacturing operations -- though the company declined to tell the Mississippi Business Journal where and how many workers.

Regardless, “yesterday’s announcement does not impact Mississippi,” said Stephanie Rice, a spokeswoman for GM. Matt Doude, associate director of the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State, said that auto making in Mississippi is on solid footing.

Carlos Ghosn, the chairman of Nissan, was summarily fired and jailed on Nov. 19 in Japan on vaguely stated reasons that claim he illegally enriched himself by at $40 million to $80 million at the expense of the company, according to published reports.

Suspects in Japan can be interrogated for up to three weeks without being formally charged.

Ghosn brought the Nissan assembly plant to Canton in 2003 and introduced auto making to a state not known for advanced manufacturing, with a few exceptions. Ghosn (pronounced gone) was considered widely as savior of Nissan.

Nissan was followed in 2011 by Toyota in Blue Springs. Between them they have created more than 8,000 direct jobs.

The GM decision is indicative of the influence of China, Doude said.

“It used to be that cars were designed for the U.S. and sold in other places,” Doude said. “Now the cars are designed for China and sold in the U.S.” China’s economy is the second biggest in the world and the biggest auto market in the world, he said.

Nearly twice as many cars are sold in China than in the United States, he said.

“So many people in China are buying their first car,” Doude said.

And the Chinese government is mandating electric and clean-energy vehicles.

GM plans to redeploy some $4.5 billion in annual savings to more profitable truck, electric-car and autonomous-vehicle manufacturing, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Hyde-Smith trumped Espy handily in runoff

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s expected, Cindy HydeSmith trumped Mike Espy in the run-off election to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Thad Cochran.

Yes, trumped, both literally and figuratively – literally because she won handily 54% to 46% and figuratively because President Donald Trump flew into Mississippi the day before the election and stumped for her in Tupelo and Biloxi.

As I wrote three weeks ago, both the politics and the numbers were stacked for Hyde-Smith and against Espy.

Mississippi remains a majority conservative Republican state. Democratic efforts to tilt politics in their favor by painting Hyde-Smith, a decent, rural, conservative woman, as a throw-back segregationist fell on deaf ears among that conservative majority. It seems pretty clear that most of the first election vote for arch-conservative Chris McDaniel turned out for Hyde-Smith (or at least for Trump) and she was able to retain nearly all of her original vote. Indeed, Trump’s unwavering support along with strong support from Gov. Phil Bryant kept the politics stacked in Hyde-Smith’s favor.

As for the numbers, the strong Republican majority in the first election stacked them in her favor. In that elec-

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tion, Hyde-Smith and McDaniel won 514,549 votes while Espy and Tobey Bartee won 372,819, a huge gap of 141,730 votes. To overcome that gap, Espy needed an historic Democratic voter turnout and a much dwindled GOP turnout to have a chance.

Democratic votes did go up and GOP votes did go down, but not at the levels Espy needed.

Democratic votes were up 37,874 while Republican votes were down 35,271, a swing of 73,145 votes. The turnout in the two races was virtually the same, 2,609 votes more in the runoff, leaving Hyde-Smith with a substantial margin of 68,585 votes (479,278 to 410,693).

“Espy ran a historic race and outperformed all expectations of a Democrat in the ruby-red state of Mississippi,” proclaimed Newsweek in its election wrap-up.

In fact, Espy’s effort was somewhat less than historic. While his 46% proportion of the total vote was relatively high for a Democrat, his vote total fell well short of Hilary Clinton’s 485,131 in 2016 and far short of Barack Obama’s 528,260 in 2012. More significant was the lower turnout by ReSee CRAWFORD, Page 6

he letter was relatively brief.

Yet its 11 sentences make a profound impact.

On Jan. 20, 1993, outgoing President George H.W. Bush left a note for Bill Clinton, who was about to be inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States. The message – simple, personal, humble and gracious — has come back into the nation’s consciousness following Bush’s death on Friday.

It went as follows: “Dear Bill, When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too.

I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described.

There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I’m not a very good one to give advice; but just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course.

You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well.

Your success is now our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.

Good luck, George” The letter has resonated for its gracious tone that speaks much to Bush’s character. Bear in mind he had just completed a contentious campaign against Clinton and was writing to the man who had defeated him.

But even more so, it speaks to decorum, civil transfer of power, and a deep respect for the office of the president.

The letter also calls to an earlier time that feels much different than our current age of acrimonious, partisan squabbles. Its tone runs in sharp contrast to the cynical insults so often hurled at today’s political enemies on social media, talk radio or cable news networks.

It also begs a question. Must its tone be banished to museums and history books?

Clinton addressed this point in an op-ed in Saturday’s Washington Post.

“Given what politics looks like in America and around the world today, it’s easy to sigh and say George H.W. Bush belonged to an era that is gone and never coming back – where our opponents are not our enemies, where we are open to different ideas and changing our minds, where facts matter and where our devotion to our children’s future leads to honest compromise and shared progress,” Clinton wrote.

“I know what he would say: ‘Nonsense. It’s your duty to get that America back.’”

We couldn’t agree more. As the nation reflects on Bush’s life – and recalls the gracious note he left all those years ago to a political foe – let us allow ourselves to be inspired by the example that places love of country over party, ideology, or self-interest.

Let us hold ourselves, and our politicians, to the same standard.

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publicans. In 2016 Trump got 700,714 votes and in 2012 Mitt Romney got 674,302.

It’s problematic to compare presidential election turnout with mid-term turnout, but these numbers suggest there was some enthusiasm for Espy among Democrats but less enthusiasm for Hyde-Smith among Republicans. This is borne out anecdotally by comments like the following from various media sources: The only reason I’m voting for her is because she’s a Republican. She’s the best of the worst. I just think she’s the less of the two evils. I wish I had somebody else to vote for. I’ll hold my nose and vote for Cindy HydeSmith. I’ll not vote for her again in two years.

Numerous Republicans privately said Hyde-Smith ran a lackluster campaign. Most blamed that on her handlers who kept her off camera and too scripted.

Whatever, Hyde-Smith now has about 12 months in the saddle to show she’s the right choice before her next race in 2020.

Oh, lost in all the doodah was one historic event. Mississippi just elected its first woman to Congress. Kudos to her and Gov. Bryant for appointing her.

Bill Crawford is a syndicated columnist from Meridian.

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Espy had strong showing for a Democrat in Mississippi

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ike Espy lost a hard-fought U.S. Senate contest in Mississippi but had the strongest showing of any Democrat seeking that office the past 30 years in a state where Republicans have steadily increased their power.

Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, received 46.2 percent of the vote, and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who had been serving in the Senate under temporary appointment since GOP Sen. Thad Cochran retired in April, received 53.8 percent, according to unofficial results from the Nov. 27 special election runoff.

The last time any Democrat had a comparable performance in a U.S. Senate race in Mississippi was in 1988, when two sitting congressmen ran for a job that was open because Democratic Sen. John C. Stennis chose not to seek re-election after 42 years. Democrat Wayne Dowdy received 46.1 percent of the vote, losing to Republican Trent Lott, who received 53.9 percent.

Hyde-Smith is the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress in Mississippi, and she won the rest of Cochran’s six-year term, which ends in January 2021. Espy was seeking to become the first African-American U.S. senator from the state since Reconstruction.

Mississippi’s troubled racial history became a focal point during the runoff after a video released Nov. 11 showed Hyde-Smith praising a supporter at a Nov. 2 event in Tupelo by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.” A separate video showed her in Starkville talking about “liberal folks” and making it “just a little more difficult” for them to vote.

Hyde-Smith’s campaign said her remarks about voting

were a joke. She said the “hanging” comment was “an exaggerated expression of regard,” and she read an apology more than a week later during a televised debate.

Terrence Wilson, a 52-year-old mortgage banker, said after casting his ballot at a church in south Jackson that he voted for Espy.

Wilson, who is black, said he was disturbed by Hyde-Smith’s hanging remark.

He described it as “inappropriate,” given Mississippi’s history of violence, including lynchings. He said the state has been trying to progress and Hyde-Smith’s remark was “not a step forward.”

Asked if Hyde-Smith’s comment affected how people view Mississippi, Wilson said: “People are still going to think whatever they think. I thought Mississippi was a certain way until I spent time here.” Wilson grew up in Flint, Michigan, but moved to Mississippi in the mid-1980s to attend Alcorn State University; he got married and stayed.

At the same precinct, 64-year-old teacher Libby Moore voted for Hyde-Smith, saying the Democratic Party is “too liberal.” Moore taught 28 years in public schools and is now in her second year of teaching science at a private school.

Asked about Hyde-Smith’s hanging remark, Moore, who is white, said: “I thought it was a stupid thing to say…. I don’t

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think, personally, that she meant anything racist about it.”

Moore said, though, that Hyde-Smith’s remark gave people reason to think, “‘Oh, well, here Mississippi is again, doing something stupid or showing their racist side.'”

Hyde-Smith delivered a unity message during her victory

Hyde-Smith is the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress in Mississippi, and she won the rest of Cochran’s six-year term, which ends in January 2021. speech.

“No matter who you voted for today, I’m going to work very hard to represent all Mississippians,” Hyde-Smith said.

“You handed me a victory; you put confidence in me; I will not let you down.”

Espy told his own supporters that he had called HydeSmith to concede.

“She has my prayers as she goes to Washington to unite a very divided Mississippi,” he said. “She has my prayers and my willingness to help her to do that.”

Emily Wagster Pettus covers Capitol matters for the Mississippi Associated Press in Jackson. Associated Press writer Jeff Amy contributed to this report.

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School funding: What is reasonable? our future worth at least that?

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children – our workforce of the future closer to their peers, not further away. Indications are that Mississippi voters and business leaders agree.

Fully funding the MAEP would help to close the gap, leaving us $600 per student short of what our neighbors spend. Isn’t

dren, two graduates of and a current student in the Clinton Public School District.

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Yet Mississippi continues to slip further behind our neighboring states in the race to a brighter future. When it comes to school spending, Arkansas, second only to Mississippi in lowest median income in the nation, out-invests us by nearly $1,400 per student. Mississippi, failing year after year to comply with our own school funding law, is significantly out-spent, per student,

by Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee, as well – all primary competitors in economic development.

More startling is the fact that, if our state statute, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), were fully funded, Mississippi’s public schools would still fall far short of our neighbor states, trailing them by an average of $600 per student.

Some of our lawmakers think even that level of funding is too much to ask.

State leaders proposing to rewrite Mississippi’s public school funding law argue that the current formula calls for an unreasonable investment in our K-12 system.

Is the MAEP formula unreasonable? Or is the problem our state leaders’ unwillingness to make the investment needed to level the playing field on which our children compete with their peers, even their peers in the states most like ours?

The new school funding law proposed earlier this year by legislative leaders, when fully phased in, would have reduced the school funding called for in state law by an estimated $290-million annually – a giant step backward in a race we already are losing badly. It would increase significantly the multi-million-dollar-per-year advantage Arkansas’s children have when competing with ours. Those lost funds would mean fewer teachers and larger classes; fewer interventionists, reading coaches, counselors, and dyslexia therapists; inferior technology and reduced access to first-class career and technical training; older, less-safe buses and more failing HVAC units and leaky roofs – the list goes on and on.

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8 Q Mississippi Business Journal Q December 7, 2018 October 2018 sales tax receipts/year to date, July 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION Here are cities’ earnings through sales tax collections. Sales tax has a three-month cycle.

Month 1 — Tax is collected by the retailer. Month 2 — Tax is reported/paid to the Tax Commission by the retailer. Month 3 — Sales tax diversion is paid by the Tax Commission to the cities.

This report is based on the month the tax is collected at the Tax Commission (Month 2).

October October Year to date YTD CITY 2018 2017 2018 2017 ABBEVILLE 8935.96 5921.41 19871.86 19432.34 ABERDEEN 70,597.05 66915.53 284178.25 272442.23 ACKERMAN 24,011.24 24548.01 98245.12 93958.22 ALCORN STATE U 0 538.09 0 1046.2 ALGOMA 2,378.07 2389.93 10633.67 9912.24 ALLIGATOR 345.72 399.04 1363.4 1518.62 AMORY 151,227.12 158471.53 642756.75 636087.95 ANGUILLA 2,013.93 2201.04 7023.05 10342.78 ARCOLA 1,053.48 1494.71 3304.98 5286.26 ARTESIA 725.66 600.45 2863.74 2794.82 ASHLAND 12,546.95 14011.4 49826.61 56271.76 BALDWYN 40,561.60 46399.94 174487.49 179440.19 BASSFIELD 13,571.28 13507.94 54583.08 52369.07 BATESVILLE 362,756.07 376458.42 1525374.26 1509870.81 BAY SPRINGS 56,761.56 55173.5 227064.38 226149.44 BAY ST LOUIS 130,130.39 135021.27 563713.98 560018.97 BEAUMONT 10,068.89 9954.12 38313.74 36562.85 BEAUREGARD 278.11 215.79 939.91 830.68 BELMONT 28,525.63 26571.55 110592.55 108586.82 BELZONI 36,433.76 37392.98 140372.2 149564.19 BENOIT 2,767.27 2279.27 10909.49 9677.45 BENTONIA 10,802.20 12930.99 45942.24 57009.63 BEULAH 474.30 381.03 1389.91 1451.89 BIG CREEK 367.67 332.44 1249.21 1389.59 BILOXI 1,034,255.71 969529.09 4527098.41 4247456.08 BLUE MOUNTAIN 11,251.67 11269.08 40674.41 42859.02 BLUE SPRINGS 2,105.83 2195.37 8618.62 9411.17 BOLTON 12,672.81 13657.72 57907.47 57564.88 BOONEVILLE 150,418.22 158061.66 644501.32 630984.15 BOYLE 20,205.77 17603.06 94155.21 70345.97 BRANDON 485,310.45 515700.12 2016417.88 1967903.13 BRAXTON 1,375.16 1317.53 5952.95 6238.18 BROOKHAVEN 455,024.15 470281.79 1862707.95 1904734.57 BROOKSVILLE 9,743.45 8519.67 37895.66 39831.21 BRUCE 38,768.69 44256.77 156330.65 172366.16 BUDE 9,725.27 12607.9 44361.51 49635.72 BURNSVILLE 15,364.97 15735.55 59523.91 60586.85 BYHALIA 50,624.94 59982.85 261530.25 258071.82 BYRAM 227,627.09 210454.54 954554.46 850213.87 CALEDONIA 16,655.34 16061.45 60908.81 60487.19 CALHOUN CITY 22,226.88 25265.43 92491.49 97706.95 CANTON 241,605.92 258175.55 1014320.7 1014618.72 CARROLLTON 7,245.41 7080.95 27290.01 26252.1 CARTHAGE 142,359.82 128498.58 588569.72 568747.46 CARY 1,428.28 1238.13 5626.18 4350.46 CENTREVILLE 19,143.75 18788.64 75574.86 75857.03 CHARLESTON 29,463.06 28714.21 116877.08 111978.54 CHUNKY 925.66 942.95 2932.75 3513.2 CLARKSDALE 211,330.89 216957.97 848240.27 870391.7 CLEVELAND 313,614.44 312689.77 1217838.68 1249675.78 CLINTON 379,874.34 357335.82 1523188.62 1493401.11 COAHOMA 495.24 621.01 1845.25 2607.01 COAHOMA COLLEGE 345.26 331.1 894.28 1132.96 COFFEEVILLE 10,645.56 10777.03 42851.35 41807.51 COLDWATER 21,495.13 20305.85 87473.56 76841.72 COLLINS 136,573.69 137768.49 572621.8 543323.43 COLUMBIA 257,621.98 255299.13 1068182.93 1039631.4 COLUMBUS 766,272.03 823084.08 3155190.68 3221992.28 COMO 16,224.47 14902.97 68127.52 60782.98 CORINTH 497,870.47 492097.89 2055012.28 1987109.03 COURTLAND 1,337.10 1422.27 5471.66 6209.07 CRAWFORD 1,621.44 1531.99 6125.07 6136.7 CRENSHAW 5,842.54 5048.45 22111.2 19611.19 CROSBY 782.52 1788.72 4163.36 6471.93 CROWDER 2,223.84 2032.93 7980.3 7202.8 CRUGER 451.56 413.87 1463.52 1673.99 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 66,338.72 68976.84 262454.03 264786.69 D LO 1,454.16 1641.08 42229.7 6726.57 D’IBERVILLE 616,596.44 605916.28 2568190.85 2416859.74 DECATUR 15,214.96 12538.48 51936.75 49228.27 DEKALB 18,450.89 21408.64 75274.9 74930.72 DERMA 10,972.73 8692.18 37344.72 35321.38 DIAMONDHEAD 53,474.26 51488.52 240277.33 196457.61 DODDSVILLE 673.91 823.55 2614.29 2871.43 DREW 7,400.03 8390.39 27119.96 30181.09 DUCK HILL 4,560.48 4302.02 17349.63 16304.08 DUMAS 987.82 1147.32 3952.58 4628.18 DUNCAN 662.88 616.35 3726.6 2155.33 DURANT 33,601.49 36941.7 164337.66 144391.64 EAST MS COLLEGE 197.09 196.3 1328.8 1439.93 ECRU 10,638.44 12109.77 41174.23 50659.48 EDEN 104.61 74.5 338.48 299.01 EDWARDS 6,246.62 7042.35 25445.96 27176.44 ELLISVILLE 79,074.17 83248.59 316184.16 310754.73 ENTERPRISE 5,775.54 6185.66 22465.85 23745.9 ETHEL 2,862.81 2772.17 9556.38 9935.63 EUPORA 31,351.88 41229.64 137787.66 147403.16 FALCON 140.08 254.07 840.8 943.01 FALKNER 6,012.37 5670.85 21602.25 22949.64 FARMINGTON 6,095.49 2373.23 23000.76 9352.51 FAYETTE 15,842.19 16834.71 62974.32 69689.32 FLORA 28,422.87 33930.7 129986.13 125051.23 FLORENCE 71,421.57 75242.98 296740.95 284008.58 FLOWOOD 956,443.88 933956.01 3967441.95 3764627.06 FOREST 183,182.56 192369.96 766572.34 756007.61 FRENCH CAMP 1,593.26 1261.83 5260.19 4601.4 FRIARS POINT 3,120.87 2006.51 15672.07 8881.34

FULTON GATTMAN GAUTIER GEORGETOWN GLEN GLENDORA GLOSTER GOLDEN GOODMAN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GRENADA GULFPORT GUNNISON GUNTOWN HATLEY HATTIESBURG HAZLEHURST HEIDELBERG HERNANDO HICKORY HICKORY FLAT HINDS COMMUNITY HOLLANDALE HOLLY SPRINGS HORN LAKE HOULKA HOUSTON INDIANOLA INVERNESS ISOLA ITTA BENA IUKA JACKSON JONESTOWN JUMPERTOWN KILMICHAEL KOSCIUSKO KOSSUTH LAKE LAMBERT LAUREL LEAKESVILLE LEARNED LELAND LENA LEXINGTON LIBERTY LONG BEACH LOUIN LOUISE LOUISVILLE LUCEDALE LULA LUMBERTON LYON MABEN MACON MADISON MAGEE MAGNOLIA MANTACHIE MANTEE MARIETTA MARION MARKS MATHISTON MAYERSVILLE MCCOMB MCCOOL MCLAIN MEADVILLE MENDENHALL MERIDIAN MERIGOLD METCALFE MIZE MONTICELLO MONTROSE MOORHEAD MORGAN CITY MORTON MOSS POINT MOUND BAYOU MS GULFCOAST MS STATE UNIV MS VALLEY ST MT OLIVE MYRTLE NATCHEZ NETTLETON NEW ALBANY NEW AUGUSTA NEW HEBRON NEWTON NO. CARROLLTON NOXAPATER OAKLAND OCEAN SPRINGS OKOLONA OLIVE BRANCH OSYKA OXFORD PACE PACHUTA PADEN

119,911.92 140.16 180,228.25 3,552.27 11,780.17 397.32 11,942.83 3,712.37 3,731.44 490,534.85 378,083.29 356,861.95 1,765,446.20 854.60 16,552.41 1,735.57 1,848,067.53 108,795.96 16,130.98 299,130.57 7,648.32 6,818.56 472.20 15,797.88 112,211.22 432,026.87 8,822.08 89,511.33 145,387.95 3,906.11 2,177.66 12,669.02 70,299.62 2,386,027.24 3,101.90 1,899.68 6,077.68 173,915.51 5,054.60 22,333.69 1,690.44 735,983.12 26,068.37 823.87 45,240.58 2,252.79 31,892.43 21,384.53 115,751.54 2,561.21 1,256.63 142,843.38 177,779.56 1,100.02 16,267.79 2,072.44 7,662.45 45,746.95 710,950.17 172,213.98 44,975.81 19,584.04 2,298.85 4,988.69 19,540.72 16,037.87 14,323.89 754.92 397,638.96 762.79 3,980.76 11,527.45 56,342.23 1,093,638.64 6,299.40 845.86 12,212.07 43,029.37 152.50 7,792.76 566.90 39,507.30 163,715.31 3,945.38 1,306.83 39,022.99 2,222.87 9,156.27 4,565.03 409,972.17 29,757.48 281,533.22 11,264.57 6,194.78 78,583.76 2,809.14 8,288.56 7,454.78 411,309.95 25,091.68 798,524.69 5,375.69 881,541.33 483.24 3,637.84 76.80

124256.98 127.68 184656.33 4388.69 3575.67 311.23 12693.45 4360.3 3656.82 490862.12 387938.24 359220.21 1753126.99 949.77 16733.19 1517.29 1845315.97 113033.59 16693.84 300918.3 7716.37 6564.07 612.19 15337.65 111999.65 409506.25 8503.22 88242.91 147157.51 3602.09 2074.02 11581.32 67032.45 2280180.17 2049.53 281.69 5784.94 174660.43 4295.72 20103.3 2474.68 682072.62 25913.13 556.96 38142.89 2131.26 33368.33 21992.29 117157.05 1481.1 1459.78 151089.18 182374.14 834.92 14912.72 1728.09 8861.68 47028.45 582161.83 174065.67 43608.82 20096.05 2006.53 4668.21 19296.69 16742.45 16158.28 847.38 474321.77 700.57 3946.1 12706.76 56380.79 1127896.81 6409.97 915.68 8793.64 45380.32 441.41 8749.57 552.85 41120.99 168536.89 3598.55 974.66 43021.85 1315.16 10566.05 4914.03 439851.4 30056.12 275623.07 13299.11 6645.63 81752.31 3013.39 7807.3 7106.96 417224.45 23534.85 868145.01 4653.57 828026.05 452.79 1524.26 84.93

509173 533.86 756069.81 15027.19 23279.03 1643.02 46778.92 15607.55 13941.76 1992711.53 1497751.02 1511145.22 7520583.85 2910.71 68035.95 7086.37 7519632.38 451640 70475.89 1230446.58 30615.58 27453.85 3022.04 60687.57 458898.05 1749576.05 33725.16 355284.19 601484.56 19692.12 7795.11 46428 315255.72 9623328.57 11768.54 6948.3 23893.85 709467.67 19191.78 87979.98 7922.58 2970213.76 106689.35 3633.45 202548.65 9200.03 128945.06 86194.11 484957.57 9210.98 4690.77 599624.57 745362.64 4053.3 56245.36 7372.14 30467.67 189890.67 2849293.65 727473.07 173701.01 75275.42 8803.54 18387.73 76148.68 62592.82 63929.65 3012.44 1840259.67 2239.51 15867.77 44186.59 230930.83 4618661.04 27665.87 3866.57 45105.03 162371.76 793.87 29984.4 2104.45 159797.48 711337.88 15340.15 2751.16 136496.99 3047.47 34785.69 17576.93 1701684.63 124933.57 1154125.53 47999.35 24385.56 323764.33 14202.26 33309.81 28119.23 1715046.25 95538.21 3537161.07 20603.33 3165498.02 1781.82 13637.58 256.55

514498.67 539.84 735817.56 15545.94 13657.37 1345.41 48554.44 18019.33 14297.95 1983524.76 1521290.38 1453701.32 7125518.79 3366.18 68746.44 7176.25 7363910.69 439751.26 71650.69 1180332.93 28241.18 26132.19 2901.23 63303.64 452074.01 1639330.57 33733.76 354390.6 608676.79 17372.22 8602.77 45166 277232.47 9575267.32 7779.92 1515.04 22887.63 689870.06 15307.21 72401.82 10203.18 2858057.88 103705.38 2555.92 173174.91 8504.04 136292.09 86670.45 490001.2 3942.38 4197.09 604802.08 718526.41 5039.35 55221.06 7707.5 31345.93 194759.07 2609335.46 706791.83 163333.88 78214.47 7659.17 19091.4 74810.49 64087.9 64066.87 3049.15 1860253.51 2804.26 16327.18 47548.63 210911.16 4554641.97 27121.9 3562.15 38539.18 160858.78 4438.03 31036.72 2148.06 164241.13 659965.66 14239.29 2255.66 209779.67 2669.67 37309 19071.66 1703729.76 122623.81 1114515.5 46805.48 26870.77 326642.16 13141.08 29803.21 27394.26 1635882.89 92601.63 3489083.65 19376.01 3259814.2 1794.98 6157.45 348.36

PASCAGOULA PASS CHRISTIAN PAULDING PEARL PELAHATCHIE PETAL PHILADELPHIA PICAYUNE PICKENS PITTSBORO PLANTERSVILLE POLKVILLE PONTOTOC POPE POPLARVILLE PORT GIBSON POTTS CAMP PRENTISS PUCKETT PURVIS QUITMAN RALEIGH RAYMOND RENOVA RICHLAND RICHTON RIDGELAND RIENZI RIPLEY ROLLING FORK ROSEDALE ROXIE RULEVILLE SALLIS SALTILLO SANDERSVILLE SARDIS SATARTIA SCHLATER SCOOBA SEBASTOPOL SEMINARY SENATOBIA SHANNON SHAW SHELBY SHERMAN SHUBUTA SHUQUALAK SIDON SILVER CITY SILVER CREEK SLATE SPRINGS SLEDGE SMITHVILLE SNOWLAKESHORES SOSO SOUTHAVEN SOUTHWEST COMM STARKVILLE STATE LINE STONEWALL STURGIS SUMMIT SUMNER SUMRALL SUNFLOWER SYLVARENA TAYLOR TAYLORSVILLE TCHULA TERRY THAXTON TISHOMINGO TOCCOPOLA TOWN OF WALLS TREMONT TUNICA TUPELO TUTWILER TYLERTOWN UNION UNIV OF MISS UTICA VAIDEN VARDAMAN VERONA VICKSBURG WALNUT WALNUT GROVE WALTHALL WATER VALLEY WAVELAND WAYNESBORO WEBB WEIR WESSON WEST WEST POINT WIGGINS WINONA WINSTONVILLE WOODLAND WOODVILLE YAZOO CITY TOTAL

414,959.89 121,131.33 125.88 789,105.41 30,411.96 225,048.02 336,812.11 370,445.84 7,547.77 1,870.06 7,607.82 1,432.13 200,142.82 5,237.57 85,161.98 28,674.30 6,978.71 34,500.87 8,410.43 67,181.06 46,481.04 17,772.39 23,464.90 3,941.16 473,748.16 29,226.18 1,099,241.64 4,976.33 112,732.65 35,154.24 10,186.52 3,700.24 20,264.94 2,005.64 74,331.45 13,971.45 25,573.57 284.67 1,101.08 8,384.37 16,778.38 15,116.65 197,160.54 11,646.75 6,340.20 9,603.78 48,230.68 3,726.88 1,638.21 489.92 455.94 2,335.25 182.07 1,671.04 6,290.34 157.42 11,929.33 1,284,306.71 100.16 769,011.03 9,808.43 5,995.31 2,826.09 33,042.55 4,415.49 49,594.88 3,039.25 115.50 2,281.33 24,317.82 6,310.16 26,825.14 3,937.24 14,551.85 780.01 7,301.40 2,427.96 33,388.03 1,670,332.92 4,863.87 53,769.49 23,915.04 14,737.96 7,868.05 7,841.71 12,113.51 18,978.00 595,747.61 21,926.70 5,290.43 1,255.49 43,242.77 204,180.96 186,650.82 7,596.29 3,765.18 14,651.81 1,053.77 170,728.05 152,905.91 73,951.38 163.54 6,321.04 31,312.35 171,995.01 36078945.89

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MISSISSIPPI’S OCT. UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

UNITED STATES Labor Force Data Civilian Labor Force Unemployed Unemployment Rate Employed STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Unemployment Insurance Data •• Initial UI Claims Continued Claims Benefits Paid Weeks Paid First Payments Final Payments Average Weekly Benefit

Sept ‘18 1,279,600 58,100 4.5 1,221,500

Oct ‘17 1,272,100 56,200 4.4 1,215,900

‘17 Avg. 1,280,000 64,900 5.1 1,215,100

Sept ‘18 161,958,000 5,766,000 3.6 156,191,000

Oct 2018 4,398 29,557 $4,624,484 22,402 1,424 471 $206.43

Oct ‘17 160,465,000 6,242,000 3.9 154,223,000

Sept 2018 3,298 31,255 $4,102,758 19,860 1,202 364 $206.58

‘17 Avg. 160,320,000 6,982,000 4.4 153,337,000

Oct 2017 5,301 42,637 $6,329,005 31,258 2,069 725 $202.48

Prentiss 4.1

Moving Avg.** 1,280,700 59,700 4.7 1,221,000

Yalobusha 4.2

Calhoun 3.5

Leflore 5.8

Carroll 4.9

Montgomery 4.6

Holmes 7.7

Moving Avg.** 161,673,000 6,388,000 4.0 155,285,000

Yazoo 4.8

Issaquena 5.8

Lowndes 4.3

Oktibbeha 4.1

Choctaw 4.2

Winston 4.8

Attala 5.2

Sharkey 5.1

Monroe 4.5

Clay 5.7

Webster 4.2

Washington 6.3

Tishomingo 4.1

Itawamba 3.7

Chickasaw 4.7

Grenada 3.8

Sunflower 6.4

Lee 3.6

Pontotoc 3.4

Bolivar 5.0

Humphreys 7.1

Oct ‘18 162,723,000 5,771,000 3.5 156,952,000

Alcorn 3.8

Tippah 3.9

Lafayette 3.5

Quitman 5.8

Coahoma 5.4

Tallahatchie 4.2

Oct ‘18 1,273,300 54,000 4.2 1,219,300

Benton 5.3

Union 3.3 Panola 5.2

Labor force and employment security data STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Labor Force Data Civilian Labor Force Unemployed Unemployment Rate Employed

Marshall 4.5

Leake 4.7

Neshoba 4.4

Scott 3.4

Newton 4.4

Noxubee 6.3

Kemper 6.6

Madison 3.2 Warren 4.8 Rankin 3.1

Hinds 4.2

Claiborne 7.6

Copiah 5.0

Jefferson 10.3 Adams 5.5

Wilkinson 6.9

Franklin 5.2

Amite 5.2

Lincoln 4.0

Pike 5.2

Covington Jones 4.0 4.3

Walthall 6.0

Marion 4.6

— Mississippi Department of Employment Security4.8 - 6.6 6.7 - 10.3

Lamar 3.3

Pearl River 4.3

Hancock 4.4

Clarke 4.9

Wayne 4.6

Lawrence Jeff Davis 4.9 5.2

Unemployment Rates

** Average for most recent twelve months, including current month •• Unemployment Insurance amounts presented in this section only represent regular UI benefits, federal program amounts areUnemployment not Rates included.

3.1 - 3.5 3.1 - 3.5 Labor force amounts are produced in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

3.6 - 4.7 3.6 - 4.7 Note: Unless indicated state and county data presented are not seasonally adjusted.

Jasper 5.2

Smith 3.9

Simpson 3.9

Lauderdale 4.7

Forrest 3.9

Perry 4.8

Stone 4.9

Harrison 4.1

Greene 5.0

George 5.2

Jackson 5.0

4.8 - 6.6 6.7 - 13.3 Source: Labor Market Data Publication Design: Labor Market Information Department, MDES

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UMMC’s MIND Center homi Alzheimer’s prevention and

Music star Cyndi Lauper, who gave a benefit concert for The MIND Center, is shown above with MIND Center Director Dr. Thomas Mosley (left) and Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs at UMMC.

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ing in on d treatment

By BECKY GILLETTE mbj@msbusiness.com Alzheimer’s disease is devasting illness that robs victims of their memories and ability to complete simple tasks. It takes a huge toll on families and strains the healthcare system. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, it is the most expensive disease in America with annual costs for Alzheimer’s and other demen- Huang tias estimated at $277 billion.

At the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), vitally important research into the causes and possible preventions and treatments for this disease are being done at The MIND (Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia) Center.

Windham Researchers and clinicians at The MIND Center are conducting multiple industry-sponsored clinical trials in patients with a diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment, a prodromal stage of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, said Dr. Juebin Huang, associate professor of neurology at The MIND Center at UMMC. “One of the major focuses of these clinical trials is to develop medications that can remove or reduce the formation of amyloid plaques, a key pathological component that leads to nerve cell death and brain deterioration,” Huang said.

“The eventual goal of these trials is to see if the investigational medications can slow down or halt the progression of Alzheimer disease. Data from early phases of these trials are promising.”

Huang is the leading investigator and Courtesy of UMMC Photography

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Mississippi has highest childhood vaccination rates in country

By BECKY GILLETTE mbj@msbusiness.com A recent outbreak of chickpox at the Asheville Waldoff School in North Carolina sickened 36 children and put renewed attention on allowing parents to claim exemptions to keep their child from being vaccinated.

Mississippi doesn’t have nearly as many exemptions to vaccinations required to attend public school. As a result of that and a robust effort to make sure costfree vaccinations are available, the state has the highest rate of compliance with childhood vaccinations in the country, said Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH, interim State Health Officer, Mississippi Department of Health.

“The most important component of that is we have a strong science-based immunization law in Mississippi that insures kids are protected from vaccine preventable diseases when they go to school,” Dobbs said. “ Immunizations are covered by all insurances, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children program sponsored by

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Chickenpox can range from mild to severe. It can also re-emerge later in life causing shingles, a viral infection that can cause a painful rash. Dobbs said with more people living longer, there is a large pool of people with weakened immune systems who could be susceptible to shingles.

There have also been outbreaks of another vaccine-preventable disease, measles, in Europe and in New Jersey in an under immunized population.

“In Europe, there have been 31,000 cases of measles and 47 deaths,” Dobbs said. “It is felt a large portion of that is due to unfounded vaccine fears. Measles is extremely contagious. Every case of measles on average spreads to 18 other people in an unimmunized community.”

Some “antivaxers”, as they are known, express concerns that vaccines can cause autism. Dobbs said that has been thoroughly refuted.

“There is no evidence immunization causes autism, but there is a mountain See VACCINATIONS, Page 16

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Andrew Majeste, RN, BSN, is the study coordinator for the clinical trials program.

Patients and family who are interested in learning more about these clinical trials can contact Majeste at (601) 984-5490.

Dr. Gwen Windham, UMMC professor of medicine, division of geriatrics, said The MIND Center’s research on vascular contributions to cognitive decline and dementia risk is widely cited in the scientific literature and is considered a driving force among scientific communities that promote early detection and treatment of vascular risk factors.

There is also help provided to patients.

The MIND Center Clinic, along with many other clinics specializing in the evaluation and treatment of memory complaints, often provides counseling and treatment to patients when they identify lifestyle and vascular risk factors.

Researchers feel a sense of urgency about the work because of the rapidly growing number of Americans who are expected to develop Alzheimer’s. Windham said by 2050, the prevalence of dementia will quadruple, by which time one in 85 persons worldwide will be living with the disease.

“Research estimates that delaying both disease onset and progression by even one year would result in around nine million fewer cases in 2050,” Windham said. “It is now estimated that up to 50 percent of cases of dementia have mixed pathology, most commonly, Alzheimer’s pathology and vascular pathology. We do not yet know how to prevent Alzheimer’s pathology, but we have an arsenal to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke. We and many others are optimistic that vascular preventive efforts, particularly if begun earlier in life, will reduce cognitive decline

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Pop music star Cyndi Lauper performed at a benefit concert in Jackson for The MIND Center on Oct. 25.

and the number of people living with dementia.”

The MIND Center Director Dr. Thomas Mosley has done work that led to discoveries that cognitive decline begins much earlier than previously thought.

Brain changes such as atrophy, vascular disease and silent strokes are surprisingly common, even in healthy, middle-aged people. Mosley’s work using state-of-theart brain imaging and new genetic technologies has led to discoveries including that the cause of these abnormalities may be associated with cardiovascular disease.

Windham said the failure of numerous pharmacologic interventions in later life and after symptoms have begun speak to the importance of identifying the beginning stages of the pathological changes earlier in life.

“By intervening earlier to protect the brain and/or stop processes that lead to neurodegeneration, we believe we can be more effective in preventing cognitive decline and dementia later on,” Windham said. “Ongoing studies use specialized imaging techniques to measure pathological changes in the brain, such as amyloid

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plaques and tau protein deposits, before treatments start and during treatment interventions to observe effects of the medications on pathological processes.

These imaging modalities, including brain MRI, and amyloid and tau PET scans are also widely used, as surrogate biomarkers to monitor safety and effectiveness, in clinical trials such as those designed to develop medications to hopefully slow down or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease at early stage.”

The MIND Center currently has 16 active studies funded by the National Institutes of Health totaling over $16 million in federal research dollars. The MIND Center’s flagship Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study is one of the largest and most comprehensive investigations ever undertaken to identify mid-life risk factors for late-life cognitive decline and dementia.

“In addition, we are launching a new, landmark study called the UMMC MIND Center – Mayo Clinic Study of Aging that seeks to determine factors in middle and older age that contribute to healthy aging including protection against cognitive decline, dementia, and physical disabilities that are common in older age,” Windham said. “Led by The MIND Center, this study is the culmination of more than two decades of ongoing research between investigators at The MIND Center and global research leader Mayo Clinic.

Physical and cognitive impairments are more common in southern states, including Mississippi, and in racial minorities such as African Americans. The Study of Aging will help to answer questions about race and geographical disparities that we anticipate will help reduce the geographical and racial inequities in health.”

The MIND Center currently employs more than 80 staff and faculty at UMMC and has cumulatively brought in over $90 million in federal research funding.

Windham said this is not only good for UMMC, but stimulates economic growth in Mississippi. According to a study conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, every dollar invested in research at medical school and teaching hospitals results in $2.60 of economic activity.

“Additionally, The MIND Center has strong philanthropic support from the private sector and the backing of the Mississippi legislature which has appropriated funding to support its research and clinical services for the past five years,” she said.

Pop singer Cyndi Lauper, a Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winner, appeared in a benefit concert in Jackson for The MIND Center on Oct. 25.

For more information about The MIND Center’s research or clinical care, visit umc.edu/mindcenter or contact 601815-4237 or mindcenter@umc.edu.

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of misinformation and fear mongering,” he said. “I understand people become scared and it becomes emotional. But if you look at the science and the data, the claims that are circulated are thoroughly discredited. You have to let reason decide.

You shouldn’t let emotions and frightening YouTube videos influence policy.”

University of Southern Mississippi Public Health Professor Susan Dobson said one of the reasons we might be seeing some resistance to vaccines for things like chickenpox is a lot of parents who are raising children today either didn’t get chickenpox as a child or don’t remember it.

“They don’t realize how bad chickenpox was,” Dobson said. “I think a lot of times when we can’t visualize what an illness might look like in real life, we might not realize it could be severe for our children.

Chickenpox can be a dangerous illness. So, we want to prevent it and we have public health tools to prevent it.”

Dobson said one thing health educators know is that people are generally open to taking action when they believe whatever they are preventing is severe and that they are susceptible. Is this thing bad? What are my chances of getting it? If those two things register high concerns, people are motivated to take actions.

“Many things we vaccinate for most adults have not seen in their life,” Dobson said. “I’ve never seen anyone who has suffered from polio for example, so maybe I can’t appreciate how bad that it. My children didn’t get chickenpox and my friend’s children didn’t get chickenpox. That can prevent people from taking action. They are perceiving it not to be serious and they are perceiving a small chance of catching it.

Those perceptions are not true.”

With Mississippi’s current high coverage for vaccines, the likelihood of children getting vaccine-preventable illness is lower. But if we start to see people refusing vaccinations, the risk of catching an illness increases.

“It doesn’t matter what is true,” Dobson said. “It only matters what people believe to be true. The two are not always the same. Our challenge in public health is to correct their perception and then for people to take the correct action to protect the health of their children and others. In North Carolina, there was a community that had pushed back against recommendations for vaccination. We saw an outbreak there and we have a tool to prevent it. Our job as public health professionals is to educate the public so they understand the consequences. We want to lower the number of people who are pushing back against vaccination.”

Dobson said in public health, one of the ways they measure the impact a disease has on an area or community is look at the cost associated with that. Obviously, you have direct medical costs if the child gets sick, and if the Dobbs child is receiving any state or federal benefits, the expense may be passed on to taxpayers. When you look at it in an economic development way, when children miss schools, parents miss work, which can reduce productivity at their place of employment.

Dobson The flu shot also can be controversial. The CDC recommends the flu shot annually for anyone more than six months of age. Employers mandate it for most healthcare workers. But fewer than half of Americans have gotten the flu shot this season.

Dodds said the flu shot is not perfect.

“We acknowledge that,” he said. “In a good year, it is 62 percent effective in preventing all symptoms. And even when get it the flu anyhow, the duration is less, you are less contagious, and there are fewer deaths.”

Dodds said it is important for people in a healthcare setting to get the flu shot as they are taking care of ill people. But it also makes sense in other types of businesses.

“As far as businesses go, flu is a killer for productivity,” Dodds said. “People in the workforce who have had the flu shot are less likely to spread it around. You are doing your best to wall off the domino effect in the workforce.”

Dodds said one of the myths is that the flu shot can give you the flu. He said that is absolutely not true. The flu shot does not contain the flu, but protein segments that stimulate the immune system to recognize the flu. As your immune system learns to generate a response to those proteins, people can feel a little achy.

“The problem we see people is when people get the flu shot and then get a cold around the same time or they get the flu before the flu shot has time to take effect,” Dodds said. “It takes two weeks for the flu shot immunity to kick in. People make these temporal associations that are not linked to the vaccine. And it is not too late to get the flu shot. If you haven’t gotten it, or your kids or parents haven’t gotten it, it is not too late.”

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Newsmakers Nida joins Hattiesburg Clinic Ear, Nose & Throat Andrew M. Nida, MD, joined Hattiesburg Clinic Ear, Nose & Throat.

Nida received his medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, La. He completed an internship and residency in otolaryngology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in NIda Jackson.

Nida is board certified in otolaryngology by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy and a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and the Triological Society.

Anna Hays honored

by Mississippi College Anna Hays was honored as the 2018 Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year by the Art Department at Mississippi College.

As the Art Department Young Alumna of the Year Hays is a featured exhibit artist at the Samuel Marshall Gore Art Galleries at Hays Mississippi College.

Hays graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mississippi College in 2009 with a degree in Graphic Design. While at MC, she received numerous awards including Graphic Design Major of the Year and the Art Department Rising Star Award.

While at MC Hays was inducted into the Mortar Board Honor Society. She worked with Ergon Inc. as a Graphic Designer before joining the Omega Group in 2010. Hays is the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Graphic Design with the Omega Group Advertising Agency, a full-service marketing firm in Ridgeland.

Hays has developed national brands and designs for businesses, and her work consists of designing and developing creative services including print, website design, commercial production, digital mediums and photography.

She enjoys speaking to university and high school classes and has been a keynote speaker for marketing and media seminars. Hays currently serves on the Mississippi College Graphic Design Advisory Board. She is a member of First Baptist Jackson and is active with charitable organizations.

Griffin branch manager for Keesler Federal, Ridgeland Keesler Federal Credit Union has named Jerrica Griffin as branch manager of the recently opened Lake Harbour location in Ridgeland. The branch is located at 733 Lake Harbour Drive and is the first for the credit union in Madison County.

Griffin will oversee branch Griffin operations which will include mortgage lending as well as traditional lending and banking services. Griffin has

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extensive banking experience and recently returned to Mississippi after working out of state as a business banker.

Griffin earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) from the University of Southern Mississippi, with an emphasis in marketing.

The Lake Harbour location is one of three Keesler Federal will open in the coming months, with a Flowood branch scheduled for December and a standalone Madison branch in first quarter 2019. Keesler Federal also has two branches in Jackson.

Hattiesburg law firm undergoing changes Brad Touchstone is leaving the law firm he founded, Nelson Touchstone, PLLC, in January after being elected County and Youth Court Judge. The Hattiesburg firm has hired associate attorney, Ned Nelson, a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law and son of Nelson Touchstone PLLC partner, Mark Nelson.

Ned Nelson is a lifelong resident of the Hattiesburg area. He is a graduate of Sumrall High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. After graduating with Honors from the University of Mississippi School of Law in May and passing the bar exam, Nelson was admitted this fall to practice in all state and federal courts in Mississippi. He marks the third generation of the Nelson family to graduate from Ole Miss Law and to practice in Mississippi.

Holman awarded Commercial Realtor of the Year During the annual Mississippi Realtors Convention held recently in Point Clear, Ala., Mississippi Commercial Association of Realtors’ Philip Holman of The Mattiace Company was honored by the Association’s Local Board as their Commercial Realtor of the Year.

Holman Local Board Realtor of the Year is awarded annually to the Realtor recognized for their outstanding contribution to their Local Board through involvement, service, and demonstration of the Realtor Code of Ethics.

Barham joins Oak Grove Family Clinic Kara L. Barham, CNP, joined Hattiesburg Clinic Oak Grove Family Clinic.

Barham works under the supervision of J.D. Dumas, III, MD, treating chronic and acute conditions and promoting health and disease prevention. She also has a special interest in performing Barham minor outpatient procedures.

Barham received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing in Hattiesburg, and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Mississippi School of Nursing in Jackson. She is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

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From left are Ramay Winchester from TN, AARC board of director, Rosie Vassallo, director of Retirement Attraction for Oxford-Lafayette County MS and Frank Carmel from Washington DC, AARC board of director.

Oxford-Lafayette County earns National Seal of Approval A top Mississippi retiree destination, Oxford-Lafayette County has once again achieved national recognition, receiving the coveted 2018 Seal of Approval Award by the American Association of Retirement Communities during their annual conference last week in Daytona Beach, Fla. As the nation’s leading organization in educating and inspiring communities to attract retirees, AARC deemed Oxford-Lafayette County one of the best places to retire in the country. The Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation serves as the marketing arm for retiree recruitment in Lafayette County.

Director of Retirement Attraction Rosie Vassallo attended the three-day conference to receive the prestigious award while also being one of the featured speakers as well as participating in educational seminars and networking sessions among destinations and developers from 15 states and Canada.

The Seal of Approval honor is presented annually to recipients from across the U.S. that demonstrate a cutting-edge commitment to attract retirees through lifestyle programming, amenity development, communication programs and education. Award winners are evaluated by a national panel of retirement destinations experts on a variety of criteria, including health care, retiree-appropriate housing, lifestyle amenities, adult education, recreational and cultural opportunities and governmental and private support of retiree-focused programs.

Oxford-Lafayette County has become an ideal location to visit and to retire. Retirees become “permanent tourists,” according to Vassallo, seeking a well-positioned location with easy access to large, metro areas and an international airport, access to premier healthcare, and a cost of living well below the national average. Low taxes, four mild seasons, extensive outdoor recreation and community-focused amenities are also desired among today’s retiree.

Since the Retiree Attraction Program’s inception in 1993, the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation, Inc. has been successful in attracting retiree households from across the country that now enjoy a cost of living well below the national average and tax abatements that make retirement in Oxford extremely attractive and affordable.

GPS Hospitality Burger King’s Matani joins Hattiesburg Clinic Hospital Care Service Global Franchisee of the Year Nedal M. Matani, MD, joined Hattiesburg Clinic Hospital Care Service as a hospitalist.

Matani received his medical degree from the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan.

He completed internship and residency programs in internal medicine through New York Medical College at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, N.J.

Burger King Corp. named Atlanta-based GPS Hospitality its Global Franchisee of the Year, North America Franchisee of the Year Award and was honored with the Gold Crown Award.

GPS Hospitality operates nearly 400 Burger King restaurants in 11 states, including Mississippi.

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Pate joins Entergy Mississippi’s economic development team

Christine Lusteck Pate has joined Entergy Mississippi’s economic development division as business retention and expansion representative. Pate will work with Entergy’s existing industrial base to assist them with issues related to growth and competitiveness.

Pate Pate formerly was deputy director for the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, a public/private partnership. Prior to that, she was a senior project manager at the Mississippi Development Authority, the economic development agency for the state of Mississippi.

A Jackson native, Pate earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and holds a graduate degree in public policy from Jackson State University. She and her husband, Matthew, are parents to a son, Owen.

Memorial Physician Clinics welcomes Dr. Robert Burns

Memorial Physician Clinics recently welcomed Robert Burns, MD, in the practice of Internal Medicine in Pascagoula.

Burns received his Doctor of Medicine from University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the University of Alabama at Bir- Burns mingham, Montgomery, and his residency from Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis.

Burns is board certified in internal medicine.

Webb joins Butler Snow’s Ridgeland office

Butler Snow announced that W. Harrison Webb has joined the firm’s Ridgeland office. He will practice with the firm’s pharmaceutical, medical device and health care group.

Webb will focus his practice in the areas of complex and multidistrict pharmaceutical Webb litigation.

Webb is a member of the American and Capital Area Bar Associations and The Mississippi Bar. He received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama and his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Trustmark recognizes Davis for 40 years of service

Trustmark announced that Geneva Davis, Retail Banking Officer and Retail Administration Analyst at its Corporate office in Jackson, has been inducted into the 40-Year Club of the Mississippi Bankers Association. At its 2018 Annual Convention, the Mississippi Bankers Association recognized her as a member of

MVSU’s Tanner takes helm as MADE president

Courtesy of MADE

Pictured, from left, are MADE officers Jo Beth Britt, historian; Nancy Anderson, secretary; Dr. Shirley Burnett, newsletter editor; Tracey Wells-Harmon, vice-president; Heather Tanner, president-elect & 2019 conference chair; Elvis Robinson, scholarship chair; Cassie Varnell, 2018 MADE president; and Donna Alrich, membership/ treasurer A Mississippi Valley State University faculty member is now leading a state organization for developmental educators.

MVSU Director of Academic Success and Student Development Heather Tanner was recently sworn in as president of the Mississippi Association for Development Education (MADE) Nov. 9 in Jackson.

As president, Tanner will have the opportunity to influence MADE’s mission to improve the theory and practice of Developmental Education.

Because of her position, MVSU will also serve as the site for the association’s upcoming annual conference, slated for Nov. 7-8, 2019.

MVSU Assistant Vice President Dr. Johnny Jones said he is ecstatic to have an MVSU staff member take on such an important role.

A native of Culver City, Calif., Tanner is a graduate of Southern University and A & M College in Baton Rouge, La., where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Linguistics.

this highly regarded 40-Year Club.

“Geneva is a committed professional who lives out the core values of Trustmark daily and sets a great example for her fellow associates to follow,” Trustmark Senior Vice President and Retail Administration Manager Cindy Prince stated.

Davis holds a certification from the American Institute of Banking. She has given her time to community organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America .

Elizabeth Ross Hadley appointed to advisory board Texas government law and policy and litigation attorney Elizabeth Ross Hadley, a shareholder in the Austin office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been appointed to serve on the advisory board of the University of Mississippi Department of Political Science.

As a board member, Hadley, an Ole Miss alumna, will work closely with the University’s department chair to offer strategic counsel and recommendations on the Political Science Department’s activities. She and other board members will advise on the creation of scholarship programs and endowments as well as

The former Miss. Southern University (1996-97) has worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District as an English as a second language (ESL) and adult basic education instructor.

In 2005, Tanner returned to Southern University to serve as the study abroad coordinator and service learning instructor within the Center for International Education before joining MVSU in 2015.

MADE was founded in January of 1981 when James Barber, from Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Natchez, called together a group of developmental educators from across the state to form an organization based on the National Association for Developmental Education.

Over the years, MADE has become a driving force in colleges and institutions across the state, ensuring that students receive an education that is based on their beginning capabilities and one that will take them as far as they can go.

For more information about MADE, visit www.mymade.org

help identify distinguished professors, employees, and alumni of the university.

Hadley earned a B.A. in political science from Ole Miss and her law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law where she won first place in moot court trial competition and was a member of the National Trial Competition team. Following graduation from law school, Hadley continued her passion for political science by working for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, also an Ole Miss alumna, in the Leader’s office in Washington, D.C. In Greenberg Traurig’s Austin office, she represents clients before the Texas legislature, state agencies, and the executive branch on regulatory and legislative matters, as well in litigation and legal matters. Her resume includes advising U.S. Senator Trent Lott on foreign policy matters, serving as general counsel to Texas State Senator Kip Averitt, and serving as assistant commissioner for the Texas Department of Agriculture under Commissioner Todd Staples.

Her clients include financial institutions, health care and insurance providers, public and private corporations, pharmaceutical companies, and state governmental entities.

C Spire Business wins award 2018 Cisco Partner Summit C Spire Business, a subsidiary of the Mississippi-based diversified telecommunications and technology services company, has been named the top state, local and education (SLED) IT sales unit in the Southern U.S. by Cisco.

C Spire Business was honored recently along with 13 other companies with regional awards at the 2018 Cisco Partner Summit attended by over 2,100 partners and more than 1,000 companies from more than 75 countries worldwide.

The subsidiary was selected for its innovation, leadership and best practices in the area of state, local and education (SLED) information technology sales and service and as a valued Cisco business partner, according to Don Monistere, general manager of C Spire Business.

Monistere said the SLED market includes over 30,000 agencies that purchase products and services for an estimated 90,000 entities with unique processes and procurement requirements.

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’12 Days of Christmas’ gifts rise 1.2 percent in price, still less than Consumer Price Index T

rue loves get your wallet ready for the holidays!

It will cost more to fill the stockings this shopping season, according to the annual PNC Christmas Price Index – and swans were once again removed due to price volatility.

The index predicts true loves will need to have more money on hand to fill the stockings on the mantle this holiday shopping season.

To purchase the gifts included in the classic holiday song “The 12 Days of Christmas,” it will cost 1.2 percent more than it did in 2017, according to the 35th annual holiday economic analysis by The PNC Financial Services Group.

PNC calculated the 2018 price tag for The PNC Christmas Price Index at $39,094.93, about$450 or 1.2 percent more than last year’s cost, but less than the government’s Consumer Price Index, which increased 2.5 percent through October in year-over-year measurement before seasonal adjustment.

“While we have witnessed more market volatility this year, consumer confidence remains strong and wage growth is beginning to catch up with high employment,” Amanda Agati, co-chief investment strategist for The PNC Financial Services Group, said in a news release. “The PNC Christmas Price Index reflects these trends, as we see strong growth in key areas.”

The cost of each item is detailed on PNC’s interactive website (pnc.com/ ChristmasPriceIndex), which teaches consumers about the index and features a historical comparison of index data. This year’s insights include: » Golden Geese: The price for Six Geese-a-Laying was up 8.3 percent, after not seeing an increase since 2014. » Tarnished Rings: After posting the largest growth rate in 2017’s index, the cost of Five Gold Rings fell 9 percent due to less demand and fluctuations in gold prices throughout 2018. » Leapers, Pipers and Drummers, Oh, My: As lagging wages start to catch up to a tight labor market, the Lords-a-Leaping, Pipers Piping and Drummers Drumming all saw an increase, as costs rose between 3 and 3.5 percent.

To mirror the government’s core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices,

PNC removes the Swans – typically the most volatile item in the index – from its total index.

The core PNC Christmas Price Index was up 1.7 percent from a year ago, while the government’s core Consumer Price Index rose 2.1 percent year-over-year through October.

For tech-savvy True Loves, the PNC Christmas Price Index also calculates the cost of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” gifts purchased on the Internet. As Internet prices tend to be higher due to travel and shipping costs, True Loves will have to splurge $41,165.95 ($2,071.02 more than in-store purchases) for the convenience of online shopping this year.

A PNC predecessor bank in Philadelphia began estimating the cost of the 12 Christmas gifts in 1984 as a holiday client letter. This year’s price is approximately 95 percent higher than the inaugural report 34 years ago.

As part of its annual tradition, PNC also tabulates the “True Cost of Christmas,” which is the total cost of items bestowed by a True Love who repeats all the song’s verses. Purchasing all 364 gifts will require $170,609.46, up $781.94 from last year and $66,813.45 from 1984.

Thousand Points of Light Mic|George H.W. Bush was a visionary leader Perhaps the greatest political message in our modern era was the “thousand points of light speech” delivered by George H.W. Bush in his presidential nomination acceptance remarks at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans.

The Spin Cycle was there, working the back halls of the Superdome, full of hope and promise about what lay ahead for our country. I had just finished my senior year at Baylor – and as vice president of the College Republicans – had the honor to work with Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and a young George W. Bush (we even snuck out on pre-dawn jogs prior to the events) when they campaigned in Waco, and across the Lone Star State, for the gentle soul who would become 41, and change our world for the better. I also had the privilege to later work in the speechwriter’s office at the Republican National Committee during his election campaign.

Just marinating in the powerful political prose of other, more tenured scribes, made

me better.

What started as a well-crafted mantra written by Peggy Noonan and Craig R. Smith, became a movement, then a way of life – and eventually a successful nonprofit launched by Bush to inspire volunteerism across our great land.

I remember it just like yesterday: “a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.”

Bush – who died last Friday after a life that was both enlightened and enlightening to everyone he touched – repeated that phrase often throughout his campaign. In his inaugural speech, he affirmed that he would “keep America moving forward, always forward – for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light.”

That inspiring light burned brightly for 94 years, fueling George H.W. Bush to keep us all moving forward. Whether it was as a war hero, a combatter of evil, a loving father – or jumping out of an airplane at age 90. He encouraged the world to stretch beyond its borders, to something greater, something just beyond our outstretched fingertips. As president, he led with purpose, pragmatism and passion.

As a father and husband, he always lifted up his children, and his dearly beloved Barb. He always kept a framed photograph on the family desk of his precious daughter, Robin, who was taken by leukemia at the much too early age of 3.

Bush – whose father was an esteemed senator – was one of only two American presidents to have his own son elected

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to the same office. W., who served in the White House for two terms, is now among Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as America’s four living former presidents.

Jeb, another son, was governor of Florida from 1999-2007. He had three other children: Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy Bush Koch.

I loved Clarion Ledger cartoonist Marshall Ramsey’s tribute to the late president by reuniting him with his loved ones. It captured the emotion of a mourning nation. And just as 41 would have wanted, struck an optimistic note for the future.

The cartoon shows Bush flying his TBM Avenger, the plane he flew in the Navy during World War II, through the clouds to join his wife Barbara, who passed away in April, and daughter Robin. The trio holds hands as Barbara says a few words of huge impact: “We waited for you.”

This precious tribute was a bookend to the cartoon he created for Barbara with open arms reuniting with Robin.

I bet Heaven is a brighter place today with the presidential pilot having safely landed just beyond the Pearly Gates. And I know the angels are basking in a thousand points of light!

Todd Smith is president and chief communications officer of Deane, Smith & Partners, a full-service branding, PR, marketing and advertising firm with offices in Jackson. The firm — based in Nashville, Tenn.

— is also affiliated with Mad Genius. Contact him at todd@deanesmithpartners.com, and follow him @ spinsurgeon.

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