New Albany Magazine Fall-Winter 2015

New Albany magazine

Fall/Winter 2015

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Volume 5, Issue 1

Inside 9 COVER STORY Hearty soups

40 AT HOME Classic craftsman

56 GETAWAY Kansas City holiday

29 DAY TRIP Beyond the university

49 HOBBIES Tennis on the rise

66 SCENE Who’s who at area events

Four area cooks share their favorite hearty soup recipes for the brisk weather this fall and winter.

By T. Wayne Mitchell

We show you what to see and do after sports season in Starkville.

By David Johnson

Tour a restored jewel, Mike and Angie Staten’s arts-and-crafts style home on Bankhead Street.

By Doyle Caviness

Lights shine bright this season in this surging city that combines culture, shopping and barbecue.

By Diana Lambdin Meyer

We have 16 pages of photographs highlighting New Albany social events.

By David Johnson

The tennis complex at BNA Bank Park helps triple the sport’s popularity.

By Donica Phifer

64 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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65 LOCAL GROUPS

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82 LOOKING BACK

15 PROFILES Community service

Six local people who reap the rewards of volunteering take our quiz.

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From th F the publisher bli h Our cover story this issue, as we start our fifth year of New Albany magazine, focuses on four area cooks and their hearty soup recipes to take the chill off this fall and winter.

And we’ve recognized those who serve their community, profiling six who reap rewards from volunteering.

Also inside is a tour of Mike and Angie Staten’s arts-andcrafts style home, and a story about the rising popularity of tennis.

For a winter getaway, we recommend my home town, Kansas City, a happening, holiday-lights city in the heartland. Closer to home, take a day trip to Starkville.

All of us at the Gazette appreciate your continued support for New Albany magazine.

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Contributing Photographers DOYLE CAVINESS BILL COBB TIMOTHY HURSLEY DAVID JOHNSON BRUCE N. MEYER DONICA PHIFER

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COVER STORY

WARM UP WITH A HEARTY SOUP Story by T. Wayne Mitchell Photographs by David Johnson For New Albany Magazine

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our area cooks share their favorite take-thechill off recipes for fall and winter. Turn the page and enjoy.

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MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Rebecca Browning Rebecca Browning, who lives in eastern Union County with her husband, Roger, has been making Mexican Chicken Soup for more than 20 years. She said she has been making it so long that she is unsure where she got the original recipe.

“I usually make it in the fall when our grown kids come to visit,” she said, adding that she tries to avoid using a lot of processed foods when she makes it.

Browning, a well-known local artist, is a retired art teacher. She taught at Ingomar Attendance Center before her retirement.

Rebecca Browning cuts vegetables for her Mexican Chicken Soup.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP Ingredients 1 small onion, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 2 32-oz. containers of fat free chicken broth (one less if using reserved cooked chicken broth) 1 15-oz can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 15-oz. can kidney beans,

rinsed and drained 1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes 3 cups cooked chicken, chopped 1 cup frozen or fresh scraped, steamed corn 1 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. salt ½ to 1 tsp. cumin 2 Tbsp. fresh chopped cilantro 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice If desired, for garnish: Sour cream, tortilla chips, lime slices, shredded sharp

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cheddar cheese.

Directions Cook 7 or 8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts in water to cover chicken until tender. Remove chicken and cool. Reserve broth. Add enough fat-free chicken broth to reserved broth to make 64 ounces. Saute chopped onion and chopped green pepper in vegetable oil 5 minutes in large skillet or dutch oven. In a soup

pot add the two containers of chicken broth, black beans, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, chopped chicken, corn, pepper, salt and cumin.

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro and lime juice. Serves 8.

Garnish at the table with lime slices, sour cream, tomatoes, fresh cilantro, shredded cheddar cheese or tortilla chips, if desired.

HEARTY BEEF SOUP

Lanta Craig Lanta Craig of Myrtle has been making her hearty beef soup recipe all of her life.

In fact, her mother and her grandmother made it before her.

“Wash day was soup day when I was growing up,” she said. “My mother cleaned out of the refrigerator whatever was left over from the big Sunday dinner and made soup with it.”

She said she has a annual soup and sandwich supper for close friends after the holidays are over. She usually makes several soups for the ocassion.

Craig, who moved back to the area from Jacksonville, Fla., in 2000, is a retired teacher. She taught an additional five years in Hickory Flat after returning from Florida.

Lanta Craig adds the final seasonings to her Hearty Beef Soup.

HEARTY BEEF SOUP Ingredients 1½ pounds stew meat 1 large onion 3 carrots 2 large cloves garlic 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil Salt and pepper 1 large baking potatoes 1 32-oz. box vegetable broth 1 large can stewed tomatoes

½ bag frozen butter beans ½ cup frozen corn 1 ½ cups hot water 3 bullion (beef) cubes Parsley and basil to your taste Directions Chop vegetables. Heat olive and vegetable oil in soup pot. Add stew meat and brown.

Add onions, celery and carrots and soften.

Next, add vegetable broth and stewed tomatoes. Simmer for 1½ hours, or until meat is tender. Add remaining vegetables, seasonings, water, bullion cubes and simmer for another hour. Add any other condiments or seasonings you prefer and serve.

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QUICK POTATO SOUP

Linda Everett Linda Everett of New Albany has been making her Quick Potato Soup recipe for more than 15 years. She said she got the recipe from a cookbook of the Northside Presbyterian Church, a church in Jackson that has since gone out of existence.

She and her husband, the Rev. Bill Everett, have a daughter, Anne Katherine Ragsdale, who used to attend the church in Jackson. Bill Everett has been retired from the New Albany Presbyterian Church for about two years.

Linda is active in the Union County Heritage Museum Guild, the New Century Club and the New Albany Garden Club.

She said she makes the Quick Potato Soup to take to friends and also makes it for their grandchildren.

Linda Everett stirs the final ingredients into her Quick Potato Soup.

QUICK POTATO SOUP Ingredients 32-oz. bag of frozen hash brown potatoes 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped celery 1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted 1 can cream of celery soup, undiluted 1 15-oz. can chicken broth 2 cups water 2 cups milk 2 Tbsps. butter Salt and pepper to taste Add toppings if desired 12 New Albany Magazine/ New Albany Gazette

Directions Saute the onion and celery in butter until tender. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 30 minutes.

Grated cheese, chopped green onions, croutons or bacon can be added to top when serving, if dedired.

ARTICHOKE/SAUSAGE SOUP

Betsey Hamilton Betsey Hamilton of New Albany has been making and serving Artichoke/ Sausage soup for more than a decade.

“It’s a staple at our house during the winter,” Hamilton said, adding that she also makes it to serve at events such as lunches at the Union County Heritage Museum.

Hamilton, a board member of the Union County Historical Society, said the recipe really did not come from her. The original was submitted by Kathy Carter to the First United Methodist Church Cookbook.

“I like recipes that I get from friends because I tend to think about them when I make it,” she said.

Hamilton said that the recipe is very good the way it is, but for those who might want it spicier, she suggests adding a bit of some variety of Louisiana hot sauce. NA

Betsey Hamilton quarters artichokes for Artichoke/Sau

ARTICHOKE/SAUSAGE SOUP Ingredients ½ tsp. basil ½ tsp. Italian seasoning ½ tsp. oregano 1 envelope onion soup mix 2 14-oz cans of artichokes 16 oz. Italian or regular sausage 3 14 oz. cans diced tomatoes 3 to 4 cups water

Directions Cut artichokes into quarters. Brown sausage and drain off grease. Add artichokes and all the remaining ingredients. Simmer 30 minutes.

Serve.

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V PROFILES

Community olunteers

Story by T. Wayne Mitchell Photographs by David Johnson For New Albany Magazine

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e applaud those in our community who reap the rewards of volunteering. On the following pages, we profile six who represent the many who carry the load of community service through volunteering.

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BENNETT Vivian Bennett of New Albany has been a volunteer in the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County Auxiliary since December 2011. She spends her time in the hospital gift shop – running the cash register, unpacking and displaying merchandise, dusting, sweeping and generally helping hospital visitors with their purchases.

She is a graduate of the Ingomar Attendance Center and has three grown daughters.

THE QUIZ

Q. GIVEN A MONTH OFF AND LOTS OF I WOULD

RESOURCES,

A. NO RESPONSE

Q. IF YOU COULD HAVE A 5-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?

Q. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A

NEED OF ANYTHING.

A. FIRST GRADE TEACHER.

Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY?

Q. THE PERSON IN THE AREA I MOST

A. SEEING SOMEONE I HAVEN’T SEEN IN A

ADMIRE IS

LONG TIME.

A. MRS. CORNEILIA WOOD; SHE IS THE SWEETEST LADY.

Q. THE MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT

Q. THE PERSON ALIVE TODAY I MOST

VOLUNTEER WORK IS

WOULD LIKE TO MEET IS

A. MEETING THE PEOPLE. I LOVE PEOPLE.

A. NO RESPONSE.

Q. IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD IMPROVE

A. THIS WOULD NOT HELP ME. I’M NOT IN

Q. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT I AM

OUR COMMUNITY BY

ME, BUT

A. PROVIDING FOOD AND CLEAN-UP FOR THE NEEDY.

A. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

Q. SOMETHING I’VE DONE THAT MADE ME

WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

Q. IF I COULD BE ONE AGE FOREVER, PROUD IS

A. SEE MY GIRLS’ FINISH COLLEGE. Q. MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE

A. 45. BECAUSE YOU ARE NEITHER YOUNG NOR ARE YOU OLD. Q. IF YOUR CAR COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD IT SAY ABOUT YOU?

A. REHAB ADDICT; THE VOICE’ ALL SHOWS ABOUT ALASKA.

A. SOMETIMES I DRIVE TOO FAST AND SING TOO LOUD

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CATHEY Nick Cathey of New Albany has been a regular volunteer in various activities of the New Albany Boys and Girls Club for the past four years. In addition he has been a volunteer coach for the New Albany Parks and Recreation Department for six years, including with the New Albany Shockers, and with Upward Basketball for three years.

Cathey and his wife, Regina, have three sons. He is a graduate of Falkner High School and attended Northeast Community College.

DEAD; APPALACHIAN OUTLAWS.

A. FIX ME.

Q. GIVEN A MONTH OFF AND LOTS OF RESOURCES, I WOULD

Q. IF YOU COULD HAVE A 5-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?

A. TRAVEL. A. A CAR LOT – LOTS OF KEYS. Q. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A A. VETERINARIAN.

Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY? A. THE END OF THE DAY – SITTING AT THE TABLE FOR DINNER WITH THE FAMILY!

Q. THE PERSON IN THE AREA I MOST ADMIRE IS

THE QUIZ

A. LAWRENCE EDGESTON.

Q. THE MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT

Q. THE PERSON ALIVE TODAY I MOST

VOLUNTEER WORK IS

WOULD LIKE TO MEET IS

A. BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AND

A. THE OLDEST LIVING AFRICANAMERICAN IN UNION COUNTY.

SERVE THE COMMUNITY

Q. IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD IMPROVE

Q. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT I AM

OUR COMMUNITY BY

ME, BUT

A. BUILDING A RECREATION/GAME CENTER AND A HOMELESS SHELTER.

A. NERVOUS SPEAKING IN PUBLIC.

Q. SOMETHING I’VE DONE THAT MADE ME

Q. IF I COULD BE ONE AGE FOREVER, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

PROUD IS

A. NO RESPONSE. Q. MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE

A. 23. LIFE IS JUST BEGINNING FOR YOUNG ADULTS. Q. IF YOUR CAR COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD IT SAY ABOUT YOU?

A. ANY SHOW ON ESPN; THE WALKING

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COLTHARP Lauren Coltharp has volunteered at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County for eight years, helping with the Back to School Health Fair, Baby Fair, Health Career Academy and Fit Kids. She has done everything from decorations and stuffing goody bags to handing out information about internet safety. She also has volunteered at the Union County Heritage Museum with Museum Madness and Santa at the Caboose.

She is a senior at Ingomar Attendance Center and is in the dual-enrollment program with Northeast Mississippi Community College, where she expects to attend next year. She is active in several clubs and is the manager of the slowpitch softball team and the fast-pitch team. She had had five years of perfect attendance and has been on the honor roll from 1st through 12th grade.

Q. SOMETHING I’VE DONE THAT MADE ME PROUD IS

A. BEING ASKED TO SUBMIT A PIECE OF MY ARTWORK TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION. Q. MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE A. BLOOD AND OIL; CRIMINAL MINDS; SUPERNATURAL. Q. GIVEN A MONTH OFF AND LOTS OF RESOURCES, I WOULD

A. 17, BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ADULT, AND YOU CAN STILL B A TEENAGER. Q. IF YOUR CAR COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD IT SAY ABOUT YOU?

A. GIRL, MAKE UP YOUR MIND WHAT MUSIC YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO. COUNTRY, RAP, POP OR ROCK. Q. IF YOU COULD HAVE A 5-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?

A. TRAVEL TO LONDON AND SEE

A. BELK. I WOULD GRAB MAKEUP, SHOES,

THE CHANGING OF THE GUARDS AT

CLOTHES AND PURSES ALL IN ONE PLACE.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY? Q. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A

A. THE TIME THAT I GET TO SPEND WITH MY FRIENDS.

THE QUIZ

A. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WANTED TO BECOME A VETERINARIAN. HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE CHANGED MY

Q. THE MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT

MIND TO BECOME A PHARMACIST OR A

VOLUNTEER WORK IS

NEURO SPORTS TRAUMA CONSULTANT.

A. GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE BEST PART ABOUT HELPING WITH THE BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH FAIR IS SEEING THE FACES ON THE KIDS GETTING SUPPLIES. THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO GET COLORS AND OTHER SCHOOL SUPPLIES. IF I WEREN’T FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH FAIR,

Q. THE PERSON IN THE AREA I MOST ADMIRE IS

A. NANCY KIDD. Q. THE PERSON ALIVE TODAY I MOST WOULD LIKE TO MEET IS

SOME KIDS WOULD NOT HAVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

BEING A PART OF IT IS VERY

A. TIM TEBOW.

REWARDING!

Q. IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD IMPROVE

Q. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT I AM

ME, BUT

OUR COMMUNITY BY

A. A LITTLE OCD. A. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK ALONG THE RIVER BY ADDING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE AND ADDING MORE LIGHTING.

Q. IF I COULD BE ONE AGE FOREVER, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

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KING Betty King of New Albany does most of her volunteer work through her participation in the Pilot Club of New Albany. As coordinator of the club’s projects division, she has volunteered at events sponsored by the New Albany Main Street Association, Union County Development Association, Union County Heritage Museum, Union County Library, Baptist Memorial Hospital, New Haven School and the SMILE Initiative.

She is a retired elementary teacher in the New Albany and Tupelo public schools and has one grown son. She was the valedictorian at Mantachie High School, and then attended Itawamba Junior College before transferring to the University of Mississippi where she received a bachelor of music degree and a master’s degree in elementary education.

THE QUIZ

Q. SOMETHING I’VE DONE THAT MADE ME

Q. THE PERSON ALIVE TODAY I MOST A. ALL THE ACTIVITIES I HAVE DONE IN PILOT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE

WOULD LIKE TO MEET IS

IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE

A. QUEEN ELIZABETH.

TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES.

ONE THING I

PERSONALLY ENJOY IS VOLUNTEERING IN MY GRANDDAUGHTER’S CLASSROOM ONCE A WEEK TO SING WITH THEM. WE SING “FUN SONGS,” FOLK SONGS, PATRIOTIC SONGS, AND SONGS ABOUT THE SEASONS AND HOLIDAYS. IT IS A JOY TO SEE AND HEAR THESE YOUNGSTERS AS THEY LIFE THEIR VOICES IN SONG.

THESE ARE MOMENTS OF PURE JOB FOR ME. I ALSO AM PROUD OF MY THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DEAN PROVENCE ENDOWMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. DURING THAT TIME BOARD MEMBERS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 EACH YEAR FOR THE ENDOWMENT. IT IS

SCHOOL AND RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY AT ITAWAMBA JUNIOR COLLEGE. I WAS SELECTED AS THE OUTSTANDING FEMALE ATHLETE MY SENIOR YEAR AT OLE MISS.

Q. IF I COULD BE ONE AGE FOREVER, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

ON THOSE FUNDS IS STILL BEING USED TO

FAMILY AND WAS ABLE TO SPEND QUALITY

FUND SPECIAL PROJECTS TO ENHANCE THE

TIME WITH MY SON, AND NOW

EDUCATION OF OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

ENOUGH ENERGY TO SPEND QUALITY TIME

I STILL HAVE

WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN.

Q. MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE

A. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SERVICE TO OTHERS BEFORE SELF. IT’S REWARDING

A. NCIS; O-REILLY FACTOR; HALLMARK MOVIES AND MYSTERIES.

Q. IF YOUR CAR COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD IT SAY ABOUT YOU? A. I LIKE TO BE ON TIME WHEREVER I GO.

TO ME TO KNOW THAT EVERY DAY SOMEONE

DO MORE – CARE MORE – BE MORE.

A. WAS AN ATHLETE IN MY YOUNGER DAYS. I PLAYED BASKETBALL IN HIGH

A. 39. I HAD COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL TEACHING CAREER, THEN STARTED A

VOLUNTEER WORK IS

A HELPING HAND TO PEOPLE IN NEED,

Q. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT ME, BUT I AM

REWARDING TO KNOW THAT THE INTEREST

Q. THE MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT

IN OUR ORGANIZATION IS REACHING OUT

A. VANCE WITT AND JACK REED.

PROUD IS

Q. GIVEN A MONTH OFF AND LOTS OF RESOURCES, I WOULD

FULFILLING OUR MOTTO:

A. PLANT “KNOCK-OUR” ROSES IN NEW ALBANY AND UNION COUNTY.

Q. IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD IMPROVE

Q. IF YOU COULD HAVE A 5-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB? A. I WOULD GO AN ART GALLERY AND

Q. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A

GRAB AS MANY FABULOUS PAINTINGS AS

A. PROVIDING A MUSIC LAB EQUIPPED WITH KEYBOARDS, MUSIC SUPPLIES AND AN INSTRUCTOR FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT

A. NURSE

Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY?

WOULD BE AN ELECTIVE AND WOULD GIVE

Q. THE PERSON IN THE AREA I MOST

A. WHEN I CAN BE WITH MY

ALL CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE

ADMIRE IS

GRANDDAUGHTERS.

OUR COMMUNITY BY

I

COULD IN FIVE MINUTES.

PIANO LESSONS IF THEY SO DESIRED.

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MADDEN Lynn Madden is involved in a number of volunteer activities, many of which revolve around her love of the Union County Heritage Museum. She has been president of the Museum Guild since 2005. She and the Guild do lots of things including volunteering at the reception desk, leading tours, preparing food and hosting events.

She and her husband, Frank, have delivered Meals on Wheels for the past six years. As a member of Kappa Kappa Iota, she and other club members also delivered children’s books to doctors’ offices each year.

Madden is a graduate of Inverness High school in the Mississippi Delta and the Mississippi State College for Women, now Mississippi University for Women.

She is a retired mathematics teacher.

She taught two years at West Point High School, 28 years at Columbus High School, five years at Heritage Academy and five years at East Mississippi Community College. The Maddens have seven children.

A. BUILDING AN AQUATIC CENTER AND ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN LEARN TO SWIM.

Q. IF I COULD BE ONE AGE FOREVER, Q. SOMETHING I’VE DONE THAT MADE ME

A. AGREEING TO MOVE TO NEW ALBANY IN 2004.

Q. IF YOUR CAR COULD TALK, WHAT A. BLACKLIST; THE MIDDLE; 60 MINUTES.

WOULD IT SAY ABOUT YOU?

A. PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME GO SO MUCH! Q. GIVEN A MONTH OFF AND LOTS OF RESOURCES, I WOULD

Q. IF YOU COULD HAVE A 5-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO

A. CONTINUE WITH MY LIFE AS IT IS. I AM SATISFIED AND VERY BLESSED.

AND WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?

Q. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A

A NURSERY/GARDEN SHOP AND

A. ANYTHING BUT A TEACHER. MY MOTHER

Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY?

A. MY SHOPPING SPREE WOULD BE TO I WOULD GRAB PLANTS AND YARD ART.

MADE US GIRLS GET A TEACHING DEGREE

“HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON.” I 35 YEARS! THANKS, MAMA.

Q. THE MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT

Q. THE PERSON IN THE AREA I MOST

VOLUNTEER WORK IS

ADMIRE IS

A. AS ANY TEACHERS KNOWS, OUR

A. JILL SMITH. HER MIND NEVER TAKES A BREAK FROM NEW IDEAS. SHE “THINKS” AND I “DO,” SO WE ARE A GOOD TEAM.

WHEN THEY COME IT WARMS YOUR HEART.

A. I LOVED MY LATE 20S AND EARLY 30S. I COULD MOVE WITHOUT MOANING OR LIMPING AND I COULD REMEMBER THINGS WITHOUT MAKING LISTS.

Q. MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE

FELL BACK ON IT FOR

REWARDS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, BUT

WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

PROUD IS

TO

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A. A LIST MAKER. FRANK SAYS MY LISTS HAVE LISTS!

A. LATE AFTERNOON, SITTING ON THE FRANK SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD OVER AND OVER. DECK WITH

AT THE MUSEUM, IT IS A REWARD TO LOOK AT THE FACES OF THE CHILDREN THAT

Q. THE PERSON ALIVE TODAY I MOST

COME FOR A VISIT AND WATCH THEM SOAK

WOULD LIKE TO MEET IS

UP ALL THIS WONDERFUL HISTORY.

SOME

COME WITH A SCHOOL GROUP AND THEN BRING PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS BACK.

NOW THAT IS A REWARD. Q. IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY BY

A. THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A MEAL WITH HER. I THINK WE WOULD LIKE EACH OTHER. Q. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT ME, BUT I AM New Albany Magazine/ New Albany Gazette 25

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STEWART Zack Stewart has been a volunteer at the Union County Heritage Museum since 2004. He started volunteering when his late wife, Bill Jo Stewart was on the Board of Directors and asked him to help build the ag building. Then he built the country store, the blacksmith shop, the one-room schoolhouse and more.

He is retired from the Mississippi Department of Transportation and was the north Mississippi transportation commissioner from 1983 to 2004. He is a past president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Commissioners. He attended Pontotoc High School and Itawamba Community College. He has four children.

THE QUIZ Q. THE MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT

UNNECESSARY STOP SIGNS AND SPEED

Q. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT I AM

BUMPS OUT OF TOWN.

ME, BUT

Q. SOMETHING I’VE DONE THAT MADE ME

A. EMOTIONAL AND TENDERHEARTED.

PROUD IS

Q. IF I COULD BE ONE AGE FOREVER, A. THE FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY PROGRAM –

WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

TO SEE THAT IT WAS ALL UNDER CONTRACT BEFORE

I LEFT OFFICE.

A. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ONE AGE, BUT TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE AND MOVE ON

Q. MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE A. FOX NEWS; BILL O’REILLY; MEGYN KELLY.

WITH THE REST OF IT.

Q. IF YOUR CAR COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD IT SAY ABOUT YOU?

Q. GIVEN A MONTH OFF AND LOTS OF RESOURCES, I WOULD

A. ZACK, YOU HAVE SLOWED DOWN.

A. GO BACK TO ISRAEL AND OTHER MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES – WHERE I HAVE BEEN TWICE!

Q. IF YOU COULD HAVE A 5-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?

Q. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A

HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE.

A. FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL COACH.

Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY?

A. I’D GO TO JIMBO’S COFFEE SHOP AND

VOLUNTEER WORK IS

A. GETTING THE SATISFACTION OF GIVING A LITTLE SOMETHING BACK TO

Q. THE PERSON IN THE AREA I MOST

THE COMMUNITY.

IT GIVES A RETIREE SOMETHING TO KEEP HIS MIND BUSY. IT IS SOMETHING I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY DAY.

ADMIRE IS

Q. IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD IMPROVE

WOULD LIKE TO MEET IS

A. WHEN I WAKE IN THE MORNING I MIGHT DO THAT DAY. NA THINKING AND PLANNING WHAT

A. HERBERT MORGAN. Q. THE PERSON ALIVE TODAY I MOST

OUR COMMUNITY BY

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Built in 1925, the Hotel Chester is one of Starkville’s full service hotels and most historic sites.

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he City of Starkville is well-known to most Mississippians as the home of Mississippi State University. In recent years, it has reached a greater notoriety outside of the state with the emergence of elite athletic programs, especially in football, basketball and baseball. What many still don’t recognize, however, is that Starkville is a city with a rich history outside of the university.

The area around Starkville has been inhabited for thousands

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Downtown Starkville is filled with a number of local shops for visitors to patronize.

of years by Native American tribes, like the Chocktaw, but it wasn’t until 1830 that the city saw its beginnings. A mill southwest of the town produced clapboards, leading to the settlement’s first name, Boardtown. In 1835, the town was renamed Starkville in honor of Revolutionary War hero General John Stark.

When entering Starkville’s downtown, visitors will see evidence of the city’s rich history on Main Street. One example is the Hotel Chester. Constructed in 1925 as a full service hotel, the Chester has undergone a succession of changes in ownership and uses over the years. The hotel underwent an extensive renovation

in 1985 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It operated as the Ivy Guest House and then as the State House Hotel until a further renovation in 2003, when the hotel reopened under its original name.

After viewing the hotel, visitors can move on down Main Street and find a plethora of local shops and restaurants to patronize. Those who are in the downtown area early in the morning should make their way to Washington Street and stop by the Biscuit Shop.

Owner Michelle Tehan, often referred to as “The Biscuit Lady,” makes buttermilk biscuits from scratch here, making use of her early childhood experience cooking

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with her grandmother.

“She would make biscuits every weekend when I was growing up and I learned from her,” Tehan says. “I don’t use a recipe or measure any ingredients.”

Before opening her shop in an 800-square foot shotgun house on South Jackson Street in June 2014, Tehan sold her biscuits at the local farmers’ market or on Facebook. She moved the shop to its current location this year.

Patrons will be able to choose from a variety of biscuits by day, week and season. Flavors include such favorites as buttermilk, blueberry, cookies and creme and many more.

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Starkville’s visitors should spend more time in the downtown area and see some of the historic buildings and sites.

One stop for the music lover or history buff should include a deceptively undistinguishable building - the Starkville City Jail. Now occupied by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department, this facility was made famous after legendary country singer Johnny Cash spent a night here on May 11, 1965. Cash had performed earlier that evening at the university and was later arrested and charged with public drunkenness. “The Man in Black” later immortalized the place and event when he wrote the song, “Starkville City Jail,” first performed at a concert in San Quentin prison in 1969.

From here, visitors can quickly walk or drive to some of Starkville’s historic churches, such as the First Presbyterian Church on University Drive.

This church had its beginnings in 1821, 14 years before Starkville was established and relocated to Starkville in 1834. The church moved into a new Greek Revivalstyle building on Main Street in 1853 and, in 1925, relocated in its current Neoclassical Revival-style facilities.

Country legend Johnny Cash once spent the night in the city jail, now home to the Oktibbeha Sheriff’s Department. Cash later immortalized it in song.

Perhaps Starkville’s greatest attractions are its four well-preserved housing districts, each representing particular architectural styles coinciding with the period of their creation.

The Nash Street District, formerly known as the Garden District, is

Starkville’s earliest and most intact set of historic homes. As visitors head from downtown toward the Mississippi State campus down University Drive, they can find this district and its preserved examples of Tudor revival, craftsman, and colonial revival architecture from the

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Visitors wanting to see the Greensboro Historic District can find it on the other side of Starkville’s downtown area. This neighborhood was mainly inhabited by merchants and civic leaders in the 1860s and 1870s and continued its growth over a period of 100 years. It is home to many examples of Victorian, Tudor revival, craftsman, and bungalowstyle homes.

To find the Overstreet District, visitors can head south on Jackson Street. In this neighborhood, there remain houses ranging from ornate Queen Anne and Victorian to colonial revival, folk, and mid-20th-century craftsman and bungalow styles, reflecting changes of style preferences from 1870 to 1940. Cookhouses and smokehouses behind some of the main houses serve as reminders of earlier times.

The city’s final district, the Cotton District, is a favorite among many of the university’s students and townspeople alike. This small neighborhood, located between

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Bin 612 is a popular cafe-style restaurant, nestled in the bustling Cotton District of Starkville.

downtown and the university, was once the site of the city’s textile mill, built in 1902 and expanded in the 1920s and 1940s, as well as an area of workers’ homes, shops and schools. The area underwent an urban renewal beginning in the late 1960s and has since become an awardwinning example of redevelopment.

While in the Cotton District, visitors should stop by Bin 612, located on University Drive, for lunch.

Bin 612 offers a cafe-like atmosphere popular with college students and locals alike. This restaurant and bar offers a wide variety of options on its menu, from pizzas, panini, burgers and more made with fresh local ingredients. The eatery is divided into three areas, one for patrons of the full bar, a general eating area and an outdoor eating area.

Patrons can do no wrong in ordering Bin 612’s chicken club panini. This tasty option offers up roasted chicken, topped

with hickory smoked bacon, mozzarella, pesto aioli, lettuce and tomato and served on focaccia bread.

Following lunch, visitors in town on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays should stop by the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum on Fellowship Street.

This quaint museum houses a collection of exhibits from the city and county’s

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past and boasts a rain garden in the front of the facility. The garden is a joint project between the museum and the Mississippi State University Department of Landscape Architecture. It was created in 2009 as a solution to the museum’s drainage system, but has since become a focal point and teaching tool for the community and schools.

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ike and Angie Staten attend First Baptist Church in downtown New Albany and they now live much closer to their church than either ever thought they would. Their home at 410 Bankhead Street is only a short walk away, as is Mike’s work and Angie’s place

of business.

Mike servers as senior vice president at BNA Bank, formerly Bank of New Albany, which he joined in 1977. Angie, along with partner Beverly Kitchens, owns Calico Mushroom gift shop located a few blocks away on East Main Street. Together they have operated the

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business for nearly 20 years.

With boys Matt and Luke grown and out of the house, they decided to down size from the large two-story house just on the edge of town where they had lived for 28 years. The house sold and the Statens kept a portion of the land to build a new home on.

While planning the new house they rented a studio apartment overlooking downtown. After a chance look see at the American Craftsman style home, Angie’s first impression was, “I could live here”. So in March, Mike and Angie moved into their new, almost ninety year old home.

Built in or around 1926 by a man named Clyde Hall, who also owned a lumber yard in town, the house is deceptively large. At about 4,000 square feet, the house has two bedrooms, a full bath and a relaxation area upstairs. Downstairs contains the master bedroom and bath, a guest bedroom and bath, a half bath, Modern stainless steel appliances blend with the classic style of the kitchen. kitchen with a foyer leading to

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A liberal use of windows contributes to the light, airy feel of the sunroom.

the backdoor, breakfast area, a formal dining room, and three sitting areas.

The house underwent a complete restoration several years ago with Laura and Scott Dunnam doing the work. All original materials were kept and used wherever possible.

Door knobs and coverings were sent away for refinishing, original light fixtures were saved, and a new chandelier was created for the dining room by a metal artisan in California.

Angie’s gift and passion for interior design has allowed her to create a mix of new and old that blends perfectly with the craftsman’s style interior. Each room is as individual as the next and beckons one to sit for a while in one space before moving on to the next.

Mike and Angie have two children, Matt, the eldest, and Luke. Matt is married to the former Ellen Buchanan and Luke is single. Weekends for the Statens are often spent at their cabin on Smith Lake in Alabama.

Angie is family focused and enjoys various decorative projects for the home, the cabin, and at her business. She is also a member of New Albany Garden Club and was a charter member of New Albany Junior Auxiliary.

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His favorite thing is to push for education.

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New courts triple sport’s popularity Story and photos by Donica Phifer For New Albany Magazine

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ince the opening of the tennis complex at BNA Bank Park in 2012, tennis has seen a steady increase in popularity in New Albany.

While there was always an interest from a small section of residents, recent years and outreach efforts from Tennis Pro Bo BowPat Hancock, prior page, and Damon Ladner, above, are part of the soaring popularity of tennis in New Albany.

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man have brought in numerous people to the sport, life-long New Albany resident Susan Morris said.

“He’s so good at convincing people to try the sport, and he’ll do whatever he can to help you stay involved in it if you try it out and find that you enjoy it,” Morris said.

Bowman, his wife Suzy, and their sons Bradyn and Brace came to New Albany in conjunction with the opening of the tennis complex in June 2012.

Since then, interest and enrollment in class-

es offered for tennis have tripled, Bowman said.

“It’s not a difficult sport to learn, and it’s something that someone could pick up in an afternoon. And we offer all sorts of classes and clinics for people who maybe have just gone out and hit a few balls around and want to maybe learn more,” Bowman said.

Classes begin for small children and go all the way to adults who are in their 70s. The cost of studying under Bowman varies, but there are opportunities for everyone from the novice player to the most experience athlete.

One of those beginners is Damon Ladner, the principal of New Albany Middle School and a person drawn to tennis because of Bowman’s outreach program through social media.

“We didn’t have organized tennis teams when I was growing up,” Ladner said, “But I saw a post from Bo on Facebook about a beginner tennis group and that it would be a six or eight week course.“ One of Ladner’s goals in taking the

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class was to continue his goal of losing weight and to accomplish that by doing something other than running on a treadmill.

“I signed up for that class and I just got addicted,” Ladner said, “It’s high energy, a lot of movement, and time just flew by.“ Though that class has since finished, Ladner remains active in the sport for a hobby.

“My one free night a week is usually spent on the courts. I’ll come out and participate in some clinics, and even once that ends I and some others will stay and hit a few balls around because we love it and just don’t want to go home.”

To date, Ladner has lost about 15 pounds and burns between 1800 and 2000 calories in two hours spent on the court.

“I just love it because it’s a great stress reliever.

There is something really great about hitting a ball around and getting out some of that pent up energy. And I do love coming out and seeing the kids that I teach and getting to play with them.

It’s another way to bond with them,” Ladner said.

The health benefits of tennis have been backed up by a 20-year study from Harvard University that states “playing tennis three hours a week will cut the risk of death in half from any cause.”

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study said.

The study also cites an improvement in self-image among players and is among the suggested sports that families can play together successfully.

“It truly is a sport that is open to anyone, you just have to come out and play. The courts are free of charge, we have lights so that you can play at night and they are open to anyone in the community with an interest,” Bowman said.

Among the players that you might routinely find on the courts are Susan Feather, Pat Hancock, Sheri Smith and Camille Davis. The four women get together once a week to play a game or two.

“I enjoy everything about the game: friends, fresh air, exercise, and concentration it requires,” Smith said.

Hancock, who picked the game up during a physical education class in college, finds tennis beneficial to her physical and mental health.

“I believe that playing tennis helps me to stay active. I enjoy the fellowship and have fun every time I compete,” Hancock said.

Feather attributes the success and the interest in tennis to both the facility and the work of the Bowman’s who spread their love of the game to others in their lessons.

“It is a game for anyone who wants to play, and you can absolutely go buy a twenty-dollar racket and a three-dollar tube of balls and spend an afternoon with your family hitting around on the courts,” Bowman said, “It’s not expensive to do, the courts are free to use, and it’s a good way to get some exercise and enjoy yourself.” NA

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Skaters on the Ice Terrace public rink in front of the mayor’s Christmas tree at Crown Center in Kansas City. On the prior page, thousands of lights set the scene from Thanksgiving night through Jan. 17 at the Country Club Plaza, a 15-square block area of high-end shops, restaurants, fountains and sculptures.

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ach year, honors for the two tallest live Christmas trees in the United States bounce back and forth between Rockefeller Center in New York and the White House in our nation’s capital.

But frequently third on the list, sometimes sneaking into second place, is the Mayor’s Christmas Tree in Kansas City, Mo. Share that bit of trivia at your favorite holiday gathering this year and see where the conversation leads you.

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you really need, make time this holiday season to hop on an airplane to Kansas City for a three-day getaway that tops anything Santa and his elves can fit into a sleigh.

DAY 1 Few things say Christmas more beautifully than Hallmark Cards.

Seriously, it’s their business, and the corporate headquarters is Crown Center in Kansas City where the Mayor’s Christmas Tree stands throughout the holiday season. A lighting ceremony on the Friday night after Thanksgiving fills the streets with carolers and families bundled against the cold, many ready to don skates at the Ice Terrace, Kansas City’s only public outdoor rink.

Towering more than 100 feet above the festivities, the Mayor’s Christmas Tree is certainly a symbol of the season. But it’s what happens to the massive tree after the lights are unplugged and the plastic ornaments removed that truly makes the Mayor’s Christmas Tree a symbol of the holiday spirit.

The creative artists at Hallmark design

ornaments from the wood of that very special tree. Each tree makes about 3,000 individually decorated ornaments, which are for sale only at Crown Center.

But it’s what happens to the money that really represents the spirit of Christmas.

Proceeds of the ornament sales benefit the Mayor’s Christmas Tree Fund, a charity that, since 1908, has helped feed, clothe and provide housing to those Kansas Citians in need throughout the year.

A visit to Crown Center can easily fill an entire day and night, so since you’ll already be there, you might consider spending the night at either the Westin or the Sheraton, the two hotel properties connected to Crown Center. Both offer holiday packages that include discounts at the Legoland Discovery Center or the SeaLife Aquarium, the newest additions to Crown Center.

You can also go ice skating, listen to visiting choirs sing in the Crown Center atrium, attend a live music show at the dinner theatre, or get some inspiration from the gingerbread house displays.

And of course, lots of shopping. It gets crazy busy at Crown Center on weekends in December, so you might want to make

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Liberty Memorial, where visitors can go to the top for a view of the city and tour the National World War I museum.

this a mid-week getaway if crazy holiday crowds bother you.

DAY 2 From Crown Center, you can walk by covered walkway to Union Station, the magnificent 100-year-old train station that has won numerous awards for its restoration. At one of the two stages, the Theatre for Young America will be doing a performance of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” And of course, Christmas is not Christmas without trains, so a visit to the KC Rail Experience will showcase model train sets just like you always wanted Santa to bring.

Union Station is the premiere setting for rare experiences in Kansas City and during your December visit, you’ll have a chance to see some of the greatest works of Leonardo da Vinci. The exhibit is actually a hands-on exploration of 65 of his most interesting inventions. You’ll see about 20 fine art studies including Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and Portrait of a Young Man.

Just up the hill from Union Station is the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. The world is currently commemorating 100 years since that Great War, so although it is sobering, you should devote a few hours to understanding this complex period in world history. On Sunday, December 13, the Living History Volunteer Corps will re-enact how Christmas was celebrated by troops in the trenches.

Even if you don’t want to tour the museum, take a ride to the top of the Liberty Memorial – 217 feet – for the best photo location in downtown.

When you’re up on top of the Liberty Memorial, you can’y miss seeing a fabulous building to the north that some say looks like the iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia. This highlight of the Kansas City skyline is the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. If you’re a photography buff, you’ll have to be up for sunrise or be in position for sunset as the natural light hits the double clam shell sides.

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find anything more moving than the 250 voices of the Independence Messiah Choir performance of the Messiah. An equally special gift to yourself, the Kansas City Ballet performs The Nutcracker more than two dozen times in December all at the Kauffman Center.

Another type of music that can be found in Kansas City is jazz. Yep, it was born in New Orleans, but music historians will tell you that jazz came to Kansas City during its sassy, teenage years. Try the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum in the 18th & Vine District and if you’re real night owl, plan a midnight visit to the Mutual Musicians Foundation, the oldest continuously operating jazz joint in the world. It doesn’t open until midnight and really gets hopping about the time the sun peaks its head in the windows. This is the only place in the state of Missouri to have a license to sell alcohol until 6 a.m.

DAY 3 Easily the most photographed spot in Kansas City is the magnificent Country

Club Plaza during the holidays. The Plaza is noted historically as the first shopping district in the United States designed specifically for the automobile, but today it’s noted for great restaurants, high-end shops and the numerous sculptures and fountains that create an open-air museum-like experience.

Architects enjoy it for its unexpected Spanish architecture here in the Midwest, a symbol of Kansas City’s strong sister city relationship with Seville, Spain.

What started with a string of 16 lights over a doorway in 1925 has grown to become the holiday tradition for which Kansas City is best known around the country. The commonly quoted figure is more than 75 miles of twinkling light, but other educated minds say it’s impossible in the 15-square block area. So it’s a fun debate in Kansas City that easily could be measured, but then what fun would that be – to know the real answer.

Take a horse-drawn carriage ride through the Plaza or climb to the top of Hall’s Parking Garage on Nichols Road for a family photo. It is the best of many places to get an all-encompassing shot of the holiday spectacle. If you really want

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Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, often compared to Sydney’s iconic Opera House.

an over-the-top photograph, or an overthe-top experience, it is possible to book helicopter flights over the Plaza at night.

While on the Plaza, plan for lunch or coffee at the very classy Classic Cup. A main stay of eateries on the Plaza, the Classic Cup has a wonderful sidewalk patio for people watching, if the weather

is warm enough. Make sure you try the bread pudding and for a Christmas morning treat back at home, purchase a bag of Classic Cup’s gourmet pancake mix.

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Museum of Toys and Miniatures will melt your heart with sentimentality of those long-ago Christmas mornings of your childhood. With 50,000 item antique toy collection, which includes everything from your basic stuffed teddy bear and Raggedy Ann doll to Mr. Potato Head and GI Joe, it is considered one of the largest on public display in the U.S. The museum does more than show us the item, but tells the story of how it influenced American culture and the lives of those children who played with it.

If your gift giving role this holiday season has you looking for unusual and seemingly unavailable old toys, check out the gift shop at the museum. It’s a delightful collection of wooden horses and Jacks and jump ropes – the simplest and happiest playthings from your own childhood not found in big box stores at any time of the year.

Also on the UMKC campus is the Missouri Repertoire’s annual rendition of “A Christmas Carole.” Sure, you might have seen it elsewhere, but this is a very special tradition in Kansas City each year.

If you really love the idea of the Plaza and surrounding amenities, you may prefer spending your nights at the lovely

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The Harry S Truman Presidential Library is in nearby Independence.

Southmoreland Bed and Breakfast. The home is 100 years old and rooms are decorated reflecting some of the great leaders who built Kansas City. You can walk across the street to the NelsonAtkins Museum of Art or up the hill to the Kemper Museum of Art. You’ll love the barbeque for breakfast.

KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE Yes, barbeque for breakfast. It’s not

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unusual in a city that rivals Memphis for its great reputation for barbeque.

At last count, about 100 barbeque joints and restaurants keep the smokers going around the metro and there’s something good about each one.

The first thing to know about Kansas City barbeque is that it’s not Memphis dry-rub. Kansas City-style is slow smoked over a variety of woods – usually oak from the Missouri Ozarks – and then the sauce.

It’s a thick, sweet, tomato-based sauce

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Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue, one of more than a hundred places serving the city’s legendary barbecue.

liberally applied immediately after the meat comes out of the smoker.

One thing you’ll notice about Kansas City BBQ joints is the variety of meats on the menu - beef, pork, chicken, turkey, mutton. And burnt ends. That’s a Kansas City specialty, but now served by less original copycats around the country.

If you’ve not had them, burnt ends are simply the burnt edges of a beef brisket. When a brisket is smoked for 10 or 12 hours, sometimes longer, the thin edges naturally dry-out and burn.

Instead of chopping off the burnt ends and throwing them in the garbage, the early barbecue chefs of Kansas City chopped them up really fine, slathered them in sauce and served them for what they are – burnt ends. Arthur Bryant was the first to begin the burnt end business in Kansas City.

Arthur Bryant’s is legendary, the oldest joint in the city, the one where all visiting dignitaries go, the place that columnist Calvin Trillin called “the best restaurant in the world.” The fries are still cooked in lard and the ribs are to die for. Order a strawberry soda or “red soda” cause that’s what you do at Bryant’s.

Gates Barbecue opened in 1946 and is in its fourth generation of family ownership. This is the only place in KC that serves barbecued mutton. Do the yammer pie for dessert. You’ll know you’re at a Gates BBQ when you open the door and someone shouts “Hi, May I Help You.” Joe’s of Kansas City has an outstanding pulled pork sandwich.

It’s the one in the gas station that everyone talks about. Jack Stack’s in the old Freight House District right behind Union Station or on the Plaza should not be missed. Nor the cheesy corn served there. LC’s Barbecue is a classic hole-in-the-wall barbecue joint near the Truman Sports Complex. Most days there is a line out the door for LC’s burnt ends and beans with big chunks of meat. But if you love some blues with your barbeque, head out to BB’s Lawnside Barbecue. Owner Lindsay Shannon is a founding member of the Kansas City Blues Society, so things really get smoking when the sun goes down.

So this started out as a three day getaway to Kansas City, but to try all of the barbeque joints, you’ll need to spend at least a week. Now that’s a Christmas treat that Santa and his elves can’t top, no matter what they tuck under your tree.

To plan your holiday visit to Kansas City and to find all of the attractions mentioned in this story, visit www.visitkc.com. NA

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Calendar of Events DATES, EVENTS AND HOURS MAY CHANGE. Compiled by Vickie Duke for New Albany Magazine Nov. 19, Dec. 3, 10 and 17: Christmas shopping in New Albany. Downtown stores open until 7 p.m. 662-534-3438.

Nov. 14: Ingomar Mound Event. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 662-538-0014.

Nov. 17: Friends of the Library, Union County Library. Noon. 662-538-0014.

Nov. 19: Museum Moments for the Guild, Union County Heritage Museum. Noon.

662-538-0014.

Nov. 28: Small Business Saturday. Shop Local. 662-534-3438.

Nov. 30: New Albany and Union County Christmas Parade. Downtown. 6:30 p.m. Free. 662-534-1047.

Dec. 11 and 12: Nutcracker, New Albany Ballet Company. Magnolia Civic Center.

Tickets: 662-539-6010.

Dec. 12: Santa on Caboose and Christmas Crafts for Children, Union County Heritage Museum. 10 a.m. – Noon. 662-538-0014.

Albany High School production. 662534-1805.

Feb. 16: Friends of the Library, Union County Library. Noon. 662-534-1991.

April 21: Museum Moments, Union County Heritage Museum. Noon. 662538-0014.

Feb. 18: Museum Moments, Union County Heritage Museum. Noon. 662538-0014.

May 7: Great American Clean Up, Keep New Albany/Union County Beautiful. 9 a.m.-11 a.m. 662-534-3438.

March 15: Friends of the Library, Union County Library. Noon. 662-534-1991.

May 21: Live @ Noon, musical performance on the Trailhead Plaza.

Enjoy appetizers by local restaurants, discounts with retailers and register for door prizes courtesy of New Albany Main Street Association. Noon – 2 p.m.

662-534-3438.

March 17: Museum Moments, Union County Heritage Museum. Noon. 662538-0014.

March 19: Live @ Noon, musical performance on the Trailhead Plaza.

Enjoy appetizers by local restaurants, discounts with retailers and register for door prizes courtesy of New Albany Main Street Association. Noon – 2 p.m.

662-534-3438.

April 9: New Albany Home & Garden Show. 662-534-1916.

Jan. 19: Friends of the Library, Union County Library. Noon. 662-534-1991.

April 16: Live @ Noon, musical performance on the Trailhead Plaza, Enjoy appetizers by local restaurants, discounts with retailers and register for door prizes courtesy of New Albany Main Street Association. Noon – 2 p.m.

662-534-3438.

Feb. 11-13: “The Little Mermaid,” New

April 19: Friends of the Library, Union

Dec. 15: Friends of the Library, Union County Library. Noon. 662-534-1991.

County Library. Noon. 662-534-1991.

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4-H Club of New Albany Gina Wills 662-534-1916 gina@ext.msstate.edu American Legion PotterHenry-Lowrey Post 72 Mike Bennett 662-317-0216 michaelcbennett@ bellsouth.net American Legion Auxiliary Unit 72 Gloria Bennett 662-534-3089 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County Auxiliary Reba Dunson 662-538-2101 reba.dunson@bmhcc.org Boys and Girls Club of New Albany Marquel Conner 662-534-2150 Daughters of the American Revolution Ishtehotopah Chapter Linda Womack 662-539-4081 Dogwood Hills Garden Club Bettye McMillen 662-534-0645 bhmcmillen321@gmail. com Friends of the Library Anita Buster 662-534-5124 arbuster@ms.metrocast. net Historic Northside

District Garden Club Ninabeth Capaning 662-534-4717 Junior Auxiliary of New Albany Michelle Hall 662-507-1049 jaofnewalbany@gmail.com Junta Club Bethany Dalton 662-316-2689 Kappa Kappa Iota Sigma Chapter Ninabeth Capaning 662-534-4717 Kiwanis Club of New Albany Lowell Easterling New Albany Civitan Club Gilbert Stokes 662-534-7889 New Albany Garden Club Anita Buster 662-534-5124 arbuster@ms.metrocast. net New Albany Lions Club M. Lance Presley 662-534-4217 presleyeyecare@bellsouth. net New Albany Main Street Association Vickie Duke 662-534-3438 newalbanymainstreetassociation.com vickie@ newalbanymainstreet.com New Albany Mother’s Club

Dot Shannon 662-534-5255 New Albany Neighborhood Development Association Larry Dykes 662-231-3421 larryd3275@yahoo.com New Albany Rotary Club Jack Dalton 662-507-5414 jbsdalton@att.net New Century Club Linda Everett 662-534-7063 preachteach69@aol.com Pilot Club of New Albany Margaret McLennan 662-538-3515 Margaret.mclennan@ tema.toyota.com Tallahatchie Arts Council Karen Tuck 601-741-0967 Tallahatchie River Players Evelyn Mason 662-317-9275 tallahatchieriverplayers@ gmail.com The Lighthouse Enrichment Center, Inc. Sally Zemek 662-539-6122 unioncolighthouse@ yahoo.com Union County Development Association

Phil Nanney 662-534-4354 www.ucda-newalbany.com Union County Good Samaritan Center Sally Zemek 662-534-0931 unioncogoodsc@yahoo. com Union County Historical Society Vance Whitt 662-534-8171 Union County Homemaker Volunteers Marietta Collins 662-316-3354 Union County Literacy Council Nancy Meacham 662-671-9659 n.meacham@yahoo.com Union County Master Gardeners Patrick James 662-534-6868 jpatrick6868@bellsouth. net Union County Museum Guild Lynn Madden 662-534-8122 frankorlynn@ ms.metrocast.net Union County Retired Teachers Association Bernice Bailey 662-534-9166 UNITE Collett Cross 662-316-0808 cbcross@bellsouth.net

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‘A POTTER’S DELIGHT’ LUNCHEON FUNDRAISER Sponsored by The New Albany Garden Club Held May 2 at First United Methodist Church

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Beaulah Hawthrone, Janis Sanders, Carolyn Houston and Carrie Rogers

Betty King, Lisa James and Martha Gault

Willie Ann Bryant, Olivia Dunnam and Joann Munn

Meagan Stanton, Jane Myers and Mary Jane Marquis

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UNION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING Sponsored by The Union County Historical Society Held May 8 at First United Methodist Church

Bill Robertson, Jill Smith and Marie Bayless

Gloria Cooper, Dot Shannon and Barbara Creekmore

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Mr. and Mrs. Don Locke of Houston

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Grace Provence, Frances Sullivan and Anne Stephens

Sarah and Joe Cook

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Jane and Charlie Greer

Coach and Mrs. Jack Carlisle

Amy Creighton, Paula Creighton and Wes Creighton

Mary Patton and Sara Mattox Mitch and Jeonette Stone

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ARTS BEATS & EATS Sponsored by New Albany Main Street Association Held Aug. 7 at In Bloom Reception Hall

Butch Gray, Jimmie Rogers, Edna Daniels and Joe Parks

Ramona Smith and Mary Evelyn Stanford

Jewlene Brown and Lura Wade

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Johnny Webb, Mary Webb, Eddie Bramlett, Janie Bramlett and Tom Cooper

Wesley Creighton, Barbara Byers, Paula Creighton and Amy Creighton

Tom Cooper, Gloria Cooper and Jane Ford

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TALLAHATCHIE RIVERFEST COMMUNITY KICK-OFF LUNCHEON Sponsored by RiverFest Literary Association Held Sept. 25 at First United Methodist Church

Ann Brown, Howard Brown

Anne Stephens, Ann Holmes and Mary Libby Harrison

Bill Cornelius and Bill Smallwood

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Betsey Hamilton, Tom Hamilton, Linda Everett and Will Ford

Betty King and Sherran Denkler

Phyllis Stanford and Lynn Horton

Colt Doom and Jay Herrington

Lynn Harrison, Collett Cross, Della Brewster and Brenda Robertson

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Grace Provence, Howard Brown, Glenda Conlee, Lanta Craig and Gwyn Pennebaker

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Tally Riddell and Billy Wiseman

Carol Riddell and Jane Wiegartner

Jill Smith, Bea Hanskiewicz and Ralph Hanskiewicz

Mary Patton and Sara Mattox

Kathy Carter and Dottie Haynie

Angie Staten and Mike Staten

Cole Mohundro and Jennifer Mohundro

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MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING Sponsored by The New Albany Main Street Association Held Oct. 1 at In Bloom

Tom Hamilton and Jim Owen

Bob Spencer, Beverly Collins, Bo Collins and Ellen Staten

Suzanne Smith and Billy Wiseman

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BAPTIST BREAST CANCER LUNCHEON Sponsored by Baptist Memorial HospitalUnion County Held Oct. 7 at In Bloom

Loucresia Ferrell

Jo Simpson, Arlene Tyer and Shelly Tyer

Polly Belford and Frances Braddock

Frances Stacy, Marie Bayless and Carolyn Brooks

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KathyFrayser, Anna Stanton and Angela Childers

Virginia Knox and Janice Knox

Caroline Beasley and Ann Bateman

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‘MUSIC AT THE MAGNOLIA’ DINNER THEATER Sponsored by Tallahatchie River Players Held Oct. 10 at The Magnolia Civic Center

Susan Feather, Cathy Martin and Minerva Moore

Wayne Smith and Norma Garrett

Anna Quinn and Sherri Bullard

Charlsey Goolsby and Verna Reaves

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LOOKING BACK

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esidents and visitors watch as the flood waters rise along Main Street in front of Hines Grocery & Feed Co. in New Albany circa 1950.

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