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Magnolia Montessori teacher Brooke Fly works with some of her students on an upcoming science fair.

Magnolia Montessori Seeking donations for silent auction

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Magnolia Montessori School is currently seeking donations to help out with their silent auction fundraiser next month. The school is currently at capacity and is looking to expand and train more teachers in the months to come.

Magnolia Montessori School is a private school in Oxford that operates on the methodology of Italian philosopher Maria Montessori. They practice a curriculum of freedom within limits.The method promotes independence while nurturing the natural development of a child and supporting that

development as much as possible.

This year’s fundraiser will, like in years past, be operating with a Mardi Gras theme. The fundraiser will be featuring a lot of new features that the school has not included in the annual fundraiser before. There will be a draw down, or reverse raffle, where participants will purchase tickets like in any other raffle, but rather than picking just one ticket out of the bunch and that being the winner, several tickets are take out at different time intervals until there is only one ticket remaining. The person who purchased the one remaining ticket is declared the winner and will receive an amount of prize money based on how many tickets are purchased. Participants will

also have the opportunity to purchase “insurance” that makes sure the ticket they purchased can be put back in the drawing one time if it gets taken out.

There will be teams of couples chosen before the fundraiser to see who can raise the most amount of money before the night of the fundraiser. At the event the couple that raised the most amount of money will be crowned kind and queen of the event. This idea was borrowed from LeapFrog’s annual Fire Cracker Bash. Organizers encourage those attending to dress in their fanciest festive Mardi Gras attire, if they’re feeling up to it.

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City Board discusses fake guns and travel expenses

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Board of Alderman and the mayor convened Tuesday night for their regular City Board meeting.

During the Mayor’s Report, Mayor Pat Patterson asked that the public be aware of teenagers in the community who have been wielding BB guns that, from even a short distance, are indistinguishable from actual handguns.

Oxford Police Chief Joey East said some of his officers recently encountered teenagers using these guns during illegal activities, and that it could have ended very badly.

“This weekend we encountered several juveniles,” East told the Citizen after the meeting had concluded. “A few businesses had been broken into. Several of these young people were carrying guns, BB guns. We have them on tape shooting through glass windows with them.

If you’re standing five feet away, you can’t tell that it’s not a real gun, and that is very dangerous.”

East said that the officer responding to the incident was able to handle the situation before anyone was harmed, but this may not be the case next time. He and the mayor both urged the public to be aware of these weapons and warned that they will not be taken lightly. They said that pointing what looks like a deadly firearm at anyone, especially police

officers, will not end well for anyone involved.

Several professional development trips were featured on the consent agenda for the City Board Meeting. There was a request for one communications officer to travel to Pearl to receive a new certification. This will cost the City $455, which will later be reimbursed by the state. There was a request for the City’s turf manager to attend a conference at the end of the month in Orlando. This will cost the

City $2,000. Two deputy clerks asked to complete a Municipal Clerk certification program that will cost the City $400.

There was a request for a city official to attend a conference in Franklin, Tennessee that will cost the City $224. There was a request for a city engineer to attend a conference in Austin, Texas in April that would cost the City $1,385.

The final request was for the City Planner and Assistant Planner to attend a conference in New York

City that will cost the City $1,936.

Also on the consent agenda were approvals requested for promotions in the fire and police departments. There was also a request to accept a $500 donation from Gray’s Power Supply to go toward the city’s Crime Prevention budge.

The Board voted to approve the consent agenda and all expenses therein. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

County Board of Supervisors discuss new office complex

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning. The meeting, which is normally held on a Monday morning, was moved in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The primary topic discussed at the meeting was the

future construction of a Lafayette County office complex that would house several county employees. The complex would be located out on County Road 406, which stretches out across from the campus of the Lafayette County School District. Currently, there are no set plans drawn up of what the office complex will look like and

what all it will include, but there are early sketches.

During the meeting, the board heard from Corey Alger of Alger Design Studio. They later approved Alger to handle the design of the building. He said that the project will be more of a long term plan and process, rather than just throwing the building up all at once. A challenge of building

the complex is ensuring they have enough space to accommodate everyone, while not overestimating the needs of the county. They want the complex to be able to accommodate the drastic growth that the county has been and will continue to undergo.

Early plans estimate the facility needing to be about 42,600 square feet with 160

parking spaces. The new complex would house the office of the highway patrol, Department of Human Services, Child Protective Services, the WIN Job Center, the coroner’s office and a court facility.

Alger estimates that it will be a little over two months when he and his firm will have a much better idea of what the final plans for complex will

look like.

This new office complex is a small part of the larger comprehensive plan being developed in order to better accommodate the unprecedented growth the county has been receiving over the past few years. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017

OHS to hold annual Charger Challenge Invitational

JAMES CAROTHERS James Carothers 87, passed away on Monday January 16, 2017 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Serenity Martin Funeral Home in Oxford.

BRETT ALDERSON James “Brett” Alderson, 22, passed away January 15, 2017 in Oxford. The funeral service will be held today at 11:00 a.m. at North Oxford Baptist Church with Rev. David Bodenheimer and Rev. Gerald Shook officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Memorial contributions in Brett’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

ROBERT K. THWEATT Robert K. Thweatt, 54, passed away January 14, 2017 at Baptist Hospital-Oxford. He worked for several food chains as a chef. He was a member of Thaxton Methodist Church.

Services will be at 1PM Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Thaxton Methodist Church. Bro. William Montgomery will officiate. Tutor Memorial Funeral Home of Pontotoc is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors: his father-Thomas J. Thweatt; stepmother-Patricia Thweatt; brothers-Michael Thweatt and Tommy Thweatt, all of Oxford; stepbrothers-Anthony Brown of Hernando and Allen Brown of Oxford; stepsisters-Renee Davis of Abbeville and Angela Kyser of Oxford; and a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his mother-Thelma King Thweatt.

Visitation will be Thursday, January 19, 2017 11AM until service time at Thaxton Methodist Church.

Donations may be made to Thaxton Methodist Church.

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Speech and debate teams from 14 different schools across the state of Mississippi will be coming to Oxford this weekend to compete in the second annual Charger Challenge Invitational.

The weekend of competition will consist of around 20 events and take place over the course of two days.

The tournament will feature three different kinds of debate events and several speech categories. The debate events will include a public forum style debate, where there will be two students on each team and Lincoln-Douglas debates, which feature one-on-one debates. These will be conducted on different levels of difficulty. There will also be what is known as a Congressional Debate where participants will compete in mock legislative debates where they will write and introduce bills that they will then speak and debate about. These can have as many 24 students competing in each session. In addition to those, there will be individual speech events where students can compete on their own. Students will be able to speak in categories of Humorous Interpretation, Original Oratory, Story Telling, Duet Acting, Prose Interpretation and so much more.

Competition kicks off at 4:30 after school when students participating in debates will compete in preliminary rounds. There will be five rounds of debate that are collectively expected to last until 10

PHOTO COURTESY OF OXFORD SPEECH AND DEBATE.

The Oxford High School Speech and Debate team will be hosing their second annual Charger Challenge Innovational this weekend featuring high schools from all over the state competing in nearly 20 events. p.m. that night. They turn right around Saturday morning and begin events 8. They begin with the speech events on this day.

They will also be doing all debate events throughout the day to pick finalists and, eventually, overall winners. The awards ceremony that night to officially declare winners is scheduled for 7:30 that night.

Since they are hosting and organizing, OHS speech and debate team will not be competing in their own tournament.

OHS speech and debate coach Barbara Lowe said that there is plenty to do

‘Dr. Lowe, I just had to write my first paper and none of my friends knew what to do, but I did,’” Lowe said. “That was because I made them write a paper every month in high school. What I really like seeing are these little ninth graders who come in and are just terrified and absolutely convinced they can’t do it. Then they get better with every tournament.”

The community is welcome to attend the tournament and watch students compete.

the courthouse square between City Hall and Square Books, Jr. in Oxford, Mississippi, for a peaceful, nonpartisan march.

Participants will meet at 10:45 a.m. to unite in support of the many people Oxford March for and causes that might be at risk in the current political America environment. These groups at risk include imOn Saturday morning, January 21, 2017, interested migrants, people of color or members of the Lafayette- with disabilities, those who identify as LGBTQIA, and Oxford-University (LOU) those who might lose accommunity will gather at the steps on the east side of cess to essential health-re-

lated services. Also threatened is our national and global environment.

Statement of Purpose: The Oxford March is intended to convey to our community, country, and world our belief that the United States of America must continue to stand for the dignity of all people, equality and freedom from discrimination, and protection of the global environment for the benefit of current and future generations.

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BRIEFING

PAT JONES Patricia “Pat” Eades Jones, 69, died Friday, January 13, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A graveside service was held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Yellow Leaf Cemetery with Rev. Fish Robinson officiating. Waller Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions in Patricia’s memory may be made to Community Church, 68 Highway 334, Oxford, MS or the Yellow Leaf Cemetery Fund, 470 Highway 334, Oxford, MS 38655.

English at the school. She said she really loves working with the team and that it takes up a significant amount of her time at the school.

Students participating in speech in debate team have the opportunity to hone critical thinking skills, learn how to research, how to write about something they care about and how to better communicate verbally. Lowe said these skills help them not only academically, but can be applied to so many different aspects of their lives.

“What I have found over the years, is that as my students go to college, they say

behind the scenes to make sure these things run smoothly. She said they would be lucky to be done with clean up and everything by midnight, but that it’s always so worth it.

“That’s gonna be true for pretty much every tournament, including the many we will be traveling to,” Lowe said. “There are eight tournaments this semester and we did about six or seven last semester. At least at this one, we get to sleep in our own beds.”

Lowe has been working with the OHS speech and debate team since 2004.

She also teaches the dual enrollment class for college

The Seventh Annual Oxford Fiber Arts Festival returns January 26th-28th Mississippi's largest and oldest fiber arts festival brings together artist, crafts people, and fiber producers to celebrate broad scope of fiber arts.

The annual event mixes traditional artisans with contemporary artists con-

necting the unique role fiber arts as both a functional and fine art form.

This year’s festival will be presented at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center in Oxford, Mississippi from Thursday, January 26th-Saturday, January 27th. There will be 17 vendors from 9 states selling fiber related items and products, 28 classes scheduled, 2 receptions, 2 lectures, demonstrations, children’s activities on Saturday. Knit 1 Oxford will

also host classes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with the festival. Several pre-fest activities are also scheduled at several other locations in the community.

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PHOTO BY CHRISTINE JEAN CHAMBERS

Author Chanelle Benz will be featured on Thacker Mountain Radio to promote her debut short story collection “The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead.”

Chanelle Benz to appear on Thacker Mountain Radio

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Author Chanelle Benz will be appearing on Thacker Mountain Radio on February 3 to promote her debut story collection “The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead.”

This collection of widely varying short stories spans space, time and genre to deliver a unique group of original stories and characters directly into the hands of readers.

The characters in Benz’s stories find themselves in harrowing and heartbreaking situations, many probable and many fantastic, but all easily believable and digestible through Benz’s witty and careful prose.

Perhaps the most strik-

ing thing about Benz’s style of writing is her ability to disarm a reader with the most simple of sentences. Her organization and placement of the most seemingly mundane words lead them to pounce from the page when least expected.

Whether they will bring tears or joy cannot be foreseen.

Out of context, the sentence, “I uncurled the corn bread and began to love him,” may not seem like much, but its simplistic construction and perfect placement in Benz’s short story about a welleducated slave creates a breathtaking effect that really drives home the primary function of the writer to reader relationship. She makes you feel.

Benz’s talented command of the English language is evident on every page of this collection.

This witty and woeful debut is sure to be just the first of many to spill from the pen of this talented young author.

Benz never set out to write the collection initially. She wrote one story and then challenged herself to write a drastically different story in another genre and then do the same thing again and again, until she eventually had a collection. She said was driven not only by the artistic challenge of it, but also by her love of worldbuilding.

“If you’re working on a novel, you sort of have to live in that one world for the next few years,” Benz

said. “With a collection of short stories, you have 10 different stories and can live in 10 different worlds.

I love doing research, crafting that voice and

getting the right cadence.

I love entering into a different story.”

The settings in more than one of Benz’s stories makes their way into Mis-

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Lafayette County EMS to offer First Responders Course

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF REPORTER

Lafayette County Emergency Medical Services (LCEMS) is offering a 40 hour medical response course starting on January 23, for anyone who is interested in responding to emergency calls within the county. The first meeting will be held at Central Fire Station on County Road 1032 at 6 p.m. and will include a brief overview of what the course will teach. The class will be taught by North Mississippi Emergency Medical Services Authority (NMEMSA) and will include CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), AED (Automated External Defibrillator), bandaging, basic anatomy and life support.

“In rural Lafayette County, an ambulance may be too far away to respond immediately, but EMRs can serve as the first response to the emergency and possibly

provide patients the only opportunity of surviving life-or-death situations,” according to Christopher Ellis, Lafayette County EMS training coordinator. “We have the capabilities to respond to every call in the county that an ambulance is dispatched.

We’re looking for self motivated volunteers who have the drive to help others.”

Anyone can take the class, but participants must be 18 years or older to become certified. No previous knowledge or training is required to take the course. Participants who want to join LCEMS must have their own vehicle for transportation. “There’s no commitment until you receive a textbook, so anyone who is interested can come and listen at the meeting and find out more information to see if they would like to continue with our program,” Ellis said. “The program is seven and a half weeks

of classes that meet two nights a week. Anyone outside of the county who is interested can take it for a $200 fee.” LCEMS will pay for volunteers to take the class in exchange for a year of service. The class prepares volunteers to handle first aid equipment, issue oxygen, among many other skills.

Volunteers work home baseball games, graduation, and two to four work in the Grove on game days. “We would like to expand to help the university more,” Ellis said.

“This is a great opportunity to learn skills for students going into medical school or nursing. It’s informative and a good way to get service hours.”

Every two years first responders must be recertified. “First responders are very crucial because pre arrival of the ambulance can help save a life, lend an extra hand, and fight injuries,” Ellis said. For more information e-mail LCEMSEMR@gmail.com.

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Lafayette County Emergency Medical Services is offering an emergency medical response course starting Monday. CPR will be one of the skills taught in the class.

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Brooke Fly is a teacher at Magnolia Montessori.

Pointed out that fundraisers are so important to the success of the school and are wholly dependent on community support.

The silent auction is where the donation part comes into play. Magnolia Montessori is looking for any item or service that members of the community have to offer. There is very little chance they’ll turn any kind of donation away.

Fly pointed out that there are many things and services that people have to offer, not realizing how much people will pay for them in a charity auction setting.

These include things like a weekend stay at a vacation home someone in the community owns. Or even letting someone stay in their house during a football game weekend in Oxford. Organizers have seen people pay significant amounts of money for custom portraits, spa packages donated by local businesses, original artwork and even a casserole delivered right to someone’s door.

PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

Magnolia Montessori School is a private school that operates using the Montessori method of education which stresses the importance of freedom within limits.

Some of the teachers will also be offering babysitting services where they will take small groups of kids for an evening and do a themed night of activities. Fly is donating her time to have a musical pizza night. She

would lead the kids in activity where they would listen to different kinds of music while making a pizza. That way they can incorporate musical history and nutrition lessons, all while having fun and getting to eat a pizza af-

terward.

“The things with intrinsic value always seem to go for the most money,” Fly said. “If you tell someone you’ll take their kids off their hands for the night, along with that kids six or seven of their clos-

est friends and we’ll do an activity, parents will pay a lot of money. For teachers, it’s something easy for us to do.”

Adult beverages will be available for purchase at the event and it will be catered.

Organizers are reaching out

to restaurants to see if they would be interested in donating a large portion of a signature dish that can be easily divided so guests can enjoy them as finger foods.

Fly said that this fundraiser and others like it are crucial to the success of the school.

Without community support, the Montessori school simply wouldn’t exist.

“We’re still kind of a startup,” Fly said. “We’re hoping to really expand our programs. We really want to grow. In order to grow, we need to be able to supply classrooms, send teachers to training and recruit new teachers. Right now, we’re at capacity. There are so many things we need in order to grow, and all of those things require funding.”

The fundraiser is taking place on February 25 at the Powerhouse. Musical guest for the evening will be Rocket 88. Tickets can be purchased at www.magnoliamonessorischool.com. Those interested in donating and are looking for more information can contact the school through their website. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Benz FROM 5

tiesburg where her husband attended grad school at the University of Mississippi.

Southern She had spent some time in New Orleans before that, but said that it’s a different kind of South, that there’s something a little different about Mississippi.

“While I was there, I just started exploring the whole state,” Benz said.

“We started taking drives, and I started doing research. I just think it has a rich and complicated history. Mississippi has its own sort of place and its own sort of time. There are a lot of stories there. I kept being drawn back to Mississippi. I don’t know why. I understand people

leave and many of those same people come back.

They have mixed feelings about it, but they usually come back.”

A classically trained actor, Benz later pursued writing through the MFA program at Syracuse. She said that her theatrical background gave her a different perspective than most of her classmates in the program. She hadn’t read many of the same books as they had. In acting, Benz’s goal in a performance was to hold the audience’s attention, to make sure they never looked away and felt what she was trying to get across. She said she applies the same principles to her writing. Her love of writing is about communicated with her readers, but there’s something deeper in the process of

fictional storytelling that really holds Benz’s interest and attention.

“It’s about creating worlds, getting to go other places and getting to live other lives,” she said. “I think I was always disappointed as a kid that I couldn't pass into other worlds. I think as kids, we think that’s possible, that the books and movies are real. ‘Never Ending Story,’ ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,’ we like to think those other worlds are there and accessible.

They are, just not like we thought.”

Chanelle Benz’s debut story collection “The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead” went on sale Tuesday and is available at Square Books. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Oxford Counseling Center Offers Help to Meet Community Needs

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF REPORTER

Oxford Counseling Center has hired a new psychiatric nurse practitioner to help with Oxford’s mental health needs.

Krisna Hervey, board certified, specializes in diagnosing and treating patients needing medication for anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns. Hervey is accepting referred patients from medical and mental health professionals and additionally can see anyone in the community who schedules an appointment. The Oxford Counseling Center was established in 2014.

“A large number of people in our community are traveling outside our area for their mental health medication needs because it is next to impossible to get an appointment with one of the few psychiatric medical professionals in Oxford,” Dr. Phil Baquie said. “So many of our talented local specialist and outpatient doctors and nurse practitioners are overloaded with patients needing help with their anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues. They end up prescribing psychiatric

medication because there are not enough psychiatric medical professionals to refer to within the Oxford area.”

Dr. Baquie and Hervey are working hard to erase the stigma of mental health. “Mental health issues are more common thank you think, some people deal with it without help.

Being in a college town with the university- depression, anxiety and ADHD are all issues that are seen frequently and going through college can be hard without having the proper treatment. I encourage people to seek help verses just trying to handle it on their own,” Hervey said. She specializes in treating patients who need medication for anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns.

“There was a huge need in the community for medical professionals who are able to prescribe medication. We’ve been looking for a psychiatrist for a while. Sometimes without expertise mental health prescriptions may be off. Krisna specializes in this and can help fix dosages and get patients back on track,” Baquie said.

“This is a big deal for the Oxford community because people

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Krisna Hervey, psychiatric nurse practitioner, is now working at Oxford Counseling Center. won’t have to travel to Tupelo or outside of the area because they can’t get into anyone locally.”

Hervey’s passion for health care began in high school when she enrolled in the Allied Health program. She then went on to intern with Baptist Memorial Hospital for 2 years in the Intensive Care Unit. In 2011 Hervey became a mental health nurse where she cared for adults with mental illnesses, and also specialized in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. She continued her

full-time employment there for four years until she became a licensed nurse practitioner in 2015. She completed her clinical practicum at First Counseling in Southaven, MS. There she gained 3 years of experience in treating children with mental illness and intellectual disabilities, as well as adults. In addition to her clinical experience, Krisna has an academic background that includes a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2011) and a Master of Science in Nursing from the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS (2015).

Her scope of practice encompasses providing mental health services to individuals of all ages. She identifies individualized services for her patients such as psychotherapy, strategies of self-care, and prescribing medication.

The difference between psychiatrists and psychologists is that psychiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in understanding how medications for mood disorders interact with the body and other medications you may be taking. Some psy-

chiatrists may provide occasional therapy but they primarily provide medication.

Psychologists are doctors who specialize in understanding mental health. They provide counseling and do not prescribe medication.

“Oxford Counseling Center is a diverse clinic with 10 different therapists from all over. We can meet the needs of anyone who walks in the door. I see folks who wrestle with stress, depression, including relationship issues such as marital problems and divorce. I am also a sex therapist and help clients facing intimacy issues, sexual dysfunction, and sexual compulsion struggles,” Baquie said.

“I am fascinated by relationships and the interplay of faith, family, and our environment.

When I meet with clients I’m a down to earth straight shooternot a flowery unicorns and rainbows kind of therapist. At the same time, I’m not afraid to shed a tear or two with clients when journeying through the hard stuff! Ultimately, I am passionate about helping my clients thrive in life and always find myself in awe of the human spirit.”

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Mark Huelse is excited to be running for alderman

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Mark Huelse officially announced his candidacy for Ward II Alderman earlier this month. The announcement comes in the wake of sitting Ward II Alderman Robyn Tannehill’s announcement that she will be running for mayor.

As it currently stands, Huelse is the only person running for that particular position as well as the only person running for alderman who is not currently sitting on the board.

Huelse operates Something Southern, a furniture store on the Square, with his wife Becki. He also currently sits on the City’s Planning Commission, Ordinance Review Committee and serves as President of the Oxford Square Alliance. Huelse took some time Monday afternoon to sit down with Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green to discuss his work with the City and his run for alderman.

CHANING GREEN: How long have you been in Oxford?

MARK HUELSE: I moved here in 1991 for an engineering job with Parker Hannifin out of Batesville.

I came over as the head of their new department. I left there in 2001. I started with the company in ’86, moved over here in ’91 and then left in the 2001. My wife had already been running Something Southern for five years at that point.

We opened this business in January of 1996. In 2001, I left my corporate job and she had a new employee.

GREEN: Why did you decide to run for alderman?

HUELSE: The timing of it seemed right for me. With my experience on the Planning Commission, my involvement with the Square Alliance, I’ve been president of the Grand Oaks homeowners’ association for the last six years—I’ve gotten to understand a lot about city government and how it functions. I’ve gotten to know a lot of the people in City Hall. Robyn has done a fantastic job as our alderman in Ward II and I want to follow up and continue what she has done along with all the other aldermen. This seemed like the right time to do that.

GREEN: Have you been thinking about this for a while?

HUELSE: It’s been in the back of my mind. Some people told me to run for mayor and I of course said no to that. I’ve got a business to run, I don’t have time to run for mayor. I was very excited when Robyn announced she was running. I had kinda been thinking that if she ever did run for mayor, that I might try and run for her seat as alderman. Part of it has to do with the ward that we’re in. Grand Oaks is a big part of that ward and I know a lot of people there. I know people in Windsor Falls. I know people in Notting Hill. These, along with South Oaks and areas off of South Lamar, are a huge part of what make up the ward. As I began taking a closer look at the map to better understand what the ward entails, it affirmed for me that it was made up of

changes. Getting Sunday alcohol and cold beer sales approved have been huge.

You can drive around the Square on any Sunday now and it will be hard for you to find a parking spot come afternoon. It used to not be like that. The Square used to be dead on Sundays.

From an economic standpoint, that has done exactly what they wanted it to. This board has worked to grow public transportation, work on road programs, things like that.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK HUELSE

Mark Huelse is currently running for Ward II Alderman. The position is currently held by Robyn Tannehill who is running for mayor. Huelse is so far the only non-incumbent running for a seat on the board.

GREEN: So you like the current Board of Aldermen? You think they’re doing a good job?

HUELSE: I do. I think the Board of Aldermen is doing a good job. You can see that right now by looking at the only people currently qualified to run in the upcoming election are the incumbents and myself. I don’t know of anyone who has come out to challenge the current board members who are running for reelection. I’m the only new person. I think that tells you a lot about how the city feels about the board. There’s not this rush of people to run against them. Now, there could still be people who come out to run against them, but right now, it seems like people are pretty happy. Oxford is growing, tax revenues are up, property values are up overall—we’re fortunate.

We’re a growing, prosperous town. I want to help make sure we continue to keep that going.

HUELSE: We built our house there about 1999.

You said that you liked Alderman Tannehill’s work with the City and the rest of the board over the past four years. What specifically have you admired about it and what would you like continue on as alderman?

Managing our growth is key here and one of the main reasons I’ve decided to run. They, the Board of GREEN: You’ve menGREEN: How long have Alderman, have done a tioned before that you great job of making some want to play a role in the you lived in Ward II?

people that I already know, clients of ours or people that I have regular conversations with.

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on my decision already, from both in and outside of the ward.

They’ve been supportive of me doing this and have even thanked me for doing this. That has just been really encouraging for me.

city government now while they were finalizing Vision 2037. Have you been following it closely?

HUELSE: I have. Through my work with the Planning Commission and the Ordinance Review Committee, I’ve come across it several times. Any of the ordinances that come through for Vision 2037 comes through that committee, so I’ve seen them. It’s important we manage our growth as best we can.

What do you love about living in Oxford, and why do you want to dedicate service to this community?

It’s a unique and special place with a lot of diversity in different ways. We have the university as well as the businesses here that are continuing to grow. It’s just a unique place that has anything you could need. It has food, cultural events, entertainment and great schools, which, I think, is a big reason of why we’re growing so much. We have great public schools. Young families can move here and know that their kids can go to public school and get a great education. We have this on top of everything the city has to offer in terms of entertainment. From sports to theatre, there’s a little something for everybody. Someone was just telling me the other day how they moved here after starting in Washington D.C., moving to Houston and then finally to Oxford.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017

J. D. Williams Library changes with the times

BY JACK HALL SPECIAL TO THE OXFORD CITIZEN

The J.D. Williams library has been serving students and the University of Mississippi and Oxford community since 1951.

The library has traditionally stood as a resource for students to research and study, but as the university moves into the information age, the library is rapidly changing as well.

New pushes for increased research and data capabilities, innovative design platforms, increased study space, and interactive areas characterize the modernization of the J.D. Williams Library.

Standing proudly across from the Lyceum, the J.D. Williams library is at a central location, an important factor in attracting students to its halls. The library offers more than 1.7 million books, 40,000 periodicals, 460 electronic databases, 90,000 electronic journals and nearly 305,000 electronic books.

The archives includes 46,000 texts and 700 manuscript collections pertaining to Mississippi history, blues music, politics, and the American South.

Dean Cecelia Botero, a University of Miami and University of Texas at Austin educated professor with more than 30 years in the library field, was named dean of libraries at the University of Mississippi in July 2016. She envisions a library able to meet the student and faculty demands in the future.

“I was brought here to bring some change to the library, and that’s what we’re working on,” said Botero. “We’d like to create more public space. We’d like to move more into the digital era, have more digital collections, more interactive learning spaces. We’d like to provide a larger variety of activities that can happen in the library.”

She sees the primary purpose of the library to be of service to students.

“The library is kind of home for students while they’re on campus, and that’s what we’re striving to do,” Botero said.

Jocelyn Tipton, assistant dean for public services,

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The J.D. Williams Library is a vital asset to students and faculty alike at the University of Mississippi. noted the introduction of internal renovations to bring the library into the 21st century.

Although the actual building has been renovated most recently in the 1990s, the current focus has been adding state-of-theart facilities within the existing structure.

“The other renovations we’ve had have really just been rethinking spaces within the building,” Tipton said.

Last year, they created Studio One, a one-button video studio, and reconfigured the space.

“Studio One is on the first floor off our information commons,” Tipton said.

“It’s modeled after a onebutton studio at Penn State.

The idea is that students who are working on multimedia or multi-model projects need a place where they can do that work.

Whether it’s filming, video editing, practicing for presentations, conducting online interviews, all those types of activities can be done within the studio.”

Studio One can be accessed by students and faculty alike for a multitude of projects.

In addition to Studio One, more than 150 workstations featuring desktop computers, and multiple study areas, the J.D. Williams Library is blessed with notable special collections within the archives department.

The second folio was purchased from an auction house with the help of the Ford Foundation on campus. This particular copy was owned by Edwin Booth, a 19th century stage actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Edwin Booth was best known for his portrayal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Dr. Jennifer Ford, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from Millsaps College, a master’s degree in history and an master of library science degree from USM, and a doctorate in history from the University of Mississippi, has worked in many

capacities within the library for 17 years.

In 2005, she was named the head of the Department of Special Collections and Archives.

“The archive was not formally established as the Department of Special Collections and Archives until 1975,” said Ford. “It existed before that as the Mississippi Room and, in fact, you’ll still hear people from the community refer to us as the Mississippi Room.

For several years, Dorothy Oldham, William Faulkner’s sister-in-law, ran the Mississippi Collection.”

With Ford’s extensive experience at the University of Mississippi, she has seen department growth within the library. “(The archives has) tremendously grown through the years,” said Ford. “We’ve acquired different archives across the campus. Within the last 15 years, we’ve doubled our holdings.

“The former director made a concerted effort to collect Faulkner as much as

possible. First editions we did not already have in a dust jacket, the Rowan Oak papers, 1800 pages of early Faulkner manuscripts, were acquired in the late 1970s or early 1980s. We also received a substantial Faulkner poetry collection.”

Dr. Ford came to the archives when it was primarily a resource utilized by graduate students and private researchers, but Ford has been working to extend its accessibility to undergraduate students as well.

“We were historically used fairly heavily by graduate students and people from outside the university who knew of our collections, coming from all around the world,” said Ford. “We’ve been trying to reach out more recently to undergraduate students, because many of them don’t know how to conduct research in an archive or how to use primary documents when they arrive on campus. We try to show them what our resources

are, help them conduct research for papers, and show them how to use primary documents, because it’s different from the rest of the library.”

Dr. Ford, in step with Dean Botero and Assistant Dean Tipton, sees the future of the archives as being online, just as archives and libraries across this nation are moving towards.

“We would like to dethe university velop archives even more than it already is,” Ford said. “I’d like our digital program to continue to expand because that is a direction that archival research is being done increasingly in this time.”

Ford offers the community the opportunity to attend archive events throughout 2017.

“Next year is Mississippi’s bicentennial, and we will be hosting an exhibit in the Faulkner room,” Ford said.

“I would like to invite folks.

It’ll start Jan. 9 and will run throughout the entire year.

We’re hosting a series of lectures and presentations.”

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Parrish Alford Ole Miss Sports

Ole Miss Notebook: Career milestones for Saiz

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le Miss center Sebastian Saiz has had a lot of double-doubles, but this one was special. The senior from Madrid had 17 points and 10 rebounds, his twelfth double-double of the year.

In the process, he surpassed 1,000 points and 800 rebounds for his career.

He becomes the 38th player in school history with at least 1,000 points, the seventh with at least 800 rebounds and only the sixth to do both.

“It means that the time and work I’ve put into this program are showing up,” Saiz said. “When I first got here there were great players like Marshall (Henderson) and (Stefan) Moody. My job was to get the ball and pass it to them. It shows that if you stay the course and keep working, you can achieve big things.”

SCHEDULE FLIPS FOR OLE MISS Starting with the Tuesday’s Tennessee game, Ole Miss had nine games remaining against SEC teams that were 2-3 or worse after five games.

The Rebels have five remaining games against Auburn – who they have already defeated on the road – LSU, Texas A&M and Missouri. Those four teams began Tuesday’s schedule a combined 3-16 in SEC play.

Auburn, LSU and A&M, like Ole Miss, were all 1-4 in the league. Missouri is 0-4.

Those four teams were a combined 34-31 overall.

Three of the Rebels’ four SEC losses have come against league unbeatens Kentucky, Florida and South Carolina.

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Junior Hogan Linzy has done a little bit of everything for the Lafayette Commodores this season. He was leading the team in rebounding and right at the top of the list in scoring.

Middle Man Linzy's versatility has led to wins for LHS Commodores

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

As the Lafayette Commodores started to win games on the basketball court, coach John Sherman noticed a recurring theme in the wins. Junior forward Hogan Linzy was at the center of things in regards to his play and contribution. The way Sherman put it, Linzy “stepped his game up” by getting more aggressive and more active on both sides of the court.

“He is playing with energy and using all aspects of the game,” Sherman said. “He's 6-6 and left handed.

There are a lot of things he can do.”

Rebounding is something Linzy has done well for the Commodores, who improved to 7-7 over the weekend with a win over Red Bay, Alabama.

Linzy was the leader on the glass heading into the latest string of games with 8.3 rebounds per contest and he was also right at the top of the list in

scoring with nine points per game.

“I'm not sure how this happened, but he had nine steals in the St. Stanislaus game,” Sherman said with a smile talking about Linzy's ability to garner stats in all different areas. “His stats were crazy that game. He had nine steals, two charges and like five or six blocks. He kind of did it all on his own.”

Improvement has come for Linzy because he has gotten more aggressive and because he has played with so much more energy.

“He hasn't shot the ball as well as we would like him to or he can but he can score inside-outside. He can make free throws. He can rebound and he can block shots,” Sherman said. “There is lots of things he brings to the table for us to help us win. He is a better-than-average ball handler. He can bring the ball down. He is the back guy on our press offense where he can swing the ball and reverse the

ball. Not only can he handle it, he has the height to see over the press.”

Another plus for Linzy in regards to his contribution to the team is his intelligence. There have been times that Sherman has wished Linzy would react to things instead of process, but his ability to think at a high level makes him more valuable than not.

“He has lots of roles for us. He's very versatile. He is a coach's son and just a great, great kid,” Sherman said. “He is a good student who is well liked by his teammates because he busts his tail on the court to try and help get a win for the Commodores. I would like to see him get a little tougher inside the paint but he just adds so much to our team from a character standpoint and from a guy who makes it fun to be around.”

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Chevin Calloway is still deciding where to commit on National Signing Day.

Ole Miss in Play for Calloway

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Four-star cornerback Chevin Calloway has some thinking to do.

The 5-foot-10, 180pound Calloway – a member of the recruiting class of 2017 – is down to Ole Miss, Arkansas and Texas with National Signing Day but a few weeks away. And despite an official visit to Texas last weekend, he isn’t close to making a decision.

Not that he doesn’t want to be. Actually, if not for Ole Miss’ seemingly neverending NCAA issues, Calloway would probably already count himself as a Rebel commitment. He’s developed a close relationship with head coach

Hugh Freeze.

“I just like the way they stay in contact with me,” Calloway said of the Rebels in a recent interview with the Ole Miss Spirit. “They stay in constant contact with me and come see me a lot.”

Calloway said his official visit to Texas was “a great trip.” He next visits Arkansas, and Ole Miss is set to see him in the coming days. He took his official to Ole Miss prior to the dead period in December.

Calloway is rated the No. 137 overall player in the country by Scout.com and the No. 14 cornerback. He holds some 22 offers, including, among others, Alabama, Baylor, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Ohio State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma

and Texas A&M. “It just lets me know how much they want me,” Calloway said of his consistent communication with Ole Miss. “Coach Freeze is coming with the rest of the coaches (this week). I like the way coach Freeze handles his program. He is always encouraging his players, and he’s a players’ coach. I know they have a lot going on (with the NCAA investigation), but I think coach Freeze will have them back better and stronger. They really know how to develop their players. That's what I like about Ole Miss.”

There’s currently no end in sight for Ole Miss in regards to its multi-year dealings with the NCAA,

and the Rebels’ recruiting has been dramatically affected as a result. Ole Miss is currently ranked No. 51 in the Scout.com team recruiting rankings, with the Rebels holding 14 commitments. However, they boast only one Top 100 player. Ole Miss finished no lower than 18th in any of the three previous recruiting seasons.

The addition of Calloway would obviously be a boost. Still, he has his reservations, and understandably so. The uncertainly surrounding Ole Miss is, predictably, its biggest hurdle in its pursuit of the Dallas, Texas, product.

“I do want to play in bowl games, but if I didn't get a chance to play in one

it wouldn't be the end of the world either,” he said.

“That’s what I think about sometimes. Do I want to get caught up in all of that stuff? But I just like Ole Miss, though. It would make it a lot easier for me if they didn't have that going on, but I'm taking a wait-and-see approach.

Ole Miss doesn't think it will be that bad. Other coaches tell me it will.

“I don't think it's fair on the players who are going through this to not know what the penalties are going to be. Why do they want to make us guess at what is going to happen? I know what Ole Miss is saying. I know what the other coaches are telling me. But I want to hear it from the NCAA. Why do they leave

us hanging like this? It's not fair.”

Calloway participated in the Under Armour AllAmerican Game following his senior season at Bishop Dunne High School, where he helped the Falcons reach the third round of theTexas state playoffs.

“I'm going to go where I feel most comfortable,” Calloway said. “I want to go where I can see myself there for four years. I want to go where I can see myself developing as a player and becoming a better person on and off the field.

I want to go somewhere that I can connect with the coaches and the alumni if the NFL doesn’t work out.

I want to get a nice job when I'm done with football.”

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OPC Tennis brings home awards OXFORD CITIZEN REPORTS

Some of the state’s top tennis tournaments are being hosted locally at the FNC Tennis Center.

The Oxford Park Commission’s courts have been revered by many, and word has spread. The awards have also come for the hard work put in by the staff and instructors.

William Foreman was one of contingent who traveled to Jackson this past weekend to take part in the USTA Mississippi Awards Ceremony. Foreman held the plaque that was awarded for the Mississippi Sweet 16 Championship, which was named the top junior tournament in the state.

Players from all over the state converged on the tennis center to take part in the closed event, which also garnered money for the community.

“It’s called the Sweet 16 because the top 16 players that apply get in. If you’re ranked in the top 16 in the state, you’re guaranteed to get in,” Foreman said. “If you’re ranked in the top 20, you might get in if somebody else doesn’t get in. We put a lot of work into this tournament. We put a lot of work on the front end making sure that we get the word out and that we’re looking for some nicer prizes. We used Olympic style medals and we went from first through fourth place.”

Each of the participants received a certificate for being selected while everyone also received a medal water bottle.

The goal is to add something extra each year.

“This was recognition that we’re doing the right thing,” Foreman added. “I’ve grown up playing tennis here and in Jackson knowing most of the pros around the state whether working with them or growing up with them. We’re doing good things up here and for the size of this town, we have more pros than anywhere else in the state and more tennis courts than anywhere else in the state. We have a huge tennis community here and they’re all engaged.

We’re providing the programming that really they need.”

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OPC Tennis was honored at the USTA Mississippi Awards Ceremony held in Jackson over the weekend. have taken notice, Foreman said.

“Every time I go talk with them and I ask them how it’s going down there, they say it’s going great but it would be even nicer if these small towns in North Mississippi wouldn’t keep taking events from us,” Foreman said.

“They say it jokingly and we’re friends, but it’s true, we’re taking

events from them. Whether that’s the high school tournament or league events, we’re kind of making a dent in some of their tournaments and they’re having to step up their game a little bit.”

There are a number of junior events set on the calendar for 2017. Foreman said that some have been tweaked, adding to

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events that were smaller in years past.

“We pretty much have something going each month and that’s just on the sanctioned and league front, not including nonsanctioned play dates or little mixers that we will be putting together,” Foreman said.

One of the next big tourna-

ments will happen the Feb. 17 weekend. It will be a doubles tournament and 130 people took part last season.

Also, honored at the USTA event was instructor Debbie Swindoll, who was named Coach of the Year. Celine Rayburn won the Junior Team Tennis Sportsmanship Award

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Linzy FROM 18

when his father Shayne was coaching the Lady Blue Devils in Water Valley and Sherman was leading the Blue Devils. Linzy knows that Sherman doesn't just give out complements, all of them have to be earned.

“I could probably count on one hand the number of complements that I've gotten from him. That's not a bad thing, that's not a good thing.

That's just how he is,” Linzy said.

“He and I have had numerous talks about what I can do to be better. I'm always looking for what I can improve on, win or lose. I could score 100 points and I'm still going to ask coach what I can do to get better.

He's taught me a bunch of stuff. My head fakes on offense, sliding my feet more on defense, getting ahead of the person I'm guarding. He's taught me numerous things, so many things, over the past two years.”

The comfort level for Linzy really started to improve last season. He started to realize what his role was supposed to be on the team.

“Now I know I need to be the dirty man. I need to do a little bit of everything,” Linzy said. “I've gotten into my role and the way we've been playing lately has shown that if we do what we're supposed to do, good things will happen.”

Crashing the boards, and protecting the rim, are the two things that Linzy has done the best, or most consistently, over the season. And those are the things he knows that he will need to keep doing in order for the Commodores to remain in contention for wins.

Improving his 3-point shooting, and mid-range game, are two things that Linzy was going to continue to work on.

“I can also work on my on-ball defending, guarding guys that are quicker than me because I'm not the quickest person on the floor,” Linzy said adding his game against St. Stanislaus was his most complete.

“I did what I needed to do for us to get into the championship against Picayune. I would also say that the Oxford game was up there this year.

The big story coming in was I was sick and got a shot about three hours before the game. I was able to score almost all of our team points in the second quarter to try and keep us in it.”

Lafayette is just about to start the heart of its division schedule and Linzy knew how important those contests were going to be.

“Getting knocked out in the first round of division play last year was not fun. It was not my idea of a good season,” Linzy said. “I plan on not letting that happen this year. I feel like we have a chance to make a run in the division and in the playoffs.”

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Quiet Leader: Moore has served LHS soccer well as co-captain

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Halle Moore is one of three captains for the Lafayette Lady Commodores. The junior has served soccer coach Melinda Scruggs, and her teammates, well this season.

This year was expected to be one of transition for Moore and LHS. After winning the MHSAA Class 4A title two years ago, and playing for it this past season, the Lady Commodores had to adjust from being labeled as the favorite to win a title to a team that was just in contention.

Luckily for Scruggs, she could depend on Moore to help get things organized.

And after a slow start to the year, the Lady Commodores have really found their groove in January, just as the playoffs get going again.

Being different ultimately hasn't been an issue for the Lady Commodores, who have more than held their own this season on the pitch, and in Division 3-4A play.

“I think all three captains have done a great job. This type of leadership is a lot different than the ones we've had in the past,” Moore said.

“I think everyone is doing well with us and the whole team is getting a long better.”

Super consistent were the first two words Scruggs used to describe Moore and how she has played this season.

“She is the kid that brings it everyday. She is never going to give you anything less than her best,” Scruggs added. “And she does it so quietly. She doesn't talk a whole lot. But she is a great leader and she was voted in as captain for us this year. I think that helped her come out of her shell a little bit and talk a little bit more which has allowed her to do a great job in leading the team. In terms of her play, even if she is having a mediocre game, it's still a great game. That's how she is. You can always count on her in the midfield to do her job and do it well.”

It wasn't a surprise that others would think the Lady Commodores would be dif-

ferent and labeled as down coming into the season because of all the players gone from last year. Alley Houghton played this past fall at Ole Miss and her goalscoring prowess was just one thing gone from the mix.

“We had some trouble figuring out where we were going to put everybody but we've changed a lot as the year has gone on,” Moore said. “We're still changing it up and learning new ways to play. It's been good. We have to keep our confidence up and take one game at a time and go as hard as we can.”

The results have improved each match, Moore said. Even in losses, the team has shown more fight and ability as the 2016-17 has moved along. Using the second meeting with Oxford as an example, Moore pointed to the amount of goals for the Lady Chargers being cut in half and the amount of shots Lafayette had on goal compared to the first matchup.

“We possessed the ball a

lot better. I think we've been doing that every game, just getting better,” Moore added.

Being a captain this year is a lot different than last for Moore, who agreed with Scruggs that her new role has improved her communication with others on the field. And that has led to her connecting with her teammates even better.

“It's been good. I really know the game of soccer and I'm comfortable with it.

I feel like I know what I'm doing,” Moore said who has been playing the sport for as long as she could get her parents to sign her up. “I didn't know it was going to be my sport when I was really young but when I started playing at a little higher levels and teams, I realized how much I liked it.”

Moore has one more season to play for Scruggs. After that, she would like to play in college. She is going to an ID camp on Feb. 11 and there will be several coaches in attendance to scout out the field. Moore was hoping to impress during the prac-

JOEY BRENT

Lafayette junior Halle Moore has provided key leadership for the Lady Commodores this season. Lafayette entered the week with a perfect mark in division play and a spot in the upcoming MHSAA Class 4A playoffs. tice and play periods.

There is also at least one more match for Moore to play in this season once the regular season comes to an

end. Richland is the likely opponent in the first round, a program that has battled the Lady Commodores in the playoffs recently.

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