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Scotland trip finally emptied my golfing bucket list, or so I thought n my mind, there are three “crown jewels” of golf courses. These are the courses I have always dreamed of playing, my bucket list of golf courses. They are Augusta National, where the Masters golf tournament is played; Pebble Beach, where several major tournaments have been played; and lastly, the place where golf began, the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.

In November 2003, with lots of planning and scheming, I was able to play Augusta.

While in San Francisco in July 2006, I was able to drive down and cross Pebble Beach off my list. It took less scheming, just a credit card and making sure I got the bill before my wife saw it.

That left only St. Andrews.

We have a group that goes on a golf trip every year, and every year we talk about going to Scotland. During our 2012 outing I was coming off hip surgery, so I told the guys, “I’m falling apart and you guys are getting older.

We have to go to Scotland now, while we can still walk 18.”

That’s all our fearless leader needed. Two months later we had recruited some other golfers, and on May 25 eight of us headed off to Scotland for the trip of a lifetime.

We played seven rounds in seven days and walked all 18 holes. I even carried my own bag for six rounds, too cheap to hire a caddy. It was everything I had imagined it would be. The courses were beautiful, sitting by the sea carved

by Mother Nature out of the natural landscape with not a tree to be found, and bunkers like pot holes that swallowed your ball—and you.

The weather was sunny and 63 degrees one day, 40 degrees with winds gusting to 40 mph and raining sideways the next.

One of my most memorable moments was walking up the 18th fairway at the Old Course.

We had our picture made on the bridge, just like Palmer and Nicklaus. I had a putt for par

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on the 18th green and would like to tell you I made it, but I didn’t. I tapped in for bogey and got a small applause from the crowds that gather around the 18th green to watch the players finish.

On the flight home I told my group that I was finished with golf. I had nothing left to accomplish; I had completed my holy trinity of courses and could not think of a better way to end my career. With the trip of a lifetime completed, I could hang up the clubs, no need to ever come back. They all laughed.

Four days later, still jet lagged from the trip, my 16-year-old son comes to me with his St. Andrews hat, towel and ball marker and says, “Let’s go play 18.”

Four hours later, I sink my par putt on the 18th green, thinking, why couldn’t I have done that at St. Andrews. As my son and I walk off the green, I have just shot an 82. He looks at me and says, “Dad, that’s as well as I’ve seen you play in two years. Where did that come from?”

I shrug my shoulders and say, “Scotland inspired me.”

As we get in the cart and drive to the clubhouse, my son asks, “So Dad, when are we going to Scotland?”

Looks like one more trip of a lifetime.

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Biloxi native Fred Haise, pictured at Infinity Science Center in Hancock County, is best known as a former Apollo 13 astronaut. But he also made important contributions to aerospace research and the space shuttle program. In Mississippi, he is a passionate supporter of the development of Infinity. Story begins on page 4.

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Mississippi is ... ... a childhood home where memories abound: A place where pound cake and coffee offered visitors hospitality and warmth, A place where rolling pastures greeted horses and cattle, A place where garden rows boasted their rich bounty, A place where Friday night lights filled small towns with competition and excitement, A place where steeples dotted the skies with praise and worship, And, above all, a place where values and ethics were honored.

Looking back, reminiscing, looking forward, I am a Mississippian filled with pride and gratitude for my heritage and my home.

— Sandra Dixon, Petal Spending holidays and summers in Mississippi wasn’t just a vacation or quick getaway, but the place I often dreamed of living. I watched my grandmother enjoy the cool morning breeze, opening the windows at 6 a.m. and putting on a pot of coffee while smelling the thick slab of bacon frying in the hot castiron skillet was a way to start the day.

Dreams do come true! I relocated, married a Mississippian and now I, like my grandmother, open the curtains and windows to feel and enjoy the morning breeze, listen to the birds chirping and watch the sun as it rises and sets. Life here is grand and peaceful, a place I now call home.

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MeetFred Haise

Mississippi’s moon voyager

By Debbie Stringer As student editor of the Perkinston Junior College newspaper, Fred Haise dreamed of life as a reporter.

But with the nation at war in Korea, the Biloxi native decided to join the fight. In1952 he entered the Naval Aviation Cadet program to become a pilot, despite never having flown before.

It was a life-changing decision. Soaring in a single-engine SNJ trainer, Haise forgot all about being an earth-bound journalist. He chose a career path that would lead him to become one of only 24 humans to fly to the moon—a feat restricted to science fiction in the 1950s.

Haise, 79, a member of Singing River Electric Power Association who lives in Houston, Texas, and keeps a home in Gautier, is best known as a crew member of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. Serving as lunar module pilot aboard Odyssey, Haise flew in April 1970 with commander Jim Lovell and command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert.

Their “routine” mission became a struggle for survival when an oxygen tank exploded en route to the moon.

The explosion led to a string of catastrophic system failures that challenged the crew and NASA ground controllers (and the spacecraft) in ways they never expected.

NASA’s struggles to keep the three astronauts alive and bring them home safely was dramatized in the 1995 film “Apollo 13,” with actor Bill Paxton playing the 36-year-old Haise. The factbased film is a nail-biter—even though viewers know the outcome—based on Lovell’s book, “Lost Moon.”

Career trajectory: from the Navy to NASA After amassing more than 9,000 hours of flight time as an aviator in the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, Haise joined the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1959. He began work as a research pilot at the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was involved in early zerogravity research.

In his seven years as a NASA research

Apollo 13 lunar module pilot Fred Haise

pilot, Haise flew about 80 types of aircraft.

NASA selected the accomplished young aviator in 1966 to join 18 other astronauts for intensive training for Apollo and future missions. The space agency had assigned Apollo top priority status in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy pledged to land a man on the moon within the decade—even though nobody knew how to do it.

After a year of general astronaut training, Haise was assigned to work with Grumman Aerospace on the develop-

ment and testing of the lunar-landing vehicle, or lunar module (LM). He would train as backup lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 and 11 missions before flying in Apollo 13.

Freddo, as Haise was known, was itching to fly a lunar mission. “Everybody was. That’s why you were there,” he said.

In an interview with NASA in 1999, Haise recalled the anticipation as his Apollo 13 launch date approached: “Occasionally, you just sort of feel a few little butterflies here and there, during

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Commander Haise and pilot C. Gordon Fullerton, above left, pose with the Space Shuttle Enterprise in a 1976 photo. They became the first crew members for the space shuttle approach and landing tests.

Haise trains for his upcoming Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, above. An activities checklist is attached to the cuff of his spacesuit.

Members of NASA’s Mission Control team, left, confer after the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled en route to the moon. Their new task was to bring the crew home before the spacecraft’s life-support systems were exhausted. Historical photos: NASA

the day or whenever you start thinking about it [and] you look up at the sky.”

Despite the fear she must have felt for her son’s safety, Lucille Haise never stood in his way. “I think she didn’t like to think about what may happen,” Fred Haise said, “but she knew it was something I wanted to do.”

Getting home becomes the mission In the early stages of LM development, Grumman engineers conceived

the idea of the lander doubling as a virtual lifeboat should a crew be forced to abandon their mother ship. The scenario became reality for the Apollo 13 astronauts when they were forced to abort their lunar mission.

In a lengthy, tedious process, they powered down the crippled Odyssey, activated the lunar module Aquarius and moved in to take advantage of the lander’s life-support systems—and to stretch them beyond limits. “[This procedure] was never really fully developed, so there was a lot of ad libbing during our mission to make that really happen,” Haise said.

The Apollo 13 crew were the first

American astronauts to face the real possibility of dying in space, wrote Andrew Chaiken in his book “A Man on the Moon.” The spacecraft’s limited functionality could have, on the return trip, caused it to miss Earth by thousands of miles and forever drift in space.

Experience as a test pilot steeled Haise for handling the pressure of the lifethreatening crisis. “I’ve seen a lot of red lights in airplanes,” he said.

Haise praised the movie “Apollo 13” for accurately conveying the teamwork and innovative response that brought his crew home, and for which the mission is remembered.

The real team, however, encompassed far more than the flight controllers and astronauts depicted in the film. Some, like the University of Montreal professors who lent expertise in shock dynamics, had no connection to the space pro-

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gram, Haise said.

Yet these professors’ calculations helped NASA engineers devise a way for the astronauts to disconnect the LM from the re-activated command module as they approached Earth, in order to safely enter the atmosphere.

“No telling how many stories there are of people that were called on and asked to do something to work through some of the work-arounds that had to be done during the flight,” Haise said.

Even foreign governments offered assistance as the Apollo 13 crisis unfolded. “At one point we were expected to go down in the Indian Ocean, until we made the manuever after we passed behind the moon,” Haise said. “Russia had volunteered to have some ships that would be available at anchor to retrieve us.”

Haise’s discomfort in the cold, cramped LM was exacerbated by the development of a urinary tract infection and high fever. Yet for most of the sixday flight his mind was preoccupied not with his own plight but on the impact the failed mission might have on the space program. “In the back of my mind I worried that we may be the cause of the end of the program,” he said.

“It was a failure in my mind. So I was Continued on page 8

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very happy when we got back and figured out that it had been perceived in the right light, as a real challenge that was overcome to get these people home.

It took a lot of ingenuity and teamwork.”

Was this NASA’s finest hour, as many claimed? “Certainly publicity-wise it was, but the team work was there every mission. We almost aborted two other [moon] landings: Apollo 14 and Apollo 16. Both had problems that could have stopped them from landing,” Haise said.

Haise told a NASA interviewer the high point of the mission for him was seeing the back side of the moon, even though it appeared “rather lifeless.”

“That was exciting. Jack Swigert and I both had cameras out and shot quite a number of pictures while we passed by briefly.”

The day after their splashdown on April 17, Haise, Lovell and Swigert received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Nixon.

Biloxi celebrated their local hero’s return to Earth (and to his hometown) with a parade and other special events.

“That was traditional, I think for most people who flew missions. It was, in my view, much more than most because of the small town flavor,” Haise said.

Commands shuttle test flights Haise felt he would get another chance to fly to the moon, but it was not to be.

NASA named him commander of Apollo 19, before the mission was canceled due to budget cuts.

Instead, he moved into space shuttle management and approach-and-landing testing.

Fred Haise, left, with fellow Apollo 13 crew members Jim Lovell, center, and Jack Swigert, emerge from the recovery helicopter on board the aircraft carrier Iwo Jima. Photo: NASA

Haise’s contributions to the program’s development were significant and helped ensure its long life. He commanded five of the eight test flights of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. “So I got to fly Enterprise the first time it flew,” he said.

“There was a lot of pressure on that flight. We had changed administrations from Nixon to Carter, and Carter wasn’t very enthusiastic about space. We worried if I crashed that we’d lose the bird.

We didn’t have a backup vehicle,” he said.

In 1973 Haise crashed a World War II training plane and was hospitalized with second-degree burns—the only injury of his entire flying career.

Haise left NASA in 1979 to take a job in aerospace management at Grumman Aerospace. There he would devote the next 17 years to the business of aerospace. He retired in 1996 as president of technical services at Northrop Grumman.

He served six years on the board of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, which created the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center to honor astronauts who gave their lives to space exploration.

Picture your pet in ‘Picture This’ Our next “Picture This” reader photo theme is Funny Pet Photos.

Photographers whose photos are selected for publication become eligible for a $200 cash prize drawing in December.

Submissions must be emailed or postmarked by Sept. 10. Selected photos will appear in the October 2013 issue of Today in Mississippi.

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Looking to Infinity Today, Haise is a passionate advocate of science education for youth. For nine years, he has been a driving force behind the construction and development of Infinity Science Center, a family-friendly science learning center that opened last year in Hancock County. (See story on page 15.)

The center, located off I-10 at Miss.

Exit 2, represents a partnership between NASA and Infinity Science Center Inc., the not-for-profit organization responsible for funding the center’s construction, operation and exhibits.

Haise serves as vice chairman of the foundation board and conducts fund raising, public outreach and marketing functions on behalf of the center.

“It’s been a good way to get out of the rocking chair and still keep my mind engaged,” he quipped.

While in that rocking chair, does he look back on his own days as an astronaut? “I’m forced to look back,” he said with a grin, “because I do a lot of talks.”

Haise relates his space experiences to audiences for the benefit of Infinity. He donates fees from his motivational speak-

ing engagements to help support the center. “So obviously the talk is focused a little on Infinity but mostly on Apollo 13,” he said.

A father and grandfather, Haise is keen on inspiring young people. Last month, for example, he spoke to a group of 10th grade space campers at Johnson Space Center, in Houston, where NASA’s Mission Control team had once worked furiously to save his life.

Haise uses these opportunities to encourage young people to discover their own talents and obtain the necessary education or training to develop them into a satisfying career.

“Your job is to figure out what God has blessed you with and make the most of that,” he tells them.

Haise said he feels fortunate to have recognized his own best career path early in life. “I’m very, very lucky to have ended up in a profession that fit what I could do well,” he said.

“I can’t complain. I’ve had a very good career. It’s been rewarding to me and I think I’ve done some things that helped. So I wish everybody could end up in a similar vein.”

Haise considers Houston home, but he returns often to Mississippi to visit family or to work on behalf of Infinity.

Sometimes he fishes the bayou where his father and uncle used to take him.

“When I’m out there, it looks just like it did 65 years ago,” he said.

Considering his early ambition to be a journalist and the uniqueness of his life as a moon voyager, one would think Haise ponders his memoirs while fishing the quiet waters.

“I keep toying with it,” he said.

For information on a Fred Haise speaking engagement, contact Keppler Speakers at 703-516-4000 or Linda McCarthy, Infinity Science Center, at 228-467-9048.

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Crawling things and other apparitions

While not as celebrated as the stinging snake from my childhood, some might consider this critter from the woodpile a monster. Photo: Tony Kinton

ith apologies to those readers of last month’s column, I wish to continue in similar thought here. It seems that folklore and often bizarre occurrences are common in the alluring hinterlands we country dwellers call home. The stories available can be quite grand.

As referenced last month, snakes play a key role in the scheme of monsters lurking about the countryside, or at least they did in my childhood. The ghostlike and ubiquitous stinging snake received a great deal of commentary.

This is the one that buries in the mud and waits to be disturbed. Said disturbance was sure to evoke a violent attack that led immediately to the victim’s demise. That harpooned tail with barbed stinger never missed its intended target, and the only way to avoid such a hideous thing was to simply avoid the muddy spots along creeks and ditches.

That avoidance, however, was the overriding problem.

Muddy spots very much capture the attention of young country boys, so much so that the advised avoidance was not an option. Feeling that glorious oozing of mud between bare toes was sufficient reward to risk an encounter with this grave monster.

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Let me be clear here: It was the old men of the area who were constant in their warnings regarding such matters.

And allow me to add that those old men were not then as old as I now am. Years have a way of changing one’s perspective. Still, the old folks knew with certainty that the stinging snakes were there and even knew someone who had fallen to them. But never were there any names that could be attached. “I don’t recollect the name; he was just some feller that used to come through these parts off and on. He was from somewhere else.”

Oh, the ambiguity and intrigue that filled my young mind. A vagabond, a free spirit who simply came through from time to time. And from some distant locale—perhaps as far away as Kosciusko. I grew up in the Carthage area and had heard of Kosciusko, but could neither spell it nor had I been there. This added a surety to the stinking snake myth. Somehow all us managed to escape this angry adversary’s wrath and grew to adulthood with a bit of that swamp mud still residing between our toes.

And there were the whompass cats!

They, like the stinging snakes, resided in woods and tangles along the creek several hundred yards from our houses and

had this sinister and disagreeable habit of creeping into more civilized environs for the express purpose of waylaying lads who dared sleep Mississippi under the stars on musty quilts.

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by Tony Kinton nor were molested by one, but we were regularly reminded that they were present in prodigious supply. “I hear ‘em squalin’ like a woman down there all the time.” Again, the old men.

Before I completely abandoned the naiveté of adolescence, I grew enough courage to broach the subject of whompass cats with one of the neighborhood sages. I asked if perhaps what he and others referred to in quivering tones of impending disaster as a whompass cat could possibly be the shy and retiring bobcat. I was severely chastised, reminded fully of my ignorance. And by the way, he knew another one of those hapless travelers who was never seen again, this no doubt a result of the area whompass cats.

And we must not forget quicksand.

None of the elders could show it to us, but it was there. They knew a guy who, already up to his chin, managed to grab a long, heavy stick and use it for support, thus enabling the extrication of himself from a prescribed doom in some unknown world beneath the muck.

Now that I look back on all this, I realize that the only monster any of us encountered was one of my dad’s 2month-old bull yearlings. We were going to camp in my green canvas tent in the pasture, and with camp set we wandered off. As we got back near the tent, it began undulating and swaying, its poles popping like firecrackers. The apparition that had obviously inhabited it was much troubled and seeking escape. This apparition turned out to be no apparition at all but the yearling. He had stuck his head through an untied flap and elected to investigate inside.

The return of noisy country boys caused him too much angst to find that open flap, so he made a new opening—several in fact. My tent destroyed, we had to close camp. That yearling was a real-life country monster!

Tony Kinton has been an active outdoors writer for 30 years. “Uncertain Horizons,” book two in Kinton’s “Wagon Road Trilogy,” is now available. Order from your local bookstore, Amazon.com or Kinton’s website: www.tonykinton.com.

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What’s cooking in Greenwood? trend is gaining popularity. Especially n the process of dusting for those who cooked from scratch. For my tree house computer years housewives were snapping, and vacuuming the pine floor, my man of surprises shelling, scraping corn off the cob, frying, stirring and washing dishes. appeared in the door.

I’m betting that by 2030 houses “Let’s go to the Delta tomorrow.

Some of our friends from that area want won’t waste square footage on building a full-size kitchen. We must admit that us to meet them in Greenwood for a cooking takes away our time, which has couple of days.”

I turned off the vacuum, put away the become precious. As I have gotten older, time has increased in value dust cloth and turned off the and is now a prized possesair conditioner. sion.

“Let’s go,” I said, as I How is your precious locked the door. time used? There are Next day after breakfast, I favorite TV shows to asked one of our friends, watch, grandchildren’s ball “Why did you sign up for the games or recitals to see, cooking school, Lou? You told late afternoon walks with me several years ago you gave your favorite husband, up cooking after reading Rick time in church, sitting on Warren’s book, ‘Purpose Grin ‘n’ the deck of a tree house, Driven Life,’ and discovered Bare It traveling, or visiting with that your ‘purpose’ was to stay

by Kay Grafe friends and family, espeout of the kitchen.” cially if they haven’t given We stood in the lobby of up cooking. the Alluvian Hotel in Greenwood waitBack to Greenwood. This area is ing for our group of friends to arrive. called an alluvial plain, which is a Although the Viking Cooking School deposit of clay, silt, sand and gravel left and store were just across the street, our by flowing streams in a river valley or group decided to meet and walk over delta. The hotel was originally named together. You know how it is with us girls: We need a friend or friends to bol- the Irving and was constructed in 1917.

It expanded to 100 rooms in the 1940s. ster our courage or keep us company.

The Irving closed in the1980s. The Don’t ask me why—it’s a girl thing.

Similar to tagging along with a friend to Viking Corp. acquired and completely renovated the old hotel in 2005 with 45 the restroom when dining out. spacious rooms. Giardina’s famous We teased Lou about her great sacrifice to renounce cooking chores. And we restaurant is also on site.

Inside this cosmopolitan hotel are knew her reason for attending class was famed art displays in the lobby and to socialize and enjoy a plate of fancy food samples—a delicious bonus to all in other predominant areas. Directly across the lazy, quiet street is the Viking attendance.

Cooking School and store, where you I thought about my hometown. In can purchase anything from a famous Lucedale restaurants are overflowing Viking stove/range to a potato peeler. because so many wives have thrown Next door is the Alluvian Spa. Oh, down their pots, pans and dish towels. If husbands want to eat, they eat out. This my.

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MONROE COUNTY ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION Auditing energy:

Small measures mean real savings No matter the age of your home, it could benefit from an energy audit. You can get started on your own in finding low-cost solutions that could save money on your monthly electric bill.

First, ask yourself a simple question: Does my home feel drafty and cold in the winter, or stuffy and hot in the summer? If yes, then it probably experiences air leakage.

To track down where those spots are,

Energy efficiency tip When shopping for a new appliance, consider lifetime operation costs as well as the up-front purchase price. Refrigerators last an average of 12 years, clothes washers about 11 and dishwashers about 10. Check the Energy Guide label for the appliance’s estimated yearly operating cost, and look for ENERGY STAR units, which usually exceed minimum federal standards for efficiency and quality.

To learn more, visit EnergySavers.gov.

start with the usual suspects—like damaged seals around doors and windows. If you see daylight or feel air, then apply caulk and weather stripping to keep outdoor air where it’s supposed to be.

But don’t forget spots you might not immediately think of, like recessed canister lights and electrical outlets. Outlet insulation kits can be purchased for as little as $2, and you can fix up your canister lights with some caulk around the edges.

Also look where walls meet the ceiling. Cobwebs mean you’ve got drafts.

Next, peek into the attic and inspect the crawl space or basement for sufficient insulation—how much you need depends on your climate. Check out the insulation calculator from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at www.ornl.gov. Keep in mind insulation won’t do its job well if you don’t have a proper air barrier working in

tandem. That means all joints and cracks must be sealed between your living space and insulation.

Finally, look to your light fixtures.

Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) are up to 75 percent more efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs, and they’ve come a long way in light quality, design and affordability. You can purchase CFLs in a variety of shapes and hues. They cost more upfront, but you’ll make your money back in less than nine months and, after that, they start saving money. Make sure to purchase a CFL that’s rated by ENERGY STAR, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s program that denotes products meeting specific energy efficiency criteria.

ENERGY STAR-rated CFLs will typically last 10 times longer than a traditional incandescent bulb producing the same amount of light.

LEDs—light-emitting diodes—are in the next wave of residential lighting. An

ENERGY STAR-rated model is estimated to use only a quarter of the electricity consumed by traditional bulbs and can last for 25 years. As with many new technologies, the up-front cost for an LED bulb is still much more than even a CFL, but prices are expected to drop as new products are developed.

To learn more about ways to reduce your electric bill, visit EnergySavers.gov.

Pay attention to cords, plugs and outlets Misuse and malfunctioning of electrical outlets and cords causes tens of thousands of house fires every year, the National Fire Protection Association reports.

Keep your family safe by paying attention to how the members of your household treat cords, plugs, appliances and outlets.

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• If you notice that the cord attached to an appliance is damaged, frayed, split or coming loose from its plug, don’t use the appliance. Buy a new one.

• Don’t leave an extension cord plugged in for more than a few days. It’s not designed for permanent use.

Move your lamps, electronics and appliances closer to wall outlets so you don’t need extension cords.

• When you use an extension cord, keep it in plain sight. Do not hide it under a carpet where it can get trampled on all day. If the cord overheats, it can catch the rug on fire.

• Child-proof all receptacles so kids won’t stick their fingers into outlets.

• Don’t plug more than one high-wattage appliance or electronic device into a single receptacle, even if you’re using a multi-receptacle power strip. The power strip doesn’t add capacity to your electrical circuit. It just makes it easier to overload it. Overloading a circuit can cause a fire.

• Avoid outlets and switches that heat up when you plug them in or turn them on. Call an electrician to identify and solve the problem.

• If you trip a circuit every time you turn on your hair dryer or if your lights flicker or dim when you turn them on, that’s a problem. Alert an electrician.

• Install ground-fault circuit interrupters, or GFCIs, in the kitchen, every bathroom, the laundry room, the basement and on outdoor electrical outlets.

• Equip your home with arc-fault circuit interrupters, or AFCIs.

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In 2013, new appliances don’t just cook your food and keep it cold, wash your clothes and dishes or offer a few hours of entertainment. These machines boast myriad functions that make our lives easier—but in doing so also consume more energy.

While appliances have become more energy efficient as technology has evolved and federal standards tightened, few ever truly shut down anymore.

And as Americans add more and more electronic devices to their households—25 on average, according to the Consumer Electronics Association—much more energy is consumed.

Take a phone charger as an example. Leaving it plugged in without a phone attached doesn’t mean it’s not drawing power—in fact, it uses 0.26 watts of electricity even when a phone isn’t connected, and 2.24 watts when the handset is charging.

Of course, that 0.26 watts by itself might not be a big issue. But if most of your electronic devices are doing that, it can add up to as much as 10

percent of your bill, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Take a look around your house—how many cords are plugged in? Of those, how many are actually attached to a device? You might be surprised at how much electricity your family consumes, even when you don’t realize it.

Cable boxes are a big culprit of 24/7 energy use.

Leaving your cable box plugged in for a year and never turning it off adds, on average, $17.83 to your electric bill. Toss in a DVR function and that total jumps to $43.46, DOE reports.

And electronics aren’t the only problem. Basic

“white goods” appliances like clothes washers and dryers, refrigerators and dishwashers are so savvy that you can set them to come on late at night, when the wholesale power your co-op must buy costs less—helping your co-op keep power affordable for you and your neighbors.

Here again, the bigger you go with a new appliance, the more energy it will use.

Electric bills don’t have to be held hostage by 24-hour-a-day energy use. For starters, use a power strip to turn several electronics on or off at once. For a bigger investment, look into “smart” power strips. They allow you to cut power to certain appliances—say, your TV—while letting power flow to your cable box because it takes time to reboot after being unplugged.

If you’re in the market for a new appliance, look for an ENERGY STAR model. It generally consumes less power all around and uses less standby energy.

But remember that you actually have to use those energy-efficient settings on your appliances to see savings on your electric bill.

For more information on energy-efficient living, visit www.energysavers.gov.

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‘Celebration Cookbook’ In 1862, when Civil War battles and skirmishes began erupting across Mississippi, a small group of Summit residents organized a new Baptist church.

Within a few months, the membership of Summit Baptist Church reached 13.

Renamed First Baptist in 1944, the church added and renovated facilities through the decades to accommodate a growing membership. In 2011, its worship attendance averaged 902 members.

As First Baptist Church of Summit marked its 150th anniversary last year, members published a commemorative cookbook, which includes a history of their church. Proceeds from the sale of “Celebration Cookbook” help fund church ministries.

The hardcover, loose-leaf cookbook presents 800 recipes ranging from traditional southern dishes to contemporary, ethnic-inspired cuisine. Contributors are church members, friends, former members, and past and present church staff.

“Many of the recipes are family favorites passed down from generation to generation,” said Jerry Russell, cookbook committee chairman.

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1 cup Crisco 2 cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 2 Tbsp. vanilla, or to taste 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans. Beat Crisco with electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until blended each time. Combine flour, salt and baking soda, and add to mixture slowly. Alternate, beginning with flour mixture, then buttermilk, and ending with flour mixture until all is well blended. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla.

Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for 22 minutes. (For a 9by-13-inch pan, bake about 40 minutes.)

Note: Use frosting if desired, but this cake is delicious served plain.

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake 6 oz. dark chocolate 3/4 cup butter 4 eggs, room temperature

3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup flour

Preheat oven to 390 F. Melt chocolate and butter. In a bowl, mix the eggs and sugar; whisk for a few minutes, then add flour and mix. Add the egg mix to the melted chocolate; mix well. Pour mixture into greased ramekins. Bake in preheated oven for 14 minutes. This will be runny in the middle and cake-like on top. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

Eggplant Pyramids 1 eggplant, peeled and sliced 2 fresh tomatoes, sliced 1 large onion, sliced Olive oil 1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. dried basil 1/4 lb. mozzarella cheese 2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 450 F. Spray casserole dish with cooking spray. Layer eggplant in casserole dish; stack tomatoes and onions on top of eggplant. Drizzle olive oil over all and sprinkle with salt and basil. Cover and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with both cheeses and bread crumbs. Continue cooking (uncovered) for 10 minutes.

Honey Grape Chicken Salad 3 cups chicken, boiled and chopped 1 1/2 cups seedless, red grape halves 3 stalks celery, chopped 1/2 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup almonds, slivered and toasted 1 1/3 cups mayonnaise 1/3 cup honey

In a large bowl, combine chicken, grapes, celery, cranberries and almonds; set aside.

In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and honey. Spoon mayonnaise mixture over chicken mixture; toss gently to coat. Cover and chill.

Mama’s Strawberry Pudding 2 (3.4-oz.) boxes instant vanilla pudding 2 1/2 cups milk 1 pt. sour cream

1 (16-oz.) carton Cool Whip, divided 1 qt. fresh strawberries, sliced 1 box vanilla wafers

Mix pudding and milk until thick. Add sour cream and half the Cool Whip, reserving the remainder for topping. Layer half the sliced strawberries in the bottom of a 4-quart container. Add a layer of vanilla wafers and a layer of half the pudding mixture. Repeat the process and top with the remaining Cool Whip.

Refrigerate at least 2 hours (overnight is better) before serving. Garnish with strawberries. Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Egg Salad 6 eggs, hard boiled, peeled and grated 1/2 sleeve saltine crackers, crushed Celery, finely chopped, to taste Sweet pickle relish, to taste

6 drops hot sauce Salt & pepper, to taste Mayonnaise to moisten

Mix all ingredients. Refrigerate overnight. You may need to add a little extra mayonnaise before serving.

Note: Serve as a sandwich spread. Great when you need to stretch your eggs, and no one will know it has crackers in it.

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The future of Infinity is endless

By Nancy Jo Maples Infinity isn’t a museum. It’s a science center filled with endless possibilities.

The mathematical term seems a perfect fit for the name of Stennis Space Center’s new discovery facility designed to draw school-age children toward jobs in science industries.

“We’re hoping to inspire youth to look at careers in STEM fields,” said Guy Johnson, of Coast Electric Power Association.

Johnson serves on Infinity Science Center’s board of directors, and Coast Electric supplies electricity to the Stennis site. Johnson said one goal of Infinity is to motivate the next generation of scientists.

STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math.

Visitors can view the space suit worn by astronaut Fred Haise of Apollo 13, which was moon-bound in 1970 but due to technical difficulties circled the moon while Haise and fellow crewmen underwent an intense repair of their ship before successfully returning to Earth.

(See story on page 4.)

Among the exhibits is a replica of an international space station module, an omega flight simulator thrill ride and several hands-on activities for children. Certain days offer additional treats. Sometimes visitors can sample salads made from lettuce grown in a controlled environment, an experiment being done in anticipation of space travel and life on other planets. Like many spacedriven experiments this practice could be used one day in American homes.

Guests are greeted at the entranceway by the Infinity Eagle, a bird crafted by coast artist Marlin Miller from spacecraft metals and from wood salvaged after Hurricane Katrina. Dotting the landscape surrounding a shaded outdoor picnic area are retired boats and buoys used in collecting weather data in the ocean.

The center also has a restaurant with burgers, salads and Gulf Coast seafood dishes.

Tish Williams, director of the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, has been involved with Infinity since its onset in 1999.

“The chamber has been an advocate from the beginning and is honored to be the managing

contractor. We’re interested in restoring lost tourism, fueling businesses, improving education and providing a better workforce. Those are components of Infinity’s mission and they are components of the chamber’s mission,” she said.

A $10 million grant has been approved for completing the indoor and outdoor experiences of Infinity’s original vision. Those include a wetlands demonstration area, Mars and ocean exploration exhibits, lunar habitat missions and a heritage trail.

Infinity tickets cost $10 for ages 18-54, $8 for ages 55 and older and for military, and $6 for ages 4-17. Younger children are admitted free. The ticket includes a bus tour of the Stennis Space Center, which is restricted from the general public.

Stennis, NASA’s rocket testing site, opened in 1963 after 2,202 residents moved from their homes to provide land for the government to build an engine testing site.

Promoters of the venture Visitors tour a full-sized International Space Station module, above, in the Space Gallery area of Infinity Science Center, as well as other coined the phrase, “If you want to go to the moon you space-related exhibits, left. Artist Marlin Miller and his son, Preston, created the 32-foot-tall Infinity Eagle sculpture, below have to go through left, which combines spacecraft metals from NASA’s Stennis Space Mississippi,” because every Center and wood salvaged after Hurricane Katrina. Infinity is a rocket engine is tested in member of Coast Electric Power Association.

Hancock County.

“In Hancock County, we like hearing the sounds of loud noises from Stennis,” Williams said.

Stennis Space Center provides 5,300 jobs, covers 140,000 acres and is a federal city with a fire station, medical clinic, gas stations, banks and post office. It is Stennis Space Center, MS 39529. However, it has no citizens; everyone commutes into the city for work.

Until last year a museum called StennisSphere was located inside a non-restricted portion of the site. Infinity replaced it and is located outside the gate at the Interstate 10 Welcome Center, giving easier public access. This positioning doubled the number of visitors StennisSphere had previously attracted. From its opening in April 2012 through its first anniversary, Infinity greeted 60,000 guests.

Additional exhibits and enhanced publicity are expected to make those numbers climb to as high as 300,000 per year.

Infinity pulls a large number of tourists from Louisiana because it sits near the state line at Exit 2 on I-10. Statistics predict its market includes 296,000 school children living within a 50-mile radius. A field trip for pupils from as far away as Mobile, Ala., is also feasible.

Infinity’s name fits not only because of the math jobs it can inspire but also because the grant and visions that have made it reality make it a work in progress with possibilities that are…infinite.

For more information call 228-533-9025 or visit the Infinity website at www.visitinfinity.com.

Writer Nancy Jo Maples can be reached at 188 Ernest Pipkins Road, Lucedale, MS 39452 or via email at nancyjomaples@aol.com.

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Fourth of July or 70 or so years after the side of town, bypassing the impregnable high surrender of Vicksburg to bluffs protecting Vicksburg from the river to the Union army on the the west.

Fourth of July, 1863 (150 After coming ashore at Bruinsburg (which years ago this year), no longer exists) on April 30, 1863, Grant’s Independence Day wasn’t army fought battles at Port Gibson, Raymond, celebrated in Vicksburg.

Jackson, Champion Hill (between Bolton and There were no fireworks, no picnics, no Edwards), the Big Black River and finally days off work. The post office didn’t even Vicksburg. close on the Fourth of July in Vicksburg There were two attempts made to storm the for decades. city. Both attempts to crash through the All of that indifference was in deference Confederate lines failed. So Grant surrounded to the fact that July 4 was the day Gen. Vicksburg and starved it out. It took 47 days Pemberton of the South chose to surrender for the town to be completely void of food and the city to Gen. Grant of the to give up, but the inevitable finally North. happened.

Grant took aim on Pemberton took advantage of Vicksburg early in the war. the fact that Independence Day was Lincoln had declared upon them. He chose that day to Vicksburg to be the key to hand over the city thinking he’d get winning and said whoever had better surrender terms on the holithe key in their pocket would day from the Union army. I guess come out on top. So Grant set he did: The Southern army was Mississippi out to get that key. paroled and not taken captive. And Seen In April of 1862, a full year the Union army shared their food

by Walt Grayson before he crossed the with the starving people of Mississippi River at Vicksburg.

Bruinsburg, heading his army But the Fourth of July holiday eventually to the doorsteps of Vicksburg, was not celebrated in Vicksburg any more Grant won the Battle of Shiloh in southern until after the Allies won World War II. Some Tennessee just north of Corinth, big-name politicians came down from Mississippi. His aim was to cut the rail Washington for a few years and gave speeches lines between Memphis and the east foreon the Fourth. Dwight Eisenhower was the most, but also to start clearing a path last of them in the late 1940s. toward Vicksburg.

The celebration died down again and never That path clearing and maneuvering really revived to levels approaching what it is took Grant’s army all over the Delta’s today—until the nation’s Bicentennial in waterways during the winter of 1862 into 1976. From about that time on, Vicksburg 1863, trying to find a way to get to the rejoined the Union in celebrating city.

Independence Day to the point it is once again Most disastrous of the attempts was useless to try to buy stamps at the post office Gen. Sherman’s landing on the Yazoo on the Fourth.

River above town and marching his army Thanks to Gordon Cotton, of the Old across the flooded lower Delta to the bluffs Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, for the yarns above Chickasaw Bayou just after from which this tale was woven.

Christmas of 1862. Sherman lost the battle. But his loss set the resolve of the Walt Grayson is the host of “Mississippi Roads” Union just that more to take the city. on Mississippi Public Broadcasting After months of failures, the final plan television, and the author of two “Looking Around was to march down the Louisiana side of Mississippi” books and “Oh! That Reminds Me: the river, cross somewhere below More Mississippi Homegrown Stories.” Contact Vicksburg and come back up on the east Grayson at walt@waltgrayson.com.

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The clock tower at the Old Courthouse in Vicksburg would have made a great target for Union guns during the siege, if Union prisoners had not been housed in the courtroom below. If not for that, we may not have the Old Courthouse Museum today.

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Add mulch, compost to boost landscape health Using compost as a soil amendment or mulch around plants adds texture to the soil, improves its water-holding capacity, encourages earthworm populations and gives plants needed nutrients. ome summer days—OK, honestly, most summer days—seem just too hot to do anything in the garden and landscape. But a couple of tasks will pay off in the long run with better landscape performance.

You guessed it: this column is all about mulching and composting.

Whether you are an experienced gardener or have a brown thumb, you can mulch like a pro. Few gardening activities have as much of an impact as mulching. Mulch reduces erosion, influences soil temperature, helps control weed growth and gives your landscape a well-groomed look.

Unlike many garden activities, mulching has no deadline. You can mulch in the spring or summer to give the landscape a fresh look for any garden gathering. Or, you can wait until the off-season when you may have more time available.

Mulch must be permeable to allow both air and water to pass freely through it. There are two choices for mulch types, organic and inorganic.

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Classic organic mulches include pine Southern straw, bark Gardening and shredded

by Dr. Gary Bachman leaves.

Specialty mulches include pecan shells and coir chunks, which are made from the husks of coconut shells.

Inorganic mulches tend to raise soil temperatures in the summer and lower them in the winter. They cause greater day-to-night temperature fluctuations.

Stone and gravel are commonly used, or you can try products made from recycled tires.

Weed barriers or ground fabric are

commonly used to block weeds growing from seeds already in the soil below the mulch. These products are initially effective when using organic mulch because weed seed will germinate but won’t grow through the barrier. The next year, however, weed seed blown in on top of the organic mulch will grow on top of the barrier. The garden is a vicious arena, a battle between you and the weeds.

Ground fabric is more effective when using inorganic mulching materials.

With our long gardening seasons, we are always cleaning up the landscape and generating piles of leaves, clippings and pruned branches. In many cities, this yard trash ends up at the curb for pickup. Some of this will be chipped and composted by the city for municipal use. The rest may end up in the landfill, which is not ideal.

Why not put these materials in your compost bin? If you are not already composting, you should know the value of this homemade material. There’s a reason gardeners call compost “black gold.”

The benefits of adding compost to

your garden and landscape are numerous, and your plants will be most appreciative.

You can use compost as a soil amendment, as mulch around your plants, or both. When used as a soil amendment, compost adds texture and improves water-holding capacity in sandy soils. If you have a tight clay soil that doesn’t drain well, the addition of compost will improve soil drainage.

Other benefits include keeping garden soil healthy with increased earthworm populations that help to aerate and loosen the soil. Composting also recycles essential nutrients that feed plants.

Maybe the main benefit of interest to thrifty gardeners: Compost is free.

No more buying bags of soil conditioners and amendments.

Help your plants beat the summer heat with beneficial compost and mulch, and you will reap the rewards of a beautiful landscape year-round.

Dr. Gary Bachman is MSU horticulturist at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi.

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4 Maggie Claire Atkinson feeds a calf in Neshoba County, by Helen Atkinson, Philadelphia; Central EPA 5 Aaron Dorsey thinks big, by Kimberly Dorsey, Caledonia; Monroe County EPA 6 Fading country store catches photographer’s eye, by Mark Cliburn, Silver Creek; Southern Pine EPA 7 Cousins Sydnie Campo, Aidan Lagasse, Shane Michael Campo Jr. and Lola Serpas make some childhood memories, by Jacob Lagasse, Picayune; Coast EPA 8 This truck has been parked way too long, by Whitney Welch, Vaiden; Delta EPA

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For more events, go to www.visitmississippi.org.

“Ghosts and Other Abstractions”: Works by Bria Brown, through Sept. 27, Biloxi. Portraits, abstract works inspired by Anne Sexton poem “Ghosts.” Dusti Bongé Art Foundation Creole Cottage. Details: 228-432-7660; www.dustibonge.org.

Gulf Coast Health Educators Kidney Smart Classes, July 9, Gulfport; Aug. 20, Gautier. Learn about kidney health and more; 5:30-7 p.m.

Dedeaux Road Community Center in Gulfport; Gautier Public Library. Details: 228-860-7530.

Cedar Hill Farm Pick-Ur-Own, July 1 - Aug. 31, Hernando. Ripe produce, playground, petting zoo, hayride to fields, homemade jams, more. Call for produce availability. Cedar Hill Farm. Details: 662429-2540; www.gocedarhillfarm.com.

Dizzy Dean Fast Pitch World Series, July 1015, Southaven. Greenbrook Park. Details: 662890-7275 ext. 222; www.greenbrooksoftball.com.

“Native Plants and Fabulous Flowers,” July 12, Picayune. Lecture about native plants, azaleas and new flowers, led by Dr. Allen Owings; 11 a.m.

- 12:30 p.m. Admission; register by July 11.

Crosby Arboretum. Details: 601-799-2311.

“Hummingbirds: Understanding Rubythroated Hummingbirds in Your Yard,” July 13, Picayune. Hummingbird bander James Bell to lead talk; 10-11 a.m. Suitable for families.

Admission; register by July 12. Crosby Arboretum.

Details: 601-799-2311.

“Life Over Limbs” Benefit, July 13, Carthage.

Motorcycle ride, kid zone, music, cake walk, auction; begins 11 a.m. Benefits quadruple amputee Dianne Harkins. Carthage Coliseum. Details: 601672-3656; 601-562-6510.

“Beautiful Bayou Birds,” July 13-14, Ocean Springs. Educational family program; 10 a.m.

Also: Storytelling Campfire 8 p.m. July 19; Tracks and Scat Walk 10 a.m. July 20-21. Free. Gulf Islands National Seashore Davis Bayou. Details: 228-230-4100; www.nps.gov/guis.

James Meredith Book Signing, July 17, Hernando. Meredith to sign his new book, “A Mission From God,” and speak on education in Mississippi; noon. Hernando Public Library.

Details: 662-429-4439.

Friends of the Library Book Sale, July 18 and 20, Columbus. Bestsellers, histories, cookbooks and more, priced up to $2. Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. Details: 662-329-5300; www.lowndeslibrary.org.

The Whisnants in Concert, July 18, Newton.

Love offering; 7 p.m. Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Details: 601-896-2249, 601-683-3928.

Mixed Martial Arts Event, July 20, Columbus.

Doors open 6 p.m. Trotter Convention Center.

Details: 601-750-0218.

Mommy’s Secret All Season Consignment Sale, July 25-27, Olive Branch. Items for babies, kids and teens. Pleasant Hill Elementary School; 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Details: www.mommyssecret.com.

124th Neshoba County Fair, July 26 - Aug. 2, Philadelphia. Exhibits, livestock shows, PRCA rodeo, harness/running horse races, political speaking, entertainment, midway rides, more.

Admission. Neshoba County Fairgrounds. Details: 601-656-8480; www.neshobacountyfair.org.

Hank Williams Jr. in Concert, July 26, Southaven. Special guests Chris Young, Keith Anderson; 7 p.m. Snowden Grove Amphitheater.

Details: 800-745-3000.

Tuxedo Reunion, July 27, Meridian. Bring a covered dish; 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Church of the Mediator. Details: 601-483-6802.

Mid-South Ice House Christmas in July, July 27, Olive Branch. Skate with Santa and Crush the Polar Bear; Christmas trivia, games, prizes; 1:30 - 4 p.m. Mid-South Ice House. Details: 901-881-8544.

Bikes, Blues & Bayous, Aug. 3, Greenwood.

Cycling event with 20-, 46- and 58-mile rides; 7 a.m. Themed rest stops, post-ride party. Details: 662-453-4152; www.bikesbluesbayous.com.

“Carnivorous Plants of the Arboretum,” Aug. 2, Picayune. Richelle Stafne to lead lecture about secret lives of carnivorous plants; 11 a.m. - noon.

Admission; register by Aug. 1. Details: 601-7992311.

“A Gathering With Friends,” Aug. 3, Diamondhead. Shawn Keener to speak on “Men and Women of Purpose.” Breakfast, gospel music; 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Diamondhead Community Church. Details: 228-255-5556; www.dhcommuni-

We Are Homegrown What does “homegrown” mean to you? Fresh, ripe tomatoes? Soul-stirring gospel music or deep-fried catfish?

“Homegrown” describes any number of Mississippi traditions—including rural electric service. If that surprises you, consider this: The state’s 26 electric power associations are rooted in a homegrown initiative that lifted rural residents from the “dark ages” of the early 20th century into a brighter future of social and economic progress.

Without affordable and reliable electric service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the members we serve and it’s the way to grow and develop our communities.

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Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty

Fri., July 26 thru Fri., Aug. 2

Arts & crafts market, garden and field crop exhibits, home arts and crafts exhibits, needlework and quilt displays. State dairy cattle show, beef cattle and sheep shows. Petting zoo. Harper, Morgan and Smith PRCA Rodeo. Harness and running horse races, mule races & pony pull.

Antique car show. Local and statewide political speaking. Nightly variety and Nashville entertainment. 34th Annual Heart O’Dixie Triathlon. Thacker Mountain Radio Show. Fireworks.

Midway amusement and rides by Mitchell Bros. Amusements. For more information,

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Leukemia Cup Regatta, Aug. 3-4, Pass Christian. Competitive sailboat racing, golf holein-one, party, live auction. Benefits Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Admission. Pass Christian Yacht Club. Details: 504-837-0945; msla.lcr.llsevent.org.

Greater Vision in Concert, Aug. 8, Pelahatchie.

Pelahatchie Baptist Church; 7 p.m. Details: 601260-7114.

Twice As Nice Kids Resale, Aug. 8-10, D’berville.

Used clothes, furniture, equipment for children, infants, maternity. D’berville Civic Center. Details: www.2asnicekidsresale.com.

Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights, Aug. 10, Jackson. Street festival with live music on five stages, art vendors, children’s activities, food; 5:30-9:30 p.m. Admission. Historic Belhaven Neighborhood. Details: 601-352-8850;

visit www.neshobacountyfair.org or call 601-656-8480 www.greaterbelhaven.com.

Calhoun County Sacred Harp Musical Association, Aug. 10, Bruce. All-day singing from “The Sacred Harp” tunebook; begins 10 a.m.

Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. Details: 601-9401612; mdavis@scott.k12.ms.us; www.fasola.org.

Mississippi Coast Jazz Society Dance and Jam Session, Aug. 11, Biloxi. Non-member and student musicians may sit in; 2-5 p.m. Admission.

Hard Rock Casino. Details: 228-392-4177.

COMING UP: Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight VI to World War II Memorial, Oct. 1, Gulfport. Oneday free trip for WWII veterans to WWII and other memorials in Washington, D.C. Applications now being accepted. Leaves from Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. Details: www.mgchonorflight.org or MGC Honor Flight, PO Box 1912, Gautier, MS 39553.

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LIMIT 7 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

13999

$

REG. PRICE $249.99

18 PIECE T-HANDLE POINT AND HEX KEY WRENCH SET LOT NO. 96645

SAVE 33%

Includes two 1.5V button cell batteries.

1199

$

REG. PRICE $29 .99

REG. PRICE $17.99

LIMIT 6 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

LIMIT 5 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

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MOVER'S DOLLY LOT NO. 93888/60497

LOT NO. 93897/69265

93897 shown

5999

$

REG. PRICE $129.99

LOT NO. 68751

$ 99

REG. PRICE $649.99

SAVE 66%

LOT NO. 42305/69044

YOUR CHOICE!

35999

$

2900 LB. CAPACITY HIGH GLOSS FINISH!

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6 " DIGITAL CALIPER

RETRACTABLE AIR/WATER SAVE HOSE REEL WITH Item $70 3/8" x 50 FT. HOSE

SAVE $110

SAE

WEIGHS 306 LBS.

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9

LIMIT 3 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

SAVE $290

LIMIT 3 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

$ 99

REG. PRICE $74.99

Item 68784 shown

LIMIT 7 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

LOT NO. 4077

REG. PRICE $12.99

LOT NO. 68784/69387 REG. PRICE $29.99

LOT NO. 67455/ 69626/69925/96933

$ 29

LOT NO. 38119/ 44506/60238

LIMIT 5 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

90 AMP FLUX WIRE WELDER

1 2 VOLT, 250 PSI AIR COMPRESSOR

5 SPEED DRILL PRESS

$

9

$ 99

4 4", 13 DRAWER INDUSTRIAL I IN QUALITY ROLLER CABINET

Item 67455 shown

REG. PRICE $34.99

LIMIT 9 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

3 6 LED SOLAR SECURITY LIGHT

SAVE 66%

$

REG. PRICE $34.99

LIMIT 4 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

Item 69644 shown

1 2 VOLT MAGNETIC TOWING LIGHT KIT

1399

$

4

REG. PRICE $54 .99

LOT NO. 97711/60658

Item 97711 shown

LOT NO. 42292/ 69594/69955

SAVE 63% 99

3/8" x 14 FT. GRADE 43 TOWING CHAIN

4 5 WATT SOLAR PANEL KIT

LIMIT 4 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

STORE LOCATIONS Biloxi

Item 93888 shown

LIMIT 5 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

Pearl

SAVE 46%

7

$ 99

REG. PRICE $14.99

LIMIT 6 - Good at our stores, HarborFreight.com or by calling 800-423-2567. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 11/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

Southaven

Tupelo