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ELLEN GABARDI

JAY COOKE

VICTOR SMITH

SUSAN WELLINGTON

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Twenty-five years ago, a go-getter of a Northsider named Joany Young helped establish an organization in Jackson to help children who had fallen through the cracks of foster care. Today Joany’s daughter, Susan Wellington, is carrying on her mother’s legacy by giving her money and artistic talents to that organization. Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth (SCSCY) sprang up out of First Christian Church in Jackson.

JAY COOKE

DISCIPLINE & THE DISCIPLE

“Discipline” might be one of Smith’s favorite words. After serving in the Army, marrying, starting an oil and gas business, living in Jackson for half a century, establishing a couple of nonprofits and serving on the boards of numerous others, Smith does have his eye on retirement. But he isn’t there yet. “I’m 84, so I’m trying to slow down. I’m going to retire at 90,” he says. Seems like a good round number.

JOY OF SERVICE

If service leads to joy and joy leads to service, then it is no wonder that Ellen is one of the most joyful, joygiving people that you could ever meet. She will be the first to tell you, though, that “joy,” to her, means “deep satisfaction.” Her life hearkens to theologian Frederick Buechner’s belief that “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

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Elizabeth Kelty Jones/ Wallace Sigmon McLaurin Meri Scott Carpenter/ Henry Christmas Waterer IV

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DEPARTMENTS

Mallory Rebecca Dickard/ Nathaniel England Upchurch

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New Stage Toast

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Frances Elizabeth Luke/ James Wesley Stringer Katherine McLaurin Cox/ Joseph Steele Dehmer

Tennis Advantage

Jenny Markow

FoodWise Marlana Walters

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An engagement party for Meg Bowden and Will Fontaine was held in the Woodland Hills home of Elise and Tommy Williams.

A musical salute to the celebrated composers of the Great White Way was presented at the Fairview Inn.

USA IBC Membership Party

Artist Andrew Bucci was the honored guest at the Friends of the USA IBC membership party.

Debutante Mothers’ Luncheon

The Debutante Mothers’ Club of Mississippi spring luncheon was held at the Country Club of Jackson.

Madison County Business League Coffee The Madison County Business League hosted the Coffee with the Senator luncheon.

Women’s Foundation

The fifth birthday party for the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi was held at the WFM office.

Heart of the Home Sponsor Gala

The Heart of the Home Sponsor Gala was held recently in the home of Kathleen and Bill Geary.

Pickin’ Poppin’ and Rockin’ Fund-raiser

Pickin’ Poppin’ & Rockin’, a fund-raiser celebrating the Neighborhood Christian Center and Peyton’s House, was held at Duling Hall.

MS Opera Home Sweet Home

The Mississippi Opera presented “Home Sweet Home” in celebration of the legacy of opera singer Adelina Patti.

Ballet MS Sponsor Party

A sponsor party was held in the home of Shawn and Jay O’Mara following Ballet Mississippi’s spring performance.

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Bridal Shower An around-the-clock bridal shower was recently held in the home of Becky Clarke for Margaret Wright.

Eudora Welty Gardens Luncheon

Eudora Welty House’s 10th anniversary garden luncheon was held at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Ole Miss Rebel Road Trip

Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze, head basketball coach Andy Kennedy and athletics director Ross Bjork visited Jackson.

Santé South

The 10th annual Santé South Wine Festival was held during the Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival.

Autism Light The Spectrum

One in 88 children are diagnosed on the autism spectrum making autism the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the United States.

MMA Sketches of Spain

The Mississippi Museum of Art hosted the Sketches of Spain gala in the Art Garden.

Shoestring Spring Fling

Spring Fling 2014, a benefit for Operation Shoestring, was held in the Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Joshua Bell Concert

Wesley Biblical Seminary hosted a benefit concert at Christ United Methodist Church.

MS Burn Cosmos and Couture

Cosmos and Couture, a cocktail party and fashion show benefiting the Mississippi Burn Foundation, was held at the Old Capitol Inn.

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“That was 20-something years ago. He still talks to [SCSCY Executive Director] Sue Cherney whenever he needs anything,” Susan said. SINCE THEN Susan and Buster, president of Wellington Associates in Flowood, have served SCSCY in a variety of ways. They have given financially, and Buster has served on the board. Susan has helped with Bottom Line for Kids by getting artists to submit works for auction and, more recently, donating paintings of her own. “She has no artistic ego,” said Sue Cherney, who is retiring after steering SCSCY for its first 25 years. “She gives her paintings outright and does not take a cut. She and her husband have done very special things for individual kids, but very privately. They don’t toot their own horn,” Cherney said. Susan said the reason she and Frank Young, Susan Young Wellington, Joany Young; (middle row) Billy Young, Kathy Young Morrison; Buster have given so much to (front) Dianne Young Craig, Amy Young Shumaker SCSCY is because of what the group does. “Southern Christian Services tries to fill gaps no one else is filling. A lot of their adoptions are of special wenty-five years ago, a go-getter of a Northsider named Joany needs children. They have found their niches,” Susan said. Young helped establish an organization in Jackson to help children “Initially, they were taking kids who’d been in foster care and giving them who had fallen through the cracks of foster care. Today Joany’s basic life skills so they could progress. … They do a lot more than that now.” daughter, Susan Wellington, is carrying on her mother’s legacy by SCSCY offers therapeutic foster care and group homes, adoption and postgiving her money and artistic talents to that organization. adoption services, training for other nonprofits, and helps prepare teens both Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth (SCSCY) sprang up out of inside and out of foster care to live successfully on their own. First Christian Church in Jackson. “It’s an opportunity for these kids to get things typical kids take for granted. It was no surprise that Joany got involved with SCSCY, not only in its incep[SCSCY has] had so many success stories turning kids’ lives around,” she said. tion but also as its first board president and the founder of its annual fund“[And] the funds are directly used because there’s not as much overhead raiser, Bottom Line for Kids. [expense].” “She was pretty much an incredible woman. She had a business degree in the 1950s,” Susan said of her mother. Joany raised six children and offered her creative efforts to all kinds of local events. But it was Southern Christian Services that stuck with Susan. “I’ve really been involved from the get-go. Mom recruited me to design the first invitations to Bottom Line for Kids.” A few years later, Susan and her husband, Buster, fostered a 17-year-old boy who was in the SCSCY program. “He had been taken out of a children’s home in Lucedale that was shut down. The children were taken to [the Mississippi State Hospital at] Whitfield until SCSCY could get a place up and running for them. On weekends he would stay with us,” Susan said. “One year there was an ice storm in Jackson and the power went out. Mom and I both took in a bunch of kids [from SCSCY]. “During the ice storm, [the boy we fostered] stayed up all night poking the fire because it was so cold. He was a sweetie.

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“If God’s blessed you, you have an obligation to share with others. Southern Christian Services is how we do it.” Susan Wellington

For the first 17 or 18 years of SCSCY, the centerpieces on the dinner tables at Bottom Line for Kids were roses grown by Susan’s mother. SCSCY still puts roses on the tables now that Joany is gone, Susan said. “She had a strong artistic side. One year for the arts festival, she transformed one of the cattle barns at the fairgrounds into a Japanese tea garden, complete with a stream and a tea room.” Joany’s artistic gift was passed on to Susan, but for a long time she was too busy to use it. “I had this degree in art education [but] I had a job at the YMCA and a family. Then my mom got sick [and I retired to take care of her], and I thought, ‘If I don’t do this, I never will.’ “I took workshops, took classes with Bob Tompkins. I’m a lot more hungry for it now.” Susan does mostly representational art (In other words, “My paintings look like what they are,” she said.) in watercolor and oil. Since becoming a full-time artist, Susan has helped increase the pool of artists represented at the Bottom Line auction. In fact, at this year’s 25thanniversary event in September, each artist submitted only one work, so bidders could choose from a variety of styles. Next year, Susan will be the featured artist. But she’s more interested in hearing from the young people who have benefited from SCSCY. “One of the things they do at the event is have some kids tell their story. The ones who really get their lives turned around, they really get it,” she said. “In other words, you’ve got to wear waterproof mascara when they tell their stories.” Susan’s daughter Amanda Annison has also felt the impact of SCSCY’s work. Growing up “within the organization,” as Amanda said, she didn’t always understand exactly what it was about. “[But] once I got to spend one-on-one time with some of the teenagers and young adults they’d served, I saw that there was a huge need.” Amanda, a CPA at Carr, Riggs and Ingram in Ridgeland, serves on SCSCY’s advisory board and spent this summer helping at the group’s P.A.L.S. (Preparing Adolescents for Living Successfully) home in Jackson. “[Amanda] would call me every day excited about what the children were saying,” Susan said. P.A.L.S. teaches older teens - many of whom have children of their own how to cook, shop, dress for job interviews, get a two-year degree, and manage money, all in a Christian environment with house parents. Amanda taught the kids financial skills and also brought in some successful minority businesspeople to speak. From Joany Young to Susan and Amanda, all this volunteerism is rooted in Scripture: “To whom much is given, from him much will be required,” Jesus says in the gospel of Luke. Or, as Susan put it: “If God’s blessed you, you have an obligation to share with others. Southern Christian Services is how we do it.” 22

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For a man who makes his living as a closing attorney, it’s ironic that Jay Cooke has spent so much time opening doors for so many others in his hometown of Jackson. A real estate lawyer with his own practice, Cooke estimates he has executed more than 20,000 land transactions in his career, providing a vital service that has literally welcomed thousands into new homes and neighborhoods of the metro area. And Cooke’s version of “getting off the couch” means more than a trip to the fridge during life’s breaks. It means doing hard things that are sometimes physically demanding, perhaps sometimes time consuming – but always richly rewarding. Growing up on Bellewood Road near the Sherwood Forest neighborhood, Cooke’s ambition was evident during his high school years. The 1978 graduate of Manhattan Academy was chosen “Mr. Manhattan,” student body president and Most Likely to Succeed. “Somehow none of that got me any dates in college,” he joked, although the story of how he and his future wife would meet years after college would be anything but . . . predictable. In 1982 he was graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in business, where his oncampus activities included Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, serving as chairman of the Union Program Council (a campus-wide election), and, as he put it, “my claim to fame,” chairman of the traffic appeals court for seven years. In 1985 he completed his law degree at Ole Miss. He was 28 years old and a homeowner in Belhaven when he met his wife – in a slightly less than conventional way. “I decided to be in a bachelor auction, held as a fund-raiser for the local Kidney Foundation,” he said. “This was in 1988, before social media, of course. I put my picture and a bio out there, and you had to include info about what the date package would be. Martha didn’t even bid on me (for a date) that night.” Things worked out, though, after they got together for lunch a few days later – because she called him – and they were married on November 30, 1991. It was seven years later that he and Martha – by

then the parents of three-year-old Jack – bought and renovated a 1930s home in the Woodland Hills area of Fondren, where they’ve lived since. Today, son Jack is 18; and the family also includes son Campbell, 16; and 13-year-old daughter Collins. They all attend St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland. Meanwhile, Jay was building his law career. Why did he choose law as his profession? Again, his decision was straightforward. “I thought that having a law degree would help

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At 53, Cooke says he grew up in northeast Jackson and has been in Jackson his entire life, so he not only knows well the lay of the land around here – he’s worked for decades to make it better. Whether it’s on the board of the Fondren Renaissance Foundation, the historic Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, or, perhaps most notably, his 40-plus years of involvement in all levels of the Boy Scouts, Cooke doesn’t take on any project half-heartedly. A family man, he and his wife, Martha Campbell Cooke, are the parents of three and have spent their 22-year marriage nurturing strong community ties. Both are native Jacksonians – he, the son of the late Jack and Laura Cooke; she, the daughter of the late Jim and Martha Campbell. Martha, a Millsaps College alum, continues in her family’s business as vice president of School Books Mississippi, a division of MISSCO. Education is her passion, and she counts the Mississippi Economic Council, the Junior League of Jackson, the Mississippi Children’s Home Society, and mission work at Galloway United Methodist among her commitments. As for Jay, few things have captured his energy and imagination beyond his dedication to the Boy Scouts – from the basic drills to the high adventure expeditions that he says truly build men out of boys. What drives Jay Cooke? “I’m a type A personality,” he says without hesitation. “I like to push for a little something more – a higher purpose. It’s easy to settle for average. To live a more colorful, adventurous life, it takes getting off the couch and doing it.”

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me find a job, give me options, along with my business degree,” he explained. “I liked Perry Mason, but I’m not confrontational. I like dealing with people. I couldn’t be in litigation. I do land transactions and house closings. I like to make it a pleasant experience for the clients I work with.” The Cookes’ decision to invest in the Woodland Hills area and build their lives in Fondren was intentional. The excitement of the neighborhood’s re-emergence as a vital core of the city proved to suit the family perfectly. “Young couples were – and are – buying and renovating homes in the area, and a big catalyst for that has been a growing business district,” he said. His goal for Fondren’s continued vibrance has been fueled by a desire to see Jackson’s downtown and surrounding residential communities reawaken. “Urban development is happening in other big cities, and reclaiming the downtown is at heart of the rebirth of cities,” he has observed. “Character isn’t something

you get out of a new shopping mall out in the county somewhere. Old is good. I like history and old stuff. Getting markets and restaurants in the downtown is breathing life into it.” Cooke describes Fondren as Jackson’s “entertainment district,” praising the “clever, outside-thebox” rescue of the former Duling Elementary School that is now Duling Hall, a community gathering spot for dining and catching arts performances; and plans are on the horizon for repurposing the old Pix/Capri Theater on North State Street. The Fondren Renaissance Foundation began branding and promoting the area in the mid ’90s, “to make it a really thriving, neat Spring 2013: Cooke family picture taken the night Jack and Campbell urban area,” he said. He knows firstwere awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a special Court of Honor. hand that Fondren’s revitalization hasbeen a massive team effort,” he said. “The staff has n’t come overnight. “A lot of people worked for a long been the driving force, going back to the 1990s.” time to get it where it is today,” he said. “I was a memCooke credits his strong sense of community to a ber of the Fondren (Renaissance Foundation) board combination of his own impatience, along with a for five years and have recently rejoined the board in desire to reclaim the old and make things better. “I 2014. I love Jackson and the work that this board does think I got tired of always being last,” he said. “There’s shows what can happen in Jackson. There has always no reason Jackson can’t really be different than it is been a very talented group of people that serve that now. It just takes a little creativity. This city is so awefoundation and care very much about our city and some. Like so many other towns, it has wonderful old neighborhood.” buildings you just can’t re-create. Cities have such Despite his input and work to continue to improve value if you have a vision to keep them alive and Fondren, Cooke passes on the notion that he deserves interesting.” much credit for the area’s steady progress. “As far as But of all the activities he’s pursued through the the Fondren Renaissance Foundation, I’m just a minor years, none have been more enduring – or exhilarating player, a supporting player, compared to the people – than Scouting. who have really led it.” He includes Mary Jo McAnally, “The first day I (was eligible to) join Boy Scouts, I Jim Wilkirson, Micajah Sturdivant, and formative joined,” he said. That day came shortly after the sixthmember Camp Best among those, admitting he is likegrader at Manhattan Academy turned 11, when Cooke ly leaving out others who deserve much credit. “It’s became a proud member of Troop 96, meeting at the old Broadmoor Baptist Church on Northside Drive. More than four decades later, the fire’s still burning. “I loved history and adventure and the opportunities that were Scouting,” he said. As he learned to tie knots, camp, pitch a tent, build debris huts, and cook over a fire, he was gaining skills in leadership, self-reliance, and independence. As a 15-year-old high school sophomore in 1975, Cooke earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest level a Boy Scout can attain. He signed on as an assistant scoutmaster at Troop 96 at Broadmoor Baptist Church in the 1980s. In 2006 Cooke joined the leadership team as an assistant scoutmaster for Troop Number 1. Chartered in 1916, it is the oldest troop in Mississippi, and is cosponsored by St. Andrew’s Cathedral and St. James Episcopal Church. In 2007 he became the group’s scoutmaster. Through these years he has seen the group grow from about 20 members to more than 100, an increase Cooke called “a meteoric rise” prompted by an effort to include as many kids as possible. Among those are his own sons. “When my children were old enough, they had seen my uniforms in the closet and the

Boy Scout Troop 96 at Camp Kickapoo, July 1975. Barry Smith, Forrest Berry, Durr Boyles, Keith Winstead, Jay Cooke, Alan Phares; (front) John Stribling, Bill Crews, Lewis Prest, Steve Holmes, Tim Atchley, Alton Lum 26

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1 patches on the wall, so they were already very interested in Scouting. There was no arm twisting,” he said. His sons Jack and Campbell are now both Troop 1 Eagle Scouts, and daughter Collins, a Girl Scout, “was our unofficial troop mascot when she was younger,” he said. The troop is part of the Andrew Jackson Council, which covers all of central Mississippi, and Cooke says Scouting is “alive and well” in this division. He serves on the council’s executive board, as chairman of outdoor programs. “As a part of my work on the council’s executive board, we are raising $5 million to improve and expand the Hood Scout Reservation in Copiah County,” he said. This is part of the council’s effort to be sure that our Scout camp is as good as any of those camps in other states that our troop has been to. When we’re finished, Hood will really be Mississippi’s Scout camp.” In 2013 Cooke stepped back from scoutmaster to assistant scoutmaster, and now facilitates the troop’s High Adventure Program, a Boy Scouts of America unit encouraging aquatic, wilderness, backpacking and adventure sports possibilities at national base sites and local destinations around the country. With Troop 1, Cooke has led Scouts on adventures that 3 have included: • Braving snow to bike the length of the Greenbriar River Trail that winds 80 miles along the Greenbriar River in eastern West Virginia; • Canoeing a 100-mile course from Ely, Mont., to Atikokan, Ontario, Canada; • Trekking along an urban hike in Chicago; • Caving near Chattanooga; • Rock climbing in north Arkansas; • Exploring the Eleven-Point River through the Ozarks of south central Missouri; • Discovering Horn Island on the Mississippi Sound; • Backpacking 110 miles at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M., in the Rocky Mountains, where 20 boys spent 11 days on the trail with no shower, in physicallydemanding wilderness country. 2 Cooke described the Philmont adventure as “the PhD of boyhood,” where group dynamics demanded that leaders emerge as they faced unknown hardship. “It’s physically demanding,” he said of the New Mexico expedition. “In a nutshell, it’s what Scouting is all about – they find out what’s inside, the man inside.’’ Cooke encourages parents to “make time and encourage their boys to do Scouts. There’s an over-emphasis on sports today, but you can’t learn it all on the field,” he said. 4 “Boys need to be well-rounded, to work to experience different things.” For Scouting to become successful for its members, he said, “Number one, it has to be fun, and when it’s fun, it teaches self-reliance, leadership, independence, and community – without them even realizing it. They’re not forced to learn it. “The heart of all this is that the troop has to be boy-led, not the dads out putting the tents up and doing the things for the kids. Sometimes when things don’t go right and it’s kinda hard, those are the things you remember the most.” According to the Boy Scouts of America’s figures, Scouts have contributed more than 100 million hours of service to America, a figure the organization itself deems “mindboggling.” Cooke sees his job as a Scout leader as similar to that of 5 6 his role as a parent. “Your job is to teach them and make 1. Troop 1 Scouts riding the snowy 90-mile Greenbrier River Trail near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (March 2013) sure they grow up to be good citizens, good mothers and Pearce Robertson, Nicholas Mungan, Bennett Weeks, Trussell Jones fathers, and informed, involved citizens. It doesn’t happen 2. Jack, Campbell and Collins Cooke with Keith Bear on board the Amtrak “Empire Builder” bound for Montana by accident. Sometimes it can be stressful, sometimes 3. Rock climbing in Northwest Arkansas 2012. Conor Crain tough, and that’s when you know you are doing a good 4. Troop 1 Scouts ready to board the Amtrak Cardinal bound for White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., March 2013 5. Canoe portage. Campbell Cooke. Boy Scouts of America Nation High Adventure Base, Atikokan, Ontario job.” 6. BSA Northern Tier High Adventure Base, Atikokan, Ontario. Gus Carroll, Chris Ray, Henry Ray

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The Gospel according to Northsider Victor Smith would probably read something like this: Salvation in Christ is free – but a purposeful, effective life is not. In fact, “discipline” might be one of Smith’s favorite words. After serving in the Army, marrying, starting an oil and gas business, living in Jackson for half a century, establishing a couple of nonprofits and serving on the boards of numerous others, Smith does have his eye on retirement. But he isn’t there yet. “I’m 84, so I’m trying to slow down. I’m going to retire at 90,” he says. Seems like a good round number. Smith grew up in Hazlehurst and attended the University of Mississippi. He never finished, he said, because he had what is now known as ADD, or attention deficit disorder. “I was fixing to go into

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my senior year and had to take a test. I didn’t pass the test, so I went into the Army for two years,” he said. Despite not giving him a degree, the university was good to Smith. It introduced him to Jackson-born Mildred Primos, whom he wed during his time with the Army. They’ve been married 62 years and have four children and eight grandchildren.

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Victor Smith, 1943

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“We had a honeymoon cottage at Fort Devens, Mass., at the back end of a pastor’s house. Those were the good old days,” Smith says. In 1953, the young couple moved to Jackson, where Smith worked at Primos Restaurant (predecessor to Primos Café) for several months. Then he decided to invest in a small oil well. “I had some money saved. I was making $300 a month and all you can eat. I was always one for taking a little risk,” he says with a laugh. Soon the oil well started bringing in about $60 a month, or $500 in today’s money. “Then my friend Homer Best asked me to join him and get in the oil and gas business. We bought and sold royalty interests. There was a big field discovered in Citronelle, Ala. We bought interests and land there and sold it,” Smith says. Today, Victor P. Smith Oil Company is “not a very big business,” he says.

“We have three girls and four men and myself. We drill about six wells a year.” Smith actually drills more wells – water wells, that is – through Clean Water for Malawi, a Jackson-based 501c3 that he started in 2010. Clean Water has drilled 142 wells in three years, which averages out to more than 47 wells a year. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa, with small villages lacking easy access to clean water. More than 30,000 Malawians die every year just from using dirty water. But Smith’s organization is stemming that tide. All told, Smith said he’s been to Africa 13 times, both with Clean Water for Malawi and with Here’s Life Africa, a group that shows the “Jesus” film, evangelizes and plants churches. “We’ve seen 16 million people in Africa pray to receive Christ since Here’s Life Africa started in 1997. I didn’t get involved until 2002. I was president, but now I’m just on the board. “I’m trying to slow down,” Smith says again. He’s also been to Honduras around 30 times with Salt and Light, another nonprofit he helped establish 10 years ago. Salt and Light builds homes for the poor, conducts Vacation Bible School, teaches women to knit and sew, and has helped build a medical clinic, he says. A small stroke a couple of summers ago claimed some of Smith’s balance, so he doesn’t travel overseas anymore. But he’s still involved financially with all his mission efforts. And now Salt and Light has 15 staff members in Honduras and 17 churches in America that support the work. Most of the churches are from Jackson and surrounding areas. Smith’s devotion to mission work comes from his faith in Christ – which became real, suddenly, when he was 41 years old. His church had asked him if he’d be interested in evangelism, and his friend Walter Denny had invited him to go along on a visit to a church member.

Victor and Mildred with Pop Primos, Chicago, 1954

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McCallie High School 1946-48 “I didn’t know the meaning of the word [evangelist] except that Billy Graham was one, and he was important,” Smith says. And Smith didn’t understand why they needed to share Jesus with a man who was already a member of the church. “But when he gave his heart and life to Jesus Christ, I did the same. And it’s not been the same since,” Smith says. “I came to know Jesus as my Savior and got excited about Christian life.” Soon after giving his life to Christ, Smith owned and operated Christian bookstores in Vicksburg and the Jackson area for 25 years. After selling his interests in the stores, he started doing some real estate development in the ‘70s. He’s still developing the Country Place and Windward Bluff subdivisions in Rankin County. Then he got into foreign missions, and the story goes on. This is an incomplete list of his involvements: He is a founding board member of Salt and Light; a board member for Here’s Life Africa; president of Clean Water for Malawi; a board member for the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA); a founding member of Mission Mississippi; a board member for the local chapter of Youth for Christ; was a founding member of the Christian Businessmen’s Committee of Jackson, now known as Young Business Leaders; and was the finance chairman for Billy Graham’s first Mississippi crusade. Oh, and for one eight-year period he served on the Mississippi Gaming Commission. “Just talking about this makes me tired,” he says. And he’s quick to emphasize that many, many people have contributed to the success of the above groups. “I pray against pride, because haughtiness goes before a fall.” Yet he’s still working. Why?

Victor Smith celebrating 400th house built by Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area. “I guess I still owe money and need to pay back my debt,” he says with a laugh. But also, “I have a grasshopper mind. It jumps from this deal to that deal to that deal. And I’m always interested in things I think the Lord is interested in.” Smith is a member of Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson and a few different “small groups” that meet in the mornings to “share and learn about God and grow in our faith,” he says. “Then from 8 to 9 a.m. I’m with [Clean Water for Malawi Executive Director] Bill Manduka in my office. Then I talk to my oil people, and then my real estate manager, David Beard, who’s also on the Clean Water board.” Smith is also a member of the Rotary Club of Jackson and has been a member of River Hills Club in Jackson for 50 years. “I used to play a lot of tennis. But I haven’t played in 15 years now. Golf was the same way. I read a lot of Christian books [in my spare time],” Smith says. But remember that grasshopper mind? This is what it jumped to most recently:

Victor Smith with Cindy Griffin, the executive director for Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area.

“Through Youth for Christ, we want to present to the greater Jackson area some of the health risks confronting our young people and present some solutions – for diabetes, alcoholism, drugs, teen pregnancy, pornography – and their need to know Jesus and what He’s done for them,” he says. The Youth for Christ board has been planning, meeting with school district officials, and reaching out to potential speakers. The Christian-based health fair is tentatively slated for August. “We need testimonies from people who have chosen to confront health problems and overcome them,” Smith says. “We want to teach young people that we must lead a disciplined life in order to be very effective. For instance a person that’s born with diabetes has to be disciplined because they need insulin in order to exist.” Smith, who contracted Type II diabetes about 15 years ago, applies that same discipline to his spiritual life. “We as Christians have the ability to have joy. It’s about realizing I have the tools to live the Christian

Victor Smith with Willie Mae Brown, a Habitat home owner. Willie Mae is an inspiration to us all. She has paid off her mortgage and has even traveled with Northminster Baptist Church on a mission trip.

life – quiet time, the knowledge of who God is. You can have a victorious life, but you have to work against your addictions and things that are pulling you down,” he says. “Some addictions look like very nice things. We have to have discipline to overcome that.” However, Smith doesn’t want people to mistake his work ethic for legalism. “[Salvation] is a free gift from God. That’s what grace is, Him giving His Son that we don’t deserve,” he says. “I used to memorize that verse, ‘Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His purpose.’ And I used to think that meant you work for your salvation. But that’s not true. It means you work it out because salvation is already inside you [because of Christ]. “I guess the main burden on my heart is to teach people about Jesus, and not the Christian religion. We don’t need to be religious people. We just need to be followers of Jesus.” Here is a man who has followed well.

Victor Smith is a lifetime member of the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area. In 2013 HFHMCA announced the establishment of the Victor P. Smith Cornerstone Society for Donors.

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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

—Rabindranath Tagore

This poem is a favorite of Ellen Gabardi’s, and anyone who knows her can tell you why. Her life is a testament to its meaning. If service leads to joy and joy leads to service, then it is no wonder that Ellen is one of the most joyful, joy-giving people that you could ever meet. She will be the first to tell you, though, that “joy,” to her, means “deep satisfaction.” Her life hearkens to theologian Frederick Buechner’s belief that “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Beyond her most cherished roles as wife of 28 years to husband Curt, and mother to their sons Lee, 23, and Ben, 21, Ellen has been an active servant, following her own deep gladness, trusting that this is how the world’s deep hunger is best fed. With formal training in contemplative leadership and in spiritual direction from the Shalem Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Center for Ministry at Millsaps College, Ellen is known for her work as a leader of small groups and retreats locally and regionally. She has more than 20 years of experience leading contemplative offerings that invite participants into an awareness of the sacredness of their everyday lives.

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Additionally, providing meaningful environments and experiences specifically for children has been an essential piece of her life’s work. She served as chairperson for St. James’ Adopt-A-School relationship, creating Journey Camp for several summers for the children of Morrison Elementary. She was one of the founders of the Montessori School at St. James’ where she then served as catechist. She served on the vestry and as commissioner for Children’s Spiritual Formation at St. James’, as PTA president at McLeod Elementary and as assistant chaplain at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. She gained clarity regarding her life’s purpose through a trusted friend, Jo G. Prichard, many years ago: To prepare environments and experiences which allow people to move more deeply into their lives. Across our city and beyond, there are countless children, youth and adults whose lives have been touched by Ellen’s efforts to fulfill her purpose. And this summer, two organizations close to her heart are especially thankful for her role in their work: Operation Shoestring and St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. Ten years ago this summer, Ellen and her son, Lee, were the driving forces behind the founding of a summer camp experience that brought together the children served by the central Jackson nonprofit agency Operation Shoestring and upper school students of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School for what would quickly become a treasured annual tradition for everyone involved. In 2005 when Lee was a freshman at St. Andrew’s, he began to ponder how he might fulfill his school’s required service hours over the summer break. Pulling from her belief that our greatest gifts of service come through joy, Ellen asked her son a question to which she already knew the answer. “What do you enjoy? Where do you find joy?” The answer: basketball. Several rounds of brainstorming and a few phone calls later, HoopStrings Camp was born, a week-long camp run by Lee and some of his fellow St. Andrew’s classmates for a handful of elementary-aged boys from Operation Shoestring’s summer camp. It was a hit. The boys from Operation Shoestring couldn’t wait to get back to the basketball court the next morning after they left their new St. Andrew’s friends each afternoon. According to Operation Shoestring Executive Director Robert Langford, “Once that week was up, I believe those boys spent the rest of the summer talking about that week and the rest of the year reminiscing about it.” Similarly, Ellen saw that the camp made a lasting impact on Lee and his friends who got to spend time doing something they loved, but got to do it as a gift of service. Most importantly, it gave both groups of boys - those from St. Andrew’s and Operation Shoestring - the chance to form relationships with one another despite any differences in their backgrounds or neighborhoods. In the end, they were just boys - boys who loved dribbling and shooting and having fun. Ellen knew - as did the leadership of both St. Andrew’s and Operation Shoestring - that HoopStrings had been a valuable experience for all - and that it should be repeated. And repeat she did. Fast forward to summer 2014; the 10th anniversary of the St. Andrew’s/Operation

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Shoestring summer camps. Thirteen of these week-long “mini-camps” are taking place this summer, including SoccerShoes, RacquetStrings, ScienceStrings, HorseShoes, CraftStrings, DanceShoes, ApronStrings, ArtStrings, and CheerShoes, with new additions this summer of a swimming camp, a foreign language camp, and a chess camp. The camps are held at the St. Andrew’s north campus where the campers enjoy the inviting spaces of the school’s indoor and outdoor facilities, as well as at the Mississippi Craft Center, Providence Hill Farm, the Mississippi Museum of Art, and the

Ellen knew that

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YMCA. Additional past site partners have included the Jackson Convention Complex, Viking Cooking School, and Madison United Methodist Church. Managing the growing list of camp offerings has become a year-round volunteer enterprise. Ellen puts in countless hours recruiting staff, organizing counselors, and helping to raise funds to make the camps possible. The camps are supported financially from three sources:

each St. Andrew’s counselor raises $100; local businesses and individual supporters make monetary and in-kind contributions; and the churches, institutions and individuals who benefit from Ellen’s small groups and retreats throughout the year provide monetary contributions. “I am very grateful for the generosity of my friends who continue to breathe life into these camps through their financial and in-kind gifts,” she said. “There’s no other way to say it other than that their support just makes me happy. It really does.” These camps have become an integral part of Operation Shoestring’s overall summer camp experience for the central Jackson elementary and middle school students they serve, as well as an in-demand service opportunity for around 50 St. Andrew’s students who serve as camp counselors each summer. It’s all worth it to her, Ellen says, “to see the St. Andrew’s students discover service as a path to a new world of relationships, of selflessness, of purpose, of awareness of their gifts, and, for many ... a new way of experiencing their own lives.” And it’s all worth it to her “to see the Operation Shoestring children dribble, stir, dance, fish, experiment, paint, hula hoop, and laugh their way through a summer day. What could be any sweeter than that?” True to her life’s purpose of preparing meaningful environments and experiences for others, she says, “It is my hope that the St. Andrew’s/Operation Shoestring summer camps provide a spaciousness and graciousness for the children and for the counselors - an environment that is spacious enough and gracious enough so that an easy summertime joy settles into the bones of each camper and counselor - like magic.” And that, my friends, is exactly what happens.

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he 2014 USTA League championship season is well under way. “We have had two championships so far with great tennis, some rain, lots of fun and winners crowned,” says USTA Mississippi Director of Adult Leagues Lindsey Sartain. “The 65 and over and the 55 and over are in the books. We will have a total of eight championships when it’s all said and done in November,” Sartain said. The 55 and over tournament was held in Greenville in May. Teams from the East Central, Gulf Coast and Jackson areas brought home the titles. Winners from both the 55 and 65 divisions will head to Asheville, N.C., in September to compete at the USTA Southern Sectionals. The next two championships are this month, with the 40 and over on the Gulf Coast and the 18 and over in Jackson and Ridgeland. Winning teams from the Northside are Sid Sims, Men’s 9.0; Danny Mitchell, Men’s 3.5; Sandra McLaurin, Women’s 3.5 and Nina Tomlinson’s 4.0 team. The annual Southern Senior Cup Team Championships continues to be the USTA Southern Section’s crown jewel of adult competition in the South. Up to 300 of the top players go to Huntsville, and represent their state in team competition in men’s and women’s 35 to 75 age divisions. Huntsville Tennis Center has 24 clay courts offering a beautiful setting for this prestigious event. The 2013 team had great success with the 55 men’s team of Ken Koelling, Mark Thompson and Marty Pearson winning the 55 division. They won all four team matches without losing a set. The 75 men’s team of Albert Lyle and Ken Toler won third place; only losing a close match to top seeded and eventual winner Louisiana in the semifinals. Team captains Marty Pearson and Linda Thompson have completed their team for 2014 and are ready to take on the other Southern Senior Cup teams. Representing Mississippi from the Northside are Celia Coffey, Lauree Davis, Venecca Mason, Kathy Morgan, Anne Culpepper, Sally Thompson, Mark Thompson, Jill Gray, Cheryl Harris, Jeanne Moak, Geri Smith, Ron Johnson, David McKey, Albert Lyle and Willie Mae Lott. For a complete list of the 2014 Mississippi Senior Cup The Jackson Prep High School Tennis Team is the 2014 MAIS AAA State Championship Team.

Jackson Prep championship team: Ellis Abdo, Trey Ivision, Wesley Roberson, Holman Buchanan, Jacob Whitaker, Robert Mounger, Thomas Joyner, John Puckett, Coach Jon Marcus Duncan, Coach Rachel Causey; (front) Kendall Causey, Kennady Galloway, Syndey Turnage, Bray Koury, Myers Mercier, Carly Causey, Cady Porter 40

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by JENNY MARKOW team, visit www.mstennis.com. Jimmie Coins loves tennis and loves to bring other people to the game, “My goal has always been to share tennis with others and show people that a good tennis game is a friend for life. Through our DEUCE Program, they learn that being a tennis player can make them healthier and happier people.” This program is geared toward beginner level adults and juniors with a few players that know a little more about the game being involved as well. Coins started the five week program in May and it will run through June at Jackson State University. Although court time is very important, the main purpose is to offer a wellness incentive to all involved by introducing the basic tennis skills to those beginners and reinitiating the interest to those who have played by setting up fun practice sets and drills to bring them back into the game. Many of these players will go on to play league tennis and some have played in the past

Winning special recognition on the Prep championship team are: Jacob Whitaker, Impact Award; Robert Mounger, Most Valuable Player; Trey Ivison, Patriot Award; Thomas Joyner, Patriot Award; John Puckett, Most Improved; (front) Kennady Galloway, Most Improved; Myers Mercier, Patriot Award; Cady Porter, Coaches Award; Carly Causey, Patriot Award; Syndey Turnage, Impact Award; Bray Koury, Most Valuable Player

Coming up behind the championship team is another group of outstanding players (from left, back) Ellis Abdo, Most Valuable Player; Holman Buchanan, Patriot Award; Wesley Roberson, Most Improved; (front) Kendall Causey, Most Valuable Player; Brittany Wilkinson, Most Improved; Grace Gourlay, Patriot Award

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In the Girls 16 division, Meredith Roberts defeated Sylvia Viljoen, both girls from the tri-county area. L-R: Sylvia Viljoen, Meredith Roberts

Seen with tournament director, Cheryl Harris is junior Christopher Wilkins from Hattiesburg.

but lost interest and are committed to getting back into the “Sport of a Lifetime.” The Mississippi Tennis Association is proud to announce that the recipients of the 2014 Educational Scholarships are Northsiders Katie Lai and Robert Cragon. Now in its 14th year, the program awards scholarships each year to a deserving young man and woman based on their accomplishments in the classroom, on the tennis court, and in the community. Katie was graduated from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, the National Art Honor Society, the Fashion Club, the Mandarin Club, the Environmental Club, and the Art Club. For the past several summers, she served as a tennis counselor at Racquet Strings Camp, sponsored by Operation Shoestring, an innercity, nonprofit agency in Jackson. She also volunteered at Habitat for Humanity and Mustard Seed and is active in the Mississippi Asian Culture Community. Katie began playing tennis when she was eight years old and living in Guam. She competed in tournaments throughout the Oceania islands, and when she was in the eighth grade, she received a scholarship from the Oceania Tennis Federation to live and train in the ITF training house in Fiji for eight months. After moving to Mississippi in 2011, she began playing in local tournaments and playing USTA Junior Team Tennis. She played for Mississippi in the Southern Junior Cup two years in a row. At St. Andrew’s, her peers voted her Most Valuable Player where she was a major contributor to their success as they won their fifth straight 3A High School State Championship. Katie was awarded the Dorothy Vest Female Player of the

Jimmie Coins is running a DEUCE Program at Jackson State University for beginner adult and junior players. More than 50 people have been participating in his program.

In the girls 14 division, Callie Billman defeated Faatimah Bashir, both Northsiders. L-R: Faatimah Bashir, Callie Billman

Winning the Boys 12 title was Mathis Billman. He defeated Mac Owen for the win.

Waiting on the ball to come back is Larry Qu. Qu defeated Christopher Rios for the Boys 14 title.

Reunion Golf and Country Club recently held a benefit tennis tournament for Prevent Child Abuse Mississippi. Shown are the winners from the fun round robin. Rachel Elmore, Cameron Ridgeway, Megan Humphreys, and Skye Hayman, with event sponsors Lee and Whitney Gladden. Not pictured: Men’s 3.0-3.5 winner Bill Rinehart

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Year by USTA Mississippi in January 2014. She has been accepted to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she will pursue a degree in medicine with the goal of eventually becoming a dermatologist. Katie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lai. Robert is a member of the Jackson Academy 2014 graduating class where he was involved in Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society and the Latin Honor Society. Outside of the classroom he was a camp chaperone for firstgraders, he participated in the JA outdoors club, and he served as a delegate to the Mississippi Lion’s Club Leadership Conference. He played on the JA varsity tennis team beginning in the seventh grade and remained a key player throughout his high school years. In 2014, he and his doubles partner won the AAA number one Boys Doubles MAIS state championship. In addition to school tennis, Cragon played USTA Junior Team Tennis and junior tournaments for the last 10 years. Robert has worked with Dave Randall at River Hills in the after school programs and in their summer camps. This outstanding young man has chosen to attend the University of Alabama, pursuing a degree in biology in preparation for medical school, but he also plans to enjoy tennis as a lifetime sport. Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cragon and is an active member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church. The Homeowners Association of Reunion Golf and Country Club recently had the inaugural Reunion POA Round Robin, a benefit fund-raiser for “Prevent Child Abuse Mississippi.” More than 50 participants enjoyed the event. The 2014 winners were Rachel Elmore, Cameron Ridgeway, Megan Humphreys and Skye Hayman along with Men’s 3.0-3.5 winner Bill Rinehart. Organizing the fun round robin were Amanda Dowd, Julianna Edge, Haley Dollarhide, Jim McAllister and John Henson. The weather is getting hotter each day, make sure you drink plenty of fluids before, during and after you play tennis. As always, for all of your tennis needs, visit mstennis.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter at ustamississippi.

The Mississippi Tennis Association Educational Tennis Scholarship is awarded each year to a graduating senior boy and girl. The 2014 winners are both from the Northside. Katie Lai and Robert Cragon are the recipients this year.

Robert Cragon graduated from Jackson Academy and he is going to the University of Alabama, pursuing a degree in biology in preparation for medical school.

Katie Lai graduated from St. Andrew’s and plans to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., where she will pursue a degree in medicine with the goal of eventually becoming a dermatologist.

During the recent USTA League 55 and Over Championships held in Greenville, four teams from the Northside won their division.

55 and Over 3.5 Men: Bob Dowd, David Farris, Michael Ward, Danny Brantley; (front) Art Leis, Ray Sears, Danny Mitchell (captain), John Halverson, John Townsend, Gene Phillips. Not pictured: John Hearn

55 and over 3.5 Women: Trish Windham, Janis Freeland, Sally Hovanec, Reveland Wheat, Sue Yarbro; (front) Linda Blisset, Muriel Greer, Sandra McLaurin (captain), Faye Hudson, Sissy Jackson, Toni Williams. Not pictured: Misook Kim, Kathy Clark

45 and Over 4.0 Women: Barbara West, Christine Guizerix, Dinah Singer, Geri Smith, Barbara Rushton; (front) Rachel Breen, Connie Brewer, Lila Gibbs, Nina Tomlinson (captain), Cheryl Harris, Susan Dale

55 and over 9.0 Men: John Sweat, Andy Sweat, Mark Thompson; (front) Jay Jacobus, Charles Wells, Ron Johnson. Not pictured: Sid Sims (captain), Robert Cragon, Robert Weems, Anthony Petro

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few weeks ago, my daughter patted me on the tummy and asked me what the pudge was hanging over my jeans. “A muffin-top,” I quickly replied. She was confused and I did not want to engage in 20 questions about my excessive flab. So, without elaborating too much, I explained that sometimes mommies have a little extra tummy and I changed the subject. In case you, like my daughter, thought that a muffin-top is the part of a breakfast pastry that rises above the rim of the tin or cup during baking, the Oxford English Dictionary provides an alternative, slang definition for muffin-top as a roll of flesh which hangs visibly over a person’s (especially a woman’s) tight-fitting waistband. Now that we are all clear of what a muffin-top is, I am on a mission to make mine disappear. As a gourmet retailer, I am always looking for new products. In my quest for tasty goods I sample many different foods, which may contribute to the excess around my midriff. Recently, I attended the Mississippi Market wholesale event sponsored by the Mississippi Development Authority. The wholesale market brings Mississippi businesses and artisans together with buyers from around the region to help

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REDUCE MUFFIN-TOPS Marlana Walters, Proprietor The Everyday Gourmet

introduce their products to retailers. During the two-day event, I sampled tasty creations ranging from granny’s cheese straws to spoonful fudge. One product I tasted was not only delicious, but professed to help with the belly bulge. After one bite of no-grain granola, I was impressed. It tasted good, really good – I wanted to eat more and know more about this yummy snack. I met Shannon and Zach Jex, the founders of Atlas Snacks, a paleo-friendly company that offers fresh, natural products that support a healthy lifestyle. I have heard of the Paleo Diet, but thought of it as the next weight loss fad. I am not one to jump on the bandwagon of trendy diets, but research from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine found that even short-term consumption of a Paleolithic-type diet improves blood pressure and glucose tolerance, decreases insulin secretion, increases insulin sensitivity, and improves lipid profiles without weight loss in healthy sedentary humans. So, even if you don’t lose weight, your body can begin to function better. According to Zach Jex of Atlas Snacks, the premise of the Paleo Diet is to feed your body natural, wholesome, unprocessed foods while eliminating foods that have anti-nutrients and other things that could harm your body without you really knowing it. It’s called the “Paleo” diet by mainstream media because it’s based on the idea that people should go back to eating what our Paleolithic ancestors ate: meat, vegetables, fruits and nuts. Restrictions of the Paleo regime are: no dairy, no grains, no refined sugar, and no processed foods. I had questions regarding the limitations of the Paleo Diet and Zach provided some surprising answers. Why no dairy? Milk causes an insulin spike when ingested. Dairy contains lactose (milk sugar), casein (a protein), and whey (a protein). More than half of the world’s adult population is lactose intolerant, because lactase stops being produced in some people between two and five years old. The undigested sugars end up in the colon, where they begin to ferment and can cause abdominal distress. Casein is good when you need to actually lactate, but when it gets to the intestines, it can cause what’s known as a “leaky gut,” which is when proteins are allowed to enter the bloodstream

FOODWISE directly and cause problems. Whey is also a protein that a certain segment of the population can’t tolerate. It is believed that by eliminating lactose, casein and whey from your diet, you may also alleviate digestive problems. Why no grains? Grains contain many anti-nutrients that are potentially harmful to your health. Celiac Disease affects a large percentage of the population. This is when the body can’t digest the protein gluten. Even if your body can process it, it is damaging to your intestinal walls and can also cause “leaky gut.” Grains contain high amounts of phytic acid, which bind to the ingested nutrients and prevent absorption. Grains also contain lectins, which are basically the defense mechanism that plants have evolved to stop people from eating them. Lectins cause digestive irritation in order to prevent you from consuming the plant. Some can even trigger an auto-immune response, which causes your body’s organs to start attacking themselves. Grains are also a poor source of bioavailable nutrients compared to meat, seafood, vegetables and fruits. Anything you get from a grain, you can get in better/safer quantities in other foods. Most importantly, grains are just complex sugars that break down into simple sugars (mostly glucose) when digested. Why no sugar? Refined sugar is the devil. Sugar is the number one cause of obesity in America today. Fat in foods doesn’t make you fat sugar does. When you eat sugar (or grains, which are sugar) your body breaks them down into glucose, which then must be purged from the bloodstream because they are damaging to your body. Your pancreas begins releasing insulin, which acts as a conduit between the glucose and your cells, basically allowing the glucose to be deposited in the cells. Since most people live a sedentary lifestyle, the cells only burn a small portion of that glucose. That means that the leftover glucose will be stored as triglycerides, or fat, in your cells, the usual places being your waist, hips, thighs, arms and cheeks. When you eat a bunch of grains (cakes, cookies, muffins, bread) and sugar (soft drinks, candy, sweeteners, pies, etc.) you will store excess fat on your body. This dramatic increase in obesity was spurred along in the 1950s when every expert said to eliminate fat from your diet. Companies began substituting fats with vegetable shortenings and oils and sugar, to make up for the loss in taste. Now, nutritionists understand fat much better and say that fats should be consumed and are healthy for you in most cases. Why no processed foods? This is pretty selfexplanatory. Anything containing chemicals and ingredients which are unnatural are not good for your body. They should be avoided at all costs. Even with all this information, I am not sure I am ready to return to the ways of the caveman – but The Everyday Gourmet will be selling and I will be eating some Atlas no-grain granola. The granola is a mix of cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, coconut, coconut oil, vanilla, dried cranberries, and honey. It’s a great mix of protein, healthy fats, and just the right amount of sweetness. Coconut products are especially beneficial to the body, which is the reason Atlas Snacks roasts all nuts in coconut oil rather than hydrogenated vegetable oil. The granola is low-carb, gluten free, low-glycemic and does not have a significant effect on blood sugar – but most importantly, it’s delicious. After visiting with Zach and Shannon, I couldn’t help but notice one thing missing – muffintops. There is no doubt the Paleo-lifestyle is

working for them, but you should consult your physician before making any radical changes to your diet. Decreasing your carbohydrate intake can rapidly lower your blood sugar levels and blood pressure, which may require medical treatment or prompt adjustments to your medications.

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Elizabeth Kelty Jones & Wallace Sigmon McLaurin WEDDINGS

DECEMBER 21, 2013

CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Sigmon McLaurin

lizabeth Kelty Jones and Wallace Sigmon McLaurin were united in marriage on the evening of December 21, 2013, at Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle. The ceremony was officiated by Father Matthew Simmons. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Baxter Jones of Madison. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis Campassi Jr. of Clarksdale, and Mrs. Samuel Beauchamp Thomas Jones Jr. and the late Mr. Jones of Meridian. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lee McLaurin of Brandon. He is the grandson of Mrs. Marvin Festus Sigmon Jr. and the late Mr. Sigmon of Sherard, and Mrs. John Campbell McLaurin Sr. and the late Mr. McLaurin of Brandon. Nuptial music was provided by Jimmy Scoggins, organist; and Angeley Butler, soloist. Lector was Kristin Ann Carbrey. Program attendants were Louise Hartwell Furr, Alice Lamb McCraney and Anabel Winston McCraney. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a designer gown of ivory Chantilly lace fashioned with an illusion neckline with lace touching the edge of her shoulders and continuing down the fitted long sleeves. From the fitted bodice of lace fell the modified trumpet skirt sweeping into a court train. She wore a cathedral cut edge veil of ivory illusion. Complementing the bride’s ensemble was a bouquet of stephanotis, white majolica spray roses, white freesia and dendrobium orchids. It was finished with a collar of silk dupioni ribbon and the bride’s grandmother’s handkerchief wrapped around the handle and was secured with pearl pins. Maids of honor were Elisabeth Kammer Geimer, Rebecca Ann Gilbert and Marjorie Ann Sauer. Bridesmaids were Mary Katelyn Armstrong, Laura Kathryn House, Kristina Lynn Makey, Olivia McLaurin McCay, Emily Clark McLaurin and Catherine Virginia Yarber. They wore platinum chiffon gowns with a sweetheart neckline. They carried bouquets of white lisianthus, white majolica spray roses, silver brunia, white freesia, Star of Bethlehem, cedar and fir. The bouquets were finished with pewter French velvet ribbon. The bridegroom’s father was best man. Groomsmen were Charles Glen Bush III, Hunter Redmon Harris, Louis Baxter Jones, Chester Warren Masterson, Brent Jackson McCay, Mark Gray McKinnon, Sidney Lee McLaurin Jr. and Charles Davis Secrest. Ushers were David Rivers Brahan and John Campbell McLaurin III. Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception at the Old Capitol Inn. Guests dined and danced to the music of The Second Coming. On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at River Hills Country Club. A bridesmaids luncheon was hosted in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sauer. After a wedding trip to St. Lucia, the couple is at home in Jackson.

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ENGAGEMENTS

Meri Scott Carpenter & Henry Christmas Waterer IV

JULY 12, 2014

PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH • TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI

Meri Scott Carpenter, Henry Christmas Waterer IV

r. and Mrs. Robert Earl Rogers Jr. of Tupelo and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scott Carpenter of Olive Branch announce the engagement of their daughter, Meri Scott Carpenter, to Henry Christmas Waterer IV of Jackson. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James William Jackson of Tupelo, Margie Pitts Gaddy of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Mrs. Johnnie Ray Rogers of Aberdeen, and the late Jack C. Carpenter of Tupelo. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Christmas Waterer III of Jackson. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rafel Marshall Rieves of Smithville, and Henry Christmas Waterer Jr. and the late Jane Patton Waterer of Tchula. Miss Carpenter is a 2009 graduate of Tupelo High School and a 2014 graduate of Mississippi State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations. She is a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. Waterer is a 2009 graduate of Jackson Academy and a 2013 graduate of Mississippi State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in insurance, risk management, and financial planning. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He is associated with Trustmark National Bank. The couple will exchange vows at Parkway Baptist Church in Tupelo, July 12, at 6 p.m. A reception will follow at The Antler in Tupelo.

Mallory Rebecca Dickard & Nathaniel England Upchurch

JUNE 28, 2014

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH • GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI

Nathaniel England Upchurch, Mallory Rebecca Dickard

heila Fratesi Dickard of Greenwood and Richard Paul Dickard Sr. of Tchula announce the engagement of their daughter, Mallory Rebecca Dickard, to Nathaniel England Upchurch of Brandon. The brideelect is the granddaughter of Martha Howard Fratesi of Greenwood and the late Dominic Fratesi, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Wenzell Dickard of Tchula. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lane Upchurch of Brandon. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trenton England of Kosciusko, and Sylvia Upchurch of Lexington and the late Walter Levi Upchurch. Miss Dickard is a 2008 graduate of Pillow Academy and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. She is a 2014 graduate of the University of Mississippi, where she received a master’s of science degree in speech-language pathology. At Ole Miss, she was a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships, Total Communication Club, Special Olympics, Memory Makers and was University of Mississippi graduate vice president of the National Student SpeechLanguage and Hearing Association. Upchurch is a 2007 graduate of Kosciusko High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Mississippi State University in 2011. At Mississippi State, he was student body attorney general and was a member of the Mississippi College Republicans. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, serving as rush chairman. He is a current member of the Phoenix Club of Jackson and Bully Bloc organization. He is the legislative director for the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office. The couple will exchange vows at 4 p.m. June 28 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Greenwood. j u l y

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ENGAGEMENTS

Anne Barrett Polk & Matthew Stevens Hazard

AUGUST 2, 2014

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, THE CHAPEL OF TRANSFIGURATION MOOSE, WYOMING

Anne Barrett Polk

r. and Mrs. Neal Denton Rogers Jr. of Indianola, announce the engagement of her daughter, Anne Barrett Polk, to Matthew Stevens Hazard, both of Jackson, Wyo. Hazard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Boswell Stevens Hazard of West Point. The bride-elect is the daughter of the late Mark Christopher Polk of Indianola. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cooke Robertson, Mrs. Neal Denton Rogers and the late Mr. Rogers, all of Indianola, and Mr. and Mrs. Hal Moody Polk of Starkville. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Mark Gordon Hazard Jr. of West Point, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Russell Gfroerer of Ft. Lauderdale. Miss Polk is a 2006 honor graduate of Indianola Academy. She was graduated cum laude from the University of Mississippi in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority. Miss Polk received her master’s in speech-language pathology from the University of Mississippi in 2012. She is a speech-language pathologist at Children’s Learning Center in Jackson, Wyo. Hazard is a 1999 honor graduate of Jackson Preparatory School. He was graduated from Mississippi State University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. In 2010 he received a postgraduate degree in land development and construction management from the University of California. He is a landscape architect and project manager at Grand Teton National Park in Moose, Wyo. The couple will exchange vows August 2 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, The Chapel of Transfiguration, in Moose, Wyo.

Frances Elizabeth Luke & James Wesley Stringer AUGUST 9, 2014

ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

r. and Mrs. Aubrey Wilton Luke of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Frances Elizabeth Luke, to James Wesley Stringer, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kennedy Stringer of Madison. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Wilton Luke of Jackson, and Florence Blanchard and the late John McAdoo Blanchard of Koscuisko. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Carolyn Stringer and the late James Dudley Stringer of Winona, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Mitchell Smith of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Miss Luke is a 2006 graduate of Ridgeland High School and a 2011 graduate of Mississippi State University, obtaining a degree in elementary education. She is a teacher at the River School in Washington, D.C. Stringer is a 2006 graduate of Madison Ridgeland Academy and a 2010 graduate of Mississippi State University, obtaining a degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations. He is a congressional liaison for the United States Air Force in Washington, D.C. The couple will exchange vows August 9 at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. Frances Elizabeth Luke 52

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ENGAGEMENTS

Katherine McLaurin Cox & Joseph Steele Dehmer AUGUST 9, 2014

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

r. and Mrs. John Lowrey Cox announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine McLaurin Cox, to Joseph Steele Dehmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Theodore Dehmer III and the late Ashleigh Arnold Dehmer, all of Jackson. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Norma Flora Bowen and the late Ernest Gray Flora Jr., formerly of Macon, and Mr. and Mrs. William Harold Cox Jr. of Jackson. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steele Arnold Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Theodore Dehmer Jr., all of Jackson. Miss Cox is a 2008 graduate of Jackson Preparatory School. She was graduated from Mississippi State University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology. At State, she was a member of Chi Omega fraternity. She is associated with C Spire as a recruitment administrator. Dehmer is a 2008 graduate of Jackson Academy. He was graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology. At Ole Miss, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He is associated with Marchetti, Robertson, and Brickell as an account executive. The couple will exchange vows August 9 at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson. Katherine McLaurin Cox, Joseph Steele Dehmer

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PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS

Meg Bowden and Will Fontaine engagement party

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An engagement party for Meg Bowden and Will Fontaine was held recently in the Woodland Hills home of Elise and Tommy Williams. Co-hosts and hostesses are Betty and John Allin, Arty and Robert Bass, Alison and Max Bowman, Sarah and Phil Buffington, Cathy and Bob Bullock, Joy and Donnie Cannada, Marsha and Tim Cannon, Melissa and Rick Cavett, Elaine and Henry Chatham, Vicki and Hal Daughdrill, Leigh and Jim Eley; Also, Donna and Robbie Evans, Bette and George Fair, Mary Kelly and David Farrish, Tell and Hal Flowers, Jane and Gary Fox, Mary Sydney Green, Susan and Jim Haltom, Clare and Tim Hanlon, Christi and David Hardy, Renee and Jimmy

Kay Patterson, Betty Allin, Marsha Cannon

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Jones, Mary and Johnny Jones, Gail and Rob Jones, Nan and Crane Kipp, Nell Inda and Donald Lutken, Barbara and Andrew Mallinson; Also, Patsy and David Marsh, Margaret McLarty, Charlotte and Richard McNeel, Jane and Don Nichols, Beth and Steve Orlansky, Kay and Thomas Patterson, Holly and Alan Peeples, Peggy and Bob Rives, Robyn and Todd Roberts, Tillie and Jimmy Rosen, Ann and Tommy Rueff, Jen and Steve Sampson, Emily and Fred Smith, June and Harper Stone, Jane and Lynn Stringer, Lynn and Gaines Sturdivant, Lee and Burney Threadgill, and Donna and Hubert Worley. The wedding will be June 14 at First Presbyterian Church.

Paul, Mary, Opal, Julia, Gabbie and Ben Bowden

Sarah Reynolds, Sallie Lowman, Graham and Eleanor Hughes, Mary and Paul Bowden

Tommy and Ann Rueff, Rick and Melissa Cavett, Tillie and Jimmy Rosen, Kay Patterson

Graham Bowden, Ginny Fly

Henry and Elaine Chatham, Gary and Jane Fox

Graham, Paul, Mary and Meg Bowden, Will Fontaine, Gib Bowden

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Nan Goodman, Kay Patterson, Justine and Frances Croft, Mary Sydney Green, Elise Williams

Meg Bowden, Eleanor and Will Fontaine

Will Fontaine, Meg Bowden, Elise, Tommy and Marie Elise Williams, Lee Smith

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DeSa an n Sm mit iittth h

After moving from New Orleans to Mississippi, DeSan joined Magnolia M.B. Church. She loves all her church family. She sings in the choir and she participated in the Beauty and Beau pagent at church. She attends Wayne County High School where she plays basketball. She enjoys reading, singing, dance and playing ball with her twin brother. She loves to shop with her mom Denise and sister Shmira. She always has a big smile for ever yone.

Denise, DeSan and Shmira

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Taylor Brown, Eva Dodge, Margaret Wright, Martha Rose Wright, Ellen Carr

bridal shower Catherine Murphree, Margaret Wright, Casey Chinn

Cindy Reed, Carol Ann Carter, Kathleen Fitzpatrick

An around-the-clock bridal shower was recently held in the home of Becky Clarke for Margaret Wright. Co-hostesses were Tina Arnold, Sally Brewer, Robin Browning, Carol Ann Carter, Kelley Fenelon, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Melissa Murphree, Olivia Neill, Jackie Peets, Elizabeth Raulston, Cindy Reed, Kathy Scott, Kandy Sims, Margaret Tohill, Jayne Westbrook, Beth Wilson, and Margaret Wood. Shown are scenes from the event.

Melissa Murphree, Margaret Wood, Sally Brewer

Sally Brewer, Tina Arnold, Becky Clarke, Robin Browning, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Raulston; (middle row) Margaret Tohill, Kandy Sims, Melissa Murphree, Tina Carr, Ellen Carr, Martha Rose Wright; (front) Margaret Wood, Lelia Wright, Margaret Wright, Cindy Reed, Kathy Scott 60

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EVENTS NEW STAGE TOAST A musical salute to the celebrated composers of the Great White Way, past and present, was presented recently at the Fairview Inn. Included was music from such popular Broadway musicals as “Cats,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Curtains,” “The Wiz,” “West Side Story,” and “A Chorus Line,” plus complimentary wine and a gourmet three-course dinner. A Toast to Broadway is a benefit for Mississippi’s professional regional theater, New Stage Theatre.

Vaughan and Nora Frances McRae; (front) Richard McRae and LJ Brewer

Shawn and Ellen Alexander, Kelly Haber

Ester French, Susie Friou

Russell and Betsy Turley

Steve and Clarisse McDonald, Al and Laura Underwood

Ellen and Lester Hailey, Pam and Dick David

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Kelli and Tim Irby

Susan and Tommy Weems

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Susie and Bill Grothe

Henry Burge, Barbara Austin, Trish and Kenny Windham

Mary Alice and Donny White

Susan, Lantz, and Paige Kuykendall

Charlotte Barry, Jean Bush

Jim Becker, Foye Bycofski, Susie Becker

Joan Parsons, Lorraine Copeland, Lee Ann Whitley

Mary Eliza and Howard McMillan

Pat Krakos, Sandra McLaurin

Virginia and David Allen

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EVENTS USA IBC MEMBERSHIP PARTY Artist Andrew Bucci was the honored guest at the Friends of the USA IBC membership party held recently at Brown’s Fine Art and Framing. His “Figure in Green” painting was selected as the official commemorative poster art for the 2014 USA International Ballet Competition which was held in June. The party, “Ballet, Blues and Bucci,” also featured music by Jesse Robinson. Shown are scenes from the party. Linda Allee, Tom Hunter

Phoebe Pearigen, V.A. Patterson

Betsy and Stewart Hood

Mary Schiele Scanlon, Robyn Touchstone, Dorothy Hawkins

Gloria and David Harvey, Andrew Bucci

Kay Martin, Jane Hiatt, Sally Walker

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Debbie and Mark Saxon

Rachael Fritsch, Hannah Renegar

Jan Evers, Ralph McDaniel

Mollie and Larry Gregory

USA IBC MEMBERSHIP PARTY

Heber and Sister Simmons

Margaret Bucci, Mona Nicholas, Tacy Rayburn

Allison and Allison Douglas Manning, Vicki Blake

Elise Smith, Mary Grace Brown

Ken and Jane Jones, Steve Godbold

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EVENTS DEBUTANTE MOTHERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; LUNCHEON The Debutante Mothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club of Mississippi spring luncheon was held recently at the Country Club of Jackson. Shown are scenes from the event.

Shari Culver, Sylvia Tighe, Deborah Lampton

Jordan Yerger, Anna Liddell

Susie Brabec, Betty Sauer, Cheryl Welch

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Judy Morris, Sandy Black

Angela Stephens, recording secretary; Pamela Butts, treasurer; Susie Brabec, advisor; Jane Jones, publicity chairman; (front) Betty Sauer, corresponding secretary; Frances Cole, president; Holly Buchanan, first vice president; Jackie Root, second vice president

Melissa Murphree, Jean Bush, Jackie Root, Frances Cole

Lori Newcomb, Cathy Miller

Camille Snyder, Cheryl Allen

Keller Wray, Irene Mangum

Melissa Neyland, Courtney Pyron

DEBUTANTE MOTHERS’ LUNCHEON

Jane Smith, Sylvia Tighe

Robin Tucker, Anita Alexander, Frances and Leah Cole

Caroline and Diane Kemp, Sonya Loper

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EVENTS MADISON COUNTY BUSINESS LEAGUE COFFEE The Madison County Business League hosted the Coffee with the Senator luncheon recently at the Country Club of Jackson. Sen. Thad Cochran was keynote speaker. Shown are scenes from the luncheon

Alderman Ken Jacobs, Lenita Knight, Sen. Will Longwitz

Kerri Paul, Omar Nelson

Kacie Sanford, Chris Roberts, Renee Rice Vozzo

Bill Guion, Sherry Chance, Tim Coursey, Tina Lakey, Sam Kelly, Dick Hutchinson

Sen. Cochran, Sister Mary Dorothea Sondgeroth

Jim and Susan Pettis

Commissioner of Agriculture Cindy Hyde-Smith, First Lady Deborah Bryant

Jan Collins, Sen. Cochran

Phil Buffington, Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, Mayor Les Childress

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EVENTS WOMEN’S FOUNDATION The fifth birthday party for the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi was held recently at the WFM office. Shown are scenes from the celebration.

Rebecca Wiggs, Jamie Bardwell, Patsy Brumfield

Omar Rachud, Katie Powell

Gloria Harvey, Fairfax Ewing, Kathleen O’Beirne

LaFawn Gilliam, Susan Shands Jones, Gloria Harvey, Jamie Bardwell

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Katie McClendon, Sammy Moon

Annie Cooper, Jasmine McCloud

Regina Quinn, Mary Currier

LaFawn Gilliam, Selena Swartzfager, Sandra Foote, Kathy Purser

Michelle Owens, Deyanna Jenkins

Carol Penick, Donna Barksdale

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EVENTS HEART OF THE HOME SPONSOR GALA The Heart of the Home Sponsor Gala was held recently in the home of Kathleen and Bill Geary. Heart of the Home is the Jackson Prep PAT’s annual fund-raiser. The evening included live entertainment by Swing de Paris and the opportunity to preview several of the online auction items, plus hors d’oeuvres and dessert selections. Shown are scenes from the gala.

Chip and Liz Walker, Mark and Sharon McCreery

Elisa Phillips, Kathleen Geary

Virginia Carlton, Suzanna McGowan-Baroni, Leslie and Trip Wells

Nancy Brister, Trisha Richardson, Linda and Tony Edwards

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Cathy Miller, Len and Sally Martin

Duane Dewey, Julia and Paul Ott, Dyanne and Johnny Ray

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Kathryn Sams, Blair Hederman, Pryor Graeber

Amanda and Chuck Box

Greg Griffith, Julie Koestler

Anne Pringle, Saundra Dewey

Brian Phillips, John Howie, Libba and John Wise

Rivers Mounger, Stacy Stovall, Cathy May, Heather Vise

Sapna Michael, Kim Porter

Sally and Len Martin, Susie Puckett, Susan Lindsay

Laurie Koury, Laurie Huffman, Darla Draughn

Brenda Mardis, Dena Burleson, Hollie Torrence

Veeresh Michael, Trey Porter

Sarah Skelton, Peter Koury

Tonquin Stovall, Chip Walker

Melissa and Ryan Sherman

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EVENTS PICKIN’ POPPIN’ AND ROCKIN’ FUND-RAISER Pickin’ Poppin’ & Rockin’, a fund-raiser celebrating the Neighborhood Christian Center and Peyton’s House, was held recently at Duling Hall. Shown are scenes from the event.

Pamela Houchins, Molly and Ryan Swindell

Darnell and Bobby Dye

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John Neill, Jim Grenfell

Read and Elizabeth Meadows, Alan Gray

Jane Wiggins, Melinda Wilkinson, Robin Wise, Carol Craig

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Lounette and Lamar Maxwell

Helen Lewis, Karan York

Leslie Carpenter, John Bussey

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Zac Watts, Olivia Brown

Diane Defore, Susan Stewart, Sharon Tew

Kelly McMillan, Johnnie Bruce, Kevin Russell, Tracy Ford

Polly and Bo Bourne, Emily and Stuart Whitaker

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EVENTS MS OPERA HOME SWEET HOME The Mississippi Opera recently presented â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Sweet Homeâ&#x20AC;? in celebration of the legacy of opera singer Adelina Patti. The onewoman show, held at the Old Capitol Museum, featured soprano Susan Ruggiero accompanied by Elizabeth Moak. A reception followed, hosted by the Mississippi Opera Guild. Shown are scenes from the reception. Ann McLenore, Jennifer Schulmeier, Nola Gibson

Greg Schulmeier, Susan Ruggiero

Don Potts, Margaret and Harris Collier

David Duncan, Bob Soukup, Eric Eaton

Theresa Jacobs, Margaret Wodetzki, Dick Johnson

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EVENTS BALLET MS SPONSOR PARTY A sponsor party was held recently in the home of Shawn and Jay O’Mara following Ballet Mississippi’s spring performance held at the Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center. The featured performance was Act II from “Swan Lake.” Special guest artist William Smith, currently with the Atlanta Ballet, performed the pas de deux. Shown are scenes from the sponsor party. Beverly Rester, Laurilyn Fortner, Charlotte Hunter

Lynda Wright, Alice Lusk, David Keary, Cherri Barnett

Ken and Lisa Magee, David Sanders, Snow Wang

Chris and Cindy Funkhouser

Julia Rester, Lex and Margaret Taylor, Cherri Barnett, Connie and Bo Chastain

Millie Clanton, Margaret Taylor

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Madeline Katool, Shawn O’Mara, Ed Payne

Nelson Madrigal, Sierra Halstead, Ashley O’Mara, Suzie Raines, Adi Alnedia, William Smith

Jim and Kay Martin

Jay O’Mara, Angie Noble

BALLET MS SPONSOR PARTY

Laurie and John Raines, David Keary, Connie and Bo Chastain

Kristen Williams, Kelly Haber, Kay Martin, Cindy Funkhouser

Ken Hall Barnett, Shawn O’Mara, John Madden, Cherri Barnett

Julia Rester, Amanda Overby, Beatrice and Victoria Morgan

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EVENTS EUDORA WELTY GARDENS LUNCHEON Eudora Welty House’s 10th anniversary garden luncheon was held recently at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Writer and humorist Julia Reed was the guest speaker. Camellias propaged directly from Eudora’s camellias as well as night-blooming cereus plants were on sale, benefiting the Welty Garden Fund. Shown are scenes from the luncheon. Phoebe Pearigen, Betsy Bradley, Rob Pearigen

Lauren Noble, Mary Alice White, Lynn Eastland

Joanne Cheek, Sister Simmons

Donna Dye, Michael and Evelyn Jefcoat

Lela Salisbury, Carolyn Brown, Jan Taylor, Carla Wall, Kit Barksdale

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Caroline Sims, Margaret McPhillips

Nancy Beirman, Jan Taylor, Polly Shanks

Madeline Hindman, Chico Taylor, Pat Ross, Mary Taylor

Kandy Sims, Julia Reed

Karen Redhead, Susan Haltom

EUDORA WELTY GARDENS LUNCHEON

Julia Farris, Sandra West, Jeanette Waits

Joyce Hollingsworth, Patty Furr, Sue Berry

Jane Alexanda, Brenda Currin, David Kaplan

Carol and Frank Spencer, Bill Osborne

Lynn Eastland, Lauren Noble, Madeline Hindman

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EVENTS OLE MISS REBEL ROAD TRIP Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze, head basketball coach Andy Kennedy and athletics director Ross Bjork visited Jackson as the Ole Miss Rebel Road Trip rolled through the state capital in the seventh of an 11-stop, weeklong tour of the region. The event was held at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, and in addition to the speakers, the meetings include Ole Miss officials, special guests, information booths, merchandise and a video look at the university.

Amber Williams, Heather Hammons

Ella, Jacob and Rachel Stanley

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Bill Brown, Cy Rosenblatt, Joey Havens, Ferriss Brown, Hayden West

Keith Carter, Rick Cleveland s u n

Missy and Thomas Brame

Chris Clarke, Michael McCullough, Vince Vavrunek

Doug Morgan, Sagar Patel, Clint Moody, Ben Seale

Kinkead and Hayes Dent

Tim Lawless, Jerry Roberts

Vick and Mena Applewhite

Greg and John Michael Lindsey

OLE MISS REBEL ROAD TRIP

Bouncer Robertson, Pat McNease

Chuck Lee, Grant Parker, Brent Winstead

Austin Harvey, Blake Kirby

Alan McCormick, Andrea Staires, Glen Waddle

Jerry, Kelly and Kay Wilkinson

Ed, Ann, Brandon and Jack Gardner

Ben Bostick, Dan and Christie Bennett, Chad Colbert

Mike and David Gladney

Tim Walsh, Port Kaigler

Chuck Nelms, Bill Gartin

David Clark, David Walker, Henry Rose j u l y

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OLE MISS REBEL ROAD TRIP

Ty Harrell, Clark Atkinson

Alan Freeland, Vickie Smith, Judy Watts

Brian Risher, Michael Upton, Bill Sprayberry

Earl Winterstein, Donny Clark, Charles Morris

Jayne and Charles Stevens

Bill Brown, Mayo Flynt

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Glenda and Ron Smith

Joey Havens and Hu Meena

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EVENTS SANTE SOUTH The 10th annual Santé South Wine Festival was held recently during the Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival at Reniassance at Colony Park. The festival benefits the Alzheimer’s Association Mississippi Chapter. Santé South affords an opportunity for the wine enthusiast to speak directly with the winemaker and features more than 120 new-release wines from small production and boutique wineries and food samplings from more than 20 Mississippi restaurants. Dan McNerney, Nicole Kemp

Shannon Jackson, Sarah Knight, Tracy Shook

Karen Cecchettini, Kristin Allen

Chris Shapley, Price Davis, Mary Shapley

Susan Womack, Susanne Arnett

Patty Cook, Patty Dunn, TJ Harvey, Sarah Gibson, Erika Berry, Olivia Thompson, Judith Forshee, Jennifer Stewart

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Katy and Jamie Houston

Laverne Edney, Michelle Owens

Jeane and Matt Herfurth

Jeanne Butler, John Powell

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Gabe and Ashley Baldwin

Julie Jackson, Cathy Harkins, Brian Fenelon, Jennifer Hamm, Allison Wood

Bobbie Brown, Kingi Lacy

Huey and Lulu Ngo

Perry Egger, Keith Gnam, Jerry Host

Kelly and John Boutwell

Andrew Rivard, Amanda Overby, Ben Anderson, Emily Johnson

Robin and Rachel Ruello, Vanessa Trammell, Jason Stabbs

Randy and Linda Keng

Brittany Simpson, Steven Wilkening

David, Cecela and Deirdre Danahar, Steve Price j u l y

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Carole Lynne Singleton, Jeff Case

Niki and Simon Goerger, Laura Knight, Tom Coutu

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Brian Ramsey, Mayor Gene and Jane McGee

Lea and Gara Gunter

Chris Stover, Doug Douglass, Renee Deweese, Tabor Weissinger

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EVENTS AUTISM LIGHT THE SPECTRUM One in 88 children are diagnosed on the autism spectrum making autism the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the United States. To raise awareness for this growing disorder, Mississippi Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Services (MCHS) recently hosted Light the Spectrum: Transforming Autism, at Highland Village. Attendees enjoyed the music of the Ghost Town Blues Band and a silent auction offering items from local metro Jackson businesses. Proceeds from the evening support the programs of the MCHS Mississippi Center for Behavioral Science.

John Sullivan, Mary Sanders

Elaine Weaver, Joel and Camille Ferriss

Chris, Tracy, Terry and Jeff Weill

Lynn Lamb, Lisa Fuller

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Dawn Goolsby, Melanie Grissett

Red Moffat, John Damon, Jackie Meck

Jim and Gail Anderson, Tammy Amis, Craig Farmer

James and Lazaire Martin

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Hahnna Zebert, Sidney Harper

David Elkin, Kim Ray

AUTISM LIGHT THE SPECTRUM

Kay McCree, Shannon Warnock

Carolyn Sims, Angely Moudy, Betty Longo

Terry and Stacy Hight, Charlie, Brennan Joy and Robby Hight

Marie Hill, Lisa Fuller, Kim Ray, Neelima Duncan, Shannon Warnock

Curt and Stephanie Powell

Amanda and Wayne Sumrall

Jennifer and Jack Lyon, Trudy McLaurin

Elizabeth Ivy, Sarah Studyvin

Tameka and Tondre Buck

Bubba and Donna Gunter

Randy Rogers, Flo Bryan

Sheila Lindley, Stacy Williams j u l y

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EVENTS MMA SKETCHES OF SPAIN GALA The Mississippi Museum of Art hosted the Sketches of Spain gala recently in the Art Garden. Participants enjoyed live music, dance, a silent auction, cocktails and hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres amid scenes from Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo and Seville. Proceeds from the fund-raiser support the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibitions, educational programs and community programs. Shown are scenes from the gala. Carol Peaster, Tom Jones, Mindy Kunz

Katie and David McRae

Jude and Fred Muse n o r t h s i d e

Aven and Kay Whittington

Jennifer Johnson, Jennifer Hamm, Allison Wood

Peyton Prospere, Betsy Ditto, Sarah Broom, Richard McKey, Kane Ditto

Michelle Alexander, Holly Crystal

Megan and Travis Altsman s u n

Sara Katherine and Ryan Beckett, Melinda and Jim Warren, Jane Tucker

Mary Ann and Anky Petro

Jerry and Mary Clift Abdalla

MMA SKETCHES OF SPAIN

Lee and Maggi Lampton

Jim Sumner, Lisa Pearcy, Frank Alley

Art and Liz Spratlin, John and Lyn Pearson, Marsha and Tim Cannon

Sue Allen and Granville Tate

Holly Lange, Peder Johnson, Mindy and Bill Tew

Scott Williams, Michelle Marston

Fred and Margaret Carl

Jay and Stacy Underwood, Erin and Steven Chevalier

Sheila and Bill Grogan

Howard and Joanne Cheek

Jerry and Olivia Host, Saundra and Duane Dewey j u l y

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MMA SKETCHES OF SPAIN

John Thomas, Beth Batton

Douglas Kennedy, Mike McGeehee, Elizabeth Tyler

Caitlin Podas, Jenny Tate, Mason Heidleburg, Carol Peaster, Tom Jones

Annette French, Nina Moss

Katie McRae, Mike and Lanita Campbell

Peyton Prospere, Betsy Bradley

Rob Pearigen, Alan and Holly Lange, Phoebe Pearigen

Robert and Claudia Hauberg

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EVENTS SHOESTRING SPRING FLING Spring Fling 2014, a benefit for Operation Shoestring, was held recently in the Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Music was presented by Sol Driven Train and Jarekus Singleton. Shown are scenes from the event.

Mary Duncan, Ericka Brown, Shannon Hunter

Ben Aldridge, Robert Langford, Michelle Alexander, Reagan Painter, Betsy Bradley

Molly and Adam Griffin n o r t h s i d e

Tonya and Clyde Poe, Margaret Dutcher

David Blount, Marika Cackett, Mike McGeehee

Honey East, Paul McNeill

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Michael and Tyra Murphy s u n

Drew Mellon, Angie and Lanny Pace, Ally Mellon

Sandra and Charles West

Shiqueta Wells, Tiffany Davis

SHOESTRING SPRING FLING

Ada Miller Robinson, Dorothy Triplett

Virgilio Guardado, Charlie Buchwald, Carson Case, Stacey Jordan

Michael and Dianne Wilkerson

Linda Dongieux, Sandra Webb, Martha Currie

Jerusha and David Stephens

John Fletcher, Peder Johnson, Lisa Fletcher

Susan Duke, Carol Evans

Oscar Castillo, Tim Gerrard, Carlos Latapi

Shirley Roland, Nadine Jones

Ruth Johnson, Oleta Fitzgerald

Doug and Crisler Boone

Robert Langford, Mary Ellen and Jeff Stancill j u l y

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EVENTS JOSHUA BELL CONCERT Wesley Biblical Seminary recently hosted a benefit concert at Christ United Methodist Church. The evening featured Joshua Bell, world-renowned violinist, accompanied by Sam Haywood. Shown are scenes from the concert.

Ann and Mary Helen Artmann, Susan Howell

John and Anne Turner

Jimmy McKay, Carolyn and Steve Blakemore

Joshua Bell, John and Beth Neihof

David and Susan Yetter, Sam Haywood

Derwood Boyles, Dr. Paul Tashiro, Joshua Bell, Eiko Tashiro, Regina Boyles

Julia Kirk, Marta Szlubowski-Kirk, Danuta and Janusz Szlubowski

Steve and Courtney Layson, Calvin and Tina Costnahan

Kathleen and Sam Farrington, Joshua Bell, Bill and Susie Brabec

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JOSHUA BELL CONCERT

Dorothy Glover, Sam Haywood, Rebecca Franklin, Rachel Reese

Jason Anding, Joshua Bell, Amber Davies, Steven Fairchild

Lisa Russ, Amanda Russ Lyons, Donna Russell

Rob and Holly Pocai

Kay Rone, Dick Johnson, Catherine Mills

Sonny Steel, Joshua Bell, Sylvia Steel

Diane Hudgins Black, Jenny Moffitt, Karen Skeen

Joshua Bell, Sharon and Jim Howard

Johnny Gainey, Joshua Bell, Mary Gainey j u l y

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EVENTS MS BURN COSMOS AND COUTURE Cosmos and Couture, a cocktail party and fashion show benefiting the Mississippi Burn Foundation, was held recently at the Old Capitol Inn. Shown are scenes from the party.

Denise Gullory, Carrie and Robert Denault, First Lady Deborah Bryant

Jamie Woods, Tom Elkins

Katherine Byrd, Tony Bahou, Tiffany Boyte

Anne Rogers, Beth Shivers, Vasch Stringer, Sarah Nicholas, Mollie Estes, Vianne Welch, Meagan Babb

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Dot Pecoul, Barbara Travis

Hadley and Todd Thompson, Jenny Woodruff; (front) Nate and Bekah Woodruff

Kristin Dowdy, Chrissy Fortenberry

Melissa Parker, Mark Bounds, Sheila Ross, Mary Baxter, Kellie Jacobs

Donald Pope, Charity George

TJ Harvey, Alana Robertson

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John Powell, Jeanne Butler

Joyce Arnold, Melinda Mosley, Amanda Fontaine

Meredith Shows, Mary Jane Burgess, TJ Harvey, Jeff Humber, Leigh Jones

Lin Bobbitt, Tracy Bianchi, Tom Elkins

Jeff Mote; (front) Melanie Kennedy, Rashina Cleveland, Julie Phillips, Angie Tucker, Olga Richardson

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