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PAINTED FEATHERS

Elaine Maisel is a craftsman in that nebulous genre of art and craft known as “mixed media.” What this means is, Elaine makes her living partly by painting feathers. “I like the pressure that I have to create good work to survive. I can’t just go to a cubicle and waste time,” she says.

CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS

When they were children, they loved celebrating and sharing Christmas with their families and friends. When they married and started their own family, Toodie and Larry Jones wanted to do the same with their children.

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

When it comes to Christmas, the Rev. Drs. Joey and Connie Shelton have a couple of non-negotiable traditions, like taking Christmas Eve communion and watching “Elf” with their daughters. But otherwise, they try to be flexible.

GLYNN GRIFFING, A REBEL AND A GIANT

In 1962, there were no $550 gift packages for athletes competing in bowl games. And there was little, if any, television coverage. Despite that, Glynn Griffing said the Ole Miss Rebels never had trouble getting up for the college football postseason. Griffing played for the Rebels from 1960-62

THATCH SHEPARD

The night before a state high-school swim meet is like the NFL draft for Thatch Shepard. That’s the night all the coaches have to turn in their lineups for the individual races for the meet. As varsity swim coach for St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Shepard has to study all the other teams and try to outsmart his rival coaches before the championship.

CHRISTMAS RECIPES

If you are tired of using the same recipes for Christmas year after year, here are some old favorites with a different twist by two of Jackson’s best cooks.

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Anne Barrett Polk/ Matthew Stevens Hazard Mary Margaret Bowden/ William Latimer Fontaine Sarah Fitzgerald Patton/ Kevin Michael Davidson Kayla Miriam-Marie Fondren/ Matthew Breland Applewhite Allison Ramelle Forman/ Charles Robert Kalteyer Madeline Marie Smith/ Travis James Twilbeck Heather Leigh Moore/ Matthew Michael Verret Carley Elizabeth Robertson/ Brennan Shipley Ward

Chef Tom Ramsey Serving A “Proper” Christmas Meal

FoodWise Marlana Walters

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An engagement party honoring Heather Moore and Matt Verret was held recently in the Heatherwood home of Ellen and Gib Ford.

The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s (MSHOF) Jackie Sherrill Roast, featuring the winningest coach in Mississippi State football history, was held recently at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Symphony Ball The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 “Emerald Ball” was held recently at the Country Club of Jackson.

Juried Art Show The third annual Cedars Juried Art Show featuring the works of Mississippians was presented recently. An opening reception was held recently at The Cedars.

Dates For Leukemia The 14th annual Dates for Leukemia, a silent date auction, benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Tammy Bouchillon and Jamie Woods chair this annual event as participants in the LLS Team in Training program.

HYP Picnic At The Cedars Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area recently hosted Habitat Young Professionals Picnic at The Cedars.

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Engagement Party An engagement celebration honoring Tracie Haag and Daniel Johnston was held recently in the home of Nina and Carey Johnston, parents of the bridegroom.

Bottom Line For Kids The 26th annual Bottom Line for Kids benefit dinner and auction was held recently at the Country Club of Jackson.

Bethany Christian Services A fund-raiser benefiting Bethany Christian Services was held recently at The South. The evening featured a silent auction, dinner and a program of inspirational messages.

Jane Austen Houses Iris Lutz, national president of JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America, recently visited Mississippi to meet JASNA Mississippi members and make a presentation on the houses in Jane Austen’s life and fiction.

Yacht Club Party Jackson Yacht Club recently hosted a Halloween costume party. Music was provided by Time to Move.

Youth Villages Youth Villages Mississippi recently hosted Tribute to Excellence at the Country Club of Jackson. The event honored the Revs. Luther and Janet Ott.

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Elaine Maisel is a craftsman in that nebulous

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What this means is, Elaine makes her living partly by painting feathers. She’s only had her FeatherMore business for three years. She also plays bassoon and contrabassoon for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO), and she’s in arts administration with the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC). But this multihyphenate creative is enjoying spreading

her wings. “I like the pressure that I have to create good work to survive. I can’t just go to a cubicle and waste time,” she says.

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Since her childhood in northwest Ohio, where she took art lessons at her local city hall and the Toledo Art Museum, Elaine has loved to paint. She was doing oil paintings at age 10. But as she grew up, she never knew any professional artists. Finally, a few years ago, “I decided I wanted to start painting seriously again and find something marketable that could bring in money too,” she says. “It needed to be something small, with a catch to it – something unusual.” At first, she painted miniatures of trees. That didn’t feel right.

Then she remembered a painted feather she’d bought in 2005 when she was in Puerto Rico for a music conference. (Tough life, right?) “I researched the methods for painting feathers, and I tried it, and it kind of worked.

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“It’s original art that’s not that expensive.”So where does Elaine get her feathers? Well, it’s trickier than you might think. Not all feathers are legal to collect. Long story short, she uses turkey feathers obtained during hunting season, parrot feathers from a parrot breeder in Clinton, and pretty much any feathers from birds that are raised domestically. No wild ducks. No pelicans. (The Migratory Bird Act of 1908 created a lot of the restrictions. Back then big, feathered hats were all the rage.)

“But the sky’s the limit with the stuff that’s legal,” Elaine says.

Before she paints the feathers, she first freezes them in sandwich bags to get rid of any bugs; stores them in boric acid, a cleaning powder that’s non-toxic to humans; and hand-washes and blow-dries them. Then she tapes a quill to a piece of paper and goes to work. “I paint a white silhouette on the feather first - that helps me - and then the colors,”

and stuffs other feathers behind it for support. A decorative ribbon adds the finishing touch. Right now she’s working on a whole slew of wildlife-themed turkey-feather ornaments for the Mississippi Wildlife Federation to sell as a fundraiser. On Etsy.com, you’ll find a line of tiny hats embellished with “fluffy” feathers that Elaine can’t paint. She’s always liked hats. And soon, she hopes to have feather jewelry available. “If that works, I’ll phase out the hats,” she says.

In addition to all her feathery activities, Elaine has jobs with the MAC and the orchestra.

After moving to Jackson from Starkville, where she’d been teaching music at Mississippi State Ty and Elaine Maisel’s wedding celebration, April 21, 2013.

University, she met her husband, Ty, through the MSO. He plays violin. she says. A matte sealant protects the finElaine had already been commuting to ished paint, and she sews the quill to Jackson to play with the orchestra when another piece of paper with thread that she lived in Starkville, but she hadn’t met matches the painting. She then frames the Ty yet. “He’s in the string section, and I’m piece herself, removing the back of the frame and putting in her own backing for a a woodwind. So we had different sets of friends,” she says. But they were both personal touch. She also resets the glass so friends with the trumpets and horns. You the frames turn out more like shadowboxcan’t make this stuff up. es, so the feather has more room. And Elaine and Ty first met in 2012 at a there you have it, a FeatherMore original.

Mississippi Braves baseball game, when Her work depicts everything from aniboth were invited by some of those horn mals to blues musicians to entire scenes players. They met again when Elaine was a parade of people dancing under umbrelselling a carpet and Ty needed to buy one. las, for instance. All on feathers that are They went to brunch, and then they went probably eight inches long max. She also out again, and again. Ty plays in a string gets a lot of custom orders. “One time quartet that does a lot of weddings, somesomebody wanted a feather for a girl who times two a day, so the Maisel ceremony was a runner and played French horn, so I was a small affair: no string quartet, no DJ, had to combine running and French horn just immediate family. “Someone’s mom on a feather. I enjoyed the challenge,” she was a judge [who married us],” Elaine says. says.

But there’s plenty of music in Elaine’s life Besides being a juried craftsman with the - and feather painting, and traveling and Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild for painting facilitating for the Mississippi Arts feathers, Elaine also creates Christmas Commission. For the MAC, she coordiornaments with them. She inserts a paintnates Carnegie Hall’s Link Up program in ed feather into a clear glass ball, quill first, Mississippi. This international program allows third- through fifthgraders to perform with area orchestras. “They learn to play the recorder and sing, and they don’t just have a little kids’ show where they play ‘Peter and the Wolf.’ They learn basic parts, but they’re for real repertoire, like pieces by Dvorak.

Each area does it differently. The MSO goes to Canton Public Schools.”

Elaine recently sat on a panel in New York at a Link Up workshop, and she works on logistics and promotion in Mississippi. Oh, and she also gets plenty of opportunities to do each. “I’m on the Mississippi artist roster, and also on the Symphony BassoonTrio: bassoonists Jon Wenberg, Mississippi teaching artist roster. I Darryl E. Harris Sr. and Elaine Maisel. (Feb. 25, 2012)

Chimneyville Crafts Festival

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE

“Celebrating Excellence” is the theme for the 38th annual Chimneyville Crafts Festival featuring approximately 150 exhibiting members of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi.

Chimneyville offers shoppers the opportunity to purchase fine crafts in wood, pottery, glass, fiber, metal, basketry, jewelry, and more that will stand the test of time. The preview party is Friday, December 5 at 7 p.m. The festival is December 6 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and December 7 noon until 5 p.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart.

Renowned glass artist Susan Ford Robertson and husband and wife wood specialists Fletcher and Carol Cox will be honored at the party with lifetime achievement awards for their contributions to the Craftsmen’s Guild and to their craft professions. The three are master craftsmen who have been members of the guild for 40 years and earned regional and national recognition for work. A former Jackson resident, Robertson now lives in Columbia, S.C. The Coxes reside in Tougaloo.

Party tickets are $60, $50 in advance, and include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, the opportunity for first-pick of the craft offerings, and admission all weekend.

Breakfast tickets for Saturday and brunch tickets for Sunday are new offerings this year. The tickets are $25 each, include admission, and must be purchased in advance. Regular tickets for Saturday or Sunday are $10.

Chimneyville was named “Best Festival in Mississippi” in 2011 by the Mississippi Tourism Association, AAA Travel Treasure in 2012 by Southern Traveler Magazine and a Top 20 Best Event in Southeast numerous times.

PREVIEW PARTY DATE: December 5, 2014, 7 to 10 p.m.

DATE: Saturday, December 6, 2014, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

DATE: Sunday, December 7, 2014, noon to 5 p.m.

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Elaine held workshops at Trinity Presbyterian Church for the students of the Mississippi Children’s Music Theater. During these workshops the students designed and made their own sets for “The Magical Land of Oz.”

can’t seem to escape teaching - I keep getting offered adjunct teaching positions - but now I’m doing it on my own terms,” she says. For instance, earlier this year she got to work with special education classes at Madison Avenue Lower Elementary School in Madison and New Summit School in Jackson. “It was a collaboration between me, the art teacher, and the special-ed teacher where we incorporated all the arts into a lesson in the core curriculum,” she says. “At Madison Avenue we talked about ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and taught them about sizes - this bowl is too big, etc. - and then they performed the story. So they learned music and theatre. They also made houses and pasted on beds in three different sizes, so they did visual arts. At New

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And we played ‘Mr. Roboto’ on a record player, and they did the robot. It was great.”

Feathers, music, arts administration, and the occasional teaching gig add up to an atypical schedule for Elaine.

She and Ty might work six 12-hour days a week. “During the [MSO] season, we have evening rehearsal from 7 to 9:30, and we might have dinner at 10. For musicians, work time is at night and on weekends. And Ty and I both might be playing at a different church every Sunday,” she says. But when they want to get out of town and see family for a few days, they can. And you better believe they need to.

What about that determination to create good work to survive? It doesn’t really let up. “If I’m here [at home], I’ll work.”

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hen they were children, they loved celebrating and sharing Christmas with their families and friends. When they married and started their own family, Toodie and Larry Jones wanted to do the same with their children. After 43 years of marriage, three children, and six grandchildren, this Northside couple’s love of family and Christmas celebrations has only grown stronger. They cherish their longstanding traditions and eagerly embrace new ones. Toodie was born and raised in Columbus, Larry and his Air Force family moved there when he was in the eighth-grade, after living in Virginia, Louisiana, Japan, Germany, Morocco, New Jersey, Kansas and Michigan. When Toodie was a high school junior and Larry was a Mississippi State freshman, they met on a blind date arranged through a mutual friend. The couple dated for four years before marrying - one week before Christmas.

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oodie was graduated from the “W” and taught school for several years, and Larry completed two years of Air Force duty after graduating from Mississippi State. The couple moved to Oxford where Larry started Ole Miss law school at the same time as Bill and Cindy Reed. Larry and Bill have been practicing law together and the couples have been close friends ever since. When

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they were northeast Jackson neighbors, their girls put on plays and performances on the back deck of the Reed home. The families took their young children to Disney World together - and have always enjoyed spending time together at Christmas.

Carol and David Mann are also longtime close friends, having met as neighbors in the late 1970s.

“We were truly the Mertz’s and Ricardo’s from ‘I Love Lucy’ as newlyweds and later, new parents,” recalls Carol. “Those were very happy times, bad hair and all, and they are very sweet friends.” The families always got together on Christmas Eve and still see each other at Christmastime.

The Jones family Christmas celebrations have always included friends and family. The couple’s oldest daughter, Ashley Jones Baldwin, shares that her father is very sentimental about Christmas.

Larry explains that, as in many military families, his father was overseas a lot when he was young.

“He was always home for Christmas,” shares Larry, “so Christmas was always a big deal for our family, with lots of gifts.”

Each year after celebrating Thanksgiving, the couple begin decorating their home. “I am very fortunate,” Toodie said, “because Larry likes to decorate for Christmas, and so we decorate our home together.”

The decorations always include a 1956 electric train that Larry was given as a child, and a ceramic nativity scene made by his mother. The family tree features ornaments made by Larry’s mother and

others made by Toodie. A fun, large, almost lifesize Santa holds a place of prominence in the home. One year when Larry was in Lexington for a trial, he saw ‘Santa’ in the window of the local hardware store near the courthouse. He asked the owners of the store - a friend - if he could buy the Santa. The friends happily agreed. When the girls were little, they liked to take Santa’s moveable arms and ‘dance’ with him. Larry also recalls the fun - and funny reactions from drivers - when he and the girls would take Santa for a ride around town in Larry’s convertible.

When the girls were little, Toodie and Larry went to her parent’s home in Columbus for Christmas, but as the girls got older they celebrated at their home. “Christmas was like a three-ring circus with the girls when they were little,” Larry said. “They were up before the sun to open gifts.”

Toodie made the girls’ stockings and they also would make Christmas cookies most years with cutters her mom used. She confesses to enjoying the shopping and gift-wrapping - maybe just a lit bit too much, she admits. “It kind of got out of control,” she and daughter Ashley agree. So the family recently agreed to draw names and limit the amount to spend on gifts.

Ashley’s favorite Christmas tradition is one of longstanding: shopping at Mistletoe Marketplace with Toodie’s sister Pat Wegener, and her children, who come from Memphis for the occasion.

Toodie and Pat’s mother used to shop with them too, and one of Pat’s daughters first joined them when she was only in the fourth-grade. After shopping all day until closing, then eating dinner at a Mexican restaurant, the group begins sharing their purchases, one by one, ‘ooh-ing and aah-ing’ over each item. Outfits must be modeled, and sometimes a return shopping trip is required to purchase an item that was missed the previous day.

In addition to the day of shopping, Pat and her entire family spend either the Saturday or Sunday before Christmas together in Jackson to celebrate with lunch, tons of games, dancing, supper, and finally a gift exchange. Pat explains that the sisters

agreed years ago to keep the cousins close by spending time together during the summer as well.

For many years, each child would spend a summer week with the other family, for special one-on-one time, in addition to the family Christmas celebrations.

Family has always been important to both Toodie and Larry. After the tragic death of Larry’s parents in 1970, each of Larry’s three brothers lived with Toodie and Larry at different times during their marriage. And before Toodie’s sister Carol died several years ago, she lived with and was cared for by Toodie and Larry in their home for five years.

According to their middle daughter, Natalie Jones Jolly, “Our parents have always put a lot of thought into celebrating Christmas. They have always gone out of their way to make Christmas special and fun.” Her favorite memory is a scavenger hunt that took the sisters to different locations for clues that led to the final stop - a new, large outdoor playhouse for the backyard.

Youngest daughter, Kathryn Jones Banek, fondly recalls that the family always had two Christmas trees when she and her sisters were young. One was the “formal” family tree, with lots of bows and ornaments, while the second tree was decorated with the ornaments the children had made.

Kathryn’s favorite among the Christmas displays are the Christmas cards of previous years, featuring photos of Kathryn and her two sisters. “We always had coordinating outfits for the photos and a few matching ones,” she laughs. “I was usually the one who didn’t want to cooperate, making funny faces or refusing to wear the matching dress.”

All three girls say that their husbands were amazed by their first Jones family Christmas experience. They had not seen as many decorations and gifts, and were shocked by all the activity. Lots of kids, lots of food, and lots of presents were all perfectly normal as far as the Jones girls were concerned.

Toodie has given the girls the stockings she made for them and now has matching stockings for everyone. The girls’ handmade ornaments have been passed on to them as well. The annual Christmas photo cards featuring the six grandchildren now join the display of cards from the past.

The grandchildren love to come to “Tutu” and

“LaLa’s” house to see all the gifts and decorations.

And they love to ‘dance’ and sing along with Santa’s microphone.

The Jones daughters are sharing some of their family traditions with their own families now.

Since they married, they spend Christmas Day with their parents every other year, and on the “off” years, they celebrate a week early.

While Ashley, Natalie and Kathryn may have torn into their gifts in years past, a new tradition has begun in which everyone - individually - opens one gift at a time, starting with youngest to oldest, including adults. Although the grandchildren may have been less than enthusiastic initially, everyone now anticipates this tradition.

The Jones enjoy taking their grandchildren to see the Canton lights, and taking their family to the Christ United Methodist Church candlelight service on Christmas Eve. Afterward, everyone is allowed to open one gift each. Life for them has come full circle, and their love of celebrating and sharing Christmas is being passed to the next generation.

Breakfast Ham and Egg Casserole Soft butter 14 to 15 slices of bread 3 cups diced cooked ham 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 6 eggs 3 cups of milk Spread butter on both sides of bread and cube. Combine bread cubes, ham, cheese, salt and pepper; stir well. Beat eggs until foamy; stir in milk. Add egg mixture to ham mixture and stir well. Pour into greased 13x9 inch pan and refrigerate overnight. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serves 10 to 12.

Sweet Potato Casserole 3 cups sweet potatoes, about 4 good-sliced ones 1/2 cup sugar

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CELEBRATING 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 stick butter Melt butter in 13 x 9” pan. Mix all other ingredients and pour into pan. Cook 30 minutes at 350 degrees. My grandchildren love this.

Corn Dip 2 cans of Mexican corn 1/2 cup of sour cream 1/2 cup of mayonnaise 2 cups sharp cheese – grated green onion – usually 2 to 4 1 can chopped green chilies Creole seasoning Put paprika on top Serve with Fritos.

1/2 cup butter 2 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/3 cup milk Topping: 1/3 cup melted butter – I always need more than this.

1 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup flour 1 cup chopped pecans Boil and mash potatoes. Mix in sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and milk. Put in 13x9 inch baking dish. Topping: Melt butter and mix in remaining ingredients. Sprinkle on top of potato mixture. Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Serves 10 to 12. This is our grandchildren’s favorite. We have to have this every year.

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Mix all of this together. It is much better if made a few hours or a day ahead before serving. I usually double this recipe because everyone loves it. Great for tailgating. I have this out to snack on during the day while everyone is watching football or playing with their new toys.

Broccoli Casserole 1 lb Velveeta cheese, cube in small pieces 2 sticks of butter 4 boxes of frozen chopped broccoli 8 ounces of Ritz crackers

Add cheese and 1 stick of butter to hot, cooked and well-drained broccoli. Add salt and pepper to taste. Crush the Ritz crackers and mix with 1 stick of melted butter. Spread over top of broccoli and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Potato Casserole Betty Crocker potato spuds - follow directions for as many as you need. Add to boiling water 1 carton of sour cream, 1 package of cream cheese, ½ to 1 cup of sharp cheese.

Then add the potato spuds and simmer. Put in casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes on 350 degrees. Add cheese on top. This is so easy and the men love it. Everyone thinks you have worked so hard to peel all the potatoes. No one has to know they are instant potatoes unless you tell them.

Derby Pie Frozen pie shell 1 cup of sugar – I use ½ to ¾ cup of sugar.

Just depends on how sweet you like it 1/2 cup flour 2 slightly beaten eggs 1 stick melted and cooled butter 1/2 broken pecans 1 cup chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix all together and pour butter in last.

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When it comes to Christmas, the Rev. Drs. Joey and Connie Shelton have a couple of non-negotiable traditions, like taking Christmas Eve communion and watching “Elf” with their daughters. But otherwise, they try to be flexible. “Each year demands something different. We try not to get too stuck, ever,” Connie says. That statement also applies to the Sheltons’ calling as ministers, which has taken them from Hattiesburg to Duke University and finally to Jackson, where they were joint senior pastors of Galloway United Methodist Church for six years. These days, Connie is director of connectional ministries and communications for the Mississippi Annual Conference for The United Methodist Church. It’s no wonder she’s in charge of connecting and communicating – she treats you like a family friend after knowing you only 30 minutes. Joey is now the one senior pastor at Galloway.

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Bailey (16) and Jessica (11) When he comes to Connie’s office for this interview, he jokes around with the receptionist and then greets his wife with a kiss after being let in.

Once they start telling their story, it becomes apparent that the last 28 years have been quite a ride for the Sheltons. “We’re kind of like cats.

We’ve had nine lives together,” says Joey. Their first life as a couple began in Hattiesburg in 1986, when Connie was a senior studying radio, television and film at the University of Southern Mississippi and Joey was in his first year of practicing general law.

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mock irritation. Despite her feelings, the Picayune native said no the first three times Joey asked her out - not to be difficult, but because she had other commitments. “She’s always been a person of integrity,” Joey says.

In March 1987, a year after they met, the Sheltons were married. Several years later, the Sheltons started to sense individually that God wanted them to go to divinity school – but they weren’t telling each other, Connie says. “One night, he came home and said, ‘I need to tell you something. I think God wants me to go to divinity school.’ And I said, ‘Me too!’ And we just started crying.” They spent that evening praying. They didn’t know what this next step would mean for them, but they were willing to take it. After getting their master’s of divinity degrees from Duke Divinity School, they moved back to Hattiesburg in 1997.

Doctors had told them their chances of having children were slim - but two days after moving back to Mississippi, Connie was pregnant with their first daughter, Bailey. During this time, the Sheltons co-pastored three churches in the Hattiesburg area, “two country churches and a city church,” says Joey, who grew up in Oak Grove west of Hattiesburg. Sundays were busy: Two of the churches met earlier than the other one, so the couple split their time at the earlier services and went to the third together, Connie explains. Later, Connie became the director of “The United Methodist Hour,” a radio and television ministry for the state conference.

When Bailey was five years old, the Sheltons had their second daughter, Jessica.

“We’ve moved away from

PRESENTS TO PRESENCE with friends and family, just being together instead of buying all these things and

GETTING STRESSED OUT. And it has made a huge difference.”

-Connie Shelton Then after getting their doctorates at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga., they returned to Duke to be co-directors of field education. “We helped students discern their vocational calls,” Joey says.

In 2008, the bishop of the United Methodist conference in Mississippi called the Sheltons to Galloway United Methodist Church in Jackson.

Being joint senior pastors has its challenges, but it’s definitely doable, the couple says. “We had to have intentionality toward boundaries at work and at home. Galloway had a nice flow chart with everybody’s duties, so we weren’t under each other’s noses,” Joey says. “You [also] have to get some space and cultivate interests [outside the church] because you’re on call 24/7.”

Connie likes spending time with girlfriends and traveling – and if she can combine those things into a beach trip, so much the better. Joey enjoys golfing and white-water rafting.

In July 2013, Connie left her position at Galloway to take the communications job with the conference. Her master’s in public relations, which she got at Southern while Joey was still practicing law, comes into play every day now.

And even Joey’s law degree helps him be a better pastor. “Issues of justice are at the heart of all ministry,” Connie says.

The public speaking experience helps on Sundays, but law also helps “from the perspective of trying to hear two sides of a situation. Believe it or not, there’s a good bit of negotiation every day,” Joey says, especially at a 178-year-old church with more than 2,000 members and a large staff.

Is life easier now that Connie and Joey have more “separate” jobs instead of being co-directors or joint pastors? “I wouldn’t even say it’s better or worse. We spent almost 10 years as ‘co’ somethings. It’s just a different rhythm now,” Connie says. Galloway is an integral part of that rhythm.

For Bailey and Jessica, the congregation is as much their family as their relatives are, Joey says.

One church member, Diane Rouse, has been wrapping the Sheltons’ Christmas gifts for them for the past few years, just because she felt like it was something she ought to do for them. Those gifts aren’t quite as numerous as they’ve been in the past, because “we’ve moved away from presents to presence with friends and family, just being together instead of buying all these things and getting stressed out. And it has made a huge difference,” Connie says. “As our girls get older, they get more into being with us and being with each other,” Joey adds.

Other traditions at the Shelton house include a live Christmas tree, along with nativity scenes in every room. “That’s to remind us not just that Jesus was born, but that Jesus is here,” Connie says.

The Sheltons consider Christmas not just an annual religious event, but a reminder to show God’s grace and generosity to others year-round.

“It’s not a destination, but a journey,” Joey says.

The same could be said about the Sheltons’ life in general: If they’d considered law and public relations their end goals, they wouldn’t have become pastors. And their journey isn’t over yet.

Their favorite part? “Doing it all together,” Connie says.

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A Rebel and A Giant

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In 1962, there were no $550 gift packages for athletes competing in bowl games. And there was little, if any, television coverage. Despite that, Glynn Griffing said the Ole Miss Rebels never had trouble getting up for the college football postseason. Griffing played for the Rebels from 1960-62 under legendary head coach Johnny Vaught, and led the Rebels to their only undefeated season in school history. “It was a real treat to get to a bowl game, and you wanted to get the best one you could, because there were so few back then,” he said.

Ten bowl games were scheduled following the 1962 season, including four on January 1, according to Sports-Reference.com. The bowl offerings were relatively sparse compared to the 39 bowls that will be played this year, according to ESPN’s Web site. Additionally, players didn’t get the massive prize packages they get for playing in bowls today. The NCAA allows bowl organizers to give players gift packages valued at no more than $550. The packages can include anything from high-end sunglasses and backpacks to electronics, according to sportsbusinessdaily.com.

Griffing, during his time at Ole Miss, played in two Sugar Bowls and one Cotton Bowl.

For his second trip to the Sugar Bowl, he received a suitcase and a Sugar Bowl watch.

And for winning the national title, he and his fellow Rebels received plaques, not rings.

“They didn’t buy us rings back then,” he said. Only recently did the school finally purchase some well-deserved rings for its ‘62 squad.

That year, the Rebels went undefeated, won the Southeastern Conference and finished third in the final Associated Press poll. At the time, the unofficial national champion was determined prior to bowl selection. Three other lesser-known rankings, however, put Ole Miss in the top spot. The Rebels were invited to play in the Sugar Bowl and eked out a 17-14 win against then non-conference rivals the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Griffing set the record for passing with 249 passing yards and was named most valuable player. Griffing said the one bowl the Rebels had hoped to go to but didn’t was the Orange Bowl, which was played in Florida. Instead, he and his teammates had to settle for two trips to New Orleans and another one to Texas.

“It’s not like today. There was no TV money, so promoters were looking to make their money off of people buying tickets and coming to the games,” he said. “You had to have a really good record or a really big following.”

The 1960 season was capped by the Rebels handing Rice a loss in the 1961 Sugar Bowl. The next year, Ole Miss was defeated by Texas in the Cotton Bowl. “It’s a game we should’ve won, but we had some injuries. Billy Ray Adams, an All-American, had come to the Jackson Touchdown Club to receive an award and was in a bad accident on his way back (to campus),” Griffing said. And Adams’ backup, Buck Randall, was taken out of the Cotton Bowl in the first quarter after a knee injury, he said. “To lose your All-American and your number two guy was pretty bad. We couldn’t run and had to pass, and in the end it caught us.”

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Rushing duties fell to sophomore Freddie Robertson, who ended up having to play both ways. “I was in on fourth and one, and Freddie was whipped after playing the whole game, but I knew we needed to run. Coach Vaught sent someone in who told me the play to run. It was a rollout. I came out from the center, and a Longhorn knocked himself out when he hit me,” Griffing said. “He was on top of me, and all I could see was the scoreboard. It was fourth down in the fourth quarter and I knew it was over.” After that, Griffing never lost another game as quarterback. The following season, the Rebels went 10-0, won the Sugar Bowl and the national title.

Griffing recevied All-American and All-SEC honors, and received his AllAmerican watch on “ The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. The historic season included wins against the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Louisiana State University Tigers. “At the time, Ole Miss had a stadium that would hold about 40,000 people. Ole Miss would make more money playing in Baton Rouge than at Hemingway, so we’d play two years there and one year at home,” he said.

“They’d (LSU would) always park Mike the Tiger six to eight yards from where we came in. They had a cattle prod they’d poke him with, and miked up his cage, so his roar would go all through the stadium,” he said. “It was amazing. It’s a great place to play and a great place to get ‘em (the fans) quiet.”

After college, Griffing was drafted in the fourth round by the New York Giants. He spent a year in the National Football League.

That year, the Giants lost to the Chicago Bears in the national championship game. “Football was a nice part of my life, but this is a new chapter,” he said. Today, Griffing is chairman of the board of Glynn Griffing and Associates, a corporate benefits firm on Lelia Drive.

Recently, he stepped down as president and appointed his daughter, Kim Porter, to the position of president.

Griffing and his wife Nikki, also an Ole Miss graduate, have two daughters and a number of grandchildren. The two got married in 1963.

When the two went on their first date, Nikki didn’t even know Griffing was on the football team. Today, when the two attend games, she still asks him questions about what’s happening on the field. “They say we should host a Griffing’s All-American watch radio show, where she asks questions and I

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answer them,” he said, jokingly.

Their younger daughter, Sandi Cavett, is a speech pathologist with the Rankin County School District. Sandi’s husband Fred also works GGA, as a vice president of administration.

Griffing has three granddaughters: Caroline, 10, who attends First Presbyterian Day School, and Madeleine and Claire, 16 and 14 respectively, who attend Jackson Prep. “I’m really proud of them. They’re really good students,” Griffing said. “They participate in the arts and are in the choir. They do a lot of work in the Little Theatre.”

Kim is a graduate of Ole Miss and Boston University, and was part of a traveling school of drama that toured in places like South Africa and Israel.

When Kim returned home, she began at GGA on the ground floor, “answering phones and paying claims,” Griffing said. “She’s been here for 16 years now.”

Griffing started the company in 1988, after working for a number of small insurance firms over the years.

“I was fortunate to get on with some small companies,” he said. After learning about a new health benefit called “cafeteria plans” in the 1980s, he decided to go into business for himself.

At the time, no local providers were handling cafeteria plans.

Today the company has approximately 10 employees and serves a couple hundred businesses.

Griffing still follows Ole Miss and has attended some of the team’s bigger games this year, including the Rebel’s 35-13 drubbing of the Boise State Broncos in Atlanta.

He spoke to the Sun prior to the Rebels’ loss to LSU. Even after the loss, he has high hopes for the Rebels on the field, and he credits Coach Hugh Freeze for the team’s success.

“It’s a great time to be at Ole Miss,” he said. “Now, they have a great opportunity to win out. It’s a matter of keeping their ducks in a Memorabilia sent to Glenn by a fan. row and getting after them.”

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Thatcher Shepard (16), Jennie Shepard, Mollie Shepard (18), Thatch Shepard, Samantha Shepard (22)

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SHEPARD KATIE EUBANKS

The night before a state high-school swim meet is like BY

the NFL draft for Thatch Shepard.

That’s the night all the coaches have to turn in their

lineups for the individual races for the meet.

As varsity swim coach for St. Andrew’s Episcopal

School, Shepard has to study all the other teams and try to outsmart his rival coaches before the championship.

“We basically have a war room in our house. We have

all these 3x5 cards on swimmers from other teams, with their times, places and everything,” Shepard said.

“It’s a lot of e-mailing and texting between moms: ‘I

heard such and such team is putting so and so in this race.’ You’re going off of rumors.”

into two classes. Class I would be made up of divisions 1A through 4A, and Class II would be the big schools.

“Now we were in the running. We saw an opportunity. We said, ‘We’ve got to train hard. We can do this.’ ” And they did. That year the girls won the Class I championship, and the boys came in third.

In 2012, the girls took second and the boys won. In 2013, the girls won and the boys came in second.

This year, both teams clinched the Class I state titles.

Dominant relay performances, “record-setting swims and pure grit” got the St. Andrew’s squads past the other schools this season, Shepard said.

The “nucleus” of a championship team will be athletes who swim on club teams year-round, like the four St. Andrew’s girls who broke an overall state record twice, Shepard said.

Recruiting Iraqi swimmers in village north of Mosul Shepard enjoys the intensity. He’s a retired Army colonel who works his athletes hard – Mount Clemens High School hard enough to Michigan swim team win five state junior year 1981 championships in four years (three for the girls team, two for the boys).

“The thing I like best is that I get to instill discipline in these kids. When they go up on that podium, they are in uniform, and every zipper is in the same spot,” he said.

Swimming has always been Shepard’s passion. He swam all through high school and played Division I water polo at West Point – not the town in Mississippi, but the military academy in New York.

He later coached the men’s water polo team at West Point after it became a club team and went to the national championship tournament two years in a row. And he coached swim while stationed in Belgium with the Army.

A couple more moves brought Shepard and his family to Jackson in 2008, when he started working for the Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg.

By that time, Shepard’s three kids – then 12th-grader Samantha, seventh-grader Mollie and fifth-grader Thatcher – had inherited his love of swimming. St. Andrew’s was the perfect fit not just academically, but because it had a swim team.

Unfortunately, the team wasn’t doing so hot.

IN 2008, the St. Andrew’s girls swim team placed 21st in the state meet.

It didn’t help that the 3A private school was competing against the likes of Madison Central. At that time, all divisions competed together, from 1A through 6A. “Swimming was an ‘also’ sport,” Shepard said.

Soon Shepard got a call from the St. Andrew’s athletic director. The swim coach had been fired, and

the athletic director asked Shepard if he’d be interested in the job, which pays little more than a stipend.

“I asked if the team would disband if they couldn’t find a coach, and he said, ‘Yes, there’s a chance.’ So I said, ‘OK, I’ll do it for a year until you find somebody.’ Now I’m still there,” Shepard said.

Despite competing against 6A schools, Shepard’s girls team came in fourth in 2009. The next year, the girls came in fifth. The boys were in the top 20 both years.

Finally, in 2011, the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) divided swimming

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EVERY ZIPPER is in the same spot” -Thatch Shepard

Col. Shepard can find a pool anywhere ... after a meeting in Bagdad, he stopped by one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces being used by the State Department. Notice the “lane lines” were made of water bottles duct-taped to rapelling ropes. This is where the State Department was operating out of in 2006. d e c e m b e r

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Coach Thatch, poolside, reviewing splits with freshman Thatcher Shepard and watching the rest of the field finish the 500-yard freestyle on the deck of the Biloxi pool at the South State Championships in October 2012.

In 2012, Maggie Gleason, Carly Good, Mollie Shepard and Alex Good broke the record for Mississippi high-school girls in the 4x100 yard freestyle relay. It was a nice “consolation prize,” since the girls team came in second in the meet that year, Shepard said.

In 2013, the same four girls broke their own record and won the championship.

This year the 4x100 team lost Mollie Shepard as she followed in her father’s footsteps and started classes at West Point. She is now being “actively recruited” by the Army triathlon team, Shepard said.

St. Andrew’s senior Hughes Walker replaced Mollie on the girls’ 4x100 team, which won the Class I relay this year. In fact, the team’s time was better than all the Class II teams’ as well. And the 2013 record still stands.

Non-club swimmers can still swim a good sprint - and some athletes, including Shepard’s own daughters, have even competed in swim and other sports during the same season, he said.

“I’ve coached volleyball players, football players, cheerleaders, members of the dance team, and cross-country runners.

“My two girls ran cross-country. They were distance runners, and they swam distance. So they’d run a cross-country race in the morning, and then their mom would drive them over to a swim meet.”

During the school year, Shepard’s swimmers practice Fridays at 5:30 a.m., and in the evenings from 7 to 8:30, “so you can do the math on when these kids are doing homework,” he said.

Then in the summer, the club swimmers swim twice a day. While other teens could be out partying, club swimmers are conked out in bed, Shepard said.

Jennie Shepard is her husband’s unofficial assistant coach.

“I couldn’t do this without my wife. I can bring three people on deck [at meets]. So I have one parent who’s a great picture taker, my wife, and me.

Jennie looks out for the well-being of the swimmers,” Shepard said.

With Jennie at his side, 16-year-old Thatcher still swimming - this year he won four gold medals at the state meet, two of which were for record-setting races - and athletes who work hard to win it all, Shepard isn’t ready to quit his “temporary” coaching gig.

“It’s going to be tough to get me to disengage. In the Army we call that a Relief in Place and Transfer of Authority, or a RIP/TOA. I’m not ready for my RIP/TOA yet,” he said.

“I have a blast bragging on my kids. When we have basketball games in the gym, I get to see those [championship] banners, the first ones St. Andrew’s has ever had in swimming.”

Plus, “I wouldn’t do this if it weren’t fun.”

PHOTO BY BETH BUCKLEY

Colonel Shepard Great Flood of 2011 media interview June 2011 Vicksburg

Pfc. Sporing, Col. Derrick Wolf, Capt. Tim Horn, Carrie Underwood, Lt. Col. Thatch Shepard, and Sgt. Fallon pose with Carrie Underwood and a Flat Stanley after a USO show on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq, 2007.

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Christmas Recipes FROM JACKSON COOKS BY

MARY LEIGH FURRH If you are tired of using the same recipes for Christmas year after year, here are some

old favorites with a different twist by two of Jackson’s best cooks.

Charlotte Charles is a retired caterer who was the first choice for generations of Jacksonians. Back in the day, her clients planned their party dates only when Charlotte PHOTO BY BETH BUCKLEY

was available. She has given us the recipes for a holiday brunch which she has prepared many times for her family.

Mary Dunbar is a talented cook whose mother, Mary Yerger, usually prepares the family dinners with a little help from Mary and the rest of the family. The generation of cooks continues with Mary Montague Dunbar, Mary’s daughter who wrote the cookbook “Bon Apétit” as a fund-raiser for Neighborhood Christian Center.

Mary Leigh Furrh

Rotel Cheese Grits (from Charlotte Charles)

2 cups water 1 1/4 cups milk 1 cup grits 1 stick butter 4 oz. Velveeta cheese 2 cups shredded sharp cheese 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 can Rotel diced tomatoes (mild or hot) Salt and pepper to taste Bring water and milk to a boil, add grits, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add butter and Velveeta and cook until melted, stirring constantly. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased casserole.

Bake at 350° for 40 minutes.

Note: Can be made ahead and stored overnight in refrigerator and baked the next day.

Eggs Benedict

(from Charlotte Charles) English muffin (half), buttered Sliced ham or Canadian bacon Poached egg Béarnaise sauce (Knorr mix) Place buttered English muffin halves topped with ham or Canadian bacon in casserole in warm oven (200°), covered. As you poach eggs they can be placed on ham to keep warm. Top with hot Béarnaise and serve.

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Cranberry-Apple Casserole (from Charlotte Charles)

3 cups peeled chopped apples 2 cups fresh cranberries 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 3 (1 5/8 oz) pkg. instant oatmeal with cinnamon and spice 3/4 cup chopped pecans 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter Combine apples and cranberries and 2 tablespoons flour tossing to coat, add 1 cup sugar, mixing well. Place in 2 quart casserole. Combine oatmeal, pecans, ¼ cup flour and brown sugar. Add butter and stir well. Spoon over apple and cranberry mixture. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. (This can be made the day before, cover and refrigerate overnight. Uncover and bake.)

Grandmama’s Cranberry Salad (from Mary Dunbar)

1 lb. fresh cranberries 3 oranges, peeled and cut up 1 large can crushed pineapple 2 cups sugar 6 ounce pkg. raspberry jello 2 envelopes gelatin 1 cup toasted chopped pecans (optional) 1 cup chopped celery (optional) Wash and chop cranberries in food processor.

Put cut up seeded and peeled oranges in a bowl. Add pineapple and sugar and refrigerate overnight. Dissolve gelatins and jello in 2 cups of boiling water. Add pecans and celery to cranberry mixture and stir in gelatins. Put in mold and refrigerate.

Jane Lewis’ Sweet Potatoes (from Mary Dunbar)

6 sweet potatoes ½ cup milk ½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg 2 bananas, sliced into small chunks 3 tablespoons bourbon Topping: chopped corn flakes and butter pats Boil the potatoes. Peel the skin off the potatoes then cream the potatoes in a mixer. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Put in casserole and add the topping. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. Add orange juice if potato casserole is too stiff.

Grandmama’s Christmas (or Thanksgiving) Dressing (from Mary Dunbar)

3 cups crumbled real cornbread (not mix) 11 slices toasted white bread, broken into pieces 2 cups or more chicken stock 3 small onions, chopped 7 stalks celery, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 10 tablespoons butter, divided 1/3 cup chopped parsley 1 teaspoon or more sage 1 teaspoon or more thyme pepper to taste 2 eggs, beaten 2 eggs, hard boiled and chopped Soak cornbread and white bread pieces in chicken stock. Cook onion, celery, green pepper in butter until tender. Mix the breads, vegetables, remaining butter (melted) and rest of the ingredients. Adjust the seasonings and liquid. Cook in greased 3-quart casserole uncovered at 350° - 400° for about an hour or until done. Serves 10-12.

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Our Christmas meal spans a generation. When I was a little boy, my father commenced our custom of preparing a standing rib roast with Yorkshire pudding along with mashed potatoes and butter-boiled lady peas. The whole thing was a production rivaling the best West-end dramas.

Tom Ramsey is a chef, sommelier, restaurateur, writer and media personality living in Jackson. At his “day job” as chef and proprietor of La Finestra, he oversees all back-of-the house operations. He is featured on the premiere episode of “Guy’s Grocery Games” on the Food Network. A pilot for his own show, “Busman’s Holiday,” is currently in development. He is a widely published writer of recipes, fiction, essays, op-ed pieces and magazine articles. He and his wife Kitty have four children two cats and two kittens.

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ad liked to cook the Yorkshire pudding using the most traditional method ... baking it in the pan with the roast. This required removing the roast from the oven when it was almost ready, pouring off most of the pan drippings, returning the roast to the pan (without the rack) and pouring the Yorkshire Pudding batter around the roast.

When done properly, this is a sight to behold. The pudding bubbles up around the beef and browns along the bubble-tops and high spots. Despite its drama and beauty, this procedure has its drawbacks. When the pudding is in its most dramatic, airy and puffed state, the roast is unrested and not nearly ready to carve.

When the roast is properly rested, the pudding has wilted from its glorious heights into a sad, collapsed popover.

Furthermore, the whole process is fraught with opportunities for mistakes as evidenced one year in our family’s kitchen. I had gone back to the kitchen to refill my glass of water and escape the adult conversations that were unbearable to my young self. I walked in just as Dad was trying to remove the roast and tip the edge of the pan over toward an impossibly small measuring

cup that at best could hold about four ounces.

My presence in the doorway startled him and the roast seemed to leap from the pan and onto the floor, where it landed with a splatty sound like a wet, fat man slipping and falling on a tile bathroom floor. Since he was still holding a scalding hot pan and trying to pour rendered beef fat into a tiny Pyrex vessel, he couldn’t immediately grab the beef, lying helplessly on the green slate floor. When the fat was poured off, he quickly turned his attention to the beef, reached down to retrieve it, and in his haste managed to kick it down the hall past the laundry room. I stood there watching this epic tragedy unfold before me with my mouth agape and eyes open as wide as saucers.

Just as Dad was reaching to scoop up the hot meat with his hands and doing some form of the Hot Potato Jig, his gold-

pepper onto all sides of the roast with at least half going on the top layer of fat. Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

PREP - PUDDING

Finely chop green onions and parsley. Melt butter in a large measuring cup. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and add the flour, salt and baking soda. Whisk the flour, salt and soda into the eggs and slowly add the milk.

Add 1 Tbsp of the parsley and 1 Tbsp of the green onions and whisk again. The mixture should be think, like pancake batter. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least two hours (overnight is best). en retriever, Gumbo Roux, alerted by the smells, started running in place like a cartoon character, desperately trying to gain some traction on the hard surface of the floor. When he got his momentum going, he brushed past me and began licking the glistening, fatty trail left by the sliding roast and lunging at the grand prize of prime beef. Dad was furiously kicking backward to keep the dog at bay while simultaneously trying to get a grip on the scalding hot, fatslicked roast.

Once he had it in hand, Dad gave me a look that let me know this was a matter to be kept between us.

With the roast delivered back to its home in the roasting pan, Dad stuck to his traditional guns and poured the Yorkshire pudding batter into the pan, around the roast and returned it to the oven. It puffed up beautifully and everyone oohed and aahhed as the finished product was brought into the dining room for all to see. No one was any the wiser, but I made sure to get a slice from the center of the roast.

My parents are gone now, but I still carry on the tradition of roasting a beautiful hunk of meat and preparing the finicky pudding, but I use muffin tins and cook the roast separately. Here are two of the recipes from our Christmas feast.

COOK - ROAST

Place the roast on a rack in a deep roasting pan.

Position in the center rack of the hot oven and cook for 12 minutes at 500 degrees. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees and continue cooking for one hour and 15 minutes. Remove the roast from the oven and check the temperature by inserting a thermometer into the center of the roast. For medium-rare, the thermometer should read 130 degrees. If the roast is not up to temp, just stick it back in the oven for 10 minutes or so. You can keep doing this until the proper degree of doneness is reached. Remove the roast and allow it to rest while you prepare the Yorkshire pudding.

Carefully drain the pan drippings into the large measuring cup that holds the melted butter and mix thoroughly. Leave the oven turned on and heated to 375 degrees.

COOK - PUDDING

Place a 12-muffin pan in the hot oven and allow it

to heat for 10 minutes. Remove the pudding batter from the refrigerator and whisk it briefly to re-blend all of the ingredients. Open the oven and slide out the rack that is holding the hot muffin tin. Spoon in about a tablespoon of the pan dripping/melted butter mixture into each section of the tin and slide the rack back into the oven and heat for about five minutes or until it begins to smoke slightly. Open the oven and slide the rack out again. Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, filling each cup about 2/3 of the way to the top. The batter should sizzle as it is added.

Close the oven and cook for about 15 minutes, or until the tops of the puddings are puffed and golden brown. They should rise out of the tins, like popovers.

PLATE

When the Yorkshire puddings are ready, carve the roast and serve with the hot puddings on a warmed plate. Garnish with the remaining parsley and green onions.

(Serves 6)

STANDING RIB ROAST WITH YORKSHIRE PUDDING

1 6 lb. rib roast (w/bone) 2 cloves garlic 1 Tbsp sea salt 1 Tbsp black pepper 1 bunch green onions 1 bunch parsley 1 stick butter 3 large eggs 1 cup flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup whole milk

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ontrary to popular belief, the countdown to Christmas does not begin on black Friday.

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Advent calendars are thought to have originated in Germany in the late 19th century when Gerhard Lang’s mother made a calendar with 24 candies stuck to a piece of cardboard. The little boy never forgot the excitement he experienced as a child when he was given his Advent calendar at the beginning of each December. As an adult, Gerhard longed to continue the tradition his mother began. He opened a printing company with a friend and in 1908 the Advent calendar was available to the masses.

Advent calendars have become a popular way to count down the days until Christmas. Most begin on the first day of December with 24 windows to open each day leading up to Christmas with the hope that by revealing a tiny piece of chocolate, children will embrace the virtue of patience. Perhaps, but for those families with multiple kids you will need multiple calendars or you’ll have siblings fighting over a single foil wrapped milk chocolate character, which will probably negate the whole patience exercise.

Over the years, the Advent calendar has evolved.

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Holly Hartman reported in her article, “Advent: Dates, Traditions, and History: The start of the Christmas season,” that many Advent calendars today have no religious content. Now, some Advent calendars with doors that formerly revealed angels and biblical figures have been replaced with doors that open to display teddy bears or photos of pop stars.

Say it ain’t so - Mary and Joseph have been replaced by Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber in the countdown to the celebration of the birth of Baby Jesus.

Thank goodness Jessica Edmisten, a mother of four from Tennessee, created the Perfect Advent Calendar. The kraft gable box contains beautiful envelope pockets that are are strung together to display a range of family focused activities. Without one single piece of candy or pop-culture reference, she designed an interactive calendar that encourages families to spend a few minutes a day together during the busiest time of the year while having fun and learning about the real reason for the sea-

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The season of Advent is an opportunity to practice patience, humility and gratitude even when it’s hard. I want to make Christmas memories by baking cookies with my children like my mother used to, watch a classic movie while sipping hot cocoa, but most importantly, I want to do something that costs nothing like letting someone go in front of me in line or taking the time to say something nice about a local business. My hope is that we take a moment each day during Advent to remember that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year.

I don’t want anyone to mistake me for a Grinch or a Scrooge this year, so I have compiled an Advent assignment for every day leading to Christmas Eve. While the Perfect Advent Calendar is pretty awesome, (and I highly recommend that you pick up one for yourself or for a gift for someone special) my list is something that just about anyone can do without much effort.

Note: I could have made a list of self-centered things to do like whine, complain, criticize or hold a grudge, but I figured we have 332 other days in the year to complete those tasks (and most of us exceeded the selfish quota in January).

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Sunday, November 30

Read Matthew 1:18-25 aloud before decking the halls and Christmas tree!

Monday, December 1

Leave something better than you found it.

Tuesday, December 2

Use only Christmas mugs for all of your drinks for the entire day.

Wednesday, December 3

Mail Christmas cards and letter to Santa

Thursday, December 4

Read Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Friday, December 5

Hang some mistletoe and give out kisses.

Saturday, December 6

Do a secret act of kindness.

Sunday, December 7

Decorate a gingerbread house.

Monday, December 8

Forgive someone – (even if they don’t deserve it).

Tuesday, December 9

Ask forgiveness from someone you have hurt.

Wednesday, December 10

Write a letter of encouragement to someone in the military or law enforcement.

Thursday, December 11

Read “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry

Friday, December 12 Saturday, December 13

Clean the pantry and donate canned goods to a charity.

Call someone you've been missing.

Sunday, December 14

Send a gift to someone that wouldn’t expect it.

Monday, December 15

Serve a red and green themed meal.

Tuesday, December 16

Play only Christmas music for the entire day.

Wednesday, December 17

Give a sincere compliment or write a positive review for a local business.

Thursday, December 18

Read “The Christmas Miracle” of Jonathan Toomey

Friday, December 19

Eat dinner by the light of a single candle.

Saturday, December 20

Make Christmas cookies that remind you of your childhood.

Sunday, December 21

Share homemade cookies and the treasured recipe with friends.

Monday, December 22

Let someone check out or go ahead of you in line.

Tuesday, December 23

Serve cider or hot cocoa and watch “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Wednesday, December 24

Read Luke 2:1-20 aloud before leaving a plate of cookies out for Old St. Nick.

Even if you only do a few of the suggested Advent assignments before Christmas, your actions could influence the memories of not only your family and friends, but a complete stranger.

Remember - it’s never too late to be nice.

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HALL OF FAME NEW INDUCTEES

by JENNY MARKOW

he Tennis Foundation of Mississippi is pleased to announce that Marvin (Marty) Pearson of Oxford has been selected as the 2014 inductee into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame.

Marty has long been associated with tennis in Mississippi and through his play, support and instruction has left an unmistakable imprint on Mississippi tennis.

His tennis career began in Houston, Miss., and continued at Delta State University, where he was twice recognized as Most Valuable Player on the 1972 and 1973 tennis teams. After graduation he served as coach, counselor, teacher and administrator in Mississippi schools for 36 years. For 25 of those years, he coached high school tennis, winning eight team district titles, nine individual state titles, and two team state titles, amassing a career record of 193-93-1. He coached the 1996 High School All-Star team and was selected “Coach of the Year” in 1997 by the Mississippi Association of Coaches.

Marty’s career as a player has been equally successful. He was named the Mississippi Tennis Association’s Adult Player of the Year in 1996, 2007 and 2011. In 2012 he was named the USTA Southern Slew Hester Male Player of the Year. He has earned a national ranking in doubles 15 times with four different partners and has been ranked in the top five in the nation six times. He and his partner Roger Pearce were number one in the 60s doubles in 2012 and number two in the nation in 2013. Marty has won 54 Southern Age Division Doubles Championships with 13 different partners; he has played on seven USTA league teams that won Southern Section Championships; he has been ranked number one in the Southern Section in doubles 18 times. His trophy collection also consists of two Gold Balls, four Silver Balls and four Bronze Balls won in National Age Tournaments. In addition, he has played on the Mississippi Senior Cup Team 15 times, serving as captain six times.

The father of one daughter, he currently lives in Oxford, where he is an active member of the Oxford CTA and North Oxford Baptist Church.

Pearson will be inducted into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame at a banquet held in his honor at the Country Club of Jackson on Saturday, January 10.

In addition to the hall of fame activities, there will be an awards luncheon on January 10 to honor the 2014 award winners. Players across the state nominate their peers for various tennis awards and a committee looks at these nominations and selects the winners. The Northside is well represented with winners this year. On the junior side, Turner Yates was selected as the Dorothy Vest Female Player of the Year. Callie Billman is the George Wilkinson Memorial Female winner, and Stedman Strickland is the George Wilkinson Memorial Stedman Strickland was selected to receive Male winner. On the adult side, Leah Warren’s 3.5-4.5 the Junior Male George Wilkinson Memorial Award women’s Tri-Level team was selected Tri-Level Team of the Year. Brook Shelton was selected as the Captain of the Year, Mark Elliott was selected as Tennis Pro of the Year. Johnny McGinn was selected to receive the Wheelchair Excellence Award. Each of the 2014 winners are very deserving of these prestigious awards.

Congratulations to all.

Mississippi was the host for the 2014 Tri-Level Section Invitational last month. More than 500 players from eight of the nine Southern states came to play the three-day tournament. Lindsey Sartain, director of adult programs for USTA Mississippi, was in charge of the event. “We were very happy for the opportunity to Leah Warren’s 3.5-4.5 women’s team was selected as have players from across the Southern Section come the Tri-Level team of the year; Cindy Hannon, Missy Turnbull, Leah Warren, Laura Barnett; (front) Kelly McKee to Mississippi. The participants had a great time and Gayla Elliot, Audrey Thomas

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Marty Pearson has been selected as the 2015 inductee into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame. Pearson will be honored at the Hall of Fame dinner in January. In addition to the dinner, award winning tennis players will be recognized at the Mississippi Tennis Association annual awards luncheon.

Turner Yates was selected as the Dorothy Vest Female Junior Player of the Year

Marty Pearson from Oxford will be inducted into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame.

Callie Billman was selected to receive the Junior Female George Wilkinson Memorial Award

Brooke Shelton was selected as the USTA League Captain of the Year

Johnny McGinn was selected to receive the Wheelchair Excellence Award

Mark Elliott was selected as the Mississippi Tennis Professional of the Year

qbkkfp ^as^kq^db the weather was perfect. Plans are already in the works for the 2015 event. Ridgeland Tourism, USTA Southern, Wilson and BB&T were the sponsors.

Mississippi had two winners; Zane Jacobs’ Delta team was a repeat winner in the 3.5-4.5 18s men’s division and Brad Castle’s 3.0-4.0 18s men from the Northside won. Jacobs’ team will return to California in 2016 to play the Tri-Level Invitational Championships during the BNP Paribas Open.

The Club at The Township hosted the Mississippi State men’s and women’s tennis teams on October 14. Thanks to Joy and Malcolm Lightsey and the While enjoying some great tennis during Mississippi State University athletic department for the BNP Paribus Tennis Open and BNP Paribus bringing this special event to this area. In addition Tri-Level League National Invitational, Leah Warren and teammate Rhonda Rhoden got their to the teams coming Scott Strickland, MSU athletic picture made with Roger Federer. director, and Bo Hemphill, MSU assistant athletic Rhonda Rhoden, Federer, Leah Warren director, attended. The collegiate players played with club members, both adults and juniors. A fine exhibition of MSU’s team tennis skills and sportsmanship were on display for all to enjoy. Refreshments were compliments of The Club at The Township. Afterward a party was hosted by Joy and Malcolm at their home in honor of the MSU tennis teams and athletic department. The next MSU tennis team event will be scheduled in late February at River Hills Tennis Club in the indoor center.

The Mississippi USTA Junior Team Tennis team, Mississippi Ace Kickers, who recently went to USTA JTT National Championships, had a great tournament. They made it all the way to the finals, fought hard, but lost in the championship match. Way to go Ace Kickers.

“We had a great run to the final,” said David Humphreys, who said his players come from areas such as Jackson, Tupelo and Oxford. “Texas got the best of us today. Last year they beat us for third- fourth place and we wanted some revenge. But they were just too good. We are proud of our team members Sebastian Rios, Patrick Roth, Lailaa Bashir, Megan Humphreys, Callie Billman, Grace Ann Jones and Eric Huey.”

“From the players to the coaches, the parents attending, and our entire staff, we had a blast kicking off the 2014 Junior Team Tennis National Championships with this 14 and Under event,” said Alanna Broderick, USTA national manager of junior competition. “You couldn’t ask for better kids. They played hard, supported one another in every match and displayed the type of sportsmanship, win or lose, of which anyone would be proud.”

USTA league play in the Jackson area will be here before you know it. If you didn’t get your tennis game up to par this year, dust off your racket and head out now to get ready to play in 2015. There will be an “early bird” captains registration December 21-31. All captains who sign up during this week will not be charged. For more information about USTA League programs in the area, contact Lesley Mosby at jacksontennisleagues@gmail.com. As always, for all of your tennis needs, go to www.mstennis.com or you can find us on Facebook; ustamississippi, Twitter; #ustamississippi, Pinterest and Instagram; ustamississippi.

As we approach the Christmas holidays, please take time to reflect on your many blessings and “Pay it Forward” by helping those less fortunate.

The USTA 14 and under advanced Junior Team Tennis team finished in second place at the USTA JTT National Championships. Coached by Justyn Schelver and captained by David Humphreys, these juniors had a great championship.

What a great tournament the Mississippi JTT 14 and Under Advanced team had during the recent USTA JTT National Championships. David Humphreys, Sebastian Rios, Eric Huey, Patrick Roth and Justyn Schelver; (front) Grace Anne Jones, Megan Humphreys, Lailaa Bashir, Callie Billman

USTA Southern Tri-Level Invitational Championship was held in the Jackson area. More than 500 players from across the South came to compete and Mississippi had two winning teams.

Mitch Evans, Cole Mockbee, Graham Bucciantini, Alex Boyd, Judson Jones, Sean Merchant; (front) Jeffrey Rickels, Stephen Bowers, Stephen Langley, Brad Castle, Tommy Taylor, Paul Kimble

Tyler Morgan, Brad Boteler, Thomas Wright, Justin Brown; (front) Travis Carpenter, Zane Jacobs, Chris Hardman. Not pictured: Alan Hargett, Marty Pearson, Kevin Millet, Steve Chamblee, Steven Martin

The Mississippi State men’s and women’s tennis teams came to The Club at The Township recently. They played with members and mingled with them at the after party held at Joy and Malcolm Lightsey’s home.

Rishab Agarwal, Tassilo Schmidt, Mate Cutura, Matt Roberts, Sachin Kirtane, Alex Corder, Louise Ronaldson, Jennifer Brown, Georgiana Patrasc

Robert Russell, Jeanie Mullin, Bill Gray, Clarence Foreman, Peter Koury, Mark Thompson, Bill Maxey; (third row) Tito Echiburu, Leonard Thomas, Bill Hullett, Joy Lightsey, Malcolm Lightsey, Courtney Stockett, Kapka Elenkov, Michael Boerner; (second row) Jennifer Brown, Louis Ronaldson, Georgiana Patrasc, Alex Corder, Tassilo Schmid, Mate Cutura, Rishab Agarwa, Matt Robert’s; (front) Nicholas Elenkov, Ann Cabot Stockett. Not pictured: Scott Strickland, athletic director, and Bo Hemphill, assistant athletic director d e c e m b e r

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Anne Barrett Polk & Matthew Stevens Hazard

WEDDINGS

AUGUST 2, 2014

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

nne Barrett Polk and Matthew Stevens Hazard were united in marriage at 4 p.m. August 2, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Chapel of Transfiguration in Moose, Wyo. The bride is the daughter of the late Mark Christopher Polk and Mr. and Mrs. Neal Denton Rogers Jr. of Indianola. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Moody Polk of Starkville, and Mr. and Mrs. James Cooke Robertson, and Mrs. Neal Denton Rogers and the late Mr. Rogers, all of Indianola.

The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Boswell Stevens Hazard of West Point. He 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.

The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. J. Kenneth Asel. Nuptial music was provided by pianist Pam Drews Phillips and soloist Nicole Madison.

The bride was given in marriage by her family and escorted by her stepfather. Maid of honor was her sister, Laura Robertson Polk of Jackson. Bridesmaids were her sisters-in-law Virginia Hazard Huffman of West Point, and Anne Mullen Hazard of Virginia Beach.

The bridegroom’s brother, Joshua Charles Hazard of Virginia Beach, was best man. Groomsmen were his brothers-in-law Mark Christopher Polk Jr. of Laramie, Wyo., and Joseph Allen Huffman of West Point.

The bride wore a reimbroidered ivory Alencon lace dress over latte lining with a keyhole back and sweeping train. She carried a French nosegay of patience roses, accented with local wildflowers. Her bouquet, wrapped with handkerchiefs of her grandmother and her great-great-grandmother, enclosed an arrowhead found by her late father.

The bridesmaids wore ivory lace cocktail dresses and carried bouquets of local wildflowers. The groomsmen wore khaki suits with boutonnières of blue bachelor buttons and local sage, tied with antique hatband ribbon.

Following the ceremony a reception was held at Spring Creek Ranch, overlooking the Teton Mountain Range. Guests were entertained by PTO, a three-piece bluegrass band from Jackson, Wyo. The plated buffet was served on a 36-foot banquet table, covered with a French antique bobbin lace tablecloth. The table was centered with split log planters filled with locally grown wildflowers and herbs. The reception vista was adorned with hay bales, garlands, and local wildflowers. After a dinner of lamb chops and Colorado sea bass, guests were served wedding cake and beignets, accompanied with Mississippi State University ice cream.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents honored the couple with a rehearsal dinner at the Snake River Sporting Club. Guests enjoyed an outdoor cocktail hour, followed by a dinner inside the club. The club was ornamented with wildlife themes of rocks, moss and local wildflowers. The tablecloths were blueprints, topographic maps, and design drawings, drawn and proMr. and Mrs. Matthew Stevens Hazard duced by the bridegroom.

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Mary Margaret Bowden & William Latimer Fontaine WEDDINGS

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JUNE 14, 2014

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Mr. and Mrs. William Latimer Fontaine

ary Margaret Bowden and William Latimer Fontaine were united in marriage at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson June 14 at 6:30 p.m. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. David Thomas Andrew Strain.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gibert Bowden III of Madison. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Graham Hughes of Jackson and Mrs. Paul Gibert Bowden Jr. and the late Mr. Bowden of Gulfport.

The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John Eaton Fontaine IV of Jackson. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Pershing Miller of Senath, Mo., and Mrs. John Eaton Fontaine III and the late Mr. Fontaine of Jackson.

Nuptial music was presented by Dr. William Wymond, organist; Connie Wadsworth, pianist; Nancy Bateman, cellist; Shelly Brown, violinist; and Gabbie Bowden, cousin of the bride, violinist.

The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of ivory tulle and Chantilly lace. The slim silhouette featured a sweetheart neckline caught by contoured straps delicately overlaid with crystal beaded lace appliqués. Her skirt of tulle over lace swept into a chapel-length train and was accentuated with appliqués of Venice lace. The back featured a sheer panel of tulle extending from her shoulders to her waist. Her chapel-length veil of illusion fell from the crown of her head and was finished with a tiny ribbon of silk satin. The bride carried a bouquet of mixed peonies, veronica and greenery hand tied with ivory satin ribbon.

Maid of honor was Marie Elise Williams. Bridesmaids were Alex Branch, Laura Dye, Melissa Gunn, Caroline McDaniel, Allison McDill, Samantha Shepard and Mackenzie Wilson.

They wore silk crinkle chiffon gowns of various styles in vanilla and bellini and carried mixed bouquets of hydrangea, roses, stock, lisanthus, peonies and greenery.

The bride’s proxy was Lucy Trew, cousin of the bride. Caroline Church, Sarah Gregg, Caroline Peeples, Lucy Trew and Maggie Woods were attendants.

The bridegroom’s brother, John Fontaine, was best man. Groomsmen were Gib Bowden and Graham Bowden, brothers of the bride; James Bridgforth; Andrew Fox; Will Nichols; Jonathan Orlansky; and Robert Rives. Ushers were Tom Allin; Hal Flowers; Douglass Fontaine, cousin of the bridegroom; Ty Menist; and Andrew Rueff.

Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception at the Mississippi Museum of Art where guests dined and danced to the music of C.E.O. the Band.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents entertained the wedding party, family and out-of- town guests with a dinner at the River Hills Club. The morning after the wedding the couple was honored with a brunch at Anjou Restaurant hosted by the bridegroom’s grandmother, aunts and uncle.

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Sarah Fitzgerald Patton & Kevin Michael Davidson WEDDINGS

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NOVEMBER 23, 2013

THE VINEYARD AT CHAPPEL LODGE • AUSTIN, TEXAS

r. and Mrs. Neal Patton announce the marriage of their daughter, Sarah Fitzgerald Patton, to Kevin Michael Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidson of Austin.

The bride was graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in finance in 2005.

She earned her M.B.A. in 2011 from Samford University.

She is an associate in the Interest Rate Derivatives Group at BBVA Compass.

The bridegroom was graduated from Rhodes College with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2005. He earned his M.B.A. from Texas Tech University in 2009. He works in the Energy Banking Group at Wells Fargo.

The ceremony was held at the Vineyard at Chappel Lodge in Austin. The Rev. Louis Zbinden of San Antonio officiated the ceremony, with friends and family witnessing their union.

Following a wedding trip to Italy, the couple makes their home in Houston, Texas.

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Kayla Miriam-Marie Fondren & Matthew Breland Applewhite

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DECEMBER 27, 2014

OXFORD-UNIVERSITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI

Kayla Miriam-Marie Fondren, Matthew Breland Applewhite

t. Col. and Mrs. George Franklin Fondren Jr. of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayla Miriam-Marie Fondren, to Matthew Breland Applewhite, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gary Applewhite of Flowood.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brumfield of Itta Bena, and the late Mr. and Mrs. George F. Fondren Sr. of Indianola.

Miss Fondren is a 2007 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and a bachelor’s of family and consumer science with an emphasis in fashion merchandising. At Ole Miss, the bride was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.

Miss Fondren lives in Jackson and is a teacher with the Rankin County School District and a teacher consultant with the Mississippi Writing and Thinking Institute.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of the late Charles D. Hudspeth and Laura C. Hudspeth of Jackson, and the late Dr. and Mrs. Victor H. Applewhite of Ellisville.

Applewhite is a 2009 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in banking and finance. At Ole Miss, Applewhite was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He is an ophthalmic technician with Jackson Eye Institute.

The couple will exchange vows December 27 at Oxford-University United Methodist Church.

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NORTHMINSTER BAPTIST CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

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r. and Mrs. Richard Lamar Forman announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Ramelle Forman, to Charles Robert Kalteyer, son of Carolyn Krismer Kalteyer and the late Charles Ronald Kalteyer of University Park, Texas.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Judge and Mrs. Lenox Lamar Forman of Meadville, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Milton Thatch of Jackson.

Miss Forman is a 2004 graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and received a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in 2008. She is a member of the Junior League of Dallas and works in corporate communications at Atmos Energy in Dallas.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Kalteyer of Austin, Texas, and Mary Westmoreland Thompson of Sugar Land, Texas, and Martha Saunders Krismer and the late William Rudolph Krismer of Dallas.

Kalteyer is a 2005 graduate of Highland Park High School in Dallas. He was graduated from Texas Christian University in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is pursuing a master’s in business administration at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

The couple will exchange vows December 20 at Northminster Baptist Church with a reception to follow at the Country Club of Jackson.

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Madeline Marie Smith & Travis James Twilbeck DECEMBER 13, 2014

REDEEMER CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

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r. and Mrs. Daniel Lewis Smith Sr. announce the engagement of their daughter, Madeline Marie Smith, to Travis James Twilbeck, son of the Rev. and Mrs. James William Twilbeck of Paris, Tenn.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Tommye Jean Welsh Smith and the late Garnet Lewis Smith of Jackson, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Louis Franco of Vicksburg.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Twilbeck Sr. of New Orleans, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Robert Reese of Findlay, Ohio.

Miss Smith is a 2007 graduate of Ridgeland High School. She attended Mississippi State University, and was graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications, emphasis in public relations. She works with Delbert Hosemann Jr., Mississippi secretary of state, as executive assistant to the chief of staff.

Twilbeck is a 2011 graduate of Mississippi College with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology; exercise science. He is in graduate school at Mississippi College working on a master’s in exercise science, and expects to graduate May of 2015. He is associated with The Club at the Township as a health and fitness specialist. Both attend First Baptist Church of Jackson.

The couple will exchange vows in an evening ceremony December 13 at Redeemer Church of Jackson, with a reception to follow. They will make their home in Ridgeland.

Heather Leigh Moore & Matthew Michael Verret

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DECEMBER 27, 2014

CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Heather Leigh Moore

rs. Samuel Wesley Moore Jr. of Jackson announces the engagement of her daughter, Heather Leigh Moore, to Matthew Michael Verret, son of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Quentin Verret of Patterson, La. The bride-elect is also the daughter of the late Samuel Wesley Moore Jr. of Jackson. She is the granddaughter of Carroll Edward (Dee) Jarvis and the late Billie Jo Jarvis of Jackson, Dorothy Mayo Blair of Jackson and Howard V. Blair of Mendenhall. Miss Moore is also the granddaughter of the late Samuel Wesley Moore Sr. of Oklahoma City. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond John Verret Sr. of Patterson, La., and Mrs. Henry Davis Verret and the late Henry Davis Verret of Bayou Vista, La. Miss Moore is a 2002 Alpha Omega graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. She attended Stetson University in Deland, Fla., where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, and Millsaps College. She is pursuing a degree in accounting at Belhaven University.

Miss Moore is a member of the Junior League of Jackson. She is associated with Haddox Reid Eubank Betts PLLC. Verret is a 1996 graduate of Patterson High School. He was graduated from Louisiana State University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and received his master’s in sports administration from Mississippi State University in 2003. He is head athletic trainer at Mississippi College.

An engagement party given in honor of the couple was held recently in the home of Ellen and Gib Ford.

The couple will exchange vows December 27 at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle with a reception to follow at Fairview Inn.

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DECEMBER 20, 2014

AVONDALE METHODIST CHURCH • BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

r. and Mrs. John C. Robertson of Mountain Brook, Ala., announce the engagement of their daughter, Carley Elizabeth Robertson, to Brennan Shipley Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike V. Ward of Madison.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Goodman of Whynot, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Jones Robertson of Jackson.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Ann Grambling Shipley of Madison and the late F.W. “Bill” Shipley of Yazoo City, and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin C. Ward of Madison.

Miss Robertson is a 2010 honors graduate of Houston High School, Germantown, Tenn., and will graduate from Mississippi State University in December with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design.

Ward is a 2008 graduate of Madison Central High School and was graduated cum laude in 2012 from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He is in his second year at the University of Mississippi School of Law. The couple will be married in an afternoon ceremony December 20.

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PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS

Heather Moore and Matt Verret engagement party

John Wofford, Patsy Marash, Jan Wofford, David Marash

Heather Moore, Matt Verret

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An engagement party honoring Heather Moore and Matt Verret was held recently in the Heatherwood home of Ellen and Gib Ford.

Co-hosts and hostesses were Betsy and Neville Boschert, Christine Carmichael, Debbie and Dan Cole, C.C. Henley and Mark Earles, Ouida and James Holland, Cathey and David Russell, Traci and Mark Strickland, Barbara and Mike Wallace,

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and Jan and John Wofford.

Parents of the couple are Lisa Moore and the late Samuel Wesley (Wes) Moore Jr. and Deborah and Randy Verret.

The wedding is planned for December 27 in Jackson.

Shown are scenes from the party.

Lisa Rittenhouse, Chase Herrin, Jacob Verret

Mike Wallace, Dorothy Blair, Barbara Wallace

Traci and Mark Strickland, Jacob Verret, Randy and Deborah Verret; (middle) Lisa Moore, Dororthy Blair, Chris Moore; (front) Heather Moore, Matt Verret

Brett Hightower, Lisa Rittenhouse, Laura Hardin, Heather Moore, Matt Verret; (front) Traci Strickland, Kelly Jarvis

Chris and Meriweather Truchner, Chelsea Freeman, Thomas and Kendra Watson

Bob Jones, Eddie Jarvis, Randy Verret, Dean Jarvis

Chris and Meriweather Truchner, Chris Carmichael, Lisa Moore, Jan and John Wofford

Matt Verret, Heather Moore, Hannah and Abram Orlansky

Matt Verret, Heather Moore, Laura Hardin, John Darce

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Tracie Haag and Daniel Johnston engagement party

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An engagement celebration honoring Tracie Haag and Daniel Johnston was held recently in the home of Nina and Carey Johnston, parents of the bridegroom. The bride’s parents are Nancy and Bill Haag of Brookhaven.

Co-hosts were Melissa and Ron Applewhite, Carole and Hall Bailey, Leslie and Joel Bobo, Anna and Walter Brand, Sarah and Phil Buffington, Angelyn and Barry Cannada, Barbara Carraway, Gay and Mickey Crosby, Rhonda and Bert Green, Amanda and William Griffin, Alice Jean and Lee Hawkins, Melinda and Steve Hendrix, Paula and Jimmy Hood,

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The couple will exchange wedding vows February 7 in Brookhaven.

Grace Buchanan, Barbara Carraway, Liz Neely, Nina Johnston

John McVey, Johnny Neely; (fifth row) Ron Applewhite, Jane Wiggins, Chris and Mary Shapley, Lee Hawkins, Joe Terry, Christine Mitchell; (fourth row) Barbara Caraway, Amanda Griffin, Alice Jean Hawkins, Linda Terry, Geoff Mitchell; (third row) Donna Worley, Melissa Applewhite, Emily McVey, Stephen Kruger; (second row) Jim and Sue Watts, Deetsa Molpus, Phoebe Kruger, Mary Evalyn and Ed Thomas; (front) Tracie Haag, Daniel Johnston, Nina and Carey Johnston, Pamela and Larry Houchins

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EVENTS JACKIE SHERRILL ROAST The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s (MSHOF) Jackie Sherrill Roast, featuring the winningest coach in Mississippi State football history, was held recently at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

The roast, preceded by a reception, was a fund-raiser for the MSHOF.

Al Simon, Margaret Barrett-Simon, Jackie Sherrill

John Horecky, Kenny Williamson, Peggy Sherrill

Jackie Sherrill, Mark Thompson

John Bond, Hal Mumme, Cal Wells

Russell Bowie, Marty McCubbins, Liz Cleveland, Jordan Musgrove, Chris Gray

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Michelle and Nick Fulton

Bruce and Julie Martin, Jennifer and Dick Hall

Donna and Wade Sims, Paul Staires

Tommy Miskelly, Terry Godfrey

Freddy Rayner, Mike Rowell, Glen Sowell

Greg Fike, Leslie Drake, Damon Kissinger, Justin Bennett, Newt Ogletree

Kell and Mary Stratton Smith, Elizabeth and Matthew Brinson

Mike Mosby, Heather Andrews, Dominic Cunetto, Rob Wilson, Steve Horn

Cal Wells, Tony Dorsett

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Dudley Marble, Johnny Brown, Ron Martin, Ted Williams

Susan Tsimortos, Tommie Cardin

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Dave Morris, Brian Sims, Rosalie Morris, Mike Richey, Kyle Merhege

Brad Gatlin, Kenny Williamson, Bonnie Bishop, Daniel Zabaldano

Donna Matthews, Jimmy Lever

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EVENTS SYMPHONY BALL The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 “Emerald Ball” was held recently at the Country Club of Jackson. The Symphony Ball is the Jackson Symphony League’s largest fund-raiser each year.

Mary Ann Petro, Michelle Petro Pharr

Cindy and Ray McNamara, Mary Jabaley

Trey and Cassie Burns, Will Seely

Mike and Gina O’Connell, Julie Jackson

Lisa Rotollo, Emily Sanders

Elee Reeves, Marty Smith, Glenn Robinson, Todd Prince, Lisa Palmer

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Hugh and Cynthia Parker, Barbara and Barry Plunkett

Brian Nichols, Sauna Berry

Simone Bryan, Don Jacobs

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Kenneth Townsend, Ann Phelps

Erik Kegler, Holly Lange, Brennan Howell

Mike and Elizabeth Cottingham, Deery and Harry Walker

Mary and John Peoples

James and Joyce Corbett, Grace Lee, Nell Wall

Kay Mortimer, Richard Johnson, Gloria Walker

Gib and Ellen Ford, Cynthia and Michael Winkelmann

Michael and Natalie Arnemann

Claudia and Robert Hauberg

Mandy Mangum, Susan Lawler

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Richard and Melanie Morgan

Ed Wall, Troy Browning, Tim Dawson

Sally O’Callaghan, Marty Smith, Robyn Browning

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Corbin and Faye McGriff, Phoebe Pearigen

Laura Ashley Coleman, Jack Root

Trish McDaniel, Bob Brown

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Hans and Kristi Pettit

Lisa and Glenn Newell

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EVENTS JURIED ART SHOW The third annual Cedars Juried Art Show featuring the works of Mississippians was presented recently. An opening reception was held recently at The Cedars. Seventy-one artists from 21 Mississippi cities and 84 pieces of selected art were juried by artist Jere Allen.

The show is part of Fondren Renaissance’s Four Seasons of The Cedars Visual and Performing Arts Series. It is free and open to the public.

Shown are scenes from the reception.

Jim Wilkirson, Jarrod Partridge, Jere Allen

Chuck Wise, Monika Knepper

Don Jacobs, Latricia Jones, Rebecca Stewart

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Dickie and Sally Yelverton

Samuel McCain, Mike Mathews

Andrew, Eliza and Thomas Ueltschey

Jay, Jimmy, Stacy and Ian Underwood

Alan Burrow, Brian Beckham

Joy and Colin Miller

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Bekah, Nate and Jenny Woodruff

Teresa Pipper, Kathleen Casa, Grant Davis

Jeff and Liz Thoman, Mark Hallmark

Alison Kelly, Alice Stamps, Laurilee Fortner

David and Susan Russell

Brenda Benson, Rubie Howell, Mark Millett

Heidi Pitre, Maureen Donnelly, Betty Press

Barbara Parrish, Mary Scott Shepherd

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EVENTS DATES FOR LEUKEMIA The 14th annual Dates for Leukemia, a silent date auction, benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Tammy Bouchillon and Jamie Woods chair this annual event as participants in the LLS Team in Training program. This year’s event was held at Old Capitol Inn with 300 guests in attendance.

Auctioned dates included luxury Saints weekends in New Orleans, elegant dinners complete with limousine services, spa packages, and more. Music was provided by the Mojo Trio, which is made up of Ronnie McGee, Robert Moreira, and Steve Cook.

Wes Freeman, Lindsey Nelin

Barbara Jones, Jeffrey Kent, Jonathan Jones

Jennifer Ballard, Cody Adkins, Emily Clayton

Dana King, John Morgan; (fourth row) Jeffrey Kent, Liz Hogue, Blake Besselievre; (third row) Whitney Griffin, Sarah Gibson; (second row) John Powell, Roslyn Knox-Lockett, Christy Kellum, Damon Bagley-Ayres; (front) Sandy Sanford, Kim Ellis, Iris Villalon, Bethany Barksdale, Jennifer Ballard, Leigh Jones, Ashley Robertson

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Jeff Humber, Tony Bahou

Beverly Mahaffey, Bebe Garrison

Laurin Geheber, Erika Berry, Kristin Stentiford, Kate Cooper

Tom Hickman, Leslie Owens

Dana King, Liz Hogue

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Freda Guzman, Janet Thomas

David Doggette, Jennifer Studebaker, Glenn Partrick

Roberto Moreia, Steve Cook, John Powell, Ronnie McGee

Angela Hammack, TJ Harvey, Lindsay Speed, Yasma Stringer, Andy Quinn, Lindsey Murphey

David Ellis, Beverly Limbaugh

Kristen Dubourg, Charity George, Donald Pope, Scott Viner

Pammi Hancock, John MacLennan

Kevin Byrd, Meredith Shows, TJ Harvey, Michele McGee, Brad Plunkett, Steven Griffin

Lisa Chesney, Chris Shaw

Lin Bobbitt, Steve Demarius

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Chuck Nelms, Kathleen Fitzgerald

Racolez Sha Denson, Jeffrey Kent, Sophy Mangana, Jeanann Suggs

Lili Torres, Deetra Prestwood, Chris McIntyre, Kym Morgan

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EVENTS HYP PICNIC AT THE CEDARS Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area recently hosted Habitat Young Professionals Picnic at The Cedars. The Red Hots provided live music on the porch of the Fondren landmark, and the food was on hand for sale.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Melia Dicker, Evan and Darren Schwindaman

Kelly Wright, Jenilyn Vick, Tess Winkler, Holly Hearon

Meriwether (holding Sadie) Truckner, Susannah Morse, William Flowers, Chris Truckner

Barber and Elizabeth Boone

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Nick, Coy and Kristen Crawford

Seth Dotherow, Pierce Morgan, Kaitlyn Ellis, Erin and Zack Hutchens

Amber Rutland, Carley Mohan

Lauren Kendall, Ashley Bridges

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Jaclyn Petty, Maggie Kate Kelly

Ross Dean, Pearla Rose, Sherri Eakin, Kat Johnson, Aggie Sikora, A. Gray

Amber and Johnny Beck, Evan Tew, Scott May

Betsy Hood, Kate Cooper, Caroline Gillespie, Sarah Abraham

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Kyle Wiggins, Rebecca Wright, Alisha Li

Casey Holder, Holly Gerrard

Sam and Emily Pote

Stevie Cantrell, Katrina Shirley

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EVENTS BOTTOM LINE FOR KIDS The 26th annual Bottom Line for Kids benefit dinner and auction was held recently at the Country Club of Jackson. This year’s theme was “An Evening in Tuscany.” The event is Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth’s major fund-raiser.

The event included a cocktail hour featuring strolling violinists, silent and premier silent auctions, and Italian dinner with paired wine, and a live auction.

Robin Farber, Maggi Lampton

Artimese Fairley, Deborah Smathers, Amy Brown

Megan and Kreig Bell

Brenda Donnell, Illinois Littleton, Norweida Roberts, Daniel and Mary Rayford

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Amanda and Lee Nicols

Lisa and Ben Jeffcoat

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Marjorie and Reuel May

Dick and Jennifer Hall, Pat and Don Meiners

Janna Hughes, Tanya Rankin

Scott McVey, Sarah Ford, Ginny and Danny

Lea McCracken, Johnny and Deb Wray

Deborah Lampton, Mary Helen and Bo Bowen

George and Jana Nicols, Debbie and Jeff Good

Gerald Smith, Dennis and Betty Carraway, Holly Moulder

Patti Pankiewicz, Mia Pollman, Jackie Hollway

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EVENTS BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES A fund-raiser benefiting Bethany Christian Services was held recently at The South.

The evening featured a silent auction, dinner and a program of inspirational messages. The support of adoptions has always been the mission of Bethany. Other services including postadoption counseling, foster care and the Safe Families for Children program in central Mississippi are funded through this banquet.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Dawn Spellman, Karon Weeks, Nancy Fenwick

Marie James, Bill Whitwer, Margot Truelson

Shannon Sullivan, Debra and Paul Hastings

Abby Julian, Greg Bonds

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David Poland, Bob Walton

Leonard and Betsy Cobb, Mary Ann Miller, Catherine and Brent Cobb

Lee and Nancy Elkins

Fair and Paul Hurst

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES

Brooke Gothard, Lance Carter

Brook and Hays Collins, Andrew and Michelle Vincent

Will and Nicki Barbour, Kevin Green, Pat Chambliss

Karen Stewart (executive director), Teresa Adams

Vera Kelley, Valorie Albright

Shirley Rutland, Steve and Becky Baggett, Ed Walker

Claire Ridgway, Katherine Royer

Margaret Hitt, Amy Rylander

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EVENTS JANE AUSTEN HOUSES Iris Lutz, national president of JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America, recently visited Mississippi to meet JASNA Mississippi members and make a presentation on the houses in Jane Austen’s life and fiction.

The Mississippi region of JASNA has been recognized by the national organization for its quick buildup of membership; events including academic classes, tea parties, films and discussions; articles by members in JASNA’s journal Persuasions; and Jane Austen-inspired products includingt t-shirts, notecards, bookmarks, earrings, and Christmas ornaments.

Megan Bankston, Suzanne Marrs

Carla Wall, Bettye Whitenton, Iris Lutz, Carolyn Burkett

Carolyn and Phoebe Pearigen

Elizabeth Alley, Joe and Judy Haygood, Ivy Alley

Elena Azadbakht, John Blair, Iris Lutz, Susan and Steve Halder

Susan Allen Ford, Dorothy Shawhan, Carol Tatum

Carolyn Brown, Ellen Treadway, Elizabeth Alley, Patty Furr

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EVENTS YACHT CLUB PARTY Jackson Yacht Club recently hosted a Halloween costume party. Music was provided

by Time to Move.

Shown are scenes from the party.

Linda Williams, Terre Schriver, Linda Smith

Mike Bush, Cindy Clegg

Russell and Suzanne Smith, Jim Leggett

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Otis Johnson, Emma George Hamilton

Gail and Greg Puckett, Kim Williams

Tammy Hollingsworth, Lynn Freeman

Audrey Glenn, Bill and Suzan Edwards, Rusty Smith, Sarah Davidson

Sid Grosshart, Hope Reagan

Caylon McCulloch, Britton Blackmon

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Leigh and Terrell Rogers

Lizzie Sullivan, Bubba and Lisa Neeld

Chantel Munger, Chris Kirwin, Elizabeth Marsh, Tommy Hoffman

Amy and Jeff Jones, David Brian

Bob and Stephanie Johnson, Shelia Harkins, Toni Lane

Ken and Rachel Hall

Gail and Russ Fraiser, Margaret Yockers, Mike Daniels

Karen Jeter, Mike and Jeanne Cartwright

Davy Jones, Margaret and Robert Muller

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EVENTS YOUTH VILLAGES Youth Villages Mississippi recently hosted Tribute to Excellence at the Country Club of Jackson. The event honored the Revs. Luther and Janet Ott, community leaders who have made a great impact in the lives of Mississippi’s children. The outcomes the group achieved in restoring and strengthening families was also showcased.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Dolphus and Rosie Weary

Evangeline Zouboukos, Pamela Nail, Tom and Betty Parry

Mike McRee and Molly MacWade

Renita Reed, Renee Rudd, Linda Porter

Seymour Pooley, Luther and Janet Ott, Maggie Pooley, Ronnie and Roger Gooch

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Bette Poole, Julia Burns

Kim Breese, Jane Alexander

Sam and Kim Kelly, Bryan and Jackie McDonald

John and Julia Conway

Darline and Nathan Slater

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Ravi and Whitney Raju

Sara Katherine Ott Beckett, Janet Ott, Tim Adams, Shellie Revore, Paul Bessenbacher

Seshadri and Sybil Raju, Lucette and Kenneth Bennett

Nancy Lawrence, Holly Lange, Brett and Jane Alexander

Deena Moore, Greg Campbell

Ginger Hoover, Beverly Scafidel

Darline Slater, Tanya Rankin

Sam Kelly, Sean Pooley, PG and Michelle Bernheim, Kim Kelly, Amy and Robert Pooley

LaKim Johnson, Monica McIntosh

Vanessa and Larry Mize

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