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Vol. 44, No. 49

Three Sections, 52 Pages, Thursday, September 22, 2011

Gates Approved

Public access gates now allowed for N’side neighborhoods

By ANTHONY WARREN Sun Staff Writer NEIGHBORHOOD leaders on the Northside aren’t sure if public access gates are the direction in which they’d like to go, but do like having the option as a means of reducing crime and calming traffic.

On September 12, the Jackson City Council voted 4 to 1 to approve an ordinance allowing certain neighborhoods to install public access gates.

Walter Neely, president of the Rolling Meadows Homeowners Association, and

Kathryn Koury, president of the Petit Bois Homeowners Association, are both pleased that the measure was passed, but weren’t certain if their neighborhoods want to install the gates.

“There are some challenges, the least of which is raising money,” Neely said, adding that the association will discuss its strategy in October. Rolling Meadows had been looking at installing security cameras. “Now, we could possibly install cameras and/or gates,” he said.

He said security measures are needed. In

the last year, the neighborhood has experienced a number of home and auto break-ins, something that public gates could help reduce in Neely’s opinion.

The gating ordinance was authored by Ward One Councilman Quentin Whitwell. It allows neighborhoods to petition the city to install public access gates. The neighborhoods have to have one entrance and no through-streets. In order for the city to approve the devices, residents must obtain 75 percent support from property owners in See Public Gates, Page 14A

FALL FESTIVAL

Photo by Beth Buckley

Once Upon a Fall Festival planned The Mississippi Children’s Museum will host its first family fund-raiser, Once Upon a Fall Festival…There was a Storybook Ball, October 8, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The museum is also the venue for multiple festival activities beginning October 5. For more information visit www.mississippichil-

drensmuseum.com. Planning the festival are (from left, back) Amber Johnson, Shannon Smith; (front) Walter Johnson, Mary Ousley Owen, Lauren Anne Smith, Bennett and Jennifer Stribling.

Drivers stopped as DUI suspects not required to take field test

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer WITH AN ESTIMATED 2,000 annual DUI arrests on the Northside, experts say many of those arrested don’t know they can refuse a portable breath test (PBT) without getting their license yanked.

“If you don’t take the portable test, there are no criminal or civil penalties. If you don’t take the field sobriety tests, there’s no criminal or civil penalty,” said DUI attorney Victor Carmody, a former police lieutenant.

“Those are voluntary tests. But the officer won’t tell you they’re voluntary.”

PBTs are not considered reliable, so the readings are not admissible as evidence in court, said Ridgeland City Prosecutor Boty McDonald.

“The only thing that’s admissible is whether it blew positive for alcohol,” McDonald said.

Likewise, the field sobriety tests - notoriously difficult even for sober people - are voluntary.

However, police stations have more accurate breath tests on large machines (in Ridgeland, the Intoxilizer 8000). Those test results are used in court.

If someone refuses to take the test at the station, their license will be suspended for 90 days regardless of whether they end up convicted of DUI. McDonald said he often has an easier time getting DUI convictions when people refuse to take the big test downtown.

“Case law and statutory law says all I have to show is that you’d been drinking and you were driving,” he said. “Most people don’t realize that if they refuse [the breath test at the station] and there’s a good chance they’re not drunk, they’re shooting themselves in the foot.”

Carmody, on the other hand, says different judges look at DUI cases differently, and courts like to look at the “totality of the circumstances,” so a breath test refusal doesn’t determine the final outcome.

“For instance, let’s say you’re sitting down at the machine and the officer is fumbling around and either the machine isn’t working or he doesn’t know what he’s doing. And someone has to come in and help him get it going. How would you feel about taking that test?”

OF COURSE, THE BEST advice for those See Portable DUI Test, Page 8A

TOWNSHIP

COLONY PARK DEVELOPMENT THRIVING DESPITE DOWN ECONOMY

Clint Herring

THE TOWNSHIP AT Colony Park in Ridgeland has not only thrived in the midst of the recession but is also feeling more and more like a community, developer Clint Herring said.

“In the last three years, The Township has had more activity than it did when economic times were better. ... Just in the last 12 to 18 months, there’s been a lot of addition to the Township,” said Herring, president of Kerioth Corporation.

“There’s been a lot of single-family residential activity in the last six months,” he said, and construction will start soon on more two- and three-bedroom townhouses.

Meanwhile, commuters can see two retail

buildings being built along Highland Colony Parkway, and work has also started on two banks and an extended-stay hotel.

The Township is a New Urbanism development - meaning “you mix office, retail and all forms of commercial development, everything other than industrial, and you make sure that you integrate various types of residential development,” he said.

“You find a great town center, and you make the development extremely pedestrian-friendly. Accommodate the car, but don’t make car king.”

At The Township, the tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly streets lead to The Club, a

state-of-the-art health and fitness center that includes a resort-style pool, a tennis center, and Sanctuary Body Spa of St. Dominic’s, scheduled to open October 18.

Herring said the medical spa would be the best in the state.

St. Dominic’s and Viking - whose cooking school calls The Township home - are “part of the fabric of the community,” he said.

“We’ll have hotel stays for people who want spa packages and culinary packages at Viking. We could do tennis weekends coupled with the spa, coupled with personal training and culinary arts.”

See Township, Page 11A

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

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a conversation with

Dr. Parrott on Belhaven University With 17 years under his belt, Roger Parrott has the distinction of being the longest-serving president at a four-year university in the state of Mississippi. Parrott, a graduate of Eastern Nazarene College and the University of Maryland, recently spoke to Sun Staff Writer Anthony Warren about the school and its future.

“I’ve never found a student, who if they were willing to work or invest, we couldn’t figure out how to make it work

FINANCIALLY.” -Dr. Roger Parrott

Then, there was a huge fire here in the 1930s. The two white buildings used to be one building. The center section was hit by lightning and it burned. We’ve had three major fires over the years, which is I guess why we’re called the Blazers.”

How long are y’all staying at the LeFleur building, supposing that no fires I noticed Belhaven University posted on break out? the side of the LeFleur Bluff Building on “It’s a permanent location. We call it our I-55. What’s the deal with that?

LeFleur campus, and are expecting to be “Twenty-five years ago, we made a com- there for years. We have, along with our mitment to begin delivering education in a undergrad business program there, an accelformat that meets the needs of adults and erated undergrad degree program for workgraduate students that was streamlined, ing adults, our MBA, master’s of leadership, intensified, accelerated, practical and values- master’s of public administration and masbased. Our adult program has grown through ter’s of education programs.” the years, we have a ton of graduate and adult programs, and we ran out of space. We What is Belhaven’s current enrollment? needed a space to help working profession“It’s at a record level, at about 3,300 this als obtain their education. It’s a great build- fall. That includes our traditional students at ing; it’s in a good location; and it’s easy to the Peachtree campus, which is over a thoufind. It’s an intense experience when you go sand. We have about a thousand in our adult back to school as an adult, and we want to and graduate student programs, and at our make that experience as easy as possible. campuses in five other cities - Houston, The LeFleur Building offers a lot of parking Orlando, Memphis, Chattanooga and and the classrooms are first-class quality.”

Atlanta. Then, we have our online campus as well, which is growing exponentially How much space does Belhaven occupy fast.” in the LeFleur building?

“We have a floor and a half of space.”

So the majority of students are adult non-traditional?

When did Belhaven move in?

“Roughly 1,100 are traditional aged and “In August. It’s interesting that it comes 2,100 are adult, graduate, or online. When right now, because this is the 100th anniver- we checked it out about a year ago, we had sary of moving to the Peachtree Street cam- more graduate students than Delta State pus. We started in downtown Jackson, and University.” the original building burned down in seven months. We moved to a second building, With the weak economy, have you seen and it burned a few years later and we an increase in adult enrollment? moved here (to the Peachtree location).

“We have. Basically, the statistics show that unemployment is close to 10 percent.

The unemployment rate for college grads, though, is around five percent, so they’re sustaining the recession better than those without a college degree. Some college graduates are still not getting jobs, but they have a better opportunity to obtain one with a degree.”

What do you say to people who might think Belhaven is too expensive?

“I’ve never found a student, who if they were willing to work or invest, we couldn’t figure out how to make it work financially.

There are federal grant and loan programs available, and there are scholarships for some of our programs. There are ways to make it work. Education is the most important investment people can make in their lives. People have stopped investing in things that appreciate in value for things that don’t, and that’s why we have a credit card crisis today. Nothing appreciates in value more than the mind, so we think investing in Belhaven is well worth it.”

Let’s talk about football. How’s the season going so far?

“It’s great. We beat Mississippi College last week, which we liked. We won our first game, but lost the second one in three overtimes to a good team from Louisiana College. We were inches away from being 3-0, but we are 2-1. We played Louisiana College the night Tropical Storm Lee came through. We are a passing team, so that wasn’t our best night. We started football 12 years ago. Joe Thrasher, our head coach now, was one of Belhaven’s very first players.”

See Roger Parrott, Page 13A

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from the publisher prompted the state Legislature to open its pocketbook to attract similar “green energy” companies to Mississippi. Calisolar, a California-based manufacturer of silicon for solar cells, is the recipient of a $75-million incentive package, including a $59.5 million low-interest loan.

California’s Twin Creek Technologies, which makes wafers for solar panels, received $54 million in Mississippi assistance. Kior, a biofuels company, received $75 million, and Soladigm, a maker of enerBy gy efficient windows, received $44 million.

WYATT HCL CleanTech, another biofuel company, EMMERICH received $100 million.

All told, that’s $439 million in Mississippi subsidies for “green jobs.” That comes to $440 for every Mississippi household - a lot of money, especially considering these economic times.

Solyndra executives said the company’s bankruptcy was caused by its failure to compete with the resources of larger scale foreign competitors. This problem was compounded by a global oversupply of solar LET’S HOPE the recent scandal involving panels and a severe drop in prices. The the Solyndra solar panel company isn’t a financial problems in Europe have forced a sign of things to come in Mississippi. cutback in solar panel subsidies there.

Solyndra has filed for bankruptcy, leaving President Obama made “green jobs” all U.S. taxpayers on the hook for $528 million. the rage. So far, none of these new-wave The Solyndra corporate offices have been energy technologies can make it without raided by the FBI. That’s never a good sign. government subsidies. Meanwhile, natural Congress is investigating whether the gas and alternative fossil fuels are booming Obama administration fast-tracked the and lower in price. Since when did high-risk Solyndra deal for some illegitimate reason. venture capital become a legitimate function What does all this have to do with of government?

Mississippi? Well, Gov. Haley Barbour has All of this underscores the dangers of let-

Green jobs are costing state some real green

PERS is not at risk of financial trouble With an estimated 20 percent of Mississippi’s workforce enrolled in the state’s Public Employees’ Retirement System, discussions about changing it — much less actually trying to do so — are bound to be politically charged.

It needs to be emphasized that PERS, which covers not only state employees but city and county workers and school districts, is nowhere close to broke. It has enough money to pay benefits for a couple of decades even if not another penny came in. Its finances, though, are not in as good a shape as they need to be for the long haul. The general rule is that to be considered actuarially sound, a retirement plan should have enough assets to cover 80 percent of its projected costs for the next 30 years. PERS is presently at 65 percent funded.

Several factors have contributed to the present strain. The stock market, in which the retirement fund is heavily invested, has not performed well in recent years. The number of retirees has grown faster than the number of new workers paying into the system. And, most significantly, in the late 1990s, Mississippi lawmakers — when times were flusher — sweetened the benefits and made the change retroactive but neglected to include a way to pay for this generosity. If this one misstep had been avoided, there would be no need for a study group and there would be no anxiety about the future of PERS. To try to right their mistake, lawmakers have taken some positive steps of late. They increased the number of years of service from 25 to 30 for new hires, and they increased the employee contribution level from 7.25 percent to nine percent.

Still, that’s not enough. The taxpayer-funded match, now at 12 percent, is projected to keep rising for at least the next couple of years to 14 percent before gradually settling back down. In a state that is hard-pressed to come up with the revenue to meet its essential needs, it can’t afford to have one of the most expensive government retirement plans in the nation. Every extra percent that taxpayers have to kick in for PERS costs more than $50 million — money that will be taken away from health care, education, public safety and other critical government services.

We’ve heard the argument that a cushy retirement plan is needed to make up for the comparatively low wages that Mississippi pays government workers. It’s curious, though, that those same people who make this argument never mention the retirement plan when they are lobbying for pay raises.

Ideally, Mississippi would have a comprehensive compensation plan that took into account all facets — salary, fringe benefits, cost of living — so that it would be easy to compare how government workers fare here overall compared to similar states, rather than just looking at one part of the equation at a time.

Such an analysis, though, is more than the PERS study group has been asked to tackle. Its mission is to objectively assess the financial condition of PERS and present a comprehensive list of recommendations for strengthening that condition.

These recommendations, when they do come, deserve to be considered with an open mind.

ting politicians pick winners and losers in the rough-and-tumble environment of global competition. We like our governor and we know the state Legislature means well - as did Obama - but these people lack the skill set to make multi-million-dollar capital allocation decisions in industries about which they possess only a superficial knowledge.

It takes decades for a good businessman to learn an industry well enough to risk millions. How could our Legislature possibly acquire this knowledge in a special session?

How could our state development bureaucrats possibly have the industry-specific expertise when they are recruiting dozens of different industries all at once?

We wish government could “create” jobs by doling out money. Unfortunately, there is no tooth fairy. Letting politicians pick favorites is the exact opposite of what a free market is about. The fact that a conservative Republican governor would engage in such command-and-control behavior illustrates how far we have strayed. It will all end badly. We wonder how much of our current economic malaise is caused by this bad public policy, which is practiced throughout the country.

The government should stay out of business. It is over its head and sure to screw up.

Instead, government should focus on its clear fundamental duties - public order, good infrastructure and a fair tax code. If government does its job correctly - and that’s a big if - free market growth will take care of itself.

our culture By JOE GOODELL

Newt Knight legend remains even today A FEW MIGHT recognize October 5 as the anniversary date of my birth. But significant to the culture and history of Mississippi, however, 2011 marks it as the 148th year since the violent death of Amos McLemore.

Major Amos had opposed secession as had most citizens of Jones County, Mississippi. He was a schoolteacher, pastor and successful merchant in the county seat, Ellisville, as rough a town as Tombstone was to become. His people, established in the South for nearly 200 years, had served honorably in the Revolution and in 1812, with kin having founded Meridian in the 1830s. Richard A. McLemore presided at Mississippi College during the growth years of 19571968. Amos was the great-uncle of Gordon McLemore, who with the U.S. Marine Corps fought through the hard days of the Korean Conflict, and who afterward made his home here in Madison County with Sharlene and their three daughters.

But after January 1861 when the Mississippi Legislature did vote to secede, Amos raised a company of infantry calling it "Old Rosin Heels," with himself in command as captain. They fought valiantly in Florida and then with heavy losses in the fearsome engagements of Perryville and Murfreesboro as Company B, 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

In the meantime another "force" was developing in Jones County. Quite different from the elitist gentry of McLemore, Deason, Welborn, Kilgore and Bayliss, these were the yeoman farmers of Knight, Collins, Sumrall, Bynum, Reddoch, Walters, Blackwell and Coleman, as tough and rugged as the tall pines they lived among. Newton Knight was a spirit of independence, an embraced member of these families, who did not identify with the newly forming Confederacy and who claimed, or revived, the sobriquet, "Free State of

I CHUCKLED WHEN I read Sun columnist Joe Goodell’s recent piece on Newt Knight, founder of the famous Free State of Jones (see below).

That’s because my wife, born Virginia Lucile Knight, is the great-great-great-greatniece of the infamous Newt Knight, a heritage she is loath to claim. Apparently old Newt was the black sheep of the family, despite his fame. Amazon lists four books about his exploits.

Some portray Newt Knight as an antiConfederacy hero who fought for equality.

Some portray him as a violent thug. In either case, he captured the imagination of many when he declared Jones County to be the Free State of Jones. For several years he battled both Confederate and Union forces from his swamp hideout.

Despite my lack of a thick Mississippi accent, I am definitely from “around here.”

In fact, 28 of my 32 great-great-great-grandparents were Mississippians, a Mississippi lineage matched - as far as I have found only by my wife.

Being a genealogy buff, I tracked down an old book about Newt Knight called the “Echo of the Black Horn,” written by Ethel Knight, another distant cousin. In her introduction, the author noted the founding families of that area of Mississippi including the Knights, the Pickerings and the Speeds.

One hundred and fifty years later, one of my son’s best friends is Harper Pickering and one of my best friends is Stewart Speed.

Mississippi is indeed a small state.

Jones." But to avoid conscription, he and several neighbors volunteered as a unit to serve. And they did, with distinction, around Corinth and later Vicksburg.

By late 1862 the Confederate army desperately needed resources to resist the expanding Union momentum. Certain units of Rebel cavalry raided Jones County, conscripting nearly all of the remaining men and most of the food and livestock, a "tax in kind" arrangement, leaving many women and children destitute, sometimes starving. Stories about the plight of their families filtered through to Newton, Jasper Collins and others, aware also that many "propertied" soldiers could leave the army to tend their holdings.

Severely disillusioned, even embittered, a few, including Newton and Jasper, who may have coined the term "rich man's war, poor man's fight," "walked off the job," back to their Piney Woods, to personally support their own families. They used hide-outs like Devil's Den along Leaf River, and successfully resisted the horse soldiers ill suited for swamp country.

GEN. BRAXTON BRAGG yielded to the frustration of catching and returning these men to duty by force. In August 1863 he dispatched Amos, now Major McLemore, with a small detachment and authority to offer amnesty. Likely employing his teacher and pastor skills, he convinced, over just five weeks, 119 of them of the "error of their ways."

Newton Knight was not among them. Known for his hard-won self-reliance, a devout man but a fierce combatant when riled, he was regarded by the McLemores et al as a no-account and now as an ignorant bushwhacker. Newton saw them, far removed socially and politically, to be arrogant barons imposing themselves as moral and civil arbiters.

The class feud became a personal one between Amos and Newton. Warnings and threats were exchanged and Newton was quoted with, "... if meddlin' is what you want, I can stop that." He knew that the Major lodged at the Deason house in north Ellisville, a mansion with luxurious appointments, among the surrounding rude farm houses.

On the stormy night of October 5, Amos with fellow officers had retired for dinner and rest. As the accepted story goes, Newton eased away from two accomplices and into the house, slammed open a sitting room door and fired a thunderous blast from his double-barreled shotgun. Amos McLemore died as he fell, a gaping hole in his chest.

Bloodstains in the floor persist to this day; it is said that the door swings open of its own accord at 11 pm.

Although no clues to the murder were found, and no charges made, Newton never denied his involvement and was never caught.

So there is the link, thin as it may be, the October 5 business that is, between me and some compelling culture and history of Mississippi. However tragic and steeped in controversy the account of Amos, Newton and Jones County, and however meager my connection, I am appreciative of it.

Joe Goodell is a Northsider.

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laus Deo By WALTER REDDEN

Mississippi fall can be experienced on Natchez Trace MANY FOLKS ARE of the opinion that you must go to New England, in the fall, to see the beauty of nature. This might suggest natty outfits and luxury travel. The gold standard of God’s beauty is right under our nose – the Natchez Trace.

The trace meanders 309 miles from Natchez to the Alabama state line then continues to Nashville. Like Route 66, the trace winds some 400 plus miles, with its unspoiled unbelievable beauty. There is scenery of fall colors – lush hardwoods, maples and oaks, plus the view is sprinkled with dogwood blooms in the spring. Each side of the roadway is meticulously manicured. “The Legend of the Dogwood Tree” comes to mind. “Long ago the dogwood was a tall and stately tree – a monarch of the forest that stood majestically.

Then one day men, in search of wood, the sturdy dogwood spied and from its trunk they hewed the cross on which our Savior died. Our Savior knew, and whispered in His tender, loving voice, ‘You are a part of man’s salvation, in this you can rejoice. But, each springtime you’ll remind the world Christ died and lives again.’ ” Author Unknown The Natchez Trace is a federal roadway and is managed by the National Park Service. The speed limit on the Trace is 50 mph. The trace wiggles through several towns and some of the very best of Mississippi. Let me point out just a few attractions on our journey.

THE CITY OF NATCHEZ is rich with Indian history and gorgeous mansions. Natchez sweeps you off your feet and brings back the glorious past: (1) Natchez National Historic Park on South Canal contains the rich cultural history of Natchez; (2) Natchez spring and fall pilgrimages – some 25 historic antebellum mansions open their doors and hostesses in period costumes are there to greet visitors.

Port Gibson, a city too beautiful to burn, was spared from the torch of Civil War soldiers: (1) Windsor Ruins – on Rodney Road – remains one of the largest antebellum mansions. Windsor burned in 1890 and only 23 fluted columns still remain; (2) First Presbyterian Church on Church Street features a gold hand atop the steeple pointed toward heaven. The chandeliers are from the Robert E. Lee steamboat.

Raymond (Hinds County): (1) The Hinds County Courthouse on West Main Street: Greek Revival style built by skilled slave labor. It was used as a temporary Confederate hospital after the Battle of Raymond; (2) Confederate Cemetery where 140 soldiers are buried – 109 were Confederate dead, the remaining 31 are unknown soldiers.

Clinton, a gracious college town, is a class act in hospitality: (1) Clinton Visitor Center and Museum: there are artifacts and photos aplenty. Music events are held most every weekend; (2) Mississippi College – the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississippi (founded in 1826) has an historic campus and a new art gallery.

Jackson, Mississippi’s capital city, has much to see in art, music, historic neighborhoods, museums and much more: (1) Eudora Welty House and Garden: a writer of international acclaim, Eudora Welty was born in 1908. She wrote her novels and short stories in her Belhaven neighborhood on Pinehurst Street; (2) The Fondren District – known as the end-destination for culture. There are shops, great restaurants, art galleries, eclectic architecture, charming homes and great people.

Ridgeland – the Mid-South’s premier shopping area.

(1) Mississippi Craft Center – on Rice Road – state of the art edifice just off the trace. Housing Southern crafts galore, the center also serves as an information center; (2) Antique Mall of the South – Highway 51 – the largest antique mall in central Mississippi. You name it!

KOSCIUSKO (Attala County), has a beautiful historic downtown square – a favorite of artists to paint.

The historic downtown Court Square has been renovated and unique retail shops and cafes surround the 100-year-old Attala County Courthouse.

French Camp: a community that is doing a super job of working with young people today. My loving mother is a graduate of French Camp Academy. (1) Natchez Trace Historic Village where you can see how handmade quilts are stitched together piece by piece. You can also take a break and sit on the front porch of the Huffman Log Cabin. (2) Sorghum molasses demonstration – made the old fashioned way. Unique, no doubt.

Tupelo: The birthplace of the king of rock and roll and park headquarters. (1) Tupelo Automobile Museum where more than 100 antique classic and collectible cars are housed. They represent 100 years of automobile design and engineering, chronologically displayed; (2) Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo – exotic animals, a live pony carousel and a petting zoo.

Tishomingo is a refreshing change of pace, an outdoor paradise. The old Tishomingo County Courthouse in Iuka is a two-story brick courthouse as it looked in 1889. The John Marshall Stone Library serves as an archival depository for the county archives and history museum.

Now we are at milepost 309 at the Mississippi/Alabama state line. Only a few treasures have I suggested as you travel the trace. The beauty of the Magnolia State lies on either side of this fantastic roadway. This is the end of the trail in Mississippi. I am reminded of Paul speaking to the Church at Corinth in II Corinthians 9:15: “Thanks be to God for His gift, too wonderful for words.”

Part-time faith, like a part-time job, will not fully support you.

Walter Redden is a Northsider.

short by spouses completing their shopping. so GOG hasn't yet found out what was the "worst thing ever to happen in this country."

veritas

By JOHN FONTAINE

New things that aren’t progress “WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE was the second worse thing ever to happen in this country.” This was the firm statement made last Friday by one of the regulars, in a side conversation at Kroger's informal coffee corner where old geezers wait for shopping spouses.

Your correspondent, GOG, (that's garrulous old geezer not grumpy old goat) awaits there only occasionally, but often picks up grist for the mill ... to coin another phrase.

The proponent of this firm statement reinforced his argument citing the decline in family values, the lack of consistent child-rearing, and the crowded job marketplace when women ought to be staying home tending to neglected domestic chores. "Barefoot and pregnant" comes to mind. Is that also the solution to the unemployment problem?

Fill in your own blanks, but you can't turn back the calendar. Or erase the two-car family and a mansion for everyone. The older parts of town are littered with smaller, discarded houses.

This side conversation was cut

THERE ARE A LOT of contenders. But, survey friends and family and a leading one always is the automated phone call! Enjoying a meal? The buzz, burr or bell introduces the appetizing, "Does anyone in your family have diabetes?" Nap time is nearly always interrupted by, "This is the last chance to lock in credit card interest before rates go up." If credit cards are financing a lavish lifestyle, that's the last thing of concern. But pundits predict this country's next financial crisis will come from that mountainous credit card debt.

Think the answer is the register on the federal and/or state do-notcall lists? Of course calls from political parties are exempt and even a small, one-time donation triggers calls from every level and facet of that group. Charitable gifts? Donor lists must be a real source of revenue judging from all that increase in unwanted solicitation calls and junk mail.

What to do? Daughter has found returning self-addressed envelopes with the stern warning: "Take me off your mailing list," seems to stop mail from that particular source.

The automated phone calls? Try this. Instead of the standard "hello," which - after a brief pause seems to trigger the recording - answer all phone calls with, "If this is an automated message, please wait for the beep."

GOG answered a mid-nap-time call that way. Then, when there was more than the usual brief silence, said the conventional "hello." That didn't trigger the mechanical voice but instead an old friend from years back was on the line. "Very clever. I hope it works, but this time you almost lost me."

(P.S. At cocktail time that night this ruse seemed to work.

Answering the phone with the new alternate phrase to "hello" drew a brief silence and then a dial tone.)

John Fontaine is a Northsider.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Taxes generated from center repays bonds

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer OFFICIALS SAY THE INCREASE in local taxes generated by a shopping center in downtown Madison should be enough to repay a $490,000 bond issue that helped fund improvements at the CVS Pharmacy.

Madison County and the city of Madison jointly issued a tax-increment financing (TIF) bond to help pay for an improved drainage system under the store and the relocation of some utilities.

That means CVS initially paid for all the infrastructure work and is now being partially reimbursed with money from the sale of the bonds, which the city and county sold to Trustmark Bank. Trustmark, then, will be repaid with the increase in sales and property taxes generated by the shopping center.

“There will be distinct cash flow above what is needed for

the TIF bonds,” said attorney Randy Wall, who acted as bond counsel in the local government’s agreement with the bank.

The city has pledged to repay Trustmark with the increase in sales and ad valorem (“at value”) property taxes, and the county has agreed to pay 70 percent of the increase in ad valorem revenues.

“The [projected increase in] ad valorem taxes was based on certificates from the state tax commission,” Wall said.

“Everything is fluid to an extent, but the ad valorem is less fluid, and ad valorem tends to go up over time.

“It looks like it’ll all be covered.”

Wall and Madison City Attorney John Hedglin said the city would not be on the hook if taxes fall short of covering the TIF. “The risk is by the bondholders,” Hedglin said. “They [Trustmark] know that they are buying bonds that are based on projected increased revenue.

Retail Sales in Tri-County Area County

2011

2010

2008

% Change Since 2010

% Change Since 2008

Hinds

$4,311,747,044

$4,371,870,293

$4,598,976,168

-1.4%

-6.2%

Madison

$1,848,481,135

$1,693,639,829

$1,830,640,164

9.1%

.98%

Hinds + Madison

$6,160,228,179

$6,065,510,122

$6,429,616,332

1.6%

-4.2%

Rankin

$2,734,202,068

$2,591,299,010

$2,807,402,142

5.5%

-2.6%

The numbers above reflect the fiscal years

HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS that should shed some light on the economic recession and aftermath.

While retail sales in Madison County have already returned to where they were in 2008 - and in fact have surpassed those numbers by about one percent - Hinds and Rankin counties’retail markets have yet to reach prerecession success. While it would be easy to say that Madison County businesses have simply “recovered”from the recession better than those in Hinds and Rankin, other factors are in play. Renaissance and The Township, two successful shopping centers in Ridgeland, have brought new retailers to Madison County in the past few years.

Hinds hasn’t seen new retail development to that extent. And while Rankin’s retail sales have jumped in the past year, they haven’t jumped as high as Madison County’s - which were 9.1 percent above last year’s numbers.

“And for that reason the bondholders almost always request a safety margin - or at least they have with us, and I think that’s pretty common. You take however much you think your projections will fund, and they will only pay up to x amount of that [in bonds],” he said.

“There’s got to be a margin of error because the full faith and credit of the city is not behind the bonds.”

Wall said it was originally projected that the increase in taxes could support a $550,000 TIF bond, but the amount was later amended to $490,000.

The city and county will make their first payment on the bonds sometime next year and are expected to make payments for the next 12 years.

THE CVS SHOPPING CENTER on Highway 51, along with the 17 acres adjacent to Tulane University’s Madison campus, is part of the Madison Station Redevelopment Project, which isn’t going anywhere fast.

“The city and the [Madison Square] Redevelopment Authority are constantly in the process of trying to interest developers and investors in [developing a new town square],” Hedglin said.

Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler also mentioned the townsquare project in her “state of the city” address at the April meeting of the Madison Organization of Homeowner Associations (MONA).

Butler jokingly said she might not live to see the new town square come to fruition - but “as the [Highway 463] bypass is done and Main Street becomes a real city street, I think we’ll get closer,” she said.

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Township Continued from Page One He described The Club and the fountain in front of it as a great town center.

“That fountain, it was expensive, but [Morgan White Employer Services] thought it was such a great opportunity, they donated the largest percentage of funds for it,” he said.

“It’s a testament to what we’re talking about. It creates a sense of community.”

TENANTS AT THE Township include Summerhouse, Pure Barre, Embassy Suites, Everyday Gourmet, and much more shopping, dining and office space.

Arco Avenue shoe store will open September 26, and Sombra Mexican Kitchen will open between now and October 1. The two retail buildings under construction will house Newk’s and Majestic Burger.

“We started those [buildings] less than six months ago and are already at 95 percent occupancy,” Herring said.

“Usually when we build something, we have the majority leased.

We just signed up State Farm for the same building that Stephens Financial and Viking are in.”

Metropolitan Bank is headquartered at The Township, and construction will start within a week or two on Community Trust Bank’s greater Jackson headquarters. A Marriott Towne Place extended-stay hotel and a Marriott Springhill Suites hotel are breaking ground.

When all current construction is complete, The Township will have a total of approximately 200,000 square feet of office space, 225,000

square feet of retail, approximately 361 hotel rooms and three to four banks - besides the 75 loft apartments, approximately 250 condominiums and 133 single-family residences.

“With what is already constructed and under way, I would say The Township will be at approximately 75 percent built-out stage,” he said.

“Then we’ll build three more office buildings and two more retail buildings, hopefully a church and then a number of additional [condominiums], single-family residences and townhouses.

“At completion, The Township will represent approximately $300 million of development costs.”

And it’s not just about buildings.

The first things built at The Township before “the big dig” in 2003 were two 7-acre lakes.

“I also wanted to include a retirement element,” Herring said. “I sort of pictured the elder gentlemen playing chess with the kids in the park.”

The Blake at The Township is described as an “assisted living, retirement and memory care community.” A sidewalk leads from The Blake to the “town center” at The Club.

And that element of community connection is growing, he said. This year’s Township Fall Fest will have a “Paint the Town” theme, with a mural painting contest for students and proceeds benefiting art programs at local schools.

“We also have the jazz festival and blues festival, and we’ll keep adding what I call community texture.”

The recent construction of a children’s park has added some texture

to the residential area. “It has a gazebo with fans in it, a seating area with a sandbox, and then swings and climbing devices.

“And we’ve got a church, Highland Chapel. They’re doing a good job of integrating with The Township, having neat kid-friendly movies in the park.”

THE TOWNSHIP represents in today’s dollars approximately $3.5 million in annual sales taxes, $2.5 million in annual ad valorem taxes, thousands of jobs generated during construction, and 400 to 500 permanent jobs.

Herring attributes that success to location, good planning and great people.

“Location can’t be understated.

The new [Interstate 55] interchange is about to come in right there at the intersection of North Lake Avenue [by Soulshine Pizza] and Highland Colony,” he said.

“What you have at The Township is an outstanding location with the right land-planning methods that are really desirable for people to participate in.”

But while Herring and his development partners have planned well, “I’d be remiss if I tried to take all the credit, because that would be unfounded.

“We’ve got great people who are participating in our company and in the community.

“The Jackson area is a funny animal: Once people see what you’re doing and get involved, they’re very, very loyal,” Herring said. “I think people are feeling it.”

Lion of the Year Lion Membership Chair Brenda Newhouse was recognized by the board as Lion of the Year, the top honor a Lion can receive in his or her respective club. She was honored for her efforts in organizing the Mississippi Lions State Convention. Newhouse also helped with parking at Jackson State University football games, and with Birdies for Charity, two Lion fund-raisers. Shown are (from left) Lion President Ken King and Newhouse.

Civics 101

Comptroller

THOUGH THE WORD “comptroller”sounds like something from Star Trek, it is in fact a real word with a real meaning. In fact, a comptroller is a person.

Basically, a comptroller handles a government’s or an organization’s money. For instance in Madison County, the comptroller develops the county’s financial policies, coordinates the annual audit, executes the payroll and accounts-payable operations, makes long-range financial plans, and analyzes and develops utility rates.

The comptroller is also in charge of the county’s investments, capital facility planning, and taxation and revenue sources.

Accountant Wallace Collins is serving as Madison County’s interim comptroller on a contract basis until the board of supervisors selects a replacement for Quandice Green, who resigned a few months ago.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

CARMODY SAID WHEN HE was a police officer, “we had officers that would sit

DENNERY ENTERS RACE A RETIRED restaurateur will take on incumbent Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham in the November 8 general election.

Last week, John Dennery was tapped by the Hinds County Republican Party to take on the first-term District One supervisor.

Dennery, who owned and operated

Dennery’s Restaurant for 33 years, replaces Roger Davis, who pulled out of the race this summer.

The Mississippi Board of Election Commissioners approved Davis’ withdrawal petition two weeks ago, clearing the way for Hinds County Republicans to replace him.

CURFEW WOES STATE LAW AND CONCERNS about where to house violators is keeping the city of Jackson from enacting a new curfew ordinance.

About a month and a half after it was introduced at a Jackson City Council meeting, a proposed ordinance that would require minors to be inside after 10 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday, and 12 midnight on Friday and Saturday will die a quiet death in the council’s rules committee.

The city doesn’t want to take violators to

the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Complex, because the center is currently under a courtordered consent decree for a number of violations, said Deputy City Attorney James Anderson.

“One of them is housing status offenders and criminal offenders in the same building,” he said. Status offenders are youth who have committed minor offenses, such as violating curfew. Criminal offenders are being held for crimes such as robbery, burglary and assault.

CALHOUN STATION PARKWAY NEXT SEMESTER, (see map).

Sowe ll Rd. Northsiders driving their Calhoun Station Jackson-based Utility Pkwy. kids to Germantown High Constructors Inc., is buildPhase One School and Germantown ing phase two, which will Middle School could have Stribling Rd. Extension Church Rd. have three lanes. The county an alternate route during is paying for the project Current Construction Calhoun Station Pkwy. rush hour. with $2.5 million in bonds.

Phase Two Madison County The county board of Engineer Rudy Warnock supervisors approved the said the second phase of ordering of a box culvert to Gluckstadt Rd. Calhoun Station Parkway install on Gluckstadt Road was anticipated to be finwhere the new road will ished by the end of 2011. Phase one, which connect. Officials say the culvert will take is already built, runs south from Sowell six to eight weeks to build before being Road to Church Road, and phase two is set shipped to the county, and hopefully to run south from there and connect at the Gluckstadt will be closed less than a week intersection of Church and Gluckstadt roads for installation.

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outside these restaurants and places that people would drink.

“And they’d see people walking outside, someone that should’ve been arrested for [being] drunk in public, and instead they’d wait for them to get in the car,” he said. “And then it’s a DUI.” Carmody said officers get overtime pay for DUI trials, and many departments get grant money solely for DUI enforcement. “There are all kinds of incentives [to make DUI arrests].”

All an officer needs is probable cause to arrest someone for DUI. “That’s that you’re operating a motorized vehicle and them smelling an alcoholic beverage.” And there’s nothing you can say to keep from being arrested if an officer is determined to bring you in, he said.

“Be very nice to the arresting officer. Be very courteous.”

He said he’d suggest saying something like this: “‘Officer, while I know you have to do what you have to do, I’m not going to do anything until I talk with an attorney.’And since he’s going to arrest you anyway, why not ask for an attorney?”

Carmody also recommends getting bonded out of jail quickly and having a family doctor test ones blood if possible - since a blood test is more accurate than the breath test at the police station.

“The machine doesn’t test blood. It only tests breath. How can you tell BAC from someone’s breath? Well, you can’t. It’s an approximation. So this machine has to use software to make an estimation about the amount of alcohol back in the blood.”

He said police aren’t required to give you a blood test, and it isn’t always possible to get bonded out of jail in time to get one yourself.

“Different agencies have different time periods they keep you in jail. Some will keep you till noon if you’re arrested at 8 a.m., and they do that for a reason, because a blood test would do you no good.”

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Continued from Page One who enjoy a of couple drinks with dinner is to stay under the legal blood alcohol content (BAC), 0.08.

One drink - meaning a 12-ounce beer, a 1.5ounce shot of liquor or a 5-ounce glass of wine - generally means about 0.02 BAC. And the average body takes about an hour to “work off” each drink. So if you’ve just had four drinks in quick succession, stay off the road for at least an hour.

But even if you’re not impaired, Carmody said there are several things to keep in mind if you plan to drive after drinking.

“The number one thing is, never ever leave a place where you’ve been drinking that you don’t get a bar bill,” he said. “Always keep that with you until you get home. It won’t make any difference to an officer, but it’ll help an attorney defend you in a DUI [case].

“It tells where you’ve been and what you’ve had to drink.”

On County Line, both Jackson and Ridgeland police can stop drivers on either side of the road, McDonald said.

“Jackson and Ridgeland have an interlocal agreement that says they both have joint jurisdiction on County Line Road. And there are a lot of arrests from Ridgeland coming out of the Bulldog Bar.” Driving is not a requirement for being charged with a DUI. “You can be sitting on the side of the road, passed out. And if the car is running, the implication is that you’ve been driving,” he said.

“Even if the car is in park, if the key is in the ignition [you can be arrested for DUI].

People will fall asleep drunk at the drive-thru at Krystal.”

And if you pulled over to take a nap, you can be convicted of DUI even if you’re under 0.08, Carmody said. “There are other factors like if you’ve been driving all day and you’re tired, or if you’re using prescription drugs.”

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MICHAEL BOERNER will complete the term on the Mississippi State Board of Architecture left vacant upon the death of former member Michael Barranco.

Boerner’s term will expire May 31, 2013.

Funding needed for State St.

By ANTHONY WARREN Sun Staff Writer FINDING THE funding will likely be a major factor in the city of Jackson’s decision to pave over a busy section of North State Street.

Public works department officials were still deciding last week whether or not they would extend an overlay project that was begun on North State last year.

Despite wanting to do it, no money was set aside in the 2012 fiscal year budget to make the project happen.

Another obstacle the city will have to face is an old water line that’s under the street. City leaders don’t want to pave the street only to dig it up later to replace a busted main.

Director of Communications Chris Mims said officials are now working to address both of those concerns. “We have to come up with plans to deal with it, and then cost it out,” he said.

The project would be an extension of a round of improvements completed on North State last year. In 2010, the city spent $586,000 to overlay a section of North State from Woodrow Wilson Drive to Seneca. The project also included widening a section of North State between Broadway and Seneca to make it safer for motorists.

The section of roadway was chosen because of its heavy traffic volume.

Approximately 20,000 vehicles travel it daily, and it is a common route used by those traveling to the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Jackson Medical Mall.

happenings Support group The Metro Jackson Parkinson’s Support Group meets every first Tuesday, 2 p.m., at Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Denny discusses re-election plans TWO ISSUES to be decided by the 2012 Mississippi Legislature are the basis for Bill Denny’s campaign for re-election as Mississippi representative of District 64.

“In my time as representative of most of northeast Jackson and south Madison County, there has never been an election as important as this present one,” Denny said. “The first issue members of the House will vote on is the election of a new speaker of the House of Representatives. Republican members of the House were stripped of their chairmanship positions on all committees and these chairmanships were given to Democrats for purely partisan reasons. Not one Republican chaired a single committee; conservative governing ideals were pushed aside. In past sessions, legislators voted on issues, not along party lines.”

The equally important issue, Denny said, is the battle to find ways to cut taxes for businesses and individual taxpayers and to continue working to bring new and better jobs to the metro area.

“I have worked closely as

Barbour to bring in a staggering number of new jobs throughout the state in this same period.”

Legislators Association honored Denny with the prestigious Legislator of the Year Award, one of only 10 legislators selected from 3,000 AS MISSISSIPPI House Republican state legislators throughout the nation. of Representatives floor Denny is past president of leader for the GOP, Denny is the Mississippi Republican the main contact for Republican members, coordi- Elected Officials Association and served 12 years as a nating GOP efforts. He has member of the state execuserved as chairman of the apportionment and elections tive committee of the Mississippi Republican Party. committee and chairman of the municipalities committee.

He is a member of five other committees, two joint committees and a national task force committee.

“I ask my northeast Jackson and Madison County constituents to return me to Bill Denny the House of Representatives one of the leaders of the to complete the work I startHouse Republican ed in fighting for less governConference with Gov. Haley ment interference and regulaBarbour to avoid any tax tion and to support the elecincreases for the past eight tion of a Republican speaker years, and in addition I who will advance legislation fought for and helped to pass that is good for Mississippi,” a sales tax free weekend for Denny said. all our citizens. “In my “I have the experience; I capacity as a member of the have the leadership position, appropriations committee, I and I still visit every home in supported needed funding for District 64 to hear the views the Mississippi Development of my voters.”

Authority to assist Gov. The National Republican

business notes The Printing Industry Association of the South (PIAS) presented Maris, West and Baker Advertising and Hederman Brothers with the Award of Excellence during the 2011 PIAS Graphic Awards. The

award was given for their work on booklets and brochures for the new Mississippi Children’s Museum.

Woman’s Hospital and the physicians of Jackson Healthcare for Women welcome Dr. Reeves in practice there.

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No Tax Increase

NEW BUDGET COVERS CURRENT ROAD PROJECTS

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS under way in Madison County are funded for completion in the next fiscal year, but the budget is tight, officials say.

“Generally speaking, the big projects that are under way are those budgeted to be completed in this budget. And that was kind of a priority,” said Chancery Clerk Arthur Johnston. “We wanted to make sure we budgeted enough money to finish those.”

The Madison County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the 2012 budget last week. The general county fund is about $25.8 million, and the total budget minus the school district is about $62.1 million. Fiscal year 2012 officially starts October 1 of this year and ends September 30, 2012.

Board President and District 2 Supervisor Tim Johnson said the second phase of a three-phase road project, Calhoun Station Parkway, should be done before January.

Phase two of the road will run from the intersection of Church and Gluckstadt roads north to Church Road, near the new Germantown High School.

Chancery Clerk Johnston said the board was concerned “that there’s not a lot of money in general to do regular road maintenance. There’s enough to patch potholes and that kind of thing, but just other basic road maintenance matters are going to be very difficult.”

The new board of supervisors that takes office in January will have to decide how to spend road funds for 2012.

“This board can’t hold the new board hostage on appropriating dollars past our

board term,” supervisor Johnson said.

“Road projects have to be finished by the end of January next year [to have guaranteed funding].

“What I’d like to see happen, in February or in January, I would like to see them adopt a four-year road plan,” he said. “They would have to do that by the first meeting in February.”

Though the coming year’s budget is lean, Interim County Administrator Brad Sellers said the county and board of supervisors “over the years have done a tremendous amount of road work with bond money, including Calhoun Station [phases] two and three, which are still in the works.

“The board of supervisors had a very aggressive road schedule in the last two or three years with the county engineer,” Sellers said.

JOHNSON EMPHASIZED the fact that the new budget won’t involve a tax increase. He told the Sun he wasn’t sure if the budget committee even considered raising taxes, since he wasn’t on the committee.

“I don’t know if there was any push for that - there wasn’t any push from me. I don’t think so.”

Though the county will see no tax increase this coming year, there will also be no raises for county employees, and “we cut as much fat as we [could] while still providing services people expect,” he said.

In addition, the county has budgeted money to possibly make a payment on a bond issued to pay for improvements in the Parkway East Public Improvement District (PID). The county has had continual troubles with the PID, located east of Interstate

55 between Madison and Gluckstadt, and one of the landowners recently failed to pay taxes on some of the PID land.

Since Landspan LLC defaulted on its taxes, its land was offered for auction at the county’s annual tax sale in August. But nobody bought the parcels, so they were sold to the state.

“If the parcels had gone at the tax sale, they probably would have had an overbid on them, which gives the county more money,” Pace said.

Also, even though the land is located within a PID, the state won’t pay the special PID assessments that the other landowners pay. The county uses the extra assessments to make payments on the bond issued to cover the cost of improvements within the PID. “The default by Landspan means that the county may have to commit its resources to make the bond payment,” Johnston said.

“We did budget money potentially for that.

“We’ll have to see. There are some legal issues with the contribution agreement, but that could happen.”

Johnston said he wasn’t sure how much the bond payment could be and was waiting on the tax collector’s report from the tax sale.

THE COUNTY’S BUDGET committee this year included Johnston, Sellers, District 1 Supervisor John Bell Crosby, District 5 Supervisor Paul Griffin, Interim Comptroller Wallace Collins, Assistant Accountant Myrtis Sims and Purchasing Clerk Hardy Crunk.

Sellers said he, Sims and Collins drafted a budget and received budget requests from individual departments.

“Some of the elected officials came forward to explain some of their requests too,” Sellers said. “And we just refined it from there.”

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Parking lot becomes welcoming Art Garden B y ON AN OVERCAST day, Betsy Bradley walked through a sculpture known as the “cheese grater.”

The piece of art marks the Pascagoula Street entrance to the Mississippi Museum of Art’s (MMA) new art garden, which was nearly finished last week.

“Two weeks from today, we’ll cut the ribbon,” she said, as she gave the Sun a tour of the green space last Thursday.

The sod had been laid out and many of the plants in the elevated planters near the Lamar Street entrance had been put in place. Sticks still marked the sites where trees would be planted, and a crane and scaffolding were in place as crews with Yates Construction hung one of the remaining pieces of a proscenium arch.

The arch sits on the front end of an outdoor stage adjacent to the museum. Bradley explained that the gray, loopy free-form structure would hold the stage’s curtain, as well as a canopy to cover it.

After months of planning and raising money for the project, there was still some work to be done, but signs were obvious that the garden was coming together, and not a moment too soon.

“Everything is right on time.

Construction projects tend to work like that.

They take every minute allowed,” Bradley said.

The garden will officially open with a ribbon-cutting on September 29, followed with the Art Garden Opening Gala that night, and the 2011 Town Creek Arts Festival on September 30.

The 1.2-acre site will offer residents a chance to break away from the hustle and bustle of the daily downtown grind, while at the same time give the museum and other arts groups a venue for outdoor events.

Work began on the garden in December.

“We wanted a friendly front yard, a place to expand the number of opportunities for people to get engaged in the arts,” Bradley said.

The space is located in what used to be the parking lot between the museum and the Mississippi Arts Center. It ties together the various artistic and cultural buildings downtown, including the art museum, the arts center and Thalia Mara Hall.

Visitors coming from the Pascagoula Street entrance will be greeted with an additional visual treat: the greenery is reflected in the black windows of the Jackson Convention Complex. (Last Thursday, the reflection also included men working in yellow hardhats and orange vests, a backhoe and a chain-link fence.)

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Betsy Bradley, Mississippi Museum of Art director

IN ALL, SEVEN ARTISTS contributed to the project, including a four-member design team brought on by the art museum last year.

Team members were Richmond, Va., architect Madge Bemis, who designed MMA’s current building, and artists Fletcher Cox, Lyn Kartiganer and Ferris.

Ed Blake designed the initial landscaping for the project, but passed away last summer before he could see his work come to fruition. Robert Poore, a landscape architect from Pocahontas and a friend of Blake’s, took over “I was helping him do the soils and planting. They came and asked me to do the work after he passed away,” Poore said, recalling how he took a lead role in the work.

Poore told the Sun previously that the park will have a terrace garden, an “abstract prairie” of sorts.

“The plants ... will have a large diversity of species, including goldenrod, prairie flocks,” he said. “They will be planted to bloom at different times, with summer having the fewest. There will be big bursts of color in the spring and fall.”

The garden will have a large grassy space in the center and garden rooms to the north, featuring different kinds of trees in each.

The trees, too, will flower at different times of the year, and will have different colored leaves in the fall.

TO MAINTAIN the area, MMA is working to raise a million dollars, which will be set aside in an endowment strictly for garden maintenance. In all, the museum is now working to raise $5.6 million.

Bradley said the fund-raiser has been in the CAROL PEASTER, who managed the a little more personal, showing the ingredi- silent phase since 2009, but is set to go pubproject, said the garden includes 61 corten ents to the artist’s mother’s crab gumbo. lic following next week’s ribbon cutting. steel plant containers, each filled with a Bradley walked to the one located nearest So far, the campaign has netted the musevariety of plants native to Mississippi. Over the Pascagoula entrance. “This one features um $4.7 million, Bradley said. time, the planters will develop an aestheti- the nature of Mississippi. You’ll notice the For more information on the garden, gala cally pleasing rust-like finish. The finish kudzu on it. I hope that’s the only kudzu or ribbon-cutting, call the museum at (601) will also protect the pots from the elements, that ever makes its way into the garden,” 960-1515. ensuring a long life. she said.

Vicksburg artist Martha Ferris contributed to another feature that promises to be popular with children of all ages: two groundlevel fountains with mosaic tiles. Penland, N.C., resident and Jackson native John Clark is building a boat-like bench to install near the fountains.

The garden also features four “garden rooms,” Bradley said, each of which include sculptures by Ed McGowin.

Bradley pointed out each iron sculpture during the tour - one depicting Mississippi music, another Mississippi writing, and one

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Roger Parrott Continued from Page 3A Belhaven is in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), not the NCAA. What’s the difference between the two groups?

“NAIA is between NCAA Division II and Division III, which means that we give out a limited number of scholarships. We can play with some teams in Division II and some in Division III. NAIA is an alternative to the NCAA, without the regulations of the NCAA. NCAA was designed around Division I athletics, so the amount of regulations and costs that get passed on to students and colleges is amazing. NAIA is more what sports used to be, and that’s where we want to be.”

accreditation, but we’ve been able to do it. The quality of what we’re doing in our arts program is pretty remarkable.”

Hate to play devil’s advocate here, but what can you do with a master’s in dance?

“There are lots of things you can do. You can teach for one thing. Dance is becoming one of the more popular majors throughout the country. A master’s of fine arts in dance is a terminal degree, and is considered a doctorate in a lot of disciplines. All major (dance) tutoring companies need people who can provide administration. They obviously have artistic people, but they also have to have people who can underHave any new academic stand bigger issues. Those people tend to be master’s programs?

“Yes, our newest is a mas- people. We also have people ter’s of fine arts in dance. We in our program who want to are the only Christian college open their own dance companies or schools.” in the nation to offer a master’s of fine arts. There are only 30 schools in the counHow many are in the try that are accredited in all dance program? the four major art forms: “We have over 130 in our music, theater, visual arts and undergraduate dance prodance. We are one of two gram. They are not having schools in the state to have hard times finding jobs. I accreditation in all four areas, don’t want to produce graduthe other is Southern Miss. ates who can’t get jobs.”

Schools that have it are usually national specialty schools How do you choose what like Julliard or big schools courses to offer or introlike Florida State.” duce?

“We look for opportunities What does it mean to be rather than to map out a masaccredited? ter plan. We look at what the “The national accrediting market needs, what staff we standards for each area are can find, what interest we get different and have different from students and what fits accrediting boards, and the right. We tend to be very requirements are very high. It responsive to our market. means that we’re working in One of the advantages of the highest levels of the arts. Belhaven being a small, priIt’s not easy to obtain the vate college is that we can

move more quickly than larger institutions. This fall, we started a master’s of sports administration program, it’s an online degree. We see, based on what’s happening in college athletics that we need folks trained with strong, Christian principles to get involved in sports. It doesn’t take long for us to get a program going. We said we wanted to do the program in March, and we launched it in July.”

happenings Garden opening Mississippi Museum of Art will hold the grand opening of the Art Garden September 29, beginning at 6 p.m. Funds raised at “An Evening in the Garden,” will benefit the museum. The evening will include music by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and a seated dinner. Tickets $150.

For more information call 601-960-1515.

Obituary Policy The Sun publishes obituaries of Northsiders and their families. Typically, we receive obituary information from the funeral homes.

For a small charge, we invite readers who are so inclined to supplement this with more descriptive text capturing the spirit of the person’s life.

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veto. Although he was absent at the September 12 meeting, City Council President Bluntson said he also supports the measure.

The ordinance is also supported across racial lines.

Yarber, during a previous meeting of the intergovernmental relations committee, the committee where the ordinance was sent by the council, said his phone had been “jumping off the hook” from constituents who also wanted the option of public access gates.

Yarber serves Ward Six, which is predominantly black.

Whitwell initially introduced two public access gate ordinances. One was specifically designed to allow Avery Gardens to install the gate. Previously, the city had denied allowing the neighborhood on County Line Road from putting up a public gate, saying that city ordinance didn’t allow for it.

The measure was sent to intergovernmental relations, which is chaired by Whitwell. However, members wouldn’t support the measure because it wasn’t inclusive enough. The majority in the committee wanted an ordinance allowing other subdivisions to install the devices as well. After changes were made to the ordinance, it easily passed to the council for a vote.

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Continued from Page One the affected area. Additionally, homeowners groups must maintain a $1 million liability insurance policy.

Gate plans must also be approved by the Jackson Planning and Zoning Department.

Unlike private gates, which close off streets to the public, public access gates increase security in an area, but keep streets open to the public. Those hoping to gain access to an area with a public gate simply have to drive up and wait for the gate to open.

The gates work on the premise that crooks hoping for a quick getaway from cops or a crime scene wouldn’t want to stop and wait for a gate to open.

Those voting in favor of the measure were Whitwell, Ward Seven Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon and Councilmen Tony Yarber and Chokwe Lumumba.

Councilman Charles Tillman voted against the measure, and Councilmen Frank Bluntson and Kenneth Stokes were absent.

Whitwell was happy that he was able to build a consensus among council members to get the measure passed. “The importance of this ordinance cannot be understated. It’s about the safety of our children and the protection of our homes.”

Perhaps most surprising at the council meeting was that the measure garnered support from Lumumba. At the council’s intergovernmental relations committee meeting the week before, the Ward Two representative was still on the fence.

“I’m still considering some issues, but I’m not trying to hold it up in committee,” he said. “I’m not obligating myself to vote for it when it gets to the floor.”

Lumumba said Whitwell has worked on the ordinance in “good faith” and would monitor its implementation closely.

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Bypass, bridge delayed; utilities cited as problem

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer TRANSPORTATION Commissioner Dick Hall said he KOURY SAID her neighborhood had discussed hopes the 463 bypass and bridge in installing gates “many times through the years,” and likes the idea of having the option. Petit Bois is located Madison will be done by year’s end - a full month and a half near the intersection of two major thoroughfares: Ridgewood Road and Lakeland Drive. Its only entrance behind schedule.

Just a few weeks ago, he thought is on Ridgewood.

Koury said the neighborhood does experience a good the project was only a few weeks bit of “turnaround traffic” several times daily. “One day, behind, but “now it looks like they’re even further behind than I we had someone made the turn so fast that they hit a thought,” Hall told the Sun last city drain and broke it,” she said. week.

Previously, neighborhoods with one entrance could He said there had been problems THE ORDINANCE had come under fire from only install private gates under city ordinance, meaning some, like Stokes and Tillman, who don’t want to see a that they would have to agree to take over street main- getting utilities moved early on for gated city. Mayor Harvey Johnson said he didn’t suptenance. In order to install a private gate, 100 percent of the project, which includes a new port public access gates because they would create an property owners in the affected area have to sign on to four-lane stretch of 463 north of downtown Madison, along with a atmosphere similar to the one of the segregated South support it.

1,300-foot-long bridge to cross the of the 1950s and ’60s.

Koury said cost was a major factor preventing Petit railroad tracks just west of Chris Mims, director of communications, said Bois from moving forward with a private gate.

Highway 51.

Johnson hadn’t decided if he would veto the ordinance. However, she was quick to point out that the associa“The mayor has not seen the final version (of the ordi- tion had not decided if it would go in the direction of a Hall said Tanner Construction’s nance), but will review it.” Johnson has 30 days from public access gate, either. “It is definitely something contract would be extended, since the date of the vote to issue a veto. we’ll look into. At least now, there is the option,” she “it was no fault of their own they The council apparently has the support to override a said. couldn’t go to work [sooner].”

The bypass will help ease traffic traveling east to 51 from Interstate 55, and vehicles will still be able to take Main Street through downtown (see map).

Crews with Dickerson and Bowen of Brookhaven previously diverted 463 to the north at Crawford Street, just east of I-55, and constructed the new roadway east from Crawford to Post Oak Road.

Tanner is extending 463 from Post Oak across Pecan Hill Drive before the bridge rises 33 feet above the railroad tracks. The highway will then cross Magnolia Street and connect with West Hoy Road before crossing 51 and continuing to Old Canton on Hoy. According to the Mississippi Department of Transportation [MDOT], 21,000 cars traveled daily from 55 to 51 on 463/Main in 2008.

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“Regardless of the outcome of the hunts, dove season brings

NEW LIFE TO OUR

hearts and souls, knowing full well that the best time of the year for the outdoorsman is once again here.”

Lee brings on mosquitoes and interferes with opening weekend for dove season WELL, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. “Outdoors in the Sun” is back. Delayed due to an onslaught of mosquitoes from Tropical Storm Lee and an active West Nile season, I’m finally able to catch my breath for a few minutes to start writing again.

Dove season is in full swing with shooting reports as volatile as the stock market. Our opening weekend was sogged out due to Lee in many areas of the state. Some hunting though, was even better during the downpour than in areas that received little to no rainfall. Regardless of the outcome of the hunts, dove season brings new life to our hearts and souls, knowing full well that the best time of the year for the outdoorsman is once again here.

With football, fall colors, and frost on the way, I see attitudes of happiness and smiles from hunters all across the land. I guess everyone knows the first scrapes of the year by those mossy-horned old bucks are about to show up and mallards in Canada are feeling Mother Nature’s nudge to migrate south to flooded rice fields and timber.

Come to think of it, even non-hunters feel better too with the new season arriving.

You can’t help but feel good afield when wearing a new jacket from Filson, Barbour, or Purdey. Heck, you don’t have to even be in the dove field to feel better when wearing one of these. Of course worn attire and weathered shotguns have a mystique and allure also.

There’s just something about picking up your game bag off the shelf and a few feathers from hunts in the past filtering down the hall as you head to the truck for the first hunt of the year. Hopefully you don’t discover a missed bird left in the game pouch all year. It happens though.

An over and under that helplessly falls as you open the breech speaks volumes about the years that piece has been in the field. Being a semi man, my worn cheek

piece and silver trigger say a lot too.

THE DRIED SUNFLOWERS called our family to the delta again this year as they have so many times.

Melanie even accompanied us to the field this year. She didn’t shoot, but sat in the field and watched the festivities unfold on that breezy afternoon. You know, even as I write this article, I realize more and more how blessed we are to enjoy our outdoor heritage. I even found good prices on my beloved high-velocity load of number nines this year.

We were fortunate to be able to spend some time with a young man from Iowa, which I will devote an entire article to soon, who has been recovering from a life threatening injury sustained in Afghanistan. I’ll bring the whole story to you later, but his vehicle was blown to pieces from an explosive device after which he spent months recovering in the hospital. Dustin Morrison spent months in a hospital recovering, but his whole goal to live was so he could make it home in time for the annual dove hunt in Drew. He made it.

Alas, in my opinion, the best time of the year is here with the best yet to come. We’ve got about five months of the best ahead of us, but I assure you it will pass quickly. Don’t miss it. In fact, I would start today enjoying the outdoors if you haven’t already. Everyone is excited, old friendships are renewed, and new outdoor experiences are on the horizon. Hopefully we’ll bring to you fireside dens, stories and events that will bring enjoyment and entertainment for both the hunter and non-hunter. We hope you enjoy. Until next time enjoy our woods and waters, and remember let’s leave it better than we found it.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Josh Lynch, Forbes Grogan, Jason Bailey, Preston Frazer; (front) Natalie Lynch, Jill Grogan, Betsy Smith, Ashley Frazer, Beth Tinnin

Jason Bailey, Betsy Smith, Meade Hartfield, Cable Hawkins, Emily Glahn, Dallas Quin

Engagement celebration Betsy Smith, Jason Bailey honored in Russ home An engagement celebration for Betsy Smith and Jason Bailey was held August 20 in the home of Scottie and Burdette Russ. Miss Smith is the daughter of Mrs. Charles Alexander Tinnin and Lemuel Owen Smith III. Bailey is the son of Debbie Mullen Bailey and the late Wilton Bailey Jr. of Grenada.

Co-hosts were Lydia and Randy Bolen, Ellen and Jimmy Clayton, Emma George Hamilton,

Mary Margaret and Freddie Hickman, Suzanne and Ed Hudgins, Polly and Hal Lott, Margaret and Coleman Lowery, Helaine and Thomas Maley, Camille and Bill Morris, David Mosal, Blue and Bill Reeves, Jackie and Don Roberts, Carol and Mark Rodgers, Ann and Tommy Rueff, Bubba Shaw, Joni Shaw, Sweyn and Newell Simrall, Cappie McLean, Hilda and Sonny Westbrook.

Shown are scenes from the party.

Lem Smith III, Betsy Smith, Jason Bailey, Debbie Mullen Bailey

Bubba Shaw, Scottie Russ, Burdette Russ, Ed Hudgins, David Mosal, Bill Reeves, Coleman and Margaret Lowery, Mary Margaret Hickman, Jimmy Clayton, Hal Lott; (fourth row) Emma George Hamilton, Ellen Clayton, Helaine Maley; (third row) Tommy Rueff, Suzanne Hudgins, Alton Westbrook, Cappie McLean, Blue Reeves, Polly Lott; (second row) Ann Rueff, Joni Shaw, Hilda Westbrook; (front) Betsy Smith, Jason Bailey, Lydia Bolen

Emily Payne, Rachel VanNortwick, Ben Harris, Matthew Hicks; (middle row) Trey Word, Lem and Jenny Montgomery, Ashley Frazer, Meg Harris, Forbes Grogan; (front) Jason Bailey, Betsy Smith, Jill Grogan

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Debbie Mullen Bailey, Jason Bailey, Betsy Smith, Marilyn Tinnin

Emily Payne, Rachel VanNortwick, Betsy Smith, Emily Glahn

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Weddings & Engagements McKinley, Hutto wed at Mississippi State

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Marshall Hutto

LAURA MAREN McKinley and Brad Marshall Hutto were wed March 5 in an evening ceremony at the Chapel of Memories on the campus of Mississippi State University. The Rev. James Harrison of Meridian officiated the candlelight ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Dibrell McKinley. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Edgar Hutto Jr. Nuptial music was presented by Lauren Zumwalt, pianist; Marc Ransier soloist; and the Mississippi State University string trio.

Given in marriage by her parents and escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory gown of lace accented by a V-shaped neckline. Scalloped edging and Swarovski crystals highlighted the empire waistline as lace appliqués adorned the slim, A-line skirt. She wore her mother’s cathedral length illusion veil accented with seed pearls.

She also wore a pearl bracelet given to her by her father.

She carried a French clutch of white hydrangeas, miniature calla lilies, white freesia and bridal white roses tied with an heirloom monogrammed handkerchief given to her by her aunt, Judy Honeycutt.

Attending the bride as man of honor was her brother, Bryan Edward McKinley. Bridesmaids were Lara Eley Barkley of Cleveland; Esley Naron Brister of Atlanta; Mollie Zalenda Buchanan of Starkville; Elizabeth Hinton Craig and Katharine Day Lightsey of Jackson; Carrie Foster Hay of Nashville; Camille Deborah McKinley of Oxford; Brooke Bardin Newton and Jessica Bailey Shive of Madison; and Kimberley Rutland Witcher of Houston, Texas.

They wore dresses of mango chiffon with crumb-catcher necklines, ruched bodices and floor length skirts. They carried hand tied bouquets of green hydrangeas, purple velvet lisianthus, circus roses, lipstick alstromeria lilies, flame miniature calla lilies tied with custom dyed French

ribbon. Sara Beth Stockton of Corinth recited Scripture selected by the couple. Sarah Beth Gary of Madison was the bride’s proxy.

THE BRIDEGROOM’S father was best man.

Groomsmen were Wesley Phillip Gordon and Jefferson Allan King of Starkville; John Baker Harrington of Knoxville; Blake Edgar Hutto and Truitt Austin Taylor of Madison; Matthew Monroe Keith and Daniel Wayne Ross II of Hattiesburg; Christopher Ryan Toms of Oxford; Thomas Brent Tyler of Ridgeland; Jackson Lee Walters of Brandon; and Paul Bennett Witcher of Houston, Texas.

Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception at the Hunter Henry Center on the campus of Mississippi State University. The reception featured the music of Chris Gill and the Sole Shakers. The bride exited the reception wearing her mother’s redesigned wedding dress.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at Anthony’s Market in West Point. On the morning of the wedding, Mitzi Aldridge, Judy Honeycutt, Laura Gill, Melanie McKinley and Kathleen Mazzanti, aunts of the bride, hosted a bridesmaid’s brunch at The Veranda Restaurant in Starkville.

Family and friends of the bridegroom LeeAnne Cox, Ramona Hill, Fran Marshall, Nancy Powell, Cindy Spencer, Pat Sudduth, Kathy Waggener, Lesa Waggener and Rhonda Webb honored the bridegroom and his groomsmen on the day of the wedding with a lunch at Central Station Grill in Starkville.

Following a wedding trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the couple is at home in Ridgeland where the bride is a physician liaison with University of Mississippi Medical Center and the bridegroom is an assistant district attorney in Hinds County.

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Weddings & Engagements Miss Lyles, Gray plan October 1 ceremony MR. AND MRS. JAMES Lee Lyles Jr. of Grenada, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Nicole Lyles, to Brian Higdon Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shelton Gray.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lois Melvin Knight of Russell, and the late Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Lyles of Meridian. Miss Lyles is a 2003 honor graduate of Grenada High School, and is a 2007 graduate of Mississippi State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in communication with an emphasis in public relations. Miss Lyles is editor of field publications at Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company in Jackson.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Reba Stuart Higdon of Byram and the late Ford Barlow Higdon, the late Dorothy Smith Higdon, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robert Gray, all of Jackson. Gray is a 2003 graduate of Jackson Academy, and a Brian Higdon Gray, graduate of Mississippi State University, Jennifer Nicole Lyles where he received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s of business admin- October 1, at First Baptist Church in istration. Gray is a staff accountant at Harper, Grenada.

Raines, Knight and Company, P.A. in Ridgeland.

AFTER A WEDDING TRIP, the couple Wedding vows will be exchanged at 4 p.m. will make their home in Jackson.

Miss Harkins, Mays to marry October 22 MR. AND MRS. Michael Murray Harkins Sr. announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Caroline Harkins, to William Corey Mays, son of Marie Cox Sawyer and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hubert Mays.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Edward Hitchins Sr. of Flowood and the late Mr. Hitchins, and Mr. and Mrs. Ansley Honeyford Harkins of Jackson.

Miss Harkins is a 2005 graduate of Jackson Academy. She was graduated from Mississippi State University in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. Miss Harkins is associated with First Heritage Credit’s corporate office in Ridgeland.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Eva Wood Godfrey of Eufaula, Ala., Lawrence Aubrey Cox of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. William Hubert Mays of Brandon, the late Joyce Nowell Mays, and the stepgrandson of Mrs. Edward Clay Lovelace Sr. of Brandon and the late Mr. Lovelace. Mays is also the great-grandson of Mrs. William Haynes Nowell of Brandon and the late Mr. Nowell.

Mays is a 2005 graduate of Jackson Academy. He was graduated from Mississippi State University, cum laude, in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in insurance, risk management and financial planning. He received his master’s of business administration from Mississippi State University in 2010. At State, he was a member of Kappa

William Corey Mays, Mary Caroline Harkins Sigma fraternity. Mays is associated with Travelers Insurance.

THE COUPLE WILL EXCHANGE vows October 22 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton. A reception will follow at The Jiggetts Home.

The Northside Sun’s wedding and engagement policy --All write-ups need to be submitted at least a week prior to publication date; Color photo (vertical please) should be submitted at the time the write up is.

--Priority is given to write-ups that appear in the Northside Sun first. If announced first in the Sun, the picture and as much of the story will be used as soon as possible; --Copy and photo must be submitted together; --Coverage is restricted to residents in the Sun’s prime circulation area - North Jackson, South Madison County, the Reservoir - and former Northsiders; --The Sun accepts no responsibility for unsolicited stories, artwork or photographs. All photos published are filed according to the week they appear. If a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed, every effort will be made to return such photos, but this cannot be guaranteed; --Please include a daytime phone number on all releases;

For more information, call 601- 957-1123

sunbeams Layton Harris Shumaker Garret and Kristen Shumaker of Starkville announce the birth of their son, Layton Harris Shumaker, August 2.

Grandparents are Tim and Grace Shumaker

of Jackson, and Jan and Susan Kling of Columbus. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shumaker of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Garretson Sr. of Jackson, and Hazel Longino of Columbus.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

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Weddings & Engagements Hall, Belknap exchange wedding vows Feb. 12 in Crystal Springs ASHLEY BROOK HALL and Dr. John David Belknap were wed at 2 p.m. February 12 at First Presbyterian Church in Crystal Springs. The double-ring ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Dr. Ligon Duncan and the Rev. Archie Moore.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawson Hall of Greenville, S.C. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne Belknap of Crystal Springs.

The bride, escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents, wore a strapless, A-line diamond white gown with a sweetheart neckline and chapel-length train, fashioned with a ruched tulle bodice embroidered with delicate beading and crystals. She wore a cathedral-length single-tier heirloom veil worn by her mother-in-law on her wedding day. The stems of her bouquet were wrapped in a white lace handkerchief given to the bride by the bridegroom’s aunt.

Attending the bride as matron of honor was Kathryn White Day. Bridesmaids were Claire Smith Belknap, sister-in-law of the bridegroom; Susan Stork Graves; Janelle Emily Hyde; Neil Johnson Smith; Marie Elizabeth Roper; and Elizabeth Ellen Travers. Stafford Kathleen Wilson, cousin of the bridegroom, served as flower girl.

BEST MAN was the bridegroom’s brother, Charles Lindsey Belknap. Groomsmen were Samuel Webster Belknap, Clayton John Gressett, William Christopher Gressett, and Sidney Euwell Waters IV, all cousins of the bridegroom; and Jason Harris Brister and Thomas Melvin Heard. Adam Isaiah Worrell, cousin of the bridegroom, was ring bearer.

Dr. and Mrs. William A. Long were special guests.

Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception in the fellowship hall of the church. Guests enjoyed food provided and served by the ladies of First Presbyterian Church of Jackson and First Presbyterian

Dr. and Mrs. John David Belknap Church of Crystal Springs.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at Porches Restaurant in Wesson. Guests were entertained by the Brick Street Barber Shop Quartet, and the bride’s birthday was also celebrated.

Following a wedding trip to Paris, the couple is at home in Jackson where the bride is an adjunct professor of Bible at Belhaven University and the bridegroom is a physician with M.E.A. Medical Clinics in Byram.

Angela Hughes and Robert Van Killen to marry October 22 MRS. JAMES Walter Hathcock and Larry Anderson Hughes announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Victoria Hughes, to Robert Van Killen, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Killen Jr. of Cleveland.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Bonnie Edwards of Benton, and the late C.A. Hughes of Greenville, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Charles Brown of Monroe.

Miss Hughes is a 2004 graduate of Washington School and is a 2008 graduate of Delta State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. Miss Hughes is an asset manager for Leverage Asset Management in Madison.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Gloria Stewart of Batesville and the late Boyd Stewart, and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Killen of Meridian.

Killen is a 2004 graduate of Cleveland High School and was graduated from Delta State University in 2008 where he received a bachelor’s degree in environmental science. He is associated with Pickering Firm as a natural resource scientist.

The couple will exchange vows

Angela Victoria Hughes October 22 at the Mississippi Craft Center with a reception to follow.

happenings Sunset symphony Fondren Renaissance Foundation presents the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra in a patriotic program, “The Red, White and Blue - Symphony at Sunset,” September 22, 7 p.m., at the Cedars. Free, bring a picnic supper and lawn chair or blanket. For informa-

tion on reserved tables or sponsorships call 601-981-9606.

GermanFest The annual Gluckstadt GermanFest is scheduled for September 25, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The event features German food and folk music.

Admission and parking are free.

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Gardening Glimpses IT’S THE DAY we thought would never get here. The autumnal equinox. The first day of fall. Summer’s officially over - but does Mother Nature know it?

Do we still know how to welcome fall, or even enjoy it. We lived so long under a siege mentality, the oppressive-heat version of the Northern long winter. The record-breaking drought is over - or can we be sure that it is?

We can garden any time of the day that we wish, even high noon if we don’t stay at it too long.

Do we even remember how to garden normally?

The first thing we’d better remember is that though the rain came, and came, and came, we do not have to forget about watering and put the hoses away. We personally were amazed that the five-gallon buckets we keep in the back of the pick-up truck, the easier to water the planter at Madison Central with, filled to the brim in less than two days. But the dry days are still with us.

Plants that set spring blooms in August and September have barely another two weeks to get that task accomplished, and they still need our help.

MY HUSBAND’S favorite outdoor job is mowing, hands down, no question about it.

Even when mowing isn’t particularly

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needed. He’s the sort of gardener who goes out and looks around and sees what chore is calling to him, if mowing’s really truly not needed. The cosmetic approach - making things look good.

After the dry spell, one chore that’s always there, all-purpose, ever ready, for any short, medium or lengthy period of time you wish to spend, is picking up limbs. He’s excellent at that.

I’m more given to list-making and planning, and what will happen if I don’t do this or that in a timely fashion. First rule: whenever it rains, the next thing to do is pull weeds. Ten minutes, 30, an hour if knees don’t stiffen - and you see results.

But if the early morning coolness stretches out ahead, I really like to prune, cut, clear, unclutter areas - clearing up a woodland spot. Armed with a hand pruner and a bow saw, I go to reshape my idea of a small wooded area. I’ve been getting ready for this for weeks, as I walked around - looking at very small trees: “Do you go? Do you stay?” or looking at shrubs, “Now just what kind of haircut do you need?”

With some, it’s really too late. For the ‘Wintergreen’ boxwood and the ‘Carissa’ holly, I’ll just wait until March. New growth after thorough pruning now would be killed in the icy weather of December. Or mid-

February.

MY NEXT PROJECT is the reshaping of a Carolina jessamine. I think it’s supposed to be planted where you can let it be a fountain, and a lovely one it would make. But the gardener who gave it to me didn’t tell me that, and I put it where the twisting main trunk could be a focal point. Sometimes it seems I am making a bonsai of it. I just start, from the bottom, and from the ends of the long branches, and let it show me how I should cut it. Then I go up the “other” back steps (that we never or rarely use) and tackle the long branches over the trellis. I’ve left it so long that the morning glory vines won’t be happy to lose their support. Maybe I’ll leave it for them.

Dealing with shrubs and trees works at three levels. What I can do myself, I do.

What I could clear away, with much effort and time, I save for our son, when he is home on the occasional week’s visit. With a well-mapped list and my ever-present direction, he can clear out and take down in three hours what would take me three weeks.

And then there are the big cutting jobs the downed tree, the big fallen limbs, and now a tall dead tree still standing. This will require a professional, someone who has his own insurance for his helpers, should they

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By Mrs. Herman McKenzie get hurt. I never hire workers who show up on their own, telling me I need tree cutters.

And I do ask friends and neighbors which workers they’ve been pleased with.

Fortunately, there’s just open space of a sort where this big tree must come down … so it can wait.

THE ONE THING I will not even think about doing, not in September and not until way into October, is planting anything, anything bigger than a four-inch pot with a clump of pansies. In fact, I may never again do any serious planting except in the month of November. Too much set out in February and March was lost, and who knows if 2012 will bring us any better weather than we’ve had this year.

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Ridgeland. For more information visit www.hospiceministries.org or call 601-898-1053.

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happenings Museum events The Mississippi Children’s Museum will feature a Jim Henson Birthday Celebration, September 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum. For details visit www.mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Harvest festival The Mississippi Farmers Market will host a Fall Harvest Festival October 22, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature fresh seasonal produce and pumpkins, local arts and crafts, and children’s

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Hiding place The drama ministry of Galloway United Methodist Church will present a staged reading of “The Hiding Place,” Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 1, 2 p.m.; and Oct. 2, 1 p.m. Admission is free. For details call 601-353-9691.

Faculty showcase Members of the Millsaps College music department faculty will perform September 26, 7:30 p.m., in the Ford Recital Hall. For more information call 601974-1000.

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Bob and Ben Lloyd

Kent Peters, Diane and Ed Hesselbein

Mike and Allie Wall, Jimmy McDowell

Ole Miss kickoff Rebel Club meets in Flowood The Jackson-area Rebel Club met recently for its fall kickoff meeting at the Table 100 Conference Center in Flowood.

Shown are scenes from the meeting.

Jeremy Barlow, Pat McNease, Jeff Tullos, Richard Little, Luke Chamblee

Aleita and Wesla Leech Sullivan

Robert Neely, Dewey Myers

Raymond Nalty, Chuck Mobley, Preston Derivaux

Bob Box, Ralph Yelverton

Matt Glover, Mike and Austin Brown, Matt Bailey; (front) Ray Pickering, Danny Chancellor, Marty McCullough

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mrs. Tate celebrates 100th Habitat to mark 25th anniversary birthday at dinner party ELIZABETH MULLEN Tate, longtime North Jackson resident, celebrated her 100th birthday June 11.

She was honored with a gala dinner party in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Derek Dyess, a great-niece. Co-hosts were Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Hartness, a niece, and Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Humphreys, a great-niece.

Mrs. Tate enjoyed browsing through a collage of personal memorabilia, dining with a large number of family and friends, being serenaded by the Raphael Semmes combo, and blowing out candles on the traditional birthday cake. A highlight of the evening was the presentation of a congratulatory proclamation from Gov. Haley Barbour.

Mrs. Tate was born in Meadville June 11, 1911, and grew up in Quentin, a small mill town in Franklin County. She attended Co-Lin Junior College, later graduated from Mississippi College, and earned her master’s from the University of Mississippi. She was an elementary

Elizabeth Mullen Tate teacher in the Jackson Public Schools for many years, retiring from Spann Elementary.

SHE WAS MARRIED to the late William Rodney Tate (Dooley) and is the mother of William Carruth Tate.

HABITAT FOR Humanity/Metro Jackson (HFH/MJ) is celebrating 25 years of changing lives in the greater Jackson metro area. Celebratory activities are planned for October 1 and 4.

HFH/MJ’s 25th anniversary celebration will include the entire community. Festivities kick off in true Habitat fashion with the construction start of the 500th HFH/MJ home on October 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., where HFH/MJ volunteers will raise the walls throughout the day. The 500th HFH/MJ house is sponsored by Watkins Ludlam Winter and Stennis in honor of founding and lifetime board member Elise Winter.

To recognize and celebrate the commitment and progress of the HFH/MJ partner families, there will be a family picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. offering fun, food and activities at Hico Park for all 500 HFH/MJ partner families.

The 25th anniversary celebration culminates at the gala event “25 Years of Changing Lives” Tuesday, October 4 at the Old Capitol Inn. In addition to honoring HFH/MJ donors and volunteers, the evening will also honor Elise Winter for her vision and tireless support over the years with the awarding of the first HFH/MJ Founders’Award.

Subsequently the award will be called the Elise Winter Founders’Award.

WHILE CELEBRATING major accomplishments of 25 years of building decent, affordable

Elise Winter, Cindy Griffin homes for low income families, HFH/MJ will also announce future plans for furthering its mission to eliminate substandard housing in the metro area as well as a new initiative sponsored by the Selby and Richard McRae Foundation.

“Thanks to the foresight and dedication of founding members like Elise Winter and the hard work of thousands of volunteers, HMH/MJ has made a difference in the quality of life and standard of affordable housing in the metro area,” said Cindy Griffin, executive director.

For more information or to make a donation to the celebration gala, call (601) 353-6060.

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social news

Plein Air Artists Four seasons exhibit celebrated at The Cedars Fondren Renaissance Foundation hosted the “Outdoor Splendor� Art Show opening reception for the Four Seasons of the Cedars. The

exhibit featuring the Plein Air Painters of Mississippi hangs though September 30.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Victoria Ramsay, David Preziosi

Arden Barnett, Mark Millet

Vershern Edwards, John Sanders

Susan Clark, Linda Dees, Gwin Robertson

Linda Dees, Karen Spencer, Buddy Graham, Susan Wellington, Catherine Becker, Mary Jo McAnally

David Putnam, Dody Nolan

Henderson Hall, Buster Wellington

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Summer dance Ballet Magnificat! School of the Arts students recently attended the company’s 23rd annual Summer Dance Intensive. Shown are (from left, back) Keith Thibodeaux, Karsen Carr, Sarah Kearns, Anna Smith, Sage Bowman, Symphonia Harris, Kaitlyn Myers, Ann Louise McGee,

Havilah Lum, Shirah Lum, Kathy Thibodeaux; (kneeling) Tavia Calvin, Stephanie Draut, Chandler Greenwood, Lacius Caddle, Anna Lee, Andrea Ludwig; (sitting) Miriam Dryden, Bethany Sootheran, Emily Helms, Anna Howard.

happenings History is lunch

WellsFest

Wells United Methodist Church will hold Mississippi Department of Archives and their annual benefit, WellsFest, September History upcoming History is Lunch pro24, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Jamie Fowler grams include: Sept. 21, Norma Watkins on Boyll Park. Proceeds benefit Mustard Seed. her book “The Last Resort: Taking the Event features 5K run and walk, one mile Mississippi Cure” at the William Winter fun run, live music, food, pet parade, chilbuilding; Sept. 28, Gene Dattel on “The dren’s activities and a silent auction. For Help,” at the Old Capitol Museum, noon - 1 details call 601-353-0658. p.m.

For advertising information call 601-957-1125

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Meh Lady Officers

Opera benefit Among players participating in the Advantage Opera benefit were (from left, back) Wes McCrory, Scott Holsten, Jeffery Martin; (front) Amanda McDonner and Leslie Owens.

sunbeams Meh Lady Luncheon Club new officers and members are (from left, back) Sandra Tucker - secretary, Emily Dossett, DeeDee Sheely - bridge chairman, Lounette Maxwell - assistant treasurer, Jan Evers and Betty Jacobs - publicity, Faye McGriff; (seated) Peggy Bruce - president, and Barbara Webb - treasurer. Not pictured: June Youngblood - vice president. This year marks the 56th for one of Jackson’s oldest luncheon clubs.

Gatlin William Thompson Trace Patrick Thompson Tracy and Patrick Thompson announce the birth of their twin sons, Gatlin William Thompson and Trace Patrick Thompson, August 31 at Baptist Medical Center. Grandparents are Linda and Ray Montgomery and Dorothy and Hilton Thompson.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

happenings Grief support Hospice Ministries provides ongoing grief support groups. Daytime and evening groups are available. For more information call 601-898-1053.

Fun astronomy The Madison Library will host Harry Boswell in “Astronomy for Fun,” September 29 at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to adults and teens. For details call 601-856-2749.

Arts festival The Mississippi Museum of Art will hold the Town Creek Arts Festival October 1, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., featuring local artists, craftsmen, food and music. Free admission. For details visit www.msmuseumart.org or call 601-960-1515.

Bike MS The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will hold a fund-raiser, “Bike MS: Bike to the Battlefield,” October 8 and 9. For details call 601-8565831.

Zoo fun The Jackson Zoo will feature Carousel Day September 26 with half-price admission and carousel rides. The zoo is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fall carnival Delta day Junior Auxiliary of Madison-Ridgland spent “Day in the Delta” Jackie Miller, Shay WIlliamson; (middle row) Laura Ring, Kim touring their national headquarters in Greenville and other Deloach, Jennifer Tripoli, Julie Tipton; (front) April Deloach, sites. Members and provisionals shown are (from left) Cris Bethany Gough, Katie Sanders, Jackie Boone.

Bryan, Nicole Irwin, Mary Wilsford Hodges, Lindsey Montgomery,

Jackson Academy will hold their annual fall carnival October 18, 5 to 8:30 p.m., on Raider field. The event features old-fashioned carnival games, food, rides, and a silent auction and raffle. For details visit www.jacksonacademy.org.

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Betty Lynn Freeman, Dianne Hazard, Courtney Love

Elizabeth Garner, Leigh Brister, Alexa Weir

Phyllis Geary, Lyn McMillian, Donna Knight, Leslie Bobo, Maj Perins

Deltas after Dark Tri Delta alumnae enjoy fall social The Metro Jackson Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Chapter recently held its fall “Deltas After Dark� social. The event was hosted by Treehouse boutique in Fondren. Gift bags and door prizes were presented to guests.

For more information about the Tri Delta alumnae association, contact Betty Lynn Freeman at bfreeman@christunitedjxn.org. The next event is Tri Delta Founders Day October 29 at Table 100 in Flowood.

Shown are scenes from the evening.

Lindsey Binion, Elizabeth Koestler, Cindy Phillips, Page Wilson

Betty Lynn Freeman, Clay Davidson, Fran Askew

Betty Lynn Freeman, Diane Hazard, Brittany Allen, Meg Pace

Lee Waits, Ann Marie Lee, Anna Haralson, Natalie Arnemann

Page Wilson, Libba Wise, Missy Hollis, Suzanna Rula, Brittany Allen

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

social news

Tailgating event Businesses in Ridgeland offer fall fun Kinkade’s Fine Clothing, CoatTails and Ridgeland restaurants hosted a tailgating event recently offering shopping, food, music and fun.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Heath Walters; (front) Maris and Heath Walters

Michael and Wendy Russ; (front) Warren and Reese Russ

Keith Kinkade, Carolyn Voyles, Doug Hederman

Harper, Kyle and Shelton Kinkade

Tom Doty, Scott Dean

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keeping up with lottie By LOTTIE BOGGAN

Performance canceled due to lost crown, shrunken suit EARLIER IN THE DAY I had almost fallen off the scales when an out of control arrow swung over to show a five-pound weight gain. Then I owned up to it; I had consumed too many desserts and too much comfort food. In the corner of my eyes I saw a new, on sale bathing suit swinging on the bathroom doorknob in front of me

like a broken promise.

For a moment, I was eaten up with the mulleygrubs but I didn’t have the luxury of a dinner on the grounds, all day fret. I had a full day ahead and had to get on about the day’s business.

The now useless bathing suit should have clued me in. I should have remembered, the ribbon of life isn’t always tied up in a pretty bow. Coming back onto our street from my daily walk with our dog, water covered my shoes and June Cleaver’s paws. The Gleneagles neighborhood pool had flooded. Who in the world could have left — ? Then it hit me like a bolt. I was the culprit. I had left the swimming pool faucet on. The good Lord’s in control and you do not have the luxury of a nervous breakdown, I reminded myself. I was the organizer of an exciting family talent show lined up for later this afternoon.

“In spite of today’s bad omens, you’d better get on with the program,” I mumbled to myself. “It’ll be okay.”

OUR YOUNGEST granddaughter had taken swimming lessons and there were plans for the proud family to attend a solo swimming exhibition and then have an early supper together. For eight days, I had watched her instructor closely and taken notes. Part of the surprise, on this, her graduation day, Grand Lottie had it in her head to get into the water with the little cherub and act as her volunteer, proud

Night out Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce presents “Denim and Diamonds,” featuring Vince Vance and the Valiants, September 22, at the Country Club of Jackson. Reception and silent auction, 6 p.m., dinner and entertainment, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $65. Call 601-991-9996 for reservations.

trainer.

Before I left to pick up our future star, I threw away leftover food, and even though it hurt, I dumped the too tight bathing suit.

As long as I was in a clean-up mode and was tossing, I wadded up an old, now glitterless, Dora the Explorer tiara that had come with some fast food.

When I went to pick the young lady up from daycare, I changed her from school clothes into a pink and purple polka-dotted bikini and turquoise swim shoes, which color matched her painted fingernails and toenails. I then buckled her into the car seat.

“Everybody wants to see you swim,” I cooed. “We’re so proud.”

With the way this day had begun, I should not have been surprised at what happened next.

Our little celebrity-to-be touched the top of her head and jiggled her legs. “Where’s my Dora the Explorer crown?”

“Buried in a landfill,” I almost said. “It’s at home,” I lied.

Her eyes filled with tears. She flailed her arms and collapsed in her car seat. “I’m not gonna swim. I wanna go home,” she cried. “I don’t like the big pool. The water ‘buns’ my nose.”

Her body twisted into a pretzel; for sheer drama there is nothing to compare to a four-year-old’s meltdown.

“I can’t swim widdout Dora,” she sobbed like I had fed her a spoonful of jalapeno peppers. I took consolation from one thing; surely out here in a Brandon

happenings Champion dinner The Multiple Sclerosis Society will host a Dinner of Champions September 22 at The South. For more information call 601-856-5831.

parking lot, there were no hidden cameras filming us.

“I’ll be drownded.”

At this point, all grandmotherly entreaties failed; I would swear our noncelebrity didn’t breathe for five minutes.

All options were now off the table, and nothing would do but she had to go home.

A SHORT WHILE later I had to show up for an early dinner at the country club swimming pool where eight anxious, ready-to-be-proud kinfolk waited to sing the young lady’s praises and hoped to get a first glimpse of a future Olympic swimmer. To say the least, it would be an awkward situation. God won’t give you more than you can handle, I thought as I approached friends and family. It’s just that sometimes I wish he wouldn’t trust me so much. Tears of self-pity welled up in my eyes as I tried to explain why the star of the day was a no-show, why there would be no exhibition.

I forgot an old saying, ‘A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.’

“We had a ‘splashdown,’ ” I apologized.

“Dora’s tiara went out with the trash and my buns are too large for the ‘whim suit.’ ” For a full minute no one at the table said anything. I opened my mouth —.

A lifeguard’s whistle muffled my verbal corrections. And sad to say I donned, not the bargain bin two-piece, too-small bathing suit, but my own crown of thorns in penance.

Fur ball The Mississippi Animal Rescue League will hold their annual fur ball “Pets and the City,” September 29, 7 p.m., at the Renaissance. Tickets are $60 per person, $110 per couple. Contact rebeccaezell@bellsouth.net for more information.

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school news

section C

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Story Pirates

Start the season First-graders at Madison Ridgeland Academy are ready for football season to start. Shown are (from left, back) Ian Williams, Breck McCalop, Cole McCrory, Nicholas Arnold, Henry Hollis, Josh Allen,

Evan Tyler, Davis Moody, Cole Heard, teacher Caroline Strawbridge; (front) Caroline Ducote, Presley Horn, Ella Wesley Davis, Anna Sceroler, Sarah Grace Saulters.

Story Pirates, an education and media organization dually based in New York and Los Angeles, recently performed “Theodore Boone and the Trill of Rights,� based on John Grisham’s book “Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer,� at First Presbyterian Day School. Shown are (from left, back) Peter McNerney, Jessica McKenna, Nick Kanellis, Meghan Oneill, Lee Overtree; (middle row) Genevieve Hurst, Annie Rogers, Hannah Biggs, Price Loposer; (front) David Robertson, Jabari Aiken, Harrison Scott, and Jake Head.

JV cheer Jackson Prep 2011 junior varsity cheerleaders are (from left, back) Caroline Peeples, Mollie Griffin, Emily Holmes, Mae Mae Cook, Anna Rachel Roberts, Bray Koury; (second

row) Kara Cook, Sydney Mann, Mae Mae Walker, Clayton Noblin, Elizabeth Glaze; (front) Ashley Johnston, Ellie Wells, Addison Smith and Sylvia Hartung.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

school news

PACERS

Most athletic 2011 seniors named as Most Athletic at Jackson Academy’s annual Features pageant in spring of 2011were (from left) Taylor Irby and Keith Shumaker.

The 2011 Jackson Prep Pacers are (from left, back) Avery Burns, Catherine Archer, Laurel Bane, Keely Kennedy; (fourth row) Addison Arledge, Mary Morgan Haire, Amelia Weatherly, Collins Mounger, Julia Saunders Markow, Anna Lauren Gathings, Taylor Patterson, Carson Bailey, Madeline Porter; (third row) Katie Wegener, Madelaine Mangum, Allie Hobby, Maggie Leech, Anna Wright, Bonnie Blackmon, Pauline Causey, Rachel Wilkinson, Helen House, Laura Myers, Elise Brewer, Caroline Garraway; (second row) Maddie Blakeney, Ashleigh Harrison, Caroline Swayze, Anna Grace Buchanan, Margaret Milner, Anna Kate Terry, Kelsey Jones, Sarah Neal Secrest; (front) Taylor Byrd, Haley Adams, and Lindsey Fuller.

happenings Beauty training

Machines,” by artist Lory Lockwood, October 8.

Equestrian team

St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church has openThe American Cancer Society will conduct a Look Good ... Feel Better training session for licensed cosmetologists ings for girls on its equestrian team. Horse ownership is who are interested in helping cancer patients, October 3, 2 not necessary. Call 601-857-2545 for information. to 5 p.m., at the cancer society office. For details call 601Barbershop harmony 321-5500 or visit www.cancer.org.

The Jackson Chapter of Barbershop Harmony meets Tuesday nights, 7 p.m., at North Park Presbyterian Church Drawdown at the corner of Northside Drive and Old Canton Road.

St. Columb’s Episcopal Church will hold its annual drawdown October 1, 5:30 p.m., at the church. $60 tickets include dinner for two and a chance to win $5,000. For more information call 601-853-0205.

Conference day Jackson Public Schools will have Parent/Teacher Conference Day September 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For details contact your child’s school.

Dream machines The 2011 Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show will feature an exhibition “Dream

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Fall fun The Jackson Academy fall carnival is scheduled for October 18, 5 to 8:30 p.m., on the Raider football field. The event includes carnival games, fun house, jumps, obstacle courses, first-grade cookie walk, pumpkin contest, plus a silent auction and raffle for local artwork, vacation getaways, birthday party packages and more. For more information visit www.jacksonacademy.org. A bake sale on carnival day will offer baked goods, casseroles, jams and sauces. Shown are (from left, back) Staci Crawford, Susan House, Heidi Berry, Audra Bowman, Brandon Kennedy; (third row) Barron Liston, Mara Liston, Caroline

McIntyre, Lily Crawford, Hallie Gray House, Ashton Berry, Parker Bracken, Kennedy Nations, Ellie Brent Cartwright, Madeleine Black, Shields Armstrong, Ellis Tharp , Blakely Amis, Ava Crawford, Ridgely McIntryre; (second row) Jeanne Liston, Amy Courtney, Lori Cartwright, Jennifer Bracken, Emily Dye, Amelie Black, Olivia Quin, Tyler Armstrong, Mary Gibson Lundy, Anne Marie Lundy; (front) Bailey Berry, Hayes Tharp, Anna Ballard Tharp, Caroline Courtney, Amelia Bowman, Lori Cartwright, Addison Armstrong, Jennifer Bracken, Emma Dye, Margaret Dye, Emily Dye, Merritt Nations, Adams Kennedy.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

FOOTBALL TEAM

The Jackson Academy 2011 Raiders junior high football team members are (from left, back) Nathan Lucas, Tripp Taylor, Max Milam, Gavin Funderburg, Neville Whitehead, Will Ferns, Kent McNamara, Ford Gordon, David Crystal, Cash Heath, Daniel Spivey, Steven Winford; (third row) Jay Powell, Ryan Deer, Crobin Walter, Brennan Canton, Steven Irby, Jace Lacoste, Mac Temple, Luke Ross, Wes Crockett, Sam Anderson, Andrew Mangum, William Youngblood, Rob Hall, Evans Wilkerson, Matthew Jenkins, John Sharp Kirk, Bailey Speed, Parker Harris, Nathan Buckalew, Kirk Simmons; (second row) Bryan Sumner, Chandler Sessums, Nick Beddingfield, Hunter Berry, Blaine Tierany, David Rippee, Davis Simmons, Tilman Thomas, Will Ford, Anderson Helton, Jacob Fortenberry, Hayes Rodges, Keeton Kennedy, Reid Fracchia, Matthew Campbell; (front) Robert Crisler, J.C. Hughes, Will Varner, Wyatt Powell, Leland Spinks, Nicholas Conley, James Brister, Gregory Stewart, Thad Scott, Drew Thomas, Gordon Cambell, Ford Williams, Ford Adams, Josh Hinkle.

Camouflage First Presbyterian Day School kindergarten students dressed up in their camouflage for the letter C. Shown are (from left, back) Janine Hutchinson, Harrison Fulcher, John Woods Hollowell, Christopher McHenry,

Volleyball Blair Hurst, Charlie Barbour, Jack Lockhart; (front) Preston Churchwell, Witt Blackard, Jake Craig, Christopher Maddux, Jack Madden.

The St. Joseph Catholic School Lady Bruins junior varsity volleyball team recently won the Madison Central 2011 Volleyball Invitational Tournament. Shown are (from left, back) Coach Angie Brunini, Hannah

Heilman, Anna Katherine Brunini; (front) Olivia Post, Anna Kathryn Moorehead, Lucy Miller Loveless, Delaney Strickland, Ramsay Fairbank, Bridget Abadie; (seated) Genin Harkey. Not pictured: Samantha Coursey.

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DANCERS

Madison Middle School dance team members for 2011-2012 are (from left, back) Anna Gosa, Carlee Williams, Reilly Carr, Jessica Googe, Samantha Moffett, Emily Ledoux, Laura Turner, Kayla Grace Lovitt, Addison Crowder, Allie King, Anne Carrie Swoope; (middle row) Sponsor Shannon Bean, Mary Francis Catington, Lauren Wise, Katie King, Haleigh Hawkins, Ariel Spencer, Mary Everett Giles, Nakiyah King, Kennedy Lowther, Allie Embry, Sponsor Amy Gables; (front) Casie Capel, Lindsey Chhabra, Lauren Swyers, Molly Johnson, Ashley Sanders, Amye McDonald, Shelby Irby, Abby Coleman, Jori Gartell, Peyton Barnett.

names in the news In remembrance of 9-11 the Fort Rosalie Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution gathered at a Ridgeland fire station to honor first responders. Chapter Regent Anne Hewitt presented flags designed by NSDAR in commemoration of September 11 to convey “We Remember.” Also present were Vicky Pekich, Roslinda Wells, Jennifer Nettles, Sharon Nettles, and Carolyn Jones.

Brent Smith, M.D., a family physician, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Smith was elected to a one-year term by the National Congress of Family Medicine Residents and confirmed by the AAFP’s governing body, the Congress of Delegates.

The Junior League of Jackson and the Education Foundation Trust of the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson partnered to make approximately $98,092.52 in

Party at museum St. Andrew’s Episcopal School lower school students celebrated going back to school with a party at the Mississippi Children’s Museum. Shown are fourth-graders (from left) Emma Lewis and Simone Weatherspoon.

Mr. and Miss St. Joseph seniors (from left) Alyssa Rose Nuzzo and Jake Edward Sobecki were chosen by the student body as Mr. and Miss St. Joe for the 2010-2011 school year. Nuzzo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Nuzzo. Sobecki is the son of Ed Sobecki and Colleen Antle.

teacher mini-grants available to Jackson Public Schools teachers for classroom and teaching materials during the 2011-2012 school year. Participating in the presentation Junior League members Angela Brunini and Marcy Scoggins; Rebecca Starling, JPS Partners in Education director; Jody Fowler, communications and development director for the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson; Rita Wray, deputy executive director of the Department of Finance and Administration for the state of Mississippi and a member of the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson board of trustees; Dr. George Schimmel, member of the Jackson Public Schools board of trustees; Jackie Bailey, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson; Fran Weeks, president of the Junior League; and Dr. Jayne B. Sargent, interim superintendent of Jackson Public Schools.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

school news

Dance team St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Middle School dance team for 2011-12 is (from left, back) Lucero Fuentes, Alexis Palmer, Martha Langford, Dardin Pilkinton, Morgan Brown, Kit Smith,

Alexandra Barlow, Udoka Robertson; (front) Tanya Shenoy, Daria Weathersby, Mallory Harvel, Cayse Coachys, Karson Petit, and Ariel Thornton.

Family quilts St. Anthony Catholic School second-grade students receive quilting techniques on color and texture from quilter Barbara Cashman (back) in preparation for making their own quilts focusing on family her-

Win relay The Madison Middle School girls cross country team won the recent Mississippi College Choctaw Relays junior high relay event. Each girl on the four-member team ran one mile. Their winning time was 28

minutes flat. The relay teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members were (from left) Sarah Chastain, Addison Crowder, Kayla Grace Lovitt and Anna Miller.

itage. Shown with her are (from left, front) Kaitlyn Freeman, Christopher Watson, Joseph Endt, Anna Maloney and Cooper Word.

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school news

New student reception The Jackson Academy Association hosted a reception for new students and families in three-year-old kindergarten through sixth grade. Students met their teachers and toured the school the week before classes

began. Pictured are (from left back) Brandon Kennedy, Kimberly Hooker, Tori and Carl Bryant; (front) Adams Kennedy, Win and Anna Margaret Hooker, Zach Brown.

Sophomore maids Ridgeland High School sophomore homecoming maids are (from left) Jada Slaughter, Brittany Weathersby, Taneisha Johnson, and Hope Gilbert.

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September / October events September 21, Wednesday

September 26, Monday

• Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, author Norma Watkins, "The Last Resort: Taking the Mississippi Cure," about the art colony Allison's Wells. Winter Building. Noon - 1 p.m. in the William Winter building.

• New Stage Theatre production of “Driving Miss Daisy,” through September 25. www.newstagetheatre.com.

• University of Mississippi support group Ole Miss Lunch Bunch meeting each Monday 11:30 a.m. - 1 pm. at Frisco Deli. Ray, 601-622-6090; or Nick, 601-856-0002.

special days

September 22, Thursday • City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce Denim and Diamonds, a Ladies’ Night Out, Country Club of Jackson. Reception and silent auction, 6 p.m.; dinner and entertainment, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $65. 601-991-9997.

• Fondren Renaissance Foundation presents MS Symphony Orchestra, “The Red, White and Blue - Symphony at Sunset,” 7 p.m. at The Cedars.

Free. 601-981-9606.

• Multiple Sclerosis Society Dinner of Champions. 601-856-5831.

• Jackson Symphony League membership coffee, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., home of John and Susan Puckett, 3981 Dogwood Dr. • Casey Elementary 50th anniversary celebration, 6 p.m. student performance.

Leslie Coleman, 601-987-3510.

September 23, Friday • Municipal Art Gallery art showing of VSA Mississippi art group through September, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

September 24, Saturday • Mississippi Farmers Market and Greater Belhaven Market, corner of High and Jefferson streets. Most Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 601-359-1159.

• WellsFest at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park. Includes live music, food booths, children’s activities, arts and crafts, plant sale, silent auction, pet parade, 5K run and walk, one-mile fun run. www.wellsfest.org.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY September 22: James R. Martin, Dorothy Miley, Cecil Jaquith, Mary Lackey, Kay Sheldon, Robbyn Footlick, Roy Alford, Monica Allen, Walter Dickerson, Jerry Thigpen, JoAnne Davis, Mary Lackey. September 23: Chrissie Cameron, Gallie Drane, Tommy Dent, Phyllis Sullivan, Rebecca Austin, Kenneth Sullivan, Victor McNaughton, April Rice, Alton Robertson, Troy Slaughter, Paula Stennett, Kenneth Swan, George Reynolds, Grace Gilmore, Dorris Sanders. September 24: John Emory III, T.J. Anderson, Paul Felder, Eliza Hewitt, H.B. Duckworth Sr. September 25: Jason Anderson, Patricia B. Monsour, Martha Underwood, Shannon Simpson, Opal Sims, Josh Welch, Phyliss Jacobs. September 26: Jane Walsh, Pat Cochran, Dr. Louie C. Short, Larry Baldwin Jr., Mrs. Darby Sowell, Dr. J. Gordon Dees, Frank Mastronardi, Gabe Fuqua, Susan Banes, Jason Herrington, Polly Keeton, Roma Marshall. September 27: Lee Anne Stacy, Jan Lingenfelter, Brittany Brown, Christopher Howard, Louise Stockwell, Lance Welch, Rodney Carney, Jewel Curtis. September 28: David Collier, Jim Conway, David Miller, Paul Armstrong, Stephen LeBonne, David Simms, Inez Burns, Gary G. Dickens, Scott Turner, Kenny Lefoldt, Cheri Wishard, Cynthia McDill, Billie Everett, Nicole Poole, Merle Ford.

September 25, Sunday

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY September 22: David and Claire Jackson. September 23: Jim and Carolyn Tatum.

September 24: Bruce and Nancy Beal. September 27: Chuck and Barbara McDaniel, Mr. and Mrs. William Daryle Heath.

• Gluckstadt GermanFest, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Features German food and folk music. Admission and parking are free. 601-856-2054.

To add your ‘Special Days’ call 601-977-8122, write to P.O. Box 16709, Jackson, MS 39236 or e-mail sun@northsidesun.com.

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Birthday party Students from the Beth Israel Preschool kindergarten class enjoying a classmateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday are (from left) Hayes Williams, John Michael Boddy, and Jessie Primer.

Reveille clinic Reveille, the Madison Central High School show choir, is under the direction of Lou Ann Evans, Scott Jimenez, Max Lyall, and Leigha Nix this year. Recently, the choir began preparing their 2012 competitive show by working with professional choreographers April James of Chicago and Kevin Breazeale of Los Angeles, both Mississippi natives.Completing choreography clinic are (from left, back) choreographers James and Breazeale; (sixth row) Stephanie Malouf, Anna Dunbar, Alyssa Hall, Travian Stewart, Oliver Nordan, Brit Kimble, Sarah Beth Staton; (fifth row) Jamie McKay, John Uzodinma, Meagan Hall, Ty Thompson, Michael Pace; (fourth row) Kathlyn

Arcemont, Lan Tolleson, Hillary Ravick, Thomas Moorman, Jeshanah Johnson, Tatum Cockrell; (third row) Noelle Scroubelos, Lyric Richards, Ryan Thompson, Shelby Hill, Thomas Kirk, Madison Watson, Jasmine Stasher; (second row) Lauren Iupe, Taylor Mitchell, Neal Buckley, Amanda Jones, Ruth Allison McMillin, Marquise Hillman, Michael Steadman, Catherine Falvey, Katelyn Jones; (front row from left) Erin Ivey, Ryan Comans, Charence Higgins, Tucker Davis, Kendrick Wallace, Coleman Annison, Amanda Covington. Not pictured: choir members Megan McCoy, Victoria Russell, and Parker King.

Freshman maids Ridgeland High School freshman homecoming maids are (from left) Taylor Cleveland, Tracie Hobbs, Raven Manuel, and Lindsey Evans.

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school news

Pigskins and pearls Madison Ridgeland Academy recently held its first annual Pigskins and Pearls football clinic for ladies. There were around 75 ladies in attendance at the clinic who enjoyed breakfast and learned about the football program at MRA from new Head Coach Forrest Williams. Shown are the

moms on the committee who coordinated the event (from left, back) Julie Bishop, Beth Dean, Susan Booth, Beth Yerger, Kay Chance; (front) Julie Trammell, Leigh Ann Thornton, Tammie Pace, Shaun Joyner, Ava Warren, Tesa Berry, Kay Parker.

Practice sewing The sixth-grade girls at First Presbyterian Day School Foote, Beth Ann Young, Ann Clark Harvey, Molly O’Neal, worked on a sewing project after reading the book Natalie Hamlin, Bailey Steen.

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Golf team Members of the Jackson Academy 2011-12 golf team are (from left, back) Jack Nail, Clay Johnston, J.C. Hughes, Jake Rawlings, David Crystal, Drake Beneke, Ray Edward Stevens, Gibson Clark, Daniel Spivey, Austin Crain, Price Horner; (middle row) D.A. Elliot, Cole Stacy, Tate Crosby, Wilson Furr,

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Co-presidents Two seniors, (from left) Madeleine Dear and Lauren Iupe, are serving as the Student Government Association copresidents at Madison Central High School. Under their leadership, plans are being made for Homecoming Week that will culminate October 7 with the football game against Warren Central followed by the homecoming dance. Iupe is the daughter of Bill and Terri Iupe and Dear is the daughter of Steven and Amy Dear.

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happenings City music Mississippi Museum of Art will host Music in the City, October 4, 5:15 p.m., featuring Tom Lowe and John Paul. Free admission.

Tournament The Mississippi Community Education Center will hold their annual fund-raising golf tournament October 7, 11:30 a.m., at Lake Caroline. Entry fee $85. For details call 601366-6405 or visit www.mscec.org.

Born free St. Anthony Catholic School students present Catholic Charities with the proceeds from a schoolwide student-based fund-raiser. Catholic Charities utilized the money to purchase baby cribs for their Born Free program. Shown are (from left, back) Kim Thomason of Catholic Charities, Br. Lucian

Knapp, Angela Brunini; (middle row) Noah Brooks, Trey Frierson, Sophia DeLange, Bryant Van Loon; (front) Win D’Antonio, Mary Clare Van Loon, John Parker Dancer, Becca Harmon, Linh Nguyen, and Marley Manning.

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the news William Carey University has announced the President’s and Dean’s List scholars for the summer trimester. Northside students earning recognition include John Robert Jacobs, Dean’s List; and Whitaker Terry Musick, President’s List.

Cheerleaders St. Andrew’s Episcopal School recently celebrated Saints Celebration 2011, an annual carnival during which all the school’s fall athletes are introduced to the school community. Attendees included (from left) cheerleaders Meghan Lee and Zaria Williams.

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Volleyball team members Jackson Prep 2011 junior varsity volleyball team members include (from left, back) Coach Lauren Felker, Ann Irvin Armstrong, Lauren Henderson, Lindsay Warwick; (sec-

Big send-off St. Joseph Catholic School swim team members bid a fun farewell to Alex Rueff and Sean Patterson, two 2011 graduates of St. Joe. Rueff and Patterson joined this year’s team at morning workouts recently before heading to LSU and USM for college.

Shown are (from left, back) JoJo Gray-Lewis,

Walker Burrow, Mollie Montgomery, Nick Burrow, Sean Patterson, Riley Collins; (second row) Sutton Klein, Natalie Smyth, Lauren Tonos, Maggie Smith, Alex Rueff, Kaela Smyth; (front) Gracie Conn, Frances Huff, Ellie Smith, Niijor May and Taylor Dancer.

happenings Diabetes support Baptist Nutrition Center hosts a free Diabetes Support Group at 1 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. For more information call 601-973-1624.

Wild child The Jackson Zoo invites families to add a wild child to their family tree by adopting an animal. Adoption packages include an adoption certificate, an animal fact sheet and a photo of the animal. Funds raised will help

Saints celebration St. Andrew’s Episcopal School recently celebrated Saints Celebration 2011, an annual carnival during which all the school’s fall athletes are introduced to the school com-

munity. Attendees included (from left) Laura Arrington, Alexis Williams, Karnessia Georgetown, Aftan Cox, and Yesenia Davis.

ond row) Katie Carter, Betsy Byrd, Madeline Wyatt, Elizabeth Jones; (front) Lauren Warwick, Claire McDowell and Molly Terry.

with the zoo’s animal care needs. Zoo memberships are also available for purchase. For more information call 352-2582.

Volunteers needed The Salvation Army Angel Tree program needs volunteers to meet with parents of potential recipients. Times available October 3 - 14. Call 601-982-4881 to volunteer.

Bible study A new Explorers Bible Study ladies group will meet Wednesdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m., at Christ United Methodist Church.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Eagle Scout Boy Scout Troop 18, of First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, recently held a Court of Honor for new Eagle Scouts.

Benjamin Thomas, (center) son of Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Barksdale, received the rank of Eagle. His Eagle Scout project was in cooperation with Operation Shoestring.

Relay for Life A group of teachers and staff members at Ann Smith Elementary participated in Relay for Life, which was held recently at Old Trace Park in Ridgeland. The team’s theme was “Kicking Up Our Heels For A Cure,” and they raised $1,500 for the American Cancer Society. Shown are (from

left, back) Janet Johnson, Alicia McCraw, Amanda Grissett, Sheila Perkins, Mary Fonville, Kathy Rigsby, Shannon Jackson, Anelyse Jacobs, Becky Ponthieux, Cathy Sims; (front) Betty Blaine, Tijuana Boyanton, Cathy Beasley, Christina Polk and Vickie Neal.

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DUKE TIP

St. Joseph Catholic School seventh-graders who qualified to participate in the 2011 Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) include (from left, back) Anna Grace Bolen, Tori Cobb, Taylor Dancer, Helen Greene, Caroline Sypniewski, Abby Taylor, Ellie Smith, Lauren Schuetzle, and Chloe’Owens; (third row) Caroline Doherty, Tess Lott, Sutton Klein, Liza Ambriz, Lilly Garretson, Jackye-Rayla Gregory, Brianna Cry; (second row) Zachary Blanchard, Nathan Lancaster, Will Foggo, Taylor Lyle, Drew Liess, John David Topik, Paco Bello; (front) Zach Phelan, Graham Hlavac, Nick Louvier, Jason Price, Francis Ho, Alex Bellan, Reese Newman. These students scored at the 95th percentile or higher on the standardized achievement test.

names in the news Residents in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center won the fifth annual American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation’s Academic Bowl. Drs. Byron Norris, Beth Thomas and Alan Grimm participated in the event in San Francisco at

Earth science Madison Ridgeland Academy students in seventh-grade honors science class study rocks and minerals in earth science. They learn to identify the characteristics of minerals as to color, streak, hardness, and fracture. Shown are (from left) Clay Chance, Brooks Hardee.

happenings Touchdown club The Jackson Touchdown Club will meet September 26, 6 p.m., at River Hills Club. Featured speaker will be Tom Dempsey, former NFL player. For information call 601-506-3186.

Coffee

will be held October 8, 6:30 p.m. at the Country Club of Jackson.

Diabetes walk The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi will host its annual Jackson Walk for Diabetes, October 2, 1 p.m., at the Southern Farm Bureau building on Watkins Drive.

For details call 601-9577878.

JSL will hold a membership coffee September 22, 11 Watercolor exhibit a.m. to 1 p.m., in the home of The 26th Grand National John and Susan Puckett.

Watercolor Exhibition opening reception will be held Symphony ball October 2, 2 to 4 p.m., at the The 2011 Symphony Ball Mississippi Museum of Art.

the AAO-HNSF annual meeting. Dr. Scott Stringer, chair of otolaryngology and communicative sciences, said the medical center’s faculty and staff are proud of the manner in which the residents represented the institution.

Mississippi University for Women listed Northsiders Kristie Anderson, Terrell Porter and Ashley Moore Hardy on the President’s List for the summer semester.

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Planting vegetables Christ Covenant School third-grade teacher Also shown are students (from left, front) Julie Pilcher (back) gives her students John Gordon Owens, Anabel McCraney, spinach seeds to plant in the school garden. Camille Fuller, and Caroline Harrington.

LINH NGUYEN, Ridgeland High School senior, was recently crowned homecoming queen.

Submittin g pictures Here are some tips that will result in the best reproduction in the paper

If submitting by e-mail please do not shrink the picture . If submitting the print of a picture from a digital camera, set the printer to best quality and please do not print the date on the picture.

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Student leadership The NSS Student Leadership Group has come together to discuss exciting opportunities for the 2011-2012 students at New Summit School. Shown are (from left, back)

names in the news Audrey Zapletal, MS, OTR/L, Jefferson School of Health Professions (JSHP) faculty member, was recognized for her dedication to higher education at Jefferson’s annual awards ceremony. Zapletal is an instructor in the JSHP’s Department of Occupational Therapy.

Former Jackson Prep football players from the Class of 1973 recently gathered for a reunion. Participants included Mike Harrison, Coach Jack Carlisle, Mike Carlisle, Barry Cannada, Sam Riddell, Frank McCreight, Jody Reppeto, Tucker

Bradley Dixon, Daniel Wooton, Lake Jones, Nelson Bailey; (front) Elizabeth Rogers, Brett Hahn, Gracie McGill, Hunter Ward.

Walsh, Mike Drake, Rob Burgeis, John McVey. Calvin Thigpen Jr. is a branch manager at Trustmark National Bank as well as an accounting student at Mississippi College in MC’s accelerated degree program. Delta Mu Delta, the international honor society in business, recently awarded Thigpen a $500 regional scholarship that annually goes to outstanding students in the field. A married father of two children, ages 11 and 21 months, Thigpen plans to receive his MC accounting degree in May, and start preparing for the CPA exam.

LEGAL NOTICE Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR Mississippi Department of Human Services The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) will accept sealed proposals during business hours of 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. until October 17, 2011 at the MDHS State Office Building Lobby, 750 North State Street, Jackson MS 39202, or by mail at P.O. Box 352, Jackson, MS 39205-0352, for the purpose of soliciting proposals from interested parties who can most effectively and cost-efficiently develop a customized web-based tool to track program activities, measure program performance, and evaluate program success; and, evaluate the Foundation for Families Programs (Families First Resource Centers, and Youth Prevention and Intervention Program) and other Subgrantees. Proposals will be accepted from public and private research-based organizations or local universities with experience in conducting evaluation research on community or school-based programs that are designed to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families.

The Subgrantee for this grant shall develop a customized web-based tool using standard web-based tools for use by MDHS subgrantees. The Subgrantee shall have had proven experience both technically and programmatically in developing web-based evaluation, data entry and reporting tools.

The web-based system shall be scalable for future growth in the program.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) can be picked up at the MDHS State Office, downloaded from the MDHS website@mdhs.state.ms.us or obtained by mail upon request to: John Davis, Division of Economic Assistance Mississippi Department of Human Services 750 North State Street Jackson, MS 39202 (601) 359-4810 MDHS reserves the right to reject or negotiate any and all proposals or cancel this request for proposals at its discretion.

(September 15, 22, 2011)

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Future master Friends of Wilson Furr suprised him with a visit and signs welcoming him home after he won his age division at the Future Masters golf tournament in Dothan, Ala. Shown are (from left, back) Jackson Golden,

Miles Merrell, Parker Gilbert, Parker Cole, Logan Anderson; (middle row) John Scott Milam, Wilder Greenlee, Wilson Furr, Laken Huseth, William Mitchell; (front) John McIntyre, Win Varner, Harper Pickering.

Dancers St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal School recently celebrated Saints Celebration 2011, an annual carnival during which all the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fall athletes are introduced to the school com-

munity. Attendees included (from left) dance team members Catherine Carroon, Susannah Burrell, Kelly Coleman, and Ria Goel.

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