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No Growth

Area private school enrollment continues to remain flat

By ANTHONY WARREN Sun Staff Writer FEWER STUDENTS are filling seats at the area’s private and parochial schools.

Less than half of the independent schools in Northeast Jackson and south Madison County have seen boosts in enrollment this year.

The majority have experienced slight declines, with some administrators citing the still weak economy as a main factor.

Most schools have still not returned to their pre-recession numbers.

Those experiencing growth for the 2011-

12 academic year are St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, St. Anthony Catholic School, Madison-Ridgeland Academy (MRA) and Jackson Preparatory School (Prep).

Enrollment is down at The Veritas School, St. Richard Catholic School, St. Joseph Catholic School, Jackson Academy (JA) and First Presbyterian Day School.

St. Andrew’s is apparently rebounding some from the weak economy. The school’s enrollment this year jumped to 1,184, nearly 20 more than at the start of the 2010-11 academic year. Students are enrolled in three-

year-old pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

“In the last couple of years this has been one of our largest classes,” said Director of Admissions Dawn McCarley.

An increase in students, though, has meant an increase in financial aid, a sign that the recession might not be completely over. This year, 100 people applied for the Malone Scholarship, which is awarded based on financial need and academic excellence.

“That was higher than the last few years,” McCarley said. And again, the school See School Enrollment, Page 11A

CARNIVAL

Photo by Beth Buckley

JA fall carnival planned 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) Audra Bowman, Tyler and Shields Armstrong, Amelie Black, Brandon Kennedy, Heidi Berry; (front) Amelia Bowman, Kennedy Nations, Addison Armstrong, Olivia Quin, Madeleine Black, Merritt Nations, Adams Kennedy, Ashton and Bailey Berry.

St. Dominic putting millions into improving services

ONE NORTHSIDE MEDICAL provider is investing millions of dollars in the community, as evidenced by two projects going up on Lakeland Drive.

St. Dominic’s Hospital is in the middle of a $16.2 million expansion of its Behavioral Health Center. The new center is being built in phases where the current facility is located on the north campus.

Additionally, the hospital is relocating its chapel from the campus north of Lakeland; an effort that will allow St. Dominic’s to expand medical services on the south campus.

The chapel, as well as the first phase of the behavioral health center, is expected to be finished in early 2012.

Motorists driving by can see the work from the interstate. Crews with Harrell Contracting Group have put up the steel frame for behavioral health. Much of the exterior work on the chapel has also been completed.

The Behavioral Health Center is being built in phases. The first phase included tearing down a portion of the old center and building in its place. Once that phase is finished, crews will tear down the second half of the old facility to build on that spot, said Dr. Mark Valverde, director of Behavioral Health Services.

Patients will be moved into the first phase likely in March, he said.

“When the patients are moved in, we’ll tear down the second half,” he said. Phase one includes the construction of a two-story, 50,000-square-foot building. Once the second phase is finished, the entire facility will be around 78,000 square feet. It will include 72 beds and private patient rooms built around a courtyard, Valverde said. The center will accommodate three units designed to treat varying levels of mental illness.

It will have an acute care facility to serve patients who need regular nursing care and are unable to function in society. An intermediate unit will treat patients suffering from behavioral issues, but still can function in society.

The expansion will enable the hospital to start a new geriatric psychiatric unit to address the mental health needs of seniors.

“The demographic that is growing most in Madison and Rankin counties is those who See St. Dominic, Page 10A

WPA MURAL

CONTROVERSIAL ARTWORK FOR SALE ALONG WITH FEDERAL BUILDING

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer WHOEVER BUYS THE James O. Eastland federal courthouse and former post office in downtown Jackson will also get a controversial piece of history: a 1930s mural behind the judge’s bench in the fourth-floor courtroom.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi changed locations last month, and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is auctioning off the Eastland building online, with a minimum bid of $500,000.

Potential buyers and the general public had a chance to see the mural at an open

house last week, when a blue velvet curtain was pulled back, unveiling the work for the first time in decades. The painting depicts a white family in front of a plantation house with a white judge looking on, white men looking at blueprints, and black people picking cotton and playing a banjo.

President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration commissioned the mural during the Great Depression, and Ukrainian immigrant Simka Simkhovitch finished the word in 1938.

The painting is titled “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi,” according to a plaque under the lower-right corner.

Simkhovitch “described the mural as a representation of the typical people and life in Mississippi during his time,” the plaque says. “The center depicts a Mississippi family adjusting to social problems through the advice of a court representative and a minister.”

The plaque says the blacks to the left of the white family represent sharecroppers and the black man playing the banjo is singing spirituals.

The mural was draped until 1960, when an interior decorator redesigned the courtroom and decided to uncover the painting. Then it stirred up controversy See WPA Mural, Page 14A

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

a conversation with

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Mark Bounds on county foundation Mark Bounds, 55, co-founded the Madison County Foundation in 1995 and serves as chairman of the foundation’s board of directors. He owns Mark S. Bounds Realty Partners in Madison, where he has lived since 1981, and has a son and a daughter. Bounds recently spoke with Sun staff writer Katie Eubanks about the Madison County Foundation and its role in the community.

“Some of our greater needs in the county are infrastructure - water, sewer and roads - because of the

TREMENDOUS

growth we experienced...”

-Mark Bounds

Have any of the foundation’s goals, or the way y’all do things, changed over the years?

“I don’t think so. I think it’s remained fundamentally the same. We’re blessed to have good leadership from the private sector. It’s a who’s who of business leaders throughout the county that share their talent in their organizations with the foundation.

“One of our primary focus points is to use How and why was the foundation start- the influence of the membership to help ed? make positive change happen by our efforts “I was serving on the board of the both in Washington and the state and local Madison County Economic Development political environment. And we do that Authority [MCEDA] ... and Madison through suggesting policy and planning that County didn’t have a private-sector founda- has a long-term view. tion or support group. And every successful “We do the strategic planning piece, and community I had worked in [as a profession- we support projects that we think have merit. al economic developer] had a strong private“And we work with MCEDA and the sector arm or entity. There are certain things board of supervisors and the [Madison MCEDA cannot do with public dollars.

County] Business League to coordinate our “This was before Nissan by several years, efforts to bring positive change for the counand my thought was if we could form this ty.” foundation, it would have a significant impact in the future if the county was trying What’s an example of a project the to attract some big economic development. foundation has supported?

“There’s always a need for long-term “One thing is [that], during our strategic planning and thinking in the public domain. planning effort in June, I established a comYou tend to get a better product when the mittee to review a study that was done in private sector and the public sector are work- 2002. This study was called ‘Future ing together to try to do that.

Directions for Madison County Mississippi, “So in 1995, a group of us wrote to 200 An Economic Development Strategic Plan.’ businesspeople and invited them to come to “One of the comments in the study was a breakfast to discuss the idea of forming the that the economy of Madison County was Madison County Foundation. We set the bar likely to become more complex. I think it’s at $1,000 to invest. Eighty people showed fair to say nobody could’ve predicted how up and wrote a check for $1,000, and off we complex it has become as we’ve weathered went. this recession.

“It was apparent that there was a need for “The U.S. lost about three million manuit because of the overwhelming response we facturing jobs in the recession. Economic got.”

development strategies that worked in the last decade won’t necessarily work now. The study was done prior to Nissan, and since then many of the assumptions that underpinned our previous analysis need to be modified going forward.

“The committee has asked the consultants who did the 2002 study to propose an update of the study, to evolve that new set of strategies ... And this should help us gain a better understanding of the business conditions and competitive challenges that we can expect to face as a county in the coming decade.

“This effort will require the involvement ... of the MCEDA and the business league, and the board of supervisors as the policy implementor.

“A revised plan with redefined goals, actions and implementation tactics will be developed during the second phase of the effort.

“It’s this kind of effort that the foundation was established to pursue. The foundation has a primary obligation to its investors and members and the county as a whole to provide leadership like this in this strategic thinking process.

“Change can be challenging but, properly planned for, can be very exciting and provide significant new opportunities if we’re prepared to take advantage of them as a county.”

What do you see as the county’s greatest needs right now?

“Some of our greater needs in the county are infrastructure - water, sewer and roads because of the tremendous population growth we experienced in the previous decade. And the foundation has taken a posture of supporting projects that point to getSee Mark Bounds, Page 14A

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from the publisher and the police come increasingly from the fines they issue. This is not an ideal situation.

The increasing number and size of fines may fill the government coffers, but it creates huge costs for our citizens above and beyond the fine itself. Speeding tickets cause insurance rates to rise. This is money that leaves the state and damages our economy.

It has long been known that small counties will set up “speed traps” to raise money for their local governments. This is one reason By the Legislature won’t let sheriffs use speed WYATT guns.

EMMERICH Now the state has jumped into the action, by levying “special assessments” on top of speeding tickets. For instance, every time a driver gets a traffic ticket, they must pay $51 to the state to fund such programs as the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund, the Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund, the Drug Court Fund, the State Court Education Fund, the State Prosecutor Education Fund, the Mississippi Leadership Council on IF YOU FEEL like you unfairly received a Aging Fund, the Driver Training Penalty speeding ticket recently, welcome to the new Assessment Fund, the Spinal Cord and Head way city and state governments meet their Injury Trust Fund, the Emergency Medical budgets.

Services Operating Fund, and the Crisis Fearful of enraging voters with a tax Intervention Mental Health Fund. increase, city councilmen and state legislaOne group receiving special traffic ticket tors are increasingly turning to various fines assessment money is the State Prosecutor to pay the bills.

Compensation Fund for the purpose of proThis puts pressure on police to issue tick- viding additional compensation for legal ets, making them tax collectors with badges assistants to district attorneys. rather than neutral enforcers of the law.

Talk about a stacked deck of cards! The Imagine if our judges got a bonus every prosecutors are getting paid based on how time they found someone guilty! many guilty pleas they get.

Unfortunately, both the salaries of the judges These perverse incentives are bad enough

Money driving huge increase in DUI arrests

Hinds supervisor Graham has quit returning calls When Robert Graham ran for Hinds County supervisor in 2007, he stood on a platform that included open, honest and transparent government.

Today, after three years in office, that platform is shaky at best. The same supervisor who stood for government accountability when running for office is now shunning the Sun for holding his feet to the fire.

That’s funny.

Four years ago, Graham told the Sun that the county needed “an awareness campaign to let people know what’s happening.”

I guess the negative press is hurting another awareness campaign that Graham is involved in - his bid for re-election.

The former Jackson police lieutenant has spoken to the Sun once since May, when the paper published an article questioning the board’s hiring of an unknown firm to handle a multimillion-dollar radio maintenance contract.

The Sun has reached out to the District One leader repeatedly since, but with little success.

Previously, Graham didn’t mind picking up the phone to talk about more positive initiatives, such as park beautification.

The Sun is chock full of articles providing positive coverage of Graham’s programs.

The Sun ran eight stories between 2008 and 2010 outlining the first-term supervisor’s plans to improve Parham Bridges Park, address erosion at White Oak Creek and reduce crime in Jackson.

Alas, the Sun will never again be able to find out about Graham’s desire to plant azaleas at Parham Bridges.

On May 26, the Sun told readers that supervisors entered into a $4.8 million contract with Airwave LLC to maintain the county’s radio system. The board did so without bidding the project out or knowing the firm’s qualifications.

The Sun pointed out that hiring the firm violated Mississippi state statute.

Graham himself admitted that he didn’t know about the firm, contrary to claims that he was the one who recommended them for hire. Said Graham: “I didn’t even know they existed in the world.”

He obviously didn’t like the coverage.

Graham is now seeking a second term in office.

If re-elected, we would like to work with him to shed light on issues affecting his district. At the same time, we will continue to hold him and all public officials accountable, whether they speak to us or not.

for traffic tickets which can cost drivers thousands in extra insurance. It’s far worse with DUI laws, which can destroy a person’s life. Studies have shown at least 20 percent of those arrested for DUI are under the legal limit.

The Mississippi law is so screwy that even if you are under the legal limit, you can still be arrested and convicted if the police officer thinks you are “under the influence.” The police and judges have a huge amount of discretion. Remember now, these arrests provide the money to pay their salaries.

There were more than 33,000 DUI fines last year at $1,000 a pop and “special assessments” of $178. That’s $40 million generated. Big business for government.

Aside from the DUI fine itself, Mississippians end up shelling out $15,000 in legal fees and extra car insurance.

Sometimes a DUI will lead to loss of a job or inability to get a job.

LOOKING AT THE MATH: If 20 percent of the DUI arrests are false, that’s about 6,600 innocent Mississippians each year who lose approximately $15,000. That’s a $100 million dollar cost to our state every year.

So the local government raises about $40 million each year, but at a cost of $100 million to those falsely arrested. That’s not a good deal.

The problem is compounded by special DUI units that get grants and funding based on how many DUI arrests they make. Do you think these DUI enforcers feel some pressure to meet arrest quotas? You bet.

They can’t just show up and report they

porch swing

observed no drunks swerving down the road.

So they stake out restaurants and arrest citizens with no more probable cause than being out at night.

I wrote about this several weeks ago and was inundated with calls from people with stories of false arrest. “The police are out of control,” was the common refrain.

Ricky Fraiser of McComb was one such call. Retired now, Ricky used to be in charge of boating DUI training in the state. He was very critical of the system. “It ruins a lot of people’s lives. It’s just not right,” Ricky told me. “The police should be public servants, not the Gestapo. They should be doing what’s right. Instead they just want to arrest someone. I know what they’re doing is not fair. It’s a horror story.”

This reminds me a lot of our environmental laws. Everybody’s for a clean environment, so the political momentum gets carried away and the next thing you know we have a bunch of loopy, over-the-top environmental laws.

Same thing here. Who in their right mind is not against drunk driving? But in the process of accomplishing this good, the system has turned into an unfair, unconstitutional, money-making machine for government.

Yes, police the roads for erratic drivers who may be drunk. But don’t routinely breathilyze drivers for failing to use a turn signal or for pulling out of a bar. Our Constitution requires probable cause.

I propose two simple fixes: Restore impartiality by having all traffic and DUI fines go into the state general fund. Allow a blood alcohol level under .08 to be proof of innocence.

without explanation or discussion.

The Jewish people, God's people, had become traditionalists, handing down from each generation different ideas of how to worship. Propagated laws were created to define the Law of God so that men could better understand how to live a more righteous life.

Traditional intentions were well meaning but began, through the centuries, to create a pattern that led to self-righteousness and away from God. When Jesus came he brought a new paradigm. He came bearing good news. He said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your By soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and ANDREW foremost commandment. The second is like it, you OLDHAM shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:3740.

Jesus was not getting rid of the farm, or the law. He simply re-emphasized what the Law always said. Love your God, love your neighbor, and love yourself. He placed self last.

Jesus wasn’t telling us that when disagreements arise we need to accept others ideas simply as a way of saying we love each other. He wasn’t saying we need to see those who disagree as unloving either. Do nothing from factional motives [through contentiousness, strife, I heard a mammoth scream. I knew the sound meant selfishness or unworthy ends] prompted by conceit one of the children had been hurt. I was relieved when and empty arrogance. Instead, in the true spirit of humility (lowliness of mind) let each regard the others I found out it was just an argument between my two sons. The youngest, and more traditional, was playing as better than and superior to himself [thinking more highly of one another than you do of yourselves]. farm. He had his animals lined up perfectly.

Philippians 2:3 The oldest son was more creative and decided to introduce a new idea. Without asking he simply placed If we look at the great and foremost commandment colorful dinosaurs in the corral with the farm animals. again, we can see that Jesus brought the paradigm Little did he know he had changed the traditional farm back to the beginning of God's Word. Here he simply and was frustrating his brother. In his childlike parareminds us that our very heart, soul and mind should digm he simply wanted to go back before the age of be devoted to God first. We should have a relationship farms and start with a better idea. so intimate in prayer and Word that we recognize His Why not have more animals in the corral by adding guidance over our own. We need a desire to know all these red, blue and green dinosaurs to the farm?

God better. Our soul should thirst for Him. Our mind Without thought or discussion he simply began to should hunger for His Word. implement his strategy.

So what about division between church members, “Farms don't have dinosaurs!” the youngest yelled. family and friends? We don’t need to go back to the "Why not?" the oldest yelled back.

Before I reached their room a great battle over right time before the farm. We simply need to evaluate ourselves and our congregation with this new paradigm and wrong emerged. My delay meant an even wider division between the two. Neither was willing to give Jesus gave us. Maybe it’s time to ask God to point out a few good and faithful saints that will pray with you in on their definition of playfully correct. Each child blamed the other for their ignorance of how a real farm on a regular basis for an old-fashioned revival in your congregation. Maybe it’s time to pray until it comes. should look. It seems that both were really angry, … Whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will ready to quit and never speak again.

Sometimes it is really hard to get two young children give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be to understand each other’s point of view. Over the years I have discovered that it’s just as hard to get two full. John 16:23 NIV. adults to understand each other’s point of view if they As a member of your congregation it begins with are unwilling to listen. you. Be encouraged. Stand back and hold your head I helped each of them understand that new ideas do up high so that those in your congregation are also break tradition but are not necessarily wrong. He was- encouraged. May the God who gives endurance and n’t getting rid of the farm; he just wanted to add some encouragement give you a spirit of unity among youranimals. I helped them understand that just because he selves as you follow Christ Jesus. Romans 15:5. has a new idea doesn’t mean you force it on someone Andrew Oldham is a Northsider.

Humility, love help Christians resolve disputes

Page 5A Civil War era, there was massive government aid, subsidies, thefts by railroad contractors, and payoffs for politicians, but the results made for an economic powerhouse as interior markets opened up and interior trade boomed. The graft, corruption, and subsidies were not at all a necessary part of government. They represented a break-down in government. As I mentioned, government works well if the so-called representatives of the people will offer pay that attracts competent public servants, shine a bright light on their activities and audits effectively, and set standards and hold public servants to those standards. Of course corBy ruption will break out if there is no auditing and accountability.

JIM Speaking of the free market, that's when and why FRAISER corruption breaks out in private industry. The thieves go to town in any setting, even God's church, when there are no audits or accountability. Remove government oversight and we have the trillion dollar frauds in business that we have just witnessed over the last decade. Less government in the form of less oversight of dishonest financial activities has created modest "inefficiencies" by even the most ardent Utopian market standards - leading to the evaporation of trillions of dollars of investment and savings and the highest poverty rate in America in decades.

It was lack of government, for example, the repeal IT HAS BEEN SAID in these pages by one far of Glass-Steagall, that enabled the fraudsters to make smarter than me in financial matters that government hundreds of millions of dollars and leave a wrecked does not create jobs and that the free market is the economy that has impoverished and killed many Holy Grail of economics. My lack of an economics Americans who lost their health insurance and many degree from Tulane, Harvard or Stanford notwithin the poorest countries who lost their food aid in the standing, I beg to differ. midst of pernicious droughts. Since, in the law, we Regarding government successes: The GI Bill foltreat people who know to a substantial certainty what lowing WWII made America the best educated coun- the consequences of their actions will be as intentiontry in the world with the largest and wealthiest middle ally causing those consequences if they proceed to act, class - with the exception of black Americans who the fraudsters intended those deaths and accompanywere often denied benefits by local administrators of ing consequences. the program in the South. The program of V.A. and THE FRAUDSTERS WERE the ones who effecFHA loans made America the best housed country in tively established the much discussed "death panels," the world - except for black Americans who were denied loans by local administrators of the programs the panels that cut off health insurance for innocent in the South.

Americans when they lost their jobs and international The massive, subsidized funding of higher education aid for starving children because criminals in the financial system had been freed to create the largest in the states, creating schools like the California, Texas, Washington, etc. university systems, including Ponzi scheme in history, walked with billions, and leave a wrecked world economy in their wake. the AG schools that enabled America to become the granary of the world, made higher education available It is clear that many who want government cut back to a larger percentage of the American population than and lower taxes simply want greater freedom to comin any other country. mit fraud, pocket more money as the infrastructure For years, the Texas Highway Commission was crumbles, cash in before third world education noted for its efficiency and the superb road system it becomes the norm in America, etc., and leave behind, engineered in Texas - a wonder of the world (hey, this after they have lived high on the hog, an economic isn't just a Texan talking big like we’re prone to do). cesspool. The parties who are screaming "cut governThe Texas Highway Commission established specs ment," to the extent they are not merely ignorant for roads, tested the work of contractors regularly, and morons eagerly demanded to be exploited by thieves pulled contracts the instant it discovered cheating and just waiting for the civilizing protections of governrebid the projects. Contractors learned it was pointless ment to be dismantled, are the very thieves who seek to cheat. Nor could they get bid relief. to return us to paupers.

Regarding the transcontinental railroads in the post Jim Fraiser is a Northsider.

SUN special

Markets left free will cause a world of hurt

outdoors

By HAROLD McDONALD

Hunting land will go up in value ONE OF THE REASONS many sportsmen today are joining together to purchase land for hunting preserves is to provide themselves, their children and grandchildren a place to hunt and fish. Most adult hunters had one or both sets of grandparents living on a farm, providing them with a readily accessible place to hunt. This situation is not prevalent today. Most farm acres have been cleared, providing a scarcity of food for game animals, thereby concentrating the hunters into the remaining available hunting land.

Today's hunters have started to band together for purchasing and/or leasing hunting rights.

While there is state and federal land available, it is often crowded with hunters who have various degrees of hunting experience, which makes hunting safe-

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FROM AN ENJOYABLE experience in ownership and utilization of the land as you desire, along with values of the land, over the long haul make the private hunting clubs a valuable investment to that segment of our society who need relaxation and family contact. Personally a father and son hunting experience can foster a lasting, meaningful relationship during the formative years that are crucial in today's fast-paced lifestyle.

The true evaluation of the hunter's investment will only be known to each particular individual at the termination of the relationship. However, there are experiences in life that cannot be evaluated from a monetary concept. The purchasers and participants of these hunting preserves feel that this is the direction that the future of hunting is moving and want to be in the forefront.

Their association and relationship with their fellow outdoor enthusiasts make it all worthwhile regardless of the present monetary evaluation involvement as long as they can afford the privilege of ownership and enjoy the camaraderie.

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Funding, plans needed for town center

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer RIDGELAND OFFICIALS ARE searching for funding and developing long-term plans for the new city center, set to be built on 25 acres near the Ridgeland Library on Highway 51.

“The former owner has 60 days to do their cleanup,” Mayor Gene McGee said last week. “Then we’ll start our long-term process of how to develop the property. We’re in the infancy stages of that right now. But now that we own the property, we can start in earnest planning.”

Though construction costs are at rock bottom, McGee said the city just doesn’t have the money to develop the center which is planned to include a new energy-efficient city hall, a performing arts center, green space, an environmental education center, an amphitheater, a new library, and private retail and office space.

“If we are fortunate enough to get a grant in the near future, we would quickly move forward with the development of city hall and associated infrastructure,” he said.

“We are aggressively searching for a donor who’s looking to leave a legacy contribution and be rewarded with naming rights for the performing arts center.”

THE TWO PARCELS of land, formerly owned by Tecspan Concrete Structures LLC and Jackson Ready Mix, cost about $4.5 million, which the city is paying with a bond issue instead of a tax increase. David Overby, city clerk and

chance that we will merely be swapping land dollar for dollar.”

THE NEW CITY CENTER site will have several benefits, he said. “The police department, public works complex, court services and library will all be incorporated into the complex with city hall and the other facilities.

“Secondly, new buildings will incorporate green technologies to reduce the long-term costs. The upfront investments are minimal if properly planned, and the long-term benefits will reduce our maintenance requirements and energy usage,” he said. “Thus, a savings will be realized.”

McGee and Ridgeland Community Development Director Alan Hart have also said the city would “celebrate” the cendirector of finance and administration, said the city would ter’s easy access to the Natchez Trace, and that the site would repay the bonds over a 15-year period. serve as a focal point and entrance to Ridgeland.

Highway 51 forms the eastern edge of the land, which is The city center was the top priority included in the bordered by Madison Drive to the west, the Natchez Trace Ridgeland Area Master Plan (RAMP), which includes variParkway to the north and West School Street to the south. ous projects designed to create a more sustainable communiMcGee said final decisions about the development of the ty. The entire RAMP can be found at www.rampupridgeland are still “a long way away,” and the total budget could land.com. range from $50 million to $100 million, depending on the Individuals or companies interested in participating in level of private investments and federal and state funding. funding the city center at any level should contact Mayor He said about 40 percent of the land will be subdivided and Gene McGee at 601-856-7113. marketed to other agencies and private parties, and the value of that 40 percent will increase due to the city center development.

“Once the existing city hall site [a block south on 51] and the surplus property at the new site are sold, there is a good

Staying Aware

POLICE HAVE MULTIPLE TOOLS TO KEEP UP WITH CROOKS

By ANTHONY WARREN Sun Staff Writer A MAN THAT WAS caught red-handed breaking into cars in the Woodland Hills area on the night of September 14 had been arrested two days earlier for another crime he allegedly committed in the same neighborhood.

Many suspects arrested by the Jackson Police Department turn out to be repeat offenders. To keep up with these suspects, the department turns to a computer system, and keeps in contact with Jackson Court Services and the Hinds County district attorney’s office.

Precinct Four Cmdr.

Wendell Watts didn’t say if he knew that the Woodland Hills suspect, Steven Middleton, had been let out of jail for his first offense, but did know the offender was still in the Hinds County Detention Center as of last week.

Middleton was being charged with multiple counts of felony auto burglary and was in jail on $10,000 bond.

He was also facing charges of petit larceny for stealing a lawnmower from a home in the Woodland Hills area, a misdemeanor.

Watts doesn’t have access to all parts of the department’s computer system, but doesn’t need it. He does frequently pick up the phone to keep tabs on recent arrests.

“I follow up on almost all of them. On property crimes, suspects are rarely held, unless we get them on a pro-

bation violation,” he said.

If a high-profile suspect does bond out, Watts tells his officers to take note of any activity that fits the suspect’s modus operandi.

He said the precinct has kept up with a laundry list of arrests made earlier this month for crimes ranging from auto and house burglary, to armed robbery and carjacking.

On September 9, police reported that they had picked up seven for house break-ins: Cage Wright, Robert Felder, Brian Nielson, Jarman Haralson, Calvin Godbolt and two juveniles.

Court Administrator Jeanette Banks said Wright and Felder were still in jail, facing one felony count each of house burglary, and bond had been set at $25,000.

Godbolt was also facing a felony charge of house burglary, but had bonded out.

His bond was also set at $25,000.

No information was available on Brian Nielson or Jarman Haralson.

Two suspects were picked up last week for armed robbery: Christopher Mason and Christopher Washington, both were being charged with felony counts. No bond had been set, according to court records. It was unclear if Mason and Washington had been released.

Travis Jones, who was booked for armed robbery and carjacking, was sitting behind bars last week on a $100,000 bond; and Lemont Jackson, who was arrested for being a convicted felony

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in possession of a firearm, was also still in a jail cell, on a $50,000 bond.

No information was available on Times Quincey, also arrested in early September for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm; Darmon Taylor, who was picked up for auto burglary, or Travis Jones, who was arrested for carjacking.

to follow them and watch every step that they take.

“If a crime occurs with a similar MO, then we will call and see if a person is out of jail,” he said.

THE RIDGELAND Police Department has an internal system to track cases.

“PTS Solutions runs the court, jail, dispatch and police service records,” said WATTS typically gets in Ken Craft, Ridgeland discontact with the DA’s office patch and detention supervior court services to find out sor. “We can pull up a perabout suspects. He also can son’s name and there is an log on to a computer system indicator beside it that tells if to look up certain informaa person is still in jail.” tion regarding cases.

Like the system in Jackson, However, he doesn’t have all officers don’t have unreaccess to all parts of the sys- stricted access to the protem. He said limiting access gram. “People have access to is a way for the department what they need. Booking has to prevent case files from full access to the jail; supervibeing corrupted. sors have full access to the “If there’s a homicide case, jail,” he said. there’s no reason for me to go into the system and see what’s going on,” he said.

“My job is to go out and catch folks. Investigations has access to the entire case file, because they have to put together a case (for the district attorney).”

Patrolmen and women are notified of criminal activity daily, as well as any news of suspects being released on bond. However, leaders with JPD were quick to point out that they don’t profile, nor do they infringe on a suspect’s constitutional rights.

“Just because someone has bonded, doesn’t mean they can’t walk the streets,” said Deputy Chief Brent Winstead. “If they have bond, then we have no right

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Blues marathon John Sewell, (left) director of corporate communications at Blue Cross Mississippi, and John Noblin, (right) a partner at McGowan Working Partners, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson about Jackson’s upcoming Blues Marathon January 7. They are shown with Rotarian Sarah White (center). Noblin, a running enthusiast, told the club how he got the marathon off the ground with the help of Rick Hale, the former CEO at Blue Cross. Now the 26.2-mile marathon attracts 2,500 runners competing for $30,000 in prize money. More than 600 local volunteers are involved. In addition to the main course, there is a half marathon, a one-mile race and a five-person relay event that attracts 100 teams. The event draws elite runners from 47 states and eight countries. For instance, Bill Rogers, who won the Boston Marathon twice, has competed in Jackson’s Blues Marathon. “It’s become a world-class event,” John Sewell told the club. The 26.2 mile route is designed so “If you had one day to show off Jackson what would you show them,” Noblin said. The event keeps growing every year.

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Calhoun explains ways county spends money in Jackson

Making dreams come true For the second year in a row, the staff of River Hills Club helped a Make A Wish child realize his dream. This year Rece Gilder dreamed for a trip to Disneyworld so the staff raised $3,500 to make it possible. A presentation was held at the club during special festivities which featured an exhibition tennis match. Taking part in the evening were staff members (from left, back) Larry Moore, Jennifer McClinton, Corey Jackson, Trevis McGill, Tim Lee, Harry Giler, Tommy Brown, Shanice Moore; (third row) Shemika Whitlock, Angel Thomas, Porsha Whitlock, Bianca Marriel, Clarence Hanes, Sadecia McClinton, Chyrissie Ward, Ginger Lambert; (second row) Whitney Whitlock, Vern Wilson, John Barnes, Cary Spence, club manager; and (front) Gilder.

Two lakes John McGowan recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Jackson with an update on the progress of the “Two Lakes” plan for the Pearl River. The Pearl River Vision Foundation has been created to spearhead the floodcontol effort with the U. S. Corps of Engineers. Shown are (from left) Heber Simmons III, president of the Rotary Club of Jackson; McGowan; and Rodney Chamblee, who introduced the program.

Madison to clean up club; property owner billed

By KATIE EUBANKS Sun Staff Writer THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE saga in Madison and Ridgeland continues, with both cities still working to keep residences and neighborhoods up to code.

The latest chapter involves large rats known as “nutria” in the Northbay subdivision in Madison and another overgrown lawn in Ridgeland.

Though the “rodents of unusual size” in Northbay weren’t nearly as big as those in “The Princess Bride,” one resident said just one of the nutria could have killed a small dog.

“If one of those rats had gotten hold of one of [our two] Yorkies, the Yorkie would have lost, big time,” said attorney and municipal court judge Dale Danks, former mayor of Jackson. Danks said he and his wife mostly see the nutria in an overgrown pond in the former Northbay golf course behind their backyard.

Danks’ border collie killed two of the nutria, one of which weighed 11 pounds, and at least three or four other rats had been seen in the area since then.

The Madison Board of Aldermen voted early this month to clean up three ponds and remove several stumps on the golf course, which has been owned by Bob Ford Christian Golf Foundation since 2006. The course has been closed and neglected for nearly all of that time.

The city will likely clean the property as many times as necessary and adjudicate the cost to the county, which will put a tax lien on the property. But Danks said that’s not a practical solution. He said he planned to file a lawsuit against Ford himself.

“The city of Madison has been extremely helpful, but their hands are tied because they’ve got to advertise [the fact that they’ll be cleaning the property] and then they have to have a public hearing and then go out after

a period of time,” he said.

“I’ve just had it, and think I need to take it to a higher level.”

Though he said any litigation would take awhile at first, he hoped to get a court order requiring Ford to clean up the property.

“If he failed to comply with the court order, he’d be subject to jail and fines. And that’d be a pretty serious situation.”

When asked if someone couldn’t just buy Ford’s property, Danks said that probably wouldn’t happen.

“He wants so much money for it.”

MEANWHILE, RIDGELAND officials have been dealing with much less dramatic property problems.

Though the yard at 623 Berridge Dr. was overgrown and “a menace to public health, safety, and welfare” according to city officials, no rodent sightings were reported.

However, “overgrown grass contributes to the harborage of rodents and insects,” said Community Development Director Alan Hart.

Hart said the owners had abandoned the foreclosed property, which also has a swimming pool that has gone untreated for too long.

“The stagnant pool water is a breeding source for mosquitoes,” he said.

Crews with the city of Ridgeland were set to cut the grass and drain the pool earlier this month, and Hart said the owners would likely be charged $550: $300 for the cost to clean the property and a $250 statutory penalty.

He said this was the first time the city had had an issue with the property.

City officials had two dilapidated houses demolished on South Wheatley Street last month, and city crews have been handling a few overgrown yards and other property maintenance issues throughout the summer.

By ANTHONY WARREN Sun Staff Writer DISTRICT THREE Supervisor Peggy Calhoun thinks a recent article reporting that Jackson residents are being shortchanged by Hinds County is “deceiving.”

The article, which ran on August 11, states that Jackson residents and business owners paid in more than $60 million in property taxes to the county in 2010, but received little in return in terms of infrastructure services. Calhoun countered, saying that “practically all” of the county’s $54 million general fund budget benefits the capital city.

The recently re-elected supervisor spoke mostly about services mandated by the state, such as the housing of inmates and the providing of offices for court services. Calhoun said little about roadwork, and didn’t refute the fact that the county provides little funding for road improvements in the Jackson city limits. At the same time, Calhoun said the county is bound by Mississippi code when it comes to certain spending on infrastructure.

“Ninety-three percent of those who are in the jail, which is funded by the county, are from Jackson.

Ninety-three percent of those prosecuted by the district attorney’s office, which is funded by the county, are from Jackson,” she said.

“For years, we have been given an unfair shake, and I’m not going to

continue to have people hit us upside the head without knowing the facts.”

Documents provided by Calhoun’s office state that as of August 26, the Hinds County Detention Center had 1,054 inmates.

Ninety percent were from Jackson.

Further, the documents state that some inmates were indigent, and therefore required representation from a public defender, also paid for by the county. Eighty-nine percent of the youth incarcerated at HenleyYoung also come from Jackson, the documents showed.

Jackson is the largest municipality in the county, with more than 173,000 residents. Clinton comes in a distant second, with around 25,000.

In addition to state-mandated services, Calhoun said the county provides funding for the JacksonHinds Library System. In the 2012 fiscal year budget, the Hinds County budget office recommended giving the system $1.54 million.

Additionally, Calhoun pointed out that the county provides record keeping for property, business filings, births, deaths and marriages; property assessment and tax collection; oversight of federal, state and county elections; emergency services and “some oversight of emergency response;” mental health care programs, zoning, planning and economic development.

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County Line overlay district dies

By ANTHONY WARREN Sun Staff Writer AN ORDINANCE that would have created the East County Line Road Overlay District isn’t going anywhere.

In fact, the ordinance that garnered praise from the Jackson business community and the city of Ridgeland has fallen flat on its face, thanks to a technicality in Jackson city code.

Furthermore, members of Mayor Harvey Johnson’s administration say an overlay district isn’t needed and they have no plans of pursuing one for the busy corridor in the near future.

Ward One Councilman Quentin Whitwell has scrapped his proposal to create the district that would, in part, have brought more stringent architectural standards to the area, citing Jackson’s zoning ordinance.

“The way the zoning code is written, to do an overlay district, it has to be approved by the planning and zoning department,” he said. That means that the ordinance, which was authored by Whitwell, cannot move forward under municipal code.

Article 18 of the zoning ordinance states that “an overlay may be initiated by the planning board, upon recommendation of the planning department.”

After the department submits a request to the planning board, a hearing is held and the board makes a recommendation to the Jackson City Council. The council shall then hold a public hearing within 60 days of the board’s recommendations.

After discussions with planning officials, Whitwell said an overlay district likely isn’t in the future for the Jackson side of County Line.

“That doesn’t appear to be the direction they want to go in,” he said.

Despite the setback, Whitwell said he eventually plans to present separate ordinances to address building and color guidelines.

Whitwell’s ordinance resembled the one implemented on the Ridgeland side in 2010.

Provisions governed design standards, the location of trash, recycling and grease containers. It also addressed sidewalks, bicycle access, landscaping and signage.

A number of land uses were prohibited under Whitwell’s ordinance, including adult book stores, auction barns, bail bond offices, pawn shops, and check-cashing places among others.

Director of Planning and Development Corrine Fox said an overlay district isn’t needed on the Jackson side of County Line because the area is “pretty built out.”

She said much of the architecture there is already determined by the shopping centers they’re located in. “There’re very few freestanding businesses, so it’s already controlled by development,” she said.

Additionally, Fox said much of what the overlay would have done can already be done through the city’s current zoning policies.

WHILE NOT looking at an overlay district presently, planning and development is looking at updating its architectural requirements citywide.

If an overlay district was imposed, Fox said the new guidelines wouldn’t affect current businesses. Any changes would take place over time, as businesses and properties change hands. Additionally, most businesses that would be banned in the overlay already require special permission before building or locating there, something the planning board and city council already have a say in.

Club officers First Presbyterian Day School Crusader Club officers for 2011-12 are (from left, back) Laura Barbour, Libby Crawford, Tara Wasson, Bo Gregg, Kathy Gregg, Emily Butts, Natalie Gibbs; (front) Charles Barbour, Thad Crawford, Gene Wasson, Roy Butts, David Gibbs.

News Briefs NO TAX INCREASE THE CITY OF MADISON’S budget for the coming fiscal year includes no tax-rate increase, level department funding and even a few raises for city employees.

The fiscal year 2012 budget, adopted September 14, will come into effect October 1. It includes about $19 million in the general fund and a lump sum for each department to give select employees performance-based raises.

Though Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler said the budget includes very little money for cap-

ital improvement projects, she and Director of Finance and Administration Susan Crandall pointed out that the city has not raised its millage rate in more than 22 years.

“I think it was the 1989 budget when the last increase occurred,” Crandall said.

“In fact, four or five years ago, we had a decrease.”

A public hearing was held September 6 on the proposed budget. No comments or questions were offered from the public.

MUSGROVE WINS FORMER GOVERNOR Ronnie Musgrove just won more than $38 million for the state - including a nice percentage in legal fees for himself and his firm - in Attorney General Jim Hood’s latest lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company.

Hood hired Musgrove’s law firm, Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush PA, to represent the state in its suits against 54 companies accused of publishing inflated average wholesale prices to defraud Medicaid.

The recent case against Sandoz Inc., was the first to go to trial. Rankin County

Chancery Judge Thomas Zebert awarded a total of $38,191,427 to Mississippi.

The state has already settled with eight other companies for a total of $49.5 million, $10.3 million of which was given to Copeland Cook for legal fees and expenses.

Copeland Cook was hired on a contingency fee basis, meaning they only get paid when they win the individual cases.

For this latest case, according to the fee schedule, Copeland Cook could reap more than $7.6 million in legal fees if Zebert’s judgment is upheld.

HISTORIC SURVEY PROPOSALS THREE FIRMS ARE being considered to help land one Northside community a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.

The city has received requests for proposals (RFP) from three companies to conduct a historic survey of the Belhaven neighborhood and then present their findings to the Mississippi Historic Preservation Committee.

The city is now setting up a selection committee that will review the proposals and submit their recommendations to the Jackson City Council.

Bennie Hopkins, deputy director of planning and development, said the committee will be made up of city officials and residents. The administration will sign off on the selection. “We’ll get an RFP before the council in October,” he said.

The historic survey is being funded in part with a $25,000 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The grant is a 50-50 matching grant, meaning that the city must also pitch in local dollars.

The Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation has agreed to pay $5,000 of the city’s tab.

The district being considered stretches from Woodrow Wilson Drive to just north of Fortification Street. It is bordered by North State Street to the west and I-55 North to the east. Belhaven is currently designated a local historic district, but isn’t on the national register like the neighborhood south of it, Belhaven Heights.

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St. Dominic Continued from Page One are 65 and older,” said Paul Arrington, St. Dominic’s vice president of business development.

The center is being designed to also make temporary relocations easier for residents being transferred from St. Catherine’s to the north campus. Valverde said it’s being built with the same color scheme, flooring and unit names as St. Catherine’s. Its layout will also somewhat mimic the hospital’s retirement and assisted living center in Madison, Valverde said.

“When you move someone with dementia to an unfamiliar area, they deteriorate more,” he said.

The new chapel under construction on Lakeland

THE NEW CHAPEL is being moved to allow for future expansion on the south campus.

The chapel was erected in 1965 and stood as a symbol of the hospital’s “Christian healing ministry” for years, Arrington said. However, as the south campus expanded, the visibility of the chapel diminished and the chapel eventually needed some expensive repairs.

The new chapel will be 3,820 square feet in size and have two support buildings, each sitting at 801 square feet.

The chapel will have seating for 100 and a

height of 70 feet from the floor to the peak of the roof. It will feature Dalle De Verre stained glass windows at all four corners. Additionally, it will feature masonry construction with plaster finish and scored joints. Zinc-coated steel will be used for the standing seam metal roof. The entrance will be located on the north side through an entry court.

Topping off the plans, a bronze statue of St. Dominic also will be relocated to the entry of the court, Arrington wrote.

The facility was designed by Barlow Eddy and Jenkins, a Jackson-based architectural firm.

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Jackson Prep has enjoyed consecutive years of growth in its student body, despite the recession. This year, 815 children and teens are attending Prep, up 13 from August 2010.

The school on Lakeland Drive serves students in grades six through 12.

Director of Admissions Lesley Morton said grades six and seven filled up “some time before school started,” and the seventh-grade class, with 136 students, is the largest Prep has had in some years. “It had been averaging around 123,” she said.

Forty-eight more children are attending St. Anthony this year than last year. Mamie Sheldrick said the school has 283 students enrolled in fouryear-old kindergarten through sixth grade, up from 245 at the start of last year.

“We have two classes per grade. It pretty much fills out our school,” she said. Much of the growth came in the sixth grade, with a new class being added this fall. Fouryear-old kindergarten was also filled out this year, she said.

JA’s enrollment is down from last year, but higher than school leaders expected.

The school on Ridgewood Road has 1,250 students in three-year-old pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Even with the decline, President Peter Jernberg is pleased with the numbers.

“We had three budgets, and our most optimistic was for 1,240 students. We came in over that,” he said.

Jernberg pointed out that JA brought in 171 new students this year, a mix of kids that came from in state and out of state, and retained between 92 and 93 percent of its current students. The school also saw an increase in its preschool program.

“The numbers have stabilized, but we’re not back to our pre-recession (figures),” he said.

came from St. Joseph, said Principal William Heller.

St. Joe’s enrollment is down by three from the start of the previous year. But the Catholic school in Madison still boasts a student body of 463.

“With the economy and the tuition increase, we budgeted for 445 students. We hadn’t increased our costs in some time, and I anticipated seeing a decline. Plus, the economy is stagnant. One month it looks better, and then the signs aren’t so good,” he said. “So I’m very happy.”

MRA also didn’t feel the effects of the Germantown opening, said Director of Admissions Beth Yerger.

Attendance there is up, with 908 students filing into classrooms each day. Last year, there were four fewer, Yerger said.

MRA offers three-year-old pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Kindergarten as a whole increased from 178 to 201 students, with the number of four-year-old kindergarteners increasing from 64 last year to 84 this year. The eighth and ninth grades also grew, with 75 and 73 in each grade respectively. Last year, both grades had numbers hovering in the 60s, Yerger said.

St. Richard’s enrollment is 392, down from 412 last fall.

Principal Jules Michel said about a third of the students who left, had to leave because their parents relocated for work. “Eleven students went to public schools.” he said.

St. Richard has students in grades three-year-old prekindergarten through sixth grade. Most of the changes came in upper grades, likely from parents who were looking at higher education costs down the road. Michel said parents that opt out of private education want to pull their kids out in the fourth, fifth or sixth grades, which are typically transition years in the public system.

FIGURES ALSO dipped at Veritas. The school has 95 students enrolled in sixth THE OPENING of through 12th grade, down Germantown High School did have an impact on private from 108 last year. Office school enrollment, but not as Administrator Tracy much as some administrators Hancock said one factor for the drop might be the had feared. In its first year, Germantown has 170 fresh- school’s smaller senior class.

In 2011, 17 kids graduated men, 190 sophomores, 180 juniors and 65 seniors, for a from Veritas. This year, only six are in the senior class. total of 605 students.

Germantown serves grades “It’s not that we’ve lost kids, it’s just a smaller class,” she nine through 12. said.

Five of those students

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Lisa Indest, a physical therapist at Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s outpatient neuro-rehab clinic in Flowood, has become a board certified specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy.

Mississippi Department of Employment Security Executive Director Les Range has been appointed a member of the Council for a New Economy Workforce.

Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Range to the council.

Three physical therapists associated with St. Dominic Hospital have received the American Physical Therapist Association’s (APTA) certification to become Neuro Certified Specialists (NCS).

Rachel Jacobson, Teresa Ware and Wendy Barrilleaux are now three of only seven therapists in the state to become board certified clinical specialists in neurology.

The school did see growth in the sixth grade, which went from seven to eight children being enrolled by parents First Presbyterian in downtown Jackson has 20 fewer students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade this year, than it did at the start of school in 2010. Principal Gary Herring said the school has 688 students, down from 708 last year.

WITH THE opening of Germantown, the student body at Madison Central has also shrunk. Principal Edith Mitchell said the school has 1,361 enrolled, between 200 and 225 fewer than last year.

“It’s a very manageable number to us,” she said. “No one’s in portables, and all students are in the main building.”

Murrah High has 1,396 students in grades nine through 12, compared with 1,380 last year. And Ridgeland High has 878 ninth through 12-graders.

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Obituaries Thomas C. Parry Jr. Memorial services were held September 24 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church for Thomas Conquest Parry Jr. of Ridgeland. Parry, 83, went to be with his Lord September 21.

Parry was born March 17, 1928, in Moultrie, Ga., to Thomas C. and Juanita Moore Parry. After graduation from Moultrie High School, where he was president of the student body, he attended the University of Kentucky on a trumpet scholarship and was graduated from the University of Georgia, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

His military duty in the Korean Conflict was served in Busan as director of the Sixth Division Army band.

He became associated with Mississippi Chemical Corporation in 1955. He served as vice president of finance, executive vice president, and was named CEO in 1973. He served as CEO for 20 years until his retirement. Under his leadership at Mississippi Chemical, annual sales and assets tripled. He was instrumental in acquisition and development of mines and plants in many parts of the country. He served on boards of many professional and community organizations, including the Fertilizer Institute, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Bank of Yazoo City, Farm Credit Bank, Mississippi Arts Association, Mississippi Economic Council, and Public Education Forum of Mississippi.

The Tom C. Parry Journalism Scholarship was established at the Mississippi Press Association, and Parry was recognized in 1990 by Mississippi Business Journal as a captain of industry.

Parry was an avid sports fan as well as accomplished chef. He enjoyed time in Destin and at his land in Flora with his family and friends.

He was a member of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Ridgeland and an associate member of Immanuel Anglican Church in Destin. He loved and served the Lord throughout his life.

Survivors are his wife of 57 years, Dorothy McNeil Parry; daughter Wilma VanLandingham (Paul); sons Tom Parry III (Betty) and Dr. Wilson Parry (Lauren); brother Louis Parry (Joyce); grandchildren Dr. Matthew VanLandingham (Lauren), Parry VanLandingham, Neil VanLandingham, Daniel Parry, Joe Parry, Elizabeth Wilks Parry, Grace Parry, and Virginia Parry; and niece Tiffany Kelly (Stephen).

His gifts of integrity, kindness, and generosity were shared with those he knew both personally and professionally. The family would like to thank caregiver Pat Devitt and

the doctors and nurses at Baptist ICU. Memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Anglican Church Building Fund, 604 Goodridge Dr., Ridgeland, Miss., 39157; or Immanuel Anglican Church, 250 Indian Bayou Trail, Destin, Fla., 32547.

John Thomas Buchanan A memorial celebration of life service for John Thomas ‘Buddy’ Buchanan will be held in the Leggett Center of Millsaps College September 30, with visitation at 4 p.m. and memorial service at 5 p.m.

Buchanan died September 23 at St. Dominic Hospital.

Born March 18, 1940 and a Jackson native, he was educated in the Jackson public schools, St. Joseph Academy, Mississippi State University, Millsaps College, and North Carolina University.

His heart was at Millsaps College where he was a 50-year member of Pi Kappa Alpha and a highly involved alumnus of the college. He was a firm supporter of Millsaps athletics and recently completed an eight year term as Pike alumni advisor.

He was retired from the Mississippi Public Service Commission and Spalding Sports Worldwide. For 20 years prior to his service with the state of Mississippi, he had served as a pro representative, regional promotional manager, and a distributor for A.C. Spalding and Co. of Chicopee, Mass. Later, as an independent golf equipment distributor, he served on the national advisory staffs of Titleist, Spalding, Wilson, and MacGregor.

He won countless awards and citations in the golf industry. While working PGA tour events, he kept the specifications of some of the world’s top professionals.

Buchanan was a highly regarded athlete in his youth exhibiting skills in all sports, but most particularly noted as a baseball player and a top ranked Mississippi amateur golfer.

He pitched and played shortstop at all levels from Little League through semi-pro, and his most successful years as an amateur golfer were from the mid-’60s though the early ’80s. His longtime four-ball partner, Tom Stuart said, “Buddy Buchanan was a stylish and gritty player. He played his best when the game was on the line. He had an amazing flair for getting the job done at crunch time. I couldn’t have asked for a better friend or a more talented partner.”

In addition to his personal accomplishments on the playing field Buchanan was also actively involved in athletic programs within the community. He served as the volunteer instructor/coach for the St. Joseph High School golf team, leading them to consecutive district and state titles in 1985 and 1986. Buchanan, along with his close friend J.T. Noblin, was also instrumental in formation of Parham Bridges Park and Tennis Center.

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.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of Jackson Reflections Choir Director Eva Hart and First Baptist Church of Ridgeland Minister of Art and Discipleship Derrick Cowan plan the ‘Lead Me to that Rock’ program to be presented at FBC Ridgeland October 2 at 4 p.m. If attending please call 601-856-6139.

For 20 years he was heavily involved in the voting process in Madison County, having served tenures in each office of the Madison County Republican executive committee. He served two terms each as municipal Republican chairman for the cities of Madison and Ridgeland. His knowledge and understanding of the voting process, both at the primary and general election level, made him a popular speaker on voting issues and in educating poll workers. Buchanan and his wife Luran’s shared feelings for homeless animals brought many rescued dogs into their lives, and they were never happier than when making the lives of abandoned animals better.

Buchanan was preceded in death by his parents, John Thomas Buchanan Sr. and Anne Hendrick Buchanan, and infant sister Brenda.

Survivors are his beloved wife Luran Luper Buchanan of Jackson; son John Thomas ‘Trey’ Buchanan (wife Connie) of San Antonio; sister Betty Anne Buchanan Johnston of Jackson; granddaughters Addie Dorsey of Charleston, S.C., and Christi Cox of Brandon; and several nieces and nephews.

Aven Whittington Funeral services were held September 22 at First Baptist Church in Greenwood for Charles Aven Whittington. Dr. Joe Pate officiated. Whittington, 93, passed away September 18. He was preceded in death by his wives Mary Elizabeth Oliver Whittington in 1961 and Hortense Spann Whittington in 2010, as well as his son Kendrick Oliver Whittington in 1975.

Whittington was born December 10, 1917 in Greenwood, to U.S. Rep. William Madison Whittington and Anna Ward Aven Whittington, where he joined older siblings Mary ‘Whitt’ Bailey Whittington Davenport and William ‘Bill’ Madison Whittington Jr. He was graduated from Greenwood High School in 1935 and from Princeton University in 1939 with an A.B. in economics. A good-looking man, he spent one of his collegiate evenings with a fledgling journalist passing as Jimmy Stewart, another esteemed Princetonian. According to family lore, he was also the ping pong champion of the university. Upon his graduation, Whittington returned to Greenwood and began farming. At the time of his death, he had begun picking his 72nd crop.

Whittington remained actively involved in the First Baptist Church throughout his life.

He was a former deacon and acted as the finance chairman as well, helping to raise money to build the church’s sanctuary. He was a former Sunday School superintendent and taught Sunday School for many years.

The organ in the church was given by Whittington and his siblings in honor of their parents.

He continued in his father’s footsteps of service to his country by acting as a consult-

ant for the U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Whittington served as chairman of the board for the National Cotton Council of America, Staplcotn Cooperative Association, Yazoo Valley-Minter City Oil Mill Inc., Farmer’s Supply Cooperative, Farm Credit Banks of New Orleans, and the Cotton Board.

He was appointed by the president to the governing bodies of the Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Land Bank, and the Bank of Cooperatives. In its 50th year, Whittington served as president of the National Cotton Council of America. He served as a director on the boards of Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Delta Purchasing Federation, and the Bank of Commerce.

Whittington served as past president of the Delta Area Council for the Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver Award in 1969 for his distinguished service and hard work, self-sacrifice, and dedication to the Scouting program. He was also past president of Delta Council, Kiwanis Club of Greenwood, Greenwood Little Theatre, Mississippi Association of Conservation Commissioners and Mississippi Heart Association. He was a trustee of Mississippi College.

Whittington’s philanthropy did not stop with donation of his time and skills. He and his siblings donated his parents’ home to become the state headquarters for the Garden Club of Mississippi as well as the land for the construction of Greenwood Little Theatre. He was a tireless supporter of Cottonlandia Museum.

Whittington’s community and peers recognized his incredible achievements. In 1989, he was named the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year for Princeton University. In that same year, he was selected as the winner of the first Greenwood Commonwealth Community Service Award. In 1999, he was named the third recipient of the Leflore County Hall of Fame.

Survivors are his children Ward Whittington Sumner (wife of James C. Sumner) of Jackson; George G. Griffin (husband of Pam Griffin) of Germantown; Charles Aven Whittington Jr. of Schlater; and Margaret Griffin Bailey of Grenada; nine grandchildren: Coleman ‘Coley’ L. Bailey Jr., Emily Griffin Butler, Joshua Spencer Glazer, Whit Griffin, Marie Bailey Lee, Anna Aven Sumner, James Carliss Sumner III, Wilson Whittington Sumner, and Charles Aven Whittington III; and many great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Cottonlandia Museum, 1608 Hwy. 82W, Greenwood, 38930; First Baptist Church of Greenwood, 500 West Washington St., Greenwood, 38930; Leflore County Humane Society, P.O. Box 620, Greenwood, 38930; or a charity of choice. An online guest register may be signed at www.wilsonandknight.com.

Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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WPA Mural Continued from Page One for more than a decade, said J.T. Noblin, clerk of the court.

In 1971, a group of attorneys filed a motion asking the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans to order the covering of the mural in the U.S. district courthouse in Jackson. The motion itself noted that the fourthfloor courtroom was that very week the site of “civil rights cases involving claims of racial discrimination against black people in Mississippi.”

The circuit court responded that it had no jurisdiction over the district court, which would have to rule first on such a motion. But Noblin said when the district court was copied on the motion, officials took it upon themselves to put up the curtain.

The online auction started August 15 for the five-story, art deco-style building, constructed in 1934. The closing date has yet to be determined, according to www.realestatesales.gov.

Though the Web site showed zero bidders for the building at press time, Watkins Partners toured the courthouse at the open house last week.

“We’re keeping an eye on it,” said Julie Skipper, an independent contractor with Watkins. “We have not placed a bid yet. It’s a property that we’re looking at and have some ideas for.”

Skipper said GSA officials would decide when to close bidding.

“Typically these auctions last around 45 days, but there’s not necessarily an end date. They kind of see how things NOW THE MURAL will belong to whoever buys the are going,” she said. “Based on what they’ve said, if courthouse. And since the building is listed on the National there’s not a bid after 45 days they’ll probably just keep it open.”

Register of Historic Places as part of the Smith Park Architectural District, the mural stays put.

Rotary award Rotary District Governor Roscoe Greene (left) presents the Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award to Jim Stanley, (center) a member of the Rotary Club of North Jackson. Each year, the Rotary International Foundation trustees recognize up to 50 Rotarians worldwide for their outstanding efforts on behalf of the Rotary Foundation. Stanley has served Rotary in many capacities including club president, district governor and currently as assistant regional Rotary Foundation coordinator. Also shown is (right) club president Charles Lindsay.

Mark Bounds Continued from Page 3A ting those infrastructure needs satisfied.

“One of the most exciting things about to occur is that in January the elections are over and the foundation, along with the business league and MCEDA, will have an opportunity to evolve this new set of [economic development] strategies in conjunction with the board of supervisors. We hope that the four entities can go to Washington in the spring with a new wish list that we all support.

“So now’s the time we should be doing the consensus thinking ... so we can take advantage of this new opportunity.

“The most important thing we can all do now is work together.”

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Evening of ‘lizard’ hunting results in hooking a record breaking bull gator casting, their efforts revealed a set of red eyes approximately 60 yards from the boat in about six feet of water. In Jake’s words, “I knew he was a long way, but I just reached down and slung that treble hook toward him. It just happened to land over him about four feet past his neck. When I reeled to him, I felt it stick and I just hung on.” No one at this time knew what was on the other end of the 100-pound test line, but they knew it wasn’t your normal bluegill.

Jake Ponder, Jody Fortenberry, Clinton Sennett EVERY NOW AND THEN, stories are brought to my attention that could possibly be sold to Hollywood and become the number one box office seller. I believe I have it.

Jake Ponder, a student at Ole Miss, and company, Clinton Sennett, Brian Jackson and Jody Fortenberry, have taken the largest alligator, by weight, ever recorded in Mississippi. However, as phenomenal as this feat is, the story behind this is even more astonishing.

It seems the party embarked on Belle Island Hunting Club around 9 p.m. on a Friday night, armed with a 14foot johnboat, a heavy duty catfish rod and reel, one weak trolling motor battery, a 20 gauge shotgun, and a pocketful of squirrel shot. After missing a few water lizards with the

IT WAS HERE that the dinosaur employed a counter tactic. He went straight to the bottom. After applying additional pressure, he came to the surface for the first time and they saw what was attached to that thin strand of line.

A small discussion was held to decide if maybe they should let the behemoth have the rod and the boat with a letter of apology. Jake continued the battle. For three hours, man and beast were on each end of the rod, both fighting for dominance. Finally, they once again raised the party from Jurassic Park, and a well placed shot from the 20 gauge was applied. Results? Nada!

They related, “it didn’t even phase him.” Off to the races again, through the lily pads, mud, and cypress trees. Each time the gator made a run, Jake would give him line by loosening the drag. In Jake’s words, “This probably saved us from losing him. I think I gave him line a thousand times.” Again, they raised him from the depths and delivered another shot. This scenario repeated itself five times with each shot having a little more effect. Finally, after the fifth shot, the young men had their prize.

Now, how were they going to get him back to the truck?

Simple, let’s just jump in the water and roll him over in the boat. I thought they had decided earlier not to give him the boat. Anyway, with some degree of hesitation, into the

lake they went and after huge efforts, the gator was rolled into the bottom of the boat. Problem now was, only one person was able to get back in the boat to get back to the dock as they were beginning to take on water. Not to worry, the rest of the party hit the bank and walked back to the truck, as the ever so fast trolling motor was on its last leg too.

AFTER SECURING a tractor at 1 a.m., I’m sure this farmer loved this, they got the lizard back to the hunting club. Next chapter of this movie was, what are we going to do with him? After getting an idea the next morning that this critter might be a record, state wildlife officials were contacted and they were directed to Turcotte Lab at Ross Barnett. An official weight was recorded at 690.5 pounds, shattering the old record of 636 pounds. The length was recorded at 12 feet, seven inches, with about five inches missing probably due to an encounter with another gator.

Officials told the party it was hard to estimate the age of this bull gator but he could possibly be 80 years old.

I don’t think the movie, “Jaws” has anything on these boys. In fact, “Swamp People” may be in danger of being replaced. The final destination was to the taxidermist, yes that’s right, the taxidermist. Not cheap for a critter like this either. The estimated cost for stuffing is around $7,000. I just want to know what wall is big enough to support this thing. I have heard the quote, “When your taxidermy bill is higher than your house payment you might be a redneck.” Ya think? Anyway, Jake and party, congrats on your catch. This is something the kids and grandkids will be entertained with for years. Thank you for sharing with us. I can’t wait to see him.

Until next time enjoy our woods and waters and remember, let’s leave it better than we found it.

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Jamey and Neil Pope, Camelia Noblin, Stacey and Sidney Cook, Lou and Caroline Smith, Caleb Cook, Sarah, Nelson and Dawn Pope

Polly Bourne, Evie and Leslie Hines, Leslie Carpenter, Susan Nix

Engagement celebration Sarah Pope and Caleb Cook honored in Nix home Sarah Pope and Caleb Cook were honored recently in the home of Jimmy and Susan Nix in a celebration of their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Dawn and Nelson Pope. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Sidney and Stacey Cook.

Co-hosts and hostesses were Janyce and Scotty Ball, Questine and Johnny Benson, Polly and Bo Bourne, Barrett and Trip Brown, Cindy and Michael Caracci, Leslie and Phillip Carpenter, Ann and Jim Coggin, Laurie and Jim DeFoe, LouAnn and Joe Durfey, Gail and John England, Mari and Sam Farrington, Terri and

Michael Gillespie, Carla and David Glaze; Also, Leslie and Todd Hines, Evie and Kirk Hines, Rebecca and Bobby House, Sherri and Jack Jennings, Laurie and Chris Maloney, Susan and David Martin, Marty and Bill May, Cathy and Craig Miller, Tricia and Hal Miller, Melanie and Paul Milner, Tara and Henry Mounger, Deborah and Walter Newman, Mindy and Quinton Perry, Ginger and Stephen Samson, Mary and Mark Shapley, Susan and Joel Waters, Laura and Johnny Young.

The wedding will be December 17.

Shown are scenes from the party.

Caleb Cook, Sarah Pope, Blair Gillespie, Mollie Alllen, Kelly Hamill, Anna Laura Young

Kirk Hines, Phillip Buffington, Jimmy Nix, Hal Miller, Bo Bourne

William Carpenter, Bennett Milner, Nash Randolph, Neil Pope

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Weddings & Engagements Jeffcoat, Moody wed February 26 in McComb MOLLY ELIZABETH Jeffcoat and Bradley Clayton Moody were wed February 26 at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Byron Thomas Jeffcoat of McComb.

The bridegroom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Augustus Moody of Northport, Ala. Upon arriving at the home, the wedding guests were ushered into the foyer, where the credenza held a cutglass vase with long-stemmed Mount Everest open bloom roses, accented with Bells of Ireland, placed in memory of the couple’s grandparents.

Robin Brown Jeffcoat, sister-in-law of the bride, presided at the registry, and Lauren Elizabeth Jeffcoat and Addison Gray Jeffcoat, the bride’s nieces, distributed programs.

The Rev. Dr. Jimmy D. Porter, former pastor of the bride, officiated. Nuptial music was presented by Katherine Kaigler Salter, harpist; and Diann Lary Greer, vocalist. Nancy Ferguson Soyars directed the wedding.

Given in marriage by her parents, the bride wore a gown of spun gold satin and illusion, featuring an Alencon lace bodice. It was fashioned with a sweetheart neckline and a modified mermaid skirt that swept into a chapel-length train with a scalloped hemline. She wore a chapel-length single-tiered illusion veil, secured by a Swarovski crystal and pearl-encrusted comb. She carried a hand-tied bouquet of white Mount Everest petal to petal semi-open rose buds, which were surrounded with a base of white hydrangeas, tied with satin ribbon studded with white pearls.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Clayton Moody

MATRON OF HONOR was her sister-in-law, Lisa Rota Jeffcoat, who wore a silvery dusty blue silk gown featuring a squared neckline and a crisscrossed ruched empire waistline. Her hand-tied bouquet was of white Mount Everest roses and blue hydrangeas. Flower girls were Lauren Elizabeth Jeffcoat and Addison Gray Jeffcoat. They wore ivory organza empire tea-length dresses with matching satin sashes.

The bridegroom’s father was best man. Ushers were Joshua Michael Jeffcoat and Dr. Benjamin Thomas Jeffcoat, brothers of the bride.

Midge Jackson McCay read the Scripture of 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. Following the exchange of vows and rings, the bride read Ruth 1: 16-17 from her maternal grandmother’s family Bible to the bridegroom.

Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents honored the couple with a Southern-style wedding day brunch for family and friends at the Fernwood Country Club.

The Hon. and Mrs. Keith Starrett welcomed guests. Dr. and Mrs. William H. Meyer presided at the guestbook, while Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Craddock and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ott ushered guests into the ballroom for a brunch buffet.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents hosted a dinner at the Caboose Restaurant in McComb.

A wedding trip included a 10-day tour of Italy.

At home in Ridgeland, the bride is an attorney at Watkins and Eager, and the bridegroom is an attorney with the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, and Berkowitz.

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Weddings & Engagements Miss Neyland, Pentecost to marry October 29 MR. AND MRS. ROBERT Nash Neyland announce the engagement of their daughter, Swayze Louise Neyland, to Ben Wills Pentecost Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wills Pentecost Sr. of Doddsville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bertand Flood of Meridian, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Munson Cole Neyland Sr. of Jackson.

A 2005 honor graduate of Jackson Preparatory School, she was graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi State University in 2009. She received a bachelor’s degree in interior design and was a member of Chi Omega fraternity. She was presented by the Debutante Club of Mississippi. She is associated with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and is pursuing a master’s in historic preservation from Tulane University.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Leander Turner Swayze Louise Neyland III of Greenville, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Norman Edward Pentecost Jr. of Doddsville.

Sigma Chi fraternity. He is associated with Waggoner Engineering in Jackson.

A 2003 HONOR GRADUATE from The wedding will be held October 29 at Bayou Academy, he was graduated cum Christ United Methodist Church. A receplaude from Mississippi State University in tion will follow at the Mississippi 2007. He received a bachelor’s degree in Children’s Museum. civil engineering and was a member of

Miss Simmons, Prosser plan Florida ceremony MR. AND MRS. HARRY DANIEL Simmons Jr. of Yazoo City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Miller Simmons, to Andrew Page Prosser, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harmon Sidney Prosser of Starkville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Macel Gary Simmons and the late Harry Daniel Simmons Sr. of Yazoo City, and Susie Kuykendall McElroy of Panama City Beach, and the late Claitor Julius McElroy of Greenwood. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Herron Mitchell and the late Harmon Sidney Prosser Sr. of Vicksburg, and Caron Sylvester Thornton and the late Renee Sims Thornton and the late Jacob Benjamin Sims of Bay Springs.

Simmons was graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s of marketing degree and from the French Culinary Institute with a diploma in culinary arts. She is a kitchen coordinator for Viking Culinary Group in Ridgeland.

Prosser received a bachelor’s of agronoKathryn Miller Simmons my degree and a master’s of business administration degree from Mississippi The couple will wed October 29 in State University. He is director of marketRosemary Beach, Fla. ing and public relations at the Mississippi Department of Agriculture.

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

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Weddings & Engagements Lora Bass, Destin Ellis plan October 8 ceremony in Raymond MR. AND MRS. JOHNNY Champion of Terry, and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bass of Collierville, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lora Nicole Bass, to Destin Edward Ellis, son of Dr. and Mrs. George Ellis of Terry, former Northsiders.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Billie McElhenney of Raymond, the late Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Bass of Terry, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Champion and the late Dot Champion of Terry, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mason of Madisonville, Tenn. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ellis of Terry, and the late Mr. and Mrs. James L. Matthews Jr. of Hazlehurst.

The couple are both graduates of Terry High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. Miss Bass received her doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and is a physical therapist/director of Medicomp Physical Therapy in Byram.

Ellis currently is associated with Ace Bolt and Screws while pursuing a teaching and coaching position.

Destin Edward Ellis, The couple will exchange vows at 6 p.m.

Lora Nicole Bass October 8 at Wynndale Baptist Church with the reception following at the Castle Following a wedding trip to Negril, of Raymond.

Jamaica, the couple will live in Byram.

sunbeams Sophia Francis Barnett Blake and Amy Barnett announce the birth of their daughter, Sophia Francis Barnett, September 11 at Baptist Medical Center.

Grandparents are Debra Robison, Mack Osborne, and Frank and Judy Barnett.

September 17 at Baptist Medical Center.

Grandparents are Dr. Aaron and Leslie Puckett, James and Linda Cobb, and Dennis McIlwaine.

Charles Rollins Stafford Steven and Kelly Stafford of Madison announce the birth of their son, Charles Rollins Stafford, September 16 at Baptist Medical Center. Grandparents are Ron and Spencer Davis McIlwaine Jason and Cricket McIlwaine announce the Debbie Logan, William and Judy Burch, and birth of their son, Spencer Davis McIlwaine, Gary and Elizabeth Stafford.

happenings Blocktoberfeast Broadmeadow Neighborhood Association will hold Blocktoberfeast October 8, 3 to 7 p.m., on Montbrook Street. The event will feature food, music and children’s events. Call 769-233-3062 for more information.

Ladies night “Pink, Polish, Pearls,” a ladies night out, will be held October 6, 6:30 p.m., at Plantation Commons in Gluckstadt. Tickets, $60.

Wear pink and bring a hat, cap or scarf to be donated to the St. Dominic’s Cancer Center. For details call Madison the City Chamber 601-856-7060.

Kidney walk Mississippi Kidney Foundation will hold their annual walk and ball drop October 1, 8 a.m., beginning at the Kidney Foundation Office. Call 601-981-3611 for more information.

Fur ball The seventh annual Fur Ball benefiting the Mississippi Animal Rescue League will be September 29 at the Renaissance at Colony Park. There will be music by The Chill, food from local area restaurants, and a silent auction. Tickets are $60 per person or $110 per couple. For more information, call 601-969-1631. Shown are (from left, standing) Sherrie Broadus with Pepper, Virginia Durham, Jan Mattiace, Rebecca Ezell with Buddy; (seated) Trish Windham with Ozzie, and Kim Sartin with Gracie.

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Gardening Glimpses COME TO A BOOK launching next Thursday. The celebration is set for October 6, from noon until 3 p.m. at the Eudora Welty House, 1119 Pinehurst St., for the unveiling of the new University Press book, “One Writer’s Garden: Eudora Welty’s Home Place.”

You will be able to purchase copies of this book, meet authors Susan Haltom and Jane Roy Brown, landscape photographer Langdon Clay, and express your appreciation to sponsors Evelyn and Michael Jefcoat, whose generous and unfailing support made both the garden restoration and this beautiful volume possible.

Profits from the books sold at the celebration will benefit the garden fund at the Welty house, as will the proceeds from three historic camellias which will be available in limited quantities. Miss Welty’s favorite flower was the camellia, and these three cultivars are growing in prominent locations. A specialty nursery in Fairhope, Ala., has made available ‘Elizabeth’ (1851), ‘Herme’ (1859) and ‘Tricolor’ (1835). Advance purchase is recommended; to reserve a camellia, call 601-353-7762.

I’ve been waiting, and not very patiently, to hold this completed book in my hands for the two years that the actual writing was in process. But Susan Haltom, landscape designer, artist and practical gardener, has been preparing to write it since 1994. She was working for the Department of Archives and History when they acquired the Welty home to become a literary museum and writer’s retreat in the future. Susan set about

doing what she could to restore the garden, visiting with Miss Welty, who slowly began to believe it might be possible to bring it back to life. But she admonished, “Don’t make the garden something that it wasn’t.”

She gave Susan permission to write about it and helped with shared memories and past visions, as well as pictures and documents.

THE GARDEN is a rare treasure. It was lovingly designed by Eudora’s mother Chestina in 1925, according to her own vision and in the best landscaping and plant choices of the time. (Fortunately she kept records.) Eudora dreamed of a career in New York, but her mother’s unexpected widowhood and the Depression brought her home.

She says, “I was my mother’s chore boy.”

But she did more, much more. She took the pictures, many from the vantage point of the kitchen roof, which made an accurate restoration possible in the 21st century.

Eudora loved the flowers, which fired her writer’s imagination. References to flowers abound in her writing, as description and as symbol. But she loved her gardener friends probably even more, from those she met through the ads in the “Mississippi Market Bulletin,” to her most famous garden writer friend, Elizabeth Lawrence.

Susan was at the center of the restoration, literally, excavating the old borders, the lost markers. She researched the plant lists and found their present-day equivalents. Jane Roy Brown of Massachusetts came to visit the garden to write an article for the “Christian Science Monitor,” and joined the

team. She brought the wider perspective of garden history. And then there are the pictures.

Langdon Clay is a noted landscape garden photographer, and deservedly so. I own many, many lavishly illustrated gardening books. I know of no one of them with more beautiful pictures. And these are meaningful for us because we can grow them in our own garden. The Welty homeplace is proof of that.

I COULD WRITE a couple of months’ worth of columns about this book, but I won’t. You need to experience it for yourself. It is about a personal, two-generation garden. But it is a cameo of garden history.

The major portion of the garden, Chestina’s design, is re-cast accurately for pre-World War II, because that’s the time in which she worked actively. But this is a historic garden with a split personality. Eudora loved her camellias, cultivated them, and shared them.

So the front garden was planned for the early 1980s, when her writing was most productive.

Historic gardens are the “in” topic right now, but mostly folks think of really old gardens, pre-Revolution, or around here, preCivil War. A garden brought back to what it was a half century ago, lovingly and accurately, is just as valuable to garden historians.

And that is what the Welty garden is.

Two things I want to single out as creative, inspiring, and ultimately practical. The main body of the book is organized around the seasons: spring - 1920, summer - 1930, fall -

By Mrs. Herman McKenzie the 1940s, and winter - postwar and beyond.

The plantings of the seasons match the time period, and we are reminded that in a garden, winter is followed once again by spring.

Langdon Clay’s pictures take us there.

Then there are the sidebars. These have to be the most elegantly designed sidebars ever, unified by background and border colors, and filled with information and background that capture the social history of Jackson, and of women’s roles in the garden, and in the larger world. And sprinkled also through the pages are snapshots from Eudora’s collection and other records, sepia-toned to convey a sense of history, but a fairly recent history, a century we know but probably not well enough.

Do come to the Welty house next Thursday and share the celebration. And if by some mischance you are not interested in historic gardens, Welty literature, or the history of Jackson in the first half of the 20th century, but are in need of an elegant coffee table book to impress your guests, this volume will fulfill that purpose admirably also.

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happenings

October 20, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $12 for Storybook ball kids age 3 through 8th The Mississippi Children’s grade. The event will include food, music by museum will hold a fundGodSpeed3, games, inflataraiser “Once Upon a Fall bles, and a silent auction.

Festival ... There was a Storybook Ball,” October 8, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more Diabetes walk information call 601-709The Diabetes Foundation 8971. of Mississippi will host its annual Jackson Walk for Dorcas tea Diabetes, October 2, 1 p.m., at the Southern Farm Briarwood Presbyterian Women will host a Dorcas Bureau building on Watkins Tea Sunday afternoon, Drive. For details call 601October 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. 957-7878. at Briarwood Presbyterian Church, 620 Briarwood Dr. Birding trip The public is invited. For Jackson Audubon Society more than two decades The will take a field trip to visit Dorcas Event has raised the world’s largest cypress money for facilities that tree near Belzoni, October have nurtured the special 8, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For needs of mentally chaldetails call 601-956-7444. lenged adults within the congregation. The facilities Dream machines are The Mustard Seed, The 2011 Renaissance Baddour Center of Euro Fest Classic European Senatobia, Beacon Harbor Auto and Motorcycle Show of Greenwood, Ellisville State School, and Our Lady will feature an exhibition “Dream Machines,” by of Sorrows Community artist Lory Lockwood, Homes of Alexandria, La. October 8.

This year the Dorcas Committee had chosen the OLS Community Homes to Blocktoberfeast receive these funds. For Broadmeadow more information call 601- Neighborhood Association 956-4553 or e-mail will hold Blocktoberfeast Briarwoodchurch@bellOctober 8, 3 to 7 p.m., on south.net.

Montbrook Street. The event will feature food, music and children’s events.

Fun fest Call 769-233-3062 for more Christ Covenant School information. will hold their annual Fall into Fun family festival

Solution for this week’s puzzle next week.

This solution for September 22 puzzle

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James Pettis, Barney Daly, Jan Collins, Dan Grafton

Sen. Thad Cochran, Wade Creekmore

Sen. J. Walter Michel, John Taylor

Coffee with the senator League hosts special breakfast The Madison County Business League hosted “Coffee with the Senator,” August 25 in the law offices of Butler Snow. Special guest was U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran.

Shown are scenes from the breakfast.

Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee, Tina Lakey, Chip Reynolds

Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, Sen. Thad Cochran, Carl Ray Furr

Tom Hixon, Carson Hughes

Haley Fisackerly, Jan Collins, Charles Bryan

John Taylor, Bill Guion, Sen. Thad Cochran, Bob Williams, James Pettis

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Ronald McDonald House Chocolate Ball sponsors party held at Brown’s Gallery A sponsors party for the Chocolate Ball benefiting the Ronald McDonald House was held recently at Brown’s Gallery.

Shown are scenes from the party.

John Pearson, Pam Sultan, Joel Brown

Ruth Ann Allen, Guy Giesecke, Melanie Roach Joel Brown, Kacky Cole Courtney Convertino, Ronna Owens

Elizabeth Hooper, Jennifer Scott

David Lambert, Cathy Brister, Ned Trotti

Francis Brown, Gwen Long

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Alisha Sartin, Jamie Green

Howard and Susan Jones

Enchanted Evening

Blair Batson, Molly Smith

Tena McKenzie, Denise McLaughlin, Jim Albritton, Jen Hospodor

Benefit held in Triplett home Enchanted Evening Under the Stars gala benefiting the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children was held recently in the home of Susan and Chip Triplett.

The event featured live music by The Plaintiffs, a silent auction, and a live auction with auctioneer Jim Wilkirson.

Shown are scenes from the gala.

Julie Manly, Ruth Gay

Suzan Thames, Rick, Mary Gresham, Bennett, Sarah Gresham and Thompson Barr

Jimmy and Diane Underwood John and Lynn Pearson, Lawrence and Jan Farrington, Jackie Petrus

Patti Sheble, Jim Ellington

Robin and Troy Browning, Chip and Susan Triplett

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Trace Alston, Evelyn Araujo

Tracey Curtis, Rita Carter

Mississippi Boychoir Sponsors honored in Alston home

Jeff Good, Lanise Aultman, Betty Jacobs, Lelon Thompson, Sen. John Horhn Joseph Trigg

The Mississippi Boychoir sponsors party was held recently in the home of Sarah Jane and Alex Alston.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Shannon and Jay Warnock Charles and Evelyn Araujo

Michele Baker, Lelon Thompson, Tracey Curtis; (front) Diane Blankenhorn, Harriet Kuykendall

Lanise and Caleb Aultman, Sarah Jane Alston

Barbara and Joseph Trigg, Kimberly Funches, Rita Carter

Sarah Jane and Alex Alston, Harriet Kuykendall, Diane and Dave Blankenhorn

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New Officers

happenings Memoirs Ridgeland Recreation and Parks will offer a memoir workshop for senior adults, Monday mornings October 3 - 24, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Cost, $50. To register call 601-856-6876.

Health day Baptist Health Systems will hold a women’s health day featuring free screenings and seminar on breast health. To register call 601948-6262.

Touchdown club The Jackson Touchdown Club will meet October 3, 6 p.m., at River Hills Club.

Featured speaker will be Pete Boone, Ole Miss athletic director. For information call 601-506-3186.

Think pink

The recently elected officers of the Jackson Federation of Women’s Clubs include (from left) Glenda Cox, press secretary; Gail Welsh, fourth vice president; Nancy Edmondson, parliamentarian; Lucette Bennett, second vice president; Gay Huff, treasurer; Linda Gardner, president; Celeste Hutchinson, first vice president. Not pictured: Jimmie Blackledge, third vice president; Gerry Herbert, recording secretary. The group is planning their annual fall coffee to be held in the home of Lynn Nejam, October 25, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Wellness walk The 10th annual Kidney Wellness Walk, sponsored by the Mississippi Kidney Foundation, will be held October 1, at 9 a.m., in Fondren. The walk will be kicked off

by Shad Ireland, who was the first dialysis patient to ever finish an Ironman Triathlon.

Walkers raising $100 or more will be entered into the golf ball drop, with some walker winning $1,000. Shown are (from left) Rhonda Kelly, Tina Ussery, Debbie Burnham and Chrissy Gordon. For more information, call 601-9813611.

Baptist Health Systems will host two think pink seminars on breast health September 30 at 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m., with optional $5 lunch at Baptist for Women. Call 601-948-6262 to register.

Exhibit The 26th Grand National Watercolor Exhibition opening reception will be held October 2, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The display will be open through December 31.

For details call 601-5947797.

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.

Beauty training The American Cancer Society will conduct a Look Good ... Feel Better training session for licensed cosmetologists who are interested in helping cancer patients, October 3, 2 to 5 p.m., at the cancer society office. For details call 601321-5500 or visit www.cancer.org.

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Charles and Quay Terrell, Beth Ann and Ches Fedric, Derek and Laura Gibson

Lauren and Jeremy Wallace, Shannon and David Blanks, Neeli and John Graham

Julie Schumacher-Coffey, Scott Coffey, Matt and Amy Elder, Courtney Bagge Wuertz, Michael Wuertz,

Jessica and Paul Tackett

Anna Peterson, Damon Darsey

September Soiree Galloway young adults enjoy evening fellowship Galloway United Methodist Church sponsored September Soiree recently at the King Edward Hotel ballroom.

Young adults of Galloway enjoyed an evening of dinner, music and fellowship.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Rachel Kabukala, Helen and Bennie Ingram

Anne Welch, Erik Pinter, Natalie Walden, Tye Menist

Mandy and Josh Woodward, Kimsey and Alan McCormick

Cheryl Miller, Will Parker, Dennis Miller

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WINom e n BUSINESS

The Women at People Lease

By CLAIRE DAVIS Special to the Sun THERE’S NO DENYING that the role of women in society has changed enormously in the past 50 years. Worldwide, women are not only enjoying satisfying careers, some of them are out-earning men. Despite these tremendous advances, women still face a variety of professional challenges, particularly in traditionally male-dominated careers.

At People Lease, we not only value our female customers, but our female employees as well. We are proud of our women employees, who skillfully interact with clients on a personalized basis to create customized administration plans, handle special requests or address compliance concerns. Our female staff handles tasks ranging from serving customers, to managing employees and overseeing critical business functions.

We believe the fundamental strength of People Lease is our women. Their commitment, dedication and talent are how we have become a leading provider of back-office services. Our women desire to be the best, to do things better and to build a competitive edge. Our ladies readily meet the rigorous See People Lease, page 14B

Jaynee Sindledecker, payroll specialist; Christina DePoyster, systems coordinator; Shirley Bordelon, payroll specialist; Lauren Wilson, payroll specialist; Teresa Bailey, customer service representative; Claire Davis, marketing coordinator; Lois Sellers, CSR; Margaret White, accounting manager.

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Women IN BUSINESS

Paula Ricks with KeyTrust Properties

IN TODAY’S JACKSON AREA economy, it takes the talent and expertise of both men and women in business to provide the necessary services for a growing community.

As the broker/owner of KeyTrust Properties Paula Ricks, a new real estate company specializing in representing residential real estate buyers and sellers, Ricks is proud to be a part of the local business community.

Ricks grew up in the metro Jackson area and has lived in Madison County for more than 25 years. Prior to her career in real estate, she worked at a Fortune 500 company and was over three departments of employees located in the United States and United Kingdom. By 2002, Paula began looking for a career that would allow her room to express her creativity and own her own business. In 2003, she joined the team at Coldwell Banker Nell Wyatt Inc., Realtor, and soon became a number one top producer and multi-million dollar sales producer. With Paula’s ambition and extensive background in sales, it’s obvious selling real estate is a perfect career fit.

Ricks is a member of the following professional organizations: National Association of Realtors, Mississippi Association of Realtors, Jackson Association of Realtors, Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Madison The City Chamber of Commerce and Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce.

To have a positive impact on the local community she has served in the following capacities: United Way Campaign volunteer and co-chair of the Corporate United Way Campaign, organized a walk group for the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi while at a Fortune 500 Company and again in 2010

Ricks is also happy to help the community by creating new job opportunities.

Ricks says, “I’m excited about the future prospects for KeyTrust Properties Paula Ricks, and it is with great expectations that I look forward to serving the real estate

Paula Ricks for Coldwell Banker Nell Wyatt Inc., Realtor, performed volunteer office work and assisted at fund-raisers on an as needed basis for the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi, volunteer office work and local fund-raising as needed for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

IN ADDITION, SHE FIRMLY believes in helping other women grow and excel in business. She thinks the time spent mentoring her sales associates is invaluable to their personal growth and business success.

The Women at People Lease Continued from Page 13B demands of businesses today, and are committed to providing higher levels of performance in the future. They have the expertise and resources to make it happen, and the drive to see it through.

All of our women balance family responsibilities with a demanding job. Jaynee Sindledecker, Lauren Wilson and Shirley Bordelon are out on the front lines of our payroll department every day processing payroll and handling employee administration. However, their customer service, empathy, and ability to build relationships with customers are what really make the difference in winning over a customer for life. Our accounting department is managed

by Margaret White. Over the past 13 years, Margaret has worked in every department at People Lease and is now managing the accounting department. Margaret ensures that all of our clients’ taxes are paid timely and correctly.

Teresa Bailey is the warm and friendly voice you hear when calling our front desk or walking through our front door. Both professional and charming, Teresa is an outstanding representative who fulfills numerous corporate communication needs.

Christina DePoyster is another one of our ladies who has a multitasking career. As a systems coordinator, her responsibilities include documenting daily procedures for payroll, weekly training, and client communications to ensure People Lease’s excellence in payroll administration. Christina

also works along side Marketing Coordinator Claire Davis, who together take on the many challenges of the marketing department. Claire’s responsibilities at People Lease include development, graphic design and layout of all advertisements, marketing collateral, mail campaigns, and web design.

The newest employee is Lois Sellers, who works in the insurance department as a customer service representative (CSR).

Lois is known for great service and being highly customer oriented, and attributes her success over the years to a genuine desire to ensure that her customers are all receiving premiere insurance care.

The women at People Lease have helped countless business owners and managers free themselves from the never-ending back-office resources and compliance issues associated with employee administration. By bringing back-office services such as payroll preparation, tax filing, workers comp, health insurance and retirement plan administration to People Lease, businesses can begin reallocating valuable time and money, while more effectively managing cash flow and improving employees’ job satisfaction. There is no such thing as good enough at People Lease and every employee knows it. All of our ladies, from management to administrative personnel, understand and live by the total commitment to quality - achieved only when our services meet clients’ needs and 100 percent satisfaction.

needs of the metro Jackson area.” When you place your trust in KeyTrust Properties Paula Ricks, you’ll receive “Superior Service and Remarkable Results.”

For more information visit KeyTrustProperties.com.

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Women IN BUSINESS Coleen O’Brien with The Rug Place

AFTER SENDING HER youngest to kindergarten in 1999, Coleen O’Brien looked for a new adventure. Her mother had just opened The Rug Place in Baton Rouge, so naturally Coleen decided to introduce the store to Jackson.

The Northsider developed an eye for color during her college years with a degree in fashion merchandising. She also has varied sales background; with her, the old adage is true - she can sell ice to Eskimos.

The two make a great recipe for success in the local rug market.

Coleen has enjoyed success in the local retail industry. She’s enjoyed planting her roots in the Jackson area. However, over the last decade, her most difficult challenge has been the economy, by far. Like most, she rides the financial roller coaster. With looms lost in Pakistan flooding, an embargo against Iranian products, the increased cost of oil and more, the beautiful rugs many in this area have come to love are harder to own.

This challenge has brought about new opportunity; a more simple design plan, so to speak. According to Coleen, during a downturn in the economy, we still want to surround ourselves with beauty, but in a

more cost effective way. With that, Coleen has found new trends full of color and texture offered by new, more cost effective vendors.

She still offers the more upscale rugs, but finds more customers are investing in a few fine pieces and filling in with more fun decorative trends.

She still maintains relationships with her international vendors, though, many of whom have become personal friends. For instance, one donated $1,000 to St. James Episcopal Church after Katrina hit; he also invited her to his one-year-old’s birthday party that Coleen promises would rival

many local weddings. Another vacationed with Coleen and her husband in the South of France. And, one more offered her a 15 percent discount on future orders if she stopped smoking (which she did exactly two years ago).

Through many international trips, Coleen has become an expert on rugs. She offers her expertise in a local brick and mortar store that stimulates the local economy.

According to her, she runs a fair business at a fair price, providing colorful friendship along the way.

Through many international trips, Coleen has become an

EXPERT ON RUGS.

She offers her expertise in a local brick and mortar store that stimulates the local economy.

Coleen O’Brien

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WIN oBUSINESS men Cindy Yelverton with Sitters, LLC AS A YOUNG MOTHER of three children, Cindy Yelverton was the envy of her friends…she knew lots of babysitters. She was happy to help her friends make the perfect childcare connection. Then, on annual vacations, she began to notice the Destin Nanny Service and its value to the community. Soon, she realized the need for a childcare service here in the Jackson area, so in 2000, Sitters, LLC was born.

The Destin Nanny Service was a great help in the creation of Cindy’s company.

They shared all of the ins and outs of the childcare business with her. After all, they’d thrived for 30 years. In the beginning, Cindy ran the business out of her home. Childcare was her specialty, but soon she realized the need for adult assistance was in demand also, so she expanded her services to help families with adult care. At that point, an office outside of the home was required.

Since that time, adult care has become the backbone of her business. According to Cindy, we’re a different generation than our grandparents. Today, more households have both men and women working outside of the home, leaving little time to care for elderly family members. More and more people prefer to stay in their home as long as possible, presenting challenges for family members to find quality in-home care.

In addition, the baby boomer generation is maturing and will need assistance.

In addition to the Jackson area, Cindy saw a need for service in North Mississippi, so she started satellite offices in Oxford and Tupelo. As all locations have grown, Cindy has decided to run a very hands-on business.

Rather than turning the day-to-day operations over to a management team, she personally interviews and hires all employees.

She feels that the personal connection helps

Cindy Yelverton her better match potential sitters with families.

NOT ONLY IS CINDY helping families care for their loved ones, she’s helping other women find quality employment.

Many of Cindy’s 125 plus sitters are located in rural areas and travel at least one hour each way to work. She believes she’s made a commitment to her employees, as well, by offering opportunity during a historic economic downturn.

Cindy is confident about the future of her business. When asked where she envisions Sitters, LLC in the next five to 10 years, she confidently responded … statewide.

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.

Canine auditions New Stage Theatre is holding auditions for the canine role of Sandy in its upcoming production of “Annie,” playing December 2 - 18. Open auditions will be held September 29, 6 p.m., at New Stage parking lot. Dogs should be approximately

50 pounds and be able to follow simple commands like sit, stay and come. For more information call 601-948-3533.

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. $60 per person, $110 per couple. Contact rebeccaezell@bellsouth.net for more information.

Scout induction The Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi will hold its annual Women of Distinction induction ceremony September 29 at the Country Club of Jackson. Reception and silent auction at 6 p.m., dinner and awards ceremony at 7:30. For details call 601-3660607.

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Homecoming Junior Court Best lineman Player awards were recently handed out at the Jackson Academy pep rally for the Mozingo Clothiers lineman of the game to recognize the best lineman from the JA vs.

Pillow game. Shown are (from left) Charlie Mozingo, Jamaal Clayborn, Bryan Eubank.

MVPs

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s 11th-grade 2011 homecoming court maids and their escorts are (from left, back) Stuart Hines, Dallas Prater, J.T. Kitchings, Sumner May; (front) Emma Arthur, Hinma Qureshi, Eve Rodenmeyer, and Mehak Khan.

Player awards were recently handed out at the Jackson Academy pep rally for the BancorpSouth MVPs of the game to recognize the best offensive and defensive players from the JA vs. Presbyterian Christian game.

Shown are (from left) Jay Shell (defense), Foster Kennedy, Nick Guy (offense), Bryan Eubank.

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happenings UMC fund-raiser

Unity day

UMC Candlelighters will hold a fund-raiser for children with cancer October 6, 6:30 p.m. Artwork from their annual calendar will be auctioned during the event. Tickets, $65. Call 601-956-1665 for details.

Catholic Charities Domestic Violence Service Center will kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month October 3 at the Jackson Medical Mall. For more information call 601-366-0750.

Orchestra gems Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Intimate Classics Chamber Series will open with “Baroque Gems,” October 1, 7:30 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral. For ticket information call 601-960-1565.

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Basic structure St. Anthony Catholic School second-grade students study the skeletal system and bone structure of the body.

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Science lab Students in Biology II at Madison Ridgeland Academy recently completed a lab to reinforce the steps of the scientific method. They used animal behavior as their procedure. Shown are (from left) Austin Booth, Kyle McCullouch.

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NEW FACULTY Award players Player Awards were recently handed out at the Jackson Academy pep rally for the BancorpSouth MVPs of the game to recognize the best offensive and defensive players from the JA vs. River Oaks game. Shown are (from left) Brad Maley, Jack Pickering (defense), Tommy Darnell, Craig Edgecombe (offense), Bryan Eubank.

Jackson Prep welcomed several new members to its faculty and staff this year. Shown are (from left, back) Tait Hendrix, assistant junior high and seventh-grade football coach, and eighth-grade baseball coach; Sapna Michael, development administrative assistant; Trina Sapen, Algebra I; Lynda Richardson, senior high counseling office administrative assistant; Spencer Powers, trigonometry, advanced algebra, and senior algebra; (front) Robbin Ward, seventh-grade geography; Amber Griffin, physics, Algebra II; Emily Carlisle Lynch, geography, computer applications, and after school program; Katie Bonds, ninth-grade English; and Norma Cox, assistant librarian.

names in the news Tonya Moore, chief learning officer for University of Mississippi Health Care, was one of 12 people chosen nationally for the 2011 Up and Comers in Modern Healthcare magazine.

Nominated candidates are named to the final list of executives based on

“significant contributions in health-care administration, management or policy,” according to Modern Healthcare’s Web site.

High school and middle school students of the month at New Summit

School include Hunter Ward, Montana Miller, Daniel Wooton, Sidney Bell, Spencer Jones, Bradley Dixon, Nelson Bailey, Nikki Birdsong, Freddy Garcia, Elizabeth Rogers, Cor’Deirdre Henderson, Kathleen Doran, Justin Graeber, Nicholas Massimino, and Tanner Whitehead.

Earn award Player awards were recently handed out at the Jackson Academy pep rally for the Mozingo Clothiers lineman of the game to recognize the best lineman from the JA vs. Presbyterian Christian game. Shown are (from left) John George Archer, Madison Coleman, Charlie Mozingo, Bryan Eubank.

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Recognize service

New books St. Anthony Catholic School students recently received their new religion books during a special chapel ceremony.

Shown are (from left, back) Br. Lucian Knapp, Cathy Lutz, first-grade teacher; (third row) Lockard Williams, Stephan de Lang, Joseph Wright, Cameron Ridgway, Hiser Funderburg;

(second row) Kayleigh Drea, Chase Thomas, Megan Davidson, Lyrik Lockhart, Gia Picarella, Jake Wooten; (front) Jimmy Manuel, Stella McCarty, Kate Thomas, Campbell Miller, and Mary-Kate Sandifer.

St. Joseph Catholic School students and cousins (from left) Jacqueline Massey and Liza Strickland were recognized by the Mississippi Children’s Museum for outstanding service to the museum. During the summer, the girls, whose mothers also attended St. Joe, volunteered 70 hours at the museum.

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Softball team Jackson Prep 2011 junior varsity softball team members include (from left, back) Assistant Coach Paul Fryant, Ashley Johnston, Anna Kate Williams, Shelby Wilson, Sydney Mann, Madison Weeks, Coach Cory Caton; (middle row) Haley

Litchliter, Hannah Higginbotham, Cameron Lee Trussell, Kelsey Harmon, Susanna Hill, Jordan Davis; (front) Marion Andress, Olivia Jones, Weslee-Parks Patti, Eliza Brantley and Isabelle Box.

Sophomore court St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s 10th-grade 2011 homecoming court maids and their escorts are (from left) Ryan Abussa, Nao

Wada, Seth Simmons, Paige Westover, Connor Harris, and Savannah Thomas.

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BAND MEMBERS

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s upper school band under the direction of Dr. Dennis Cranford is (from left, back) Cranford, Michael Medlin, Jack Blumenthal, Jack Harth, Ben Hearon, Ian Storey, Spencer Bobbitt, Ben Lantrip, Kathryn Monroe, Gus Carroll, Kristin Boykin; (fourth row) Ben Henry, Daniel Gallarno, Mark McMillin, Jack Lantrip, James Zheng, Adam Travis, Baylor Obert, Joseph Rein, Robert Iacono, Phillip Qu; (third row) Anthony Santangelo, Patrick Pei, Michael Germany, David Dulske, Amelia Andersson, Caitlyn Ross, Alex Thorp, Eric Kline, Evan Herrin, Jordan Gasc; (second row) Alex Hamlin, Sam Westover, Bruce Senter, Benton Parker, Pooja Goel, Maggie Gleason, Sadie Gasc, Darby Parker, Jane Ashley Watson, Lauren Ellison; (front) Jessie Smith, Sohil Patel, Ivy Pei, Megan Aleman, Bet McNeel, Jessica Lee, Katie May, Andrew Neely, and Madeleine Arthur. Not pictured: Elena Voisin and John Angel.

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Circle of leadership Jackson Academy event held at Performing Arts Center Jackson Academy Annual Fund Circle of Leadership was held recently at the Performing Arts Center on

the JA campus.

Shown are scenes from the event.

Bill Johnson, Cynthia Mahaffey, Lindsay Dehmer, Ginger Parham, Stacey Hontzas

Pat Jernberg, Sherrye and Pat Taylor

Homer Lee Howie, Cindy Warner

Jill Beneke, Chad Gnam

Jon Lundy, Mark and Susan Hardee, Tim McWilliams LEGAL NOTICE Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the FAMILIES FIRST RESOURCE CENTER Mississippi Department of Human Services The Mississippi Families First Resource Center (FFRC) RFP has been amended with a change in the submission date. 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 31, 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 administer a Families First Resource Center (FFRC). Proposals will be accepted from organizations currently established as Families First Resource Centers (FFRC) and providing abstinence, healthy marriage, parenting and fatherhood education classes to families in Mississippi. The Program shall also provide a variety of family support services, which enhance/strengthen the ability of parents to respond to their children in a positive manner, stabilize the family unit, prevent teenage pregnancies, increase parenting skills and knowledge, and prevent serious disruptions in family life. All services are provided at no charge to the youth and their families. The proposal must address all of the following services: 1. Abstinence-Until-Marriage and Youth Development Education 2. Healthy Marriage Education 3. Responsible Fatherhood Training 4. Parenting Skills Training 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 29, 2011, October 6, 2011)

Beth McWilliams, Pat and Sherrye Taylor, Cliff Kling

Dodds Dehmer, Peter Jernberg, Ben Skipper, Foster Kennedy

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Cross country winners The Madison Middle School boys cross country team traveled to Memphis recently to compete in the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic cross country meet. The boys team won the meet, placing first out of 15 teams from throughout the Southeastern states.

Team members include (from left, back) Devin Derry, Cooper Herrington, Luke Comfort, Michael Weeks, Lockard Simpkins, Blake Billiott; (front) AJ Stone, Patrick Geary, Jack Crutcher, Matthew Weeks, Reed Cresap.

Nerd free With students’first progress reports of the Riley Collins, Stewart Inman and Zach year due, St. Joseph Catholic School stuSmith, who urge all to “live long and prosdents lightened the mood with a “nerd”free per.” dress day. Shown are (from left) Jack Collins,

Homework Madison Ridgeland Academy first-grade students recording their homework assignments are (from left) Evan Tyler, Ian Williams.

happenings Drawdown 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.

Grief support Hospice Ministries pro-

vides ongoing grief support groups. Daytime and evening groups are available. For more information call 601898-1053.

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.

Dress up First Presbyterian Day School fourth-grade students presented dress-up book reports of famous people. Shown are (from left)

John Miller, Thomas Swayze, Prowell Smith, and Brady Polk.

Famous characters Fourth-graders at First Presbyterian Day School presented book reports of famous people. Shown are (from left, back) Price

Loposter, Ethan Herrin, Ana Grace Morgan, Frances Madden; (front) Virden O’Brien, and Holmes Maley.

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DRIVER ED

Awarded Player awards were recently handed out at the Jackson Academy pep rally for the BancorpSouth MVPs of the game to recognize the best offensive and defensive players from the JA vs. Northeast Lauderdale game. Shown are (from left) Hull Bolls (offense), Foster Kennedy, Jacob Berry (defense), Bryan Eubank.

Madison Ridgeland Academy students in driver ed class recently learned how to change a tire. Practicing their skills are (from left) Noah Joyner, Frank Woods, Collin Hurt, Austin Dillion, Robert Loeb, Alex Miles, Caroline Yerger.

Field trip Students from New Summit School enjoying a field trip to Nissan include (from left, back) Tyler James Williams, Sean McInnis, Jessica Greene, Kaitlin Fortenberry, teacher Annette Thomas; (front) Austin Deckard, Sean Deckard, Colton Mulligan, Amelia Massimino.

Senior maids Ridgeland High School senior homecoming maids are (from left) Ramona Abraham, Alisha Bell, Shelby Huff, Tiree Wilson, Linh Nguyen, Lauren Franklin and Millie Adams.

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Members of the Jackson Prep 2011-2012 junior varsity girls soccer team include (from left, back) Head Coach Jon Marcus Duncan, Caroline Peeples, Mollie Griffin, London Miskelly, Hannah Higginbotham, Shelby Wilson, Olivia Brown, Alex Joyner, Lauren Groebe; (front) Sarah Helen Skelton, Emily Ellison, Kara Cook, McKenzie Henderson, Addison Hughes, Sarah Selby Jennings, Blair Stockett, Anne Rivers Mounger, and Ann Leighton Malouf.

JV volleyball Members of the 2011 Jackson Academy Raiders junior varsity girls volleyball team are (from left, back) Ambie McCoy, Catherine Burford, Hannah Hudson, Glennis McWilliams, Maggie Cross, Sydney Hayes, Sarah Buchanan, Hannah Wooten, Madison Carroll, Mary Chosen Caples, Georgia Gibson; (middle row) Taylor Hawks, Meredith Hornsby, Jessi

names in

the news Hannah Elisabeth Paulding, daughter of Carolyn and Leonard Paulding, was recently named an Ervin Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. A 2011 graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Paulding was the prefect of the Service Learning Committee of student council at St. Andrew’s. She also volunteered as a big sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters of

Mississippi. The Ervin scholarship is renewable for all four years of undergraduate study.

Elementary Students of the Month at New Summit School include Kayla Garcia, Bobby Henderson, James Sellers, and Mathew Gleason.

Sixth-graders at New Summit School earning Student of the Month include Hannah Woods, Amelia Massimino, and Sean Thomas McKinnis.

Cooper, Hope Williams, Hope Berry, Lindsey Nosef, Emma Ward, Lizzie Bowman, Emily Earle, Erica Healy, Caroline Nall; (front) Claire McClure, Mary Kathryn Brogan, Katie Caples, Emma Lucas, Kellan Clower, Katherine Hudson, Lacey Irby, Anna Catherine Bates. Not pictured: Coach Anna Fiser, Heather Shearer, Jennifer Bracken.

Call your local newspaper or MS Press Services at 601-981-3060.

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SPIRIT

Study ‘C’ Students (from left) Ford Smith, Preston Marion, and Ruger Vance paint their faces for Letter C day at Trinity Preschool.

CLASS PRESIDENTS Members of the Jackson Prep 2011 junior high Spirit dance team are (from left, back) Olivia Brown, Elizabeth Jones, Katie Flannigan, Olivia Flynt, Molly Terry, Sarah Kennedy Duncan, Rebecca Sistrunk, Kellie McCaa, Savannah Hunter, Ann Irvin Armstrong, Eliza Heidelberg, Caroline Gault; (middle row) Mary Hastings Moss, Claire McGehee, Mollie Merrell, Marie Merrell, Claire Kullman, Anna Jordan, Kelley Frances Henley, Sarah Love Frey, Alex Uschmann, Dotsie Stevens, Emily Ellison; (front) Madeline Parker, Camille Hood, Jean-Nicolette Nixon, Caroline Jones, Simmons Barraza, Caroline Cotten, Kristina Zouboukos, Lexi Dodd, McKenzie Robinson, Millie Waller, Sarah Mapp and Brooke Womack. Not pictured: Ebony Aiken, Valerie Bagwell, Emily Box, Kennady Galloway, Claire McDowell, Susan Rankin, Anna Miller Rebich.

MSU SUMMER GRADUATES Several Northsiders were among more than 700 Mississippi State University students who received degrees at the conclusion of the university’s 2011 summer term.

They are Kendall Gilner, George Lucas, Caleb McNair, Laura Russell,

Caleb Wells, Anna Aregood, Lindsey Atkins, Michelle Coleman, Kathryn Dick; Also, Rachel Franklin, Derrick Godfrey, Billy Hines, Ronald Hutchinson, Joseph Iupe, James King, Hunter Logan, Simon Martin, John

McCullouch, Daniel McDonald, Paul Minor; Also, Zachary Polk, John Retherford, Whitley Rodenbaugh, Gary Rosamond, Stacy Travis, Michael Trim, Kathryn Warren, Kathryn Welch, Charles Woodall and Cameron Worrell.

Students serving as class presidents at Madison Central High School are (from left) Rod Bridges, senior class; Miller Richmond, junior class; and John Popichak, sophomore class. Bridges is the son of Roddy and Allison Bridges. Richmond is the son of Jim and Jennifer Richmond. Popichak is the son of Gary and Kimberly Popichak.

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happenings Bird walk Jackson Audubon Society will hold a bird walk at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park October 1, 8 to 10 a.m. For more information call 601956-7444.

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 601856-5831.

History is lunch Mississippi Department of Archives and History upcoming History is Lunch programs include: Sept. 28, Gene Dattel on “The Help,” in the Old Capitol Museum, noon - 1 p.m.

Tournament The Mississippi Community Education Center will hold their annual

Price Waltman, Sarah Martin Tucker; (front) Carter Richardson, Abbey Lindsay, Olivia Stringer, Emily Iupe, Kathryn Butler, Glennis McWilliams, Caroline Nall, Avery Smith. Not pictured: Abigail Giddens, Hannah Hardin.

call 601-960-1515.

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.

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

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.

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Parks will offer a four-week beginning self-defense course on Wednesdays, October 12 to November 2, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Cost, $40. To register call 601-856-6876.

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Symphony ball The 2011 Symphony Ball will be held October 8, 6:30 p.m. at the Country Club of Jackson.

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

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 activities. For details call 601359-1163.

Pancakes fund-raiser The community is invited to a pancake supper fund-raiser for art supplies for Casey Elementary School, October 12, 5:30 to 7

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Equestrian team p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. For more information call Landrie Ethredge, 601-981-7236.

Volunteers needed

Bible study A new Explorers Bible Study ladies group will meet Wednesdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m., at Christ United Methodist Church. For details call Becky Howell at 601-924-1373 or Martha Holt at 601-956-1052.

AIRLINES ARE HIRING - Train for high paying Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Job placement assistance.

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Call 601-857-2545 for information.

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.

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September / October SUNDAY

MONDAY 27

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25 New Stage Theatre Production St. Joseph Catholic Church GermanFest

Ole Miss Lunch Bunch

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting Ole Miss Lunch Bunch

SUNDAY

MONDAY 10

9 Briarwood Presbyterian Women Dorcas Tea

NARFE Meeting

Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting Ole Miss Lunch Bunch

5

MS Opera Presentation Madison Co. Mystery Readers Skype talk

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

12

7

SATURDAY Children’s 8 MSMuseum

MCEC Golf tournament MMA High Note Jam

Festival MS Farmers Market Anne Smith Elementary Broadmeadow neighborhood Jackson Symphony League

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FRIDAY

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MMA Evening concert MS Wildlife Federation Birds presentation

MS Farmers Market MS Wildlife Federation Nature walk

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MDAH History is Lunch WATAC Golf-a-Thon Casey Elementary Fund-raiser

FRF White Elephant Sale MS Farmers Market MS symphony MKF - Wellness walk MMA Town Creek Arts Festival Audubon society Galloway UMC

MS Boychoir Fund-raiser UMC Candlelighters Benefit Fondren district Fondren After 5

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY 11

Galloway Memorial UMC Reading

6 MDAH History is Lunch

1

MMA The Art Garden Opening gala MARL - Fur ball

WEDNESDAY

SIDS Support group Parkinson’s Support group MMA Music in the City

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MDAH History is Lunch

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DFM Walk for Diabetes MS Watercolor Society Exhibit opening reception Galloway Memorial UMC Reading

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THURSDAY

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TUESDAY

Municipal Art Gallery Hours

15

September / October events September 28, Wednesday

October 6, Thursday (continued)

• Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, Gene Dattel on “The Help.”

Noon - 1 p.m. in the Old Capitol Museum.

• Mississippi Boychoir Minit 2 Winit fund-raiser, 6 p.m. at Mississippi Children’s Museum. www.mississippiboychoir.org.

• Historic Fondren District Fondren After 5, the first Thursday of every month, 5 - 8 p.m. at participating merchants.

September 29, Thursday • Mississippi Museum of Art, The Art Garden opening gala. Includes entertainment by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, seated dinner. $150 per person.

• MS Animal Rescue League fur ball Pets and the City. 7 p.m. at the Renaissance. $60 per person / $110 per couple.

September 30, Friday • Drama ministries of Galloway Memorial UMC, “The Hiding Place.”

Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. Free admission. 353-9691.

October 1, Saturday • Mississippi Farmers Market, corner of High and Jefferson streets.

Most Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 601-359-1159.

• Mississippi Museum of Art Town Creek Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Features local artists, craftsmen, food and music. Free admission. www.msmuseumart.org.

• Fondren Renaissance Foundation White Elephant Sale, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Fondren Hall.

Early bird, 7 - 8 a.m., $5; general admission, 8 a.m. - 2 pm., $2. 601-981-9606.

• Jackson Audubon Society bird walk, LeFleur’s Bluff State Park, Mayes Lake entrance.

601-956-7444 or www.jacksonaudubonsociety.org.

• MS Symphony Orchestra Intimate Classics Chamber Series, 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral.

• MS Kidney Foundation Wellness Walk, through Fondren. 8 a.m. registration. 981-3611.

October 7, Friday • MS Community Education Center third annual golf tournament, Lake Caroline Golf Course, 11:30 a.m. registration. www.mscec.org.

• Mississippi Museum of Art evening concert series in The Art Garden.

Doug Frank’s Blues Jam.

October 8, Saturday • Mississippi Farmers Market, corner of High and Jefferson streets.

Most Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 601-359-1159.

• Broadmeadow Neighborhood Association BlocktoberFeast, 3 - 7 p.m.

Includes food for purchase, children’s events, crafts, bounce house, face painting.

• Mississippi Children’s Museum Once Upon a Fall Festival ... There was a Storybook Ball, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. www.mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

• Jackson Symphony League, Mandarin Ball, 6:30 p.m., Country Club of Jackson.

• Ann Smith Elementary 5K Frolic and Fun Run. Registration, 7 to 7:45 a.m., pre-registration is encouraged. www.madison-schools.com/ase.

October 9, Sunday • Briarwood Presbyterian Women Dorcas Tea and Auction, 3 - 5 p.m. at Briarwood Presbyterian Church. Public is invited. 601-956-4553.

October 2, Sunday

October 10, Monday

• Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi Jackson Walk for Diabetes, 1 p.m., Southern Farm Bureau building, Watkins Drive. 601-957-7878.

• MS Watercolor Society 26th Grand National Watercolor Exhibition, opening reception, 2 - 4 p.m. at the MS Museum of Art. Paintings on display through December 31.

• Jackson Touchdown Club speaker Southern Miss Head Coach Larry Fedora, 6 p.m. at River Hills Club.

October 3, Monday • Jackson Touchdown Club speaker Ole Miss Athletic Director Pete Boone, 6 p.m. at River Hills Club.

• 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.

• MS Hearts Against AIDS Red Party, 5 - 9 p.m. at Bravo Italian Restaurant. Tickets $40 / person; $75 / couple. www.mississippihearts.org.

October 4, Tuesday • MS Museum of Art Music in the City. 5:15 p.m. hors d’oeuvres and cash bar; 5:45 p.m. program. Tom Lowe and John Paul. Free admission, donations welcome.

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome support group, first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. at River Oaks Hospital. 601-362-0242.

• Metro Jackson Parkinson’s support group meets every first Tuesday, 2 p.m. at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. 601-845-6340.

October 5, Wednesday • Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, historic preservation division staff members share their favorite archaeological artifacts. Noon - 1 p.m. in the William Winter building.

October 6, Thursday • UMC Candlelighters benefit, 6:30 p.m.,Country Club of Jackson. Tickets $65. 956-1665.

special days HAPPY BIRTHDAY September 29: Viola Allred, Sonny Walker, Jan M. Evers, Hannah McIntyre, Beth Jenkins. September 30: Hugh H. Young, Todd Pryor, Jamie Groleau, Duke Cain, Teresa Nelson, Cynthia Wolgamott, Martha Jane Ray, Don Rassner, Jewel Schwinler, Laura Elizabeth Singleton, John Singleton, Margaret Clingan. October 1: Paul Wilson, Stacy Goins, Riley Roberts, Greg Starnes, Mrs. P.A. Greenwell, Brooklyn Sullivan, Nicole McHenry, Will Barkley, Kathryn Collins, Janine Davis, Ben Jackson, Ruth Wiggins.

October 2: Wilbur Howie, Kay Patterson, Mavis Rubin, Lynette Williams, Ann Henson, Wes Griffin, Suzanne Smith, Libby Garraway. October 3: Jeff King, Harry J. Atkinson, Robert Nickey, Kellie Smithhart, Dr. Kirk Smithhart, Lawrence Mason, Blanche Speights, Zane King, Kim Simmons. October 4: David Jackson, Joe Duke Barlow, Darryl Greer, Nancy Harvey, Kenneth McCardle, Debby Sherrill, Rebecca Blakeney, Susan Cox, Terry L. Hitt, Mariyn Norton, James Sheppard, Suzanne Guthrie, Grace H. Blevins, Julie McGehee Mathews, Michele Grantham, Steve Callahan. October 5: Bonnie Brister, Gurvis Phillips, Krista Kerr, Danby Martin, Lisa Davis.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY September 30: Carl and Mary Lackey. October 4: Buddy and Renee Brannon, Barry and Carla Camp, Silas and Leesa McCharen. October 5: John and Lucy Burwell.

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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school news

Homecoming court St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s 12th-grade 2011 homecoming court maids and their escorts are (from left, back) Will Brewer, Bud Sheppard, Chris Dunbar, Michael ModakTruran, Dan Zehr; (front) Meredith Blackwell,

Mary Hannah Cooper, Emma Liston, Caron Byrd, and Lorna Harkey. The Saints homecoming game is September 30 against Bailey.

Biographies Fourth-graders at First Presbyterian Day School presented biography book reports.

Shown are (from left) Ann Michael

Armstrong, Sarah Douglas Craig, J.C. Polk, Abner Brister.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

MULTI-GENERATIONAL

St. Joseph Catholic High School, in celebration of its 141-year history, gathered those students whose parents had also attended the school. Included are Jack Butts, Joseph Edge, Tony Weisenberger, Elisabeth Scott, Anna Edge, Will Butts, Danny Cottingham, Martin Bramlett, Bob Pooley, Mac Sellers, Michael Potts, Sophia Cosmich, Isabel Cosmich, Alex Cosmich, Trey McCullough, T.J. Riley, Jonathan Maloney, Laura Potts, Morgan Sellers, Helen Greene, David Bradshaw, Madelyn Abbott, Allison Shaw, Jaela Hefner, Julia Robinson, Meredith Loper, Anna Katherine Brunini, Pera Massey, JoJo Katool, JoJo Gray-Lewis, Stedman Strickland, Katy Grace Abbott, Mollie Gray-Lewis, Karly Adams, Jordan Welsh, Bekka Phillips, Jacquelyn Massey, Gab Nuzzo, Jack Cottingham, Bria Paige, Joanna Bellan, Eliza Strickland, Anna Kathryn Moorehead, Gene Loper IV, Ryan Crandall, Taylor Lyle, Alex Blossman, Alex Bellan, Julia Robinson, John David Topik, Marion Welsh, Anna Bradshaw, Olivia Barcellona and Mary Jo Thomas. Meredith and Eugene Loper are the fifth generation from their family.

names in the news Nine students from the Jackson area have been awarded presidential scholarships at the University of Southern Mississippi. The include Ben Brewer, son of Edward and Tammie Brewer; Annalise Hays, daughter of Doyle and

Top 10 Jackson Prep cross country team members (from left) Maison Lowery, Courtney Newsome and Kennady Galloway were top 10 runners for the PCS Invitational held recently.

Maids and escorts St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s ninth-grade 2011 homecoming court maids and their escorts are (from left) Shikha Shrestha, Carter Boyle, Mary Parker Davidson, and Jack Robinson.

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