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C OCONTENTS NTENTS

8 PEACEFUL OASIS: Bill and Evelyn Edwards lovingly restore a classic home in the heart of Picayune.

12 ONE OF A KIND: Carol Pickering creates unique wreaths for holidays & special occasions.

16 TIME FOR ART: Gail Sheasby shares her artistic evolution.

19 MADE WITH LOVE: Discover the intricacies of the delicate macaron.

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udging by the temperatures, summer unofficially began in Pearl River County about the beginning of May, but now the heat is in full swing, enticing residents to consider spending their days indoors, or in the pool.

The only relief from the heat is the inevitable summer rain shower, of which we have had quite a few of late.

While cooling off under your favorite fan in a comfortable chair, turn the pages of this edition of Picayune Living to find a collection of stories featuring some interesting Pearl River County residents and the things they do in the community.

Bill and Evelyn Edwards have been in this area since the 90s and have invested a lot of money in a number of properties, including their home in the heart of Picayune.

The two-story residence features amenities most people dream of having, including an in-ground pool with adjacent pool house and hot tub.

Confections are one of the things in life that make it sweeter. And one county resident has taken her love of macarons and turned it into a business. Her admiration for the very unique cookies even led to her attending a master class in Paris so she could perfect her recipe.

Another local resident has taken her creative skills and focused them on making decorative individualized wreaths. While she prides herself on providing a wreath to each customer unlike any other, she also incorporates personalized touches in each piece.

Our fourth feature is about a woman who has poured her passion into learning how to create drawings and paintings using a variety of methods and mediums.

While she’s had a lifelong love of painting, the now retired resident has found even more time to hone her skills and also volunteers her time to the local arts league.

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Peaceful Oasis

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HOME SWEET HOME

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n three acres of land in the municipal limits of Picayune, Bill and Evelyn Edwards have made an early 1900s home their very own.

Built in 1915 or 1916, the home was originally one story, but several renovations through the years would take place, one of which included the addition of a second floor.

Within the now 4,000-square-foot home, the Edwards display a number of antiques they have collected. The Edwards not only own several properties in town, including a furniture and antique store, since his retirement in the 1990’s from Stennis Space Center, Bill estimates he has purchased and renovated close to 30 residential and commercial buildings in this area.

So, when he considered purchasing his current home shortly after Hurricane Katrina, he didn’t shy away from the major challenge. Edwards said that when he was first shown the home, the hardwood flooring had been removed from the kitchen and dining room.

He said the previous owner had apparently sold the valuable flooring to an individual who wanted it for his home.

“When I came to look at it at first I thought it would be too much,” Edwards said.

But Bill took the challenge and replaced all of the

flooring, renovated an upstairs bathroom that was leaking and corrected the pitch on the roof, to name a few items on the list. After about two years of work, the home was ready for the Edwards to move in.

Even though Bill says the house remains a work in progress, the property features a number of amenities.

In the four car garage is a workout room and half bath.

Adjacent to the 50,000-gallon pool, that is deep enough for diving, is a quaint pool house, complete with full kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. A hot tub stands inside a gazebo next to the pool, all of which is surrounded by wrought iron fencing.

For those chilly winter nights, a wood-burning fireplace in the living room provides a cozy place to gather.

Across the hall from their spacious master bedroom with adjoining master bathroom is Bill’s office on the first floor. Another bathroom and entertaining area round out the first floor. The second floor houses another bathroom and two bedrooms, along with some storage space.

Bill said he likes the fact that even though the home is in the city, its semi rural location provides a level of solitude.

“This is a really nice place to live,” Bill said.

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One of a Kind

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M ADE BY HAND

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Carole Pickering wakes at 3 in the morning to turn ribbons, tinsel and bright colored bows into festive wreaths for her one-woman business, All Dat Sass. Pickering sells wreaths to clients from New York to Florida, but most of her customers are in Mississippi, she said.

The wreaths can be used to celebrate any occasion: Mardi Gras, Easter, the birth of a child or winning football seasons. Christmas is unsurprisingly her busiest time of year, Pickering said.

She is still finishing orders for Christmas wreaths in May, she said.

Pickering got her start in crafting 37 years ago, when her mother saw and supported her talent for making things.

Clients come to Pickering with pictures from Pinterest, she said, but Pickering

does not duplicate other wreaths.

“I don’t want you and your neighbor to have the same one,” she said.

Instead she uses that image as a starting point and works with a client to make them a custom wreath that they love, she said. Before she starts gluing or tying ribbons, Pickering researches a client’s interests through their Facebook page.

Pickering loves the process in creating a wreath, she said. She adjusts and reworks the elements on each piece, sometimes remaking one four times, until the final product is perfect.

“I want to make something they’ll be proud of,” Pickering said.

She sprays tinsel and ribbons with polyurethane satin to extend the outdoor

life of her creations. She also paints wooden elements with images such as sandals for a summer themed wreath.

Wreaths can be bedecked with images of bunnies, or have names spelled across the ribbon, but they are always whimsical, she said. Once, Pickering even created a football themed wreath for a family who wanted to show their support for LSU and the Saints all in one ribbon festooned decoration.

Her wreaths can range in price from $75 to $200, dependent on the size and the elements used, she said. But in the end, Pickering said she works with her clients to create a wreath they can afford.

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TIME FOR ART

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THE ARTS

By J EREM Y PI T TA RI

Gail Sheasby has had a lifelong love of things considered to be creative, and she comes by it honestly. Her aunt is known for performing under the stage name of Patsy Montana; she was the first female country performer to have a million selling song, which was entitled “I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” A photograph of her aunt hangs in her home studio where she creates her own works, paintings.

Sheasby said she has always had a love of painting, but she didn’t start creating her own until 1988 when she took lessons from professionals such as Carl Cramer and Greg Chappell. After her retirement in 2000 she started painting more frequently and attended classes at Garland Community College in Hot Springs, Ark., and at Pearl River Community College.

She said she began painting, like so many others do, by creating reproductions of other art. But she later moved on to creating unique pieces, just as she teaches her students at the Senior Center of South Pearl River County. In each place she has lived, she becomes a member of that area’s arts league. She currently serves as the publicity chair Pearl River County Arts League, and is a past president.

Versed in a variety of styles, from paint to watercolor to colored pencils, Sheasby said each one has a unique aspect.

“It’s like being a little girl again and playing with Crayolas,” Sheasby said.

But no matter the medium, there are at least three rules to follow a painting must follow; composition, perspective and value (the use of light and shadows). Planning is the first of three steps to creating a new piece, because if a painting is properly planned, the actual painting of the piece is that much easier.

“This way all of the problems are worked out so you can start painting and have fun,” Sheasby said.

And it’s evident she enjoys what she does. Throughout her home dozens of paintings adorn the walls, all created by her own hand.

Some feature her family, such as portraits of her grandchildren and husband, while others display street scenes from the area in which she was raised, New Orleans. Of all the subject matter she has painted, she enjoys birds the most. But her drive to grow as an artist currently has her learning to create portraits of people and pets.

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She said that a common question about painting that is the hardest to answer, and it concerns the amount of time each piece takes to complete. That’s because the timeframe varies depending on the format and methods used. More complex pieces with many layers of paint take longer, while watercolor or colored pencil works are not as time intensive. As a retiree, she devotes her time to creating works of art. She said that at times she can complete a piece in about a month.

No matter how long each piece took to complete, she is proud of each one.

“As I get older, I will always have my art to wake up to. I feel very grateful for that,” Sheasby said.

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astry Chef Brandi Robishaw turned her passion for Paris and macarons into a moneymaking venture called Without Measure Macarons.

In 2014, Robishaw went to Paris with her boyfriend Jeremy Robishaw where he proposed, she said. For their 2015 wedding, the couple decided to have a French theme and Robishaw was determined to buy a tower of macarons for the ceremony, but the only place she could find charged $700, so with a tight budget, Robishaw decided to bake her own, she said.

Macarons are a cookie that requires perfect timing to be baked correctly, Robishaw said, as she whipped a bowl of meringue on her kitchen counter. She baked five batches of failed macarons before she successfully made some for her wedding ceremony, Robishaw said. Guests at the wedding loved the cookies and asked her to make them as gifts, she said, and from there Robishaw began making macarons professionally, she said.

Curious customers who would like to know where the name for her cottage business was derived will get a romantic answer.

Robishaw said it comes from a statement her husband says to her regularly, that he loves her “without measure.”

“When I get really stressed out, I blame him,” Robishaw said with a jovial laugh.

Robishaw began baking macarons in a single oven one tray at a time while the couple lived in a mobile home, she said. So, when the Robishaw family designed their current home, the kitchen was built with a spacious kitchen complete with double ovens to allow for time efficient macaron baking, she said.

Some county residents may have seen or purchased her confections at the biannual Picayune Main Street Street Festival, where Robishaw sells 6,000 cookies during the two-day event. But they may not know how long it takes to make them. She said that in order to make a batch of 150 cookies, it takes Robishaw and her assistant baker Kayla Raybon two to three hours, she said.

Macarons begin with carefully weighed ingredients—almond flour, powdered sugar, egg whites, and water, she said. The water sugar mixture is heated. Then Robishaw beats the egg whites and adds the sugar, she said. After the meringue is created, she folds it in with almond flour, she said.

The meringue has to be folded without eliminating too much air.

It’s a tricky process that can go from cookie dough to ruin during any step.

After the batter cools, Robishaw pipes the dough using a guide to ensure every cookie is uniformly sized, she said. The cookie pan resounds with a bang as Robishaw slams it against the kitchen counter to eliminate air pockets from the perfectly piped cookies.

As she began baking cookies professionally, Robishaw returned to Paris to take a one-day master class in macaron making, she said, where she improved her piping technique.

The cookies are finished baking after only 15 minutes in the oven.

After the cookies cool, Robishaw sorts through a tray of colored cookies to pair them with an equally sized match. That step is crucial to ensure the finished cookie sandwich is symmetrical.

“People don’t want to spend money on something that’s not perfect,” she said.

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Robishaw also makes the filling for her cookies—flavored pastry creams that are not too sweet, she said. Robishaw constantly creates new flavors for her cookies, from Earl Grey cookies with a honey lemon filling to caramel popcorn cookies with bourbon pecan filling, she said. When she began selling cookies, Robishaw wanted to make traditional Parisian flavors, but said customers in this area are not interested

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in pistachio or lavender macarons, so she experimented with cereal themed flavors for an American palate. Fruity pebbles, s’mores and birthday cake are a few of the macaron flavors she makes to appeal to her customers, Robishaw said.

When the cookies are completed, they spend the night in the fridge to keep them from drying out, she said. Macarons will stay fresh for one to two weeks when

refrigerated and for three months frozen.

Robishaw mostly sells her cookies at farmers markets throughout the area, including Picayune, Poplarville and Hattiesburg and takes cookie orders for holidays and birthdays.

Robishaw can be reached through email at WithoutMeasureMacarons@ gmail.com, or via Facebook at facebook. com/WithoutMeasureMacarons.

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ROTARY CLUB OF PICAYUNE FISHING RODEO Members of the Rotary Club of Picayune and community volunteers spent the day helping handicapped children enjoy a day of fishing.

1. From left are Caleb Palmer and Aubrey Metzler.

2. From left are Lorri Stockstill, Brandon Rhodes, Dawn Lambert and Bruce Kammer.

3. From left are Serena Stetcu, David Holguin Saavedra and Chawin Butdisuwan.

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PICAYUNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MORNING CALL

Members of the Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce gathered at Italian Grill to enjoy networking and breakfast.

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5. From left are Duey Entrekin, Katie Breland and Marlana Barousse.

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COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP EVENT Community members from across Pearl River County gathered at Crosby Commons in Picayune to kickoff an annual county-wide cleanup event.

1. From left are Addi Cage, Kaitlyn Smith, Cheyenne Burke, Noel Lunsford, Kai Parker, Ragia Henderson, Elijah Lowe, Conner Lowe, Ashley Lowe and Landon Lowe.

2. From left are Ashlyn Wilson, Holly Falls, Joshua Murphy.

3. From left are Kagan McCurnin, Carolyne Ouder, Bryan May, Myah Harper.

4. From left are VFW Post 3804 Ronnie Stogner, Roland Lee, Arnold Gipson, Ronnie Lowe-Commander and Morgan Bennett.

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By JEREM Y PIT TARI

BIANNUAL STREET FESTIVAL

Picayune Main Street’s biannual Street Festival draws large crowds each time it is held along the streets of Picayune.

1. From left are Meacham Harlow and Travis Wienke dressed as Smokey the Bear.

2. From left are Carmine Buras, Jim Howell and Waylan Buras.

3. From front clockwise left are Jeremy, Ema and Jessica Lamonte.

4. From left are Pepples the pup and Trinity, Harley, Jolie and Drew Holcomb.

5. From left are Cheryl Mitchell and Beth Boquet.

6. From left are Wesley, Allison, Ryan, Emery and Chord Stockstill.

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PICAYUNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JUST FOR FUN LUNCH Members of the Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce attended a Just for Fun Lunch at Paul’s Pastry.

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1. From left are Sherri Thigpen and Laci Brunson.

2. From left are Mike Irby, Alana Campo and Debbie Sharff.

3. From left are Ashleigh Reece, Lisa Critchfield, Angie Brehm, Kirk Exnicious, Kristine Gurley and Steven Moses.

Pearl River County Arts League annual Arts Show

Various forms of art were submitted for a showing by the PRC Arts League, which drew attendance from the community.

4. From left are Cynthia Munster, Nancy Bounds and Sandy Shaw.

5. From left are Karen Wildenfels and Christine Bandera.

6. From left are Randy Fletcher and Larry Hooper.

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OUT & ABOUT

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BLUE KNIGHTS MS CHAPTER IX SPRING RIDE

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Members of the local Blue Knights chapter enjoyed a day of good weather to partake in the law enforcement motorcycle club’s annual spring ride.

1. From left are Albert Lee, David Allison, Glenn Gilmore and Hal Morris.

2. From left are Glen Hebert, Bruce Scarborough, Michelle Bellanger and Troy Bellanger.

3. From left are Lorrie Werden-Barnes, Gloria Necaise and Cary Byrd.

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STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM AT CROSBY ARBORETUM

The public turned out to enjoy strawberries and ice cream at the Crosby Arboretum as part of the attraction’s annual celebration of its history as a strawberry farm.

1. From left in the back row are Michael and Michelle Hays and in the front row are Charlotte McCall, Amelia McCall and Anna Hayes.

2. From left are Marilyn and Larry Vandergriff.

3. From left are Katherine Furr and Sadie Gilliand.

4. From left are Adriana, Brielle and Rocky Duckworth.

5. From left are Therese, Zelie, Bernadette and Bryan Massery.

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HIGHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL’S TIME OUT FOR KIDS Community members took advantage of an event held at the local hospital to help them provide safer activities and lives for children.

1. From left are Amber, Zayden and John King.

2. From left are Aubrey Ray, Debony Richardson and Xander Richardson.

3. From left are Michelle Jones and June Rose Jones.

MAYOR’S PRAYER BREAKFAST

Community members attended the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, held at the Link in Picayune, for breakfast and fellowhip.

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4. From left are Kaleb Reybon Mike Reybon.

5. From left are Gladys Cruz and Russell Foster.

6. From left are Ola Robinson and Gwen Williams.

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Theresa Milar I’ve called Picayune home for more than 40 years. One of my roles with the Picayune Police Department is being a community coordinator. This job allows me to help our entire community, from the young to the elderly.

Our community rallies together to help everyone. We have the most caring people here in Picayune.

If I ever need anything for a sick child, a person going through cancer and chemotherapy, a family that experienced a fire, snacks for Buddy Ball, or donations for the Picayune Police Department Summer Camp, all I have to do is ask.

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I get to go to the elementary schools within Picayune and talk to the students about a variety of topics. All the students call me the “Popcorn Lady” because I bring popcorn for their field days and fun days.

I love having a connection with these kids. They all know if they see something that’s not right, or if they need something, they can ask me or another police officer.

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These are just a few things I love about Picayune. I happen is my reward for the work I invest in the camp. love everything about our community and count myself Each year we have about 50 campers, 15 youth as blessed to call Picayune home. volunteers and about 15 adults at the camp. This camp has lasted 17 years due to the overwhelming community support, so I would like to thank each and every individual, business and organization that has donated to the camp.

I also work with the elderly in our community.

Within Picayune we have several assisted living facilities that allow me to discuss safety issues with the residents. Speaking with those residents also allows me to share information concerning health, and ways to find assistance in securing food for those in need.

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Each resident at BeeHive Homes is given an We would encourage you to contact a BeeHive assessment at the time they move in and then Home today and discuss our assisted living again periodically as assistance requirements and memory care services. might change. We do take pride in knowing we have created an environment that allows

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