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Home, Garden and Lifestyle around Mississippi 10
Event Calendar
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Wishlist
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Meet the Moorheads: The Home Team
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Is It Time for Your New Fall Routine?
Made in Mississippi: Cotton District Cookies
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Taste & Toast
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WIth These Hands: Homemade Tailgating Light
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Game Day Fashion
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The Perfect Gameday Cocktail
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One of Six: Ulysses S. Grant Library Continues to Grow
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September Events Brunch and Browse Enjoy special shopping and dining hours with participating shops and resturants in Starkville. Every Sunday after MSU home football games 11a.m.-3p.m.
MSU Lyceum Series Event Offers exposure to the talents of national artists in a variety of performance areas, ranging from music to drama to dance. September 11, 7-9p.m.
Art in Public Places Come see the Absract Show Reception at the Greater Starkville Development Partnership September 13, 5:30-7:30p.m.
Possum Town Tales Storytelling Come hear both local and internationally known professional storytellers who will entertain and inspire audiences of all ages. . Come explore the power of stories and the places they can transport you. For info, check out www.cloumbus-arts. org/events September 20-22, all day
The Greatest Run on Earth Hosted by the T.K. Martin Center at Mississippi State University, proceeds from the event will support the center’s Project IMPACT early intervention preschool program for children with special needs. For more information, visit www.tkmartin.msstate.edu. September 21, 6p.m.
Bulldog Bash The largest free outdoor concert in Mississippi! Visit msubulldogbash.com/ for more information about showtimes and location. September 28, all day
Upcoming October Events October 11th-12th: MSU Fall Break October 13th: Art in the Park October 18th-21st: Writer’s Retreat with the Homestead Center
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Raymond James
Proud ly Congratulates
Named Forbes 2018 Best-In-State Wealth Advisors* Named Forbes 2017 & 2018 Top 200 Women Wealth Advisors** Named Barron’s 2015-2018 Top 1200 Financial Advisors***
Lynn Phillips-Gaines CFP®, CLTC
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Meet the
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I
f you live around Starkville, you may know by now, the Mississippi State football team has a new head coach this year. In fact, you might even know that coach’s name. Yes, most Bulldog fans already know about Joe Moorhead and how he mobilized a record-setting offense at Penn State before he came to coach in Starkville. Yet, even though Moorhead came to Starkville to coach the Bulldogs, he brought his own team with him. When Moorhead came to Starkville, by his side was his wife Jen Moorhead, his 17-year-old daughter Kyra, his 15-year-old son Mason and his 11-year-old son Donovan: Moorhead’s home team— the team that has stood by his side throughout all of the coaching jobs. But before there was a “Team Moorhead,” there was Jen and Joe in bar in Pittsburgh. Jen recalls meeting Joe for the first time at the bar. “He was tall,” Jen said. “He was very tall.” Jen also remembers Joe’s distinctive style, which has remained a signature look. “He wears long-sleeved shirts underneath short-sleeved shirts,” Jen Moorhead said. “And he had a long-sleeved shirt on with a green polo shirt.” Jen had just graduated from Edinboro University with an education degree to teach French, and Joe was still aspiring to play professional football. Yet, Joe’s career as a quarterback came to an end when he got cut from the Milwaukee Mustangs arena camp, so he decided to pursue a career as a sportswriter.
“He got a job writing for a paper in Ohio, near Youngstown, Ohio,” Jen said. But the Moorheads weren’t in Youngstown for long. “We were only there for a summer,” Jen said. “And then we got the call from Pitt.” The University of Pittsburgh asked Joe to coach football as a graduate assistant, so Joe packed his bags to head back to Pennsylvania. “He literally went the next day to their camp, and that’s when it all started,” Jen said of Joe’s coaching career. Jen and Joe were planning their November wedding when Joe was offered the coaching position at Pittsburgh. November is during football season. “We planned our wedding before he started in this whole profession,” Jen said. “And we kind of already had everything planned…our parents were paying for it.” The deposits had been made, and the plans were set. The two were married on Nov. 6, 1999 in Greensburg, PA. “Then, the next day, we opened presents and he went to work,” Jen laughed. “So we had no honeymoon.” As Joe progressed in his coaching career, his family also grew.When Joe coached a Georgetown University, Kyra and Mason were both born and while Joe coached for the University of Akron, Donovan was born. Since Ohio, the Moorheads have lived in Connectcut, Greenwich Village, NY, State College, PA, and now, Starkville, MS. A dog named Minnie and a cat named Molly have also joined the Moorheads in Starkville.
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STARKVILLE, MS The Moorhead’s move to Starkville was their first time moving to the South. Town & Gown sat down with Joe’s family to talk about the move. “I feel like this has been the easiest transition,” Jen said. “I have a good group of friends right now,” Kyra agreed. “I think it’s just easier when everyone already knows who you are going into it.” But Kyra wasn’t used to the attention she received from Bulldog fans when Joe became the coach. “I opened my phone the next morning, and like 600 people had followed me on Instagram,” Kyra laughed. Along with the attention, other aspects of the South require adaptation. “I think it’s different,” Kyra said. “Like, riding down the road with the windows down and everyone singing country music. That, like, baffles me.” Kyra’s friends are trying to teach her more country songs, though, and she said she is learning. “They’re trying to educate me,” Kyra said of her friends. “It’s getting there.” Donovan also thinks the South is different.For example, Donovan has taken note of the change in geography. “There’s more lakes here,” Donovan said, which sent Kyra and Jen into a fit of laughter. “What the heck?” Kyra said as she laughed, but Donovan’s lake comment reminded her of another notable difference. “The humidity,” Kyra exclaimed. “I hate the humidity!” “Yeah,” Jen agreed. “The humidity. And we heard it hasn’t even been that bad yet.” “My hair does not appreciate it,” Kyra added. Mason agreed that the South is hotter and more humid. “Yeah, how hot it is,” Mason chimed in. Despite the humidity, Kyra said she enjoys the warmer weather the South has to offer. “I like how it’s warm here all the time,” Kyra said. “That makes me happy, because I hate the cold.”
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Kyra said she is also still adjusting to people’s accents. “Sometimes I just don’t know what anyone is saying,” Kyra said. “It’s actually really funny.” The Moorheads also miss Italian food, which is their favorite kind of food. “The only food we miss is Italian,” Jen said. “Good Italian food.” Donovan misses breadsticks, as he could be heard quietly adding “breadsticks” in the background. Jen said she misses pizza more than anything. “Oh, I miss Italian so much,” Kyra agreed. “We’re just used to it.” “We used to live outside New York City, and there was a Little Italy in the Bronx,” Jen explained. “And my motherin-law is Italian, so she makes a pretty good red sauce.” Even though the Moorheads haven’t found a solution to their Italian cravings, they have enjoyed southern cuisine. Aside from Kyra, the Moorhead family enjoys southern barbecue.“The barbecue’s really good,” Mason said. “The food’s good down here.” “I’m a vegetarian,” Kyra explained. “Minus Chick-fil-A,” Mason added. “Minus Chick-fil-A,” Kyra agreed. “I eat Chickfil-A.” “I wouldn’t say she’s a vegetarian,” Jen said. Kyra laughed. “I’m a selective vegetarian,” Kyra amended. “She’s a picky eater,” Jen concluded. “That’s more like it.” Even though Kyra doesn’t eat the barbecue, she does like southern mac ’n cheese and City Bagel Cafe. “She lives on the asiago cheese bagels from City Bagel,” Jen said of Kyra. Donovan also likes the burgers Starkville has to offer. “There’s good burgers,” Donovan said. “Bulldog Burger is the best.” Overall, though, Jen doesn’t think Starkville is that different from anywhere else the Moorheads have lived, especially considering State College, PA. “I think they’re both actually pretty similar,” Jen said. “They’re small towns that built around the university.” “I just think people are nicer here,” Kyra said. Kyra and Mason attend Starkville High School, and Donovan attends Armstrong Middle School. After school, Mason and Donovan have football practice. Unsurprisingly, football takes up a good portion of the Moorhead family’s time.
Mason is on the offensive line for the Starkville Yellow Jackets, and Donovan, like his dad, is a quarterback. Both Mason and Donovan have played football for the majority of their lives. Kyra plays golf for the Yellow Jackets, but she also enjoys football, especially watching it. “I’m all for it,” Kyra said. “We love football. ”Football is more than a hobby for Kyra, though. She hopes to incorporate football into her future by becoming a sports agent. “She figured she knows a lot about it,” Jen joked. “More than the average person,” Kyra agreed. Kyra is currently interning at the recruiting department at MSU. Outside of football, though, the Moorhead family seems to enjoy doing anything where they are spending time together— whether that be watching Big Brother together, going out to eat or spending time at home. The Moorheads also have annual family traditions. Every year, the family goes to Kennywood Amusement Park and a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. “No matter where we’ve lived, we do those two things every summer,” Jen said. The importance of family was evident in the Moorheads’ lives throughout the conversation. Their highlight of family is possibly why they have enjoyed the South so far. Jen and Kyra especially appreciate the southern hospitality of Starkville. “I think everyone’s super friendly and nice,” Jen said. “Everyone goes out of their way to genuinely make us feel welcome,” Kyra reflected. “That made a really big difference when we got here and still continues to.” Now, the Moorhead team has joined a bigger family as the Bulldogs welcome them to their Starkville home.
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Is It Time For Your New Fall Routine? Written By: Katie Langley, PT, PMA-CPT of Therapeutic Pilates, LLC
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’ve recently had several clients say they’re “past ready” for Fall so that they can get back into a routine. Most of us thrive on a schedule - we simply feel more in control and productive when we have a game plan for all the demands of our day.
What about you? Does your Fall routine have you feeling energized and whole, or like you’re burning the wick at both ends? Are you always rushed? Does your body ache and feel exhausted? Will you ever feel “caught up”? When will you have time to exercise? Anyone who’s lived the “too busy all the time” lifestyle can tell you that it’s MISERABLE. It’s like being a prisoner of your own design, or perhaps, lack of design! And quite honestly, it’s just not healthy. So what’s the answer? There are only so many hours in each day. There’s only one you. And, despite what it may seem, you are the only one who can choose to use your hours differently. Making the decision to be less busy is a good start, but unless there’s action on the decision, little will change. One suggestion is to become clear about your priorities and creative with your to-do list. What do you value most, and does your daily experience reflect those values? For example, if you value being productive at work, as well as being a loving, present, and patient person, what’s getting in the way? If being over-scheduled is a problem, which responsibilities can you delegate or release? When we make conscious choices about our schedule, based on what’s most important to us, we empower ourselves for success. Given our many responsibilities, so many of us feel like we’re doing a continual balancing act. The good news is, we don’t have to do this alone! One wise strategy for lowering stress and increasing productivity is to create a mutually supportive tribe to cheer each other on and share the load. For example, by finding other mothers to share carpool responsibilities we might have 45 minutes to exercise or do Bible study. By being in a group that has healthy boundaries, we realize we can stop trying to please everyone. By creating a group challenge to put a daily time limit on social media use, we gain time to invest in ourself and our health. In my private practice, Therapeutic Pilates, LLC, I encourage clients to prioritize their own health. You’ll be amazed at how empowering and rejuvenating it can be when you set aside time exclusively to enhance your own wellbeing by learning strategies to move better. I love helping my clients live a healthy, active life so they can climb mountains, whether they’re figurative or literal. So, this Fall when you find yourself in an “always busy” routine, PAUSE. Are you truly taking care of yourself when you’re ALWAYS busy?
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Made in Mississippi
Cotton District Cookies Article by Mary Rumore • Photos by Bryant Chaffin
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ost people wouldn't expect a chemical engineering major at Mississippi State University to spend her days baking and decorating cookies, however that's exactly how Caroline Lightsey, founder of Cotton District Cookies, spends her time. The Laurel native's love for cooking, and science, began at an early age. "I have enjoyed being in the kitchen even since my grandmother made my first apron with orange polkadots," she said. "I was blessed to have parents and grandparents who, instead of distracting me with toys or television, invited me into their workspace— be it the kitchen, the business, the sewing room or the garden—to teach me how to work safely. From the time I was three, I was given small tasks like scrambling eggs or sifting flour to help with meals." In fifth grade, Lightsey tore her ACL and was not able to have it repaired for years. Because sports were no longer an option, she spent her afternoons watching Food Network and baking with anything she could find and her nights watching her youth minister's wife bake cakes. When she 28 | TOWNANDGOWNMAGAZINE.COM
asked Lightsey to take a baking class with her, Lightsey gladly accepted. "Since then, I have continued to bake for friends and family all while chasing my dream of a career in healthcare," Lightsey said. After graduating college in 2015, Lightsey moved to Jackson and worked part time in a retail store and nannied for two families. In 2016, she applied for an accelerated nursing program, but wasn't accepted, so she began working at a medical clinic to gain healthcare experience. Nine months later, Lightsey applied for the engineering program at MSU and moved to Birmingham to save money for school. While in Birmingham, she worked for Execusuites where she said she was surrounded by people who encouraged her daily. She wrote down all their encouragements on sticky notes, which inspired her to begin Cotton District Cookies. "The sticky note collection eventually led to the idea of Cotton District Cookies in May of this year," she said. "My goal was to provide a way for people to send encouragement to others, and the best route to do so is through my first love, baking. Cotton DisSeptember 2018 | 29
trict Cookies provides just that. I see daily the joy it brings to the recipient of the delivery, but also the joy it brings to the giver as well." Cotton District Cookies offers decorated sugar cookies, thumbprint cookies, chocolate chip cookies and custom cakes. Lightsey said, while baking, she follows recipes exactly, using a rolling pin or ice cream scoop as a guide to make sure each cookie is the same size or thickness. "The only instruction I divert from is a timer," she said. "Instead, I wait until I can smell the cookies or cake, then I take them out." After the cookies or cake has cooled completely, Lightsey decorates them with royal icing on cookies or flavored buttercream on cakes. Lightsey said her favorite part of baking is that everything she uses has been handed down to her from her friends and family. "This is my favorite part of baking," she said. "It is a constant reminder that none of this would be possible if it weren't for the people who have helped me along the way. I feel like I'm making those people proud with every batch or cake I bake.� Cotton District Cookies also offers classes for adults as children for parties and events, as well as fundraisers.
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Taste & Toast
Blueberry Siracha BBQ Ingredients 1 Rack Cooked Pork Ribs 1 1/2 cups Fresh/ frozen Blueberries 1/4 cup Honey 1/4 cup Ketchup 1/4 cup of Worcestershire Sauce ¼ cup Sugar 1/4 cup of Sriracha
Directions Grill, smoke or bake your ribs as you normally would. In skillet, add in your ingredients. Cook on medium heat, smashing the blueberries as it gets hotter. Stir well and taste. Add more sugar should you need to. Cook for about 15 minutes. Turn off heat. Sauce should be fairly thick like a syrup. Coat your ribs with your sauce and serve.
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Twice Baked Sweet Potato BBQ Chicken Bites
Ingredients One Bag of Baby Potatoes Kyvan Sweet Potato BBQ Sauce Salt & Pepper to taste 1/2 - 1 cup Sour Cream 1/2 cup of Shredded Cheddar 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts 3 tablespoons Kyvan Dry BBQ Rub 2 tablespoons Butter Micro Greens
Directions In a meduim size pot of water, bring the baby potatoes to a boil then reduce to meduim heat. Cook for twenty minutes until potatoes are tender. Remove potatoes from water and allow them to cool. Once cool, slice the potatoes in half and use a spoon to scoop out the insides of the potatoes. Place what you scoop out into a bowl. Add in sour cream, salt, pepper, cheese and mix well. Should be thick and creamy. If dry or too chunky, add in more sour cream. Set potato mixture aside. In skillet on medium heat, cook your chicken breasts with dry bbq rub and butter. Cook breasts until done. Allow to cool once removing from heat and then shred the chicken. Coat the shredded chicken with 1/2 cup or 1 cup of bbq sauce. Line the potato skins on a baking sheet and scoop in a spoonful of the potato mixture. Top with shredded cheese and a half a spoonful of chicken. Place in oven and bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve hot and fresh but also perfect at room temperature. Add garnish of microgreens. September 2018 | 35
BBQ Chicken Sliders with Pimento Cheese, Fried Green Tomato & Apple Slaw
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Ingredients
Directions
Boneless skinless chicken breast Kyvan Dry BBQ Rub 2-4 pats of butter Kyvan Sweet Potato BBQ Sauce Slider buns Pimento Cheese
Sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts with bbq dry rub and place in skillet on meduim heat with butter. Cook until chicken is completely done. Remove from heat and shred the chicken. Drizzle the Kyvan Sweet Potato BBQ Sauce over the shredded chicken.
Apple Slaw 1 cup shredded cabbage 1/2 cup of thinly sliced GrannySmith apples 2-3 tbsp mayo 1/2 tsp of sugar 1/2-1 tbsp of vinegar
Fried Green Tomatoes Green Tomatoes, sliced Kyvan BBQ Dry rub 1 Cup Corn Meal 3 tablespoons flour Vegetable oil
In bowl, place your shredded cabbage, apples, mayo, sugar and vinegar and mix well. The mixture should not be runny. If runny, add in more shredded cabbage. Refrigerate until ready to assemble sliders. Pour 2 cups of vegetable oil into your skillet on medium high heat. Allow it to get hot. In bowl, mix corn meal, flour and dry rub together. Rinse your sliced tomatoes and then coat in your dry mixture. Place in the hot oil and fry on both sides until golden. Remove and pat with clean paper towel to remove excess oil. Line your bottom slider buns on baking sheet. Top with bbq shredded chicken and then your pimento cheese. Place in oven at 450 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and top the sliders with fried green tomato and apple slaw. Top with bun and serve warm.
Note * I used Kyvan sauces for these recipes, the brand was founded by former MSU footballer and now retired NFL player, Reggie Kelly. He has been featured in previous issues of Town and Gown along with his family that are originally from Ackerman or Aberdeen. The products are available at walmart and vowells here. September 2018 | 37
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With These Hands
Article and photos by Amy Myers
Lighted Tailgate Sign
Make your tailgate stand out, with this lighted sign! There are several ways to create a sign like this. I opted for the easiest, least expensive method, using items I already had on-hand.
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Step 1: After painting the canvas, I decided to make the word “State� stand out, before cutting holes for the letters.
Step 2: VERY carefully, use a box cutter or scissors to cut tiny holes, for each light to poke through (you can also use a nail).
Step 3: Insert each light into the hole.
Additional tip: To hang the sign, the light kit will need to be secured. Cut foam or backer board to fit the canvas, and paint it. Glue Velcro to canvas and board. Place the light kit inside the canvas. Then place the board on the back, to keep the light kit from falling out.
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Game Day Fashion
Hunter Hart Photography • Saxon Cam Photography Clothes provided by The Lodge • Hair and make-up by Taylor Vickers
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Bourbon and Coke Recipe by Brian Kelley • Co-Owner Ear Local Starkville
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ootball season is here and that has me thinking about the tried and true combination of bourbon and coke. You all already know how to make your version of the perfect bourbon and coke and this is a cocktail column, so we will elevate this one with a trick most of us learned as kids growing up in the south. You can also ask for a great version of this cocktail at Ollie Irene Restaurant in Birmingham. I vividly recall pouring a package of roasted and salted peanuts into a bottle of ice cold Coca-Cola. The saltiness of the peanuts mixed with the sweetness of the Coca-Cola will send you straight down memory lane, mine being the passenger seat of an old light blue Ford F150 with my dad behind the wheel heading to a fishing hole. Cheers!
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One of Six: Ulysses S. Grant Library Continues to Grow
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Written by Charlie Benton • Photos by Mary Rumore
major resource for Civil War history is located on the Mississippi State University campus in the Mitchell Memorial Library, and it's one of only six of its kind in the country. The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library as located on the fourth floor of Mitchell, and houses Grant’s papers, along with a large number of other artifacts from his presidency and before. The Grant Library also houses the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, which is the largest privately owned Abraham Lincoln collection in the world. The Lincoln collection was donated to MSU by Retired Rhode Island Chief Justice The Grant Library opened in November 2017, with much fanfare. The facility occupies an addition to Mitchell completed prior to the grand opening. With the Grant Library, MSU has become one of six universities housing a presidential library on its campus. “We’ve been very pleased with the response we’ve had from the general public in terms of coming in and seeing the exhibits,” said Associate Dean for University Libraries Stephen Cunetto. “To date, we’ve had over 6,000 people that have come through the museum. We’re very excited about that number, very pleased with that number, and we certainly want to see that continue to grow, and we’re looking forward to seeing more people, not only from the Starkville area, but around the state and around the country coming into the museums.” “It's been quiet lately because the university's quiet, but at the end of let year and times when people come to visit the campus, a number of people come in and tour and look at the films," said Grant Association Executive Director and 62 | TOWNANDGOWNMAGAZINE.COM
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Managing Editor and MSU professor emeritus of History John Marszalek. "We had some classes come in to see what we have, so it's been going well." Cunetto said many school groups, some from as far away as Colorado had visited the library. He also said the library had hosted the annual meeting of the Ulysses S. Grant Association in the spring to rave reviews. “We had probably 80 people here from around the country that are part of the association, and that included about 10 descendants of Grant, and they did a session on how it was growing up as a Grant Descendant, but they were very pleased with what they saw,” Cunetto said. Cunetto said Grant descendants were continuing to give materials and artifacts to the library. "This gives us an opportunity to add to our collections," Marszalek said. "There have been some wonderful things that have been donated, so that's really an important thing too, I think." Closer to home, Cunetto said the Library was becoming a resource for the campus and Starkville communities. He also said scholars were making trips to the library for academic purposes. “All the (MSU library) faculty and staff have been very involved in bringing these collections here, and involved in the development of the collections, housing the collections and making everything available,” Cunetto said. “I think we’re all very proud to have it here. I know I am. I feel very fortunate that I’ve been able to work on this project with the development of the new facility, and bringing the collections here, and certainly very happy to be able to work with Judge Williams and his wife, Virginia to bring their collection here, as well.” The Grant Library plans to rotate its exhibits with time to ensure more artifacts are displayed. Marszalek said he was amazed to see how far the Grant Library had come since the papers arrived at MSU from Southern Illinois University in December 2008. The move to MSU followed the death of longtime Grant Association Executive Director John Y. Simon and the appointment of Marszalek as executive director. "I like to talk about how it's a dream come true, you know," Marszalek said. "I have to pinch myself every once in a while to make sure that I'm seeing what I'm seeing. The Grant Library is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. saturdays. The library is closed on Sundays. For more information, the Grant Library can be contacted at 662-325-4552.
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