october 13, 2011

By KATIE EUBANKSSun Staff Writer

AFTER A DECADE OF controversy,Madison County officials are still trying topush a proposed landfill through the permittingprocess.

Jim McNaughton, general manager of thecounty’s solid waste management authorityrecently gave the Madison County Board ofSupervisors a short update on the landfill.Landowner Mark Bilberry wants to put thefacility on North County Line Road - rightnext to the “Little Dixie” landfill, which report-edly has about 15 years of life left.

McNaughton said there had been “lots offeedback” between Bilberry and theMississippi Department of EnvironmentalQuality (MDEQ), but that was typical for aproposed landfill.

“When will we get our hands on a permit?”asked District 2 Supervisor and BoardPresident Tim Johnson.

McNaughton said he’d learned not to try toanswer that question.

In fact, it’s far from certain that the MDEQwill even give Bilberry a permit. In a letterdated May 20, an attorney representing MDEQtold Bilberry that the department would notrecommend approval of his permit applicationunless he increased the proposed setback dis-tance between the waste disposal area andneighboring property lines.

The current proposed distance is 250 feet,but the state’s solid waste regulations require atleast 500 feet except when there is adequatescreening between properties.

And when the Mississippi Commission onEnvironmental Quality approved MadisonCounty’s solid waste management plan in2005, the commission “expressly requested”that the MDEQ permit board consider increas-ing the setback distance for the Bilberry land-fill beyond 500 feet.

Some have interpreted the commission’s“request” to the permit board as more of acommand, McNaughton told the board ofsupervisors. Shortly thereafter, in a 3-2 vote,supervisors authorized board attorney EricHamer to help Bilberry and his company getthrough the permitting process.

Supervisors John Bell Crosby and D.I. Smithvoted against the move. Smith has oftenexpressed opposition to the additional landfill

See Madison Landfill, 1A

Supervisorsattempt to pushlandfill throughpermit process

Baptist project

POTPOURRI

First Presbyterian fund-raiser planned

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CONSTRUCTION is expected to beginthis month on a project that will bring neweconomic development to the Belhavencommunity.

Baptist Health Systems is planning toget started on a $45 million mixed-usedevelopment that will be bordered byNorth State Street and Poplar Boulevard.

Baptist’s Director of CommunicationsRobby Channell said a ribbon cutting willlikely be held to mark the beginning of

construction, but didn’t say when exactlythe event would take place.

The development will include a180,000-square-foot medical office andretail complex and adjoining parkinggarage.

Baptist officials had hoped to get startedon the project in September, but held offuntil businesses in the area could relocate.The property is located across fromBaptist’s main campus in downtownJackson. It was home to the Pizza Shack,Keifer’s and KFC. The Pizza Shack and

Keifer’s have relocated to make way forconstruction.

It was unclear if the KFC had moved orclosed altogether.

Plans are for the first floor of the devel-opment to feature retail and restaurantspace. Because of the grading of the prop-erty, there will also be a small “daylightbasement” that will be set aside for restau-rant space.

The remaining floors will be used formedical office tenants.

See Baptist Project, Page 9A

First Presbyterian Day School (FPDS) will present its annual fund-raiser, Holiday Potpourri, October 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in thehome of Kim and Michael Nichols, 4203 Eastover Pl. Celebratingits 37th year, Holiday Potpourri will offer holiday decorations, gifts,and ideas plus music by FPDS strings and choir. Returning thisyear to Holiday Potpourri are Bountiful Bakery, Garden Gallery,

Silent Auction, and the Tasting Tea. Tickets may be purchased for$5 each. For more information, please call 601.355.1731 or visitwww.fpds.org. Shown are (from left, standing) Michael Nichols;Eliza and Maddy Mazzaferro, grandchildren of featured artist LucyMazzaferro; Gary Herring, headmaster; (seated) Kim Nichols andDeanna Blackledge.

A GRANDIOSE proposal to transformthe Arts Center of Mississippi into adowntown mecca for the arts has tem-porarily been shelved.

More than three years after the planwas first presented by architects to theJackson City Council, arts leaders haveput the plans on hold.

Even though the project has yet tocome to fruition, the center continues tobe a popular, well-used destination for thehumanities.

Janet Scott, executive director of theGreater Jackson Arts Council, said thereis a two-fold reason that plans were puton the back burner.

At the time, too many projects werealready under way downtown. The FarishStreet Redevelopment Project was still inthe early phases and the MississippiMuseum of Art had just relocated fromthe arts center to a new spot behind it.

Work was also under way on theJackson Convention Complex.

The other issue was money. The proj-ect, in fall 2008, was estimated to costbetween $90 and $100 million, a cost thatScott believes has increased since.

“We definitely are planning to expandin the future,” she said, adding that plans“will have to be revisited before we makea decision about what we want to do.”

The arts center has definitely not takena back seat for those who participate inthe arts.

Today, the center is home to ninegroups, including the arts council, BalletMississippi, the International BalletCompetition, the Mississippi SymphonyOrchestra, the Mississippi Opera, VSAMississippi, the Mississippi JazzAssociation, Crossroads Film Festivaland the International Museum of MuslimCultures.

And even with the art museum movingout, the center is still used for exhibitions.

“We probably have 18 exhibits a year,” See Arts Center, Page 10A

Work should start this month on Belhaven development

ARTS CENTERREDESIGN ON HOLD BUT CENTER STILL HOME TO STATE’S MAJOR ARTS GROUPS

Photo by Beth B

uckley

Renovation plans are on hold for the arts center

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a conversation withMayo Flynt on new RedBlue PAC

There’s a new group to support the inter-ests of Ole Miss and the University ofMississippi Medical Center. It’s called theRedBlue Political Action Committee(RedBlue PAC) and it’s being led byChairman Mayo Flynt. Flynt, an Ole Missgraduate himself, and his wife Renee havetwo daughters, Sarah, a student at BelmontUniversity, and Olivia, an eighth-grader atJackson Prep.

Flynt spoke to Sun Staff Writer AnthonyWarren about the group and its plans toback the university and hospital. Flynt is aNorthsider.

What will the PAC do?“RedBlue PAC will work with legislators

and policy makers on issues important toOle Miss. We also want to support policymakers that are interested in the school andissues important to the university and med-ical center.”

What are some of those issues?“Going forward, funding will be a major

issue for all universities involved in highereducation. We also want to make sure thatOle Miss has a voice in public policy discus-sions.”

Is that voice lacking so far?“I don’t know if I would say it’s been

lacking. Forming a political action commit-tee to look out for a university’s interests isnot unusual. There are PACs associated withuniversities around the country, and they’resomething that has evolved over time.”

Is RedBlue PAC modeled after anyother political action committee? And arethere any other PACs in the state?

“The only other one that I know of isBully Bloc, which was formed by alumni ofMississippi State University. There may besome others, but I’m not aware of them. Weare not modeled after any other PAC in par-ticular. We are just getting organized, so thisis an opportunity for us to establish our ownrules of operation. We’ll be doing that overthe next several weeks.”

In terms of organizing, what will haveto be done initially?

“We’ll need to draw up by-laws and talkabout the functions of the PAC and thethings we’ll work on. We have a very goodboard of directors that I’m proud of, adiverse group of people in terms of geogra-phy, gender and race, and we feel we’ll beable to represent the interests of the OleMiss family from all over the state.”

Who are the board members?“I would direct you to RedBluePAC.com

and you can see for yourself.”

Have you been involved with PACsbefore? And why did you step up for thisrole?

“I’m also chairman of the AT&T PoliticalAction Committee, so I have experiencewith them. I felt this was a way for me toserve Ole Miss. Ole Miss has been a big partof my life and a big part of the success I’veenjoyed professionally. It’s also been a bigpart of the joy and good times I’ve had. OleMiss is important to me, and this was anarea where I thought I could give back.”

How is RedBlue PAC going to raisemoney?

“We’re reaching out to people in several

different ways. We’re sending initial e-mailsto a lot of the Ole Miss base, letting themknow that the PAC has been established, andare directing them to our Web site to find outmore information. That’s one way for us toget the message out about our organization.We’ll also have some meetings around thestate to talk to people and encourage them tobe supportive. I think there will be a lot ofpeople who will want to step up and help inthis effort.”

You mentioned earlier that funding forOle Miss was an issue. Has state fundingbeen cut for Ole Miss?

“I think it’s more a question of being surethat Ole Miss and the medical center arefunded. We are in challenging economictimes, but RedBlue PAC isn’t just aboutfunding. It’s also about being sure that aspolicies regarding education are beingreviewed and debated that Ole Miss has avoice and that the people in decision-makingroles are concerned about giving us a fairhearing.”

How exactly can RedBlue PAC get OleMiss involved in the conversation?

“Like any PAC, we will back candidatesfor office that support our issues. We’regoing to work to support people who sup-port Ole Miss.”

Will RedBlue PAC play a role in the2011 statewide elections?

“Since those elections are about a monthaway, we’ll probably be more active infuture elections. We’re just getting organizedright now.”

Who can get involved? I’m an MC See Mayo Flynt, Page 11A

“Like any PAC, we will

BACK CANDIDATESfor office that support our issues.

We’re going to workto support people who support

Ole Miss.”

AH, GLORIOUS OCTOBER inMississippi. Is there any finer weather in theworld?

April and October are simply spectacular inMississippi. I’d be hard pressed to tell youwhich one I enjoy more. And now daylightsavings time lasts all the way to November!

April has the burgeoning promise of newlife and summer fun. October has wistful joyof fall and the excitement of Halloween,Thanksgiving and Christmas.

This October has lived up to its billing withseemingly endless sunny, clear days.

My goal in October is to take the old sail-boat out, an increasingly challenging event topull off with schedules packed full of eventsand children’s activities.

I had a sail planned this past weekend, butit fell through minutes before my father-in-law Bob Knight called to tell us he was onhis way.

Bob aka “Night Train” is quite a character.Born and raised in Taylorsville, Miss., he hasnever met a stranger and is one of the mostspontaneous souls I’ve ever met.

At an early age, Bob developed a love forflying, which he still does professionally.Bob’s hijinks and exploits are legendaryacross the Mississippi landscape. His red-headed grandson Lawrence takes after him.

After many years and many tales, Bob’sreached a point in life where he lives day today and appreciates every moment. He isquick to laugh and full of humility and per-spective.

The next thing I knew, we had a multigen-erational crew at Sakura Bana: 14-year-oldJohn Emmerich, 13-year-old LawrenceEmmerich, Bob Knight and his wife Linda,Donna Knight and her 22-year-old sonConnell, who had just been admitted intoUMC medical school.

As the laughter and conversation flowed,we chowed down on raw fish. Who wouldhave figured sushi would be so popular inJackson? I marvelled at my company andhow I had watched each person at the tablegrow and develop over the last 20 years. Cantime really pass that fast? How could theselittle babies be adults? Where does the timego? How precious it all is.

After dinner, we joined Ginny at the JA-Prep game. We were immediately greeted bycherubic Ruth, face painted, smiling hugely,running this way and that with her adorablefriends. Everywhere around me were faces offriends and acquaintances.

At this point I must add the following note:If there is a greater concentration of beautifulwomen in the world than at the Prep-JAgame, I am not aware of it. We Mississippimen don’t realize how lucky we are.

Ole Miss was recently voted the “mostbeautiful” campus in the United States andsurely JA and Prep are huge contributors tothis status, so I bet my opinion on this matteris pretty accurate.

And the beauty on display is not simplyone of shape and form, but of style and effort.

Mississippi women simply have an elegantsense of beauty that accentuates everythingthey do. My hat is off to y’all.

Speaking of “y’all”: Please make an effortto avoid the disgusting Yankee phrase, “youguys.” I am simply amazed how often I hear“you guys” come out of the mouths of trueSoutherners who should know better. “Youguys” is something Guido in the Mafia wouldsay. I cringe every time I hear it.

In contrast, “y’all” is grammatically correct,structurally efficient, beautiful to the ear andgracefully Southern.

AFTER THE GAME, we sat in the back-yard at brother-in-law Terrell Knight’s housesoaking up the perfect temps and talking end-lessly. Saturday night, Ginny miraculouslywhipped up an impromptu dinner party at ourhouse. Dottie Cole, my mother-in-law, joinedus. As did Lucy Tucker, now a busy sopho-more at Ole Miss. Wasn’t it just yesterdaythat Lucy Tucker was a cute 10-year-old girlwith nothing better to do than hang aroundour house and run errands with me?

Jim and Emily Cooper joined us. Jim is likea surrogate brother to Terrell and Ginny, and

the laughter and stories about growing up inTaylorsville went on for hours. One thingabout the Knights and the Emmerichs. Wecan do some talking. It was a miracle theneighbors didn’t complain or at least insist onjoining the party. As usual, Ginny’s food wasbeyond compare.

Then Sunday night, I stopped by to checkon my mom, Celia. Turns out cousin MaryElizabeth and Patrick Cochran stopped bywith three-year-old Jack. My little girl Ruthloves Jack, so I called her to come over.“Why don’t I bring over the steaks in thefridge,” Ginny suggests. Before you couldsay Jiminy Cricket, I was sitting in mymom’s backyard hammock, watching thesteaks grill, mesmerized by the beams of ablazing full moon behind two gigantic loblol-ly pines. Moonlight in the pines.

Never did make it out to the boat this pastweekend. But it seems October weekendsjust naturally fill up with good people and funtimes no matter what the plans.

God never promised us paradise on earth.But there are fine October nights inMississippi where it seems darn close.

October weekendsin Mississippi

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By WYATTEMMERICH

from the publisherA Thursday, October 13, 2011

For months, taxpayers have decried Hinds County's hiring of Airwave LLC to maintain itsemergency communications system.

And for months supervisors have maintained that the $4 million contract with the firm islegit.

Last week, the board had a chance to prove it, but instead, the majority voted to thumbtheir noses at taxpayers and continue to violate state law.

At a regular meeting on October 3, District Four Supervisor Phil Fisher made a motion torebid the work. The motion was seconded by District Three Supervisor Peggy Calhoun, butdied on a 2-3 vote. Those voting against it were supervisors Doug Anderson, GeorgeSmith, and, yes, Robert Graham.

The trio is apparently not versed in public relations. Nor do they appear to care thatNorthsiders still want answers about the contract.

First, why was Airwave hired for the service? Board members admitted they knew nothingabout the firm before bringing it on. Secondly, the county came under fire for paying such alarge amount to the group. Was the amount large? The Sun thinks so, and reported thatfact this summer. And by not bidding the project out, was state law violated?

The Sun believes so, and previously pointed out that the action was in clear violation oftwo Mississippi code sections: 19-3-69 and 25-9-120. The laws list a number of servicesthat do not have to be bid out, and maintenance agreements were not among them.

But kudos to two board members who are willing to at least look into the issue of spend-ing. Calhoun and Fisher backed a motion to re-bid to prove that Airwave’s fees are in linewith other companies.

Calhoun has long since maintained that the county is not in violation of state law and thatthe county is paying a fair amount for upkeep of the radio system used by the Hinds CountySheriff's Department, the Jackson Police Department and other emergency responders inthe county.

“My purpose was to dispel the public perception that Hinds County taxpayers are beinggouged,” Calhoun said.

That could be the case. But the county won't know until a request for proposals is sentout. And that won’t happen until three supervisors have a change of mindset.

Supervisors signed off on the six-year contract in 2008. In 2010, Airwave was cut a checkfor $737,000, and this year, the firm will take in $770,000 from county coffers.

The Sun is calling on Graham, Smith and Anderson to take another look at Fisher’s pro-posal. Bid out the contract. If nothing else, maybe some questions can be put to rest, andsome goodwill can be built between supervisors and voters.

At least two supervisors want to bridge the gap. Said Calhoun: “It's important what thegeneral public thinks about the board and that their supervisors are above the board. I am.”

Hinds County should bidmaintenance contracts

BEFORE I BEGIN this article, let methank each of you for your prayers and con-cern during my deployment to Kandahar,Afghanistan. The 256 men and women of the184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command,known in Theater as the Joint SustainmentCommand - Afghanistan, served with greatpride and honor. The total command was43,000 strong with soldiers, sailors, airmen,and Marines from the active xomponent,reserve xomponent and National Guard, andincluded civilians and contractors. Workingwithin the command and with our coalitionpartners, British, Canadians, Romanians,French, Dutch, and Italian, we delivered allrequired supplies, ordinance and maintenancein some of the toughest terrain in the world.Thank you again for your support.

During the October 3 meeting of the Boardof Supervisors, I attempted to end the coun-ty’s contract with Airwave. According to thecontract, the only time during the year to end

this contract is 30 days prior to the Novemberrenewal. My motion to bid the contract (sec-onded by Peggy Calhoun) failed on a 3-2vote with Supervisors Graham, Anderson,and Smith voting to retain/renew the Airwavecontract.

MY REASONING FOR wanting to bidthe contract is twofold. First, I wanted to seeif the cash-strapped county could get a betterdeal through bidding. Second, I am receiving(and passing on to the BOS) numerous com-plaints on the performance of the contractedcompany and that company’s maintenance ofthe radios. Clinton and Byram experiencedthe aggravation of buying and turning theradios on to the Hinds County system.Clinton provided extensive documentationpertaining to the extensive downtime forrepairs (information given to the BOS) andByram decided to purchase radios throughtheir city budget in an effort to avoid theseissues.

Part of the debate centers on adding radiosto the county system to allow all law enforce-ment departments to communicate in the pur-suit of their law enforcement duties. I find itodd those supervisors representing areas ofClinton (Anderson) and Byram (Smith) con-tinuously vote against the protection of boththe constituents they represent and the safetyof those cities’ law enforcement officers.

Of greatest surprise is the continued objec-tion by Robert Graham, a retired lieutenantfrom the Jackson Police Department. Whileserving as the JPD Public Affairs officer, herepresented the department at many pressconferences as a spokesperson for those thatsearched for suspects on the run and requiredthe ability to communicate and coordinatewith other law enforcement officials in HindsCounty. It is a pity he places the needs of aprivate sector company over the safety ofsworn officers.

Contact District 4 Supervisor Phil Fisherby phone (601)826-4006 or e-mail, [email protected]

Robert Grahamwrong on

Airwave contract

ByPHILFISHER

county board

Dear Editor:Reporter Anthony Warren

asks the question (10/6 edi-tion), “Why did HindsCounty Sheriff MalcolmMcMillin lose?” He goeson to state that Democraticstrategists blame it in parton Phil Bryant and TateReeves.

Why not blame DaveDennis and Billy Hewes,since they took part in thesame primary? It was theRepublican primary, notthe participants whichdiluted the sheriff’s vote.

A major reason SheriffMcMillan lost the electionis that he chose to run as aDemocrat instead of as aRepublican or an independ-ent.

Anyone who thinks aCaucasian can win a demo-cratic primary in HindsCounty against an African-American opponent iscompletely out of touchwith the current facts ofpolitical life.

Bill Luckett and GeorgeDale could tell you this isalso the case at the statelevel.

I voted in the Republicanprimary so I could expressmy preference for lt. gover-nor. I would have voted forSheriff McMillin if it hadbeen an open primary orhad he been a candidate inthe general election.

This is the price we payfor someone too stubbornto understand the politicalrealities of the world welive in and for residing in astate with closed primaries.It sometimes backfires.

Bill Harvey

Closed primaries defeated McMillinLETTER TO THE EDITOR:

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the rest."

- Paul Simon, "The Boxer"

WYATT EMMERICH APPARENTLY has a prob-lem either with his hearing or with the part of his brainthat processes auditory information.

He wrote in the October 6 edition of the NorthsideSun that he heard nothing in my 20-minute talk to theNorth Jackson Rotary Club on September 27 withwhich he agreed. Mr. Emmerich went on to describewhat I said as "Marxism" and then launched into along discourse on the failures of communism.(Though he could find nothing on which to agree withme, this is a point on which I can completely agreewith him.) For bad measure, he concluded by charg-ing that professors are similar to "command-and-con-trol, top-down, governmentally-run systems such ascommunism" because, he asserted, we lecture to "hun-dreds of students" and "foist" our conclusions on them.

Let me address first this last accusation. I don'tknow what Mr. Emmerich's classes at Harvard werelike, but at Millsaps we certainly don't lecture to hun-dreds of students. Our classes are small and discus-sion-based. Students reach their own conclusions andare assessed not on what those conclusions are, but onhow well they present them and support them withevidence. Students who disagree with me on politicsand economics often - and I do mean often - receivegrades of "A."

Mr. Emmerich is, obviously, someone who disagreeswith my politics and economics. That's fine. But histirade is an example of the sort of disagreeing essaythat would not earn a high grade from me.

I would not penalize him for misspelling my name(it's McElvaine, not McElwaine, as he consistently butwrongly spelled it). And I must admit that he did quitea job of tearing apart the straw man that he substitutedfor me and what I actually said. What I would penal-ize him for is the failure to listen to (or, in the case ofstudents, read) the material about which he was towrite, to respond to what was actually said, and toemploy relevant evidence to support his arguments.

Here is what I said - that in which Mr. Emmerichcould find nothing with which to agree:

The rise of mass production a century ago madethe economy dependent on mass consumption.

In order to keep a mass-consumption economyin balance, large numbers of people have to have suffi-

cient money to buy what is produced. This is not"Marxism"; it's common sense.

A modern economy does not work when incomebecomes very heavily concentrated at the top.

The two times in the past hundred years whenincome in the United States became most concentratedat the top were 1928-29 and 2007-08.

I think it is more than mere coincidence that theeconomy collapsed at both times when income wasmost concentrated at the very top.

During the middle decades of the 20th century,when the income distribution was considerably lesstop-heavy, unions were strong and getting decentwages for American workers, and sensible governmentprograms such as the GI Bill were in effect, the UnitedStates enjoyed general prosperity and experienced thegrowth of the largest, most affluent middle class in thehistory of the world.

Since about 1980, when the economic theoriesthat had produced the Great Depression began to comeback into vogue, the income of the richest one percentof Americans has risen by 135 percent and that of therichest 0.01 percent (fewer than 15,000 families, eachwith an annual income in excess of 11 million dollars)has soared by 226 percent. Over those same years, theshare of the nation's income going to the vast majority(the lower 80 percent) of us has declined by approxi-mately 10 percent.

I concluded with an abbreviated version of the fol-lowing, quoted from an article I wrote in 2009:

"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise," Winston Churchill said in 1946. "Indeed," hecontinued, "it has been said that democracy is theworst form of government - except all the others thathave been tried."

THE SAME COULD accurately be said of capital-ism: No one should pretend that capitalism is perfector all-wise. Yet those who worship the market as Godpretend just that. Capitalism is (as I plainly stated atthe Rotary lunch, apparently when Mr. Emmerichwasn't listening) the worst economic system - exceptfor all the others that have been tried, and that meansthat capitalism is the best system. But "best" does notmean without flaws.

The Founding Fathers of our nation well recognizedthe flaws in democracy. As Churchill would nearlytwo centuries later, they believed that democracy is thebest - or "least bad" - political system, but that it con-tains within it many inherent dangers. So they set up apolitical system that is basically democratic, but withvarious checks and balances intended to lessen someof democracy's inherent dangers.

We need an economy that is basically capitalist, butwith a system of economic checks and balances tomake it work properly and lessen the dangers inherentin it.

After my Rotary talk, several people who identifiedthemselves as Republicans came up and told me howmuch they liked what I had presented. Mr. Emmerichwas not among them.

(Robert S. McElvaine is professor of history atMillsaps College and the author of 10 books, includingfive on the era of the Great Depression.)

Publisher’s Note: I had toned down my article (andcorrectly spelled Professor McElvaine’s name), but acomputer glitch caused the original, unedited versionto be published. Although my column accuratelyexpressed my opinion, it did not accurately conveymy sense of decorum. For that I sincerely apologize.

If this beMarxism . . .

ByROBERTMcELVAINE

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I NEED A VACATION fromthat vacation. That's right, I justpaid a big chunk of change to fightcrowds, get a sunburn, walk manymiles with a 40-pound kid on myshoulders, and catch some hideouscold from no telling what country.Toss in some horrible food, severaldownpours, too many foreign menin small bathing suits, thousandsof crying kids, and well, that wasmy recent vacation. Sounds fun,huh?

OK, OK, so that's not exactlyhow it went. That's just how Ithought it was gonna go. You see,I had been dreading that Disneyvacation since the day Jack wasborn. It just always sounded over-priced and over-hyped. Of course,I knew the time would come... Icould only hide from Orlando forso long. Right around last March,my wife uttered those six dreadedwords. "I think Jack's ready forDisney." I attempted to put up afight, but my position that "he did-n't care about Mickey and thoseother goofy characters" didn't

stick. Nope, there wasn't enoughpixie-dust to sprinkle on that lameargument.

Even though foreign men doneed to rethink their swimwearand I did catch a horrible cold,Walt Disney World was quitemagical. I even got sucked into theexcitement. Before long, I washunting down Disney charactersand racing for rides. Words can'tdescribe the look on Jack's face ashe jumped for Mickey, Pluto, orone of the way-too-many princess-es. I gotta admit, I was just asbright-eyed behind the camerawhen he was posing withCinderella, Ariel, Rapunzel, orBelle. And right after that,"Captain Jack" was stabbing at theair and doing his best pirate imper-sonation. And right after that, hewas chomping on popcorn, guz-zling a Coke, and dripping ice-cream all over his shirt. This washis moment, and I was along forthe ride.

IT WAS JUST ONE of thosetrips when the rules were bent andthe boundaries were broken. Wewere in Jack's world. Some par-ents adapted better than others.Those larger families looked a bitmore tired, sweaty, and grouchy.I'll never forget hearing a wife lec-ture her husband because he need-ed to "learn his princesses." Ofcourse, when you're surrounded bygiant tea cups and flying ele-phants, it's hard to take yourselftoo serious. Not to mention, every-one is so dang nice. It really is amagical place.

While I'm not about to bookanother Disney trip any time soon,it was definitely a vacation toremember. Kids are in our worldevery day, so it's only fair we entertheirs from time to time. Eventhough I needed ibuprofen and hotshowers to get through it, I'll neverforget my boy's magic withMickey. With all that said, I doneed a vacation from that vacation.

Robert Stedman is aNorthsider.

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I needa vacation

from vacation

ByROBERTSTEDMAN



BOB MCCAIN opened Buffalo PeakOutfitters in 1986 with one full-time employ-ee and a 1,500-square-foot space at HighlandVillage.

Today, as Buffalo Peak celebrates its 25thanniversary, McCain can reflect on years ofgrowth and what he hopes will be manymore years of success down the road. Today,he has between 25 and 30 full and part-timeemployees at two stores, including the flag-ship at Highland Village, which is now10,000 square feet.

The store that started as a small outfittercatering to a niche market of hardcore out-door enthusiasts in North Jackson hasbecome a popular destination not only forthose looking to get back to nature, but main-stream shoppers wanting tough-wearingclothing and shoes.

“We’ve evolved into an outdoor lifestylebusiness. We sell a lot of merchandise thatnever hits the trail, although it’s designed to,”McCain said. “It’s built to take it, and peopleappreciate that.”

McCain sat in his office with DaveEdmondson and Elizabeth Montambault, twobuyers who have been with Buffalo Peak formore than half of the store’s quarter-centuryin business.

He credits the store’s longevity, in part, to“good people who have been with me for along time,” as well as great customers andstrong customer service.

“We’ve built our whole business on cus-tomer service. We carry a quality product anda great selection, and are always trying to

respond to our customers’ needs. I tell everykid we hire that they can sell a coat to every-one in Jackson once, but if they don’t comeback to buy something else, we won’t be inbusiness long,” he said.

He, Montambault and Edmondson attemptto hire people persons, those that are not nec-essarily the most skilled in outdoor knowl-edge. “That’s something we can teach,”Edmondson said, referring to the ins and outsof outdoor clothing and gear. “They have to

be able to interact with people.”Cases in point are Montambault and

Edmondson, who have been with BuffaloPeak since 1995 and 1996 respectively.Before joining the company, Montambaultsaid she worked for Deposit GuarantyNational Bank. Edmondson previouslycoached the Sunkist swim team. Both startedas floor employees, and like McCain, workedtheir way to the top.

McCain said the two were keys in helping

the store expand. “I gave them responsibilityand it laid the foundation to grow the busi-ness,” he said. “That, and we’ve been fortu-nate the Jackson community has supportedus.”

McCain’s retail experience could also playinto Buffalo Peak’s success. The retailer grewup in Alva, Miss., (That’s between Swetmanand Lodi, north of Duck Hill.), and came toJackson in 1976 to attend what was thenBelhaven College, where he received hisbachelor’s degree in business administrationin 1980. “I’m actually working in my field,”he said.

During his senior year, McCain landed apart-time job at The Athlete’s Foot, a positionhe parlayed into full-time after graduating.

The small business owner climbed the cor-porate ladder of the footwear company, even-tually ending up as operations manager. Inthe position, McCain was responsible for fivestores and a warehouse. At the time, the com-pany had branches in Louisiana, Mississippiand Florida.

That experience proved invaluable whenMcCain stepped down in 1985 to open hisown establishment. “I did a lot of buying,traveling and training clinics,” he recalled. “Ienjoyed retail and working for Larry Glass,but I went as far as I could in that organiza-tion.”

A BUSINESS in North Carolina inspiredhim to go into outdoor clothing and equip-ment.

“I went into the Happy Hiker in Highlands,N.C. It was a small log cabin shop and it

See Buffalo Peak, Page 11A

Buffalo PeakTwenty-five years later store continues to enjoy success

Elizabeth Montambault, buyer; Bob McCain; Dave Edmundson, buyer



IN MISSISSIPPI, you don’t have to have alaw degree to be a justice court judge.

In fact, candidates didn’t even need a highschool diploma to serve on the bench of thelower court until the mid ’70s.

And of the current crop of justice courtjudges in the tri-county area, only four werepracticing attorneys when they were electedin 2007, and they were all in Rankin County.

In Madison and Hinds, none of the ninesmall claims court judges had experience aslitigators before being elevated to the bench.

According to the Mississippi JudiciaryWeb site, justice courts have jurisdiction oversmall claims, misdemeanor criminal casesand traffic offenses occurring outside munici-palities. The part-time position pays $55,000a year.

In 1975, Bill Featherston, an attorney whois seeking the Madison County District 4position, was a member of the federal andstate Law Enforcement AssistanceAssociation under former Gov. Bill Wallerand the late President Richard Nixon. Theassociation recommended several changesfor the criminal justice system, and, morespecifically, changes for what was thenknown as the justice of the peace system.

As a result, the Legislature formed theMississippi Commission on JudicialPerformance. Educational requirements forjustices of the peace were also tackled.

“A bill sent to the Legislature would haverequired them (justices of the peace) to havelaw degrees. It also would have changedthem from justices of the peace to justicecourt judges, and increased their jurisdictionto allow more civil cases to be heard,”Featherston recalled.

“Lawmakers were interested in the bill, butthe justice of the peace lobby ran into them.

The Legislature compromised and passed abill to require (new judges) to have a highschool education or GED.”

At the same time, the Mississippi Houseand Senate increased the jurisdiction of jus-tice courts to $500, meaning that the courtcould handle more cases. That amount hasbeen raised in increments since and today iscapped at $3,500.

FORMER HINDS District One JudgeNikki Boland believes a law degree shouldbe a requirement. Boland practiced lawbefore being elected judge in 2004. “Evenwith a law degree, it can be confusing,” shesaid.

Justice courts handle misdemeanor matters,such as first and second DUI offenses,domestic violence cases, truancy, simpleassault, and trespassing. The charges carry ayear or less in jail for those convicted,Boland said

But not everyone agrees. Marsha WeemsStacey, who was recently elected District 1justice court judge in Madison County,believes a law degree shouldn’t be a prereq-uisite, but rather strong reasoning skills andlife experience. Stacey is a recent graduate ofthe Mississippi College School of Law.“There are benefits to having an attorney onthe bench because of their knowledge of thelaw. But the court is not designed to be acourt for attorneys. It’s the people’s court,”she said.

THE STATE HAS increased educationalrequirements over the years and mandatesthat all justice court judges complete an 80-hour basic training program, as well as anadditional 24 hours of continuing educationconducted by the Mississippi JudicialCollege.

No law degree neededfor justice court judges

TWO QUESTIONS could determinehow much money attorney PreciousMartin received for representing HindsCounty in its case against Motorola.

The questions are did the case go totrial and were attorney fees paid separate-ly from the settlement amount.

However Hinds officials won’t answerquestions, citing a court order sealing thesettlement amount.

Earlier this year, the county settled outof court with Motorola for allowing othergovernment entities in the metro area tohave access to the county’s emergencycommunications system. The county hadnot given Motorola permission to allowother agencies to access the network.

In August, the Sun confirmed that thecounty received a $1.4 million payout.

The amount paid in attorney fees,though, has remained a question.

The Sun reported that Precious Martinand Associates received approximately$475,000 for representing the county.

However, that amount could be muchlarger, depending on whether or not thecase went to trial or if attorney fees werepaid to Martin in addition to the $1.4 mil-lion received by the county.

According to terms of the county’sretention agreement, Precious Martin andAssociates would receive varying per-centages of damages awarded to thecounty, depending on how far the casemade it through the legal system.

He would get 25 percent of “any andall damages” the county received if the

case was settled before litigation began;33.33 percent of damages if Motorolasettled after a suit was filed; 40 percent ifthe matter was resolved through the trialprocess; and 50 percent if the county wonthe case in an appeal.

Evelyn Hunter, Circuit Court JudgeWinston Kidd’s (the presiding judge)court administrator, said in an e-mail tothe Sun that the case was settled prior togoing to trial. The case was set to go totrial on March 21. Hunter didn’t say if ajury had been selected or if any proceed-ings had begun.

When asked about courtroom proceed-ings, Hinds County board attorneyCrystal Martin (Precious Martin’s wife),declined to provide specifics. She saidthat as part of the settlement agreement,the county could not discuss “any areathat relates to the settlement of this litiga-tion.”

Based on the county’s settlement, theretention agreement and Hunter’s state-ment, Martin and Associates wouldreceive a minimum of $475,000. IfMartin was paid separately, he couldhave netted nearly $700,000 at the pre-trial 33.33 percent. If Martin received aseparate payment at the 40 percent rate,Martin’s firm could have taken in around$920,000, making the total damages andattorney fees a little more than $2.3 mil-lion.

Several local news agencies have filedsuit to have the seal broken.

Attorney fees for Motorolacase remain secret; couldbe as high as $920,000

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Continued from Page Onebecause the county alreadyhas the Little Dixie on NorthCounty Line and anotherlandfill in Canton.

MARK WILLIAMS, ANMDEQ administrator withsolid waste programs, talkedwith the Sun about the per-mitting process and differentfactors affecting the proposedlandfill.

“[Bilberry’s company]started with zoning issuesand then had to deal with [Madison County’s] solid waste planbefore they got to us,” Williams said. “Then there was anappeal [filed by Hinds County last year against] our commis-sion’s approval of the solid waste plan, which included thelandfill.”

Hinds County’s appeal claimed the landfill was unnecessary,would pose health risks for area families, and would wreakhavoc on the county’s infrastructure. But the MississippiSupreme Court ultimately affirmed the lower courts’ decisionsto uphold approval of the solid waste plan.

Williams said he couldn’t think of another place in the statewhere a landfill sat right on a county line.

He also said multiple landfills typically don’t sit on the sameroad, as would be the case if Bilberry’s landfill is put next tothe Little Dixie.

“That has some unique circumstances to it that the commis-sion has considered in its recommendation [to increase the set-back.]”

He said solid waste regulations allow for a 250-foot setback“where adequate screening exists,” like in rural areas, but “inthe planning process [for this landfill], the commission made adetermination that they felt a greater setback distance waswarranted.”

The Commission on Environmental Quality and the MDEQpermit board are two independent bodies, Williams said.

“The permit board has one role, and that is to issue environ-mental permits.

“The commission has a variety of roles, [including oversee-ing] the permitting process,” he said. “They made a decisionthat they would like to see a greater setback distance at thislandfill...This is a recommendation for the permit board.”

But before the permitboard makes that decision,the MDEQ itself mustreview the permit applica-tion.

“The [MDEQ] operates asthe staff of the commissionand the permit board. Whatwe’re trying to do is movethe wishes of the commis-sion forward, and the permitboard will make a [final]decision.”

Williams admitted that alarger setback distance would

be tough to enforce on Bilberry’s property - which is a longrectangle “with kind of a square that juts out sort of at thenorth end of the property.”

And the Little Dixie landfill, which was permitted back in1979, has only a 50-foot setback.

“That’s what [the standard] was then,” he said. “But youcan’t go back and put more stringent [rules on it afterward].”

ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL REPORT filed bythe Little Dixie owners at the end of 2010, the Little Dixie hadan estimated 16.6 years of life left.

When MDEQ sees that a landfill is in its last five years oflife, they’ll recommend that county officials start thinkingabout “providing either additional capacity or reducing thevolume [of solid waste] by increasing recycling or otherthings,” he said.

“Those are local decisions about how they’ll continue toassure adequate disposal capacity.”

The question remains as to whether Bilberry’s proposedlandfill is needed, and Williams said MDEQ had not finishedreviewing that question.

“[Bilberry has to] show that there is a need for increasedwaste disposal, based on [the current] amount of waste andamount of capacity,” he said. “I would compare it a little to theprocess a hospital goes through to get a certificate of need. It’ssimilar, but not identical.”

Though MDEQ will be handling Bilberry’s demonstrationof need for this proposed landfill, Williams said “that’s beenput back so [in the future] they have to demonstrate the needat the local level. The local government should make thosedecisions.”

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A HEARING DATE hasn’t been set yet, but briefs arebeing filed in Madison County Circuit Court for a home-owner group’s appeal against the Madison County Boardof Supervisors.

The Federation of Madison County HomeownerAssociations (FMCHA) has appealed the board’s decisionto let developer Frank Pucylowski decrease the minimumhome sizes in Oak Field, a planned unit development(PUD) in the Gluckstadt area.

Pucylowski and local residents reached an agreement onminimum square footage in 2007. But last year, after therecession had hit, he asked the board to allow him todecrease those sizes. The board granted his request inMarch 2010, and the FMCHA appealed that decision thefollowing month.

The board filed a motion to dismiss, claiming theFMCHA had no legal standing as a group to bring thelawsuit, and the FMCHA filed a response. In August,Circuit Court Judge John Emfinger denied the board’smotion to dismiss, thus allowing the FMCHA to moveforward with the appeal.

After Emfinger’s ruling, the FMHCA filed its brief withthe court on September 27. Board Attorney Eric Hamersaid the board’s response brief is due October 27.

Jackson attorney Dale Danks, representing theFMCHA, said the court might or might not request oralarguments from him and Hamer, but “there will be nomore testimony.”

STILL WAITINGNO HEARING DATEFOR HOMEOWNERGROUP’S APPEAL

sunlanders in serviceJonathon E. Collins has graduated from Army

Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.Collins is the son of Jill and Tony Collins ofNorth West Street. He is a 2011 graduate of BaileyMagnet High School.


Continued from Page OneScott said.

REDEVELOPMENTplans were drawn up byDuvall Decker Architectsand presented to theJackson City Council inOctober 2008.

A copy of the master planshowed the project wouldtransform the 33-year-oldarts center into a develop-ment with roughly 334,000square feet of commercial,retail, professional and artis-tic space.

The project called for ren-ovating the arts center andtearing down a portion ofthe facility to make way foran 11 or 12-story condo-minium building to the rearof the facility. An 11 or 12-story retail and professionalbuilding was planned forthe front. The plans alsocalled for the parking lotbetween the center and theMississippi Museum of Artto be transformed into apublic arts plaza. Recentlythis became a reality. Retailspace would be located onthe first floor, while the topfloors would be designedfor professional tenants, likemedical or law offices.

THE ARTS CENTERwas built in 1978 and is stillin relatively good shape,according to Scott. One ofthe biggest ongoing projectsis repainting the center’sgallery space. It’s freshenedup every six or sevenweeks, usually in betweenexhibits.

“There are things thatneed to be done. But struc-turally, it’s OK,” Scott said.“It has the basic wear andtear of a 33-year-old build-ing.”

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Continued from Page 3Agraduate, could I participate?

“We’ll be happy to take money from MCgraduates. Really, anybody who wants to canget financially involved.”

Is there a particular amount you wantto raise? And do you think that the initia-tives supported by your PAC will benefitother schools?

“We don’t have a goal at this time. I dothink, in a lot of instances, that our initiativeswill benefit other schools. More often thannot, Ole Miss’ interests align with other insti-tutions of higher learning.”

In sending out initial e-mails, have yougotten back any ideas on what to sup-port?

“I think more than anything, we’ll be lis-tening to the leadership and administration atthe university to see what key public policy

issues are important. Those individuals areleading the institution, and we’ll be takingour guidance from them. We’re here to sup-port Ole Miss, that’s what we’re all about.”

How many donors does RedBlue PAChave now?

“I really don’t know what the count is justyet. The e-mail was only sent out last week.As I said earlier, we expect there will be a lotof interest from people who want to be sup-portive in this effort.”

I want to talk about the Forward Rebelgroup. Is RedBlue in support of that, andif not how can RedBlue PAC distanceitself from it?

“RedBlue is about supporting officials forlegislative and statewide offices who areconcerned about the issues affecting OleMiss and the university hospital. It’s notabout anything else.”

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Continued from Page 6Agave me an idea to look into the outdoors,”he said. “I came here to look around andthere wasn’t much.”

He opened Buffalo Rock on October 3,1986.

“I ordered the merchandise, priced it andput it out. I did everything. I didn’t take apenny out of the store for three years. It wasseven years before I became the highest-paid,” he said. “Those were the sacrifices Ihad to make to get the business up and run-ning.”

(The only speed bump: a name issue thatcame early on. McCain took out a scrapbookand flipped to a page featuring an ad forBuffalo Rock. It was the first ad he ran in theNorthside Sun. An out-of-state ginger alemanufacturer known as Buffalo Rockdemanded that McCain change the monikerimmediately.)

McCain was given six months to use upthe Buffalo Rock letterheads, and subtlechanges were made to the store’s woodensign to spell peak in lieu of rock. “We actual-

ly like Buffalo Peak better,” Montambaultsaid.

The name apparently caught on with thepublic as well. Since then, Buffalo Peak hasbeen expanded and renovated five times: in1990, 1994, 1999, 2009 and early 2010.

Last year’s renovation included taking inroughly 3,000 square feet of space at oneend of the store, knocking out walls, pullingup carpet and installing new faux-woodflooring.

Now, McCain wants to give back to thesame community that’s made his store ahousehold name.

Throughout the month of October, shop-pers can drop off lightly used jackets at thestore and receive a 10 percent discount onpurchases of $125 or more. The jackets willbe taken to Stewpot Community Services.The store also will donate a pair ofSmartwool socks to Stewpot for every threepairs purchased.

Said Edmondson: “For 25 years, the com-munity has supported us. Now we want togive something back.”

Buffalo Peak


THE LATEST PROPERTY to be cleaned up by the city of Madison isn’t as bad assome, said Building and Permits Director Bill Foshee. In fact, the city has never had tomaintain 250 Ina Dr., before.

But Foshee still doesn’t know why the property owner - currently in California - did-n’t respond to his attempts to make contact, “because it’s crazy not to respond to me.”

Crazy because when the city has to clean up a property, the owner is typically chargedhundreds of dollars, and Foshee estimates that this one will cost several hundred as well- not counting the statutory penalty.

“It was a rental house, and the people moved out a few months ago,” he said. “And ofcourse we sent letters. They haven’t done any maintenance on the house since the ten-ants moved out. We contacted them by mail and e-mail, all the ways we know to getahold of them. We told them they needed to perform some maintenance on the yard,and they never responded.”

City officials voted last week to go ahead and get the property cleaned up. Fosheesaid he hoped the city could get a contractor hired and the work finished within a week.

The job includes cutting the grass and trimming the bushes, “just cleaning it up andmaking it look real nice.

“It’s a sore thumb for the neighborhood right now.”

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Walk/runLittle Light House will

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Christian School. For moreinformation call 601-829-3446.

Holiday shoppingFirst Presbyterian Day

School will present its annualfund-raiser October 21, 9a.m. to 2 p.m., at the home ofKim and Michael Nichols.The event offers shoppers thelatest in holiday decorations,gifts and ideas plus entertain-ment by the FPDS stringsand choir. For more informa-tion call 601-832-5993.

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Bruns McKie Myers Jr.A Requiem Eucharist was

celebrated October 8 at St.Philip’s Episcopal Churchfor Bruns McKie Myers Jr.,with burial following inNatchez Trace Memorial Park.

Myers, 86, died October 5 at St. DominicHospital.

Myers was born June 8, 1925, in Jackson,the son of the late Bruns McKie Myers Sr.and Ernestine Stone Myers. He grew up at770 North President St., and was graduatedfrom Central High School in 1942.

He enlisted in the United States Army AirCorps after graduation where he earned hiswings as a pilot. In 1944, while stationed atMaxwell Air Force Base, Myers married hishigh school sweetheart, Evelyn Unkrich ofJackson, on June 17, 1944. He was honor-ably discharged as a second lieutenant andattended Georgia Tech University where hewas a member of Kappa Alpha Order andearned his bachelor’s degree in industrialengineering.

After graduation, the couple returned toJackson to begin their family. Myers beganwork with United Gas Company beforeaccepting a position with Speed MechanicalContractors. In 1963, Myers started his owncommercial mechanical contracting busi-ness which he ran until his retirement.

Myers was an avid golfer and participatedin and won many tournaments across

Mississippi. He served three consecutiveterms as president of Colonial CountryClub. Myers and his wife also raised thor-oughbred horses for over 40 years, racing attracks all over the United States. He servedas president of the MississippiThoroughbred Owners and BreedersAssociation for many years. Myers alsoenjoyed hunting and boating.

Myers attended St. Andrew’s EpiscopalCathedral in his youth where his name isengraved on a bronze plaque honoring com-municants who served in WWII, and was afounding member of St. Philip’s EpiscopalChurch. He was also a proud member of theFive O’clock Club That Meets at ThreeO’clock, and the Canton Lunch Bunch. Hewill be most remembered as a beloved hus-band, a cherished father and a devotedgrandfather.

Survivors are his wife of 67 years EvelynUnkrich Myers of Madison; son the Rev.Bruns M. Myers III of Madison; daughterBetty R. Myers of Jackson; son RandleStone Myers and wife Patricia DonovanMyers of Lafayette, La.; and grandchildrenDonovan Bruns Myers, Alexander D.Myers, and Philip D. Myers of Lafayette.

Pallbearers were Donovan Myers,Alexander Myers, Philip Myers, PhillipDunaway, Bill Dickens and Dr. Jon Mayer.Honorary pallbearers were John B. Baker,Paul Case, W. E. Harreld Jr., and RobertStockett Jr.

Memorials may be made to St. Philip’sEpiscopal Church, 5400 Old Canton Rd.,Jackson, 39211-4277.

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Robert W. ‘Doby’Gibson, former Northsider,is shown with his four sons at his 65thWorld War II reunion at the DoubleTreeHotel in Johnson City, Tenn. They are (fromleft) Dan, Bob, Doby, Mark and CraigGibson, all former Northsiders. Doby Gibsonnow divides his time between the familyfarm in Copiah County and Pensacola.Gibson is a member of the 279th EngineerCombat Battalion which built roads andrepaired bridges in Germany, allowing Gen.Patton’s troops to cross the Roer and Rhine

rivers. His war experience is now chronicledthrough a video-taped interview at theWorld War II Museum in New Orleans, aswell as WLBT’s Veterans History Project incooperation with the Library of Congress.Following the reunion, Gibson went on anextended tour through Virginia, NorthCarolina and Tennessee. The trip was remi-niscent of family vacations Gibson enjoyedwith his late wife, Frances, a longtimeNorthsider.

NEW BOARD MEMBERRIDGELAND RESIDENT Philip Huskey

won his Madison County School Board seatby default last week because nobody quali-fied to run against him.

Huskey was appointed in February 2010 toreplace board member Rosemary McInnis,who’d resigned in December 2009. State lawrequires a special election for the remainderof the four-year term, and that election wasgoing to be on the November 8 ballot thisyear.

But nobody qualified for the race by theSeptember 9 deadline, so last week the boardof supervisors voted to dispense with the spe-cial election and direct the school board toauthorize Huskey as the winner.

“I hope [nobody else qualified] becausethey think I’m doing a real good job and not

because nobody noticed,” Huskey said. “But my discovery has been with school

board members, for the most part it’s some-thing you either really want to do or some-thing you really don’t want to do.

“We have really involved parents. That’swhy our district has been so successful,” hesaid. “But for the most part, people leave theschool board alone unless we do somethingthey really don’t like, and then we do hearfrom them.”

Huskey and his wife, Joyce, have two chil-dren and are involved in parent-teacherorganizations in Ridgeland, where Huskeypractices law.

The next regular election for his school-board seat will take place in November 2012.

News Briefs

WWII reunion

ApartmentFireA fire destroyed part of aNorthhill Square buildingMonday afternoon onChastain Drive, behindChastain Middle School inJackson. At press time itappeared that all residents hadmade it out safely, and fire-fighters were trying to containthe blaze, which had alreadycollapsed the roof.

LIKE A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, a county administrator enforces the rules.Just as a principal keeps students in compliance with the school handbook,

a county administrator carries out the policies set by the board of supervisors.Wrangling high-schoolers, or keeping government officials in line? Honestly,

I don’t know which administrator has a tougher job.Brad Sellers, Madison County’s interim county administrator, said he has

supervision over county employees but not elected offices such as chanceryand circuit clerks or sheriff.

Mark Houston left the county administrator position last year, and Sellers -who is also the county’s zoning administrator - has filled in since then. Nowthe county is looking to hire someone on a more permanent basis.

The county administrator not only carries out policy but also oversees oper-ations of the county and manages the budget.

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SEVERAL THOUGHTS inspired mefor this week’s article. One being the floodof 2011 and the recent talk of the manyferal hogs that have been displaced andhave now taken up residence in many newareas in Mississippi. Another was therecent picture one of our hunting clubmembers captured on his trail camera.This picture is of a huge boar hog at a saltlick. Maybe the most inspiring was a localcotton producer telling me he has seen abig hog in a soybean field which also hap-pens to be one of my favorite places topursue big bucks. Regardless of the inspi-ration, the feral hog, (Sus scrofa), is quick-ly invading many more prime wildlifeacres in the Magnolia State.

The first wild hogs can be traced back toHernando De Soto. To help feed his army,he brought from Cuba a number of swine.Though the actual numbers he landed herewith vary, it didn’t take long for them to

establish themselves, the hogs that is.While on his travels through Mississippi inthe 1500s, some of his swine escaped intothe wild. Others were either traded to thenatives and in some cases the natives justtook them. These domesticated porkers,after finding themselves in the wilds ofNorth America, adapted very quickly andflourished. Today, the feral hog populationin the United States approaches nearly fourmillion.

THOUGH CERTAIN REGIONS ofour state have had pigs for many years,several factors have led to this animalexpanding its range. In some cases, huntershave released hogs in areas to establishthem for the sport of hunting. Though thethought of having another large mammal topursue seems exciting, there are grave con-sequences to these actions.

Wild hogs are extremely competitivewith other species of native wildlife. Directcompetition for food and habitat destruc-tion for other wildlife species are majorproblems with this animal. Being omnivo-rous, these pigs will consume fruits, grains,acorns, insects, birds, reptiles and will evencatch and kill deer and goats. The destruc-tion to farm land from their rooting anddigging causes not only direct crop dam-age, but soil damage too. It has been esti-mated that agricultural economic damagefrom hogs is as high as 52 million dollars ayear.

I REMEMBER years ago, my first

encounter with ‘wild hogs.’When cottonwas being planted in the spring, I wouldride through the fields checking with farm-ers and checking on how the planting wasgoing. The first couple of weeks of plant-ing is a relatively slow time for the bugman, as stands of cotton were not yetestablished. It was during this time of yearI would carry my rifle with me as younever knew when you would catch a coy-ote running across a bare field, or maybehave the chance to pop at a crow four or500 yards away. One afternoon, one of myscouts and I were cruising along a fieldedge when we spotted six or seven hogs ina freshly planted field. We both got out ofthe truck and took a crack at them. Afterwe shot, hogs went in every direction. Itold him to walk across the field and Idrove around to where they were.

As I re-entered the field, my scout camerunning back to the truck saying, “they’reeverywhere.” I shot another one or two andwe were out of shells. At this moment,hogs started coming out of the weeds allaround the truck. It was then that I madethe brilliant statement “wonder if they’rewild?” With that, we drove to the farmer’sshop. The farm manager inquired as towhat we were shooting at. I stated we gotinto a bunch of hogs in the Betty Maefield. Then I asked him, if he had seen anywild hogs lately. He replied “the only hogsI’ve seen are Otis’ hogs.”

It seems one of the elderly gentlementhat lived on the plantation also had awhiskey still back in the swamp. These

hogs routinely got out of the pen andwould feast on the corn spilled around themoonshine apparatus. I informed him whatwe had done and he then confessed that hehad shot two the day before. Nothing close,however, to the seven we had just culledfrom the herd.

Later though we did find out that therewere numerous wild hogs on the farm andthey had taught the domestics how to rootup the fields too. Have you ever heard theold saying “guilty by association”? I’m justglad we ran out of bullets that day. I neverthought I would tell on myself, but we paidthe price by staying up all night cleaninghogs. Anyway, it makes a pretty neat storynow and we gave Otis all the cleaned hogshis freezer would hold.

THE FERAL HOG is definitelybecoming more of a problem each year.They are very prolific and it’s extremelyhard to manage their numbers. Throughtrapping and hunting, we are doing all wecan do but we’re still losing ground. Mostwildlife experts encourage hunters to shootthem anytime you encounter one. If youhappen to see a plume of smoke rising upout of a creek bottom this fall, who knows,it could possibly be a still full of sour mashwith a herd of wild hogs close by. Justmake sure you’re not mistaken for a rev-enuer.

Until next time enjoy our woods andwaters and remember, let’s leave it betterthan we found it.

Feral hogs unwelcome visitors to prime wildlife acres

OUTDOORS IN THE SUNb y J e f f N o r t h

Tres Gai Luncheon Club

Carolyn Green, Cille Horner, Elizabeth Cossar

Ruth Black, Mary Jabaley, Rivers Lurate

Esther French, Linda Shelton

Ann Holloman, Martha Blount, Bessie Speed

Gingia Yerger, Kathleen Farrington, Jean Williams, Mary Kendall, Charlene Foushee

Betty Moore, Mary Eliza McMillan, Nancy Newman, Gay Yerger

V.A. Patterson, Linda Lambeth, Ann Bevalaque, Mary Lene Harrison

Carlene Scanlon, Pat Andress, Dabney Holt, Bettye Sullivan, Eleanor Taylor, Margaret Vise

Donna Dye, Rae BarnettMary Virginia Youngblood, Patsy Mounger, Betty Mason, Alice Henderson, Betsy Creekmore, Kathleen Farrington

Frances McCain, Linda Farr, Merle Henderson

Kent Peters, Susie Friou

By ANN BEVALAQUESpecial to the SunCHARTERED 50 YEARS AGO, Tres Gai Luncheon

Club celebrates its beginings this month at the Country Clubof Jackson.

In 1961 most members were busy with dishes and diapers.We were 22 years old.

We wanted a chance to visit with friends, so having lunchtogether seemed a natural for us. We put on our hats andgloves, typical of the time, swapped baby tales and recipes,played a little bridge when we first started, and had a won-derful time catching up on classmates, college having scat-tered us.

Tres Gai has been in continuous existance, and now has 58active members, minus hats and gloves. Charter memberswere Francine Greenlee, president; Ann Bevalaque, vicepresident; Mary Semmes Wright, treasurer; Virginia Ann

Warner, publicity chairman. The late Sally Hamilton wassecretary. Other members were: Patsy Lum, Linda Farr,Patsy Fatherree, Ary Jane Lyle, Jenny Lowe, Pat Moore andShellie Bartlett.

THE BIG DISCUSSION at the time was what to nameour new-found fun. Every name we thought of was so closeto those long in existence so we decided on Tres Gai, Frenchof course for having fun and bringing fun to others. Mrs.Tizon of Murrah High School fame and French teacherextraodinaire, would be so proud.

Officers for the 51st year are Donna Dye, Gail Doty, BetsyCreekmore and Meredith Creekmore. Club members notpictured include Suzanne Boone, Mary Frances Crawford,Meredith Creekmore, Judy Ellison, Nan Fulcher, LarryNoblin, Sheila Palmer, Judy Parker, Lynett Robinson, CathyRobinson, and Judy Terry.

Club celebrates 50 years

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Weddings & Engagements

CAREY LEIGH Revels and Terry Joe Norris Jr.were united in marriage on the evening of May 14,at First Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg. Thecandlelight ceremony was officiated by Dr. SeanMichael Lucas.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeCarey Revels. The bridegroom is the son of Mr.and Mrs. Terry Joe Norris Sr.

Music for the ceremony was presented by Mrs.Arrington Rhett, pianist and organist; JorgeGonzalez, violinist; and Dr. Kimberley Davis,soloist. Scripture readers were Laurin RobinRevere and Gretchen Segrest Shull. The bride’sproxy was Ashley Crutcher Anthony. The weddingdirector was Mrs. Frank Gillian, and the weddingcoordinator was John David Williams.

Escorted by her father, the bride wore a curvedstrapless neckline lace gown with flowing organzahem. She carried a petite bouquet of white vendelaroses, white stock and white freesia hand tied witha white satin ribbon.

Matrons of honor were the bride’s sisters,Jennifer Revels Trossevin and Kelly RevelsChildress. Bridesmaids were Georgia ThompsonBrasfield, Julia Christine Fortenberry, Katie BuckFuller, Kelly Elizabeth Kuykendall, Margie FlyntMcGee, Melissa Shea Powell, Ann WalkerRoberson and Michelle Vaughn Taylor. They wore

dupioni silk strapless gowns in snapdragon. Eachcarried a hand-tied bouquet of white vendela rosesand miniature green hydrangeas. Catherine ScottChildress, Sarah Franklin Childress and MargaretRussell Childress were flower girls.

THE BRIDEGROOM’S father was best man.Groomsmen were Jason Scott Boone, Frank AliCedeno, Danny Earl Dossett Jr., Marcus LeonFriend, Michael Wayne Friend, Timothy VincentLargen, Christopher William Marciani, GeorgeClifton Norris and Lee Michael Norris. Usherswere Christopher Kyle Cain, Jeffrey HowardFarris, David Barrett Fron, Shea Edward McNeaseand Neil Alan Trossevin Jr. Ring bearers wereDaniel Dews Jussely and Forrest Nicholson Vance.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s par-ents hosted a rehearsal dinner at the HattiesburgCountry Club. Following the ceremony, the bride’sparents hosted a reception at the HattiesburgCountry Club.

Following a wedding trip to the DominicanRepublic, the couple is at home in Hattiesburg. Thebride is a nurse practitioner at Forrest GeneralHospital, and the bridegroom is the general manag-er for foundry operations for C.L. Dews and SonsFoundry and Machinery Inc.

Carey Leigh Revels,Terry Joe Norris Jr.

say vows in Hattiesburg

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Joe Norris Jr.

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Weddings & Engagements

Miss Eckols, Aldridgeto marry November 19

MR. AND MRS. THOMAS EdwinEckols announce the engagement of theirdaughter, Rebekah Ann Eckols, to RyanBaroner Aldridge, son of Mr. and Mrs.Ronald Hugh Aldridge.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter ofAnna Beth Wood of Austin, and Mr. andMrs. Eugene Francis Wood of Georgetown,Texas, and Mrs. Clarence Edwin Eckols ofDriftwood, Texas, and the late Mr. Eckols.

The prospective bridegroom is the grand-son of Mrs. James Webber Buckley of NewHebron and Jackson, and the late Mr.Buckley, and the late Mr. and Mrs. JohnEdward Aldridge Sr. of Jackson.

Miss Eckols is a 2002 graduate ofWestlake High School and a graduate of theUniversity of Mississippi, where shereceived a bachelor’s degree in history. Sheis a political fund-raiser and event plannerin Jackson.

Aldridge is a 2003 graduate of JacksonPreparatory School and a graduate of theUniversity of Mississippi, where hereceived a bachelor’s degree in businessadministration. He serves as the aide-de-camp of Gov. Haley Barbour.

The couple will wed November 19 at

Driftwood United Methodist Church inDriftwood, Texas.

Rebekah Ann Eckols

MR. AND MRS. JOHN ERNEST WadeJr. announce the engagement of theirdaughter, Lauren Tyler Wade, to AlstonFrank Ludwig, son of Mr. and Mrs. FrankLee Ludwig of Olive Branch.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter ofMr. and Mrs. Barney Harold Jacks, andBertie Shortridge Wade, and the late JohnErnest Wade of Jackson.

A 2003 honor graduate of JacksonPreparatory school, Miss Wade was gradu-ated cum laude from the University ofMississippi in 2007. She received a bache-lor’s degree in psychology, and was amember of the Chi Omega fraternity. Shewas graduated from the University ofMississippi Medical Center in May 2011with a doctorate of medical dentistrydegree. She is now a practicing dentist inJackson.

The prospective bridegroom is the grand-son of Ada Lee Odum and the late SamuelWatson Odum of Mableton, Ga., and thelate Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lee Ludwig ofAtlanta.

Ludwig was graduated with honors fromDothan High School and summa cum laudefrom Auburn University with a bachelor’sdegree in history. He received a juris doc-torate from the University of MississippiSchool of Law where he was graduatedmagna cum laude. In law school he servedas the development editor of the

Mississippi Law Journal. He is associatedwith Adams and Reese LLP in Jackson.

THE WEDDING WILL BE HELDNovember 5 at First Presbyterian Church.A reception will follow at the home of thebride.

Miss Wade, Ludwig planNovember 5 ceremony

Lauren Tyler Wade

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Hazel Wesson BoxAmanda and Chuck Box announce the

birth of their daughter, Hazel Wesson Box,September 15 at Baptist Medical Center.Grandparents are Pat and Gayle Edwardsand Kay and Charles Box.

Kelsey Elise KennedyBrad and Kristi Kennedy of Madison

announce the birth of their daughter, KelseyElise Kennedy, September 23 at BaptistMedical Center. Grandparents are Joel andTina Duncan of Amory and BeckyKennedy of Summit.

social newsWeddings & Engagements

Miss Toler, Harringtonto wed November 26

SHERRY HALES TOLER and Dr.Kenneth Pack Toler Jr. announce theengagement of their daughter, KatherineRyan Toler, to John Baker Harrington, sonof Mr. and Mrs. John Fredrick (Bubba)Harrington from Sturgis.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter ofMr. and Mrs. Edward Williamson ofPhiladelphia, and Calvin Hales ofRidgeland, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth PackToler Sr. of Jackson. The prospective bride-groom is the grandson of Augusta MaeMorgan and the late Sam Pole Morgan ofSturgis and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel LeviHarrington of Aberdeen and Wanda RoseHarrington of Houston, Miss.

Miss Toler was graduated from JacksonPreparatory School and cum laude fromMississippi State University with a bache-lor’s degree in communication. At State,she was a member of Phi Mu fraternity,where she served on executive council. Sheis in graduate school at the University ofMississippi working toward a master’s incommunication sciences and disorders.

Harrington is a graduate of StarkvilleAcademy and Mississippi State Universitywhere he received a bachelor’s degree inreal estate finance. At State, he was a mem-ber of Sigma Chi fraternity where he servedvarious executive positions. He is associat-ed with Ashley Furniture Industries as a

marketing specialist in Knoxville.The couple will exchange vows

November 26 in Carillon Beach, Fla. Thecouple will live in Knoxville.

John Baker Harrington,Katherine Ryan Toler

MR. AND MRS. Jon Crosby Turnerannounce the marriage of their daughter,Raney-Mills Turner, to Sean Kieran Kiely,son of Mr. and Mrs. Brian John Kiely, ofNew Fairfield, Conn.

The bride’s sister, Mary-Crosby Turner,was maid of honor. Jim O’Connell III wasbest man.

The bride was graduated from theUniversity of Mississippi Sally McDonnellBarksdale Honors College in December2004 with a bachelor of arts degree inEnglish and studio art. She traveled theworld for the Ole Miss Study AbroadOffice for three years before relocating toBoston, where she received a master’sdegree in art therapy and mental healthcounseling from Lesley University. She is apracticing art therapist and clinical casemanager for an adult psychiatric residentialfacility in Brookline, Mass.

KIELY IS A 2000 graduate of VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State Universitywhere he received a bachelor’s degree inocean engineering with a minor in busi-ness. After practicing engineering in bothWashington, D.C., and Serbia, he is a struc-tural engineer for Marine SystemsCorporation in Boston.

The couple exchanged vows March 26 atSt. John the Evangelist Catholic Church inOxford. They celebrated their union with aparty at The Lyric Theatre with family and

friends from across the globe. After a wed-ding trip to New Zealand and Fiji, they livein South Boston.

Raney-Mills Turner,Sean Kieran Kiely

wed in Oxford March 26

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Kieran Kiely

sunbeams

Diabetes walkJDRF will hold their 2011 Walk to Cure,

October 22, Mayes Lake at LeFleur BluffState Park. To register visit www.jdrf.org orcall 601-981-1184.

Rebel weekendThe Rebel Athletic Foundation of

Mississippi will host Rebel Weekend atRiver Hills Club, October 29. The day will

feature a tennis exhibition, SEC footballgames and a party with the SpunkMonkees.Tickets, $40. For details call 601-987-4451or visit www.rafofmiss.org.

Archaeology expoThe Mississippi Archaeology Expo, a

hands-on family event, will be held in thebowl at Millsaps, October 22, 10 a.m. to 4p.m. For more information call 601-576-6940.

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“THE CASE of the Crying Pothos.”Sounds like the newest release in an ongo-ing series of murder mysteries. And it defi-nitely is a mystery.

Probably two-thirds of the plants which Igrow indoors the year round are pothos,with varying leaf patterns and shadings ofcolor. I’ve a dozen that survived the housefire and two moves and a winter vacationin my neighbor’s sunlit garage. But I cannever resist a particularly attractive newone, mostly at my neighborhood grocerystore, an excellent source for a variety ofwell-grown and reasonably priced indoorplants.

This is a second-generation thing. Mymother grew them, too, though not in quitesuch profusion. I even took one to collegewith me, for a couple of years. Back thenthey were known as philodendrons. Inrecent years, they have been re-classifiedas pothos. Now there’s a horticulturalmovement afoot to place them, and someother indoor plants with which I am notfamiliar, in the “Epipremnum” category.I’ve said, “Enough!” I refuse to changeagain, especially with the increased diffi-culty in spelling.

FAIRLY RECENTLY I had begun tonotice, especially on the pothos trailingover a deep blue pot in the middle of the

keeping room table, where we eat ourbreakfast, a phenomenon that might becalled “weeping.”

And I suddenly remembered how all ofmy mother’s philodendrons did this, on avery regular basis. Now I started to wonder(here’s the mystery) why mine are doing itnow, after all these years in this particularhouse, and why only some of them, not allof them.

It’s tempting to say, “Oh, houses in themid-20th century didn’t have central heat-ing. It was much cooler, especially at night.Only space heaters, or a register in themiddle of the floor. After all, conventionalwisdom all indicates that houseplants grewbetter in the cooler (well, almost alwayscold) houses of our childhood.”

So I started checking things out. I start-ed, as always, with my New Jersey friendwho is Timber Press’ chief container gar-den writer. “Is this transpiration?” I asked.(The only scientific word I knew thatmight apply.) After a couple of days hereplied,”No, I think it is a process calledguttation,” and passed on a few references.

These were not textbook science trans-ported to cyberspace, but a variety ofsomething I hear all about and haven’tunderstood, called blogs, gardening blogs.People set up a blog and write whateverthey wish; others read, answer, argue, ask

questions, cite their own experiences…anabundance of what a scientific friend calls“anecdotal science.”

I HAD NOTICED that the droplets onthe tips of the leaves appeared only in themorning, and usually only the morningafter a thorough watering. And driven bycuriosity to check out every pothos in thehouse, I determined that it was mostly justthis one with whom I have breakfast everymorning (except when P.Allen Smith’s“Garden Home Retreat” is on the Createchannel). This one pothos does get moredirect sunlight than any of the others, Iobserved.

I did collect some scientific facts.Guttation is defined as the appearance ofdrops of xylem sap on the tips or edges ofleaves of some vascular plants. Not allplants exhibit guttation - chiefly thosewhich fall into the general dieffenbachia,philodendron (old classifications die hard)and monstera plant groups. And it is aprocess that seems to cause no harm. Itshould not be confused with transpiration,which happens with every plant, and withhouseplants is defined as evaporation fromstomata on the lower leaf surfaces.

Transpiration stops at night, and pressurebuilds up within some plants as watermoves through the endodermis by osmosis.

Especially when there is a high soil mois-ture level and conditions of high humidity,cool air and warm soil, guttation takesplace.

Much has been written about the sugarcontent of this xylem sap, and I supposethere are curious gardeners who have tast-ed it. I don’t think I’ll try it. (As a child, Iaccepted the warning not to touch mytongue to frozen metal ... I didn’t have tocheck it out myself.)

WHEN YOU CAN’T explain naturalprocesses, you just accept them. And onthese blogs I found others whose plants,particularly pothos, suddenly started doingthis, after decades of not exhibiting suchintriguing behavior. So I’ll just have toaccept the fact that it’s happening.

Or you could agree with the author ofthe blog, “Plants are the strangest people,”who says “Guttation doesn’t mean any-thing bad in and of itself. Your plant’s justtrying to freak you out.”

Gardening GlimpsesPothos, aka philodendrons, exhibit natural

phenomenon of weeping known as guttation

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Zombie crawlThe Mississippi Optometric

Foundation, FondrenRenaissance Foundation, andFondren Association ofBusinesses will host aZombie Charity Crawl andZombie Prom October 27 inFondren to raise awarenessabout children’s vision issues.For details call 981-9606.

Zoo booThe Jackson Zoo will host

‘Boo at the Zoo,’ a funHalloween festival, October20-22 and 27-29, 5 p.m. to 8p.m. Admission $9 adult, $6children 12 and under. Fordetails visit www.jackson-zoo.org.

High noteThe Mississippi Museum

of Art will host High NoteJam in the Art Garden,October 14, 21 and 28, 5:30to 7:30 p.m. The event willfeature music of differentgenres by local musicians.

Dinner movieThe Sundance Film

Institute will facilitate ‘FilmForward Dinner and aMovie,’ October 17 and 24, 6p.m., featuring dinner at The

Palette Cafe and a moviescreening in the Art Gardenat the Mississippi Museum ofArt.

Live at lunchThe Art Garden at the

Mississippi Museum of Artwill offer live music at lunch,11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,October 19 and 26. Bringyour own lunch or buy lunchat The Palette Cafe.

Art treasuresThe Mississippi Museum

of Art will host UnburiedTreasures featuring artworkby Thomas Sully, October18, 6 p.m., refreshmentsbegin at 5:30. Free admis-sion.

Dancing showThe Madison Central show

choir will present ‘Dancingwith the Teachers,’ October18, 6:30 p.m., in the schoolauditorium. Tickets, $5. Fordetails call 601-750-3029.

MusicalThe Jackson Prep perform-

ing arts department will pres-ent “Grease” October 22 at 2and 7 p.m., and October 24 at7 p.m. A carnival and ’50sdiner will also be set up oncampus. For tickets call 769-798-9500.

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Tribute dinner and awardsDr. Conerly honored at Authenticity event

Trent and Patricia Lott, Duane O’Neill

Pamela Leonard, Lorrie Driver

Kathy and Harvey Johnson

Linda Brune, Jack and Alison Mazurak, Holly and John Gomez, Rosemary Maxey

District Chief J.C. Sutton, Dep. Chief R.D. Simpson, Captain Latunya Edwards

Jeanne and Paul Moak, Jeanne and John Scarborough

Frances and Wallace Conerly

Lindsay and Justin Buford, Kelly Scrivner

Steve Davis, Ted Dearman

The second Jackson Authenticity TributeDinner and Awards Ceremony was heldrecently at the Jackson Convention Center.Saluting business professional Dr. WallaceConerly, the event benefited the JacksonFire Department.

Shown are scenes from the evening.

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History is lunchMississippi Department of Archives and

History upcoming History is Lunch pro-grams include: October 12: ArchivesMonth presentation, Winter Building;October 19: Old Capitol Museum staffpresents "The Old Capitol Past andPresent" at the Old Capitol; WinterBuilding. All talks are noon - 1 p.m.

PageantsMiss Madison County pageants for girls

ages 4 to 17, and 17 to 24 will be heldOctober 29. For more information call601-856-7227 or visit www.mcwc-pageant.com.

Tutors neededThe St. Richard’s tutoring program is

looking for volunteers to tutor eachMonday and Wednesday, 3:30 to 4:30 atthe Northside Library. For details call 601-366-2335.

Pumpkin funMississippi Agriculture and Forestry

Museum will hold a pumpkin adventureOctober 12 - 14, 9 a.m. to noon. $6admission includes a visit with FarmerEd, hay ride, and a small pumpkin pie totake home. Other pumpkin adventurescontinue through October 28. For detailscall 601-432-4500.

Kickoff luncheonJDRF team captains welcomed

Brittnee Pearson, Maryls Myers, Robbie Brower

Flo Woods, Hayden andNikki Simmons

Michele Cooksey, Shirley Miller

DeAnne Walberg, Christi Drummond

Trina Powell-Cross, Robin Gibson

Wesla Vanderford, Camryn Wood

Carol Stewart

Dorothy McChesterNancy

Kohsin-Kintigh

Payne Simmons

The 2011 Walk Team Captains Kickoff luncheonwelcomed more than 150 attendees committed tofinding a cure for diabetes and its complications byserving as team captains for the JDRF 2011 Walk toCure Diabetes. The walk is scheduled for October 22,at Mayes Lake. The theme this year is ‘The GreatestWalk on Earth.’

Local area businesses, schools, churches and othercivic groups enjoyed an afternoon of fun, circusthemed foods and décor at the Mississippi Museum ofArt.

The mission of JDRF is to cure diabetes and itscomplications through the support of research.

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Bottom Line for KidsDinner benefits Southern Christian Services

Jennifer and Wilson Holified, Libby and Doug Garland, Lynn and John Pearson

Walley and Veronica Naylor, Lee Bush, Avis Haynes, Thomas Jenkins

Jan and Andrew Mattiace

George and Jana Nicols, co-chairs

Lisa Rotelo, Joan Marie Kay

Kendall Henderson, Callie GoldenDennis and Betty Carraway, Randy and Chan Vessell

The annual Bottom Line forKids dinner was held at theCountry Club of JacksonSeptember 15. The proceedsof the dinner benefit the pro-grams of Southern ChristianServices for Children andYouth Inc.

The event featured enter-tainment, silent and live auc-tions, dinner and a presenta-tion. Jeff Good was master ofceremonies and JimWilkirson was the auctioneer.The Hands of ProvidenceAwards were presented byHank Holman and musicalentertainment was providedby Patrick Harkins.

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Belhaven theaterThe Highland Players Guild will present

“The Life of Galileo,” featuring alumni ofthe Belhaven theater department, October 19- 22, 7:30 p.m., in the Blackbox Theatre.

BanquetMission Mississippi will hold its signature

event, the annual Racial ReconciliationCelebration Banqet, “Overcome the Past andFace the Challenge of Working TogetherNow, to be Reconciled,” October 27, 7 p.m.at the Jackson Convention Center. For more

information visitwww.missionmississippi.org.

RendezvousSouthern Breeze Gallery will host a recep-

tion October 20, 5 - 8 p.m. featuring the artof Dot Courson, as part of RidgelandRendezvous.

Show and saleThe Bagwell Antiques Show and Sale will

be 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. October 21 and 22, andnoon - 5 p.m. October 23 at the MississippiTrade Mart. For more information call 662-231-9654.


Garden clubThe Garden Club of Madison held its first meeting of the year recently in the homeof Barbara Summers. The group enjoyed a tour of the home and garden, followedby a talk, “All about Camellias,” presented by Homer Richardson. Shown are (fromleft) Lynn Stillions, secretary; Summers; Miriam Ethridge, president; andRichardson.

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WellsFestArt Night held at Duling

Diane, Angie and Tony Parsons

Jim Galloway, Mauri Davis Justin White, Kim BournGilly McMillin, Jeff Lewis

Larry and Nancy Creel

Cindy Chew, Del HarringtonKeith Tonkel, Sherree Allen

Sally Fontenot, Mary Ann McIlwain

Sue Wilkinson, Todd Watson, Pat Ladnier

Barber and Elizabeth Boone

Julia and Emmerson Daily

Gary Knight, Bill Gray, Janie Knight

WellsFest Art Night 2011, a satellite event ofWellsFest 2011, was held recently at Duling Hall.

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ReunionMembers of the Madison-RidgelandAcademy Class of 2001 celebrated at therecent homecoming. Enjoying the reunionare (from left) Jaxen Frederick, Stacy Gary

Frederick, Beth Henson Murray, AdelineMurray, Frances Robinson Dykes and JamesDykes.

Library service“Hometown Mississippi”author Jim Brieger (center) sharesstories with Ridgeland Library Circulation Assistant FrancesAlmengual (left) and Ridgeland Pointe Activities DirectorMelissa Handy (right). Brieger is a resident at the facility.Almengual’s monthly visit to the retirement home allowsresidents to check out library books. This service is offeredto several retirement homes in the area.

SundownerMadison the City

Chamber of Commercewill host their fall sun-downer at Hearts ofMadison, 123 Jones St.,October 13, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Grief supportHospice Ministries pro-

vides ongoing grief supportgroups. Daytime andevening groups are avail-able. For more informationcall 601-898-1053.

WatercolorsThe 26th Grand National

Watercolor Exhibition willbe on display at theMississippi Museum of Artthrough December 31. Fordetails call 601-594-7797.

sunbeamsJeremy Walker Jr.

Sheena Murriel and Jeremy Walker announce the birthof their son, Jeremy Walker Jr., September 29 at BaptistMedical Center. Grandparents are Glenda Murriel andCharlene Walker.

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Favorite thing to do on weekends:

Dinner with friends

If you had one last meal, what would you eat?

Spinach and chicken and angel hair pasta that

my husband makes

Favorite movie: “Black Beauty”

Favorite book: “The Prodigal’s Daughter”

Do you have any pets?

Doodad, the black cat, and Josie, the Brittany

Spaniel puppy

What would your dream date be?

Charleston Place in Charleston, S.C., with my

husband

One place you want to see before you die:

Switzerland

Favorite place you have seen:

San Francisco/Napa Valley

Favorite family tradition:

Beach trips with family (grandchildren, of

course)

First concert you attended: Otis Redding

Favorite sports team: Alabama. ROLL TIDE.

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To be artistic/more creative

Favorite ice cream flavor:

Blue Bell’s Moo-llennium Crunch

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I play piano and sing alto.

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TAKING A CANNED good to theTreehouse Boutique could help stamp outbreast cancer and hunger.

Throughout the month of October, theTreehouse will donate one dollar for everycan or box of nonperishable food broughtinto the store (up to $1,000) for breast cancerawareness.

The food will be taken to StewpotCommunity Services at the end of each weekthrough October 31. Funds will go to theSusan G. Komen Foundation in Jackson, inhonor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Store owner Jude Muse hopes Treehouse’sfirst “Fight Two Causes”campaign will gen-erate a strong response from customers andnon-customers alike.

“We want to inspire people to give. Evenwhen times are tough, they shouldn’t forgetto give,” Muse said.

Treehouse staffers have already purchased$100 in groceries for the drive, laying astrong foundation for what Muse hopes tocome.

Muse said the food will help stockStewpot’s pantries just in time for the holi-days. Volunteers will pick up food at the storeeach week and carry it back to the nonprofit’sheadquarters on West Capitol Street.

As of October 3, Stewpot needed cannedmeats, canned beef stew, canned beans andcorn, flour, sugar, rice, and macaroni andcheese, among other food items.

“You read the newspapers and watch tele-vision, and they’re running low,” she said.

Treehouse Boutique launches‘Fight Two Causes’ to stampout breast cancer and hunger

Treehouse is collecting donationsfor Stewpot

sunbeamsCaroline Elizabeth Hadley

Bryan and Elizabeth Ross Hadley, for-merly of Jackson, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Hadley,July 11 in Austin. Grandparents are Fred A.

Ross Jr., Kathryn A. Mittelstaedt, andPatricia and Ricc Gonzales. BrothersHudson and Bennett also welcome thebaby.

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Dinner of ChampionsMultiple Sclerosis Society honors Bill Brown

Cindy and Jim Wilson, Ricky and Janie Rayborn, Jeff and Jodi Bennett,Michael Cottingham

Cheryl and Mike Anthony, Joseph Sclafani, Ken Harmon, Mark Hosemann,Louis Fuller, Sue Allen Tate Granville Tate Julie Boteler, Josh Huddleston

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The National MultipleSclerosis Society of Alabama-Mississippi Dinner ofChampions was held recentlyat The South.

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I HEARD MY HUSBAND’S voice coming down thehall before I saw him. “I’m worried about Daddy,” he said.“I think he’s sick!”

“What’s wrong?” I said, shifting into overdrive.“He wants to go to the fair,” Ben deadpanned. With that highly out-of -character request, we picked up

my octogenarian father-in-law and his lovely wife whocannot possibly be near that age, and drove to theMississippi State Fair on a beautiful October Sunday

evening at sunset.There are a few people who are more at home in a bow

tie and dinner jacket than cruising the midway in jeans.Let’s just say I know one of those people. Despite decadesof dislike for all things related to the fair by one in ourparty, there we were: four Waltons embarking on a twilightstudy in Southern culture and gastronomic excess.

It was, in a word, delightful. And it brought back memo-ries others may share.

AS A CHILD I remember the magic of the state fair atdusk when they powered up the lights. You just can’t havea good fair without neon. In rural Lawrence County, wehad an afternoon off in elementary school to attend the fair,which extended into night. My classmates in 4-H and FFAin high school had worked on projects, produce, and live-stock all year in anticipation of winning prizes in the fall.Blue ribbons meant big dollars for the best of breed in thebarns. That was the meat of the fair for many. Literally.

Others came for rides. Spinning cages offering riders aglimpse of airbrushed Alpine peaks and buxom Swissmisses, and the whirling apparatus attached to somethingresembling a giant drill bit visually enhanced by flashingstrobe lights, held thrills, chills and plenty of ticket moneyfor the three minutes of adrenaline rush. I never rode any-thing more exciting than the Ferris wheel, after embarrass-ing my sixth-grade self when I could not navigate the verti-go house with the floor that kept sliding away while tra-versing uphill. The laughter of boys outside trumped theambient noise of the midway. Sixth-grade girls are funnythat way.

LATER, THE FAIR was a great place to go with a datewho could win large stuffed dogs, and from the look ofthings, that hasn’t gone out of style. Today’s prizes, howev-er, are more aggressive and hip with their Jamaican hairbraided, stuffed-five-foot-long yellow bananas being all therage. A few booths and tents had some charming, person-able folks who used to be called barkers. And among greatlocal folks, Jo Nash and her husband have been comingfrom Brandon for years, turning out one patted homemadecinnamon apple pie after another. If I do not come awaywith anything else, I have a little bag of Jo’s pies.

We got a kick out of the banter between one winsome

weight and birthday guesser (“What we doin’ here, Lil’Man?”) with a smile so big he would disarm even the mostskeptical visitor. He just needs a break and he’d be on LastComic Standing! We just had to pause and smile. And inthe pausing, I saw them as people, not as carnies. There is abig difference.

We took the time to see - really see - some of the sights Imight have missed in that sea of humanity had I not beenlooking to enjoy the gladness of the night. I caught thedelight of the little four-year-old girl in pink who held thesledge hammer and pounded the bell three times in a rowand won herself a prize, though she never saw the youngman operating the arcade manually lift the weight eachtime she struck it so that she would ring the bell.

THE MIDWAY invisibly undulated with wafting aro-mas of cinnamon rolls, candy apples, funnel cakes, friedTwinkies, fried Oreos, blooming onions, Jo’s apple pies,roasted corn, homemade biscuits with syrup, Pronto Pups,turkey legs, Penn’s chicken on a stick, Malone’s taffy, and -this was a new one for me - Fried Krispy Kreme doughnutssurrounding a cheeseburger with bacon. I am serious. Isthere comfort for health enthusiasts that they were “FreshNever Frozen”?

And the music scene fills the night air with headliners abit past their prime playing the geezer circuit of state fairs.A few years ago, Big Al, Ben and I enjoyed Peter Noone,aka Herman’s Hermits, from front row seats in a not-so-crowded coliseum, and I still have his plastic guitar pickfrom that “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”evening. The Grass Roots, with the lead singer looking fitin tight black leather pants, leaned occasionally on a canedue to hip replacement surgery. Time does move on. I sup-pose ours will be the generation that has Motown playingon the Musak in nursing homes, and we’ll still be saying,“Man, that was good music!”

I heard all of this and more as we strolled both the mid-way and memory lane that night. The lesson to me? Beopen to seeing something new even though it has been inyour own backyard for 83 years. I am thankful for this sim-ple pleasure of seeing the joy and gladness in something Ihave often found less than appealing.

Perhaps it is all in how we look at a thing. I keep learn-ing that lesson day after day.

Blue ribbon nightTHOUGHTS FROM MARITAb y m a r i t a w a l t o n

Despite decades of dislike for all things

related to the fair by one in our party,

there we were: four Waltons embarking

on a twilight study in Southern culture and

gastronomic excess.

Simple sevenBaptist Health Systems will present ‘Life’s

Simple Seven: Maintaining a Healthy Heart,’October 18, 11:45 a.m., in the BaptistMadison Community Room. To register call601-948-6262.

Musical revueBelhaven Musical Theatre Revue will pres-

ent “What I Say Goes: A Musical Revue ofMotherhood,” October 20 - 22, 7:30 p.m., inthe Bitsy Irby Center.

High noteMississippi Museum of Art will host High

Note Jam featuring local musicians of all

genres, October 14, 21, and 28 in the ArtGarden.

Mother daughter timeBaptist Health Systems will host an infor-

mational brunch for mothers and their ado-lescent daughters, October 29, 9:30 to 11:30a.m., at the Baptist Madison CommunityRoom. $5 per person. Call 601-948-6262 toregister.

Chef benefitCommunity Place will host a fund-raiser,

‘Steel Chef of Mississippi,’ featuring a com-petition between chefs Craig Noone andMike Roemhild, October 17, 5:30 p.m., atthe King Edward Hotel. Tickets are $75 perperson or $100 per couple. For informationcall 601-355-0617.

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Rebel Club leadersThe Rebel Club “kickoff”meeting was heldrecently. Attendees include (from left)Jimmy ‘Red’McDowell, Matt Glover, Matt

Bailey, Cosmo Lloyd, Chuck Rounsaville, andBob Box.

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Jackson Prep’s Performing Arts Department will present “Grease,” the school version, October 22 at 2 and 7 p.m. and October 24 at 7 p.m. Underthe direction of Dianne Holbert, performing arts chair, the campus will be transformed into the 1950s era complete with a Grease Carnival from 4 -6 p.m., and the Grease Diner. For tickets call 769-798-9500. T-birds and Pink Ladies leading the way are (from left, standing) Griffin Schrock, PeytonSwanson, John-David Polk, Anna Lauren Gathings, Heather and Ty Higginbotham; (sitting) Conner Ball, Helen House, Zack Watson, and K-K Ross.

PREP PRESENTS ‘GREASE’ names in

the newsThe sixth-grade

Pathways classes fromMadison Middle Schoolrecently toured the con-struction sites of theMadison bridge and theCanton by-pass with theMississippi Department ofTransportation. CarrieAdams, director of publicaffairs for MDOT, organ-ized the trip along withtheir teacher SuzanneRay. Class members par-ticipating included JohnnyBethea, Tyler Moore,Ryan Walzer, HayesChase, IsaacSalamonson, Brad Luke,John Michels, ErinPatton, Wil Peery, BrianSullivan, Neha Udeshi,Jordan Wilson, RileyHouston, James Michels,Laken Mitchell, RolandRobinson, John WalkerWebb, Parth Malaviya,Brandon RoseRichardson, ErinRoberts, Joseph Tice,Corban Woodward,Haley Adams, AnushaDubey, Will Wheatley,Spencer Wright, AbigailBarton, CameronBoyington, SameenMahmood, and AustinRose. Accompanying thegroup were parentsMessieurs Sullivan andBarton and Mrs. Wilson.

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St. Andrew’s Episcopal School sixth-graders who serve as student guides, assist the admissions office with visitingstudents, back to school nights, and campus tours, are (from left, back) Sam Roffwarg, Richard Rein, Kennedy Owens,

Drew Waddell, William Morse, Christian Wade, Satwick Pani; (fourth row) Joseph Garner, CJ Carron, Huges Boling,Warren Scott, Katlyne Callahan, Sarah Gerrets; (third row) Jack Archer, Charley Hutchison, Grace Ardelean,

Gena Rose Wiley; (second row) Jaylen Taylor, John Chain, Ethan Chevalier, Alice Bowie, Lauren Watson; (front) Adkins Word, Chappel Pettit, Addie Hillhouse, Brooklyn Hawsey, Isabel May, Zoe Williams, and Anna Cranford.

STUDENT GUIDES

Project leadersStudents at the Education Center School recentlyparticipated in the national “See You at the Pole” bygathering at the flag pole before school for a presen-tation and program. Shown are project chairmen(from left) Hannah Wingard and Varah Potter.

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Three Ridgeland HighSchool seniors were recog-nized in September’sPortico Magazine feature“25 Students That WillChange The World”. Theyare Millie Adams, KristenDupard, and RachelHarris. These seniors areactively involved in many

areas on campus as well asin the community and arehonor students.

Christ Covenant Schoolmiddle school class repre-sentatives are MatthewFaulkner, Luke and SethAlbritton (eighth), AveryBryant Aidan Creel andWill Atkins (sixth), KacieVan Pelt, Kirsti Kokko,Emily Clark and AnnaSchimpf (seventh).

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Win meetThe Madison Middle School girls crosscountry team recently won the BrooksMemphis Twilight Classic cross countrymeet. Team members include (from left,back) Addison Crowder, Kayla Lovitt,

Rebecca Buteau, Elyse Smith, Natasha Horn,Skye Hayman, Hannah Steece, AshleyBaney, Ashlee Clapper; (front) Alexis Carter,Molli McKeown, Amye McDonald, EmmaWiygul, Hailey Hinson, Jordan Kelly.

MADISON TUCKER’Sshoulder made a niceperch for Percy King’s birdDafodile while visitingWee Care Ridgeland.

CONNOR BLUNTSON, aneighth-grader at TheVeritas School, qualifiedfor the Duke TalentIdentification Program(Duke TIP). Duke TIP iden-tifies academically talent-ed students during theirseventh-grade year, whichallows them to take col-lege entrance examsalongside high school stu-dents. Connor is the sonof Barbara Ann Bluntson,and the late CraigBluntson. He is the grand-son of Jackson CityCouncilman and Mrs.Frank Bluntson.

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October 12, Wednesday• Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, Archives Month

presentation Noon - 1 p.m. in the William Winter building.• Washington Area Tougaloo Alumni Chapter Golf-a-Thon scholarship fund-raiser,

8:30 a.m. at Eagle Ridge Golf Course. 703-624-2257.• Rebel Club fall meeting featuring Andy Kennedy, 5 p.m., Table 100 Conference

Center. Bob Box, 601-949-4621.• Casey Elementary School, pancake supper fund-raiser for art supplies,

5:30 to 7 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Community invited.Landrie Ethredge, 601-981-7236 or [email protected].

October 13, Thursday• Municipal Art Gallery, 839 North State St., one of the oldest surviving historical

structures in Jackson. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. Admission free. 601-960-1582.

• Mississippi Center for Justice honors Robert McDuff and Constance Slaughter-Harvey at Champions of Justice Dinner, 6 p.m. Jackson Convention Complex.

October 14, Friday• MS Wildlife Federation, Birds, Birds and More Birds, 6 p.m., science museum.

Presentation, 6 p.m. open to the public free of charge.• Mississippi Museum of Art High Note Jam concert series at the Art Garden.

R&B Night with Coop D’Belle, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.October 15, Saturday• Mississippi Farmers Market, corner of High and Jefferson streets.

Most Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 601-359-1159.• MS Wildlife Federation Nature Walk Photography Workshop, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

$75 per person. at Jackson Zoo education building. 601-605-1790.October 16, Sunday• MS Museum of Natural Science exhibit “Frogs!” through January 9. 601-354-7303. Open weekdays 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

October 17, Monday• Jackson Touchdown Club speaker MS State Head Coach Dan Mullen,

6 p.m. at River Hills Club.• University of Mississippi support group Ole Miss Lunch Bunch meeting each Monday11:30 a.m. - 1 pm. at Frisco Deli. Ray, 601-622-6090; or Nick, 601-856-0002.

• Community Place Steel Chef of Mississippi at King Edward Hotel, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.October 18, Tuesday• Jackson Academy fall carnival, 5 - 8 p.m. on the Raider football field. • Mississippi Museum of Art Unburied Treasures, Jason Bouldin.

5:30 p.m. hors d’oeuvres and cash bar, 6 p.m. program.October 19, Wednesday• Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, Old Capitol Museum staff,

Noon - 1 p.m. in the Old Capitol.• Belhaven University Highland Players Guild production of “The Life of Galileo,”

October 19 - 22, 7:30 p.m. at Blackbox Theatre.October 20, Thursday• Christ Covenant School Fall into Fun family festival, begins 5:30 p.m.• Belhaven University musical theatre revue of motherhood, October 20 - 22,

7:30 p.m. at Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center.

October 21, Friday• First Presbyterian Day School fund-raiser, Holiday Potpourri, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

in the home of Kim and Michael Nichols.www.fpds.org.• Mississippi International Film Festival, October 21 - 23, Davis Planetarium.

www.msfilm.org.• Mississippi Museum of Art High Note Jam concert series at the Art Garden.

Classical Night with MS Symphony Orchestra, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.October 22, Saturday• Christ Covenant School Fall into Fun 5K Run / Walk.• Belhaven University faculty recital, Sylvia Hong, pianist, 7:30 p.m.

in Concert Hall.• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 2011 Walk to Cure, LeFleur’s Bluff Park,

Mayes Lake. 601-981-1184.• Briarwood United Methodist Church craft fair and bake sale. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.• Little Light House walk/run at University Christian School. 601-829-3446.• Mississippi Farmers Market fall harvest festival, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 359-1163.October 24, Monday• Jackson Touchdown Club speaker Marcus Dupree, Sid Salter and Billy Watkins,

6 p.m. at River Hills Club.• University of Mississippi support group Ole Miss Lunch Bunch meeting each Monday11:30 a.m. - 1 pm. at Frisco Deli. Ray, 601-622-6090; or Nick, 601-856-0002.

October 25, Tuesday• New Stage Theatre, “Dracula,” October 25 - November 6. www.newstagetheatre.com.• Jackson Audubon Society chapter meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Eudora Welty Library. www.jacksonaudubonsociety.org. Open to the public.

special daysHAPPY BIRTHDAYOctober 13: Lane Allen, Carla Camp, D.C. Ware, Anne Parker, Sebastian Gullory.

October 14: Jim Breland, Hannah Adcock, Mrs. Waddell Nejam, Sherman C. Rice,Grace H. Blevins, Corinne Fox. October 15: Kelsey Jones, Jim Crell, Isabelle Patterson,Mary Jones. October 16: Ed Inman, Carolyn Lee. October 17: David Lott, Billy D. Johns,Jason Powell, Bill Grothe, Judith C. Jones, H.S. Amsler, Dede Rogers. October 18: BenTodd, Tom Todd, Margaret Bond, Lauren Brown, Clyde V. Maxwell, Megan HannaMcAdory, Mary Haseloff, Nell Werkheiser, Mackenzie Dynneson. October 19: ClarenceChapman, David Archer, Phyllis Davis, Paulette Goodnight, R.F. Cooper Jr., LewisDodson, Susan Dorsey, Donna Nigro. October 20: Brad Ward, Peggy Ferguson Phillips,Kristy Brown, Miriam Harris, George Koerber Jr., Kim Moore, Mary Frances Martin,Craig Gates, Warren Williams, Herbert Price, Alan Woodard, Katherine Saik, PaigeAnderson, Bryan Screws.

HAPPYANNIVERSARYOctober 13: Danny and Kim Pettit, Bill and Mary Watkins, Buck and Barbara

Dearman. October 14: Lomax and Ruth Floyd. October 18: Ray and Frances Blasingame,Mike and Fai Lamberth, Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Jones Jr., Larry and Lou Ellen Latham.October 19: Larry and Terri Wissel, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hammett, John and AliceBethany. October 20: Harold and Virginia Traylor, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sanders.

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Portico magazine recentlyrecognized 25 Jackson areahigh school seniors likely tochange the world. Included

are St. Joseph Catholic HighSchool students SeanHimel, Audrey AnnaRabalais, Meagan Harkey,and Tim Shinn.

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Parents who work in the medical field visited the fourth-graders at Madison-Ridgeland Academy after they studiedthe systems of the human body. They shared information about their jobs and answered the students’questions.Shown are (from left) Cali Chance, Abby Burns, Laura Lee Boyles, Dr. Tammy Brooks, Dr. Jamie Wall, Logan Barber,

Mary Rogers Coon, and Sydney Blake.

Pre-lawMembers of the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Pre-LawClub for this school year are (from left) Kelley LaFleur,Nathan Smith, Colby Jordan, Annabeth Hannan, Anne

Tatum McPherson, Haley Thornton, Sam Stevens, andBrendan Pedan.

Country vs. citySt. Anthony Catholic School third-grade students (fromleft) Phillip Wright, Augusta Hirn, Mary Palmer Wooten andEthan Avery enjoyed a “city mouse/country mouse”partyas part of their comparison study of city life versus countrylife.

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Children of alumniJackson Prep welcomed 47 seventh-graders who are chil-dren of alumni. They are (from left, back) Jordan Davis,Madeleine Porter, Ann Bradley Maloney, Braiden Guinn,Barrett Bufkin, Matthew Myers, Brady Culbertson, HolmanBuchanan, Ian Bruce, Lindsay Warwick, Lauren Henderson,Lauren Warwick; (third row) Logan Gage, Balie Crim, WesleyRoberson, Rosemary Ferguson, Abigail Martin, Ava BurtonWaller, Jack Davis, Joseph Upton, Elkin Crews, Lawson

Marchetti, Holt Hederman; (second row) Tate Fowler, MaryDunbar, Reese Friday, Gracie McCraney, Blair Stockett, EmilyHeidelberg, Anne Rivers Mounger, Grace Gebhart, AddisonHughes, Tripp Perkins; (front) Ann Clardy Byrd, Anna KateWilliams, Ally Walker, Will Nall, Adam Cochrane, GraceGourlay, McKenzie Davis, Ann Leighton Malouf. Not pic-tured: Hays Dubberly, John Jeffreys, Brendon McLeod,Katie Newton, Gregory Oden, Christopher Puckett.

Fastpitch winnersThe Madison-Ridgeland Academy Lady Patriot fastpitchsoftball team won the AAA North State Championship.They were undefeated in four straight playoff games.Shown are (from left, back) Coach Ken Reeves, AmandaMay, Carmen Carter, Mollie Keys, McKenzie Johnson,

Amanda Johnson, Laura Beth Reeves, Caitlin Ivey, AnnaDaniels, Beth Johnson, Asst. Coach Jim Best; (front) KelcieYates, Grace Ann Elinski, Lanie Force, Haley Best, JessicaWhitehead, Julie Donald, Lauren Miracle, and Alyson May.

Jan Hawthorne, Brailleand assistive technologyteacher at MississippiSchool for the Blind, wasrecently honored during the

annual convention of theMississippi Association forthe Education andRehabilitation of the Blindand Visually Impaired forher dedicated and devotedservice to the school.

Brown bagDuring National Hospital and Health-

System Pharmacy Week, October 16 - 22,Mississippi Baptist Medical Center invitespatients to bring their medications for a phar-macist to review. The event will be held inthe main lobby, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

ChampionsMississippi Center for Justice will honor

Robert McDuff and Constance Slaughter-Harvey during the center’s annual

Champions of Justice Dinner, October 13 at6 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex.

Student dayTougaloo College will hold their annual

high school/community college day October14, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the gymnasium.For information and registration call 601-977-7772.

Film festThe 2011 Mississippi International Film

Festival will be held October 21 - 23 at theDavis Planetarium. For details visitwww.msfilm.org.

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Senior courtSt. Andrew’s Episcopal School senior MaryHannah Cooper was crownedHomecoming Queen for the class of 2011.

Members of the senior class court are (fromleft) Meredith Blackwell, Emma Liston,Cooper, Lorna Harkey, and Caron Byrd.

Run for the childrenJackson Academy hosted the Run for the Raiders, anannual community service project that includes a 5k andfun run/walk. More than $8,000 was raised for the BatsonChildren’s Hospital. Shown are (from left) Bebe and BryanSumner presenting the check to Dr. Craig Robbins.

LAURA LEE SMITH,University of Alabamafreshman, was recentlynamed the SoutheasternConference SoccerFreshman of the Week.The weekly accolade isthe first of the season forthe Crimson Tide and itsfirst ever SEC weeklyfreshman honor. Smith isa Prep 2011 graduate.

NOAH BROOKS, St.Anthony Catholic Schoolfifth-grade student, takesclose-up photographs ofplants after a presenta-tion from photographicartist Tracy Brewster.

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Junior maidsThe 2011 Jackson Prep homecoming courtwas presented at halftime of the Prep-Starkville Academy football game. Thehomecoming maids were escorted by their

fathers. Shown are junior maids and theirescorts (from left) Cary and Sydney Crawley,Brien and Maddie Blakeney, and Georgiaand Duane Dewey.

TaxonomyThe Madison-Ridgeland Academy fifth-graders learned about the levels of taxono-my in science, and they chose animals fromtheir science lab to investigate. Shown are

(from left, back) Layla Gossum, Anne MarieJones, Don Ross Ward, Travis Byrd; (front)McCaa Headley, Anne Rivers Streeter.

Top runnersThe Madison Central girls cross countryteam won the varsity 4K race at theMississippi State University Bulldog XCClassic recently. The team’s top runners were

(from left) Allison Langlois, Rebecca Buteau,Amye McDonald, Natasha Horn. Not pic-tured: Makenna Morris.

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The 2011 Jackson Prep homecoming court was presented at the pep rally before the Prep-Starkville football game. Homecoming maids and their student escorts are (fromleft, back) Nathan Brown, Houston Primos, Josh Williams, Thomas Dunbar, Hughes Koury, Watson Lewis, Brad Brewer, Peter Mills, Robert Tramel, William Johnson; (front)Sydney-Kirk Patti, Maddie Blakeney, Georgia Dewey, Catherine Archer, Annie Carpenter, Sidney Lampton, Taylor Byrd, Haley Adams, Sydney Crawley and Jamey Pope.

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Defensive lineThe Madison Central Jaguars varsity footballteam recently traveled to West Monroe, La.With their 14-13 victory, the Jaguarsbecame only the third team since the 2004season, and the first since 2007, to defeat

the West Monroe Rebels on their homefield. Shown are defensive linemen (fromleft) juniors Lemetrius Hollins and StephenCollins, Head Coach Bobby Hall, and seniorsBailey Breland and Martez Simpson.

Chapel speakerSeth Franco, a member of the HarlemGlobetrotters basketball team, spoke to theMadison-Ridgeland Academy middle andhigh school students at a recent chapel.

Shown are (from left) Harper Hudnall,Rawlins Biggs, Sallie Kaye Streeter, Franco,Parker Webb, Logan Blaine, Haley Cox,Sarah Dorsey.


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Square dancingAfter studying farm life, the kindergarten classes at St.Richard Catholic School were able to experience it first-hand. Students dressed like farmers, ‘milked cows,’squaredanced and shucked corn. Shown are square dancers(from left) Charlotte Park and Aedan Ramos.

Drum majorsThe 2011-2012 drum majors for the Rosa Scott band are(from left) Elizabeth Liu and Elise Moore.

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New facultyMadison Central High School has severalnew faculty and staff members for thisschool year. Among them are (from left,back) Brian Rea, head coach, baseball; TonyDiFatta, art; and Katie Rowland, history andhead coach, volleyball; (third row) JohnBanks, science; Cecil Hinds, head coach,boys soccer; Alex Munday, history and assis-tant coach, girls basketball; Rahim Lockhart,

history and head coach, boys basketball;(second row) Kathy Terry, counselor; LouAnn Evans, choral music; Monica Johnson,English; Sabrina Smith, mathematics; ChristyStark, English; (front) Max Lyall, choral music;Elena McPherson, English and dance team;Rex Banks, science; Sonya Harvey, historyand communications; Missi Shoup, science.

Benefits cancer clinicThe students at Madison CrossingElementary had a fund-raiser for Blair E.Batson Children’s Hospital to collect itemsfor the cancer clinic, which was chosen asthis year’s philanthropy in honor of two for-mer MCE students who are currently beingtreated there. Each grade was given specific

items to collect, requested by the cancerclinic for the game room as well as house-hold items used by the families andpatients. Shown are (from left, back)Nicholas Ewing, Jacquelin Lee, AmeliaAgostinelli, Mary Morgan Agostinelli; (front)Jack Carr, Carson Ewing, and Jerrell Wilder.

Mini mesFirst Presbyterian Day School second-gradestudents created their own ‘mini mes.’Shown are (from left) Jake Smith, Aubrey

Armstrong, Will Purvis, Lydia Waters, andCharlie Hight.


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MS cheerSt. Andrew’s Episcopal School middleschool cheerleaders for the 2011-12 schoolyear are (from left, back) Addie Bagot,Boudreaux Dulske, Ali Kate Williams, Grace

Parry, Emily Watson, Caley Watts, AnnaDouglas Almond; (front) Olivia Montagnet,Madelyn Harris, Emma McNeill, Ali Garriga,and Caroline Galliet.

ClassificationSt. Anthony Catholic School fifth-grade stu-dents (from left) Max Harmon, JaceRasmussen, Covey Lockhart and Sam

Walenta classify seven levels of objectsusing the Linnaean system.

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