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It was during a summer art history class at Ole Miss that Allison England fell in love with Mississippi arts. Now, Eng-land, 27, is their resolute champion at the Mississippi Museum of Art, where she has worked for the past two years. “It was really a serendipitous thing,” she says, sitting in the art museum’s Palette Café. “I never planned to work for the mu-seum; it just happened.” England joined the museum’s volun-teer team, and shortly after, a part-time job as an accounting assistant became available. Now a full-time employee, England is the membership secretary, charged with getting more people connected with the museum. This Mississippi art advocate grew up in Starkville and visited the capital regularly. “Once a month, my family came down to Jackson to visit family, and I always vis-ited the zoo,” she says with a smile. To this day, visiting the Jackson Zoo is still one of her favorite things to do. “The tapirs are my favorite animal,” she says, giggling. “They kind of just hang out in the mud.” Since moving to Jackson, England real-ized there is so much more to it than a great zoo. “When I was younger, downtown was never a place that we came, but now liv-ing in Jackson and living in Fondren, there is so much more than I ever realized. And there is always something happening in Jackson,” she says.

England cites the Mississippi Mu-seum of Art as an example. It hosts a multitude of programs like “Music in the City”—the Oct. 9 program is a recital fea-turing mezzo soprano Viola Dacus—and “Unburied Treasures” featuring art by Mississippian William Hollingsworth Oct. 16. Her hope is that more people will start coming to these culturally enlighten-ing events. “There is nothing better than a community that has a personal relation-ship with its arts,” she says with assurance. “Especially a place like Mississippi. Every-body should be able to experience that.” The museum already has an estab-lished older membership, but England be-lieves it is important to have youthful par-ticipation as well. She is currently revamp-ing the membership program to appeal to both older and younger generations. While she could not give any details, she thinks the changes will be instrumental in bringing in the college crowd. England hopes to stay at the museum and broaden her role there. She wants ev-eryone to experience the power of Missis-sippi art. This southern girl loves her state and its people. “The people around me inspire me,” she says. “This is a great community, and I would love to be here forever.”

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When I heard Mitt Romney make fun of climate change during his convention speech to great laugh-ter—“President Obama promised

to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet”—my mind immediately flashed back to Waveland, Miss., days after Hurricane Katrina hit. I stood on the town’s main street surrounded by piles of rubble as far as my eyes could see. I’ve always described what I saw as akin to “carpet bombing.” I can’t think of an-other way to describe the devastation. As Romney added the punchline, “My promise is to help you and your family,” I thought of the man I interviewed in Wave-land whose mother had drowned in the rising ocean waters whipped up by the fierce warmth of a Gulf hurricane. I couldn’t believe Rom-ney would joke about the effects of climate change, and certainly not at the very moment when Gulf Coast residents were trying to sur-vive another hurricane-induced flood. During Katrina, George W. Bush was president, and we still lived in a time when too many Republicans called climate change a “hoax.” Big industry didn’t want to deal with any expense or regulation that might result from the need to keep the oceans from ris-ing or overheating, or to avoid droughts that lead to wildfires, failed crops and higher food prices. There was so little focus on possible weather-related disasters that FEMA was little more than an ineffective agency run by politi-cal appointees, as we learned so tragically. Now, seven years later, even many Re-publicans are coming around to the dangers of climate change. If there is anything we now know here in Mississippi and in neighboring states, rising (or surging) oceans are nothing to belittle or use to score cheap political points. We also know that it is time to stop using weather change as a cheap political tool and start approaching it in a bipartisan way before we lose more of the Gulf Coast and beyond. Climate change is science. It’s fact. It’s real—even if it is inconvenient for some industries. So when Romney made that pitiful, dis-tasteful joke, I thought a time machine had transported us backward to a time when poli-ticians actually got away with making fun of “global warming.” We were again in a time before Katrina created the smells of death I experienced as I walked streets of Bay St. Louis and talked to people sitting in front of rubble because they had nowhere left to go. These were families, Mr. Romney, and they needed help then, and they need it now. I’m not just talking about a more effective FEMA, which we have now. (Isaac showed the difference in great detail.) We need the kinds of help that come from looking beyond your next political campaign and your donor base. Our country needs leaders who are willing to put political capital on the line to, yes, help American families reduce climate risks. How? Through a respect for science and scientists. Every time I hear a politician make fun of science because it doesn’t fit a talking

point—from climate change to “legitimate rape” not causing pregnancy—I think of bul-lies in a school ribbing the kids who actually study. The bullies are just thinking about look-ing cool; they only care about that moment. Politicians who make fun of science, like-wise, are looking for cheap votes, regardless of what might happen in the future to prove them wrong. By then, with luck, they’ll have served their eight years and be enjoying retire-ment with a library in their name, so it won’t matter to them if they were wrong. Ask Bush. But too much is at stake to forsake science for short-term political gain. Beyond the disas-ters such an approach could hasten, there is the problem that we need more science and math education in our country. We can complain all we want about the lack of “good-paying jobs,” but the fact is that many companies cannot find Americans educated enough in science and math to fill those good-paying jobs. This is a failure of our leaders—both because they show such open contempt for good education in math and science, as well as contempt for the kinds of critical thinking that rigorous study helps create. Such critical thinking doesn’t always help them politically if those thinkers decide to actually start doing the arithmetic and learn more about how debt, deficit and financial systems actually work. Those savvy citizens might actually figure out that voodoo economic systems like trickle-down economics, or “Reaganomics,” don’t deliver what the jokester politicians promise us. They simply do not add up. Ask Ronald Reagan—who loved to make fun of what he called “environment extrem-ists” who “wouldn’t let you build a house un-less it looked like a bird’s nest.” In opposing expansion of Redwood National Park and

other green efforts, Reagan said: “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.” And: “Approximately 80 percent of our air pollu-tion stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.” And he cited a study that supposedly showed that “80 percent of air pol-lution comes not from chimneys and auto ex-haust pipes, but from plants and trees.” In addition to his disrespect toward the environment, Reagan had a math problem. He first cut taxes in 1981—but then presided over massive spending (up 60 percent), passed the largest tax increase in history (raising taxes 11 times), lifted the debt ceiling 18 times, tripled the national debt and nearly doubled the federal deficit (compared to Jimmy Cart-er!)—all by a president who had promised to balance the budget and reduce spending. Oh, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 raised tax rates on those earning under $30,000 while lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthy. Sound familiar? A major problem we face now is that many of the people who supported Reagan’s vision for the wealthy then, and the throwback trickle-down economics of Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan (he cites Reagan as an idol) now, don’t excel on these pivotal science and math questions. Ask yourself: Are you willing to be-lieve the science community’s research on cli-mate change? Do you want to use your math skills to figure out that someone who proposes massive tax cuts without revenue offsets might be using the wrong side of the calculator? Put another way, Mr. Romney: Actually helping families requires a healthy respect for both math and science—not someone who drowns in contempt for both.

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Reporter Jacob Fuller is a former student at Ole Miss. When not reporting, he splits his time between playing music and photographing anything in sight. He covers the city for the JFP. He wrote and took photos for the cover story.

Kathleen Mitchell

Features Editor Kathleen Mitchell is an adopted Mississippian who attended Millsaps College. She lives in Fondren with a small fluffy cat, an absurdly large dog and a normal-sized husband. She wrote features for wellness, arts and DIY.

Jasmin Searcy

Jasmin S. Searcy holds a bachelor’s in psychology, a master’s in clinical and community counseling from the Johns Hopkins University and is pursuing her doctorate in clinical psychology. She wrote a wellness feature.

Matt Bolian

Edititorial intern Matt Bolian is a full-time redhead, Christian, husband, Army officer and property developer (blackwhitedevelopment.com) who loves ultimate Frisbee, tacos, fruit smoothies and dreaming big. He wrote the Jacksonian

Mike Day

At the “Hindsonian” at Hinds Community College, Mike Day won top cartoonist awards from the Mississippi Press Association and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York. He was also a cartoonist for the Hattiesburg American.

Kristin Brenemen

Art Director Kristin Brenemen is an otaku with a penchant for dystopianism. If she can figure out the sewing machine, she has some mad plans for Halloween. She designed and laid out pages.

Dr. Timothy Quinn

Dr. Timothy Quinn is a family physician practicing in Ridgeland and holds an M.D. from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. He integrates lifestyle modification and education into his medical care. He wrote a wellness feature.

Kelly Bryan Smith

Kelly Bryan Smith is a busy mom, writer, brain-tumor survivor and nursing student living with her small son in Fondren. She enjoys cooking, swimming, reading and collecting pastel blue eggs from her backyard chickens. She wrote a food feature.

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that enables work on a long-awaited flood-control project to begin in earnest. Gary Rhoads, the mayor of Flowood and president of the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District, aka the Levee Board, suggested the group sing a chord or two of “Kumbaya.” Socrates Garrett, a Jackson developer and Levee Board member, offered Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.” Either song would have been apropos. Monday’s ceremonial signing—Rhoads offi-cially signed the document weeks ago—of an agreement between the Levee Board and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lets local of-ficials move forward with developing a flood-reduction plan. The Pearl River Vision Foundation, a not-for-profit association started by Jackson oil magnate John McGowan, will conduct the study on the Levee Board’s behalf as well as foot the bill. “They’ve got the motivation and, evi-dently, the financial capability,” Rhoads said of PRVF’s financing of the study. Without the agreement, the process could take three or fours years and cost twice as much, board attorney Keith Turner said.

Rhoads added that getting the agreement in place represents the end of three decades worth of worry over flooding along the Pearl River. In spring 1979, the river swelled 25 feet over flood stage, prompting a series of proposals over the years, including ex-panding the levees and the development of a lake system. The Corps and conservationists panned McGowan’s initial two-lake vi-sion that would offset construction costs through real estate and other economic-development activities, calling that plan envi-ronmentally damaging and cost prohibitive. The ensuing controversies around “Two Lakes,” which included shouting matches and allegations of ethics violations, could have earned Mississippi’s capital-city area the reputation of hosting the most raucous flood-and-drainage-control district meetings in the

nation. Eventually, the Levee Board scrapped “Two Lakes” in favor of a more modest 1,500-acre, six-mile-long single lake, starting at Lake-land Drive and stretching south to Richland. Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. called the occasion a big day for the region.

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Flood Control ‘Kumbaya’?by R.L. Nave

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Wednesday, Sept. 5 Officials release Jackson Police Depart-ment Sgt. Richard McGahey on $15,000 bond after arresting him for bribery charges Tuesday. ... Costa Rica suffers remarkably little damage from a magnitude 7.6 earth-quake that struck off its shore today.

Thursday, Sept. 6 The Mississippi Democratic Party names Madison attorney Vicki Slater, 3rd District, and Biloxi’s Matthew Moore, 4th District, as candidates in the upcoming congressional races. ... The Democratic Na-tional Convention wraps up with President Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech in Charlotte, N.C.

Friday, Sept. 7 Midtown Partners announces that residents will soon be able to move into 16 new energy-efficient townhouses in the neighborhood. ... Canada closes its embassy in Tehran and announces it is severing dip-lomatic ties with Iran, which it claims is providing military assistance to Syria.

Saturday, Sept. 8 Ole Miss and Mississippi State’s foot-ball teams win at home, both with scores of 28-10. Both teams move to 2-0 on the season. ... University of Louisiana-Monroe shocks the college football world when it defeats No. 8 Arkansas 34-31 in overtime.

Sunday, Sept. 9 The New Orleans Saints lose their first game of the season against the Washington Redskins 40-32. ... Coldplay and Rihanna play in the closing ceremony of the largest-ever Paralympics Games, wrapping up a summer of sports in London.

Monday, Sept. 10 The Hinds County Board of Super-visors repeal cuts to Sheriff Tyrone Lewis’ budget. ... Thousands of public-school teachers walk off the job in Chicago’s first teacher’s strike in 25 years after union lead-ers announce that negotiations failed to re-solve contract disputes.

Tuesday, Sept. 11 The Rankin County Board of Su-pervisors vote 4-1 to raise taxes hours after a public hearing where they voted unani-mously not to do so. ... Moody’s Investor Services warns it will downgrade the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA1 if Congress does negotiate a budget this legislative pe-riod. In August 2011, Standard & Poor’s cut the U.S. rating from AAA to AA+. Get news updates at jfpdaily.com.

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A crowd of a couple hundred people, including more than 60 sheriff’s dep-uties, roared with applause when the Hinds County Board of Supervisors

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County Sheriff Department’s budget. County supervisors called a special meet-ing Monday to discuss repealing the $2.5 mil-lion cut to the department’s budget the board passed the previous week. Sheriff Tyrone Lewis said he did not or-der the dozens of offi cers to attend. They at-tended on their own, out of concern, he said. District 5 Supervisor Kenneth Stokes and District 4’s Phil Fisher supported the budget cut, which Stokes proposed to fund raises for all county employees, including those in the sheriff ’s department, and add to the county’s cash reserves. Lewis and the deputies left the board’s chambers immediately after the decision. He spoke to the deputies and the media outside the Sheriff ’s Department on South President Street. Repealing the cut was important to help keep the citizens of Hinds County safe, Lewis said. “Yes, we need a raise, but we need a raise the right way, not at the sacrifi ce of your sons

and daughters walking to school being mo-lested or attacked by individuals when they know that the budget has been cut for public safety,” Lewis told his deputies after the meet-ing. “Not at the risk of your mothers, your wives, your grandparents going to the grocery store to shop, and not able to go out and put their groceries in the car without feeling safe.” Fisher said the county has clear ineq-uities in how it distributes payroll in more than one county department, which the board must address. “We’ve got people who just joined the county who are doing administration—secre-taries—making $52,000 a year, and we’ve got jailers making $1,818 a month,” Fisher said. “We’ve got sheriff’s investigators who are new coming in, making $3,600 a month, and ones who’ve been here for years making $2,500.” Fisher sited a crumbling infrastructure, among other issues, as a major reason the budget cut is needed. At the current rate, he said, the county will repave individual roads once every 125 years. “You can see that our budget is strained beyond its capabilities,” Fisher said during the meeting. District 3 Supervisor Peggy Calhoun said the $500,000 Stokes proposed to put toward street resurfacing will only repave about 12 miles of roads. The negative ef-fect of that money not going to the sheriff ’s department would far outweigh 12 miles of repaved roads, she said. The county has three avenues it can take to remedy its budget woes, Fisher said. First, it can raise taxes. Second, it can depend on eco-nomic development, a long-term step that will take years to generate revenue. Third, it can rearrange money within the budget. The third option is what he and Stokes were trying to do, Fisher said. County supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of the repeal. District 2 Supervisor Doug Ander-son, who voted in support of the cut last week, voted in support of the repeal Monday. Contact Jacob D. Fuller at jacob@jackson-freepress.com. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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“We’ve been, for many years, trying to push forward this notion of fl ood protec-tion for our region, and this is a big step for-ward in that direction,” Johnson said after the meeting. Johnson, who had been skeptical about the McGowan group’s Two Lakes plan, add-ed that his administration is 100 percent on board the One Lake idea, which also offers economic and recreational development po-tential for the city. Dallas Quinn, PRVF’s spokesman, said that the organization plans to hold a pub-lic meeting within 90 days to solicit input on the project, which must comply with

the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. In addition to taking public com-ments, NEPA requires that all fl ood-control alternatives—including two-lake, levee and do-nothing plans—be considered. McGowan said that any economic-development efforts associated with the fl ood-control project would hinge on the fi ndings of the environmental study, but added that he does not foresee the obsta-cles that held the project up this long being a problem going forward. “I think everybody’s together on this particular plan,” McGowan said.

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The Jackson City Council is asking for a complete audit of the Metrocenter Mall project before it clears any city departments to move into the former

Belk building. City administration put the relocation of four city departments to the former Belk building on the City Council’s agenda for the Sept. 4 regular meeting, but Council mem-bers chose to pull the item until they could get someone to complete a full audit of the project. Council President Tony Yarber said the Council will meet Thursday to decide whether to use a private auditing firm, the city’s inter-nal auditor or request a state auditor to lead the process. If they choose to go with a private auditing firm, the city will bid out the job.

Some Council members, including Ward 5 Councilman Charles Tillman, have raised questions of where developer Retro Metro has spent the funds from a $5.1 million bond it received for the project. “Business is business with me. If some-thing seems like it’s missing, and nobody wants to discuss it and give you an answer, I’ve got a problem with that,” Tillman said after the council’s special meeting Sept. 10 at City Hall. The city has paid Retro Metro, headed by Socrates Garrett, Leroy Walker and How-ard Catchings, $50,000 so far to upgrade communications wiring in the building. They will pay another $200,000 plus interest over five years for improvements. The $5.1 million bond was a private issue, though, Garrett said,

and no public money is at stake as far as that funding goes. “I just want to know the answer that makes sure we’re don’t get the city in trouble and we’re good stewards of the taxpayers’ money,” Tillman said. Ward 4 Councilman Frank Bluntson didn’t want to move some departments into the building now and begin paying rent, not knowing when the others would be able to move in. “The way it’s been going, it could be six (or) seven more months before the others ones get in there,” Bluntson said. The project began last year, when the city agreed to rent the building from Retro Metro to house six city departments, including hu-

man and cultural services, water and sewer, and parks and recreation. Developer David Watkins recently cut his ties to Retro Metro and the project. He said he left that partnership to focus on the long-delayed Farish Street entertainment district, which his company, Watkins Development, is heading. Email Jacob D. Fuller at Jacob@ jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

City to Audit Retro Metroby Jacob D. Fullercitytalk

The city of Jackson will soon have a sewer repair bill that could rival the city’s entire annual budget. The U.S. Environmental Protec-

tion Agency and the state Department of Environment Quality have handed down a decree to the city that requires it to make major improvements to its water and sewer infrastructure to comply with the Clean Wa-ter Act. City Council President Tony Yarber said the Council is reviewing the proposed plan, which could cost between $200 mil-lion and $400 million over several years. The City Council’s water and sewer ad hoc committee is reviewing the consent decree and making sure the city can comply with it, Yarber said Monday after the coun-cil’s special meeting at City Hall. Yarber said the city is facing this decree now because of a lack of action by former city leaders. “It’s called neglect. It’s called ‘close my eyes and hope it goes away,’” Yarber said. “We’re talking about years, probably almost a generation’s worth of neglect. There’s a ton

of blame to go around, but we’re at a point now that blaming doesn’t pay the bill.” Chris Mims, the city’s communications director, said Jackson has been in negotia-tions with the EPA and DEQ for about two years on the decree, which will likely include the city paying a fine for violations of the Clean Water Act, which include sanitary-system overflows, storm water getting into the sewage drainage and overloading the

water-treatment plant, lines bursting, and sewage overflowing into streets and yards. The city will likely have several years to complete the necessary improvements. Mims said the decree is not a result of neglect on the part of the city. “The city’s spent more than $100 mil-lion since 1997 on the wastewater system,” he said. “We’ve been making improvements all along, but we realize that this consent de-cree is going to probably be several hundred million (dollars) more.” The city will get no grants from the fed-eral government to pay for the repairs. That burden lies solely with the city and with rate-payers. Mims said Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. and the City Council are going to seek every avenue for funding available to mini-mize the effect on taxpayers. Those avenues include the state water-pollution-control re-volving-loan program, which is funded, in part, by the state and federal governments and comes through the DEQ. The city must pay the loans back at an agreed-upon interest rate at or below market rates.

Mayor Johnson said the city will assess how it can pay off any loans before they take them out. He said the city is already borrow-ing $23 million this year for wastewater sys-tem repairs. To fund the additional, necessary im-provements, the city will also look into bond issues and a sales-tax increase, which the city has sought from the Mississippi Legislature for at least two years. Both years, lawmakers failed to pass the bills. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to work with the Legislature this year and possibly get the local-option sales tax to a state that will be amenable to the city,” Mims said. In April, the city of Memphis, Tenn., signed a similar decree with the EPA. It in-cluded $1.29 million in fines and an esti-mated $250 million in improvements. In 2011, the EPA lodged a consent de-cree with St. Louis, Mo., for violations. The estimated cost of that city’s repairs was $4.7 billion over 23 years. Email Jacob D. Fuller at jacob@ jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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As Isaac, a tropical storm that sped up to hurricane strength when it made landfall, approached southeastern Louisiana, it was a forgone conclu-

sion that the storm would unearth toxic remnants of the 2010 BP oil disaster. But a picture of the extent Isaac’s envi-ronmental implications is starting to emerge. After Isaac passed, the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center received some 90 reports across the Gulf Coast states, ranging from sightings of tar balls, oil slicks and spills. Through tests, researchers at Louisiana State University confirmed last week that oil that washed ashore on Elmer’s Island and Grand Isle matched samples from the BP Macondo well that malfunctioned two years ago, spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. In Mississippi, post-Isaac reports in-cluded a sheen of unknown sources near Ship Island and approximately 50 half-dol-lar-sized tar balls per square meter washing up on Ship Island Sept. 4, and sightings of other oil sheens near Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian Sept. 2 and Sept. 5, respectively. Also, on Aug. 31, the day Isaac officially made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, three fishing boats overturned in at a ma-rina near Bay St. Louis, discharging about 30 gallons of diesel fuel into the water “Proper planning and equipment go a long way to prevent industrial accidents, but these disturbing reports of oil sheens, overturned tanks, and chemical releases following Isaac show that industry is ill-prepared and ill-equipped to handle these storms,” said Jill Mastrototaro, Sierra Club Gulf Coast’s campaign director last week. Nearly 5 million barrels of oil glugged into the Gulf of Mexico after an April 2010 drilling rig malfunctioned and caught fire, killing 11 workers on Transocean’s Deepwa-ter Horizon drilling vessel. The release went on for months as BP, the UK-based petrol giant, fecklessly sought ways to plug the leak one mile below the ocean’s surface. Eventu-ally, officials applied 1.8 million gallons of a chemical dispersant called Corexit. Scientists disagree about the benefits of using oil dispersants such as Corexit. In

April 2012, researchers from the University of South Florida on behalf of the Surfrider Foundation completed a study that con-cluded Corexit inhibits microbial organisms from breaking down the hydrocarbons. The report also found that Corexit enables organic pollutants found in crude oil to remain level with that the National Institutes on Health and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration consider carcinogenic. “It’s one of those nagging questions that we’re not investing enough in to an-swer. I’m afraid when the next hurricane comes along, we’re going to be wringing our hands over the same stupid questions,” said John Amos, president of Skytruth, a Shepherdstown, W.Va.-based environ-mental watchdog group, said about using chemical dispersants after oil spills. Amos added that it would be unfair to assume every reported spill after Isaac origi-nates from the BP disaster, but Skytruth, which monitors and posts satellite images of reported oil spills worldwide, noticed more reports in the days following Isaac than on a normal day in the Gulf. “It’s going to be a continual house-keeping chore,” Amos said, referring to cleanup efforts. Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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In 1978 Barney McKee, then director of the University Press of Mississippi, brought home a cookbook that he couldn’t publish. That book was “The

Twelve Days of Christmas Cookbook,” and his wife, Gwen McKee, was enamored. She found the book too cute to let fall to the side and took up the challenge of publishing it herself. An English and journalism major, McKee has an affinity for writing, and she loved to cook, so it was a perfect fit. That was the beginning of the Quail Ridge Press, born on the McKees’ din-ing-room table on Quail Ridge Drive in Brandon. During her early years publishing, McKee found the fledging company’s big-gest challenge was “having the confidence to believe that I could actually start and run a business. … (and) that I could talk people into buying my cookbooks,” she says. She would often second-guess herself when trying to sell a book to stores—“You don’t really want this book, do you?” she asked of bookstore managers. As unsure as she was of whether she could do it, she got the first book out, and it was a success. After that first foray into publishing, the company got larger than she ever expected. After successfully publishing several cookbooks, McKee’s husband suggested do-ing a book that gathered all the best recipes from a state into one book, and McKee set out to do just that. She brought in her friend Barbara Moseley, and the two got to work on Mississippi. Their “Best of the Best of Mis-sissippi Cookbook: Selected Recipes from Mississippi’s Favorite Cookbooks” (1982, $16.95) did fantastically—McKee says it was “just a huge success.” Today, it is still one of their best-selling books each year. A year later, Quail Ridge published “Best of the Best of Louisiana Cookbook: Selected Recipes from Louisiana’s Favorite Cookbooks” (1983, $16.95). That book was a resounding success, as well. After that, the two—known to their fans as “The Cook-book Ladies”—decided to keep going to

other southern states, eventually extending north and coast-to-coast, encompassing all 50 states in America. The “Best of the Best”

series includes regional books as well, such as those featuring the Deep South, Midwest and the Great Lakes regions. The company that started on a dining table is bigger than Gwen ever dreamed it could be. Ensuring the success of Quail Ridge is still hard work, McKee says, even as the company has grown. She praises her staff for easing the load, but she still oversees and helps in the process. A large part of any small business’ continuing success, she attests, is smart money management and growth and avoiding debt. “A lot of people want to expand real quickly. They feel like, ‘Yeah we’ve had a suc-cess, let’s publish six cookbooks, instead of the one or two we did last year,’ and I think that’s risky,” she said. “We didn’t take a lot of big risks. We were conservative. … I would advise, if you’re doing something well, keep

doing it, and grow a little bit at a time.” The cookbook publishing process begins by finding someone who can write recipes. Sometimes Quail Ridge gets sub-missions from folks who have authored rec-ipes and want to publish them. Then, the recipes go through editing and testing. The publishers want to know that every recipe actually makes a dish people will want to cook and eat. The design of the book, from the theme to the formatting and cover art, all has to be perfect, McKee says. Then Quail Ridge must complete marketing research to determine how many people might be interested, who and where they are, and let them know about the upcoming release. Finally, the book needs to be sold to stores, printed and shipped. Moseley and McKee oversee each step of the process and will step in when necessary. Book publishing may not be an easy job, but it is one McKee loves. Her love of cooking and writing motivate her to bring people the best cookbooks possible. However, the process of bringing specialty products to potential consumers is difficult, especially in marketing cookbooks. Each book is “almost a gamble,” she says. “You’re gambling on how many people will want to buy this.” Still, she said, “You have to have confidence in your product. You have to know that what you have will make some-body’s life better.” Quail Ridge Press’ beginnings and growth are a quintessentially American story of entrepreneurship. A woman with skills, passion, ideas, and plenty of support from friends and family was able to turn a home-based venture into a full-time job, and then into a successful business. And while McKee may be retiring soon, she’s sure that some-one will pick up the reins of Quail Ridge to continue its tradition of publishing quality cookbooks for the whole country—from right here in Mississippi. For more information and the complete Quail Ridge Press catalog, visit quailridge.com.

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EDITORIALTime to Think Ahead

KEN STIGGERS

Get This Party Started

In the past month we’ve been through one hurricane, two national conventions and three weeks of preseason football. Here are a few of my casual observations:

The Democrats know how to put on a bet-ter production than the Republicans do. But speeches don’t win elections. And the American Dream is either reality or fallacy depending on which side of the aisle you’re on. After listening to both sides talk about that “dream,” now is the time to ask ourselves: Is it tan-gible? And, can either party get us closer to it? Most of us are raised to believe that if we just work hard enough we can be successful. We’re told that instead of coveting another’s wealth, we should just “work,” and we too can have the house or car of our dreams. What’s more, if you haven’t gotten those things, it’s merely because you’ve been too lazy, right? Well, I know about work. I know folks who work their behinds off daily but are barely able to string two checks together. They pay their bills; they buy food; they are always only one missed paycheck away from the streets. They can’t buy their dream home or car, and they can’t take that family vacation. It’s not because they’ve splurged or taken on a mortgage they couldn’t pay. No. They’re stagnant simply because these days, their paychecks just don’t stretch far enough. Sure, the free-market system—that thing

called capitalism—is set up to make winners and losers. But do we want a country where the best you can look forward to is “just getting by”? You see, this isn’t a Democratic or Repub-lican thing. This isn’t a black or white thing. This is a quality-of-life thing. This isn’t the time to let emotions, biases or prejudices cloud our judgment. The Republicans, at best, have question-able undertones to their message. The “taking back our heritage” shtick is scary. It sounds like the dominant culture having a tantrum because someone dares level the playing field. The Democrats put on a powerful produc-tion in Charlotte. But tear-jerking oratory to a supportive crowd doesn’t count in my book, either. It’s great, but don’t let emotion be your only guide. The presidential campaigns have been throwing a lot of information at you over the past months. Some you liked. Some you didn’t. Personally, at the end of the day, I’m just tired of seeing good people struggle. And in Novem-ber, we need to be putting the guy in the White House that can help us regular folks enjoy a little play with our work. We don’t need a $750,000 show horse, but we’d like to go a month with-out having to make the choice between buying gas to get to work or buying groceries. And that’s the truth ... sho-nuff.

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CORRECTION:In the story “Raising Filmmakers” (Vol. 10, Issue 52), the writer incorrectly identified Ceili Hale as the director of the Blu August film team for the 48-Hour Film Project. Ceili was the production assistant. Kelly Buckholdt was the team leader of the Blu August team, E.J. Carter was the director of their 48-hour film “Turnaround” and Alec Martin was the assistant director, according to the film’s Facebook page. The Jackson Free Press apologizes for the error.

Congressman Smokey “Robinson” McBride: “Distinguished delegates of the Ghetto Science Community, welcome to the Ghettocratic Party’s Neighborhood Convention, Voter Registration Drive and Disco, held at the Clubb

Chicken Wing Multi-Purpose Complex. “Now that the Republican and Democratic conventions are over, it’s time to motivate the masses to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice. Now is the time to help members of our community defeat and counteract the efforts of voter suppression. We must transform the unem-ployed deejay’s apathy into determination. Our senior and disabled citizens need clear and unobstructed paths to access voting booths. We must instill a sense of urgency in the spirits of young people to invest in their future by going to the polls. It’s time to convince and encourage our doubtful and cynical Ghetto Science Community members to move this nation forward through the power of ‘One Person, One Vote.’ “Already, I have assembled and organized a volunteer Ghetto Science Team Political Action Committee, aka Ghetto PAC, to achieve the goals of successful voter registration and participation. Brother Hustle and the Compensatory Investment Request Support Group will serve as our voter registration street team. They will hand out free, refreshing bottles of Juicy Juice on Ice to registered voters. Also, I have strategically placed voter regis-tration centers at places such as Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store, Pork-N-Piggly Supermarkets and Mr. Habib’s Convenience Store. “Let get this party started quickly, and register folk to vote so that our nation can move forward and step into tomorrow!”

People don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan. Anyone needing evidence of that adage’s truth needn’t look much further than Jackson’s decrepit, and worsening, infrastructure. Staring down the barrel of an Environmental Protection Agency consent decree, the city now faces the very real possibil-

ity of shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade its sewer system. Think the EPA is playing around? Just ask St. Louis, Mo., which is spending nearly $5 billion to fix its sewer problems after getting a similar decree. Mind you, whatever Jackson spends on the sewers will be on top of the $100 million the city has already spent since 1999. In other words, roughly $13 million per year went to making what amounts to Band-Aid fixes. As is always the case when infrastructure languishes, Jackson’s problems have accumulated over many years and many administrations. Consider the situation in Raymond at the Hinds County Detention Center, where the building is in such disrepair that the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office is having problems keeping the doors locked. For a period, escapes were so common that the situation would have been laughable if it were not so terrifying (see: the July 30 jail uprising). While the jail’s present condition resulted from decades worth of do-noth-ing neglect, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors has waffled in the past few months to correct them. First, the board called for a new jail. Then, it backtracked to make quick fixes in the meantime. That’s wise, but it doesn’t exactly instill confidence that there won’t be more problems. Unfortunately, when it comes infrastructure projects, it’s hard to know what success, or even progress, looks like. What has $100 million bought the city’s sewer and wastewater system? This week also saw what some people might consider a milestone, the sign-ing of a document between the local Levee Board and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that could put breaking ground on a flood-reduction project for the city as little as 18 months away. If you’ve followed the coverage of flood control in the pages of this newspaper, you know how evenly we’ve distributed blame for holding up flood control for 30 years by stubbornly sticking to plans that were dead-on-arrival. Luckily, Jackson has escaped a second deluge on the scale of the 1979 Easter Flood—so far—that wreaked billions of dollars in damage when calculated in today’s money. The operative phrase here is: “so far.” Given the schizophrenic weather patterns that climate change induces, this year’s drought could just as easily be followed by a flood next year. What is clear is that it’s time to end the far-too-common practice of rolling the dice and hoping nothing bad happens. When those bets fail, we’ll all have to pay the price.

OXFORD – James Meredith’s new book, “A Mission from God,” (Simon & Schuster, 2012, $25) co-authored with William Doyle, sometimes

reads like the opening confession in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground.” “I befuddle people,” Meredith admits. “People have an awfully hard time trying to figure me out.” Here’s more: “I’m not a team player. I am my own team.” “A lot of folks think I’m a real odd bird.” Like the unnamed narrator in Dos-toevsky’s classic 19th century novel, Meredith confesses he’s a self-absorbed loner: “I am immortal. … I am a moment in history. … My ego is so enormous. … Someone once wise-cracked that my name should be changed to ‘I, James Meredith.’” Meredith has baffled admirers and detractors much of his life, certainly since that day 50 years ago when he, the lone black man in a sea of white, en-tered the campus of the University of Mississippi and enrolled as a student. In his own words, the Attala County native is “a civil rights hero who absolutely hates to talk about civil rights,” a black man who rejects the term “African American,” a man who once joined the staff of the original modern-day GOP obstructionist, the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Caro-lina (also known as “Senator No”). Meredith endorsed Mississippi segre-gationist Ross Barnett’s gubernatorial bid in 1967 and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke’s bid for Louisiana governor in 1991. Meredith’s career after his dramatic show-down at Ole Miss has been a series of fits and starts: abortive runs for Congress and other of-fices, including president of the United States; a mixed record of business ventures; a law de-gree from Columbia University although he never took the bar exam nor practiced law. When I first met James Meredith in Jackson back in the early 1980s, he had just founded what he called the Reunification Church, which he believed would help him fulfill his “divine responsibility assigned by God,” revealed in a “series of dreams,” and “use my life for the betterment of my people and mankind.” The church turned out to be a dream that never quite worked out. Today, nearing 80, he admits he has one great regret: “I have not done nearly enough to help America’s poor, and especially its poor-est black citizens.” As for communicating his ideas of “triumphant American citizenship, black advancement and black self-transforma-tion” effectively to others, “I have failed com-pletely,” so far. He always set his sights high, and he al-

ways had a strong sense of self. When the mob at Ole Miss crowded close to him in 1962, shouting epithets and threats, he said his view of himself was this: “I am a Zen samurai. I am invincible. Nothing can harm me.” After all, he had come back to Mississippi after years in the U.S. Air Force to declare war on racism at “the holiest temple of white su-premacy in America”: Ole Miss. A man who eschewed Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence, Meredith “believed in over-whelming physical force and the threat of or-ganized violence, legally applied by the federal government” as the only means to defeat the

Jim Crow South. Meredith writes of beginning his lonely 220-mile “March Against Fear” from Memphis to Jackson in 1966, saying, “I could feel the spiritual presence of my late father walking beside me, and along with him were no less than Jesus Christ and the Founding Fathers of America. There was George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Fred-erick Douglass, along with

my African and Indian royal ancestors.” He would be shot on the second day of that journey. Today, when I walk the tree-lined path-ways of the beautiful campus of Ole Miss, I see what James Meredith helped accomplish here. I see students of all races burrowing in their books, hurrying to their classrooms, laughing outside the Student Union. What Meredith did not only changed a university, but also a state and a nation. He admits he has always been “a loner among blacks as well as whites.” He would never be the leader on the steps of a great me-morial preaching to the multitudes, never the congressman negotiating compromises over thick stacks of legislation, certainly never the civil-rights leader-turned-media celebrity. He would and will always be that lonely figure, a mystic and a mystery, who stepped onto the stage at a critical moment, braving more than his share of what Shakespeare called the “slings and arrows,” showing unimagina-ble courage and fortitude, enough to override those baffling moments since then. That in-cludes even now as he rejects the statue of him on the campus he integrated as a “false idol” that “must be destroyed and ground to dust.” One key to the James Meredith mystery that’s never been much discussed is provided in his book: his love for Mississippi. He left it many times, but he kept coming back. “Mis-sissippi is mine. And one must love what is his,” he writes. “I love Mississippi like a bee loves honey.” That’s a profound statement from some-one whose love hasn’t always been requited.

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The office of Gaddis Farms sits in a metal building just beyond the post office from the half-dozen or so shops and the police station on Madison Street in the rural town of Bolton. Half the building serves as the offices of one of Hinds County’s oldest and largest farms. The other half houses a John Deere heavy equipment and tractor retailer. Ted Kendall IV, a fifth-generation

farmer, is the man in charge. This time of year, though, he’s usually not in the office. He’s in one of the many fields his family has owned and operated since 1897 in the town about 13 miles west of Jackson on Interstate 20. It’s corn harvesting time in late August, and this year, more than ever before, that means Kendall needs to be in the field. Never before have the golden ears meant so much money to be made.

He took time out of his busy harvest season to talk with the Jackson Free Press the afternoon of Aug. 24. We met in his modest office, complete with family photos and an impressive eight-point whitetail buck mounted on the wall. Across much of the Midwest, farmers have experi-enced a summer hotter and drier than any they’ve seen. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Palmer Drought Index shows that 57 percent of the con-tiguous United States was under moderate to extreme drought at the end of July. That’s the highest percentage since December 1956, when 58 percent of the contigu-ous states were in drought. This summer, much of the region’s cash crop, corn, died during the long, dry heat wave. In Mississippi, crop farmers are feeling the drought as well, but not in the fields. With the exception of

parts of the northern Delta, the state hasn’t experienced drought conditions much, if at all, this summer. Plenty of rain has fallen to feed the thirsty corn. So much so, in fact, that Kendall said it has been an improvement from the previous two summers. “We’ve had a very good growing season,” Kendall said, sitting in the desk chair in his beige-walled office. “It was hot and dry in June, but we get accustomed to that. Then we started getting rains in July that really made our crop.” With much of the product in the country’s largest corn-growing region dead, corn prices are at an all-time high, running about $8 a bushel, up from $6 a bushel last year, said Robert Mashburn, who runs Bolton-based Triple R Farms along with his partner, Richard Mellon. While farmers in the state will take in record profits, the drought in the Midwest is going to raise the price of

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everything we consume, Mashburn said. Basic supply and demand, and the forces of a summer without rain, means the farmers like Kendall and Mashburn, with live crops and full harvests, stand to make a profit they’ve never seen when the corn leaves the field and heads to the buyers. Drive past Gaddis Farms’ headquar-ters and into the fields this time of year, and

you’ll see farm employees driving massive combines. The giant machines cut, shuck and strip eight rows of corn off the cobs at a time and hold up to 300 bushels. When they are done, nothing is left in the field but broken stalks, dried-up husks and dark-brown, empty cobs. When the combines are full, workers load the corn into the trailer of a semi-truck along one of the narrow, bumpy roads in western Hinds County that few travel other than farmers and hunters. Then the combines return to the field to bring in more corn—and more money. Farmers like Kendall, who runs Gad-dis Farms with two family members: his fa-ther Ted Kendall III and Kendall Garraway, his cousin, will harvest corn in August and early September. For some farmers, that is when all the work pays off. Those who have waited until harvest time to sell their crops can now take full advantage of the market, which requires massive amounts of corn and has suddenly lost many major suppliers. Others, however, worked out deals with buyers earlier in the year, before the drought destroyed large portions of the crops across the Midwest.

Long-Term Problems Consumers will see price increases at the grocery store, but not just in the numerous corn-based products on the shelves. Most of Kendall’s corn stays in the state. His largest buyers are a group who are feeling the equal-and-opposite reaction of

the Midwest farmers’ losses, but it’s not grocery shoppers. Poultry and cattle farmers need corn to feed their animals. Though they may buy most or all of their feed supply from inside the state, they still have to pay the record prices for feed crops the drought has created. “From a corn and soybean stand-

point, I think primarily what you’re look-ing at is increasing the cost of animal feed,” Kendall said. “Most of it goes to raising cattle, chicken (and) hogs. So it’s certainly going to increase the cost in production for livestock.” To add to the cattle and poultry indus-tries’ troubles, meat prices have dropped drastically during the drought. As farm-ers began seeing the drought killing crops across the Midwest, they realized feed pric-es were about to make keeping cattle and poultry through the winter a much-less profitable endeavor. So they began selling off their cows, chickens and pigs, and they flooded the market. With the sudden in-crease in supply, demand couldn’t keep up and the prices fell. While that lowered the short-term cost of meat during the spring and sum-mer, it also lowered the long-term supply, and thus will raise the price of meat over the next couple of years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts the price of beef and veal to rise as much as 4.5 percent this year, and as much as 5 percent in 2013. Pork products could jump up 3 percent by the end of this year, and another 0.5 percent next year. Cattle farmers in Mississippi have an advantage over many other states. They have ample grazing land with plenty of grass to feed their cows during the spring, summer and into the fall. When winter comes, however, ranch-ers have to turn elsewhere for feed.

Kendall is also a cattle farmer. He said he has not yet felt the hit of the higher grain prices there, but expects to this winter. “We don’t purchase much feed in the summer in the cattle business,” Kendall said. “We rely on grass. For the winter—for our protein and energy—we’ll start pur-chasing things.” It may seem fortunate that he has am-ple amounts of cottonseed and corn grow-ing in his own fields. He said, though, that he depends on selling most of his crops, not keeping it in house. Poultry and pig farmers in the state are already feeling the effect of the higher grain prices, Kendall said. They need the corn year-round to feed the animals. The feed is more expensive than ever, and it’s only going up. Ranchers commonly use cottonseed and hay to feed their cattle during the winter months. Unlike corn, cotton is not widely grown in the Midwest and the sup-ply has not been heavily affected by the drought. It has, however, met an enemy in Isaac. Then the Rain Came Beginning Aug. 28, the outlook for state agriculture, especially cotton farmers, took a turn for the worst. Isaac, a tropical storm that began in the Atlantic Ocean, had become a Category 1 hurricane by the time it made landfall late that Tuesday night near New Orleans. The storm then seemed to stand almost still, crawling north at 6 to 8 miles per hour. All the while, Isaac was dumping as much as 20 to 30 inches of rain on areas of the Gulf Coast. The early assessment shows the state’s biggest farm losses from Isaac will come in its cotton crop. One of the final stages be-fore farmers harvest cotton is the boll, or flower, of the plant opening, which exposes the delicate white fibers and seeds of the cotton. During this stage, excessive water can be devastating to the quality and yield of the harvest. “Once the cotton is open, it only gets worse when it rains on it, or it stays out there a long time,” said Garraway, the vice president of Gaddis Farms. “The quality factor goes down almost every time it rains.” The problem with assessing the effects of Isaac is that farmers won’t know the full damage to cotton quality until after the harvest. Most cotton farmers harvest begin-ning the second week of September and are finished by the second week of November. “The earlier the cotton (was planted), the worse,” Garraway said. “I would think it had a pretty detrimental effect, especially on the earlier cotton. I don’t know whether that’s 10 percent—I don’t know. It’s cer-tainly not the whole crop, but it’s going to affect the yield some.” Deputy commissioner of the state De-

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Ted Kendall IV explains how his combines pick and strip eight rows of corn from the cob at a time in one of his numerous fields in Bolton. Thanks to ample rainfall in central Mississippi and widespread drought in the midwestern United States, Kendall is selling his golden crop for record-high prices this year.

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partment of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Prosser doesn’t expect Isaac’s affect on the state’s farmers to translate to higher prices in the stores. Farmers had already harvested most of their corn and rice in the state before the storm arrived. He doesn’t expect the rain to seriously damage soy crops, either. “Keep in mind, in terms of the whole United States and the world market, Mis-

sissippi plays a very small roll in terms of the overall supply. So I don’t think Hur-ricane Isaac will affect overall food costs,” Prosser said. During the worst of the story, some dairy and chicken farmers lost power in the state’s six southern-most counties—Han-cock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone and George—and parts of southwestern Mississippi. Prosser said that loss of power

meant a loss of milk for dairy farmers. “You have to milk cows every day, and if you can’t keep your milk cold, you’re eventually going to have to pour that out,” Prosser told the JFP. “We did have some dairy farms that weren’t able to keep their milk cold due to loss of power.” The problem for poultry farmers came after Isaac passed and typical late summer heat set in, without electricity to provide

ventilation for the birds. “Most of the temperatures after Isaac were still very high. So you had some poul-try farms lose some chickens in the houses,” Prosser said. The losses were not large-scale, Prosser said, largely because most of the farmers had

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In 2008—back when President Barack Obama was a candidate—then-Sen. Obama promised to take on global warming. After a bruising, losing fight in Congress of proposed cap-and-trade legislation that

would have forced greenhouse gas emitters to pay for their polluting ways, Obama seemed to put the issue on the back burner. The subject’s stove-top position shifted again when presidential hopeful Mitt Romney revived it during his acceptance speech at the Republican Nation-al Convention. “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet,” Romney said, prompting ripples of laughter among the delegates. “My promise is to help you and your family.” Obama wasn’t shy when he responded to the jibe just a few days later during his own acceptance speech. “Yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet, because climate change is not a hoax,” the president said emphatically. “More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They’re a threat to our children’s future. And in this election, you can do something about it.” The party platforms back up the candi-dates: “We know that global climate change is one of the biggest threats of this genera-tion—an economic, environmental and na-tional security catastrophe in the making,” the Democratic platform states. Republicans, however, aren’t on board: “Science allows us to weigh the costs and benefits of a policy so that we can prudent-ly deal with our resources,” the platform states. “This is especially important when the causes and long-range effects of a phe-nomenon are uncertain.” Not surprisingly, American politicians disagree on an issue. In the long run, it is the opinion of scientists, not politicians, that is important. The overwhelming majori-ty of the world’s scientific community clearly sees anthro-pogenic (caused by humans) climate change as a serious ecological problem. The only question is: How much? The agreement of the scientific community dates back at least decade and continues to gain strength. Writing in the journal Science in December 2004, Naomi Oreskes wrote: “Policy-makers and the media, par-ticularly in the United States, frequently assert that climate

science is highly uncertain. … This is not the case.” In “The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change,” Oreskes cites reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization formed in 1988 by the World Meteoriological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme. “IPCC’s purpose is to evaluate the state of climate science as a basis for informed policy action, primarily on the basis of peer-reviewed and published scientific

literature,” she writes. “IPCC states unequivocally that the consensus of scientific opinion is that Earth’s climate is being affected by human activities: ‘Human activi-ties … are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents … that absorb or scatter radiant energy. … [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.’” Oreskes reviewed 928 scientific papers published in “refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003” to find dissenting opinions. “Remarkably, none of the pa-pers disagreed with the consensus opinion,” she wrote.

“This analysis shows that scientists publishing in the peer-reviewed literature agree with IPCC, the National Academy of Sciences, and the public statements of their professional societies. Politicians, economists, journalists, and others may have the impression of confusion, disagree-ment, or discord among climate scientists, but that impres-sion is incorrect.” In 2005, National Science Academies (including the United States) from 11 countries, signed the “Joint science

academies’ statement: Global response to cli-mate change.” The scientists left no doubt as to their conclusions. “[T]here is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring,” they wrote. “The evidence comes from direct measurements of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean tem-peratures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, re-treating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities. This warming has already led to changes in the Earth’s climate.” The bottom line is that the scientists all agree that climate change is real and that it is caused by human activities. One need not look farther than the harsh and violent weather patterns of the past year to see the devastation such changes can bring to the planet. More than 60 percent of the contigu-ous United States is suffering from drought, reports New Scientist magazine, along with parts of India and Eastern Europe. “In the Arctic, sea ice cover is at a record low, and the Greenland ice sheet shows what the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center calls ‘ex-

traordinary high melting,’” the authors write. “Global land temperatures for May and June were the hottest since re-cords began in the 19th century.” In the story, “With El Nino On the Way, Next Year Will Break Heat Records,” republished in Slate magazine, authors explain why variables in temperature are not evi-dence that anthropogenic climate change is not occur-ring. The authors conclude: “The signal of global warm-ing caused by humans is very clear, despite attempts by certain parties to drown it out with a lot of noise.” Email Ronni Mott at ronni@jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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lived through 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and were better pre-pared for Isaac. “We did see and learn a lot of lessons from Katrina at the farm level, like having generators available (and) having extra fuel on hand to run those generators,” Prosser said.

To Market, or Not In addition to the damage from the rain, the drought has Kendall won-dering how he’ll ship the cotton crop he does yield. Once the crop is picked, spun, deseeded and bailed, Kendall and his team load the cotton on trucks and ship it to Vicksburg, where they load it on ships headed for clothing manufac-turers in Asia. The lack of rainfall on the north-ern section of the Mississippi River has translated into water levels so low that travel along the river here in the South is limited. Water levels in America’s largest river are so low, in fact, that the U.S. Coast Guard had to shut down part of the river to traffic after a barge ran aground Aug. 22. The Army National Guard has been dredging the river, a process that involved large mechanical dredgers that move sand and dirt from the bottom of the river to help make deeper passages for boats. It is still unclear how long river wa-ters will remain low, but some estimates say travel on the river could be difficult through most of the fall. If Kendall is not able to ship the cotton down the Mis-sissippi River, he will have to look at alternatives. His top alternative is to store the cotton until the river is back to navigable levels. While he does have some storage on his farm, it isn’t enough to hold his entire crop, he said. Another option is shipping the cotton by truck, but as prices on corn and other food commodities rise, so will diesel fuel, making that option more expensive than ever before. Kendall said he will have to find more storage if he is unable to get his cotton on ships after harvest.

Soybeans Survive, For Now Corn is not the only crop affected by the nation’s drought. Soy is another major cash crop in Mississippi, with statewide yields growing every year. Today, soybeans are selling at record prices as well—$15 to $17 a bushel.

That’s an increase of about $5 a bushel from last year. Garroway, who also serves as the president of the Mis-sissippi Soybean Association, said Gaddis workers began harvesting soybeans the first week in September. He said he doesn’t believe the rain from Hurricane Isaac really helped or hurt the soybeans, which are more resilient to wet conditions near harvesting time than cotton

and less susceptible to drought than corn. Prosser said on a statewide level, Hurricane Isaac did little to affect the soy crop. “I still think we’ll have a record crop of soy beans,” Prosser said. Gaddis Farms also ships most of its soybeans by way of the Mississippi River. Kendall said they have al-ready begun looking into moving soybeans by truck. They have also begun preparing to store a lot of the soy, which they do not usually do. That means using less space to store corn. “There’s not enough storage in the state for all our crop, especially because we’ve got a big crop,” Kendall said. “When soybeans are ready, they’ve got to be gathered and either stored or sold. We’ve got a lot of concerns about moving the soybeans as we harvest them.”

When the Drought Does Come Though relatively untouched by this year’s dry spell, Mississippi is not immune to drought conditions. During a major drought in 1988, the state Department of Envi-ronmental Quality issued orders to Delta farmers to stop drawing water for irrigation from area streams. Not lik-ing the DEQ‘s approach to the problem, supervisors in

17 counties in the Delta region decided they needed a publicly supported, non-regulatory agency to decide what to do in such situations. In July 1989, 17 Delta counties cre-ated the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District, known as YMD. Property taxes in the coun-ties fund the program, which works to find new and more effective ways to irrigate the Delta’s farmland and safe-guard against future drought, without the DEQ’s regulatory approach. Dean Pennington, a former ir-rigation researcher at the University of Arizona and Mississippi State University, has been the executive director of YMD since January 1990. He said farmers in the Delta are using some new approach-es to cut water usage and maximize the output on their land. The Yazoo Water Management District’s main goal is to find the balance between adequate water for farmers and maintaining substantial flow in streams and rivers for wildlife. Agricultural water supply in the Delta comes from shallow aquifers. Water for industrial uses and

drinking water comes from deeper aquifers and is unaf-fected by the agricultural water supply. Delta farmers use more irrigated water than any other group in Mississippi. The state issues permits for any water well with a diameter of six inches or larger. Delta farmers hold 75 percent of those permits in the state, while all others industries and citizens make up the other 25 percent. That, Pennington said, is why YMD is needed in the area. The most important thing his group promotes is conservation. “(We) try to get landowners who are using water to be efficient and do not waste any,” Pennington said. The second thing is underused water supplies. The biggest source of water in Mississippi, of course, is the Mis-sissippi River and its tributaries. No one directly uses the river to irrigate farms in the Delta; however, they do use it

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indirectly. When the river is high, its water seeps through the earth and into the aquifers. At times when the river is low though, like it has been this summer due to the midwest-ern drought, water runs from the aquifers back into the river. One current study for the district is finding how to redirect water from the Tallahatchie River to the Quiver River in Sunflower County. Moving the water would supply farmers with an alternative to ground water and allow them to store excess ground water for times of serious drought. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with YMD to offer cost-sharing assistance to landowners to build on-farm stor-age reservoirs, similar to large cat-fish ponds, and tailwater recovery systems. Tailwater systems catch water runoff, either from rain or irrigation, which would normally drain off the fields and stores the water in large ponds. “That water can be used to irrigate the field when it dries out, or that water is pumped into an above-ground reservoir where it can be held for several days, weeks or months and used as an irrigation water supply when (the field) dries out again,” Pennington said.

Delta Farmers Advocating Resource Management, and the state Soil and Water Conservation Commission have pooled resources to help build such reservoir systems.

Pennington said the Delta has close to 20 tailwater systems that can ir-rigate 300 to 500 acres each. One of the most widely used new technologies in irrigation is known as Phaucet. The Delta has several hundred thousand acres that are irrigated using Polypipe, a thin, rollable pipe. Farmers poke holes in the pipes to allow water out to ir-rigate their fields. The NRCS developed a computer program that can tell farmer the optimum number and size of holes to punch in the pipes for a given crop row, based on row length and water pressure from the well. The system allows farmers to get a much more evenly distributed irrigation than they were getting on their own. “It’s taken off. It is being very widely accepted,” Pennington said of the program. “We started intro-

ducing people to that about three years ago, and landown-ers really like it.” There is little maintenance cost for a Phaucet system. All the farmers have to do is measure their rows and moni-tor water flow. With steady irrigation, fields produce more

uniformly, which saves the farmers time and water. Some early results show that Phaucet could reduce irrigation water usage by as much as 10 to 20 percent, Pen-nington said. “Some people suggest even more,” he said. At Mississippi State University, agriculture profes-sors are researching an irrigation tool known as electronic moisture probes, Pennington said, which are not yet widely used in the state. The electronic monitors test the moisture level of the ground and wirelessly transmit the data to a computer. Pennington said he only knows of one or two landowners in the state who use the probes. “It’s one of those that’s got potential. It needs a little more development. Landowners need to more fully appre-ciate the value of it. It’s just now beginning to show up in this area,” he said. While new technological efforts may not be fully ap-preciated this year, Mississippi farmers know that it won’t be long until their fields suffer from a drought just as the Midwest is getting hit now. When that happens, Delta farmers will look to YMD and others working to solve the problem of where and how to get the water they need to produce their yields. “We haven’t had the widespread drought in a long time like they’re having now. The last two summers here, (though), we’ve had issues with pastures and ponds drying up and bad corn crops. I can relate,” Kendall said. “Ob-viously, our hearts go out to the people in the Midwest, because we’ve been there. It’s awful. It’s horrible. We’re not reveling in what’s happened price-wise, but it has affected the price and we’ve benefitted from it.” Contact Jacob D. Fuller at jacob@jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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T alamieka and Charles Brice met in drawing class. Competitiveness in the classroom eventually grew into a mar-riage and partnership in Brice Media,

a photography and graphic art company the couple co-owns. Art has long been a part of their lives and their relationship. Charles, 33, was deployed to Afghani-stan with the Army as a photojournalist in 2008. He remained there for 10 months. Af-ter he returned and was discharged from ser-vice, he and Talemieka, 31, began telling their individual stories through art, and “Combat Boots and High Heels,” a multimedia art ex-hibit focused on military life was born. The show features a combination of photography, graphic art and large-scale paintings. The couple also plans to write a book about their experiences featuring the art they’ve created.

When did you find out you were called to deployment? CHARLES: On my birthday. ... My com-mander called me and wished me happy birthday, and he was like, “And another thing, we just got word that we’re getting deployed.”

What was the feeling like before you left? CHARLES: So while all this training and

stuff was going on (to prepare to deploy), you have to make preparations with your family—your finances, your family mat-ters, emotional stuff. You have to get all of that out of the way because it is consid-ered a distraction to the Army. And it was a time that I would say a soldier would make peace with himself before he goes off to war. With her, I never really realized her side of the story until years later. It seemed like it was all about me, me, me, me. TALAMIEKA: Just like he said, before he leaves, there is just like a back and forth, go-ing to training, then home, then gone again. But what made me really realize that things were changing significantly was he fell asleep during those three days (at home between training sessions). He was fully dressed, shoes, everything was on, and all the lights were on in the house. And I was kind of laughing because I thought it was funny that he fell asleep, but then when I went to wake him up, I startled him, and he went to reach for what would have been his gun. So that was the re-ally heavy part of, “This is really happening, this is changing, and that man that I married is becoming someone else.” I think that’s what a lot of wives deal with, they don’t come back the same, and you’re not the same. Because you grow anyway while you’re deployed.

And while he was abroad, how did you cope? TALAMIEKA: I (tried to be outwardly strong), but it’s a mask. And that’s what a cou-ple of pieces (in the show) deal with. Charles and I both agreed that as a soldier, as a wife, a lot of times you just put on a mask. The only thing I had that someone would wonder or know that I had a deployed husband was be-cause I wore his dog tags.

Charles, what were your exper-iences in the field? CHARLES: There are positive things along with the negative things about being de-ployed. The positive is the people you meet. Some situations you go through are positive because it shows you the culture, and it opens your eyes. … The things I saw, especially the way they treat the women … It made me value her a lot more, and that’s what made me actually start thinking about what she’s going through, over here.

What was the readjustment like when he returned home? CHARLES: Awkward! TALAMIEKA: It was very, very awkward. Because I’d gotten used to doing things without him, you know, taking care of all the bills, taking care of the yard work, tak-ing care of my stuff and his, because I have to act as him while he is deployed.

What feelings came out as you start-ed the art for the exhibit? TALAMIEKA: It’s just the heaviness of it all. That’s the one thing I’ve been surprised at in the pieces we’ve created. The art that we do when we do families and children is very happy and bright and vibrant, even with our graphics. This show has been heavy. Even the medium that we’re using is heavy. Our pieces are mainly wood, and they’re very heavy.

What have you learned about one another in doing this artwork? TALAMIEKA: This show has truly been very therapeutic, because when he came back there was an adjustment period for a time and there were anger issues and post-traumatic stress. And what I didn’t realize is that as his wife, I had post-traumatic stress myself. Like it was only three months ago that I could stop wak-ing up and calling his name. And we have learned … He’s been a lot more open about his experiences, and I have been a lot more open about mine. So we’ve actually been able to see each other’s point of view through this show, and we found that we had a lot of things in common. See “Combat Boots and High Heels” at the Mississippi Arts Center (201 E. Pascagoula St., 601-960-1500) through Sept. 26. The show is free, although the Brices are accepting donations to the Mississippi Military Families Readiness Group.

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“The Words” is a literary movie. I mean that all too literally. This fi lm, written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Stern-

thal, tells a story of an author who has writ-ten a book called “The Words.” The book delves into the life of an “imaginary” author who publishes a book called “The Window Tears,” which he did not write, but instead plagiarized word for word (including mis-spellings) from an old manuscript found in the lining of a distressed attaché that his wife bought for him from an antique store dur-ing their honeymoon in Paris. The original manuscript is the sole literary achievement of an unknown writer (then a young man, but who appears in the fi lm as an old man). The real writer (Jeremy Irons) wrote the novel dur-ing a breaking point in his life. He lived and breathed post-World War II Paris. The forger (Bradley Cooper) and the recording voyeur (Dennis Quaid) did not. The movie promises a heady experience, intertwining three layers of literary voices and personal hardships until “life” and “fi ction” are inseparable—a possible thrill after the dullest summer of sequels and remakes on record. The twisting sub-plots pull and twist into a rubric’s cube of literary narrative so dense that at one point, I envisioned a cinematic experi-ence as ingenuous as “The Hours,” another “book within a book” fi lm. Unfortunately, “The Words” fi zzles out before literary lift-off. The movie opens on Clay Hammond (Quaid), a celebrity author reading excerpts of his new book, “The Words,” to a capac-ity crowd. Hammond’s deep and inviting baritone voice introduces his listeners to an old man (Irons) standing in the rain out-side a fancy New York hotel. It’s late eve-ning, and a handsome young couple gets into a black limo. The couple represents everything the old man is not. The fi lm fl ashes back to the American Fellowship Award ceremonies, where we see the same young couple—Rory Jansen (Coo-per) and his dazzling beautiful wife Dora (Zoe Saldaña)—sitting in the seats of honor. Accepting the highest award of the evening, Rory defl ects the accolades and refers to his

fi rst published novel as a little book that some people liked. Cooper grounds Rory in three-dimension. Rory seems much more real than Hammond. Klugman and Sternthal pull out a sec-ond fl ashback into Rory’s struggles to be-come a professional writer. The stacks of rejection letters and a running inner mono-logue of “I’m not good enough” haunt Rory. He’s scared: “I’m not who I thought I was. I’m terrifi ed that I will not be who I want to be.” Dora hugs him. She pets his hair. She coos encouragement. She never questions the validity of his dream. And then suc-cess—forged from someone else brilliance—falls to Rory. The movie cuts back to Hammond read-ing. You see, this is a reading of book within a book, and the fi lmmakers like to yank down the fourth wall to keep us off balance. As a result, the experience is jarring and disjointed, and what is real or not blurs together. During a break, an impressionable young woman (Olivia Wilde) with large, hero-worshipping eyes and a short skirt, fl irts with Hammond. Hammond reluc-tantly returns to the podium to continue this next section of the book: Rory’s fall from grace. “Rory is the darling of the liter-ary world,” booms Hammond. “Then he meets the old man … .” The real and imaginary people in this fi lm are destroyed by the repression of lost hope. The myriad references to Ernest Hemingway and his ex-pat days in Paris seem to transfer the Lost Hope generation to the present. The fi lm dabbles with themes of im-morality among successful people, only to pull out a smug, unsatisfying ending. Despite moments of illumination from a brilliant cast and a feeling of authenticity, this movie aimlessly meanders into the hellish underbelly of middle-class despair, so harrow-ing that you may wish to bash your head in with a manual typewriter so as to clear the fog of depression. (I would have done so, but we cleaned the attic recently, and the old type-writer has been removed from the curb.) Some may think that I’m sliding into a melodramatic fi t. But if the words fi t … well … then they fi t.

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WEDNESDAY 9/12 JPS Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray speaks at Jackson 2000’s luncheon at 11:45 a.m. at the Arts Center of Missis-sippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). $12, $10 members; email bev-elyn_branch@att.net to RSVP. … Millsaps College Library director Tom Henderson speaks during History Is Lunch at noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Build-ing (200 North St.). Free; call 601-576-6998. … Theresa An-dersson and Marlowe and the Sea perform at 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s. $8 advance, $10 at door; call 800-745-3000. … The play “The Foreigner” is at 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.); runs through Sept. 23. $22-28; call 601-948-3533. … The musical “Godspell” is at 7:30 p.m. at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon); runs through Sept. 23. $15, $10 seniors/students; call 601-825-1293.

THURSDAY 9/13 The New Vibrations Network Gathering is at 6:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church (4866 N. State St.). Bring business cards. Free; email newvibrations2003@hotmail.com. … Ha Ha Tonka performs at 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s. $5 in advance, $8 at the door; call 800-745-3000. … The Center Players present the play “Rumors” at 7:30 p.m. at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison); show runs through Sept. 16. $12, $10 seniors and students; call 601-953-0181. … Soul Wired Cafe hosts Soul Lesson Thursday. … Shaun Patterson is at Burgers & Blues. … Snazz plays at Pop’s. … The Rick Moreira Jazz Trio performs at Olga’s. … The High Frequency Band plays at Studio 33. … The Or-chard Band is at Fenian’s. … The Hustlers are at Local 463.

FRIDAY 9/14 Vernon King, vice president of development at Method-ist Children’s Homes, speaks during Friday Forum at 9 a.m. at Koinonia Coffee House (136 S. Adams St.). Free; email jonathan.lee@msprodinc.com. … The Women’s Fund hosts the screening of the film “Miss Representation” at 5:30 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex. Space limited; RSVP. Free; call 601-326-3001. … The Detectives present the din-ner theater “Where There’s a Will … There’s a Way” at 6 p.m. at Parker House. $49; call 601-937-1752 to RSVP. … The Mike Dillon Band plays at Martin’s. … Fulkerson/Pace is at Fenian’s. … The Colonels perform at Reed Pierce’s. … The Press Play Band is at Studio 33. … Renegade is at Olga’s.

SATURDAY 9/15 Race for Lionheart is at 8 a.m. at Time Out. Proceeds from the race go toward medical expenses for owner Richard Hartung. $20-$25; call 601-978-1839. … The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is at 9 a.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Mississippi. Fundraising encouraged; call 601-987-0020. … The “Rollin’ Thru the Park” car, truck and bike show is at 9 a.m. at Pearl City Park (160 Mary Ann Drive, Pearl). Proceeds benefit Community Animal Rescue and Adoption (CARA). $20 in advance, $25 day of event; call 601-939-7730. … The Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival kicks off at noon at the Washington County Convention Center (1040 S. Raceway Road, Greenville). $30, $100 VIP; call 662-335-3523. … The Farish Street YMCA Best of BBQ competition is at noon at I.S. Sanders YMCA (806 N. Farish St.). $10 admission, $50-$150 teams; call 601-948-3643. … Artapalooza Mississippi is at noon at Duling Green (Duling Avenue and Old Canton Road). $10, vendor fees vary; email artapaloozams2012@hotmail.com or artapaloozams@gmail.com. … The Build Soul’s Dream Kitchen Music Festival 2 is at 6 p.m. at Soul Wired Cafe. $5; call 601-863-6378. … The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents “Bravo I: Mahler’s Fifth” at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall. $20 and up; call 601-960-1565. … Nameless Open-mic is at 9 p.m. at Suite 106. $5 admission, $3 to perform. … Archnemesis is at Martin’s.

SUNDAY 9/16 Enjoy 50-percent off carousel rides during Carousel Day at the Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Regular admission applies; call 601-352-2580. … John Maxwell presents the monologue “The Prodigal” at 10 a.m. at Chapel of the Cross (674 Mannsdale Road, Madison) and at 7 p.m. at Fondren Church (Duling Hall Auditorium, 622 Duling Ave.). Free; johnmaxwellactor.com. … Larry Brewer is at Pelican Cove.

MONDAY 9/17 The DFM Invitational golf tournament is at 11 a.m. at Annandale Golf Club (419 Annandale Parkway, Madison). Proceeds benefit the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. Fees vary; call 601-957-7878. … ESPN college football analyst Brad Edwards speaks to the Jackson Touchdown Club at 6 p.m. at River Hills Country Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). $30 non-members; call 601-506-3186. … Heather Clancy performs during Opera Underground at 7 p.m. at Underground 119. Mississippi Opera season tickets: $100, $94.50 seniors, $40 students, $30 children; call 601-960-2300.

TUESDAY 9/18 Enjoy a four-course meal with selected wines at the French Wine Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Anjou (361 Township Ave., Ridgeland). $70; call 601-707-0587 to RSVP. … The Farmers Market Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. at Char. $35 plus tax, tip and cost of alcohol; call 601-956-9562. … The Church Keys play at Sal & Mookie’s from 6-9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 9/19 Author Francoise Hamlin speaks during “History Is Lunch” at noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Free; call 601-576-6998. … Seryn and Julia Sinclair perform at 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s. For ages 18 and up. $5 in advance, $10 at the door; call 800-745-3000. … Aaron Coker is at Pieworks. More at jfpevents.com and jfp.ms/musicvenues.

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JFP-SPONSORED EVENTSJackson 2000 Luncheon Sept. 12, 11:45 a.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Dr. Cedrick Gray, superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, is the speaker. RSVP. $12, $10 members; email bevelyn_branch@att.net.

COMMUNITY“History Is Lunch” Sept. 12, noon, at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Millsaps College Library director Tom Hender-son presents “Finding Hooch and Homicide on the Gold Coast: Liquor and Crime in East Jackson.” Free; call 601-576-6998.

Public Utility Equipment Auction Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at J.J. Kane’s Auctioneers (6029 W. Frontage Road (off Interstate 55 S.), Byram). Preview items Sept. 12 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 901-484-0254.

Christmas in September Sept. 13, 10 a.m., at River Room Conference Center (100 Ridge Road, Flowood). Corporate Apparel and Promotions sells promotional items. Free; call 601-992-8849.

“The Outcome of Black Males in Urban Institu-tions” Panel Discussion Sept. 13, 11:30 a.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.), at the Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, room 166/266. Free; call 601-979-1563.

Back to School Night for Educators Sept. 13, 3-7 p.m. The Mississippi Museum of Natural Sci-ence, the Mississippi Children’s Museum, the Mis-sissippi Agriculture Museum and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame give educators free admission and offer resources. Free; call 601-576-6000, 601-981-5469, 601-982-8264 or 601-432-4500.

Minority Business Network Monthly Meeting Sept. 13, 6-8 p.m., at Divine Ministries (1417 W. Capitol St.), in the Multipurpose Center. Refresh-ments and prizes included. Bring business cards. RSVP. Free; call 601-750-2367 or 601-316-5092.

Friday Forum Sept. 14, 9 a.m., at Koinonia Coffee House (136 S. Adams St., Suite C). The speaker is Vernon King of Methodist Children’s Homes. Free; email jonathan.lee@msprodinc.com.

Jackson Audubon Society Annual Hawk Migra-tion Watch Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-noon, at Vicksburg Military Park (Clay St., Vicksburg), at Fort Hill. $8 park entrance fee; call 601-956-7444.

Magnolia Classic AKC Dog Show Sept. 15-16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi State Fairgrounds (1207 Mississippi St.), at the Trade Mart and the Mississippi Coliseum. $2; call 601-573-8133.

MiCherie Treasures Consignment Sale Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Hampton Inn and Suites, Coli-seum (320 Greymont Ave.). Purchase women’s apparel and accessories. Call 601-238-5312.

Farish Street YMCA Best of BBQ Competition Sept. 15, noon, at I.S. Sanders YMCA (806 N.

Farish St.). Amateur and professional cooking teams compete, and guests vote for the best barbecue. $10 admission, $50-$150 teams; call 601-948-3643.

ACLU of Mississippi Annual Membership Meet-ing Sept. 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1152 Lakeland Drive). RSVP. Free, $20 membership; call 601-354-3408.

Thick And Proud Sisters (T.A.P.S.) Model Casting Call for Full-Framed Women Sept. 16, 5 p.m., at Dreamz JXN (426 W. Capitol St.). For ages 21 and older. Wear stylish attire and heels. Free; email thickandproudsisters@aol.com.

Door to Door with Dore: An Open House for Area Teachers Sept. 17, 3-6 p.m., at Dore Jackson (1850 Lakeland Drive, Suite P-221). Learn about a multi-sensory program for students. Refreshments and prizes included. Free; call 601-326-5550.

Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting Sept. 17, 6 p.m., at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). ESPN college football analyst Brad Edwards speaks. $30 non-members; call 601-506-3186.

Project Homeless Connect Service Fair Sept. 18, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Smith Park (Yazoo St.). Get information on housing, services and resources. Free; call 601-213-5301.

CONTACT the Crisis Line Training Sept. 18, 6:45 p.m., at Ascension Lutheran Church (6481 Old Canton Road). Call 601-982-9888.

FAMILYArtapalooza Mississippi Sept. 15, noon-7 p.m., at Duling Green (Duling Avenue and Old Canton Road). Artists sell and create artwork, and musicians and dancers are welcome to perform. $10, vendor fees vary; email artapaloozams2012@hotmail.com or artapaloozams@gmail.com.

Arts on the Square Sept. 15, 4-8 p.m., and Sept. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Historic Canton Square (Court-house Square, Canton). Artists sell items and give demonstrations. Free admission; call 601-859-5816.

STAGE AND SCREEN“The Prodigal” Sept. 16. Actor and playwright John Maxwell presents the monologue derived from the parable about the Prodigal Son. Free.• 10 a.m., at Chapel of the Cross (674 Mannsdale

Road, Madison). Call 601-856-2593.• 7 p.m., at Fondren Church (Duling Hall Audito-

rium, 622 Duling Ave.). Call 601-208-0800.

“Miss Representation” Film Screening Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). RSVP. Free; call 601-326-3001.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison). See the play Sept. 13–15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m. $10-$12; call 601-953-0181.

“Where There’s a Will ... There’s a Way” Dinner Theater Sept. 14, 6-9 p.m., at Parker House (104 S.E. Madison Drive, Ridgeland). The Detec-tives Mystery Dinner Theatre performs. Four-course meal included. RSVP. $49; call 601-937-1752.

Nameless Open-mic Sept. 15, 9 p.m., at Suite 106 (106 Wilmington St.). $5, $3 to perform; call 601-720-4640.

Mississippi State Fair Talent Competition Ages 3-14 register by Sept. 14, and ages 15 and up register by Sept. 21. $50 per act; call 601-201-6620.

“The Foreigner,” at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The play is Sept. 12-15 and Sept. 19-22 at 7:30 p.m., and Sept. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. $22-$28; call 601-948-3533.

“Godspell” through Sept. 23, at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). The musical is Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. RSVP recommended. $10-$15; call 601-825-1293.

MUSICConcerts at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.) at 7:30 p.m. Call 601-292-7121 or 800-745-3000.• Theresa Andersson, and Marlowe and the Sea

Sept. 12. For ages 18 and up. $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

• Ha Ha Tonka Sept. 13. $5 in advance, $8 at the door.

Build Soul’s Dream Kitchen Music Festival 2 Sept. 15, 5 p.m.-2 a.m., at Soul Wired Cafe (111 Mill-saps Ave.). Proceeds go toward completing the cafe’s kitchen. $5; call 601-863-6378.

“Bravo I: Mahler’s Fifth” Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Mis-sissippi Symphony Orchestra performs. $20 and up. $20 and up; call 601-960-1565.

Opera Underground Sept. 17, 7 p.m., at Under-ground 119 (119 S. President St.). Heather Clancy performs. Food prices vary. Art and free wine from 5-6 p.m. upstairs at Nunnery’s at Gallery 119. Sea-son ticket prices vary; call 601-960-2300.

Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival Sept. 15, noon-10 p.m., at Washington County Conven-tion Center (1040 S. Raceway Road, Greenville), at the fairgrounds. $30, $100 VIP; call 662-335-3523.

LITERARY AND SIGNINGSEvents at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 North, Suite 202). Call 601-366-7619.• “We End in Joy: Memoirs of a First Daughter”

Sept. 13, 5 p.m. Angela Fordice Jordan signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $25 book.

• “The Weight of Memory” Sept. 15, 1 p.m. Jen-nifer Paddock signs books. $24 book.

• “A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation” Sept. 17, 5 p.m. Tal McThenia signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.99 book.

• “Timepiece: An Hourglass Novel” Sept. 18, 4 p.m. Myra McEntire signs books. $17.99 book.

Millsaps College Visiting Writers Series Sept. 13, 7 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Com-plex (1701 N. State St.), in room 215. Novelist John Dufresne speaks. Free; call 601-974-1305.

CREATIVE CLASSESEvents at Applause Dance Factory (242 Stephens St., Ridgeland). $10 per class, $5 students; call 601-856-6168.• Latin Dance Class: Rumba Wednesdays,

7-8 p.m. through Sept. 26.• Ballroom Dance Class: Waltz Fridays, 6-7 p.m.

through Sept. 28.• Ballroom Dance Class: Foxtrot Tuesdays,

6-7 p.m. through Sept. 25.

Bachata Class Mondays, 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 24, at Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club (605 Duling Ave.). $10 per class; call 601-213-6355.

The Museum After School Sept. 18-Nov. 8, at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). For students in grades 6-8. $300, $285 members; email gcook@msmuseumart.org.

EXHIBITS AND OPENINGSUnburied Treasures: Greatest Hits Sept. 18, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Wyatt Waters discusses his plein air painting meth-odology, and Robert St. John talks about research on Italian culinary arts. Free; call 601-960-1515.

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Race for Lionheart Sept. 15, 8 a.m., at Time Out Sports Cafe (6720 Old Canton Road). The event includes a 5K run/walk, food, a raffle and live music. Proceeds go toward medical expenses for Time Out owner Richard Hartung. $20-$25; call 601-978-1839.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s Sept. 15, 9 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.), at the Art Garden. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. Fundraising encouraged; call 601-987-0020.

Rollin’ Thru the Park Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Pearl City Park (160 Mary Ann Drive, Pearl). Enjoy a car, truck and bike show (pre-registration required, awards given). Proceeds benefit Community Animal Rescue and Adoption (CARA). Free admission, dog food or cat littler donations welcome, show regis-tration: $20 in advance, $25 day of event; call 601-939-7730.

Southern Poverty Law Center Advocacy Training Sept. 15, 11 a.m., at Lumpkins BBQ (182 Ray-mond Road). The topic is “How to Advocate to the School Board.” Lunch and drinks provided. Free; call 334-322-8218.

DFM Invitational Sept. 17, 11 a.m., at Annandale Golf Club (419 Annandale Parkway, Madison). Registration is at 11 a.m., and the shotgun start is at 1 p.m. Proceeds from the golf tournament benefit the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. Registration fees vary; call 601-957-7878.

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This week I bring you a tale of two cit-ies, a tale of making plans and going with the fl ow, and a tale of making amazingly proper decisions.

First off, let’s talk about making plans. Catherine and I had been excited since the spring, when Phish announced the second leg of their summer tour that included stops in Birmingham and Atlanta. We bought tick-ets immediately on the on-sale date and made plans to hit up both southeastern shows, which luckily fell on a Friday and Saturday. About a month before the show, our plans started to change. For some reason, we decided that we had gotten too old to go to two Phish shows in a row, so we opted out of Atlanta. This was huge for us, because we had made that run, and many longer ones, many times in our life together. It was a sign of maturity that scared and impressed us at the same time. As we got closer to the show in Birming-ham, things changed even more. My brother’s wife, Natalie, who you read about in my column about their son Miles, decided to stay home with the new-

born so Jesse, my brother, could come

along with us to celebrate his birthday. There aren’t enough fi ngers and toes among Jesse, Catherine and me to count the number of times the three of us have travelled together to go to shows. This time was a little different, though, considering the newborn at home, the birthday, and the fact that it was Jesse’s fi rst time with Phish (he is a grizzled Grateful Dead guy). Jesse’s motto of “every-thing is funny, everyone is right” carried us through the weekend peacefully. The show itself was everything we wanted. When you catch one show a year of a band that is better understood from seeing multiple shows on a tour, you learn to just go with it and live in the moment, which is something that Phish, whether you love them or hate them, makes you do. We danced, we hugged, we laughed, we yelled, we threw down. Although our plans had changed drastically since the tour was announced, our plan to have a great time and freak out for three hours remained intact. The funk-heavy setlist didn’t hurt, either. The following weekend brought even more plans for Catherine and me. One of

her cousins in Detroit was getting married on Labor Day weekend, and we had planned for months to be there. ordered plane tick-ets and booked a hotel room. Every day was regimented with healthy doses of family time and, of course, the wedding and reception. What we hadn’t planned on was seeing a commercial on TV for the 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest free jazz fest. The headlin-ers included Sonny Rol-lins, Chick Corea, Wyn-ton Marsalis and Wayne Shorter. I was astounded that we didn’t know about this sooner, but not sur-prised, because we had only planned around the wedding. I pulled up the schedule online and saw that we could catch the Wayne Shorter Quartet’s Sunday night set. We made the decision to go. Shorter’s set was amazing. The 79-year-

old saxophone master played a set full of clas-sics from his albums as well as some serious improvisation that was anchored by drum-mer Brian Blade, who, notwithstanding the

legend on stage with him, might have stolen the show. It’s not often you get to see living legends and personal heroes play a set for free downtown in one of your favorite cities. Our decision to break away from the plan was well rewarded. And there you have it: When it comes to live music, plans can be good, but just going with it can be just as great. On our trips, we visited and bought records from two of our favorite stores (Charlemagne Record Exchange in Birming-

ham and UHF Records in Detroit), which was part of the plan all along. Never let it be said that the Lees don’t know how to fi ll a weekend with music, plans or not.

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May was a big month for Small Room 9. First, Mar-lene Palumbo from the Rock Band Network chose the band to be featured as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band with the song “Paging

Ground Control.” The next week, Small Room 9’s album, “SR9,” rose to the top of AirPlay Direct’s most-downloaded rock-album chart with 75 downloads in just a few days. The website allows radio stations to fi nd and download songs to play on the air.

“It’s kind of neat. You do all this work for all this time—it’s nice when things start hap-pening,” guitarist Glenn Sasser says about his band’s recent success. This weekend, Small Room 9 will per-form at Hal & Mal’s. The Hattiesburg-based Small Room 9 is lead singer Rod Mooney, guitarist Sasser, bass-ist Rusty Galt and drummer Joseph “Fluff” Kinkead. Together, they create a sound that is different and radio-ready at the same time. Sasser likes to generalize Small Room 9’s sound as alternative rock. “It’s like that cross between U2 and Foo Fighters. I don’t know how else to describe it,” he says. Dave on Hy-peTree, a website where people can discover and rate independent musicians, fi rst made that comparison. He says that they “take the

inspirational lyricism and guitar versatility of U2 and mix it with the edge and rock and roll attitude of the Foo Fighters.” While it’s an honor to be compared to two big names such as those, Sasser says that he and his bandmates don’t chase a certain style. “We don’t try to sound like anybody. There’s just so much music out there, there’s bound to be comparisons,” he says. The band is, however, infl uenced by bands such as Oasis, U2 and Muse—bands that Sasser describes as more melodic and not so heavy.

Unlike most bands, Small Room 9 has not released any singles, yet. Instead, they upload to AirPlay Direct. “We’ve had a demand for pretty much every song,” Sasser says. “Being Human,” “Again,” “Paging Ground Control” and “All I Ever Wanted” are just a few of the most popularly downloaded songs. After the success of “Paging Ground Con-trol” on the radio and with Rock Band, Small Room 9 plans to fi lm a video for the song in January and release it as their fi rst single. “There’s all these things that are going on in your life, and you can’t really do anything about it,” Sasser says about the song’s message. The band is preparing to do a European tour next sum-mer, because European radio stations download and play Small Room 9 songs the most. “They don’t think we’re from the United States,” Sasser says. Unlike some popular bands these days, Small Room 9 tries to relay a positive message through its music. “Find Me” is about trying to reach out to someone who is following all the wrong paths. Sasser says they usually play it last at live shows. Just as the late Herman Snell wrote in 2004 in the Jackson Free Press, Small Room 9 is “nothing too heavy, nothing too pop, just straight up rock and roll.”

Small Room 9 performs at Hal & Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St., 601-948-0888) Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. The cover charge is TBA. Find Small Room 9 on Facebook or ReverbNation.

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Football is in full swing, and Major League Baseball reaches the home stretch. With cooler air, the sports world is going into full motion.

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THURSDAY, SEPT 13 College Football (6:30-10 p.m. ESPN U): Mississippi Valley State hits the road looking for their fi rst win of the season against Southern University. … NFL (7-10 p.m. NFL Network): Two longtime rivals meet up as the Green Bay Packers play the Chicago Bears in the windy city.

FRIDAY, SEPT 14 College Football (8-11 p.m. ESPN): Washington State from the Pac-12 looks to avoid an upset from UNLV from the Mountain West Conference.

SATURDAY, SEPT 15 College Football (2:30-6 p.m. CBS Sports Network): Southern Miss hosts East Carolina in their home opener. … College football (8-11 p.m. ESPN): Ole Miss will aim to stay undefeated at home against the Texas Longhorns.

SUNDAY, SEPT 16 NFL (noon-3 p.m. Fox): New Or-

leans hits the road to face the Carolina Panthers. … NFL (7-10 p.m. NBC): San Francisco faces Detroit in a game that will feature a lot of talk about the post-game handshake between the two head coaches.

MONDAY, SEPT 17 NFL (7:30-11 p.m. ESPN): Peyton Manning’s return tour heads east as the Denver Broncos travel to the Georgia Dome to face the Atlanta Falcons.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 18 WNBA (7-9 p.m. ESPN 2): New York Liberty face the playoff-bound San Anto-nio Silver Stars out of the West.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19 College Football (6-9 p.m. ESPN U): Mid-week Mid-American Conference meetings are usually pretty entertaining, and Buffalo hosting Kent State should be no exception.

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Summer—and its bountiful peach season—is just about gone. What better way to celebrate these past several months then to have a fi nal peach treat to of-fi cially send summer off with gratitude and happy

memories? This recipe is from my childhood and has a lot of happy memories for me. My early childhood was spent in Georgia so peaches were a staple from late spring through September—just as they are in Mississippi. I lived in an idyllic little town whose claims to fame are being the birthplace of Doc Hol-liday and of the abundant countryside fi lled with peach orchards surrounding it. A memorable afternoon, in those summer months, would consist of driving out to an or-chard, fi lling a paper bag with peaches and bringing them home. I loved to help my mother use them to make deca-

dent sauces, jams and desserts. Mom’s peach cobbler is and always will be my favorite cobbler, hands down. A creamy scoop of vanilla ice cream is the perfect accompaniment. I’m sure Doc would have approved.

Just Peachy by Jane Flood

It is 11 p.m. The homework is fi nally done, and the kids are bathed and fast asleep. With any luck the backpacks are packed and by the front door.

Maybe the kids even picked out their school clothes for tomorrow. But now you only have 6.5 hours left to wash the rest of the dinner dishes, put a load of laun-dry in the dryer, have three leisurely sips of wine, answer a few emails, pack school lunches, iron your work clothes for tomor-row, and get eight hours of sleep before the

alarm goes off. And it would be oh-so-easy to throw together a lunch of frozen white bread PB&Js, chips, Kool-Aid, and some prepackaged chocolate chip cookies, espe-cially after a hot summer of easy, delicious high-fructose corn syrup-sicles. But now that school is back in session, it is more important than ever to feed your children nutritionally dense foods to nour-ish their learning brains and growing bod-ies. Yes, it takes more time and effort to cut up fresh fruits and vegetables, and it might

take a little adjustment to get the family used to shopping for whole wheat bread. But it is worth the time and effort. All you need is a plan to give a little extra nutri-tional boost to that Spiderman lunch box in the school cafeteria or the after school snack on her favorite princess plate. To change gears to healthier after school grazing, pack up the junk food out of sight. Fill the bottom of the cabinets and the bottom shelves of the fridge with easy self-serve options within arm’s reach. In the cabinet, consider such good-for-you good-ies as unsweetened fruit cups, whole grain crackers, natural peanut butter, whole grain cereals, organic fruit leather, and home-made trail mix with the healthy ingredients of your choice. Make sure the fridge is stocked with fruits and vegetables that are already washed and ready to eat. Greek yogurts, tubs of hummus, pitchers of water, and unsweet-ened herbal tea are some excellent items to

have within reach. Consider using a muf-fi n tin as a ready-made snack tray. Fill the holes with healthy munchies in a variety of colors, textures, and food groups. Grapes (sliced for kids under age 4), cheese cubes, edamame, blueberries, baby carrots, kidney beans, whole grain pretzel sticks, mandarin oranges, lady peas, and melon cubes are just a few ideas to get you started. Keep the junk food out of reach, save the trips to the local bakery for special oc-casions, and keep putting nutritious food in front of your kids. Better yet, get the kids involved in selecting and preparing new and exciting fruits and vegetables and packing their own healthy lunches. Before you know it, your healthy back-to-school menu makeover will be complete!

With school back in session, it’s more important than ever to feed your kids healthy food for their growing minds and bodies—but you can still make it fun.

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ups in whole grain tortillas, sugar snap peasTUESDAY - homemade vegetable soup, grilled

apple and cheese sandwichesWEDNESDAY - shredded carrot and cheese

quesadillas, layered bean dip with tortilla chips

THURSDAY - pasta with avocado pesto and grape tomatoes, strawberry and blueberry kabobs

FRIDAY - black bean burgers with sweet po-tato fries, watermelon slices

SATURDAY - pasta salad with vegetables and beans, homemade tropical fruit cups

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Before the summer season is over, seize the chance to whip up one last peach dessert.

No-Haggle Healthy SnacksHOMEMADE 100% juice popsiclesCELERY STICKS with cream cheese, craisins,

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muffi nsRICE CAKES with almond butter WHOLE GRAIN tortilla chips with salsaHOMEMADE granola bars with oats, nuts,

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Melt butter in a 2-quart dish. Com-bine peaches and 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the sugar and toss with butter. Combine fi rst fi ve ingredients (fl our through vanilla), plus the remaining sugar and spoon on top of peach mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

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sat | september 15Detour

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mon | september 17Karaoke

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AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINEAnother Broken Egg (1000 Highland Colony #1009 in Renaissance,

601.790.9170)

Open Daily 7am-2pm for breakfast, brunch and lunch. Egg, benedict and omelet dishes, pancakes, waffles, specialties, burgers, salads and sandwiches.Two Sisters Kitchen (707 N. Congress St. 601-353-1180)

Frequent Best of Jackson winner for fried chicken offers a buffet of great choices Lunch only. Mon-Friday, Sun.Koinonia (136 Adams St. 601-960-3008)

You won’t want to mix the large yellow house just off Metro Parkway. Koinonia’s expanded lunch menu includes pizza, sandwiches and soups. Parker House (104 S. East Madison Dr. Ridgeland 601-856-0043)

Charming English-style cottage nestled in the Jackson Street District offering a savory haven with a menu of aged steaks and simple Southern comfort food.

BAKERYBroad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900)

Hot breakfast,coffee espresso drinks, fresh breads and pastries, gourmet deli sand-wiches, quiches, soups, pizzas and dessert.For Heaven’s Cakes (4950 Old Canton Road 601-991-2253) Cakes and cupcakes for all occasions including weddings, parties, catered events.

BARBEQUEHickory Pit Barbeque (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079)

The “Best Butts in Town” features BBQ chicken, beef and pork sandwiches along with burgers and po’boys. Haute Pig (1856 Main Street, 601-853-8538)

A “very high class pig stand,” Haute Pig offers Madison diners BBQ plates, sand-wiches, po-boys, salads, and their famous Hershey bar pie.

PIZZAThe Pizza Shack (925 E. Fortification 601-352-2001)The 2009-2012 winner of Best Pizza offers the perfect pizza-and-a-beer joint. New locations in Belhaven and a second spot in Colonial Mart on Old Canton Rd. in North-east Jackson.Sal & Mookie’s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919)Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant parmesan and the fried ravioli. Best Kid’s Menu & Best Ice Cream in the 2011 Best of Jackson. Plus, Pi(e) Lounge in front offers great drinks and a fun atmosphere for catching up with friends.Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood, 601-992-7499)

More than just great pizza. Offering choices such as hummus, magic mushroom soup, wings, stuffed portobello, meatball hoagies, local brews and more!! Open Monday - Friday 11-10 and Saturday 11-11.

MEDITERRANEAN/GREEK/INDIANAladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033)

Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma and much more. Consistent award winner, great for takeout or evenings with friends.

ITALIANBRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111)Wood-fired pizzas, vegetarian fare, plus creative pastas, beef, and seafood specials. Award-winning wine list, Jackson’s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining. Cerami’s (5417 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, 601-919-28298) Southern-style Italian cuisine features their signature Shrimp Cerami (white wine sauce, capers artichokes) along with veal, tilapia, crawfish, chicken and pasta dishes.

STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DININGEslava’s Grille (2481 Lakeland Drive, 601-932-4070)Danny Eslava’s namesake feature Latin-influenced dishes like ceviche in addition to pastas, steaks, salads and other signature seafood dishes.Rocky’s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches and much more in the “polished casual” dining room. Open 24/7 in the Riverwalk Casino.

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Theresa Anderson (Red Room)New Bourbon St. Jazz Band

(Dining Room)

THURSDAY 9/13Ha Ha Taka(Red Room)

Paperclip Scientists (Dining Room)

FRIDAY 9/14Mob Town Revival (Red Room)Jerry Brooks & Crooked Creek

(Dining Room)

SATURDAY 9/15SmallRoom9 (Red Room)

RedEye (coming from Paris)(Dining Room)

MONDAY 9/17MS Blues Society’s Blue Mondays

TUESDAY 9/18PUB QUIZ

w/ Erin & friends (Dining Room)

Coming SoonWED 9.19: SERYNTHU 9.20: Stiff Necked FoolsFRI 9.21: Southern Komfort Brass Band

MONDAY - FRIDAYBlue Plate Lunch

with corn bread and tea or coffee

$825As well as the usual favorites!

Seafood Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Burgers, Fried Pickles, Onion Rings and

Homemade Soups made daily.

Fridays: Catfish Plates are $9.75

$4.00 Happy Hour Well Drinks!

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Thursday, September 13thLISA MILLS

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Friday, September 14thFEARLESS FOUR

(Funk) 9-1, $10 Cover

Saturday, September 15thBAILEY BROTHERS

(Americana) 9-1, $10 Cover

Tuesday,September 18thJESSE ROBINSON

(Blues) 6-10, $5 CoverHAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT!

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Wednesday, September 19thBILL & TEMPERANCE

(Bluegrass) 7-10, No Cover

Thursday, September 20thLISA PALMER

(Jazz) 7-10, No Cover

Friday, September 21stGRADY CHAMPION(Blues) 9-1, $10 Cover

Saturday, September 22ndGRADY CHAMPION(Blues) 9-1, $10 Cover

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Babalu (622 Duling Ave., 601-366-5757)

Fresh guacamole at the table, fish tacos, empanada, smoked pork sholders, Mexican street corn—Jackson’s “Best Mexican” & “Best of Jackson 2012” magaritas.Jaco’s Tacos (318 South State Street) Tacos, burritos and quesadillas. Tex-Mex at its finest and freshest. Tacos come with a side of butter-based mantequilla sauce for dipping. Enjoy the the patio and full bar. La Morena (6610 Old Canton Road Suite J, Ridgeland, 601-899-8821)Tortillas made fresh order. Authentic, Mexican Cuisine (not Tex-Mex). Mexican Cokes with real cane sugar.

COFFEE HOUSESCups Espresso Café (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com)

Jackson’s local group of coffeehouses offer high-end Arabica beans, a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERSBurgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland 601-899-0038)

Best Burger of 2012! Check out their signature approach to burgers, chicken, wraps, seasoned fries and so much more. Plus live music and entertainment!Hal and Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or each day’s blackboard special. Best of Jackson winner for Live Music Venue. Cherokee Inn (960 Briarfield Rd. 601-362-6388)

Jackson’s “Best Hole in the Wall,” has a great jukebox, great bar and a great burger. Plate lunches, cheesy fries and more, including a full bar and friendly favorites.Cool Al’s (4654 McWillie, 601-713-3020) A Best of Jackson fixture, Cool Al’s signature stacked, messy, decadent, creative burgers defy adjectives. And don’t forget the fries!Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches and beers such as Guinness and Harp on tap. Multiple Best of Jackson awards.Martin’s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers (jalapeno poppers, cheezsticks, fried pickles) or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, massive beer selection and live music most nights.Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St. 601-960-2700) Pub food with a southern flair: beer-battered onion rings, chicken & sausage gumbo, salads, sandwiches and weekly lunch specials. Plus, happy hour 4-7p M-F. Underground 119 (119 South President St. 601-352-2322)

Pan-seared crabcakes, shrimp and grits, chili-rubbed filet mignon, vegetarian slid-ers. Add a full bar and mix in great music. Opens 4 p.m.-until, Wed-Sat.Wing Stop (952 North State Street, 601-969-6400) Saucing and tossing in a choice of nine flavors, Wing Stop wings are made with care and served up piping hot. Every order is made fresh to order; check out the fresh cut seasoned fries!

ASIANPan Asia (720 Harbor Pines Dr, Ridgeland 601-956-2958)

Beautiful ambiance in this popular Ridgeland eatery accompanies signature asian fu-sion dishes and build-your-own stir-frys using fresh ingredients and great sauces. Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetop, Flowood 601-664-7588)Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, Fusion has an extensive menu featur-ing everything from curries to fresh sushi.Thai House (1405 Old Square, 601-982-9991)Authentic Thai food cooked fresh daily. Voted one of Jackson’s best Asian 2003-2012, Thai house offers a variety of freshly made spring rolls, pad thai, moo satay, curry, cashew chicken, pork and vegetarian dishes. Thai house also has a great selection of Thai beer! Open Monday- Friday for lunch 11-2 and dinner 5-9, Saturdays 4-9.

VEGETARIANHigh Noon Café (2807 Old Canton Road in Rainbow Plaza 601-366-1513) Fresh, gourmet, tasty and healthy defines the lunch options at Jackson’s own strict vegetarian (and very-vegan-friendly) restaurant adjacent to Rainbow Whole Foods.

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Many of my patients ask me to give them a diet. I repeatedly explain to them that there is no magic diet guide written that will change their lives. Lifelong changes that will significantly, positively

affect their health only result from true lifestyle changes. Those changes can only occur by incorporating “how” in addition to “what.” The question of “what” is simple; 99 percent of read-

ers will make the right choices when they ask themselves if a certain food selection is healthy. We know that chocolate cake, pork chops, and hamburg-ers and French fries are all unhealthy. But we have to make a conscious commit-ment to change our “what” to healthy decisions. The “how” of a suc-cessful dietary lifestyle change involves increas-ing the frequency and decreasing the caloric in-take of individual meals. A fascinating article on medicinenet.com titled “3 hour diet or 3 meals a day” by Elaine Magee focuses on the benefits of eating

small, frequent meals, one every three hours. Many of my patients tell me that they skip meals (mainly breakfast) to lose weight, but that’s not a success-ful strategy. I ask patients to imagine an individual who eats dinner at 7 p.m., goes to bed at 11 p.m. The next morning she gets up at 7 a.m. but does not eat break-fast. She eats lunch at noon. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. is 12 hours, and from 7 a.m. to noon is an additional five

hours. The result is a total of 17 hours without food. This is a common pattern that results in three physi-ologic consequences that combine to keep her from losing weight. First, her metabolism slows down; second, her body stores more fat; and third, she is likely to overeat at lunch. A salad after 17 hours without food just isn’t satisfying. While researching dietary concepts on the Internet, I found that popular weight-loss programs—Slim-Fast, Optifast, Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem—all had the same basic concept: Eat small, low-calorie meals more often. Every morning within 30 minutes of waking up, I have something light and quick such as healthy cereal with fat-free milk, a Lean Pocket or a Smart One break-fast meal. Three hours later, I have a snack, such as a piece of fruit or a cereal bar. For lunch, I might have half a sandwich and soup. For my next snack, three hours later, I go for another piece of fruit or a cereal bar, or eat the other half of my sandwich from lunch. For dinner, I eat a light meal such as a salad or a Lean Cuisine. For cooked foods, I use a saucer instead of a din-ner plate to keep my portions small. As a physician, I witness countless patients who make the decision to get healthier. I advise patients to start an exercise program to supplement their healthier eating hab-its. I see these patients’ blood pressure and diabetes come under control. In some cases, I am able to decrease the pa-tients’ medications. Some highly motivated patients who are very successful in their healthier lifestyle changes are able to taper off medication altogether with the help of strategic monitoring and follow-ups.

The ‘How’ of Weight Loss by Timothy Quinn, MD

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Make It Fun by Ronni Mott

Deirdra Harris Glover is an inspiration. We first met about five years ago in a yoga class. As we moved through the class, the two of us surely took the

championship for most fluid lost—both of us were sweating bullets. But seeing another full-figured woman take such joy in her practice was motivational. In addition to her unfailingly bright smile and her penchant for bright colors, Har-ris Glover, 39, the public affairs specialist for the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service, deals with health issues that could floor a mere mortal. In 2006, Harris Glover received a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Osteoarthritis, which many of us deal with at some level as the result of age or injury, “is characterized by the breakdown of cartilage—the part of a joint that cushions the ends of the bones and allows easy move-ment,” the Arthritis Foundation states on its website. With rheumatoid arthritis, the body at-tacks itself. “For reasons no one fully understands, in rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system—which is designed to protect our health by attacking foreign cells such as viruses and bac-teria—instead attacks the body’s own tissues, specifically the synovium, a thin membrane that lines the joints,” the foundation states.

“As a result of the attack, fluid builds up in the joints, causing pain in the joints and in-flammation that’s systemic—meaning it can occur throughout the body.” With fibromyalgia, Harris Glover says, her body misinterprets certain chemical signals from her brain as pain. The condition mani-fests for her on a spectrum from a general feeling of being unwell to sharp pains without a cause. “Like hot metal rumbling around,” she says, describing how the pain sometimes feels. One of the ways Harris Glover manages her symptoms is by staying active. Learning proper alignment and how to use her muscles effective-ly through yoga, she says, has made a huge difference. “It’s just as important as the medications I take,” she says, add-ing that she took great care to find a doctor who would work with her. “I didn’t want to over-medicate. I wanted to see what I could do on my own.” She credits her active lifestyle for staving off the worst symptoms of her ailments. Recently, Harris Glover was looking for an activity that she could share with her hus-band of seven years. Matthew, 35, is “super

athletic,” she says, and nearly 10 inches taller than she is. Yoga just didn’t fill the bill because they couldn’t talk with each other during prac-

tice. The couple then started looking at bik-ing. She bought a low-cost model, but says she felt like Sisyphus pushing the rock up a hill. Finally, when a pedal fell off in the middle of a ride, she realized she needed some expert

advice. She found it at the Bike Rack (2282 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, 601-936-2100, thebikerackms.com), and the expertise has

paid off with a new Trek Pure. “Being on the bike is really, really awesome because it’s no impact,” she says. “ If you’re going up a hill, it’s pretty tough, but there’s no strain on the joints; it’s muscular.” Harris Glover now has a bike that fulfills her needs. She can put her feet flat on the ground while sitting, for exam-ple, and she can wear a skirt while rid-ing. She doesn’t have to figure out how to “mount” the bike, because it’s made with a low step-through design, and she can sit upright, which minimizes pres-sure on her hands, one of the areas most affected by her RA. “When you’re full-figured, gravity is not on your side,” she says, adding that just about anyone can find a bike to ac-commodate their physical issues, from recumbent bikes to three-wheelers for those who are balance challenged. Her new Trek Pure bike is candy or-

ange, a color Harris Glover loves, and has tons of accessories, which also make her happy. “There’s a lot of ways to make it individual and make it fun,” she says. “… It’s the small things that you can do” that matter.

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Pure Pain by Kathleen M. Mitchell

Walking into the High-land Village studio, I was greeted by a gaggle of svelte, po-

nytailed women with the lines of ballet dancers. “Thank God I went with the black yoga ca-pris,” I thought to myself as I observed their nearly uniform outfits of fitted black pants, black ankle socks and brightly colored exercise tops. Pure Barre. It’s the lat-est trend in exercise, promising

to give you beach abs and Mi-chelle Obama arms—suppos-edly the workout of choice for all those super-slender Victoria’s Secret Angels. Now I am one of those people who pretty regularly think about working out, but when I get dressed to hit the gym or go for a run, I suddenly find myself wak-ing up from a fugue state pour-ing a second glass of red wine. But thanks to a good friend who teaches Pure Barre, I finally made

plans to see what the hype was about for myself. I’m not going to lie, these women were intimidat-ing. I hoped I wouldn’t embar-rass myself by not being able to keep up. We got right down to it. The exercises themselves are not diffi-cult. They are not high-impact or high-energy. Rather, it’s all about getting your muscles into a tight-ened state, holding them tense and then adding tiny movements and continuing until muscle fa-tigue sets in. At first it almost seems easy, but as you hold for 30 seconds, a minute, more, you re-alize: This is pretty hardcore. The instructor focuses on one body part for between five and 10 minutes, with barely a break to relax your muscles in that span of time. As I found my-self on the floor in plank position, abs trembling and sweat dripping off my forehead, I swore to myself I wouldn’t collapse before anyone else in the class. The instructor compli-mented me, “Way to stick with it, Kathleen.” My morale soared. I pushed myself further. Although I wasn’t 100 percent sure what muscle I was supposed to be tensing dur-ing certain points (they use very chic, but slightly confusing termi-nology, politely instructing you to “tuck” your “seat”), I was feeling

the burn on every move. As a beginner, I felt pushed to my limit but managed to hang on and finish almost all the reps (except for the push-up section, I’ve always been a wuss at push-ups). But even my friend, who does the workout nearly every day, said that she still wakes up sore after sessions, so it seems like a workout that won’t plateau after a while. If you thrive off a group set-ting, this is a great workout to try. I know I worked harder so I could at least appear to keep up with the class. If you have a busy life-style, they offer multiple sessions throughout the day (including before work, lunchtime and eve-ning), and each workout is only 55 minutes. The cost is around $20 per class if you buy individually. But if you keep your eyes peeled, sales pop up fairly often, or you can buy in bulk for a discount as well. After scoring a JFP Deal for five half-price classes and then receiv-ing another five discounted classes as a gift, I’m set to get my sweat on for a couple of months. To sign up for Pure Barre, visit the Jackson studio (4500 In-terstate 55 N., Suite 235-A 769-251-0486) or the Ridgeland studio (201 Northlake Ave., Suite 107,Ridgeland, 601.707.7410), or visit purebarre.com.

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It seemed eerie that on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast braced itself for the arrival of another hurricane. As I kept an eye on vari-

ous media for updates on Tropical Storm (and later Hurricane) Isaac’s projected path and force, the cynic in me couldn’t help but shake my head at the people in Jackson rushing to stock up on gasoline, generators and enough supplies to survive the apocalypse. I’m all for being prepared, but given the circumstances (a category 1 storm), panic seemed a bit extreme.

Nonetheless, to be on the safe side, I ensured I had at least half a tank of gas and a case of bottled water, but otherwise went about business as usual, which brings me to the night things hit Jackson. Living, working and (much of the time) playing all in the same neighborhood makes for interesting times when things like storms and ice hit the area. For the most part, downtown workers tend to fl ee for home when things start to look a little intense, but those of us who call downtown home fl ee just a block or two, to one of our friendly neighborhood bars. I have no de-sire to venture out and brave grocery-store aisles with crazed stockpiling suburbanites, but I need to eat and drink. This makes me extremely grateful for the local establish-ments that stay open during such times. My version of “hunkering down” is actually more about being social. As the rain came down and the wind picked up right around suppertime with Isaac’s ar-rival, it seemed time to dash around the corner to Parlor Market (115 W. Capitol St., 601-360-0090, parlormarket.com). An attempt to use an umbrella was futile—a gust of wind immediately turned it inside-out, Mary Poppins style. But once inside, as I drip-dried, the skeleton crew that

stayed to staff the restaurant for the night was warm and welcoming, and the bar was fi lled with downtown residents and friends who were of a like mind-set—that being to-gether, whatever the weather, is a good call. Bartender John Ingram stepped into role of server, deliv-ering appropriate drinks like a hur-ricane cocktail and a Dark and Stormy along with the food, and all was well.

The next day, although the worst weather had passed, it appeared that parts of town still felt the storm’s effects thanks to power outages, and a number of restaurants posted closures on social media. However, as the hospitality indus-try tends to do, updates started to show up as they rallied and opened for dinner, if not lunch. Many even offered hurri-cane specials. For instance, Sal & Mook-ie’s, Broad Street Bakery, and BRAVO!(bestjacksoncatering.com) offered dis-counts to hurricane refugees, and Under-ground 119 (119 S. President St., 601-352-2322, underground119.com) offered themed drink specials. Mississippi isn’t called the hospital-ity state for nothing. Wasabi Sushi and Bar (100 E. Capitol St., 601-948-8808, wasabims.com) even went forward with its scheduled grand opening event with Iron Chef Cat Cora as a special guest. Take that, Isaac! That night, over dinner at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar (4450 Inter-state 55 N., 601-982-8111, bravobuzz.com) and a pre-Labor Day last bottle of white wine before turning to reds for fall, conversation turned from work to friends and family. I looked around the restaurant and noticed several tables with large groups. It reminded me how, in this weather, like in all scary or diffi cult times, friends and fam-ily are there for each other. But it’s the kindness extended to those we don’t even know in times of need or loss that mean even more. I’m proud that our city and its busi-nesses stayed open to those seeking refuge from the storm, and furthermore, offered discounts, just as they did during Katrina. I hope that doing so is an ideal that we al-ways seek to uphold.

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I don’t know about the rest of the world, but I find crafting goes best with wine. A glass of Pinot is the perfect thing to get my creative juices going. Even better, when the wine is gone, there are countless ways to upcycle wine bottles to create funky, bold and textural art pieces. My current favorites are covering the bottles with colored yarn or glitter—I even used bottles like these as

inexpensive, eye-catching table decorations for my wedding.

Upcycled Bottlesby Kathleen M. Mitchell

To begin, clean your bottles well, soaking off the labels. I find that if water alone doesn’t work, a good glass cleaner can usu-ally get the label off—it doesn’t have to be completely perfect because you will be covering it, but just clean enough so the glue adheres to the glass rather than the label.

I’ll warn you, the yarn method requires a good amount of patience and care to turn out well, but it’s worth it. My advice is to grab a friend or pop in a good movie while you work on it. Start by painting a swath of glue about a half inch long along the bottom edge of the bottle, and then lay the yarn down on the glue, following the line of the bottom rim. Hold the yarn there until the glue dries—this is important because if the first line isn’t stable, it will be difficult to keep the yarn on straight. Once it’s dry, paint more glue along the bottom of the bottle, and slowly wind the yarn around, following the rim, starting a second line on top of the first. I recommend letting the first couple lines dry well, again to create a strong base. Then, it is just a matter of painting a band of glue around the bottle an inch or so at a time and winding the yarn around, setting each line on top of the one before. The neck of the bottle can be tricky, so go slow and push each line of yarn down onto the one below if needed.

If you don’t have the patience to wind yarn, the glitter method is for you. It involves two simple steps: 1. Apply glue liberally to bottle. 2. Douse in glitter. I find doing it in two halves is the easiest way. This one tends to make a mess, so do it in the bathroom or put paper down to protect your floor or rug.

The finished product is perfect for holding a flower or two, flanking a mantle or adding visual interest to a bookcase. I like to mix it up with the sizes and shapes of the bottles; beer or soda bottles make great smaller versions. Or try jars of various sizes—perfect for corralling pens, toothbrushes or whatever else. Try this DIY! Send photos to kathleen@jacksonfreepress.com to be included in a gallery of reader projects.

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