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Mississippi and the NFL DraftWiener, p 32

Dr. Valerie Short

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JACKSONIAN STEPHANIE BURKS

When the Jackson Free Press first asked to interview Stephanie Burks, her imme-diate reaction was, “Are you sure it’s me and not my mom?”

She recently posted about her mother, Della Rose Archie, on Facebook. Archie was the first woman commissioned into the U.S. Army from Jackson State University and cur-rently serves as the regional coordinator for America Reads Mississippi, an AmeriCorps program that addresses Mississippi educa-tion by efforts such as tutoring kindergarten through third grade students in reading and increasing parental involvement with their children’s education. Burks, 34, was born in Fort Riley, Kan. Because Archie was in the military, the family moved around, living in Alabama, Texas and Germany before returning to Jackson in 1992 to take care of Burks’ great-great grandmother, Mama Lilly. Burks has been here ever since. She went to Murrah High School and participated in Base Pair, the program that al-lows Murrah students to go to the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus to do re-search, her junior and senior year. She received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Millsaps College in 2002 and graduated from the Uni-versity of Mississippi Medical Center with a master’s degree in biomedical sciences in 2011. Burks is now a full-time biology professor at Hinds Community College’s Utica campus. She says that because the campus is a historical-

ly black college, she gets to work with students who she says historically probably haven’t had a very good perception of science, technology, engineering and math. “They don’t like sci-ence; they definitely don’t like math … I get an opportunity to expose them to the joys of biology. … My absolute favorite part of what I do is allowing them to get another view of what science is all about and hopefully change the perception that they had about it,” she says. Burks says that instead of always lectur-ing, she likes to use TV shows such as “CSI” or “Law & Order” to tie together what they’re doing in lab with some of the experiments on those shows. Because she gets many students who come from the technical side of Hinds, she tries to tie their majors into biology. “I kind of bring biology to them,” she says. “... Give them the basics, and then ... You tie it into what they’re interested in.” Burks is also the youth director for the Jackson-Vicksburg District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where she says her biggest duty is to teach the young people the history of AME and to show them how they can serve their church and community. She says her mother always exposed her to service work. “I always like to enforce service to the community,” she says. “The community that’s been supporting you, you want to make sure to support them. You keep (youth) close to the community so they don’t stray too far away.” —Amber Helsel

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9 The Fisher KingCounty officials spar with MDOC Commissioner Marshall Fisher over his decision to end an inmate work program.

24 Ride for the Memory“(My wife Ginna Stewart) made me go buy a (motorcycle). … She was the sweetest woman that ever lived. Always in a good mood, always had a smile on her face, never had anything bad to say about anybody. People loved her a lot, and we’re just trying to honor that.” —Jim Stewart, “In Memoriam”

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S o, Ben Affleck didn’t want PBS watchers to know his great-great-great grandfather either owned or managed slaves in the Deep

South. Who might have thought his liberal mom descended from a man who used to be a small-town Georgia sheriff, listed on the 1850 Census as having 25 slaves? Slavery was outside their Massachusetts reality. Whether or not Benjamin Cole actu-ally owned the slaves or was the executor who managed him for others—the record is inconsistent—the slave connection is tough truth to learn about your heritage, especially when you have believed whitewashed lies and half-truths about your family your en-tire life. Like, “I grew up in Boston, far away from all those bigot rednecks down South.” What Affleck actually told Henry Louis Gates when presented the genealogical find-ings was: “God. It gives me kind of a sagging feeling to see, uh, a biological relationship to that. But, you know, there it is, part of our history.” But Affleck’s reaction was left on the cutting-room floor after he asked that it not be included in Gates’ “Finding Your Roots.” “I didn’t want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. I was embarrassed. The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth,” Affleck later wrote about his “distant relatives” on Face-book after his request to cut it was discovered in the Sony email leak. I get it. I’ve felt the weight of horrible family history as I’ve been digging into the plantations of my people’s past over the last two years—that, it seems, lined the James River in Virginia in early British colonial days. Forget a “sagging feeling”—it’s a gut-punch to discover you descend from a slave owner or plantation overseer, especially when your relatives have laughed off such a notion your whole life, always adding, “Our family was too poor to own slaves.” Right. So I went to Virginia in search of clues

to my ancestry after figuring out that it’s very likely I descend from the Watkins who came to Jamestown from England with John Smith in 1608, and his son, who was the overseer of a major plantation (and its slaves) and was an early member of the House of Burgesses, which became the Virginia As-sembly. His descendants brought slaves into Mississippi when they were given land grants here in exchange for war service. My Ladd immigrant probably crossed

the pond in 1653 from England to run a tobacco plantation; some of his descendants honored the Quaker beliefs against slavery, becoming abolitionists and getting English investors to help buy Virginia slaves and set them free. But let’s not sugarcoat: The family likely owned, or at least managed, slaves be-fore at least some of them turned against the institution. It was business, after all. And my great-great grandfather Ladd came to Mis-sissippi in the 1800s with those Watkinses; their slaves built homes and wealth in both Leake and Neshoba counties, records show. Like Affleck, there is little about this history I’m proud of—beyond the abolition-ist part—but unlike the Oscar winner, the last thing I want to do is lock it in a closet. The fact is that I’m the daughter of illiter-ate parents in Mississippi who came from parents who didn’t believe in education, who still used outhouses when I was born.

Yet, the family I knew actually descend-ed from educated people who were enriched by the institution of slavery, which started in Jamestown in 1619 when the Brits there de-cided to purchase the first 20 Africans to sow that tobacco crop that John Rolfe perfected. Then, up in Massachusetts in 1626, busi-nessmen built and launched the first Ameri-can slave carrier, Desire, beginning Colonial North America’s slave trade. This decision to buy, sell and abuse hu-mans to build the New World is exactly the root of the white supremacy of today—from race-based wealth inequality, to opposition to public-school funding, to the privileged condition that makes white people focus more on riots over the racist acts and violence that cause the uprisings. Poor treatment has always caused “riots” in America, back to when Nat Turner staged his slave rebellion in 1831, 59 miles from Jamestown. We white folk don’t know what we don’t know. That’s not always our fault, but it is the nation’s problem. There is shame in not wanting to learn and be better than our ancestors. When we pull on these hidden historic threads, we glean all kind of stuff left out of our history books—and the breeding grounds for today’s race problems. Unlike Mr. Affleck, I want to know ev-ery detail and every name and the location of every plantation, and what plants grew on them. I want to learn the specifics of how the inhumanity then led to a man’s spine being severed in Baltimore in April, or an unarmed teen eating Skittles shot in Florida, or the dead body of Michael Brown left in the street for hours for disempowered African Ameri-cans to stare at. I want to know the names of the slaves my ancestors owned, so I can feel that shame and truth and then use it to help end its legacy today. I want those truths to set whites free to know our brutal history and how it has created the conditions of today. David Banner, the rapper and actor

from Mississippi, vented on Instagram at white people lamenting the violence of the uprising in Baltimore, but not what brought it: “Whites today don’t know what all the black fuss is about, just like their parents didn’t know what all the black fuss was about during segregation, just like their parents didn’t know what all the black fuss was about during Jim Crow and the Black Codes, just like their parents didn’t know what all the black fuss was about during slavery. “Face facts, people, most whites will never understand the society they’ve crafted or how it causes what we see in Baltimore.” He’s right. Many whites are raised to be fragile and afraid when it comes to race dialogue: We didn’t do it, so we refuse to talk about it. It was those “distant relatives,” or Georgia or Mississippi or that crazy Klucker down the road. This white reticence to talk about America’s continuing chain of racism is, as Dr. King said, a way to support it: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Affleck wrestled with the need not to squelch race history in his Facebook post: “[W]e are, as a nation, still grappling with the terrible legacy of slavery. It is an examina-tion well worth continuing. … While I don’t like that the guy is an ancestor, I am happy that aspect of our country’s history is being talked about.” It’s not about not liking who our ances-tors are; we don’t have to. But we must use them to change the now. When we whites follow history’s breadcrumbs into the pres-ent, we can start to understand what is un-folding (again) before our eyes in places like Baltimore. To defeat slavery’s legacy, we must be willing to stare it down, including our own ancestors’ role in white supremacy. We’re way past the denial stage, Ameri-ca. It’s time to demand justice and solutions. Enough black people have died due to the legacy of sh*t our ancestors did.

CONTRIBUTORS

From Affleck to Baltimore: Sh*t Our Ancestors Did

R.L. Nave, native Missou-rian and news editor, roots for St. Louis (and the Mizzou Tigers)—and for Jackson. Send him news tips at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com or call him at 601-362-6121 ext. 12. He wrote the cover story.

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel hates piña coladas but has come to terms with getting caught in the rain. Whenever she’s feeling down, she gets on an escala-tor. She finds beauty in the small things—namely, paperclips. She wrote a Mother’s Day story.

Music Editor Micah Smith hopes to make a career out of choosing names for “Die Hard” sequels. He doesn’t own a yacht, but if someone offered him one, he’d be OK with it. He performs with the band Empty Atlas. He wrote a music story.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took photos for the issue.

Ad Designer Zilpha Young knows the true location of Buzz Aldrin’s moon-treasure trove, but she’s space-sworn to secrecy. She talks to ani-mals. They haven’t talked back yet, but you never know. She designed ads for the issue.

Advertising Director Kimberly Griffin is a fitness buff and food-ie who loves chocolate and her mama. She’s also Michelle Obama’s super secret BFF, explaining the Secret Service detail. She is very excited Jill Scott is coming to town.

Account Manager Gina Haug is a self-professed information collector who has a love for all things fun. She is a huge Ole Miss and New Orleans Saints fan, and her birthday is her favorite holiday.

Publisher Todd Stauffer is the author of more than 40 tech-nology books on Macs, HTML, blogging and digital video. He grew up in Dallas and is a Tex-as A&M graduate. He wears a mean sweater vest.

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[YOU & JFP]Name: Urtis Purvis

Age: 55

Occupation: Information systems manager at Neel-Schaffer

Lives in: Puckett

Favorite part of Jackson: Downtown

Favorite wisdom: “If I know I’m right, and you think you’re

right, why argue?” —His father

Secret to life: “Remember the world owes you nothing.

Anything worthwhile is worth working for.”

Response to “AP: Sen. Bernie Sanders to Run for President as a Democrat” by The Associated Press Darnell Bernie Sanders is an admitted socialist. Socialists believe that someone else is responsible for your life, namely the government. Socialism is a gateway to communism, which is nothing but government complete control of your life. America doesn’t need Bernie Sanders.

David B.—Darnell What is the opposite? He is an admitted capitalist/cor-porate man. These people believe that rich people and cor-porations should run your life and tell you what to do, even while not on their minimum-wage McJob. Capitalism/cor-porationism is a gateway to economic slavery, which is noth-ing more than a complete control of what’s left of your life after you have survived military service, banking crises, hous-ing slumps, police killings and random economic crimes the Department of Justice takes a pass on.

Darnell—David B. I guess that is why so many people from all over the world want to come to America. This economic slavery is just so bad. More than 10 million Mexicans and other Latin Ameri-cans risk death and breaking immigration laws to get to America. ... Capitalism/corporationism have put millions of people to work every day making goods and providing services, includ-ing the computer and software you are using. Capitalism and corporations are only bad for people who refuse to think.

David B.—Darnell No, they are looking for food, shelter, clothing and a decent life where they can get education or their children can. And you, and people like you, can’t even be bothered to set up a reasonable system to handle them. Because they are not citizens, they are exploited here in the USA. I don’t expect you to understand, Darnell. I just hope my words have impact on other people who might be in a position to help change things. By the way, there is a difference between creative capi-talism and destructive capitalism and good companies versus bad companies.

Civil Society—Darnell Socialism is nothing of the kind.

Response to “City Starts Long, Slow Process of Seeking Help for Street Repairs” by R.L. NaveDarnell The City of Jackson needs to think about setting up an infrastructure bank to fi nance the repair of roads, sewer and water issues.

David B.—Darnell Bank implies loans, and loans imply paying the loan back with interest. Jackson doesn’t want to do that. What we are looking for is donations, grants, no-inter-est loans if necessary, or creative swapping or fi nancing, perhaps bartering, for the people, materials and equip-ment we need.

Darnell—David B. An infrastructure bank would be owned and operat-ed by the City of Jackson and would be capitalized using the city assets and taxes, which I assume could add up to millions of dollars. This means they could loan money to themselves at low interest or no interest for the benefi t of the citizens of Jackson. The city could avoid the big banks’ bonds, fees and interest payments that adds millions of dollars in taxes to their citizens for infrastructure projects. This would not be a bank for private loans such as businesses, car loans and home mortgages. There are pri-vate banks for that. This would be strictly for infrastruc-ture only: roads, bridges, city water and underground pipes. This would require thinking outside of the box.

David B.—Darnell Anything is possible with politics; however, I do not believe at present there is a state legal structure to do what you desire. It would have to be authorized at the state level. City taxes fl ow to the city, unless otherwise directed by state law. The city cannot pledge city assets to capitalize another entity except as directed by state law.

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T hey worked together at Jackson City Hall, one as a mayoral aide and the other as a maverick coun-cilman. One’s an African American

Democrat and devotee of the late radical mayor Chokwe Lumumba. The other is white and was the only Republican member of the seven-member city council. One has no hair; the other’s graying crown has vacillated over the years between mop top to crew cut. Now, the men are squaring off for a seat in the United States Congress. It sounds like the premise for a sitcom, but it’s the real life story of Walter Howard Zinn and Quentin Whitwell. The men, both former Jackson residents, are two of the 13 men competing in a May 12 special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who died in February, as the represen-tative for the state’s 1st Congres-sional District. The Mississippi 1st is one of two congressional districts that do not touch the Jackson metropolitan area. The other, the 4th District, is anchored in southern Mississippi and includes the Gulf Coast region. But the candidates are taking different approaches when it comes to their ties to

the capital city: Zinn embraces it; Whit-well hardly mentions it. Zinn is a 34-year-old native of Pon-totoc, which also happens to be the home-

town of both Mississippi’s representatives in the upper chamber of Congress—U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. Zinn counts both his service to Jackson, as governmental-affairs director to former Mayors Lumumba and Harvey Johnson Jr., along with his growing up in blue-col-

lar northeast Mississippi, as his chief quali-fications. During his time in the Lumumba administration, Zinn helped the 1-percent

sales tax referendum pass with 90 percent of the vote and says he helped manage ma-jor infrastructure crises in the state’s most populous city. Zinn believes he has sufficient bipar-tisan cred to appeal to some Republicans, including the fact that he worked for

Wednesday, April 29 Days of riots in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray lead to the Camden Yards stadium being closed to the public for the Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox game, making it the first game held behind closed doors in the 145-year history of the major leagues.

Thursday, April 30 The Nigerian army rescues another 100 girls and 50 women from Boko Haram extremist camps in the Sambisa Forest. … Baltimore authorities turn over the findings of a police investigation into Freddie Gray’s death to the state’s at-torney’s office, but refuse to reveal further details to the public.

Friday, May 1 Baltimore State Attorney Mari-lyn Mosby announces criminal charges against all six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, saying his arrest was illegal and his treatment in custody amounted to murder and manslaughter.

Saturday, May 2 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Man-ny Pacquiao by unanimous decision in a highly anticipated welterweight boxing-title bout.

Sunday, May 3 Police officers shoot and kill two gunmen who open fire on a security officer outside the Curtis Culwell Cen-ter in Garland, Texas, where the New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative is hosting a contest for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muham-mad. The security officer is wounded in the shooting. ... “Avengers: Age of Ul-tron” earns $187.7 million in its debut weekend, making it the second biggest U.S. opening of all time after the $207.4 million record of the first “Avengers” film in 2012.

Monday, May 4 The European Union approves 20 million euros ($22 million) in financial support and emergency aid to help Nepal deal with the April 25 earthquake.

Tuesday, May 5 Secretary of State John Kerry makes an unannounced trip to Somalia, making him the first top U.S. diplomat ever to visit the country. Get breaking daily news and events invites at jfpdaily.com. Free.

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I f you could go anywhere, see anything, do anything with or for her or meet anyone with your mom, who would it be?

Here are our answers.

Natalie West: I often joke that I’ll never admit that my mother was right about so many things. So I think I’d write her a letter, tell her she was right about so much and thank her for the lessons in life.

Melanie Collins: I would have a photo made with all of her family with her.

Kristin Brenemen: I try to add to my mom’s Godzilla collection when I can. I got her a 3-feet tall one with tail swinging action the last time I visited.

Imani Khayyam: I would take my mom to see the world!

Amber Helsel: I would buy my mom the Chevrolet Corvette she’s always wanted.

Micah Smith: Get her a warp pad directly to Disney World. She’d have dual citizenship with Ameri-ca and the House of Mouse.

Donna Ladd: I’d do anything just to see and hug her one more time.

Mother’s Day Dreamingby Amber Helsel

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Quentin Whitwell (left), a Republican lawyer and lobbyist, and Walter Zinn (right), a Democratic attorney and political strategist, are vying for an open congressional seat in north Mississippi but have differing views on their relationship to Jackson.

Wicker, when he served in the House of Representatives. “A lot of people thought I was going to be a Republican, but 9-11 happened,” said Zinn, who opposed the Bush adminis-tration’s response to the attacks. He adds that he’s been aggressive in pushing that message, as well as touting health-care expansion and the Affordable Care Act even as most of his Republican opponents are running on a promise to dis-mantle Obamacare. “That’s crazy to be at the bottom and yelling up at the president,” Zinn told the Jackson Free Press, referring to Mississippi’s perennial low health rankings. “No one is presenting a real plan or a vision to move this congressional district forward.” He’s banking on the region’s history of sometimes electing white Democrats—Zinn is black—including Democrat Tra-vis Childers’ successful congressional cam-paign in 2010 (he lost the seat to Nunnelee,

a Republican, two years later), Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley. By contrast, Whitwell is embracing his family’s ties to north Mississippi, including his father’s tenure as U.S. attorney for the state’s Northern District, and playing down his own connections in Jackson, which in-cluded being twice elected to the Jackson City Council, and working as a lobbyist in the Capitol and attorney. In his ads for the congressional seat, Whitwell has taken to pronouncing his surname “WIT-wul” (a la Starkville) instead of WHIT-well, as he did when he lived in Jackson. Whitwell, who did not return phone messages from the Jackson Free Press, was elected to the Jackson City Council from Ward 1 in 2009 and 2013. He unexpect-edly announced in August that he would step down from the seat he held for five years at the end of October. He told the Jackson Free Press at the time that other

personal and professional pursuits have had to take priority. Among those is the opportunity for his son to be trained under tennis coaches at the University of Missis-sippi, Whitwell’s alma mater.

He is running on a traditional conser-vative platform, emphasizing what he calls “traditional marriage” and “protecting the life of the unborn.” Whitwell also wants to shrink the size of government and re-peal Obamacare. In his newest campaign ad, posted May 4, Whitwell focuses on strengthening national security by invoking the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and images of the so-called Islamic State organization. In the short cycle, Whitwell raised nearly $120,000 and had about $25,000 in cash on hand at the end of April. Zinn raised $11,552 and had $2,752 on hand. If elected, Zinn said he would like to serve on one of the House money com-mittees, but because those appointments do not go to freshmen members in the minority party, he said he would also like to sit on health, education or agriculture committees. Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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O n any given morning anywhere where in Hinds County, you’re bound to see them. Clad in green-and-white jumpsuits, they pick up rubbish along the side of the road, unload trucks and even can

help extinguish fires. Soon, they will be gone—controversy is brewing about whether the move makes smart fiscal sense giving the state prison system’s budget struggles. Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher said last week the agency would terminate its Joint State County Work Program, effective Aug. 1. MDOC said ending the program, now in operation in 30 counties, would free up $3.2 million for other budgetary needs as a result of moving inmates out of the programs. Fisher called eliminating the program “a more efficient use of taxpayer dol-lars, with public safety of the utmost concern.” “The commissioner didn’t sit down with any of the counties that it would affect,” said Hinds County Chief Deputy Chris Picou, who oversees the Raymond Detention Center and the state work program. From Picou’s vantage, the program saves the state mon-ey and is valuable service to the county. To run it, MDOC reimburses the county $20 per day per prisoner for a total of $7.5 million per year for 1,039 beds statewide; the program has a capacity of 2,000 beds, records from MDOC show. By comparison, MDOC information states that it costs the state $43 per day to take care of a prisoner—$16.3 mil-lion for the same 1,000 people. MDOC said the inmates in the programs would be moved to the agency’s 17 community work centers, where

the inmates will still be available to perform work for coun-ties. Picou believes doing so will be logistically challenging because of how many different places Hinds County sends inmates, including the Mississippi Coliseum, as well as the

county’s central-repair and public-works divisions. The pris-oners help the sheriff’s office cut 80 acres of grass, and some are even certified firefighters. Based on the state’s $7.25-an-hour minimum wage and a 40-hour work week, Picou estimates that in-mate labor is worth approximately $3 million to Hinds County. Doing away with the program will also make it more difficult for the county to meet the obligations on the bonds that county issued to pay for the construc-tion of the work center, where occupancy has steadily declined since Sheriff Tyrone Lewis took office in 2011, Picou said. In a news release, Fisher characterized the move as a hard decision his administration will make in restructur-ing the inmate population in response to a population shift. As a result of legislation implemented in 2014, the number of people on probation and parole has risen as the number of people in prison has gone down. Picou said that legislation, House Bill 585, was al-ready more of a burden on counties and their jail sys-tems. Closing the work programs is another burden that the county cannot afford. “I think there’s other ways to cut costs and not put the burden back on counties,” Picou said, adding that the sheriff ’s office will ask for a meeting with Fisher to discuss a compromise.

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TALK | city and county

More savings Fisher said the state could save $2 million over the next three years by changing health-care providers for its prison-ers. On May 1, at a meeting of an independent task force that Gov. Phil Bryant convened in the wake of the scandal that brought down former Commissioner Chris Epps, Fisher said that the department is recommending that Centurion of Mississippi LLC be awarded a three-year contract worth $149.2 million starting July 1, the beginning of the new state budget year. Through a statement, the Fisher said in a statement that the Centurion pact would replace contracts the department now has with three health-care companies, including Jack-son-based Health Assurance LLC of Jackson, which services four private prison companies in the state. A review board must approve the new contract. Fisher said MDOC employees analyzed proposals from seven med-ical service providers before choosing Centurion, which is a

joint venture between St. Louis, Mo.-based Centene Corp. and Virginia-based MHM Services Inc. “When we decided to do the request for proposals, we believed by having one vendor to provide health-care services we would be able to obtain a better price,” Fisher told the Associated Press. “We feel confident about our decision.”

Centurion will have nurses and other professionals to provide health care at each of the seven prisons, MDOC spokeswoman Grace Fisher, who is not related to the com-missioner, told the AP. As is the current practice, inmates who

need inpatient care for more complex health problems will be transferred to one of several hospitals that have contracts with the prison system, she said. Epps worked for the Department of Corrections 32 years with the last 12 years as commissioner, through three governors. He was indicted on corruption charges last year, along with Cecil McCrory, a former state legislator who had become a business consultant and had clients with Depart-ment of Corrections contracts. In that case, federal prosecutors said Epps steered prison-services contracts toward companies with which McCrory was linked as owner or consultant. The second page of the indictment listed Wexford Health Sources as one of several businesses that had paid con-sulting fees to McCrory and had received prison contracts. Wexford employees were not accused of wrongdoing. Epps and McCrory pleaded guilty in February and remain free while they await sentencing in June. Epps fac-es up to 23 years in prison $750,000 in fines. He agreed to forfeit $2 million in assets. McCrory faces up to 20 years and $500,000 in fines. He agreed to forfeit $1.7 million in assets. The Associated Press contributed to this story. Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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T he City of Jackson is looking to cash in on its tourism industry, hoping to promote the capital as a tourist desti-nation and raise cash to pay for city

services and infrastructure fixes. This week, Mayor Tony Yar-ber issued a proclamation for Na-tional Travel and Tourism Week and highlighted a series of events that began with a downtown Cinco De Mayo festival last week-end and wraps up with the Stray at Home event in Smith Park on Saturday, May 9. Brad Franklin, a marketing specialist for the City’s Depart-ment of Human and Cultural Services, said Jackson’s diversity and neighborhoods give it a com-petitive advantage over its subur-ban neighbors. “You really can’t change people’s perceptions until you show them. Our goal is to show that entertainment takes place all over the city. ... It’s not just Farish Street, and not just particularly downtown, but everywhere. Not just Fondren (and) not just Belhaven, but in west Jackson, south Jackson and other parts of north Jackson,” Franklin told the Jackson Free Press. Taking inspiration from the success of Fondren’s First Thursday (formerly known as Fondren After Five), Franklin said the City is considering organizing a similar event in south Jackson to launch what he calls a season of festivals, beginning with St. Patrick’s Day

and concluding with the Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival in August. “We want something going on every month,” Franklin said.

Beer and Oysters Chef Jesse Houston, owner of Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201), will celebrate American Craft Beer Week May 11-17 with seven days of beer-centric events featuring limited-release draft brews and pairing events. Houston worked with some of his favorite local and regional craft brewers to put together the week’s selections. All these events will have one keg of a special draft available for one night only. On Monday, May 11, Saltine will kick off the week with Sam Adams Potbelly Por-

ter, a smoked coffee porter and The Sphinx, a Belgian sour blonde. Tuesday, May 12, will be Tin Roof Brewing Co. Pint Night, featuring the limited release of Smoke Shack Smoked Brown Ale and Barrel-Aged Smiling Ivan

Russian Imperial Stout on draft. Representatives from Tin Roof will be at Saltine giving away free items, including T-shirts, stickers and pint glasses. On Wednesday, May 13, Saltine will offer diners a spe-cial sneak peek of Southern Prohibition Brewing Co.’s Soul Glo Saison. On Thursday, Saltine will host a pairing event that matches four beers with four cheeses for $15. This event is presented in conjunction with Whole Foods Market (4500 Interstate 55 N., 601-608-0405), whose resident cheese monger, John Stanfill, will give a seminar on beer and cheese

pairings before the event. On Friday, Saltine will debut NOLA Brewing Company’s Rumplestoutskin, a rum barrel-aged stout, and NOLA Belma Dry-hopped Hurricane Saison. NOLA represen-tatives will be on hand with some swag of their own. On Saturday, May 16, Saltine will release its collaboration with Lucky Town, the Saltine Stout, an Imperial stout brewed with saltine crackers and Gulf oysters. The week ends Sunday, May 17, with the Mark’s Lemonade and Shandy Stand and Seafood Boil at noon on the patio, featuring

shandy, a beer and lemonade combo made in house with fresh-squeezed citrus. Diners can pair their shandy with a pile of seafood, corn, potatoes and sausage. For more information, call Saltine at 601-982-2899.

City Thrift Supports Local Veterans Last November, a Jackson location for City Thrift opened at 5465 Interstate 55 N. Suite C, inside a building that formerly housed a Big Lots. City Thrift is part of a group of thrift stores that are part of Brook Valley Manage-ment, along with Texas Thrift and Music City Thrift, headquartered in Birmingham, Ala. The stores are for-profit operations that purchase merchandise from nonprofit orga-nizations, including clothes, shoes, furniture, electronics, books, jewelry, household items and decor. The stores partner with local charities, civic organizations, religious organizations and municipalities to provide fundraising op-portunities and to prevent usable items from ending up in an incinerator or landfill. The stores donate any unsold items to developing nations. In this business model, nonprofits collect items on behalf of the thrift company and receive payment for the service. City Thrift is partnered with the AM-VETS National Service Foundation, which serves veterans. AMVETS provides support to veterans through service programs, as well as providing community and youth-oriented programs designed to promote unity and pa-triotism. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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Tax Commish Owes City Deference, Mayor Owes it to Council

A fter the Legislature passed a bill in 2009 empowering Jackson to hold a referen-dum on whether to impose a 1-percent sales tax on certain goods, then-Mayor

Harvey Johnson Jr. was always reluctant to move forward, fearing that a 10-member oversight commission the legislation called for was a threat to the city’s independence. In fact, Johnson called the provision a slap in the city’s face, and considered asking the Legislature to remove the commission. However, calling for the vote and steering it to passage is one of the lasting legacies of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, and for the past year, the tax has generated approximately $12 million in revenue that the city cannot spend with-out the commission’s approval. Now, Johnson’s fears seem to have come to fruition. The idea behind the sales tax is that the proceeds would allow the city to borrow in the near term, guaranteed with revenue on the span of the sales tax, to spend on infrastructure repairs around the city. Yet, the sales-tax commission has been reluc-tant to sign off on the plan that Mayor Tony Yarber’s administration developed, citing lack of details. “It probably wouldn’t pass (if voted upon right now), because we’ve got too many questions about it,” Pete Perry, the chairman of the Hinds County Republican Committee and appointee of Gov. Phil Bryant to the commission, told WAPT recently. While it would be easy to question the mo-tives of politico Perry, it should be pointed out that

the Jackson City Council, which will also vote on the 1-percent sales tax plan, has raised a lot of the same concerns as the commission. Ward 6 Councilman Tyrone Hendrix, for ex-ample, who holds Yarber’s old seat, has persistently criticized what he calls a lack of attention to the in-frastructure needs of his south Jackson ward. In our view, Hendrix’s concerns are at least as valid as those commission members like Perry. However, the spirit of the original legislation—to borrow a phrase from Lumumba—was self-determination for Jackson, to give citizens of the capital city the choice to tax themselves. There-fore, the commission owes a certain amount of deference to Jackson’s elected representatives, including Mayor Yarber. At the same time, Yarber has the same re-sponsibility to the city council, which is a co-equal branch of government, whose individual members are personally responsible for the fi scal decisions that come before the body. Even in a climate of unexpected infrastructure crises, the mayor’s offi ce should not only articulate its vision to the council and the public, but also be open to feedback, even from its adversaries. This give-and-take is necessary not just be-cause the city generally runs better when the people running it get along, but because they owe it to the citizens they represent. The 10-member sales-tax commission meets Wednesday, May 6, at 2 p.m. in the Warren Hood Building (200 S. President St.).

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I n July 1992, I was born at Baptist Memorial in Southaven, Miss. From the moment I took my fi rst breath at 8:41 a.m. to the present, I have been a Mississippian. Not by choice, but by birth. Given my state’s long history of violence, oppression and discrimi-

nation, especially against individuals who bear the same blackness that I possess, choosing to be a Mississippian would seem to be a ludicrous deci-sion. Couple Mississippi’s historical problems with the contemporary ones, ranging from an under-performing public-education system to morbid lev-els of obesity, and you have an atmosphere that would cause most to steer far from any association with Mississippi. Honestly, if I had any authority to determine my place of birth, I likely wouldn’t choose Mississippi. However, I did not have any say so in the matter, and I’m glad I did not. I have accepted this immutable charac-teristic—being a Mississippian—with considerable pride. Mississippi’s past is etched in stone, a stone many seem to have an insatiable desire to throw around while condemning the state I call home. I am aware of the ramifi cations that Mississippi’s turbulent history have on modern life here. This is not an attempt to refute this notion. I am obsessed not with changing what people say about Mississippi’s past, but rather what they will say about Mississippi’s future.

I believe the fi rst step in changing the state’s future comes with changing the perception of what it means to be from Mississippi. To help illustrate this point, I will use a NFL analogy. Each year, the worst team is rewarded with the fi rst draft pick in the upcoming draft. Sometime these picks can be franchise shaping (see Eli Manning) or a complete bust (see JaMarcus Russell). Every time I leave Mississippi, I remind myself that I represent her. When I interact with new people, I am acutely aware of the fact that I could be the only positive im-age that people may have of Mississippi. I present myself like a fi rst overall draft

pick, because at the end of the day, I did not choose Mississippi. Missis-sippi chose me. I urge every Mississippian to do the same. Yes, Mississippi is at the bottom of every “good” list and at the top of every “bad.” I want to be a part of the reason Mississippi sits atop all the “good” lists, and you should, too. There is much work to be done to lift Mississippi to unprecedented heights. Those who deeply love Mississippi and are committed to the betterment of the state must do this work. We need high-quality teachers to teach our children. We need legislators who craft progressive policies that can transform Mississippi to an economic juggernaut. We need young, energetic grassroots organizers whose passion fl oods into their local communities. We need executive leaders who aban-don partisan loyalty and commit to supporting policies that benefi t our state. We need college graduates who have been trained in the state’s public and private institutions to use their talents to give back to Mississippi. Some do not have the same pride that I have for being from Missis-sippi. When I talk to people without that pride, their grievances with the state are legitimate, However, the focus should not be on what makes the state bad, but rather what you can do to make it better. The state of Mississippi drafted me 22 years ago. Until this point, I have not produced any playoff wins, division titles or championships. I refuse to fi nish my career (life in Mississippi) without bettering her. Some of you were drafted long before I was, others more recently. The time is ticking. How will you help Mississippi? Only time will tell.

Timothy Abram is a U.S. history teacher at West Tallahatchie High School in Webb, Miss. He is a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi. All opinions expressed are his own. Email him at tim.abram27@gmail.com.

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S ince the nation began learning about Freddie Gray and the cir-cumstances that led to his death, stories about his life and upbringing

have come into focus. Some have speculated that this 25-year-old black man had some-how set himself up for a tragic life and pre-mature death. This argument has provoked an examination of the home Mr. Gray grew up in, and how his environment may have limited his opportunities in life. One fact stands out to me: The Bal-timore Sun reported that Gray had childhood lead poisoning and related medical and behavioral conditions, including at-tention deficit hyperactiv-ity disorder. The U.S. Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than a half million U.S. children have elevated blood-lead levels (greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter), but lead absorp-tion at any rate can cause harm to a child. Lead ex-posure can affect IQ, focus, memory and academic achievement. In the Sandtown-Winchester/Har-lem Park neighborhood of Baltimore, where Gray lived, the lead-paint violation rate is triple the city average. David Zuc-chino and James Queally reported in The Los Angeles Times that only 25 percent of adults over 25 in the same area have a high school diploma. Half the neighborhood’s high school students were listed as chroni-cally absent in 2012. Research shows that lead poisoning is linked to aggressive behavior and violence. Mother Jones released an extensive report in 2013 that showed a correlation between childhood blood-lead levels and adult rates of violent crime, as well as a relationship between lead poisoning and neighborhood poverty, where poorly maintained hous-ing stock built before 1978 is common. (Lead-based paint was banned in 1978 in the United States.) Because of related health conditions, lead-poisoned children are seven times more likely to drop out of school and six times more likely to become involved in the juvenile-justice system than average. What can be done to eliminate lead poisoning from our communities? It’s im-portant to know the risk factors for lead exposure and support efforts to remove lead and other unhealthy elements from our na-tion’s housing stock. The fields of housing, urban development, environmental regula-tion and public health are coordinating more than ever before in cities like Baltimore and Jackson to eliminate the burden that lead poisoning creates for our communities.

The Mississippi State Department of Health considers 16 counties in the state to be high risk for lead exposure, including Hinds County. That means that one in three Mississippians lives in a county considered to be high risk for lead exposure. Common sources of lead exposure are: (1) peeling and chipping paint in older homes and buildings built prior to 1978; (2) lead dust from deteriorating surfaces (such as friction created in window and door frames); (3) soils in yards and playgrounds that con-

tain flakes of exterior lead-based paint from houses or buildings, or contamination from industrial sites; (4) products such as antique toys, leaded glass, crystal or glazed pottery; and (5) drinking water in homes built before 1986, which are likely to have leaded plumb-ing fixtures. Anyone who is poten-tially vulnerable to lead poi-soning should be tested, es-pecially those with high-risk characteristics, including children under age 6 and

pregnant women. In Mississippi, any Medic-aid-eligible child can receive a free screening as part of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment program. Many private insurance companies also cover the cost of screening and treatment. If you live in an older home, it’s best to assume that any chipping and peeling paint in your house could be lead-based, so I recommend becoming familiar with some basic lead safety practices:• Regularly wet clean floors, window sills and other surfaces (“cleaning wet” reduces movement of dust).• Remove shoes or wipe soil off shoes before entering your house.• Keep painted surfaces in good condition to minimize deterioration.• Wash children’s hands, bottles, pacifiers and toys often.• Ensure children eat healthy, low-fat foods high in iron, calcium and vitamin C.• Talk to your landlord about fixing surfaces with peeling or chipping paint.• When renovating, repairing or painting, hire only Mississippi Department of Envi-ronmental Quality Lead-Safe certified firms or contractors. For more information, visit the Green & Healthy Home Initiative’s website at greenandhealthyhomes.org. Catherine Lee joined Green & Healthy Homes Initiative in October 2014. Lee has previously served as Director of Housing and Community Development for Midtown Part-ners, Inc., and as a special projects officer at the City of Jackson for Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.

Freddie Gray Death Highlights Lead Poisoning Crisis

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In keeping with the spirit of the U.S. Air Force’s motto “Aim High” Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt Short has set her sights on the state’s highest office. In doing so, Short joined Mad-ison-based attorney Vicki Slater,

also a Democrat, as the first women to run viable campaigns for governor of Mississippi since Evelyn Gandy more than three decades ago. When Short announced her candi-dacy for the Democratic nomination for governor, she said the political leadership in Jackson is only interested in scoring points against President Barack Obama. Whereas some Democrats are re-luctant to embrace Obama and the suc-cess of the health-care overhaul won in his early days, Short is making Medicaid expansion and increasing health-care ac-cess, along with education, the center-pieces of her policy and economic-devel-opment agendas. Short is the oldest of seven U.S. Air Force brats. Her father served in the Air Force for 20 years, including during the Vietnam War. The family lived in six states and three countries overseas—Spain, Germa-ny, and Moshi and Morogoro, Tanzania, where she graduated from high school and junior college, respectively. After complet-

ing her bachelor’s degree at Vanderbilt Un iversity, she joined the Air Force to pay her way through medical school at Vandy, where she received her M.D. in 1985. An OB-GYN, she lives in Ridgeland, is divorced and has one daughter, Naomi Short, and a granddaughter, Kylie. Dr. Short recently talked to the Jack-son Free Press about her desire to become Mississippi’s health-care governor.

Based on your press releases, you’re all about Medicaid expansion and health-care access. Some states have done the bare minimum; others have opened eligibility up more widely. What does that expansion in Mississippi look like to you? Luckily, in our nation there’s a di-versity of approaches. Unfortunately, in our state we haven’t tried anything, and so for me it looks like starting at ground (level) one. I want to expand Medicaid.

Because it’s important to me that patients who want to see me, or who have tried to see their physician, have no access. That’s a problem. And then access to quality is a problem. I’ve worked in a variety of different venues in the medical field as well as in

the public-health field and I’ve had pa-tients tell me that they are in the left-out group who have no insurance access. They are not happy about that.

Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt ShortAge: 56Residence: RidgelandExperience: U.S. Air Force, 1982-1992, (honorable discharge); board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and independent medical consultantEducation: Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1981; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, 1985Family: Divorced; Daughter, Naomi Short; Granddaughter, Kylie

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Are people are going to the emergency room or just not going to the doctor at all? A bit of both. Again, it’s a very multi-factorial problem. There are some people who delay going to the doctor, whether it’s an emergency room or a clinic, until they absolutely have to. That’s the most common approach that I find. Not only that but people are made to feel ashamed that they have a lack of access. The third thing is that health-care bills take a big chunk out of whatever in-come they might have.

One argument against Medicaid expansion is that you expand eligibility and 300,000 more people are eligible. Now, there’s a run on the ER and doctor’s offices, and the system may not be equipped to handle that. I think we have history to look to that could help us out. I’m sure that these programs, when they first came into be-ing, we had the same fears about the pro-grams. So fast forward to the 21st century, there are going to be some people who still have some of those fears. The initial fear was that the people who were already eli-gible for Medicaid would (enroll) to avoid the (tax) penalty. So we have a lot of work to do in order to make our state healthier and come off our health-care grades of F.

Giving people access to health care is one thing. Getting people to go to the doctor is another. How would you educate people on the importance of preventive care and healthy lifestyle choices? What I do now is continuum of care, a continuum of education, a continuum of advocacy, a continuum of awareness. That will never go away, which is why those of us who are in health will always have a job.

I guess my question is whether we have the capacity to handle a rapid expansion. Do we have enough doctors, particularly in less dense parts of the state like the Delta? Medicaid expansion is about the dollars. ... With anything, you will have to start where you are, starting with your highest-priority needs, and you will rank what needs to be done. So priority No. 1 is funding. We need to look at how we can take advantage of the dollars that will then in turn assist us in further de-veloping our health-care workforce and expand services to patients no matter where they’re located. Even in the Jack-son Metropolitan Statistical Area, there

are pockets of ruralness. It’s not so tech-nically different in terms of the need.

How much are you willing to compromise on the kind of expansion you want to see and what the Legislature is willing to allow? Practicing medicine and public health is all about negotiating, relation-ship building, partnering, meeting people where they are and building alliances.

There has been talk of doing things that are not Medicaid expansion as allowed by President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act: reinstating disproportionate-share payments, lump-sum appropriations to hospitals, the creation of health-care zones. Are you open to talking about those things? When we talk about expanding health-care access, we’re also talking about

hospitals. In fact, our hospitals are closing because they have lost their funding and (have been) underfunded by the state and selectively funded across the state. So that’s (the Mississippi Legisla-ture’s) approach. That’s not my approach.

Is the Legislature’s approach the wrong approach in your estimation? I just have a different what of looking at it than they do.

What are your thoughts on the 2013 abortion clinic admitting privileges law? I ask because of your background as a physician and OB/GYN and because the state has devoted a lot of resources to legal fights over the law. Should the state continue fighting on behalf of the law? Actually, abortion is not our biggest state issue when it comes to health. One of the good things is we already have a low

rate of abortion in our state. We have other, bigger issues to deal with when it comes to health care that does not include the po-larization that we have when it come to addressing the abortion rate. So if our in-dividuals who are polarized on the issue of abortion would also use that same passion toward the other health-care issues that are a big problem in our state, I think that would help to move our state forward.

At the same time, Mississippi’s teen birth rate is one of the highest if not the highest in the country, and contributes to a lot of other problems such as poverty … Once again, there are multi-facto-rial and very diverse reasons for the out-comes that we have. So we have a high infant-mortality rate, we have a high neonatal-mortality rate, we have a high maternal-mortality rate. In fact, our rates are increasing and those rates are high not necessarily because of our teen birth rate. In fact, (even though) our teen birth rate is one highest in the country it is around the age of upper-level teens not the younger teens.

The governor is opposed to abortion. Do you identify as pro-life, pro-choice or ... I identify as pro-woman.

Health care is also part of your economic program. How would you make sure that the state got the most bang for its buck with health-care expansion? The part of the dollars that come from Medicaid expansion would allow us to in-vest in our hospitals, which will then in turn allow us to improve our numbers in the workforce. This in turns feeds into the suc-cess and growth in our economy by having healthier citizens who can then participate in the health-care workforce and be healthy and not miss days because of lack of well-ness. All of those things will play into pro-ductivity, job growth and improvement of the economy. Our Medicaid dollars that we will get will allow families to grow and spend their money elsewhere. For in-stance, in helping with the education for their children in junior colleges and col-lege. When those children come out, then they will also be able to participate in the economy. Those are not the only parts of the economy, but they are part of the pil-lars of the economic growth.

A big focus of this governor has been manufacturing. Would you continue it?

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The industries in Mississippi that help to form our economy include manu-facturing and construction as well as health care, education and service jobs. So it will take a variety of industry to help keep our economy sustainable. It’s better to have a diverse economy than to only focus on one part of the economy, which will stunt our economy. And right now our growth rate is zero. And some of those reasons could be why we’re sitting at a growth rate of zero.

These manufacturing projects have depended heavily on tax incentives—tax breaks if you want to call them that—do you have philosophical views on how those have been applied? Not today. We might have to revisit that issue at a later date.

What other industries are prime for development? Let’s put it this way—there are no industries that I think are not (prime for development).

How do you stop brain drain, stop young people from leaving Mississippi and get people who have left to come back? Number one, you make changes for the better that allows them to feel at-tracted to Mississippi. Again, improving health care and improving education in our state will attract other persons and professionals to our state and allow our best to remain in Mississippi because they will have the economic options available right here in our state and they will not have to go anywhere else. Also, if they do choose to leave and seek a degree, an internship or an appren-ticeship elsewhere, they will not feel that they cannot bring that expertise and con-tribute to the sustainability of Mississippi. Right now, we lose a lot of students who leave and don’t come back until their family members need their help later in life. We have to show that we want to attract and retain all of our Mississippians. And we must be diverse and have that economic op-portunity available.

In one of your releases, you criticize the governor on equal pay, but he hasn’t had an opportunity to sign a bill. Is that fair? And, second, what would you do to get an equal-pay on your desk to sign? In terms of criticizing the governor, he has his alliances with members of the Leg-

islature, which does not favor the bill and, therefore, the bill does not make it to the governor’s desk. If the governor showed a more positive approach to the bill making it to his desk, it would then mean he would be making alliances, working across the party lines so that he could guarantee that the bill would make it to his desk.

The governor and Legislature have filled up the rainy-day fund in the past few years. Is there anything we should be throwing more money at? Health care and education–those are the most urgent priorities with families across Mississippi. Everywhere I go, those are the two issues that I hear as the most needing to see change (from) the current approaches to those issues. Certainly, families are concerned about the education of their kids across our state as well as the education that they get leading them to what type of economic opportunities, jobs and careers that will be available to them, as well as will they be able to pursue their dreams that will add to the dream of Mississippi.

Do you think we can afford to fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program? Sure. You put your money where your treasures are. We have monies available that we can use. We also have monies available through Medicaid expansion to increase economic (development) in our state. We have money that we can take advantage of that we have not utilized in the past. The current governor and Legislature fails to take advantage of the dollars that can go to

improving the quality of life and well being of Mississippi residents.

What are you going to do for Jackson? Jackson is part of our state. In other words, when I talk about Mississippi I talk about it as a whole. One, Jackson is the

capital of our state so what I do for the state will also be done for Jackson. No. 2, I already have alliances built here even more than I have across the rest of the state. Whether it’s in central Mississippi, the Pine Belt, up in the Delta, whether I’m down on the coast at Kee-sler (Air Force Base), whether I’m in Scott County, the same care and concern I’ve given over the past 22 years in Mississippi would be the same continuity of care I would be giving as governor.

There’s feeling in Jackson City Hall that the Legislature could be doing more for Jackson, that the capital has been ignored and needs more attention. What it sounds like to me you’re say-ing is that we need a new governor.

The mayor of Jackson recently declared a state of emergency for infrastructure, which could be helped with a declaration from the governor. Would you issue a state of emergency in this situation? When I become governor, I will use my relationships with the current mayors and current city councilmen and the cur-rent legislators in the central Mississippi area. We will build our relations and we will

produce what we think (is best) as stake-holders interested in the continuation sus-tainability and survivability of Jackson.

You don’t strike me as a rabid partisan. That’s your perception. That’s a choice you get to make. But you are limiting your-self in your perception, and what little you know ... and to know truly what it has taken to become who I am. Part of what campaigning is about is to promote what I have been able to bring to Mississippi thus far as well as to promote what I’m passion-ate about and the impact I’d like to make.

But in terms of leadership styles, you have some pretty heavy-handed guys in Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Speaker Philip Gunn ... Are you suggesting that as a woman, I won’t be able to ...

I’m asking how would you describe your leadership style—are you hands on, are you a delegator? I think there is a need for hav-ing diverse skills, and you would use the skills and the tools you have de-pending on the situation you’re faced with. So it’s not my best advantage to limit the skills that I have in my toolbox. Each situation will require a different set of skills. What we see now is one skill set used across every issue. It has not held us very well to this point. Ob-struction does not work very well.

Finally, why are you running for governor? I’m a Mississippi mother, Missis-sippi grandmother and Mississippi businesswoman. I’ve practiced both

acute care as well as preventive public-health care across our state. I’m an obstetri-cian-gynecologist so I’ve delivered many ba-bies across our state. I’ve delivered enough babies where I can tell you that they are in the voting age range at this point. I’m look-ing forward to them voting. The reason I mention it is because I’m looking for a continuity of care—delivering a healthy baby, keeping a healthy mom, look-ing for a continued healthy outcomes. I’m a health educator and a health advocate along with being a veteran, serving in the United States Air Force for over 10 years, as well as being an air-force brat and the oldest of seven children. So I have experience and leadership that is not typical as well as the desire to serve my state and courage to serve. Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com. Read more interviews at jfp.ms/2015elections/

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Imperfect Parenting: Good Enough is Just Fineby Jim Hjort

M other’s Day is a great time to explore and unwind some of the myths and expectations that put moms under pres-

sure. Not all of them come from the fi nger-waggers on the playground: Moms are often the victims of self-infl icted friendly fi re.

The Perfect Mother Myth, Busted Those of us in psychological circles have a long history of placing the onus of successful child-rearing squarely on moth-ers’ shoulders. Early theorists such as Sig-mund Freud believed that fathers played only a minor, secondary role in childhood development, while one or two missteps on the mother’s part were enough to scar Junior forever. We now know that a perfect mother isn’t necessary for a child to be well-adjusted. All parents should provide certain things to foster their child’s healthy development, in-cluding emotional and physical attunement to the child’s needs, and support for inde-pendent exploration of their world while providing a safe home base. But children aren’t as fragile as we once thought, and a mistake here or there doesn’t spell disaster. We also know that while the primary caregiver (of either gender) is the

most important fi gure for a child, both par-ents have a great deal of infl uence. So moms, the hook isn’t all yours. Still, well established myths don’t die easily.

Distorted Refl ections As social animals, we naturally com-pare ourselves to the mythical “perfect” mother—and to each other. Whether or

not we admit it, most of us care how others perceive us. (In fact, people who genuinely do not care what any other person thinks of them are in dangerous territory.) Not only do we compare our self-perceptions to our perception of others, but we also tend to broadcast a self-image that is likely to draw favorable reviews. This “impression man-agement” can be useful: It has us wearing clean clothes to a business meeting instead of tattered sweatpants. But our comparing and broadcasting tendencies also create problems, because we compare ourselves to largely fi ctional perceptions. It is likely that our perceptions are highly fi ctional, and yet, when we don’t measure up, we feel inadequate. Even as we project an image of perfect competence, it saps our energy when the image doesn’t match what we really feel. As deeply rooted in our social nature as these phenomena are, they aren’t easy to change. Sometimes, my clients fi nd it help-ful to understand that comparison and im-pression management are natural to all of us; they’re not the only ones doing it. But

there are ways to feel more comfortable in your “good enough”-ness.

Your Fact-Finding Mission Your negative self-assessments probably take the form of thoughts, and it would be good for you to make a list of them. Let’s use this example: “I’m always screwing up with my son. I’ll never be a good mother.” Now,

let’s separate fact from opinion. If you recently committed a parenting error—let’s say you forgot to pick up your child from daycare—then that’s a fact. But are you “always screwing up” and will you “never be a good mother”? Well, the fi rst clue that these are opinions are the words “always” and “never.” People are rarely al-ways or never anything. You can cross-examine those state-ments yourself. The human brain has a tendency to emphasize the negative, so you need to make effort to fl esh out the full pic-ture. Think of (or list) the times when you were a Class A parent, such as the numer-ous times that you did remember to pick up your child. Once you’ve done that, restate the orig-inal thought with the new perspective and evidence. For instance: “I forgot Johnny at daycare today—the second time I’ve done that. It’s not like me, because the vast major-ity of the time I’m on the ball and a loving and responsible mother. Still, I feel terrible about what happened. I’m going to make an extra effort so this never happens again.”

See what we did there? We produced a statement that acknowledges the negative and the positive, using solid evidence on both sides to express the reality of what is going on. It’s not a hollow, feel-good affi r-mation. Let the opinions go and bank on the objective facts, and you’ll feel much bet-ter about yourself.

Intangible Self-Care Speaking of feeling better, Mother’s Day is an occasion to honor the important role mothers play in the world, and it is a good excuse to pamper yourself. I encour-age you to take the opportunity to have your nails done or buy yourself something new. But I also encourage you to consider pampering the parts of yourself that you can’t see. Our social nature means that a deeply felt interpersonal connection with others is a crucial ingredient for thriving, whether we’re infants or mothers; therefore, one example of intangible self-care could be as simple as a good conversation with a close friend or family member. Others would include clear-ing your schedule for a long walk in a pretty place, taking an interesting class or trying out a new hobby. You could also take some time to create a personal mission statement for the next year of your life. It doesn’t need to be hard or boring. Instead, it can be em-powering and refreshing. Just let your mind run free to see an ideal vision of your life, and then identify the things that are impor-tant to get closer to your vision. Above all, take some time to cultivate appreciation for yourself—for all the good work you do as a mom and all your good intentions. Let it soak in and enjoy it. Sure, you could probably use some improve-ment—who couldn’t? But you’re also prob-ably pretty great just the way you are. Jim Hjort, LCSW, is a psychothera-pist, life coach and mindfulness meditation instructor. He founded the RightLifeProject to help people understand how to handle the dimensions of their lives (psychological, social, physical and vocational) in ways that enable them to be happier, more fulfi lled and able to reach their full potential. Learn more at RightLifeProject.com.

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Self-Care Ideas Here are a few things moms can do to practice self-care this Mother’s Day.

1. Get a manicure.2. Get a massage.3. Go shopping.4. Treat yourself to a nice meal.5. Read a good book.6. Do more yoga.7. Eat healthier.8. Journal.9. Drink more water.10. Meditate.

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F ifteen years ago, Jim Stewart’s wife, Gin-na, ended up in a wheelchair because of her spinal bifida. The day she was born in Jackson,

April 7, 1965, doctors told her parents, Alma and Walter Whittington, that, she would never be able to walk or talk. “Her parents told the doctor, ‘You don’t know how much faith we have,’” Jim says. Ginna started walking with braces when she was 18 months old, and she ended up being the only one in her family with a college degree. She graduated from Droughns Business School, which was located in Jackson at 502 North St., in 1985 with an associate’s degree in administra-tive assisting. Jim, an Ohio native, met Ginna in 1991 when he was working as a safety director for trucking company Ozark Motor Lines. “One of my drivers was next-door neigh-bors with a gentleman who used to work for Ginna,” he says. “Her family had Dixie Dental Supply in Jackson, and they bought out a com-pany (Merck) in Memphis, Tenn., and she went up there to help run the office. The two guys … invited us for a blind-date kind of thing, and we stayed together ever since.” They married Nov. 14, 1992. In July 2007, the couple purchased Candy’s Confections, orig-inally located in Fannin Market. After moving the store to Flowood’s Magnolia Marketplace in 2011, Jim changed the name to Fat Cake Guy,

but he closed the business July 2014 because of his and Ginna’s bad health. For a few months, he worked at Table 100 (100 Ridge Way, Flo-wood, 601-420-4202) as its pastry chef before taking over the kitchen at Bonny Blair’s Irish

Pub after Kitchen Manager Danielle Treadway got in a car accident. In November 2014, doctors diagnosed Ginna with an aggressive form of bladder can-cer. Doctors started chemotherapy in January, but after they saw that it was doing more harm than good, they stopped the treatment.

In addition, Ginna had heart issues and pressure sores on her buttocks from sitting in a wheelchair for years. Before surgeons performed bladder surgery, Ginna’s cardiologist wanted to do heart surgery. But before the heart surgery, her wounds had to heal. A wound-care special-ist said they wouldn’t heal. Ginna received care in her home for a while, but went to the Uni-versity of Mississippi Medical Center hospital a few weeks ago. A few days later, she went into hospice care, where she passed away April 12. When Ginna first went into the hospital, Jim and Jacquelynn Pilcher, who does media for Bonny Blair’s and is also a Jackson Free Press contributor, began planning a benefit motor-cycle ride. After Ginna’s death, the ride turned into a memorial. Jim says that when Ginna was confined to a wheelchair, the couple bought a wheelchair van. He totaled the van in February and was waiting for the insurance check. When Ginna went to the hospice, she told him, “Don’t spend that money on another wheelchair van because I’m never going to be in one again. You get what you want.” “She made me go buy a (motorcycle),” Jim says. “… She was the sweetest woman that ever lived. Always in a good mood, always had a smile on her face, never had anything bad to say about anybody. People loved her a lot, and we’re just trying to honor that.”

Y our mother has probably spent her entire life taking care of you in one way or another. This Moth-er’s Day, which is Sunday, May

10, treat her to brunch at a local restaurant and make her feel special.

1908 Provisions at the Fairview Inn 734 Fair-view St., 601-948-3429, fairviewinn.com

Brunch at 1908 Provisions is from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The restaurant will have an all-you-can-eat buffet with an oyster and shrimp bar, carving board, sundae bar, salad bar, omelette bar and entrees on a round table.

Anjou Restaurant 361 Township Ave., Ridgeland, 601-707-0587

For Mother’s Day, Anjou Restaurant will serve a brunch menu that includes appetizers, en-trees and brunch specials.

Babalu Tacos & Tapas 622 Duling Ave., 601-366- 5757, babalutacos.com

Babalu will have free dessert bites for moms all day. The restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar 4500 In-terstate 55 N., 601-982-8111, bravobuzz.com

For Mother’s Day, BRAVO! will have brunch and lunch specials with dishes such as black-ened red fish Benedict and Creole shrimp and grits. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Broad Street Baking Company 4465 Interstate 55 N., 601-362-2900, broadstbakery.com

For Mother’s Day, Broad Street will have straw-berry cakes and lemon ice-box cakes. The bak-ery is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hilton Garden Inn 235 W. Capitol St., 601-969-8544

The Hilton Garden Inn will have a Mother’s Day brunch with fried turkey, a Bourbon Street omelet station, a jambalaya pasta station, Creole shrimp gumbo, home-style sides and entrees, and a dessert buffet. Unlimited bubbly mimosas are included with the meal.

Hilton Jackson Hotel and Convention Cen-ter 1001 E. County Line Road, 601-957-2800, hiltonjackson.com

For Mother’s Day, Hilton Jackson will have a buffet with a carving station, seafood bar, breakfast buffet, omelet station, entrees and desserts. The event will have a cash bar, and $5 mimosas and bloody Marys.

La Finestra 120 N. Congress St., 601-345-8735, eatlafinestra.com

La Finestra will serve its regular brunch menu from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mother’s Day. Mom can delight in savory bread pudding, duck + waffles or flounder toast.

Old Capitol Inn 226 N. State St., 601-359-9000, oldcapitolinn.com

Old Capitol Inn will have seatings for brunch in the ballroom at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. The cost

is $27 per adult, $12.95 per children ages 12 to 2. Call 601-359-9000 to reserve a seat.

Que Sera Sera 2801 N. State Street, 601-981-2520, queserams.com

Que Sera Sera, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Mother’s Day, will serve its regular brunch menu.

Saltine Oyster Bar 622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899

Saltine will serve brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mother’s Day and is taking res-ervations for it. The menu will include chicken biscuits, buttermilk pancakes with a

strawberry-rhubarb compote and maple syrup, and wood-fired oysters with citrus butter, ba-con and quail eggs.

Surin of Thailand 3000 Old Can-ton Road, Suite 105, 601-981-3205, surinofthailand.com

Surin of Thailand will have its regular lunch special, which comes with coconut- tofu soup.

Table 100 100 Ridge Way, Flowood, 601-420-4202

Table 100 will have its regular brunch on Mother’s Day. The Raphael Semmes Jazz Ensemble will perform from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Table 100’s brunch menu includes its signature eggs Benedict, which is an old-fashioned buttermilk biscuit with hickory smoked pulled pork, poached Bobkat Farms eggs and a smoked tomato barbecue Hollandaise sauce.

Two Sisters’ Kitchen 707 N. Congress St., 601-353-1180

Two Sisters’ Kitchen will be open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mother’s Day. The restaurant will have music on the patio, and will serve its Sunday brunch.

Zeek’z House of Gyros 132 Lakeland Heights, Suite P, Flowood, 601-992-9498

Zeek’z will have a shrimp salad wrap, among other special dishes, on Mother’s Day. The restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. that Sunday.

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AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINEBasil’s (2906 N State St #104, Jackson, 601-982-2100)Paninis pizza, pasta, soups and salads. They’ve got it all on the menu.Broad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900)Hot breakfast, coffee drinks, fresh breads & pastries, gourmet deli sandwiches.The Feathered Cow (4760 I-55 North 769-233-8366)Simple and homemade equal quality and freshness every time. You never leave The Cow hungry!Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland 601-936-3398/ 515 Lake Harbour 601-898-3400)A Jackson institution for breakfast, blue-plates, catfish, burgers, prime rib, oysters, po-boys & wraps. Famous bakery!Rooster’s (2906 N State St, Jackson, 601-982-2001)You haven’t had a burger until you’ve had a Rooster’s burger. Pair it with their seasoned fries and you’re in heaven.Two Sisters Kitchen (707 N. Congress St. 601-353-1180) Lunch. Mon-Fri, Sun.

PIZZASal & Mookie’s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919) Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant Parmesan, fried ravioli & ice cream for the kids!Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood, 601-992-7499) More than just great pizza and beer. Open Monday - Friday 11-10 and Saturday 11-11.

ITALIANBRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111) Award-winning wine list, Jackson’s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining. Fratesi’s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) Fratesi’s has been a staple in Jackson for years, offering great Italian favorites with loving care. The tiramisu is a must-have!La Finestra (120 N Congress St #3, Jackson, 601-345-8735) Chef Tom Ramsey’s downtown Jackson hot-spot offers authentic Italian cuisine in cozy, inviting environment.

STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DININGThe Islander Seafood and Oyster House (1220 E Northside Drive, Suite 100, 601-366-5441)Oyster bar, seafood, gumbo, po’boys, crawfish and plenty of Gulf Coast delights in a laid-back Buffet-style atmosphere.The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 North State St. #100 601-398-4562)Transforms the essence of Mediterranean food and southern classics.The Penguin (1100 John R Lynch Street, 769-251-5222) Fine dining at its best.Rocky’s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches.Sal and Phil’s Seafood (6600 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland 601-957-1188)Great Seafood, Poboys, Lunch Specials, Boiled Seafood, Full Bar, Happy Hour SpecialsSaltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Avenue 601-982-2899) Creative seafood classics. One of Jackson’s Best New Restaurants.

MEDITERRANEAN/GREEKAladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033) Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma.Vasilios Greek Cusine (828 Hwy 51, Madison 601-853-0028)Authentic greek cuisine since 1994, specializing in gyros, greek salads, baklava cheesecake & fresh daily seafood.Zeek’s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jackson’s Newest Greek Restaurant, offering authentic gyros, hummus, and wide selection of craft beers.

BARBEQUEChimneyville (970 High St, Jackson 601-354-4665 www.chimneyville.com) Family style barbeque restaurant and catering service in the heart of downtown Jackson.Hickory Pit Barbecue (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The “Best Butts in Town” features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and po’boys. Pig and Pint (3139 N State St, Jackson, 601-326-6070) Serving up competition style barbecue along with one of the of best beer selections in metro.

COFFEE HOUSESCups Espresso Café (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com)Jackson’s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERSBonny Blair’s (1149 Old Fannin Rd 769-251-0692) Traditional Irish pub food and live entertainment. Open 11am daily.Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd. 601-899-0038) Best Burger of 2013, plus live music and entertainment!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. Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches & Irish beers on tap.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 daily specials.Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Dr. 601-919-1165) Your neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill.Martin’s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, beer selection.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.One Block East ( 642 Tombigbee St. 601-944-0203)Burger joint and dive bar located in downtown Jackson. Great music, tasty beverages and Bad Ass Burgers is what we do.Underground 119 (119 South President St. 601-352-2322) Pan-seared crabcakes, shrimp and grits, filet mignon, vegetarian sliders. Live music. Opens 4 p.m., Wed-Sat

ASIAN AND INDIANFusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetops Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588/1030-A Hwy 51, Madison 601-790-7999)Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi.Ichiban Chinese (359 Ridge Way - Dogwood Promenade, Flowood 601-919-8879) Asian food with subtle and surprising flavors from all across the Far East!Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson 601-981-3205) Jackson’s Newest Authentic Thai & Sushi Bar with 26 signature martini’s and extensive wine list.

VEGETARIANHigh Noon Café (2807 Old Canton Road in Rainbow Plaza 601-366-1513) Jackson’s own strict vegetarian (and very-vegan-friendly) restaurant adjacent to Rainbow Whole Foods.

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N o doubt about it: Singer Shelly Fairchild is ground-ed in Nashville. Whether performing as a solo art-ist or as a background vocalist for artists such as Martina McBride, whom she’s toured with since

January 2014, Fairchild keeps a full schedule in the country-music capital. But the path to Fairchild’s professional music career began in Mississippi. Born in Jackson and raised in Clinton, Fairchild started making music when she was about 7 years old. As a child, she sang with her grandfather, learned to play Dolly Parton songs on the guitar from her aunt, and performed in church, which was her first experience singing in front of an audience. Fairchild joined Attaché show choir while at Clinton High School, where she graduated in 1995.

Fairchild attended Mississippi College for two years while performing at New Stage Theatre. There, she acted in “Always … Patsy Cline” in 1996, which was one of her first experiences performing country music for large audiences, having mostly sung show tunes, pop and gospel songs. In August 1996, she left MC for Nashville to work with artist manager Rendy Lovelady, whom Fairchild met in Clin-ton years before. As Lovelady’s assistant, Fairchild worked with clients such as Little Big Town, Jars of Clay and Plumb. “It was kind of like home, honestly. Nashville is still the South, you know? People are really family-oriented, and the neighborhoods are the same as how I remember growing up,” she says. “… At first, it was cool because I jumped into working with Randy, who I knew from home, and there were a few friends that I went to Clinton High School and Missis-sippi College with. So, it wasn’t too bad to adjust.”

In 1998, she joined the touring musical “Beehive,” in which she impersonated 1960s singer-songwriters such as Brenda Lee and Connie Francis. It was the final step that led her to pursue a full-time career in music. She saved money throughout the musical’s run, and when she returned to Nashville, she reached out to musician friends, including the members of Little Big Town, to see if anyone would share tracks they hadn’t used on their re-cords. That year, Fairchild became Lovelady’s client, and he set up meetings for her with label executives. “I took three or four songs, one of them being Fiona Apple’s song ‘Criminal,’ and went in with a guitar player and sat down in offices,” she says.” In 2003, Fairchild signed with Sony Music Nashville

and Columbia Records. She released her debut album, “Ride,” two years later. While on those labels, Fairchild released singles and music videos, opened for acts such as Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw and her current boss, Martina McBride. She even performed on the “Late Show with David Letterman” in May 2005. Ultimately, she decided to leave the labels, self-releasing her second album, “Ruby’s Money,” in 2011. She also lent her voice to back up other artists. Even those who aren’t familiar with Fairchild’s music may have heard her voice on hit songs from artists such as Jason Al-dean, Eric Church, Tanya Tucker and Trace Adkins. Fairchild says that her time in Attaché and at New Stage taught her the group dynamic that producers expect from backup singers. Everyone does his or her part to reach a single goal. “You do that as a solo artist, as well, but you’re still the

boss,” she says. “You’re calling the shots, so if you don’t like the way somebody is playing or the way somebody is acting, you can get rid of them. … But as a ‘side ma’am,’ as I tend to call it, you’re supporting a greater picture that has zero to do with you. You’re supporting the main act, and it’s whatever they want.” Since she started calling the shots with her music, Fairchild says there’s been plenty to learn. Her major label experience didn’t give her an accurate picture of what a career in music would be. “I didn’t really do the slow start-up where you get on a van or a trailer, or you take your own car. I got right on a tour bus, and the record label put a lot of money into it. It was … not posh by any means, but it was a little bit (unrealistic) for the normal beginning artist,” she says. “Then I left Sony and started doing my own thing, and I’m responsible to sort of book all the shows, take care of the band, and book the car and the van and the trailer. You work really, really, really hard and sometimes make baby steps.” Fairchild’s next step is a much larger one. She is in the process of recording her next album, which she is crowd-funding through PledgeMusic. Fans who pre-order the album provide the funds to help her pay musicians, book studio time, support tours and create videos. Other offers in-clude VIP passes, T-shirts and even a haircut from Fairchild. She says this new record is closer to her debut release—and to home—than her later albums. “I feel like when I put my first record out, ‘Ride,’ it was me. It was kind of country, kind of bluesy, kind of soulful and kind of rock, That’s me, and that was sort of my first venture into making any kind of music for me, recording-wise,” she says. “Most of my experience had been just live onstage. But I think I’ve grown so much from that. I’ve made some different kinds of music, but it’s like I’m coming back around and coming back home. To describe me now, I’m very Mississippi. You know, Mississippi is home of the blues, so I have a lot of those elements that will never leave my voice. And I like that about myself.” The album is already in pre-production, but Fairchild says that a title is “looming in the distance,” and will probably hit her once all the songs are completed. “I love that part, but it also scares me to death because it stamps the timeline of your life to put a name on a record,” she says. “But I think it’ll show itself sooner than later.” Shelly Fairchild performs 9 p.m. Friday, May 8, at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave., 601-292-7121). Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at ardenland.net or $15 at the door. For more information, visit shellyfairchild.com.

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WEDNESDAY 5/6 The Lucky Town Brewing Company and Purple Word Center for Book & Paper Arts Exhibition is 4 to 9 p.m. at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Learn to make a print or create a book, and enjoy craft beers. Includes exhibits with works from local stu-dents. For ages 21 and up. $20-$20; call 201-0988; email info@purpleword.org; purpleword.org.

THURSDAY 5/7 Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Willie Sugarcapps and Wyatt Waters perform. Seated, all-ages show. A ticket purchase does not guarantee a seat. Adults must accom-pany children. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 sur-charge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email jordan@ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

FRIDAY 5/8 Pepsi Pops is 7:30 p.m. at Old Trace Park (Post Road, Ridgeland). The annual event includes family-friendly activi-ties, music from the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and fireworks. Concessions sold. Picnic baskets welcome. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Alcohol and glass not allowed. $12 in ad-vance, $15 at the gate; call 601-960-1565; msorchestra.com.

… The Standing Ovation Tour is 8 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Enjoy stand-up comedy from Sommore, Earthquake, Arnez J., Don DC Curry and Huggy Lowdown. $43-$69; call 800-745-3000.

SATURDAY 5/9 Stray at Home Art and Music Festival is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Smith Park (302 E. Amite St.). Includes music from the Fondren Guitars Student Rock Band, Young Val-ley, Kristin Diable, The Mulligan Brothers and the Southern Komfort Brass Band, an art sale, a corn hole tournament and vendors. Proceeds benefit the Museum to Market Trail. Free admission, entry fees apply for corn hole tournament; call Ardenland at 601-292-7121; email hello@strayathome.com; strayathome.com. … Indie Soul-ebration is 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Alamo Theater (333 N. Farish St.). Includes music from Zo! featuring Carmen Rodgers, Kerry Thomas and DJ Young Venom. For ages 18 and up. $35 in advance, $45 reserved; call 352-3365; eventbrite.com.

SUNDAY 5/10 The Spring Carnival continues 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Northpark Mall (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland). The event includes rides, games and concessions. Additional dates: May 6-8, 5 p.m.-10 p.m., May 9, noon-10 p.m. $1 per ride ticket, $45 for 50 tickets, $20 unlimited pass; call 601-957-3744. … “Twelfth Night” is 6 p.m. at Belhaven Park (Poplar Boulevard). New Stage Theatre’s Youth Acting

Troupe presents an abridged adaptation of William Shake-speare’s play. Free; call 601-948-3533, ext. 232; email croe-buck@newstagetheatre.com; newstagetheatre.com.

MONDAY 5/11 “Gridiron” Dinner Theater is 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Char (Highland Village, 4500 Interstate 55 N.). The Detectives present the four-act interactive comedy, which includes a three-course meal. Reservations required. For ages 18 and up. $49; call 601-937-1752; thedetectives.biz.

TUESDAY 5/12 Music in the City is 5:15 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In Trustmark Grand Hall. Enjoy a cash bar at 5:15 p.m., and music from Ken-neth Graves at 5:45 p.m. Free, donations welcome; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

WEDNESDAY 5/13 The Jackson 2000 May Luncheon is from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Rob Hill, state director of the Human Rights Campaign in Mississippi, talks about the LGBT equality in the state. At-tire is casual or business casual. RSVP. $12, $10 members; call 960-1500; email todd@jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org. … The Bands from a Hat Reveal Party is 7 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St.). Natalie Brooke Long hosts this reveal of the musicians that will be performing for the annual Bands from a Hat. Bands will prepare three to four original songs in three months. Benefits the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson’s Kindness in Donating Sound. Free; call 601-948-0888; find the event on Facebook.

SATURDAY 5/9Kayaking on the Pearl River is at Mayes Lake at LeFleur’s Bluff.

THURSDAY 5/7The May Opening Reception I is at Fischer Galleries.

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JFPEVENTS.COMR&B and soul musician Kerry Thomas performs for Indie Soulebration Saturday, May 9, at the Alamo Theater.

JFP Chef Week May 6-10, at multiple Jackson locations. Dine at participating local restaurants and vote for your favorite chef. Winners receive cash prizes, and the first-place winner receives a donation for their chosen charity. Food prices vary; call 601-362-6121, ext. 11; jfpchefweek.com.

Fondren’s First Thursday May 7, 5 p.m., at Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the neighborhood event. Includes shopping, food vendors, live music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601-720-2426; fft.city.

Stray at Home Art and Music Festival May 9, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., at Smith Park (302 E. Amite St.). Includes music from the Fondren Guitars Student Rock Band, Young Valley, Kristin Diable, The Mulligan Brothers and the Southern Komfort Brass Band, an art sale, a corn hole tournament and vendors. Proceeds benefit the Museum to Market Trail. Free, entry fees apply for corn hole tournament; call Ardenland at 601-292-7121; email hello@strayathome.com; strayathome.com.

Jackson 2000 May Luncheon May 13, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Rob Hill, state director of the Human Rights Campaign in Mississippi, discusses LGBT equality. Attire is casual or business casual. RSVP. $12, $10 members; call 960-1500; email todd@jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org.

Write to Change the World June 6, at Jackson Free Press (125 S. Congress St., Suite 1324). Learn to write sparkling stories that can change your life and the world around you in Donna Ladd’s non-fiction writing classes. Meets six Saturdays 12:30-3 p.m. through early August. Classes recorded if you miss any meeting. Enroll by May 15 for $75 off the $350 fee, includes snacks and materials; call 601.362.6121 ext. 15; email class@writingto-change.com; writingtochange.com.

11th Annual JFP Chick Ball July 18, at Hal & Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St.). The annual event to combat domestic violence includes food, prizes, a silent auction, poetry and live music. Seeking sponsors, auction donations and volun-teers. Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. For ages 18 and up. $5; call 601-362-6121 ext. 16; email natalie@jacksonfreepress.com; jfpchickball.com.

History Is Lunch May 6, noon, at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Author Katy Simpson Smith presents “Turn-ing History into Fiction.” Sales and signing to follow. Free; call 601-576-6998.

Children’s Mental Health Summit May 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). Participants learn about the implica-tions of children’s mental health. Includes featured speakers on childhood trauma and sex trafficking. RSVP. $25-$25; call 769-777-1010; email kym.williams@mchscares.org; mchscares.org.

“Empowering Women” Woman of the Year Luncheon May 7, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at The South Warehouse (627 E. Silas Brown St.). The Mississippi Commission on the Status of Wom-en honors women. RSVP. Sponsorships start at $250; call 968-0137; email thesouthwarehouse@yahoo.com; msstatusofwomen.org.

National Day of Prayer May 7, noon-1 p.m., at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.). The event takes places on the south steps. Free; call 228-217-4085; email pray4msndp@aol.com.

Diamonds & Pearls High Tea Social Event May 9, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Fairview Inn (734 Fair-view St.). The social is for ladies ages 16 and up. Includes light music, games and more. The guest speaker is City of Jackson First Lady Rosalind Yar-ber. Attire is afternoon tea (dress, gloves, hats, etc.). Limited seating. $35 (advance tickets only); call 225-303-3816 or 601-937-0798; email vanminis-tries426@gmail.com; van-ministries.org.

Beer & Code May 12, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., at Fondren Public (2765 Old Canton Road). The Jackson Area Web and App Developers Group hosts. Includes refreshments and discussions on programming. Free; call 216-2589; meetup.com.

Children’s Book Week May 6-10, at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Free; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

New Stage Theatre Camp Registration May 8, at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). Camps begin June 1. Options include First Stages Camp, the Acting Shakespeare Camp and the Broadway Jr. Summer Camp. Fees increase after May 8. $200 First Stages Camp or Acting Shakespeare Camp, $425 Broadway Jr. Summer Camp Intensive; call 601-948-3533, ext. 232; email croe-buck@newstagetheatre.com; newstagetheatre.com.

Olde Towne Market May 9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at Olde Towne Clinton (Jefferson and West Leake streets, Clinton). The theme is “Make Mine Vintage” and includes the Brick Street Vintage & Classic Car Cruise-In. Free; call 924-5472; email mainstreetclinton@clintonms.org; clintonms.org

Plant-Based Potluck May 9, 1 p.m.-3 p.m., at High Noon Cafe (Rainbow Plaza, 2807 Old Can-ton Road). Hosts include Mississippi Vegetarians, Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative and Dr. Leo Huddleston. Bring a plant-based dish. Free; call 366-1513; find the event on Facebook.

Magnolia Meltdown May 9, 7 a.m., at The Club at the Township (340 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Includes a 5K run/walk, a 10K run and a one-mile kids’ fun run. Benefits St. Dominic Community Health Clinic. Register online. $35 5K/10K, $55 half marathon, $15 fun run (ages 10 and under); magnoliameltdown.com.

Kayaking on the Pearl River May 9, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Mayes Lake at LeFleur’s Bluff (115 Lakeland Terrace). The Mississippi Chapter of the Sierra Club is the host. Register by May 6. Be sure to indicate when registering if you need to rent a kayak. Free; call 601-980-1234; sierraclub.org.

The Standing Ovation Tour May 8, 8 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Enjoy stand-up comedy from Sommore, Earthquake, Arnez J., Don DC Curry and Huggy Lowdown. $43-$69; call 800-745-3000.

Second Shift Comedy Tour Jackson Showcase May 9, 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). In the patio room. Local come-dian Jimmy Quinn is the host. Comedians include Laura Sanders and Justin Golak with live music. $5; call 948-0888; email jane@halandmals.com.

Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.)

• Thacker Mountain Radio Hour May 7, 7:30 p.m. Willie Sugarcapps and Wyatt Waters per-form. All-ages show. Adults must accompany children. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email jordan@ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

• Shelly Fairchild May 8, 9 p.m. Blue Mother Tupelo also performs. All-ages show. Adults must accompany children. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

Indie Soulebration May 9, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., at Ala-mo Theater (333 N. Farish St.). Music from Zo!, Carmen Rodgers, Kerry Thomas and DJ Young Venom. For ages 18 and up. $35 in advance, $45 reserved; call 352-3365; eventbrite.com.

Music in the City May 12, 5:15 p.m., at Missis-sippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In Trust-mark Grand Hall. Enjoy a cash bar and music from Kenneth Graves at 5:45 p.m. Free, donations welcome; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

Margaret Walker Centennial Lecture May 7, 4 p.m., at Raymond Public Library (126 W. Court St., Raymond). Dr. Carolyn Brown of Millsaps College presents “Who in the World Was Mar-garet Walker: Bringing the Legend Alive for 21st-century Youth.” Free; call 601-857-8721.

Lucky Town Brewing Company and Purple Word Center for Book & Paper Arts Exhibi-tion May 6, 4 p.m.-9 p.m., at Lucky Town Brew-ing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Learn to make a print or create a book, and enjoy craft beers. Includes exhibits with works from local students. For ages 21 and up. $20-$20; call 201-0988; email info@purpleword.org; purpleword.org.

Fondren Plein Air May 7, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at Fondren. Artists participate in the outdoor art contest. Registration at Brent’s Drugs May 6-7 is optional and includes supports and a map of where to create the artwork. Includes an art sale. $20 registration fee; call 601-594-1931; email blackwelldean@yahoo.com.

Pastel Society of Mississippi Spring Art Show May 7, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., at Gallery 119 (119 S. President St.). See works from 24 artists including Nancy Armistead, Sherry Hager and Helen Pen-nington. Free; call 601-506-6609.

May Opening Reception I May 7, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., at Fischer Galleries (Dickies Building, 736 S. President St., fourth floor). See Jerrod Partridge’s portrait and still life paintings. Free; call 601-291-9115; fischergalleries.com.

Blondes v. Brunettes Flag Football Game May 9, 4 p.m., at Jackson Preparatory School (3100 Lake-land Drive, Flowood). Women compete in pow-der-puff football. Benefits the Mississippi chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. $10; call 987-0020; email cburnham@alz.org; act.alz.org/bvbms.

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H ere are the top five Mississip-pi storylines to follow from the 2015 NFL draft.

Mississippi State University Stands Out: Mississippi State set school records with its draft output. In the second round, the Washington Redskins selected defensive end Pres-ton Smith, and the Houston Texans selected linebacker Bernardrick McK-inney. Tight end Malcolm Johnson (Cleveland Browns), running back Josh Robinson (Indianapolis Colts) and linebacker Matt Wells (New England Patriots) went in the sixth round. The five selections were the most picked through six rounds in the school’s history and tied for the most overall. It’s the latest indication of a higher level of success in Starkville.

Golson Gamble Pays Off: In 2011, Pascagoula High School senior Senquez Golson turned down $1.1 million as an eighth-round pick for the Boston Red Sox to instead play football for the University of Mississippi. Smart move. After Golson led the SEC with 10 interceptions as a First Team All-American this past season, the Pittsburgh Steelers picked Golson in the second round of the NFL Draft. The Steel-ers have a proud history of ball-hawking defensive backs. Golson fits right in and stands to make millions in the country’s most popular sport.

Prewitt Goes Undrafted: The biggest surprise for Mississippi was the name we didn’t hear: University of Mississippi safety Cody Prewitt. The Bay Springs native was an All-American in his junior year, but his production declined as a senior, and he faced questions about his coverage ability in the NFL. The fact that Prewitt reportedly didn’t meet with any teams for a pre-draft visit only raised questions about his stock. Still, for a safety who proved to be one of the SEC’s best players, his snub was a head-scratcher.

Patriots-Mississippi Pipeline: De-fending Super Bowl champions New Eng-land Patriots hope to add Matt Wells of State

to their cast of contributors with Mis-sissippi ties. Wells joins fellow former Bulldogs Chris White and Deontae Skinner in a linebacker corps, which freakish University of Southern Missis-sippi alum Jamie Collins leads. Hinds Community College product Malcolm Butler is the Super Bowl hero of the secondary. Running backs LeGarrette Blount (East Missis-sippi Community College) and Bran-don Bolden (UM) have played roles in multiple playoff runs. Long-time kicker Stephen Gostkowski starred in football, soccer and baseball at Madi-son Central High School. Think it’s a coincidence the workman-like Patri-ots feature so many Mississippi play-ers? Think again.

2016 Spotlight: This year’s draft paled in comparison to the likely spotlight on Mississippi in 2016. Three Ole Miss players—defensive tackle Robert Nkem-diche, left tackle Laremy Tunsil and wide receiver LaQuon Treadwell—are project-ed as first-round picks. Mississippi State quarterback and Heisman candidate Dak Prescott’s NFL stock is sure to be one of the hot topics of the entire weekend.

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Mississippi in the NFL Draftby Jon Wiener

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The 2015 NFL draft was big for the New Orleans Saints. The team had five of the top 80 picks in the first

two days with two first-rounders, one sec-ond-rounder and two third-rounders. Everyone looks at things differently, but I feel like a player drafted in the first three rounds should be a starter fairly quickly. First-rounders should start right away, second-rounders should be on pace to start or give major contributions halfway through their rookie season, and third-rounders should show an impact in the final quarter of their rookie season. New Orleans left some fans scratch-ing their heads with its first pick of the draft. At 13th overall, the Saints selected offensive tackle Andrus Peat out of Stan-ford University. It isn’t always sexy to draft offensive linemen, but they are the core of offense. You can’t run or pass if you can’t block or pass protect.

The Saints also selected inside line-backer Stephone Anthony from Clemson University with their other first-round pick. Anthony has the potential to be a three-down linebacker but must develop his skills more. However, he should be able to help early in the season. Second-round pick Hau’oli Kikaha is a pass-rushing specialist linebacker from the University of Washington. He’ll do what he does best: get after the quarterback on third down. He could be a three-down linebacker if he gets better against the run. Both of the Saints’ third-round picks worry me. In April 2014, Colorado State University quarterback Garrett Grayson hurt his clavicle while moving a couch, which required surgery. Cornerback P.J. Williams was one of many Florida State University players with off-the-field issues, including DUI arrests. Grayson has the ability for NFL play, but his size is worri-

some because of the physical hits he’ll take. Williams can play safety or corner, but personal issues could make him a bust. New Orleans spent the rest of the draft adding depth and role players. In the fifth round, the Saints drafted David Tull, an outside linebacker from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Tyelet Davison, a defensive tackle from Fresno State University; Damian Swann, a cornerback from the University of Geor-gia; and Marcus Murphy, a running back from the University of Missouri. This draft has the potential to help the Saints reach a better 2015, but the hope will lies in the picks that can play right away. If New Orleans’ picks don’t help, another 7-9 season could be in store for the team.

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The Mississippi High School Activities Association Track and Field Championships are Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at Pearl High School. No. 3 Hinds Community Col-lege begins its postseason run when it hosts the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges State Baseball Tournament Thursday, May 7, through Saturday, May 9, at Joe G. Moss Field in Raymond. Millsaps College senior Keith Shumaker, a pitcher and infielder, was named Southern Athletic Association Player of the Year for the second time. Shumaker batted .417, led the confer-ence in runs scored (48) and went 8-1 with a 2.38 earned run average on the mound. Jackson State University softball enters the SWAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning the East Divi-sion title. The competition is May 6-9 in Decatur, Ala. The Mississippi Braves’ long homestand continues. The team hosts a five-game series with the Bi-loxi Shuckers (May 6-10) and then a six-game series with the Mobile BayBears, including a double-header (May 11-15) at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl, 601-932-8788). It’s NCAA Regionals tee time for the Mississippi State University women and Ole Miss men’s golf teams. The Lady Bulldogs will play as the No. 3 seed in the Raleigh, N.C., May 7-9, and the Rebels are the No. 8 seed in Santa Fe, Calif., May 14-16.

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Jon Wiener is the host and producer of “Home Cookin’” on ESPN 105.9 FM The Zone. He has a bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degree in broadcast journalism. Follow him at @ESPNHomeCookin.

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