City Council Meeting at JSU eCenter draws huge turnout

When the news made head-lines that Elayne Hayes-Antho-ny would be returning to Jack-son State University to direct the same department she once chaired more than 20 years ago, many reacted with excite-ment while others wondered why?

Hayes-Anthony recently shared “the why” with The Mis-sissippi Link. “I wanted to give back to the institution that gave me so much,” she said. “This is where I want my legacy to be.” In addition to that, she was intrigued by the fact that JSU was interested in starting a School of Mass Communica-tion, which had been a goal of hers when she was previously

at the helm of the department.“Finding a leader of her cali-

ber is an important first step in the creation of a School of

Upon a motion from Hinds County Board Supervisor Peggy Hobson Calhoun and a second by Board Supervisor Robert Graham, with “aye” votes from Supervisors George Smith, Douglas Anderson, and Phil Fisher, it was resolved to “appoint Ms. Pamela Confer as Constable for Hinds County Dis-trict 3” effective August 18, 2008.

By law, constables keep and pre-serve the peace within the county; advise Justice Court judges or other officers of all riots, routs, unlawful assemblies, and violations of the penal laws; execute and return all processes directed to them by any county, chancery or circuit court (not just Justice Court); and attend the justices’ courts of their districts.

…. A little piece of Women’s and Hinds County history you should know.

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CANTON, Miss. - Nissan announced Friday, March 20, 2015 the donation of $250,000 to be shared by six local Histor-

ically Black Colleges and Uni-versities (HBCU) to promote STEM initiatives at each school to inspire and develop talent.

U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Nissan

executives presented represen-tatives from Alcorn State Uni-versity, Coahoma Community College, Jackson State Univer-sity, Mississippi Valley State University, Rust College and

Tougaloo College with resourc-es to support their programs.

“These six institutions have

PORT GIBSON, Miss. - The FBI is consulting with its behavioral analysis unit as it continues investigating the hanging death of Otis Byrd, a black man in Mississippi.

Jason Pack, supervisory special agent for the FBI’s Jackson, Mississippi, office, said Monday, March 23, 2015

The Jackson City Council held its regular council meet-ing Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Jackson State University’s eCenter, located at 1230 Ray-

mond Rd., in west Jackson.The huge turnout was a mix-

ture of city officials, JSU offi-cials and students, interns at the city council, military veterans, and residents who attended from across the city.

JSU President Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers gave welcoming re-marks. The meeting was offici-ated by City Council President De’Keither Stamps with the full council present. Mayor Tony Yarber filled his usual seat at

the left side of the council.JSU students present repre-

sented the undergraduate de-partment of political science

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Representatives from Alcorn State University, Coahoma Community College, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Rust Col-lege and Tougaloo College, with Nissan, state and national officials, accepting the Nissan donation.

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Delta native inspires Hills audience at CSLC Scholarship Annual Awards Banquet

A Women’s History Month salute to “First Woman Constable” of Hinds County

Nissan presents $250,000 to be shared by six local Historically Black Colleges and Universities

FBI continues investigation into Mississippi hanging death

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For almost 50 years, Civil Rights veteran Flonzie (Goodloe) Brown Wright continues to share stories of Mississippians, enlight-ening audiences throughout the south.

Upon return to her home state four years ago, she has been called upon on to lecture to nu-merous gatherings of college and university students.

In addition to sharing her own first-hand experience of her in-volvement in the Civil Rights Movement, she imparts from an historical perspective on topics that include the many struggles of Mississippians gaining the right to vote and the impact of gospel and spiritual music on the move-ment.

However, said Wright, most importantly she discusses the role of young people and how students must use their education to create opportunities to help future gen-erations realize the true meaning of freedom.

Using the art of story-telling, visuals, as well as singing the freedom songs to bring life to the stories, Wright said one of her fa-vorite narratives is paying tribute to her paternal grandfather, Rob-ert Brown, who was the son of a slave.

Consequently, the law in Mis-sissippi prohibited him and his generation from attending school. So Brown could not read or write. Then at the age of 16, due to a life threatening illness, he lost his hearing. He married and in this union they were the parents of 13 children, all of whom worked as sharecroppers.

What Brown could not under-stand was why at the end of the harvesting season, he still owed the landowner large sums of mon-

ey. So on a hot summer day, he walked off the plantation with his children.

Because he had been taught how to work hard for a living, in the summer time, he made mo-lasses that he sold at 35 cents a can. In the wintertime, he killed

and dressed hogs for $3 a head. Year round, he was a grave digger which netted him $7 per grave.

In 1968, Flonzie Brown Wright became the first African Ameri-can female to be elected to a po-sition in a bi-racial town, post or pre-reconstruction. The position

of election commissioner in Can-ton, Mississippi, allowed her to correct many voting injustices.

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Robert Brown University of Minnesota students at Tougaloo with Brown-Wright (seated).

Texas Christian University students

Lone Star Community College students

St. Louis University students at Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson

An authentic segregationist sign from a movie theater in Knoxville, Tennessee


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and the graduate department of public policy and administration and the department of urban and regional planning.

They participated in the pub-lic comments portion of the meeting regarding current issues facing the city such as infra-structure, water and sewer and the recent closing of the South Jackson’s Kroger Grocery store.

Stamps said, “We must pre-pare our future leaders of tomor-row, today by engaging them with local government and other fields, so they can receive real world experiences. This col-laborative effort with JSU also shows the Council’s commit-ment in building, continuing and strengthening relationships across our community.”

The formal setting in the eCenter was the backdrop to several proclamations and res-olutions honoring Mrs. Ineva May Pittman, Rev. Clyde Tate

and in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Veterans represented by Post 9832.

This came on the heels of the city’s March 23 announcement to joined the growing list of communities across the nation working to end veterans’ home-lessness by the end of 2015.

One of the most significant ordinances created from this council meeting was the unani-mous council vote to establish the Jackson Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee.

Forty members of Working Together Jackson (WTJ) at-tended the council meeting and filled the public comments line with several of its members to present the case in favor of the ordinance.

The ordinance is the first step toward establishing the first Housing Trust Fund in Missis-sippi. WTJ members in support

of the ordinance were Hope Enterprise Corporation, the Mississippi Center for Justice and allies, Metro Habitat for Humanity, Mississippi Housing Partnership, Jackson Housing Authority and the Center for Community Change.

The Housing Trust is the ve-hicle that will develop afford-able housing in Jackson, accord-ing to WTJ leaders Rev. Jimmy Edwards and Phil Eide, with a direct route to applying for federal funds reserved for cities and states that have established Housing Trust Funds.

WTJ representatives said they would assist the mayor and council in gaining Gov. Phil Bryant’s cooperation for the Fund.

The council will continue study on the Fund to see how present HUD funding may be affected.

Journalism and Mass Com-munication,” said Dr. James C. Renick, provost and senior vice president for Academic and Student Affairs when he made the announcement three months ago.

When it comes to the caliber or level of character and ability to do the job, Hayes-Anthony’s career is reflective of the con-fidence the administration has placed in her. The JSU alum-nae, who earned both her B.S. and M.S. degrees at the univer-sity, is a woman of many sig-nificant firsts.

She was the first African-American female from Jack-son State University to intern at WJTV-TV12. Her work as an intern developed into her becoming the first African-American female anchor there as well.

Hayes-Anthony attributes that internship to her big break into broadcast journalism, something that she had desired to do as a little girl. “I have al-ways enjoyed talking and writ-ing,” she said. “My grandfather - O.W. Autrey -influenced me a great deal by telling me that I could be anything I wanted to be.”

Reflecting on her internship experience, Hayes-Anthony credits then department chair with helping her. “I told my department chairman Dr. Glo-ria B. Evans that I wanted to be a television anchor,” she re-called. “She made an appoint-ment with the general manager of WJTV TV-12, Mr. Owens Alexander, and we went to the station to meet with him.”

It was at that meeting that her career started. That opportunity led to Hayes-Anthony becom-ing the first African-American to win the prestigious Capitol Broadcasting Employee Honor Award from the station.

Her big break into this white male dominated profession at

the time did not come without its challenges. She would be the first to admit that breaking racial barriers is not easy for obvious reasons.

“My most memorable chal-lenge was my first day on the air, and the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office surrounded the station,” she recalled. “I remember calling by mom at Wingfield High School and telling her that the welcome wagon was at the station to welcome me. She was certainly not convinced of that.”

Hayes-Anthony also recalls covering a story where a na-tional third-party candidate came through Jackson and held a news conference at the then Jackson International Airport. “I was the only female and Af-rican-American covering the news conference,” she said.

“Before starting, the can-didate turned and asked me, ‘What are you supposed to be doing?’ I told him I was cover-ing the story for the CBS affili-ate in Jackson, Miss. He said, ‘What is this world coming to?’”

And that slimly built trail-blazing female reporter/anchor also met with some physical racial challenges during her early career. One such incident

occurred during a protest at a plant in McComb, Miss.

“I tried to get both sides of the story,” she said. “I inter-viewed the protesters and then tried to talk with management. I was pushed down, and the cameraman was rolling at the time. We aired the entire scene on the newscast.”

Later realizing that in order to make a difference in a field in which African-American professionals were scarce, more and more of them who had the same dream as Hayes-Anthony, even as a little girl, would have to be educated to break into the field.

So to be sure she was edu-cated for the job, off to South-ern Illinois University (SIU) at Carbondale she went. There, she earned her Ph.D. in orga-nizational communication/broadcast law. She also re-ceived a Dissertation Research Award.

Now equipped with her doc-torate, she returned to her alma mater, earning an opportunity to serve as the first director of graduate studies for the de-partment of mass communica-tion and later as head of the department. During her tenure as department chair, the effort she spearheaded, included long

hours of work beyond the call of duty on the part herself, fac-ulty, staff and student workers (often burning mid-night oil).

Those efforts paid off in 1984, as they propelled the de-partment and university into achieving accreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACE-JMC) that year. ACEJMC is the agency responsible for the evaluation of professional journalism and mass commu-nication programs in colleges and universities.

This was a crowning achieve-ment for the university as well as for that once little Jackson girl who had dreams of becom-ing a broadcast journalist. “It was the second time that an HBCU received National Ac-creditation from ACEJMC, but the first under the leadership of an African-American female.

Hayes-Anthony said, “That honor really put JSU on the map. There were many people in the industry that turned to us for talent, and our students were really sought after by the professionals. We were able to get meaningful grants and professional in residence pro-grams.”

After her tenure of 10 years

at JSU, life’s journey took her career in a slightly different but related direction: public re-lations. She was appointed as-sistant superintendent of public information for the Jackson Public School District and served as spokesperson for the district beginning in 1990 and lasted seven years.

Later in 1998, she was back to her love for higher educa-tion in journalism and mass communication at the now Bel-haven University. At Belhaven, Hayes-Anthony devoted her-self to the same reputable pas-sion for molding quality jour-nalism students into talented professionals, as she led and helped this institution develop its program.

“I’ve had the privilege of working with Dr. Elayne Hayes-Anthony for the past 16 years here at Belhaven Univer-sity,” said associate professor of English Rose Mary Fon-cree. “During that time, we’ve worked closely together on a number of committees and projects. And I have come to respect and admire her profes-sionalism.

“Aside from building a strong Communication depart-ment (and producing excellent broadcast journalists), Dr. An-

thony has enjoyed the respect and admiration of her col-leagues. I like to think that I’m her number one fan, but there are many.”

Foncree said she has seen Hayes-Anthony “spend many hours outside the classroom helping students find intern-ships, summer jobs, and broad-casting careers. And never has she complained that she is tired and overworked.”

When most individuals by now would be heading for the easy chair, Hayes-Anthony is still on her mission of help-ing students become superior media professionals. It is with that passion that she returns to Tiger Nation.

Her vision is clear: “I want this program to be nationally recognized for excellence in the field of journalism and mass communication,” she said. She desires to establish a national internship program that will as-sist students in obtaining these experiences around the nation.

She sees JSU as a clear-ing house where professionals come to recruit for jobs. Person-ally, she would like to establish an Anthony Mass Communica-tion Scholarship program for outstanding students. Part of her plan is to bring profession-als in residence back to campus to talk with students about the real world of media.

“I want to venture into pro-grams that will propel JSU stu-dents internationally,” she said. She envisions a faculty with the professional enthusiasm to give outstanding teaching and research in the world of the ever-changing media.

“I believe in the mass com-munication program at JSU - with the continued help and commitment of the students, faculty, administrators and me-dia, we can build a first class program of which we can all be proud.”

a rich history of continuously advancing their programs to en-hance their student’s educational experience. This contribution continues Nissan’s commitment to HBCUs and to diversity, edu-cation and service in our com-munity,” said Jeffrey Webster, Director of Diversity and Inclu-sion.

Resources provided to each institution will be used to pro-mote a range of STEM related programs and departments in-cluding applied sciences, en-gineering, math, computer and information science and many more.

The donation, according to a Nissan statement, builds on the success of Nissan Canton’s pre-vious partnerships with HBCUs.

As a result of one such part-nership, in March 2013 Nissan donated two robots to Alcorn State University’s Advanced Technologies Program, which

gave students first-hand experi-ence with the kind of technology used in manufacturing facilities.

“I am very proud of the work our HBCUs are doing to devel-op the scientists, engineers and innovators of tomorrow,” said Cong. Thompson. “As one of

the largest manufacturers in our state, Nissan understands the need to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s opportunities. I applaud their demonstrated commitment to our community and look forward to their contin-ued support in the future.”

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Congressman Thompson speaking at podium

Ask just about anybody about community activist and advocate Stephanie Parker-Weaver and you’ll hear words like “fighter, warrior, commit-ted and passionate.”

Parker-Weaver built a strong reputation as one who fought hard for the civil and human rights of others. Her efforts were felt in areas in Jackson and throughout the state of Mississippi. Her “un-stoppable” attitude earned her the nickname “Sister Hurri-cane.”

A Jackson native, Parker-Weaver died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at St. Dominic Hos-pital, from congestive heart failure, according to her hus-band Cordell Weaver, who was by her side. She was 52.

One of her last passions was providing service and encour-agement to breast cancer pa-tients and survivors, through a nonprofit organization she founded in 2008, Rebirth Al-liance, Inc. She too was a sur-vivor of a rare form of breast cancer.

In 1999, Parker-Weaver was key advocate in a success-ful fight to keep residents of Canton and Madison County from losing their land under

a state plan to take it by emi-nent domain for development of the Nissan North America facility.

She was actively involved in former Jackson Mayor Frank Melton’s elections and worked with his administra-tion. She helped re-establish a Jackson chapter of the Southern Christian Leader-ship Conference and served as its executive secretary and worked in the Jackson Branch of the NAACP.

She was a 1980 graduate of Callaway High School and at-tended Jackson State Univer-sity and Tougaloo College.

Bishop Jeffrey Stallworth of Word and Worship Church, where Parker-Weaver attend-ed, has known her for more than 35 years.

“She was strong, she was serious and she was steady and steadfast in everything that she did - in her causes, in her marriage, in her spiri-tuality,” said Stallworth, who performed her and Weaver’s wedding and recommitment ceremonies.

U.S. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson said, “Stepha-nie was a fighter until the end. She did a tremendous amount of good for the Jackson com-munity and will be greatly

missed by her friends.”Wayne McDaniels, Jack-

son Branch NAACP presi-dent, said, “Weaver was one of the most dedicated persons that graced this city and state. Her determination and hard work for what she believed in will never be matched. The NAACP family will miss her and keep her memories dear to us.”

State Rep. James “Jimmy” Evans worked with Parker-Weaver in re-establishing the Mississippi chapter of the Southern Christian Leader-ship Conference and on the Canton Nissan issue.

“She adopted the causes of black and white landowners,” Evans said. Parker-Weaver organized a team of lawyers (and funds for the fight), who took the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and emerged victorious in 2002, he said.

Erik Fleming called Parker-Weaver his sister and men-tor in the struggle for human rights and dignity. “We didn’t always agree or take the same side on every campaign/issue, but more times than not, we stood together to challenge the comfortable and comfort the challenged,” said Flem-ing.

He said her appeal broad-ened with breast cancer ac-tivities, especially pushing awareness of the Her2 gene that predisposes some to a rare form of breast cancer. “And she did it really well,” he added.

Brenda Scott, another ally of Parker-Weaver’s, called her a friend who stood against all odds for what was right.

“Whether it was the emi-nent domain fight with Nis-san, fighting back against her rare form of cancer, over which she claimed healing; fighting back against her con-gestive heart failure even after she knew additional surgery wasn’t an option, against the UMMC when she was con-vinced that monies set aside for a cancer treatment des-tination was being used for others purposes; just a fighter with a purpose always,” said Scott.

During the 2014 Christmas season, the alliance provided pink blankets and other items to those receiving chemo treatment at St. Dominic Hos-pital because she knew they would be cold in the hospital.

All who spoke of Parker-Weaver also mentioned her husband of 26 years, Cordell Weaver. He said he and Steph-

anie have married each other three times but have never divorced.

The first time was 1988. The second was 20 years later after she became ill with cancer. The third was at 25 years when she was cancer free. Bishop Stall-worth, who per-formed all the ceremonies, the couple “speak love through each.”

Weaver said Stephanie was es-pecially proud of the autobiography she wrote in 2009, Rebirth: A Breast Cancer Journey of Many; Survival of Few, and the founding of Rebirth.

In addition to her husband, Parker-Weaver is survived by stepsons Marcus Weaver, Michael Weaver and Maurice Weaver. She was preceded in death by her father, Civil Rights Attorney Frank Parker and mother Carolyn.

People’s Funeral Home has

charge of arrangements. Ser-vices will be held Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. at Word and Worship Interdenomina-tional Church, 6286 Hang-ing Moss Rd., Jackson, MS 39206.

Stephanie R. Jones can be reached at [email protected] or (601) 454-0372.

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IN MEMORIAM

God plucked a rose from his earthly garden on Sunday morn-ing, March 15, 2015 and after a courageous battle, Beverly Nel-son Handy Shaw went home to be with her Lord and Savior. Beverly, affectionately known as “Bebby” to her family, was born on September 15, 1959 in Jack-son, Miss. to Mr. and Mrs. Henry & Lottie Nelson. She was the sixth of eight children. She was the apple of her dad’s eye, and when she couldn’t get her way, they would often hear her say, “Don’t talk to Bebby!” Beverly was preceded in death by her sis-ter, Janice Miller, and her father, Henry “Bud” Nelson.

As a young child, Beverly con-fessed Christ and was baptized at Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss. She would later join Anderson United Methodist Church. It was Beverly’s deep and abiding faith in God that gave her the strength to get through the difficult trials of her illness.

Beverly was educated in Jack-son Public School District and graduated from Lanier High School in 1977. Beverly earned many honors and awards at Lani-er where she was a class favorite. During her senior year, she was selected as a senior homecom-ing maid, and was also inducted in Lanier’s Maroon & White Hall of Fame which recognized the top seniors for their academic and civic contributions. Beverly delivered the commencement speech for her class which was entitled, “Visions of Reality.”

After graduation, Beverly at-tended Jackson State University where she was member of the prancing J-Settes!” She gradu-ated with honors from Jackson State with a B.S. in biology. A compassionate person who loved to serve others, Beverly complet-ed paramedic training with the University of Mississippi Medi-cal Center; one of the first para-medics to work with the AMR

Ambulance Service, Beverly pro-vided advanced medical care to the citizens of Jackson.

Continuing to pursue her ad-vanced career goals, Beverly graduated at the top of her class from the Jackson Fire Academy and was awarded the “Top Stu-dent Award.”

While with the City of Jack-son’s Fire Department, Beverly worked long hours, and was well-respected by her peers in the firehouse. She was ultimately promoted to EMS coordinator in 1991, becoming both the first fe-male and first African American to serve in this position.

She taught emergency medical refresher classes to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), and also served as an instructor on the training staff. A pioneer in her field, she served as a role model for many female fire per-sonnel who would later follow her.

During her tenure with the City,

Beverly was also promoted to fire captain, served as a reserve JPD officer, and sat on the advisory Board for Hinds Junior College.

Beverly loved animals and at one time wanted to become a veterinarian. She worked at the Powell Veterinary Clinic in Jack-son, often bringing home stray animals and caring for them.

Beverly married Cecil Handy who preceded her in death. She would later meet Richard Shaw, the other half of her heartbeat while teaching dance at Adhi-ambo School. These two would spend the next 29 years building a dynasty with their two sons, Richard Allen Handy and Shi-mon Christopher Thomas Shaw. Beverly worked tirelessly at Richard’s side to help start Dy-nastics, their screenprinting and promotional business.

Soul-mates and business part-ners, Richard and Beverly com-pleted their dynasty when they eloped while on family vacation

in Disney World in 2007.

Beverly loved her family, and she will be especially missed by her mom, Lot-tie. They would talk daily and after Bev-erly retired, she and her mom would go ‘junk” shopping of-ten. The highlight of their shopping trips would be curly fries from Arby’s.

Her memories will be cherished by her loving husband, Richard Shaw; devoted sons, Richard Allen Handy and Shimon Christopher Thomas Shaw, all of Jackson, Miss.; her mom, Lottie Nelson, Flora, Miss.; Three sisters, Patricia (La-mar) Radney, Birmingham, Ala.; Rochelle (Burton) Ballard, Phoe-nix, Ariz.; Gloria Nelson, Flora, Miss.; three brothers, Darryl (Mildred) Moore, Bolton, Miss.;

Frederick (Adriann) Nelson, Houston, Texas; Steve Nelson, Flora, Miss.; Three grandchil-dren, Caleb, Elijah and Bailey Shavers; Four stepchildren, Ger-ald Gettis, Latonya Anderson, Al-phonso Johnson, Blake Stoner; a goddaughter, Angela Powell; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Sat-uday, March 21, 2015.

Austin Curry (“AC”) Ross Sr. was born in Magnolia, Miss., Tuesday, February 2, 1932 as the second son of TC (“Tom”) and Leucretia (Simmons) Ross. AC was baptized at an early age and attended the church of his an-cestry, Kelly Missionary Baptist Church in rural Magnolia, near the township of Osyka.

He grew up working his par-ents’ farm, learning to garden, taking care of animals, and the enjoying sport of fishing and hunting. He attended Rose Hill High School and in later years served as a board member of the high school family reunion.

AC served his country in the Army during the Korean War conflict. He returned to the state and began working his way from the South to the eastern shores helping to complete the New Jersey pipeline.

It was November 1954 when a 22-year-old AC first met

21-year-old Dora Glasper one weekend during a night on the town in Dora’s hometown of Houma, La.

It was less than a year later, Thursday, May 12, 1955, when he married his sweetheart after moving to Milwaukee, Wis. to find suitable work.

They soon initiated God’s command to be fruitful and mul-tiply, adding six boys to their family: Steven in 1957, Mel-vin in 1958, twins Bernell and Vernell in 1959, Roosevelt in 1960, and Austin Jr. in 1962.

In 1957, AC and his young bride joined in fellowship with Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, in Milwaukee, under the sequential pastorates of C.V. Harrington and Leroy B. Mixon. There, he became a trustee and then served as a deacon.

He raised his six boys in the church. He loved to sing, dis-playing a delightfully smooth

baritone voice; he sang in the male chorus and the gospel chorus faithfully throughout his years there. AC also served as the director of the Youth Depart-ment in the early 1970s, produc-ing future leaders for the church.

His love for good music (and Dora’s) translated into a serious musical passion for his sons and ultimately his grandchildren. AC filled his station wagon to over-capacity as he carted his sons (The Gospel Messengers) and their “groupies” from one singing engagement to another. Never was a father more proud of his singing-sons than AC of the “Ross Boys.”

He worked in a variety of ca-pacities, generally in blue collar labor. During his 30-year stint with the Coca Cola Bottling Co., he was elected and served with distinction as the union stew-ard. He was also very active in initiating and leading numerous

family reunions and served as its national treasurer until his death.

In 1997, AC retired and moved back to the land of his birth with his bride. He rejoined Kelly Church and served as a deacon.

In the midway point of the first decade of the 21st cen-tury, he joined Walker’s Chapel Freewill Baptist Church of Mc-Comb, Miss., under the pastoral leadership of Gregory Partman, serving on the church’s deacon board.

Upon the death of his wife, Dora, he returned home to Kelly Baptist where he remained un-til he took ill and lived out his remaining months in Jackson, Miss., under hospice and family care.

Austin, who was affection-ately known by his children and grandchildren as “Superman,” entered into eternal life Wednes-day, March 11, 2015 at 11:28 p.m. He was preceded in death

by his parents; two brothers, Roosevelt Ross and Major Curtis Ross; one sister, Geraldine Ross; his son Mel-vin Ross; and his beloved wife of 58 years, Dora.

He is survived by five children, Steven (Olivia) of Milwaukee, Wis., Bernell (Youlander) of Jackson, Miss., Vernell (Bever-ley) of Dallas, Texas, Roosevelt (Debra) of Milwaukee, and Austin Jr. of Milwaukee; two brothers, Wallace (Shirleen) of Magnolia, Miss., and Rolland (Birdie) Ross; a sister-in-law, Lillie Mae Simmons; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, other relatives and friends.

Craft Funeral Home, at 210 Martin Luther King Dr., Mc-Comb, Miss. hosted visitation, Friday, March 20. The funeral, burial, and repast were held at Kelly Missionary Baptist Church, 7005 Osyka Progress Rd., Osyka, Miss., Saturday, March 21, 2015. Rev. Kendal Poole officiated and Rev. Grego-ry Partman presented the eulogy.

Stephanie Parker-Weaver, “the fighter, warrior,” passes

Beverly Nelson Shaw

Austin Curry Ross Sr.

September 15, 1959 - March 15, 2015

February 2, 1932 - March 11, 2015

By Stephanie R. JonesContributing Writer

Parker-Weaver, Sept. 30, 1962 - March 24, 2015

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FERGUSON, Mo. - Along a short stretch of winding road through a nondescript apartment complex, two memorials of stuffed animals mark the spots where young men died. The sites are separated by roughly 1,000 feet, but in a sense are worlds apart.

One is for Michael Brown, whose fatal shooting by a Fer-guson police officer ignited months of protests and unrest and started a national conversa-tion about race and law enforce-ment tactics.

The other is for DeAndre Joshua, a young black man found shot to death and set on fire on Nov. 25, the morning after a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in Brown’s death and Ferguson erupted in another round of vio-lence. Outside his circle of fam-ily and friends, Joshua’s name is mostly unknown.

There have been no arrests. Police have few leads. And while 40 people claimed to have seen some aspect of the con-frontation that led to Brown’s death, police have turned up not a single cooperating eyewitness to Joshua’s slaying.

The U.S. Justice Department would find that Wilson was jus-tified in shooting Brown. But in another report, it determined that minorities in Ferguson are disproportionately stopped and searched, fined for petty of-fenses and subject to excessive police force.

If blacks have reason to dis-trust police, that distrust also makes it harder for police to investigate crimes - especially in Ferguson, especially over the past eight months. “Just with that time frame, with the whole Michael Brown case, and the hatred toward law enforce-ment, our detectives are having a tough time with people com-ing forward and letting us know what happened,” said Shawn McGuire, a spokesman for the

St. Louis County Police Depart-ment, which is investigating Joshua’s death.

Police must also contend with the fear that cooperation with authorities invites retribution from criminals.

Regardless of the reason, De-Andre Joshua’s killer remains at large. And his loved ones are angry.

“If it was me, if I knew some-thing like that, it would eat my brain up not to tell,” said his mother, Maria Joshua, in an in-terview at her home. “Because if you don’t, they are going to do it to someone else. And just put yourself in my shoes. What if it was your family member?”

Joshua was 20 years old, an aspiring rapper and overnight stocker at Wal-Mart. Known to his buddies as “Twin,” and de-scribed by friends and relatives as playful and quick to smile, he graduated from Jennings Se-nior High School, and lived at the time of his death with his mother and siblings in Universi-ty City, about a 20-minute drive south from Ferguson. He spent his last day hanging out with relatives at his aunt’s house in Ferguson, where he often stayed to be closer to his job.

Joshua had had brushes with

the law in the past, but his fami-ly said he was on the right track. They insist that he wasn’t in-volved in dealing drugs or gang activity -and did not join in the protests or riots that followed Brown’s death.

Records show that he was ar-rested in St. Louis in April 2013 for resisting arrest, when Josh-ua, his twin brother and three others were in a white Chevrolet Impala that was believed to be used in an armed robbery. One of the men allegedly pointed a gun at police officers before the Impala sped off, and they all ran or resisted when the car stopped after a chase, according to court documents; Joshua was given a suspended jail sentence and pro-bation.

In anticipation of the grand jury’s decision, Wal-Mart had decided to close, and Joshua was happy to have the night off.

According to interviews with relatives and friends, he spent the afternoon and evening visit-ing with his cousins at his aunt’s house. At 7:48 p.m., Joshua, who liked to share pictures of himself flashing cash, posted his last public message on Face-

WASHINGTON - Rather than keeping him at arm’s length, Hill-ary Rodham Clinton is embracing President Barack Obama - some-times even literally.

Clinton had been expected to look for some ways to separate herself from the president to avoid the impression that having her in the White House would amount to a third Obama term. But as she prepares for another presidential campaign, Clinton has aligned herself with Obama far more often than not.

On Monday, a few hours af-ter meeting Obama at the White House, Clinton tweeted a list of accomplishments of the presi-dent’s health care law on its fifth anniversary. “Repeal those things? Embrace them!” she declared, posting an old photo of herself ex-tending her arms to hug Obama at the White House.

The tactics carry risk with an electorate that often seeks change after one party runs the White House for eight years. Republi-cans are already warning voters that Clinton would merely cement Obama’s most unpopular policies and continue in his vein.

“She will have to break with Obama significantly and substan-tively if she wants to win,” said Phil Musser, a former executive

director of the Republican Gov-ernors Association. “Obama is no Reagan, and America is ready for the end of his presidency, not the extension of it.”

Clinton, who is expected to an-nounce her campaign in April, hasn’t presented an overarching message of where she would take the country. For now, she’s talk-ing about finding consensus and building on “what has worked in the past.”

She has also begun taking on the Republican-led Congress - recently blasting the House GOP budget plan on Twitter, the letter written by Senate Republicans that was seen as interference in Iran nuclear talks and delays in the confirmation Loretta Lynch as at-torney general.

Aligning herself with Obama may pose fewer risks than once thought. While his approval rat-ing is still under 50 percent, it has stabilized following a noticeable dip last year. Obama could help Clinton connect with the diverse coalition of voters who powered him to two victories. And perhaps more important, the economy is steadily improving, with job cre-ation up and unemployment down to 5.5 percent.

Dan Pfeiffer, a longtime Obama adviser who recently left the White House, said that while he expects Clinton to break with the president

when she actually disagrees with him, it would be unwise to create differences where none truly ex-ists.

“Manufacturing agreement or disagreement to score some po-litical points would be a mistake,” Pfeiffer said. “Candidates that get all tangled up trying align with or separate from their party or their president have a very poor track record of success.”

While Clinton has been avoid-ing substantive policy splits with the president, she’s suggesting her

presidency would mark a change in style. While Obama has long been criticized for his lack of out-reach to Congress, Clinton has em-phasized the importance of having strong ties across the aisle, saying “I don’t think there’s any substi-tute to building relationships.”

Hillary and Bill Clinton know firsthand what it’s like to be in the White House when an ally is run-ning for the Oval Office.

In 2000, Vice President Al Gore distanced himself from Bill Clin-ton’s impeachment battles and

some of his centrist policies, fram-ing the contest against Republican George W. Bush as “the people versus the powerful.” Bill Clinton said in his autobiography that the message mobilized conservative interest groups against Gore.

“The problem with the slogan was that it didn’t give Al the full benefit of our record of economic and social progress or put into sharp relief Bush’s explicit com-mitment to undo that progress,” Bill Clinton wrote. The populist approach, he argued, “sounded to some swing voters that Al, too, might change the economic direc-tion of the country.”

One of Hillary Clinton’s most public breaks with Obama came last summer when she took a veiled shot at his “Don’t Do Stu-pid Stuff” foreign policy doctrine. In an interview with The Atlantic magazine, she said, “Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an or-ganizing principle.”

Clinton scrambled to walk back the jab, calling up her old boss to try to smooth things over. Obama and Clinton met in person a few days later and “hugged it out,” aides said.

Still, foreign policy matters could be an area of divergence, reflecting Clinton’s position as one of the more hawkish mem-bers of his first-term national se-

curity team. But there have been few public signs of that in recent months.

Clinton has avoided comment-ing on U.S.-Israeli relations in recent weeks, which have been strained by Prime Minister Ben-jamin Netanyahu’s opposition to Palestinian statehood and his late campaign warning that Arab vot-ers were heading to the polls “in droves,” comments he has since backtracked.

Clinton also has largely backed Obama’s decision to take military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. She’s sup-ported his nuclear negotiations with Iran and joined him in sharp-ly criticizing Republican senators who wrote to Tehran’s leadership warning that Congress could dis-rupt a deal.

It’s unclear whether Clinton will ultimately back a nuclear deal if the U.S. and its negotiating partners achieve one. But she was involved in the administration’s early efforts to start secret talks with the Iranians, dispatching her policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, to lead them.

“It’s by no means a referen-dum completely on the current president,” Democratic strategist Mike Feldman said of the 2016 campaign. “It will be a choice, and President Obama won’t be one of the choices.”

Preparing for 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton embracing Obama

A tale of two Ferguson deaths: 1 well known, 1 anonymousBy Holbrook Mohr Associated Press

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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, ac-companied by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Rather than keeping him at arm’s length, Hillary Rodham Clinton is embracing President Barack Obama - sometimes even literally. AP PHOTO/MAnuEL BALCE CEnETA, FILE

In this Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 photo, Maria Joshua, mother of DeAndre Joshua, poses for a photo at her home in university City, Mo. Her 20-year old son was killed in the hours after the nov. 24, 2014 announce-ment that a white police officer would not be indicted in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. AP PHOTO/JEFF ROBERSOn

FergusonContinued on page 7


HEALTH

Male nurses scarce but make more money than women RNs: study

CHICAGO - Even in an oc-cupation that women over-whelmingly dominate, they still earn less than men, a study of nurses found.

The gender gap for regis-tered nurses’ salaries amounts to a little over $5,000 yearly on average and it hasn’t budged in more than 20 years. That pay gap may not sound big - it’s smaller than in many other professions - but over a long career, it adds up to more than $150,000, said study author Ul-rike Muench, a professor and researcher at the University of California, San Francisco.

“We were somewhat sur-prised to see that this gap was so persistent over the years, given the female-dominated profession where you would think women may have caught up with men” or surpassed them, Muench said.

Five key points about nursing and the new study, published in Tuesday’s Journal of the Amer-ican Medical Association:

Women OutearnedThe average 2013 salary for

male nurses was about $70,000, versus about $60,000 for wom-en. Taking into account factors that influence salary including

geographic location, nursing specialty and years of experi-ence trimmed that $10,000 pay gap by about half. The gap was smaller in hospitals than in out-patient centers but it existed in all nursing specialties except orthopedics.

The biggest pay gap by posi-tion - about $17,300 - was for nurse anesthetists; the smallest - nearly $4,000 - was for mid-dle-management nurses.

While average annual nurs-ing salary for both genders has increased since 1988, the first year studied, the pay gap has remained unchanged.

Men OutnumberedAmong the more than two

million registered nurses na-tionwide, about 10 percent are men, according to 2013 data, the most recent year studied. Census data show the gender gap in nursing has narrowed a little since 1970, when only about three percent of nurses were men.

More men are getting nurs-ing degrees than in previous decades, so the gender gap is likely to continue to shrink, said Peter McMenamin, health economist for the American Nurses Association, an advo-cacy group. He was not in-volved in the study.

Study MethodsThe researchers analyzed

1990-2008 salary trends from a discontinued government survey of registered nurses, and from U.S. Census com-munity surveys in 2001-13. Nearly 300,000 registered nurses were involved in both data sets.

The ReasonsThe study didn’t examine

why the pay gap exists, but Muench listed several pos-sible reasons:

-Some women nurses may leave the work force to have children, returning to a lower pay scale than male peers who continued working during those absences.

-Male nurses may be bet-ter at negotiating pay raises, as has been suggested in re-search on gender pay gaps in other professions.

-Gender discrimination.Muench said studies are

needed to determine whether any of these explains the gap.

The Quote“Are we surprised? No. Are

we dismayed? Yes,” McMe-namin said. “Any pay differ-entials should reflect differ-ences in experience and skill and not simply differences in gender.”

Obama says he’s ready to sign medicare doctor payment fix

By Lindsey TannerAP Medical Writer

FergusonContinued from page 6

ByrdContinued from page 1

book: “All I want is sum mon-ey.”

Along with his relatives, and still wearing his Wal-Mart uni-form, Joshua watched the vio-lence unfold on the TV news.

Joshua sent a private message to his girlfriend, Georgia Young, saying he needed to pick up a coat from her apartment in the Canfield Green complex, steps from where Brown had been killed. Sometime that evening - it’s not entirely clear when, but it was at least a couple of hours after he had sent the message - Young said Joshua showed up at her apartment.

Joshua was in and out of the apartment, Young said. At one point, well after midnight, he returned to the house of his aunt, Monique Joshua, to pick up an iPad he said he had been trying to sell. He had left her house earlier with two iPads, before returning for the third, his aunt said.

The last time he returned to Georgia Young’s apartment, she said he stayed for about a half hour before slipping out of his pants and into bed. Five minutes later, sometime around 2 a.m., Joshua suddenly got out of bed, grabbed three iPads and his pis-tol, and departed, without say-ing where he was going. Young said it wasn’t unusual for him to have a weapon, because in that neighborhood, “everybody carries a gun.” She did find it unusual that he left behind the iPads’ chargers if he was trying to sell the devices.

After leaving Young’s apart-ment, Joshua showed up at another apartment in Canfield Green and knocked on the door of a friend, Sabrina Webb - a cousin of Michael Brown’s. It was between 2:30 and 3 a.m., Webb said. She said Joshua banged on the door so hard that it startled her. He was usually

playful - he might cover the peep hole after he knocked. But now, “It seemed like he was afraid of something,” Webb said. “He was looking all around like he needed to come in, but he never asked to come in.”

A tall, thin black man with “a low haircut,” someone she did not know, stood off to the side. She asked Joshua who the stranger was, and the man quickly responded, “I’m his cousin.”

“DeAndre looked up at him like it wasn’t his cousin, but like he didn’t want to disagree with him, like he was afraid,” Webb recalled.

Webb said Joshua turned around and trotted down the stairs. The unknown man fol-lowed after him, catching up to Joshua in the parking lot. They walked away together. The en-tire visit lasted a minute or so, Webb said.

About an hour after sunrise the next morning, Joshua’s corpse was found in the driver’s seat of his white 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix. He had been shot once in the left side of his head, and had been set on fire with some sort of accelerant that left burns on his arm, fingers and legs. Based on the body’s con-dition, police say they believe he had been dead for several hours.

---Word spread quickly, fueled

by blogs and Facebook post-ings, that Joshua had been mur-dered because he had testified before the grand jury investi-gating Brown’s death, presum-ably giving a version favorable to police. The rumor gained traction when people pointed out the words spray-painted on the wall of a burned gas station nearby: “Snitches Get Stitches.”

It was so pervasive that the county prosecutor’s office felt

compelled to publicly state that Joshua had not appeared before the grand jury.

Ferguson, with 21,000 residents, is not a large town. Perhaps inevitably, while there has been no indication that Joshua and Brown knew each other, they did have connections. Webb was one. Another was Joshua’s long-time friend Dorian Johnson, who had been with Brown when he was killed and sub-sequently told contradictory stories about what he had seen and what had occurred.

Johnson told AP in a tele-phone interview that he was not sure why Joshua was out that time of morning, but speculated that it was prob-ably “to support me.”

Johnson agreed to an in-person interview about Joshua early last month; the AP arranged to use a confer-ence room at the Ferguson Municipal Public Library, but he never showed up and stopped responding to mes-sages.

Johnson hasn’t been the only one reluctant to talk about Joshua and his death. An AP reporter attempted to interview more than a dozen residents who live in the imme-diate vicinity of where Joshua’s body was found, but most de-clined. There is a lot of suspi-cion in this neighborhood, and few answers.

The same day that AP inter-viewed Young and others at Canfield Green and Northwinds Apartments, the neighboring complex where his body was found, someone threw a spark-plug through the living room window of Maria Joshua’s home in a nearby city. Whether or not the incident was related to her son’s death, it frightened her.

“What I’m afraid of is the un-known, seriously, the unknown. I don’t know who did this, and why. But I do want some jus-tice,” Maria Joshua said.

So much is unknown: Was it the jealous ex-boyfriend of a lover? Was he set up for a robbery? Did someone with a score to settle use the chaos of that night to shoot him while bullets were literally flying all over town?

Webb told the AP that Josh-ua did not have any iPads with him when she saw him. Police won’t say if they recovered iPads or a gun in the car with Joshua’s body, citing the on-

going investigation. Joshua’s mother told the AP investiga-tors found $360 in her son’s pocket. It’s not clear, then, if robbery could have been a mo-tive.

Maria Joshua said the de-scription of the man given by Webb does not resemble any of her son’s cousins. She added that to her knowledge, none of his cousins went with him to Webb’s apartment that morning.

She said police haven’t told her much - they say they do not want to compromise their investigation. They have yet to talk to Joshua’s friend, Webb.

Teresa Williams, who lives in an apartment adjoining the parking lot where the body was found, told AP she saw the car that morning through her window and was disturbed to learn that a man had died. She said police interviewed her that day, and she told them she heard gunshots all night long, but wasn’t sure when the one that killed Joshua was fired.

“They asked me if I stuck my head out to see who was shoot-ing,” she recalled, standing in the doorway of her apartment and shaking her head. “I said, ‘Why would I do that?’”

that it could be days before in-vestigators receive an autopsy report for 54-year-old Otis Byrd.

The report is expected to show whether Byrd was killed or committed suicide. Officials have said 30 state, local and federal investigators are on the case.

However, Claiborne County Sheriff Marvin Lucas Sr. said Friday that Byrd’s hands were not bound and it appeared Byrd had not stepped off anything.

Meanwhile, about a dozen people gathered Monday in downtown Port Gibson to show support for Byrd’s fam-

ily, though his relatives did not attend. They called on authori-ties to thoroughly investigate the death.

Byrd’s body was found Thursday, March 19, hanging by a sheet from a tree in a ru-ral area outside Port Gibson, a small town near the Mississippi River.

His body is being cremated, and a memorial service is set for Friday, March 27, Brenda Chambers of Rollins Funeral Home said.

Elmo Cooper and Darrell Noble, who graduated from Port Gibson High School in 1978 with Byrd, said they be-

lieve he would not have taken his own life.

Byrd served about 26 years in prison after being convicted of killing a store owner in Clai-borne County in 1980. Noble said Byrd reconnected with friends and adjusted well after leaving prison. He said Byrd attended class reunions in 2008 and 2013.

Cooper said when he and Byrd were in high school, they would talk about what they’d do if something terrible ever happened in their lives.

“He was very adamant, very adamant that he would never take his own life,” Cooper said.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he’s ready to sign good bi-partisan legislation to fix Medi-care’s doctor payment problem, without endorsing any specific legislation.

Without a fix, doctors face a 21 percent cut in Medicare fees, the consequence of a 1990s budget law that Congress has repeatedly waived.

The House is expected to vote Thursday on a bill with rare sup-port from both top leaders in the House that would permanently fix the problem. Obama backed the idea of a fix at a White House event marking this week’s five-year anniversary of his signing the Affordable Care Act, while stopping short of backing the House compromise.

“As we speak, Congress is working to fix the Medicare phy-sician payment system. I have my pen ready to sign a good bi-partisan bill,” he said.

Asked later if that means Obama would sign the House bill, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the administra-tion doesn’t have a position on it. But Earnest said the White House puts “a lot of stock” into Democratic Leader Nancy Pe-losi’s position in support of the legislation.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner also is behind the bill, in an unusual show of bi-partisanship on health care amid the battles over President Barack Obama’s overhaul. “If some-thing bipartisan emerges from the House, that would be good news,” Earnest said.

The House bills calls for a peri-od of basically stable reimburse-ments, followed by gradually

shifting a larger share of doctors’ pay so that it’s keyed to quality, rather than quantity, of service. The Medicare fix is packaged with an extension of children’s health insurance, funding for community health centers and dozens of other provisions. The outlook in the Senate is unclear.

The legislation aims for the political center and is being criti-cized from the right and the left. Conservatives don’t like that most of the cost will be added to the federal deficit. Liberals object to higher premiums for upper-income beneficiaries, when drug companies are not being asked to share the burden through Medi-care rebates.

Obama also announced a cost-cutting effort that the White House calls a Health Care Pay-ment Learning and Action Net-work. The White House said more than 2,800 health care pro-viders, patients and consumer groups have agreed to take part.

The goal is to tie more pay-ments for health care services to

the quality - not quantity - of ser-vices rendered. Earlier this year the administration set a goal to tie 30 percent of Medicare pay-ments to quality and value, but Obama wants to go further.

“A central notion in the Af-fordable Care Act was we had an inefficient system with a lot of waste that didn’t also deliver the kind of quality that was needed that often put health care provid-ers in a box where they wanted to do better for their patients, but financial incentives were skewed the other way,” Obama said.

“We don’t need to reinvent the wheel - you’re already figuring out what works to reduce infec-tions in hospitals or help pa-tients with complicated needs,” Obama told health care provid-ers gathered in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the West Wing. “What we have to do is to share these best practices, these good ideas, in-cluding new ways to pay for care so that we’re rewarding quality.”

By Lindsey TannerAP Medical Writer

President Barack Obama speaks on the fifth anniversary of his health-care law, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House com-plex in Washington. AP PHOTO/MAnuEL BALCE CEnETA

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Media professionals with the Jackson Public School District were recognized as first, second and third place winners in the Mississippi School Public Rela-tions Association’s (MSPRA) Awards of Excellence statewide competition.

Instructional Television re-ceived first place in the audio visual category for a promotion-al video produced to promote the JPS Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube pages. Graphic arts received first place for publish-ing the JPS Annual Report. The finance department received second and third place honors for their electronic newsletter entitled “Finance Publications.”

“Effective communications is critical to the success of school systems,” said Katherine Nel-son, president of MSPRA. “In today’s economic climate, it has never been more important for us to tell the story of public edu-cation. This group does it better than anyone.”

During the awards dinner held

in Jackson, school districts and school public relations profes-sionals across the state were

honored for their publications, marketing efforts and online communications. The recogni-

tions are part of MSPRA’s an-nual Awards of Excellence pro-gram.

Also on the final day of the re-cent annual conference, Sherwin Johnson, executive director of

JPS Public and Media Relations, was elected president of the as-sociation.

JPS Public and Media Relations professionals recognized by statewide organization

Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray (center) with JPS Public and Media Relations professionals during the March 3, 2015, Board meeting


The Mississippi Senate hon-ored Callaway High School boys basketball team with pre-sentation of Senate Concurrent Resolution 625, commending their winning of a fourth straight state championship title.

USA Today’s Super 25 ranked Callaway as the No. 4 program in the country. Callaway has won six championships in the

past seven years.Their dominance has drawn

national attention for its play-ers, who turned down the op-portunity to represent the state by playing in Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals because of an antiquated Mis-sissippi High School Activities Association rule that prevented them from accepting the trip.

Head coach David Sanders

told the senate most of his play-ers, including stars like Malik Newman, the high scoring won-der of the team, were unable to attend because of testing, but thanked them for the honor and said it was his goal to again win the state title next season.

Senator John Horhn, primary author of the resolution, said he would draft legislation to seek removal of the ancient law.

Mississippi State Senate honors Callaway High School for fourth straight basketball championship



Standing left to right are Senators Hillman T. Frazier and Sollie B. Norwood, assistant coach Trent Hysten, Jaquarious Kinnard, J’varui Thigpen, Decardo Day, head coach David Sanders, Senator John Horhn, Jamal Bolden, Marcus Summerville and Senator David Blount

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Jackson State University stu-dents stood front and center at the Jackson City Council meeting Tuesday held at the Mississippi e-Center at JSU.

Early on during the lengthy meeting that went on well into the night, JSU student interns and Council members were recognized by Council President DeKeither Stamps, who lauded their enthu-siasm, hard work and importance to keeping the meetings going smoothly.

Dr. Patricia Murrain, coordina-tor of speech studies, addressed the Council, introducing the stu-dents to the packed ballroom at the e-Center. Receiving applause were speech communications and theatre students Whitney Gibson, Randrika Henderson, Briana Da-

vis, Political Science junior Justin Wills, and speech communications and theatre junior Delbert Griffin.

Also singled out for her service as an intern by the Council was Terriannah Anderson. “I’m very honored to be here tonight,” said the freshman in graphic design from Jackson.

President Carolyn W. Meyers earlier in the meeting had wel-comed the Council to the JSU campus, noting that JSU and the city are inextricably linked in the development of the city. “It’s im-portant to us because if the city thrives, the university will thrive,” adding, “We’re all in this together.”

In that vein, between the many motions for authorizing contracts and paying bills, the Council heard from students about city issues that need to be addressed.

Mary Elizabeth Gilbert Mano-gin, a graduate student, told the Council that substantive urban and regional planning issues are in critical need. Citing the loss of the South Jackson Kroger store, she suggested the Council:

- Approve tax increment financ-ing for the area around Kroger, to provide incentives for new busi-nesses;

- Consider more public/private partnerships that produced such successes as the e-Center that was converted from an abandoned building to a high-technology re-search facility, and the Jackson Medical Mall which is now a leader in health care and houses JSU’s School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service.

Mayor Tony Yarber welcomed Manogin’s suggestions and said

the JSU Department of Urban and Regional Planning and its students have proven invaluable in helping shape innovation in the Capital City.

The Council also got an earful about potholes in and around the JSU campuses and the city where students reside.

Both Jordan Carter, a junior in Political Science, and Kiyadh Burt, a senior in Political Science, de-tailed road woes that have caused students, their parents, and local citizens astronomical auto repair costs for wheel alignments, broken suspensions, and flat tires.

“We didn’t get here overnight,” Yaber said about the deteriorat-ing streets. They were a long time coming and will take some time to fix.

Yarber said that the city is work-

ing on an Infrastructure Master Plan that the Council is addressing.

Not only current students, but former students and their ties were prominent at the meeting. Yarber, a JSU grad, praised the university, as did Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes, who noted he was an alum as well as members of his family. That prompted Ward 5 Council-man Charles Tillman to remind the Council that JSU is in his district.

The invocation was given by JSU Pastor Elbert McGowan.

The Council also honored 81-year-old activist and retired school teacher Ineva May Pittman with its 2015 Woman of the Year Award. The 1956

The JSU grad urged everyone in attendance to step up their commu-nity involvement. “I’m challeng-ing each of you to give something

back to the community,” she said.Jean C. Frazier, state relations

coordinator, JSU Division of In-stitutional Advancement, said the Council previously held a meeting at the Student Center in 2013. Dr. William McHenry, executive di-rector of the e-Center, said this is the first time the Council has met there.

“It’s good to have the City Council back,” said Meyers. “We are pleased to share our resources with them because our futures are intertwined.”

Noting that JSU will also be hosting a meeting of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors this year, Dr. Otha Burton, executive director, JSU Institute of Govern-ment, said “it’s good anytime we can bring government to the peo-ple.”

Jackie Bailey of Moorhead was selected by her co-workers as Mis-sissippi Delta Community Col-lege’s Staff Member of the Month for March.

Bailey serves as a technology specialist in the college’s Office of Admissions. “The most enjoyable part of my job at MDCC is work-ing with students,” said Bailey.

An MDCC employee for 20 years, her daily responsibilities include entering admissions data, evaluating students for graduation, and providing overall support to students.

The MDCC Development Foundation, Inc. and Sodexo (MDCC Cafeteria) sponsor the Staff Employee of the Month Award. The staff appreciation committee is comprised of staff

members repre-senting different areas of the col-lege. This com-mittee randomly selects a depart-ment each month, and the employees working in that de-partment select the award recipient.

For more infor-mation about the selection process, contact Felecia Nash at [email protected].

For more in-formation, visit MDCC’s website at www.msdelta.edu or call 662-246-6322.

Mississippi Delta Community College sophomores in the asso-ciate degree nursing program re-cently attended a legislative event at the State Capitol.

MDCC students met many sen-ators and representatives, toured the Capitol and represented the college and their new profession well.

Senator Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland, visited with the stu-dents and provided insight into the state’s legislative process. Stu-dents also researched health care related bills and were encouraged to embrace the political process that often influences health care decisions.

The Associate Degree Nursing

(ADN) Program at Mississippi Delta Community College is de-signed to provide educational op-portunities to qualified students for a rewarding career that will help meet the expanding health care needs of the community. The program prepares individuals to practice as a registered nurse.

Graduates receive an associ-ate of applied science degree and are eligible to take the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX) for licensure as regis-tered nurses. MDCC’s ADN was established in 1964 and has an overall pass rate of 99 percent on the national licensure exam.

For more information, visit MDCC’s website at www.msdelta.edu or call 662-246-6322.

Mississippi Delta Commu-nity College students gained in depth scientific insights this week from an expert in astro-physics.

Emanuele Berti, Ph.D., associate professor of as-tronomy and physics at the University of Mississippi, was a guest lecturer on the Moorhead campus Monday.

Berti made two presentations for MDCC students on some deep subjects: black holes and gravitational waves.

He’s part of a global team of scientists that has uncovered a curious case of “cannibalism” among super-massive black holes in space.

The research findings by Berti and three co-authors appeared in the July issue of

Physical Review Letters, one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed academic journals in the field. The paper detailed how the scientists explored the impact of the black hole spins on the dynamics of high-energy black hole collisions.

“When black holes collide, their encounter gives birth to large amounts of gravitational waves,” Berti said.

“These waves are traveling ripples in the fabric of space-time-the same fabric that black holes are made of.”

According to the team’s results, when black holes col-lide close to the speed of light, the outcome of their encoun-ter is surprising: regardless of their structure, the black holes swallow the waves they generated, eating about half of their gravitational - wave progeny.

“Therefore, two small black holes colliding at large ener-gies may result in two slow-moving, fat black holes.”

For more information, visit MDCC’s website at www.msdelta.edu or call 662-246-6322.

JSU students front and center at Jackson City Council meeting


Bailey named MDCC staff member of the month

MDCC Associate Degree Nursing students visit Capitol

Guest lecturer offers world-class expertise

Dr. Patricia Murrain, coordinator of speech studies, addresses the Jackson City Council, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Looking on are speech communications and theatre students Whitney Gibson, Randrika Henderson, Briana Davis; political science junior Justin Wills, and speech communications and theatre junior Del-bert Griffin. PHoTos By CHaRLes a. sMiTH, JsU

Bailey

sophomore associate Degree Nursing students from Mississippi Delta Community College pose with state sen. Willie simmons at the Capitol earlier this month.

Guest lecturer emanuele Berti interacts with MDCC students Blake Gibson and Michael Thompson as they watch an euler’s disc demonstration of the sound created by two black holes colliding. Berti, an astrophysicist at the University of Mississippi, spoke to MDCC students this week in two lectures.

JsU President Carolyn W. Meyers (left) watches the Jackson City Council Tues-day, March 24, 2015, along with (from left): Dr. Mary M. White, interim vice presi-dent of institutional advancement; Dr. William McHenry, executive director of the Mississippi e-Center @JsU; and Dr. otha Burton, executive director, JsU institute of Government.

Jordan Carter, a junior in political science, complains about deteriorating streets at the Jackson City Council meeting held at the Mississippi e-Center @JsU, March 24, 2015.




Here we are at the end of Women’s His-tory Month and there is still so much more to share. Honestly,

the contributions made by the women of America could be shared every week of the year but the actual celebration has come to an end (even though I will continue to spotlight my sisters across the course of the year). I asked that you indulge me then and now I do the same because I am going to discuss several topics with you this week.

First, as I mentioned ear-lier, Women’s History Month is coming to an end and oh, what a wonderful month it has been. The days of this month have been filled with information about strong Af-rican American women and the contributions they have made to better a nation; the world.

Now, let me share the words of the Lord as we bring the official month of celebra-tion to a close.

• Genesis 2:18 “Then the LORD God said,

‘It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.’”

• Proverbs 31:10-19; 26- 31 “An excellent wife, who

can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.

• She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight. She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar. She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And portions to her maidens.

• She considers a field and buys it; From her earn-ings she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength And makes her arms strong. She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.

• She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idle-ness. Her chil-dren rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: ‘Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all.’

• Charm is de-ceitful and beau-ty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her the product of her hands, And let her works praise her in the gates.”

To my beauti-ful, strong, hard-working, and dedicated sisters, I applaud you and honor you. Life has not always been fair to the

female gender and there are still many struggles ahead, but as women who walk in God, we have overcome and accomplished much and as we continue to praise Him, there is so much that we will do!

Now, the mother in me can-not let this week end without a special salute to someone who is near and dear to my heart, my baby boy, John Higgins, II.

March 28, marks the 19th birthday of my youngest child. As the mother of a son and daughter, it has always been my prayer that my chil-dren would grow to respect each other and those around them; they would grow to be leaders in their respective ar-eas of interest and know that none of this is possible with-out God’s hand guiding them along the way.

My son has developed into a loving and caring young man, who will in years (many years I might add), make a good husband for his chosen spouse. He is very obedi-ent and for those who know him, yes, he’s my silly play-ful child but he is a man-child who knows that his mother and father both know God and we expect him to be a servant of the Lord, as well.

Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of a son. To my baby boy, Happy Birthday JP!

Moving on - In case you didn’t know, Women His-tory Month is also Sisterhood Month. Many female orga-nizations have and are still celebrating each other within their circles of love. At this time, I would like to thank God for each of them.

Now, of course, I have to give a special shout-out to my wonderful group of sisters. On March 14, 1981, I, along with 43 other chapter sisters, was initiated into a very il-lustrious group, known as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an organization founded on Christian principles. Here I am, 34 years later, and still a financially active member of the organization that does great work for the communi-ties we serve.

Now, I have to close by saying, “It’s wonderful to be a woman.”

Thank you, God, for the fu-ture that you have charted for each of us. I also thank you for the past that you have al-lowed us to live. Because of our past, we can better appre-ciate our future and the love that grows stronger within each of us every day.

So, you see, during this month of celebration, there are so many stories that have been told, and so many more to hear. When you can, please allow yourself to share a sto-ry with others.

Remember the verse that I often share with you - Isa-iah 52:7 (NIV), which reads: “How beautiful on the moun-tains are the feet of those who bring good news, who pro-claim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salva-tion, who say to Zion, Your God reigns!”

The Mississippi Link, a messenger for news in and around the state of Missis-sippi, would like to serve as your personal messenger to share your news and the news of your place of worship and those you may have visited.

Contact Daphne M. Higgins at [email protected]. Fax 601-896-0091 or mail your information to The Mississippi Link, 2659 Liv-ingston Road, Jackson, MS 39213.

By Daphne HigginsReligion Editor

Message from the Religion Editor

Proverbs, the ultimate life coach In this week’s

discussion of “Proverbs, the ultimate life coach,” we will continue with our study on

“Contentment.”The word of God definitely

instructs us on how to live a contented life, as we saw last week during our first three points. Today we will begin with the philosophy of con-tentment and continue with additional points.

Now, let us look at I Tim-othy 6:7-8, the rationale or philosophy of contentment: “For we brought nothing into the world, and it is clear that we can carry nothing out. But having food and clothing, we will be content.” First, the philosophy of contentment is that none of this stuff in the world belongs to you anyway so, why worry about things that belong to someone else?

Secondly, if you have food, clothes, and shelter then you have enough to make you content. If you have the basic necessities, you have all you need. Thirdly, if you live a holy life and learn to be con-tent, God promised to bless you with more stuff that does not belong to you. I Timothy 6:6, “But godliness with con-tentment is great gain.” No-tice it did not say “gain,” but it said “great gain.” When you learn to be content with what God has already given you it is then He can trust you with more.

Fourtly, don’t allow the success of others make you discontent. Proverbs 23:17 reads: “Let not your heart

envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.” Don’t let the prosperity and glamour of some wicked people discourage you. One writer went on to say, “We must not harbor in our hearts any secret discontent at the providence of God, though it seems to benefit the wicked, nor are we to wish ourselves to be in their condition.” You may not agree, but to wish you were in some else’s shoes says that you are not fully grateful for what God has al-ready provided for you in the present time.

Verse 17 not only tells us not to be discontent when sin-ners prosper, but it also tells us how we can maintain our con-tentment: “…continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.” Discontentment will cause you to lose focus of God and you will place the situation of other people above God.

One writer said, “…main-tain high thoughts of God in our minds at all times…” In this context, one who is dis-content makes the blessings of the person they envy great-er than God. So, in order to avoid being discontent we are to constantly walk in the fear of the Lord.

What is walking in the fear of the Lord? We must sub-ject ourselves to His word in obedience and learn to accept whatever comes our way and make pleasing God our main objective. The Holy Ghost brought to mind that when we make pleasing God our main goal we can remain content, but when we make pleasing self the main objective then we will become discontent eventually.

Once again Proverbs 23:17

says, “continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.” There is a reason why the Lord in-structs us to fear Him at all times. The word of God tells us that if we fear God, it drives out discontentment and grants us happiness. Proverbs 28:14 says, “Happy is the man who fears the LORD always…” If we learn to fear God always then we can always be content no matter what, rich or poor.

By the way, listen to how the Matthew Henry Com-mentary defined fear in Prov-erbs 28:14: “…there is a fear which is so far from having torment in it that it has in it the greatest satisfaction.” The kind of fear verse 14 refers to is not dread or being terrified, but rather it is a high respect, to be in awe of and loving adoration which has in it great contentment. Not only will you be happy if you fear God constantly, but also Proverbs 23:18 says, “…surely there is a reward, and your expecta-tion shall not be cut off.” The wicked that thrives in their material gains will be pun-ished, but those who fear the Lord will be blessed for the long haul.

Therefore, it is not wise to begrudge the wicked for the liberty they take to sin or the success they have in sin, be-cause it will cost them dearly one day. Therefore, they are to be pitied not envied which is why Proverbs 23:21 says, “For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pover-ty...” There are consequences for overindulging in any-thing with no regard for the Lord. If you fear God, your life’s story will have a happy ending unlike the wicked. This life’s trouble will soon

be over, and then the godly shall begin their best life.

Edwin Edwards, who is an ex-convict and former gover-nor of Louisiana went to pris-on for extortion. Now in his eighties, he married a thirty-five year old woman that was his pen pal when he was in prison. They have a baby and he is running for U.S. Sena-tor. When asked what about the people who say why we should vote for an ex-con-vict, Edwards responded, “Since politicians are crooks anyway you may as well vote for an experienced one.” He went on to say that it would be better for me financially to not run, but I just feel like I have to do it. He just cannot let go of that kind of life, be-ing in the lime light and hav-ing people know his name. He is not content with liv-ing a quiet life with his wife and baby although he should be since he is in the twilight season of his life.

Rev. Leon Collier is the pastor of Makarios Wor-ship Center, 464 Church Rd., Madison. Residents of Madison, he and wife, Min-ister Yolanda; are the proud parents of three daughters. He received degrees from Criswell College in Dallas; Southern Methodist Uni-versity - Perkins School of Theology; and a Masters of Divinity from Memphis Theological Seminary. A pastor for 23 years, Collier serves as a volunteer chap-lain for various law enforce-ment agencies in the metro area and for the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. He may be reached by calling 601.260.3016, 601.855.7898 or e-mail [email protected].

N E w s f R o M t h E w o R d

R E i g N i N g A N N o u N c E M E N t sNew Beginnings Christian Fellowship, 2920 Highway 468, Pearl, will be the location where Empowering Leaders for the 21st Century Church – UPLIF International will present the Pastors and Ministers Conference on Friday, March 27, at 7:15 p.m. and Saturday, March 28, at 8:30 a.m. A registration fee is required. To RSVP, please visit uplif.eventbrite.com. For more information call 601.932.4444 or visit www.nbcfonline.org. Bishop James Griffin is the pastor.

College Hill M. B. Church, 1600 Florence Ave., Jackson, will celebrate its 108th Church Anni-versary on Saturday, March 28 – Sunday, March 29. On Saturday, a picnic will be held on the church grounds from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. On Sun-day, March 29, Sunday School will begin at 8:30 a.m. and Worship Service will begin at 10 a.m. Dr. Valmadge T. Towner, president of Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, and pastor of Friendship M. B. Church, Greenwood, will be the guest minister. The celebration theme is “TEAM: Together Each Accomplishes Much” based on scripture from Ephesians 4:3 – 6 and 1 Corinthians 12:12 – 13. For more information call 601.655.2670. Rev. Michael T. Williams is the pastor.

Mt. Helm Baptist Church, 300 E. Church St., Jackson, will have a special schedule on Sunday, March 29. Sunday School will begin at 8 a.m. and worship service will begin at 9:30 a.m. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 601.353.3981. Rev. CJ Rhodes is the pastor.

New Hope Baptist Church, 5202 Watkins Dr., Jackson, Music Ministry will present “Have You Heard About Jesus?” – an Easter musical on Palm Sunday, March 29, at 11 a.m. For more informa-tion call 601.366.7002 or visit http://newhope-baptist.org/. Rev. Jerry Young is the pastor.

Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, 1245 Tunica St., Jackson, will host its Sunday School Teacher’s Appreciation Program on Sunday, March 29, at 9:45 a.m. For more information call 601.969.3511 or visit www.mountnebochurch.com Rev. John A. Wicks Jr., is pastor.

You are invited to the annual “Good Friday” ser-vices, which will be held at the Green Pastures Baptist Church, Friday - April 3, 2015 @ 12:00 - noon. The church is located at 2239 Flag Cha-pel Road, Jackson, MS. Come and be blessed by great preaching and messages in song.

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By Rev. Leon CollierSpecial to The Mississippi Link

Jesus meets a man at the pool called Bethesda, who has been sick for 38 years. This man has been lying on a

mat by the pool, hoping to be the first one in the pool when the Angel stirs the waters, so that he might be made well.

However, he was so weak and feeble; somebody always beats him into the water. Je-sus, knowing how long he has been sick, asks him if he wants to be made well. I find his response quite interesting.

He never answers Jesus’ question. Instead, he gives the reason for why he cannot receive the healing offered in the pool. In John 5:8, Jesus says to the man, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” Verse 9 goes on to tell us, “And im-mediately the man was made well, took up his bed and walked.”

The first point I want to make is that Jesus not only

knew the man was sick, He even knew how long he had been sick. He knows all about our wounds: what or who caused them, how deep they are and how long they have been there.

Just like with this man, nothing is too severe for God to heal. It does not matter if it is a one week old, a 38-year-old, or even a 98-year-old wound. God sent Jesus to heal us and He did not put limita-tions on that healing.

We find in Psalm 107:20, “He sent His Word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction.”

Also, we read in the Gospel of Luke 4:18, Jesus speaks, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the cap-tives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Another thing I find in this

story comes from John 5, verses 6 and 7, when Jesus asks the man if he wants to be made well and the man’s re-sponse is not a “yes” or “no” but rather excuses for why he is not yet healed.

During Jesus time on earth, we often heard Him say, “Your faith has made you well.” He didn’t say that to this man, this man did not have faith. However, God healed him despite his lack of faith. God does not base His healing on our faith. He heals because He desires to see His children whole.

Sometimes, He wants to test our faith in the situation. Other times, He simply wants to lavish His love on us, His children. In this case, this man had all but lost hope and faith in ever getting well. God chose to show His power and in doing so caused the man to have faith in Him.

This man had suffered from his ailment for 38 years. He was so weak that he could not even get himself into the pool before others. Yet, when

Jesus told him to rise, verse 9 tells us he was immediately made well.

When Jesus told this man to arise, He was pronouncing healing on him. This healing was instantaneous, leaving no room for doubt, and this man suddenly had hope again and faith. When God heals us, He presents us with new op-portunities, opportunities to make progress, opportunities to walk in His healing.

It is up to us whether we are going to stay by the pool or take up our bed and walk.

Next week: “You can change!”

Rev. Simeon R. Green III is pastor of Joynes Road Church of God, 31 Joynes Road, Hampton VA 23669. He is married to Velma L. Green. He honorably served in the U.S. Army for 20 years. Rev. Green is a member of the National Association of Evangelism Church of God, Anderson, Ind. He serves as chairman of the Southeastern Association of The Church of God, Inc.

College Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchSince 1907 B I B L E B A S E D • C H R I S T C E N T E R E D • H O LY S P I R I T L E D

1600 Florence AvenueJackson, MS 39204Ph: 601-355-2670Fax: 601-355-0760

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SUNDAY: Worship Services8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

MONDAY: Intercessory Prayer 9:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY: Prayer Service 6:30 p.m.Classes: Children • Youth • Adult - 7:00 p.m.

S U N D A Y9:00 a.m. - Worship Services

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T V B R O A D C A S T8:00 a.m. - Channel 14 (Comcast)

Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup, Sr.1770 Ellis Avenue • Jackson, MS 39204

OFFICE. 601-371-1427 • FAX. 601-371-8282www.newhorizonchurchms.org

Prayer Everyday: 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

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Sunday 9:30 a.m. Fulfillment Hour (Sunday School)

11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service

Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Prayer Time & Bible Study

Thursday6:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal

Saturday 11:00 a.m. Youth & Young Adult Choir Rehearsal

Please join us in any or all of these activities. You are WELCOME!

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(601) 922-6588; [email protected] School - 8 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship - 9:30 a.m.Tuesday Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

“The Church That’s on the Move for Christfor Such a Time as This”

________________________REV. AUDREY L. HALL, PASTOR

REV. DR. AVA S. HARVEY, SR., OVERSEER

The Top 10 Gospel Songs from the Billboard Gospel Charts for the week of March 26

1. FillMeUp CaseyJ2. ForYourGlory TashaCobbs3. IAm JasonNelson4. Amazing RickyDillard&NewG5. IWillTrust FredHammond6. NoGreaterLove SmokieNorful7. War CharlesJenkins&FellowshipChicago8. GodMyGod VaShawnMitchell9. YourDestiny KevinLeVarAndOneSound10. ThisPlace TamelaMann

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Do you want to be made well? - Part III“Still waters

run deep” is a phrase that I’ve heard frequent-ly and always been intrigued by. Maybe it’s

because one of my fondest child-hood memories was playing on the beach with my family when I was four years old. I remember the sand being hot and my older sister almost getting pulled under by a mysterious sea creature. She said it was something that grabbed her leg and she felt like she was getting pulled down. I still think it was just seaweed wrapped around her leg.

Even though I was young, I still remember being mesmerized by the water. I thought it was so beau-tiful. Now that I’m older, I can see that the phrase “still waters run deep” might explain my fascina-tion with beaches and the ocean. I always wondered, “what were those ships doing sailing so peace-fully miles away from the shore?’

Additionally, “still waters run deep” means that when someone is quiet that usually means there is more than meets the eye and that their exterior might mask some-thing else.

Think of how many times we’ve heard on the news that someone committed a crime. In-evitably, a neighbor will be inter-viewed and say, “I had no idea he was like that…he was always so quiet!” Still waters running deep. Remember, what looks calm on the outside might actually mask an active and insightful heart and mind.

Lately, I’ve participated in con-versations with women and men who are wondering where is that spouse that was promised, proph-

esied, or prayed for years ago. It seems like everything else in life is going in your favor: great job, new house, awesome car. But there’s this one area where there seems to be silence and inactivity…the love life: no dates worth remem-bering and no relationships worth keeping.

Recently released statistics show that more women are choos-ing to remain single longer. And in the case of African American women, only 30 percent are in legal marriages. For that 70 per-cent who are never married or divorced, there’s got to be some times of stillness. The question shouldn’t be where your man or woman is. The question should be what do you do in the stillness of singleness…when you don’t hear anything from God…not even, “I’m with you, my child?” Psalm 23:1-2 says, “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.”

It may seem that when any part of your life is still, it’s a perfect opportunity to go deeper into the word of God. Go deeper in your commitment to serving him in your local church home. Go deep-er in your times of intimacy and prayer. That’s where God (and his higher standards for your life) has led you.

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Shewanda Riley is the author of “Love Hangover: Moving From Pain to Purpose after a Relation-ship Ends.” She can be reached at [email protected], at www.shewandariley.com or www.anointedauthorsontour.com

Still waters run deep

Michael T. WilliamsPastor

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MondayIntercessory Prayer 9:00 a.m.

WedneSdayPrayer Service 6:30 p.m.

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Recently, I wrote that today’s Re-publican Party is gripped by a se-vere problem - an act ing- the-fool dynamic produced

by their allegiance to crackpot-con-servatism - that causes Republicans of high and low status to say or do things that range from the silly to the vicious.

I concluded in part that because these things largely go unchal-lenged by the GOP leadership, they help underscore how much the big-oted radical right controls the party.

All of the individuals I discussed then are white. However, recently a trio of blacks who love the GOP - Ben Carson, Jason L. Riley, and Stephen A. Smith - stepped forward with their own crackpot notions.

You might say they proved once again that some blacks are as ca-pable of engaging in a race to the bottom of common sense and/or re-spectability as some whites.

Speaking at a symposium at Vanderbilt University, Smith, an ESPN personality, declared that his “dream” was that “for one elec-tion, just one, every black person in America vote Republican….”

He continued, “Black folks in America are telling one party, ‘We don’t give a damn about you.’ They’re telling the other party, ‘You’ve got our vote.’ Therefore, you have labeled yourself ‘dis-enfranchised’ because one party knows they’ve got you under their thumb. The other party knows they’ll never get you and nobody comes to address your interest.”

Thus, Smith put on display his stunning misunderstanding of the basic point of political electioneer-ing: it’s the political party that sub-stantively appeals to the voters for support.

Equal to that was his astonishing ignorance of the past half-century of American politics - a period when blacks forged a remarkable record of playing pragmatic politics in the only party, the Democrats, that sought their support.

Remarkably, Smith also either didn’t notice or ignored the fact that in one recent election, his wish had come true. That was the 2014 bitterly contested race for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi between six-term Republican conservative Thad Cochran and the Tea Party-backed extremist, Chris McDaniel.

Cochran is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative but also a man of courtly manners who has never

treated his Democratic Senate col-leagues as “the enemy,” as McDan-iel promised to do.

He was in significant danger of losing. Mississippi’s black voters - the most reliably Democratic in the country - rushed into the Republi-can primary to vote for Cochran in massive numbers, ensuring that he would defeat McDaniel and be re-turned to Washington.

That was a dramatic example of the principle that has always ruled traditional black politics: pragma-tism trumps political ideology.

That’s something Jason L. Riley has made a career of pretending isn’t true, which is why he’s held down a spot on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal - the global financial community’s main newspaper - for nearly two decades.

Despite his tenure at one of the most powerful media companies in the world, Riley spends a lot of ink railing against “black elites” who, as he wrote in a March 17 column, are “always eager” to blame white racism for what he wants the world to see as black people’s internally generated flaws.

What he also wrote there, in de-claring that we should ignore the racist ditty of the University of Oklahoma white fraternity chapter, was this: “History shows that faster black progress was occurring at a time when whites were still lynch-ing blacks, not merely singing about it.”

Yes. Those who have a sense of decency about them, not to men-tion a working intellect, ought to be shocked. Riley offers not a shred of evidence in his lengthy opin-ion piece to support that claim, of course.

He knows it’s just “red meat” for the WSJ’s constituency - another falsehood they can grab to build their fortress against the truth.

Finally, Ben Carson continued to prove on the campaign trail that, as the headline in the prominent con-servative web-zine, Hot Air, put it, “Ben Carson is not ready for prime time.”

Trying to establish foreign-policy credentials, Carson was at times flummoxed by the properly sharp questions of commentator Hugh Hewitt, whose huge following among conservatives testifies to his longtime impeccably conservative credentials.

Carson’s errors were glaring and produced headlines elsewhere such as: “Presidential contender Ben Carson stumbled in an extremely uncomfortable interview,” leading another conservative commenta-tor, David Weigel, to remark, “The

headlines came down like acid rain all week.”

I suppose one could say, then, we should judge these conservatives not by the color of their skin, but by the loony content of their com-ments.

Lee A. Daniels is a longtime jour-nalist based in New York City. His

essay, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Great Provocateur,” appears in Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent (2014), published by Zed Books. His new collection of columns, Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014, is available at www.amazon.com

The experi-ment that fea-tured a black man in the White house is on the down-side now. Folks

in the Obama administration are busy looking for their next job and jumping ship faster than rats.

But you can’t blame them; that’s the way it is in politics. You ride your horse as long as you can and then you find a new horse. That’s just what folks in presidential adminis-trations do.

The question is: What horse will black folks ride now?

With Barack came new line-dances at the clubs, new phrases, and new “hope” that would finally move black peo-ple to the front of the line for a “change.” We were large and in charge, big-ballers and shot-callers, cool and stylish, but we soon found that we were not really running anything.

Having bet the farm on our horse, we now look on in ago-ny as he comes down the home stretch. We want to move the finish line a bit farther down the track because we don’t yet have the victory, and it looks like we’re not going to get it. All we can hope for now is just a little more euphoria before November 2016.

Black folks are now between Barack and a hard place. We don’t know if we are pitching or catching. As that Richard Pryor movie asked, “Which way is up?” We invested near-ly 100 percent of our political capital in our current presi-dent, thinking we would get a decent ‘Return on Investment’ (ROI).

Unless there is a drastic up-tick in the next few months, our investment will be lost forever, because we know this experiment will not be done again for a long time.

Between Barack and a hard place means that black people, collectively, are now without a comfortable place to turn, without someone we can look to for hope and change, and without what we considered to be a foothold in politics.

Being between Barack and a hard place is causing anxiety, doubt, and even fear among some of our people.

Being between Barack and a hard place will make many of us revert to our political ways by staying on the Democrat’s wagon because the Republi-cans ignore us and don’t like us, anyway. We will rational-ize our allegiance to the same party that takes us for granted. And some of us will opt out of the system altogether because we are so frustrated and angry at how the previous two terms went down.

It’s very uncomfortable be-ing between Barack and a hard place. To whom will we turn? Will Hillary help us? Will one of the Republican candidates help us? Maybe Dr. Ben (Car-son) will win and come to our rescue.

What are black folks to do in 2016 as we now find ourselves wedged between Barack and a hard place with no wiggle room? Maybe we could “apol-ogize” to Hillary for abandon-ing her in 2008. Maybe we could do a public mea culpa to the Republicans. After all, we need someone to turn to now, right?

Well, here are a few

thoughts. Maybe we can now turn to ourselves. Maybe now we will fully understand the error of our ways and make appropriate change. Maybe we will finally work together as a solid bloc to leverage our pre-cious votes against the 2016 candidates.

Maybe we will understand that no matter who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, black folks still have to be vigilant about our political and economic position in this country. And maybe, as we struggle to remove ourselves from between Barack and a hard place, at least a small percentage of us will organize around economic and political empowerment.

The Barack experiment was cool. He sings like Al Green, dances like the steppers in Chicago, shoots three-pointers on the basketball court, plays golf with Alonzo Mourning, and even gets his preach on when speaking to black audi-ences.

In other words, Barack could make us feel real good, so much so that we kicked back, relaxed, and waited for him to fix our problems, to speak on our behalf, and to give us the same deference he gives to other groups.

Now, we find ourselves be-tween Barack and a hard place - no turning room, very little breathing room, and much un-certainty about our future in the political arena.

There will be a new sheriff in town in January 2017, and our guy will stand there with him or her to give congrats and well wishes right before he rides off into the sunset, back to Chicago, Hawaii, or wher-ever, to enjoy the fruit of his labor, and I do mean fruit.

He and his family will be well taken care of, but most of our families will be in the same or worse condition, having been stuck between Barack and a hard place for eight years.

Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Com-merce, is one of the nation’s most prolific writers on eco-nomic empowerment for black people. He can be reached through his website, blacko-nomics.com.

Recently, we celebrated the 50th anniversa-ry of the Selma to Montgomery march. It was in 1965 that men

and women of both races and all ages made this historic walk to protest racial intolerance.

Men like John Lewis and Hosea Williams will be in our history books forever, as they were among hundreds who made that eventful walk across the Edmund Pettis Bridge.

Now that the anniversary march is over and the speeches have been made, what have we learned from this significant event in our nation’s history?

First and foremost, I believe that people genuinely care deeply about this country de-spite its continued racial divide. The majority of Americans want to eradicate racism and sexism in this country.

We know that the Selma March and The Voting Rights Act of 1965 will forever be linked together. However, we see restrictions are now being placed on our ability to vote in some states.

It grieves me that any state would try to limit our right as citizens to vote. But we see it unfolding right in front of our eyes. If there is ever a time to contact our state and national legislators, it is now.

Many young people were there marching, and I can only hope they marched with a pur-pose. The pomp and the circum-stance without the commitment and the compassion are hollow.

One of the recent Selma marchers, Margaret Howard, said in the USA Today newspa-per, “There’s been great prog-ress, but it feels like as a coun-try we’re 10 years behind where we should be at this point.”

The racial climate in Ameri-ca continues to be a stumbling block which derails any prog-

ress that we make. Just when we think a modicum of victory has been won, something hap-pens. It seems as if “something happening” has been an ongo-ing refrain for much too long now.

Earlier this month, members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Oklahoma were seen in a rac-ist video which was offensive to African Americans and quite honestly to any citizen, regard-less of ethnicity. While black folks were the targets, we are all targets because we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper.

The president of the Univer-sity of Oklahoma denounced the video, closed the fraternity house and took strong disciplin-ary actions against the students. Now of course, the students in question fear for their lives as they have received death threats. Their parents are wor-ried and are fearful of reprisal.

As a parent and a grandpar-ent, I understand their concerns

and don’t wish upon their chil-dren any hurt or harm. How-ever, what concerns me is what went on around their dinner table when their children were young. Did the parents tell their children to be respectful of all people and cultures? If they did, the lessons did not stick.

With all that is happening in this country that is racially mo-tivated, you simply cannot say I didn’t know or offer an apology and think your transgression will simply go away. It won’t.

You give up the perception that you are a good citizen when you engage in this vile and mean-spirited behavior. When you think about it, too many of these acts are hap-pening on college campuses. Cross burnings, racist graffiti and video productions all send the wrong message about this country.

We cannot be the melting pot of ideas and be the cesspool of hatred. It didn’t work 50 years ago at Selma and it won’t work

now in 2015.College campuses are sup-

posed to be the training ground for the next generation of lead-ers. As we go into the halls of ivy how many other individuals and groups have the same mes-sage of racism and sexism but just haven’t been caught.

The march for equality and justice is headed in the right di-rection so we must march on! Yet we must also know that evil marches and sings too.

Stomp on and stomp out evil and incivility. March for what is right, fair and just. The future of our country depends upon it.

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. is President Emeritus of The Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio. He is also the author of ‘Per-spectives From Where I Sit: Es-says on Education, Parenting and Teen Issues.’ He has over 40 years of service as a college vice president and is currently a motivational speaker and guest lecturer. He can be reached at [email protected]

?Ask Alma

Long distant loverDear Alma,I am a 50-year-old field ser-

vice engineer who travels 75 percent of the year for work. I love my job and appreciate the opportunity that I am able to travel around the world. No, I’m not in the military, so I can pick and choose where I decide to re-side long term.

Basically, the problem is maintaining long distant re-lationships with my family, friends and holding down a love life. I try to stay in touch with my family and friends through cell phone calls and Facebook, but sometimes it’s just not enough.

I miss them when I’m trav-eling and honestly, it’s hard to maintain a healthy adult rela-tionship with a woman without her eventually telling me that I’m away too much.

I’m single, active and I would consider myself to be handsome. How would you suggest I meet a woman who would understand my situation and consider being in this type of a relationship?

Lamont in Ohio

Dear Lamont in Ohio, Yes, I’m putting you on blast,

cause this is the first time I’ve run across a truly handsome (yes girls, I saw his picture) and gain-fully employed engineer with benefits, who’s discussing how difficult it is to maintain a long distance healthy adult relation-ship.

The first thing that comes to my mind is, “Seek and ye shall find, my brotha - you came to the right place!” LOL.

I’m here to agree with you, sweetheart, there’s no double about it, long distance relation-ships (LDR’s) take an enormous amount of hard work. But then

again, a regular in your face, ev-ery day relationship does, too. I say, navigate the negativity.

As long as the two of you are serious about your commitment and devotion to each another, a LDR can be quite successful.

In my opinion, a LDR re-quires two mature adults who are completely confident in their own right. Each has got to be comfortable in their own skin and not looking to be completed or validated by the other. All lines of communication must remain open and honest always.

You’ve gotta trust each other. That’s super important! With today’s technology options, you can keep in touch daily, prac-tically face to face. I’m sure you’ve heard it said before, ab-sence does make a loving heart grow fonder.

Can you see it in your minds eye? Lawddy, can you imagine anticipating the next time you’ll see each other? Wheew, kool it down! This column is rated PG, LOL. I could go on and on with the positives, but no need. I’m sure you feel me.

Evidently, you’ve been look-ing in all the wrong places or you’d be hooked up by now. Today’s the day to steer yourself in a new direction. Start looking to find a woman who’s pursuing her dreams, occupying her time, joyfully participating in her life.

Since you’re on the road most of the time, I’m sure this task won’t be easy. Soooo, you know me, I just can’t help myself, I’ll see what I can do to help you out.

Ladies: If you’re interested in contacting Lamont, shoot me an email. I see springtime and love just around the corner.

Alma

Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: [email protected]. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma.

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ORDINANCE APPROVING MAGNOLIA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AREZONING R-1A (SINGLE-FAMILY) RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C-2

(LIMITED) COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT AN OPERATIONCENTER FOR MAGNOLIA CREDIT UNION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT PARCELS 723-88 & 723-89 (FERNWOOD SUBDIVISION), CASE NO. 3891.

WHEREAS, Magnolia Federal Credit Union has filed a petition to rezone property located on Parcels 723-88 & 723-89 (Femwood Subdivision), in the City of Jackson, First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, from R-1A (Single-family) Resi-dential District to C-2 (Limited) Commercial District to construct an operation center for Magnolia Credit Union; and

WHEREAS, the Jackson City Planning Board, after holding the required public hearing, has recommended approval to rezone the property from R-1A (Single-fam-ily) Residential District to C-2 (Limited) Commercial District to construct an opera-tion center for Magnolia Credit Union; and

WHEREAS, notice was duly and legally given to property owners and interested citizens that a meeting of the Council would be held at the City Hall at 2:30 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2015 to consider said change, based upon the record of the case as developed before the City Planning Board; and

WHEREAS, it appeared to the satisfaction of the City Council that notice of said petition had been published in The Mississippi Link on January 2, 2015 and Janu-ary 15, 2015 that a hearing would be held by the Jackson City Planning Board on January 28, 2015, all as provided for by ordinances of the City of Jackson and the laws of the State of Mississippi, and that the Jackson City Planning Board had recommended approval of the petitioned rezoning of the above described property to C-2 (Limited) Commercial District to construct an operation center for Magnolia Credit Union; and

WHEREAS, the Council after having considered the matter, is of the opinion that such changes would be in keeping with sound land use practice and to the best interest of the City and that there has been a substantial change in the land use character of the surrounding area that justifies rezoning the property and there is a public need for additional property in that area zoned in accordance with the request in said application since any previous City Council action; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI:

That the property located in the City of Jackson, First Judicial District of Hinds Coun-ty, Mississippi, more particular described as follows:

Lots 54 and 55, BLOCK B, FERNWOOD SUBDIVISION, a subdivision according to a map or plat thereof which is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi, in Plat Book 4 at Page 76, reference to which is hereby made in aid of and as a part of this description.

ALSO:

Lot 53, BLOCK B FERNWOOD SUBDIVISION, a subdivision according to a map or plat thereof which is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi, in Plat Book 4 at Page 76, reference to which is hereby made in aid of and as a part of this description, LESS & EXCEPT the fol-lowing described part of said Lot 53:

A parcel of land described as being in Lots 51, 52 and 53 of Block B of Fernwood Subdivision, according to a plat or map thereof on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi, and recorded in Plat Book 4 at Page 76, reference to which is hereby made in aid of and as a part of this descrip-

tion, and being more particularly described as follows:

Begin at a found iron pin marking the northeast corner of Lot 51 of Block B of said Fernwood Subdivision, and run thence North 89° 00’ 00” West along the South right-of-way line of Fernwood Drive for a distance of 284.04 feet to a point; run thence South 00° 09’ 19” West for a distance of 435.99 feet to a point on the South line of Lot 53 of Block B, of Fernwood Subdivision; run thence South 89° 00’ 48” East along the South line of Lot 53 of Block B for a distance of 84.38 feet to southern most corner common to Lots 52 and 53 of Block B; run thence North 00° 06’ 35” East along the common to said Lots 52 and 53 of Block B for a distance of 130.05 feet to a point; run thence South 89° 00’ 48” East for a distance of 200.42 feet to a point on the West right-of-way line of County Cork Road; run thence North 00° 01’ 50” East along said West right-of-way of County Cork Road for a distance of 305.89 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 2.25 acres, more or less.

is hereby rezoned and changed from R-1A (Single-family) Residential District to C-2 (Limited) Commercial District to construct an operation center for Magnolia Credit Union provided, however that before a permit is issued for any structure to be erect-ed or modified on the property located at Parcels 723-88 & 723-89 (Femwood Sub-division), or for any use thereof, the applicant must meet the requirements estab-lished through the Site Plan Review process. The Zoning Administrator is ordered to note such change on the Official Zoning Map to the City of Jackson, Mississippi.

SECTION 2. That the cost of publication of this Ordinance shall be borne by the petitioner.

SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its passage and after publication of same by the petitioner.

President Stamps recognized John Birch, a representative of Magnolia Federal Credit Union, who addressed the Council and argued in favor of the property locat-ed at parcels 723-88 & 723- 89 to allow rezoning R-1A (Single-family) Residential District to C-2 (Limited) Commercial District to construct a new operations center for the Magnolia Credit Union on the subject property which is contiguous to its existing facility.

There was no opposition from the public.

Council Member Priester moved adoption; Council Member Stamps seconded.

Yeas- Foote, Hendrix, Priester and Stamps.

Nays- None.

Absent- Barrett-Simon, Stokes and Tillman.

ATTEST:

Kristi Moore City Clerk

I, Kristi Moore, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk and lawful custodian of re-cords of the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi and seal of said City, certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of an Ordinance passed by the City Council at its regular zoning meeting on the 23rd day of February, 2015, and recorded in Minute Book “6G”, pages 384-386.

WITNESS my signature and official seal of office, this 19th day of March, 2015.

Kristi Moore, City Clerk

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THE JACkSON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SIGN VARIANCE FOR SURIN OF THAILAND TO RECEIVE CITIZEN INPUT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 AT 10:00 A.M. IN COUNCIL CHAM-BERS AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING, 219 SOUTH PRESIDENT STREET, JACkSON, MS, 39201. INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. PLEASE CONTACT THE SIGNS & LICENSE DIVISION (601) 960-1154 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THEJACkSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JACKSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION (JHPC) WILL HOLD ITS MONTHLY MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015, AT 12:00 P.M. IN THE ANDREW JACKSON CONFERENCE ROOM (RM. 105) OF THE WARREN HOOD BUILDING, 200 SOUTH PRESIDENT STREET, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

I. APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS

A. OLD BUSINESS

1. CASE NO. 2015-01, REQUEST BY: ALVIN & A.E. FAGAON TO DEMOLISH A MISSISSIPPI LANDMARK STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 846 N. PRESIDENT ST.

2. CASE NO. 2015-04, REQUEST BY: SIDNEY MACK TO CHANGE THE ROOF MATERIAL OF A GARAGE LOCATED AT 901 N. JEFFERSON ST. IN THE BELHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

B. NEW BUSINESS

1. CASE NO. 2015-05, REQUEST BY: CALEB & ABBIE KOONCE TO INSTALL AN ELECTRIC FENCE LOCATED AT 836 EUCLID AVE. IN THE BELHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

2. CASE NO. 2015-06, REQUEST BY: LYDIA WEST TO PERFORM EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1025 MANSHIP ST. IN THE BELHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

3. CASE NO. 2015-07, REQUEST BY: SUSAN FONTENOT & GLENN TAYLOR (APPLICANT: JOHN WEAVER) TO ADD AN ADDITION TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1014 ARLINGTON ST. IN THE BELHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

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The Jackson municipal Airport Authority (JmAA) will accept sealed pro-posals until 3:00 pm on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 for the purpose of providing professional level Airport Concessions Consulting by assist-ing JmAA with Food & Beverage and news & Gift development at the Jackson-medgar Wiley Evers international Airport.

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information for Respondents relating to this Request for proposals (“RFp”) is on file and open for public inspection at the offices of JmAA. The information for Respondents contains a copy of the RFp, General information for Respondents, information Required from Respondents and Criteria for selection. interested persons may ob-tain a copy of the information for Respondents from JmAA by con-tacting JmAA’s procurement specialist, karen Hatten as follows:

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Sealed, signed bids are invited and will be received by the City of Jackson, Mississippi, until 3:30 P.M. in the City Clerk’s Office of Jackson, the bid must be stamped in by 3:30 P.M. Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at which time said bids will be publicly opened at the City Hall located at 219 South President Street (City Council Chambers) in City Hall for the following:

07051-042115 Knuckleboom Trash Loader with Bulky Hauler

BIDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.JACKSONMS.GOV

The above must comply with the City’s specifications. Copies of proposal forms can be obtained from the Purchasing Division, 200 South President Street, Room 604, Hood Building, Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Copies of bid specifications are filed with the City Clerk for public record in accordance with House Bill No 999, 1986 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature.

The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in Public Purchasing. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full and equal business opportunities for all persons doing business with the City. As a pre-condition to selection, each contractor, bidder or offer shall submit a com-pleted and signed Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) Plan Application, with each bid submission, in accordance with the provisions set forth by authority of the City of Jackson’s EBO Ordinance. Failure to comply with the City’s EBO Ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder or offer, from being awarded an eligible contract. For more information on the City’s EBO Program, please contact the Office of Economic Development at (601)960-1638. Copies of the EBO Ordinance, EBO Plan Application and a copy of the EBO Program are available with the Office of Economic Development at 218 South President Street, Second Floor, Jackson, Mississippi.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The City also reserves the right to waive any and all informalities in respect to any bid submitted. Bid awards will be made to the lowest and best bidder quoting the lowest net price in accordance with specifications. The award could be according to the low-est cost per item; or to the lowest total cost for all items; or to accept all or part of any proposal. Delivery time may be considered when evaluating the bid proposal. In those cases where it is known prior to advertising that the City’s intention is to award according to the lowest total cost for all items, or in some variation thereof, statements to this affect will be included on the proposal form. Absence of such statement means the City will make that determination during the bid review.

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Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above RFP will be received by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) April 02, 2015, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board of Trustees re-serves the right to reject any and all rfps, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any rfp if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date rfps are opened. Proposal forms and detailed specifica-tions may be obtained free of charge. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the RFP by going to the JPSD website at www.jackson.k12.ms.us and then click on Departments at the top of the page. Then scroll down and click on Exceptional Education. The RFP will be located at the end of the page

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Bid 3000 – sale of District property- log Cabin structure

Sealed, written formal bid proposals will be received for the sale of a building (log cabin) located on the 16th section lands at 240 Interstate 20 West Frontage Road, Jackson, Mississippi on tax parcel 201-96-1 by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 10:00 a.m. (local prevailing time) on April 13, 2015 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The building must be moved off the property within ninety (90) days after the Board of Trustees awards the bid.

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The Lady Braves opened the 2015 SWAC Softball Round-Up with a pair of games against the Louisiana Schools, South-ern and Grambling in Conroe, Texas.

In game one, the Lady Braves lost a heartbreaker to Southern 10-6 and fell to Grambling in game of the day, 8-1 in 6 in-nings.

Game 1: Lady Braves 6, Southern 10

The bats were flying in the 1st inning for the Lady Braves. Sametria Collins led off with a single followed by another single by Adriana Gutierrez. Alexandria Harris stepped in and hit a sacrifice fly to score Collins (1-0 Lady Braves).

Up next, Taylor Hughes con-nected on a RBI single to score Gutierrez (2-0 Lady Braves).

Senior Rayven Riggs hit a single to center field to score Hughes (3-0 Lady Braves).

Jordenne Taylor would get in the scoring column on an RBI single by pitcher Jazmin Cas-tillo to give the Lady Braves a 4-0 after the top of the 1st.

Southern scored one run in

the bottom of the 1st and 2nd innings to make the score 4-3.

With bases loaded and two outs in the top of the 3rd, Han-nah Vesper reached on a field-er’s choice to score Harris to maintain a two-run lead for the Lady Braves, 5-3.

After Southern scored a run in the bottom of the 3rd inning, Harris hit a homerun to right field to give the Lady Braves a 6-4 advantage in the 4th inning.

But Southern had other plans

hitting a homerun in the bottom of the 6th inning to tie the game at 6-6.

The Lady Braves couldn’t score any runs in the top half of the 7th but Southern wasn’t done just yet. Southern’s Kiara Suttles hit a grand slam to give the Lady Braves their first loss of the SWAC Round-Up.

Harris finished with two hits, two RBIs, scored two runs and hit a homerun to lead the Lady Braves.

CONROE, Texas - The Jackson State women’s soft-ball team picked up their first conference win against Grambling State during the Southwestern Athletic Con-ference Roundup on Tues-day, March 24.

JSU defeated GSU 7-0 with senior pitcher Kelsey Townsend picking up her sixth win of the season. Ca-nessa Swanson and Amy Lara led JSU offensively with two runs and two RBIs each.

The Lady Tigers will be back in action on Friday, March 27 when they host Mississippi Valley State in a three game weekend series. The first pitch is scheduled for 6 pm at the JSU softball complex.

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LEXINGTON, Miss. – Mis-sissippi Delta, poverty-born Pam Chatman told a Lexington, Miss. audience Saturday night, March 21, 2015 that most of her teen and young adult life people have told her that she would not be anything.

Even when she entered Rust College and declared an interest in broadcasting, she was told - in so

many words - that her full-figured body would be a barrier. “They told me, you have a pretty face, but I might want to rethink my major,” she said. “I kept telling them that I want to major in broadcasting.”

Her persistence and good study habits paid off. She is the first African-American female televi-sion news director in the state of Mississippi, serving at WABG-TV6, Greenville for the past 10

years. She is also a cast member on truTV’s new reality show, “Break-ing Greenville.”

Chatman was the keynote speak-er for the Community Students Learning Center’s (CSLC) 5th An-nual Scholarship Awards Banquet, held at Holmes County Central High School. CSLC is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 organization which pro-motes community and educational change by providing state-of-the-

art leadership development and personal improvement opportuni-ties for youth, adults, and seniors.

Serving as emcee was another woman history-maker, Earline Wright Hart, the first black circuit clerk of Holmes County. Also on the program was Mississippi’s first black elected school district su-perintendent Elder William Dean Jr., pastor of St. Paul COGIC, the mother church, Lexington, Miss.

Delta native inspires Hills audience at CSLC Scholarship annual awards banquetKeynote speaker Chatman broke barriers in broadcastingBy Gail BrownContributing Writer



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