September 1, 2011

MORE THAN $130 million will be spentto help relieve traffic congestion in southMadison County and provide an additionaleast-west corridor for Ridgeland.

The cities of Madison and Ridgeland arepreparing for construction of a new inter-change at Interstate 55 between Old AgencyRoad and Highway 463.

The project’s first phase - which willinclude constructing the interchange andwidening I-55 to eight lanes in each directionfrom Old Agency to 463 - will be bid out assoon as utilities are moved and should takethree to three and a half years to finish.

Phase two - which will include constructingColony Park Boulevard and wideningMadison Avenue - is scheduled to be bid outin 2013 (Colony Park Boulevard) and 2014(Madison Avenue). Work on the two roadsshould take two to two and a half years each.

The whole project has an estimated cost of$132 million. Interchange construction willbe funded by a HELP (HighwayEnhancements through Local Partnerships)bond - in which the cities issue bonds and theMississippi Department of Transportation(MDOT) pays the debt service on thosebonds.

Utility lines are being moved out of theway of the project in Madison, and Ridgelandofficials are preparing to purchase privateproperties needed for the construction ofColony Park Boulevard - a new east-westroad that will connect with the Ridgeland halfof the “split-diamond” interchange (see map).

Ridgeland is advertising for proposals fromsurveyors to provide a description of the nec-essary properties, Public Works DirectorMike McCollum said.

“Then you would go and have the proper-ties appraised and then have somebody go inand negotiate with the property owners forthe purchase of the land.

“It could take anywhere from six months toa year before it’s all acquired. And in certaincircumstances it can take longer than that,depending on your funding,” McCollum said.

He said Colony Park Boulevard would costabout $10 million total: $5 million to buy allthe right of way and $5 million to build theroad.

MEANWHILE, IN MADISON, crews See New Interchange, Page 11A

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By ANTHONY WARRENSun Staff Writer

NORTHSIDE SCHOOLS are not onlybeating the state average on ACT collegeentrance exams, they’re also topping thenational average.

ACT scores have received a lot of nationaland local press recently with the announce-ment that state scores are well below thenational average and continue to drop. Theaverage in Mississippi is 18.7, the nationalaverage is 21.1. However students on theNorthside are blowing the national averageout of the water with an average of 25.6.

These scores are for the class of 2011.Schools in Northeast Jackson and South

Madison County were bright spots for thestate, with class averages ranging from 18.6to 28.2 out of a possible 36 points.

Students from St. Andrew’s, Jackson Prepand Jackson Academy were responsible forthe high scores. St. Andrew’s led the schoolswith an average of 28.2 followed byJackson Prep with 26 and Jackson Academywith 25.78.

At St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, lastyear’s graduating class had an average of28.2, said Mimi Bradley, director of college

counseling. The middle 50 percent of seniors scored

between 26 and 31, meaning that a quarterof students at the parochial school scoredabove 31.

Like most Northside schools, St.Andrew’s offers opportunities for studentsto brush up on their academic and test-tak-ing skills throughout the year. “We offerelective opportunities that students can signup for on the weekend or after school,” shesaid.

Jeanne Marie Peet, college counselor atSee Above Average, Page 14A

Volunteers working on final staging for FondrenRenaissance Foundation’s 11th Symphony at Sunset at TheCedars are (from left) Meredith Aldridge, Michael Beattie,Jim Wilkirson, Tasho Katsaboulas and Kathy Clem. This year’spatriotic program featuring the full Mississippi Symphony

Orchestra and honoring Fondren native and communityvolunteer Sherry Greener will be presented September 22 at7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Participantsare encouraged to bring a picnic supper and a lawn chair orblanket. For more information, call 601-981-9606.

By KATIE EUBANKSSun Staff Writer

SOME SAY IT’S A REAL-LIFEStepford. Many others say it’s the bestplace in the state to raise a family.

But whatever your opinion ofMadison, one thing is certain: Not everycity has a CVS Pharmacy withCorinthian columns. Commercial archi-tecture in Madison ranges from theornate Shell station on Highway 463 tothe brick Walmart Supercenter - the firstin Mississippi “to go against the proto-type” when it was finished in 2003,Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler said.

None of it is average, and much of it is

distinctly Madison.Unlike neighboring cities, Madison has

no official board or committee that han-dles architectural review. Instead, theMadison look is closely overseen andguided by Butler, CommunityDevelopment Director Alan Hoops andconsultant Graves Nelson.

Butler is known for being persnicketyto say the least. But in the end, it seemsthe city has the right to be finicky.

Butler describes the style of Madison’scommercial buildings as “mostly neo-classical, unless a developer comes inwith a big shopping center.”

Architect Wayne Timmer, owner of

WFT Architects PA in Jackson, hasanother term for the look of Madison -“hyper-stylized traditionalism,” he said.

“It has traditional overtones or ele-ments, but it doesn’t necessarily adhereto the proportions and design of whateverparticular traditional architecture it’s try-ing to emulate,” Timmer said. “In otherwords, it’s generally [about] appearance.

“In fact, they oftentimes mix elementsfrom one style to another.”

WTF designed a simple office buildingin Madison on Highland ColonyParkway years ago, but Timmer said thearchitectural review process had probably

See Madison Architecture, Page 6A

Northside students prove they’re above average with scores

THE MADISON LOOKMAYOR KEEPS STRICT OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY’S APPEARANCE, ARCHITECTURE

CVS orginally featured giant urns untilthe mayor requested their removal

Photos by Beth B

uckley

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a conversation withPam Waldrep on the center for arts

In a colorful office in the old Madison-Ridgeland High School building, PamWaldrep works as executive director of theMadison Square Center for the Arts.Waldrep has lived in Madison for nearlyseven years, has two “niece daughters,”and attends Broadmoor Baptist Church.She recently spoke with Sun staff writerKatie Eubanks about the arts center.

What is the primary mission of thearts center?

“Our primary goal is to provide culturalarts to Madison, beginning with the chil-dren all the way up to the grandparents.We have art classes for kids and adults,kids dance classes through BalletMississippi, guitar lessons, drama classesfor children, and the Center Players theatregroup. We also have two kinds of karate.One is a Japanese form, and the other isKorean.

“We provide the space [for the classes],and the instructors rent the space and settheir own fees. Right now I have an open-ing for a piano teacher, and I have anopening for a voice teacher. I’d love toexpand the music program.

“My personal goal is to get [the kids]while they’re young....Even if they’re notinterested in being onstage, bring them tothe plays we do...that plants that seed, andthey’ll have a love of the arts as they growup.

“I think it’s as important as breathing. Itprobably sounds corny, but that’s the way Ifeel about it.”

I saw that the Center Players wouldbe doing “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Imight have to come back for that.

“Yes, you should. That’ll be in

December. “But you should also come back in the

middle week of September: We’re doing‘Into the Woods,’ which is a StevenSondheim musical. And it’s going to befabulous. It’s based on several fairy tales. Iknow Little Red Riding Hood is in there.There are a lot of kids parts...It’s a goodway for kids to get their feet wet.”

Tell me a little more about the CenterPlayers.

“They’re all volunteers. They have greatset people and their own board of direc-tors, and I confer with them on their needs- what they need for space and things likethat.

“They do four different plays per year,and they decide which plays they perform.But we’re a family-oriented organization,so they’re not going to do something that’snot appropriate.

“Before each play they have auditions,and they’re open to the public. Differentpeople in Center Players direct each play.A person might act in this play and directthe next one.

“We want to get people involved. Maybeyou’ve never acted before. Maybe youwant to work as a stagehand or handletickets. The Center Players are alwayslooking for volunteers.”

How is the arts center funded?“We’re owned by the city, but donations

are always welcome. We’d love to getsome corporate or private funding. Wewould not turn anyone away who wantedto make a donation.

“We are a nonprofit. We’re here to pro-vide a service, so all of our classes are rea-

sonably priced.”

Besides the regular classes and plays,do y’all have any other events?

“We have dances in the gym two times amonth - a ballroom dance and a countryand western dance - for adults.

“We also just finished one of our annualsummer arts camps. It’s for ages sixthrough 14. We cover art, dance, music,drama and set design, and we have a recre-ational period. All of that culminates at theend of the two weeks with a musical pro-duction. They’re all Disney Junior ver-sions. This year we did ‘Alice inWonderland,’ and it was just adorable.

“The people teaching the classes are allprofessionals. We also have 10 camp coun-selors, and each of the five teachers has anassistant. Those are college kids, manywho have gone through the camp whenthey were younger. Some have graduatedcollege and come back one last time beforethey get a real job.

“We have people calling us in January orFebruary to ask when the camp is, so theycan plan their family vacation around it.That’s touching.

“We also have an artist named CamillePrzewodek from Pettilou, Calif., whocomes in May and October and does work-shops on plein air painting. People comefrom all over the Southeast and Midwest toattend this workshop. We’re just very hon-ored that she comes here. And she lovesthe arts center.”

What’s a typical day like for you?“Every day’s different. It’s kind of like

Forrest Gump with the box of choco-See Pam Waldrep, Page 11A

“We’re owned by the city,

BUT DONATIONSare always welcome. We’d love

to get some corporate or

private funding.”--Pam Waldrep


WOW! THAT WENT by fast. The date onthis page is September 1 and the kids are allback in school. Stress over how to keep thechildren occupied is now replaced by endlesshomework monitoring and test preparation.

I just read a column by child-rearing expertJohn Redmond. He advises me to not beinvolved in my children’s school work. Hecalls parents who get too involved as “co-

dependents.” Hallelujah! I’m off the hook!Unfortunately, Mr. Redmond will probably

not be covering the extra tuition from repeatgrades such a hands-off approach would ulti-mately cause the Emmerich household.

I read all of Redmond’s columns. In an idealworld of perfect little children, his advice isdead on. Problem is, we don’t live in an idealworld and every child is different. Some thrivewith independence, some don’t. As I growolder, I am increasingly skeptical of peoplewho know how to raise your children. Betterto follow some basic tried-and-true principlesand be prepared to alter course as needed.

I read along with my children’s assignmentsand, truth be known, I’m learning a lot that Iforgot. It’s kind of interesting.

I don’t do their homework, but I review itand encourage them to be more precise andthorough. If there is a concept that they arestruggling with - especially in math - I’ll helpexplain the concept in simple terms. I seenothing wrong with parents giving oral prac-tice tests.

Redmond states that our parents’ generationdid not help much with homework. This is cer-tainly true in my case. I can’t recall a singleincident when my father helped me with myhomework.

In the Internet age, assignments and gradeaverages are often online for parents to moni-tor. This implies parental involvement. I won-der how many parents could followRedmond’s advice and not get involved if theysaw a sudden drop in their child’s perform-

ance?

MY OLDEST SON John, age 14, attendedcamp in North Carolina this summer.Transporting him to and from gave me achance to visit two beautiful small cities:Greenville, S.C., and Asheville, N.C.

Greenville has a population of 60,000, but itscounty has 400,000 - about the size of theJackson metro area. I was amazed by thevibrancy of its downtown area.

Greenville’s downtown main street adjoins apretty waterfall park. The tree-lined sidewalksare huge and on Saturday night, thousands ofpeople were walking around downtown shop-ping and eating out. There were dozens upondozens of cool restaurants and shops.

There were five or six beautiful hotels down-town and no doubt they contributed to thevibrant people scene. The architecture of thehotels and many of the other downtown build-ings was impressive.

The city’s Web site states, “Downtown’sexciting revitalization stems from over 30years of strategic public-private partnershipsmixed with sound planning principles. Theredevelopment has evolved around a vision fora thriving “state-of-the-art” community inwhich numerous opportunities exist to live,work, and play. Downtown is alive and flour-ishing as the home to offices, shops, restau-rants, entertainment, and many residents, mak-ing it a great area for economic investment.”

It was a similar scene for Asheville, whichhas a population of 83,000 and a metro areathe same size as Jackson. Downtown was

absolutely buzzing with dozens upon dozensof cool restaurants, shops, art galleries andpubs. Ginny and I had a great time just walk-ing around. We stayed at the very chic (andaffordable) Indigo Hotel, which was walkingdistance from all the activity.

None of this happened by accident.Asheville has a downtown commission thathas worked diligently for years to make theirdowntown a place to see and be seen. Itworked. It was a great place to visit.

Visiting Greenville and Asheville renewedmy hope and support for making this happenin Jackson. We have a beautiful downtownwhich could be a gem. A vibrant downtownJackson is a must, not only for our entiremetro area, but for our entire state. We need toredouble our efforts to bring this vision tofruition.

IS THAT A HINT OF FALL I feel in theair? This is my favorite time of year. Thehumidity drops, making the heat bearable astemps drop a few degrees. The worst is overand we have the magnificent Mississippi fallto look forward to - football games,Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. SoonI’ll take my old sailboat out. What a happytime!

Saturday I’ll make homemade peach icecream at a cookout with my neighbors, Scottand Virginia Carlton. Sunday, I’ll play in amixed doubles social at River Hills before weall do one last day hanging at the pool.

Life is good!

The downtownsare hopping

in the Carolinas

By WYATTEMMERICH

from the publisher

THIS FALL, if recent history is anyguide, there will be more than26,000 college students inMississippi — more than one out ofevery four freshmen — catching upon material that they should havemastered in high school.

The cost to taxpayers for thisremedial education has been esti-mated at about $19 million a year.

Besides the expense, there areother downsides to having commu-nity colleges and universities teachwhat amounts to high-school work.It dumbs down the quality of highereducation when such a large per-centage of the student body is ill-equipped to handle college materi-al. It also increases the odds of fail-ure, since those students whoarrive on campus behind have ahard slog trying to get through.

The performance of Mississippihigh-schoolers on the ACT, themost commonly taken collegeentrance test in the state, reveals aterrible deficiency when it comes tocollege preparedness. Of this pastyear’s seniors, only 10 percent metall four benchmarks on the ACT for

the skills they need to succeed incollege.The national average was25 percent.The state’s averagescores in math, reading and sci-ence were the lowest in the nation.

APOLOGISTS WILL SAY thatthe comparisons are not fairbecause almost every high-school-er in Mississippi takes the test, eventhose who aren’t planning to go tocollege.That’s a valid point.

The increasing amount of remedi-ation, however, that the collegesand universities have to do stronglysuggests that too many highschools in this state are just not cut-ting it.With their low expectationsand inflated grades, they are foolingstudents into believing they are col-lege material when they are not.

The problems, of course, didn’tstart in high school. Most studentsare set on their path to academicsuccess or failure by the thirdgrade. But at some point, the buckhas to stop being passed to thenext level. It’s awfully late andexpensive to try to fix in collegewhat didn’t happen in the previous13 years of schooling.

Accountability only solutionto lack of college preparedness

MIRIAM WEEMS WAS a big MikeBrooks fan. Miriam Weems was a big AmyBrooks fan. Miriam Weems was a big fan ofpeople. And of course, dogs and cats. Insert abig Miriam smiley face here. She was a bigfan of The Shuffle. She would always com-

ment on how she enjoyed my latest column.If I saw her at table number one at theMayflower, she’d grab me and introduce meas her friend who writes The Shuffle.

Miriam loved to create. Perhaps even more,she loved for her friends and new friends tocreate. I say new friends, because just aboutevery time we talked, she had a new friend.Miriam’s glass of friends was never close tofull. Miriam loved friends and making them.She was beyond generous to the Brooks fam-ily. But mostly, she was just a big fan of ours.

Miriam was old school. She loved to stop,talk and visit. Oh, what I’d give for just onemore opportunity to stop, talk and visit. Shealways asked something on a personal level.No small meaningless talk. She was invested.Stop, talk and visit. We were fortunateenough to be on Miriam’s guest list for her

Oxford bungalow. Funny thing. She wouldalways send us to her bungalow with a hugesomething or another. A piece of furniture,couple of paintings, knickknacks etc. Ofcourse, when we picked up the knickknacks,more opportunity to stop, talk and visit. Oh,what I’d give for one more car load of knick-knacks.

Miriam was a huge fan of Amy’s. Shealways encouraged Amy to create more. Shetraded work with Amy often. Creating evenmore time to stop, talk and visit. Miriam was

a big fan of our home. It was commonplacefor her to knock on our door to show off ourhouse to one of her friends or new friends.Stop, talk and visit. I always saw Miriam onmy walks through Belhaven. She’d be walk-ing her array of animals, Tommy diligentlyfollowing. Meanwhile, Miriam, steady look-ing for friends to see and stop, talk and listen.The Brooks will miss you, Miriam. Oh, whatwe’d give for just one more, stop, talk andlisten….

Mike Brooks is a Northsider.

ByMIKEBROOKS

the shuffle Miriam Weems will be missed by Northsiders

COMING HOME from school in 1972 making the couch . . . listening to CatStevens Blood Sweat and Tears . . . dippingOreos in milk . . . trying to figure out all thecrazy things going on . . . Now . . . andLeading up to the ’60s . . . my sisters alltheir hipped out friends . . . my parents . . .cocktails . . . one working all the time . . .sailing . . . music . . . the other trying to beyoung again . . . somehow it all did yet did-n't make sense . . . all the chaos . . . meshedwith Love and Happiness . . . Give Peace aChance . . . the Vietnam War . . . if hadn'tbeen intended to be ended should havenever had begun . . . Now it is 2004 . . . aVortex . . . Iraq another "moral" war . . .children copying the ’60s ’70s . . . as bestthey can with no identity of their own . . .parents over working . . . or trying to beyoung again . . . Gone . . . my grandparents

. . . my aunt . . . my brother . . . This timefor me it is different . . . My son . . . near 15. . . three years more of age . . . could beanother draft . . . It could be me . . . dis-played in all my grief . . . top story on theInternet . . . front cover of the Daily News .. . My loving child . . . beheaded . . . Tellme what for American Imperialism is notfor me . . . World Power Hopefully mychildren will heed me . . . Not seek out . . .turmoil . . . of the world . . . Humans aremammal . . . they are animals . . . Do Ineed to say more . . . Before the news ofNicholas Berg . . . I saw my son in a dream. . . His face was covered by his hands hewas bound . . . I woke in tears and contin-ued to grieve . . . Who is this for It's not forme Civilization? . . . Tell me by whose def-inition this would be . . . Ideology . . . manmade . . . Theology . . . What is after death. . . will be . . . It is here and now . . . that Iknow . . . For a blip in time . . . I would notwant my child to go . . . Who is this for . . .It is not for me . . . It isn't for my children .

POWER AND DOMINANCE soci-eties have come and gone . . . man has andcontinues to seek history chronicles . . . theendless cycle . . . If it hadn't intended to beended should never had began . . . Stop thecharade . . . Quit the political game . . . Thisisn't a moral war . . . Conquer Iraq takeyour strategic post . . . So that those of uswho know . . . can breathe . . . Who is thisfor . . . It isn't for me . . . I do not want tolose any more children to something that inthe greater realm of existence means closeto nothing for me in comparison to life I donot want to see my son with his hands overhis face bound knowing . . . grieving . . .nothing I could do . . . but say . . . Who isthis for? . . . It was not for me.

Suzanna McGowan is a Northsider.

Who is this for?Not for me.

BySUZANNAMcGOWAN

poetry

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GDP (GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT) is variouslydefined, but all descriptions are very similar. One was “themarket value of all final goods and services produced in acountry in a given period.” And another was “the output ofgoods and services produced by labor and property.”Basically it is the value of what is produced. In any country,it is what the country produces. In our households it is, basi-cally, what we produce - that is, our income.

We are told that the U.S. GDP is something over $14 tril-lion. (That’s 14 followed by 12 zeros, as we discussed a fewweeks ago - “hard to grasp the magnitude of a trillion.”) Andwe are told that our U.S. federal debt is something over $14trillion. (12 zeros, remember?)

So, what this tells us is that we already owe essentiallywhat we produce. Let’s transfer that to our individual house-hold. The national average income is around $50,000. Let’sextend the analogy to our household debt. Let’s suppose thatour family income is $50,000 and we owe $50,000 (creditcards, banks, etc.). No responsible lending agency (agencies)(again, as discussed a few weeks ago - “congressional bor-rowing has no checks”) would allow that. But suppose theydid. “We love our travel and vacations, our houses, our cars,our clothes and our ‘stuff’ and all we do.” But now we mustretire the debt. But we have to live, feed and clothe our fami-lies, etc. So we make a family commitment to cut back;severely cut back. Let’s say we make the tough choice to cutback by 10 percent ($5,000). No family vacations, no newclothes, no frequent dinners out, pretty sterile birthday cele-

brations and Christmas, etc. Absolutely nothing extra. And,across the board, major spending reductions. Maybe, justmaybe, a family could do this. And if we could live on 10percent (in this case $5,000) less each year, we could pay offour debt in 10 years. Of course, interest would clearly pro-tract that. But the same formula applies if we earn $40,000 or$80,000. But it might mean trading one or both cars for lessexpensive vehicles or used cars. It might mean downsizingour home or apartment. And to continue to live on $5,000less each year would impact significantly on our standard ofliving. We would have to give up a lot. Much more than wewould like.

IF OUR GOVERNMENT made the same commitment -a 10 percent debt reduction commitment - that would mean10 percent of $14 trillion. (12 zeros, remember?) That wouldbe $140 billion (nine zeros) annually. If we did this everyyear, it would still take 10 years to pay off the principalamount, protracted of course, by interest. There is currenttalk about a one percent decrease. Good grief. That means itwould only take about 100 years to pay off the debt - again,add the time for interest. And recent action plans ($38 - $78)billion reduction over 10 years. Sorry, but that’s petty cash. Itdoes not help us, our kids or our grandkids.

One hundred forty billion dollars annually is not smallchange. But the bankruptcy of our country is no small issueeither. Nor are the riots in the streets of Britain and otherplaces in Europe, nor are the fragile European governmentssmall issues. It is nice to be everything to all people, but thattakes personal responsibility out of the equation. “We wouldhave to give up a lot. Much more than we would like.” Sowhat are our options?

Help will, of course, come as commitments in Afghanistan,Libya and Iraq (alphabetical) wind down. But now, entitle-ment reform is needed. And all we have to do is look northto see how effectively Canada has been dealing with entitle-ment reform. Their experience, despite some pain, is remark-able; and while healthcare is still in need of reform, Canadais thriving. And how about the legion of “Czars”? Our taxdollars pay them but we have no input, and they are alleged-ly immune from any congressional activity or oversight. Butthe House pays bills; so that sounds like an easy chore.

Additionally, and right here in the backyards of all of us,are “departments.”There have been lots of suggestions, somedraconian, and unacceptable to many, but certainly manyhave merit and are worthy of consideration. The post officeis broke; but FedEx and UPS make money. Privatize thepostal service. Amtrak is broke; privatize it. The Corps ofEngineers is a sprawling bureaucracy; privatize it with con-tract bidding for specific projects. We give billions in foreignaid to countries that are truly our adversaries. How crazy isthat?! The Fannie and Freddie subsidies are a travesty. Manyacross our country say “stop all of this.” And even a cursorylook discloses literally thousands of tiny “grants,” etc., manyof which are earmarks. Each may be “tiny” when comparedto $1 trillion, but all are vast multiples of the average citi-zen’s income. And almost always patronizing, extravagant

and in many instances shameful.Many knowledgeable people insist that states could handle

what the Department of Education is alleged to do. Andcouldn’t states make their own decisions about many otherissues as well? Serious questions are asked about not onlythe real role, but the usefulness, including the often intrusiveactivities and burdensome regulations of the departments oftransportation, of labor, of agriculture, of HUD, of com-merce, of interior, etc. And the hot button now is energy andthe limits currently placed on the exploration of our ownresources. (Not only costing new energy sources, but thou-sands and thousands of jobs.) Where are states’ rights?Where is competition and free enterprise? And recently pub-lished reports describe incredible overlap and redundancy infederal agencies and activities.

Many also suggest that the purpose of these various“departments” - if they are retained - be focused, and precise-ly defined by law, thereby limiting their currently unlimitedscope, which would provide the opportunity for significantdownsizing. Common sense says that this is absolutely need-ed because each “department” name is simply a genericnoun, and almost anything and everything related to the nouncould be included for jurisdiction by the “includers.” OurConstitution expects our government to protect us (and thatreasonably would include providing emergency help as need-ed). But not to micromanage every aspect of life. Comingsoon: the Department of Life and the Department ofHappiness.

ALMOST ALL WHO HAVE ever worked in govern-ment-funded institutions, but no longer do, will, if they aretotally honest, attest to the predictable sprawling bulge ofbureaucracy. Like the sprawling bulge of overweight orobese persons, most all of these entities could easily benefitfrom a 10 percent loss, which very likely would improveboth function and efficiency.

Our fictitious household is broke, but we, as individualfamilies, firmly resolve to fix it. Our country is broke, butwill Congress and our president firmly resolve to fix it?Resolving the many issues would be difficult, with time-con-suming discussion, debate and decision. But why not agree itneeds to be done, and agree immediately to cut everythingby 10 percent. Across the board. Everything. Individual“departments”, agencies. etc. would be responsible for theirindividual budgetary arrangements. And we would be enthu-siastically encouraged if Congress and our president intro-duced a 10 percent cut of their own salaries, a 10 percent cutin their own staff and the salaries of staff, and a 10 percentcut in their own benefits and staff benefits. And also signifi-cantly control their own almost limitless, and not infrequent-ly lavish, travel. And while they are at it, pass “term limits”for both House and Senate. Finally, would they subject them-selves to the same laws/rules/fiscal responsibilities that wemust impose on our own lives and our own households? Allof these actions would signify a positive and meaningful andresponsible start. But I won’t hold my breath.

Richard C. Boronow, M.D., is a Northsider.

U.S. governmentless responsible

than typical family

ByDr. RICHARDBORONOW

common sense

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Continued from Page Onechanged since then.

JOSEPH ORR, OWNER OF Joseph OrrArchitecture PA in Canton, has worked with the city alot in recent years. His firm has designed severalcommercial buildings in Madison, including a newCorner Bakery for the Forum at Grandview develop-ment.

Orr described what the architectural review processhas been like for him.

“Any kind of project that comes forward, it’s bestfor the architects to meet with Alan [Hoops] and givehim some ideas of what we’re looking for. So firstwe’ll do a soft review with Alan, just sitting around atable.

“[Then] he’ll show it to the mayor….If she thinksit’s headed in the right direction, she’ll have himshow it to Graves Nelson.”

Orr said Nelson is “very astute” about architecture.“He’ll ask some very sharp questions. You’ve got tobe on your toes.

“He’ll do an overlay of your sketch with tracingpaper that says to add this or add that - they nevertake anything away. Usually it’s in the form of orna-mentation.”

Once Nelson has critiqued the plans, they go backto Hoops and then back to the designers.

“Sometimes I’ll say, ‘Let’s try a different kind ofcolumn,’ and sometimes they’ll accept it and some-times they won’t,” Orr said.

The designers will tweak the plans and send themback to Hoops, who will show them to Butler. “Andshe’s usually fine with it after Graves has seen it.”The city’s Web site says the plans will ultimately bepresented to the mayor and board of alderman forapproval.

The site plan - a separate plan including utilities,parking and landscaping - must also be approved.After final drawings and blueprints are approved,contractors hired and fees paid, a building permit canbe issued.

SOME STAUNCH INDIVIDUALISTS maywonder: Can the city really tell architects to useCorinthian columns instead of Doric or Greek? Can

the mayor and city staff legally dictate the style ofcommercial buildings to that extent?

Apparently the answer is yes - and residents arefine with it. The city’s population has grown by about10,000 people in the past decade.

“When it comes to architecture, the home rulestatute says that, if no state law prohibits it, the cityhas the right to develop ordinances that it feels are inthe city’s best interest,” said Madison City AttorneyJohn Hedglin.

Also, Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-7 (2011) says munic-ipal governments may “regulate and restrict the erec-tion, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair oruse of buildings…All regulations shall be uniform foreach class or kind of buildings throughout eachzone.”

But Madison doesn’t have many architectural “reg-ulations,” per se.

“If you look at Madison’s written ordinances aboutarchitectural review, it’s pretty vague,” Orr said.“[But] by now most architects who have worked withthe city know what they like.”

In Ridgeland, Community Development DirectorAlan Hart and other city staff members review designplans before they are submitted to the city’s architec-tural review board.

“Ridgeland has a good handle on it,” Orr said.“They have a couple people who are kind of quirkyand tend to scrutinize stuff, but it’s all really manage-able.”

Architectural plans go through a similar process inJackson.

AS FOR BUTLER, “She’s proud of what she’sdone, and I think she should be,” Orr said. “But itdoes make everybody else’s job harder.

“You can do something that looks great somewhere[else] and wins all kinds of awards, and [the city’s]not going to want it. They want something unique tothem.

“That being said, they’re good for Madison. In onepart, I’m not looking forward to the day when she’snot there anymore, because I won’t know what theexpectations are going to be,” he said.

And Orr’s not the only one who thinks Butler’stenaciously high standards are good for the city.

Madison Architecture

Timber investmentKeith Williams, director of the Value Added Division for the MolpusWoodlands Group, LLC (MWG) recently spoke to the Rotary Club ofJackson. MWG is one of 24 timber investment management organ-izations (TIMO’s) in the country and manages approximately960,000 acres of timber. Shown are (from left) Tommy Shepherd,president of the Rotary Club; new member Justin Peterson;Williams; and John Ditto, who introduced the program.

AN ARMED ROBBERY thatoccurred in Ridgeland the morning ofTuesday, August 16, is still underinvestigation, police say.

“The victim said he was walkinghome from Holmes CommunityCollege and was approached by aperson that he knew from school, andhe said his name was Justin,” saidRidgeland Police Lt. Brian Myers.“He didn’t know the last name of thesuspect.”

According to police, Justin offeredthe victim a ride to his apartment andasked him for five dollars for gas,which the victim gave him. When hesaw that the victim had much morethan five dollars, Justin pulled into580 Pear Orchard and displayed asmall black handgun, which lookedlike a .40 caliber semi-automatic.

“Justin took the money out of thewallet, which contained approximate-ly $100 in cash, and gave the walletback to the victim, put the car inreverse and took off.”

The suspect was described as adark-skinned black male, weighingabout 165 pounds and 6’2” in height,with a teardrop tattoo under his righteye. He was driving a white, two-door 1998 Honda Civic hatchback.

“We located who we thought itwas and we put together a photo line-up for the victim to look at, and thevictim denied that it was that particu-lar Justin,” Myers said.

At press time the investigation wasongoing, with a detective assigned tothe case and further contact to bemade with the victim.

INVESTIGATINGROBBERY

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CHANGES COULD be coming to thecity of Jackson’s sign ordinance.

Last week, Ward One CouncilmanQuentin Whitwell introduced an amend-ment that would change various sections ofthe city’s sign ordinance.

The measure was referred to the JacksonCity Council Planning Committee, which ischaired by Ward Six Councilman TonyYarber.

The committee must now set a publichearing to discuss the amendment and

make any changes to it before sending itback to the full council for a vote.

The measure would amend city code toaddress sign height, electronic signage andwhat types of signs can be located in theCentral Business District downtown. Itwould also address the application processfor new signs.

Whitwell presented the measure inresponse to Highland Village’s struggles toupdate its electronic sign months ago.

In BriefSIGN ORDINANCE

Lions speakerDowntown Jackson Partners President Ben Allen recently spoke to the NorthJackson Lions Club about downtown Jackson, its lack of crime and the new con-struction projects that are planned or under way. Shown are (from left) LionPresident Ken King, Allen, and Lion Program Coordinator Harold McDonald.

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THE CITY OF RIDGELAND hopes to receive some-where in the neighborhood of $2 million for additionalbicycle trails to connect with area subdivisions, MayorGene McGee said.

The city wants to add several miles to its alreadyextensive multi-use trails, and officials are applying forfederal Bike Trail Connection funds to do it.

McGee said trails would be added on HighlandColony Parkway to connect with the trails in place nearthe Dinsmor neighborhood; on Jackson Street to connectto the Trace Ridge subdivision; on Purple Creek to con-nect to neighborhoods near Walmart; and on Steed Roadto connect to the Old Agency Village neighborhood.

“What we’re trying to do is put trails in areas thatwould connect subdivisions where citizens could get onthe trail safely,” he said.

Though the Bike Trail Connection funds are limitedand the award is competitive, McGee said the city’s 13miles of multi-use trails should look good on the applica-

tion. “I think it would be an advantage to show that we’re

committed,” he said. The city has invested around $5million in the trail system so far, 80 percent of the fund-ing coming from the federal government.

BESIDES THE TRAILS, which take joggers andcyclists along the Natchez Trace from North LivingstonRoad to the Ross Barnett Reservoir, the city has alsodeemed Highland Colony Parkway and Steed, NorthLivingston and Rice roads as “designated bike routes.”

Ridgeland is known for being one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the metro area, if not the state.

“It enhances the quality of life of our citizens to havegood places to get out and exercise,” said McGee, whoenjoys cycling on the trails himself.

“When you’re promoting this sort of thing it [alsohelps] the property values and encourages people tocome and to live here…where they know they have aplace where they can come and exercise. I think it helpsour economy.”

R’land seeks grant to complete trails

By ANTHONY WARRENSun Staff WRiter

ONE CITY LEADER’S idea tocreate a master plan for upgradinga popular Northside park will notbe a reality in Jackson’s 2012 fis-cal year budget.

However, city officials saymoney will be set aside for beauti-fication at all public green spacesin the capital city.

Ward One Councilman QuentinWhitwell previously told the Sunthat he’d like to see money setaside in the upcoming budget tocreate a master plan for repairingand upgrading Parham BridgesPark.

“It is a highly used park, but thelook and feel of it is deteriorat-ing,” he said.

Whitwell made the proposal lastweek at the city council’s budgethearings, but withdrew it afterhearing from city officials.

“We already have money forbeautification in the budget,” saidDirector of CommunicationsChris Mims. He said councilmembers who have concernsabout any particular park will be

able to present them to the parksand recreation department, andcity crews will “double theirefforts” to make improvements.

Jackson’s proposed budget for2012 is around $317 million. Thecouncil is planning to vote onwhether or not they will adopt itby September 8.

The city is required to adopt thebudget by September 16, accord-ing to state law. The fiscal yearwill begin on October 30.

Mims didn’t know how muchmoney had been set aside forbeautification.

Whitwell told the Sun that thetotal budget for parks and recre-ation was $7.25 million. The cityof Jackson has more than 50 pub-lic parks.

He would like to close off thepark’s main entrance at OldCanton Road and create a newone beginning at the old PrecinctFour facility on Canton MartRoad.

“Parham Bridges is the epicen-ter of Ward One. It needs to be aplace where people drive by andsay, ‘wow, it’s impressive.’”

No special funds setaside to improveBridges in budget

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Jackson CrimeThe Jackson Police Department

received the following reports for:I-55, 6100 block north, auto theft,

June 23;I-55, 6100 block north, business

burglary, five counts, June 10;I-55, 6100 block north, robbery -

individual, two counts, August13;

I-55, 6300 block north, auto bur-glary, July 16;

I-55, 6300 block north, auto bur-glary, July 6;

I-55, 6300 block north, auto bur-glary, June 12;

I-55, 6300 block north, auto bur-glary, June 9;

I-55, 6300 block north, auto theft,August 4;

I-55, 6300 block north, larceny,August 2;

I-55, 6300 block north, larceny,July 28;

I-55, 6300 block north, larceny,July 30;

I-55, 6300 block north, larceny,June 25;

I-55N / Briarwood, auto theft,June 24;

Jacksonian Plaza, 1400 block,auto burglary, July 28;

Jamaica Drive, 5400 block, larce-ny, July 21;

Jamestown Way, 300 block, houseburglary, August 4;

Jamestown Way, 3100 block,house burglary, July 26;

Keele Street, 5100 block, autoburglary, July 27;

Keele Street, 5600 block, auto

burglary, nine counts, August 7;Keele Street, 5600 block, auto

theft, June 19;Keele Street, 5600 block, auto

theft, June 7;Kent Avenue, 1600 block, auto

burglary, August 4;Kings Highway, 3700 block, lar-

ceny, June 26;Kings Highway, 3900 block, auto

burglary, July 26;Kings Highway, 4500 block, auto

burglary, June 13;Kings Highway, 4700 block, auto

theft, July 2;Kirkwood Place, 100 block, house

burglary, August 18;Lake Drive, 400 block, auto bur-

glary, July 31;Lake Trace Circle, 6100 block,

larceny, June 22;Lakeland Drive, 1200 block, auto

burglary, July 15;Lakeland Drive, 1600 block, auto

burglary, August 16;Lakeland Drive, 1900 block, lar-

ceny, June 17;Lakeland Drive, 3000 block,

house burglary, August 8;Lakeland Drive, 700 block, auto

burglary, July 8;Lakeland Drive, 700 block, auto

burglary, June 13;Lakeland Drive, 700 block, auto

burglary, June 28;Lakeland Drive, 900 block, auto

burglary, August 5;Lakeland Drive, 900 block, auto

burglary, July 10;Lakeland Drive, 900 block, larce-

ny, three counts, August 5;

Lakeland Drive, auto theft, August3;

Lakeland Lane, 3600 block, autoburglary, July 11;

Lakeland Terrace, 3300 block, lar-ceny, July 5;

Launcelot Road, 600 block, houseburglary, July 12;

Launcelot Road, 700 block, houseburglary, August 18;

Launcelot Road, 700 block, houseburglary, July 30;

Laurel Oak Drive, 4900 block, lar-ceny, July 28;

Lawrence Road, 700 block, larce-ny, June 28;

Lelia Drive, 1400 block, businessburglary, New Summit, August3;

Lelia Drive, 1600 block, auto bur-glary, August 5;

Lelia Drive, 1700 block, auto bur-glary, June 21;

Lelia Drive, 1700 block, larceny,July 29;

Lockwood Avenue, 1600 block,house burglary, August 11;

Lockwood Circle, 100 block, autoburglary, July 11;

Manhassett Drive, 4300 block,auto burglary, June 24;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autoburglary, August 9;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autoburglary, August 9;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autoburglary, July 15;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autoburglary, July 16;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autoburglary, June 21;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autoburglary, two counts, August 9;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, autotheft, August 16;

Manhattan Road, 5200 block, auto

theft, July 8;Manhattan Road, 5200 block,

house burglary, August 7;Manhattan Road, 5200 block,

house burglary, July 6;Manila Drive, 4600 block, house

burglary, June 28;Martingale / Manhattan, robbery -

individual, July 7;Martingale Drive, 1100 block,

house burglary, August 3;McCoy Drive, 5100 block, auto

burglary, June 25;McWillie Circle, 4900 block,

house burglary, August 14;McWillie Circle, 4900 block,

house burglary, July 11;McWillie Circle, 4900 block,

house burglary, July 12;McWillie Circle, 4900 block,

house burglary, July 19;McWillie Circle, 4900 block, lar-

ceny, June 23;McWillie Circle, 4900 block, lar-

ceny, two counts, July 2;McWillie Circle, 5900 block,

house burglary, July 1;McWillie Drive, 4600 block, busi-

ness burglary, Cool Al’s, July14;

McWillie Drive, 4600 block,stolen license plate, Car Quest,August 13;

McWillie Drive, 4700 block, autoburglary, July 18;

McWillie Drive, 4700 block, lar-ceny, August 5;

Meadow Forest Drive, 3100block, larceny, June 21;

Meadow Hill Drive, 4500 block,house burglary, July 26;

Meadow Oaks Park Drive, 5000block, auto burglary, June 25;

Meadow Oaks Park Drive, 5000block, larceny, June 23;

Meadow Oaks Park Drive, 5100

block, auto burglary, June 25;Meadow Oaks Park, 5000 block,

auto burglary, June 25;Meadow Ridge Drive, 4600

block, house burglary, August2;

Meadowbrook Road, 200 block,larceny, July 10;

Meadowbrook Road, 200 block,robbery - individual, July 1;

Meadowbrook Road, 600 block,larceny, August 15;

Meadowbrook Road, 600 block,larceny, August 17;

Meadowlane Drive, 3900 block,larceny, July 8;

Meadowoods Drive, 200 block,larceny, July 31;

Medallion Drive, 5800 block,house burglary, July 31;

Medallion Drive, 5900 block, autoburglary, July 18;

Melrose Drive, 200 block, houseburglary, July 14;

Melrose Drive, 200 block, houseburglary, June 24;

Melwood Drive, 5500 block, autoburglary, August 16;

Monroe Street, 1000 block, autoburglary, July 24;

Mossline Drive, 1400 block, rob-bery - individual, July 17;

Murrah / Peachtree, auto theft,August 5;

Murrah Drive, 1400 block, larce-ny, July 8;

North Hill Parkway, auto burglary,July 11;

North Hill Parkway, auto burglary,two counts, August 9;

North Hill Parkway, house burgla-ry, July 11;

North Hill Parkway, house burgla-ry, July 26;

Northhill Parkway, auto burglary,July 7.

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Crime Reportnorthside facts

Theatrical tourJohn Grisham’s

“Theodore Boone and theThrill of Rights,” bus tourfeaturing the Story Pirateswill be in JacksonSeptember 8, 4 p.m., at theEudora Welty Library.

SIDS supportA support group for fami-

lies affected by SuddenInfant Death Syndromemeets the first Tuesday ofeach month, 7 p.m., at River

Oaks Hospital. Call 601-362-0242 for more informa-tion.

Art showThe Cedars will host

“Outdoor Splendor” artshow September 8, 5 to 8p.m. Free.

Season passportNew Stage Theatre will

offer “Your Passport To ATheatrical Journey,” a sea-son ticket packet for the2011-2012 season. To sub-scribe call 601-948-3533.

Patience Ainsworth hasjoined Maris, West andBaker Advertising (MWB)as media buyer/planner. RayHarris also joined MWB inAugust as account coordina-tor. Prior to joining MWB,Harris was marketing and

public relations coordinatorwith the Madison CountyEconomic DevelopmentAuthority.

Matthews Cutrer andLindsay, PA announces theadvancement of two employ-ees. Kimberly H. Hardy,CPA has been promoted toaudit manager. JonathanWhinery has been promotedto Audit Senior.


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Heritage weekLaura (left) and Michael Schenk of Madison attendedHeritage Week events in Washington, D.C., in April.More than 50 different genealogical organizationsand societies have annual meetings during this peri-od.

Healthcare corridorEntergy Mississippi recently presented the Greater JacksonChamber Partnership with a check to help support theMississippi Healthcare Corridor Project, a five-mile urbancorridor linking two cross-continental interstate highwaysfrom I-55 to I-220. This redevelopment project will includean expansion and redevelopment of Hawkins Field, devel-opment of state of the art bio medical research centers,and additions to Central Mississippi’s health care institu-

tions that will attract patients from across the Southeast.The project will also include neighborhood redevelopmentand quality of life features; along with a concourse forhotels, shops, restaurants, and night life. The redevelop-ment of Woodrow Wilson Boulevard will include signage,planned green space, lighting, and landscaping. Shown are(from left) John Turner, Primus Wheeler, Liz Brister, PaulMoak, and Duane O’Neill.

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“I oversee the day-to-day opera-tions of the arts center. We have tomake sure everything is clean andfixed in the building, and I scheduleclasses and update the Web site andmake sure the marquee is updated.And I do publicity.

“Since we’re open to the public, wenever know who’s going to comethrough the door. Sometimes it’ssomeone who wants to teach a class,and sometimes it’s someone who justmoved here and has questions aboutwhat we have to offer. I’ll often endup spending a lot of time with them,telling them about the arts center andMadison and the schools and every-thing.”

Why is this arts center so impor-

tant to you?“I spent 25 years in the corporate

world in Atlanta, and I don’t regret it.But I moved here to be near family,and I know now that all roads led toMadison.

“I have no doubt that this is God’spurpose for me, and I’m exactlywhere I’m supposed to be and doingwhat I’m supposed to be doing.

“I’ve worked in high-rises inAtlanta, and I’ll take this old buildingany day. We really do look at it as asanctuary. I can feel God’s presencehere. He’s with us. Otherwise itwouldn’t be as successful as it is.”

For more information about theMadison Square Center for the Arts,visit http://madisonthecity.com/center-forthearts/index.html or call 601-853-0291.

Pam Waldrep

IF YOU’VE EVER GOTTEN a court summons, you already know whatconstables do.

Constables are peace officers. They aid and assist in executing criminallaws of the state and serve process for any county, chancery or circuitcourt in the county they serve. That means they deliver summonses toinform individuals that they’re defendants in lawsuits. Constables earn$19,000 a year and are compensated for documents served and feescollected.

On November 8, Northsiders will head to the polls to decide who theywant in the positions in Hinds and Madison counties. In Hinds CountyDistrict One, voters will choose between incumbent Democrat JerryMoore and Republican Jimmie Caudle. Moore is in his first term.

In Madison districts one, two and three, the constable races weredecided in the August 3 primaries.

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New InterchangeContinued from Page Onewith Hensley R. Lee Contracting are movingwater and sewer lines in preparation for inter-change construction.

“It’s not really a visible process because theright of way is so far off the road,” said MadisonPublic Works Director Denson Robinson. “Ourcontractor’s…probably about 25 percent doneright now. They’ve been working about a month,may even be into their second month.”

The Madison half of the new interchange willconnect with Madison Avenue, which will bewidened to four lanes. Madison Mayor MaryHawkins-Butler and Ridgeland Mayor GeneMcGee are teaming up to apply for a TIGER(Transportation Improvements GeneratingEconomic Recovery) grant to fund work on theconnector roads in their respective cities.

“THERE’S A LITTLE ORGANIZATIONcalled the South Madison County TransportationCommission. Mary Hawkins-Butler and MayorMcGee are two members. They’re the ones that

are applying for the grant,” McCollum said. “Wewon’t know till November [if we got it].”

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Construction started in 2007 on the neighbor-hood, located just north of Gluckstadt Road onCatlett Road.

“We’re obviously extremely pleased with thesuccess of the development,” Cress DevelopmentPresident Blake Cress said. “The recent additionsof the playground and walking trail area havebeen received well by all of the residents.”

The board of supervisors also just approvedthe final plat of phase six, and “we are movingforward with plans to move immediately into

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DISCIPLES OF CHRISTFIRST CHRISTIAN645 Briarwood, 977-9477NORTHEAST CHRISTIAN 3169 W. Tidewater Ln.,Madison, 856-7399UNITED CHRISTIAN1730 Florence Ave., Ridgeland,354-1177

CHRISTIAN SCIENCEFIRST CHURCH OF CHRISTSCIENTIST731 S. Pear Orchard Rd., Ste. 9, 952-0307

CHURCH OF CHRISTMEADOWBROOK CHURCHOF CHRIST4261 I-55 N., 362-5374SOUTH MADISON CHURCHOF CHRIST338 Lake Harbour Dr.,Ridgeland, 856-2165

CHURCH OF GODCHRISTWAY1501 Old Fannin Rd.992-7474COBBLESTONE CHURCH OFGOD444 Pebble Creek Dr.,Madison, 853-6910FIRST CHURCH OF GOD829 Hwy. 51 N., Madison, 856-0652

EPISCOPALCHAPEL OF THE CROSSEPISCOPAL674 Mannsdale Rd., Madison,856-2593ST. ALEXIS EPISCOPAL650 E. South St.stalexisjackson.orgST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL305 E. Capitol St., 354-1535ST. COLUMB’S EPISCOPAL550 Sunnybrook Rd.,Ridgeland, 853-0205ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL3921 Oakridge Dr., 982-4880ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPALCHURCHN. College, Brandon, 825-5836ST. PETER’S BY-THE-LAKEEPISCOPAL1954 Spillway Rd., Brandon,992-2691ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL5400 Old Canton Rd., 956-5788

EPISCOPAL (Cont.)ST. STEPHEN’S REFORMEDEPISCOPAL5049 Lakeland Dr., 992-4317

JEWISHBETH ISRAELCONGREGATION5315 Old Canton Rd., 956-6215

LUTHERANASCENSION LUTHERANOld Canton Rd./E. County LineRd., 956-4263CHRIST LUTHERAN4423 I-55 North366-2055GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERANHwy. 25, 992-4752NATIVITY LUTHERAN495 Crossgates Blvd., Brandon,825-5125

METHODISTALDERSGATE UNITEDMETHODIST655 Beasley Rd. 366-6630ANDERSON UNITEDMETHODIST6205 Hanging Moss Rd., 982-3997BELLWETHER, Flowood JA Performing Arts CenterBRIARWOOD UMC320 Briarwood Dr., 956-4035BROADMEADOW UNITEDMETHODIST4419 Broadmeadow Dr., 366-1403CHRIST THE WAYFREE METHODIST978-3423CROSSGATES UMC23 Crossgates Dr., Brandon,825-8677CHRIST UNITED METHODIST6000 Old Canton Rd.,956-6974EAST JACKSON UMC855 S. Pear Orchard Rd., 957-0515EMMANUEL UNITEDMETHODIST100 Shands St., 372-9424FIRST INDEPENDENTMETHODIST CHURCH OFMADISON1556 Hwy. 51N, 672-1240FIRST UNITED METHODISTRidgeland, 856-6456GALLOWAY MEMORIALUNITED METHODIST305 N. Congress St., 353-9691MADISON UNITEDMETHODIST2050 Main St., Madison, 856-6058PARKWAY HILLS UNITED METHODIST1468 Highland Col. Pky.,Madison, 856-2733RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENTMETHODIST1127 Luckney RdFlowood, 919-8311ST. LUKE’S UNITEDMETHODIST621 Duling Ave., 362-6381ST. MARKS UNITEDMETHODIST400 Grants Ferry Rd., Brandon,922-2131ST. MATTHEW’S UNITEDMETHODIST7427 Old Canton Rd., Madison,856-9581WELLS CHURCH UNITED METHODIST2019 Bailey, 353-0658WESLEY BIBLICALSEMINARY CHAPEL787 E. Northside, 366-8880

NAZARENEFIRST CHURCH OF THENAZARENE5416 Lakeland Dr., Flowood,992-8680ORTHODOXST. PETER’S ORTHODOX180 St. Augustine Dr., Madison,856-3894HOLY TRINITY, ST JOHN THETHEOLOGIAN GREEKORTHODOX CHURCH5725 Pear Orchard Rd.,Jackson, 601-355-6325

PENTECOSTALAPOSTOLIC REVIVALCENTER-UPC301 W. Washington St.,Ridgeland, 856-2385DAVIS TEMPLE CHURCH OFGOD IN CHRIST1700 Dalton St., 969-9519FIRST PENTECOSTAL5000 I-55S, 373-9000LANDMARK CHURCHSpringridge Rd., 372-7761PARKWAY1620 Mannsdale Rd., Madison,853-2607

PRESBYTERIANBRIARWOOD PRESBYTERIAN620 Briarwood956-4553COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN4000 Ridgewood Rd981-7236FIRST PRESBYTERIAN1390 N. State, 353-8316FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCH OF MADISON7717 Old Canton Rd., 856-6625FONDREN PRESBYTERIAN3220 Old Canton Rd., 982-3232GRACE CHAPELHwy. 463, Madison, 856-7223HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN1160 H.C. Pkwy., Ridgeland,853-0636LAKELAND PRESBYTERIAN 5212 Lakeland Drive, Brandon,992-2448LAKESIDE PRESBYTERIAN2070 Spillway Rd., Brandon,992-2835NORTH PARK PRESBYTERIAN4624 Old Canton Rd., 362-2886PEAR ORCHARD PRESBYTERIAN750 Pear Orchard Rd.,Ridgeland, 956-3283TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN5301 Old Canton Rd., 977-0774REDEEMER CHURCH640 E. Northside Dr., 362-9987

SEVENTH DAYADVENTISTCOLLEGE DRIVE ADVENTIST CHRISTIANCHURCH110 College Dr., Pearl664-1408

NON-DENOMINATIONALCALVARY CHAPEL109 Jetport Dr., Pearl, 932-9673CONGREGATION BEITLECHEM - MESSIANIC110 Jones Ln. Ste F, Flowood601-933-4913CORNERSTONE CHURCH2460 Terry Road, 371-3323RIDGELAND FAMILYCHURCHOld Agency Rd., Ridgeland,856-2101CHURCH TRIUMPHANT731 S. Pear Orchard, 977-0007UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST4872 N. State, 982-5919UNITY OF JACKSON4660 McWillie, 981-9412VINEYARD CHURCH600 Grants Ferry Rd., 919-1414

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Portrait unveilingPortraits of four former

Mississippi Supreme Courtjustices will be unveiledSeptember 1, 1:30 p.m., atthe Carroll Gartin JusticeBuilding. Call 601-576-4637for details.

Red hot seminarWoman’s Hospital’s new

Red Hot Mamas program formenopause management willhost a seminar “Staying Fit,Strong and Fabulous,”September 19, 11 a.m., atFitness Lady in Ridgeland.For information call 1-877-907-7642.

Chorus kickoffThe Mississippi Chorus

will kick off its 22nd seasonwith an open house meet andgreet September 10, 2 to 4

p.m., at the Municipal ArtGallery. For information onthe chorus call 601-278-3351.

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OF EAGLES

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School junior Davis Flowers received the Eagle ScoutAward at a ceremony at Saint James Episcopal Church. Flowers is a member ofTroop 1, the oldest Boy Scout Troop in Mississippi. He is the son of Drs. Hal and TellFlowers. He is shown with his brothers, all of whom are Eagle Scouts, and hisscoutmaster (from left, back) Robert and Davis Flowers, Jay Cook, Aubrey Flowers;(front) William and Hal Flowers.

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Continued from Page OnePrep’s average score for 2011 was 26.

“It’s pretty typical. We had a large numberof high-scorers, and we’re really proud ofit,” she said. The middle 50 percent of stu-dents put up numbers between 23 and 29,meaning that 30 of the class of 120 seniorsscored 30 or better.

Prep offers test prep workshops in the falland spring, usually on week nights andSaturdays. There are usually six sessions,each lasting about two hours and coveringsubject areas that appear on the test.

AT JACKSON ACADEMY (JA) theclass of 2011 posted an average score of25.78, with students in advanced coursesaveraging a score of 29.5, said PresidentPeter Jernberg.

“We look at the composite score over thefive-year period, and we’ve held prettysteady,” he said. Jernberg credits theschool’s high numbers to a stable facultyand a culture “that values learning andexceptionalism,” he said.

JA offers ACT and PSAT workshops tohelp students. Students also go to work-shops off-campus as well, he said. “Wehave students who seek out opportunities toenhance their scores,” Jernberg said.

THE ACT IS BROKEN DOWN INTOfour sections: English, reading, math andscience.

Workshops are not required at JA, but areavailable to students who would like tobump up their test scores one or two points,which can make the difference in receivingthe Mississippi Tuition Assistance Grant(MTAG) or the Mississippi EminentScholars Grant (MESG) and scholarships atstate institutions.

“The magic number is 29, because it getsbig money with the MESG,” said BeckyFields, senior counselor at Ridgeland High

School (RHS). ACT scores also play a rolein whether or not a student athlete is eligi-ble to play NCAA Division I and DivisionII athletics, she said.

The average ACT score at Ridgeland lastyear was around 21, Fields said.

At Murrah High School, the averagescore was 18.6. Two-hundred and eightystudents out of 320 in the class took thetest.

Each year, the Mississippi Legislature setsaside millions of dollars in financial aidgrants in the form of MTAG and MESG.MTAG awards up to $500 a year for fresh-men and sophomores, and $1,000 for jun-iors and seniors. To be eligible, an enteringfreshman has to have a grade-point averageof 2.5 on a 4.0 scale

Those who qualify for MESG can get upto $2,500 a year for four years. To get thebigger money, though, students have tohave a 3.5 GPA and an ACT score of 29.

At Mississippi State University, scholar-ships are also awarded based in part onACT scores.

According to the college’s Web site, stu-dents who earn the InternationalBaccalaureate Scholarship must have aminimum ACT score of 26 to get $6,000 inaward money, which is paid out over fouryears.

A score of 30, though, will net students$14,000, also given out over a four-year

period.

THE AVERAGE SCORE for students atMadison Ridgeland Academy (MRA) lastyear was a 24.27, said High SchoolPrincipal Greg Self.

“We’re pretty proud of it,” he said.Numbers at the school have been going upin recent years, evidenced by MRA’s fiveand 10-year averages. The 10-year ACTaverage for Madison-Ridgeland is 22.6. Inthe last five years, students have broughtthe average up nearly a point to 23.44.

Self said teachers expose students to theACT each day. “All students begin theircore classes with an ACT question of theday,” he said. That means kids are exposedto four questions a day for more than 180school days.

MRA also has spring and fall practice ses-sions and “mock weeks,” where studentsare given mock ACT tests leading up to thetests in December and April.

The Veritas School also has a scorearound 24, said Academic Dean JeffAnderton.

Veritas doesn’t offer prep courses, butAnderton does give seniors pointers theweek before tests. He’ll spend class timegoing over what students might see on theexams.

“A kid will read the science section andget overwhelmed on what it’s talking about,

because they aren’t familiar with the mate-rial,” he said. Anderton said students don’tnecessarily have to understand the material,but rather need to know how to glean infor-mation from charts and graphs. “I also tellthem that questions are worth the samepoints, regardless of the difficulty,” he said.“Don’t spend two minutes working on ahard question and miss an easy one at theend.”

MADISON CENTRAL High Schooland St. Joseph Catholic School also postedhigher-than-national averages on the ACT,coming in at 22 and 22.2 respectively.

Bro. Dan Lauber, dean of students at St.Joe, said the average should continue to risewith the implementation of a new test prepcourse this year. Based on interestexpressed by students and parents, St. Joehas begun a new one-semester test prepcourse for 10th-graders. “It mainly focuseson math and science,” he said. The schoolalso offers students test-taking tips for thereading and science areas, such as goingover the questions before reading a narra-tive in the ACT reading section.

Madison Central Principal Edith Mitchellsaid 2011 was a benchmark year for theschool, being the first time seniors scored a22. Averages were also the highest they’vebeen in three of the four subject areas:math, science and reading.

She said the increases are significant, withmore students at the public school takingthe test last year than ever before; 454 weretested, Mitchell said.

She hopes to keep the momentum goingthis year. “Every year, we reassess andmodify the programs in place. We’ll contin-ue to focus on enhancing what we’ve doneto help students achieve the highest levelsof success,” she said.

Above Average“The magic number is 29, because it gets

BIG MONEY with the Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant.”

-Becky Fields

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Have we forgotten how to dream? “The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.”

Dave Ramsey.NATURE AS A MASTER teacher provides countless

examples for us when we look closely. The butterfly didnot start out as a butterfly; it emerged only after a beautifulplan of nature. Incubating dreams helps them mature in thefullness of time, but how do we let them see the light ofday when the time comes to take another step?

Birthdays, a new year, spring and summer all presentgreat times to reflect on a dream. Each offers the chance tomake a mid-course correction. A slight degree change nowwill result in a different trajectory further along the journey.Are we heading where we want to go? Do we have adream still inside? We cannot control our lives, but there isso much we can change; if not our circumstances, wechoose our attitude toward our circumstances.

And so I choose to dream big. To see a bigger picture. Tolearn something new. No grandiose wishes about a brushwith celebrity or wealth, but the desire to be stretched men-tally and emotionally, to live life authentically connectingwith others and growing in faith.

“It’s too late,” I hear others lament when asked about adream or a plan. “I’m too old.”

A wistful countenance on the edge of giving up revealsthat there is still a lingering desire to pursue somethingmeaningful. True, we cannot control our age, but we candetermine our attitude toward our age.

My father’s example instructs me as he sees opportuni-ties instead of barriers. Never the risk-taker when raising afamily of seven children, he discovered later in life a free-dom to tackle mentally and physically challenging endeav-

ors. He dove into a new body of knowledge, getting hisauto racing license at age 60 and pilot’s license at age 70.Dreams may incubate until the time is right, but at somepoint we choose whether to act on them or not.

His fondest dream that he is living into daily - there is the‘plan’ part - is to arrive at each successive weddinganniversary to his bride since 1952. That’s the real story foranother day. Today is for waking up latent dreams.

Wake up a weathered dream that time has beaten down.Is it inside somewhere, buried deep beneath the hurt andwounds of life? Is there a glimmer of light - an ember thatcan use a fresh wind to fan it into flame? How we need torefresh our spirits and have a dream for this season, for thisday. Not someone else’s dream for us, but our own.

SO MAYBE YOU DIDN’T live into another person’swish for you. Let it go.

Maybe you didn’t live into your own dream for you.Show grace to yourself. The dawn of this day is a newbeginning.

Then, ask God to give you a plan. “Watch and pray” asthe Scripture says. Let it linger in your mind. Do not dis-miss it casually. You may have a burst of inspiration in aninstant, but more likely, you and I will wait. All growingthings take time: crops, children and friendships all needtime to develop and mature. Allow yourself to mature intothat plan.

Now, take a step toward it. One step. We don’t have toexecute the plan in a day. Just begin somewhere. That’swhy they call it faith. We cannot see the end at our begin-ning. But we take one step anyway.

Dream big today.

Opportunities, not barriers,may come from life changes

THOUGHTS FROM MARITAb y m a r i t a w a l t o n

How we need to refresh our spiritsand have a dream for this season, forthis day. Not someone else’s dream forus, but our own.

Bottom line dinnerSouthern Christian Services for Children and Youth will

hold their annual fund-raiser, Bottom Line for Kids,September 15, 6 p.m., at the Country Club of Jackson.Tickets $100. For reservations call 601-354-0983.

Grief supportHospice Ministries provides ongoing grief support

groups. Daytime and evening groups are available. Formore information call 601-898-1053.

Faith journeySt. Matthew’s UMC in Madison will launch a sermon

series, Journey of Souls, through September 18, at Sundaymorning services, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Call 601-856-9581 formore information.

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Engagement celebrationStayce Westmoreland, Robbie Watson honored in Veazey home

Tanya Shelby, Pam and Mark Whittington

Carol Craig, Pat Agnew, Joyce Corbett, Deery Walker, Amanda Griffin, Fran Mitchell, Olivia Host, Jane Bryan, Gail Gibbs, Debye Haick, Jill Landrum, Cheryl Welch;

(seated) Melissa Applewhite, Robin Gunn, Anne Veazey, Julie Phillips

Deborah and Phil Bryant

Robbie Watson, Stayce Westmoreland,Matt Watson

Deery and Harry Walker

Barbara Jo Agnew, Ed Phillips, Sam and Pat Agnew

AJ Baker, Hunter Black, Sarah Kyzar, Robbie Watson

Robert, Rebecca and Robbie Watson, Stayce Westmoreland,Anne and Jerry Veazey

An engagement party honoringStayce Westmoreland and RobbieWatson was held recently in thehome of Jerry and Anne Veazey.Parents of the couple are AnnetteRiley and the late HenryWestmoreland and Robert andRebecca Watson.

Co-hosts and hostesses were Dowand Cheryl Welch, Richard andCharlotte McNeel, James and JoyceCorbett, Ed and Julie Phillips,William and Amanda Griffin, Alexand Debye Haick;

Also, Harry and Deery Walker,George and Robin Gunn, Jerry andOlivia Host, Farris and Gail Gibbs,Cliff and Fran Mitchell, Dennis andCarol Craig, Oscar and CarolHartman;

Also, Ron and Melissa Applewhite,Tom and Nancy Wright, David andJill Landrum, Sam and Pat Agnew,Charles and Jane Bryan, and R. J.and Dawn Pizzalato.

The wedding will be October 15. Shown are scenes from the party.

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Weddings & Engagements

SHELLEY MARIE BAAS and Jeremy BryceNeely were united in marriage March 12 at 6 p.m.at Hazlehurst United Methodist Church. The can-dlelight ceremony was officiated by the Rev. BillBarksdale.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JohnAlan Baas. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. andMrs. Larry Keith Neely of Florence. The couplehad all of their grandparents in attendance at themarriage ceremony.

Nuptial music was presented by Will MaryCooley, pianist; Shelia Puryear, organist; and LauraHughes, soloist.

Escorted by her father, the bride wore a diamondwhite designer silk dress. The shirred straplesssweetheart neckline was centered with a cluster ofseed pearls, crystals and mirror beads; from thesculpted draped bodice the A-line skirt was caughtto the side into a gathered cascade that fell frommatching beading, sweeping into a chapel train. Herhair was adorned with a French-net birdcage,accented by a single white anemone. She carried ahand clutched bouquet of white ranunculus, whitegarden roses, white anemones and green hyperciumberries, tied with an ivory satin ribbon. An antiqueheirloom hat pin from the bride’s paternal grand-mother adorned the bouquet.

Attending the bride as maid of honor was her sis-ter, Lindsey Lea Baas. Bridesmaids were KristenElizabeth Beal, Megan Elizabeth Holland, LauraParsons Hughes, Robin Leigh Miller and RachelLynn Sistrunk. They wore teal taffeta V-neckline

dresses with softly gathered tea length skirts. Theirhand-tied bouquets were a mix of light and darkpink garden roses, pink ranunculus and greenhypercium berries.

THE BRIDEGROOM’S father was best man.Groomsmen were Anthony Kyle Neely, brother ofthe bridegroom; Dylan Wade Baas, brother of thebride; Michael Hunter Bowering and Robert DanielBoyett. Honorary groomsmen were Cooper GreyNordan and Anthony James Yancey. Ushers wereJacob Brannon Morris and Austin Cole Neely,cousins of the bridegroom. Program attendants wereJill O’Hara Horner and Alexander Lee King,cousins of the bride.

Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents host-ed a reception at The White Oak.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s par-ents hosted a rehearsal dinner for the wedding partyand guests in the church fellowship hall. The coupleand out-of-town guests were honored with aSunday send-off brunch at the home of Mr. andMrs. William Walter Croswell, aunt and uncle ofthe bride. Co-hosts were Mr. and Mrs. PhillipSteven Horner. Several showers hosted by familyand friends to honor the couple were held inRidgeland, Gillsburg, Flowood and Jackson.

After a wedding trip to Antigua, the couple is athome in Eagle, Colo. The bridegroom is a regis-tered nurse with Vail Valley Medical Center in Vail,Colo., and the bride is a design associate with SliferDesigns in Edwards, Colo.

Shelley Baas, Jeremy Neelywed in Hazlehurst ceremony

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Bryce Neely

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT EARLCampbell and Mr. and Mrs. Gene BowenEason announce the engagement of theirdaughter, Abbie Lauren Eason, to PaulCaleb Koonce, son of Mr. and Mrs. PaulClifton Koonce of Hattiesburg. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Porter FayeVandevere of Yazoo City and the late J.J.Vandevere of Benton, and Jean BerryEason and the late Gene Bowen Eason Sr.of Jackson.

Miss Eason is a 2003 graduate of St.Andrew’s Episcopal School and a 2007cum laude graduate of the University ofMississippi where she earned a bachelor’sdegree in business administration. At OleMiss, she was a member of Delta Gammasorority. In 2010, she was graduated cumlaude from the University of MississippiSchool of Law. Miss Eason is associatedwith the United States Department ofHealth and Human Services, Office ofInspector General.

The prospective bridegroom is the grand-son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gore Jr. ofGrenada, and Doris Koonce and BobKoonce of Olive Branch. Koonce is a 2003graduate of Oak Grove High School and a2007 graduate of Mississippi StateUniversity with a bachelor’s degree in psy-chology. At State, he was a member ofSigma Chi fraternity. He was graduated in

2011 from the University of MississippiSchool of Law.

THE COUPLE WILL EXCHANGEvows October 1 at the WaterColor Inn andResort in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

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Weddings & EngagementsMiss Steadman, Townsend

to marry September 17MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL Dee

Steadman of Byram announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Lindsey MichelleSteadman, to Timothy Charles Townsend,son of the late Chuck Townsend of Vicksburgand nephew of Mr. and Mrs. William DavidTownsend of Raymond.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr.and Mrs. William David McMullin ofColumbus, now of Raymond, and Mr. andMrs. Malcolm Ross Steadman of West Point.The prospective bridegroom is the grandsonof Margie Sasser of Edwards and Mr. andMrs. David Sanders of Jackson.

Miss Steadman is a 2005 graduate ofHillcrest Christian Academy. She attendedMississippi State University where she was amember of Kappa Delta sorority. She wasgraduated magna cum laude with a bache-lor’s degree in interior design. She is an inte-rior designer with Ethan Allen.

Townsend is a 2004 graduate of CentralHinds Academy. He attended HindsCommunity College where he was graduatedcum laude with an associate’s degree ingraphic design. He is associated with PioneerHealth Services as a graphics designer andWeb developer.

THE COUPLE WILL EXCHANGE

vows September 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the B’naiB’rith Literary Association (The B.B. Club)in Vicksburg.

Timothy Charles Townsend, Lindsey Michelle Steadman

Miss Eason, Koonce planOctober wedding in Florida

Abbie Lauren Eason

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--All write-ups need to be submitted at least a week prior to publication date; Color photo (vertical please)should be submitted at the time the write up is.--Priority is given to write-ups that appear in the Northside Sun first. If announced first in the Sun, the pic-ture and as much of the story will be used as soon as possible;--Copy and photo must be submitted together;--Coverage is restricted to residents in the Sun’s prime circulation area - North Jackson, South MadisonCounty, the Reservoir - and former Northsiders;--The Sun accepts no responsibility for unsolicited stories, artwork or photographs. All photos published arefiled according to the week they appear. If a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed, every effort willbe made to return such photos, but this cannot be guaranteed;--Please include a daytime phone number on all releases;

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Weddings & EngagementsMiss Payne and Prisock

to repeat vows September 10DARLENE CLARK AND PAUL Payne

of Olive Branch announce the engagementof their daughter, Sarah Virginia Payne, toRobert Evan Prisock, son of Paula BarnettPrisock of Madison and Bob Prisock ofPinehurst, N.C.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter ofthe Rev. William Dowdy and FannieDowdy of Ecru, and Bess Payne and thelate James Dalton Payne of Chesapeake,Va. The prospective bridegroom is thegrandson of Joyce Barnett and the late PatD. Barnett of Madison and the late Mr. andMrs. James H. Prisock of Starkville.

Miss Payne is a graduate of SouthernBaptist Educational Center. She received abachelor’s degree in communication, publicrelations from Mississippi State University,where she was an active member of ZetaTau Alpha. She is associated with BlueCross Blue Shield as an administrativeassistant.

Prisock is a graduate of JacksonPreparatory School. He was graduated fromMississippi State University, obtaining abachelor’s degree in business/marketing.He is associated with the MississippiDepartment of Information TechnologyServices as a systems specialist.

The couple will exchange vowsSeptember 10 at 6 p.m. at First Baptist

Church Jackson in the chapel, with a recep-tion following at Union Station Ballroom.

EXPLORERS BIBLE STUDYWILL START NEW

SEASON SEPTEMER 7EXPLORERS BIBLE STUDY was

started by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Constanceas a non-denominational Bible study in1972, and is headquartered in Dickson,Tenn. The first Jackson group of ladiesbegan meeting at Galloway MemorialUnited Methodist Church in 1978, andsome are still active in Explorers.Through the years, there have been bothladies and couples Explorers groupsmeeting to study God’s Word.

A ladies group will begin a new studydrawing from both the Old and NewTestaments, entitled “The Only TrueGod, Knowing the God of the Bible,”written by Marni McKenzie ofBatesville. Meetings will beginSeptember 7, at Christ United MethodistChurch at 6000 Old Canton Rd., and will

meet each Wednesday morning from9:30 until 11 a.m., with Becky Howell aslead teacher. After a short devotional,four small groups led by Carolyn Jacks,Mary Ann Hatten, Mary Jane Primos,and Martha Holt, go over the lessontogether and reassemble for a lecture orvideo. Assistant group leaders areGlenda Cox, Peggy Gallagher, JayneStevens, Lillian Stringer, FrancesWalton, and Patsy Webster.

ALL LADIES ARE WELCOMEDwho are interested in an in-depth Biblestudy with opportunities for meeting newfriends, as well as learning how theBible speaks to the world today. Formore information, call Becky Howell at924-1373 or Martha Holt at 956-1052.

Robert Evan Prisock,Sarah Virginia Payne

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THIS WEEK I’D PLANNED to writeabout a batch of news releases, based onmulti-year tests, that indicated that the handychemical spray Round-Up and its generic(and less expensive) relative glyphosate, isfar more dangerous than had been thought.But the articles kept appearing, and I keptreading, (and hoping to learn to spell“glyphosate” without stopping to look it upeach time). I’m weighing what I read, mypersonal preferences, and the experiences ofgood friends, committed gardeners, who saythey need it. I’ll get back to you about it.

Then I happened upon a detailed story ofanother man-made chemical pesticide thatwas deliberately and diabolically used tomurder plants - to strike a dagger into theheart of a state tradition (well, half a state)more than a century old.

THE POISONING of the Toomer Oakswas prime news last winter. Most people,not just in the South, read about the rabidAlabama Crimson Tide fan (fanatic, to besure), who brooded over Auburn’s come-from-behind Iron Bowl Victory, giving theTigers the National Championship. So thisman drove to Auburn and spent lastThanksgiving night poisoning a pair of 130-year-old live oaks at the entrance to theAuburn campus. These oak trees, acrossfrom Toomer’s Drugstore, had been a gath-ering place for War Eagle faithful followerssince there was Southeastern Conferencefootball.

If you missed the story, or would like toread the most detailed account of it I have

seen anywhere, find an August 19 issue ofSports Illustrated and go to the article byTommy Tomlinson.

He did a thorough job of interviewingeverybody, and really got “to the root of theincident.”

WHAT INTERESTED me this weekwas learning all the agro-chemical details,the weapon, the poison for which there is noantidote - part of an arsenal created byadvances in chemistry beginning with WorldWar II, and escalating ever since.

The Alabama fan, or fanatic, never playedfootball for Alabama, and met Bear Bryantonly once. But that was enough. Though hemoved to Texas and became a state trooper,he named his daughter “Crimson Tyde,” andhis son, with a second wife, “Bear Bryant.”A third wife prevailed when he wanted toname another daughter “Ally Bama” andinsisted on “Megan,” instead.

Nationally, mention long-standing collegefootball rivalries, and people think of Texasand Oklahoma, or Michican and Ohio State.But those are comparatively civilized across-state-borders annual antagonisms. WeMississippians, however, understand the bit-ter intensity of these intrastate rivalries,where we go to church and restaurants andgrocery stores and our children’s schoolevents with partisan fans of the state schools’football teams. Friend against friend, familymember against family.

But I believe our neighboring state, withAuburn and Alabama and their ultimate bat-tleground, the Iron Bowl, surely tops us in -

well, fanaticism.

THE INTERESTING footnote about theToomer Oak poisoning: the fan-from-Alabama could have gotten away with it,and lived out his next year gloating over hisdeed, as the trees slowly and inevitably died.But he couldn’t resist the temptation to bragabout it. In January he called a popularsports talk show and boasted about what hehad done.

And what was his deadly and irreversibleweapon? A chemical called Spike 80 DF,which blocks photosynthesis. The trees keepputting out new sets of leaves, exhaustingthemselves. And then they die.

Spike 80 DF was manufactured to murderplants. Ranchers use it to clear fence rows.Road crews use it to clear highway shoul-ders. A four-pound sack of Spike 80 DF cankill an acre of brush. No one knows how thisman got the poison, but a chemical analysisin February of the soil around the Toomeroaks shows a saturation of the poison in anamount 500 times the requirement to kill atree that size. Five hundred times!

The Auburn Forestry Department did whatthey could as soon as the news was out.They soaked the ground with liquid char-coal, to try to absorb the poison. Theychanged out the soil completely to a depth offour feet, scrubbing the roots. But the leavescontinued to turn yellow. Now, in August,the Toomer Oaks look as if it were alreadyNovember. And the deadly effect is multi-plied by two seasons of severe droughtacross the South.

In 2002, the Auburn Forestry Departmentstarted culling seed from these two belovedoaks and began growing them all over thecountry. One seedling tree was planted onthe Capitol Grounds in Washington. Thetrees can be replanted on the Auburn cam-pus, and the War Eagle fans of the year 3040can gather to celebrate their venerable ageand history. But not at Toomer’s Corner.Nothing is ever going to grow there again.

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, a fanintent on destroying the trees that symbolizevictory and comfort defeat for a rival univer-sity would have had to work long and hard,with an early chain saw, or even a cross-cutsaw. And of course with the certainty ofbeing discovered before he’d come close tocompleting his self-set mission.

But at today’s point in petro-chemicaladvances, he could strike in secret, with noeffort at all.

There used to be a company whose adver-tising was highlighted with the slogan, “Themiracles of modern chemistry.”True…awfully and ironically true.

Perhaps, to quote Benjamin Franklin,we’ve “paid too much for our whistle.”

Gardening GlimpsesChemical pesticides prove dangerous in other ways

By Mrs. Herman McKenzie

LuncheonThe Madison County

Business League will host“Coffee with theCongressman,” with Rep.Gregg Harper as the fea-tured speaker, September 6,11:30 a.m., at the EmbassySuites in Ridgeland. Formore information call 601-832-5592.

Chicken dinnerReveille, the Madison

Central Showchoir, willhold a chicken dinner fund-raiser September 8, 5 to 7p.m. Dinners are $8 andinclude smoked chicken,baked beans, slaw and aroll. For advance tickets call601-853-2047.

Concert and runThe Township will host a

fund-raiser for St. JudeChildren’s HospitalSeptember 3 beginning witha 5 K at 8 a.m., and endingthe day with a concert fea-

turing counrty music artistJo Dee Messina. For detailsvisit www.stjude.org/jodeemessina.com.

Equestrian teamSt. Michael and All

Angels Anglican Church hasopenings for girls on itsequestrian team. Horseownership is not necessary.Call 601-857-2545 forinformation.

Art nightWellsFest Art Night and

Auction will be heldSeptember 20 at DulingHall. Preview party at 5:30,auction begins at 7 p.m. Formore information call 601-353-0658.

GermanFestThe annual Gluckstadt

GermanFest is scheduled forSeptember 25, 11 a.m. to 5p.m., at St. Joseph CatholicChurch. The event featuresGerman food and folkmusic. Admission and park-ing are free. For more infor-mation call 601-856-2054.


Solution for this week’s puzzle next week.This solution for August 18 puzzle

happenings

Saving lives in Malawi: Eight water

wells drilled. Many more to go.

The Malawian water well drillingcrew has mastered the new

BoreMaster ZX-1000. One $3,500well can save dozens of lives.

Malawi, Africa

Poorest place on Earth.Poorest place on Earth.

Fresh water is precious! Victor Smith is shown with Malawian villagers justafter the completion of a water well. Without these simple, shallow wells, vil-

lagers end up drinking--and dying--from germ-infested surface water.

The Jackson Rotary Club, the Madison-Ridgeland, the Rotary Club of North Jackson,Rotary District 6820 and Rotary Internationalraised more than $60,000 in a month to provide freshwater to impoverished Malawians by drilling 16 waterwells. Hundreds more need to be drilled. In Malawi,fresh water is the key to life. Each well saves dozensof lives.

Clean Water for Malawi Mission Statement.In order to prevent members of the native people of

Malawi from being injured or even dying as a result ofcontaminated drinking water, Clean Water for Malawiwas conceived and organized. Rural areas through-out Malawi and Africa are populated in small villages,many without a convenient source of clean water forconsumption, cooking or personal hygiene. The needis great and ongoing. Clean Water for Malawi willselect a village or village cluster to drill and completea shallow, safe water well, pumped by hand, to servethe needs of the local population. Maintenance andwater testing training will be emphasized to ensure along time production of safe, clean water.

One phone call or e-mail to Victor Smith, presidentof Clean Water for Malawi, can get the ball rolling foryou, your civic club or your church. The drilling rig isready to go. It takes about $3,500 to drill a water well,but any donation is welcome. Victor is a well-knownand respected Jacksonian who has spearheadednumerous mission initiatives among Jackson church-es. Victor’s number is 601-932-2223 extension 300.His email is [email protected]. For more informa-tion, go to Facebook and search for Clean Water forMalawi.

Clean Water for Malawi is not a bureaucracy. It isreal Mississippians who are striving to serve God.

From left in Malawi, Larry Crawley and DelaneyCrawley of Mobile, Charlie Thornton of Byram, BillBoykin of Greenville and David Fortenberry with

the Brookhaven Fairview Church.

John Hugh Tate, left, pastor of Jackson’s Bellwether Church, travelled to Malawi toassist in the well drilling. Right, Linda Tate and photos of happy Malawians celebrat-

ing the arrival of fresh water and the news about Jesus Christ.

Clean Water for Malawi works with the Rotary Clubof Lilongwe (capital of Malawi) and the LandiriniTrust (landirani.org), which has been organizing

humanitarian relief efforts in Malawi for 20 years. Inaddition, Clean Water of Malawi has a full-time

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Calendar the northsidesun

August 31, Wednesday• MDAH program, Historic Jefferson College director Robin Person gives a

virtual tour of the HJC site. Noon - 1 p.m. in the William Winter building.• Rebel Club of Jackson fall kickoff meeting, 5:30 p.m. at Table 100 Conference

Center, Flowood. 601-949-04621.September 1, Thursday• Historic Fondren District Fondren After 5, the first Thursday of every month, 5 - 8 p.m.at participating merchants.

• MS State Hospital Serendipity art exhibit, silent auction, 11:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. 351-8018.• Municipal Art Gallery artists reception, 5 - 7 p.m. for VSA Mississippi art group. Showing through September, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

September 2, Friday• New Stage Theatre offers “Your Passport to a Theatrical Journey,” season ticket packet.www.newstagetheatre.com.

September 3, Saturday• Mississippi Farmers Market and Greater Belhaven Market, corner of High and

Jefferson streets. Most Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 601-359-1159.• Jackson Audubon Society bird walk, LeFleur’s Bluff State campground entrance

off Lakeland Drive. www.jacksonaudubonsoicety.org.September 4, Sunday• New Stage Theatre offers “Your Passport to a Theatrical Journey,” season ticket packet.www.newstagetheatre.com.

September 5, Monday• The Jackson Zoo is currently open daily 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.September 6, Tuesday• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome support group, first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. at River Oaks Hospital. 601-362-0242.

• Metro Jackson Parkinson’s support group meets every first Tuesday, 2 p.m. at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. 601-845-6340.

• Ridgeland Garden Club monthly meeting 11 a.m. at the Ridgeland Recreation Center at Old Trace Park. Emily George, 601-898-1902.

September 7, Wednesday• Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, Sen. Hillman Frazier,

“My Long Journey Home.” Noon - 1 p.m. in the William Winter building.September 8, Thursday• Story Pirates perform John Grisham’s “Theodore Boone & the Thrill of Rights,”

4 p.m. at Eudora Welty Library. • The Cedars ‘Outdoor Splendor’ art show, 5 - 8 p.m. Free.• Delta Delta Delta alumnae Deltas After Dark, at The Treehouse.

[email protected] 9, Friday• CelticFest Mississippi September 9, 10 and 11 at the ag museum.

www.CelticFestMS.org.September 10, Saturday• Mississippi Farmers Market and Greater Belhaven Market, corner of High and

Jefferson streets. Most Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 601-359-1159.

September 10, Saturday (continued)• Old Capitol Museum Muster at the Museum, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Civil War reenactors. www.oldcapitolmuseum.com.September 11, Sunday• CelticFest Mississippi September at the ag museum. www.CelticFestMS.org.September 12, Monday• MS Agriculture and Forestry Museum / National Agricultural Aviation Museum, open Monday - Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 601-432-4500.

September 13, Tuesday• Millsaps College, Brunson Green and MS Film Commission, “The Help:

Movie-Making in Mississippi.” Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall, 7 p.m. Tickets $10. 601-974-1130.

• Madison County Mystery Readers meeting, 10:30 a.m. at Ridgeland Public Library. 601-853-8392.

• Millsaps College program Brunson Green discusses “The Help,” 7 p.m. in the Academic Complex recital hall.

• New Stage Theatre production of “Driving Miss Daisy,” September 13 - 25.www.newstagetheatre.com.

September 14, Wednesday• Mississippi Department of Archives and History program, Larry Morrisey talks

about his Mississippi Senior Cultural Leaders Oral History Project. Noon - 1 p.m. in the William Winter building.

September 15, Thursday• Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth, Bottom Line for Kids,

6 p.m., Country Club of Jackson. Tickets $100. 601-354-0983.

special daysHAPPY BIRTHDAY

September 1: Terrell Davis, Dottie Wilson, Pamela Sullivan, Randy McCarty, AshleySanders, Elizabeth Minor. September 2: Tom Dent, Dave Harcharik, Lottie Fulton, JoeAlford. September 3: Gordon Shamburger, Carroll Dugger, Mrs. S.D. Spann, JamesWesley Dodd Jr., Flora Mae Hicks, Dot Busby, Mary Mingee, Bret Unger, Bubba Shaw.September 4: Kathleen May, Mrs. Hank Fraser, Larry Smith, Russ Twitty, Conner Bell.September 5: Randy Bell, Ann Robertson, Terrianne Rogers, Mrs. Richard Palmer,Yvonne Davis. September 6: Steve Kirkpatrick, Johnny S. Taylor Sr., Renee Nation,Howard Richardson, Brandon Carver, Dr. D. Royce Boyer, Charlie Wood. September 7:Leigh Barrier, Fred R. Ezelle, Molly Barlow, Lloyd Thornton, Mary-Elise Lowe.

HAPPYANNIVERSARYSeptember 2: Alvin and Jan Lingenfelter, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Kimbrough Jr., Howard

and Vivian Richardson. September 3: Robert and Deedee Sheely. September 5: Nancy andBenton Vernon. September 6: Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Swales, Mike and Julia Jacobs.September 7: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Groebe, David and Angie McNamara.

To add your ‘Special Days’ call 601-977-8122, write to P.O. Box 16709, Jackson, MS 39236 or [email protected].

August / September events

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Clash in the Kitchen

Amanda Fontaine, Jeff Good

Jeremy Eufinger, Kris Cole, Brian Carlew, George Futris, Bill CrewsEsther Herring, Terri Jackson, Robby Scucchi Denise and Edward Walsh

Derrick Emerson, Tom Ramsey, Craig Noone, Dave Crews, Jay ParmegianiPrice and Laurel Donahoo Patrick and Bradley House, Angela Ladner

Patrick House, Dan Blumenthal, Bill Latham, Grady Griffin, Eric Sibley

Megan Harris, Janet Walker, Becky White

Clash in the Kitchen was held recently in Duling Hall.The event offered food, music and a chefs’ competition,and benefited the Mississippi Firefighters Memorial BurnAssociation.

Shown are scenes from the event.


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Immigration eventBroadmeadow United Methodist Church

will host Patricia Ice speaking on the immi-gration situation, September 11 at 4 p.m. Fordetails call 601-366-1403.

Commemorative serviceHospice Ministries invites the public to

attend “A Day of Remembrance,” a servicecommemorating the 10th anniversary of9/11, at 3 p.m. For more information call601-989-1053.


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Cheer them onAll fifth and sixth-grade girls at JacksonAcademy have the opportunity to be on acheerleading squad to support the elemen-tary football teams. The girls learn a varietyof chants and cheers at a clinic led by varsitycheerleaders. Shown at the clinic are (from

left, back) Rebecca Costas, Madison Stanton,Kelsey Pettus, Melissa Ramsey, Sara BrooksAdams, Erica Healy, Frances Anne Fortner;(front) Caroline McIntyre, Camille Couey,Henley Kate Johnson, Gracie Meck, HannahHardin, Hadley Brennan.

Back to school partySt. Andrew’s Episcopal School lower schoolers recently cel-ebrated at a back to school party at the MississippiChildren’s Museum. Shown are fourth-graders (from left)Manal Khawaja and Ava Moore.

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Arts festivalThe Mississippi Museum of Art will hold

the Town Creek Arts Festival October 1, 10a.m. to 10 p.m., featuring local artists,craftsmen, food and music. Free admission.For details visit www.msmuseumart.org orcall 601-960-1515.

Garden clubThe Ridgeland Garden Club will meet

September 6, 11 a.m., at the Ridgeland

Recreation Center at Old Trace Park. CarterBrown will speak on landscaping. Fordetails call 601-898-1902.

Museum eventsThe Mississippi Children’s Museum will

feature the following events in September:Sept. 3, Kitchen Chemistry Day; Sept. 10,Grandparents Day; Sept. 17, Papel PicadoDay fiesta; and Sept. 24, Jim HensonBirthday Celebration. Events are from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum. For detailsvisit www.mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Friends of the MississippiState Hospital voted in offi-cers and board members forthe 2011-2012 year recently.They are Sheila Shows,Miriam Hollens, MaryCrossman, MarilynGarth, Jerald Ball, BobbyStephens, Ray Wallace,Gale Martin, Steve Lesley,Dee Payne, Joel Ross,Marc Lewis, Bill Bobbs,John Overby, JeanniePittman and BennyHubbard. Founded in1987, Friends of MississippiState Hospital, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicat-ed to promoting the work ofMississippi State Hospital

and informing the public ofmental illness and the needsof the mentally ill.

Laura Lee Smith,University of Alabamafreshman, was recentlynamed the SoutheasternConference SoccerFreshman of the Week. Theweekly accolade is the firstof the season for theCrimson Tide and its firstever SEC weekly freshmanhonor. Smith is a JacksonPrep 2011 graduate.

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One halftime show in Orlando. Shown are(from left, back) Taylor Manning, SarahBednarzyk, Lucy Kennington, CourtneyHelom, Elizabeth Scott, Alari Robinson;(middle row) Shelby Willoughby, VictoriaWard, France Beard, Abby Cobb, WhitneyWilloughby, Carley Adams; (front) DanielleJoseph, Jacquelyn Massey, Karson Nelson,Jordan Welsh and Lindsey Funderburg. Notpictured: Sammie Dupont.

WILSON FURR won the11- and 12-year-oldFuture Master’s GolfTournament at DothanCountry Club. He shot 4under par the final dayfor a three round total of3 under par and defeat-ed competitors from allover the country.Numerous PGA and USOpen champions andtour stars began theircareers winning thistournament. Wilson, aseventh-grade student atJackson Academy, is theson of Bill and DeniseFurr.

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Auditions are beingscheduled for theMississippi Boychoir forboys in grades 1 through12. To schedule an auditioncall 601-665-7374.

CelticFestThe annual Mississippi

CelticFest will be heldSeptember 9 - 11 at theMississippi Ag Museum.The event features Irishmusic and dance perform-ances by Ballet Mississippistudents. Adult weekendpass $12. For more detailsvisit their Web site,www.CelticFestMS.org.

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You’ve gotta moveSome students at New Summit School usethe “You’ve Gotta Move”DVD in the class-room before starting the day of learning.The DVD is an exercise/dance program, agespecifically designed for children to be used

in the classroom. Shown are (from left, back)Kayla Marie Garcia, Aaron Massimino,William McClendon, Arthur Gaddis; (front)Kingsley Holley, Taylor Estus.

Code of honorFirst Presbyterian Day School sixth-gradestudents participate in signing the Code ofHonor for the sixth-grade. Representing the

class are (from left) Jake Maloney, SpiveyGault, Ashton Bliss, and Miriam Box.

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Boy Scout Troop One recently spent a week at the Camp Orr High Adventure Base located on the Buffalo River near Jasper, Ark. Scouts worked toward merit badges in activitiesranging from rock climbing and canoeing to cooking and reptile and amphibian study. The Scouts also enjoyed a canoe trip on the Buffalo River. Sponsored by St. Andrew’s

Episcopal Cathedral and St. James Episcopal Church, Troop One was chartered in 1916 and is the oldest Boy Scout troop in Mississippi. Enjoying the camp are (from left, back)ASM Billy Boykin, Robert Gaillet, John Spencer Jones, John Angel, Matthew Aiken, Alex Abusaa, Will Aiken, Charles Bowman, Ian Storey, Evan Womack, Harrison McKee,

Thomas Williamson, Zach Travis, Loden Snell, Campbell Cooke, Conor Crain, Bruce Senter, Nate Caraway, Jack Robinson, Carter Boyle, Chris Boyle, Patrick Scanlon, Gus Carroll, Jake Edlin, Dex Hewes, Henry Ray, Stephen Seago, Lofton Gray, ASM Charles Bowman, ASM Michael Angel, ASM Tom Chain, ASM Bob Mills, ASM Jonathan Viola, Scoutmaster JayCooke; (middle row) Parker Guy, Dolph Maxwell, Andrew Neely, Bailey Magee, Logan Scott, Will Laird, Max Martinson, Ben Burnette, Travis Rogers, Bennett Weeks, William Viola,

Jacob Painter, James McLemore, John Chain, Trey Gray, Jake Jenkins; (front) Duncan Scanlon, Richard Rein, Eli Howland, Ethan Chevalier, Timothy Seago, Kennedy Owens, Mason Glaze, Garner Cheney, Blake Mills, Drake Warman, Trussel Jones, Charley Hutchison and Drew Waddell.

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CheerleadersMadison Middle School cheerleaders for the 2011-2012school year are (from left, back) McRae Clay (mascot), KittyClaire Wallace, Olivia Tanner, Mary Upton Shirley, SarahBullock, Sarah Grace Senn, Rivers Allen, Loden Knotts,Sydney Irby (mascot); (second row) Sarah Lawson, Nadia

Yassin, Olivia Johnson, Bess Mills, Mallory Adams, CarsonWhitton, Allianne Bruch, Laquriana Yancy; (front) AllySimmons, Allyn Edmondson, Anna Ball, Molli Lott,Katherine Clardy, Meredith Bradford, Ashton Wilson, HallieAustin.

Book donationFirst Presbyterian Day School kindergarten students cele-brated their first day of school by giving a book to theirclass library. Shown are (from left) Kennedy Cleveland, JackDryden, Hayes Hathorn, and Mary Lampton Walker.

Senior wellnessSt. Dominic’s will host

Senior Wellness FestSeptember 7, 9:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m., at the MississippiTrade Mart. The event willfeature free health screenings,food and entertainment.Speaker will be actor TomLester from “Green Acres.”For details call 601-200-6698.

Raider nightJackson Academy will hold

Raider Night, an open housefor area secondary studentsand fourth through sixth

graders, September 9 begin-ning at 5:30 p.m.

Museum eventThe Old Capitol Museum

will present “Muster at theMuseum,” showing life inthe military during the CivilWar, September 10, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. For details call 601-576-6920 or visit www.old-capitolmuseum.com.

Opening receptionThe Four Seasons of The

Cedars series will feature“Outdoor Splendor,” withworks of Mississippi PleinAir painters, September 8, 5to 8 p.m. at The Cedars.

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Triple the funMimi Bailey brings her triplets, Maggie, Cate and Aubreyto Trinity Pre-School for a tea party. The Baileys are one ofthree sets of triplets currently enrolled at Trinity.

Bruin burnThe St. Joe Bruin Burn race, a 5K walk/run was held recent-ly at St. Anthony Catholic School. Proceeds will benefit St.Joseph Catholic School athletics. Featured runners includ-ed a firefighter team in full fireman gear bringing fire safe-ty awareness to the crowds, as well as Nicole Marquez, St.Joe alumnus, survivor of a shocking six-story fall. Shown is(from left, bottom photo) Beth Gaston, Melissa GastonBlanks, Michael Gaston and David Blanks; and (top photo)race winner Peter Kazery.

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Mystery Readers will meetSeptember 13, 10:30 a.m., atthe Ridgeland Library. Fordetails call 601-853-8392.

Dream machinesThe 2011 Renaissance

Euro Fest Classic EuropeanAuto and Motorcycle Showwill feature an exhibition“Dream Machines,” by artistLory Lockwood, October 8.

Artists receptionThe Municipal Art Gallery

will hold an artists receptionSeptember 1, 5 to 7 p.m. forthe VSA MS Community ArtGroup.


St. Andrew’s Episcopal School varsity cheerleaders for 2011-12 are (from left, back) Honey Holeman, Mary Frances Weeks, Elizabeth Wilks Parry, Zaria Williams, Salem Chism,Mariam Ebeid, Jessie Smith, Paige Westover, Mary Parker Davidson; (front) Savannah Thomas, Sarah Chase Dulske, Meaghan Lee, Sarah Kay Waycaster, Isabella Auchus,

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Ridgeland High School hosts its 10th annual homecoming festivities the week of September 6-9. There will be a parade September 8, pep rally on September 9, and homecoming dance following the game Friday night. Ridgeland High School homecoming court is (from left, back) sophomore beau Cameron Jackson, junior beau Alex Allen,freshman beau Guy Johnson, senior beau Collin Carroll, senior beau Alex Brooks, senior beau Zach Gardner, freshman beau Zach Wilson, senior beau Tucker Italiano, junior beauSam Richard, senior beau Austin McQuirk, junior beau Jack Cutrer, sophomore beau Montez Thomas, senior beau Pierro Bracamonte, senior beau Andrew Hulbert; (second row)

senior maid Shelby Huff, senior maid Millie Adams, senior maid Tiree Wilson, junior maid Tyrea Bully, sophomore beau Jaterrian Hudson, freshman beau Jonathan Brooks, freshman beau Francois Hudson, junior beau Josh Newell, junior maid Jaclyn Bush, senior maid Linh Nguyen, senior maid Lauren Franklin, senior maid Ramona Abraham, seniormaid Alisha Bell; (front) junior maid Rhae’Ven Ellis, junior maid Hanna Harris, sophomore maid Hope Gilbert, freshman maid Taylor Cleveland, sophomore maid Jada Slaughter,

freshman maid Raven Manuel, sophomore maid Brittany Weathersby, freshman maid Lindsey Evans, freshman maid Tracie Hobbs, and sophomore maid Taneisha Johnson. Not pictured: sophomore beaus Emil Ellis and Cope Miller.

HOMECOMING EVENTS

All sportsThe Jackson Academy Booster Club spon-sored the annual “All Sports Night”recentlyon Raider Field. Members of the 2011-12athletic teams were introduced and thedance teams, band, and cheerleaders per-

formed. Shown are (from left) Emery AnnDrufey, Maris Hardee, Allie King, MaryKathryn O’Connor, Wyatt Powell, LelandSpinks.

Gingerbread huntFirst Presbyterian Day School kindergartenstudents went on a gingerbread hunt thefirst day of school to learn their way around

FPDS. Shown are (from left) Moriah Pierce,Skylar Jones, Brad Hill, and Griffin Brown.

The Mississippi Fire 98Girls Blue soccer teamrecently won the MississippiSoccer Association U13Girls State Championship at

the Mississippi State Cup inGulfport. Team membersinclude Katelyn Hanneke,Alex Trammel, CheyneBush, Mallory Adams, Abi

Bush, Kate Carter, AllieMoore, Sarah KeetonOdom, Bailey McCarver,Savannah Stewart,Madeline Porter, CoachDwayne Demmin,Catherine Waggoner,Parker Welch, Tay Cavett,and Amira Griffin.


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Administrative teamThe members of the Madison Centraladministrative team who will lead the highschool this year under the direction ofPrincipal Edith Mitchell are Mary Edwards,Jay Harrison, Chris Perritt, and William White.Edwards is the attendance division princi-

pal. Harrison is the senior division principal.Perritt and White are the junior and sopho-more principals respectively. Shown are(from left) Edwards, Perritt, White, Harrison,and Mitchell.

Breakfast celebrationThe Global Leadership Institute of Jackson PreparatorySchool sponsored a 10th-grade mentor/mentee breakfastcelebration featuring speaker Dr. Lily Yang. Dr. Yang, Prep’sDistinguished Alumnus of 2010, challenged students andmentors to embrace their journey together with graceand truth. Shown are (from left) Susan Lindsay, head ofschool; Yang; and Cindy Townsend, GLI director.

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