Today in Mississippi June 2011

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RECOVERY Working together, co-op crews tackle nature’s destruction

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Compassion characterizes our state’s response to tragedy newly hired employee once told us he wanted to be a lineman so he could help people. This young man, fresh out of lineman’s school, understood not only the value of his job in keeping the lights on for folks in his area, but the crucial task of restoring power quickly when disaster strikes.

The past several weeks certainly gave this young man and all our employees opportunities to help people, as thousands of Mississippians faced the mind-boggling task of recovery from the losses of life and property caused by powerful tornadoes in April and widespread flooding in May. I’m proud to say electric power association employees (some of whom suffered losses themselves) are pitching in as usual to help their communities recover—and not only by restoring electric service.

An electric power association manager said many of his employees are devoting most of their time off to helping friends and neighbors with daily needs after the severe tornado outbreak in April. And not one of these employees complained, he added, about the long days they worked to rebuild power lines in the wake of the storm.

Some electric power associations have organized company-wide drives to collect items for disaster relief. One group of employees donated 41 bags of clothing, kitchen supplies, shoes, bottled water, bedding and other items to the American Red Cross for tornado victims.

Employees at another electric power association are collecting school supplies to donate to a school nearly destroyed in the storms that swept northeast Mississippi.

Other electric power association employees collected money, bought needed items and delivered them to Tuscaloosa. Some collected donations to send to Smithville, the northeast Mississippi community crushed by an EF-5

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My Opinion Michael Callahan Executive Vice President/CEO EPAs of Mississippi

tornado.

Taking action to help is just how Mississippians respond to tragedy. The outpouring of donations after last year’s devastating tornado in Yazoo City reminded us how compassionate Mississippians are, and how donations can make a difference to the victims facing a long and painful recovery.

If you are looking for a way to help storm or flood victims, a good place to start is local churches, civic groups and nonprofit organizations. This being Mississippi, odds are that someone in your area is coordinating some kind of volunteer or donor response effort.

Gov. Haley Barbour announced in April the Mississippi Disaster Recovery Fund is accepting monetary donations. Anyone wanting to donate can do it through their Website, www.mississippirelief.com or by texting “MS” to 27722 to give $10 to the fund.

Donors may also choose to send a check to the Mississippi Disaster Recovery Fund, c/o BankPlus, 4450 Old Canton Road, Suite 101, Jackson, MS 39211, or donate at any BankPlus branch.

These options make it easy for us to help disaster victims, and donations of any amount will help—especially if we all pitch in.

••• Our thoughts and prayers go out to the residents of Joplin, Mo., who suffered the loss of loved ones and property May 22 in an extraordinarily destructive tornado.

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Monroe County Electric Power Association crews rebuild lines in Smithville after an EF-5 tornado destroyed much of the small town in northeast Mississippi. Historic tornado outbreaks in April were followed by historic flooding, pictured at Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association’s Redwood branch office (top photos). Our disaster-response story begins on page 4.

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Vegetable lovers, rejoice! This is your time of year. Mississippi’s farmers markets are overflowing with fresh homegrown produce, like these fruits and veggies from growers in Scott and Smith counties.

Mississippi is . . . . . . fresh Gulf shrimp, boiled or fried, Farm-fresh produce, bought on the roadside.

Fields of watermelons and corn, too.

Hey, let’s have a barbecue!

Farm-raised catfish deep fried, with hushpuppies and cole slaw on the side.

For all the good food I like to eat, Mississippi just can’t be beat!

— Kathy Nelsen, Lucedale Mississippi is my years at ACTS high school (Gloster). The smell of fresh-cut hay on my grandparents’ farm. Playing football (after church) with at least 25 friends on that same cut hay field. The slow moan of the Illinois Central at night, which seems to lull you to sleep. A place in a few months, after retirement, I’ll call home once again.

— Gill W. Williams, El Sobrante, Calif.

Mississippi is my birthplace and I’m proud to call it home, but in my youth I heard the call of the west to roam. Now in my senior years, I’m home again and remember the pleasures of my youth: seeing daffodils, hyacinths and narcissus blooming in the spring; catching bream from the pond; the smell of honeysuckle and wild roses growing on the fence; watching hummingbirds sipping the nectar in summer; squirrels rustling through oak leaves looking for acorns in the fall, with geese flying overhead in a “V” formation and honking loudly; in winter (this year) waking up to a white snow-covered world with icicles hanging from the roof. We have the best of the seasons in Mississippi. I’m glad to be back home!

— Betty Stringer, Starkville

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Battling the Impact of historic spring tornadoes, floods

Tornado damage in Smithville and Mississippi River flooding at Mayersville are depicted in this composite photo.

Below, flooding invades Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association’s office and electrical facilities at Redwood.

Electric power association crews respond with speed, efficiency and cooperation to rebuild power lines and electrical equipment destroyed in back-to-back disasters.

By Debbie Stringer Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and flooding responsible for the loss of life, property and crops in recent weeks also left thousands of electric power association members in the dark and power lines in tatters.

Electric power association crews replaced hundreds of utility poles and rebuilt lines destroyed by extreme winds and falling trees associated with two major outbreaks of tornadic thunderstorms in April.

“Literally, our crews were in harm’s way repairing damage from one storm while another storm was bearing down on them,” said Wayne Henson, general manager of East Mississippi Electric Power Association, based in Meridian.

Days later, rising waters in the Mississippi River and its tributaries forced electric power association crews to

disconnect electric meters and shut down power lines in flooded areas—all while keeping watch for snakes and alligators displaced by the water.

Since Mississippi’s 26 electric power associations serve 85 percent of the state’s land mass, few of them emerged from these back-to-back disasters unscathed.

Violent storms rip across state The 63 tornadoes confirmed in April in Mississippi shattered the month’s record of 26, set in April 2005.

Twenty-five of the 63 tornadoes were rated as strong to violent, or EF-2 to EF-5.

The first major storm system struck on April 15-16.

Tornadoes impacted parts of 16 counties, with the strongest being confirmed in Greene, Hinds and Kemper counties. One fatality was reported in Greene County.

Lucedale-based Singing River Electric Power Association and East Mississippi Electric Power Association’s electrical systems were hardest hit, with a combined total of some 10,700 meters losing power.

On April 20, a round of severe thunderstorms left some 10,000 members of Columbus-based 4-County Electric Power Association in the dark.

A second major storm system, which swept the region April 25-28, caused an estimated 326 fatalities in six states, including 36 in Mississippi on April 27. Its supercell thunderstorms spawned at least 39 tornadoes in the state, including two rare EF-5 tornadoes, the first to strike Mississippi since 1966. One of them killed 16 people in Smithville and Monroe County, making it one of the deadliest twisters on record in the state. The other EF-5 killed at least three people as it tore a 29mile long path from Neshoba to Kemper counties.

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The recovery at North East Mississippi Electric Power suffered such significant damage,” Henson said. “Lit- Association, based in Oxford, involved extra work crews erally, TVA and local system and long hours as workers rebuilt many miles of lines.

“Once again, facing adversity, our employees stepped up operators were required to re-engineer the transmission and joined forces with emergency crews from other associations to restore service to our members in a timely system in order to restore manner. We have a comprehensive plan for events like power. With help from inthis, and our people are well-trained to respond in a safe terconnections from Entergy and South Mississippi and efficient manner,” said Bob Collier, general manager of North East.

Electric Power Association, and the existence of combustion turbines at DeKalb Then came the flooding and Caledonia operating, On the heels of the tornadoes came widespread the TVA engineers managed flooding from the Mississippi River. The river rose in to keep power on in a very May to levels not seen since the 1920s in some areas of The destructive force of the EF-5 tornado that hit Smithville April 27 is evident in the structural damage of this tenuous stability situation.” home and the surrounding debris. the state and caused extensive backwater flooding.

The interconnection, Electric power association members in west MissisEighteen of 26 electric power associations in Missiscompleted in 2007, is the result of a collaboration besippi counties faced inundated homes, businesses and sippi suffered power outages during this historic storm tween TVA and South Mississippi Electric Power Asso- farm land. Corn fields near the Yazoo River in Yazoo system. At the peak, more than 122,000 electric power ciation, a generation and transmission cooperative based County were transformed into a lake up to 10 feet deep. association members—about 16 percent of the total in Hattiesburg. It consists of a transmission line conThe Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said membership in the state—were left without electricity. necting their transmission systems near Lake. more than 4,200 people were displaced in Mississippi Most of the outages occurred north of the I-20 corridor.

Work continues to repair TVA’s transmission system, due to flooding, most of them in the Vicksburg Estimated damage costs to the electric power associa- including the replacement of 351 transmission structions total $6.7 million for this storm alone. tures supporting the lines.

Nine of the 18 affected electric power associations reContinued on next page quired the assistance of extra workers to expedite the Working sunup restoration of electric service. to sundown East Mississippi Electric Power Association was one After the EF-5 tornado’s passage of the electric cooperatives that took a double hit from in Smithville, crews from Monroe the two outbreaks of supercell thunderstorms.

County Electric Power Association “The composite damage exceeded the impacts of headed to the area to assess the Hurricane Ivan in 2004,” Henson said. “We had two damage to the electrical system.

EF-5s, an EF-4 and several EF-1 tornadoes. The most What they found was total destrucserious storms were on the ground across our entire systion, yet they immediately began tem, west to east.” rebuilding power lines. More than 300 utility poles had been deRoadblocks to progress overcome stroyed by the tornado.

Power lines wiped out by the tornadoes disappeared “We just started where the torin the tangles of debris left behind. nado first set down and began re“The challenge was to be able to get through the de- building lines for a two-and-a-half bris and get it cleared out of the way so we could remile stretch on Highway 25,” said build our distribution lines,” said Joe Cade, general Barry Rowland, general manager of manager of 4-County.

Monroe County Electric, in Amory.

Community members volunteered their bulldozers Rowland said churches and indiand tractors to move mangled power lines, downed trees viduals in the community prepared and debris from homes, businesses, trailers, barns and meals for his line crews while they other structures so line crews could begin reconstrucworked nine days from sunup to tion, Cade said. sundown to restore power in loca“The sheriff’s departments and Highway Patrol were tions capable of receiving it. Crews especially helpful in keeping sightseers out of the areas also extended temporary service to a so we could work, and I really appreciate their assismedical clinic, a bank operating out tance,” Cade said. of a trailer and a tent used for Electric power association members in east-central church services. and northeast Mississippi lost power when storms “Our crews never gave up. They knocked out more than 100 Tennessee Valley Authority knew what they had to do, and the (TVA) transmission lines. TVA shut down one nuclear community helped out any way they generating plant and part of another fossil-fuel generat- could. We definitely want to thank Backwater flooding along the Yazoo River reach transmission lines and a substation (above) and inundates a home on Highway 3 in Redwood (top). Rising water levels reduced safe clearances underneath ing plant due to the storms’ impact on its transmission all the people that fed our crews many power lines, forcing crews to de-energize them until the water could recede. system in Mississippi and Alabama. during the restoration effort,” Row“Never in the 75-year history of TVA had the system land said.

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‘Patience is the key, and safety comes first.’

– Percy McCaa

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area. One death in Vicksburg was attributed to the flood.

Some 3,800 meters served by electric power associations lost service due to flooding.

Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association, in Yazoo City, serves the area from Vicksburg northeast to Yazoo City where some of the worst flooding has occurred.

Before the flood, Yazoo Valley Electric and other electric power associations serving affected areas disconnected electric meters threatened by the rising water. Crews also temporarily de-energized power lines located where reduced clearance above the rising water could create a public safety hazard.

In at least once instance, a distribution line was de-energized at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while using heavy equipment to repair a mainline levee. The outage affected more than 1,000 electric power association members.

After the flood water recedes this month, electric power association crews must inspect electrical equipment and complete line repairs before power can be safely restored.

“When the water goes down, we’re going to have to inspect each and every [customer] meter base that’s been underwater, along with our own power lines,” said Percy McCaa, general manager of Southwest Electric Power Association, in Lorman. “And if our transformers have been underwater, more than likely we’ll have to replace them.”

McCaa said the hundreds of meter

bases that were submerged in Southwest Electric’s service area may be filled with mud or have other damage that will prevent their safe use. Owners have the responsibility of cleaning or replacing damaged meter bases before crews can turn their power on.

“Patience is the key and safety comes first,” McCaa said. “It will take time to do the inspections and notify our members so they can take care of problems with their meter base.”

Cooperation averts outages, speeds restoration Electric power associations worked with other electric utilities serving Mississippi to keep electric service on for as many people as possible during the flooding.

Yazoo Valley Electric, for example, set

up a temporary mobile substation provided by South Mississippi Electric Power Association to supply power to 2,500 meters in the Redwood/Vicksburg area. “This move prevented lengthy power outages from occurring when an Entergy transmission line was shut down due to rising water,” said C.H. Shelton, general manager of Yazoo Valley Electric.

Southwest Electric stepped in to provide electric service to about 70 Entergy customers experiencing outages in Claiborne County due to backwater from the Big Black River.

Upon assessing the extent of the damage to lines after the April storms, electric power associations activated emergency mutual-aid plans, one of the strengths of the electric cooperative program. Electric power associations with few or no outages sent crews to assist the nine electric power associations hardest hit by torna-

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A total of 205 extra workers from electric cooperatives in Mississippi and Louisiana and independent contractors helped in the recovery. “[Local crews] show their appreciation to those visiting crews, and the visiting crews obtain a sense of pride because their special skills are being used to improve quality of life for people who really appreciate their efforts,” said Henson, whose crews received help from five other electric power associations in the state.

“We stand ready to provide reciprocal help to other electric co-ops in the future,” he added.

This mutual aid greatly speeds the reconstruction of power lines and restoration of electric service to members. It also presents unique logistical challenges, such as how to house and feed large numbers of assisting workers, usually in small towns with few accommodations.

“I can’t say enough about how much we all appreciate these guys coming in and helping us,” Cade said. “They worked extremely well with our guys and never complained once. They really had some difficult situations to deal with and did a fantastic job.”

Electric power associations took advantage of every opportunity to keep their members informed of progress during the power restoration efforts.

“4-County found Facebook to be an excellent way to update our members on the outages and restoration process,” Cade said. “There was a lot of uncertainty in the whole TVA service area during their outage, and we were able to address concerns and rumors, as well as provide real-time updates throughout the recovery. Hundreds of our members thanked us for our efforts.”

At press time, water levels remain well above flood stage in several river counties, and cleanup is under way in the tornado-stricken areas. Victims of both disasters—bolstered by volunteers, donations and prayers— are preparing themselves for a long recovery period.

Electric power associations are making every effort to help spur their recovery, without compromising public safety, in the wake of these historic disasters.

A mobile substation keeps the power on for 2,500 meters served by Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association in the Redwood/Vicksburg area.

Above, flooding at Yazoo Valley’s Redwood branch.

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ater, water everywhere.

At least between the levees mostly. Where there are levees. Not everywhere in Mississippi has a levee along the Mississippi River, especially south of Vicksburg. There, the water stretched from the foot of the bluffs on the Mississippi side westward all the way to the levee on the Louisiana side, no matter how far apart that was.

That was something I got to see first hand during two days of flying in the WLBT helicopter, Skycopter 3, reporting on the Great Flood of 2011 from up above. News Director Dennis Smith asked me to go up to Greenville with the crew so I could direct them to and then report on the trouble spots there.

Although the levee system was holding well, not all of Greenville is outside the levee. Many of the homes built on the banks of Lake Ferguson north of town were up to the rooftops in floodwater.

Lake Ferguson is an oxbow lake that once was the main river. But the wiggly Mississippi changed course back in time,

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leaving the lake behind in the old riverbed. The lower end of the lake is still connected to the river, so it rises and falls with it.

When I was growing up in Greenville we’d ride our bikes over the levee during Mississippi the spring rise and watch the fish Seen swim across the

by Walt Grayson road that goes to the lake houses. If it ever got knee deep over that road it was a big rise that year.

This year, that road is under at least 15 feet of water, I imagine.

After Greenville we flew south along the river past the new bridge. The mass of water filled every inch of space between the levee on the Mississippi side and the levee on the Arkansas side, no matter how close together or far apart they were.

Where the Yazoo River empties into

the Mississippi above Vicksburg was the biggest trouble spot for the Delta. With the Mississippi high, it backs into the Yazoo basin. In 1973 the Delta from Rolling Fork southward was a lake. This year is was mostly dry. Why? Because of the backwater levee built on the northwest bank of the Yazoo River since then.

Money well spent.

But the Yazoo has made it around the end of its levee and caused much flooding south and west of Yazoo City in particular.

The next day we went back up and surveyed south of Vicksburg. This is bluff country and nothing got wet past the first bluff and away from any creeks and rivers that couldn’t empty into the Mississippi. But there are neighborhoods as far inland as Port Gibson on Bayou Pierre taking on backwater.

The old river port of Rodney, once a hub of commerce and culture, became almost extinct when the Mississippi changed course and deserted it over 100 years ago. It’s a river town again now, most of it in the river, unfortunately.

The Mississippi River stretched from the bluffs on the Mississippi side all the way to the levee on the Louisiana side south of Natchez, no matter how far apart they were. Water filled everything in between, even flooding islands in the river channel.

Photo: Walt Grayson

Natchez was mostly OK except where the river backed into St. Catherine Creek, causing vast areas of lowland flooding. From Natchez southward is where the river was widest, engulfing former lakes and making them part of the river again.

We flew 1,500 feet above the river and I was awestruck at the amount of water beneath and on either side of us.

I was born two decades and change after the ’27 flood and have heard it talked about all of my life. I ‘spect we’ll be talking a lot about the Great Flood of 2011 for a long time, too. And it isn’t over.

Walt Grayson is the host of “Mississippi Roads” on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television and the author of two “Looking Around Mississippi” books and “Oh! That Reminds Me: More Mississippi Homegrown Stories.”

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Summer Reading

HOTnew books for

Pour a glass of iced tea and head for the hammock with new nonfiction books by or about Mississippians. Here are just a few of the titles available now.

What There Is to Say We Have Said The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell Edited by Suzanne Marrs In 1942, when Eudora Welty was a 33-year-old writer already being praised for “the wealth of her talent,” she began exchanging occasional letters with William Maxwell, 34, another rising writer and editor living in New York with his wife. In 1951, their correspondence began in earnest after Maxwell, an editor at The New Yorker magazine, convinced the magazine to publish one of Welty’s short stories despite previous rejections.

For more than 50 years, Welty and Maxwell’s professional relationship and mutual respect developed into a friendship that endured until his death in 2000. Marrs includes 170 letters written by Welty to Maxwell and 156 of Maxwell’s letters to her, all presented chronologically to provide “an autobiography of a friendship,” Marrs writes. The letter writers share literary opinions, family news, opinions of books they’ve read, worries, successes and other events in their lives. Welty writes from her family home in Jackson, where she composed short stories, novels and other literary works.

The book presents a fascinating, intimate look into the lives and thoughts of two fine writers born in the early 20th century, when “everybody knew the name of everybody else’s horse and dog, and there was no extra charge for the rainbow,” as Maxwell reminisced to Welty near the end of his life.

Marrs, a Welty scholar and author of “Eudora Welty: A Biography,” was also a friend of Welty. She inserts explanatory comments between the letters where necessary and includes extensive notes in the back of the book.

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $35 hardcover)

Mississippi Women Their Histories, Their Lives–Volume 2 Edited by Elizabeth Ann Payne, Martha H. Swain and Marjorie Julian Spruill; bibliography by Brenda M. Eagles A Mississippi farm woman, writing in a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture around 1915,

wondered if small streams could run power plants large enough “to do many of the innummerable small jobs that fall to the lot of most farm women—washing, milking, drawing water, churning, sweeping and with proper appliances heating rooms and cooking.”

Less than two percent of farms in Mississippi had electicity when she wrote those words. Yet she and many other Mississippi farm women were already thnking of ways electricity could improve their lives and ease their daily burdens—some 20 years before it started to become reality. As it turned out, women played a key role in bringing electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) into Mississippi and creating some of the nation’s first rural electric cooperatives.

Their story is included in “Mississippi Women,” a collection of historical essays focusing on the diverse experiences of women through some 300 years of Mississippi history, and how they’ve helped shape that history.

Other essays include “Choctaw and Chickasaw Women, 1690-1834,” “Stepping Lively in Place: The Free Black Women of Antebellum Natchez,” “Yankees in the Yard: Mississippi Women During the Vicksburg Campaign” and “Discovering What’s Already There: Mississippi Women and Civil Rights Movements.”

Volume 1 of “Mississippi Women” featured biographical essays on women as part of the Mississippi Women’s History Project. (The University of Georgia Press; $24.95 softcover)

A Southerly Course Recipes & Stories From Close to Home Martha Hall Foose; photographs by Chris Granger Martha Hall Foose’s first cookbook, “Screen Doors and Sweet Tea,” the winner of a James Beard Award, served to remind us how storytelling enriches a recipe collection. Her writings about Mississippi foodways are a sure recipe for homesickness if you’ve been foolish enough to move away from the state—and even if you’ve never left.

Foose continues her magical mix in “A Southerly Course.” Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, Foose

studied at a French pastry school, operated bakeries in Oxford and Greenwood, and worked as executive chef of the Viking Cooking School. She lives near Tchula on a family farm with her husband and their son.

Her recipes rely on fresh, seasonal ingredients, many of them produced locally. Some examples: Yazoo Souffle (made with six daylilies, stamens removed), Squash Blossoms (fried), Grilled Green Onions, Blackberry Jam Cake, Hominy Salad, Fig Pecan Fondue, Gardener’s Pie (a vegetarian version of shepherd’s pie), Venison Meatballs and so much more. Recipes are organized by course, from appetizers through desserts.

Its luscious photographs of food and glimpses of Mississippi life mean you’ll put this book on the coffee table when you’re done in the kitchen. (Clarkson Potter; $32.50 hardcover)

Panther Tract Wild Boar Hunting in the Mississippi Delta Melody Golding; recipes by Chef John Folse This book combines more than 150 color photographs by Golding, of Vicksburg with first-person tales of hunting wild boar in the south Mississippi Delta.

Golding is the creator of the exhibit “Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember.”

Photographs in “Panther Tract” represent a day on a hunt, from dawn until after nightfall, at Panther Tract, a private 4,500-acre hunting preserve in Yazoo County.

Panther Tract is a place where canines named Homicide or Hoover might wear Kevlar vests to protect against the tusks of boars weighing hundreds of pounds and the landscape’s dense, thorny thickets. It is a place where men, women, dogs, horses, hogs, weapons and wilderness mix in various memorable ways, as related by

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the hunters themselves in this 264page book.

There are recipes, too, for Stuffed Crown Roast of Wild Boar and Shoepeg Corn Bread Dressing, both contributed by Chef John Folse.

“Panther Tract” will appeal to those interested in the natural history and culture of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, and to anyone who relishes hair-raising (and heartbreaking) tales of the hunt. As one hunter learns, it’s not that easy to outsmart a hog. (University Press of Mississippi; $40 hardcover)

Return to the Southern Wild A Photographic Journey by Joe Mac Hudspeth Jr. Joe Mac Hudspeth Jr.; forward by Billy Joe Cross Brandon wildlife photographer and wildlife conservationist Joe Mac Hudspeth presents another “Southern Wild” collection of his works in this stunning coffee-table book.

Hudspeth’s honors include the Grand Prize for Wildlife by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute for Natural History.

His work is widely published and has been featured since 1997 on the Mississippi Duck Stamp and Mississippi Sportsman licenses.

This book takes readers deep into Mississippi woods and waters for an intimate look at the beauty and behaviors of waterfowl, whitetails, wild turkey and other creatures. There’s a chapter devoted entirely to the wood duck and one for scenics.

Hudspeth shows us what happens all around us, just beyond the tree lines, while we whip past on the highways. While we’re snug in bed on cold winter mornings, he is waiting, knee-deep in water, for daybreak and the stirring of wood ducks, his favorite subject.

He explains the stories behind some of the photos in the “How I Got the Shot” chapter. (www.southernfocus.com; $40 hardcover)

More Fast & Fabulous Five-Star 5-Ingredient (or Less) Recipes Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley This pair of Mississippi cookbook authors just keeps on cranking out collections packed with recipes billed as the “best of the best” or “fast and fabulous”—because they are.

The latest offering from Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley is the new edition of their popular five-ingredient-recipe cookbook. True to form, these gals have another winner on their hands, with all-new recipes.

McKee and Moseley make use of convenience foods, such as refrigerated pizza dough and packaged shredded cheese, to expedite meal preparation. The cookbook presents 580 recipes, each one calling for five or fewer ingredients. Included are Yummiest Corn Dip Ever, Curried Avocado Salad, Queso Chicken on Spanish Rice, Soppin’ Shrimp Bake, Zing Squash, Fried Carrots (!), Fresh BasilTomato Pizza, Chocolate Pecan Brittle and Red Velvet Moon Pies, just to name a few that caught our eye.

If you are (or need a gift for) a busy mom, an empty nester who wants quick but tasty meals or a newlywed who needs to learn to cook now, this cookbook will offer lots of ideas and inspiration. (Quail Ridge Press; $19.95 softcover)

An Illustrated Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign & National Military Park Jeff Giambrone This is an excellent and thorough resource for those touring (or planning to visit) Vicksburg and the 1,800acre Vicksburg National Military Park’s vast array of monuments, markers and other attractions.

The author delves deep into the Civil War experience in Vicksburg and the stories behind the city’s historical attractions. The 285-page book opens with “The Making of Vickburg,” with stories of steamboats, flooding and shifts in the Mississippi River’s course. From there it takes readers into the Civil War years, with information on weapons and equipment, maneuvers, battles and, finally, details of the Seige of Vickburg in 1863.

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The second half of the book is devoted to modernday Vickburg: detailed profiles of historic homes, buildings, cemeteries and the military park. Readers will learn how civilians coped with the hardships of war by living in caves as the cannons boomed and the historic events that unfolded before and during the Union occupation.

The information is presented in narratives, bulleted “notable facts,” maps and black-and-white photographs.

Every monument in the military park is profiled, with details about its creation and the subject it memorializes.

One of the newest is the Mississippi African American Monument, erected in 2004.

If you are planning to visit Vicksburg, this book will enrich your experience and certainly expand your mustsee list of historic sites. The spiral binding makes its easy to keep the book open for reference. (Communication Arts Co.; $34.95 softcover)

Tell Me About That Horse Stories From Exceptional People About Treasured Horses Compiled, illustrated and photographed by Vaughn Wilson; foreward by Nolan Ryan Vaughn Wilson, of Petal, is an avid horseman, professional photographer and portrait painter. All three of his passions come together in “Tell Me About That Horse,” a collection of 40 profiles of well-known horse lovers.

Wilson combines their stories of treasured horses with his portrait painting and photography to create this 172page coffee-table book. It’s a beautiful tribute to all horses and the owners who cherish them.

The cover image is a Wilson oil painting depicting singer Michael Martin Murphey and his horse “Wildfire,” named after his hit record of the 1970s.

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The Atlantic hurricane season begins Wednesday, June 1, and East Miss.

Electric Power Association wants you to be prepared. For the United States, the peak hurricane threat exists from midAugust to late October, although the official season extends through November 30. Forecasters are anticipating the 2011 season to be unusually busy.

Every year, our nation experiences more significant hurricane risk as coastal populations continue to rapidly increase. More than one in six Americans now reside in a county abutting the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico.

In resort areas, populations can swell tenfold or even a hundredfold on holidays and weekends.

The most significant danger comes from a hurricane’s storm surge, when the surface of the sea gets raised due to the force of a hurricane’s winds spiraling in toward the center. It is important to note that the stronger and larger the size of the hurricane and the shallower the offshore water, the higher the surge will be.

“After the devastation and destruction left from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, we want to make sure that everyone is prepared,” said Wayne Henson, general manager of EMEPA. “Even though we hope for the best, it’s imperative that we plan for the worst.”

Hurricanes are measured using the Saffir-Simpson scale, a 1 to 5 rating based on the storm’s sustained wind speed. This scale estimates potential property damage. Hurricanes or typhoons reaching Category 3 and higher are considered major events because of their potential for loss of life and damage. Category 1 and 2 storms are still very dangerous and warrant preventative measures. In the western North Pacific, the term “Super Typhoon” is used for tropical cyclones with sustained winds exceeding 150 mph.

Hurricane-force winds, 74 mph or more, can destroy buildings and mobile homes. Debris, such as signs, roofing material, siding and small items left outside, become flying missiles in hurricanes. And winds can hold at hurricane strength well inland. In 1989, Hurricane Hugo battered Charlotte, North Carolina—about 175 miles inland—with wind gusts to near 100 mph, downing trees and power lines.

Hurricanes and tropical storms also produce tornadoes. These tornadoes most often occur in thunderstorms embedded in rain bands well away from the center of the hurricane; however, they can also occur near the eyewall.

Usually, tornadoes produced by a hurricane are relatively weak and short-lived, but still pose a threat.

How can I be ready?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends having basic supplies on hand in case a disaster occurs.

Emergency food and drinking water At least one change of clothes Batteries Matches and lighters Cash and credit cards Car keys Personal identification Clock (non-electric) Cooler (with ice) Duct and masking tape Fire extinguisher First aid kit

Flashlights Lanterns with extra fuel Manual can opener Medicines, glasses or contact supplies Pet food Phone numbers Plastic trash bags Radio (battery-operated or TV) Sleeping bags, pillows and blankets Soap and shampoo Toilet paper

Hurricanes and tropical storms can produce widespread torrential rains often in excess of six inches. This rain can produce deadly and destructive floods. Heavy rain can trigger landslides and debris flows, especially in mountainous regions. Flooding is the major threat from tropical cyclones to people living far from the coast. Flash flooding can occur quickly due to intense rainfall. Long-term flooding on rivers and streams can persist for several days after the storm.

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, a 1 to 5 rating based on the hurricane’s sustained wind speed, estimates potential property damage.

• Category 1 (Sustained Winds of 7495 mph): Damage primarily to shrubbery, trees, foliage and unanchored mobile homes. No real damage to other structures. Storm surge typically 4-5 ft. above normal.

• Category 2 (Sustained Winds of 96110 mph): Some trees blown down.

Major damage to exposed mobile homes. Some damage to roofing materials, windows and doors. Storm surge typically 6-8 ft. above normal.

• Category 3 (Sustained Winds of 111-130 mph): Large trees blown down. Mobile homes destroyed. Some structural damage to roofing materials

of buildings. Some structural damage to small buildings. Storm surge typically 9-12 ft. above normal.

• Category 4 (Sustained Winds of 131-155 mph): Trees blown down.

Complete destruction of mobile homes.

Extensive damage to roofing materials, windows and doors. Complete failure of roofs on many small residences.

Storm surge typically 13-18 ft. above normal.

• Category 5 (Sustained Winds over 155 mph): Complete failure of roofs on many residences and industrial buildings. Extensive damage to windows and doors. Some complete building failures. Storm surge typically greater than 18 ft. above normal.

Terms to understand • Hurricane Watch: Hurricane conditions are possible in a specified area, usually within 36 hours.

• Hurricane Warning: Hurricane conditions are expected in a specified area, usually within 24 hours.

• Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings: Take these alerts seriously. Although tropical storms have lower wind speeds than hurricanes, they often bring life-threatening flooding and dangerous winds. Take precaution.

2011 Hurricane names Arlene Bret Cindy Don Emily Franklin Gert Harvey

Irene Jose Katia Lee Maria Nate Ophelia Philippe

Rina Sean Tammy Vince Whitney

June 2011 ■ Today in Mississippi

Use portable electric generators safely

Portable electric generators can offer many benefits when a longterm electrical outage occurs due to a storm. However, if generators are not used properly, things could turn deadly.

After Hurricane Katrina, for example, many people relied on generators. But the misuse of them caused five deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC also reported 51 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Follow these tips to prevent misuse of portable electrical generators: • Be sure to follow manufacturers’ directions for installation and operation.

• To prevent electric shock, make sure your generator is properly grounded. The operation manual should provide correct grounding procedures.

• Operate electric generators or other fuel-powered machines outside where deadly carbon monoxide fumes cannot enter the home.

• Use the generator only in a well-ventilated and dry area located away from air intakes to the house. Do not use a generator in an attached garage.

• Do not overload the generator by operating more appliances and equipment than the generator can handle. The operating instructions should have an output rating for the generator.

• Individual appliances should be plugged directly into the receptacle outlet of the generator using appropriately sized extension cords to carry the electric load. Make sure the cords are rated for outdoor use, have a grounded, three-pronged plug, and are in good condition.

• Do not run extension cords under rugs.

• Never connect generators directly to your home’s wiring. The reverse flow of electricity can electrocute an unsuspecting utility worker.

• Never plug a generator into a household outlet.

• Do not refuel a generator while it is running.

• Only store fuel outside of living areas and away from heat sources like water heater pilot lights.

• Turn off all equipment powered by the generator before shutting it down.

• Keep children and pets away from generators.

WARNING If you connect a portable electric generator to the main electrical supply coming into the house, the electrical generator could feed back into your electric cooperative’s system and electrocute workers who are repairing the electrical lines.

To avoid back-feeding of electricity into utility systems, you must have a qualified electrician install a double-pole, double-throw transfer switch (see illustration) between the generator and utility power in compliance with all state and local electrical codes.

Your generator might not be large enough to handle the load of all the lights, appliances, TV, etc. at one time. To prevent dangerous overloading, calculate wattage requirements correctly.

Think SAFETY!

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Mountain vacation trip on the drawing board outherners lay claim to the most visited national park in the United States: the beautiful Smoky Mountains National Park. The mountain range rises along the Tennessee-North Carolina border as a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and also forms part of the Blue Ridge, which has similar characteristics.

If you’re looking at fuel prices, but need a vacation, think “Smokies.” They’re only a day’s drive from any location in Mississippi. North Mississippi has the advantage. Save money on motels—if you don’t mind the drive. Take an ice chest of food and stop at several of the pleasant rest stops along the way.

A word of warning. When you arrive in the general area of the mountains, there’s a Beast on the prowl—and I don’t mean the brown bears. He bides his time enticing tourists. It’s not surprising that tourists welcome the Beast with open arms, since it has a beauty of its own.

Can you name the Beast? Read on.

Though this national park inhales the largest number of mountain seekers in the country, it hasn’t always been that way. Tourism ballooned in the seventies and eighties, making it akin to the Gold Rush of 1849. Why, you say? Research reflects that people are traveling more, but that’s not the bottom line.

A journalist in California wrote, “The beauty of S.M.N.P. was the best-kept secret of our century.” It seems that states, other than those below the Mason-Dixon

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line, took notice and finally recognized the charm of these mountains and the contributions of the Appalachian people.

Southerners have always appreciated the park. We are, however, now reaping the annoyances of its discovery.

When we take that vacation, we Grin ‘n’ are met with toeBare It to-toe and

by Kay Grafe bumper-tobumper humans.

They’re exploring the once scantily walked trails. Some people leave behind too much evidence. Yet, on the last few trips we’ve made, I’ve noticed that people are trying keep it unspoiled.

As for vehicles, carbon-dioxide drove the bears and deer to higher elevations.

So if you want to see more wildlife, put on your hiking boots.

Cade’s Cove still has a good stand of wildlife. We were told since mountains don’t overwhelm this area, the fresh air can circulate and rid itself of the pollutants. There’s a campground in this lower elevation and many walking trails. But campgrounds are everywhere.

Historical sights, musicals and other events and museums of this region are now acclaimed throughout the nation.

For example, the stage play “Unto These Hills” dramatizes the Cherokee Indians’ Trail of Tears, near the town of Cherokee. The Museum of Appalachia in Nor-

ris, Tenn., is a living tribute to its people, with live music.

Then there’s Flat Rock Playhouse near Henderson, N.C., where summer stock productions are held from April to October. Carl Sandberg’s home is also located in Flat Rock (open for visitors) and is preserved by the National Park Service.

Both attractions are too good to miss.

The Biltmore Estate, built by George Vanderbilt, opened its doors to family and friends on Christmas Eve 1895. It’s one of the most exquisite homes you’ll ever visit in the U.S. The dairy farm of yesteryear has been replaced with a winery.

With the opening of Dollywood in the eighties, and now water parks, carnivals, racetracks, bungee jumping, guided tour kayaking, just to name a few, the number of hotels and employment rose to an alltime high in Seviervile, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

There’s something wonderful for everyone. My tour guide husband and I enjoy hiking up to Mt. LeConte Lodge.

LeConte is the tallest (i.e., from immediate base to summit) in the mountain range. It has authentic log cabins with no indoor plumbing. It predates the creation of the park in 1930. LeConte has outdoor facilities and a mess hall, and the view is incredible.

Southerners welcome the fairly short

drive and some of us welcome the Beast: the marketplace encompassing shopping outlets, specialty shops, art shops, restaurants and, of course, country music theaters.

I was just thinking. With America on high alert since bin Laden’s death, the Smokies might be a safe haven. There’s no high-profile government buildings and the small villages are spread out.

Grab your back pack and let’s go.

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Simple therapy for the tattered spirit ruth be known, we all probably need a little therapy now and again.

Not therapy that focuses on strengthening repaired knees or stretched shoulders, though this is essential in various situations. The therapy we often need is that which weaves back into place spirits that have been tattered. This tattering can come quickly, as in times of sudden loss.

But it can also creep in subtly after extended periods of excessive demands on our time and abilities. However it arrives, arrive it will.

While I didn’t fully realize it then, I know now that I discovered in childhood a powerful entity that never failed to work its therapeutic magic. This marvelous little thing was a campfire, and its efficacy remains.

In those early years, a campfire was a near constant for country boys such as I. We camped regularly, perhaps two or three nights a week—out in the pasture or down by the creek after chores were completed in the afternoon. Simple affairs, these camps. More times than not just a quilt spread out on the ground.

But there was always a campfire.

Let it be firmly established here that a fire is not some curious addition to an outdoor experience. It is mandatory,

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vital. True, there are times when a fire is not permitted because of prevailing restraints, but if these are not factors a fire simply must be. It becomes the centerpiece, not an ornament. Why? That likely varies from individual to individual, from circumstance to circumstance.

A campfire—even if there is no literal camp—is the point of gathering. Participants yield to its lure. Someone may do a bit of rudimentary cooking, but more than likely everyone will just sit and stare, those stares broken by jovial or somber conversation. There will be laughter, perhaps even tears.

Sitting around a campfire permits one to become transformed, almost as if the Mississippi Outdoors world outside that gentle glow of light

by Tony Kinton does not exist.

Maybe that is the primary therapeutic element, this transformation that for the moment shuts out all else and bandages those ragged edges of the heart so that they may more quickly heal.

A campfire’s coals are mesmerizing.

Their enchantment allows the silent ob-

server to probe distant depths of his or her mind, depths that are seldom explored. Those varying hues of orange, blue, yellow; that little spot that jets flame out to the side; the hiss and crackle; an orchestrated yet spontaneous dance; the warmth on your face that at times approaches too much but pulls you close just the same: All are present there in the coals. All are hypnotic. All are healing.

The smell: It is unmistakable. The modern world may tell us to avoid such odors as those emitted by a campfire.

And perhaps these are ill placed if we are dressed for the office or business conference. But taken for what it is and in its proper setting, the smell of a campfire is a primal badge of honor. There was a time in the not-too-distant history of humanity when that smell meant comfort, safety. My perspective is that it still does.

The smell represents a basic ingredient for life and should not be dismissed as antiquated.

And consider the process of a campfire. It mimics life. One form of matter is placed onto the coals to be in large measure used up, to provide its heat and light.

A campfire is magical. The gentle glow and warmth are perfect for deep thought and conversation.

Photo: Tony Kinton.

Another form of that matter is not consumed and spirals skyward toward freedom. That in itself prompts contemplation. And all these can be found in a campfire.

Tony Kinton has been an active outdoors writer for 30 years. His books, “Outside and Other Reflections� and “Fishing Mississippi,� are available through local bookstores or from the author at P.O. Box 88, Carthage, MS 39051. Price is $25 each.

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Daylily Delights FEATURED COOKBOOK:

If it seems unusual for a group of daylily enthusiasts to publish a cookbook, one needs only to look in on the food table at a monthly meeting of the Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society (HADS). e cookbook idea originated when members at a meeting asked each other for their recipes of dishes on the food table.

HADS is one of the largest daylily societies in the 10,000-member American Hemerocallis Society, the national daylily organization. e 133-page cookbook includes 293 recipes. Copies will be on sale at the HADS Annual Daylily Show, June 4 at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg.

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Enclose check or money order for $12 per book (includes $2 shipping).

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1 box brown sugar 4 eggs 2 cups Bisquick

Cream sugar and eggs. Add Bisquick. Add vanilla and stir well. Add pecans and coconut. Bake in a well greased 9-by-13-inch pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Breakfast Kielbasa Sausage Delicious with scambled eggs, fresh fruit and biscuits.

1 pkg. keilbasa sausage, sliced into diagonal chunks 1/4 cup apricot preserves

Brown sausage in a nonstick skillet, stirring intermittently for about 5 to 7 minutes.

Glaze by adding apricot preserves to the skillet. Stir until bubbly. Remove from heat and let sausage cool slightly before serving.

Baked Chicken With Milk Gravy 6 tsp. all-purpose flour, divided 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. ground mustard 1/4 tsp. pepper, divided 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 2 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 plum tomato, cut into wedges 1 small onion, sliced 4 medium fresh mushrooms, sliced 2 tsp. butter 1/3 cup 2 percent milk

In a small bowl, combine 5 teaspoons flour, salt, mustard and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

Brush chicken with lemon juice; sprinkle both sides with flour mixture. Place in an 11-by-17-inch baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Arrange tomato, onion and mushrooms around chicken. Dot with butter; sprinkle with remaining pepper. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove chicken and vegetables; keep warm. Pour pan drippings into a small saucepan. Stir milk into remaining flour until smooth; gradually stir into drippings in saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes, or until thickened. Serve gravy over chicken and vegetables.

Corn Salsa 3 cups frozen corn, thawed 1 (15-oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained 5 green onions, thinly sliced 1 medium sweet red pepper, finely chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped 1/3 cup rice vinegar

1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce 1/4 tsp. pepper Dash of cayenne pepper 2/3 cup fresh cilantro, minced

In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, pepper sauce, pepper and cayenne. Stir in cilantro. Drizzle over corn mixture and toss to coat. Chill until serving. Serve with your favorite snack chips or grilled meats. Yield: 5 cups

Fruit Salad Cheesecake 1/2 cup crisp macaroons, crushed 2 Tbsp. butter, melted 1 (20-oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained 1 cup sugar 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin 1/2 cup cold water 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, cubed 2 cups halved seedless grapes

1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cup pecans, chopped 1 cup coconut

1 (10-oz.) can mandarin oranges, drained 1 (10-oz.) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, finely chopped 2 cups whipped topping

Combine macaroon crumbs and butter. Press into bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan. Set aside. Cook pineapple and sugar over medium heat for 5 minutes.

Sprinkle gelatin in water and let stand 1 minute. Stir into pineapple mixture. Reduce heat to low and add cream cheese. Cook until cream cheese is melted. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Stir in grapes, oranges, cherries and nuts. Fold in whipped topping. Press into prepared pan. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove sides from pan before serving. Yield: 12 servings

Blossoms 1 box yellow cake mix 1 instant lemon pudding mix 4 large eggs 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Glaze: 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice Zest of 1 lemon 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil 3 Tbsp. water 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Mix cake mix, pudding mix, eggs and oil for about 2 minutes. Pour 1 tablespoon of batter into each well of a miniature muffin tin prepared with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Turn out onto a tea towel.

Glaze: Mixing with a spoon, add lemon juice, zest, oil and water to sugar. Dip cupcakes into glaze while they are warm, covering as much as possible. Place on wire racks with waxed paper underneath to catch drips. Let glaze set for 1 hour before storing in airtight container. Yield: 5 dozen

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Peppers are hot for the summer landscape ne of the latest trends in landscaping is to plant vegetables that provide ornamental interest, and peppers get my vote as one of the best choices.

The overall impact and adaptability of ornamental peppers was recognized in 2010, when Purple Flash pepper was named a Mississippi Medallion winner.

Purple Flash ornamental pepper is one of the showiest peppers available today.

The purple and white variegated leaves are visible from across the garden. Closer inspection reveals the leaves opening up white with purple ribs. As the leaves mature, they gradually become darker purple.

Most pepper flowers are white and inconspicuous, but the Purple Flash’s flowers are purple. They certainly add landscape interest. They produce fruit that start out about 1/2 inch in diameter and resemble marbles. At first, fruit are dark purple but later mature to a bright red color. Purple Flash will grow to almost 15 inches tall with a 21-inch spread by the end of the season.

Another superb garden performer has been the Masquerade ornamental pepper. This variety will grow up to 12

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inches tall and wide. This size is perfect for planting along walkways and adds a touch of color to more formal planting designs. Masquerade pepper also makes a good choice for massed plantings when spaced about 8 to 12 inches apart.

The Masquerade ornamental pepper’s fruit are initially a bright violet. The fruit transition to yellow and orange before turning bright red. The fruit are held above the dark green foliage, allowing for easier viewing of the changing color display.

It is best to plant as soon as you can in the late spring or early summer. Unlike the flowering annual bedding plants, ornamental peppers will not be very colorful at this point. But getting them in

What’s fresh at the

FARMERS MARKET? You can enjoy the freshest, most flavorful produce when you buy from Mississippi producers at your local farmers market. Here’s a look some of the offerings available this month:

• Apples • Bell peppers • Blueberries • Butterbeans • Cabbage • Cantaloupes • Cucumbers

• Eggplants • Green beans • Greens: collards, mustard, turnip • Herbs • Honey • Hot peppers

• Irish potatoes • Kale • Kohlrabi • Lettuces • Okra • Peaches • Peas

• Plums • Pole beans • Sweet corn • Squash • Tomatoes • Watermelons • Zucchini

the ground early will allow the root system to get established. Peppers will start to emerge as the Southern temperatures Gardening begin to warm up and will keep ap- by Dr. Gary Bachman pearing through the fall. One of the best ornamental qualities is the fruit all at different stages of color development.

There are many varieties available on the market. Sizes range from small to shrublike. Plant ornamental peppers in the full sun for best color development.

Keeping the planting beds consistently moist will allow for optimum plant

The Masquerade ornamental pepper’s fruit are held above the dark green foliage, allowing for easier viewing of the changing color display.

Photos: Gary Bachman

growth.

It wouldn’t be fair not to mention that the fruit of ornamental peppers are hot, so taste with caution. Whatever size you choose, ornamental peppers will not let you down with their vigorous growth and color display during the hot and dry summer season and beyond.

Dr. Gary Bachman is MSU horticulturist at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi.

Fresh ideas: • Top a dollop of cottage cheese with sliced fresh peaches or chopped tomatoes.

• Toss whole pods of okra in oil and grill over medium coals until lightly browned. Sprinkle with salt and serve.

•Sauté chopped bell peppers, sliced squash or zucchini and diced onions in a little olive oil.

Season as desired and serve as a side.

• Add fresh flavor to corn off-the-cob with chopped tomatoes and basil leaves.

Most ornamental pepper flowers are white and inconspicuous, but the Purple Flash’s flowers are purple and add landscape interest.

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Exhibit of Glass and Mixed-media Art, through June 30, Jackson. Works by glass artist Donna Davis and Mississippi State Hospital Art Services Program clients. Free.

Mississippi Library Commission. Details: (601) 432-4056.

Magnolia Speech Sprint, June 4, Jackson.

5K run/walk, half-mile fun run. Jackson Academy-Raider Park. Details: (601) 9225530; magnoliaspeechsprint@gmail.com.

Petite Standard Flower Show, June 8, Brandon. Horticulture specimens grown by Brandon Garden Club members, floral design and educational displays; 1-5 p.m. Free.

Brandon City Hall. Details: (601) 825-2238.

Mississippi Nonprofit Management and Leadership Conference: “Succeeding in a New Economy,” June 9-10, Jackson. Topics include leadership, fundraising, new technologies and more. Hilton Garden Inn. Details: (601) 968-0061; www.msnonprofits.org.

Michael Combs in Concert, June 11, Hattiesburg. Admission; 7 p.m. Calvary Baptist Church. Details: (601) 606-5105.

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Magnolia Arts Market, June 18, Magnolia.

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Little Masters Art Camp, June 20-24, Jackson. Art making, storytelling and music for ages 5-7 and rising K-second grades; 1-4 p.m. Admission. Mississippi Museum of Art. Details: (601) 960-1515; www.msmuseumart.org.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” June 23-26, Hernando. Kudzu Playhouse presents biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors. Admission. Hernando Performing Arts Center. Details: kudzu@kudzuplayers.com.

Tomato Festival 2011, June 25, Crystal Springs. Arts, crafts, children’s activities, farmers market, antique farm equipment,

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Second Annual Shelby Health and Community Festival, June 25, Shelby. Entertainment, free health screenings, kids’ activities, kids’ safety education and activities, car show, arts and crafts. Downtown walking trail. Details: (662) 302-5873; www.wix.com/motorcrossmom9477/shelbyshealthmatters.

Mississippi Blackberry Festival, July 1-2, Columbia. Craft booths, food, music, fireworks display and more. Columbia City Park.

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Candlelight Tour of Fort Massachusetts, July 9, Gulfport. Cruise to West Ship Island for ranger-led living-history tour; 5:30-10 p.m. Free tour; admission for boat trip. Details: (228) 864-1014; www.msshipisland.com; www.nps.gov/guis.

Mississippi Coast Jazz Society Dance, July 10, Biloxi. Admission; 2-5 p.m. Hard Rock Casino. Details: (228) 392-4177.

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