June 2013 Bluffs & Bayous by Bluffs & Bayous Magazine

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ne of my favorite issues of Bluffs & Bayous to work on is our annual June health issue. Over the years, we have focused on the medical industry and newly developed tools to advance detection for all sorts of ailments. We have highlighted nurse care, preventative health care, and styles of healthy living. This year we have elected to focus on the childhood disease of Cystic Fibrosis and a family who live their lives tackling the disease and maintaining as much normalcy as possible. The local area chapter of Southwest Cystic Fibrosis, Inc., supports families who deal with this disease by hosting local benefits to fund continued research. One such benefit held recently is the Tommy Brumfield Cystic Fibrosis Charity Golf Tournament. Caroline Devereaux is back this month, sharing her knowledge on getting our households toxic free with alternate cleaning materials and educating us on how to read labels. She challenges us to

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research a bit to be more aware of what products we use and how we use them, and she offers 10 tips for healthy living. I am a firm believer that in our lifetime we are met with challenging stages of living; and with each stage, I hope to forge ahead toward a more healthy lifestyle that includes releasing those stressful bugs we encounter along the way. Jennie Guido has widened her focus this month and drawn attention to one of our local doctors, Dr. Jeffry Traina, an Illinois native, whose specialty is orthopedic medicine. In January of this year, Dr. Traina gave an in-depth presentation on his innovative research concerning the use of platelet gel during knee replacement surgery. Sue Loy, Marketing Director of Natchez Community Hospital explained, “He shares his state-of-the-art surgical skills and techniques with orthopedic surgeons from not only around the state but also worldwide.”

This past month, May, was a busy one, indeed, for me as we said goodbye to Meaghan McCallum, our office assistant, writer, social scene photographer, and distribution mogul, who traveled back to Alaska to spend the summer before she begins her college studies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this fall. We salute her impressive work with Bluffs & Bayous and wish her all of life’s best. We also salute our media specialist, Adam Blackwell, on his internship in our country’s capital, Washington, D.C., for the summer. Many changes and new ideas are swirling around our office; so look for them throughout the summer months as we introduce new people, places, and stories of life along and beyond the Mississippi.

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C o n t r i b u t o r s Columnist Dr. Gary R. Bachman is an assistant extension professor of horticulture at Mississippi State University’s Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Becky Junkin, mother of four, grandmother of soon-to-be six, is a lifelong Natchez resident and a retired elementary teacher of twenty four years. She is a certified Pilates instructior and owner of Pur Pilates Studio. She and her husband Jerry live and entertain in their antebellum home Heckler Hall.

Caroline Devereaux is wife to Matt and mom to two daughters, Stella and Mary Tucker. She is a certified Pilates instructor and enjoys educating others on overall health and wellness. They reside north of the Big Easy in Covington, Louisiana.

Meaghan McCallum recently moved to Natchez, Mississippi, from Homer, Alaska. She graduated from Homer High School last May; and after traveling in Australia for a few months she has settled here with her family to finish her gap year before starting college.

Robert Ferguson, a resident of Jackson, Mississippi, for most of his life, received his degree in horticulture from Mississippi State University in 1973. Interested in orchids since the age of 13, he owned Ferguson Orchids from 1973 to 2002 where orchids were cloned, grown from seed, and sold. Ferguson is a Life member of The American Orchid Society, has garnered four American Orchid Society Awards for his orchids, and has won three American Orchid Society Exhibition Trophies for Best of Show.

Columnist Ross McGehee, a lifelong resident of Natchez, Mississippi, owns a diversified and far-flung farm operation.

publisher Cheryl Foggo Rinehart editors Jean Nosser Biglane Cheryl Foggo Rinehart graphic designers Jan Ratcliff Anita Schilling media coordinator

Jennie Guido is a graduate of Delta State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and Master’s Degree in English Education. Having lived up Highway 61 in Cleveland, Mississippi, she recently has returned to Natchez, her hometown, to pursue her professional career. Lucien C. “Sam” Gwin III, a native of Natchez, Mississippi, was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1981. Since then, he has been practicing at the law firm of Gwin, Lewis, Punches & Kelley, LLP, in Natchez. His practice includes general litigation, real estate law, divorce, contract disputes, eminent domain, products liability, personal injury, medical matters, and some estate work.

Adam Blackwell staff photographers Van O’Gwin Elise D. Parker Cheryl Rinehart sales staff

Columnist Alma Womack lives on Smithland Plantation on Black River, south of Jonesville, Louisiana. In addition to her duties as maitresse des maison, she is the keeper of the lawn, the lane and the pecan orchard at Smithland.

Cheryl Rinehart Donna Sessions JoAnna Sproles

Adam Blackwell

Jean Biglane

Van O’Gwin

Elise D. Parker

Jan Ratcliff

Cheryl Rinehart

Anita Schilling

Donna Sessions

JoAnna Sproles

Bluffs & Bayous is published monthly to promote the greater Southern area of Louisiana and Mississippi in an informative and positive manner. We welcome contributions of articles and photos; however, they will be subject to editing and availability of space and subject matter. Photographs, comments, questions, subscription requests and ad placement inquiries are invited! Return envelopes and postage must accompany all materials submitted if a return is requested. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. The opinions expressed in Bluffs & Bayous are those of the authors or columnists and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, nor do they constitute an endorsement of products or services herein. We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement. Bluffs & Bayous strives to insure the accuracy of our magazine’s contents. However, should inaccuracies or omissions occur, we do not assume responsibility.

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June 2013 FEATURES Historic Cancer Research Offered by American Cancer Society ......................44-45 June - Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month ...........................................................50-53 Dr. Jeffrey Traina: Innovator in Orthopedics and Patient Care .......................56-57

FAVORITES All Outdoors Ramblings ...........................................................................................................10-11

Events June Up & Coming! Premier Event.........................................................................61 June Up & Coming! ............................................................................................61-72

G's Fare Sole Satisfaction .................................................................................................14-17

Healthy Living

June - Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month pages 50 - 53

Metabolism, Weight Gain, and Why What Household Products You Use MATTERS .............................................................................46-47 Simple Steps to A Healthier You ............................................................................48

High Cotton Headed Down South, St. Francisville, Louisiana...............................................24-26

In the Garden Homemade Plant Tags Give Garden Personality ..............................................36-37 Cattleye aurantiaca as a Parent.........................................................................40-41

Legal Notes Shacking Up: Legal Rights Thrown to the Wind ...................................................21

Southern Sampler Toad Tales and Frog Fun .........................................................................................74

THE social SCENE

Dr. Jeffrey Traina: Innovator in Orthopedics and Patient Care pages 56 - 57

DAR 100th Anniversary Tea ............................................................... 8-9 Regional Workforce Training Center ............................................ 12-13 16th Annual Vicksburg Wild Game Feast ..................................... 18-19 15th Annual Reunion ...........................................................................20 Wine Tasting Fundraiser ................................................................ 22-23 Ferriday Garden Club English Tea .......................................................32 Ferriday Garden Club Style Show ........................................................42 A Surprise Party for Betty Paradise ............................................... 58-60

THE wedding SCENE

Mallorie Bennett Settle Tea Shower ............................................. 28-29

on the cover Elise Parker, photographer, captured the Landee Lott Family of McComb, Mississippi, sharing a moment of typical family fun while living with Cystic Fibrosis. See story on pages 50-53.

Bridal Luncheon for Rebecca Brown ...................................................30

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THE social SCENE MCCOMB, MS

DAR 100th Anniversary Tea

he Judith Robinson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution held a 100th Anniversary Tea April 13, 2013, at Fernwood Country Club in McComb, Mississippi. Patriotic colors decorated the reception room where attendees viewed displays of historic photographs, the framed original charter, and the chapter scrapbook; saw a slide show about DAR history; and enjoyed fruit, punch, and slices from a commemorative cake. Photos by Elise Parker.

7 1 Front—Pearl Strange, Wanda Lambuth, and Anne Hoff; back—Madison Tidwell and Katherine Keller 2 Wanda and Emily Lambuth 3 Sue Boyd, Dawn Martin, and Mary Ann Mitchell 4 Carol Maya Wiltshire and Canette O’Brien 5 Emily and Connie Lambuth 6 Melissa Holeman, Sharon Nettles, Elise McMillan, Elaine Jenkins, and Syble Lang 7 Madison Tidwell, Lori Keller, Carolyn Richmond, Rebecca Richmond, Regan Richmond, Shelby Woodworth, and Katherine Keller 8 Sue Boyd, Janis Dowe, Janice Brock, Patsy Carruth, and Jane Ard 9 Tammy Strickland, Patsy Carruth, Lynn Williams, Shirley Fitzgerald, Janet Whittington, Laila McEwen, and Nancy Addison

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All Outdoors by Ross McGehee

Ramblings S

ummertime has always been eagerly awaited by most kids. Being out of school with no mandatory wakeup time, no school uniform to wear, and no tests to hassle over is great for a while. Then smother-mom’s schedule kicks in with appointments to the tooth mechanic, the pimple doctor, golf camp, Vacation Bible School, and lunch with the Dali Lama. Soon enough, summer is BORING because there’s nothing to do! Don’t try making that complaint in the country! Comparing notes with my friend Buster last week, we recounted how busy we were as kids during the summer. As he said, “Daddy’s horse was saddled at 6:30 A.M.; and if yours wasn’t already tied next to his, you were not going to have a pleasant morning.” Cattle to move, fences to fix, something to repair, hay to bale—we stayed busy. Then there were weeds to pull in the garden, grass to cut, and critters to feed. And don’t think you were going to get paid for it! “You live and eat here, don’t you?” Pretty soon you learn to make yourself scarce or develop a plan of your own before someone else makes a plan for you. Rambling off out of sight of the house becomes second nature. Just let those in the house know in which general direction you plan to traipse in case there arises an urgent need for a menial laborer back at the Page 10 { June 2013 { Bluffs & Bayous

homestead. At our house, there was and still is an old bell from a steamboat at the back door. There is no telling how many times we were summoned from somewhere way off in the woods and fields with that bell. It never dropped a call or lost service, so we had no excuse but to return in haste when it rang. Rainy days were no different. Unless your idea of a good time was peeling figs, you hooked it up and cleared out on those days, too! We would go to the hay barn and dismantle the haystacks that we had grudgingly built, and restack them with tunnels through the hay. Not just a few bales either. I’m talking a maze that went all the way across the barn and deep in the stack! You could spend a lot of time and imagination on a game like that. None of us had allergies, a matter which brings up another issue. Until we were about twelve years old, shoes were not an option. They were for school and church and the rare time that you got roped into going to the grocery store. If it was summer, all we needed was a pair of shorts. If the cattle had to be driven down the gravel road three miles to the back of the farm, we walked it barefoot! And several times, we shut the gate behind the cows and walked home! We might step on a thorn once in a while but dug it out ourselves.

Nobody went to a doctor unless bone was exposed. Shoot, they might give you a shot! And you had gotten your annual trip to the dentist one afternoon after school. We had no clue what a dermatologist was. We were just told, “Wash your face.” Cousins would show up from afar to spend some time every summer, and we’d have to indoctrinate them in the skills of domicile avoidance. They were all “urban” but accustomed to our summertime ramblings. They had to relearn every year that kids in the house during daylight hours were not necessarily welcomed. Kids meant a mess, so make the mess outside where it can be hosed off. Indeed, we dared not enter the house for a glass of water. It was far more preferable to drink from a hydrant in the yard than deal with the repercussions of spilling something on the kitchen floor. We didn’t need ICE water as much as we needed WET water. And domicile avoidance also includes the front porch. Don’t wander up to my momma’s house on a hot afternoon and think you’re going to catch some shade for a while. If there were seven kids on the porch, there were seven plastic bowls delivered into seven laps, and seven paper shopping bags dropped between seven sets of feet. In those bowls there might be butterbeans, snap beans, sweet corn, pecans,

or whatever was in season that needed shelling, snapping, cleaning, or picking. I can recall one time that hunting a reason to ramble backfired on us. Our cousins from Alabama were staying for a week, and we’d about run out of new adventures. We had a herd of goats at the time (It’s been fifty years since, and we still call it the “Goat Pasture.”), and one was kind of calico-cat colored. Our cousins had named her “Paintbrush”; and one afternoon, they noticed that she was missing from the herd. So a big plan was made to go out the next day and comb the woods for her. Off we went, right after breakfast, on a search and rescue mission. Six of us wore out four hundred acres of woods right around the house that morning looking for old Paintbrush. Nothing! So when the bell rang us in for dinner (lunch to urban people), we vowed to continue that afternoon. We got asked where we’d been all morning, and we gave a full report of our mission and its lack of immediate success; but we promised to continue when Dad reported that we might want to resume our search in the Goat Pasture because she was there at seven that morning. We felt kind of sheepish afterwards. My friend Mickey had a similarly unfortunate turn of events due to lack of proper research. In the early sixties he was sent off to north Mississippi to spend the summer with his grandparents. He was about seven years old and always had a good time rambling around their farm much as we did on ours. His grandfather was physically disabled but got around well enough to tend the garden and yard. His grandmother worked days at a garment factory nearby. So it was just Mickey and Papaw at the farm during the day. Mickey had been presented with a brand new BB gun on his arrival that summer, and he was able to spend most of his daylight hours expending BBs at whatever little boys think they can hit. Actually, he had gotten pretty good with the thing because one afternoon he wandered up out of the woods behind the farm house and noticed that there was a hole about the size of a quarter in the back of the outhouse. Well, little Mickey pumped her up about three licks, lined up on that little bitty hole and pulled the trigger. He could hear the BB bouncing off the walls inside, so he knew he had made a bull’s eye! He was feeling pretty proud of himself and his marksmanship when he heard a roar! Unbeknownst to him, Papaw was in the outhouse at the time of his trick shot! Being threatened with

(not-promised) grave personal injury when Papaw got out, Mickey make a split-second decision. He positioned himself in front of the outhouse; and every time that Papaw tried to open the door, Mickey sent another BB into the door. For two hours he held Papaw at bay with a BB gun. He knew that Mamaw would be home about 4:45 P.M., and he just KNEW that she would come to his rescue. All he had to do was to keep it up until then and everything would be all right. It’s amazing that at seven years old you don’t consider all the possibilities, just ones that favor your position. Mickey had failed to account for the fact that Mamaw was MARRIED to Papaw and was probably going to give some consideration to HIS predicament and opinion. Mickey said that Mamaw got home and came up and gave him a great big hug. Then she called out, “I got him; come on out.” So when kids say that there is nothing to do, that just means they haven’t been motivated adequately. Of course, the downside to all this motivation is that you’ve trained men to avoid the house beyond school age. That’s really not so bad. That’s why everything we do is All Outdoors. Seriously, you didn’t see that coming?

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THE social SCENE SUMMIT, MS

Regional Workforce Training Center

outhwest Mississippi Community College in Summit, Mississippi, celebrated the grand opening of its Regional Workforce Training Center on February 22, 2013. The facility is designed to provide advanced-skills workforce training to industry, including retail, manufacturing, and oil and gas, and to emergency medical personnel, public works, law enforcement, and all other first responders.

1 Dr. Oliver Young 2 Mary Stogner and Amy Beard 3 Lynda Wallace with Ted and Mary Tullos 4 Dr. Elaine Coney 5 Alicia Shows, Becky Newman, and Dionne Loudenslager 6 Suzonne McLean and Joy Clayton 7 William Hammond and Brittany Simmons 8 Gloria Van Norman and Debbie Hodges 9 Carl Davis, Kenny Cotton, Johnny Scott, and Henry Weatherspoon 10 Ellen Parker and Sammikay Clark

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THE social SCENE

SUMMIT, MS

11 Steve Bishop, Pat Dickens, and Reggie Jones 12 Tim Stogner, Richard Coghlan, Jeremy Smith, and Mike Flowers

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G’s Fare

by Becky Junkin

Sole Satisfaction

Something is always fishy at our house since I do not eat meat, chicken, or pork and have not done so for the last 10 years. Therefore, my family usually has problems when I come to eat. Either I eat something separately when they are all eating or they have to get creative. Considering all of the cooks in

my family, they get creative. We, or actually, they have come up with some creative ways to grill “G” burgers on the grill or tacos. My friend Cherish McCallum has introduced me to several new fish recipes that she has brought with her from her former home in Alaska. Emeril’s Tartar Sauce

Crappie Bread

When Jerry first brought this recipe home I was very hesitant to cook it, much less eat it, but I finally relented, and it quickly became one of our Friday favorites. Crappie is another name for white perch for those of you who, like me, may not have known.

Crappie Bread 1/2 cup soft margarine 6 green onions chopped 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 (4 ounces) can chopped black olives 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 cup grated cheddar cheese

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese 6-8 crappie filets Tony’s Cajun seasoning Liquid smoke Soy sauce 1 loaf French bread

Blend margarine and mayonnaise. Add onions, olives, garlic, and cheeses. Set aside. Season filets to taste with Tony’s, liquid smoke, and soy sauce. Broil fish for 4 to 5 minutes on each side until it flakes. (We have done this on the grill also.) Mash fish and add to cheese mixture. Slice bread in half long ways. Spread fish mixture on bread and bake in 350-degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. (I wrap it in aluminum foil and cooked for about 10-15 minutes more.) Slice and serve.

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Fried catfish is a regular around our house; and whether it is David or Lewie doing the frying, it is always delicious. Neither one has an exact recipe—just a little of this and a little of that—but we do have the recipe for the tartar sauce that we use to dip the catfish in. I got this recipe years ago from Emeril Lagasse’s website. You will want to double or triple this recipe if you are having a crowd.

Emeril’s Tartar Sauce 1 large egg 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves, chopped (I use a little more.) 2 tablespoons green onions, chopped 2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish, drained (I use dill.) 1 cup vegetable oil (I use olive oil.) ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon Creole mustard 1 teaspoon salt Put the egg, garlic, lemon juice, parsley, green onion, and relish in a food processor or blender and process for 15 seconds. With the motor running, pour the oil through the feed tube in a slow, steady stream. Add the cayenne, mustard, and salt, and pulse once or twice to blend. Cover and let stand in the refrigerator for 1 hour before serving. Best if used within 24 hours but that will not be a problem!!!

This recipe is wonderful. It comes from John Folse and beats any fish burger I have ever had, even the grouper sandwich from Orange Beach.

Blackened Redfish Burgers

Blackened Redfish Burgers Makes 6 burgers 6 (8 ounces) redfish fillets, extremely cold 2 teaspoons olive oil 1/2 cup finely sliced green onions 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning 1 cup skim milk 1 egg, beaten Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Granulated garlic to taste 12 (1/2 inch) round slices young eggplant, peeled (We sometimes skip this.) Vegetable oil for deep-frying 1 cup seasoned flour ¼ cup vegetable oil 6 hamburger buns, toasted and buttered 6 lettuce leaves 6 thin slices of red onions (We use marinated onions, following this recipe.) 3 teaspoons Avery Island Aioli (See below.) 12 dill pickle spears Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with paper towels and set aside. Chill the grinding mechanism of your home-style meat grinder, including the grinder, in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes. Chill a large mixing bowl until cold. When chilled, grind fish into cold bowl. Quickly add olive oil, green onions, and Creole seasoning. Using the tip of your fingers, blend mixture until all fish is coated with oil and seasoning mix is evenly distributed. It is recommended to form a small sample patty to sauté and check seasoning and flavor. Additional Creole seasoning can be added if necessary. Form fish into 6 equal patties, approximately ¾ inch thick, and set aside. When ready

Avery Island Aioli 1 large egg 2 tablespoons minced garlic 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 cup canola oil, divided Salt and black pepper to taste 3 tablespoons Tabasco sauce In the bowl of a food processor add egg, garlic, lemon juice, and mustard. Pulse 2- 3 minutes to blend well. With processor running, add 1/2 cup oil in a slow, steady stream, blending until all ingredients are incorporated and a mayonnaise-like consistency is achieved. Turn off processor and scrape sides down with a rubber spatula. Turn on processor; and with processor running, add remaining oil in a slow, steady stream; and blend just until all is incorporated. Do NOT over mix or oil will separate and rise to surface. Season to taste using salt, pepper, and Tabasco sauce. Pulse 30 additional seconds. Transfer to a small bowl; cover and refrigerate overnight to let flavors develop. Adjust seasoning if necessary before using.

to cook, in a large mixing bowl add milk and eggs, whisking to combine. Season to taste using salt, pepper. and granulated garlic. Place eggplant slices in milk mixture and set aside. In a large Dutch oven, heat 3-4 inches of oil to 365 degrees. Remove eggplant from batter, allowing excess to drip back into the bowl. Dredge in seasoned flour and set aside. Working in batches, fry until eggplant is golden brown and floating. Using a slotted spoon, remove eggplant slices, transfer to prepared cookie sheet and place in oven to keep warm while preparing burgers. In a 12-inch cast-iron skillet, heat ¼ cup of vegetable oil over high heat until extremely hot. Add patties to hot oil and cook on both sides until golden brown, about 4 minutes on each side, turning with a broad spatula. Test for doneness by inserting the tip of a thin-bladed knife into the thickest part of the patty for 10 seconds. Remove knife and lay tip of blade to inside of your wrist if tip feels hot against your skin, the fish is done. Transfer cooked fish patties to a platter and continue until all are done. Assemble to taste using condiments provided.

We have used this recipe for pulled pork sandwiches and the redfish burgers. It came from simplyrecipes.com. It is quick and easy, and we never have any leftovers.

Pickled Red Onions Makes 1-1/2 pints 1 pound red onions, thinly sliced (about 2 medium or 1 large) 1-1/2 cups white vinegar (We use Red Wine Vinegar.) 1/2 cup sugar Spices 1/2 cinnamon stick 5 cloves 1 bay leaf 1 star anise Dash red pepper flakes Blanch red onions in a saucepan of boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain in colander. While the water is heating in step 1, in a separate saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar and spices. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to simmer; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add blanched, drained onions to the vinegar mixture. Simmer for 1 minute. Transfer to a glass jar. Allow to stand until cooled. This will keep several weeks refrigerated.

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Grilled Tacos Grill your favorite fish, or sauté or broil it in the oven. Flour tacos (warmed) Mango Salsa San Diego style Fish Taco Sauce Pickled red onion Assemble Tacos as you usually do. This works well with the Mexican Coleslaw from last month’s Bluffs & Bayous.

Mango Salsa 1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted, and diced (about 1-1/2 cups) 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped 1 jalapeno chile, minced 1 small cucumber, peeled and diced (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, chopped 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice Salt and pepper to taste Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. If it is too hot for your taste, add avocado.

San Diego Sty le Fish Taco Sauce 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 lime, cut in half 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed 1/2 teaspoon oregano

Easy Halibut Chowder Serves 4-6 2 pounds halibut 2 cans potato soup (Campbell’s works best.) 1 pint vegetable stock 1 soup cube, either chicken flavor or vegetable 12 ounces beer or water 2 large carrots, peeled and sliced 2 large potatoes, peeled and diced 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/3 cup chopped celery 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 teaspoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic (Fresh is best, but jarred garlic is okay.) 1 teaspoon dried sweet basil 1 bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon chili pepper powder (cayenne, chipotle, or your favorite) 2 teaspoons black pepper Place both cans of potato soup, only ONE can of water, the pint of vegetable stock, the soup cube, and bay leaf in a 4- or 5-quart pot. Whisk until smooth and begin cooking on low heat. In a non-stick skillet, sauté the onions, celery, and carrots until they begin to soften. Add the garlic and the basil, and cook for 2-3 more minutes. Transfer mix to soup base, and keep as much of the fat in the pan as possible. Bring soup to a simmer, and add potatoes and enough beer to bring soup to desired consistency. Cook for 20-30 minutes until the

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Grilled Tacos

1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle chili powder 1/2 teaspoon capers, minced 1 hot pepper, seeded and minced (We use jalapeno.) 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped In a small bowl, whisk the sour cream and mayonnaises until well blended. Squeeze 1/2 of the lime into this mixture and whisk thoroughly. You want the consistency of a pourable, creamy salad dressing. If it is too thick, add more lime juice; if too runny, add more sour cream. Add all of the spices, whisking to mix thoroughly. Add the capers, minced pepper, and cilantro, and mix thoroughly. Cover the bowl, and refrigerate for one hour—the longer the better. Serve chilled over tacos.

Easy Halibut Chowder

potatoes are tender. Add olive oil to the remaining butter in frying pan and warm the pan. Add halibut, skin side down, in the oil, and cook for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Rub 1/2 the black and red pepper into the top of the fish while it is cooking. Then flip filets over, and peel the skin off the fish with tongs or a fork. Sprinkle the rest of the pepper on this side of the fish. Lightly brown both sides of the fish, and then take pan off the heat. Gently place fish in the soup base, cover the pot with a lid, and turn off the heat. Allow the fish to braise in the soup for 20-30 minutes. The halibut will continue to cook in the soup and should break apart in tablespoon-size chunks when cooked and ready to eat. Gently re-heat the soup to desired temperature before serving. Serve with grated cheddar or jack cheese.

Spiced Glazed Salmon 1 large salmon filet 1 tablespoon pepper jelly 1 tablespoon salted butter ¼ teaspoon garlic powder Salt to taste Place ingredients in a small sauce pan, and heat them on low until butter and jelly melt. Stir to combine into a glaze. Remove skin from filet. (This can be done by frying the fish, skin side down, for a few minutes. The skin is then easy to peel off.) Glaze both sides of filet with a pastry brush and place in a lightly oiled baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until the interior of fish is still darker than the opaque pink on the exterior. Remove fish and drizzle remaining glaze on top. Cover with foil for 5 minutes and serve. For a less spicy version, use apricot jam instead of pepper jelly.

Decadent Halibut 1 large halibut filet 1/3 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons blue cheese crumbles ¼ cup grated Parmesan 1/2 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon olive oil ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika Combine mayonnaise, basil, blue cheese, and half of the Parmesan; then set aside. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the fish. Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan, and then lightly brown both sides of the halibut before placing in a baking dish. Spread the cheese mixture on the fish, reserving half of the Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until the middle of the fish is not quite opaque. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and the paprika; then broil until golden. Serve immediately.

Nutty White Fish

Spiced Glazed Salmon

Nutty White Fish

Use mild, thin filets such as perch, tilapia, or red snapper. 1-2 filets per person 1 teaspoon olive oil Coating: 1/3 cup pecan meal (ground pecans with a texture like coarse corn meal) ¼ cup flour 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon garlic powder Egg Wash: 2 eggs 1 teaspoon water Pinch of nutmeg Dredge filets in coating; then dip into egg mixture (creates fewer crumbs to blacken the oil). In a large, non-stick pan, heat about a teaspoon of olive oil. Fry until golden; then transfer filets to a warming dish in an oven heated to 250 degrees. Do not stack fish in warming dish. Serve once all fish are fried.

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THE social SCENE VICKSBURG, MS

16th Annual Vicksburg Wild Game Feast

oe Loviza hosted a wild game dinner at the Army Navy Club in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on April 30, 2013. Hunters and friends of hunters from Mississippi and Louisiana prepared a delicious assortment of wild game to honor our local veterans. Dishes on the menu with their respective cooks included the following: Venable Moore’s Deer Quarters, Tommy Allen’s Turkey Tenders, Fred Lee’s Duck Gumbo, Jimmy Mullen’s Fried Duck, Jerry Stroud’s Deer Brisket, Charlie Peets’ Fried Catfish, Warren Guider’s Bakery Product, James Allement’s Wild Hog, Sam Heltzel’s Cole Slaw Mix, Harold Blackmon’s Mixed Gumbo, Herbert Stokes’ Wild Rice, and Daniel Miles’ Quail Breasts. Photos by Ed Schilling 1

John Turner, John Heggins, Charlie Peets, James Allement, Fred Lee, Daniel Miles, and Joe Loviza John Dolan, Joe Loviza, James Allement, John Heggins, John Bell, Tommy Allen, and Mark Chaney John Lindigrin, George Joy, Harold Blackmon, Eugene Hall, and Billy Boots Chief Walter Armstrong, Daniel Miles, and Joe Loviza Hal Morgan, Bob Brasfield, Bill Lauderdale, Doug Kamien, and Sherman Hull

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Doug Huskey, Tommy Allen, Matt Norris, Joe Bottino, and Hiram Young Frank Vollor, Jim Chaney, Don LaGrone, Greg Curro, and Daniel Miles Jimbo Halford, Jimmy Halford, Dan Wood Hall, Chandler Bonelli, and Tac Caruthers

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THE social SCENE BROOKHAVEN, MS

15th Annual Reunion

his group of girls attended kindergarten together, they went their separate ways to different schools, a couple moved to other towns, and then they made their way to 6 different colleges. However, they always come back for their kindergarten reunion. The party is hosted annually in Brookhaven, Mississippi, by Olivia Oberschmidt with the help of her mother.

1 Meredith Jacobs, Allison Boyd, and Olivia Oberschmidt 2 Front—Ashton Richardson, Leslie Anne Aker, and Stephanie Smith; back—Merideth Walker and KT Perkins 3 Front—Meredith Jacobs, KT Perkins, and Ashton Richardson; back—Merideth Walker, Leslie Anne Aker, Stephanie Smith, Olivia Oberschmidt, and Allison Boyd 4 Front—Ashton Richardson, Olivia Oberschmidt, Allison Boyd, and Meredith Jacobs; back—Leslie Anne Aker, Stephanie Smith, Merideth Walker, and KT Perkins

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Legal Notes

by Sam Gwin III

Shacking Up: Legal Rights Thrown to the Wind

he culture in this country is shifting with amazing speed and often with very negative consequences. Some Mississippians are now following the national trend of cohabitating without the benefits of marriage. When a couple lives together for any length of time and then decides to part company, a plethora of legal issues often arise. The short list of some of these issues includes the following: Is palimony allowed in Mississippi? What if the couple acquired assets while living together? Does a woman who has “acted” as a wife for a number of years have any rights? What if children were born to this relationship? The bottom line is that under Mississippi law there can be harsh results (mostly for women) for those who don’t go to the altar or appropriate legal authority and say, “I do.” First let’s cover the issue of unmarried parties living together for a long period of time and then separating. The question

arises—Is either party entitled to any payment just for living together (often referred to as palimony)? The answer is an emphatic no. Mississippi Courts do not recognize palimony of any kind. Therefore, a partner who stays at home, not earning any income and thinking he or she will be a kept man or woman until death, will have a rude awakening once the separation occurs. The next question arises, “What rights do parties have if real or personal property is acquired during the relationship?” This issue was recently addressed by the Mississippi Court of Appeals in the case Jones vs. Graphai (Mississippi 2012). In this case, Mr. Graphai and Ms. Jones had a romantic relationship and wanted to live together. Mr. Graphai bought a house with his own money and paid approximately $250,000.00; and then, he titled the house in both parties’ names with rights of survivorship. This means that, upon the death of either one of them, the survivor automatically is vested with the title

to such property. Throughout the years of cohabitation, Ms. Jones decorated and furnished the home as well as engaged in other would-be domestic duties for the couple. The parties thereafter separated, and Mr. Graphai asked the Court to partition the home (meaning give him his portion), which the Court did. The Court gave Mr. Graphai the entire value of the house. The Court found that since he had paid for the house it was only equitable that he have the entire value. Ms. Jones received nothing. The conclusion seems to be that cohabitating, by itself, does not give one rights to property without some monetary contribution. On the other hand, if both parties, while cohabitating, put equal or even unequal amounts of money into accumulated assets, the Court would apply equity and attempt to divide said assets on an equitable basis depending upon each party’s’ contribution. Unfortunately, there is not an exact formula in doing this; and sometimes, there can be unjust results when a Court attempts to do justice. The last issue to review is a situation in which two parties have cohabitated and, thereafter, children are born into this relationship. Assume that the man has purchased all of the assets and kept them all in his name. Do the woman and children have any rights to the property, especially where they could be forced out of a house and have no place to live? Unfortunately, that issue has not been addressed by a Mississippi Court although there are statutes that require child support for children born out of wedlock. My legal guess is that, while a man may be allowed to keep his property in his name to the exclusion of his cohabitating female partner and their children, nonetheless, a Court through equity can require the man to put a roof over his children’s heads. Were they married, the wife, assuming she got custody, would in all probability get to stay in the home until the children reach majority age. My Take: I have to say that I am an advocate of marriage between a man and a woman; and I think, while divorce between married people has its own set of complications, they do not seem nearly as complicated as those situations where people cohabitate. The law in these situations is still developing at this time in Mississippi. I foresee many twists and turns, legally speaking, as our culture continues on its evolving path. Bluffs & Bayous { June 2013 { Page 21

THE social SCENE MCCOMB, MS

Wine Tasting Fundraiser

omen of The Episcopal Church of the Mediator Redeemer from McComb and Magnolia, Mississippi, held their annual winetasting fundraiser recently. Proceeds from the event are targeted to outreach programs in Mississippi.

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THE social SCENE

MCCOMB, MS

11 Rachel McKenzie and Gidge Clayton admiring the art collection of the late Harry Raddon. 12 Curtley Hayes and Jack Seale 13 Betsy Enochs with Chip and Lynn Leggett 14 John Ott 15 Larry and Cindy Stewart 16 John and Nancy Koehler 17 Sylvia Goldburg, Nancy Felder, Caroline Jackson, Don Jackson, Pat Randall, and Cindy Quayle 18 Landon Ratliff, Beck Troutman, and Reverend Chip Robinson 19 Raymond Murray, Kathy Holmes, and Noel Anders 20 Ronnie DeHabermann, Tommy Asaf, and Raymond Murray

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High Cotton

story & photos by Jennie Guido

Headed Down South St. Francisville, Louisiana

ometimes, you just feel the need to get away. Luckily, St. Francisville, Louisiana, is the perfect and timely getaway for many of us in the Miss-Lou. With eclectic antiques and unique boutiques, St. Francisville will keep even the savviest of shoppers satisfied and occupied for the weekend. When searching for the perfect something for that someone special, Patrick’s Fine Jewelry is the place to start your hunt. Owners John and Phyllis Patrick opened their doors in 1984; and ever since, they have been committed to excellence in customer satisfaction. “The truly exciting element of our business is providing our customers significant symbols for their most personal reasons for giving—anniversaries, engagements, birthdays, and more,” John explained. As the jeweler at Patrick’s, John hand picks or creates each piece the store showcases, adding, “We pride ourselves on one-of-akind pieces.” Also, when asked about his personal favorite among all of the pieces found at Patrick’s, he said, “I love to help a customer transform an heirloom piece into something he or she can cherish for a lifetime.” Located in the Spring Creek Shopping Center on Highway 61, Patrick’s is home not only to popular, modern designs

but also to a wide variety of antique settings and reproduction pieces. Heading into downtown St. Francisville, you’ll first stop at Sage Hill Gifts on Commerce Street. The things that you can find under this one roof are amazing. From candles and clothing to fashion jewelry and more, Sage Hill Gifts could certainly be your one-stop shop in town. What was once a family business for sisters Mary Joy Lawrence and Liz Wilcox has been transformed into an intriguing mix of fun, fashion, and fabulousness. “We opened in November of 2006 as mainly the gifts that you see now; however, over the years, we have rented out portions of the building to other vendors,” Lawrence explained. With thousands of square feet to fill, the addition of Caroline Dresher’s home décor shop in the

Middle—A sampling of the gorgeous selections at Patrick’s Fine Jewelry Right—Treat yourself to customized stationery at Sage Hill.

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Left—St. Francis Arts and Antiques has many treasures in store for you. Below middle—With scarves of every color, The Shanty Too can complement any outfit in your closet (or on their racks)! Below right—Yummy treats from The Shanty Too!

back of the store and Mary Helen Wirwa’s True Boutique are obvious winners in the St. Francisville community. “Mary Helen’s shop is filled with ‘give back’ items, which allow for a portion of the proceeds to go to worthy fundraising causes,” said Lawrence. Your first step into Sage Hill Gifts will leave you wishing for an entire day to devote to this one store and its many tempting options. Located next door to the fire station on Ferdinand Street, St. Francis Art and Antiques is the perfect place to get lost for the day, venturing through the booths and looking for that signature item for yourself, your home, or a friend. Opened in the early 1990s, this co-op of merchandise is home to fine arts, antiques, textiles, gifts, and more. When I chatted with Carolyn Mathis, one of the co-op members, she explained a little about the charm of St. Francis Art and Antiques: “Our building is over 100 years old and was a dry goods store that closed in 1972. At that time, it was the longest, continuous, single-family-run dry goods store in America, which happens to be located on our town’s main street.” Open seven days a week, St. Francis Art and Antiques provides the perfect

destination for an easy Sunday’s (or any day’s) excursion down Highway 61. What may not be so easy is deciding what selections should and will go home with you! Also located on Ferdinand Street, The Shanty Too has a little something extra to offer beyond its excellent gift lines and clothing selections. Opened forty-two years ago by Jire Lambert, this quaint little shop has become a St. Francisville tradition. After you search the racks of clothing and flip through the selection of Audubon prints, The Shanty Too can satisfy your sweet-tooth cravings with a quick stop at their candy and chocolate bar. Items such as truffles and other specialties offer

multiple possibilities for treating yourself or planning your next party. “In the beginning, our store was located in the slave quarters of Star Hill. After a few years there and another quick move, we bought our current location and have been here for thirty-five happy years,” Lambert explained. “My daughter, Fay, and I are interior designers, so selling home décor and fashion just comes naturally to us.” And if you Tiger and Saints fans are looking for just the right item to accent that next team party or upcoming game day, this store is the perfect place for you! Also in downtown St. Francisville is Grandmother’s Buttons, located on Royal

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Located in a 1905 bank building, Grandmother’s Buttons combines shopping with a bit of history where antique buttons are basic to all of the jewelry and the button museum provides an amazing glimpse into eras past.

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Street in a circa 1905, renovated bank. Along with its unique gift and clothing lines are its hallmark antique button necklaces, earrings, watches, rings, and other accessories. On my first trip to Grandmother’s Buttons last year, I was blissfully overwhelmed by all of the resourceful creations from buttons. When I had a chance to talk to Susan Davis, the owner of Grandmother’s Buttons, she explained, “My husband, Donny, and I began making the unique jewelry from antique buttons of my grandmother’s own collection in 1985. It wasn’t until 1995 that we decided to open our flagship store in St. Francisville, Louisiana.” With its jewelry now in over 800 locations worldwide, Grandmother’s Buttons has created a fashion trend that all of us here in the Miss-Lou can call our own with its home base just down the highway or up into town. Where else can you find a fabulous new outfit with unique jewelry topped off with a quick tour through a button museum? If you are guilty of online shopping and heading to big cities to find something new for your home or wardrobe, towns like St. Francisville prove that a positive, profitable shopping spree awaits you right here in the Bluffs & Bayous area.

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THE weddingSCENE WOODVILLE, MS

Mallorie Bennett Settle Tea Shower

Tea Shower honoring Mallorie Bennett Settle, recent bride of Preston Settle, was held in Woodville Mississippi on March 3, 2013, at the home of Mrs. David Flaccomio. Another shower honoring the newly-wed was held March 10 in Fayette, Alabama, at the home of Mrs. William Oswalt.

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Mallorie Bennet Settle with Woodville hostesses Cary Benton, Laurie Benton, Rebecca Stockett, Carrie Cupit, Vonnie Flaccomio, Margo Ferguson, Julie Fletcher, Arlene Flaccomio, and Amanda Strickland Cary Benton, Mallorie Bennett Settle, Laurel Bennett, Hali Beasley, and Katelysa Jones Malllorie Bennett Settle and Pamela Keith Margery Bennett, Susanne Seaborn, Mallorie Bennett Settle, and Sherry Settle Mallorie Bennett Settle, Mrs. William Oswalt, and Sherry Settle Mallorie Bennett Settle, Hali Beasley, Blake Beasley, and Suzette Beasley Mallorie Bennett Settle and Leigh Anne Jones Jennifer Pardos and Mallorie Bennett Settle

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WOODVILLE, MS

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Mallorie Bennett Settle, Shelly Hicks, Derri Ann Carter, and Dodie Charlet Alma Settle, Sherry Settle, Mallorie Bennett Settle, Margery Bennett, Susanne Seaborn, and Nan Aker Jolie Hawkins, Mallorie Bennett Settle, and Cannie Settle Mallorie Bennett Settle and Laurel Bennett Sherry Settle, Mallorie Bennett Settle, Margery Bennett, and Susanne Seaborn Margery Bennett and Mallorie Bennett Settle Mallorie Bennett Settle and Deann Taylor

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THE weddingSCENE NATCHEZ, MS

Bridal Luncheon for Rebecca Brown

n Friday of her wedding weekend in April 2013, Rebecca Brown (Kelpe) was honored with a Bridesmaids Luncheon at Mt. Olive, home of Dr. Craig and Lynn Bradford, in Natchez, Mississippi. Beverages were served on the back gallery and garden as guests arrived. Thereafter, guests were invited for luncheon seating on the front gallery under massive, hundred-yearold oaks that offered shade during the noon-time affair. 1 Front—Amy Brown, Rebecca Brown (Kelpe), and M’Liss Jeansonne; back—Lil Finley, Shelby Lowery, Bridget Webster, Tori Bradford, Morgan Kelpe, and Andrea Bradford 2 Andrea Bradford, Rebecca Brown (Kelpe), and Linda Warren 3 Andrea Bradford, Rebecca Brown (Kelpe), and Lynn Bradford 4 Claire Ulmer, Rebecca Brown (Kelpe), Maggie Ulmer, and Mallory Claire Dickey 5 Rebecca Brown (Kelpe), Leigh Dickey, Leah Ulmer, and Andrea Bradford 6 Rebecca Brown (Kelpe) and Andrea Bradford

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THE social SCENE FERRIDAY, LA

Ferriday Garden Club English Tea

n English Tea was held by the Ferriday Garden Club at the home of Dianne Watson in Ferriday, Louisiana, on March 14, 2013. Hostesses were Dianne Watson, Nancy King, Dorothy Ulmer, and Mary Lou Perkins; and members enjoyed authentic English Tea delicacies.

1 Sherrill Sasser and Sandra Gibson 2 Dianne Watson, Nancy King, Dorothy Ulmer, and Mary Lou Perkins 3 Mary Beth Whitehead 4 Cora Morace 5 Nancy King

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In the Garden

story & photos by Dr. Gary R. Bachman

Flattened metal spoons can be customized with letter punches and placed in the garden to identify herbs.

Homemade Plant Tags Give Gardens Personality ike many home gardeners, I used to put plants in my landscape without worrying about labels because I was sure I’d remember what was planted where. And like most of you, I would end up scratching my head wondering what I had planted where. One of the best gardening tips I can share, especially in the spring when you’re putting so many new things out, is to label your landscape plants. You don’t have to buy plant tags to do this. Most gardeners have items lying around the house that are perfect. DIY plant tags can give your garden and landscape a custom look and add interest as pieces of garden art. They can be plain or fancy. Use your imagination and creativity. A mailing label Making plant tags is also a great way to printed with a name can be covered get kids interested in the garden. with clear tape and Since much of the garden ends up on the secured to a wooden dinner table, it makes perfect sense to use clothespin. Clipped kitchen utensils for garden tags. to a bamboo skewer, Recycling wooden kitchen utensils only it becomes an takes markers and a little paint. If you don’t adjustable plant tag. Page 36 { June 2013 { Bluffs & Bayous

Recycle wooden kitchen utensils into plant tags using paint, markers and clear polyurethane.

your current window treatments, see if your local home improvement store can give you leftover slats or loose ends from custom-cut venetian blinds. I’ve learned a few lessons as I’ve made my own plant tags. Perhaps the most important one is to make sure tags remain readable. Don’t use ink that will run when the tag gets wet. It may seem logical to use permanent marker pens since they write on nearly anything and come in so many colors. The downside is that ink fades rather quickly, even black ink. Industrial varieties last a little longer, but even these will fade in time. The best writing instrument I have found for plant tags is a simple, soft lead pencil like an HB or a 2B. You can find these at office supply or hobby stores. Pencils work great as long as the surface of the tag is a little bit rough. For really smooth surfaces, you are probably stuck with the markers. Making and using your own plant tags in the garden as markers clearly states, “That’s my garden.” have any to recycle, buy some at the local dollar store. Paint them, write the plant name, and then apply a clear coat of polyurethane to help keep the tag readable all season long. A fun idea I found browsing online is to use antique metal spoons as plant markers for the herb garden. The spoons are easily flattened, and you can use letter punches available from the hardware store to customize each one for the particular herb grown. These plant tags are permanent, and they provide a new way to display your spoon collection. My wife was looking for tags to use in her mint garden and came up with another nice DIY idea. She printed the variety of mint on a mailing label and used clear tape to protect the label and secure it to a wooden clothespin. Using a bamboo skewer as a stake, she can reposition the clothespin as needed to remain readable as the mint grows. The tags get a natural look as the materials weather. Some of my favorite recycled tags are old Venetian blind slats. One set could provide plant tags for many seasons. Simply cut the slats into 4- to 6-inch lengths. If you are not ready to redecorate and remove Bluffs & Bayous { June 2013 { Page 37

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In the Garden

Pot. Memoria Mario Lanza ‘Red Wax’

story & photos by Robert Ferguson

Cattleye aurantiaca as a Parent

. aurantiaca (originally classified as an Epidendrum) has three different color forms. Most common is the orange with red spots on the labellum, more rare forms are yellow with red spots, and very rare is the white form. All plants have pseudobulbs from 12 inches to 15 inches with two-three leaves. Initially discovered in Mexico growing epiphytically or lithophytically (growing upon rocks) in bright sun, this species blooms in the spring and summer with dry sheaths where a spike emerges with 8 to

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12 waxy flowers. The flower lasting quality varies with the amount of humidity. A Mr. Thayer of Great Britain appears to be the first individual that used C. aurantiaca as a parent, breeding it with C. intermedia. Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids has left the date blank for this first breeding effort. Since that time, thousands of hybrids have C. aurantiaca in their genetic pool. Whenever one sees a multi-floral yellow orchid, chances are C. aurantiaca is at least once in the background. In the jungles of Mexico and Central America, C. aurantiaca has been bred with C. skinneri producing a natural

hybrid, C. guatamalensis. The color of C. aurantiaca has been proven recessive for C. guatamalensis since it is always purple as is C. skinneri. A primary hybrid of C. aurantiaca is Epic. Epiorange. Primary hybrids are the progeny of two species that occur in the same tribe of Orchidaceae. The breeder’s objective is to produce progeny that possess the best traits of each species. In this hybrid, the breeder wanted the orange multi-floral spike to be imparted upon the loose panicle of Epidendrum alatum and possess the very short, round pseudobulb of the Epidendrum. But in this particular

clone, the hybrid has the upright spike of C. aurantiaca and elongated pseudobulb of with two long bifoliate leaves of the Epidendrum but wider as in C. aurantiaca. The hybrid Epic. Epiorange was named in 1967 by the Rod McCellan Company of San Francisco. However, they were not necessarily the breeder. I attached the clone name ‘Delayed Acquisition’ in 2010 because, after purchasing the plant, it took me over 20 years to actually acquire it. Another hybrid, also named by the Rod McClellan Company of San Francisco, is Lc. Rojo ‘Barbara’. Neither hybrid has been very popular with breeders throughout the years. It appears the public is not interested in small plants that produce multifloral flowers. The company tried many years ago marketing so-called miniature red cattleya types, but it was a short-lived breeding program. Very few exist today. For the most part, the public wants large, standard-size cattleyas, bearing 3 to 4 large blooms. Pot. Mem. Mario Lanza ‘Red Wax’ is an example of C. aurantiaca breeding when bred with large flowered cattleyas, but the little orange species only appears once in its lineage five generations back.

Epic. Epiorange ‘Delayed Acquisition’

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THE social SCENE FERRIDAY, LA

Ferriday Garden Club Style Show

he Ferriday Garden Club held a style-show luncheon recently at the Arcade Theatre in Ferriday, Louisiana. Guests dined on a delightful salad plate while receiving spring fashion tips from models representing Katieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ladies Apparel in Natchez, Mississippi. 1 Melissa Beard, Cathy Hinson, Rena Pitts, and Judith Bingham 2 Mary Lou Perkins, Ellen Yates, Dorothy Perkins, and Sharon Laravia 3 Angela Gibson and Katie McCarstle 4 Jeanne Stewart, Grace Braswell, Cora Morace, and Josie Craig 5 Rachel Griffing, Charlotte White, and CC Manning 6 Mary Beth Whitehead, Dianne Watson, and Joline Killen 7 Jackie Young, Dorothy Ulmer, and Shirley Cliburn 8 Jane Plummer and Mary Gibson

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Historic Cancer Research Offered by American Cancer Society L ocal residents of Natchez, Monticello, and McComb, Mississippi, and of surrounding areas are invited to participate in a historic study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed to participate in the American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). The study will enroll a diverse population of up to half a million people across the United States and Puerto Rico. The opportunity for local residents to participate is made possible in partnership with Southwest Mississippi Regional

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Medical Center in McComb, Lawrence County Hospital in Monticello, Isle of Capri Casino and Hotel in Natchez, and St. Mary Basilica in Natchez. To enroll in the study, sign-up sessions have been scheduled in McComb, Monticello, and Natchez from August 20-22, 2013, as indicated below. At these sessions, individuals will be asked to read and sign an informed consent form; complete a comprehensive survey packet that asks for information on lifestyle, behavior, and other factors related to your health; have your waist circumference measured; and give a small blood sample. Upon completion of this process, the American Cancer Society will send periodic follow-up surveys for you to update your information and annual newsletters with study updates and results. The in-person enrollment process takes approximately

an hour to complete. Periodic follow-up surveys of various lengths are expected to be sent every few years to individuals. “Many individuals diagnosed with cancer struggle to answer the question, ‘What caused my cancer?’ In many cases, we don’t know the answer,” stated Alpa V. Patel, Ph.D., principal investigator of American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study known as CPS-3. “CPS-3 will help us better understand what factors cause cancer; and once we know that, we can be better equipped to prevent cancer.” Dr. Patel added, “Our previous cancer prevention studies have been instrumental in helping us identify some of the major factors that can affect cancer risk. CPS-3 holds the best hope of identifying new and emerging cancer risks, and we can only do this if members of the community are willing to become involved.” The voluntary, long-term commitment by participants is what will produce benefits for decades to come. For more information or to enroll in CPS-3, visit cps3southwestms.org, email cps3@cancer.org, or call toll-free 1-888-604-5888. Dates, times, and sites for the sign up: In McComb . . . Tuesday, August 20, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 21, 7:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center C. O. Haskins Auditorium - 6th floor 215 Marion Avenue McComb, MS 39648 In Monticello . . . Tuesday, August 20, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Lawrence County Hospital 1065 East Broad Street Monticello, MS 39654 In Natchez . . . Wednesday, August 21, 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Isle of Capri Casino Hotel 645 South Canal Street Natchez, MS 39120 and Thursday, August 22, 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. St. Mary Basilica St. Theresa Hall 107 South Union Street Natchez, MS 39120 Bluffs & Bayous { June 2013 { Page 45

Healthy Living

by Caroline Devereaux

Metabolism, Weight Gain, and Why What Household Products You Use MATTERS by Caroline Devereaux

I missed you all last month! I promised to provide a good read on exercise and movement appropriate for all ages and levels of fitness, but I changed my mind That will be next month, for sure, so stay tuned. In the meantime, let’s talk about health in terms of personal and household products we use every day. At the Pilates studio where I teach, I come in contact with many clients each day asking about healthier lifestyles OUTSIDE of the studio/gym. Obviously these clients are either starting a new exercise regimen or are following their normal exercise regimen as evidenced by their presence at our studio. Many have even taken advantage of our optional nutritional advice and coaching/meal planning. They ask, “What do you do? What lifestyle changes have you made to achieve comprehensive wellness besides diet and exercise?” Many people have heard what is and isn’t safe or nutritious in our pantries and our refrigerators; but, in my Page 46 { June 2013 { Bluffs & Bayous

opinion, the missing link is what lies under our kitchen sinks and in our bathroom/medicine cabinets. Many household and personal care products we use everyday are riddled with toxic ingredients. U.S. researchers report “that one in eight of the 82,000 ingredients used in personal care products are industrial chemicals, including carcinogens, pesticides, reproductive toxins, and hormone disruptors. Many products include plasticizers (chemicals that keep concrete soft), degreasers (used to get grime off auto parts), and surfactants (They reduce surface tension in water, like in paint and inks.). Imagine what that does to your skin, and to the environment.” The problem lies in the affect toxins have on our hormone function which is directly related to the thyroid gland. The American Thyroid Association explains, “The thyroid’s job is to make thyroid hormones, which are secreted into the blood and then carried to every tissue in the body. Thyroid hormone helps the body use energy, stay

warm and keep the brain, heart, muscles, and other organs working as they should. Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism in both animals and humans.” When our metabolism is out of whack, weight gain ensues, and weight loss is nearly impossible. One easy reference (and easy read!) on this subject is Jillian Michael’s book Mastering Your Metabolism, in which she spends an entire chapter educating us about WHY our hormones affect overall health and weight management and how toxins in our homes are contributing to endocrine disruption. We may spend hours at the gym, hours counting calories, and hundreds of dollars on the latest fad diets; yet we are still saddled with those permanent 10-15 extra pounds; we still feel bloated and tired and become sick. We then gain back the weight that we worked so hard to lose. Evidently, we are missing a key principle in the circle of comprehensive health. Here is just a brief sample of some things I would recommend that you remove from your household: Chlorine Bleach—a registered pesticide found in dishwashing detergents, multipurpose cleaners, and other products; the EPA found the dioxins in chlorine bleach to be carcinogenic (cancer-causing): dioxins interrupt neurotransmitter functions in the brain (affecting ADHD, depression) and are an eye and lung irritant, triggering asthma. Ammonia—found in glass/window, metal, and oven cleaners; the EPA states that, when mixed with chlorine, ammonia

creates hazardous gas chloramines that cause lung and skin irritation and affects liver function. Phosphates—found in dishwashing detergents and other cleaners; these not only are hazardous to aquatic ecosystems but also are disruptive to our endocrine system, which controls our thyroid. Formaldehyde—found in lotions, body washes, and other personal-care products as a preservative; this is a known carcinogen that can cause eye irritation and damage, including blindness, respiratory irritation/wheezing, bloody noses, and skin rash/irritation. Parabens—used in personal care products as a preservative; disrupts our endocrine system, affecting hormone production from our thyroid. These are only a few of the ingredients we should all try to avoid. Clearly, these toxins are not good for our bodies; and continuous exposure to them over extended periods of time can be detrimental to our health, not to mention interfere with weight loss goals. Call me crazy, but I also don’t like the idea that something I wash my daughters’ faces with can potentially cause cancer over time. Not cool. I urge you to educate yourself as consumers on product ingredients that are unsafe, and find alternatives because there are many, many alternatives! You may choose to make your own cleaners and personalcare items from common ingredients like vinegar, baking soda, essential oils, and salt. There are also many safer alternatives

(although sometimes pricey) available in grocery stores and online for those busier families who prefer not to make their products by hand. My family luckily discovered a vehicle to convert our home to a less toxic environment without breaking the bank. We are by no means scientists, doctors, or experts on this topic and are still learning new things every day. However, I am a firm believer that if Matt and I eat the way we do, we can avoid the impact of most of the toxins in our surroundings, and we have seen our own weight loss as proof. But we also want to make an impact as consumers and help educate others on how to do the same. We avoid buying products from companies that continue to pollute the environment and our bodies with loads of toxic substances. Because it’s my goal to educate here and not necessarily promote specific products, if you’re intrigued and would like to talk specific products, shoot me an email at caroshull@gmail.com! We’d love to hear from you. Resources: www.epa.gov www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/ammonia_ tech.htm toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ www.householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm www.healthychild.org Jillians Michaels, Mastering Your Metabolism Bluffs & Bayous { June 2013 { Page 47

10 Simple Steps to A Healthier You 1. Detoxify your life—Educate yourself on ridding your home and your body of toxins that clog your thyroid and keep your metabolism from functioning properly. 2. Eat CLEANER, smaller meals—Switching from 3 large meals to 3 smaller meals (around 300-500 calories each) and 2 snacks (around 150-250 calories each) keeps blood sugar stable and helps your body burn calories throughout the day (clean = no processed, sugar-loaded foods in sight!) 3. Monitor your caloric intake—Eating the RIGHT foods throughout the day matters! This constant intake of goodfor-you calories keeps your metabolism running at optimal levels. You can use websites like http://www.calculator. net/calorie-calculator.html or http://www.myfitnesspal.com/. Some sites even come with apps for those who want to track their calories on-the-go. (My favorite is MyFitnessPal because I can log calorie content by taking a picture. I’m all about simple steps, folks!) 4. Pack snacks and lunch to bring to work—This keeps the temptation of running to grab an easy but unhealthy snack from the vending machine or lunch from a drive-through at bay! I love carrots or cucumbers for a crunchy snack, and also prep hamburger patties and hard boiled eggs at the beginning of the week to throw in a bag for a mid-afternoon snack. Fresh fruits with honey on plain Greek yogurt are great, too! 5. Drink more water—Staying hydrated will not only make you feel fuller longer and help reduce your caloric intake but also will help flush the toxins from your body. I aim to drink half my body weight in fluid ounces of water each day, and you should, too! 6. Take 10-minute “walk” breaks during your day—Just walk outside to get a breath of fresh air or take a couple of laps around your office to get your blood circulating and to change the scenery. I’m a fan of jumping jacks, as well! I don’t care what people think. I’ll burst into jumping jacks in heels if I’ve been sitting too long! It’s worth the strange and dirty looks :) 7. Make sure you’re sleeping enough—Not only does sleep affect weight gain and loss, but it also affects your immune system and proper brain function among other things. A great Q and A series on this matter is available from the director of the sleep and neuroimaging lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Check this out at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/walker-sleep.html. 8. If you work outside the home, exercise on your lunch break—It’s proven that employees are more productive, take less sick leave, and are generally more happy if they incorporate physical exercise into their work schedules. Some companies encourage and even offer corporate wellness programs, so ask your human resources contact about your options. If you work 5 minutes away from a gym, pack a change of clothes, head there for a 30 minute workout and you’ll still have time for lunch. If you can’t leave, try doing a brisk 30-minute walk or jog around your office building or spend 20 minutes running/walking up and down a flight of stairs. That’s all you need to get in a good workout! 9. Stop drinking carbonated drinks—If you don’t know why already, read CNN’s article at http://www.cnn. com/2012/05/18/health/jampolis-dangers-drinking-soda, or Harvard University’s blog http://www.health.harvard. edu/blog/is-there-a-link-between-diet-soda-and-heart-disease-201202214296, or Journal of Internal Medicine’s research here http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-011-1968-2. 10. Meditate—Take an hour each day to de-stress doing something you love whether that’s reading, running, sleeping, or de-cluttering. Allowing yourself down time in the middle of the day (which is EXTREMELY difficult for me) will help you focus on YOU, rather than let your life run you. It’s a great way to recharge for the rest of the day, as well!

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June - Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month by Meaghan McCallum â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional,â&#x20AC;? advises M. Kathleen Casey, former speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Canada. When a child is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis or CF, this child and his or her family have to make a choice. They can either let the pain of this disease rule their lives, or they can choose not to suffer. While CF is an affliction that needs constant monitoring and entire lifestyle changes, the choice not to suffer proves to be entirely more rewarding than to let pain dominate. CF is a life-threatening genetic disease characterized by two different types of cellular mutations; therefore, contracting it is inevitable for some. This disease causes mucus to build up and clog major organs in the body, commonly the lungs and pancreas. The clogging mucus causes breathing difficulties, inflammation, and infections. This mucus buildup also can interrupt digestion by stopping enzymes from getting to the intestines, thereby preventing the breakdown of food and, subsequently, the absorption of nutrients. People with CF generally need to supplement these pancreatic enzymes in their daily diet. Bluffs & Bayous { June 2013 { Page 51

Symptoms of CF include very salty skin; persistent coughing that produces phlegm; frequent lung infections like pneumonia or bronchitis; wheezing or shortness of breath; poor growth and weight gain despite a healthy diet; frequent greasy, bulky, or difficult bowel movements; and small fleshy growths inside of the nose called nasal polyps. Diagnosing CF can be done very simply by having a doctor analyze a person’s symptoms as well as measure the concentration of salt in a person’s sweat. Brett Lott, son of Anna and Landee Lott of McComb, Mississippi, was diagnosed with CF when he was six months old. He had been exhibiting the symptoms of CF for a while; but due to the lack of widespread knowledge of the disease, his parents were told that he had allergies. Not until he was taken to the emergency room one night did a doctor on call finally recognize his symptoms. A sweat test was performed to determine that he indeed had CF. From that day on, his family has been providing Brett with specialized care and a way of life that will enable him to grow up healthy and happy. Life with CF can be difficult, and living a relatively typical life with CF is not impossible. People with CF, as well as others dealing with illness, create their own “typical.” Children and youngsters like Brett, who is now 14, can engage in many of the anticipated activities of childhood, such as youth baseball, as long as treatment is diligently tracked. Throughout each day, Brett engages in a few routines which keep him healthy and active. Every morning and night he wears a specialized vest that “claps” 15 spots on his chest and back in order to loosen the mucus building up in his system. With every meal, he takes enzymes to help with

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digestion, as well as specific vitamins and nutritional supplements that encourage weight gain. While Brett maintains a regimen that keeps him healthy and allows him to lead an active life, others are not so lucky. Some patients with CF, regardless of active treatment, are hospitalized multiple times each year because of complications caused by their illness. Each case is different, requiring each family to adapt and create its own treatment strategy. When Brett was diagnosed with CF, the life expectancy of someone with the illness was about 25 years. Today, life expectancy

People with CF create their own “typical.” extends into a person’s mid-30s and 40s. This steady growth is due to the increased knowledge of CF and the new treatments that are coming out. While CF still has no cure, hope resides in many new technologies that are proving to be very promising in the treatment of CF. In January of 2012 the FDA approved Kalydeco™, the first oral drug that targets the underlying causes of CF. This drug is taken in pill form by roughly four percent of CF patients and dramatically improves lung functions as well as lowers sweat chloride levels. Due to the exceptional performance of this drug, many doors are opening and

leading towards new therapies and treatment options. Research for CF is all made possible by grants, donations, and generous fundraisers, and facilitated by organizations such as the non-profit corporation Southwest Mississippi Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis, Inc. (SMBCF). Brett’s grandmother, Anna Ruth Brumfield, is a member of this organization. She along with Dickey and Shelby Duck organize the Tommy Brumfield CF Charity Golf Tournament (named after Brett’s late grandfather) each year. The SMBCF has made a huge impact in the CF community by having raised thousands of dollars for research, awareness, hospitals and treatment centers, and families of CF. This monetary success is due to dedicated members who are often personally affected by CF. Two such members, Dickey and Shelby Duck, have a five-year-old child with the disease. The SMBCF not only raises money for state-wide and national programs but also has local chapters that are able to provide funds for individual families struggling with the financial aspect of CF. The SMBCF has recently helped one family of CF by getting rid of the home’s carpet, which was causing their child intense respiratory distress, and paying for wood flooring. Simple yet powerful acts like these add to the growing support of this organization. With each passing day, modern medicine is taking steps to more fully understand CF and more quickly find its cure. Soon children and adults with CF, people just like Brett, will be able to overcome their disease completely. Until that day, instead of dwelling on the existence of this painful disease, join awareness and fundraising efforts in striving to overcome the suffering from this malady and work towards a CF-free future.

Cystic Fibrosis Benefit Golf Tournament

he 12th Annual Tommy Brumfield Charity Golf Tournament was held at the Fernwood Country Club in Fernwood, Mississippi, on April 12, 2013. It was organized and sponsored by Southwest Mississippi Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis, Inc., a non-profit organization that raises awareness of cystic fibrosis, supports the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, educates the public about CF Care Centers, and assists local families and their CF patients.

1. Tyler Johnston, Brandt Watson, Luke Morris, Caleb Dixon, and Brett Lott 2. Karen McCarty, Sheila Conn, and Ricky Frazier 3. Brett Lott after playing 4. Jerry Joe Rayborn, Jr., door-prize winner 5. Anna Lott and Golf Pro Beck Troutman 6. Brett Lott and his golfing team

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DR. JEFFREY TRAINA Innovator in Orthopedics and Patient Care by Jennie Guido

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or the past three years, Natchez, Mississippi, has been lucky enough to call Dr. Jeffrey Traina, an Illinois native, one of our medical community’s very own. Dr. Traina’s studious upbringing, medical background, and impeccable skills have brought him to the forefront of orthopedic medicine. Growing up in a household where medicine was the prime focus of conversations and occupations, Dr. Traina has been obviously groomed for a lifetime of holding and perfecting the movements of the scalpel. Traina’s father, the late Dr. Vincent Traina, was a first generation Italian immigrant, supportive father, and anesthesiologist. “I learned so much from my father,” Dr. Traina explained. “He had high ideals; but most importantly, he was admired by his patients since he always put them first. That is a legacy that I strive to emulate today with my patients.” In 1972 at the age of 16, Dr. Traina graduated from high school and then completed a three-year college plan at the University of Michigan with the goal of attending medical school. After being accepted into Southern Illinois Medical School, Traina worked hard to master the curriculum and set another record within his family. Dr. Traina explained, “My father finished medical school when he was twentytwo and six months. He always encouraged me to break his record, and I always kept that in the back of my mind.” Dr. Traina graduated from Southern Illinois Medical School just one month after his twenty second birthday. “That pleased my father more than it did me,” Dr. Traina commented. In fact, in our nation’s medical school history, Dr. Traina is one of the youngest graduates. While in medical school, Traina was given the nickname “Doogie” (the name of the child prodigy in the 1980s medical sitcom by the same name) by many of his fellow medical students. Although some were not aware of his age because of his maturity and stature, Dr. Traina never let the nickname break his focus when it came to his studies. After two fellowships at Harvard and Boston’s Children’s Hospital and positions teaching medical students at both the University of Texas Medical School and the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Traina settled in Peoria, Illinois, and opened his own orthopedic surgical practice in 1986. In 2010, Traina uprooted his wife, daughters, and practice

to join Natchez Community Hospital and the Community Orthopedic Clinic. Sue Loy, Marketing Director of Natchez Community Hospital, explained, “Learning to set and surpass goals at an early age fostered a desire in Dr. Traina to continually strive for improvement.” Toward that end, Loy mentioned some of Dr. Traina’s current endeavors: “Today, he focuses on innovative procedures used to improve outcomes and recovery periods of orthopedic surgery patients at Community Orthopedic Clinic and Natchez Community Hospital.” In January of this year, Dr. Traina gave an in-depth presentation on his innovative research concerning the use of platelet gel during knee replacement surgery. Loy explained, “He shares his state-of-the-art surgical skills and techniques with orthopedic surgeons from not only around the state but also worldwide.” An active member of many organizations and orthopedic societies, Dr. Traina constantly works toward improving medicine by sharing his innovative procedures with other physicians and by increasing the standard of care for area patients, efforts that make him so outstanding an addition to the Natchez community.

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THE social SCENE NATCHEZ, MS

A Surprise Birthday Party for Betty Paradise

eeping a secret among hundreds of their closest friends is exactly what the David Paradise Family did to honor Betty Paradise on April 9, 2013, at antebellum Brandon Hall outside Natchez, Mississippi. Guests gathered in the main foyer of the stately home to surprise the honoree as she entered with husband David and friends Marcia and John McCullough. Guests toasted with champagne and then moved to the Reception Hall on the property to dine, dance, and visit throughout the evening.

1 Betty and David Paradise with Marcia and John McCullough 2 Louise Peabody and Ben Ledbetter 3 Virginia Patterson and Peter Trosclair 4 Mary Jo Guedon and Dee Ray 5 Richie Montgomery and Doug Charboneau 6 Michael Burke and Dr. Ken Stubbs 7 Lena Yarbrough, Tim McKnight, and Laurie and Tal Morgan 8 Lynn Bradford, Lynn James, and Carol Hobdy 9 Ruth Burke, Karen Stubbs, Cindy Meng, and Johnny Junkin 10 Karen and Fred Callon

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THE social SCENE

NATCHEZ, MS

11 Mimi Miller with Glenn and Bridget Green 12 Carol Hobdy, Craig Bradford, and Mary Jane Gaudet 13 Ann Paradise, Kathy-Faye and Bill Jones, and Robert Paradise 14 Emily and Jamie Keating 15 Kelly Robertson and Betty Paradise 16 Richie Montgomery and David Paradise 17 Pat Burns and Robin Punches with Carol and Braxton Hobdy 18 Louise Peabody, Darby Short, and Connie Burns 19 Sam Kirby, Scott and Jennifer Slover, and Mary Jo McNerney 20 Joe Steadman with Sam and Cindy Gwin

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THE social SCENE NATCHEZ, MS

21 David and Betty Paradise 22 Tony and Beth DeAngelis 23 Barbara Kirby, Pete Guedon, and Steve and Kelly Robertson 24 Lori Morgan and David Paradise 25 Bill Byrne and Annette Byrne 26 Barbara Kirby, Dianne Bunch, Jennifer and Scott Slover, and Sam Kirby 27 David Paradise with Carolyn and Marion Smith

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PREMIER EVENTS up

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Saturday, June 8 New York’s 34th Annual Mississippi Picnic New York City, New York Mark your calendar and plan now to join New York’s Mississippi community on Saturday, June 8, in New York City’s Central Park for the 34th annual Mississippi Picnic. The catfish starts to fry at 11:00 A.M., and the shindig runs from noon until six. You never know whom you might run into from Governor Phil Bryant and his First Lady to politicians and state celebrities to old friends. The location is on the midway between the Naumberg Bandshell and Sheep Meadow, just off Center Road [Enter at the East 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue]. This year, there’ll be direct-from-Mississippi catfish with all the trimmings; country and blues musicians; artists and authors; and, of course, a healthy dose of Southern hospitality. This year’s theme, “Mississippi Legends and Trails,” will recognize Mississippi’s own Jimmie Rodgers, “The Father of Country Music.” Among the performers will be Jimmie Rodgers tribute artist Britt Gully; and singer Liz Davis, Mississippi finalist on TV’s The Voice. The Mississippi Catfish Cooking Team will serve up Simmons farm-raised catfish, McAlister’s Deli will be serving its famous sweet tea right alongside Sugaree Bakery’s serving its delicious cakes, and there’ll be tasty treats from the Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program. Contests will include Best Dessert, Best Picnic Spread, and Watermelon Seed Spitting. Admission is free, just bring a blanket and picnic spread. Catfish plates are $15 and include tea. Water and soft drinks are $2. Sponsors include Coopwood Communications, the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, Entergy, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi Development Authority, and VisitHattiesburg. For more information, visit www.nymspicnic.com or contact picnic co-founder and chair Rachel McPherson at 718-788-2831. Visit Facebook at New York/Mississippi Picnic. Through June 8 Dusti Bongé: Revisiting the Legacy Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Biloxi, MS 386 Beach Boulevard Tues. - Sat. / 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Barbara Johnson Ross / 228-374-5547 curatorofcollections@georgeohr.org Through June 9 Heroes: Photographs by Steve Shapiro West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, LA 845 North Jefferson Avenue 225-336-2422 www.westbatonrougemuseum.com

Through June 23 Symbols of Faith, Home, and Beyond: The Art of Theora Hamblett Mississippi Museum of Art Jackson, MS 380 South Lamar Street $12 Adults / $10 Seniors / $6 Students 601-960-1515 www.msmuseumart.org Through June 30 ASU Farmers Market Natchez, MS Tues. - Fri. / 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat. / 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 199 St. Catherine Street

Through June 9 Hairspray New Stage Theatre Jackson, MS 1100 Carlisle Street 601-948-3531 www.newstaagetheatre.com www.visitjackson.com

Through July 27 Vicksburg Farmer’s Market Vicksburg, MS Wed. / 4 - 7 p.m. Sat. / 8 - 11 a.m. Corner Jackson & Washington Streets 601-801-3513 www.vicksburgfarmersmarket.org

Through June 15 An Adventure in the Arts: Selections from Collection of Guild Hall Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria, LA 933 2nd Street Tues. - Fri. / 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sat. / 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 318-433-3458 www.themuseum.org

Through July 31 “Lincoln” The Constitution & the Civil War Exhibit Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg, MS 3201 Clay Street 601-636-0583 www.nps.gov/vick www.visitvicksburg.com

Through September 8 Mississippi Museum of Art The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series Jackson, MS 601-960-1515 www.msmuseumart.org Through October McComb Farmer’s Market McComb, MS Every Thursday 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Depot Garage/ Railroad Blvd. Through November 1 George Ohr: Selections from Gulf Coast Collections Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Biloxi, MS Tues. - Sat. / 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Barbara Johnson Ross / 228-374-5547 www.curatorofcollections@geogeohr.org May 31 - June 1 Magnolia State Fiber Festival Lady Luck Casino Arena Room Vicksburg, MS 1380 Warrenton Road Fri. / Noon - 6 p.m.; Sat. / 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free 601-363-7575 / 800-503-3777 www.rainbowcasino.com www.visitvicksburg.com

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May 31 - June 1 Dr. Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blues & Mark Doyle Walnut Hills Vicksburg, MS 1214 Adams Street / 6 p.m. 601-638-4910 www.walnuthillsms.net www.visitvicksburg.com June 1 Homochitto River Festival Courthouse Square Meadville, MS No admission or parking charges 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Mandy Lalche / 601-810-2532

June 1 Vicksburg Early Summer Coin Show Battlefield Inn Vicksburg, MS 4137 I-20 Frontage Road 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Free 601-636-8336 June 1 - 2 Alice in Wonderland Natchez Ballet Academy Natchez, MS Sat. 7 p.m. / Sun. 2 p.m. $10 Adults / $6 Children 601-870-8920 www.natchezbalet.com

June 2 - 8, 23 - 29 July 7 - 13, 21 - 27 Tara Wildlife Youth Camp Tara Wildlife Vicksburg, MS 6791 Eagle Lake Shore Road Ages 9 - 16 $6 / Session Mark Bowen / 601-279-4267 www.tarawildlife.com/camps.htm June 3 James McCartney Duling Hall Jackson, MS 622 Duling Avenue / 7:30 p.m. $12 / Advance; $15 / At Door www.ardenland.net www.visitjackson.com June 3 - 4 The Addams Family Thalia Mara Hall Jackson, MS 255 East Pascagoula Street 7:30 p.m. / Tickets vary. 601-960-1537 www.visitjackson.com

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up & coming! JUNE June 3 - 18 Youth Ballet Workshop Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Baton Rouge, LA Shows, Times, and Places vary. / Free Nicole Naquin / 225-766-8379 nicole@batonroughballet.org www.batonrougeballet.org June 3 - July 1 “Spectrum” Southern Culture Heritage Foundation Vicksburg, MS 1302 Adams Street Mon. - Fri. / 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Ages 10 -16 Register / 601-631-2997 www.info@southerculture.org www.southernculture.org June 3 - July 19 Summer Reading Program Concordia Parish Library Vidalia, LA 408 Texas Street 318-336-5043 www.concordia.lib.la.us June 4 Storyteller Rose Anne St. Romain Concordia Parish Library Vidalia, LA / Ferriday, LA 408 Texas Street / 1609 Third Street 10:15 a.m. / 2 p.m. / Free 318-336-5043 / 318-757-3550 www.concordia.lib.la.us June 4 - 7 Pioneer Camp (Ages 6 - 8) Historic Jefferson College Washington, MS 16 Old North Street Pre-registration required / $35 Kay McNeil / kmcneil@mdah.state.ms.us 601-442-2901 June 4, 11, 18 & 25 Portrait Drawing Workshop Southern Cultural Heritage Center Vicksburg, MS 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. $180 member / $190 non-member 601-631-2997 www.info@southernculture.org

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JUNE up

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June 6 Gallery Crawl Monroe & West Monroe, LA Downtown 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. 318-503-5125 www.downtowngallerycrawl.com June 6 Comedy Café Lady Luck Casino Lone Wolf Vicksburg, MS 1380 Warrenton Road 601-636-7575 www.ladyluckvicksburg.com www.rainbowcasino.com www.visitvicksburg.com

June 6 - 9 Annie Natchez Little Theatre Natchez, MS 319 Linton Avenue / $15 Thurs. - Sat. / 7:30 p.m.; Sun. / 2 p.m. 601-442-2233 / 1-877-440-2233 natchez@bellsouth.net www.natchezlittletheatre.org June 7 Faith Fest 2013 River Stage Plaza Vicksburg, MS Historic Washington Street 7 - 10 p.m. 601-218-3578 / 601-634-4527 www.downtownvicksburg.com www.visitvicksburg.com

June 7 Dolls & Divas Glamour Competition Vicksburg City Auditorium Vicksburg, MS 4 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 901 Monroe Street 601-630-2929 www.vccmeet.com June 7 - 8 The Rhythm Blues Revue with Lady L Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar Vicksburg Blues Society Vicksburg, MS 4116 Washington Street / No cover Fri. & Sat. / 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. 601-634-6179 www.vicksburgheritage.com June 7 - 9 The Day the War Stopped St. Francisville, LA Downtown Times vary. 225-637-4224 www.daythewarstopped.net June 8 Youth Ballet Fundraiser The Dancers’ Workshop Baton Rouge, LA 10745 Linkwood Court / 1 p.m. $10 Adults / $5 Children Nicole Naquin / 225-766-8379 www.nicole@batonroughballet.org Will Bove / will@batonrougeballet.org www.batonrougeballet.org

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up & coming! JUNE June 8 Second Saturday Natchez, MS Downtown 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. www.visitnatchez.org June 8 2nd Annual The Night the War Stopped St. Francisville, LA 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 1-888-677-2838 / 635-3739 www.stfrancisville.us westfelicianatourism@gmail.com June 8 - 22 Festival South Downtown Hattiesburg Hattiesburg, MS Free & Ticketed Events 601-296-7475 www.festivalsouth.org June 8 - 9 Tomato Festival Old U.S. Mint New Orleans, LA 400 Esplanade Avenue / Free 504-522-2621 www.frenchmarket.org

June 10 - 14 & July 8 - 12 Junior Rangers Camp Natchez National Historic Park Melrose Natchez, MS Ages 8 - 12 9 a.m. - 2 pm 1 Melrose Montebello Parkway 601-446-5790 www.nps.gov/nat June 11 - 13 EXPLORE! Camp Historic Jefferson College Washington, MS Ages 9 - 10 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pre-registration required / $35 601-442-2901 June 13 Healthy Cooking Workshop with Patrick House Southern Culture Heritage Foundation Vicksburg, MS 1302 Adams Street 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. $30 Members / $35 Non-members 601-631-2997 www.southernculture.org

June 13 Storyteller Sylvia Davis Concordia Parish Library Ferriday, LA / Vidalia, LA 1609 Third Street / 408 Texas Street 10:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. / Free 318-757-3550 / 318-336-5043 www.concordia.lib.la.us June 14 - 15 All Night Long Blues Band Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar Vicksburg Blues Society Vicksburg, MS 4116 Washington Street No cover Fri. & Sat. / 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. 601-634-6179 www.vicksburgheritage.com June 15 EXPLORE! DRAWING WITH SHAPES Historic Jefferson College Washington, MS 16 Old North Street 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. $10 / Registration required Kay McNeil / 601-442-2901 kmcneil@mdah.state.ms.us June 15 Art Treasures Auction ArtNatchez Natchez, MS 425 Main Street / 6 p.m. 601-442-0043

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JUNE up

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June 15 Calk Based Paint Workshop Southern Culture Heritage Center Vicksburg, MS 8 a.m. - Noon 1302 Adams Street $95 Member / $100 Non-member 601-631-2997 / www.southernculture.org June 15 Garden Fest at Burden LSU AgCenter Botanic Garden Baton Rouge, LA Essen Lane off I10 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. $10 Adult / $5 Children ages 4 - 10 Under 3 Free 225-763-3990 www.lsuagcenter.com June 15 - September 15 Hunt for Treasure! West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, LA 845 North Jefferson Avenue 225-336-2422 www.westbatonrougemuseum.com June 17 - 21 & 24 - 28 Blast from the Past 2013 Summer History Camp Hiroko Sakakibara & Helen Daigle West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, LA 845 North Jefferson Avenue 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Registration required $65 Residents & Members / $75 Others 225-336-2422 (ext. 15) www.westbatonrougemuseum.com June 17 - 21 Summer Music Camp 2013 Natchez, MS Times vary. / $65 Ages 3 - 10 Kathleen Mackey King / 601-445-5980 kmacking@bellsouth.net www.kmkmusicprep.tripod.com

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up & coming! JUNE June 18 Harver Rabbit & Friends Puppet Show Concordia Parish Library Vidalia, LA / Ferriday, LA 408 Texas Street / 1609 Third Street 10:15 a.m. / 2 p.m. / Free 318-336-5043 / 318-757-3550 www.concordia.lib.la.us June 20 Rod Payne & Zelia Logan Smith Concordia Bank & Trust Vidalia, LA 904 Carter Street 7 p.m. / Free 318-336-5258 www.concordia.lib.la.us

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June 21 - 25 Living History Program Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg, MS 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $8 per vehicle Tim Kavanaugh 601-636-0583 tim_kavanaugh@nps.gov June 21 - 22 Clay Swafford Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar Vicksburg Blues Society Vicksburg, MS 4116 Washington Street No cover Fri. & Sat. / 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. 601-634-6179 www.vicksburgheritage.com June 22 After the Battle Audubon State Historic Site St. Francisville, LA 11788 Louisiana 965 1-888-677-2838 / 635-3739 westfelicianatourism@gmail.com www.stfrancisville.us June 22 2nd Annual Shake It for Ella West Monroe, LA 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. West Monroe Convention Center June 23 Milt Hinton Annual Memorial Concert Vicksburg Auditorium Vicksburg, MS 901 Monroe Street / 6 p.m. 601-630-2929 / 866-822-6338 shirleywaring@vicksburgheritage.com www.visitvicksburg.com June 24 - 26 Frontier Pioneer Camp Historic Jefferson College Washingtn, MS 16 Old North Street 1 - 4 p.m. Ages 10 - 14 Pre-registration required / $35 Toni Avance / tavance@mdah.state.ms.us

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up & coming! JUNE June 24 - 28 Princess Dance Camp Natchez Ballet Academy Natchez, MS Ages 3 - 9 / $85 601-870-8920 www.natchezballet.com June 25 - 28 Natchez Gymnastics Summer Camp Natchez, MS 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Age 5 & up / $85 Kim Strawbridge 601-442-6240 / 597-5038 June 27 Girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night Out 2013 Brookhaven, MS 4 - 10 p.m. Pre-event $20 / Day of $25 601-833-1411 www.brookhavenchamber.org

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June 27 Magician Glen Ghirardi Concordia Parish Library Ferriday, LA / Vidalia, LA 1609 Third Street / 408 Texas Street 10:15 a.m. / 2 p.m. / Free 318-757-3550 / 318-336-5043 www.concordia.lib.la.us June 27 6th Annual Red, White, & Jackson Event Jackson, MS Smith Park / Old Capitol Museum 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. / 7 - 9 p.m. www.visitjackson.com June 28 Opening Reception Ohr-Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe Museum of Art Biloxi, MS 386 Beach Boulevard / 5 - 7 p.m. Barbara Johnson Ross 228-374-5547

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up & coming! JUNE June 28 - 29 Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar Vicksburg Blues Society Vicksburg, MS 4116 Washington Street No cover Fri. & Sat. / 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. 601-634-6179 www.vicksburgheritage.com June 29 Pike County Chamber Annual Bass Tournament Bude, MS Lake Okhissa 601-684-2291 pikeinfo.com

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June 29 Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Brandon Hall Plantation Natchez, MS Mile Marker 8.5 Natchez Trace Parkway 6 p.m. / Cocktails & Cash Bar 7 p.m. / Dinner and Theater $60 / Person 601-304-1040 brandonhallplantation.com

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Southern Sampler by Alma M. Womack

Toad Tales and Frog Fun W

oodrow is five, and I am......old enough to be his grandmother. With our age difference, you’d think that our established roles would be loving, patient, sweet-as-pie grandmother and respectful and dutiful grandson. And we are pretty much playing our roles as we should, except for one thing: toads. Woodrow, being a gen-u-wine boy, loves to catch toads at my house, which is fine with me. But, and it is a big but, he wants to take them to his house to put in the lizard condo to live. Or he wants to keep them in a box (or more likely a Cool Whip container) for “just ONE night” and then he’ll turn them loose in his yard. The problem is—I know better. I know the toads cannot live in a dry environment like his weird lizards, or they are likely to be forgotten and have to stay in the Cool Whip container with no water and no food until his mama finds them stowed away somewhere. I cannot bear the thought of suffering toads; so every time he catches one, the arguments start. I try to explain to him that the toads are my helpers, that they eat the insects that get on my beautiful flowers, and that they need to stay here to eat all of the aggravating bugs. But it is always, “Oh, Emma, just Page 74 { June 2013 { Bluffs & Bayous

pleeeaassee let me take him home for just a little while. He can sleep on my play porch, and he will be safe, and I will NOT put him in the lizard condo.” Jorie will side with me, but then he goes into pleading overdrive: “Just wissen to me a minute, and stay calm. The toad will be OKAY, and I will protect him for just ONE night. Oh, please, Emma, tell Mom to wissen to me.” Sad to say, it works every time. I give in, the toad leaves in the Cool Whip bowl, and Jorie promises to release him into her yard when night comes (Toads are known to slip away in the night). I promise myself that I will not let Woodrow capture any more toads on my watch, but it never works. He spends more time outside than I do in the mornings, for he can play while I am cooking the noon meal. Invariably, he will walk in at some point with a big smile and a fat toad, and we start our go-round again. It’s not that I don’t have dozens of the things around, mind you. I just don’t want them to be abandoned in a Cool Whip bowl when their natural home is under my flowers. Perhaps this concern for toads is a sign of mental illness; I do not know. Perhaps I am selfish, not wanting to share a good old toad with a little boy; I do not know that,

either. At least I have convinced him not to put them in a bowl of water like you’d do a little bullfrog. He has learned that toads like dry land and frogs like water, and that is progress, any way you look at it. Writing this saga of the WoodrowEmma endless argument made me think of the time my brothers, Nub and Doug, and I found this enormous dead bullfrog. It was such a prize that we could not just leave it lying on the edge of the brake. We got a big shovel and scooped up the frog, and its body covered the entire shovel with its front and back legs hanging off the sides of the shovel. On this particular beautiful summer day, Mama was hanging the wash on the clothesline, unsuspecting that her calm job was about to be interrupted. We kids were so excited that we ran to her, calling, “Mama, Mama! Look what we found!” We knew that Mama had been a tomboy when she was a girl and was always a good sport about the creatures we drug up for her to admire, so she would just have to admire this great frog. We had overestimated her; she took one look at the oversize bullfrog and ran screaming across the yard. I can still remember the shock that I felt when I realized that Mama was scared of this dead, harmless frog. Oh, what fun this had turned out to be. We chased Mama around and around the clothesline until she threatened to spank us if we didn’t get rid of that frog and leave her alone. That did it; the frog was taken back across the road and gently placed at the edge of the water where his spirit would be happy seeing water again. We never got a chance to fool her like that any other day, but was it ever fun to get to chase her that one time with the biggest frog I have ever seen. Then there was the time, when Liza was about Woodrow’s age now, that she disappeared one day. I finally found her, quietly placing toads under mushrooms that had sprung up in the yard in the warm summer weather. I had told her earlier that day that the mushrooms were also called toadstools and that they were the homes of toads. She took me at my word, caught some toads, and put them under the toadstools where they would be safe. Well, enough of the amphibians for today. The way it keeps raining here, we will probably have a surplus of frogs and toads later on; and if Woodrow wants to take them home, I’ll probably help him catch some. There will, most likely, be enough to share.

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