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Mall at Barnes Crossing Celebrates 20th Anniversary Greater Tupelo Dining Guide

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contents cover: december 2010

a mall for allTheseasons Mall at Barnes

Crossing Celebrates Its 20th Christmas Season

inside this issue:

10 A Mall for All Seasons....................................11 Smothers’ Holiday Home..................................21 A Green (and Red) Thumb..................................27 tupelo main street association awards.......30 Football and Cooking......................................34 holiday blues ....................................................36 beating colds & flu .........................................38 restaurant reviews..........................................41 gardner simmons girl home...........................43 celebration village preview party.................44 Tupelo’s Race for the cure.............................46 rally for the cure............................................48 Tupelo Women’s Club Holiday Tree Festival.49 top 20 young pros awards luncheon............51 Letter from the editor....................................

Inside Luxury Homes: 55 big oaks............................................... 59 summit house.....................................

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63 old town circle................................ 67 Springlake..........................................

70 deer park............................................ 72 meadow circle...................................

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First of all, let me wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As they say, this is the most wonderful time of the year. It gives many of us the opportunity to gather and spend time with loved ones we normally wouldn’t see as much during the year. Living in Tupelo is pretty special, especially this time of the year. There is so much going on, and the decorative houses are always a sight to see.

Thank you for picking up this edition of Greater Tupelo Magazine. Inside this edition, we are so delighted to offer you Luxury Homes of Greater Tupelo.

It’s something we think our readers will enjoy and I hope we can make it grow. Also in this edition, we introduce our restaurant and dining guide. And congratulations to the Mall at Barnes Crossing, which is celebrating its 20th Christmas season.

I want to say a special thank you to all our advertisers, and readers, please let them know you saw their ad in Greater Tupelo Magazine. Again, Merry Christmas and I hope all of your holiday wishes come true.

Wesley Wells

Greater Tupelo Magazine: “Created by Tupelo people for Tupelo people!”

Junior Auxiliary Accepting Applications for Outstanding Citizen Award

The JA of Tupelo is accepting applications for the 2011 Outstanding Citizen Award. The recipient will be announced at the annual Charity Ball on February 11. Tupelo civic clubs and individuals wishing to nominate a deserving Tupelo or Lee County resident should contact Christy Waycaster at (662) 841-1398 or 231-3740 for a nomination form. Completed forms must be turned in by January 7.

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a mallThefor all seasons Mall at Barnes Crossing

Celebrates Its 20th Christmas Season

By Michael Harrelson

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here are malls, and then there is the

Mall at Barnes Crossing (MBC). By all accounts, it is truly a marvel of mer-

chandising in mall-going America. At least the equal of so called local malls in cities and trade areas much larger than Tupelo, Lee

County and the better part of the Golden Triangle in offering national brands, specialty stores and

all of the social connectivity that modern malls now afford.

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Never mind that little more than two decades ago, it’s 94-store strong, 900,000 square feet of prime buyer-friendly real estate was pastureland, where headcounts were measured in cattle. Past or present since 1990, Tupelo’s super-regional retail hub has been the gift that keeps on giving to the city and the state of Mississippi.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary just last April, and the start of the 20th Christmas season on Black Friday eve with its annual Santa parade, the city’s only nighttime parade event, MBC has come to define success by every measure of the great American shopping experience that today represents the nation’s leading entertainment pastime.

At a time in its mega-merchandising, nationalbrand-anchored life, when retail malls in some parts of the country are feeling the pinch of a slower than anticipated economic recovery, MBC’s retail star glows brighter than ever with recent new additions such as the highly sought after Dick’s Sporting Goods and Barnes and Noble. Another draw that has kept the Mall at Barnes Crossing on pace to meet or exceed an annual growth rate of an eight percent increase in traf-

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fic is it’s 600-seat food court, offering everything from fast food to sit-down, white-tablecloth Italian, Mexican, Chinese and more.

To the 200,000,000 shoppers and mall-goers who have come to the retail Mecca anchored by Belk, Sear’s and Penny’s, and the highly popular The Limited, Victoria’s Secret and Bath and Body Works through the years, it is perhaps enough that the mall has satisfied a demand for national brands and products that once took the region’s residents to malls in other cities such as Memphis, Jackson and Birmingham. To MBC General Manager Jeff Snyder, and to other city fathers such as David Rumbarger, president and CEO of the Tupelo/Lee County Community Development Foundation, and former CDF President Harry Martin, who led the successful effort to build the regional shopping facility in the late 1980s, the Mall at Barnes Crossing is nothing short of the Grinch that stole Christmas back for the home folks in its $5.9 billion in sales over 20 years, its more than $200 million tax windfall amounting to 20 percent of total gross retail receipts, and its evolutionary place in the social and cultural makeup of the community.

At a time in its mega-merchandising, national-brand-anchored life, when retail malls in some parts of the country are feeling the pinch of a slower than anticipated economic recovery, MBC’s retail star glows brighter than ever with recent new additions such as the highly sought after Dick’s Sporting Goods and Barnes and Noble.

If some in Tupelo and Lee County questioned the logic of building a large retail mall in the city when Tupelo already had two malls at the time, no one doubts the wisdom of the move today; least of all Jeff Snyder, MBC general manager who has witnessed the mall’s transformation from farm to marketplace in a tenure there that began all the way back in 1996.

“My first Christmas, I remember getting notified that there was a cow in the parking lot,” Snyder recalls. “It had gotten through the fence. The security office had to rope the cow and hold it until the farmer could come and get it.”

Snyder, who served as security manager and assistant general manager of the mall before becoming its GM, remembers the malls early days, “I think we started out with 50 percent occupancy,” he says. “When it opened, sales per square foot were around $150 per square foot. Now, we are at $294, which ranks us as number two in the state (in sales volume) and among the top 12 in the Southeast.”

Before Kentucky mall developer David Hocker made the initial investment to find and buy the land for the Mall at Barnes Crossing and sold the site to big brand-name retailers with national reach and gravitas, Snyder says the region was losing money to other areas. “Tupelo did not have the brand names that people wanted, the national retailers that Birmingham and Memphis had.”

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A well-liked and high-profile member of the greater Tupelo community, thanks to his involvement in a number of social, civic and charitable outreaches throughout the year, the Bruce, Mississippi, native adds, “You can influence them, but you can’t tell them what to buy. The customer is either going to buy it here if it is available or go elsewhere. We try to make deal with retailers that customers want.”

Through his own market analysis as to the feasibility of a large mall development in Tupelo, as well as through later economic findings by nationally known

economists and community development consultants, former CDF President and CEO Harry Martin discovered the monetary equivalent of a gold mine in a population demographic whose pent up demand had long been taken for granted.

“People lived in the countryside here,” Martin says. “Northeast Mississippi is one of the few place in America where we did not depopulate the towns and villages in the 1950s. When industry came, people were happy to get those jobs, because they could work fewer hours and spent time with their families, and they had disposable income to spend.”

As a retail success zone as well as a social and cultural gathering place for the entire tri-state area, Martin says MBC has continued to grow and evolve, and in many ways anticipates the added new role and function that malls are playing in the lives of customers. “It has to do with the shopping experience that has become the greatest recreational activity in America.” To remain relevant, he says

“I think we started out with 50 percent occupancy,” he says.

“When it opened, sales per square foot were around $150 per square foot. Now, we are at $294, which ranks us as number two in the state (in sales volume) and among the top 12 in the Southeast.”

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“Amenities such as fountains used to be important, but they have been replaced by play areas for kids.” The focus on specialty shops, versus the long-standing domination of the large department stores, has become more important, Snyder adds.

Such innovation, and the combined efforts of mall management and the entire cadre of more than 2,000 staff and employees give the Mall at Barnes Crossing a competitive edge that cannot be duplicated anywhere else, says CDF President David Rumbarger.

“The new stores and the updates have made the mall a terrific place to visit for a quality shopping experience. The new brands combined with the old standards give the shopper the big town brands with the small town convenience and customer service. Sales clerks really do care about their customer’s desires and needs and respond to them with a smile and an encouraging word and excellent service.”

Although every season of the year is special at MBC, at no time is it more meaningful than during the Christmas shopping season, which traditionally begins

“The new malls have to offer all types of activities for children and adults, in addition to being a place where you go to buy something.” malls have to do more than offer the brands and goods that customers crave. “The new malls have to offer all types of activities for children and adults, in addition to being a place where you go to buy something.”

In the new mall configuration of the 21st century, Snyder says MBC has become the social meeting spots where families see their friends and end up having lunch or dinner in the food court. And young kids, accompanied by their mothers, enjoy play dates that make optimum use of leisure time activities.

Not only are malls customers changing in terms of what they expect from their modern shopping experiences, but Snyder says the footprint and retail composition of the malls themselves are not the same now as they were when he began his career as a mall executive.

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corner, says Cindy Childs, the mall’s marketing director since 2001.

“Our Christmas parade is the first opportunity for the kids to see Santa, and it is a big deal, Childs says.

“We have fire trucks, and celebrities such as Smokey the Bear and Elmo, and music. The parade circles the mall and takes Santa to his place in the mall for the holiday season.”

Every year, Childs says there is a new top toy item to get everyone excited. This year, for the first time, shoppers can experience the new Build a Bear store,

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where they can create and stuff their very own teddy bear and pick out clothes for it. “You even get a birth certificate for it,” she adds.

Mall employees begin to put up the Christmas decorations after Halloween, a festive display that includes a giant tree in the food court area that serves as a backdrop for caroling and other fun holiday activities.

Whether for kids or kids at heart, it is part of a local tradition that never gets old or out of date. GT

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By Patricia Neely-Dorsey

W

e all have seen those houses that are decorated from back to front and top to bottom for the holidays and look like something out of a magazine. Well, the home of

Bill and Karen Smothers in the Spring Lake subdivision is one of those houses. So, we felt it quite fitting for their home to be featured in a magazine. What magazine could be better for that feature than our own Greater Tupelo?

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The Smothers have lived in their beautiful two-story traditional home since 2004.

The house, which overlooks the lake in the subdivision, and is located in a quite cul -de –sac, has four bedrooms, five baths and a three- car garage. It would seem a very daunting task to completely fill this house with holiday cheer. But that is exactly what Karen Smothers has done. Other than the help of a designer from Staggs Interiors, who does the decorations for the Christmas trees, Karen does all of the extraordinary Christmas decorat-

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ing in this family home herself. The magnificent foyer, with its exquisitely decorated tree, is a centerpiece and the crowning jewel of the house.

The foyer floors are outfitted in a delicious cream-colored marble with deep emerald green inserts, which just happens to go perfectly with the holiday theme.

Karen says she usually chooses the traditional red and green Christmas color scheme for her decorating all throughout the house for the holidays. The only exception is in the sunroom where she has peacock decorations

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and more of a blue and green scheme. Karen explains that most of her decorations, including ribbons, bows and a unique, extensive collection of balls and other ornaments, have been purchased over the years from Mid South Nursery. Of course, that is an ongoing process, because there always seems to be room

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for just one more ornament.

Karen and Bill are empty nesters, now, with three grown daughters who live away from home. Two are married and one is single and just moved out about 10 months ago. The house, however, most certainly beckons them back for the holidays. GT

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Everything’s Coming Up CHRISTMAS at Mid South Nursery

A Green (and Red) Thumb

By Patricia Neely-Dorsey

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he Christmas Spirit…and decorations abound, in what might seem one of the most unlikely places in our city. The Christmas Spirit is in full bloom and everything is coming up Christmas at Mid South Nursery and Garden Center on Coley Road. Step through the doors of the Nursery’s “Holiday House” and you are instantly transported into a holiday fantasyland. The surroundings immediately remind you of what you might have always thought Santa’s workshop would be like. Every possible nook and cranny is covered and stuffed with some of the most beautiful, unique, eye-catching ornaments, and exquisite baubles that you have ever seen. There is a feeling of being totally and enveloped in a virtual cocoon of these magnificent treasures. From floor to ceiling, there is some new delight at every turn. You would almost not be surprised if a little elf with jingle bells on his shoes came out to greet you around the next corner.

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This holiday display is an amazing spectacle and one that is not to be missed.

Adults are as excited as children. Oohs and Aaahs are heard everywhere as the customers stroll through the aisles.

Yvonne Roberts of Pontotoc explained, “My sister and I make frequent visits here during this time of the year just to take it all in. There is so much too see! Every time we come back we notice something different and always walk away with way more than we expected to buy. It’s just too much!” she says with a laugh.

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Byron Fellows, who owns and operates the Mid South Nursery along with his brother-in law and wife, explained that the Nursery was started by his father –in- law in 1953 on East Main near the water tower. The business has been at its present location since 1976 and the holiday displays began soon after, in the early 80’s. Since then, the whole concept and selection has grown tremendously.

“Setting up usually starts around September and we usually have a big open house around the first week of November.” Fellows says. “The feedback is always very positive and lots of people come to visit year after year.”

Fellows notes that they have the largest selection of Christopher Radko, European, glass ornaments in the state of Mississippi. They are also very proud of their selection of Frazier furs, which make the most beautiful Christmas trees. To keep your tree looking lively throughout the holiday Byron states, “The key is to get your tree as early you can, because they are not going to get any fresher... As soon as they come in they are the freshest. It is best to get your tree then and put it in a bucket of water in the shade until you are ready to use it.”

Mid South Nursery has everything you need to transform your house for the Christmas season. You can definitely make your own “Holiday House” comes alive with the treasures to be found there. Because of their wonderful selection of trees, poinsettias, and amazing decorations, the Mid South Nursery can definitely be considered your “One Stop Shop” for the holidays. GT

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Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association presents annual awards

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2010 Annual Meeting held at the BancorpSouth Conference Center, the following were recognized for Downtown Tupelo Main Street Awards. Each recipient received a small replica of the Downtown Guitars that were installed earlier this year. Debbie Brangenberg, Executive Director of the organization, personally thanked all the annual and events sponsors, members, volunteers, businesses and community members for their diligence to “make every day in Downtown Tupelo better than yesterday.” uring the

Best Preservation Renovation: Brad Prewitt

Brad Prewitt is recognized for the renovation and preservation of 215 North Church Street. Mr. R. C. Clark, founder of Bank of Tupelo, now BancorpSouth, built this home in 1910. Using proper techniques, Brad was able to apply for 45% of the restoration costs in Federal and State Investment Tax credits to complete the project. It is an exemplary effort to restore and preserve our history and to display the artisanship of its era.

Best Preservation Renovation Brad Prewitt

Special Service Award: Vicki Manning

Vicky has always been a willing and enthusiastic volunteer for Main Street. She has participated in the Chili Fest with teams representing the Lee County Library as well as enhanced the Christmas Parade many times with floats and storybook characters. However, this year Vicky has outdone herself by following through with an idea to create a Children’s Farmers Market.

Beginning on May 20 of this year and concluding on October 14 Vicky organized and led activities every Thursday evening at the Market. Programs included learning about anything from healthy life styles to Bozo’s Big Bowel Movement. There were also children who grew their own vegetables and sold them at the Market.

Vicky concluded the season with the Annual Halloween Carnival this past Saturday.

Special Service Award Vicki Manning, Lee County Library

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Best Façade Rehabilitation: Tupelo Community Theatre

Tupelo Community Theatre was recognized for the restoration and renovation of the Lyric marquis and façade of the theatre. The art deco architecture of the Lyric Theatre went through a previous renovation, which stabilized the front façade, windows and doors and built the annex to the building but the marquis was not included in the renovation. On December 2, the new marquis will once again shine in its original glory as a landmark for downtown and be set off by the new art deco paint treatment. The Lyric will be the third building downtown to receive a $1500 façade grant contribution toward these renovations.

Best Façade Rehabilitation Tupelo Community Theatre, Tom Booth

Best Special Event: Pigskins in the Park

Pigskins in the Park held on October 16th, is quoted as “an idea that began over an aggressive cup of coffee” that took legs and became reality with the efforts of Cellular South, Renasant Bank, Mitchell Distributing and the Quality of Life Committee. The Cellular South Y’all vs Us was slated for Tupelo High and South Panola on October 15 of this year, on the next day Ole Miss would play Alabama in Tuscaloosa and MSU would play Florida in Gainesville. With the jumbo-tron already in town – “Why not move it to Fairpark, air these two SEC away games, and tailgate in Fairpark?” The stars lined up, and it happened. A perfect fall day, a great public space, and the most diverse group of citizens ever to converge on Fairpark became a part of a great community memory for food, fun, fellowship and good old SEC football.

Best Special Event Pigskins in the Park: John Oxford, Renasant Bank and Amy Nash, Cellular South

Best Downtown Public Improvement: Tupelo Guitar Art Project

Tupelo Guitar Art Project: Kit Stafford, Gumtree Museum of Art and Roy Turner, Elaine Dundy and Roy Turner Endowment Fund

The Tupelo Guitar Art Project is the brainchild of Kit Stafford, an art teacher at Thomas Street Elementary, in partnership with the Tupelo Public School District and the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association. On January 8, 2010, as part of the 75th Birthday Anniversary of Elvis Presley, Tupelo’s native son, a six-foot replica of Elvis’ first guitar was installed in front of Tupelo Hardware where Elvis’ mother purchased it for the young boy. This guitar is the first of 14 that are installed within the Downtown Tupelo district expressing a heightened sense of identity and values for Downtown Tupelo.

The Tupelo Guitar Art Project was funded through a $14,000 grant from the Elaine Dundy and Roy Turner Endowment Fund.

Digital Impressions, a Nettleton based business designed, built and installed each of the guitars.

The Tupelo Guitar Art Project was also a recipient of a Mississippi Main Street Award for 2010. And, announced today, there will be a second generation of guitars painted this school year with plans to install them along East Main Street to the Elvis Presley Birthplace.

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tupeloawards Best Business Promotion(s): Summer Picnic and Wine Downtown

Best Business Promotion (2) Summer Picnic: Scott Reese, Beauty Motif; Machelle Pitcock, Ladybug’s Specialty Children’s and Maternity; and Lucia Randle, Reed’s

The Retail Merchants were recognized for their efforts in coordinating the Downtown Summer Picnic. The cooperative efforts to promote activities in downtown and cross promote their businesses are important to the total revitalization of the area. The Summer Picnic and recent Halloween Trick or Treat has shown great attendance with downtown employees and hundreds of children at Trick of Treat. These great activities are not only great for the individual businesses but it also creates a memorable one of a kind atmosphere for people to get out and explore the many assets we have in downtown.

Wine Downtown held in April of this year, exceeded expectations under the leadership of Amy Nash. Selling out a week in advance, Wine Downtown brought 200 people from Tupelo and other communities. The theme of wines from different countries was carried out with a passport map with the locations noted. Information about the particular wine being served at each location was paired with foods prepared by downtown chefs from Park Heights and Chef Joshua Simpson of the Hilton Garden Inn. A commemorative balloon wine glass was given to each participant and the evening culminated with a roof top party at Park Heights with entertainment. Also recognized for their efforts were Camille Sloan and Blair Hughes.

Best Business Promtion (1) Wine Downtown, Amy Nash

Business of the Year: Ladybug’s Specialty Children’s and Maternity

Business of the Year Machelle Pitcock, Ladybug’s Specialty Children’s and Maternity

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Machelle Pitcock, owner, has been an active and dedicated member of the Board of Directors of Main Street and coordinator for the Retail Merchants in their cooperative cross promotions and special events. Machelle has actively participated in Main Street Board Retreats and long range planning in addition, she, as well as her husband Robert, are dedicated volunteers for Main Street Events. Ladybug’s has twice been the sponsor of the Children’s activities for the Elvis Festival and is an in-kind sponsor for Down On Main. Machelle is constantly researching what is happening with the economy, watching trends and using technology to track her business in order to remain the successful entrepreneur that she has become. The Pitcock’s, investment in downtown Tupelo and their commitment to being a successful business are tremendous assets to downtown and to Tupelo.

Volunteer of the Year: Brandon Bishop, JBHM Architects

Brandon Bishop has demonstrated leadership among his piers as a dedicated volunteer on the Blue Team for Elvis Festival and was the brains, research and preparation behind the Design Education Workshops Series held in 2009 and this past year he has chaired the Design Committee of Main Street. He has led the group through the arduous process of developing new Design Criteria and guidelines that will be a part of the new City of Tupelo Development Code. Volunteering over 170 hours so far this year, Brandon has represented his firm in a very positive way not only for JBHM but also in making the commitment to a better Tupelo and downtown.

Volunteer of the Year Brandon Bishop, JBHM Architects

Board Member of the Year: Jim Goodwin, Express Personnel

With a background in corporate America working in marketing for Procter and Gamble and Coors, Jim Goodwin’s knowledge and talents have been a tremendous asset in the re-organization and re-tooling of the Main Street committees and Board of Directors. Jim Goodwin, a man who pays attention to detail, follow up, and is focused, has strengthened the committees of which he has chaired, Promotions and Organization, and has set a high standard for performance in the Main Street world. Jim and his wife, Julienne, were also the benefactors of the Express Personnel Professional Clydesdales for the 2009 Reed’s Christmas.

Board Member of the Year Jim Goodwin, Express Personell

Spirit of Main Street: John and Sherry Avila

Spirit of Main Street John Avila, Sherry Avila, Debbie Brangenberg and Amy Nash

They support the local business, they participate in local events and they get involved. John and Sherry Avila are loyal volunteers of the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and have cochaired the Tupelo Elvis Festival for the past two years. They live downtown, they support the local businesses, they participate in local events and they get involved. John has saved the Main Street program hundreds of dollars by volunteering his time for small projects around the office. In addition, John has worked diligently with the Main Street staff to analyze our accounting system, our budgeting process and make recommendations for future planning. They have opened their home to the Volunteers of the Elvis Festival for planning and wrap –up meetings. Sherry has prepared great, gourmet treats for all and has personally written volunteers who worked to make the Festival a great event. They take their commitment seriously and are on the ground working with the group to make sure that all the details are handled. GT

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football & The right combination for Howell

By Paul Jones

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D

uring his

30 years of coaching, Max Howell was obviously involved on the gridiron and involved with the happenings on the

field. But since retiring from the coaching ranks, the popular talk radio personality has been introduced to the off-thefield activities with college football.

And that has helped Howell combine two of his favorite things - football and cooking.

Howell recently released a cookbook called Max’d Out - Tailgating Across the South, and it details his favorite recipes.

“Well, we used the headline from our old regional show that was called Maxed Out,” said Howell, who has coached on the high school, junior college and Division 1 levels, including stops at Ole Miss and Florida State.

“We designed 284 recipes and most of them are designed to cook outdoors, but some you can cook either indoors or outdoors. It is everything from chili to stews to desserts to entrees and salads. There are also some specialty things in there.”

Of course, when coaching on the field, Howell obviously didn’t have the opportunity to experience first-hand tailgating and the smells and tastes that come with it. But that started to change late in his coaching career.

“Well, I didn’t get to do a lot of tailgating when I was on the field,” said Howell. “I knew it was out there, but I couldn’t check it out. But once I moved to recruiting coordinator at Ole Miss, it was my job to show recruits around and be in The Grove. And that is one of the premier tailgating places in the country. I tell you what, too, Mississippi State has also become well-accustomed to improving the Junction where they tailgate and there is a lot of good food out there, too.

“But I tell folks all the time, you have to be careful at tailgating. You can eat yourself into a coma if you’re not careful (laughing).”

From those experiences, said Howell, came the idea of publishing a cookbook.

“It just grew from talking to friends and family that supported the idea,” said Howell. “So I tried to tie it all in with an identity to sports. On our talk show now with Sports Drive, we still have the segment called, ‘What’s For Supper?’ We started that back in 1997 when I was on a regional sports talk show in Memphis and we had about 123 stations. It changed names to Conference Call and then to Southern Sports Tonight and then Maxed Out. But we always kept that ‘What’s for Supper’ segment.

“When we first started doing that segment, we just figured it would help to wet people’s appetite on their way home from work. We would talk about everything from a simple sandwich to a seven-course meal.”

But Howell’s love of food and cooking didn’t just

start with his experiences of tailgating and on sports talk shows.

“I’ve been doing it for years and years,” said Howell.

“My mom and dad both worked, so our grandmother looked after us. She would guide us through cooking.

And if you were gonna cook; you had to do stuff on your own since my parents were working.

“But we tried to do more cooking outside than inside.

Plus, there is less to clean up and less opportunity to smoke up the house (laughing).”

For much of the past decade or so, college football fans have called in to ask Howell countless questions about football. And it is normally the same when Howell speaks at area functions or civic club gatherings.

But of late, and now with his new cookbook, he is getting a new set of questions.

“I have been pretty fortunate to speak around the South at civic clubs or quarterback clubs,” said Howell.

“We joke about it some but without a doubt, normally the first question I get is ‘what’s for supper?’.

“Once we kept getting that, I just decided to put my recipes into print and see what happens. We have a book

“We designed 284 recipes and most of them are designed to cook outdoors, but some you can cook either indoors or outdoors.” signing on December 9th in Tupelo and we have a couple of scheduled in Alabama. So it’s gone much better than I thought it would.”

And with the success of his first cookbook, Howell doesn’t plan to stop there.

“It used to be people identified me with just football and the cooking thing is still new and all,” said Howell. ”I mean, they knew about ‘What’s For Supper’ but now they are requesting the cookbook and it’s becoming fun.

And I really enjoy doing the unusual cooking. We have a group in Itawamba County where we go and cook all day. We will kill a 100-pound hog and do a lot of wild game cooking.

“And in about 30 days, I will have another cookbook commenting on wild-game cooking in the South. We are working on that right now. We just wanted to do something different and unusual. We wanted to have something that you couldn’t walk into a book store and find a book like ours.” GT

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Scrooge is remembered for his “Bah Humbug!” lines in Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol. In 1963, Pola and Wyle published a Christmas song titled “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” As the 2010 holiday season approaches, are we in either mindset or can we write our own happier, healthier holiday?

The Mayo Clinic Web site offers 10 tips for preventing and coping with holiday stress and depression (www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress), and for an entertaining way to remember them, certain songs from http://www.links2love.com have been paired to give even more meaning.

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The first holiday season after a loss can be very difficult, and may be for years to come. It is normal to feel sadness and grief, and forcing ourselves to feel happy “just because it’s the holiday season” can have negative consequences. If you want to hear “Blue, Blue Christmas” and cry, go ahead. If you have moments of peace and contentment, you may want to sing “Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas!”

Reach out.

Loneliness and isolation can worsen sadness and depression, so seek out community, religious or other social events for support and companionship. By doing so, you may find yourself going “Caroling, Caroling” or making plans by asking “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”

Be realistic.

This seems to be the most challenging of the tips. Traditions and rituals are important, but any of us can be disappointed by unrealistic expectations. We could listen to “My Two Front Teeth” and realize that sometimes the best gifts are the simplest and not worth all the stress we create for ourselves.

Set aside differences.

Look for ways you can accept family members and friends who are as imperfect as we are. If the relationships are too unhealthy, give yourself permission to limit time spent with those individuals. Will we be humming “Let There Be Peace on Earth” or “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!”?

Stick to a budget.

Think practically. Decide how much you can afford to spend and consider why you “think” you have to spend money. Seek alternatives to gift giving-donate to a charity in the recipient’s name, draw names or start a family gift exchange and limit the amount that can be spent. Otherwise, you may be singing, “We’re in the Poorhouse Now!”

Plan ahead.

Set aside specific days for specific activities (such as shopping, cooking, visiting and hosting friends). Keep a calendar and a checklist; don’t overbook or overextend your time. Start singing, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” even before Halloween!

Learn to say no.

To say yes when you really want to say no can create feelings of resentment and being overwhelmed. Consider being flexible, and prioritize what is the most meaningful and important to you. Otherwise, instead of singing “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” you will sing a different version, “The Twelve Pains of Christmas.” (Look this up on the links2love website.)

Don’t abandon healthy habits.

Excessive spending, overindulging and overscheduling oneself may lead directly to the “Nightmare before Christmas.” You might want to find time to “Rock around the Christmas Tree” or you might crawl out of bed like a part of the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.”

Take a breather.

Even a 15-minute break, without distractions, may refresh and renew your energy. Take a short walk and look at the stars. You might hum a few bars of “Stars Over Bethlehem” or any of the other wonderful music at the links2love website.

Seek professional help if you need it.

If your best efforts still find you feeling sad or anxious, and experiencing mental, emotional or physical distress, seek an experienced mental health professional or a doctor who may be helpful to you.

In conclusion, let me “Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,” “Feliz Navidad,” and as the new year approaches, “Auld Lang Syne!” GT

About the Author: Gloria Holland is a licensed social worker and licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 24 years of service at North Mississippi Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Center.

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Y

ou know that terrible sinking feeling you get when you realize you’re getting sick?

Or even worse,

how about that awful realization that your kids are getting sick?

Cold and flu season is here, but there are ways to beat these bugs.

Colds and flu are caused by viruses. Flu symptoms can include runny or stuffy nose, cough, sore throat, fever, chills, body aches, headache, fatigue, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting. It is unusual to have significant fever or fatigue, headaches or body aches with the common cold.

The viruses that cause colds and flu are very prevalent this time of year and are more likely to be shared when the cooler weather drives people indoors. Avoid sharing secretions! Even if someone isn’t showing symptoms

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yet, they may be harboring a virus that can make you sick. So, wash your hands often and avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

Your next line of defense is a healthy immune system. Be sure to eat lots of fruit, vegetables and whole grains. Drink water, enjoy some exercise daily and get plenty of rest. Get a flu shot every fall! This applies to everyone six months and older. The flu shot is a killed vaccine, so it can’t give you the flu, and it’s definitely worth the effort. Influenza still kills thousands of people each year.

What if you do all this and still get sick? Mild symptoms usually respond to non-caffeinated fluids, rest and acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Remember not to give aspirin or aspirincontaining products to children because of the risk of Reye’s syndrome.

Don’t go to work or school while you are ill! You need to be resting, and you don’t want to spread infection. Significant symptoms (or milder symptoms that persist or worsen) should prompt a trip to your doctor’s office. Young children, the elderly and those with chronic health conditions or weakened immune systems should go earlier rather than later. If you feel that you may have influenza, get to your physician quickly as antiviral medication may be needed (and these medicines help more the sooner you start them). Remember, viruses don’t respond to antibiotics.

Cold and flu season is here, but you and your family can beat these bugs. Best wishes for a healthy, happy season!

Bonnie Basler, M.D., of West Tupelo Urgent Care received her medical training from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, and completed her family medicine residency at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Basler is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

West Tupelo Urgent Care is open from noon-6 p.m. Sunday and from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday. GT

About the Author: Bonnie Basler, M.D., of West Tupelo Urgent Care received her medical training from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, and completed her family medicine residency at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Basler is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. West Tupelo Urgent Care is open from noon-6 p.m. Sunday and from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

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By Cristal Cody

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from lunch to dinner

inding a place with great food that’s quick and leisurely is hard at lunch. But as soon as the hostess opens the door at

Old Venice Pizza Co., it’s easy to forget the morning.

While pizza is most definitely on the menu and the buffet, the restaurant at 3117 McCullough Blvd. in Tupelo boasts a lot more to offer.

Brick walls line the restaurant and a mesh screen helps separate the bar area from the restaurant side, though many often sit on the bar side during lunch for a little extra privacy.

The restaurant has a nice, friendly atmosphere suitable for outings with friends, family or co-workers and is worth the drive across town.

The buffet features a good variety of entrees, including specialty pizza such as the Tuscan Sun, hamburger steak (this doesn’t taste like the frozen patty varieties), garlic mashed potatoes and real bacon bits on the salad bar.

“We fry it up every day and crumble it,” said General Manager Jason Smith.

The brunch is available Monday-Friday with an extra special large brunch buffet available on Sunday.

Old Venice Pizza Co. also offers plenty to choose from off the menu, including crawfish spring rolls, salads such as the

Molta Bella, a blend of mixed greens with apples, red grapes, Mandarin oranges, cranberries and the restaurant’s own organic balsamic vinaigrette, and pasta dishes such as baked manicotti. In addition, a smorgasbord of calzone and of pizza varieties including the traditional pepperoni or the more creative barbecue pizza with pulled pork are available.

The restaurant features a curbside takeout door for customers who want a taste of Old Venice at home for lunch or supper.

Old Venice Pizza Co. doesn’t stop for lunch. Live music is offered usually on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The full bar provides a variety of drinks and specialty cocktails, including appletini, cherry limeade martini and frozen Bellini.

The restaurant opens at 11 a.m. Monday-Sunday and closes at 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

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It can only be right with a choice to dine at Park Heights Restaurant in Tupelo. You will be left with a memory of a fantastic meal, wine and a craving for the superb double chocolate mousse pie with raspberry coulis.

Park Heights, located in the Fairpark District at 335 E. Main St. in downtown Tupelo, offers an elegant charm with dropped lighting that glimmers off the wooden floors, art deco chairs that are stylish and comfortable and nice views of Fairpark and Main Street, where it is not unusual to see the area’s horse and buggy tourist rental trot by.

For starters, Park Heights offers a menu any Southerner or visitor would find enticing, including the Caribbean braised quail, fried green tomatoes with mozzarella and smoked bacon, jumbo lump crab cakes and fried calamari with citrus dipping sauce. The Charcuterie board of prosciutto, white cheddar, brie, and more for two also is popular.

The citrus dipping sauce features a fresh lemony zip that pared well with the calamari and offers a nice change of pace from marinara dipping sauce.

A variety of salads are available, including a fried oyster salad and a grilled romaine salad with rosemary croutons. Soups are made fresh daily and on this occasion, the restaurant offered a spiced pureed carrot soup that was at once warm and comforting and sweet and spicy.

Park Heights Restaurant It is hard to choose an serves a 21-day aged choice filet, asparagus entrée. The menu features and an upscale take on salmon and grouper, beermacaroni and cheese, with truffled mac and braised lamb shank, wildcheese. caught scallops and 21-day Park Heights offers a plentiful plate of fried aged choice filets that cut calamari with citrus like butter. dipping sauce on the starter menu.

Side dishes include the earthy truffled mac and cheese, which one diner called the “most perfect macaroni and cheese ever,” buttermilk onion rings and grilled asparagus.

A full wine list complements the meal with white and red wines, and many great varieties, including La Crema pinot noir, 2008, are available by the glass.

Desserts include the afore mentioned chocolate mousse, as well as an old-fashioned buttermilk pie with sorbet and a mixed nut caramel tart that is said to be as perfect a dessert as the double chocolate mousse pie.

Park Heights also features a cozy but full bar often used for holiday and office parties.

The restaurant is open Monday-Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. GT

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Gardner Simmons Girls Home Hearts of Hope at the Elkin Place

Gill Simmons, Sara Simmons, Sue Gardner, Tommy Gardner

Gracie King and Alise Darnell

Tommy Gardner and Josh Wise

Kathy Bryant, Terri Williams, Jane Spain, Mary Werner, and Lisa Wise

Helen Monts, and Lisa Johnson

Tommie Bourland and Cynthia Caldwell

Rodger Brocon, Diane Brocon, and Norma Wicker photos by katie hendricks

Kathy Bryant and Terri Williams

Martha Dale and Cathy Robertson

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Caleb McMahn and Jeremy McMahn

preview party

Kelly Gregory and Kristen Palmer

Betty Jenkins and Herbert Jenkins

Debbie Jeffcoat, Anita Wood, Anna Claire Jeffcoat, Debralee Carroll

Louise Griffin, Tim Griffin

Polly Ladshawl, Cindy Kirk, and Jimmy Hayes

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Jane Hanson, Chris Holland, Lori Corbin

Tritina Siddell, Nerina Ratliff

Jason Young and Blakely Moore

Shelley Dobbs and Shannon Long

Mary Pat Palmer, Blair Curtis, and Ashley Buse Eric Norman, Amber Norman

Bonnie Campbell and Ann Dulaney

Kim Van and Martha Rathey

Linda Holliday, and Courtney Morgan

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race

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cure T 13th annual Susan G. Komen North Mississippi Race for the Cure was held Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Mall at Barnes Crossing. The event hosted more than 3,500 participants. he

This young participant enjoys the post-Race snacks.

More than 3,500 Race day participants go across the starting line..

This team of women from the NMMC Center for Business Health is “Fighting for Our Girls.” The team includes (back row, from left) Melanie Bell, Gwyn Ray, Tracie Bramlett, Debbie Fancher, Dana Shelton, Lisa Wigginton, Rose Mary Harvey, (front row, from left) Beth Glidewell, Daphne Burchfield and Heather Wigginton. Three CBH employees – Lisa Wigginton, Sheila Taylor and Kathy Melton – are breast cancer survivors.

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A commemorative survivor photo was taken before the Race started and a framed copy was given to all survivors.

Participants warmed up for the Race with Zumba, led by Heather Walton, a Zumba instructor and mammography technologist at NMMC’s Breast Care Center.

Mom and daughter pose for a preRace photograph. above: This family checks out the various sponsor booths while waiting for the festivities to begin.

Breast cancer survivors gather on stage to be recognized for their courage and strength.

Jenna Leigh Aldridge and daughter Embry wait at the finish line to watch the runners and walkers cross.

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rally cure T for the

below: Jeff Caldwell won Rally for the Cure’s fastest serve contest.

below: Tournament organizers, including Shannon Fryery (left) and Angie Stafford, say several area sponsors helped make the event possible.

he Tupelo Tennis Association raised

around $5,500 to benefit Komen North Mississippi for the Cure with the group’s first Rally for the Cure tennis tournament, Oct. 16-17. Winners included:

• Men’s 3.5 Doubles— David Parker and Mike Baltzer • Men’s 4.0 Doubles— David Parker and Mike Baltzer • Men’s Open Doubles— Joseph Mahaffey and Brandon Harris • Women’s 2.0 Singles—Darlene Castles • Women’s 3.0 Singles—Tracey Coleman • Women’s 2.5 Doubles— Blake Hill and Jackie Newell • Women’s 3.0 Doubles— Shae Crumpton and Angie Stafford • Women’s 3.5 Doubles— Shelley Bristow and Bea Washington • Women’s 4.0 Doubles— Kristie Gholson and Lindsey Collins • Combined Mixed 6.0 Doubles— Jamie Lindsey and Susanne Lindsey • Combined Mixed 7.0 Doubles— Timmy Keith and Mandy Keith • Mixed Open Doubles—Joseph Mahaffey and Brittany Lipscomb

above: Sadie Johnson and Mandy Keith take a break between matches. above: Curtis Brown checks the schedule to make sure everything is running smoothly

Shad Haynes and Timmy Keith compete in the doubles division.

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Breast cancer survivors Liria Frerer and Becky DeMeo both played in the Rally for the Cure tennis tournament.

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Angelia Thomas and Lauren Barber

Mary Pace and Annette Hocevar

Allen and Rina Coleman

Alison Goodman, Craig Helmuth and Allie Vance West

Emily Addison and Paige Mitchell

Tracy Scott and Kate Anderson

Ashley Benjamin and Jennifer Mize photos by katie hendricks

Jennifer Mulrooney, Elizabeth Russel, and Shea Crumpton

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4 bedrooms 3.5 baths 4,295 square feet P riced to sell at $499,500

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meadow

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B eautiful

custom built home offers a

formal dining , large open kitchen , with solid surface countertops and eat - at bar . I t also features a breakfast room , living room with built - ins , a gas log

4291 Meadow Circle, Belden

fireplace , office and beautiful hardwood floors .

5 bedrooms and 3.5 total baths with 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths downstairs .

T he home also features a wrap around covered back porch .

T his

beauty is

3,165

total square feet

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$379,900.

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171 Poplar Springs

6

bedrooms ,

T his

4

baths

beautiful home has an open floor

plan ,

B razilian

hardwood in foyer ,

formal dining , great room ; quartz counters kitchen

&

hot water tap ;

breakfast area , office , theatre room w / projector ,

20 x 40 pool & lots of 4BR/2BA located downstairs ; 2BR/1BA upstairs . built - ins .

T he

home is

4,635 square feet $599,900.

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priced to sell at

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