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JACKSONIAN SUNJAI WILLIAMS

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linton High School senior Sunjai Williams lives her life beyond the expectations of most 18-year-olds. As a high-schooler and a cast member on the Lifetime Television reality show “Bring It!,” Williams is succeeding in two different worlds. In school, she’s an honor student who loves math and is bound for college in the fall. She’s been accepted at Xavier University, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, but hasn’t decided which to attend yet.

On “Bring It!,” she is a member of “The Dancing Dolls” who is about to embark on a solo career.

“I never thought that I would be at this point in my life right now,” Williams says. “It’s very exciting for me.”

Williams was born in Flowood and grew up in Clinton. She started dancing at age 5 as one of the youngest members of the Jackson Stepperettes and has continued throughout her childhood. When Stepperettes coach Ann Hartwell retired in 2009, Williams joined the Showstoppers. Along with her love of competitive majorette dance, Williams also discovered she has a mind for math.

“When I was in fifth grade, I had a really great math teacher. Even though I was in fifth grade, he taught me sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade work,” she says. “So when I got to those grades, math was easy.”

Though she’s already completed enough math credits to graduate this year, Williams is

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taking trigonometry and advanced algebra.

In 2012, Williams and her sisters, Sky and Star, joined “The Dancing Dolls” and began working with its tough-love, competitive dance coach, Dianna Williams. She auditioned for “Bring It!” in 2013 and became a feature member. Since the program premiered in 2014, her popularity on the show has been overwhelming. In November, Williams launched a line of cosmetics called “Give ’Em Face by Sunjai.”

Balancing her responsibilities is a challenge. She rehearses four hours after school on weekdays and competes every Saturday or Sunday. On her one day off each week, she sleeps and spends time with her friends.

“I used to practice two days a week,” she says. “Since the show began, I have to go to school, come home, do my homework and practice dancing with my sisters … for an hour before practice (with the team). If I don’t finish my homework before practice, I have to come home and do it at 10 p.m.”

As the school year ends and graduation approaches, Williams is gearing up for her first dance tour as a solo artist.

“I’m trying to connect with my fans before I start college,” she says. “I plan to continue. I’ll have to work out my schedule because I don’t want to stop dancing and performing. It’s kind of hard to be doing all this then going through the big transition of going to college, but I love dancing. This is my life.”

—Genevieve Legacy

Cover photo of Elizabeth Liu courtesy Avery Jordan

6 Waiting to Die

The case against the state’s case against death-row prisoner Willie Jerome Manning.

30 Tools of the Trade

Writer Julie Skipper’s relationship with cooking is a complicated one.

36 Roots and Wings

“I moved to Austin thinking, ‘It’s the music capital of the world. This is where I need to go to get noticed. But what I found is that there were so many musicians there.”

—Bronwynne Brent, “Bronwynne Brent: Always Reaching”

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4 ............................. EDITOR’S NOTE 6 ............................................ TALKS 12 ................................ EDITORIAL 13 .................................... OPINION 14 ............................ COVER STORY 28 ......................................... FOOD 30 ....................GIRL ABOUT TOWN 33 .............................. DIVERSIONS 35 ....................................... 8 DAYS 36 ....................................... MUSIC 37 ...................................... EVENTS 38 ....................... MUSIC LISTINGS 39 ..................................... SPORTS 43 .................................... PUZZLES 45 ....................................... ASTRO

JULIA BAILEY; IMANI KHAYYAM; COURTESY MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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EDITOR’S note

by Adria Walker, Editorial Assistant

My Generation Doesn’t Give Up Easily

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ften times, I hear adults lamenting the frivolities of millennials’ lives. I’ve heard too many times to count that people my age—I’m on the tail end of Generation Y—are too dependent on technology. We’re not only narcissists; we’re also ridiculously entitled.

We’re not nearly as tough as the generations that preceded us. We’ve been given everything on a silver platter with a silver spoon.

Entire articles, studies and illustrations talk about the laziness, narcissism and immature behavior of millennials.

Regardless of what it is that I am using my laptop or cell phone for—or whether or not I am even using them—it is unusual that I use either in public without hearing someone make a joke about how “kids these days have everything,” or how “young people are always tapping away at those little screens.”

As the child of two baby boomers, I have heard more times than I’d like to admit, “Back in my day, if you wanted to talk to your friend, you’d have to hope the operator wasn’t busy,” “Back in my day, if you wanted to know something, you read an encyclopedia,” or “Back in my day, we would’ve made a joke about being able to carry a phone around. We couldn’t imagine living a life like yours!”

All jokes aside, millennials arguably have it harder than any generation before us.

At 17, I have lived through the mass suicide of the Heaven’s Gate cult; through the Columbine High School Massacre; through the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; through what’s happened in Ferguson and Baltimore; and through the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

As a youth of color, I have lived with the fear that at any moment, I can be gunned down. Eighty percent of rape victims are under age 30, and I have feared that, at any moment, I could become part of that statistic. I have lived through Mike Tyson’s ear-biting incident, and—some-

how—I managed to survive the premiere and the resurrection of “Family Guy.” At 17, I have lived through (and participated in), the Harry Potter franchise (yes, I was there during Midnight Madness when the books were released, and I celebrated my 14th birthday at Cinemark Tinseltown USA watching the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”). I have also lived through the entirety of the “Star Wars” prequels (and soon, the sequels as well!);

Millennials arguably have it harder than any other generation. through the rare date Feb. 29, 2000; through the development and dominance of reality television; through Kanye West; through 24hour news cycles; and through the modernization of self-portraits (selfies).

At 17, I have inherited the Great Recession, and I will live with its repercussions for the rest of my young adulthood—if not for the rest of my life.

Like my grandmother’s generation, millennials are more likely to hide their money in a mattress or a sock drawer than trust it with a stockbroker. “How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street and Corporate America,” a study on millennials by Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais, says, “The average investor aged 21 to 36 has 52 percent of their savings in cash, compared to 23

percent for other age groups.” It is understandable that, like our counterparts in the Greatest Generation and the Silent Generation, millennials would be weary of corporations and banks that are more interested in making a profit and raising the inflation rate than they are in serving people.

Though I didn’t really understand what was happening at the time, the words “Great Recession,” “financial burden,” and “too big to fail” are almost ubiquitous in prominent memories of my 10th and 11th years—2007 and 2008, respectively.

A film that I saw and continue to see annually during winter break, “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and one that I saw for the first time in 2007, “Gold Diggers of 1933,” took on a new meaning for me during that Christmas. I was able to recognize, to a certain extent, the resemblances between the bank run, the Depression and Recession and strife in both films, and compare them with what I saw and heard on television, and with what I lived through.

When I begin college this autumn, my peers and I will be burdened with tuition prices and student loans that were unfathomable only 25 years ago. The U.S. Department of Education reports that the average annual cost of tuition, fees, and room and board at a public college or university from the 1964-1965 school year to the 2010-2011 school year increased 101.7 percent. In that same time period, the average annual cost of tuition, fees, and room and board at a private institution increased 137.2 percent. Without adjusting for inflation, college tuition prices increased 297 percent from September 1990 to September 2012. By the end of the second quarter in 2014, total student debt surpassed $1 trillion. This debt will cripple many of my generation until we are collecting Social Security checks (if we get to).

I probably won’t own my own home before I am in my mid- to late-30s. A re-

port by Pew Social Trends finds that the share of 18- to 34-year-olds living with their parents increased from 28 percent in 2007 to 31 percent in 2014. The amount of student debt, when coupled with both the high unemployment rate in my generation and our distrust of banks, makes purchasing a home very difficult.

Though millennial rapper Chief Keef raps, “Get money, get money, get money, get money” in his song “Get Money,” it is quite unlikely that most millennials will be able to get enough money to fill their pockets.

When fellow millennial rapper Vic Mensa raps, “Make money, but the money you make don’t make you,” in his song “Time is Money,” he echoes the views of many in his generation. In the same study by Winograd and Hais, 64 percent of millennials said they would rather make $40,000 a year at a job they love than $100,000 a year at a job they find boring. Millennials are also more likely to work as interns or do unpaid work. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that one in five millennial young adults live in poverty.

Regardless, young people have managed to survive and thrive. In this issue, you will find an array of teens who do phenomenal things. Whether they volunteer in their communities, excel in their schools or are all-around talented individuals, the teenagers in this issue are some of the best voices of my generation. In other words, these teens are truly amazing.

In “Howl,” Allen Ginsberg wrote, “I saw the finest minds of my generation destroyed by madness,” and in “To Elsie,” William Carlos Williams wrote, “The pure products of America go crazy—”. Fortunately, my generation doesn’t give up that easily.

A former JFP intern, Adria Walker is the new editorial assistant of the Jackson Free Press. She is graduating this month from Murrah High School and will enter Millsaps College this fall.

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CONTRIBUTORS

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Amber Helsel

Dustin Cardon

R.L. Nave

Genevieve Legacy

Micah Smith

Natalie Clericuzio

Imani Khayyam

Brandi Stodard

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel builds modish life-size replicas of non-life-size objects. Her most recent work, “Motherhood and the Principals of Zartan,” is valued at a million drachma. She contributed to the cover package.

Web Editor Dustin Cardon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He enjoys reading fantasy novels and wants to write them himself one day. He contributed to the cover package.

R.L. Nave, native Missourian and news editor, roots for St. Louis (and the Mizzou Tigers)—and for Jackson. Send him news tips at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com or call him at 601-3626121 ext. 12. He contributed to the cover package.

Freelance writer Genevieve Legacy is an artist, writer and community-development consultant. She works at Hope Enterprise Corporation and lives in Brandon. She contributed to the cover package.

Music Editor Micah Smith wants to befriend someone with a boat. He enjoys trivia. Example: “Did you know that Van Gogh’s ear had its own successful art career?” He plays in the band Empty Atlas. He contributed to the cover package.

Freelance writer Natalie Clericuzio recently returned to her hometown after seven years in Houston, Texas.

Natalie covered sports in Texas and loves following the ups and downs of college athletics. She wrote a sports story.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took photos for the issue.

Marketing Consultant Brandi Stodard is a Baton Rouge transplant who loves Ole Miss football, which is constantly breaking all preconceived notions. She has a passion for networking, promoting and connecting local businesses.

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Wednesday, April 22 The European Union charges Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom energy giant of abusing its dominant position in central and eastern EU nations in an antitrust case. ‌ Attorneys for the family of Michael Brown announce that they will file a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the City of Ferguson.

Friday, April 24 Around the world, tens of thousands of people of Armenian descent commemorate the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks 100 years ago.

Saturday, April 25 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes central Nepal and surrounding regions, killing more than 4,700 people.

Sunday, April 26 The Indonesian government ignores appeals by the U.N. chief and foreign leaders to spare nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking and announces that their executions will be carried out within three days.

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Monday, April 27 Rioters loot stores and hurl rocks and bricks at Baltimore police just hours after thousands gathered for the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black man who died after suffering serious spinal injuries while in the custody of Baltimore police.

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Tuesday, April 28 The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether states can continue defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, or whether gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry. ... The Nigerian army rescues 200 girls and 93 women in the Sambisa Forest, but it cannot confirm if any of those freed are the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago.

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illie Jerome Manning has guilt or innocence. More recently, informa- line Jimmerson and her daughter, Alberta been on death row for more tion came to light that cast doubt on Man- Jordan, in the winter of 1992. The women than two decades, facing the ning’s guilt in the second case, of the elderly were beaten and their throats slashed durpossibility of execution for women. Last week, an Oktibbeha County ing an apparent robbery attempt at their two sets of murders that occurred about judge tossed that conviction.

Brookville Gardens apartment in Starkville. one month apart. Law enforcement identiWith the state’s case against Manning Manning was convicted of the crime at age fied Manning as a suspect in the 26 and sentenced to death. deaths of two young, white MisThe state’s star witness, sissippi State students in Decema man named Kevin Lucious, ber 1992 as well as in the murders told police and later testified in of two African American women court, that he saw Manning enter in mid-January 1993. Police and the victims’ apartment from his prosecutors said in court and have own apartment, but police found maintained over the years that the the apartment where Lucious evidence against Manning, who claimed to live was vacant at the had a reputation as a local hustler time of the crime. The apartment and went by the nickname “Fly,� manager also had no record of was overwhelming in both cases.

Lucious being a tenant.

Willie Jerome Manning was recently exonerated in the murders of two Starkville women in 1992. Now, Manning has consistently Presiding Justice Miwill the discredited science used to convict him in a claimed his innocence in both chael K. Randolph, on behalf separate case, in which he has always maintained his sets of homicides even as appeal of the supreme court’s majority, innocence, lead to his freedom? after appeal met with failure. In ordered the case back to circuit the summer of 2013, Manning court for a new trial, agreeing seemed to have run out of options, and the growing weaker by the day, the question with Manning’s attorneys that “there is no Mississippi Supreme Court set his execution now becomes: Why does the state of Missis- question that defense counsel would have date in early May of that year for the Missis- sippi still want to kill him? had the opportunity to meaningfully imsippi State murders. peach Lucious’ testimony that he lived in the But, then, the state’s case started to un- One Case Finished apartment at the time of the crime and saw ravel. The state supreme court halted ManEarlier this year, when the Mississippi Manning enter the victims’ apartment.� ning’s execution after the Federal Bureau of Supreme Court ordered a new trial for WilAs it turns out, the flaws in the state’s Investigation admitted its forensic expert lie Jerome Manning, the court’s reasoning case went much deeper. In his April 20 oroverstated evidence in Manning’s trial. The seemed to be based on a mere technicality. agency offered to make amends and conduct An Oktibbeha County jury convicted PRUH 0$11,1* VHH SDJH DNA testing that could prove Manning’s Manning for killing nonagenarian EmmoCOURTESY MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Thursday, April 23 House Republicans push White House-backed trade legislation that would let President Obama reach trade agreements that Congress could approve or reject, but not change, toward Ways and Means Committee approval. ‌ European Union leaders commit new resources to save lives in the Mediterranean at an emergency summit and discuss action to destroy vessels that could be used for trafficking.

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der dropping the charges against Manning, Oktibbeha Circuit Court Judge Lee Howard (who in May 2013 denied Manning’s request for a rehearing) outlined a number of problems with the prosecution’s case that add up to much more than the cops’ failure to dot the Is and cross the Ts on Kevin Luscious rental history.

After testifying against Manning, Luscious recanted most of his statements, saying he only testified because he feared being charged with the crime himself.

In fact, Luscious said District Attorney Forrest Allgood, who requested the charges be dropped against Manning, told Luscious that he would not charge him with capital murder if he cooperated. Howard’s order also notes that Luscious claims he never gave the statement that became the basis for the indictment against Manning, but that Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan and Starkville Police Captain David Lindley already had a statement prepared for him when they arrived to conduct an interview, Luscious said.

Finally, Luscious claimed that he told Sheriff Bryan that another man, Tyrone Smith, had confessed to the murders. With the state’s material witness now changing material parts of his story, the case had to be thrown out. “He is very glad that this one case is finished,� Manning’s attorney, David Voisin, told the Jackson Free Press.

But Manning is not out of the woods just yet.

Shocking Crime, Shaky Evidence Manning’s exoneration in the Brookville Gardens case came without the expected

“We’re not ignoring the pothole problem,� Powell said.

Of her work crews, she added, “They’re doing as much work as they can.�

The pace of that work is likely to increase. Even without the emergency declaration he sought, Mayor Tony Yarber’s administration is moving forward with applying for state and federal money to fix Jackson’s crumbling infrastructure.

On April 27, at a special city council meeting, which is usually reserved for paying claims and payroll, the council gave Yarber the go-ahead to apply for grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation through those agencies’ state counterparts.

Kishia Powell, Jackson’s public works director, asked the city council to consider making public-works jobs more competitive.

fanfare for death-sentence reversals. There was no weepy-eyed press conference with loved ones on the courthouse steps about a vindication that was more than two decades in the making and the start of a new life.

But Manning, now 46, is not a free man. In fact, corrections department inmate No. 71931 remains housed at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman’s infamous Unit 29, death row, awaiting possible execution for another set of murders that took place months before for the Jordan and Jimmerson slayings.

In the earlier case, the bodies of two Mississippi State students, Jon Steckler, a 19year-old from Natchez, and Tiffany Miller, a Madison native, were found in rural Oktibbeha County after the couple had gone missing. Miller was shot twice in the face at close range, one leg was out of her pants and underwear, and her shirt was pulled up.

Steckler’s body had abrasions that occurred before he died, and he was shot once in the back of the head.

A set of car tracks had gone through the puddles of blood and over Steckler’s body, court documents state. Police arrested Manning in part because he lived five miles from the crime scene and had tried to sell jewelry that officials said belonged to the victims.

Manning was convicted and condemned to death for the murders in 1994.

Manning was given an execution date of May 7, 2013, and his would be the first Mississippi execution of the year, and the seventh in 15 months, which for a time earned Mississippi the distinction of the nation’s No. 2 state for executions, behind Texas.

In requesting the date, Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, a native of Houston, Miss., and a former prosecutor in north Mississippi, called the evidence of Manning guilt “overwhelming.� “Even if technologies were available to determine the source of the hair, to indicate someone other than Manning, it would not

negate other evidence that shows his guilt.

He is a violent person who committed these heinous murders,� Hood said in a statement at the time. His office has not responded to a request for an interview.

Although the Miller-Steckler murder certainly matched the Jordan-Jimmerson slayings in heinousness, many believe the evidence against Manning’s involvement is just as shaky if not more so.

The week of his scheduled execution, the Federal Bureau of Investigation admitted that its forensic expert erred in testimony during Manning’s original trial. In a letter to Allgood, who prosecuted Manning, U.S. Justice Department officials stated “that testimony containing erroneous statements regarding microscopic hair comparison analysis was used� in Manning’s case.

The Mississippi Supreme Court halted the execution over objections from Hood.

Since then, the science of hair comparison and law enforcement’s reliance on it to obtain convictions, including of Manning, has come under scrutiny.

A recent analysis by The Washington Post concluded that the FBI’s hair analysis was used in thousands of cases. Last week, the Justice Department and FBI admitted that the practice went on for two decades despite the existence of data questioning the veracity of hair testing, which involves comparing hair samples under a microscope. Information from The Innocence Project shows that of the 329 wrongful convictions that DNA evidence has helped reverse, some 20 percent of them also involved hair analysis.

Tucker Carrington, founding director of the Mississippi Innocence Project and law professor at the University of Mississippi, told the Daily Beast last week that he believes the state wrote Manning off a long time ago and had no interest in seeing that he received justice. “’Who gives a f*ck about this guy? He’s

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already condemned. We know he’s the type of person who’s capable of doing this. It’s him,’� Carrington said they thought.

The FBI has offered to conduct DNA testing in the Steckler-Miller case on Manning’s behalf. Voisin, Manning’s attorney in both cases, said several items have been sent to a lab in Houston, Texas, for analysis. (Hood has said that no serological evidence from the victims’ fingernail scrapings or semen on the vaginal swabs from the rape test kit exists for a DNA test to identify).

Voisin said the timing of the testing and issuing of results is up to the lab and the FBI. In the meantime, an effective moratorium on the death penalty has been in place for two years in Mississippi due to problems with prosecutions and execution procedures. Some other states also have suspended carrying out capital punishment due to the scarcity of the drugs commonly used to carry out executions and legal battles over the constitutionality of lethal injection.

On April 20, two men, who could be the next in line for an attempted execution filed a lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s death procedures, arguing that the risks of excruciating pain and torture during an execution that violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Voisin believes continuing to have the death penalty puts states at risk for such potentially costly legal fights. “Parts of the country are moving away from cap punishment,� Voisin said. “I don’t know if Mississippi is moving away from capital punishment per se, but I think there’s a growing awareness of many significant problems (with the death penalty). So support in general will be there, but I think it will be applied a lot less.�

Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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ishia Powell, the City of Jackson’s director of public works, says even though work crews are busy patching potholes and fixing leaks around the city, her department is hamstrung by low wages, high turnover and competition.

This week, responding to questions from the city council about the condition of the city’s streets, Powell implored the members to consider a salary study and examine the pay rates for the department. The pay is lower than surrounding governments and is partly responsible for some 100 vacant positions in the department’s infrastructure-management and water-sewer divisions, she said.

The personnel shortage also helps spread the perception that the City isn’t moving quickly enough to patch the growing number of potholes around town.

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unning for political office against did not have a choice (because Hosemann been some snafus, here recently in the special an incumbent is always an uphill ran uncontested). That means (Hosemann) election for county judge when Judge Housbattle. It’s especially tough when could run his agenda as well as the Repub- ton Patton vacated his seat. you’re a Democrat and that in- lican agenda and never be questioned. I saw (The secretary of state’s office) didn’t cumbent is Republican Delbert Hose- the need, and I stepped up to the plate. I am print enough ballots as state law dictated, and mann, who is running for a third con- not a career politician. when the secretary of state’s office was asked secutive term. But Charles E. Graham, … Right now, if you ask John Q. Citi- about it, he agreed, ‘Yes, she did violate state 59, plans on meeting the challenge as the zen what the secretary of state does, most statute. Yes, she did not do her job. Yes she Democratic candidate for Miscould have influenced the election’ sissippi’s secretary of state office. but he did nothing about it.

Although he was born in Now let’s move 90 miles Clinton, Graham has been a lifesouth to the city of Hattiesburg and long resident of Jackson. He graduthe last mayoral election. Now with ated from Lanier High School in the incumbent Johnny Dupree, 1973, in the top 10 of his class. how many times did they have From there, he attended Jackson to hold that election? One? Two? State University, where he earned Three? And counting. a bachelor’s degree in account(Editor’s note: Judge Patton ing. After graduation, he married did not vacate his seat, but declined his high school sweetheart, Alline to seek reelection. The race to reWashington Graham. They have place him came during the regular been together for 44 years. election cycle, in November 2014, In 1979, he began a job with not via a special election. Also, the Jackson Fire Department. He Hinds County Elections Commisworked there for 25 years before sioner Connie Cochran failed to retiring as senior deputy fire chief. request the legally required numThere he was in charge of trainber of ballots from the secretary of ing, served as public-information state’s office; the failure was not of Charles Graham, the lone Democratic candidate for secretary of state, wants to offset the harmful officer, managed a counter-terrorHosemann’s office.) effects of voter ID by introducing early voting. ism grant, helped put together the As I run around and talk hazardous materials team and even to people of this state, revelations delivered a baby in the field. After are coming about of just how— leaving the fire department, Graham began people can’t tell you. But the secretary of state I’m not going to say inept—but how comAA&E Properties, a home renovation com- touches everybody. There are two things to placent the secretary of state is. But it’s not remember about him: He is the chief election just him. It’s the whole Republican ticket. pany.

The Jackson Free Press talked to Gra- officer, and he plays a large role in business Right now, the Republicans are in ham about his vision for the office of secre- and commerce. charge of every state department, except Let me show you this picture. (Graham the attorney general. tary of state on one of his days off the camholds up a picture on his phone of a home paign trail.

You’ve had a majority of Republicans on Longino Street). That’s where I held my in the Senate and you had a majority of If you are elected, what are some of press conference in Jackson. It’s a tax-forfeit- Republicans in the House for the last 16 your goals for the office? ed property. There are over 2,000 in Hinds to 20 years. I have to ask myself, where I want to really take my entrepreneurial County alone. These lower property values have they gotten us? Last. spirit there. I want to do it better because my and affect the quality of life. That is one way (Editor’s note: Republicans took control opponent seems to have his head in the sand. (the secretary of state) touches you and your of the Mississippi House in 2011; Democrats The reason I am running is because I want property values and the quality of life. had previously held the House since Reconto give people the choice. Four years ago, we As the chief election officer, there have struction.)

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In late March, Yarber called for a state of emergency for the City’s water system, which he said would put Jackson in line for external funding, specifically from FEMA and the Mississippi State Department of Health. Last week, the city council declined to issue another formal proclamation, citing uncertainty over the details of the plan.

Officials from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, which funnels federal money to local governments,

initially said there is no federal disaster money to fix water infrastructure. However, the money Jackson is applying for now comes from hazard-mitigation funds, which are leftover monies from disaster appropriations. Jackson officials said the city could qualify for up to $2 million.

Greg Flynn, a MEMA spokesman, said the awards are most commonly given for safe houses, but have also gone to things like generators for critical buildings. The application for disaster-mitigation funds does not depend on a disaster incident, but includes a review that local and federal emergency-management officials perform.

“It’s not a quick fix by any means,” Flynn said.

On Monday, the city council also authorized an application for a Mississippi Department of Transportation grant.

What are some other issues you see at work in the state?

We’ve got something that was passed by an overwhelming majority of people in the state last year, which was voter ID. How did that come about? It was on the Republicans’ dartboard, and they hit a bull’s eye. This is not to say that there weren’t problems, not to say that we didn’t need it, but I believe that there is something else behind that, and that is to dilute voting strength—that is to impede the voting process. That’s what I believe. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had endured for 48, 49 years, but we passed (voter ID) when it was placed on the ballot. We overwhelmingly passed it. It’s law. I accept that.

But let’s do something else. Let’s go one step further. Let’s institute early voting like 33 of our other states. If I was a single mother with children, my day starts at about 5:30 a.m. I’ve got to get up, get myself ready, get the kids up, get the kids ready, off to school—this is even on Election Day. I don’t have time to vote! Especially if I live in Jackson, and I work in Flowood. And then when you get off, you’ve got to pick the kids up, get them home, you’ve got to get them fed—by then the polls have closed. You’re tired. You’re worn out. You might have 30 minutes to get to the polls, but you’re tired. Are you going to take your children to the poll? Or are you going to leave them on their own? Are you going to pay a lot of money for someone to take care of them?

This is all to say, let’s give them early voting. Let’s meet (Republicans) halfway. I’ve seen a lot of failure from the governor, the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, (and) state auditor, and I think it all goes back to that balance. I want to serve and make a difference. I’m tired of being last. I want to put Mississippi first, and that’s what I did with my fire department. That’s what I did with (my business), and that’s what I want to do as secretary of state.

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Jackson public-works officials said the MDOT grants an average of about $15 million per project, but the city would need a 20 percent match of approximately $3 million. Jackson will find out in the fall whether the transportation department approves the City’s request for funding. The DOT money will go toward three corridors: Capitol Street, Medgar Evers Boulevard and, officials said, “the really, really bad part” of North State Street.

The City will also resurface 14 streets using Community Development Block Grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Powell stated that City officials said CDBG money can help pave 28 streets on the full list; this is just Phase I, she added.

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iss Doodle Mae: “Jojo surprised the staff today. During the monthly staff-appreciation morning meeting, he announced that all part-time and full-time staff of Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store would receive a ‘Cost of Living in the Ghetto’ raise and a very affordable health-care plan. After a great wave of exuberant celebration, the staff calmed down to hear poignant words from the man with the plans in his hands.�

Jojo: “I want to thank the staff for sticking with me through the lean years and good times. Today, it’s your turn to experience the fruits of our collective labor in the forms of a decent wage and affordable health care. It’s been a long time coming, and now a change has arrived. “Will the ‘Cost of Living in the Ghetto’ raise affect loyal customers? No. Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store will remain affordable. I also want to make health care more affordable and available to customers of the Ghetto Science Community. “Starting this summer, isle 7 and 1/16 will become the Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store’s Community Health Department. Nurse Tootie McBride and her Nurse Practitioner Squad will administer monthly health screenings for blood pressure and diabetes. Also, in the pharmacy section, look out for new products such as the Weed out Marijuana Home Drug Test and the You Are the Baby’s Father Pregnancy Test Kit. “In the ghetto, everything is everything. At Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store, health care is affordable.�

Miss Doodle Mae: “A living wage and better health. What more can one ask?�

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Why it stinks: Barbour has at times called his own party to the mat (usually when it is expedient for him to do so)—he once called for a GOP “proctology exam�—but we can’t remember too many times Barbour so loudly told fellow Republicans to embrace diversity with in its ranks, and he helped birth the divisive “southern (race) strategy� of targeting fearful white voters. Recruitment is likely going to continue to stall considering the fact that Republicans control everydamnthing in the state and still refuse to work with African Americans and Democrats. Despite conciliatory gestures over the years from black Democratic Jackson mayors, including Tony Yarber and Chokwe Lumumba, Republican leaders, including Barbour when he was there, continue to disregard black cities. With this kind of treatment, can Barbour honestly blame black people for being salty at the GOP?

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elieve it or not, the Mississippi Legislature’s refusal to adequately fund public schools and its attempt to derail a proposed constitutional amendment to require such funding isn’t about differing philosophies about how to fix the state’s educational system.

It’s not really about what’s best for schools.

It’s not even really about children. It’s about dirty politics, pure and simple.

Consider from whence the Republicans that hold Mississippi’s political power come. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Gov. Phil Bryant and House Education Chairman John Moore all hail from Rankin County, which has good schools. House Speaker Philip Gunn is from Clinton, which has good schools. The Republican-led delegation from DeSoto County, the largest and one of the best school districts in the state, wields enough influence that the region is paid a fair amount of deference in legislative deliberations.

In the meantime, many schools throughout the state have to choose between patching leaky roofs and hiring art teachers. A review of crowdfunding websites such as DonorsChoose.org reveals the lengths to which educators will go to cover even basic classroom expenses.

So any leveling of the playing field, which the Mississippi Adequate Education Program seeks to accomplish, would unquestionably make families think twice about jettisoning Jackson and its struggling public-school system and shake the foundation of the ruling political class.

This is the best explanation we can muster for Gunn and Reeves’ hissy fit over “one Hinds County judge� thwarting their plans for the GOP’s confusing alternative proposed amendment to Initiative 42.

If successful, Initiative 42 would require adequate education funding through a constitutional amendment, which the courts could enforce. The Republicans’ alternative, 42A, leaves funding decisions up to the Legislature and removes the ability for courts to enforce the law so they can break it.

The state Supreme Court could ultimately decide the fate of Initiative 42, but the most important players are the very young people that all this political wrangling most affects.

This generation of citizens (and future voters) thinks differently than many of the men who now hold power in Mississippi on a number of key issues (see: this week’s hearings over the future of same-sex marriage, which most young people support, even ones raised in conservative homes) and is interested in leaving the bedroom communities where they grew up to move back into cities.

If you thumb through our annual Amazing Teens issue (pages 14-21), you’ll read about highschool students from all over the Jackson metro who are achieving great things in spite of the budgetary odds their schools are up against.

With adequate investment, just imagine how many more amazing teens Mississippi could produce and how great that would be for all of us.

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XFORD—Three-time Louisiana Gov. Earl Long, a betting man who loved the horses, knew his maneuverings to get a fourth term in 1960 were a long shot. He also knew he was the last hope for the poor white and poor black in a state where the right-wingers ached for power. A.J. Liebling, a newsprint poet who also loved the racetrack, records in his classic “The Earl of Louisiana” what happened when Uncle Earl’s bet came up short: “The grass-eaters and the nuts have taken over the streets of New Orleans.” Sure enough, newly elected Gov. Jimmie Davis quickly moved to cut $7.6 million in welfare funding and put 22,650 children on a path to starvation. Uncle Earl’s enemies called him crazy—and maybe he was a little—but he was a true-blue populist who stood up for regular folks.

Such politicians are hard to find these days.

Look at Mississippi under Republican grasseater rule in both the governor’s mansion and state Legislature. A lopsided tax system that favors corporations and the rich has contributed to one of the biggest income gaps between the rich and poor of any state in the country.

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn’s solution? Phase out the state income tax and the $1.7 billion in state revenue it provides.

Thank goodness House Democrats killed Gunn’s plan and prevented Mississippi from becoming another Kansas, where Republicans succeeded and nearly wrecked the state’s budget while flat-lining its economy.

I’m one of the few journalists in this state who has decried the miserable protections workers have here due to a Republican-spawned gutting of workers’ compensation rules. That’s why I get calls from desperate workers injured on the job with little or no means of getting just treatment from their employers.

Another nearly wrecked institution is the state’s prison system. Corruption at the highest levels and medieval conditions within its private prisons have the system’s reputation in shambles. Experts acknowledged during a recent Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics panel discussion at Ole Miss that past politics and a “lock ’em up and throw away the key” attitude set the stage. My view? The core corruption in the state’s prison system is its willingness to hand over what is a state responsibility to profitseeking private corporations.

Finally, let’s look at education in a state with a history of politically sanctioned disdain for public education. Once again, the

state Legislature ended its most recent session underfunding public schools, this time by $211 million under rules it set for itself in the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). Initiative 42 is an effort to fix this.

Quite clearly, a grass-eating core within the Republican Party wants to privatize public education. Charter schools and vouchers are merely Trojan horses in that cause.

According to a study recently published in New Labor Forum, charter schools across the country have doubled since 2008, while some 4,000 district schools have shut down. Charter-school CEOs earn as much as three times what school principals earn. Yet, charter school advocates are the first to condemn teacher unions that want fair wages and benefits for teachers. Higher education is in a nationwide crisis. The cost of one college year increased 1,200 percent over the past 30 years, the New Labor Forum reports. Student-loan debt jumped 400 percent from 2003 and 2013.

Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning, called the College Board, came under fire for failing to renew the contract of University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones. The decision, reached in secret, led to widespread speculation about a right-wing takeover of higher education in Mississippi.

Such speculation is warranted given what has happened in North Carolina and Wisconsin. Tea Partiers, corporate wheelerdealer Art Pope and the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors managed to get rid of progressive UNC President Tom Ross earlier this year, as well as university centers devoted to the environment, voter engagement and ending poverty. Pope’s dream is to get writer Ayn Rand, right-wing goddess of unhinged capitalism, accepted into the canon of required studies at UNC. In Wisconsin, Republican Governor and possible presidential hopeful Scott Walker tried to get the wording of the University of Wisconsin’s mission statement changed from “searching for truth” to “meeting the state’s work-force needs.” He failed, but he did succeed in cutting university funding.

Mississippi voters have a chance to change things next election. Will they vote for Initiative 42 and for politicians who serve rather than oppose their interests? I’m hoping, but I’m not placing any bets.

Joe Atkins is a veteran journalist, columnist and journalism professor at the University of Mississippi. He can be reached at jbatkins@ olemiss.edu.

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a c h year, the JFP highlights some of Jackson’s best and brightest teens, and each year, the list grows and grows. This year’s Amazing Teens include the future leaders of our world: a teen who wants to be a biometric engineer and make the world safer; one who uses poetry to highlight the world around him; a few who are already at work on their future career paths; and so many more incredible teenagers who are giving back to our city and their community and the world around them. These teenagers prove every day that they can make a difference. Jackson has so many more Amazing Teens, and the JFP is sad that we can’t showcase all of them. Here are the ones we chose. Email others: amber@ jacksonfreepress.com.

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sions sometimes that they don’t know impacts us.”

She wants to prove teenagers can be informed. “We can think, and we’re trying to innovate ... how we’re doing things,” she says.

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y accomplishments alone, people like Carah Young prove every day that the people in her generation are ready to lead.

The Wingfield High School senior is the student body secretary and oversees event coordination for Wingfield’s National Honor Society (she essentially created her own position). She’s an executive officer in Reserve Officer Training Corps at the school, and has an Internet radio show for Wingfield that focuses on politics and economics.

“At the time, it was around August (or) September. We had just found out about ISIS and everything. (My principal) was basically like: ‘I’ll give you a shot. Just, write a concept, write what you want to talk about, and we’ll sit down and discuss it, and we’ll put you as a test run,’” she says of the radio show. “… It was sensible at the time because America was going through something.

We didn’t have our stance on what we wanted to do. As kids, we were kind of hearing both sides of it: ‘Well, we should send people over,’ ‘We shouldn’t send people over,’ ‘Don’t listen to the government.’ ‘Listen to the government,’ (and) ‘Stay safe.’ And adults will make deci-

The topics on her show can range from national politics such as the turmoil in the Middle East to ones that hit closer to home, such as Mississippi’s education system.

Young was born in Heidelberg, Germany, and as a military brat, moved around a lot. She’s spent time in two countries, Japan and Korea, and several states.

She moved to Jackson in the summer of 2010 when her mom, Sharjuan Burgos, and her stepfather, Geraldo Burgos, had to go to North Carolina. She currently lives with her father, Carl Young.

She says that because of its learning curriculum, Wingfield is different than schools in other countries.

“It’s not, like, close-minded,” she says. “The school in itself is teaching a lot, but it’s more on, you know, the stateside, whereas any other school I’ve been to … the learning curriculum is bigger.

Wingfield, it’s big, but it’s only touching certain areas.”

The school is currently working to bring a more international element to its curriculum, including having cultural and international fairs.

“I think it’s starting to take flight, as in everything we do now,” she says of the school’s international programming.

“But I do want to see (Wingfield) turn into a very cultured school.

Young says she wants to go to college at Jackson State University and study computer engineering with a minor in radio broadcasting, journalism or mass communications.

With that degree, she wants to become a biometric engineer and create technology that is safer and more secure, such as her own fingerprint scanners, and identification badges with the wearer’s DNA inscribed inside.

“Being a biometric engineer, it takes my creativity and expands it into everything I want to build, and all my plans and all my designs,” she says.

She says her favorite part of Wingfield is that she’s around people like herself, people who want to change something and make it better.

When she’s not at school, she reads, sings and dances.

In Colorado, Florida and Texas, Young was in dance troupes; however, in Jackson, she dances on her own time.

—Amber Helsel

Elizabeth Liu

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Rush is good at math and believes that it must be in his blood. His mother taught algebra and is now the director of the Honors College activities at Jackson State University.

His grandfather, Preston Heard, was a math teacher at Charleston Middle School in Charleston, Mo. Rush’s father, Charles Rush, is a federal workstudies coordinator at JSU. Another Rush family interest is football. His brother, Xavier Rush, whom Jamian looks to as a role model, played wide receiver at Tulane University and recently participated in the university’s Pro Day. “I look up to my brother because he’s always worked hard, even in hard times, to better himself and the people

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athan Campbell is no ordinary teenager. The Murrah High School senior has an abundance of academic endeavors and projects, and he just returned from a trip touring George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he will begin college this fall.

At press time, Campbell was a contender for valedictorian at his upcoming graduation. He is on the school’s speech and debate team, and is in Mu Alpha Theta and the National Honor Society.

In February, Campbell won first place for research on how certain cells can mediate hypertension and pathophysiology in the Mississippi Academy of Sciences regional competition.

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around him,” Rush says.

Jamian has played football since sixth grade, and is a defensive lineman at Terry. In February, he received a football scholarship from Southwest Mississippi Community College, where he plans to major in biology.

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adison Central High School senior Elizabeth Liu hasn’t decided what she wants to do for a career, and that’s fine by her.

Whether she’s serving in student government, flexing her math muscles with Mu Alpha Theta, a national math honors association, or competing nationally in speech and debate, Liu stays busy.

In speech, she placed sixth in the oratory category at last year’s Harvard Invitational, and she came in second in the calculus division of the state Mu Alpha Theta competition April 12 and 13.

Her father, Yi-Ming Liu, is a chemistry professor at Jackson State University, and her mother, Ming Shenwu, is a laboratory technician in the biology department at Tougaloo College. While both place a high value on education, Liu says her parents allow her to follow her interests.

“Thank goodness they didn’t pressure me to do what they like to do because then I would be in huge trouble,” she says. “…

They’ve always encouraged me to do well (in school),

but they’ve always been supportive of what I do and choose to do.”

This year, Liu has enjoyed taking advanced

has decided that she will attend Yale and possibly study economics.

More than anything, Liu wants to experience

placement courses in calculus and literature, which introduced her to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” The novel’s length and humdrum title turned her away at first.

“After I read it, I thought it was so fantastic,” she says. “… It was just really interesting seeing a view into what Russian life back then was and to kind of learn about the culture and different ideas.”

Liu, 18, considered attending either the University of Southern California and Yale University but

everything that college has to offer.

“I’m not one of those people who sets their eye on something and is straight on ahead,” she says. “I tend to chew something, discover what it’s about, and then decide if I like it or not.”

When she’s not focused on academics, Liu plays piano for the Chinese Church of Greater Jackson.

Until ninth grade, she competed in state piano competitions, but she now prefers to use music to serve God and her church.

—Micah Smith

He competed with the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Base Pair, a biomedical research mentorship program that teams faculty from the hospital with Murrah High School students and teachers. While he was a student at Chastain Middle School, Campbell says he wanted to become a pilot and then a video-game designer, but when he became part of Base Pair, Campbell discovered his aptitude for the sciences.

“I definitely think the … program at my school, where we get to do research every fourth block of the day, has really contributed to me loving science,” Campbell says.

Campbell says that Jeffery Stokes, a chemistry teacher and Base Pair’s coordinator at Murrah, and his UMMC mentors Drs. Babette Lamarca and Denise Cornelius, have made big impacts on his

enthusiasm for science.

At GWU, Campbell plans to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering, and he hopes to obtain his doctorate and conduct stem-cell research.

Campbell currently participates in research with Lamarca and Cornelius that focuses on pre-eclampsia (hypertension during pregnancy) at UMMC. This summer, Campbell will participate in the hospital’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience internship program for undergraduates and highschool students who have excelled in biomedical sciences.

During the internship, Campbell will conduct 400 hours of research, something he says is equally daunting and exciting. His wages will help fund his college education.

—Jordan K. Morrow

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ebecca Wilkinson, a senior art teacher at Terry High School, nominated 18-yearold senior Jamian Rush as an Amazing Teen for the work he’s done with her special-needs art class.

Wilkinson approached Rush last year to ask for help with a Halloween party she was hosting for her students. Ever since, Rush has been going back to her class whenever he gets the chance.

In addition to acting as an assistant teacher and helping Wilkinson’s students with their art projects, this Easter, Rush dressed up in a rabbit costume and helped organize an egg hunt.

“I’ve always felt a strong connection with special-needs children, and I enjoy seeing the impact my helping them makes,” Rush says. “It lets these kids see that other students care and want to help them.”

Rush, a Jackson resident, was born in Steelwater, Okla., and has moved all over the country with his family due to his mother Pamala Heard’s work in educational outreach for NASA. The family lived in Huntsville, Ala., Wyatt, Mo., and Waveland, Miss., before settling in Jackson in 2004.

Wilkinson approached Rush in part because of his position as treasurer on the Terry High Student Council, where he is responsible for the organization’s finances.

Rush joined the Terry council his freshmanyear,andhewaspartofthestudent council in eighth grade at Byram Middle School.

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right red hair is not the only thing that makes Olivia Hines stand out.

She has a natural ability to dive into conversation and a passion for music and bringing people together.

Hines plans to attend Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi as a Lucky Day scholar, majoring in pre-medicine with a focus on psychology, and minoring in music and journalism.

Hines says her ultimate goal is to become a musical therapist. After college, she intends to return to Jackson Public Schools in hopes of revamping the JPS system, something she believes requires serious attention.

“There are so many kids here who don’t have anyone to talk to,” Hines says. She believes everyone should have a mentor, someone like her father, Oliver Hines, who is one

of her biggest influences. He taught her to be open to honest conversation.

As a senior at Murrah, Hines is the Honor Society president, captain of the speech and debate team and a member of Mu Alpha Theta math honor society. During Hines’ sophomore year, she helped bring back Murrah’s literary magazine, Pleiades, in 2012. She is the magazine’s business manager and often contributes original poems and short stories. Hines also plays the cello with the Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex ensemble, which also has instruments such as strings and woodwinds. “(Music) allows you to ‘cleanse the soul’ whether it’s classical, baroque, romantic, or even rock ‘n’ roll or R&B,” she says.

“You can find escape to release those negative energies and even depression.”

Among her musical influences are Amy Winehouse, Otis Redding, Bob Marley, Sam Smith (whom she describes as authentic and angelic) and Johann Sebastian Bach.

“His written pieces are most concentrated on what the cello can actually do,” she says.

“I love my cello. Her name is Valerie,” Hines says with a laugh. She has been playing since she was 8 years old. She plays for weddings, gigs for various organizations, and regularly plays at Brandon Baptist Church, where she is a member and participates in the children’s ministry.—Jordan K. Morrow

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uliette Richert sits outside the Mississippi Museum of Art, anticipating receiving honorable mention in the Scholastic Art Awards. With a calm and reserved demeanor, she describes her piece: a mixed-media collage she created as a memento to the Civil Rights Movement.

The 16-year-old Ridgeland High School junior says the project was originally for a class, but civil rights has become a subject she is passionate about.

“I think you can contribute to society most by helping individual people,” Richert says. Although she has another year of high school to make up her mind about where to go to college, she already knows what she wants to do: “Just help people,” she says.

She plans to become a psychologist and possibly use her artistic abilities as a therapy tool. “Mental illness is hard. I don’t think the medicine side of it is for me, but I really do like the people interaction, and being able to help someone in that way is really important,” she says.

Richert, who is secretary of her high school’s Mu Alpha Theta math honor so-

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ciety chapter and was recently elected as secretary for the state organization, tutors students in math. She is also in the National Honor Society, competes with Ridgeland’s academic team, and serves as her class vice president and as a junior diplomat for the City of Ridgeland.

Although her family is originally from New Hampshire, they moved to Ridgeland shortly after Richert was born, and she considers it home. She contributes to the community as much as possible. Richert says her mother, Jan Richardson, who is in charge of the city’s Great American Cleanup effort, has been a great mentor.

Richert is on Ridgeland High’s bowling and swim teams. Of her extracurricular ventures, she most enjoys her involvement with the marching band’s color guard and winter guard, which is like color guard, except it practices inside, throughout the school year.

“It takes a lot of time management to keep good grades with all I have going on,” she says, but she enjoys and appreciates the journey.

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enior Nicholas Armstrong, 18, discovered many of his talents and interests during his time at Jim Hill High School, including his affinity for acting, which he will pursue as a speech and theater major at Jackson State University this fall.

“When I first came here in my ninth grade year, I was new. I didn’t know what to do or where to go,” he says of Jim Hill. “I was trying to find my place, and I found the drama club.”

Unfortunately, the school’s drama club wasn’t as active as Armstrong would have liked. He only did one play in his high school career, “Jim Hill Through the Years,” which he acted in his freshman year.

However, that led him to try other activities, including the school choir. He joined in 10th grade as a second tenor, moving to baritone in his junior year, and then to a bass and baritone in his senior year. The drama club still hadn’t picked up much steam in Armstrong’s junior year, so he began looking to another art form that satisfied his love of performing.

“I looked to what else I can use my voice in, and I turned to poetry,” Armstrong says. “It’s somewhat like acting, but you are reciting other people’s stories as they relate to you.”

Armstrong uses his poetry to express how he sees his personal life and the world around him. One of his favorite original pieces, “Police,” deals with the recent issues of police brutality. He says that by nature, he often sees the details that others overlook, including character flaws. These traits often make up the metaphors in his poetry.

“It’s something I do for enjoyment and so I can get my voice heard,” he says. “The concept of it is very nice. In the poetry, it’s a riddle. You have to decipher it.”

When not writing or performing, Armstrong enjoys playing video games, such as “Pokémon,” and reading fantasy novels, including Richelle Mead’s “Vampire Academy” series.

Nicholas has a brother, Octavious Armstrong, 29, and a sister, Kayla Armstrong, 20. His father, Marvin Armstrong, works as a driver for Mississippi State Hospital, and his mother, Inez Armstrong, is a nurse and provides in-home care for the elderly.

—Micah Smith

anier High School junior Ebony Nichols has big plans for a career in graphic design and photography.

She’s already putting her goals into action and getting real-world experience. At 17, she’s doing an internship with a professional printer, and she sells a line of T-shirts.

“I design posters, banners and business cards,” Nichols says. “My T-shirt line is called Royal Boss. Boss stands for: Built on Self Success.”

Born and reared in Jackson, Nichols had different ideas when she started high school. A former Jackson State University Baby Tiger and Franklin Middle School drill team member, Nichols’ interest in graphic arts blossomed last year.

“When I came to Lanier in ninth grade, my expectation was to get on the drill team and try out for different things,” she says.

“In 10th grade, I started studying graphic design at the Career Development Center.”

As her junior year draws to a close, Nichols plans to go to college at Louisiana State University or the University of California, Los Angeles. In the meantime, she works hard at school each day so she can focus on her design business between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. “I do all my homework at school, right when I get it,” Nichols says. “I know myself. When I get home, the business will be an automatic distraction.”

Nichols interns two days a week at Tshirts and More (777 Cooper Road), where she’s learning the basics of printing and other things she hasn’t learned in her classes at the Career Development Center. She is trying to

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find a building for Royal Boss. She already has a printer’s license from the city and is applying for a state permit.

Nichols describes her T-shirts as “challenging.” Her distinct logo is a capital R turned backwards next to a capital B with a crown resting on top of the two letters.

“I would like to have a website to sell my T-shirts, but I don’t have one, yet,” Nich-

ols says. “Right now, I set up a booth and sell my T-shirts during events. My last event was a women’s conference at the Jackson Medical Mall.”

As a member of Lanier’s yearbook committee, Nichols takes photographs at pep rallies, football games and soccer games.

She’s also a member of Beautiful Souls, a support group for girls aged 8 to 19.

—Genevieve Legacy

joy talking to young players and getting their minds right,” he says. “I love talking to people, so it seems right for me.”

In addition to football, Hogan makes sure his academics are in the right place. He is enrolled in Advanced Placement English and will have taken most of his senior coursework by the end of this year. He is planning on a dual enrollment at Hinds Community College for his senior year.

“I’d like to stay ahead of the game,” Hogan says.

His father, Maurice Hogan, is proud of his son’s accomplishments but is quick to point out that football isn’t the only thing that is important in his son’s life.

“Sports is a toll to get you where you want to go,” he says.

Marsei is the oldest of three brothers.

His younger brother, Tay-Micah, is 9, and his littlest brother is on the way.

While Marsei isn’t hinting on where he may play in college, he is excited about his opportunities. He does admit that one of his favorite college athletes is Eric Kendricks at the University of California, Los Angeles. Kendricks holds the record for most tackles by a UCLA player in a single season since 1978.

Before attending Callaway, Marsei played football at Jackson Academy. He was a running back and a linebacker at the private school. He doesn’t shy away from telling you that he prefers playing defense.

“It was an adjustment, but I like playing defense all the way,” he says.

—Tommy Burton

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he Callaway High School Chargers lost only one football game in the 2013-2014 school year thanks in part to linebacker Marsei Hogan. Hogan, 18, is a junior this year and looks ahead to next season.

“Our hopes are high,” he says. “Of course, we’re going to try to go undefeated, but (we’ll) just go game by game.”

While Hogan is an exceptional athlete on the field, he also realizes that he is a leader off the field as well.

“I’ve worked with the ninth graders and tried to help them,” he says. “There can be a lot of expectations, and I try to show them that they can do it.”

This natural leadership also guides Hogan’s possible college pursuits. He wants to go into sports psychology. “I en-

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ria Paige may have her career path planned out, but she’s open to change along the way. A senior at St. Joseph Catholic School in Madison, Paige has built up an impressive resumé while she has been in high school. She is president of the City of Jackson Mayor’s Youth Council and is president of her school’s student body, having served as her class president since 10th grade.

Paige says her positions at school honed her ability to work with peers and help them to achieve a common goal.

“It’s learning how to lead others, be a servant leader, and .. making my school a better place,” she says.

Her mother, Mitzi Paige, is the civil chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, representing the Southern District of Mississippi, and her father, James Paige, is a security officer at the federal courthouse in downtown Jackson. She has twin siblings, Amber and Kellyn, both 14. Because both of her parents work in the justice system, many people ask Paige if she plans to follow a similar course.

“I did debate, so everybody asks me if I’m going into law, but no. I think I’m more interested in journalism right now,” she says.

“That could change in the future, but I’ve been stuck on journalism for a while.”

Even in high school, Paige, 17, has actively pursued her interest, taking courses in the subject and completing a summer editorial internship with the Jackson Free Press in 2014. Now, she is the editor of St. Joseph’s newspaper, The Bear Facts, which summarizes major events around the school. “I just like to inform my peers,” she says.

“Journalism is what I want to do in the future, so this just gives me a peek at what I will be doing once I go to college.”

In addition to her school activities, Paige has danced with Ballet Mississippi since she was about 3 years old.

She says she’ll likely continue dancing after high school, albeit with less severity than the five weekly practices she attends now. Paige hopes to attend either Howard University in Washington, D.C., or Spelman College in Atlanta.

—Micah Smith

Martavious Kency field and hardworking.” Eventually, Kency would like to become a coach or athletic trainer to help others play at the next level.

Teachers note that Kency, a west Jackson native, has the well-rounded talents on both the playing field and the classroom to do anything he puts his mind to.

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Get Today’s News and Kency knows that he needs to improve in English class—one of two classes in which he earned a B this year (the rest were As)—although he did enjoy reading William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

In the meantime, the soon-to-be-sophomore is keeping his professional options open.

“If I don’t make it in sports, I’d like to be a doctor or a lawyer,” he says.

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artavious Kency, a freshman at Provine High School, doesn’t consider caring for his younger siblings to be a chore. Rather, Kency, 14, sees taking care of his brother, Delawerence, and sister, Ashunci, as a leadership-training opportunity.

“They help me out by teaching me how to be a leader,” Kency says of his big-brother duties, which includes helping them with their math and reading homework, not to mention occasionally whipping up his signature dinner of pork chops and mashed potatoes.

Kency also teaches them the art of balling. Last year, he lettered in two sports: football and basketball. Under coach Otis Riddley, Provine’s head football coach, Kency played two offensive positions, quarterback and wide, but he says the team fell short of making the playoffs in a competitive district.

Basketball season was a little better for Kency, the team’s sixth man who plays the Nos. 1 and 2 guard positions, and coach Otis Gaines’ Rams, who made it to the conference semifinals.

Sports allows him to show both sides of his personality, he says.

“Coach Gaines would say I’m energized on defense,” Kency says of his performance on the hardwood. “Coach Riddley would say I’m calm on the football

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First place is $1500 from presenting sponsor Hotel & Restaurant Supply; Second Place is $1000 from Sweet Water and Capital City Beverage and Third Place is $500 from Rebel Butcher Supply.

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started working in food service when he was 15. The 28-yearold says his strong suits are execution, speed and attention to detail. In addition to Jacoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mississippi-Mex cuisine, he also enjoys preparing soul food and barbecue. Tony has worked at Jacoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for three years and really enjoys the family atmosphere.

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Mitchell Moore

is originally from Byram and moved back home from Los Angeles after meeting the woman of his dreams. He restored Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to its rightful place as a made-from-scratch destination.

Charity: Mission First

Mission First is an inner-city, non-profit missions organization designed to serve others the way Christ served during his time here on earth. The ministry has six main programs that meet tangible needs and share Christ. Those programs meet people right at their point of need: childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational programming, sports ministries, community development programming, medical & dental services, legal assistance and a comprehensive wellness program.

CACM provides training, support and leadership on a statewide level to local childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advocacy centers and professionals throughout Mississippi who respond to reports of child abuse and neglect.

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to take a dish washing job and the faith of the Iron Horse Grillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original owner in Pryerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culinary and management abilities, Jackson may never have fallen in love with this legendary restaurant.

Truthfully, without Chef Pryerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment and attention to detail the Iron Horse would never have become such a cornerstone of the Jackson restaurant scene.

Now, Chef Pryer is back and stands behind this newest iteration of the classic restaurant. His commitment is to provide the excellent food and experience we all remember.

Charity: Gateway Rescue Mission

Grant Hutcheson

is a chef, husband, father and outdoorsman. Grant focuses on chef-driven award-winning competition BBQ and is always trying new flavors and ideas at The Pig & Pint. He uses as many local ingredients as possible and loves to pair food with different beers, especially new craft beer made in the South. The Pig & Pint won Best New Restaurant, Best Place for Ribs and Best Barbecue in the 2015 Best of Jackson Reader Poll.

Offers life-changing hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ to homeless men, women and children through programs to deliver food, shelter, counseling and discipleship.

Serves about 400 meals a day, provides shelter for about 100 people nightly, and currently operates six separate facilities in three counties Hinds, Rankin and Simpson Counties.

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is a Renaissance Man. Others say he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decide what to be when he grows up. Tom just says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;... are you hungry?â&#x20AC;?Chef Ramsey has had careers in mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, cigar manufacturing and lobbying. He traded in his suits and ties for a shirt with his name on it and an occupation our president describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the kind of job where you take a shower AFTER work.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been happier. As the Chef, Proprietor and Sommelier of La Finestra in Jackson, he gets to feed his creativity as much as he feeds his customers and as a food writer, media personality and general bon vivant, he gets to feed his ego.

was catering weddings in his hometown, Zella-Mehlis, in the beautiful mountains of ThĂźringen, Germany. Chef Mike built upon his classic Swiss training to create a distinct style. Seven seas, seven continents and eight global circumnavigations later, Chef Mike had become proficient in a literal world of culinary traditions and exotic ingredients. His head and heart filled with the best of global culture, in 2010 Chef Mike brought his talents here, becoming a permanent resident of the United States of America, where he creates dishes that fuse his extensive, worldwide culinary knowledge with domestic favorites, right here at Table 100.

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Charity: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Mississippi UMMC

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Charity: Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Mississippi UMMC treats about 150,000 children each year. Patients come from all of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 82 counties to receive comprehensive medical care for everything from common childhood illnesses to serious trauma and life-threatening or chronic illnesses.

The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi (DFM) is the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier nonprofit health organization working to prevent diabetes and associated complications, as well as work to improve the lives of every child, adult and every family touched by type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

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Charity : Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi 100 Ridge Way, Flowood, MS 39232 â&#x20AC;˘ (601) 420-4202 â&#x20AC;˘ tableonehundred.com

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a native Texan, moved to Mississippi in 2010 to help open Parlor Market restaurant with the late Craig Noone. He immediately fell in love with Jackson. After leaving Parlor Market in 2012, he had a brief stint at Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drive-In under Chef Derek Emerson before taking a job in Augusta, Georgia. After a little over a year in Georgia, Ryan could not shake his love for Jackson, and decided to return, taking a job at The Fairview Inn. After the untimely passing of Hal White, P.J. Lee left his law practice to take over the kitchen at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A year after taking over, P.J. reached out to Ryan about joining their team, and Ryan jumped at the opportunity to work in one of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most iconic restaurants.

Chingchai â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nuanâ&#x20AC;? Eaton

learned to cook at a very early age. Her mother taught her many secrets to preparing amazing Thai food. She brought those talents with her from Thailand to the US in 1975. Although not related, she feels her coworkers and customers are her family and admittedly â&#x20AC;&#x153;loves to cook for everyone!â&#x20AC;? She started with the restaurant in June of 2011 at the Flowood location. She now works at the Madison Location which opened in May, 2014.

Charity: Madison ARK (Animal Rescue Kennel)

The Madison Ark (Animal Rescue Kennel) is a no-kill animal rescue in Central Mississippi that operates out of a group of foster homes. We exist to provide a safe haven for homeless dogs and cats and strive to match every potential family with a perfect new addition.

Charity: Harold White Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Charity: Harold White Memorial Scholarship Fund 200 S. Commerce St. Downtown Jackson â&#x20AC;˘ 601.948.0888 â&#x20AC;˘ HalandMals.com

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is from Baton Rouge, LA and has been cooking crawfish with his dad, Tommy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Boyâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Beauxâ&#x20AC;? Ray, since 1992.

Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad established a thriving crawfish business and after Kelly mastered the art of cooking crawfish and finished college, he decided to establish his own crawfish business. In 1998, Kelly began his business from a catering trailer using various local venues and in 2008, he officially moved into â&#x20AC;&#x153;the shackâ&#x20AC;?, Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Beauxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crawfish & Cateringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current location in Clinton.

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Charity: Horses for Handicapped

Horses for handicapped was established in 1981 and takes place each year in April at the Mississippi Fairgrounds. The 4-day event provides horseback riding, wagon rides and activities to nearly 1,700 children and adults with disabilities.

Jesse Houston

attended culinary school at Texas Culinary Academy (a Le Cordon Bleu program) where he graduated with honors.

Jesse came to Jackson to work with his friend, the late Craig Noone, at Nooneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trailblazing restaurant, Parlor Market. Jesse has worked in some of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top kitchens, including those of chefs Wolfgang Puck and Stephen Pyles. Jesseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of oysters and seafood led him and his wife, Rachel, to open Saltine Oyster Bar. Jesseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style of cooking is creative and playful, using modern and innovative techniques.

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Charity: Craig Nooneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rock It Out Memorial Scholarship In memory of Parlor Marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chef/Owner Craig Noone, the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association member chefs and the Noone family created a $10,000 scholarship for deserving culinary arts students.

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Ben for short, was raised in Thailand, where he watched his grandmother and mother cook and became inspired to do the same on a grander scale. He attended culinary school in Thailand, where he learned to expertly prepare and cook not only Thai Cuisine, but French and Japanese cuisine as well. His career as a chef has expanded over 14 years, as head chef in Thailand at The Marriott Hotel, The Sheraton Hotel and Shangri-la, all 5 star rated hotels. His job with Surin of Thailand has brought him to the United States, where he shares his truly unique gift of Thai-American cuisine and sushi.

Charity: Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Abuse

Jessica Furches

learned as a young girl growing up in Crystal Springs, MS, where her food came from and how to prepare it. Role models like her mother, who taught her to garden, can and freeze vegetables and make jams and jellies, and Julia Child on PBS, inspired her as a child to be a chef. After a few years cooking at a country club right out of high school, she was driven to break out of the small town and work in the big city. Her Jackson career started at a grill station at Char and has brought her to Islander Oyster House, where she has the creative freedom to express herself with fresh local products and serve beautiful food.

Charity: Blair E Batson Children’s Hospital

MCADV is a statewide resource on domestic violence issues. We provide support for member shelter programs though training, technical assistance and capacity building; advocate for public policy that supports victims; and seek to change societal attitudes and beliefs through awareness and prevention activities in communities throughout Mississippi.

Batson Children’s Hospital, part of Children’s of Mississippi, is at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. It is the only hospital in the state devoted exclusively to the care and treatment of sick and injured youngsters.

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Shannon Cockrell,

a Brandon native, is the executive chef and co-owner of Ole Tavern.

In 2008, she and her husband, Jason, pursued their dream and bought the local watering hole “George Street Grocery” Shannon, a self-taught chef, has always had a passion for food and a love of how it brings people together that extends back to her earliest childhood memories. Growing up on a small horse and cattle farm, she learned early where her food came from and how to prepare it.

Her culinary fair is farm-to-table ingredients layered with colors and textures and infused with a whole lot of LOVE! Pictured with Shannon is Hollis Edwards, a student at The Little Light House School

Charity: The Little Light House School

Pam Fratesi

doesn’t consider herself a chef but you’d find disagreement among her long-time customers.

The mother of two and grandmother of one loves sharing the cozy eatery’s Italian classics with old and new customers alike. Over the years, Pam’s presence has ensured that Fratesi’s is consistently named one of Jackson’s Best Italian restaurants in the annual Best of Jackson reader poll.

Charity: Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi

The Little Light House School is a TUITION-FREE Developmental Center for special-needs children. Little Light House School came to Central Mississippi in January of 2006 and employs three therapists and four teachers who provide individualized therapy and teaching plans for each student.

It is the mission of ARF of MS to provide shelter and sanctuary to abandoned, abused and neglected companion animals awaiting adoption in Mississippi, focusing on the metropolitan tri-county area.

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Charity: Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi 910 Lake Harbour Dr, Ridgeland, MS 39157 • (601) 956-2929 • www.fratesis.com

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He has trained under chefs at Steam Room Grill, Char and Burgers & Blues. He prepares all of his food from scratch, including sauces and dressings.

You will taste the expert blending of seasonings and top-quality ingredients in dishes prepared and cooked at the time you order.

Charity: C.A.R.A.

Charity: Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund supports military families in need of financial assistance while their soldier member is called to active duty as a result of September 11, 2001.

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Charity: Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund 1200 N. State Street â&#x20AC;˘ Jackson â&#x20AC;˘ themanshipjackson.com

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has been a vegetarian for the past three years. His wife, Lindsey, has been a vegetarian for longer and his six-yearold daughter, Kelsie, has been veggie since birth. (Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nephews, Jaylen and Dalton, are meat-eaters.) At home, Matt has to accommodate a variety of dietary needs and has brought that focus to BRAVO! Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been creating special vegetarian dinners for BRAVO! customers, and more recently took things a step further with vegan options, particularly on BRAVO!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vegan Night every Thursday.

Although he personally hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to give up a good fried egg or cheesy pizza, Matt understands vegansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; preference to exclude all animal products such as dairy and eggs and works hard to create delicious food for people with all sorts of dietary restrictions.

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a Madison, MS native, was studying for a business degree at Mississippi State when he heard the call of the culinary arts. After graduating he attended the culinary program at Johnson andWales University in Charlotte, NC. His skills developed at a variety of restaurants including Mr. Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, New Orleans andTable 100, Flowood. Now he brings these experiences toThe Manshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu: an eclectic mix of southern style and healthy Mediterranean simplicity.

The menu is dictated by seasonal availability and local sources. Even the artwork on the walls come from area artists.

CARA is a no kill shelter, whose goal is to place their adoptable animals into loving, caring permanent homes. CARA receives no funds from the city, county, state or federal government.

CARA is always in need of supplies, foster homes and volunteers.

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Danny Eslava,

executive chef and owner of Eslavaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grille, was tasked with putting together a simple meal for his mother as she dealt with an illness. This began a life-long fascination with the culinary arts. A self-taught chef, Danny describes the kitchen as his classroom. His influences are an eclectic mix ranging from latin to Mediterranean to southern and many places between.

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Charity: Cheshire Abbey

For more than a century, Mississippi Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Services has made a transformational difference in the lives of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children. Founded on the belief that the best place for a child is in a permanent, loving home, they formed a tradition of transformation through programs that serve the ever-evolving needs of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children

A 501c3 charity dedicated to caring for the animals in need of the Jackson metro area. While the responsibility of an animalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs rest in the hands of the owner, an animal without owners becomes the shared responsibility of the community. Help make a positive change for the community and these forgotten animals.

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Charity: Cheshire Abbey 2481 Lakeland Drive â&#x20AC;˘ Flowood â&#x20AC;˘ 601.932.4070

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Zercon Smith,

started more than 20 years ago in a 12’x40’ trailer with only outside seating available. The business has grown steadily and is now operating out of the old train depot across from the Mississippi State Fairgrounds. Starting with a few recipes for smoked meat, the restaurant has continued to expand its menu to now feature not only fresh hickory smoked barbeque, smoked overnight in real wood smokers, but also home-style vegetables.

The menu changes as the seasons change and as new items come in fresh from the garden.

Don Primos

wears a lot of hats at Primos Cafe. As Chef, Owner, and Operator, the Jackson native continues the Primos family legacy - one that has stood the test of time since 1929. Like generations of Primos that have come before him, Don brings “Southern Food for City Folks” to the hungry crowds of Jackson with tried-and-true family recipes and new favorites.

Charity: Neighborhood Christian Center

Charity: Wounded Warriors of Mississippi The mission of “Wounded Warriors of Mississippi” is to help returning soldiers with the battle to readjust to civilian life. The organization strives to help veterans mentally, physically, financially and spiritually to reconnect with themselves, their families and society.

The mission of the Neighborhood Christian Center and Peyton’s House is to equip innercity children and young adults with academic and leadership skills from a Christian perspective so they may love and serve their neighborhood and city to the glory of God. This is done through after-school tutoring and a summer program focusing especially on math, reading and Bible teaching.

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Charity: Neighborhood Christian Center 2323 Lakeland Drive, Flowood • 601-936-3398 515 Lake Harbour Drive, Ridgeland • 601.898.3600 • primoscafe.com

Reynolds Boykin

developed a love of cooking at an early age. While still in college, he worked his way up to sous chef under Crash Hethcox at Prime: A Steakhouse. His love of salumi and classic French charcuterie evolved from his experience in New Orleans working for James Beard award winning chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski of Cochon and, later, regional seafood wiz Kim Kringle of Dakota. In 2011, he returned to his home in Jackson as the charcuterie chef at Parlor Market for the late Craig Noone. Reynolds was chef de cuisine at Parlor Market under Matthew Kajdan in 2014 when he became the executive chef of CAET, an innovation of award- winning chef Derek Emerson and his wife Jennifer.

Charity: MRAEF General Hospitality Scholarships

The MRAEF is proud to provide scholarship funding to deserving students pursuing a post-secondary degree in restaurant management or culinary arts.

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Time for Tea

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High Biscuits Owner Karen Gordon recently hosted a grand opening for High Biscuits tearoom.

Calming greens, blues and purples drench the well-lit atmosphere of High Biscuits. The backs of the

booths are lined with a fabric that Emily Gartner of The Curated Loom patterned after Keith Boyd’s watercolor painting “Forever Ago.” Music, which can range from country to Mississippi and Louisiana artists (the music changes each day of the week), plays low while chatter and the clinks of spoons against china cups fills the air.

For a hot tea, Gordon recommends Angel Dreams, High Biscuits’ house blend, which combines Assam black tea with green tea and features natural maple and blackberry flavors.

But High Biscuits has to more to offer than just tea.

The tearoom’s menu also has soups, salads, homemade tea cakes and cookies, tarts, quiche and tea sandwiches.

“I have a similar love for Italian coffees and Swiss chocolates,” Gordon says, hinting at future menu additions. High Biscuits recently began offering boba tea.

Also known as bubble teas, these are typically chilled, fruit-based and contain tapioca pearls. Boba teas provide a cool summer alternative to the many hot teas High Biscuits offers, and customers can create unique boba tea concoctions from 125 flavor combinations.

High Biscuits (7048 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland), is open Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The shop reserves Saturdays for special events, such as bridal showers, sorority tea times and children’s birthday parties. Call 769-300-4948 for more information. See the menu at highbiscuitstea.com, and follow High Biscuits on Facebook.

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Besides tea, High Biscuits serves dishes such orange scones with butter and fig preserves and smoked ham with Jezebel sauce, sweet potato hash and sautéed Swiss chard.

ada, tea ceremonies in Asia and sampled teas from all over the world. She brings her experiences and the sense of stress-free ritual to her shop.

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aren Gordon wants people to take a break. Gordon understands that in many cultures, tea is not only refreshing, it’s a way of life.

Afternoon tea provides a welcome mid-day respite, and she wants to introduce hardworking Mississippians to something that may shake up their routines: “the whole ritual of having an afternoon time frame that is set aside for nothing more than your mental, physical and spiritual health,” she says.

After 30 years of doing administrative work for construction company, Kassel Tile Inc. in Ridgeland, Gordon retired from the 9-to-5 world and opened High Biscuits tearoom in November 2014.

“Originally, I figured I might do something where I fused cultures, something a little edgier, different,” Gordon says.

A Mississippi native, Gordon opened her tearoom to introduce a simple way to help people relax and prosper.

She first experienced the tradition of drinking hot afternoon tea, instead of sweetened, iced Lipton, when she traveled to Europe at age 16. Gordon acquired a taste for black Russian tea in Soviet-occupied East Germany where she went for a school trip in 1975.

“It was either that or water, and being from the South, (I and the other students) didn’t really drink water,” she says. “We drink sweet tea.”

Since then, Gordon has attended high teas in Can-

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AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINE Basil’s (2906 N State St #104, Jackson, 601-982-2100) Paninis pizza, pasta, soups and salads. They’ve got it all on the menu.

Broad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900) Hot breakfast, coffee drinks, fresh breads & pastries, gourmet deli sandwiches.

Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland 601-936-3398/ 515 Lake Harbour 601-898-3400) A Jackson institution for breakfast, blue-plates, catfish, burgers, prime rib, oysters, po-boys & wraps. Famous bakery!

Rooster’s (2906 N State St, Jackson, 601-982-2001) You haven’t had a burger until you’ve had a Rooster’s burger. Pair it with their seasoned fries and you’re in heaven.

Two Sisters Kitchen (707 N. Congress St. 601-353-1180) Lunch. Mon-Fri, Sun. PIZZA Sal & Mookie’s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919) Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant Parmesan, fried ravioli & ice cream for the kids!

Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood, 601-992-7499) More than just great pizza and beer. Open Monday - Friday 11-10 and Saturday 11-11.

ITALIAN La Finestra (120 N Congress St #3, Jackson, 601-345-8735) The brainchild of award-winning Chef Tom Ramsey, this downtown Jackson hot-spot offers authentic Italian cuisine in cozy, inviting environment.

BRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111) Award-winning wine list, Jackson’s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining.

Cerami’s (5417 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, 601-919-28298) Southern-style Italian cuisine features their signature Shrimp Cerami.

STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DINING The Islander Seafood and Oyster House (1220 E Northside Drive, Suite 100, 601-366-5441) Oyster bar, seafood, gumbo, po’boys, crawfish and plenty of Gulf Coast delights in a laid-back Buffet-style atmosphere.

The Penguin (1100 John R Lynch Street, 769.251.5222) Fine dining at its best.

Rocky’s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches.

Sal and Phil’s Seafood (6600 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland (601) 957-1188) Great Seafood, Poboys, Lunch Specials, Boiled Seafood, Full Bar, Happy Hour Specials Shea’s on Lake Harbour (810 Lake Harbour Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 427-5837) Seafood, Steaks and Southern Cuisine! Great Brunch, Full Bar Outdoor and Seating MEDITERRANEAN/GREEK Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033) Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma.

Vasilios Greek Cusine (828 Hwy 51, Madison 601-853-0028) Authentic greek cuisine since 1994, specializing in gyros, greek salads, baklava cheesecake & fresh daily seafood.

BARBEQUE Pig and Pint (3139 N State St, Jackson, 601-326-6070) Serving up competition style barbecue along with one of the of best beer selections in metro.

Hickory Pit Barbeque (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The “Best Butts in Town” features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and po’boys.

COFFEE HOUSES Cups Espresso Café (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com) Jackson’s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERS Capitol Grill (5050 I-55 North, Deville Plaza 601-899-8845) Best Happy Hour and Sports Bar in Town. Kitchen Open Late pub food and live entertainment.

Cherokee Inn (960 Briarfield Rd. 601-362-6388) Jackson’s “Best Hole in the Wall,” has a great jukebox, great bar and a great burger.

Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches & Irish beers on tap.

Hal and Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or daily specials.

Martin’s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, beer selection.

Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St. 601-960-2700) Pub food with a southern flair: beer-battered onion rings, chicken & sausage gumbo, salads, sandwiches.

Time Out (6270 Old Canton Road, 601-978-1839) Your neighborhood fun spot! Terrific lunch special and amazing Happy Hour!

Underground 119 (119 South President St. 601-352-2322) Pan-seared crabcakes, shrimp and grits, filet mignon, vegetarian sliders. Live music. Opens 4 p.m., Wed-Sat Wing Stop (952 North State Street, 601-969-6400) Saucing and tossing in a choice of nine flavors, Wing Stop wings are made with care and served up piping hot.

ASIAN AND INDIAN Crazy Ninja (2560 Lakeland Dr., Flowood 601-420-4058) Rock-n-roll sushi and cook-in-front-of-you hibachi. Lunch specials, bento boxes, fabulous cocktails.

Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetop Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588) Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi Nagoya Japanese Sushi Bar & Hibachi Grill (6351 I-55 North, Ste. 131, Jackson 601-977-8881) Fresh sushi, delicious noodles & sizzling hibachi from one of jackson’s most well-known japanese restaurants.

VEGETARIAN High Noon Café (2807 Old Canton Road in Rainbow Plaza 601-366-1513) Fresh, gourmet, tasty and healthy defines the lunch options at Jackson’s own strict vegetarian (and very-vegan-friendly) restaurant adjacent to Rainbow Whole Foods.

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y relationship with the kitchen is a somewhat complicated one. Growing up, I had a really close relationship with my grandfather, who was a bit of a gourmand. Thanks to him, my childhood in-

However, baking involves precision; measurements, timing … all these things must be exact, or recipes can go disastrously awry. Cooking, by contrast, is (in my estimation) more loosey-goosey and improvisational. And that intimidated the heck

Jim Burwell, who owns Burwell Blades, has set up many Saturdays outside of Whole Foods Market to sharpen blades for people.

cluded reading reams of cookbooks; flipping through stacks and stacks of Bon Appétit, Gourmet, and Food & Wine magazines; traveling to New Orleans to eat out; and watching Julia Child, “Yan Can Cook” and Justin Wilson back in the days before Food Network even existed.

Dee, as I called him, also felt the need to buy pretty much any and all cooking tools and accoutrements he could get his hands on, ordering from catalogs, hotel and restaurant supply stores, and, of course, Jackson’s The Everyday Gourmet (1270 E. County Line Road, 601-977-9258).

Because of him, I’ve had a lifelong appreciation for cooking and the art and science of it. When I got my first apartment, one of the biggest desires I had in furnishing it was not actual furniture—my coffee table came from a dumpster dive—but, rather, a KitchenAid stand mixer. It didn’t matter that I didn’t actually cook; I wanted the equipment. And Dee got me one.

Years ago, he also gifted me with a block set of J.A. Henckels knives. Having that always made me feel like I was at least somewhat capable of preparing foodstuffs, should the need come up. But I never really used them.

Until recently, that is. Over the last year or so, I embarked upon an endeavor I came to call #AdventuresInBaking, in which I, generally on Sunday nights, attempted to conquer various baked-goods recipes. I’d bring the results to my office or drop them off at friends’ doors and then send a text that said they’d been “cake-bombed.” I grew more confident in my abilities and the wonder that baking can hold—seriously, there’s something immensely gratifying and thoroughly fascinating about seeing cinnamon rolls rise thanks to the magic of yeast.

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out of me. But finally, I just decided to start playing around.

I found recipes online. I used the ingredients I had and my library of knowledge from reading all those magazines and watching all the cooking shows and tweaked the recipes according to what I had available and my tastes. And, amazingly, now I’ll just make a recipe up whole-cloth. It’s like I’m channeling Dee. (I remember my mother following him around the kitchen as he combined ingredients, taking notes because there was no recipe, and she wanted to be able to recreate his dishes.)

As I did this, I realized something. Since I hadn’t used them much, my poor Henckels had never been sharpened in all their years.

A cook needs proper tools, so I needed to address this situation, and promptly. Luckily, social media answered my dilemma.

Jacksonian Jim Burwell sharpens things.

His business, Burwell Blades, services knives, scissors, garden tools … anything with a blade that can become dull, basically (find him on Facebook). For several Saturdays, he has set up outside Whole Foods Market (4500 Interstate 55 N., 601-608-0405) to offer his services.

I eagerly hauled my knives to him one weekend morning and dropped them off while I went inside to shop. By the time I checked out, my knives were ready. Without too much judgment, he did let me know that they’d needed rather a lot of attention, so next time I wouldn’t have to wait as long.

My knives now slice and dice with ease.

Coupled with some new cutting boards, I feel much better about my kitchen adventures. I’ve planted some herbs in the yard to start incorporating them into dishes, so who knows what’ll be next? I’ll be on the lookout for new tools and inspiration.

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hen many people think of comic books, they may think of crime fighting, flapping capes and spandex. When they think of comic-book readers, the image isn’t complimentary. That’s one of the misconceptions that Deirdra Harris Glover hopes to combat with Graphic Content, a monthly book club that meets at Offbeat novelty shop (151 Wesley Ave., 601-376-9404, offbeatjxn.com) in midtown to discuss comics, graphic novels and, more often than not, social issues.

“A lot of people have these ideas about who reads comic books, and it’s not exactly flattering,” Harris Glover says.

“They’re usually this depiction of an unsightly, disconnected person who hangs out in their mom’s basement. That’s no one who comes to Graphic Content. That’s exactly zero people who show up.”

Given her enthusiasm for the art form, it may be surprising that Harris Glover has only been a regular comic reader for about five years, despite an eye-opening first experience in 1995 while she was attending Agnes Scott College in Atlanta.

“In college, I was very (into) literature,” she says. “My

friends used to laugh because we’d just read this really fluffy bit of fiction, and I’d be like, ‘But oh, can’t you see (the) overtones here?’ I was never really into comics until way late into college. … Somebody gave me ‘Sandman,’ and said: ‘I know you think all these other comic books are stupid. If this doesn’t hook you, I don’t know what will.’”

Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman,” one of the first graphic novels to break into The New York Times Best Sellers list, showed Harris Glover that comics could be deeper and more challenging than she thought. The shift toward more profound themes trickled into superhero comics, as well. Harris Glover considers them to be modern-day myths—a juxtaposition of the traditional hero’s journey and biting social commentary.

“There are so many social issues that have been brought up through those comics and discussed in ways that really changed people’s minds about the subject,” she says, pointing to the mutants’ struggle for equality in “X-Men” comics, which has long been an allegory for the Civil Rights Movement.

Harris Glover enjoyed discussing these elements with friends, but she knew there was a larger group in

Jackson that needed a natural place to assemble. Immediately, she thought of Offbeat. She and co-organizer Jasmine Cole approached owner Phillip Rollins with the idea in January and held the first Graphic Content meeting at the end of that month.

The club’s reading selections have been as varied as its attendees. So far, they have included Brian K. Vaughn’s sweeping fantasy and science-fiction epic, “Saga”; Bryan Lee O’Malley’s quirky reality-altering story, “Seconds”; G. Willow Wilson’s “Ms. Marvel” series, which chronicles the life of Pakistani American superhero Kamala Khan; and Kurtis J. Wiebe’s foul-mouthed tale of swords and sorcery, “Rat Queens.”

“What I hope comes out of Graphic Content is that we can like things not in isolation, that we can come together and discuss hard issues through the books that we read and the things that we love,” Harris Glover says. “By all means criticize, because there are a lot of problems in comics. …

But it’s really nice to have people who will say, ‘I disagree,’ and not have it turn into fisticuffs or rock-paper-scissors.”

For more information, find Graphic Content on Facebook 33 or visit offbeatjxn.com.

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History Is Lunch is noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Mississippi Department of Archives and History archivist Chloe Edwards presents “A Trial in Pleasant Hill.” Free; call 601-5766778. … Adib’s Jazz performs 6:30 p.m. at Underground 119 (119 S. President St.). Free; call 601-352-2322; email underground119music@gmail.com; underground119.com.

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firkin tapping at 4:30 p.m. For ages 21 and up. $30, $15 designated driver, $60 VIP (includes a keepsake, T-shirt and poster); call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org. … “Stop Kiss” is 7:30 p.m. at Warehouse Theatre (1000 Monroe St.). The play is about two female friends who become lovers and are viciously attacked after their first kiss. The play is part of New Stage’s Unframed Series. Additional shows May 2-3, 7:30 p.m. For mature audiences. $7 (cash or check); call 601-948BY MICAH SMITH 3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre. com. … Neutral Milk Hotel performs 9 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM (200 Commerce St.). CirculaFAX: 601-510-9019 tory System also performs. No DAILY UPDATES AT photography or video recording JFPEVENTS.COM allowed. $1 from each ticket sale goes to charity. $31 in advance, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7999; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

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Zoo Brew is 5-9 p.m. at the Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Enjoy an evening of more than 50 craft beer samples, a wing-eating contest and music. VIP tickets include early admission at 4 p.m., animal encounters and a

JFP Chef Week begins at multiple Jackson locations.

Dine at participating local restaurants May 2-10, and vote for your favorite chef. Winners receive cash prizes, and the first place winner receives a donation for their chosen charity. Contest through May 10. Food prices vary; call 601-3626121, ext. 11; jfpchefweek.com. … Belhaven Jazz Festival is 1 p.m. at Belhaven Park (Poplar Boulevard). Enjoy music from performers such as Swing de Paris, Rhonda Richmond and the Southern Komfort Brass Band. In advance: $7.50, $15 with T-shirt; $10; call 601-927-5353 for sponsorships; email belhavenjazz@gmail.com; belhavenjazz.com.

SUNDAY 5/3

The Get Up and Work Tour is 6:30 p.m. at Rehoboth International Ministries (3209 Greenfield Road, Pearl).

Performers include Joshua McClain, Risch Rapor and The Washington Kids. Free admission, donations and sponsorships welcome; call 601-317-0560; getuppeople.org.

MONDAY 5/4

May the Fourth Be With You is 6:30 p.m. at Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201). The Star Wars celebration includes a costume contest, food specials, live music, and trivia. No cover; call 601-982-2899; saltinerestaurant. com. … For the Record Comedy Tour is 8 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). HubCity Comedy hosts with comedians Dane Faucheaux, Leon Blanda and Jimmy Quinn.

Ages 21 and up. $10; call 948-0888.

TUESDAY 5/5

The Rolston String Quartet performs 7:30 p.m. at St. James’ Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive). In Fowler Hall. Mississippi Chambre Music Guild presents the Rolston String Quartet. Wine bar at 7 p.m. $20, $5 for students with ID; call 601-594-2902; email royce@castlemedia.net.

WEDNESDAY 5/6

Author Jeffrey Lent signs copies of “A Slant of Light” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; call 601366-7619; info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

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The Dapper Bruce Lafitte: 6th Ward Icon and NOLA Original is 5:30-8 p.m. at Gallery1 (One University Place, 1100 John R. Lynch St., Suite 4). See works from Bruce Davenport Jr. Includes a gallery talk with the artist and New Orleans creative Gerard Louis Howard, and a reception with music from Billy Winston and The Band. Show hangs through June 6. Free; call 601-960-9250; email gallery1@jsums.edu.

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ronwynne Brent has deep ties to the Mississippi Delta, but her music goes beyond the region’s famous blues sounds, pulling together multiple strands of American roots music.

The singer-songwriter grew up in Greenville, which exposed her to many styles of music. Her songs have a folk spine, but she also brings in elements of pop, country and blues. At the center of Brent’s sound is her strong, distinctive voice that brings to life the many characters that populate her songs, including the wanderers and the brokenhearted.

Brent is the youngest child in a family of Delta music makers. Her late mother, Carole Brent, sang pop and standards with bands when she was younger, and her father, Howard Brent, is a guitarist with a bottomless repertoire of classic country songs. Her older sisters, Jessica and Eden Brent, are also accomplished musicians. Jessica spent time as a country performer in Nashville, and Jackson audiences may know Eden for her blues-based piano playing and vocals.

Music permeated Brent’s daily life when she was growing up, including times when most teenagers would have gotten in trouble with their parents.

“When I’d come in late—and I was always late— Momma would never be mad. She’d always play me and my date a song at the table,” she recalls.

“Not everyone’s mom does that.”

Brent sang with her sisters at local events while she was a teenager, striking out on a solo career when she was in her 20s. After a three-year stint in New Orleans, she moved to

Bronwynne Brent grew up in a musical household in the Mississippi Delta, and she incorporates many elements of American roots music into her songs.

Austin, Texas, in July 2011, where she recorded her debut album, “Deep Black Water,” which she released that year.

“I moved to Austin thinking, ‘It’s the music capital of the world. This is where I need to go to get noticed,’” she says. “But what I found is that there were so many musicians there.”

After four years of struggling to get noticed in Austin, Brent is in the process of moving back to Mississippi and re-connecting with her roots. In re-acclimating to her home state, Brent connected with several Jackson musicians and has been playing shows with them, including the band Cynical Twins and songwriter Joshua Patrick Little.

She performs 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at James Patterson and Ron Blaylock’s studio (3017 N. State St.), with Cynical Twins’ bassist Sherry Cothren, guitarist Jeff Lewis and drummer Joe Partridge serving as her backing band. The concert also features Little and poet Bob Hudson.

Brent says her most recent record, “Stardust,” came about after she heard a song—indie steel-guitar player Maggie Bjorkland’s “Summer Romance”—on the radio. The expansive sound captivated her. Brent tracked down the song’s producer, Seattle-based musician Johnny Sangster, and in May 2013, she travelled to Seattle to record “Stardust.”

Sangster assembled a talented group of backing musicians for the record, including bassist Keith Lowe, who has worked with Bill Frisell and Fiona Apple, and Calexico drummer John Convertino. They quickly learned Brent’s songs and created distinctive arrangements for each one on the album. Brent admits that going out west wasn’t the easiest way to start work on a new record.

“I did make things complicated,” she says. “I could have just made another album in Austin, but I’m always reaching for something away from where I am.”

For more information, visit bronwynnebrent.com.

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schedule. The Fehrs encourage the students to take ownership of the program. Attaché members are dedicated to furthering the program and their individual talents. Part

Clinton High School for 23 years. David creates the musical arrangements for shows, and Mary designs the sets, costumes and print elements, such as posters and proTRACEY HARRISON

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he students of Clinton High School’s Attaché show choir quietly take their places on the multi-tiered stage of the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Fla. It’s March 14, 2015, and they’re gunning for the top spot at the FAME Orlando competition.

The singers turn toward the 5,500 seats in the arena and unleash booming harmonies, swiftly gliding past one another into new positions before all motion suddenly stops, and the students stand quiet, still as statues.

The choir sings the sweet, lulling “Once Upon a Dream” from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” which gives way to an energetic rendition of Blood, Sweat & Tears’ 1969 hit, “Spinning Wheel,” with equally energetic choreography. Attaché’s set is hard to pin down, with songs such as Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” and Michael Jackson’s “Bad” both making appearances. The diversity is fitting, given the number of personalities who work together to create Attaché.

Attaché’s directors, husband and wife David and Mary Fehr, say the success of the group—which consists of 45 singerdancers, 19 instrumentalists, and 10 regular crew members—is not the result of a recruitment system nor a rigorous practice

Attaché show choir presents the 35th Anniversary Spring Revue April 29 through May 2 at Clinton High School.

of that process is allowing the students to naturally teach one another.

“You don’t make leaders by handpicking them and putting them into a leadership workshop,” David says. When you do that, he adds, “you’ve just made a bunch of followers. To develop leaders you have to actually let them lead. … They have to learn to work together to get it done.”

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grams, and organizes the choir’s many trips.

“She’s a Fortune 500 company herself,” David says.

The directors lead an Attaché class during the day, with at least two additional practices a week during the normal school year, which provides enough time to rehearse the next award-winning show.

In total, the group has won 68 national championships over its 35-year run. This

year, the choir won first place at the South Central Classic in Homewood, Ala., The Event Show Choir Competition in Glenwood, Ill., and FAME Orlando. Now, Attaché is returning home for its Spring Revue April 29 through May 2.

Clinton High School senior and Attaché member Hayley DeYoung says people don’t realize the quality of shows until they’ve actually seen a performance. Many of Attaché’s alumni have gone on to become professional entertainers, including showchoir choreographer April James, who helps coordinate stage movement along with many former Attaché’ members.

“I’ve seen a lot of people who say, ‘Show choir?’ So, I tell people, ‘You really don’t understand.’ … It’s on a different level,” she says. “It is like seeing a professional show.

The band is just amazing, and you have all the lights and the effects. We, the singers and dancers, go hard the whole time.”

The Attaché 35th Anniversary Spring Revue is 7:30 p.m. April 29-May 2 at Clinton High School (401 Arrow Drive, Clinton).

Attaché alumni perform during Friday and Saturday nights’ shows. Tickets are $9 to $10; call 601-924-0707 to reserve tickets. For more information, visit attache.org.

Madison Antique Show and Sale April 30, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., May 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., May 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison). The preview party is April 30, and the main event is May 1-2.

Glass, crystal, pottery and porcelain repairs on site.

The event is a fundraiser for the Madison Central PTA and auditorium renovations for the Madison Square Center for the Arts. Preview party: $25, $40 couples; sale: $7 admission; call 601-8567116 or 601-941-8392 for tickets, or 901-4978207 for repair questions; madisonthecity.com.

Tougaloo College Commencement and Alumni Weekend May 1, 5:30 p.m., May 2, 9 a.m., May 3, 8 a.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo). Includes activities for alumni and culminates with the 146th commencement on the Woodworth Chapel Lawn May 3 at 10 a.m. Free; call 601-977-7836; tcnaa.org.

Free Comic Book Day May 2, noon-7 p.m., at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). Includes free comic books for all ages, and items for sale such as commissioned sketches from Daniel Thompson, shaved ice and new T-shirts from the Villains Club. Free; call 601-376-9404; offbeatjxn.com.

Women for Progress Lunch and Learn May 5, noon, at The Penguin Restaurant & Bar (1100 John R. Lynch St.). Representatives from the Women’s of Mississippi will speak. RSVP. $15; call 251-5222; email mail@womenforprogress.net; womenforprogress.net.

1 Million Cups Jackson Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. through June 24, at The Hatch (126 Keener Ave.). The purpose of the weekly program to engage, educate and connect local entrepreneurs.

Free; jackson.sites.1millioncups.com.

+)$3 Events at Ridgeland Public Library (397 Highway 51, Ridgeland) • Baby Bookends Storytime April 29, 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. The program for ages 0-2 includes stories, music, movement and more. Free; call 601-856-4536.

• Ridgeland Readers Storytime April 29, 4 p.m.4:30 p.m. The program for ages 3-7 includes stories, music, movement and more. Free; call 601-856-4536.

• Superhero Party April 30, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Meet a real-life superhero and make crafts. Free; call 601-856-4536.

Spring Training Day May 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Highland Drive). Includes exercise sessions, green smoothies, information on gardening and games. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

&//$ $2).+ Sharp Knife Showdown April 30, 10:30 p.m., at Capitol Grill (5050 Interstate 55 N., Suite F).

Food Network’s Simon Majumdar judges the competition. Includes photo opportunities and signed books at the Lemuria table. Free; call 601852-3463; email info@eatyall.com; eatyall.com.

Simon Majumdar Cooking Demonstration and Book Signing April 30, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., at Town of Livingston (Highway 463 and Highway 22, Madison). The chef gives a demonstration at 4:30 p.m. and signs “Fed, White and Blue” at 5:30 p.m. Book pre-orders available. Free; call 601-8523463; email info@eatyall.com; eatyall.com.

May the Fourth Be With You May 4, 6:30 p.m., at Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201). The Star Wars celebration includes a costume contest, food specials, live music, trivia and more. No cover; call 601-982-2899; saltinerestaurant.com.

30/243 7%,,.%33 Empower Yourself, Improve Your Health Minority Health Disparities Awareness Fair April 30, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). In the Community Room. Includes exhibitors, health resources, health trivia and speakers. Free; call 601-4326929; email ksmith@ihl.state.ms.us.

Go Red for Women Luncheon May 5, 10 a.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The Metro Jackson American Heart Association’s annual event includes health screenings, exhibits, a healthy lunch, testimonials and a fashion show. $100; call 601-321-1209; email tracey. givens@heart.org; metrojacksongored.heart.org.

and Karen Laubengayer, pianist, present AfroCreole music from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Free; call 601-974-1422.

Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival May 1, 6 p.m., May 2, 1 p.m., at downtown Meridian. On the city hall green. Performers include Jason Isbell, Steep Canyon Rangers, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Emi Sunshine, Amanda Shires, Holly Williams, Seryn, Scott McQuaig and the Tomcats, and Britt Gully. Two-day pass: $40 in advance, $50 at gate; Friday pass: $15 in advance, $20 at the gate; Saturday pass: $25 in advance, $30 at the gate; call Ardenland at 601292-7121; jimmierodgersmusicfestival.com.

Neutral Milk Hotel May 1, 9 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St.). Circulatory System also performs. No photography or video recording allowed. $1 from each ticket sale goes to charity. $31 in advance, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7999; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

Belhaven Jazz Festival May 2, 1 p.m., at Belhaven Park (Poplar Boulevard). Enjoy music from Swing de Paris, Rhonda Richmond, the

*&0 30/.3/2%$ Zoo Brew May 1, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Enjoy an evening of more than 50 craft beer samples, a wing-eating contest and music. VIP tickets include early admission at 4 p.m., animal encounters and a firkin tapping at 4:30 p.m. For ages 21 and up. $30, $15 designated driver, $60 VIP (includes a keepsake, T-shirt and poster); call 601-3522580; jacksonzoo.org.

“Stop Kiss” May 1-3, 7:30 p.m., at Warehouse Theatre (1000 Monroe St.). The play is about

Attaché Golf Tournament May 5, 11:30 a.m., at Live Oaks Golf Club (11200 Highway 49 N.).

Registration is at 11:30 a.m., lunch is at noon and the shotgun start is at 1 p.m. The format is a four-person scramble. Includes a raffle and awards.

Limited to 20 teams. $100 per person or $400 per team; call 601-925-1353 or 601-946-0409.

Cinco de Mayo Run May 5, 6 p.m., at Fleet Feet Sports (Trace Station, 500 Highway 51 N., Suite Z, Ridgeland). Participants of all fitness levels run or walk three to six miles. Free; call 601-899-9696; fleetfeetjackson.com.

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AIA Mississippi/Mississippi Museum of Art Movie Night April 30, 6 p.m.-9:45 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In the Art Garden. See the Ken Burns documentary “Frank Lloyd Wright.” Refreshments for sale.

Free; call 601-360-0082; aiamississippi.org.

For the Record Comedy Tour May 4, 8 p.m.10:30 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). Mark Brooks of HubCity Comedy is the host. Performing comedians include Dane Faucheaux, Leon Blanda and Jimmy Quinn.

For ages 21 and up. $10; call 601-948-0888; facebook.com/hubcitycomedy.

two female friends who become lovers and are viciously attacked after their first kiss. The play is part of New Stage’s Unframed Series. For mature audiences. $7 (cash or check); call 601948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

JFP Chef Week May 2-10, at multiple Jackson locations. Dine at participating local restaurants and vote for your favorite chef.

Winners receive cash prizes, and the first place winner receives a donation for their chosen charity. Food prices vary; call 601362-6121, ext. 11; jfpchefweek.com.

Southern Komfort Brass Band and more. Purchase food and beer from vendors. In advance: $7.50, $15 with T-shirt; $10; call 601-9275353 for sponsorships; email belhavenjazz@ gmail.com; belhavenjazz.com.

The Mississippi Chorus Concert May 2, 7 p.m., at St. Columb’s Episcopal Church (550 Sunnybrook Road, Ridgeland). The ensemble presents Johannes Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem.” $20, $5 students with ID; call 601853-0205; mschorus.org.

Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Mingo Fishtrap May 3, 8 p.m. The soul and funk band from Austin, Tex. performs. All-ages show. Adults must accompany children. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

• Wishbone Ash May 4, 8 p.m. The British rock band has been performing since the 1970s. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $50 VIP; call 601-292-7121; email jordan@ ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

• Zappa Plays Zappa May 5, 7:30 p.m. The band with Dweezil Zappa as leader performs Frank Zappa songs. $40 in advance, $45 at the door; call 601-292-7121; email jordan@ ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

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“Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks to My Mom” May 3, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., at Books-A-Million (4950 Interstate 55 N.). Mary Beth Magee signs books. $14.95 book; call 708-431-9668; email marybethmageewrites@gmail.com.

“A Slant of Light” May 6, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Jeffrey Lent signs, reads at 5:30 p.m. ; 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

#2%!4)6% #,!333%3 Events at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland) • Wire Jewelry Basics Class May 2, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Martha Scarborough is the instructor.

Learn wire scultign techniques and types of equipment needed to create jewelry. Registration required. $40, $8 additional materials fee; call 601-856-7546; email education@mscrafts.org; craftsmensguildofms.org.

• Wheel Thrown Pottery Class May 2, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Blanca Love is the instructor.

The focus of the class is centering and pulling techniques. Registration required. $50; call 601-856-7546; email education@mscrafts.org; craftsmensguildofms.org.

Dweezil Zappa Guitar Master Class: Dweezilla on the Road May 5, 8 a.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Learn techniques from Dweezil Zappa. Registration required. $75; call 292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; dulinghall.com.

Write to Change the World Starts June 6; meets six Saturdays 12:30-3 p.m. through early August.

Classes recorded. Learn to write sparkling lifechanging stories in Donna Ladd’s non-fiction writing classes. Class is $350 including snacks, materials. Register by May 6 for $101 off. Visit writingtochange.com, write class@writingto change.com or call 601.362.6121 ext. 15.

%8()")4 /0%.).'3 The Dapper Bruce Lafitte: 6th Ward Icon and NOLA Original April 30, 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m., at Gallery1 (One University Place, 1100 John R. Lynch St., Suite 4). See works from Bruce Davenport Jr. Includes a gallery talk with the artist and New Orleans creative Gerard Louis Howard, and a reception with music from Billy Winston and The Band. Show hangs through June 6. Free; call 601-960-9250; email gallery1@jsums.edu.

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Day at the Derby May 2, 4:30 p.m.-9 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Watch the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on television with refreshments and a silent auction. Benefits the University Transplant Guild. Ages 21 and up. $75, $250 sponsors, $25 drawdown, raffle tickets start at $10, $15 T-shirt; call 601-984-5078; email arden@ardenland.net; umc.edu.

Cinco de Mayo Mutts & Margaritas May 5, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., at the home of David and Dana Traxler (2429 Eastover Drive). The event includes a wine tasting, live and silent auctions, and local cuisine. Benefits Community Animal Rescue and Adoption. $50-$60; call 601-842-4404; email denise.cantrell@thinkvss.com; carams.org.

Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings, or to add your own events online. You can also email event details to events@jacksonfreepress.com to be added to the calendar. The deadline is noon the Wednesday prior to the week of publication.

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Ladies on the Gridiron

News and notes from all levels of the metro and Mississippi sports

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NFL veteran Tommy Kelly has returned to his alma mater Provine High School to coach the defensive line. Kelly starred at Provine and Mississippi State before a 10year NFL career.

The NFL Draft begins Thursday, April 30, and runs through Saturday, May 2. Mississippi natives Senquez Golson (Ole Miss) and Bernardrick McKinney (Mississippi State) are slated to go in the early rounds.

The Mississippi Braves host a 15-game homestand at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl, 601932-8788) Thursday, April 30, through Friday, May 15.

Jackson Preparatory School baseball will host the second annual Team Tait Home Run Derby on Wednesday, May 6. The entry fee of $25 includes a T-shirt and food.

The Mississippi High School Golf Championships tee off Monday, May 4. St. Andrews Episcopal School (370 Old Agency Road, Ridgeland) will host the class 3A championships May 6-7 at Lake Caroline Golf Club (118 Caroline Club Circle, Madison, 601-853-4023).

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after all the Gals have had a chance to train. The attendees will then break into teams and put their newfound knowledge to the test in a touch football game.

All members of the JSU coaching staff will be in attendance for the clinic, including head coach Harold Jackson. Assistant Athletics Director for Strength and Conditioning Derek Scott will pump up the participants before the scrimmage. A few JSU football

day experience,â&#x20AC;? Fort says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re screaming for your team, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re screaming about.â&#x20AC;?

This year, because they have had such great participation in past years, the Gridiron Gals will expand from just a one-day clinic to a season-long club, complete with benefits such as discounts at the JSU store and gameday t-shirts. The Gals will have a special cheering section at games so they COURTESY JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA

Former Lanier High School star Monta Ellis has shined in the postseason for the Dallas Mavericks. Ellis averaged 26.3 points per game on a 48.2 shooting percentage through four games and scored a postseason career-high of 34 points in game three.

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f there were other people hollering for the Tigers, I was going to holler, too,â&#x20AC;? Franshell Fort, the administrative assistant for the Jackson State University communications office, recalls about her previous experiences at Tiger football games.

Fort, also a JSU alumna, always enjoyed attending Tiger football games, despite not being well-versed in the nittygritty details of the sport.

After helping plan and participate in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gridiron Gals Football Clinic, Fort has a deeper grasp of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening on the field and enjoys games all the more.

Assistant Coach Antonio Knight created the Gridiron Gals Clinic three years ago as way to teach female Tiger fans the ins and outs of football. In its first year, 65 women participated, and last year, more than 100 female Tiger fans attended. Fort says they hope to double that number this year.

Knight, Director of Contractual Services Kamesha Hill, and Director of Ticket Sales and Operations Brian Haynes comprise the rest of the committee.

The 2015 Clinic will be Saturday, May 16, with registration at Veterans Memorial Stadium (2531 N. State St., 601-354-6021) beginning at 8 a.m. All participants will go back to JSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus for buzz sessions. The attendees will rotate throughout them to learn the basics, such as the roles of offense and defense, as well as the roles of individual position players. The buzz sessions will wrap up with discussions of football strategy and also attendees will also learn a few plays.

After the buzz sessions, participants will go back to the stadium for a simulated practice. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go through drills similar to what JSU football players might experience in one of their practices.

The day concludes around 3:30 p.m.

The Gridiron Gals Football Clinic teaches female Jackson State University fans the ins and outs of the game. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clinic is Saturday, May 16, at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

players will also be available for photo ops.

While the event is a fundraiser for the JSU athletic department (all proceeds from the $50 per person attendance fee goes to JSU athletics), the event helps increase the connection female fans have with their Tigers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope it will be an all-day game-

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To learn more about the Gridiron Gals Football Club, interested fans should attend the clinic meet-and-greet 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, in the Student Center, Ballroom A at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.).

This free event will detail the benefits of becoming a part of the club. Attendees will be able to register for the next dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clinic. To register for the Gridiron Gals Football Clinic in advance, call the JSU ticket office at 601-979-2420.

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Does Character Really Matter?

by Bryan Flynn

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f you’re a sports fan, this weekend will be great for you. The NBA and NHL playoffs continue; the NFL Draft begins Thursday, April 30; the 141st Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 2; and on Saturday night, there’s the long-awaited boxing match between heavy-hitters Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

Two of those events will be interesting to watch given the current climate of sports in respect to violence against women. It presents the question: Does character really matter to teams and fans as much as coaches, general managers and others say?

It looks like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will use the first pick of the NFL Draft to select Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston. I’m not going to rehash Winston’s bad behavior because other sportswriters and I have documented it well. Tampa Bay fans will probably hail Winston as the savior of the franchise and overlook his horrendous past behavior. All

Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has a history of domestic violence.

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While teams like to tout character, in reality, it only matters if said character flaws don’t outpace talent. Take defensive lineman Greg Hardy, for example, whom the Dallas Cowboys just suspended for 10 games after his domestic-assault case in North Carolina. Like Winston, Hardy’s bad behavior hasn’t surpassed his talent. Teams seem to only begin to care about character when a player can’t help them win anymore. In fact, the NFL Players Association is currently appealing Hardy’s suspension.

Let’s talk about the boxing match May 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather was convicted of domestic violence, but how many folks will drop 90 bucks to watch

this fight? Does Mayweather’s undefeated record and place in boxing history matter more to fans than his past?

It seems like his past doesn’t matter as his last few fights have drawn huge Pay-Per-View buys. I’m sure a few people will drop some cash in hopes of seeing Pacquiao beat Mayweather’s head in, but that’s another story.

We say we care about character, especially when it comes to violence against women, but does it really stop us from watching our favorite team or buying a PPV? Time and time again the answer is no. As long as we keep watching and cheering, teams will keep signing and drafting players like Winston, and athletes like Mayweather will keep laughing all the way to the bank. Character doesn’t really matter because we don’t make it matter.

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