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amilah Grim calls herself a jack-of-alltrades. She served in the Army National Guard and was deployed in 2005.

She was a Magnolia Roller Vixen from 2008 to 2014. And sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a fashion designer and artist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always kind of hustled a little bit,â&#x20AC;? she says.

The Kansas City, Mo., native graduated from Lincoln University in Missouri with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in sociology with minors in education and military science in 2002.

After college, she joined the National Guard as a technician. She was deployed to Iraq in 2005, spending time there for a year.

She came back to the States in 2006 as a second lieutenant and retired in 2007.

Grim, 37, moved to Jackson almost seven years ago. She began working at Siemens as a project coordinator, and after being laid off Memorial Day weekend 2015, she decided to focus on her business, Kamieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kreations.

She began making her own clothes after she had her son, Marcus Grim. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always loved fashion,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Before Marcus), I was always able to buy things in the store. I could always get ready-to-wear off the rack. As soon as I had my son, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit in anything really, or the things they had for plus-size girls. I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like or I would look online and it was out of my price range.â&#x20AC;?

After she moved to Jackson, she started making her own clothes.

She says people would ask her, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where

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did you get that?â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who made that?â&#x20AC;? When she would say she did it, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tell her they wanted one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was surprised people actually liked it enough to want to buy it,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing to make your own clothes.

You know, you kind of make it for yourself.

Who cares if the zipper is crooked? Who cares if the buttonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not right?â&#x20AC;? But, she says, making clothes for others was an entirely different ball game. While she knew the basics from homeeconomics classes in high school and picked up a few other things from her grandmother, Shirley Bradford, she had to learn through trialby-fire how to make it for other people.

Along with fashion, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an artist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art almost came the same way (as fashion),â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just kind of got bored one day, and I started making things in my house that I would like. And people were asking me to make them one. It was crazy.â&#x20AC;? She says she mostly makes art for herself, but occasionally, someone might ask her to make something.

On Oct. 1, Grim moved into her own studio at The Hangar in midtown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything happens for a reason,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really bummed that Siemens laid me off. â&#x20AC;Ś But no lie, as soon as I got laid off, things started opening up for me. I started selling some of my clothes in some of the stores in Fondren. Things just started happening for me that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way I would have been able to do working a full-time job at Siemens. It would have happened.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Amber Helsel

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EDITOR’S note

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

The 42 Vote: Mississippi’s Time of Reckoning

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hen Mississippi Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter stepped to the microphone at a Republican rally in Tishomingo County and started warning about a “black judge” taking away funds from white schools and giving it to blacker ones, it was déjà vu all over again. We all felt it. It could have been the 1960s with Gov. Ross Barnett booming about keeping black children out of white public schools at the Neshoba County Fair.

Carpenter messed up and left the script that today demands that race-baiting be done in a more subtle manner. He’s supposed to talk about “welfare queens,” “Democrats taking control” and anything to do with nowmajority-black Jackson bilking all the white folks who fled the city and its public schools over Christmas break 1969-70 because black kids were finally allowed to enroll.

This archaic tactic, of course, includes the threat of a “Hinds County judge” being in complete control of how the state’s education dollars would be allocated should voters manage to figure out the ballot and pass Initiative 42. It doesn’t matter to the less-thansubtle backers of the “Improve Mississippi” ads pushing this idea that it is patently false; it’s more important that enough (white) Mississippians are scared, or confused, into voting against a citizens’ effort to get the Legislature to simply follow its own laws.

Those laws tell the Legislature how to fund public education in the most basic way (see page 14-20 and jfp.ms/maep) so that poor and often-but-not-always majorityblack districts have a fighting chance at providing adequate education to children from families who weren’t allowed to send them to my elementary school until I was in third grade—simply because they were black.

This is a sick merry-go-round our state needs to retire, but it seems that the in-state backers of the effort to kill Initiative 42 don’t know how. These people include many

neighbors you see at McDade’s: the leaders of business groups from the Mississippi Home Builders Association to the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association. Of course, some members of those groups are shocked to see them fighting 42, and helping fund dog-whistle advertising: A prominent restaurateur and Realtor from Jackson, both white, apologized for their associations’ involvement on my Facebook page.

But thanks to Bubba Carpenter, the

It doesn’t make sense if they’re not doing it for racist purposes. bigoted horse is now out trotting in full view, even as he claims to be “deeply sorry” for letting him escape the barn. In a state where the white majority historically fought to keep black children out of white public schools and in subpar substitutes; where 1954’s Brown v. Board of Education spawned the white Citizens Council (which turned into the group that Dylann Roof revered before storming the Charleston church); where black and white people died to equalize public education—there are still white people with the nerve in 2015 to demand that we continue the traditions of unequal funding.

And they will use barely subtle race coding to get their way, and an intentionally confusing ballot. It’s unconscionable, and it’s horrifying to see grown people act this way.

The really crazy part is that it doesn’t make sense if they’re not doing it for racist

purposes. Those associations, or owners of any business in this state, know how hard it is to get workers with a solid work ethic and educational background (which, by the way, includes the ability to get along with and respect people who don’t look like them). Every study of workforce development will tell you that the groundwork for strong workers is a basic education bolstered by adequate resources that give children the foundation to build on as they go through their careers.

This is true both for children from “good,” two-parent families, and it is perhaps even more necessary for kids who aren’t, due to no fault of their own. I come from a poor background with a single illiterate mother; my father died when I was young, and my stepfather was an alcoholic we couldn’t stay with, may they all rest in peace.

Public school literally saved my life. My home life was often filled with trauma and even violence; my parents couldn’t read to me; and we collected various “entitlements” (a word I despise) to keep us eating and me in school. But I went to public schools and found teachers who helped me love reading and writing, and who made me believe I could be anything I wanted to be. We didn’t have holes in school walls, and my principal and most teachers wrapped their arms around all of us, black, white and Choctaw, and helped shield us from the hatred outside our gates when the schools integrated.

I owe everything to public education.

It literally makes me want to punch holes in my office walls to see this race-baiting in 2015 in the state I love despite our abhorrent history that tried to teach everyone with my skin tone to be a bigot and distrust people of color. Today, at least I can sit and type this without watching for a lynch mob over my shoulder, but I wouldn’t be able to write these words without those public schools that our state had no problem funding well until black children showed up at

our gates with cops in riot gear telling us to let them in and not hurt them.

This needs to stop right here, Mississippi. It’s time to take a stand when unreformed white men like Bubba Carpenter— and our governor, and lieutenant governor, and House speaker, and all those business “leaders”—take the fight back to black (and white) children and the teachers of all races who try to teach them to become stellar citizens regardless of what their parents were able to learn and overcome.

Yes, Mississippi had the farthest to come from our past because, at one time, we benefitted the most from this racist caste system and the barring of black children, who are now adults you may know, from decent schools. We can be proud of our progress, and I am every day as I look out into my newsroom and my community at a rainbow of young and older people who want to lift this city and state up together. Those are the kinds of people who brought you Initiative 42—after years of watching the Legislature twist itself into illogical pretzels to keep from ensuring that all school districts in Mississippi can provide at least adequate education.

We are tired of this embrace of inadequacy and inequality as if nothing has changed since that 1954 Brown decision that caused the Civil Rights Movement and saved our state from itself. We each have that chance now. This is not a political campaign; this is our moment to do what is right by all of our citizens, including those who died on behalf of public education.

It is time we stand together, regardless of party, and give Mississippi—and every single Mississippian—a fighting chance for greatness. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., get to the polls and vote “yes” (twice) for Initiative 42 and help hammer the final nail into Mississippi’s dark past.

See the cover of this issue to understand how to vote yes for Initiative 42.

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News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress. com. She wrote the cover story about MAEP.

Art Director Kristin Brenemen is an otaku with a penchant for dystopianism. She’s mostly done with the 2015 convention season and is thinking 2016 will be an introduction to spandex 101. She designed the cover and much of the issue.

News Editor R.L. Nave is a native Missourian who roots for St. Louis (and the Mizzou Tigers)—and for Jackson.

Send him news tips at rlnave@ jacksonfreepress.com or call him at 601-362-6121 ext. 12. He wrote about criminal justice.

Business writer Scott Prather co-founded local indie label Esperanza Plantation. He recently returned home after doctoral work in ethics and theology in Scotland. His interests include everything that matters. He wrote a story about Eubanks Creek.

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel graduated from UM with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She watches way too many superhero TV shows and is currently in the process of writing a novel about it. She wrote the Jacksonian.

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 the cover photo and many photos in the issue.

Music Listings Editor Tommy Burton is moving to Ashville, N.C., after nearly three years of fantastic service to the JFP and the Jackson music scene. Keep sending gig info to music@jacksonfreepress.com. He compiled the music listings.

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Friday, October 16 Hungary closes down its border with Croatia, where it has built a razorwire fence, to the free flow of migrants. â&#x20AC;Ś The United Arab Emirates announces that it too might seek the right to enrich uranium that Iran has asserted under the recently signed nuclear deal with the U.S. Saturday, October 17 Human-rights activists organize calls to the Raymond Detention Center and the Hinds County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on behalf of Steven Willis, a prisoner who said jail staff denied him medical attention. â&#x20AC;Ś The USDA designates 14 Mississippi counties as primary natural-disaster areas and 27 counties as contiguous-disaster counties because of drought conditions.

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Carpenter walks back racially charged statements he made over the weekend about the Initiative 42 schools-funding referendum. â&#x20AC;Ś The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upholds gun-control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines.

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teven Willis is only 29, but his face a medical screening and has been treated by group is chosen by the Hinds County Board looks sunken in and twisted like medical staff throughout his incarceration. of Supervisors,â&#x20AC;? Sims told the Jackson Free an old manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, loved ones say. Now, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been seen by a doctor on a regular Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re told when to take them to the thanks in part to attorhospital when they need to do a neys and a small group of activists, procedure or when they have a a judge has released him from the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit or something to that Raymond Detention Center, and effect. Beyond that, we rely on our loved ones hope he can get the medical provider to let us know medical treatment he needs. what we need to know.â&#x20AC;?

Willis uses a colostomy bag On Oct. 1, the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confor injuries stemming from a Detract for inmate medical care with cember 2014 gunshot wound. In Birmingham, Ala.-based Quality March, Hinds County deputies Correctional Health Care began. arrested him and charged him The previous contractor was New with possession of a stolen firearm Rochelle, N.Y.-based Quality and one count each of possession Choice Correctional Healthcare. of cocaine, marijuana and a conSims said, from her vantage trolled substance. point, the transition between Speaking to the Jackson medical providers appeared seamFree Press in a three-way call less. As of press time, Willis had with his fiance, Patrice Adams, been moved to medical unit at on Oct. 15, Willis said he has the jail but has not been taken to dealt with complications related a hospital. Willis, who is 6 feet tall to having a colostomy bag in jail, and was 170 pounds at the time but the problemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and painâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; he was first booked into the jail, got worse with each passing said his stomach has started to day. Since that story appeared, swell, and the only painkiller heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Hinds County judge released Steven Willis, advocates for Willis say he saw received is ibuprofen, which, he a prisoner at the Hinds County jail, who uses a a physician, who recommended said, made the pain worse. colostomy bag for a gunshot wound, on his own seeing a surgeon right away.

Sometimes, he even changed recognizance Tuesday to seek medical treatment. As of press time, supporters were working to transport Dana Sims, an attorney for or emptied his own colostomy bag Willis from the jail to a local hospital. the Hinds County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ofinside his jail cell and says he somefice, said she can not address spetimes went days at a time without cifics of Willsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; condition, but said his health basis. Any complaints he has are referred to having the bag changed. At the time Wilcare was not neglected. Sims said Willis, like the medical group. The sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office does lis spoke with the JFP, he said the 60-mm other prisoners coming into the jail, received not employ the medical group. The medical bag was filled with 50 mm of waste.

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Wednesday, October 14 Volkswagen discloses that additional suspect software exists in 2016 diesel models that potentially would help exhaust systems run cleaner during government tests. â&#x20AC;Ś Fred Harrell Jr., a lawyer for the Rankin County school district, denies charges that Northwest Rankin High teacher Rick Hammarstrom repeatedly insulted atheists in class.

Anti-42ers keep talking about â&#x20AC;&#x153;that one judge in Hinds Countyâ&#x20AC;? who could have the last word in spending billions of tax dollars should Initiative 42 pass on Nov. 3. So what else is that one judge going to do to all of us if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell the Legislature itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK to keep violating state law?

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Consolidate all state universities into Jackson State University. The University of Mississippi will thereafter be known as JSU-Oxford.

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Justice Center filed suit amidst the ongoing negotiations. The City of Jackson will vigorously defend against these unfounded claims. Again, it should be reaffirmed that the City of Jackson is committed to

Prosecutors said Bell owed $4,759.00; Sheppard, $2,882.50; Harris, $5,650; Butler, $6,775.01; Lambert, $2,800.03; and Walker, $1,199.65.

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treating all of its citizens fairly and within the protection offered under the law.â&#x20AC;?

The suit lists seven named plaintiffs, including Michael Davis: Jerome Bell, 58; James Sheppard, 61; Marteze Harris, 25; Domonic Butler, 27, Ricky Lambert, 41; and Jarmale Walker, 26. The complaint states that the other plaintiffs faced circumstances similar to those of Davis.

Arthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law, said both the U.S. and the Mississippi Supreme Courts have already ruled that incarcerating people on their inability to pay fines is unlawful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Mississippians, we understand the devastating reality of poverty,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should not tolerate a sys-

tem in which those with money pay their court debts and return to their comfortable homes while those who are poor and unable to pay are thrown into what essentially are debtorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; prisons. It is our sincere hope that the City of Jackson will cease this practice immediately and thereby set an example for the many other Mississippi cities engaged in the same or similar conduct.â&#x20AC;?

Alec Karakatsanis, co-founder of Equal Justice Under Law, said in a statement that his group has filed similar lawsuits against several other cities, including Montgomery, Ala., and New Orleans, La. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pay or stayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; system in Jackson, Miss., is as egregious as any system we have seen. Rather than taking seriously its obligation to determine the ability of its citizens to pay unpaid court debts and to use human caging only as a last resort, the City of Jackson locks up its poorest citizens for weeks and months at a time in a jail that is the subject of a Department of Justice investigation,â&#x20AC;? he wrote.

Karakatsanis said people incarcerated under the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pay or stayâ&#x20AC;? system either â&#x20AC;&#x153;sit outâ&#x20AC;? their debts to the City at the rate of $25 per day or â&#x20AC;&#x153;work off â&#x20AC;? their debts at the rate of $58 per day.

According to Karakatsanis, the City typically receives no funds from those imprisoned other than the money extorted from desperate families of impoverished people, and the cost of incarceration is borne by Hinds County.

In 2014, after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Mo., a U.S. Justice Department investigation found a pattern of racial discrimination in the assessing of fines and jailing between whites and African Americans.

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Now, he worries about the risk of infection exacerbating his health problems in the Raymond jail, which is prone to flooding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are guys with hard diseases,â&#x20AC;? including HIV/AIDS, Willis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit to be living in.â&#x20AC;?

Currently, the U.S. Department of Justice and Hinds County officials are negotiating terms of a consent decree, likely to be finalized in early 2016. In May, the

U.S. Department of Justice issued 29 pages of investigative findings that concluded that short staffing and deteriorating conditions jeopardize the safety and health of pretrial detainees housed at the 192-bed facility.

The DOJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report states: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The department found that in an effort to address staffing and security concerns, Hinds County has locked down and otherwise improperly housed prisonersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;severely limiting or

eliminating access to treatment, education, exercise and visitation. The department noted that juvenile prisoners and prisoners with mental illness are acutely harmed by the lockdowns. One prisoner, who could neither speak nor hear, had been living in a cramped, dark booking cell with a reeking toilet for nearly three years.â&#x20AC;?

The DOJ report also pointed out that Raymond prisoners are often incarcerated

longer than they should be. Willis said he was scheduled to appear in court this summer, but the court date was postponed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like he murdered someone.

Just put him on house arrest, so he can get the medical treatment he needs,â&#x20AC;? Adams said.

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In April 2015, Davis, 34, started working off the debt at the county penal farm at a rate of $58 per day. Eventually, attorneys got him out, arguing that he was too poor to pay and that the City was obligated to offer community service.

On Oct. 13, those attorneys, from Equal Justice Under Law, a public-interest law firm in Washington, D.C., and the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law, announced a federal class-action lawsuit in Jackson that, according to a news release, â&#x20AC;&#x153;challenges the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incarceration of hundreds of impoverished Jacksonians for failure to pay court debts from old traffic and misdemeanor cases, without conducting any meaningful inquiry into their ability to pay.â&#x20AC;?

City hall spokeswoman Shelia Byrd, said through a statement that the City had not yet been served, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;does not operate a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;debtorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prison,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and aims to treat all of its citizens fairly under the law.â&#x20AC;? She continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City of Jackson does not imprison any citizen without statutory authority and the weighing of all factors, unlike surrounding municipalities who make it a practice to imprison individuals who cannot pay immediately.â&#x20AC;?

Byrd said attorneys for the MacArthur Justice Center have been in direct contact with Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Municipal Court and Office of the City Attorney. Byrd continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City of Jackson has acted in good faith to try and work with this entity to resolve any concerns that any citizen would have. Nevertheless, the MacArthur

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new Fondren development project promises to renovate an empty McRaeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s space on Meadowbrook Road and address the longstanding problem with flooding, overflow and drainage from Eubanks Creek within a year. That is, if the project can secure a possibly elusive historic tax credit from the state in 2016.

Venyu Solutions LCC, a tech and data company based in Baton Rouge, La., began demolition inside the 67,000square-foot former McRaeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building at the corner of Meadowbrook Road and State Street during the last week of September. Venyu is working with the City of Jackson to transform the old departmentstore space into the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth state-of-the-art data center, part of which involves a contract with the University of Mississippi Medical Center to help construct and power its Center for Telehealth in a new building adjacent to Venyu.

Tommy Curb, vice president of business development at Venyu, told the Jackson Free Press last week that the project is still in phase oneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;demolitionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and

The lot where the old McRaeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building stands on Meadowbrook is set to house a new data center and the UMMC Telehealth Center, but the project needs state historic tax-credit funds in order to proceed on schedule.

hopes to have completed construction and be up and running within a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time.

The actual timeframe for Venyuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operation will depend both on how smooth the demolition and construction phases go, as

well as the securing of a historic tax credit from the state to cut down on the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $35-million estimated construction costs.

State Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, said the dollar-amount cap for exist-

ing tax-credit projects has been reached.

That means that â&#x20AC;&#x153;no new credits can be awardedâ&#x20AC;? unless the state Legislature votes in 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x153;to increase the authorization to allow for more credit for renovation and rehabilitation of historic properties all across Mississippi.â&#x20AC;?

Venyu has already secured a credit for up to 20 percent of its development costs from a federal historic tax-credit program, but the state credit would provide an additional 25-percent cost reduction. Both Curb and local architect Roy Decker, whose firm, Duvall Decker, is working with Venyu, said they expect renewal of the historic tax-credit program in 2016. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The tax credit) is certainly a job creator and a tax-revenue creator, in terms of putting properties back on the tax roll,â&#x20AC;?

Decker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the powers-that-be get that, but they have to act on that in the coming legislative session to restore that money.â&#x20AC;? The funding ran out and was not renewed in 2015.

Venyu is in the process of submitting its application to the state, which

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for next year. Strong said he grew up enjoying math and science. “I knew I wanted to do engineering in second grade, so I’ve had some time to think about it,” he said.

Carson Crump, a junior at Murrah High School, and Jameeka Smith, a junior at Callaway High School, are good friends.

They get to see each other every day in their

gram so far due, in part, to the interaction.

“This is more fun than real school,” Smith said. “I can’t wait until 8 a.m. to come back because it’s very educational.”

Despite the temptation to move to Los Angeles or New York City to pursue an acting career, Smith said she plans to stay close to home after she graduates.

TV/Radio courses at CDC. Crump said he would like to be a radio personality, and he has already done a job shadow at a radio station. He wants to get an internship soon and plans to go to college.

Smith’s first choice for CDC was cosmetology, but she got into the TV/Radio track instead. Smith wants to be an actress, and she is excited to be in the CDC pro-

“I am staying in Jackson because I know the places I need to go to audition,” Smith said. “All I have to do is get a camera set, and send it off to a person, and wait for them to call me back.”

CDC’s principal, Dr. Brenda Jackson, said partnerships with businesses like Atmos Energy that promoted Careers in Energy week are important to

expose students to job opportunities in Jackson and Mississippi.

Some of the programs enable students to go into the workforce directly after graduating from high school if they do not want to attend college right away.

Jackson said only a few hands went up when students were asked, “How many of you feel that you can find a job in Mississippi?”—and she wants to fix this perception.

“We’re going to have to work a little bit harder to let you know what’s available to you—there are wonderful opportunities right here in the state of Mississippi,” she told them.

JPS students can apply for the CDC program in their sophomore year of high school when they are making their schedules for their junior year, ranking potential programs based on their preference. Not all students get their first choice, but often the students still participate in the alternative offered anyway.

The application process for most programs is on a first-come, first-served basis. Each high school has a set allotment of spots based on their enrollment. A few programs do have prerequisites and requirements, however, and students have to have completed certain classes to get into those programs. CDC cannot accept all students who apply, Jackson said.

“Because JPS is so large, we can’t accommodate all students who want to come here and take courses,” Jackson said. “There are state requirements we have to meet, with so many students per block.”

For more information about CDC, call 601-960-5322. Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

involves detailing project expenses so that the state can “determine what actually qualifies for historical tax credits,” Curb said.

The final step, actually receiving the credit, is therefore dependent on both the Legislature’s decision to increase historic tax-credit funding in 2016, as well as Venyu’s successful application and completion of the project. The ability to apply for a historic tax credit was a major incentive for Venyu to come to Jackson, so while the company expects a successful application, not receiving it would be “greatly problematic,” Curb said.

“Venyu could easily go to the suburbs and build or buy, and it would be much easier” than redeveloping a historic structure, Decker said.

But, Decker added, “Venyu is committed to inner-city redevelopment and to the community of Jackson.”

Decker said practical considerations such as proximity to UMMC factor into Venyu’s desire to be in Jackson.

“The tax credits make it financially feasible (for Venyu) to be committed to those things,” he said.

Venyu and the future telehealth building will benefit from the City’s plans to reconstruct Eubanks Creek in 2016 to ensure a functional parking lot and a safe area nearest the creek. Yet, Curb said, creek developments would not affect Venyu’s own data center-operations. Local residents and those who work in the area, he said, will be primary beneficiaries of the funds and personnel the city has al-

ready allocated to address the problems.

Decker says that when the project leaders became aware of how the City’s construction and maintenance around Eubanks Creek were contributing to drainage and overflow problems, they negotiated with the City to get the bridge removed and the channel widened, and hired hydrologist Bill Colson of Aqua Engineering Services to redraw outdated FEMA floodplain maps for the area.

Now that the floodplain maps are updated, and the City has agreed to carry out maintenance and construction on the creek, FEMA’s “conditional approval” to go ahead with the project in 2016 is needed. Once the project is completed, the organization will adopt the new flood-plain maps, which will also

affect flood insurance for home owners in the area, Decker said.

“Our initial thoughts were just to build a data center,” Curb said. “It’s been a team effort, supported by the mayor, the City, the State and UMMC.” City Engineering Manager Dr. Charles Williams has been working with Venyu and the City to make sure the flooding and drainage issues are on the radar for local government in 2016.

The 1-percent sales tax will help with project costs, and plans are in place to hire a “design consultant” by the new year to survey the area and offer the best solutions moving forward.

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love my work,” Houston Sherrod told a classroom full of high-school students. “It takes care of me and my family.”

Sherrod spoke to students Oct. 14 at the Jackson Public Schools Career and Development Center about his work as a senior service technician at Atmos Energy during Careers in Energy Week. Sherrod shared not only his job duties but also his life story, revealing how work and job opportunities are both things students should start thinking about early.

The class asked several questions like, “What is the most difficult part of the job?” and “What do you like to do after work?”

CDC serves students from all seven Jackson Public Schools high schools, and they hear presentations from various employers throughout the year as a part of the program. CDC is a vocational education program that serves 1,000 juniors and seniors in the district in 20 skill-focused programs.

Students come to the center for two class periods every day and receive certificates at the end of the two-year program.

Some of the courses offer national certifications upon completion as well. Programs include automotive technology, cosmetology, engineering, law and public safety, and several other vocational training areas.

Trevian Strong, a Murrah High School junior, is in the engineering program at CDC. He said he has looked into engineering internships, and his time at the center has made him want to continue to pursue a career in mechanical engineering after high school. He has researched potential scholarships at Jackson State University and Mississippi State University that he will apply

Jameeka Smith (left) and Carson Crump (right) are both juniors in the Audio/TV Broadcasting Technology course at the JPS Career and Development Center.

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Oswalt: Hinds Jail ‘Correctable and Fixable’

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is given to their fine, and they’re not taken away from their families. Again, the city’s not incurring the expense of housing them.

Is that something that the county or sheriff would run?

It would take some tweaks in the laws, but I would be all for the sheriff’s department running that. Far too many times, you see people incarcerated simply because they don’t have the money to pay off a fine.

The (solution) is not keeping them incarcerated. It’s getting them back (to) where they can get the tools they need, whatever they’re deficient in to get them to be a productive citizen. Let’s get them in those programs, let’s get them in a situation where they can find

influxes of crime based on different things that change throughout society.

How do you address youth-involved crime?

I think we’ve got to get with our faithbased organization. We have got to partner up with our individual communities— neighborhoods, schools—and what programs we have already that can address those problems with our youth, and then let’s find out where we’re deficient, and let’s bring those programs in. Mental health is an issue with our youth that hasn’t been addressed. I’m a single parent myself, so single-parent homes when you’re trying to keep the lights on and a roof over the heads, maybe you don’t alIMANI KHYYAM

hen Charlette Oswalt was in third grade, her class’s President’s Day assignment was to make a silhouette of either George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.

Oswalt went with Lincoln—and says she’s supported the Party of Lincoln ever since.

“His beliefs and values are why I’ve always aligned with the Republicans,” Oswalt told the Jackson Free Press.

Now Oswalt, 49, is carrying the GOP banner into the race for Hinds County sheriff, where she is running against two independents and Victor Mason, a Democrat. Oswalt’s law-enforcement resume began in 1987 as a probation and parole officer for the Mississippi Department of Corrections. In 2002, she joined the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy, where she spent about three years before going to work for the Hinds County Circuit Judge L. Breland Hilburn and then the Mississippi Supreme Court.

“I believe Hinds County is in a crisis when it comes to the sheriff’s department and our jail, but I also know it’s correctable and fixable,” Oswalt said.

She recently met with the Jackson Free Press about why she should be Hinds County’s first woman sheriff.

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Generally, what are some ways to reduce the jail population?

People don’t have the money for fines, but (on the other hand) the city needs the money. But there’s work release programs.

You could do an electronic-monitoring program where they’re at home responsible for their own health care, their own food, and the city’s not having to pick up the expense.

This county is behind the times when it comes to alternative housing.

What do you mean?

For example, a lot of counties run their own home-monitoring programs. It’s basically a probation at home, where an offender—and of course these are nonviolent crimes—can go to work, maybe work off 10 their fines and a portion of their (pay)check

Earlier you mentioned redeploying resources throughout the county.

The idea is that the sheriff’s department can help reduce crime by adding a layer of visibility to JPD patrols, for example, but then maybe that leaves parts of the county less protected. How do you manage resources?

The key to that is meeting with all the mayors of the incorporated areas, the leaders of the unincorporated areas and finding what their needs are. And maybe the City of Jackson doesn’t need help during the day; maybe they need more help on the weekends. Maybe the town of Utica needs more help at the first of the month.

One of the things the U.S. Justice Department mentions is people at the jail being held past their release dates. What will it take to change that?

The sheriff is basically the hub of the wheel. … The sheriff has got to let the courts know what’s going on. You’ve got to have checks and balances. You’ve got to have an open line of communication with the courts and (district attorneys) and even the Jackson Police Department. If you don’t have that open line of communication, (prisoners) don’t get moved, people forget them, and they get lost in the system.

What are your thoughts on the lawsuit against the City of Jackson for incarcerating people who can’t afford to pay their fines?

I think there are lots of alternatives that we can find. There are lots of places that do weekend work programs, where people don’t have to lose their jobs, and it doesn’t cost the cities to house and feed them—cleaning of the sides of the roads and overgrown lots. It would have to be with (the City’s) approval; the sheriff doesn’t make that call.

ing on with our young people.

Charlette Oswalt, 49, the Republican nominee for Hinds County sheriff, said the county could save money with alternatives to jail, such as electronic monitoring and weekend work programs.

the means to support themselves and pay off their fines, and they become less of a (financial) responsibility. A lot of people are raised to expect to go to jail one day, and they don’t know there is a different option.

What’s the sheriff’s responsibility in crime prevention?

It’s got to be the No. 1 priority. I believe that starts with putting visibility of the sheriff’s department back throughout the county, both in the incorporated areas and the unincorporated areas. That police presence is first and foremost. Then, I think you’ve got to start assessing what the issues are based on the crimes being committed.

Once you complete that assessment, if you see that it’s young people that don’t have any supervision, and they’re out doing things out of lack of more constructive things to do, then you address that problem. If it’s drug issues, then we address those problems. Law enforcement is not static; you have different

ways know what your adolescent children are doing. When I was with probation and parole, I had several offenders (whose) parents didn’t even realize the people they were hanging out with were leading them down the wrong path, and they made some bad decisions. So we’ve got to get those parents involved, however he have to do that.

Parents often get blamed, but how should law enforcement work with parents in ways that aren’t punitive?

We need to provide some training or education to our single parents—go where they are, in the places and (at) the times that are convenient for them. Our youth are exposed to so much these days with technology and social media that it’s hard for anybody to keep up with what’s going on. We’ve got to do our part to make them aware of the trends we see in social media, (and) the knowledge we have of what’s go-

How to you keep up morale among the rank and file—deputies and detention officers?

My answer to that (is) from a managerial level. Typically, you see your sheriff’s department as top down. I think we’re at a point where we have to have bottom-up communication. You’ve got to open up your ears. You’ve got to provide the tools that they need, they’ve got to feel like they’ve got support. You’ve got to get to know your people. You can’t expect someone to do a great job for you on the pay these people are getting when you don’t even take the time to get to know them.

How would you describe your management style?

I believe I’m a hands-on manager. I want to be side-by-side (with) my people. I want to know them (as) individuals. I want to grow my staff. One day, my desire for the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department is for people to say, “Wow I’d love to have an employee from there.”

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Cristen Hemmins: Education, Equal Pay and Taking On Tollison

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Cristen Hemmins is the Democratic candidate for the District 9 state Senate seat, challenging longtime senator Gray Tollison, who serves as the chairman of the Senate Education Committee.

What inspired you, and when did you start thinking about running for the Senate?

I think after my involvement in the Personhood campaign in 2011, I was sort of an unofficial spokesperson for â&#x20AC;&#x153;No on 26â&#x20AC;? and was in the commercial that ran statewide and in a lot of different media.

Achieving that victory and defeating Personhood inspired me and empowered me.

It made me feel like if you put your mind to something in Mississippi, even if it seems like thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way this can happen, if you get a grassroots campaign going, you can really change things and effect important change for Mississippians.

I would wake up every morning during

those months and feel sick to my stomach at the thought of Personhood passing and becoming the law of the land in Mississippi.

After that, I got involved in the state Democratic Party and then my county (Democratic) party. We started looking for a candidate to run against Gray months before, and no one was going to run against him.

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What distinguishes you from your opponent?

My opponent likes to talk about what a public-schools champion he is, but his votes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reflect that anymore, and people need to realize that. He used to vote for the best interest of our public schools, which is a statistic from the Parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Campaign, and this last session, he was down to voting for our schools around 25 percent of the time, so his votes have completely reversed on school issues. The day I decided to run was the day I saw him on the Senate floor leading the charge for 42A, the decoy amendment they came up with to try to kill 42 for Better Schools, the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initiative.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re elected and Initiative 42 passes, what will you do for your district to make sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s followed up on?

I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that we do what the ballot initiative for 42 said, which was a gradual phase-in. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not asking for immediate full funding. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say on the actual ballot, but on the initiative itself, it suggested a five- to nine-year phase-in with 25 percent of budget surplus, and that seems reasonable and careful and well thought out.

I heard Rep. (Greg) Snowden, R-Meridian, who was in town for a 42 debate, saying that they would immediately fully fund MAEP. They want to hurt other parts of the government by spitefully doing what they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to do. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking for.

What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking for is very reasonable.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For the longer version, visit jacksonfreepress.com/2015elections.

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Hemmins has lived in Oxford for 22 years, moving down to complete her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in southern studies at the University of Mississippi after graduating from Vanderbilt University with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in English. Hemmins, who transitioned from bookselling to independently selling advertising to magazines, works from home, running her own businesses and raising her family.

The Democrat hopes to beat out longtime senator Gray Tollison, who switched parties (to the GOP) the day after he was reelected on the Democratic ticket in 2011.

Hemminsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; main focuses are fully funding MAEP, equal pay for women and creating a living wage for all Mississippians. Tollison is the chairman of the Senate education committee, so education issues are at the heart of the District 9 race.

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Vote for Initiative 42 on Nov. 3 Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference The Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference, a statewide interfaith organization embracing membership that crosses all of the traditional lines of race, creed and differing faith traditions, has supported issues of justice for many years, and strives to be a moral voice regarding issues such as education, health care and other matters of fairness and equity.

We as a body have voted to support Initiative 42 to amend the Mississippi State Constitution, which would require the Mississippi Legislature to abide by a law it passed in 1997 to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.

Our support is based on our belief that insuring all children have the opportunity to receive a high-quality Insuring all public education is both our moral and financial duty. children have We believe this was the motivation of the people who the opportunity initiated the referendum and of the nearly 200,000 people across the state who signed the petition, many to receive a more than the required 107,000. high-quality Our members are committed to supporting public education public education and will be assisting in informing members of our congregations and all Mississippians is both our about the facts of this “People’s Initiative” (Initiative moral and 42), and to raise awareness of the complexities of the financial duty. ballot, which was confused by the Legislature passing an alternative to the initiative, known as “42-A.” We encourage all Mississippians to vote “For 42” in the general election on Nov. 3.

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Working Together Jackson is a broad-based non-partisan organization founded in June of 2012 after a three-year period of careful organizing and hundreds of small group meetings. Through our racial, religious, and geographic diversity, we have created a space of equality and trust necessary to work together on the pressing issues of Jackson.

We believe that one of the most pressing issues is the full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. The future of our community and our state depends on having a well-educated populace. The quality of life and the economic future of our state require well-prepared people in all professions and all levels of employment.

Working Together Jackson has voted to support and is committed to work for passage of Initiative 42. We began our support by collecting thousands of signatures on petitions required to put the referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot. When this initiative is passed, it will amend the Mississippi State Constitution to require, rather than just encourage, the Legislature to fully fund public education. It will provide equitable funding for all school districts in Mississippi, and do so without requiring a tax increase.

We urge all Mississippians who care about having adequate, equitable funding for all of our public schools to vote YES for 42!

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Jails and Prisons Also Need Adequate Funding

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lthough the state of Mississippi’s criminal-justice system always seems to be in the news, lately there’s been a flurry of bad press for the state’s jails and prison system.

In late September, U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour Jr. granted a request from prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian to go ahead with a class-action lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Judge Barbour wrote in his opinion that there was sufficient evidence that the prison, which is privately operated, and MDOC failed to address complaints that prisoners are routinely denied adequate food, shelter, medical care, mental-health care and safety.

A few weeks later, another group filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Jackson that “challenges the City’s incarceration of hundreds of impoverished Jacksonians for failure to pay court debts from old traffic and misdemeanor cases, without conducting any meaningful inquiry into their ability to pay.”

In one case (see page 7), one man is alleged to owe some $20,000 in court fines and fees.

Then, there’s the case of Steven Willis, whom a judge released this week so that he could go to the hospital to get treatment for a gunshot wound. Willis’ release came only after a small group of local activists and attorneys appealed to various court and law-enforcement officials

and seemed to be held up by factors outlined in a Justice Department investigative report into conditions at the Raymond Detention Center: A combination of short staffing and underfunding that, too often, threatens the health and safety of the pre-trial detainees (and therefore, legally innocent) people.

Even in the age of multimillion-dollar private corrections contracts, funding for jails and prisons are at all-time lows. This may be an unpopular sentiment, but as long as we as a society decide we need jails and prisons, they, like our schools, also deserve adequate funding. Many of the problems that have put the local jails in headlines are a result of maintenance issues and the deteriorating conditions.

It’s probably time to build a new county jail, but no elected official wants to raise taxes to better protect inmates. That’s to say nothing of the diminished education and vocational programs at jails and prisons across the U.S. and not even mentioning the disparate salaries for public defenders when compared to prosecutors.

Yet, every election season, the No. 1 issue that comes up is crime. We should start by fully funding public schools in Mississippi and destroy the school-to-jail pipeline. It’s also past time that we start realizing that investing in (and recognizing the human rights of) prisoners is one of the best things we can do to slow the cycle of poverty and crime in Mississippi.

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was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome at age 19. That means cysts had grown on the outside of my ovaries and created all sorts of problems.

Left untreated, this can lead to serious health issues like infertility, heart disease and diabetes.

Fortunately, I had insurance, and my OB/GYN caught it and started hormone therapy treatment right away— also known as birth-control pills. She cautioned me I would have to take this treatment for years, until the time came when I wanted to have children. And I would need to be screened every year to make sure nothing more serious had developed.

Fast forward five years: I was unemployed, had no health insurance, and my pills were running out.

I went to the “free” medical clinic, waited an hour to see the overworked doctor who rushed in, only taking five minutes to check my blood pressure and heart sounds. When I told him what I really needed—a prescription for birth-control pills—he stepped back as if I just told him I had Ebola. He sneered, “We don’t do that here,” and gave me the number for Planned Parenthood as he rushed out of the room.

I had never been to a Planned Parenthood. Some of my friends had made secret trips to get pills or condoms and even an abortion. I never had a need to go, because if something like that came up in our family, we would talk about it over dinner, and my parents would help.

My brother and I were encouraged to ask anything about sex, health, life, the news … whatever. We knew the truth about “where babies come from” much earlier than our schoolmates. My parents never passed judgment and never said sex was wrong. They did encourage us to be smart about it, to only do it when we were ready and to use protection.

So, I had no idea what to expect when I made my appointment. I actually drove right past the place on my first attempt. There was no bright neon sign flashing “Planned Parenthood: Get Your Abortions Here!” It was in a strip mall and with a small sign that said simply: Planned Parenthood. I actually knew where to turn because of the crowd of protesters outside.

As I walked toward the building, protesters were in my face, shouting

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“Baby Killer” and “Choose Life.” They were yelling at me to “give your baby a chance at life.”

There was a moment when I thought about turning around to these uninformed people and setting them straight.

They didn’t know me. They didn’t know my real purpose for being there: I had nowhere else to turn, and my health depended on Planned Parenthood. But I thought better of it and went inside.

I thought I would be the oldest woman in the waiting room. But we were all ages, races, shapes and sizes.

I didn’t wait for 30 minutes to then go into the other room and wait another 30, like at a “regular” doctor’s office. The doctor saw me right away and spent quality time with me. She asked a lot of questions to determine if birth-control pills were indeed still the best treatment. She performed an exam, did a blood test, and I didn’t have to wait for days for results. She told me I was still on a good track and prescribed more pills. I paid the clinic $10 and left with a threemonth supply.

When that ran out, the thought of having to walk through another throng of protesters made me ill, so my dad went and picked up my next three-month supply, because that’s how we roll.

In the years since, I have often thought about how life would be different if the 19-year-old me didn’t have insurance. Where could I have turned for answers? What about the other young women who have more serious health issues, and Planned Parenthood is their only option?

This organization has made it their mission to provide general health care and reproductive choices for women, “regardless of income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence.”

So, as Congress debates whether or not Planned Parenthood should continue receiving funding for providing this health care to women, do me a favor and think of that young woman who may be able to live a healthy life because the organization was there in her hour of need.

Dawn Dugle is the founder of Dawn Dugle Consulting, a news and social-media consulting company. She previously spent two decades as a broadcast and digital journalist in newsrooms around the country.

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MAEP: The Formula

and How Politics Got in the Way

by Arielle Dreher

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he state Legislature established the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, or MAEP, in 1997 to avoid equity lawsuits being filed across the country in states where inadequate funding, due to disparities between rich and poor school districts, usually led to lawsuits from citizens. Some states were being asked to fully fund schools based on constitutional provisions that required the states to do so.

Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, was one of the original signers of MAEP. Bryan described two kinds of lawsuits typically filed in the U.S. around 1997: school districts suing their state because they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the funding to meet the requirement and school districts suggesting changes to state constitutions to provide enough funding for schools.

A group of senators got to work to avoid such lawsuits in Mississippi. Bryan said MAEP was developed in a bi-partisan agreement, with input from various representatives of the state. The team had to make sure that the formula gave enough money for a school district to remain accredited by the state and establish a funding baseline. When the formula finally got to Republican Gov. Kirk Fordiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk, he vetoed it. The bi-partisan muscle flexed, however, and a two-thirds majority in both houses overrode Fordice and passed it.

Lawmakers did not fully fund the original formula immediately. In fact, the

original plan was to phase in money over a period of five to six years. By 2002, the formula was 96.23 percent funded.

As an â&#x20AC;&#x153;adequateâ&#x20AC;? education formula, Bryan said the total amount of fully funding MAEP was about 10 percent more than what the state was paying before 1997 on public education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The formula does a very good and inexpensive job of getting us to the point where school districts agree that it gives them enough money,â&#x20AC;? Bryan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cost of this is so little, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bargainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the fact that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re arguing about this shows how far off base we are.â&#x20AC;?

The last year the formula was fully funded was 2008. Mississippi admittedly dealt with economic hardship during the recession like the rest of the country, but now revenue is coming back slowly, with about a 2-percent projected increase in economic growth for this coming year. Bryan said the state has the money now, but what used to be a bi-partisan issue has devolved to a purely political fight over ideology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The failure to fund the program at this point is not due to economics, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due to political position,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Corey Wiggins, director of the Hope Policy Institute, a think tank that uses data to analyze policies, said that, ultimately, the budgeting process of the Legislature reveals budgeting priorities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look at your society, those

things that are the most important to you and those things that are top priority issues to you, those are the things that get money up front,â&#x20AC;? Wiggins said.

Wiggins said the easiest way to deduce the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priorities from the data is to compare what Mississippi spends per pupil to other states. Mississippi spends about $2,500 less per student than the national average. In 2013, the national average in per-pupil spending was $10,700, according to the Census Bureau; Mississippi spent $8,130 per-pupil in 2013. Only four states spend less than Mississippi on per pupil funding according to fiscal-year 2013 U.S. Census Bureau data. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we look at it (MAEP), we really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put a lot of money into it compared to what other states are doing,â&#x20AC;? Wiggins said.

Since 2002, MAEP has been underfunded $1.63 billion. The Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authorization has hovered between 87 and 89 percent of full funding for the past five years, and fiscal-year 2013-2014 was the worst year for funding the formula, at 87.67 percent.

In fiscal-year 2014-2015, teacher pay raises that cost $64.6 million increased the MAEP budget, and the MAEP allocation was increased by $72.1 million. The formula is sitting at an 89.34 percent fully funded mark.

Initiative 42 does not ask the Legislature to bring funding levels for MAEP back

up to 100 percent immediately. The initiative, instead, suggests a seven-year phasein of funding from future increases in the general fund of no less than 25 percent.

The target fiscal year date for full funding is fiscal-year 2022, keeping the formula fully funded from there on after.

How MAEP Affects School Districts Investing in education is a task both sides of the political aisle claim to do.

MAEP has been tweaked and adjusted as needed throughout its history, and parts of the formula, particularly the 8-percent guarantee in 2002, were a part of legislators recognizing school districts that were suffering from the formula in the beginning.

Sometimes, changes to MAEP can lead to things like the â&#x20AC;&#x153;63 Percentâ&#x20AC;? rule that Jackson Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Sharolyn Miller says forces school administrators and teachers to work harder for their average daily attendance numbers.

Average daily attendance is counted in September and October, and students must be at school for at least 63 percent of the school day to be counted as in attendance.

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Timeline: How Section 201 of the Mississippi Constitution Has Changed

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Debating Initiative 42

Rep. Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, and Jim Keith, a Republican lawyer and Initiative 42 proponent, discussed Initiative 42 and the legislative alternative 42A on Oct. 19 at the Capital Club. Here are some sound bites from the debate:

REP. GREG SNOWDEN:

JIM KEITH:

There is no mention whatsoever of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program in Initiative 42 (in the words going into the state constitution), there is not even a mention of funding at all … there’s no growth trigger at all.

The real issue in this is that some members of the Legislature do not want oversight with respect to decisions that it makes regarding public education. …

That position is inconsistent with our three branches of government that our forefathers wrote.

Forty-four states in this union have the word “Legislature,” “general assembly” “or “general legislative assembly” (in Section 201); that’s where the authority to (fund education) resides. Only six states use broader words such as “state.”

If Section 201 of the (state) constitution has been changed to give that authority ultimately to the judiciary system, that’s not appropriate. It’s completely contrary to our system of representative democracy, it clearly blurs the distinction of the separation of powers doctrine when they give the power to the “State” and not the “Legislature.”

(If Initiative 42 passes), we’re going to go back to Jackson in January, and we’re going to have lawsuits pending when we get there.

(If Initiative 42 passes), the only prudent course of action open to us at that time is to immediately fund the formula, which requires taking about $201 million out of the rest of the state budget which equals about 7.8% reduction in every budget but Medicaid. You’re being told there won’t be a lawsuit if the formula is funded, so basic prudence suggests that the very first thing to do is fund the formula.

This is clearly and thoroughly a partisan issue. The truth is the Mississippi Republican Party has unanimously endorsed opposition to Initiative 42. The elected leaders of this state, the legislators that are Republicans, have come out against it because we understand the dangers. It is a partisan issue—we didn’t pick this fight.

Adding “State” emphasizes that every branch of government—all three branches—(and) cities, counties, school districts all have a duty to provide an adequate and efficient system of public education.

It does not remove any legislative authority from the Legislature.

Initiative 42 calls for the use of appropriate injunctive relief because that is the way future funding would be ordered if necessary: injunctive relief— make someone do what they are legally required to do.

Initiative 42 does not mandate (immediate funding). When a court interprets the constitution, they use the text, the constitutional language, the intent of the authors and the interpretation of the courts.

Equitable relief does allow phasing-in just as the petition suggested. That suggestion was because the statute required a recommended method for funding 42.

The phase-in is not mentioned in the constitutional amendment because it would be a bit ludicrous to put phase-in in a constitutional provision you hope will be there in a hundred years, but likewise, there’s no requirement that full funding be given in any given year for Initiative 42.

If you look at the MAEP formula, all school districts will see an increase in funding if the MAEP is fully funded.

Initiative 42 simply establishes a minimal level of state funding and quality for all districts to meet.

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trative] raises, and that’s definitely not the case,” she said.

JPS employees that aren’t teachers went for seven years without raises, due to a low local contribution and less than adequate MAEP funding.

Further compounding the problem is that adequate funding is more difficult to define for districts with more students, and Mississippi’s few urban areas have challenges not faced by rural and suburban districts.

“What may be adequate for my children who are at a higher poverty level who have other needs may be a little bit different from a district that doesn’t have some of the issues that we work with,” Miller said.

“So adequate for us may be a little bit more than someone else.”

Regardless of the school district’s size, however, a low tax base contributing less to the local contribution will always leave school districts struggling to come up with additional money. Despite the difficult financial maneuvering Miller has to do in her role (such as leasing 23 new buses for the district, because the funds to purchase them up front weren’t available), she said the formula is not the problem.

“The issue is not the formula; the issue is putting the money behind the formula because it does no good when you tell me, ‘Here’s where you would be, but be adequate and high performing anyway (but without the money),’” Miller said.

JPS has been able to make up for some lost funding and low local contribution through donations—several community groups or private citizens have helped JPS schools get WiFi, for instance.

MAEP as a formula and a policy relies on local communities and the Legislature to fund public schools in Mississippi. Ideally, effective economic development in places like Jackson will raise property tax revenues, thus raising the local contribution to JPS. But, for local economic development to work, a place like Jackson needs better schools to attract and retain businesses and professional employees.

Wiggins said the revolving cycle of education leading to jobs leading to a stronger tax base (that then turns around and pays for education again) all begins with education in the first place.

“We’ve seen time and time again through research and data that investing in education is one of those things that we tend to get a big return on investment,” Wiggins said. So if the state can’t or won’t hold up it’s part of the bargain, it’s not clear where the money can come from to get this cycle restarted.

For more education funding stories, visit jfp.ms/maep. Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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must be considered absent the entire school day.” The change came after speculation that school districts were inflating their average daily attendance numbers.

This past legislative session, a bill to change average daily attendance to “average daily membership” would have calculated that number over an average of the whole school year instead of counting students in September and October.

The bill did not pass, but Miller said it would have helped boost their average daily attendance numbers, allowing them to receive more MAEP funding. She said that some JPS schools have added health clinics to keep children in school even if they aren’t feeling well because the school will lose needed funding if they miss too much, even if they’re sick. All JPS students eat free breakfast and lunch, so not being able to eat can’t keep them away, either.

“We do those things to encourage our children to make sure they’re in school every day,” Miller said.

The base student cost is re-calculated every four years, and that cost stays consistent across all school districts. The rest of the variables in the MAEP equation are districtdependent, relying mostly on average daily attendance and local contribution. Local contribution is determined by property-tax millage rates; frequently, the rate is higher in poorer districts as they have to offset the underfunding of MAEP. In Jackson, a lot of government buildings, churches and universities do not pay property taxes. Miller said that, on the whole, the property values in Jackson have gone down compared to surrounding counties, making the base of taxpayers that contribute to JPS smaller and smaller.

Miller said this money primarily pays the bulk of operations and maintenance for JPS buildings and pay for all non-teacher positions (or, in some cases, additional teacher salaries). JPS’ MAEP funding mostly goes to paying teacher salaries and benefits, so the district relies on the local contribution and donations from community members to help cover the cost of running one of the state’s largest school districts. The district received $31.68 million in local contributions for this school year, but they’re total MAEP allocation equals $130.78 million.

In other words, the local contribution makes up less than 25 percent of the district’s MAEP funding. Other districts dealing with a low taxpayer base likely deal with the same problems as JPS, Miller said, because without a substantial local contribution, a district is mainly working with MAEP funds.

Administrators are paid from the local contribution as well, Miller said.

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School Funding Myths and Realities Myth: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In over 55% of local school districts, in the last year of full recalculation, the formula did not calculate enough in the instructional cost component to cover the costs of salaries and benefits for classroom teachers.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 2015 State Auditor MAEP Report

Myth: Initiative 42 will transfer education funding power and policy-making to a single judge in Hinds County. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;42truth.com; anti-42 Campaign

Myth: If Initiative 42 passes, the Legislature will be forced to fully fund MAEP immediately. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;GOP leaders via Rep. Herb Frierson, House Appropriations Chairman

Reality: The Legislature underfunded MAEP by $201 million last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and whether or not the formula is working or not needs to be in the context of â&#x20AC;&#x153;adequate and efficient.â&#x20AC;? This formula was designed with the least possible funding in mindâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;excellent and above averageâ&#x20AC;? education likely requires more funding than theMAEP budget asks for.

Reality: No legal action will be necessary to enforce Initiative 42 if it passes if the Legislature follows the law. If a lawsuit is brought against the Legislature, the legal process begins in Hinds County because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the Legislature is located, but any case could be appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court, who would have the final sayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not a judge in Hinds County.

Reality: The Legislature will be forced to fully fund MAEP if Initiative 42 passes, but timing was considered in the original ballot initiative. The initiative suggests a phase-in approach to funding MAEP using 25 percent of the general fund increases with a target date as far away as FY2022.

School Funding Pros and Cons Pro: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just like any policy you put in place, you have to continue to work with it so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting the needs of citizens. The idea of something being â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bad policyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is subjective based upon approach.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Corey Wiggins, Hope Institute Policy Center

Con: Initiative 42 is â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad policy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sid Salter in the ClarionLedger, top GOP leaders

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PACman: Follow the Initiative 42 Money Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quick guide to whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who in the money race to squash or push the citizen-driven initiative on the ballot in November. The amounts listed were raised by early October. The next filing date is Oct. 27.

PRO-42 CAMP: PACs: Better Schools, Better Jobs Amount Raised: $1.65 million Cash on Hand (Oct. 9 filing): $78,286

ANTI-42 OR 42A CAMP: PACs: Improve Mississippi PIC Amount Raised: $200,100 Cash on Hand (Oct. 9 filing): $199,950 KidsFirst PAC Amount Raised: $123,800 Cash on Hand (Oct. 9 filing): $110,285

Funders: Jim Barksdale Dick Molpus Kellogg Foundation (an AP report found these three funders gave money to the out-ofstate funders who donated to Better Schools, Better Jobs)

Top Politician Funders: Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, House Speaker Philip Gunn, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Herb Frierson

Out-of-State Funders: Southern Education Foundation New Venture Fund

Out of State Funders: Americans for Prosperity (KidsFirst)

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Pro: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bottom line is, the formula does a very good and inexpensive job of getting us to the point where school districts agree that it gives them enough moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the cost of this is so little, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bargain. The fact that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re arguing about this shows how far off base we are.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sen. Hob Bryan D-Amory

Con: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Voting in favor of Initiative 42 will force the Legislature to fully fund MAEP immediately and will cause necessary 7.8% budget cuts from all other state departments.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Rep. Herb Frierson, House Appropriations Chairman

Pro: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report is not a serious effort to deal with the dilemmaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if you look at all the complaints about the formula over the years, they come from people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sen. Hob Bryan D-Amory, one of 20 the original authors of MAEP in 1997

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KEY TERMS: Attendance:* Calculated in the second and third month of preceding year for school districts of all students K-12 (excludes selfcontained special education, and accounts for consistent growth of district over 3 years).

Base Student Cost**: Calculated by averaging components of “successful and efficient” schools and districts. The components

averaged are Instruction (teachers per 1,000 students), Administration (admin/staff ratio), Maintenance and Operations (spending per 100,000 square feet, maintenance staff per 100,000 square feet) and Ancillary (librarians and counselors per 1,000 students). The base student cost is re-calculated every four years, and an inflation adjustment is made in off-years.

At-Risk Component*: The at-risk component number is 5% of the base student cost multiplied by

the district’s number of freelunch participants on Oct. 31 of the preceding year.

Local Contribution*: Using the second preceding year’s data, property value taxes and yield from mills based on local tax base is collected and capped at 27% of the program costs.

8% Guarantee*: This is the catch-all if after the above components are calculated, a district still doesn’t receive at least 8 percent more funding than they did 13 years ago (in 2002),

they will get at least that much funding.

Add-On Programs*: These funds go toward Transportation, Special Education, Gifted Education, Vocational Education, Alternative Education Transportation: Amount of funding for transportation in each school district is based on the Average Daily Attendance of students who take school district transportation—there is a set cost per student set by the State Board of Education rate

table. The rate table divides the students who use district transport by the total square miles in the district.

Special and Gifted Education: A teacher unit is added for each approved program in district—funding is based on certification and experience of approved teacher, and approved through calculation in four specific MDE offices.

Vocational Education: Half of a teacher unit is added for each approved program in district—fund-

ing is based on certification and experience of approved teacher, and approved through calculation in four specific MDE offices.

Alternative School Programs: .75% of the district’s Average Daily Attendance or 12 students, whichever is greater, is multiplied by the state average per pupil expenditure in public funds for the preceding school year. *value dependent on school district size, numbers or Average Daily Attendance **value stays the same across all school districts

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Sunday Hours Bar is open 7 p.m.-2 a.m.; kitchen is open until 2 a.m.

Capitol Grill Fans of SEC athletics will feel right at home at Capitol Grill. The locally owned and operated upscale sports bar has the full sports packages for football, basketball, baseball and soccer games on its big-screen TVs, so the game is always on.

Everything on the menu is handmade, from Razorback (pulled-pork sandwich) to the War Eagle chicken sandwich to the hail State hotdog. In addition to full-on stadium food worthy of a tailgating foodie, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also find several healthy options, such as a seafood salad.

Sunday Hours Bar: 11 a.m.-2 a.m., kitchen closes at midnight

Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge To hand out with area bartenders and wait-staffers, go to Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge. Located at the end of Canton Mart Road, the unpretentious bar is attached to an old hotel tucked under the Interstate 55 overpass.

Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boasts no happy hour and no drink specials. You will find whiskey and pool and music. The newly remodeled lounge has four pool tables, an unrestricted internet jukebox, friendly service, a fully stocked bar and the newest version of Golden Tee. Sunday Hours Bar: 6 p.m.-2 a.m.

Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant & Lounge Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant & Bar has literally been around the block a time or two. The bar has relocated twice, including its current location on State Street, but has always been within walking distance of its original location on Silas Brown.

Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boasts one of the biggest beer selections in the area and a diverse crowd spanning generations that changes as the hours go by. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been said that you can set your watch by who walks in the door.

And they are loyal. The current owner was once a regular who bought the 60-yearold establishment after the original owner became ill.

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One Block East People know One Block East best for two things: live music and Bad Ass Burgers.

And with its kitchen open until 2 a.m., One Block has bar food down to a science. Its recently changed menu includes the original Jackson cheesesteak, which has banana peppers, diced Portobello mushrooms, cheese and a secret sauce; sweet corn poppers, which are like sweet corn casserole in a bitesized nugget; mac-and-cheese pepperjack poppers; and pickle fries.

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Best Happy Hour

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Winner: Fenianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub (901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055) Finalists: Capitol Grill (5050 Interstate 55 N., Suite F, 601-899-8845) / Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant & Lounge (214 S. State St., 601-354-9712) / One Block East (642 Tombigbee St., 601-944-0203)/ Shuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the Rez (116 Conestoga Road, Ridgeland, 601-853-0105) TRIP BURNS/FILE PHOTO\

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Winner: Babalu Tacos & Tapas (622 Duling Ave., 601-366-5757, babalutacos.com) Finalists: Capitol Grill (5050 Interstate 55 N., Suite F, 601-899-8845) / Fenianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub (901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055) / Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899) / Time Out Sports Cafe (closed) Best Place to Watch the Game

Winner: Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Suite 22, Ridgeland, 601-899-0038) Finalists: Capitol Grill (5050 Interstate 55 N., Suite F, 601-899-8845) / Fondren Public (2765 Old Canton Road, 769-2162589) / Mississippi Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, 601-919-1165) / The Alumni House (110 Bass Pro Drive, Pearl, 601-939-5238) Best New Bar

Winner: Saltine (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899) Finalists: One Block East (642 Tombigbee St., 601-944-0203) / CAET Wine Bar (3100 N. State St., Suite 102, 601-3219169) / The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N., 769-208-8283) Best Place to Play Pool

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Winner: The Green Room (444 Bounds St., 601-713-3444) / Finalists: Cherokee Inn (closed) / Last Call Sports Grill (closed) / One Block East (642 Tombigbee St., 601-944-0203) / Popâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saloon (2636 S. Gallatin St., 601961-4747) Best Bar

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Best Live Music Venue

Winner: Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave., 601-292-7121, dulinghall.com) / Finalists: Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St., 601948-0888) / The Iron Horse Grill (320 W. Pearl St., 601-398-0151) / Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant & Lounge (214 S. State St., 601-3549712) / Underground 119 (119 S. President St., 601-352-2322) The first ballot for the 14th Annual Best of Jackson readersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; choice awards drops in November. Starting keeping an eye on bestofjackson.com for the 2016 nominations ballot. And, yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to start campaigning. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to the best!

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and cafe is located in the Renaissance at Colony Park shopping center (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite 5001).

In honor of the opening, Panera Bread will collect donations for The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi, a nonprofit that dedicates itself to education and awareness about the impact of tobacco and to improving the health culture among Mississippi youth. Panera Bread will present the organization with a check from donations that it collects during the pre-opening events at the restaurant’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 21 at 10:30 a.m.

The entire Panera Bread menu will be available to order through the cafe’s drivethrough window during its normal hours.

The new location’s rapid pick-up option will enable customers to place an online or mobile order from their office, car, work or home up to five days in advance and pick up their food at a pre-determined time without waiting in line.

The Panera Bread Renaissance location’s hours are Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Monday through Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, call Panera Bread at 601-790-6261.

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Ciara’s Bakery and Café Ciara Brown, a Terry resident who honed her cooking skills at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta, recently opened Ciara’s Bakery and Cafe (870 Avery Blvd N., Ridgeland).

Brown calls her restaurant “a one-stop shop where you can taste the difference.” Ciara’s offers southern-style blue-plate meals, as well as plenty of desserts and custom cakes. The restaurant also has imported and domestic craft and draft beers, and coffee and hot tea.

“Cooking has always been a passion of mine, ever since I was little and would help with Thanksgiving dinner and bake apple pies with my family,” Brown says.

“I went to college to study culinary arts rather than baking, but people who tried my baked goods said they were great and soon started asking me to make custom cakes. I went with (it), and it ended up turning into a business. Ever since, I’ve been trying new recipes and adding them to my menu as I went.”

Brown also rents her space out for any occasion whenever the restaurant is closed. Ciara’s has a room reserved for large gatherings during normal business hours that fits 25 to 30 people.

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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.

The Feathered Cow (4760 I-55 North 769-233-8366) Simple and homemade equal quality and freshness every time. You never leave The Cow hungry!

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

Fratesi’s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) Fratesi’s has been a staple in Jackson for years, offering great Italian favorites with loving care. The tiramisu is a must-have!

La Finestra (120 N Congress St #3, Jackson, 601-345-8735) Chef Tom Ramsey’s downtown Jackson hot-spot offers authentic Italian cuisine in cozy, inviting environment.

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 Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 North State St. #100 601-398-4562) Transforms the essence of Mediterranean food and southern classics.

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 Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Avenue 601-982-2899) Creative seafood classics. One of Jackson’s Best New Restaurants.

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.

Zeek’s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jackson’s Newest Greek Restaurant, offering authentic gyros, hummus, and wide selection of craft beers.

BARBEQUE Chimneyville (970 High St, Jackson 601-354-4665 www.chimneyville.com) Family style barbeque restaurant and catering service in the heart of downtown Jackson.

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

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.

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 Bonny Blair’s (1149 Old Fannin Rd 769-251-0692) Traditional Irish pub food and live entertainment. Open 11am daily.

Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd. 601-899-0038) Best Burger of 2013, plus live music and entertainment!

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.

ISH Grill & Bar (5105 I 55 N Frontage Rd. 769-257-5204) Jackson’s newest hot spot offering classic foods and cocktails in a refined and elegant atmosphere.

Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Dr. 601-919-1165) Your neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill.

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.

One Block East ( 642 Tombigbee St. 601-944-0203) Burger joint and dive bar located in downtown Jackson. Great music, tasty beverages and Bad Ass Burgers is what we do.

Underground 119 (119 South President St. 601-352-2322) Upscale Southern cuisine, gumbo, red beans and rice, fried green tomatoes, grilled or fried shrimp, catfish, kitchen open with full menu till 1 am on Friday and Saturday night.

ASIAN AND INDIAN Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetops Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588/1030-A Hwy 51, Madison 601-790-7999) Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi.

Ichiban Chinese (359 Ridge Way - Dogwood Promenade, Flowood 601-919-8879) Asian food with subtle and surprising flavors from all across the Far East!

Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson 601-981-3205) Jackson’s Newest Authentic Thai & Sushi Bar with 26 signature martini’s and extensive wine list.

VEGETARIAN High Noon Café (2807 Old Canton Road in Rainbow Plaza 601-366-1513) Jackson’s own strict vegetarian (and very-vegan-friendly) restaurant adjacent to Rainbow Whole Foods.

THURSDAY 10/22

FRIDAY 10/23

WEDNESDAY 10/28

Great Peacock performs at Duling Hall.

The Andre Delano Homecoming Show is at Hal & Mal’s.

The Pumpkin Run is at Fleet Feet Sports in Ridgeland.

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Mississippi State University Head Coach Dan Mullen speaks at the Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting on Monday, Oct. 26, at River Hills Club.

MONDAY 10/26

The Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting is at noon at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). Club members with an interest in football meet on most Mondays through Nov. 30. The speaker is Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen. Call for information on membership dues. $30 nonmembers; call 601-506-3186; jacksontouchdownclub.com.

TUESDAY 10/27

“A Time to Kill” is at 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The play about racial tensions in a small southern town is based on John Grisham’s popular novel.

Additional date: Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. $28, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

THURSDAY 10/22

The Presidential Lecture is at 6 p.m. at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo) in Woodworth ChaBY MICAH SMITH pel. This year’s speaker is political activist Angela Davis. Free; call 601-977-7871; tougaloo.edu.

JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM … The Art of Bill Wilson ExFAX: 601-510-9019 hibit Opening Reception is from DAILY UPDATES AT 6 to 8 p.m. at the Arts Center of JFPEVENTS.COM Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.) in the front main galleries.

Show hangs through Nov. 22. Free; call 960-1557, ext. 224.

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FRIDAY 10/23

Boo at the Zoo is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). The annual Halloween event includes eight candy stations, a costume parade, a hayride and more. Additional date: Oct. 24, 5 to 8 p.m. $9.25, $6.75 children, $3 members; call 601-352-2580, ext. 227; email aharris@jacksonzoo.org; jacksonzoo.org/events. … The Smokin’ on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival is at 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 10/24

Mississippi Archaeology Expo is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Celebrate Mississippi Archaeology Month with demonstrations of archaeological techniques and other educational activities.

Free; call 601-576-6944. … The Humble Balance Tour, Part 1 is from 8 to 11 p.m. at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.).

Performers include EMG, TDOTVDOT and Madelife Mann. $10; call 601-376-9404.

SUNDAY 10/25

LatinFest is from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mississippi Farmers Market (929 High St.). LABA-Link is the host. The annual cultural festival includes live music, authentic food from 15 countries, art from Central America, South America and the Caribbean, dance contests, space jumps and more. $10; call 354-6573; email labalink@gmail.com; latinfest.org. … Dathan Thigpen Live is at 3 p.m. at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.) at the Lee Williams Athletic and Assembly Center. Thigpen is a Jackson native and the most recent winner of BET’s “Sunday Best.” National gospel recording artist Tye Tribbett also performs. $10, JSU students free with ID; call 979-2121; jsums.edu.

Gospel singer Dathan Thigpen, winner of BET’s “Sunday’s Best,” performs Sunday, Oct. 25, at Jackson State University.

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The Positioned for Progress Conference is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The annual conference is for nonprofits and mission-based agencies. Topics include community engagement, money matters, leadership and volunteering. Registration required. $189 through Aug. 26, $249 after; call 601-407-2747 or 601-665-3975; email info@ positionedforprogress.com; positionedforprogress.com.

at Old Trace Park (Post Road, Ridgeland). Includes a barbecue competition (teams must register), food vendors and live music. Cornhole tournament on Oct. 24 at noon, SoulShot performs Oct. 23, and Mr. Sipp, Scott Albert Johnson with Chalmers Davis, Andrew Pates and Barry Leach perform Oct. 24. Additional date: Oct. 24, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission Oct. 23, $10 Oct. 24 (includes a barbecue plate); call 601-605-6880 or 601-605-6898; email smcmullan@therez. ms or cford@therez.ms; barnettreservoirfoundation.org.

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WEDNESDAY 10/21

The Autumn Cocktail Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. at Sombra Mexican Kitchen (Township at Colony Park, 140 Township Ave, Suite 100, Ridgeland). Enjoy a four-course meal and cocktail pairing. Reservations required. $40; call 601-7077950; sombramexicankitchen.com. … Barry Wolverton signs copies of “The Vanishing Island” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). $16.99 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

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Events at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.) UĂ&#x160;*Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;i`Ă&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;*Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;}Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;viĂ&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;Vi Oct. 21, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The annual conference is for nonprofits and mission-based agencies. Topics include community engagement, money matters, leadership and volunteering. Registration required. $189 through Aug. 26, $249 after; call 601-407-2747; email info@positionedforprogress.com; positionedforprogress.com.

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Jackson State University honors the dean emeritus of the College of Business. Coffee and networking from 7:30-8 a.m. The breakfast and reception is from 8:15-9:30 a.m. across the street at the Student Center. RSVP by Oct. 16. $25, $200 tables, sponsorships available, donations welcome; call 601-979-2797; email dr.lurlene.irvin@gmail.com.

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Dream Cult, Limbs and Fides perform.

Costumes welcome. $5; call 601-8639516; email bigxsleepy@gmail.com.

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Registration required. $15, $10 Mississippi Center for Nonprofits members; call 601-968-0061; email info@phelps.com; msnonprofits.org.

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Includes a post-race celebration. Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities Domestic Violence Services Center. $35; call 398-0151; email info@theironhorsegrill.com; catholiccharitiesjackson.org. >ÂŤĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160;"Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;x Oct. 24, 7 a.m., at Jackson Academy (4908 Ridgewood Road). At Raider Park. The theme of the fourth annual race is Vintage Cartoons.â&#x20AC;? Includes a run/walk, a one-mile fun run and a costume contest. Benefits the Little Light House of Mississippi. 5K: $25 in advance, $30 on race day; fun run: $10 in advance, $15 on race day; families: $70 in advance, $80 on race day; call 601-956-6131; llhms.org. Ă&#x20AC;iiĂ&#x160; *,Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Oct. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Fire Station 11 (3680 Terry Road) and Fire Station 17 (1941 Canton Mart Road). AMR and the City of Jackson provide the free service. Open to the public. No registration required. Free; call 601960-1094; jacksonms.gov. Ă&#x20AC;i>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;-VĂ&#x20AC;iiÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; `Ă&#x2022;V>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Oct. 27, 5:30 p.m., at Baptist Medical Center (1225 N. State St.). Join radiologist Dr. James Burkhalter and breast navigator Adrienne Russell

for a seminar about the importance of self-breast exams and mammograms. Clinical breast exam screenings follow. Registration required. Free; call 601-948-6262; mbhs.org/powerofpink.

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Free; call 601-960-1084; jacksonms.gov. *Ă&#x2022;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;,Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Oct. 28, 6 p.m., at Fleet Feet Sports (Trace Station, 500 Highway 51 N., Suite Z, Ridgeland). The Halloween-themed run includes a scavenger hunt along the race route, a costume contest and a post-run adult beverage. Free; call 601-899-9696; fleetfeetjackson.com.

Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160; iÂ?>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;iVÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160;Oct. 23, 8 p.m., at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 Commerce St.). The saxophonist and Jackson State University alumnus performs. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email jane@halandmals.com; ardenland.net.

>Ă&#x20AC;`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;>Â? iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Oct. 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at St. Richard Catholic School (100 Holly Drive). Includes a chili cook-off, games, entertainment, vendor booths and food. $15 wristbands (maximum of $75 per family), $75 chili-cooking registration; call 601-366-1157; email tsanli@strichardschool.org.

>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;}ÂŤiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;Oct. 25, 3 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). At the Lee Williams Athletic and Assembly Center. Thigpen is a Jackson native and winner of BETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunday Best.â&#x20AC;? Tye Tribbett also performs. $10, JSU students free with ID; call 979-2121; jsums.edu.

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Includes a barbecue competition (teams must register), food vendors and live music. Cornhole tournament Oct. 24 at noon. SoulShot performs Oct. 23. Oct. 24, Mr. Sipp, Scott Albert Johnson with Chalmers Davis, Andrew Pates and Barry Leach perform. Free admission Oct. 23, $10 Oct. 24 (includes a barbecue plate); call 601-605-6880 or 601-605-6898;

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Options include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perfect Little Planet,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Holesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exploding Universe.â&#x20AC;? $6.50; $5.50 seniors; $4 children (cash or check); call 601-9601550; thedavisplanetarium.com.

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UĂ&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;>Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; iÂ?Â?iĂ&#x160;Oct. 23, 8 p.m. The country singer-songwriter is known for the single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Town Square.â&#x20AC;? $5 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

UĂ&#x160; >L>Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; >Â?Â?\Ă&#x160; iÂ?Â&#x2026;>Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;>`Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Oct. 26, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Includes music from Broadway-style singers. $20; call 601-9602300; email exdir@msopera.org; msopera.org.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;ÂŤ>ÂŤÂ&#x153;`Ă&#x160;Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. The northeastern band plays progressive rock and dance music. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

email smcmullan@therez.ms or cford@therez. ms; barnettreservoirfoundation.org. >Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC; iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Oct. 25, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., at Mississippi Farmers Market (929 High St.). LABALink is the host. The annual cultural festival includes live music, authentic food from 15 countries, art from Central America, South America and the Caribbean, dance contests, space jumps and more. $10; call 354-6573; email labalink@gmail.com; latinfest.org.

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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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DIVERSIONS | arts

Interpreting Justice in ‘A Time to Kill’

by Arielle Dreher

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County Courthouse in 1984, where he heard testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim.

New Stage Artistic Director Francine Thomas Reynolds says that creating a small-

“A Time to Kill” has an interesting story because its main character is a young black girl: Hailey’s daughter, Tonya, whom the audience never meets. Her story is the driving IMANI KHAYYAM

n the theatrical adaptation of “A Time to Kill,” which opens at New Stage Theatre Oct. 27, courtroom drama unfolds after one crime leads to another, wrapping audience members into the world of a tightknit community, where everyone knows one another’s business.

Jake Brigance, a white lawyer, represents African American man Carl Lee Hailey, who is on trial for murdering his daughter’s rapists. As the story unfolds, Brigance, Hailey and the rest of the characters begin to discover the different layers of what justice could mean in their community. The play explores multiple questions: What is morally right? Should justice look different for people of different races? And when is it OK to take the law into one’s own hands?

New Stage is celebrating its 50th season this year by staging Mississippi-focused plays. Since “A Time to Kill” is set in the state, and the novel was written by an author with strong Mississippi ties, it fits the bill.

Adapted from the 1989 John Grisham novel of the same name, “A Time to Kill” follows Hailey’s killing of two men for brutally raping his daughter, and then his subsequent trial. Grisham based the novel, which was his first, on a trial he witnessed in the DeSoto

Yohance Myles (left) and Sharon Miles (right) play Carl Lee Hailey and Gwen Hailey, a couple whose family is thrown into turmoil after Carl Lee murders his daughter’s rapists and goes on trial in “A Time to Kill” at New Stage.

town community feel in the cast is important. “It’s like Canton ... or like Brookhaven; everybody knows each other,” Reynolds says.

“There’s a lot of stuff underneath and stuff that’s occurred that you never hear.”

Yohance Myles, who plays Hailey, says

force of the play. Myles says that the play’s centering around a black girl’s story is somewhat rare in today’s society. “That’s the opposite end of something that is not touched on as much when we are talking about times in America—there are young black girls, and

those are untold stories, too,” Myles says.

Brigance is the protagonist and hero of the story, but Douglas Everett Davis, who plays him in the New Stage play, says Hailey is the real hero of the story, because the audience will find themselves rooting for him and questioning their own notions of justice. “… The most brave act, as terrible on one level as it is, was definitely a heroic deed when you look at how disgusting the behavior of the two men who raped (Hailey’s) daughter was,” Davis says.

Most of New Stage’s cast is from Mississippi, but Davis came down from Brooklyn, New York. He says coming to the state where “A Time to Kill” is based has been strange for him. “There are a lot of forces clashing in this,” he says. “The heart’s going one way, the brain’s going another way, and history is coming this way.”

“A Time to Kill” runs from Oct. 27 to Nov. 8 at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St., 601-948-3533). Curtain times and dates for performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and 2 p.m., Sundays. Tickets are $28 regular admission, $22 for seniors and students, and group discounts are available. All tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information, visit newstagetheatre.com.

DIVERSIONS | music

The Evolution of Nossiens

by Christo Hicks

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n only two years, Hattiesburg-based four-piece band Nossiens already has proved to be complex.

While one could categorize the band as either postpunk or indie rock, vocalist and guitarist Nicholaus Panella, who co-fronts the band with brother, bassist and vocalist Tony Panella, prefers to think of it as a “Frankenstein musical anomaly.” Like many bands in the indie-rock realm since the turn of the new millennium, Nossiens tackles two major questions: What new ground is there to be explored, and what new sounds can be produced with a guitar?

Beacons of originality such as Wilco and Radiohead soared, as many others crashed into obscurity. The Panella brothers, drummer Quinn Mackey and guitarist Hal Kolodney are looking to survive this Darwinian effect. In fact, evolution is in their name. Nossiens is taken from the “Gnossiennes,” a series of highly experimental piano compositions from late 19th-century French composer Erik Satie.

Nicholaus says the group has reinvented its sound a number of times since forming under the name Dinner Guest in December 2013, though the music still has structure.

“First, it was very much straight-up indie rock. That was kind of safe ground,” he says. “We found bands we wanted to model ourselves after. Sonic Youth and Radiohead are two major ones. We are now working on noise-rock elements and 28 experimental noise.”

(Left to right) Tony Panella, Nicholaus Panella, Quinn Mackey and Hal Kolodney of Hattiesburg-based rock group Nossiens perform in Jackson Friday, Oct. 23, at Big Sleepy’s.

The musicians even flex some of those while skills playing with other bands. Nicholaus regularly plays for the Sunday Jazz Brunch at T-Bone’s Records & Café in Hattiesburg, and Kolodney also plays guitar with Jackson indie act The Empty Handed Painters.

In February 2015, the band released its first single, “Out of State,” on a compilation album titled “Borderlines: Hub City Goes Global,” which the University of Southern Mississippi’s student-run label, South City Records, organized. Nossiens has yet to record a multitrack release, but the band started pre-production on a new project on Aug. 19.

“A lot of people say you should make your first album as soon as you can, get in there and create, and get a feel for yourself,” Nicholaus says. “But we really want to come together first. … My brother and I are just so A.D.D. about what we want it to sound like. We just want to wait for the point where we aren’t struggling too much to play and write, and to make sure we’re having fun.”

Whatever Nossiens’ first full recording project may be, Nicholaus ensures that fans can expect one thing: unpredictability.

“Music is going to change regardless of who it is that’s doing the changing,” he says. “The main thing is the relationship between pop music and music that isn’t pop. You can’t really have one without the other because what drives people towards pop music is that music that they don’t get, and what drives people away is the fact that it’s too predictable.”

Nossiens performs at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, at Big Sleepy’s (208 W. Capitol St., 601-863-9516). For more information, find the band on Facebook.

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COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI ATHLETICS

After this past Saturday, I’m sure Robert Nkemdiche’s days of playing offense are over, as he left the loss against Memphis with a head injury he suffered during offensive play.

UM Rebels Have No Margin for Error

THURSDAY, OCT 22 NFL (7:25-11 p.m., CBS/NFLN): Former MSU linebacker K.J. Wright leads the Seattle Seahawks into the Bay Area to take on the San Francisco 49ers.

FRIDAY, OCT 23 College football (7-10 p.m., ESPN): Fresh off their upset win over the University of Mississippi, the Memphis Tigers have to get ready for a road conference game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

SATURDAY, OCT 24 College football (6-9 p.m., ESPN): After a tough loss, UM has to get ready for a SEC West elimination game at home against Texas A&M. … College football (6:30-10 p.m., SECN): Mississippi State looks to become bowl eligible with its sixth win, playing at home against Kentucky.

SUNDAY, OCT 25 NFL (noon-3 p.m., Fox): The New Orleans Saints look to put a winning streak together when they hit the road to take on the Indianapolis Colts.

MONDAY, OCT 26 NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): The Arizona Cardinals look to prove they are still a playoff team at home against the Baltimore Ravens, who are struggling to start the season.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT 28 NBA (7-9:30 p.m., ESPN): The 201516 NBA season is underway with a matchup of two of the best teams in the west as the Oklahoma City Thunder host the San Antonio Spurs.

Southern Miss won its fourth game this past Saturday. That equals the number of games the program won in the three previous seasons combined.

After suffering a concussion while playing offense during the University of Mississippi’s game against the University of Memphis, Rebels defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, who had been playing both sides of the ball, probably won’t be returning to offense.

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One of the craziest moments was at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. The University of Mississippi Rebels’ playoff hopes went up in flames as a New Year’s Six Bowl became in reach for the University of Memphis Tigers.

This year began with the Rebels being the talk of college football after ringing up 70-plus points in two straight games at the beginning of the season. Next, Coach Hugh Freeze led the Rebels past the University of Alabama for the second time in a row.

Then, only a week later, UM fans were left scratching their heads after the Rebels barely got past Vanderbilt University, although many argued that it was because the team was still recuperating after its vicious bout with Alabama.

It seemed like the Rebels would have few problems against the University of Florida, which was lucky to be undefeated when the two met in the fifth game of the season. Instead, Florida

whipped UM in every phase and was more physical than the Rebels, who had enjoyed pushing everyone around the prior four weeks. The Gators completely dominated UM as they handed the team its first loss of the season.

New Mexico State University didn’t stand a chance against the Rebels the next week, and its outcome set up the showdown this past Saturday between UM and the Memphis Tigers.

Things got off to a nice start with a 14-0 lead for the Rebels after the first quarter. Then, things began to turn. In the second quarter, star defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche suffered a concussion while running the ball on offense. That injury took the life out the team on both sides of the ball. The Tigers scored 31 unanswered points en route to their 37-24 win over the University of Mississippi.

Before everything was said and done, Memphis had owned the Rebels.

Nkemdiche won’t be playing on offense when he returns at some point this season, and you have to wonder if Freeze was ever right to put him on offense for any plays.

Unless a whole bunch of teams start losing, UM’s playoff hopes are gone. If you add the fact that games against Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University remain, you see that winning the SEC West might not happen, either.

University of Mississippi owns a win over Alabama for the head-to-head lead, but now the margin for error is zero. The Memphis loss didn’t hurt chances for the SEC West title, but it did ruin national championship hopes.

If UM happens to lose again in SEC games, finishing the season with three or more losses, it may feel like this team under-achieved. There are too many first-round draft picks for the Rebels to not be in contention for the West title this Thanksgiving.

The Rebels have the same record as Mississippi State, although the Bulldogs don’t have a win as big as Bama.

All the hype surrounding the Rebels will be gone if Texas A&M beats the Rebels this weekend.

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