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rowing up on the south side of Chicago, Andre Carter always had a fascination with comic books and superheroes, but he often found himself wondering why none of the heroes he read about ever looked like him or the people he knew.

“There just didn’t seem to be any African American superheroes,” Carter says. “My nephew, Jeremiah, also loves superheroes, and he always wants to be Superman, Batman and characters like that who, cool as they are, just don’t seem like real people. I ended up thinking about that, and I decided that I’d just make my own superheroes instead.”

Carter, a 23-year-old senior at Tougaloo College who has been living in Jackson for five years, decided to use his senior project for his mass communications class in November 2014 to bring his idea to life in a short film series titled “Unlikely Heroes.” He based the story and characters of it on people he knew and situations he dealt with growing up in his neighborhood. Carter plays the main character, Aiden, a young, anger-ridden alcoholic who took up drinking after his brother, Kindle, died attempting to deal with the main villain of the story, a ruthless drug dealer named Zachariah.

Aiden inherited his brother’s fire-based powers after his death but lacks the power to control them. He directs his anger toward a group of other superheroes his brother had been in, who Aiden blames for getting Kindle killed when the group attempted to take on

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Zachariah and his enforcers.

The show’s first season, titled “Narcotic Revelations,” begins with an encounter between Aiden and Tarron (played by Noah Haille), a more laid-back character with lightning-based powers who was Kindle’s best friend. He tries to reach out to Aiden to convince him to stop drinking and continue the fight Kindle’s group started, which leads to a violent confrontation between the two.

Instead of typical superhero names and “some kind of fairytale back stories,” he decided to give his characters regular names and backgrounds, and have them deal with the kinds of problems that real kids often deal with.

“They fight the villains of the city—the people we see every day. They don’t fight guys trying to take over the world. They fight drug dealers dealing to kids; they talk to and inspire the girl who’s depressed; they talk to kids who are being bullied.”

Carter hopes the characters of “Unlikely Heroes” can serve as role models to kids growing up in rough circumstances. “These characters are figures who can give those kids hope,” he says. “I want this to be a good thing to give to kids who grew up in neighborhoods like mine.”

The first season of “Unlikely Heroes” is halfway through filming. Carter plans to release episodes biweekly on his YouTube channel, RecklessMindzTv. —Dustin Cardon

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PUBLISHER’S note

by Todd Stauffer, Publisher

Vote, Shop and Give Thanks… Locally

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e started the “Best of Jackson” contest 14 years ago, simultaneous to the launch of the Jackson Free Press; the ballot was in the very first issue. We knew when we first launched that it was important for local people, organizations and businesses in the Jackson metro area to feel the warm glow of appreciation from our readership, and we believed seeing all those people and places honored in one place would make our readers a little prouder of their city at the same time.

Fast forward to 2015, and now hundreds of restaurants, businesses, offices and individuals have Best of Jackson certificates hanging on their walls, propped up on the bar or sitting conspicuously on their computer screens. The contest itself has its imitators (really, Clarion-Ledger, “Best of 2015” is what your corporate creative team came up with?), but there is only one Best of JacksonTM. And it’s the one that you, the reader, is responsible for making the best.

As it has been for the past few years now, this year’s ballot is split into two—a nominations ballot, which is happening now, and a finalist ballot, which will go live the first week of December.

And, as usual, it’s a long ballot. We appreciate everyone who has worked their way through the nominations ballot, which offers “write-in” blanks in 127 different categories. When it closes on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, we’ll count each of those categories and take the top four to six (depending on the vote distribution) as finalists; the finalists ballot will be multiple choice to determine each winner.

If you haven’t yet voted—or tried but couldn’t complete a ballot—please do so at bestofjackson.com. (There’s also a print ballot in this issue, but you need to tear it out and mail it by Friday, Nov. 20.)

If you need a little incentive, note that you only actually have to complete 20 categories for your ballot to count.

As long as you are honest and diligent in those categories (don’t just vote for one person, or band, or businesses in a bunch of categories that aren’t relevant), then we’ll count your ballot. And if you want to nominate in more categories, feel free—although you don’t have to nomi-

there that make up an important part of our unique sense of place.

None of this is easy—the Best of Jackson nominations ballot is long for you, the reader, and it’s a bear to count for us, the newspaper people. And sometimes it’s even tough to shop locally when a big Mart beckons with promises of one-stop-ease and Black Friday deals.

But it is important. As we’ve pointed

Amazon doesn’t leave much (if any) money in the local economy. nate in any category where you don’t feel like you have first-hand knowledge.

As usual, we encourage nominations of local people, local organizations and locally owned businesses. This is a celebration of the people who work, lead, inspire and invest in the Jackson metro area—chains stores and fast food aren’t what we’re looking to honor. We want even more people and organizations to get those certificates to hang on their walls or admire on their desks.

Speaking of shopping locally, ’tis the season. In this issue, we’re focused on a number of ways you can celebrate the holidays—including making or buying your Thanksgiving feast—by taking advantage of uniquely local businesses and artisans.

And coming up next week we’ll have some special emphasis on Small Business Saturday and shopping local after Thanksgiving—something that’s important to many small, local businesses out

out frequently in the Jackson Free Press, studies show that a much higher percentage of the dollars you spend in a locally owned business stay in the community.

Most of the dollars spent in Walmart go to Bentonville, Ark. or Wall Street; many fewer of those dollars stay in Jackson.

And as far as the job-creation stuff goes, if we had more local businesses instead of so many chains, we’d actually have more jobs, and they would pay better.

Speaking of Walmart, how’s this— they’re not even the biggest problem anymore. Now it’s Amazon. That’s right: Amazon is even worse for local economies when you shop there, because they do nearly no hiring in our local area, don’t collect or remit sales taxes and, because they don’t have much of a physical presence, they aren’t paying property taxes. (Some big-box stores duck and dodge their property taxes, but at least they collect some sales tax from us.)

The result? The more dollars spent at

Amazon, the fewer tax dollars generated in our communities by businesses. Which will mean, by default, a higher tax burden for individuals and families.

Finally, with no boots on the ground, Amazon doesn’t leave much (if any) money in the local economy. In Jackson, for instance, the only thing you might be able to attribute to Amazon is a little pay for the UPS delivery person and a little of the gas that might be bought locally to go in the UPS delivery truck. Nothing else that a local business will frequently buy locally—inventory, supplies, energy, shelving, flooring, accounting, legal services—is something that Amazon isn’t going to buy from our local community.

They probably won’t even sponsor the local softball team.

So, as you’re out there this “Black Friday” season, don’t forget two things— first, feel free to grab a deal or two, but consider the options you have to shop local for some of those gifts. Then make a point of doing so in earnest on Small Business Saturday, hitting the local shops and restaurants up for clever gift ideas, gift certificates for family members and maybe even a little something for yourself.

Second, take a little time with the Best of Jackson ballot this week and make sure you nominate some of your favorite local people, businesses and organizations so that they can move on to the finalist round—an honor in and of itself.

Vote with your dollars and your nomination to support local businesses this holiday season—because those big boxes and cyberstores don’t help make Jackson the unique and fabulous place it can be.

Todd Stauffer is the publisher of the Jackson Free Press. Email him at todd@ jacksonfreepress.com.

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Sports writer Bryan Flynn is a husband and stay-at-home father to a baby girl. He constantly wonders, “If it didn’t happen on ESPN or Disney Jr., did it really happen?” He wrote about Mississippi’s holiday football games.

Ad Designer Zilpha Young has dabbled in every medium she could get her hands on, from blacksmithing to crocheting. To see some of her extracurricular work (and lots of cephalopods) check out zilphatastic.tumblr. com. She wrote a DIY piece.

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

He wrote a story about local Thanksgiving food options.

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. He interviewed journalist and author Leonard Pitts Jr.

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 about contraception issues.

Freelance writer Brinda Fuller Willis often plays tricks on people with her identical twin.

She’ll go anywhere to hear the blues, and she is a real farmer’s daughter. She wrote a story about blues musician Garry Burnside.

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 many photos for the issue.

Distribution driver Mike McDonald attended the University of Montana. He enjoys listening to rap music, writing short stories and reading books about American history.

He helped distribute the issue.

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Saturday, November 14 The second Democratic presidential debate takes place in Des Moines, Iowa. â&#x20AC;Ś About 70,000 people march in anti-government protests in Seoul, South Korea.

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Monday, November 16 In a joint session at the Palace of Versailles, French President François Hollande calls for the U.S. and Russia to unite with France in a grand coalition dedicated to destroying the Islamic State group after the attacks on Paris. â&#x20AC;Ś Five U.S. governors, including Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, threaten to halt efforts to allow Syrian refugees into their states in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Tuesday, November 17 Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FSB security service concludes that an Islamic State bomb brought down the Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month and offers a $50 million reward for information on the masterminds.

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cott Crawford rambles north up State Street into oncoming traffic, a yellow safety vest with orange stripes and silver reflectors fastened to the seat of his motorized wheelchair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Always try to ride against traffic, so they can see your face,â&#x20AC;? Crawford warns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safer.â&#x20AC;?

Despite the danger, Crawford has no choice but to ride in the middle of the street in most of Jackson. To the untrained eye of an of able-bodied person, Crawfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fondren neighborhood near State and Meadowbrook Road, where he has lived since 2006, looks accessible enough. Most of the sidewalks have curb cuts for people in wheelchairs, some relatively new, a sign that the City of Jackson has occasionally updated some of its infrastructure to comply with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. A closer look, guided by Crawford, reveals a world of perils for people like him.

A bus stop near his home has a curb cut, but its slope is slightly steeper than ADA guidelines of a 1:12 ratio; in other words, the angle should be no more than 1 inch tall for every 12 inches of length.

This particular stop, which he measured with a digital level, is too tall. The practical significance of adhering to the ADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technical specifications such as slope and the width of sidewalks becomes clear when Crawford whips his wheelchair around and his back wheel comes close to going off the curb.

In several places, the sidewalks simply end; in many others, utility poles render the walk unusable for Crawford and his chair.

Three people have been killed in the

past three years in wheelchair-related accidents in Jackson, and some 100 in the past decade, according to local news clippings included in a presentation Crawford gave to the ADA council earlier this year.

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the City, said going through three mayoral administrations between 2013 and 2014 made it even more difficult to nail down the details of a plan. The City is currently soliciting public comments on what Gleese calls an updated, more detailed transition plan that IMANI KHAYYAM

Thursday, November 12 Jackson State University officials announce the addition of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at the university. â&#x20AC;Ś New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children trigger massive backlash after being leaked to the public.

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Scott Crawford says his Fondren neighborhood is full of danger for people in wheelchairs, those with visual impairments and gait disorders.

he has submitted 75 written complaints to the City of Jackson about various ADA violations; he has made many more verbal complaints. The original ADA legislation required cities to submit a plan; Jackson did develop a transition plan in 2011, but it was not formally adopted.

Sam Gleese, the ADA coordinator for

builds on the 2011 document, now posted on the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homepage. The public comment period ended Nov. 16.

Crawford and other advocates for people with disabilities arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hopeful that the plan will produce results. For him, only one remedy remainsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;filing a lawsuit against the City of Jackson, which his attorneys at

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Wednesday, November 11 University of Missouri police arrest Hunter M. Park, 19, on suspicion of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty following the resignations of two university leaders over racial tensions.

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Joi Owens, the managing attorney for Disability Rights Mississippi, said the plan Jackson developed in 2011â&#x20AC;&#x201D;19 years late, she notesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;was vague and lacked a firm timeline for implementing changes to make the city more accessible. In addition, ADA required municipalities to hire an ADA coordinator, which Jackson did not do until 1997, when Sam Gleese came aboard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to make sure we do it right.

We went round and round with this thing for a long time. As the disability community keeps pointing out, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25 years late, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t here 25 years ago in this position. The mayor wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t here at that time so, in all fairness, we have to go from where we are,â&#x20AC;? Gleese said.

Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber has said all projects outlined in the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1-percent

sales master plan would include bringing roadways into ADA compliance. In their public comments on the ADA Transition plan, DRMS officials recommend amending the document to contain firm timelines and budgetary commitments for necessary projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and to include â&#x20AC;&#x153;people firstâ&#x20AC;? language (i.e. saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;a person with a visual impairmentâ&#x20AC;? instead of â&#x20AC;&#x153;a blind personâ&#x20AC;?). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are concerned at the lack of prog-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to make sure we do it right.â&#x20AC;? ress since then, the lack of timely correction of complaints submitted by members of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disability community, and the lack of firm timelines for coming into compliance with this important human rights law,â&#x20AC;? said Owens, the Disability Rights Mississippi attorney.

Private businesses get it, Crawford said, pointing to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfectâ&#x20AC;? wheelchair ramp that a national drugstore retailer installed. He said businesses have a profit motive to encourage as many people as possible to shop there and that they tend to be more leery of getting sued than cities are. Cities, on the other

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hand, get sued all the time and are slower to respondâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;until someone forces the issue.

Crawford recalls a recent visit to Nashville, where he traveled miles in his wheelchair looking for noncompliant sidewalks.

When he met with an ADA coordinator there, Crawford asked how that city became almost completely compliant. The coordinator responded: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got sued.â&#x20AC;?

25 Years Behind the Law Advocates say many of the cities that have the best ADA-complaint sidewalks have been sued. In July 2000, under thenU.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, the Justice Department settled with 17 cities, including Nashville, which agreed to remove barriers â&#x20AC;&#x153;to all aspects of civic life, including courthouses, libraries, polling places, police stations, and parks.â&#x20AC;?

As recently as 2014, two groups in California filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against the City of Long Beach on behalf of plaintiffs alleging â&#x20AC;&#x153;a systematic failure to fix uneven and/or crumbling pavement, remove protruding and/or moveable obstructions, maintain a sufficiently wide path of travel, and correct excessive slopes and cross-slopes,â&#x20AC;? all of which are items Crawford has included in formal complaints to Jackson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Persons who have mobility disabilities must choose between remaining segregated from significant kinds of daily activitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including visiting public facilities, places of public accommodation, or friends, and accessing

public transit stopsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;and thereby remaining safe, or risking injury or death by traveling on or around inaccessible pedestrian rights of way,â&#x20AC;? the Long Beach complaint states.

Christy Dunaway, who lives in northeast Jackson, said inaccessible sidewalks have far-ranging effects. For example, a pool of standing water near a poorly designed curb cut might require a person in a wheelchair to go around into traffic; if they roll through the water, they can get their clothes dirty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing for an able-bodied person to stand out in the rain,â&#x20AC;? Dunaway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And an able-bodied person might be able to dodge a puddle of water; a person in a wheelchair cannot.â&#x20AC;?

Crawford, who is relatively active, said the condition of the sidewalks forces him to stay at home unless he has to venture outside for an important meeting or a snack from McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Dunaway said that just goes to show that inaccessible sidewalks prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in the economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 25 years beyond ADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passage.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been talking to (City of Jackson officials) for years and years and (theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re) still not getting it right. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no excuse for that.â&#x20AC;?

Gleese, the ADA coordinator, said after the transition plan public-comment period ends, each City department will complete an ADA compliance self-evaluation, which he expects to be complete by Jan. 1, 2016.

Comment at www.jfp.ms/news.

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The Jackson Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Organization plans to expand its services by the end of the month, offering contraceptives to women with Medicaid, with other insurers to follow.

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ississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only abortion clinic will become an official health provider for insurance companies within weeks. The Jackson Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Organization should be registered with Medicaid by the end of November and will begin offering covered contraception options as soon as they have trained staff members to do so. The clinic is also working to add more insurance providers soon, Dr. Sacheen Carr-Ellis, a JWHO doctor, said last week.

Carr-Ellis says the clinicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to make comprehensive reproductive health care easier for women to access. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in (a) single kind of careâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we know that comprehensive care is better,â&#x20AC;? Carr-Ellis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why should women have to jump through so many hoops just to keep them-

selves healthy? It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem fair.â&#x20AC;?

JWHO plans to offer contraception from combination methods (hormonal pills, patches and rings), intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants.

Pulling together the paperwork to accept insurance for women seeking nonabortion services at the clinic will not happen overnight. The clinic received a private grant that is paying for an employee to set up the insurance billing system and to ensure the clinic meets other requirements necessary to be a provider for insurance companies.

Mississippians on Medicaid are eligible for family-planning services including all forms of contraception JWHO plans to offer. Carr-Ellis said women are highly mo-

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The three doctors who work at JWHO are certified OB-GYNs and well-versed in more than just abortion. Carr-Ellis said she did a fellowship that focused on contraception education. In Boston, where she used to live and work at a similar clinic, she said women would never leave without at least talking to a doctor about their reproductive healthcare.

“There was not a thought in my mind that a woman was going to leave without contraception or have to pay for it,” CarrEllis said.

She said the focus was on what the woman needed, what was best for her and what necessary precautions or safety issues needed to be addressed for women postabortion. Pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) testing were also givens at her old clinic.

Currently, JWHO doctors have to send women out of the clinic to get contraception or related testing after they’ve received abortions. Carr-Ellis said she sends patients under age 21 to the University of Mississippi

Medical Center’s adolescent health center because they offer several contraceptive options. If the patient is older, however, she refers them to the public-health department, but she knows that wait time can be long and availability of certain types of contraception not always reliable.

If JWHO is able to take that extra step out of the process, the clinic doctor said, it could make the women’s lives easier as well as help the clinic break even financially.

“I think it’s important—and who better than us?” Carr-Ellis said.

Most women’s reproductive health clinics in the area offer contraception options to women, including East Lakeland OB-GYN Associates, where Dr. Freda Bush works as an OB-GYN. Bush, who is vocally on record against abortion rights, said women’s health clinics should only be able to offer services for which they can handle the consequences.

She said contraceptives come with health risks that doctors should inform women about before they take them. For instance, Bush cited a 2014 Centers for Disease Control study that said using IUDs could lead to phallic inflammatory disease. At her clinic, she informs her patients of the potential health consequences of contraceptives.

At JWHO, the counseling about contraception occurs in the patient intake pro-

cess Carr-Ellis said. Before women are even cleared for an abortion, the doctors perform health screenings and assess eligibility for contraceptive services with patients.

Carr-Ellis said JWHO doctors load their patients with information about the different types of contraceptives, including the risks, and doctors rely on the CDC’s guidelines on contraception that spell out which patients are eligible for which types— including patients’ post-abortal care.

“There’s a lot of good data on starting contraception on the same day of abortion,” Carr-Ellis said. “Every woman we talk to about contraception, we try to come up with a plan about how they can get it.”

Currently, however, JWHO doctors can only send women away with recommendations, and they have to schedule additional appointments or go elsewhere to get screened all over again to get contraception.

“It’s very frustrating to come up with a great plan for a woman and not offer it to her,” Carr-Ellis said.

Bush said ultimately the decision to use contraceptives is up to the woman.

“It’s not our decision—it’s up to the patient,” she said. “You present the method, the risk and the benefits, and the patient chooses.”

Different methods of birth control are better for different women depending on

sexual and medical history, risk for infections and age. Bush said women need to read information provided to them at clinics and do their own research to see what contraceptive is the right choice for them.

Additionally, OB-GYNs have to get a good medical history and examination of a patient before prescribing contraceptives, Bush said. She also said the best way to prevent STIs is by limiting partners.

“Fifty percent of new STIs are in women ages 15 to 24,” she said.

Nationally, half of pregnancies are unintended (either mistimed or unwanted), a Guttmacher Institute study found. Carr-Ellis said contraception could be seen as a solution for people who are against abortion, because contraception prevents pregnancy in the first place.

“If you truly are against abortion— there’s one way to do that,” she said.

Contraceptives will soon take the national stage again. In March, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear several cases of religious nonprofit organizations that object to offering employees insurance that covers contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act. The religious groups object to the ACA mandate because, they said, contraception is against their personal religious beliefs.

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The Push to Double the Minimum Wage

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ajania “CoCo” Brown, 24, says that she, her colleagues at Popeye’s Lousiana Kitchen, and all other minimum-wage workers are worth more than what their bosses and the State of Mississippi say they deserve to be paid.

“They tell us that if we want more money, we need to get better jobs and education, but none of us wants to do this for the rest of our life,” the Jackson resident and mother of two said.

Brown started taking business cours-

steps of Jackson City Hall at noon, with union organizers and workers from the Nissan plant in Canton, the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Association, the Mississippi Alliance of State Employees and state Rep.-elect Kathy Sykes, D-Jackson, bringing the crowd to around 50 people.

“These young people weren’t around for the civil rights and labor movements of the past,” Jaribu Hill, who founded the Mississippi Worker’s Center for Human Rights in Greenville in

Mississippi is currently one of 25 states with “right-to-work” laws, which prohibit unions from developing “security agreements” with employers that would require their employees to join a union or pay union dues.

Burgess said even though right-towork laws hinder the ability of Mississippi workers to achieve real bargaining power, the goal of full union rights will remain an integral part of the struggle to get and keep a living wage.

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Bill Chandler of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (far left) stands on the steps of Jackson City Hall with local fastfood workers Cajania “CoCo” Brown, Kenyata McInnis and Tevin Tarrio (left to right).

es in 2012 at Strayer University, a forprofit institution specializing in degrees for working adults with a campus off Briarwood Drive. She wants to go back and become a “black business leader,” but she says “it’s a struggle just to survive on $7.25 an hour.” She points to the costs of her energy bills, rent and groceries as some of the factors that led her to postpone college.

“Can’t survive on $7.25!” was one of the slogans a group of about 20 local activists, organizers and low-wage workers chanted Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the McDonald’s restaurant on Woodrow Wilson and Bailey Ave. From there, protesters visited and marched at several fast-food chains on U.S. Highway 80, including McDonald’s, Dairy Queen and Popeye’s. Ten fast-food workers were on strike that day, while several more joined the rally after their shift.

Inside the Popeye’s on Highway 80 and at the McDonald’s on Bailey Avenue, protesters presented a statement to managers calling for $15-per-hour pay and union rights for all workers.

The strike ended with a rally on the

1996, told the Jackson Free Press. “So it’s critical for today’s struggles for justice that they become engaged and their voices and experiences highlighted.”

The local day of action was part of a nationally coordinated effort known as “Fight for $15,” which kicked off in late November 2012, with several hundred fast-food workers in New York City walking off the job to demand $15 an hour and the right to unionize.

Darcy Burgess, 47, who moved from New York City to Jackson in September, works with Fight for $15 and was one of the principal organizers of Tuesday’s action, recruiting fast-food workers and connecting them with local allies.

Jackson was one of 270 cities across the U.S. that saw workers from various low-wage industries participating in the day-long strike.

Burgess said she plans to stay in Jackson until workers get $15 an hour and union rights, stressing that getting workers unionized would address the imbalance of power between owners, managers and low-wage workers, who have less job security than higher earners.

A Necessarily Low Bar? Despite massive gains in worker productivity and technological capacity, overall wages for American workers have remained stagnant since the late 1970s, the Economic Policy Institute reports.

In contrast, average income for the top 1 percent of earners has increased more than 240 percent since 1979.

While the Fight for $15 movement promotes higher wages so that service jobs offer more livable wages to workers, some opponents of mandated raises say minimum-wage jobs are simply an entry-point into the workforce, a necessarily low bar from which one can climb the economic ladder.

“If these jobs were meant to be your career,” Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, told the Jackson Free Press, “then not raising the minimum wage would be a really bad idea. These jobs are just meant to get you climbing the ladder from point A to point B.” Mississippi’s current minimum wage remains at the federally mandated $7.25 per hour, which leaves a full-time worker earning $15,000 a year before taxes, just

above the federal poverty line for a household of two.

Ron Aldridge, state director for the National Federation of Independent Businesses, says that the NFIB regularly conducts nationwide surveys of small businesses showing that around 80 percent of their members oppose a minimumwage increase. Aldridge said he was confident that the numbers for Mississippi small businesses would closely parallel, if not exceed, that national percentage.

Aldridge said the issue boils down to how businesses with low-profit margins can stay afloat. “A raise to $15 more than doubles current labor-costs, and so you’re left with a choice between passing that increase on to the customer or cutting into your own profits,” he said.

When asked whether larger fast-food chains such as McDonald’s were in a better position to wage raises, Aldridge said that the situation was really not all that different for successful corporations.

“That’s really the wrong way to approach the issue,” Aldridge said, “because individual franchises are owned and run by local business leaders who have taken great risk and made personal investments, and their profit margins are still razor thin.”

Both Aldridge and Fillingane point to Mississippi’s investment in workforce training programs as a better solution than raising the minimum wage.

“We’ve been spending somewhere between $20 (million) and $40 million a year in workforce training so that people on that lower-rung of the economic ladder can get trained to get a job at a Toyota, or Nissan or at a number of other industries that have come to our state,” Fillingane told the Jackson Free Press.

“Those are tax dollars, and you could say that’s certainly part of the social welfare net we’ve put in place in our state, that allow people to go from making $7.25 at a local restaurant to taking some courses for six months and going to work at one of these factories, making $12 to $15 an hour.”

While an immediate raise to $15-perhour might deliver a shock to the system in Mississippi, where poverty is rampant and wages for most workers are low, Fight for $15 advocates say that high concentrations of wealth inequality are the real stumbling block to political progress.

“Mississippi might only move to $10 or $12 for now,” Jaribu Hill said, “but first we’ve got to know what’s right and demand our full rights.”

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Pitts: The South is Overdue for Reckoning

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Does the climate of social unrest we’ve had the past couple of years make it easier or harder to be a black writer?

anything to me.’ You write those columns because you’ve got an obligation to do it, you have a duty. I’ll usually try to give myself a mind vacation where I write ‘I love apple pie’ or ‘My mom was great’ or something just to give myself a break from that kind of stuff. I suspect that, psychologically, it is probably not the healthiest thing for you to be banging your head against that brick wall all the time.

were there more as plot devices than as actual people. I think a lot of the things that apply to a column apply, differently perhaps, in writing a novel.

I’m not a native Mississippian, and sometimes feel that I haven’t earned the right to offer Mississippians my opinion. Who am I to tell Mississippi that they should change the flag? You grew up in southern California, live in Maryland and write a column for The Miami Herald. How do you navigate that?

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eonard Pitts Jr.’s “Grant Park” begins and ends with a dream. In the opening scenes of Pitts’ third novel, Malcolm Toussaint is stirred awake after dreaming about being a teenage activist, one where he saves Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from assassination, which has been a recurring fantasy of his for the ensuing four decades. Forty years later, the nation prepares for an occasion that would have been unthinkable in 1968—the election of Barack Obama as America’s first black president. Instead of reveling in the historic moment, Toussaint, a prize-winning black columnist for the fictitious Chicago Post, is in the midst of a professional crisis.

Disillusioned about writing about killings of unarmed African Americans by Chicago cops and reading racist reader emails that inevitably follow those columns, Toussaint pens one that states: “I’m sick and tired of white folks’ bullsh-t.”

The rest of the novel hits on many of the themes with which Pitts, who, like his protagonist, is an award-winning syndicated columnist, grapples in his regular column.

Naturally, working for The Miami Herald (he lives in Maryland with his family), he writes a good bit about social issues, and politics, including the current presidential contest that includes two Floridians, former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

Leonard Pitts Jr. will sign copies of Grant Park (Agate Bolden, $25) at Lemuria Books on Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. He recently spoke to the Jackson Free Press about race, writing and reckoning.

I think you have to be fair, and you have to be sensitive to a reasonable degree, but I think it’s hard to do the job if you’re concerned about offending someone. Opinion is always going to offend somebody. Mississippi and—frankly, the larger South—is long overdue for a discussion about not just that flag but all the symbols of the so-called lost cause that it insists on embracing. I always find it fascinating that the culture of the south embracing two things—it embraces a sort of hyper patriotism and love for America, and it also embraces symbols of treason. I just find that really kind of weird. It’s a sort of duality of consciousness that I’ve always found rather strange. I’m sure if I was in Mississippi I’d be in as much trouble as you get in or probably more because there is just stuff that is obvious to me that requires saying.

Have you been able to make any sense of that paradox?

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Somebody mentioned, after Charleston in the whole discussion over the Confederate flag, where are there monuments to the cause that acOne of the reviews from Kirkus or Publishers tually won the war and the cause that has been Weekly or something said it is prescient, which vindicated by history? We’re wedded to this era is lovely to hear—that someone thinks you were of Civil War-era artifacts. ahead of the curve. Really, the kind of stuff we’ve We’re also wedded, which I find really been seeing the last couple of years has been going troubling and also fascinating, to this notion on all along. It’s just now that we’re focused on it. about making the war about something other We’re paying more attention to it, and cell-phone than what it was. It’s been successful to an apThe assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an attempted cameras have become so ubiquitous that it’s on palling and amazing degree when people all over assassination of Barack Obama on the eve of his historic presidential win frame the third novel from Leonard Pitts Jr., a the news all the time. I don’t know that current the country, particularly in the south and particcolumnist for The Miami Herald. events really had a hand one way or another in ularly conservatives in the south now, say with a making the book easier or harder to write. I just straight face that the war had little if anything to chose Chicago and a random police shooting, but do with slavery, which is contrary to everything we saw a shooting similar to what I describe happen in New anybody who fought in the war—the leaders—said.

York to Amadou Diallo. That stuff never quite goes away.

What’s it like working on a column while working There’s some emotional duality, some deep denialon a novel? ism at work in the south that sooner or later you’re going Do you feel a responsibility to write about these I don’t know that there’s a great divide. You mention to have to deal with. The thing about America is that we things when they happen? accuracy, facts and fairness; I had to double check the novel tend to put off our reckonings.

You know that you’ve got the platform that there are for accuracy and, when I decided to fudge, to at least fudge Was it Jefferson who said, “I tremble for my country things that need to be said. You’ve had enough experience at knowingly. (In Grant Park) after the riot on Beale Street, when I reflect that God is just and that his justice cannot this to know what people are going to say in response, and there’s a scene where Malcolm is walking the Mississippi sleep forever?” That’s as succinct as you can have it put. it’s a matter of ‘Do I really feel like doing this?’” There have River trying to get to a Holiday Inn. I went to Memphis You can deny, deny and deny, but at some point you’re been times when writing the column when there’s stuff that and walked that route just to try to get a sense of what it going to have to pay the bill for that. And that’s what the has to be said, and I know what (criticism is) going to come would have been like—what he would have seen, what the Civil War was. The Civil Rights Movement was paying in, and it sort of kills your soul a little to read it. My poor terrain was like. Obviously, the river has changed a lot since the bill for that denialism, and if we’re not careful we’re assistant, who is white, just gets so upset. She told me once 1968, but I wanted to get some sense what that walk would going to pay the bill again. that ‘I don’t understand how you don’t just hate white peo- have been like. Fairness is part of it. I didn’t want to paint Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@ 10 ple.’ I told her, ‘I’d have to hate you, and you haven’t done my white characters as these one-dimensional people who jacksonfreepress.com.

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From France, With Love and Pain

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sharp elbow to my left kidney brought me fully awake.

“Answer that,” my wife said. I had recently changed the traditional chime on my iPad to the sound of a hunting horn that really annoys her. She wanted me to turn it off at night, but I demurred, saying, “What if the kids want to talk?”

She rolled her eyes and said, “Let them call when the sun is up!”

Sleep has always been important to my wife.

Rolling over and peering onto the floor where the iPad was still lit up, I could see a screen full of messages. The first was a Facebook post stating that our friend, Quitterie Blanchard, was safe, followed by a cryptic message from my brother: “What the hell is going on over there?”

Communication from Europe to the U.S. has changed dramatically since my time as a solider in Germany some 40 years ago. Then, calling home required getting up early on Saturday morning, walking into town to the German post office, standing in a line and then paying a lot of money for five minutes’ worth of conversation. You had to coordinate carefully with the folks back home with a six- to nine-hour time difference, and the unpredictability of the queue for the phone service meant long waits for a brief conversation.

To many of my fellow soldiers, this was the highlight of their week, and they couldn’t wait for each Saturday to arrive. I couldn’t be bothered.

Now, there is instant communication with everyone in the U.S. from a multitude of devices. I can call the U.S. with my plain old landline phone. I can walk to Germany, but I can’t call toll-free; however, I can call any phone in the U.S. without a charge! The miracle of modern technology.

My geographically challenged and Fox News-watching family and friends tend to think of France as one big suburb of Paris, so when the news of the latest round of Paris attacks hit the U.S. news, they immediately became concerned for me and my family, although we’re not in Paris. And the corollary of the miracle of modern communication is that people can communicate with you anywhere you are at any time from multiple paths.

I received emails from people I hadn’t heard from in years, text messages with cryptic messages, “I’m praying for you and your family. L.” Who was L? And as the size of the attack became clear, the concern of family and friends heightened until the sheer crush of communicating with all those concerned about us became tiresome, and I starting just cutting and pasting a generic message into the return emails.

Once again, François Hollande’s French administration is faced with a carefully orchestrated attack that has killed many, terrorized Paris and horrified the world. The French want to hurt those responsible, and President Obama is being pressured to increase military action against ISIS. Many want him to commit Americans to the fight, boots on the ground.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is taking heavy criticism from members of her own party and others for standing up for the refugees from the Middle East and offering them asylum and a place to live, work and raise their children outside a war zone. Many European Nations are reconsidering their commitment to help the refugees and are turning a blind eye to their suffering. Our own GOP wants to do the same.

It seems to me that if we are not careful and give serious and rational thought to the situation, the terrorists have a good chance of succeeding in destabilizing the West, isolating the refugees from any chance of a decent life, and turning their camps into breeding grounds of discontent and misery. If we chose to live in fear and base our decisions on our own safety instead of the needs of others, the terrorists win.

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Women Must Have Health, Reproductive Choices

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erhaps Roe v. Wade was ahead of its time, or late in coming. Regardless, abortion has been legal in the U.S. for decades and to reverse it would mean reversing women’s rights. Members of the religious and political right have made it clear that this is their goal, but because the majority stands against them, they know they can’t win a frontal assault on the Constitution. So, they’ve focused on a state-by-state legislative strategy of making access to legal abortion and familyplanning services nearly impossible for the poor.

In their fervor to make legal abortion services possible only for wealthier people, they also end up fighting against education and contraception programs that are proven to seriously curtail unwanted pregnancies—and, thus, demand for abortions.

The government doesn’t fund most voluntary abortions, but the myth that they do fuels the calls to defund the (non-abortion) work done by such organizations. The anti-Planned Parenthood crowd has gained more traction than ever before and looks to yank the country back to 19th-century reality.

Judges and state Legislatures around the nation are divining all sorts of ways to dictate to what extent a woman can control (or lose control of) her biological right to reproduce or not.

In March 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the cases of religious nonprofit organizations that object to providing insurance benefits to women under the terms of the Affordable Care Act that allow them access to contraceptive methods on the grounds that management’s religious views trump their employees.

The roots of resistance to abortion and contraception hail back to a time when women were allowed no role other than “mother” with few rights beyond her own home. But it’s 2015 now, and times have changed. Millennials aren’t getting married as fast or as often, and the fertility rate of the U.S. has been declining since 2008.

At the same time, contraceptive use is at an all-time high. With more than half of pregnancies categorized as “unintended,” meaning mistimed or unplanned, women are beginning to realize, regardless of religion or political party, that science has provided a way to make family planning an actual reality—much thanks to contraception (and abortion when needed and chosen).

Is this a threat to the traditional American idea of a family? Maybe to the 19th-century ideal where many women gave birth 10 times or more and often died young due to health issues. It’s past time to update our ideas of reproductive justice for women. Thanks to the women’s rights movement and several waves of feminism, women have made immense gains in the workplace and society.

Contraception allows them to plan when and with whom they would like to have a family. This only works, however, when women have access to the right kind of birth control for their needs.

Access is a problem in this state, and for those adamantly opposed to abortion—which is their right—the obvious, if not easiest, fix would be to prevent an unwanted pregnancy in the first place, and for many women that means easier and affordable access to contraceptive options.

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e have one true purpose. It is to get as close as we can to completion before we terminate this earthly form weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been given. Regardless of what religion youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve aligned yourself with or what terminology is used, ultimately, wholeness and completion is what we are aiming for, right?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d all like to get to a point where we have lived fully and happily. We all want to find true love, the kind that fills you up on the inside. We all want to do certain things that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always dreamed of, correct? We all want to be whole. We want to have lived enough to not have any regrets at the end of our earthly journey.

So, then, why in the hell do so many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; women and men of every nationalityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;stay in relationships that not only donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fulfill them, but make them miserable?

Let me be more specific. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not talking about youthful experimentation. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re under 30, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still learning who you are, so mistakes will be bountiful. But after a certain age, there should come some understanding of self, at least to the point that we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t repeating the same mistakes. We should, by then, recognize ourselves and know what makes us tick and tock. We should know what we can deal with and what we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. We should at least be beginning to recognize what we need to be happy. Right? Or no?

I know people who have given up on their own happiness because they have found themselves in wedlock. Now, I am not a proponent of divorce. But I am a proponent of not getting married when you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy to start with. Why would it get better? It is almost as certain as the sun shining that it will get worse.

Some get married to people they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even like. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand that for the life of me. Now, I do believe that great partnerships or friendships can grow into love and thus, love may not be present in the beginning but has room to form and blossom.

But if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand the sight of the person at all prior to marriage, in a year youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hate him or her for sure.

Is having a wedding that serious? Is the pressure from the family enough to sacrifice your feelings? Is being pregnant enough reason to commit to a life with a person that you irresponsibly had unprotected sex with?

Life is a funny thing because it gets even more complicated.

Now, I understand that some people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe they are in positions to change or alter where they are in their lives. But what I find unsettling is working in a job for your entire life, possibly keeling over dead while doing said job and being completely unfulfilled the entire time.

What a waste that would be, right?

What if people were hired according to what they could actually contribute and what they enjoyed doing? What if managers took an extra minute to consider personalities instead of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on resumĂŠs? I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even tell you how many resumĂŠs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen that had no clear attachment to the name on the top of it. Come on, seriously, people have to be smarter than that.

I believe that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a happier society if we all did things that made us feel good about being happy. Working jobs we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like creates tension, anger and resentment. Unfortunately, people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just leave because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it. In fact, in many households, children (especially men) are taught that it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if you like it or not, you must work. You must provide. So if that means working on an assembly line instead of running for city government, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you do.

I admire the free birds, as I call them.

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The 2015 New Orleans Saints defense is starting to closely resemble their 2012 defense, which holds the NFL record for most yards surrendered in league history.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19 College basketball (4-6 p.m., ESPN2): The Mississippi State Bulldogs takes on Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes in the third game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Basketball Tournament.

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hanksgiving is a time when we get together with family and friends, and give thanks for another year. In between the feasting, naps, leftover turkey, holiday shopping and more naps, there’s plenty of great football.

The college teams playing in the final week of the regular season will want to end on a high note. In our state, a trio of games will highlight the holiday weekend.

When Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi meet in the 2015 Egg Bowl, it will be a battle between teams whose pre-season presumptions have been upended through the course of the season. By many accounts, the Bulldogs have

lay claim to a mythical state championship of the FBS teams because the team also beat the University of Southern Mississippi in the first game of the season.

With a victory against the Rebels, MSU can claim a 2-0 record against the state’s FBS schools. If the Rebels beat the Bulldogs, UM can salvage this season, though it might still be remembered as a lost opportunity.

Mississippi State has already reached my preseason projection with seven wins before the Egg Bowl. UM would have to win against the Bulldogs just to meet my expectations of nine to 10 wins this season.

Southern Miss could have something different to play for on Thanksgiving week-

city as Alcorn State University and Jackson State University rumble for bragging rights and a possible SWAC East division championship between the two premier SWAC schools in our state.

Jackson State has faced as much turmoil off the field as they have on it this season.

Interim Athletic Director Robert Walker stepped down just a few weeks before head football coach Harold Jackson was fired.

The Tigers won only three games all season with just two left. Currently, the Tigers are holding third place in the SWAC East, looking up at Alcorn State and Alabama State University.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 20 College football (8:30-11 p.m., ESPN2): Watch a Friday night Mountain West shootout as the U.S. Air Force takes on Boise State.

The Holy Trinity of Games

SATURDAY, NOV. 21 College football (2:30-6 p.m., WLOO): Southern Miss goes for win eight against Old Dominion. … College football (2:30-6 p.m., CBS): The University of Mississippi looks to hand LSU its third straight loss. … College football (6-9 p.m., ESPN): Mississippi State tries to stop a surging Arkansas team.

SUNDAY, NOV. 22 NFL (7:30-11 p.m., NBC): The Saints are on their bye week, so watch Sunday Night Football as the undefeated Cincinnati Bengals go against the Arizona Cardinals.

MONDAY, NOV. 23 NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): Former USM linebacker Jamie Collins leads the New England Patriots at home against the Buffalo Bills.

TUESDAY, NOV. 24 College football (6:30-10 p.m., ESPNU): Get your midweek college football fix with an MAC face-off as Northern Illinois hosts Ohio.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 College basketball (4-6 p.m., SECN): The UM Rebels continue their early season basketball schedule when they host Georgia State.

The Saints fired defensive coordinator Rob Ryan after giving up 424.7 yards per game, currently second worst in NFL history. New Orleans’ recordbreaking 2012 defense gave up 440.1 yards per game.

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The Jackson State University Tigers are currently in third place in the SWAC East, with Alcorn State University and Alabama State University ahead of them (pictured is JSU running back Robert Johnson).

exceeded expectations; the Rebels, despite high-profiles wins, have underachieved.

Mississippi State continues a schoolrecord streak by being eligible for its sixth consecutive bowl game. The school has won seven games this season, even though most of the sports talking heads thought six wins would be a stretch, and bowl eligibility would be nearly impossible for this season’s Bulldogs, despite the return of star quarterback Dak Prescott.

UM started this season as an offensive juggernaut. The high point came when the team beat the University of Alabama for the second straight year. Then, UM had shocking losses to the University of Memphis and the University of Arkansas, which put a damper on the early-season enthusiasm.

Any chance at a SEC West title is essentially gone for both teams, so this year’s Egg Bowl will be for bragging rights, improved bowl standing and pride. If the Bulldogs beat the Rebels, Mississippi State can also

end. Not only has the Golden Eagles program risen from the ashes like a phoenix, but greater glory could be ahead for the team.

If USM wins out leading up to the holiday weekend, it will put the team on a collision course with Louisiana Tech University for the Conference USA West division crown and a spot in the conference championship game. Southern Miss can even drop one of its final home games before the showdown and still be on track to play for a division title against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. USM has put itself in a position to not just go to a bowl game but, in a bit of a long shot, to go as division or conference champions.

Much like MSU, if the Golden Eagles keep winning, they will have surpassed the most college-football writers’ expectations.

Personally, I thought the limit for USM was six wins, but they could have eight before they step on the field with Louisiana Tech.

For the last of the trio of games, Mississippians will have their eyes on the capital

gers could possibly play spoilers to their main state rival with a win. A loss would be just another damper in a season with five defeats in the first six games.

Alcorn State hasn’t been nearly as dominant in the SWAC this season as it was last year, but the team currently sits at the top of the East division. The Braves are still in line to play for a SWAC title if they just win against JSU. This season, they have lost in close games against Grambling State University and Prairie View A&M University out of the West division. Lurking behind Alcorn State is Alabama State, which can leap in front of the Braves if they stumble.

JSU could get a chance to ruin Alcorn State’s dream of a repeat victory as the SWAC football champion. Jackson State has disappointed me this year, as I picked them to win seven games. I had Alcorn State winning seven games, which is still possible for the Braves, who could walk away with eight victories if they beat JSU. 15 Ûi LiÀÊ£nÊ ÊÓ{]ÊÓä£xÊÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

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hanksgiving is a day to give thanks and feast, so why not give back to local restaurants by letting them cater your holiday?

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Broad Street Baking Co. (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601-362-2900, broadstbakery.com) Broad Street’s menu for Thanksgiving includes baked

people that includes a whole roasted turkey, two sides, a dozen rolls and two pies, as well as a wide variety of dressings, desserts and other menu options available individually.

Customers can get vegetables and sides in pints, quarts, gallons and half gallons.

For pricing, visit grantskitchen.com. The restaurant will be open the day before Thanksgiving from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

family feast package. With it, customers have a choice of pork loin with an orange, honey, and rosemary demi glaze or a glazed boneless ham; cornbread dressing or oyster cornbread dressing; a choice of three sides such as seasonal salad, green-bean casserole, baked apples, sweet potatoes with candied walnuts, potatoes au gratin, or macaroni and cheese; a homemade cranberry sauce; dinner rolls; and caramel pie.

The package feeds 10 to 12 people. The deadline for orders is Monday, Nov. 23, at noon, and the pickup deadline is Wednesday, Nov. 25, during the restaurant’s normal business hours.

CHAR Restaurant (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 142, 601-956-9562, charrestaurant.com) The menu includes butter beans and green beans, mashed sweet potatoes, cornbread dressing and whole pecan pie. Orders need to be placed by Nov. 23. Customers should pick the food up by 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 25. The restaurant will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.

Sugar Magnolia Takery (5417 Highway 25, Flowood, 601-992-8110) Sugar Magnolia Takery will have a full holiday menu that includes asparagus casserole, butter beans, turkey, spiralcut ham, dressing and cranberry salsa. The restaurant will accept orders until Monday, Nov. 23. It will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25, and will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26.

goods such as caramel apple king cake; decorated sugar cookies in fall leaf patterns; apple-raisin bars; and chocolate-chip pumpkin bread. For its catering menu, Broad Street has dishes such as curried butternut squash bisque; BRAVO!’s signature spinach-and-goat cheese salad; andouille dressing; spinach casserole; fried turkey breast; a rustic deep-dish quiche; pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato pies; and much more. Broad Street also has gluten-sensitive options such as honey-bourbon carrots, corn maque choux, cheese grits, gluten-sensitive chocolate-chip cookies and more. Customers can make orders until Sunday, Nov. 22, and pick up their selections on Wednesday, Nov. 25, by 2 p.m. The restaurant will be open the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, until 3 p.m., and closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26.

Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland Drive; Flowood; 515 Lake Harbour Drive, Ridgeland; primoscafe.com) For Thanksgiving, Primos offers a dinner package that serves 10 to 12 people. It includes a whole turkey or ham; cornbread dressing; giblet gravy; a large vegetable such as sweet-potato casserole; cranberry sauce; dinner rolls; and a choice of pies, including lemon ice box pie and sweet potato pie. Pecan pie costs extra. To inquire about the dinner package or holiday office catering, call Primos at 601-898-3600 (Ridgeland) or 601-936-3398 (Flowood).

Crazy Cat Bakers (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 173, 601-362-7448) This year, Crazy Cat has bread pudding, chocolate chip-bourbon-pecan pie, sweet-potato Bundt cake, spiced-apple cake and more. Crazy Cat will take orders until it can’t take any more. Pick-up will be the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cookin’ Up a Storm (1491 Canton Mart Road, 601-957-1166) Cookin’ Up a Storm will have a full holiday menu that includes stuffing with sausage, pecans and apples; scalloped pineapple casserole; corn souffle; vodka liqueur chocolate cake; and mini cinnamon rolls. The restaurant will accept orders up to the last minute or until it runs out of food. Cookin’ Up a Storm will be open Monday, Nov. 23, and Tuesday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The business will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 29.

Grant’s Kitchen (2847 Lakeland Dr., Flowood, 601-665-4764, grantskitchen.com) Grant’s offers a Thanksgiving package for 12 to 18

The Strawberry Cafe (107 Depot Drive, Madison, 601-856-3822, strawberrycafemadison.com) For Thanksgiving, Strawberry Café will offer a special

McDade’s Market (Multiple locations, mcdades markets.com) McDade’s has a Create Your Own Dinner option for the holiday. Customers can choose items such as cooked turkey or spiral ham, cornbread dressing; turnip greens, broccoli and cheese casserole; and apple cobbler. The order deadline is Monday, Nov. 23, and orders must be picked up by 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26.

The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., 601-398-4562, themanshipjackson.com) The Manship’s holiday catering menu has meats such as a whole turkey (spit-fired or fried) or a maple-glazed duroc pork tenderloin; sides such as pork and cornbread dressing; corn casserole; Lebanese rice dressing; and Brussels sprouts with pancheta; and pumpkin and pecan pies.

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be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the grand opening celebration.

For more information, find Brick Street Pops on Facebook.

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rick Street Pops (400 Monroe St., Clinton), a popsicle shop in Clinton that opened in late August, is holding a grand-opening celebration Friday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The celebration will include a ribbon cutting and a Main Street Red Carpet Rollout, which is a ceremony for new businesses that are part of Main Street in Clinton.

In addition to popsicles, the shop offers retro candy and glass bottled drinks, including bottled root beer, orange crème soda and other selections. Brick Street has about 30 to 40 flavors of popsicles in all, with 14 flavors available on rotation every day, including cookies and cream, strawberry basil, sea-salt caramel and more. All of Brick Street’s popsicles are made locally from fresh ingredients and fruit.

Clay Mansell, Brick Street’s owner, intends for his shop to be a family- and petfriendly destination, with dog dishes outside for pets and special “puppy pops” for dogs made of beef or chicken broth with a rawhide stick for the handle. The shop has both indoor and outdoor seating, and students at nearby Mississippi College get a 20 percent discount.

Anyone who attends Brick Street’s ribbon-cutting ceremony will receive a free popsicle, and the shop will also have hourly specials and sales all day on items such as drinks and T-shirts. From 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., bands will perform outside,

Cathead Distillery is moving onto Farish Street in downtown Jackson soon.

at the event to enter a drawing to win free popsicles for a year. The winner will be announced Jan. 1, 2016.

Brick Street’s winter hours are 1 to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Starting March 1, 2016, the shop will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., for spring and summer.

The store is closed Sundays. Brick Street will

Cathead Distillery Coming to Jackson Madison-based Cathead Distillery (644 Church Road, Suite 1, Madison), Mississippi’s first legal distillery, is relocating to 422 S. Farish St., in downtown Jackson. The new space will increase production. Cathead will host a ribbon-

cutting for the new distillery on Tuesday, Dec. 8, and a grand-opening celebration on Saturday, Dec. 12.

Austin Evans and Richard Patrick co-founded Cathead Distillery in 2010.

The company’s current brands include Cathead Vodka, Cathead Honeysuckle, Cathead Pecan, Bristow Gin, Bristow Reserve Gin and Hoodoo Chicory Liqueur. The new distillery is in a 20,000square-foot space and will have equipment Cathead can use to distill other spirits, including whiskey.

On Dec. 8, Cathead will hold the ribbon cutting at 10 a.m., and the new distillery will open to the public at noon the day of the grand opening. Attendees will get to taste the local spirits and enjoy live music. Tickets are $10 per person for that event.

Starting Dec. 17, the distillery will be open for tours and tastings on Thursdays and Fridays starting at 3 p.m., and at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. Guests can enjoy a bar full of local beers, a retail shop and a game of cornhole while visiting.

Private group tours are also available, and the distillery is also available for private events and business meetings.

To book a private tour or tasting, email Susan Olmsted at susan@ catheaddistillery.com. For more information about Cathead Distillery, call 601667-3038 or visit catheaddistillery.com.

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As part of the ongoing Jackson Broadway series, acrobatic theater troupe Cirque Dreams presents “Holidaze” Saturday, Nov. 21, at Thalia Mara Hall.

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Center. Race begins at Old Canton Road and Duling Street. Includes a kids’ run at 9 a.m. Registration required. $40 Nov. 10-20, $45 race day, free fun run, $105 family of four (immediate family only); call 601-355-6276; christmas12k.com.

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groups. Strollers permitted. $8, $6 group rate (12 or more), children under 12 free; call 205-937-4834; handworksmarket.com.

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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!

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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, Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining.

Fratesiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) Fratesiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Ramseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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, poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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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.

Zeekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Butts in Townâ&#x20AC;? features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 CafĂŠ (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERS Bonny Blairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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!

Fenianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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!

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The Museum After Hours Pop-up Exhibit is at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

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WEDNESDAY 11/18

Leonard Pitts Jr. signs copies of “Grant Park” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $24.95 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. … The Steve Deaton Three Album Release Party is from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. at James Patterson & Ron Blaylock Photography (3017 N. State St.). The multi-genre band performs. A video premiere, listening session and CD signing follows. $8 in advance, $10 at the door (includes a CD); call 601-2927121; email james@119gallery.com; ardenland.net.

Lola Lesoleil performs in “Nina: A Burlesque Revue of Nina Simone” on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Duling Hall.

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Fondren Unwrapped is at 5 p.m. in Fondren. The holiday open house includes family-friendly activities, shopping and music. Lucky Town Brewing hosts the Tipsy Turkey Pub Crawl during the event (registration required). Free; call 601981-9606; email angela@luckytownbrewing.com to register

FRIDAY 11/20

“Star Wars, Star Trek and Beyond!” is at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents a selection of music from the soundtracks of film series such as “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Batman” and “Superman,” with a special appearance by the 501st Legion. $18 and up; call 601-960-1565; msorchestra.com.

SATURDAY 11/21

Cirque Dreams Holidaze is at 8 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Neil Goldberg directs the performance featuring costumed acrobats and an

BY MICAH SMITH original music score. $25 and up; call 888-502-2929; jacksonbroadway.com. … “Nina: JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM A Burlesque Revue of Nina SiFAX: 601-510-9019 mone” is at 9:30 p.m. at DulDAILY UPDATES AT ing Hall (622 Duling Ave.).

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The “Keep Building Jackson” Sneak Peek Event is Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Arts Center of Mississippi.

for the pub crawl; fondren.org. … “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” is at 7:30 p.m. at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). Actors reenact the popular Christmas film. Additional dates: Nov. 20-21, 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 22, 2 p.m. $15, $10 children, students, military and seniors; call 24 601-825-1293; blackrosetheatre.org.

SUNDAY 11/22

“It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” at 2 p.m. at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon).

A troupe of actors present the classic Christmas tale in the style of old radio, using their voices and sound effects

to reenact the popular film. Additional dates: Nov. 1921, 7:30 p.m., $15, $10 children, students, military and seniors; call 601-825-1293; blackrosetheatre.org.

MONDAY 11/23

The Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting is at 6 p.m. at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). Club members with an interest in football meet on most Mondays through Nov. 30. The speaker is Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage. Call for information on membership dues. $30 nonmembers; call 601-506-3186; jacksontouchdownclub.com. … Best of Belhaven I is at 7:30 p.m. at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive) in the concert hall. The Music Department presents the most outstanding student performances of the semester in one concert. Doors open at 7 p.m. Free; call 601-974-6494; belhaven.edu.

TUESDAY 11/24

Sleep Out to Help the Homeless is from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. at Poindexter Park (200 Poindexter St.). Members of Mississippi MOVE and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity’s Mu Sigma Chapter sleep outdoors overnight to raise funds for Mississippi MOVE’s Help the Homeless Campaign. Donations are welcome; call 601-918-4350; msmove.org or gofundme.com/msmove.

WEDNESDAY 11/25

Cardinal Sons perform at 10 p.m. at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.). The indie-rock band is on tour to promote its most recent release, “The Echo Choir” EP. Rooster Blues also performs. Admission TBA; call 601-3549712; ryboltproductions@comcast.net; martinslounge.net.

Jackson 2000 November Luncheon Nov. 18, 11:45 a.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). The topic is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heart Attack: What Is Next?â&#x20AC;? The speaker is Mark Stovall, division director of treatment services with the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Services at the Mississippi Department of Health. $12 ($10 for members); email todd@jacksonfreepress. com; jackson2000.org.

"% 4(% #(!.'% 35th Annual Squat & Gobble Nov. 19, 6 p.m., at Old Capitol Inn (226 N. State St.). Friends for a Cause hosts the annual party to raise funds for domestic-violence and sex-trafficking prevention. Includes turkey calling and dance contests, a silent auction and music from Dr. Zarrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amazing Funk Monster. $55; call 601-9551677; friendsforacause.com.

Sleep Out to Help the Homeless Nov. 24, 10 p.m.-6 a.m., at Poindexter Park (200 Poindexter St.). Members of Mississippi MOVE and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mu Sigma Chapter sleep outdoors overnight to raise funds for Mississippi MOVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Help the Homeless Campaign.

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+)$3 Alignment Jackson Career Exploration Fair Nov. 18, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The event is designed to support Jackson Public Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Freshmen Academy and provide those students with an opportunity to explore careers through interactive activities. Free; call 601-965-1353.

Look and Learn with Hoot Nov. 20, 10:30 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.).

This educational opportunity ages 5 and under and their parents features a hands-on art activity and story time. Please dress for mess. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

&//$ $2).+ Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration Nov. 19, 6-9 p.m., at Anjou Restaurant (361 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Enjoy a four-course prix fixe menu, a complimentary glass of wine and music from Swing de Paris. Reservations encouraged. $52 per person; call 601-707-0587; anjourestaurant.net.

Brick Street Pops Grand Opening Nov. 20, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., at Brick Street Pops (400 Monroe St., Clinton). The grand opening of the gourmet popsicle business includes a ribbon cutting at 10:30 a.m., music from Robert Chisolm, Chad Perry, May Queen and Holy Ghost Electric Show starting at 5 p.m., special deals and more. Free; 601-990-9511; brickstreetpops.com.

Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting Nov. 23, 6 p.m., at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). Club members with an interest in football meet on most Mondays through Nov. 30. The speaker is Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage. $30 non-members; call 601-506-3186; jacksontouchdownclub.com.

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Planetarium Schedule Nov. 18-19, 1-3 p.m., Nov. 20, 1-4 p.m., at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Options include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perfect Little Planet,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Earth to the Universeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exploding Universe.â&#x20AC;? $6.50; $5.50 seniors; $4 children (cash or check); call 601-960-1550; thedavisplanetarium.com.

DOXA Dance Concert Nov. 18-19, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University, Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center (1500 Peachtree St.). In the Studio Theatre. Members of DOXA, the dance departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student-led organization, host the event featuring the choreography of young creative artists. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students, employees and their immediate family members; call 601965-1400; belhaven.edu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Playâ&#x20AC;? Nov. 19-21, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 22, 2 p.m., at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). Various actors use their voices and sound effects to reenact the popular Christmas film. $15, $10 children, students, military and seniors; call 601-825-1293; blackrosetheatre.org.

P.O.E.T.R.Y. Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m., at The Nest at Highlites (501 County Line Road, Tougaloo).

C. Liegh McInnis is the host. The open-mic poetry night also includes a performance by poet and author Treasure Sheilds Redmond.

Includes a cash bar. $5; call 707-687-9273; find the event on Facebook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cavalleria Rusticanaâ&#x20AC;? Nov. 21, 7:30-10 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). The Mississippi Opera presents the production that the organization first presented in 1945. Includes a 70-year retrospective with narration from Belhaven University president Dr. Roger Parrott. $60, $15 students; call 601-960-2300; email exdir@msopera.org; msopera.org.

Katt Williams Nov. 21, 8 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The stand-up comedian and actor performs on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conspiracy Theory Tour.â&#x20AC;? $42-$99; call 601-353-0603.

Nina: A Burlesque Revue of Nina Simone Nov. 21, 9:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.).

Black Hat Burlesque is the presenter, and performers include Remy, Rev. Spooky LeStrange, Talloolah Love, Lola Le Soleil, Desta Del Carmen and Roula Roulette. For ages 18 and up. $20 in advance, $25 at the door; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

Mark Normand Nov. 25, 8 p.m., at Brewskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (3818 W. 4th St., Hattiesburg). Hub City Comedy and Southern Prohibition present a performance from the New York stand-up comic. Andrew Polk, Corbin McDavitt and Mallory Head also perform. $10; call 601-2612888; brewskyslive.com.

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The Steve Deaton Three Album Release Party Nov. 18, 7:30-9:15 p.m., at James Patterson & Ron Blaylock Photography (3017 N. State St.).

The band performs from 7:30-8:30 p.m., and a video premiere, listening session and CD signing follow. $8 in advance, $10 at the door (includes a CD); call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net.

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Best of Belhaven I Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). In the concert hall. The Music Department presents the most outstanding student performances of the semester in one concert. Free; call 601-974-6494; belhaven.edu.

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Topics include the process for determining what to measure and how to measure it, how to analyze the outcome information, best practices in outcomes measurement reporting and how to use the information to improve services. Registration required. $99, $69 members; call 601-968-0061; msnonprofits.org.

Art Bar Pop Trivia Nov. 19, 7 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). daniel johnson, artist and MMA Director of Engagement and Learning, is the host. Teams are challenged to an art and pop culture inspired game of trivia. Cash bar included. Free; call 601-9601515; msmuseumart.org.

Millsaps Forum Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). In room 215. Architect Carl Abbott speaks on the topic, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maya to Modern.â&#x20AC;? He is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;In/Formed by the Land: The Architecture of Carl Abbott.â&#x20AC;?

Free; call 601-974-1000; email kenneth. townsend@millsaps.edu; millsaps.edu.

James S. Sclater Chamber Series Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., at Mississippi College (200 S. Capitol St., Clinton). In Aven Hall. The Accento Trio performs. Limited seating. $20, $5 students with ID; call 601-925-3440; mc.edu/marketplace.

Mason Ruffner Nov. 20, 8 p.m., at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 Commerce St.). The blues guitarist and singer-songwriter from Fort Worth, Tex. performs.

Kern Pratt also performs. $10 in advance, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email jane@halandmals.com; ardenland.net.

Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Fall Concert Nov. 22, 3 p.m., at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St.). The theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through The Ages,â&#x20AC;? and the featured soloist is Julie Hudik on oboe. Free; call 601-927-7494; email sallysteincohen@gmail.com.

Choral & Vocal Arts Concert of the People and by the People Nov. 22, 7 p.m., at Covenant Presbyterian Church (4000 Ridgewood Road). The Belhaven Concert Choir, the Belhaven Chorale and Belhaven University students present works

League of Women Voters of the Jackson Area Meeting Nov. 21, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Willie Morris Library (4912 Old Canton Road).

Includes socializing at 9:30 a.m. and a discussion of money in politics at 10 a.m. Free; call 601-987-8181; lwv-ms.org.

Holiday Top Hat Brunch Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Jackson Marriott (200 E. Amite St.). The National Coalition of 100 Black Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Central Mississippi Chapter hosts the annual fundraiser. Includes a hat show and competition, live music, food and vendors. $45; call 601-750-5344 or 601-589-0050.

Marriage on Purpose Seminar Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at Homewood Suites by Hilton, Jackson-Ridgeland (853 Centre St., Ridgeland).

Authors and entrepreneurs James and Natasha Roach are the speakers. Includes vendors and networking. $16-$36; call 601-899-8611; marriageonpurpose.eventbrite.com.

Families Affected by Autism Support Group Nov. 21, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Eudora Welty Library (300 N. State St.). In the Ellen Douglas Meeting Room. Includes a familyfriendly movie screening with popcorn at 11 a.m. and a support group meeting at 1 p.m.

Free; call 601-968-5800.

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Signed prints and copies of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Stories: A Collection of Mississippi Photosâ&#x20AC;? available. The event is part of Fondren Unwrapped. Free; call 601-918-3232; email james@119gallery.com.

Museum After Hours Pop-Up Exhibition Nov. 19, 5:30-8 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). See works from grantees of the Mississippi Arts Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Folk Arts Apprenticeships and purchase cuisine from Chef Nick Wallace. Includes cash bar. Free; call 601-9601515; msmuseumart.org.

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by Genevieve Legacy prentice grant recipients in their on-site gallery. The Museum After Hours exhibition at the art museum will be an upgrade.

“We wanted to find a bigger stage and platform to support the good work these artists are doing,” Jameson says.

“This is the fruit of our efforts to create a better showcase.”

In addition to Nettles and Geil, the featured artists for the evening include quilters Rhonda Blasingame (master) and Angelean Jones (apprentice) from Jackson; and two pairs of Djembe drummers, Jerry Jenkins (master) and Raha Maxwell (apprentice) from Jackson and Ridgeland, and Newman “Baba Asante” Nalls (master) and Lisa Dunn (apprentice) from Jackson.

The “Master and Apprentice” theme will continue with a cook-off for this month’s ‘sipp Sourced. MMA Executive Chef and Culinary Curator Nick Wallace and his former trainee, chef Enrika Williams, will compete for the “Grease Trap” Trophy.

In the Art Garden, the High Note Jam concert and Screen on Green seasons will come to a close with music by Paperclip Scientists, followed with a screening of “Back to the Future II.” The High Note Jam concerts and Screen on the Green will be plugged back into Museum After Hours in the spring.

The Mississippi School of the Arts will host a “Connect Event,” with information for potential students and parents, at 6:30 p.m., in the museum’s Yates Community Room. “Third Thursday happens the same time every month, but it’s never the same thing twice,” says Julian Rankin, MMA’s marketing director. “We’re excited about ...

‘Folk Art: Master and Apprentice’ because it will highlight the authenticity of Mississippi’s cultural creation and artistic tradition.”

Museum After Hours is at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515) Thursday, Nov. 19, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. For more information, visit msmuseumart.org.

Brian Nettles (left) and Joe Geil (right) are two ceramicists whose work will be featured in the Mississippi Museum of Art’s November Museum After Hours.

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the freedom to come up with the design. I oversaw the project. When he made pots, he fired them in his own kiln.”

Since completing his apprenticeship with Nettles, Geil has moved to Virginia to oversee operations at a ceramics foundation.

“Traditional art speaks to identity; it articulates who you are, where you’re from and where you’re going,” says Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program Director Jennifer Jameson.

“It’s a way for people to access and have a better understanding of their culture. “ In the past, the Arts Commission has exhibited the work of the master and apCOURTESY MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART

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chef will battle a former trainee in a culinary showdown, and folk-art apprentices and masters’ works will be on display side by side at the Mississippi Museum of Art’s November Museum After Hours.

MMA will partner with the Mississippi Arts Commission for this month’s event, “Folk Art: Master and Apprentice.”

The featured artists for the evening are 2014 recipients of Mississippi Arts Commission’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program grants.

The grant program helps sustain the practice of traditional art forms found in Mississippi by supporting the transmission of a master artist’s skills, including entrepreneurial ones, to a promising novice.

Master potter Brian Nettles has been a ceramicist for 20 years. In addition to teaching the craft, Nettles works with young people who are interested in learning the day-to-day business of running a ceramics studio, including business-plan development and advertising so the artists can continue on their own.

His apprentice for the show, Joe Geil, was a recent college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in ceramics from Montana State University when he began working at Nettles Pottery in Pass Christian, Miss. During his 12-month apprenticeship, Geil helped in the studio, making pots and learning how to design and build a woodburning kiln.

“I’ve designed and built over 50 kilns for myself and other people,” Nettles says. “Joe had helped build kilns before—he knew how to pile the bricks—(but) he wanted to build his own. I gave him

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Burnside, the 39-year-old son, used elements of his past to create his current body of work, relying on self-taught guitar instincts and inspiration from his extended blues family. He grew up meeting and being influenced by artists such as Albert Collins and Little Milton Campbell, and emulating others such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King. Burnside began learning to play instruments at age 10, starting with percussion before adding bass and guitar to his repertoire.

“I picked up the guitar and drums because that’s what was around the house all the time,” he says. “I just did what came natural. When you grow up hearing this blues music, it gets in your head, heart and soul. I looked outside of home and picked up licks from other bluesmen, especially guitar players, to fill up on what they had to teach me. Then, I took from them to make my own sound that takes me into the future.”

When Burnside started performing publicly as a teenager, he played bass for highly influential hill-country blues musician Junior Kimbrough. But after Kimbrough died in 1998, Burnside struck out on his own to form a band and play lead guitar. The multi-instrumentalist’s turn as a frontman has become his main musical pursuit, though he continued to play bass alongside Grammy Awardnominated blues act The North Mississippi Allstars, appearing on several of the band’s albums.

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“He built on the hill-country sound that blues folks from up this way created before him, and he made it a brand that hill people could be proud of, and now his children, grands, and little cousins, and them down the line keep going from one generation to the next.”

Garry Burnside performs at 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, at Underground 119 (119 S. President St., 601-352-2322). Admission is $10. For more information, visit underground119.com.

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I went on to explain that the Centers for Disease Control recommends that people 6 months of age and older get a yearly flu shot. Young, healthy adults have less of a chance of death from the illness, but can suffer and lose work days, experience severe symptoms and have the potential to spread the virus to others who have a weaker immune system.

Certain groups of people are at increased risk of catching the flu and may experience serious complications. Some of these vulnerable people include young children, especially those less than 2 years of age, seniors who are more than 65 years old and pregnant women. People with various chronic medical conditions, which include respiratory, cardiovascular and renal problems, are also at risk. It is important that any person with a weakened immune system receive his or her annual influenza vaccination.

Flu vaccines cause antibodies to develop about two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies provide protection against infection from the viruses (such as influenza) used to make the vaccine.

Scientists produce it using the most common infection strains from the previous year. At times, an unexpected mutation can occur in the current year after the vac-

cines have already been produced, which may result in less effective vaccines. Vaccination are still encouraged, however, because in many cases, it can provide some protection against different but related influenza viruses.

Sometimes people get vaccinated and may still get the flu, though the vaccine itself does not cause this. Perhaps the person was exposed to the flu before vaccination or during the two-week interval it takes to develop the antibodies to fight off infection. You could also get the flu if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re exposed to a strand not reflected in the vaccination you received or if you have an immune system that is unable to produce an appropriate immune response.

Many patients tell me that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be vaccinated because they believe they will catch the flu if they receive the vaccination. Some patients can get side effects from it, including a runny nose and sore throat, but the symptoms are usually self-resolving in a short period of a few days. Egg allergies are also a concern due to the fact that the majority of vaccines are made using eggs. If this is a concern, patients should discuss alternative vaccines with their health-care providers.

For those who hate needles, many patients from 2 to 50 years of age can get a nasal vaccine spray. Most insurance plans pay for the influenza vaccination with no out-of-pocket expenses. Those who want to avoid the wait at a medical providerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office can get most vaccinations at area pharmacies without a prescription.

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Timothy Quinn is a family physician at Quinn Total Health who dedicates himself to giving his patients consistent, comprehensive and ethical medical care.

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