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riel Boggess has always created art in mediums such as painting and drawing, so she says makeup was a natural fit.

Boggess, a Dallas, Texas, native, first moved to Jackson at age 5 when her grandparents got sick. Throughout her childhood, her family moved back and forth between the two cities. After she graduated from Yazoo County High School in Jackson in 2009, she moved back to Dallas from 2009 to 2010. She returned to Jackson in 2011 and began attending Hinds Community College, graduating in 2012 with an associate’s degree in fashion marketing and marketing management.

While Boggess was in high school, she would experiment with makeup, using leftover materials from her mother Annette’s time selling Mary Kay products.

“(Makeup) was just another form of drawing to me, or another form of painting,” Boggess says. “I just really liked it.”

She says that during high school, she would watch tutorials from celebrity makeup artist Petrilude on YouTube, which helped inspire her to take up the skill.

She began her business, GlamourFreak Makeup Artistry, in 2009. She says that when she would travel to Jackson from Dallas, she would do makeup for senior portraits with Rose Imaging Photo

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in Yazoo City. When she started going to Hinds, she stopped working with Rose Imaging and began focusing more on her own business.

Boggess says that in her business, she does mostly editorial work such as for commercials and high-fashion photography.

In Jackson, Boggess has done work for local fashion shows, such as Rock the Runway, and works with local photographers such as Imani Khayyam (who is also the Jackson Free Press’ staff photographer) and Justin Hardiman.

She says that one of the hardest parts of transitioning from Dallas to Jackson as a makeup artist was the lack of reliable and far-reaching public transportation.

“Back in 2011, there was no bus system that could really just take me everywhere (in Jackson), and I was just like, ‘What am I going to do?’” she says.

Boggess says her favorite part about being a makeup artist in Jackson is the creative atmosphere.

“I think there are a lot of creative people down here that just really need a voice and … some guidance,” she says. “…

I just really like collaborating with people who have like minds and have the same forward-thinking ideas, as in fashion, moving forward, things like that.”

—Amber Helsel

cover photo of John Horhn

by Imani Khayyam

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27 New Palette for City and Colour “I thought maybe the kids who liked Alexisonfire would dig it, or maybe the kids who liked the softer parts of Alexisonfire would dig it. But I had no idea it was going to create a sort of platform for me to complain in my songs for the next 10 years.” —Dallas Green, “A New Palette for City and Colour”

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editor’s note

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

An Editor and a Gentleman

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n odd fluke of fate brought me to the patch of dirt where three civil rights workers were murdered in my home county, holding the hand of James Chaney’s daughter 40 years after he died there. It was weird to stand on that spot with cameras clicking while local retired editor Stanley Dearman and David Dennis Sr., the man who helped launch Freedom Summer 1964, stood watching.

Chaney, 21, of Meridian died on the first day of Freedom Summer, along with Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York City on that spot.

Sheila Weller, a lovable New York writer, had found Angela Chaney, then living quietly in Meridian 40 years after her daddy’s massacre, and me over here in Jackson trying to sustain a newspaper that included real talk and facts on race history in Mississippi and America.

Weller interviewed us both separately about the 1964 executions that put my town on the “bad” map, even as the local Neshoba Democrat ran a large “HOAX” headline across its front page. The state’s (white) media helped spread the dumb myth that the men who were willing to die for black freedom would bother to pretend to be missing to piss off racists.

No, the trio’s bodies lay under a dam near the fairgrounds for 44 days, put there by cops and others in the KKK willing to do the dirty work of white supremacy.

Newspapers around the state, including the Democrat, motivated the racist gangs with negative, sensationalistic reporting about African Americans—telling us incessantly that they were dangerous—thus excusing white attacks on their rights and lives.

At age 14, I first learned about the murders that happened when I was 3.

My early desire to be a newspaperwoman was probably instilled as I sat in the library looking at that “HOAX” headline on microfilm. Why did they hide this from me?

Why no justice for their deaths?

Stanley Dearman was 31 and a Democrat reporter in 1964; he bought the paper in 1966. He won awards for his journalism, including exposing corruption. But it would be decades before he spoke out loudly about the need for justice for the ’64

Damn it, journalism is not supposed to be easy. murders after the state long refused to arrest the men everyone knew committed them.

“It’s time for an accounting,” Mr. Dearman wrote in 2000. His editorial sugarcoated nothing in a town where people still feared talking about the murders.

“None of this would be an issue if a group of self-appointed saviors of the status quo had not taken it upon themselves to murder three unarmed young men who were arrested on a trumped-up traffic charge and held in jail like caged animals until night fell and they could be intercepted by the Ku Klux Klan,” he wrote.

I met Mr. Dearman months later when I came home from Columbia University during spring break 2001 to report on the cold cases that had haunted me for decades. I visited white people considered

heroes for doing the right thing when others wouldn’t. I asked former Secretary of State Dick Molpus—a Neshoba County native who had apologized to the families of the three men decades later—why he had stayed in the state. To “fight the worthy scrap,” he told me—maybe the most inspirational words I had heard until then.

Then I went to see Stanley Dearman.

He put me in his car and gave me his frequent tour of the men’s final journey on Father’s Day 1964: Mount Zion Church to inspect charred ruins; the spot where Deputy Cecil Price stopped them in town; the little jail where they ate their last meal; the hilltop store where the mob waited for them to pass headed back to Meridian after leaving jail; where the mob pulled them over; the execution place on Rock Cut Road; the swamp where the mob dumped their burned car in the Bogue Chitto Creek; the place on Olen Burrage’s farm where they bulldozed them under a dam-in-progress.

As Mr. Dearman talked softly about “the three boys” and pointed, he showed me what a newspaper editor ought to be— certainly not a vapid director of stenography who woos happy quotes out of bigots with compliant journalism. He wanted the state flag to change in the vote a few weeks later (it didn’t) because he knew just how much spilled blood it represented. He took his responsibility as a newspaperman seriously; our role is not to gloss over history, causes and facts; it is to report and contextualize, to help our communities recover and avoid repeats, to call for action as needed. History matters to journalism and to our lives.

My destiny was set on that spring day listening to Mr. Dearman tell stories, his eyes filled with tears. Three months later, our U-Haul pulled into Jackson, and the

next year, this newspaper hit the streets. I know this would not have happened without Stanley Dearman and Dick Molpus showing me what truth-telling looks, and feels, like in my home state. I wanted to fight the “worthy scrap,” too, and right here amid the red clay where my family has lived and died. No one said it would be easy, but damn it, journalism is not supposed to be.

I returned to Mr. Dearman’s home in June 2005 during the trial of Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the 1964 lynch mob. His wife, Carolyn, made me and photographer Kate Medley pimento cheese sandwiches, and we sat in his book-filled study as he played the piano for us. He was thrilled at what was unfolding at the courthouse, where black and mostly white Mississippians would finally choose justice for what happened on Rock Cut Road.

Still, my favorite Stanley Dearman moment was thanks to Sheila Weller. As we all had met in a Meridian hotel in 2004 before driving to the “spot” for the photo shoot, Mr. Dearman and I had casually discussed about our frustration that the case had not been re-opened in front of Chaney’s daughter. She later told Weller it shocked her. “It was important for me to hear white people voicing that outrage,” Angela Chaney said in Glamour. “I’d never known there was that much concern for justice for my father in the white community.”

When I read her words months later, I cried like a baby at the thought that no white person had ever said that to the daughter of an American hero and that Mr. Dearman had, once again, used the power of words to say what had to be said.

He died at age 84 on Feb. 25. I thank him for everything he gave to me and so many others—hope and inspiration.

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Arielle Dreher

Imani Khayyam

Amber Helsel

Alex Thiel

Timothy Quinn

Zilpha Young

Kimberly Griffin

Micah Smith

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 Daniela Vargas and Jackson water woes.

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

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a demolitions expert and Gemini who likes art, cats, anime, food, music and laughing at her own jokes. Email story ideas to amber@jacksonfree press.com. She wrote about Jacksonian Ariel Boggess.

Freelancer writer Alex Thiel is a Jackson-native writer, filmmaker and musician. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, Alex asserts that his Ole Miss fandom was biologically determined, and in fact, not a choice. He wrote about Crazy Cat Eat Up.

TimothyQuinnisafamilyphysician at Quinn Total Health who dedicates himself to giving his patients consistent, comprehensive and ethical medical care. He received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. He wrote about allergies.

Zilpha Young is an ad designer by day, painter, illustrator, seamstress and freelance designer by night. Check out her design portfolio at zilphacreates.com. She designed ads for the issue.

Advertising Director Kimberly Griffin is a fitness buff and foodie who loves chocolate and her mama. She is still Michelle Obama’s super secret BFF, which explains the Secret Service detail.

Music Editor Micah Smith is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. Send gig info to music@jacksonfree press.com. He wrote about City and Colour.

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“Whether you’re black or white, Republican or Democrat, those potholes out there on that street don’t care.”

Can science prove internalized racism? p8

—Mayoral candidate John Horhn on having white support

Wednesday, March 1

Business owners, pastors and lawyers gather outside Jackson City Hall to voice concerns for the hostility shown toward immigrants in the wake of Donald Trump’s executive orders and recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Jackson.

Friday, March 3

Sen. Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland, tells the Mississippi Senate that Federal Highway Administration officials are closing more than 100 bridges in Mississippi that are deemed unsafe.

Saturday, March 4

Auto-industry workers, advocates and politicians march on the Nissan Plant in Canton to show support for a union and to urge workers there to unionize. … Donald Trump fires off a series of tweets accusing former President Barack Obama of tapping his “wires” during last year’s election without any evidence supporting his claim.

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Sunday, March 5

President Donald Trump asks Congress for help in finding evidence to support his unsubstantiated wiretapping claim, but the FBI asks the Justice Department to dispute the allegation.

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Monday, March 6

Under fire, Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, amends Senate Bill 2680 to make “abusive physical contact” grounds for a divorce in Mississippi. …

Trump signs a reworked version of his travel ban, still barring new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily shutting down America’s refugee program.

Tuesday, March 7

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears Grenada-based attorney Carlos Moore’s appeal in a lawsuit to change the Mississippi state flag.

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by Arielle Dreher

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aniela Vargas stood on the steps of Jackson City Hall a week ago, telling the story of the February morning where immigration officers took both her father and brother into custody. They didn’t take Vargas away at her west Jackson home, giving her what she felt was a “hall pass” after she mentioned her Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival application to officers. Minutes after leaving that March 1 press conference, though, federal officers detained Vargas, citing her lack of approved DACA status.

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took Daniela Vargas, 22, an unlawfully present Argentinian citizen, into custody March 1, during a targeted immigration enforcement action in Jackson, Mississippi,” an ICE statement issued later on March 1 said.

Vargas, 22, is a two-time DACA recipient, and her attorney Abigail Peterson is confident she would have qualified for DACA for a third time. She sent in her renewal application in early February, and Vargas was waiting to hear back on it when ICE officials picked her up shortly after the press conference.

Last Thursday, Peterson told the Jackson Free Press that Vargas would not get a hearing before an immigration judge to explain her DACA application and her story.

Vargas came to the U.S. from Argentina when she was 7 years old with her parents

and her brother. They settled in Morton, Miss., and Vargas excelled in school. She played trumpet in the marching band and graduated from Morton High School and was working on getting a college degree at the University of Southern Mississippi, but

Our Burning Questions

Will the next mayor continue the napkin advice tradition?

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he next mayoral election is coming up, which means candidates will surely cover important issues such as infrastructure and the criminaljustice system. But we here at the Jackson Free Press have a few extra questions.

tion center in Jena, La., 166 miles from her Jackson home, concerned citizens, advocates and pastors gathered in the courtyard of Fondren Presbyterian Church to hold a vigil for her. Immigration officials detained her last week after she spoke out at a press Arielle Dreher

Thursday, March 2

Sen. Sally Doty, R-Brookhaven, announces that she is not giving up on making domestic-abuse grounds for divorce in Mississippi after Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, killed her bill.

The Fight for Daniela’s Rights Goes On

Advocates, pastors and citizens gathered at Fondren Presbyterian Church Monday night to hold a candelight vigil in Daniela Vargas’ honor; pastors prayed for her release and to give lawyers the wisdom they need to proceed.

took the spring off due to finances. Vargas moved to Jackson with her brother and father after her parents divorced. She was working at a telecommunications job, her lawyer said, before the feds picked her up.

‘A Good Solid Citizen’

As Vargas sits in an immigrant deten-

conference two weeks after they took her father and brother from their home.

Her lawyers at Elmore and Peterson law firm have filed two petitions to get her a hearing. Nathan Elmore visited Vargas in prison Friday, and said at the vigil that while she is not necessarily in good spirits, her “even-keeled” personality will

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Speaking of, what’s in the water inside City Hall?

-Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, while reversing course with an amendment to clarify domestic abuse as grounds for divorce

relief to which she could be eligible, the violation of Ms. Vargas’ Due Process rights results in substantial prejudice to her,” the petition says.

Last night, vigil attendees wrote notes

-Jerriot Smash, director of public works for the City of Jackson, describing how the water outage will affect some Jacksonians

adult that wants to assert her rights, so can that waiver when she was 7 years old carry over to now when she’s 22 years old?” Peterson told the Jackson Free Press last week.

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serve her well in a situation where her rights are stripped away in prison.

Elmore said his team has filed two requests with the Department of Homeland Security. The first is for a stay of removal, asking ICE to release Vargas and give her case a year before they consider it again. The second is for prosecutorial discretion, asking ICE officials in Louisiana to at least give her a hearing before a judge if they aren’t going to release her.

“She’s now in Louisiana and no longer under custody of officers in Mississippi—it’s a different officer that would make the recommendation for prosecutorial discretion in her case,” Elmore said Monday night.

“In the best possible case, we’re hoping they say this is a mistake (and let Daniela walk) … but if that’s not going to happen, then we want for her to have an opportunity to go before a judge and be heard.”

On Monday morning, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Immigration Law Center, along with other law firms, filed a habeas petition in a Louisiana U.S. District Court, asking the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, as well as Louisiana ICE and detention officials, to release Vargas.

“DHS has produced no proof that Ms. Vargas did, in fact, waive her rights.

Even assuming evidence of such a waiver exists, detaining and deporting Ms. Vargas without affording her a hearing would violate her Fifth Amendment due-process rights because, as a legal and factual matter, she did not—and, at age 7, could not— knowingly and voluntarily waive her right to seek a hearing to remain in the United States,” the petition says.

Lawyers argue that Vargas’ continued detention and inability to contest her detention violates her Fifth and First Amendment rights.

Elmore told the vigil last night that Vargas had a good argument for “prejudice” in court. “This young lady has spent 15 years building a … record as a good solid citizen, and you want to send her somewhere where those achievements mean little to nothing. Now that is what you call prejudice,” Elmore said Monday night, referring to her legal standing.

The petition filed this morning in U.S. District Court echoes these sentiments.

“In light of these pending applications for immigration relief (Vargas’ DACA and U-visa applications), as well as any other

“Those issues will be no water and then possibly low pressure, so once system pressure is restored and the system is back on, there will be a boil-water notice for the affected areas.”

ICE detained former DACA recipient and college student Daniela Vargas a week ago, sparking outrage nationwide with President Donald Trump on record saying he would support creating a path to citizenship for immigrants like her. Still, at least so far, she is facing deportation without a hearing.

of encouragement to Vargas that her attorneys will give to her in the LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana.

How ICE Proceedings Work

The real difficulty with immigration court is that ICE almost entirely dictates the proceedings. Vargas’ lawyer say the feds are processing her as a “visa waiver overstay,” meaning she does not get a hearing before a judge because her parents overstayed their visas back when they entered the country— when Vargas was 7 years old.

“How does a minor waive their rights?

Well, probably their parents waive their rights for them, but now she’s a 22-year-old

ment to be made that no, the waiver that was given by her parents when she was 7 does not carry over to now when she’s 22 years old.”

If Vargas is not considered as a “visa overstay,” then immigration officials would have to look at the whole picture, which includes that “she is about to be approved for DACA,” Peterson said.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review administers the country’s immigration court system. In certain cases, immigrants charged by the Department of Homeland Security go before federal immigration judges for hearings. Immigrants are allowed to hire

legal representation for themselves in these hearings. U.S. immigration law provides relief for some immigrants, and judges can block deportations, grant asylum or adjust an immigrant’s status.

Vargas’ story sparked national media attention last week, especially in light of President Donald Trump’s previous comments that he might look at keeping DACA recipients in the country and possibly look at a path to permanent residency.

Then on Saturday, March 4, Reuters reported that Department of Homeland Security officials are considering a proposal that could separate undocumented immigrant parents from their children.

The National Conversation

After Vargas’ story made national news last week, a reporter on Capitol Hill asked House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, about her case and whether or not Congress could intervene.

“I think there’s always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch and how they perform in all of these cases. I can tell you this the priority of the Trump administration—and I spoke with Secretary (John) Kelly a couple days ago about this—is to secure the border and deport criminal aliens,” Ryan said.

“Now sometimes people slip through the cracks, but the priority and the goal is not to go out there and deport DREAMers.

The priority and the goal is to secure the border and deport criminals that are making our communities less safe.”

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, released a statement about Vargas’ detainment, the only Mississippi congressman to do so.

“ICE’s assertion that her detention is ‘routine’ is absurd and seems anything but. Clearly, ICE resources used in this case would have been better utilized to find and detain dangerous criminals and get them off our streets. As a DACA recipient she should be allowed to stay here. Those like Ms. Vargas just want a better life for themselves and their families and are true believers in the American dream—they should not be pushed further into the shadows,” Thompson’s statement says.

Read more about Daniela Vargas at jfp. ms/immigration. Email state reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com and follow her on Twitter at @arielle_amara.

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Internalized Racism: On the Hunt for Solutions

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Racially Traumatic Events

Orey, an author of multiple academic articles on racial attitudes, took an interest in the new field of biopolitics during his stint at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a leader in biopolitics research, when he learned of his associates’ research on genetic predisposition to political leanings in fraternal and identical twins. “We found that 82 percent of variance (differences in attitudes) was explained by environmental factors,” Orey said at the lab.

That finding served as Orey’s backdrop for his future research, as did the thesis of the 2009 book “Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion,” by Donald R. Kinder and Cindy D. Kam. The authors posited that people have a predisposition to ethnocentrism, which has important political ramifications.

But it was a series of shooting deaths of several unarmed African Americans from 2014 to 2015 that led Orey to wonder

about issues of imagery and harm.

“When these police shootings started happening, I wondered how seeing this stuff every day would impact an African American,” he said. “And just to see the rage with Ferguson, I was suggesting that rage could’ve been expressed through physiological responses.”

Orey refers to events such as police shootings as “Racially Traumatic Stressful Events,” or RTSE, which combines terms

At the moment, the study uses the student body, faculty and staff as a convenient sample, but is beginning to make use of its call center to gather subjects beyond the confines of the university to determine biases they might not know they have, including against fellow African Americans.

Shoot or No Shoot

Orey is currently evaluating the effect of implicit racial biases in shooting scenarImani Khayyam

he image can cause a double take.

Students and faculty members sit in front of a large projection screen staring at pictures of Donald Trump and then a Black Lives Matter protest in the research lab of Jackson State University’s political science department. Wires connect their fingers, foreheads and torsos to a device that looks like a polygraph, with a laptop recording every slight movement.

Participants have no time to reflect: pictures pop up for a matter of seconds followed by a blank white screen. The process repeats for a few more minutes, and then the testing is finished. The results will show just how much unconscious biases inform how the subjects see events in the contemporary political scene.

Byron D’Andra Orey, a JSU political science professor, conducts the experiments, which represent a burgeoning area of study known as “biopolitics,” a field examining the intersection of biology and political behavior. The National Science Foundation provided $410,000 in grants to help the department study the physical effects of racially provocative material.

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology also do biopolitics research; however, JSU has the only program focusing exclusively on studying the effects of internalized racism in African Americans.

That is, Orey is looking for what can cause a black person to be biased against people of their own race.

Byron D’Andra Orey (right), a JSU political science professor, is conducting experiments to examine unconscious bias in African Americans. Seated at the computer is his son, Kalen Orey, who helps with the project, while JSU criminal-justice professor Yu Zhang wires up student Ananda Collins.

from psychology, “race-based trauma” and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Orey, a Jackson native, later submitted a two-page white paper to the National Science Foundation for a RAPID grant, which funds research of an urgent nature. “When I got ready to submit it, someone was killed in Wisconsin, and that gave me the opportunity to get funding,” Orey said. “So, I was really depending on someone getting killing … which is bad.”

The department’s study of RTSE involves participants being hooked up to an apparatus that observes electrodermal activity (discharge of sweat), EKG/ECG (heart rate) and emotions (electromyography), namely anger, while looking at images of police violence, protester violence and symbols like the Confederate flag.

The study only looks at African Americans, but it examines two sets of attitudes.

“We look at racial identity, those who have strong racial identities relative those with low racial identity. We also look at those with resentment toward blacks,” he said.

ios. Conducted along with criminal-justice professor Yu Zhang, the experiment gives participants a more active role to show how bias can manifest in real-world situations.

Equipped with an empty 9mm Glock, subjects participate in an online law-enforcement simulation to determine if they are more inclined to shoot black people quicker than they would whites.

“We also have them hooked up physiologically to see if when they see that black, do they respond in terms of having negative stereotypes. They could have a physiological response immediately,” Orey said.

To help mitigate adverse responses to African American imagery, one group of participants will undergo exercises in cultural competency. Currently, participants view historic images of African American stereotypes and how they evolved to help infuse a stronger racial identity, but Orey is planning for a more sophisticated approach in future courses. In essence, Orey wants to learn how positive cultural/racial reinforcement through education can help lessen

internalized racism. He is studying what would prevent participants from having an immediate negative reaction to a black person when confronted with a life-or-death situation involving a gun.

The next step is creating a module to test cultural competency. “You give the subjects all this positive material on African American success, whatever that may look like, and see if that impacts their implicit biases,” Orey said. Psychology consultants will help create methods to increase group competency levels. Another set of students will not undergo the course, serving as the study’s control group.

Orey will give a subconscious bias test to both groups to determine racial biases and to see how effective the cultural competency course is in reducing them. Seeking to add more realism to the participants’ experience, the study will use 3-D googles, allowing for a more immersive interaction.

Reflection on Bias

The significance of the studies is not lost on student participants, as it has helped them reflect on their own biases. “I was really shocked to learn that I had a slight preference for Caucasian people,” junior biology major Kenya Johnson said.

“I never thought that I had a preference for the (white) race, but when you think about the things in social media, or you think about the things that we learn about in classes, I feel like we’re sort of wired to think that way.”

Even though multiple students voiced concerns about social conditioning that leads to anti-black bias, the historically black college and university environment can help diminish the prejudice.

“One thing that working with Dr. Orey and going to Jackson State has taught me is that I’m 100 percent positive that my biases aren’t what they were 10 years ago,” senior business administration major Sean Winn said. “I realize success looks a million different ways. People can be contributing members of society and look and have whatever skin color or hair texture.”

Orey has preliminary empirical findings, and hopes to have the discoveries published in top-tier political-science journals as soon as his team collects information from larger samples. Orey wants to move in the direction of focusing on mental- and physical-health issues that may result from exposure to certain events and images.

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Jackson Prepares for Weekend Water Outage; 16 Candidates Now Running for Mayor

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acksonians in some parts of the city can expect water outages or low water pressure this weekend, starting on Friday at 3 p.m. until about the same time on Sunday, March 12. The outage is due to three breaks in one of the city’s main water lines, Director of Public Works Jerriot Smash said Monday.

“Basically, if you experienced any issues on Feb. 10 when we conducted the last outage, we expect that you will more than likely see issues this time as well,” Smash said. “Those issues will be no water and then possibly low pressure, so once system pressure is restored and the system is back on, there will be a boil-

Two at the Metrocenter and Precinct Three on the West Street side of Memorial Stadium.

Jacksonians will be able to give their name and information at these stations and pick up one case of water per person on Friday from noon until 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. until water supplies run out.

Falcon said citizens should subscribe to the city’s Code Red alert system to stay up to date on the outages and boil-water notices in preparation for the upcoming weekend. Vulnerable adults, including the disabled and aging populations, have access to water as well, and if citizens Arielle Dreher

Director of Public Works Jerriot Smash said Jacksonians can expect a water outage or low water pressure for most of the weekend from 3 p.m. on March 10 through 3 p.m. on March 12. To stay up to date, Jacksonians should subscribe to the Code Red emergency alert system, Smash recommended.

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water notice for the affected areas.”

The construction is expected to begin Friday at 3 p.m. and continue through the weekend until Sunday at 3 p.m. During that time, Jacksonians living south of Northside Drive over to Interstate 55 to Interstate 220 on the northern boundary all the way down to Byram could be affected. The outage will mainly affect the southern parts of Jackson below Highway 80. The Forest Hill area of south Jackson is on its own well system and will likely not be affected.

Deputy Fire Chief Brandon Falcon said there will be three water distribution stations throughout the city: 10 Precinct One at Cooper Road, Precinct

have a family member that cannot pick up water, a drop-off option is available.

For more information on water drop-off, call 601-960-0335. Other Jacksonians can prepare for the outage by stocking up on water now, Falcon said.

“Stockpile water by either going to the store and buying your own bottled water ... filling up your own bathtub if you need to get water to flush your commode ... any way you can conserve bulk water in the hygiene aspects of it,” Falcon said at a press conference.

The 48-inch transmission water line set to be repaired this weekend has three leaks. The main leak is at Forest Avenue, with another one to the north

and one to the south on the same line.

The City hired two contractors to fix the leaks, Smash said, in order to minimize the impact on the residents. Falcon said Mississippi Emergency Management Agency estimates the outage will affect approximately 40,000 customers.

The city has experienced about a 40-percent water loss on average since 2011, Smash said this morning. The City issued two emergency contracts to complete the repairs in a timely manner, but Smash did not disclose the amounts of those contracts at the press conference today.

“We’ll kind of talk through that once we’ve got everything taken care of because what we do have is changes from what has occurred, so I really don’t want to put that number out there ‘til we get everything quantified,” Smash said. That will be shortly after the repair is completed, he added.

Jacksonians can volunteer to work at water stations or donate water, call the City’s Human Cultural Services office at 601-960-0383.

Off to the (City) Races

As the deadline passed to qualify for the Jackson city elections, 16 candidates are running for mayor of the capital city, a list from the Jackson City Clerk’s office shows.

For the Democratic primary— which, in recent years has decided the mayoral election—the 10-man line-up is mostly predictable, but with several lesser-known names also running.

Incumbent Tony Yarber, Sen. John Horhn, attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham are joined by Ronnie Crudup Jr. (the son of a well-known preacher), Monroe Jackson Sr. (of donut fame), Sidney H. Gladney, Antrione Evans, Jesse Jones and Brian Reynolds in

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the Democratic primary.

The Republican primary for mayor looks to feature a race between Jason D. Wells and Walter R. Sloan Sr. Three independents look set to run as well: Gwen Chapman, Kenneth Swarts and Jaclyn Mask. Corinthian Sanders, a Libertarian, will also run for the top seat.

Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. is facing challenger James Paige.

Ward 3 Council Kenneth Stokes faces challengers Patricia Ann Williams and Th’marves Brooks. Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps faces Mary Hatchett McClendon, DeGerald Williamson and Lonnie Holmes. Ward 5 Councilman Charles Tillman squares off against Kenneth Lofton, Patty Patterson and Christopher Oliphant.

The Ward 6 seat is open with Tyrone Hendrix not running for re-election. Aaron Banks, Shabaka Harrison, Jonathan Cottrell, Lee Bernard Jr., Antonio Porter, Curtis Powell and Earnest Slaughter Sr. are vying for the open seat in the Democratic primary. Republican Ponto Downing will face the winner in the general election.

Ward 7 Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon announced last week that she is not running for re-election. Candidates seeking her seat are Virgi Lindsay, Ladarion Ammons, Patrick Edmond and Bruce Burton.

No Ward 1 candidates were listed in the Democratic primary; the incumbent, Republican Ashby Foote, is poised to face independent candidate William “Bill” Jordan in the general election.

Primary Election Day is May 2, with any needed runoffs on May 16. The general election is June 6.

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Trump’s Dark Shadow Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone

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dark shadow has been cast over the land in the wake of chants of “Make America Great Again” and “America First.” People hurl insults and threats at immigrants and Americans perceived to be immigrants, escalating to the point that men who were angrily shouting for them to get out of our country shot three people last week.

There is a faction of our society that sees the executive orders and promised action on immigration especially appealing. Some of these, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his former policy staffer and now-White House strategist Stephen Miller, consider themselves Nationalists. They believe that Trump was a clear alternative to the Democrats’ ideas of globalism. Sessions’ speeches while campaigning for Trump reflected the importance of that point to his followers.

So what’s wrong with putting America first? Isn’t that a good thing?

Certainly, America does have interests it needs to protect. But withdrawing into a shell and blocking out the rest of the world only allows the real dangers to grow unchecked beyond our shortened reach and creep closer to our shores. It eliminates new ideas and new hope from coming into our country and invigorating it amid an open, supportive, free society.

Immigration and immigrants have always fueled our country’s expansion, so why is immigration suddenly a very bad thing? Why are we now convinced that immigrants are the root of all evil and crime, despite clear statistics to the contrary? Why are we considering reducing legal immigration by 50 percent? Why are we turning our backs on women and children refugees? Why are we deporting undocumented aliens at an increasing rate and tearing apart families who have spent most of their lives living and working in America? Why does the president want to begin a program of “merit-based” immigration?

Because American Nationalists believe, at their core, in a white Christianmajority America and believe immigration is a threat to that identity. Like our own Richard Barrett and his own white nationalist movement, nationalism is racism hiding behind a flag.

Immigrants and refugees today are not white Christians from Europe. Our annual immigration from most European countries is in the hundreds. Most immigrants are Hispanic families from Guatemala and Honduras. They are African families from Somalia and the Sudan.

They are Arab families from Syria and Iraq. And, increasingly, they are Asian families from India, Pakistan and China.

They are Muslim, Hindu and other non-Christians. They don’t look like us. They don’t think like us.

That makes them increasingly unwelcome to those afraid that we are diluting our white Christian majority in this country. Perhaps the new Nationalists don’t come across as the blatant racists in the white nationalist movement. But they share a common goal that obviously is a major component of both ideologies: maintain the status quo of a white Christian majority at all costs.

That includes building a wall that we can’t afford, halting Syrian refugees from entering the country, deporting masses of undocumented aliens, and other executive orders and policies to come. We have to keep “them” out and keep America safe for Americans.

It’s a kinder, gentler racism than we saw on “Bloody Sunday” 52 years ago, but it is still racism. With a government that uses voter-fraud fears to 12 justify voter suppression, are we really surprised?

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Nationalism is racism hiding behind a flag.

Denying Sanctuary Spreads Fear

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n the midst of a souring national climate toward immigration—thanks in large part to President Donald Trump’s executive order, which authorizes more detention facilities to hold detained immigrants, among other costly revamping measures—Mississippi’s leaders have stubbornly aligned themselves with Trump’s fear-mongering, one-dimensional view on immigration.

In the middle of this climate, one Jackson woman, Daniela Vargas, made national news when ICE detained her after she spoke out at a press conference in the capital city. Less than a week later, the House voted to pass a bill that prohibits cities and college campuses from enacting “sanctuary city” ordinances or policies, a not-subtle slap at Jackson.

Vargas, originally from Argentina, was brought to Mississippi in 2001 when she was seven years old. She is more of a Mississippian in terms of years lived in a place than an Argentinian. She graduated from Morton High School and has taken classes at the University of Southern Mississippi, under the protections of Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA.

All that changed when ICE officials detained her after she spoke out last week, and Vargas’ story has sewn fear across the state and the country, causing families to create action plans in case of deportation and separation. Vargas had applied for DACA two weeks before her arrest, and the odds of her receiving that status are high, her attorneys say, because she had received DACA status twice before.

Vargas is currently in a detention facility, but

there are many more DACA recipients who are technically undocumented but are eligible to attend school, work, and yes, pay taxes, in the state and on college campuses. Senate Bill 2710 will affect those DACA students. The bill prevents universities or colleges from adopting any policy that “grants to any person the right to lawful presence or status within the state, a county or municipality, or the campus of a university, college, community college or junior college in violation of state or federal law.”

DACA students have protection from deportation, but Vargas’ story is a cautionary tale to other students who are in the application process. In this Trump era, not having your papers in hand could mean arrest. Passing Senate Bill 2710 sends a message to these students: They are not welcome—and even if their university want to protect them (none have such policies now), they legally cannot.

Gov. Phil Bryant appeared on “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning, perpetuating the fear-mongering of President Trump. He spoke in favor of SB 2710 and indicated that it will pass and that he will sign it. He also said he will look in the state’s detention facilities to find undocumented immigrants.

In a state with a checkered history of civil rights, lawmakers need to think a lot harder about passing SB 2710. It smells of racial profiling and caves to the inflammatory rhetoric of our new president, and yet again, would put the state on the map as being 50th at least in the eyes of those undocumented students and young people who live here and call themselves Mississippians. It is wrong.

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Harsh Words (and Love) for Jackson and Mississippi

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or a long time, people have viewed the city of Jackson as a diamond in the rough. This diamond, which has yet to shine to its full potential, has waited for the right leader to scrub the dirt and gunk off the pressurized carbon so everyone else can awe at her beauty. As a former Jacksonian looking into the city from D.C. with a powerful set of binoculars, I can’t help but ask myself, “What the hell is going on?”

As I peer from the sh*t show of Trump Play Land, I begin to scratch my head at my beloved state and city.

The Mississippi State Legislature is increasingly losing its “good ole boy,” Ross Barnett-worshiping mind. Recently, the Mississippi Senate voted 32-16 to approve a bill saying local governments and public colleges can’t stop their employees from asking whether a person has entered the U.S. illegally and can’t try to grant any special status to those who have entered illegally. Legislation like this openly promotes xenophobia during a time in which a large segment of the population will stop at nothing until xenophobic actions are normalized.

Then, in an effort for Mississippi State Republicans to further advance their “Christian values,” the Mississippi House advanced a proposal to add a firing squad, electrocution and a gas chamber as execution methods, you know, in case a court decides to be “cowards” and block the use of lethal injection drugs.

Luckily, a Mississippi State Senate panel removed the firing squad as a proposed execution option.

Lastly, in a quest to make Sheriff Bull Connor enthusiastic (a word like “enthusiastic” would’ve troubled simple Bull), the Mississippi Legislature passed “Back the Badge Act” and the “Blue, Red and Med Lives Matter Act.” I am all for pro-police reform legislation, especially helping those who are actually risking their lives to protect and serve, but why must these legislative acts only have a unilateral agenda? Where is legislation in Mississippi that protects or even promotes the protection of folks from police brutality? Looking from my brown eyes and black skin, passing legislation that makes an attack on police

officers a hate crime while calling said legislation Blue Lives Matter without promoting the safety of black lives is like urinating on the dead black corpses who represent the Black Lives Matter movement and calling it piss.

Driving through the streets of Jackson is like driving through the streets of Berlin, Germany. And when I say Berlin, I mean 1945, bomb-riddled Berlin.

In a city that already had to make sacrifices in an attempt to balance the budget, where does the City of Jackson find the money to fix the crumbling infrastructure? The City proposed to borrow $90 million for infrastructure repair.

On its face, this seems like an awful idea for a place that is having a very hard time managing $90, let alone $90 million; however what choice do they really have? On his Facebook page, Councilmen Melvin Priester Jr. did an excellent job explaining that the citizens of Jackson shouldn’t take the $90 million borrowed at face value, saying, “If you think what’s about to happen is that $90 million will be sitting in Jackson’s bank account ready to be wasted with no oversight, you’re wrong.”

As a Jackson native, if it weren’t for some of the city council members, including Mr. Priester, I would’ve advised anyone listening to escape the city of Jackson faster than I can yell “Cheeto” when walking past the White House every morning.

I write harsh words directed toward the Jackson and the state of Mississippi because it comes from a place of honesty and love. I love where I’m from, and I know that one day it won’t be the laughing stock of the South to anyone who hasn’t been to Jackson and Mississippi and witnessed her beauty first hand. All I request is for the State of Mississippi to look forward and for the City of Jackson to have basic essentials like drivable roads and usable water.

Is that too much to ask?

Leslie McLemore II, a Jackson native, is now in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Jackson State University, North Carolina Central University School of Law and American University Washington College of Law.

I love where I’m from.

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A Sense of Urgency: Sen. John Horhn Pledges to Cure What Ails City Hall

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John Horhn Born: Goodman, Miss., on Feb. 8, 1955 Education: Centre College of Kentucky

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Elected Office: Mississippi Senate, District 26, since 1994, Democrat Job: Business Development Consultant Family: Wife Lydia Gail Horhn, 31 years; son Siraj Horhn, 31; daughter Charla Horhn, 25

to try to stop a sudden Republican takeover of the Jackson airport, led by a fellow senator who owns property across the road from the facility’s lucrative footprint.

“We haven’t even looked at that there is any real need for the change in governance,” Horhn told a Senate determined to take over the airport last April. “It’s just the decision of a few individuals, and it’s come down on partisan lines that we are going to change the governance of the airport.”

Like many of the issues important to Mississippi’s majority-black and overwhelmingly progressive capital city, pleas to not steal our airport fell on deaf ears. Horhn now hopes the courts will give it back to the city. And since he helped convince the Legislature to fund a $500,000 BOTEC study on Jackson crime—a flimsy compromise when he wanted $10 million for the city— he talks much more about preventing crime with evidence-based solutions than he did during his first two runs for mayor.

Horhn is running for mayor for the third time, vowing to use his contacts at the Capitol to get more done for Jackson. Even if they do not always agree with him, he argues that he is the candidate they know, and perhaps respect, more than the other 15 he is running against. Besides, he says, he has been a part of numerous financial negotiations that have brought the city half a billion dollars during his tenure, and he knows how to play the game up there.

Here in Jackson, Horhn’s message is about urgency, especially over hiring qualified people and getting the City organized, both to improve quality of life for residents and to rebuild a sluggish business climate.

Horhn spoke to the Jackson Free Press in our office’s Zen Den in late February.

Talk about your vision for this city. What does it look like, from a big standpoint, and has it evolved or changed at all?

Well, you know, I think that Jackson is an exciting city and has a great deal of po-

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en. John Horhn may have been in the Mississippi Legislature for 24 years, but the Jackson man doesn’t always get what he wants.

He wants the Mississippi flag changed. He wants the new Republican supermajority at the Capitol to backtrack on their efforts to cut, cut, cut taxes, even endangering the state’s roads and bridges. He wants lawmakers there to vote to pay the State’s fair share for infrastructure right here in the City where they make the laws, even as many state offices, nonprofits and churches do not produce enough taxes to keep the streets between the Governor’s Mansion and the Capitol in good shape.

Last year, Horhn stood up with other Democrats, black and white, from Jackson

John Horhn and his wife, Lydia Gail Horhn, have been married for 31 years.

tential. What I see in Jackson is a place that has a strong and vibrant cultural and entertainment district, it has a downtown that is full of people who live there, and that every neighborhood, every sector of the city has viability and attractiveness. The big picture: We’ve got to do more to deal with health care as an economic-development catalyst.

We’ve got to forge a stronger partnership between the city and the state. We’ve got to forge a better relationship between the city and the business community.

There is a disconnect there, and one of the first things we’ve got to do is stop the bleeding. We are still hemorrhaging a number of businesses on a weekly basis that are leaving Jackson. (We must put) a plan in place that we retain those businesses and that also makes us attractive in the development of new business.

What are your first priorities if elected?

Deal with our infrastructure, and this is not only street resurfacing, but it’s also in

planning and the development of a solution to our water and wastewater programs.

We don’t have a cohesive plan that’s in place right now, and so that’s number one.

Number two is that we got to get a handle on crime, and we’ve got too much of a revolving door that goes on in our criminal-justice system where people who are caught for crimes wind up being bailed out, and a lot of them commit those same crimes over and over again. There are ways to stop it that have been put forth in different plans that we’ve been made privy to that only need implementation.

What’s an example?

There’s the Violence Reduction Network … through the Department of Justice (that Jackson joined) in August. It sounds like they’re finally getting at least the first steps going forward to put a plan together.

But the biggest issue with Jackson is that there is no sense of urgency about solving a lot of the problems. It’s not just one administration that’s been like that;

numerous administrations have deferred a lot of maintenance, deferred decision making, deferred making the hard decisions that have to be made to keep the city a viable enterprise. We’ve got to have someone in (as mayor) who is going to take action quickly with a strategic plan and then, once that plan is developed, to move very quickly in its implementation.

So you’re saying that if prosecutors had dealt with the earlier case sooner, he wouldn’t still be out on bond and able to commit the same crime again.

We wouldn’t have had the second case probably, and so what I’m saying is we need to bring these cases to trial quicker and get them processed through the system quicker. What we see happening is a lot of delays,

educate our citizens about what’s going on, I think that they will begin to demand that there be more accountability in our criminal justice system.

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as well. Where we use those ex-felons and get them busy in the business of preventing other folks who may be in line or on their way to a life of crime. That way you are giving the ex-felons something to do, but At the recent Violence Reduc- you’re also hopefully preventing someone tion Network conversation at else from falling into a negative path.

City Hall, the police chief said Now we’ve got to also do a lot more JPD can’t really identify who is in this region of reforming how employmost likely to commit violent ers look at ex-felons and how they regard Give me an example the hiring of someone who’s got a of things you would do criminal record. I’m a big advocate very quickly that are for “ban the box”; I introduced it different from what’s at the Legislature this year to do being done right now. that. We have one bill I think that

Well, the very first thing is is coming from the House that have an independent audit of the will allow us to do that. It gives an city’s finances. Find out exactly applicant an opportunity to get where we are. The second thing is through the application process, we have to quickly move to put and if the people who are doing a strategic plan together (to best the screening and hiring like what use) sales tax, state money availthey see at that point, when they’re able that we’re not accessing right sitting down for a serious internow, and federal money that’s view, they can ask that question. available. We have to quickly But not right off the bat where he close out some federal grants that would be eliminated off the bat. are open and preventing us from

I’m very worried that Contidrawing down federal dollars that nental Tires is not going to be the have our name on them in Washpanacea and the big solution for ington right now. There is no job creation that it’s being touted urgency to close one thing out in to be for Hinds County, because order to begin another thing, and we have a disproportionate numSen. John Horhn is relying heavily on the meme of rebuilding trust in Jackson government. part of that malaise, if you will, is ber of citizens who have had some how we’re dealing with many of sort of interaction with law enour federal grants. and there are no requirements, there are no crimes, and if they did, what forcement, to the point of a felony. So un … We really need to put a case-man- mandates on the part of prosecutors to run could the police actually do. less we address that with Continental, they agement system in place (for) how we’re those cases through more expeditiously.

What do you think about that? may be eliminated right off the bat from dealing with the adjudication of people

The BOTEC study talked about early any consideration for hiring. who have been charged with crimes.

How can the mayor do that, warning signs that this person may have a though? You wouldn’t control proclivity to go into a life of crime using dif- BOTEC showed that one of the What is holding that up now? prosecutors and courts. ferent indicators that are tested and proven top two indicators for young

We need the technology first, and we There’s only a bully pulpit that the to be good indicators. We provided that in- people committing worse crime have cases being, I’m told, kept in cardboard mayor has, and getting citizens involved formation to the public-school system and is contact with the criminal sysboxes. There is one antiquated system some and informing them about what is really did not get a good response from them, but tem. It feels like all these precases are on, there’s another system that happening in our system is a big part of it. I would think that with a new superinten- ventive options need to hapother cases are on. We need to consolidate That case management issue was brought dent and administration, we will get a bet- pen at once to combine to curb that technology, and I think the money is out in the BOTEC (Jackson crime) study ter response, because at the end of the day, crime. But how do you pay for available through the Violence Reduction you’re familiar with, and (the disorganized we don’t want to have an education system something like Cure Violence?

Network for us to be able to pay for that. county prosecution and court system) was that breeds future criminals. ...

It’s expensive.

Then we need a means of increasing ac- pointed out as one of the biggest problems Re-entry programs should be avail- That’s a question that needs to be put countability of the persons who are charged that can help us deal with elimination or re- able and focusing on what do we do for the to the Violence Reduction Network. They with adjudicating those cases through the duction of crime, especially violent crime. individual who’s paid his debt to society, have program funds, so if we’re trying to system. It’s easy for someone to fall through wants to turn his life around, but finds that reduce violence, why wouldn’t they prothe cracks and wind up not being indicted I hear you on the DA’s role. having that felony charge on his record pre- vide support for a Cure Violence program? for a year. It’s not just one or two cases … But what needs to improve in vents him from getting a job. There’s very Why wouldn’t they do gunshot detection (like) the assailant the first week of January police’s role in crime-fighting? little or no training available to him, he’s technology and equipment? Why wouldn’t who carjacked an individual, and he also The police department is doing a very released from Parchman or wherever he is they give us extra manpower and resources shot him. The gentleman who was shot was good job of catching criminals. The prob- with very few resources, and he goes back to to go after the areas of the city where there wearing a crucifix, and the bullet ricocheted lem is that when you get into the adjudica- the same environment where he commit- have been determined to be crime hotspots, off his crucifix and went into his arm in- tion process, it can sometimes become a re- ted his earlier crimes. which the BOTEC study produced? ... stead of his heart ... saved his life. volving door where there is no accountabil The assailant was out on bond for ity on getting those cases processed quickly. It’s a vicious cycle, often leading We know crime can slow committing the exact same crime a year Someone has to deal with overcrowding in to worse crime. economic development, but earlier, and his case had not been brought our jails in terms of why people get bailed That cycle has got to be stopped, and yet you need good economic to trial. We’ve got to expeditiously deal with out and again. The mayor can only be an I know you are aware of Cure Violence as development to help do bringing and moving those cases through advocate for public safety as it relates to the one of the things we can do to curb crimimore HORHN, see page 18 17 the court system. court system, but I think that if we better nal activity and hopefully violent activity

The JFP Interview with John Horhn something about crime, because you need the money to be able to afford things, right?

To create jobs and opportunity.

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So what can you do as mayor for economic development?

We’ve got to really do a restructuring of how we go about the business of economic development in Jackson. The City right now does not have a strong program on business retention. It doesn’t have a strong program on business attraction.

And so we’ve got to re-tool our incentive program, our building-permit site review, building and planning development— because it’s not business-friendly right now. … We’ve got to do it in very quick fashion where we create a one-stop shop for anyone who wants to do development in Jackson rather than having them run around to this place here, that department there, this street here to get their fire inspections, to get their building code inspections, to get their site review. Site reviews can’t happen just once a month, which is pretty much the case right now, so if a developer gets something wrong on the site review, he’s politely told he has to come back in 30 days to have it re-examined.

We need to have the same kind of urgency of getting business expanded or attracted here that they have in other parts of the metro area. You can get a lot of these 18 same things done in a few days in Ridge-

There’s got to be transparency, and a rigid line between someone who’s an employer versus someone who has an interest in some development that the City is trying to assist with. There has to be a very fine line drawn that’s a distinction between the two, because you don’t want to get into any gray areas, and you don’t want to bring up any or have even the appearance of ethical violations go on.

I believe that we have too many contracts that the city engages in. I think that one of the things that we need to do is—and this is a job-creation opportunity also—is have the Public Works department become beefed up again with personnel.

They are at half-staff right now. And so a lot of the repair work that is being done by contractors at a premium could be done by city employees, and we could create jobs as a result of that. A lot of the contractors bring their workers in from outside Jackson, and there’s not a whole lot of benefit to that.

One of the selling points of the 1-cent sales tax was that we are going to hire and train a lot of Jacksonians for the jobs of fixing the infrastructure, and that has not happened so far. In fact, we have not spent a lot of money from the 1-cent sales tax like people thought we would be at this point. courtesy JohnHorhnw

Exactly, to help reduce crime.

But it looks like you keep running into brick walls up there as a long-time senator. So how do you get further on some of these issues as the mayor?

Right, so let me first say that every major project over the last 24 years that has taken place in the City of Jackson has taken place with funding from the State or enabling legislation … resources have come from the State of over a half billion dollars. … I certainly would be a proponent that we need more, but the State has been the primary source for development in the City of Jackson for the past 24 years. For example, we did $20 million for the JSU metro parkway, we got that from the state.

The City and (Hinds) County chipped in $6 million for the road. But that $20 million came from the state. We did the TelCom Center, $17.5 million ... that money came from the state. The state produced a 1-cent sales tax to fund the construction for the convention center. We did $6 million for the Farish Street loan program. ...

land or Madison or Flowood that may take months or even, I’ve heard in some cases, years for folks to do it in Jackson. Shreveport (La.) is able to get done the kinds of things I’m talking about in 10 days or less, and that would be my goal.

And I don’t want to restrict discussions about what’s happening to just downtown.

Someone needs to wake up every morning thinking about development in south Jackson, about the health-care corridor, about how we can leverage downtown for residential development or for retail and commercial. I see it more as a team of folks who come together and create a strategic plan, because right now what’s happening is kind of organic. It is not something that is the result of any specific master plan that the city has. It’s about what developer can get its project in the ground the quickest. ...

And it has to factor in housing, because our housing stock in Jackson is very old, and there’s a role for the development community to play in improving our housing stock, making it high-quality and affordable as well as increasing our ability to attract market-rate housing.

We don’t have a lot of market-rate housing being developed in Jackson right now. Most people are looking at the subur-

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Sen. John Horhn talks proudly and openly about white support as well as black.

ban areas when you’re talking about upscale housing, except what’s already been developed in Jackson. ...

How can you be sure people who are working in development inside the city don’t have conflicts and that contracting is ethical and transparent.

We passed it six years ago, and we’re only just now getting into the swing of things of using the 1-cent sales tax, and I have some disagreements with how we have used the money, and how we are using the money.

What we are told in the Legislature was the city planned as quickly as possible to issue bonds for the infrastructure to get $90 million to $150 million on the streets as

quickly as possible and to use the proceeds from the 1-cent sales tax to satisfy the debt.

What we thought was that 10-year bonds would be the best way to go because if you extend them out much longer, you’re still paying for roads that have to be resurfaced 15 years out. So, a 10-year bond seemed to be the best way to go, and yet that didn’t happen right away.

Now we’re here, and they’re talking about doing a bond authorization, but our bond rating is not what it was six years ago, and the money is going to be more expensive. … If you get a good public-works director where 60 percent of the city’s money is dedicated to public works, we need to get someone in who really knows what they’re doing and who can build an interior team of folks with capabilities and capacity to get as much work done in-house as possible and then where we have some shortcomings, go out of house to do outside contracting.

How would you guarantee voters that we’re not going to see some of the same back and forth over campaign supporters wanting contracts like we’ve watched recently?

I ran the governor’s Office of Federal State Programs under Governor (Ray) Mabus. I ran the Division of Tourism under Governor Mabus and under Governor (Kirk) Fordice, where we went out for contracts. There was never impropriety in terms of how we dealt with contracts. It was about lowest and best bids, and it was about getting the best entity selected to do the work, and that’s what the bottom line should be on any contract. It shouldn’t be about friendship or political contributions or some sort of a prior relationship.

The City has a website that is supposed to help with transparency. Only problem is, every citizen can’t access it, although we’re told that they can. … But if people want to see what the contract looks like, who got the contract, how the selection process went on, that has to be a very transparent process, and I would be open to a citizen review committee that would be put in place to examine any questions that come up.

Would that apply to subcontracting, too? A lot of stuff hides in there, I think.

Yeah, and that’s a very good question.

I think that we would give them the latitude to look at subcontracts as well as the major contracts. We’ve got to put a better system in place to deal with the issue of minority participation. That’s where things often get dicey where someone puts some-

manufacturers. That sentiment is going to affect the state’s budget, and it could affect whether we’re able to get any sales tax revenue diverted from the state general fund to the capital city for infrastructure purposes. ... It’s not so much that they’re hating on Jackson any more than they always have; it’s just that the resources are tighter, and we’re not as high a priority perhaps as other things.

What about people who say you’ve managed to What do you think about get some things done the One Lake project? for Jackson, and they’re

I’m excited about One afraid for you to leave the Lake. I think that it can help to Legislature? make Jackson a real destination.

I won’t lose those relationMost of the developable land ships in the position of mayor; in that is in the One Lake plan is fact, it will enhance my relationon the Jackson side of the Pearl ship with a lot of them because River. We’re right now entertainwhat I hear from my colleagues ing legislation that would allow there is that they want someone a fee structure to be put in place that they have a relationship with. that would be based on that deThey want someone they believe velopable land and charging fees can do a good job managing the to those property owners based resources the city is given. .... on how developable their land is.

I mean, let’s face it, just about If it’s not developable as another every project the city has been givpiece, then you don’t get charged en by the Legislature has been not the same fees that the developdone as expeditiously as some peoable land is charged. So that’s ple would like. There is the feeling This time around, mayoral candidate John Horhn is essentially what the legislation is that we take our own sweet time talking a lot about evidence-based crime prevention. doing in this session. in getting things done, and my

We’ve gotten a $200-milsense is that, and I think the averlion authorization from Conage Jacksonian’s sense of frustration gress, thanks to Senator (Thad) Cochran tougher up there with the new is, what are we waiting for? We’ve got to get and Senator (Roger) Wicker and Con- supermajority. How will you be busy getting these problems solved, and my gressman (Bennie) Thompson and Con- able to be the mayor of Jackson colleagues in the Legislature know and see gressman (Gregg) Harper. Wo we’ve got to and get the things you want out me as a problem-solver, and I think that find a way to raise $100 million from local of this Legislature? it will enhance my ability ... get resources and state sources. Some of it will have to No one in this race has a better rela- from the State. … be bonded by the state, and some of it will tionship with the state or the federal govhave to be born by the locals in those fee ernment than I. I understand the federal Talk about the Jackson airport. assessments. procurement process. (The City) has pro- What needs to happen next?

We fought hard to leave the airport as cured projects and resources and money One of our concerns about past from the state in tough times. In my opin- it was first developed with where Jackson lake proposals was whether ion, we’ve always had a tough time as the has control of the airport; I believe Jackson people were involved with them City of Jackson trying to get anything out should maintain control of the airport. We had conflicts of interest or could of the Legislature. Before, it was with con- fought that battle, we lost in the Legislature, financially benefit. servative Democrats; now it’s with conser- now it’s being fought in the courts, and we’re

Yeah, so I think we’ve got to be very vative Republicans. Folks will just change hoping that the federal judge will make the careful about that. Everything I’ve seen parties, but the sentiment existed even right decision. I think we’re looking for an about the One Lake project seems to pass during those tough times when we were October decision from the federal judge. the smell test. We have a great opportunity working with conservative Democrats, and with Town Creek to get development as the so we don’t feel any more difficulty in pro- I’ve heard people say that you result of One Lake into downtown Jackson curing resources out of this Legislature with have a lot of white support—a by doing some work on Town Creek. campaign monster in our City. the super Republican majority.

But as far as the conflicts of interest You can’t get anything done in the Except for one thing, and that is the el- are concerned, I have not heard anything ement of the Legislature that does not want Legislature if you don’t have an ability to recently that might indicate that there are to address the issue of taxes except when it work across party lines, racial lines, regional potential conflicts. comes to reducing taxes on businesses and lines. I’ve been able to do very well in those

kinds of scenarios to get resources back to the capital city, and I’m proud of the fact when people see me, they see someone whether they’re black or white, as someone who gets results. And whether you’re black or white, Republican or Democrat, those potholes out there on that street don’t care.

We’ve got to get beyond our racial, regional and political divides to save this capitol city, because it’s the living room to Mississippi, to the state. ...

The business community has been a very good source of support for me, and I’m not embarrassed by that, and I don’t run from that, because the fact of the matter is we have to have the involvement of the business community if we’re going to stay in Jackson. If we’re going to turn the city around, there’s got to be engagement by every sector of the community, and that includes the business community.

Many candidates have sat in here and said they’d run the City better, but the rubber meets the road in the hiring and management of people. What do you plan to ensure good work actually happens?

Well, no one person can solve the problems of Jackson, and the way we’re going to win this is we’ve got to put a good team together. In my campaign, I’ve got a team of folks, and we’re getting out and we’re talking to as many citizens of Jackson, knocking on as many doors as we can. But once we become mayor, we’ve got to put an excellent team together of decision makers who have expertise, who have experience, in these critical positions.

Not to knock the current administration, but we have an interim public works director, we have an interim CAO, we have an interim CFO, we have an interim head of economic development, an interim head of the Jackson Redevelopment Authority, and so we need to put a good team together.

That team will become the lifeblood of the administration, and that team will use the resources that are brought to bear by the development community, by the faith-based community, by the nonprofit community, and we’ve got to get all these resources, these assets that we have in Jackson working together. Will it be easy?

No. But the very first step in getting there is making sure you’ve got the right leadership at the top.

This interview has been edited for space.

Read the full interview with John Horhn, and other candidates, at jfp.ms/election2017. The city’s primary election is May 2.

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We’ll look at it again, and you’ll hear if there are, so ... (laughs).

You’ve long been a liaison between the City and the Legislature. It feels like it’s getting

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one on their team who may not have all the capacity and skillset that they need.

We could find qualified subcontractors and minority contractors to do the work, but what we’re seeing right now is an uneven representation of qualified versus unqualified of people who are in a position to get subcontracts. We need to make sure that anybody who’s getting resources from the City is being paid for a service or a good that they can provide.

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uring the spring season, we enjoy the beautiful flowers, green grass, beautiful trees and all the other wonderful displays of nature. The weather is warmer, and we find ourselves engaging in outdoor activities with family and friends. It seems almost perfect, except for one slight inconvenience for a select group, including myself: allergy sufferers.

Those of us in that group have the desire to enjoy the wonderful weather and all the joy that nature brings, but we suffer more during this time of year than any other because of our allergies.

The good news is that effective treatments are available. For some, this treatment can be can be over-the-counter medications. I advise all my patients to first try antihistamines such as Zyrtec, Allegra or

Claritin. If this remedy does not work, I advise trying a nasal steroid such as Flonase, which is now over-the-counter and doesn’t require a prescription. Patients can use this nasal steroid in combination with one of the antihistamines for maximum results.

For patients who don’t get results from those treatments, I would prescribe Singulair, which is an additional medication that the patient can take with the previous two. The combination of all three medications will work for many.

Patients in the elite group, including myself, are allergy sufferers who do not get relief from any of the previously mentioned treatments. Those people should go to an allergist, which is a doctor that specializes in treatments for this condition. These pa-

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tients can get a procedure called allergy skin testing, which allows the allergist to specifically determine what the sufferer is allergic to, and work with a laboratory to develop a serum of the antigens or specific substances that cause the symptoms.

The patient receives this treatment in the form of injections at a determined interval, which was once a week for me.

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, some symptoms may warrant a visit to your health-care provider. Some of these symptoms can indicate that there is a high likelihood of an infection, which a doctor needs to evaluate to see if more aggressive treatments such as antibiotics and decongestants are needed. Fever is a definite warning sign that indicates whether a patient needs antibiotics. Others such as a

productive cough, facial pain, headaches, body aches, generalized fatigue and night sweats are warning signs that should not be ignored. With these symptoms, it is always a good idea to visit your medical provider to start treatment early to avoid complications. If you have any problems with breathing or chest pain, it is best to go to the nearest emergency room.

With the right treatments, spring is can be pleasurable for even the most severe of allergy sufferers. We can feel free to ride around in our convertible cars, picnic with our families, jog in the park and enjoy all the other benefits of the warm beautiful outdoors. But allergy sufferers must remember to take their medications, if required, while enjoying all the benefits of nature’s yearly rejuvenation.

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WEDNESDAY 3/8

THURSDAY 3/11

FRIDAY 3/15

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WEDNESDAY 3/8

“Best of Enemies” is at 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The play tells the story of the relationship between a Grand Cyclops of the KKK and an African-American civil rights activist, during the desegregation of the Durham, N.C., schools in 1971. Additional dates: March 9-11, 7:30 p.m., March 12, 2 p.m. $28 regular; $22 students; call 601-948-3533; newstagetheatre.com. … Southern Soul Assembly performs at 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The superband features musicians JJ Grey, Marc Broussard, Anders Osborne and Luther Dickinson. $40 in advance, $45 at the door, $3 surcharge for persons under 21; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

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City and Colour performs at 9 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Canadian singer-songwriter’s latest album is titled “If I Should Go Before You.” $35 in advance, $40 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

Regina Casé stars in “The Second Mother (A que horas volta?),” which screens Friday, March 10, at Millsaps College.

shows up in her life. Free; call 601-974-1315; millsaps.edu. … “Speaking Queerly: A Night of Jazz and Poetry” is from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel (5075 Interstate 55 N.). The event includes poetry and performances from the Fabulous 7 and local artist Darius Brown. All proceeds go toward The E.D.G.E. $10; call 366-9411; eventbrite.com.

SATURDAY 3/11

Mississippi Anime Festival 2017 is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The

by TYLER EDWARDS festival celebrates anime, manga, general pop culture and animation. Features guests such as Coljacksonfreepress.com leen Clinkenbeard and Brina Fax: 601-510-9019 Palencia, vendors, artists and fan Daily updates at groups. $15, $5 for kids; call 601jfpevents.com 974-5835; msanimefest.com. … Holi Mela—The Festival of Colors is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi (173 Vernon Jones Ave., Brandon).

Features Indian food, herbal tattoos, kids’ activities, music and dance. Free; call 601-992-3331; find it on Facebook.

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Author David Joy signs copies of his latest book, “The Weight of This World,” on Tuesday, March 14, at Lemuria Books.

FRIDAY 3/10

“The Second Mother (A que horas volta?)” screens at 7 p.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) in the Academic Complex, room 137. The film tells the story house24 cleaner Val and her estranged daughter Jessica who suddenly

SUNDAY 3/12

“Once: The Musical” is at 7 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The musical tells the story of a Dublin street musician who is about to give up on his dream when a young woman takes an interest in his songs. $28-$100; call 888-502-2929; jacksonbroadway.com.

MONDAY 3/13

“Delivered” Dinner Theater is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive).

The Detectives present the four-act comedy whodunit. Includes a three-course dinner. $45; call 601-291-7444; email thedetectives@ymail.com; thedetectives.biz.

TUESDAY 3/14

David Joy signs copies of “The Weight of This World” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com. … Music in the City is at 5:15 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Pianists Sandra and Frank Polanski perform solos and duets. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

WEDNESDAY 3/15

History Is Lunch is from noon to 1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives & History Building (200 North St.). Oral historian Sara Wood presents “From Tamales to Slugburgers: Mississippi’s Diverse Foodways.” Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.ms.gov. … “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” screens at 6 p.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Free; call 601-974-1019; millsaps.edu. … Martin Sexton performs from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The singer-songwriter’s ninth studio album is titled “Mixtape of the Open Road.” Brothers McCann also perform. $25 in advance, $30 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

Events at William F. Winter Archives & History Building (200 North St.) • History Is Lunch: “Parchman” March 8, noon-1 p.m. Delta State University photography instructor Kim Rushing is the guest speaker. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.ms.gov.

• History Is Lunch: “From Tamales to Slugburgers: Mississippi’s Diverse Foodways” March 15, noon-1 p.m. Oral historian Sara Wood presents “From Tamales to Slugburgers: Mississippi’s Diverse Foodways.” Free; call 601576-6998; mdah.ms.gov.

12th Annual Garden Party March 11, 2-4 p.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E County Line Road).

Features hors d’oeuvres, assorted teas, basket raffles, ladies hat and men’s tie competition. Author and motivational speaker Ward Foley speaks.

Proceeds benefit the Little Lighthouse of Mississippi. $30; call 601-956-6131; llhms.org.

Southern Mississippi Motorcycle Training & Blessing of the Bikes March 12, 2-5 p.m., at Stronger Hope Baptist Church (223 Beasley Road). Includes guest speakers, vendors, food, space jumps and a motorcycle obstacle course contest. Free; call 601-383-4351; email swilsonconsulting@yahoo.com; find it on Facebook.

Spring Farm Days 2017 March 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Includes cooking demonstrations, learning about farmstead life and gardening, and equipment display. Also features We baby chicks, chickens and other farm animals. $6 for adults, $4 for children; call 601432-4500; msagmuseum.org.

KIDS NASA Day March 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.).

Representatives from the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center are the speakers. Participants visit with Star Wars characters, view demonstrations about living and working in space, and more.

Free with admission; mschildrensmuseum.org.

Graduation Matters March 13-14, 8 a.m.-noon, at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). The SATP state test workshop covers Algebra I, Biology I, English II and U.S. History.

Registration required. Free; find it on Facebook.

Spring Safari Zoo Camp March 13-14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Kids participate educational activities, games, hikes, animal encounters, crafts, group projects, keeper talks and much more. $155 for members, $165 for non-members; jacksonzoo.org.

FOOD & DRINK Wine Down Wednesdays March 8, March 15, 5-8 p.m., at Johnny T’s Bistro & Blues (538 N. Farish St.). Includes drink specials and live music.

Anissa Hampton performs March 8, and Kerry Thomas performs March 15. Free admission; 601-201-0658; johnnytsbistroandblues.com.

Food Truck Friday March 10, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Smith Park (300 E. Amite St.). Features Mississippi food trucks. Friends of Smith Park, Downtown Jackson Partners and TeamJXN discuss the park, its history and its future. Free; call 601-960-1557; find it on Facebook.

Shucker’s Crawfish Boil March 11-12, noon, at Shucker’s Oyster Bar (116 Conestoga Road, Ridgeland). Includes food and drink vendors, and more. Saturday features music from Acoustic Crossroads, U.S, Ian Faith and Billy Mauldin Trio. Sunday features music from The Chill and Bag of Donuts. $15; shuckersontherez.com.

Fore Family Vineyards Wine Tasting March 12, 4 p.m., at Bravo! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244). The event features six wines from the Kelseyville, Calif.-based winery. $40; call 601-982-8111; bravobuzz.com.

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• “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” Film Screening March 15, 6 p.m. The film tells is about the life and legacy of Maya Angelou.

Free; call 601-974-1019; millsaps.edu.

“Best of Enemies” March 8-11, 7:30 p.m., March 12, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The play tells the story of the relationship between a Grand Cyclops of the KKK and an African-American civil rights activist, during the desegregation of the Durham, N.C., schools in 1971. $28 admission, $22 for students; call 601-948-3533; newstagetheatre.com.

the best in sports over the next seven days

by Bryan Flynn

The madness of March is beginning as conference tournaments take center stage this week. Some teams will punch their tickets to the “big dance,” and others will get their dreams of the postseason dashed.

Thursday, March 9

College basketball (noon-11 p.m., SECN): This full day of SEC Men’s Tournament play features four games, with the UM Rebels late that evening.

Friday, March 10

College basketball (noon-11 p.m., SECN): The SEC Men’s Tournament moves to the quarterfinals, as teams make a run at the conference crown.

Saturday, March 11

College basketball (noon-5 p.m., ESPN): The SEC Men’s Tournament semifinals put a title-game spot on the line in a doubleheader. … College basketball (6-8:30 p.m., ESPNU): The SWAC Championship winner goes to the Men’s Division I Tournament.

Sunday, March 12

College basketball (4:30-6 p.m., CBS): See which teams are in and which get their hearts broken as the field of 68 teams is announced on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Selection Show.

SPORTS & WELLNESS Spring Fling Community Health Fair & Carnival March 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Smiles (310 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave., Suite 400). Includes free dental screenings and eye exams, face painting, a video-game truck, a magic show, giveaways and more. Free; call 769230-1940; mississippismilesdentistry.com.

STAGE & SCREEN Events at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) • “The Second Mother (A que horas Volta?)”

Film Screening March 10, 7 p.m. In the Academic Complex, room 137. The film tells the story of house cleaner Val and her estranged daughter, Jessica. Free; call 601-974-1315; millsaps.edu.

Monday, March 13

College basketball (6-8 p.m., ESPN/ ESPNU): Find out where and when the MSU women are playing during the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Selection Show, which starts on ESPN and moves to ESPNU after an hour.

Tuesday, March 14

College basketball (5:30-11 p.m., TruTV): The annual reason to need TruTV begins as the initial doubleheader of First Four games airs.

Wednesday, March 15

College basketball (5:30-11 p.m., TruTV): Basketball fans get set for the second doubleheader of the First Four.

The first round of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament begins Thursday, March 16, and the first round of the Women’s Division I Tournament begins Friday, March 17.

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“Once: The Musical” March 12, 7 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The musical tells the story of a street musician who is about to give up on his dream when a young woman takes an interest in songs. $28-$100; call 888-502-2929; jacksonbroadway.com. “’Til Death Do We Part” Dinner Theatre March 15, 7-9 p.m., at Lost Pizza Co. (500 Hwy. 51, Ridgeland). The Detectives present the four-act comedy whodunit. Includes a threecourse dinner. $34; call 601-291-7444; email thedetectives@ymail.com; thedetectives.biz.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Southern Soul Assembly March 8, 8 p.m.

Features JJ Grey, Marc Broussard, Anders

Osborne and Luther Dickinson. $40 in advance, $45 at the door; ardenland.net.

• City and Colour March 9, 9 p.m. The Canadian alternative band performs. Doors open at 8 p.m. 35 in advance, $40 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

• Martin Sexton March 15, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

The singer-songwriter performs. Brothers McCann also perform. $25 in advance, $30 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

Experience Hendrix March 10, 8 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The all-star tribute group features artists such as Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde, Jonny Lang and Dweezil Zappa. $49.50-$129.50; ardenland.net.

Holi Mela—The Festival of Colors March 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi (173 Vernon Jones Ave., Brandon).

Features Indian food, kids’ activities, music and dance. Free; call 992-3331; find it on Facebook.

LITERARY & SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “The Barrowfields” March 8, 5 p.m. Phillip Lewis signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

• “The Weight of This World” March 14, 5 p.m. David Joy signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; lemuriabooks.com.

CREATIVE CLASSES Mississippi Anime Festival 2017 March 11, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The festival celebrates anime, manga, general pop culture and animation. Features guests such as Colleen Clinkenbeard and Brina Palencia, vendors, artists and fan groups. $15 admission, $5 for ages 2-8; call 601-9745835; email; msanimefest.com.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Alligator Pancakes & Cheesecake Gumbo March 11, 5 p.m.-11:30 p.m., at Land vs. Ocean (3011 N. State St.). Features artwork from Jonathan Faulkner, with music from Physics for Poets and Double Take. Free; find it on Facebook.

BE THE CHANGE Speaking Queerly: A Night of Jazz and Poetry March 10, 8-11 p.m., at Clarion Hotel (5075 Interstate 55 N.). Features poetry and musical performances from the Fabulous 7 and local artist Darius Brown. Proceeds go to The E.D.G.E. $10; call 601-366-9411; eventbrite.com.

Third Annual Creating Change Campaign Gala March 11, 6-10 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). In the Student Union Ballroom. Includes a silent auction to raise funds for Lupus awareness. $30, $50 for couples; eventbrite.com.

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

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Music listings are due noon Monday to be included in print and online listings: music@jacksonfreepress.com.

March 8 - Wednesday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - Southern Soul Assembly 8 p.m. $40 advance $45 door Fitzgerald’s - Larry Brewer 7:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band free Johnny T’s - Anissa Hampton 5-8 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Doug Hurd 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sofa Kings 7:30 p.m. free

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Ameristar, Vicksburg - Southern Avenue 8 p.m. free Bonny Blair’s - Johnathan Lumbley 7-11 p.m. free Burgers & Blues - Baby Jan & Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

Cerami’s - Linda Blackwell & James Bailey 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Clarion Hotel - Speaking Queerly: A Night of Jazz & Poetry feat.

Fabulous 7 and Darius Brown 8-11 p.m. $10 F. Jones - The Blues Man 10 p.m. $1; MS Bigfoot midnight $10 Fitzgerald’s - Scotty T-Bone Trio 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Shaun Patterson Georgia Blue, Madison - Chad Wesley

March 11 - Saturday Ameristar, Vicksburg - Smackwater 8 p.m. free

Shucker’s - Crawfish Boil feat.

Acoustic Crossroads noon $15; U.S 4 p.m.; Ian Faith 8 p.m.; Billy Mauldin 8 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood - Jason Turner 7 p.m.

Soulshine, Ridgeland - Stevie Cain 7 p.m.

St. James’ Episcopal Cathedral Allegro Chamber Trio 7:30 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.m.

March 12 - Sunday Burgers & Blues - Jesse Smith 4-7 p.m.

Char - Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Owens Brothers 6 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Andrew Pates noon; Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 5 p.m.

Shucker’s - Crawfish Boil feat. The Chill 1 p.m. $15; Bag of Donuts 5 p.m.

Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

March 13 - Monday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fitzgerald’s - Don Grant 7:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society (rest) 7 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Stevie Cain 6:30 p.m.

March 14 - Tuesday Kerry Thomas

Bonny Blair’s - Sid Thompson 7-11 p.m. free Burgers & Blues - Jon & Angela 6 p.m.

CS’s - Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires w/ Nossiens 8 p.m. $10 F. Jones - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $1; MS Bigfoot midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brian Jones Georgia Blue, Madison - Brandon Greer Hal & Mal’s - Colin Lake free The Hideaway - Bubba Sparxxx 9 p.m. $16 Iron Horse Grill - James Bell 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Faze 4 7 p.m. free Lucky Town - Young Valley 11 a.m. free Martin’s - Cory Branan w/ Blackfoot Gypsies 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Andy Tanas 2 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Chase Tyler Band 10 p.m.

Reed Pierce’s, Byram - Hashtag South 9 p.m. free

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic Fitzgerald’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 7:30 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Andrew Pates 6:30 p.m. free MS Museum of Art - Sandra & Frank Polanski 5:15 p.m. free

March 15 - Wednesday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

CS’s - Fossil Youth w/ Passing Parade, Reid Haynie & Alex Thiel 8 p.m. $5 all ages Duling Hall - Martin Sexton w/ Brothers McCann 7:30 p.m. $25 advance $30 door Fitzgerald’s - Barry Leach 7:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Jerry Brooks Duo Johnny T’s - Kerry Thomas 5-8 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30 p.m. free Martin’s - The Low End Theory Players (Tribe Called Quest tribute) 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Ryan Phillips 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30 p.m. free

3/9 - Zoogma - Republic NOLA, New Orleans 3/10 - Kenny Loggins - Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi 3/11 - Dance Gavin Dance w/ Chon - House of Blues, New Orleans 3/12 - Josh Turner Album Release Party - Iron City, Birmingham

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A New Palette for City and Colour

by Micah Smith

W

hen Dallas Green released his first music as City and Colour in 2005, he says it was meant to be a collection of “other songs.”

At the time, the Canadian singersongwriter was focused on fronting posthardcore act Alexisonfire, which was garnering international acclaim for its self-

singles, “Rain” and “Peaceful Road,” on Friday, March 3.

While City and Colour has featured full-band arrangements on several songs in the past, “If I Should Go Before You” is its first album to feature a set ensemble of players. After recording “The Hurry and the Harm” with session musicians, Green quietly began piecing together a permanent lineup while touring that record, teaming with bassist Jack Lawrence, who also played on “Hurry,” drummer Doug MacGregor, guitarist Dante Schwebel and multi-instrumentalist Matt Kelly.

On past albums, Green says he had to demo everything alone and play every instrument to flesh out the song. With much of “If I Should Go,” he was able to bring the framework of each song to his band mates, and they would work through the song together as a group. The result is a wider variety of sounds, with more soulful, blues-inspired tracks, and with electric guitar replacing most of City and Colour’s acoustic-guitar base.

Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green

Green says there have alfronts alternative band City and Colour, which ways been listeners who want performs Thursday, March 9, at Duling Hall. him to return to the vocals-andacoustic-only approach of his first titled album in 2002 and its sophomore record, and he understands that those songs release, “Watch Out!,” in 2004. are close to some people’s hearts. However,

Then, City and Colour’s stripped- the core of City and Colour hasn’t changed down acoustic debut, “Sometimes,” sold even if the sound has, he says. more than 100,000 copies, earning plati- “I think my answer to that has always num status in Canada and kick-starting been, ‘If the song’s good, it doesn’t matter if Green’s career as a solo artist. there’s drums or stuff,’” he says. “You can

“I thought maybe the kids who liked look past all that. It’s still me singing it. As Alexisonfire would dig it, or maybe the long as it’s still my voice and writing at the kids who liked the softer parts of Alexison- center of it, just give it a shot, you know? fire would dig it,” Green says. “But I had “From what I understand, from havno idea it was going to create a sort of plat- ing been on tour and playing the new songs, form for me to complain in my songs for people seem to dig it. I think the band is the next 10 years.” really good, and when we play live, it’s a

Since then, Green’s successive al- totally different experience, as well. I think bums—2008’s “Bring Me Your Love,” that hopefully allows people to see the full 2011’s “Little Hell,” 2013’s “The Hurry picture, once they see the band play, to unand the Harm” and 2015’s “If I Should derstand why I’m so excited about having Go Before You”—have all gone platinum. these guys playing with me.”

The latter peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s City and Colour performs at 9 p.m., alternative charts, as well as No. 1 on the Thursday, March 9, at Duling Hall (622 Americana and folk chart, despite being Duling Ave.). Tickets are $35 in advance at the greatest departure from those genres ardenland.net and $40 at the door. For more thus far. Green also released two new information, visit cityandcolour.com.

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Bonny Blair’s - Don Grant & Doug Hurd 7:30-11 p.m. free Burgers & Blues - Alanna Mosley Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - City and Colour 9 p.m. $35 advance $40 door F. Jones Corner - Dexter Allen’s Blues Challenge 10 p.m. $5 Fitzgerald’s - Sonny Brooks & Rick Moreira 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Aaron Coker Georgia Blue, Madison - Brian Jones Hal & Mal’s - D’Lo Trio (rest.) free Iron Horse Grill - Jimmy “Duck” Holmes 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Sid Thompson & DoubleShotz 6:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Stace & Cassie 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Road Hogs 7:30 p.m.

Soul Wired - Blues & Barbecue feat. Iretta & Johnnie 9 p.m. free Soulshine, Flowood - Chris Gill 7 p.m. free Sylvia’s - Thursday Night Live feat.

The Blues Man & Sunshine McGhee 9 p.m. free

Hal & Mal’s - Barry Leach (rest.) free; The Brook & The Bluff 9 p.m. (red room) $10 Iron Horse Grill - The Sal-tines 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7 p.m. free Martin’s - Young Valley w/ Anne Freeman & the Garbage Sons 10 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - A Night of Musical Elegance feat. Murrah Concert Singers 6-8 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Robin Blakeney Trio 7 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Burnham Road 10 p.m.

Reed Pierce’s, Byram - Aaron Coker 9 p.m. free Shucker’s - Crocker & Reynolds 5:30 p.m. free; Ian Faith 8 p.m. $5; Jason Turner 10 p.m. free Soulshine, Flowood - Stevie Cain 7 p.m.

Soulshine, Ridgeland - Steve Chester 8 p.m.

Thalia Mara Hall - Experience Hendrix 8 p.m. $49.50-$129.50 WonderLust - DJ Taboo 8 p.m.

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55 Unagi, at sushi bars 56 It’s provided by guild members 60 Advice that the four long entries with circles failed to follow 63 Baby garment with snaps 64 Word heard by Marge a lot, I imagine 65 Extreme aversion 66 ___ Martin (007’s car) 67 Part of MS-DOS (abbr.)

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26 Like “The Polar Express” 28 “Ain’t happenin’” 30 “Friends” friend 31 Filet mignon cut 35 Foul, as weather 36 Number sometimes decoded as “Z” 39 Friedlander of “30 Rock” 42 Amish, e.g.

43 “Buy It Now” site 47 ___ of troubles 49 Ashley and Mary-Kate, for two 51 Christmas tree choice 52 Fall back, tidewise 54 Quirky comic Philips

1 Trump tweet ender, often 2 Prefix before friendly or terrorism 3 Brownie ingredients, sometimes 4 Khartoum’s river 5 Uphill battle 6 Supermarket section 7 March Madness gp.

8 Cheese companion 9 Exploitative type 10 Retired hockey great Eric 11 “Dig in, everyone!”

12 High-class group, for short?

15 Hubble after whom a space telescope was named 17 “I’ve got ___ feeling about this!”

18 “Born on the Fourth of July” locale, briefly 20 “To ___ is human” 21 “Little Red Book” chairman 25 James Bond, for example 27 “Como ___?” (“How are you?” in Spanish) 29 Horns that are really winds 32 Iron-___ (T-shirt transfer patterns) 33 London or Brooklyn ending 34 Home of Times Sq. and Columbus Cir. 37 Brings by cart, perhaps 38 Bovine quartet 39 Peanut butter brand for “choosy moms”

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If you normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I invite you not to do so for the next two weeks. Instead, try out an unembellished, what-you-see-is-what-you-get approach to your appearance. If, on the other hand, you don’t normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I encourage you to embrace such possibilities in a spirit of fun and enthusiasm. Now you may inquire: How can these contradictory suggestions both apply to the Pisces tribe? The answer: There’s a more sweeping mandate behind it all—namely, to tinker and experiment with the ways you present yourself ... to play around with strategies for translating your inner depths into outer expression.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

As soon as you can, sneak away to a private place where you can be alone—preferably to a comfy sanctuary where you can indulge in eccentric behavior without being seen or heard or judged. When you get there, launch into an extended session of moaning and complaining. I mean do it out loud. Wail and whine and whisper about everything that’s making you sad and puzzled and crazy. For best results, leap into the air and wave your arms. Whirl around in erratic figure-eights while drooling and messing up your hair. Breathe extra deeply. And all the while, let your pungent emotions and poignant fantasies flow freely through your wild heart. Keep on going until you find the relief that lies on the other side.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

“I’ve always belonged to what isn’t where I am and to what I could never be,” wrote Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935). That was his prerogative, of course.

Or maybe it was a fervent desire of his, and it came true. I bring his perspective to your attention, Taurus, because I believe your mandate is just the opposite, at least for the next few weeks: You must belong to what is where you are.

You must belong to what you will always be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Nothing is ever as simple as it may seem. The bad times always harbor opportunities. The good times inevitably have a caveat. According to my astrological analysis, you’ll prove the latter truth in the coming weeks. On one hand, you will be closer than you’ve been in many moons to your ultimate sources of meaning and motivation. On the other hand, you sure as hell had better take advantage of this good fortune. You can’t afford to be shy about claiming the rewards and accepting the responsibilities that come with the opportunities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Seek intimacy with experiences that are dewy and slippery and succulent. Make sure you get more than your fair share of swirling feelings and flowing sensations, cascading streams and misty rain, arousing drinks and sumptuous sauces, warm baths and purifying saunas, skin moisturizers and lustrous massages, the milk of human kindness and the buttery release of deep sex—and maybe even a sensational do-it-yourself baptism that frees you from at least some of your regrets. Don’t stay thirsty, my undulating friend. Quench your need to be very, very wet. Gush and spill. Be gushed and spilled on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Would you like to live to the age of 99? If so, experiences and realizations that arrive in the coming weeks could be important in that project. A window to longevity will open, giving you a chance to gather clues about actions you can take and meditations you can do to remain vital for 10 decades. I hope you’re not too much of a serious, know-itall adult to benefit from this opportunity. If you’d like to be deeply receptive to the secrets of a long life, you must be able to see with innocent, curious eyes. Playfulness is not just a winsome quality in this quest; it’s an essential asset.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

You’re ripe. You’re delectable. Your intelligence is especially sexy. I think it’s time to unveil the premium version of your urge to merge. To prepare, let’s review a few flirtation strategies. The eyebrow flash is a good place to start. A subtle, flicking lick of your lips is a fine follow-up. Try tilting your neck to the side ever-so-coyly. If there are signs of reciprocation from the other party, smooth your hair or pat

your clothes. Fondle nearby objects like a wine glass or your keys. And this is very important: Listen raptly to the person you’re wooing. P.S.: If you already have a steady partner, use these techniques as part of a crafty plan to draw him or her into deeper levels of affection.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Let’s talk about a compassionate version of robbery. The thieves who practice this art don’t steal valuable things you love. Rather, they pilfer stuff you don’t actually need but are reluctant to let go of. For example, the spirit of a beloved ancestor may sweep into your nightmare and carry off a delicious poison that has been damaging you in ways you’ve become comfortable with. A bandit angel might sneak into your imagination and burglarize the debilitating beliefs and psychological crutches you cling to as if they were bars of gold. Are you interested in benefiting from this service? Ask and you shall receive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Evolved Scorpios don’t fantasize about bad things happening to their competitors and adversaries. They don’t seethe with smoldering desires to torment anyone who fails to give them what they want. They may, however, experience urges to achieve TOTAL CUNNING DAZZLING MERCILESS VICTORY over those who won’t acknowledge them as golden gods or golden goddesses. But even then, they don’t indulge in the deeply counterproductive emotion of hatred. Instead, they sublimate their ferocity into a drive to keep honing their talents. After all, that game plan is the best way to accomplish something even better than mere revenge: success in fulfilling their dreams. Please keep these thoughts close to your heart in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“The noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world,” wrote Martin Luther (1483-1546), a revolutionary who helped break the stranglehold of the Catholic Church on the European imagination. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when you need the kind of uprising that’s best incited by music. So I invite you to gather the tunes that have inspired you over the years, and also go hunting for a fresh batch. Then listen intently, curiously, and creatively as you feed your intention to initiate constructive mutation. Its time to overthrow anything about your status quo that is jaded, lazy, sterile or apathetic.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“Either you learn to live with paradox and ambiguity or you’ll be six years old for the rest of your life,” says author Anne Lamott. How are you doing with that lesson, Capricorn? Still learning? If you would like to get even more advanced teachings about paradox and ambiguity—as well as conundrums, incongruity, and anomalies—there will be plenty of chances in the coming weeks. Be glad! Remember the words of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr: “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Lichen is a hardy form of life that by some estimates covers 6 percent of the earth’s surface. It thrives in arctic tundra and rainforests, on tree bark and rock surfaces, on walls and toxic slag heaps, from sea level to alpine environments.

The secret of its success is symbiosis. Fungi and algae band together (or sometimes fungi and bacteria) to create a blended entity; two very dissimilar organisms forge an intricate relationship that comprises a third organism. I propose that you regard lichen as your spirit ally in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You’re primed for some sterling symbioses.

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