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ackson native Susan Garrard has spent much of her life volunteering and working with children and the community in her roles as president of Junior League of Jackson, and the president and chief executive officer of the Mississippi Children’s Museum.

“Volunteering is an enriching experience, both for the person doing it and for the community,” Garrard says. “Being involved in local volunteer organizations helps you learn a good deal about where you live, and how to appreciate the uniqueness and history of your neighborhood.”

Garrard graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in communication and marketing in August 1983. She then received an associate’s degree in fashion business from Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York in December of that year.

She moved to Jackson in 1984, and in 1994, she joined the Junior League of Jackson, an organization that promotes volunteerism for women and works to improve the quality of life in the Jackson community. She became the Junior League’s president in 2002 and assisted in founding one of the league’s signature projects, the Mississippi Children’s Museum. She joined MCM’s board of directors in 2003.

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an education laboratory for our state with a focus on literacy, health (and STEM subjects with an arts-integrated framework), as similar museums around the country had done before,” she says.

She became president of the board around 2006, interim director of the museum in 2008, and then president and CEO around 2012.

The Greater Belhaven Foundation recently named Garrard as the chairwoman of the nonprofit organization’s board of directors in spring 2018. Garrard has been a member of the foundation for six years and previously served as the organization’s promotions chairwoman, in which she promoted neighborhood events such as Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights, Pumpkins in the Park and the Belhaven Arts Series in Belhaven Park.

As chairwoman of Greater Belhaven Foundation’s board of directors, Garrard helps Executive Director Casey Creasey oversee the organization’s ongoing projects, including renovations to the park and the construction of a new concert stage there.

Garrard and her husband, John Walter Garrard II, have two sons, Jack and William. In her free time, she enjoys reading, spending time with her sons and going out to eat at local restaurants.

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6 Pushing Re-Entry Reforms The Mississippi Department of Corrections is hosting a symposium on re-entry efforts this week. Will that help?

16 A Chef Makes Her Mark

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20 Journey ‘To the Sunset’

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— “Amanda Shires: The Road to ‘Sunset’”

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by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

America, We Must Stop De-humanizing Our Children

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s a child in the 1960s and 1970s, I was a bit of a freak of nature in my hometown of Philadelphia, Miss. You could call me sensitive or soft-hearted, or as the odd insult still goes, I had a bleeding heart. It broke me up (and still does) to see an animal hurt, and I felt human injustice deeply in my bones as early as elementary school.

Racial injustice was everywhere. Just about everyone around me of any age called black people by the n-word when I was a little kid, and the word “drunk” often preceded the word “Choctaw” for no apparent reason. The language of feigned superiority was like being blanketed with hate every day from all sorts of people calling other humans lazy, criminal animals by nature.

“They can’t help it,” some people, usually women, would add after one or another disparaging remark, often out of the blue and apropos of nothing.

By then, the slurs were whispered more often because unlike a decade before, white folks were more afraid to yell racially disparaging statements across parking lots or at people walking up to the courthouse to register to vote.

For reasons that are still unclear to me, I hated the ugly “prejudice,” as we called it then, as early as third grade. Maybe I was born with neurons firing logic because it never made sense to me that a human being could be lesser than another based on the tone of their and their family’s skin.

I started to speak up about it, and white adults would call me an n-lover (using the whole word). I guess that’s when my skin began to toughen about speaking up about things that matter. I still don’t insult easily, although many try, especially when I talk about racism. A white woman is just

not supposed to do that, it seems. Sorry.

In a way I dodged a bullet, being only 3 when men I knew killed civil-rights workers Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner, and the media and FBI poured into town. The worst of white resistance was beaten down by the time I learned to properly write my name, and it was whimpering underground with at least a chance of dying out over time. Or at least that’s what I hoped as I got older and learned more about my town, state and nation’s brutal race history.

That is exactly the way state bigotry has always worked.

I have often wondered what my life would’ve been like had I come along 10, 20, 50 or 100 years sooner. Would I have attended those festive lynch-mob parties, or might I have put my life on the line alongside black civil-rights protesters? Would I have sat on the veranda in a hoop dress ignoring the brutality, or helped people get through the underground railroad? Would I have been one of those people who were complicit by doing nothing amid evil?

This week, many of us are encountering one after another person who is defending Donald Trump’s horrendous policy of taking children from parents on the border and caging them. The defenders are swallowing Trump’s ugly bait as so many adults around me did when I was a child, and as my ancestors must have as they owned

slaves and their kids fought for the South.

Yes, they were taught many lies, just as people are now. Trump is using the same tactics of dehumanization of dark-skinned people that Mississippi’s secession governor, John J. Pettus, did about slaves on the eve of the Civil War, and as Gov. Ross Barnett did about black citizens in the 1960s before we named a reservoir after him and threw up green signs on the interstate in his honor.

The language of racial and ethnic oppression is always about convincing willing participants that other groups of human beings are like animals, mongrels and predators who “infest” our nation, as Trump tweeted this week about migrants and asylum seekers trying to find safety and opportunity in the U.S. Since he announced for president by slurring Mexicans as rapists and murderers, he has fed group bigotry to those apparently ready on some level to hear and embrace his “prejudice.”

This week, his apologists jabbed pitchforks at anyone daring to say that children do not deserve this treatment. They claim that breaking a law (which asylum seekers aren’t) justifies arresting the parents and locking up the children. It’s the families’ fault that they put their kids at risk, you damn liberals, they yell at anyone who wants the babies out of the cages. You try to tell them that people like Barnett said breaking laws (like trying to vote or register at Ole Miss) justified what they did then, too. No, it’s nothing like that, they declare.

Except that it is. So far, American history has cycled through dehumanization of whatever group the majority culture (usually white Protestants so far, let’s be honest) has decided is inferior to good, hard-working people because they make bad decisions, or have a disorderly “culture,” or their parents

commit a misdemeanor to try to save their kids. People who dehumanize simply show no interest in the causes of the problems they blame entire groups for harboring in their ranks, much less the solutions.

They get a rush of superiority by judging “the other” without compassion or regard to the biblical teachings so many of them go on and on about.

Children have never been immune to this bigoted dehumanization; Hitler’s goons killed Jewish babies with glee. Here in the U.S., slave children were stripped from their parents, with boys beaten by owners who often raped and impregnated young teen girls for their own pleasure and to produce new labor. (Call it long-range planning.) Native American children were stolen and put into special schools. Black boys, especially, have always felt threatening to many whites, studies show, accounting for why so many justify the killing of unarmed black children they deem “scary.”

Horrendous crime policies were designed around the neo-conservative myth that young black and Hispanic boys made up a terrifying “super-predator” generation by nature, and those policies fueled mass incarceration and, ultimately, cycles of poverty, trauma and more violence.

Thus, it’s not really a surprise that so many red-blood American white people are defending brown kids spending a few nights, or weeks, in cages—which are really just big chain-link rooms, they tell us.

This dehumanization habit is embedded deep into our white DNA, and people like Trump purposefully trigger it with terrifying talk about MS-13 and wild-eyed Mexicans coming for our women. That is exactly the way state bigotry has always worked— and it always will until we make it stop.

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Arielle Dreher

Marie Weidmayer

Ko Bragg

Dustin Cardon

Micah Smith

Kristin Brenemen

Kimberly Griffin

Meghan Garner

The Jackson Free Press, and Mississippi as a whole, will miss the award-winning reporting of News Reporter Arielle Dreher, as her threeyear stint here comes to an official end. We’ll keep the light on for her in Jacktown.

News Intern Marie Weidmayer is a Michigan native who is still trying to adjust to the heat of a Mississippi summer. She interviewed congressional candidate Whit Hughes.

City Reporter Ko Bragg is a Philadelphia, Miss., transplant who recently completed her master’s in journalism. She loves traveling and has been to 25 countries to date. She wrote about sewage problems in Jackson.

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

Music Editor Micah Smith is a longtime fan of music, comedy and all things “nerd.” He is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. He interviewed Amanda Shires.

Art Director Kristin Brenemen is a meganekko with a penchant for dystopianism. Catch her at a local anime or comic convention. She designed much of the issue.

Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin is a Jackson native who loves Jesus, her mama, cooking, traveling, the Callaway Chargers, chocolate, her godson, working out, Mississippi University for Women and locally owned restaurants.

Digital Marketing Strategist Meghan Garner avoids crowds and is most often spotted hiding behind a dry martini. She works to help local businesses thrive through JFP’s website building, content marketing, SEO and digital creative services.

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“My belief is, I try not to use alarmist language, but citizens who are affected by these would certainly call these emergencies.”

— Bob Miller, Jackson’s public works director, on why the city should consider private contractors to help fix water system breaks citywide.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Thursday, June 14 The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus endorses state Rep. David Baria in the Democratic primary runoff for a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat.

Friday, June 15 U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson revokes former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s house arrest and orders him jailed over allegations of witness tampering in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Saturday, June 16 China raises import duties on a $34-billion list of American goods including soybeans, electric cars and whiskey in response to the Trump administration’s tariff hike on Chinese goods.

Sunday, June 17 Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani says that Trump might pardon his jailed former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others ensnared in the Russia investigation once special counsel Robert Mueller’s work wraps up, if Trump believes they were treated “unfairly.” ... Mexico defeats former champion Germany 1-0 in the 2018 World Cup in Moscow.

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Monday, June 18 Members of Mississippi’s chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign burn a Confederate flag and a Mississippi flag outside the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson in protest of white supremacy.

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Tuesday, June 19 A coalition of Democratic attorneys general sign a letter demanding that the Trump administration end a “zero tolerance” policy that has resulted in children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Hiring Ex-offenders: Mixed Statewide Results

by Arielle Dreher

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atthew Riley has been on the road a lot lately. As the state reentry coordinator, Riley visited all 82 counties in Mississippi in the past nine months in search of employment opportunities for returning citizens leaving the state’s corrections system.

He found mixed results, and the Mississippi Department of Corrections is hosting an all-day re-entry symposium on Thursday, June 21, to bring more stakeholders to the table to work on re-entry efforts. Riley said he is working on a survey for employers in the state to see if they have hired any ex-offenders.

“We had some good responses and … after the symposium, we will come back and follow up with those employers we visited and ask them if anything has changed—asking if they hired anyone,” he told the Jackson Free Press.

MDOC staff members are in contact with some of the state’s big employers like Nissan, Toyota and Ingalls Shipbuilding as well as other, smaller businesses. Riley is keeping a list of businesses statewide that will hire former inmates.

Riley was surprised that some midlevel employment positions are closed to ex-offenders due to rigorous requirements in state law. The casinos, which the Mis-

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Wednesday, June 13 A group of Jackson and Hinds County leaders begins bi-monthly meetings to work on improvements to the adult and juvenile-justice systems in the city and county. ... Tribal leaders of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians announce that three of their casinos in the state will begin offering sports betting.

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Matthew Riley, the state re-entry coordinator, visited all 82 counties in Mississippi and found some companies willing to hire ex-offenders while others were not ready to offer those opportunities.

sissippi Gaming Commission governs, will not employ an ex-inmate, even in the restaurants or hotels. All casino employees have to go through extensive background checks, Riley said.

“I thought we had an opportunity to gain some ground for our men and women to go into hotels … (but) that’s out of the question. That really shocked me, particularly with the casino hotels and the restaurants,” Riley said.

State law mandates that the executive director of the Gaming Commission “shall refuse to issue a work permit if the applicant has committed, attempted or conspired to commit a crime which is a felony in this state.” MDOC currently has several vocational programs in its facilities, including welding and automotive programs. Riley said his goal is to identify mid-level career positions for ex-offenders, targeting companies that need the workforce.

“Mississippi offenders are an untapped workforce we are training in our facilities,” Riley said.

Riley’s big sell for companies unsure of hiring ex-inmates is the federal bonding program, a national incentive that provides protection for employers from loss of money or property for six months after they hire an ex-inmate. Riley is also educating employers about parole and probation.

“ We have not been able to respond in a very quick manner ... we have not had the mechanism in place to be able to respond to broken sewer lines in our neighborhoods.”

“[B]y doing more with less, we have to be creative and innovative, bringing all these key players to the table— particularly policymakers.”

— Ward 7 Councilman Virgi Lindsay on Jackson’s sewer lines.

— Matthew Riley, statewide re-entry coordinator, on budget woes.

Public Works Eyeing Private Contractors

by Ko Bragg

Mississippians on parole and probation are subject to drug testing and at times, other restrictions. He said those on parole or probation are already more accountable due to their required check-ins with an officer.

The re-entry symposium this week will bring subject-matter experts to the capital as well as policymakers, educators and health-care professionals, Riley said.

MDOC needs community support to help with re-entry efforts, ultimately, due to lack of funding.

“We have no additional money for new programs,” Commissioner Pelicia Hall said in a press release.

“Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to make sure that we are teaching offenders

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba (left) and Public Works Director Bob Miller (right) are advocating for the Jackson City Council to hire three contractors to fill 60 public-works vacancies as sewers collapse across Jackson.

similar proposal in front of it, but took issue with the $23million estimates for potential work from each of the companies. Miller told the Jackson Free Press that he put a lot of estimated quantities for upcoming work in these contingency contracts, which is how the companies arrived at $23 million. The bids have not changed, he said, adding that his department is just promising not to spend more than $10 million total on sewer and water maintenance work over the next year.

If hired, the companies would do small and large repairs to support public-works crews spread so thin already.

Miller’s crews work 10- to 12-hour days, and some as long as 16 hours, he said.

what they need in the programs we have.”

Indeed, MDOC cut off funding to county sheriff’s departments after the legislative session this year, citing a budget deficit and the need to conserve funds.

Lawmakers are aware of the budget shortfall in corrections in the state, but revenue collections are not likely to increase—many Democrats point to the 2016 tax cut that will pull even more funds from the state’s coffers this fiscal year as the reason for this.

Even House Corrections Committee Chairman Bill Kinkade, R-Byhalia, admitted the challenges in corrections funding.

“The fact is we have funding issues in corrections. That’s not a revelation to anybody,” he said at the Capitol in April when

“I simply have to have more resources,” Miller told the city council.

Between April 1 and May 18, Jacksonians made 164 calls to 3-1-1 about outdoor sewer leaks mainly near their homes. More than half of those cases were pending as of May 18, including pleas for raw sewage to be removed from citizens’ backyards and driveways.

Part of the delay in closing cases is because the Department of Public Works has trouble hiring. The City’s wages are not competitive for the job requirements. While hiring contractors can be more expensive, Miller says it is the only option until the City raises wages.

Confronting Raw Sewage

The City also is at risk of violating the stipulations of the 2012 consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency and Jackson’s requirements to adhere to the Clean Water Act after illegally dumping untreated wastewater into the Pearl River.

In 2012, the EPA found that the City had at least 2,300 unauthorized sewer overflows in five years’ time.

“My belief is, I try not to use alarmist language,” Miller told the council. “But, citizens who are affected by these would certainly call these emergencies. I think the EPA, because these are violations of the Clean Water Act, would call these emergencies.”

Chief Administrative Officer and Interim Director of Finance Robert Blaine attended a recent meeting with Miller at the Atlanta-based EPA office to renegotiate the terms of the consent decree. Blaine stressed that he consent decree places the City under constant monitoring, and said

sheriffs requested a hearing about their cut funds. “There have been some deficitspending issues, and all of them haven’t been addressed.”

The state re-entry council has repeatedly handed off recommendations to lawmakers to ease re-entry for inmates, including provisions to not take away driver’s licenses immediately upon arrest because inmates need identification to get a job upon release. The Legislature enacted a handful of criminal-justice reforms this year, including measures to stop judges and law-enforcement officials from stacking penalties on individuals as well as keeping judges from jailing men and women who cannot afford to pay their fines and fees.

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Gov. Phil Bryant vetoed another criminal-justice measure this year, however, that would have allowed inmates to keep their licenses (unless their offense was driving-related). Bryant said he vetoed the bill primarily because a provision would have required MDOC to determine whether an inmate is indigent before making him or her pay parole, probation or supervision fees.

Mississippians on parole or probation must pay a monthly $55 fee; these fees account for an estimated $13.5 million in MDOC’s budget. Citing budget concerns for the agency, Bryant vetoed the measure.

The re-entry symposium is Thursday, June 21, at Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson on Old Canton Road, at 9 a.m.

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$23 Million to Contractors?

If the council accepts Miller’s emergency item at the June 19 meeting, the City would hire Hemphill Construction Company Inc., Utility Constructors Inc., and Delta Constructors Inc. for one-year term bids to do work on sewer and water projects as needed for up to $5 million in each department.

At the city council meeting on June 5, the body had a

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n Public Works Director Bob Miller’s short time as the highest-paid city official in Jackson, he has had to sway the city council on a growing number of occasions to give him emergency funding. The June 18 work session was no different.

As a man who dots his language with both colorful metaphors and precise numbers, Miller deferred to the latter during the session to express dire shortages in his department he needs to fill with contractors, he says, or there could be federal consequences.

The sewer department has 35 vacancies, the water department has 25, and Miller is down to just a handful of crews in each of those fields. There are just under 10 sewer system failures in the City, 82 water system breaks and leaks, some of which Miller has to let run because no one is able to get to them all with so few people on staff. Jackson averages about two to three new leaks per day, he said.

Miller spoke of 50 identified sites with collapsed sewer lines, most of which could overflow in wet weather. Another 40 could collapse soon.

“First and foremost, it is an emergency circumstance because our sewage system is crumbling all around us, and we’re not able to keep up with the repairs,” the mayor said Monday.

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Whit Hughes: ‘Ready to Fight’ in Congress

by Marie Weidmayer

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How does your past work experience prepare you to be in Congress?

My background is in private-sector business and economic development.

I’ve done economic development for the state and helped support existing industries in our state and also worked with communities around our state to recruit new jobs to Mississippi. I’ve also spent years of my career looking to expand health care to Mississippians—to expand access to quality health care to Mississippians. … I’m a business person

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who’s never run for office before, and my opponent is a lawyer who’s built a career out of politics.

How did working on former Gov. Haley Barbour’s campaign prepare you to run?

I’ve been involved in conservative politics in national, state and local levels. But, I’ve never run for office before. I believe that is part of the appeal for voters. Folks

seriously. If elected to Congress, Mississippians can expect me to have very strong, conservative opinions. Not only in relation to the Second Amendment but also in relation to protection of life.

You are anti-abortion then?

That is correct.

Should schoolteachers have the option of being armed?

Courtesy Whit Hughes’ Campaign

ative Jacksonian Whit Hughes was born in the old Baptist Hospital, was a basketball player at Mississippi State, and cut his political teeth working with the Republican National Committee and helping Republican stalwart Haley Barbour become governor of the state on a small-government, anti-regulation platform. Now, he’s borrowing from that tried-and-true strategy in his race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper’s seat in Congress.

In a recent interview with the Jackson Free Press, Hughes did not veer far from the established Republican line his mentor Barbour made popular—low taxes, scant regulations (including on guns), opposition to abortion rights, and less reliance on federal educational standards.

Hughes, formerly the deputy director of the Mississippi Development Authority, is in the June 26 run-off against Michael Guest, the Rankin County district attorney and the frontrunner after the primary.

Guest spent $441,049 on his campaign from Jan. 1 to June 6, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. In the same period, Hughes spent $470,126.

Guest declined to do an interview because he did not have time, Communications Director Rob Pillow said.

Whit Hughes has deep Republican establishment ties, but says he is running as a political outsider against a local district attorney, Michael Guest.

around the Third District of Mississippi are fed up with the establishment way of doing politics. They know that I’m somebody that has entered this race because I care.

I’m ready to fight for our families and our communities and conservative issues that matter to us. I’m certainly not doing this as an extension of having built a career in politics where I feel like I need to climb the ladder, win this race and go to Washington, D.C., and be somebody.

Where do you stand on the Second Amendment?

My position on the Second Amendment is that language says that those rights should not be infringed, and I take that very

CONTRACTORS from page 7 not acting on collapsed sewers brings Jackson closer to being in violation.

“I know that he is trying hard not to be alarmist, but I’m going to ring the bell—it is an emergency situation,” Blaine said.

Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks, who routinely advocates for minority contractors, suggested Miller do the normal bid process or even put out for emergency bids

Yes. I do believe that school safety has to be one of our priorities. My wife, Shelly, and I have three children, and we’re just like any other parent in terms of our interests in kids, knowing that their school is a safe environment. I’ve been clear throughout this campaign that I believe, number one, we need to give the minimum of law enforcement all the resources they need to respond to threats against our schools and our teachers and our students.

In addition, if a teacher or certain personnel in the school that are licensed and trained at appropriate levels, want to arm themselves for protection of themselves or the schoolchildren, I don’t think the federal government should get in the way of that.

rather than keep the three big companies on retainer.

Miller promised to launch a contractor-development program to give local and minority-owned businesses more of a shot at obtaining larger contracts. However, the public-works director does not want to go through a normal procurement process because that could leave citizens 60 to 120 days away from getting relief from foul odors, and emergency bids often cost more.

“When we do emergency contracts we have a tendency to have to accept whatever pricing we get ...,” Miller said. “I’ve often said that this is the type of thing that you

Do you support the separation of families at the border?

Listen, I support enforcing the laws that we have. I understand this is a highly charged issue that’s top of mind for folks right now, and it’s an emotional issue. It’s an emotional issue for me. It’s very hard for me to see families being split up at the border. But this is not because we have new laws; it’s because we have new leadership that is actually enforcing the laws.

That’s what I believe. It’s the only way we’re going to get control of immigration and do what we need to do as a country to put ourselves on a better track.

Mississippi has more than 500 bridges closed because of faulty infrastructure. What can be done at the federal level to fix infrastructure problems throughout the state?

The first thing we can do is make sure we’re looking for opportunities with efficiency and savings. What comes to mind is how much time and expense is involved in the permitting process associated with transportation projects. I believe with the right kind of leadership we can shorten those time frames and get rid of a lot of the unnecessary bureaucracy that causes the time and expense. We’ll capture those savings and divert the resources to the actual projects at hand.

One thing I believe, whether you’re talking about transportation or any other areas of federal government, is that we need to a better job of blocking the resources and sending them to the states. I want a lot of the decision making to be driven to the states and local levels. To me, that only makes sense.

This interview is edited for print. Read the full interview at jfp.ms/2018elections.

Also read a candidate questionnaire by runoff opponent Michael Guest at that link.

do at leisure so the you don’t have to pay a premium price in haste.”

Ward 7 Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay urged her colleagues to go through with this because of how many calls she gets from constituents with broken sewer lines and complaints of the odors around them.

“We have not been able to respond in a very quick manner and treat this as … a health issue in our neighborhoods because we have not had the mechanism in place to be able to respond to broken sewer lines in our neighborhoods,” she said.

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‘Don’t Yuck My Yum’

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s a food educator, I spent many hours in classrooms doing taste tests, interactive cooking demos and nutrition lessons. I’ve seen elementary schoolers, even the so-called picky eaters, taste everything from sautéed Swiss chard, to beet smoothies to chickpea cookie dough, and ask for seconds.

I had one simple rule that helped my students approach food with an attitude of positivity and adventure: “Don’t yuck my yum.” I first heard the phrase during my orientation with FoodCorps, an AmeriCorps organization dedicated to connecting kids and schools with healthy food.

DYMY is straightforward: Don’t ruin my enjoyment of a food with your negative judgment. When you’re in a classroom with children who are tasting eggplant for the first time, one “that’s nasty!” comment can ruin everyone’s experience.

These days, I interact more with adults than kids, and I’m often appalled by the judgment and negative attitudes that some of my fellow grown-ups have toward unfamiliar foods. I often find myself wanting to say, “Please don’t yuck my yum.” Of course, as the owner of a fermented food business, the foods I sell—sauerkraut, kombucha, kimchi—tend to elicit strong feelings from people who either love ’em or hate ’em.

Luckily, I have thick skin when it comes to opinions on the foods I like and

make, but that’s beside the point.

Back in the classroom, I would ask the kids, “Say you’re eating something you really love—let’s just go with pizza—and someone comes up to you and says, ‘I hate pizza.

It’s disgusting,’ how would that make you feel?” After a few moments of contemplating a world in which someone hated pizza, most kids would reply they’d feel bad, angry or embarrassed.

“Ms. Lauren, eggplant is not my favorite.”

I would then encourage them to express themselves in ways that were mindful of their classmates’ feelings, like a simple “I don’t prefer this,” or my favorite, “I don’t like this yet.” With the DYMY ground rule established, students had the freedom to actually enjoy something green or healthy or “weird-looking” without fear of judgment.

It’s unreasonable to expect that everyone will like everything. I once had a stu-

dent who gagged up his eggplant into the classroom trash can. But when he finished wiping his mouth he looked up and said, “Ms. Lauren, eggplant is not my favorite.”

In today’s world, food is more than sustenance; it is culture, self-expression and pleasure. When someone labels the foods we eat as “gross” or “weird,” it feels like they have labeled us by extension. But more than that, when we declare our distaste for a food or an entire cuisine, we close ourselves off to the opportunity to experience something new and wonderful.

So, how can you apply the concept of “don’t yuck my yum” to your own life?

Be curious about food. Curiosity is the absence of judgment; it is an eagerness to learn. Remember, “normal” and “weird” are relative terms. Food that may seem strange to you may be completely conventional to someone else. For example, about two billion people in the world eat insects as part of their regular diet.

DYMY is not about pretending to like something solely for someone else’s benefit.

Be honest, but be considerate. A simple “no thank you” will always suffice.

Lauren Rhoades is the owner of local business Sweet & Sauer.

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Dear Mississippi Politicians, Criminal Justice Reform Is More Than Rhetoric

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his week the Mississippi Department of Corrections will host a re-entry symposium in Jackson, a necessary step to re-engage stakeholders involved with the criminal justice system, from lawmakers and mental-health professionals to judges and experts.

Mississippi tried criminal-justice reform for a while, following the 2014 reforms the Legislature passed, but now as financial resources dwindle, MDOC is forced to reach out to community organizations in search for help. Conversations across industries are important, but how about some action?

More than 21,000 Mississippians are behind bars, and 34,000 more people are on probation or parole. Returning citizens go back to their communities looking for work, and true reform comes from people across the state offering second chances to the many Mississippians who need and deserve support after serving their time.

10 While Republican and Democratic lawmakers have

found bipartisan progress in supporting reform measures, that support must trickle down to neighborhoods. Reforms work best in transparent and honest environments, which is where local government and law enforcement come into play.

In Jackson, the City has yet to implement a meaningful program to help returning citizens find work, despite promises to do so. The officer-identification task force has been underway to work on issues of transparency in the Jackson Police Department, but the members have promised to get a recommendation to the mayor by early August and have not yet begun writing policy.

Those who deal with every aspect of the law from mayors and police chiefs to district attorneys and lawmakers need to fix wait times in jails, find workable solutions to the roots of crime, job opportunities for returning citizens, and initiatives that demonstrate that all of the aforementioned entities don’t just have to come in contact with people in handcuffs or behind bars.

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The patented ingredient blend initiates a process known as vasodilation, which causes arteries and vessels throughout the body to expand. This allows blood to flow directly to penis and genitals, resulting in harder erections which last longer. Cialis and Viagra are based around a simlilar concept.

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According to research published by the National Institute of Health, 50% of men taking these drugs stop responding or can’t tolerate their side effects...and on top of that they spend $50 per pill and it doesn’t even work half the time.

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It floods the blood stream with key ingredients which cause arteries all over the body to expand. The patented accelerator speeds up this process even more.

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Men across the country are eager to get their hands on the new pill and according to the research, they should be.

In the trial above, as compared to baseline, men taking Vesele saw a staggering 85% improvement in erection hardness over a four-month period. Their erections also lasted twice as long.

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These same men also experienced an astounding 82% increase in the desire for sex (libido/sex drive) and an even greater improvement in overall satisfaction and ability to satisfy their partners.

In the same study referenced throughout, Vesele was also shown to have an amazing (and somewhat surprising) effect on women too. That’s because the same arteries and vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the brain and genitals are the same in men and women.

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Research shows that with age, many men lose their desire and interest in sex. They also struggle to produce an erection firm enough for penetration.

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As such, the company is offering a special discounted supply to any reader who calls within the next 48 hours.

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June 20 - 26, 2018 • jfp.ms

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The Making of a Run-off

Turnout in the June 6 primary was higher than it was in 2014 by about 2,000 votes with 87,931 Mississippians casting a 12 Democratic primary ballot. Baria and Sher-

man are working to swing voters who account for the nearly 32,000 ballots cast that were not for either candidate.

Rep. Omeria Scott, D-Laurel, had filed her candidacy papers just before the deadline on March 1. Scott, a longtime lawmaker from Laurel, Miss., and former chairwoman of the Legislative Black Caucus in the Mississippi Legislature, came in a solid third place in the June 5 primary, receiving more then 20,000 votes. Scott, a colleague of Baria’s in the House, endorsed Sherman just a few days later.

Scott, flanked Sherman and wife, Sela Ward, outside the city hall in Laurel called on Democrats to unite around the California native in the run-off election on June 8, Facebook live recordings show.

“Howard has met the criteria that has been articulated by the Democratic leadership in the state,” Scott said, listing off some members by name who want a candidate who can raise money and who is electable.

“He (Sherman) came from the bottom to leading in the first leg of the primary,” Scott said.

She endorsed Sherman on June 8, but when asked to elaborate on her decision for this story, she declined, deferring to the Sherman campaign’s press release.

Many of the Democratic House members endorsed Baria early rather than Scott. His Twitter account was laden with photographs of lawmakers and their endorsements in the days leading up to the primary. On June 11, several Democratic state lawmakers met in downtown Jackson to strategize about getting their delegations to vote for Baria in the upcoming run-off.

Baria leads the Democratic caucus in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

“I think it’s fair enough to say that there are people who may not have been involved, even some members,” Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, the vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said on June 11. “The first time we had another member running. This time we have one member running. This time I think there’s going to be a more cohesive group of people working and doing it with a whole lot more energy.”

The Legislative Black Caucus endorsed Baria before the end of that week.

Chairwoman Rep. Sonya WilliamsBarnes, D-Gulfport, said she is working hard to ensure record-breaking turnout numbers for the run-off on June 26.

Williams-Barnes’ district is also on the Mississippi Coast, where Baria lives and is from originally. Williams-Barnes endorsed Baria personally as well.

“David is a man of his word. If he says he’s going to do something, he does it, and if he finds out he can’t, he’s man enough to come back and say things will be different,” she told the Jackson Free Press.

Run-Off Blues:

Inside the Playoff to Challenge Roger Wicker

by Arielle Dreher Delreco Harris

June 20 - 26, 2018 • jfp.ms

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emocratic U.S. Senate contenders David Baria and Howard Sherman share a common interest in basketball, at least for campaign metaphor purposes.

Speaking after a campaign lunch June 11 with state Democratic lawmakers at the King Edward Hotel in downtown Jackson, Baria compared the run-off election to the first game of the NBA finals, which turned the interaction between J.R. Smith and Lebron James into a meme overnight. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors were tied with four seconds left, and Smith caught an offensive rebound. Instead of going back up to shoot and possibly end the game, he dribbled out of traffic and prompted the Cavs to take an off-balanced shot, forcing the game into overtime.

The Cavs went on to lose the game.

“Did you see the first game of the NBA finals? One of the Cavs took a play off and it cost him, right?” Baria said speaking to reporters after the lunch. “Mississippians, you cannot afford to take a play off or a day off, so June the 26th is an opportunity for you to get out and vote for the right person for this job. Don’t take a play off, OK?”

Sherman uses NBA basketball coaching to explain why he is running for office.

“I talk about it like a sports analogy, like the Cleveland Cavaliers before they got Tyronn Lue. Or the Warriors before Steve Kerr became the coach. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson were there,” Sherman told the Jackson Free Press.

Lue joined the Cavs as head coach in 2016; Kerr became head coach at Golden State in 2014. Since 2015, the two teams have traded off being NBA champions, until this year when Golden State clinched its third championship in four years.

“When you put (in) the right leaders, you can re-shuffle the parts,” Sherman said.

The June 26 run-off election is a bit like the final playoff game in a tied series.

Both candidates are vying to be the Democratic challenger to Sen. Roger Wicker, who holds a strong 11-year grip on his Senate seat and is now the ranking Mississippi senator since Sen. Thad Cochran’s retirement.

In the June 5 primary election, Sherman brought in 713 more votes than Baria.

Both candidates received 31 percent of the total votes cast, however, forcing the two to a run-off. This means that 37 percent of voters who did not choose either candidate initially can sway the election on June 26.

State Rep. David Baria, also an attorney, says he is running for the U.S. Senate for his kids and the next generation of Mississippians.

After the Legislative Black Caucus endorsed Baria, the Associated Press called Scott, who said no one asked her about the group’s endorsement.

The Businessman …

The two candidates share some qualities: Both have had long, successful careers as an entrepreneur and a trial attorney, respectively. Both candidates are good at politicking, using their influence whether that be in the statehouse or Hollywood to gain ground in an election. The two candidates diverge, however, at their approach to the senator’s job based on their experiences.

Sherman, 63, is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who has made his career in the health-care technology business. He brings his business mentality into the room

with him. When he met this reporter for an interview at Banner Hall, he walked right in to Lemuria and asked to use a private office for the interview, citing his relationship with the owners. Sherman worked with a Nobel Prize winner on technology to help prevent American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan from overheating in desert temperatures.

Then he worked with a Michigan-based company on technology to keep bodies warm during surgeries, without pumping hot air over them, as is common practice.

“I get asked all the time what’s the number-one trait of an entrepreneur, and it has to be great peripheral vision,” he told the Jackson Free Press. “I was trying to help my friend get funding to help us all (stay) safe. The next thing you know I’m in the health-care business.”

… vs. The Lawmaker

David Baria, 55, is banking on his experience as a lawmaker and his track record to secure the Democratic spot on the November ballot. When Baria met with this reporter for an interview in his glass-walled Baria-Jones law firm in Jackson, he was finishing up emails for what he calls “dialing for dollars” for the campaign.

His success as an attorney only translates to a certain point when it comes to

elected,” he told the Jackson Free Press.

Winning several narrow elections in both the Mississippi Senate and House with Republican finances and endorsements against him, Baria is no stranger to being the underdog. His approach to the job is informed by his experience leading the minority caucus, his full interview with the Jackson Free Press (jfp.ms/baria) shows.

“My style of leadership is not to say, ‘Here’s what I think we ought to do, what do you think?’ I say, ‘Here’s the problem, let’s discuss,’ and I take what folks say to me and try to synthesize it and then I try to make the best decision going forward,” Baria told the Jackson Free Press.

As the career lawmaker in the run-off election, he is reliant on his political experience and knowledge of policy matters from the Capitol. He has raised about $250,000 in donations and is working with Chism Strategies for his campaign. His law partner, Brandon Jones, is his campaign manager.

About the Tax Cut

Howard Sherman, an entrepreneur, is running for the U.S. Senate after learning that the Legislature and Congress cut funding for foster care kids.

order to seal funding for research and projects he was involved in.

The entrepreneur, who said he prefers jeans and a T-shirt to his campaign suit, does not believe being a Mississippi native is an important component of the campaign.

“The voters voted a week and a half ago, and they said we’re going to pick the guy who wasn’t born here because his ideas are better,” he said. “(Voters said my) view of the future is better, and if they vote for him because he was born here then you’re not going to wind up with these ideas.”

Sherman has access to a network of Hollywood powerhouses, demonstrated by Robert de Niro and Alec Baldwin hosting a New York fundraiser for him in May. He also has access to his own personal funds.

He has loaned his campaign $650,000 and

raising campaign finances. Baria, who has a long history of donating to the Democratic Party and PACs in federal elections, lives on the Gulf Coast where he lost his home during Hurricane Katrina and soon his first son to an unexpected illness.

As leader of the House Minority Caucus, he has had to wage losing battle after losing battle against a staunch Republican supermajority. “I’m not telling anybody that we have been successful with our requests of the speaker (Philip Gunn) because we haven’t, but we get heard. We do have input from time to time, and what I have learned in my time as leader is what (former U.S. Sen.) Trent Lott said is right. It’s like herding cats because you have 47 individually strong personalities. You have to have a strong personality and an ego to get

Sherman and Baria agree that the recent GOP tax cut in Congress benefitted corporations and the wealthy the most— and that it did little to stimulate the U.S. economy. The two candidates have differing views on what could be done next, though.

Sherman, who studied economics at Claremont McKenna College, says all fiscal policy is designed to achieve an objective. The only one that the GOP tax cut achieved, he said, was to benefit corporations. “So if they had said, ‘What do we need? Where do we want them to direct that money?’ Because a lot of (corporations) just bought their stock back. A lot of them bonused out CEOs, and they bought yachts from Italy—well that didn’t help the economy at all,” Sherman said.

He said that if lawmakers had specifically targeted places that companies had to locate businesses—like the Delta—then they could have given them the tax cut.

“Had they said … ‘Pick a plighted part of the state, if you put a plant there in the Delta where unemployment is high, we will give you a tax cut.’ But if you just are simply going to rebuy your stock back, it didn’t do anything for the economy. I’m not saying I’m anti the tax cut; I’m anti an unfocused tax cut,” Sherman said.

Baria sees the GOP tax cut as “nothing more than a payback for Republican donors who donated to the president.” He noted that the tax cuts for the middle class are temporary, while the corporate tax cuts are permanent. “I think if you want to do real tax reform that will stimulate our economy, then you give a big tax cut to middleclass America,” he said. “Those folks will take that money and improve their lives by buying a new refrigerator, buying a new car, buying a new house, and that stimulates the

economy,” he said in his interview.

Baria said that rolling back the tax cuts for the wealthy would free up funds to use on transportation or education.

Immigration in Focus

As the Trump administration continues to separate children from their parents at the southern border, immigration is increasingly becoming an issue that Congress might act on in the future. Both Democratic Senate candidates believe that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, immigrants deserve a path to citizenship or an extension of their status.

Sherman said immigration should be a focus point.

“If we have a shortage of nurses, then let’s say, ‘Hey, guess what? We’ll bring in 10,000 nurses.’ But if we have an overabundance of construction workers and there are already people having a hard time finding (a job), then maybe we don’t bring in a ton of construction workers,” he told the Jackson Free Press. “I want to bring in—I don’t know what the right number is—if it’s 100,000 or whatever, but maybe we can do it in a way where we don’t create a problem by trying to solve a problem.”

At one point, Democrats in Congress were considering a compromise that allowed a path to citizenship for DACA recipients in exchange for Trump’s border wall. Sherman noted the budget deficit when speaking about the wall.

“And the border wall, you know, we’re in such a deficit to begin with. I haven’t seen the data that shows me that that’s going to really keep us safe,” Sherman said. “We do need to be kept safe; all it takes is one person getting through, and we’re in jeopardy.”

Baria said the concept of the border wall is ridiculous, however.

“What we need is an effective means of securing our border with a combination of wall, fence, live security, cameras—a combination of those things, which I think pretty much already exists,” he said. “Could it be improved? Yes. But the Great Wall of China along our southern border is a ridiculous expenditure of money, and it is nothing more than a political ploy.”

Baria says the U.S. needs to revamp the entire immigration system and expressed concerns about the cost-effectiveness of locking people up or deporting those who are not criminals.

“... I don’t think that it is cost-effective to deport every single person who is here without proper documentation,” he said.

“If someone is here without proper documentation and we pick them up because they have committed a crime, I’m for deporting them. … There should be probably some level of crime that we define above

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hired the Doug Jones campaign team of Joe Trippi and Giles Perkins (Jones’ campaign manager) to run his own. They are also running Democrat Mike Espy’s campaign to fill Sen. Thad Cochran’s vacated seat.

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Born and raised in California, the son of an Eastern European immigrant mother was raised in a Democratic family, going with them to knock on doors for JFK.

Sherman voted as a Republican in California elections around 2000, because California Democrats got “anti-business,” he said. He continued to vote as a Democrat in national elections during that time, however, and after he moved to Meridian, Miss., full-time, he disagreed with Mississippi Republicans. He drafted a 100-day plan he released this month and his anecdotes shared in his full interview (see jfp.ms/ sherman) indicate that he understands the business side of politics. That has included giving campaign donations to candidates in

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What will matter more in the June 26 run-off could come down to money and people-power—or both.

Pam Shaw, political director of the Baria campaign, emphasizes their ground game with Mississippians.

“One of the things David Baria, pictured with wife, Marcie, (left) we’re confident of is that daughters, Merritt and Bess, and son Max. Baria people trump dollars. We says his kids are his main reason for running. will have the people; we will not have the dollars,” Shaw said in Jackson Democrat,’” Trippi told Klein. on June 11. “But this election cannot be Giles Perkins, who ran Jones’ camwon by dollars alone.” paign, is also running Sherman’s. Perkins Sherman hired the Doug Jones team was not made available to the Jackson Free to run his campaign, which helped Ala- Press for an interview by press time. bama elect a Democrat to the Senate in a Rickey Cole, the former chairman of solidly red state. His victory is seen as a part the Mississippi Democratic Party, says turnof the wave of candidates and seats “flip- out is typically very low in non-presidential ping” around the country in the wake of election years for federal primary elections.

President Donald Trump’s election. So far, Cole said often times voters will not select a Sherman has paid Trippi’s team more than candidate they have not heard of or turn out $490,000 for media and political consult- to vote unless they are given a reason to do so. ing services, FEC filings show.

While Cole is not privy to either Sherman In an interview with Ezra Klein of Vox or Baria campaigns, he said it appeared after the Jones victory, Trippi talked about that the Sherman campaign did a good job the campaign’s strategies. of identifying likely voters in the primary “Trump’s creating energy among the election. Baria or Scott could have had the best shot at name recognition going into the primary, but Cole, who is supporting Baria, pointed out it would be limited at best.

“There are 122 House seats, and so, at best, David and Omeria had been on the ballot for 1/122 of the population in the state of Mississippi,” he said. “…

(That’s) less than 1 percent state ID-recognition.”

“I think a successful campaign has to overlay the Howard Sherman and his wife, the actor Sela geography with the virtual Ward, started Hope Village, a home for children in in order to be successful,” foster care, 18 years ago.

Cole said.

Democratic base that wants to come out Perhaps to that end, Baria was hosting and wants to make the change and wants a livestream Q&A Facebook event as this to do something to fight back against what’s story went to press. happening. At the same time, he’s creating The role of money and voter turnout enough chaos and divisiveness and hostility could determine the outcome on June 26, that Republicans who would never ordi- and voters who voted in the Democratic narily vote for a Democrat say, ‘OK, well, primary or did not vote at all can go to the I’ve got all the chaos and hostility I can polls to cast a ballot next week. handle right now. I’ll vote for somebody To read full interviews with Barwho wants to try to find common ground ia and Sherman visit jacksonfreepress. and get things done for me, even if they’re a com/2018elections.

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Learning the Restaurant Ropes

by Alexis Carter

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livia Ashburn-Townsend started her restaurant career off as a server at a restaurant in the Jackson metro area and says that when the kitchen would get backed up, she would jump in and help.

With the help of ex-husband Brian Myrick of Johnny T’s Bistro & Blues and other local chefs, she has moved up in the local food scene.

These days, she is a private chef who owns local

Alexis Carter

What are your favorite foods to cook and to eat?

Cajun food, soul food—those things are comforting for me. They are made with love. They take so much time and dedication and years of developing and mastering the perfect collard greens, the perfect fried chicken.

And that was always my go-to at home to cook, so that’s what I’m most familiar with. I feel like it speaks volumes of myself when I feed people that. ... But outside of that, travelling and learning authentic international cuisines was very important to me.

And (I like) my children being able to eat things that aren’t readily available here that we hope one day to have here. I make (those dishes) at home, so that they are actually more cultured worldly than what we have available here.

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Who are your favorite chefs and inspirations?

Brian Myrick from Johnny T’s and Norma Ruth’s definitely steered me into the course of the chef life that I needed to be, as far as techniques and recipe development and just playing around with different flavors, different herbs, things that I wasn’t familiar with. ... I would say as far as the most genuine chef, (that) would be Mike Mosley from 1693 Red Zone (Grill). Absolutely amazing guy— goes above and beyond for the guests, and he’s talented.

(It’s) my favorite Cajun restaurant in the city.

Then, behind that would be Louis LaRose from Lou’s courtesy Alivia Ashburn-Townsend

Tell me about your journey through the restaurant industry.

I’ve actually been in the restaurant industry for a long time. I started out as a server, and that’s where I really started discovering what people like. You know, because a server has direct contact with the patrons, so you get to listening to things and things that they repeatedly order. You start really learning what people like—their expectations, not only (for) food but service.

... My ex, Brian, was the chef at Char for 13 years, and then he wanted, of course, to open his own spot, so when the opportunity came for Norma Ruth’s, we jumped on that. That’s when I really started learning different techniques because he’s classically French-trained. He taught me pretty much everything he knows. And then as far as soul-food, … he learned that from me. So we really fed off of each other. And my experience of being in front of the house and his in the back of the house, we were really able 16 to be a good team and get a lot of things accomplished.

What’s it like balancing life with working in the food industry as a woman?

This industry’s tough. It’s a male-dominated industry, which already makes it hard for a female chef. So you have to set yourself apart. ... Most good chefs are really cocky. I didn’t want that. I feel like if God blesses you with a craft that it’s your obligation, and it’s your duty to share that.

Tell me more about the Tri-County Foodies Group.

Where did it get its origins?

I originally was in (Jackson Foodies) when I was at Norma Ruth’s, so there was a lot of promoting I did in that group and built relationships. But it was focused solely in Jackson, which was great, and I understand the concept, but Remy Knott and Kim (Kelly-Knott), him and his wife started Tri-County because they wanted people to have more options who aren’t just living or working in Jackson.

So me and Rachel (Phuong Le) joined the admin team in Tri-County and really took it to a whole other level as far as communicating and building relationships Alivia Ashburn-Townsend, who is an administrator for Tri-County Foodies #EATMS, says she did not imagine with these foodies. ... But what I wasn’t that the group would grow to be as big as it is. anticipating would come out of this group was so many good people with good intentions, and (who) want to help the community and want (Full-Serv). He would be my inspiration to what I one day to support locally. ... And then you’re looking around, and would eventually like to accomplish and be, at that level. you see people from all different ethnicities, age groups, backgrounds, … and we’re all coming together over one What do you see for the Jackson common thing: the love of food. I didn’t foresee it growing food scene’s future? to be something this big, and it’s only going to get bigger.

I’m hoping that Jackson grows and Mississippi grows more, too, ... having different cuisines than are readily availWas it a struggle for you to get to where able for us right now. ... I think the food hall that they are you wanted to be in the food industry? putting in (The District at Eastover) is going to be a great

It was a struggle trying to figure out where I wanted start to that. ... I think that’s a great thing for Jackson. Bigto be because as a chef, you envision yourself being on the ger cities—Birmingham and New Orleans—they’ve had line—creating menus, creating recipes. You don’t foresee it much success with the food hall. I hope that it goes well.

Alivia Ashburn-Townsend, a local private chef and owner of Jackson Culinary Concierge, says she wants to see the food scenes in the Capital City and Mississippi as a whole grow in the types of cuisine on display.

business Jackson Culinary Concierge, is a single mother of four, and is an active member of both the Tri-County Foodies #EATMS and Jackson Foodies groups on Facebook. With her cooking, she aims to encompass both her travels and tutelage, as well as her skills with southern cooking.

Recently, she sat down with the Jackson Free Press to talk about her experiences in the male-dominated industry, as well as the future of food in Mississippi.

leading it into the direction of not just food, but people.

So I couldn’t foresee it happening like this. When I left Norma Ruth’s, I put my hands up and pretty much was like, “I’m going to let God steer this, from this point on.

I’m going to work on myself physically, mentally, where I need to be. And I’m going to let God direct me.”

And everywhere I turned, (he) was directing me to help somebody. ... Those are very humbling experiences. ...

Cooking gave me a direction in life that I couldn’t foresee.

I used to be the cocky chef. It’s funny how God will step you back and put people in your life just at the right time to change for the better.

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THURSDAY 6/21

FRIDAY 6/22

Nick White signs copies of “Sweet & Low” at Lemuria Books.

“Oklahoma!” begins at the Madison Square Center for the Arts.

“Paint Night 3: Trivia Edition” is at Lucky Town Brewing Company.

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Whiskey Flight Night is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Flamingo (3011 N. State St.). The event includes three one-ounce pours of select whiskeys to sample. For ages 21 and up. $10 per person; find it on Facebook.

THURSDAY 6/21

Museum After Hours: “Tee Speech” is at 5:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.).

The pop-up art exhibition features original apparel from Mississippi designers. Includes a live recording of “The Roguish Gent” podcast, a film screening, food and drinks for sale, art activities and more. Free admission; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

FRIDAY 6/22

Alan Jackson’s “Honky Tonk Highway Tour” is at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Amphitheater (8190 Rock

(Top to bottom) Zachariah and Emily Williams of Dragon Blossom Cosplay are featured guests at Mississippi Comic Con, which takes place Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24, at the Mississippi Trade Mart.

Pascagoula St.) The ball is a celebration of this year’s USA International Ballet Competition winners, and features hors d’oeuvres, dancing and more. $100; usaibc.com.

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WEDNESDAY 6/20

Summer Camp 2018 is from noon to midnight at Spacecamp (133 Commerce Park Drive). The music festival features performances from Gringo Star, Dream Cult, Hartle Road, Fides, H.A.R.D., Cody Rogers, Bad Magic, May Queen, Dumspell, Schaefer Llana, El Obo, Ben

by Rebecca Hester Ricketts, Frend, Low Variety and more. Additional date: June 22, 8p.m.-midnight.$25two-daypass; jacksonfreepress.com summercampjxn.info. … The Fax: 601-510-9019 Club 601 Super Bailazo is at Daily updates at 8 p.m. at Club 601 (110 E. jfpevents.com South St.). The concert features Regulo Caro, a Latin Grammynominated singer from Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, and Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes, a band from Sinaloa, Mexico, known for the hit song “Andamos en el Ruedo.” $45 for the first 200 people, $55 after; find it on Facebook.

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Latin Grammy Award-winning singer Regulo Caro performs for the Club 601 Super Bailazo on Saturday, June 23.

Way, Brandon). The award-winning country artist is best known for hit songs such as “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” and “Gone Country.” Randy Houser also performs. Doors open at 6 p.m. $45-$85; call 601-724-2726; brandon amphitheater.com. … The Entergy Grand Prix Ball is at 18 10 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E.

SUNDAY 6/24

Mississippi Comic Con is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.).

The comic and pop-culture event features vendors, artist booths, panel discussions, and guests such as Ryan Hurst, Michael Biehn, Kate Flannery and more. Additional date:

June 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $20 per day, $30 weekend pass, $5 per day for ages 2-8; mississippicomiccon.com. … Amanda Shires performs at 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Texas-native Americana artist’s upcoming album is titled “To the Sunset.” Early James & the Latest also perform. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 day of show; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

MONDAY 6/25

Blue Monday is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The Central Mississippi Blues Society presents the weekly jam, which features the “Front Porch” acoustic hour and a performance from the Blue Monday Band. Cash bar available. $5 cover, $3 for CMBS members; centralmississippibluessociety.com.

TUESDAY 6/26

The Rosé Wine Tasting is from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Anjou Restaurant (361 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Participants sample four rosé wines paired with a small cheese plate. $20 per person, before tax and gratuity; call 601-707-0587; anjourestaurant.net.

WEDNESDAY 6/27

History Is Lunch is from noon to 1 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums (222 North St.) in Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Author Stephanie Clanton Rolph discusses her new book, “Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council in Three Movements.” Free admission; mdah.ms.gov.

St. Andrew’s Speaker Series June 20, June 27, noon-1 p.m., at St Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St.). The lecture series features guest speakers such as playwright and actor John Maxwell on June 20, and editorial cartoonist and author Marshall Ramsey on June 27. Bag lunches welcome. Free admission; standrews.ms.

“Network Your Net Worth” Mixer June 21, 6-8 p.m., at Kundi Compound (256 E. Fortification St.). The Jackson Black Pages host the event for local African-American business owners and entrepreneurs. The guest speaker is Theresa Kennedy,. Free; find it on Facebook.

Mississippi Comic Con June 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., June 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The comic and pop-culture event features vendors, artist booths, panel discussions, celebrity guests and more. $20 per day, $30 weekend pass, $5 per day ages 2-8; mississippicomiccon.com.

New Horizon Church Community Blast June 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at New Horizon Church International (1770 Ellis Ave.). Includes games, attractions, rides, a car and bike show, local food trucks, and entertainment from Paul Porter, Harvey Watkins, Bishop Neil Roberson, comedian Small Fry, Lari Johns’n and more. The first 2,000 kids receive a “Summer Snack Pack.” Gates open at 10 a.m. Free admission, $10 donations accepted for JPS; call 601-371-1427; nhcms.org.

Mississippi Comic Con Official After Party June 23, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The after party includes trivia, live painting, video games, a “drink and draw,” pop-culture-inspired cocktails and more.

For ages 18 and up. $5 cover, free with Mississippi Comic Con wristband; find it on Facebook.

KIDS “Finn’s Feather” Story Time June 21, 3 p.m., at Eudora Welty House (1119 Pinehurst St.).

Author Rachel Noble and illustrator Zoey Abbott read their children’s book. $17.95 book; lemuriabooks.com.

Events at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive) • “Believe It or Not” Fun Friday: Science Experiments June 22, 10 a.m.-noon. Visitors learn about scientific principals such as light refraction, density and more through interactive stations. $6 for adults, $4 for ages 3-18, free under age 3; mdwfp.com.

• Curiosity Day: Cool Science on a Hot Day June 27, 1:30-3 p.m. Carl Dewitt of Hinds Community College presents experiments with liquid nitrogen. $6 for adults, $4 for ages 3-18, free under age 3; mdwfp.com.

FOOD & DRINK Whiskey Flight Night June 20, 7-9 p.m., at The Flamingo (3011 N. State St.). The event includes three one-ounce pours of select whiskeys to sample. For ages 21 and up. $10 per person; email info@flamingojxn.com; find it on Facebook.

Cazadores Tequila Tasting & Dinner June 21, 7-9 p.m., at Cantina Laredo (200 District Blvd.).

The event includes cocktails and a four-course dinner from chef Scott Kyser featuring tequila

pairings from Cazadores, a distillery based in Jalisco, Mexico. Reservations recommended. $59.99 per person; find it on Facebook.

Rosé Wine Tasting June 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at Anjou (361 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Participants sample four rosé wines paired with a small cheese plate. $20 per person; anjourestaurant.net.

Italian Wine Tasting June 26, 6-8 p.m., at Amerigo Italian Restaurant (6592 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland). Participants sample four Italian wines paired with bruschetta and tiramisu. $25 per person; amerigo.net.

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Pro Wrestling EGO: Unfinished Business June 23, 6-9:30 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The event features O’Shay Edwards,” Sterdust, and more. $10, $15 VIP, free for ages 4 and under; eventbrite.com.

STAGE & SCREEN “The Dinner Party” June 21-23, 7:30 p.m., June 24, 2 p.m., at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). The Neil Simon-penned dramedy centers on the topic of marriage. $15

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Mississippi State University started the College World Series with another walk-off win. The Bulldogs have made late-game heroics routine in this postseason, and fans could be in for something special.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21

College baseball (7-10 p.m., ESPNU): Game 10 of the College World Series sees the teams still in the tournament push closer to the championship series.

FRIDAY, JUNE 22

College baseball (2-10 p.m., ESPN): Games 11 and 12 of the College World Series could set up the final two teams for the championship series.

SATURDAY, JUNE 23

College baseball (2-10 p.m., ESPN): If Friday’s games don’t decide it, games 13 and 14 will reveal the College World Series championship matchup. … Soccer (7 a.m.-3 p.m., FOX): The World Cup coverage includes Belgium versus Tunisia, South Korea versus Mexico, and Germany versus Sweden.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24

Soccer (7 a.m.-3 p.m., FS1/FOX): The World Cup continues with England against Panama on FOX Sports 1, and Japan versus Senegal and Poland versus Colombia on FOX.

SPORTS & WELLNESS USA International Ballet Competition June 20-23, at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Dancers from around the world perform in the three-round competition culminating in an awards ceremony, the Grand Prix Ball and an encore gala. Also includes guest lectures, film screenings and more. Visit website for full schedule and pricing; call 601-973-9249; usaibc.com.

StinkyFeet’s $5 5K Run/Walk June 21, 6-9 p.m., at Outback Steakhouse (5286 Park Lane, Flowood). The race raises money for highschooler Ian Cochran, who has a rare form of brain cancer. The restaurant also donates 20 percent of tickets from runners before and after the race. $5 per person; find it on Facebook.

MONDAY, JUNE 25

College baseball (6-10 p.m., ESPN): Witness game one of the best-of-three College World Series championship.

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

College baseball (6-10 p.m., ESPN): Game two of the College World Series championship could crown a winner.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

Soccer (9 a.m.-3 p.m., FS1/FOX): The last day of World Cup group play features Mexico against Sweden, South Korea against Germany, Switzerland against Costa Rica, and Serbia against Brazil. … College baseball (6-10 p.m., ESPN): If necessary, game three of the College World Series will decide a new champion.

Several historical soccer powers struggled to gain footing at the start of the 2018 World Cup, which kicked off on June 14 in Russia. The teams from Argentina, Brazil and Germany did not get the start that most fans expected from them in the tournament. for adults, $10 for students and seniors, free for ages 2 and under; blackrosetheatre.org.

“Oklahoma!” June 21-23, 7:30 p.m., June 24, 2:30 p.m., at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison). The musical is about a farm girl and a rivalry between two suitors. $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, students and military; find it on Facebook.

“Don’t Kick the Turkeys” Dinner Theater June 22, 6 p.m., at Jackson Revival Center (4655 Terry Road). The theater ministry presents the comedic dinner theater show. $10 per person, $15 per couple; find it on Facebook.

“The Justice Playbook” June 22-23, 7 p.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road).

The play explores the relationship between the justice system and communities of color. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Alan Jackson June 22, 7:30 p.m., at Brandon Amphitheater (8190 Rock Way, Brandon). The country artist is best known for hit songs such as “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” and “Gone Country.”

Randy Houser also performs. Doors open at 6 p.m. $45-$85; brandonamphitheater.com.

Summer Camp 2018 June 22, 8 p.m.-midnight, June 23, noon-midnight, at Spacecamp (133 Commerce Park Drive). The music festival features performances from Gringo Star, Dream Cult, Hartle Road, Fides, H.A.R.D., Cody Rogers, Bad Magic, May Queen, Dumspell and more. $25 two-day pass; summercampjxn.info.

Amanda Shires June 24, 7:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Texas-native Americana artist’s upcoming album is titled “To the Sunset.” Early James & the Latest also perform.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 day of show; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

LITERARY & SIGNINGS Events at Two Mississippi Museums (222 North St.) • History Is Lunch June 20, noon-1 p.m.

Rebecca Tuuri discusses her new book, “Strategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle.” Free admission; mdah.ms.gov.

• History Is Lunch June 27, noon-1 p.m. In Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Stephanie Clanton Rolph discusses her new book, “Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council in Three Movements.” Free admission; mdah.ms.gov.

“Sweet & Low” June 20, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Nick White signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $25 book; lemuriabooks.com.

“Mississippians in the Great War” June 22, 10-11 a.m., at State Law Library of Mississippi (450 High St.). Anne L. Webster discusses her book and signs copies. Refreshments provided.

Free admission; email sparks@courts.ms.gov.

CREATIVE CLASSES Paint Night 3: Trivia Edition June 22, 6-8 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Artist Justin Ransburg leads the painting class, which also features a chance to participate in trivia and a free beer for attendees. For ages 21 and up. $35 individual, $50 couple, $80 “double-date” special; find it on Facebook.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Museum After Hours: “Tee Speech” June 21, 5:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The pop-up art exhibition features original apparel from Mississippi designers.

Includes a live recording of “The Roguish Gent” podcast, a film screening, food and drinks for sale, art activities and more. Free admission; msmuseumart.org.

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June 20 - Wednesday 1908 - Dan Gibson 6:30-9 p.m.

Alumni House - Jerry Brooks & Jack Beal 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Shaun Patterson 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Ronnie Brown 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Proximity 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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1908 - Bill Ellison 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Mr. Sipp 8 p.m.

Brandon Amphitheater - Alan Jackson w/ Randy Houser 7:30 p.m. $45-$85 Burgers & Blues - Travelin’ Jane Duo 6 p.m.

Center Stage of MS - “I Wanna Tour Showcase” 8 p.m. $10 spectators Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Club 43, Canton - Lovin Ledbetter 9 p.m. $10 admission $15 minors Doe’s Eat Place, Florence - Jacob Lipking 7-9 p.m.

Drago’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6-9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Fred T midnight $10 Fenian’s - Round Pegs Duo 10 p.m. free Georgia Blue, Flowood - Chad Wesley Georgia Blue, Madison - Shaun Patterson Hal & Mal’s - Barry Leach 7-10 p.m. free Iron Horse - The Hollow Roots 9 p.m.

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June 23 - Saturday Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Hands On 8 p.m.

American Legion Post 112 - The XTremeZ 9 p.m.-midnight Burgers & Blues - Acoustic Crossroads 6 p.m.

Cathead - Open Mic 5-8 p.m. free Cerami’s - Ron Sennett 6-9 p.m.

Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

Club 43, Canton - Alex Butler 9 p.m. $10 admission $15 minors Club 601 - Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes w/ Regulo Caro 8 p.m.

Conkrete - DJ Phingaprint 3-7 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $5; Stevie J Blues midnight $10 Fenian’s - Johnnie B. Sanders & Ms. Iretta 10 p.m. free Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brandon Greer Georgia Blue, Madison - Skip MacDonald The Hideaway - Splendid Chaos 9 p.m. $10 Iron Horse - Ms. Pleschette 9 p.m.

ISH - DJ Phingaprint & Reginald Lewis 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Bradley Parker, Eric Neely & Jay Johnson 7 p.m.

Kemistry - DJ Kujho & the Nasty Sho 9 p.m.

LD’s Kitchen, Vicksburg - Kimble Funchess 8 p.m.-midnight $10 Offbeat - Houze, 5th Child, Novadrops & Loki Antiphony 8 p.m.-1 a.m. $5

Pelican Cove - Cool Hands Trio 2 p.m.; Jason Turner Band 7 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Burnham Road 9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sofa Kings 3:30 p.m.; Hunter & the Gators 8 p.m. $5; Billy Maudlin 10 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood - Casey Phillips 7 p.m.

Spacecamp - “Summer Camp” feat. Ben Ricketts, Sage Boy, Schaefer Llana, H.A.R.D., Dream Cult, Fides, Hartle Road, Gringo Star & more noon-midnight $25 two-day pass Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

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

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Amanda Shires: The Road to ‘Sunset’

by Micah Smith

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manda Shires’ fifth album, “To the Sunset,” probably features a few more effects and synthesizers than fans anticipated—mostly because they likely were not expecting any.

For the Texas-native Americana artist, however, it is easy to draw a line between the alternative-country tunes of her past releases, such as 2013’s “Down Fell the

June 24 - SUNDAY 1908 - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

Duling Hall - Amand Shires w/ Early James & the Latest 7:30 p.m. $20 advance $25 door Kathryn’s - Jay Wadsworth 6-9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd noon-4 p.m.; Bonfire Orchestra 5-9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30-7:30 p.m.

Soul Wired - Reggae Sundays 4-11 p.m. $5 Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dan Michael Colbert 6-9 p.m.

Vicksburg City Auditorium - Kimble Funchess w/ Andy Hardwick & Friends 5-8 p.m. $15-$50 Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

June 25 - Monday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fitzgerald’s - Johnny Crocker 7-11 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society (rest) 7 p.m. $5 Kathryn’s - Barry Leach 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Chris Gill 6-10 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

June 26 - Tuesday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Raphael Semmes & Friends 6-9 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Keys vs. Strings 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Josh Journeay 6 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

June 27 - Wednesday 1908 - Bill Ellison 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Alumni House - Larry Brewer 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band 6:30-8:30 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Stacy Andrews 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Mike & Skip 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Proximity 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m.

Duling Hall - Dialogue (Chicago tribute) 8 p.m. $20 advance $25 door F. Jones Corner - Maya Kyles & the F. Jones Challenge Band 10 p.m. $5 The Gathering - Chris Gill 6 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Jason Turner Georgia Blue, Madison - Stevie Cain Hal & Mal’s - Thomas Jackson 6-9 p.m. free Hops & Habanas - Funeral Horse, Kicking & Chief City 8 p.m.midnight, free Iron Horse - Ted Hefko 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Bill & Temperance 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Kemistry - DJ T Money 9 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Stace & Cassie 7 p.m.

Ole Tavern - DJ Glenn 9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Robin Blakeney 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Road Hogs 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Underground 119 - Fred T & the Band 7-10:30 p.m. free

Kathryn’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7-10:30 p.m.

Kemistry - DJ Trigga 9 p.m.

Last Call - DJ Spoon 9 p.m.

Lounge 114 - Southern Komfort Brass Band 9 p.m.

Martin’s - Wrong Way (Sublime tribute) w/ Crane 10 p.m. $10 Old Capitol Inn - Lee Harrington 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Road Hogs 7-11 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Hairicane 9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Andrew Pates 5:30 p.m.; Hunter & the Gators 8 p.m. $5; Dos Locos 10 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood - TVs 7 p.m.

Soulshine, Ridgeland - Ben Payton 7 p.m.

Spacecamp - “Summer Camp” feat.

Frend, El Obo, Dee Dee Catpiss & the Fuzz Coffins, May Queen & Disco Party 8 p.m.-midnight $25 two-day pass Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Underground 119 - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram 8:30 p.m.

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Amanda Shires performs Sunday, June 24, at Duling Hall.

Doves” and 2016’s “My Piece of Land,” and her latest record, which hits shelves on Aug. 3. Instead, one of the biggest differences was how she created the music.

In the past, Shires says she would write in her study or living room. Now, she has a 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter who always wants to “practice with me, or help in some way,” she says. In order to get in the right headspace for working on new songs, she moved her journals, instruments and a paper shredder into a clothes closet.

“It kind of just all grew and developed in that space,” she says. “Being in there, I think, I’m locked up in there, and that’s my spot. That’s where I had to be. It just really made me look at each word over and over and over, almost to the point of obsession.

“That’s how I did it, and then I’d get done, tape it to my wall and come back the next day. Then, you look at it again, and it’s just constant editing.”

Although not the most glamorous locale for writing music, Shires says it had a big impact on “To the Sunset.” The smaller space allowed for an extreme focus and a different perspective on the sounds she heard for the record. The album also finds her in a different place personally, compared to her last record.

“When I was writing ‘My Piece of Land,’ I was very pregnant, and you know, I only have one child so that was the first time I ever experienced being a pregnant person,” she says.

Throughout the writing process for that album, Shires says she had to work through the physical changes from her pregnancy, as well as issues of self-doubt, wondering if she would still have a career at the end of that road.

“I think, after I recorded that and was working on this one, I had a little more selfacceptance, and I just kind of pushed that further,” she says. “I started trying not to be a pansy, just putting my words up, leaving them taped up in their infant stages, letting them live on the walls where my husband walks around and might comment.

“You know, it turned out to be easier.

Sometimes, the fear thing is all in your mind, and it’s learning to trust and accept yourself, and we both have different writing styles, but they’re both great.”

“To the Sunset” is her second collaboration with Nashville, Tenn., producer Dave Cobb, who is best known for his work with acts such as Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and Zac Brown Band.

Cobb has also produced Grammy Awardwinning records with Shires’ husband, singer-songwriter Jason Isbell.

Shires says Cobb helped her translate the sound ideas into a clear sonic direction for the album. “To the Sunset” features a few synthetic effects, including on her signature violin-playing for tracks such as the single, “Leave It Alone.” Shires, who has been playing violin since age 10, says she was curious to hear the instrument through effects pedals, and she ended up liking it.

“Sometimes, just putting yourself in a different situation with your instrument kind of jostles stuff free,” Shires says. “It made it more interesting and made me want to experiment more, and I think anytime you can keep learning or keep interested and wanting to play, that’s what you have to do.

“Not many violin players run through pedals, but why not? You only live once. It’s fun for me, and I’m the one who has to play the songs,” she says with a laugh.

Amanda Shires performs Sunday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Early James and the Latest also perform. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Visit amandashiresmusic.com.

JUNE 21, 2018 IT’S NATIONAL T-SHIRT DAY! Put on your favorite statement tee and join us at 5:30 PM for the Sweet TEE pop-up exhibition featuring t-shirts created by local designers, a screen-printing Art Lab for all ages, and The Museum Store Summer Sidewalk Sale. From 6-7 PM: CAPE Re:frame “The Fabric” dialogue in the galleries of White Gold: Thomas Sayre, and at 7:30 PM: DJ Young Venom spins a set of cotton-inspired selections in response to White Gold. At 8 PM: Screen on the Green RE-SCREEN of Disney’s Pixar-animated film WALL-E.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. CAPE Re:frame is sponsored by Southern Poverty Law Center.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22):

I suggest you ignore the temptation to shop around for new heroes and champions. It would only distract you from your main assignment in the coming weeks, which is to be more of a hero and champion yourself. Here are some tips to guide you as you slip beyond your overly modest self-image and explore the liberations that may be possible when you give yourself more credit. Tip #1: Finish outgrowing the old heroes and champions whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve served you well.

Tip #2: Forgive and forget the disappointing heroes and hypocritical champions who betrayed their own ideals. Tip #3: Exorcise your unwarranted admiration for mere celebrities who might have snookered you into thinking theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re heroes or champions.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,â&#x20AC;? said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Normally, I would dismiss an idea like this, even though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny and I like funny ideas. Normally, I would regard such a negative assessment of the waterfallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true nature, even in jest, to be unproductive and enfeebling. But none of my usual perspectives are in effect as I evaluate the possibility that Wildeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declaration might be a provocative metaphor for your use in the coming weeks. For a limited time only, it might be wise to meditate on a waterfall that flows the other way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Stage magicians may seem to make a wine glass hover in mid-air, or transform salt into diamonds, or make doves materialize and fly out of their hands. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all fake, of courseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tricks performed by skilled illusionists. But hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a twist on the old story: I suspect that for a few weeks, you will have the power to generate effects that may, to the uninitiated, have a resemblance to magic tricksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;except that your magic will be real, not fake. And you will have worked very hard to accomplish what looks easy and natural. And the marvels you generate will, unlike the illusionistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, be authentic and useful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

The coming weeks will be a favorable time to accentuate and brandish the qualities that best exemplify your Libran nature. In other words, be extreme in your moderation. Be pushy in your attempts to harmonize. Be bold and brazen as you make supple use of your famous balancing act. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll offer you a further piece of advice, as well. My first astrology teacher believed that when Librans operate at peak strength, their symbol of power is the iron fist in the velvet glove: power expressed gracefully, firmness rendered gently.

I urge you to explore the nuances of that metaphor.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

If I were your mom, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d nudge you out the door and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go play outside for a while!â&#x20AC;? If I were your commanding officer, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d award you a shiny medal for your valorous undercover work and then order you to take a frisky sabbatical. If I were your psychotherapist, I would urge you to act as if your past has no further power to weigh you down or hold you back, and then I would send you out on a vision quest to discover your best possible future. In other words, my dear Scorpio, I hope you will flee your usual haunts. Get out of the loop and into the open spaces that will refresh your eyes and heart.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Sex education classes at some high schools employ a dramatic exercise to illustrate the possible consequences of engaging in heterosexual lovemaking without using birth control. Everywhere they go for two weeks, students must carry around a 10-pound bag of flour. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way for them to get a visceral approximation of caring for an infant. I recommend that you find or create an equivalent test or trial for yourself in the coming days. As you consider entering into a deeper collaboration or making a stronger commitment, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be wise to undertake a dress rehearsal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Members of the Dull Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club celebrate the ordinary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glitz and glam arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth the bother,â&#x20AC;? they declare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slow motion gets you there faster,â&#x20AC;? they pontificate.

Showing no irony, they brag that they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;born to be mild.â&#x20AC;? I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally recommend becoming part of a movement like theirs, but the next two weeks will be one of those rare times when aligning yourself with their principles might be healthy and smart. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

willing to explore the virtues of simple, plain living, make the Swedish term lagom your word of power. According to the Dull Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, it means â&#x20AC;&#x153;enough, sufficient, adequate, balanced, suitable, appropriate.â&#x20AC;?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

In the Georgian language, shemomechama is a word that literally means â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ate the whole thing.â&#x20AC;? It refers to what happens when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already full, but find the food in front of you so delicious that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop eating. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned you might soon be tempted to embark on metaphorical versions of shemomechama. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m giving you a warning to monitor any tendencies you might have to get too much of a good thing. Pleasurable and productive activities will serve you better if you stop yourself before you go too far.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

Please do not send me a lock of your hair or a special piece of your jewelry or a hundred dollar bill. I will gladly cast a love spell in your behalf without draining you of your hard-earned cash. The only condition I place on my free gift is that you agree to have me cast the love spell on you and you alone. After all, your love for yourself is what needs most work. And your love for yourself is the primary magic that fuels your success in connecting with other people.

(Besides, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad karma to use a love spell to interfere with another personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will.) So if you accept my conditions, Pisces, demonstrate that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to receive my telepathic love spell by sending me your telepathic authorization.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have cosmic permission to enjoy extra helpings of waffles, crepes, pancakes and blintzes. Eating additional pastries and doughnuts is also encouraged. Why? Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high time for you to acquire more ballast. You need more gravitas and greater stability. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to be top-heavy; you must be hard to knock over. If you would prefer not to accomplish this noble goal by adding girth to your butt and gut, find an alternate way. Maybe you could put weights on your shoes and think very deep thoughts.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re slipping into the wild heart of the season of discovery. Your curiosity is mounting. Your listening skills are growing more robust. Your willingness to be taught and influenced and transformed is at a peak. And what smarter way to take advantage of this fertile moment than to decide what you most want to learn about during the next three years? For inspiration, identify a subject youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to study, a skill youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d eagerly stretch yourself to master and an invigorating truth that would boost your brilliance if you thoroughly embodied it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Four of his works were essential in earning that award: the play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for Godot,â&#x20AC;? and the novels â&#x20AC;&#x153;Molloy,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Malone Dies,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Unnamable.â&#x20AC;?

Beckett wrote all of them in a two-year span during the late 1940s. During that time, he was virtually indigent. He and his companion Suzanne survived on the paltry wage she made as a dressmaker. We might draw the conclusion from his life story that it is at least possible for a person to accomplish great things despite having little money. I propose that we make Beckett your role model for the coming weeks, Gemini. May he inspire you to believe in your power to become the person you want to be no matter what your financial situation may be.

Homework: Make a guess about where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be and what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing 10 years from today. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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