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New-look Vaught embraced by OM students, fans JOHN DAVIS

Dr. Stephen Threlkeld, right, and Tiffany Bensen took part in Saturday's Work Day at the Oxford Community Garden.

Oxford Community Garden holds monthly Work Day

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

A lot of work goes in to keeping up a garden. Weeding, cleanup, harvesting, tool upkeep and a lot of other chores were taken care of yesterday morning during the one of the Oxford Community Garden monthly Work Days.

Work Days take place on the first Saturday of every month and those with plots in the garden are required to attended a minimum of three Work Days throughout the they year. Periodically, the garden organizers invite the community to join in on the Work Days in order to gain a better understanding of the garden and all that they do.

Tiffany Bensen is a biology instructor at the University of Mississippi and serves as the volunteer garden manager for the Oxford Community Garden. She

said that they invited everyone to come and participate yesterday morning because it was the first Work Day that marked the end of the summer season.

Schools are back in session, most people have returned from vacation and harvest season is nearing its end.

“We extended the invitation to anyone who has ever said to us, ‘Hey, I wanna come and help out at the garden sometime. Can you put me on the email list?’” Benson said Thursday afternoon.

“That’s what this Work Day is about.

We’ve opened it up so that anyone who has ever wanted to come out to the garden and help and get their hands dirty, this is a good time to do it.”

There are a variety of chores that need to be done around the garden. People renting plots for the year are of course in charge of their own section of the garden, but there is no one particular per-

son in charge of the communal spaces around the garden. For example, the pathways between the plots must be maintained. The hedges that line the garden have to be kept in line, and the shared tools must be kept up to working order and much more.

One of the major things that get’s accomplished during Work Days is that the plots reserved for food donations are tended to and harvested. The Oxford Community has certain plots dedicated solely to the benefit of the Oxford Food Pantry. A specific team of people at the garden tends to the community harvest plots to make sure that everything is kept looking nice and orderly, but they occasionally need a little help. There are a variety of tasks that must be completed in order for the garden to funcTURN TO OXFORD PAGE 7

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Dearman has found her place at Regents

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

here, and so we moved. We decided that we didn't want to make the drive to Oxford from Pontotoc everyday. Another major part of the decision was that we, my husband and I, wanted our children to grow up in Oxford. It still has the small town charm of Mississippi. You can still walk on the Square and ride your bike around. It’s great. I love it here. Our church is great. This is where our friends are and some of our family as well.

This has just been a great year for our family. We were able to move to Oxford, where our family is and our church is. I get to be here in a job I love in a school that’s amazing it’s definitely just been a blessing.

Amy Dearman has worked as a professional educator for more than two decades. The Philadelphia, Mississippi native double majored in special education and early childhood education while attending Mississippi College. She went on to get to more education endorsements, becoming certified to teach science, art, high school English and more. Dearman just recently relocated to Oxford with her husband and two children. She accepted a position teaching first grade at Regents Classical Christian School, her first job at a private school.

Dearman sat down with Oxford Citizen reporter GREEN: Your kids are also Chaning Green Friday af- enrolled at this school. ternoon after class.

Why did you want your children to get a Classical CHANING GREEN: What Christian Education?

DEARMAN: Because of brought you and your famour family’s Christian valily to Oxford?

AMY DEARMAN: My hus- ues. It was just an unbeband’s job. He got a job lievable opportunity for

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Amy Dearman sits in her reading wagon that she and her husband constructed for her first grade classroom at Regents Classical Christian School. Dearman has spent the last 21 years working in public schools. This year is her first year working in a private school. my children to get a well- worldview, which is what I rounded and Christian want for my kids. I think that as Christians, we have to shepherd our kids’ hearts. If we don’t, the world will. That’s the Christian side of it. Now, as far as the Classical side of it, it is an unbelievable education because, in public schools, a lot of things have been taken out of the teachers’ hands when it comes to curriculum. I get to actually, really teach here. Yes, we have a curriculum laid out, but I get to teach so much science and history.

In the lower grades, public schools are really emphasizing on reading and math right now, and spending almost all their time on just those subjects.

Classical goes back to the roots of what education is. I feel like that is definitely in this school. I’ve been excited to come to work everyday. This is an amazing place for these kids. I feel like this place is very much a hidden jewel of Oxford.

GREEN: Where did you begin your teaching career?

DEARMAN: I started out teaching in Brandon, Mississippi. I was working with fourth and fifth grade special education. I taught there for quite a while.

Money was tight, however, so I took a break from teaching and went into pharmaceutical sales for a couple of years. As soon as I got married and was able to go back to teaching and doing what I loved, I went right back into the public education system. That’s where I’ve been.

Most of my teaching experience has been in a middle or high school setting. I’m having to relearn a little bit now that I’m back with elementary school students. I have the training, and I have the degree, but you have to learn on the job, too. So far, it’s been a great year here. The kids have been phenomenal. The school is phenomenal.

I won’t see the future. I won’t see how far this goes.

When you educate, you’re teaching future generations, not just today’s. It is an amazing thing to walk in and look at a 6-year-old or 5-year-old and think, 'Thirty years from now when they’re having kids, I won’t be here, but they will pass on what I teach them.'

That’s what I was created to do. I love it. I love coming into work everyday. These kids make me laugh, they make me smile, they make me cry, I get boogers on me, I get these sweet flowers, I get a kiss on the cheek and told that I am loved.

Who gets that at their job?

Teaching is just in me.

That’s where my 100 kids came from.

GREEN: Why do you love your job? What get’s you excited about walking in here everyday?

DEARMAN: The light bulbs in first grade just pop. It’s amazing to watch that light bulb go off. I also got my first flower this week. God made me to teach. Everything in me teaches. I can’t say anything other than God gifted me with the ability to teach, and that’s what gets me up in the morning. I love kids. I’ve always wanted a hundred kids.

GREEN: What pushed you to care so much about education?

DEARMAN: I just have to say that it’s the way God made me. It’s what I love to do. It’s what I’ve always wanted to do. My parents knew that I loved it, everyone did. It was just always with me. I’m wired that way. There was nothing specific that happened, it’s just wanted I wanted to do.

It’s who I am. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Local leatherworker receives MAC grant

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

For nearly five decades, Ed Tropp has been practicing the art and trade of leatherworking. He began working with the art form in the summer of 1968 when he entered into an apprenticeship with a craftsman in Colorado. Recently, Tropp was awarded a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) in order to continue his work and add to the diverse mediums of artwork being put out by residents across the state.

Tropp was born in Greenville, but grew up in upstate New York. He ran Mister Oliver’s Leather Shop on the Oxford Square from the mid 70s into the late 80s. He took custom orders for belts, guitar gun holsters, cases, satchels and even leather clothes, which he said were some of his best selling work. Tropp fell in love with leatherworking because of the planning that goes into the process.

“It took good math skills, design skills and the ability to be creative and see things from a different angle,” said Tropp when asked why he first was drawn to the trade. “I love the design aspect of it, coming up with an idea and seeing it through to fruition, seeing it done properly and right.”

During the early 70s, Tropp was working for a major corporation in the Florida Keys. He was doing his job so well they wanted to relocate him to Cleveland to run the Ohio branch of the company, but it was not a move he was willing to make.

“I asked them if it snowed up there and they said yes,” Tropp said. “So I decided I didn’t need a job that bad. My wife and I sat down and worked to find where we wanted to raise our kids, what kind of environment, what kind of lo-

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cation. We worked it out that we wanted a small town south of the Mason Dixon Line that had a diverse population, good race relations, great food and a good educational system for kids.”

The couple was already familiar with Oxford. It was Tropp’s wife’s hometown and he taught philosophy at the University of Mississippi for a bit. Once the pair moved to Oxford permanently, Tropp set up Mister Oliver’s and did a lot of various custom work for the university while taking orders from people across the country.

Tropp still runs Mister Oliver’s despite the fact the store no longer has a physical location. He has a Facebook page, an Etsy and sets up a booth at the Oxford Maker’s Market on the first Saturday of the month. Tropp also does demonstrations at trade shows and art festivals across the country and locally. He will be at the Peter Anderson Festival in Ocean Springs this November.

Tropp applied for the grant he was awarded by the MAC back in March.

The arts commission works with the Mississippi State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts to provide resources and funding for the Mississippi art world.

Over the last year, the MAC has given out about $1.5 million in commissions and grants in support of local artists.

“They just want everyone to know that they support the arts and that there are grants out there for people who will apply for them,” Tropp said. “They’re trying to build the arts in Mississippi and keep the folk art that’s already here.

They have such a wide range [of what they fund] that anyone can apply.”

Turry Flucker is the Arts Industry Director for the MAC and has a lot of experience working with artists

and the committees that decide whose grant proposals get funded.

“There are two opportunities throughout the year that individuals and community organizations can apply for in order to receive what we call mini grants,” Flucker said. “Those grants support very specific activity, and for individual artists, those grants are most often put towards the purchase of art supplies, to attend special conferences or beef up their marketing.”

Tropp’s grant from the arts commission totals $500. He will be putting the money from the grant toward art supplies by purchasing more high-quality leather. Tropp said that the price of good leather has shot up significantly over the past few decades. As it stands now, the price of quality leather exceeds the price of granite, according to Tropp. Though the better leather used to come from places like Italy and France, the best stuff no comes from different places in the U.S. like Boston and Minneapolis.

“You’re going to need high-quality leather if you want your piece to last,” Tropp said. “I’ve made belts that people have been using everyday for 40 years, and they’re still wearing them. It’s a matter of the quality you use rather than something that’s going to crack, fray and break down.”

Tropp encourages any PHOTO COURTESY OF ED TROPP Mississippi artists looking Ed Tropp works in his store Mister Oliver’s Leather Shop in the 70s. Mister Oliver’s was on the for funding to reach out to Square from the mid 70s to the late 80s. the MAC. The money from the grants has to go somewhere, and the only way people are going to get it is if they take a chance and apply. Those interested in finding out more about the process and how to apply for a grant of their own can check out the MAC online at www.arts.state.ms.us. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Jam Jam event sets out to find best jam in town

PAULA KELLY OAKS Paula Kelly Oaks, 54, passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at Yalobusha County Nursing Home.

The funeral service will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 11 a.m. in the Waller Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gerald Shook officiating. Burial will follow at Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service on Tuesday beginning at 9:00 at Waller Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions in Paula’s memory may be made to Anchor Baptist Church, 1009 Highway 7 South, Water Valley, MS 38965.

RYLAND SNEED Ryland Eugene Sneed, 73, passed away Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Methodist University Hospital in Germantown, Tennessee. A funeral service will be held Sunday, Sept.

4 at 2:30 p.m. at North Oxford Baptist Church with Rev. Johnny Flynt and Rev. David Bodenheimer officiating.

Burial will follow in Union Church of the Nazarene Cemetery. A catered reception and visitation was held in West Hall at Waller Funeral Home Saturday, Sept. 3. There will be a visitation beginning at 1:30 prior to the service on Sunday at the church.

Memorial contributions in Mr. Sneed’s memory may be made to North Oxford Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1700, Oxford, MS 38655 or the Union Church of the Nazarene Cemetery Fund, 95 Holly Lane, Thaxton, MS 38871.

In honor of Mr. Sneed’s service to our country, the flag of the United States Army will be flown at Waller Funeral Home.

NANCY WILKIE Nancy Roberson Wilkie, 72, passed away Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Oxford. A memorial service will be held Monday, Sept. 5, at 11 a.m., at the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford. The Rev. John Semmes will officiate. He will be joined by the Rev. Jody Burnett of St. Peters Episcopal Church of Oxford. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Her family suggests that any memorial contributions go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, Md. 20814 (Nancy had two granddaughters with CF) or the OxfordLafayette Humane Society, 413 McElroy Drive, Oxford, Miss.

38655.

Nancy’s family welcomes all of her friends to an informal luncheon reception at her home at 1016 S. 11th Street in Oxford following the services to celebrate her life of accomplishment and joy.

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Sustainable Oxford is holding a competition this month to see who in Oxford has the best jam.

The event is being held at the Powerhouse where everyone in attendance will be able to sample delicious jams and vote on their favorite while listening to tasty jams by local musicians.

The Jam Jam is Sustainable Oxford’s annual fundraising event set up to financially support different projects in the community. Last year’s Jam Jam was the first ever and was organized through a partnership with Sustainable Oxford and the Oxford Community Market. Stacey Sanford was working as a volunteer for Sustainable Oxford at the time and worked with Betsy Chapman of the OCM to make the event a reality and help to launch the new farmers market.

Sustainable Oxford is currently undergoing the process of becoming a registered nonprofit. All funds raised through this year’s Jam Jam will go toward funding the environmentally focused organization’s various projects throughout the community set to take place this fall. Those events include workshops, community forum/potlucks, litter cleanups and more.

Tickets to attend the Jam Jam are $10 for adults with children 12 and under getting in free. Each ticket purchased goes toward a raffle to win approximately a year’s supply of jam. Those entering jam recipes in the contest are asked to also donate a jar. The donated jars are what will be given away for the raffle. For more chances to win, people are welcome to purchase additional tickets to be included in the drawing. Beverage will be available for purchase and Sustainable Oxford will also be accepting donations throughout the evening.

Shannon Curtis helps to run Sustainable Oxford and has been working on setting up the event for the past month. She was not involved in last year’s Jam Jam, but loves the idea of the event and the uniqueness it brings to an already diverse scene of local fundraising.

“I think that a great thing about Oxford is that all the local nonprofits are constantly putting on these amazing events,” Curtis said.

“At times, it can hard to come up with a new and great concept that people will get behind, including everyone from the top-notch chefs here in town to the grandmother with the amazing recipe for pepper jelly. A great thing about the Jam Jam is that it is inclusive and welcoming to everyone. There’s something for the DIY

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crowd, families, students, people who love these local bands and people who just love to make jelly.

I think its strength lies in its universal appeal.”

Curtis worked with different community members, business and organizations to make the event a reality. Fat Possum Records helped her get in touch with the musical acts that will be performing. Local artists Talbot Adams, Tyler Keith and Starman, Jr. will be providing the music for

the event. The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council has donated the space for the event, allowing Sustainable Oxford to use the Powerhouse for the evening. Jam samples will be served on biscuits being donated Magnolia Montessori School and the Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi. The event is still looking for community members who are interested in making and donating more biscuits.

The Jam Jam will take place on

Sept. 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Powerhouse. A variety of children's activity will also be available at the event including face painting, a jar ring toss and much more. For more information about the event, how to get involved and how to enter your own jam or jelly recipe, contact Shanat non Curtis sustainableoxford@gmail.com. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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ArtZone program now going on at UM Museum

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

ArtZone after school program is starting up again at the University of Mississippi Museum. For 12 weeks, kindergarteners through sixth graders can participate one day a week, either Tuesdays or Wednesdays. The program runs from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. beginning this week through Nov. 16. The 12 weeks of ArtZone will revolve around exhibits in the museum’s permanent collection, as well as traveling exhibitions. Students will learn about ancient civilizations, modern masterpieces, and guest artists.

Emily McCauley, Curator of Education at the University Museum and Historic Houses said the program has been really successful in the past.

“ArtZone has grown to where a majority of the spots fill within one hour of

registration opening online. The program is currently full (with a waitlist) and starts this week,” McCauley said. “Each week we showcase art from museum exhibits or bring in pieces from our rarely seen collections for the kids to respond to in creative art projects. We also try to incorporate different guest artists and field trips when possible, and the program culminates with a final reception to celebrate the young artists.”

University students majoring in Elementary Education, specifically students participating in Art for Elementary Education class this semester, will also be volunteering with ArtZone.

“This is a fun filled session full of art activities,” McCauley said. “In addition to our permanent collections of American Art, Greek and Roman Antiquities, and 19th Century Scientific Instruments, we also

have a current exhibit of works that will be auctioned off (as part of the annual Harvest Supper) and an exhibit of mixed media assemblages and portraits called Apocrypha by Jason Twiggy Lott. Our big show for the fall will be The Beautiful Mysterious: The Extraordinary Gaze of William Eggleston.”

Students participating in the program must be dressed in clothes that you do not mind getting dirty, and cannot change their ArtZone day during the semester. Parents must pick up students by 5:10 p.m.

Children must adhere to the rules and discipline policy set by the UM Museum. After three notes sent home, a child will be asked not to return to the program. For more information contact esdean@olemiss.edu, or call 662-915-7205. For upcoming events visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Art major students at Ole Miss help instruct and better educate children through ArtZone.

Elementary students take part in the ArtZone after school program held during the fall at The University of Mississippi Museum.

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JOHN DAVIS

Close to 5,000 Ole Miss students and fans turned out to take part in the first pep rally of the 2016 season.

New-look Vaught embraced by OM students, fans

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium came alive for the first time all fall at a pep rally sponsored by the Associated Student Body and Ole Miss Athletics. Several thousand students, and fans, filed into the newlook home for the Ole Miss Rebels Thursday night to get a peek at the enhancements made. They “locked the Vaught” and made sure to be loud on cue. Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze urged the students to be the loudest group in the nation this season.

There are now 10,000 seats for students in the expanded North End Zone.

The Pride of the South band is also tucked in on that side of the stadium, and with his hands up to his ears, Freeze demonstrated how he wanted to see opposing quarterbacks when they were on that side of the field.

The pep rally was the first chance to test the new lighting, sound system and video boards that have been installed since the Rebels beat LSU last November. There is a new cheer that those in attendance learned from the new hype man, Lee Williams, who was eager to grab a microphone and play to the crowd wearing his cheer uniform.

When a team's quarterback gets sacked, Williams said he wants all the students, and fans, to yell “ooh

Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze spoke at the pep rally, urging the students to be the loudest group in the nation.

Ole Miss” as loud as possible. The new chant includes hand clapping and then a final loud yell of Rebels.Williams made sure to go over the new chant three straight times, with the band helping out as he went along.

Ole Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork addressed the crowd, urging them to be loud, and to be classy at the same time. He was pleased with the overall turnout of the event, saying it was more like an open house for the stadium.

“Brand new stadium, brand new toys, bells and whistles with the video boards, sound system. We can show off the flashing lights that are now capable here,” Bjork said. “It's a chance for those that have been dying to see the sta-

dium the last nine months to come check it out. This was more people than what I thought. This was the first time we've really done this and it was a great crowd. It exceeded expectations. We're going to implement some new

cheers and implement stomping of the feet for the students here. It will take some getting used to, but I think it's a great start.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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tion the best that it can. Each Work Day makes sure everything is taken care of and dealt with.

“It’s a chance for a bunch of our plot-holders to come out and work in common spaces to improve the garden,” Bensen said. “There are hedges that need to be weeded, pathways that need to be maintained we also have plots that have been abandoned that need to be cleaned up so that they can be turned over to a new plot-holder. We also have the community harvest plots that we use to grow and donate produce to the Pantry.”

The community garden has been in its current location near the old Armory on the corner of Bramlett Boulevard and University Avenue since 2010. Work Days have been in place since that time, but have only recently shifted to the first Saturday of every month because that was what worked best with everyone’s schedule.

Bensen grew up gardening with her mother in Idaho. She said that she has made a lot of friends through the garden here in Oxford and that she believes the practice is something everyone should participate in when they can.

“Everybody should get their hands dirty, on occasion,” Bensen said. “The community garden gives people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to garden, the chance to garden. We also do these great things, like we grow produce and donate it to the Pantry, and we’re very proud of that. I think that having the garden in the community brings people together for such an essential thing: to grow food. We’ve built a really nice community around this.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Caitlin Hopper was one of the Oxford residents who took part in Saturday's Work Day at the Oxford Community Garden.

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Nashville-based group The Vegabonds will be returning to Oxford next week to perform at Proud Larry’s.

The Vegabonds set to play at Proud Larry's

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Nashville-based country rock band The Vegabonds will be making an appearance at Proud Larry’s Thursday. The band is currently touring the across the South and up the East Coast in order to promote their latest album “What We’re Made Of.” The band has been together since February of 2009. The all met while attending Auburn University. After three years together, the band made the move to Nashville in 2012 where they live now.

“Oh, I love being in Nashville,” said lead singer, guitarist and front man for the group Daniel Allen. “There’s tons of music, always something to do and you’re constantly surrounded by musicians. It makes you better.

Every time you go out, you’re going to be seeing musicians that are just mind-blowing. I love living here because I feel like it makes us all better at what we do.”

As Allen describes it, he fell into music during his teenage years back in his hometown of Dothan, Alabama. He played in his church’s praise band and it was there that he discovered his love of songwriting and telling stories through music.

“From day one, I was always writing my own music,” he said.

“I was pretty terrible then, at first, but it was mine, and I felt it.”

Once Allen graduated high school and began attending Auburn, he decided to form a band with a friend and classmate from his hometown. The pair began playing some shows and gained a decent local following. It was then that he met his now band mates and they formed The Vegabonds. Before he knew it, they were on tour and making a living as musicians.

“I didn’t necessarily set out to be a musician,” Allen explained.

“I got a marketing business degree in college. I was planning to go into business, but things

never really slowed down for The Vegabonds. Here we are seven and a half years later and still going.”

Allen said that being a musician, though it is something he never really intended to do professionally, is a really great lifestyle to be living right now.

“I wrote a song a while back called ‘Take A Ride’ that’s on our new album,” he said. “There’s a line in there that says ‘I’m out here doing what I love while other people are losing jobs they never wanted anyway.’ That resonates with me because I’ve had friends lose jobs they never wanted to begin with. Even the worst parts of being on tour and not having a lot of money— none of that even compares to sitting in an office and really hating your job. I’d rather take all the worst parts of this job that we do any day over doing something I didn’t love.”

The Vegabonds have a bit of a problem confining themselves into just one genre. Allen said that because there is so much

music out there these days, getting any band to nail down their style in just one or two words can be rather difficult. In the early days, the band described themselves as Southern rock.

They felt that the title fit due to the fact that they played rock music influenced with country undertones. Though, Allen said, everyone was expecting either a style similar to The Allman Brothers Band or Lynyrd Skynard. But The Vegabonds don’t really sound like either of those groups. So the band uses the phrase “new South rock” when they are asked to describe themselves. No one really knows what to expect when they hear that, but it makes perfect sense once the band starts playing.

The group has been all over the world playing music and seeing some pretty unique towns and venues. One of Allen’s favorite places they have played was A Coruña, Spain. But despite the beautiful locations all around the world the band has had the opportunity to experi-

ence, they are really looking to coming to Proud Larry’s. The group has performed in Oxford a few times at sorority and fraternity parties as well as at The Lyric. This will be their first show at Proud Larry’s.

“We’re looking forward to coming back and hope to see everybody out there,” Allen said.

“We love Oxford. We always get such a great response to our music there and everyone is just so nice. We came from an SEC school, so most of us all grew up the same. There’s never any jerks fighting in the crowd or that type of deal. It all comes down to the people. Everyone is always so great there and we love coming to town to play.”

“What We’re Made Of,” the album the band is currently promoting, is the group’s fourth studio album and Allen considers it their best work yet. The show Thursday will begin at 9 p.m.

Doors open at 8. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Parma giving everything she can for Ole Miss Rebels

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efore the 2016 soccer season got going, Ole Miss coach Matt Mott asked senior Mackenze Parma to do a little more. Not that she wasn't giving it her all, but Parma has the all-around ability to make things happen during games. And if she could give a little more coming off the bench, then it makes the Rebels that much better.

So far, so good this season for Parma, a native of Collierville, Tennessee, who plays forward and midfield for the Rebels.

“I do what I can in practice and I try to get good looks in games to try and expand those minutes and I think I've done a decent job of coming in when (Mott) needs me to come in,” Parma said before the Rebels headed to Michigan. “I would definitely say that I'm one of the 'sixth' men if you will. We have several players that can step into that role. I think I have always looked at myself as a utility player. I've prided myself on being able to go into any position (Mott) needs me to go in at and really get as much out of me.”

It's hard for Parma to believe that she is a senior. That realization came up when she was talking with former Ole Miss goalie Kelly McCormick. Parma and McCormick lived together a few years back during the summer.

“It's hard to explain. During the four years, it feels like it's taken forever to get here but looking back, it doesn't seem quite that long ago,” she said. “I'm very happy to be able to play for a school like this and to be a part of this team. Everyday, you give what you have. I've really made it a point to give 100 percent of what I have that day.”

Enjoying all the little pieces of the experience is key, Parma said. She enjoyed the team making it to the round of 16 last season.

“I really enjoy the first day of preseason and starting out with a new team. I enjoy more of the team aspect, the day in and day out work that we put in,” Parma said. “It makes the wins so much more easy to enjoy. This year, it's kind of the start of a TURN TO PARMA PAGE 17

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Lafayette's lone touchdown Friday night was caught by Tyler Williams on an 18-yard throw from Will Ard. Grenada defeated Lafayette 14-7.

Inches Away Grenada holds on late to top Commodores

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

GRENADA – Inches away from a possible first win of the season. That's what the Lafayette Commodores ended up being Friday night against the Chargers of Grenada. Instead of being a handful of plays, and yards, away from winning, the Commodores were literally one play, and a matter of inches, from an even record.

The Chargers remain unbeaten in 2016 by holding on late to post a 14-7 win over the Commodores, who visibly improved from the season opener with Horn Lake two weeks ago. Lafayette tailback Jamarcus Quarles ran for over 100 yards in the second half, but he couldn't get a big enough crack to penetrate a late surge from Grenada's front a step away from the end zone. The goal-line stand from the Chargers was the biggest final sequence in preserving their win.

Lafayette coach Michael Fair praised his team's effort again, while Grenada coach Ashley Kuhn also gave credit to the Commodores for the way they battled all night long.

“We found out who we were tonight and what we're capable of. We had chances to win. We had scoring opportunities and couldn't capitalize on them,” Fair said. “Our defense kept us in the game all night long until we could find ourselves offensively. I think you saw in the second half that we can be pretty explosive. We got to punch it in, but we can be pretty explosive. Last week, we were yards from where we needed to be, tonight we were inches away. We're headed in the right direction.”

Fair added that Friday night's contest was a great measuring stick contest for his players heading into the annual Crosstown Classic with Oxford this coming week, and beyond.

“This will make us stronger if we handle it the right way, which I know we will.

We have a veteran coaching staff and veteran players,” Fair said. “We're going to get better. We handled the off week great. It helped us. I felt good about our coaches and how we handled it. A lot of fundamentals. I think you could see that in our tackling tonight. I think a couple of times when we missed tackles we

might have been out of position a little bit, our eye discipline wasn't what it needed to be. But it wasn't from a lack of effort. We've got that figured out. Now we have to put a plan together to beat Oxford.”

Fans of defense definitely enjoyed the first three quarters Friday. The first touchdown didn't come until the 8:13 mark of the fourth quarter when Isiaha Triplett scored on a 5-yard run for Grenada. All three touchdowns were scored within two minutes of each other in the fourth. Lafayette answered Triplett's score with an impressive 81yard scoring drive. Quarles, who finished with 174 yards on 26 carries, ripped off runs of 42 and 16 yards. Quarterback Will Ard finished the three-play drive with an 18-yard pass to Tyler Williams in the end zone.

The momentum Lafayette regained with the score didn't last long as Grenada answered with a good return on the kickoff. Two snaps later, Deon House was in the end zone on a 40-yard run with 6:22 left. That score put the TURN TO INCHES PAGE 17

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Chargers' late surge sends them past MC Jaguars

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

MADISON – The Oxford Chargers' mantra going into this season was to have an “edge.” Through their first three games, the word “grit” has come up just as often.

Oxford overcame a 10-0 first-half deficit and used its grit on offense, and defense, to grind out a 21-17 victory over the Madison Central Jaguars Friday night. The Chargers improved to 2-1 on the year, with both wins coming on the road.

Madison Central (1-2) got off to a fast start as the Jaguars went 68 yards on just five plays on its opening possession. The drive was capped with a 42-yard pass from quarterback Jack Walker to Hunter Blalock down the sideline.

That gave the Jaguars an early 7-0 lead with a made extra point. Oxford responded with a three-andout on its opening possession. Opponents have gotten off to fast starts, while the Chargers have started slower. OHS coach Chris Cutcliffe would like to see that change heading into the Crosstown Classic against Lafayette next week.

“It's one of the things we talked about at halftime and again after the game,” Cutcliffe said. “We've got to find a way to come out and play well early. We have a focus of the week and this week was on third downs and I thought we did a much better job of

that than we did a week ago. We've got to find a way to play better in the first quarter on both sides of the ball.”

Teams traded punts until late in the second quarter when the Jaguars executed an 11-play, 49yard drive that ate up more than four minutes off the clock. A 22-yard field goal gave the Jaguars a 10-0 lead with 1:12 remaining until halftime.

That was just enough time for Oxford quarterback John Reece McClure and the offense. The Chargers marched 68 yards on eight plays on the ensuing possession. McClure capped the drive with a 15-yard pass to Dede Pegues just five seconds before the halftime horn sounded to cut the Madison Central lead to 10-7.

Madison Central, and former Lafayette coach, Anthony Hart gave credit to the Chargers for their execution of the twominute offense to get them back in the game.

“That touchdown hurt us,” Hart said. “Oxford did a good job of running their two-minute drill going down and scoring against us. We didn't make some plays that we had a chance to make and they did make the plays. We did come back out and battled and played hard, but we just made too many mistakes.”

Some of those Jaguar mistakes Hart referred to included some costly penalties. An unnecessary

clipping penalty away from the play negated a touchdown pass for Madison Central in the third quarter where the drive ultimately ended in a punt thanks to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that backed Madison Central out of field goal range.

Another was a roughing the punter penalty that helped flip field position in the fourth quarter. The biggest one was a defensive holding penalty on a third-down play for Oxford late in the contest. That penalty gave the Chargers a fresh set of downs while trailing 17-14.

McClure took advantage of that mistake two plays later when he found Barry Flowers for 52 yards down the Oxford sideline to take a 21-17 lead with 3:01 left in the contest.

The Charger defense forced the Jaguars into a situation where they had to punt the ball on their last possession. Oxford was then able to run out the clock.

Oxford's ability to play stronger in the second half, according to Cutcliffe, happened because the players remained focused, and tough.

“It says a lot about the toughness of the players, most importantly the mental toughness and the ability to overcome adversity,” Cutcliffe said. “In football, that's one of the best traits you can have as a team. You can call it grit and I think this team has PETRE THOMAS showed that the first three Wide receiver Barry Flowers caught the game-winning touchdown for the Oxford Chargers weeks.” against Madison Central Friday night.

Lady Chargers playing with confidence when it counts

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Oxford continued to show its all-around ability, and depth, on the volleyball court this past week with a road win over Lewisburg. The Lady Chargers defeated one of the top programs in the state by playing well when it counted. It was another step in the right direction towards becoming a team that truly can compete for a state title in October.

“We finished out the

tough part of our schedule with the Lewisburg win,” Oxford coach Tara Ross said. “Our expectation is to be in Jackson on the 28th and 29th (of October).

When we travel to these away games in the playoffs, we have to be able to take our self confidence in ourselves and our team and push ourselves and go into a hostile environment and play our game, which is what we did. It was a huge win not only because we beat Lewisburg but because we did at Lewisburg.

We were not able to do that against Lake Cormorant or even last year against Corinth.”

Ross felt like being better on the road is an area her team has tried to get better at. Motivation from inside will be key now that division play has started. The Lady Chargers defeated Greenwood 3-0 on Thursday night. It was the first win in division play, and Ross said that her players are going to have to spark themselves against some of those teams.

“We do have Lafayette and Lake Cormorant, which we obviously want to return that favor, and then we have Tupelo and a tournament,” Ross said.

“We have four games at the end of schedule that can get us back in the swing of things.”

Oxford saw a lot of different teams, and styles, in the Freed Hardeman Tournament last weekend. The team has learned to adjust to an injury suffered by Grace Ann Joyce. Ross said she was getting back into

the lineup. Ragan Freeze is leading the state in digs, and the team is playing well overall, Ross said.

“We still have those moments where we can't serve a ball correctly or we hit the ball into the net 10 times in a row,” Ross said.

“We can't afford those mistakes. We started off slow against Lewisburg. We won the first by two or three and lost the second by two and then turned around and beat them by 10 in the third and the fourth. I think we found our swing

and our composure. Really the thing that will derail us is ourselves. We have to go into every game playing as a team and having that team chemistry, balancing and motivating each other.

If we have that, we're competitive against every single team we play.”

Oxford will return to action Thursday against Cleveland, another division foe, at home at 6:30 p.m. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Tanner, LHS defense plays well in loss to Grenada

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

GRENADA – Before the season got going, Lafayette coach Michael Fair knew it was hard for his Commodores to block Doug Tanner. The senior, who is listed at 6 foot, 185 pounds on the roster, is playing nose guard for the Commodores.

Even though he weighs 70 and 80 pounds less than most of the guards he goes up against, Tanner has held his own inside for Lafayette.

Tanner, along with the other members of the defense, earned this week's Player of the Week honors.

“He's just an athlete. We knew what we all had when got here and we kind of moved him around back in the spring,” Fair said. “He was playing a little outside linebacker and a little receiver. Then this fall we started putting him on the defensive line. He started at end and then moved to tackle. I figured out real

quick that we couldn't block him in practice. He's got quick hands, great feet. He's hard to block one-on-one.

We feel good about the job he's doing, but he wasn't by himself.”

The Commodores definitely played team defense against Grenada Friday night. They held the Chargers to just three first downs and 61 total yards in the first half. Lafayette held Grenada scoreless for three quarters overall, and never gave up a drive longer than 40 yards.

“I thought we played really well and when you look at a team that comes right at you like they do and there's a pile and they start untangle them and they have just a 2 yard gain, you got to feel pretty good at what you're doing,” Fair said. “We had a great game plan. Coach (Ben) Ashley and his staff did a tremendous job. I can't say enough about our defense. And the thing is, we may have to go from one extreme to another in what we

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Lafayette senior Doug Tanner makes a tackle on Grenada tailback Deon House. may have to defend next week. We've got athletes that we feel good about.”

Tanner said playing together as a team was a key moving forward,starting with Oxford. He said playing

on the line at his size was tough.

“I can do better, I just have to work harder and do all I can do,” he said. “We played really hard tonight.”

Senior Amani Johnson

plays on the same defensive front as Tanner and he felt like the team improved the past few weeks since the opener.

“We tried to tighten up some things in the bye week

that we messed up against Horn Lake. It didn't come out the way we wanted to, but we made great strides,” Johnson said. “Next week should be even better as long as we keep improving like the past two weeks. We played our heart out the whole game. You can't be mad at anyone on the field.”

Johnson will be playing against Oxford one last time, and he said the contest was huge. The Commodores have lost four straight to the Chargers, but if the defense continues to play like it did against Grenada, the upcoming game should be competitive to the end.

“It's always a huge game.

It's always pretty much going to be the talk of the town, talk of the state,” Johnson said. “We just got to keep performing. If we can execute like we should, this will be the biggest one.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Oxford DT Sisk causes havoc up front against Jags

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

MADISON – Whenever Madison Central running back Gabe Short had the ball, the first person he met more often than not was Oxford's Nick Sisk.

The senior defensive tackle for the Chargers tied a season-high seven tackles, including one for a loss, and was consistently

in the Madison Central backfield disrupting the rushing attack from the Jaguars in Oxford's 21-17 comeback victory Friday night. The Jaguars were held to just 73 yards rushing on 30 attempts and Sisk was a large reason for that total and earned this week's Player of the Week for the Chargers.

Sisk had early success in the game and as a result,

he faced many double teams in the first half while Oxford was using their normal three down linemen look. He often filled the hole and forced the Jaguar running backs to go a different direction, usually to the other Oxford defensive players waiting to make a play. After Oxadjusted and ford switched to a four linemen look, Sisk was mainly just

in a one-on-one situation because of the way the Jaguars tried to block him.

“When we went down to a four-man front, their guard was pulling over and I was quick enough to beat him,” Sisk said.

“When they did doubleteam me, I would just dominate.”

Oxford coach Chris Cutcliffe had nothing but good things to say about

how his defensive tackle played after the game.

“I thought Nick was very disruptive, he made a ton of plays in the backfield,” Cutcliffe said. “He was disruptive from start to finish throughout the game. In big moments especially he got in the backfield and made really big plays for loss and that was good to see.”

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This is the fourth time in his career Sisk has had a seven-plus tackle game with two of those coming against Madison Central.

His career-high is eight tackles against Lafayette in last year's Crosstown Classic. Sisk had 60 tackles during the 2015 campaign.

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Jordan likes how his Lady Commodores have played so far

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On the first day of September, not long before the Lafayette Lady Commodores traveled up to Senatobia for a match, volleyball coach Clint Jordan felt good about where his team was. Lafayette won Thursday's contest, three sets to one, to improve to 9-4 overall. All of the losses, Jordan pointed out, were to really good teams.

“We haven't had a bad loss, and we're playing good volleyball the majority of the matches,” Jordan said. “We just have to get away from multiple mistakes in a row. That's what has been plaguing us in or losses. We'll have one bad pass that turns into three bad passes. We will miss our first serve and then the next two people will miss their first serves. Those are the things that are hurting us, but we are playing really good volleyball.”

Being more consistent with the good things is something Jordan would love to see moving forward. The team's passers have been the most con-

sistent part of the equation this season. Cara Anne Sallis and Kirkland Pruitt and Savannah Baker have all played well in the back row, Jordan said. Orianna Shaw frustrates hitters on the front line each match.

“But without that consistency, you can't beat good teams. We're at a point where we're either going to have to get consistent or we're really going to struggle in some of our matches,” Jordan said. “We have to be able to frustrate people by not allowing them to get multiple scores by not having to do anything. We have to make them score instead of handing points away. If we do that, we're pretty tough.”

Sarah Rae Goolsby joined the Lady Commodores this summer, and Jordan said she has been a “pleasant surprise” to the roster.

“She's a good volleyball player, she can play. She is still having a little trouble getting to where she needs to be for our defense because she is used to playing a different type of defense,” Jordan said.

“She's getting there and she is going to be a longtime good player for us.

Mariah Holland has also stepped up and played pretty well for us. She is doing a much better job of being where she is supposed to be. And because of that, she has started to hit the ball now. Again, if we can get consistency from everyone, we can be pretty good.”

Another player that has done well is Julianna Ingram, a freshman, who plays setter for the Lady Commodores.

“She is a gritty little thing. It's really not fair to ask her to do what I ask her to do as a ninth grader in terms of running the offense and being our first server,” Jordan said. “She is handling it all really well.

She plays hard and her effort is a lot like Emily Robinson. If that ball is passed, she wants to be the one to set it. I put her at setter because her junior and senior year, she is going to be a special player.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Ole Miss senior Mackenze Parma is doing her part coming off the bench to give the Rebels a spark each match.

Lafayette running back Jamarcus Quarles breaks free during the second half of Friday's contest. Quarles finished with 174 yards on 26 carries.

Parma

else do you want us to do?

We finished in the SEC one of the best years we've had FROM 13 and got to the Sweet 16 and then to turn around new era. We have a lot of really young talent and it's and barely make it into the top 25 in the preseason really exciting. I think poll. I think we've done we're still working some kinks out just to see where well with it. Last year was we can get the most out of last year and this is us this year and we want to make people. We have a lot to look forward to going into the most of that.”

Following her senior the rest of the season beseason, Parma is looking to cause we have a lot of talget an internship and get ent. I think a lot of people into graduate school. She are underestimating us is majoring in geology, and I like that, coming in which means she carries as the underdog.” around a little rock hamSo when Ole Miss was mer in her belt loop. picked to finish eighth in “I'm into science but not the SEC this year, Parma the biology, chemistry kind agreed it was a slap in the of thing. My dad menface.

“It's not talked about. It's tioned it my freshman year really not. At the end of the and I gave it a try, went to a couple of classes, and I reday, we can only control what we do on the field but ally liked it,” Parma said.

I do think that is a little bit “It's really a tangible sciof a fire to go out there and ence. The funniest thing is if I happen to mention prove a point when we about the weather, which play teams that are suphas nothing to do with geposed to be pretty good,” ology, Marnie Merritt will Parma said. “It's like what

be 'Ooh, geology major.'

Anything that has to anything with environment, they're always like 'geology major.'”

Parma felt like she is the athlete she is today due to her brother, who played baseball at Arkansas-Little Rock and to her father, who played football at Air Force.

“I think growing up with two really competitive people in my family, two I really look up to, I think that pushed me through and made me tougher,” Parma said. “I always wanted to play with my brother's friends and get out do what they were doing. It's an interesting dynamic that they both have been there and they can help guide me.”

Parma and the Rebels will return to action tonight at home against Troy at 7.

Inches FROM 13

Chargers up for good.

Lafayette started its nextto-last drive on its 30-yard line and marched down the field, all the way to the Grenada 1. Quarles carried the ball seven times during the possession, including

the last play that ended with him being stopped just short of breaking the plane on the end zone. The Commodores forced the Chargers to punt on their final offensive series, getting the ball back with under a minute left at their 40. Ard completed a pass to Williams and gained 7 yards on a run before spik-

ing the ball with 5 seconds left on the clock. One final throw from the Grenada 42 was intercepted O'dextrius Curry to end the contest.

Ard finished the game with 13 completions for 159 yards. Lafayette had 303 yards total in the loss.

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