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Oxford Elementary School along with all city and county schools resumed classes Thursday. Faculty and district officials spent the previous day preparing for the second half of the school year with professional development meetings and exercises.

Back from Break County and city school resume after winter break

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

School district employees and students returned to the classroom this week in both Oxford and Lafayette County after two weeks of winter break. The second half of the school year is the final stretch for seniors, a new season for extra curriculars and much more for students and faculty alike.

Before the students returned on Thursday, faculty met Wednesday for a day of professional development. A major part of this day for both districts was a process known as vertical alignment. This is where teachers from different grades meet and discuss student performance and how that is intersecting with the curriculum they will be facing in the next school year. For example, sixth grade teachers would meet with their sev-

First Presbyterian Church returns to Haiti

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enth grade counterparts to assess student strengths, sore spots and what they as teachers need to be focusing on in order to better prepare their students for their upcoming grade promotion.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017

Willie Price to hold fundraiser for new playground

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Willie Price Lab School is in the final stages of preparing for their special dinner and silent auction to be held Thursday, January 12, in the upstairs of Bouré on the Square. The fundraiser was put made possible through the donations of local businesses and artists and was organized by a special committee of Willie Price parents who oversaw the planning of the event.

All funds collected during the fundraiser are going to benefit the improvement of the play area on the preschool’s campus. Upgrades are being made to the area because Willie Price is currently seeking accreditation form the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The accreditation, which Willie Price is hoping to receive either this December or early 2018, would not only bring with it a new level of prestige to the pre-k program located at the state’s flagship, but it would also gives Willie Price a new opportunity to hold themselves to a higher standard.

This idea of self-betterment is one of the main reasons Willie Price Director Sarah Langley is so enthusiastically pursuing the accreditation through NAEYC. “I think it’s important that we go through this process for several different reasons,” the director said. “For one, it really helps us take a look a where the strengths of our programs are and where we want to improve. The guidelines are so broad and all encompassing of early childhood education that it really gives us a good opportunity for a self-study. We can

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Workers from McGregor Steel Fabrication, who donated the labor, disassemble the Willie Price playground equipment in order to donate it to the Lafayette County School District. Next week’s fundraiser is going to benefit the installation of new equipment on the space. evaluate where we are and where we want to be. At the end of it all, we’ll have a nice little feather in our cap to say that we went through all this.”

The structure that previously sat on Willie Price’s campus was dismantled and donated to the Lafayette County School District in November. Willie Price purchased a new play structure through a grant received from the Mississippi Department of Education, which will be installed along with a new layer of playground turf later in this month.

“We’re just really excited about seeing what we can do in terms of transforming our outdoor space so that our children have the type of experience they deserve when playing outside,” Langley said.

“It’s so, so important for them to be able to run around and play and climb and jump and slide and

interact with their peers in that kind of environment. We’re fortunate in that we have such a nice, large space to use to do that.”

Money from the fundraiser will go toward adding additional features to the play area after the instillation of the structure. These could be balance beams, shade areas, benches or any other variety of age appropriate playground equipment.

Bouré has donated the upstairs area of the restaurant for Willie Price to use the entire night of the fundraiser. Each ticket costs $25 for entry and includes a meal, entertainment by local musician Will Smith as well as the ability to bid on any item available in the silent auction. Items to be auctioned off cover a wide range of interests and uses. Most of the items were donated by local business and include things like a din-

ner for four at The Ravine or a birthday party package from Chick-Fil-A or even a quail hunt at Little Q Ranch. Others are things like backstage passes to this year’s upcoming Double Decker Arts Festival, artwork made by local artists, singed sports memorabilia donated by Ole Miss and so much more.

“I’m hoping that our guests will be interested some, if not all, of the items we’ll have available for

auction that night,” Langley said.

“We have a broad range of things that will hopefully appeal to everyone.”

For more information about the fundraiser and how to purchase tickets online, check out Willie Price’s Facebook page. Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the event. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

Huelse announces candidacy for Ward II Alderman

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Mark Huelse, president of the Oxford Square Alliance and coowner of Something Southern on the Square has announced his candidacy for Ward II Alderman. Robyn Tannehill currently occupies the position and will be vacating the seat in order to run for mayor in the upcoming election.

Huelse has lived in Oxford for the past 26 years where he has served on several committees and commissions within city government. He was a member of the Planning Commission

and the City Ordinance Review Committee.

“Oxford is a vibrant, growing community and the growth has to continue to be managed fiscally and responsibly,” Huelse said in press release he sent out earlier this week. “Most importantly, it has to be managed with a vision and careful preparation, which I’ve gained experience in through the planning processes of the city.”

Huelse moved to Oxford in 1991 to as an engineer with Parker Hannifin Corporation.

There, he was recognized with the Parker ACD Outstanding Achievement award and the

Parker Hannifin Corporate Outstanding Cost Reduction Individual award.

“After leaving the corporate world in 2001, I started helping my wife with Something Southern, our interior design business,” Huelse went on to say in his release. “That’s where I really began getting involved in Oxford and got to know the Oxford people. When I was asked to serve on the Planning Commission three years ago, my involvement in the planning for the future of Oxford really took off.”

Working with Vision 2037 is something that Huelse said is

important to him and something that is important to him and that his knowledge of Ward II as well as the city as a whole put him in a great position to do so. He also cites his experience with city codes and ordinances qualify him to have a say in issues regarding those situations. He said he expects things like road additions, city service expansion and infrastructure issues are some big things the city will be dealing with soon, and that he is ready to deal with them. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

COURTESY OF MARK HUELSE.

President of the Oxford Square Alliance Mark Huelse is running for Ward II Alderman.

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Student’s dance journey leads her to Ole Miss Student Dance Company

BY MADISON HYATT SPECIAL TO THE OXFORD CITIZEN

As soon as University of Mississippi sophomore Madeleine Bradley was out of diapers, she was dancing.

“As soon as I was pottytrained, my mom had me in dance classes,” Bradley said. “My mom was one of those moms who puts their kid in every activity possible. She signed me up for soccer, basketball, ballet, you name it. But ballet was the only activity that stuck with me.”

Dance became something Bradley relied on to get through her week. As Bradley aged, her dancing ability improved, in turn, allowing her to move from level to level within her ballet school in Memphis.

“When you’re little, you start out in creative movement classes, which are basically when your mom dresses you up in a pink leotard and tutu, and the teacher lets you run around like pretty little fairies,” Bradley said. “But as you get older and decide you want to stick with ballet, you start to move through the ranks as you get more experienced.”

Although Bradley’s ballet academy offered other forms of dance, such as jazz, hip hop and flamenco, the movement of ballet is what drew Bradley to the specific form of expression.

“Ballet is very controlled,” Bradley said.

“Even though ballet dancers make it look so graceful and effortless on

stage, every muscle in your body is working to death to keep your leg straight, your foot on pointe, and your arms strong.

“As horrible as that sounds, there’s a weird beauty to it. You work so hard, and go through so many hours of rehearsal, that once you get on stage, all you have to do is rely on your hard work and lose yourself in the movement. And that feeling of losing yourself in the movement, is the best high you could possibly imagine.”

As Bradley continued to excel in her ballet classes, her workload increased.

Starting at the age of 11, dancing up to 20 hours a week became her norm.

Even her summers consisted of ballet, with Bradley participating in ballet intensives on college campuses, such as Princeton and the University of Texas at Austin.

Although ballet was what Bradley loved, its major presence in her life forced her to evaluate the reality of a future in dancing.

“My teacher wanted me to start looking at companies, and I wanted to as well,” Bradley said. “The best way to get into a respected ballet company is to go to a ballet academy.

I originally wanted to go to a ballet academy for my junior and senior year of high school, but after I got into an academy, I realized that it might not be the best option for me.”

Because professional dancing is competitive

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University of Mississippi sophomore Madeleine Bradley is active in the Ole Miss Student Dance Company, or OMSD, which is a student run dance company at Ole Miss. The board of directors, choreographers and advisors are all students. and entails a short-lived career, it is oftentimes hard for ballet dancers to make a substantial amount of money relying solely on their dance income. After much deliberation of the pros and cons of professional dance, Bradley decided to quit ballet her senior year of high school.

“After I quit ballet, I had the worst year of my entire life,” Bradley said. “I was really depressed, but I ended up just trying to focus on sports thorough my high school, which helped a little bit.”

After a two-year break from dancing, Bradley began to reconsider her choice after her freshman year of college.

“Not dancing my freshman year of college wasn’t as hard as in high school, just because I was so busy with freshman life in general,” Bradley said. “I had a lot of distractions. But

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the summer after my freshman year, I knew something was missing. I started thinking ‘maybe dance is something I should get back into.’

That’s when I decided to join the Ole Miss Dance Company,” Bradley said.

A former student at Bradley’s ballet school became involved in the Ole Miss Student Dance Company at Ole Miss, sparking Bradley’s interest in the program. The Ole Miss Student Dance Company, or OMSD, is a student run dance company at Ole Miss. The board of directors, choreographers and advisors are all students.

“It’s really a way for students to get involved in dance without having to deal with advisors and professionals,” said OMSD senior member Darby Hennessey. “It’s just a way for students to express themselves more freely than they would be

able to in other platforms.”

Because the OMSD is run entirely by students, the dynamic within the company is also unique.

The close interaction from the all-student dynamic enables the performers to bond, according to Head Choreographer Sydney Gibson.

“It’s always really interesting, because the season starts out with a jumble of strangers,” Gibson said. “We all really get to know one another throughout the semester, and once show week comes around, your feet are in everyone’s face and you don’t care. It’s nice to see something come from nothing.”

Connecting to dance again, as well as with members of the dance company, have all been incentives for Bradley.

“Madeleine has such a vibrant personality,” Hen-

nessy said. “She’s always cracking jokes and has a smile on her face. When we were learning the piece we’re in together, she was always energetic and just ready to get it done. She takes everything in stride, and it has been great to dance with her.”

Although the OMSD does not focus entirely on ballet, the opportunity to dance again was enough for Bradley.

“I use the technique I’ve learned from ballet, but nothing that we ever perform is strictly ballet,” Bradley said. “Our performances are more a fusion of different kinds of dance, but at this point, I just dance to dance. Styles don’t matter to me anymore. Dance itself is something I connect to.”

Along with the ability to continue with dance, Bradley has seen a change in herself.

“I feel like I’ve become myself again,” Bradley said. “For a few years, I just felt like something was missing, but being able to dance again has put me in touch with myself. I think, overall, my outlook on most everything has become more positive.”

Bradley’s friends have even seen a positive change in her.

“I really think she just seems more happy,” said friend Wesley Neville.

“Last year, she was less focused, but ever since she started dancing, she’s been more upbeat and focused on school. I’m really happy for her.”

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OBITUARIES NANCY ANN TURPIN Nancy Ann Turpin, 59, passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Church Street Nursing Home in Ecru. The funeral service will be Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Brother Steve Parrish officiating. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 9:30. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery.

ORENA HENRY MILLER Orena Henry Miller, originally of Mexico Beach, Fla., 88, passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Oxford.

No services are planned at this time. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLES LAMPKIN Charles Barnett Lampkin, III, 84, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Great Oak in Byhalia. The funeral service will be Monday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Anthony Williams officiating.

Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at noon.

Memorial contributions in Mr. Lampkin’s memory may be made to Glad House, 1994 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 or by visiting www.gladhouse.org.

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Deadline nears for Double Decker vendors

BY KATHRYN WINTER OXFORD CITIZEN

The deadline for vendor applications for the Double Decker Arts Festival is approaching on Jan. 26.

Any interested artists may apply for a booth spot during the festival. The application fee is $28, and the festival date for this year is April 28 and 29.

Interested artists must also submit four photos along with the fee, and booth photos are not required, but can be included as one of the four.

Double Decker Arts Festival is a free two-day festival inspired by Oxford’s 1994 import of a double decker bus from England.

The festival attracts more than 65,000 people and is the recipient of more than 25 awards, including “Best Festival” by Mississippi Magazine.

Applications are reviewed by a panel of jurors who are chosen by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.

Selection is made based on quality of work and diversity of the show. Past participation in Double Decker does not guarantee acceptance into the festival.

Jurors will make selections based entirely upon four samples of work submitted along with the

artist’s description of work on their application.

Booths are 10 feet by 10 feet with both corner and double booths available.

Artists are responsible for all items needed to set up booths including tent, tables and chairs, among other items.

Lee Ann Stubbs, Double Decker Coordinator, said the selection jury consists of five local residents whose identities remain anonymous.

“They judge however many artists we have apply – once we know if they got in we will notify the artist and they will be able to go purchase their booth," Stubbs said. "Since the deadline for application is

Jan. 26, artists will probably be notified of acceptance by mid February.”

The jury scores potential vendors with a score of one through five.

“We’re always looking for different unique things, things that people look for when they come year after year, but we want to change it up and offer a variety of artists who come from all over,” Stubbs said.

“It really depends on what the jury is looking for and it changes every year. I always encourage artists if they didn’t get in last year to apply again because it changes. We do have artists that have been coming to the festival for 20 years.”

Booth fees are as follows: Single, $225, Premium single, $275, Single corner (limited number) $275, Premium single corner (on Square limited number) $325, Double $450, Premium Double, $500 (on Square limited number), Double corner $500 (very limited number) Premium double corner $550 (on Square very limited number.)

“Everything must be handmade," Stubbs said.

"For example, a clothing boutique can’t just show up, artists have to make everything themselves. We usually stay away from some of the crafty things."

After the jury process, potential vendors will be

notified as “invited” “denied” or “waitlisted.”

If notified as invited, artists will need to go through ZAPP to confirm participation in the festival and purchase their booth space along with any other items needed for the festival such as parking.

Load in begins at 6 a.m. on the day of the show.

Hotels in Oxford fill up quickly, so early reservations are suggested.

Interested vendors may apply by visiting doubledeckerfestival.com, or through Zapplication. For more information or questions about being an art vendor, contact Lee Ann Stubbs at leeann@visitoxfordms.com.

involved.

Social studies and Insights gifted teachers met with students to discuss possible colleges the kids would be interested in attending.

Teachers and students went over what it would take from a financial perspective as well as different admission requirements.

Principal Steve Hurdle said these meetings are meant to get students, who are reaching a very important time of decision making in their lives, to begin thinking about the future and in what direction they’d like to go.

“We want them to be thinking about how they want to do this year, as well as a little down the road with long-term goals,” Hurdle said. “We’d like to share this information with parents as well, after we compile it. Obviously, fifth and sixth graders aren’t always thinking very far into the future,

but we’re trying to help them start that process. We want to get them thinking about middle school and looking at classes and extra curriculars.

Then think about high school and maybe a little bit further into college.”

Principal Chad Chism of Lafayette County Middle School spent the professional development day working with his teachers and the district’s assistant superintendents. This was to discuss how to better prepare students for fluctuating graduation requirements and setting long-term goals for their school career.

Teachers also met individually with Chism and his administrative team. Teachers would then go on to meet with other teachers for vertical alignment.

“I couldn’t be happier to have the kids back,” Chism said. “I think we’re going to accomplish some great

things this year. That’s my expectation, and that’s our teachers’ expectations, and I think that’s our students’ expectations too. We have a great bunch of kids and we can take them a long way.”

Lafayette County Superintendent Adam Pugh said he is excited to get the school year going again for both professional and personal reasons. Pugh has three kids in the district and said that he’s happy to see everything get back to the usual flow of things.

“It’s kind of like the beginning of the school year in that it’s exciting for the kids to come back after a couple weeks off,” Pugh said. “I know for my own three, though they might not admit it, they like the routine. I have a senior this year, so this is it for him. It’s an exciting time to get back in school, get back in the routine and get everything

going.”

Oxford Superintendent Brian Harvey said that he looks forward to the second half of the school year because the season known for renewal and new beginnings can be felt both in and out of classroom.

“Spring has its challenges, but now is where you really see students start to grow,” Harvey said. “The work that’s been put in throughout the fall semester, you really begin to see the effects of those, which of course corresponds with everything turning green. It’s just a refreshing time of the year. Personally, being a former baseball coach, spring is a special time. There are a lot of extracurricular that happen at this times well, from sports to band concerts.

There’s a lot going on.”

ANNETTE LLOYD Annette Lloyd, 57 passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany. A visitation will be held Sunday, Jan. 8 at Open Door Baptist Church in Potts Camp from 5 until 8 p.m. Her funeral service will be held Monday, Jan. 9 at Open Door Baptist Church in Potts Camp at 2 p.m.

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making sure students are being as well prepared as possible for during their last 18 weeks of the school year.

Oxford Intermediate School took this process a step further on Thursday and Friday, when their students returned. Each English, science and math teacher took time to meet with every single one of their students to discuss goals for the year.

Teachers in these three subject areas met with students to discuss things like how what grade would they like to finish the year with and how to achieve that average by the end of the school year. They also discussed what classes the students might be interested in taking in middle school and what extra curriculars in which they would like to be

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First Presbyterian Church returns to Haiti

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

First Presbyterian Church of Oxford has had a relationship with the people of Leogane, Haiti since the early 1980s.

Local physician Dr. Greg Patton would organize trips through the church to go and set up mobile health clinics in different communities within and around the city. Patton had done similar trips as a high school student in Chattanooga with a group of doctors.

As the years went on and church members came and went, the trips made by First Presbyterian were put on hold for a while. Then the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 stuck Haiti. The damage was substantial over most of the country and many consider the city of Leogane to be one of, if not the, hardest hit municipalities on the entire island. It was right near the epicenter.

In November of 2011, more than a year and a half after the earthquake devastated the country, First Presbyterian was back in Leogane to provide medical care for those in the community. They would have been there sooner, but the damage was so substantial that some humanitarian groups were prevented from entering the country until first responders and emergency aid was able to get the republic somewhat back on their feet.

They returned again in the February of 2013 and have been going every year since. Church members left for the island country just yesterday morning for their 2017 trip.

A few doctors and a handful of other church members attend each trip.

The four medical professionals going this year are Patton, Dr. Ernie Williams, Dr. Robert Cooper and Ann Devoe, who is a pharmacist at Chaney’s. While there, they go out to rural communities where they set up mobile medical clinics wherever they can.

They’ve held them in

homes, in churches, in schools, in orphanages and even in sugar cane fields. The clinics are usually open for just one day.

The local hospital helps spread the word that the free clinic will be set up and people line up to see them.

If anyone in the community feels unwell for any reason, they can visit the clinic and be looked over by the doctors at no cost. A translator accompanies the group to make the process as smooth as possible. Many of the aliments the doctors see relate to chronic illnesses and symptom management.

Ann Kelly has been associate pastor at the church since 2012. She’s been on the last five mission trips to Haiti. This is the first year since her appointment at the church that she will be missing one and just coordinating the visit from the sidelines.

“Haiti is by no means a vacation destination, but there are things to love and admire about it,” Kelly said. “There’s such a beauty to it that I appreciate.”

Kelly said after visiting Haiti so many times, it became extremely apparent that the many of the ailments that the people of the rural communities surrounded by Leogane came into the clinics with, could be largely prevented by access to clean drinking water.

“When we came back from that first trip, we were talking about water,” Kelly said. “Nearly all of the symptoms we saw in the clinic could be alleviated by clean drinking water. When we realized access to clean water was a main issue there, we came back and began discussing water here.”

The Presbyterian denomination on a national level is involved with a program called Living Waters of the World. This group is affiliated with Clean Water U, a program hosted at Camp Hopewell that trains humanitarian groups in the instillation process of sustainable water systems. People come from all over the

COURTESY OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

In 2016 members of First Presbyterian Church of Oxford went to Haiti to install a sustainable clean water supply.The church is returning this year to hold free clinics, something the church has been doing periodically since the 80s and yearly since 2013. country to learn how to assemble, install and maintain a sustainable water system that will provide an accessible source of drinking water for rural communities all over the world.

Last year, rather than clinics, the group from First Presbyterian traveled to Leogane to install these water systems in the rural areas surrounding the city.

While there, they explained how the system functioned, how to maintain it and how best to optimize usage of the water it provides. This year they will be returning to once again do the free clinic work they have been doing in years past.

Kelly said that she has learned a lot from the people of Haiti through her work there. It’s made her more aware of just how good her life has been. She describes a church service in Leogane as being punctuated by repeated “thank yous” and praises. There are always thanks and the infinitely out weigh the requests and complaints.

Kelly said the people of Leogane taught her how to be more appreciative and remember that praising is something we could all do a little more of every now and then.

“It’s about that relationship with people who are different from us, people

of a different culture and learning how people live,” Kelly said when asked why she thinks it’s important that her church visit the

people of Leogane every year. “It’s also about hope.

Our being there is a hopeful thing for them, I think.

The fact that we come

back is part of that hope.

The fact that we’re willing to build that relationship is encouraging to them.

We don’t preach to them and they don’t preach to us, but somehow in that interaction with one another, we find those we have in common in spite of so much that is different. That, to me, is about what Christ did. It’s about hope and finding connections with other people, God’s people.”

Kelly asks that if anyone is interested in contributing to the cause, that donations are welcome, but that she strongly encourages people to look into the Clean Water U program offered by Camp Hopewell. She said that bringing clean water to groups of people who do not have access is one of the most beneficial things you can do for a community. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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405 CR 102

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Calhoun City - 3 bedroom 2 bath home on PITTSBORO - This 4 Bedroom 2 bath has plenty of 2 acres. storage building on the property space for a growing family. Enjoy the peace and stays, home is currently rented Perfect for a quiet on any of the three porches. Beautiful mature landscaping and shade trees. Storage family or a rental property. MLS# 136746. buildings and playhouse on the property. MLS# Call Nicole Cain Wright – 662-617-5744.

136540. Call Nicole Cain Wright – 662-617-5744.

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404 Taylor Ridge Lane $285,000

Taylor-Greene- Proposed construction starting soon.

Should be available before Christmas 2016. Open floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths with a formal living room. Still time to pick your finishings. Please Builder is a licensed Mississippi real estate agent and listing agent. MLS# 136748. Call Stan Abel- 662-816-9363.

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1418 Murphey Ridge Rd. $275,000

BATESVILLE - Spacious custom built home sitting on 1.5 acres with beautiful pond views. 4BD/3BA, office and flex space. Large kitchen with cherry cabinets, granite countertops and Italian tile floors.

Walk out balcony with French windows. Living room has a fireplace and great views. MLS# 136165. Call Merisa Baker- 662-488-5720.

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12004 Water Ridge Dr. $645,000

WELLSGATE - Beautiful 4BR/4.5BA home with inground pool overlooking lake. Open floorplan with large 2 story living room highlighted by a stone fireplace. Home features wooden beams, columns and bead board ceilings. The large kitchen/keeping room combination was a brick hearth over the gas cooktop. Large master suite is on main level with a sitting area.Screened porch on the back leads to a large patio and inground pool. Professionally landscaped with irrigation system. Agent is related to the sellers. MLS# 137214. Call Meredith Martin- 662-401-0811.

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210 East Main • Tupelo

406 Taylor Ridge Lane 252,000

Proposed construction beginning soon! Open floor plan, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms. Lots of hardwood, tile and carpet. Hurry to choose finishing colors, flooring, etc. Seller/builder is a licensed Mississippi real estate agent. MLS# 136747. Call Stan Abel- 662-816-9363.

1620 Jackson Ave E $1,850,000

ABBEY LANE - Walking distance to the Square!

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Local businesses partner up for unique decor instillation

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

High Point Coffee on North Lamar has been giving a daily caffeine boost to the citizens of Oxford for more than a decade now. Recently, the coffee shop has partnered with Magnolia Brick and Architectural Supply to bring a unique accent wall to the popular study spot and a little bit of Chicago history to the Square.

High Point manager Jimi Myers and Virginia Anderson have been friends and neighbors for a couple years now. When it was time to renovate the store, Myers reached out to Anderson to ask about bricking out the wall.

“I like to support my friends and I like to support local business,” Myers said when asked why he contacted Anderson for the project. “Teaming up with other local businesses is a good way to support Oxford business as a whole. Where as with High Point, we are in a very high-profile area and

we have a lot of people coming through. They get to see a really beautiful brick wall like this, and it gives us the chance to promote another local, small business.”

Magnolia Brick donated all of the brick that went into the space. The wall they installed is made entirely of brick reclaimed from the 1870s in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire. Anderson said her company came to the decision to donate the brick because they wanted to support local business, especially one so integral to the Oxford community.

Magnolia Brick is a Tupelobased company and has recently expanded their coverage area to serve the LOU community. They also supply much of the brick that goes into construction projects at the University of Mississippi.

Though the bricks are reclaimed from the Great Chicago Fire, that does not necessarily mean they are from buildings that actually burned down in the fire.

When the fire finally died on October 10 of 1871, the city

CHANING GREEN

Virginia Anderson of Magnolia Brick and Jimi Myers of High Point Coffee stand together in front of a wall that now sits in the coffee shop after their recent renovation. Magnolia Brick donated brick reclaimed from the time of Great Chicago Fire for the instillation. began the massive undertaking of rebuilding and salvaging the astonishing amount of cityscape laid waste by the fire. During this rebuilding effort, nearly 60 brick manufactures were established as new companies in the Chicago area. And their product is easily identifiable due to their unique coloration.

“These companies were making what we call a

Chicago brick,” Anderson said. “Bricks reflect their geography. People talk about wine and the terroir of a wine, and bricks are similar in that they reflect where they’re taken from.”

The bricks made in this area are formed from the rich clay around the shores of Lake Michigan. Due to geological factors, the clay produced many different colors of brick. The aesthetic cre-

ated from using the colorvariant bricks is highly desired among consumers, making Chicago brick a popular choice for buyers.

The brick that can be seen on the wall of High Point is actually a thick tile product that was made by slicing the face off of a brick. That face is then used as the tile while the rest of the brick is then used for other things, like being ground up and used to dust baseball fields. The bricks on the wall of High Point is still 100 percent reclaimed brick from 1870s Chicago, the naturally sourced blocks have just been reduced to a state where they can be admired more so for their beauty and rich history than their practicality as a building material.

Magnolia came into possession of the bricks through one of the many partners they work with to stock reclaimed brick. The labor-intensive process of reclaiming the bricks requires salvagers to go through and chip the bricks out of the mortar that held them together when they were a functioning part

of a structure. Anderson said many of the bricks they obtain through this process have markers of where they came from, different kinds of wear and tear and sometimes even paint from when the primary form of advertisement in big cities was to paint an ad directly onto a building’s brick façade “I think it’s really cool that we got to use Chicago brick because there are just some really interesting connections between Chicago and the South that people don’t thing about,” Anderson said.

“The African-American diaspora out of the South during the time of Jim Crow, a lot o people went to Chicago. This changed the entire landscape of culture and food and music in Chicago. It was a huge Southern influence. I think the ties between Chicago and the South are special and worth understanding. These locations are more intimately tied than I think some people think about.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Beyers, Rebels set to hit the ground running

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t may be freezing cold outside, but for the Ole Miss women, the 2017 spring tennis season is about to get going. Ole Miss coach Mark Beyers and his Rebels are headed to Irvine, California next week to start a string of matches that also includes a trip to Hawaii. The Rebels won't actually play a home match until Feb. 17 against Lipscomb and before all that happens, there are a number of competitive matches Beyers can use to evaluate his team.

Beyers called the fall season “efficient” adding that any time you have an entire team playing individual events, there are always results that surprise as well as those that make a coach feel like more could have been accomplished.

“I think different girls had good wins at different times and there were times where the results weren't as good as we thought they should be. But overall, I thought it was pretty decent,” Beyers said.

“And I felt like the things that did go wrong, we were able to correct them in practice and by the end of the fall, we were a better team than we were at the beginning of the fall.”

Junior Arianne Hartono showed during the fall why she was an All-American with the way she played, especially at the Riviera ITA All-American Championships.

“She ended up losing in the semifinals out there and had a solid fall overall. She showed why she led the team at the top of the lineup last year and why she will probably do that again,” Beyers said. “Another player who had a really good fall was our lone senior, Zalina Khairudinova. We talked to her at the end of last year and with the fact that she is a senior and to be a leader on this team. She's done a really good job of that. She has matured so much in the last three years. She had a great fall and she wants to go out and have a great last semester and she has definitely done everything she can to make sure that TURN TO BEYERS PAGE 14

JOSH MCCOY/OLE MISS ATHLETICS

Ole Miss baseball assistant coach Marc MacMillan and the rest of the coaching staff is excited about the inaugural Ladies Baseball Forum set for Feb. 11 at Oxford-University Stadium.

Special Day OM baseball excited to offer forum for ladies

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Women who want to learn more about baseball and the inner workings of the Rebels can take part in the Ole Miss Ladies Baseball Forum sponsored by The Face and Body Center on Feb. 11. The one-day camp will provide the ins and outs of how the program operates, as well as a better understanding of the sport.

Assistant coach Marc MacMillan

helped organize the event that is similar to the one the football program offers each year. So far the response has been good and the interest level should continue as the deadline nears.

There will be a defensive presentation as well as one on defense and MacMillan said the women will be active participants.

“One thing we want to make sure we're doing is the physicality of it, whether it's swinging a bat or making

a pitch, we feel like that's important,” MacMillan said. “We will do a Q and A with selected players. We would like to do some general baseball knowledge. We feel like that helps. My experience with it is my brother's wife.

We bought her a scorebook and we taught her how to keep score and she just became an absolute fanatic.

Then we looked at introducing what we do from a strength and training TURN TO SPECIAL DAY PAGE 13

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Cool Hand Terry Williams gives OHS Chargers valuable point guard play

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Terry Williams is cool, calm and collected, just like Oxford coach Drew Tyler likes his basketball players to be. The senior point guard has the ability to really fill up a stat sheet, and do it in a way that never takes away from anyone else. It's a good trait, one that Tyler appreciates immensely.

“We knew all the things that Terry Williams was bringing to the table the summer before his junior year but now, a year later, he is doing exactly what we want out of him as a point guard,” Tyler said.

“Through this past summer, Williams has become a scoring point guard for us. He is averaging 20 points per game and in our most recent win that gave us double-digit wins at a record of 10 and 5, he scored 36 points and was our leading scorer. As his teammate, Jarkel Joiner has drawn a lot of attention from opponents and a lot of trick defenses, Terry Williams has also.”

The two guards give the Chargers one of the best 12 punches in the state from a backcourt standpoint. And both have fed off each other very well on the offensive end, Tyler said.

“Terry is our quarterback as the point guard on the floor. His junior year, he had two triple doubles.

He has more than raised eyebrows as far as the basketball circles from Oxford fans to opposing teams and also junior college coaches here in Mississippi,” Tyler said.

East Mississippi and Northeast Mississippi are the two junior colleges that are tracking Williams currently.

“They are following his progress through January and he will basketball at the next level and I feel like we will be watching him play Mississippi junior college basketball next year,” Tyler said.

When it comes to a leadership role, Tyler said that Williams is an independ-

ent young man who carries himself like someone who is older than his age.

“He never gets too high and never gets too low.

That's what we want out of our players,” Tyler said.

“Terry walks softly and carries a big stick. The thing about it is he carries himself and it's a model of the way we want our players to carry themselves. He made huge plays in the district finals against Saltillo last year and then in the putout game in the playoffs against Canton that put us over the top and sent us to Jackson. It was like he was Cool Hand Luke. That's really what you want out of your players in those type of situations and those type of games. He's been in our program for two years but he has done so much for our program in two years. Our program has his fingerprint on it most definitely.”

One of the things that Tyler has challenged Williams to do in the second half of the season is to be an even bigger threat on the defensive end.

“Each thing has been addressed in a practice setting but when you get into a game and you go from quarter to quarter and half to half, different games have different looks with different players involved,” Tyler said. “It's on Terry Williams' shoulders to get us into those defensive schemes that we're supposed to be in. And he can shoulder that. He knows it's coming his way and it has already come his way. We're looking forward to him to get those defensive instructions out and for him to shoulder those responsibilities. I think he can get it done, I really do.”

Oxford's Division 2-5A opener with West Point Friday night was postponed due to weather. Instead of going a whole weekend without action, Tyler got the Chargers a game in the Tangle on the Trail against Velma Jackson and its star, Nikolas Weatherspoon.

“Here in January, we're playing Tuesday, Friday and Saturday so this game

BILL BARKSDALE

Oxford's Terry Williams is averaging almost 20 points per game for coach Drew Tyler so far this season. keeps us in a routine,” Tyler said. “This also puts players like Jarkel and Terry, some of our top seniors, it keeps them on the radar against a good team,

a team that's won state and be in the state tournament year in and year out who also has one of the best players in the state on their team. Some of our

Oxford players have Velma Jackson and Weathplayed against them in the erspoon in a prime time summer. They've gone game in Pontotoc.” head-to-head and now john.davis@journalinc.com they're going to have a Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd chance to get a win over

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Seven Ole Miss Rebels in NFL playoff games FROM OXFORD CITIZEN REPORTS

The National Football League postseason started this weekend as teams start their quest to Super Bowl LI, and there are seven former Ole Miss players on rosters of teams who advanced to the playoffs.

Most notable is New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, a two-time Super Bowl MVP who once again looks to lead his squad to the ultimate football prize. The 11-5 Giants will travel to face the 10-6 Green Bay Packers in an NFC Wild Card game on Sunday (3:40 p.m.) With Manning and Aaron Rodgers behind center for the two teams, it will be the first time in NFL history for a pair of Super Bowl MVPs

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standpoint so they can really understand what these guys go through during the week and the season.”

Another big point of the day is an intrasquad that the group can watch. The 2017 baseball season starts a week after the forum.

“We want them to also ask our wives questions as well as show them what a recruit may experience during their visit and then give them a chance to go into our hitting indoor and give them a chance for some live swings so to speak,” MacMillan said.

“It's a 9 to 4 event and we really want them to leave there with a really good feel of Ole Miss baseball and what we do. We'll learn from it and this is something we can do yearly. It's one reason we're being critical of ourselves and what do we present. We feel like there are a lot of options we can advance in. The sports performance center opens up a whole new avenue.”

MacMillan and Jeremy Massie, the coordinator of operations for Ole Miss baseball, walked in on the Ladies Football Forum this past July. Seeing the

to square off in a wild card game.

In addition to Manning, other Rebels who are full- or part-time starters headed to the playoffs include Giants offensive guard John Jerry, Seahawks offensive tackle Bradley Sowell and Dolphins offensive guard Laremy Tunsil. Patriots running back Brandon Bolden, who is a major contributor on New England’s special teams, is hoping to make his second trip to a Super Bowl.

Also on playoff squads, but unable to play due to injury, are Texans linebacker Gerald Rivers and Steelers cornerback Senquez Golson.

In total, Ole Miss had 24 former players in the league this season, including 10

who started multiple games for their teams: Bengals wide receiver Cody Core, Jerry, Manning, Bears offensive tackle Bobby Massie, Colts wide receiver Donte Moncrief, Panthers offensive tackle Michael Oher, Jaguars offensive tackle Jermey Parnell, Sowell, Tunsil and Ravens wide receiver Mike Wallace.

Non-starters included Bolden, Colts offensie tackle Pierce Burton (practice squad), 49ers offensive lineman Fahn Cooper (practice squad), Browns defensive back Trae Elston, Golson (injured), Patriots defensive tackle Woodrow Hamilton, Patriots cornerback Mike Hilton (practice squad), Ravens safety Kendrick Lewis, Chargers wide receiver Dexter McCluster,

Cardinals defensive tackle GIANTS RG Robert Nkemdiche, Rivers, JOHN JERRY Saints safety Jamarca San- 16 games played, 16 ford (injured), Vikings wide games started receiver Laquon Treadwell 7th NFL season and Buccaneers defensive Giants (11-5) at Packers tackle Channing Ward.

(10-6), NFC Wild Card, Below is a breakdown of Jan. 8, 3:40 p.m. CT, each playoff participant’s FOX 2016 season and details of their upcoming playoff GIANTS QB games.

ELI MANNING 16 games played, 16 SEAHAWKS RT games started, 377 of BRADLEY SOWELL 598 (4027 yards), 26 10 games played, 9 games TDs, 16 INTs started 13th NFL season 5th NFL season Hasn’t missed a start since Seahawks (10-5-1) vs. his 2004 rookie season Lions (9-7), NFC Wild (199 straight regular-seaCard son starts, 3rd-longest in NFL history) Currently 7th in NFL hisSTEELERS CB tory in passing TDs SENQUEZ GOLSON (320), 8th in passing Injured Reserve (foot) yards (48,214) 2nd NFL season

number of participants there and seeing what was taking place, the two looked at each other and felt like they could do the same thing for baseball.

“We spoke with Megan McCurdy and met with her and she was extremely helpful and supportive to help us get an idea on what we should do,” MacMillan said. “We were able together a tentative game plan and present it to (Mike Bianco) and then we went back and just trimmed it up a bit. It was something they had discussed in years past that they wanted to do something for our women's fan base.

We had a good grasp of what we wanted and then he pulled the trigger.”

The date was decided to correspond to the start of the season, and the forum is tied in with the Ole Miss men's basketball game with Auburn.

“We feel like with us opening up a week after, we were thinking that fans would turn their attention towards that and we could make it work,” MacMillan said. “That Saturday is typically an intrasquad day. It's a little different than a normal practice. For us as coaches, it's like a game day. This is the structure and it makes it a little easier for us for what we want

to do from a practice standpoint. It's a kick off of the season and it's a showcase for our female fan base, which makes up a huge part of our fan base.”

MacMillan, who also helps with the Diamond Girls, also used that as a backdrop to help get the

forum off the ground.

“There is a part of the fan base out there that we can help provide this to and I'm just grateful that coach was excited about it and said let's go with it,” MacMillan said. “We're all excited about it. I think we have a great day ahead of them and I think they're

going to leave there saying it was fantastic.”

Registration for the event ends Wednesday.

Cost is $175 and that also includes a ticket to the Ole Miss-Auburn game that will begin at 5 p.m.

Lunch is also provided during the forum.

For more information

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PATRIOTS RB BRANDON BOLDEN 14 games played, 1 rush (4 yards), 2 catches (15 yards), 4 tackles 5th NFL season Patriots (14-2) vs. TBD, AFC Divisional Round, Jan. 14, 7:15 p.m. CT, CBS

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The juniors and seniors, Beyers said, have done a good job of taking the younger players under their wing and showing them how to win.

“I know that Natalie Suk has done a good job of showing Anna (Vrbenska) the ropes and what it takes and Zalina has done a good job over the last few years of being a team captain and showing a lot of leadership,” Beyers said.

The players reported back on campus Saturday and that gives just a little time to get going again from a team standpoint.

The Rebels were headed to California on Monday to get ready for Irvine.

“We definitely hit the ground running and we talked to all of them about making sure to do their

work over the break and that they stay busy over the break,” Beyers said.

“We told them to make sure they're practicing and getting their workouts in because we only have a week when we get back before that first match. There isn't a whole lot of time to get ready at that particular time.”

Beyers spent the first part of December across the Atlantic Ocean on the recruiting trail in the Czech Republic. Two of the Rebels are from the Czech Republic, while a total of five are from a country other than America.

“They see an opportunity to get an education and also further their tennis career. When I was coaching on the men's side and now on the women's side, we've had some tremendous student-athletes who did just a great job on the court and even a better

job in the classroom, graduating magna and summa cum laude in getting their degree,” Beyers said. “I try to keep that combination and some of our best teams is when we have that mix. This year's team will be about a 50-50 split between American and international kids. I think when it comes to recruiting, coming to Ole Miss is attractive to both American kids and also international kids. To maintain that 50-50 split is definitely something we try to do. If there are great players in our area, then I want them to come to Ole Miss first and foremost.

But we also have a lot of tremendous athletes come from outside of the United States and we want to get the best players in the world and make Ole Miss tennis better.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Advertisements in this classification usually offer informational service or products designed to help FIND employment. Before you send money to any advertiser, it is your responsibility to verify the validity of the offer. Some ads may require a toll call or a directory purchase. Inquiries can be made by contacting the Better Business Bureau at 1800-987-8280 Make Your Move with the Oxford Local Values Classifieds!

Call 1-800-270-2622

REAL ESTATE

STUFF

Home Furnishings BUNK BEDS white wood, with ladder, twin over twin, like new. $200. (662)297-6777 FOR SALE! SOLID OAK ARMOIRE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. $350.00.

CALL 662-687-2492

Miscellaneous

Land

FOR SALE

BUILDING LOT WITH 16 X 24 METAL BUILDING AND A STORM SHELTER IN MAGNOLIA HILLS SUBDIVISION NEAR WALMART SUPERCENTER IN NEW ALBANY. $28,500.00 (662)534-1099

Miscellaneous

SMALL CHEST FREEZER. WHITE. 28 INCHES WIDE, 37 1/2 INCHES TALL. LIKE NEW. $100. 662­231­5600

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Oxford Citizen Classified Ad-Visors are as close as the nearest phone, well-versed and ready to assist you. We have a variety of ways to customize your ad to get the action and results you want!

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30" FREESTANDING WHIRLPOOL ELECTRIC RANGE. BLACK. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. $250; 662­231­5600

WOODEN CABINET PAINTED BLUE, HAS A TOTAL OF FIVE SHELVES– THREE ON TOP, TWO ON BOTTOM, WITH LARGE DEEP DRAWER IN THE MIDDLE. 30” WIDE, 16” DEEP, 6 FT. TALL. $100 662­231­5600

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662-234-7711 2128 W. Jackson Ave. • Oxford, MS 38655 www.johnsonsfurnitureonline.com

1. Make sure your ad reads the way you want it. Then our Ad Consultants will read it back to you.

2. Be sure your ad is in the proper classification.

3. After the deadline, ad cannot be canceled or corrected until after it runs the first day.

4. Check your ad the first day for errors. If an error has been made, we will be happy to correct it; however, we cannot be responsible for errors after the first day.

If you cannot find your ad, call us at 1-800-270-2622 the day you expect it to start.

Ask About our Enhancements for Single-Column Ads. We have a variety of ways to customize your ad to get the action and results you want!

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