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Participants in the 26th annual Youth Tour meet with Rep. Gregg Harper, left, at the U.S. Capitol.

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Fifty-eight of Mississippi’s finest high school juniors spent part of their summer Stewart, statewide coordinator for the program, said the program was established vacation exploring the nation’s capital and making new friends, courtesy of their elec- to transform lives and to equip young people to make good choices and take advantric power association. tage of opportunities.

As participants in the 26th annual Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Youth “Thanks to the board and management of electric power associations, we have Tour, the students visited many of Washington’s most significant historic and cultural made a difference in the lives of more than 1,000 young people since the program sites during the week-long trip. They also took part in special events with more than began,” he said.

1,500 other Youth Tour participants from other states.

2012 Youth Tour delegates and their sponsoring electric power associations are A highlight was a visit to the U.S. Capitol, where Rep. Gregg Harper took the Missis- Alcorn County EPA: Rebecca Lee, Austin Powell; Central EPA: Whitney McCoy, Courtsippi students to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives before the Congressmen ney Moore; Coast EPA: Teddi Brown, Raygan Necaise, Jessica Smith; Dixie EPA: R’tes convened. Each student also had the opportunity to meet his or her Congressman.

Hayes, Alise Mathews, Lindsay Miller; East Mississippi EPA: Alona Doolittle, Joshua “This experience has not only impacted my life, but it will impact the lives that I Everett, Jessie Roeland, Taylor White; 4-County EPA: Alison Cooper, Leah Gibson; and everyone in this program touch,”said participant Alise Mathews of Laurel. “I will Magnolia EPA: Caroleah Brister, Sydney Stogner; Natchez Trace EPA: Sydney Harrell, treasure this experience forever.”

Madison Smith; North East Mississippi EPA: Emily Gardner, Megan Wootten; NorthMathews was selected during the Youth Leadership Workshop in March to represent central EPA: Caleb Armour, Austin Baker, Anna Brewer, Meghan Galtelli, Hunter Mississippi on the national Youth Leadership Council. The workshop and Youth Tour are Gibbs, Hamza Mian, Wood Morris, Kim Neal; Pearl River Valley EPA: Eric Upton, Jon components of the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Youth Leadership ProLuke Watts; Singing River EPA: Harley Byrd, Sydney Spradlin; South Mississippi EPA: gram. Participants are chosen through a competitive process sponsored Carleigh Roberts; Southern Pine EPA: Bethany Eubanks, Cady Jones, by their electric power association.

Josh Vowell; Southwest Mississippi EPA: Aaliyah Cole, Michael “We want to challenge these young leaders to make a difHerring; Tallahatchie Valley EPA: Erika Chapman, Erin Chapference in their schools and communities,”said Ron Stewman, Hunt Howell, Caleb Kile, Colton Robison, Clayton Sibart, senior vice president of the Electric Power Associations ley, Jalen Taylor; Tombigbee EPA: Claire Cash, Prenetia of Mississippi. “In order to do this, they need proper trainClark, Mallory Clouse, Zack Hamm, Tanner Newman, Shayla ing. This program gives them the tools necessary to sharpen Peden, Chelsea Tucker; Twin County EPA: Keshia Brady, MISSISSIPPI their leadership skills.”

Anthony Tate; Yazoo Valley EPA: Mia Fort, Taylor Neely.

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‘Move Over Law’ passed to protect utility workers he electric lineman faces real danger every time he works on a power line. But thanks to the knowledge he gains through extensive training and experience, he can take control of the situation to protect himself.

One aspect of his safety he can not control, however, is the danger presented by the careless or inattentive driver.

Fortunately for the lineman and the public alike, the Mississippi Legislature has taken an important step toward protecting utility workers from traffic accidents.

First, a little background: In 2007 legislators passed a law to help protect law enforcement officers, firefighters and highway construction workers. The law required motorists to move at least one lane away or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with lights flashing. Drivers could get ticketed for not complying.

This year, legislators passed a law to give electricity, water, gas and telecommunications workers and utility contractors the same protection while working from roadsides.

To warrant move-overs by drivers, utility service vehicles must be parked with flashing lights to warn oncoming traffic.

If changing lanes is not possible or unsafe, drivers should proceed with caution, slowing to a safe speed for the road conditions while keeping an eye out for workers.

When drivers comply, the “Move Over Law” will save lives.

Our electric linemen may be called out to repair a power line at any time of day or night, and in every kind of weather. Many times they work from a bucket truck on the side of a busy road, with cars zipping by in the dark of night.

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On the cover Fifty-eight high school juniors from across Mississippi took part in the annual Youth Tour of Washington, D.C., in June. The tour is part of the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Youth Leadership Program, one of the most exciting and beneficial opportunities for students in the state. See story page 2.

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of the day.

The “Move Over Law” is the most recent effort by the legislature, the Mississippi Department of Transportation and others to make Mississippi’s roads safer for everyone.

Electric power associations supported the passage of the “Move Over Law,” and we are grateful for the support from legislators and the governor. (See photo on page 12.)

••• Electric power associations have cautioned members in recent weeks about several scams concerning the payment of utility bills.

Some residents in Mississippi and other states have been contacted by phone or other means by scammers who ask for personal financial information, including their Social Security number. The caller instructs the victim to make a payment to what turns out to be a fake account number.

Please, never give out personal information over the phone, by email or text message. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from your electric power association and you feel pressured for immediate payment or personal information, hang up and report it to your electric power association.

Always ask utility employees for proper identification, and never let anyone into your home to check electrical wiring unless you requested the inspection yourself.

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Laurel’s Pinehurst Park was built on the site of the old Hotel Pinehurst, a downtown landmark built in 1914. The hotel was the first in Mississippi to have air conditioning. After the brick hotel and its fountain were demolished in 1989, the city built the park to commemorate its historical significance. In 2009 a group of Leadership Jones County participants added a gazebo, a historical marker and other enhancements to the park.

Mississippi is . . .

The scent of sweet magnolia blossoms in the air, Family reunions and the country fair, Old Glory flown from every pole and ledge Where people salute and repeated the honored pledge.

Where Sunday is for church and family dinner, Where every boy and girl can be a winner, Where people say excuse me, thank you and hello Whether your skin is black, white or yellow.

Where we still can pray and say “Have a blessed day” To everyone as we thankfully go on our way.

Where we can thank those in uniform for what they’ve done And where freedom of speech is for everyone.

— Dell Magee Clawson, Kokomo Mississippi summer hot and dry Not a cloud to be seen in the western sky.

As a youngster I remember I would bring cold water from the spring.

Now the hill is much steeper and I’m a lot weaker.

I just sit in the front porch swing and listen, and watch a mockingbird sing and feed her babies in a magnolia tree.

That’s what Mississippi is to me.

—Barney Morgan, Winona

What’s Mississippi to you?

What makes you proud to be a Mississippian? What do you treasure most about life in our state? Send your thoughts to Today in Mississippi, P.O. Box 3300, Ridgeland, MS 39158, or email them to news@epaofms.com. Please keep your comments brief. Submissions are subject to editing.

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By Debbie Stringer Summer afternoons are made for relaxing in the shade with a good book and an icy cold glass of tea.

But which book to choose? We suggest bypassing the usual beach novels to explore some mindexpanding nonfiction titles with a Mississippi connection. With topics ranging from extreme weather to true crime to history, these books promise to be so engrossing, you’ll forget the heat—unless you want to read about it.

Here are a few suggestions, available in bookstores and online: Mississippi Weather

and Climate

Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Charles L. Wax, Michael E. Brown; $26, hardback; University Press of Mississippi; www.upress.state.ms.us Weather nerds rejoice! Mississippi’s fickle weather finally gets a book of its own.

Accessible and easy to read, “Mississippi Weather and Climate” presents explanations, stories, data and graphics on every aspect of the state’s weather. It’s all here, from routine cold fronts and fog to hurricanes and ice storms.

The authors discuss factors affecting our weather and explain why both weather and climate change with the topography.

They discuss historic weather events in detail, including catastrophic tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and ice storms.

The final chapters reveal how the weather and climate affect people, from the way homes were built in Mississippi’s early days to the way weather information is collected and reported.

Black-and-white photographs, charts, illustrations and more than 100 maps accompany the text. An index makes finding topics easy.

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Legs Murder Scandal

Hunter Cole, with postscript by Elizabeth Spencer; $38, hardback; $22 paperback; e-book $22; Univer-

sity Press of Mississippi; www.upress.state.ms.us On a dark winter morning in 1935, Laurel resident Daisy Keeton is murdered, her body mutilated and destroyed.

Her 35-year-old daughter, Ouida, dumps a bundle containing thighs and a pelvis in a rural area north of Laurel. A few hours later, a hunter and his dogs discover the bundle.

The “Legs Murder” case ensnared not only the unmarried Ouida but also her (married) employer/suitor, a prominent Laurel businessman whom Ouida fingered as the murderer. The case attracted intense national media coverage during two standingroom-only trials conducted in the Jones County Courthouse.

Using legal records, medical files and newspaper accounts as primary sources, author Hunter Cole presents the entire story of the murder, the madness and its tragic aftermath. His engrossing narrative reconstructs events while debunking rumors and misinformation. “... The complicated story of Ouida Keeton and William Madison Carter, so highly charged by contradictions and by the ambiguities of love, crime, punishment and vengeance, deserves fair examination, a just recounting of the murder, the enormity and the shame,” Cole writes.

As interesting as the story of the crime is the author’s vivid portrait of Depression-era life in a small lumber town in south Mississippi.

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From the Past: Voices of Heroic Women in Civil Rights

Joan H. Sadoff, editor; Robert L. Sadoff, Linda Needleman, co-editors; $14.95 paperback; Tasora Books; www.itascabooks.com This collection of stories is unique in that it presents little known incidents, personal anecdotes and heroic behavior of 12 women, black and white, who became leaders in the civil rights movement in Mississippi.

These are stories of personal awakening, sacrifice and bravery in the segregated South of the 1960s.

Among the subjects of the book are Unita Blackwell, Betty Pearson, Constance Iona Slaughter-Harvey, Fannie Lou Hamer and Hazel Brannon Smith.

Some of the stories are first-person accounts. Others were written by prominent historians and writers such as Joanne Prichard Morris, Constance Curry, Bill Minor and Stanely Dearman.

The volume includes black-and-white photos and a historical timeline of women in civil rights.

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American Indians

James F. Barnett Jr.; $40 hardback; University Press of Mississippi; www.upress.state.ms.us More than 20 different American Indian tribal groups once lived in the lands that became Mississippi. Today, Mississippi is home to only one tribe, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

In “Mississippi’s American Indians,” author and historian James F. Barnett Jr. explores the causes of this sweeping change.

Barnett begins his narrative with an overview of the hunter-gatherers that inhabited Mississippi’s oak forests around 10,000 B.C., and the mound builders the first European explorers encountered in the 16th century.

European colonization in the New World brought profound change to the native peoples, including new trade relationships, infectious diseases, conflicts and wars.

By the early 19th century, government treaties had ousted all but Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes from the state. Soon they too faced land cessions and removal.

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“Mississippi’s American Indians” offers detailed information on tribal culture, as well as stories of individual leaders, conflicts, treaties and removal to western lands.

Barnett continues his narrative of tribal struggles in Mississippi through the 20th century, concluding with the 2011 election of Chief Phyliss Anderson, the first female chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

Barnett is director of the Division of Historic Properties for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. He is also the author of “The Natchez Indians: A History to 1735.”

Wilder Ways

Donald C. Jackson; illustrated by Robert T. Jackson; $26 hardback; University Press of Mississippi; www.upress.state.ms.us This collection of essays will captivate anyone who shares Jackson’s deeply felt personal connection to the outdoors.

A hunter, fisherman and rambler, Jackson shares personal experiences, observances, meanderings and perspectives— all deeply rooted in wild places.

Since childhood, Jackson has yearned to be totally “melded with the spirits and rhythms of the earth in some wild place.”

Although he may have legal title to his land, “I cannot possess it because I am actually part of it.”

The wild places of which he writes range from his own woodland pond in north Mississippi to a crabbing hole in the Pascagoula River estuary to a Colorado sagebrush meadow. His stories are descriptive, harrowing, funny, reflective, moving, interesting. Above all, they are well told.

Jackson, of Starkville, is the Sharp Distinguished Professor of Fisheries at Mississippi State University. He is also the author of “Tracks.”

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John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues

Philip R. Ratcliffe; forward by Mary Frances Hurt Wright; $35 hardback; University Press of Mississippi; www.upress.state.ms.us The son of impoverished former slaves living in Carroll County, Mississippi John Hurt (18921966) became an icon known the world over for his southern folk music. How did this happen?

The author sets out to find the answer in this new biography of Hurt, starting with his parents’ slavery.

Using information obtained in part through personal interviews and correspondence, Ratcliffe

traces Hurt’s career beginning with his first recording session, in 1928 in Memphis, and sessions in New York where he recorded “Avalon Blues” and “Stack O’lee Blues.” Hurt’s music found a new audience with the rise of folk music in the 1960s. He performed at major folk festivals, in Carnegie Hall and on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”

But in late 1965 or early 1966, citing homesickness, Hurt moved back to Mississippi, where he lived in Grenada until his death in 1966.

Ratcliffe’s biography includes a complete discography and black-and-white photos.

Hogs,

Mules, and Yellow Dogs: Growing Up on a Mississippi Subsistence Farm

Jimmye Hillman; forward by Robert Hass; $19.95 paperback; The University of Arizona Press; www.uapress.arizona.edu Hardscrabble farming was once a way of life for many rural Mississippians living during the Great Depression. Yet few people today remember that vanished world with as much clarity as 88-yearold Jimmye Hillman.

Hillman gathered accounts of his family and other people of Greene County to preserve memories of that long-ago time. He describes in detail a life of poverty, with personal observances of agriculture, food, trains, politics, religion, family, childhood and community. His tales are enriched by colorful characters, humor, wisdom and sympathy.

The result is an entertaining, fascinating read but also a hard-nosed look at the realities of living on a dirt farm.

Hillman survived the poverty of his childhood to become head of the University of Arizona Department of Agricultural Economics for 30 years while doing groundbreaking work in agricultural and trade policy.

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Battle of Brice’s Crossroads

Stewart L. Bennett; $21.99 paperback; The History Press; historypress.net An insignificant crossroads in Lee County, Mis-

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sissippi, became on June 10, 1864, an unlikely battleground for one of the most spectacular Confederate victories in the western theater of the Civil War. The battle stemmed from Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s attempt to stop Confederate Brig.

Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry raids on Union supply lines in Tennessee. Sherman sent a cavalry commanded by Union Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis. For Sturgis, capturing or killing Forrest would boost his own career. Forrest, however, aimed to drive the Union out of Mississippi or die trying.

Although the Confederate force was outnumbered almost two to one, the Union attack failed and Sturgis was demoted.

Blue Mountain College assistant professor of history Stewart L. Bennett retells the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads through first-person soldier accounts, photographs and maps. The book is part of The History Press Civil War Sesquicentennial Series.

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of America: Building the Natchez Trace Parkway

Natchez Trace Parkway Association; $21.99 paperback; Arcadia Publishing; www.arcadiapublishing.com Centuries of travel by foot, horse, carriage and wagon left a barren, rutted pathway spanning Mississippi from Natchez to the Nashville, Tenn., area. This primitive interstate highway, carved from a series of Indian trails, served as a major route for the settlement of the Southwest Territory in the 19th century, and gave rise to settlements that eventually became towns.

The Natchez Trace Parkway Association formed in 1934 to promote the development of a federal parkway commemorating the old road. The last of the Natchez Trace Parkway was paved in 2005.

“Building the Natchez Trace Parkway” presents a pictorial history relating the development of the 444-mile parkway over a 70-year period, as well as historic sites and communities along its route.

Each of the black-and-white photos is accompanied by descriptive and historical details.

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Grand monument honors man’s benevolent legacy here is a joke that I use sometimes when I speak about a fellow who stood up to give a talk, cleared his throat and said, “Well, I don’t really know where to start.” And someone in the back shouts, “Start toward the end!”

Well, on the subject of Prospect Hill Plantation, I have to start toward the end to fit the story in this issue of Today in Mississippi. It would take a book to tell the whole story. And besides, Alan Huffman has already written it in his book, “Mississippi in Africa.”

So I’ll start where I came in. The first time I saw Prospect Hill Plantation was while I was flying to Natchez in the WLBT helicopter back in 1997. Pilot Coyte Bailey made a wide circle east of Lorman and told me he wanted to show me this old house he had spotted from the air many times. Rising up from the forest was an expansive roof in poor repair over a house that looked as if it were coming and going at the same time. Some of it looked to be fixed up while other parts of it looked to be falling in. It appeared to have been deserted for maybe a hundred years, except for a tall television antenna.

But what attracted my attention more than the house was a huge monument in the side yard in a cemetery. It even looked impressive from 1,500 feet up in the air with its marble columns rising from a solid block base, supporting a circular marble roof. It really seemed out of place just sitting out in the yard of a fast-fading relic in the deep woods somewhere east of Lorman. I really wanted to find out about the house and whose grave that was.

After a few years of describing what I had seen from the air, Al Hollingsworth and Doug Lum of Port Gibson told me the house was Prospect Hill Plantation

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Ross stipulated in his will that his slaves be freed and Prospect Hill be sold to pay their passage to Liberia in West Africa (specifically, to a place called “Mississippi in Africa” I recently discovered from Huffman’s book).

Ross’ grandson, Isaac Ross Wade, protested the will all the way to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which upheld it. However, Mr. Wade somehow managed to hang onto the land and the house. But 300 slaves went to Africa, this after a slave revolt and the burning of the original house and a 6-year-old niece being killed in the fire—and a lot more that I can’t fit in.

That fancy monument I had seen was commissioned in honor of Isaac Ross by the Mississippi Branch of The AmeriMississippi can Colonization Society, pushing for the freedom of slaves Seen and their deportation to Africa.

by Walt Grayson Now, to come in at the end of the story, just in the past few weeks I finally got to see Prospect Hill Plantation up close thanks to Jessica Crawford, Southeast regional director of the Archeological Conservancy. The group recently acquired the house and some of the property with the hope of stabilizing the deterioration until a buyer willing to restore the house can be found.

Cosmetically, Prospect Hill is in sad shape. But it has good “bones.” But time is really short for it to be saved.

The next year will tell if we actually did come in at the end of the story, or if this is just the beginning of the next chapter.

Isaac Ross' monument cost $25,000 in the mid 1800s. I went to a website that suggests modern equivalents for values from past years. If I read the information correctly, that would be about $700,000 today.

Looking at the workmanship, I don't know if you could order one for even that amount. Photo: Walt Grayson

Walt Grayson is the host of “Mississippi Roads” on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television, and the author of two “Looking Around Mississippi” books and “Oh!That Reminds Me: More Mississippi Homegrown Stories.” To contact Grayson, send email to walt@waltgrayson.com.

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Sweet potato vine adds unique colors f you’re looking for a vigorous and unique ground cover for your landscape, consider a popular ornamental that I really enjoy, the colorful sweet potato vine.

Longtime favorites include Margarita, which is lime green with large leaves; Blackie, a cut-leaf variety with dark purple to black foliage; and Tricolor, which has leaves of green, pink and white.

New selections have introduced amazing color selections and leaf shapes.

The Sweet Caroline series offers a wide selection for the landscape. The series has two leaf shapes, cut-leaf and

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The Sweetheart Southern series has heartshaped leaves in Gardening colors that include

by Dr. Gary Bachman light green, purple, red and black.

I really like the darker colors available in sweet potato vines, especially those with the reddish hues. Red foliage is a great way to add color contrast with the primary green foliage of our ornamental plants.

Illusion Garnet Lace has deeply cut foliage, and new leaves emerge light green before turning an attractive burgundy. Illusion Midnight has foliage that is a deep, almost black purple.

I love using sweet potato vines in combination container plantings. The vines cascade out over the container edges and work their way around, between and sometimes over the other plants in the container. Coleus plants have a wide variety of foliage colors and make good planting partners for ornamental sweet potatoes, especially for

Ornamental sweet potato plants produce a flower that is hidden by the foliage. The flower on this Illusion Midnight resembles a morning glory. Photos: MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman

those combos placed in full sun.

Since ornamental sweet potatoes are vigorous growers, they can become a little unruly and overrun less vigorous plants. Simply prune back to keep them in bounds. The pruning will not impact plant health and will help maintain good, dense growth.

About the only serious pest ornamental sweet potatoes have is the flea beetle.

Check with your local Mississippi State University Extension office for the best control measures for these pests.

Plant your sweet potato vines in full sun for the best color development.

When planted in the shade, the colors tend to fade with green tints. The plants also benefit from well-drained, highquality organic soil.

When preparing the planting bed, mix in about 2 pounds of a slow-release fertilizer per 100 square feet of bed. This may be a bit wasteful since the ornamental sweet potatoes spread out quite a bit. Alternatively, drop a tablespoon of slow-release fertilizer into each planting

hole to supply nutrients throughout the season.

Ornamental sweet potatoes need consistent moisture. Be sure to irrigate, especially in dry periods, to help maintain good plant health.

Ornamental sweet potatoes are real sweet potatoes that breeders have selected for their vivid colors and attractive leaves. The plants produce a flower that is hidden by the foliage. The flower resembles a morning glory, which is not surprising since the two are closely related.

Ornamental sweet potatoes are annuals in Mississippi, except in the coastal counties where the vines will come back unless the winter was extremely cold. In other areas, vines may overwinter in protected microclimates.

Ornamental sweet potatoes add annual color to landscapes, so why not enjoy them in yours?

Dr. Gary Bachman is MSU horticulturist at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi.

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Our excursion starts where the Delta begins:

for a guide at the park’s Visitors Center.

He’ll drive your car or either ride with you for three hours and explain the battle sites, plus drive you around town.

We had an awesome experience and the cost was very reasonable.

Mr. Roy and I completed a perfect day by toddling precious gems scattered throughout our (Australian for “walking”) state. So this year we chose Vicksburg, through the Old Court House Greenwood and Indianola. It had only Museum, the Biedenharn been 40 years since our last visit to the Coca-Cola Museum and the Vicksburg National Military Park. Mr. old downtown area.

Roy is a Civil War buff and has read The next day we rolled off tons of books on that period of history.

So when he began planning our trip, he toward the Delta and Greenwood. What a treat! Much reread Winston Groom’s book, better than we had hoped.

“Vicksburg, 1863.”

He tutored me on the battle strategies Greenwood is the home of the famous Alluvian Hotel and Spa, and as we drove. Even though I taught high school American history six years (speech Viking Corp. (cookware, kitchen applitherapy for the last 22), his tutoring pre- ances and cooking school). Many of the scenes of the recent hit movie “The pared me for Help” were filmed in Greenwood, so I battle; it made took that tour while Mr. Roy toured a the tour more large catfish farm. Both are a must-see. enjoyable. The Another highlight of our trip was visMilitary Park has iting Indianola, just a few miles from more monuGreenwood, and the new B.B. King ments and works Museum. The facility includes an old of art than any cotton warehouse that was renovated. If battlefield in the Grin ‘n’ you are a blues fan as I am, you would country. More Bare It agree this is a great museum and a fine than 1,300 monby Kay Grafe tribute to this Mississippi legend. We uments pay tribpurchased B.B.’s “Greatest Hits Album” ute to the brave soldiers, both and also Robert Johnson’s “King of the Confederate and Union, who fought Delta Blues Singers.” Johnson played there.

If you go, my suggestion is to arrange authentic Delta Blues in the 1930s.

Vicksburg here’s our house up yonder! And look how the grass has grown.

Thank you, Lord, for a safe trip."

Folks in Mississippi like to travel—and the proof is in the puddin’. My readers write by Postal Deliveries and Email Rocket Express; that keeps me clued in to their druthers.

I’m downright happy to receive suggestions, dear readers, regarding your favorite topics. Travel and pets are in the top five. Therefore, madams and sirs, I aim to please. As you know, my stories come straight from the horse’s mouth, and I’m the horse!

Last summer I wrote that high fuel prices influenced Pops and me to stay fairly close to home. We parked the motor home in our favorite RV campground in Tupelo. Our youngest daughter’s family has a home in Saltillo, only eight miles away. We hung out with them, inspected our granddaughter Lealand’s college, UNA, and went to the Shiloh National Military Park and the Amish community in Ethridge, just across the line in Tennessee.

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Little Zion M.B. Church, near Greenwood, was one of the local sites chosen for the filming of “The Help.”

Back home in Lucedale I’m in the kitchen frying okra and squash, cooking fresh corn that I cut off the cob, cooking green butterbeans and tomato pie, and chopping green onions for a cucumber salad—while buttering cornbread and slicing watermelon for dessert. No meat needed. Sweet tea is optional. Aren’t you glad we live in rural Mississippi? If you’re coming for supper let me know, ‘cause it’s almost ready.

Traveling is like Sweet ‘n’ Low, but home is bona fide sugar.

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Annual Refunds Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association members will be receiving annual patronage capital refunds in August.

Patronage capital, or capital credits, represents members’ investment in their not-for-profit electric cooperative. Each year, rates are set so that the Association has enough funding to operate throughout the year, make payments on loans, and have reserve funds for any needed upgrades to the electric system and emergencies. If there is any additional revenue beyond these needs, a portion is assigned to be returned to members in the form of patronage capital. This year, Pearl River Valley Electric’s board of directors has authorized $1.5 million be returned to members.

“This is one of the many benefits of being a member-owner of a not-for-profit

electric provider,” said Randy Wallace, general manager. “Our members share in the cost of doing business as well as the returns—after all, it was their combined investment initially that allowed us to begin building a system to deliver electricity.

This is now the 49th year that we have returned some of that investment to members, totaling more than $34 million.

That’s one of the best records of any rural electric cooperative in the nation, and we’re very proud of it.”

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power bill mailed in August. For inactive members or those who qualify but have moved, checks will be mailed in September.

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bers’ bills in 2007, which saves a significant amount of money compared to printing and mailing checks,” Wallace noted.

“Pearl River Valley Electric remains very sound and stable financially. We are pleased to return these credits to our members again this year.”

In addition to patronage refunds for active members, Pearl River Valley Electric began returning accumulated credits to the estates of deceased members in 1988, a program that has now returned more than $9 million. In 2011, more than $533,000 was returned through this program.

Field inventory of electric facilities Mapping crews with MB Technical Services, Inc. (MBTSI) will be in the following communities during the next few weeks collecting mapping data on your power lines. Work will consist of inventorying electrical system and collecting satellite Global Positioning System (GPS) data for each pole, meter and piece of equipment.

MBTSI crews will be walking and/or riding an ATV with PRVEPA signs on the ATV, along with having

special equipment for collecting satellite GPS and field data. Crews will also have a letter from PRVEPA authorizing them to perform work and will be wearing bright colored vests. Crews will complete this work with the least interference to you and maintain a high standard of workmanship.

As always, we appreciate your support and cooperation in our efforts to maintain reliable electric service at the lowest possible cost.

Areas currently being mapped: Stillmore: Camp A-Go-Go, County Farm Rd., Old and Beaver Lake, Hwy. 11 between Purvis and I59, Richburg Rd., Sherlock Herring Rd., Whites New Hwy. 26, Hurricane Creek, Lake Toc O Leen, Magnolia, Magnolia Rd., Murder Creek, Chapel Community, Purvis Industrial Park, Purvis Oloh Rd., Doc Johnson Rd., Pine Grove Perkinston, Red Hill, Red Hill Church, Ridge Rd., Silver Run, Silver Run Rd., Smithtown Rd., Community South Magnolia, Stump Texas, Sweet Beulah, West McHenry Rd., Wiggins, Will Lee Rd.

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Youth Tour winners see Washington sites, meet national leaders Fifty-eight Mississippi high school students recently participated in the 26th Annual Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Youth Tour, visiting Washington, D.C., to get a glimpse of our nation’s past and learn about how they might fit into its future.

Overall, more than 1,500 students representing electric cooperatives from across the nation participated in the program.

Eric Upton and Jon Luke Watts represented Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association on the Youth Tour.

Eric, the son of Kenneth and Angel Upton of Kokomo, will be a senior at West Marion High School this fall. Jon Luke will be a senior at Columbia Academy and is the son of Todd and Kellie Watts of Columbia.

The seven-day trip featured visits to the capital’s major monuments and memorials, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, which is D.C.’s newest landmark, the World War II Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Wall. Other highlights included trips to Mt. Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian Museums and the Washington National Cathedral. The students also attended the popular Sunset Parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial and enjoyed a performance by the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve Band, as well as seeing a play at the John F. Kennedy Center.

The Mississippi delegation spent a day at the U.S. Capitol, which began with a special tour of the Congressional House Floor graciously hosted by Rep. Gregg Harper. After a tour of the Capitol, Eric and Jon Luke joined a smaller group to visit with Rep. Steven Palazzo in his office. He shared his thoughts on what it takes to be a leader and the importance of setting goals and striving to achieve them.

During the visit to Capitol Hill, students also had the opportunity to meet with Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Thad Cochran.

“This program is extremely valuable,” Jon Luke said. “It gives Mississippi’s future leaders insight into the world of America’s leaders. Any time that students can be exposed to so many important parts of our country’s history, it’s always a good thing.”

Eric was impressed by the city’s beautiful and historic sites.“I particularly liked Mt. Vernon, home of George Washington,” he noted.“It provides a very real-

istic view of how people lived back then, when our country was so different.”

The Youth Tour is part of an extensive youth leadership program supported by Pearl River Valley Electric and its board of directors.

“We are proud to be able to offer this opportunity to deserving students in our service area,” said Randy Wallace, general manager.“It is important for our future leaders, including these two impressive young men, to see how our country has been shaped through history, as well as how hard our current leaders work on behalf of our state. We are very proud of Eric and Jon Luke and their accomplishments.”

Pearl River Valley Electric will be looking for next year’s Youth Tour participants later this fall.

Announcements about the process will go out to area high schools and will be included in Today in Mississippi.

Jon Luke Watts (left) and Eric Upton represented Pearl River Valley Electric on the 2012 Youth Tour.

One stop on the tour included a visit to Lafayette Park to get an up-close view of the White House.

Been there... Done that... D.C.!

One of the first stops on Youth Tour was the Thomas Jefferson Memorial (below right). The students later spent a day on Capitol Hill visiting with their senators and congressmen, where Jon Luke (left) and Eric (right) visited with Rep. Steven Palazzo in his D.C. office (below left).

During the tour, Jon Luke and Eric also stopped at the Marine Corps War Memorial (left).

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Photos selected for publication will appear in the October issue of Today in Mississippi.

Submissions must be postmarked or emailed by Sept. 17.

Photographers whose work is selected for publication are eligible for a drawing for a $200 cash prize, to be awarded in December.

• Please do not send a photo with a date on the image.

• Photos must be accompanied by identifying information, including photographer’s name, address, phone and electric power association (if applicable). Include the name(s) of any recognizable people in the picture.

• Prints will be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. We cannot, however, guarantee their safe return through the mail, so please do not send irreplaceable photos.

Requirements for eligibility

How to submit your work

• Photos must be the original work of an amateur photographer (of any age).

• Photos eligible for publication may be either color or black and white, print or digital.

• Photos must be in sharp focus.

• Digital photos should be high-resolution JPG files. Please do not use photoediting software to adjust colors or tones. (We prefer to do it ourselves, if necessary, according to our printer’s standards.)

Mail prints or a photo CD to Picture This, Today in Mississippi, P.O. Box 3300, Ridgeland, MS 391583300.

Or, email photos (as an attachment to your email message) to news@ epaofms.com. If submitting more than one photo, please attach all photos to only one e-mail message, if possible.

Questions? Call Debbie Stringer, editor, at 601-605-8600 or email your questions to news@epaofms.com.

State ‘Move Over Law’ protects utility workers Gov. Phil Bryant signs the “Move Over Law,” designed to improve safety for utility crews working alongside highways and local roads. The law requires motorists to move at least one lane away or, if that is not possible, to slow down as they approach utility or emergency vehicles parked on the roadside with lights flashing. Standing from left are Rep. Scott Bounds, of Philadelphia, co-author of the bill; Rep. Jim Beckett, of Bruce, chairman of the House Public Utilities Committee and author of the bill; and Rep. Robert Johnson, of Natchez, chairman of the House Transportation Committee. “I believe this legislation is a win-win. The traveling public will be safer and the utility crews will be much safer,” Rep. Beckett said. “Also, this could allow utility crews to respond quicker and more efficiently to emergency situations. My primary concern was the safety of the utility crews.” Sen. Hob Bryan, of Amory, chairman of Senate Judiciary B, was instrumental in the passage of the bill in the Senate.

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Turn August miseries into summer delight ome will argue that the only purpose for August in Mississippi as the month relates to outdoor activities is to fill the space between July and September. There is an element of truth in such thinking.

To make the point, look at some familiar outdoor pursuits that fit quite well into a host of other months.

Tent camping: Miserable and sweltering in August.

Hunting: Not available.

Hiking: Tolerable if done early in the morning or on rare occasions, late in the afternoon. But a full day of it in August is just about more fun than most folks are allowed to have!

Biking: See hiking. The list goes on.

The reader will note, however, that fishing was not included in the above. That is because it is an exception. August is the month when one unique fishing experience begins Mississippi to blossom.

Outdoors Specifically, this is fishing for bass on

by Tony Kinton low-water creeks and rivers. Let’s break this activity down into various parts and see what ingredients are required for some outstanding summer fishing across the state.

August streams are traditionally low.

Heavy rains can change this, but such rains are rare. And if they come and don’t stay for long periods, the streams will reform quickly and become productive again almost overnight. What we are

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looking for are shallow runs broken by deeper holes in bends and spots where the water runs through log jams and downed timber. There the bass will be.

Anglers visiting most Mississippi streams will encounter two types of bass: the largemouth and the Kentucky, also called spotted bass or redeyes. The latter is not generally as hefty as its largemouth cousins, but what it lacks in size is made up for in spunk.

There is, however, one major glitch facing most anglers who want to do this low-water fishing. And that glitch is the low water itself, that perfect condition for finding and locating stream bass. This always creates an access problem. Even where there is public access, seldom will anglers be able to put a motor boat in and navigate up or down stream. That leaves only the canoe or kayak as a viable craft to use at public-access points in an effort to move about the stream. But regardless of what you must do to get to the streams, the effort will likely be rewarded.

Early mornings and late afternoons are generally the best times to fish, but bass will often bite all day. Slower at some times and enhanced at others, but all day just the same. Of course, the sun will be high and pouring down into otherwise shaded streams at midday, and this can be uncomfortable. But if you choose to brave the heat, fish at any point in the day you want. If I were forced to select one time, that would be late afternoons just when the sun begins to cast long

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Even small streams can produce big results. Fish the dark spots alongside logs in low water. These are generally deeper and are good spots for bass. Photos: Tony Kinton

shadows across the water.

Where and how to catch bass are twins and can be isolated into a very few likely spots and methods. One spot is where shallow, relatively fast water rushes over a sandbar and drops into a dark spot just below that sandbar. How? Cast so that the lure runs parallel to that sandbar and let that lure cover the entire length about a foot or so into the current where the water is deep enough to be dark. A Kentucky bass will probably be hanging around there.

Another good spot is along a steep bank on the offside of a bend. And like that sandbar regimen, fish the length of the bend, not from the middle of the stream and across. That latter approach allows the angler to prospect only a tiny portion of the bank, where a lengthwise tactic covers practically all of it.

Log jams can be good. If the water is pouring through/over these, fish the bottom side. And cast so that the lure runs the length of the logs. This will often be from the bank back toward the middle.

Submerged jams, their skeletal fingers the only things giving evidence of the jams, can be good. Fish them thoroughly. And if the path of a single log can be determined, fish its length, even if it is in shal-

low water. Bass will hold in surprisingly nondescript places.

Tackle for this fishing is fairly basic.

Spinning and/or casting reels on a good rod will work fine. Do, however, keep it all sturdy. Excessive strength is not required, but some backbone will be needed to coax bass from the tangles.

This is not a game for ultralights. Line in the 14-pound class is in order.

Lures? Spinnerbaits get the nod from most anglers, and they are hard to beat.

The simple white-skirted H&H will work perfectly. And take plenty. You are going to break off and lose more than you can imagine, for if you are not fishing the tangles and rough spots, you are not fishing for stream bass in August.

Tony Kinton has been an active outdoors writer for 30 years. His books, “Outside and Other Reflections,” “Fishing Mississippi” and his new Christian historical romance novel, “Summer Lightning Distant Thunder,” are available in bookstores and from the author at www.tonykinton.com, or P.O. Box 88, Carthage, MS 39051.

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Maple Oatmeal Pie with Cinnamon Whipped Cream

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1 cup flaked coconut 3/4 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 (9-inch) pie crust, unbaked 1 recipe Cinnamon Whipped Cream, optional

Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large bowl, combine eggs, maple syrup, granulated sugar, brown sugar, milk, melted butter and vanilla. Stir in coconut, oats and nuts. Pour into unbaked pie crust. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Refrigerate within 2 hours. Cover for longer storage. Serve with Cinnamon Whipped Cream.

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Pat’s Ratatouille Casserole 1 eggplant, peeled and sliced 4 yellow squash, sliced 4 Roma tomatoes, thickly sliced 1 bell pepper, chopped 1/2 large onion, chunky cut (preferably Vidalia)

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Watermelon, Feta and Mint Salad 1 clove garlic, minced 1/8 tsp. salt Sweet pepper strips

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In a large bowl, combine watermelon, feta cheese, mint and oil. Season to taste with black pepper. Cover and chill 2 to 4 hours to blend flavors. Makes 6 servings.

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unique offerings A stroll around the heart of the city reveals its special appeal

By Nancy Jo Maples A walk in Oxford is a walk among legends and life.

Writers, artists and scholars tread alongside the streets surrounding the famous Courthouse Square. Even football heroes walk these sidewalks.

During a weekend getaway, a power walk leads me along South Lamar Street’s canopy of trees and stylish old homes.

A few blocks off South Lamar lies one of the town’s most visited homes, Rowan Oak. About 25,000 people a year tour the home of the late William Faulkner.

Nestled among acres of oaks, cedars and magnolias, it’s easy to see why the Nobel and Pulitzer winning author often moved his typewriter to the porch to find inspiration for his writings.

As my steps steer me into the heart of Oxford, the stately white-columned Lafayette County Courthouse stands on a knoll and draws me to what’s affectionately known as The Square. Shops and cafes pop up like popcorn and as I approach the corner of The Square an independent bookstore, Square Books, lures me inside. Books are everywhere and everywhere you turn is a nook or a comfy old chair for lounging and reading.

It can take hours for a book lover to leave here.

On Thursday nights the bookstore’s sidekick, Off Square Books, hosts the Thacker Mountain Radio show, which Mississippi Public Broadcasting stations air the following Saturday nights.

Readings of poetry and prose by literary artists and music by bluegrass bands entertain crowds that spill into the sidewalks and street.

Yes, Oxford is a literary town, but it’s also a town of epicureans.

A walking tour of The Square in Oxford should include stops at the stately Lafayette County Courthouse, top, as well as Square Books, above, an independent bookstore and the venue for the live broadcast of the Thacker Mountain Radio show. Photos: Hello Delta Photography for Oxford CVB

My power walk develops into a stroll upon approaching The Square and restaurant choices run the gamut from casual to fine dining. Old Venice Pizza Company offers delicious food in a nice but casual atmosphere. For a more formal experience, City Grocery sports the menu of Chef John Currence, a James Beard award winner, who owns four Oxford eateries.

Ya-ya’s Frozen Yogurt on the north side of The Square catches my attention, and I opt to buy something sweet and to stroll while I eat.

More restaurants and shops offering clothing, paintings, pottery and gifts dot the landscape that circles the courthouse.

Other retailers wedge into the offshoot streets and alleys.

While countless quality stores pull people through their doors, the J.E. Nielson Company has been doing it longer than anyone else in Oxford. In fact, they’ve been in business longer than any other department store in the South. The store started in 1839, and though it might be old its stylish window displays prove it is not old-fashioned.

Nielson’s store has been in Oxford longer than the University of Mississippi, which opened in 1848 and sits a mile from The Square.

Oxford has 19,000 residents and when Ole Miss is in session that number doubles. On Rebel game days 60,000 people converge on the town for food, fun and football.

My frozen yogurt is finished and the stroll around the famed square is complete. While the walk didn’t brush me against legends like John Grisham or Eli Manning, it did connect me to life—the luscious and large life of Oxford.

For information about activities, festivals, lodging and dining in Oxford, visit the website of the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau at www.oxfordcvb.com.

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26th Annual Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza, Aug. 3-5, Jackson. Admission.

Mississippi Trademart. Details: 601-605-1790; www.mswildlife.org.

City Wide Rummage Sale, Aug. 4, Laurel.

Some 100 families selling items; concession and door prizes; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free admission. South Mississippi Fairgrounds. Details: 601-319-6086; www.myrummagesales.com.

Bikes, Blues & Bayous Cycling Event, Aug. 4, Greenwood. Three course distances for all skill levels; Mississippi’s largest with more than 600 riders predicted; 7 a.m. Details: 662-4534152; www.bikesbluesbayous.com.

37th Annual Harrison County Gem, Jewelry and Mineral Show, Aug. 10-12, Long Beach.

Begins at noon Friday. Admission. West Harrison County Civic Center. Details: 228586-5279; tomsey@cableone.net.

Brad Paisley Virtual Reality Tour, Aug. 17, Southaven. With guests The Band Perry and Easton Corbin; 7 p.m. Snowden Grove Amphitheater. Details: 800-745-3000; www. snowdengroveamphitheater.com.

Memphis Tri-State Blues Festival, Aug. 18, Southaven. Entertainment by Bobby Rush, Sir Charles Jones and more; 6:30 p.m. Admission.

Landers Center. Details: 800-982-2787.

Delta Clues of the Written Word and Images at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Aug. 21, Rolling Fork.

Lower Delta Talks presentation by Clinton Bagley; 6:30 p.m. Free. Sharkey-Issaquena County Library Fine Arts Room. Details: 662873-4076.

Sounds of Summer Music and Art Fest, Aug. 25, Byhalia. Arts and crafts, Kids’ Zone, tractor/ATV/golf cart run, 5K family run/walk, live music, Cornhole Tournament; 5-10 p.m.

Byhalia Walking Track. Details: 662-838-8127; www.facebook.com/byhaliachamber.

Summer Arboretum Field Walk, Aug. 25, Picayune. Director Pat Drackett to lead walk and discuss native plants; 10-11 a.m.

Admission. Register by Aug. 24. Crosby Arboretum. Details: 601-799-2311.

Mid-South Toys for Tots Golf Tournament, Aug. 25, Olive Branch. Eighteen-hole fundraiser with shotgun start at 8 a.m. Plantation Golf Club. Details: 662-895-8894; www.midsouth.toysfortots.org.

Cruisin’ the River 21st Annual Car Show, Aug. 25, Columbus. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Gravity slow drag race. Raffle, live auction, trophies at 2 p.m. Registration fee; spectators free. Lock and dam, East Bank. Details: 662-324-1251, 662-574-2678; khenry0247@aol.com.

Southaven Mississippi Annual Car and Bike Show, Aug. 25, Southaven. Benefits MidSouth Wounded Warrior Project. Open to all vehicles. Entertainment, vendors. Admission.

Landers Center. Details: bobbyoj@bellsouth.net; www.mswwpr.com.

Mississippi Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Aug. 25-26, Forest. Singing 10 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.; potluck lunch. Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Miss. Hwy. 21.

Details: 601-940-1612; davis@scott.k12.ms.us.

Seventh Annual Ernest and Evan Theriot Memorial Calf Roping Challenge, Aug. 2526, Hattiesburg. Includes live/silent auction on Saturday. Proceeds for scholarship fund; 9 a.m.

Multi-purpose Center. Details: 601-466-0548; eememorial@yahoo.com.

Beta Sigma Phi 81st Annual Beginning Day, Aug. 26, Columbus. Details: 662-243-2097.

17th Annual Howlin’Wolf Memorial Blues Festival, Aug. 31, West Point. Indoor blues concert featuring Lightnin’ Malcolm with Cameron Kimbrough and others; 7 p.m.

Admission. Mary Holmes College auditorium.

Details: 662-605-0770; www.wpnet.org.

Gospel Singing Jubilee, Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, McCall Creek. Miss-Lou Gospel Singers, Singing Echoes, New Ground and more. RV hookups.

McCall Creek Community Center. Details: 601835-3229, 601-757-1263.

34th Annual Prairie Arts Festival, Sept. 1,

West Point. Music stages, Kidsville, 5K run, fine arts, car show and more. Downtown. Details: 662-552-7835; cwilson@westpointms.org.

Fire & Feast BBQ Competition and Festival, Sept. 7-8, Yazoo City. Food, arts, crafts, live music, BBQ competitions with cash prizes.

Yazoo County Fairgrounds. Details: 800-3810662; www.fireandfeast.org.

Hummingbird Migration Celebration and Nature Festival, Sept. 7-9, Holly Springs.

Hummingbird banding, live animal shows, bird experts, author Doug Tallamy, artisans, native plant sale, nature walks, wagon rides and more. Admission. Strawberry Plains Audubon Center. Details: 662-252-1155; strawberry plains.audubon.org.

Craftsmen Festival, Sept. 8, Hernando.

Featuring fiber-to-fabric demonstrations, live animals, jambalaya, music by DeSoto Songwriters Guild. Free. DeSoto Arts Council.

Details: 662-404-3361; www.desotoarts.com.

Muscadine Jubilee, Sept. 8, Pelahatchie. Arts, crafts, children’s rides, food and muscadines for sale. Muscadine stomp at noon. Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers at 3 p.m. Admission.

Downtown. Details: 601-854-5224.

Fourth Annual Country, Bluegrass and More Concert, Sept. 8, Bassfield. Indoor event featuring Larry Wallace Band, Delta Reign and others; 1-9:30 p.m. Admission. MG Dyess Inc. Details: 601-792-5142, 601-792-5196.

CelticFest Mississippi, Sept. 9-11, Jackson.

Traditional Irish music, dance and cultural workshops. Admission. Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. Details: www.celticfestms.org.

Tony Kinton Book Reading/Signing, Sept.

11, Columbia. Kinton to read from his novel “Summer Lightning Distant Thunder”; 5:30-7 p.m. Columbia-Marion County Library. Details: 601-736-5516.

Twice As Nice Children’s Consignment Sale, Sept. 13-15, Biloxi. Gently used children’s clothing, toys, baby equipment, maternity needs; also crafts and some new items. Dr. Frank Gruich Sr. Community Center. Details:

850-341-1676; www.2asnicekidsresale.com.

Joppa Shriners Steak Night, Sept. 14, Biloxi.

Joppa Shrine Temple; 6-8 p.m. Admission.

Details: 228-392-9345.

Betty Allen Festival, Sept. 15, Toccopola.

Arts, crafts, music, food and more. Details: 662-509-0903, 662-509-8707.

28th Annual Arts and Creative Crafts Show, Sept. 15-16, Diamondhead. Selected highquality arts and crafts for purchase.

Diamondhead Country Club grounds. Details: 228-255-1900, ext. 118.

Third Annual Mississippi Gourd Festival, Sept. 15-16, Raleigh. Gourd crafting classes and activities, tools, supplies, gourd art, dried gourds. Admission. Smith County Ag Complex.

Details: 601-782-9444; www.mississippigourdsociety.org.

Coming up: 12th Annual Archery Deer Hunt, Oct. 12-13, 14-15, 26-27, 28-29. Two-day sessions for a total of 88 hunters, to be chosen in drawing on Sept. 5. Deadline for receiving applications is Aug. 29. Arkabutla Lake. Details: 662-5626261 ext. 14562, 601-631-5052.

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