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Our work powers more than life’s conveniences our electric power association sells a product that you can’t see, hear or touch.

What you can see, however, is the positive, lasting impact our service and commitment have on your quality of life.

In this season of giving, I like to reflect on the innumerable ways we work for the betterment of life in the communities we serve—throughout the year. Some are obvious; some you will rarely see or hear about.

Our best-kept secret is the extent to which we are engaged in helping Mississippi grow and prosper. In communities throughout the state, we are leaders in local efforts to bring in new jobs. We are constantly working behind the scenes to promote Mississippi as a great place to do business. For decades, we have been a significant force in attracting new employers to the state. One of their basic requirements in considering a site for a new plant or building is the availability of a reliable, affordable source of electric power, and on that we deliver.

We work to keep electricity affordable in part by monitoring legislative proposals that could cause the cost of electricity to rise. This “watchdog” effort benefits everyone we serve, from rural homeowners to major manufacturers.

On the local level, we devote every working day to serving members. Our offices are busy places, where members come to meet with a person to take advantage of services or resolve problems. And our line workers—our less visible work force—stand ready to respond to your service emergency needs, day or night.

When electric power association employees can see the positive effects of their work at the end of the day, they are motivated to do even more. There is a real relationship between job satisfaction and the feeling of doing good in the world. Just ask the Mississippi lineman how he

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On the cover Should Santa need help in his workshop this season, he would do well to request toymaker Bill “Papa Bill” Bannister. At his home workshop in Jackson, Bannister builds action and beauty into every toy, including this 1946 Woodie car and cricket pull toy. See story on page 4.

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felt helping victims of Hurricane Sandy regain their electric service—and some sense of recovery.

Talk to the electric power association volunteers who traveled to a Guatemalan village to upgrade a primitive, dangerous and unreliable electrical system, and to train the local linemen.

These Mississippi volunteers were so moved by their experience that they literally gave the Guatemalans the fire-retardant shirts off their backs, and threw in some tools, too.

Nothing is more rewarding than the knowledge that we are making significant contributions to other people’s lives.

Electric power associations were created by local volunteers who stepped forward to organize a cooperative and build an electric utility from the ground up. The cooperative tradition of leadership and service is even stronger today.

Working in partnership with our members, our impact on Mississippi is huge, our service integral to its economic well being.

Our product is electricity, but our mission is the betterment of your quality of life in Mississippi. And that should be obvious.

We wish you and your family a joyous and meaningful holiday season!

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The setting sun glows through the clouds on a recent autumn afternoon at the Mississippi River bridge in Natchez.

Mississippi is . . .

Mississippi is experiencing the peaceful feeling with the certain change of each season: Bursting blooms of spring, sweet sunrays of summer, Deep breaths of fresh fall air, cozy cuddling in frosty winter.

It’s knowing your heritage is a four-generation family that loved the Lord and respected the land With plant, harvest and renewal.

It’s watching the flurry of busy activity among squirrels, local birds and unidentified migratory species on the feeders.

It’s not having to explain to others around you why you talk the way you do.

Everyone knows the meaning of “mash the button,” “tote the groceries” and “fixin’ to.”

—Jean Sauls, Columbia Mississippi is a beautiful, peaceful daily drive to work on the Natchez Trace. I work in Lorman and drive a few minutes from Church Hill. Instead of traffic tie-ups, I can relax and enjoy God’s little secret hideaway, with colorful trees, deer, turkey and songbirds.

—Lynda O’Quinn, Church Hill The leaves of fall are dancing in tune with nature’s plan.

They flutter and fall and drift about over yards and roads and land.

They shout to us of summer’s end and coming cooler days, And gently cover us all around in thankfulness and praise!

—Deanna Kirk, Winona

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No batteries? No problem Bill Bannister’s toys are powered by imagination

By Debbie Stringer Bill Bannister’s handmade toys have no sound effects, flashing lights or electronic controls.

Or batteries.

Yet they can pull a load of lumber, haul coal or move passengers—with the help of a child’s imagination.

Working in a small shop at his home in Jackson, Bannister designs and builds “Papa Bill’s” all-wood toys. His work is distinguished by its fine workmanship, durability and natural wood colors.

A single toy may be made of a dozen different kinds of wood, carefully selected for their color and grain.

Bannister shuns wood stains, preferring clear polyurethane and lots of sanding to produce smooth, shiny finishes that enhance the natural colors and iridescence of the wood.

Bannister’s toys seem destined for display. But he insists he builds them to endure the rough play of youngsters. These are hands-on toys that can survive at least one childhood, and maybe more.

“Sometimes it’s hard to convince customers they are meant for kids,” Bannister said.

Bannister ventured into woodworking about 12 years ago when he built his first piece of furniture. His inspiration was the discovery of Norm Abram’s “The New Yankee Workshop,” an instructional woodworking show on public television. “For three months or so, I watched every episode. Then I went out and bought

some shop tools.

“I ordered a butler’s tray table kit from Abrams, but this is not the first thing you need to start with,” he said with a wry smile.

Bannister finished the table with its hinged top Bill Bannister and found he enjoyed the process as much as the results. Soon he was devoting off-hours from his job as a transportation refrigeration mechanic to building furniture of his own design.

“If I wasn’t at work, I was in my shop.”

The home he shares with his wife, Marsha, is filled with furniture Bannister has built through the years.

His toy making was prompted by the births of the couple’s five grandchildren. Bannister admits his first project was almost his last: an elaborately detailed bulldozer with a low-boy trailer, built from plans. Its construction was painstaking. Each segment of the bulldozer’s two tracks was individually crafted for an exact fit.

Yet Bannister persisted. Now he builds World War I biplanes, helicopters, trains, Le Mans-style race cars, Conestoga and buckboard wagons, antique cars and trucks, pull toys and games.

Bannister continually improves his designs based on

Bill “Papa Bill” Bannister, left, builds timeless toys for all ages at his home in Jackson. Each piece is made from a variety of hardwoods to achieve a colorful effect. His train, above, is made of hard maple, walnut, elm, cherry, cocobolo, poplar and dark mahogany.

his own grandchildren’s experiences in playing with them.

“What’s really fun is to have a child come up and grab one of the race cars, or an airplane. They just fall in love with it, and want to play with it then and there,” Bannister said.

The magic of these handmade toys works on grownups, too. Few can resist trying out the cricket pull toy.

Bannister enjoys the challenge of designing, so he welcomes custom orders. For one customer, he designed a foot-long wind surfer, with a tall cypress sail and three rudders.

For a customer wanting a gift for a law enforcement officer, Bannister recreated the 1935 Ford black-andwhite police cruiser in wood. It is the only toy he has ever painted. “I told them, it’s very hard for me to paint this,” he said with a laugh.

Bannister’s stockpile of wood planks is his version of an artist’s palette. A wide variety of wood types is represented, including oak, hickory, bird’s eye maple, wal-

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The zebrawood in the tail section of Bannister’s helicopter, left, and in the seats in his 1935 Ford sedan, below, reveal how carefully he considers the direction of the wood grain when cutting pattern pieces.

Other woods used in the ‘copter are oak, cherry, walnut and maple; in the car are hard maple, alder, cherry and royal mahogany.

Le Mans-style race car

Hand-sanding is an important step in the process of achieving a smooth, glossy finish that enhances the woods’ natural colors. Using a fine-grit sandpaper, Bannister sands the fuselage for one of his World War I-era biplanes, below.

1946 Woodie

nut, cherry, lemonwood, purpleheart and mahogany.

“You can get any color of wood you want: red, green, blue, black, yellow, brown—and it’s all natural color.”

A couple of coats of polyurethane on the finished toy intensifies the colors and makes them “pop,” Bannister said.

Although he produces many toys in a limited number of designs, no two are alike; each is made unique by variations in wood types, color and grain pattern.

Bannister is obsessed with wood grain. It was the beauty of perfectly aligned wood grain in hand-built furniture that first sparked his interest in woodworking. In building toys, he strives to make even the smallest joins invisible by carefully aligning the grain of neighboring pieces of wood.

Or, he may use a wood with a prominent grain such as zebrawood to create decorative effects, like stripes on car seats.

In 2010 Bannister became an exhibiting member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi. The guild awards membership only to artisans whose work meets high standards for artistry and craftsmanship.

Now through Dec. 27, Papa Bill’s toys are being featured once again in an art exhibit at the Mississip-

pi Library Commission in Jackson. Last year’s MLC show nearly sold out, to his surprise. That left him scrambling to build more toys for his booth at the Craftsmen’s Guild’s Chimneyville Crafts Festival, also in December. “I went into panic mode, but I managed to get about 40 boxes of toys made for Chimneyville. I sold all but one box,” he said.

After this year’s Chimneyville show, Bannister’s pace will slow a bit. Winter is the time to ponder new toy designs. “I’ll sit out there in the shop and put down ideas I’ve had during the year. Then I’ll start experimenting to see how they look.”

Toy sales have allowed Bannister to scale back his employment to a part-time job at a local home improvement store, so he can spend more time working in his wood shop.

When one is engaged in an enjoyable, creative activity, it’s easy to lose track of time. Some nights, his wife will call to remind him to come to bed.

“I’ll be concentrating on a something and I just lose myself. I’m relaxed and listening to music. To me, that’s my therapy. I can go out in the shop after a hard day at work and it’s just me and the toys.”

Contact Bill Bannister at 601-624-6620 or bbannister1@att.net. See more of his work at the Chimneyville Crafts Festival, Nov. 30 - Dec 2 at the Mississippi Trade Mart, in Jackson. Details are available at www.mscraftsmenguild.org. For information on the Mississippi Library Commission show, and the opening reception on Nov. 27, call 601-432-4111 or email gloriajw@mlc.lib.ms.us.

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Low water level a boon to river fossil hunting he coming winter rains will probably put the Mississippi River back up to normal stages. But it has been awfully low this summer, at or below record lows in many places, and this after record high water on the Mississippi just last year. It is amazing to stand at the edge of the river this year and imagine back in April of 2011 there would have been 50 feet of water over your head at that same place. The contrast from last year to this is without comparison in the recorded history of the Mississippi.

River buffs will tell you that while the extremely low water might not present the best conditions for the towboat industry, it is excellent for relic hunting.

And this has been a banner season for finding ice-age fossils along what would normally have been the submerged banks of the Mississippi River.

I was in Greenville a few weekends ago for the first annual Delta Tamale Festival and dropped into Jim’s Café

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downtown on Washington for breakfast. Gus Johnson, the proprietor, sat down at my table as I worked over my omelet and we got to talking about the river and the extreme levels between

last year and this.

Gus started telling me about all the finds collectors are turning up this year.

He showed me a couple of the specimens he’s found over his years of collecting. He keeps them in the front window of the café. There is a huge vertebra from some extinct animal, and then a rock with what Gus calls a monkey paw on it. I have no idea what it really is.

Neither does he. But it is a fossil of some kind.

Gus directed me to Puddin’ Moore’s

Puddin' Moore of Greenville can explain the difference between a mammoth tooth and a mastodon tooth.

This is a mammoth tooth he is holding. He pulled it from a gravel bar of the Mississippi River during his years of river exploring. Photo: Walt Grayson

shop in what used to be the pressroom of the Delta Democrat Times back when it was still on Main Street next to the levee. Puddin’ has a remarkable stash of fossils of Ice Age animals he has found in the river over time. Jawbones, skulls, vertebra, mammoth and mastodon teeth, and all sorts of other bones.

George Phillips, the fossil expert from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Sci-

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ence says there was a huge extinction of most of North America’s mega-mammals about 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. Mammoths, mastodons, North American camels, saber tooth tigers and the like would have been included. Over time their bones have been washed from wherever they were over the mid-continent into the gravel bars of the Mississippi River.

Phillips says a lot of collectors brought specimens to the museum for identification this year, things they collected in areas normally under water.

Plus, the excessive currents during the flood last year swept the sand from some of the bars, leaving the fossil-holding gravel beds exposed.

I managed to find one little old fossil while out on a sandbar picnic while in the Delta. But it was way older than the Ice Age bones a lot of folks are coming up with.

Now, before you wander over to the Mississippi to see what you can find, let me tell you what Daddy told me when I was a boy growing up in Greenville: “That river will kill you.” And to underscore that, Greenville writer Shelby Foote once wrote that the river will kill you a hundred different ways.

So be careful, lest some relic hunter years from now finds the fossil of someone who was out trying to find fossils.

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.” Contact Grayson at walt@waltgrayson.com.

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What Mack taught Mr. Roy haven't been up to writing this column because it is an emotional topic for Roy and me. I finally asked him to tell me from his heart what Mack, our Australian sheep dog, commonly called a blue heeler, meant to him. Mack was Roy's outdoor companion.

It was a tough task, since Mr. Roy hasn’t been able to talk about Mack since he passed away over a month ago. Those who have a special love for their animals will understand.

It all began in 2000, just before Thanksgiving. In fact you may remember I wrote a column called “A Man and His Dog,” soon after Mack settled in with us.

I included it in my book. The dog came to us in poor condition. He appeared to have been hit by a car. Roy took him to our local veterinarian and asked him to fix the dog up and find him a good home.

The tide changed when the vet said that he was a good dog, a blue heeler, and was about 2 years old. He said the heeler could have fallen out of a truck.

The vet put a collar and tag on him. So my partner brought him back home. On the way he said to the dog, “I think you look like a Mack.” That name stuck.

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For a week or so we nursed him back to health and fell in love with him. He seemed to understand everything we said.

During this time we tried to find his owner.

Well, as soon Mack got well he disappeared. Roy was sad, but he thought he probably went back to his original home.

However, a woman called who Grin ‘n’ lived a couple of Bare It miles from us on

by Kay Grafe Fig Farm Road.

She said the collar had our phone number and the dog was sitting on the side of the road, watching every vehicle that passed.

We brought him back to our house, but he continued to go back to the same spot each time we brought him home.

We guessed that was where his original owner had left him. Finally, we gave up, when the woman said she’d feed him.

The day before Christmas of 2000 Roy opened the back door and there sat Mack. His eyes were saying, would you give me one more chance?

And we did. Roy and I loved him and he loved us for 12 years. Below, I have

written what Roy told me Mack taught him: Mack wasn’t just a dog, he was one of my best friends; we had a special bond and he taught me some important lessons about life. He taught me by his loyalty and love that friends and family are so important. Even when they don’t act the way we think they should, we need to be patient, loyal and loving. On days when I thought I was too busy to spend time with Mack, he would still look at me and grin (he could truly grin from ear to ear) and wag that stub of a tail.

He taught me that everyone needs a job to do, that they want to do it properly and need to be appreciated for their work. Since I had sold my cows before Mack came to live with us, he took on the task of taking care of our cats and kept an eye on us. He tried his best to keep us safe. The cats adored Mack, even though he would scold them if they got out of line. They are still grieving his death, as we are.

He was unselfish, not jealous of anyone or other animals who passed through our lives. Over the 12 years Mack was with us, we kept an inside dog. Mack loved each of these pets (Dixie Belle and Sugar) and would greet them every morning with a kiss. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we humans had no jealousy or envy of other people?

The loss of Mack has also made me

The cats seemed to adore Mack, even though his blue heeler’s herding instinct was to keep them in line.

more aware of how hard our pets love us.

They don’t expect much, but a few kind words and a few loving pats every day.

That means a lot to them.

When we fed Mack, he never took a bite before he looked directly at us. He waited for us to say, “That’s Mack’s dinner,” before he began eating. I also thought he was thanking us before he ate.

We miss you Mack, and I know without a doubt that when we get to heaven and see the Rainbow Bridge, you will be standing there with a grin from ear to ear. Then you will give us several loud barks to say, “Isn’t this great...we can be together for eternity.”

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Sterling Jones, center, receives the Mississippi Council of Cooperatives Distinguished Service Award. This is the highest honor given by the council, which represents more than 50 cooperatives serving throughout Mississippi. Presenting the award are Billy Bridgforth, left, loan officer at Staplcotn, and Ron Stewart, senior vice president at the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi. Bridgforth and Stewart are directors of the council.

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The Colors of Nature Whatever the season, brilliant color abounds in nature. For our next Picture This reader photo feature, we want your photos of eye-popping color in nature, whether from wildflowers, autumn leaves, sunsets, butterfly wings or other things.

Photos selected for publication will appear in the January 2013 issue of Today in Mississippi.

Submissions must be postmarked or emailed to us by Nov. 30.

Photographers whose work is selected for publication will be entered in a drawing for a $200 cash prize, to be awarded in December 2013.

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Plan for fall blooms to welcome butterflies t requires planning in the spring, but one way to add color and life to fall gardens is to welcome butterflies.

Butterflies are among the most entertaining creatures. If you plant the right flowers, you leave an open invitation for them to visit your garden. Butterflies are still around as we move into the late fall, and they are hurriedly investigating the flowers blooming in gardens.

Butterflies that most commonly visit latefall gardens are orange fritillary Southern and yellow sulGardening phurs. Even

by Dr. Gary Bachman day-flying moths such as the sphinx moth and hummingbird moth flit from flower to flower in the fall.

Nearly everyone enjoys watching butterflies, and gardeners can include plants in their landscapes that will attract them.

The majority of plants that attract butterflies share two characteristics: tubular flowers and shades of red.

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Tubular flowers are capable of holding quite a bit of nectar. This is part of Mother Nature’s grand plan. Nectar is simply sugar water produced by the plant; think of it as an energy drink for butterflies. As a butterfly uses its proboscis—which is like one of those curly straws kids use—to probe for nectar, it picks up pollen and transfers it to the next flower visited.

The pineapple sage is one of the best flowering plants to attract butterflies in the fall. Although flowering starts in the summer The yellow, red and orange nasturtium flowers attract butterflies to this cascading vine. Photo: MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman months, it intensiBecause of its foliage color, it is best to fies in autumn and continues until the until the first hard frost. plant Golden Delicious in at least partial first hard frost.

Another great fall-flowering plant for I think one of best varieties of pineap- shade. Butterflies can’t resist its firebutterflies is nasturtium, which shouts engine-red flowers that contrast with the out for attention with its flowers colors ple sage to plant in your garden is Golden Delicious. The chartreuse yellow bright foliage. Pineapple sage begins of yellow, red and orange. Since butterflowering in late summer and continues foliage really shines in the garden. flies have the ability to fly in multiple directions and sometimes hover a bit, having plants such as nasturtium whose flowers cascade is ideal.

Climbing nasturtium varieties can reach more than 6 feet tall. Keep the plant dense by pruning the vining stem tips. Pinch the faded flowers to promote more flowers. But the flowers are edible, so there shouldn’t be any faded blooms to pinch off.

Consider planting low to high, like in a stadium. This will allow butterflies to access all of the flowers and let you sit in the front row to watch the action.

I’ve named just two of the fall butterfly-attracting plants for your garden and landscape, but there are literally hundreds of blooming plants that attract butterflies. Creating a nectar-filled garden during the spring and summer will certainly put the welcome mat out for these acrobatic garden clowns and give us autumn entertainment.

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

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Communicators: Melissa Russo and April Lollar For Today in Mississippi information, call 877-7MY-CEPA (877-769-2372) www.coastepa.com

CEO’s message

Season’s greetings from Coast Electric!

Robert Occhi

Season’s greetings! If you are like me, you have been looking at the calendar, wondering what happened to 2012. It seems like it was only a short time ago we were celebrating the New Year and now we are heading into another holiday

season. This has been a busy year for our employees. From hurricanes to anniversary celebrations, this year has given us many challenges and many blessings.

We have been celebrating 75 years of Coast Electric this year and that means celebrating 75 years of the relationship we have with you, our member-owners. I don’t know if all of you realize the vitally important role you play in our company and its operations, but we are grateful for your participation and feedback. Your voice and your vote are paramount to our success and we would like to thank everyone who voted by proxy or

who attended our recent annual meeting to take part in the voting process. We are proud to have served you for these past 75 years and look forward to many more.

For the past 75 years, it has been our goal to safely deliver reliable and affordable service to your homes and businesses. A big piece of the puzzle that makes Coast Electric successful is our relationship with South Mississippi Electric (SME), a generation and transmission cooperative of which we are a member and owner. Generation and delivery of power, relationships with other companies and industry language can be hard to under-

stand sometimes, and some of you have asked who SME is and how they affect the bottom line at Coast Electric. I hope you read the article on page 10a that details how Coast Electric’s affiliation with SME is a positive one for our members. I also hope you will check out our information about recent community activities. After all, showing concern for our community is not something we do just during the holidays, it is one of Coast Electric’s founding principles.

I wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas!

Share Your Blessings This holiday season, there will be families who are struggling more than usual. Not only are the normal financial burdens present for many, but the holidays can put an additional strain on those already in need.

We ask those who are blessed enough to be on firm financial footing to consider contributing to Coast Electric’s Share Your Blessings fund. Your dollars, along with your pennies, nickels and dimes can help Coast Electric raise thousands of dollars to help others. The Share Your Blessings fund was established to help support the Emergency Energy Assistance program coordinated by the United Way of south Mississippi. The financial aid will assist the elderly and disabled who are members of Coast Electric.

Members who would like to make a special donation to the fund may do so by adding their donation in with their monthly electric bill. Special donations should be made payable to the Share Your Blessings fund and may be sent to any Coast Electric office. The money collected by Coast Electric will then be given to the United Way for distribution to

accepted applicants. Approximately $18,000 is collected each year through the Share Your Blessings program and given to needy individuals.

“This program allows people to make a difference in the lives of senior citizens, disabled individuals and those who are less fortunate in our area,” said Coast Electric President and CEO Bob Occhi. “Your generosity ensures that our neighbors in need will continue to

receive assistance.”

People who need energy assistance may fill out an application at their local Catholic Social Services office or call 855-847-0555 to learn if they qualify for the program.

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What are the best programs offered by Coast Electric that can help me save?

Today, there are uncer- program covers new and existing tainties about many things homes.

- the economy, our Surge HELP is another program nation’s energy future and that can offer savings. Unlike our the future of our state and country. other programs, Surge HELP doesn’t We are all concerned about how we focus on energy efficiency, but can save. As your electric cooperative, instead helps you save if lightning we understand how strikes. It is easy and cost important it is to you effective. This program to have reliable and has been successful and affordable energy. Of continues to grow every course, there are no year. The Surge HELP magic solutions or program will save you tricks to saving on your from making claims on home energy bill. The your home owners insurtried and true ways are ance and increasing your still the best and Coast premiums.

This month’s question is Electric also offers Your Residential answered by many programs to Energy Management our Director of Residential Energy Management enhance your savings. team is constantly lookMark Wallace.

For example, our ing for new ways to save Time of Use (TOU) you money and help you rate plan means you can pay less, determine what best fits your needs. depending on the time of day you use New ideas and gimmicks are coming electricity. TOU is quickly becoming out every day claiming to save you the best option for members who big money on energy costs. Some of want to have control of their energy them can help, but the best way to costs. save energy is to make small, simple Our newest partnership is with changes in your home. Saving can be FilterChange.coop. Keeping a clean as easy as adding and using a profilter in your central heat and air sys- grammable thermostat, installing a tem can save you up to 15 percent on water heater timer and turning off the heating and cooling costs. lights when you leave a room.

FilterChange.coop allows Coast We will continue to look out for Electric members to find the filter you, and we enjoy your feedback on size and type they need, order it and the programs and services we offer. have it delivered with no shipping For more information on any of costs. Many times, it is cheaper than Coast Electric’s programs and servicgoing to big box stores. This program es, visit www.coastepa.com or contact also allows members to sign up for your local area Residential Energy monthly reminders to change filters.

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Besides these newer programs, we Hancock County: Clay Sweet, continue to offer our popular heat 228-363-7261 pump incentive program that gives Harrison County: Phillippe Michel, members a $400 credit on their bills 228-539-5720 for installing energy efficient heat Pearl River County: Scott White, pumps. The heat pump incentive 601-889-5109

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Coast Electric and South Mississippi Electric: a partnership to benefit members Beginning in the late 1930s, electric distribution cooperatives were formed across the state of Mississippi to provide electricity to the rural areas of the state where electric power was not otherwise available. Each cooperative purchased electricity at a premium cost from a variety of sources, including the profit-driven electric utilities that served nearby cities.

Just as buying food in bulk at a wholesale store is more economical than purchasing smaller quantities, six distribution cooperatives located across South Mississippi determined that it was in the best interest of their consumer members to purchase electricity as one united organization rather than individually. In April 1941, Coast Electric Power Association, Jones County Electric Power Association (now Dixie Electric Power Association), Magnolia Electric Power Association, Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association, Singing River Electric Power Association and Southern Pine Electric Power Association banded together to form a generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative, South Mississippi Electric (SME). The G&T was to purchase electricity in bulk at a discount and deliver it to each of the seven distribution cooperatives (member systems) on a not-forprofit basis. The member systems would then sell the power to their consumer members on a not-for-profit basis.

Now, SME provides electric service to 11 distribution cooperatives across the state of Mississippi who, in turn, deliver it to more than 410,000 members (rep-

resenting more than one million Mississippians). Rather than purchasing the electricity in bulk as it did in the beginning, SME now owns power plants that provide the electricity it sells and purchases the rest from other utilities.

SME has plans to increase the ownership portion of its energy to 65 percent by 2013.

SME sends the electricity from power plants along transmission power lines to delivery points, known as substations, located within each member system’s service area. The distribution cooperative, such as Coast Electric, moves the electricity from the substation along distribution power lines to your home or business so that it is available the instant you need it.

Out of every dollar you pay for electricity, approximately 30 cents is used by Coast Electric to build and maintain a system of power poles, power lines, substations and office facilities, and to employ a staff qualified to operate the system and meet your needs. The largest cost of providing your electricity is generating the electricity, which accounts for nearly all of the remaining 70 cents of every dollar. The majority of that money is used to purchase the fuel, such as coal or natural gas, which is necessary to generate electricity.

Coast Electric and SME’s common goal is to provide you, our consumer member, with the best value for safe and reliable electric energy so that you can have the luxury of modern electric service at the most affordable rate possible for now and into the future.

South Mississippi Electric at a glance • Provides electric service in 56 of Mississippi’s 82 counties, covering 52 percent of the state’s land area.

• Delivers electricity to more than 260 member delivery points (substations).

• Operates more than 1,700 miles of transmission power lines.

• Consumer-owned, not-for-profit.

• Rates reflect only the cost of generating and transmitting electricity.

• Employs more than 360 skilled and professional employees.

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As a cooperative, Coast Electric operates by a set of principles that ensure the best service for memberowners. That service doesn’t just include reliable, affordable electric service; it goes much farther than that. It means giving back to the communities

we serve. Since co-ops don’t always have huge budgets for corporate donations, most of the funds raised and resources given can be credited to the generosity of employees and support of memberowners.

Supporting great causes Making strides against breast cancer At right: With support from the employees and the community, funds were raised for breast cancer research.

Alzheimer’s Awareness Day Below: Employees helped paint the coast purple on Alzheimer’s Awareness Day on Sept. 21.

Heart Walk This year, Coast Electric raised more than $3,000 for the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk. Employees participated in several fundraisers including raffles, a fall festival and a silent auction. Thanks to the local businesses that contributed to the silent auction. Their generosity, and the generosity of participants, helped raise money for important research for heart disease.

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Super Energy Savers introduced

Teaching kids about Halloween safety

Coast Electric’s Super Energy Savers program will be utilized in 2013 in Harrison County schools.

Mrs. Goodwitch entertains children at the Kiln library at this year’s Halloween safety program co-sponsored by Coast Electric and the Hancock County Library System.

Part of giving back to the communities we serve is educating the next generation about energy efficiency. If children start good practices now, they will be more likely to continue to manage their use as adults. Coast Electric is teaming up with local school districts to teach students about energy efficiency using national educational frameworks. The program was implemented in Pearl

River County schools in 2011, in Hancock County in 2012 and will be implemented in Harrison County schools in 2013.

The interactive program includes kits to use in the classroom and, of course, Coast Electric employees are always available to make classroom visits and share their expertise.

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Coast Electric and Hancock, Harrison and Pearl River counties Library Systems partnered to teach kids about the importance of Halloween safety. For the past few years, the partnership was with the Hancock County Library System only, but this year, the program was expanded to reach kids in Harrison and Pearl River counties as well. Kids participated in programs in Kiln, Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Picayune and Poplarville. They enjoyed spooky stories, arts and crafts and special presentations by some of the area’s District Office Supervisor Marilyn Knight finest law enforcement officers. Officers taught the children about costume and trick-or-treating safety. participates in the Halloween Safety presentation at the Poplarville library.

Recognition from the community

Lower right: Employees Ashley Mayley and Bryce Tomasich at the Woodland Village Nursing Center Health Fair in Diamondhead. Above: Residential Energy Representative Clay Sweet discusses energy efficiency with employees at Stennis Space Center during their energy fair.

Coast Electric employees are often seen in the community at various events, helping its members learn ways to save.

Whether it’s educating members about energy efficiency programs that will help them save on their electric bills or promoting the Co-op Connections program, that helps members save on things like prescriptions, eye glasses and more, you can always find Coast Electric employees out and about at community events.

Coast Electric employees celebrate being recognized as the Kiln Business of the Year at the Hancock County Chamber Gala.

All of the wonderful things employees do for the community don’t go unrecognized, either. Even though any employee you ask will quickly tell you they don’t do what they do to receive praise or recognition, others in the community have taken notice of the fact that Coast Electric employees are loyal to the co-op, its members and the communities they serve. From being named as the Kiln Business of the Year by the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce to being named for the sixth time as one of the Best Places to Work in Mississippi by the Mississippi Business Journal, Coast Electric employees are humbled by the accolades received and will continue to show concern for those they serve.

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Celebrating 75 years of Coast Electric:

This year, Coast Electric is proud to be celebrating our 75th Anniversary, and we want to take you on a trip down memory lane.

Our anniversary isn’t just a celebration for employees – it’s a celebration for you, our members. Our members are the reason we exist and the reason we strive to meet our mission of providing superior and reliable service at the lowest possible price. From the day the first lines were strung to today, we want to celebrate where we began and where we are going.

This month, our final month of looking back on the past 75 years, we focus on the ‘90s and 2000s.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of boots were on the ground, restoring service to Coast Electric’s members. Through the devastation, these brave men and women worked to light the way back home for residents of southern Mississippi.

In July of 2011, Coast Electric employees moved into their new headquarters building in Kiln, after several years of working in temporary trailers. The move north occurred after the cooperative sold its headquarters in Bay St. Louis to the city after Hurricane Katrina.

Above: The Good Cents program was Coast Electric’s first energy efficient home construction program to offer members rebates for building their homes to high standards of energy efficiency. Today, the co-op’s Comfort Advantage Home program offers various levels of rebates and helps members save.

At right: Bernard Mutter, a proud employee, was killed in a tragic accident while working at Coast Electric. The cooperative’s service center in Kiln is known as the Bernard A. Mutter III Service Center in honor of his memory.

Coast Electric thanks its members, past and present, for 75 years of guidance and support.

Thanks for keeping your cooperative strong.

Here’s to the next 75 years of working together the cooperative way.

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The holiday season for Mississippians is a wonderful time of year.

The leaves are changing and the air is crisp, signaling joyous times with friends and loved ones. Fires burning, cookies baking, and presents under the tree. This holiday season, let us remember how truly blessed our lives are.

As we gather with those we love, let us not forget the greatest love of all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the love of our Heavenly Father.

Give thanks to the God of Heaven, for His steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 136:26

We will be closed November 22 and 23 for Thanksgiving, December 24 and 25 for Christmas, and January 1 for New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Happy Holidays from Coast Electric Power Association!

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Tents: Structures good for the spirit always sleep best in a tent. house, the sweet aroma of grass drifting Few there are, or so it up to comfort us. That grass served as seems, who share this possi- our mattress. I have not been without at bly misplaced least one tent since. enthusiasm, but When I look into this capfor me there has tivating lure I have for tents never been any question. I and attempt to analyze it to always sleep best in a tent. some degree of satisfaction, Why that is so I cannot this in an effort to confirm say. In fact, I am not comthat I possess a measure of pletely sure. Perhaps the reasanity, I must admit to a son trails back to some much-maligned need for Mississippi Bedouin spirit of being escape. There are scoffers at Outdoors mobile or some Bohemian such thinking and practice,

by Tony Kinton propensity to be something you know. I simply listen quior someone who shuns conetly to them and then go formity. Could be, but these traits spend a night in my tent. appear a bit radical for me. You see, I And do I come away from these menam fully domesticated in most of life. tal ramblings and searches for purpose But there remains a strong urging that convinced that I am indeed sane? places me in a tent many nights in any Certainly! I am more persuaded each given year. Not as often as I would like time I do so. And that generates even at times, but these wilderness wandermore desire to set up a tent. ings are numerous. A tent is home durThere are also sensory stimuli coming such sojourns. mon to tent camping that are far more My infatuation with tents and other concrete than some obscure need. More similar canvas structures goes back to tangible, if you will. There is beauty, this childhood. I fashioned overhead concoming in large part through symmetry. trivances from practically anything I When I set up camp, or more appropricould find lying around. And I slept in ately when several of us similarly afflictsome of these. I actually got my first real ed individuals set up camp, we strive for tent when I was 12. It was a pyramid rig symmetry, organization. No hodgewith a big flap door that could be podge of scattered items; everything has stretched into a canopy. This unit served a place. And all looks pretty much the me well and was regularly packed with same: white canvas tents and cook squirming and excited young boys canopies. Each in its designated spot, camping in the pasture behind our barn. evenly spaced from another of its kind.

Grand evenings these were, with us All supported by peeled pine poles, not curled under quilts dragged from the aluminum or fiberglass.

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There are blacksmith-made fire tools on which hang buckets and pots, these tools and the blacksmithing courtesy of my friend Neal Brown. There are also ornate masts, made by that same blacksmith, that hold candle and oil lanterns. And while the odd folding chair or table from a big-box store can be seen now and again, the gradual switch to handmade oak furniture and cypress cook boxes is near complete. This is all quiet, natural beauty that refreshes the battered spirit like nothing else can.

And then there are the sounds. No better way can be found to listen to a cricket chirp or an owl hoot or a coyote yap. Some of these, such as the chirping cricket, may be only inches away from the ear that hears it. But it is still removed by a canvas wall and holds no threat of taking up residence in your sleeping bag. These sounds, all common to night, lull me off to a pleasant and relaxing state that is too often hard to acquire otherwise.

Come daylight the sounds change.

But they are abundant just the same: a squirrel barking or shaking a limb, loosing dew drops that spat gently onto the

The perfect camp: from left, a canvas cook shelter; a David Ellis (Cowboycamps.com) canvas Range Tent; a camp “shower” to block cold winds come bath time; another Ellis Range Tent. A pleasant and relaxing setup for woods camping. Photo: Tony Kinton

canvas dwelling; a turkey gobbling in the distance; a deer blowing and stamping in disgust at the hulking white edifice and the noxious smell of humanity; wild geese on a morning sun en route to some faraway environ; the brisk, sharp chirp of a cardinal in search of breakfast.

A tent is perfect for absorbing and enjoying such sounds.

Perhaps these are some of the reasons I remain enamored of tents. They are good for the spirit. Day, night—each is equally enchanting. And I am once again reminded that I always sleep best in a tent.

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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Crock-Pot Candy 1 (16-oz.) jar dry roasted peanuts, unsalted 1 (16-oz.) jar dry roasted peanuts, salted 1 (12-oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 (12-oz.) pkg. milk chocolate chips 2 planks white chocolate bark, broken into pieces

Put ingredients in order listed into a 4- or 5-quart Crock-Pot. Cover and cook 3 hours on low. Do not remove lid. Turn off cooker and let cool slightly. Mix thoroughly and drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool completely. Makes about 120 pieces. Store in covered container.

1 stick butter 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 cups brown sugar Chopped pecans for topping 1 1/2 cups hot water

Melt butter in a dish about 7 by 11 inches. Mix flour, sugar, milk and vanilla; pour on top of butter. Do not stir. Sprinkle brown sugar and pecans on top. Do not stir.

Pour hot water on top. Bake at 350 F for 35 minutes.

Wild Rice and Turkey Casserole 1 cup white rice, cooked 1 cup wild rice, cooked 2 cups diced turkey breast 2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Monterey Jack cheese 12 oz. evaporated milk

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 tsp. salt and pepper 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a 8-by-12-inch or 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray. Combine rices and spread evenly over bottom of dish. In a large bowl, combine turkey, cheese, milk, bell peppers, eggs, salt and pepper. Spoon over rice. Bake 45-55 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and top is lightly browned. Sprinkle with parsley. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Note: Very good served as a side dish with turkey. Look for frozen or canned cooked wild rice at the grocery store.

Raspberry Spinach Salad 4 cups fresh baby spinach, torn 4 green onions, chopped 1/2 cup pecans, chopped 6 oz. frozen raspberries 4 oz. feta cheese

Dressing: 1/4 canola oil 1/3 cup raspberry vinegar 3 Tbsp. raspberry All Fruit preserves 1/4 cup sugar

Combine spinach, onions, pecans, raspberries and feta cheese; cover and chill.

Combine dressing ingredients and chill. Pour dressing over salad just before serving.

Peggy’s Pound Cake 1 (18.25-oz.) box Coconut Supreme cake mix 2/3 cup sugar 2/3 cup vegetable oil

1 cup sour cream 4 eggs 1/2 tsp. vanilla Confectioners’ sugar, optional

Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine cake mix and sugar with mixer. Add oil, sour cream, eggs and vanilla; beat 2 minutes. Pour batter into a greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake 45 minutes. Do not open the oven. Remove from oven to a wire rack. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Dust with confectioners’ sugar, if desired. Yield: 12-16 servings

Calvin’s Pecans 1 egg white 3/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla 5 cups pecans

Beat egg white until stiff. Fold in brown sugar, vanilla and pecans. Spread on cookie sheet and bake at 300 F for 15-20 minutes.

Heavenly Hot Chocolate Mix 5 cups nonfat dry milk powder 2 cups confectioners’ sugar 2 cups instant chocolate drink mix 1 cup powdered nondairy creamer

1 cup malted milk powder 1 cup chocolate malted milk powder 1/2 cup baking cocoa

Combine all ingredients and store in an airtight container. To serve, put 1/3 cup mix into a mug and add 3/4 cup hot water; stir until blended. Dry mix can be stored for about 2 months.

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Corinth’s famous burger Historic drug store dispenses

By Nancy Jo Maples A bar stool in Corinth is calling my name.

It has a red vinyl seat covering and sits among a line of stools at the serving counter of Borroum’s Drug Store.

The store features an old-fashioned soda fountain that dishes out Blue Bell ice cream and other food items, including its famous Slugburger.

The Slugburger contains a deep-fried pork patty served on a hamburger bun. It’s been around since the store’s earliest days and originally cost 5 cents.

Back then, “slug” was a slang term for a nickel and spawned the burger’s name.

Because the Slugburger is such a symbol of the store and the city, Corinth celebrates each July with the Slugburger Festival.

Live outdoor musical concerts and a carnival entertain crowds. This past summer marked the event’s 25th year.

Ice cream and burgers aren’t the only draw to Borroum’s. Routine rounds of morning coffee and conversation pull in patrons who Customers of Borroum’s Drug Store in Corinth can enjoy a want to know about famous Slugburger, top, while anything brewing in catching up on local happenCorinth. ings. History buffs will appreLocals make up the ciate the store’s displays of majority of customers, artifacts and memorabilia.

Borroum’s is the state’s oldest but a nice number of operating drug store. Photos: diners falls into the Lex Mitchell tourist category. Some wander in while visiting Corinth for its Civil War buffet of history. Some travel to the city for other reasons and some come here just to see this store.

The store is a museum in itself with displays of Indian artifacts and nostalgic pharmaceutical memorabilia. Today it reigns as the state’s oldest operating drug store.

As the name implies, it is first and foremost a pharmacy. Dr. Andrew Jackson Borroum opened the store 1865. He had served as a physician in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and treated Union soldiers after they took him captive.

Upon his release he traveled by horseback toward his hometown of Oxford but stopped in Corinth to visit a doctor he knew. That doctor convinced Borroum to remain in Corinth to practice

medicine. He stayed.

In his physician practice he found it necessary to make and dispense medicines. That evolved into the opening of the drug store, which is now operated by the seventh generation of Borroums.

Andrew Jackson Borroum’s portrait hangs beside the portraits of two other family druggists, and these paintings are showcased on a wall amidst other historical artifacts.

Four members of the Borroum lineage have been pharmacists, including the current owner, Camille Mitchell, who operates the store with her son, Lex Mitchell, and his wife, Debbie.

Borroum’s Drug Store represents a good destination for a Mississippi bucket list. Other places across the Magnolia state beckon me to develop a bucket list of my home state’s attractions. I’m interested in places you have lived, visited or simply hope to see.

It’s a big state with numerous hidden adventures that give my bucket list endless possibilities.

Your suggestions might become future features or be published in a listing. Contact me by traditional mail or email at the addresses below to share your ideas.

Meanwhile, I hear the voice of a red stool at the counter of a historic soda fountain calling my name.

Borroum’s Drug Store is located at 604 Waldron St., Corinth, MS 38834. Learn more at www.borroumsdrugstore.com.

Writer Nancy Jo Maples can be reached at nancyjomaples@aol.com or on Twitter. Or write her at 188 Ernest Pipkins Road, Lucedale, MS 39452.

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“Aluminum Memories,” Bomber and Fighter Pilot illustrations by Johnny Purvis, through Dec. 7, Belzoni. Exhibit of 17 aircraft illustrations. Free. Humphreys County Library. Details: 662-247-2241.

Christmas at Beauvoir and The Festival of Trees, Thurs.-Sun. evenings through Jan. 6, Biloxi. Historically accurate depiction of Beauvoir at Christmastime in the 1880s, plus 100 lighted oak trees. Admission. Beauvoir.

Details: 228-388-4400; www.beauvoir.org.

B.B. King Automobiles on Exhibit, through Sept. 2013, Tupelo. King’s 1978 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow among his vehicles displayed.

Admission. Tupelo Automobile Museum.

Details: 662-842-4242; www.tupeloauto.com.

Book Signing: Photographer Hilda Stuart’s “Choctaw Gardens,” with Marty Stuart, Nov. 13, Philadelphia. Features photos of Stuart’s son, country music star Marty Stuart. The Depot, 6 p.m. Also, Nov. 14 at Mary C. O’Keefe Museum, Ocean Springs, 6 p.m.

Details: www.choctawgardens.com.

Piney Woods Heritage Festival, Nov. 16-17, Picayune. Exhibits, demonstrations of traditional skills including blacksmithing, quilting.

Open to schools Nov. 16; families Nov. 17.

Admission. Crosby Arboretum. Details: 601799-2311.

Depot Artists’ Show and Sale, Nov. 16-17, Philadelphia. Nesboba County artists offer fine art, jewelry, gourds, pottery, Choctaw Indian crafts. Reception Friday, 6-8 p.m. Details: 601656-1000; www.neshoba.org.

B&S Consignment Holiday and Toy Sale, Nov. 16-17, Brookhaven. Toys, holiday and seasonal decorations, home decor, furniture, clothing, more. Free admission. Lincoln Civic Center. Details: 601-303-1466; www.bnsconsignment.com.

29th Christmas Arts and Crafts Show, Nov. 17, Kosciusko. Food, arts, crafts, family fun.

Attala County Coliseum. Details: 662-2894809, 662-289-4607.

The Country Store, Nov. 17, Jayess. Vendors, homemade soup/corn bread lunch, inflatable jumper, homemade sweets and goodies. Tilton

United Methodist Church. Details: 601-5874400; facebook.com/TiltonUMC. 59th Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Eve Gospel Singing, Nov. 17, Pearl. With Chuck Wagon Gang, The Freemans and others; 6:30 p.m.

Admission. Pearl Junior High auditorium.

Details: 601-906-0677, 601-720-8870.

Storytelling Festivals, Nov. 17, Dec. 15, Holly Springs. Have your story videotaped. Sponsored

by F.W. Coleman Theatre Club and The Scale Magazine; 120 Randolph St. Details: 662-8123528.

Pre-Thanksgiving Fest, Nov. 17, Southaven.

Featuring Frankie Beverly and Maze; 7 p.m.

Admission. Landers Center. Details: 662-3424842; www.landerscenter.com.

Capital City Gun Show, Nov. 17-18, Jackson.

Door prizes, concessions. Wahabi Shriners building. Admission. Details: 601-498-4235; bigpopfireworks@gmail.com.

Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker,” Nov. 21, Jackson. Admission; 7:30 p.m. Thalia Mara Hall. Details: 800-7453000; www.nutcracker.com.

Anderson Pottery Annual Studio Show and Sale, Nov. 23, Hernando. Handmade stoneware pottery; begins 9 a.m. Anderson Pottery. Details: 662-429-7922; www.jimandersonpottery.com.

Landrum’s Homestead and Village 29th Annual Christmas at the Village, Nov. 24, Laurel. Working homestead with more than 70 buildings and displays, wagon rides, candlelight tour, Confederate soldiers encampment, crafts, more. Admission. Details: 601-649-2546; www.landrums.com.

Pro Wrestling, Nov. 24, Raleigh. Eight wrestlers from the South to compete; 7 p.m.

Admission. Smith County Multipurpose Building. Details: 601-813-6767; prowrestlingego@yahoo.com.

Christmas in the Park, Nov. 24 - Dec. 31, Tylertown. Driving tour of displays illuminated by millions of lights; 6-8:30 p.m. daily, weather permitting. Admission. Holmes Water Park.

Details: 601-876-4911; www.walthallchamber.com.

news@epaofms.com. Events of statewide interest will be published free of charge as space allows. Event details are subject to change, so we strongly recommend calling to confirm dates and times before traveling.

For more events, go to www.visitmississippi.org.

Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers/Agritourism Conference and Trade Show, Nov. 28-29, Jackson. Educational programs for growers and agritourism businesses. Hilton Hotel. Details: www.msfruitandveg.com.

Byhalia Chamber Celebration, Nov. 29, Byhalia. Reception, dinner, art displays, entertainment, more; 5:30. Admission. Northcentral Electric Power Association. Details: 662-8388127; baccmembership@centurytel.net.

Roy Martin Delta Band Festival, Nov. 30, Greenwood. Parade with bands from around the South, decorated floats, fireworks show; 49 p.m. Downtown. Details: 662-453-4152.

Carols for Christmas, Nov. 30, Columbus.

Carrier Chapel; 7 p.m. Mississippi University for Women. Details: 662-328-2787.

Sesame Street Live: “Elmo Makes Music,” Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, Vicksburg. Musical stage show with Sesame Street characters. Two shows daily. Admission. Vicksburg Convention Center.

Details: 601-630-2929; www.sesamestreetlive.com.

Christmas by the River, Dec. 1, Moss Point.

Children’s rides, slides, activities, food, Santa, boat parade of lights, fireworks; starts at noon.

Riverfront. Details: 228-547-0899.

50th Anniversary Bruce Christmas Parade, Dec. 1, Bruce. Bands, floats, wagons, walking groups, Santa; 4:30 p.m. Theme: “Golden Christmas in Bruce.” Begins Bruce High School.

Details: 662-412-2029.

Kansas City Southern Holiday Express Train, Dec. 2, Vicksburg. Six-car train to bring Santa; visual displays; 4 p.m. Free. Old Depot Museum. Details: 601-634-4527; www.downtownvicksburg.org.

Starkville Civic League Christmas Tour of Homes, Dec. 2, Starkville. Four holiday-decorated homes; 1:30-4:30 p.m. Admission.

Details: 662-324-0420.

Mistletoe Magic, Dec. 3, Rolling Fork. Holiday shopping event, door prize drawing; 4-8 p.m.

Details: 662-873-6261.

Walter Parks and Swamp Cabbage in Concert, Dec. 4, Columbus. “Swamp boogie

blues,” 7 p.m. Rosenzweig Arts Center, Mississippi University for Women. Details: 662328-2787.

Christmas Parade: “A Picture Perfect Christmas,” Dec. 6, Ackerman. Downtown; 6 p.m. Details: 662-285-6251.

Christmas Parade: “Follow the Star,” Dec. 7, Brandon. Skylar Laine is grand marshal; 7 p.m. Details: 601-824-4578; www.cityofbrandon.net.

Christmas on the Rails, Dec. 7, Picayune.

Santa photos, carolers, horse/buggy rides, shopping; 5-8 p.m. Downtown. Details: 601798-9079.

Kaleidoscope Market, Dec. 7-8, Brandon.

Vendors from throughout state, Christmasthemed events for all ages. Brandon City Hall.

Details: 601-824-4578.

Annual Santa Breakfast, Dec. 8, Long Beach.

Breakfast 8-11 a.m., First United Methodist Church, followed by Christmas on the Avenue til 5 p.m., Harper McCaughan Town Green.

Details: 228-265-0163; info@lbconcertchoir.com.

Christmas on the Farm, Dec. 8-9, Monticello.

Photos with Santa, fireside storytelling with Mrs. Claus, petting zoo, hot refreshments.

Admission. Swan Creek Farm and Waterfowl Park. Details: 601-587-7114; www.swancreekfarms.com.

“A Christmas with David Phelps,” Dec. 10, Hattiesburg. Phelps, tenor of the Gaither Vocal Band, performs at 7 p.m. Admission. Hardy Street Baptist Church. Details: 601-544-1794.

All American Country Christmas, Dec. 15, Lucedale. Crafts, food, music, Santa Workshop, tree lighting, more. Admission. George County Fairgrounds. Details: 601-766-0730.

Philadelphia Gun Show, Dec. 15-16, Philadelphia. Door prizes, concessions. Neshoba County Coliseum. Admission. Details: 601-4984235; bigpopfireworks@gmail.com.

Magnolia Swingers Year End Blast, Dec. 30-31, Biloxi. Caller Daryl McMillan and cuer Tim Eum and Cindy Hadley. St. Martin Community Center. Details: 228-475-5778, 228-392-6620.

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HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS - LIMIT 6 Good at our stores or website or by phone. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 3/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

LOT NO. 807

REG. 99$29.99 PRICE

NO GAS REQUIRED!

HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS - LIMIT 4 Good at our stores or website or by phone. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable.

Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 3/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

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HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS - LIMIT 1 Save 20% on any one item purchased at our store. Coupon good at our stores or website or by phone. *Cannot be used with other discount, coupon, gift cards, Inside Track Club membership, extended service plans or on any of the following: compressors, generators, tool storage or carts, welders, floor jacks, Campbell Hausfeld products, open box items, in-store event or parking lot sale items. Not valid on prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase date with original receipt. Non-transferrable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 3/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

SAVE 56% Requires one 9 volt and three C batteries (sold separately).

LOT NO. 95552

REG. PRICE $39.99

ANY SINGLE ITEM!

LOT NO. 93068/69590

$

METRIC

SAVE YOUR CHOICE! 55% $ 99

REG. $ 99PRICE

LOT NO. 68887

SAVE $60

LOT NO. 96654

20%

LOT NO. 5889

SAVE 50%

Item 95578 shown

LOT NO. 42292/ 69594/69955

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7 PIECE RATCHETING COMBINATION WRENCH SETS

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SAVE $150

REG. PRICE $299.99

HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS - LIMIT 3 Good at our stores or website or by phone. Cannot be used with other discount or coupon or prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase with original receipt. Offer good while supplies last. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 3/5/13. Limit one coupon per customer per day.

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