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Youngsters need to know ABCs of electrical safety ome things are best learned by doing. But when we tell you how dangerous electricity can be, you’ll just have to take our word for it. Only highly trained and skilled lineworkers are qualified for any hands-on work with electricity.

We live our lives surrounded by electricity, so we tend to take it for granted. Yet many home electrical fires, injuries and electrocutions can be prevented when we understand and practice electrical safety. This is especially true for our youngest co-op members.

Perhaps it’s time for you, as your children’s first and most important teacher, to have a talk with them to reinforce those lessons.

Start at an early age, teaching them about the physical dangers associated with electrical components and how to handle electrical plugs, outlets, switches and other devices. Keep in mind, talking to your children about electrical safety should also include fun activities and facts about the basics—what is electricity, the need to respect its power and how to use it efficiently as they study, work and play.

As we all know, kids will be kids. Getting them to show interest in some of these lessons won’t be easy. Just remember that what your children learn from you today can be a lifesaver later when they encounter potential hazards like downed power lines in their path, play hide-andseek behind those big metal electrical boxes in the neighborhood or are tempted to clamber up a utility pole.

Gather your youngsters around the kitchen table or on the front porch—some of the best teachable moments about electrical safety can happen in and around your home. Look around.

There are plenty of opportunities to demonstrate safety that are as close as the electrical outlet on your living room wall.

For example, show young children how plugs work, and let them know that even if they are

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On the cover By painting his memories of a childhood lived on a small Mississippi farm, Pickens resident Saul Haymond has won fellowships with art foundations across the country.

Haymond, a member of Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association, has painted nearly 5,000 works in his lifetime. See story on page 4.

curious about the slits of an electrical outlet, nothing else should be placed inside. Each year about 2,400 children end up in the emergency room after suffering injuries caused by inserting objects—paper clips, pens, screws, nails, forks, hair pins, coins and more—into electrical receptacles. That’s about seven children a day who sustain injuries ranging from electric shock to burns.

But this isn’t the only electrical mishap that youngsters. Our My Opinion impacts reliance on electronics Michael Callahan and gadgets have left Executive Vice President/CEO both youngsters and EPAs of Mississippi their parents at risk when they overcrowd electrical outlets, continue to use frayed wires, place devices near liquids or leave electronics on for long periods of time. Some of the same guidelines your electric power association offers to protect adults also help protect children. We should all set good examples for our youngsters.

They may not always listen to us, but they watch what we do.

Supplement your lessons at home with resources galore; including those provided by your electric power association. The Electrical Safety Foundational International (www.esfi.org) is among the many national organizations offering free kits, videos and interactive online tools that make learning and practicing electrical safety fun for you and your children. And as they grow older, remember to keep teaching them about the power of electricity and how to use it safely. Some day, maybe they’ll pass the message along to your grandchildren.

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Our Homeplace

A colorful mural in downtown Tupelo promotes the local farmers market. Farmers markets in Mississippi are listed by county on the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce website, www.mdac.state.ms.us.

Mississippi is a beautiful sunset in the sky. Birds chirping, a gentle breeze, friendly neighbors, safe neighborhoods and a peace that’s in the air. Mississippi is a home-cooked meal, an awesome church service, genuine hospitality and just pure greatness. I love Mississippi and I must say that my favorite area is Pontotoc County. God bless Mississippi!

— Joseph Colna Jr., Pontotoc County I am proud and grateful to live in the great state of Mississippi.

There is so much beauty to see and history to learn here. I travel across the state with my mother and best friend looking for the green historical markers (and take a picture of them) and other historical and interesting stops along the way. I rarely go out of state on vacation because I feel like there is so much to explore right here!

— Jessica Strickland, Laurel Mississippi is, to me, remembering waking up as a child to the smell of the dew, grass and the bacon, eggs, biscuits and fresh coffee. And when it rained, holding your arms up to the sky to embrace the rain and the sun. Also, listening to my great-grand sing. Eating fresh vegetables from the garden, and juicy watermelons. You young folks don’t know nothing about that. How I miss those good old days.

— Barbara J. Cox, Byhalia Nowhere in Mississippi do we meet a stranger.

Seldom do we encounter someone without a smile.

The times I found myself in distress I was helped By a Mississippian who walked that extra mile.

How awesome we can speak to anyone, anytime Confident our friendliness will be reciprocated.

Evident are brotherly love, true caring—they abound; Because of who we are, these’ll not become outdated.

— Doris Langton, Hattiesburg

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ainting P MEMORIES The quintessential Mississippi farm in the early 1900s is the backdrop of Saul Haymond’s paintings. His visionary style of art has taken him all over the United States and earned him a place among the country’s most renowned artists.

Saul Haymond of Pickens displays one of his small oil paintings of a rural farm home he remembers from childhood.

By Elissa Fulton Saul Haymond's paintings are rich with history from his days as a young boy on a rural Mississippi farm. His parents were sharecroppers who spent long days in the cotton fields.

At the age of 4, Haymond discovered he had a talent while drawing on brown grocery sacks with charcoal from the fireplace in his family's Ebenezer home.

“My step-daddy hated it,” said Haymond, remembering his childhood. “Back in those days, it was an offense to the older folks to waste time.”

Haymond recalls carving small figurines from soft wood with a butter knife.

His step-father would burn the sculptures as soon as he would finish one.

“He felt like I could always find other things to do with my time rather than silly things like creating art.”

Haymond was 12 years old before he was able to start school. He was unable to read and write as a teenager when he left home for the Job Corps in the early 1960s. Sargent Shriver, a political leader

and member of the Kennedy family, founded the program in 1964. It was part of a series of legislation from President Johnson’s administration known informally as the “War on Poverty.”

“The program was a way for the government to help people get jobs,” Haymond said. “It focused on education and vocation. It was through the Job Corps that those people began training me as an artist.”

Haymond credits his learning to read and write during his time in the program to Clarence B. Rice, a professor from Howard University in Washington, D.C. “I will never forget him,” Haymond said with esteem. “He told me he was going to give me something that nobody could ever take from me. He spent four years tutoring me and when I got back to Mississippi, nobody could believe I could read and write.”

Education in his trade was not always easy for Haymond. He believes that if an artist is born painting, he can’t be taught because he is going to paint his own way.

for artist’s grants Haymond, howand fellowships. ever, had an art “I was told by teacher that did many in the area not agree with that I would that concept. never get fund“My teacher ing because kept wanting me Oil on canvas by Saul Haymond nobody likes to follow him the hearing about way he was doing people in a cotton field,” Haymond said. it, but I just couldn’t do it,” he said, “And I guess it’s true that no one likes to laughing as he remembered his training.

“He asked me why I couldn’t just follow hear about poverty, but I tried anyway.”

For 40 years, Haymond worked fullthe rules, so I told him it was because I time as a farm laborer during the day and just saw things a little bit different than painted at night. His persistence paid off. he did.”

It is that persistence to do things a lit- The artist has won fellowships with many art foundations across the country, tle bit different that earned Haymond a including the Mississippi Arts Commisfellowship with some of the country’s sion, the Southern Federation, the Ludmost prestigious art foundations. His art wig-Vogelstein Foundation, the Adolph has been exhibited in the U.S. Capitol & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, the PolRotunda in Washington, D.C., St. lack-Krasner Foundation and the worldMary’s College and St. Joseph’s College renowned John Simon Guggenheim in Maryland.

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Haymond sold his third painting to “A lady told me one time while I was Sargent Shriver and was well on his way in New York City that the odds of me to success. In 1987, he began applying

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“You see, it’s very hard to become a Guggenheim winner, and once they support you, they have higher standards for how your work is sold. That was another thing they had to teach me. I can’t just go sell my paintings at a flea market anymore.”

Haymond paints the history of Mississippi as he remembers it. Though there are some things we all would probably rather forget, he does not intend to create a racial barrier or make anyone feel uncomfortable. He’d rather use his work This oil painting represents what farm life was like in rural Mississippi in the late to educate.

1940s and early 1950s. The work is one of Haymond’s many visions from his life on “People ask me why I paint cotton the farm as a child of sharecroppers. fields in today’s world, and I tell them that it’s our history. It is education, and winning all these grants were 200 million see the painting before he even paints it. when us old folks are gone, the stories are in one,” said Haymond, a bit amused.

“I know that may not gone. You can have all these modern “Imagine that! This little old man from machines but to have your mind be able Mississippi collecting all these fellowships. be the right way to do it for some folks, but it’s to go back and come back up, you’d be I don’t have a college degree, but to me, hard to train someone to surprised what you learn. And if you all these outnumber any degree I could do something different don’t pay attention to history, it’s a good have ever earned.”

Haymond’s dreams inspire many of his paintings. Shown above is a when they’ve been doing chance it will repeat itself,” he said.

Haymond paints visions from his dream that plagued him until he put the vision on canvas.

“Looking back now, it makes me feel childhood, from dreams or even by hear- it their own way for so long.” art world and endured many trials as an good because it never discouraged me, ing a story in which he imagines the As with most art, each one of Hayartist. Luckily, he had a few friends, parand there were good people of all walks of scenery. mond’s paintings has a story. One paint- ticularly the late Anson Peckham, a New life that helped me along the way.”

“They call me a vision artist. That is ing he is particularly fond of depicts a York City art dealer, who helped him Haymond has painted nearly 5,000 what my fellowship was based upon and young boy lying on the floor of an old along the way. paintings over the course of his life. He without that categorization, I probably cabin, next to a kerosene lamp. “This is a “Mr. Peckham came down to Mississays his paintings are much like the blues. wouldn’t have gotten a fellowship, let memory and everything is exactly as I sippi and said he wanted some of my “You can sing the blues and gospel, and alone as many as I have,” Haymond said remember it. Even the kerosene lamp that paintings for an exhibit. I took them all these paintings are the same as that. Only proudly. is only half full because that’s all we could out, laid them in the yard and told him to difference is, you can see it.”

“Every painting I’ve ever done, I go pick the ones he wanted. He asked me Haymond was finally able to retire a over to a place, and come back and paint afford.”

Despite all his accomplishments what I was doing. You see up there, they few years ago and now spends most of his it. Or you can sit down and tell me a handle art with white gloves. Some of days at his home in Pickens, Miss. where story and the painting automatically pops through the years and all the interesting he is a Yazoo Valley Electric member. He up there in my mind. When you can take people he has met in the art community, those painting have their own air-condiHaymond’s motitioned rooms.

I guess I just didn’t know spends his time painting or working on things from history vating factor for any better,” Haymond said as he rememother hobbies. In addition to his talent as itself and put it “Looking back now, it makes staying in Holmes bered how green he was as an artist. an oil painter, he paints with pastels and down on a canvas, me feel good because it never County came from “They take art very seriously up there in watercolors and draws with pen and ink. or in a song, or even his first cousin and New York City.”

“I’m still just a struggling artist. I ain’t poetry, you are actudiscouraged me, and there close friend, former Haymond sells his art through galleries rich, I just have a lot of paintings.” ally called a person were good people of all walks state Rep. Robert and museums, and accepts comof vision.” of life that helped me along Clark.

Many of HayHaymond depicts farm life in “When my mond’s paintings the way.” rural Mississippi with a pen cousin was in the spring from childand ink drawing.

- Saul Haymond House and on hood events he the Appropriremembers, but some are from visions he dreams about. “I ations Committee, every time I saw him he’d ask me when I was comsketch a lot of my dreams out and it’s as ing home. He’d say there’s no if I was there. Sometimes it is an imagiplace like home and when you get nary place, or I remember the smell of old back, you can stay a while,” Haydusty roads and I just paint it.”

The technique he uses is different from mond said. “I lived away for many years and even though those people in that of most conventional artists. HayNew York City are nice people, the cost mond paints the canvas black before he of living up there is extreme.” begins painting an image so that the light Haymond has learned the ropes of the is reflected from the canvas. He claims to

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The Grappin family’s portable cabin

here are five of them: Michael, Amy, Deaven, Destin and Alayna. They are the Grappin family, and I am seldom left short of amazed each time I talk or visit with them. From bow building to antiques collecting to blacksmithing to outdoor cooking on grills and over fire pits, they live a life that, even though set firmly in the 21st century, is reminiscent of the past.

Oh, they have computers and other common contrivances of today and Michael’s job demands modern equipment and technical skills, but they Mississippi often slip effortOutdoors lessly into living

by Tony Kinton as it was done 100 years or more back. Intriguing.

They built their own dwelling, an ongoing project that speaks clearly of their tastes. An outdoor cooking and dining area are just outside the house.

Attached to and on the back of that is the blacksmith shop and bow-building benches and vises.

Down the way a bit, perhaps 40 yards, is a rock fire pit. Steel uprights

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The Grappin portable cabin. Fire pit and cooking utensils in foreground.

and a cross member, made in the blacksmith shop by sons Deaven and Destin, secure cooking pots.

The centerpiece of this setting is a cabin. But, this is no ordinary cabin. It is portable, a concept worked out by Michael and built/assembled by the three male Grappins. They do have and

enthusiastically use a big canvas tent for the bulk of their camping, but the takeapart cabin is a unit that takes “tent” camping to the next level.

“I like to work with wood,” Michael says. And his expertise in such endeavors is evident, not only in the cabin but in the dwelling and associated structures.

Inside cabin. Notice the wash basin, a pan inside an old wooden barrel in the right-hand corner. Photos: Tony Kinton

He has honed his carpentry skills for years now. With that proclivity for wood and his knowledge of engineering, he set about on the portable cabin idea. The boys did a large portion of the actual work, but Michael was the designer and guide through this process.

“It takes us about 30 minutes to take

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it down or set it up,” Michael notes.

“And the whole thing will fit on a trailer so that it can be moved easily.”

The cabin measures 10 feet by 12 feet. It has a slant from front to back so that water runs off smoothly and quickly and breaks down into six panels, all of which can be handled by two people of reasonable strength.

The four walls are individual panels.

The front is set in place and held upright, then a side wall is added and secured by two bolts where the corner studs mate. From there it is only a simple matter of setting the two remaining walls into place and bolting them. The walls are then solid and stable.

The roof is in two panels; they slide into slots that nest their 2-by-4 lathes securely.

There is no attached floor. The ground serves this purpose quite well.

But in the event the ground is wet at the spot they elect to set the cabin, Michael acquired a piece of modern material used to waterproof flat roofs commonly used on commercial buildings. It is cut to size and needs only rolling out and into place. This creates a viable water barrier to ward off ground moisture. The structure has a front door and window, as well as two side windows. Quite comfortable and inviting, it is.

Upon completion of the portable cabin, the Grappins put it in the location it has occupied since. The boys moved in! “They have slept out here since we set it up,” Michael says. Plans are, however, to transport it to their hunting camp not far from home and use it there during the season. It will be brought back home afterward.

“And I checked with most of the parks and campgrounds we visit to be sure it would be acceptable there. They told me it would, so we plan to take it to some of the archery events we attend. It should start a few conversations!”

Have the Grappins abandoned their big wall tent? Not at all. They still love the smell of canvas. But the portable cabin will likely play an integral role in their outings as well. And Michael is right in his conclusion about that structure. It should definitely be the genesis of a great many conversations.

Tony Kinton has been an active outdoors writer for 30 years. His newest book, “Rambling Through Pleasant Memories,” is now available. Order from Amazon.com or Kinton’s website: www.tonykinton.com.

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evoke memories of young storm victim bout this time of year early signs of fall start appearing. We have patches of spider lilies scattered about the yard that shoot up in September.

I used to anticipate fall’s arrival a lot more favorably than I do now, anxious for chilly nights so we could light a fire in the wood fireplace so it could flicker and make dancing shadows while we watched TV. But after a baffle in wood heater warped from 20 years of use, I got to thinking how old I would be in another 20 years if I fixed it. And decided I really didn’t want to be sloshing through the mud in the yard for firewood at age 80. So instead of replacing the part, we replaced the heater with something that lights with the push of a remote button instead of rolled-up newspaper.

Now, I find that not only am I in no hurry for fall to get here, I also kind of wish summer would hang around a bit longer. Oh, don’t get me wrong; I don’t like the heat. But I like the green and growing, the life. Maybe it’s a sign of aging.

I was reminded of all of this when I went to Louisville the other day to do a TV story about the progress in the areas of town that were so heavily damaged in last April’s tornado outbreak, and also to see if I could find any Mississippi of “Tyler’s Sunflowers.”

Seen Tyler Tucker was a second

by Walt Grayson grader at Fair Elementary School in Louisville last spring. On April 28 Tyler and the rest of the school were dismissed early so bus routes could finish delivering children home before the impending severe weather hit. But Tyler and his parents were caught by the worst part of the storm and became three of the 10 people in the area killed in the tornado that afternoon.

Before the end of the school year, Tyler’s grandmother visited the second grade at Fair Elementary and gave everyone a reminder of Tyler. The packet included a photograph of him, some information about sunflowers—Tyler’s favorite flower—and a packet of sunflower seeds. The youngsters were told to plant the seeds anywhere and, when they saw the flowers later blooming, to think of Tyler.

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The little stands of sunflowers that popped up all over Louisville, planted last spring by Tyler Tucker's classmates, are beginning to fade for the season. They have been refreshing rays of sunshine among the debris left behind by last April's tornado. Photo: Walt Grayson

In many respects it’s been a long, hot summer.

And a bunch of Tyler’s seeds were planted in the areas with the most tornado damage, growing up to produce bright spots of cheer amongst the rubble.

But now that some of the lots where they were planted have been cleared for rebuilding, and due to the lack of rain, just a few patches of the sunflowers remain. One I saw was turning brown from age. It was when I saw those fading sunflowers that the coming of autumn first came to mind this year.

But the heads of the flowers seemed to have matured and made seed. And even though the patch will run its course and shrivel and die and vanish over the winter, come next spring a new patch of sunflowers should pop up there. Given enough time, and if the spreading sunflower patches are allowed to propagate, Louisville may become the Sunflower City as a constant reminder of a second grader who was just as bright and cheerful as the sunflowers are, taken away way too early.

Maybe those (or any!) sunflowers will be a reminder for the rest of us to spread a little more sunshine as we go along, and less gloom. It will get gloomy enough, soon enough.

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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Family-owned farm grows into high-tech operation never dreamed years ago when I saw Allen Eubanks in the halls of George County High School that he would become the largest producer of vegetables in Mississippi. Or, when I taught Janice’s brother Rudolph Hall at Rocky Creek Elementary School that she would marry Allen, and become “Mississippi’s First Lady of Vegetables.”

Janice is the office manager and V.P.; Allen is obviously president. As I sat in front of Allen’s large desk, asking questions, he kept one eye on the text flowing across his computer monitor. Janice sat to Allen’s right.

“If you don’t mind me asking, Allen, what are you checking on your monitor?

“We’re preparing for our fall crops, and checking records on each of our products for trace-back Grin ‘n’ information on Bare It all shipments.

by Kay Grafe In 2005 we became the first in Mississippi and Alabama to become GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) certified. It’s all about food safety.”

“So you were a city boy,” I said, “living in Lucedale, but at a young age helped your daddy on his farm out from town.” He nodded. “I heard that you brought watermelons and tomatoes to your house and sold them in your front yard.”

“Those were good times. I liked making my own money, but I loved watching those vegetables grow.” Allen’s face lit up with an eye-twinkling smile.

“I’m curious. Did you and Janice know each other in high school?”

“Yes, I graduated in 1992, but we began dating when we were at Jackson County Community college.”

“Did you graduate from Mississippi State?”

Allen told me yes, he graduated in the field of agriculture, but the science that goes into an operation like his is very complicated. These days you can’t

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just say, “I’m going to be a farmer,” and expect to become successful without the use of technology. And from the knowledge he’s acquired, Allen is now a professional.

Janice always made top grades. With her degree in computer science, they are ideal partners.

“Tell me about your four children. I hear they are well-behaved and you spend a lot of time with them.”

Allen said, “We believe that is important—and to engage in church activities.

Andrew is 16. Allison is 15, Joshua is 11 and Jacob is 8. They enjoy baseball and cross-country running. I don’t work 14 hours a day any longer, but several years ago Janice and I had to work late one night, so we made a pallet for the kids in our van. They had fun and still talk about it.

“Do you sell your produce direct or use brokers?” I asked.

“Direct for the most part to Walmart, Kroger and Rouses. We sell in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Some of our produce is sent to Chicago and Detroit. My farms are in George, Greene, Stone and Mobile counties.”

Trying to act cool, I said in an off-

Eubanks Produce Farms, above, ships produce to retailers across the South, as well as Chicago and Detroit.

The family-owned company employs some 300 seasonal workers, right, for its 2,500-acre operation in Lucedale.

hand way, “How many acres do you farm?” Not expecting him to answer.

But he was quick to say: “2,700 acres.”

“You grow how many kinds of veggies?”

“Over 13. That doesn’t include the different varieties of each. Everything that we eat in the South…and beyond.

Trucks back into the 40- and 60-degree warehouses to load, and the truck’s temperature matches each cool warehouse.”

“Did you have a goal for an enormous farm when you began farming on

40 acres of government farmstead land your grandfather received?”

He grinned. “Absolutely not; I began slowly. David Courtney, who farmed in this area, gave me advice. He was a good man. I took advantage of land I could afford to buy or rent. I’m third generation. Charlie, my dad, raised soybeans here and worked at International Paper.

“Anyway, I bought a few tractors, hired a few migrant workers, built a couple of warehouses and I was on my way. When we went through the first

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hurricane I was worried about the crops, and we lost most of them. Yet we made it up in the fall crop. God is in control.

Now, when a hurricane is headed this way I don’t get upset.”

Janice leaned in and said, “We call it the Gideon story. In Judges 6-8. Having less is sometimes more.”

“I have important questions that people want to know,” I said. “How many employees do you have? And tell me how they are hired?”

“I have 300 migrant workers, all legal, and eight full-time employees. The migrants must have work visas and are required to take eight weeks off each year. Eighty percent return, but they must have new visas each year.”

“Tell me about Charlie’s U-Pik,” I said.

“My dad has his own acreage where folks come out and pick vegetables for six weeks during the summer. Folks like picking, but Dad also has some crops already picked, since some folks think it’s too hot in the field.”

I enjoyed my visit—and couldn’t leave without a seedless watermelon.

Allen and Janice are an inspiration to our community. If you’re down Lucedale way, stop at their main office and they’ll be happy to show you around.

Eubanks Farms is a true American success story. Learn more about them at www.eubanksproduce.com.

Kay Grafe is the author of “Oh My Gosh, Virginia.” To order, send name, address, phone number and $16.95, plus $3.50 S&H to Kay Grafe, 2142 Fig Farm Road, Lucedale, MS 39452.

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Board of Directors Mike Banks, President Marty Crowder, Vice President John E. “Jay” Gilliland Jr., Secretary/Treasurer Johnny Johnson John Scarbrough Kenneth Seitz Ernest H. “Bud” Tumlinson

YOUR COOPERATIVE

Here’s an idea

Lights out

By Joe Cade CEO/General Manager

Automatic controls can keep lighting costs in check

Electricity remains a good value In today’s world, you won’t find many items that cost about $5. You can purchase a gallon of milk, a gallon of gas or a Big Mac® meal from McDonald’s.

But did you know that an average day’s worth of electricity costs about $5?

Even in our country’s shifting energy climate, electricity remains a good value.

In fact, electricity has the lowest cost per day of any of the items listed above. And not all of those items are necessary for daily life!

As CEO/general manager of 4-County Electric Power Association, I urge you to think about your daily necessities (electricity and gasoline, to name a couple), and then think about the cost of the special treats we allow ourselves to purchase on a weekly basis (maybe even on a daily basis for some items!). We don’t often question the cost of a Big Mac® meal; it costs over $1 more to buy a Big Mac® meal than it does to purchase a day’s worth of power. And yet, we frequently become upset if our electricity rates rise.

It makes sense; we have become increasingly reliant upon electricity.

Electricity has, for many of us, gone from a luxury commodity to a necessity and an expectation. We expect the lights to come on when we flip the switch, and we expect our power to stay on during the best and worst conditions. How else would we keep our food fresh, our homes cool in the summer or warm in the winter? It is easy to cut a Big Mac®

out of your spending routine here and there to save a few dollars. But we cannot simply cut electricity out of our budgets if times get tough or we decide that we want to scale back our spending in order to save.

Perhaps that is why it is so upsetting to us when our rates increase, even if only in small increments. It is nearly impossible for us to think about what our lives would be like if we did not have electricity. If at times it doesn’t seem that electricity is affordable, remember—even as the demand for electricity grows—annual cost increases still remain low, especially when compared to other consumer goods such as medical care, education, gasoline and, yes, even Big Macs®. Electricity is still a great bargain. And also remember this: as the CEO/general manager of 4-County, your local electric cooperative, I am committed to making sure that you and your family always have safe, reliable and affordable electric service in your home.

So the next time you crave a Big Mac®, remember your electric bill, and think about what a great deal you’re getting for your dollar!

Whether you can’t train your kids to turn out lights when they leave a room or need a better outdoor lighting scheme, automatic controls might be a cost-effective solution.

No matter what type you use, “the most important thing to remember for any lighting control is to use a type of lightbulb that doesn’t need to ‘warm up,’” says Brian Sloboda, a senior program manager specializing in energy efficiency for the Cooperative Research Network, the research and development organization for the nation’s electric co-ops.

“All of the lightbulbs for residential use now on the market will work: incandescents, compact fluorescent lamps [CFLs] and LEDs [light-emitting diodes].”

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Occupancy sensors are helpful indoors, as long as they’re positioned to detect people in any corner of the room. They’re also good as task lighting—above places like a desk or kitchen sink—so you get the extra light you need while working, but you don’t forget and leave it on all night.

They are two types of occupancy sensors: ultrasonic and infrared. Ultrasonic sensors detect sound; infrared sensors detect heat and motion.

Timers make an empty home look occupied. If kids are still running in and out, however, timers aren’t as effective as occupancy sensors. Plug timers into a wall outlet or install them in the wall, like a light switch or thermostat. New varieties are digital.

Photosensors are generally best outdoors, but new applications have found they’re also useful for LED nightlights. When an overhead light is on, the nightlight shuts off automatically.

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If you already have or are thinking about installing an outdoor security light, consider combining it with a photosensor to keep it from burning all day. A motion sensor goes one step further, if you don’t want continuous light.

Timers are commonly used for aesthetic or holiday lighting, sometimes in conjunction with a photosensor, so Since the Co-op Connections Card was they turn on at dusk and turn off at a unveiled in September 2011, 4-County designated time. members have saved over $390,313 on Visit EnergySavers.gov to learn more prescription drugs through July. about energy efficiency in your home.

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Look here each month to see the savings total!

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4-County electric power rates to increase 4-County members will see a change to their bills, beginning in October. A combined Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and 4-County increase will mean higher rates for members. In August, TVA announced a 1.5 percent increase to go into effect on Oc. 1. 4-County had already been planning the final step in adjusting its customer charge.

The combined increase means members will see their bills raise an average of about 2.4 percent across all classes. That number will be about 2.76 percent for residential bills.

While the TVA increase will fall mainly on the energy side, 4-County’s increase will mostly affect the Association’s customer charge.

Several years ago, 4-County had a cost-of-service study performed that showed some member classes were being under charged in relation to the cost 4-County incurs in serving them. In order to bring every class to where it needed to be, 4-County began implementing small annual increases in its customer charges to avoid making one large increase.

“This increase allows 4-County to make sure that each member class pays the correct share of what it costs to serve them,” said 4-County Chief Financial Officer Brian Clark. “By having cost-ofservice studies done every so often and adjusting our charges when necessary, we make sure that no customer class

“This increase allows 4-County to make sure that each member class pays the correct share of what it costs to serve them.”

— Brian Clark 4-County Chief Financial Officer ends up subsidizing another,” Clark added.

“The cost-of-service study told us where we should be with our customer charge, and we are now there and we don’t anticipate having to adjust it anytime soon” he said. He also pointed out that the combined increase is still lower

than the rise in the 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI) for electricity. “The CPI measures the average change in what we pay for things like energy, food and other things. In the first half of 2014, the CPI for electricity rose 4 percent across the country, so our increase is well below that,” Clark said.

4-County’s customer charge is sepa-

rate from the rates charged for energy use, or the kilowatt-hours members use each month. TVA—who makes the electric power 4-County sells—regulates rates charged by 4-County. The money 4-County collects is passed back to TVA for power purchases. Because electricity sales fluctuate, especially based on weather, it is very difficult to project revenue

based on them. Having a fixed monthly customer charge means that instead of being dependent on varying electricity sales, 4-County is better able to predict revenue it can budget accordingly. Most utilities and telecommunication companies—including natural gas, telephone and television/cable providers—have a customer charge.

Changes in 4-County Outdoor Lighting Rates 4-County Electric Power Association residential and business members who have outdoor lighting provided by the Association will see some changes in the cost of those lights. Recently, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) looked at 4-County’s outdoor lighting rates and found that the rates had not been adjusted in many years, despite the fact that the cost to install and maintain those lights has steadily risen.

TVA advised 4-County to develop a new rate structure that better captures those costs. Beginning Oct. 1, new rates will go into effect. Most members with outdoor lighting from 4-County will see a small monthly cost increase. Those who have the typical 100-watt high-pressure sodium (HPS) light —the light 4-County uses in residential applications—will see an increase of $1.33 to the current $4.75 charge, for a new monthly total of $6.08 (not including energy used). The cost of other types of lighting will change as well. 4-County’s new lighting rate will be available online at www.4county.org and can be requested by calling 1-800-431-1544.

Why do the rates need to be increased?

When 4-County installs an outdoor light, the Association incurs costs of materials and labor to install and maintain the various types of light fixtures, plus the bulb replacements as needed.

The new rate more closely matches the actual cost of providing and maintaining outdoor lights.

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By Brad Barr area above the garage. Many of his pieces are things he owned as a child. “I Forget TV’s “American Pickers” for just a minute. A little closer to never throw anything away,” he said home, Lowndes County has its with a laugh. “It’s fun.” own picker in Sam Phillips. Long The good-natured collector has disbefore Iowans Mike Wolfe and covered some treasured friendships Frank Fritz picked their way into throughout the picking circuit too. “We the national spotlight with “Amerget together on a regular basis to talk ican Pickers,” Phillips was busy prices and trade items,” he explained. collecting a little Americana this His collection also includes some big Sam Phillips is a Mississippi picker. He collects a little of this and that— and that. toys. Building and restoring cars and hot including bicycles and cars—for display at his home in Lowndes County.

He has been turning trash into rods is an important pastime. Phillips treasure for many years. “One owns a 1939 Ford (nicknamed Mary man’s trash can certainly be another man’s treasure,” he explained.

Kay), a 2003 Corvette with only 5,000 miles (the 50th anniversary But nothing in Phillips’ collection can be referred to as trash as edition), a 1960 Impala (a near-replica of his high school transthe veteran picker has carefully restored most of his items to an portation), a 1966 Mustang, a 1962 Corvette and a 2005 Corvette. original sheen or purchased them in a fine condition.

“There are some things in life that are not for sale. And this is one Phillips has been wheeling and dealing at auctions, estate sales of them,” he said, gesturing to the turquoise Impala. It’s a fourand flea markets for years. What does he collect? Bicycles, rocking door, hardtop with three “deuces” (carburetors). He also has anothhorses, juke boxes, pinball machines, radios, posters, fire extinguish- er 1960 Impala, a white one. ers, gas pumps and pedal toys—just to name a few. He keeps them Many of his items are restored with skill and expertise. Some are restored with old-fashioned elbow grease. There’s no substitute for in a colorful, 2,600-square-foot museum/six-car garage adjacent to his comfortable home in the New Hope community. The display of hard work, he stressed. “I learned that from my father,” Phillips said items is set off with bright murals, a pool table and a mezzanine of the many hours he spent as a child working at the family grocery,

Phillips Super Market, in nearby Aberdeen. “We closed at midnight on Saturday and were in church every Sunday morning.”

His lessons in hard work as a child led to lessons at Mississippi State University in industrial management. With degree in hand, he began working as a sales enginee at Bosch, an automotive electrical supplie based in Columbus. While working in sales at Bosch, he and a very close life-lon friend, James Riley Moore, developed a prototype marine trolling motor, an unde water version that was the first of its kind The design was sold to Phantom Product (later known as Shakespeare), Minn-Kota MotorGuide in Starkville and Zebco. “At that time, we had 100 percent of the mar ket.” From 1965 to 1976, Bosch sold seve million dollars in trolling motors.

Also in 1963, Phillips built the first co operated, self-service automated car wash Mississippi (an idea he developed after see one in California). Dutch Maid Equipme was eventful in more ways than one. A ch ing alley eatery changed his life forever. “I her to eat with me, and we’ve been eating said with a grin. The young lady’s name w became his wife. They have two sons, Mike and Kevin, and one daughter, Melissa.

In 1976, Phillips left Bosch to concentrate solely on the development of Dutch Maid. They have built over 400 car washes in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama. He retired in 2013, on Dutch Maid’s 50th anniversary. “The boys didn’t think I’d ever quit. I fooled them,” he said. Mike and K along with family friend Mike Herrick.

Today, Phillips works hard at having fu items in his collection and is looking for m time collectors? “Don’t buy the first thing around. Do your homework first. Get val

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pay.” He also recommends starting the picking process on a small scale. “Start small. And if you can’t pay cash for it, you don’t need it.”

“American Pickers” is one of his favorite television shows. But the motivation to pick all starts with the history of the item. “I love history. You have to know where you’ve been to know where you’re going,” he said. has he been collecting? “Since “Nothing pleases me more than to I wasHow7,”long he said, displaying a Handy Andy Tool Box he played with as a child. see a new car pulling up. What He enjoys giving tours—every Sunday good is having all this if I can’t afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m.—of his museum of collections. “Nothing pleases me share it with people.” more than to see a new car pulling up.

— Sam Phillips What good is having all this if I can’t share it with people,” he said.

Kevin run the business now, Restoring things gives him a feeling of accomplishment, or contentment. His secret to a happy life is simple: Don’t set your goals un. He has hundreds of too small because one can become lazy and lose interest. Don’t set more. His advice for firstyour goals too high because you can become discouraged and quit. g you see,” he said. “Shop “Find a goal you can achieve,” Phillips said. “Then do it.” lue received for what you

The collector is currently restoring a carousel ride that he hopes will be used by grandchildren and neighborhood children.

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Watts Happening This listing of area events is compiled from information provided by area chambers of commerce and visitors’ bureaus. The events listed are subject to change. Please call to confirm dates, times and additional details.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3 Blue Ribbon Lunch Seminar; Hilton Garden Inn in Starkville, 975 Hwy. 12 E.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; details, (662) 323-3322.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 4 Columbus Art Walk; downtown Columbus; 5:30 to 8 p.m.; details, (662) 328-6305.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 SEC Football: Mississippi State University versus the University of Alabama at Birmingham; Scott Field on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville; details, (662) 323-3322.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 Bulldog Brunch & Browse 2014; downtown Starkville area; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; details, (662) 323-3322.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 Facebook Pages for Beginners & Facebook Pages for Advanced; Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce, 55 E. Quinn St. in Ackerman; 1 to 4:30 p.m.; details, (662) 285-6337.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 Kim C. Gee Ovarian Cancer Run for Awareness; Mississippi State University in Starkville; 9 to 11 a.m.; $20 fee per person; details, (662) 552-1093.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 Violinist Jenny Oaks Baker Performs; Poindexter Hall, Mississippi University for Women in Columbus; 7:30 p.m.; details, (662) 328-2787.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 Starkville Area Arts Council Annual Arts Gala; Hunter Henry Center, Mississippi State University; 6:30 p.m.; details, (662) 324-3080.

4-County to close West Point office in efficiency efforts In a continual effort to reduce costs while striving to bring added value to its members, 4-County Electric Power Association is making plans to close its office at 900 Industrial Access Road in West Point.

Closing the office, scheduled for Oct. 3, will not impact the level of service 4-County members receive, nor will any employees lose their jobs. Instead, the strategic move enables the cooperative to operate more efficiently and better serve its members, according to 4-County CEO/General Manager Joe Cade.

“4-County remains focused on and committed to serving its members. Even though our 900 Industrial Access Road location is closing, you may rest assured that we are prepared to deliver an even higher level of service to you while also giving you more options on where and how you can pay your bills,” Cade said.

The Association sent a letter to its members in August detailing the changes.

4-County offers a variety of options to its members for conducting business without having to come to an office, including: • Payment kiosks: 4-County kiosk payment machines are user friendly and conveniently located in various communities, with many of them open 24 hours a day. If members pay their bills using one of the kiosk machines, their payments are updated to their accounts immediately. The kiosk located in the West Point office will be moved to another location in the West Point area. More information on that location will come soon.

• Payment by phone: Another convenient option is to call 4-County at 1-800-431-1544. One of 4-County’s customer service representatives will help members with their payments through the use of an electronic check, a debit card or a credit card.

• Bank draft: 4-County offers a bank draft option (drafting payments from members’ bank accounts or credit cards). A member account will be drafted on the due date each month. Currently, the cooperative has a promotion that enables new bank draft members a one-time $25 credit to their electric bills.

• Online payments: Another convenient payment option is paying online through 4-County’s website at www.4county.org/paymentoptions, or with a free app for a smartphone or tablet. Just go to the app store, search for “4county” and download My Electric Account.

• Prepay: Prepay works similar to buying gasoline for your car: You put money into your account. Then, as you use electricity and the money in your account gets lower, 4-County alerts you so you can add more money to the account. You have full control over your account and can pay as much or as little as you want, when you want. There is no deposit required with the Prepay option.

• Mail: Members can also use the traditional option of mailing in their payments to the payment address listed on the bill.

• Setting up new service: People wishing to set up a new account can complete an application for service online at www.4county.org.

Those West Point area members (or any other members) who want to pay their bills or conduct other business in person can do so at the Corporate Center location, 5265 S. Frontage Road near the Highway 82 airport exit in Mayhew. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Three 24-hour payment kiosks are available: one at the corporate center and two at the Starkville office.

“Technology is changing the way we do business,” Cade said. “We appreciate your understanding as we reinvent ourselves and strive to serve you with more and better options in the future. Many of our members are already enjoying the convenience of these payment and service options. For those members who have not had an opportunity to take advantage of these options, I encourage them to begin using them before the West Point office closes Oct. 3 so that there will be no impact to them.”

Kiosk locations Clay County: • West Point Shell 1443 Hwy. 45 N. in West Point • Knox Grocery 9672 Brand Una Road in Prairie Oktibbeha County: • University Hills Shell 1125 Hwy. 82 E. in Starkville • State Shell 801 Blackjack Road in Starkville Other locations: • Piggly Wiggly 24844 Miss. Hwy. 15 in Mathiston • Tem’s Food Market 179 N. Oliver St. in Brooksville • Tem’s Food Market 101 W. Pearl St. in Macon • Dutch Village Shell 1245 Lehmberg Road in Columbus • Sprint Gasoline 3115 Hwy. 45 N. in Columbus • New Hope Shell 5780 Hwy. 182 E. in Columbus • Sprint Mart 1313 Hwy. 69 S. in Columbus

4-County asking young leaders to step up Three high school juniors in the 4-County Electric Power Association service area can win all-expense paid trips to Washington, D.C., to attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour, June 13-19, 2015.

4-County’s 2015 Youth Leadership contest, set for Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, is open to high school juniors who attend school in, and whose parents or guardians live in, the 4-County service area.

The three winning students will represent 4-County at the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi’s Youth Leadership Workshop in Jackson, Feb. 25-27, 2015. This workshop is designed to help participants sharpen their leadership skills and acquaint them with state government. They will enjoy presentations by government lead-

ers, businessmen and rural electric power association professionals.

At the Youth Leadership Workshop, one student will be selected to represent Mississippi on the NRECA Youth Leadership Council. The selection is made through a comprehensive process including personal interviews. The winning student serves a one-year term and participates in the annual meeting of the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi and the NRECA annual meeting.

In addition, 4-County’s overall winners will travel with other Mississippi students to join hundreds of students from across the nation in Washington, D.C. During their stay, June 13-19, students will tour historical memorials and monuments, the nation’s Capitol, the Smithsonian

Institution, Arlington Cemetery and other national landmarks.

Each public 2014 winners, from left, Tanner Fant, John Taylor Champion and Jena Dees. and private school in the 4-County service area may nominate a student to participate in the 4-County contest. Student winners will be selected during an interview process to be held Nov. 5 at the cooperative’s corporate center.

Information packets will be sent to area schools in early September. Teachers or counselors may also request additional information by contacting Brad Barr, 4-County’s Youth Tour coordinator, at 662-245-0711.

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For a complete listing of hunting seasons, bag limits and other legal restrictions, go to http://home.mdwfp.com.

White-tailed Deer

Delta Zone • A legal buck is defined as having EITHER a minimum inside spread of 12 inches OR one main beam at least 15 inches long.

Southeast and Hill Zones • A legal buck is defined as having EITHER a minimum inside spread of 10 inches OR one main beam at least 13 inches long.

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Dove • White-winged & Mourning Dove (North Zone)* Sept. 1 - 21; Oct. 4 - Nov. 9; Dec. 15 - Jan. 15 (South Zone)** Sept. 13 - 21; Oct. 4 - Nov. 9; Dec. 15 - Jan. 15

Small Game

*Dove North Zone: Areas north of U.S. Hwy. 84 plus areas south of U.S. Hwy. 84 and west of MS Hwy. 35. **Dove South Zone: Areas south of U.S. Hwy. 84 and east of Miss. Hwy. 35.

Fall Turkey Oct. 15 - Nov. 15, For legal restrictions and a list of areas open for fall turkey hunting, go to http://home.mdwfp. com. *On private lands and authorized state and federal lands only in those areas open for squirrel hunting.

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‘Family Favorite Recipes’ Although “It’s So Easy: Family Favorite Recipes” shows home cooks how to speed things along in the kitchen, author Krista Griffin has never been one to think of cooking as a chore.

“Food is about tradition and sharing recipes is something I love and enjoy doing with my friends and family,” writes Griffin, a member of Central Electric Power Association who lives with her family in Carthage.

Practically raised in the kitchen by her Grandma Marene in her Pelahatchie home, Griffin remembers the moment her passion for cooking ignited: “I was just old enough to stand in a chair, and Marene allowed me to help her make biscuits.

From that moment forward, I was hooked.”

“It’s So Easy: Family Favorite Recipes” is a full-color collection of 350 quick and easy recipes, many using convenience foods. Griffin was inspired to create her first cookbook when she inherited her grandmother’s “stacks and stacks” of recipes. Each one is family-tested and treasured, including the recipes reprinted here.

The 248-page softcover book is available in stores and from Great American Publishers at www.GreatAmericanPublishers.com or 1-888-854-5954. Price is $18.95.

3 (16-oz.) jars salsa 3 cups (24 oz.) sour cream 3 large green bell peppers, chopped 3 (3.8-oz.) cans sliced ripe olives, drained 3 cups (12 oz.) shredded Monterey Jack cheese 3 cups (12 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese

In each of 2 greased 9-by-13-inch dishes, arrange 6 tortillas. Layer each with 1 cup chicken, ⅔ cup kidney beans, 1 cup salsa, ½ cup sour cream, ½ cup bell pepper, about ⅓ cup olives, ½ cup Monterey Jack cheese and ½ cup Cheddar cheese.

Repeat layers twice. Cover and bake at 350 F for 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Big B’s Collard Greens 1 large ham hock 2 quarts chicken stock 1 large onion, minced 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 Tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes ¼ tsp. black pepper

1 large bunch collard greens, rinsed and chopped 3 Tbsp. cider vinegar Salt to taste Hot sauce

Add ham hock to a large pot; add chicken stock, onion, garlic, red pepper flakes and black pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer; simmer 1 to 2 hours to make a rich broth. Add collard greens and vinegar; simmer 1 to 5 hours, depending on texture you prefer. Salt to taste and serve in a bowl with hot sauce on the side.

Shrimp Fried Rice 1 cup chopped green bell pepper 1 cup chopped celery ¾ cup chopped onion 1 small garlic clove, chopped 5 Tbsp. margarine

1 small can mushrooms, drained 1 lb. cooked shrimp 4 cups cold cooked instant rice 4 Tbsp. soy sauce 2 Tbsp. chopped pimentos, optional

Sauté green pepper, celery, onion and garlic in margarine 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and heat thoroughly.

Good Morning Coffee Cake 1 yellow cake mix 1 (3.4-oz.) box instant vanilla pudding mix 1 (8-oz.) carton sour cream 4 eggs, beaten 1⁄3 cup canola oil

2 tsp. vanilla extract 2⁄3 cup chopped pecans 1⁄3 cup sugar 2 tsp. ground cinnamon ½ cup powdered sugar 2 Tbsp. orange juice, or water

In a large bowl, combine dry cake mix, dry pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until fully mixed. Pour into a greased 9-by-13inch pan. In a small bowl, combine pecans, sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Use a butter knife to swirl pecan mixture throughout batter. Bake at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

While cake is baking, combine powdered sugar and orange juice until smooth; drizzle over warm coffee cake.

Grandma’s Tomato Gravy

Chili Pie 1 lb. ground beef 1 (12-oz.) can chili beans, drained 1 (15-oz.) can diced tomatoes 1 small onion, chopped fine

36 (6-inch) corn tortillas 6 cups shredded or cubed cooked chicken breast 1 (28-oz.) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 (16-oz.) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained

Salt and pepper to taste 1 Tbsp. chili powder Corn chips 1 ½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef in a medium skillet; drain. Stir in beans, tomatoes, onion and seasonings. Cover and simmer 20 to 25 minutes. Serve over corn chips and topped with shredded cheese.

4 Tbsp. oil 2 or 3 Tbsp. flour Salt and pepper

1 (15-oz.) can diced tomatoes, drained 1 cup water 1 (8-oz.) can tomato sauce

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; stir in flour. Cook and stir until light brown. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour in diced tomatoes and 1 cup water; stir well. Reduce heat. Pour in tomato sauce; stir. Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until thick. Serve over hot biscuits.

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Versatile bananas bring tropics to Mississippi lot of people are interested in creating a tropical feeling around their homes, and growing bananas is an easy way to accomplish this goal.

If you think bananas can be grown only in coastal Mississippi, I want to try to change your mind. There are selections that are hardy for all landscapes in Mississippi.

Japanese Fiber is widely considered to be the most cold-tolerant banana selection. The coarse-textured, bright-green leaves can be 6 feet long and arch out from the top of thick trunks. In coastal counties, this plant can reach up to 10 feet tall. Other garden locations can expect a 5-foot-tall plant. Even at shorter heights, this banana has a strong landscape presence.

Thai Black banana is one of fastest growing landscape bananas. Its trunk has a deep, dark purple color. Midribs rising from the trunk carry this coloration and fade to dark-green foliage. This banana needs a large space in the landscape, as some specimens grow to more than 15 feet tall in landscapes all across Mississippi.

In my opinion, any plant with red in the foliage is a landscape winner. For that reason, I really like the various bananas with red leaves. One of the prettiest is Siam Ruby, Banana Bordelon may be the most cold tolerant of the red-striped banana varieties. The tops of their leaves are adorned with maroon splotches, while a variety I have growthe backs are solid red. Photo: MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman ing in my landscape.

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By Nancy Jo Maples Please allow me to introduce Kate Freeman Clark, an accomplished painter from Holly Springs. Even her friends did not know about her art notoriety until her death in 1957.

Clark was born in 1875 to a family of means. Her father was an attorney in Vicksburg where she spent her childhood. After his death, she and her mother moved to Holly Springs to live with her maternal grandmother in an ancestral home.

At age 16 she enrolled in a girls’ school in New York City.

After graduation she and her mother attended the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There, she developed a strong interest in art and returned to New York for studies at the Art Students League. Prominent artist William Merritt Chase became her mentor and she excelled in still life paintings, portraits and the French Impressionism method plein air (painting in outdoor light and air).

Clark’s work was exhibited widely in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia from 1904 to 1918. By 1924, however, she had stopped painting after the subsequent deaths of Chase, her mother and grandmother. She was not only saddened by their deaths, but witnessed a change in artistic style with the growing popularity of Modern Art. “The shift away from objective representation of what the eye

Kate Freeman Clark’s light-filled landscape paintings include these works (from left): “Finale,” “Resting Sheep,” “Stream in Hills” and “Cows in Pasture.” Photos courtesy of Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery

saw in nature to stylized expression of what the mind invented was too radical for an artist like Kate Freeman Clark,” said Cynthia Grant Tucker in her biography “Kate Freeman Clark: A Painter Rediscovered.”

Clark stored her paintings in a New York warehouse and returned to her family home in Holly Springs. For more than 30 years she assumed the role of a proper Southern lady and most of her acquaintances did not know about her professional career as a painter.

When she died, executors of her estate found a will and instructions to create a “museum of fine and social arts” in Holly Springs. Her 1,200 canvasses and sketches were retrieved from the New York storage facility and a museum was built with funds she left to the city. Her art is displayed here.

However, other artifacts that she had instructed to be displayed would not fit into the art gallery. Those include her books, jewelry and early 20th century clothing, which are exhibited at the Marshall County Historical Museum.

The Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery is located at 300 East College Avenue just two blocks from the courthouse square. It sits next to Clark’s ancestral home. Since its opening in 1963, the gallery has operated by appointment. In January 2014, it began keeping regular hours.

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The museum operates Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Visits are also available via appointment by calling the gallery at 662-252-5300 or its director, Walter Webb, at 662-252-9745. A $5 donation is suggested for admission.

The gallery’s website, www.katefreemanclark.org, offers rich information about Clark’s life and the history of the museum.

Four times a year the gallery hosts special exhibits of visiting artists.

Next year the University of Mississippi will host a gala and auction a piece of Clark’s work as a fund-raising effort.

Although Clark had established a trust for the gallery, its maintenance requires additional funding. Funding is secured through memberships and through renting the site for events, parties and weddings.

The fact that the gallery hosts parties and public gatherings keeps alive Clark’s final wish that Holly Springs has a place of fine and social arts.

Writer Nancy Jo Maples can be reached at 188 Ernest Pipkins Road, Lucedale, MS 39452 or via email at nancyjomaples@aol.com.

Portrait of Kate Freeman Clark (detail, above), by William Merritt Chase, 1902

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Want more than 400,000 readers to know about your event? Submit it at least two months prior to the event date. Submissions must include a phone number with area code for publication. Mail to Mississippi Events, Today in Mississippi, P.O. Box 3300, Ridgeland, MS 39158-3300; fax to 601-605-8601; or email to news@epaofms.com. Events of statewide interest will be published free of charge as space allows. Since events are subject to change, we strongly recommend confirming dates and times before traveling. For more events, go to www.visitmississippi.org.

“Colored Cartoons in Undeniable Blackness,” through Sept. 26, Cleveland.

Exhibition of story quilts and poetry by Memphis artist Lurlynn Franklin. Wright Art Center Gallery, Delta State University. Details: 662-846-4720.

Brandon Opry, Sept. 6 and 20, Oct. 4, Brandon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Admission.

City Hall. Details: 601-941-3824; www.cityofbrandon.net.

“The Power of Place: The Natchez Impact on Five Extraordinary Authors,” Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Natchez. Series of five literary seminars begins with “Saluting Richard Wright” Sept. 6, “Saluting Greg Iles” Oct. 4; 2-5 p.m. Free.

Judge George W. Armstrong Public Library.

Details: 601-446-1289; www.colin.edu/nlcc.

Brian Free & Assurance, The Freemans in Concert, Sept. 6, Hattiesburg. Also, The Revelations, Calm Assurance, Jason Runnels; 6 p.m. Admission. Historic Saenger Theatre.

Details: 601-584-4888; www.hattiesburgsaenger.com.

Friends of the Library Book Sales, Sept. 11 and 13, Columbus. Columbus Lowndes Public Library.

Brandon Market, Sept. 12-14, Brandon.

Wares from artists and fashionistas, fashion show, door prizes, classic cruisers show, more.

City Hall. Details: 601-941-3824; www.cityofbrandon.net.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Multiple Sclerosis Society Share-A-Ton Fundraiser, Sept. 13, Biloxi. Music, door prizes; 5-8 p.m. Four Points.

The Annie Moses Band: “The Art of American Music,” Sept. 15, Poplarville. Ethel Holden Brownstone Center for the Arts, Pearl River Community College; 7 p.m. Details: 601403-1438; www.brownstonecenter.com.

Camp and Jam, Sept. 15-20, Polkville.

Bluegrass, country, gospel music; open stage/jamming. Free admission. Music Barn.

Details: 601-946-0280, 601-955-9182.

Lower Delta Talks: “Slow Gardening

Southern Style,” Sept. 16, Rolling Fork.

Featuring horticulturist Felder Rushing; 6:30 p.m. Free. Sharkey-Issaquena County Library.

Details: 662-873-4076.

B&S Consignment Fall/Winter Sale, Sept.

17-19, Brookhaven. Used clothing for children, juniors, adults. Toys, shoes, home decor, more; 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free admission. Lincoln Civic Center. Details: 601-303-1466; www.bnsconsignment.

24th Annual Rice Tasting Luncheon, Sept.

19, Cleveland. Featuring more than 300 rice dishes; 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Admission. Delta State University, Walter Sillers Coliseum. Details: 662-843-8371.

Mississippi Songwriters Festival, Sept. 1921, Ocean Springs. Workshops, free concerts.

Various locations downtown. Details: 228-2170155; www.mssongwritersfestival.com.

Bluegrass, Country and Gospel Singing, Sept. 20, Black Hawk. Featuring Mack Allen Smith & The Flames, Toad Donahoo & Good Ole Boys; 6 p.m. Black Hawk Old School.

Details: 662-453-0072; bobbykayalford@gmail.com.

South of the River Roux, Sept. 20, Walnut Grove. Entertainment, arts, crafts, 5K run/walk, kids fun run, basketball tournament, car show, food, more; 7 a.m.- 10 p.m.

Downtown.

Third Annual Cruzin 4 a Cure Car, Truck and Bike Show, Sept. 20, Star. Legal burnout, raffles, kids’ activities, food; 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Registration fee; spectators free. Star Baptist Church. Details: 601-842-7947; www.cruzin4cure.com.

P.E.O. Inside Garage Sale, Sept. 20, Diamondhead. To benefit women’s educational opportunities; 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. Diamondhead Community Center. Details: 228-342-3854.

Fifth Annual Mississippi Gourd Festival, Sept. 20-21, Raleigh. Handcrafted/ready-tocraft gourds, gourdcrafting classes, tool/supply vendors, more. Early-bird classes Friday.

Admission. Smith County Ag Complex. Details:

601-260-4230; www.mississippigourdsociety.org.

30th Annual Diamondhead Arts and Crafts Show, Sept. 20-21, Diamondhead.

More than 150 artists, craft demos, food, music, children’s activities. Diamondhead Country Club. Details: 228-255-3819.

Fall Revival, Sept. 21-24, Becker. With Bro. Mike Herbster of Southland Christian Camp; music by Herbster Evangelism. Becker Baptist Church. Details: 662-256-8811.

13th Annual Pickin’ at the Lake, Sept. 2627, Grenada. All-acoustic country, bluegrass, western, gospel, cajun music. Free admission.

Grenada Lake Spillway. Details: 662-2271491, 662-417-7300.

27th Annual Mississippi Pecan Festival, Sept. 26-28, Richton. Arts, crafts, antiques, bluegrass/gospel music, craft demos, living history farmstead, draft horse demos, more.

Admission. Fulmer’s Farmstead. Details: 601964-8201, 601-964-8222; www.mspecanfestival.com.

Indian Bayou Arts Festival, Sept. 27, Indianola. Works by more than 50 craftsmen, music, children’s art/activities, hot tamales, BBQ. Indian Bayou, near B.B. King Museum.

Details: 662-887-4454.

Eagle Fest, Sept. 27, Coldwater/Hernando.

Interactive nature exhibits, live educational animals, games, silent auction, more. Free admission. Arkabutla Lake, Dub Patton Area.

Details: nataliebright@bellsouth.net.

Hog Ride and Festival, Sept. 27, Moss Point.

Motorcycle ride with Gov. Phil Bryant; 8:30 a.m. Registration fee. Trent Lott Airport.

Details: www.hogride.org. Festival follows with music, car/motorcycle show, crafts, more; 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Free admission. First Baptist Church of Gulfport. Details: www.hogfestival.org.

FrogFest 2014, Sept. 27, Success. Arts, crafts, food, wildlife expo, pumpkin path, kids fair, entertainment, more. Success Civic Center.

Details: 601-494-9006; Facebook: Success Frog Fest.

Prentiss Institute All-School Reunion Meeting, Sept. 27, Prentiss. Prentiss Institute campus; 10:30 a.m. Details: 601-847-1984.

Big Pop Gun Show, Sept. 27-28, Natchez.

Natchez Convention Center. Details: 601-4984235; www.bigpopfireworks.com.

Pine Belt Quilters Fiber Arts and Quilt Show, Oct. 3-5, Hattiesburg. Hundreds of quilts exhibited, vendors, lectures, demos.

Admission. Lake Terrace Convention Center.

Details: www.pinebeltquilters.com.

Heart O’ Dixie Walking and Racking Horse Show, Oct. 4, Tylertown. Championship/double points show; over 30 classes; 6 p.m.

Hosted by McComb Lions Club. Southwest

Events Center. Details: 601-684-4011.

Fourth Annual October Fest, Oct. 4, Vancleave. Food, gospel singers, yard sale items, baked goods, children’s activities; 10 a.m. until. Community of Christ. Details: 228826-3358, 228-826-5214.

37th Annual Zonta Festival, Oct. 4, Pascagoula. Arts, crafts, entertainment, food, classic/antique cars, children’s activities, more.

Downtown. Details: 228-990-1856; www.zontapascagoula.info.

36th Annual Oktoberfest, Oct. 4, Hattiesburg. Authentic German food, music, deli, quilt raffle, silent auction, crafts; 11 a.m.4 p.m. St. John Lutheran Church.

Dulcimer Workshop, Oct. 4, Brandon. No experience necessary; loaner dulcimers available; 1-3 p.m. Free. Brandon Public Library.

Details: 601-583-6424; kom_dbc@hotmail.com.

Heritage Festival, Oct. 4, Columbia. Arts, crafts, food, music celebrating heritage of Marion County and region. Details: 601-7313999; marioncountyheritagefest@yahoo.com.

Pink Pumpkin Patch & 5K Fun Walk/Run, Oct. 4, Lucedale. Begins 8:30 a.m. Free activities, one-mile fun walk. George Regional Hospital. Details: 601-947-0709; www.georgeregional.com.

Big Pop Gun Show, Oct. 4-5, Laurel. Laurel Fairgrounds. Details: 601-498-4235; www.bigpopfireworks.com.

International Conference on the Blues, Oct. 6-7, Cleveland. Entertainment, academics and cultural experience. Registration fee. Delta State University. Details: 662-846-4675; www.deltastate.edu/blues.

Lighthouse Baptist Church Mission Conference, Oct. 9-12, Biloxi. Also, International Feast Oct. 11, 1-4 p.m.; taste foods from 21 countries. Details: 228-3926254; bnewsome7@gmail.com.

Karen Peck and New River in Concert, Oct. 10, Runnelstown. Love offering; 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Runnelstown. Details: 601583-3733.

Living History, Oct. 10-12, Sandy Hook. War of 1812 and Civil War camps, cannons, soldiers. John Ford home. Details: 601-736-6385; marioncountyhist@yahoo.com.

63rd French Camp Harvest Festival, Oct. 11, French Camp. Auctions, craft demos, sorghum syrup making, music, children’s horseback rides, more. Natchez Trace Historic District.

Details: 662-547-6482; www.frenchcamp.org.

19th Annual Fall Festival, Oct. 11, Walls.

Bake sale, car show, children’s activities, Country Cafe, Southaven Symphony performance. Minor Memorial United Methodist Church. Details: 662-781-1333.

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