Today in Mississippi October 2017

News for members of Electric Cooperatives in Mississippi

Kids being kids

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Mississippi co-op crews help in Irma recovery operations ississippians stepped up to serve on the front lines of emergency operations in Florida after Hurricane Irma raked the state Sept. 10.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency immediately sent teams of emergency response specialists to help with search, rescue and recovery efforts. Florida was the first state to arrive on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, according to MEMA director Lee Smithson, so this was our chance to offer them the same aid.

Once we determined the storm would not seriously impact electric service here, Mississippi’s electric cooperatives deployed 303 workers and equipment to help Florida electric cooperatives rebuild their electrical grid. These same electric cooperatives came to help us after Katrina, and we were glad to return the favor.

Electric cooperatives in 25 states sent some 5,000 workers to speed the unprecendented power restoration in the region affected by Irma. Millions of people lost power in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia as the hurricane uprooted trees and smashed utility poles. This likely will become the largest hurricane-related power outage in U.S. history.

Electric power restoration leads the way to recovery from a natural disaster. Safety tops the lists of reasons why we act quickly and decisively in such emergencies; downed power lines must be cleared to allow safe passage through affected areas.

Thousands of miles of power lines must be rebuilt as soon as weather conditions allow. Electricity is crucial for all phases of disaster relief work, including security and law enforcement, sanitation and water supply, communications, shelter operations, traffic control, and so on.

Obviously, the more crews we have rebuilding the power grid, the sooner it can become functional again. Toward this end, the Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi (ECM), based in Ridgeland, coordinates emergency operations among the 25 electric distribution cooperatives and one generation-and-transmission cooperative in the state.

Each distribution cooperative is a locally owned

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On the cover Evangeline Rose loves to feed her grandparents’ chickens. Before heading to the coop, she dons her special hat, apron and boots. Ann Ellington of Ackerman, a member of 4-County Electric Power Association, made the photo of her granddaughter for this month’s “Picture This” reader photo feature.

See more on pages 14-15.

utility. But all 26 cooperatives work together to achieve mutual goals—emergency power restoration being one of the most important.

What’s more, ECM is part of a multi-state network of electric cooperatives that meet each year to discuss ways to improve their emergency response plans and coordination.

This mutual-aid network provides the contacts and means for a fast, coordinated team response uniting electric cooperatives throughout the region after major disasters.

We in Mississippi have often been on the receiving My Opinion end of this aid. Time and Michael Callahan again out-of-state cooperaExecutive Vice President/CEO tive crews have helped us Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi rebuild lines destroyed by hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms and floods. In fact, we are very good at disaster recovery because we’ve had so much experience doing it!

Mississippi’s recent aid to other states is not limited to electric utility work—or to the Irma recovery.

In August, the Mississippi Forestry Commission sent a crew of wildland firefighters to Montana to help contain some of the wildfires that have plagued the Northwest this summer.

And after Hurricane Harvey left a trail of destruction in Texas and Louisiana, countless individuals, organizations and businesses in Mississippi donated truck loads of food and supplies (and sent money) to help jumpstart the long recovery process.

Mississippians’ first reaction upon seeing any community suffer is to reach out with donations of goods, money and services. It’s not because we may get something in return. It’s simply because helping others is the right thing to do.

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Our Homeplace

Natalie Newman enjoys a visit to a Leflore County sunflower patch with her grandmother Sommer Makamson, of Greenwood. See more photos of kids being kids in “Picture This” on pages 14-15.

Mississippi is What I treasure most about my Mississippi: • the slow pace of life • cool breezes • visits with family and friends any time of day • swinging on the porch • farmers market • Sunday services and family dinner afterwards • meeting strangers in the checkout lines • a friendly wave while driving by • extra eyes to look out for my kiddos • small towns, everyone knows • walks in the park • hugs, hugs and slow southern speech • manners and gentlemen • SEC football • high school football on Friday nights • pink sky sunsets • star-filled nights on a campout • family game night • loving life – Helen Facella

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What do you treasure most about life in our state? Send your thoughts to Today in Mississippi, P.O. Box 3300, Ridgeland, MS 39158, or to news@ecm.coop. Please keep your comments brief. Submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity.

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Alex Brown Alex Brown refines the contours of a life-size horse head he is carving from a single block of wood. Photo: Alex Brown His fine hand-finishing work is evident in a similar completed sculpture, below.

Photo: Dennis McFee

Alexander “Alex” Brown has led what he calls a “weird life.” He has worked as a professional photographer, a breeder of tropical fish, an oyster hatchery employee and a licensed contractor, all while living in Bay St. Louis.

He is now a wood sculptor, living near Bentonia, whose work is exhibited at fine art festivals from Florida to Colorado.

Brown’s interest in freehand wood sculpture was sparked in Bay St. Louis while hand sanding wood for an artist friend on weekends. After buying his own set of basic woodworking tools, Brown discovered the path of life he seems born to follow.

Then, a few years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his coastal home, Brown closed his contracting business to become a fulltime wood sculptor. “I said, you know, I’m just going to do art.”

Brown now focuses solely on designing, producing and marketing wood sculpture, bowls and other functional items. He uses only native woods collected near his rural workshop, which is served

by Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association.

Animals are a favorite subject for his figurative sculptures, their curvy contours and features altered by his own imaginative styling. Some are realistic,

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“I just grab a huge block of wood and start whittling.” others more fanciful. All reflect the strong connection to nature this artist has treasured since his youth on Louisiana’s Bayou Pierre.

His sculptures’ impact comes not only from their beauty but also scale. Horse heads are life size, fluted clamshell bowls fill both arms and cats serve as benches.

An eagle, its wings extended in flight, measures 11 feet from the sculpture’s base to its wing tips.

Brown carves every sculpture, regardless of size, from only one piece of wood.

“I just grab a huge block of wood and start whittling,” he said.

His favorite woods are persimmon, southern magnolia and old “sinker” cypress (logs recovered from lake or river bottoms). “I only work in local wood that I find here. And I try to find very unique pieces, and that tends to be really old trees, rare trees,” he said.

He employs some unusual helpers to create distinctive looks in the persimmon he uses. By allowing a piece of dead persimmon to decay through the action of fungi and bacteria, Brown is rewarded with a discoloration called spalting.

These microorganisms eat their way along the tiny veins that once transported nutrients through the tree, leaving behind patterns of dark, meandering lines.

The effect is prized by woodworkers.

“It’s almost like you took a marker and marked it, but it’s a natural occurrence,” Brown said.

The key is keeping the wood from drying out as the microorganisms do their job. Brown paints the cut ends of the wood with a sealer wax, forcing the moisture to escape slowly through the bark rather than quickly through the ends. “It will be a very, very slow process,” he said.

The results are unpredictable. “When you open it up, you never know what you are going to get. I’ve seen it look so many different ways.”

Brown carves some woods while still green. He brushes a green wood sealer over the finished carving to prevent the exterior of the wood from drying faster than the interior, thus preventing cracking.

Finished pieces may get a mineral oil and whitewash pickling finish; others are left their natural wood color.

Every piece gets the final beauty treatment of hand sanding.

“When you really want to refine the finish of a piece, you hand sand it.

Nothing is better than the human hand, because it will form to the piece much better than any [tool].”

Brown, a member of the Craftsmen’s

At art festivals, Brown exhibits this half-carved clamshell bowl, top left, to demonstrate how he works from a single block of wood. Photo: Dennis McFee Brown’s commissioned works include an 11-foot eagle, above, he created for Hinds Community College. He carved the project from a tree trunk, above left. Photos: Alex Brown A muscular cat, below left, will serve as a bench. Brown’s benches weigh up to 350 pounds. Photo: Dennis McFee

Guild of Mississippi, will have exhibited at 16 juried art shows by year’s end, including the guild’s 41st annual Chimneyville Crafts Festival, Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 in Jackson.

He plans to attend fewer festivals next year, however, and make works of a more manageable size. “I’m getting ready to probably drop down to exact half-size horse heads. I’m just getting too old to haul everything around,” Brown said.

The life-size horse heads he currently makes weigh from 150 to 200 pounds and the benches up to 350 pounds.

Brown’s smaller works include wine bottle balancers; bowls for holding cell

phones, food or to hang as wall art; and sculptures of college football mascots.

He accepts commissions for any size work.

The move nine years ago to rural Yazoo County turned out well for this artist. His neighbors even help support his work by offering wood from their property. “Everyone is so great.... I mean, I don’t buy wood. Everybody gives me all this wood,” Brown said.

For more information, contact Alexander Brown at 228-209-9663 or 662-7558009. View more of his work at AlexanderSculptures.com.

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These spiders aren’t spooky he spider lilies slipped up on me this year. They don’t usually do that. I normally start watching for them at least a week before they pop up. But this year I hadn’t even thought about them until all of a sudden I saw one blooming at the edge of the driveway a few weeks ago.

The spider lily is refreshing to me because they are sort of a punctuation mark toward the end of summer, blooming just before cooler weather and the state fair. Followed quickly by Halloween and then the holidays.

About this time last year I drove over to Merrihope in Meridian and did a story with Alan Brown. Alan has collected about 30 books’ worth of ghost stories including some good ones about Merrihope. I am of the opinion that the reason we have so many good storytellers here in the South is because we heard the old folks tell ghost stories at family reunions.

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they used to. Too much else to do nowadays, I guess. Our “annual” family reunion became sporadic at best after the last aunt in my parent’s generation died.

That’s too bad because our children haven’t heard the tales we heard when we were kids. Not only spooky ghost stories but also those about family history as well. And sadly, they don’t know their cousins like we knew ours, either.

I think my love for stories in general and ghost stories in particular came from family gatherings and tales the old folks told after supper at reunions. And since most of those gatherings happened in association with Thanksgiving or Christmas, I tend to like this time of year even if we don’t get together like we used to.

And the blooming of the spider lily reminds me that this time of year is here.

The ghosts we have in Mississippi seem to me to be more of the type that go bump in the night than the kind that harm people like those featured in the movies. By the way, that’s one of the main reasons I don’t mind having a cat.

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Power that arises above the storm More than 330 work crew members, representing Mississippi’s electric power associations, joined forces with electric cooperatives from 25 states to restore electric service in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. At the peak of the storm, our sister electric cooperatives in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported more than 1 million meters without electric service.

In the cooperative spirit, we are part of a nationwide network that provides emergency assistance including personnel, equipment and material for restoration efforts after disasters. It was in this same spirit these states assisted us after Hurricane Katrina.

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When Miz Jo wakes me up in the middle of the night and asks me, “What was that?” I tell her, “It was the cat.” And Mississippi roll over and Seen go back to

by Walt Grayson sleep. Nothing’s ever gotten us. Maybe it was the cat!

I have run across so many ghost tales here that I am almost ready to pronounce Mississippi as the Most Haunted State in the Nation. Vicksburg and Natchez have had night-time ghost walking tours in the past. Port Gibson came up with one this year. I’m sure other towns have had similar events as well as night-time cemetery tours, like the first one I heard of at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus put on by students from the Math and Science School. “Tales from the Crypt” started back in the 1990s by a teacher at the school, Carl Butler. The home where Carl lived in Columbus is haunted too, by the way. Natchez has their “Angels on the Bluff” tour in November.

I was cutting across the cemetery at the ruins of St. John’s church in Glen

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I always called them spider lilies. Some call them popup lilies or surprise lilies. Or even “nekkid ladies” because they have no leaves on their stem. Whichever, they bloom on the eve of fall. Which is now. Photo: Walt Grayson

Allan during a cemetery tour one night and ran up on a bunch of Confederate soldiers, all dimly lit pale blue by a street light about 50 yards away. My first question to them was, “Y’all are really people, aren’t you?” They assured me they were.

And then asked me, “Are you?”

And I looked down to see a patch of spider lilies blooming around my feet.

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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have mentioned previously that Mr. Roy and I find ourselves going to more doctor appointments than to the grocery. Well, not quite, but you get the point. I have an idea what causes this dilemma, but I hate to say the word “age.”

As we were returning home last week from an appointment in Mobile, our discussion delved Grin ‘n’ into the fact that Bare It almost every

by Kay Grafe physician we visit talks about the value of exercise, and especially as we grow older. I was sure he was speaking about my partner since he is so much older than me. But when I broached that subject, the physician told me he was speaking to both of us. However, I know he didn’t want to hurt Mr. Roy’s feelings.

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describing the results of a recent study that shows exercise can reduce the chances of dementia in older adults.

Whether this is true or not, I do know it makes you feel better.

In fact, these doctors who have been extolling the benefits of exercise to Mr. Roy and me are preaching to the choir.

My partner was an athlete in high school and college and has always stayed active.

In the late 1970s both of us got interested in running and stayed active runners until a few years ago.

And when I say “interested,” we actually became involved big time. Soon our weekends were spent driving to different towns in our area to race.

I asked Mr. Roy, “How many races do you think we ran during those 30 years?”

He thought a few minutes and answered, “I know we ran over one hundred 10K races (6.2 miles), and several 5K races (3.1 miles), one half marathon (13.1 miles) and two marathons (26.2 miles). I’ll never forget the marathons, especially those long, cold training runs after work.

“While we ran during 12 months of

the year, our race season was primarily January through May. Although one Fourth of July we did run a 10K race in Atlanta.

Believe me, that was a hot one!”

By the way, in Atlanta we ran by Margaret Mitchell’s house. Do you know who she is? Close your eyes before you look at the answer: She wrote “Gone with the Wind.”

Back to exercise. Today we fast-walk five days each week and also work out with weights two of those days. I know that some people have health conditions preventing them from participating in heavy exercise. I sincerely believe, however, that some type of exercise is extremely

important for people of all ages, especially as we grow older. I can still run, but Mr. Roy has a bad knee and I don’t want to hurt his feelings, so I fast-walk with him.

While I am in the “giving advice” mode, I will pass on another tidbit that Mr. Roy and I recently read and liked. A study was conducted that revealed results I could have predicted. It said that what pleases a person over a longer period of time are not material things, but experiences.

For example, we may spend $10,000 to trade for a new car we want, or we may spend that same amount to take a trip. Chances are we will remember the trip and cherish its memory long after the new car is completely forgotten. We are a product of our experiences and memories, and the older I get the more I realize this is so true.

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Thanksgiving feast the old way Thanksgiving is not far away. A grand time of feasting and celebration will be the norm. Soft recliners and sofas await guests for the afternoon game—that game on the TV of course!

Imagining a time and place and setting much different than what was just described is difficult. But it was different at one time in history.

Feasting and celebrating were common throughout the history of this

by Tony Kinton day, as they now are, but menus and after-meal entertainment not so much. Settings, too, were different. Outside for the most part back then.

In an effort to recreate the spirit of early Thanksgivings and to replicate the goings on of such times, the Grappin family of Leake County began a new tradition a few years back. They elected to live the week of this holiday in canvas tents, cook over open fires and in Dutch ovens and collect foods for the big day’s feast that would have been common to those early times, say the 1700s. Amy Grappin did a great deal of research to determine the appropriate foods, and her table from last year was wonderfully colorful and bountifully supplied.

The Grappins—Michael, Amy, Deaven, Destin, Alayna and Flint—are intriguing. They are a close family that spends the bulk of their time together,

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At home in their camp are Destin, Deaven, Flint and Alayna Grappin. A bountiful and colorful table of traditional foods, right, cover the table. Note the Dutch oven, upper left, filled with roasted peanuts.

Also on the menu were venison, quail, clams and muscles. Photos: Tony Kinton

and though modern in most aspects of life, they frequently abandon the new and gravitate toward antiquity.

The bulk of their food supply comes from the woods and streams or from their garden, and each family member contributes in some form to this acquisition.

Professionally, Michael owns Grappin Construction. Amy, trained as a nurse, is a stay-at-home mom and teacher for the children.

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Deaven and Destin, the two oldest of the children, have learned blacksmithing and bow building. A portion of the entertainment during the afternoon of last year’s Thanksgiving was watching these two young men fire up the forge and begin hammering out a variety of

handmade items. Much unlike watching football, it was. Alayna sang an old hymn; her rich and powerful voice, always perfectly on pitch, belied her age.

Plans for this year’s Grappin Family Thanksgiving are solid; they intend to continue—in 18th century form—celebrating this way. Always gracious and eager to share, they welcome visitors to this micro version of the earliest Thanksgivings. It is a peek into living history. Give Michael a call for additional information at 601-559-7352.

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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OF MISSISSIPPI

Committed to all things big and small Mississippi’s electric cooperatives believe in neighbors helping neighbors. That’s just another way of saying we’re committed to our communities, and it’s central to everything we do.

October is National Co-op Month, which is a perfect time to highlight our commitment to the local communities we serve.

Your electric cooperative keeps the power flowing, providing lights, running stoves, heaters, air conditioners and energizing the images we see in the game of the week or our favorite television series.

Sure, that’s our main mission, but when you look around your neighborhood, there’s a good chance the folks at your electric co-op have played some small role in helping to make things better.

Because we’re your neighbors, our kids attend the same schools. Members of our co-op staffs are right there with you at parent-teacher organization fundraisers. You can bet you’ll hear their voices among the bidders at 4-H/FFA project auctions, and some of those energy

efficiency projects at the science fair might just be co-op inspired.

We see the same challenges and depend on the same services you do. At the fire hall or emergency medical services garage, you’ll see some of our lineworkers, field representatives and member services staffers listed on the roster of volunteers.

We work with members to solve the problems in our communities that members see. But none of this is new.

In fact, it’s why your electric co-op is not just some company. Since the beginning, the people behind the co-op have regularly gone through their communities looking for ways to meet needs.

Reliable, affordable power is still one of those needs, but listening to members still helps us to see and learn about new ones.

These days, we do that through conversations member services representatives have with members on the telephone or at our service center counters. Staffers are also listening for your concerns at churches, fast food restau-

rants and on the sidelines at the local ballfields.

With us, whether you grew up on our lines or just moved into our service territory weeks or months ago, you’ll always have a voice. When we listen to you, we find out how we’re doing and that lets us know when we get it right, or need to make changes to keep from getting it wrong.

We care about the things you care about, because we live here too. We get involved early on the big economic development issues. Our engineers, lawyers and accountants work with other community leaders to find solutions creating new jobs and launching new industries.

But our commitment to community means we should be there to help with the small things too.

At the neighborhood level, it’s the little things that really make a difference. That’s always been the co-op way. Each and every one of us connected to the co-op is every bit as committed to being here and staying involved each and every day.

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Perhaps you are familiar with an undesirable aspect of the electronic and IOT (Internet of Things) revolution: vampire loads. Vampire loads come from devices that use electricity even when they appear to be off. The primary culprits are chargers, set-top television boxes, instant-on televisions and gaming systems. There are others, but these four represent the major offenders.

Let’s look at how these vampire loads occur and why they are approaching 10 percent of average household electric use according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Chargers take the 120 VAC (volts alternating current) power at the outlet and reduce it down to the voltage required by the connected device, usually 5 to 12 VDC (volts direct current).

Obviously, when your device is charging, the charger is using electricity, but you might be surprised to learn that chargers are still using small amounts of energy even when they’re not connected to a device.

Television set-top boxes also consume energy when they appear to be inactive. Anytime the set-top box’s lights are on, it is using power. Like chargers, they use

more when the television is on, but they are always working—even when the TV is off. This is especially true for those devices with a DVR function that records your favorite TV shows.

The instant-on television is another culprit. The intention of the instant-on feature is instant gratification for the viewer, meaning no waiting for the TV to turn on and warm up. Unfortunately, for that convenience, the TV must be on at nearly full power. So, in this mode, it can be a real energy drain.

The typical gaming console can use as much energy as a regular refrigerator even when it’s not being used. Make sure to check the console settings and disable automatic updates, which is where the energy drain comes from. Games on the console are frequently updated, which requires a lot of electricity.

So how does the average family combat these dreaded vampire loads? Garlic garlands? Silver bullets?

Fortunately, none of the remedies of fable are necessary. You just need to change how you handle these energy-sucking electronics. Here are a few suggestions.

Mississippi’s electric co-ops observe National Co-op Month in October Electric cooperatives in Mississippi are joining 30,000 cooperatives nationwide in October to celebrate National Co-op Month, which recognizes the many ways cooperatives are committed to strengthening the local communities they serve. “Co-ops Commit” is the theme for this year’s celebration, spotlighting the countless ways cooperatives meet the needs of their members and communities.

Delivering safe, reliable, affordable power is our top priority, but electric cooperatives are also invested in the communities they serve because they are locally owned and operated.

Rural America is served by a network of about 1,000 electric cooperatives. Most were formed in the 1930s and 40s to bring electricity to farms and rural communities that large, investor-owned power companies had no interest in serving because of the higher costs involved in serving low-population and low-density areas.

Over the years, Mississippi’s electric cooperatives have answered the call to provide additional benefits and services because it is extremely important to us that our communities thrive and prosper.

There is a cooperative difference. You own your electric cooperative, and we are here to serve you!

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• Unplug chargers when not in use.

• Invest in smart power strips. These look like normal power strips but have a twist; one of the outlets is the “master” that receives power all the time. The others are off. When the device connected to the master outlet turns on, the rest of the outlets receive power too.

Ingenious and perfect for entertainment set ups. Have the television in the master outlet and when you turn it on, the set-top box, speakers, streaming devices, etc. will turn on too. They are also ideal for PCs and their peripherals.

• Turn off the instant-on function on your TV. Turn off set-top boxes that do not contain the DVR functionality or use a smart power strip.

• Disable automatic updates in gaming consoles and turn the console completely off when you finish using it.

• When replacing any device or appliance, look for an EnergyStar® rated product.

Vampire loads are a real problem that will only continue to grow as the digital age advances. But you can fight the vampires with vigilance and application of the recommendations above.

Fall/Winter Energy Tip When you are asleep or out of the house, turn your thermostat back 10° to 15° for eight hours and save around 10 percent a year on your heating and cooling bills.

A programmable thermostat can make it easy to set back your temperature – set it and forget it!

Source: U.S. Department of Energy

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Slow Cooker Ranch Pork Chops 4 boneless thick pork chops 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 pkg. dry ranch dressing mix

Layer pork chops in slow cooker. Pour soup over chops. Sprinkle ranch dressing mix on top. Cook 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low. Serve with mashed potatoes.

Mexican Chicken Penne 1 (16-oz.) pkg. penne pasta 2 cups cooked and cubed chicken 1 ¼ cups salsa con queso dip ½ cup 2% milk ¼ tsp. salt

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‘Simply Delicious’ Members and friends of Calvary United Pentecostal Church, in Jayess, present more than 400 recipes in the cookbook “Simply Delicious.” Most of its down-toearth, everyday recipes are simple enough for even beginning cooks to serve with success. Convenience items help speed preparation, and many of the recipes are prepared in a slow cooker.

Recipes run the gamut from appetizers and game-day snacks to entrees and sides, plus a wide variety of desserts and sweet treats.

Proceeds from cookbook sales will help the church remodel and commercialize its kitchen.

To order, mail $15 plus $2.25 S&H per copy to Calvary UPC, P.O. Box 10, Jayess, MS 39641.

For more information, call 601-748-5469.

1 (15-oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 large tomato, chopped 3 green onions, sliced ¼ cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. In a large bowl, combine chicken, dip, milk and salt. Stir chicken mixture into pasta; toss to coat. Top with beans, tomato, onions and cheese. Heat through.

Sopaipilla Cheesecake 2 pkgs. crescent rolls 2 (8-oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened 1 ½ cups sugar, divided

1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 stick margarine, melted ½ tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F. Place 1 package of crescent rolls into bottom of a 9-by-13inch glass baking dish coated with cooking spray. Press seams together to form crust. Beat cream cheese, 1 cup of the sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour over crust and smooth. Lay remaining package of crescent rolls on top, and press seams together. Mix margarine, remaining sugar and cinnamon; spread over crust. Bake 35 to 45 minutes. Cool before slicing.

Cranberry-Pecan Cheese Ball 1 (16-oz.) pkg. cream cheese 1 tsp. seasoned salt 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 1 cup chopped dates

1 cup golden raisins 1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup chopped pecans, divided

Combine cream cheese and salt; mix well. Add cheese, dates, raisins, cranberries and ½ cup of the pecans. Mix well. Shape into a ball and roll in remaining pecans.

Refrigerate. Serve with graham crackers.

Corn Bread Confetti Salad Lemon Snowflakes 1 (18 ¼-oz.) pkg. lemon cake mix 2 ¼ cups frozen whipped topping, thawed

1 egg Confectioners’ sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, whipped topping and egg until well blended. Batter will be sticky. Drop by teaspoonfuls into confectioners’ sugar, and roll lightly to coat. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire rack to cool.

Texas Trash Warm Bean Dip 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened 1 cup sour cream 2 (16-oz.) cans refried beans 1 pkg. taco seasoning mix

2 cups Cheddar cheese 2 cups Monterey Jack cheese Tortilla chips

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix cream cheese and sour cream. Stir in beans and seasoning mix. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Spread mixture evenly in pan. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake 30 minutes. Serve with chips.

1 pkg. corn bread mix 2 cans whole kernel corn, drained 2 cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained 3 small tomatoes, chopped 1 medium green pepper, chopped 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped ½ cup chopped green onions 10 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Prepare corn bread according to package directions. Cool completely and crumble.

In a large bowl, combine corn, beans, tomatoes, peppers, onions, bacon, cheese and crumbled corn bread. In a separate bowl, combine dressing ingredients. Just before serving, pour over salad and toss.

Dressing: 1 (8-oz.) carton sour cream 1 cup mayonnaise 1 pkg. ranch dressing mix

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2. No luck fishing, so Tyler Powell leaps in for a swim. Shane Kesler, Water Valley; North East Mississippi Electric member.

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Color fall gardens with ornamental peppers ate summer and early fall when the word “ornamental” is used to are among my favorite describe a garden plant. Many folks times of the year because automatically assume the fruit of an the ornamenornamental plant is not to be tal peppers are eaten, which is generally true. starting to really color up.

Ornamental peppers have More and more fellow been selectively bred for gardeners are jumping on color, but they also could be the bandwagon and planting used to spice up a dish. In these beauties in their landfact, most are very, very hot. scapes. These plants are hot If you’re worried about —in landscape character and young children possibly eataccent—and they carry the ing the colorful pods but still Southern garden through the fall seawant to grow these fine garGardening son and maybe beyond. den plants, I have the selecby Dr. Gary Bachman Most ornamental peppers tion for you. Chilly Chili is a begin setting fruit as the colorful pod producer but temperatures rise, so the best show is without the heat. It is about as hot as a always saved for late summer and conbell pepper. tinues through the fall as they keep proEvery year, there are new introducducing. This means you need to set tions available in a dizzying array of these plants out in the late spring. options for the home garden and landI find there is sometimes confusion scape. From big to small, with multicol-

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If you’re worried about young children eating the colorful pods, try growing Chilly Chili, a colorful pod producer without the heat. Photo: MSU Extension/Gary Bachman

ored fruit, and with green, purple and variegated foliage, this is a fun way to add interest to your garden.

Check out the black, purple and red pods of Black Hawk. The plants themselves seem to be proud of their fruit, as many pods are held high above the foliage for our viewing enjoyment.

Purple Flash was chosen as a Mississippi Medallion winner for 2010.

With its purple and white variegated leaves, it is one of the showiest peppers available on the market.

Ornamental peppers love our hot and humid summers, and this helps the plants produce loads of pretty fruit.

When the pepper plants are producing, it is very common to have peppers in various stages of coloration. Once fruit has set, it is common for it to remain on the plant for a few months. Only when the peppers begin to dry will their color start to fade.

Ornamental peppers prefer growing in consistently moist soil, but don’t be overly generous, as the plants do not tolerate waterlogged soil. I like growing these landscape standouts in containers or raised beds.

Fertilize with a good, slow-release fertilizer early in the season. Some gardeners stop fertilizing once fruit starts to set, but I like to feed mine with a water-soluble fertilizer through the summer and fall to maintain nutrition at optimum levels.

I realize I’ve told you about a plant that it’s too late to grow this year. If you are interested in some of these varieties for next year, start preparing now. The seeds are available at many online seed houses.

Dr. Gary Bachman is an associate Extension and research professor of horticulture at the Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi. He is also host of “Southern Gardening” radio and TV programs.

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Want more than 418,000 readers to know about your special event? Events open to the public will be published free of charge as space allows. Submit details 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@ecm.coop. Events are subject to change. We recommend calling to confirm details before traveling.

Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze, weekends through Nov. 5, Collins. Farm wagon tours, train rides, hay mountain, jumping pillows, free pumpkin, food, general store, more.

Admission. Mitchell Farms. Details: 601-7658609; MitchellFarms-MS.com.

Oktoberfest 2017, Oct. 7, Carthage. Arts and crafts festival with kids’ activities, food, music and more. Carthage Coliseum. Details: 601267-9231; Facebook: Carthage Main Street.

“Town and Country” Art Show and Sale, Oct. 7, Bruce. Paintings of Bruce and local countryside by North Miss. Plein Air Painters and other artists; 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bruce Museum. Details: 662-418-3092; SusanPattonArt.wordpress.com.

Community-wide Yard Sale, Oct. 7, Black Hawk. Black Hawk Old School; 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Mississippi Peanut Festival, Oct. 7-8, Collins. Arts/crafts, collectibles, boutique clothing, live entertainment, food, pumpkin patch. Admission. Mitchell Farms. Details: 601-765-8609; MitchellFarms-MS.com.

Bike MS: Mississippi 150, Oct. 7-8, Ridgeland. National Multiple Sclerosis Society bike ride with route options for all levels of cyclists. Details: 855-372-1331; BikeMS.org.

Bailey Haunted Firehouse, Oct. 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31; Nov. 3, 4, Meridian. Opens 7 p.m. nightly. Details: Facebook: Bailey Haunted Firehouse.

Mississippi’s Craft Heritage, Oct. 14, Ridgeland. Mississippi Bicentennial event with living history portrayals, craft demos, games, hands-on craft activities; 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free admission. Mississippi Craft Center. Details: CraftsmensGuildofMS.org.

Fall Festival, Oct. 14, Diamondhead. Food, chili cook-off, cake walk, cookie decorating, pumpkin carving, games, kids bounce, more; 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Diamondhead Community Church. Details: 228-255-5556; DHCommunityChurch.org.

Magnolia State Bluegrass Association Fall Show, Oct. 14, Florence. Featuring Bluegrass Cartel, Flatland Bluegrass, Wood & Wire; 1 p.m. Florence Volunteer Fire

Department. Details: 601-954-2565.

Big Pop Gun Show, Oct. 14-15, Natchez.

Buy, sell, trade, appraisals. Natchez Convention Center. Also, Nov. 4-5 in Jackson, Wahabi Shrine Building. Details: 601-4984235; BigPopGunShows.com.

Hickory Hill Camp and Jam, Oct. 15-21, Foxworth. Music, camping. Details: 601-4411544.

Lower Delta Talks: “Pursuing a Dream,” Oct. 17, Rolling Fork. Cathy Shropshire presents portrayal of Fannye A. Cooke, Mississippi’s first wildlife conservation leader; 6:30 p.m.

Free admission. Sharkey-Issaquena County Library. Details: 662-873-6261; LowerDelta.org.

Mississippi’s 200th Birthday Celebration, Oct. 19, Moorhead. Bicentennial celebration and tribute to troops who perished in plane crash nearby; 10 a.m. Guest speaker: Gov. Phil Bryant. Calhoun Park. Details: 662-207-3010.

Women’s Day Expo, Oct. 19, Byhalia. Details: 662-838-8127, 662-291-0505.

Barn Sale, Oct. 20-21, Purvis. More than 50 vendors with antiques, collectibles, coins, handmade items, more; 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.; 4799 Old Hwy. 11. Details: 601-818-5886; 601-7947462.

Old Tyme Festival, Oct. 21, Lumberton. Live music, food, homebaked goods, kids’ Halloween contest, chili contest, 5K run/walk, petting zoo, arts/crafts, pony rides, more; 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Details: 601-796-4212.

Warren County School Reunion, Oct. 21, Vicksburg. For all who attended any Warren County school prior to consolidation in 1966; 10 a.m. Bring potluck dish. Sheffield Warehouse. Details: AnnieWarnock622@gmail.com.

Fifth Annual Historic Griffin Cemetery Tour, Oct. 21, Moss Point. Guided tours at 9, 10 and 11 a.m.; 1 and 2 p.m. Free admission.

Dantlzer Street, west end. Details: 228-2185239.

Turkey Shoot, Oct. 21, Perkinston. Daisy Masonic Lodge No. 421, 25700 Schoolhouse Road; 9 a.m. til. Details: 228-383-2669.

Empty Bowls, Oct. 21, Hattiesburg. Select a handcrafted pottery bowl with lunch from local restaurants; 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Benefits Edwards Street Fellowship Center food pantry.

Admission. Main Street Books. Details: 601584-6960.

Bluegrass Gospel Singing on the River, Oct. 21, Chunky. Featuring Tyler Carroll and Pineridge Bluegrass, Jason Archie Family, Pilgrim Family Bluegrass Band; 11 a.m.

Chunky River Recreation. Details: 601-4803045.

Fall Native Plant Sale, Oct. 21-22, Picayune.

Native trees, shrubs and perennials; 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Free admission. Crosby Arboretum (use Service Road entrance). Details: 601-7992311; CrosbyArboretum.msstate.edu.

Great Delta Bear Affair, Oct. 28, Rolling Fork. Chainsaw carving, music, vendors, children’s activities, 5K run/walk, Indian mound tour, live animals/snakes, fireworks, more.

Downtown. Details: 662-873-6261; GreatDeltaBearAffair.org.

42nd Annual Crazy Day Arts and Crafts Festival, Oct. 28, Magee. Kid zone, classic car show, food, shopping. Details: 601-849-2517.

Fifth Annual Gator Fest, Oct. 28, Columbia.

Arts, crafts, baby alligators, canoe/kayak races, food, more; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Columbia Water Park. Details: 601-736-6385.

Homochitto River Festival, Oct. 28, Meadville. Music, art show, arts/craft vendors, wild game cook-off, trunk-a-treat, 5K run, pet parade, kids game area, more. Town square.

Details: 601-384-5206; HomochittoRiverFest@gmail.com.

Heritage Day, Oct. 28, DeKalb. Outdoor music, barbecue, bake sale; 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Kemper County Historical Museum. Details: 601-934-2649.

Whitehall UMC Bazaar, Oct. 28, Louisville.

Breakfast, lunch, baked goods, recycled furniture, pottery, silent auction, more; 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Whitehall United Methodist Church.

Details: 662-803-8222.

Jake Moeller Memorial Shallow Creek Homecoming, Oct. 28, Picayune. Bluegrass gospel singing, antique tractor exhibit; 6 p.m.

Shallow Creek Farm. Details: 601-590-3577; AletaMoeller@gmail.com.

“Brighton Beach Memoirs,” Nov. 2-5, Laurel. Comedy by Neil Simon. Admission.

Laurel Little Theatre’s Arabian Theatre. Details: 601-428-0140; LaurelLittleTheatre.com.

Soulé Live Steam Festival, Nov. 3-4, Meridian. Steam engines, tours of historic Soulé Steam Feed Works, traditional craft demos; 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Also, Carousel Association of America Fall Rally. Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum. Details: 601-6939905; SouleLiveSteam.com.

Puckett UMW Mission Marketplace, Nov. 4, Puckett. Arts/crafts, woodwork, yard art, jewelry, gifts, homemade soup cafe, more.

Benefits Center Ridge Outpost and Friends in Need campaign. Puckett United Methodist Church. Details: 601-591-5570, 601-214-7834.

Antiques, Arts and Crafts Fair, Nov. 4, Purvis. Vendors, raffles, food, safety presentations, more; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. VFW Post 3955.

Details: 601-864-3431; casa-pam@live.com.

Old Time Day, Nov. 4, Leaksville. Demos, cane syrup making, grist mill, quilting, wagon train, music, food. Details: 601-394-2385.

33rd Annual Homemakers Arts and Crafts Show and Sale, Nov. 4-5, Meridian. All items are handmade. Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday 12 -5 p.m. Admission. Tommy Dulaney Center. Details: 601-482-9764.

Tim Lovelace, Nov. 5, Petal. Appearance by comedian, musician and motivational speaker Tim Lovelace; 6 p.m. Love offering. First Baptist Church of Runnelstown. Details: 601583-3733.

Festival at the Barn, Nov. 6-11, Polkville.

Featuring Sowell Family Pickers, Kody Norris Show, Polkville City Limits, more. RV hookups.

Music Barn. Details: 601-955-9182, 601-9460280.

21st Holiday Boutique, Nov. 10-11, More than 20 stores and artists with unique items, door prizes. Admission. Pass Christian Yacht Club. Details: 228-452-2571.

Holiday Gift Bazaar, Nov. 11, Meridian.

Thirty-five vendors, gumbo lunches; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free admission. Trinity Presbyterian Church. Details: 601-485-4105.

45th Annual Gingham Tree Arts and Crafts Festival, Nov. 11, Lucedale. More than 300 vendors; 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free admission.

George County Fairgrounds. Details: 601-9474542; GinghamTree.org.

Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker,” Nov. 14, Hattiesburg. Featuring world-class artists, elaborate costumes; 7-9 p.m. Admission. Saenger Theatre. Details: Nutcracker.com, HattiesburgSaenger.com.

Lower Delta Talks: The Mississippi Delta is the Center of the Universe, Nov. 14, Rolling Fork. Presenter: Willy Bearden; 6:30 p.m. Free admission. Sharkey-Issaquena County Library. Details: 662-873-6261; LowerDelta.org.

Shape Note Singing Workshop, Nov. 16, Jackson. Learn to sing Early American hymns in four-part harmony; 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Free.

Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.

Details: 601-953-1094.

15th Annual Piney Woods Heritage Festival, Nov. 18, Picayune. Music, exhibitors, traditional skills/crafts demos, more; 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Admission. Crosby Arboretum. Details: 601-799-2311; CrosbyArboretum.msstate.edu.

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