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At left: Mikayla Warren has been a godsend to her a operations of Elaina Anders Designs, which recently Monticello streets. Pictured are, from left: Warren an variety of gifts and home decor in her shop.
her aunt, Elaina Anderson, in the day-to-day cently opened at the corner of North First and East ren and Anderson. Above, Elaina Anderson offers a
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laina Anders is a listener. At one time she wanted to be a psychiatrist so she could listen to people’s problems and offer advice. Instead she studied cosmetology at Copiah-Lincoln Community College so she could listen to people’s problems and offer advice. Now, she’s an event planner, wedding designer and shopkeeper, where — you guessed it — she listens to people’s problems and offers advice. “I do like to talk and conversate with people,” the 37-year-old said. With her business, Elaina Anders Designs, she’s able to listen to her customers’ needs and wants and either plan a spectacular event or come up with the perfect gift for themselves or for someone special. Anders, a Loyd Star graduate, lived in Meadville for a dozen years after she said “I do” to Lane Anders. About three years ago, they moved into her grandparents’ home in the West Lincoln community with their two sons, 14-year-old Logan and 11-year-old Brady. She owned Repetitions, a consignment shop, for a while. She discovered she was good at painting furniture and repurposing pieces. That led to painting cabinets and helping people with their interior design needs. She also began creating art pieces with sculptured paint. “This last year, I just kind of decided I needed to set down some roots as far as business was concerned,” she said. She realized that she had created a career as a wedding designer without planning it. For years she’d been the one friends and family came to because she was good at putting their weddings together and making it pretty. “I help them do the little personal touches that a lot of people don’t think about, help them make it their wedding instead of just a normal wedding,” she said. People she didn’t know started contacting her because they’d heard through the grapevine that Anders could work magic with bolts of white tulle, some tea candles and fresh flowers. Working from her home, she quickly realized she needed a storefront that would allow customers to come to her to discuss their events and a place to keep materials. She and her husband brainstormed ideas.
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“After many weeks of prayer, we decided it was time to take the next step,” she said. While she was searching for a suitable location for a storefront, a friend who had purchased the building on the corner of East Monticello and North First streets suggested hers. “She said, why don’t we put our heads together and see what we can come up with. I really think it’s a good space,’” she said. “I told them if they renovated it, I would rent it,” she said. “So they got to work, and I got to work planning a business.” She opened Elaina Anders Designs in her own storefront Nov. 9. She offers a full-service florist with delivery service and a store filled with gifts, wedding supplies and home décor in various price ranges. “Little unique pieces I can find for those who want to make a quick change, like adding some wall art or a coffee table arrangement,” she said. Her gift selection covers a wide range of occasions and she offers items suitable for both men and women.
“Anybody is welcome anytime to come in and shop. I love to have them come through and look and spend time with us,” she said. While there are other gift shops in Brookhaven, Anders believes there is room for hers. “My style is different than other people’s,” she said. “Their style is amazing and they do a wonderful job in the fashion that they do it in. My style’s a little different. I’m a little more eclectic and wild, just a little trendier.” Since opening her doors downtown, she’s been busy helping customers. “It’s amazing. The community support has been absolutely wonderful.” Everybody that’s come in has been so nice, so excited for me to have a business. They’ve sent their friends, they’ve sent their family. The community has really been supportive.” Anders’ niece, Mikayla Warren, helps her run the shop. “I call her my business manager,” she said. “She helps me keep everything straight with the books and the inventory. She does an amazing job and she’s just a precious sweetheart. I’m
really happy to have her in there.” It’s appropriate that she turned to family to help her. They’ve supported her since the get-go. “Anytime I need some extra help, or extra hands, my family always steps up to help me in any way that they can for anything. All I have to do is ask and they’re always there,” she said. Anders enjoys listening to her clients’ needs and making magic happen. “It’s seeing their happiness,” she said. “Seeing their families all gathered around them, knowing I’ve taken a lot of the stress off of them by doing the things that I’m doing. Making it pretty, making it beautiful, and doing things for them that they don’t have to do themselves so they’re getting to enjoy their day.” She gets to know her clients so well, she often carries on the friendship after the vows are said and the cake cut. “It literally makes my day to make somebody happy,” she said. “To see somebody enjoying themselves and beaming with happiness, that’s what makes me happy.” ||||| BROOKHAVEN MAGAZINE 11
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avid Higgs, longtime instructor at CopiahLincoln Community College, is set to retire this spring after a 30-year career in education. Higgs graduated from Mississippi College and has spent the bulk of his tenure guiding freshmen through required world history courses. Here are excerpts from an oncampus interview. Describe the average student sitting in your classroom these days. No student is average. So, we’re constantly trying to prepare ourselves to get information across to them. That’s just something that every classroom instructor has to deal with. As far as how prepared they are for the history classes? Fairly well. I would like to see more emphasis on American history because I’ve seen some things lacking there.
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regard. Not in teaching. We’ve been fortunate for many years to have people who had that training to fill those positions here. But with recent retirements and natural attrition, we have fewer people to readily take their place. Are you saying people interested in political science used to be more open to teaching? Yes. But the money was bad then, too, wasn’t it? The money has never been great. You can make a living, but the idea in our society is to get the most you can. That’s just the capitalistic drive, I guess. Nothing against those who opt out of teaching to go into politics, because we need them there as well.
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Can you point to anything specific? We need more civics classes. We need more instruction on how the government actually works. They are inundated with the news media, which seems to be always in some type of harangue over politics. It’s a turnoff to them, and we need to get them to understand they are a part of that process and to be prepared. It’s not an election of popularity. It’s an election of capable officials. We need more civics and social sciences, but it’s hard to get instructors.
Are your students interested in politics? They do not see politics as something flattering. They see it as a struggle, and that comes down to the way it’s presented through our different forms of media. One of our biggest sports in the United States is bashing the government, unfortunately, but we have had one of the best governments on the planet throughout history. Not that it’s not without its flaws, but the only way to overcome the flaws is to prepare our people, prepare our students to fill those positions as they grow.
Why is it hard to get those instructors? Well, we’re a capitalistic society and money driven, and teaching is not one of the high areas. We usually rely upon adjunct instructors for those classes if we don’t have people on campus who are prepared to teach such classes. Usually someone who majors in political science will go to law school or they become an attorney, and there’s more opportunity out there for them in that
Have any political aspirations yourself? No, I do not. I’m not anti-political, but I’m kind of like the students in that politics is perceived as just one big argument. We have to realize there aren’t two parties. There’s only the American party. But like on any athletic team, you have a defense and an offense, and they are protecting the same thing. They’re trying to reach the same goal.
Opposite page: Career achievements for David Higgs include being named Wesson’s Outstanding Educator of the Year (1998 and 2005), receiving Copiah-Lincoln’s High Performance Award (2007), and his selection as a William Winter Scholar (2013).
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Students listen to a lecture about the Protestant Reformation during a morning class in Smith Hall. Opposite page: David Higgs and his wife, Cindy, both teach at Co-Lin.
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What needs to change? I don’t want to give any credence to one political party over the other, but President Bill Clinton made a very true statement. I didn’t believe everything he said, but he made a very true statement that everything that’s wrong with America can be fixed by what is right with America. And that is still true, but we need to prepare our generations to make those corrections. I think not having an ample supply of professors in place to show them and teach them how the structure of government truly works is really hurting our future. What about at the high school level? Are kids getting what they’ve always gotten? I don’t know. I don’t know the curriculum of each of the high schools in our district, but civics and social sciences are things that they really need. What are civics basics students should know coming into college? Basic understandings of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The way that governments work. How a state house of legislation is different than the federal Congress. The duties of a President of the United States, duties of vice president, a secretary of state, the obligations of the Congress to the President or the relations of the Supreme Court to the President. That’s the federal government. Then within the state itself, how our district supervisors are elected. What is the criteria? Why do we have so many representatives or state senators and what decides the number from each state? I think that’s lacking. So the social sciences are lacking. How do students today do with world history? Do they know the big dates? History is about people, not just wars, not just great men, not just specific dates. It’s people in the evolution of society, the constant change of society. And in the United States today, we’re under a great deal of change. How do you get them to understand that kind of change when you cover, say, the 20th century? They have stories from their parents and grandparents, and I can relate that to political events and changes in our society, changes in governments and foreign countries, why that took place.
The personal connection is important? Yes. For example, in the deep South, we have a great history of many young men and women entering military service throughout the 20th century. Our American military could always look to the deep South for inductees, whether through conscription, drafting, or enlistment. So, there’s a proud tradition here. Practically every family can trace a family member to each military activity we’ve had anywhere in the world, and whenever I get to more recent history like Vietnam, Bosnia, Afghanistan, it’s “Oh, my uncle” or “Oh, my cousin was involved in that.” And that knowledge fosters patriotism? Keeping those relational stories alive is key to keeping an engaged population. History is about people, and whenever you can make a family connection and then show that tie goes back to other areas, then they begin to get it. They begin to understand. It’s kind of like that “wow” moment. They finally get it. You’ve always taught world history? I have taught American history, but not in a while. The job opening was world history, and this has been a wonderful job here. But I would love to see a shift back to more American history. To have a strong America, we have to know where we’ve been to get to where we need to go. And that’s nothing new. We’ve always known that. For the past 30, 40 years we’ve said we need to increase our awareness of other cultures around us. That’s true, but not at the sacrifice of our knowledge of our own history. And I think that’s BROOKHAVEN MAGAZINE 17
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something we’re seeing politically today. People are seeing the Constitution as a flexible document, which it really is, and that’s what makes it so successful. But just not flexible to the point that it should move away from its original intentions. And I think that’s where we’re missing the boat. What about revisionist history? You would care to speak to that? All interpretations of history are important and revisionist history leaves a bad taste in people’s mouth because it’s more liberal in its interpretations. But we have to think outside of the box to consider things the way they may have been, because history is not exactly what happened. History is what people believe to have happened and that is popular history. Revisionism basically takes a traditional viewpoint of history and challenges it to see if there is a chink in the armor, if there is a loophole somewhere. It asks, “Can we improve upon this view of history?” I think that’s true in any case, and I’m not a revisionist. I’m much more conservative, but we have to have people asking those questions. It’s like the religious person versus the atheist. The religious person has their doctrine, but the atheist challenges that, and what does that do? It challenges the religious person to better understand his own beliefs,
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strengthening their convictions. Reflecting on the end of your career . . . Oh, I hate to anticipate that. You’re finishing in the spring, right? Yes. We’ve got some very good adjuncts that are clamoring for my job, and I’m glad to see that. I’ve taught a few of them. I’m very optimistic in that regard. As far as me and retirement, I want to retire. I don’t have any direct plans at this moment. And you’ve been here at Co-Lin how long? I am finishing my 27th year here, but I began teaching in the fall of 1989. A long tenure. Yes, it’s been a good tenure. Words for aspiring teachers? It’s not about the money. It’s about watching the student and that light go on in their eyes when they finally get it. And that applies to history, political science, mathematics, science, whatever. Any teacher will tell you that’s the greatest reward. |||||
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t was July 1945, and a German Jewish businessman named Otto had just finished reading the diary and loose notes written by one of his daughters. His wife and two daughters had died in concentration camps during the last year, and this Second World War was not yet over. Otto’s secretary had saved the notes and diary in the hopes of returning them to Otto’s daughter after her eventual STORY BY BRETT CAMPBELL release from PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED imprisonment. When that moment didn’t come, the secretary gave them to her former employer. Otto noted in his memoir, “For me it was a revelation … I had no idea of the depth of her thoughts and feelings … She had kept all these feelings to herself.” Because she had repeatedly expressed a desire to become an author, Otto Frank decided to publish the edited diary of his daughter Anne. Originally published as “The Annex: Diary Notes 14 June 1942 - 1 August 1944,” then “The Secret Annex” and later as “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the work became more popularly known as “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Young Anne and her sister Margot had died together, likely from typhus, in February or March of 1945. The Frank family had lived in a “secret annex” of Otto’s office building since July 1942, and were arrested in a raid in early September 1944. The only Frank to survive the war, Otto shared with the world what has become one of the bestknown firsthand works regarding the Nazi treatment of “undesirables” and life in hiding. The diary has been translated into more than 70 languages from its original Dutch. A play was published in 1955 and a film in 1959. Other adaptations and alternate history versions have been produced, including a 1997 play adaptation by American playwright Wendy Kesselman. It is the Kesselman adaptation that will be presented at The Haven Theater in Brookhaven in February — performed by members of Brookhaven Little Theatre and directed by Walker Minter. BLT Artistic Director and Executive Director Emily Waterloo said this production “draws from previously unpublished parts of Anne Frank’s real-life diary, allowing the audience to experience Anne in a way that breathes
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Opposite: Anne Frank writes at her school desk in 1940. Below: The famous diary is on display at The Anne Frank Museum in Berlin.
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life into this passionate, complex young woman, allowing us to share her relatable experience of adolescence as a familiarly modern teenager.” Some may wonder about taking their families to see this play, when the subject matter is of a child’s horror of hiding from Nazi persecution for nearly two years. “It is one of the most famous stories in our history,” said Waterloo. “Though laced with hope and resilience, it is very heavy, as we are forced to look at one of the darkest times in our human history.” The suggested audience for the play is age 13 and up, but Waterloo says it’s up to each family to decide if their children are ready for this kind of content. “I definitely want my 9-, 11-, 13- and 17-year-old daughters to see this play,” she said. Waterloo says the goal of taking on this production is to remind people of the kindness that still exists in the world even in the midst of dark times. “We must tell this story!” she said. “I wanted to produce a drama that would connect with people and their legacy, especially students, by bringing history to life and telling the powerful message that people are valuable, and even a young person can make a huge historical impact.” Minter was selected to direct because of his passion for theater and, specifically, plays. Waterloo felt this production offered the perfect opportunity for Minter to explore the responsibilities of directing, with the assistance of his father, veteran director James Minter. The biggest challenge BLT faces is casting, said Waterloo. “It is important that each of these complex characters are cast perfectly,” she said. The two-act, full-length drama has a cast of five males, five females and three Nazi officers. Characters are Anne Frank, her sister Margot, parents Otto and Edith, secretary Miep Gies, teen boy Peter Van Daan, businessmen Mr. Kraier and Putti Van Daan, finicky wife to Van Daan, Petronella, and Mr. Jan Dussel, a difficult man who joins the Franks in hiding. Three males will play the parts of the officers. “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be performed Feb. 14-16 and Feb. 21-23, with shows for school groups on Feb. 14 and Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. Ticket availability can be checked and reservations made by calling 601990-2243. This production promises to be a difficult, yet rewarding, one — for both those on stage and behind the scenes as well as the audiences. “The story of Anne Frank is important historically,” Waterloo said, “and it also reminds us of the power of written words.” |||||
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ven people who don’t like needles are enjoying “I was skeptical myself,” Welch said. the pain relief that comes through dry needling, “I was completely shocked, and in a good way, no pun said Rob Welch of Tri Therapy, a physical therapy intended. I can tell you it can improve your quality of clinic that offers the pain-relieving intervention in life.” Brookhaven, Monticello and McComb. Welch said he has had amazing results and can assure “People who come in for the treatment are amazed people the process is easy and simple. at how relatively painless the process is,” Welch said. “People often associate needles with pain, and it’s “Most don’t even realize it once the needles have all really the furthest thing from it,” he said. “The needles been put into place.” are so minute, real tiny, you really don’t feel anything. Dry needling doesn’t involve It’s not like pain.” injecting medicine into your body, But there is likely to be a STORY BY ROBIN EYMAN hence its name. “twitch” or spasm when a therapist PHOTOS BY DONNA CAMPBELL Its purpose, in short, is to manipulates a needle or touches it provide relief for muscular pain with a small electrical device. The and stiffness, and ease myofascial twitch means the muscle or knot is trigger points. Trigger points, also called knots, are pain relaxing. Some call it a “feel-good pain.” in muscles and that can also cause “referred” pain to other parts of the body. IT’S NOT ACUPUNCTURE Dry needling is also known as myofascial trigger point Don’t confuse dry needling with acupuncture, which dry needling, trigger point dry needling or intramuscular also uses thin filament needles. That’s where the stimulation. “Myo” refers to the muscle and “fascia” similarities end. refers to tissue that connects muscles. The fundamental belief of acupuncture is that blocked The Mississippi State Board of Physical Therapy’s or interrupted chi (circulating life energy, according to regulations require that certified therapists use a filiform Chinese philosophy) can be restored through the use of needle no larger than a 25-gauge needle to stimulate needles. The belief maintains the body has 12 pathways, trigger points. or medians, for life energy. Needles are inserted in those Dry needling involves inserting thin, sterile needles pathways. into trigger points and sometimes areas around those The practices “differ in terms of historical, muscles. With manipulation or electrical stimulation, philosophical, indicative, and practical context,” you may feel a twitch that lets you know the muscle is according to the American Physical Therapy relaxing. Association. “The performance of modern dry needling by WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM DRY NEEDLING? physical therapists is based on western neuroanatomy People with spine, joint and disk problems, tendinitis, and modern scientific study of the musculoskeletal migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia, acute and chronic and nervous system,” the APTA website says. pain, jaw and mouth problems and many more, Welch “Physical therapists who perform dry needling do not said. And it’s no wonder it’s become a popular form of use traditional acupuncture theories or acupuncture treatment in sports medicine, and is overall gaining in terminology.” popularity nationwide, he said. Dry needling begins with a licensed therapist certified Though Welch works for Tri Therapy, he said he’s to perform the procedure. living proof that dry needling works. But don’t expect a therapist to automatically schedule Physical therapist Kelly Orman has done the you for dry needling. procedure on Welch for the treatment of tennis elbow, First, a doctor must prescribe physical therapy, and a sciatic nerve and plantar fasciitis, which causes a many area doctors are “super big” on dry needling after stabbing pain in the bottom of your foot when you walk. seeing the results on their patients or even themselves,
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Welch said. He often arranges for doctors to see or have the procedure so they can understand how it works. “We first do an evaluation, but we are very clear that dry needling is only one part of the solution,” he said, agreeing with experts around the nation. “We have to find the cause of the problem.” If Orman believes the technique can help, he uses individually wrapped thin needles and gloved hands to perform a procedure. Orman finds the trigger points and quickly slides the needles into the points of pain, and sometimes in surrounding areas, Welch said. In most cases, he uses an electical device to contract and release the muscles, and the needles typically are left in place a matter of minutes. It may take several sessions to resolve trigger point pain. Mild side effects, such as bruising, are common, but serious side effects are rare, healthline.com reports. You probably won’t even bleed. “Dry needling is only one part of the solution,” Welch said. “Patients can expect a variety of manual therapy techniques and prescriptive exercises, prescribed by our manual physical therapist to restore you to optimal physical function,” he said. “DN is only one component of a multidimensional treatment approach, geared at creating a successful outcome for the patient.” A physical therapist also looks at neuro-musculoskeletal conditions “such as biomechanical muscle imbalances, postural dysfunctions, muscular flexibility limitations, strength deficits, swollen or stiff joints and many other conditions,” Welch said. “Many, in not all of these conditions, may require much more than just dry needling.” A variety of physical therapy exercises are designed to help strengthen muscles and joints, reduce swelling, improve mobility and work in conjunction with the needling.
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musculoskeletal system, which includes joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves and tendons, and inner parts that support the neck, back and limbs. More than one of every two people in the U.S., ages 18 and older, have musculoskeletal disorders, as do nearly three of every four people 65 and older, Welch said, referring to data published by the U.S. Bone and Spine Initiative. The most common conditions reported are trauma, back pain and arthritis, according to health care, emergency room and hospital statistics, he said. Dry needling is a therapeutic intervention for “alleviating impairment and functional limitation,” according to the American Physical Therapy Association’s guidelines, set by its board of directors. The process, as described in more technical terms by the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists, is “a neurophysiological evidence-based treatment technique that requires effective manual assessment of the neuromuscular system.” “Research supports that dry needling improves pain control, reduces muscle tension, normalizes biochemical and electrical dysfunction of motor end plates, and facilitates an accelerated return to active rehabilitation,” the AAOMPT says. Welch said the increase in musculoskeletal pain and the trend in dry needling is “causing people to search for good manual therapists with a plethora of modalities, including dry needling, to fix their pain quickly.” Physical therapists who perform dry needling in Mississippi must have a specific postgraduate education and training, Welch said. Tri Therapy became the first physical therapy group in the Lincoln County area to offer this service about two years ago, he said, adding that experience is essential to performing the process successfully and safely. “When contacting a physical therapist for dry needling treatment, be sure to ask about their specific experience and education,” Welch said. “Tri Therapy’s therapists have been treating patients in the Lincoln County area for over 30 years. Our centers are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and maintain a bright, cheerful atmosphere to aid in the recovery process. It is our goal to improve the quality of life for our patients by emphasizing abilities and encouraging prevention, health and fitness as a way of life.” |||||
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he house at 412 Storm Ave. has weathered the elements, renovations, insects, several families and even a ghost named Sarah, yet it still stately stands watch over the neighborhood that has been its home since the early 1900s. Originally built by lumber mill owner Charles Spencer Butterfield for his second wife, Vivienne, the home was completed in 1911 or 1912 for a cost of $75,000 — what would be about $1.9 million today. New Orleans artisans were brought in to handcraft moldings throughout the mansion, both inside and out. Furniture and fixtures were shipped in from overseas, as well. Noted artist and designer David Lovell owned the home and lived there over 50 years, until his death in 2013. Lovell said in 2010 that he purchased the house in 1956 for $25,000 and spent $400,000 to $500,000 over the years on renovations. Many of the mansion’s antiques were auctioned off in 2010 in an effort to cover the cost of much-needed repairs. Lovell hosted weddings, receptions and parties during the years he owned the property. Since 2013, the home stood vacant and in decay before Jeff and Stacie Cross purchased the mansion from Lovell’s heirs. The Cross family moved to the area from Atlanta, Georgia, where Stacie worked in property management and marketing, and as a jewelry merchandiser planner for her family’s business. Jeff is a licensed contractor, real estate agent and utility contractor. Stacie Cross grew up in Wesson and fell in love with the mansion. With a passion to restore old properties, Butterfield was a perfect project. They purchased the property in 2016 with plans to transform it back to its original beauty and create an event venue. The house has gone by many names — Edgewood, Butterfield, the Lovell House and the Indian Doctor’s home. Begun in 1908 and finished in 1912, the house was the dream home of Vivienne H. Butterfield, the young second wife of a wealthy lumber baron. Her husband spared no expense to construct the Neo-classic structure, even bringing in artisans from New Orleans to hand carve moldings. BROOKHAVEN MAGAZINE 31
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“Most people have thought it was Greek Revival based on the architecture, but you’ll see the details on the spindles of the staircase,” Cross said. The Butterfields sold the home and moved to Florida some time after 1918, and the house has changed ownership a few times over the years since. Harry P. Hannon — the “Indian doctor” — practiced medicine in the house in the years before David Lovell purchased it in 1955. Hannon was believed to be an “Indian doctor” who practiced holistic medicine and operated a medical clinic out of the mansion. He also created an ointment called Hannon’s Rub that many swore had “magical healing powers. The doctor died in the mansion, in one of the second-floor bedrooms. Cross thinks Sarah the ghost was a servant for the Butterfields, who became their cook. “She’s the keeper, the protector of the house,” she said. When the Crosses took over in 2016, they discovered the interior had good structure and needed mostly cosmetic work. The banisters had been painted over numerous times and needed some TLC. The floors were cleaned but not refinished. “We did not replace the floors. We didn’t even refinish them,” she said. “We clean them and we polish them, because that’s the story of this house, the people who have been in here, the people who have lived here. That’s the way we really wanted it to be.” There are 17 rooms in Butterfield including five bedrooms. The Crosses live on the second floor, but plan to move into the carriage house in back when those renovations are complete.
Butterfield has a front staircase, a service staircase and a staircase to the attic as well as one to the basement, which is has also been called “the dungeon.” It’s four floors from basement to attic. Stately columns on the front exterior had been original to the house, but had rotted over the years. Hannon took the porch off in 1928 so it would look like a hospital, Cross said. Lovell replaced the porch with four columns, but those rotted. The Crosses replaced them and added a steel beam in the middle of each so they won’t ever come down again, she said. Electrical and plumbing were replaced to bring it to code. The Crosses used surface mounts for the electrical wiring so they didn’t need to rip into the original plaster. The lead pipes for the plumbing were replaced. “We tried to leave it to the very best of our ability that it originally was,” The interior needed cracks in the plaster filled and lots of wall paper removed. They painted the walls using neutrals from the Benjamin Moore Historic Collection that were suited to the era. The lights were replaced, except for one large wooden fixture on the ceiling over the main staircase. They tried to keep the others close to the original design based on pictures Cross collected during their research on the mansion. The Crosses love opening their home to the public to be enjoyed by others. Just like Lovell, they are hosting weddings, receptions and parties there. Cross said she receives inquiries from around the world about the mansion, but also from those who live right here in Lincoln County. “This community loves this house. There’s something about it,” she said. ||||||
Opposite page: The main staircase is one of four sets of stairs in the mansion. There is also a set the servants used in the back, one set that leads to the attic and another set that takes visitors to the basement. This page: Jeff and Stacie Cross renovated the Butterfield Mansion to be used as an events venue. The Crosses also live on the property.
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photo essay JANUARY/FEBRUARY 20
BROOKHAVEN CHRISTMAS PARADE Photos by Donna Campbell
Above: Lillie Bridge, 13, assists Santa Claus throw out candy at the Brookhaven Christmas parade. At left: The annual Brookhaven Christmas parade included dozens of floats and several bands. Opposite page: A few thousand people lined the streets of downtown Brookhaven for the annual parade, which included several marching bands and dancer troupes.
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WESSON CHRISTMAS PARADE
At top: The Wesson High School Band marched in the town’s annual parade. Above: Students from Wesson Baptist Church Preschool enjoyed riding on their float. Opposite page: Wesson Attendance Center homecoming queen Anna Claire Crow tossed plenty of candy to the crowd. Several youngsters participated in the parade by marching or riding on floats.
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food JANUARY/FEBRUARY 20
SMOKE ON THE WATER Pulled pork a staple at Sweetwater Smokehouse
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STORY AND PHOTOS BY DONNA CAMPBELL
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arlos Leach learned to cook for survival. Growing up in Lake, the owner of Sweetwater Smokehouse grew up watching his grandmother, the late Mary Catherine Culpepper, take the basics from the garden and transform them into supper. His mom, Patsy, worked nights and Leach took note of his grandmother’s techniques and recipes. “Anything somebody wanted to eat, she’d cook it,” he said. Leach eventually moved to Ridgeland where he met his future wife, Tammy, online. They dated and married almost 11 years ago, then relocated to Bogue Chitto to be closer to her parents, Herman and Carolyn Moak. Leach, who has a network engineering degree, was installing cable but wanted to be cooking instead. He did a lot of the cooking for himself and his wife and friends raved about the taste of his smoked meats. It encouraged him to start a business, which he named Sweetwater Smokehouse for the name of the community in Bogue Chitto that he calls home. “If everybody’s wanting my food, why not sell it to them,” he said. So he bought a larger smoker to accommodate the demand. Then fans of his food suggested he share his talents at festivals and shows. He planned to do just catering and festivals, but decided to go in 100 percent. He bought a custom-built trailer from Southern Dimensions in Waycross, Georgia. It was made to his specifications and the standards required by Mississippi and includes a stove, oven, flat top grill, fryer, refrigerator and freezer, three-bay sink, hand wash station and a large smoker on the back end with hinged walls that can be lifted on all three sides. “It’s a restaurant on wheels,” he said. Though Tammy Leach wanted a bathroom included, it didn’t fit into her husband’s plans. Mississippi law allows food trailers to use the facilities wherever he parks, with the owner’s permission, and that’s worked for him so far. He started parking the shiney black trailer next to LnL Works in June. The business is owned by Tammy Leach’s first cousin’s husband and is located on Hwy. 51 across from Brookhaven Monument. He’s usually there three days a week and posts his location on social media. He varies his daily menu, which he posts online and writes on chalkboards set up in front of the order window. Most days, Leach is the waiter, cook and cashier. He’s also the cleanup crew. Pulled pork is a staple on the menu because it’s so versatile. He serves it on tacos, nachos, fries and on a bun and is looking for other ways to feature it, like eggrolls. His wife’s favorite is the burnt ends, which he pairs with two sides that vary depending on the entrée. “They’re addictive,” she said. Carlos Leach takes a break from grilling at a recent festival.
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Pulled pork can be found in various menu items at Sweetwater Smokehouse. Owner and cook Carlos Leach also offers turkey tamales and pork spareribs as well as several house-made sides.
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The secret is in the meat. “You’ve got to start with a good meat. If you start with a poor quality meat you’re going to end up with poor quality end result,” he said. He buys his seasoning by the gallon from JonesyQ BBQ Co. Many of his regular customers watch for tamale day. His tamales are made from ground turkey and have the perfect meat-to-masa ratio and just enough heat to tingle the taste buds. “I couldn’t find a tamale around here I liked,” he said. He makes his with ground turkey and perfected the recipe after six months of trial and error with his taste testers — his wife and in-laws. “A lot of people like tamales but they don’t like the grease that comes with them. The turkey takes a lot of that grease out,” he said. Leach makes everything from scratch. His potato salad comes from a recipe from his grandmother and his mother-in-law and includes Hellman’s mayonnaise, mustard, a touch of onion and smoky paprika with the potatoes, egg and pickle. He also makes casseroles ahead that can be baked on the day he needs them. His repertoire includes loaded potato, broccoli and rice and sweet potato casseroles. He makes hamburgers to order on certain days and pairs them with handcut fries. He’s open Wednesday through Friday, but he’s working the other four days of the week, but not Sunday. He spends Monday shopping, Tuesday prepping and Saturday cleaning up. “Sunday is my day off. I try not to do any cooking on Sunday. That’s the Lord’s day,” he said. For the day’s menu, follow Sweetwater Smokehouse on social media or call 601-7170894. ||||||
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daytrip JANUARY/FEBRUARY 20
STORY BY DONNA CAMPBELL
Looking for a romantic getaway?
Try the city you call home
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weekend getaway isn’t always away. For the fortunate folks who call Brookhaven home, getting away for a weekend could be as easy as driving downtown. Brookhaven’s “things to do” list is diverse, yet can be designed for any budget. Every weekend vacation involves an overnight stay and one of the most beautiful and restful places for that is The Inn at Whitworth. Originally constructed as the Cohn Brothers Mercantile Store in 1895, a massive renovation turned this historic building into a boutique hotel downtown. By restoring numerous elements of the original 19th century
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building, the goal of maintaining the historic integrity of a downtown treasure was successfully achieved. The renovation began in April of 2011 and lasted eight months. Brookhaven doctor and nationally-known artist Kim Sessums served as the design consultant for the project, which was financed by five local investors, to bring the vision for The Inn on Whitworth to life. The front facade is a well-known Mesker and Brother metal front from St. Louis, Missouri. The original walk-in vault still remains in the back of the building. Additionally, all hardwood floors are original to the building and were created from heart pine beams taken from the ceiling. The century-old skylight still
remains in its original place, towering above what is now the hotel’s lobby. The historic inn serves as a unique boutique hotel in downtown Brookhaven. With 14 rooms featuring original artwork, 14-foot ceilings, and custom bedding and furnishings, guests can enjoy a relaxing escape for just one night or even an extended stay. Along with their private rooms, guests can gather in the lobby with its natural light and a communityminded atmosphere. The lobby’s original 19th century skylight towering 30-feet above along with its original heart pine wood floors pair distinctly with contemporary furnishings and an ever-present supply of homemade treats from the hospitable innkeeper. The next stop is just a short walk out the front door. Located just a few feet away, Janie’s Pastry Shop & Bakery is the go-to for sweet desserts and savory snacks. Their glass-front display cases are filled with dozens of baked goods and the kitchen crew can whip up sandwiches, burgers and wraps to order. No visit to Janie’s is complete without a steaming hot chicken on a stick and petit four, asmall bite-sized French confectionery. At J.Allen’s, around the corner South Jackson Street, shoppers will discover unique and exclusive furniture and decor that encompasses many styles. J.Allen’s owners pride themselves on offering furnishings that are not traditional or mass-produced. At J.Allen’s, shoppers can find items that can showcase their passion and sense of style. Whether it’s a complete bedroom suite or a few candles and pieces of eye-catching artwork, visitors are sure to find exactly what they were looking for. Food is one of the best parts of a staycation, and Betty’s Eat Shop is sure to please every appetite. Owner Matt Fitzsimmons brings a unique dining experience and a diverse menu to Brookhaven, where customers can enjoy short rib grilled cheese sandwiches, savoy cabbage and black eyed pea soup or pork chops with cheese grits. Fitzsimmons brought a wealth of culinary experience to Brookhaven, having worked at Boure in Oxford, Mint in Jackson and even a fishing lodge in Alaska. He continued to develop his cooking style in Charleston, South Carolina, at Trattoria Lucca, one of the best Italian restaurants in the Southeast, and City House Nashville, in Tennessee, which continued to inspire his vision for what he wanted in his own restaurant. Fitzsimmons’ menu offerings are Southern with an elegant twist, yet simple, straightforward and delicious. His menu changes with the seasons. Diners can eat lunch or dinner — or both — at one of the refurbished tables that were once used in one of the building’s first restaurants. Fitzsimmons also repurposed some of the building’s exposed beams into tables and door frames. He incorporated the new through bar stools that sit at a long marble bar and an open-fire kitchen grill. The restaurant’s bar features a cocktail menu that offers original Betty’s Eat Shop cocktails like Della’s Rum Punch and Betty’s 75 as well as classic cocktails like an Old Fashioned or a Negroni. As for the unique name, Fitzsimmons’ research uncovered the location had housed Della’s Eat Shop in the 1940s and Grice’s Eat Shop long before that. He loved the “Eat Shop” and chose to honor his grandmother, Betty, with the addition of her name. |||||
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social scenes JANUARY/FEBRUARY 20
BROOKHAVEN LITTLE THEATRE’S ‘FROZEN, JR’
Back: Bailey Pounds and Sierra Wessman Front: Averee Orgeron and Karter Ogeron
Morgan White, Bently Barton, Tyler Shann and Camden Dixon. Presley Mac Beassie, Maggie Miller, Andrew Miller and Clay Ott
Back: Randi Laird, Cadence Laird and Mike Laird Front: Amelia Laird and Maddie Laird
Cheryl Brown, Eric Brown, Tanza Brown and Kay Burton
Woody and Lisa Vanderberry and Doug and Nancy Falvey
Alexa McNeil, Gianna McNeil, Jennifer McNeil, Henry McNeil and Alicia Foil
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Madison White, Kayla Jones and Anna Claire Jones
Adaline Rodriquez, Ella Grace Domine and Charleigh Womble
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We love a good
PARTY And so do our readers.
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garden JANUARY/FEBRUARY 20
Try kale varieties for colorful, edible gardens By Gary R. Bachman MSU Extension Service
I’m continuing to catch up with my landscape and garden work after an extremely busy fall and early winter season. This past weekend was perfect to get some much-needed cool-season color planted. I’m going to continue the theme of my last column on enjoying an ornamental and edible garden and landscape. The kale varieties I wrote about — Winterbor, Starbor and Redbor — are not the be-all and end-all in the world of pretty and fancy-leaved kale that can be planted and enjoyed. These kale varieties have been bred for a vibrant display of dazzling colors that range from snowy white to reds, pinks and purples and have ruffled, textured leaves and feathered leaf edges. Many of the selections in garden centers may seem, well, a little green, and you ask where the color is. As the temperature drops, the colors will develop. Varieties that have been good performers in Mississippi include Nagoya, Chidori and dinosaur kale. Nagoya kale has a uniform rosette growth habit and produces colorful, attractive fringed leaves. Combination plant this colorful flowering kale for the autumn to winter season with pansy and viola. Nagoya is a long-lasting, cool-season bedding plant that also adds interest to fall containers with its colorful, highly fringed leaves. Chidori kale grows with its frilly and striated leaves tightly wrapped in an open head. The center leaves are composed of rich and bold shades of red, magenta and fuchsia with the outer layers of leaves being more bluish green. One popular type of kale is Toscano, often called dinosaur kale, which has deeply blistered, almost greenish-blacktinted leaves. You will likely agree the leaves really look reptilian. This variety
is called Black Magic and is packed with healthy flavor and beneficial phytonutrients. Some of the best growth and performance I get is by planting kale in an EarthBox, which is my favorite home growing system. I really like seeing the Red Russian kale, destined for a winter recipe, all lined up growing in my EarthBoxes. Droughty weather can happen in the winter season. Kale likes consistent soil
moisture. A layer of mulch can help conserve soil moisture. Don’t forget that kale plants don’t like “wet feet,” so good bed drainage is essential. Kale is actually a fairly heavy feeder. I like to add a tablespoon of a good slow-release fertilizer into each planting hole to get the plants off to a great start. Then, on a monthly schedule, I like to use water-soluble fertilizer. These applications will keep the plants healthy and strongly growing.
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voices JANUARY/FEBRUARY 20
Why I love Brookhaven Brookhaven is most often referred to as a “Home Seekers Paradise.” I couldn’t understand why when I was younger. All we had was the same movie theater that we have now, a billiards hall, Friday night football and cruising Brookway Boulevard for hours until we found something better to do, which usually led to trouble! As I’ve grown, not just in age but in several aspects of my life, I can understand why people want to seek a home here. The cultural diversity that has spread throughout Brookhaven since the Mississippi School of the Arts came to town in 2003 has opened the doors for people to truly be themselves. In the beginning, it was odd to see people with rainbow colored hair and not wearing Redwing boots with Wrangler jeans. I was a Hurley, No Fear and JNCO wearing teenager, so to see this come to Brookhaven was the beginning of an influx of art and entertainment that took the better part of 10 plus years to develop. We all learned at an early age that good food meant you had to travel. However, those options have changed dramatically. Those with a culinary inclination understood the need for our downtown to offer more if it ever was to grow beyond what we knew as children. Many made the choice to move home and make the needed commitment. Now, we have several places that are family owned restaurants bringing in delicacies and offering twists on traditional Southern meals. Along with the culinary scene, the music scene has grown from playing at Co-Lin house parties to local musicians producing yearly “stock” style and Christmas concerts, singer/ songwriter events and open mic nights. The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra has even come to
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Brookhaven for a yearly concert in one of the state’s hidden gems, the historic Haven Theatre. The local music stores have inspired musicians, young and old and provided them with opportunities that were not an option in the past. To buy gear you now have to go pawn shopping or hit the buy/sale/trade groups. Once you acquire the gear, there is the music academy in the downtown area that will teach you to shred, sing or beat on skins as well as help you care for your gear. After you’ve mastered the hardware, the town now has a recording studio that is producing quality-sounding tracks for your fans to enjoy. Art, whether it is painting in a yellow building or at the old depot, singing at open mic night or the back patio of a local eatery, or performing on stage in a “Broadway on Brookway” live theater production, has started a revival for the people of Brookhaven. The camaraderie of the community, people looking out for their neighbors, and lending a helping hand when needed without hesitation will make anyone that visits our town fall in love with Brookhaven. Why do I love Brookhaven? The people that make this community always make you feel like you’re at home. Marshall Troy Douglas was born and raised in Brookhaven. He is a 1999 Enterprise High School graduate and a 2001 CoLin graduate. He has been married to Ashley Douglas for 17 years and is father to Mikyle, 16, a sophomore at Brookhaven High School, and Aubree, 14, an eighth-grader at Enterprise. He has served as president of the Brookhaven Little Theatre Board of Directors, worked at Gregg Office Machine Co and Allstate Insurance and is currently one of the managers at A2Z Printing.
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