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S ince she was a little girl serving guests where her father worked in France, Anne Amelot-Holmes knew she be-longed in the restaurant business.

Born in France, Amelot-Holmes moved to the U.S. with her parents and sister, So-phie, when she was just 9 years old. Her father, Christian Amelot, is a trained French chef who has served as executive chef for the late Foreign French Minister Maurice Schumann and has also worked as chef de cuisine at The Sundanc-er in Highland Village and as a corporate chef for Valley Food Services Inc. and U.S. Foods. When she was 18, Amelot-Holmes went back to France to study hotel manage-ment, working in a few hotel restaurants for a couple of years before returning to the U.S. in 1998. From there, she took a job as a server at Amerigo Italian Restaurant and later worked at Nick’s Restaurant from 1999 to 2010, making her way from server to general manager. In 2010, Amelot-Holmes helped Derek and Jennifer Emerson open Local 463 Urban Kitchen, but shortly after its summer open-ing, her mother, Patricia Amelot, passed away. Amelot-Holmes decided to take a short break from the restaurant business and focus on rais-ing her daughter, Gabrielle, with her husband, Warren Holmes. In May 2011, David Conn of Amerigo, Char Restaurant and Sombra Mexican Kitchen reached out and offered her a position in sales and marketing. In January 2012, Conn took over the former AJ’s On

The Lake space in The Township and asked Amelot-Holmes what she thought he should do with the space. She suggested a French cui-sine restaurant. With the help of her father, Amelot-Holmes opened Anjou Restaurant in April 2012 and now serves as the proprietor. “Dad and I always talked about if we were ever to do our own restaurant, this is what we’d have in mind, this is the menu we’d want to do,” she says. “The concept was there, in our heads, anyway, so it was easy after that.” Since opening, Amelot-Holmes has worked hard to create a classic French bistro dining experience, with a few southern clas-sics, such as fried catfish. Her father is the ex-ecutive chef, and together, they collaborate on the menu to keep things authentic while also stirring up interest. “We try to stay as true to French cuisine and me and my dad’s French background as much as possible,” she says. “I think (people have) really embraced us.” Amelot-Holmes says she would love to open another Anjou in neighboring states, but she doesn’t have any plans just yet. For her, everything is about keeping the focus on the customer, having a good team to support the restaurant, and finding balance. She says that since her mother’s passing, she’s learned how to do that. “I’ve learned that this is what I like to do. I like to be surrounded by people every day, to make people happy,” she says. “If you’re not happy doing something, walk away. Life is too short.” —Maya Miller

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9 The Initiative 42 BogeymanMississippi Republicans are using a education-funding initiative to scare the bejeezus out of state workers.

24 “Each week, there’s another instance, it seems, of Jacksonians getting creative and finding something to celebrate and making this place a little more awesome.” —Julie Skipper, “A Place for Ideas”

31 The New Orleans Saints have to look ahead to the next few years if they want to get out of their current rut.

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I ’ve been in my apartment for about two months now. It’s a tiny one-bedroom place that, for now, fits me perfectly, al-though my kitchen is hilariously tiny.

The other day, my mom asked me if I had met any of my neighbors. I told her no. When I go home, I tend to turn my social butterfly switch to off, and it stays that way until I get up the next morning to go to work or the gym or wherever. It’s not that I don’t want to meet my neighbors. I do, but outside my work and social life, I don’t handle meeting people well. I tend to get awkward and quiet, and many people just assume I’m rude, instead of just shy. So when I’m home, I go about my business. I watch Netflix. I lie in my bed and daydream. I nap. I cook. I clean. I check the mail, which means occasionally, I do talk to a fellow apartment dweller, though for not more than a minute or two. I know the girl who lives in the apart-ment on my right likes “Hello Kitty.” She’s got a cute little charm on her car’s rearview mirror. The most interaction I ever get with her is the occasional glance as I pass her on the stairs. The woman who lives on my left likes to cook. At night, I can always hear her banging around cabinets, grabbing items off shelves and clanging around pots and pans. I know both of them are there, and I know they know I’m there. But I still haven’t met them. When I was young, I lived on a fairly close-knit street just outside Pearl’s city limits. I knew both the neighbors on my left and right, the family that lived two houses down from me (it was my child-hood best friend Lindsey’s grandpar-ents’ house), and I attended the daycare across the street when I was little. But after we moved, it seemed that all of that changed.

When we lived in Crossgates, I knew my immediate neighbors, but hardly any-one else. And as an angsty 16-year-old, I didn’t really want to know anyone. When I first heard we were moving to Crossgates, I remember being so excit-ed because I’d finally have people around. We would be in this large subdivision with winding streets that connect to each other, and we’d have large block parties all the time. That’s what I imagined. But

actually, I think we may have had one block party. As you walked down the streets, people would give you a friendly wave, but that’s it. No stopping to talk. The only people who went to the area’s pool were those who could afford the ex-pensive membership, so that wasn’t really something my family could do. In my time working in Jackson and living in the suburbs, I’ve noticed a ma-jor difference in the way people interact. Jackson is a big city, but everyone seems to know each other. Neighbors aren’t complete strangers. Our newest reporter, Arielle Dreher, has said multiple times that she finds it amazing that when she goes to the grocery store, she frequently runs into people she knows. At least once a month, many of Jack-son’s neighborhoods have a festival, such

as Fondren’s First Thursday or the Mis-sissippi Museum of Art’s Museum After Hours. Events like that just seem to be acclimated into the city’s culture. Last week, I sat at The Hatch as the kitchen crew from Little Samaritan Mon-tessori school served elderly midtown res-idents a lunch of baked chicken, cooked carrots and celery, a wheat roll and some Kool-Aid. They chattered on and on, talking

about everything from the weather to the music playing to the sinkhole on Lamar Street. At some point, Raymond Horn of Mississippi Cold Drip Coffee & Tea Co., which is in The Hatch, walked in and offered the residents some bite-sized tiramisu that he still had left after serving at Highland Village’s courtyard unveiling the night before. As I sat there, listening to their con-versations, I was amazed by how much they loved their neighborhood. While we talk a lot about having a sense of com-munity in Jackson, it was never more ap-parent than in that room. These midtown residents know each other. They care for each other. They help each other when they need it the most. Some of the residents told me about how in the ’90s, midtown felt to them

like the Wild West, but a group of them still saw a better future for the area. They fought to get it, and for the most part, their vision has come to fruition, though midtown still has a long way to go. Before that day at The Hatch, every time I’d drive down Wesley Avenue and see people sitting on their front porches, I didn’t understand why they did that. We claim to be a sitting-on-the-front-porch kind of culture, but in reality, you don’t see that often in the suburbs. My parents were probably the only ones in Crossgates who sat on their front porches on a daily basis. But if you drive through midtown’s streets, you’ll see so many people sitting on their front porches, watching their surroundings. Just talk to the residents, and that sense of community becomes contagious. It made me want to get to know my own neighbors. We live in a place where hospitality means everything, and it always amazes me that many people who move to the suburbs seem to lose that sense of com-munity. I would imagine that if I went from an urban neighborhood to the sub-urbs, I’d feel pretty lonely. But for many people, they lose that sense of community. I think Jackson’s community sensibilities are part of the reason I find myself volunteering for so many events, even ones outside of work. I want to carry that to other people, and help them and love on them. Even the city’s animals. It’s so easy to live somewhere and not ever get to know your neighbors. But why wouldn’t you want to? They probably have some great stories to tell. Amber Helsel is the assistant editor of the Jackson Free Press and the managing editor of BOOM Jackson magazine. Email her feature-story ideas at amber@jackson freepress.com.

CONTRIBUTORS

Jackson: All About Community

Julian Rankin is the market-ing director for the Mississippi Museum of Art. He was raised in Mississippi and educated at the University of North Caro-lina at Chapel Hill. He took the cover photo.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He did the photo essay on Lucky Town and con-tributed many photos.

Nick Wallace is the executive chef for The Palette Café at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the creator of the ’sipp Sourced pop-up menu series. Visit his website, nickwallaceculinary.com. He contributed to the cover package.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote several news stories.

Scott Prather is a Jackson native who co-founded local indie label Esperanza Planta-tion. He recently returned home after doctoral work in ethics and theology in Scot-land. He wrote about the Clin-ton massacre.

News Editor R.L. Nave is a native Missourian who roots for St. Louis (and the Mizzou Tigers)—and for Jackson. Send him news tips at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com or call him at 601-362-6121 ext. 12.

Music Editor Micah Smith has the eye of a tiger and the other eye of a water buffalo. He wants his last words to be in Cantonese so his family will be like, “Could he speak Canton-ese?” He wrote a books story.

Advertising Director Kimberly Griffin is a fitness buff and foodie who loves chocolate and her mama. She’s also Michelle Obama’s super secret BFF, which explains the Secret Service detail.

by Amber Helsel, Assistant EditorEDITOR’S note

It’s so easy to live somewhere and not ever get to know your neighbors.

Julian Rankin Imani Khayyam Nick Wallace Arielle DreherScott Prather Micah Smith

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J ackson police Chief Lee Vance said it boldly: “We’ve got too many guns in this city.” The capital city’s top cop made

the pronouncement at Koinonia Coffee House on Sept. 25. “It’s ridiculous (that) you can be 18 and go get an assault rifle, but you have to be 21 to go to the liquor store.” Vance’s remarks came as he touted an overall reduction in major crimes from last year, approximately 14 percent, as well as JPD’s homicide clearance rate of 80 percent, which he said is above the na-tional average of 62.5 percent. This, he said, is done through JPD’s emphasis on community-oriented polic-ing and its relationships with citizens who help officers catch lawbreakers. Vance believes JPD’s community presence helps Jackson avoid the kinds of officer-involved incidents that have sparked protests in some cities in the past year and a half. “If you are seen as an adversary by a majority of the community, they ain’t gonna tell you nothing,” he said. “You can’t abuse the community and then say you serve it—that’s not a very effective way to police.” Vance spoke candidly about the challenges facing his department, includ-ing the freezing of dozens of positions in the JPD budget for the coming fiscal year and the decision to not have a recruit class next year. Even with those moves, Vance said the department has “wiggle room” to

hire about 30 cops if necessary. Budgetary challenges are also the reason for Mayor Tony Yarber’s decision to withhold JPD patrols from the state fair this year unless

a last-minute compromise can be reached with the Fair Commission. “We will not be there,” Vance said, which met with approval among those at the west-side coffee shop and eatery. Vance, a 30-year veteran of JPD, said

it cost city taxpayers $324,000 to provide security for the two-week event at the state fairgrounds. Before 2011, Gov. Ha-ley Barbour worked with Hinds County

Sheriff Malcolm McMillin to set aside grant funding to reimburse the city for Fair security. But when McMillin lost the 2011 election to current Sheriff Tyrone

Wednesday, September 23 The leaders of the European Union gather for an emergency summit in Brus-sels to seek long-term responses to the continent’s ballooning migrant crisis.

Thursday, September 24 A stampede kills at least 769 pil-grims and injures hundreds more on the outskirts of Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage that marks the start of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

Friday, September 25 World leaders at a U.N. summit in New York City unanimously approve a 15-year blueprint to eradicate extreme poverty, combat climate change and ad-dress more than a dozen other major global issues. … House Speaker John Boehner announces that he will resign at the end of October in the face of hardline conservative opposition over a move-ment to defund Planned Parenthood that threatens a government shutdown.

Saturday, September 26 Jackson holds its 32nd annual WellsFest music festival at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park. … Dozens of volunteers and the Columbia Strong organization help rebuild and landscape 23 Mississippi homes that a tornado destroyed last year.

Sunday, September 27 Iraq’s military begins sharing “security and intelligence” information with Syria, Russia and Iran to help combat the Islamic State group. … Pope Francis holds an open-air Mass in Philadelphia as the final event in his first visit to the U.S., attended by close to 1 million worshippers.

Monday, September 28 Scientists report that Mars appears to have not only frozen water but also flowing streams of salty water in the sum-mertime, according to data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. … Royal Dutch Shell announces that it is aban-doning its exploratory oil drilling efforts around the Alaskan coast because it failed to find enough oil to make further drill-ing worthwhile.

Tuesday, September 29 The U.S. Department of Education awards RePublic Schools in Mississippi and 12 other charter school networks with $9.6 million in federal funding. Breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

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Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance believes there are too many guns on the capital city’s streets, but that his department’s focus on community policing helps JPD clear homicide cases at a rate above the national average.

OUT TO LUNCH WITH THE POLITICIANSIf your favorite foods and eateries were named after politicians, here’s what we think they’d be.

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O n Sept. 4, 1875, more than 2,000 former slaves crowded onto the grounds of Moss Hill, a plantation in Clinton, Miss., that had turned

over to a Republican doctor after the South lost the Civil War. It was during Reconstruction, when Republicans—the earlier version of the party that freed the slaves and supported black rights—were briefly in control of the state, to the chagrin of the Democrats who had lost the war and the right to maintain and extend slavery. The black families were there, along with some whites, for a barbe-cue and political rally to get newly minted voters excited to vote. The Republicans even invited a Democrat to speak. Mixed into the crowd were men called “White Liners” from nearby Raymond—one of the South’s many violent militia groups that formed to disrupt Reconstruction and take back the rights the federal government had given black people after the war. They were carrying concealed weapons. After the Democrat, state Senate candi-

date Amos R. Johnston, spoke, the first Re-publican took the stage: Capt. H.T. Fisher, a former Union officer and the editor of a local Republican newspaper. One of the white men quickly heck-led him, “Well, we would have peace if you would stop telling your damned lies!” An argument started that soon devolved into violence with the white Raymond men lining up in a formation, pulling out their weapons and firing into the crowd. At least five African Americans died, including two children, as well as three white men. The violence continued for weeks af-ter a mixture of local whites and White Liners from surrounding counties formed a posse to terrorize local black, including tak-ing Square Hodge from his home, killing him and dumping his body in a swamp. Historians estimate that from 30 to 50 black Mississippians died in the ongoing manhunt and massacre. Tears and “Amens” flowed from the small fellowship hall at Northside Bap-tist Church, a historically white church in

Clinton, on Sept. 26 as about 100 people gathered for a day-long service of remem-brance and truth-telling concerning the events surrounding the Clinton Riot of 1875 at Moss Hill.

Among those who addressed the faith communities was Melissa “Missy” Jones, a white member of Northside, the editor of the Mississippi Historical Society’s Mississippi

History Now and a visiting history instruc-tor at Mississippi College. Jones has been working for the past six years to fill in gaps in the traditional historiography of Moss Hill, which has tended to place responsibility for the massacre on militant whites from outside Clinton (the “White Liners”). Jones’ work shows how the massacre grew out of a well-organized network of fear and violence among white Clintonians and Hinds County officials rather than being a spontaneous reaction by a few “outsider” militants in Clinton to make trouble. The City of Clinton commemorated the events on Sept. 3-4, with the unveiling of a new historical marker and a public sympo-sium on history and race relations. Jones ended her presentation by recall-ing the words of Stan Wilson, her white pas-tor, who once told her: “Reconciliation oc-curs as people begin to tell the same story.” Jones told the audience she hoped her work, and the memorial events as a whole, will play some small part in helping Mississippians better tell their shared story.

Lewis and Barbour left office, the state stopped picking up the tab, Vance said. The city’s legislative agenda in recent years has included requests for funding re-lated to providing police and fire protec-tion to state property and events, includ-ing the Fair, but lawmakers have largely rebuffed those requests.

Mayor Yarber said state law requires municipalities to provide a reasonable amount of protection, but that it will be at Vance’s discretion to determine what that protection consists of. Yarber said the city has submitted information to the Missis-

sippi State Fair Commission to justify a payment to the city. Rick Reno, executive director of the Mississippi State Fair Commission, told WJTV on Sept. 4 that the commission would use a mix of Hinds County Sher-iff ’s deputies inside the fair, private secu-rity and Capitol police. Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes told the city council last week that he hopes the city and state can come to an agreement: “If they’re going to have a

successful fair, they need JPD,” Stokes said. “There’s some folks out here who are really bad and the only peo-ple they’re scared of is JPD.”

JATRAN on the Move A number of changes are coming to the capital city’s mass-transit service, JA-TRAN, starting Oct. 1, city officials say. In August, the City of Jackson approved an opera-tions contract for JATRAN with U.K.-based National Express Transit Services. A committee, which included

JATRAN riders, recommended the city go with the offer from National Express for approximately $4.5 million, officials said at the time. John Andoh, the city’s transportation planning and transit ser-vices manager, said the move would save

the city $2 million in the upcoming fis-cal year. The three-year contract requires the city to pay a monthly fixed fee to the op-erator plus an hourly rate. Andoh said the city’s legal department is considering a re-quest for proposals for advertising on JA-TRAN buses, benches and shelters. Previously, the city had a manage-ment contract. Under that agreement, the city would pay for any cost overruns. With an operations agreement, which does not include purchasing new equipment, Na-tional Express would absorb any overruns. The years-long construction on the JATRAN administrative offices is also

nearing completion. The $6.8 million facility replaces the old municipal public transit office on Terry Road. The federal government provided the brunt of the funding, leaving Jackson to pay the re-maining $743,000 qualifying match for the support. Construction hit a snag in March 2013, when federal regulators discovered some of the components of the building were not American-made, which violated stipulations of the federal funding. City offi-cials say a grand opening for the new build-ing will be scheduled for later in the fall. Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L.Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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The City of Clinton is acknowledging a bloody race massacre from its past with this historic marker.

The City’s Special Transportation Program under its Department of Human and Cultural Services is moving to JATRAN and will be called HandiLift. That and more changes at Jackson’s mass-transit company become effective on Oct. 1.

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S tatewide and county posts, along with Initiative 42, are up for a vote in November. Don’t forget to register to vote by Oct. 3 in order to participate in November’s election.

BY MAIL: Mail an application with driver’s license number or last four digits of So-cial Security number on application. (If you cannot provide those numbers, you must include a copy of a valid ID or a copy of a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or another government document that shows name and address) to your Circuit Clerk’s office. Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 3.

IN-PERSON: Register to vote in person at Circuit Clerk’s office, Municipal Clerk’s office, Department of Public Safety, or any state or federal agency offering government services (like DHS). The application will require the same information as stated above.

Voter-registration applications are available online at: http://www.jfp.ms/register_vote. Information from the Mississippi secretary of state’s website. Visit sos.ms.gov for more voter registration details.

Remembering the Clinton Massacre by Scott Prather

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T op legislative Republican leaders are threatening to cut parts of the Mis-sissippi Department of Education’s budget should voters pass Initiative

42 in November requiring legislators to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program public-school funding formula. Republican lawmakers suggest that parts of the Mississippi Department of Edu-cation budget outside of MAEP are suscep-tible to their proposed 7.8 percent budget cuts if necessary. In July, Herb Frierson, a Poplarville Republican and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, did not ask the Department of Medicaid and the

Department of Education to submit budget-cut proposals that he asked all other state agencies to submit. Last week, though, both Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Rep. John Moore, R-Brandon, questioned state education Superintendent Carey Wright about the ef-fectiveness and cost of education programs that operate outside of MAEP funding such as the literacy assessments, pre-K programs and expanded college-preparation courses. Moore added that these parts of the depart-ment’s budget are susceptible to cuts should voters force the Legislature to fund MAEP in the amount state law requires. “These monies are all eligible for a seven-and-a-half percent cut rather than an increase according to the chairman of Ap-propriations in order to move that money directly over to the (MAEP) formula, is that correct?” Moore asked Wright. Wright agreed and said such education cuts would be significant, but it depends on how the funds were cut and if pass-through funds (usually federal funding that goes straight to schools) were cut, too.

The Republican leadership, which is against fully funding of MAEP, insists that if Initiative 42 passes, lawmakers will be forced to fully fund MAEP immediately, although its proponents are not asking for immediate funding. In addition, Republicans warn that it would require a 7.8 percent budget cut to most state departments. Frierson’s budget-cut proposals formed the basis for many of the inquiries of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee members at the Woolfolk Build-ing on Sept. 21 and Sept. 22. In the request for fiscal-year 2017, the Department of Education is asking for $250 million more than in fiscal-year 2016. The

total budget request amounted to over $2.8 billion. Eighty-eight percent of the $2.8 bil-lion would go to fund MAEP, leaving only $334 million for other education costs, ac-cording to the department’s budget request submitted to the committee. A 7.8 percent cut to those funds would result in a loss of $26 million for the department. Losing these funds would dampen progress the department has seen—especial-ly in their expansion of pre-K programs and third-grade literacy standards, Wright said. Even though 92 percent of third graders in the public-education system passed the read-ing test, Wright told the committee this does not mean all students who went on to fourth grade are actually reading on grade-level be-cause the assessment allows students to pass with the lowest achievement level possible. Three thousand third graders were forced to repeat third grade this year. The third-grade reading gate is based on the Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act and needs an additional $18 million in funding according to the department’s budget request. “There’s a number of children in fourth

grade that will continue to need more help,” Wright told the committee. The Department of Education wants to expand early-childhood education programs, because 58.9 percent of the kindergartners who participated in one of the 11 depart-ment pre-K programs scored at or above the expected score, as stated in an MDE news release in August. MDE wants to expand the pre-K programs, however, because a third of students still begin kindergarten without the necessary skills, Wright said.

The Medicaid Wedge Republican lawmakers also targeted the Mississippi Division of Medicaid at the budget hearings, playing it against education funding, primarily because it is exempt from the proposed budget cuts and its budget has grown substantially since 2008. This year the division is asking for just over $1 billion in funding. The divi-sion asked for $71 million for the rest of fiscal-year 2016 to account for the funding deficit—the Legislature has underfunded the division for the past three years. The Medicaid division provides health coverage for low-income people in the state, using a combination of state and federal dollars. Republican leaders said if they didn’t have to fund the agency, they could have more money to spend on public schools. “We would much rather invest in say, public education than in the Division of Medicaid, but we haven’t had that luxury because the budget for the Division of Medicaid keeps growing substantially,” Reeves told the com-mittee and Dr. David Dzielak, executive di-rector of the Division of Medicaid. Dzielak said his budget has increased because medical service costs are growing, with an inflation rate of 6.2 percent, but the division’s costs are only growing at around 3 percent. The division plans to combat rising costs by changing their back-end services. The division is transitioning the way it reim-burses those who provide inpatient hospital services. Erin Barham, deputy administra-tor for communications at the division, ex-plained that the it will pay its managed-care partners—Magnolia Health and United Healthcare Community Plan—a set per member/per month fee for the services, in-stead of paying hospitals per-service fees. The change will not affect recipients of Medicaid services, but it will cost $10 mil-lion in one-time funding to take effect. The in-patient to managed-care transition will start Dec. 1, but Dzielak does not know the exact cost savings yet because the program

has yet to begin. Since the per member/per month fees are set, Barham said cost predict-ability will enable cost savings for the divi-sion going forward. While the committee focused on how much the budget increased over the past four years, Dzielak pointed out that more people have joined since the agency adopted the latest Affordable Care Act standards for modified gross income for people to qualify for Medicaid. “There are more people on Medicaid now than there were many years ago,” he said. While enrollment (total state Medicaid recipients) is higher than in previous years, there has been a downward trend in 2015 since March. Some committee members were concerned with the decreasing enroll-ment that peaked in March when a total of 796,103 Mississippians were enrolled. As of August, 781,669 Mississippians are enrolled in Medicaid, 14,434 fewer, even though costs are still increasing. Dzielak said his division is still trying to determine why enrollment numbers are lower now than in March. He told the com-mittee that one reason could be that new re-cipients who came onto Medicaid last year for the first time are rolling off the plan and not re-enrolling. The federal government no longer requires the division to do face-to-face renewals, based on new Affordable Care Act standards, which means Division of Med-icaid workers must contact recipients with whatever information they received during intake—but it may no longer be current. Medicaid recipients, Barham said, have a responsibility to notify the offices if their contact information changes. Medicaid recipients are responsible for their renewal within a time period after notification, and if they don’t renew, they roll off the plan.

Upping the Ante: GOP Threatens Education, Medicaid in Budget Hearingsby Arielle Dreher

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D ick Hall was a Mississippi state senator in 1987 when Gov. Wil-liam Allain vetoed the Four-Lane Highway Program bill, and it took

a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate to override it. Hall said he stood up and spoke in favor of it, even though he rep-resented a district it did not touch. “I knew how important it was to the state’s economy. And when the state of the Mississippi economy is good, Jackson is go-ing to do good,” Hall said. Hall worked then in construction manufacturing, and owned a manufactur-ing representative business. He had started out in the House of Representatives in 1976 in the District 64 seat. He served as a rep-resentative until 1983, when he switched to represent District 25 in the Senate. In 1999, Gov. Kirk Fordice appointed Hall to fill an unexpired term as the Central District’s public service commissioner. Hall has been re-elected four times, and is seeking his fifth re-election to the post. A native of Vicksburg who grew up in Jackson, Hall graduated with a bachelor’s de-gree in business from Mississippi State Uni-versity. He served in the Army from 1960 to 1961, and was in the reserves for eight years after graduation because he had participated in the ROTC program. He worked in Bir-mingham, Ala., for a few years before return-ing to the Jackson metro area. Hall, 77, lives in Brandon with his wife, Jennifer, and their “sassy” bulldog, Abby. They attend Lakeside Presbyterian Church.

Why are you running for com-missioner again, and why should voters re-elect you? Prosperity rides on good roads, and I like to tell folks that we’re not just building a transportation system; we’re building an economy. In today’s world market, where we have to compete, you have absolutely got to have a modern and a mobile system of trans-portation to be competitive. Let me give you an example. If an industry is looking for a particular community to locate, they’ll ask you about your school system, they’ll ask you about taxes, particularly those they can get out of paying. But the first thing they are going to ask you is: “How do I get my raw materials in? And how do I get my finished product out?” If you can’t answer that ques-tion, they’re not going to stick around and ask you about your schools and taxes, they’re going to go somewhere else.

How did our transportation system get to its current state? In 1987, we passed the state’s Four-Lane Highway Program, and as a result of that, we

spent about $3 billion of taxpayer money to build 1,200 miles of new four-lane highway. We were successful in that—our system we built was nationally ranked as the sixth best highway system in the United States and number one in the mid-South. But when we passed that legislation, we made two major mistakes. First, we set the fuel rate at a flat

rate, at 18 cents a gallon, instead of a percent-age. And the vehicle you drove back then got 12 to13 miles to the gallon, and the one you can drive now gets 25 to 30 miles to the gal-lon so our revenues have never increased—and the only reason they haven’t gone sharp-ly down is because there are more vehicles on the highway now than there was then. But the cost of highway construction has gone up 300 percent, so we’re in a financial bind as to how to finance the system. The other mistake we made was (there was) absolutely no provision for maintaining what we were getting ready to build. Now, a prudent businessperson doesn’t make a

major capital investment and not maintain it; that’s stupid business and stupid govern-ment, but that’s what we did. So that’s where we’re caught now, with flat revenues and increasing construction costs and … basi-cally no maintenance, so we’re having to take most of the money we’ve got now to try to preserve what we have.

As a result of all that, to fix or replace the structurally deficient bridges on our state system right now would cost (more than) $500 million. To fix the highways and to bring them up to the standard they need to be at would cost (more than) $1 billion. We’re that far behind with what we’ve got, and our problem now is how do you move on to the future? I want to come back again and see if we can’t get over that hill where we can not only maintain what we have but move on to what we need to build because I saw it work. That ’87 program worked—without it there’d be no Toyota, no Nissan, no Severstal, there wouldn’t be hundreds of

other businesses that have located and ex-panded in Mississippi if we hadn’t build that kind of system. Now we’ve got to maintain it and build it again.

What are the top two or three things that you’ve done in your past 16 years as transportation commissioner to make our system better? I think the stewardship of the resources we have, we’ve done a very good job with that. The Mississippi (Transportation) Commission and the department are now operating as it was intended—an elected commission responsible for planning and fi-nancing and so forth and a professional staff at the Mississippi Department of Transpor-tation that runs the day-to-day business. There was a time when everyone was fighting, with 2-to-1 votes, and we had a staff without leadership, but now we’ve changed that. This last four-year term, we can count the number of 2-to-1 votes on one hand. The commission is working to-gether, and we’ve got the staff in place we’re comfortable with, and that’s the number one thing I’ve had a part in accomplishing. We’ve done a lot of planning. We’ve done a good job taking what we have and prioritiz-ing it to hold the system together. And then we have built some things: We’re going to break ground in the next couple weeks, adding lanes to Lakeland Drive (Highway 25), (and) we’ve just fin-ished this $85 million project in Madison County called the Split Diamond Project, adding lanes to I-55 North. We’re in the middle of adding lanes to I-55 South. We’re five-laning Highway 471 in Rankin Coun-ty. But then we have things that aren’t done, like between Meridian and Philadelphia is Highway 19, and we’re going to four-lane it in three sections. We’ve completed two sec-tions; the third section we have the right-of-way bought, and we got everything ready to go but no money to build it. In Greenville, we’re doing a bypass on Highway 82, and we’ve got $40 million invested in it but don’t have the money to finish it. So those are just easy-to-see projects, a poster-child need for more resources.

What distinguishes from your opponent in this election race? I think my experience in all of this (distinguishes me). Rep. Mary Coleman is a very nice lady, and until now, I considered her a friend of mine, but there’s no substi-tute for the experience I have. This interview has been edited for clar-ity and length. To read more: www.jfp.ms/2015elections. Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

Hall: Building a System and an Economyby Arielle Dreher

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A casualty of legislative redistricting, Democratic Rep. Cecil Brown would have had to run for re-elec-tion in a Republican-leaning dis-

trict to remain in the Mississippi Legislature. When he heard that Lynn Posey, the Repub-lican Central District representative to the Mississippi Public Service Commission, was leaning toward not running for re-election, Brown decided to run. Now retired from a 40-year career as a certifi ed public accountant and money man-ager, Brown wants to bring his experience analyzing fi nancial deals to the PSC, which regulates utility companies. Brown recently talked to the Jackson Free Press about the Kemper Energy Facility near DeKalb, and the future of energy in Mississippi.

As a fi nancial adviser, how would you rate the Kemper deal? For the company (Mississippi Power Company), it’s a disaster. They were origi-nally talking about a $2-billion plant. The numbers have increased over time. They’ve gone up to $6 billion now, and it’s rising every month. It could be really bad for the consumer, and that’s the part I’m concerned about. My position is the customers of Mis-sissippi Power Company should not have to pay for mistakes they made and that their parent company, Southern Company, made. I think I have the background and experience to make reasonable judgments about that.

What more should the PSC do about Kemper?

You’ve got a plant over there that’s an ex-perimental plant. There’s never been a plant in the world built like that plant. It is using technology, the patent for which (belongs to) Southern Company, the parent of Mississippi Power Company. So nobody’s exactly sure what’s going to happen when they turn the switch. It could work fi ne; it could produce

syngas (synthetic gas) to run the plant. In fact, the combined cycle part of the plant is run-ning today on natural gas. Once they try to switch it over to synthetic gas, nobody knows exactly what’s going to happen. But assuming it works OK, there’s still the question of who’s going to pay for it because there’s still the $6 billion-plus price tag.

Somewhere between $2 billion and $6 billion, there’s a number that may be justifi -

able if the plant works. If the plant does not work, that’s a whole other question. Let’s suppose they turn the switch on, and this process doesn’t work. Then somebody’s still got to pay for (the plant). If that happens, then I don’t think the ratepayer pays for any of that part of the plant.

What are the lessons from Kemper? The biggest lessons from Kemper are about not beginning a project when you don’t know what it’s going to cost. That’s just a lesson in management, not in terms of en-ergy. And I want to make it clear that I’m not

anti-Mississippi Power Company. Missis-sippi Power Company itself has a reputation of being a good corporate citizen. They’ve done a lot of good things for the Gulf Coast. I’m not out as a positional commissioner to punish the company. But my job would be to represent the ratepayers, and I don’t think their ratepayers should pay for the gigantic mistake they made.

You’ve called for a review of the project. Who should lead that review? I would like to keep the Legislature out of this—not that they don’t have a right to be in it, but the Legislature has a way sometimes of chasing rabbits. I think the Public Service Commission and its staff should review what went on with Kemper from beginning to end. I’d like to … see what mistakes the commission itself made. Then we need to go back and review the Baseload Act. I voted for the Baseload Act. I want to see if there was something that should have been in the leg-

islation that was not there. Editor’s note: The Baseload Act of 2008 lets utility companies to charge ratepayers for certain costs associated with new power plants while the facilities are still under construction.

How will the experience with Kemper factor into future discussions about net metering, solar and alternative energy? The mistakes that have been made have been government mistakes: funding KiOR and funding these projects where the govern-ment agencies didn’t do enough due diligence to use taxpayer funds for something that was unproven. I think the State of Mississippi needs to stay out of the venture-capital busi-ness. There are lot of things that we can do for companies in terms of providing services, but I think we would have learned our lesson by now that unproven businesses should not be funded by the State of Mississippi. I am for alternative energy sources. I just don’t know that we need to jump in whole hog. Energy companies are investing in pilot projects all over the state. Entergy’s doing that, (South Mississippi Electric Power Association) is doing that, Mississippi Power is doing that. Solar is going to be part of their array of energy sources in the future. We’re always going to have a need for the grid. The grid now is hooked up to all these major power plants, and I think that’s going to be there for the foreseeable future. A lot of people are not going to go for solar; they’re not going to want to put solar pan-els on their houses. We’ve also got the issue of wind power—is wind power feasible in Mississippi? But I don’t think public money needs to go into any of that. If it works, it works, and if it works the economy will re-ward the people who did that. Comment and read more election cover-age at www.jfp.ms/2015elections. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

Brown: Learning from Kemper’s Mistakesby R.L. Nave

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State’s GOP Lawmakers Must Stop Pitting Poor Kids Against Sick People

‘People Want True Things’

M ississippi Republican leadership really must assume the worst about their sup-porters. They will stop at very little to try to scare voters into allowing them

to continue violating state law and underfunding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, even if it means using the sick poor of the state as a pawn in the game. Remarkably, they clearly assume that the majority of Mississippians care little about ei-ther ensuring that all children have books and walls without holes in them or about keeping poor Mis-sissippians alive with access to health care. They will even say out loud that if they didn’t have to keep paying for Medicaid—health care for the poor, including many elderly women—that they could have enough money to fund MAEP. This arrogant, heart-wrenching game was in full, shocking display in last week’s legislative budget-request hearings. The lieutenant gover-nor himself led the offensive charge. “We would much rather invest in say, public education than in the Division of Medicaid, but we haven’t had that luxury because the budget for the Division of Med-icaid keeps growing substantially,” Reeves told the committee and Dr. David Dzielak, executive direc-tor of the Division of Medicaid. And, no, Reeves didn’t follow up that statement by citing research that shows that people who get a good education are less likely to end up on Medicaid. There wasn’t a whole lot of forward thinking in evidence. There hasn’t been from the beginning from Republicans who callously do everything they

can to keep from funding even “adequate” educa-tion—a law that was passed in the fi rst place to help decrease the disparities between public schools in wealthier areas and those in poor ones. This is only the next move in a game to scare voters into voting against Initiative 42 in Novem-ber, or at least those they can’t fool with a confusing ballot into voting for Initiative 42A (the fi rst stunt). GOP lawmakers insist (falsely) that they would have to fully fund MAEP immediately if 42 passes, which they wouldn’t have to do and that its propo-nents aren’t requesting, instead offering a common-sense funding transition based on state revenues. They then told state agencies to suggest how much would immediately have to be cut if 42 passes to help build hysteria. Initially, they left the Depart-ment of Education and Medicaid off that list, but Reeves and company upped the ante in the meet-ings last week by suggesting that they’re on the chopping block should voters stupidly demand they follow the law and fund MAEP (see page 9). Obviously, public education and saving the lives of poor people must be large parts of the state’s budgeting pie (and are more important than the iffy companies that easily wrangle corporate welfare out of these guys). The Mississippi GOP has gotten more brazen, and we get it: They really don’t care about poor children and sick people in Mississippi. But voters don’t have to stand for it: It’s time we let them know why they need to care by turning out in November to vote for MAEP and against legislators who play such disgusting games.

M iss Doodle Mae: “The weekly Critical Thinking Thursday Morning Staff Meeting at Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store has become quite pop-ular. Staff members like the opportunity to vent and share what’s on their minds before work begins. Jojo has noticed improved custom-

er-service practices and genuine enthusiasm from his employees. “During the question-and-answer session of the staff meeting, my baby sister, little Dipsy Doodle Mae, posed a thought-provoking question to Jojo and staff.” Dipsy Doodle Mae: “I’ve been watching the presidential debates. In my very humble opinion, these debates look like an elite membership of millionaires vying to control the affairs of common folk. Why can’t some-one from the 47 or 99 percent run for president?” Jojo: “Good question, little Dipsy Doodle Mae. At this time, I’m afraid I do not have the answer. All I have to say is to avoid getting caught up in the nonsense at your mind’s expense. Also, when times like these make you shake your head and wonder what’s happening in this world, consider these thought-provoking lyrics sung by Patti Labelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash (a.k.a. Labelle): ‘People want true things Or nothing at all People want sincerity And nothing more’ “Also, consider this critical thinking point: People need love, peace and power. This is not a fi ght because this is not a war. “Then, ask those politicians lobbying for your support: What can you really do for the common folk and me? “Have a great day, staff!”

Email letters and opinion to letters@jacksonfreepress.com, fax to 601-510-9019 or mail to 125 South Congress St., Suite 1324, Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Include daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length and clarity, as well as factchecked.

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Why it stinks: Boy, please! During last week’s Legislative Budget Offi ce hear-ings, Republicans made education and Medicaid the bogeymen of the state budget. Oh, if only we weren’t staring down the barrel of Barack Hussein’s Obamacare, we would fully fund education for only the third time since 1997! Tax refunds! Free ponies for sick children! Mississippians are poor, but the state treasury is in relatively good shape. Instead of taking from Paul and Peter to fi ll up the rainy-day fund, maybe it’s time for lawmakers to put the taxpayers’ money where their mouths are.

M arshall, N.C.—Benny Wint grew up as one of the few whites in a black neighborhood of a small South Carolina town.

Today, if customers come into his roadside stand with a racist attitude, he wants them to leave. Yet what Wint sells at his roadside stand are Confederate flags—all kinds, from the traditional Beauregard battle flag to a Southern Cross with purple bars on a yel-low background. He says he has black and Mexican customers, as well as white. “The Confeder-ate flag means freedom, the right to do what you want to do,” says the 56-year-old who has been selling the flags for nine years. “The right to do what you want to do is something you can’t do in this country any more.” What the flag evokes for many African Ameri-cans is the image of 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, gun in one hand, Confederate flag in the other, in a photograph taken before he al-legedly walked into an historic black church in Charleston, S.C., and killed nine people. What they see in that flag are Klan rallies, Jim Crow and slavery. “The Confederacy and what it stands for is treason,” said Charles Steele Jr., who heads the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta. More than likely, a Wint ancestor fought under that flag in a war that killed more than 600,000 soldiers—a toll equiva-lent to 6 million with today’s population. One out of every four white southern males between 16 and 45 years of age was killed, disfigured or disabled by the Civil War. Southern apologists have long claimed that the war was about states’ rights, union aggression and trade dis-putes. The great abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass would have none of it. “The very stomach of this rebellion is the negro in the form of a slave.” Yet most of those white southerners on the frontlines of the Civil War owned no slaves. In fact, the 1862 Confederate Conscription Act exempted well-to-do slave owners from serving in the military. South-ern dissension against the war was much more prevalent than so-called southern heri-tage groups would have you believe. This “is a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight,” North Carolina’s Civil War governor, Zebulon Vance, said. “The great popular heart is not now and never has been in this war. It was a revolution of the politi-

cians and not the people.” Yet the people fought that war to pre-serve slavery, the human property of the South’s rich elite. And they kept waving the war’s flag as Jim Crow loomed over the land, subjugating blacks once again, and even many poor whites who also couldn’t afford the poll taxes levied to restrict voting. Working-class white southerners waved that Confederate flag into the 21st century while the successors of the southern antebel-lum elite mouthed “southern virtue” and kept the region the nation’s poorest.

The flag “is a sign of defiance, a sign of pride, a declaration of a geographical area that you’re proud to be from,” country singer Charlie Daniels has said. Daniels is one of many Confeder-ate flag-waving southern musicians—David Allan Coe, Hank Williams Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd—whose music embodies a spirit of rebellion from the cor-porate norm in Nashville or New York City.

I remember going to a concert by the ground-breaking rock group Buffalo Spring-field in North Carolina in the mid-1960s. Fans yelled uproariously when the concert began with the unveiling of a giant Confed-erate flag across the back of the stage. However, those same fans then walked out in droves when Neil Young and other band members ventured into the long, mind-bending guitar riffs that foretold of the music that would later come from Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. Like many blacks, working-class south-ern whites feel alienated from much of U.S. society. Their wages stagnate while the earnings of the top 1 percent go through the roof. They’re fed Fox News’ race-tinged, anti-Obama, anti-Obamacare pablum 24 hours a day, yet the politicians Fox News pushes aren’t putting food on the table or gas in the car. Unlike struggling blacks, working-class southern whites don’t have a natural support base among northern—or south-ern—liberals or the Democratic Party, which today is nearly as dependent on corporate funding as the Republican Party and which has eschewed the working class in favor of identity politics. They’ve got a right to feel rebellious. The problem is they’re waving the wrong flag to show it. Joe Atkins is a veteran journalist, colum-nist, and professor of journalism at the Univer-sity of Mississippi. Read his blog at laborsouth.blogspot.com, and write him at jbatkins@ole miss.edu. See related stories at jfp.ms/confeds. 13

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P eople have said before that Farish Street is our city’s Beale Street or Bourbon Street. While Beale was the cultural hub for the Mem-

phis music and dining scene, partic-ularly for African Americans, it has seen a resurgence in recent years as a tourist destination. People have talked about doing something similar with Farish, but so far, not much has come of it, save the popular F. Jones Corner. John Tierre Miller, owner of Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues, got tired of talking and decided to take matters into his own hands. He opened his restaurant on July 24 of this year. “I wanted to spearhead the move-ment and show by example,” Miller, 38, says. “I want to encourage other entrepre-neurs with what can be done here.” Walking down Farish Street, it’s easy to identify with the past. If you listen close enough, you can almost hear the echoes of rhythm and blues music wafting through the air. The Alamo Theatre, which still holds events on occasion, sits at one end of the street as if it’s waiting to come to life on a moment’s notice. Miller is very aware of his location and the role it could play in reviving the historic area. “It’s the roots of the blues,” he says. When you walk into Johnny T’s, it’s

as if you have been transported to a time when Farish was the epicenter of all things cool happening in Jackson. Murals depict blues singers of yesteryear, and it has a spa-cious live stage so newer artists can showcase their skills. The sleek yet simple design and layout let customers know they are in for a dining experience. That was Miller’s style choice. “I wanted to appeal to the 25 and

older crowd because I felt that it was something that was missing,” he says. The food is undoubtedly southern cuisine. The Cajun pasta is one of many highlights on the menu, and it’s made to order. Miller recommends the house spe-

cial, which is a pan-seared tilapia. “Chef Brian (Myrick) has created some-thing truly unique,” he says. “And our basic fi nger foods are unmatched for folks just wanting typical bar-type foods. There’s something for everybody. We’re serious about the quality of food we offer.” In addition to the downstairs res-taurant, Miller is also making plans for the space above—his soon-to-be-opened venue, Club 540. “540 is a venue that will be available for wedding receptions and gatherings,” he says. “The space is amazing.” Recently, there’s another word that people have attached to Farish: potential. A visit to Johnny T’s can easily make believers out of anyone who visits. Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues is located at 538 North Farish St. For more infor-mation, call 601-954-1323 or fi nd the restaurant on Facebook.

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Blues and Eats atJohnny T’sby Tommy Burton

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[ Fall Food Issue ]

eople have said before that Farish Street is our city’s Beale Street or Bourbon Street. While Beale was the cultural hub for the Mem-

phis music and dining scene, partic-

hands. He opened his restaurant

“I wanted to spearhead the move-ment and show by example,” Miller, 38, says. “I want to encourage other entrepre-

Walking down Farish Street, it’s easy to identify with the past. If you listen close enough, you can almost hear the echoes of rhythm and blues music wafting through the air. The Alamo Theatre, which still holds events on occasion, sits at one end

as if you have been transported to a time when Farish was the epicenter of all things cool happening in Jackson. Murals depict

Blues and Eats atJohnny T’s

Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues opened on Farish Street in July.

Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues features dishes such as its signature Cajun pasta.

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[ Fall Food Issue ]

Brewing Lucktext and photos by Imani Khayyam

I n a warehouse on Mill Street in midtown sits Lucky Town Brewing Company, Jackson’s only brewery. Brewmaster Lucas Simmons, who co-owns the business with partners Chip Jones, An-

gela Ray and Brandon Blacklidge, recently gave the Jackson Free Press a tour of the brewery.

While many breweries have their grains come in tall silos, Lucky Town’s grains come in 50-pound sacks. The grain mill cracks open the grain and breaks off of the inner cusp of the grain. The motor on top of the pipe spins and drags the grain up to the grist case, which stores the grain when it’s transferred from the mill. The holding time can be anywhere from a few minutes to overnight.

The mash tun (the round device above) mixes the raw mill grain with hot water. The temperature depends on what you want to get out of the beer. The standard mash temperature is between 145 and 160 degrees Fahr-enheit. Simmons says raising the temperature yields a beer with a thicker mouthfeel (the sensation that comes from the consistency or viscosity of the beer), and lowering the temperature results in a dry, easy-to-drink kind of beer.

The boil kettle, which is equipped with steam jackets on the inside, gets the water boiling hot. When that happens, Simmons throws in the hops. The time the hops sit in the boiling water changes the outcome of the beer. The longer the hops sit in hot water, the more the flavor of the beer changes, so it needs to be cooled down as soon as possible.

Once the hops finishes boiling, the unfermented beer goes through a pipe to the heat exchanger, and the cold liquor tank cools the beer down.

The beer then goes into a fermentation vessel where Simmons adds pure oxy-gen to ferment the yeast. It takes 15 to 20 days to fer-ment a beer. While many breweries may use a filter, which removes impurities, Lucky Town chooses to forgo the filter so that the process doesn’t strip away any of the flavor.

Lucky Town cans up to 26 beers per minute. On most days, Simmons is the only one brewing the beer. When he cans the product, he has part-time workers help him, along with Blacklidge, who assists Simmons every Friday. Lucky Town can’t afford to have a big crew because state law prohibits the company from selling anything on site, though Simmons says the Mississippi Brewers Guild is currently fighting that law. “It’s all about judging your time wisely,” Simmons says of the brewing process. “Basically, I can control any system in here from my phone.” He also plans to add more tanks to the brewery that can help speed up the brewing process. Simmons also hopes for more brewing companies to come to Jackson to help the craft-beer industry in the city. For more information, visit luckytownbrewing.com.

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If you want: A sweet treatGo here: Monroes Donuts and Bak-ery (6310 Medgar Evers Blvd.; 125 S. Congress St., 255 E. McDowell Road; 717 Rice Road; monroesdonutsand bakery.com); Broad Street Bak-

ing Company (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101,broadstbakery.com); Crazy Cat Bakers (4500 In-terstate 55 N., Suite 173, crazycatbakers.com); Primos Café (2323 Lakeland Drive; 515 Lake Harbour Drive; primoscafe.com); Campbell’s Bakery (3013 N. State St., campbellsbakery.ms); La Brioche (2906 N. State St., labriochems.com)

If you want: A burgerGo here: Burgers & Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland, burgersblues.com); Rooster’s (2906 N. State St., glennfoods.com); The

Feathered Cow (4760 Interstate 55 N., feathered-cow.com); CS’s (1359 N. West St.; 601-969-9482); Cool Al’s (4654 McWillie Drive, 601-713-3020); Mugshots Grill & Bar (4245 Lakeland Drive, mug-shotsgrillandbar.com); LurnyD’s Grille (lurnyds

grille.com); Stamps Superburger (1801 Dalton St., 601-352-4555)

If you want: Fried catfishGo here: Penn’s Restaurant (vari-ous locations; pennsrestaurant.

com); Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., saltine restaurant.com); E&L Barbeque (1111 Bailey Ave., 601-355-5035); Two Sisters’ Kitchen (707 N. Con-gress St., 601-353-1180); Mama Hamil’s Southern Cookin’ (480 Magnolia St., Madison, hamils.com); Ellis Seafood (1041 Ellis Ave., 601-353-9656)

If you want: Hot dogs or sausage The Coffee Roastery (308 E. Pearl St., 601-949-6994); Capitol Coney Island (601-573-6162); Fenians Pub (901 E. Fortification St., fenians

pub.com); Fondren Public (2765 Old Canton Road, fondrenpublic.com); The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St., pigand pint.com); Burgers & Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland, burgers blues.com); Stamps Superburger

(1801 Dalton St., 601-352-4555); Cool Al’s (4654 McWillie Drive, 601-713-3020)

If you want: Asian food Fusion Japanese & Thai Cuisine (1002 Tree Top Blvd., 601-664-7588); Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, 601-981-3205); Mr. Chen’s Restaurant (5465 Interstate 55 N., mrchens.chinesemenu.com); Bonsai Japanese Steak House (1925 Lakeland Drive, 601-981-0606); Thai Tasty (5050 Parkway Drive, 601-540-2534); Sakura Bana Restaurant (4800 In-

terstate 55 N., sakurabanajackson.com); Spice Avenue (4711 Inter-state 55 N., spiceavenuerestaurant.com); Edo Japanese Restaurant (5834 Ridgewood Road, Suite B, 601-899-8518); Wasabi Sushi & Bar (103 E. Capitol St., 601-948-8808); Crazy

Ninja (2560 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, crazyninja restaurant.com).

If you want: Greek or Mediterranean food Keifer’s Restaurant (705 Poplar Blvd.; 125 N. Congress St.; keifers.net); Aladdin Mediterranean Food (730 Lakeland Drive, keifers.net); Mediterra-nean Fish and Grill (6550 Old Canton Road, Ridge-

land, medfishngrill); Vasilios Greek Cui-sine (828 Highway 51, Madison, 601-853-0028); Kristos Amerigreek Dining (971 Madison Ave., kristosofmadison.com); Zeek’z House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Blvd., Flowood, zeekz

houseofgyros.com); Kismet’s Restaurant & Catering (315 Crossgates Blvd., Brandon, kismets.net)

If you want: Barbecue The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St., pigandpint.

com); E&L Barbeque (1111 Bailey Ave., 601-355-5035); Mama Hamil’s South-ern Cookin’ (480 Magnolia St., Madi-son, hamils.com); Hickory Pit (1491 Canton Mart Road, 601-956-7079); Chimneyville Smokehouse (970 High St., 601-354-4665)

If you want: A cold treat Deep South Pops (1800 N. State St., deepsouthpops.com); Pop Cul-ture Pops (3023 N. State St., 601- 946-1543)

If you want: Caramel apples Nandy’s Candy (1220 E. Northside Drive, nandyscandy.com)

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Better Than Fair Food (Really)by Amber Helsel

E ach year, the Mississippi State Fair brings many different foods, but also long lines. If you don’t want to fight the crowds, but still want fair foods or something better, try these restaurants.

Fair Food to Make at Homeby Amber Helsel

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With the many restaurants in Jackson, we couldn’t put them all in this story. Add more at jfp.ms/foodanddrink. For information on the restaurants that Jacksonians voted the best in town, visit bestofjackson.com.

Elote (Mexican

grilled corn) Combine one cup of mayonnaise or sour cream with a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of chili powder and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper. Rub a small amount on each grilled ear of corn to taste.

Baked Palmiers (If you want an elephant ear, try this.)

Sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon sugar (3 tablespoons cinnamon and 6 tablespoons sugar) on the area where you’ll roll out the dough. Using cold puff pastry (you can also use biscuit dough, though it’s much more sticky and hard to handle), flatten it with a rolling pin to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Coat the top side in whisked egg and then sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon sugar on it. Roll up the bottom of the pastry toward the middle, making sure it’s tight. Roll the other side until the dough looks like a scroll. Cover it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and line a baking pan with parchment paper. Remove the dough and cut it perpendicularly into 3/4-inch slices. Place the slices cut-side down onto the parchment paper. Cook them for four to minutes on one side, flip them and then cook them for another two to three minutes.

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1. Sterilize six 8-ounce canning jars and lids. Heat water in a stockpot.2. Place red bell peppers, green bell peppers and ja-lapeno peppers in a large saucepan over high heat. Mix in vinegar and fruit pectin. Bring the mixture

to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Quickly stir in

sugar. Return to full rolling boil and let it go for exactly one minute,

stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and skim off any foam.

3. Quickly ladle jelly into sterile jars, filling to with-in a 1/4 inch of the tops. Cover with flat lids, and screw the bands on tightly.4. Slowly lower the jars into the pot. The water should cover the jars completely, and should be hot but not boiling. Bring the water to a boil, and process for five minutes.

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A Place for Ideas

LIFE&STYLE | girl about townby Julie Skipper

O ne of the things I often say is cool about Jackson is that it seems that if you have a creative idea—for a business, for an event, for a proj-

ect, for your life—there’s something about this place that makes it possible for ideas to take root, become a reality, find support and thrive. That feeling is probably a less articu-late way of describing Mississippi’s creative economy. We are a society of makers, and a place that produces creatives—artists, writ-ers, musicians, actors, chefs—and (just as importantly) the people who support them and the work they do. Increasingly, we also recognize that this creativity is a viable source of economic devel-opment to foster and encourage. And that’s awesome. It’s awesome, not only as a source of revenue, tourism and industry for the state and its people; for the importance that a creative class has in attracting and retaining talent across in-dustries; and for highbrow goals about education and culture; but also … let’s face it, it’s just cool to have fun, interesting things to do in the place where you live. Recently, a couple of events brought that idea home to me (literally, to my neighborhood). Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights is the Belhaven neighborhood’s annual music street festival. For years, I’d lived in down-town Jackson, but this past fall, I moved to Belhaven. That meant this was the first year I could gather my crew and just walk over to the event. Spanning several streets of the neighborhood, bands played on a number of stages, food vendors offered up nosh, and artists sold their wares. And all of them had a connection to Belhaven, which means the festival truly showcased the creativity of the neighborhood. While kids played in inflat-able bouncy castles, interacted with creatures from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, got their faces painted, ate snow-cones, and saw a clown, adults enjoyed craft beer and music, and everyone enjoyed each other’s company. The crowd was great, and I couldn’t go a few feet without running into a friend or acquaintance to catch up with. The weather even apparently got a memo to cooperate for the evening and, despite it being mid-August, it was comfortable, if not almost giving off a hint of fall coolness in the air later on. And fall coolness seemed appropriate for the back-to-school season. While tech-nically it’s kids who head back to school, I always feel wistful about buying school sup-

plies, so I start thinking along academic lines, too. As I pick up the big September issues of fashion magazines (hello, 2-pound Vogue), I also cull new reading lists, so it seemed fit-ting that this fall brought a new festival to town to celebrate books and Mississippi’s lit-erary culture—the Mississippi Book Festival at the Mississippi State Capitol. The book festival was another one of those great Mississippi ideas. I only made it to a couple of the panels—one on cook-ing and the Southern Foodways Alliance

and one on Margaret Walker Alexander and Eudora Welty—but both were incred-ibly interesting, with panelists who offered insight and humor, engaging with the panel moderators and audience members alike. And while I thoroughly enjoyed those two panels, the event had offerings on so many topics that pretty much everyone could find something—from sports to comics to po-etry and history. For many, the highlight was a session featuring John Grisham. My parents were in town from Meridian for the day and at-tended it; my mom, a teacher, particularly enjoyed how Grisham’s answered a question about the teacher who most influenced him as a writer by asking if she happened to be there—she was, and she received a standing ovation from the crowd. I left feeling excited about the creativity in our state, about the crowd who’d turned out to support a new endeavor, and about what events like that continue to mean for our city. At every turn, that energy and ex-citement just keeps growing and finding more outlets—Fondren’s First Thursdays, the Millsaps-Belhaven football game. Each week, there’s another instance, it seems, of Jacksonians getting creative and finding something to celebrate and making this place a little more awesome.

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AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINEBasil’s (2906 N State St #104, Jackson, 601-982-2100) Paninis pizza, pasta, soups and salads. They’ve got it all on the menu.Broad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900) Hot breakfast, coffee drinks, fresh breads & pastries, gourmet deli sandwiches.The Feathered Cow (4760 I-55 North 769-233-8366) Simple and homemade equal quality and freshness every time. You never leave The Cow hungry!Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland 601-936-3398/ 515 Lake Harbour 601-898-3400)A Jackson institution for breakfast, blue-plates, catfish, burgers, prime rib, oysters, po-boys & wraps. Famous bakery!Rooster’s (2906 N State St, Jackson, 601-982-2001)You haven’t had a burger until you’ve had a Rooster’s burger. Pair it with their seasoned fries and you’re in heaven. Two Sisters Kitchen (707 N. Congress St. 601-353-1180) Lunch. Mon-Fri, Sun.

PIZZASal & Mookie’s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919) Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant Parmesan, fried ravioli & ice cream for the kids!Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood, 601-992-7499) More than just great pizza and beer. Open Monday - Friday 11-10 and Saturday 11-11.

ITALIANBRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111) Award-winning wine list, Jackson’s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining. Fratesi’s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) Fratesi’s has been a staple in Jackson for years, offering great Italian favorites with loving care. The tiramisu is a must-have! La Finestra (120 N Congress St #3, Jackson, 601-345-8735) Chef Tom Ramsey’s downtown Jackson hot-spot offers authentic Italian cuisine in cozy, inviting environment.

STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DININGThe Islander Seafood and Oyster House (1220 E Northside Drive, Suite 100, 601-366-5441)Oyster bar, seafood, gumbo, po’boys, crawfish and plenty of Gulf Coast delights in a laid-back Buffet-style atmosphere. The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 North State St. #100 601-398-4562) Transforms the essence of Mediterranean food and southern classics.The Penguin (1100 John R Lynch Street, 769-251-5222) Fine dining at its best.Rocky’s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches.Sal and Phil’s Seafood (6600 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland 601-957-1188)Great Seafood, Poboys, Lunch Specials, Boiled Seafood, Full Bar, Happy Hour Specials Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Avenue 601-982-2899) Creative seafood classics. One of Jackson’s Best New Restaurants.

MEDITERRANEAN/GREEKAladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033) Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma.Vasilios Greek Cusine (828 Hwy 51, Madison 601-853-0028) Authentic greek cuisine since 1994, specializing in gyros, greek salads, baklava cheesecake & fresh daily seafood. Zeek’s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jackson’s Newest Greek Restaurant, offering authentic gyros, hummus, and wide selection of craft beers.

BARBEQUEChimneyville (970 High St, Jackson 601-354-4665 www.chimneyville.com) Family style barbeque restaurant and catering service in the heart of downtown Jackson.Hickory Pit Barbecue (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The “Best Butts in Town” features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and po’boys. Pig and Pint (3139 N State St, Jackson, 601-326-6070) Serving up competition style barbecue along with one of the of best beer selections in metro.

COFFEE HOUSESCups Espresso Café (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com)Jackson’s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERSBonny Blair’s (1149 Old Fannin Rd 769-251-0692) Traditional Irish pub food and live entertainment. Open 11am daily. Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd. 601-899-0038) Best Burger of 2013, plus live music and entertainment!Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches & Irish beers on tap.Hal and Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or daily specials.ISH Grill & Bar (5105 I 55 N Frontage Rd. 769-257-5204) Jackson’s newest hot spot offering classic foods and cocktails in a refined and elegant atmosphere.Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Dr. 601-919-1165) Your neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill.Martin’s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, beer selection.Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St. 601-960-2700) Pub food with a southern flair: beer-battered onion rings, chicken & sausage gumbo, salads, sandwiches.One Block East ( 642 Tombigbee St. 601-944-0203)Burger joint and dive bar located in downtown Jackson. Great music, tasty beverages and Bad Ass Burgers is what we do.Underground 119 (119 South President St. 601-352-2322) Upscale Southern cuisine, gumbo, red beans and rice, fried green tomatoes, grilled or fried shrimp catfish, kitchen open with full menu till 1 am on Friday and Saturday night.

ASIAN AND INDIANFusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetops Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588/1030-A Hwy 51, Madison 601-790-7999)Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi.Ichiban Chinese (359 Ridge Way - Dogwood Promenade, Flowood 601-919-8879) Asian food with subtle and surprising flavors from all across the Far East! Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson 601-981-3205) Jackson’s Newest Authentic Thai & Sushi Bar with 26 signature martini’s and extensive wine list.

VEGETARIANHigh Noon Café (2807 Old Canton Road in Rainbow Plaza 601-366-1513) Jackson’s own strict vegetarian (and very-vegan-friendly) restaurant adjacent to Rainbow Whole Foods.

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W alking through the Mississippi Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Bright Fields: The Mastery of Marie Hull,” is like taking a trip

through time. Each room inside the Donna and Jim Barksdale Galleries for Changing Exhibitions represents the different subjects Hull painted throughout her life. On the front right wall is what could be her first painting: a self-portrait in which Hull wears a blue and white dress, her light brown hair pinned up. Next to it is a red woodblock print, the fourth in a series of 25, the locations of most of which are unknown. The museum’s registrar, Caitlin Podas, says that Deputy Di-rector and Chief Curator Roger Ward believes Hull’s short hair dates the print to the 1920s. As you walk through the exhibit hall, you see Hull’s paintings of birds, nature scenes, archi-tecture, portraits, flowers (which were an ongo-ing subject throughout her life) and the artistic medium that consumed her last few decades of life: abstract art. Her later paintings provide a stark contrast to her previous work, with bright colors that often blend together. Many of those abstract pieces feature landscapes, including her series, “Ruins,” which, up close, just look like colorful paintings. If you stand back a few feet, though, the ruins become more visible. “She was consistent, yet always changing,” Podas says. Concert pianist and Mississippi Delta na-tive Bruce Levingston first began curating the paintings for his recent book, which is the source for the MMA exhibit’s name. “During my childhood, my family was passionate about painting and art, and particularly loved Marie Hull,”

he says. “I remember my mother and grandmother point-ing out her paintings to me, and so when I began to spend more time back in Mississippi in recent years, I started looking at her work again and realized what a very great and important artist she was.”

He says that he thought more could be written about her. In light of her 125th birthday on Sept. 28 of this year, he thought it was time to do a reassessment of the Mississippi native and artist. The Hull exhibit at MMA is the largest as-sembly of her works presented to the public. Like Levingston, Hull was a pianist. She was born in Summit, Miss., in 1890 to Mary Catherine Sample and Earnest Sidney Atkinson as the first of four children. She attended Bel-haven College (now Belhaven University) and received her bachelor’s degree in music in 1909. After graduation, she began teaching piano and played the organ for local Jackson churches. At 19, she began taking painting lessons from artist Aileen Philips. After two years of lessons, Hull realized that she had to leave Mississippi to further her art training. She went to the Pennsylvania Acad-emy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she studied under artists such as Hugh Breckenridge and Daniel Garber, who was part of the New Hope School, a group of Pennsylvania Impres-sionist artists who specialized in landscapes. After her time in Philadelphia, she joined the Missis-sippi Art Association (which eventually became MMA) and taught at Hillman College (now part of Mississippi College) in Clinton in 1913 and 1914. She married Emmett Hull in 1917. Throughout her life, she traveled across the U.S., and to Spain and Morocco, received many awards and did many commissions, such as doing portraits for the Work Progress Administration in

the 1930s and 1940s. “She was somebody who had a tremendous impact on all of the arts and supported education in the arts, as well as, of course, in a very large way, painting,” Levingston says. “And so I set out a few years ago to write this book and have photographs taken of as many of the great works we could find around the country.” “Bright Fields: The Mastery of Marie Hull” is in conjunc-tion with “On the Road With Marie Hull,” an exhibit in the William B. and Isabel McCarty Foundation Gallery, which features Hull’s sketchbooks, doodles, drawings and watercolor paintings. Both run at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515) from Sept. 26 to Jan. 10, 2016. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for students and free for children ages 5 and under and museum members. For more information, visit msmuseumart.org.

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WEDNESDAY 9/30 The “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power” Documentary Screening is at 6 p.m. at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.) in the Student Center Theater, room 2200. The film is about Anita Hill, who testified at confirma-tion hearings of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court Justice about his alleged sexual advances. A panel discussion on gen-der, race and sexuality follows. Refreshments served. Free; call 601-979-2121; email info@mswomensecure.org.

THURSDAY 10/1 Fondren’s First Thursday is 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in Fon-dren. Studio Chane hosts the monthly neighborhood event formerly known as Fondren After 5. Includes shopping, food vendors, music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601-720-2426; fft.city. … The Purple for Peace Luncheon is 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). JFP Editor-in-Chief Donna

Ladd is the emcee, WLBT’s Maggie Wade is the speaker and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is this year’s award recipient. Includes raffles. Benefits the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. $30; call 800-898-3234; mcadv.org. … Mega Ran performs at 9 p.m. at Offbeat (151 Wes-ley Ave.). The rapper and chiptune deejay performs. JJ Spade also performs. For ages 18 and up. $5; call 601-376-9404.

FRIDAY 10/2 “Doubt” is at 7:30 p.m. at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive) in Blackbox The-atre. The John Patrick Shanley play is about suspicion of child molestation at a Catholic school involving the school’s only African-American student. Additional dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 3, 2 p.m., Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students, employees and their immediate family; call 601-965-7026; belhaven.edu.

SATURDAY 10/3 St. Alexis Fest is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Alexis Epis-copal Church (650 E. South St.). The festival includes vendors, children’s activities and music from Andrew Pates, Jason Daniels Band, Jason Turner and more. Lawn chairs welcome. Free, donations welcome; call 944-0415; stalexisjackson.org. … The Moonvine Art & Music Fest is 1 to 8 p.m. at Live Oaks Golf Club (11200 Highway 49 N.). Water Liars, Sanders Bohl-ke, Mississippi Rail Company, Sam Mooney and Wyatt Wa-ters perform. Includes 32 craft beers and food for sale, artist booths and games. No coolers. Chairs and blankets welcome. $5 in advance, $10 at gate; call 292-7121; ardenland.net.

SUNDAY 10/4 The 13th Annual Southeast Regional Battle of the Bands is at 1 p.m. at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Sta-dium (2531 N. State St.). Enjoy performances from march-

ing bands and drill teams, and music from guest performers. Gates open at noon. $10; call 800-745-3000 (tickets) or 205-226-0002 (vendors); email jitmusic@bellsouth.net.

MONDAY 10/5 The Stäge Pop-up Dinner is at Taste of the Island Ca-ribbean (436 E. Capitol St.). Enjoy an exotic seven-course dinner from La Finestra owner Tom Ramsey. Ticket required. BYOB. $50; call La Finestra at 601-345-8735 or Taste of the Island Caribbean at 601-360-5900; stagepopup.com. … The Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting is at 6 p.m. at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). Club members with an interest in football meet on most Mondays through Nov. 30. The speaker is TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte. Call for information on membership dues. $30 non-mem-bers; call 601-506-3186; jacksontouchdownclub.com.

TUESDAY 10/6 Fondren Comedy Featuring Derek Sheen is at 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The comedian, ac-tor and writer has toured with performers such as Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Janeane Garofolo and Rory Scovel. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $3 surcharge fowr patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

WEDNESDAY 10/7 GRiZ performs at 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The deejay and electronic artist hails from Michigan. Big Wild and Louie Lastic also perform. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

SATURDAY 10/3“Bravo I: From the New World” is at Thalia Mara Hall.

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Purple for Peace Luncheon Oct. 1, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). JFP editor-in-chief Donna Ladd is the emcee, WLBT’s Maggie Wade is the speaker and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is this year’s award recipient. Includes raffles. Ben-efits the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. $30; call 800-898-3234; mcadv.org.

Fondren’s First Thursday Oct. 1, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., at Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the mostly monthly neighborhood event formerly known as Fondren After 5. Includes shopping, food ven-dors, live music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601-720-2426; fft.city.

City of Jackson Technology Symposium Oct. 1, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Jackson Police Training Academy (3000 St. Charles St.). The session gives vendors an opportunity to get information to prepare them for contract work with the city. The public will be educated about various city alert programs, including Notify Me, Code Red and Tip 411. Free; call 601-960-1395; jacksonms.gov.

Millsaps Friday Forum Oct. 2, 12:30 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). In room 215. Dr. Robert Luckett, director of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University, talks about the life of Margaret Walker. Free; call 601-974-1061; email kenneth.townsend@millsaps.edu; millsaps.edu.

First Friday Oct. 2, 8 p.m., at Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues (538 N. Farish St.). Includes music from Akami Graham and the Key of G and a soft opening of the venue 540. Free; call 954-1323.

Fall Festival: Off to Neverland! Oct. 3, 6-9 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 High-land Drive). MCM’s annual fundraiser includes fairy foods, prizes, live music, pirate games and more. Limited tickets. $30 at the door; call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Events at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Highland Drive)

Health Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Guests from the UMMC Dentistry Department answer ques-tions about kid’s dental routines and talk about how to make flossing fun. Included with admis-sion ($10, children under 12 months free); call 981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Oct. 4, 1:30-5:30 p.m. The ballet and modern dancer teaches techniques, classic steps and traditional dances. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months and members free); call 981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Oct. 3, 3-8 p.m., at Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201). Includes a beer garden featuring Lucky Town’s Lucktoberfest beer, a stein hoisting competition, live music and Ger-man food. Lederhosen welcome. Free admission; call 601-982-2899; saltinerestaurant.com.

Oct. 5, at Taste of the Island Caribbean (436 E. Capitol St.). Enjoy an exotic seven-course dinner from La Finestra owner Tom Ramsey. Ticket required. BYOB. $50; call La Finestra at 601-345-8735 or Taste of the Island Caribbean at 601-360-5900; stagepopup.com.

Screening Sept. 30, 6 p.m., at Jackson State Uni-versity (1400 John R. Lynch St.). In the Student Center Theater, room 2200. The film is about Anita Hill, who testified at the hearings for the confirmation of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court Justice. A panel discussion on gender, race and sexuality follows. Refreshments served. Free; call 979-2121; email info@mswomensecure.org.

FFT @ Cups Oct. 1, 1 p.m.-7 p.m., at Cups: An Espresso Café (2757 Old Canton Road). Enjoy special activities for Fondren’s First Thursday, including Afternoon Vinyl with free coffee samples at 1 p.m., the Ceiling Fan Club at 3 p.m., the New Blood Music Showcase at 5 p.m. and a special performance by 5th Child in the evening. Free; call 601-362-7422; cupsespressocafe.com.

-cert Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m., at St. James Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive). Lisa Naef Terry, viola da gamba, and Joanne Kong, harpsichord, offer a lecture-concert of J. S. Bach’s three sonatas for those instruments. $20; call 601-594-5584; email info@ancientmusic.org; ancientmusic.org.

Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major with Anton Nel on piano and Dvorak’s New World Sympho-ny. $23 and up; call 960-1565; msorchestra.com.

Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202)

Oct. 1, 5 p.m. Barbara Gauntt signs books. $35 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

Oct. 7, 5 p.m. Jonathan Evison signs books. $25.95 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

-phy Oct. 6, 4:30-7:45 p.m., at Mississippi Muse-um of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Students develop skills in portraiture and documentary photogra-phy throughout Jackson. Sessions held Tuesdays through Dec. 1 excluding Nov. 17. Ages 18 and up. Registration required. $400, $340 members; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

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Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Show hangs through Nov. 22. Free; call 601-960-1557, ext. 224.

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A lone in a room with his guitar, California singer-songwriter Mi-kal Cronin crafted the tracks that would make up his third studio

album, “MCIII,” which hit stores May 4, 2015. For listeners, the album might seem

to be just the latest release in his series of self-titled albums, following 2011’s “Mikal Cronin” and 2013’s “MCII.” But despite differences in the sound and material of his previous releases, Cronin says he sees “MCIII” as the continuation of a “journal of my 20s development.” “I felt like, thematically, this one end-ed up being very similar,” Cronin says. “As I was writing this one, I saw the parallels with the second album in the themes. In a way, I kind of see them as three different chapters. (Based on the) subject matter, it seems like they could get together.” Growing up in Laguna Beach, Calif., Cronin was always involved with music. His mother, Susan Gardener, a classical piano and harp player, made sure that her son began piano lessons at a young age. Cronin continued to pursue music while enrolled at Laguna Beach High School, where he played saxophone in the band. After graduating, he decided to move to Portland, Ore., to attend Lewis & Clark College in 2004. But after almost two years of courses, Cronin chose to leave college and move home in 2006. “I went through just this whole pe-riod of not knowing what I was doing in and with my life,” Cronin says. That period soon ended after he re-

turned to Laguna Beach and his friends began asking him to work on some songs with them and play shows around town. “I just sort of fell into it,” he says. “I was writing music, and I was happy. My friends invited me to play some music to-

gether in my basement. After doing that for a little while, I realized that was what I was going to keep doing no matter what else I end up doing.” Almost 10 years later, Cronin is still doing just that, though these days, his company includes famous show mates such as Father John Misty and Death Cab for Cutie. His style is still evolv-ing, as well, with elements like a separate story on the album’s B-side and the in-clusion of more exotic instrumentation. For example, he picked up a tzouras, a Greek string instrument, while on tour in Greece and found himself so intrigued with its non-traditional sound that he incorporated it into “MCIII.” “When I look back on and listen to these in 10 years, it will be the closest thing to any sort of journal of me just go-ing through my 20s and figuring this out,” Cronin says. “I like the numbers. I might break away from the numbers on this next one; I might not be able to. It’s like, Led Zeppelin or Scott Walker or something.” Mikal Cronin performs at 9 p.m., Fri-day, Oct. 2, at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave., 601-292-7121). The Cairo Gang also performs. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 in advance at ardenland.net. For more infor-mation, visit mikalcronin.com.

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Mikal Cronin’s Musical Journalby April Boteler

Laguna Beach, Calif., singer-songwriter Mikal Cronin performs Friday, Oct. 2, at Duling Hall in support of his latest album, “MCIII.”

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A s a rule, photo books have a few simple goals. Whether the focus is on nature, archi-tecture or even a specific event, they can either provide deep and poignant remind-ers of the past or lively, beauty-centered images of present. What makes Malcolm White’s self-published debut, “Little Sto-

ries: A Collection of Mississippi Photos” ($34.95, 2015), noteworthy is that, at times, it manages to do both. White is the tourism director for the Mississippi Development Authority and the owner of popular Jackson eatery Hal & Mal’s. With the help of New York City-based photographer Chandler Griffin and graphic designer Catherine Jones, White gathered about 300 photos he had captured on his smartphone to create a visual journal of his state-spanning travels. Some of the images offer a happy burst of “Hey, I know that place,” while others strike a balance between unfamiliar and yet unmistakably Mississippi. These are some of the most successful moments in “Little Stories.” Sites such as the fading Barq’s sign above Peaches’ Café and the awe-inspiring rotunda at the Old Capitol Museum will either be instantly recognizable or feel just out of memory. That isn’t something one normally experiences from a photo book, which makes it all the more interesting. For fans of nature shots, there are plenty to be found—aerial views of smooth-flowing, muddy rivers and crisp, green grass lining a seemingly endless dirt road—but White’s collection is strongest when it turns to showcasing beauty in the mundane. He finds the visible roughness of rust on an old car and the twist of a sloping banis-

ter, and makes them eye-catching. A few of these might even feel slightly eerie, but I found them to be his most captivating choices. However, “Little Stories” suffers a bit of a lull once it reaches food segment near the cen-ter of the book, though it starts especially well. We encounter three images of a vivid, blue

sky seen through trees and crossing wires that transi-tion directly to a freshly picked-at plate of catfish on a red-and-white-striped tablecloth. Here, the final piece completes the patriotic color scheme to great result. The next six pages of food pictures don’t make a strong statement, but for any viewer who just enjoys a well-framed photo of southern cui-sine, they don’t have to. In terms of the images themselves, almost all of “Little Stories” is quite appealing to look at. The layout of the photos, which can appear as one large centerpiece or as many as nine to a page, is clean and simple. A blanket of white surrounds each photo, ensuring that the viewers’ eyes head right where they need to be and stay there. Ultimately, there is more than enough character and intriguing imagery here to

carry you through “Little Stories.” While it isn’t the only collection to feature this style of photography, this one is certainly specific to Mississippi and, perhaps more so, to White. And I can say from experience, you’ll crack it open more than once to take another look at those places you just can’t quite put a name to. Malcolm White’s “Little Stories: A Collection of Mississippi Photos” is available now at Lemuria Books. For more information, visit littlestoriesms.com.

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The State in ‘Little Stories’by Micah Smith

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I t is early in the 2015 NFL season, but with the New Orleans Saints sitting at 0-3 with star quarterback Drew Brees out with an injury, it

might be time for them to start think-ing about the next few years. Only five teams have recovered from a 0-3 start to make the playoffs, the last being the 1998 Buffalo Bills. If the Saints lose this week to the Dallas Cowboys, they would have to replicate the success of the 1992 San Diego Chargers, the only 0-4-starting team to make the playoffs since the AFL-NFL merger in 1966. Two factors make it especially im-portant for New Orleans to turn things around over the course of the season: Brees enters the final year of his contract in 2016, and he is scheduled to make more than $27 million next season. Both Head Coach Sean Payton and General Manager Mickey Loomis are signed until 2017 at their respec-tive positions. New Orleans could sign

Brees for a single year—highly unlikely, given that he’s currently 36 years old—and all three could ride out together. They could sign an extension and try to win one more Super Bowl together. Or the Saints could cut Brees and save $20 million on their salary cap. The 2015 salary cap was $143.3 mil-lion, and many outlets are projecting the 2016 salary cap to be $150 million, although NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk said the cap could reach $160 mil-lion for the 2016 season. Analytics website Overthecap.com has New Orleans already surpassing the estimated $150 million by more than $1 million. The Times-Picayune has the team at only $130 million next season but also says the Saints will have to re-sign sev-eral players, including Cam Jordan. While the Saints won’t be in cap hell like they were this offseason, there will be little room to make moves once again. They also have to decide if they

can keep winning with Brees, who will be 37 years old in 2016, behind center. Brees is one of the oldest starting quarterbacks in the NFL, along with Peyton Manning, who turns 40 next year, and Tom Brady, who turns 39. If Brees’ shoulder injury is significant, it could be time to move on from the fu-ture Hall of Famer. The hard part is that Brees has done so much for the city of New Orleans, es-pecially after Hurricane Katrina. But in the NFL, you can’t pay players for what they have done. You have to pay them for what they will do on the field right now. New Orleans has lost its three games by a total of 24 points, and the Saints were in each game until the final minutes. It wouldn’t be a stretch for things to turn around and for the team to make a play-off run. The Saints will either ride into 2016 for a final chance at a title, or the rebuilding process will continue without Brees and his massive salary.

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THURSDAY, OCT 1 College football (6:30-10 p.m., ESPN): The Miami Hurricanes try to reach their former heights as they hit the road to take on the Cincinnati Bearcats.

FRIDAY, OCT 2 Volleyball (6-8 p.m., SECN): The Lady Mississippi State Bulldogs take on one of the best squads in the SEC: the Lady Ken-tucky Wildcats.

SATURDAY, OCT 3 College football (6-9 p.m., ESPN): A clash of undefeated teams as the Florida Gators host the University of Mississippi Rebels. … College football (6-9 p.m., FCS): Southern Miss should be halfway to bowl eligibility as they host winless North Texas. … College football (6:30-10 p.m., SECN): Mississippi State faces a tall task on the road against Texas A&M.

SUNDAY, OCT 4 NFL (7:30-11 p.m., NBC): The New Orleans Saints and the Dallas Cowboys meet in a primetime matchup that, because of quarterback injuries, has lost some luster.

MONDAY, OCT 5 NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): Two teams needing early season wins meet as the Se-attle Seahawks host the Detroit Lions.

TUESDAY, OCT 6 MLB (7-10 p.m., ESPN): The postsea-son begins as the American League Wild Card matchup features one game for the right to move on to the next round.

WEDNESDAY, OCT 7 MLB (7-10 p.m., TBS): The baseball postseason continues with the National League Wild Card matchup, which will feature the Chicago Cubs. UM has scored the most points in FBS football with 219. Delta State is also unde-feated and has scored 190 points this sea-son. You can see the Statesmen on ESPN3 this Saturday, Oct. 3, against Florida Tech.

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ANSWERS: 1. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS; 2. 4,000; 3. $25,000; 4. 1988; 6. 500

With three losses and quarterback Drew Brees’ injury in their way, the New Orleans Saints may need to consider their future sooner rather than later.

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