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Rarely does a person become so
committed to a cause that their name
becomes synonymous with their
passion, but that is the case with our
own Brenda Caradine. Her love and
devotion for Columbus playwright
extraordinaire, Tennessee Williams,
is unparalleled, and that afection
has turned into a lifetime of commit-
ment to the writer, poet and extreme
personality.
Anchored by an undying desire
to ensure that the world knows about
her heros life and accomplishments,
Brenda has been one of the driving
forces behind the annual Tennessee
Williams Tribute since its inception a
dozen years ago. Working with people
such as Elizabeth Simpson, Gloria
Herriott and scholars at Mississippi
University for Women, Caradine has
been a tireless champion of the cause.
And this years program will be no
exception.
Te week-long festivities are
highlighted by a production of Wil-
liams play, Te Rose Tattoo, which
will surely be on everyones must-do
list this week. Add in the Stella Shout-
ing Contest, poetry readings and Ten-
nessee Williams tours, and it should
be a week to remember.
Sitting down to chat with Ms.
Caradine, one has to be overwhelmed
by her true love for Williams and his
work. She is not a casual fan who puts
on a festival but a hardcore enthusiast
who understands the importance of
a community honoring its greatest
literary talent.
As a matter of fact, Tennes-
see Williams is arguably one of the
greatest writers in American history,
and anything less than a stellar event
would be a disservice to the Ameri-
can literary community. Williams is
to the art of writing what Presley is to
Rock-N-Roll. He is, by far, the intel-
lectual equivalent to Elvis. One just
has to have the correct sensibilities to
understand the correlation.
And that is Brenda Caradines
mission.
Speaking with Brenda on a lazy
Friday afernoon on the W campus,
we fnd her at the same time relaxed,
excited and ready to go. In other
words, we fnd Brenda being Brenda.
She is the champion of all things Ten-
nessee Williams.
Dressed in pink and ever aware
of her public image, Caradine attacks
each question about Williams with
surgical precision. She knows the
answers before the interviewer asks
the questions. She is ready to sell the
festival to whoever will listen.
Asked why Tennessee Williams
is so important to Columbus, Brenda
is ready to answer. He has brought
Columbus three New York Times
featured articles. He is Americas
greatest playwright. Te winner of
two Pulitzers.
Tat is where Caradine can stop
all detractors of the Williams legend.
Te simple fact is that Tennessee Wil-
liams is one the most accomplished
literary forces in American Teater.
Period. End of discussion.
Te fact that a man who was
born in Columbus (and whose family
made an impact there) wrote two
of the greatest examples of artistic
literature and cinema - A Streetcar
Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof - should have every Columbus
resident shouting like Stanley Kowal-
ski in the rain. Te boyhood home of
Williams should be seen as a shrine
and held in reverence by everyone
who has a true understanding of art
and the pure pleasure of intellectual
endeavors. Te house should be a liv-
ing testament to style over substance.
Caradine continued her recita-
tion about Williams, He was a poet
before he was playwright. His plays
were infuenced by the fact that his
grandfather was an Episcopal Priest.
Columbus Welcome Center is his
boyhood home. Tere are things [that
are in the home] that cannot be found
anywhere else.
Unfortunately for Columbus
(unlike Tupelo, who took a two-room
shotgun house and turned it into
a multi-million-dollar empire), our
legendary stars home sits silent on
most days. Less than 30 years ago,
Elvis birthplace was nothing more
than an empty house with a little old
lady sitting in front of it collecting a
dollar for the one-minute tour. Visit
the house now. What a change a little
entrepreneurship can make.
Tennessee Williams may never
have the overall name recognition of
a rock star, but he is a literary giant.
A man whose name is recognized all
over the world. A man whose name
is synonymous with excellence.
For the narrow minded and
shortsighted, maybe ole Tennes-
sees lifestyle was a problem. But that
would be amazingly shallow. Elvis,
like everyone else, had his problems.
But the little old lady taking the dol-
lar at his birthplace never mentioned
them and never will. She let the music
do the talking.
And Columbus should let Ten-
nessees writing be his message. He is
a rock star in his own right. He is the
American Shakespeare. He is one of
the greatest writers in American his-
tory. He is a true son of the Ameri-
can South. He is Columbus greatest
treasure.
If you dont think so, dont tell
Brenda Caradine. She knows better.
She lives with Tennessee every day.
Below are some of the highlights
of this years Tribute:
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 7, 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Te Rose Tattoo
Performances of Te Rose Tat-
too by Tennessee Williams will be
presented at the Whitfeld Building/
Rent Auditorium at 1100 College
Street on the Mississippi University
for Women campus.
Tursday, Sept. 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Te Moon Lake Party A
Southern Soul Food Supper at the
Columbus Country Club at 2331
Military Road.
Enjoy lip-smacking fried
chicken, turnip greens, black-eyed
peas and corn bread, with the drink
of the South - iced tea - followed
by cofee and dessert. Afer dinner
and libations at the cash bar, sit back
and enjoy Te Tennessee Williams
Songbook, the world premiere of the
musical treat compiled and directed
by David Kaplan, curator of the
Provincetown Tennessee Williams
Festival, with Tony Award (Secret
Garden and Romance/Romance)
nominated-singer Alison Fraser and
classically trained piano virtuoso Al-
lison Leyton-Brown.
Friday, Sept. 7 at 5:00 p.m.
Annual Stella Shouting Con-
test
A playful homage to Tennes-
see Williams characters Stella and
Stanley Kowalski from the play A
Streetcar Named Desire. Hosted by
Hollyhocks Gif Shop owner, Gloria
Herriott, and using the New Orleans-
style balcony at her shop located at
204 Fifh Street South.
Contestants register to partici-
pate (FREE) and yell STELLA up
to the balcony, where Stella and the
judges pick the winner. Te winner
receives his/her name emblazoned on
a plate that is afxed to the coveted
Stella trophy; a Tennessee Williams-
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by Joseph B. St. John
Editor-in-Chief
Brenda Caradine and Tennessee Williams: A Love Afair
contributors
Joseph B. St. John is the Editor-in-Chief
and Publisher. You can reach him at
jbstjohn@realstorypublishing.com. He is
a man who understands that everything
that appears bad is not bad and every-
thing that appears good is not good.
Melinda Dufe is a certifed personal
trainer, with additional expertise in
nutrition counseling and life coaching as
well as a bachelors degree in business.
E-mail reaches her at mvpft@yahoo.com
Meagan M. ONan is a trained and ex-
perienced life coach, award-winning au-
thor of the book, Creating Your Heaven
on Earth, blogger, poet and supporter
of the underdog. She has a life coaching
practice in Columbus. Meaganonan.org
Clare Mallory,L.Ac.,M.Ac.,holds a
masters degree in Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine. She is the owner of
North Mississippi Acupuncture in Co-
lumbus. Visit her website at
www.claremallory.com
Whit Harrington is a Marine Corps
veteran who has a bachelors degree in
English (creative writing) from Texas
State University. He enjoys reading and
has been a working drummer for the
past eight years.
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inspired dinner on the balcony;
a carriage ride to and from Te Rose
Tattoo at MUW; and two tickets
to the play. Te event is hosted by
Hollyhocks and sponsored by Better
Brands; Clark Beverage Group; Main
Street Columbus; Tennessee Williams
Tribute; Te Real Story; and WCBI.
For registration information, call
(662) 329-0025.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Of Roses and other Poems
In a tribute to Tennessee Wil-
liams the poet, young people of
Columbus will read and recite his
poems to the accompaniment of live
music, song and dance. Te Colum-
busLowndes Public Library at 314
Seventh Street North will be open es-
pecially for this event in the upstairs
Conference Room.
Joseph B. St. John
EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
JOSEPH B. ST. JOHN
stjohnjb@realstorypublishing.com
SPORTS WRITER
JEREMIAH SHORT
jshort@realstorypublishing.com
FEATURE COLUMNISTS
RON PARLATO
rparlato@realstorypublishing.com
KATE SPENCER
kate@realstorypublishing.com
MEAGAN M. ONAN
meagan@realstorypublishing.com
EMILY GAITHER SMITH
emilygsmith@gmail.com
CLARE MALLORY
clare@realstorypublishing.com
MELINDA DUFFIE
melinda@realstorypublishing.com
WRITERS
WHIT HARRINGTON
PAIGE CANIDA-GREENE
ABIGAIL HATHORN
RYAN MUNSON
ABBY MALMSTROM
GUEST FEATURE WRITER
DICK MAHONEY
dmahoney@realstorypublishing.com
ART & PRODUCTION
ART/LAYOUT DIRECTOR
RENEE REEDY
renee@realstorypublishing.com
PHOTOGRAPHERS
MARTIN HOWARD
RICK MANNING
RENEE REEDY
ADVERTISING
SALES MANAGER
BRENDA MINOR
brenda@realstorypublishing.com
662.251.1839
HOLLY JETER
holly@realstorypublishing.com
662.570.8766
DISTRIBUTION & CUSTOMER SERVICE
AMELIA MCPHERSON
amelia@realstorypublishing.com
PUBLIC AFFAIRS &
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
KATE SPENCER
Kate@realstorypublishing.com
Events@realstorypublishing.com
Classides@realstorypublishing.com
662-352-6091
PUBLISHER
JOSEPH B. ST. JOHN
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Brenda Caradine is an active
community volunteer. She is the
founding chair of the Tennessee Wil-
liams Tribute and Tour of Victorian
Homes, the mission of which is the
celebration of the life and works of
Americas greatest playwright and
the preservation of his frst home, a
National Literary Landmark.
In February 2012, Brenda
worked with local volunteers to bring
a New York production of the Wil-
liams play Orpheus Descending to
Columbus to premiere a three-city
state tour that also included Oxford
and Jackson.
Brenda was part of the com-
mittee that wrote letters about the
restoration of the Tennessee Wil-
liams Home-Welcome Center, which
resulted in Columbus being named a
Preserve America City and Dozen
Distinctive Destination by the White
House and the National Trust for His-
toric Preservation.
She was also a founding com-
mittee member of the Remembering
Red Barber Centennial event and the
Henry Armstrong event that resulted
in historic birthplace markers being
erected near their Columbus child-
hood homes.
Brenda serves,
along with her hus-
band, on the board
of the historic Lee
Home Columbus
Historical Society.
In collaboration
with her husband,
she works with the
Columbus Conven-
tion and Visitors
Bureau to open her
husbands ancestral
home, Amzi Love,
for Pilgrimage each
spring. Tey are
the owners of the
Lincoln Home Bed
and Breakfast and
work with the Co-
lumbus Convention
and Visitors Bureau on tours of their
homes for year-round tourism.
She is a member of St. Pauls
Episcopal Church, where she has
organized the Tennessee Williams
Sunday sermon each September dur-
ing the TWT.
Recently, Brenda and a fellow
arts patron businesswoman made an
important purchase of an award-win-
ning piece of art for the Columbus
Arts Councils permanent museum
collection.
She is a graduate of Education
For Ministry co-ordinated from Te
University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn.
A professional actress, Brenda
has produced many plays for the
Tennessee Williams Tribute at the
Princess Teatre and the Columbus
Public Library. She founded the Por-
tabellas Dinner Teatre and starred
in Driving Miss Daisy and Te
Glass Menagerie, as well as produc-
ing and directing many plays with
community and professional actors
and drama majors from MUW at her
dinner theatre. She was presented the
Main Street Award for Downtown
Cultural Development for the dinner
theatre and was responsible for the
Varsity Teatre being converted for a
time to an arts and independent flm
theater by the Malco Teatre chain.
Before coming to Columbus
in 1993, Brenda was the production
coordinator for the Chattanooga
Symphony and Opera. She was a
member of the vestry of St Pauls
Episcopal Church in Chattanooga.
Brenda was presented the Best
Actress Award for her portrayal of
Gertrude in Hamlet at Chattanooga
Little Teatre and was ofen seen in
plays at Backstage Dinner Teater,
one of which was Crimes of the
Heart by Pulitzer Prize winner Beth
Henley of Brookhaven, Miss. She has
worked in flms, radio and television
as a talk show host and voice-over
talent for commercials and documen-
taries.
Born in Morristown, Tenn.,
Brenda was active in Te Teatre
Guild and was awarded Best Actress
twice for her leading roles in Te
Moon Is Blue and Witness for
the Prosecution. Brenda attended
Carson Newman College and Chatta-
nooga State Community College.
Brenda Caradine Biography
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inspired dinner on the balcony;
a carriage ride to and from Te Rose
Tattoo at MUW; and two tickets
to the play. Te event is hosted by
Hollyhocks and sponsored by Better
Brands; Clark Beverage Group; Main
Street Columbus; Tennessee Williams
Tribute; Te Real Story; and WCBI.
For registration information, call
(662) 329-0025.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Of Roses and other Poems
In a tribute to Tennessee Wil-
liams the poet, young people of
Columbus will read and recite his
poems to the accompaniment of live
music, song and dance. Te Colum-
busLowndes Public Library at 314
Seventh Street North will be open es-
pecially for this event in the upstairs
Conference Room.
Joseph B. St. John
EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
JOSEPH B. ST. JOHN
stjohnjb@realstorypublishing.com
SPORTS WRITER
JEREMIAH SHORT
jshort@realstorypublishing.com
FEATURE COLUMNISTS
RON PARLATO
rparlato@realstorypublishing.com
KATE SPENCER
kate@realstorypublishing.com
MEAGAN M. ONAN
meagan@realstorypublishing.com
EMILY GAITHER SMITH
emilygsmith@gmail.com
CLARE MALLORY
clare@realstorypublishing.com
MELINDA DUFFIE
melinda@realstorypublishing.com
WRITERS
WHIT HARRINGTON
PAIGE CANIDA-GREENE
ABIGAIL HATHORN
RYAN MUNSON
ABBY MALMSTROM
GUEST FEATURE WRITER
DICK MAHONEY
dmahoney@realstorypublishing.com
ART & PRODUCTION
ART/LAYOUT DIRECTOR
RENEE REEDY
renee@realstorypublishing.com
PHOTOGRAPHERS
MARTIN HOWARD
RICK MANNING
RENEE REEDY
ADVERTISING
SALES MANAGER
BRENDA MINOR
brenda@realstorypublishing.com
662.251.1839
HOLLY JETER
holly@realstorypublishing.com
662.570.8766
DISTRIBUTION & CUSTOMER SERVICE
AMELIA MCPHERSON
amelia@realstorypublishing.com
PUBLIC AFFAIRS &
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
KATE SPENCER
Kate@realstorypublishing.com
Events@realstorypublishing.com
Classides@realstorypublishing.com
662-352-6091
PUBLISHER
JOSEPH B. ST. JOHN
CONTACT US:
ads@realstorypublishing.com
info@realstorypublishing.com
letters@realstorypublishing.com
classieds@realstorypublishing.com
subscriptions@realstorypublishing.com
THE REAL STORY
P. O. Box 403
Columbus, MS 39703
Editorial 662.497.2914
Advertising 662.251.1839
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http://realstorypublishing.com
Facebook.com/rspublishing
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Brenda Caradine is an active
community volunteer. She is the
founding chair of the Tennessee Wil-
liams Tribute and Tour of Victorian
Homes, the mission of which is the
celebration of the life and works of
Americas greatest playwright and
the preservation of his frst home, a
National Literary Landmark.
In February 2012, Brenda
worked with local volunteers to bring
a New York production of the Wil-
liams play Orpheus Descending to
Columbus to premiere a three-city
state tour that also included Oxford
and Jackson.
Brenda was part of the com-
mittee that wrote letters about the
restoration of the Tennessee Wil-
liams Home-Welcome Center, which
resulted in Columbus being named a
Preserve America City and Dozen
Distinctive Destination by the White
House and the National Trust for His-
toric Preservation.
She was also a founding com-
mittee member of the Remembering
Red Barber Centennial event and the
Henry Armstrong event that resulted
in historic birthplace markers being
erected near their Columbus child-
hood homes.
Brenda serves,
along with her hus-
band, on the board
of the historic Lee
Home Columbus
Historical Society.
In collaboration
with her husband,
she works with the
Columbus Conven-
tion and Visitors
Bureau to open her
husbands ancestral
home, Amzi Love,
for Pilgrimage each
spring. Tey are
the owners of the
Lincoln Home Bed
and Breakfast and
work with the Co-
lumbus Convention
and Visitors Bureau on tours of their
homes for year-round tourism.
She is a member of St. Pauls
Episcopal Church, where she has
organized the Tennessee Williams
Sunday sermon each September dur-
ing the TWT.
Recently, Brenda and a fellow
arts patron businesswoman made an
important purchase of an award-win-
ning piece of art for the Columbus
Arts Councils permanent museum
collection.
She is a graduate of Education
For Ministry co-ordinated from Te
University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn.
A professional actress, Brenda
has produced many plays for the
Tennessee Williams Tribute at the
Princess Teatre and the Columbus
Public Library. She founded the Por-
tabellas Dinner Teatre and starred
in Driving Miss Daisy and Te
Glass Menagerie, as well as produc-
ing and directing many plays with
community and professional actors
and drama majors from MUW at her
dinner theatre. She was presented the
Main Street Award for Downtown
Cultural Development for the dinner
theatre and was responsible for the
Varsity Teatre being converted for a
time to an arts and independent flm
theater by the Malco Teatre chain.
Before coming to Columbus
in 1993, Brenda was the production
coordinator for the Chattanooga
Symphony and Opera. She was a
member of the vestry of St Pauls
Episcopal Church in Chattanooga.
Brenda was presented the Best
Actress Award for her portrayal of
Gertrude in Hamlet at Chattanooga
Little Teatre and was ofen seen in
plays at Backstage Dinner Teater,
one of which was Crimes of the
Heart by Pulitzer Prize winner Beth
Henley of Brookhaven, Miss. She has
worked in flms, radio and television
as a talk show host and voice-over
talent for commercials and documen-
taries.
Born in Morristown, Tenn.,
Brenda was active in Te Teatre
Guild and was awarded Best Actress
twice for her leading roles in Te
Moon Is Blue and Witness for
the Prosecution. Brenda attended
Carson Newman College and Chatta-
nooga State Community College.
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On Tuesday, Aug. 28, LINK
CEO Joe Higgins held a press briefng
to clarify some misinformation about
a potential industrial deal that had
allegedly fallen through.
Te situation revolved around
negotiations over a proposed steel
mill that was connected to John Cor-
renti and which had been considering
building a facility in Lowndes Coun-
tys industrial park.
According to Higgins, reporting
that a deal had fallen through was
inaccurate because as far as he was
concerned, the deal was never real in
the frst place.
Higgins indicated that although
the LINK had been holding space at
the industrial park for the proposed
project, at some point, you have to
consider that you may be missing out
on other deals by having the space
tied up.
Higgins provided a brief update
on the status of the tri-county coop-
erative agreement that had been in
the works between Lowndes, Clay
and Oktibbeha counties. According
to Higgins, the participants have been
discussing a number of issues, includ-
ing governance, roles of the diferent
jurisdictions, etc., and that he felt that
they were on target for a late-Septem-
ber announcement.
LINK CEO Joe Higgins Seeks To Clear
The Air
The Real Story Staff Report
THE RICH LOWRY COLUMN: Spending? What Spending?
By Rich Lowry
Franklin Delano Roosevelt never
denied that he created Social Security.
Lyndon Baines Johnson didnt for-
swear any responsibility for Medicaid.
Ronald Reagan never argued that his
defense buildup didnt happen.
Te Obama White House, in
contrast, wants to wish away the his-
toric federal spending that is one of
its signature accomplishments.
White House press secretary Jay
Carney has urged reporters to steer
clear of the BS that you hear about
spending and fscal constraint with
regard to this administration. Not
one to be outclassed by his press sec-
retary, President Barack Obama kept
up the edifying livestock theme by
calling Mitt Romneys attacks on his
defcit spending a cow pie of distor-
tion.
Te White House has a deeply
conficted relationship to its own
record. It is saddled with a bad case of
spenders denial, a rare psychological
disorder aficting committed Keynes-
ians facing re-election at a time of
record debt.
On the one hand, spending is
the lifeblood of Forward. It saved us
from another Great Depression. It is
forging a glorious new future of green
energy. It is the only thing standing
between the American public and the
untold devastation of the Paul Ryan
budget. How do we know? Because
President Obama says so.
On the other hand, the defcits
and the debt that come with all this
spending are alarming and unpopu-
lar. So Obama calls himself the most
fscally conservative president in
more than half a century. When the
president isnt extolling his transfor-
mative expenditures, he has a Walter
Mitty life as the second coming of
Dwight Eisenhower. He needs to
consult an accountant and a therapist,
and not necessarily in that order.
Andrew Taylor of Te Associat-
ed Press writes that Obama bears the
chief responsibility for an 11 percent,
$59 billion increase in non-defense
spending in 2009. Ten theres a
9 percent, $109 billion increase in
combined defense and non-defense
appropriated outlays in 2010, a year
for which Obama is wholly respon-
sible. Spending growth slowed afer
that, under the infuence of the very
same congressional Republicans that
President Obama excoriates for not
allowing him to spend more.
Teres no doubt that the presi-
dent inherited a fscal nightmare.
Spending spiked as the economy
tanked. His response has been to
spend yet more every single year.
As a percentage of GDP, spending
has been at post-World War II highs
throughout his term. If fscal probity
is truly his aim, President Obama is a
miserable failure of a skinfint.
Te laughable claim to fs-
cal restraint is meant to recapture
some of Obamas former ideologi-
cal indistinctness. Back in 2008, he
could say that he wanted a net cut
in federal spending, in his guise as a
post-partisan pragmatist. Tat was
several $1 trillion defcits ago. Now,
the president can say whatever he
wants, but his budgets are a matter of
public record.
He should embrace those bud-
gets in all their Keynesian majesty.
Tey are one of his most consequen-
tial contributions to our national life,
and a true expression of his philo-
sophical core and that of his party.
In his tawdry denials, the president
almost acts as if $5.5 trillion in new
debt is something to be ashamed of.
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thewholeperson
Dear Meagan,
I have put myself in a position
where I have not said no to my boss
when I should have. I am defnitely
doing more than I get paid for. I felt
fne about it at frst, but now it is
getting to be too much. I dont know
how to say no now, and I really
dont know what is too much for me
to handle. I just know that it is too
much now, and I dont know when
that started or how to gauge when
that line gets crossed for me. How do
I set good boundaries?
Sincerely,
Help Me Say No
Dear Help Me Say No,
Setting boundaries is not always
an easy thing to do, but its doable
and very freeing if you are willing to
be honest with yourself and with your
boss. First of all, take a look at your
job description does it ft the bill
for what you are currently doing? In
other words, what is not in your job
description that you are currently do-
ing? Make a list.
Next, fgure out what your pri-
orities are in your life. Are you being
true to those? For instance, make a
list of all of the things that come be-
fore your job, and ask yourself if you
are putting enough time into each
one of those areas of your life (i.e.,
family, spiritual practice, down time
for you, time with your partner, etc.).
Once you have your priori-
ties fgured out, determine how you
can realistically capture meaningful
time for each of those areas of your
life to your satisfaction. Life is about
balance, and knowing what you need
outside of work is half the battle.
What we choose to do with our time
directly relates to whether we feel
balanced or imbalanced. For instance,
if your relationship with your sig-
nifcant other is sufering and you
continue to spend your time at work,
what will be the result? Your relation-
ship will continue to sufer. None of
your relationships can grow without
you.
Take some time to determine
those things outside your job descrip-
tion that you actually want to do and
are willing to take on but which will
not take you outside of your working
hours. If there is something that you
really love, dont leaveorganize it
into your daily routine. Te idea is to
create a life that works for you in all
areas of your life. Getting clear about
where you want to spend your time
- and when - will make imbalance
balanced again.
Its important to remember that
you have control over your choices.
Figuring out what you want your
choices to be is the frst step; voicing
what you want is the next step. Te
tough part is staying true to what you
know your boundaries are. Some-
times it is best to outline (in written
form) what you know you need in
order to be an efective employee and
still maintain a balanced life. If your
boss tries to negotiate with you once
you have stated what you want, then
you have (on paper) a reminder to
pull you through.
Remember what is most impor-
tant to you at the end of each day.
Also, remember that if you dont get
it right today, you can tomorrow. Life
is a learning experience, and it is a
journey be the observer of your life,
and learn how you can make it even
better through each change and new
dream for yourself.
Do you have questions about your life,
career or relationships? Ask Meagan!
E-mail reaches her at meagan@realsto-
rypublishing.com. Personal informa-
tion, such as your name, will NOT be
divulged.
Setting Boundaries
By Meagan ONan
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You have probably heard how
important it is to do cardio exercise.
In all likelihood, you have learned
bits and pieces of fact and fction
about it, too. So I ask you: What is
cardio exercise? Te true defnition is,
the process of improving the hearts
ability to pump oxygen-rich blood to
the muscles. Te purpose of it is to
achieve cardiovascular ftness. Tis
method of exercise encompasses a
continuous moderate level of intensi-
ty for a certain length of time during
which the cardiovascular system re-
plenishes oxygen to working muscles.
Cardio exercise is a fundamental
part of your health and performance.
Doing this on a consistent basis will
positively afect your health, resulting
in increased cardiac output, increased
oxygen uptake, decreased body fat,
decreased cardiovascular disease and
decreased risk of cancer and osteopo-
rosis.
Your cardio program requires
proper progression, variation, speci-
fcity and amount to be benefcial.
Tese aspects of designing an efec-
tive program should be considered:
1. Modality. Choose your
exercise(s) based on what you like to
do and what is easy on your joints.
You can also use a combination of
exercises. Here are some examples of
activities for your program: swim-
ming; jumping rope; jogging; cycling;
cross country skiing; stair climbing;
elliptical; dancing; rowing; and cardio
classes.
2. Regularity. Depending on ex-
ercises chosen and intensity level, the
rule of thumb for sessions per week
is two to fve. For example, doing 20
minutes of cardio three times a week
can maintain cardiovascular ftness
levels, as long as the intensity level is
right for you.
3. Period of Time. Based on the
intensity of exercise, the duration of
your training session should be 10-60
minutes. Tis also depends on your
goals, such as training for a marathon
or triathlon, strength training session
followed by cardio, and general health
benefts.
4. Exertion. Te exertion or
intensity of cardio training can be
tracked using a heart rate monitor or
by taking your pulse. For optimal car-
diovascular ftness, exercise between
60 and 90 percent of maximum heart
rate. Tis can be calculated using the
Karvonen Method of 220 minus your
age. Example: 22040=180, and in-
tensity level of 75 percent is 135. Te
following is an explanation of heart
rate range:
50 percent of maximum heart
rate is moderate activity or warm-up.
60 percent of maximum heart
rate is weight control or fat burning.
70 percent of maximum heart
rate is aerobic or endurance training.
80 percent of maximum heart
rate is anaerobic (muscle is burned).
Heart rate increases continu-
ously as intensity increases during
cardio. Te maximum level that can
be attained is dependent on ftness
level, age, climate, gender, medica-
tions, etc.
Additionally, cardio exercise is
helpful in developing optimal body
composition because of expending
a higher amount of calories. It helps
to lower body fat while not signif-
cantly afecting muscle mass. Now,
if you are training for muscle mass
and strength, like power athletes and
Olympic lifers, high levels of cardio
can reduce performance. So your
cardio sessions should be less time
and frequent. Recreational exercisers
and endurance athletes would in-
crease performance from high levels
of cardio. Also, if cardio is performed
correctly, it can improve recovery
from strength training, as it increases
glucose and amino acid (protein)
uptake in the muscle and liver cells.
So lets outline what you should
do based on your goals. Te frst
thing to do is establish the total
amount of time you can exercise per
week. Ten fgure that your cardio
exercise should be less than half. Like
I have said before, strength training
should be the cornerstone of your
workout program.
Here are two basic ways to
design your program for maximum
results:
1. Goal: To put on muscle
mass while controlling body fat.
10-15 minutes of low- to mod-
erate-intensity cardio afer strength
training.
Days of from strength training
should include high-intensity interval
training, yoga, walking or another
mode of low to moderate cardio for
20-30 minutes.
2. Goal: To lose body fat while
maintaining muscle mass.
10-30 minutes of low- to mod-
erate-intensity cardio afer strength
training.
Days of from strength training
should include high-intensity interval
training, yoga, walking or another
mode of low-to-moderate cardio for
20-30 minutes.
In either case, you should also
include one day of a week for rest.
What You Should Know About Cardio Exercise
By Melinda Duffe
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
I am an 82-year-old woman.
My body cannot tolerate antibiotics,
vitamins or painkillers. I am told I
have macular degeneration and was
advised to take Ocuvite once a day.
My sister suggested I write to you to
see if you have an idea of how to take
Ocuvite in some other manner or
some other way to get the ingredients
in it. Help. -
- L.M.
ANSWER: In 2001, the results of
the frst AREDS report (Age-Related
Eye Disease Study) was published.
It showed that the combination of
beta carotene (a form of vitamin
A), vitamin E, vitamin C, zinc and
copper could slow the progression of
moderate macular degeneration to
severe macular degeneration. Macu-
lar degeneration is a wasting away of
the macula -- a small, round area of
the retina necessary for clear central
vision, the kind needed to read, sew
and drive. Ocuvite is one capsule that
incorporates all these nutrients.
Currently a new study, AREDS
2, is being conducted. Te vitamin-
mineral combination has been altered
a bit and new ingredients have been
added: lutein, zeaxanthin and ome-
ga-3 fatty acids. Some Ocuvite pills
also contain these materials.
Since youre unable to toler-
ate vitamins, youll need to get these
nutrients from foods. You might not
be able to reach the high levels found
in pills, but youd be getting all the
ingredients in those pills.
Beta carotene is found in colored
vegetables like carrots and peppers, in
dark-green vegetables and in colored
fruits. Vitamin E is widely available
in many foods: meats, nuts, cereal
grains, wheat-germ oil and sunfower
oil. You fnd vitamin C in citrus
fruits, tomatoes, potatoes and broc-
coli. Zinc is in meats, shellfsh, nuts
and legumes, like peas. Copper is in
shellfsh, nuts and organ meats.
Te new version of AREDS, not
yet published, contains lutein and
zeaxanthin, which you can obtain in
kale, spinach, collard greens, corn,
green beans, carrots, squash and
tomatoes. Omega-3 fatty acids are
found in fsh like salmon and tuna.
Te booklet on macular degen-
eration explains this common malady
and its treatment. To obtain a copy,
write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 701, Box
536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
Enclose a check or money order (no
cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the
recipients printed name and address.
Please allow four weeks for delivery.
***
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
My heart misses a beat every
now and then. Te doctor tells me
this isnt dangerous. He has said
nothing about food or drink as being
a cause of this. I drink two cups of
cofee a day. I cant tell any diference
on the days I drink it or on the days I
dont. Whats the thinking on this?
-- P.M.
ANSWER: Moderate amounts
of cafeine have little efect on the
heart. Two to four cups of cofee a
day shouldnt afect your heartbeat.
However, if a person is quite sensitive
to cafeine, then that person should
abstain from cofee.
Tere appears not to be any
relationship between cofee drinking
and artery hardening, artery obstruc-
tion or heart pumping. Heart attacks
and strokes are no more frequent in
cofee drinkers than in those who
never touch it.
Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable
to answer individual letters, but he will
incorporate them in his column when-
ever possible. Readers may write him
or request an order form of available
health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475,
Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
(c) 2012 North America Synd., Inc.
All Rights Reserved
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I have the best patients in the
world. Tey come to me miserable,
and most of them are ready to do
whatever I suggest to help them feel
better. For a practitioner, this is an
incredibly rewarding experience,
and I am touched repeatedly by the
changes most of my patients are will-
ing to make in order to take charge of
their health.
I am also distressed by the
number of patients I see who know
nothing about nutritional importance
and how their diet is afecting their
health.
Ive been seeing a lot of dia-
betic patients lately, so this article
is specifcally about diabetes. If you
have diabetes, or if you have a family
history of diabetes, please read the
following guidelines. Incidentally, if
you have hypertension (high blood
pressure), this information is for you,
too; hypertension is always an insulin
problem, so you may not be diabetic
but these guidelines will help you as
well.
Never eat sugar without pro-
tein or fat. Protein and fat will slow
the absorption of sugar into your
blood stream.
Even better, try not to eat sugar
at all, even with protein or fat. Tis
includes honey, maple syrup, sweet
tea, Coke, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper,
etc.
Drink half your body weight
in ounces of pure, fltered water - not
sweetened, not with lemon, just pure
water. If you weigh 150 pounds, you
should be drinking 75 ounces a day.
Drink it room temperature and slug it
down; think of it as medicine.
Eat some protein with every
meal.
Try to eat at least fve servings
of fresh vegetables (you can cook
them) per day.
Avoid fried foods - they
damage your arteries and accelerate
aging. Defnitely avoid margarine and
Crisco. Butter is much better for you.
Avoid white carbohydrates:
Potatoes, white rice, sugar, white four
(white bread, etc.).
Eat healthy fats: Nuts (unroast-
ed), cold-water fsh, sardines, coconut
oil, olive oil.
Avoid artifcial sweeteners oth-
er than stevia or xylitol - this includes
Diet Coke and other diet drinks and
all sugar-free products, including
gum. Artifcial sweeteners mess with
your blood sugar.
STOP eating fast food.
Get eight hours of sleep a
night.
Exercise regularly.
We treat our cars better than we
treat ourselves. At least with cars, we
understand that the quality of the fuel
we put in them will afect their per-
formance. For
some reason,
we all too of-
ten dont make
that connection for ourselves until
its too late. And even then, a lot of
us arent willing to change anything.
Unfortunately, unlike cars, we cant
trade our bodies in when they get old
and cranky.
Ive seen enough patients change
their eating habits and change their
lives as a result. Please take the above
guidelines to heart, and if you just
change one thing, thats a step in the
right direction. Feel good about the
changes you are making, and build
on each change by adding a new one
once youve consistently incorporated
the previous one/s into your daily life.
Remember - taking charge of
your health now will save you a ton of
time, money and misery in the long
run!
Diabetes (And Hypertension)
By Clare Mallory

thewholeperson
points for
your health
By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.
To Your Good Health: Slowing Macular Degeneration
Senior News Line
By Matilda Charles
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Food Safety
One of the best kitchen gad-
gets Ive ever invested in is a digital
thermometer. Within seconds, it tells
me the temperature of the food Im
cooking and whether its done.
Temperature is one of the most
important safety steps in food prepa-
ration to avoid food poisoning. To
help us stay safe, the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration has created a
free booklet especially for us: Food
Safety for Older Adults.
It has information we need to
know and keep handy: How we get
a food-borne illness, and what can
happen to us if we do. How to choose
lower-risk food options. How long
food stays safe in the refrigerator.
And much more.
For example, did you know
that lunch and deli meats need to be
heated to 165 degrees Fahrenheit?
Te bacteria Listeria can grow even at
proper 40-degree refrigerator tem-
perature.
My favorite part of the book-
let, especially since I now have a
high-tech digital thermometer, is the
picture chart of the recommended
internal temperatures of cooked food.
Fish, 145 degrees. Beef, 160 degrees.
And so on. (I also invested in two
refrigerator/freezer thermometers
to make sure the old refrigerator
and freezer are keeping food at the
correct temperature: 40 degrees for
the refrigerator and 0 degrees for the
freezer.)
Tere are a number of steps
involved in fnding the booklet on-
line, but its worth the trouble. Go to
www.fsis.usda.gov, click Fact Sheets,
At-Risk Populations, More Like
Tis at the bottom of that category,
then scroll down to the PDF version
of Food Safety for Older Adults. If
you cant fnd it, send email to fsis.
outreach@usda.gov to request the
booklet.
Or call the hotline and request it
at 1-888-674-6854.
Matilda Charles regrets that she can-
not personally answer reader ques-
tions, but will incorporate them into
her column whenever possible. Write
to her in care of King Features Weekly
Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475, or send e-mail to column-
reply@gmail.com.
(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Te Columbus/MUW branch
of the American Association of
University Women has been gear-
ing up for the election year, hav-
ing hosted fve voter registration
drives at Mississippi University
for Women over the summer and
with plans to host another on
Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Te AAUW is a national
organization with local chapters
whose mission to advance eq-
uity for women and girls through
advocacy, education, philanthropy
and research has special meaning
at MUW, the frst public college
for women in the country.
Te voter registration drives
at MUW are part of a national
push calledIts My Vote: I Will Be
Heardto ensure that women vote
in 2012.Te registration drives are
coupled with an education cam-
paign regarding issues of concern
to women.To further that mis-
sion, Jackson attorney and AAUW
representative Elizabeth Crowell
will present It is Your Vote and It
Still Matters on Tursday, Nov. 1
at 6 p.m. at Nissan Auditorium in
Parkinson Hall on the MUW cam-
pus as part of the Gordy Honors
Forum Speaker Series.
Beverly Joyce, associate
professor of art at MUW and
president of the Columbus/MUW
branch of AAUW, said, Tis
election is critical to this youngest
generation of vot-
ers. So many of
the issues will af-
fect them directly,
and the political
pundits see this as
a very close elec-
tion.
Joyce en-
courages women
interested in
joining to contact
the group via
Facebook (www.
facebook.com/
AAUWColum-
busMSMUW).
Membership is open to anyone
with at least an associates degree;
MUW students may be free e-
afliates.
Special To The Real Story
Columbus/MUW Branch Of AAUW Hosts Voter Registration Drives
MUW studentsMegan Cannon, lef, and Karen
Lott at the AAUW voter registration table during
Involvement Palooza recently held on campus.
Tey are holding postcards that will be sent to
students to remind them to vote this November.
Diferent from other ranking
publications, Washington Monthly
asks, What are colleges doing for
the country? Mississippi Univer-
sity for Women answered and is
now among the top 100 masters
universities in Washing-
ton Monthlys 2012 Col-
lege rankings.
MUW is at No. 15,
moving up from No. 89,
afer appearing in Wash-
ington Monthlys rankings
for the frst time two years
ago.
Tis recognition afrms
the quality of students educa-
tional experiences at MUW, and
our faculty understands the role
of education and how it benefts
the community. Our students
are demonstrating their focus on
service by using their educational
opportunities to better our world,
said MUW President Jim Borsig.
Te ranking for-
mula is based on three
broad factors, including
social mobility, which
gives colleges credit for
enrolling many low-in-
come students and help-
ing them earn degrees;
research production, particularly
schools whose undergraduates go
on to earn PhDs; and commitment
to service.
Te students in our best
colleges are taught by example
and design to look beyond them-
selves and give back, according to
Washington Monthly editors.
MUW students, faculty and
staf will be giving back to the
community with various events
planned during the month of
September:
A campus community team
will participate in United Ways
Annual Day of Caring on Tuesday,
Sept. 11.
Te MUW Ofce of Com-
munity Service will host a blood
drive with United Blood Services
on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. in the W Room.
Hearin Leadership Program
student leaders will teach arts
and crafs related to recycling and
sustainability to children at the
Farmers Market Saturday, Sept.
22.
Hearin student leaders will
travel to Winfeld, Ala., and vol-
unteer with Habitat for Humanity,
Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept.
29.
In addition to Washington
Monthlys ranking, MUW was rec-
ognized on the Presidents Higher
Education Community Service
Honor Roll for the second year in
a row last year.
Students, faculty and staf
completed 263,000 hours of com-
munity service in 2010-2011.
Special To The Real Story
MUW No. 15 In Washington Monthlys Rankings Of Top 100 Masters Universities
Dr. Paul Mack, associate
professor of biology at Mississippi
University for Women, recently
attended the First Joint Congress
on Evolutionary Biology held in
Ottawa, Canada.
Tis event brought together
fve of the worlds largest academic
societies devoted to the study of
evolutionary biology and ecology,
including the Society for the Study
of Evolution; the American Soci-
ety of Naturalists; the Canadian
Society for Ecology and Evolution;
the European Society for Evolu-
tionary Biology; and the Society of
Systematic Biologists.
More than 2,500 people were
in attendance, with over 1,600
presentations given at the four-day
conference.
Mack,
who was ac-
companied by
MUW student
George Stoner
of Caledonia,
noted that the
conferences are
a great way to
make contacts
and discuss
future research
possibilities.
Neither Mack
nor Stoner
presented at the conference, but
they are planning to present at the
2013 meeting, which will be held
outside of Salt Lake City.
Dr. Macks research is focused
on what is known as intersexual
confict - the confict that arises
between males and females over
the outcome of reproduction.
He said, About half of the
presentations I attended 20 or
more dealt directly or indirectly
with reproduction and confict
related to it.
Dr. Mack added, In addi-
tion to research talks, I attended a
workshop on teaching basic and
advanced biology courses using
actual scientifc data publicly
available measurements of various
types. I also went to a few talks
and visited a few posters detail-
ing educational approaches to
teaching evolutionary biology and
biological sciences in general.
I was particularly pleased
with how George did not hesitate
to approach anyone at the meet-
ing, including some of the giants
of the feld, Mack said. For in-
stance, he sat in the front row for a
talk given by Peter and Rosemary
Grant from Princeton University,
who have run a study of Darwins
Finches on the Galapagos Islands
for over 40 years - perhaps the
most well known and most fo-
cused long-term research project
in the entire feld of evolutionary
biology and then asked a ques-
tion a good one at the end. No
big deal there were probably no
more than 600700 people in that
room!
Stoner is a junior majoring in
biology.
Next years meeting is in
June at the Wasatch Mountain
Ski Resort, Snowbird, outside Salt
Lake City, Utah. Mack thinks that
might attract almost as many at-
tendees as Ottawa did this year.
Special To The Real Story
MUW Science Professor, Student Attend Evolutionary
Biology Conference In Canada
MUW student George Stoner and Dr. Paul
Mack, associate professor of biology at MUW.
(Courtesy photo)
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Donny Stokes, M.D., an in-
vasive cardiologist, has joined the
sta at Baptist Memorial Hospital-
Golden Triangle. He began his
duties on Aug. 8, and will be in
practice with Michael Boland,
M.D., and John King, M.D., at
Baptist Medical GroupColum-
bus Cardiovascular Care, located
at 255 Baptist Blvd., Suite 402,
Columbus.
Stokes received his un-
dergraduate degree in pre-med
from Mississippi Valley State in
Itta Bena in 2000. He also earned
an associate degree in nursing
from Mississippi Delta Com-
munity College in Moorehead in
1994. Stokes is a 2004 graduate of
American University of the Carib-
bean in Montserrat. He completed
his residency in internal medicine
at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center in Jackson, where
he was chief resident. He also
completed a fellowship in cardiol-
ogy at the University of Missis-
sippi Medical Center.
We are extremely
pleased to have Dr. Stokes join
our medical sta. He will be a
tremendous asset to our hospital
as we strive to expand our cardiol-
ogy program in the region, said
Baptist Golden Triangle Adminis-
trator and CEO Paul Cade.
New Invasive Cardiologist Joins Baptist
Golden Triangle Medical Sta
Special To The Real Story
Palmer Home for Chil-
dren was featured on ABCs
Good Morning America
in their Unclaimed Money
segment scheduled on Mon-
day, September 3, 2012 dur-
ing the top of the 8:00 a.m.
hour of the broadcast.
e Mississippi State
Treasury Department and
Good Morning America
notied Palmer Home in
April that a previously assigned
stock gi, at the time classied as
unclaimed property, was scheduled
for release. On July 25, 2012 State
Treasurer Lynn Fitch presented a
check to Palmer Home President &
CEO Drake Bassett representing the-
cash value of the stock, in the amount
of $108,997.13. is money was a
bequest to the Palmer Home and the
Mississippi Sheris Boys and Girls
Ranch from the estate of Robert and
Millie Cox of Vicksburg, Miss.
Good Morning America cor-
respondent, Elisabeth Leamy, and the
production team, began that day in
July by joining the children and sta
for breakfast. ey completed their
day with interviews and a full tour
of the campus to capture the Palmer
Home story and mission. Many
Palmer Home supporters were on
hand for the State Treasurers presen-
tation, including Columbus Mayor
Robert Smith, Chief of Police Sel-
vain McQueen, Palmer Home board
members and alumni, and represen-
tatives from local businesses.
It was a great day all around,
stated Mr. Bassett, and we are grate-
ful for the State Treasurers initiative
to distribute these unclaimed funds,
and pleased that Good Morning
America took the time to tell our
larger story.
Since 1895, Palmer Home, a
privately funded non-prot, has been
a leader in residential childcare with a
mission to provide long-term care for
children who lack an adequate fam-
ily structure. For more information,
please visit www.palmerhome.org.
Palmer Home On ABCs Good Morning
America
Special To The Real Story
e Aug. 30 Columbus Ex-
change Club meeting was full of
football excitement as Stan Murray,
Back Judge for Southeastern Confer-
ence football games, was the guest
speaker! Stan mesmerized the crowd
with his football tales and amusing
anecdotes. A true lover of the SEC, he
spoke highly of the conference and its
coaches.
When he was questioned about
hearing foul language from the
sideline, Murray was quick to point
out that the coaches in the SEC were
gentlemen. Full of good will and
excitement, Murray prepared the
audience for some of the major rule
changes in store for college football
in 2012.
e list included:
Kick-os will be from the 35-
yard line; and if the ball is kicked into
the end zone, play will start from the
25-yard line instead of the 20-yard
line as in years past.
Players must sit out one play if
their helmet comes o during a play.
e exception is if an opposing player
pulls the helmet o (this would result
in a penalty against the opposing
team).
Blocking below the waist is
now a penalty in almost every situa-
tion.
e Columbus Exchange Club
meets every ursday at the Colum-
bus Country Club. Be ere.
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As the City of Columbus
strives to improve the quality of
life for its citizens, the opening
of the joint city/county-funded
soccer complex is imminent. De-
spite the recent city budget cuts,
Roger Short, executive director of
Columbus Lowndes Recreation
Authority, is confdent that fund-
ing will not be a problem.
Te city came up with
what we needed for their prior
commitment to the project. Te
county is in at $5 million, so I
doubt well have any problems for
future upkeep of the complex,
noted Short.
Te complex is a frst-class
facility that combines football and
soccer felds. Tere are a total of
nine felds, but depending on how
they are confgured they can ac-
commodate a total of 24 matches
when the younger athletes are
playing. Tere are 50 soccer teams,
with participants ranging in age
from 4 to 19, and 6-9 football
teams for ages 7-12. Te complex
will also host approximately seven
adult fag football teams. Registra-
tion for soccer and football has
already ended, but this fact should
not keep spectators from enjoying
the beautiful felds.
Te irrigation system is top-
class. All of our felds are irrigated
from a well. We should never have
an excuse as to why those felds
arent perfect. We have handheld
devices to be able to control the
irrigation. Also, we have a lighting
system under a 25-year warranty
that is state-of-the-art. Its a system
where we can control the lighting
from here [the ofce] if we need
to. We can use our cell phones to
direct the lighting, commented
Short. Someone will always be on
call for the computer system that
its on.
Director of Competitive Soc-
cer and Coaching Tom Velek com-
mented on the accessibility for
the citizens of Columbus as well
as visitors to enjoy the complex.
Were adjacent to the city and its
amenities. Most complexes of this
nature are not close to the city,
said Velek.
Weve already applied for
and received a grant to connect
the complex to the Riverwalk,
which is a pretty convenient
feature itself, added Short. Te
patrons will be able to drop their
kids of, go shopping or get some-
thing to eat in the city using the
Riverwalk, and be able to return
quickly for the game.
Director of Programs Greg
Lewis stated, We are also trying
to create a partnership with some
of the schools, and Tom [Velek]
has been working with some of
the colleges on doing something
down there as well. Talks with
the Mississippi School for Math
and Science have been occurring,
as well as the possibility of some
of the local high schools larger
games.
Last year, the soccer league
participated in a program called
TOP Soccer, an acronym for Te
Outreach Program of Soccer,
which is a United States Soccer
Federation program for disabled
children. Last year, we had about
16-17 kids in the program, and
the state brought in about 15 folks
to be coaches and buddies to the
kids. Its just a great addition to
this ofce and the community,
said Velek.
Te future of both commu-
nity sports and the facility itself
remains bright. My goal is for our
kids to have the exact same oppor-
tunity as a kid in Birmingham or
Memphis or Jackson. I want them
to be able to achieve as much as
theyre able to achieve, and I think
were going in the right direction
in doing that, stated Velek. As
far as the future of the complex
is concerned, Short commented,
Tere were some features that
we had to take out but are still on
the table as future additions to
the complex. We still want to do a
playground with new equipment.
We want to do nature trails and
a nature pavilion where schools
could have classes and that sort of
thing. We also want to do a com-
munity hearth, which is basically
an outdoor chimney for bonfres
where civic activities can be held.
I think its fair to say that we
will have some aggressive bidding
for tournaments. Tats clearly not
an objective, but were now able to
have that ability, noted Velek.
We never wanted to take the
approach of having tournaments
every weekend. Tis facility is all
about the kids. We will not make
any money of of tournaments, but
what we will attempt to do is get
the tournaments in here for eco-
nomic impact. When people come
to town for these tournaments,
theyre going to eat our food, sleep
in our hotels and buy our gas, and
that will have an impact on our
sales tax base, said Short.
Te city of Columbus has
gained an invaluable asset with
the addition of the soccer com-
plex. With the stewardship of
Greg Lewis, Roger Short and Tom
Velek, the complex will create a
positive atmosphere for children
and adults alike.
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National Grandparents Day
is celebrated on Sept. 9. If youre a
grandparent yourself, you already
know the pleasures of having
grandchildren in your life, so you
may want to take this occasion to
think of ways you can help those
grandchildren get the most out of
their lives.
Perhaps the most valuable
thing you could give to your
grandkids is the gif of education.
Consider this: Over a lifetime,
college graduates earn, on average,
about $1 million more than those
without a degree, according to the
Census Bureau. So putting money
toward your grandchildrens col-
lege education is probably a pretty
good investment.
Furthermore, your grand-
children may well need the help
because college is expensive and
costs continue to rise. Conse-
quently, you may want to con-
tribute to a 529 plan. You have
several options for how the money
can be invested, and contribution
limits are quite high. All with-
drawals are free from federal in-
come taxes, provided the money is
used for qualifed college expens-
es. (Keep in mind, though, that
non-qualifed withdrawals will
be taxable and possibly subject to
penalties.) Plus, if you invest in
your own states 529 plan, your
contributions may be deductible
on your state income taxes.
If you name one grandchild
as a benefciary of a 529 plan
and that grandchild decides not to
go to college, you can switch the
account to another grandchild - in
other words, you maintain control
of the money for the life of the
account.
Of course, despite its eco-
nomic benefts, college is not for
everyone. So if you wanted to
provide fnancial help to a grand-
child who seems likely to choose
a diferent path in life, what could
you do?
One possibility would be to
set up a custodial account, known
as a Uniform Gif to Minors Act
or Uniform Transfer to Minors
Act. You can fund a custodial ac-
count with many diferent types
of investments, but the use of
the money is entirely up to your
grandchildren when they reach
the age of termination in whatever
state in which they live. But if your
reason for funding a custodial
account is simply to provide a gif,
then you might not be concerned
with how the money is used.
On the other hand, if you
want to give your grandchildren a
fnancial gif with greater control,
you may want to speak to your
attorney about your options. One
possibility is to set up an irrevo-
cable trust. You can fund this trust
with either cash or securities and
specify at the time the trust is cre-
ated when the funds can be used.
So for example, you can provide
that the trust pay your grandchild
a certain amount of money at
one age, with another installment
coming several years later. Keep in
mind, though, that trusts are com-
plex instruments and may have
tax considerations, so in addition
to consulting with an attorney,
youll want to discuss your plans
with your tax advisor.
Whichever option is right
for your family, use Grandparents
Day as an opportunity to consider
the ways in which you can give
something to the grandchildren
who give so much to you.
Tis article was written for use by your
local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
For questions, please contact Ryan Mun-
son at ryan.munson@edwardjones.com
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Soccer Complex A Major Addition To Columbus
By Whit Harrington
Te Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau will have a
Grant Guidelines Informational Meeting
on Monday, September 10 at 6:00 p.m.
and Tuesday, September 11 at 3:00 p.m.
at the CCVB ofce located at 117 3rd. Street South.
Tis meeting is solely for the purpose of outlining the Grant
Guidelines for local festival/event organizers.
Please call 662.329.1191 to confrm your attendance.
Te complex is a
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Starkville Copies A Failed System:
Brownfelds, Blight And Redevelop-
ment
Brownfelds, blight and rede-
velopment severely impact taxes and
property ownership.
Last fall, [Starkville] Mayor
Wiseman asked the city to apply for
an EPA Brownfeld revitalization
grant. Wiseman said he didnt know
which properties in the city would be
labeled a Brownfeld.
Brownfelds are real or perceived
environmental contamination sites.
One third of the Brownfeld sites de-
veloped with Environmental Protec-
tion Agency grant money were not
contaminated.
Blight is a less ofensive word
for zoning and building code non-
compliance. Just about anything can
be designated as blight. If sidewalks
dont conform to the American Dis-
abilities Act, they can be blight. An
unattractive building, a vacant lot and
agricultural land can be blight.
A city uses ordinances to declare
property blighted, a Brownfeld or
part of a redevelopment project. Last
fall, the Starkville Board of Aldermen
asked for $15,000 to create a rede-
velopment agency for Starkville. Te
power a redevelopment agency can
wield is mind-boggling:
1) An agency gets the increased
tax revenue from project areas.
2) An agency can sell bonds
without voter approval.
3) An agency can give public
money to developers: cash, grants,
tax rebates, free land or free improve-
ments.
4) An agency can condemn
property and transfer it to others.
A redevelopment agency is a
separate, unelected governmental au-
thority with its own revenue, budget
and power to issue debt. Te agency
can condemn private property, de-
clare eminent domain and develop/
sell property without bidding. It has
the power to relocate people.
Te increase in property tax
revenue is given to the redevelopment
agency. Since a redevelopment agency
takes school tax revenue, and since
our school board can raise taxes, this
is a tax-and-spend disaster waiting
to happen. Cities and counties also
lose tax revenue to the redevelopment
agency.
Redevelopment specialist Tripp
Muldrow said that Mississippi code
requires a city to adopt a plan before
giving a redevelopment authority the
power to own property, to establish
public-private partnerships, to issue
bonds and to use other powers set
forth in the code. Muldrow warned
the city to deny the redevelopment
agency the ability to tax and to
deny them the ability to determine
eminent domain. He discussed other
redevelopment agencies in the state:
Gulfport; Tupelo; Jackson; Canton;
and Pascagoula.
Last spring, two California bills
and one California Supreme Court-
case ended Californias 70-year abuse
of blight, Brownfelds and redevelop-
ment. Read the list of abuses (http://
www.coalitionforredevelopmentre-
form.org/references/morrreport.
php), and ask yourself:
If this system failed in Califor-
nia, why would anyone want to copy
it?
Elaine Vechorik, Sturgis
August 25, 2012
Dear City of Columbus,
When the Jones family began
the venture of renaming the block of
Fourth Street South, located between
College Street and Main Street and
known as Catfsh Alley, 1,500 sig-
natures were gathered in favor of the
name change. Supporters of the name
change included tenants on Fourth
Street South. Since that area had been
ignored and overlooked for a num-
ber of years, we decided to make the
street name change request to pay
homage to our mother, Ms. Sallie
Mae Jones. We felt that consideration
would have been given based on her
contribution to Columbus, Miss., and
the fact that her business, Jones Res-
taurant, has existed since the 1940s. It
is the only black-owned business lef
from the booming era of prominent
African-Americans in that particular
block.
Our mission was to make the
upcoming Centennial Celebration
for Sallie Mae Jones a focal point for
rejuvenation and a stepping stone for
other African-Americans who made
contributions in Catfsh Alley and
Columbus. It was not our intention
to create controversy or dissention
in the community. For some reason,
our mission has been misinterpreted
and misrepresented. Terefore, we
decided to rescind our request to
rename the street. Controversy or dis-
sention does not represent the legacy
of Sallie Mae Jones.
A special thanks to those
who supported the efort.
Sincerely,
Laura Jones Chalmers
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The Story Of Jack Sliker And The Influence Of CAFB
In connection with the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Columbus Air Force Base, a story featuring one of
the early graduates of the Army Air Force Training facility is presented here. Madeline Honnoll Sliker Mashburne, a native
of Columbus and a current resident of Aurora Australis Lodge nursing facility here in The Friendly City, provided inter-
esting information for this story, as she was married to Jack Sliker until his death in 1975.
Second Lieutenant Jack Sliker, a native of West Caldwell, N.J., was trained at the Columbus Army Air Field. While
there, he met the future Mrs. Sliker, Madeline Honnoll. He completed his Advanced Two Engine Pilot Training Course on
March 11, 1945, as documented by Colonel L. C. Mallory. Subsequently sent to Germany, he participated in the last days
of WWII. Prior to his ultimate discharge from active service on Jan. 17, 1947, he served as part of the occupation forces
in Berlin at Tempelhof USAFB. The accompanying illustrated passes allowed him access to the divided sectors of that
city.
After his separation from active duty, Jack Sliker served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Reserves until April
10, 1958. He and Madeline had married in 1948 and ultimately moved to Louisville, Ga. They very quickly became con-
tributing members of the communities in the surrounding area and were involved in charitable work and other commu-
nity activities. One interesting event involved hosting Bob Hope and his wife at a charitable fundraiser.
Jacks passions included flying and restoring WWII aircraft. In Louisville, Jack started a successful crop-dusting ser-
vice and flight instruction school, eventually purchasing a small airport and acquiring a variety of aircraft to restore and
sell. As with most people who have a demonstrable skill, he needed to measure his flying skills in competition with other
pilots, and so he competed in races with some of his restored planes. He won a number of short-course pylon races
over several years. However, the ultimate for Sliker were the cross-country races from such places as Milwaukee, Wis.,
to Reno, Nev. In this particular competition, he notched a second place in 1969 and won the race in 1974. After a third-
place finish in 1975, Jack tragically died as his plane, a Bearcat that he had restored and named Escape II (see picture),
crashed 50 feet short of the runway in Flagstaff, Ariz., when his landing gear clipped a small berm near the end of the
runway, causing the plane to flip. This occurred while he was on his way back to Georgia.
Life becomes more interesting by being open to learning of the interests and passions of others. I was born about
10 months prior to our entry into World War II, and the resulting wartime atmosphere influenced my earliest memories
and perpetuated my interest in that period of our history. I was always fascinated to hear of the experiences of various
family members and others of that generation who served in the European and Pacific theaters. While I never had the
privilege of meeting Jack Sliker, I feel as though I know the man well from the relationship my wife and I have had with
Madeline.
I know I would have enjoyed meeting him.
Dick Mahoney
Jack Slikers P51 Mustang 1969 Milwaukee-Reno
Race 2nd place
Columbus Army Air Field Pilot Certification-1945
Access Passes to Allied
Sectors of Divided Post
War Berlin
Madeline Sliker Mashburne and
Escape II, 1974.
Bearcat taxiing at Reno.
Escape II after restoration.
Jack Sliker in Bearcat Escape II, 1st place
1974.
Escape II prior to restoration.
Jack Sliker (center) 2nd place finish 1969
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The Story Of Jack Sliker And The Influence Of CAFB
In connection with the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Columbus Air Force Base, a story featuring one of
the early graduates of the Army Air Force Training facility is presented here. Madeline Honnoll Sliker Mashburne, a native
of Columbus and a current resident of Aurora Australis Lodge nursing facility here in The Friendly City, provided inter-
esting information for this story, as she was married to Jack Sliker until his death in 1975.
Second Lieutenant Jack Sliker, a native of West Caldwell, N.J., was trained at the Columbus Army Air Field. While
there, he met the future Mrs. Sliker, Madeline Honnoll. He completed his Advanced Two Engine Pilot Training Course on
March 11, 1945, as documented by Colonel L. C. Mallory. Subsequently sent to Germany, he participated in the last days
of WWII. Prior to his ultimate discharge from active service on Jan. 17, 1947, he served as part of the occupation forces
in Berlin at Tempelhof USAFB. The accompanying illustrated passes allowed him access to the divided sectors of that
city.
After his separation from active duty, Jack Sliker served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Reserves until April
10, 1958. He and Madeline had married in 1948 and ultimately moved to Louisville, Ga. They very quickly became con-
tributing members of the communities in the surrounding area and were involved in charitable work and other commu-
nity activities. One interesting event involved hosting Bob Hope and his wife at a charitable fundraiser.
Jacks passions included flying and restoring WWII aircraft. In Louisville, Jack started a successful crop-dusting ser-
vice and flight instruction school, eventually purchasing a small airport and acquiring a variety of aircraft to restore and
sell. As with most people who have a demonstrable skill, he needed to measure his flying skills in competition with other
pilots, and so he competed in races with some of his restored planes. He won a number of short-course pylon races
over several years. However, the ultimate for Sliker were the cross-country races from such places as Milwaukee, Wis.,
to Reno, Nev. In this particular competition, he notched a second place in 1969 and won the race in 1974. After a third-
place finish in 1975, Jack tragically died as his plane, a Bearcat that he had restored and named Escape II (see picture),
crashed 50 feet short of the runway in Flagstaff, Ariz., when his landing gear clipped a small berm near the end of the
runway, causing the plane to flip. This occurred while he was on his way back to Georgia.
Life becomes more interesting by being open to learning of the interests and passions of others. I was born about
10 months prior to our entry into World War II, and the resulting wartime atmosphere influenced my earliest memories
and perpetuated my interest in that period of our history. I was always fascinated to hear of the experiences of various
family members and others of that generation who served in the European and Pacific theaters. While I never had the
privilege of meeting Jack Sliker, I feel as though I know the man well from the relationship my wife and I have had with
Madeline.
I know I would have enjoyed meeting him.
Dick Mahoney
Jack Slikers P51 Mustang 1969 Milwaukee-Reno
Race 2nd place
Columbus Army Air Field Pilot Certification-1945
Access Passes to Allied
Sectors of Divided Post
War Berlin
Madeline Sliker Mashburne and
Escape II, 1974.
Bearcat taxiing at Reno.
Escape II after restoration.
Jack Sliker in Bearcat Escape II, 1st place
1974.
Escape II prior to restoration.
Jack Sliker (center) 2nd place finish 1969
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Mitt Romney, critics say, is
a hard sell because he is not like-
able.He is stif, wooden, prim, proper
and unapproachable.Jokes are made
about his perfect hair and patrician
bearing. However, manypresidents
and would-be contenders have fallen
short on the love-me scale:
Crusty old Bob Dole was surely
not considered more likeable
than Bill Clinton in 1996. Te
wooden Michael Dukakis in
1988 wasnt exactly radiating
intense bonhomie. Surly Dick
[Nixon] beat Te Happy War-
rior [Humphrey] in 1968. (Dai-
ly Beast)
Gary Younge, in a recent edition
of Te Guardian,observes:
A poll released on the day he
was nominated revealed that
Romney is the least popular
nominee of a major party in
almost 30 years. A poll, last
month, showed that Repub-
licans in three swing states
Florida, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania found supporters who
strongly favored Romney
trailing Obama supporters who
strongly favored the president
by double digits.
Why should we care if our
president is the kind of guy we can sit
down and have a beer with aregu-
lar guy not much diferent from your
shop foreman or shoe salesman?Be-
cause we Americans have this strange
notion about democracy. Notonly is
it a successful political system, but it
is also a social equalizer.Te Found-
ing Fathers had something else in
mind when they said, All men are
created equal, meaningthat all men
were born with equal opportuni-
ty.Patricians all, they knew that men
were most defnitely unequal in birth,
character, intelligence, ability and
promise.Not so today, when we really
believe or struggle to believe that
the very wealthy, successful and well-
bred are no diferent from us.
Let me tell you about the very
rich. Tey are diferent from you
and me, wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald;
but no one today would like to think
so.Even if the rich have more money,
we argue that deep down they are no
diferent; and to justify this convic-
tion, we make them eatgrits.
John Kerry, privileged and
wealthy, wascampaigning in Phila-
delphia and ordered the obligatory
Philly cheese steak, a sandwich of
chopped meatslathered with Cheese
Whiz.Kerry said he preferred his
with Swiss and was forever pilloried
for his ridiculous attempt to be a man
of the people.Tis was compounded
by the fact that he was caught by pa-
parazzi windsurfng instead ofhunt-
ing or watching TV with the guys. In
1992, George H.W. Bush got caught
at a supermarket, amazed at check-
out scanners which he had obviously
never seen before.
George W. Bush never had this
problem.Despite his elite Andover,
Yale and Yale Law School education,
most Americans thought of him as a
Texan. He spoke like a Texan, cleared
brush and had a Texans swagger.He
was a mans man and a real Ameri-
can.I kind ofliked that cowboy role
of his, said a trainer at my gym.It
said, Dont mess with me.Texas
license plates for many years said,
Dont Mess With Texas, and Bush
[George W.] ft right in.
Times have changed, and this
misplaced, nave belief that we are all
equal and that our leaders should be
like us is relatively new. Few people
cared that FDR was from a patrician
family far removed fromthose of
theDust Bowl. People revered him
and looked to him to save them from
the Depression.We overlooked the
purebred pedigree of George H.W.
Bush because he acted in the best no-
blesse oblige tradition.He gave back
to his country as a WWII aviator,
ambassador, faithful second fddle to
LBJ and selfess civil servant.
Our favorites, however, have
always been men who are like us.
Ronald Reagan was born in ruralIl-
linoisin a house with no running wa-
ter or indoor plumbing.Weadmired
the pluck, fght and American success
story background of Richard Nixon
despite his nasty surliness.We liked
Bill Clinton for his achievements, but
we also could empathize with his sim-
ple Arkansas past. We admired LBJ
because he was a committed social re-
former but also because of his rise out
of ahardscrabble Texas childhood.
If our presidents or candidateshap-
pen not to belegitimate men of the
soil, we insist that they put on a good
show andbe at ease with a Bud, a
tractor or a Philly cheese steak.What
we cannot seem to do these days is be
comfortable with a wealthy, privileged
and elite background.Enter poor Mitt
Romney, who isnt really a patrician
(not with a Mormon background) but
who has been raisedlike one.
It took his wife, Ann, to make
the case to the American public and
to end the likeability, 1 percent, patri-
cian, elitist controversy.My husband
may not be of the people, she said,
in so many words, but he is for the
people.Finally, an echo of Roosevelt
and George H.W. Bush.Her hus-
bands privileged background may
have isolated him from the lives of
ordinary people, but his principles
are aligned with them.His education,
breeding, and background should be
thought of as positive attributes, not
questionable ones.
If she can succeed, Ann Romney
will have done so against a potent
Democratic campaign machine
geared up to attack her husband on
these very issues.Romney, accord-
ing to Democrats,is not only from
aprivileged elite, he is the very icon
of its rapacious capitalism.He is
an old boy, using ties made at Bain
Capital and the powerful invest-
ment banks to increase his wealth
and theirs alike.He cares only for the
extension of privilege, for the further
enrichment of the already wealthy.
He could care less about ordinary
Americans.
Tis, of course, is far from
the truth.Romney, because of his
background, believes that the way
forward for America is through a
private-sector, business-oriented
approach.Wealth most certainly
creates wealth, but not only for the 1
percent.At the same time, his service
as governor of Massachusettswas
in keeping with the noblesse oblige
tradition of his predecessors.
Voters should judge Mitt Rom-
ney not on the basis of his likeability
or his regular guy image, but on
his abilities.Harvard Law School and
Harvard Business School helped him,
not hindered him. Wealth gave him
unusual opportunities, which he took
and used productively.Will he now
use these abilities to lead the country?
Romney Who Cares If He Is Likeable?
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arts
Mississippi Possesses A Bounty Of Literary
Talent
The Real Story Staff Report Speaking Speaking
One of the things that defne the
culture of a place is the literature that
springs forth from it.
Although Mississippi has earned
some rather dubious distinctions
over the years, nobody can say that
we dont have a wealth of amazing
writers.
One doesnt have to look far to
fnd great writers with a Mississippi
connection. Columbus was the birth-
place of Tennessee Williams, arguably
Americas greatest playwright. Te
list of his works is far too long to list
in this space, but A Streetcar Named
Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
come easily to mind. As a matter of
fact, as you read this, Columbus is in
the throes of the annual Tennessee
Williams Tribute (some events are
free; call 662-328-0222 for info).
Two living writers right here in
our midst are Sylvia Higginbotham
and Deborah Johnson. Higginbotham
has shared our wonderful state with
the world through her writings about
various places here in Mississippi,
while Johnson is the author of Te
Air Between Us, a novel set in the
mythical Mississippi town of Re-
vere.
Walker Percy, the novelist who
is best known for Te Moviegoer,
spent most of his early years in the
delta town of Greenville.
Eudora Welty, the once student
at Mississippi University for Women
and Pulitzer Prize winner, is known
as an iconic short story author, hav-
ing written such classics as Death
of a Traveling Salesman and Why I
Live at the P.O., among many others.
Surely everyone has heard of
John Grisham, the lawyer-turned-au-
thor recognized as one of the worlds
best-selling novelists. A number of
his legal thrillers such as A Time
to Kill and Te Firm have been
scripted into immensely successful
flm versions.
Ellen Gilchrist, a writer of po-
ems, short stories, novels and nonfc-
tion commentaries, is best known for
her collection of short fction entitled
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams.
No list of Mississippi writers
would be complete without including
William Faulkner, widely revered as a
giant of American literature. His Te
Sound and the Fury and As I Lay
Dying are required reading in many
high school and college courses.
Some writers with Mississippi
connections may come as a surprise
to many. Jimmy Bufet, famously
known for his musical career, is from
Pascagoula and penned Tales From
Margaritaville and A Pirate Looks at
Fify, as well as two works of juvenile
fction which he co-wrote with his
daughter.
Te aforementioned individuals
are but a small sampling of the writ-
ers with connections to Mississippi.
An exhaustive list can be compiled
by a visit to ones local bookstore or
library, or via an internet search.
Get out and get your culture on!
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musician, what image does that
conjure up in your minds eye?
A scrufy-looking guy driving a
dirty, beat-up old van packed with
gear, traveling from one nameless
town top another. No roots. No
sense of responsibility. Wayward.
Chris Fowlkes is the antithesis
of all of this.
Sure, he has played gigs in a
number of diferent towns. How-
ever, thats where the similarities
end.
Te Columbus native has
lived in Nashville, Tenn., Ashville,
N.C., and Augusta, Ga., playing
gigs in each of those cities. You
might say that he has spent the
past several years on a multi-city
tour, but he has gigged in each city
for a few years instead of a few
hours. Just this April, Fowlkes, his
wife and two children returned to
Columbus.
Tats because for Chris
Fowlkes family comes frst. Es-
chewing the vagabond life of most
musicians, he has decided to stay
close to home so that he can spend
more time with his family.
Fowlkes, who plays bass (both
upright and electric) and a little
guitar, frst began playing music
when he was 13 years old. He is
entirely self-taught; he didnt even
go the observe-other-musicians-
and-do-what-they-do route. He
simply acquired an electric bass
and began to play. He played, and
he played, and he played until he
became good at it.
He began playing the upright
bass his preferred instrument
when he was 25.
When asked, Fowlkes cites
legendary bluesmen Robert
Johnson and John Hammond, as
well as West Coast swing icon Bob
Wills and honky-tonk country
legend Hank Williams Sr., as
inspirations. (Fowlkes uses the
term honky-tonk country to
refer to traditional country music
and to distinguish it from modern
pop-country, upon which he looks
somewhat derisively.)
However, he indicated that he
originally looked up to his grand-
father, who played pedal steel and
spoons. Hes the reason I started
playing an instrument, says Fowl-
kes.
Fowlkes is quite versatile in
terms of musical genres; he is pro-
fcient in West coast swing, rocka-
billy, blues, honky-tonk country
and Irish folk. He indicated that
he prefers to play West coast swing
and honky-tonk country, and
that swing is the most challenging.
Despite the fact that he just
returned to Columbus a few
months ago, he has already estab-
lished himself as a fxture on the
local music scene, with frequent
appearances at Caf Aromas and
at the monthly open mic nights at
Tampico Bay, as well as at private
parties.
Te next opportunity to hear
this talented musician perform
live will be at tomorrow (Turs-
day) nights Moon Lake Party,
which is a part of this years Ten-
nessee Williams Tribute. Hell be
playing alongside Tony Award-
nominated singer Alison Fra-
ser and classically trained piano
virtuoso Allison Leyton-Brown, as
well as local musicians Stephanie
Jackson and Shondaleria Williams.
For more information on this
event, call (662) 328-0222.
Fowlkes is also in the process
of forming a band named Re-
union with Larry Priest, Marnie
Gill and Shonda Williams - a
move that he hopes will result in
additional local gigs.
Afer all, local gigs are the
kind he prefers.
E-mail reaches Chris Fowlkes
at bass.standup@gmail.com.
Portrait of the Artist: Chris Fowlkes
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Fall is nearly here, thank good-
ness, and with my favorite season
comes football madness. I realized,
the other day, that between col-
lege and the NFL, football is on six
months of the year. I barely get to
watch that much of Greys Anato-
my. Insanity. However, there is no
place more insane to live during
football season than in the state of
Alabama.
I grew up watching and listen-
ing to Mississippi State games. I
knew enough to know they were my
team (my whole family and I went
there), and I knew the basic rules
of the game. First and 10 - I get it;
four downs - I get it their pants
are way too tight. I understood well
enough to explain the game to a
friend of mine when we went to
see Ole Miss vs. LSU - and got an
approval nod from a fan sitting in
front of us.
Since I married a football fan,
I have grown accustomed to losing
him on the weekends and being
subjected to comments spoken at
me rather than to me, like Teir
defensive line is stronger than it
was last year but not as strong as
when Tompson was there, or
If the quarterback cant break the
plane, were sunk. I smile and nod
and read People magazine and then
retreat to the bedroom for a nap
- unless MSU is playing. I have
gotten into NFL fantasy football and
found that Im like Rain Man when
it comes to having a good team. I
dont usually win the league or any-
thing, but considering that six years
ago I thought Peyton Manning was
the dad of all the Mannings, its
quite an accomplishment.
Tat all being said, nothing,
and I mean nothing, prepared me
for college football season in the
state of Alabama. I have an MSU
wallet, and Ive been mocked by
mechanics, pharmacists, grocery
check-out clerks and bosses. I heard
a drunken bufoon at a restaurant
tell his server, You gotta pick:
Alabama or Auburn. Actually, you
dont. My stock response is Nei-
ther. I cheer for Mississippi State
and Tennessee, to which either
mockery or outright cruelty is the
response. Its almost like saying
that maybe Osama bin Laden was a
misunderstood leader.
My best friend graduated
from Alabama, so I grant her some
latitude in the crazy football fan
department, but Im amazed at the
number of fans who have virtually
no afliation with the school other
than to be insane fans. Its like a
bunch of crazy Republicans who
dont really know why they hate
Obama other than the same old
Hes a Muslim, hes not American,
hes a Socialist looped argument. I
cant reason with it.
I once worked with a guy who
was a huge Auburn fan, and it was
in a year in which MSU beat them.
I fnally got so sick of hearing him
LOUDLY proclaim, War Eagle,
that I said, Yeah, I bet that was
hard to verbalize the week they lost
to Mississippi State, and he turned
deep red, like a tomato-colored In-
credible Hulk, and started spouting
random, obscure statistics at me. I
didnt even know he was still talking
to me because I dont abide or listen
to any form of math and realized all
these numbers were being hurled
at me. I turned around and said,
Oh, Im sorry, were you still talking
about football? I wasnt listening. I
thought it was all in jest. I worked
there another six months, and that
man never said a kind word to me
again.
Posing As
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Posing As
An Adult
Living In A State Of Football
By Emily Gaither Smith
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Abby
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Humans are divided into so
many categories: pet lovers vs. people
who are repulsed by animals; reli-
gious groups; political parties; and
prejudices about race or sexuality.
Te arguments can be passionate and
contentious. Usually, it is not a good
idea to argue with those who are
diametrically opposed to our beliefs.
It is said that opposites attract, but
considering so many of the debates
on these and other issues, that does
not seem to be true.
One discussion that may never
be resolved is about the existence of
ghosts. You either accept that they are
real or you do not. Tere are thou-
sands of stories about sightings, and
there are also many books with actual
photographs of ghosts. Amazon.com
has several listed, with prices rang-
ing from 99 cents (used) to about
$50. Some (admittedly) appear to be
faked, but others are extremely be-
lievable. For the adamant non-believ-
er, these will not be convincing, but
for those who love the paranormal
and are interested in apparitions, they
are great fun to read and study.
Sometimes, those who are seem-
ingly infexible about ghostly visits
- even when presented with docu-
mented photographs - are
the same people who have
faith in a deity whom they
have never seen.
However, there is
another group to intro-
duce into this mix. Tey
are those people who
were once skeptics but for
whom an inexplicable ex-
perience convinced them
that sometimes spirits
who have passed over do
come back.
One of these stories
was told by two sisters
who live in a city very
near here. As young girls,
they shared a bedroom. Every night,
they heard heavy footsteps walk-
ing down the hall and past the door
to their room. Tey were terrifed,
knowing that everyone else in the
household was asleep. Although they
complained to their father, he did not
believe them.
One night, exasperated by their
repeated story, the father decided to
camp outside of their door. He put
his pillow and blanket on the foor
in front of their room. Ten, in the
middle of the night, he was awak-
ened by footsteps. He woke up, and
although they got closer and closer,
he saw no one. When the sound of
the steps came to the place where he
lay, the invisible night-walker stepped
over him and continued down the
hall. Afer that, the father believed
his two daughters and accepted that
there were some things that he could
not dismiss with logic. Like Doubt-
ing Tomas, he had to be personally
convinced.
Te photo accompanying this
column was snapped at a cemetery
in Pontotoc, Miss. It is one of many
taken by Ghostly Encounters of Mis-
sissippi. It is not photo-shopped or
manipulated in any way. No matter
whether you are a believer or not, you
must admit that it is quite interesting.
Many thanks to Monica Adams of
GEMS for allowing us to use it!
Do You Believe?
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We all know dog lovers, and
we all know cat lovers. Some people
believe that never the twain shall
meet. But what about the animal lov-
ers who just must have both?
Many households do this with
ease. In these homes, the pets may
not even understand that they are
dierent species. In their minds, they
are siblings. Oh, as in any family,
there may be a spat or two, but for the
most part they have a love for each
other. ey understand that they are
part of the same family. Usually, in
these cases, the dogs may chase cats
that are not theirs, and the cats may
fear unfamiliar dogs. However, within
the home, all is amicable and orderly.
is version of e Peaceable
Kingdom is more oen the rule than
the exception. As it turns out, only
about 20 percent of species-integrat-
ed homes have problems with sibling
rivalry (Slate, March 2005). But for
the poor humans living in those 20
percent of homes, we have a few sug-
gestions that may help.
You might think of cats and
dogs as creatures from dierent
cultures. Just as people from dierent
countries interpret actions dierently,
so do cats and dogs have signals that
mean dierent things.
For instance, in the United
States, a rm, short handshake
indicates self-condence and a limp
handshake may be perceived as
weakness, whereas in most parts of
Africa, a limp handshake is consid-
ered polite. British men do not stare
at women on the street, but French
men oen think that the Brits are less
interested in women, and possibly
gay, because they do not ogle strang-
ers. Of course, there are thousands of
examples.
In the dog world, rolling on its
back may be a signal of submission,
or a sign that its ready to play. But
a cat on its back is in full defensive
mode. It is preparing to attack with
teeth and all four feet and is showing
those razor-like claws. is is a situa-
tion where the messages can be hard
to interpret.
Most of the time, animals in
the same household learn to play
well together, especially if they are
close in age. But if pet parents try to
mix a very old cat with a puppy (or
the other way around), there may be
some communication glitches. en
we may see a friendly truce without
deep friendship - or perhaps just a
detente, where each pet nds its own
favorite nap spot, far from the other.
Just like the problems in the Middle
East, there are some issues that can-
not be completely resolved. A parent-
enforced armistice may be needed.
In extreme cases, your vet has a
couple of variations of pet Prozac or
the like. We do not recommend this
unless it is truly the last resort. ere
is the possibility that the pet owner
may need pharmaceuticals more than
the animals (just kidding!). Most of
the time, the animals adjust to each
other in a matter of days.
Natural enemies? We believe
that when it comes to cats and dogs,
this is nothing but an old wives tale.
Any animal can be taught to chase
or attack another one. However, if
you introduce these two species into
your home and explain that they are
siblings, they will soon learn to love
each other - well, as much as human
brothers and sisters do, anyway.

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By Sam Mazzotta
Paws
Corner
Paws
Corner
Save a Life
Adopt a Shelter
Pet today!
Gain a friend for life!
Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society
P.O. Box 85 Columbus, MS 39703
662-327-3107
Surrendering and
Reclaiming Pets:
Mon-Fri 10am to 5pm
Adoptions:
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 11am-3pm
BRUCE LEE
Domestic Short Hair,
male, brown tabby with
white feet, about
5-6mths old, owner
surrendered 7/6
POLO
Lab mix,
3 mths old,
black and white,
male, He was owner
surrendered 6/15
with his sibling Spud.
He loves to be cuddled.
DENZEL
Domestic Short Hair,
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He is a beautiful cat with an
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Terrier/Chihuahua mix
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Tee: Terrier/Chihuahua mix,
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the son of Tido and he is a great little dog. He is a bit
shy, but warms up fast.
DEAR PAWS CORNER: A
while ago, you printed information
on how to safely approach strange
dogs. Id like my two children to be
familiar with those procedures. Can
you provide that information?
-- Candice C., Las Vegas
DEAR CANDICE: I sure can.
Here are a few tips courtesy of the
American Kennel Club on how to
safely approach a strange dog:
--Ask permission: Its very
important to ask a dogs owner rst
if you can pet the dog. Not every dog
reacts the same way to strangers pet-
ting them, and the owner will know if
the dog is friendly and if it is safe for
you to approach.
--Approach calmly: If the owner
says yes, make a st, extend your
hand slowly to the dog, and let it
sni the back of your hand. Dogs
recognize people by scent, so letting
it sni your hand lets the dog become
familiar with you.
--Where to pet: Once the dog
has snied your hand, pet it gently
under the chin or on the chest.
--Dont hug dogs: Kids should
never hug a dog. Dogs dont hug each
other, and they dont understand
hugs to mean love and aection like
humans do. Wrapping your arms
around a dog can stress it out and
lead to an unnecessary bite.
--Keep your chin up: Never put
your face down in front of a dog. is
can be threatening to the dog and
cause it to react.
Find out more about safely ap-
proaching dogs and about the AKCs
upcoming Meet the Breeds event
at http://www.akc.org/meet_the_
breeds/.
Send your questions or tips to
ask@pawscorner.com, or write to Paws
Corner, c/o King Features Weekly
Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475. For more pet care-related
advice and information, visit www.
pawscorner.com.
(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A
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3. Who was the fctional Chinese detective on the Honolulu police
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4. What was the name of the 100-year-old, 8-foot Wookie in the movie
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Thomas A Big Get For MSU
By Jeremiah Short
Trivia Answers: 1. Wilt Chamberlain. 2. Charles Atlas. 3. Charlie Chan. 4. Chewbacca.
5. Alvin, Simon and Teodore
When it comes to having a
successful college football program,
it all begins with the ofensive line.
Mississippi State has failed to build
quality depth at this position over the
past few years. Te coaching staf set
out to rectify the problem in the 2013
recruiting class. Tey were able to
secure commitments from three of-
fensive linemen: Kent Flowers, Jamaal
Clayborn and Deon Mix.
On August 15, the Bulldogs
bolstered their ofensive line class
further with the commitment of Jake
Tomas, who is rated as one of the
top players in the state of Mississippi.
It wasnt anything special about the
timing. I had been praying about it
and didnt need to hold of any lon-
ger, said Tomas about committing
to Mississippi State before the season.
Te 6-foot-5-inch, 300-pound
lineman is looking forward to playing
for Dan Mullen, who wants to bring a
national championship to Mississippi.
Coach Mullen has a great mental-
ity, and its good to play for a coach
that has that type of mentality. We
know what he expects from us, said
Tomas.
He chose the Bulldogs over Stan-
ford, North Carolina, and Vanderbilt.
Even though all of the others were
out-of-state schools, Tomas con-
sidered them because of their high
academic standard. It only speaks
to the character that Columbus High
Head Coach Tony Staford has seen
since frst watching Tomas play as
an eighth grader. Hes a quiet leader.
He leads with the way he plays. Hes
calm and easy going. But he knows
when its time to go to work, he goes
to work, said Staford.
Although Tomas still needs
to build some upper body strength,
Paul Jones, Bulldawgs247 publisher,
thinks that Tomas has the potential
to play lef tackle at the college level.
What sticks out instantly about Jake
is his quick feet and long reach with
his arms. When you see his feet and
reach, he is made for that tackle posi-
tion, Jones said.
If Tomas fnds a way to get on
the feld as a freshman, there is an
outside chance that he will line up
on the same unit as former Colum-
bus High School Falcon and current
Bulldog starting right guard Tobias
Smith, who could apply for a medi-
cal redshirt afer the 2012 season due
to missing two seasons because of
injuries. Tomas feels that it would be
great to play with Smith, consider-
ing he has always looked up to him.
While Tomas has a bright col-
lege career ahead of him, he feels his
current team, the Columbus High
Falcons, will have a strong year. Its
going to be an interesting season, he
said. We started of with a win this
week. We have our confdence up,
and I think everyone should expect a
lot out of us this year.
Blaine Clausell, the current Bull-
dogs lef tackle, should hold down
the spot for the next three years, but
Tomas will get a chance to prove
why he is a big get once Clausell
graduates.
As the Mississippi State Bulldogs
disposed of the Jackson State Tigers
this past Saturday, everyone, includ-
ing myself, tried to pick out some-
thing to determine how the Bulldogs
2012 season would turn out. Tyler
Russell, Mississippi States starting
quarterback, caught the eye of some;
the rest might have chosen to focus
on the performance of the talented
group of running backs that the Bull-
dogs possess.
While the ofensive performanc-
es were quite impressive, another
group captured my attention: the
Bulldogs front-seven. From
the opening play, where
all-SEC defensive tackle Josh
Boyd destroyed the quarter-
back as he released the ball,
the Bulldog D announced
that they were ready to
dominate in 2012. Te next
few plays saw Shane McCa-
rdell and Denico Autry - the
Bulldogs starting defensive
ends - collapse the pocket
and then tackle the running
back on a screen (Autry).
Te drive was capped of by
sam linebacker Deontae
Skinner engulfng a Tiger
running back in the hole. If
you ask me, there is no better
way for a defense to start of
the season.
Over the course of the rest of
game, Bulldog defenders sacked the
quarterback (Quay Evans and Chris
Hughes), blew up plays in the back-
feld, forced fumbles (Nick James),
and intercepted a pass (Wells).
What do all these players have
in common? Tey all are part of the
Bulldogs front seven.
As I have mentioned before,
Denico Autrys edge rushing should
be the biggest area of improvement
on the whole defense. Although the
freakishly talented defensive end only
had one sack, he pushed the pocket
all night and fought until the fnal
whistle. Autry wasnt the only player
applying pressure. Shane McCardell,
Preston Smith and true freshman
Ryan Brown did a good job of forcing
quick throws from the Tigers quar-
terback. Kaleb Eulls, the player ex-
pected to start opposite Autry, should
return to that spot and make noise
there afer spending the frst game
at defensive tackle, possibly due to
the suspension of P.J. Jones as well as
Curtis Virges not seeing playing time.
Te front seven has been
further bolstered by the experience
of the Bulldogs linebackers. Other
than redshirt freshman Bernardrick
McKinney, the Bulldogs have six
linebackers that have game experi-
ence and three that have drawn starts
(Cam Lawrence, Skinner and Wells).
Lawrence is an all-SEC player, and
Skinner may be headed toward that
status in 2012.
One of the biggest reasons that
the front seven could be the difer-
ence for the Bulldogs is the depth at
every position. I have to go position
by position for everyone to truly un-
derstand the talent in these units.
First, the defensive end position
features four players (Eulls, Autry,
Smith and McCardell) who can start,
and two others (Ryan Brown and
John Harris) that can fll a role. At
defensive tackle, there are three play-
ers (P.J. Jones, Boyd and Virges) who
are good enough to play at a high
level in SEC competition. Tey are
backed up by four players (Dwayne
Cherrington, Devin Jones, Evans and
James), who will all see time on a
situational basis. If Evans lives up to
his fve-star hype, then he could be
right there with the three aforemen-
tioned defensive tackles.
Te defensive line is deep, but
the linebacker corps may be deeper.
Naturally, Skinner and Lawrence
lead the way on the outside, but their
back-ups are more than capable.
Wells, who was awarded the Player
of the Game by me, is likely next-
in-line to start if there is an injury.
Hughes, a violent linebacker who
had four tackles in the frst game,
including one for loss, is more than
ready to start as well. To round out
the outside linebacker position,
Christian Holmes can be plugged in
to either outside spot.
In the middle, the Bulldogs
have two young pups - Ferlando
Bohanna and McKinney - who both
should rotate equally at the mike
linebacker spot.
And if linebackers start drop-
ping like fies, Richie and Beniquez
Browns redshirts could be pulled.
Tey are both good enough to play in
a two-deep of any SEC team.
Te ability of the front seven to
be multiple is what really sets it apart.
In observing the frst game, I saw
several formations using the same
personnel sets. With the front sevens
capability to match-up, they will
enable Defensive Coordinator Chris
Wilson to get creative
against explosive of-
fenses.
Just take a few
players as an example.
Wells, about whom I
have talked throughout
this article, lined up at
defensive end, lineback-
er and safety in the frst
game.
Skinner, a start-
ing linebacker, lined up
at defensive end and
middle linebacker in the
nickel package.
Eulls, who started
at defensive tackle, can
play a standard defen-
sive end or line up in
the fve-technique (head up with the
ofensive tackle). I can only imagine
the packages that Wilson will cook up
this season, considering the versatility
of this front seven.
Now, Im honest enough to say
that I may be overreacting to a lid-
lifer game, but I think that certain
things translate in high-major match-
ups. If I end up being right, then the
Auburn Tigers ofense could look
like Jackson States when this front
seven gets done with them.
Do you believe the front seven
will be the diference maker?
Front Seven Could Be The Diference Maker For Bulldogs
By Jeremiah Short
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SHO UTING CO NTEST
Channel your inner Brando and shout
up to Stella on the balcony
Winner will be judged on emotion,
originality, and loudness
* FREE * FUN * PRIZES *
Limited to the first 25 shouters
Grand prize is dinner for two
and a carriage ride
to the Tennessee Williams play
Friday, September 7, 2012
Sign up starts at 5:30 pm
Shout Off starts at 6:00 pm
On the street in front of HOLLYHOCKS
Call 662-329-0025 for info.
Tennessee Williams
Tribute
&
Tour of
Victorian Homes