Closing the Divide’ Have a ‘Year of Action’

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President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2014, giving special recognition to Army Ranger Cory Remsburg. (Official Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership 2014 Chairman Andy Taggart, outgoing 2013 Chair- White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Movie director and producer Tate Taylor man Socrates Garrett and CEO/President Duane O’Neill PHOTOS BY TAMEKA GARRETT

By George E. Curry In a glowing review of his first By Ayesha K. Mustafaa followed by Garrett and Tag- Mississippi but it is happen- bring commerce and diver- NNPA Editor-in-Chief Editor five years in office, Obama said, gart. ing. The first was The Help, sity to a town. There are tour With a largely uncooperative, “Here are the results of your ef- With a changing of the “We have two more days which I filmed in Jackson and busses still coming to Green- highly-partisan Congress headed forts: The lowest unemployment guard - outgoing chairman of filming (the James Brown up in the Delta. That brought wood, Miss. into a mid-term election, Presi- rate in over five years. A rebound- of 2013 Socrates Garrett, and movie ‘Get On Up’) here in a $15 million impact to the “Since the release of The dent Barack Obama declared ing housing market. A manufac- incoming chairman Andy Jackson,” Taylor began. “Fri- Mississippi Delta. Help, they can attribute $5 in his State of the Union speech turing sector that’s adding jobs Taggart for 2014 - the Greater day, we go back to LA and “With the help of the Mis- million tourism dollars just Tuesday night, Jan. 28, 2014, that for the first time since the 1990s. Jackson Chamber Partnership finish up and this movie will sissippi legislators and the for the movie having been he will have ‘a year of action’ by More oil produced at home than (GJCP) once again held its be in theaters August 1 this governor, the film ‘Get On filmed there. That will hap- expanding economic opportunity we buy from the rest of the world annual meeting in downtown year.” He then explained why Up’ is filmed here. We will pen here in Jackson, as we through executive orders and oth- - the first time that’s happened in Jackson at the Jackson Con- he makes movies in Missis- have spent $27 million in are filming some of our most er action that do not require legis- nearly 20 years. Our deficits - cut vention Complex. GJCP’s lo- sippi. the state of Mississippi and important, key scenes right lative approval. by more than half. And for the cal office is located in down- “Filming here in Missis- half of it spent right here in here in Jackson. … Paris, “I’m eager to work with all of first time in over a decade, busi- town Jackson. sippi and in Jackson has been Jackson. I want to reiterate France - downtown Jackson; you,” Obama said in a speech that ness leaders around the world The presenters at the an- fantastic. Growing up here that every film and TV show Boston Gardens - downtown lasted a little longer than an hour. have declared that China is no nual GJCP luncheon painted as a boy, I went around town in my hands I want to film in Jackson; parts of Vietnam - “But America does not stand still longer the world’s number one a picture of a ‘closing divide’ making homemade movies my home state and hometown outside of Jackson. - and neither will I. So wherever place to invest; America is.” that was heard in the com- with some of your children Jackson. “I firmly believe that fos- and whenever I can take steps Obama continued, “…The ments from movie director who are in this room. And I “I’m a Jacksonian and I tering a filming industry here without legislation to expand question for everyone in this and Mississippi native Tate always hoped to have a career truly want to make this the is a unique way to bring com- opportunity for more American chamber, running through ev- Taylor, who dropped in with in film and this is a dream best place it can be and cel- merce and cultural diversity families, that’s what I’m going to ery decision we make this year, Gov. Phil Bryant, along with come true. ebrate what it has to offer and do.” is whether we are going to help speakers Duane O’Neill, “It’s been a long road in show it to the world on the ‘Closing the divide’ Repeating many of the themes or hinder this progress. For sev- GJCP president and CEO, getting my films made in big screen. That is how you Continued on page 3 he sounded in his State of the eral years now, this town has Union speech a year ago - and been consumed by a rancorous having seen congressional inac- argument over the proper size of tion on most of them - a frus- the federal government. It’s an trated Barack Obama promised to MIRA - Mississippi Immigration be more aggressive in using the State of the Union power of the presidency. Continued on page 6 Rights Alliance lobbies state legislators By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Hinds County Sheriff The Mississippi Immigra- tion Rights Alliance (MIRA) issued a call to the state Leg- Tyrone Lewis deputizes islature Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, to pass a measure that actor Dan Aykroyd would allow children of un- documented immigrants to attend college for the same cost as other children who have graduated from the state’s public schools. As the law stands now, children whose parents were not born in the U.S. must pay out of state tuition rates to attend college here. About 60 people gathered for a news conference at the Mississippi State Rep. Jim Evans speaks to supporters of MIRA and House Bill 209 at the state Capitol state Capitol to bring aware- Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE R. JONES ness to their efforts and gain support of other Mississip- ans. “Human rights are en- er,” Evans said. source by denying in-state pians for House Bill 209 and dowed by God. I don’t have This education issue has fees for students of undocu- other immigrant issues in- any conflict with that.” come before the legislature mented parents. “Under fed- cluding the ability of undocu- Evans referenced civil before without success. Ev- eral law, children of undocu- mented immigrants to obtain rights leaders Dr. Martin Lu- ans was optimistic this time mented immigrants go to our state driver’s licenses. ther King Jr. and activist Ce- because members of the public schools. We provide Mississippi State Rep. Jim sar Chavez, who both won state’s Black Caucus met with them with a public educa- Evans, District 70 and presi- Nobel Peace Prizes for their Speaker of the House Philip tion. Some were brought here Sheriff Tyrone Lewis and Deputy Dan Aykroyd PHOTOS BY FREDERICK dent of MIRA’s Board of fights to ensure equal rights Gunn to discuss the bill. Ev- as young children who have SMITH Directors, said his position in this country. “Nobel laure- ans said it is seldom that the spent virtually their whole on immigration is clear. “It ates in Norway declared some Caucus meets with the speak- lives in the state of Missis- Associated Press Jan. 24, 2014, Lewis swore doesn’t matter if you came years ago that workers rights er and the occurrence was sig- sippi, in our communities,” Hinds County Sheriff Ty- in Aykroyd as the newest ad- across on the Mayflower or were human rights. Dr. King nificant. rone Lewis has a new reserve walked across the border last won for civil rights; Cesar State Rep. Cecil Brown, deputy: actor Dan Aykroyd. In Aykroyd night, you’re entitled to the Chavez won for human rights, District 66, said the state is MIRA Continued on page 5 Continued on page 4 a Friday afternoon ceremony, same human rights,” said Ev- they are indelibly tied togeth- underutilizing a valuable re-

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‘Closing the divide’ Continued from page 1

New Horizon International Church praise team singing at the GJCP luncheon GJCP staff and members and cultural allegiance to our zens of our region to vote if strong person- town through the arts. All of they wanted to tax themselves alities who come you join me as a partner in this to improve their environment from different in making Jackson a movie and infrastructure. life experiences. destination bringing millions “The Chamber has been Our business of dollars to our town and pro- working with the Mayor (Lu- interests are viding employment opportu- mumba) who has called for competitive and nities to our citizens that they ‘one city, one aim, one des- sometimes even never could have imagined.” tiny’ and were able to assist in clash. We have Gov. Phil Bryant addressed the funding that put together disagreements the luncheon referring to Tay- teams to go out in the religious but can do so lor as “one who will become communities to get the refer- and grin about it known as one of the great endum passed. And it passed and work toward movie directors of our time, with 90 percent approval. Our ultimately mak- and he is from Jackson. He citizens want to invest in new ing this a better doesn’t just come home when roads and infrastructure and place to live.” Nissan representatives Scott Becker and Jeffrey Webster with Garrett and O’Neill we honor him…, he comes don’t want to see businesses Taggart con- and says, ‘I want to bring the leaving our city. cluded his re- movie industry to Mississippi “The lake plan is another marks acknowl- - not just once or twice in a of our initiatives. My friend edging the 50th decade. We will forever be in- Gary Rhoads, the mayor of anniversary of debted to his hard work.” Flowood, and I worked for the Freedom The governor had to deliver unity inside the Levee Board. Rides. He said, his State of the State annual We look to the day when we “If we are to turn address later that evening and will ride along beachfront that kind of his- made reference to the medi- property on the lake. We have tory into a glori- cal corridor he said will reach broken the chains that have ous gain, we are throughout Jackson and with kept us apart. going to have Gov. Bryant it hundreds of homes for its “It was the chamber that to learn to work workers. put together the trip to Hous- with each other. You are not community by pro- He also related how as a ton, Texas, on the eve of the my enemy if I disagree with moting all mem- deputy sheriff he saw Jackson governor’s inauguration to see you or even if you don’t like bers with oppor- under water and how the One how they built a health care me very much. tunities to expand Lake project will keep that corridor where people from “But we do have the com- their business. Taggart, Catchings, Garrett and O’Neill from ever happening again. all over the world come to be mon enemies of apathy, pov- “There is an economic devel- serviced. The governor went erty, prejudice, ignorance, opment tide arising here in the with us. When he came back, incivility, defeatism, demoni- metro area. The Mississippi he got the legislation passed zation and hell itself. I don’t and Civil Rights museums are to create the health care cor- have a vision to offer but I coming up where everyone ridor. will commit to grin when I can see the real Mississippi - “One new doctor doing a fight except when I fight hell the good, the bad and the ex- kidney transplant is equal to itself. citing. This is the time that we a smokestack in bringing new “When fighting hell itself, all rise together…. jobs to the area with all the I make a commitment to you “I believe Jackson will support staff that comes with that I will bear my teeth and make a comeback as those that. Health care is a quality bow my neck and still my re- 20-somethings begin to move of life and economic devel- solve to do the best I can to back into downtown Jackson opment issue. This chamber make this community bet- as the Capitol Street district is chairs a meeting with hospital ter by when I die than it was completed.” executives once a month to when I started.” Garrett presented the GJCP see what they can work to- The Greater Jackson Cham- awards, first recognizing the gether on.” ber Partnership is the leading volunteer of the year Rose- Incoming GCJP 2014 chair- economic and community mary Maxey; the business of man Andy Taggart, of Taggart, development organization in the year Nissan with the award Rimes and Graham PLLC, and Mississippi’s Capital com- accepted by Jeffery Webster Duane O’Neill presented Gar- munity. GJCP is a non-profit and national representative rett a token of appreciation. organization, which was orig- Scott Becker, and the first ever Taggart presented details inally chartered on August 23, lifetime achievement award to of GCJP’s Vision 2022 relat- 1880, as the Jackson Board of Howard Catchings, past chair- ing that while he does not live Trade and Cotton Exchange. man of GJCP. in Jackson, he comes into the It was established by busi- Garrett said, “The GJCP is city nearly every day to work. ness and professional men in the organization challenged to He said, “Every time you turn the city of Jackson to promote move our region and our com- on the tap, you have to have interests beneficial to indi- munity to a higher level. It has safe drinking water. And ev- vidual businesses and the city crafted the vision you see; the ery time you flush your toi- as a whole. On Sept. 12, 1921, Chamber has its Vision 2022 let the waste water has to go the Jackson Board of Trade and only have to come up with somewhere legal to be treated. changed its name to the Jack- the strategy to make it come Experts tell us that combined, son Chamber of Commerce. about. those two projects for the re- While formed primarily to “Education is one of those gion is going to cost some- serve the city of Jackson, the key initiatives. The Chamber thing like one billion dollars. needs of its Chamber mem- convenes many meetings ear- “And the people of the city bers had changed over 112 ly in the mornings and in the of Jackson have just voted a years. The Jackson Chamber evenings to bring our educa- sales tax hike on themselves of Commerce became the tors and legislators together. and it is incumbent on all of us Metro Jackson Chamber of We listen to them discuss to make sure we successfully Commerce in 1992 and ex- teacher pay, performance pay, complete these projects over panded its boundaries to cov- merit pay, charter schools, the next 20 years. Our entire er all of Hinds, Madison and academies and Alignment community depends on it. Rankin counties. Jackson. We facilitate those “My suggestion is we stay In 2007, the name changed discussions to move this re- the course and hunker down to the Greater Jackson Cham- gion forward. We have to find and live out what is Vision ber Partnership to reflect the the right fit for this region. 2022, to make it possible growth of the economic devel- “I too am from Mississippi for us to deliver just like we opment division’s area which with humble beginnings in would for our businesses. And added Attala, Copiah, Leake, Farmhaven, Miss., where my one person who has devoted Simpson and Warren counties. mother was a school teacher almost his entire career to this The Partnership has 2,100 and my father an entrepreneur. ideal is our president Duane members representing more My mother emphasized edu- O’Neill. And I am grateful to than 200,000 employees in the cation and good work ethics. my law partners who are per- Metro Jackson Area. Its mem- “Another initiative is the mitting me to serve in this ca- bers range from the sole pro- Core City Initiative. Voters pacity.” prietors to the largest corpora- just passed a 1 percent tax ref- Revealing more about his tions. erendum and the Chamber has personal style, Taggart said, Its board of directors and the been involved over the past “I like a man who grins when Chamber staff are dedicated to 10 years with our legislators he fights; that’s an important enhancing the financial climate to get the opportunity for citi- life lesson. We are people with of the metropolitan business BUSINESS

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Rogelio Peres, an immigrant from Guatemala, and Rosi Lopez’s sons Rogelio Rodriguez, left, and Ramiro Rodri- Johnny Mora performs mariachi music at the MIRA Roberta Avila, MIRA board member, at the press con- guez, will be able to attend a Mississippi college on in-state Atty. L. Patricia Ice, MIRA’s legal projects director, ad- press conference at the state Capitol. ference tuition because she was born in the U.S. dresses the crowd.

Brown said. not right; it’s not fair; it is not can’t get car insurance without to support their families. grants from Guatemala.” cost of a college education “They graduate high school, good for the economy of Mis- a license,” Ice said. She said MIRA board member Ro- Members of other orga- promotes economic growth pass the ACT test, work sum- sissippi. It’s not good for the plans are for a driver’s license berta Avila said her parents nizations involved with hu- and increases opportunity in mer jobs just like other Ameri- children.” bill to be introduced. “People were born in Mexico. “They man rights and workers rights the states and globally. “The can children and yet they are Organizers of the event in- need licenses to go to work came to Colorado where the turned out to stand in solidar- U.S. works best, Mississippi unable to get in-state college cluded Bill Chandler, execu- and go to school.” borders were more porous and ity with MIRA, including Ja- works best when we all do our tuition. They are in fact Mis- tive director of MIRA, and Rogelio Peres attended the I feel very fortunate that I was riba Hill of Mississippi Work- part to work together as one sissippians and should have Atty. L Patricia Ice, MIRA’s press conference because he able to go to school in the U.S. ers Center for Human Rights, nation, as one state indivisible the same rights to in-state tu- legal project director. Ice said said he supports House Bill and pay in-state tuition,” he Cassandra Welchlin of Missis- and strong.” ition as other children who 13 states already allow un- 209. “I want my children to be said. sippi Low Income Childcare Johnny Mora, whose family are people of Mississippi,” he documented immigrants to ob- able to continue their education Avila now lives on the Gulf Initiative, Jennifer Riley Col- has been in Arizona for four added. tain driver’s licenses, and four after high school,” said Peres, Coast. “I know how important lins of the American Civil Lib- generations, entertained the Fifteen states already have more have recently passed the who emigrated from Guate- that is for young people to be erties Union, Brenda Scott of crowd with mariachi music. adopted this provision, Brown measure. mala and is working to become able to achieve. My parents MASE, and long time activist Stephanie R. Jones can be said, adding about Mississip- “Everyone who drives a U.S. citizen. He said he also didn’t have to pay more and Father Jeremy Tovin. reached at srjones13@gmail. pi’s immigration law, “This is should have a license. You want people to be able to work this is the same for new immi- Collins said reducing the com or (601) 260-4232. Congratulations Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated National Founders’ Day Celebration • January 25, 2014 • Woodworth Chapel - Tougaloo College

Photo by Jay Johnson Winter storm causes massive gridlock, strands commuters and students in Atlanta and deep south Associated Press schools, businesses and gov- Helicopters took to the ernment offices all let out at skies Wednesday, Jan. 28, the same time the day of the 2014, to search for stranded storm. As people waited in drivers while Humvees deliv- gridlock, snow accumulated, ered food, water and gas - or the roads froze, cars ran out of a ride home - to people who gas and tractor-trailers jack- were stuck on roads after a knifed, blocking equipment winter storm walloped the that could have treated the Deep South. roads. In the chaos, though, Students spent the night on there were stories of rescues buses or at schools, commut- and kindness. ers abandoned their cars or By Wednesday afternoon, slept in them and interstates traffic began moving around turned into parking lots. Atlanta, though it was still The problems started when slow going in some areas.

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Aykroyd Continued from page 1 dition to his department’s re- and a new badge. He was Up,” a movie about soul sing- Photo of the Week serve squad. deputized at the Hinds County er James Brown. Lewis said Aykroyd sub- Sheriff Department headquar- Aykroyd said he wanted to mitted a letter of request to ters. work to bring more attention join the reserve unit. Aykroyd Aykroyd is in Mississippi to the needs of law enforce- Senator David Blount receives the received a uniform, patches as part of the cast of “Get On ment agencies. “Drum Mayor for Justice” Award

Hinds County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Othor Cain with Deputy Aykroyd

Terry, Mississippi’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast was held on January 25 at Little Bethel CME Church. Senator David Blount (District 29 – Hinds County) was one of three honorees receiving the Drum Major for Justice Award. Blount is welcomed by Judge Clyde Chapman and Supervisor George Smith. Mississippi lawmakers addressing smaller issue over teacher pay Akyroyd being sworn-in by Sheriff Lewis

The Mississippi Link Newswire equal monthly paychecks superintendents said they January 23, 2014 the Mis- for non-licensed employees were worried that em- sissippi House passed a bill including custodians, bus ployees could see a cash meant to ensure teachers get drivers and assistant teach- crunch. a full paycheck in August, ers. But House Education Mike Waldrop, execu- but school board leaders say Committee Chairman John tive director of the Mis- they don’t believe the pro- Moore, R-Brandon, said that sissippi School Boards posal is legal. amendment may not be legal. Association, said Jan. 22 The dispute is wrapped up Non-licensed employees the group believes the in an effort by school boards are treated as hourly employ- proposed law can’t over- and superintendents to roll ees, creating legal complica- come the constitutional back a 2012 legislative man- tions in trying to spread out prohibition. date that classes can’t start their pay in equal install- “You still pay people before the third Monday in ments. for time unworked and August. Those who want Typically, a teacher’s year- that’s a violation of the schools free to start earlier ly contract begins Aug. 1, Constitution,” he said. have been using the pay- and they get their pay in 12 “Constitution trumps check problem to push law- equal monthly checks, even state law.” makers for repeal. though they don’t work dur- Moore said school House Bill 71, passed on ing the summer. boards and superinten- a 120-0 vote, directs school For a 187-day contract, dents are trying to nit- districts to pay all employ- that works out to 16 days pick the proposed solu- ees in equal monthly inof work each month. But in tion. He said Attorney stallments. It’s meant to end 2014, schools can start Aug. General Jim Hood’s of- problems created by a recent 18. With 10 days of school fice has advised him that attorney general’s opinion and maybe three days of the proposal would solve saying that full August pay- preparation, a teacher likely the problem. checks would violate the won’t have done 16 days of “If the attorney general state Constitution’s ban on work. says it fixes it, it fixes it paying employees for work That would mean less than in my opinion,” Moore not yet performed. a full paycheck in August, said. He said districts An amendment to the bill although the remainder of are trying to pressure now on the floor of the House the pay would be made up in lawmakers on the school also attempts to guarantee following months. Last year, start date.

On Monday, Jan. 20, the State Capitol was filled to the loft with teachers appealing to the Missis- sippi state legislators for better pay. PHOTO BY AYESHA K MUSTAFAA 6 • the mississippi link January 30 - February 5, 2014 www.mississippilink.com State of the Union Continued from page 1 important debate - one that dates speeches, Obama did not call for dent Obama issued an executive Biden lead a review of the federal back to our very founding. higher tax rates on high-income order raising the minimum wage job training system; “But when that debate pre- earners. He also toned down his for federal contract workers from 4) Streamlining federal regu- vents us from carrying out even rhetoric on income inequality $7.25 an hour to $10.10. lations covering construction of the most basic functions of our from a month ago when he called To raise the minimum wage manufacturing factories that rely democracy - when our differ- it “the defining challenge of our beyond federal contractors, as on natural gas, and ences shut down government or time” and referred to a “danger- Obama has been urging for more 5) Convening a group of CEOs threaten the full faith and credit ous and growing inequality and than a year, he will need the sup- to solicit their ideas on how best of the United States - then we are lack of upward mobility.” port of Congress. He will also to get unemployed workers back not doing right by the American A recent report by Oxfam, a need cooperation from the House into the job market. people.” London based organization that and Senate to act on other issues On CNN Tuesday night, for- A major theme of the presi- seeks to eradicate poverty, found such as immigration, extending mer House Speaker Newt Gin- dent’s speech was providing that the wealth of one percent of unemployment benefits, tax re- grich criticized Obama for tak- expanded opportunity for all the richest people in the world First Lady Michelle Obama and the First Lady’s other box guests applaud form and expanding pre-K edu- ing so long to use the authority Americans - an opportunity to get ($110 trillion) is 65 times the total Army Ranger Cory Remsburg, who was recognized by President Barack cation. he has to issue executive orders, a job, to earn fair wages, to get an wealth of the bottom half of the Obama in the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the Although White House offi- which are presidential directives education and to have access to world’s population. U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2014. (Official White House cials are predicting some progress that interpret the constitution and affordable health care. The Tax Policy Center, a joint Photo by Pete Souza) on farm legislation and immigra- federal laws without needing the “Today, after four years of eco- venture of the Urban Institute and tion, they recognize that partisan approval of Congress. nomic growth, corporate profits the Brookings Institution, collect- Americans believe the “econom- tion,” President Obama said. politics traditionally grow even According to the National Ar- and stock prices have rarely been ed data that shows the top fifth of ic system in this country unfairly “That’s what most Americans more partisan in a mid-term elec- chives and The American Presi- higher, and those at the top have the U.S. population receives 66 favors the wealthy.” And even want - for all of us in this cham- tion, especially during a presidency Project, Obama has issued never done better. But average percent of tax-expenditure ben- larger margin - 65 percent - be- ber to focus on their lives, their dent’s second term. 168 executive orders. His 147 wages have barely budged. In- efits, the middle 60 percent of lieve the gap between the rich and hopes, their aspirations. And Consequently, the administra- during his first term were the few- equality has deepened. Upward the population receives slightly everyone else has increased over what I believe unites the people tion is advancing a series of mod- est by a president in more than mobility has stalled. The cold, more than 31 percent and the bot- the past 10 years. of this nation, regardless of race est initiatives, including: 100 years. By contrast, in their hard fact is that even in the midst tom fifth receives just 2.8 percent But instead of getting into or region or party, young or old, 1) Directing the Treasury De- first terms, Ronald Reagan issued of recovery, too many Americans of tax-expenditure benefits. The what his Republican critics like rich or poor, is the simple, pro- partment to create a starter re- 213, Bill Clinton 200 and George are working more than ever just top one percent of the population to call a class war, the president found belief in opportunity for all tirement savings account, called W. Bush 173. to get by - let alone get ahead. alone receives 23.9 percent of framed the issue through the lens - the notion that if you work hard “myRA” Obama defenders say many of And too many still aren’t work- tax-expenditure benefits. of a lack of progress for working- and take responsibility, you can 2) Hosting a White House sum- his executive orders have been far ing at all.” According to a recent Pew Re- class Americans. get ahead.” mit on working families; reaching, delaying enforcement Unlike past State of the Union search Center poll, 60 percent of “Let’s make this a year of ac- In an action on Tuesday, Presi- 3) Having Vice President Joe of certain sections of the Afford- able Care Act, federal recognition The Mississippi Link [USPS 017224] is published weekly of same-sex marriages and delay- TM by The Mississippi Link, Inc. 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www.mississippilink.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 THE mississippi link • 7 More implicated in I n M e m o r i a m Pete Seeger (1919-2014) nuke cheat probe ‘He changed the world one word at a time’ By John W. Whitehead Special to The Mississippi Link By John W. Whitehead Special to The Mississippi Link WASHINGTON - The cheating scandal inside the Air Force’s “My job is to show folks nuclear missile corps is expand- there’s a lot of good music in ing, with the number of service this world, and if used right, members implicated by investiga- it may help to save the plan- tors now roughly double the 34 et…. The world will be saved reported just a week ago, officials by people fighting for their said Tuesday, Jan. 28. homes. Homes will be saved It wasn’t immediately clear by people who fight for the whether the additional 30-plus air- world.” - Pete Seeger men suspected of being involved Pete Seeger, the 94-year-old in cheating on proficiency tests are activist-singer-songwriter who alleged to have participated in the tried to change the world with every note he uttered, has died. cheating directly or were involved FILE - This Jan. 9, 2014 file photo shows a mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear indirectly. Seeger belonged to a dying Seeger missile used for training by missile maintenance crews at F. E. Warren Air breed of Americans who cared Regardless, a doubling of the Force Base, Wyo. U.S. (AP Photo/Robert Burns, File) number implicated means that more about making a differ- Saipan in the Western Pacific. fended by the U.S. involve- ence using whatever resources approximately 14 percent of the forming that duty pending the out- the cheating investigation, includ- After the war, he helped start ment in Vietnam, Seeger, along were available to them than entire Air Force cadre of nuclear come of the investigation. ing any change in the number of the People’s Songs Bulletin, with other folk singers such as luxuriating in creature com- missile launch control officers, The Air Force has 450 inter- suspects, until the probe is com- later Sing Out! magazine, Joan Baez, led many protests. forts and basking in the glow which numbers about 500, has continental ballistic missiles, or pleted. which combined information In 1963, Seeger recorded the of their greatness. been removed at least temporar- ICBMs, on alert at all times, with The drug and cheating probes on folk music with social criti- now-famous gospel song “We Long before the Beatles or ily from active missile duty. It was a contingent of about 500 launch are being handled by the Air Force cism. Shall Overcome.” In 1965, he the Rolling Stones, Jim Hen- not clear Tuesday how that affects control officers, some number Office of Special Investigations. In 1950, Seeger formed The sang it on the 50-mile walk drix or Bob Dylan, there was the mission, beyond requiring the of which are unavailable on any A “profoundly disappointed” Weavers with Lee Hays, Ron- from Selma to Montgomery, Pete Seeger, a lone ranger remaining crew members to bear a given day due to illness or other Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee nie Gilbert and Fred Heller- Ala., with Martin Luther King fighting injustice with little bigger share of the work. reasons. So the number temporar- James, the service’s top civilian man. Targeted for the political Jr. and 1,000 other marchers. It more than a five-string banjo The officials who disclosed the ily unavailable for duty because official, told a Pentagon news con- messages behind some of their would go on to become the an- in hand and a gift for putting higher number cheating suspects of the cheating scandal is substan- ference last week that the alleged songs, the group was blacklist- them for the civil rights move- words to music. spoke on condition of anonym- tial - about 14 percent of the total cheating at Malmstrom was dis- ed and banned from television ment and translated into many Unarguably one of the most ity because they were not autho- if the number of those who have covered during a previously an- and radio. languages. important musical influences rized to disclose the information been decertified is now double the nounced probe of drug possession In 1955, the House Com- Seeger was awarded the of the 20th century, Seeger by name while the investigation is original 34. by 11 officers at several Air Force mittee on Un-American Ac- Presidential Medal of the helped to lay the foundation ongoing. Each day, a total of 90 officers bases, including at least two who tivities subpoenaed Seeger to Arts and the prestigious Ken- for American protest music, The Air Force announced on work in pairs inside 45 under- also are in the nuclear force and appear before them. During nedy Center Award in 1994. In singing out about the plight of Jan. 15 that while it was investi- ground launch control centers, suspected of participating in the the hearings, Seeger refused 1996, he was inducted into the everyday working folks and gating possible criminal drug use with each center monitoring and cheating ring. to disclose his political views Rock and Roll Hall of Fame urging listeners to political and by some airmen, it discovered that controlling a group of 10 ICBMs. The Air Force’s top general, and the names of his political for his contribution to music social activism. one missile officer at Malmstrom They work 24-hour shifts in the Mark Welsh, has said the removal associates. When asked by the and to the development of rock Born in New York City, May Air Force Base, Mont., had shared missile field and then return to of 34 missile launch officers at committee to name for whom and folk music. 3, 1919, Seeger, whose father test questions with 16 other of- their base. They generally do as one time appeared to be the larg- he had sung, Seeger replied: In April of that year, he re- was a pacifist musicologist, ficers. It said another 17 admitted many as eight of these shifts per est such action in the history of the “I am saying voluntarily that ceived the Harvard Arts Med- was plunged into the world to knowing about this cheating but month. missile force. He said there is “ab- I have sung for almost every al, and after decades of cre- of music and politics from an did not report it. The tests in question are de- solutely no excuse” for cheating. religious group in the country, ating songs, in 1997, Seeger early age. The 34 officers had their secu- signed to ensure proficiency by Defense Secretary Chuck Ha- from Jewish and Catholic, and won a Grammy Award for Best He studied sociology at Har- rity clearances suspended and they launch officers in handling “emer- gel last week ordered a review Presbyterian and Holy Rollers Traditional Folk Album for his vard University until 1938, were taken off missile launch duty. gency war orders,” which involve of the problems inside the ICBM and Revival Churches, and I album, Pete. when he dropped out and spent Lt. Col. John Sheets, a spokes- the classified processing of or- force and said he would assemble do this voluntarily. In May 2009, a broad cross- the summer bicycling through man for Air Force Global Strike ders received through their chain a group of outside experts to look “I have sung for many, many section of musicians including New England and New York, Command, which manages the of command to launch a missile. for solutions. Hagel is scheduled to different groups - and it is hard Bruce Springsteen, Dave Mat- painting watercolors of farm- nuclear Air Force, said he could These written tests are in addition meet with senior officers involved for perhaps one person to be- thews, John Mellencamp, Joan ers’ houses in return for food. not comment on the number of ad- to two other types of monthly test- in the nuclear force on Jan. 29 at lieve, I was looking back over Baez, Ani DiFranco, Roger Looking for but failing to ditional officers implicated in the ing on the missile system and on the Pentagon to discuss how to at- the 20 years or so that I have McGuinn of the Byrds, Em- get a job as a newspaper re- cheating investigation since last launch codes. tack the problems. sung around these 48 states, mylou Harris and others as- porter in New York City, he week, but he said all are launch An Air Force spokesman, Lt. Hagel has raised the possibility that I have sung in so many sembled at Madison Square then worked at the Archives control officers at Malmstrom and Col. Brett Ashworth, said the Air of reconsidering the way ICBM different places.” Garden to pay tribute to Seeger of American Folk Music at the all have been removed from per- Force would not discuss details of launch crews are tested. He was sentenced to one In an interview I conducted Library of Congress in Wash- year in jail but, quoting the with Pete Seeger several years ington, D.C. First Amendment, success- ago, I asked him whether he In 1940, Seeger met Woody fully appealed the decision had found an answer to the Guthrie at a Grapes of Wrath after spending four hours be- question “When will they migrant-worker benefit con- hind bars. Nevertheless, he ever learn?” which he repeat- Stinney case may get cert. Seeger, Guthrie, Lee was blacklisted most of his life edly posed in his song, “Where Hays and Millard Lampell from normal radio and televi- Have All the Flowers Gone.” joined together to form the Al- sion work. Seeger died Monday, Jan. another day in court manac Singers group, which During the 1960s, Seeger 27, 2014, peacefully in his became known for its political traveled around the country, sleep at New York-Presbyteri- The Associated Press radicalism. continuing to play his folk an Hospital, where he had been A 14-year-old black boy executed In 1942, Seeger was drafted songs for the peace and civil for six days. Family members nearly 70 years ago in South Caro- by the U.S. Army and sent to rights movements. Deeply of- were with him. lina is finally getting another day in court, but the judge and a prosecutor aren’t sure whether it is fair to judge what happened in a segregationist- era courtroom by modern standards. George Stinney was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. His law- yers argued his conviction was taint- ed by racism and scant evidence. FILE - This undated file photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Nearly all the evidence, including Archives and History shows George Stinney Jr., the youngest person ever Stinney’s confession that was central executed in South Carolina, in 1944. AP Photo/South Carolina Department of to the case, has disappeared, along Archives and History with the transcript of the trial. Law- yers working on behalf of Stinney’s was an outcry over putting someone growing up in the same mill town family have gathered new evidence, so young in the electric chair. News- where he grew up, and he has spent including sworn statements from his paper accounts said the straps in the a decade fighting to get him exon- relatives accounting for his where- chair didn’t fit around his 95-pound erated. “Somebody that didn’t kill abouts the day the girls were killed body and an electrode was too big someone is finally getting his day in and from a pathologist disputing the for his leg. court,” Frierson said. autopsy findings. Mullen acknowledged how the In 1944, Stinney was likely the The novel decision of whether to case was unusual. “No one here only black in the courtroom. On Jan. give someone executed a new trial can justify a 14-year-old child being 22, 2014 the courtroom was packed is in the hands of Circuit Judge Car- charged, tried, convicted and execut- with African-American supporters men Mullen. She said her task isn’t ed in some 80 days,” she said. and the prosecutor arguing against deciding whether Stinney is guilty Stinney’s supporters said racism, him is Ernest “Chip” Finney III, the or innocent, but whether he got a fair common in the Jim Crow era South, son of South Carolina’s first black trial at the time. meant deputies in Clarendon County chief justice. Finney argued there If Mullen finds in favor of Stinney, did little investigation after they de- shouldn’t be a new trial because it could open the door for hundreds cided Stinney was the prime suspect. the evidence was lost with the pas- of other appeals. They said he was pulled from his sage of time, not destroyed. He said But the Stinney case is unique. parents and interrogated without a he is shocked and dismayed that the At 14, he’s the youngest person ex- lawyer. justice system took such little regard ecuted in the United States in the School board member George for a boy’s life, but that was the way past 100 years. Even in 1944, there Frierson heard stories about Stinney justice operated at that time. 8 • the mississippi link January 30 - February 5, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Jim Hill School cheerleaders invited to compete at National High School Cheerleading Championship The Mississippi Link Newswire The Jim Hill High School cheerleaders have been invited to compete at the National High School Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Fla., at the Walt Disney Re- sort. The cheerleaders received the invitation after placing 3rd at the Mid-South Re- gional Cheer Competition held Nov. 2, 2013, in South- aven, Miss. The national meet takes place Feb. 8 and 9, 2014, and will be nationally televised on the ESPN network. The team is making plans to go and are holding fundraisers Jim Hill High School cheerleaders perfoming at the JPS Dec. 17 JPS Board meeting after accepting a bid to to pay for the trip. perform at the National Cheerleading Championship. Jim Hill High School cheerleaders Their attendance would put JPS cheerleaders on the years. which includes transporta- squad has raised $7,000. To and look for the “Jim Hill For more information on national competition stage The entire cost for the trip tion, lodging, and registra- make a donation, visit www. Cheerleaders go to Nation- how you can help, call Tami- for the first time in recent is approximately $12,400, tion fees. So far, the cheer GoFundMe.com webpage als.” ka Harris at (678) 640-4782.

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www.mississippilink.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 THE mississippi link • 9 Tougaloo professor co-edits book series Dr. Loye Ashton to edit series on comparative theology The Mississippi Link Newswire flection and draws from the The series, which Dr. Ash- Traditions,” and it is pub- it different in kind from con- Dr. Loye Ashton, associate resources of more than one ton co-edits with Dr. John J. lished by Fordham University structive or systematic theol- professor of religious stud- religious tradition. Thatamanil, offers a venue for Press. ogy.’” Another topic of inter- ies and director of the Center “We are always happy to constructive thinkers, from “We are primarily interested est, explained Ashton, is who for International Studies and see our professors branch out a variety of religious tradi- in rich comparative studies is this comparative theologian Global Change at Tougaloo in this way,” said Tougaloo tions (or thinkers belonging to that bring two, or more, tradi- and what is the relationship to College, is set to co-edit a College president, Dr. Bev- more than one), who seek to tions into conversation,” said the traditions from which he book series on comparative erly W. Hogan. “It ultimately advance theology understood Dr. Ashton. “And we also wel- learns? theology. feeds the discussion in the as “deep learning” across reli- come and encourage works For more information about The series invites writing classroom, and incorporates gious traditions. The book se- that explore methodological submissions, please contact that engages in constructive new ideas into the the teach- ries is entitled, “Comparative questions such as: ‘What is Dr. Ashton directly at 601- comparative theological re- ing process.” Theology: Thinking Across comparative theology and is 977-7944. Ashton JSU officially opens its new Tougaloo Community College Relations office College elects The Mississippi Link Newswire Jackson State University President Carolyn W. Meyers, new board chair Provost James C. Renick and Dr. Priscilla Slade were joined by a host of faculty, staff and students Jan. 21 2014 for the grand opening of the new Community College Relations Office. Community College Rela- tions advances JSU by increasing enrollment and reten- tion, attracting academically talented transfer students and creating opportunities for col- laboration between faculty at JSU and community colleges. Meyers said the opening of the office “was a new chapter” for JSU, adding that the state’s educational needs are great Jackson State University President Carolyn W. Meyers, Provost James C. Renick and Dr. Priscilla Slade and must be addressed. The Mississippi Link Newswire cal Pathology, Mississippi “It’s going to take entities Dr. Wesley Flewerny Prat- Medical and Surgical Soci- all along the education con- er, a native of Woodville and ety, Mississippi Association tinuum to help people achieve an alumnus of Tougaloo, of Public Health Physicians, their academic goals,” Meyers was recently named chair- and the Jackson Medical So- said. man of the Tougaloo College ciety. Slade heads the program as Board of Trustees. Dr. Prater He has been a member of special assistant to the provost had served as vice-chair dur- the medical staff of Madison for community colleges. She ing the last term of LeRoy G. County Medical Center since said there are many pathways Walker Jr.’s tenure as chair- 1984 where he has served as to college success and that man. the director of the obstetrics most first-year students are Dr. Prater graduated from and gynecology service, the choosing to attend community the Wilkinson County Train- director of surgical services, colleges. In 2011, freshman ing School in 1965 and at- vice chief of staff, chief of enrollment at community col- tended Tougaloo College staff and chairman of the leges was greater than 36,000, from 1965 to 1969. After board. she said. That compares to graduating from Tougaloo He served as board chair- around 15,000 at the state’s with a bachelor of science man during the construc- universities. in chemistry, he attended tion of a replacement hos- “We will not compete with Priscilla Slade LaTia Peavy the University of Cincinnati pital, renamed Madison Mississippi’s community col- College of Medicine, receiv- River Oaks Hospital, costing leges. We will become aggres- lege students could come and with Holmes Community Col- as a “transfer success mentor,” ing his Doctor of Medicine $46,000,000. sive and valuable partners,” be relaxed and enjoy them- lege that allows Holmes stu- helping other transfer students in 1974. Dr. Prater did his His professional publica- Slade said. selves,” Slade said. “He had dents to pursue a bachelor’s ease into university culture. residency in obstetrics and tions in refereed journals and The remodeled office is on a vision about how JSU could degree from JSU in selected “We tell the transfer stu- gynecology at the King/ respected texts include “Gi- the first floor of the Jacob L. recruit. This is quite visionary. fields, including elementary dents about events on campus. Drew Postgraduate Medical ant Condyloma Acuminatum Reddix Building. The space Not every university is doing education and criminal justice, We also attend the events with School, Los Angeles, Calif. of the Endocervix and Lower has a lounge for students and this.” without ever leaving the Hol- them,” Peavy said. “I wish from 1974-1978, serving as Uterine Segment” and “Mi- offices where students can get JSU has an agreement with mes campus. there had been something like the executive chief resident, croinvasive Carcinoma of information and complete the Hinds Community College fo- LaTia Peavy transferred this when I first arrived.” 1977-1978. the Cervix.” necessary paperwork to make cused on easing the transition from East Central Community For more information about After operating a success- Dr. Prater is a member of their transition to JSU. from community college to a College to JSU in fall 2012. the Community College Rela- ful solo practice in Canton, New Hope Baptist Church. “Dr. Renick had a vision for four-year university. And last She now works in the Commu- tions, visit http://www.jsums. Miss., Prater retired from ac- He is also a member of nu- a space where community col- fall, JSU signed an agreement nity College Relations Office edu/transfer/. tive practice in 2008. He now merous community and civic serves as a consultant for organizations, Merchants the G. A. Carmichael Fam- and Farmer Bank, Canton ily Health Center in Canton Branch Advisory Board and Mississippi organization launches and is the medical director, Alpha-Phi-Alpha Fraternity, Women’s Health Services, Inc. He was inducted into Mississippi State Depart- the Tougaloo College Hall of a new education resource website ment of Health, where he is Fame in 2001 and is a life- responsible for all obstetri- time member of the Touga- The Mississippi Link Newswire January 2014. The Center will con- event templates. Most importantly, Good. “The online knowledge hub cal and gynecological ser- loo College National Alumni CCA for Social Good, an operat- duct a series of hands-on trainings these tools are downloadable tem- we provide allows users to share vices received by patients in Association. ing division of CCA Global Part- statewide to familiarize child care plates (all in Microsoft Word or Ex- pragmatic resources, save money the eighty-two county health Dr. Prater is married to ners, and The Center for Education providers with the platform. The cel) that can be customized to reflect because of the collective buying department system. Gwendolyn Spencer Prater Innovation announce the launch of trainings will be in February 2014. each organization’s name, branding power of ECE centers, and simplify “I am honored to be given (Tougaloo College, class of MSEarlyLearningResources.org, “Prior to MSEarlyLearnin- and content specific to their child management functions so child care the opportunity to serve as 1970). They have two chil- an online platform that delivers a gResources.org, child care direc- care center, saving valuable time programs can spend less time solv- chairman of the board of dren, Djenaba Ain Prater wealth of practical resources for tors in Mississippi regularly spent and increasing professionalism and ing problems and managing admin- trustees of Tougaloo Col- Swan (Joel) and Wesley early childhood education directors, a considerable amount of time quality in the sector. istrative details and more of their lege, an institution that has Spencer Prater and two family care providers, and teachers. researching the complexities of a “Another key benefit of the pro- time where it counts the most, face- been paramount to the pro- grandchildren, Aden Emile Its goal is clear: to help save time, given early childhood education gram is the group purchasing power to-face with the children.” fessional success that I have Swan and Elison Ahmir reduce costs, and improve quality. (ECE) topic, scouring the web for of the program. The program offers The site can be accessed by achieved,” said Dr. Prater. Prater Swan. Most simply, the platform helps its a resource, and creating a branded a number of discounts on products visiting www.MSEarlyLearnin- “The charge for the board of “We are so very fortunate users manage their programs more manual or flyer on their own,” stat- and services available to child care gResources.org. Interested parties trustees is to do all that it can that Wesley has agreed to efficiently. ed Angela Carson, business coordi- centers. The Center will negotiate in Mississippi can fill out a New to ensure that this great, his- chair the board of trustees,” Sponsored by The Center for Ed- nator for The Center for Education with Mississippi companies inter- member request form by clicking toric institution continues to said Dr. Beverly W. Hogan, ucation Innovation, located in Jack- Innovation. “Now, all of that infor- ested in providing products and ser- on “Interested in Learning More?” grow and prosper for genera- president of Tougaloo Col- son, MSEarlyLearningResources. mation is housed in one location, vices to childcare centers.” upon visiting the site. tions to come.” lege. “Not only does he share org will ultimately be available to and is specific to Mississippi’s state “In keeping with the shared ser- Eligibility will be determined by Dr. Prater’s professional our enthusiasm about the fu- all child care providers in the state guidelines. vices movement in the ECE field, The Center for Education Innova- organization affiliations in- ture of Tougaloo College, of Mississippi. Currently, 50 child- “Our directors find the program MSEarlyLearningResources.org is tion after completion of the pilot clude: The National Medical but he also brings a wealth care centers in Grenada County, administration guides, handbooks, one of only thirteen other states that program. Association, Inc., Jackson of experience, both person- Hinds County, Rankin County, and and policies tremendously valuable. sponsor ECE shared resources plat- For more information about Mis- Gynesic Society, American al and professional, to the Sunflower County form the site’s Other staff have also praised the forms managed by CCA for Social sissippi Early Learning Resources, College of Physician Ex- table, as well as a firm and inaugural user base during an ini- teacher and classroom resources, Good,” explained Denise Sayer, please contact Angela Carson at ecutives, American Society longstanding commitment of tial pilot phase, scheduled to end in including creative project ideas and vice president of CCA For Social (601) 955-1132. for Colposcopy and Cervi- service to the college.” HEALTH

10 • the mississippi link January 30 - February 5, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Law proposed for autistic The new face of food stamps: working-age Americans NYC boy who vanished By Hope Yen Associated Press By Verena Dobnik Groups that ad- In a first, work- Associated Press vocate for autism- ing-age people The federal government affected families now make up would pay for GPS tracking have made it a the majority in devices for autistic children priority to increase U.S. households under legislation proposed awareness of wan- that rely on food by Sen. Chuck Schumer and dering. The study stamps - a switch named for a New York City found that half of from a few years boy who wandered away from parents with autis- ago, when chil- his school three months ago tic children never dren and the el- and was found dead in a city received advice derly were the river. or guidance from main recipients. “Avonte’s Law,” named for a professional on Some of the 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo, how to cope with change is due to would provide $10 million to wandering. Ex- demographics, pay for the high-tech device perts have recom- such as the trend that could be worn on the mended precau- Oquendo toward having wrist, kept in a wallet or sewn tionary measures, fewer children. into clothing. including autistic children autistic children already have But a slow eco- Avonte walked away from wearing ID bracelets or track- used privately funded tracking nomic recovery his Queens school in October ing devices. devices. Maggie Barcellano plays with her three-year-old daughter, Zoe, at Lakeway City Park with high unem- and his body was found in the “Lord knows, if we had Michael Rosen, executive in Lakeway, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Working-age people now make up the ployment, stag- East River earlier this month. known within a matter of min- director of New York-based majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps, a switch from a few years ago. nant wages and About 200 mourners gathered utes where this boy was when Autism Speaks, attended (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa) an increasing Saturday for his funeral and he had walked out in a school, the news conference with gulf between low-wage and investigators are still trying to we might not be here,” said his 26-year-old autistic son, food stamps with the help of good-paying jobs in areas high-skill jobs also plays a determine how he died. David Perecman, an attorney Nicky. the nonprofit Any Baby Can, such as manufacturing have big role. It suggests that gov- “We can’t change the past, for Avonte’s family who has As a child, “he would race to help save up for paramed- disappeared, shrinking the ernment spending on the $80 but we can take necessary been speaking on their behalf. across the street to a neigh- ic training. American middle class and billion-a-year food stamp steps to ensure we learn from “Never again.” bor’s living room ... and he’d Since 2009, more than bumping people with higher program - twice what it cost this and put in place programs Avonte’s mother smiled end up all of a sudden tear- 50 percent of U.S. house- levels of education into low- five years ago - may not sub- that will ensure that no parent faintly as she listened to ing apart their living room, or holds receiving food stamps er-wage work. side significantly anytime and no child has to go through Schumer’s proposal, which he’d be across the street on a have been adults ages 18 to An analysis Ziliak con- soon. a similar nightmare in the fu- he said might have saved her roof because he was attracted 59, according to the Census ducted for the AP finds that Food stamp participa- ture,” Schumer said at a news son’s life. He plans to intro- to heights,” Rosen said of his Bureau’s Current Popula- stagnant wages and income tion since 1980 has grown conference in his Manhat- duce the legislation on Mon- son. “You can’t turn your back tion Survey. The food stamp inequality play an increasing the fastest among workers tan office, joined by Avonte’s day, Jan. 27. for one second.” program defines non-elderly role in the growth of food with some college training, mother, Vanessa Fontaine, and The program would re- One in 88 American chil- adults as anyone younger stamp rolls. a sign that the safety net has grandmother Doris McCoy. semble one that Schumer said dren had some form of autism than 60. Taking into account chang- stretched further to cover About half of autistic chil- has successfully kept track of spectrum disorder in 2008, As recently as 1998, the ing family structure, higher America’s former middle dren are prone to wandering, people with Alzheimer’s dis- according to the latest esti- working-age share of food unemployment and policy class, according to an analy- according to research pub- ease using a computer-pro- mate from the Centers for Dis- stamp households was at a expansions to the food stamp sis of government data for lished in 2012 in the journal grammed alert system. That ease Control and Prevention. low of 44 percent, before program, the analysis shows The Associated Press by Pediatrics, and wandering program signals police depart- That’s a 78 percent increase the dot-com bust and subse- that stagnant wages and in- economists at the Univer- has led to the deaths of more ments when someone wear- compared to 2002. quent recessions in 2001 and come inequality explained sity of Kentucky. Formally than 60 autistic children since ing the device leaves a place Rosen and other experts say 2007 pushed new enrollees just 3.5 percent of the change called Supplemental Nutri- 2008. About 90 percent of the where they are supposed to be. the increase is due to better into the program, according in food stamp enrollment tion Assistance, or SNAP, wandering fatalities in recent Each device costs about $85, and broader diagnoses, plus to the analysis by James Zil- from 1980 to 2011. But from the program now covers one years have been drowning vic- plus a few dollars in monthly awareness and other unknown iak, director of the Center for 2000 to 2011, wages and in- in seven Americans. tims, according to the Nation- fees, the senator said, adding factors. The group supports Poverty Research at the Uni- equality accounted for 13 The findings coincide with al Autism Association. that hundreds of families with Schumer’s legislation. versity of Kentucky. percent of the increase. the latest economic data By education, about 28 Several economists say showing workers’ wages and percent of food stamp house- food stamp rolls are likely salaries growing at the low- holds are headed by a person to remain elevated for some est rate relative to corporate with at least some college time. Historically, there has Study finds why some profits in U.S. history. training, up from 8 percent been a lag before an improv- Economists say having a in 1980. Among those with ing unemployment rate leads job may no longer be enough four-year college degrees, to a substantial decline in for self-sufficiency in to- the share rose from 3 percent food stamp rolls; the Con- supplements might be risky day’s economy. to 7 percent. High-school gressional Budget Office has “A low-wage job supple- graduates head the bulk of projected it could take 10 By Lauran Neergaard University of Gothenburg. For ments should be used with cau- mented with food stamps is AP Medical Writer food stamp households at years. someone at high risk, such as a tion.” becoming more common for 37 percent, up from 28 per- Full- and part-time work- Antioxidant vitamins are former smoker, taking extra an- But biologically, scientists the working poor,” said Tim- cent. In contrast, food stamp ers employed year-round saw widely assumed to be cancer tioxidants “could speed up the couldn’t explain why antioxi- othy Smeeding, an econom- households headed by a the fastest growth in food fighters even though research growth of that tumor.” dants might harm. The report ics professor at the Univer- high-school dropout have stamp participation since in smokers has found high dos- Antioxidants are compounds in the journal Science Trans- sity of Wisconsin-Madison dropped by more than half, 1980, making up 17 percent es may actually raise their risk that help protect cells from lational Medicine, Jan. 29, is a who specializes in income to 28 percent. and 7 percent of households, of tumors. Now a new study certain types of damage, and first step to do so. inequality. “Many of the The shifts in food stamp respectively. In contrast, the may help explain the paradox. antioxidant-rich fruits and veg- The research doesn’t exam- U.S. jobs now being created participation come amid share of food stamp house- Swedish scientists gave anti- etables certainly are healthy. ine whether antioxidants might are low- or minimum-wage broader changes to the holds headed by an unem- oxidants to mice that had early- The question is the health effect help prevent tumors from form- - part-time or in areas such economy such as automa- ployed person has remained stage lung cancer, and watched of extra-high doses in pill form. ing in the first place - only what as retail or fast food - which tion, globalization and out- largely unchanged, at 53 the tumors multiply and be- Studies in people have shown happens if cancer already has means food stamp use will sourcing, which have polar- percent. Part-year workers come aggressive enough that mixed results but haven’t prov- begun. stay high for some time, even ized the job market. 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www.mississippilink.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 THE mississippi link • 11 Obama seeks to do something Arnold Pinkney: with do-nothing Congress “tailor” of Democracy By George E. Curry “Among its conclusions is that of a black President,” Obama told By Lee A. Daniels This was one of the actions at the NNPA Columnist NNPA Columnist Obama, a former state legislator the New Yorker magazine in an in- convention which provoked south- President Barack and U.S. senator, too often gov- terview. It’s not likely that ern segregationists to break with the Obama’s State of erned more like a prime minister “There is a historic connection the name of Arnold Democrats and form the short-lived the Union speech than a president. In a parliamentary between some of the arguments that Pinkney, who died Dixiecrat Party. Tuesday night, Jan. system, a prime minister is elected we have politically and the history at 83 in Cleveland Pinkney took the lesson - the un- 28, 2014, parts of by lawmakers and thus beholden to of race in our country, and some- Jan. 13, is widely- breakable connection between poli- which were shared them in ways a president is not. times it’s hard to disentangle those known among the tics and black Americans’ advance- over the past week- “As a result, Washington veter- issues.” public. But it was ment - to heart. The campaigns of end, was designed to be upbeat and ans have been brought into the West Obama is not the only one who nonetheless historically appropriate white and black candidates he was to again sketch his vision for an Wing to emphasize an executive thinks race drives many of his op- that his funeral was held Jan. 18, the involved in by themselves suggest Pinkney economically “United” States of style of governing that aims to side- ponents. A Rasmussen poll last No- weekend of the holiday honoring a substantial chunk of America’s America. step Congress more often.” vember found: “One-in-four voters Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. political history of the post-World for the Democratic Party presi- But this year’s speech, like the That means more executive or- believes racism is the driving factor Arnold Pinkney’s business acu- War II era. dential nomination in 1972; Jesse one a year ago and like his second ders and leaving the legislative hag- behind opposition to his [Obama’s] men and civic activism validated But none were more important Jackson’s crucial insurgent presi- inaugural address, was a gallant ef- gling primarily to Senate Majority policies.” to an extraordinary degree the than the two involving the brothers dential campaigns of the 1980s; fort to remain relevant during an era Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada). While Obama is unlikely to make Civil Rights Movement’s promise Carl and Louis Stokes. In 1967, he and further down the road, Presi- of a do-nothing Congress that will Obama understands that the any progress on race, he hopes that of what “destroying the barriers to helped steer Carl Stokes to victory dent Barack Obama’s victories that do even less in 2014. Republican-controlled House in anger over huge corporate profits black Americans’ full participation as the first black mayor of Cleve- were grounded in the extraordinary Heading into his sixth year of of- particular will continue to obstruct and record Wall Street gains will be in American society could pro- land - also the first black American decades-long commitment of black fice, Obama has finally accepted the whatever legislative plans he might a rallying point for both Democrats duce.” ever to become mayor of a major voters to play “smart politics.” reality that he can’t change Wash- offer. and Republicans. A striking marker of Pinkney’s American city. Taylor Branch makes the point in ington - at least not for the better. According to the Pew Research According to the Tax Policy Cen- significance can be gleaned from A year later, he managed the the introduction to the third volume Having already passed the Afford- Center, the 113th Congress “is on ter, the top fifth of the population re- the fact that, in effect, his was a state campaign that made Louis Stokes of his magisterial narrative of King able Health Care Act, the signature track to be one of the least produc- ceives 66 percent of tax-expenditure funeral. the first black Ohioan ever elected and the civil rights years, stating, accomplishment of his administra- tive.” Unlike most measurements benefits, the middle 60 percent of John Kasich, Ohio’s Republican to Congress and only the ninth “Nonviolence is an orphan among tion, Obama’s goal in his last two that only take into account the the population receives a little more governor, ordered flags throughout black American in Congress in democratic ideas. It has nearly van- years will be less ambitious. amount of legislation passed, Pew than 31 percent of tax-expenditure the state flown at half-staff. And Ka- the 20th century. (Democrats Wil- ished from public discourse even That will be to continue to im- tallied only substantive legislation benefits, the bottom fifth receives sich and an array of elected and ap- liam Clay of St. Louis and Shirley though the most basic element of prove the economy, lower the un- and found this Congress lacking. just 2.8 percent of tax-expenditure pointed government officials from Chisholm of Brooklyn were also a free government - the vote - has employment rate, expand access Consequently, according to anoth- benefits and the top 1 percent of the across the state and the Congress elected to Congress that year.) no other meaning. Every ballot is to early childhood education, enact er Pew survey, “Views of Congress population receives 23.9 percent of attended the service at Cleveland’s Those signal achievements were a piece of nonviolence, signifying immigration reform, make progress remain historically negative: just 21 tax-expenditure benefits. Olivet Institutional Baptist Church. hardly the end of Pinkney’s activ- hard-won consent to raise politics on climate control and curb the na- percent have a favorable opinion of And the report pointed out, “That’s President Obama sent a message ism in Cleveland, and state and above firepower and bloody con- tion’s propensity to get entangled in Congress while 70 percent view it more than eight times as much as the of condolence, as did Rev. Jesse national politics. But just noting quest.” wars that have little, if anything, to unfavorably. Opinions of Congress bottom fifth of the population, and Jackson, whose 1984 insurgent them is sufficient to underscore the In other words, even as they do with our national security. fell to a 20-year low in August 2011, nearly as much as the middle 60 per- campaign for the Democratic nomi- historical significance of his death rhetorically ignored nonviolence, With many of his proposals lost following the contentious debate cent of the population.” nation for president was managed at the moment of this year’s King blacks were busy adapting and ap- in the logjam of Congress, Obama over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, Republicans, traditional protec- by Pinkney. Holiday. plying the energy of the nonviolent, now plans to do more by executive and have never recovered. tors of the rich, aren’t likely to join That latter fact, for those who It reminds us how powerful Mar- mass-action protest movement and order, according to his aides. Speak- “Large majorities across nearly President Obama in trying to narrow don’t know of Pinkney’s activism, tin Luther King Jr.’s inspiration re- its hard-won products directly to ing Sunday, Jan. 26, on ABC’s “This all demographic and partisan groups the gap between rich and poor. And strongly suggests the important mained even amid the great turbu- the mainstream political system. Week,” Press Secretary Jay Carney have an unfavorable impression of they’re even less likely to do so in role he played in the black freedom lence and violence of the late 1960s That was the kind of work at which said: Congress. About seven-in-ten inde- a mid-term election year, a time the struggle of the latter half of the 20th In fact, those were the years Pinkney was so much an expert. “What we saw in 2013 was a pendents (73 perceent) view Con- party in power usually looses seats century. when black Americans, empowered So one could say that Arnold Washington that did not deliver for gress unfavorably, as do 69 percent in Congress. His participation in politics be- by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Pinkney was an exemplary political the American people. The president of Democrats and 67 percent of Re- George E. Curry, former edi- gan four decades before that, how- the Voting Rights Act of 1965, were activist. But he could also be con- sees this as a year of action, work publicans.” tor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, ever. As a teenager listening to a able to focus their full strength on sidered a “tailor” of democracy, with Congress where he can and In a break from his normal over is editor-in-chief of the National radio broadcast of the Democratic traditional American political activ- because he was one of the many to bypass Congress where neces- cautiousness, Obama acknowl- Newspaper Publishers Associa- National Convention in 1948, he ity. people spread across the country sary….” edged that race may be a factor in tion News Service (NNPA.) He is heard Minneapolis Mayor Hubert That, in turn, led to such results who, amid and after the days of the According to the Washington the strong oppositions to his pro- a keynote speaker, moderator, and H. Humphrey (later to be a U.S. as the sharp rise in the number of Civil Rights Movement, worked to Post, White House senior adviser grams. media coach. Curry can be reached Senator and then vice president to black elected officials by the early institutionalize the principles and Dan Pfeiffer has submitted a three- “There’s no doubt that there’s through his Web site, www.george- President Lyndon Johnson) fervent- 1970s; the founding of the Congres- practices of democracy: to sew page memo that outlines a different some folks who just really dislike curry.com. Also follow him at www. ly urge delegates to support a strong sional Black Caucus in 1970; Shir- them, one might say, into the fabric strategy for 2014. me because they don’t like the idea twitter.com/currygeorge. civil rights plank. ley Chisholm’s insurgent campaign of American society. When black men flex, society gets scared By Walter Fields player, Vaughn McKoy. It was ateness of Sherman’s comments and defiance. cisco’s Michael Crabtree, was refreshing moments of television NNPA Guest Columnist Seattle Seahawks cornerback after he made a game winning Here was a young black man mediocre. Now, one can debate I have viewed in ages. By chance I Richard Sherman who stole the play. who takes extreme pride in his whether that charge is legitimate, ‘Black men who flex’ have watched the NFL show. For two black men watching craft, works hard to master the but you can’t dispute the fact that always upset the nation’s equi- playoff games His now infamous post-game the game, it was one of those mo- task he is assigned, and is un- Sherman lived up to his bravado. librium. It was the defiance of at the home of a interview with ESPN’s Erin An- ments when few words needed to afraid to proclaim himself the best This episode is just another re- Robeson, King, Malcolm, Huey, friend and former drews set the Internet on fire, as a be spoken. I can’t express how at what he does. minder that society likes its black Elijah and Stokely that fright- college football debate ensued over the appropri- much I loved Sherman’s passion Sherman’s post-game procla- men docile, silent and intimi- ened America - more so than mation was vintage Muhammad dated. Sherman’s real offense is their claims against the nation. It Ali. And like the boxing legend, that he violated the social norm is one thing to be great, it is quite the young Seattle defensive star in America. How dare this young another to know it and to not be is taking hits not for his play but black man proclaim himself the diminished in your greatness by because he has enough self-con- best. How arrogant that Sherman the insecurities of others. fidence to proclaim himself the did not act more “gracefully” in Black boys are demoralized best. victory and more diplomatically in school buildings and scarce When Donald Trump does it, in his response. in the classroom. Black boys are he’s called confident, a genius. There would have been no emboldened by criminality and When Richard Sherman does “chatter” about Sherman had he disproportionately behind prison it, he is belittled as an arrogant responded in a more subdued bars. The same boldness that is n*gg*r. manner. In fact, he would have evident among black boys in pris- What a different nation we been hailed as a “model” athlete, ons is crushed when they are in would be if more black men felt as someone worthy of adulation the classroom. free enough to claim their great- and emulation by youth. Instead, Society takes great pleasure in ness, free enough to speak their this bright, articulate and intel- emasculating black males. I have minds, and bold enough to care ligent Stanford grad is attacked seen it in the way black men in less what others thought. because he wasn’t Negro enough. executive positions in corpora- The criticism of Sherman has When black men flex, society tions and not-for-profit organiza- been patently racist and in some gets scared. We are not supposed tions cower and meekly subscribe instances simply ignorant. Here to be intelligent and confident to actions that further marginal- is a professional athlete, at the top enough to recognize our own ize the masses. Many black men of his game, who warned that the value. We are expected to be sub- have accepted their role to be opposition could not make a play servient and to show deference to barely seen and not heard. on him. everyone; particularly those who Richard Sherman in one glori- In his interview with ESPN’s theoretically exercise political or ous unrehearsed moment of de- Andrews, who by the way de- economic control over us; wheth- fiance exhaled for many of us. fended Sherman, he did not use er they are white or look like us. What a different nation we would foul language or use an obscene It is the residual residue of an be if more black men felt free gesture but simply made it clear era when we had to walk with enough to claim their greatness; that he was better than his oppo- heads lowered at the sight of a free enough to speak their mind; nent. I thought that’s what athletic white person and dared not make and bold enough to care less what competition was about. eye contact. Richard Sherman others thought. Climate Change Channeling “The Greatest,” held his head high and had his I’ll take Richard Sherman on the Seahawk did not back down eyes trained on America and let my team any day. By Eric Garcia. Chicago, IL, courtesy of BlackCommentator.com from his prior proclamations that the country know he knows how Walter Fields is executive edi- the receiver in question, San Fran- good he is. It was one of the most tor of NorthStarNews.com.

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Stellar Awards continues legacy of By Daphne Higgins God! Religion Editor To everyone who sent me It’s a Monix and my siblings a word of excellence during all celebrations Family update! love, I want to thank you Be honest, with for your prayers and sup- The Mississippi Link Newswire new energy as co-hosts of the me, would you port. Yes, sorrow was the The 2014 Stellar Awards has event, which featured nation- expect any- immediate emotion that I/we earned the reputation of be- ally known artists and several thing else after felt when we learned of our ing an excellent production, from the state of Mississippi, I poured my brother’s condition, but even falling in line with its 28 pre- as well. heart out to you last week? Of in that state, I knew that God decessors. Held in Nashville, Brandon Mitchell and course not! was in control and whatever Tenn. Jan. 18, 2014, with pre SWAP, which includes Mitch- If you will recall, I asked He willed, we would accept and post celebrations taking ell and singers: Chiquita Ad- for prayer last week for my and thank Him for the days place on Jan. 17 and 19, 2014; ams, Rhandi Adams, Maiya brother, Clifton, my second ahead. the 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Bevers, Charence Higgins, oldest brother who had suf- I, again, want to thank my Music Awards saluted gospel Trinity McClain, Birdon fered his third stroke in five husband, who dropped ev- music in the style that only the Mitchell III, Brittany Mitchell, years and the doctors were erything to make sure that I not optimistic about the out- was where I needed to be; in Stellar Awards can do. and Carlissa Simpson; were Brandon Mitchell and SWAP, a Mississippi based group, were among come. The physicians’ reports Memphis, with my family. He Stand-up comedians turned one of Mississippi’s perform- the gospel performers to sing during pre and post ancillary events of that I was receiving were dis- didn’t question if we should television hosts, The View’s ers to entertain audiences dur- the 2014 Stellar Awards in Nashville. Sherri Shepherd and syndi- ing both pre and post events mal so my world seemed to go or how long we may need cated radio personality Rickey of Annual Stellar Awards cel- The awards show can be market on Sunday, March 2, be turning upside down. to be there. He simply moved Smiley (Dish Nation), injected ebrations. seen in the Jackson, Miss. on WAPT, at 2:30 p.m. Many of you are aware that into action to get me there. my siblings and I buried our Honey, I constantly thank mother in January 2012 and God for you! our oldest brother in January Again, I say to you, I’m 2013. 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N e w s f r o m t h e W o r d The need for bad things to happen to God’s people By Rev. Leon Collier six hundred and twenty thousand you rebellious? point. So, God flipped the script the hand of the potter; so he made change if God doesn’t permit Special to The Mississippi Link persons were destroyed or not, as Jonah’s rebellion and anger re- and used a vine to help Jonah see it again another vessel, as seemed them to be broken. Proverbs 28:13 Last week, we long as he might not be called a mained even after God confronted his sin. Change pulled the cover good to the potter to make it.” says, “He who keeps his sins se- discussed Peter false prophet.” him in Jonah 4:4 by asking him off of Jonah’s sin. God sent a hot Either it could not hold up in cret will not prosper; but one who and his declara- Jonah was sent to a different did he have a right to be angry? In eastern wind that burned Jonah’s the making process; it got out of confesses his sins, and gives them tion to stand by place, a place where heathens verse 5, Jonah still went out and head. Sometimes God has to let us shape; or some small stone fell in up, will get mercy.” the Lord, This lived, a place unlike his religious set up a roof made of branches to get burned before we come to our the clay, made a break in the clay, Some churches walk in ar- week we will con- nation and when change occurred wait forty days to see if God was senses. so that the potter was obliged to rogance and as a result they will tinue to look at in Jonah’s life he discovered that still going to destroy the Ninev- Jonah 4:10 shows that change press, squeeze or mold the clay never maximize the power of the where Peter thought he was spiri- he was more concerned about ites. It was not until Jonah went exposed that Jonah was not level- over again on the wheel, and form Holy Spirit in their lives because tually as we carry on our study his image than he was about lost to Nineveh that his intense anger headed in his reasoning: He be- it anew; and then made into a ves- they are not broken and God will about, “The Need for Bad Things souls. We must be careful as God’s surfaced. came angry about stuff that didn’t sel the potter desired. not continue to form a vessel that to Happen to God’s People.” people to not fall into the trap of If you are in a place in your life belong to him anyway. God told Although the vessel was in the has flaws in it. His only desire and Last week, the first foundation worrying about our image so where you are experiencing an- Jonah that he didn’t make the vine potter’s hands it still got corrupt- option is to break it and remake it. laid for why our Lord allows bad much that we end up caring less ger, perhaps God permitted this grow so why did he get angry ed. Although we are Christians, Rev. Leon Collier is the pastor things to happen to God’s people” about those around us who are in change in your life to let you see when it withered? We shouldn’t sometimes we get bent out of of Makarios Worship Center, 464 discussed Matthew 26:33-35 as its need. how deeply rooted is your anger. get angry when we lose material shape and get some cracks in our Church Rd., Madison. Residents focus on “discovering undetected Jonah had some rebellion and Jonah 4:6-9 is another example things because they are not ours spiritual lives, but Jesus is right of Madison, he and wife, Minister weaknesses.” anger in his spirit based on his of how God uses change to expose anyway (the earth is the Lord’s there to forgive us and get us back Yolanda; are the proud parents We will pick up with the second words. Jonah 4:2 reads, “Jonah our weaknesses. God made a vine and the fullness thereof). into shape. of three daughters. He received foundation: God permits change prayed to the Lord and said, O to grow up to provide shade for In this situation, Jonah cared When we get bent out of shape degrees from Criswell College in to expose weaknesses in our lives Lord, did I not say this when I Jonah and then the next day this not only about himself, but he due to sin, when small stones (sins) Dallas; Southern Methodist Uni- as written in Jonah 4:1 - “But it was still in my homeland? On ac- comfort was removed and God let also cared more about a mate- are in our lives we can’t continue versity - Perkins School of The- displeased Jonah exceedingly, and count of this I fled before to Tarsh- it get extra hot and uncomfortable rial thing more than he cared for to grow in Christ. He refuses to let ology; and a Masters of Divinity he was angry.” ish, because I know that You are a for Jonah and he became angry the lost souls of Nineveh. Thank us go on as is as long as there is sin from Memphis Theological Semi- One Bible scholar said, “This gracious God, and merciful, slow again. God for change, because without in our lives. So, we have to be bro- nary. A pastor for 23 years, Col- inconsiderate prophet was vexed to anger, and great kindness, and When God allowed the vine it we may never discover and ac- ken and made over again. When lier serves as a volunteer chaplain because his prediction was not One who repents over calamity.” to be removed, it is as if He was knowledge certain things about sin is in our lives there has to be a for various law enforcement agen- fulfilled. He had more respect for In other words, Jonah said be- pulling the cover of Jonah’s sins ourselves. time where the Lord has to break cies in the metro area and for the his high sense of his own honor cause I know how forgiving you to make him clearly see his weak- The third and final point is… us in order to make us. Being bro- Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. than he had for the goodness and are, I ran away to keep from doing nesses. When God asked Jonah a Can’t move forward as is written ken doesn’t sound good to us, but He may be reached by calling mercy of God for unsaved people. your will although I knew I was similar question in Jonah 4:4-5; in Jeremiah 18:4 - “And the vessel it’s good for us. 601.260.3016, 601.855.7898 or e- He appeared to care little whether dead wrong. That is rebellion. Are it shows that Jonah didn’t get the that he made in clay was ruined in Some church folk will never mail [email protected].

www.mississippilink.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 THE mississippi link • 13 Spiritual Growth: “Do You Want to Grow?” - Part 2 preser v ed By Pastor Simeon R. Green III Then, one must maintain the extent of their ability. must study the Bible. Read Special to The Mississippi Link desire to grow: Some mem- When people develop a Hebrews 5:11-14, Acts 17:11, Being the What does bers once wanting to grow burning hunger and thirst to and Psalms 1:1-2. it take to grow may lose the desire. They may work for the Lord, then they Take this test to check your up and become start off on fire for the Lord, will develop the other step spiritual nourishment: spiritually ma- but lose their zeal. they need to grow. Do you • How much time did you other woman ture? Why do They could develop a spirit have that burning desire to ac- spend this week watching By Shewanda Riley decisions and choices that posi- some Christians of indifference or negligence. complish more for God? TV? Columnist not grow as they Others could develop a level The third step to spiritual • How much time did you tively sets her apart. should? God’s Word pres- of maturity and become stag- growth is nourishment. We spend on some hobby or I have a dif- I like Chaka Khan’s song, “I’m ents steps we can take toward nate (they are satisfied, think- need spiritual food from God’s outside interest that may not ficult confession Every Woman,” but in today’s growth and spiritual maturity. ing no more growth is needed). Word. A child cannot grow be immoral but is not neces- to make. It’s dif- world that means that being the First step is the desire to However, the Scriptures teach physically without proper sary? ficult because kind of woman that men talk grow. As stated in 1Peter 2:2, that growth is always needed. food. Good parents are con- • How many hours did you I’ve been forced negatively about. Reality shows one must desire the pure milk Even Paul, as mature as he cerned about proper nutrition. spend studying your Bible? to look at a part like Flavor of Love and Bad Girls of the Word that they may was, did not consider himself They want children to eat what • How much time watching of myself that for Club have even glamorized the grow thereby. Some seem to to have achieved perfection is good for them. sports or soaps or entertain- years I really didn’t like because I life of the “every” woman. How like being spiritual babies. (maturity) such that he could We are touched by pictures ment? didn’t like what I thought it said many times have you heard a man They don’t want to grow. cease striving to improve. of children starving due to • How many services of the about me. I’ve finally just had to say, “Every woman I meet takes It’s easy to be a baby be- He forgot past achievements poverty. Most children want church did you attend? accept that who I thought I was my money, uses me for sex, or lies cause there are no responsibil- (and failures) and pressed on nourishment. Babies cry for • How many services of the had nothing to do with who I re- to me? ities. They are fed by others, to greater accomplishments. food. Even adults know we church you miss that you ally was. In reality, I was actually One friend said that I needed clothed by others, and others (Read Philippians 3:12-14) need food and don’t like to could have attended? somewhere in between. to embrace the fact that I was the change their diapers. But be- Peter thought he had reached go long without it. We want • Are you feeding your mind Here’s the confession: I’ve “other” woman. She also said ing a baby is not the goal of a level where he would nev- it every day, regularly, several on God’s Word or pleasures? been the “other” woman for most that I shouldn’t be frustrated with life. er deny Jesus. But that very times a day. Likewise, spiritu- Part 3 to follow. of my adult life. Being the “other” men who were used to dating the We are born babies so we night, he denied Him three ally we cannot grow without Rev. Simeon R. Green III woman has affected every area of “every” woman; I needed to be can grow up and be productive times. (Read Matthew 26:31- feeding on God’s Word. is pastor of Joynes Road my life: my career, my relation- patient while they learned how to and useful. Likewise, we are 35) 1 Peter 2:2 - “As newborn Church of God, 31 Joynes ships and my spirituality. I haven’t deal with the “other” woman. born again, so we can become Therefore let him who babes desire the pure milk of Road, Hampton VA 23669. always liked being the “other” My definition of being the “oth- mature Christians, actively thinks he stands take heed lest the word that you may grow He is married to Velma L. woman because I thought it made er” woman also means not being serving the Lord. he fall. Christians never reach thereby.” Green. He honorably served me less of a woman. My embrac- afraid to embrace an uncommon One of the conditions for the point we are so mature that 2 Peter 3:18 - “Grow in the in the U.S. Army for 20 years. ing my status as the “other” wom- standard of holiness. The question becoming a child of God is we cannot fall. (Read 1 Corin- grace and knowledge of our Rev. Green is a member of an came a few years ago when n I isn’t how long it’s been since you repentance. One must deter- thians 10:12) Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” the National Association of reevaluated the last 25 years of my smoked a cigarette, had a drink, mine to turn from sin and go to One of the main reasons Matthew 4:4 - “Man shall Evangelism Church of God, life. For the longest time, I blamed cursed someone out or had sex. work in God’s vineyard. Then Christians do not grow is that not live by bread alone, but by Anderson, Ind. He serves as my lean dating years on my deci- The question is how have those one must bring forth the fruits they do not see the need for every word that proceeds from vice-chairman of the South- sion to be the “other” woman. choices positively affected your of repentance. This will lead growing. They have no desire the mouth of God.” eastern Association of The Now let me tell you what I spirituality. The “other” woman one to spiritual growth. to work and serve to the full To get this nourishment, we Church of God, Inc. mean by the “other” woman. I’m I’m talking about sees holiness as not talking about being a mistress a beginning and not just the final in an illicit affair with a married destination. man. 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NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY Bid 2272 – Roof Replacement for Walton Elementary School DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CITY OF JACKSON Bid 2273 – Roof Replacement for Power APAC Elementary School BUREAU OF BUILDING, GROUNDS AND REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of the City Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bids will be received by the Board JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI of Jackson, Mississippi before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, for the of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South purchase of certain City-owned property: parcel 142-81, located at 0 University Blvd President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) February Sealed bids will be received at the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Prop- in Jackson, Mississippi. The City will retain all mineral rights it owns, together with 19, 2014, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Two erty Management, 501 North West Street, Suite 1401 B, Jackson, Mississippi, the right of ingress and egress to remove same from said property. For additional separate pre-bid conferences concerning the projects will be held at following locations: 39201, until 2:00:00 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2014 , for: information or for a “bid form”, contact Valerie Skinner at (601) 960-2266 or email Walton Elementary School, 3200 Bailey Avenue, Jackson, MS 39213, on February 4, [email protected]. 2014, at 1:00 P.M. Power APAC Elementary School, 1120 Riverside Drive, Jackson, RE: GS# 113-134 Wise Center Classroom Addition MS 39202, on February 4, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. Attendance at the pre-bid conferences Mississippi State University - Division of Agriculture, BID INSTRUCTIONS: All bids must be placed in a sealed envelope and delivered is non-mandatory but strongly suggested. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to Forestry & Vet Medicine to the City Clerk of the City of Jackson (located in City Hall at 219 S. President St. reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any Jackson, Mississippi 39201). The outside of the envelope must be plainly marked bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date bids are opened. A $50 non- at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Contract documents may to identify the parcel number being bid on along with the bidder’s name. Enclose refundable deposit shall be required on each set of plans and specifications on CD in be obtained from: one (1) original and one (1) copy of the bid. Bids will be opened on Tuesday, Febru- (.pdf format) and must be purchased online at www.jbhmplans.com. ary 4, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 219 South President Professional: Pryor & Morrow Architects and Engineers, P.A. - Street, Jackson, Mississippi. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Proposal forms and detailed specifications may be obtained from JBHM Architects, Columbus PA., 308 E. Pearl Street, Suite 300, Jackson, MS 39201, Phone: 601-352-2699, Fax: (Columbus, Mississippi, through the Office listed herein) CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 601-352-2693. Address: Post Office Box 167 1/16/2014, 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014 Columbus, Mississippi 39703 Requester: Register and order bid documents at www.jbhmplans.com. For questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact JBHM’s web support Phone: 662-327-8990 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS line at (662) 407-0193. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Partial sets will not be issued. A deposit of $250.00 is required. Bid preparation will be in accordance with Bid 2274 – Roof Replacement for Johnson Elementary School 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014 Instructions to Bidders bound in the project manual. The Bureau of Building, Bid 2275 – Roof Replacement for John Hopkins Elementary School Grounds and Real Property Management reserves the right to waive irregulari- ties and to reject any or all bids. NOTE: Telephones and desks will not be avail- Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bids will be received by the Board ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS able for bidders use at the bid site. of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) February ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AMENDING Glenn R. Kornbrek, Bureau Director 20, 2014, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Two JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 122-270 DELINQUENT BILLS’ PEN- separate pre-bid conferences concerning the projects will be held at following locations: ALTY, SECTION (a) TO ELIMINATE THE FIFTY DOLLAR LATE FEE FOR RESIDEN- 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014 John Hopkins Elementary School, 170 John Hopkins Road, Jackson, MS 39209 on TIAL CUSTOMERS. February 6, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. and Johnson Elementary School, 1339 Oakpark Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 on February 6, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. Attendance at the pre-bid confer- WHEREAS, the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Jackson shall be consid- ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ences is non-mandatory but strongly suggested. The Board of Trustees reserves the ered by this Ordinance; and right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date bids are opened. A $200 WHEREAS, the Jackson City Council is aware of the injustice of continuing to collect a deposit shall be required on each set of plans and specifications, to be refunded upon late fee of fifty dollars from residential customers; and Sealed bids will be received by the City of Jackson, Mississippi until 3:30P.M., return of all documents in good condition, returned within two weeks of bid opening. local time, March 4, 2014 at Jackson City Hall, for the South Street Bridge Re- WHEREAS, public policy demands that one consider the current state of economic placement Project, City Project No. 9AA4500-905. Proposal forms and detailed specifications may be obtained from Micro Printing and hardships and challenging times for citizens when faced with paying late; and Blueprint, 225 E. Pearl Street, Jackson, MS 39201, Phone: 601-355-9543. For inqui- The entire projects must be completed within 120 calendar days. The contract ries contact Durrell Design Group, PLLC, P O Box 13471, Jackson, MS 39236-3471, WHEREAS, the amended Jackson Code of Ordinances Section 122-270(a) shall be will be subjected to liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars Phone: 601-708-4788, Fax: 601-488-4717, Email: [email protected] amended as follows: ($500.00) per calendar day for each consecutive calendar day in which the contract time is exceeded. Requester: Please provide company name, contact person and telephone number, Services will he discontinued to any patron of the city waterworks who fails, neglects, physical address, email address if applicable and Certificate of Responsibility (COR) or refuses to pay the amount billed within 35 days of the billing; and in the event of non- The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in public Number. The ABC/AIA Plan Deposit Program shall apply to this project. payment or delinquency, the commercial customer shall pay the sum of $50.00, plus contracting. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full an equal busi- sales tax for commercial accounts. The $50.00 late fee for residential customers shall ness opportunity for all persons doing business with the City. As a precondition to 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014 be eliminated and a $25.00 reconnect fee shall be instituted. selection, each contractor, bidder or offeror shall submit a completed and signed Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) ordinance. Failure to comply with the City’s THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED that the Jackson City Council hereby ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder or offeror from being awarded an ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS amends Jackson Code of Ordinances Section 122-270 Delinquent bills; penalty, Sec- eligible contract. For more information on the City of Jackson’s Equal Business tion (a) to eliminate the fifty dollar late fee for residential customers. Opportunity Program, please contact Pam Confer in the office of Economic De- NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY velopment at (601) 960-1638. Copies of the ordinance, EBO Plan Applications CITY OF JACKSON SO ORDAINED, this the 17th day of December 2013. and a copy of the Program are available at 200 South President Street, Warren Hood Building, Second Floor, Jackson, Mississippi. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Council Member Stamps moved adoption; Council Member Priester seconded. Jackson, Mississippi before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, for the purchase One (1) copy of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be pro- of certain City-owned property: parcel 143-43, located at 0 Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Yeas- Cooper-Stokes, Priester, Stamps, Tillman, Whitwell and Yarber. cured from the IMS Engineers, P.A. (126 E Amite Street, Jackson, MS 39201) Mississippi. The City will retain all mineral rights it owns, together with the right of ingress Nays- None. Abscni- Barren-Simon. upon payment of $100.00 dollars, which will not be refunded. Please contact and egress to remove same from said property. For additional information or for a “bid Mr. Bernard LeBlanc, P.E., at (601) 968-9194 for directions or any additional form”, contact Valerie Skinner at (601) 960-2266 or email [email protected]. ATTEST: information for procurement of plans and specifications. The Standard Specifi- Brenda Prcc City Clerk cations adopted by the City Council may be procured from the Department of BID INSTRUCTIONS: All bids must be placed in a sealed envelope and delivered to Public Works, if desired upon payment of $5.00 dollars for each specification. the City Clerk of the City of Jackson (located in City Hall at 219 S. President St. Jackson, I, Brenda Pree, the duly appetated, qualified City Clerk and lawful custodian of records A copy of the Mississippi Standard of Specifications for State Aid Road and Mississippi 39201). The outside of the envelope must be plainly marked to identify the of the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi and seal of said City, certify that the forego- Bridge Construction can be obtained from the State Aid website: http://www. parcel number being bid on along with the bidder’s name. Enclose one (1) original and ing is a true and exact copy of an Ordinance passed by the City Council at a regular msstateaidroads.us. one (1) copy of the bid. Bids will be opened on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. meeting on the 17th day of December, 2013, and recorded in Minute Book “6E”, pages in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 219 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi. 230-231. A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on February 11, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. local time, The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. in the 5th floor conference room of the Warren Hood Building, 200 South Presi- WITNESS my signature and official seal of office, this the 24th day of January, 2014. dent Street, Jackson, Mississippi. All potential contractors, subcontractors, and CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI other interested parties are encouraged to attend. 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014, 2/6/2014 Brenda Pree, City Clerk 1/30/2014 Bidders must be qualified under Mississippi law and possess a certificate of legal responsibility issued by the Mississippi State Board of Contractors establishing its classification as to the value and type of construction on which it is authorized ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS to bid. Each bidder must deposit with its proposal, a bid bond or certified check NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid for the work, payable to JACKSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY the City of Jackson, as the bid security. CITY OF JACKSON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JACKSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION The successful bidder shall furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond COMMISSION (JHPC) WILL HOLD ITS MONTHLY MEETING OPEN TO THE PUB- Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of the City each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount LIC ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014, AT 12:00 P.M. IN THE ANDREW JACK- of Jackson, Mississippi before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, for the pur- awarded. Attorneys-in-fact who sign Bid Bonds or Payment Bonds and Perfor- SON CONFERENCE ROOM (RM. 105) OF THE WARREN HOOD BUILDING, 200 chase of certain City-owned property: parcel 143-43-1, located at 0 Pascagoula Street mance Bonds must file with each bond a certified and effective dated copy of SOUTH PRESIDENT STREET, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. in Jackson, Mississippi. The City will retain all mineral rights it owns, together with the their power of attorney. right of ingress and egress to remove same from said property. For additional informa- I. APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS tion or for a “bid form”, contact Valerie Skinner at (601) 960-2266 or email vskinner@ Proposals shall be submitted in triplicate, sealed and deposited with the City of A. CURRENT BUSINESS city.jackson.ms.us. Jackson’s City Clerk prior to the hour and date designated above. Each bidder 1. CASE NO. 2013-71, REQUEST BY: VIRGINIA STEADMAN TO BUILD A shall write its certificate of responsibility number on the outside of the sealed CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1407 RIVERSIDE DR. IN BID INSTRUCTIONS: All bids must be placed in a sealed envelope and delivered to envelope containing its proposal. THE BELHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT. the City Clerk of the City of Jackson (located in City Hall at 219 S. President St. Jack- son, Mississippi 39201). The outside of the envelope must be plainly marked to identify The City of Jackson reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to 2. CASE NO. 2013-72, REQUEST BY: DAVID HAMILTON TO DEMO, REN- the parcel number being bid on along with the bidder’s name. Enclose one (1) original waive any and all informalities OVATE, AND ADD AN ADDITION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 149 E. COHEA ST. and one (1) copy of the bid. Bids will be opened on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at IN THE FARISH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT. 3:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 219 South President Street, Jackson, Willie Bell Jr., Interim Director, Department of Public Works Mississippi. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. II. OTHER ITEMS Kwame Kenyatta, Deputy CAO Terry Williamson, Legal Counsel III. ADJOURN CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014 1/23/2014, 1/30/2014, 2/6/2014 1/30/2014, 2/6/2014

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS ordinance, EBO Plan Applications and a copy of the Program are available at 200 percent (5%) of the total bid for the work, payable to the City of Jackson, as the bid South President Street, Warren Hood Building, Second Floor, Jackson, Mississippi. security. Sealed bids will be received by the City of Jackson, Mississippi until 3:30 P.M., local time, March 4, 2014 at Jackson City Hall, for the Brookwood Drive Bridge Replace- One (1) copy of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be procured The successful bidder shall furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond each in ment, City Project No. 13B4500, from the Engineering Division upon payment of $50.00 dollars, which will not be re- the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount awarded. Attor- funded. Please contact Charles Williams Jr, P.E., at (601) 960-1656 for directions or neys-in-fact who sign Bid Bonds or Payment Bonds and Performance Bonds must file The entire projects must be completed within 45 calendar days. The contract will be any additional information for procurement of plans and specifications. The Standard with each bond a certified and effective dated copy of their power of attorney. subjected to liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) Specifications adopted by the City Council may be procured from the Department of per calendar day for each consecutive calendar day in which the contract time is ex- Public Works, if desired upon payment of $5.00 dollars for each specification. Proposals shall be submitted in triplicate, sealed and deposited with the City of Jack- ceeded. son’s City Clerk prior to the hour and date designated above. Each bidder shall write A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on February 11, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. local time, in the its certificate of responsibility number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in public con- 5th floor conference room of the Warren Hood Building, 200 South President Street, its proposal. tracting. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full an equal business oppor- Jackson, Mississippi. All potential contractors, subcontractors, and other interested tunity for all persons doing business with the City. As a precondition to selection, each parties are encouraged to attend. The City of Jackson reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any and contractor, bidder or offeror shall submit a completed and signed Equal Business Op- all informalities portunity (EBO) ordinance. Failure to comply with the City’s ordinance shall disqualify Bidders must be qualified under Mississippi law and possess a certificate of responsi- a contractor, bidder or offeror from being awarded an eligible contract. For more infor- bility issued by the Mississippi State Board of Contractors establishing its classification Willie Bell Jr., Interim Director, Department of Public Works mation on the City of Jackson’s Equal Business Opportunity Program, please contact as to the value and type of construction on which it is authorized to bid. Each bidder Kwame Kenyatta, Deputy CAO Pam Confer in the office of Economic Development at (601) 960-1638. Copies of the must deposit with its proposal, a bid bond or certified check in an amount equal to five Terry Williamson, Legal Counsel 1/30/2014, 2/6/2014

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Watt, who was a captain on that appeared more competitive on a ball Cleveland cornerback Joe Murray caught a 20-yard touch- Sanders’ team. “There was a lot of than in years past, with some big Haden wrestled away from Jackson. down pass with 41 seconds left and rain, so obviously that factored into hits - even between teammates - and Kansas City linebacker Derrick Carolina running back Mike Tol- it.” fewer shenanigans. Johnson - who had a big hit in the bert plunged into the end zone for The game was played in consis- “It was crazy, but we had fun with first half on Chiefs teammate Jamaal a 2-point conversion to give Rice a tent rain, but little wind and warm it,” Gordon said. “I loved it and en- Charles - was selected as the game’s 22-21 win over Sanders in the first temperatures in the high 70s. joyed it.” defensive MVP for Team Rice. schoolyard-style Pro Bowl on Jan. Foles was the only quarterback of Gordon was flipped by teammate “I didn’t expect it, but he’s out 26. six in the game to not throw an in- T.J. Ward on one of the biggest hits there doing his thing,” said Charles, “They called my number the terception. He was named offensive in the game. who was knocked out of Kansas whole way,” Tolbert said on the field MVP, finishing with seven comple- “I don’t think he knew what he City’s playoff loss to Indianapolis after the game. “Philip (Rivers) told tions for 89 yards. was doing but I’ll give him the ben- with a concussion. “I can’t get mad them to give it to me. My old team- Philadelphia wide receiver De- efit of a doubt on that one,” Gordon at him - it’s just about football and mate, he told them to give it to me.” Sean Jackson and Carolina quar- said. “I’ll get him back in Cleve- you’ve just got to be ready.” Baltimore’s Justin Tucker missed terback Cam Newton also had land.” “If you stand back, he’s going to a 67-yard field goal on the game’s touchdowns for Team Sanders. Jackson caught the game’s first make you look pretty bad, so I had final play after missing a 66-yarder New Orleans tight end Jimmy Gra- touchdown pass from Indianapolis to go out and really give it to him,” earlier in the game. ham and Cleveland wide receiver Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray (29) of Team Rice runs quarterback Andrew Luck. Luck Johnson said. “I would never try to The touchdown and conversion Josh Gordon caught touchdowns with the football after catching a pass in the first quarter quarter of the threw the ball 36 yards into double hurt my teammate at all, but com- gave Rice a comeback after Phila- for Team Rice. Gordon led Team NFL Pro Bowl football game Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Honolulu. Caro- coverage in the end zone on a flea pete a little bit.” delphia quarterback Nick Foles Rice with six catches for 66 yards, lina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy (76) of Team Sanders looks on flicker, where Jackson wrestled it Johnson had nine tackles, includ- threw a 12-yard touchdown to while Washington running back Al- during the play. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner) away from Titans cornerback Alter- ing eight solo tackles. Carolina line- Cleveland tight end Jordan Cam- fred Morris had four catches for 69 raun Verner. backer Luke Kuechly had 12 tack- eron with less than 5 minutes to play yards. The picks made earlier in the week compare the all-stars against one an- Graham caught an 8-yard fade in les, including 11 solo tackles. to give Sanders a 21-14 lead. The Pro Bowlers were split up created matchups that pitted usual other. That led to plenty of trash talk the second quarter from teammate Oskar Garcia can be reached on The touchdowns by Cameron and by the NFL greats in a new draft teammates against each other and between Rice and Sanders and some Drew Brees, turning around Brees’ Twitter at http://twitter.com/oskar- Murray were the only scores of the format meant to improve the game. challenged Rice and Sanders to bruised egos among players used to slow start. Graham dunked the ball garcia Five things to know from Super Bowl media day By Dennis Waszak Jr. process and I just can’t wait until very exciting time.” lik Jackson said. “I saw Waldo. 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Tuesday: Lynch kept his media day appear- “They wouldn’t say, `You’re going his 60-minute requirement. a scrum of more than 6,000 jour- TV3 Denmark reporter Tommy STRANGE QUESTIONS: ance short and sweet. to be back at this time, at 100 per- “I could do this all day,” he said. nalists, costumed characters, celeb- Kjaersgaard wore a red-and-white When it comes to Super Bowl me- The Seahawks running back, cent strength level.’ They couldn’t “Thanks, y’all.” rities and attention-seekers. striped shirt, round spectacle dia day, pretty much anything goes. known for not cooperating with the tell me. ... 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Seahawks sunglasses, Lynch returned to 25. game while healthy this season, re- ver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks too, and he danced with cheerlead- center Max Unger was asked by a speak to Deion Sanders for NFL “I’m not sure you can have a turned to practice last Wednesday was the Prudential Center - a hock- ers. There was an Austrian man man to feel his bushy beard - and Network, to the Seahawks website, legacy when you’re 25 years old. after passing the NFL’s concus- ey arena that normally serves as dressed as Mozart, and another in let him. and to Armed Forces Network - Even 37,” Manning said. “I’d like sion protocol following a head in- the home of the NHL’s New Jersey a superhero costume. Regis Phil- Seahawks wide receiver Golden and acknowledged he was trying to have to be, like, 70 to have a leg- jury suffered in Seattle’s NFC di- Devils. bin, singer Michelle Williams and Tate captured all the wackiness by to avoid being fined by the league acy. I’m not even 100 percent sure visional playoff game against New “It’s a lot of people that don’t actor-comedian Nick Cannon also wearing a Google Glass and a Go for not meeting his media require- what the word even means.” Orleans. have much to do, I don’t know,” showed up. Pro camera on his hat to show his ments. CHARMING SHERMAN: No “I am absolutely playing,” he Seahawks fullback Michael Rob- “It’s crazy,” Denver guard Zane family. Because, let’s face it: Until He slipped a profanity to Sand- wild outbursts here. said without hesitation. inson said with a smile. “All the Beadles said. “This is quite the you experience media day yourself, ers, and three times described After Sherman’s angry 20-sec- Prater missed practices from attention over one game, some- spectacle. I have never been a part you can’t believe all the hijinks. himself as “smooth” to the Hall of ond rant after the NFC champi- last Thursday through Saturday times it can be overwhelming. I’m of anything like this before with all “This is pretty crazy, man. Pretty Fame cornerback, adding: “I ain’t onship game sparked a national with flu-like symptoms. He kicked just excited to be here enjoying the these people, but it’s very fun and a crazy,” Broncos defensive end Ma- never seen no talk that won me debate over sportsmanship and Monday for the first time since the nothing.” racial attitudes, the Seattle corner- AFC championship game. POPULAR GUY: Peyton Man- back was funny, accommodating “I’m feeling a lot better and I ning drew what appeared to be the and didn’t raise his voice except to should be fine Sunday,” Prater said. biggest crowd at media day, rivaled make sure reporters heard him. “I mean, I wasn’t dying.” only perhaps by Seattle’s Richard He also praised his teammates - AP Pro Football Writers How- Sherman. and the Denver Broncos. ard Fendrich, Rob Maaddi, Arnie During his hour-long session, “People think I’m a loudmouth, Stapleton and Barry Wilner, AP the Broncos quarterback acknowl- an angry guy,” Sherman said. National Writer Paul Newberry, edged that he had “concerns” about “That’s a big misconception.” and AP Sports Writers Tim Booth whether he could come back from But he’s still a chatterbox. He be- and Rick Freeman contributed to the neck operations that threatened gan his session a few minutes before this report. www.mississippilink.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 THE mississippi link • 17 18 • the mississippi link January 30 - February 5, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Book Review: “Love, Peace, and Soul - Behind the Scenes of America’s Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments” byEricka Blount Danois and Foreword Stax Records ex-Chairman Al Bell Backbeat Books Paperback $24.99 • 264 pages By Kam Williams compromised authenticity. enough to parlay their fame a request for just a few hun- undoubtedly helped launch a http://www.ama - Book Reviewer “When you saw us on Soul into entertainment careers, dred dollars from the impov- thousand show-biz careers. zon.com/exec/obidos/ Excerpted from the Fore- Train, we weren’t trying to be perhaps most notably the late erished family of a recently- To order a copy of Love, ASIN/1480341010/ word by Al Bell (pages vii-ix): anything other than us. When Fred Berry, who played Rerun deceased Soul Train dancer to Peace, and Soul, visit: ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 “Don Cornelius was a class you went to any of the other on the sitcom What’s Happen- help pay for the act… a strong black man with shows, you were in some- ing! dearly-departed’s dignity and character and in- body else’s house; when you Given the turnover, the one headstone. Sudoku tegrity... ‘Love! Peace! And went to Soul Train, you went constant remained the show’s All of the The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every Soooooouuuuuul!’ I loved to home.” self-assured emcee. His vel- above is revisit- 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear hear him say that…. Soul Train was a nationally- vety-baritone wormed its way ed in captivating only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box. “With Soul Train, we saw syndicated TV series which into the heart of a generation fashion in Love, ourselves looking good and enjoyed a phenomenal, 35- of young African-American Peace, and Soul, a feeling good. And what en- year run from 1971 until 2006. viewers with the help of that mesmerizing trip hanced it so much was its cre- The weekly, song and dance signature catchphrase, “You down Memory ator…. He provided the enter- show was the brainchild of can bet your last money, it’s all Lane, or should I tainment, but he also doled out host Don Cornelius, a brother going to be a stone gas, honey! say, breakdance information, education, and who unabashedly-patterned I’m Don Cornelius, and as al- down the Soul history weekly…. his production on Dick Clark’s ways, in parting, we wish you Train Line. “The cultural impact of the American Bandstand. love, peace and soul!” The behind- show was profound, revolu- But the former radio DJ also Sadly, the bloom had long the-scenes bio tionary, and evolutionary at added a little flava of his own since fallen off the rose by the was written by the same time.… It provided to the proven formula by tele- time Don committed suicide pop culture diva the ability for you to see our scoping his camera as tightly in February of 2012. A few Ericka Blount great artists on television. Be- on gyrating black teenagers as years earlier, the sepia Sugar Danois, a diehard fore that, exposure was on the on the R&B artists invited to Daddy went through a bitter fan who herself small-club circuits…. perform on the program. divorce from a Russian trophy was weaned on “It was one of the few times In fact, many members of wife who’d had him arrested the groundbreak- that we had the opportunity to the Soul Train Gang, as the for domestic violence. ing program. see ourselves on television in dancers were called, received Don pled no-contest to the A warts-and-all a manner where it lifted our tons of fan mail and became charge before forking over look at the life of pride and increased our self- stars in their own right. A millions to his ex. Yet, around an African-Amer- esteem…. It represented un- number were even savvy the same time, he turned down ican icon who © Feature Exchange

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www.mississippilink.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 THE mississippi link • 19 Beyonce’s new sexual album a bit Forest Whitaker much for Michelle Williams: ‘We to receive NAACP aren’t supposed to know all that.’ Chairman’s Award eurweb.com eurweb.com posed to know all that. But Forest Whitaker will get a spe- If there’s anyone who she is married and has pro- cial award during the 45th NAACP knows Beyoncé Knowles duced a baby, and we know Image Awards telecast, to air live other than her family and what you have to do to pro- on Saturday, Feb. 22 on TV One. husband Jay Z, it’s her for- duce a baby so OK!” The civil rights group announced mer groupmates in Desti- Although the sexual na- recently that the Academy Award- ny’s Child. ture of Beyonce’s latest of- winning actor, producer and direc- But even Michelle Wil- fering was more than she tor will receive the NAACP Chair- liams was taken aback by expected with songs like man’s Award, given in recognition the highly sexual vibe of “Rocket,” “Blow” and the of special achievement and distin- Bey’s chart-topping self- Jay Z-assisted “Drunk In guished public service. titled album. Love,” Williams was not “Forest Whitaker embodies the “I was telling someone hesitant in giving her opin- moniker of artist/activist,” stated on the way here how I was ion of the project overall. Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the laughing,” Williams recent- “I love her new album,” NAACP National Board of Di- Actor Forest Whitaker attends ly shared with Us Weekly. said Williams, who appears Michelle and Beyonce rectors. “His work in front of and the 25th annual Producers Guild “I don’t know if it’s laugh- in the video for the single behind the camera engages and of America Awards at The Beverly ter of shyness or embarrass- Superpower.” “I think it’s an entire album again. How- while referencing “Nuclear, entertains, and his service to com- Hilton Hotel on Jan. 19, 2014 in ment because the makeup amazing!” ever, future collaborations ” a new song found on Des- munities around the world is truly Beverly Hills artist and everyone was As for a full-fledged Des- haven’t been ruled out. tiny’s Child’s 2013 compi- inspirational. It is my honor and listening to her say these tiny’s Child reunion, Wil- “I think we just kind of lation album “Love Songs.” privilege to recognize Mr. Whita- Dave Matthews Band, and Danny things, and I’m like, ‘That’s liams stated that she doesn’t like doing those one offs,” “I think those are more spe- ker with the Chairman’s Award.” Glover. private girl!’ We aren’t sup- think the group will record Williams told Us Weekly, cial.” Past Chairman’s Award recipi- Whitaker just wrapped an as- ents include United States Navy tounding year led by the success Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,’” in Radio One Founder and Chairper- which he delivered a moving por- son Cathy Hughes, U.S. Surgeon trayal of Cecil Gaines, a butler at DMX crashes a wedding party and General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Ty- the White House through eight ad- ler Perry, Former Vice President ministrations and 34 years, as well Al Gore and Dr. Wangari Muta as the critically acclaimed “Fruit- ‘Gives it To’ the groomsmen Maathai, Aretha Franklin, Bono, vale Station,” on which he served then-Senator Barack Obama, The as a producer. eurweb.com It’s unclear how he came A groom was actually happy across the bus, but once on- that trouble-prone rapper DMX board, he ripped into “X Gon’ For information about advertising in - or a random dude claiming to Give It To Ya” as the song be DMX - ended up on the par- played in the background. ty bus en route to his wedding. For those with doubts that it’s The Mississippi Link In a video posted to Reddit actually the rap star, the poster by user JohnQx25, DMX is wrote, “I confirmed it was the please call: 601-896-0084 shown rapping and dancing on real DMX. Besides, notice his the bus shuttling a groom and bouncer follows him onto the or e-mail [email protected] his groomsmen in New York bus. Most random people don’t www.mississippilink.com City. have their own bouncer.” DMX poses with wedding party 20 • the mississippi link January 30 - February 5, 2014 www.mississippilink.com

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