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Westin Jackson Hotel’ Bring Adulations and Upsets Construction Underway DA Robert Shuler Smith Is In, Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis Is Out www.mississippilink.com Vol. 21, No. 41 August 6 - 12, 2015 50¢ See our EducationalSuppl EmEnt inside Downtown Jackson’s Primary election results ‘Westin Jackson Hotel’ bring adulations and upsets construction underway DA Robert Shuler Smith is in, Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis is out Democratic candidate for Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason (center) with wife Sharon and children Jackson city officials, Westin Hotel developers and partners at groundbreakingPHOTOS BY ADEKUNLE ADEKUNBI The Mississippi Link Newswire The nine-story hotel will fea- great city.” A groundbreaking ceremony ture 205 guestrooms. Participants in the develop- Tuesday, August 4, marked the “This kind of an investment ment include Capital Hotel start of construction on a new in downtown impacts the entire Associates, Wischermann Part- WestinTM Jackson hotel in region and helps support our ners, Jackson Redevelopment Jackson. efforts to make Jackson a des- Authority, Hinds County and Slated to open in January tination city,” said Mayor Tony the state of Mississippi. Bras- 2017, the 169,000 sq ft struc- T. Yarber. “We are proud that ture will be the first luxury the Westin Jackson is part of Westin Continued on page 4 global hotel brand in Jackson. the growth and progress of our Dist. 7 D.A. Robert Shuler Smith (center) with son Raphael, parents Royce and Alice, and James Cornnelius By Ayesha K. Mustafaa their seats. Reviewing campaign Editor As the number of votes broadcast and print ads, Mississippi Writers Guild honors All across Mississippi per candidate became clear, the candidates, for the most in general and Jackson in there were some dancing part, put their hearts and particular, Tuesday night, with adulations and others civil rights warrior James August 4, vote tallies had somber from a stinging up- Election results many sitting on the edge of set. Continued on page 3 Meredith with Life Time Award By Dr. Jerry Komia Domatob 2015 the Mississippi Special to The Mississippi Link Writers Guild inau- City with Soul Music Stage Paradox and contradiction gurated Meredith as continue to roll out as breaking a legendary life-time Special to The Mississippi Link news for the Civil Rights hero, achiever and member The Jackson Rhythm and Blues James Meredith. In the early at their annual confer- Festival is approaching faster than 1960s, when Meredith came to ence in Oxford, just a a runaway train. It’s less than two Oxford, Mississippi in quest of a few kilometers from weeks away and momentum is top-notch education, a few zeal- the University of Mis- building. ots and fanatics depicted him as sissippi (Ole Miss), The itemized schedule has been “a villain unfit for such a famous where he battled released and tickets are flying off university.” through the turmoil the shelf! Just in case you missed it, Crassly rejecting him, those and unimaginable VIP tickets will not be available at with such negative views of Mer- odds set up to defeat the door. They must be purchased edith did not know that he had him to integrate the in advance. “gladly served” his homeland as school as its first Afri- There are five stages filled with an Air Force officer for about a can American student. some remarkable talent that fes- decade. They did not know how Historical accounts tivalgoers are anxious to see. But most qualified he was for admis- assert that amidst let’s face it, there is nothing like the Avery Sunshine Ana Popovic sion to the historic Ole Miss Uni- tempestuous tension, City with Soul Music Stage. Last versity. friction and outright year FANTASiA asked the officers However, fast forward to 2015 bitterness, the United to move the barricades so her thou- and this time around, amidst fans, States military’s fed- sands of fans could get closer. family and friends pouring out eral marshals were There is great anticipation for enthusiastic adulation, admira- called out to escorted the headliners this year. There are tion and cheers, Meredith earned him to his first class Meredith the legendary ISLEY BROTHERS merited honor as a lifetime hero on October 1, 1962. featuring RONALD ISLEY AND who broke barriers, opened doors Whenever the ani- ERNESTLY ISLEY, whose careers and launched a new era for Mis- mosity, hostility and Meredith in our midst. Not only span over five decades. And there is sissippi and indeed humanity. anger raged, he became more au- is he an extraordinary writer but the “Queen of Funk” - Ms. Chaka As the 2015 Mississippi dacious and defiant and gung-ho an outstanding human being on Khan - need no introduction with Writer’s Guild program booklet about fulfilling his dream. so many levels. Our writers and 10 Grammys under her belt and still stated, “Mr. Meredith’s achieve- And at its recent gathering, the aspiring writers repeatedly re- fabulous four decades later. Their ments span five decades. He is Mississippi state president of the marked at how inspired they were Mali Music Sebastian Mikael names precede them. renowned worldwide as an am- Writer’s Guild Mark LaFrancis Festival organizers are not me- Avery*Sunshine will be on the City bassador for Civil Rights and as - a journalist, author, poet and Meredith teorologists, but a little Sunshine with Soul Music Stage, known for City with Soul a gifted author.” photographer, said, “The Guild Continued on page 4 is in the forecast. That’s right, her invigorating and scintillating Continued on page 6 So on Saturday, August 1, is extremely honored to have Mr. Habitat for Black and Purple: A Mayor Tony T. Share this issue with a friend Humanity seeking better way forward Yarber’s 2015 State by mailing it to: homeowner by Rev. CJ Rhodes, of the City Address Inside applicants for M. Div Utica Page 6 Page 10 Page 5 2 • the mississippi link August 6 - 12, 2015 www.mississippilink.com Backfires, not gunshots? So says man arrested at Camp Shelby By Jeff Amy Associated Press NEW AUGUSTA, Miss. - Soldiers participating in a train- ing exercise on a Mississippi military base heard it Tuesday and Wednesday - noises they believed were gunshots around the fringes of Camp Shelby. On edge after a gunman at- tacked military members in Chattanooga, Tennessee, au- thorities began looking for a maroon pickup truck that the A Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agent detains a person of interest soldiers described from the after shots were reportedly fired a second consecutive day near Camp Tuesday incident. They found Shelby, a military training facility near Hattiesburg, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. it late Wednesday morning 5, 2015. There were no reported injuries. The description of the shooter was when Alfred Baria Sr. drove the same in both instances - a white male in a red pickup truck. RyAn MooRe/ past officers on a state highway WDAM-TV via AP just south of New Augusta. The Mississippi Bureau of misdemeanor counts of dis- and Camp Shelby. The son said Investigation took him into turbing the peace but also two his father was driving along the custody at gunpoint, with offi- felony counts of being a felon southern border of Camp Shel- cials calling a bomb squad into in possession of a gun. Alfred by to buy parts or hardware in sparsely populated Perry Coun- Baria Jr. said the rifle and pis- nearby Brooklyn, Mississippi, ty east of Hattiesburg to inves- tol were his, and he didn’t re- when soldiers heard the noises. tigate plastic pipes and other alize that his father, previously At Camp Shelby, guards at items they found in the truck. convicted on drug charges, all base entrances were armed But the 61-year-old Baria couldn’t be anywhere on the under a recent order from Mis- told authorities that it wasn’t property with them. sissippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. gunshots at all, just the backfir- Perry County Sheriff Jimmy Col. Christian Patterson said. ing of his battered Isuzu. That’s Dale Smith and MBI spokes- After the second incident, Bry- a story backed up by his son in man Warren Strain said officials ant said in a statement that the an interview Wednesday eve- were still questioning the elder shootings underscored why he ning with The Associated Press. Baria, who’s being held in the signed that executive order July Alfred Baria Jr. said his dad’s Perry County jail. Smith said 20. pickup backfires loudly every Baria would likely be appoint- The large military base south time someone shifts gears and ed a lawyer at a bail hearing of Hattiesburg is one of the steps on the gas. scheduled Thursday. Though premier training facilities for And those pipes? Two big, Strain emphasized that more National Guard troops from long ones were for plumbing charges could still be filed, for across the country and during a newly built auto repair shop now Baria isn’t charged with the height of the Iraq war was in the backyard, Alfred Baria any crime that indicates he shot often the last stop for National Jr. said. Small pipe containers at the National Guardsmen and Guard troops training to go to with caps were for storing auto active duty Army soldiers train- the Middle East. parts and hardware, he said, ing at Camp Shelby. The base is hosting about showing a reporter one on a The Barias’ mobile home is in 4,600 active-duty soldiers, shelf inside the shop. a remote area of Perry County National Guard and reservists His father though, is in trou- bordered by miles of pine trees from Texas and Mississippi in a ble, charged not only with four in the DeSoto National Forest summer training exercise. LOCAL www.mississippilink.com AugusT 6 - 12, 2015 THE mississippi link • 3 Election results Continued from page 1 scenes from smith’s celebration scenes from mason’s celebration backs into the run to hold publican candidate Charlette primary in the November 3 onto or upseat an office.
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