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Know the signs - page 16 American Stroke Month Tornadoes kill 11 as Photo of the Week storm moves across South MAYOR TONY YARBER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE

Storm damage in Pearl, Miss., April 28, 2014 PHOTO BY KEVIN ROBINSON

By Adrian Sainz in the central U.S. on Sunday. law’s SUV upside down onto and Jeff Amy On Tuesday morning, the patio in Louisville. Associated Press many woke to sirens, tornado “For about 30 seconds, it TUPELO, Miss. - A dan- warnings, damaged property was unbelievable,” Ward said. With his hand on the old family Bible held by wife Rosalind Yarber, Mayor Yarber takes oath to gerous storm system that and downed trees. Forecasts “It’s about as awful as any- serve the city of Jackson. Oath is being administered by Judge Frank Sutton. PHOTO BY JAY spawned a chain of deadly showed Georgia as the next thing we’ve gone through.” JOHNSON tornadoes over three days flat- likely target, with 89 counties The dangerous weather See photos on page 3 tened homes and businesses, under a tornado watch until 11 jangled nerves a day after the forced frightened residents in a.m. Alabama, Mississippi and three-year anniversary of a more than half a dozen states Tennessee were hit with the historic outbreak of more than to take cover and left tens of brunt of the storm Monday. 60 tornadoes that killed more thousands in the dark Tuesday In Mississippi, Republican than 250 people across Ala- morning, April 27. State Sen. Giles Ward huddled bama on April 27, 2011. Conquering cancer: Susan G. Komen As the storm hopscotched in a bathroom with his wife, The storm even sent staff across a large swatch of the four other family members and at a TV news station running U.S., the overall death toll was their dog Monday as a tornado and Fannie Lou Hamer - different at least 28, with 11 killed in destroyed his two-story brick Tornado the South on Monday and 17 house and flipped his son-in- Continued on page 5 backgrounds, a common cause The LA Clippers Donald Sterling Case: ‘Silence is not golden.’ By Leon Williams process is inextrica- Special to The Mississippi Link bly linked. The ad- “Repugnant!” “Stupidity!” “Un- age silence is golden acceptable!” These are descriptions provides the bedrock used by current and former NBA upon which present players describing their outrage at day bigotry exists. racist remarks recently credited to Fox News pundits LA Clippers owner, Donald Sterling. and other conserva- There’s no quarrel over the unac- tive operatives who Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair (C) and employees raise cancer awareness. ceptability of Sterling’s purported supported Bundy By Ayesha K. Mustafaa who is battling stage 4 breast can- dation (FLHCF) and the Missis- comments. However, the social, po- tooth and nail, but Editor cer. Fair also revealed that he is a sippi Network for Cancer Control litical and economic tapestry upon now can’t distance cancer survivor and the nephew and Prevention hosted a develop- which black America is woven has themselves from him Hinds County Tax Collector of Fannie Lou Hamer who died mental fundraising meeting. The been under siege historically and fast enough, are not Eddie Fair stood with his employ- from the disease. meeting was held at the Ruleville continues to face mounting assaults motivated by the fact ees at his office Monday, April 28, “I am proud of my workers Community House, 114 Church against civil liberties and freedoms, Bundy is a racist, but 2014, as they wore their solidarity who pitched in and showed their St., in Ruleville, Miss. many of which were considered instead, are moti- t-shirts to work, exclaiming: “My concern about cancer,” Fair said. Freddie White-Johnson is settled law. vated by the fact he God is bigger than the cure.” Sterling AP PHOTO/MARK J. TERRILL “They bought the t-shirts they are founder and president of the FL- The Tea Party inspired political verbalized it. One employee went further noting that when you are in for wearing with their own money, HCF and program director of the attacks on voting rights of minority The NBA player’s outrage is also eral, nor the players in particular. In the fight of your life - like con- which in turn was donated to help MS Network for Cancer Control citizens, education and resistance driven by Sterling’s verbalization fact with few exceptions, the league quering cancer, then “fight like a purchase medicine for cancer pa- and Prevention at University of to increases in the minimum wage of his sentiments. Even more dis- and its players have remained silent! girl!” tients.” Southern Mississippi. “We in- presently fuel relentless bombard- Suggestions of boycotts and im- The employees of the Hinds Fair said one of his priorities vited about 25 key stakeholders, ments on every aspect of present- COMMENTARY posed sanctions against the Clippers County Tax Collector’s office is to bring attention to the Fannie including Eddie Fair, who is a day African American existence. In organization should serve as a model and their boss participated in the Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation. native of Sunflower County and the same manner, recent decisions turbing is their silence in face of the for not only black Americans, but all 2014 Susan G. Komen Race for There are citizens who don’t have relative of the late Fannie Lou against Affirmative Action by the aforementioned onslaughts against Americans who value equality and the Cure through downtown Jack- insurance and cannot afford med- Hamer. U.S. Supreme Court also threaten to African American culture in general. fairness as it relates to other institu- son, April 12, 2014. They were ical care, he said. So the state sen- “Mr. Fair wants to eliminate turn the clock back. Basketball is a game, but the tions. the largest government agency in ate recently allocated $300,000 to cancer mortality in our state. Government subsidy-inspired game of life, rife with unfaltering The lesson to be learned for NBA the annual race, with just over 20 the Foundation. “That’s a start,” Through resources, expertise and deadbeat Cliven Bundy’s conjecture displays of inequality, injustice and players in particular is two-fold: in joining in. Fair said. “But we need $6 million that black Americans were perhaps insensitivity concerning the realities spite of their affluence and status, we Fair said they were motivated to make the Foundation work.” better off as slaves may seem uncon- of the day-to-day existence of black are all in the same boat. But most of to come out and show solidarity Thursday, April 24, 2014, the Cancer nected to Sterling’s comments, but Americans has not inspired the same all, silence is not golden! Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foun- Continued on page 2 further scrutiny reveals the thought level of outrage by the NBA in gen- with employee Tawana Mallard

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Cancer Continued from page 1 referring donors, he is a big asset. At this workshop, we provid- ed an overview of the last meeting and dis- cussed additional steps required to move us forward through fund- raising initiatives.” According to White- Johnson, participation in phase II of construc- tion of the headquar- ters for the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foun- dation, which is a state- wide organization), More employees who ran in the Susan G. Komen Run for a Cure race. will help provide a necessary critical sense of the need to erect the $5.5 million cancer center, replete with fur- nishings and named in honor of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. “This project, from process to comple- tion, will give back to the community both in terms of improved health status and as an economic catalyst, in ways that provide a tangible reminder of the good things that overflow from the work that we do,” said White-Johnson. She said the FL- HCF also focuses on children with cancer, in 2012 assisting an 8-year-old boy battling cancer. “We are calling for one million heroes to donate $1, which has been posted on Face- book, Twitter, etc.,” she added. If anyone would like to donation, they can do it by mail: FLHCF, P. O. Box 755, Ruleville, MS 38771 or make a Paypal do- nation through their website at www.flhcf. com Fair and employees show off t-shirt backs supporting cancer survivor Twana Mallard. PHOTOS BY AYESHA K. MUSTAFAA www.mississippilink.com May 1 - 7, 2014 THE mississippi link • 3 Swearing-in Ceremony of Mayor Tony Yarber at City Hall Thursday, April 24, 2014, Jackson, Miss. photos by Jay Johnson

Flora Library patron Dr. Francie A. Brown In spite of huge obstacles and with total commit- ment, our friend and pa- tron, Francie A. Brown of Bentonia, Miss., completed her doctoral studies with New Foundation Theologi- cal Seminary in Terry, Miss. and will graduate May 3, 2014. Brown, 60, overcame her lack of keyboard experience and her fear of the com- puter and plunged into her Brown work, having been inspired by her friend and pastor, Dr. tis pain. Two weeks before Benjamin Wallace of Eden completing her dissertation, CME Church, Carrollton, Brown was hit by a car. Un- Miss. She said he told her, daunted and still enthusias- “Something about you tells tic, she soldiered on. me that God has work for This kind of determina- you and you need to get to tion is rare and admirable. it.” We at the Flora Library are Brown dedicated herself so proud of Francie (now to the task, stumbling into Doctor of Theology) and the library every day with wish her the very best of terrible, crippling arthri- everything. LOCAL

4 • the mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Tisdale coming to Jackson for “An Enchanted Evening” concert The Mississippi Link Newswire Cavalleria Rusticana DeAnna Esther Marie Tis- at the University of dale, daughter of the late Southern Mississippi. publisher of The Advocate DeAnna has been in newspaper Charles Tisdale the chorus of Mascag- and its current publisher Alice ni’s Cavalleria Rus- Tisdale, is coming to Jackson. ticana and Puccini’s She will be in grand classical La Boheme with the style Thursday, June 19, 2014, University of South- at 7:30 p.m., when she per- ern Mississippi and J. forms at the Belhaven Center Strauss’ Die Fleder- for the Arts, 835 Riverside Dr. maus with the Missis- She also sung at the July 1, sippi Opera. 2013 inauguration of the late She sang with the Mayor Chokwe Lumumba at Mississippi Opera the Convention Center. Just in their 2009-2010 last month in Washington, Champagne season D.C., at the Black Press Con- as a soloist in The ference, she stood in for her Best of Opera Cho- family to accept the Legacy ruses and as a cho- Award honoring her father’s rus member in Die work posthumously. Fledermaus. During DeAnna is currently pursu- the summer of 2009, Tisdale ing a graduate performance she traveled to Rome diploma in vocal performance where she took part in the vocal performance from the from the Boston Conserva- Opera Festival di Roma, a University of Southern Mis- tory, where Kathryn Wright is one-month school to train sissippi, where she graduated her vocal instructor. rising opera singers. both magna cum laude. Her aspiration is to make Winning 1st place in a re- She is also continuing the her own path as an opera sing- gional NATS competition in legacy of her father Charles er. She has performed the role November 2011 was right on Tisdale and the work that he of the Forester’s Wife and the heels of her accomplish- started with the Jackson Ad- covered the role of the Fox in ment in July 2011 when she vocate newspaper in Jackson Janacek’s opera The Cunning performed in Los Angeles, as its associate publisher. Little Vixen. at the 102nd Annual NAACP Tickets to the June concert She studied the role of Nan- Convention during the Spin- are $25 and can be reserved netta from Verdi’s Falstaff garn Awards. at 601-948-4122 or by email with the world-renowned DeAnna received her Bach- at alicethomastisdale@gmail. Martina Arroyo Foundation’s elor of Arts Degree in music/ com. Prelude to Performance pro- vocal performance from Tou- To learn more about DeAn- gram. She has also covered galoo College and her Master na, visit her website at www. Santuzza from Mascagni’s of Music (M.M.) degree in deannatisdale.com The Jackson Medical Mall ‘Neighborhood Clean Up Day’

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The Mississippi Link Newswire vides medical care, human services, The Jackson Medical Mall Founda- and state-of-the-art ambulatory health tion (JMMF) held its annual ”Neigh- care for the urban poor and the eco- borhood Cleanup Day” Saturday, April nomically disadvantaged residents of 12, 2014, 8 a.m. to 12p.m. This event Jackson. is one of the Foundation’s many efforts It is the only facility of its kind in in making a difference for the East Vil- the nation that provides to the commu- lage/Homestead Heights Community. nity a collective of quality healthcare, Volunteers, sponsors, and partners human services, and an economic de- joined with the JMMF staff to work velopment component. Renamed the together to make East Village/Home- Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran stead Heights shine. Among them were Center, in 2001, the Mall is a hub of church members, family members and growth and revitalization. friends who were looking for the op- For ways to participate in the next portunity to give community service. clean up or to assist the programs Participants were treated with pizza of the JMMF, call Erskine Brown at after the cleanup. 601-982-8467 ext. 27 or fax to 601- The JMMF also accepted monetary 982-8468. JMMF is located at 350 donations and paper products toward W. Woodrow Wilson Ave., Suite 107, the successful cleanup day. A dumpster Jackson, MS 39213. Visit the JMMF and cherry pickers were also required. website at www.jacksonmedicalm- Monetary donors received receipts as all.org. this is a non-profit effort. The Jackson Medical Mall Foun- dation is a non-prof- it organization and management arm of the Jackson Medical Mall, based in Jack- son. JMMF pro- motes health care and economic de- velopment, benefit- ing an underserved population in a des- ignated revitaliza- tion district. The Jackson Medical Mall is a modern medical complex that pro- www.mississippilink.com May 1 - 7, 2014 THE mississippi link • 5 Tornado Continued from page 1 for cover. NBC affiliate WTVA-TV ple were killed in a home when sioner Bill Latimer said he received chief meteorologist Matt Laubhan a suspected tornado hit Monday reports of four deaths in the county in Tupelo, Miss., was reporting live night, Lincoln County Emergency from one of his workers. Neither the on the weather around 3 p.m. when Management Director Mike Hall governor’s office nor state emer- he realized the twister was coming said. The winds destroyed several gency officials could immediately close enough that maybe he and his other homes as well as a middle confirm those deaths. staff should abandon the television school in the county that borders Numerous watches and warn- studio. Alabama, Hall said. ings were still active in Alabama, “This is a tornado ripping through Along Mississippi Highway 397 with forecasters warning the severe the city of Tupelo as we speak. And on the eastern edge of Louisville weather could continue all night. this could be deadly,” he said in a early Tuesday, firefighters could be In Tupelo, Miss., a community of video widely tweeted and broadcast seen picking through the remains of about 35,000 in northeastern Mis- on YouTube. an unidentified number of pulver- sissippi, every building in a two- Moments later he added, “A dam- ized mobile homes. Lt. Brian Arnett block area south of U.S. Highway aging tornado. On the ground. Right of the Starkville Fire Department 78 suffered damage, officials told a now.” said they were searching for three reporter on the scene. Some build- The video then shows Laubhan people who were unaccounted for. ings had their roofs sheared off, peeking in from the side to see if he About 100 yards away, 20 fire- while power lines had been knocked is still live on the air before yelling fighters linked hands and waded down completely or bent at 45-de- to staff off-camera to get down in through an area where woodframe gree angles. Road crews were using the basement. “Basement, now!” homes had been heavily damaged. heavy machinery to clear off other Storm damage in Sweet Home sub-division in Pearl, Miss. PHOTOS BY KEVIN JOHNSON he yelled, before disappearing off Trees in Louisville had been streets. camera himself. snapped in half and stripped of their The Northeast Mississippi Medi- Later, the station tweeted, “We branches, while sheet metal had cal Center in Tupelo had received are safe here.” twisted itself around road signs and 30 patients as of Monday night, Weather satellites showed tumul- tree trunks. Rescue workers stepped four of whom were being admitted tuous clouds arcing across much of gingerly over downed power lines. with non-life-threatening injuries, the South over the course of the day The tornado in Louisville also said center spokeswoman Deborah Monday. caused water damage and carved Pugh. Pugh said the other 26 pa- The system is the latest onslaught holes in the roof of the Winston tients were treated for minor inju- of severe weather a day after a half- Medical Center, according to an As- ries and released. mile-wide tornado carved an 80- sociated Press reporter at the cen- Bryant declared a state of emer- mile path of destruction through the ter. There were about 15 patients in gency Monday in advance of the suburbs of Little Rock, Ark., kill- hospital rooms and eight or nine in storms, which sent emergency of- ing at least 15. Tornadoes or severe the emergency room, where evacu- ficials rushing to put plans in place. storms also killed one person each ations were underway. With the wind howling outside in Oklahoma and Iowa on Sunday. “We thought we were going and rain blowing sideways, Monica Six people died in Winston Coun- to be OK then a guy came in and Foster rode out a tornado warning ty, Miss., on Monday, including said, ‘It’s here right now,’” said Dr. with her two daughters, ages 10 a woman who perished in the day Michael Henry, head of the emer- and 12, inside a gas station near care center she owned in Louisville, gency room. “Then boom ... it blew Fayette, Ala. One of the girls cried county Coroner Scott Gregory told through.” as the three huddled with a station The Associated Press late Monday. One of the deaths in Mississippi employee in a storage area beside a Louisville is the county seat and involved a woman who was killed walk-in cooler. home to about 6,600 people. when her car either hydroplaned Foster, who was returning home It was unclear if any children or was blown off a road during the to Lynn on rural roads after a funer- were in the day care center at the storm in Verona, south of Tupelo, al in Tuscaloosa, said she typically time, said William McCully, acting said Lee County Coroner Carolyn would have kept driving through spokesman for the Winston County Gillentine Green. the deluge. Emergency Management Agency. In northern Alabama, the coro- “I wouldn’t have pulled in if I Earlier Monday, emergency of- ner’s office confirmed two deaths didn’t have the two girls,” she said. ficials attending a news conference Monday in a twister that caused Amy reported from Louisville, with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant extensive damage west of the city Miss. Associated Press writers said seven people had been killed of Athens, said Limestone County Jack Elliott Jr. and Emily Wagster statewide. State Director of Health Emergency Director Rita White. Pettus in Jackson, Miss; Janet Mc- Protection Jim Craig said officials White said more victims could be Connaughey in New Orleans; Jay were working with coroners to con- trapped in the wreckage of dam- Reeves in Birmingham, Ala.; AP firm the total. It was unclear if the aged buildings, but rescuers could Photographer Butch Dill in Fay- deaths in Winston County were in- not reach some areas because of ette, Ala.; Phillip Lucas in Atlanta; cluded in that tally. downed power lines. Russ Bynum in Savannah, Ga., con- In southern Tennessee, two peo- Separately, Limestone Commis- tributed to this report. Mississippians cherish experience at White House Egg Roll

Tiffany Williams and Jessica Bryant with children Semaj and Semyah at White House The Mississippi Link Newswire Jackson, Miss. youth Semaj and Semyah Bryant, accompanied by their mother Tiffany Williams and aunt Jessica Bryant, were among 30,000 guess on the South Lawn of the White House for the 136th Easter Egg Roll, April 21, 2014. The trip to Washington, D.C. for the occa- sion was made possible by local businessman Leroy Walker and the McDonald’s Corpora- tion. Walker provided the family with four tick- ets, drawing their names in a lottery to make the trip. The 2014 Egg Roll theme was “Hop Into Health, Swing Into Shape” and was part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative encouraging fitness and healthful eat- ing among children. There was so much excitement entailed in “rolling an egg with a spoon and then finding others on the White House lawn.” Souvenirs given to the participants were decorated eggs signed by President Barack and Michelle Obama. Williams and Bryant, with the children, at- tended cooking stations, participated in games and crafts, took pictures with the Easter Bunny and stood behind a replica of the president’s podium. While in the nation’s capital, the family vis- ited the office of their U.S. Senator, Thad Co- chran. Cochran’s office afforded them a tour of the Capitol. HEALTH

6 • the mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Study: Statins may lead some patients to pig out By Lindsey Tanner addition to already known po- Average body-mass index statin user is eating 192 more AP Medical Writer tential side effects risks includ- among statin users increased calories daily than 10 years CHICAGO - Ten years of ing muscle aches and diabetes. from 29 - just below the cutoff ago, that could translate into U.S. data suggest cholesterol- “Statins provide a false re- for obesity - to 31, or one point many extra pounds each year lowering statins are giving pa- assurance,” she said. “People higher than that cutoff. - unless activity levels also in- tients a license to pig out. seem to believe that statins can Diabetes also increased - 29 creased, said Dr. Martin Sha- Calorie and fat intake in- compensate for poor dietary percent of statin users had it in piro, the senior author and an creased among statin users choices and sedentary life.” 2010 versus 22 percent in the internist and researcher at the during the decade - an indica- The researchers examined study’s first year. A link be- University of California in Los tion that many patients might 1990-2010 government health tween statin use and diabetes Angeles. be abandoning heart-healthy surveys involving nearly has been documented previ- The study “certainly doesn’t lifestyles and assuming that 28,000 adults aged 20 and ously, but reasons for the trend mean that everyone responds drugs alone will do the trick, older. Different people were in the study are uncertain. this way, but the concern is FILE - This June 14, 2011, file photo, shows the drug Lipitor at Medco Health the study authors said. surveyed each year, underwent Calories and fat intake were that people who are on statins Solutions Inc., in Willingboro, N.J. In a study published online Thursday, They said the goals of statin physical exams and blood lower among statin users than ought to be particularly careful April 24, 2014, in JAMA Internal Medicine, 10 years of U.S. data suggest treatment should be to help tests, and reported their food nonusers early on, but by the about how many calories they cholesterol-lowering statins are giving patients a license to pig out. AP Pho- patients achieve benefits un- intake. The portion who used final years that difference van- eat and what kinds of foods to/Matt Rourke, File attainable by other methods, statins steadily increased, from ished. they eat,” he said. “They don’t “not to empower them to put eight percent in the first year to Calories, fat intake and dia- appear to be doing that.” Association and American western University heart butter on their steak.” 17 percent in the final year. betes remained stable among Shapiro said the results mir- College of Cardiology stress specialist who chaired the Statins may keep cholester- Statin users in the first year adults not using statins, and ror his own experience taking the need for healthy lifestyles guidelines committee, said he ol low even if people eat less consumed on average 2,000 there was a smaller increase statins. and include recommenda- disagrees. healthy food and slack off on calories daily; those in the fi- in body-mass index among With a family history of tions for regular exercise and Stone said the study “fits exercise, but those bad habits nal year consumed 2,192 daily nonusers, although the aver- heart disease, Shapiro said heart-healthy eating. But they right in with the guidelines’ can contribute to obesity, high calories. Average fat intake age BMI remained in the over- he had carefully controlled also would broaden statin use - message” that prevention is blood pressure, diabetes and also increased, from 72 grams weight category throughout. his weight and avoided high about one-third of U.S. adults best achieved by following a other problems that are bad daily to 82 grams daily. Ex- The study doesn’t prove that cholesterol foods. But Shap- would be told to consider tak- heart-healthy lifestyle and ap- for the heart. The study was perts generally recommend no statin use prompted patients to iro said he “began to be less ing the drugs under the guide- propriate statin use, rather than published online April 24 in more than 77 grams daily for slack off, or that there is a true stringent” about his diet after lines. striving for an arbitrary cho- JAMA Internal Medicine. adults consuming 2,000 calo- link between the drugs and his doctor prescribed a statin The study authors said they lesterol level. Dr. Rita Redberg, the jour- ries daily. The increase was the changes seen. But the re- to lower his “bad” cholesterol. worry that expanded statin “My patients have always nal’s editor, said the study seen in total fat intake and searchers said the results raise Heart disease prevention use could lead more people to been taught that it’s not just “raises concerns of a potential saturated fats, the least healthy troubling questions. guidelines issued last Novem- abandon healthy lifestyles. enough to take medicine,” moral hazard of statin use,” in kind. If, for example, the average ber by the American Heart But Dr. Neil Stone, a North- Stone said. Report: Health exchanges’ drug coverage confusing By Carla K. Johnson A directory of doctors was which lists went with the ex- tion more readily available,” AP Medical Writer somewhat easier to find, but change plans they were com- said Health and Human Ser- CHICAGO - The hunt for a there were still some cases in paring, Pearson said. vices spokesman Aaron Al- health plan that would cover which it was a very demand- “Many chronic conditions bright. a particular drug or a favor- ing search, the report found. rely on medications for man- The pharmaceutical com- ite doctor proved particularly What’s more, the websites agement and to keep people pany Pfizer Inc. funded the frustrating for many consum- typically ranked plans by pre- out of the hospital,” Pearson analysis; Avalere maintained ers navigating the new insur- mium price, which could have said. “If your drug is not cov- control over the content. ance exchanges under the misled patients who needed a ered, then you’re responsible Nevada was the only state FILE - In this March 31, 2014 file photo, navigator John Jones explains the federal government’s health specific costly medication if it for the full cost or you have exchange the report analyzed many options to a client seeking help buying health insurance at the Family care overhaul, according to a wasn’t covered by the cheap- to switch to a different drug. with a tool to search for drugs Guidance Center in Springfield, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File report released April 28. est plan, Avalere spokeswom- The impact on the patient so consumers could shop for In nearly half the 85 health an Caroline Pearson said. could be several thousands of a health plan based on their change failed to meet key comparison much easier than plans analyzed, it was diffi- “It was very difficult for dollars a year.” medications. But the tool performance benchmarks and it was in most exchanges in cult or impossible for people consumers to get a more nu- The situation should im- didn’t estimate out-of-pocket recommended Xerox, its de- the first year,” said Robert to determine what drugs were anced view of what their prove soon, Pearson said, costs and was confusing when signer, be assessed penalties. Krughoff, president of Con- covered, according to the re- plans covered,” Pearson said. noting the government will trying to differentiate between For each website, Avalere sumers’ Checkbook, a non- port by market research firm In some cases, a consumer require plans on the federal different tiers of medications. analyzed the accessibility of profit group that developed a Avalere Health, the first sys- would have to click six times exchange for 2015 to have di- Nevada’s website had oth- information for five health model comparison tool with tematic analysis of consumer to find drug coverage infor- rect links to lists of covered er problems, which weren’t plans, scoring it by the num- some features that several experience on the exchanges. mation. Even worse, no links drugs, also known as formu- mentioned in the report, re- ber of clicks and whether a state-run exchanges are plan- The report analyzed health to lists of covered drugs ex- laries. quiring officials to authorize a consumer would have to hunt ning to add. plans in five states that relied isted for some health plans. “It has long been difficult special enrollment period for from an insurance company’s “None of the sites has done on the federal HealthCare. That forced consumers to for consumers to tell what thousands of people who may home page or was directed a good job helping consum- gov website, as well as state- search insurance company prescriptions are covered by have tried to sign up but were to a dedicated page with the ers compare out-of-pocket run exchange plans in Wash- websites, and, even if they different plans, which is why thwarted by consistent errors. needed information. costs,” Krughoff said. “That ington, D.C., and a dozen found the covered drug lists, the health care law has taken An independent auditor early “It’s very important that we results in consumers wasting states. it could be tough to determine steps to make this informa- this month said Nevada’s ex- focus on how to make plan thousands of dollars a year.”

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www.mississippilink.com May 1 - 7, 2014 THE mississippi link • 7 Employee opens fire at Fedex sorting center By Kate Brumback disclose it yet, Pierce said. “He had bullets strapped Kennesaw. The Associated Press Three of the wounded were across his chest like Rambo” The facility about 25 miles KENNESAW, Ga. - A FedEx hospitalized in critical condi- and held a knife, Aiken said north of Atlanta sorts packages employee wearing ammunition tion, including two who were at the entrance to a parking lot and loads them onto vehicles draped across his chest “like in surgery with life-threatening where employees had gath- for delivery. It’s next to the gen- Rambo” opened fire Tuesday, injuries. ered after the attack. Before eral-aviation airport for subur- April 29, at a package-sorting The gunman first shot a secu- she could continue, a woman ban Cobb County. center outside Atlanta, wound- rity guard at a shack outside the wearing a FedEx jacket told After the attack, police ing six people before apparent- building before heading inside, Aiken to stop talking and led blocked roads leading to the Fe- ly committing suicide, police Pierce said. her away. dEx center. and witnesses said. David Titus, a FedEx truck The two people in surgery The company offered no de- In addition to a shotgun, the driver, said he was just coming were a 28-year-old man and a tails about the attack, saying gunman also had an undisclosed to work around 6 a.m. when he 52-year-old woman. The third only that it was “focused on the number of Molotov cocktails, saw a security guard get shot in critical victim was a 22-year- needs of our team members and but he did not use them in the the abdomen. He said he heard old man, said Dr. Michael Nitz- cooperating with the law en- attack, police said. more gunfire later from inside ken of Wellstar Kennestone forcement investigation of this The shooter, who was not the building. Hospital. tragedy.” publicly identified, was found “It was chaos,” Titus said. Another man, 38, remained at The package center was FedEx Employee Lisa Aiken, wearing bandana, is embraced by a co- dead inside. He worked as a “Everyone was running, duck- the hospital but was stable. Two shut down and surrounded by worker as other FedEx employees gather at a skating rink following package handler at the sprawl- ing and hiding, trying to get out other victims - a 42-year-old crime-scene tape. The full in- a shooting at a FedEx facility in Kennesaw, Ga., on Tuesday, April 29, ing facility, Cobb County police of there.” woman and a 19-year-old man - vestigation is expected to take 2014. A shooter described as being armed with an assault rifle and Sgt. Dana Pierce said. FedEx clerk Liza Aiken said were treated and released. a long time because authorities having bullets strapped across his chest opened fire Tuesday morning Investigators have an idea of she was working when she The FBI and other agencies have to search every part of the at a FedEx station outside Atlanta, wounding at least six people before what his motive may have been, heard something drop, looked were working to collect evi- 500,000-square-foot facility for police found the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. but they were not prepared to to her left and saw the gunman. dence at the package center in evidence. AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Brant Sanderlin Botched execution offers new evidence to attorneys By JIM SALTER execution was postponed for at least The Associated Press two weeks. ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A bungled ex- She also is pressing for an inde- ecution in Oklahoma provides death pendent investigation of Lockett’s penalty opponents with a fresh, death, including examination of his startling example of how lethal in- remains by an independent patholo- jections can go wrong. But the odds gist. of successfully challenging the na- In Missouri, convicted killer Rus- tion’s main form of capital punish- sell Bucklew is scheduled to die ment will probably hinge on exactly May 21. His attorney, Cheryl Pilate, what caused the inmate’s apparent said she plans to file new appeals agony. next week seeking to halt the ex- If four-time convicted felon Clay- ecution or at least delay it until the state’s procedures “are subject to ton Lockett suffered because of a FILE - This June 29, 2011 file full disclosure.” collapsed vein or improperly insert- photo provided by the Oklahoma The potential for something to ed IV, the legal landscape might not Department of Corrections shows go wrong is escalated for Bucklew, change much. If the execution drugs Clayton Lockett. Oklahoma prison Pilate said, because he suffers from or the secrecy surrounding them officials halted the execution of a lifelong medical condition that has played a role, defense attorneys for Lockett Tuesday, April 29, 2014, left his blood vessels malformed other prisoners could have powerful after the delivery of a new three- and weakened. It’s so bad that he of- new evidence to press the U.S. Su- drug combination failed to go preme Court to get involved, legal ten bleeds from the eyes, Pilate said. as planned.. AP Photo/Oklahoma experts say. “Executions are not medical Department of Corrections, File A day after the execution went acts,” Pilate said. “They are experi- awry, attorneys for some death- to execute a condemned inmate by ments conducted on human subjects row inmates began planning new electrocution again after a first at- with no accountability or oversight.” appeals or updating existing cases tempt failed (1947) and lethal injec- The White House stopped short based on events in Oklahoma. tion (2008). of suggesting a moratorium. Leg- Many called for moratoriums and The Constitution “does not de- islatures and governors could also independent investigations. mand the avoidance of all risk of order investigations or a temporary “Every prison is saying, `We pain in carrying out executions,” halt to executions. So far, only Okla- have it under control, trust us,’” Chief Justice John Roberts said in homa’s governor has taken action. said Texas attorney Maurie Levin, the court’s 2008 decision upholding Missouri’s protocol has been who spent Wednesday preparing Kentucky’s lethal injection system. upheld by the courts and Gov. new briefs questioning that state’s Still, a minority of the high court Jay Nixon continues to support execution practices. “This just un- has shown some recent trepidation “the ultimate punishment” for derscores in bold that we can’t trust about the secrecy of the process the “most merciless and violent them, and prisons have to be ac- used by many states. crimes,” spokeswoman Ansley countable to the public and trans- Many states - Oklahoma, Texas Channing said. parent in the method by which they and Missouri among them - pur- Ohio planned to follow its carry out executions.” chase execution drugs from lightly normal procedures, including an The 38-year-old Lockett, convict- regulated compounding pharma- exam of the condemned inmate ed of shooting a woman and watch- cies and refuse to name the supplier, three weeks before the execution ing as two accomplices buried her whether the drug has been tested, to evaluate his veins and plan for alive, was declared unconscious 10 even who is part of the execution the insertion of intravenous nee- minutes after the first of three drugs team. dles. was administered Tuesday. Three In February, three justices - two Jerry Cox, president of the Na- minutes later, he began breathing short of the required five - said they tional Association of Criminal De- heavily, writhing, clenching his would have blocked the execution fense Lawyers, said the botched teeth and straining to lift his head. of Michael Anthony Taylor in Mis- Oklahoma execution should Authorities halted the execution, souri. A month later, four justices “shock the conscience of all Amer- but Lockett died of a suspected heart fell one vote short of blocking the icans,” even those who previously attack more than 40 minutes after execution of another Missouri in- supported the death penalty. the process began. mate, Jeffrey Ferguson. They of- “Most of the world and virtually An autopsy was conducted fered no explanation for their vote. all democracies have abandoned Wednesday to determine his precise If Tuesday’s problems are traced the death penalty,” Cox said. “This cause of death, and Oklahoma Gov. to a collapsed vein, the high court is just horrific.” Mary Fallin named a member of her “probably won’t feel a lot more Tuesday’s problems marked the cabinet to lead a review of the state’s pressure to step in,” said Thomas third time this year that an execu- execution procedures. Goldstein, an experienced Supreme tion raised concerns about an in- The White House said the execu- Court lawyer who also has repre- mate’s suffering. tion fell short of the humane stan- sented death-row inmates. But if the In January, Ohio inmate Den- dards required. injection chemicals themselves and nis McGuire took 26 minutes to Courts, including the Supreme the state’s secrecy emerge as im- die, gasping repeatedly as he lay Court, have been reluctant to halt portant factors, “there will be great on a gurney with his mouth open- executions over arguments that they pressure for them to hear a case and ing and closing. That same month, violate an inmate’s constitutional require transparency.” Oklahoma inmate Michael Lee guarantee against cruel and unusual Madeline Cohen represents Wilson’s final words were, “I feel punishment. In four rulings over Charles Warner, an Oklahoma in- my whole body burning.” the past 135 years, the Supreme mate who was scheduled to be --- Court has upheld the use of the fir- executed Tuesday just hours after Associated Press Writer Mark ing squad (1879), the electric chair Lockett. She said she plans new ap- Sherman in Washington, D.C., (1890), the ability of a state to try peals on behalf of Warner, whose contributed to this report. 8 • the mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com JPS educators honored Rowan and Murrah technology students win among best in the state trip to D.C. competition

Murrah students Jim Hill teachers Tracee Thompson and Susan Bender with principal, Bobby Brown

The Mississippi Link Newswire as the only Milken Award win- the District Teachers of the Year Mississippi Department of ner in the state of Mississippi for and District Administrators of Education (MDE) recognized the 2013-2014 school year. She the Year from public school dis- Jim Hill teachers Susan Bender was the 2013 JPS Teacher of the tricts across the state. Held in and Tracee Thompson as two of Year. downtown Jackson, the program the best educators in the state. Pecan Park Principal Wanda featured a performance by the Bender, the 2014 Jackson Quon, the 2014 JPS Adminis- Callaway High School band as Public Schools (JPS) Teacher trator of the Year, was also one well as speeches by State Super- of the Year, was a Congressio- of the honorees recognized by intendent Dr. Carey Wright and nal District finalist and runner MDE during an annual luncheon the 2013 National Teacher of the up to Mississippi Teacher of the held April 23, 2014. Year from Washington state, Jeff Year. Thompson was recognized MDE hosts the event to honor Charbonneau. Raring to Read drive pays off for JPS middle school students Rowan students The Mississippi Link Newswire Medical Technology Issues, Principal Dr. Shimelle May- Technology Student Asso- 3rd place ers. “This will be an experi- ciation (TSA) members from Murrah ence of a lifetime for our chil- Rowan Middle School and Chapter Team, 1st place dren.” Murrah High School have Website Design, 3rd place To help the team with ex- earned a chance to compete Expenses, including travel, penses to make the trip, visit at the National TSA Confer- lodging and meals for the Murrah High School TSA’s ence to be held in Washing- 28 qualifying students and online fundme.com site. ton, D.C., June 26-July 1, their chaperones from the To find out other ways to 2014. Both teams qualified two schools, total more than donate, call Murrah at (601) based on their outstanding $26,000. Rowan and Murrah 960-5380 or Rowan at (601) achievements at the annual are both planning fundraising 960-5349. Or e-mail one of state conference. The teams events as well as accepting the contacts below. brought home the following donations to ensure these de- Connie Navarro-Allen, state awards: serving students get a chance Murrah TSA sponsor Rowan to compete on the national Damian Davis, Murrah TSA Website Design, 1st place level. sponsor Agriculture and Biotechnol- “Both TSA chapters are Dr. Shimelle Mayers, Row- ogy Design, 2nd place networking together to make an principal Environmental Focus, 3rd this trip a reality, not a dream Michael Johnson, Rowan place for our students,” said Rowan TSA sponsor.

JPS Supt. Dr. Cedrick Gray accepts a check for nearly $33,000 from The LeFleur’s Bluff Chapter of the Links to provide summer reading books for JPS middle school students.

The Mississippi Link Newswire sored Raring to Read, a book Dorothy Stokes. The LeFleur’s Bluff Chap- drive and fundraiser held Members of The Links ter of the Links, Inc., pre- March 29 with collection joining Stokes in the pre- sented a check for nearly points at all 11 McDonald’s sentation to Dr. Gray and $33,000 to Superintendent locations in the city of Jack- Jackson Public Schools were Dr. Cedrick Gray at Jackson son. Residents of the city Yvonne Brooks, Lurlene Ir- Public Schools’ central of- gave generously to the pro- vin, Danita Joyner, Davetta fice headquarters on April gram. Funds were still pour- Lee, Debra McGee, Eleanor 16, 2014. Collected through ing in days after the Saturday Mitchell, Rica Lewis Pay- a city-wide reading cam- event and totaled more than ton, Erin Pickens, Gailya paign, the funds will be used $34,000. Porter, Linda Smith, Sharo- to purchase summer reading All JPS students are re- lyn Smith, Dorothy Stokes, books for JPS middle school quired to read during the Kimberly Sweet, and Armer- students. summer months to prepare ita Tell. “We are extremely excit- for the fall school term. Sum- Along with The Links, ed that the community has mer reading helps to prevent McDonald’s, and Jackson come together through the learning loss that can occur Public Schools, additional body of the LeFleur’s Bluff over the summer. This drive supporters of Raring to Read Chapter of the Links and supports the District’s litera- included the City of Jackson, McDonald’s,” said Dr. Gray. cy goals by helping to ensure WJTV News Channel 12, “We’re very grateful that our that the District’s middle BankPlus, Kixie 107.5 F.M., students will have an oppor- school students have books 99 JAMS, and Gospel 1300. tunity to read this summer to read during the summer. Donations to the Raring without barriers that have “We look forward to a to Read are still being ac- been lifted by the generous lasting relationship with the cepted. Donors may visit any donations of the citizens in middle schools of Jackson local BankPlus and make the Jackson area.” as we provide resources for a monetary contribution to The LeFleur’s Bluff Chap- all students to improve lit- the Jackson Public Schools ter of the Links, Inc., spon- eracy,” said Links President Summer Reading program. EDUCATION

www.mississippilink.com May 1 - 7, 2014 THE mississippi link • 9 Tougaloo College announces 2014 commencement speaker Brown University President to address Tougaloo’s Class of 2014 The Mississippi Link Newswire Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby will son, Ph.D., nineteenth presi- Tougaloo College an- serve as the speaker for the dent of Brown University, nounced the schedule for Baccalaureate Service that Providence, R.I. Dr. Paxson’s the 2014 Commencement will be held in Woodworth invitation and acceptance as Week, which starts with the Chapel at 8 a.m. on Sunday, commencement speaker will Wednesday, May 14 Seniors’ May 18. He is the senior be coupled with a celebra- Consecration Service at 6 pastor of Wheeler Avenue tion and commemoration of p.m. in Woodworth Chapel. Baptist Church in Houston, the 50th anniversary of the Other events include the Texas. Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Thursday evening (May 15 at The Commencement Exer- (BTP). 6 p.m.) Golden Class Dinner; cise will be held on the Cam- The BTP has had more than the traditional alumni picnic pus Green at 10 a.m. on Sun- 500 student, faculty and staff (May 16 at 5 p.m.) and the day, May 18 (in the event of participants who have en- Annual Alumni Banquet that rain, the event will be moved gaged in various exchanges will take place on Saturday, to the Kroger Gymnasium). including: student leaders, May 17 at 7 p.m. at the Hilton The commencement speaker scholars and summer re- Jackson Hotel. will be Christina Hull Pax- search opportunities. Christina Paxon, Brown University president Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby, senior pastor, Wheeler Ave JSU media relations Bishop Joseph Warren Walker III to address Alcorn graduates at its specialist wins PRism 143rd Commencement Convocation The Mississippi Link Newswire Diane Greer Walker. Award of Excellence A recipient of nu- Humanitarian and Phi- merous awards and The Mississippi Link Newswire recognize outstand- lanthropist Bishop Joseph honors, Bishop Walk- ing work in the field Warren Walker III, a servant er sits on noteworthy Shelia Hardwell Byrd, media of public relations by leader and the charismatic boards, including the relations specialist in Jackson professionals and stu- pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Board of the Ameri- State University’s University dents within the state Church of Nashville, Tenn., can Red Cross, and Communications, has won an of Mississippi. will impart final words of holds a governor- Award of Excellence PRism PRAM is a net- wisdom unto Alcorn gradu- appointed post on the from the Public Relations As- work of 11 chapters ates at its 143rd Commence- Tennessee Human sociation of Mississippi. throughout the state ment Convocation on Satur- Rights Commission. Byrd received the highest consisting of nearly day, May 10, at 8:30 a.m. in He also serves on award in the category for a 600 members. The the Davey L. Whitney HPER the Executive Coun- feature story she wrote about association includes Complex on the Lorman cam- cil and as Bishop of Timothy Kendrick, a 2013 JSU memberships for stu- pus, announced Executive Senior Pastors in the graduate who overcame cancer. dents majoring in Vice President and Provost Full Gospel Baptist Byrd also received an Award public relations and Samuel L. White. Church Fellowship, of Merit for a feature story she professionals who Alcorn will award degrees International. In July wrote about a JSU alumnus hold positions in a to nearly 600 students who 2013, he was chosen who cared for victims of the variety of fields in- have applied to receive 440 to succeed Interna- Boston Marathon bombing. cluding corporations, bachelor’s and 156 master’s tional Presiding Bish- Both stories were picked up industries, govern- degrees. Walker will receive op Paul S. Morton Sr. by the media, including The ment entities, not-for- an honorary Doctor of Hu- in 2015. Bishop Joseph Warren Walker III Clarion-Ledger, USA Today profits and agencies. mane Letters degree at the Bishop Walker was and a host of Gannett papers. PRAM members are ceremony. recognized in the March 2010 emonies. The awards were presented concurrent members Shelia Hardwell-Byrd Bishop Walker was reared Nashville Post Magazine as Wednesday, May 7 April 17. of the Southern Pub- in Shreveport, La., in the one of Nashville’s most well 10 a.m., School of Agri- PRAM began the PRism lic Relations Federation, a net- fessionals in Alabama, Florida, 1970s and he grew up in a educated and influential min- culture, Research, Extension, Awards program to honor and work of more than 1,300 pro- Louisiana and Mississippi. household parented by Dea- isterial leaders. In early 2013, and Applied Sciences, Ray con Joseph and Rosa Walker. The Root.com named him Johnson Assembly Center His parents emphasized the as one of the 20 Top Black 2 p.m., School of Educa- importance of education. Af- Preachers in the country, and tion and Psychology Teacher ter obtaining his Bachelor of most recently, EBONYrecog- Induction Ceremony, Oak- Arts degree from Southern nized him on its “Power 100” land Memorial Chapel University in Baton Rouge, list as one of the nation’s most 5 p.m., School of Graduate a Master of Divinity degree influential African-American Studies Reception, Dr. Clin- from Vanderbilt University, leaders. ton Bristow, Jr. Dining Hall Bishop Walker proceeded to Deeply concerned about - Gold Room earn a Doctor of Ministry de- America’s youth and young Thursday, May 8 gree from Princeton Univer- adults, Bishop Walker ex- 1 p.m., School of Nursing sity. plains his passion behind Pinning Ceremony, Davey L. In 1992, at the age of 24, Mount Zion’s College Min- Whitney HPER Complex Bishop Walker began his pas- istry, which provides to thou- 3 p.m., School of Arts and torate at Mount Zion with 175 sands of college students a Sciences, James L. Bolden members. Today, the ministry positive environment for aca- Campus Union Ballroom WHAT IS BEHIND CANCER-DEATH DECLINE? has grown to over 28,000 and demic adroitness and spiri- 5 p.m., School of Business continues to grow at a phe- tual growth. Pinning Ceremony, Dr. Clin- nomenal rate. Under his lead- “God has called me to ton Bristow Jr. Dining Hall - Largely due to anti-smoking efforts Thus, general health impacts cancer ership, Mount Zion’s ministry SHIFT this generation into a Gold Room that have led to a decline in deaths outcomes. has expanded beyond its orig- new paradigm of excellence 6 p.m., International and related to lung cancer, cancer-related inal location on historic Jef- - to spur them to leave some- Multicultural Student Con- death rates continue to fall in the Health care professionals encourage ferson Street to seven weekly thing of substance on record gratulatory, J. D. Boyd Li- United States. A recent report from the people of all ages to take charge of services in three physical lo- that extends beyond two to brary - Medgar Wiley Evers nation’s leading cancer institutions their health by making smart lifestyle cations and includes www. three generations forward.” Auditorium notes that death rates from all cancers and nutrition choices, seeing their mtzionanywhere.org. Bishop Walker is married Friday, May 9 combined decreased by 1.8 percent doctor regularly for checkups and Bishop Walker’s philan- to the former Dr. Stephaine 9 a.m., Army ROTC Com- thropic efforts shifted to a per year among men and by 1.4 percent health screenings, and monitoring Hale, who is an assistant pro- missioning Ceremony, Oak- new level with the founding fessor of Pediatrics and Neo- land Memorial Chapel. per year among women. Two-thirds of their bodies for any changes that of the non-profit Drs. Joseph natology at Vanderbilt Uni- The convocation can be the falloff is attributable to declines in should be brought to the attention and Stephaine Walker Foun- versity. Both agree that their viewed online at www.al- four major cancers: lung, colorectal, of medical professionals. THE dation. most joyous accomplishment corn.edu, with a live stream breast, and prostate. The report also MISSISSIPPI CANCER INSTITUTE is The Foundation is com- to date has been the birth of beginning 15 minutes before draws attentions to the fact that one- a premier cancer treatment center. mitted to helping people their daughter, Jovanni Wil- the ceremony. third of cancer patients over 65 have To schedule a consultation, please help themselves and to help- low Walker, who was born in Alcorn State University other health conditions (diabetes, call (601) 249-5510. We are located ing those around them lead May 2012. is a premier comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary at 1501 Aston Avenue. Diabetes (and productive, satisfying lives. Family members and land-grant university that de- disease, congestive heart failure, its related complications) is the most The mission of the Founda- guests attending commence- velops diverse students into tion is primarily advanced and cerebrovascular disease) that common health problem affecting ment convocation and school globally competitive lead- through education, mentor- ceremonies are asked to ar- ers, and applies scientific re- can lower their chances of survival. cancer patients. ship and outreach. The Foun- rive early as event locations search through collaborative dation gives thousands of traditionally fill to capacity. partnerships that benefit the dollars each year to deserv- Overflow areas will be pro- surrounding communities, ing students and also awards vided. state, nation, and world. a scholarship in the name and Following is a compilation For additional information, memory of his late wife, Dr. of other commencement cer- call (601) 877-6142. 10 • THE mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Message from the Religion Editor

By Daphne Higgins Wow, I thought, everyone’s Religion Editor A prayer for the new snapping into place because The past few of the uncertainty of the day. days have been I concluded that as believ- very interesting ers, we are given the choice to say the least. of free will and I praise God mayor of Jackson I want to share for that but we also have a as much as I can choice in adhering to the Na- By Rev. CJ Rhodes, M. Div. with you but tional Weather Service. Why Special to The Mississippi Link yet, I want to be respectful of would we move so methodi- The first your time and the space that cally for the unknown but not thing I want I have been allotted. So, with show God that same respect you to do is that being said, I’m going to for what is known - His only pray. Pray ev- do my best to keep it short, begotten Son. ery way you but yet informative. The last thing on my list of know how, for I’d like to begin by thank- sharing is the observance of everyone you ing the chairs of the Couples National Day of Prayer. The know. Pray especially for rul- Ministry of College Hill M. official day is the first Thurs- ers and their governments to B. Church for a very enter- day of May, which this year is rule well so we can go quietly taining and enriching morn- May 1, 2014. about our business of living ing of study. The Couples The National Day of Prayer simply, in humble contem- Ministry recently hosted a calls on all people of dif- plation. This is the way our breakfast for all couples of ferent faiths in the United Savior God wants us to live. the church and had as the States to pray for the nation (I Timothy 2:1-3). guest speaker for the morn- and its leaders. This year’s It was my honor to have ing, Rev. Green and Barbara theme is “One Voice, United been asked to offer the in- Davidson, of Alabama. Their in Prayer,” emphasizing the vocation at the swearing-in photo by jay johnson presentation to all who were need for individual, corpo- ceremony for Mayor Tony present was very enlighten- rately and individually to T. Yarber. It was a powerful have seen another peaceful ham’s faith, Joseph’s integri- home, every church and every ing and entertaining. As ser- place their faith in the unfail- service, and Mayor Yarber transfer of executive power. ty, Joshua’s courage, David’s school. Unite us across gen- vants of God, they reminded ing character of their Cre- shared a dynamic message Everyday people throughout heart, Solomon’s wisdom, der and generation, colors all of us, that God has joined ator, who is sovereign over to us about his servant lead- our city have called upon and Peter’s boldness. Grant and creeds, so that we will be us together to make and keep all governments, authorities ership and the future of our Tony T. Yarber to serve and him spiritual wisdom and su- one city, with one aim, mov- each other happy and it is our and men. To further highlight capital city. lead us as our next mayor. We pernatural insights beyond ing toward one destiny, for duty as man and wife to hon- the theme, Romans 15:6 was The prayer follows in its thank You that this educator his 36 years. Show forth Your Your glory and the good of or that commitment. Howev- chosen as the scripture for entirety: and motivator has been cho- glory through his administra- our city. er, the flair that they brought the year. It reads: “So that Lord, sen to lead the City with Soul tion and help him shepherd Bless Tony and bless Jack- to the presentation is one that with one mind and one voice, You are Alpha and Omega. at such a time as this. In days Jackson with excellence so son, our capital city. you would have had to wit- you may glorify the God And the government rests and years to come, guide Tony that peace and prosperity will In Your Name we pray, ness for yourself. Again, I say and Father of our Lord Jesus upon Your shoulders. as he initiates progressive in- be our portion. Amen. - Good job to all involved in Christ.” For the revolutionary love frastructure improvements, Bless also our First Lady The Rev. CJ Rhodes serves the planning and implemen- Remember, prayer changes and legacy of our late mayor, promotes an aggressive ap- Rosalind, and Carmen, Cam- as rector of Oakland Memo- tation of the program. It was things. Regardless of the day Chokwe Lumumba, and for proach to crime reduction, eron, and Toni Michelle. En- rial Chapel and director of definitely an experience. or the hour, let us always look the sage and quiet leadership and innovates in order to sup- velope the First Family with student Religious Life at Al- Now on to the weather - to the Father, the Son and of Acting Mayor Charles Till- port economic stability down- Your protection and care. corn State University. He is news reports began late Sat- Holy Spirit for a new begin- man, we give You thanks and town and around town. As we move Jackson ahead a graduate of the University urday evening of warnings ning - because He is our all praise. We intercede for Tony and together, let Your favor radi- of MS and Duke University. about torrential rains hitting and all. And now, O Lord, we praise for the noble task that is be- ate over every ward and every Pastor Rhodes is married to central Mississippi. Well, If you will, please recall You that by Your grace we fore him. Grant him Abra- sub, every business and every Allison Thomas-Rhodes. those storms made their ar- the verse that I often share rival Monday afternoon just with you - Isaiah 52:7 (NIV), as announced. Many area which reads: “How beauti- schools dismissed early and ful on the mountains are the those that did not, did cancel feet of those who bring good Black Baptist all afterschool activities. Par- news, who proclaim peace, ents of younger children hur- who bring good tidings, who riedly made preparations for proclaim salvation, who say their youngsters’ care while to Zion, Your God reigns!” churches look to the older students headed The Mississippi Link, a home to prepare themselves messenger for news in and for the storm ahead. around the state of Missis- youth for leadership Unfortunately, there were sippi, would like to not only several outages, flash floods, share your news but all who By Sharyn Jackson excessive winds, fallen trees would like to tell others about Their involvement comes ers, Tipton said. Special to The Mississippi Link and yes, deaths that occurred the Lord’s goodness and at a time when shrinking par- In the past, he Monday afternoon/evening. about their places of worship The moment Ashton Bell ticipation by youth has caused said, leadership As I thought about all of and even those religious in- told his congregation that he alarm among many religious in black Baptist the commotion that was go- stitutions that are visited. wanted to preach, he might as denominations. Millennials are churches was ing on during the storm, I re- Contact Daphne M. Higgins well have scored a touchdown less likely to be affiliated with a reserved for flected on the warnings that at religion@mississippilink. in one of his Roosevelt High religion than their parents’ and older pastors. were given earlier and how com. Fax 601-896-0091 or School football games. grandparents’ generations were “The young- Ashton Bell, a minister who got his start at the King everyone began to fall into mail your information to The At the time, Bell was a when they were young, a 2010 er pastors had of Kings Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines, is place to make sure that they Mississippi Link, 2659 Liv- 15-year-old drummer, singer survey from the Pew Research to sit back one of the youngest ministers in Des Moines at just were prepared for what the ingston Road, Jackson, MS and organ player at King of Center’s Religion & Public Life and wait your 18 years old.Photo: Bryon Houlgrave/The Register rest of the day had to offer. 39213. Kings Baptist Church in Des Project found. turn,” he said. Moines. But he didn’t know he While young members of In recent years, was ready to preach from the historically black churches are convention leadership noticed pulpit until something inside more involved in religion than young people defecting from told him one Sunday to stand the general population, their the church, and feared the loss R e igning Announc eme n t s up and say that he’d been called affiliation still pales in com- of membership could result in to ministry. His spontaneous parison with that of their older a loss of leverage as a socially declaration resulted in a thrill- counterparts. One in five Afri- conservative and largely Dem- ing reaction from the pews. can-Americans under age 30 is ocratic group that weighs in on “The whole church goes unaffiliated, compared with one public policy. College Hill M. B. Church, 1600 Florence Ave., Jackson, Intercessory Prayer Ministry crazy,” said Bell, now 18, re- in eight African-Americans of In the last few years, said will host a National Day of Prayer Hour on Thursday, May 1, at noon. The observance membering that day. “‘Yeah! all ages and one in 14 African- Tipton, an effort to give young will take place in the Room 11 of the R. E. Willis Annex. National Day of Prayer calls on Yeah!’” Americans over age 50, accord- leaders “a greater voice” has Bell’s spirited and support- ing to Pew. grown. all people of different faiths in the United States to pray for the nation and its leaders. ed entry into ministry at one The effort to retain young Young ministers in turn reach For more information call 601.355.2670. of Des Moines’ black Baptist members in Des Moines’ black their peers more authentically churches was not singular. He Baptist churches is part of a than older pastors can. is one of five young ministers, greater movement to keep the “They’ve got a better idea Evangelist Temple House of Refuge for all Nations C.O.G.I.C., 704 University Blvd, ages 18 to 27, who have been church relevant and long-last- about what kinds of challeng- welcomed into church leader- ing. es people their age are faced Jackson, will host a Love Day Celebration, on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. ship by an older generation of “We have a deep concern with,” said Anthea Butler, a honoring Supervisor W Marie Johnson. The speaker will be Bishop C. David Willis and pastors and congregants hoping and make a concerted effort professor of African-American the Evangelist Temple Mass Choir will render the music. The event theme is “Rooted to keep young people engaged towards attracting and retain- religious history at the Univer- in the religion. ing those that have grown up sity of Pennsylvania. “They’re and Grounded in Christ.” For more information call 601.665.9967 or 601.352.5405. All five of these young min- within our convention,” said not some older person talking isters are friends - two of them the Rev. Morris Tipton, spokes- down to someone younger.” cousins - who support one an- man for the National Baptist “The data is pretty clear that St. Mark Church, 1638 Clinton-Raymond Rd., Clinton, will have its annual Women’s/ other as they approach a com- Convention, USA. Morris’ or- the younger generation is more Mother’s Day Program beginning at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 11, 2014. For more mon endeavor with individual ganization, the unifying body liberal, more socially con- information, call 601-813-8704. Rev. Willis Washington Jr., is pastor-teacher. strengths. They are working to of national Baptist churches, scious,” said Eddie Glaude Jr., keep other young people inter- boasts a membership of ap- a professor of religion and Afri- ested in the church via pop cul- proximately seven million indi- can-American studies at Princ- Saint Paul A.M.E. Church is holding a spring flea market on the lawn Saturday, May ture and social media, address- viduals, including Des Moines’ eton University. “I hope that’s ing modern issues, being a peer young ministers. reflected in these ministries, 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendor spaces are still available. Contact Connie Thompson and applying the Bible to to- Part of the effort to retain because we definitely need it, at 601-212-3500 or download the packet from our website. day’s challenges for 20-some- young people involves recog- especially in black communi- things. nizing them as potential lead- ties.”

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preser v e d A Servant’s Heart - Part II Twelve By Pastor Simeon R. Green III of God”. disturbed children, cleaned of God, 31 Joynes Road, Special to The Mississippi Link Jesus taught the parable of up after elderly, nursed AIDS Hampton VA 23669. He is Real servants the talents to emphasize this patients, or served in a thou- married to Velma L. Green. He blessings of do every task truth. He said, referring to the sand unnoticed ways. Listen: honorably served in the U.S. with dedication! servant who failed to use his “Throw yourselves into the Army for 20 years. Rev. Green Real servants one talent: “Take the talent work of the Master; confident is a member of the National are faithful! Real from him and give it to the that nothing you do for Him is Association of Evangelism one who has ten talents” (Mat- a waste of time or effort” (1 Church of God, Anderson, Ind. singleness servants keep a low profile thew 25:28). Fail to use what Corinthians 15:58). He serves as chairman of the By Shewanda Riley God’s grace, no longer will because self-promotion and you’ve been given and you’ll Rev. Simeon R. Green III is Southeastern Association of Columnist servanthood don’t mix. They lose it. Use what you’ve got pastor of Joynes Road Church The Church of God, Inc. we be held hostage by the don’t serve for the approval of and God will increase it. One of my mistakes of our past. others; they live for an audi- Real servants don’t leave a favorite songs • Blessing of Resurrection ence of one. The Apostle Paul job half done and they don’t to play when - Accept that sometimes in said, “If I were still trying to quit when the going gets tough. I was a gos- order for God to bring to please men, I would not be a Faithfulness is a rare quality. pel radio an- life the seeds of destiny in- servant of Christ” (Galatians Many folks don’t know the nouncer was side of us, some things (at- 1:10). You won’t find many meaning of it; they make com- “When the titudes, etc) must die. real servants in the limelight. mitments casually, then, break Praises of God are Going • Blessing of cheerful Can others depend on you? them for the slightest reason Up” by James Moore and obedience - Realize that it’s Can God? Are there promises without hesitation or remorse. the Mississippi Mass Choir. not just enough to be obedi- you need to keep, vows you Every week churches and or- I liked it for a number of ent but to have the right at- need to fulfill, or commit- ganizations have to improvise reasons (it was anointed) titude while being obedient. ments you need to honor? This because volunteers didn’t pre- plus it was long enough • Blessing of Pursuing is a test - God is testing your pare, show up, or even call to (the extended version being Purpose - Make the life- faithfulness. If you pass the say they weren’t coming. over seven minutes long) to changing decision to seek test, you’re in good company: In Heaven, God is going to take a break from the studio. after your God ordained Abraham, Moses, Samuel, Da- openly reward people we’ve This was before the days of professional, spiritual and vid, Daniel, Timothy and Paul never heard of on earth; peo- digital automation in broad- personal purpose. were called “Faithful Servants ple who taught emotionally casting and we were still • Blessing of Repentance - playing records. Be willing to honestly admit And when I thought about to yourself and God about the part of “the blessings,” your past sins…and commit the question that came to to changing destructive be- my mind was which ones? haviors. There is indeed more than • Blessing of Submission - The Top 10 Gospel Songs from the Billboard one kind of blessing from Commit to allowing God to God. Regardless of what show us the importance of some say or try to make trusting his will and letting singles (especially those of go of the desire to control us over a certain age!!!), our lives. Gospel Charts for the week of May 1 there is a blessing to being • Blessing of Integrity single. Many like to say that - Seek to build a life and the gift of singleness allows character that honors God those who are unmarried to both in public and private. fully devote themselves to • Blessing of Sincerity SONGS ARTISTS ALBUM the Lord as stated in I Cor- - Decide that living a life inthians 7:32. Deuteronomy purely motivated by a desire 1. Every Praise Hezekiah Walker 28:2-14 says that blessings to do right. College Hill Missionary Baptist Church will overtake us when we • Blessing of Solitude - 2. Beautiful Day Jamie Grace obey the voice and com- Recognize that seasons of Since 1907 B IBLE B ASED •C HRIST C ENTERED • H OLY S PIRIT L ED 3. I Can Only Imagine Tamela Mann mands of God. 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12 • the mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Racist NBA owner has fouled out Ask Alma By George E. Curry A nine-mintute segment of the have to see so they have to call me. antagonizing blacks. Alma Gill NNPA Columnist conversation was posted Saturday to And don’t bring him to my games.” In 2009, he paid $2.7 million to NNPA Advise Columnist NBA Commis- celebrity website TMZ. A 15-minute Finally, there was the following settle a suit accusing him of dis- sioner Adam Silver, excerpt was later posted by Dead- exchange: criminating against blacks, Latinos Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 who replaced Da- spin. DS: You think I’m a racist, and and families with children at an years, including? various roles at USA Today, Newsday vid Stern just two There was this exchange in one wouldn’t- apartment building he owned in Los and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysas- months ago, did segment: VS: I don’t think you’re a racist. Angeles. [email protected]. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask what we’ve all been VS: I don’t understand, I don’t see DS: Yes you do. Yes you do. In addition, NBA Hall of Famer Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma. waiting for - he your views. I wasn’t raised the way VS: I think you, you- Elgin Baylor, who spent 22 years showed Los Angeles Clippers bigot- you were raised. DS: Evil heart. with the Clippers, filed a suit against ed owner Donald Sterling the nearest DS: Well then, if you don’t feel DS: It’s the world. You go to Is- Sterling in 2009 for wrongful termi- Reverend needs exit and told him not to look back. - don’t come to my games. Don’t rael, the blacks are just treated like nation. Tuesday, April 29, Silver banned bring black people, and don’t come. dogs. According to the Los Angeles Sterling from the NBA for life and VS: Do you know that you have VS: So do you have to treat them Times, “In his deposition, Baylor heavenly advice fined him $2.5 million, the maxi- a whole team that’s black, that plays like that too? spoke about what he called Ster- Dear Alma, cussed this very topic while riding mum allowed under the NBA con- for you? DS: The white Jews, there’s white ling’s ’plantation mentality,’ alleging My brother-in-law is a minister, home from service or after visiting stitution and bylaws. DS: You just, do I know? I sup- Jews and black Jews, do you under- the owner in the late 1990s rejected but he’s also an oblivious, self- with church members. We’d talk Of course, that’s only shoe shine port them and give them food, and stand? a coaching candidate, Jim Brewer, centered fool. about how ministers have to work money for someone worth $1.9 bil- clothes, and cars, and houses. Who VS: And are the black Jews less because of race. He irritates people by doing on their humility. They’re local lion. Still it sends a powerful mes- gives it to them? Does someone else than the white Jews? “Baylor quoted Sterling as saying: things like sitting in my 94-year- celebrities, and that makes it very sage not only to Sterlling, but to give it to them? Do I know that I DS: A hundred percent, fifty, a ‘Personally, I would like to have a old mother’s favorite chair and hard. others, that at least one sector of have - who makes the game? Do I hundred percent. white Southern coach coaching poor acts hurt when we tell him to get Since your BIL is a minister, America is willing to confront bra- make the game, or do they make the VS: And is that right? black players.’ Baylor said he was up. Or he goes shopping and is late I would be remiss if I didn’t re- zen racism. game? Is there 30 owners that cre- DS: It isn’t a question - we don’t shocked. for the big dinner. fer to a Bible verse. The one that Now, the NBA Board of Gover- ated the league? evaluate what’s right and wrong, we “‘And he [Sterling] looked at me I said we shouldn’t wait for him, comes to mind goes something nors needs to complete what Silver At one point, Sterling said: live in a society. We live in a culture. and said, ‘Do you think that’s a rac- but that’s a hard one to enforce. I like, “God resists the proud or the started by forcing Sterling to give up “It bothers me a lot that you want We have to live within that culture. ist statement?’ I said, ‘Absolutely. try to not let it get to me, but part scornful, but He gives grace to the ownership of the Clippers. to broadcast that you’re associat- VS: But shouldn’t we take a That’s plantation mentality.’” of me says he needs to be told that humble.” Unless you’ve been under a rock ing with black people. Do you have stand for what’s wrong? And be the Donald Sterling is the Paula Deen he is not the center of our universe. We all could use some extra or just landed from Mars, you should to…?” change and the difference? of professional basketball. Accord- My poor sister is constantly grace, can I get an amen. Just like know by now that Sterling, who has “You can sleep with [black peo- DS: I don’t want to change the ingly, the NBA should stick a fork in making excuses for him. How compassion, humility doesn’t al- a long and acrimonious history with ple]. You can bring them in, you can culture, because I can’t. It’s too big him and tell him he’s done. long should we suck it up, or is it ways come naturally. people of color, exposed his true do whatever you want. The little I and too [unknown]. George E. Curry, former edi- time to finally dish some out? I know I’ve taken the long road feelings about African Americans ask you is not to promote it on that VS: But you can change yourself. tor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, W.P., Springfield, Va. in answering your question, but I in a conversation with his mistress, … and not to bring them to my DS: I don’t want to change. If my is editor-in-chief of the National think it’s important to understand Vanessa Stiviano, who is almost 50 games…” girl can’t do what I want, I don’t want Newspaper Publishers Association Family gatherings; they’re a where your BIL is coming from. years his junior. “I’m just saying, in your lousy the girl. I’ll find a girl that will do News Service (NNPA.) He is a key- blessing, aren’t they? Some rela- Clearly, the Reverend-Mister-Lo- The conversation was apparently f******* Instagrams, you don’t what I want. Believe me. I thought note speaker, moderator, and media tives come from far away; others cal-Celebrity in your family has taped surreptitiously in Sterling’s have to have yourself with, walking you were that girl - because I tried coach. www.georgecurry.com. You just drive across the bridge. But, taken it to the next level. home by Stiviano, who describes with black people.” to do what you want. But you’re not can also follow him at www.twitter. oh, what a time it is … for the first Yes, you could have a talk with herself as part Mexican and part “Don’t put him (Magic Johnson) that girl. com/currygeorge and George E. good hour. him, but not at a holiday gathering. black. on an Instagram for the world to Sterling, 81, has a long history of Curry Fan Page on Facebook. Which group will you hang with Do it in smaller company, maybe - the ones on the couch watching even the next time you call your the game, the ones drinking in the sister and he answers the phone. basement and doing whatever, or Ask him, straight up: “What’s Rancher Cliven Bundy and ‘The Negro’ the ones at the kitchen table? up, Chuck? Why you always tak- I’m a kitchen table kinda girl ing Mama’s seat?” By Lee A. Daniels the porch - they didn’t have nothing But it’s too late for that flimflam. tact - a brazen lie - it’s former U.S. NNPA Columnist myself. That’s where you find out Then take two steps back and to do. They didn’t have nothing for Beyond the laughable hypocrisy of Senator Jim DeMint, now head of everybody’s business. LOL. remind him of his ability to hum- As is typical of their kids to do. They didn’t have Cliven Bundy, chiseler, asserting the powerful, conservative Heritage Sorry, this isn’t about me; it’s ble himself and acknowledge the blowhards, Cliven nothing for their young girls to do.” that “the Negro” is too dependent Foundation, declaring on a right- about your BIL - the minister who needs of others. He’ll be shocked Bundy, the conser- Bundy didn’t stop there: “And be- on government largesse, his words wing Christian talk show earlier this wants all the attention. I can hear and taken aback but also wise vative movement’s cause they were basically on govern- underscore that American conserva- month that the slaves were not eman- him now: “Hello, world. Yea, the enough to listen to what sounds, to most recently de- ment subsidy, so now what do they tism’s central motivating force from cipated by “big government” but by one that revolves around me.” him, like a compliment. frocked hero/crimi- do? They abort their young children, the long-ago past to the present has “a growing movement among the Sounds like your BIL is accus- Family gatherings and special nal, opened his they put their young men in jail, be- always been the oppression of “the people, particularly people of faith tomed to having things go his way. events are just that - special events. mouth once too often. In doing so, cause they never learned how to pick Negro.” that [slavery] was wrong.” Whatever he says, it’s fine. What- It’s not the time to let him, her or the Nevada rancher revealed who cotton. For one thing, consider that Bundy I’ve no doubt that the ignorance ever he does, it’s fine. Many in his them “have it.” he really is behind all the Stars-and- “And I’ve often wondered, are brought up the topic himself - and not on display in the conservative move- congregation affirm that for him Use these celebrations to build Stripes flag-waving and man-of-the- they better off as slaves, picking cot- only made it clear he thinks blacks ment’s obsession with American every Sunday, don’t you know. unforgettable memories and tradi- West rhetoric. ton and having a family life and do- were better off when the vast major- slavery is largely a deliberate gambit I know because my father was tions that will live forever within The man who has grazed his cattle ing things, or are they better off under ity were enslaved but would be better to obscure how evil - and widely ac- a minister, and I watched how he your heart. on federal land for more than two government subsidy? They didn’t get off now if reduced to something ap- cepted among whites - slavery and its was treated. We sometimes dis- Alma decades but has refused to pay the no more freedom. They got less free- proximating slavery. successor, legalized racism, was. minimal grazing fees the govern- dom.” Bundy’s views aren’t at all unique But I also think that, as with Cliv- ment charges all ranchers (Bundy Did Cliven Bundy form those among American conservatives. Es- en Bundy, some of it stems from the now owes about $1 million) is an views just from driving past - once? pecially since President Obama took deep-rooted fear of what “freedom” To tell or not to tell arch-racist as well as a chiseler. twice? - a federally subsidized hous- office, conservatives, high and low, for black Americans means for those Hi Alma, wife would not allow him to host On Saturday, April 19, Bundy, ing project where black Americans have shown an obsession with twist- whites who need the crutch of white The mom of one of my a birthday party. You said your- speaking to a small group of his sup- live? Or did they come from the stew ing the truth about Negro slavery. supremacy to feel good about them- 10-year-old daughter’s friends self that the BFF’s father has been porters - and, fortunately for the rest of racist notions that still have wide If it’s not the Tea Party fanatics selves. confided in me that her husband polite to you and your daughter. of us, a New York Times reporter and circulation in the political ideology - contending that President Obama’s If blacks were “free,” you could had been physically and verbally You also said you’re familiar photographer - went off-message to conservatism - Bundy claims to be an intent is to “enslave” whites; it’s get black Americans contributing a abusive to her several times. (Un- with abusers being “a nice person hold forth on a number of topics, in- adherent. white conservatives – and their black full measure of their talent to Ameri- fortunately, as many people do in to outsiders.” cluding race. Some of his well-known enablers front-men such as Ben Carson, Her- can society. Why, you might get a this situation, she did not press So why not let your daughter According to the Times, Bundy among the conservative echo cham- man Cain and Allen West – asserting Paul Robeson, or an Althea Gibson, charges because she didn’t want go? She was not the only one in- said: “I want to tell you one more ber of politicians, talk-show jockeys that blacks who vote Democratic are or a Leontyne Price, or even a presi- her kids to have to deal with the vited to the party. I’m sure other thing I know about the Negro,” as and pundits quickly distanced them- unthinkingly content to laze about on dent of the United States. fallout.) adults (parents and family mem- he recalled driving past a Las Vegas selves from Bundy as soon as the the Democratic “plantation.” And then, what would America The husband and wife are bers) will be there. A part of me public housing project, “and in front Times story appeared. Others, dou- If it’s not the Family Leader, an be? separated now. Now my daugh- wonders if you think that by al- of that government house the door bling-down, claimed his racist views Iowa-based conservative group, Lee A. Daniels is a longtime jour- ter’s friend has invited her to a lowing your daughter to attend was usually open and the older peo- were irrelevant to what they asserted proclaiming that blacks were better nalist based in New York City. His birthday party at her dad’s new you would be giving approval to ple and the kids - and there is always were his proper resistance to federal off during the Slave era because the latest book is Last Chance: The Po- house. The husband has been po- the father’s behavior. at least a half dozen people sitting on government overreach. slave-owners kept their families in- litical Threat to Black America. lite to me and my child, but I’m Don’t worry; that’s not so. uncomfortable with the situation, Unless her mom asked you not particularly since I have some to participate, I just can’t come experience with an abusive part- up with a good reason for your Supreme Court continues to limit Affirmative Action ner who was a “nice person” to daughter not to go. This isn’t By Julianne Malveaux sible under law. race still matters. When the Supreme students by a points system. Students outsiders. a sleepover. Don’t make this a NNPA Columnist What bothers me most about Court upholds these anti affirma- get extra points if they have partici- I’m planning to tell my daugh- grown-up issue for your daugh- The Roberts these anti affirmative action cases is tive laws, they deny history. Make pated in Advanced Placement (AP) ter she can’t go (but not tell her ter. Supreme Court de- the implicit white skin privilege that it plain. The Civil Rights Act was or International Baccalaureate (IB) the real reason). What do you I understand that you and the cided recently that compels them. College admissions passed in 1964, a scant 60 years ago. courses. think? I’ve pointed the mom other mother have bonded over voters in the state are an art, not a science. Students Affirmative action policies were How many high schools in trou- to some resources on domestic shared sorrows, but you can’t of Michigan had the whose parents contribute generously developed shortly after that so that bled Detroit have access to these violence and counseling. Here’s let the pain and suffering of your right to ban affirma- to a college get an edge. the formerly closed doors of aca- classes? Yet the people of Detroit pay hoping she can heal. marriages overshadow a very fun tive action policies In the name of diversity, a student demia could be opened. taxes to support a college that dis- Cautious, Reisterstown, Md. time and lifelong memory for in college admissions. from California, regardless of race, Affirmative action had a short criminates against them. When the your daughters. The challenges to affirmative ac- may get a bit of an edge at Dartmouth shelf life before it was challenged in anti-affirmative action crowd talks Dear Cautious, I see your red Joint custody arrangements, tion have roots in the 1976 Bakke or Columbia. A violist, newspaper 1978, just 14 years after the passage about fairness, do they take this into light earrings flashing, and I especially after a spiteful split, case, where the 38-year-old Alan editor, or budding sports star, might of the Civil Rights Act. consideration? can understand why. But you’re can be extremely exasperating. Bakke sued because his application also get a break. The opponents of affirmative ac- In a few weeks we will commem- wrong on this one. I say you It’s horribly difficult to move past to medical school was rejected and Meanwhile, obdurate and privi- tion say that the color blindness that orate the 60th anniversary of Brown should let your daughter go. the hurtful events and heartbreak- he felt that he was displaced in favor leged whites don’t go after these the Civil Rights Act mandated pre- v. Board of Education. While it took Here’s why: your daughter is 10. ing history you have with an ex- of a minority student. people. Their ire is directed toward vents remediation from past discrim- some time for Brown to be imple- It’s a birthday party. partner. The Supreme Court ordered African Americans and other people ination. What about contemporary mented, it was a Supreme Court Her best friend’s father has The key is to put your child Bakke admitted to the University of of color. discrimination? decision that opened doors to equal never hurt his own daughter or first. California at Davis, and also ruled Justice Sonia Sotomayor got it The University of Michigan, in its education for those who have been yours. If he had, I suspect his Alma that affirmative action was permis- completely right when she said that admissions policies, has evaluated discriminated against.

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RE-ADVERTISMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at which time all parties interested in or af- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS fected thereby will be heard both pro and con on said question, after ZONING CASE NO. 3864 which a record will be established upon which the City Planning Board Sealed bids will be received by the City of Jackson, Mississippi until 3:30P.M., local can make its recommendation to the City Council of Jackson. Any ob- time, May 27, 2014 at Jackson City Hall, for the Brookwood Drive Bridge Replacement, By virtue of and pursuant to the authority and direction of that Ordinance jection thereto may be made by any person owning property within the City Project No. 13B4500, by the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi, appearing in Minute Book area, and if made in writing must be filed with the City Zoning Admin- 3G at page 115 thereof, notice is hereby given to all persons interested istrator before said time if a hearing thereof or consideration thereof is The entire projects must be completed within 45 calendar days. The contract will be in or in any way affected thereby, that Darlene Harper has filed with desired, or by counsel on said date. If a request is made to the Zoning subjected to liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per the Planning Board for the City of Jackson, an application requesting a Administrator at least 72 hours in advance, the City will take steps to calendar day for each consecutive calendar day in which the contract time is exceeded. Special Exception to operate a residential child care center in an R-1 accommodate citizens need for interpreters or auxiliary aids for the visu- (Single-Family) Residential District for property located at 3211 Jayne ally/hearing impaired. The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in public con- Ave., in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, and being tracting. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full an equal business op- more particularly described as: WITNESS my signature this 24th day of April 2014. portunity for all persons doing business with the City. As a precondition to selection, each contractor, bidder or offeror shall submit a completed and signed Equal Busi- LOT 2, BLOCK 7, WEST PARK ADDITION. /s/Ester L. Ainsworth ness Opportunity (EBO) ordinance. Failure to comply with the City’s ordinance shall Zoning Administrator disqualify a contractor, bidder or offeror from being awarded an eligible contract. For Said application will be heard at the City Planning Board Hearing in the City of Jackson, Mississippi more information on the City of Jackson’s Equal Business Opportunity Program, please Andrew Jackson Conference Room, First Floor, Warren A. Hood Build- contact Pam Confer in the office of Economic Development at (601) 960-1638. Copies ing, 200 S. President Street in Jackson, Mississippi, at 1:30 p.m., on 05/1/2014, 05/15/2014 of the ordinance, EBO Plan Applications and a copy of the Program are available at 200 South President Street, Warren Hood Building, Second Floor, Jackson, Mississippi.

One (1) copy of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be procured ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS from the Engineering Division upon payment of $50.00 dollars, which will not be re- funded. Please contact Charles Williams Jr, P.E., at (601) 960-1656 for directions or NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION NOTICE OF APPEAL FOR A USE PERMIT any additional information for procurement of plans and specifications. The Standard Specifications adopted by the City Council may be procured from the Department of ZONING CASE NO. 3863 ZONING CASE NO. 3861 Public Works, if desired upon payment of $5.00 dollars for each specification. By virtue of and pursuant to the authority and direction of that Ordinance by By virtue of and pursuant to the authority and direction of that Ordinance A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on May 13, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. local time, in the 5th the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi, appearing in Minute Book 3G at page by the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi, appearing in Minute Book 3G floor conference room of the Warren Hood Building, 200 South President Street, Jack- 115 thereof, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in or in any way at page 115 thereof, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in or son, Mississippi. All potential contractors, subcontractors, and other interested parties affected thereby, that Thuy Tran Woo has filed with the Planning Board for in any way affected thereby, that Highland Village Holdings, LLC has filed are encouraged to attend. the City of Jackson, an application requesting a Special Exception to operate a with the Planning Board for the City of Jackson, an application requesting professional office for a fashion design & art studio in an R-1A (Single-Family) a Use Permit to allow for accessory automobile parking to serve commer- Bidders must be qualified under Mississippi law and possess a certificate of responsibil- Residential District for property located at 4570 Old Canton Rd., in the First cial use immediately across from Old Canton Rd in an R-1A (Single-family) ity issued by the Mississippi State Board of Contractors establishing its classification as Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, and being more particularly de- Residential District on property located at 1305 Kimwood Drive (Parcel to the value and type of construction on which it is authorized to bid. Each bidder must scribed as: 535-2) and 1306 Kimwood Drive(Parcel 535-4) , in the First Judicial District deposit with its proposal, a bid bond or certified check in an amount equal to five percent of Hinds County, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as: (5%) of the total bid for the work, payable to the City of Jackson, as the bid security. LOT 3, KIMWOOD SUBDIVISION, PART 1. 1305 Kimwood Drive (Parcel 535-2) The successful bidder shall furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond each in the Said application will be heard at the City Planning Board Hearing in the Andrew Lot 1, Kimwood Subdivision, Part 1. Less to City for St amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount awarded. Attorneys-in- Jackson Conference Room, First Floor, Warren A. Hood Building, 200 S. Presi- fact who sign Bid Bonds or Payment Bonds and Performance Bonds must file with each dent Street in Jackson, Mississippi, at 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 1306 Kimwood Drive(Parcel 535-4) bond a certified and effective dated copy of their power of attorney. at which time all parties interested in or affected thereby will be heard both pro Lot 2, Kimwood Subdivision, Part 1. and con on said question, after which a record will be established upon which Proposals shall be submitted in triplicate, sealed and deposited with the City of Jack- the City Planning Board can make its recommendation to the City Council of Said application was heard by the City Planning Board on Wednesday, son’s City Clerk prior to the hour and date designated above. Each bidder shall write Jackson. Any objection thereto may be made by any person owning property March 26, 2014 with a recommendation to deny. The applicant has filed its certificate of responsibility number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing within the area, and if made in writing must be filed with the City Zoning Admin- an Appeal of the recommendation of the Planning Board. The Case will be its proposal. istrator before said time if a hearing thereof or consideration thereof is desired, heard at the City Councils Zoning Meeting in the Council Chambers, First or by counsel on said date. If a request is made to the Zoning Administrator at Floor, City Hall, 219 S. President Street in Jackson, Mississippi, at 2:30 The City of Jackson reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any and least 72 hours in advance, the City will take steps to accommodate citizens p.m., on Monday, May 19, 2014. all informalities need for interpreters or auxiliary aids for the visually/hearing impaired. WITNESS my signature this 24th day of April 2014. Synarus Green WITNESS my signature this 24th day of April 2014. Chief Administrative Officer /s/Ester L. Ainsworth /s/Ester L. Ainsworth Zoning Administrator Terry Williamson Zoning Administrator City of Jackson, Mississippi Legal Counsel City of Jackson, Mississippi 05/1/2014, 05/15/2014 05//1/2014, 05/8/2014 05//1/2014, 05/15/2014

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ORDINANCE OF THE CITY W JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI ESTABLISHING THE ORDINANCE OF THE CTTY COUNCIL OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE HONORARY RENAMING OF OAK FOREST DRIVE (FROM MCDOWELL ROAD RENAMING HIGHLAND DRIVE (FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO JACKSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 10 COOPER ROAD) TO LEONARD TERRELL DRIVE. LAKELAND DRIVE) TO MUSEUM BOULEVARD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JACKSON HISTORIC PRES- WHEREAS, on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, the Jackson Public School District, WHEREAS, the Mississippi Children’s Museum desires to rename Highland ERVATION COMMISSION (JHPC) WILL HOLD ITS MONTHLY MEET- along with the entire City of Jackson, lost a distinguished citizen and public servant with Drive (from Riverside Drive to Lakcland Drive) to Museum Boulevard; and ING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014, AT the passing of Mr. Leonard 13. Terrcll: and 11:00 A.M. IN THE ANDREW JACKSON CONFERENCE ROOM (RM. WHEREAS, the renaming of Highland Drive to Museum Boulevard would result 105) OF THE WARREN HOOD BUILDING, 200 SOUTH PRESIDENT WHEREAS, the long-time head custodian al Marshall Elementary School, Mr. Terrell in the museum’s location being more identifiable to tourists and would address STREET, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. was a beacon of light to the Marshall Elementary Family and derived significant gratifi- concerns regarding response times in the event of an emergency at the mu- cation from helping others; and seum; and I. APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WHEREAS, is fitting and proper that Oak Forest Drive (from McDowell Road to Cooper WHEREAS, the Jackson City Council finds that it is proper and fitting that the A. CURRENT BUSINESS Road) be renamed in his honor. name of Highland Drive (from Riverside Drive to Lakeland Drive) be changed to 1. CASE NO. 2013-35&36, REQUEST BY: UNIVERSITY PLACE, LLC Museum Boulevard. (APPLICANT: CLARENCE CHAPMAN) TO AMMEND THE ORIGINAL NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED: COA TO BUILD 88 NEW TOWNHOMES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY ON VARIOUS PARCELS IN THE FARISH ST. HISTORIC DISTRICT. Section 1. Thai the Jackson City Council does hereby designate the honorary renaming OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI THAT: of Oak Forest Drive (from McDowcll Road to ‘Cooper Road) to Leonard Terrell Drive. II. OTHER ITEMS SECTION 1. The name of Highland Drive (from Riverside Drive to Lakeland Section 2. That the City Clerk shall notify all appropriate City Departments and oilier Drive) be hereby changed to Museum Boulevard. III. ADJOURN necessary parties of said honorary designation. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall notify the United States Postal Service, the 05//1/2014 Council Member Yarber moved adoption; Council Member Stamps seconded. Mississippi Department of Transportation, the Public Safety Communication Di- vision, all appropriate City, County and State entities, and all necessary parties ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Yeas- Barrett-Simon, Priester. Stamps, Tillman and Yarber. of the renaming of said street Nays- Whitwell. Absent- Cooper-Stokes. SECTION 3. The City Engineer is authorized and directed to make appropri- ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI ate revisions to the official map of the City of Jackson, Mississippi to reflect the DESIGNATING THE HONORARY RENAMING OF GLENDALE STREET ATTEST: renaming of said public street and to take further appropriate actions as required (FROM BAILEY AVENUE TO RONDO STREET) TO PASTOR KEITH by Ordinance to affect said street renaming. TONKEL WAY. Brenda Free City Clerk WHEREAS, Pastor Keith Tonkel, a community leader in the City of Jack- SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage and son, has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes; and I, Brenda Free, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk and lawful custodian of records proper publication. of the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi and seal of said City, certify that the foregoing WHEREAS. Pastor Keith Tonkel has served for many years as pastor of is a true and exact copy of an Ordinance passed by the City Council at a regular meet- Council Member Barrett- Simon moved adoption; Council Member Yarber sec- Wells Memorial United Methodist Church in the Bailey Avenue Community; ing on the 25th dav of March, 2014, and recorded in Minute Book “6E”, pages 529- 530. onded. and WITNESS my signature and official seal of office, this the 29th day of April, 2014. Yeas- Barrett-Simon, Priester, Stamps, Tillman and Yarber. WHEREAS, Pastor Keith Tonkel recently celebrated his 75th birthday with Nays- Whitwell. a Diamond Celebration at Wells Church in the City of Jackson. Brenda Pree, City Clerk Absent- Cooper-Stokes. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED: 05/1/2014 ATTEST: Section 1: That the Jackson City Council does hereby designate the honor- Brenda Pree, City Clerk ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ary renaming of Glendale Street (from Bailey Avenue to Rondo Street) to Pastor Keith Tonkel Way. I, Brenda Pree, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk and lawful custodian of Advertisement for Bids records Of the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi and seal of said City, certify Bid 2288 – Food Service Gas Combi-Ovens Section 2: That the City Clerk shall notify all appropriate City Departments that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of an Ordinance passed by the City and other necessary parties of said honorary designation. Council at a regular meeting on the 25th day of March, 2014, and recorded in Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bid will be received by the Board Minute Book “6E”, page 531. of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South Council Member Yarber moved adoption: Council Member Barrett-Simon President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 10:00 A.M. (Local Prevailing Time) May 12, seconded. WITNESS my signature and official seal of office, this the 29th day of April, 2014. 2014, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to Yeas- Barrett-Simon, Priester, Stamps, Tillman and Yarber. Brenda Pree, City Clerk withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date Nays- Whitwell. bids are opened. Proposal forms and detailed specifications may be obtained free of Absent- Cooper-Stokes. 05/1/2014 5/8/2014 charge by emailing [email protected], calling (601) 960-8799, or docu- ments may be picked up at the above address. ATTEST: 04/24/2014, 05/1/2014

Brcnda Pree City Clerk HOUSE FOR RENT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS I, Brenda Free, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk and lawful custodian Jackson - $450 Month of records of the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi and seal of said City, Advertisement for Bids certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of an Ordinance passed Bid 2286 - Bakery Products (Bread) (3) Three Bedroom, 1 Bath, Electric Stove, by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 25th day of March, 2014, and recorded in Minute Book “6E”, page 529. Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bid will be received by the Board Reunion Backyard, Gas, Hot Water Heater WITNESS my signature and official seal of office, this the 29th day of April, of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South 2014. President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 10:00 A.M. (Local Prevailing Time) May 08, 2014, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board 110/220 Hookup, Washer and Dryer Hookup. Brenda Pree, City Clerk of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date 2903 Smith Robinson St. 05/1/2014 bids are opened. Proposal forms and detailed specifications may be obtained free of charge by emailing [email protected], calling (601) 960-8799, or docu- Call 601.668.2776 ments may be picked up at the above address. 04/24/2014, 05/1/2014 CLASSIFIED

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RESOLUTION DECLARING A NEED TO LEASE SCHOOL FACILITIES NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of Jackson, Mississippi, City of Jackson at 219 S. President Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201 or at Post Office BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Jackson Public School Jackson, Mississippi Box 17, Jackson, Mississippi 39205 until 3:30 PM, local time, May 27, District, Jackson, Mississippi (herein referred to as the “District”), as follows: 2014, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for: Sealed, signed bids are invited and will be received by the City of Jackson, Mississippi, 1. A need exists in the District for the acquisition, renovation, improvement, construction until 3:30 P.M. in the City Clerk’s Office of Jackson, the bid must be stamped in by 3:30 ZOO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT and equipping of up to one (1) school facility within the District. P.M. Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at which time said bids will be publicly opened at the City Hall located at 219 South President Street (City Council Chambers) in City Hall for the The City of Jackson, Mississippi (“City of Jackson”) is committed to culti- 2. The District cannot provide the necessary funds to pay the cost or its proportionate following: vating and ensuring the quality of life of its citizens, through various pro- share of the cost of the renovations, acquisitions, improvements, construction and equip- grams, employment, initiatives, and assistance. The City encourages all ping of the school facilities required to meet the present needs of the District. 00190-052014 24 Month Sale of Salvage Defaced/Bent Aluminum Signs persons, corporations, and/or entities doing business within the City, as Bent/Twisted Steel Post & Various Other Scrap Iron well as those who seek to contract with the City on various projects and 3. The District desires to sell, lease, lend, grant, or otherwise convey to a corporation, 07078-052014 Three Axle 50 Ton Lowboy Trailer or conduct business in the City, to assist the City in achieving its goal by individual or partnership, with or without consideration, or to permit such corporation, 07045-052014 Tandem Axle Lowboy Tractor strongly considering City residents for employment opportunities. individual or partnership to use, maintain or operate as part of public school facilities, 07208-052014 (3) 58,000 G.V.W. Truck-108 CA with 12 CYD pursuant to Sections 37-7-351 through 37-7-359 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in amended (the “Act”) up to one (1) school facility together with other real or personal BIDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.JACKSONMS.GOV. public contracting. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full property which may be necessary, useful or convenient for the purposes of the District. and equal business opportunity for all persons doing business with the Any such sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance shall be for a period of time not to The above must comply with the City’s specifications. Copies of proposal forms can be City. As a pre-condition to selection, each contractor, bidder or offeror exceed twenty (20) years, and title to any real property transferred by the District shall obtained from the Purchasing Division, 200 South President Street, Room 604, Hood shall submit a completed and signed Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) revert to the District at the expiration of such term. Building, Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Copies of bid specifications are filed with the City Plan, with the bid submission, in accordance with the provisions of the Clerk for public record in accordance with House Bill No 999, 1986 Regular Session of City of Jackson’s Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) Ordinance. Failure 4. The District desires to lease or lease-purchase up to one (1) school facility, which may the Mississippi Legislature. to comply with the City’s Ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder include the school facilities sold, granted, or otherwise conveyed by the District pursuant or offeror from being awarded an eligible contract. For more information to paragraph 3 above. The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in Public Pur- on the City of Jackson’s Equal Business Opportunity Program, please chasing. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full and equal business op- contact of the Division of Equal Business Opportunity at 960-1856. Cop- 5. The District proposes to take final action upon the question of the sale, lease, loan, portunities for all persons doing business with the City. As a pre-condition to selection, ies of the Ordinance, EBO Plan Applications and a copy of the Program grant or other conveyance of such school facilities, and on the question of leasing or each contractor, bidder or offer shall submit a completed and signed Equal Business are available at 200 South President Street, Second Floor, Jackson, lease-purchasing such school facilities, at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Opportunity (EBO) Plan Application, with each bid submission, in accordance with the Mississippi. the District to be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 20, 2014, at the Board’s regular meeting place provisions set forth by authority of the City of Jackson’s EBO Ordinance. Failure to in the Board Meeting Room located at 621 South State Street, in the City of Jackson, comply with the City’s EBO Ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder or offer, from Contract Documents may be obtained from and/or examined at the of- Mississippi, which date is not less than thirty days after the date of first publication of this being awarded an eligible contract. For more information on the City’s EBO Program, fices of the City of Jackson’s Public Works Department Engineering Divi- resolution, unless prior to such meeting a petition signed by not less than twenty percent please contact the Office of Economic Development at (601)960-1638. Copies of the sion located at 200 S. President Street, Suite 424, Jackson, Mississippi (20%) or fifteen hundred (1,500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the District EBO Ordinance, EBO Plan Application and a copy of the EBO Program are available 39201. Telephone 601.960.1823. Prospective bidders may obtain cop- shall be filed with the District requesting that an election be called on such question. If with the Office of Economic Development at 218 South President Street, Second Floor, ies of all materials required for bidding purposes. For General Contrac- such a petition is timely filed, the District shall, not later than its next regular meeting, Jackson, Mississippi. tors and subcontractors, there is a NON-refundable deposit of $50.00 for adopt a resolution calling an election to be held within the District upon the questions of hard copies and no charge for electronic, or e-mail copies. authorizing the Board to sell, lease, lend, grant or otherwise convey such facilities, and to The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The City also reserves the right lease or lease-purchase such facilities. Such election shall be called and held, and the to waive any and all informalities in respect to any bid submitted. Bid awards will be Bid preparation will be in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders result determined, pursuant to and as provided by the Act. made to the lowest and best bidder quoting the lowest net price in accordance with bound in the project manual. The City reserves the right to reject any specifications. The award could be according to the lowest cost per item; or to the low- and all bids and to waive any and all irregularities in respect to any bid 6. The Board retains the firm of Young Law Group, PLLC to serve as bond counsel to est total cost for all items; or to accept all or part of any proposal. Delivery time may be submitted or to accept any proposal which is deemed most favorable to provide legal assistance relating to the structuring, sale, issuance, and closing of the considered when evaluating the bid proposal. In those cases where it is known prior the City of Jackson. Lease and provide other legal services as are typically provided by bond counsel in simi- to advertising that the City’s intention is to award according to the lowest total cost for lar transactions. Bond counsel shall be paid a reasonable and customary fee for its ser- all items, or in some variation thereof, statements to this affect will be included on the Willie C. Bell, Jr., Interim Director vices, such fees to be approved by the Board at a later meeting, and shall be reimbursed proposal form. Absence of such statement means the City will make that determination Department of Public Works for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with its services as bond counsel. during the bid review. Kwame Kenyatta Having received a majority of the affirmative votes of the Board, the Resolution passed Hellene Greer, CPPB, NPCA, Manager Deputy CAO on April 1, 2014. Purchasing Division (601) 960-1533 Terry Williamson BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT Deputy City Attorney 04/24/2014, 05/1/2014 04/17/2014, 04/24/2014, 05/1/2014, 05/8/2014 04/24/2014, 05/1/2014

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May is American Stroke Month The Mississippi Link Newswire because many risk factors can sessment, available at Stroke- unable to speak, or are they should be a priority.” add your voice to the conver- Knowing these two things be modified and controlled,” Association.org/strokemonth hard to understand? Ask the Additional stroke signs in- sation. may save a life from stroke, said Wendy Barrilleaux, helps individuals to evaluate person to repeat a simple sen- clude: Sudden severe head- About the American Heart and during American Stroke Stroke Program coordinator, their personal stroke risk and tence like, “The sky is blue.” ache with no known cause; Association/American Stroke Month in May, the American St. Dominic Primary Stroke to work with their doctor to Is the sentence repeated cor- sudden trouble walking, diz- Association: The American Heart Association/Ameri- Center and American Stroke begin a prevention plan. rectly? ziness, loss of balance or co- Stroke Association is devoted can Stroke Association asks Association volunteer. Together to End Stroke, • T - Time to call 9-1-1: If ordination; sudden trouble to saving people from stroke all Americans to learn them “The No. 1 stroke risk fac- nationally sponsored by Co- the person shows any of these seeing in one or both eyes; or - America’s No. 4 killer and a which may save a life. tor is high blood pressure. vidien, a global healthcare symptoms, even if the symp- sudden confusion or trouble leading cause of serious dis- 1. Know if you are at risk Nearly 78 million Americans product company, teaches toms go away, call 9-1-1 and understanding. ability. for stroke. have high blood pressure and the acronym F.A.S.T. to help get them to the hospital im- Together to End Stroke The association teams with 2. Know the stroke warn- many more aren’t even aware people to recognize a stroke mediately. offers a free “Spot a Stroke millions of volunteers to fund ing signs and what to do in a that they have it. It’s im- and what to do if one occurs: “Prevention is the best F.A.S.T.” mobile app for iOS innovative research, fight for stroke emergency. portant to check your blood • F - Face Drooping: Does cure, but in the event of a and Android, including the stronger public health poli- Stroke is the No. 1 prevent- pressure regularly and talk one side of the face droop or stroke emergency, quick rec- warning signs and a search- cies, and provide lifesaving able cause of disability and to your doctor about healthy is it numb? Ask the person to ognition and treatment may able map to find local hospi- tools and information to pre- the fourth leading cause of levels for you.” smile. have a dramatic impact on the tals recognized for heart and vent, treat and beat stroke. death in the United States. Through the American • A - Arm Weakness: Is outcome,” said Mark Turco, stroke care. The Dallas-based association Someone in the United States Stroke Association’s Togeth- one arm weak or numb? Ask M.D., chief medical officer, For more information was created in 1997 as a di- has a stroke every 40 seconds, er to End Stroke initiative, the the person to raise both arms. Covidien Vascular Therapies. about stroke or American vision of the American Heart yet 80 percent of strokes are association provides informa- Does one arm drift down- “If you are at risk for stroke Stroke Month activities, visit Association. preventable. tion and tools to help people ward? or spend time with someone StrokeAssociation.org/stroke- To learn more or to get in- “Knowing if you are at risk to prevent, treat and beat • S - Speech Difficulty: who is, learning and shar- month. Follow #StrokeMonth volved, call 1-888-4STROKE for stroke is highly important, stroke. A free stroke risk as- Is speech slurred, are they ing the stroke warning signs on Facebook and Twitter to or visit strokeassociation.org. New tobacco ‘apology’ ads plan still excludes most black media By George E. Curry to where this process started last TV during prime time for a year, lenging the original plan to run NNPA Editor-in-Chief year. What they have put on the reported by Target Market News court-ordered ads only in White WASHING - table is totally unacceptable.” to be valued between $30 mil- and Latino publications and on TON, D.C. - A If the NNPA files a motion in lion and $45 million, acknowl- the three major television net- revised plan for opposition to the revised plan, edging their wrongdoing. works. major tobacco as expected, the judge has a The defendants - Philip Mor- In an amicus brief supporting companies to number of options from which ris USA, Inc., Altria Group, the Black Press, the NNPA said, purchase court- to choose, including making a Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco “To rectify the damage created ordered ads to final decision on the merits of Company (in its own capacity by Defendant in their targeting admit that they deliberately the case or ordering the defen- and as successor to Brown & of African American communi- misled the public about the dan- dants to come up with a more Williamson Tobacco Corpora- ties, this Court should require gers of smoking would add nine comprehensive plan. tion and American Tobacco Co.) Defendants to use NABOB and white-owned newspapers to the After being sued by the Jus- and Lorillard Tobacco Compa- NNPA member organizations to list of publications carrying to- tice Department and the Tobac- ny - went along with a plan pro- fulfill its remedial order. Black- Kessler Campbell bacco ‘apology’ ads. co-Free Kids Action Fund, the posed by the judge that exclud- owned print and visual media But then it shuts out more than major tobacco manufacturers ed all Black-owned newspapers remain a primary method of re- (Conn.), the Gary Crusader (In- the Charleston Post & Courier, 90 percent of black newspapers were found guilty in 2005 of and broadcast companies. ceiving information for African diana), the Louisville Defender, the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, and all black-owned radio and violating the Racketeer Influ- The tobacco companies sub- Americans.” Insight News (Minnesota), the Miss., the Memphis Commer- television stations, according to enced and Corruption Organi- mitted a revised plan after the After accepting the filing by St. Louis American, the Omaha cial Appeal, the Detroit Free documents filed in federal court. zations Act (RICO) when they National Newspaper Publishers NNPA and NABOB, Judge Kes- Star, the Ohio City News, Black Press, the New Orleans Pica- “If they had asked, we could deliberately misled the public Association (NNPA) and the sler ordered the defendants to Chronicle (Nebraska), the Port- yune, the Newark Star-Ledger have helped them develop a about the dangers and addic- National Association of Black address the issues raised by the land Skanner, the Seattle Skan- and the News Journal in Dela- better plan than this,” said Na- tiveness of smoking. Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), two trade associations and cable ner, the Milwaukee Courier and ware. tional Newspaper Publishers U.S. Judge Gladys Kessler two trade associations whose networks that later filed similar the Charlotte Post. Remaining on both ad buy Association Chairman Cloves ordered them to halt the offend- member businesses reach more briefs protesting the arrange- The tobacco companies pro- lists were: the Atlanta Jour- Campbell. ing practices and place a series than 95 percent of all African ment that favored the three posed reducing what it called nal-Constitution, the Boston “They didn’t consult us and of full-page ads in newspapers Americans, filed an amicus or major broadcast networks over “major-circulation newspa- Globe, the Charlotte Observer, the end result is that we’re back and commercials on network friend of the court brief chal- them. pers,” i.e. white dailies, from the Chicago Sun-Times, the Among those joining the ac- 29 to 27, eliminating the Bos- Chicago Tribune, the Dallas tion were Fox Network News, ton Herald, the Florida Times- Morning News, the Houston Viacom (the parent company of Union, the Fort Worth Star- Chronicle, the Los Angeles BET, MTV and VH1), Univi- Telegram, the Fresno Bee, the Times, the Miami Herald, the sion, TV One, Radio One, CW New York Post, the New York New York Daily News, the Network and A&E Television Sun [which has closed], the Or- New York Times, the Philadel- Networks. lando Sentinel, the Palm Beach phia Inquirer, the Richmond Under its latest plan, the to- Post, the Sacramento Bee, the Times-Dispatch, the San Fran- bacco firms propose advertising San Diego Union-Tribune and cisco Chronicle, the Tampa in only 14 of approximately 200 the Tallahassee Democrat from Bay Times (formerly the St. Black newspapers: The Arizona the original list. Petersburg Times), USA To- Informant, the Denver Weekly Added were: the Baltimore day, the Wall Street Journal News, the Inner-City News Sun, the Birmingham News, and the Washington Post. www.mississippilink.com May 1 - 7, 2014 THE mississippi link • 17 A-TEAAM: mentoring black boys for a better future By Stephanie R. Jones Inc., Jackson Alumnae Chapter. The Community Engagement ment, acclamation and affirmation. action to back that. We have to arm liams told the boys they “are the Contributing Writer The boys from Blackburn and and Empowerment Network He explained to the boys that they our young soldiers in this war,” light that will lead us in the future.” Tears were flowing even before Nichols Middle School in Canton (CEEN), comprised of 21 commu- are essential to the future of this Luckett said. He urged the boys to An inaugural award, Health Eq- Peggy Rhodes’ son Billy Rhodes were recognized Sunday during a nity-based organizations, provides country, that they are important. learn good manners, good morals, uity Ambassador, Advocate and was named an Ambassador of the banquet at Jackson State Univer- mentors for the boys. The men and “Don’t be like us,” Yarber chal- respect for elders and respect for Leader (HEAAL) was given to Dr. Year from Blackburn Laboratory sity for their participation in the women mentors taught the boys lenged the boys. “Be better than girls and women. Yvonne T. Maddox, acting direc- Middle School. She sat with other program, where they were men- the skills of leadership. us.” Tim Collins, vice-president of tor, National Institute on Minority parents snapping photos of their tored by adults from various civic Sunday’s program, April 27, Lumumba’s father, the late Jack- the board of trustees of Jackson Health and Health Disparities. sixth-grade sons, graduates of the and social service organizations in 2014 was hosted by Juanita Sims son Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Public Schools, said Yarber and Other awardees included: Ambassadors of The Evers Acad- the Jackson area and Canton. Doty and emceed by Byron Brown was a mentor in the program and Lumumba were good representa- Nichols Middle School: Ambas- emy for African American Males The Ambassadors of The Evers and Erin Pickens of WJTV - Chan- honorary co-chairman of the A- tives of the community and told sador Joshua Jackson, Ambassa- - the A-TEAAM. Academy for African American nel 12. TEAAM. Chokwe Antar Lumum- the boys they, too, could achieve dor of the Year. Ambassador Rigo- “I was so proud,” Peggy Rhodes Males mentoring program is ad- The boys heard from Jackson’s ba was presented with a photo of success. He said the boys needed berto Leon, Honorable Mention. said. The program has helped her ministered by the Juanita S. Doty newly elected Mayor Tony Yarber his father with Myrlie Evers Wil- to see doctors, lawyers, public ser- Blackburn Laboratory Middle son and she thinks it will help him (JSD) Foundation in partnership and his recent campaign opponent liams and Jackson Public Schools vants and art teachers in the audi- School: Ambassador D’Quon as he makes decisions later in life, with the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Atty. Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Superintendent Cedrick Gray. ence. Sanders, Honorable Mention said Rhodes, who has two other Institute. It inspires young males The two embraced on stage in a Dwight Luckett Sr., superinten- JPS Superintendent Gray gave The Ambassadors of the Year children. Billy is the youngest. “I of color to honor the life and live show of unity and encouragement dent of Canton Public Schools, lik- the boys the ABCs: Align them- received bikes compliments of Re- hope he will go on to be a mentor the legacy of Medgar Evers, slain to the boys. ened the struggle of young black selves with good people; Believe gions Bank. to other kids.” Billy was mentored civil rights leader and NAACP Yarber said the three things males to war. “We have to have a they are special; and Commit to do by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority field director for Mississippi. young men need are acknowledge- vision. We have to have a plan of the right thing. While Evers Wil- photos by Jay Johnson 18 • the mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com Book Review: “Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs” byPearl Cleage c.2014, Atria $23.99 / $27.99 Canada • 320 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer dler didn’t need to read them, thought about having a baby blossom before our eyes, Book Reviewer either. in her mid-twenties. She didn’t in a book written while she Sudoku “Dear Diary….” Deignan figured she un- mention it to her then-husband, bloomed. The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every You’ve written that many derstood what happened in Michael Lomax, but she of- But that’s not the only 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear times in your life. Those little Cleage’s life. She was there ten wondered what their child appeal here: author Pearl only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box. hurts, schoolgirl crushes, firsts, for much of it, after all, but might look like. In August of Cleage gives us a front-row lasts, and thoughts. It’s all writ- Cleage wondered if the things 1974, she found out. Giving seat, not only to her life but to ten in your journal so you’d her daughter never knew were birth wasn’t hard. Motherhood the social issues of the days see where you came from and just as important as the things sometimes was. in which she journaled. where you’re going. she knew. There were lessons to And as her daughter grew, That allows us to see his- But would you want your learn, and Cleage chose to be- so did Cleage. Still politically tory in the eyes of an idealis- children or grandchildren to gin with January 9, 1970. active, she honed her writing tic young woman, then a new read your journals, unedited, Twenty-one-year-old Cleage skills and became a playwright, mother, then someone who’s warts and all? Pearl Cleage was at a party that night, com- columnist, and author. She got on the edge of attaining her thinks she might. Maybe. And miserating with the wife of a divorced. Her mother died as dreams - all perspectives for in her new book, “Things I friend on his way to jail. Cleage’s career and her love life which we know the outcome Should Have Told My Daugh- Politics and activism were a thrived. Yes, things happened but getting there, as they say, ter,” she explains why. major part of Cleage’s life then. that her granddaughter “prob- is half the fun. 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www.mississippilink.com May 1 - 7, 2014 THE mississippi link • 19 Report: FOX cancels Michael Limbaugh takes a shot at Ealy’s ‘Almost Human’ Lemon; alludes to CNN eurweb.com Bad news for Michael Ealy. personality’s sexuality Deadline.com is reporting eurweb.com that his Fox series “Almost Another day, another beef. Human,” starring the actor This time, the contenders as a cyborg cop, has not been are Rush Limbaugh and Don picked up for a second season. Lemon. According to the web- The feud between the talk site, the futuristic drama co- show hosts is one of many starring Karl Urban got off stemming from Donald to a slow start in November Sterling’s racist comments. but held enough ground to at While addressing the Ster- least earn renewal consider- Michael Ealy in FOX’s “Almost Human” ling situation on April 28, ation, often finishing on par Limbaugh mentioned how with its Monday companion According to Deadline’s are all considered strong con- the things said by the LA (the already-renewed drama Nellie Andreeva, “Almost Hu- tenders for a series pickup, Clippers’ owner were caus- “The Following”). In fact, man’s” chances started to slip which didn’t bode well for ing him problems in light of the March season (and series) once Fox’s drama pilots start- “Almost Human.” the fact that he “did not give Lemon Limbaugh finale of “Almost Human” ed coming in. “Gotham” (co- Urban played a human enough money to Obama.” logged a 1.5 rating in 18-49, starring Jada Pinkett Smith), cop paired with Ealy’s life- From there, it was on as Don Lemon (who sleeps with just given a little bit more to matching the Live+Same Day “The Red Band Society” (co- like combat-model android Lemon reacted to Limbaugh men, proudly) for comment.” Obama, everything would be rating for last night’s finale of starring Octavia Spencer) and in “Almost Human,” from the by telling his fellow CNN Lemon wasn’t the only one okay.” “The Following.” (The Fol- “Empire” (starring Terrence “Fringe” team of JJ Abrams commentator Erin Burnett, to catch it from Limbaugh, Limbaugh then shifted back lowing is a bigger DVR draw). Howard and Taraji P. Henson) and J.H. Wyman. “If we didn’t know then, that who blasted media watchdog to Lemon as he started mock- Rush Limbaugh is a stunt Media Matters for not pick- ing the CNN commentator’s king, then we know now.” ing up on the fact that he was infamous question about The back and forth con- making a joke. whether it really is “prepos- tinued April 29 as Limbaugh “These people have no terous” to think the missing Columbus Short weighed in while firing a shot sense of humor, particularly Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at CNN and Lemon’s sexual- when it comes to Obama,” plane flew into a black hole. ity. Limbaugh stated while giv- “You have a story like Ster- “Over at CNN, they in- ing his theory on why Ster- ling and all these people go fired from ‘Scandal’ terpreted that to mean that I ling has landed on a lot of on TV,” Limbaugh said, “and was defending Sterling.” the people’s bad side. “They they try to out do each other eurweb.com conservative firebrand said. have no sense of humor what- being the most offended, the Well, this is not exactly a “How did they get there? soever. Everybody listening most outraged, the most hurt, surprise. I don’t know how they get to this program knew I was the most harmed, the most According to reports, there. Erin Burnett played making a joke (and a quite sensitive, the most in touch “Scandal” actor Columbus the sound bite and then went good one, by the way, if I say and so forth… Crackpots ev- Short is history as far as that to Mr. Black Hole himself, so myself) that if Sterling had erywhere.” show is concerned. Sources connected with ABC - as you’ve probably already guessed - say it’s be- cause the network decided to release him due to allegations of domestic violence. In fact, the actor just re- leased this statement to TMZ: “At this time I must con- Short firm my exit from a show I’ve called home for three years, Shonda, Kerry and the rest of throat and threatened to kill with what is the most tal- the cast…” her. He’s also been charged in ented ensemble in television Dang, it’s almost like it was connection with another inci- today.” predestined to happen ‘cause dent with domestic violence He continues: in the series’ season finale, he and child abuse. He was ar- “Everything must come to caught a bullet, so now … rested for yet another incident an end and unfortunately the As we reported, Short’s of alleged domestic abuse. time has come for Harrison wife just got a restraining And he was arrested recently Wright to exit the canvas. I order against him after he for allegedly clocking a dude wish nothing but the best for allegedly put a knife to her in a bar. The-Dream accused of beating his ex; releases song inspired by Donald Sterling ban eurweb.com an plotting to use this alleged The-Dream has made crime as a way to extend her headlines this morning on visa in the U.S. (Nam is Ca- two fronts. nadian.) TMZ is reporting that he’s According to law enforce- wanted by New York authori- ment sources, Dream was ties for allegedly punching, already arrested in connec- kicking, and strangling his tion with a separate domes- ex-girlfriend, who was preg- tic violence incident (also nant at the time. And in the involving Nam) last June in midst of this, he found time Newport Beach, Calif., but to record and release a record she refused to press charges. last night ripping racist LA As a result, the D.A. rejected Clippers owner Donald Ster- the case. ling. As for his song, it’s called The alleged domestic inci- The Dream “Black” and was posted as a dent took place in April 2013 video yesterday, hours after at the Plaza Hotel, roughly allegations - which means if NBA commissioner Adam three months before Dream’s they find him, he’ll be taken Silver announced that Ster- ex-GF Lydia Nam gave birth into custody. ling has been banned for life to his son, TMZ reported. Dream insists Nam is ly- and fined $2.5 million for his It’s unclear what prompted ing, and sources close to the racist remarks. The song’s the alleged attack and if Nam producer tell TMZ that he chorus: “I feel real black ever sought medical attention thinks she’s a vengeful wom- right now.” - but for some reason, she didn’t file a police report until Novem- ber, which is when she described the alleged assault to police. According to law enforcement sources, Dream (real name Terius Nash) is now wanted for question- ing by police in con- nection with Nam’s 20 • the mississippi link May 1 - 7, 2014 www.mississippilink.com

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