November 1 2012 - The Mississippi Link

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Vol. 19, No. 2
November 1 - 7, 2012
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Superstorm Sandy’s devastation:
floods, wind, fire and snow
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Interim Managing Editor
Sandy was called a category 1 storm, but no such
storm like her had ever
been seen on the east coast.
A category 1 storm is usually mild, compared to the
dreaded category 3 storm.
Stretching over an area
of 1,000 miles with a full
moon at her back, meeting
a cold front coming in from
the north, Sandy delivered
devastation unseen on the
eastern shores.
She flooded the 103-yearold New York City subway
lines, submerged three
airport runways, forced
the cancellation of 50,000
flights worldwide, overpowered backup generators at hospitals, washed
out the historic Atlantic
City boardwalk, impacted
weather from Tennessee to
Massachusetts, created 10
foot waves in Lake Michigan on Chicago’s shoreline,
and sparred a blizzard with
three feet of wet snow in
West Virgina.
Sandy
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UAW Region 8 supports
Canton’s Boys and Girls
Club on its 16th anniversary
JSU and College Hill
celebrate a ‘binding
connection’
Williams
By Jackie Hampton
Publisher
Left to right: Sanchioni Butler, UAW lead organizer; Dr. Isiac Jackson Jr., General Missionary Baptist state
convention president; Dr. William Truly, mayor of Canton; Ray Curry, deputy director, Region 8 UAW; Billy
Redd, executive director, Central Mississippi Boys and Girls Club; Sarah Williams, Canton Unit Boys and
Girls Club director; and Congressman Bennie Thompson, Mississippi 2nd congressional district.
Inside
The Mississippi Link Newswire
CANTON - The United
Auto Workers (UAW) surprised the Canton Boys and
Girls Club with a new 14-passenger bus, as they celebrated
the 16th anniversary serving
the families of the Canton
community.
The new 14 passenger,
Thomas-built bus was received with great jubilation
by Mayor William Truly, Billy
Redd - executive director of
Budget woes
await winner
of presidential
election
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the Central Mississippi Boys
and Girls Club program, and
Sarah Williams, Canton unit
director.
Ray Curry, deputy director of Region 8 of the UAW,
made a special trip to Canton
to personally present the bus
to the Canton Boys and Girls
Club on behalf of the men and
women of the UAW. He also
shared that the Boys and Girls
Club played an integral role in
his formative years.
November is
National Diabetes
Month
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The Central Mississippi
Boys and Girls Club provides
over 750,000 hours of services to youth in mentoring,
supervised recreational activities, character development
and youth development. Redd
stated that the current 15-passenger bus was ‘on its last leg’
and heaped tremendous praise
Boys and Girls Club
Continued on page 6
Cissy Houston
releases
$20 million
inheritance to
Bobbi Kristina
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College
Hill
Baptist
Church and Jackson State
University have a connection which began in 1907
when the late Dr. B. Baldwin Dansby, president of
then Jackson College, deeded a tract of land just west of
the campus to build College
Hill Baptist Church.
On Sunday, Oct. 28 College Hill celebrated its second annual ‘College Hill
JSU Day’ during the 11 a.m.
service. The sanctuary was
filled to capacity with an
audience comprised of JSU
students, faculty members
and College Hill Church
congregations.
Myers
JSU’s University Concert
Chorale, under the direction
of W. Cortez Castilla, provided music.
Judge Carlton Reeves, a
College Hill member and a
graduate of JSU, in the occasion stated, “Jackson State
is one nation under blue, the
place where thee I love, the
place that taught us that you
shall know the truth and the
truth shall set you free.”
He spoke of the lifelong
relationship between Jackson State and College Hill.
Reeves said, “If it weren’t
for Jackson State, many of
us would not be here today.
Many College Hill members
found the love of their lives
at JSU.”
Greetings were extended
by JSU President Carolyn
Myers. She recalled that in
February of 2011 when Dr.
Michael T. Williams was installed as the 14th Pastor of
the historical College Hill
Church, she as the new JSU
president brought greetings
at his installation. This was
held on the campus of JSU.
Myers referenced how
College Hill had walked
with JSU throughout the
years nurturing teachers and
students. She recited Psalms
133:1, “Behold, how good
and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in
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Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Robert
Latham said by the end of the week more than 40 Mississippi emergency personnel will be in areas affected by the enormous storm
Sandy. Thirteen Mississippi swiftwater rescue personnel arrived in
Maryland Tuesday night, Oct. 30 and were deployed into communities that experienced severe flooding.
In addition, two logistics persons will be working in the Maryland
State Emergency Operations Center, and Latham’s personal assistant, Tom McAllister, a Katrina veteran, is in the FEMA National
Response Center, Latham said.
The five-man Incident Management Assistance Team headed
north also to assist with large-scale response to the “Frankenstorm.”
“Mississippi will assist the states impacted by this storm in any
way we can,” Gov. Phil Bryant said in a statement. “In our times of
need, Mississippi has been bolstered by the aid and hospitality of
people around the country, and we are honored to return the favor.”
More than a dozen Flowood-based Mississippi Air
Guard members were stranded thanks to Hurricane
Sandy. The unit was supposed to be home Monday but
the storm trapped it in Maryland. Twenty-six airmen of
the 172nd Security Forces Squadron were due home
after serving six months in Afghanistan Wednesday
afternoon, Oct. 31.
As soon as they made it to American soil, they were
stopped in their tracks by Superstorm Sandy. As Sandy
began wreaking havoc on the East Coast, airports shut
down and the squadron’s long awaited return grew longer. “We were all a little disappointed. We’re all ready
to come home. And so when you find out something
like that, it takes the wind out of the sail, I guess you
could say,” Sgt. David Rich said.
Mississippi MEMA going
to East Coast to aid
Sandy recovery
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Hurricane delays return
of Flowood-based Air
Guard unit
Air Guard Unit
Mississippi native B.B. King
among 2013 Songwriters
Hall of Fame nominees
Mississippi native B.B. King will join Elvis Costello and Ray Davies and a slew of top acts, including Jimmy Buffett, Vince Gill and
Rod Temperton, who wrote Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” “Rock
With You” and “Off the Wall.”
Also nominated are Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, Lindsey
Buckingham and Christine McVie, former Eurythmics bandmates
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood,
Aeromsith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Bobby Womack and
Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones.
Non-performing songwriters nominated include “Chain of Fools”
songwriter Don Covay, country music songwriter Bobby Braddock and Holly Knight, who co-wrote Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a
Battlefield” and Tina Turner’s “Better Be Good to Me.” Linda Perry,
writer behind Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” was nominated with
Bob McDill, Rick Nowels, Randy Goodrum, Tony Hatch and JD
Souther. Voting ends Dec. 17. The gala takes place June 13,
2013, at New York Marriott Marquis.
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Jackson schools accept
accreditation extension
deal, JPS board reverses vote
The Jackson Public Schools board of trustees reversed an earlier
vote and approved a deal that gave the system longer to comply with
rules regarding special education.
The pact gave JPS until June 2013 to resolve special education
problems that have lingered for years. It also required the local system to give up substantial control over special education to the state.
During the special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 30, board members
voted 4 - 3 to approve the deal.
Special education problems have lingered in Mississippi’s secondlargest school district, and disability advocates sued the state earlier
this year, saying the Department of Education is obliged under
federal law to address problems.
The state recently enhanced penalties for districts losing accreditation, but the Jackson case began earlier. Officials have said Jackson
would face relatively mild penalties beyond embarrassment.
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City gets green light
to move employees
to Metrocenter Mall
The Jackson City Council received results of an audit Tuesday,
Oct. 30 that was requested to determine how taxpayer money was
spent on a project that will eventually move 300 city employees into
Metrocenter Mall.
City Council President Tony Yarber said the report showed “$50,000
allocated was properly expended.” The certificate of occupancy was
completed Monday, Oct. 29, meaning all utilities have been checked
and approved at the old Belk building renovated by Retro Metro.
“We’re going to start moving this week. I think it’s going to be a
couple of weeks - more or less,” said Mayor Harvey Johnson. “We
are talking about moving furniture, people, transitioning from one work
place to another.”
The city plans to move departments of Parks and Recreation, Human and Cultural Services and Water and Sewer business office from
the Jackson Medical Mall to the Metrocenter. Also moving to Metrocenter are Public Education and Government TV studio, personnel
and police Precinct 2.
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STATE
Gov. Bryant seeks medical Mississippi ranked among
school expansion, 1,000
top states for business by
new physicians
Area Development magazine
BILOXI - Expanding the University of Mississippi School of
Medicine and adding 1,000 physicians to the state’s workforce are
part of Gov. Phil Bryant’s vision for
strengthening Mississippi’s economy by investing in health care.
During a three-stop tour Oct.
26, where he outlined his vision
for growing the state’s health care
economy and unveiled the findings of a new Blueprint Mississippi health care study, Bryant announced a funding award toward
the expansion of the University of
Mississippi School of Medicine.
“I am pleased to announce that
the Mississippi Development Authority will award $10 million in
Community Development Block
Grant funds to UMMC to aid in the
expansion of its School of Medicine,” Bryant said. “Mississippi
needs more physicians, and we cannot wait any longer.”
Bryant wants the doctors who
graduate in Mississippi to remain
in Mississippi and earlier this year
signed a measure to increase the
number of medical residency programs in the state.
“Expanding our state’s medical
residency programs will directly
increase the number of physicians
who remain in Mississippi to practice,” Bryant said.
“We also want to encourage
these new doctors to practice in our
medically underserved areas,” Bryant said. “We know that each new
doctor creates a community economic impact of about $2 million.
By bringing more doctors to Mississippi communities, we can improve the health of our bodies and
our economies.”
Bryant is encouraging new development in the state’s larger medical regions through the Mississippi
Health Care Industry Zone Act. The
legislation, part of Bryant’s ‘Mississippi Works’ agenda, became law
this year and provides incentives to
certain health care-related businesses that locate in a certified health
care zone.
“A successful
health care industry in Mississippi
will create jobs and
build
economic
stability,” Bryant
said.
Bryant
first
called for expansion of Mississippi’s health care
economy in his
inaugural State of
the State address.
In that address, he
discussed the need
for Mississippi to
foster a positive
business environment for health
care development
and then commis- Bryant
sioned the Mississippi Economic
Council to study the issue.
The resulting report, “Blueprint Mississippi Health Care: An
Economic Driver,” was unveiled
Friday, Oct. 26. It identified ways
to grow Mississippi’s health care
economy and benefit the state in
four key areas:
• Workforce development: a
healthy, productive population enhances the prospects of business attraction, retention and growth.
• Quality of life: accessible, affordable health care improves the
lives of Mississippians and provides
a better quality of place because of
availability of quality services, as
well as jobs and opportunities from
all the facets of the health care system.
• Business sustainability: healthier workers will reduce lost time
due to illness and will increase productivity, improving Mississippi’s
competitiveness, growth and sustainability.
• Creation of economic wealth:
growth of a statewide health care
industry cluster and collaboration across this economic sector
will contribute jobs and encourage
wealth creation.
Bryant said the report’s goals
align with his vision for the state.
“This study evaluates our health
care economy’s strengths and
weaknesses and provides a framework to help us further develop our
growth strategies,” he said.
Blake Wilson, president and
CEO of the Mississippi Economic
Council, said Bryant’s leadership
will help Mississippi realize success in expanding its health care
economy.
“Gov. Phil Bryant has already
shown leadership in advancing this
initiative,” Wilson said.
“The recently passed Health Care
Industry Zone Act and establishment of the Office of Mississippi
Physician Workforce are the first
steps to realizing the goals of this
study. Continued leadership of this
type will be necessary for ongoing
success,” he added.
“Blueprint Mississippi Health
Care: An Economic Driver” is
funded entirely through a grant
by the Mississippi Partnership for
Economic Development Inc. and is
coordinated through Blueprint Mississippi, an ongoing effort of the
Mississippi Economic Council’s
M.B. Swayze Foundation.
The research was conducted by
consulting firms Newmark Grubb
Knight Frank and Subsidium
Healthcare.
Mississippi
has
been
named among the top states
in which to do business by
Area Development, a leading
publication covering site selection and facility planning,
in the publication’s 2012
“Top States for Doing Business” survey.
The state tied for second in
categories evaluating competitive utility costs and permitting speed. It ranked ninth
overall and was among the
top five states for overall cost
of doing business and competitive labor costs.
Survey participants rank
states on factors like business
climate, tax structure and access to a skilled workforce.
“To be ranked so favorably
as one of the top states to do
business by Area Development is proof that ‘Mississippi Works,’ and I am honored
we have once again been
recognized for our efforts to
make Mississippi as business
friendly as possible,” said
Gov. Phil Bryant.
“Our business climate,
combined with our dedicated
workforce and prime location, helped us attract leading
global companies to Mississippi in recent years. We are
working hard to support the
expansion and success of our
existing businesses while improving the business climate
here and attracting new companies and industries,” the
governor said.
This is the third consecutive year Area Development
has conducted the “Top
States for Doing Business”
survey. Mississippi also
ranked among the top states
in 2010 and 2011. This year,
Mississippi was particularly
recognized for working with
Paid for by friends of James A. Reed
businesses to navigate the
permitting process, helping
to quickly bring new operations and new jobs online.
“We appreciate the fact
that the site selection consultants surveyed by Area Development recognize Mississippi as one of the top places
to do business in the United
States,” said Brent Christensen, executive director of
the Mississippi Development
Authority (MDA).
“Many people work hard to
attract new businesses to the
state, help our existing companies grow and ensure Mississippi remains businessfriendly and competitive. It
is a privilege to be acknowledged by the professionals
who help companies find
sites for their location and
expansion needs as a prime
place for businesses to operate,” Christensen said.
Sandy
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Eighty to 100 homes surrounded by water burned to
the ground in Breezy Point,
N.J. most of which were
homes owned by firefighters; Levies broke at Little
Ferry, N.J., forcing water
into homes and residents
to their roofs. In Seaside
Heights and Seaside Park,
N.J., flood waters carried
sand into homes located
blocks away from the shore.
Transformers
exploded
in air; a tanker was washed
ashore; and a luxury boat
landed on railroad tracks.
There were one million
students out of school, 2.6
million households without electric power, 60 state
roads closed, a $50 billion
recovery tab expected, and
reportedly up to 50 people
dead.
Sandy was the great neutralizer. Mayor Corey Booker of Newark, N.J., said,
“Nobody is stopping to ask
what is your religion or
what is your political party.
They are just rolling up their
sleeves and helping each
other. The storm has passed
but the challenges remain.”
New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie said, “I’ve never
seen sights like this in my
life in New Jersey. I can
only say we have to suck it
up and move on. People are
really hurting; it will be a
day of sorrow when the sun
comes up. But mixed with
the sorrow will be determination.”
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The Republican Christie
then drew ire as he praised
Democrat President Barack
Obama for his immediate
response to the needs of the
people in the area. “This is
more important than any
election,” Christie said.
“This is for the people, not
for an election. We are in a
time of crisis.”
He urged parents to lower their children’s anxiety.
“Tell them they are safe and
will be taken care of,” Christie said. “This place will
never be the same. This has
changed lives. We will rebuild but there is a sadness.”
Inspite of Sandy, babies
were still born and rainbows
still sprung above the devastation.
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unity.”
Brian Wilks, president of
the JSU Student Government
Association, greeted the assembly by quoting Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. “If we can’t
fly, let’s run; if we can’t run,
let’s walk; if we can’t walk,
let’s crawl; the objective being to always keep moving
forward.”
Minister Calvin Bogan,
JSU Class of 2014, received
a standing ovation for his
saxophone rendition of “Oh
How I Love Jesus.”
Pastor Michael Williams,
in his message titled “Empowering and Educating Our
Minds,” spoke of a great
civilization that goes back to
Africa.
Williams said, “We come
from a people who have a
mind to work, to achieve and
succeed.”
JSU Day at College Hill
ended with approximately
200 Jackson State students,
faculty and staff sharing dinner in the College Hill Family Life Center.
Bogan
Boys and Girls Club
on UAW for their support of
youth and outreach initiatives.
The event was attended by a
host of prominent leaders, including Congressman Bennie
Thomson, a long-time supporter of Boys and Girls Club
programs and the driving force
behind making UAW aware of
the need for a new bus.
Also attending was Dr. Isiac
Jackson Jr., president of the
General Missionary Baptist
State Convention, former
mayors Alice Scott and Fred
Esco Jr., police chief Vickie
McNeill, fire chief Andrew
Hughes, Madison Supervisor
Karl Banks, State Representative Earl Banks and others.
In closing comments, Sarah
Williams, Canton director
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OPINION
Budget woes await winner
Racism: the white
elephant in the room of presidential election
By Alim Gaynor
Columnist
A U.S. president inherits a
mind-numbing
economic meltdown brought
about by unscrupulous
stock traders, bankers and
insurance executives; unemployment is rising faster
than during the 2001 recession; two wars (one, which
was totally uncalled for) are
in full swing; members of the
opposing political party vows
to make him a one term president, even before he was inaugurated - in spite of all this,
under President Obama’s
leadership, the country didn’t
slip into a depression.
Under his leadership the illegal war in Iraq (started by
his predecessor) that killed
over 4,000 American troops
was brought to a close. A
health care bill was passed
that made it illegal to deny
coverage due to pre-existing
conditions. Osama bin Laden
was found in Pakistan and
killed after eluding capture
for the entire two terms of
President Bush.
Now imagine all things
being equal except for one
thing. Imagine for the 2012
elections, the incumbent
president is a white man. I’m
not even going to go out on
a limb and say the challenger
in this scenario needs to be
a black man. All he needs to
be is an inconsistent, shapeshifting, out of touch plutocrat like Mitt Romney. It
would be no contest … not
even close.
A white sitting president
who had done and tried to
do all that President Obama
has done would be almost
deified in this country. This
coupled with the fact that
he’s intelligent, articulate,
charismatic and easy on the
eyes (something important in
Western culture), the opposing candidate wouldn’t stand
a chance.
But this is still the United States of America, and
whether we like to face it or
not, men of African descent
were not supposed to be in
leadership positions. It was
never what the founding fathers had in mind.
Sure, there were some
whites who got caught up in
the Obama euphoria of 2008
and many actually voted for
him. Once he was in office,
however, they expected him
to pull off miracles.
Two years into his presidency, he was already touted as being an abject failure. Even many blacks who
somehow thought his election would bring about some
monumental change were seriously disappointed.
President
Obama
was
elected to sail a sinking ship.
The ship has not sunk and the
water is now being pumped
out quicker than it is seeping
in. No, this ship is not seaworthy yet and may need to
be totally overhauled before
it is.
The mindset that one race
of people should be the powerbrokers of the world, while
everyone else is expendable,
must be exposed and excised
for the cancer that it is. Until then, the “white elephant”
will continue to leave its
droppings in the room.
Alim Gaynor is founder
and president of Seedpod
Empowerment Institute. For
more information, call 769798-5247 or email [email protected]
Trayvon Martin’s parents
turn pain into power
By Marian Wright Edelman
NNPA Columnist
When Sybrina
Fulton,
Trayvon
Martin’s
mother,
spoke
at the Children’s
Defense Fund’s
(CDF)
recent
national conference, she shared
some details about her son that
reminded the audience both
how special Trayvon was to
his family and at the same time
how much the happy social high
school student was like any
mother’s child.
“He was very affectionate. He
loved to hug and kiss us at 17,”
she recalled. “He was still a loving teenager…. He liked to go
to the movies. He liked to go to
the mall. He liked to dress nice.
He had to smell good. He used
to talk on the phone all the time
with the girls….
“He was just a loving guy.
He loved sports. He loved the
outdoors. If he was in this room
right now, he would be walking
around talking to a lot of you,”
Trayvon’s mother said.
Trayvon’s February fatal
shooting, after he was targeted
by neighborhood watchman
George Zimmerman for looking
“no good” while walking home
carrying a bag of Skittles and
a can of iced tea, angered and
saddened millions of people.
For Sybrina and Tracy
Martin, Trayvon’s father, the
personal devastation of losing their 17-year-old son that
way was unimaginable. But
his mother emphasized their
family’s determination to do
something positive with their
loss.
“We have decided to turn the
hurt and the pain into power,”
she said. “Trust me. It hurts.
But what we need to do is get
the message out to you, and
that’s why it’s important for us
to speak out. That’s why it’s
important for us to talk to you
now, so that there is not another
statistic like Trayvon Martin.”
Trayvon’s parents and Benjamin Crump, the family’s attorney, spoke at CDF’s National
and Racial Healing Town Hall.
They joined other parents who
also have lost children to violence and decided to turn their
pain into positive action.
Trayvon’s father shared a story about how Trayvon helped
save his life during a fire in the
family’s kitchen, when he was
just 8 years old. As he told the
story, he was overwhelmed with
grief. But he was also determined to keep striving towards
something positive, no matter
how difficult it seemed.
“We never envision as parents
burying your children,” he said.
“But in doing so and seeing how
communities have come together and stand united in the fight
for justice with us, it teaches us
a very strong lesson. When you
stand up for what you believe
in, others will stand with you….
“We could have easily just
By Julianne Malveaux
NNPA Columnist
No matter who
wins the Nov. 6
election, he will
have a mess on his
hands. The Budget Control Act of
2011 will cut $109
billion from the federal budget in
2013, unless Congress is able to
figure out how to either reduce the
deficit or cut another deal.
The cuts will range from 7 to 9
percent, and they’ll hit everything Pell Grants, housing, employment
services and defense.
Already, some government
contractors are cutting back in anticipation of what is called sequestration and some politicians are
saying that our national defense
will be “hallowed” by the process.
While Mitt Romney talks about
getting more ships for the Navy,
the fact is that all of us will have
to do with less - if Congress cannot
see its way out of this mess.
The deficit reduction sequester - a result of the failure to enact
legislation that reduces the budget
deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over
the next 10 years - is scheduled to
begin in January.
It will affect all non-exempt federal programs, with equal savings
coming from defense spending
and from non-defense spending,
according to the House Budget
Committee.
Congress pushed itself into sequestration in 2011, when our nation’s credit rating slipped because
our leaders failed to pass a budget.
In a showdown with President
Obama, Congress stepped all the
way out on the cliff that we are
now poised to fall off.
Rather than making reasoned
decisions about cuts, the notion
of something automatic was supposed to scare everyone into sanopted out to rant, rave and have
the nation in an uproar, but we
chose to do what we felt was
right for our son. And that was
to keep his legacy going, not let
his name be in vain, not let his
death be in vain. I think that was
very important…. You just have
to take that loss, take that negative and turn it into a positive,”
said the father.
Benjamin Crump, the family’s attorney, put the Martins’
crusade in a larger context. He
said earlier that day a reporter
called him because that date
would have been Emmett Till’s
71st birthday. The reporter was
interested in the connections
between Trayvon’s death and
Emmett’s brutal 1955 murder at
age 14.
It was something Crump had
ity. The last year, however, has
reminded us that few who make
public policy are sane.
Most economists are clear that
cutting spending during a recession or its weak recovery makes
no sense. Deficit notwithstanding,
taking money out of the economy
is a prescription for disaster. We
have only just climbed out of a
recession, but recovery is not assured. We face the possibility of a
double dip recession by withdrawing money from the economy.
One of the biggest challenges
in avoiding the sequester is the
fact that Congress will convene to
attempt to make a deal in a lameduck Congress. Some will lose
their jobs as of January, but they
still have the opportunity to pass
laws between November and January.
They have nothing to lose by
continuing their obduracy, and
they have few incentives to compromise, something they haven’t
done before.
Republicans don’t want to raise
taxes, especially on the wealthy,
which is one way to avoid the sequestration trap. Democrats don’t
want to cut vital social programs.
That simplifies matters just a bit,
but the bottom line is we get more
money either by increasing taxes
or cutting programs.
We can’t increase taxes on the
already beleaguered middle class,
and the poor don’t have a penny
to spare. That leaves the wealthy,
but they are the sacred cows of the
Republican Party. Cutting social
programs hurts those who have already been hurt.
So Congress has a dilemma.
One of the things we know about
sequestration is that it will cost
jobs, both in the federal government and in companies that contract with the federal government.
Our extremely weak recovery,
been thinking about. “I’ve been
talking a lot as a legal representative about Emmett Till’s death
almost 60 years ago and Trayvon Martin, and how far have
we come in America in reference to equal justice?” he said.
“Can everybody in America
get equal justice? … [Supreme
Court Justice] Thurgood Marshall said that the basis of the
American Constitution is this: A
baby born to [a black mother] in
a state like Mississippi has the
same exact rights as a baby born
to the wealthiest, most educated, articulate white woman …
just by merely drawing its first
breath in America.
“Now, Justice Marshall said,
I know that isn’t true yet, but I
challenge anybody for saying
that’s not a goal worth fighting
which leaves us with an official
unemployment rate slightly less
than 8 percent, cannot sustain
more job losses. Our Congress,
with a median wealth of $750,000,
excluding the value of their homes,
cannot fathom the lives of ordinary
human beings.
These are people who get up in
the morning, pour cereal in a bowl,
take a fast crack at the newspaper
before hopping a subway or bus on
the way to work, put in their hours,
often more than eight, and then
take the subway or bus back home.
Many make a pit stop at a day
care center or school and then rush
home to put food on the table. With
median wealth of about $20,000,
including home ownership, their
lives are a far cry from those of
their elected representatives.
The gap, perhaps, explains why
the American Jobs Act has not yet
been passed after languishing in
Congress for nearly a year.
Sequestration has come up only
tangentially in the presidential
debates. Yet it is one of the most
important immediate issues that
our nation faces. Across the board,
cuts hit more heavily at the bottom
than at the top. And those who are
already suffering will find themselves suffering more.
It would have been great to have
one of the debates focused specifically on the issue of sequestration.
The way this sequestration is implemented is likely to depend on
the outcome of the election. Yet
both candidates have been mostly
silent on this matter.
What happens after Nov. 6?
Whether President Obama or Willard Romney wins, hard choices
will have to be made.
Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and
writer. She is president emerita
of Bennett College for Women in
Greensboro, N.C.
for. And I challenge anybody
to say that is not what makes
America the greatest country
in the world. The Martins don’t
want anything but equal justice,
simple justice - by getting that
justice, we help America live up
to its creed.”
Crump concluded, “We were
doing an interview with a reporter from France who asked,
‘Can blacks and minorities in
America get justice?’ This is
what the world is asking, and
I said to her, ‘Yes, we can. I
believe in my heart we can get
justice, but we have to work for
it.’”
Marian Wright Edelman is
president of the Children’s Defense Fund. For more information, go to www.childrensdefense.org.
A Salute to General Colin Powell
By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
NNPA Columnist
There is abundant evidence that
this will be a close
contest between
President Barack
Obama and former Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney. Of course, the
election is not really about race, religion or about a random celebrity
or publicity quotient.
This election is actually about
the future of the nation politically
and economically, as well as the
global leadership of the United
States for the next four years.
For many people who have already voted early or who plan to go
out to the polls in record numbers,
Tuesday, Nov. 6, the campaign
endorsements by various public
officials does have a significant
impact.
Even though former Secretary
of State General Colin L. Powell
explicitly stated the public policy
issues and leadership qualities of
President Barack Obama as the
reasons for his endorsing the reelection of Obama, one of Mitt
Romney’s most senior campaign
officials, former New Hampshire
Gov. John Sununu, asserted that
Powell’s endorsement of President
Obama was based on race.
Sununu’s racially motivated slur
to attack Powell for having the
political courage as a Republican
statesman to endorse President
Obama was not just some random
rhetorical misstatement. Sununu
knew exactly what was he was doing a few days before the election.
Sununu deliberately interjected
the issue of race into the presidential campaign hoping to make a
“backward” political gain to assist
Mitt Romney’s ambition to defeat
President Obama.
It is important to state for the record that Powell not only made the
right move, but also he did it with
admirable courage and brilliant
statesmanship.
As the former chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State who has
served Presidents Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton,
and George W. Bush, Powell is
an iconic, retired four-star general, veteran leader and seasoned
visionary admired by millions of
Americans.
Thus, Powell’s endorsement is
important, timely and very significant. The fact that Powell is also
a moderate Republican is noteworthy and could help other Republicans and independents to see
the value of re-electing President
Obama.
Powell stated, “I think we ought
to keep on the track that we are
on.” In reference to his choice of
President Obama over Romney,
Powell further affirmed, “I voted
for him in 2008, and I plan to stick
with him in 2012.”
He listed President Obama’s
outstanding record in effective
counter-terrorism and the ending
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as points of strategic leadership
that are important to maintain in
the White House.
In terms of the prospects about
Gov. Romney, Powell emphasized,
“There’s some very, very strong
neo-conservative views that are
presented by the governor that I
have some trouble with…. I’m not
quite sure which Gov. Romney
we’d be getting with respect to for-
eign policy.”
In the aftermath of Sununu’s
charge that Powell endorsed President Obama because both are
black, the general’s former chief of
staff, retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, candidly stated that the Republican Party is “full of racists.”
Wilkerson went on to explain,
“And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants
President Obama out of the White
House has nothing to with the content of his character, nothing to do
with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his
skin. And that’s despicable.”
We are proud of General Colin
Powell. We are proud of President
Barack Obama. It is not about race,
it is about leadership and accomplishment. Let no one make you
think that this election is not im-
portant and vital to all Americans.
This obviously also transcends
partisan politics. Both Democrats
and Republicans should be voting to re-elect President Barack
Obama. The old plantation tricks,
divisive mischief and vile rhetoric
of the past will not suffice in diverting our attention and responsibilities from pressing “forward”
in 2012.
We, therefore, are resolute in
our expressions of recognition and
tribute to Gen. Powell’s courage on
the battlefield for freedom, justice
and equality.
In short, we salute General Powell and vote for President Obama.
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is president of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network (HSAN) and Education
Online Services Corporation. He
can be reached at [email protected]
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Davis Magnet student wins
talent show at State Fair
Sasha Cohran, a 7 year-old
second grader at Davis Magnet
Elementary IB World School, recently won First Place of the Ju-
nior Division 10 and under at the
Mississippi State Fair in the dance
category with her acrobatic routine
“Five Civilized Tribes.”
She is a student of Dance Works
studios in Byram, Miss., under the
leadership of Adriana Heindl and
Tiffany Jefferson.
She is the daughter of proud parents of Sidiki and Jessica Cohran.
Jim Hill tennis
coach named
coach of the year
Richard Wilson, tennis
coach at Jim Hill High School,
received the Mississippi Tennis Association’s 2012 Coach
of the Year award.
He has been coaching ten-
nis at Jim Hill for 17 years
and has led the team to several division and city championships.
Players he has coached at
Jim Hill have been the recipients of Division I college and
Sasha Cohran, 7 year-old second grader at Davis Magnet Elementary IB World School, performing “Five Civilized
Tribes” routine
Wilson
junior college tennis scholarships.
Paid for by friends of Kathy Sykes
Coach Wilson with the Jim Hill tennis team
Governor Bryant
encourages and
motivates Lanier
High School
students
Gov. Phil Bryant and JPS
Supt. Dr. Cedrick Gray
toured Lanier High School
October 22.
After the tour, Bryant
spoke to students about
the importance of living a
healthy lifestyle.
The students he encouraged belong to a student or-
ganization called Youth Employment Program (YEP).
YEP is an after-school
enrichment program designed to help keep students
on track for college or employment and life after high
school.
Bryant said he wants to
see the program duplicated
in other parts of the state.
Jackson Public School District (District 2520)
Dr. Cedrick Gray, Superintendent
[email protected]
662 S. President Street
Jackson, MS 39225
— DISTRICT PROFILE —
Student Data — Special Education
Student Data — Demographics
This District Mississippi
30,366
490,526
70.66%
89.19%
91.64%
93.76%
Total Enrollment
Free Lunch and Reduced Lunch
Average Daily Attendance
Student Data — Racial Makeup
0.08%
.97%
50.04%
97.54%
2.51%
0.84%
0.20%
0.02%
46.28%
1.52%
Race
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Native American
White
Section Source: MDE/SY 2010-2011
IEP Students as a Percentage of All Students
Actual Number of IEP Students
* IEP = Individualized Education Program
School District Staff
Number of Employees (FTE)¹ ²
Number of Teachers (FTE)¹ ²
National Board Certified Teachers
Highly Qualified Teachers
Emergency/Provisional Teachers
Number of Special Education Teachers (FTE)¹ ²
Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers
Emergency Special Education Teachers
¹ FTE = Full Time Equivalent
— ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT —
Section Source: MDE
Graduation and Completion Data (First Time 9th Graders in 07-08)
—D - Academic Watch—
All Students IEP Students Mississippi
Graduation Rate
62.9%
73.7%
12.0%
Completion Rate (w/ graduates) 68.9%
56.2%
80.3%
Dropout Rate
25.0%
26.8%
16.7%
17.29
17.29
646
Occupational Diplomas
91.53
91.53
Certificates of Attendance
1130
—Probation—
Number of Schools by Accountability Label
5
A - Star School
B - High Performing
ACT Information (2010-2011)
3
C - Successful
D - Academic Watch
F - At Risk of Failing
Graduates Taking ACT (estimated)
Average ACT Score
21
Expulsions & Out of School Suspensions > 10 Days (2010-2011)
11
0
NR
0.20%
2.15%
1.14%
IEP Students
All Non-IEP Students
0
0
81.06%
77.33%
18.4
16.9
* ACT = American College Test
18
0
F - Low Performing
4
8
12
JPS Supt. Dr. Cedrick Gray and Gov. Phil Bryant
16
20
24
* NR = Less Than 10 Students or No Results Reported
— FINANCIAL DATA —
Federal
25.54%
Operational Millage Rate
Debt Service Millage Rate
Net Ad Valorem Requested
Assessed Valuation
² Data from SY 2011-2012
Section Source: MDE/SY 2010-2011
Millage and Assessed Valuation
Revenue Sources
State
42.92%
4,787.23 68,215.96
1,999.05 32,815.34
2,388
103
91.4%
93.9%
4.5%
6.0%
813
52.30
55.10 % 75.6 %
19.82 % 6.72 %
² Data from SY 2011-2012
2012 State Accountability Label²
2012-2013 Accreditation Status²
F - Failing
9.99%
3,035
Actual Expenditures
43.93
62.58
12.41
4.77
$72,597,664
$1,200,155,693
Estimated Per Pupil Expenditures
Local
31.53%
Gov. Bryant, Supt. Gray (center), Donna Barksdale (left back of Gov.)
Chloe Elkins; teacher (center back row), Dr. Shemeka McClung (far right);
principal, and Lanier High School students from the YEP program
Total Revenue: $280.52M
Local
State
Federal
Intermediate³
Total
This District
$3,118
$4,244
$2,526
$0
$9,888
Mississippi
$2,655.38
$4,101.26
$1,992.65
$2.31
$8,752.00
Instructional
Other Instructional
General Administration
School Administration
Operations
67.64%
16.25%
3.35%
5.67%
7.09%
For more information on how to get involved in the Jackson Public School District, or to obtain a free hard copy of this report, please call (601) 960-8700
or visit any Jackson Public School District School or District Office. To view this report online, or to find out more, visit www.msreportcard.com.
³Intermediate funds are grants from an intermediate source which can be used for any legal purpose desired by the LEA.
EDUCATION
Board of Trustees extends contract for
Jackson State University president
By Steve Rogers
WCBI.com
The Board of Trustees of
State Institutions of Higher
Learning delivered a strong
vote of confidence in the leadership of Jackson State University President Dr. Carolyn
Meyers when they voted recently to extend her contract
for four more years.
The Board’s decision came
following a careful review
that included meetings with
stakeholders on campus. With
almost 9,000 students on campus, Jackson State has flourished under Meyers’ leadership.
“Dr. Meyers is a strong,
thoughtful and pragmatic
leader,” said Ed Blakeslee
of Gulfport, president of the
Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
“She is focused on quality in
all aspects of the university,
whether it is teaching in the
classroom, research in the laboratory or service in the community.”
Meyers was named the 10th
president of Jackson State
University in December 2010
and began serving in the role
in January 2011. She also
serves as a professor of civil
and environmental engineering.
“Dr. Meyers has done an
outstanding job as president
of Jackson State,” said Trustee
Bob Owens of Jackson. “She
understands the key role that
JSU plays in the capital city
and has a heart for helping
students. I am impressed by
all that she has accomplished
thus far and look forward to
even brighter days ahead for
the university.”
Under Meyers’ leadership,
Jackson State University
earned a 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation from the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and national accreditations in business,
teacher education and engineering as well as full certification by the NCAA.
Meyers has made gains in
student enrollment, increased
fundraising to $7.5 million,
and positioned the university
to become a national model
for educating the underserved
and achieving global recognition for excellence in education, research and service.
“Dr. Meyers’ leadership exemplifies a true understanding
of the importance of the inclusion of all stakeholders in
the continued success of the
university,” said Dr. Rosella
Houston, president of the JSU
staff senate. “Her visionary
leadership was the driving
force behind the development
and implementation of the inaugural Staff Leadership Institute. We look forward to the
great things Dr. Meyers has
envisioned for our becoming
One JSU!”
Designated as a high research activity university,
Jackson State continues to
enhance the state, nation and
world through comprehensive economic development,
healthcare, technological and
educational initiatives. JSU is
the fourth largest institution of
higher learning in Mississippi
and serves as Mississippi’s
Urban University.
Meyers
“On behalf of the JSU National Alumni Association, we
were glad to hear of the contract extension of Dr. Meyers,” said Terry Woodard,
president, Jackson State University National Alumni Association. “Her vision of One
JSU is timely as we continue
to build a better university
by enhancing academic programs, increasing funding, improving student outcomes and
strengthening alumni support
and engagement.”
Meyers has launched several
initiatives to enhance the university and improve the life of
JSU students, staff and faculty, including the iPad initiative
for freshmen, the staff leadership institute, and the academy
for research and scholarly engagement. Those initiatives
exemplify her commitment to
the success, growth and development of the students, faculty, and staff.
“As president of the Faculty
Senate, I am pleased to congratulate President Meyers for
her accomplishments,” JeanClaude Assad, Ph.D., president of the Faculty Senate. “I
also want to praise the Board
of Trustees of the State’s In-
stitutions of Higher Learning
for their foresight and their
confidence in our president’s
leadership. The Faculty Senate has pledged to continue to
work closely with our president to ensure a better and a
more productive future for our
university under the banner of
‘One Jackson State.’”
Dr. Meyers’ leadership is instrumental in helping Jackson
State University move in new
and exciting directions and
has helped the faculty, staff
and students strive to reach
even higher goals. The university’s reach has expanded
through more evening and
weekend classes and online
degree programs and the campus continues to grow beyond
west Jackson.
The university has five satellite campuses throughout
Jackson, including the soonto-open downtown location.
“I am deeply honored to be
given the opportunity to serve
Jackson State University for
four more years. Jackson State
is moving in new and exciting
directions, and I’m delighted
to be part of its future,” Meyers said. “The talent at Jackson
State is enormous. I am extremely fortunate to work with
so many brilliant, dedicated
and innovative Jacksonians.
They make my job a lot easier.”
Meyers brought to Jackson
State more than 30 years of
academic and leadership experience in higher education,
serving most recently as president of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. She served
as provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs for
North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University, where she had been a
tenured professor of mechanical engineering and dean of
the College of Engineering.
She has been a tenured faculty
member at the Georgia Institute of Technology and was
the first associate dean for research at the Georgia Institute
of Technology College of Engineering.
Reared in Newport News,
Va., Meyers earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from Howard
University, a master’s degree
in mechanical engineering
and a doctorate in chemical
engineering from the Georgia
Institute of Technology, and
completed post-doctoral work
at Harvard University.
Meyers has published numerous articles and reports
and presented more than 100
invited presentations and technical papers on education and
diversity topics and research
and technical topics. She has
received numerous honors,
awards and commendations
for her leadership and service
to higher education.
“Dr. Meyers has a wealth
of experience in high research
activity institutions,” said Dr.
Hank M. Bounds, commissioner of Higher Education.
“This is coupled with her keen
understanding of the important role that Jackson State
University plays in our state
and her desire to help all students succeed. She is a dedicated and gifted leader and I
look forward to our continued
work together.”
2012 UNCF Masked Ball celebrating
a legacy of access and opportunity
By Kelli Sharpe
Contributing Writer
“Laissez le Bon temp rouler” translates as “let the good
times roll,” and they did as the
sounds of New Orleans and
all its fanfare filled the Jackson Convention Center Friday
night, Oct. 26.
Dimmed party lights, the
aroma of food on tables
draped with Mardi Gras beads
and masks served as the backdrop for the 2012 United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Masked Ball hosted by Tougaloo and Rust College.
A crowd of nearly 300,
decked out in evening gowns,
tuxedos and after-five business attire, joined Tougaloo
President Dr. Beverly W. Hogan and Rust College President Dr. David L. Beckley for
the annual fundraising event.
Proceeds help fund scholarships and the general fund at
both schools.
“Tougaloo College and Rust
College are both member institutions of UNCF in Mississippi and this event is our
opportunity to raise money
for the UNCF campaign,” explained Hogan.
“This will provide scholarships, emergency assistance,
and internships for our stu-
dents. The money raised in
Mississippi will stay in Mississippi. It is very important
today to help our students get
through college without undue
financial strain. These opportunities provide those students
a college education they can
afford and support they need
to complete their education
in a timely manner as well as
stay out of debt.”
“Proceeds can often reduce
a student loan or eliminate
the need for one all together,
Beckley added.
He said 90 percent of his
students enrolling in Rust College need financial assistance,
No contract renewal
for MVSU president
Associated Press
GREENWOOD - The state College Board has decided against renewing the contract of Mississippi
Valley State University President
Donna Oliver.
No reasons were given for the decision.
In a brief statement, Mississippi
Higher Education Commissioner
Hank Bounds said Oliver will stay
in her post until her contract ends
Dec. 31 and that an interim president
will be named soon.
The Greenwood Commonwealth
reports that Bounds’ statement was
released the day after the College
Board announced its decision to renew the contracts of the presidents
at the state’s other two historically
black universities, Jackson State and
Alcorn State. It also came hours after
the MVSU Foundation Board announced its intent to hold a press conference on the Itta Bena campus to
support extending Oliver’s contract.
Dr. Walter Roberts, chairman of
the foundation board, had accused
the College Board, in an interview
with the Commonwealth, of intentionally keeping Oliver in limbo to
undermine the 2,467-student university and ultimately lead to its
closure.
Oliver, 62, previously served as
an administrator at Edward Waters
College in Jacksonville, Fla., and
Bennett College in Greensboro,
N.C.
When she took over as president
of MVSU in January 2009, she became the first female president in the
school’s history.
Although the foundation board
Oliver
credited Oliver with increasing private giving to the university and
enhancing its programs and physical plant, she has been criticized for
some of her personnel decisions and
the university’s low enrollment.
and this is why the UNCF
event was very important to
his school.
Rust’s student enrollment is
steady according to Beckley,
with 947 students. Tougaloo
currently has a student population of 970.
Both college presidents
agree community engagement
is vital for the success of their
students and institutions, a
sentiment echoed by the 2012
UNCF Campaign Chair Maggie Terry Harper.
“Those of us who agreed to
serve on the UNCF Steering
Committee have a deep passion for Tougaloo College,
Rust College, and all historically black colleges and universities. It is our civic duty as
a member of the community
to make every effort to ensure
that Tougaloo and Rust have
sufficient funding to continue
to operate as viable institutions,” said Harper.
The evening was capped off
with the UNCF Award Presentation and Parade of Masks.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.,
Alpha Delta Zeta Chapter and
AT&T Mississippi received
the coveted Mankind Assisting
Students Kindle Educational
Dreams-M.A.S.K.E.D. Award.
The award honors those for
providing educational opportunities for deserving students.
Jack and Jill of America’s
Jackson Chapter and Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses Association won the 2012 Keeper
of the Flame Award for their
many years of dedication
and support of the Tougaloo
UNCF Campaign.
Melody Fortune and Keith
Barnes served as master and
mistress of ceremony for the
2012 UNCF Masked Ball.
Jessie Primer and Friends,
along with Adib’s Fearless 4,
provided entertainment.
(See Photo Highlights on
Page 17.)
HEALTH
November is national diabetes month: collecting
family’s medical history could save lives
You might not realize that
your father’s diabetes or your
cousin’s sickle cell disease
could affect your child, but
this family history information could help save your
child’s life.
According to a Pediatrics
supplement, “Use of Family History Information in
Pediatric Primary Care and
Public Health,” that’s not
the only family history information that can affect your
child’s health or be important
to their health care.
Along with genes, your
family often has similar behaviors, such as exercise habits, and a common culture,
such as the foods you eat. You
may live in the same area and
come into contact with similar environmental factors.
Family history includes these
factors, which can all affect
health.
In addition, a family history
can help your child’s doctor make a diagnosis, if your
child shows signs of a disorder. It can reveal whether
your child has an increased
risk for a disease and, if so,
can help your doctor suggest
screening tests.
Many genetic disorders first
become obvious in childhood,
and knowing about a history
of a genetic condition can
help find and treat the condition early. You might not
think that chronic diseases
such as heart disease and type
2 diabetes affect children, but
children with strong family
history of these diseases can
show signs in childhood.
Having a family history of
a disease does not mean that
your child will get that disease. However, some children with a family history of
chronic disease can benefit
from starting good lifestyle
habits, such as exercising and
eating healthy, right away.
Ways to collect your child’s
family history:
1) Record the names of
your child’s close relatives
from both sides of the family.
Include conditions each relative has or had and at what
age the conditions were first
diagnosed.
2) Use the U.S. Surgeon
General’s online tool for
collecting family histories,
called “My Family Health
Portrait” at https://familyhistory.hhs.gov.
3) Discuss family history
concerns with your child’s
doctor.
Gather
family history information before
seeing the doctor,
using “My Family
Health Portrait.”
Fill out family history forms carefully.
4) Update your
family history regularly and share
new information
with your child’s
doctor.
Remember that relatives
can be newly diagnosed with conditions
between
Know your family history
doctor’s
visits.
The best way to learn about
This information can help the
doctor to determine which your family history is to ask
tests and screenings are rec- questions. Talk at family
ommended to help you know gatherings and record your
family’s health information your child’s health risks.
it could make a difference in
your child’s life.
More information is available at www.cdc.gov/ncbdd/
bd/family_history.htm
Healthy vision: take care of your eyes
It’s important to take
care of your eyes. Poor vision makes it harder to read,
drive and cook. The good
news: many eye problems
and diseases can be treated
if caught early.
To make sure you keep
seeing clearly, get a comprehensive dilated eye exam.
An eye care professional
will examine your eyes for
signs of vision problems or
eye diseases. It’s the best
way to find out if you need
glasses or contacts, or are in
the early stages of a serious
but treatable eye disease.
You should have a dilated
eye exam regularly to check
for common eye problems.
If you haven’t had an exam
for some time, schedule
one this month. CDC’s Vision Health Initiative and
the National Eye Institute
are encouraging Americans
to take care of their eyes to
make sure they can see well
throughout their lives.
Although older adults
tend to have more vision
problems,
preschoolers
may not see as well as they
should. Just one out of every
seven preschoolers receives
an eye exam, and fewer than
one out of every four receives some type of vision
screening.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends vision screening for
all children ages 3 to 5 years
to find conditions such as
amblyopia, or lazy eye that
can be treated effectively if
caught early.
There are nine ways you
can help protect your vision:
1. Get a dilated eye exam.
2. Know your family’s
eye health history.
3. Eat right to protect your
sight - in particular, eat plenty of dark leafy greens such
as spinach, kale, or collard
greens, and fish that is high
in omega-3 fatty acids.
4. Maintain a healthy
weight.
5. Wear protective eyewear when playing sports or
doing activities around the
home.
6. Quit smoking
7. Wear sunglasses that
block 99 percent-100 percent of UVA and UVB radiation.
8. Clean your hands and
your contact lenses properly
to avoid the risk of infection.
9. Practice workplace eye
safety.
Taking care of your eyes
also may benefit your overall health. People with vision problems are more
likely than those with good
vision to have diabetes,
poor hearing, heart problems, high blood pressure,
lower back pain and stroke,
as well as have increased
risk for falls, injury and depression.
Among people age 65
and older, 54.2 percent of
those who are blind and
41.7 percent of those with
impaired vision say their
overall health is fair or poor.
Just 21.5 percent of older
Americans without vision
problems reported fair to
poor health.
Visit an eye care professional if you have decreased
vision, eye pain, drainage
or redness of the eye, double vision, diabetes, if you
see flashes of light, floaters
(tiny specks that appear to
float before your eyes), or
circles (halos) around light
sources.
CDC’s Vision Health
Initiative team works with
partners to implement a
public health framework
that promotes vision health
and quality of life for all
populations, through all life
stages, by preventing and
controlling eye diseases,
eye injury, and vision loss
resulting in disability.
Visit eye care professionals for regular check ups
Get your flu vaccine during National Diabetes Month
November is National Diabetes Month in the United States,
and Nov. 14 is World Diabetes
Day. These occasions shine a
spotlight on a serious disease
that can lead to potentially lifethreatening complications, such
as heart disease, stroke, kidney
disease, blindness and amputation.
November also offers people
with diabetes an important opportunity to protect themselves
against influenza - a respiratory illness commonly known
as “the flu” - by getting a flu
shot. If you have diabetes, you
should not get the nasal spray
flu vaccine.
While CDC recommends that
everyone 6 months and older
get vaccinated against the flu,
it’s particularly important that
people with diabetes, and certain other medical conditions,
protect themselves, even if their
diabetes is well-controlled.
People with either type 1 or
type 2 diabetes are at increased
risk of developing serious flurelated complications. When a
person with diabetes gets sick
with the flu, it may be difficult
to maintain their regular diet or
medication regimen, which can
both lead to changes in blood
glucose levels.
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Flu-related
complications
like these can result in hospitalization and, in extreme cases,
even death. The burden of flu
on people with diabetes was
demonstrated last season, when
people with metabolic disorders
(of which diabetes was the most
common) accounted for 36
percent of reported flu-related
hospitalizations in the United
States, according to CDC.
“This is striking, considering
that people with diabetes make
up only about 8 percent of the
U.S. population,” said Dr. Pamela Allweiss of the CDC Division of Diabetes Translation.
“Although worrisome, these
statistics should, hopefully, motivate people with diabetes to
protect themselves against the
flu,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat,
Director of the National Center
for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
There has been little flu activity in the United States so
far this season, but this is not
unusual. Most flu seasons
don’t peak until February. Dr.
Schuchat urges people not to be
complacent.
“While the exact timing of flu
outbreaks and their severity are
unpredictable, we do know that
they will occur. The best time to
get vaccinated is before people
around you are becoming ill.”
For more than 50 years, hundreds of millions of people have
safely received flu vaccines in
the United States. The vaccine
cannot give you the flu, and it
has been shown to decrease the
number of flu-related hospitalizations and deaths in people
with diabetes.
The most common side effects from flu shots are soreness
and redness, where the shot is
given and, occasionally, body
aches or low grade fever. The
risk of severe side effects is
very rare.
Nearly 26 million Americans
are living with diabetes and
more than one-quarter of them
do not know it. If you or one of
your loved ones has diabetes,
National Diabetes Month is a
great time to protect yourself
against the flu by getting a flu
shot.
For more information, visit
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You Need to Know and Do,
CDC’s Diabetes Public Health
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call 800-CDC-INFO (800-2324636).
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Learning to please God, Part V The love of family
By Rev. Leon Collier
Special to The Mississippi Link
Thank you
for joining me
for another series, as we continue our path
on
“Learning to Please
God.” Our theme verse for
this week is 2 Corinthians
5:9-10: “It is our ambition to
be pleasing to Him. Because
we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ….”
Are you prepared to appear before Christ? Is He
pleased with your life? Is He
pleased with your service?
Is He pleased with your
prayer life? Most people try
to please themselves. But
whatever
self-satisfaction
they get because of their selfish actions, they will end up
empty, lonely and unsatisfied
in the end.
Earlier in this series, we
said:
1. One sure way not to
please God is to walk in the
flesh (Romans 8:8)
2. We must seek to please
God, not man (Ephesians 6:6)
3. We can’t please God on
our own (Philippians 2:13)
As we continued this study,
we talked about what pleases
God (Micah 6:8):
1. Do the right thing; we
know right from wrong; we
just need to do it.
2. Love mercy; most people love to hate and hold
grudges, but Jesus wants us
to love mercy instead.
3. Walk humbly before
God; when you walk humbly
with God, He empowers you.
I would like to start Part V
with a question: Think about
all that you did this last week.
How much of what you did
was to please God? More
than likely, we have done
mostly that which pleases us.
Then we think just because
we give God one day out of
a week, that perhaps God
is pleased. Be honest with
yourself, if you were God
would you be pleased with
you?
God wants to bless you in
many ways. Luke 12:32 says:
“Do not fear, little flock, for
it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
Bible scholars say this
means “…the kingdom consists of righteousness, peace
and joy in the Holy Ghost
and was undertaken to protect and save you; therefore,
fear not.…” (Adams Clarke’s
Commentary)
God wants to bless His
people, but His people must
learn to try to please Him;
when God is pleased, then
we will be pleased.
Deuteronomy
10:12-13
suggests at least four things
we can do to please God:
“Now, Israel, what does the
Lord your God require of
you, but to fear the Lord your
God, to walk in all His ways
and to love Him, and to serve
the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your
soul; to keep the commandments of the Lord, and His
statutes, which I command
you this day for your good.”
God addressed His people
(Israel). He was not talking
to the world, because sinners
don’t belong to Him. Since
Israel belonged to God, He
was able to put some requirements on them. The Hebrew
word sha’al (require) has
several meanings, one of
which is “to demand.”
God has given His people
a command, which is mandatory, that implies if you belong to God there are some
requirements that you are obligated to fulfill. If you fail to
fulfill these obligations, God
will not be pleased.
The good part is that the
four things mentioned in
verse 12 are neither too hard
nor impossible to do.
If we fail to perform these
requirements, there will be
negative consequences or adverse effects as indicated in
verse 13. If we do them, we
will benefit. Since they benefit us, why wouldn’t we do
them?
This week, we will look at
two of the four things God
said we can do that pleases
Him:
A. Fear God. Psalms
147:11 says, “The Lord takes
pleasure in them that fear
Him.…” The Young’s Literal Translation reads: “Jehovah is pleased with those
fearing Him….” When God
is pleased, He will do something good in your life. But
we must get to the fearing
God part first.
Fearing God does not
mean being afraid of Him as
if He is waiting to zap us if
we sin. The Hebrew word for
fear is ‘yare,’ which means to
revere. Synonyms for revere
are to admire, to hold in the
highest regard, to respect and
to be in awe of.
Ask yourself: Do I admire
God or do I just acknowledge
that He is God? Many church
folk just acknowledge God.
To acknowledge is simply
to admit something. People
admit or confess that He is
God, but many church folk
don’t really admire God or
adore God. They don’t have
strong passion for God.
The way people treat
church life is a sure indicator that they don’t admire
God. People are often late
for church, but at least they
show up. Participation is often moderate to low when it
comes to most church functions. We know that prayer
is actually communication
with God/seeking fellowship
with the Almighty God and
yet few people show up for
prayer meetings.
The point is, if you don’t
like talking to God, if you
don’t like praying to God,
this is an indication that you
don’t admire Him; you just
acknowledge Him. Acknowledging God is simply attending church, but admiring God
is trying to serve him and live
for Him daily.
Acknowledging God is
religion, but admiring (fearing) God is relationship. If
it is your desire and goal to
please God you must upgrade from acknowledging
God to admiring Him.
If you just acknowledge
God, you will have no problem sinning behind closed
doors when no one is looking. When you are learning
to admire God, you are of the
mind frame that God is right
by your side and you seek to
please and honor Him in the
absence of people.
Continue to study with us
and receive more information
about “How to Please God.”
Rev. Leon Collier is the
pastor of Makarios Worship Center, 464 Church
Rd., Madison. Residents of
Madison, he and wife, Min.
Yolanda, are proud parents
of three daughters: Noel, Leona and Leondria.
He serves as a volunteer
chaplain for various law
enforcement agencies in the
metro area and for Mississippi Governor’s Mansion.
He is currently employed as
part-time chaplain for Tyson
Foods in Vicksburg. He can
be reached at 601-260-3016
or 601-855-7898. Email him
at [email protected]
“The party is over”: voting
biblical values over politics
By Efrem Graham
Many Christian
leaders
are campaigning hard this
election
year,
but they’re not
backing a specific candidate. Instead, they
are urging Christian voters to
rely on biblical principles when
they cast their ballots.
A familiar name in politics is
one of those on that last minute campaign push. Dr. Alveda
King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., recently partnered
with the group Concerned
Women for America in a “She
Votes 2012” event, targeting female voters.
King spoke with CBN news
prior to an event in Hampton,
Va., where she stressed this
election is bigger than any
political party. “The party is
over,” King said. “This is not
party time. This is a serious
time because America needs
to be fixed. And there is a desire in my heart to see that. So
I say to people, when you look
at a ballot, vote for the absolute
best candidate on the ballot,”
she said.
For Alveda, that candidate is
the one who most reflects biblical principles. “We can vote
our values or we can vote God’s
principles,” she said. “And
God’s principles are just so very
clear and that actually should
transcend the political party.”
King isn’t alone. Bishop
E.W. Jackson took his message
to black church leaders, challenging them to resist what he
calls blind loyalties. “You cannot align yourself with a party,
an organization, a business,
anything that is in rank rebellion against God and against
the values you are taught in
scripture,” Jackson told CBN
News.
“It’s not about race, it’s about
righteousness. It’s not about
party, it’s about principles,” he
continued. “It’s about voting
in a way that will please God.
That is what the ultimate goal
ought to be.”
A guide to achieving that
goal can be found in a new book
called, How Should Christians
Vote?, by Tony Evans, pastor
of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship
church in Dallas. Evans recently visited the CBN News,
Washington, D.C. Bureau, to
talk about his book.
“If God is involved with government and God is the author
of government, and God determines what is good and what is
evil, then he should be consulted on all issues,” Evans said.
Before voting, Evans encouraged Christian voters to get out
a sheet of paper and write down
an issue of concern.
In one column, write down
where Democrats stand. In the
next column, write where Republicans stand. Finally, in the
last column, write what God
says about the issue. “You vote
for the party, the platform, the
candidate or the policies that
closest reflects the values of
the kingdom of God,” Evans
explained.
Evans quickly pointed out
that God is neither Democrat or
Republican. “He is the consummate independent, because He
only votes for himself,” he said.
“And He doesn’t ride the back
of donkey or elephant.”
Evans added, “We have reduced him to partisan politics
By Daphne Higgins
Religion Editor
You may have
already
seen
this published
as an entertainment article in
The Mississippi
Link, but what
you didn’t see in this particular article is something that is
very near and dear to me.
The Color Purple came to
Jackson State University and
playing the part of young Celie was my oldest child - Charence.
My oldest, who has always
loved the arts, took the stage
Wednesday, Oct. 31, with
some of the best singers/performers in the metropolitan
area.
Her role as the younger
abused character is not why
I’m encouraging you to see
the play. I am encouraging
you because it is truly an
awesome production.
JSU recently released a
promotional video of the production that you can view at
www.maddrama.com.
MADDRAMA is the traveling performing arts troupe
birthed at JSU in 1998, which
promotes excellence in the
performing arts with an emphasis on people of color.
When I initially clicked on
the video, what I didn’t expect was to see my child at
the onset.
Even though I’ve watched
the entire video countless
times, I find myself replaying
the intro. A very broad grin
explodes across my face and
I am overcome with overwhelming pride.
If you haven’t seen the video yet, that’s fine, but what
you don’t want to miss is the
live production of The Color
Purple. I have to be honest,
I’ve only seen a few of the
productions performed by
the cast of MADDRAMA,
but I can truly say this one is
a must-see.
I’m sure that all of you
know The Color Purple’s
storyline, so I’m not going
to revisit that with you but I
am going to remind you of
one very important thing: the
love of family.
This story, written by renowned author Alice Walker,
who was once a professor
at JSU, tells us of the love
of one woman, in particular,
who was abused all of her
life but never forgot the love
of her sister and the children
who were ripped from her
while they were still infants.
1 John 4:7 tells us: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and
whoever loves has been born
of God and knows God.”
If any of you can recall the
book The Color Purple, then
you know it began with Celie, at age 14, writing letters
to God. Fans of the book as
well as of the movie, know
that Celie, who definitely
was not perfect, was a humble woman who did whatever
she could to help others.
She seldom raised her
voice and was very submissive to everyone she met.
Her life was definitely not
one that anyone envied. But
through it all, she always believed in and held on to the
love of her family.
General admission tickets
are $20, while tickets for students and senior adults are
$10. The production will run
through Nov. 5 in the Rose
E. McCoy auditorium on the
JSU campus.
1 Corinthians 13:13 tells
us: “So now faith, hope and
love abide, these three; but
the greatest of these is love.”
Celie’s love touched so many
lives and her love for her
family was triumphant. Love
did prevail in the end.
God’s love for us is triumphant. We all go about our
daily lives, each moving in
directions not always known
by others or even ourselves.
Sometimes, we call upon the
Lord for guidance, but there
are those of us who think that
we can do it alone.
Love of oneself is important, but the love of many is
what God gives us each and
every day. And He asks that
we share that love, as noted
in I John 4:7.
The Mississippi Link, a
messenger for news in and
around the state of Mississippi, would like to serve as
the personal messenger to all
who would like to share your
messages of love and the
good news of your place of
worship.
The King James Version
of Isaiah 52:7 reads: “How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who
bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good,
that publisheth salvation;
that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth!
The Mississippi Link, a
messenger for news in and
around the state of Mississippi, would like to not only
share your news but all who
would like to tell others about
the Lord’s goodness and
about their places of worship.
You may contact Daphne
M. Higgins at religion@
mississippilink.com.
Fax
601-896-0091 or mail your
information to The Mississippi Link at 2659 Livingston
Road, Jackson, MS 39213.
rather than from a Christian
perspective, recognizing He
is His own king with His own
kingdom,” he added. “And He
makes His judgments based on
how consistent people are with
His rule.”
Pastor Evans said God’s rule
should rule how Christians
vote.
Efrem Graham is an awardwinning journalist, who comes
to CBN News from the ABC
owned and operated station
in Toledo, Ohio. He received
his master’s degree from the
Columbia University
Journalism School.
He also holds a
bachelor’s degree in english
literature from
Richard Stockton College of
New
Jersey.
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on Twitter @
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Williams, of Zion Baptist Church, Greenville, Miss. For
more information, please call 601-355-2670.
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Spiritual leadership
is servant leadership
By Pastor Simeon R. Green III
Spiritual leadership is the opposite of what
most
people
think. Spiritual
leadership
involves humbling
yourself and doing the tasks that no one else
wants to do.
Jesus Christ is the ultimate
example of spiritual leadership.
When most people think of
leadership, they picture a military officer giving out orders or
an employer closely supervising
his employees, making sure all
the work gets done.
People sometimes assume
that leadership is magical; a
kind of mantle that some people
inherit through birth or by being in the right place at the right
time in order to be named to a
designated place of power and
influence.
Spiritual leadership is servant
leadership. Jesus Christ taught
us that “just as the Son of Man
did not come to be served, but
to serve, and to give His life as
a ransom for many” (Matthew
20:28). Jesus was most definitely a leader. He was the leader of
the twelve disciples and a much
greater group of followers beyond them (Luke 10:1-17).
Jesus did not lead by giving
orders or by supervising, He led
by being a servant and serving
alongside His followers.
In Jesus’ time, the act of washing feet was to be assigned to the
lowest of servants. However, at
the Last Supper, Jesus humbled
Himself and washed the disciples’ feet.
Afterwards He declared, “Do
you understand what I have done
for you? … You call Me Teacher
and Lord, and rightly so, for that
is what I am. Now that I, your
Lord and Teacher, have washed
your feet, you also should wash
one another’s feet. I have set an
example that you should do as I
have done. I tell you the truth, no
servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater
than the one who sent him. Now
that you know these things, you
will be blessed if you do them.”
(John 13:12-17).
True spiritual leadership, with
a spirit of humility and service,
will cause people to follow you
because they want to, not because they have to.
Genuine humility and spiritual leadership are attractive.
People want to follow a person
who serves alongside them and
sets an example for them.
Perhaps the Apostle Paul
sums it up best, “Follow my example, as I follow the example
of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1).
Spiritual leadership insists
on humility. Humility is the attitude that puts others ahead of
you, that considers others more
important than yourself.
Spiritual leadership also requires integrity. People do not
want to follow a person they do
not respect.
Speaking to servants, Ephesians 6:6-8 reads, “Obey them
not only to win their favor when
their eye is on you, but like
slaves of Christ, doing the will
of God from your heart. Serve
wholeheartedly, as if you were
serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord
will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is
slave or free.”
Further, spiritual leadership
demands honesty. People are re-
pulsed by a person they cannot
trust to tell the truth. Proverbs
16:13 teaches us, “Kings take
pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.”
Genuine spiritual leadership
has powerful results. Jesus began His ministry with twelve
disciples. Once He finished
training them to be servant leaders, He set them loose on the
world. On their first day of ministry, over 3,000 people believed
the message about Jesus. (Acts
2:41, “And those who believed
Peter were baptized - about
3,000 in all.”).
The results of Jesus’ leadership can be seen today - in the
hundreds of millions of people
who call themselves Christians
- followers of Christ.
Rev. Simeon R. Green III is
pastor of Crossroads Church of
God in Farmhaven (Canton),
Miss. He is married to Velma
L. Green. He honorably served
in the U.S. Army for 20 years.
Presently, he is a member of the
National Association of Evangelism Church of God Anderson,
Ind. and serves as vice-chairman at the Southeastern Association of The Church of God, Inc.
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You Have to
Do Your Part
By Shewanda Riley
Columnist
“You didn’t
tell us we had to
do that.” I think
the first weeks
of school I heard
this phrase at
least once per
day per class
(probably an average of 15-20
times a week). I heard it so much
that I started to doubt that I’d
given clear instructions on what
needed to be done for class.
I even reviewed the syllabus and other class assignments
to see if I could figure out if an
oversight on my part was the
cause of their complaint. After
doing this, I saw that the class
instructions and policies were
clearly outlined in the class syllabus. I even redesigned parts of
the syllabus to make it easier for
them to understand. However, after doing this and still getting the
blank stares and comments like
“I didn’t know I was supposed
to do that,” a few weeks later, I
started to think that the problem
went beyond my student simply
not understanding instructions.
So where was the breakdown?
When I asked them how I
could help, they suggested that
I tell them everyday what to do.
I then reminded them that they
were in college and they’d need
to remember to read the syllabus.
Even though they were adults
and in college, they still seemed
to struggle with taking full responsibility for their work. One
student even said me not telling
him what to do at the end of class
like his other instructors caused
him not to get his work done.
Later that same day during
my office hours, I thought about
how challenging it was to get
my students to take responsibility and how God must think the
same way about us sometimes.
We are given the tools and strategies through our weekly church
services and individual times of
prayer and bible study. But for
some reason, we want to blame
others when we don’t get what
we want. We blame Sis. This or
Bro. That for making us lose our
joy when it’s really our choice to
give it away.
James 2:14-17 says, “Dear
friends, do you think you’ll get
anywhere in this if you learn
all the right words but never do
anything? Does merely talking
about faith indicate that a person
really has it?....Isn’t it obvious
that God-talk without God-acts
is outrageous nonsense?” (Message) It’s like praying for God
to lose weight then continuing
to eat junk food and refusing to
exercise.
Like my students, we have to
accept that we play a part in our
spiritual successes and failures.
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2012 Street Resurfacing Program
The City of Jackson is applying to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for a State of Mississippi Water Pollution Revolving Loan Fund (WPCRLF) for a loan to upgrade the treatment facilities
at the Trahon-Big Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. In accordance
with WPCRLF regulations, interested parties and the general public are
invited to offer comment, solicit information and review environmental
documentation including a copy of the proposed facilities plan. A copy of
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JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
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City Project No. 12B4000-901
Sealed bids will be received by the City Council of the City of Jackson, Mississippi,
until 3:30 P.M. Local Time, on November 27, 2012, for supplying all labor and materials (as specified) to perform all related items of work covered under the 2012
Street Resurfacing Program, City Project No. 12B4000-901.
A pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the
5th floor conference room of the Warren Hood Building, 200 South President Street,
Jackson, MS. All potential contractors, subcontractors, and other interested parties
are encouraged to attend.
The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in public
contracting. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full and equal business
opportunity for all persons doing business with the City. As a pre-condition to selection, each contractor, bidder or offeror shall submit a completed and signed Equal
Business Opportunity (EBO) Plan, with the bid submission, in accordance with the
provision of the City of Jackson’s Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) ordinance.
Failure to comply with the City’s ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder, or
offeror from being awarded an eligible contract. For more information on the City of
Jackson’s Equal Business Opportunity Program, please contact the Office of Economic Development at 601-960-1638. Copies of the ordinance, EBO Plan Applications and a copy of the program are available at 200 South President Street, Room
223, Hood Building, Jackson, Mississippi.
The City of Jackson, Mississippi (“City of Jackson”) is committed to cultivating and
ensuring the quality of life of its citizens, through various programs, employment,
initiatives, and assistance. The City encourages all persons, corporations, and/or
entities doing business within the City, as well as those who seek to contract with
the City on various projects and/or conduct business in the City to assist the City in
achieving its goal by strongly considering City residents for employment opportunities.
Specifications and Proposal forms are on file and open to public inspection in the
Department of Public Works located in the Warren Hood Building – 5th Floor, Room
531, located at 200 South President St., Jackson, Mississippi 39205. One copy of
the Contract Documents may be procured from the Department of Public Works
upon payment of $100.00, which will not be refunded. The Standard Specifications
adopted by the City Council may be procured from the Department of Public Works,
if desired, upon payment of $5.00 for each volume.
Proposals shall be submitted in triplicate, sealed and deposited with the City Clerk
prior to the hour and date designated. Bidder must be qualified under Mississippi
Law and show current Certificate of Responsibility issued by the Mississippi State
Board of Public Contractors establishing his classification as to the value and type
of construction on which he is authorized to bid. Each bidder shall write his Certificate of Responsibility Number on the outside of the sealed envelope containing his
proposal. Each Bidder must also deposit with his proposal, a Bid Bond or Certified
Check in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of his bid, payable to the City of
Jackson as bid security.
The successful bidder shall furnish a payment bond and performance bond each in
the amount of 100% of the bid. Bidders shall also submit a current financial statement, if requested by the City.
The City of Jackson reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any
informalities or irregularities therein.
Dan Gaillet, P.E.
Director of Public Works
Sean Perkins
Chief of Staff/Senior Assistant CAO
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NOTICE OF INVITATION TO RE-BID ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
CITY OF JACKSON
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of the City
of Jackson, Mississippi before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, for the
purchase of certain City-owned property, parcel # 177-1 (a vacant lot), located at
343 W. South Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Bidding for this property will start at
$2000. The City will retain all mineral rights it owns, together with the right of ingress
and egress to remove same from said property. For additional information or for a
“bid form”, contact Valerie Skinner at (601) 960-2266 or [email protected]
RE-BID INSTRUCTIONS: All bids must be placed in a sealed envelope and delivered to the City Clerk of the City of Jackson (located in City Hall at 219 S. President
St.) The outside of the envelope must be plainly marked: “South Street Property”,
along with the bidder’s name. Enclose one (1) original and one (1) copy of the bid.
Bids will be opened on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at 3:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers at City Hall, 219 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi. The City
reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, on December 4, 2012, the Jackson Municipal Airport
Authority (“JMAA”) will dispose of all items in “Lost and Found” maintained by JMAA’s
Department of Public Safety which have been held without being claimed for a period
of 120 days or more. JMAA will dispose of all such items by donation to one or more
charitable organizations.
Items in the Lost and Found include various items of men’s, women’s and children’s
clothing; backpacks; CD, DVD and digital movie players and peripherals; cameras; cellular phones; blankets; children’s toys; jewelry and accessories; laptop computers; eyeglasses; and reading materials.
Anyone desiring to claim any item of property in the Lost and Found may do so by
contacting the JMAA Department of Public Safety at (601) 939-5631 at or before 5:00
p.m. on December 3, 2012 and providing a description of the property together with appropriate evidence of ownership. JMAA will dispose of any item in the Lost and Found
not claimed at or before 5:00 p.m. on December 3, 2012. In no event shall JMAA be
responsible for any item not claimed by 5:00 p.m. on December 3, 2012.
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11/1/12
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Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bid will be received
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10:00 A.M. (Local Prevailing Time) November 14, 2012, at which time
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at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Contract documents may
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Cardozo wins JPS middle
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By Tim Ward
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The lion is the king of the jungle. The Cardozo Lions are the
kings of JPS middle school football. Practically breezing through
their competition all season, the
Lions capped off their season
with the trophy.
Ironically, the Lions finished
the season the same way they
started. A 44 to 0 victory over the
Kirksey Colts.
The two newest JPS middle
schools made their way to the
championship game relatively
fast. Both schools opened less
than four years ago: Kirksey on
the north side near Callaway High
School and Cardozo on the south
side.
Cardozo’s hardest test was the
game against Siwell before the
championship. Many of the players who attend Cardozo would
have been at Siwell if not for the
new school being built.
Cardozo sealed that victory
with an interception by Harold
Blackmon in the final seconds.
Blackmon had also been one of
the weapons featured by Cardozo.
Jalyn Goodman, as quarterback,
and his brother Desean Goodman
are two more in the repertoire
Coach Bell had at his disposal.
Most of the their victories involved the Lions scoring 40 plus
and their opponents less than 10.
Cardozo wasted no time in
jumping out to an early lead and
took two punts back for a touchdown. It was literally 16 to 0
before their offense ran a single
play.
The Lions’ defense caused
havoc all day for the Colts. Constant pressure kept Kirksey taking
steps backward. Offensively, they
took it right to the Colts.
Kirksey didn’t arrive at the
championship game by accident.
Spencer Davis and the Colts players came out with a victory in
mind. Unfortunately, their efforts
fell short.
Kirksey Middle School Colts
Cardozo Middle School champions
Harold Blackmon making his way to the endzone
Deasean Goodman returning a punt
Jim Hill continues playoff push
By Tim Ward
Sports Writer
Despite a very slow start
against a depleted Murrah team,
Jim Hill rallied from a 6 to 0
halftime deficit to win.
Murrah, with over 10 players
suspended due to the fight in
Vicksburg the previous week,
fought hard, but clearly the
team’s spirit was down.
On the coldest night of the
season, both teams played just
as the weather was, cold. One
might argue good defense, but
lack of execution was more of a
factor than the defenses.
In the second half, Jim Hill
came out and played like a
team not only wanting to make
the playoffs, but host a playoff
game. The Tigers’ coaching
staff turned the team loose on
both sides of the ball. The defense got after Murrah’s offense
which was mostly intact.
Murrah’s Malik Dear was
held in check, by his standards
that is. Meanwhile, Jim Hill’s
running back tandem of McGee
and Tidwell each rushed for 73
yards wearing down Murrah’s
Tiger defense woke up in the 2nd half
defense. Tidwell scored two
touchdowns.
The win keeps the Tigers’
hopes of hosting a playoff game
alive, however, the plot is interesting. If Jim Hill beats Warren
Central this Friday, they will
clinch the number two seed. If
they lose, they will need Murrah to defeat Northwest Rankin.
Murrah will be back at full
strength next Friday.
Tiger fans go out and support Jim Hill, they need a sea
of green and gold in the stands
cheering them on.
Malik Dear trying to find running room against Jim Hill
Coach Bell, holding trophy, talking with his team
2012 UNCF Masquerade Ball
October 26 • Jackson Convention Center • Jackson, Miss.
photos by Charles Smith
22nd Annual Scholarship/Mentoring Celebration for100 Black Men of Jackson
October 27 • Walter Peyton Wellness Center • JSU Campus • Jackson, Miss.
photo by Jay Johnson
Book Review:
“The Black Count: Glory,
Revolution, Betrayal and the Real
Count
of Monte Cristo”
by
Tom Reiss
c.2012, Crown
$27.00 / $29.95 Canada • 414 pages
By Terri S. Schlichenmeyer
Book Reviewer
For a quiet weekend getaway,
there’s nothing like a novel.
With a novel in your hands, you
can travel the world without going anywhere, seeing things your
eyes can’t show you. Reading a
novel allows you to be someone
- or something - else for a while.
A good novel is just what you
need when you need escape.
But as you’ll see in “The Black
Count” by Tom Reiss, your favorite fiction may not be a fiction
at all.
The knock on the door came
just before midnight.
Alexandre
Dumas,
then
4-years-old and the future author
of The Count of Monte Cristo
and The Three Musketeers, remembered the sound, even as an
adult. It was a knock that brought
word of his father’s death.
Dumas’ father, Thomas-Alexandre Delisle, was born in 1762
in Saint-Domingue to a fugitive
nobleman and a black slave.
Known as a fine horseman,
Thomas-Alexandre’s life was
idyllic, until his father brought
him to France in 1776. There,
the boy was educated and later
changed his name to become, as
Reiss called him, the “original
Alex Dumas.”
Though he was technically
“owned” by his father, Alex Dumas père’s French education and
his life as a nobleman’s son was
possible, said Reiss, because of
several French laws and concepts.
Slavery was allowed in France,
but the French also embraced the
“undeniable right to freedom”
once a black slave landed on
French soil.
Though Dumas was darkskinned, his appearance was “admired and celebrated,” but not
as much as his later accomplishments on the battlefield.
Much taller than his contemporaries, Dumas was said to look
like a centaur when riding. He
was extraordinarily strong, wideshouldered, well built and good
with a sword.
Though he joined the French
Revolution as an enlisted man,
he quickly worked his way up
to general and eventually fought
alongside Napoleon.
In 1799, on his way home from
Egypt, the great soldier was captured by Italian forces and became a prisoner of war. Released
two years later and betrayed
by his country, he never fought
again.
Part classic literature, part
biography and very steeped
in French history, “The Black
Count” explains the correlation between Alexandre Dumas’
swashbuckling stories and the
man who inspired them.
That’s all good because French
history makes up a good portion
of this book.
Author Tom Reiss brought
plenty of excitement to Dumas’
story, coming between pages and
pages of battle descriptions and
details that are nice to know but
aren’t necessarily integral to Dumas’ biography.
Such details tend to slow the
story down, which often made me
lose sight of its importance. That
importance, specifically, was that
this inspirational, battle-tested
historical and literary figure lived
in a surprisingly enlightened time
and died in relative obscurity.
Reiss told us why but took
awhile to get there. Overall, this
isn’t a bad book.
It’s a good peek into a slice of
history, and “The Black Count”
may be just the right escape for
you this weekend.
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off a Chicago radio station due
to declining ratings.
Smiley addressed the split
recently in a heated open letter
to Torey Malatia, president of
Chicago Public Radio affiliate
WBEZ.
“One could argue that it is
easier for an African American to be president of the
United States than it is to host
a primetime radio program on
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He further said in his letter
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Besides that, officials didn’t
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Others, however, suspect
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shortly after his death; to the
King of Pop’s will, the book
looks pretty juicy.
‘Basketball Wives: LA’
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eurweb.com
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now four openings on the reality TV
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“Basketball Wives: L.A.” axed
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