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Vol. 20, No. 20
March 6 - 12, 2014
Celebrating Women’s History Month
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Lt. Col. Cherrie L. Davis: highest ranking African
American woman in U.S. Army visits Jackson
By Stephanie R. Jones
Contributing Writer
Although Lt. Col. Cherrie
L. Davis came to Jackson as
the final Black History Month
speaker at New Hope Baptist
Church, she also was just in
time to christen the advent of
March as Women’s History
Month.
Davis stands as one deserving of recognition during
Women’s History Month as
she is the only African American woman serving in the U.S.
Army at the rank of lieutenant
colonel.
The Bronx, N.Y., native,
who has set foot in 28 countries
and 43 states of the U.S., related a life journey that causes
pause when one thinks of the
discipline and steadfastness required to rise to her rank.
Davis, currently deputy director, Transition Strategic
Outreach at U.S. Army, made
Lt. Col. Cherrie L. Davis receives a bouquet of roses from Frieda Burnside.
clear throughout her oration,
though with humbleness that
seemed to flow naturally, that
her story was not about herself.
“This is about what people,
who have gone before us, have
enabled me to do,” said Davis.
Davis centered her message on
her life’s guiding forces: faith,
perseverance, trust, desire
Lt. Col. Cherrie L. Davis with New Hope Pastor Jerry Young and Black History Month program coordinator Flonzie
Brown Wright PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE R. JONES
(good stuff, she said, without
which you cannot move), and
giving back.
She said it was a key word
from her mother that started it
all - statistic. “‘If you do not
get an education and determine
a way ahead, you can end up a
statistic,’” she said her mother
told her. And she was afraid of
being “that chick on the corner
that didn’t go somewhere.”
Davis
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National Council of Negro Women,
Russia, West try
“A better and
Inc. Metro Jackson Section…
to hammer out
prosperous Malawi 2014 “Sen. Alice
Ukraine diplomacy is possible…”
By Ayesha K.
Mustafaa
Editor
V. Harden Youth
Recognition and
Summit”
Rev. Dr. Lazarus
Chakwera won the
hearts of Mississippians during his visit
Oct. 26, 2013, when
Jackson
Attorney
Mike Espy held a reception at his home in
honor of Chakwera.
Espy announced
then that he will serve
as treasurer for Chakwera’s Malawi presidential
campaign.
Bishop Ronnie C.
Crudup Sr., pastor of
Pastor Henry Joseph, African evangelist in asNew Horizon Church
sociation with New Horizon Church InternaInternational is serv- tional, and Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi
ing as chairman for presidential candidate.
efforts in the United
States to support Chakwera’s presi- is the leadership. Most countries of
the African continent have great redential bid.
Chakwera, a religious leader, sources, and it really depends upon
is highly regarded in Malawi and the principal leader to determine
running on the Malawi Congress how those resources are deployed.
“Some leaders deploy for perParty ticket; Malawi is described
as “a democratic, multi-party sonal gain or aggrandizement but
others like Nelson Mandela decidcountry.”
Espy explained at his reception, ed to be democratic in use of those
“I’ve seen there is one common denominator for the countries [of AfMalawi
rica] that are better developed than
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the ones lesser developed and that
One of the oldest women’s
groups founded by African American women, the National Council
of Negro Women (NCNW) continued its mentoring of youth with
the “Sen. Alice V. Harden Youth
Recognition Program” and Youth
Summit, Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 15-16, 2014, held at the Mississippi State Capitol.
State Sen. Harden (April 17,
1948 - December 6, 2012) was cofounder of the NCNW youth summit, giving it access to the Capitol
building each year for summit
activities. Harden also was a dedicated member of NCNW for over
20 years.
Since Harden’s passing, the
state legislators made a run that
any activity held at the Capitol
must have present a sitting legislator throughout the time it is used.
Accommodating the NCNW activities with his presence for the
full two days was Sen. Solli Norwood.
This year’s 2014 NCNW Metro
Jackson Section youth summit
featured sessions on “Social Media and Bullying,” by Dr. Mi-
Says Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera as
he garners African American support
French President Francois Hollande, left, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,
center, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, talk together while
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, background left, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov background right, talk together behind them
during a break of a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, March
5, 2014. AP Photo/Alain Jocard, Pool
By Lara Jakes
and Maria Danilova
The Associated Press
Inside
PARIS - Facing off in Europe’s
capitals, Russia and the West began
trying to build the elements of a diplomatic solution to Europe’s gravest crisis since the Cold War - even
as the West appeared increasingly
resigned to an entrenched Russian
presence in Crimea. NATO hit back
by putting Russia on suspension,
and the European Union extended
$15 billion in aid to Ukraine, matching the amount the country’s fugitive
president accepted from Moscow to
turn his back on an EU trade accord.
As peace efforts progressed in
Paris and Brussels, volatility reigned
on the ground in Ukraine: A special U.N. envoy visiting Crimea
Amber Alert
for Myra Lewis,
Camden,
Mississippi
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came under threat by armed men
who forced him to leave the region.
Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators, many chanting “Russia! Russia!” stormed a government building
in eastern Ukraine - renewing fears
that turmoil could spill out of Crimea
and engulf other Russian-dominated
parts of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s prime minister told The
Associated Press in his first interview
since taking office that he still feared
Russian President Vladimir Putin
might attempt more land grabs: “Mr.
President,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk said,
“stop this mess.”
Yatsenyuk vowed to keep Crimea
Ukraine
Continued on page 6
City of Jackson
Memorial
Services for Mayor
Lumumba
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12 Years a Slave
takes home “Best
Picture” at Oscars
Page 17
By Mattie T. Stevens and
Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Harden
chelle King and Meghan Jackson;
“Scholarships by Assistant Superintendent Angela Jones; and
Banking and Budgeting by Shelia
Taylor of Regions Bank.
The Sunday theme was “Living the Legacy: Educating Our
Youth.” In attendance was JPS
Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray
who gave remarks and was visibly excited by the participation of
the JPS students in the weekend
Youth Summit
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HISTORY
LEGEND
AUGUST 2, 1947 - FEBRUARY 25, 2014
MAYOR • CITY OF JACKSON
JULY 1, 2013 - FEBRUARY 25, 2014
CHOKWE LUMUMBA
Mayor Lumumba with son Chokwe Antar and daughter Rukia Kia on the night of his election June 4, 2013.
Lumumba
The ‘Gifted Hunter’ with the vision
of ‘One City, One Aim, One Destiny’
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Editor
Inside
Bishop Jeffery Stallworth (center) leads prayer for Democratic mayoral nominee Chokwe Lumumba, May 29.
Jackson’s Acting
Mayor Charles
Tillman
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Working Together
Prayer Luncheon
for Lumumba
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A Photo Tribute
to Mayor Chokwe
Lumumba
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Mayor Chokwe
Lumumba
frequently explained
the meaning of his
name: “Chokwe
means hunter. Lumumba means
gifted. So I am a ‘gifted hunter.’”
And in just eight months of being
in office, July 1, 2013 - Feb. 25,
2014, the ‘gifted hunter’ left an
impression on the city of Jackson,
where he gained the trust of the
people to vote to tax themselves
with a new 1% sales tax that will
become effective March 1, 2014.
Last year’s hotly contested
campaign for mayor of Jackson
is still fresh in our memories, as
Lumumba won over businessman
Jonathan Lee with 86 percent of
the vote. Just before the general
election, officials of the Missis-
sippi Democratic Party lined the
steps of the city hall to show a
united front behind Lumumba, the
democratic candidate for mayor.
Although he led with such a
significant majority of the votes,
there were some who still questioned whether he could serve
all the citizens and work to unify
Lumumba
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Davis
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The New Hope choir performs at a Black History Month program featuring Lt. Col. Cherrie L. Davis.
Davis said she initially
joined the Army to get money
for college. Her choice of a
college was outside the norm
- Black Hills State University
in Black Hills, N.D. And again
her mother’s words rang out:
“You cannot fight unless you
put yourself in that arena and
learn how.”
When Davis decided she
wanted to be an officer in the
Army, she met with those
words so familiar to many: you
don’t have what it takes. “I’ve
been told three times I wasn’t
good enough,” she said. So she
left and enrolled in ROTC at a
college.
Davis learned to be patient
and have faith and push on.
She said, “I was told one time
you are the person we want for
the job.”
Her resume is filled with a
list of medals and commendations: Distinguished Military
Graduate; Bronze Star; four
Meritorious Service medals;
Joint Commendation Medal;
five Army Commendation
Medals; four Army Achievement Medals; two Military
Unit Commendations; Army
Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal;
Armed Forces Reserve Medal;
NATO Medal; Afghanistan
and Iraq Campaign Medals.
And Davis wasn’t picked
the first time around for lieutenant colonel. That rejection hit her hard; she said she
cried for three days. There was
no reason for, it she thought.
Then, she said she heard from
her God, “It’s not about you.
Sen. Albert Butler sends pages JaByron McGloster, La’Bria Barnes and
April Whitehead, all of Port Gibson, to the New Hope program featuring Lt.
Col. Cherrie L. Davis. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE R. JONES
It’s about the field and what’s
needed at this time.”
It wasn’t her time, she said,
calling that a black eye in her
career but “a good black eye.”
And as it happened, her time
came. Now she wants to pass
it on.
Less than two percent of all
African Americans wear the
uniform at her rank. Only 0.13
percent of African American
females make up senior ranks
in the military.
“When they walk into a
room with a certain rank,
people don’t believe they are
there. People don’t think I am
a lieutenant colonel,” she said.
Focusing on giving back,
Davis now works to find ways
to get more African Americans
to higher ranks in the military
and into the jobs such as hers.
She also urged the audience at
New Hope to give back. “Give
back. It’s not yours to keep,”
she said.
New Hope presented Davis
with a check for her speech,
which she returned to Pastor
Jerry Young, asking that he
give it to a New Hope Christian School student to help him
or her attend college. She also
challenged Young to “make it
happen.” In response, Young
said the church would and
would let her know who that
student was.
Davis took the opportunity
to share an important development in her own life - she
is retiring. “This has been the
best 28 years,” she said of her
military time. But she said of
the present, “It’s the beginning
of a new life.”
She presently lives in Washington, D.C.
Women’s History Month Salute…
Lt. Col. Cherrie L. Davis
comes to Jackson
Shown with Davis (standing 2nd from left) were Horhn (far left), Rev. Jesse Sutton Jr. (seated), who delivered the session’s opening prayer, and standing Senators Kenneth Wayne Jones, Sollie Norwood, Willie
Simmons, and Hillman Frazier. Photo courtesy of Joseph Latham, Mississippi Senate Senior Page
Special to The Mississippi Link
Lieutenant Colonel Cherrie
L. Davis (second from left),
employment director for the
Army Chief of Staff’s Soldier
for Life program, visited the
Mississippi Capitol Friday,
Feb. 28, 2014, a day after being guest speaker at New Hope
Baptist Church’s culminating
Black History Month event.
She addressed the Mississippi State Senate about her
organization’s efforts.
Lieutenant Colonel David
was introduced by District 26
Senator John Horhn and, after addressing the body, was
greeted by a host of senators,
Capitol guests and staff members.
March 6 - 12, 2014
Youth Summit
of events. Sen. Norwood gave the
welcome.
Many JPS students entertained
the guests of students, parents and
educators. Outstanding among them
were dance artist Makayla Houston
and the Typhoon Drummers - Blake
Jackson, William Jones, Braedyn
Noel and Mark Whitley.
Dr. Theresa Bland Green gave a
motivational address. Green is a native of Flora and has devoted her life
to working with students in public
education. She is a graduate of Tougaloo College, Florida International
University and Jackson State University. She is a member of Cade
Chapel Church and proud member
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. - Alpha Delta Zeta Chapter.
Green’s topic was “Bag of Tools,”
as she recited: “Isn’t it strange how
princes and kings and clowns that
prance in sawdust rings and common people, like you and me, are
builders for eternity? Each is given
a list of rules, a shapeless mass - a
bag of tools. And each must fashion,
ere life is flown, a stumbling block
or a stepping stone.”
State Convener of NCNW
Emma Moore gave remarks. The
program’s presiding officer was
Metro Jackson Section member Dr.
Michelle P. King and program chair
was the Section’s 3rd Vice President
Annie Laura Jones.
The NCNW was founded in
1935 by the renowned educator
and political leader Mary McLeod
Bethune. Bethune’s lasting words to
motivate the women were, “I leave
you, finally, a responsibility to our
young people.”
The Metro-Jackson Section will
hold its Founder’s Day program this
year at College Hill Baptist Church,
Sunday, March 16, 2014, at 3 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Section President Mattie T. Stevens.
STATE
March 6 - 12, 2014
Entergy Mississippi hosts third Annual
‘Salute to Women in State Government’
The Mississippi Link Newswire
Mississippi women hold a
record number of positions of
leadership in all three branches
of state government. And their
influence is not only having an
impact on issues of importance
to women, but it is bringing a
stronger voice to the state’s female demographic. In turn, their
voices are affecting issues of importance to all Mississippians.
Entergy Mississippi honored
these women Thursday, Feb. 20, (Left) Liz Brister, Entergy manager of low income initiatives, Va- (Left) Event co-chairs Sen. Lydia Chassaniol (R2014 at the third annual Salute larie Mabry, Entergy Mississippi public affairs analyst, and Gloria Miss.) and Rep. Mary Coleman (D-Miss.) (right) join
to Women in State Government. Johnson, Entergy Mississippi manager of customer service sup- Chief Phyliss J. Anderson of the Mississippi Band
The event was co-chaired by port.
of Choctaw Indians, keynote speaker at the event.
Sen. Lydia Chassaniol (R-Miss.)
It is a subsidiary of Entergy Cor- power plants with approximately million utility customers in Arand Rep. Mary Coleman (DMiss.). Chief Phyliss J. Anderson, poration. Entergy Corporation is 30,000 megawatts of electric gen- kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indi- an integrated energy company en- erating capacity, including more Texas and has annual revenues of
gaged primarily in electric power than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear more than $11 billion and approxians, was the keynote speaker.
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. pro- production and retail distribution power, making it one of the nation’s mately 14,000 employees. For
leading nuclear generators.
more information, visit entergyvides electricity to more than operations.
Entergy owns and operates
It also delivers electricity to 2.8 mississippi.com
437,000 customers in 45 counties.
National park tourism in
Mississippi creates $297.7
million in economic benefit
New report shows visitor-spending
supports 2,436 jobs in Mississippi
(Left) Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Cindy Hyde-Smith and Chief Phyliss J. Anderson, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and keynote speaker
at the event.
Senator Cochran and Major General Collins
confer on fate of Mississippi National Guard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S.
Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.),
vice chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, conferred Thursday, Feb. 27,
2014 with Maj. Gen. Augustus L.
Collins, Adjutant General of Mississippi, about the Mississippi
Army and Air National Guard.
Collins, who serves as the commanding general of both the Army
and Air National Guard in Mississippi, provided an update on the
Guard’s activities and outlook.
“Mississippi’s National Guard
units have served this country
Sen. Cochran and Major Gen. Collins
with distinction. I will be skeptical
of proposals that would diminish
the effectiveness of the National
Guard to provide critical services,”
Cochran said following a public
review of the Obama Administration’s proposed FY2015 Department of Defense budget.
Salutes
The Honorable
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba
Board Of Directors
Co-Chairpersons
Rosie Brantley
J. David Waugh
ATLANTA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report
released recently in Atlanta
shows that 6,449,713 visitors
to national parks in Mississippi spent $297.7 and supported
2,436 jobs in the state in 2012.
“The national parks of Mississippi attract visitors from
across the country and around
the world,” said Stan Austin,
NPS Southeast Regional Director.
“Mississippi marks the beginning - or the ending, depending on your perspective
- of the long and winding road
known as the Natchez Trace
Parkway, as well as the tragedies of battle at Vicksburg and
the conflicted history of beautiful Natchez.“Whether they are
out for an afternoon, a school
field trip, or a month-long family vacation, visitors come to
have a great experience, and
end up spending a little money
along the way. “This new report
shows that national park tourism is a significant driver in the
national economy - returning
$10 for every $1 invested in the
National Park Service - and a
big factor in our state’s economy as well, a result we can all
support.”
The national parks in Mississippi are Vicksburg National
Military Park, Natchez National Historic Park, and portions
of Natchez Trace Parkway and
Gulf Islands National Seashore.
The “peer-reviewed visitor
spending analysis” was conducted by U.S. Geological Survey economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Christopher
Huber and Lynne Koontz for
the National Park Service. The
report shows $14.7 billion of
direct spending by 283 million
park visitors in communities
within 60 miles of a national
park. This spending supported
243,000 jobs nationally, with
201,000 jobs found in these
gateway communities, and had
a cumulative benefit to the U.S.
economy of $26.75 billion.
According to the report most
visitor spending supports jobs
in restaurants, grocery and convenience stores (39 percent),
hotels, motels and B&Bs (27
percent), and other amusement
and recreation (20 percent).
The report includes information for visitor spending by
park and by state.
To learn more about national parks in Mississippi and
how the National Park Service
works with Mississippi communities to help preserve local history, conserve the environment,
and provide outdoor recreation,
go to www.nps.gov/mississippi.
Treasurer
Christopher Herron
Secretary
Catoria Parker Martin
Parliamentarian
Jake Smith
Todd Allen
Theresa Brady
Pamela Confer
Dominic Deleo
Noel Didla
Rod Gray
Rachel Jarman Myers
Dana Larkin
Sherman Nunn
Karen Quay
Marcia Reed
Todd Stauffer
Lee A. Unger
Emeritus
Earle F. Jones
Joann Mickens
Cornelius Turner
It is with heavy hearts that the Jackson 2000
board of directors acknowledges the passing of
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba on Tuesday, Feb. 25,
2014. On behalf of the board and its entire membership, we extend our sincerest condolences to
his family, friends and supporters.
We feel that our recently-elected mayor held great
promise to uplift the City of Jackson by bridging
racial and ethnic divides while bringing its citizens
closer together, with a common purpose.
It was in this spirit that the board voted, just hours
before learning of his passing, to recognize Mayor Lumumba as an honoree at our 25th Anniversary Friendship Ball Gala in April of this year.
We regret not being able to bestow this honor to
him in person, but we nonetheless look forward to
celebrating his life posthumously.
While we’re saddened that Mayor Lumumba left
us too soon, we also re-commit ourselves to reflecting and broadening the sense of hope for a better
future that he represented to so many of Jackson’s
citizens.
Sincerely,
Rosie Brantley
J. David Waugh
Co-Chairs
March 6 - 12, 2014
Ukraine
Malawi
as part of Ukraine, but expressed
openness to granting it more autonomy. Ukraine’s foreign minister,
Andriy Deshchytsia, told the AP that
pro-Russian citizens in Crimea must
be willing to replace armed forces
with international observers if they
want a vote on more self-rule.
But most of the bargaining chips
Wednesday belonged to Russia,
whose troops are fanned out across
Crimea and control most of its strategic facilities.
A growing chorus of prominent
American voices expressed resignation that Crimea was lost to Russia:
“I’m not optimistic they’re going to
leave,” said Michael McFaul, who
served as Obama’s ambassador to
Russia until last week.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov and several European counterparts conducted an intense round
of diplomacy in Paris to try to find
an exit strategy in Ukraine. While
negotiations were inconclusive, top
European officials expressed optimism that at least the two sides were
talking — and making progress.
“For the first time, starting with
this meeting in Paris, something
moved in the right direction,” said
French Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius.
Russia expressed openness to in-
ternational mediation, and the talks
were a “work in progress,” said a
French diplomat on condition of
anonymity because of government
policy. But a major sticking point has
been Moscow’s refusal to recognize
Ukraine’s new government much
less sit down at the table with them.
“I wish I could give you some
good news,” said Polish Foreign
Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, “but
unfortunately it hasn’t been possible
to bring together the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia.”
Wednesday’s Paris gathering,
originally scheduled to deal with
the Syrian refugee crisis, came after
Putin appeared to step back from
the brink of war, telling reporters in
his first comments since the Crimea
takeover that he has no intention to
“fight the Ukrainian people.”
NATO tried to apply pressure on
Moscow in its own talks with Russia
in Brussels.
One key piece of leverage that
the West has over nearly bankrupt Ukraine: hard cash. The three
months of protests that triggered
Ukraine’s crisis erupted when Yanukovych accepted $15 billion in
aid from Putin in exchange for dropping an economic partnership deal
with the EU. On Wednesday, the EU
matched the aid - which the Russians withdrew after Yanukovych’s
downfall - and the U.S. topped that
up with an additional $1 billion.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s former
prime minister - the heroine of
Ukraine’s 2004-2005 Orange Revolution and Yanukovych’s arch-enemy - called on the West to force Russia to withdraw troops from Crimea.
British Foreign Secretary William
Hague said a key demand was for
Russia’s military to pull back to its
Black Sea bases to show a tangible
de-escalation, but he did not press
on a Thursday deadline as European
diplomats had initially warned. EU
talks about possible sanctions against
Russia were scheduled Thursday in
Brussels.
The EU on Wednesday also froze
the assets of 18 people held responsible for misappropriating state funds
in Ukraine, echoing similar action
in Switzerland and Austria. The list,
which likely targeted officials in the
ousted government or businessmen
related to them, were withheld until
Thursday to prevent anyone from
withdrawing the funds at the last
minute.
Russia has suggested that it will
meet any sanctions imposed by
Western governments with a tough
response, and Putin has warned that
those measures could incur serious
“mutual damage.”
resources for the good of the people.
Chakwera is such a candidate.”
Chakwera said, “Mississippi
has blessed Malawi in many ways.
We’ve had teams to come from here
and invest in Malawi in spiritual,
social, and economic ventures that
have uplifted the people’s livelihoods. So it is very significant for
me to be in Mississippi and talk with
people who have been in Malawi.”
Referring to his country, he added,
“We would love to see rule of law,
governance being upheld, institutions being respected, laws respected
by everyone from the man on the
street or in the village to the president, so we are able to operate in
accordance with rules that we’ve set
for ourselves.”
Crudup said the relationship with
Chakwera is a good opportunity for
the U.S., adding, “Now we have
the opportunity to participate not
only with this man whom we think
is the next president but also to be
a significant leader on the [African]
continent.”
Rev. Henry Joseph, a member of
Crudup’s international ministry, pastored for seven years in Malawi and
is now working closely with Chakwera. Joseph also pastors in South
Africa.
Attending the reception were
Jackson businessmen Socrates Garrett of Garrett Enterprises and State
Senator John Horhn. Crudup added
that Chakwera was building a team
of workers and supporters in the U.S.
During his stop in Washington,
D.C., Chakwera said, “As a nation,
we can do better than what we have
done. All we need is the right driver,
the political will and commitment
to never do business as usual. I am
that driver. You can trust me; you can
trust the Malawi Congress Party.”
Malawi is situated in southeastern Africa wholly within the tropics. The country
occupies a thin strip of land in between Zambia and Mozambique protruding
southwards into Mozambique along the valley of the Shire River. In the north and
northeast it also shares a border with Tanzania. Malawi is landlocked and connected
by rail to the Mozambican ports of Nacala and Beira.
Chakwera, age 57, is called a
“transformational leader, motivational speaker committed to selfless
service to humanity.” He served as a
professor in theological studies and
as president of the Malawi Assemblies of God Church. He was founding senior pastor of the International
Christian Assembly in Malawi’s
capital city, Lilongwe.
He is married to Monica, a professional accountant who holds a bachelor’s degree in social work. They
have four adult children. Chakwera
belongs to the Chewa tribe and
Monica to the Tumbuka tribe which
enhances their efforts to “peacefully
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coexists with people from all political, cultural and religious backgrounds,” according to campaign
documents.
Standing out among Chakwera’s
list of experiences are his service as
board chairperson for the Petroleum
Control Commission of Malawi
2005-07; board chairperson for the
National Council of Sports of Malawi 2007-13; trustee member of
Media Council of Malawi 2007-13;
member of the Public Universities
Working Committee of Malawi
2011-13.
Malawi presidential election will
be held May 20, 2014.
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March 6 - 12, 2014
Carry-on crackdown: United Washington issues first
enforces bag size limit
legal pot business license
By Scott Mayerowitz
AP Airlines Writer
NEW YORK - United Airlines is getting tough on passengers with oversized carryon bags.
The Chicago-based airline
has installed new bag-sizers at
most airports. It also emailed
its frequent fliers, reminding
them of its rules on carry-on
size. United said there is no
change in policy - just a campaign to improve passenger
awareness.
Some of United’s new sizers are located prior to security
checkpoints. As of March 1,
employees contracted by the
airline are sending passengers
whose bag exceeds the dimensions for carry-ons back to
the ticket counter, where they
check the bag and pay a $25
fee. Airlines have traditionally
asked people with oversized
bags to check them at the gate,
but waived the $25 fee at that
point.
Some travelers are suggesting this is part of a larger
attempt by United to collect
more fees. The airline said it’s
simply trying to speed up the
boarding process.
The size limits on carryon bags have been in place
for years, but airlines have
been inconsistent in enforcing
them. Passengers are allowed
one carry-on bag to fit in the
overhead bin that needs to be
9 inches by 14 inches by 22
inches or smaller. They can
also bring along one personal
item such as a purse or laptop
bag that fits under the seat in
front of them.
The process of getting on a
plane dramatically changed in
2008 when U.S. airlines started
charging $25 to check a suitcase. To avoid the fee, more
passengers started bringing
their suitcases - many of them
overstuffed - into the airplane
cabin. Suddenly there wasn’t
enough room in the overhead
bins for everyone’s bag.
Although more United passengers may end up paying a
$25 fee, having fewer bags on
board could also have its benefits.
“I’ve been whacked more
times than I can count by
people loaded down with their
life’s worldly possessions,”
said Brian Kelly, an industry
watcher who writes about flying trends at ThePointsGuy.
com.
Target tech chief resigns
as it overhauls security
By Anne D’innocenzio
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK - Target
Corp.’s executive ranks have
suffered their first casualty
since hackers stole credit
card numbers and other personal data of millions of its
shoppers last year.
The nation’s second largest
discounter told The Associated Press that Beth Jacob,
who has overseen everything
from Target’s web site to its
internal computer systems
as chief information officer
since 2008, has resigned. The
company said it will search
for an interim CIO.
The departure, which is
effective March 5, comes
as Target works to overhaul
some of divisions that handle security and technology
following the massive data
breach. Target said the resignation was Jacob’s idea,
but some analysts speculate
that the executive has faced
intense scrutiny as the company has tried to restore its
reputation among investors
and shoppers.
“People are questioning
Target’s security and she
was the fall guy,” said Walter Loeb, a New York-based
independent retail consultant.
The resignation points to
the changing role of companies’ CIOs. They’ve long assumed a behind-the-scenes
position overseeing not only
technology, but the overall
safety and security of company systems. But security
experts say more is being demanded of them as the public
becomes more aware of big
security breaches.
“Now, they have to take on
an active role,” said Heather
Bearfield, partner in the technology and assurance group
at accounting firm Marcum
LLP. “You can’t sit back and
rely on the infrastructure.”
Target disclosed on Dec.
19 that a data breach compromised 40 million credit and
debit card accounts between
Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. Then
on Jan. 10 it said hackers also
stole personal information including names, phone numbers, and email and mailing
addresses - from as many as
70 million customers.
When all is said and done,
Target’s breach could eclipse
the biggest known data theft
at a retailer: TJX Cos. in
2007 disclosed a breach of
customer information that
compromised more than 90
This undated image provided by Target Corp shows Chief Information
Officer Beth Jacob. Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday, March 5, 2014,
as the retailer overhauls its information security and compliance division in
the wake of a massive pre-Christmas data breach. AP Photo/Target, Mark.
Williams
million records at its T.J.
Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores.
Target has said it believes
hackers broke into its network by infiltrating the computers of a vendor. Then the
hackers installed malicious
software in the checkout system for Target’s estimated
1,800 U.S. stores.
In the wake of the breach,
Target has been working to
make changes. The company
is accelerating its $100 million plan to roll out chipbased credit card technology,
which experts say is more
secure than traditional magnetic stripe cards.
The company also is
changing technology and
security duties within the
company. For instance, compliance duties at Target were
overseen by Target’s current
vice president of assurance
risk and compliance, who
already had plans to retire at
the end of March. Now, Target is separating the responsibility for assurance risk and
compliance.
The compliance officer
makes sure that the company
meets outside regulatory requirements and internal policies, while the risk assurance
division identifies and monitors the risks affecting the
business.
Target, which is based in
Minneapolis, said it plans to
look outside the company for
a chief information security
officer and a chief compliance officer. Before the overhaul, information security
functions were split among
a variety of executives. Target’s new chief information
security officer will centralize those responsibilities, the
company said.
Target also said it is working with an outside adviser,
Promontory Financial Group,
to evaluate its technology,
structure, processes and talent as part of the overhaul.
“While we are still in the
process of an ongoing investigation, we recognize
that the information security
environment is evolving rapidly,” said Target CEO Gregg
Steinhafel.
Meanwhile, Target has
been dealing with the fallout
from the theft. The company
said last week that its fourthquarter profit fell 46 percent
on a revenue decline of 5.3
percent as the breach scared
off customers.
Target said sales have been
By Gene Johnson
Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington state issued its first
legal-marijuana business license March 5, launching a
new phase in the state’s ambitious effort to regulate a market that has been illegal for
more than 75 years.
Sean Green, who has operated medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane and the
Seattle suburb of Shoreline,
proclaimed the document
“beautiful” as it was handed
to him at a state Liquor Control Board meeting in Olympia.
The license will allow him
to grow 21,000 square feet
of cannabis at his Spokane
facility - the first pot that
will be grown for sale under
the highly taxed system approved by voters in 2012.
The possession of marijuana
became legal for adults over
21 soon after the vote, but it’s
still illegal to grow or sell it
for recreational use until pot
shops open in the state later
this year.
Green plans to start by raising marijuana starter plants
to sell to other growers, and
later expand to growing buds
for retail pot shops.
“Cannabis prohibition is
over,” Green declared to applause from a room packed
with his supporters. “I’m
coming home with jobs, Spokane.”
Sales began Jan. 1 in Colorado, the only other state to
legalize the recreational use
of marijuana. But Colorado
already had a regulated medical marijuana system and
simply began by allowing
medical dispensaries to sell
recreational pot. Washington
had no regulated medical system.
The Liquor Control Board
said Green got the first license
because he was the first applicant to complete the process.
The board also received
more than 2,200 retail applications, and is expected to
hold lotteries in at least some
areas before allowing 334 pot
shops statewide. Washington’s first pot stores are expected to open in June or July.
Seattle attorney Alison
Holcomb, who led the state’s
legalization campaign, called
it exciting.
“It’s easy to talk about what
marijuana legalization might
look like,” she said. “It’s a
much different thing to see it
roll out.”
Green is chief executive of
Spokane’s Kouchlock Productions, a company named
for the phenomenon of being
too stoned to get off the couch.
The board’s three members
credited the hard work he
did to meet the requirements
to obtain a license, including
passing criminal and financial
background checks, developing a board-approved business plan and finding a location that wasn’t too close to
recovering as more time passes. But the company also said
it expects business to be muted
for some time: It issued a profit
outlook for the current quarter
and full year that missed Wall
Street estimates because it
faces hefty costs related to the
breach.
In a letter to Steinhafel that
was furnished by Target, the
outgoing Chief Information
Officer Jacob did not mention
the data breach, but said that
resigning was a “difficult deci-
Sean Green displays his new Washington state legal marijuana license at a
presentation Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Green, a medical
marijuana dispensary operator from Spokane, was issued the producerprocessor license under the state’s recreational pot law at the Liquor Control
Board meeting. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
schools or daycares.
“We’re proud of you,”
board chairwoman Sharon
Foster said. “We now know
there are folks out there who
follow the rules and are willing to be participants of this
brave new venture in Washington state.”
But even the issuance of
the first license underscored
the hurdles the industry continues to face. Pot remains
illegal under federal law, and
despite recent guidance from
the U.S. Treasury and Justice
departments, banks continue
to be wary of working with
marijuana businesses.
Green said he has lost bank
accounts six times because
of his connection to the pot
industry, most recently last
week. He already found another one but isn’t sure how
long he’ll be able to keep it.
Green said he got involved
in the industry after his decade-long career as an independent real-estate appraiser
dried up. He took $10,000
and started Pacific Northwest
Medical in Shoreline in 2011,
later expanding to Spokane.
He plans to begin by growing 1,200 square feet of starter plants to provide to other
growers as they become licensed. He said he hopes to
expand to growing marijuana
buds for retail, with 30 to 50
employees. For now, he plans
to also continue running his
medical operations, though
the Legislature is considering whether to bring medical
marijuana into the same system as recreational pot.
Green also said he plans to
make cannabis-infused candies, as well as what he described as a “super joint,” an
ultra-strong marijuana cigasion.”
During her tenure, Jacob
played a big role in bringing the company’s online operations in house a few years
ago. She also got attention for
overseeing Target’s innovation
lab that opened last May in
San Francisco. The lab looks
at futuristic technology, such
as how wearable gadgets like
smart watches might be used in
its stores.
But during her time as CIO,
Target also endured some pub-
rette made with cannabis oil
and flowers.
Derek Franklin, president
of the Washington Association for Substance Abuse and
Violence Prevention, said he
found it troubling that Green
was getting the first license,
with the message sent by the
“Kouchlock” name as well as
the idea of the “super joint.”
“There doesn’t seem to be
much attention being paid to
public health and public safety,” he said.
Though the board praised
Green for following the rules,
some questions remained
about his medical marijuana business. The Seattle
Times reported two of Pacific
Northwest Medical’s former
employees filed complaints
with the state Department of
Labor and Industries alleging
it had withheld their wages.
The wages were later paid,
records show.
One of the complainants
also alleged Green had sexually harassed another employee.
Department
spokesman
Matthew Erlich confirmed
Labor and Industries received
at least one complaint, involving the sexual harassment claim. He said the agency would have referred the
complainant to the state Human Rights Commission.
The commission didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
Green said at a news conference he was unaware of
the complaints, and then said
he would not discuss the matter. The liquor board’s director said staff would not have
considered the civil complaints in deciding whether to
give Green a license.
lic relations nightmares related
to its online operations. The
web site had several outages,
particularly the well-publicized
launch of a limited collection
from Italian designer Missoni
in the fall of 2011. The company has worked hard to fix those
problems.
Shares of Target were down
72 cents, or more than one percent, to $60.61 on Match 5.
The stock is down a little over
three percent since the breach
was disclosed.
CORRECTION: SNAKE HANDLING STORY - In a story Feb. 26 about a snake-handling preacher who recently died from a bite, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of deaths each year from snake bites in
the United States. Around 5 people die each year from snake bites, not 5 percent of the estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people who receive bites.
March 6 - 12, 2014
Wingfield powerlifting team
starts season with success
Tenth Annual JPS
JROTC Cadet of the Year
2014 Cadets of the Year (from left) Cadet COL Myuna McNair, Lanier High School; Cadet LTC Jauan Knight, Murrah
High School; Cadet LTC Ariel Ellis, Wingfield High School; Cadet LTC LaDarious James, Callaway High School;
Cadet LTC James Jefferson, Forest Hill High School; Cadet MAJ Jamonika Green, Provine High School; and Cadet
LTC DeAhnera Manyfield, Jim Hill High School.
Wingfield Powerlifting team and coach Stanley Spell
Two Wingfield athletes,
Shamaree and Shamar Burse,
have made it to the top of
state and national high school
powerlifting rankings. Powerliftinghigh.com has the brothers at No. 5 and No. 8 in the
state, respectively. On the national list, both are in the top
100 - Shamaree at No. 27 and
Shamar at No. 78.
The rest of the team is also
doing well. In the recent Class
5A Region 2/District 6 competition, which Wingfield
hosted, ten of the school’s
powerlifters broke district records and won first or second
place, each in his own weight
class. Eleven members of the
team qualified for the North
State meet scheduled for
March 22. The results from
the meet held February 8,
2014, are as follows:
• William Lenard -1st Place,
114 lbs.
• Raquan Young - 2nd Place,
114 lbs.
• Shamaree Burse - 1st Place,
148 lbs
• Deshaun Lewis - 2nd Place,
148 lbs.
• Shamar Burse - 1st Place,
165 lbs.
• D’Meco George - 1st Place,
181 lbs.
• D. T. McWilliams - 2nd
Place, 181 lbs.
• Zackery Williams - 1st
Place, 198 lbs.
• Jacquez Mangum - 2nd
Place, 220 lbs.
• Chaz Shephard - 1st Place,
242 lbs.
“I am very proud of the effort and character of the team
for their outstanding history
making performance,” said
coach Stanley Spell.
Rowan technology team
advances to state competition
Rowan Technology Student Association
Some tech savvy students at
Rowan Middle School have advanced to a state level robotics
competition. Members of the
school’s Technology Student Association (TSA) placed 2nd in
several events at the Central District Competition in January. The
team will compete in the 35th Annual TSA State Competition to be
held March 26-28, 2014, in Olive
Branch, Miss.
The TSA advisors at Rowan are
Michael Johnson, Artesia Porter,
and Susan Sparkman. TSA mem-
bers who qualified for the state
event are:
• Marquita Blackmon
• Nicyia Ford
• Keiara Jordan
• Porsha James
• Aurione Jones
• Andrianna Collins
• Makysha Daniel
• Terriana Johnson
• Savannah Garza
• Tyresia Rush
• Jacolbi Osborne
• Javonte Tyler
• Quindarius White
• Terrionte Jones
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Antonio Newsome
Keyshawn Robinson
Jordan Murphy
Kenytta Brown
Emmanuelle Harris
Zakiya Williams
Alexus Smith
There are 38 TSA chapters
in Mississippi. The program is
strictly for technology students in
grades 7-12. Competitive events
engage students’ interests. They
give students a chance to practice
and develop their STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and math)
skills.
(From left) JPS JROTC Dir. Col. Paul Willis, Board Sec. Beneta Burt, Cadet of the Year honoree C/COL Myuna McNair,
and High Schools Exec. Dir. Dr. Freddrick Murray
Cadet COL Myuna McNair
is the Jackson Public Schools’
JROTC Cadet of the Year for
2014. She made history for
the program by receiving the
honor as a junior. In all previous years, the Cadet of the
Year was a senior high school
student. She also is the first
student from Lanier to receive
the recognition in JPS.
Cadet McNair competed
for this honor against the top
cadets from each of the seven
JPS high schools. Cadets appear before an eight-person
selection panel, where they
conduct a five-minute oral
presentation on the topic
“How Junior ROTC has influenced my preparation for
successful living after high
school” and the cadets respond to questions from each
member of the selection panel. Panel members use an established grading system to
assign scores to cadets in all
areas and the cadet with the
overall highest score is designated Cadet of the Year.
2014 JPS JROTC School
Cadets of the Year
• C/LTC Myuna McNair, Lanier
• C/LTC Jauan Knight, Murrah
• C/LTC Ariel Ellis, Wingfield
• C/LTC LaDarious James,
Callaway
• C/COL James Jefferson,
Forest Hill
• C/MAJ Jamonika Green,
Provine
• C/LTC DeAhnera Manyfield, Jim Hill
The JPS Cadet of the Year is
promoted to the highest cadet
rank of Cadet Colonel, which
is symbolized by the pinning
of three silver, diamondshaped discs on each shoulder.
The Cadet of the Year is also
assigned to the position as Cadet Brigade Commander, the
overall highest-ranking cadet
position within JPS JROTC.
“The
Jackson
Public
Schools Junior ROTC Cadet of the Year program was
implemented to recognize
and reward the district’s most
outstanding cadets and to inspire others to strive for excellence in all endeavors,”
said Col. Paul Willis, Director
of JROTC Programs for JPS.
“The cadets selected for this
honor are the best representatives of the more than 2,200
students who are enrolled
annually in the JPS Junior
ROTC Program.”
Senior government students
from Winfield High School
visited the Capitol
JPS Community Meetings
3/24/14 1:00 PM - 3/24/14 3:00 PM
The community is invited to participate in a dialogue about the direction the Jackson Public School District is taking
on its Road to Success! Please join Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray in the JPS Board of Trustees meeting room
at 621 South State Street on Monday, March 24, 2014, at 1 p.m.
Get first-hand information about the JPS Accreditation Process and hear the goals the District is set to achieve
this school year. Your input and support is vital and necessary as we explore the AdvancED review committee’s
recommendations towards the District’s accreditation and the success of our students.
For more information, visit or like the JPS Facebook page or call (601) 960-2782.
Senior government students from Winfield High School visited the Capitol Thursday, Feb. 27, under the
supervision of JMG Specialist Marie Harris (front row, far left) and teachers Cecil Blue (back row, far left) and
Ebonie Butler (second row, far right). They saw first-hand how the debate and compromise process worked
with lawmakers. They are shown with Senator Sollie Norwood (front row, far right) and Representative Adrienne
Wooten (front row, second from left), both of whom greeted the group in the Capitol lobby. Photo courtesy of
Joseph Latham, Mississippi Senate Senior Page
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EDUCATION
March 6 - 12, 2014
Rankins named president Teacher pay raise plan moves
of Alcorn State University to Mississippi Senate, but
The Board of Trustees of
State Institutions of Higher
Learning announced on March
4, the unanimous decision to
name Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr. as
president of Alcorn State University. An Alcorn State University alumnus, Rankins currently
serves as deputy commissioner
for academic and student affairs
for the Institutions of Higher
Learning. He served as acting
president for Mississippi Valley
State University for one year,
beginning in November 2012.
“Dr. Rankins is well-prepared
to serve at Alcorn,” said Trustee
C.D. Smith, chair of the Alcorn
State University Board Search
Committee. “He is an Alcorn
alumnus and has a background
in academics and agriculture.
We know that he loves his alma
mater and have full confidence
he will do great things for Alcorn State University.”
Since 2008, Rankins has
served in Academic Affairs at
IHL, most recently as deputy
commissioner. In this role, he
has served as the system’s chief
academic officer, managed a
$14 million budget, and advised
the Board of Trustees and the
Commissioner of Higher Education on all matters pertaining
to academic programs, policy
and planning; student access,
readiness and success; and faculty affairs.
A native of Greenville, Miss.,
Rankins holds an undergraduate
degree in agricultural economics from Alcorn State University and a master’s degree in
weed science and his doctorate in weed science, both from
Mississippi State University.
In addition to holding degrees
in agriculture from land-grant
institutions, Rankins has also
worked at MSU, where he
served as a tenure-track assistant professor, tenured associate
professor, extension specialist
and assistant vice president intern for academic affairs.
As the acting president
of Mississippi Valley State,
Rankins was responsible for
serving students, managing the
university’s operational budget,
leading more than 500 employees, managing 114 buildings
totaling 2,110,320 square feet,
with a total asset value of $186
million.
He focused on student recruitment and retention, which
resulted in a 30 percent increase
in first-time freshman over the
previous year, and streamlined
processes in many facets of the
university, including student
support services, business operations, alumni engagement and
planned giving.
“I am humbled and honored
union says it’s not enough
Rankins, wife, Juandalyn, and children, Aftyn and Alfred.
that the Board of Trustees has
selected me to lead Alcorn State
University,” said Rankins. “I
look forward to working with
the ASU family to build a university that is a shining example
of how to be student-focused,
supportive of faculty, responsive to the needs of business and
a source of pride for all alumni.”
As the system chief academic and student affairs officer,
Rankins provided leadership
and direction to the chief academic officers and chief student
affairs officers at the universities. He was instrumental in the
development of a state-wide
reverse transfer Memorandum
of Understanding between the
eight public universities and 15
public community colleges in
the state.
In addition, he formulated a
system-wide policy for accepting for transfer the Associate of
Arts degree from Mississippi
community colleges. He led the
system-wide course redesign
pilot in 17 courses resulting in
improved student learning outcomes at a reduced course delivery cost.
While at Mississippi State
University, he taught several
undergraduate and graduate
level courses in the department
of plant and soil science. His research on topics in weed science
has been published in numerous
refereed journals, educational
outreach publications, newsletters, annual reports, bulletins
and proceedings abstracts.
Rankins currently serves on
the board of directors for the
Mississippi Authority for Educational Television and University Press of Mississippi.
He also serves on the Mississippi Commission for College
Accreditation and as secretary-
Rankins
treasurer for the Mississippi Association of Colleges.
He also holds membership in
a number of other professional
and honorary societies, including Weed Science Society of
America, Gamma Sigma Delta
Honor Society of Agriculture,
and the Southern Weed Science
Society.
He is a member of the MetroJackson Alcorn State University Alumni Association, the
Alcorn State University National Alumni Association and
the Mississippi State University
Central Mississippi Alumni Association.
Rankins and his wife, Juandalyn, have two children, Aftyn
and Alfred.
On March 4, Rankins met
with campus constituency
groups on the Alcorn State University campuses in Natchez
and Lorman. Students, faculty,
staff, alumni and community
members were able to pose
questions to him and share their
thoughts and concerns with
him. Attendees were able to
provide feedback to the Board
of Trustees. This feedback was
reviewed during the Board
Meeting on campus.
Dr. Cindy Ayers-Elliot – JSU alumnae
highlights for Women’s History Month
Name: Dr. Cindy Ayers-Elliot
Graduation Year: 2006
Major: Urban Higher Education
Current Residency: Jackson, MS
Current Employment Status: President
& CEO of Footprint Farms in Jackson,
MS
Favorite quote: “Everyone makes a difference. What difference are you making today?”
Ayers-Elliott, who received her Ph.D.
from Jackson State University in 2006,
was featured on Katie Couric’s talk
show to discuss her decision to leave
Wall Street to start a Mississippi farm
operation. Ayers-Elliott was an investment banker for years, managing pension funds and the accounts of highend companies and individuals. She
decided to leave all that behind, begin
Footprint Farms.
Ayers-Elliot
The head of an educators’
union is praising Mississippi
lawmakers for moving forward with a teacher pay raise
proposal, but he’s asking them
to do more.
Mississippi
Association
of Educators director Frank
Yates said Tuesday that to
keep up with neighboring
states, Mississippi needs to
pass a 5.5 percent teacher pay
raise each year for the next
five years.
“This is how Mississippi
can retain and recruit the best,
brightest, and most committed
educators to ensure positive
student outcomes,” Yates said
in a news release.
Mississippi has long had
some of the lowest teacher
salaries in the nation.
The Senate Education Committee advanced a plan Tuesday to give teachers a $1,500
raise this July, followed by
another $1,000 a year later.
That’s five percent for beginning teachers the first year
and three percent the second
year. In the third year, teachers would become eligible for
merit raises in schools with
good academic performance.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves talked
about the proposal on Monday, and the Senate Education Committee inserted it
Tuesday into House Bill 504,
taking out a separate teacher
pay raise plan that passed the
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
House in early February. The
revised bill moves to the full
Senate for more debate.
The House proposal would
increase teacher pay $4,250
over four years, but experienced teachers would have to
meet certain requirements to
collect the full amount. Teachers would receive $1,500
spread over the first two years.
Then, if state revenue continues to grow at least three percent a year, they would get a
projected raise of $2,750 over
the third and fourth years of
the plan. Those in their first
five years of teaching would
receive the raises automatically. Teachers with more experience would have to meet
three of 22 criteria, ranging
from earning certification by
the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to
joining a civic club.
The Senate plan removes
the 22-point checklist.
The two Republican-controlled chambers must agree
on a single plan for teacher
pay before anything could go
to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant.
“I have said from the beginning that a true merit pay system and an across-the-board
raise for beginning base salary
are not mutually exclusive,”
Bryant said in a statement
Monday.
Mississippi lawmakers last
increased teachers’ base pay
during the 2007 election-year
session, although teachers
since then have received builtin “step” increases based on
their experience and academic
degrees. Mississippi had the
second-lowest average teacher pay in the nation in 2013
at $41,994, above only South
Dakota, according to the National Education Association.
New SAT: the essay portion
is to become optional
WASHINGTON - Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance
exam is undergoing sweeping revisions.
Changes in the annual test that
millions of students take will also
do away with some vocabulary
words such as “prevaricator” and
“sagacious” in favor of words
more commonly used in school
and on the job.
College Board officials said
Wednesday the update - the first
since 2005 - is needed to make the
exam better representative of what
students study in high school and
the skills they need to succeed in
college and afterward. The test
should offer “worthy challenges,
not artificial obstacles,” said College Board President David Coleman at an event in Austin, Texas.
The new exam will be rolled
out in 2016, so this year’s ninth
graders will be the first to take it,
in their junior year. The new SAT
will continue to test reading, writing and math skills, with an emphasis on analysis. Scoring will
return to a 1,600-point scale last
used in 2004, with a separate score
for the optional essay.
For the first time, students will
have the option of taking the test
on computers.
Once the predominant college
admissions exam, the SAT in recent years has been overtaken in
popularity by the competing ACT,
which has long been considered
more curriculum based. The ACT
offers an optional essay and announced last year it would begin
making computer-based testing
available in 2015.
One of the biggest changes in
the SAT is that the extra penalty
for wrong answers, which discouraged guessing, will be eliminated.
And some vocabulary words will
be replaced with words such as
“synthesis” and “empirical” that
are used more widely in classrooms and in work settings.
Coleman said many students
College Board President David Coleman attends an announcement event,
Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Austin, Texas where College Board officials
announced updates for the SAT college entrance exam. AP Photo/Eric Gay
who are terrified they will be
tested on lots of SAT words currently have one recourse: drilling
with flashcards. He said educators
know that flashcards are not the
best way to build real word knowledge that lasts, but “when the SAT
rolls around they become the royal
road. Students stop reading and
start flipping.”
The essay will be changed in
other ways, too. It will measure
students’ ability to analyze and
explain how an author builds an
argument, instead of measuring
the coherence of the writing but
not the quality or accuracy of the
reasoning. It will be up to school
districts and colleges the students
apply to as to whether the essay
will be required.
Each exam will include a passage drawn from “founding documents” such as the Declaration of
Independence or from discussions
they’ve inspired.
Instead of testing a wide range
of math concepts, the new exam
will focus on a few areas, like algebra, deemed most needed for
college and life afterward. A calculator will be allowed only on
certain math questions, instead of
on the entire math portion.
Jim Rawlins, the director of admissions at the University of Oregon, said the changes appear “potentially helpful and useful” but it
will take a few years to know the
impact, after the students who take
the revised test go on to college.
He said some colleges are still
grappling with questions about
the changes made in 2005, such as
how to consider the essay portion.
A longstanding criticism of
the SAT is that students from
wealthier households do better on
the exam because they can afford
expensive test preparation classes.
The College Board seeks to defuse that by saying it will partner
with the nonprofit Khan Academy
to provide free test preparation
materials for the redesigned SAT.
It also says every income-eligible
student who takes the SAT will receive four fee waivers to apply for
college, which continues an effort
the College Board has had to assist
low-income students.
These are the first SAT upgrades since 2005 when the essay
portion was added and analogy
questions were removed. There
have been other notable changes
to the test, such as in 1994 when
antonym questions were removed
and calculators were allowed for
the first time. The test was first
used in 1926.
The SAT was taken last year
by 1.7 million students. It has historically been more popular on the
coasts, while the other main standardized college entrance exam,
the ACT, dominated the central
U.S. The ACT overtook the SAT
in overall use in 2012, in part because it is taken by almost every
junior in 13 states as part of those
states’ testing regimen.
HEALTH
March 6 - 12, 2014
What you need to know about March health deadline
By Connie Cass
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Sick of
hearing about the health care
law?
Plenty of people have tuned
out after all the political jabber and website woes.
But now is the time to tune
back in, before it’s too late.
The big deadline is coming
March 31.
By that day, for the first
time, nearly everyone in the
United States is required to be
signed up for health insurance
or risk paying a fine.
Here’s what you need to
know about this month’s open
enrollment countdown:
ALREADY
COVERED?
NO WORRIES
Most people don’t need
to do anything. Even before
the health care law passed in
2010, more than eight out of
10 U.S. residents had coverage, usually through their
workplace plans or the government’s Medicare or Medicaid programs. Some have
private policies that meet the
law’s requirements.
If you’re already covered
that way, you meet the law’s
requirements.
Since October, about four
million people have signed up
for private plans through the
new state and federal marketplaces, the Obama administration said, although it’s not
clear how many were already
insured elsewhere. In addition, many poor adults now
have Medicaid coverage for
the first time through expansions of the program in about
half the states.
President Barack Obama
is urging people who have
coverage to help any uninsured friends and relatives get
signed up.
NEED COVERAGE? IT’S
CRUNCH TIME
Chances are you’ll hear
more reminders about health
care this month. The push is
on to reach millions of uninsured people.
Obama will participate in a
televised town hall aimed at
reaching uninsured Hispanics,
who make up nearly a third of
all uninsured people nationally. The White House said
the event is sponsored by a
coalition of nonprofit groups
and major Latino media outlets, and will be disseminated across broadcast stations,
websites and social media.
Wooing Hispanics is a priority, but it’s just one component
of a broader effort by the administration, insurers, medical associations and nonprofit
groups to get the word out
and guide people through the
sometimes-rocky enrollment
process. They plan special
events at colleges, libraries,
churches and work sites.
Singing cats, dogs, parrots even a goldfish - are promoting
the message in TV and online
spots from the Ad Council.
A big hurdle for the effort:
As recently as last month,
three-fourths of the uninsured
didn’t know there was a March
31 deadline, according to polling conducted for the Kaiser
Family Foundation. Most said
they didn’t know much about
the law and had an unfavorable opinion of it.
Plus, many worry they
won’t be able to afford the
new plans.
The enrollment campaign is
emphasizing that subsidies are
available on a sliding scale to
help low-income and middleclass households pay for their
insurance.
How to enroll? Start at
HealthCare.gov or by calling
1-800-318-2596.
Residents
of states running their own
marketplaces will be directed
there; people in other states go
through the federal exchange.
After March 31, many people won’t be able to get subsidized coverage this year, even
if they become seriously ill.
The next open enrollment
period is set to begin Nov. 15,
for coverage in 2015.
DEADLINE DETAILS
There are exceptions. The
big one is the Medicaid program for the poor. People who
meet the requirements can sign
up anytime, with no deadline.
Also, people remain eligible
for Medicare whenever they
turn 65.
If you are insured now and
lose your coverage during the
year, by getting laid off from
your job, for example, you can
use an exchange to find a new
policy then. People can sign
up outside the open enrollment period in special situations such as having a baby or
moving to another state.
You can choose to buy insurance outside the marketplaces
and still benefit from consumer protections in the law.
People who do that wouldn’t
normally be eligible for premium subsidies. But the
Obama administration says
exceptions will be made for
people whose attempts to buy
marketplace insurance on time
were stymied by continuing
problems with some enrollment websites.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WON’T GET COVERED
Some 12 million people
could gain health coverage
this year because of the law,
if congressional auditors’ predictions don’t prove overly
optimistic.
Even so, tens of millions
still would go without.
That’s partly because of immigrants in the country illegally; they aren’t eligible for
marketplace policies.
Some of the uninsured will
not find out about the program
in time, will find it confusing
or too costly, or will just procrastinate too long. Some feel
confident of their health and
prefer to risk going uninsured
instead of paying premiums.
Others are philosophically opposed to participating.
Figuring out just how many
of the uninsured got coverage
this year won’t be easy because the numbers are fuzzy.
The administration’s enrollment count includes people
who already were insured and
used the exchanges to find a
better deal, or switched from
private insurance to Medicaid,
or already qualified for Medicaid before the changes.
Some who sign up will end
up uninsured anyway, if they
fail to pay their premiums.
The budget experts predict
enrollment will grow in future
years and by 2017 some 92
percent of legal residents too
young for Medicare will have
insurance.
But even then, about 30
million people in the United
States would go uncovered.
SOME ARE LEFT OUT
A gap in the law means some
low-income workers can’t get
help.
The insurance marketplaces
weren’t designed to serve people whose low incomes qualify
them for expanded Medicaid
instead. But some states have
declined to expand their Medicaid programs. That means
that in those states, many poor
people will get left out.
People who fall into the gap
won’t be penalized for failing
to get covered.
Some others are exempt
from the insurance mandate,
too: American Indians, those
with religious objections,
prisoners, immigrants in the
country illegally, and people
considered too poor to buy
coverage even with financial
assistance.
THE IRS IS WATCHING
YOU
The law says people who
aren’t covered in 2014 are liable for a fine. That amounts
to $95 per uninsured person or
approximately one percent of
income, whichever is higher.
The penalty goes up in later
years.
A year from now, the Internal Revenue Service will be
asking taxpayers filing their
forms for proof of insurance
coverage. Insurance companies are supposed to provide
that documentation to their
customers.
If you owe a penalty for
being uninsured, the IRS can
withhold it from your refund.
The agency can’t put people
in jail or garnishee wages to
get the money. But it can withhold the penalty from a future
year’s tax refund.
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a burning feeling in your chest or
throat, experts recommend preparing for your next doctor’s appointment by learning more about
heartburn and what you can do to
manage the condition.
“Physicians often use upper
endoscopy to diagnose and manage gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD,” said Dr. Molly
Cooke, president of the American
College of Physicians (ACP).
“But this is not an appropriate
first step for patients with typical
heartburn.”
The ACP advises against upper endoscopy for heartburn, unless other serious symptoms are
present. According to the ACP’s
recommendations, it can be an expensive test that doesn’t necessarily improve the health of patients,
exposes patients to preventable
harms, and can lead to unnecessary interventions down the line.
“For those whose heartburn is
accompanied by difficult or painful swallowing, bleeding, anemia,
weight loss, solid food sticking in
the esophagus, or recurrent vomiting, an upper endoscopy is appropriate,” advised Dr. Cooke.
Sensible diagnosis is just part
of the equation. Prevention and
management of the condition is
important too. The ACP recommends the following steps to help
relieve occasional heartburn as
well as GERD:
• Make lifestyle changes. Lose
excess weight, stop smoking, eat
smaller meals, don’t lie down for
several hours after eating, wear
loose-fitting clothes, and limit
how much alcohol you consume.
Resist foods and beverages that
can trigger your heartburn, such
as chocolate, peppermint, coffee
(with or without caffeine), garlic,
onions, and fried, spicy, fatty or
tomato-rich food.
• Raise head of your bed. Place
wood blocks under your bedposts
to raise the head of your bed six to
eight inches.
• Control acid. Over-the-counter antacids such as Maalox,
Mylanta, Rolaids, or Tums may
ease heartburn. For a stronger
acid-reducer, try an H2 blocker
such as famotidine (Pepcid and
generic) or ranitidine (Zantac and
generic).
• Consider proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). Medicine to reduce gastric acid production is
warranted in most patients with
typical GERD symptoms such as
heartburn or regurgitation.
PPIs are a group of drugs that
relieve symptoms and heal the
lining of the esophagus in almost
all sufferers. For best results, take
them 30 to 60 minutes before a
meal. Omeprazole and lansopra
zole are sold over-the-counter as
low-cost generics. If symptoms
don’t improve after two to four
weeks, ask your doctor about taking two doses daily.
Free online resources can help
you discover the best treatment
for you. For example, you can
visit www.CRBestBuyDrugs.org
and click on “heartburn” for a free
drug report on PPIs.
Left untreated, GERD can inflame the lining of the esophagus,
causing a condition known as
esophagitis. A few GERD patients
develop Barrett’s esophagus, a
disorder that can, in rare cases,
lead to cancer of the esophagus.
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AP Chief Medical Writer
Exciting research suggests that a
shot every one to three months may
someday give an alternative to the
daily pills that some people take
now to cut their risk of getting HIV.
The experimental drug has only
been tested for prevention in monkeys, but it completely protected
them from infection in two studies
reported at an AIDS conference on
Tuesday.
“This is the most exciting innovation in the field of HIV prevention
that I’ve heard recently,” said Dr.
Robert Grant, an AIDS expert at
the Gladstone Institutes, a foundation affiliated with the University of
California, San Francisco.
“Both groups are showing 100
percent protection” with the drug,
Grant said of the two groups of researchers. “If it works and proves to
be safe, it would allow for HIV to be
prevented with periodic injections,
perhaps every three months.”
Until a vaccine is developed,
condoms are the best way to prevent infection with the AIDS virus
and many other sexually spread diseases. But not everyone uses them,
or does so all the time, so public
health officials have pursued other
prevention options.
A drug used to treat people with
HIV - Gilead Science’s Truvada also is used to help prevent infection
in people who don’t have the virus.
A big study in gay men a few years
ago found it could cut this risk by
up to 90 percent, depending on how
faithfully people take the daily pills.
The new research tested something that could make this type of
prevention much more practical
- a long-acting experimental drug
made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC.
The studies tested it in macaques
exposed to a human-monkey version of HIV.
Researchers at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
gave six monkeys shots of the drug
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WHY THE SUN CAUSES CANCER
Opinion
March 6 - 12, 2014
1984: 30 years after the
Honoring Septima Clark “Run, Jesse, Run” campaign
Women’s History Month Salute…
By Marian Wright Edelman
NNPA Columnist
I was deeply
honored during
this Black History Month to be
inducted into the
South Carolina
Hall of Fame at
the same time as Mrs. Septima
Clark - the woman Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the
“Mother of the Movement.”
Readers familiar with Brian
Lanker’s marvelous book, I
Dream a World: Portraits of
Black Women Who Changed
America, will recognize Clark
as the proud, strong, and beautiful woman with silver braids
whose portrait graces the front
cover.
Brian captured her indomitable spirit a few weeks before
her death in 1987 at age 89 and
called me with excitement saying he knew after a very few
moments and a few shots that
he had found his cover.
Throughout much of her long
life Clark was often at odds
with South Carolina leaders
and made other enemies as she
traveled throughout the deep
south pioneering literacy and
citizenship education for black
Americans.
Yet her richly deserved Hall
of Fame induction symbolizes
just how far South Carolina and
the nation have come - in part
thanks to the work of citizen
heroines like her.
Clark was born in Charleston in 1898, the second of
eight children born to a former
slave father and laundrywoman
mother. She graduated from
Avery Normal Institute in 1916
with a teaching certificate. But
because the city of Charleston
would not hire black teachers,
she found a job in a rural community on Johns Island, S.C.
The white teacher in that
community had only three
white students but was paid $85
a month, while the black school
had two teachers for 132 children and the two black teachers
were paid a combined salary of
$60.
It was the first of many injustices throughout her long
career. But as time went on
she started speaking out even
when others around her would
not. As she simply put it years
later: “They were afraid, but I
wasn’t.”
In 1919 Clark returned to
Charleston, where she volunteered for a NAACP petition
effort that ultimately changed
the local law prohibiting black
teachers. For the next several
decades, she taught primarily in Charleston and Columbia while continuing her own
education in the summers - at
Columbia University in New
York; at Atlanta University,
where W.E.B. DuBois was one
of her professors; at Benedict
College, where she finally received a bachelor’s degree; and
at Hampton Institute, where she
earned her master’s.
She fought for equalization
of salaries for black and white
teachers in South Carolina. After Federal District Court Judge
J. Waties Waring, following the
law rather than white southern
mores, ordered equal pay for
teachers and also ruled that
black citizens must be permitted to vote in primary elections,
he and his wife and Septima
became friends and “social pariahs” in their communities.
Then after 40 years, her career as a South Carolina public school teacher came to an
abrupt halt in 1956, when the
state legislature ruled that state
employees could not belong to
By George E. Curry
NNPA Columnist
the NAACP. Clark refused to
resign or lie about her membership and was dismissed.
Clark signed her name to a
letter to 726 other black teachers asking them to protest the
law, but only 11 of them agreed
to attend a meeting with her and
the superintendent, and on the
day of the meeting only four
showed up. She later said that
effort was the big failure of her
life. She believed it failed because she tried to push the other
teachers into something they
weren’t ready for.
The lesson she learned was
that people needed to be trained
first so that they would be prepared to act - and the trainings
she went on to develop helped
shape the course of the Civil
Rights movement.
Clark had already attended
several meetings at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, the legendary grassroots
education center devoted to
social justice. In the summer
of 1955 she led a workshop
at Highlander on developing
leadership whose participants
included a shy, quiet NAACP
member from Montgomery,
Alabama, Mrs. Rosa Parks.
After Clark was fired from
her teaching job in 1956, Highlander’s extraordinary director,
Myles Horton, invited her to be
Highlander’s full-time director of workshops, where she
pioneered innovative programs
that combined literacy education for adults with citizenship
and voter education.
When the state of Tennessee
forced Highlander to close in
1961, Clark continued the same
work as director of education
and teaching for the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)’s new Citizen
Education Program. Her workshops formed the basis for the
Citizenship School movement
she helped establish across the
South.
In addition to teaching basic
reading skills using familiar
materials like the Sears catalog
and covering practical topics
like how to write checks, these
“schools” taught basic civics
and citizenship rights and focused on the arcane voting requirements specific to each local community that were being
used to disenfranchise black
voters.
Classes met on evenings and
weekends in churches, store
backrooms, and other available
spaces. Lessons were written
on dry-cleaning bags in place
of blackboards.
They relied on training local
citizens to teach other community members; Fannie Lou
Hamer was among the local
leaders who volunteered.
Clark eventually helped establish and recruit and train
teachers for hundreds of Citizenship Schools: “They were
in people’s kitchens, in beauty
parlors, and under trees in the
summertime. I went all over
the South, sometimes visiting
three Citizenship Schools in
one day…,” Clark said.
“One time I heard Andy
Young say that the Citizenship Schools were the base on
which the whole Civil Rights
movement was built. And that’s
probably very much true.”
Rosa Parks also said that
while she may have sat down
once, Clark kept on working
and building: “I am always
very respectful and very much
in awe of the presence of Septima Clark, because her life story makes the effort that I have
made very minute. I only hope
that there is a possible chance
that some of her great courage
and dignity and wisdom has
rubbed off on me.”
As a woman in the movement, Clark said she felt the
men around her often did not
do a good job of listening to or
including her or other women.
Yet she observed that it was
largely women who got things
done
She said, “In stories about
the Civil Rights movement you
hear mostly about the black
ministers. But if you talk to the
women who were there, you’ll
hear another story. I think the
Civil Rights movement would
never have taken off if some
women hadn’t started to speak
up.”
Even later in life, Clark was
never hesitant to speak up. One
of the injustices after her 1956
firing was that South Carolina
refused to pay the pension she
had earned for her 40 years of
teaching or the pay she would
have earned in the few years
before her retirement if she had
not been dismissed.
She did not give up on waiting for those wrongs to be
righted, and in 1976 the governor reinstated her pension.
And in 1981, the legislature approved paying her back pay.
Although her signature accomplishment may be the programs she established for black
adults, she never lost her original and enduring passion for
educating children.
She celebrated her 78th birthday by becoming the first black
woman elected to the Charleston School Board. Near the end
of her life, she said: “Education
is my big priority right now. I
want people to see children as
human beings and not to think
of the money that it costs nor to
think of the amount of time that
it will take, but to think of the
lives that can be developed into
Americans who will redeem the
soul of America and will really
make America a great country.”
Let’s honor Septima Clark’s
legacy right now by making
this priority our own with urgency and perseverance.
The
recent
Wall Street Project conference in
New York City
was old home
week for many
of us who were
involved with Jesse Jackson Sr.’s
first presidential campaign in 1984.
There was Frank Watkins, the
former candidate’s longtime press
secretary and the driving force
behind Jackson’s decision to run.
Also present were Emma Chappell, the campaign’s national treasurer; Rev. Herb Daughtry, senior
pastor of The House of the Lord
Church in Brooklyn and an early
supporter; economist Julianne
Malveaux, who worked in Jackson’s presidential campaigns and
four key parts of the 1984 rainbow
- Jim Zogby, Butch Wing, Steve
Cobble and Robert Borosage. Former Louisiana Congressman Cleo
Fields shared memories as did former New York City Mayor David
Dinkins.
I was asked to moderate a discussion about the impact of the
1984 campaign on the nation and,
yes, an African American now sitting in the White House. I covered
Jackson’s first presidential run
while working for the Chicago Tribune.
I knew most of the major players, but it wasn’t until we sat down
as a group with Jackson that we had
collectively reflected on the historic
events of three decades ago.
Cleo Fields recounted what the
campaign meant to him in deeply
personal terms.
“When I was in the fifth grade, I
was going through a lot of depression,” Fields said. “The first day of
school you had to state your name
and what you wanted to be in the
future. At the time, I wanted to be a
police officer, but everyone before
me had said doctor, lawyer or engineer. My mom had 10 children,
my daddy had died and I had handme-downs.
“I stood up - I wanted to say
something bigger than everyone
else - so I said, ‘My name is Cleo
Fields and I want to be (and the
only thing I could think of was
president) president of the United
States of America.’ Everybody
laughed, including the teacher. I
didn’t want to go back to school
because they thought it was a big
joke and I was depressed about it.
Two years later, Fields was present in the audience when Jackson
asked students to repeat his trade-
mark “I am Somebody” exhortation.
“It was at that moment that I
started believing I can be anything
I wanted to be,” Fields said. “I became a state senator at the age of
23. And that was because of Jesse
Jackson. And a congressan at the
age of 28. I became the Democratic
nominee for governor at the age of
33. And that’s only because of the
inspiration from Rev. Jesse Jackson
and I just want to say thank you.”
While working as a student organizer for Jackson, Fields was
invited to join Jackson’s national
staff.
Jackson’s presidential runs also
represented a breakthrough for
James J. Zogby, an Arab-American.
“For me and my community,
what was historic about this was it
brought together two parts of my
life,” he said. “I had always been
involved in civil rights and antiwar work. But when you became
an Arab, when you put on the Arab
hat, then allies you had in those
movements wouldn’t talk to you
anymore.”
Zogby told of politicians, including former Philadelphia Mayor
Wilson Goode, returning campaign
contributions donated by ArabAmerican groups.
“He [Jackson] said, ‘Our time
has come.’ It was my community’s
time, too. We felt welcome and
included for the first time in an
American political campaign.”
David Dinkins, New York City’s
first Black mayor, said he would
not have been elected without the
’84 presidential campaign of Jesse
Jackson. He said, “I know what
Jesse did for me.”
Frank Watkins, the former press
secretary, had urged Jackson to run
for president against Jimmy Carter
in 1979, but Jackson declined. But
this time around, Jackson was willing to listen.
“I wrote a memo outlining
the reasons for Rev. Jackson to
run: increase voter registration,
to increase political awareness of
people and to galvanize the Black
community to get more involved in
politics,” Watkins remembered of
his 1982 document. “I didn’t necessarily think that we would win,
but I tried to put together a strategy
where we could win.”
Jackson said a number of black
leaders were urged to run before
he made his decision to enter the
contest, including former Atlanta
mayors Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young. When they declined,
Jackson stepped forward.
“It really was not running for office, I was running as an organization,” Jackson stated. “…We kept
trying to pull the party back to the
moral center, which we called the
Third Rail. What became clear was
that civil rights, social justice, gender equality, workers’ rights were
not on the agenda. Somebody had
to get to the stage to get the cameras to hear us. We had no platform
on which to stand to make our case.
In the end, that was driving the situation.”
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine,
is editor-in-chief of the National
Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is
a keynote speaker, moderator,
and media coach. Curry can be
reached through his Web site, www.
georgecurry.com; also follow him
at www.twitter.com/currygeorge
and George E. Curry Fan Page on
Facebook.
Give Me a Hand
By Eric Garcia. Chicago, IL, courtesy of BlackCommentator.com
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March 6 - 12, 2014
Black women who helped make America great
Men tend to get all of the
credit for everything, especially the Civil Rights
Movement. While Dr. Martin L. King Jr. and Malcolm
X are known as the faces of
the movement, black history is brimming with women whose contributions are
equally noteworthy. These
women also deserve the distinction of being at the top
of the list for Women’s History Month. Their perseverance and God’s guiding hand
helped them to achieve what
many thought was the nonaccomplishable. Here are
a few of black women who
helped to advance our nation
under the most challenging
of circumstances.
1) Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel is bestknown for winning the 1940
Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress as “Mammy” in
“Gone with the Wind.” While
her role is widely considered
demeaning to blacks, viewing McDaniel’s performance
through such a narrow lens
overlooks the dignity with
which she handled her limited-acting opportunities. McDaniel’s Oscar acceptance
speech showed a grace and
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class that should have put the
racist directors, executives,
producers and actors of Hollywood to shame
2) Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was
easily one of the hardestworking women during the
Civil Rights Movement. She
was a plain-spoken and devout woman known for her
fiery speeches at the various
civil rights conferences she
attended. Hamer was critical
in organizing the Mississippi
Freedom Summer, a 1964 effort to register as many black
voters as possible. At the
time, voter registration was
a dangerous task that could
easily get one killed by white
segregationists determined to
keep blacks powerless. Later,
she reflected on her fearless
work:
“I guess if I’d had any
sense, I’d have been a little
scared - but what was the
point of being scared? The
only thing they could do was
kill me, and it seemed they’d
been trying to do that a little
bit at a time since I could remember.”
Now that is what we call
“hard core”!
3) Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was a journalist and civil rights activist in
the late 1800s, when blacks
could still remember being
slaves. Wells, who was born
just before Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation, is credited for
documenting lynchings in
the South and researching
how white segregationists
used violent methods to keep
African Americans “in their
place.”
Wells was also known for
being outspoken and unafraid to challenge whites, an
attitude that could have easily gotten her lynched. During
an 1884 train ride, Wells was
asked to give up her seat to a
white passenger and refused,
which occurred more than
70 years before Rosa Parks.
After the conductors dragged
her out of the train car, she
sued the train company - and
won.
Though the ruling was
overturned, Wells proved
that she could unabashedly
stare racism dead in the eye.
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The need for bad things to
happen to God’s people
By Rev. Leon Collier
As we end
the celebration
of one joyous
month, we begin the observance of another
- Women’s History Month and we are continuing our series on “Why bad
things need to happen to God’s
people.”
As we continue our study,
this week’s focus is “How to
generate joy in affliction” with
emphasis on “God’s will plus
Prayer and Praise” as described
in (Acts 16:25-26). “…about
midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to
God… Suddenly there was a
great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison were
shaken; and immediately all the
doors were opened, and everyone’s chains came off.”
We know what prayer and
praise can do, but sometimes
people can be so down and dismayed they don’t have the will
to pray. So, what was so different about Paul and Silas? How
were they able to do it especially
after having been beaten, and
thrown into the worst part of the
jail where it was dark, cold and
probably had mice?
One source said, “…Paul and
Silas…had reason to fear more,
yet they were not dismayed, but
they were even happy in their
sufferings. They were so fully
satisfied that they were right,
and had done their duty (performed God’s will), that there
was no room for regret… they
had such consolations from God
as could render any circumstances not only tolerable, but
delightful.” (ACC)
The Holy Ghost comforted
their hearts because they had
done God’s will. When you are
in the will of God during trials, it’s natural to praise God.
They felt confident because they
knew they had done God’s will.
So, if we do God’s will and not
our own it will give us joy and
strength to be able to praise God
in the worst times.
You must look at suffering
from God’s perspective and buy
into it. God’s perspectives on
suffering are as follows:
1) Your growth - James 1:2,
“…count it all joy when you fall
into different kinds of trials…”
In other words, don’t consider it
an opportunity to complain, but
consider rather an opportunity to
experience joy. This perspective
gives you a win, win situation.
According to James 1:2, 3 the
primary reason we should rejoice in trials is because God’s
plan is to help us grow up in
Christ. James 1:3-4, “…knowing that the trying of your faith
works patience, but let patience
have its full effect, so that you
may be made fully mature, lacking nothing.” We can generate
joy in affliction when we change
our perspective of suffering. We
need to see affliction as an opportunity to help us grow into
mature Christians and not look
at affliction as a hindrance to our
convenience.
2) Your Good - Romans 8:28,
“We know that all things work
together for good for those who
love God…” One writer said,
“God can use very bad things to
accomplish very good things.”
No matter how bad your
problem is, since your God has
all power He is able to make it
work for your good. This alone,
is reason enough to never doubt
God because even when it seems
like He has let you down He can
work a miracle in your favor
just as He did when He raised
Lazarus from the dead when
his friends and family thought it
was too late.
God has a law set in place that
no matter what happens, good
or bad, everything can work together for our good. All we have
to do is be faithful to Him and
He will make all things work for
our good.
Matthew 5:11-12, “Blessed
are you when people criticize
you, persecute you, and say all
kinds of evil against you falsely,
for my sake. Rejoice, and be
exceedingly glad, for great is
your reward in heaven...” We
can rejoice, because we have a
great eternal reward awaiting us
in heaven. So, when we suffer as
Christians we will get paid for it
on earth and in heaven just like
Job.
Your God (Acts 5:40-41): “…
when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged
them not to speak in the name
of Jesus, and let them go. The
apostles left rejoicing that they
were counted worthy to suffer
dishonor for Jesus’ name.” The
apostles kept one thing in mind.
Their life was bought with a
price and it was no longer their
life. Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless
I live; yet not I, but Christ lives
in me…”
So when they suffered, they
didn’t consider it a dishonor but
rather an honor having suffered
for the King of Kings and the
Lord of Lords. When we finally
buy into the fact that we live for
Christ and not ourselves we can
rejoice in trials because it’s all
about Jesus and not about us.
As long as you suffer for the
sake of Christ, blessings and joy
will rest upon your life. Remember Matthew 5:11-12, “Blessed
are you when people criticize
you, persecute you, and say all
kinds of evil against you falsely,
for my sake.” Notice this verse
ends by saying, “for my sake.”
Jesus said blessed are you if you
suffer for His sake. The word
blessed in Hebrew means happy.
So, happy are you when you suffer for Jesus’ sake.
In short, God grants joy to
Message from the Religion Editor
By Daphne Higgins
Religion Editor
History
is
a
wonderful
thing. Without
it, we would
never
learn
anything moving forward. Do
you agree? As we move from
the celebration of history of
one month to another, let me
first thank God for making
“all things possible.”
We live in a time of so
much turmoil, but yet, it is
a time of celebration. Hundreds of years ago, it was
unheard of to celebrate Black
History Month. Hundreds of
years ago, women were often treated as second class
citizens and now here we are
in March, Women’s History
Month, a time when national
observance is given to the
contributions of women from
all spectrums of life.
Although it began as a way
to pay tribute to the women
who were instrumental in the
political arena, church sisters
have played an important role
in shaping the past, present
and future as evidenced by
the many celebrations that
have taken place throughout
communities nationwide.
Women serve the church
in so many capacities and as
time evolves; their presence
in the church continues to do
the same. Positions, in many
denominations that were once
held by men only, are now
held by sisters of all faiths.
Spiritual life, for many
sisters, continues to evolve
and through God’s grace and
mercy, the sisters continue to
serve humbly in the manner
that He has bestowed upon
everyone.
My exposure to these sisters is vast but special. As I
reminisce, I know that I have
been blessed with wonderful
women surrounding me all
of my life: at home, church,
work and socially (not necessarily in that order). God
has placed each one of them
in my life for a reason and
as I continue to develop as
a Christian, I believe that I
have grown spiritually because of personal interaction
with these women.
During the years that followed immediately after my
college graduation, the group
of ladies who surrounded
me with love while I resided
in Memphis, Tenn., was all
young Christian women. Our
bond of love is one that continues to this day. I can truly
say that I gained true friends
those who suffer for His sake.
What happens when we change our
perspective on suffering and see it
God’s way? We will be able to rejoice in the midst of our troubles.
I look forward to sharing more
with you as we continue the study,
“The need for bad things to happen
to God’s people.”
Rev. Leon Collier is the pastor
of Makarios Worship Center, 464
Church Rd., Madison. Residents
of Madison, he and wife, Minister
Yolanda; are the proud parents
for life.
To the countless ladies of
my sisterhood, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., the fellowship that has come into
my life because of this great
organization has helped to
make me a stronger and wiser
woman. I dare not begin naming any of my sisters because
the list is too long.
To my biological sisters all five - I could not imagine
life without any of you. My
parents did a wonderful job
of rearing us in a God-fearing
household and we continue to
live that life to this day.
I truly love the women in
my spiritual life, both past
and current, who have helped
to mold me while being exposed to God’s word. To all
of you, especially those I
worship with now, I love each
of you. Just being in a body of
women who exhibit love is a
phenomenal experience.
But my special recognition
of love is probably the same
recognition that my mother
would have given when I
was a young lady residing in
Clarksdale, Miss. It is recognition of knowing that my
children are engulfed in a
nurturing environment of sisters who will always support
and love them. Thank you
sisters, for all that you do to
keep God alive and for being
personal messengers for the
Lord.
Throughout the month, you
will be blessed with information about sisters from across
all walks of life who have
made accomplishments in
various areas. Their news is
good news and I can’t wait to
share it with you.
Remember the verse that
I often share with you - Isaiah 52:7 (NIV), which reads:
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who
bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good
tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, Your
God reigns!”
The Mississippi Link, a
messenger for news in and
around the state of Mississippi, would like to not only
share the news of sisters but
all who would like to tell
others their news about their
places of worship and even
the places that are visited.
Contact Daphne M. Higgins
at religion@mississippilink.
com. Fax 601-896-0091 or
mail your information to The
Mississippi Link, 2659 Livingston Road, Jackson, MS
39213.
of three daughters. He received
degrees from Criswell College in
Dallas; Southern Methodist University - Perkins School of Theology; and a Masters of Divinity from
Memphis Theological Seminary. A
pastor for 23 years, Collier serves
as a volunteer chaplain for various
law enforcement agencies in the
metro area and for the Mississippi
Governor’s Mansion. He may be
reached by calling 601.260.3016,
601.855.7898 or e-mail karab5@
live.com.
A prayer for a man who prayed with the city
By Rev. CJ Rhodes, M.Div
Lord,
We thank You
for the life and
legacy of our gifted hunter, Mayor
Chokwe Lumumba.
A family has lost a father; a city
has lost a champion.
As we mourn his passing, we
honor You for granting him a vi-
sion for a world that’s free and just
for everyone. We thank You that in
his own ways he reminded us all
that the arc of the moral universe
is long and bends toward justice.
May his living and his loving not
be in vain.
Be with Rukia, Antar and the
rest of the Lumumba tribe. Uphold them in their time of great
grief, for they trust in the power of
prayer. And be with this great city,
our city, who has lost a giant.
Bless now Acting Mayor Charles
Tillman and the City Council as
they prepare for a special election
at such a sullen time. Stand with
Mayor Lumumba’s administrative
team, city employees, and all who
work for a better Jackson everyday
as difficult transitions take place.
And bless our dear citizens who
looked to Mayor Lumumba with
great hope and who believe hope
died with him. Rally their strength,
grant us all resilience and vision,
and may we all move forward
aware of our shared destiny as a
people and as a City.
Bless Jackson like only You can.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
The Rev. CJ Rhodes serves as
rector of the historic Oakland Memorial Chapel and director of Student Religious Life at Alcorn State
University. He is a graduate of the
University of MS and Duke University. Pastor Rhodes is married
to Allison Thomas-Rhodes.
Photo courtesy of Rev. CJ Rhodes
March 6 - 12, 2014
“The wickedness of man is great!”
By Pastor Simeon R. Green III
The ungodly
conditions that
worked in Noah’s
day are working
in our day. You
can read a little
about those conditions in Genesis 6:5, which
states, “The wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually.”
This was the condition that
was working in Noah’s day,
and it’s not hard to see in our
day that the wickedness of man
is still great. We are living in
a day when you can say something clean, but people’s minds
have become so corrupted and
so devoted to evil and ungodliness that they will make something bad out of it.
The Bible tells us that as it
was in the days of Noah and in
the days of Lot, so shall it be in
the days of the coming of the
Son of Man.
What are some other things
that happened in the days of
Noah?
The earth was corrupt during Noah’s time according to
Genesis 6:11. We are living
in a world where the earth has
become corrupt. Verse 12 says,
“And God looked upon the
earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted
his way upon the earth.”
That is happening today. All
flesh is corrupting their way
upon the earth. We are living
in a day when people say, “Oh,
this is a disease and a problem.”
However, it is sin and ungodliness in the sight of God.
The Bible makes it plain in
Ecclesiastes 7:29, “Lo, this
only have I found, that God
hath made man upright; but
they sought out many inventions.” God still makes men
upright, but they have corrupted their ways. They have
sought out many evil inventions, and God is taking notice.
Back in Noah’s day, God
looked down and saw that the
world had gotten into such
an ungodly situation and that
sin had grown by leaps and
bounds. After a while, God’s
patience wore out, and He said
in Genesis 6:7, “I will destroy
man whom I have created from
the face of the earth; both man
and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth me that I have
made them.”
God destroyed both man and
beast because all flesh had corrupted its way. You may say,
“I know that I’m not saved,
but I’m a good, moral person.”
You will go to the same hell
that the drunks, the drug addicts, the whoremongers, and
the adulterers go. You will end
up in the same place because
if you offend the law in one
point, you are guilty of all in
God’s sight.
Friend, being a good, moral
person is not enough to get you
to Heaven. You may be a good,
moral person, you may be good
to your husband or your wife,
you may be good to your children, and you may be a good
citizen, nevertheless, you must
be born again.
Being a good person and
having good characteristics
about you are not good enough.
Thank God for your good characteristics, but “all have sinned
and come short of the glory of
God….” (Romans 3:23)
Jesus said in Matthew 9:13,
“I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Rev. Simeon R. Green III is
pastor of Joynes Road Church
of God, 31 Joynes Road,
Hampton VA 23669. He is
married to Velma L. Green. He
honorably served in the U.S.
Army for 20 years. Rev. Green
is a member of the National
Association of Evangelism
Church of God, Anderson, Ind.
He serves as chairman of the
Southeastern Association of
The Church of God, Inc.
The Top 10 Gospel Songs from the Billboard
Gospel Charts for the week of March 6
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Every Praise
3.
Break Every Chain
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It’s Working
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I Can Only Imagine
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Nothing Without You
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The Gift
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Change can do
you good
By Shewanda Riley
Columnist
Divorce after
10 years of being
together.
Terminated without
cause after three
years of employment. As I listened to my two friends describe
how they were adjusting to the
shock of those changes, all I could
think about was the major change
I’d made recently in my life was
actually a positive one: buying a
house. Not much of a change compared to theirs.
The very familiar story of Joseph in the Old Testament is a good
example of learning from sudden
changes and their effects. He was
sold into slavery by his brothers,
endured an unfair prison sentence
and decades of separation from his
family. Yet, in the midst of all the
negative things that happened in
his life, he was still willing to be
used by God. When asked to interpret dreams of the Pharaoh, he
gave a God inspired response. This
response so impacted the Pharaoh
that Joseph was not only released
from jail but he also was given a
position of great importance.
Through every transition that
Joseph experienced, scriptures say
that he remained in God’s favor.
But they also show us that God
was also working on Joseph. No
longer was Joseph a boastful teenager. He had matured into a man
who had recognized that God’s
will and not his brother’s hatred
had prevailed. Genesis 45:4-5
shows this as when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, “I
am Joseph your brother, whom
you sold into Egypt. But now, do
not therefore be grieved or angry
with yourselves because you sold
me here; for God sent me before
you to preserve life.”
I encouraged my friends to remember Joseph and to try to see
the great things that were ahead
despite how it looked. Even
though what they were going
through wasn’t necessarily a good
thing, God would turn it to good
for them. I dutifully recited Romans 8:28 which says, “And we
know that all things work together
for good to those who love God, to
those who are the called according
to His purpose.”
Being angry was understandable but they also one day would
hopefully see the unwanted changes as an opportunity for a fresh
start.
Accepting change was a
big part of a process of growth
that God knew they were ready
to complete. Rather than fight or
complain about the process, they
should do their best to submit to
the process and learn the specific
lesson God had for them.
John 5:12 says “He cuts off
every branch in me that bears no
fruit, while every branch that does
bear fruit he prunes so that it will
be even more fruitful.” These sudden changes could also be seen as
God’s way of pruning or cleansing
their lives of unnecessary things
so they could be more fruitful and
blessed in the next season of their
lives.
Shewanda Riley is the author
of the Essence best-seller “Love
Hangover: Moving From Pain
to Purpose after a Relationship Ends.” She can be reached
at [email protected], at
www.shewandariley.com or www.
anointedauthorsontour.com
Jackson, MS 39204
Fax: 601-355-0760
James Fortune & FIYA
Prayer Service 6:30 p.m.
Classes: Children • Youth • Adult - 7:00 p.m.
Donald Lawrence
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Missionary
Baptist
Church
9:30 a.m.
Fulfillment Hour
(Sunday School)
Pastor, Dr. F. R. Lenoir
11:00 a.m. MorningSunday
Worship
Service
School
- 9:15 a.m.
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Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup,
Sr.
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Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
1770 Ellis Avenue • Jackson, MS 39204
OFFICE. 601-371-1427 • FAX. 601-371-8282
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Wednesday
Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday 6:30 p.m.
Prayer Time & Bible Study
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Property Management reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any or all
bids. NOTE: Telephones and desks will not be available for bidders use at the bid site.
Project is funded by a combination of Federal, State, and Non-Governmental sources.
Project includes Federal Grant C76HF20718 in the amount of $2,772,500 (11.5%) and
Non-Governmental funds in the amount of $5,000,000 (21.1%).
Glenn R. Kornbrek, Bureau Director
03/6/2014, 03/13/2014
LEGAL
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A USE PERMIT
ZONING CASE NO. 3860
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, March
11, 2014, for the purchase of certain City-owned property: parcel 14343, located at 0 Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi. 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
[email protected].
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. Jackson, Mississippi 39201). The outside of the
envelope must be plainly marked to identify the parcel number being
bid on along with the bidder’s name. Enclose one (1) original and one
(1) copy of the bid. Bids will be opened on Tuesday, March 11, 2014,
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.
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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority and direction of that Ordinance by the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi, appearing in Minute
Book 3G at page 115 thereof, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in or in any way affected thereby, that Danielle Frazier-Armistad
has filed with the Planning Board for the City of Jackson, an application requesting a Use Permit to allow for the operation of a residential
facility for the handicap in a R-1 (Single-family) Residential District on
property located at 105 Poole St, in the First Judicial District of Hinds
County, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as:
All interested public and private transit and paratransit operators within the City of Jackson, are hereby advised of the City of Jackson Department of Human and Cultural
Services’ intent to apply to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Jackson, Mississippi for a grant under Section 5310 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, for the
provision of elderly and disabled transportation services. Service is being provided within the City of Jackson. The City of Jackson Department of Human and Cultural Services
Senior Services Division’s Special 1 ransportation Services provides transit mobility to
disabled persons and persons 60 years of age and older, that promotes independence
and self-sufficiency to obtain needed services in the City of Jackson.
The purpose of this notice is to advise all interested parties, including transit and paratransit operators, of the services being planned for providing transportation services for
the elderly and disabled within the area as described above, and to ensure that such a
program would not represent a duplication of current or of proposed services provided
by existing transit or paratransit operators in the area.
Comments either for or against this service will be received t any time within 15 days
from the date of this notice. All comments should be addressed to:
City of Jackson
Department of Human and Cultural Services
Senior Services Division
P.O. Box 17
Jackson, MS 39205
Dr. Connie C. Taylor, Manager
Senior Services Division
601-960-0412
03/6/2014, 03/13/2014
RFP 2014-03 Four Year Contract for Student Transportation Services
Sealed, written formal RFP proposals for the above RFP will be received
by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the
Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until
10:00 A.M. (Local Prevailing Time) March 27, 2014, at which time and
place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all RFPS, to waive informalities,
and to withhold the acceptance of any RFP if approved for forty-five
calendar days from the date RFPS are opened. Proposal forms and
detailed specifications may be obtained free of charge by emailing Bettie Jones, at [email protected], in writing to the at JPS Central Office, Bettie Jones, 662 S. President Street, Jackson, MS 39201
or downloaded from our JPS website at www.jackson.k12.ms.us under
Current News
Lot 5, Carberry Survey.
Said application will be heard at the City Planning Board Hearing in
the Andrew Jackson Conference Room, First Floor, Warren A. Hood
Building, 200 S. President Street in Jackson, Mississippi, at 1:30 p.m.,
on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at which time all parties interested in
or affected thereby will be heard both pro and con on said question,
after which a record will be established upon which the City Planning
Board can make its recommendation to the City Council of Jackson.
Any objection thereto may be made by any person owning property
within the area, and if made in writing must be filed with the City Zoning Administrator before said time if a hearing thereof or consideration
thereof is desired, or by counsel on said date. If a request is made to
the Zoning Administrator at least 72 hours in advance, the City will take
steps to accommodate citizens need for interpreters or auxiliary aids for
the visually/hearing impaired.
A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at the district offices located at 101 Near Street, Jackson, MS, 39203 on March 21, 2014 at
10:00 a.m. Attendance at this meeting is for any proposer wishing to
submit a proposal. The purpose of this meeting will be to answer any
questions regarding the proposal specifications and the current transportation system.
3/6/2014, 3/13/2014
NOTICE OF APRIL 8, 2014 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO FILL
THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE LATE MAYOR CHOWKE LUMUMBA.
WITNESS my signature this 3rd day of March 2014.
/s/Ester L. Ainsworth
Zoning Administrator
City of Jackson, Mississippi
On Monday March 3. 2014, the Jackson City Council voted to set the date of
April 8, 2014 for the Municipal Special Election to fill the unexpired term of the
late Mayor Chowke Lumumba.
3/6/2014, 3/20/2014
Each candidate shall qualify by petition filed with the Municipal Clerk by 5:00
p.m. on or before March 19, 2014. Said petition must be signed by not less
than fifty (50) qualified electors. Qualifying packets will be available for pickup on Wednesday, March 5,2014.
LEGAL
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A USE PERMIT
ZONING CASE NO. 3861
The City Clerk’s Office will be open March 4, 2014 to March 7, 2014 for Voter
Registration from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday, March 8, 2014
from 8:00 a.m. uniil 12:00 (noon).
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority and direction of that Ordinance by the City Council of Jackson, Mississippi, appearing in Minute
Book 3G at page 115 thereof, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in or in any way affected thereby, that Highland Village Holdings, LLC has filed with the Planning Board for the City of Jackson, an
application requesting a Use Permit to allow for accessory automobile
parking to serve commercial use immediately across from Old Canton
Rd in an R-1A (Single-family) Residential District on property located
at 1305 Kimwood Drive (Parcel 535-2) and 1306 Kimwood Drive(Parcel
535-4) , in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, and
being more particularly described as:
The scheduled absentee voting period is March 29 - April 5, 2014. The City
Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, March 29, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until
12:00 (noon), and on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 (noon).
If necessary, a run-off election will be held on Tuesday, April 22,2014. All inquiries should be directed to Cily Clerk, Brenda Pree at 601-960-1036.
THE USE OF VOTER ID WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THIS ELECTION.
3/6/2014, 3/13/2014, 3/20/2014
1305 Kimwood Drive (Parcel 535-2)
Lot 1, Kimwood Subdivision, Part 1. Less to City for St
LEGAL
1306 Kimwood Drive(Parcel 535-4)
Lot 2, Kimwood Subdivision, Part 1.
NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
CITY OF JACKSON
Said application will be heard at the City Planning Board Hearing in
the Andrew Jackson Conference Room, First Floor, Warren A. Hood
Building, 200 S. President Street in Jackson, Mississippi, at 1:30 p.m.,
on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at which time all parties interested in
or affected thereby will be heard both pro and con on said question,
after which a record will be established upon which the City Planning
Board can make its recommendation to the City Council of Jackson.
Any objection thereto may be made by any person owning property
within the area, and if made in writing must be filed with the City Zoning Administrator before said time if a hearing thereof or consideration
thereof is desired, or by counsel on said date. If a request is made to
the Zoning Administrator at least 72 hours in advance, the City will take
steps to accommodate citizens need for interpreters or auxiliary aids for
the visually/hearing impaired.
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, March 11,
2014, for the purchase of certain City-owned property: parcel 143-43-1, located at 0 Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi. 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 [email protected].
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. Jackson, Mississippi 39201). The outside of the envelope
must be plainly marked to identify the parcel number being bid on along with
the bidder’s name. Enclose one (1) original and one (1) copy of the bid.
Bids will be opened on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 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.
WITNESS my signature this 3rd day of March 2014.
/s/Ester L. Ainsworth
Zoning Administrator
City of Jackson, Mississippi
CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
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Academy Awards.
In one of the tightest races
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In fact, the film - produced
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Fox Searchlight - went home
with multiple awards including best supporting actress
(Lupita Nyong’o) and best
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picture.
Adapted by McQueen and
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the film tells the true story
Nyong’o
of a free black man living in
New York who is drugged,
kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana.
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award, “12 Years” made history; it’s the first movie from
a black director to win the
film industry’s highest honor
in the Oscars’ 86 years of existence.
“Everyone deserves not
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is the most important legacy
of Solomon Northup,” McQueen said in his acceptance
speech.
Owing largely to its often
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a movie about slavery or I
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’12 Years A Slave’ director Steve McQueen and actor/producer Brad
Pitt congratulate each other after winning Oscar for Best picture.
Lupita Nyong’o
wins Supporting
Actress Oscar for
’12 Years A Slave’
eurweb.com
Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar win
comes after taking the same
award at the Screen Actors
Guild awards, a good barometer of Oscar winners. This is
the first Academy Award for
the Mexico City-born, Kenyanraised actress. It was just yesterday, Saturday, that she also won
a Spirit Award for best support-
ing actress. She has also won
the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.
Award for the role, as well as a
number of regional accolades
from critics/groups in Austin,
Chicago, Los Angeles, London,
Phoenix and more.
Nyong’o was three weeks shy
of graduating from Yale Drama
School when she was cast by
McQueen.
eurweb.com
A photo of President Obama
hugging his wife Michelle
Obama is no longer the most
retweeted pic in Tw’istory…
thanks to Ellen DeGeneres.
During last night’s Academy Awards telecast, the host
got Meryl Streep, then Julia
Roberts,
Bradley Cooper,
Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong’o (and her ecstatic
brother) to take a selfie in the
aisle in an attempt to break
Twitter’s retweet record.
Before Cooper pressed the
button, Jared Leto, Brad Pitt,
Angelina Jolie and Kevin
Spacey had jumped in it.
Before the telecast ended at
midnight (30 minutes over),
the photo had been retweeted
more than two million times,
breaking the record set by
POTUS and FLOTUS embracing after his re-election in
2012.
Twitter also sent out an
apology because all of the
retweeting shut down the service for more than 20 minutes
after 10 p.m. ET.
The former most retweeted photo in history
XXXXX
2014 AWARD RECIPIENTS
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus
Features)
ACHIEVEMENTINCOSTUMEDESIGN
“The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Catherine
Martin
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND
HAIRSTYLING
“Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features) Adruitha
Lee and Robin Mathews
ACHIEVEMENTINCINEMATOGRAPHY
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel Lubezki
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón and
Mark Sanger
ACHIEVEMENTINPRODUCTIONDESIGN
“The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Production
Design: Catherine Martin; Costume Design:
Beverley Dunn
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
ACHIEVEMENTINMUSICWRITTENFOR
MOTIONPICTURES(ORIGINALSCORE)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
FILM OF THE YEAR
ACHIEVEMENTINMUSICWRITTENFOR
MOTIONPICTURES(ORIGINALSONG)
“Mr. Hublot”
“Frozen” (Walt Disney) Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
and Peter Del Vecho
ACHIEVEMENTINVISUALEFFECTS
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Tim Webber, Chris
Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Helium” An M & M Production Anders Walter and
Kim Magnusson
BESTDOCUMENTARYSHORTSUBJECT
“The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life” A
Reed Entertainment Production Malcolm Clarke
and Nicholas Reed
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“20 Feet From Stardom” (RADiUS-TWC) A Gil
Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production
Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FILM OF THE YEAR
“The Great Beauty” (Janus Films) – Italy An Indigo
Film Production
ACHIEVEMENTINSOUNDMIXING
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri,
Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years A Slave” (Fox
Searchlight)
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Steven Price
“Let It Go” from “Frozen” (Walt Disney) Music
and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert
Lopez
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay
by John Ridley
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Her” (Warner Bros.) Written by Spike Jonze
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón
PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine” (Sony Pictures
Classics)
PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
(Focus Features)
BEST MOTION PICTURE
OF THE YEAR
“12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight) A River Road,
Plan B, New Regency Production Brad Pitt, Dede
Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and
Anthony Katagas, Producers
March 6 - 12, 2014
Book Review:
“Worthy
Brown’s
Daughter”
Phillip Margolin
by
c.2014, Harper
$26.99 / $33.50 Canada • 352 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Book Reviewer
You know your rights! Or,
well, at least you’re pretty
sure you do. Laws can change
quickly and they’re often up
for interpretation. Sometimes,
there’s a gray area, too, and….
So you know your rights, but
how to enforce them is perhaps
another matter - especially if
you’d once been a slave. In the
new novel, “Worthy Brown’s
Daughter” by Phillip Margolin,
that’s one man’s struggle.
Facing a noose-waving lynch
mob would terrify anyone.
Matthew Penny knew that to
be a fact: as a lawyer, he’d seen
many men strung up and his
new client, a traveling salesman, was meant to be next.
Penny was sure the man
wasn’t guilty, though, but it
was 1860 on the frontier, and
corruption was common. And
the man’s beautiful, exotic ac-
cuser seemed to have the judge
under her spell.
As it turned out, the salesman was convicted and harshly
punished, but things could have
been worse. He would’ve hung,
were it not for the quiet black
man who approached Penny
and whispered that the trial was
rigged.
Weeks later, in Penny’s Portland office, it was time to pay
for that information. Worthy
Brown had once been a slave in
Savannah and had traveled west
with his owner, Caleb Barbour,
who was escaping debt.
Although slavery was illegal
in Oregon and Brown was now
a free man, Barbour still held
Brown’s only child, Roxanne.
The law was on Brown’s side,
but Barbour was smart and well
connected.
Brown needed Penny’s help.
And Penny understood loss all
to well. Traveling westbound
two years prior, his beloved
wife had drowned during a
river crossing, and he sorely
missed her. He knew Rachel
would want him happy - but
what would she say about his
growing romance with the
daughter of Portland’s wealthiest citizen?
That vexed him greatly, but
there wasn’t time to dwell on
it. Saving Brown’s daughter
from her captor was more important. And since Barbour had
started collecting supporters,
there was no chance for error
on Penny’s part.
Good and bad. That’s this
book. Author Phillip Margolin
admits that he took license with
history in order to write “Worthy Brown’s Daughter” and, indeed, the premise of this novel
bears rather small resemblance
to the true events it’s “loosely”
based upon.
The real-life tale of “several”
Crossword Puzzle
unlawfully-held former slave
children is surely one of fascination and outrage. But
here it’s watered down by
fiction that mostly seems to
get in the way, and that turns
what might’ve been a stellar
novel into just another courtroom drama.
Yet, there’s Worthy Brown.
Margolin makes his title
character someone who’s
steadfast and solid, someone you desperately want to
win. Brown is just one man
in this well-populated story,
but his presence alone will
keep your nose buried in this
book.
Overall, I think if you’re
looking for historical accuracy, you’ll be happier looking
elsewhere. This ain’t what
you want. But if you need a
decent enough novel to pass
the time, “Worthy Brown’s
Daughter” might be it.
Sudoku
The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every
3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear
only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box.
© Feature Exchange
Cryptogram
A cryptogram is a puzzle where a sentence is encoded by substituting the
actual letters of the sentence with different letters. The challenge of the
puzzle is to ‘decode’ the sentence to reveal the original English sentence.
We have provided a few of the decoded letters to help get you started.
Hint: Quote by Jay Leno
© Feature Exchange
This Week’s Horoscopes
Repetitive tasks, if possible, is something
you should avoid this week.
1/21 - 2/19
Aquarius
ACROSS
1. Onto
5. Lounge
9. Not one
10. Small bunch of flowers
11. Asian country
12. __ Carta
13. South-Central Dravidian
15. Wood tool
16. Intent
18. Voting means
21. Dined
22. Me
26. Type of dance
28. Capital of Western Samoa
29. Old
30. Time period
31. Bird’s home
32. Dried-up
DOWN
1. Dimension
2. Peel
3. Voiced
4. The “So you can rest”
medicine brand
5. Resort hotel
6. Piano-like instrument
7. Loses opposite
8. Gazing
10. Foul
14. Sundial pointer
17. School assignments
18. Wand
19. Dickens’ “__ of Two Cities”
(2 wds.)
20. Allows to borrow
23. Dueling sword
24. Cheater
25. Ticket amount
27. Fetch
© Feature Exchange
Feelings get aired and a greater sense of
control and satisfaction results today.
7/23-8/21
Leo
Today, make sure to get the job done right
because the boss may be watching!
2/20 - 3/20
Pisces
It is best to sign nothing of importance
during these next few days.
8/22 - 9/23
Virgo
The price of perfection may require you
to travel elsewhere, so be careful.
3/21 - 4/20
Aries
This weekend, it may be a good time to
visit a relative or watch an old movie.
9/24 - 10/23
Libra
Time to be quick this week and make
smart deals as the intellectual pace around
you quickens.
4/21 - 5/21
Taurus
It can be easy to get worried about
romantic matters right now, but
moderation is the right response.
10/24 - 11/22
Scorpio
This week, you can put emotions into
words so you will be ahead of the crowd!
5/22 - 6/21
Gemini
The temptation to throw yourself into a
new regimen may run high all this week.
11/23 - 12/22
Sagittarius
Being a little adventurous this week may
be the ticket to build on your connections.
6/22 - 7/22
Cancer
Choose your new path well before you
embark or it may become a flash in the pan.
12/23 - 1/20
Capricorn
(For puzzle answer keys, see page 14)
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March 6 - 12, 2014
In Loving Memory of My Brother in
the Struggle for Human Justice and
Rights, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba!
I will miss your physical presence
but your Spirit will always be with
me! I will never forget the times we
shared, the battles we fought, and
the victories we won.”
With Love, Your Brother,
Ali M. ShamsidDeen
March 6 - 12, 2014
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