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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
‘Caring and Sharing’ festival packed with
fun, music to benefit homeless families
By Susan Ruddiman
[email protected]
Watson
gets taste
of the wild
Sen. Michael Watson, R-Pascagoula, got a real taste of the wild
— wild game that is — during a
trip to South Africa earlier this
month that was sponsored by
Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit American Council of Young
Political Leaders.
Toward the end of the 10-day
trip, the group ended one day
with a meal of oryx (a type of antelope), springbok (a white and
brown gazelle), kudu (a type of
antelope known for its distinctive
twisted horns), zebra and ostrich.
So what tasted the best,
according to Watson?
“It’s a close one between zebra,
oryx, Namibian beef and springbok, but I’d have to go with the
grilled springbok,” Watson said.
“It was full of flavor and very tender.”
Springbok is said to taste similar to venison.
Jackson County Romney
headquarters to open
The Jackson County Romney
Victory Headquarters is set to
open at 6 p.m. Thursday at 3418
Bienville Blvd. in Ocean Springs,
next to the Center for Eye Care.
The public is invited to attend.
Mississippi Speaker of the
House Philip Gunn, R-Clinton,
plans to cut the ribbon, and an
array of local and state elected officials are expected to attend.
The office will serve as central
information and campaign organizing hub for the Romney-Ryan
campaign in Jackson County. The
Republican headquarters also
will provide information for the
re-election campaigns of U.S.
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo,
and U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, RBiloxi.
“Our Republican headquarters
will be an important rallying
point for the enthusiasm in Jackson County to elect Mitt Romney
and Paul Ryan,” said Brian Sanderson, chairman of the Jackson
County Republican Executive
Committee. “In addition to our
local campaign efforts, we also
will join Republicans in other
swing states for their get-out-thevote efforts.”
Following the ribbon-cutting,
the Jackson County Republican
Club will host its regular meeting
at 7 that night at the Gautier Convention Center, with Gunn addressing the group on issues
important to the state.
State Rep. Charles Busby, RPascagoula, and president of the
club, said: “Jackson County residents interested in joining the Republican Club are invited to
attend the meeting and join the
group. The Republican Club has
been growing since its formation
in the spring of last year and will
be extremely active during the
November election.”
For more information contact
Denise Doyle, vice president,
Jackson County Republican Club
228-447-3200; [email protected].
Hosemann to be guest
at Corder fundraiser
Mississippi Secretary of
See Skinny, Page 3C
Eastlawn United Methodist
Church in Pascagoula is presenting its third annual “Caring and
Sharing” benefit for Family
Promise on Sept. 29.
All the money raised will support homeless people with children, said Robert Weathersby,
chairman of the Family Promise
of Jackson County Board of Trustees.
“According to the four school
districts in Jackson County, there
were over 400 school-aged children who were homeless last
year in our county,” he said.
The festival will feature a children’s fun park, silent art auction, bake sale, classic cars,
vendors, an outdoor coffee house
and gourmet hamburgers and
hot dogs for $5 each.
The musical lineup includes:
n 10 to 10:30 a.m. — Amy
Dunnam
n 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. —
Southern Coast Bluegrass Band
n 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. —
Mike and the Others
n 12:45 to 1:15 p.m. — Susanne Gill and David Westfaul
n 1:30 to 2 p.m. — Singing
River Boys gospel
n 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. — Blarney
Coast Celtic Band
n 3:15 to 4 p.m. — Tom Beaver & the Blue Heron Band
“We have 10 churches in Jackson County participating in the
effort,” Weathersby said.
A nonprofit group, Family
Promise provides support to
homeless families, helping them
find permanent housing, employment and stability, he said.
FYI
WHAT: Third annual
Eastlawn “Caring and
Sharing” Festival to
benefit Family Promise
WHEN: Saturday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: 2502 Ingalls
Ave., Pascagoula
ADMISSION: Free
INFO: 228-990-0737
or 228-769-2364
COOP
DEVILLE
Seghers family’s unique chicken
house in Ocean Springs is
something to crow about
By Johnnie Bernhard
Correspondent
OCEAN SPRINGS — In a
town famous for its rogue
roosters that frequented restaurants and nightspots in its
downtown district, Ocean
Springs is also home to possibly the best-engineered chicken coop in the state of
Mississippi.
The Coop Deville, designed
by civil engineer Dreux Seghers and managed by wife Lucie
and daughters, Estelle and
Camille, is a two-story complex complete with recreation
slide, plexiglas-fronted nesting
quarters, and non-toxic herbal
nesting material.
The eco-friendly home for
the 10 hens and one rooster
produces 7 to 10 eggs a day.
Located
near
Marble
Springs Park on Iberville Drive,
the Coop Deville began as a
playhouse and sandbox, aptly
“Pearl” is the only hen that lays white eggs.
“Bunny” produces green eggs, while the
others lay variations of brown and beige.
(Submitted by Johnnie Bernhard)
named for oldest daughter, Estelle.
In 2011, chicks were delivered resembling “fluffy tennis
balls” and requiring incubation. From there, they moved
to the yard.
“We tried to free range the
chickens in the yard. We lost
some grass. We also were motivated by a hawk with a fivefoot wing span eyeing the
chickens,” said Dreux.
The original sandbox beneath the cottage became an
enclosed feeding, roosting and
nesting area. The structure
also contains a “time-out pen”
for “sassy” chickens.
Lucie Seghers has lost two
pearl earrings to curious hen,
Willamina. The chief researcher of the enterprise, Lucie
notes that all the chickens
have distinct personalities and
that the pecking order is very
The Seghers’
Bantam
rooster is
believed to be
“Kevin,” one
of the
infamous
roosters who
made their
home on
Government
Street before
being exiled to
Vancleave by
the Ocean
Springs Board
of Aldermen.
(Submitted by
Johnnie Bernhard)
See Coop Deville, Page 3C
The Coop Deville, designed by civil engineer Dreux Seghers, is
a two-story complex complete with recreation slide,
plexiglas-fronted nesting quarters, and non-toxic herbal
nesting material. (Submitted by Johnnie Bernhard)
Burtt: Life is sweeter with moderation
Anytime my wife, Donna, finds a new
dessert recipe, the first thing she does is cut
the sugar in half. And in most cases, it makes
no difference at all. If I didn’t know she was
doing it, I’d never taste any difference.
She frequently makes morning muffins
and sweet breads with various fruits like persimmons, bananas, or blueberries, and she
always uses one third cup of sugar, even
though a lot of recipes call for twice that. And
I never notice any difference.
And I find that unusual,
because Donna is an antisugar kind of person while
I was raised to love my sugar. You would think I
would notice something
short on sweetness, because sweet is in my blood.
And of course, that’s quite
literally true.
Recently, everything I read (because I
love to read nutrition and diet research) has
been warning me about the dangers of sugar
and the other evolutionary problem I have
had with artificial sweeteners.
And I’ve read more and more about highfructose corn syrup, which has replaced sugar as the sweetener of choice for industrial
food producers. Most soft drinks no longer
contain sugar, which was replaced with corn
See Burtt, Page 3C