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James Holmes. Tere you go.Tat is his name. Tat was the lasttime you will read it in this article,and it should be the last time you
hear or see it, period. But it wont be.It will be in our collective conscious-ness or years. It will be drawn outthrough the media and our dailydiscussions. And why not?
He is a monster. Our worstnightmare come true. He is whatevery parent and person dreads - un-controllable violence unleashed on anunsuspecting public. Te horror andgrimness o the social outcast whonever t in and whose own antasylie was greater than his reality.
Like the other coward/assassins romColumbine, Virginia ech and otherplaces o inamy, these individualsprey on the unaware and unarmedand play the role o the villain/hero.Tey live their dreams at the expenseo others.
Teir malice and revengeare ocused on people they oen donot know - men, women and chil-dren who have never caused themany harm. But their perceived slightis too great. Teir seething hatred ohumanity is unparalleled. Tey hate
who and what they dont know justbecause they love to hate.
In their mind, they have beencheated o their glory. Tey havebeen cheated out o what is rightullytheirs. Tey see themselves as somekind o hero who will make their ownlives right - the so-called villain/heroo their own mind.
And what is disturbing is thatit is only getting worse. Over the past30 years, law enorcement has beenaced with the growing crisis o theangry man bent on xing his per-ceived slight. Te McDonalds Mas-sacre o 1984 in San Diego was an eyeopener to everyone in law enorce-ment.
Tis was about a predatorgoing to a place o innocence andhunting and killing the object o hisscorn: humanity. Tis was the ran-dom slaughter o the innocent tomake up or the killers own lack ocourage and sel-respect. It was aboutthe lust or power when one has beenpowerless or a lie time.
Each time, the villain/herojusties his act by telling himselthat he has been treated badly andthat society doesnt deserve justice;it deserves shame, scorn and deathequal to the injustice he has suered.Society needs to eel the wrath andworthlessness that the predator eels
in his soul every day.In short, society needs to
suer. It needs to bleed, and, in thevillain/heros mind, he will be the one
to do it. He will be the one to carryout the heroic deed o making societysuer, even i he has to play the roleo the villain. He will even the scoreor the down-trodden.
And yes, he knows he will beamous. And ame is the great equal-izer - the one common denominatorthat brings evil and good together.Hitler and Gandhi have the samename recognition, the same amelevel, with Hitler having the edge inHistory Channel coverage. All in all,
being evil has never been a deterrentto being amous.And therein lays a unda-
mental problem: Even psychopathsunderstand what makes good media.Tey understand it better than every-one because their lie is one continu-ous media phenomenon. Tey dreamthat they are in a movie that is greaterthan their own lie.
It is not surprising to hearthat any villain/hero has spentmonths or years planning an attack.It is their lie. It is their one moment
o glory that they so richly deserve.Whether they end up dead or aliveaer the attack is irrelevant.
What matters is that someoneneeds to pay or the sins o humanity,pay or the villain/heros sorry andloathsome existence. Someone mustbe sacriced.
Over the next severalmonths, everything rom gun controlto the American justice system tomental health will be discussed. Terewill be no easy answers, and most owhat we will hear about this case inthe rst week will be wrong.
Here we stand in our ownhumanity, wondering what type opeople live in our world today. Canwe go to school, get a hamburger oreven go to the movies?
Here we stand, knowingthat on one summer night someonewho thought he was the Joker justmurdered people at a Batman movie.Te villain/heros greatest revenge isstolen innocence and death to thosewho made him eel so very small.
Even i his victims were notguilty o any wrongdoing.
But what causes the villain/hero to exist? Meagan ONan, award-winning spiritual writer and liecoach, states, In our society today(and throughout the years) we haventbeen taught how to appropriately
cope with our emotions or how tolive a lie that one can be proud o. In-cidents like the one in Colorado thispast week are an outcry rom our cul-
ture to do something or our childreno today. each them that they havesomething to give the world, thatwhat they give matters and that theirpurpose in lie is meant to be mean-ingul and ull. Its not okay any moreto stand by and ignore what we needto address. It starts by taking chargeo your lie, taking responsibility oryour mistakes and nding a healthyway to move orward, so that thegenerations behind us can see whatworking through the tough parts o
lie looks like.Without this undamentalpiece in place, our society will con-tinue to create its own Frankensteinmonsters, men who eel it is theirduty to bring society to its knees andright the wrongs that have been a-ficted on them without ever lookingat their own inner being.
ONan continues, We neverreally know someones story - not bylooking at them, and not by havinga ew conversations with them - atleast, not typically. Te incident in
Colorado shows us that we neverreally know what is going on withsomeone, and that proling someonebased on who we think they are isntalways correct. Its most important,especially during daunting momentssuch as these, to take a look at yourown lie and gure how you can dobetter and be a better person in everyway. Living in ear isnt the answer...nding a way to live in aith again is.
Our communities, ourschools, our police departments andour society in general must deal withthese problems. We must ensure thatour young people are getting the cop-ing skills that can carry them throughtheir lietime. We must do everythingpossible to give people a belie intheir own sel-worth.
It is not enough to say peopleare evil. Our society must look insideitsel and ask the tough questions:How do we stop the breeding groundor the villain/hero? How does ourculture give everyone a sense o wor-thiness?
Until these questions aretaken seriously, we will ace the spec-ter o these events happening timeand time again.
Joseph B. St. John
editorsnoteby Joseph B. St. John
Editor-in-Chief
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contributors
Joseph B. St. John is the Editor-in-Chieand Publisher. You can reach him at
[email protected]. He isa man who understands that everythingthat appears bad is not bad and every-thing that appears good is not good.
Melinda Dufe is a certifed personaltrainer, with additional expertise innutrition counseling and lie coaching aswell as a bachelors degree in business.E-mail reaches her at [email protected]
Meagan M. ONan is a trained and ex-perienced lie coach, award-winning au-thor o the book, Creating Your Heavenon Earth, blogger, poet and supportero the underdog. She has a lie coaching
practice in Columbus. Meaganonan.org
Clare Mallory, L.Ac., M.Ac., holds amasters degree in Acupuncture andOriental Medicine. She is the owner oNorth Mississippi Acupuncture in Co-lumbus. Visit her website atwww.claremallory.com
Paige Canida-Greene is a senior com-munication major (theatre minor) at
Mississippi University or Women andlives in Columbus.
Whit Harrington is a Marine Corpsveteran who has a bachelors degree inEnglish (creative writing) rom Texasl
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Read Page 2 for Joseph B. St. Johns thoughts on the violence duringthe movie Batman. Like the other coward/assassins from Columbine,Virginia ech and other places of infamy, these individuals prey on theunaware and unarmed and play the role of the villain/hero. Tey live
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On Friday, July 20, 2012, theMonroe County Board of Supervisors
held a routine meeting, which openedwith discussion of a $40,000 Com-munity Development Block Grant forSmithville School. e conversationwas interrupted by a motion to enterexecutive session to discuss possiblelitigation. e board then went intoexecutive session. Upon their returnto open session, the board consideredpostponing approval of the CDBGgrant application but eventually de-cided to submit it.
Next, the board authorized a
reimbursement report for the MonroeCounty Jail and the state work-releaseprogram. e reimbursement for themonth of June for the county jail wasapproximately $16,000, with $27,000for the state correctional facilitywhich houses state inmates who havebeen convicted of non-violent crimes.
e pace quickened as theBoard approved the next severalitems without discussion:
An order acknowledgingreceipt of notice from the State Audi-tors o ce that Monroe County has
been selected for a contracted nan-cial and compliance audit for scalyears 2012 and 2013.
An order to approve an
Outlay Report and Request for reim-bursement for construction programs
related to the AIP project, whichconsisted of construction of hangar
taxiways and the T-Hangar for theMonroe County Airport.
An order to authorize the
leasing of a printer from Oc Docu-ment Printing System for use by theMonroe County Veterans ServiceOffi ce in Aberdeen.
An order approving a sec-ond amendment to the lease betweenthe Monroe County Economic Devel-opment District and Lane FurnitureIndustries, Inc.
An order to li the outdoor
burn ban. An order approving a rentalagreement with Pitney Bowes, Inc. to
lease a postage meter.However, the progression of
the meeting slowed with discussion ofan order authorizing the execution ofa Hazard Mitigation Grant ProgramAgreement between the MississippiEmergency Management Agency andthe Monroe Board of Supervisors inregard to Hazard Mitigation Grant#1906-12. is grant, in the amountof $73,125, was for the construction
of a FEMA 361 safe room withinthe yet-to-be-built Access Medical
Center, to accommodate 80 people.Aer Chancery Clerk Ronnie Boozer
read the proposal, Supervisor DougWiggins recused himself from the
discussion due to his father-in-lawsinvolvement with the project. Af-
ter a lengthy discussion, the Boardapproved the grant, and Wigginsrejoined the meeting.
e next item up for con-sideration was the reappointment ofAdrian Garth as Monroe Countys
representative to the board of direc-tors of Li, Inc. During the discus-sion, several supervisors questionedthe wisdom of re-appointing Garth.Supervisor Robert Tomey said, Wehave to be careful who we appointand reappoint to a position such as
this. At the end of the debate, theitem was tabled. Also, the board post-
poned reappointing Darrell Clay tothe board of directors of ree RiversPlanning and Development District,Inc.
Before the meeting closed,the Board approved an order to givenotice of homestead exemption rejec-tions by the State Tax Commissionfor 2011 and approved the employ-ment of Sonny Clay as the newCounty Administrator for MonroeCounty.
e meeting came to a close as theboard went into executive sessionregarding personnel matters, aerwhich the board adjourned untilAugust 6, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.
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Two citizens have led for-mal complaints against a member ofthe Columbus Police Department, al-leging abuse and sexual misconduct.
Ronald Shepperd has lodgeda complaint claiming that he was lein an un-air-conditioned police carfor 30 minutes, resulting in his losingconsciousness. Shepperd, who has aheart condition and is diabetic, alsosuered severe bruising to his wrists,allegedly from the misapplication andextended use of the handcus. Shep-
perds arrest stemmed from a tra cstop for an alleged seatbelt violationduring which it was discovered thatthere were warrants out for his arrestdue to unpaid tickets.
e other complainant,Amanda Kell, alleges that the same
o cer pressured her into revealingher cell phone number, and that hesent suggestive texts to her and thenshowed up at her residence in streetclothes, whereupon he assaulted herby placing his hands down the back
of her pants.Shepperd and Kell formalizedtheir complaints on Tuesday, July 17.
Standard operating proce-dure at the Columbus Police Depart-
ment is that a formal complaint by acitizen triggers an o cial investiga-tion into the matter.
e Real Story will continue
to follow this developing situationand will provide updates as they be-come available.
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On July 17, 2012, the
Starkville Board of Aldermenmeeting opened with AldermanCorys motion to return the recentlydiscontinued consent agenda as anelement of the proceedings. Al-derman Perkins agreed to Corysmotion without further discussion.At an earlier meeting, Perkins soleno vote retired the Boards use ofa consent agenda, his motive beingthe recently approved participationbond for the municipal complex.
is time, he agreed with Cory, andhe approved a consent agenda for atrial basis.
Aer moving past thenew consent agenda, it was busi-ness as usual. e board approvedthe June 15, 2012, minutes, whichdocumented the boards decision tomove forward with construction ofthe municipal complex. e board
worked diligently to nd budgetary
solutions to fund the new construc-tion, nally using a participationcerticate to fund the facility. econtroversy centered on the boardsdecision to use a participation bondthat the community cant challenge.When asked why the board took thisaction despite the opposition of thevoters, Cory explained that a studyshowed a need for a municipalcomplex to support our increasingpopulation. e citizens will have
access to anew city
hall, and thepolice willuse city hallwhile thedepartmentis beingrenovated.e facil-ity we havenow is notadequatefor the cityspopulation,
Cory noted.Taxes are
not going into this facility. eboard approved this project becausethe current facility is inadequate.Cory sees this as a necessity andstands behind his decision to vote infavor of the project.
Several residents expressedtheir anger with the Boards action.Because they cant question theboard action with a petition, they
argued that the minutes should be
subject to judicial review. But at themoment, the discussion has beeno cially closed, and the city plans tomove forward.
Once again, the residents ofCarver Drive asked the board to actconcerning a ditch that is in need ofrepair. e city piped and covereda section of the ditch, but expiredeasements and private property cre-ated obstacles to its maintenance. Ina previous meeting, the board gaveCity Attorney Latimer permissionto seek out the owner and inform
him that his property had become apublic sanitation issue and to expectpossible nes and property liens ifthe city must pay to clean this pri-vate property. While motions havebeen made to concrete the ditch,these motions have also requested
the improvements if and only if
FEMA approves clean-up.At this meeting, duringcitizen comments, Mr. Alvin Turnerspoke on behalf of the citizens fromCarver Drive; he reminded theboard of the section of private prop-erty that the board needs to clean.Another citizen told the board,ere is sewage in my yard. Point-ing to the Mayor, she added, I wanta meeting with you. Wiseman re-plied that he would be glad to speakwith her regarding her situation andasked her to make an appointment.
Aldermen Perkins and Vaughn havescolded the board for not handlingthis issue. However, several motionshave been approved, and Cory as-sured everyone that the ditch will beconcreted as soon as possible.
Starkville Citizens Get What They Dont Want: A $14 Million Municipal Complex
And A Dilapidated Carver DriveBy Ashley Garriga
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Plenty Questions, Few Answers Mark Columbus City
Council Meetingby Paige Canida-Greene
Frustration was rampant atthe Columbus City Council Meetingo July 17, 2012, as neither council-men nor citizens were able to getsatisactory answers to their queries.Councilman Kabir Karriem wasthe rst to experience this disap-pointment as he posed questions toColumbus Police Chie Sylvain Mc-Queen. His rst question concernedthe sagging pants ordinance that hasbeen on the books or about a month.Karriem asked, Have you issued anycitations?
No sir, not to my knowl-
edge, McQueen responded.Tis reply sent a ripple o
murmurs throughout the audience.Karriem then said, One rea-
son Im asking you that is because Iam the one who voted against it, and,as you and I know, these laws are onlyas good as the people who enorcethem. My purpose in asking this to-night is here we have put a law on thebooks, and we are not enorcing theordinance. Why havent you written acitation?
McQueen answered that
he could only speak rom personalobservation in that he hasnt seen alot o sagging lately. More mutteringerupted rom the spectators, and Kar-riem could only say Wow.Karriems second inquiry related tostandard procedures o the policedepartment when called to a scenewhere someone may be mentallychallenged or mentally ill.
He asked, Is there a certainway that the police handle situationslike that? Do the ocers have a stan-
dard operational procedure to go by?We are in the process now - unnythat you should mention that - I havespoken with a mental health proes-sional so that we can acquire moretraining, or at least some training,and we ully expect to implementtraining in the month o August, ishe is available. I we are aware othe act that an individual does havemental health issues, then we do ourbest, according to our training, tohandle that situation as warranted,
but mental people can injure you justlike the non-mental people. We do
the best that we can; our actions aremore or less reactive as a result owhatever action that person displays,responded McQueen.
Business owner Larry Goldeno Club Heidiho had his own ques-tions to ask and was very adamantabout getting answers. His contentionis that he is being treated unairly bythe City o Columbus Building In-spection Department. He is distressedthat other surrounding businessesarent being held to the same stan-
dards.Golden was told that he
needed to pave his parking lot andmake some changes to the building inorder to pass inspection. He pouredthe concrete and made the necessarychanges. He is disgruntled becauseother neighboring businesses haventollowed suit in paving their lots. Heis also angry that his occupancy limitwas lowered.
Kenneth Wiygul, the head othe inspection department, did his
best to explain to Goldenthe reasoning behind the
departments require-ments but was only metwith disparagement romGolden.
Golden also accusedthe police department oharassing his customersby parking in ront o theclub.
McQueen rebutted,Did we not have the dis-cussion earlier and you
were, in act, the person calling thepolice department to get us to clear
the parking lot?Golden said, I dont know
anything about that.He le the meeting unhappy
and dissatised, with a promise tokeep coming back until he receives asatisactory explanation.
Frustration and criticismcontinued, with Karriem questioningCity Engineer Kevin Staford aboutmoney that had been allocated orspecial paving projects approved inJune. His rustration is related to how
this process has played out. Com-pounding matters, the gures thatStaford presented relative to whatwas actually spent are much less thanwhat was budgeted. Tis resulted ina substantial amount o unds re-maining, which have to be spent in acertain amount o time, according toChie Financial Ocer Mike BernsenCouncilman Joseph W. Mickens Sr.asked Bernsen what the deadline orspending the remaining unds was.Bernsen replied he didnt know.
Councilman Bill Gavin askedwhat would happen to the balance o
the unds i they were not spent in theallotted time rame. Bernsen repliedthat he didnt have the answer. He as-sured the councilmen he would ndout the answers as soon as possible.
A non-prot organizationcalled Last House on the Block wasapproved to move orward in theirre-location to 206 uscaloosa Road,to a building ormerly known as theold Masonic emple. Tis chari-table organization provides servicesand programs or men recoveringrom addictions. District 2 Lowndes
County Supervisor Bill Brigham rep-resented the halway house or men.He said that the men will have beenclean or at least 30 days. Tis willgive the men a place to live while thelook or employment and get back ontheir eet. Tey can stay there or upto six months.
In other news, Shane omp-kins, an associate at the Studdard LawFirm and a resident o Columbus orthe past 10 years, was named CityProsecutor.
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Approves 2012-13 Budget...and the Beat Goes Onby Joseph B. St. John
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Te July 17, 2012, CMSDBoard o rustees meeting was high-
lighted by the approval o this yearsschool schedule. In one o the greatanti-climatic moments in history, thetrustees voted to do what they havebeen doing or years: Have ve nor-mal school days.
Aer much weeping andgnashing o teeth, the board satdown, with a little help rom Jackson,
and killed the idea o using Wednes-days or teacher proessional develop-
ment. It was a noble idea; however, itwas met with disdain rom the com-munity at large.
Dr. Liddell had brought orththe proposition soon aer beingnamed the superintendent o theschool district. It was met with oppo-sition rom many in the communitybecause they elt that the teachers and
parents had not been given any input,and they were correct.
Add a little non-support romJackson, and there you go. Te con-cept is deader than Phil Mickelsonschances in the 2012 Open Champion-ship. And yes, it is or the best.
In other news, the budget hasalso been approved. From the get-go,Dr. Liddell has been honest about thenancial situation and the problems
with test scores. She has never hid-den rom the act that neither is very
good.As 2012-13 approaches, she
has aced the cold acts that thereis little money and that ColumbusSchools are doing poorly academical-ly. She has been direct and air in herassessment. Hopeully, her staf andthe community have been listening.
Add to thisthe act that everytime a child dropsout or goes to anoth-er school, they take
their state and eder-ally allocated undswith them - a actthat has not goneunnoticed by TeReal Story. It is anunsettling situation,but it exists. And Dr.Liddell understandsits implications.
Money matters,and the act is thatCMSD has very
little. o her credit,Dr. Liddell has neverskirted these topics.However, now theseare her concerns,and it is her job tox the problem.
It is going to takethe cooperation oboth the parentsand her completestaf to x this situ-ation. Te CMSDcannot get lost inpointing ngers andassigning blame. Itis everyones game,and it will take allthe players to win.No excuses and nocompromise.
Asthe school year ap-proaches, there arenew aces and newchallenges. Many
names have comeand gone, and manynow reside at otherschools, and theyshould be thankedor the hard workthey have given tothe CMSD.But a new day isdawning, and thehope o all awaitsevery teacher andevery child. Lets allhope or the CMSDs
success. Teir suc-cess is really thecornerstone o theentire communitysprogress.
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Dear Meagan, I have a riend who justtold me she is a lesbian. I am really
uncomortable with this, but I cantell that she needs my support rightnow. I dont know how to look pastmy own belies and still support herat the same time through this process.Can you give me some advice on howto handle this situation?
Sincerely,Needs Help
Dear Needs Help,
Tere comes a time (i not
many times) in everyones lie whenour belies and what we think aboutlie are questioned. Tis is one othose moments or you, and I can seethat you are distressed and unsure.However, I can also tell that you carea lot about your riend and that youwant to be there or her that says alot about who you are.
Your riend coming to you to
tell you that she is a lesbian must havebeen very hard or her. I am sure thatshe was terried and unsure o what
you were going to think. She alsomust trust you and need your sup-port. In saying that, I dont mean inany way to put pressure on you, butrather to help you realize even morethat your riend is a person, and thatit isnt easy or her either.
One thing to keep in mind:Just because your riend is a lesbiandoesnt mean that who she is haschanged. I you love your riend orwho she is (loyal, trustworthy, honestor other qualities she has that you
love), then her being a lesbian is a de-tail that you will eventually see past.Keep in mind, also, that our
society has oppressed the gay com-munity so much that our automaticresponse to someone being gay isofen hesitation and uncertainty.Te reason or the hesitation anduncertainty is because being gay islooked down upon by some religions
and cultures. With this over-arching,dominant perception comes a teston your part: Will you be able to put
your judgments aside, no matter howwell intentioned they are, and love theperson in ront o you as they are?
Just as a person who is gaymight be rejected by others, it is pos-sible that i you openly support yourriend you will run up against ques-tions and possible rejection o yourown. Remember what kind o personyou want to be in the world and whatyou eel you will be proud o whenyou are 85 and looking back on yourlie. Tis is a good time to really think
about what is most important to youand i you are willing or not willing tochallenge yoursel by supporting yourriend.
I remember when I used tobe homophobic and how I used tosay, Love the sinner, hate the sin.Soon, though, I realized that my per-ception was only harming my riendswho happened to be gay. Tose words
were harmul because it made myriends less than me. I quickly oundout that wasnt who I wanted to be in
the world: I wasnt an oppressor, andI didnt want to contribute to mak-ing people eel bad about their ownchoices.
In this world, we are alwaysplacing blame on others and want-ing other people to live their lives ina way that is comortable or us tomake things both easier and lesschallenging. I think this situationis a wonderul opportunity to pushyoursel, not necessarily by changingyour belies (whatever they are), but
to look beyond the outer acts andsee the truth. Loving someone, andsupporting someone through a toughtime by not judging them or makingthem eel any less than they alreadydo, could be the biggest gif you willever give on this earth.
Meagan ONan
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or illnesses. We welcome all quilters, skilled, or not so skilled,men, women, and teenagers who would like to be involved in this
special ministry.
Columbus SDA Church(Fellowship Hall)
301 Brooks Rd. (of Lehmberg Rd.)Monday nights at 6:00 p.m.
Come join us or an enjoyable ellowship time together.
For more informationcontact Diane Sturges at 662-497-2041
[email protected](We are also accepting donations o abric)
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Arthritis is one o the top veconditions or which I treat people.Arthritis can start o subtly and endup completely debilitating a person,and all too oen the only solutionle to a patient (that they are awareo) is chronic medication and allthe side eects and expenses associ-ated with it. New patients are alwaysvery happy to discover that arthritistends to respond impressively wellto regular acupuncture, but there arealso some things you can do at hometo help reduce the pain, stiness and
swelling associated with both osteo-and rheumatoid arthritis:
- Arthritis is considered adamp condition in Chinese Medi-cine, and we live in a damp climatehere in Mississippi, which is a doublewhammy. Anything you can do,thereore, to reduce dampness in yourdiet will be helpul or reducing thesymptoms o arthritis. Damp oodsinclude all ruits, but especially thetropical ones (bananas are one o thedampest ruits there are), all ried
oods (ried bananas or plantains area terrible combination or arthritissuerers) and raw vegetables. Ocourse, you dont want to go crazyand eliminate any o these completely(except possibly the ried oods - iyou have the willpower), but onepiece o ruit a day is enough or ahealthy diet, and you can saut orsteam your vegetables and still keeptheir nutrient content alive. Otheroods, such as oatmeal and rice, aresel-evidently damp. Seaood is bynature damp, having come rom a wet
environment (the sea), so keep yourseaood intake to a minimum, butmake sure you are getting a healthyamount o sh. Dairy and glutenare both damp, too; these two are sosignicant in contributing to arthritissymptoms that they deserve mentionin their own paragraph.
- Cutting down on dairy and/orgluten (the sticky protein in wheat,barley and rye, and on oats) - orcompletely eliminating it - will reducemost peoples arthritis symptomssignicantly. I usually recommendone or the other, depending on thepatients constitution and personalhealth history. Cutting out both at thesame time is ne, but then I recom-mend adding one back to determinewhich made the bigger dierence.An alternative to cutting out glutenwould be to rst try just cutting out
wheat in general; sometimes that isenough to do the trick.
- Reducing dampness in yourenvironment helps, too. While youcant change the weather here, youcan change your exposure to it bylessening your time outside and inother damp climates such as indoorpools. While swimming and wateraerobics are great or creating move-ment and thereore helping with yourarthritis, do your stu and then leave- indoor pools are very damp. And
change out o your wet bathing suit assoon as possible, too.- Finally, the obvious one:
Movement. Tis is no big surprise toanyone suering rom arthritis, butmany people dont take the initiativeto research good daily exercises thatwill help with their arthritis symp-toms. I you are unsure o how to ndgood ones or how to research online,contact a local physical therapist -and i youre unsure who that is, askyour doctor.
Tere is always something
you can do to improve your situa-tion, no matter what it is. I you dontknow, ask. And i whoever you askdoesnt know, ask someone else.Remember - taking charge o yourhealth now will save you a ton otime, money and misery in the longrun!
Points For Your Health: Arthritisby Clare Mallory
thewholebody
You might think that thesetwo ways o eating are the same, justlike many other people do. Tey areboth plant-based diets; however,
vegans are stricter in regard to whatthey eat. Vegetarians practice a diet
consisting o vegetables, ruits, beans/legumes, whole grains, nuts, seedsand sometimes animal products suchas dairy and eggs. Some vegetariansdo eat seaood, sh or chicken; it justdepends on the person. A vegan, alsocalled a total vegetarian, includes onlyoods rom the plant/ungi kingdomwithout dairy, egg products, gelatinor honey. Tey dont wear leatheror use products made rom animalssuch as silk, wool or down. Te veganliestyle is motivated by compassion
or animals. Another way to denethis method o eating is plant based.Now, you might ask why
people choose these liestyles. Let meexplain some o these reasons so thatyou can better understand:
-Ethical (non-violence):Some people choose a plant-baseddiet because they dont believe ineither killing animals or ood or thehumans responsible or the killing.
-Ethical (ood production):Tese people are very concernedabout how animals are treated in pro-
ducing ood such as actory arming.-Environmental: Tere is
evidence suggesting that raisinglivestock and industrial shing haveecological impacts.
-Religious: Some religionsorbid partaking o meat and limitspecic animal products. For in-stance, Judaisms kosher laws orbidthe consumption o pork and shell-sh.
-Health: Research suggeststhat a plant-based diet is healthier.Almost 70% o Americans suering
rom conditions associated with dietcan improve their conditions by add-ing more plants. Currently, only 1%o the population ollows the veganliestyle, while about 3% is vegetarian.Te American Dietetic Associationound that well-planned vegetar-
ian diets are appropriate or peopleduring all stages o lie, includingpregnancy, inancy, childhood andadolescence, and or athletes. Tisdiet tends to be lower in saturated atand cholesterol and to have higher
levels o dietary ber, magnesium andpotassium, vitamins C and E, olate,carotenoids, avonoids and otherphytochemicals. Athletes, whosediets are usually complete, meet andexceed requirements or protein.
-Economic: Many have de-erred to plant-based oods becausethey are cheaper than animal prod-ucts.
Next, lets address another as-pect o vegetarians and vegans: oodconsumption. Just because we can
classiy this way o eating as healthier,it doesnt indicate how much healthyood is actually consumed. Chips,ruit with sugar added, and sodas are
vegan. Just because a ood productsays it is vegetarian or vegan doesnot mean that it is unprocessed orhealthy to eat. A plant-based dietexcludes processed meat substitutes,rened carbohydrates and otherhighly processed oods. It is also im-portant to note that it is more difcultor both vegetarians and vegans to getenough protein and other nutrients
such as vitamin B-12, vitamin D, cal-cium, iodine, omega-3 ats and aminoacids.
Including more plants inyour diet can make you healthier, nomatter how you classiy yoursel. Wecan all improve in our ood regimens.So be sure to include whole oodssuch as vegetables, ruits, legumes,nuts and seeds in your diet, and avoidprocessed meat substitutes and highlyprocessed products.
Lastly, vegetarians and vegansoentimes shop at their local armers
markets. Tis goes right along withgetting oods that are as natural andunprocessed as possible while alsoreducing costs and environmentalconcerns. Sounds like a great place tostart!
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I you were born anywhererom 1982 to 2001, or within a ew
years o this range, you are consid-ered a Millennial. As a member othis group, you share many things- cultural reerences, amiliarity withtechnology, attitudes toward workand amily - with others your age.And i youre one o the older Mil-lennials, you and your peers havesomething else in common - speci-cally, you have a good opportunity tolaunch investment strategies to helpyou save or the uture.
Why are you so well posi-tioned to invest or the uture? For
one thing, its because you have somuch o the uture ahead o you.As an investor, time is your greatestally, or a couple o reasons. First, themore years you have to invest, thegreater the growth potential o yourinvestments. And second, by invest-ing or the long term, you can help
reduce the impact o periods o short-term volatility on your portolio.
Furthermore, since you maybe in an early stage o your career,you probably have yet to reach yourmaximum earnings and may be eli-gible to put in the ull annual amountto a Roth IRA, one o the most e-ective retirement savings vehiclesavailable. (Eligibility to contributeto a Roth IRA is phased out over aspecic income range.) When youinvest in a Roth IRA, your earningshave the opportunity to grow tax-ree, provided you dont start takingwithdrawals until youre at least 59
and youve had your account or atleast ve years.
Even i you do contribute to aRoth IRA, you can still participate inyour employer-sponsored retirementplan, such as a 401(k) i you work ora company, a 457(b) i you work or astate or local government, or a 403(b)
i you work or a school or other tax-exempt organization. And you should
indeed contribute to your employersplan, because it oers some key ben-ets: Your earnings accumulate on atax-deerred basis, and you typicallyund your plan with pre-tax dollars,so the more you put in, the loweryour taxable income. (axes are dueupon withdrawal, and withdrawalsprior to age 59 may be subject to a10% IRS penalty.)
Te amount you can a-ord to put into your 401(k) or otheremployer-sponsored plan depends onyour earnings and other circumstanc-
es but you should at least striveto contribute enough to earn youremployers match, i one is oered.Otherwise, youll be walking awayrom ree money.
All the money you contributeto your plan is yours, but i you leaveyour job beore a specied vesting pe-
riod - which ofen ranges rom threeto seven years - you may not be able
to keep all your employers contribu-tions. Check your plans rules to seehow this applies to you.
O course, since you, as aMillennial, are in the early stage oyour working years, you may well beon the lookout or new job opportu-nities. But i you are close to beingully vested in your 401(k), you mightconsider waiting a ew extra months or even a year to take a new job,so that you can leave with the moneyyour employer has contributed.
As a Millennial, youve got
time on your side as you invest orthe uture. So make sure you take ad-
vantage o all the opportunities thatcome your way.
Tis article was written for use by yourlocal Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
Millennials In Good Position To Invest For The Future
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Creative Dramatics will be anew addition to the all schedule atMississippi University or Women.
Te course oering is inresponse to a theater workshop thatWilliam Peppy Biddy, MUW pro-essor and chair o the Department oTeater, acilitated in the spring orGordo Elementary School in Ala-bama. Biddy took a group o MUWstudents to help lead the activities,and it proved to be a rewarding expe-
rience or the undergraduates.MUW theater students who
were selected as personal coacheswere: Brittany rimble o upelo;Ray Sizemore o Louisville; ParkerYarbrough, Joseph Musgrove andJana Greene o Columbus; LaVoshaKern o Ethel; and Kayla Manzolilloo Ethelsville, AL.
Musgrove said, Workingwith kids is denitely in my top veways to spend my time, and I knowthat its a great way to give back to thecommunity. Mississippi and Ala-bama communities dont get to enjoytheater in schools as ofen as peoplein other areas, so whenever possible Ithink its important to share what wehave with them.
Te ourth, fh and sixthgraders learned and played games
that taught skills involved in listen-ing, observing and teamwork. Eachgrade had a 30-minute session. Testudents were divided into groupso 10-12 and assigned to a personalcoach.
Afer each session, thechildren, who were ull o energyand eager to participate, were asked
questions about theirexperience. Te commonresponse was that theyhad a lot o un.
Manzolillo added,
Having the opportu-nity to share my love otheater with such a largegroup o kids was a an-tastic experience. I thor-oughly enjoyed my timeat Gordo Elementary andwould love to return.
Te reward or theinstructors was evident atthe end o each session.Te gymnasium waslled with genuine smiles
as the children gave awayhugs as appreciation totheir personal coach.
Biddy said, Te op-portunity in Gordo wasgreat or our university
students to test their teaching skillswith elementary aged children. I hopewe will have opportunities similar toGordo to test our skills even urther.
MUW theater alumna SaraHickox o Decatur will be teachingthe class. She is pursuing a mastersdegree in applied drama at Gold-
smiths College University o London.I am very excited to return
rom my graduate studies in Londonto teach at my alma mater. CreativeDramatics explores the use o dramawith students in grades K-12. Tecourse will cover techniques onteaching theater itsel, as well as us-ing perormance to teach traditionalsubjects, said Hickox.
For more inormation, con-tact Biddy at [email protected].
Theater Class At MUW Provides Opportunities For Surrounding Schools
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e steering committeeformed to explore a possible regionaldevelopment organization has alreadybegun its work.
A weekly meeting schedulehas been set, with the rst meetingto occur on Tuesday, July 24. esemeetings will be used to receiveinput, evaluate options and makedecisions with the elected and non-elected regional stakeholders.
e committee will presenta full report for review on September14 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the LyceumBuilding on the East Mississippi
Community College-GTR campus.e public will be invited to attend.
In an eort to present allstakeholders with a complete and
viable proposal, the entire regional
development organization plan willbe unveiled and discussed at theSeptember 14 meeting. is plan willalso be available to the public via thethree counties websites following thepresentation at EMCC-GTR.
Members of the steeringcommittee are: Clay County - Rob-bie Robinson and Jackie Edwards;Lowndes County - Gordon Flowersand Jim McAlexander; OktibbehaCounty - Marvel Howard, Jack Wal-lace and Parker Wiseman.
e steering committee willbe charged with exploring the fol-
lowing for the regional partnership:formation; purpose; governance;administration; funding; duties; andimplementation.
Regional Steering Committee
Moving ForwardSpecial to The Real Story
Dr. Dan Heimmermannwill join Mississippi University forWomens administrative team as pro-vost and vice president for academicaairs eective August 1, 2012.
Heimmermann comes toMUW from the University of Texas
at Brownsville, where he currentlyserves as dean of the College ofLiberal Arts. Prior to his experiencein Texas, he was chairman of theDepartment of History and PoliticalScience at the University of North
Alabama.Heimmermann holds abachelors degree from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and earned hismasters degree and doc-
torate at Marquette Uni-versity in Milwaukee.Heimmermann said,
I am thrilled and grate-ful for the opportunitypresented to me by Presi-dent Borsig and the facultyand sta of MUW. I havebeen strongly attracted toMUWs focus upon theliberal arts as well as itsspecialized professionalprograms that respondto regional and national
demands for educatorsand healthcare profession-als. Additionally, e Ws
clearly articulated student focus, withan emphasis on teaching and learningbut supportive of research and cre-ativity, and its commitment to publicservice and global education are veryappealing to me as well.
In my visits to Columbus,I was struck by the communitys
tremendous support, enthusiasmand genuine aection for e W, itsfaculty and sta, and for the leader-ship of Dr. Borsig. It is my profound
belief that MUW is poised to buildupon its illustrious past to forge aneven greater future. My family and Iare very much looking forward to ourmove to Columbus later this sum-mer.
Heimmermann and his wife,Claudia, have a 6-year-old daughter,
Lucie.
Heimmermann Named Provost
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Ever since she dropped out o
high school in 1969, Leola Shotwello West Point has been taking care osomeone her husband, her childrenor her grandchildren. Forty-threeyears later, she decided to do a little
something or hersel.Aer a lietime o regret over
stopping one year short o earningher high school diploma, 60-year-old Leola Shotwell received her GEDTursday rom East Mississippi Com-munity Colleges Adult Basic Educa-tion program.
She was joined in the Ly-ceum auditorium at EMCCs Goldenriangle campus by 31 ellow gradu-ates, each with their own motivationsor earning their diploma. Many will
use it to take the next step in their
education. Others will attempt toadvance in the workorce. Shotwell,who retired rom Bryan Foods inWest Point in 1994, simply crossed ito her to-do list.
Its something Iwanted to do ormysel. I didnt nishhigh school. I gotmarried and had achild and went towork. I read in thenewspaper they weregiving ree GED
classes at Bryan PublicLibrary, so I signedup, she said.
Shotwell was alsoattracted to the fexiblenature o the GED pro-gram. Te class meetstwice a week, and, asinstructor Vicki Coo-per explains, studentsleave as soon as theyre
ready to take the test.Some people stay one night,
and some people stay two years, saidCooper.
Shotwell spent about a yeartaking classes, minus some timemissed due to illness, but she wasanything but casual about her studies.She never missed a class i she couldhelp it, and she routinely showed upto class early, oen beating Cooper tothe library.
She always had a book in
her hand and would
be waiting, readinga book, when I gotthere, said Cooper.
She was theperect student. Shewas always early. Shekept all the pencilssharp. She was thesolid rock o the class.
Shotwellsreading habit helpedimmensely as she re-reshed hersel on mucho the material shed
learned in high school.Te algebra was a bittricky, but her hunger tolearn saw her through.And the class even in-troduced her to a new preoccupation.
Now Im consumed with thecomputer. I want to learn about com-puters, and I dont have any intentiono stopping, said Shotwell.
Shes already taken threecomputer courses under Cooper, whohas proven to be a mentor o sorts.
Mrs. Cooper is one o themost patient, understanding peopleyou could deal with. I would recom-mend her class to anyone wanting toget a GED. And i I can get one at myage, anyone can, Shotwell said.
Cooper is equally impressedwith Shotwell, who she says acted as amentor hersel. Drawing on her own
vast experience, rom dropping out ohigh school to operating a bandsaw
at Bryan Foods, Shotwell took everyopportunity to emphasize the impor-tance o education to her new peers.
We had a lot o younger stu-dents in the class, and she would tryto motivate them to get serious andcome to class, said Cooper.
Te keynote address atTursdays graduation was deliv-ered by two ormer GED recipients,
Stacy Redmond and Megan Copley.Stacy Redmond o Columbus is a1999 graduate o EMCCs ABE/GEDprogram. She went on to earn herpractical nursing degree rom EMCC,and she is now a registered nurse atBaptist Memorial HospitalGoldenriangle and is working toward herbachelors degree at the MississippiUniversity or Women. Megan Copleyearned her GED in 2001 and beganher college studies at EMCC. She isnow enrolled in law school at theUniversity o Mississippi.
All graduates o EMCCsABE/GED program are qualied ortuition guarantee to cover two yearso classes at EMCC.
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Leola Shotwell o West Point stands amidst her amily,with her graduation cap and diploma, ollowing the
graduation ceremony or East Mississippi CommunityColleges Adult Basic Education GED program Turs-day at the Golden riangle campus. Shotwell, 60, isretired rom Bryan Foods but has wanted to earn herdiploma since dropping out o high school in 1969.
East Mississippi Community College Adult BasicEducation instructor Vicki Cooper stands with recent
graduate Leola Shotwell o West Point beore the GED
graduation ceremony Tursday at the Golden rianglecampus. Shotwell, 60, is retired rom Bryan Foods buthas wanted to earn her diploma since dropping out ohigh school in 1969.
East Mississippi Community College held its summer 2012 Adult Basic Education GED program graduation Tursday atthe Golden riangle campus. Pictured are: First row rom le: Leola Shotwell (West Point); Michelle Smith (Craword);Katega Spencer (Macon); Sara Langord (West Point); Teresa Stockman (Sturgis); Kayla Studdard (Caledonia); ierriaWoford (Maben); Kerri Hannah (Starkville); and Sierra Dickert (West Point). On the second row are: Shenquina Capers(Starkville); Sierra Baptist (Craword); Candace Murray (Starkville); Andrea Rice (Brooksville); Victoria Robinson
(Columbus); Melissa Hardcastle (Macon); Ciara Jenkins (Starkville); Charles Tompson Jr. (Columbus); yquintinWalker (West Point); and Tomas Yoder (Craword). On the third row are: Antonio Brown (Scooba); Charles Doremus
Jr. (Mathiston); yson Moore (West Point); Jacob Leggett (Starkville); Quadrinna Orr (Columbus); Reid McPherson(Columbus); Shelby Steadman (Sturgis); Paula Laster (West Point); Decarlous Hill (Starkville); and Khari Eichelberger(Louisville).
Te Starkville ea Party sup-porters and other concerned citizensare encouraged to attend our monthlymeeting on Saturday, July 28, rom3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jeppie Barbour,ormer mayor o Yazoo City andcurrent Mississippi GOP activist, willbe the speaker. He will be helpingto set up grassroots organizations tohelp Governor Romney carry Mis-sissippi. Te meeting will be held atTe Golden riangle Planning andDevelopment District, 106 Miley
Road, Starkville. Rereshments will beserved.
For more inormation, e-mail [email protected],or call (662) 546-0675.
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Contact Helpline To Host
Back-2-School BashThe Real Story Special Report
For 35 years, ContactHelpline has been a lieline to thedepressed, suicidal or just plain lonelymembers o our community.Now, they are asking or the commu-nitys help.
Tey are hosting a Back 2School Bash on Friday, August 3,2012, rom 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. atthe rotter Convention Center (123Fih Street North). Te event willeature music, skits, dance, ace paint-ing, games and a book-bag giveaway(book bags will be lled with schoolsupplies and will be given out on arst-come-rst-served basis; registra-tion or the ree book bags will takeplace rom 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Admission to the event is one cannedgood per person to support the Help-ing Hands program. For more inor-mation on the Back 2 School Bash,call (662) 327-2968.
Contact Helpline provides acrisis line that is available 24 hoursa day to residents o Choctaw, Clay,Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Websterand Winston counties, as well as mosto northern Mississippi. Callers mayremain anonymous, and all calls arekept condential.
Te crisis line numbers areas ollows: Lowndes County - (662)628-0200; Choctaw, Clay, Noxubee,Oktibbeha, Webster and WinstonCounties - (662) 323-HELP (4357);Monroe County and most o north-ern Mississippi - (800) 377-1643. Tenumber or the National Suicide Pre-
vention Lieline is (800) 273-ALK(8255).
Tey also provide a reassur-ance contact, a regular phone call ata prearranged time, to those peoplewho are elderly or physically chal-lenged and living alone. Tese calls
are intended as a method o checkingon the individuals well-being and to
demonstrate that someone does care.
Planning a wedding? Corpo-rate reception? Anniversary cel-ebration? Family reunion? Birthdaycelebration?
Whatever type o event youhave in mind, Rexs Rentals is yourgo-to source or everything eventrelated!
As a mat-ter o act, the rstthing that crossesyour mind whenyou walk into theirwell-stocked, well-organized showroomis Wow, is thereanything that theydont have here?
Rex and Lisa Dick-erson have spent thepast 20-plus years(since October 1991)amassing a wealth o supplies andequipment and now have one o thelargest inventories in the South.
Although a ull listing o alltheir rental items would require morespace than is available or this column,ocusing on just some o the equip-
ment and supplies will help to illus-trate the diversity o their inventory.
Lets start small, as in at-ware. Te variety o orks, knives
and spoons is sucient to make evenEmily Post and Letitia Baldridge (twolegendary etiquette experts) happy.
Now that you have the rightutensils, you must have somethingupon which to place your ood. Teyhave every dish that one could need,even down to bread and butter plates.
Oh my, the glassware! Tereare champagne utes, wine glasses,water glasses, martini glasses, highballglasses okay, you get the picture. Iyou need something into which you
can pour libations, they have it!Whether you need tables or
your guests or or a bufet line, youhave choices, both in size and shape.O course, you have to sit on some-thing: Rex and Lisa have the tradition-al white wood chairs, or, i your eventis more casual say, a picnic theyhave plastic chairs as well.
What is a table without linento adorn it? Rexs ofers beautiul,well-maintained napkins, tableclothsand skirting in a variety o colors,sizes and styles.
I you need serving items,they have serving items! Tere are
punch bowls and caraes, tongs andsalt and pepper shakers, waters pitch-ers and bread baskets you name itand they have it!
Worried about the weather?Dont be! Rexs has tents ranging insize rom 10 x 10 on up to 30 x 60, aswell as side walls, lighting xtures andooring everything that you need tocreate your very own outdoor room oroasis.
All o these other items areimportant, but whats a party withoutdcor? Tey have candelabras, mirrorparty balls, plant stands, pedestals andso much more!
I youwant your event
to have a whimsi-cal touch, Rexand Lisa can rentyou a popcornor snow conemachine or evena og or bubblemachine.
Perhapsthe most unusualitem that theyhave available is aportable baby crib.
One o the best things about
Rexs Rentals is..they deliver!Tats right no nding a pick-uptruck or trailer and lugging all o
that stuf or you! Simply make yourselection and leave the transport tothem. Although they generally oferdelivery within a 120-mile radius, they
will consider traveling arther; theyhave actually delivered materials toan event north o Birmingham beore.Oh yeah they pick up the items, too!
Although Rex and Lisa havetents that cost thousands o dollars,the most valuable thing they have toofer their customers is service. Restassured, they know about service.Tey are not only extremely knowl-edgeable about the party and event
business, they are incredibly patientand helpul as well. Tey will take the
time to make sure that you have ev-erything you need to make your eventextra special. More than that, though,they are two o the nicest people thatyou will ever meet! Plus, Rex is oneunny guy! I he ever decides that heneeds a second career, he may want toconsider stand-up comedy.
Seriously though, i you wantto ensure that your event is going tobe truly memorable, the place to startis Rexs Rentals!
Rexs Rentals is located at 322Main Street. You can also nd them
on the web at rexrents.net, or callthem at (662) 328-4416.
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Katrina Speed and Zakira Tomas stuf book bags with school supplies in prep-aration or the Back 2 School Bash that is scheduled or August 3, 2012, rom3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the rotter Convention Center (123 5th Street North).
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City/Regional Planning By Social Equity Or Social Justice?
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Starkville, Columbus andWest Point politicians are current-ly working to develop a regionalplanning committee for the Gold-en Triangle area. Its rumored thatStarkville politicians have nallygiven in to Joe Max Higgins pleasfor regional planning. ere couldbe another reason for regionalplanning, one that involves socialequity vs. social justice.
e latest census of thethree cities surpasses the 50,000population required to have a met-ropolitan planning organization(MPO). MPOs are federally man-dated and funded transportationorganizations. ey are comprised
of local government and govern-mental transportation authorities.MPOs became more prevalentin 1991, when President (GeorgeH.W.) Bush signed the IntermodalSurface Transportation Eciency
Act (ISTEA). ISTEA focuses ontransportation as a means tocontrol economic progress, cleanair, energy conservation and socialequity.
What is the dierencebetween the Bush ISTEA for socialequity vs. the liberal call for socialjustice? ere are similar goalswith both terms, but there areimportant dierences.
Social equity projectswork to reduce group dierencesthrough achievement and citi-zen participation. Social equityis guided by the Constitution. Itprotects the rights of both thewealthy and the poor, striving for
justice for all. Social equity focuseson individual liberty.
Social justice projects workto enhance group dierences.Advocates of social justice ignoreindividual rights, as they concen-
trate on economic equality for all.Economic equality is achieved bythe redistribution of wealth, favor-ing some while penalizing others.Social justice focuses on collectiv-ism.
e committee shouldinclude private citizens who arentjust yes men. e current com-mittee consists of politicians anddevelopment groups (private, for-prot organizations) who all thinkalike. Its possible the planningcommittee wont concentrate ontransportation and social equityas the ISTEA mandates. eycould concentrate on social justiceinstead (if they dont consider the
strings attached to money they ac-cept).
Regardless of the reasonsfor a regional committee, I seeit as a new layer of government.A regional committee can create
ordinances, zoning and debt. epoliticians will be able to controlrural land the same way theycurrently control land within citylimits. e committee can createliving conditions in one place thatdrives population to another loca-tion. at is serious power.
e Dispatch quoted Park-er Wiseman as saying, Make nomistake, it would be very strong.
It would be nice if privatecitizens could trust politicians todo the right thing, but that hasnever been the case in our history.In November, we can strive forthat goal. Vote for politicians whovalue liberty and justice for all,
rather than politicians who focuson money and social justice.
Elaine Vechorik
Sturgis
I found it disturbing toread the recent (July 18, 2012 is-sue) inputs under the from thecitizen column in e Real Story.
Both articles, one by Gary Chesserand the other by Elaine Vechoricstretch credulity, warp reality andsupplant common sense with aconspiracy theory. Although thepage is a forum from members ofthe community to express theirviews, that the Real Story editorswould choose to include this typeof input under their title negatesthe foundation of the publication.With a bit of research, it is evident
that this is ction masqueradingas fact.
e common denomina-tor in both letters is the contentand interpretation of a UnitedNations document from the 1992Rio Conference entitled Agenda21. Recognizing that populationsworldwide were stressing globalresources and extracting earthswealth at an unsustainable rate,178 countries agreed to provide aset of NON-BINDING guidelines
for sustainable development. Intruth, Agenda 21 does nothingbut provide countries and com-munities with a set of principlesto grow smartly a plan to ghtoverpopulation, pollution, pov-erty and resource depletion. atsit in a nutshell. Agenda 21 is allabout the survival of populations,oering a voluntary strategic planfor the smart utilization of earthslimited resources. Read the docu-
ment here:http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agen -da21/res_agenda21_00.shtml
How those guidelines
morphed into a conspiracy the-ory, based almost entirely in theU.S., speaks volumes about theparanoia of individuals who see
a Socialist or even Communisttakeover behind every rock. UnderAgenda 21, these activists arguethe expansive American way oflife - our freedom, if you will - isunder attack by the U.N. eir fearis that once the U.N.s so-calledradical utopia is achieved, gunownership will be forbidden andthe UN will raise an army intenton terrorizing the populace in thename of social order, equality, sus-
tainability and smart growth allwords that anti-Agenda 21 activ-ists believe signal the true intentof the U.N.s plan. Geez Louise! Yascared yet? Professor Glen Beckespoused these ideas shortly be-fore he went o the air, so it mustbe true.
Heres a news bulletin..WE ARENT THE ONLY COUN-TRY IN THE WORLD.
Although the USA is hometo less than 5% of the worlds
population, it is responsible forover a quarter of global carbonemissions; I guess we are excep-tional. Also exceptional is thefact that we have the most vocalclimate change deniers, backedup by straw men scientists hiredby the largest resource extractorsin the world. We want what wewant, when we want it. Sustain-ability? Whats that? Weve beena country with land to spare
and despoil, while we moved onleaving the shells of past develop-ment as the eyesores of our greed.Our empty buildings, cities andsuburban sprawl become obso-
lete as we move on to greenerpastures, which soon turn blackwith pavement. Look to your localcommunities to see the decayed,
abandoned strips of yesterday andthe new development that will beobsolete in 20 years. How long canthis continue? Apparently com-munity zoning is a nefarious plot.
Regulation for the good of all the
citizens has become evil. Peopleworking together for the com-mon good are an assault on ourindividual freedoms. Narcissists,rise up and y your ag! How sad;we once saw the benet of beingunited.
Common sense is nowConspiracy. Sustainability isSocialist. Our throw-away societyhas become an American virtue soingrained that simple guidelinesbecome a villainous scheme to
overthrow us. Have we becomeso spoiled and pampered thatwe think the world belongs tous? We act as though we can dowhatever we want, disregard orignore global problems and notpay the consequences. e UnitedNations rightly recognized, as farback as the late 80s, that this worldwas facing a crisis that threatenedhuman survival. e Amazon,Africa, Haiti, and other developing
countries were facing defores-tation, inadequate or pollutedwater resources, unsustainablefarming practices, overpopula-tion, disease, oods, famine and
illiteracy. Glaciers were melting;CO2 emissions were rising tohistoric levels with the prospect ofdisastrous weather phenomenon
to follow. ey were prescient inthat they rightly recognized theseproblems facing humanity. A totalof 178 countries agreed to draand present some limited preven-tive guidelines. is was not somesocialist ploy to overthrow ourAmerican way of life. It wasntspecic to us. Why the panic andoutrage at such a logical proposi-tion? Do they want us to be asfearful and paranoid as they?
Unfortunately, this U.N.document called Agenda 21 hasbeen relegated to the dustbin ofhistory and largely ignored fortwo decades to the detriment of allcivilizations as our environmentcontinues in decline. Most localsolons dont even know it exists.e only use it seems to have is asa rallying point for a tight cadre ofanti-government patriot activistswhose fears are rooted in right-wing lore about a New World
Order. Unfounded fear is a power-ful motivator.
Bualo Springeld wrote:Paranoia strikes deepInto yourlife it will creep.It starts whenyoure always afraid..You stepout of line, the man come andtake you away. Stop, now, whatsthat sound, Everybody lookwhats going down.
Laird Bagnall
We arent the onlycountry in the world
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An article in the ManchesterGuardian discusses the pending deci-sion to install cameras at proessionalsoccer games not unlike Americanpolicies to institute ocial review
in American ootball and, to a lesserdegree, baseball. Most o us see thesetechnological improvements as goodthings. Tey seem to us above all tobe a means o assuring airness, andwhat is more American or Britishthan air play? Yet, as the Guardianarticle points out, the best part o thegame o soccer and by extension,proessional sports in the UnitedStates is its imperectability. Sportshave always been a metaphor or lie,so what does this move towards per-ectibility say about us as a society?As the articles author, Michael Hann,points out:
For me, and or many otherans, one o the beauties o ootball isits imperection. Your avorite playermight be capable o beating six op-ponents then calmly side-ooting theball wide o the target. Your goalkeep-er might make a wonder save theninexplicably throw the ball to theother sides center-orward. And so itis with reerees and their assistants:most o the game, they get everything
right, but then to the baementand anger o 30,000 people theyllmake a decision so wrong it beggarsbelie. And you know what? Im newith that. It is a reminder that we areall but human, and our lives are lit-tered with errors.
Te imperect, in act, iscelebrated above all else in oot-ball. Players and managers cut deepwith aws are celebrated above themetronomes that do their job with-out incident. Tats why one o thebest-known V clips, rom the 1970
World Cup, shows Pel missing agoal, not scoring. Its why peoplewatch compilations o terrible mis-takes.
Te search or perectibilityis very American. We have always eltthat problems are there to be solved,that ingenuity will always prevail andthat history itsel is a story o progres-sive improvement. Look how ar wehave come, say the behavioral opti-
mists. We have conquered disease,expanded human experience throughtechnological innovation, and honedand perected political and economicsystems through democracy and mar-
ket capitalism.However, we conveniently
ignore the act that, while we haveconquered some diseases, new oneshave risen up to take their place; andwhile there is no longer a threat romthe Black Death, there is certainly onerom Ebola or H5N1 Avian Inu-enza. Man-made contributions to theenvironment, whether in the orm otoxic chemicals, petroleum by-prod-ucts or other non-organic pathogens,represent unknown but potentiallyserious dangers.
Te brutality o GenghisKhan or amburlaine, who sweptout o the steppes o Central Asiaand marauded their way rom east towest, will probably not be seen again,but the mass murders incited by Sta-lin, Hitler, Mao and Pol Pot were justa ew years ago in the scope o humanhistory. A nuclear world is still a dan-gerous and ragile place.
In other words, those whostill believe that human perectibilityis within our reach are not paying
attention to history. Even playwrightshave understood this. ShakespearesHistories recount the endless cycleo war, palace intrigues, toppling omonarchs, and the endless drive ormore land, resources and power inthe name o sel-preservation.
Te installation o cam-eras and ocial review in Americansports is a perect example o ourdissatisaction with things as theyare and our desire to make thembetter. We have none o the per-spective o 1,000 years o European
history, the 5,000 years o Hindu-ism or the 2,500 years o Buddhism.Europeans, aer sufering throughcontinual wars, have a more balancedand rational view o human history,which, as Shakespeare noted, repeatsitsel in predictable and never-endingcycles. Buddhists understand thatthere is no change but change andthat the key to enlightenment isunderstanding that there is no such
thing as perectibility. Hindus believein the evolution o the spirit but knowthat the afairs o man will always bebrutal and damaging.
Te most ironic act o cam-
eras and ocial reviews in sports isthe act that the law o averages, thewhat goes around comes around, isnever even considered. A team thatis penalized or a bad call will beneteventually rom an equally bad callon its opponent. A ball that is calleda strike will be balanced with a strikethat is called a ball. I we had let wellenough alone, baseball would still beas air as it always was. Earlier ansknew this and not only lived with itbut embraced it. Hey, Ump, whad-dya, blind or something? was notonly enough, but more satisyingthan the antiseptic, cool and rationalcamera decision, and maybe moredemocratic, too. Whole sections oYankee Stadium booing the umpiremight afect his eyesight more thanthe images o a camera.
Hann states, More to thepoint, though, disputes make ootballmore exciting. Where commentators
view an on-pitch ght and pompous-ly declare No one wants to see sceneslike that, ans see the same thing and
bellow their approval. Equally, every-one whos ever crowded into a sta-dium knows the up swell o anger andadrenalin that ollows a horrible callby the reeree. Tey know the way theatmosphere picks up, the way voicesrise, the way the ans exhort the teamon to greater heights to compensateor the perdy o ocialdom until
20,000 peopleare singing
You dont know what youre doingat the reeree. Tose moments, whenpassion becomes uncontainable, areexactly what make ootball great.Why on earth would anyone want to
take them away rom the game?It is obvious that all sports
will become creations o surveillance.More cameras, placed at more angles,will be deployed in baseball stadiums.As it is now, television has advancedlaser/GPS technology that can tellprecisely whether a pitch is a ball ora strike, whether a ball is air or oul,or whether a wide receiver has goneout o bounds. A simple insertion oa computer chip in all athletes willmake the game not errorless, but cor-rect.
Eventually, sports will be-come virtual. Video games are nowso realistic that their extension toa virtual, 3-D world and even to acomputer-mind universe is only amatter o time. In those worlds, wewill simply be able to change reality iwe dont like it, reverse roles, changewinners into losers and create theperect warrior o our imagination.
Sooner or later, we will beable to perect the human genomethrough genetic modication. Every
advance in genetics, while touted asthe answer to disease, aging, demen-tia and railty, is really the search orperection. I the term Americanexceptionalism has any sense what-soever, it is in this context. We arealone in the world in believing that itwill ever be a better place.
By Ron Parlato
The Search for Perfection
Hiring a Caregiver Troughan Agency
When you hire a caregiveror a amily member or parent, howdo you know who or what youregetting? I you hire someone throughan agency, you would expect that itsdone all the background checks. Butcan you trust the agencies?
AARP posted on its websitethe results o a study done by Dr. LeeLindquist o Northwestern Univer-
sity Feinberg School o Medicine.Lindquist discovered that only halo placement agencies do any back-ground screening or testing o care-givers. Only one-third do any drugtesting or check out qualications.And only one-third send supervisorsout to check on caregivers.
Scary, isnt it?Lindquist developed a list o
10 questions to ask agencies i youreconsidering using them to hire a care-giver:1. How do they recruit caregivers and
what are their requirements?2. What kind o screenings do theydo? What level o background check?Any drug testing?3. Is there any training, such as certi-cation in CPR?
4. How are the caregivers insured?Are they bonded?5. What skills do the caregivers have?Are they skilled in transers, dressingand bathing?6. How does the agency assess theseskills? Do they rely only on the ap-plicants word?7. What is their policy i caregiverscant do what is stated in the contract?8. I youre unhappy with the care,will the agency provide a substitute?9. Is there a supervisor who will
evaluate the quality o the care? Howoen?10. Is the supervision via phone orhome visits?Your best bets: Look or a caregiverthrough your church or supportgroup. Ask others or recommenda-tions. Contact seniors service agen-cies or recommendations.
Matilda Charles regrets that she can-not personally answer reader ques-tions, but will incorporate them intoher column whenever possible. Write
to her in care of King Features WeeklyService, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].
(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.
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We are truly blessed herein Columbus to have so manycultural activities from which tochoose. e problem is that theyare oen scheduled on the sameday, at the same time.
is coming week is a casein point. In the span of four days,Columbus will play host to sixevents.
On ursday, July 26,Columbus Community eatersproduction of e CasserolePatrol will start a four-day run.
is Laura Cole rash comedyfeatures 13 actors from the Gold-en Triangle and is sure to havetheater-goers crying with laughter.
Performances are set forursday, July 26, through Satur-day, July 28, at 7 p.m., with a clos-ing matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday,July 29. e Friday and Saturdayperformances are dinner-theaterstyle. Tickets for the ursday andSunday performances are $10 inadvance, $12 at the door. Ticketsfor the dinner-theater-style perfor-mances are $20. All performancesare at the Rosenzweig Arts Cen-ters Omnova eater. To purchasetickets or for more information,visit www.columbus-arts.org, orcall (662) 328-2787.
Also on ursday, theSounds of Summer concert seriesdraws to a close with a perfor-
mance by Deacon Jones and theLate Night at 7 p.m. at the River-walk. is well-attended event isFREE and open to the public; lawnchairs and blankets are welcome,but please no coolers or pets. Formore info, visit www.columbus-mainstreet.com, or call (662) 328-6305.
Friday night (July 27)brings the latest installment ofWords and Music: An Eveningof Spoken Word and Songs, theopen mic night that is held at
Tampico Bay Restaurant (1515College Street). is wildly popu-lar monthly event features localsinger/songwriters, poets andspoken-word artists. Last monthsversion attracted 60 culture loversand an incredible array of localperformers. e event, which isFREE and open to the public,begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends whenthe audiences hunger for enter-tainment is satiated (last month,that was at 10:15 p.m.).
If you are interested in per-forming or just want to learn moreabout this activity, visit www.ran-domactsofculture.biz, or call (662)368-8181.
As always.
Get out and get your
culture on!
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Some musicians develop
their talents over many years o studyand practice; others are born with it.Caleb Childs ts into the latter cat-egory.
Tis incredibly talentedyoung man (hes only 23) plays theguitar as i he had been doing so allhis lie. Tats not much o an exag-geration, since he started playingwhen he was 13.
Childs, who claims bothStarkville and Louisville as home-towns, indicated that he is entirely
sel taught; every-
thing he knows, helearned by watchingother musiciansplay and then try-ing to imitate them.
In responseto which musicianshave inuencedhim, Caleb citedthe late Willie King,Dickie Betts o TeAllman BrothersBand, Bobby Wom-ack and Django
Rinehart.Childs
primary instrumentis the electric guitar,although he alsoplays a pretty mean harmonica.
Hes a member o two bands:Te Old Memphis Kings, which isa straight-up Delta blues band, andSipsy Fires, which oers up classicrock. Sipsy Fires got its name roma situation in which the band wasreturning rom a gig in ennesseeand was traveling through the SipseyWilderness Area, which was on re atthe time. Te bandmates saw that asa sign, and Sipsy Fires was born. TeOld Memphis Kings started out asOld Memphis, under the tutelage oWillie King. One night, Willie intro-
duced the band as
Te Old MemphisKings; the name juststuck.
Te OldMemphis Kingsare: Drew Blackwell rhythm guitar,lead vocals; BethFulgham drums,
vocals; KeatziGunmoney bass,
vocals; and Childs guitar, vocals.
Sipsy Fires is
made up o: KeatziGunmoney bass,lead vocals; PhillTompson key-board, vocals; Mark
Treet drums, vocals; and Childs guitar, vocals.
When askedwhat the hardest parto developing a careeras a musician has been,Childs replied, Tereare so many great musi-cians out there; youhave to do somethingdierent to stand outrom the crowd.
While Te OldMemphis Kings hasenough songs written to
make up a ull CD but has not set a
recording date, Sipsy Fires has tenta-tive plans to record their rst albumby the end o the summer.
Both bands play mostly clubgigs and estivals. Te Old Mem-phis Kings is scheduled to perormat Daves Dark Horse avern inStarkville on August 10.
I you have not heard eithero these bands perorm, you canlisten to some tracks and get more in-ormation by visiting their Facebookpages: https://www.acebook.com/sipsy.res and https://www.acebook.
com/pages/Te-Old-Memphis-Kings/10711942094.
Whatever your pleasure Delta blues or classic rock you cantgo wrong with Te Old MemphisKings or Sipsy Fires! Better yet, seethem both!
The Real Story Staff
Portrait of the Artist:
Caleb Childs
Summer Fun With Seashore
Shells
Hunting or treasures at lowtide along a avorite beach is one olies simple pleasures or tots, teensand adults alike. Teres so much tosee, smell and discover in natures gi-ant sandbox -- scampering crabs, col-orul seaweed, seagulls, jellysh (theymay sting you!) and all those shells. Iyoure lucky, youll nd lots and lotso shells to hand pick and bring backhome or a lasting souvenir o theday.
Here are some simple lessons
and activities that you can do withyour young kids and grandkids whenyou get home. For those who arenthitting one o the coasts this summer,look or bags or baskets ull o shellsat neighborhood tag sales and thrifstores. Some specialty toy and crafstores sell them, too.
CLEAN
I you have just collectedshells at a beach, wash them in abucket with mild detergent and setthem out in the sun on a towel to dry.Use old toothbrushes to scrub thesand out o crevices.
Let school-age kids try a sci-ence experiment with broken pieces.Place a piece in a jar and cover the
piece with vinegar. Set overnight.Did it disappear? Explain that shellsare composed o calcium carbonate.
Te acid in the vinegar dissolves thecompound.
EXAMINE
Sort them by type in piles,and nd their names online or ina eld guide. Challenge your pre-schooler to arrange the shells romeach pile in rows rom largest tosmallest.
alk abouthow the suraceseel and use adjec-tives to describe
colors and eatures.Use a magniyingglass to observedetails. You mightbe surprised todiscover the colorso the rainbow in-side some. Abaloneshells have brilliant,rainbow-like hues.
PUT SEASHELLS
ON DISPLAY
Create abowl ull o memo-ries, and keep it onan end table or onthe center o yourdining-room table
or everyone to see. For a dramaticdisplay, use a large, low pasta servingdish with edges. Fill it hal-ull with
clean sand, and arrange shells andother avorite mini seashore nds ontop.
Set at shells such as scal-lops or clams upright in the sand.For added attractions, tuck in a travelpostcard, a trip photo in a small Lu-cite rame and a tiny sailboat or otherpurchase rom a souvenir shop.
Donna Ericksons award-winningseries Donnas Day is airing on
public television nationwide. To nd
more o her creative amily recipes andactivities, visit www.donnasday.comand link to the NEW Donnas DayFacebook an page. Her latest book isDonna Ericksons Fabulous Funstuf
or Families.
(c) 2012 Donna EricksonDistributed by King Features Synd.
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Dip-Dye DYI (Do-It-Yourself) DetailsI you are looking or a un
and easy DIY that will give you an ab-solute summer must-have, then thisVIP DIY: Dip Dye Shorts is yourticket to the happy train! It is easyand un, and the outcome is abulous!
Celebrities like Alexa Chung (cur-rent host o 24 Hour Catwalk onthe Lietime channel and contribut-ing editor to British Vogue) andFergie (singer, songwriter and ashiondesigner) have been spotted wearingdip dye.
Now it is time to venture intoyour closet, grab a worn-out pair odark denim jeans (or purchase someat a consignment shop as I did) andollow my six simple steps to creatinga splendid pair o dip-dye shorts!
Supplies needed or this easy DIY:Bleach (I used Clorox Splash-Less.)Paint brush (I used a two-inchbrush.)
Dark denim jeans Pencil Scissors Vinyl/Latexgloves
WARN-ING: Tis
DIY involvesbleach. Beashionable in
a well-ventilated area. Read warninglabel on bleach bottle. I this is yourrst time using bleach, I recommendwearing protective eyewear. Remem-ber - saety rst. Step 1: Put on the jeans and
mark the desired length or the shortswith a pencil. You may want to enlistthe help o a riend, relative or neigh-bor i you desire a more precise cut,or you could wing it like I did! Step 2: ake o the jeans andcut each pant leg at the pencil mark.Tis is not the time to wing it, so takeo the jeans beore cutting! Step 3: Mix one cup o bleachwith one cup o water or dip-dyeing.You can also mix one cup o bleachwith two cups o water or a less
bleached look.WARNING:
extreme-ly potent. Since the bleach mixture isextremely potent, I will repeat whatwas said earlier - please perorm thisDIY