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Dr. Martha Liddell sits con-dently in her oce and displaysthe demeanor that all good leaderspossess: the ability to stay calm under
pressure. Aer a summer o uncer-tainty in her position, she is com-ortable in the act that she is nowthe person truly accountable or theColumbus Municipal School District.With good spirit and great enthusi-asm, Dr. Liddell talked to Te RealStory about her goals and desires orthe upcoming school year.
She discussed the budget, taxes,dropout rates and the uture o theCMSD. What ollows is Dr. Liddellin her own words. It is a eature TeReal Story will run rom time to time
to give our community leaders achance to talk to the public withoutinterruption or interpretation. Justthe individual talking to you, thereader.
So without urther anare, hereare Dr. Liddells belies and projec-tions or the upcoming school years:
Tree simple wordsdescribe my ocus as superinten-dent o education or ColumbusSchool District or the 2012-
2013 school year. Tey are posi-tive, proactive and purposeul. Iam positive about the uture oColumbus Schools. Te districtsbudget is in good shape, and wereceived $85,000 more in taxcollections than expected. WhenI think about how ar we came ina year with our budget, I count ita victory or our school system.
I also believe it is very im-portant this school year or meto continue to be proactive. Co-
lumbus budget problems didntmagically get solved. It took a loto hard work and sacrice. I de-scribe this past year as the yearmy lie changed or the better,and giving up on the children oColumbus was not something Iwas willing to do.
When youre trying to dowhats right because its the rightthing to do, people wont alwaysunderstand it, but they will re-spect a person who is willing tostand on principles and convic-tion. Im not looking back, Imlooking orward. I orgive reely,and Im not holding any grudgesagainst anyone or any reason. Iappreciate the Columbus School
Board or giving me this oppor-tunity, and I am truly blessed tohave been named superinten-dent o education. I plan to rep-
resent all the students, sta andamilies o Columbus Schoolswell and unselshly.
I am so happy our schooldistrict is out o the doom-and-gloom phase that budgetproblems cause. I am ocused onthe uture success o the 4,700students who come to Colum-bus schools every day wanting aquality education.
In conclusion, my leader-
ship is purposeul. My purposeis putting students rst. Mymission as Superintendent oColumbus Schools is to tacklethe citys dropout problem withcommunity support throughProject 2020. I ask or concernedcitizens help with a problemthats getting worse by the day.o learn more about Project2020, visit the districts websiteand click on Project 2020 (www.columbuscityschools.org).
o be very honest, as aschool system we dont need toraise taxes on citizens who arealready over-taxed to educate thechildren o Columbus. We can-not tax our way out o a biggerproblem. We have to admit wehave a problem, and ultimatelyits every taxpayers problem.
We already have whatwe need to succeed, and thatspeople who care about children
and our community. We cannotallow 30% o Columbus studentsto drop out o school and thenexpect a prosperous community.Education (or the lack o it) hasa direct impact on the economy.
Many educators in the statewill tell you we cannot do any-thing about the huge number ostudents dropping out o schooleach school year, but what theyare really saying is that they arenot willing to do anything aboutit. Columbus Schools receive$5,500 in state dollars per yearto educate a child, yet accord-ing to the MS Department oCorrections it took $98 per dayto incarcerate one maximum
security prison inmate in 2009,which is approximately $36,000per year. Whats wrong with thispicture? (www.peer.state.ms.us/
reports/rpt532).
Tis matters because 70%o prison inmates are highschool dropouts. Kids who atleast graduate rom high schoolare much more likely to hold a
job, and youth dropping out oschool drains the economy inmore ways than one. Instead obeating up on the public schoolsystem, its in every taxpayersbest interest to support educa-tion or all.
Te bigger problem, inmy opinion, is the intentionalperpetuation o a racial and eco-nomic divide in our community,because good people stand idlyby while corrupt people teach usto mistrust one another.
Since I was named superin-tendent, I am reminded that ourcommunity is making progress,but it still has a long way to go
in order to not judge people bythe color o their skin but by thecontent o their character. I acechallenges every day that arenot academic in nature but arepurely a refection o the biggerproblem.
Te good news is, though,that Im not going to be deterredrom helping children, respect-ing taxpayers and helping asmany kids as I can stay in schoolor return to the educational
setting in some way, by givingdropouts and potential dropoutsmore options to earn a highschool diploma. I cannot do allo this alone. I need the help ogood people. I admit it wont beeasy, but ghting or reedomnever is. Tere is a bridge outhere, olks, which we all need tocross together as citizens unitedto save Columbus.
Success and ailure comesdown to the choices we make. Ichoose to believe that the chil-dren and economy o Columbus,Miss., are worth the eort.
Sincerely,Martha
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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
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Mayor And City Council Address Projected
$1.6 Million Budget DecitThe Real Story Staff Report
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith,city councilmen and various depart-ment heads met for more than sixhours over a two-day period in an
attempt to close a projected $1.6 Mil-lion budget gap.
e Mayor opened the rst dayof discussions on Wednesday, Aug.15, by asking Chief Financial Of-cer Mike Bernsen to elaborate onthe cause of the anticipated shortfall.e reason for the decit is in sev-eral dierent areas. Appropriationsare up $282,000, exactly as requestedfor scal year 2012; money spent onequipment went over at $335,000;debt servicing is up $338,000 due tothe nancing for the equipment. ebig boy is personnel services, which is
up to $1,220,511.21, (making) up half
of the total increase, said Bernsen.Much of the remainder of
Wednesdays session was devoted toreviewing the proposed 2012-2013scal year budget.
However, there were some hintsat what was to come the next day.
Bernsen, who had the unfortu-nate task of being the bearer of badnews, cited another couple of culpritsfor the budget woes. e re depart-ments spending on overtime is up$100,000 in the current year. isapparently stems, at least in part,
from what many people will no doubtsee as an incredibly wasteful policy.According to Fire Chief Ken Moore,recruits are hired and undergo basictraining but are not allowed to enter aburning building until they undergothe state re commissions certica-tion process. ere is sometimes amonths-long period between thehiring of these new reghters andthe time when they can be certied.So, not only are they being carriedon the payroll while not being able
to enter burning buildings, but otherfull-edged remen are pressed intoservice, many of whom must bepaid overtime wages. Most taxpay-ers would see this as a wasteful wayof handling sta ng within the redepartment, and rightfully so.
Still, the entire budget shortfallcannot be attributed to poor planningsuch as is evident in the re depart-ment. Another sore spot is the factthat retirement spending increased bymore than 14 percent in the past year.
ursdays marathon budget
session opened with a variety ofcommunity organizations appearingbefore the council to appeal for funds.Most, if not all, of these requests werelegitimate and worthwhile. Unfortu-nately, some of these groups are likely
to be disappoint-ed, come decisiontime.
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share of urs-days discussionwas spent ona department-by-departmentreview of budgetrequests, most ofwhich experienceddrastic cuts.
Mayor Smith, for his part, at-tempted to persuade the councilmenof the need for various line items. Hepointed out that much of the equip-ment in use by the various depart-ments, especially Public Works,
is horribly outdated. Forexample, some of the vehiclescurrently in use date to 1990.However, the mayors pleasfell on deaf ears.
Further complicat-ing matters, it is clear thatthe council, at this point, isrefusing to even considerthe possibility of increas-ing taxes. Bernsen brought
the delicate issue up by oering his
opinion that the only way to close thegap it to raise taxes, with which Chief
Operations O cer David Armstrongagreed. Councilman Kabir Karriemsaid, regarding a tax increase, Its notgoing to happen this year. Council-man Bill Gavin stated, Im not sayingthat personnel and equipment arent
important, but we cant raise taxes.e councils aversion to raising taxeslikely stems, at least in part, from thefact that next year is an election year,and they fear incurring the voterswrath if they vote for a tax increase.
At the end of the day ursday,and despite some fairly draconiancuts in the scal year 2013 budget, thecouncil was only able to whittle thedecit down to $835,638. e mayorand council will be meeting again tocontinue their eorts, but where theywill nd another $800,000 in cuts isanybodys guess.
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Controversy Reigns At West Point Board of Selectmen Meeting
Te issue o redistricting wason the agenda at the Aug. 14, 2012,meeting o the West Point Board oSelectmen, and it quickly became thesource o a great deal o claims, coun-ter-claims and generally harsh words.Although Mayor Scott Ross and Ward
3 Selectman Charles Collins were theprimary participants in this war owords, this sense o discord eventu-ally spread to the other selectmen andlingered well aer a motion on thesubject was passed.
In an attempt to explainwhere the city stood in regards toredistricting, Ross explained, Teboard, not too long ago, hired Goldenriangle Planning and Development.Te plans were presented to us lastTursday. But nothing is nal, and
there will be a public hearing wherethe people can voice their opinion.None o the ve wards are overpopu-lated or underpopulated.
Collins quickly oered hisopinion. I requested a map rom[the year] 2000 as well as the censusreport rom 2010 to use as a modelor us. Golden riangle Planning andDevelopment did not provide theinormation I requested. I talked onthe phone to Mr. McBrayer [Ward 4Selectman] and Mr. Bobo [Ward 1Selectman]. Tey agreed that we have
not been provided any inormationby G..P.D.
Just prior to the start o themeeting, Collins apparently learnedthat a group called Southern Echo
had oered to submit a plan, reeo charge, as opposed to the $4,200being charged by G..P.D. With thisnew inormation in hand, Collinsattempted to persuade the board todrop G..P.D. rom the redistrict-ing project. Tis is an opportunity
to involve the community. We dontknow where we stand with all o ouraccounts, so I move that we terminatethe contract with Golden rianglePlanning and Development, statedCollins, who was interrupted im-mediately by Ross. Im not going torecognize that motion - no sir, saidRoss. Its nonsensical what you justsaid. Te community, by law, is goingto be involved. Tats what the publichearing is or. When you go aroundscrewing around with the process,
you run the risk o costing the cityanother election. Youve already beenadvised o this plan a year ago. You[we, the board] try to nd somebodywith no political agenda, unlikeSouthern Echo, said Ross, imply-ing a bias on the part o SouthernEcho. When asked i he rememberedagreeing that something needed tobe changed, McBrayer commented,During our conversation, all I toldyou was that I had not seen therevised numbers. As the back-and-orth between Collins and McBrayer
continued, Ross attempted to movethe proceedings orward.
In all airness, there was onlyone map that was approved by theJustice Department. It is the map that
we went by in 2009, 2005 and 2001.It has not been changed an inch sincethe 2000 census. Its [Collins propos-al] ridiculous. We had three dierentgroups submit their proposals, Rosssaid, implying the lack o a writtensubmission rom Southern Echo. We
cant just pull things out o thin airand use that as a basis. Tey took thenumbers rom the 2010 census andtranserred them to the map. For youto say that inormation was not pro-
vided, I dont understand said Ross.Well let me help you, Collins
snidely retorted. He didnt allow usto move anything on the map. He didthat in his ofce and reused to giveme the inormation I requested.
I think that is a very unaircharacterization, said Ross.
Might be, replied Collins.You sat here in this room, andI saw you with the very same mapthat we operate under today. Youmoved this block and that block andwere changing numbers, Ross com-mented, in an attempt to reiterate thatnothing needs to be changed due to
the even population o all ve wards.Im not wrong, commented
Collins.I believe you are, replied Ross,
as the discussion devolved evenurther.
Te purpose o redistricting
is so the voters can be equally rep-resented. We dont do the numbers,the census bureau does. Like them ordont, said Ross. Although its not onthe agenda, Ill recognize the motionin spite o its high irregularity.
Te selectmen continued to ex-press their opinions, trudging slowlytoward passing a motion. Eventually,a motion to terminate the relation-ship with G..P.D. passed by a 4-1
vote, much to Ross dismay. Despitethe severing o the contract with
G..P.D, the likelihood exists that thecity will have to compensate G..P.Din some amount or their eorts.
Te contentious debate con-tinued or several minutes aer themotion was passed, as Ross tried torestore some semblance o order tothe proceedings.
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Dear Meagan,
My mom was just diagnosedwith breast cancer and is going to begoing through chemo very soon. Sincemy dad passed away, and I am an only
child, I am going to have to be in therole o caretaker or a while. Mom andI have a history o butting heads andarguing a lot, so I am really unsure ohow all o this is going to go. Do youhave any tips to help me through thistough time?
Sincerely,
Frazzled Daughter
Dear Frazzled Daughter,
In order to be successul at being
a loving and patient caretaker (i thatis what you want to be), you mustrst do what you have to do to takecare o you. With a lot o weight onyour shoulders now, it is important tond what you need to do in order tolighten the load. Tis process might betrial-and-error or a while, and maybe
even a little bit rocky, but you can nda balance that makes you eel goodabout yoursel and prepares you to bethe best caretaker you can be or yourmom.
Te time to start balancing your
lie is now. Dont wait or the chemotreatments to begin or your mom.Start making a plan o what you cando on a daily basis that will put you ina space o love and not in a space oear or rustration. Everyone is dier-entyou may nd that meditating or30 minutes on a daily basis works toget your day started and then realizethat you need a good workout whenyou get rustrated. Te idea is to startpaying attention to what works oryou at what times (when you wantto eel love or when you want to eel
patience) and begin to make a list otools that you can use when you needthem. You can make a list o tools thatgoes something like this:
I realize that having quiet timeor 30 minutes a day puts me at easeand allows me to go with the ow olie.
I know that writing in myjournal in order to share my thoughtsand eelings will help me let go o anyarguments I have with my mom.
I realize that walking two tothree times a week helps me eel
better, and it gets my positive energymoving.
I know now that it benets me toget up and walk away rom anythingthat begins to rustrate me, and thatdoing deep breathing exercises helpscalm my emotions.
My lie is a journey, and I amwilling to learn and grow.
I am my top priority makingtime or mysel allows me to be ev-erything I want to be (insert who youwant to be here).
You can alter these tools in ways
that work or you. Remember what ismost important to you. When you gothrough something like taking yourmom through chemo, it can get tobe very emotional and very stressulbecause you are scared o the outcomeor araid o losing your mom. Fearofen exposes itsel as rustration, and
that is why putting yoursel in a placeo aith and possibility each day is soimportant.
Figure out what is most valu-able or you to walk away with oncethis experience is over. Will it be thatyou enjoyed the time you spent withyour mom? Will it be that you wereable to care or your mom in a lovingand compassionate manner? It doesntmatter what you want out o thisexperience, what does matter is thatyou know what your purpose is andare willing to do whatever you needto do to have that experience. I knowyou will do great and that everythingis going to be okay.
Meagan ONan
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gan! E-mail reaches her at [email protected]. Personalinformation, such as your name, willNOT be divulged.
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No pain, no gain has long beena motto o many people who exercise.
Even people who dont exercise regu-larly are aected by this because oinjuries and improper body positionwhile perorming tasks. Pain is notnecessarily just a physical result, italso exists in the brain. Tis translatesinto injuries, exhaustion and burnout.Muscle atigue is one thing, but painis a sign that something is wrong.
Tere are two types o pain:acute and chronic. Acute pain isusually indicative o an injury. Tereis an exact place on the body thatyou can point to that hurts, such asexperiencing a sudden twinge in yourback during squats or hitting yourleg on the corner o a table. I tissueis damaged, there could be swelling,bruising, inammation and possiblescarring.
Chronic pain is ongoing, suchas a backache or a hip hurting over along period o time, and the level oseverity can come and go or subsidealtogether or a time. Chronic paincan be produced by perormingrepetitive motions over the years. In
this process o movement, over timeyou develop discomort, which causesyou to move in other ways and com-pensate with your body dierently.Ten you just wake up with it. Tis
cycle can come and go. Your bodywas letting you know along the way
that it didnt like what you were do-ing, but you werent paying attention.Inammation may also be presentin this situation as well, even thoughyou are not aware o it.
Pain-ree movement can be away to increase healing and get rid opain in both acute and chronic orms.Te most common ways people dealwith pain are to work through it orstop moving until it goes away. Tis iswrong on both counts. Keep mov-ing unless lie threatening, but nevermove into pain.
I you experience a musclecramp or a twinge while you areworking out, dont ignore it until itbecomes a scream. Address it as soonas it happens by doing the ollowing:
1. Stop what you are doing.2. Check your orm and see i
there is still pain.3. Reduce your speed i there is
still any pain.4. Reduce the weight and re-
check or pain.5. Reduce range o motion and
recheck or pain.6. I there is still pain, do some
other movement where there is nopain.
Do not stop moving - just nd
a way to move that is not painul.Movement plays an important role
in how well you are doing. Yourbody will adapt to whether youuse it or lose it. I you dont movesomething or a while, your bodywill adjust to support idle move-ment. Bone disappears and musclesatrophy.
Tese same principles hold trueor day-to-day activities and worksituations. For instance, you have acomputer job, so you sit or most othe time. Your back hurts, hips aresti and shoulders are up in yourears, and you get up, trying to workit out. You begin to walk and dothings dierently to compensate, ormaybe do less moving around thanusual. You lean to one side, shouldersrounded to the ront instead o relax-ing back and down, and you walkheavier on one leg than the other.Ten you begin to develop chronicpain because o it. Over time, yourbody tries to tell you that it doesntlike that.
Te solution is to nd the sourceo the issue, what started the problem.
Make sure your chair is supportiveso you dont lean and sit incorrectly.Tis will also help you to be awareo slouching so you can correct yourposture. Make sure that your key-
board is in an ergonomic position.You may also need to take this evenone step urther and check your mat-tress. Does your back hurt or hips orshoulders ache? Many people suerrom unknown pain as a result o amattress that is not supportive. Asyou can see, there are many reasonswhy you hurt, so exploring multiplecauses may be prudent.
Te most important things toremember about experiencing pain,whether you are exercising or per-orming daily tasks, are:
Pain is a signal to stop and re-evaluate.
Be smart with how you workout always perorm each exercise inproper orm and at reasonable speed.
Go hard or go home is arecipe or pain.
Eliminate inammation so thebody can heal itsel.
Lack of movement can create acontinuous cycle o pain. Compensating for one painful
movement produces other restrictedmovements.
Melinda Dufe
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Ive been treating a lot o peopleor scars lately - not or looks (al-though we do that, too), but or painso bad that sometimes it doesnt evenrespond to morphine.
Sometimes the pain is directlyrelated geographically to the scar; atother times it is in a place that wouldseem, on the surace, to have nothingat all to do with the scar (in acupunc-ture theory, the body contains endlessmirror images o itsel, and so a scaron someones right ankle can be thecause o restricted movement in theirle shoulder). And the pain doesnthave to be just muscular; scar tissuecan cause numerous other symptoms,rom digestive disorders to nerveproblems to headaches, depending onwhere they are located on the body.One patient o mine with IBS (irri-table bowel syndrome), or example,
had a dramatic reduction in her di-gestive symptoms ollowing treatmento an old scar on her abdomen.
Scar tissue is actually the bodysattempt to heal itsel. Whenever wehave a wound, whether its rom anaccident or surgery, as that woundheals, scar tissue develops under-neath the scar itsel. Basically, the scartissue is ormed rom brous tissuethat the body lays down in the areao injury to strengthen that area. Tisis a healing mechanism employed bythe body. Over time, however, that
brous tissue can cause other prob-lems: Due to a lack o blood supplyto this tissue, it has limited unction,circulation and range o motion. Scartissue can also decrease the exibility,strength and power o muscle, oenleading to urther injury down theroad. And i scar tissue is causing thatmuch disruption o physical tissue,the same thing is happening energeti-cally too, blocking whatever channelsthe scar happens to be sitting on andcausing symptoms elsewhere in thebody.
Unortunately, there doesntseem to be much that takes care oold scar tissue beyond massage (lim-ited efect) and surgery to remove thescar tissue (yes, thats right; the sur-gery will itsel cause new scar tissueto be laid down), and long-term or
chronic conditions and pain are oenthe result o old scar tissue.
Fortunately, acupuncture is ex-tremely efective at increasing move-ment in scar tissue. I have treatedmany people or chronic pain that istraceable back to a scar somewhereon their body. Te results o thesetreatments oen border on whatseems like the miraculous. Its veryrewarding to see patients of chronicnarcotics and opioids as a resulto something as simple as creatingmovement under an old scar.
Te sad part about this, how-ever, is that a lot o this is avoidable:reating scars in their early stages ohealing will go a long way to preventlong-term pain in many people.
Because o the inevitable layingdown o scar tissue and its long-termefects, it is good practice to take
care o a newly healed scar - which iswhy, aer surgery, a person is usuallyprescribed physical therapy o oneorm or another (movement helps thehealing process). Tere are other waysto take care o a newly healing scar,including gentle circular massage;moisturizing with vitamin E, aloe orlavender oil; and taking extra vitaminC and E. Beyond helping the scar healwithout too much keloid ormation(the unsightly raised growth o a scarthat oen happens), taking care oa new scar also helps keep circula-
tion going in the underlying tissuesthat are orming. Acupuncture, too,helps, not just with the healing o thenew scar itsel but with the bodysrecuperative process as well. And, ocourse, a massage therapist trainedin scar tissue massage (please in-quire about their experience) can beextremely valuable during this earlyperiod o healing.
So next time you get a cut or tearor undergo surgery, keep all o thisin mind. And i you have ongoingpain that no-ones ound a reason or,it may be worthwhile to take a quickinventory o your scars and check inor some acupuncture or massage.Remember: aking charge o yourhealth now will save you a ton otime, money and misery in the longrun!
Whats in a Scar?
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The State of the District MessageFrom the Superintendent of Education, Columbus School District
Welcome to our best year yet!
My team and I are 100% focused on improving student achievement andcommunity involvement in Columbus School District.
As Superintendent of Education for Columbus Schools, I have begun in July 2012 the
implementation plan for the new Believe and Achieve Strategic Improvement Goals and
Objectives for the 2012-2013 school year utilizing a research-based teaching and learning
initiative designed that prepares students to meet the requirements of the Common Core State
Standards and Annual Growth Targets/Expectations set by the MS Department of Education.
In my opinion, Columbus Schools has the best Management Team, principals, teachers and
support staff in Mississippi who are working "together" as a team to improve student learning
outcomes. My core value as an educational leader is the belief that we must have a "Master
Teacher" in every classroom.
Teachers and Principals who care about every student enough to believe they can and will
achieve regardless of the color of their skin color, their socioeconomic background, the
neighborhood they live in or what has happened in their past. We have these kinds of
"champions" in Columbus Schools classrooms and where we are falling short; we are standing
shoulder to shoulder this school year to work on school improvement together.
How? By Leading a System-wide Educational Reform Effort that Includes
Every School, Every Teacher, Every Principal, Every Student and Every
Management Team in the District.
Improvement Step 1: I've implemented and begun on-going professional development to
effectively implement The Columbus Schools Believe and Achieve Systemic Learning
Initiative that is based on a researched-based improvement designed called the Essential
Practices of Instruction (EPI). My Management Team and I along with consultants with JBHM
Education Group consultants have begun a yearlong systematic student achievement
improvement effort with teachers that place resources, attention, support and collaboration at the
classroom level.
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All of the district's principals, curriculum coordinators, lead teachers, Management Team and
school board members participated this summer in the first phase of professional development
during the Columbus Schools Summer Leadership Academy on July 18-20, 2012.
Columbus Schools Fall Leadership Institute: Scheduled for August 17 th
The Fall Leadership Institute follow up training is scheduled for Friday, August 17, 2012, at
10:00 am at central office/Parent Center. The Board of Trustees and the public are invited to
attend and to be an integral part of improving public education in Columbus.
Improvement Step 2: The second new initiative that is underway actively involves the
community and earnestly seeks stakeholders' input, suggestions and feedback from educators and
citizens from all walks of life in the Columbus community have been invited them to come
together to help educators and I improve public education in Columbus, Mississippi.
The Board of Trustees and the community is invited to the inaugural meeting of the Columbus
Schools Educational Leadership Councilon Saturday, August 25, 2012, from 8:30 - 12:30 p.m.
in the central office board room.
First Meeting of the Columbus Schools Educational Leadership Council:
Scheduled for August 25th
My Management Team and I along with special guests and our strategic planning workshop
facilitators, Dr. Tom Burnham, former State Superintendent of Education, Dr. Susan Rucker,
Director of Leadership and Workforce Development at the University of Mississippi and Julie
Jordan, Director of the Research and Curriculum Unit at Mississippi State University. Yes, I'm
bringing "bulldogs and bears" together for a fun and purposeful day. Besides I want to prove that
Bully and Black Bear can pull together for a good cause.
To learn more about the council and the specific goals the council will undertake this year, click
here: www.columbuscityschools.org
I am very pleased about the level of participation of citizens who were very eager and willing to
become more involved in joining with Columbus Management Team, principals, teachers and
parents to improve schools for all students; because we cherish and respect all children and all
people.
My Believe and Achieve strategic planning goals and objectives are now IN ACTION for
Columbus Schools thanks to the teamwork, vision and purpose of our instructional leadership
team and support staff.
I believe in each and every one of our teachers and administrators. You have what it takes. The
way each of you are working daily to successfully implement the "Essential Practices of
Instruction" tell me that you believe students deserve more than just our best intentions in order
to make the leap from Good to Great.
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Making the Leap from Good to Great: Why SomeMake the Leapand Others Dont
The author of the book I referenced above, Jim Collins, says in no uncertain terms that before
any organization can be Great, it must first face the "brutal facts." The brutal facts for ColumbusSchools are that nearly 45% of our students overall are achieving "below proficient" level and
nearly 30% of our students are dropping out of school.
It's time for these "brutal facts" to change and they won't change unless with a business as usual
mentality. We must work more strategically and collaboratively to improve student learning
outcomes as we are doing with Columbus Schools "Believe and Achieve" Systemic LearningInitiative. Teachers, administrators and support staff, you can make a difference.
Oh Yes, It's a Great Day to be Falcon!
When I first wrote the phrase, It's a Great Day to be a Falcon in 2009 on behalf of Columbus
School District to submit as part of a grant proposal I was submitting to US Department ofEducation, I wasn't sure if the phrase would resonate with the grant reviewers.
It did, but more importantly it resonated in Columbus Schools and now has become who we areas a school district; because it captures the winning spirit we have as educators and the hope we
connections of hope we have as stakeholders for the success of the district and students.
Talking a Good Game is Good; Winning the Game is Better
Let's Win Together!
My Management Team and I will be schools and classrooms more this school year than ever
before. Each Management Team member has been assigned a specific school in the districtwhere they will serve as that site's Achievement Coach." Teachers need to know that from the
top down they are cared about and the work that must be done is so important that "everyone" is
expected to contribute to educating students well in Columbus Schools.
Teachers, students and parents need to see district and school administrators in classrooms on a
weekly basis observing the learning environment to give teachers specific support and feedbackto help them become master teachers.
Practice What We Preach
I can think of no better way to show teachers, students and parents that we really mean it than by
practicing what we preach.
We are in this together and teamwork makes us stronger than any individual or I will ever be
alone. We are the heroes we seek and it's time we start leaping over tall buildings in a singlebound and marvel (no pun intended) over what we can accomplish as a team. When we educate
for student success, we have super powers and I call this super power "teamwork!"
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As Superintendent, I will never have a monument, tower, holiday or building named after me and
I wouldn't want one or be arrogant enough to believe Ive earned one. What I do want, though, is
for students in Columbus School District to receive the BEST education possible and have the
skills and confidence they need to graduate from high school better prepared for the future that
waits them. Thats the only monument Ill ever needlike the starfish scorching in the hot
summer sun that was tossed back into the sea by someone who took the time to save that one.
The legacy we can have together as educators and as a community is building human potential
through the kind of innovation that occurs when we strengthen the American spirit by equipping
our youngest and most vulnerable citizens with the education they need to compete nationally
and internationally.
As an educational community, to be CHAMPIONS we must "put students first." If you can do
that and if we do it "together", this will be our BEST YEAR YET. Have a great school year
everyone.
Dr. Martha Liddell
Superintendent of Education
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Special To The Real StoryTe Mississippi Main Street As-
sociation held its rst board meetingo the new scal year and ormallywelcomed new ocers and membersto the state board o directors.
Te ollowing are new ocers othe MMSA board or 2012-2014:
President Barry Plunkett o B.Plunkett & Associates, Inc. in Jack-son; President-elect Joey Hudnallo Neel-Schafer in Jackson; rea-surer Mark Loughman o MississippiPower in Gulport; and ChairmanRandy Burcheld o Bancorp Southin upelo.
Te ollowing were elected asnew members o the board:
Allison Beasley, planningdirector o the Southern MississippiPlanning and Development District
in Hattiesburg; Robert E. Smith,Sr., mayor o the City o Columbus;Sheila Varnado, executive directoro R3SM, Inc. in Hattiesburg; Wyatt
Waters, artist and gallery owner inClinton; and Beth Williams, generalmanager o Te Alluvian Hotel andSpa in Greenwood.
Brent Christensen, executivedirector o the Mississippi Develop-ment Authority, became an ex-ocio
member o the board. MDA is theorganizations largest public investorand partner.
Te ocers and new memberswere nominated and elected unani-mously at the MMSA Annual Awardsmeeting on June 21 and ormallywelcomed at the board meeting onAugust 9.
Te MMSA board o directorsmeets every other month in Jacksonor other Main Street cities across thestate. In the last scal year, the board
met in Pascagoula and Starkville andwas given tours o the downtownareas and overviews o the progresso the local Main Street programs by
Main Street managers.Te other members o the cur-
rent MMSA board include:- Steve Kelly, Entergy in Jackson- Hibbett Neel, Neel-Shafer in Jack-son- Bill Scruggs, St. Dominic Health
Services, Inc. in Jackson- Suzanne Smith, Renasant Bank inupelo- Lise Foy, Canton Chamber MainStreet Association (Managers Repre-sentative)- Mickey Howley, Water Valley MainStreet Association (Managers Repre-sentative)- H.. Holmes, Mississippi Depart-ment o Archives and History (Per-manent Member)- Leland Speed, East Group/Parkway
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- Ken PPool, Mississippi Departmento Archives and History (DesignatedRepresentative)- John Poros, Te MSU Carl Smallown Center (Designated Represen-tative)- Joy Foy, Mississippi Development
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Edwina Williams, also known asMother Goose, makes her way to herseat at the Aug. 14 own and owerClub breakast.
Mississippi University or Women Pres-ident Dr. James Borsig speaks about theeconomic impact that MUW has on thecommunity.
Mississippi Main Street Association Announces New Ofcers And Board Members
New members, rom le to right:Mayor Robert Smith; Sheila Varnado;Allison Beasley; Beth Williams; andWyatt Waters.
Pictured at the Roast and Boast Silent Auction on Tursday, August 16 are (l-r)Fay Dexter, Dodie Colvin,Jane Lee, Melinda Dufe,Mike Law, Paul Clardy,Butch Crouse
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Dr. Julia Mortyakova has beenselected to chair Mississippi Univer-sity or Womens music department.
Previously employed as as-
sistant proessor o music at AlcornState University, Mortyakova bringsa wealth o teaching experience romthe Mandelstam Teater in Miami,the University o Miami, the NewYork University Steinhardt School oEducation and the Vanderbilt Uni-
versity Blair School o Music. Shehas numerous recitals, recordings,appearances and presentations to hercredit.
Te position combines her dualpassion or leadership and academia,she explained.
Prior to working as a proes-sor at Alcorn, I served as president onumerous organizations, includingthe National Association o Graduate-Proessional Students. During mytenure at NAGPS, I worked to givethe organization a stronger identityand presence through undraising,lobbying Congress, membership re-cruitment, partnership developmentand conerence planning.
I hope to utilize my experi-ences in my duties at MUW. As a new
department, we can draw on our richmusical history to establish a pre-mier musical program with a strongreputation. As a chair, I hope to con-tinue ullling Weenona Poindextersdream, Mortyakova said.
Te Natchez resident was drawnto MUW because o the strong musi-cal impact it has had on the state oMississippi.
She said, Troughout myinvolvement in the state music orga-nizations, I have met many alumniwho are exceptional musicians and
teachers. Tis made me very interest-ed in learning more about the institu-tion. As someone who specializes inwomen composers, I am honored tobe working at an institution that his-
torically pioneered public educationor women.
As the new chair, Mortyakovalooks orward to strengthening com-
munity engagement and outreach,expanding the student body andestablishing Poindexter Hall as anepicenter or musical and intellectualactivities in the area.
My goal is to educate and pre-pare our students or the competitiveglobal job market. I plan to bring themusic department into the nationalspotlight with a high level o musi-cal activities we host eaturing ourstudents, aculty and guest artists.
She added that MUW is herdream place to work. Te momentI stepped onto the MUW campus,I elt at home. I was touched by thewarmth o the aculty, students andadministrators and ell in love withthe beautiul campus.
Mortyakova earned her doc-tor o musical arts degree in pianoperormance rom the University oMiami and her master o arts in mu-sic perormance rom New York Uni-
versity. She has a bachelors degree inmusic with a double major in philos-ophy rom Vanderbilt University.
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I youre somewhat amiliarwith investing, you may know thatthe Roth IRA is a great retirement-savings vehicle. But are you awarethat some o its benets can also payo or the next generation o youramily?
o understand why this is so, itsnecessary to be amiliar with a RothIRAs eatures. For starters, when youcontribute to a Roth IRA, your earn-ings have the potential to grow taxree, provided you dont start takingwithdrawals until youre 59 andyouve had your account at least veyears. Te amounts you contributedarent taxed when withdrawn becauseyouve already paid taxes on themoney you put in. And the potentialor tax-ree earnings can continue
even when your beneciaries inherityour Roth IRA, though youll need toconsult with your tax advisor on thisissue.
A Roth IRA also oers othereatures that can help you build re-sources or retirement while possiblyhelping your surviving amily mem-bers. For one thing, you can contrib-ute to your Roth IRA or as long asyou have some earned income, up to
the contribution limits, and as long asyou meet certain income limitations.Even i youve ocially retired, youmight do some consulting or part-time work. So you could put some oyour earnings into your Roth IRA.Tis ability to keep unding yourRoth IRA virtually indenitely cangive you more exibility in manag-ing your retirement income - and,depending on how you do managethat income and what your other ob-
jectives may be, you may also end up
with more money that could be lef toyour beneciaries.Also, unlike a traditional IRA
or a 401(k), a Roth IRA does not
require you to start taking minimumdistributions at age 70. In act,you are never required to withdrawmoney rom your Roth IRA. Andby leaving your account intact or aslong as possible, youll potentiallyhave more money available or a va-
riety o options one o which mayinvolve leaving sums to your bene-ciaries. Your non-spouse beneciariesmust take annual required minimumdistributions, but they have the op-tion to take the distributions overtheir lietime.
Keep in mind, though, that yourRoth IRA is part o your estate orpurposes o ederal estate taxes. In2012, your estate would be subject tothese taxes i it were worth more than$5.12 million (or less, i you made
certain gifs). In 2013, however, thisamount is scheduled to drop to $1million unless Congress acts on thisissue. (Some states also have estate
taxes that apply at amounts less thanthe ederal amount.) In any case, iyou have a sizable estate, you shouldconsult with your tax and legal advi-sors.
When you invest in a Roth IRA,your goal, rst and oremost, is tohelp und your retirement. In act,basically all your decisions regard-ing your Roth IRA how much tocontribute, where to invest the moneyand when to begin taking withdraw-als should be based on your ownretirement goals. However, as a sidebenet to investing in a Roth IRA,you may nd that you could help outthe next generation, or two, o youramily.
Tis article was written or use by yourlocal Edward Jones Financial Advisor.For questions, please contact Ryan Mun-son at [email protected]
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Mississippi University orWomens Eugenia Summer Gallerykicks o the 2012-2013 season withselections rom the Permanent Col-lection.
Te show, which opened onuesday, Aug. 14, is unique becauseit ocuses on Collections Within theCollection.
We are using this theme be-cause it allows the gallery to highlightsome works that will be new to bothour students and our regular visi-tors as well as allowing us to put aocus on some more amiliar worksthat have not been shown recently,said Alex Stelioes-Wills, the gallerys
director.Te collections that are beingdisplayed include Ukiyo-e prints(Hiroshige and a Hokusai); WorksProgress Administration prints (BasilHawkins, Hugh Botts and Maybel W.Jack); a selection o works represent-ing MUWs history in the arts (RalphHudson; Eugenia Summer; Dr.Evelyn Stringer; Larry Feeney; andTomas Nawrocki); a selection o the
screen print collection, Cityscapes; aselection o the Copeland collection(Walter Anderson and the Andersonamily); and a selection o big names(including Kthe Kollwitz, PierreBonnard and Alberto Giacometti).
Stelioes-Wills said, Te high-lighting o the Copeland collectionand the selection o works rom pastMUW aculty and students contrib-utes to this eort o building andstrengthening ties with the peopleand communities who have support-ed the Department o Art and Designor 40 years.
He added that the exhibition is apreview o the primary theme o the
upcoming spring season outreach- which will include the CommunityCollege Faculty Show; the Congres-sional High School Competition; theAlumni Juried Show; and the KappaPi exhibition.
We start every gallery seasonwith an exhibition o works rom thePermanent Collection because it ispart o our service to our students,the campus and the community,
Stelioes-Wills said. Te PermanentCollection is an important teachingtool or the Department o Art andDesign. Faculty members bring theirclasses to the exhibition to discuss theworks. For the campus and or thecommunity, this is a chance, once ayear, or people to see a real Matisseor a real Chagall or a real Marie Hull.
Very ew small public univer-sities have art collections o suchbreadth, he added.
Te Eugenia Summer Gallerymaintains the MUW Permanent Col-lection, a collection o nearly 1,000works o art. Te gallery director andstudent assistants are responsible
or storing, organizing, cataloguing,restoring, presenting and exhibit-ing works in the permanent collec-tion. MUWs Department o Art andDesign started collecting artwork inthe 1940s.
Stelioes-Wills will highlightsome o the works in the collectionat a gallery talk on Monday, Aug. 20,12:10-12:50 p.m. Punch and chipswill be provided. Guests are encour-
aged to bring their own lunch. Col-lections Within the Collection endsTursday, Sept. 6.
Te Eugenia Summer Galleryis located on the southwest corner othe MUW campus, directly east o theStark Recreation Center. Te galleryis open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.
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Studio arts major Kourtney Riley, asenior at Mississippi University orWomen, and Alex Stelioes-Wills, Eu-
genia Summer Gallery director, hangselections rom MUWs PermanentCollection, which will be on display
Aug. 14 through Sept. 6. Tis print/etching by Kthe Kollwitz is titledDeath and the Maiden and wasdone in 1910. (Photo by Chris Jenkins/
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle has achieved goldcertication from the MississippiCancer Registry based on the hospi-tals submission of timely, completeand high-quality data.
Baptist Golden Triangle submit-ted at least 95 percent of its expectedvolume of cancer cases diagnosedand/or receiving the rst course oftreatment at the hospital, and ofthose, less than 2 percent was missingcrucial information such as age, sexor city of residence.
e purpose of the award is to
recognize hospitals for submittinginformation so that the MississippiCancer Registry can eectively moni-tor the amount of cancer cases in thestate.
We are proud of our BaptistCenters for Cancer Care sta forachieving this national standard, saidPaul Cade, administrator and CEO ofBaptist Golden Triangle. Maintain-ing up-to-date data is crucial to thehealth of Mississippi.
is years certication is basedon data from 2010.
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e Gordy Honors CollegeForum series opens ursday, Aug.23, at 6 p.m. at Nissan Auditoriumin Parkinson Hall on the campus ofMississippi University for Women.e Forum Series continues throughNovember, presenting lectures, lmand undergraduate research.
Dr. omas G. Velek, director ofthe Gordy Honors College, is pleasedthat the Forum Series continues to
be one of the premier lecture seriesin the state. e series strives to oerdynamic and stimulating presenta-tions for the MUW campus and theColumbus community as a whole.
e series opens on Aug. 23with a discussion of the importanceof overseas study and an explorationof potential opportunities. e recenttrip by MUW to Belgium will be afocus, as will upcoming study-abroadopportunities.
On Sept. 6, Dr. Ronald Cossmanfrom Mississippi State University willpresent e Burning Man Festival- A City of Front Porches (and re,dust, re, music, re, structures onre and mutant vehicles). Cossmanexplores the geography and demog-raphy of Burning Man, a temporarycity of 50,000 situated on a dry lakebed in Nevada. On the one hand, it isa temporary space that seeks to eludeformal structures of control. Yet overits 26-year-run, principles have de-eloped to provide order to this city.
is presentation examines front
porches, participatory art and somereally bizarre-looking vehicles.
On Sept. 20, Dr. Paul Mack ofMUW will present Biological ArmsRaces: What You Dont Know CanStill Kill You. Mack explains thatthe term arms race originated as ahuman construct over a century agobut has been adopted by biologists torefer to a wide range of co-evolution-ary interactions. ese interactionsrange from such classics as predator/prey standos to less direct conictsbetween competitors for the same
food source. All that is really neededis a basic antagonism a feature thatis easily provided in a world whereenvironments are variable and thereare never enough resources to goaround.
e series continues on Oct. 4,when Sen. (R) Sally Burcheld Dotypresents Campaigns and CommonSense; How to Keep Your Sanity inthe Crazy World of Politics. Sen.Doty represents Lincoln, Lawrenceand portions of Simpson Counties inthe Mississippi Senate. In the Senate,her committee assignments includedrug policy and economic develop-ment. She serves as the committee
chair for Governor Bryants TeenPregnancy Prevention Task Force. OnNov. 1, continuing the pre-electiontheme, attorney Elizabeth Crowell ofJackson will present It Is Your Voteand It Still Matters. Crowell is a rep-resentative of the American Associa-tion of University Women.
e Forum Series will concludeon Nov. 8 and 29 with the HonorsColleges Fall Research Symposiums.e event will showcase the under-graduate research of MUW seniorswho are working on honors researchprojects. A poster session will be pre-sented by students midway throughprojects, and nal research presenta-
tions will be made.Velek said that this semester
there are so many students doinghonors research that the symposiumhad to be spread across two eve-nings. It is exciting that we have somany students doing undergraduateresearch and that the quality of thework done at MUW is so high.
All presentations will be at 6p.m. in Nissan Auditorium and willbe free and open to the public. Speak-ers will be available aer their presen-tation to meet and greet members of
the audience. For further informationor to reserve group seating, contactDr. omas G. Velek at [email protected] or (662) 241-6850, or
visit http://web2.muw.edu/index.php/en/main-honors/.
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Assumptions. People make themall of the time. Oen, they prove to beinaccurate. Such was the case when Ientered Rings & Strings on Highway45 North recently.
I must confess that I had notbeen inside this incredible businessbefore last week. As a result, I only
had my imagination to draw upon interms of what the store was all about.
Wow, was I surprised! I mayhave been exposed to too much realityTV, but I wasnt prepared for all of thewonders that I was about to behold!
e rst thing that I noticed wasthe gleaming display case at the backof the store. I guess that it is naturalfor visitors to look straight ahead.
Upon broadening my eldof vision, I noticed, to my right, abountiful array of electronic equip-ment. ere were amps, speakers,microphones and so much more. Allof it was neatly arranged and carefully
displayed. On my le was a gorgeousdisplay of guitars with a large vari-
ety of styles and colors. ere musthave been 30 of them, all lined up onstands just waiting for someone topick them up and rock out. And I amtold that this is not the sum total of
the guitar inventory. ere are morein the back, waiting on their turnin the spotlight. Now, dont get mewrong there is a lot of stu in thisstore, but the items are neatly orga-nized so that there is plenty of roomfor moving about and browsing.
ey dont just sell guitars andsound equipment, either. ey havea large selection of accessories, suchas guitar strings, drum sticks, micro-phones, cables and much more.
With all of this musical gearcomes the distinction of being the
largest full-line music store in theGolden Triangle. In addition, theyare proud to have been the exclusivedealer for Peavey products since 1991.
Now, on to the rst thing thatgrabbed my attention: the jewelry inthe case. is is what makes Rings &Strings so unusual: the fact that thereis a jewelry store inside of a musicstore. ey have an incredible collec-tion of rings, bracelets, necklaces andwatches. And make no mistake aboutit this is quality merchandise. eyoer vintage and estate jewelry in ad-
dition to new items.Rings & Strings also has another
interesting element: ey oer pawnservices. is means that they willaccept certain items such as jewelry,music and sound equipment as col-lateral for a short-term loan, or they
sometimes buy the items outright.Owner Denise Reid is very par-ticular when it comes to this aspectof her business. She is very selectiveabout what she will accept and goesabove and beyond state regulatoryrequirements to conrm the owner-ship of the items that she purchases.It is that attention to detail that hasearned her the sterling reputation thatshe enjoys today, and which keepscustomers returning year aer year.As a matter of fact, Reid stated thatshe rarely advertises the pawn portion
of her business, relying upon word ofmouth a strategy that has obviouslyserved her well.
Reid is one smart entrepreneur.She understands that to remain suc-cessful, her business must be con-stantly evolving. It is a philosophy thatshe has embraced since the businesswas founded in 1987.
Many locals will remember thatthe business started out as Trulovesand was located in the old ShirleysMinute Mart building. Some timelater, Reid bought out her partners
and renamed the business AmericanEagle. During this period, they were
exclusively a pawn shop. In 2000,they moved to their current location.en, in 2006, they decided that thestores name needed to more accu-rately reect the shi towards music
and sound equipment and jewelry,so they held a contest throughout thecommunity to re-name their business.ats how the name Rings & Stringswas born.
Reid describes the business asa family and states that they treattheir customers fairly and that theybelieve in oering the best possible
value on the items that they sell. Wetreat our customers the way that wewould want to be treated, comment-ed Reid. Its also why her employeesstay on for so long. As evidence of this
fact, she pointed to one of her sta, aneatly dressed gentleman with stylishglasses, and proudly proclaimed, Hesbeen with me for 18 years.
She also expressed how blessedshe feels that they have been in busi-ness for so long, especially when yousee so many other businesses failing.
Denise Reid has put it all togeth-er at Rings & Strings. Drop by andexperience it for yourself!
Rings & Strings is located at 2116Highway 45 North in Columbus. eycan be reached by phone at (662) 329-
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The world out thereis bigger than what we can see
And whatfeel
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Waiting to be setfree
by our brokenperception
of our inventedexistence
Of what is actually beyond our reachwhen we let go of what we think we know
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e can onlyithinto silence
To nd our dreams residing, untouched,clinging to our innocence as if they never be-
trayed our faith,by oating away into the wind of uncertainty
When who we really are ishumility runneth over, into the cup we
sculptedin the beginning,
that holds us and shows usthat we are everythingeveryone.
To discover thatfreedom was just a
breath away,appearing as
someone else, as ifthey canonly possess heaven
out there
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I have been following a numberof Facebook exchanges on the evils ofWalmart how the company destroyssmall-scale enterprise, destroys theenvironment, mistreats its workersand damages the carefully wovenfabric of the community. Walmart hasbecome the super-demon of the Le,an icon of Big Money and a shibbo-leth to the Occupy movement.
e name Walmart may alsostick in the craw of the Marthas Vine-yard elite who see its big-box storesas crass, materialistic and invasive,but it is the go-to place for peoplewho want quality products at lowprices. ey may rightly claim thatthe United States is awash in things,and that commercialism is erodingtraditional values, but they should not
complain about the purveyor of theseproducts. Walmart has discovered,exploited and expanded a successfulbusiness model which generates prof-its and serves the needs of consumers.It has been the anchor and focal pointfor new commercial developmentaround it.
e issue is not whetherWalmart is a good thing or a badthing, but what the balance sheetshows. Does the fact that Walmartprovides low-cost, quality goods toinner-city communities which have
been underserved before outweigha relatively small loss of jobs and achanged urban landscape? Does theirpolicy of low wages and benets harmthose new immigrants for whom afew dollars over minimum wage is ahundred times what they would earnback in El Salvador? Does a decisionto build a store on a formerly unde-
veloped plot of land and to nallyopen commercial access to remote
rural areas trump an unobstructedsightline to the Cascades?
ere have been com-plaints from the same liberal quar-ters about fracking and how destruc-tive, dangerous and threatening to theenvironment it is. However, becauseit involves extracting gas fromsources hundreds, if not thousands,of feet below the water table, the risksare minimal while the benets aresubstantial. Since the major energyproducers have backed away fromthe elds of Nigeria and Chad, wherethe security required to pump oil wasas costly as that for a small sovereignstate, and turned to domestic produc-tion, the United States is not only onthe way to energy self-suciency butto being an energy exporter.
e yelping over the proposed(and partially constructed) pipelinefrom the Canadian Keystone XL oilsand elds ignores the issues of bothpolitical sovereignty and energy self-suciency and the minimal risk ofpollution.
Once again, the issue is notwhether fracking or oil sands pipe-lines are good or bad, but whetherthe benets outweigh the risks - or,put another way, whether the benetsexceed or are commensurate withthe costs. From the most recent data
available, it appears that the environ-mental risks of both enterprises aresmall and the benets large. ereis no such thing as a risk-free enter-prise, and decisions can be made onlyaer assessing risk.
Nuclear energy falls into thesame category. ere is no doubt thatthere is a risk, and a serious one, buthow great is it? Does the risk of leak-age from a modern, triple-fail-safe
backup nuclear plant outweigh thebenets? And even if there is a leak,what is the damage it will likely cause,and what will be the cost of remedia-tion relative to the benets oeredby the power? Should France, whichrelies heavily on nuclear power, startdismantling its plants and grid be-cause of Fukushima?
Risk is an inevitable and ines-capable fact of human life, and yet
judgments are made on emotionalor at best partial analysis. Modernmedicine is nothing but calculatedrisk. Gone are the days when a fam-ily doctor made all the decisions.Physicians will now counsel in termsof risks and probability and ask thepatient to decide. Choosing a drivingroute entails risk, and the calculation
includes costs and benets. Adoptingan abstemious diet may reduce yourrisks of cancer but by so small a riskthat it may not be worth giving upthe foods you love. Living in a cityexposes your organism to a varietyof dangers and pollutants, but theenergizing, exciting and stimulatinglife there may be well worth it.
As society becomes more com-plex, clear choices become fewer andfewer, and decisions must be madeon the basis of assessing risk andprobability. Yet we are not prepared
to do so. Risk assessment and cost-benet analysis can and should betaught from a very early age. Even theyoungest children can be presentedwith a desirable goal and asked todetermine whether attaining it willcost more than the benets it pro-
vides, or whether the costs outweighthe benets. is type of analysis isimportant for all adult decisions, forit forces an absolute objectivity and
a clear, dispassionate analysis of thefacts.
It is a sorry fact that conspiracytheories continue to abound in theUnited States, but that is understand-able, since people tend to make apriori judgments based on subjectivepreference or emotion. Was Obamaborn in the United States or wasnthe? is a simple question which canbe evaluated and determined eas-ily. ere is always the chance oferror, and there will always be themost minute chance that he was not,but should anyone base judgment onsuch minutiae?
e credo of the Cato Insti-tute and libertarians in general isShow me the evidence. Demon-strate that an EPA regulation is cost
benecial, and that, on nal account-ing, the degree of improvement inthe environment outweighs the costof achieving it in terms of jobs, taxliability and regulatory constraints.Government is not by nature bad,but its role should be limited to whatonly it can do in a way that is morecost-benecial than the private or
voluntary sectors.We live in a complex world
more dened by probability thancertainty, and yet we are ill equippedto navigate its strange and mysteri-
ous waters. A structural changeis required in education to enablechildren from the earliest possible ageto look at the world in a probabilisticway through the lens of risk andcost-benet and independent, objec-tive analysis. In that way, blood willbe saved from the hearts of idealistswho dont look before they leap.
Risk Assessment Look Before You LeapBy Ron Parlato
When my father told me thatI was going to spend a month inColumbus, Miss., he added: Its theDeep South of the United States ofAmerica. Youll see! It is going to be acultural shock. And he was so right.Everything looks exactly like it has
just come straight out of a movie,from the yellow school bus to all thehouses with the American ag yingproudly in front of them and therocking chairs on their porches.
is is America! Ive been toldthat several times. But is it really true?Isnt Columbus more a city typicalof the South, this region of live oaksand magnolias? Far away from themonstrously large metropolises of theUnited States, this city where natureand human society live side by sideclearly reects the relaxed climate ofthe state of Mississippi. I can easilyunderstand those people who chooseto live their entire lifetime on thisisland isolated in the middle of anocean of lush vegetation.
When you search Columbus,Miss. in the well-known on-line en-cyclopedia named Wikipedia, it willtell you that the city of Columbus wasfounded only in 1821. Nevertheless,the inhabitants, with their eternal
pride, cling to their tradition andhistory just as if they had been herefor thousands of years. Ive met manypeople here who are descendantsof families that have been living inColumbus forever. Apparently, evena large number of those who leaveColumbus eventually come back totheir roots.
e South is known to have beenthe cradle of slavery and a hot spot ofsegregation and racism until the Civil
Rights movement occurred in the1960s and started the slow evolutiontowards equality between black andwhite people. But is this transitionperiod entirely over? In Columbus,the two communities live side by sideand, at rst sight, in harmony. You
just have to drive down the hill fromthe neighborhood where the wealthy(and mostly white) citizens live, crossMilitary Road, and you will enter theblack (and mostly poor) neighbor-hood. Aer living in the town for twoweeks, I felt that the stereotypes were
ever-present in the minds of peoplehere. Dont go through the badneighborhood at night! and Dontgo through the black neighborhoodat night! I had been warned. So,because human nature is very contra-
dictory, my curiosity was aroused bythose warnings. Why is it dangerousfor me? Are they going to assault me?Perhaps murder me? I dont believeso. All Ive seen, when Ive passedthrough this neighborhood, is thatit is the only side of the town wherepeople are actually outside walking inthe streets. All that I felt was warmhospitality.
Maybe you would say that I haveno right to judge the local culture
since Ive only been here for a fewweeks, but I want to understand whysuch segregation still persists here,in one of the states where African-Americans suered the most fromracism in the past.
And I also want to understandthe obvious fact that many peopleseek to avoid: If racism against blackpeople may be nearly over, why hasthe general hatred now turned againstMuslims? ere is as large a dier-ence between Muslims and Islamistextremists as there is between Chris-
tians and members of the Ku KluxKlan. It may be dicult to under-stand this because there isnt even amosque in Columbus. Muslims arenot visibly present, which makesthem remote strangers. e stranger
is an easy target to be dehumanizedby those who are trying to maketheir wars more humane. In that way,people become an abstract idea and
violence becomes more acceptable.But we must be careful not to makeagain the same mistakes that havedarkened the history of Mississippi inthe past. Every one of us can benetfrom peace in the valley (of theTombigbee River) and beyond.
Aude Massiot is a student of Jour-nalism at the Sorbonne University inParis, France.
A French Girl Visits Columbus, Miss.By Aude Massiot
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Te question still remains, Canwe trust the Bible? Or are we goingto listen to the scholars who try todiscredit this wonderully designed
book? Some may ask, How can wetrust a book that was compiled withina span o 1,000 years by approxi-mately 40 dierent authors? Littledo people know that the question justasked is one the strongest evidencesor divine inspiration, and we willdiscuss it more in a later article. oanswer the above question, this writerwould like to ask, how is it that youtrust any other piece o literature?How do you know that WilliamShakespeare really wrote Romeo
and Juliet? How do you know thatWilliam Shakespeare even existed?Tere must have been some investiga-tion put orth in order to prove thelegitimacy o the statements, and thesame investigation must be applied tothe Bible.
Te rst thing to notice is thatwithin its own pages the Bible claimsto be inspired. Paul told imothy in 2imothy 3:14-17, But continue thouin the things which thou hast learnedand hast been assured o, knowingo whom thou hast learned them;
And that rom a child thou hastknown the holy scriptures, which areable to make thee wise unto salva-tion through aith which is in Christ
Jesus; All scripture is given by in-spiration o God, and is protable ordoctrine, or reproo, or correction,or instruction in righteousness; andTat the man o God may be perect,thoroughly urnished unto all goodworks (KJV). imothy could haveassurance or condence in whathe had learned or studied, com-prehended, understood (v.14). Whathad he learned? Verse 15 recordsthat he had learned the holy scrip-tures, which was the Septuagint, a
Greek translation o the Hebrew Oldestament, translated in Alexandria,Egypt, around 300-200 B.C. So herewe have the Apostle Paul tellingimothy to have condence in thistranslation that he had been studying!Tis is incredibly vital because in n-ishing the same verse, imothy is toldthat those scriptures were to makehim wise unto salvation. Friends, tosay that we cannot trust in the Scrip-tures we hold today also means thatwe cannot have condence i we arereally saved or not! We know this is
the case because the verse states thatsalvation and the scriptures are con-nected. Friends, to discredit the Bibleis to remove all hope o salvation!
Probably the strongest argu-ment or the divine inspiration o theBible is in verse 16, with Paul writingthat it is by inspiration o God. OurEnglish word inspired comes romthe Latin word inspirare, whichmeans to breathe into. In Greek, thephrase, is given by the inspiration oGod is one word, theopneustos -literally translated breathed by Godor God breathed. What does thismean? It means that Paul is conrm-ing to imothy and to us today that
the things written in this book werenot the thoughts or ideas o manbut that they came directly rom themouth o God. God told these menby the Holy Spirit what he wantedthem to write (John 14:17, 26), andthey were not allowed to insert theirown belies without His authoriza-tion (1 Peter 1:20). Brethren andriends, let us now ollow a piece oreasoning. I the authors were notallowed to insert their own belies intheir writing o the Scriptures thenthat should inorm us that we are not
to insert our own belies in read-ing the Scriptures. I we do this thenwe would be polluting that whichcame directly rom God. Tis type o
inspiration is reerred to as verbalplenary inspiration; that is to say thatGod inspired every single piece o theBible because man was not allowedto insert his own thoughts. Jeremiahrecords this thought or us in the veryrst chapter o his book, Ten theLord put orth his hand, and touchedmy mouth. And the Lord said untome, Behold, I have put my words inthy mouth (Jeremiah 1:9). Jeremiahcould have condence in what hewas teaching because the words came
directly rom God.Friends and brethren, we canhave condence in this book and themessages rom it because they camedirectly rom God, and nothing wasle out that we needed in order tohave proper aith or salvation (John20:30-31; Acts 20:27). May God bless!
Micah Robertson is pastor ofMagnolia Church of Christ in Colum-bus.
The True Story Of Christianity:
Can We Trust the Bible? (Part I)By Micah Robertson
As everyone knows, not allChristians understand Scripture inthe same way. Leaving aside or a mo-ment whether or not the Bible is theliteral word o God, what we can sayor certain is that the Bible is the sto-ry, in many parts, o the aith journeyo Gods people. Its a aith journeyover many thousands o years.
aken as a whole, as the Wordo God, the Bible is Gods communi-cation to us through the aith o thosewho wrote it, and thats why we call itholy. It is written by us and inspiredby God, like an idea or inspirationwhich we may know beore puttingit in words. Words are the vessels ortruth; hence, in Scripture, we havewords used in many dierent ways:as parables, ables and myths, and asnarrative historical accounts, each othem conveying some truth.
Similarly, the parables Jesusused in his teaching are not meant tobe taken literally, with camels goingthrough eyes o needles or mountainsleaping into the sea. Tose wonderulparables are meant to teach us a truth- but i we remember only the wordsand miss the truth, we have missedthe point o his teaching.
In many churches, we end ourreadings with Te Word o the Lord- or at the very least, we all reerto the Bible as such. But have youever wondered why we dont say the
words o the Lord? Tere is a greatdierence between those two state-ments. We do not say, the words othe Lord because, perhaps, Scrip-ture is not the literal words o God.aken as a whole, Scripture is the
Word o God, meaning the trutho God. Tere is nothing in the Bibleto indicate that God dictated it wordby word or line by line. I your Biblehas red letters in the New estament,supposedly the red indicates the exactwords o Jesus. In reality, those wordsin red are only someones (scholars)best guess at what Jesus might have
said, and there is virtually no way oknowing those were the exact wordsJesus spoke (although it may sellBibles).
And what about the many di-erent books o the Bible? How didall these many books come about?God didnt literally select those either;the books o the Bible were decidedupon by humans, thousands o years
ago, and the decisions o which booksto include were sometimes highlypolitical and biased. Archaeologistsand biblical scholars have since oundmany other writings - books, romthe New estament period which, or
one reason or another, didnt makeit into the Bible. I dont intend to getside-tracked into a discussion o howthe composition o the Bible tookplace but simply to make the pointthat the Bible that we know today wasagreed upon by the councils and deci-sions o men.
Te Bible, being inspired by
God but written by man, reects theallibility o man. It is a story o us, sothere are parts that are ar rom holyand in no way ediying. And thereare many parts we simply do notunderstand and at best have to agreeto disagree on. It is only when wedo not agree to disagree that troublebegins, and down through history
violent wars have ensued - all overour holy book! Any teaching aboutHoly Scripture needs to include somemention o this phenomenon, which
is what happens when we anaticallyhold to a ew truths o our own, tothe exclusion o all others.
Te Bible is lled with violenceand warare against whoever was noto the Hebrew tribe, treachery andbetrayal against those who were, andamily battles to the death, as withSaul and David - a literal representa-tion o what we do when we cling toorigidly to our own belies and expectothers to conorm to them. Fight-ing and conquest is such a constanttheme through the Old estament
that it is sometimes difcult to dis-cern the aith journey o anybody,theyre so busy killing each other.Consider, or instance, the story oKing Davids indelity and subse-quent killing o the betrayed husband:
It is hard or me to nd any inspira-tion in that violent story. Maybe oth-ers nd the reading inspiring.
Some claim that certain biblicalpassages speak or themselves anddont need interpretation - that theymean exactly what they say; othershold that all biblical passages needto be understood in a wider histori-
cal context and with justice, mercyand love. Personal interpretationso the Bible can oen be misleadingand wrong. In all Scriptural under-standing, we need to be asking, Howdoes the whole body o the aithulunderstand this passage? What is thereal truth behind this passage? Whereis the compassion and acceptanceo God in the difcult passages wemight otherwise cling to in our nar-row prejudices?
I once lived under a brutal
regime that turned to their churchleaders and demanded they ashiona theology to justiy violent, hateulracism. And a ew weak Christianleaders misused the Bible and did so.Hitler made the same demand; andagain, a ew cowering Christians mis-used Holy Writ and did his bidding.oday, misusing both religion andthe Bible, the same thing is repeatingitsel in parts o our troubled worldand country, and the Bible is used to
justiy hatred and rejection o oth-ers on the basis o Scripture. Surely,
God didnt intend or this to happen.May God deliver us all - and may wetake care o how we interpret and usethe Word o God.
The Bible: The Word Or The Words Of God?By an Episcopal Bishop
Te Bible, being in-spired by God butwritten by man,reects the allibilityo man. It is a story o
us, so there are partsthat are ar rom holyand in no wayediying.
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Okay, I might as well get thison the record, now: Shane Tubbs is arenaissance man. How else would youdescribe a guy who can sing and playthe guitar and is a skateboard whiz, atop-notch actor and a self-describedoil changer extraordinaire?
Unlike many of the musicianswho have been proled in this col-umn, Tubbs only started playing mu-sic relatively recently. About 11 yearsago, his wife aer tiring of somenot-so-subtle hinting on Shanes part bought him a purple Washburnelectric guitar for his birthday.
Tubbs also differs from manymusicians in that he neither tookformal lessons nor learned from ob-serving other musicians. He learnedby following a book that hi