Bluffs & Bayous July 2018

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ummertime… We are fully into this season of many pleasures as we celebrate our country’s birth on the Fourth of July; appreciate the bounty grown in our home and community gardens; and enjoy back-road discoveries, lake romps, and beach trips.

Another of the many pleasures Bluffs & Bayous KDV UHOLVKHG VLQFH RXU ÀUVW SXElication in 2000 is the opportunity of discovery in our own backyards, in our own communities. One of our special sections Discoveries Along and Beyond enables us to share these discoveries of people and places along and beyond the Mississippi River. This month, we feature two popular sites in Learned, Mississippi—The Lucky Hen and H. D. Gibbes Country Store. On any Thursday, Friday, or Saturday evening, Learned’s often serene Main Street comes alive with people, lights, and music.

Also of note for our readers this month, Jennifer Whittier explores the success of Brookhaven’s Community Garden where town folks gather and galvanize their efforts

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and talents to raise fresh vegetables to feed their own community. Becky Junkin in G’s Fare teams up with friend Hayden Kaiser for “Steak Night,” furnishing a full supper menu of grill and oven recipes to create a scrumptious summer evening dinner with friends. In our Southern Sampler segment, Alma Womack ponders with appreciation the SURIXVH WUHHV DQG ÁRZHUV surrounding her Black Bayou home and showing off during the summer months, so many of these plantings from family members’ yards and from friends’ passalong cuttings and bulbs.

Things around here are anything but hazy and lazy these summer days! We are working daily to explore our sources and surroundings for engaging stories to share with all of you so you can settle into a cozy nook, pour up a glass of fresh ice tea, and

enjoy the read. We hope your July is full of intriguing discoveries of life along and beyond the Mississippi.

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July 2018

FEATURES A Place for Gathering pages 30 - 35

Weekend Discovery in Learned, Mississippi pages 36 - 43

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July 2018

F AV O R I T E S Events Louisiana Up & Coming ................................................................................................ 44-46 Mississippi Up & Coming ............................................................................................... 48-56

G’s Fare Grillin’ and Chillin’ ........................................................................................................11-16

Grillin’ and Chillin’ pages 11 - 16

In the Garden Heuchera Varieties for Your Landscape ............................................................................ 20

Legal Notes The Tax Man Cometh ......................................................................................................... 24

Southern Sampler Bliss from a Bountiful Yard ............................................................................................... 58

The Social Scene Fifty-year William Dunbar Chapter, DAR, Celebration..................................................... 10 Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner ............................................................................. 17

KDMC Foundation Golf Tournament pages 22-23

St. John Hunting Club Crawfish Boil ............................................................................18-19 KDMC Foundation Golf Tournament ........................................................................... 22-23 Baby Shower for Leslie White ....................................................................................... 26-27 Night at the Museum..................................................................................................... 28-29

ON THE COVER Fresh, home-grown tomatoes are among the many delightful items found at The Lucky Hen in Learned, Mississippi, featured in our new Discoveries Along and Beyond segment, pages 36-43. Photograph by Cheryl Rinehart

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PUBLISHER Cheryl Foggo Rinehart COPY EDITOR Jean Nosser Biglane GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Jan Ratcliff

Anita Schilling

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Tim McCary

Bill Perkins

Cheryl Rinehart

Lisa Adams Whittington SALES STAFF

Cheryl Rinehart

Donna Sessions

CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Gary R. Bachman

Lucien C. “Sam� Gwin III

Becky Junkin

Jennifer J. Whittier Alma Womack

Cheryl Rinehart

Jean Biglane

Donna Sessions

Jan Ratcliff

Anita Schilling

Tim McCary

Dr. Gary R. Bachman

Lucien C. “Sam� Gwin III

Becky Junkin

Alma Womack

Jennifer J. Whittier

Bill Perkins

Lisa Adams Whittington

Bluffs & Bayous is published monthly to promote the greater Southern area of Louisiana and Mississippi in an informative and positive manner. We welcome contributions of articles and photos; however, they will be subject to editing and availability of space and subject matter. Photographs, comments, questions, subscription requests and ad placement inquiries are invited! Return envelopes and postage must accompany all materials submitted if a return is requested. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. The opinions expressed in Bluffs & Bayous are those of the authors or columnists and do QRW QHFHVVDULO\ UHà HFW WKH YLHZV RI WKH SXEOLVKHU QRU GR WKH\ FRQVWLWXWH DQ HQGRUVHPHQW RI SURGXFWV RU VHUYLFHV KHUHLQ :H UHVHUYH WKH ULJKW WR UHIXVH DQ\ DGYHUWLVHment. Bluffs & Bayous strives to insure the accuracy of our magazine’s contents. However, should inaccuracies or omissions occur, we do not assume responsibility.

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THE social SCENE NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI

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Fifty-year William Dunbar Chapter, DAR, Celebration embers of the William Dunbar Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, celebrated fifty years of service to America at their May 2018 meeting held at Routhland antebellum home in Natchez, Mississippi. The William Dunbar DAR Chapter was founded in 1968. Its Golden Anniversary meeting recognized Organizing Regent Lucianne A. Wood and thirty-two charter members. Five fifty-year members also were honored. For five decades, the chapter has been especially active in Natchez, Mississippi, and in the United States in historic preservation, Constitution Week; American flag activities; support for DAR and Native American schools; Good Citizen recognitions, American History Essay Contests, Project Patriot, Community Service Awards, and service to America’s veterans.

Now numbering ninety-two members, the William Dunbar Chapter is led by Regent Anne McMullen. Photography by Tom Taylor

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G’S FARE

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Becky Junkin

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Grillin’ and Chillin’ Nothing is more perfect on a summer night than the smell of a charcoal grill with a big, juicy steak. July is a time to celebrate the Fourth of July Independence Day and have friends and family gathered around. It is also perfect just for a family weekend meal. Hayden Kaiser, a local engineer and father of three, is an expert at grilling and has been grilling for

family and friends for a number of years. He has created his own recipes and, as most good cooks do, changes them from time to time.

Steak is perfectly cooked out on the grill and is a summer favorite at our house. Kaiser has perfected the art of grilling and is sharing some of his favorite on-the-grill recipes with us this month.

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GRILLED STEAK Steaks (each 1-1½ inches thick) Salt and pepper ;OL ILZ[ ^H` [V NYPSS H Z[LHR PZ VU H JOHYJVHS NYPSS" [OL ÅH]VY PZ \UILH[HISL 2HPZLY SPRLZ [V HKK JOHYJVHS PU KPɈLYLU[ ÅH]VYZ [V OPZ regular charcoal; and this summer, he has been using a cherryinfused charcoal from Kingsford. The bed of the coals needs to be VERY HOT before putting the steaks on the grill. Don’t get PTWH[PLU[ ^P[O [OPZ Z[LW ZPUJL P[ ^PSS HɈLJ[ [OL YLZ\S[Z 4HRL Z\YL [OL Z[LHRZ HYL YVVT [LTWLYH[\YL /LH]PS` ZHS[ HUK pepper both sides of each steak, patting the seasoning into the steak with your hands. Put the steaks on the HOT grill and be Z\YL [V SLH]L [OL SPK \W *OLJR [OL Z[LHRZ VM[LU" P[ [HRLZ HIV\[ minutes per side for rare. You may want to use a meat thermomL[LY [V IL Z\YL VM PU[LYUHS [LTWLYH[\YL )LMVYL ZLY]PUN IL Z\YL [V SL[ [OL Z[LHRZ YLZ[ MVY TPU\[LZ HM[LY [HRPUN [OLT VɈ [OL NYPSS Eat and enjoy.

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This is my favorite salad and it is so easy to make. I change this up as to what I have in the cabinet or refrigerator; use as much or as little of these ingredients as you and your family like. The salad dressing is so easy: I use Good Seasons Zesty Italian Dressing mix and mix it up that day.

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STUFFED BAKED POTATOES FROM BRENNAN’S 2 large Idaho potatoes 4 strips of bacon, quartered ¼ cup chopped green onions (I sometimes use purple onions.)

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My children grew up eating the chocolate version of this dessert, and we never had a Thanksgiving or Christmas without it. This lighter version, perfect for the summer, I found at Kitchenmeetsgirl.com

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THE social SCENE VIDALIA, LOUISIANA

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Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner

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Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown was the featured speaker.

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THE social SCENE

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

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St. John Hunting Club Crawfish Boil

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IN THE GARDEN

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Dr. Gary R. Bachman

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Heuchera Varieties for Your Landscapes

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ne landscape plant I wish I grew more of is coral bells, known botanically as Heucheras.

I absolutely love the colorful foliage with their seemingly unlimited variety of textures that add interest in any garden RU ODQGVFDSH 6RPH KDYH UXIĂ HG PDUJLQV some have deep cuts, and others feature smooth margins. Texture is certainly on display with coral bells.

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New selections have purple, red, and white marbling as well as different colored veins. Foliage colors of bright gold, orange, and brown abound—and others with different colors on top and bottom DGG à DVKHV RI FRORU ZKHQ WKH ZLQG EORZV These more colorful selections seem to do better in my landscape.

Most coral bells will be one-to-three feet tall and up to two feet wide. There are smaller, more compact selections available. Coral bells can have some of the darkest foliage around, ranging from deep burgundy to black.

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a display of coral bells. Here are some of my new favorites.

I love the silky, dark foliage of Black Taffeta. When grown in full shade, the large glossy leaves will become almost black. These plants were showing good vigor planted in the light shade of an oak.

I thought Champagne was stunning.

This medium-sized plant displays foliage with peach, gold, and chartreuse tones. I ORYH WKH PDURRQ Ă RZHU VWDONV ZLWK EULJKW OLJKW SHDFK\ Ă RZHU FOXVWHUV Creole Nights is a great plant for the landscape. Dark, almost-black leaves are produced in a dense mounding habit. The foliage is much larger than some of the other blackish coral bells.

Spellbound features shimmering silvertoned leaves with tints of rose and purple.

This plant forms a dense mound and makes a great combination container plant.

Coral bells don’t have many pests.

Perhaps the biggest problem is leaf scorching, especially if they are not planted in partial shade.

Coral bells are not hard to grow if you follow a few tips for maintaining healthy clumps. For our Mississippi gardens and landscapes, shade is a must. Find a spot with a few hours of afternoon shade for the coral bells in your landscape.

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Left—Known botanically as Heuchera, coral bells are known for their textures and varieties of color. The Champagne variety is shown growing at the Mississippi State Trial Gardens in Starkville, Mississippi, May 22, 2018.

Above—Heuchera ‘Creole Nights’ features dark black and red leaves that form dense mounding foliage.

Well-drained soil with a lot of compost mixed in is a must. Plant the crown a little higher than the surrounding grade. This will increase drainage and help prevent the crown from rotting. The addition of compost or a general garden fertilizer once in the spring will meet nutritional needs.

Provide coral bells with two to three inches of mulch to help keep the soil cool.

In either spring or fall, carefully dig the plant and break the pieces up where you see the small leaves coming out. Dip these pieces in rooting hormone and push them into the soil in new areas of the garden.

Coral bells are evergreen, and the winter months in Mississippi can leave the foliage looking ratty. In the spring, prune away the old foliage, being careful not to damage the crown. The new growth will come in strong. Later in the summer, rePRYLQJ WKH VSHQW Ă RZHU VWHPV ZLOO NHHS your coral bells looking neat and trim.

Columnist Dr. Gary R. Bachman is an assistant extension professor of horticulture at Mississippi State University’s Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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THE social SCENE BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI

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KDMC Foundation Golf Tournament ing’s Daughters Medical Center Foundation in Brookhaven, Mississippi, held its benefit golf tournament June 1, 2018, at Brookhaven Country Club. Over eighty corporate patrons supported this event. Photographs by Bluffs & Bayous magazine and Leading Edges per KDMC

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LEGAL NOTES

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Lucien C. Gwin III

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I have noticed from time to time that, when I run certain properWLHV D VHFRQG WLPH ZLWKLQ D WKUHH WR ÀYH \HDU SHULRG WKH SURSHUW\ taxes usually increase. Thankfully, most of the time these tax increases are not large. So, I thought it would be interesting to try to explain to you, our readers, how your real property is taxed under the laws of Mississippi. )LUVW UHDO SURSHUW\ LV GHÀQHG DV ODQG DQG DQ\WKLQJ SHUPDQHQWO\ attached to it, such as a house or building.

Second, real property is taxed by tax assessors, who are elected by the public. Tax assessors are governed by laws in assessing your property taxes. In addition, what tax assessors “doâ€? is also determined by what a city, a county, and the public school board do in setting what are called “mills.â€? )LQDOO\ DQG VLPSO\ SXW WKHUH LV D VWDWH FRGLĂ€HG IRUPXOD IRU WKH assessment of real property taxes; and this formula is as follows: “True Value x Ratio = Assessed Valueâ€?; then, Assessed Value x Millage Rate = Taxes.

Now, let’s break this formula down to allow ordinary “Joe Blows� like me to understand how taxes are assessed and calculated.

True value is the actual fair market value of your real property.

Simply put, true value is what your house could sell for.

For example, let’s assume that your house’s true value (aka fair market value) is $100,000.00. This true-value number is determined by your tax assessor by asking the current sale price or by reviewing the sales of similar homes in your area. This approach is called “comparative sales.�

Next, law requires that the true value of your home be reduced by a certain percentage, which is 10% on a residential property.

So, the true value of a home worth $100,000.00 will be assessed at $10,000.00 (and I have no idea why!). If the property is commercial, however, the reduction used is 15%.

To recap: Using our example of a $100,000.00 home and multiplying that by the ratio of 10%, which reduces it to an assessed value of $10,000.00, the next step would be that the millage rate be applied to the $10,000.00. $ ´PLOOÂľ LV GHĂ€QHG DV ´RQH RQH WKRXVDQGWK RI RQH GROODUÂľ RU $.001. The “millage rateâ€? is that rate decided upon by the city, county, and public school board. These rates are set annually by local governments and local public school boards based on their annual budget. Millage rates have historically increased annually to NHHS XS ZLWK LQĂ DWLRQ¡V ULVLQJ FRVWV Now that we have cleared that up, let’s calculate the property taxes on that $100,000.00 house. In this calculation, we will assume millage rates of .04 for the city, .05 for the county, and .045 for the public school board. (It should be noted that if this house is out of the city limits, the homeowner only pays county and public school board millage.)

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Additionally, if a person is over 65, or is permanently disabled, and owns a home with a value of less than $75,000.00, he or she pays no taxes. However, if the home is valued at over $75,000.00, the person pays the standard tax rate on the amount that the property is valued over the $75,000.00. In other words, that person is exempt from taxes for any value under the $75,000.00.

So, as shown above, a $100,000.00 home located in the city has three separate millage rates applied: city, county, and public school board. It appears that the percentage of annual taxes on the house in the city limits is about 1.1 % of the true value. The same house located outside the city limits would warrant total annual taxes of just over .5% of true value.

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The State of Mississippi requires that all real property be reassessed every four years. That being said, your annual taxes are determined by the true value of your home or property every four years coupled with the applied millage rates as determined by the local governing authority, less any exemptions you may be eligible to receive.

MY TAKE: I, like everyone else, hate paying taxes. My father has always said that democracy is one of the most expensive forms of government, with dictatorship being the cheapest form. So, in the spirit of this, I will keep paying my taxes and you should, too!

Lucien C. “Sam� Gwin III was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1981 and has been practicing many aspects of the law at the firm of Gwin, Lewis, Punches & Kelley in Natchez, Mississippi, ever since.

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Baby Shower for Leslie White baby shower to honor Leslie White was hosted on June 19, 2019, in the home of Amy Copeland in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Leslie and her husband, Chris, are welcoming baby boy Noah Thomas White. Photographs by JoAnna Sproles.

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Night at the Museum ulia and Chuck Ivey recently donated videos from Lincoln Live to the Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum. Lincoln Live was a cable show that focused on Lincoln County locals and was televised on cable TV in the 1990s. Filmed twenty to forty years ago, these videos include former Brookhaven and Lincoln County leaders and celebrities. Museum board members are showing the exclusive videos quarterly as a series. On June 14, 2018, the first of the series of Lincoln Live presentations kicked off “Night at the Museum,� a members-only event, with a video of attorney Robert Jones talking about poetry and politics. This video has not been seen by the public since 1995. Members attend these presentations free of charge, and individual memberships can be purchased at the door for twenty dollars.Photographs by Bill Perkins

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A Place for Gathering

story by Jennifer Jackson Whittier photography by Jennifer Jackson Whittier and courtesy of the Community Garden

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Left—Loyd Star Attendance Center students and teacher lend a hand.

Below—Pat Nelson and Mary McMorris team up to prep a garden.

Our world at times seems very polarized; and we saw this garden as a way of bringing our community together with a common goal, hoping to set an example for others to do the same. This Community Garden is our place for gathering. —Father Henry Shelton

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Two years ago, Pat Nelson was inspired by a friend who had helped to start a similar project in Horn Lake, Mississippi. Nelson approached Brookhaven Mayor, Joe Cox, with his idea, which the mayor met with interest and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the use of city property was not feasible; but with the encouragement and blessing of Mayor Cox, Nelson explored other avenues.

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City Alderman Shelley Harrigill suggested a vacant plot of land belonging to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Father Shelton loved the idea and secured the approval of the parish, and a vacant lot across the street from the church became the site of the garden.

Together, they established guidelines—dotted i’s and crossed t’s; and the dream of a community garden became a reality.

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directives required that gardeners could adopt an area, but must plant and maintain it; that no produce from the garden could be sold; and that half of the harvest would be donated to St. Vincent’s Food Pantry.

Volunteers began to till the soil; and community support came in the form of donated vegetables and herbs along with topsoil, fertilizer, and wooden stakes.

Individuals, churches, clubs, and businesses in the area were anxious to contribute to the cause; and over forty families became involved in the project. One

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Above—Celeste Lowery and Jerry Case assist with planting.

Right—Reverend Anne Matthews of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer stakes out her row.

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teacher encouraged her students to participate, and their enthusiasm has continued well past the end of the school year.

The project is well underway, and the once vacant lot is abuzz with activity.

About the fresh vegetables that will be donated to St. Vincent’s Food Pantry, Jim Bonner, the pantry’s director, explained that families in need who are interested in this service PD\ FRQWDFW WKH 6W )UDQFLV FKXUFK RIÀFH IRU PRUH LQIRUPDtion. Boxes of food are distributed every week, and Bonner is thankful that fresh-picked produce will be available. With the collaboration of the gardeners and the pantry, people are coming together for a common purpose—sharing their time, their talents, and their crops.

The garden is available for tending, with the exception of Sundays, religious holidays, and Vacation Bible School, for anyone who wants to water or weed the plants. Those who enjoy gardening but do not have a place of their own to plant DUH HQFRXUDJHG WR ÀQG D URZ RU WZR WR WHQG 7KRVH ZKR ÀQG gardening relaxing and therapeutic are welcome to enjoy the downtown garden as well.

Brookhaven’s community garden has brought together people of all ages, races, and religions. Gardeners ranging in age from nine to ninety meet on common ground with common goals: to come together, to work together, to grow together, and to share the fruits of their labor.

Father Henry Shelton said it best: “Communion in the religious sense and community are really one in the same—fellowship, unity, and harmony.â€? As the summer days pass with the blistering heat and the hope of afternoon showers, the toPDWRHV SHSSHUV VTXDVK DQG KHUEV JURZ DQG Ă RXULVK 7KH gardeners tend their crops, sharing friendship, conversation, and the bounty of their efforts. The community garden in the small town of Brookhaven is indeed a place for gathering.

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For updates and information, including Gardener of the Month, check Facebook page Brookhaven Community Garden or brookhavencommunitygarden@gmail.com.

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Discoveries Along and Beyond

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Discoveries Along and Beyond

Learned, Mississippi the Bluffs & Bayous staff have been traveling throughout this area and discovering people and places to share with all of you, hoping you, too, will savor these sites in our part of the South. photographs by Cheryl Rinehart Bluffs & Bayous { July 2018 { Page 37

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Nestled along Main Street are two operating businesses—The Lucky Hen and H. D. Gibbes & Sons Country Store. On any given Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night, both businesses drum up some local musical entertainment and offer for sale fresh fruits, vegetables, plants, and Mississippi-made products.

In addition, the country store serves up some of the “best steaks ever tasted� according to my mother, Mary Ann Foggo-Eidt, who grew up in Edwards, Mississippi, and often frequented the store. Since 1892, Gibbes Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family. A convenience store in many ways, it provides various home, garden, and yard supplies as well as two serviceable gasoline pumps, and serves lunch during the week and dinner Thursday through Saturday evenings. Chipper Gibbes and his mother, Mary Bell, run the store; and Chipper is on the grill most of the dinner nights.

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Above—At popular H. D. Gibbes & Sons Country Store, most Thursday through Saturday evenings witness a line of eager customers.

Top right—Local entertainers are a staple at H. D. Gibbes & Sons Country Store.

Right—Side-porch discoveries provide intriguing “wait time” at Gibbes & Sons.

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Above—Shrimp and Steak—a staple combo for dinner

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One thing led to another and eventually to the vision of opening a unique venue featuring local artists, crafts, antiques, home décor, and homemade foods. Kim and Trey worked togethHU FOHDQLQJ RXW DQG GHÀQLQJ WKH LQWHULRU RI WKH EXLOGLQJ XVLQJ SDOOHW ERDUGV DQG ROG EDUQ WLQ metal to line the walls, building a front porch, and installing air conditioning. Friends began to provide inventory with their photography, printmaking, pottery, home-grown vegetables and fruits, and Mississippi-made foods including locally made jams, jellies, and honey.

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Left—All sorts of gifts, food, and beverages await visitors at The Lucky Hen. Below—Trey and Kim Porch, owners of The Lucky Hen, greet shoppers as family.

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The curb appeal of the shop features plants supplied by local nurseries, wooden planters, benches and lawn chairs, and front-porch rocking chairs for sitting and listening to the local talent performing on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. The store even has its own pair of homing pigeons, named Johnny and June Cash, positioned to meet and greet patrons as they arrive. These enticements along with fresh brewed coffee—a special coffee made for The Lucky Hen, fresh pound cakes, and dippin’ dots and other mouth-watering treats foster the venue’s down-home atmosphere. In addition, almost everything in the shop has a back story, and Kim and Trey are on hand to tell visitors every intriguing detail. Theirs is a Mississippi hospitality that welcomes you with a big smile and a warm hug. And they probably know someone you do.

The Lucky Hen stays open on Thursday through Saturday evenings until around 9:00 P.M. On those evenings, H. D. Gibbes Country Store serves up some of the best food you’ve ever eaten and usually has a line of customers spilling off the porch and down the street. Folks can wander down to The Lucky Hen and browse, hear some local music, dance on the front porch or just sit in one of the lawn chairs, and hang out until their names are called for dinner.

Lightening bugs blinking, crickets humming, porch lights shining, guitars strumming—a Mississippi evening mellowing out under the stars . . . just can’t get any better than this!

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JULY Louisiana Up & Coming! louisianatravel.com BATON ROUGE Throughout July visitbatonrouge.org lsumoa.org July 4 Annual Fireworks Show Downtown Riverfront visitbatonrouge.com July 20 ArtMelt Capitol Park Museum 7 pm forum35.org/artmelt FERRIDAY

July 7 Lake St. John Flotilla Registration 9 am - Noon Parade 2 pm Fireworks 9 pm (318) 381-0182 donnamaroon@aol.com July 7 4th Annual Liberty Loop Lake Concordia Line-up 1 pm

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Louisiana Up & Coming! JULY July 14 The Ronnie Cox & Friends Show Arcade Theater Doors open 6 pm / Show 7 pm $15 / $25 couple (318) 757-9999 delta.musicmuseum.com July 28 The Gene King Country Opry Doors open 6 pm / Show 7 pm $15 / $25 couple (318) 757-9999 delta.musicmuseum.com JACKSON felicianatourism.org MONROE/WEST MONROE Throughout July monroe-westmonroe.org NEW ORLEANS Throughout July neworleansonline.com neworleanscvb.com

Through July 22 Tulane Shakespeare Festival neworleansshakespeare.org NEW ROADS July 3 Music on the Square 4 pm / 9:45 pm Fireworks (225) 638-5360 ext. 212 July 4 36th Annual Boat Parade & Contest Downtown on False River (225) 638-5360 ext. 212

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JULY Louisiana Up & Coming!

PORT ALLEN Throughout July westbatonrouge.net westbatonrougemuseum.com ST. FRANCISVILLE Throughout July westfelicianahistoricalsociety.org stfrancisville.us audubonstatehistoricsite.wordpress.com Throughout July Various Events Audubon Historic State Park (225) 635-3739 audubonstatehistoricsite.wordpress.com July 7 The Big Chill West Feliciana Sports Park 4 - 11 pm / Free Facebook: west feliciana sports park July 21 Battle OCR/#RISE 5 am - 3 pm battleocr.com

July 21 Wags & Whiskers Gala Hemingbough 6 - 9:30 pm / $25 (225) 635-5801 wfahs.org VIDALIA Throughout July cityofvidalia.com Every Wednesday The Delta Farmers Market Old Courthouse 8 am - Noon

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BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI • A HOMESEEKER’S PARADISE

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JULY Mississippi Up & Coming! visitmississippi.org BROOKHAVEN Throughout July facebook.com/VisitBrookhavenMS visitbrookhavenms.com Every Wednesday &KLOGUHQ·V 6WRU\ 7LPH Lincoln Library &KLOGUHQ·V 'HSW 10 - 11 am lif.lib.ms.us Every Friday Brookhaven Farmers Market Railroad Park 7:30 am - 12:30 pm (601) 835-3460 Facebook: Brookhaven Farmers Market

July 9 - 20 Haven Kids Drama Camp The Lion King Brookhaven Little Theatre haventheatre.org (601) 990-2243 July 12 - 14 Brookstock Various Sites Facebook: Brookstock

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Mississippi Up & Coming! JULY CLINTON July 4 Independance Day Fireworks Extravaganza Traceway Park $10 a car Gates Open 4 pm / 5 - 9:30 pm FERNWOOD Through August 1 Tennis Camps Fernwood Country Club (601) 249-2833 fernwoodcc.com JACKSON Throughout July dulinghall.com msmuseumart.org visitjackson.com jacksonfreepress.com/calendar

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JULY Mississippi Up & Coming!

Through July 4 Moving Images in Mississippi MS Museum of Art Trustmark Grand Hall 6:30 pm / Free (601) 960-1515 msmuseumart.org

July 4 Farm Bureau Watermelon Classic MS Sports Hall of Fame & Museum 5K $25 / Fun Run $15 7:30 am

OUR VIEW ON PARTIES, EVENTS AND MEETINGS! Whether it’s hundreds of guests or an intimate gathering, WaterView Casino & Hotel can take care of your event’s needs. Contact Katie Ray at 601.630.4308 for further information and to set up a site visit.

July 6 & 7 1776: The Musical Belhaven University Center for the Arts 7:30 pm / Free (601) 965-7026 ER[RIÀFH#EHOKDYHQ HGX July 14 Safari at the Zoo Jackson Zoo 10 am - 1 pm jacksonzoo.org MAGNOLIA Throughout July magnoliachamberofcommerce.com MCCOMB Throughout July pikeinfo.com mccombarts.com mcrrmuseum.com

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Every Monday Story Hour - Toddler Time McComb Library 11 am pawls.org

Mississippi Up & Coming! JULY Every Thursday Story Hour - Preschool Age McComb Library 10 am pawls.org Every Thursday McComb Farmers Market Downtown North Canal St. 8 am - 1 pm Facebook: McComb Farmers Market July 19 - 22 6PRNH\ -RH·V &DIH Pike County Little Theatre SP )UL 6DW SP 6XQ (601) 310-4933 FB: Pike County Little Theatre July 21 Scenic Rivers Amateur Invitational Percy Quinn State Park visitscenicrivers.com

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JULY Mississippi Up & Coming!

MEADVILLE Throughout July meadvillems.com NATCHEZ See Natchez citysightseeingnatchez.com Throughout July Live Music Events Calendar visitnatchez.org/full-event-calendar Throughout July visitnatchez.org Every Saturday Farmers Market EORFN RI &RPPHUFH 6W 8 am - Noon June 28 - July 1 The Lion King Natchez Little Theatre natchezlittletheatre.com (601) 442-2233

July 4 Fireworks on the Mississippi Natchez Bluff “dark-thirty” July 14 Second Saturday Downtown July 22 Concerts for the Cure Fourth Sundays $PHULFDQ &DQFHU 6RFLHW\ %HQHÀW New Direction Outreach Ministry All Gospel Concert 306 Oak Street 4 pm Free / Love Offering 3RW /XFN )RRG 'ULQN (601) 354-0199 or (601) 807-6196

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Mississippi Up & Coming! JULY PORT GIBSON Facebook: portgibson.chamber RIDGELAND Throughout July visitridgeland.com July 26 Sunset Concert at The Rez Lisa Mills Lakeshore Park Gates Open 5 pm / Concert 6 pm $10 per car visitridgeland.com

SUMMIT Throughout July pikeinfo.com

Every Wednesday & Saturday Farmers Market :DVKLQJWRQ 6W EHWZHHQ *URYH -DFNVRQ Wednesdays 3-6 pm, Saturdays 8-11 am (601) 801-3513

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Through July 26 Every Tue., Wed, Thurs.

Summer Kids Film Series B&B Theater Vicksburg Mall 10 am (601) 501-4774

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JULY Mississippi Up & Coming!

July 3 Civil War Symposium Old Courthouse Museum 7 pm / $15 (601) 636-0741 July 4 Breakfast with the General Baer House 8:30 - 10 am $GXOWV \UV XQGHU (601) 883-1525 July 4 Reenactment of Vicksburg Surrender Old Courthouse Museum 11 am (601) 636-0471 July 4 Gallivanting with the Generals McRaven 2 - 4 pm (601) 501-1336 manager@mcravenhouse.com

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Mississippi Up & Coming! JULY July 4 Fireworks Extravaganza Downtown Concert 7 pm Fireworks 9 pm (601) 630-2929 July 5 Nature Show Warren County Library 9HWR 6W 10 am (601) 636-6411 July 6 - 21 Gold in the Hills Parkside Playhouse (YHU\ )UL 6DW 7:30 pm 6XQ SP (601) 636-0471 vicksburgtheatreguild.com

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JULY Mississippi Up & Coming!

July 9 - 13 Kids in the Kitchen Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation 8:30-11:30 am: “Creative Cooking� for children ages 4 - 8 12:30-3:30 pm: “Science Lab Chefs� for children ages 8 - 12 $125 (601) 631-2997 info@southernculture.org July 16 - 20 Junior Ranger Summer Camp National Military Park Ages 8 - 12 (601) 636-0583 July 27 - August 5 Legally Blonde the Musical Parkside Playhouse 7KXU )U 6DW SP 6XQ SP (601) 636-0471 vicksburgtheatreguild.com WESSON Throughout July Facebook: Wesson Chamber WOODVILLE Throughout July townofwoodville.org Facebook: Woodville/Wilkinson County Main Street Association

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SOUTHERN SAMPLER

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few years ago, I listened to Felder Rushing, horticulturist with Mississippi Extension Service, on the local NPR radio station. I picked up some good hints from listening to him, and I also bought some of his books to further my plant education.

My favorite Rushing book is 3DVVDORQJ 3ODQWV for that is my favorite way of getting plants for my overgrown yard. A cutting here and there, a quick dig on the side of the road with my shovel, and I am soon in business, plopping something else in the ground. As well as the economics of the process, it is also a tribute to my plant friends and family when I wander around the yard, admiring the blossoms.

One of my most spectacular passalong plants is a hyacinth tree or chaste tree. It has recently been covered with purple hyDFLQWK ORRNLQJ à RZHUV DQG LV MXVW D EHDXty when it is in full bloom. It started as a small branch from a tree in H. P. and Joyonne Brooks’s yard years ago. Joyonne ZDV %XVWHU¡V ÀUVW FRXVLQ DQG VKH DQG + 3 always had a beautiful, perfectly groomed yard. She was glad to let me get a branch to try and root to get this outstanding tree for my yard.

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it there. The weeds were higher than the plant; and when I realized what I was doing, it was too late.

Luckily, I just whacked off the top, so I marked it with a stick to keep IURP ÀQLVKLQJ WKH MRE ODWHU RQ 7KH root system must have been well established, for it took off. Now, it LV SUREDEO\ ÀIWHHQ IHHW WDOO DQG DQ absolute showpiece in mid-June.

7ZR PRUH FRORUIXO Ă RZHUV came from my good friend Loretta Taylor. She gave me bright red cannas and golden yellow daylilies, and they have spread all over WKH SODFH 7KHLU EULJKW Ă RZHUV DUH uplifting to a person, and knowing they came from my friend makes them all the more special.

I have other daylilies from Francis Pugh, Jan McLain, my mama’s yard, and Mr. Robert Winegeart’s yard. Mr. Robert was my high school algebra and geometry teacher, but I never held that against him.

He had a yard full of daylilies and was always generous to share them with his friends and former students.

There are cannas here from not only Loretta but also my mama’s yard, Margaret Chevallier’s yard, and Mrs. Myrtie White’s yard. Mrs. Myrtie was the mother of my friend James White, who gave his life in Viet Nam. I like to think of these cannas as something from James, after all these years.

Not only did the live oaks in my yard and by the mailbox come from Malcolm Grayson’s yard; so did some Southern Shield Fern and something that I don’t know the name of, but it’s pretty growing with the ferns.

The tallow trees here are from Mimi’s old yard, when it was by the tractor shed, long years ago. They are a nuisance and will come up everywhere, but they are a picture in the fall with their red and gold leaves and white popcorn berries. Mimosa trees came from Mimi’s yard, too; and the chinaberry that a storm blew down came from Mama’s

yard. I actually bought all the crepe myrtle trees and the Grancy Graybeards; but the pecans, persimmon, hawthorne, ash, and hackberry trees were here already. And, of course, the lake is lined with the most wonderful of all cypress trees, still with hanging moss in them.

The yarrow in my yard is from one of my McClure aunts, Maxine; and it is a favorite of my dog Emmylou. She had rather lie in the yarrow than anywhere else, a habit that does absolutely nothing for the yarrow. Louisiana phlox came from Ginger Patten, periwinkle from Betty Yarbrough and Jan McLain, and iris from Rosalie Wright.

And I have several colors of althea, most of them rooted from someone else’s plants.

Mollie McCarty and Mary Arnold furnished some cuttings, and Tom Hamilton rooted some of the solid white ones for me after hearing me say one time that they were my favorite althea. When I lived at home, there was a large, solid white althea outside my bedroom window, and I loved it. Mama called it Rose of Sharon, which I found out later is an old name for althea.

I ordered a blue, blue althea from a nursery in South Carolina years ago. It is a beauty now, and so is the one that I rooted from it. When Woodrow was about four, he was helping me in the yard one day; and we were trimming bushes by the greenhouse. I wasn’t paying too close attention to him; but when I turned around, I saw that he had cut my young blue althea down to about three inches high.

When I told him to stop trimming, that it wasn’t even supposed to be trimmed, he looked at me with his wise little face and said, “Don’t worry, Emma. It’ll grow back.� And it did, and now is called the Woodrow Althea in honor of a smart, beyond-his-years young man.

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