Mississippi Magazine articles from September 2002

Mississippi Magazine archives from September 2002

From the editor.(Mississippi Magazine 20th anniv)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 1, 2002... Birthday parties at my house growing up were always a family affair. Dozens of cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles gathered to enjoy my mother's homemade cake with strawberry filling and swirly white icing. A rousing contest of "pin the...

Mailbox.
September 1, 2002... Featured in this issue... My husband and I are teachers for the Department of Defense schools in Germany, and we have not lived in Mississippi in 21 years. These things we love and miss: 1. the earthy aroma of a gentle rain on a warm...

Mississippi native named greatest living Floridian. (Southern Scrapbook).(Patrick D. Smith)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Mississippi native Patrick D. Smith recently accepted the prestigious Fay Schweim Award as the "Greatest Living Floridian." The award, created in the will of the late civic leader Fay Schweim of Fort Myers, Florida, honors the individual...

ETV'S "Dr. Ticktock" captures Emmy award. (Southern Scrapbook).(Mississippi Educational Television)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Mississippi Educational Television's lovable "Dr. Ticktock" recently brought home an Emmy award from the annual Southern Regional Emmy Awards ceremony, held in Atlanta. Randy Klein and Michael Earl accepted the award for their original music...

Bush challenges Mississippians to make a difference. (Southern Scrapbook).(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... U.S. President George W. Bush called on each Mississippian to take responsibility for helping to rebuild the nation's spirit in the wake of last year's terrorist attacks, during an August visit to the Magnolia State. "America can be saved...

Mississippi artist's dinnerware to be presented to September 11 widows. (Southern Scrapbook).(Infant Care Project)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... More than one hundred women who were pregnant when their husbands perished during last year's September 11 tragedies will soon receive special sets of baby dinnerware created by a Rankin County artist. The women, along with husbands of...

"Stars Over Mississippi" charity event to bring top entertainers to Amory. (Southern Scrapbook).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... "Stars Over Mississippi," a bi-annual event aimed at raising funds to help needy Mississippians attend college, will take place October 4 and 5 in Amory. This year's concert will be headlined by the award-winning musical duo Brooks & Dunn and...

Autumn traditions. (Food).(cooking with sweet potatoes and cranberries)(Recipe)
September 1, 2002... Every fall, I search through my cookbook collection looking for two essential recipes: sweet potato casserole that is a little bit different and an extraordinary cranberry salad. This year, I was pleased to find three recipes for each of these...

Eyes wide open. (Culture Center).(Meadows Discovery Center)
September 1, 2002... Her brown eyes aglow, ten-year-old Pelaiah Hall plops down before a large, weathered trunk and begins to sift through pieces of antique clothing. Her eager fingers work over mounds of nostalgia before resting on a brown fur coat, a straw hat,...

The road home: sights along the Natchez Trace.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... TRACING HISTORY More than four hundred miles long and eight thousand years old, the Natchez Trace has been traveled by buffalo and Indians, traders and missionaries, early mail carriers and Civil War soldiers. Today, you're more likely to...

The great Delta bear affair. (Looking Back).(Theodore Roosevelt hunts, 1902; origin of word 'Teddy Bear')(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The sun was angled in the west on Thursday, November 13, 1902; when an unscheduled locomotive towing only one car of the Illinois Central Railroad slowed but did not stop as it steamed on its way through the Sharkey County government town of...

Restoring a Clarksdale classic. (Renovation Guide).(1859 house)
September 1, 2002... Mississippians know there are two things essential to our heritage: time and tradition. The Delta, as it is simply referred to by natives of the state, holds each as a precious commodity necessary for life. The north Mississippi town of...

High style on a small budget: how a clever couple transformed a dark, dated Tudor into a modern country masterpiece. (Renovation Guide).
September 1, 2002... On their first visit, one young central Mississippi couple knew this house could be the one. It had more space for their growing family and was nestled in a quiet neighborhood within walking distance of parks and waterways. But looking past its...

Little things make difference. (Easy Does It).(decorating)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... When Gayla and Bill Stone and their three girls moved into their new home, they were delighted to find that the lovely antique pieces they had collected were a perfect fit for the new surroundings. The spacious living and dining area had...

20 Years of Mississippi.(20th Anniversary section of Mississippi Magazine devoted to best of Magnolia State)
September 1, 2002... Whether it's a lush landscape or a beautiful bride, each of the past 120 covers of Mississippi Magazine reflects a unique part of our state's rich patchwork of culture and personality. This special 20th Anniversary section is devoted to the...

Where in Mississippi is... Onward? (Small-Town Spotlight).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Looking back on 20 great years of Mississippi Magazine and looking ahead to what we hope will be many more, a town with a wonderfully optimistic name seemed a perfect fit for this issue's small-town spotlight. So on a sunny Saturday afternoon,...

Strictly ornamental: great grasses spruce up a withering late summer garden. (Gardening).
September 1, 2002... Southern gardening in late summer could be considered nothing short of wearisome, even for the most well-intentioned gardeners. We're hot. Our gardens are melting or drying up. We cut grass with gritted teeth and tug the ever-present garden...

Dish it out.(Creme Brulee)(Recipe)
September 1, 2002... When I was in Jackson recently for the International Ballet Competition, I had dinner at Schimmel's. My entire meal was delicious, but my dessert, Creme Brulee, was heavenly. I would like to have the recipe very much. Paula Dennard ...

Life lessons: the inspiring story of a country school with a special mission.
September 1, 2002... "Uncle Ed (Taylor) was born a slave. After slavery was abolished, he moved up north and became prosperous. He then moved back to this area. He had a reputation for being very, very mean. Uncle Ed was the one Professor Laurence Jones approached...

Party of five.(Mississippi's quintuplets)
September 1, 2002... "What in the world do you do with five babies?" This is a question that is often asked of Magnolia residents Doug and Brandi Ervin, the parents of Mississippi's only living quintuplets. Their standard answer is "Just what you do with one...

After the storm: Lorian Hemingway's a world turned over. (Home Pages).
September 1, 2002... Lorian Hemingway has always been terrified by tornados. She suspects she inherited her fear from her grandmother who lived in Memphis. After spending much of childhood in Jackson's insulated Forest Hills subdivision, she moved to Nashville with...

Calender of events.
September 1, 2002... September & October Please call the number following each description to verify dates and times, as events are subject to change. SEPTEMBER 1-30 Jackson Gary Walters Exhibit The AmSouth Center, 210 East Capitol Street,...

Reclaiming my speech birthright. (On Being Southern).
September 1, 2002... Mama, who is from Baxterville by way of Laurel, cried when we moved to upstate New York. I was four, and it was not that she would miss her family (she would, of course), but rather, as she put it, "My babies will not have Mississippi accents!"...