Yesterday, Congressman Harper discussed his thougts with GOP leaders about the Gulf Oil Spill, and the steps needed to correct the situation.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Bentonia Blues Fest This Saturday, June 19.
The Bentonia Blues Festival takes place in downtown Bentonia, located off U.S. 49 between Jackson and Yazoo City. Performers at the free event include headliner Bobby Rush, scheduled to appear at 9 p.m. The day's events begin at 9 a.m. with a series of gospel performers.
The festival is run by bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, proprietor of Bentonia's Blue Front Cafe, one of the oldest juke joints in the state. Holmes' parents, Carey and Mary Holmes, started the cafe in 1948, and the festival evolved out of blues gatherings at their home.
Holmes, who began performing actively in the last decade, has recorded four mostly acoustic CDs and aims to keep alive the distinctive local tradition most famously represented by blues pioneer Skip James.
"It's an honor to pay homage to the old guys like Skip James, Jack Owens and Jacob Stuckey who laid down the foundation for it all," says Holmes. "I feel like it's because of them that I'm doing what I'm doing, and to take it in another direction would be to dishonor them."
Last weekend Holmes performed at the Chicago Blues Festival on the Mississippi Juke Joint stage, which is underwritten by the Mississippi Development Authority to promote blues tourism. The Bentonia event will feature a number of other artists who appeared in Chicago, namely Dexter Allen, the Jarekus Singleton Band and the duo of Alphonso Sanders and Bill "Howlin' Madd" Perry.
Also performing are Eden Brent, 19th Street Red, the Roosevelt Roberts Blues Review and Brian Sivils.
Related events include a free screening of the blues documentary M For Mississippi, which features Holmes, at the Triangle Cultural Center in Yazoo City at 6:30 tonight, and a jam session at the Blue Front Cafe that begins at 5 p.m. Friday.
For more information, visit Bentonia Blues Festival on Facebook.
Breaking records: Holmes Ridgeland hits new heights in enrollment
"Even with that in place, we won't have enough room, but that's a great problem to have," vice president Joe Adams said. "We'd rather have it overcrowded than have empty spots out there."
Empty spots in the parking lot or in the classrooms haven't been a problem, nor do they seem likely any time soon. The two-year college continues to break its records for enrollment this summer, building on growth that hits new highs each fall and spring.
Taking classes in the first summer session are 2,098 students, and the June 23 registration for the second term in July will push that number higher. Last summer's total enrollment was 1,940. Since 2007, the increase in summer enrollment has risen 33.5 percent.
"We're very busy," Adams said. "We are meeting the educational needs of both the traditional students, 18-21 years of age, which represents 55 percents of our enrollment, and the non-traditional students by offering classes during the day, evening, and online."
Bumping up summer enrollment are the students coming home from the four-year colleges they attend.
Michael Tate Webb of Madison will head back to the University of Mississippi in August as a sophomore with 12 credit hours from Holmes summer sessions added to his transcript.
Last summer he took a three-hour course at Holmes before joining the freshman class at Ole Miss.
"This is an opportunity to catch up on credits and get ahead for the year," Webb said. "Plus, it gives me something to do over the summer."
Read the entire article at The Madison County Herald
Proposed Landfill Concerns Madison County Residents
RIDGELAND, Miss. -- Neighbors are concerned about another landfill that could go up in Madison County.
It's set to go next to the Little Dixie Landfill on North County Line Road in Ridgeland. There's also another landfill on the road.
It was a packed house at Potter's House Worship and Fellowship Center in Jackson Thursday night.
The meeting was for neighbors to voice their concerns about the proposed landfill. Most said they worry about the affects it'll have on their health.
"These types of landfills can cause many, many health problems," said the Rev. Holiness Barnes Jr. "First, it has to do with our respiratory system, water intake. I'm deeply opposed for that reason."
"I don't think anybody wants a landfill next to their house, but this proposed landfill is going to be located between two other landfills and my clients understand that," said Bryant Clark, the attorney for North County Line Thomas Lane Community Association. "What else can be in between a landfill than another landfill?"
Barnes said the landfills in the area aren't kept up.
According to Clark, developers said the proposed landfill will have vegetation planted along the road so it won't be noticeable to drivers.
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