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E. Willander Wells

by Beth Kander

Photo by Susan Margaret Barrett
June 24, 2004

�Elegance� is a word that keeps surfacing in conversations with fashion designer E. Willander Wells as we sit outside Broad Street bakery.

�I�ve always had an eye for clothing,� he says softly, explaining what drew him to design. �I think it was my mother�s influence�she�s a cosmetician, and she�s also a lady who�s always dressed. Like in old, classic movies�back in those days, ladies really dressed. There was elegance.�

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Charles Hooker

by Lynette Hanson
June 17, 2004

Charles Hollingsworth Hooker Jr., 58, holds dear his faith, family, furniture�mid-century modern business furniture, that is�and jazz. After growing up in his father�s downtown business, the Mississippi Stationery Company, the Jackson native now owns and operates its present incarnation�OffiSource on Old Square Road. A product of Jackson Public Schools, Hooker said he�s pleased with the 36 years since he graduated with a business degree from State.

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[Jacksonian] DJ Phingaprint

by Lynette Hanson
June 10, 2004

Timothy Washington�s dreads are not a fashion statement, but a cultural and spiritual move the 25-year-old undertook eight years ago. �I always had a little Afro,� he says, �but I wanted a truthful cultural image for myself.� The dreadlocks gave him a sense of independence�of strength�that he could survive and create a means of living in today�s society.

The now-successful record spinner, mixer and producer chose the name Phingaprint in the early �90s because when he scratches and manipulates sounds, his fingerprints are left on the vinyl, and because �no two people have the same fingerprints.�

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Denise Halbach

by Beth Kander
June 3, 2004

With an eyebrow arched and a gleam in her startlingly blue eyes, Denise Halbach captivates her audience immediately. The Louisiana-born, Jackson-raised dramatist begins our conversation with a surprising fact. �I got dragged kicking and screaming into theater,� she says.

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Earl Fyke IV

by Lynette Hanson
May 27, 2004

Sitting at the round corner table at Hal & Mal�s�his team�s Pub Quiz table�I realized that with young men like Earl Fyke IV around, there�s reason to hope. This 24-year-old Jackson Prep graduate represents well the gamut of multi-talented 20-somethings, male and female�those grounded in the here and now and, thankfully, still here right now�who will eventually reshape and remake Jackson.

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Margie Thompson

by Carole Cannon
May 13, 2004

Margie Thompson�s second-grade classroom blooms. Dancing bears proclaim the longness and shortness of vowels. Colors swirl, and pep-talk art tells children that they can excel in math, in literature, in social studies. This space at McWillie Elementary School is all about learning and is one of the reasons Thompson was selected Jackson Public Schools' Teacher of the Year for 2004.

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Wendy Eddleman

by Lynette Hanson
May 6, 2004

As I listened to Wendy Eddleman at Flashbacks Espresso Caf� in Byram, I couldn�t help thinking of those serene beauties often seen in Renaissance paintings. Not only is the 29-year-old Jackson native outwardly lovely, but an evident inner strength and capability makes her glow.

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Cyrus Webb

by Lynette Hanson
April 21, 2004

The resume of Cyrus Webb�born in Jackson 28 years ago, graduated from Brandon High School, didn�t attend college, has worked in hotel management since 1996�can seem mundane at first glance. Nothing could be further from the truth. A young man who has single-handedly pulled himself through a life fraught with discord�from without and within�Webb impressed me mightily. �It was a struggle to try to fit in, yet still be Cyrus�that�s when C. A. stood up.� C. A. is the artist and poet, while Cyrus manages the Best Western Executive Inn, downtown.

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Susan Haltom

by Lynette Hanson
April 7, 2004

Can you even imagine your first job right out of the University of Mississippi being curator of exhibits at the Old Capitol? And then, almost 20 years later, when you�re back with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History�part time�being asked to go check on Miss Welty�s yard? And having that turn into a 10-year-long odyssey of cohesive research and tireless effort that culminated this past weekend with the opening of the garden at Eudora Welty�s Belhaven home?

by ladd on 04/08/04 at 03:01 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...

Nina Parikh

Nina Flaminiano Parikh isn�t the sort of name you�d expect for the associate manager of the Mississippi Film Office, but that�s what the 30-year-old answers to (even after April 10 when she says will also be honored to be called Mrs. Jerel Levanway). That exotic name fits her to a T. Her looks�her dad is Indian, and her mom is Filipino�might convince you she belongs in front of the camera, though.

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Charles Hooker

[Jacksonian] DJ Phingaprint

Denise Halbach

Earl Fyke IV

Margie Thompson

Wendy Eddleman

Cyrus Webb

Susan Haltom

Nina Parikh

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