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Rebecca Starling

by Lynette Hanson
Photo by Lynette Hanson
November 23, 2005

Rebecca Starling hesitated a bit about being a JFP Jacksonian—she's not someone looking for the spotlight. Her deep-seated conviction to meeting the needs of Hurricane Katrina-displaced students attending Jackson Public Schools changed her…
 
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Michael Robinson

by Emily Braden
Photo by William Patrick Butler
November 18, 2005

Michael Robinson, 31, is wearing a t-shirt that says, "I Love Myself," when I interview him. "Born and bred" in Jackson, Robinson sharpened his public speaking skills at Murrah High School on…
 
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Steve Deaton

by Stephen Belden
Photo by William Patrick Butler
November 9, 2005

Steve Deaton teaches English at Belhaven College and Holmes Community College. He also gives guitar lessons at Morrison Brothers. It doesn't take too much imagination to see all of this when I…
 
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Kendria Moreland Robinson

by Lea Thomas
Photo by Katrina Hercules
November 2, 2005

Canton native Kendria Moreland Robinson, 33, understands the "no pain, no gain" mantra. As a former gymnast, fitness has always been her drug of choice, and running is her new fix. A couple…
 
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Henrietta Martin

by Lynette Hanson
Photo by Lynette Hanson
October 26, 2005

Open the heavy glass door, take six steps across the foyer to the next glass door, open it, and you're in the Beverly J. Brown Library in Byram, a branch of the Jackson-Hinds…
 
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Peggy Carlisle

by Lynette Hanson
Photo by Lynette Hanson
October 19, 2005

It's a safe wager that third- and fourth-graders at Pecan Park Elementary School in Jackson know a lot about Kenya. That's because their ExCel teacher Peggy Carlisle, 54, added "The Kenyan Project" to…
 
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Jackie Bell

by Emily Braden
Photo by Thabi Moyo
October 12, 2005

Jackie Bell, 43, steps out of a little red two-seater, and I'm jealous of her legs. I briefly recall my inferiority when Miss Bell called me on stage during a charity fund raiser,…
 
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Will Jemison

by Skyla Dawn Luckey
Photo by Thabi Moyo
October 5, 2005

Will Jemison, 24, is five steps ahead of his generation. Everything about him says professionalism and goal-oriented. He walks into the interview, and I can't believe that he's only 24. His poise…
 
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Daniel Guaqueta

by Lynette Hanson
Photo by Brian Johnson
September 28, 2005

Daniel Guaqueta, 29, is a young man with an achievable goal that he's passionate about—to enlighten Jacksonians to the city's cultural diversity.
 
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Gene Edwards

by Brian Johnson
Photo by Brian Johnson
September 21, 2005

Gene Edwards has a deep, comforting voice. Edwards, 56, is the deputy director of content operations for Mississippi Public Broadcasting. When Hurricane Katrina struck Mississippi, Edwards and his colleagues took to the air,…
 
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