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Jayur Mehta

by Maggie Burks
Photo by Maggie Burks
February 13, 2008

After leading me through the maze of bookshelves and cataloguing drawers and into his office in the downtown Charlotte Capers building, archeologist Jayur Mehta motioned me to sit down and began rummaging…
 
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Katie Gill

by Bailee Grissom
Photo by Maggie Burks
February 6, 2008

Some would say trivia is, well, trivial. True, except when your grasp of it lands you on “Teen Jeopardy.” Katie Gill, a 15-year-old Murrah High School student, earned the attention of Jackson when she landed a coveted spot on Alex Trebek’s knowledge challenge for young contestants. Through the Jeopardy e-mail list, officials made an all-call for teenagers in the area. Gill did well enough on the online test to qualify for the Nashville finals.
 
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Bart Heath

by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Maggie Burks
January 30, 2008

Bart Heath didn’t go to culinary school. He’s not vegan or vegetarian, and he admits, “I couldn’t even cook a grilled cheese when I was 18 and a senior in high school.” And yet, the Gulfport native is the new head chef at Jackson’s premier vegan and vegetarian-friendly restaurant, High Noon Café.
 
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Willie McKennis

by Shaketta Toins
Photo by Maggie Burks
January 23, 2008

Casually dressed in a black blazer, white dress shirt and blue jeans, Willie McKennis has a full schedule. However, he takes a break to tell the story of his life.
 
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Sean Wade

by Ronni Mott
Photo by Ronni Mott
January 16, 2008

Sean Wade is a big guy. He could use his stature to threaten, but instead, he exudes tranquility to those in his presence. Wade, 32, speaks with clarity and precision, his voice steady…
 
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Lee Vance

by Maggie Burks
Photo by Kenya A. Hudson
January 9, 2008

Jackson Assistant Police Chief Lee Vance sits at a small table in his office, hands clasped together, as he precisely chooses the words to describe his Jackson upbringing and adulthood. Behind him…
 
by maggie on 01/09/08 at 06:28 PM Comments (5) -- Read More...

Karen Parker

by Greg Williamson
Photo by Greg Williamson
January 2, 2008

I met Karen Parker on a warm December afternoon with the sound of wind chimes drifting through the open door of New Vibrations, her Fondren book and gift store “for the evolving spirit.” She was unpacking necklaces when I arrived. “They have stone gems inside the vials, and each little stone represents an emotional benefit, like allowing you to de-stress or feeling like your energy is protected,” Parker explained.
 
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Candy Cain

by Sarah Litvin
Photo by Charles Anthony Smith
December 26, 2007

“I shipped off a pig to Hot Springs earlier this week. I shipped off mermaids to Montgomery. … That was huge. I shipped off crosses to Biloxi,” Candy Cain. A prolific and versatile visual artist, Cain was born in Jackson 49 years ago, and has been gracing the walls of our offices and homes with her artwork for almost as long. And, yes, that is her real name.
 
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Tobie Tomlinson

by Ward Schaefer
December 19, 2007

“Being a shooter,” Sgt. Tobie Tomlinson says, “allows for focus.” Tomlinson, 35, knows a thing or two about focus. A service rifle shooter with the Army Marksmanship Unit, based in Fort Benning, Ga., he spends half the year training for and competing in national shooting competitions, and the other half teaching marksmanship to new soldiers. He captained the AMU’s 2006 and 2007 championship rifle teams and, in 1995, won the individual National Service Rifle Championship.
 
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Gwendolyn Magee

by Kelly Bryan Smith
Photo by Nate Glenn
December 12, 2007

Gwendolyn Magee, 64, first started making quilts in 1989 during a six-week quiltmaking class at a local Jackson quilt store that no longer exists. She only planned to make a quilt for each of her two daughters before they went to college, but by the time she finished their quilts, she was hooked. “Eventually, I really started becoming dissatisfied with just taking a pattern and following it, making things that were just pretty,” Magee says. She wanted to make quilts with more meaning, and she tapped into her roots as an African American growing up in segregated High Point, N.C., for her inspiration.
 
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