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Bye Ward, Hello Shoofly!

Ward and June are going into retirement, as the Fourth Ward Cleaver web-zine changes its name to "The Shoofly" in July! Read on for why.
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Way Back When

Most people know Nan Parati as one of the creative forces of Jazz Fest and owner of Elmer's, an iconic New England restaurant. Here's the little-known backstory of her first creative enterprise.
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Nan Parati at the Jazz Fest Sign Barn - photo by Ellis Anderson

In the 1980s, my friend Nan Parati worked for Jimmy Buffet as a set designer. Her pièce de résistance creation was a huge fake volcano. At concerts, when tens of thousands of people started singing along with Jimmy, “I don’t know where I’m a gonna go when the volcano blows,” actual fireworks would shoot out of the top of that landmass-sized prop. The volcano caught on fire once, but no one was seriously hurt and the crowd thought it was all part of the show. That’s another story.

The point is that’s the kind of mind Nan has. Need a great show finale? How about a volcanic eruption? Impossible? Hardly. Where there’s Nan’s will, there’s a way.

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Coast Lines - April 2016

4/1/2016

The Socializing Drive

Driving in Bay St. Louis - like most things - is a little different than in most places. And better.
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Coast Lines - March 2016

3/1/2016

Senior Class

Going back to college as an older adult can be challenging and rewarding. Here are seven tips to help you make the grade.
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Coast Lines - February 2016

1/31/2016

The Last Straw

How a group of BSL residents are teaming up to just "say no" to drinking straws. Why does it matter? You might be surprised!
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Coast Lines - January 2016

1/1/2016

A Keeper Kind of Resolution

Letters of gratitude can work magic, even if they're never even mailed. It's a scientific fact.
- by Ellis Anderson

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Like most folks, I march into the beginning of each new-numbered year with a list of resolutions. Each year, it gets shorter — or at least modified.

For instance, I know I’m not going to lose enough weight to fit into that fabulous size six dress I’ve been hanging onto for the past decade.

Instead, most of my resolutions have been whittled down to ambiguous assignments “eat healthier,” “exercise more” and “sing often.” That way, there’s less guilt involved when I inevitably don’t live up to my self-imposed expectations.

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Coast Lines - November 2015

11/1/2015

A Very Special Anniversary

The "hyper-local webzine" with the goofy name is celebrating its first year as a full-scale publication - with some pretty surprising, and far-flung, fans. It's been a fantastic year, Thanks Y'all!
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The Pumfords - Cleaver fans who live in England - who would have guessed?

Coast Lines - October 2015

10/1/2015

The Flawed, But Perfect Dog

The white dog named after a general didn't meet many of the criteria that would make up the idea of a perfect dog. It turns out heart trumps lists in the story of foster failure.
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Buster on the left and Sherman on the right, during his first week of being fostered.

Coast Lines - July 2015

7/1/2015

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A too-late trip to Graceland Too in Holly Springs still proves memorable.
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Coast Lines - June 2015

6/1/2015

The Mother Lode of Moxie

A palm reading gone wrong imparts a lifelong appreciation of aging and kicks off a hunt for feisty role models. Bay St. Louis turns out to have more than its fair share.
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Celestine Labat, after her 100th birthday. Photo by Sarah Foster

Coast Lines - May 2015

5/1/2015

Ask What You Will!

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This month, the Serve Hancock website revs up for the on-line candidates' forum, but we need reader input. Submit your questions for candidates at the end of this column!

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Coast Lines - April 2015

4/1/2015

Serve Hancock!

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- Announcing a new online voters' information website/candidates' forum for Hancock County. The goal? Reviving voters' feelings of empowerment - and excitement!

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Coast Lines - March 2015

3/1/2015

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Blue Ridge Portrait in the Bay

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- This month - American-Gothic-Goes-Appalachia in a stark portrait of life in the Blue Ridge.

Shatley Springs, NC, close to the Barker family farm - by Ellis Anderson

Coast Lines - February 2015

2/1/2015

by Ellis Anderson
This month, a look at romance later in life, when it comes from "Out of the Blue."

Out of the Blue

The subject line of the email is “Out of the Blue.” Even with hundreds of junk mails heaped above and below it, the title stands out like it’s blinking in neon.

I’d changed email addresses months before, so rarely checked the old in-box. This particular letter is the only potentially legitimate one in the lot.

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Coast Lines - November 2014

11/1/2014

An encounter with St. Joseph inspires a renewed appreciation of our community

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Bye Ward, Hello Shoofly!

Way Back When

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