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Mind, Body, Spirit - December 2015

11/29/2015

 

Surviving the Holidays in Good Spirits!

Four tips to help make it through the holidays in good spirits — despite hanging out with your family!
- by Dr. Christina Richardson
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Coast Cuisine - December 2015

11/29/2015

 

Louie & the Redhead Lady in the Bay
136 Blaize Avenue
228-344-3338

  A Mandeville favorite and darling of the Food Network opens in the Depot District of Old Town.  You'll find the menu at the end of the story, too!
- story by Lisa Monti, photos by Ellis Anderson
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On opening day at Louie & the Redhead Lady last Wednesday (Nov. 25), they were serving up equal amounts of warm hospitality and traditional New Orleans dishes with just-right spice.

From our vantage point, it was clear that this wasn’t the first opening for owners Chef Louie and Ginger Finnan.

The Finnans' restaurant of the same name in Mandeville, La., had a loyal following, and when the sign went up on Blaize Avenue that Louie & the Redhead Lady was opening in the Depot District, word spread around town and beyond.

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The space, which used to house the popular Bay City Grill and later Jack’s, has had a full refresh, with more light and elbow room. The fountain in the center of the room contains flowers now, and the corner near the entrance houses Ginger’s own line of “bling.” As the menu advises: Eat, drink and wear jewelry.

Louie’s roots are in the French Quarter; Ginger’s are in the Irish Channel. She works the front of the house, and he’s in the kitchen. The chef, a former electrician, learned to cook from his grandmother and has cooked for 40 or so years to raves.

When he was featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” in 2011, host Guy Fieri called Louie’s grits & grillades “a breakfast that eats like dinner.” [Watch the Food Network video about the Mandeville location at the end of this story!]

As Ginger said: “Food makes a chef. God makes a cook.”

Our opening day lunch was a good introduction to the long menu:  rich, dark chicken and Andouille gumbo, loads of fried fish with sweet potato fries, and two hefty crab cakes coated in crunchy bread crumbs drizzled with a rich remoulade.

The generous fried green tomatoes were topped with poached eggs and the  crispy Leidenheimer bread couldn’t contain all the fried shrimp that came in the po’boy.

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The breakfast and lunch menus have plenty to offer. There are seven versions of “Bay” Benedicts alone, including the house specialty: Eggs Nouvelle Orleans starring two crab cakes topped with poached eggs and the chef’s own take on hollandaise. Other options include pancakes and omelets and Depot Festival items served with grits and creamed spinach. You can enjoy breakfast from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lunchtime offerings (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) include the storied Eggplant Algiers appetizer: a hearty stack of fried eggplant medallions layered with boiled shrimp, crab meat and crab cake, topped with a light cream sherry sauce, and otherwise known as Louie’s “Stairway to Heaven.” Here, also, are gumbo, salads, pasta, steaks, classic fried seafood, po’boys, and the list goes on.

The chef’s special holiday menu will run through New Year’s.

Watch for the rollout of daily lunch specials for $8 (red beans, baked chicken, spaghetti & meatballs, liver & onions and fried fish), Saturday brunch and extended hours in the near future.

Louie & the Redhead Lady is open Monday through Saturday. For now, bring your own wine.
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Across the Bridge - December 2015

11/29/2015

 

The Way We Were

Award-winning columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson looks back on Christmases past while looking forward to this one on the coast.
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The Shoofly - December 2015

11/29/2015

 

Why I Fish

A great fishing experience doesn't depend on what you catch, according to this local fisher-woman and writer.
- by Rebecca Orfila, photos by Ellis Anderson
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This past weekend, my husband and I were out fishing the railroad trestle at the mouth of Bay St. Louis.  Saturday was a beautiful day . . . clear, blue skies, a pleasant breeze, and high hopes. 

Fishing was one of the big guy’s hopes for retirement.  He goes out just about each morning, from early May until mid-October, and fishes.  We have a freezer full of trout and redfish.  I can make fish a few dozen ways. Let me know if you need a recipe.

 I will go fishing and feel great at the conclusion of the day.  I may not have caught a single delicious speck or meaty red, but it is the complete experience — wade or boat fishing — that will make it a good day. Though the 5 a.m. get-up is not fun, I find that a two-hour nap after we get home plus eating anything that cannot outrun me will erase the tiredness.

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We began our most recent adventure at 6 a.m. on Saturday by launching the boat and heading for the Walmart reef in Pass Christian.  My job at the launch is to hold the boat rope and keep our boat from crashing into the boat in the next launch lane.  Launching a boat is tricky when you are a tad clumsy and more than a tad heavy, like me.  Southern gentlemen at the harbor have offered to help me, and a courageous few have voiced their concerns that I would topple headfirst into the water.  
 
The first time I “helped” launch the boat, my middle finger on my left hand managed to get between the dock and the boat.  I carried on for a day of fishing at Cat Island.  Sure, I screamed bloody murder when it happened, but I plastered a happy smile on my face and caught several lovely specks for a reward.
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By the time cool temps come back to the coast, I will have my launch tasks well practiced without bloodshed or dog paddling in the harbor.  Of course, I will have forgotten everything I have learned by next April, when the specks start running again. 
 
Back to Saturday’s fishing.  After a period of short strikes to the lures but no bites, we started to move west, testing the reefs until we finally turned north at Henderson Point to the mouth of Bay St. Louis.  Still no bites, which remains the mystery of fishing. The fishing forecasts on the Internet need to have their programming checked.  I think I’ve lost 75 hours of sleep this year due to those forecasts. 
 
My catches this year have been legal specks (keepers), juvenile specks (toss back), and monster reds.  I can hook these great grey beasts with the single spot on each side of their tails, but I leave it to my taller and more-experienced husband to land the critter.  Let’s face it: there is a better chance of my losing the prize.  Would you take a chance on possibly landing a big fish or be certain that courtbouillion was on the menu that night?  Hand off that pole to the wrangler.
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We wade fish, too, out of Pass Christian.  In the low light of dawn, we throw out our first lines as we walk the edge of the water.  Vehicle traffic on Highway 90 begins to pick up as we glimpse sunlight behind the surface clouds.  Each sunrise is special — a peacock’s tail of colors or a study in cloud formations.  When the colors of morning fade, the sunglasses go on and the real work begins. 
 
The husband tells me that I have my reel on the wrong side of the rod. Trust me; if it were on the left, I would spend most of the day reeling in my first cast.  I am a dyed-in-the-wool righty, and my left hand serves little purpose other than to display jewels and type the keys on the left side. 
 
So, what is the best thing about going fishing?  It is listening to my best buddy relate special fishing stories from his youth.  The best one from 1974 is the one when he and his older sister were out fishing under the train trestle.  Imagine two teenagers, listening to WRNO music radio, and just enjoying the day.  The trestle rumbled, announcing the approach of the regularly scheduled train.  The kids waved up to the train and its familiar engineer.  A surprise that warm day, the engineer tossed something down to their Boston Whaler.  The goods missed the boat, so my future husband jumped in the water and retrieved two Baby Ruth candy bars. I suppose that these days he keeps looking for more prizes to capture out of the water.  Who would trade a day on land for the chance to hear a story like that?
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Puppy Dog Tales - December 2015

11/29/2015

 

Visiting Pet Teams of South Mississippi

 This month, Daisy Mae (our columnist and registered seizure-alert dog) introduces an organization made up of pets and their peeps who volunteer to make the world a better place.
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In my last job in Alexandria, Virginia I worked with my person for the American Red Cross. Here I am with the co-chairs of the Alexandria Waterfront Festival planning my exhibit on service animals.
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One of my jobs was to go on emergency calls, like fires. While Tina was interviewing the people I was sitting with any children or elderly people in need of a little emotional support. It was amazing to see how much I was able to calm them down and distract them. A good hug and a head on a lap goes a long way.

As I have related we service dogs are pretty special and I also have the honor of being a therapy animal too. Therapy animals work with a handler/partner to provide support to people who need comfort and help with their therapy, and mental stimulation.

Unlike service animals who can only be dogs or horses, therapy animals can be dogs, horses, cats, rabbits, birds, guinea pigs, llamas/alpacas, pigs and rats. Whoda thunk it!  Please watch this short video on Pet Partners and then I will tell you about our team here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Pet Partners is the parent organization of our own visiting Pet Teams of South Mississippi Pet Therapy Group. I found in my reading that for more than 40 years organized animal- assisted therapy has been helping people in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living centers, and at other venues. Nationwide more than 11,000 animals visit more than one million people in a year.

Visiting Pet Teams was organized in 2009 and now has 32 active members. Only one, Patsy Thomas, the coordinator is in Hancock County. They are recruiting new members so the program can expand. Ms. Thomas would love to tell you about the program and the requirements for handler and animal. She can be reached at 228.265.0336 or by email.

 Their website gives you information on what is required – they need a friendly animal  with basic obedience training, a clear health record, and training specific to the program. There will be a new member orientation on Saturday, January 9th at 9:30 a.m. at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. Contact Patsy Thomas for details.
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The idea of working as a team with your pet is cool. Helping people is even better. Ms. Thomas told me about a visit to a lady who was non-responsive in a nursing home. When the dog and her partner entered the room the woman spoke and asked to pet the dog. Autistic children often speak their first words to a therapy animal.

There is some real magic in this three-way relationship of animal therapist, the handler, and the person visited. Ms. Thomas said that helping motivate people to move past a trauma or to just feel safe and loved is a big part of what the program is all about.

Ms. Thomas said that when a volunteer visits a nursing home, they “bring a bag of pennies and leave with a bag of gold.”  Here is the Google website for Visiting Pet Partners – look through it and the photos and think about being a partner with your pet for people who need you.

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15 Minutes - December 2015

11/19/2015

 
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THIS MONTH:
  • 90th Birthday of BSL Rotary
  • Barksgiving
  • Tarts and Tramps Disco Ball

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Tarts and Tramps Ball - November 21, 2015

The Arts, Hancock County, the dynamic non-profit organization, puts on this annual themed costume ball to benefit their outstanding community art programs and events.  High resolution prints and files can be purchased from this online gallery.

Barksgiving - November 21 2015

The second annual parade and festival by the Friends of the Hancock County Animal Shelter and the Sea Coast Echo.  High resolution prints and files can be purchased from this online gallery.

November 19 2015
90th Anniversary Celebration

Founding of the Rotary Club and the Hancock Chamber
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Station House BSL - December 2015

11/11/2015

 

Keeping the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Wonderful!

Bay St. Louis fire chief Pam San Fillippo gives some sound — and easy — advice to follow to keep your homes and families safe during this high-risk fire season.
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The holidays are here, and so is the colder weather. Parties, family gatherings, holiday cooking — many people really look forward to the holiday season, but for firefighters, it’s our worst time of year. 

Our largest fire losses, injuries and deaths always seem to happen during the holidays. It’s usually because of improper use of heating equipment (like space heaters and fireplaces), cooking, or Christmas trees and decorations (such as candles).

If an accident happens, will you know in time to get yourself, your family, and your pets out of the house? 

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 If you think you’ll wake up in time to get out safely if a fire starts when you’re sleeping, think again. You probably won’t. That is a fact. 

The most important thing you can do in preparing for the holidays is to have working smoke detectors in your home.  If you have them, do you know for sure that they work?  Do they have fresh batteries?  If you have wired detectors attached to an alarm system, have you tested it recently?  NOW is the time to do so!  If you need help checking your detectors, give us (or your local fire department) a call. We’ll be happy to come check them. Also, if you do not have a monitored fire alarm system, please consider getting one!  Too often we see devastating fires that could have been caught when it was small, well before it got out of control, if only there had been a monitored alarm system in use.

PLEASE be careful when using space heaters. NEVER leave them unattended, and be especially careful with them around pets and children.  You should already have a plan for keeping your outdoor pets warm this winter. We’ve seen too many people who have lost everything they own, and their pets, from fires caused by a space heater.  If you can’t bring a pet indoors, give them a good shelter out of the wind and lots of hay or blankets, and fresh (unfrozen!) water.  Never put a space heater in an area where there are blankets, hay or flammable liquids.  NEVER place heaters close to anything that can burn or melt.  Always leave at least three feet of empty space around and above a space heater. Never put it on carpet or rugs, or near curtains, furniture or bed covers.

If you haven’t already had your fireplace checked and cleaned, don’t wait; do it now.  If you have a wood-burning fireplace, it should be cleaned each year before use.  Gas fireplaces should be checked, and gas lines inspected by a certified plumber.

If you aren’t 100 percent sure if what you are doing is safe call us and ask for a supervisor or a chief officer.  We’ll be happy to come take a look, give advice, and answer questions.  That’s why we’re here, and that’s how we’d rather get to know you.
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Wishing you a happy and safe holiday season from the Bay St. Louis Fire Department!

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Growing Up Downtown - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

The Hotels, Grocery Stores and Bars

Sleeping, eating and celebrating life:  things folks in Bay St. Louis have always enjoyed - past and present!  In this installment of Pat Murphy's book-in-progress about historic Bay St. Louis, you'll get an in-depth look into our community's past!
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Station House BSL - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Introducing Our "New" Firefighters

Six new firefighters join the Bay Fire Department after rigorous physical and academic training.  Chief San Fillippo congratulates and welcomes them to the team!
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This month I would like to introduce Bay St. Louis’s “new” firefighters!

Please join me in congratulating our six recruits who, after completing 11 weeks of intense physical and academic training, have just graduated from the Mississippi State Fire Academy.

In addition, they have also tested and met the requirements of the Mississippi Minimum Standards and Certification Board — the body that sets the standards and requirements for career firefighters in the state of Mississippi. With these achievements these recruits have now earned the rank and title of Firefighter.

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These new firefighters are the future of the fire service, and the future leaders of our department. They will be responsible for leading the next generation of firefighters and preparing them for the tough job ahead.

They have chosen a career that is as dangerous as it is gratifying. They will see terrible things happen to good people; they’ll feel frustration and anger, and they’ll second guess themselves and wonder if they could’ve done more. But they will also do good and great things — things that no one else could or would do — and they’ll have many successes.

And even when they can’t “fix” the problem, just their presence will provide comfort to someone who is hurting or afraid. The boots they have to fill are bigger than they know, but I have no doubt that each of them is up for the challenge.
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Congratulations to (in photo, from left):

Firefighter River Hayden

Firefighter Michael Guitreau

Firefighter Gary Maurice, Jr.

Engineer/EMT Gary Catalano (center, not in uniform)

Firefighter Derrion Elzy

Firefighter John Glidden

Firefighter De’Sean Reece (kneeling)

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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! 
-story and photos by Ellis Anderson
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Arts Alive - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Bay Artists Co-op - Twenty Years of Creating

The oldest artists' co-op in Mississippi will celebrating twenty years of providing studio space to some of the state's most creative people during its annual Open House in November.
- story and photos by Karen Fineran
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Regan Carney at the co-op with one of her pieces earlier this year. The bowl she's holding sold, but there'll be oodles of other fine work at the Open House!
The large white concrete building at the corner of Bookter and Necaise, with its brightly painted label of “Bay Artists Co-Op,” tends to catch the eye as one passes by.  You may have found yourself wondering what lies inside . . . and, what exactly is an artist’s co-op anyway?

This month, you’ll have your chance to browse the treasures within, to speak with the artists who created them, and to watch live demonstrations of art techniques, all while enjoying live music, free refreshments, and celebrating the notable twentieth year anniversary of the oldest artists’ co-op in Mississippi.

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The 20th Annual Open House/Studio Sale of the Bay Artists Co-Op (415 South Necaise Ave.) takes place November 21-22 (Saturday from 10am - 4pm and Sunday 11am - 3pm).  The studio, not normally open to the public except by appointment, opens its doors one weekend each fall for an up-close look at the works of the artists inside.  A wide array of striking art will be on display, including pottery and clay sculptures, paintings, and jewelry.  You will have the opportunity to speak with the artists about their inspirations and techniques, and learn from live demonstrations throughout the weekend.

A cooperative simply is a business or organization that is owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services.  Started in 1994, the Bay Artists Co-Op is the oldest artists’ cooperative in the state of Mississippi.  Manager and founder Regan Carney began this one, shortly after she moved to Bay St. Louis from Los Angeles in 1992.  (A native New Orleanian, Carney was then working from an artist’s cooperative in L.A.’s Artist District.)   Like many others before her, she was enraptured by the natural beauty, serenity, and safety of the Gulf Coast.
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Now that she had found her home, she tackled the project of organizing an artists’ cooperative in this town that would help foster the growing arts community here.  She hunted through town until she found the perfect building to rent, and a small group of other artists eager to share the space and form a cooperative.  Other founding members included other award-winning  artists like Vicki Niolet.

The artists share the monthly rent and utilities of the building (based upon the square footage of their studios inside) and may also share use of the large electric kilns inside.  Over the years, the size of the co-op has ranged from as few as three artists to as many as twelve at a time, and has included clay artists, sculptors, painters, jewelry artists, and metal artists.

In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina’s formidable storm surge partially destroyed the building and completely destroyed the equipment, supplies and art works inside, Carney stepped up to the task of rebuilding the co-op.  Along with some of the volunteer groups staying in town at the time, and with the assistance of grant money from the Mississippi Arts Commission, Carney and her friends and family scoured and repainted the building, and repaired the extensive structural damage to the walls and roof.  (Her husband, fellow co-op artist Mark Buszkiewicz, was nearly killed when he fell from the roof rafters to the cement floor twenty feet below).  About eight months later electricity was restored to the building, some of the artists whose lives had been so disrupted returned to work in their studios there, and the co-op went on.

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The 4,000 square foot building surprises and welcomes on the inside with its high, open-raftered ceiling, cinder block walls, and large windows and open doorways that allow for generous sea breezes.  It has an open and flowing layout, with common facilities down a wide central aisle (electric kilns, clay recycling station, storage shelves) and is sectioned off into separate work studios for each of the resident artists (including a sizeable “clean room” for painting and other mediums that may require a dust-free environment).  Studio resident Sadie, a gentle-natured black cat who survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in the same studios, lounges about on the cool concrete floors and greets visitors.  

Currently, the artists at the co-op number eight, including Carney.  The other studio artists are clay artists Barney Adams, Gayle Andersson, Mark Buskiewicz, Lynne Harris and Jeanne Pertuit, and painters Janet Densmore and Kathleen Higgins.

Carney’s work has been shown at numerous galleries in Bay St. Louis, Long Beach, Biloxi and Ocean Springs, and can currently be seen and purchased here in town at Gallery 220 and Lawson’s Studio.  Carney offers pottery classes (both throwing and hand building) four days per week.  She recently offered a clay wind chime workshop, and is looking forward to offering her Christmas clay ornament workshop in December.  Other co-op artists also offer workshops and classes; the best way to learn about these opportunities is to speak to the artists during the open house about their work and their instructional techniques.

The open house is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday at 415 S. Necaise Avenue, across the street from the St. Stanislaus football field.  Refreshments will be on hand, as will live blues and folk music by Ivory Bill, featuring Billy Ray Hammons and David Sallis.  For more information, contact Regan Carney at (228) 216-0210 or Regancar@bellsouth.net.

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Vintage Vignette - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Serving It Up!

Party with these practical pieces for your holiday gatherings - by Martha Whitney Butler
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‘Tis the season for your holiday fêtes to commence! Bring out the fine china and sterling and dress up that naked table with some practical pieces from your local shops. There are so many items you can introduce to your table that can become a holiday staple. Add some interesting conversation pieces to pique interest by drumming up an appetite for collecting vintage and antique tableware!

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One of the most sought-after kitchen items has to be Pyrex cookware. From refrigerator jars to durable mixing bowls, Pyrex has you covered in the kitchen. We’re so used to the almost unbreakable clear glass variety, but deviate from the norm and seek out the hard-to-find colors. Their mixing bowls often come in sets of different sizes. If you're lucky enough to find a set, snatch it up!

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Collecting Interesting Tableware
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So often I find interesting tableware that you don't see gracing the modern-day table. Salt cellars and butter pats are a couple of highly collectible and functional items that a lot of people choose to collect. They come in many different designs and forms. The salt spoons are often sterling silver and can be purchased with the salt cellar or separately. Both of these things have what we call a master salt or a master butter dish. These pieces usually match and are larger than their tiny minions. If you do place these on your table, you may choose to educate your guests on their intended purposes.

I once had a dinner party where I sat out my “good” butter pats by the bread plates. As I was cleaning up afterwards, I noticed several of my guests had used them as individual ashtrays. Close, but no cigar! I don't know why I thought they would make the connection that the pats matched the master butter dish but it just did not connect at all. #Fail! Another potential fail: leaving your sterling silver salt spoon in the salt cellar! The salt corrodes the silver almost overnight, so unless you're trying to instantly antique it, remember to remove it.

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We generally have an everyday pair that we get a lot of enjoyment out of, but in a world of automatic grinders, these guys are often overlooked. For an elegant holiday table, a pair of sterling shakers would shine brightly in the landscape of tableware. To mix it up a little, use a salt cellar and an individual pepper shaker, or go with a ceramic design that matches your china or table theme.

Serving Dishes and Serving Pieces
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During the busy holidays, we’re usually more focused on actually getting the food prepared than we are with how it looks on the table. We often overlook the tinfoil casserole pans and pie dishes during all the commotion, but they tend to stick out like a sore thumb among the finery. Transporting the green beans from a Tupperware container that a relative brought and into one of your beautiful Herend vegetable dishes is not a cardinal sin. In fact, that relative might want their Tupperware back before they leave!

And for heaven’s sake, don't fumble the pecan pie with inappropriate utensils. Instead, invest in a nice pie server with some character. If you really want to get serious, pair the corresponding silver pieces with the right dishes. For example, asparagus tongs with asparagus and a tomato server with tomato slices. These odd pieces are both fun to collect and very useful.

Use this time of the year to add some intriguing pieces to your collection. I guarantee that you will bring them out for every special occasion and celebration. Put a sterling silver fork in it and be done!

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The Town Green - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Protecting the Oaks

Find out how to register your live oak trees - and how it helps protect them for future generations of Hancock County residents.
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Since its founding in 1971 in Ocean Springs by Ethelyn Connor for the Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Mississippi’s Société des Arbres has endeavored to preserve and protect trees native to the area “which by their existence enhance the aesthetic and environmental values of the area; establish a permanent registry . . . [and] declare all trees properly registered to be indigenous natural assets possessing intrinsic value worthy of area protection."

In Hancock County, owners of live oaks may contact Shawn Prychitko of the Hancock County Historical Society for registration. In order to be truly protected, a tree must be registered with the Société des Arbres, and that process of registering with the state begins with county registration.

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When you contact the county at the link listed below, Shawn will come to measure and document your tree or trees, register it with the Hancock County Historical Society, and give you the paperwork to register with the state. Currently there are approximately 425 live oaks registered in Hancock County. The Hancock County Historical Society site lists qualifications for registration here. Lately, Shawn reports, there have been a couple of updates to the registration process.

First, there is now recognition for undersized live oaks. If you have a tree that is under the 113-inch circumference qualification for registration with the state, but you still want to recognize and name it, you may register it with Hancock County. The tree’s information will be kept in Historical Society records.

Second, the Historical Society is updating information on trees that were on the records from before Hurricane Katrina. The society wants to know if these trees still stand, and at the owner’s request will remeasure trees, update records, provide owners with new documentation, and provide paperwork for registration with the Société des Arbres. Contact the society as well if your tree had a plaque that has fallen off, or if your tree is registered only with the Historical Society and not with the state.
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Lovely stands of live oaks at McLeod Water Park
Shawn stresses that preservation includes more than just not cutting down trees; it is also about tree maintenance. The cutting of major limbs can expose trees to parasites, or weaken and make them more vulnerable to leaning and eventually falling in heavy winds. She also notes that shaving limbs from one side of a tree to make room for a structure that is too close can render a tree unbalanced. “With increased development, we are often seeing building expansion or construction of new structures too close to existing trees,” Shawn says. 

Tree roots are also vulnerable, says Shawn. “Heavy equipment travels over the root system in the construction process, and extra fill dirt gets shoved on top of exposed roots that have been happily existing there,” she says. Some trees, she says, survived Katrina only to die from suffocation or root damage due to fill dirt and excessive machinery traffic during reconstruction.
           
Bay St. Louis’s tree ordinance requires a permit to cut or prune any limbs from live oaks and magnolias whether they are registered or not. To get a permit for the cutting or pruning of these trees, residents may go to the Building Department at City Hall, pay a $50 fee, and get an appointment for the city arborist to come to the site for tree inspection.

The Historical Society and Shawn Prychitko recommend contacting treeregistry@gmail.com with questions or concerns about construction in the vicinity of live oaks, and to find out how to assist in promoting greater live oak protection in Hancock County.

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Puppy Dog Tales - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Cats and Kids

This month, Daisy Mae (our columnist and registered seizure-alert dog), introduces Jackson Galaxy, Animal Planet Host, who explains how kids and cats can coexist peacefully and playfully! 
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We are big fans of Jackson Galaxy. Mr. Galaxy is the host of Animal Planet’s My Cat from Hell and he tells it like it is about the relationships with our cats and those that amaze or drive us crazy.

Mr. Jackson became a cat behaviorist while working at an animal shelter. He said that it was a “necessity thing." He had to figure out how to address cat issues so they could be adopted. He is a frequent speaker for events sponsored by Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanub, Utah and other animal welfare organizations around the country and the globe.

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In addition to his show on Animal Planet, Mr. Jackson’s website,  highlights animal rescue and shelter programs that save and place pets in good homes. His 501 (C) 3 Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk animals by transforming the places they live and by helping the people who care for them.

He also works to make sure that placements “stick” by teaching pet parents how to work with their pet kids. Add human children to the equation and you have an opportunity to teach two different species how to live together in harmony and how to avoid having tails pulled or getting scratched.

With young people in the household, learning the basics of cats and their natural behavior will make for happy everybody. In this video, entitled Cats and Kids Go Great Together, Mr. Galaxy share his thoughts on good relationships. The critical elements are to supervise kids and cats at all times, to teach your children empathy towards all living things at an early age, and to learn the basics of cat body language.   One of the keys to good placement is matching personalities of the cat kid with the human kid (children size or grown up kid).



Our partnership with cats goes back a long time.  Feline DNA suggests that the domestic cat has been with humans from their wild counterparts in the Middle East nearly 10,000 years ago. Anyone who has spent time with a cat knows that they are more mysterious than the household dogs.

Do cats think of their owners as parents? Siblings? Friends?  Rubbing around our legs when they greet us, cats are signaling that they regard us as friendly but at the same time slightly superior to them. When living in a family group, kittens rub on their mothers, females rub on bigger cats. The reverse rarely occurs.

Why do cats sometimes suddenly bite or scratch the person who is petting them? You have most likely missed a warning sign. Most cats love to be petted but only for a short while. Flattened ears and a slight switch of the tail lets you know that it is time to stop.

Why do cats knock objects off tables and shelves? Some are really just clumsy and others bat things off tables just to get your attention or because they do it for their own entertainment. In our household Ginger will hop on a table and you will hear scoot, scoot, crash. He seems to find this very amusing.

Why do cats climb into boxes, especially those that are too small? Cats love to feel protected and hidden, especially when they are taking a nap. Cardboard boxes are just dandy for felling secure. Why they pick boxes that are too small is a mystery.
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Here are some things you may see but don’t know the why of:
  • Licking cats of the same size and status grooming each other. This behavior helps the cats bond and reduces the potential for aggression. It is a genuine demonstration of affection.
  • Kneading.    This is what kittens do to stimulate their mother’s milk. In adult cats this is affectionate behavior and the person being kneaded is seen as being in a superior, mothering role.
  • Lying on its back with belly exposed.  This is one relaxed cat that trusts you and its environment.

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Dog lovers may not agree that cats make excellent pets and companions but our household of dogs and cats disagree. Dogs and cats teach your children to take care of and nurture other living things. We make you healthier and happier and bring you joy.

If you have a cat in your life you will find as Yogi Berra said “ You can observe a lot just by watching”. If you don’t have a cat in your life, consider adding one to your family. You will have a built in stress reducer. Just watch this video and you will be convinced.
Well gentle reader, keep your tail high and your feet dry.

Love, Daisy Mae


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Shared History - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

A Walk in a Cemetery

 With more than 200 cemeteries in Hancock and Harrison counties, these lovely last resting places are also home to art and history.
- by Rebecca Orfila, photos by Ellis Anderson and Rebecca Orfila
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Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by cemeteries.  It all began when my dad took me to Church Street cemetery in Mobile to see the Boyington Oak.  According to the story, Charles Boyington was convicted of the murder of a friend in 1835.  Boyington denied he was the perpetrator and declared that an oak would spring from his chest to demonstrate his innocence.  And, a tree did grow from the small grave in the northwest corner of the cemetery (Potter’s Field).

Did you know that there are 65 cemeteries in Hancock County and 140 in Harrison County?  If you want to reach out and touch history, try a little Practical History (PH) in our local cemeteries. 

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PH is the examination of the history of your locale through research and “on the ground” exploration.  It invites the public to examine the historical nature of streets, buildings, cemeteries, and people associated with local history or families.

Cemeteries are either public or private.  The large military and sometimes older city cemeteries are maintained by local, state, or national governments.  Private cemeteries are maintained by private cemetery associations, owner families, or churches.  There can be restrictions regarding access times and animals like dogs on cemetery grounds.  Before visiting a private, family, or public cemetery educate yourself on the days and hours of access.

The first activity is to identify research questions.  What interests you?  Which are the oldest cemeteries in a specific area?  Which have the oldest burials?  Where are the former leaders of the community buried?  Is there a trend of deaths during certain years that could connect to years of disease or weather events?  Are any monuments written in a language other than English?

Practical historians can find the same information on their own by connecting with resources available from the Hancock County Historical Society (HCHS) and their onsite records and references, local history libraries, plus Internet resources like Ancestry.com (public and private genealogical resources and family trees), Genealogybank.com (old newspapers), FindaGrave.com, and other genealogical resources such as USGenWeb and Rootsweb. Based on the invaluable work performed by members of the Hancock County Historical Society plus USGenWeb and FindaGrave, we know three of the 65 Hancock County cemeteries are recorded in the Fourth Ward: Waveland, Fayard, and Gulfside Assembly.  With these resources, it is possible to become well versed on the inhabitants of a cemetery prior to a field visit.
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Our research for the oldest burials in the Fourth resulted in finding Francois Favre, who died in 1873, in the Fayard family cemetery (private).  Favre was born in 1797 in Haute-Savoie, France, and served as a private in the 18th Mississippi Militia during the War of 1812.  In Waveland Cemetery (public) off Dufour Road, a small grave dates to 1886 and holds the remains of one of three infants of the Dorsey family.

With names and dates in hand, a visit to local cemeteries is in order. So what are we looking for during our field trip?  As in our initial research, we will be on the lookout for persons of interest such as family members, local families or persons (such as the burials identified above), or people important to the history and development of the local community.

An additional activity in your review of a cemetery could be the identification of symbols seen on memorials and monuments.  Symbols and figures on or around gravestones present more about the individual than simple names and dates seen commonly in modern monuments.  Common symbols seen in cemeteries include the Christian cross, the Star of David, broken columns (a life cut short), a crown (soul’s achievement and glory of life after death), a dog (symbolic of a good master), dove (innocence and peace), and the weeping willow tree (perpetual mourning and grief).
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There are three common forms of containment of the deceased in local cemeteries: gravesites for interment, mausoleums for aboveground, and columbariums for ashes contained in urns.

Whether engraved or not, the architectural styles and materials of monuments such as head- and footstones also inform our understanding of history with the aesthetics of art and design.  In other words, we can tell the approximate age of a headstone by becoming familiar with architectural styles of an era.  During the late 1700s and early 1800s, flat, horizontal ledge stones were popular and easy to engrave.  As technology improved, monuments became vertical and symbols and information about the interred was added.

The placement of graves within a plot may relate to religious beliefs or cultural traditions.  Most Christians are buried facing east, though it is popular on our coast to be buried facing the beach.  One funeral director told me that there is a tradition of a wife being laid to the right of the husband.

There are many cemetery tours along the Mississippi Coast this season, even after Halloween.  Take an educational and fun tour of a nearby graveyard and celebrate local history for yourself!

Please note:  The use of ground-penetrating radar or metal detectors should be approved by the cemetery owner or management prior to use.  Remember that any excavation or the removal of materials in a cemetery without the permission of the cemetery owner and the gravesite owner is considered vandalism or theft.

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Second Saturday - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Saturday, November 14th

Things are lively all day and start hopping from 4-8pm.  The November “Hot Spots” are Antique Maison Ulman Mall & Tea Room (317 Ulman Avenue) and The Shoe Boutique (126 Main Street, inside of Maggie May’s Gallery).  Read about them below!
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Talk of the Town - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Hancock Education Makes the Honor Roll

- by Lisa Monti and Christiana Richardson
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Like the proud parents of an honor student on graduation day, supporters of quality education in Hancock County have a lot to feel good about. Our public and private school students, teachers and administrators are high achievers in not only academics but the arts and athletics as well.

Despite being underfunded by the state in recent years, local educators have worked wonders with what they had (and just imagine what they could have done with their fair shake of funding from the state!).  Take a look at these well rounded accomplishments:

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  • Bay High School, which ranked 13th out of 249 high schools in Mississippi for statewide testing scores, has the highest graduation rate on the Mississippi Coast and the third highest rate in the state. And for the last three years, it's also had the lowest drop-out rates in the three coastal counties. 
  • The school won the Bronze Award among Best High Schools in America for four years, according to US News & World Report. The 2014 graduation class of 135 were awarded $5.5 million in scholarships.  In 2015, 114 graduates pulled in an astonishing $8,374,566 in scholarship offers, setting a new record at the school and topping last year's record by nearly $3 million.
  • Forty-five percent of students go on the attend two-year community college and 35 percent attend four-year universities.
  • Scholarship carries over into athletics at Bay High, where all varsity team members have a 3.0 or higher grade point average. Recent honors include award winning efforts by the dance team, basketball and soccer teams, cheerleading squad and tennis team which keep crowding the school’s trophy cases.

Hancock School District

  • The Hancock County School District’s testing scores ranked second out of 249 high schools and the high school was a top performer for three years in a row.
  • Hancock’s graduation rate was in the top 5 for the Coast and the top 15 percent of all districts in the state.  The 2015 graduates earned $6.1 million in scholarships. Among 2015 graduates, 48 received highest honors for 4.0 and greater grades; 36 students earned honors for 3.5-3.99 averages.
  • More than half of the county’s high school grades enrolled in two-year community college and 36 percent opted for four-year universities.
  • Outside the classroom, Hancock High students earned honors for band, dance, art, basketball, Junior ROTC, football, volleyball, fast pitch softball, bowling, golf, track, tennis, cross country and swimming.

St. Stanislaus and Our Lady Academy

  • Accolades go to the county’s private schools as well. At the all-boys St. Stanislaus, approximately 90 percent of 2015 senior class earned college scholarships totaling more than $10.5 million. SSC seniors were accepted into 84 colleges and universities.
  • Our Lady Academy is a parochial school, the only all-girls Catholic high school in the state. The class of 2015 had an average 25.7 ACT scores  -  higher than state and national averages.  OLA’s 34 graduates in the class of 2015 earned more than $2,685,000 in scholarships, averaging $79,000 per graduate.

Take a look at this amazing documentary created by students from Bay-Waveland Middle School, Bay Saint Louis! This documentary was created for the 2015 Literacy Forum held at their school. The focus of this forum was the Civil War.

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The Shoofly - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Finding a Hill in the Bay

An avid biker who's a new resident seeks out some challenging territory, finding few hills, but lots of other charms to keep him happily engaged.
- by John Dumoulin
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You can walk until you no longer know the road; you can run but you can't hide; you can hurry up and wait on a stationary bike. I prefer to sweat up the hills and coast down them on a bike.

Well, the Bay doesn't have any hills that I have found, anyway, but my advice is to head out and see if you can find one.  If you do, let me know. I've found a Hillcrest and a Chapel Hill Street and there's a Demon Thusin, don't you know?  I wonder who he was.  He must have done at least one thing nice to have a street named after him, right?

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If you're a novice, though, the Bay is the perfect place to ride. It's flat, there's little traffic, and the town's sharp angled intersections, canopied tunnels of live and red oak, and lush, overgrown vacant lots promise two things: there's a surprise around every corner and you're sure to get lost the first time out. Old town from Highway 90 deep west into Waveland is a warren of 100-year-old historic homes, 1950s brick ranchers, and California beach bungalows that would impress Malibu celebrities. But as Dr. Seuss wrote in his last philosophical book, "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."*

Trek around the Bay during the day and you'll see one-level skyscrapers with elevators, beautifully manicured slab foundations, white-hulled Boston Whalers punctuating dark driveways to nowhere, and tens of construction crews resurrecting homes out of brambles. It's like watching the Travel and History channels at the same time. You'll pass the Bay's world-famous cerebral Zen Garden beaches and learn about pirate houses and world literary figures like Pearl Rivers.

The South Beach's boardwalk, especially, will take you as far as you have the energy to go. At dusk down the boulevard, invisible community piers are circled above and below by lights and reflections like a string of bright pearls around the neck of a beautiful ghost.  If the night promises a new moon, the water will likely be speckled with flounder boat lanterns, so many that it's hard to see where the water stops and the dusk's horizon begins to show off the starred night sky.
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The veteran, retired 4th Warder may prefer a simple pedal of vacant thought and a single-minded goal like completing the block so she can get back to the Saints game. But for working stiffs like me, a ride around the Bay is an opportunity to multitask.  And I don't mean catching up on the latest Dow Jones podcast or a text-n-drive email search. Those are old school.  Bike any time of the year and you can pre-soak your laundry while still wearing it. And the longer you ride, the more of this multitasking you can get done.  During June and July, ride at exercise speeds and you can use your shirt (and your teeth sometimes) to seine the air for the not-so-elusive love bug, the Gulf Coast's equivalent to Dr. Doolittle's famous "push me-pull you" two-headed natural wonder.

I've found, too, that if you put a roll of quarters in each sock, they serve as leg weights. The coins make my calves look like Popeye's, but when I get to the end of the road — usually the western-most end of South Beach Boulevard — and drop the coins in the slots at the Silver Slipper, the ride back seems a breeze! Also, I like to drag a garden rake behind me on Highway 90 just after the Bay St. Louis Mardi Gras Parade. The longer I ride and the more beads I collect, the harder the workout.  By the time I reach Waffle House, I'm thirsty and dragging a sea anchor the size of a Honda Fit, which forces me to stop — usually in front of Pops Corner Pub. Nothing lazy about this Magnolia, if you know what I mean!

No, you'll be hard pressed to find an exercise hill in Bay Saint Louis for a real work out. My advice is to try the entrance up St. Charles Street from South Beach first then "jump the hump" at the track at Central. Once you can do this without shifting from first to second gear you're ready to tackle the Matterhorn of biking in St. Louis: the Bay St. Louis Bridge.

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Tourism Tidbits - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Cruisin' With A Twist!

A report from Hancock Tourism Development Bureau - looking back at the month of October and ahead to the holiday season! 
- by Latonja Ervin, photos by Ellis Anderson
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News With a Twist, broadcasting live from the Depot
Hancock County Tourism Bureau had a wonderfully successful fall. We started the season with the Hancock County Fair (September 23-26) and the St. Rose de Lima Food and Music Festival (October 3).

These events were advertised on radio and TV by the Hancock County Tourism Bureau with a grant from Visit Mississippi.

We kicked off October with a live broadcast of WGNO’s “News with a Twist.” This broadcast covered the greater New Orleans area and south Louisiana. The show aired live at the Bay St. Louis Train Depot on October 7 after the production crew spent several weeks filming highlights of Bay St. Louis attractions. Some of the highlights were dining on the bay overlooking our award-winning municipal harbor, inspiring art in St. Rose Church, and charter fishing in the bay.

This event was sponsored by the Hancock County Tourism Bureau through a grant from BP.
Just a day later, Tourism geared up for the Gulf Coast’s biggest event: Cruisin’ the Coast 2015, October 5-10. Hancock County event days were Wednesday in Diamondhead (with the “Blessing of the Classics”) and Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Bay St. Louis.

This annual event brings over seven thousand cars to the area and generates revenue for gas stations, restaurants, retail business and car repair shops. This year’s event broke the record with over 7,600 cars. We can’t wait to top the record next year!

Bay St. Louis events were sponsored by the Hancock County Tourism Bureau and Cruisin’ the Coast.

Next we look forward to the holiday season with the Christmas parade on December 5. The parade will take you on a magical holiday ride though all the snowflakes in Old Town Bay St. Louis, ending in the Depot District with the “Snowflakes and Sugarplums” festival. The fest will be from noon–5 p.m. and will feature holiday music, Santa Claus and live music by Roman Street. For more details go to www.mswestcoast.org, on the Cleaver Community Calendar page - and on the Cleaver's Upcoming Events page! 
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Across The Bridge - November 2015

11/1/2015

 

Yvette Landry Passes Through

A prize-winning children’s author, schoolteacher,  classically-trained pianist and part-time professor of songwriting and American Sign Language, Yvette Landry from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana makes our souls shine with her music. 
- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
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