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Unlocking Local Government Update
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For the third consecutive time, the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors met behind closed doors at the end of a regular board meeting. But that’s business as usual for these supervisors — doing the public’s business out of view of the public. In 16 of 26 meetings between January and August of 2009, the board closed the doors to the public and met in private, according to the minutes of all the board’s meetings posted online.
The The Meridian Star article by clicking here.
Eddie Smith Remembered as Community-minded Family Man
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Eddie Smith and Len Maith
Eddie Smith loved radio and the idea it gave ordinary, everyday people a platform to voice their opinions.
But if you really wanted to see Eddie Smith in his true environment then you would have had to attend a gathering of the Smith family at his Meridian home. With five children and their wives along with the 13 grandchildren they gave Eddie and Jane Smith, the home could become what many people would consider chaotic and loud. But not to the man the grandchildren called “Pops.”
Read the story in The Meridian Star by Brian Livingston here.
Peavey Versarray™ Line Array Takes Honors in Readers’ Choice Poll
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The readers of Live Sound International magazine and the pro-audio community at ProSoundWeb.com have honored the Peavey Versarray™ 112 in the first annual ProSoundWeb/Live Sound International Readers’ Choice Product Awards.
The Peavey Versarray 112 line-array loudspeaker enclosure won the Readers’ Choice Best Product Award in the Large Format Line Array category. Praised for its use of true ribbon drivers, innovative design features and versatility, the Versarray 112 provides high-fidelity sound reinforcement in live-music venues of all sizes, as well as on concert tours and in fixed installations.
The Versarray 112 has been used at concert events such as Tim McGraw’s Live Your Voice Tour, on the Jägermeister Mobile Stage, and in world-class music venues like Ground Zero Blues Club, the Mississippi Delta blues juke joint co-owned by Morgan Freeman, and The Auditorium in Jackson’s Fondren District.
The Versarray 112 line array utilizes two 4.75” ribbon drivers on a waveguide and a high-performance, lightweight 12″ Black Widow® woofer featuring a 4″ voice coil and a neodymium magnet structure. High performance is the hallmark of the Versarray 112, with 1,000 watts program handling (2,000 watts peak) available for the LF section, and 160 watts program (320 watts peak) for the HF components. Each Versarray 112 module provides 90° H x 15° V coverage.
Peavey’s patent-pending Ram Air Cooling™ design, a dissipation process that radiates heat away from the voice coil and speaker cone on the Versarray 112, helps achieve enhanced efficiency and power handling, and overall improved performance over conventional cone-type transducers. Versarray 112 enclosures are built from 13-ply Baltic birch, covered in a durable HammerHead™ exterior, and available in black or white finishes.
Versarray enclosures utilize special bracket-and-pin flying hardware in a highly flexible rigging system that allows full articulation of the enclosures. With this rigging system, users can adjust modules from 0 to 15 degrees, providing for a classic line array configuration or a number of angling, mounting and stacking options.
Peavey offers EASE Focus acoustic simulation software free for Versarray users at Peavey.com. EASE Focus creates two-dimensional representations of acoustical environments that aid in the configuration and modeling of line arrays. System installers can use the program to determine the proper flying or mounting points and the correct dispersion angles for the enclosures.
Law Suit filed over Juvenile Center
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For years, there have been complaints of sub-standard conditions at the Lauderdale County Juvenile Detention Facility, and now, those complaints have led to a lawsuit.
Reports of poor conditions from the Lauderdale County Grand Jury, the state’s detention monitoring unit, and children who have been detained in the facility prompted an advocacy group called Disability Rights Mississippi to attempt to enter the facility in order to assess the allegations.
Read the story in The Meridian Star by Jennifer Jacob Brown here.
New Web Site Showcases Downtown Buildings
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The city of Meridian has a new resource to show everyone exactly what it has to offer downtown.
The city has begun a new Web site that catalogs and showcases all the buildings in the downtown area, those that have been renovated and those that haven’t.
Visit the web site here.
Read the story by Newscenter 11 reporter Lindsey Brown here.
Group Opposes Lignite Plant
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The proposal to build a new power plant in Kemper County has some community members worried.
The three-member Mississippi Public Service Commission began four days of public hearings Monday in Jackson.
A group who objects stood outside doors. They say they fear the plant could bring environmental problems and rate hikes.
Read the Newscenter 11 story by Ashley Porter here.
MPSS Week 7 High School Football Rankings
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The RANKINGS/TOP 15
The Mississippi Prep Sports Source rankings are produced each week by Austin Bishop and Bobby Gray. Bishop has been covering high school sports in Mississippi since 1975, while Gray is a longtime follower of prep football in North Mississippi. The ranking service is received by more than 30 media outlets and is in its second year.
MHSAA 6A
1. Madison Central (6-0) — Beat Murrah 51-7
2. South Panola (5-1) — Beat Olive Branch 34-6
3. Meridian (5-0) —Beat Hattiesburg 29-10
4 Clinton (5-1) — Beat Grenada 38-14
5. Ocean Springs (5-1) — Beat Petal 9-0
6. Olive Branch (4-2) — Lost to South Panola 34-6
7. Southaven (5-1) — Beat Columbus 14-6
8. Natchez (4-2) — Beat Oak Grove 48-45
9. Oak Grove (4-1) — Lost to Natchez 48-45
10. Petal (3-3) — Lost to Ocean springs 9-0
11. George County (4-2) — Beat Biloxi 31-24
12. Hattiesburg (3-3) — Lost to Meridian 29-10
13. Brandon (4-2) —Beat Terry 52-20
14. Warren Central (4-2) — Beat Greenville-Weston 12-0
15. Harrison Central (5-1) — Beat Gulfport 35-7
Lurking Around:
Gulfport (4-2), Biloxi (3-3), Starkville (2-4), Horn Lake (3-3), and DeSoto Central (3-3).
MHSAA 5A
1. Wayne County (5-1) — Beat Brookhaven 45-7
2. West Point (5-1) — Beat New Hope 35-8
3. West Jones (6-0) — Beat McComb 13-12
4. Stone County (4-2) — Beat Pearl River Central 45-0
5. Pearl (4-2) — Beat Provine 21-0
6. New Hope (4-1) — Lost to West Point 35-8
7. Callaway (5-1) — Beat Neshoba Central 31-3
8. Moss Point (4-2) — Beat Vancleave 49-0
9. Picayune (3-2) — Beat Forest Hill 14-12
10. Forest Hill (4-2) — Lost to Picayune 14-12
11. Ridgeland (5-1) — Beat Lanier 51-14
12. Brookhaven (2-3) — Lost to Wayne County 45-7
13. Gautier (4-2) — Beat East Central 48-27
14. Hernando (4-2) — Beat Saltillo 38-6
15. Oxford (2-4) — Beat Clarksdale 41-22
Lurking Around:
St. Martin (3-3), D’Iberville (2-4), Saltillo (3-3), Lake Cormorant (3-3), and Indianola Gentry (3-3).
MHSAA 4A
1. Itawamba AHS (7-0) — Beat North Pontotoc 35-7
2. Shannon (6-0) — Beat Tishomingo County 26-0
3. Noxubee County (5-1) —Beat Kosciusko 38-0
4. Lafayette County (6-1) — Beat North Panola 45-0
5 Forrest County AHS (6-1) — Beats Bay St. Louis 21-14
6. Quitman (5-2) —Beat Northeast Lauderdale 27-24
7. St. Stanislaus (6-1) —Beat Greene County 42-21
8. Pontotoc (6-0) — Beat New Albany 31-14
9. West Lauderdale (5-2) — Beat Laurel 41-7
10. Louisville (5-2) — Beat Houston 48-28
11. Senatobia (6-0) — Open
12. Magee (5-1) — Beat Florence 17-7
13. Greene County (4-3) — Lost to St. Stanislaus 42-21
14. Columbia (5-2) — Beat Port Gibson 36-14
15. North Pontotoc (5-1) — Lost to Itawamba AHS 35-7
Lurking Around:
Northeast Lauderdale (4-3), Lawrence County (3-3), South Pike (3-3), Purvis (4-2), and Bay St. Louis (4-3).
MHSAA 3A
1. Tylertown (6-0) — Beat Hazlehurst 21-7
2.. Forest (5-0) — Beat Carthage 51-0
3. Morton (7-0) — Beat St. Andrew’s 47-17
4. Charleston (7-0) — Beat Ruleville 43-20
5. Perry Central (7-0) — Beat Collins 36-35
6 Hazlehurst (5-2) — Lost to Tylertown 21-7
7. Booneville (6-0) — Beat Alcorn Central 48-13
8. Franklin County (5-2) — Beat Wilkinson County 49-24
9. Philadelphia (6-1) — Beat Clarkdale 39-9
10. Aberdeen (5-2) — Beat Winona 30-14
11. Velma Jackson (7-0) — Beat Raleigh 34-22
12. Belmont (6-0) — Beat Kossuth 43-6
13. McLaurin (6-1) — Beat Mize 21-20
14. South Delta (4-3) — Beat Leflore County 16-12
15. Mooreville (6-1) — Beat South Pontotoc 35-21
Lurking Around:
Nettleton (5-2), Cleveland East Side (5-2), Raleigh (3-4), Choctaw Central (5-2) and Corinth (3-3).
MHSAA 2A
1. West Bolivar (7-0) — Beat Greenville O’Bannon 45-0
2. Bassfield (5-2) — Beat Prentiss 34-14
3 Ackerman (7-0) — Beat J.Z. George 23-0
4. Eupora (6-0) — Beat East Webster 28-0
5. Puckett (5-1) — Beat Enterprise-Lincoln 55-14
6. Loyd Star (6-0) — Beat Madison St. Joseph 45-15
7. Hollandale-Simmons (6-0) — Beat West Tallahatchie 37-0
8. Scott Central (6-1) — Beat Lake 46-0
9. North Forrest (6-1) — Beat East Marion 29-14
10. Taylorsville (5-2) — Beat Enterprise-Clarke 35-21
11. Lumberton (5-1) —Beat Richton 47-8
12. Pisgah (7-0) — Beat Pelahatchie 42-21
13. Walnut (5-1) — Beat Bruce 34-12
14. Mize (4-3) — Lost to McLaurin 21-20
15. Wesson (6-0) — Beat Hinds AHS 18-6
Lurking Around:
West Lowndes (5-1), East Marion (3-3), J.Z. George (4-3), Hinds AHS (4-2) and East Webster (4-3).
MHSAA 1A
1. Durant (6-1) — Beat Shaw 27-6
2. Weir (5-1) — Beat West Oktibbeha 33-0
3. Coffeeville (4-2) — Open
4. Nanih Waiya (5-1) — Beat Edinburg 48-0
5. Smithville (6-0) — Beat Vardaman 28-19
6. Vardaman (3-2) — Lost to Smithville 28-19
7. Shaw (3-2) — Lost to Durant 27-6
8. Sebastopol (4-2) — Beat Salem 31-0
9. Ray Brooks (2-3) — Open
10. Bogue Chitto (3-3) — Beat West Lincoln 35-0
11. Mount Olive (2-4) — Beat Cathedral 20-6
12. Greenville St. Joseph (4-3) — Beat Drew 14-8
13. Okolona (3-2) — Beat Wheeler 45-12
14. Dexter (4-3) — Beat St. Aloysius 30-14
15. Biggersville (4-2) — Lost to Falkner 23-20
Lurking Around:
St. Aloysius (3-3), McAdams (3-2), French Camp (3-2), West Oktibbeha (3-3) and South Leake (3-3).
MAIS
1. Washington School (6-1) — Beat Starkville 43-14
2. Lamar School (6-0) — Beat Oak Hill 63-7
3. Jackson Academy (6-1) —Beat Lee 42-14
4. Jackson Prep (5-2) — Beat East Rankin 34-7
5. Pillow Academy (5-1) —Beat MRA 14-10
6. MRA (4-2) — Lost to Pillow 14-10
7. Brookhaven (7-0) — Beat Centreville 45-30
8. Magnolia Heights (4-3) — Beat Heritage 42-14
9. Parklane (4-2) — Beat Oak Forest 21-20
10 DeSoto School (6-0) —Beat West Memphis 30-6
11. Centreville (4-3) — Lost to Brookhaven 45-30
12. River Oaks (La.) (6-1) — Beat Trinity Episcopal 27-25
13. Trinity Episcopal (6-1) —Lost to River Oaks (La.) 27-25
14. Central Private (6-1) — Beat Bowling Green 19-13
15. Simpson County (6-1) — Beat Leake 41-14
Lurking Around:
Bowling Green (5-2), Presbyterian Christian (5-2), Leake Academy (5-1), Winona Christian (6-0) and North Delta (4-2).
Meridian and Marion Settle
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The City of Meridian and the Town of Marion have ended a long court battle over back sewage fees after both sides decided the amount in dispute just wasn’t worth it.
Read the story by Jennifer Jacob Brown in The Meridian Star here.
Two Facing Internet Porn Charges
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Somewhere in Clarke County there is an 18-year old girl and her 16-year old brother whose worlds have been changed
irrevocably.
According to Clarke County Sheriff Todd Kemp, Monday night Ronald Dewayne Schitz and Kimberly Odom Schitz, both of Stonewall, were arrested by authorities with the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department and charged with various child sex crimes and Internet pornography offenses. Kimberly Odom Schitz is the mother of the two teens while Ronald Dewayne Schitz is their step-father.
Read the story in The Meridian Star by Brian Livingston here.
Kyle Veazey and David Brandt on Ole Miss and Miss State
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Mississippi State’s 15-3 win over Vanderbilt ended here about 90 minutes ago, and your humble correspondent has been busy reporting for Sunday’s print edition. Look for all of that, including Rusty Hampton‘s take on the game, in tomorrow’s Clarion-Ledger and at clarionledger.com around 1 a.m.
In the meantime, let’s look at what can be taken out of Saturday’s win with our four talking points:
Read Kyle Veazey blog here.
Talking points: Ole Miss 52, Southeastern Louisiana 6
After a lopsided game, we post some of the talking points that will appear in tomorrow’s paper.
Read David Brandt blog here.
