New Superintendent says team is ready to work

By Othor Cain

Managing Editor

In what he hopes to become a weekly session with reporters, Dr. Cedric Gray, newly installed chief of schools for the Jackson Public Schools District (JPS), held a press conference with reporters Monday, July 2, to give insight to his first day on the job and what students, parents, the media, community and others can expect from him and his administration. “I want you to understand where I am, what you can expect, what I will and won’t do,” an energetic Gray said.

Normally the Fourth of July week is a week off for most administrators in the district. Not this year. Administrators, district leaders and other staff personnel via approval of the board of trustees are meeting with Gray this week to access the district and develop a game plan for the new school year. “We’ve got to hit the ground running,” Gray said and these series of meetings have been a way of getting to know each other,” Gray said. “What I found on my first day were people who are literally ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work.”

“I didn’t find anybody dejected. I didn’t find anybody ostracized,” Gray said. “If the largest employer in the city is successful, then every other entity in the city…can be successful.”

Gray noted that the district is Gray noted that the district is working within tight budget constraints and every effort is being made to deliver the best services possible within the budget.

“One thing you can expect from me is that I will never lie to you or give you information that I don’t have,” he said. “Fact is our budget is tight, given the state of the economy, but we are working.”

Gray noted that no immediate changes were being made to staff and personnel. “We have experienced some retirements, and I think that is natural with any new administration,” he said. “We are accessing everyone and every position.”

Joining Gray’s administration in Jackson from the Fayette County School District in Tennessee will be a deputy superintendent of academics, an executive director of finance, an executive director of middle schools and a chief communications officer.

Gray did not formally introduce the names and salaries of these individuals saying, “The board had not official signed their contracts.”

However, Darryl Anderson introduced himself as the new communications chief, and he assisted Gray with the press conference.

Anderson is the former chief information officer for the city of Memphis.

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News Briefs From Across The State

By Monica Land

Man and woman found dead in backyard

While many details are being withheld pending an investigation, Hattiesburg police have confirmed that two people are dead following a domestic dispute on Wednesday, July 4 in Forrest County.

Lt. Eric Proulx said officers responded to a disturbance call Wednesday night at a residence and found a man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds in the backyard of the home.

Forrest County Deputy Coroner Jonathan Nobles said the names of the deceased will not be released until the family is notified, and it appears the deaths is a murder/suicide.

Booneville man arrested in traffic stop

A Booneville man is being held in the Lee County jail after a traffic stop Tuesday night. Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Ray Hall tells WTVA that Shawn M. Brown, 38, was pulled over around 7:30 p.m. by a state trooper.

Authorities reportedly found a half pound of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia in his vehicle.

Hall said Brown has been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell. Additional charges against Brown could be pending.

Drowning ruled cause of a death in Moss Point

Hancock County Coroner Vicki Broadus said an autopsy has confirmed drowning was the cause of death for a man whose remains were found Monday night in the Escatawpa River.

Moss Point Police Chief Keith Davis said a public-works employee spotted the body in waters downtown following an afternoon storm. Police were notified around 5:30 p.m., according to The Sun Herald.

Davis said the victim was in his mid-50s. He had been seen fishing in the area Monday.

2 Vancleave women accused of food stamp fraud

Two Vancleave women are accused of fraud in a criminal investigation involving thousands of dollars from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.

Sheriff Mike Byrd told The Sun Herald investigators have arrested 28-year-old Shante Oni Wilson and 40-year-old Juanita Theresa Waltman.

Byrd says their arrests on Friday came following an investigation of Wilson’s complaint that her Electronic Benefits Transfer card was missing.

Byrd said investigators determined Wilson had given her card to Waltman in October 2011.

Both were booked at the county jail and released after their bonds were set at $1,000 each.

Woman reportedly injured in vehicle rollover

A woman was injured Wednesday afternoon in a car accident in Attala County on Highway 43 South. According to a WTVA affiliate, the driver was a 21-year-old woman. Her identity has not been confirmed.

The car appeared to have rolled over several times. The woman was taken to a local hospital. Her condition was not revealed. There were reportedly two children also in the vehicle, in car seats, but were said to be unharmed.

The accident remains under investigation.

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VICKSBURG – (AP) The new Miss Mississippi is a woman who plans to be a physician and who graduated from the University of Mississippi with a double major in French and international studies.

This year’s Miss Mississippi pageant was the fifth for Marie Wicks of Ocean Springs, competing as Miss Dixie. She was crowned Saturday night at the Vicksburg Convention Center.

“Keeping up my spirit to keep on going was the hardest part, it’s been a very taxing week,” Wicks told The Vicksburg Post. “My nervousness went away when I went on stage, though.”

Wicks was third runner-up last year as Miss Pine Belt/Gulf Coast, and one of 42 women in this year’s competition.

This year her talent entry was playing “Presto agitato” – the very fast movement – from Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” for piano.

She will spend the coming months preparing for the 2013 Miss America Pageant, Jan. 12 in Las Vegas.

Four Miss Mississippi winners have become Miss America: Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon in 1959, Lynda Lee Mead of Natchez in 1960, Cheryl Prewitt of Ackerman in 1980 and Susan Akin of Meridian in 1986.

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Walkers to raise critically needed funds; ML editor named honorary mission chair
The Mississippi Link Newswire

 

The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Jackson area residents to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The Mississippi Museum of Art, Art Garden will be the site of the Walk Sept. 15, at 9 a.m.

Alzheimer’s disease is a growing epidemic and is now the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. As baby boomers age, the number of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease will rapidly escalate, increasing well beyond today’s estimated 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s is more than a walk. It is an experience for more than 500 expected participants in the Jackson area who will learn about the disease and how to get involved with this critical cause, from advocacy opportunities, the latest in Alzheimer’s research and clinical trial enrollment to support programs and services.

Additionally, participants will be inspired to become more involved in the fight by the Walk’s 2012 honorary mission chair and advocate Gail M. Brown. She, her husband and 12-year-old son cared for her late father, Howard Herman Hargrove of Clinton, Miss., who lost his battle with Alzheimer’s after a six-year fight.

“We could not have cared for my father without God’s help and understanding employers,” said Brown. “Often people do not realize the challenges caregivers endure while caring for their loved ones with this horrible disease, which has become more prevalent among older African-Americans and Hispanics.”

Currently employed as an editor with The Mississippi Link newspaper, Brown said she is humbled by being asked to serve as honorary mission chair, and that she will work diligently to help increase awareness of the disease.

“There has never been a greater need for the citizens of Jackson to join in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease by participating in Walk to End Alzheimer’s,” said executive director for the Mississippi Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Patty Dunn. “Funds raised will provide care and support services to the 53,000 residents of Mississippi living with Alzheimer’s, while also contributing to advancing critically-needed research.”

Start or join a team today at alz.org/walk.

About the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s:

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Together, we can end Alzheimer’s – the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death.

About the Alzheimer’s Association:

The Alzheimer’s Association is the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

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