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Thursday, October 1, 1992 Focus 9 COMMUNITY NOTES 49th Masterworks season Oct. 10 in the Jackson Munic ipal Auditorium at 8 p.m. The guest artist featured for the evening will be Liliane Questel, piano. Sinele tickets for this concert are $iu-iy tor aauus and for studentssenior citizens. Season tickets forthe 1992-93 Masterworks, Chamber Series and Mes siah concerts are also available and range in price from $30 to $85 for the Masterworks series and $16 to $32 for the Chamber Series.

For further information, call the Mississippi Sym-' phony Orchestra at 960-1565. Peer group offers tips for students The Mississippi Children's Home Society sponsors a 4f 'fr- 1 lV Mr tM If jt teen peer-education program called the RAP Team that travels to schools, churches, and youth organizations promoting Responsibility, Awareness, and Prevention in relation to teen sexuality, drug and alcohol abuse, and HIVAIDS. Call Lisa Hudgens at 352-7784 to schedule the RAP Team for your students or youth groups. 'Rapsody in Blue' from left, chairmen Mr. and Mrs.

John Lowe Smith and co-chairmen Dr. and Mrs. Mart McMullan. For more information, call reservations and seating chairman Rebecca Watson at 956-7764 or the Symphony office at 960-1565. Group offers help for special needs All service providers and families of children with special needs are invited to attend the regular meeting of the Jackson Metro Interagency Coordinating Council on Oct.

6 at noon at Hudspeth Center's Chastain Building. Bring a sack lunch, drinks will be provided. Call 939-8640, ext. 303 for further information. Store to donate money to charity October is Campaign for Healthy Babies Month for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

Local Wendy's Hamburger Restaurants want to help conquer birth defects and infant mortality by offering a "Biggie Fries for Small Fries" promotion. When you buy "biggie fries" as part of a spicy chicken combo at participating Wendy's during October, Wendy's will make a donation to the March of Dimes. Calendar Girl Pageant Oct. 3 The 1992 Calendar Girl Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct.

3 at Primos Northgate, where 19 young ladies will compete for the crown. Rasheda Crisler now holds the title of Miss Calendar Girl 1992. The pageant is sponsored by the Rho Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. This is the chapter's annual fund-raising project. Funds raised will be re-distributed to various community projects sponsored by the chapter such as its adopted school, adopted home for the elderly, scholarship program and mentoring program.

The contestants are as follows: Tameka Joanna Battle, 10th grade, Provine High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Battle; Shun Renee Burns, 11th grade, Wingfield High School, daughter of Ms. Hattie Mack-lin; Charmain P. Davis, 11th grade, St.

Joseph High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Davis; Teira Dushun Dyson, 12th grade, Jim Hill High School, daugther of Ms. Dequitta Dyson; Trivia H. Fulgham, 11th grade, Provine High School, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Bruce Fulgham; Branch Chante Granderson, 9th grade, St. Joseph High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Granderson; Kissy Gross, 9th grade, Lanier High School, daughter of Mrs.

Barbara Seals; Tonya Lynette Harper, 12th grade, Forrest Hill High School, daughter of Mrs. Carolyn Harper and Lonnie Harper Kim-mila Lakisha Johnson, 10th grade, Provine High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Upkins; Na-kesha C. Knight, 11th grade, Murrah High School, daughter of Rev.

and Mrs. Charles Knight; Kershauna Randle, 10th grade, Provine High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Randle; Ayla Russell, 10th grade, Pearl High School, daughter of Mrs. Ermea J.

Russell; Elisha Zulema Samuel, 12th grade, Callaway High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Samuel; Ro-tiffany Sharmia Pearson, 12th grade, Bailey Magnet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Pearson; Kimberly Na-shi Swims, 10th grade, Callaway High School, daughter of Jeffiey Swims; LaKisha C.

Thornton, 12th grade, Bailey Magnet, daughter of Albert Moore; Kimberly Nicole White, 12th grade, Jim Hill High School, daughter of Ms. Joyce White; Dearbria Willis, 11th grade, Forrest Hill High School, daughter of Mrs. Margera Harris and Willie Willis; Tiffany Young, 11th grade, Provine High School, Mrs. Martha Young Braddy and Fred Young. Admission is free.

For more information call Re-Johnna Mitchell at 956-2185. Group to conduct 'Rhapsody in Blue' "Rhapsody in Blue," this year's fund-raising gala for the Jackson Symphony League will include a roster of events during the ball. On Oct. 1 7 at the Country Club of Jackson, symphony supporters will gather for an evening of dining, dancing and fun organized by chairmen Mr. and Mrs.

John Lowe Smith and co-chairmen Dr. and Mrs. Mart McMullan. One of the highlights of the evening will be the live auction. Bidders will have the opportunity to purchase private dinner parties and luncheons; a unique ceramic piece donated by Beth Townsend; a 16" 20" portrait by artist Jane Nichols; and the entertainment of pianist Jerome Sampson.

For more information call reservations and seating chairman Rebecca Watson at 956-7764 or the Symphony office at 960-1565. Group to conduct stamp show The Jackson Philatelic Society will hold a stamp show on Oct. 3 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Ramada Coliseum, 400 Greymont Ave. Buy, sell and trade stamps and other philatelic materialspostal history.

For more information, call 924-6650 or 352-0631. RunWalk team to meet Oct. 7 The RunWalk Team at Mississippi Baptist Sports Life Fitness Center will meet Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m. Techniques of running and walking for fitness are discussed and practiced in sessions.

There is no fee for fitness center members; others pay $10. Call 968-1766 for more information. Program to help siblings adjust A special course for 3- to 10-year-old siblings is being offered by Mississippi Baptist Medical Center on Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. A sibling movie, a tour of the maternity area and demonstrations of diapering, feeding and holding an infant help children to learn how families adjust to a new baby.

MBMC maternalnewborn educators teach the single-session program, offered the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Subway Auditorium. This program is one of eight childbirth preparation classes offered by MBMC. To register, or to learn more about maternity classes, call 968-1406. 'Arrests' to help cancer research recovery experience, begins Oct.

1 at First Baptist Church, Family Life Center, corner of High and State streets, at 7 p.m. The workshop will be led by prominent Christian counselors including Ron Mumbower, Mark Simpson, Martin Davis, Carrie Carlson and Kim Booth covering topics relating to rebuilding your self-image, forgiving others, handling discouragement and anger, and dating and relating. For anyone experiencing the pain of divorce or a broken relationship this six-week workshop can be a new start on the road to healing and recovery. Cost is $20. Child care provided at no additional cost.

To pre-regis-ter or for more information, call Dave Westerfield or Donna Lewis at 949-1906. Financial information seminars set The Women's Financial Information Program (WFIP) begins Oct. 6 at the South Hills Library. Developed by the American Association for Retired Persons, it is sponsored locally by the Division of Aging and Adult Services of the Department of Human Services and the Consumer Money Management Center of the Cooperative Extension Service. Each session includes a presentation and a workshop.

Each participant receives a workbook for their use in personal financial management. Meetings begin at 10 a.m. and end by 1 p.m. The dates of the meetings are, Oct. 6, Oct.

20, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 10, Nov. 17 and Dec.

1. WFIP if free of charge. To register, or for more information, call the Division of Aging and Adult Services at 949-2070 or the Consumer Money Management Center at 987-3973. Order of the Eastern Star The Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliation, Jennie O. Johnson Chapter 470 is participating in a candy sale to benefit the National Kidney Foundation of Mississippi.

More than 100 service organizations, along with many individuals and businesses take part in this annual statewide fund raising. The candy is available in assorted flavors, hard and sour candies. It comes in one pound bags and is the official candy of Disney World. Each bag sells for $2. It is expected that approximately 20,000 bags will be sold across the state.

Network seeks support group names The Urban League Teen Pregnancy Parenting Net- work is currently soliciting the names of organizations and contact person(s) that have or are considering pro- grams geared towards reducing teen pregnancy parent- ing. Contact Lisa Hudgens at 352-7784 for more infor- mation. Mississippi Puppetry Guild The annual meeting of the Mississippi Puppetry Guild will take place at the Eudora Welty Library, 300 North State on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Reports about the activities of the Guild will be fol- lowed by a planning meeting for the new season, which will include the Puppetry Jam in April 1993 and the Puppet Wonderland presenting Peter and the Wolf, which will open at Belhaven College on Dec.

9. The Mississippi Puppetry Guild, Inc. is a non-profit organization and offers its members information workshops, performances, meetings and festivals at lo- cal, national and international levels. MPG offers free consultations with other puppeteers. All projects of the Mississippi Puppetry Guild are open to anyone inter-.

-ested in the art of puppetry, whether a beginner or an ad- vanced puppeteer. For more information, call Hilda Faye Hill at 932- 2751. Mauldin's works on display Recent art works by Jackson artist Nancy Mauldin will be featured in an exhibition at Deposit Guaranty i Plaza. Mauldin's vividly colored pastel and oil paint- ings will be presented in The Arbor from Oct. 2 through Oct.

30. An opening reception is scheduled for Oct. 2 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. ,2 Square Dance Club offers lessons The Dixielanders Square Dance Club will sponsor western-style square dance lessons at the Ridgeland Community Center every Monday night from 7 to 9 p.m. starting Oct.

19. Lessons are $2.50 per person with the exception of Oct. 19, which is free. i The classes are taught by Sam and Shirley Sanders. For more information, call Sanders at 956-1516 or Rhea and Sara Reilly at 981-2571.

Millsaps Players open season Oct. 1 The Millsaps Players will open their 1992-93 season with The Royal Family, a comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, Oct. 1-4 in the Millsaps College Christian Center Auditorium. Showings are nightly a 'Tit 8:15 p.m.

with a special matinee showing Oct. 4 at 2 p.m.,, Jt, The play is loosely inspired by the lives of the colorful -Barrymore theatrical family of the 1920's. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Fitness center offers swim lessons Adult swimming lessons are available through Misi' sissippi Baptist Sports Life Fitness Center's nationally1 recognized aquatic program. A two-week session is offered on Mondays, Wednes- days, and Fridays beginning Oct.

5 at 9 a.m. A three week session is offered on Mondays and Wednesdays a. 4:30 p.m. beginning June l.The fee is $30 for non-mem bers and $15 for members. To register or to receive more information call 968.

1766. z.r: Breastfeeding class available Breastfeeding is the most natural things in the world for a new baby. So that new mothers and their babies. 4'; can approach breastfeeding on the same terms, Missis-- sippi Baptist Medical Center will offer a breastfeeding class on Oct. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m.

MBMC maternal newborn educators lead the one of eight childbirth preparation classes offered by MBMC. The fee for the breastfeeding class, offered on the first Monday evening of each month, is $5. For more information and to register for the next class, call 968- 4 1406. V. Zoo volunteers begin new class The Jackson Zoo Docent Council, volunteer educasJJ tors for the Jackson Zoological Park, will begin a new do-t cent training class in mid-October.

Classes will be held on Saturdays and are open to anyone willing to volun -teer time on weekdays, weekends, or both. For addition-, al information, call Pat Haffey, education curator, atTJ 352-2586. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. The funds raised will be used to help thousands of "Rhapsody in Blue," this year's fund-raising gala for the Jackson Symphony League, will include a roster of events during the ball. On Oct.

17 at the Country Club of Jackson, symphony supporters will gather for an evening of dining, dancing, and fun organized by, tional Stamp Collecting month, the United States Postal Service will introduce a booklet of colorful wild animal stamps. The stamp book features five exotic animals from around the world the giraffe, giant panda, king penguin, flamingo and white Bengal tiger. On Oct. 3, the Jackson Zoo will join the U.S. Postal Service and the Jackson Philatelic Society to introduce the new stamps to Metro Jackson.

Zoo guests can purchase their animal stamps at the zoo and receive a special hand cancellation with the Jackson Zoo's logo and address. In addition, the Philatelic Society will provide a special cachet envelope for the event. To celebrate stamp collecting, the Jackson Zoo will offer $1 admission to children who bring their favorite stamp to the zoo. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Regular zoo admission is $3.50 for adults and $1.75 for children.

Stamp Day will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 352-2580. Mississippi Archives Week planned The Society of Mississippi Archivists announces the first annual Mississippi Archives Week Oct. 4-10, celebrating the important work of information preservation and management in Mississippi.

Special programs and exhibits are planned throughout the state on topics such as conservation, research, family history, architectural history, newspapers, oral history and more. For more information, write Society of Mississippi Archivists, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205 or call 359-6850. Singing group performs at benefit The newly formed Jackson-based Canticum Sacrum Singers recently performed the Machaut-Messe de Nostre Dame (14th century) as a part of the 1992 Benefit Concert for the Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music at St. Philip's Episcopal Church on Old Canton Road.

The Machaut was given it's premiere Mississippi performance to an enthusiastic audience. Other performers on the program were the Celtic group Gramarye, countertenors Max Garriott and Chris Brunt, coloratura soprano Jean Spell, and organist Frank Laney. In the Spring of 1993 the Canticum Sacrum Singers will present the Stravinski-Mass in a concert that will include music from the Renaissance. Singers interested in joining the group should contact the group's director Chris Brunt, organ and music history instructor at Mississippi College. Business leaders to speak at seminar The public is invited to hear two internationally-known economists and two local business leaders speak at a two-day seminar sponsored by the Division of Business Administration at Belhaven College Oct.

6-7. Dr. Murray N. Rothbard, S.J. Hall Distinguished Professor of Economics at UNLV and vice president for Academic Affairs at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and Dr.

Jeffrey M. Herbener, assistant professor of economics at Washington and Jefferson College, will be featured speakers at the seminar, "Government Regulation and Business Performance: Help or Hindrance?" Rothbard will speak at a dinner on Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m., and his topic will be "Government Regulation and the Economy: How Much is Enough?" He also will deliver a speech addressing the topic "Man or the Spotted Owl: Which Shall Triumph?" at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 7.

Herbener's speech is entitled "The Immorality and Inefficiency of Employment Regulation." It will be presented at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 7. For more information, call Dr. William Penn at 968-5966.

Play focuses on race relations Mississippi Freedom, a theatre performance exploring the legacy of race relations in Mississippi, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8-9 in the Millsaps College Recital Hall. The performance, which draws on the personal stories of living Mississippians, features 11 actors, storytellers and singers from the Jackson area. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

Created by award-winning New York theater artist Robbie McCauley, Mississippi Freedom places special emphasis on the freedom riders in Jackson and the voting rights struggle of the 1960s as a watershed of change for the entire country. The 11 cast members of Mississippi Freedom range in age from early-20s to mid-60s and live now in the Jackson area. Most were involved in or have personal memories of the voting rights struggle in the 1960s. They are Ona Banks, Dick Johnson, Kent Lambert, Sadat Muhammad, Sameerah Muhammad, Shelia Richardson and Kay King Valentine. Along with Robbie McCauley, they will participate in a discussion about Mississippi Freedom with interested audience members following each performance.

Church offers recovery workshop Beginning Again Lfe After A Relationship Ends, a Mississippians who benefit from the National Kidney Foundation programs. The mission of the Foundation is to find the total answer to diseases of the kidney and urinary tract and to help improve the quality of life for those affected by these problems. This is done through research, patient services, organ donor awareness, plus professional and public education. Blair to observe 83rd anniversary On Oct. 4, Blair Metropolitan A.M.E.

Zion Church will observe its 83rd anniversary homecoming day. Anniversary activities will start with the 11 a.m. service. An old-fashion box dinner on the grounds will start after the morning service. Anniversary services start at 4 p.m.

with special guest, the Rev. A.L. Barnes and Mt. Sinai M.B. Church.

Best waddle to earn savings bond The Sunburst Bank Duck Walk will kick off the Great Jackson Duck Race activities Oct. 3 at the Ross Barnett Reservoir-Old Trace Park. At 1 p.m., register for the Duck Walk. A $10 entrance fee entitles contestants to a t-shirt and a quacker. A $500 savings bond will go to a children with the best duck waddle.

Beginning at 2 p.m. registered duck walkers will participate in a 200-yard duck walk, doing their best duck waddles and giving their best duck quacks. Celebrity duck spotters will be watching for the most creative duck waddlers to participate in the "Waddle-Off' for the $500 savings bond. The second- best duck waddler will receive a $200 savings bond. Capital Brass to present concert On Oct.

7, the American Cancer Society will arrest Jackson citizens in the name of fun to raise money for the community. A mock jail will be set up at Metro- center Mall and the event will be promoted by Miss 103 Belhaven College invites the public to attend a conr cert that will be presented by Capital Brass on Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Girault Auditorium on the Belhaven cam-' pus. Capital Brass, artists-in-residence at Belhaven, is a i professional ensemble of six musicians that presents" programs ranging from the 16th century to contempo" rary popular selections.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students witK" I.D. Children under 12 will be admitted free. For addif? Adults will have a chance to waddle for four meals at the Iron Horse Restaurant and season passes to New radio from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Stage Theatre.

Here's how a Jail and Bail works. The "arrest" begins with someone calling The American Cancer Society to For more information, check the Clarion Ledger, request the arrest of their boss, spouse, friend or co worker. For a tax-deductible arrest fee of $15, an off-duty MISS 103, MIX 96, and WLBT. Golden Rule Award nominations open Nomination forms are now available for the third an- tional information, call 968-8707. officer will visit the arrestee, serve a warrant, explain the situation and whisk himhertojail.

There, the bail is set Family Life Seminar Oct. 3 by the judge. nual Golden Rule Award Program, sponsored by The first annual Family Life Seminar, sponsored bv MCTA cellular phones will be provided and the make pledge calls to friends, relatives, and to earn their bail. Prizes will be given for the largest JCPenney and The Volunteer Resource Center of United Way. The purpose of the award is to publicly recognize outstanding volunteers in the Jackson Metro area.

bail raised. All bail donations are tax-deductible contn butions to the American Cancer Society. Funds raised for the Jail and Bail will support pro Nominations forms may be picked up at The Volunteer Resource Center, 843 N. President St. Completed nominations must be returned by 5 p.m.

on Oct. 30. The grams of cancer research, education and patient service the Christian Education Department of Saint Luke's Presbyterian Church, will be held Oct. 3, at Saint Luke's Presbyterian Church, 260 Presto Lane, begin ning at 8 a.m. Various topics will be discussed.

Presentations be made by the Jackson police and fire departments evangelist Albert Williams, minister Willis Washing-! ton, and members of St. Luke's. Lunch will be provided. There is no charge for this seminar, but donations wil be accepted. Pre-registration is requested.

For more in-formation, call Helen Morgan at 362-6354. 1 1 rT: award will be presented in January 1993. For more information, call 354-1765. and rehabilitation. Zoo helps spread word about stamp Orchestra opens Masterworks series The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will open the The Jackson Zoo is encouraging people to "do some-thinewild collect starrps!" To kick off October as Na.