Art Shirley graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1984 with a BA in Art.
While at Ole Miss, Art drew the daily comic strip Ernie, Skip & Joe which ran for a little over three years in the Daily Mississippian.<</i>
Art is currently the Creative Director for Quest Group, an advertising and marketing firm in West Point, Mississippi, where he and his wife, Becky, make their home. Art and Becky have two sons; Will, a junior at Ole Miss, and Drew, a freshman at Mississippi State.
Art has continued to do some cartooning “on the side” in the nearly thirty years since he left Ole Miss, contributing to several local papers, websites and trade magazines. He has just self-published a graphic novel, enjoyed some internet success with a cartoon about the Weather Channel’s alleged “Land Mass” gaffe and is particularly excited to be contributing cartoons for HottyToddy.com.
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The week was an emotional and stressful one. First a Friday trip to Ken’s daughter and son-in-law in Dutchess to see his two Army Ranger grandsons, Joey and Johnny, before they head back to Afghanistan for their fourth tour of duty.
Then came the Saturday morning memorial service for my former neighbor and friend Jim. As head of the Women’s Guild memorial reception committee, I planned, purchased and set up flowers, food and beverages for after the service.
During the remembrances part of the memorial service, I had to speak as president of the Kiwanis club and as a friend. That was very difficult but, fortunately, I didn’t break down into tears until later.
Next was my annual Derby Party. Thank goodness for good friends who volunteered to bring an hors d’oeuvre. Normally, I make about 14 hors d’oeuvres myself and tell our guests to just bring themselves and wear a hat. There are contests and prizes for the best women’s hat and one for the best men’s hat. All prizes have a horse theme.
I also have a Derby quiz, using the same questions as the year before with a couple changes. My Kentucky cousin Jan, who got me started hosting Derby parties, once asked if I had trouble coming up with new questions every year. I reminded her that I live in a retirement community so people forget from one year to another. However, last year one woman cheated by looking up answers on her i-Pad.
When folks walk in, they are told to pick a toy horse off the foyer table. Each horse has the name of a horse running in the Derby wrapped around its middle so no one can read the name until the race starts. Whoever has the winning horse receives a bottle of booze –– Champagne, Redneck wine or this year, four bottles of Kentucky ale.
During the week in between meetings, croquet and dinners, I was busy baking brownies and cookies for Jim’s memorial service reception and making hors d’oeuvres. I found a simple recipe for lemon cookies that were easy to make and delicious. Here’s my version.
Lemon Cookies
1 box lemon cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Put cake mix in a large bowl.
Stir in eggs, oil and lemon extract; mix well.
Roll pieces of dough into ball and drop into a bowl of the confectioners sugar.
Once covered in sugar, place the ball on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for about 5-8 minutes, depending on your oven. Do not overcook. The cookies will appear to be soft but they firm up when cool.
NOTE: I found lemon bread mix in Walmart and used that instead of the cake mix. The recipe claimed it yielded eight dozen cookies but I think I only had about five dozen. However, I wasn’t really counting.
You could probably substitute—maybe a strawberry cake mix and strawberry extract for the lemon cake mix and extract.
I can be reached via e-mail at sbmcooks@aol.
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Art to Go’s Andi Bedsworth (far right) volunteers to pose for a Meet the Artist camp in June with Jere Allen.
Arts Council and Art to Go sponsor creative learning opportunities.
Summer Art Camps are available from the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and Art to Go.
July 8-12:
Three Dimensional Art: Experimenting with paper mache, polymer clay and air dry clay, students will receive hands on lessons in creating three dimensional works of art including small sculptures and ceramics. The emphasis will be on basic pinch pots and simple sculptural projects using basic materials.
Classes are for one week, Monday through Friday.
Ages 4-10 are from 9:00-12:00.
Ages 11-14 are from 1:00-4:00.
Cost is $90 for YAC members and $100 for non members
To register, please call 236-6429.
July 15-19:
Exploring Painting: This class will be all about painting. Watercolor, acrylic, tempera and even glass paint will be used. We will learn about color mixing, composition and working with different kinds of brushes and substrates including canvas, paper and ceramic tiles.
Classes are for one week, Monday through Friday.
Ages 4-10 are from 9:00-12:00.
Ages 11-14 are from 1:00-4:00.
Cost is $90 for YAC members and $100 for non members.
To register, please call 236-6429.
July 22-26:
Great Masters: A favorite from last year, we will continue studying the work of great painters and artists, emulating their styles and techniques. We will add some new artists including Kandinsky, Klee, Munch and others to round out this fun, educational class that blends history and art. This is a hands-on class and students will be creating lots of art while learning about the artists.
Classes are for one week- Monday through Friday.
Ages 4-10 are from 9:00-12:00.
Ages 11-14 are from 1:00-4:00.
Cost is $90 for YAC members and $100 for non members.
To register, please call 236-6429.
July 29-Aug 2:
Southern Folk Art: Students will learn about fold art created by greats like Clementine Hunter, Theora Hamblett, Gees Bend Quilters and Moses Tolliver as well as others. Working with “found” supplies such as wood, paper bags and slate will add another dimension to our fold art. This will give real experience as to how the artists worked.
Classes are for one week, Monday through Friday.
Ages 4-10 are from 9:00-12:00.
Ages 11-14 are from 1:00-4:00.
Cost is $90 for YAC members and $100 for non members.
To register, please call 236-6429.
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The City of Oxford will provide game-day shuttle services to and from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium for all of the 2013 University of Mississippi home football games.
With free pick up and parking locations throughout the city, and a five-dollar round-trip fee, football fans will be able to travel safely, and conveniently to and from the Ole Miss campus for every home game.
Service run times are expected to start three hours prior to kickoff and end two hours after the game has ended. Pick up and parking locations include:
BLOG: Governor Bryant’s Comments Taken Out of Context
Public Domain Photograph of Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant
Let’s take a closer look at Gov. Phil Bryant’s comments he made a couple of weeks ago when he responded to the question, “How did America get so mediocre?” As we all know, Bryant has been demonized by the liberal press for his response… well, the part of his response on which they chose to focus because it served their purpose in being able to define him as “ the type of conservative who boxes women into a corner with mixed messages,” as one Jackson publication put it. Bryant said, “You know, I think both parents started working, and the mom is in the workplace.” That’s the fragment, which was extricated from the remainder of his response and started the firestorm. Bryant continued on with many clarifying statements, saying, “That’s not a bad thing….They’re pursuing their careers. It’s a great American story now, that women are certainly in the workplace.” And, ”I think there was that loving, nurturing opportunity – that both parents had a little more time.” He goes on to describe his own childhood and in an era when Bryant says both parents had more time, and compares that era to today, where he acknowledges, “In today’s society, parents are so challenged. Not just the mom, but the mom and dad. They’re working overtime. They’re trying to balance both of them in the workplace.”
Bryant was being unfairly judged in this. As much or more was said about “both parents” as it was about mothers. Bryant’s own wife, Deborah, worked outside the home for years. He does not seem to be arguing here over the fact that women have had to work, often out of necessity, to help provide for their families. However, Bryant is pointing to the connection between parental involvement and the well being of the children. He is pointing to the vitally important position women have in our families and society. Surely, no one could argue that the decline in education and in our culture in general is related, to a great degree, to the drastic changes in the stability of the family unit over the past several decades. Having a mother and a father. Having a Mother and Father who understand the sacrifice it takes to raise children well, even when both parents work outside of the home.
There are many people, many women, who would agree that the most important place a woman can be is in the home caring for and nurturing their families. They would agree, if this were financially possible, that this is a place of honor for her, not a position of being “subservient” as we all read so often.
I believe Governor Bryant would agree with this. I believe his comments reflected a concern for the American family, not a disdain for women who work, whether by choice or necessity.
HottyToddy.com Blog by Scott Coopwood, owner and publisher of Delta Business Journal, Delta Magazine and The Cleveland Current. He can be reached at scott@coopwood.net
Scott Coopwood, owner and publisher of Delta Business Journal, Delta Magazine and The Cleveland Current.
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Photo created by the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Peggie Gillom, Ole Miss Women’s Basketball star, joined the rest of the greats this week as one of the six 2013 Hall of Fame inductees. The WBHOF announced the 2013 Inductees at a ceremony Saturday June 8, 2013 in Knoxville, TN. The Class of 2013 included Gary Blair (Coach), Jim Foster (Coach), Peggie Gillom-Granderson (Player), Jen Rizzotti (Player), Annette Smith-Knight (Player), and Sue Wicks (Player).
The mission of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame is to “honor the past, celebrate the present, and promote the future” of women’s basketball.
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors serves as the selection committee in determining which individuals will be inducted each year. Voting is based on various factors, which include moral character, integrity, sportsmanship, record of performance, ability, national or international recognition, and contributions to the game of women’s basketball.
In order to be considered for selection for induction, an individual must meet the following prerequisites:
Player: Must be retired from the highest level of play for at least five years
Coach: Must have coached the women’s game at least 20 years Referee: Must have officiated the women’s game at least 10 years
Contributor: Must have significantly impacted the game of women’s basketball
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013
GARY BLAIR (Coach) Blair ranks in the top 15 in career victories and in the top 25 by winning percentage among Division I coaches. He is one of only three all-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches to lead two different team to the NCAA Women’s Final Four. In 28 years as a collegiate head coach, Blair has compiled a 620-253 record, leading his current team, Texas A&M to the 2011 NCAA National Championship.
JIM FOSTER (Coach) In 34 years, Foster has amassed a 765-294 record as a head coach. The 765 career victories rank eighth among active coaches and 12th all-time. He is just the second collegiate coach (men’s or women’s) at any level to win at least 200 games at three different schools (Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, and St. Joseph’s University). He was named the 1993 USBWA Coach of the Year.
PEGGIE GILLOM-GRANDERSON (Player) A four-year starting forward at the University of Mississippi, Gillom-Granderson is Ole Miss’ all-time leading scorer (2,486 points) and rebounder (1,271). She is one of two Ole Miss players to ever score more than 2,000 points and grab more than 1,000 rebounds. She was inducted into the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. She was a finalist for the 1980 Wade Trophy.
JEN RIZZOTTI (Player) Rizzotti player for the University of Connecticut from 1992-1996, leading the Huskies to their first national championship in 1995 with a perfect 35-0 record. She finished her collegiate career with 1,540 points, 637 assists, and 349 steals. She was a two-time Kodak All-American and NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (1995, 1996). Rizzotti was named the 1996 Wade Trophy winner, Associated Press Player of the Year, and Big East Player of the Year.
ANNETTE SMITH-KNIGHT (Player) Smith-Knight played at the University of Texas, leading the Longhorns to the 1986 NCAA Division I National Championship with a perfect 34-0 record. She is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,523 points. She was the 1983 and1984 Southwest Conference Player of the Year, a 1984 Kodak All-American, and a finalist for the 1984 Wade Trophy. Smith-Knight also helped lead USA Basketball to gold in the 1983 World University Games.
SUE WICKS (Player) Wicks played for Rutgers University, where she still holds records (male or female) for points scored (2,655), scoring average (21,2 ppg), rebounds (1,357), rebounding average (10.9 rpg), blocked shots (293), field goals made/attempted (1,091 of 2,099), and free throws made/attempted (473 of 641). She was the 1988 Naismith Player of the Year, U.S. Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year, and Street & Smith’s Player of the Year. She finished her WNBA career as the number eight leader of blocked shots.
For information regarding the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, and the 2013 Induction Ceremony please visit www.wbhof.com.
Press release contact Josh Sullivan at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (865) 633-9000 or jsullivan@wbhof.com
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