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3 Inspired People – Summer 2015

Columbus teen actress Avani Poindexter uses career to inspire her peers. Scott Reed uses the arts to unify the West Point community. Dr. Roy Ruby retired from MSU but still comes to work every day.

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Carmen Sisson April 1, 2015 May 6, 2015Recent Bylines Catfish Alley, Columbus, inspiration, Mississippi, Starkville, West Point 0

3 Inspired People – Spring 2015

Tim Brinkley fights crime in West Point with a level head, a steady hand, and a Bible. MSU super fan Ron Caulfield brings happiness to Starkville. Humane Society director Karen Johnwick continues a lifelong commitment to animal rescue.

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Carmen Sisson March 1, 2015 May 6, 2015Recent Bylines Catfish Alley, Columbus, inspiration, Mississippi, Starkville, West Point 0

3 Inspired People — Winter 2014

Pastor Larnzy Carpenter Jr. inspires Starkville with love. Community activist Frances Hairston works to heal Crawford race relations. And history teacher Chuck Yarborough uses the past to improve the future in Columbus.

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Carmen Sisson December 1, 2014 May 6, 2015Recent Bylines Catfish Alley, Columbus, inspiration, Mississippi, profiles, Starkville, West Point 0

3 Inspired People: Fall 2014

Gospel-gabbing used car salesman Allen Jones gives cars to seniors in Caledonia. Music teacher Angie Riffell creates a unique homeschool opportunity in Columbus. And Dorothy Ryland gives West Point residents the keys to the American Dream.

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Carmen Sisson October 1, 2014 May 6, 2015Recent Bylines Catfish Alley, Columbus, inspiration, Starkville, West Point 0

Katrina survivors find new life in Columbus

It has become the benchmark by which all storms are measured. It has become the stark demarcation between life before and after, with Hurricane Katrina sitting squarely in the middle of coastal residents’ collective memory — as vivid today as the muddy water lines and red spray-paint which can still be seen on homes uninhabitable, abandoned.

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Carmen Sisson August 29, 2012 October 14, 2018Recent Bylines Columbus, hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Mississippi, The Commercial Dispatch 0

The life and death of a White House archivist

Memories

In life, he was the keeper of history. Presidential photographs, letters, memos, campaign materials — nothing escaped the thin fingers and sharp eyes of the Columbus native who lived simply and died simply but touched time, leaving a signature of his own.

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Carmen Sisson August 20, 2011 August 16, 2014Published Favorites, Recent Bylines Columbus, Commercial Dispatch, history, homelessness, Mississippi, National Archives, Theodoric C. James, White House 0
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