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A flowery deal coming between the Coast and Colombia - WLOX

What we saw is an opportunity at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport with the cargo facility that has a radiation mechanism that sterilizes produce, fruit and food to make it safe for distribution to anywhere in the United States,” Hewes said. “Gateway is the business, and they’ve been interfacing with the group for Rinegro, Colombia. They’re very excited about it, a lot of growers in that area. They’re getting congested down in Miami.”... http://www.wlox.com/2018/11/29/flowery-deal-coming-between-coast-colombia/

Funeral details finalized for well-known Coast pharmacist Daniel Triplett Day

Visitation for Daniel Triplett Day, 55, will be at St. Mary Catholic Church in Biloxi at 11 a.m. Friday, with service at 1 p.m. His burial will follow at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Gulfport. The Day family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy. Day owned Woolmarket Pharmacy and TD Pharmacy. His family also owns Triplett-Day Pharmacy in downtown Gulfport. Day was fatally shot Tuesday morning at Woolmarket Pharmacy. Biloxi police initially responded to reports of two people who were found dead at the pharmacy. T... https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article213545584.html

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Who's running for city offices? Several Coast mayors face challengers - The Sun Herald

Only Waveland, which is in a different election cycle, won’t have an election.The qualifying deadline for candidates was 5 p.m. Friday. Here is everyone who qualified:BiloxiMayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich has two challengers: Republican Jess Kennedy in the May 2 primary and Democrat Sugar Stallings in the June 6 general.In Ward 1, incumbent Democrat George Lawrence will face Republican William Kai Landry in the general election. In Ward 2, incumbent Democrat Felix O. Gines will face Charlie Clay III and Tracey D. Smith in the Democratic primary. The winner will face Republican Ronald Weeks in the general election.In Ward 3, incumbent Republican Dixie Newman is unopposed. In Ward 4, incumbent Robert L. Deming III will face Nick Patano and Rodney McGilvary in the Republican primary. In Ward 5, incumbent Republican Paul Tisdale is unopposed, as is incumbent Republican Kenny J. Glavan Sr. in Ward 6. In Ward 7, Republicans Johnny Fayard and Nathan Barrett are running for the seat held by David Fayard, who isn’t seeking re-election.GulfportMayor Billy Hewes is unopposed in his bid for a second term.In Ward 1, incumbent Democrat Kenneth L. “Truck” Casey will face Johnny Sanders and Maur... http://www.sunherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article136374363.html

Elevate basic bouquets with tips from a Biloxi professional - The Sun Herald

Just look outside.Jim DelPrince, floral design specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service in Biloxi and an associate professor, recently gave some grocery store bouquets a fancy boost with some unexpected touches he found on and near the grounds of the Extension Service as well as some leftover accents from other projects.DelPrince, who has worked with Mississippi State for 19 years, teaches classes to amateur designers as well as professionals.One of the first steps is to give your grocery store flowers as much TLC as possible.“You want to recut the stems and put the flower food in the water. That’s the powder in the packet that comes with your flowers,” he said. “Be sure you’re cutting your flowers with a knife. Scissors will pinch the stems and reduce water conductivity.”If the flowers look a little tired after their trip home, just put them in water while you complete the arrangement to refresh them.Medium-sized arrangementsDelPrince began with a medium-sized arrangement in a moss-covered rectangular basket made in Mississippi. Asiatic lilies and spray chrysanthemums are the stars in this grouping, in which he placed a well-moistened piece of florist’s foam. The flowers’ stems were lightly whittled to gentle points for ease in insertion.“When you have lilies like these, remove the anthers; just cut them o... http://www.sunherald.com/living/article91606657.html

Clarence Thomas Breaks a Three-Year Silence at Supreme Court - The New York Times

WASHINGTON — For the first 55 minutes of a Supreme Court argument on Wednesday about racial discrimination in jury selection, the justices seemed united in their view that a white Mississippi prosecutor had violated the Constitution in his determined efforts to exclude black jurors from the six trials of Curtis Flowers, who was convicted of murdering four people in a furniture store.As Mr. Flowers’s lawyer concluded her argument, Justice Clarence Thomas asked his first questions from the bench since 2016. He wanted to know whether the defense lawyer in the sixth trial had excluded any jurors. The lawyer said yes.“And what was the race of the jurors struck there?” Justice Thomas asked.White, said the lawyer, Sheri Lynn Johnson.Justice Thomas holds the modern record for silence on the bench. Before his questions in 2016, he had gone a decade without asking one. His explanations have varied, but he has said lately that the other justices asked so many questions that they were rude to the lawyers before them.The balance of the argument went well for Mr. Flowers, whose case has attracted widespread attention. Justices across the ideological spectrum said the track re... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/us/politics/clarence-thomas-speaks-supreme-court.html

MSU Florist invites public to holiday open house - Mississippi State Newsroom

Contact: Vanessa BeesonSTARKVILLE, Miss.—The public is invited to ring in the holiday cheer at the upcoming Mississippi State University Florist open house. The event, which includes coffee, cookies and a McCarty pottery door prize giveaway, takes place Friday [Nov. 16] from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the flower shop located at 100 Lee Blvd. in the center of campus.The holiday open house is a chance for Bulldog fans to shop local and check out all that the University Florist has to offer from made-in-Mississippi gift selections, including McCarty pottery and Wolfe Studio ceramic birds, to unique MSU gifts and much more. A complete array of MSU ornaments and holiday arrangements also will be on display and available to order or purchase.“This is our way of kicking off the holiday season and giving the community a chance to stop by and check out all we have to offer,” said Taylor Bowden, florist manager.The University Florist at Mississippi State is a retail shop operated by the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It serves as a practi... https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2018/11/msu-florist-invites-public-holiday-open-house/

Rising shipping costs spell the end of Norridgewock Christmas wreath company - Press Herald

Newburgh, which also makes wreathes. Corliss said the struggles for wreath-makers in Maine and beyond just keep mounting.Piper Mountain charges $26 per wreath, with $13 for shipping east of the Mississippi and another $1 westward.“Absolutely, shipping has become a bear,” Corliss said, saying the mailing companies have jacked costs severely the last six years and added additional home delivery fees. “It’s got me a little unawares this year. We did not raise our price, and, of course, when you say shipping, you don’t just blame UPS and FedEx; it’s also the cost of the box, the cost of the labor to decorate that wreath and put it in the box.”There’s also a growing challenge getting so-called “fir tippers” who bring in the balsam harvest from the woods, Corliss said.“The tips that we used to make the wreaths for years was 25 cents a pound for people to go out into the woods. Last year we were paying 40 cents a pound. This year I was offering 40 cents and no one came until I discovered some people offering 50 cents in this area,” he said.In Norridgewock, Christmas Tree Acres was once one of the largest Christmas tree farms in the state, and its former owner and founder, Dwight Newman, was a past president of the Maine Christmas Tree Association.Bolduc did not respond to a message left on his home phone or an email sent to the business. A phone call to the number on a “For Sale” sign on the building at 69 Depot St. also was not returned.Newman, who died in 2012, was a florist and greenhouse owner in Winchester, Massachusetts, when he started the tree farm on Sandy River Road in 1965. He eventually moved to Maine and with his wife, Nancy, started a mail-order Christmas tree and wreath business out of the Depot Street building, according to Newman’s obituary and Morning Sentinel archives.Newman retired in 1995, at which point he sold the wreath company to its current owner, David Bolduc.In the message on the website, Bolduc talks about shipping expenses increasing more than 27 percent in a single year. It said the average cost for shipping a wreath is $18 to $20 each, but the company charged only $11.25 for shipping.Leman, the Ellsworth wreath maker, said that sounds about right. His company ships about 6,000 wreaths each year to places all around the country. Six years ago, he said the average shipping cost per wreath was about $8 to $12, with $12 for wreaths going to the West Coast.Now it costs $25 to $30 to send a wreath to the west coast via UPS and “close to $16 bucks to send it next door.”The U.S. Postal Service is also an option, but the rates are generally more expensive than UPS or FedEx to ship wreaths across the country, Leman said.Representatives for both companies said in emails that dimensional weight pricing is a common industry practice, and they have efforts in place to help customers improve their packaging practices.“It allows us to make the best use of space in our vehicles and encourages customers to make packaging adjustments,” said FedEx spokeswoman Rae Lyn. “Ultimately, more efficient packaging is good for our customers and ... https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/08/closure-of-longtime-norridgewock-christmas-wreath-company-a-sign-of-higher-costs-industry-challenges/

Closure of longtime Norridgewock Christmas wreath company a sign of higher costs, industry challenges - Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

Newburgh, which also makes wreathes. Corliss said the struggles for wreath-makers in Maine and beyond just keep mounting.Piper Mountain charges $26 per wreath, with $13 for shipping east of the Mississippi and another $1 westward.“Absolutely, shipping has become a bear,” Corliss said, saying the mailing companies have jacked costs severely the last six years and added additional home delivery fees. “It’s got me a little unawares this year. We did not raise our price, and, of course, when you say shipping, you don’t just blame UPS and FedEx; it’s also the cost of the box, the cost of the labor to decorate that wreath and put it in the box.”There’s also a growing challenge getting so-called “fir tippers” who bring in the balsam harvest from the woods, Corliss said.“The tips that we used to make the wreaths for years was 25 cents a pound for people to go out into the woods. Last year we were paying 40 cents a pound. This year I was offering 40 cents and no one came until I discovered some people offering 50 cents in this area,” he said.In Norridgewock, Christmas Tree Acres was once one of the largest Christmas tree farms in the state, and its former owner and founder, Dwight Newman, was a past president of the Maine Christmas Tree Association.Bolduc did not respond to a message left on his home phone or an email sent to the business. A phone call to the number on a “For Sale” sign on the building at 69 Depot St. also was not returned.Newman, who died in 2012, was a florist and greenhouse owner in Winchester, Massachusetts, when he started the tree farm on Sandy River Road in 1965. He eventually moved to Maine and with his wife, Nancy, started a mail-order Christmas tree and wreath business out of the Depot Street building, according to Newman’s obituary and Morning Sentinel archives.Newman retired in 1995, at which point he sold the wreath company to its current owner, David Bolduc.In the message on the website, Bolduc talks about shipping expenses increasing more than 27 percent in a single year. It said the average cost for shipping a wreath is $18 to $20 each, but the company charged only $11.25 for shipping.Leman, the Ellsworth wreath maker, said that sounds about right. His company ships about 6,000 wreaths each year to places all around the country. Six years ago, he said the average shipping cost per wreath was about $8 to $12, with $12 for wreaths going to the West Coast.Now it costs $25 to $30 to send a wreath to the west coast via UPS and “close to $16 bucks to send it next door.”The U.S. Postal Service is also an option, but the rates are generally more expensive than UPS or FedEx to ship wreaths across the country, Leman said.Representatives for both companies said in emails that dimensional weight pricing is a common industry practice, and they have efforts in place to help customers improve their packaging practices.“It allows us to make the best use of space in our vehicles and encourages customers to make packaging adjustments,” said FedEx spokeswoman Rae Lyn. “Ultimately, more efficient packaging is good for our customers and ... https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/08/closure-of-longtime-norridgewock-christmas-wreath-company-a-sign-of-higher-costs-industry-challenges/