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By BOB DARDENpí~ÑÑ=têáíÉê

James Poe says he feels his “life’s dream hascome true” now that he is the sole owner ofWABG-AM 960.

Poe, who has spent more than 40 years inradio broadcasting, became sole owner earlierthis month.

He, blues historian SteveLaVere and Clarksdale MayorBill Luckett purchased the sta-tion in 2007 with the goal ofmaking it a blues-driven sta-tion. On Jan. 6, 2008, “Awe-some A-M” was launched,playing blues, news and inter-views 24 hours a day.

Poe said keeping the stationon the air has always been a challenge but isworth it. “It is an investor’s nightmare becauseit is so old, dating back to 1950, even though webought a new transmitter and invested in theupkeep of the building,” he said.

LaVere sold his share to Poe in 2012, and Luck-ett sold his on Feb. 10. Poe said he was grateful toLaVere and Luckett for placing their confidence inhim in the blues station’s early years.

He said he has always had the freedom to dowhat he wanted at the station but is excited thatthe “training wheels have been taken off.”

He said the station’s format won’t changemuch; it will keep going in the direction listen-ers want. “They know now, after being hereeight years, that we are a genuine Delta bluesstation,” Poe said.

He said the music makes the station special.“We work 10 times harder than anybody else.

Folks will recognize that,” he said.Poe said besides the station’s over-the-air lis-

teners, which range as far away as Lake Village,Arkansas, to just outside Yazoo City andStarkville, the station has been streaming itssignal on the Internet and has picked up devot-ed listeners in China and Japan. Those inter-national listeners have helped to keep the sta-tion on the air.

He also said Beth Cook, a former “sidekick”and radio host, will be returning soon.

“I am very proud of the station and what wehave accomplished over the past eight years,”he said.nCoåí~Åí=_çÄ=a~êÇÉå=~í=RUNJTOPV=çê=ÄÇ~êÇJ

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Poe lives‘dream’at stationBy JEFF AMY

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JACKSON — Dr. LouAnnWoodward grew up on a dirt roadin Carroll County and started hercareer as an emergency roomdoctor. But come June, she’llbecome the first woman to runthe University of MississippiMedical Center.

The College Board, meeting inclosed session Wednesday,named the 51-year-old Wood-ward as vice chancellor for healthaffairs and dean of the Universi-ty of Mississippi School of Medi-cine. She’s been the second-in-command for the last five years toDr. James Keeton. The 74-year-old plans to retire from the lead-ership post June 30.

“I believe that this institutioncan do wonderful things for Mis-sissippi that no other institutioncan do,” Woodward said in aninterview with The AssociatedPress. “We’re an economic driver;we are a major force in medicaleducation; we take care ofpatients. And the opportunitieswe have to make Mississippistronger and better are very spe-cial.”

Ole Miss Chancellor DanJones, himself a former UMMCchief, said he chose Woodwardafter a national search. The sec-ond finalist was Dr. Stephen J.Spann, a family medicine physi-cian who is chief medical officerfor the Johns Hopkins Universi-ty-affiliated hospital in the Unit-ed Arab Emirates.

Jones said Woodward was notonly helped by her long familiari-ty with UMMC, but also her “sig-nificant national experience” inmedical education.

“She understands the healthcare needs of Mississippians,”said outgoing Higher EducationCommissioner Hank Bounds.“She clearly has a deep under-standing of medical educationand quality care. I’m thrilled thatshe’s going to be in this position.”

The new chief said it’s been sev-

Carroll County native tolead UM Medical Center

By BOB DARDENpí~ÑÑ=têáíÉê

After some very low tem-peratures this week, Satur-day is shaping up to be a lotwarmer — with a forecasthigh of 67 degrees — butsome rain is coming, too.

Temperatures tonight areexpected to be in the mid- toupper 20s.

Cloud cover overnight isexpected to help raise tem-peratures, but it also bringsthe possibility of light sleet orfreezing rain, which will

make driving difficult, saidDaniel Lamb, a meteorologistwith the National WeatherService in Jackson.

Temperatures on Fridayare not expected to get abovefreezing until about noon.Lamb said light sleet or freez-ing rain could happen earlyFriday, making traveling haz-ardous.

Afternoon highs Friday areexpected to be in the high 30sor low 40s, and the rain isexpected to continue through-out the day.

“It will be a cold, dreary

rain,” Lamb said.Although warmer temper-

atures are predicted for Sat-urday, there also is a 70 per-cent chance of rain and thun-derstorms throughout theevening, he said.

Sunday highs are expectedto be in the mid-50s with a 40percent chance of showers.

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Warmer weekend in forecastBy JEFF AMY^ëëçÅá~íÉÇ=mêÉëë

JACKSON — MississippiValley State University isamong four of Mississippi’spublic universities that arelikely to begin charging stu-dent activity fees this fall,moving further away fromthe state’s one-time policy oftuition including all charges.

The College Board onWednesday approved for Mis-sissippi State University andthe University of Mississippito add $5-a-semester fee and

for Valley and Jackson StateUniversity to add $10-a-semester fees.

Board members mustapprove the fees again later.

The board also gave finalapproval Wednesday forDelta State University tobegin charging a $50-a-semester facilities fee, joiningthe Mississippi University forWomen, Ole Miss and MSU.

Facility fees began in fall2013, changing the policy ofgenerally charging for onlytuition, room and board.

The universities say stu-

dent groups need moremoney. Delta State plans tospend facilities money on ren-ovations and upgrades.

Higher Education Com-missioner Bounds said stu-dent government presidentsfirst made the request. Stu-dents at MSU, Valley andJSU have voted in referendato support the increases.

Davis Rogers, president ofOle Miss Associated StudentBody, said that the moneywould be used to increase

MVSU to add $10 activity fee

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By BRYN STOLEpí~ÑÑ=têáíÉê

A termination hearing for a formerGreenwood Public School Districtadministrator has been on hold for amonth because of repeated schedul-ing conflicts.

The hearing for Assistant Superin-tendent Mary Brown, who was firedby district Superintendent MontrellGreene in October, last convenedJan. 16.

Since, attorneysfor Brown and theschool district havebeen unable to findagreeable dates toresume testimony.

Brown had over-seen curriculum inthe district for abouta year and a halfprior to her firing.She is also a former principal at EastSchool in Leflore County and at

Williams Elemen-tary in Greenwood.

The hearing onBrown’s firing hasbeen open to thepublic at herrequest.

In firing Brown,Greene cited insub-ordination and vio-lations of district

policies, including Brown’s decisionto air complaints of mistreatment,

harassment and intimidation of herby Greene during a half-hour record-ed interview with Greenwood talkshow host Lee Hall, which was laterbroadcast online and on the radio.

Brown has maintained that hertermination came after she’d beenharassed and bullied by Greene. Shehas said the firing was an act of retal-iation for her criticism of Greene,including testimony during the non-renewal hearing for former Green-wood High School Principal Percy

Powell last spring that the superin-tendent had instructed her to intimi-date witnesses — charges Greenehas denied.

Brown’s attorney, Lisa Ross ofJackson, has argued that her client’sfiring violated her First Amendmentfree speech rights.

School Board Attorney CarlosPalmer, who is representing the dis-trict in the hearing, has argued that

Scheduling conflicts put Brown hearing on hold

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