Legal Notices, Classifieds, and Up and Down Farish Street (chronicles the history of Jackson, MS) are published in each issue of the Jackson Advocate

FRONT
1. MBA MID-WINTER MEETING
2. Dr. Myers on GMA: Delta poor without health care
3. Banner, Johnson top list of King awardees
4. 2005 MLK awards and honorees
5. Vallena Greer and Chris Gray press conferences
6. Score one against censorship
7. Black legislators propose new bills for active duty troops, prisoner rights, lottery
8. Gov. Barbour calls education reform top priority, nixes taxes to pay for it

EDITORIALS
1. Despite the rhetoric, few truly believe in democracy
2. Celebrate Dr. King’s life with a plan!
3. The Mississippi arrest: Bending toward justice
4. A call to support Dewayne Boyd
5. Tisdale’s Topics: Why Harvey Johnson failed!

PERSPECTIVE
1. The measure of a man: An essay on manhood
2. Immigration law question and answer

EDUCATION
1. Piney Woods School Choir off to Baltimore, MD Jan. 14-17
2. Deadline for African American HIV University applications
3. Sherry Franklin: New Tech Prep coordinator at Hinds

STATE/METRO
1. Starkville native to keynote annual Unity Breakfast
2. 2005 Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS benefit at Hal & Mal’s Feb. 12
3. MDEQ adds Mississippi Surface Geochemical survey to website
4. Knock, knock. It’s Girl Scout cookie time again!
5. Atmost Energy, MS Valley Gas, Salvation Army kick off “Share the Warmth Effort”
6. Mourning Tsunami victims
7. MMA honors the legacy of Dr. King

NEWS
1. Mt. Mariah’s pastor anniversary celebration
2. Wingfield High School blood drive
3. Does your child need tutorial help?
4. Trinity Back to Blues features Lucille Jan. 16
5. Tougaloo Millsaps celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin L. King
6. Announcement of annual Martin Luther King Prayer breakfast
7. The next level: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Beyond the dream
8. Duck Hill’s Martin Luther King celebration, march
9. JSU’s MLK event to focus on living King’s legacy
10. Trees planted in honor of local musicians
11. MS Business and Technology Expo returns for 22nd year
12. Financial Aid Workshops
13. Reading is Fundamental Book Give-A-Way
14. MS Job Corps students serve their communities: Mississippi tops Southeast region with 22,117 hours to volunteer projects in 2004
15. Success of local activities prove King’s Dream is still alive in 2005
16. What to do in case of arrest: Tips for attorneys that can be used for the general public

BOOKSHELF
1. Senator writes tale of personal struggle
2. Biographical sketch of Hank Sanders
3. Good Morning, Sweetie Pie
4. Baby’s Box of Fun
5. Lemuria Books events

SPORTS
1. Jags take Tigers at home 85-74
2. The big payback!
3. Stingers #3 in nation
4. Moss shows his end zone
5. ABA plans gala all-star weekend in Las Vegas
6. Mississippi Braves announce special event
7. Gil Thompson enjoys first year at his alma mater

HEALTH
1. Cherry Pepto-Bismol makes check presentation to The National Breast Cancer Foundation
2. Get fit in two weeks
3. Helping seniors keep reading in their lives
4. Covering the cost of drug addiction treatment
5. Magnesium sulfate brings healing to a fourteen year scalp condition
6. The Lions Speak: African American men and successful eating

UP & DOWN FARISH STREET
It happened in January .. the Marines were off to do battle! Today they are called to a reunion. On a special occasion Montford Point Marines are saluted at Parris Island, South Carolina. Then we take a question or two, glance a bit at history, remember birthdays of three good men and Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Coach Carter: The story of a dream for excellence
2. Pan African Film and Arts Festival gearing up for 13th annual celebration
3. Supreme Court rules in favor of the word “pimp”
4. Miss. Arts Commission adds Casey Elementary School to growing roster of Model Whole Schools
5. Good Morning by Kehinde K. Gaynor

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Under Bush, people of color slide further from King’s dream
2. Secretary of State, BBB issue tsunami relief giving tips
3. Tsunami disaster relief fraud alert
4. How to attract more money

NATION/WORLD
1. Williams’ “payola” was part of a covert propaganda program
2. Somalia seeking aid for 50,000 victims
3. More than 250 mayors to converge on nation’s capital