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. Welcome back celebration for Lumumba
2. Stanton shows commitment to district
3. Clark to pursue other interests
4. Barack Obama to open state office
5. AIDS activists sound charge to JSU students
6. State’s ‘anti-flag’ fight gets boost
7. Sean Perkins to deliver address at Hope Spring’s Black History program

 NATION/WORLD

1. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces grant to enable digital opportunities for youth
2. NCBM calls for investigation into shooting death of Gerald Washington
3. First African American appointed clerk of U.S. House of Representatives

 STATE/METRO

1. Free protective footwear for qualifying diabetics
2. M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge observes their 131^st Grand Session
3. Mississippi HeArts Against AIDS benefit Feb. 10
4. Seniors: Protect yourself against current Medicare scams
5. From the Advocate files: Football practice
6. Crisler and Dilday makes rounds at the Mississippi Municipal League’s reception

 EDITORIALS

1. Tisdale’s Topics: A good time to give thanks
2. Our people in a strange land: Slavery and colonialism are visited upon African peoples
3. Uplifting Families: Taking out garbage that can trash your relationship
4. Ask the twins
5. Letter to the editor from George C. Washington

 PERSPECTIVE

1. Dr. Martin R. Delany: A man missing from Black History
2. Protect children, not guns
3. Ice on Immigration

 EDUCATION

1. Barbour and Clark transfer land to J’State
2. Texas Southern University Presidential Search Committee announces selection process
3. Tougaloo president to join Directors of National Issues Forums Institute

 BOOKSHELF

1. Sucka Free Love: How to Avoid Dating the Dumb, the Deceitful, the Dastardly, the Dysfunctional and the Deranged
2. The Sacred Place
3. Cinnamon’s Fairy Sleepover
4. From spiritual bondage to salvation through God’s grace

 NEWS

1. MPB to air Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change
2. Black Congressional leaders stand on broad shoulders of few but influential predecessors
3. Low Income Housing Coalition says Bush budget continues to neglect housing needs
4. NAACP names Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson Southeast Region director
5. Reeds celebrate 50^th year anniversary

 SPORTS

1. Indy coach Tony Dungy erases stereotypes
2. Lady Drivers Golf Club: 2007 annual luncheon ‘A vehicle for community service’
3. ASU deal JSU 88-80 defeat on reserve
4. Success now imbedded in Simpson County Upward Basketball program

 ENTERTAINMENT

1. Blues Today Symposium to focus on culture’s women
2. Valentine’s prom ball
3. New ‘Mississippi Roads’ episodes airing this month
4. A Valentine concert offers tempting musical treats
5. Celebrity profiles by Sandra Varner: Van Peebles’ ‘How to Eat Your Watermelon’ premieres Feb. 15; Has Eddie Murphy gone too far?

 UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

 HEALTH

1. A simple thing you can do to help save lives
2. Skin care and cosmetic surgery: Myth vs reality
3. The Lion Speaks: Reawakening the warrior spirit
4. Getting what you need from Medicare
5. Don’t get sidelined by sinus problems
6. Childhood obesity linked to foot pain

 CITY FOCUS

Director Joseph Lewis III: Community improvement; striving for perfection

 CONSUMER/BUSINESS

1. Getting your financial house in order