The article discusses the opening of a new health center called the Healthy Lifestyle Center (HLC) in Cleveland, Mississippi. The HLC focuses on prevention programs for conditions like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. It currently offers programs for weight management, diabetes prevention and management, and meal replacement plans. The goal is for the HLC to be staffed by nurse practitioners and nurses to provide services and for students from various health programs to gain experience. The center aims to help patients, educate healthcare providers, and conduct community outreach on health issues.

1. The Delta Statement Lifestyles A3 Thursday, September 4, 2014
Lurlynn Franklin Art Exhibition on
display at Wright Art Center Gallery
Whitney Carter
News Editor
The Wright Art Center
Gallery brought new art
to Cleveland by beginning
their season with artist
Lurlynn Franklin of Memphis.
Franklin, who is also a
poet, playwright and author,
is an art educator at Whitney
Achievement Elementary.
The exhibition called,
“Colored Cartoons in Undeniable
Blackness” raised awareness
on the “borderline between
stereotype and actual truth,” said
Franklin.
The show opened on Aug.
21, and Franklin recited poetry
from her book “Fabled Truths.”
Franklin used different
forms of painting to create
her work such as watercolors,
acrylics, etc.
The small details of each
piece of art contributed to the
story being told.
Franklin does not always
refer to her work as just art.
“I call them quilts because
quilts usually tell a story, and my
works tell stories” said Franklin.
Not only does Franklin’s
work discuss stereotype, but
it covers race and the roles of
a woman. Her art combines
seriousness with humor.
She covers the fi ne line
between what people think verses
what is reality, but also puts a
spin of comedy to her work.
The exhibition will be on display until Sept. 26. Photo by Whitney Carter
“When that honesty is out
there, I try to be as blandly as
possible with things,” Franklin
said, “But I know sometimes
people cannot take it that way,
but humor streams throughout
everything I do.”
Along with her comedic
paintings, she recited her
poetry.
Franklin does the same
with her “quilts” as she does
with her writing. She fi nds a
way to make a serious subject
discussable.
Franklin does her writing
and painting individually, but
her works usually fi nd a way to
relate to one another.
“My work is done
separately, but since I am
obsessed with certain subject
matter, they just fl ow on their
own little parallel train,” she
said. “I am able though in this
book to group them together.”
“Colored Cartoons in
Undeniable Blackness” will
be on display until Sept.
26. For more information
contact Michaela Merryday at
mmerryday@deltastate.edu.
Move-in Day 2014
Athletes and other students helped move new students into their rooms for the semester. Photos by Elisabetta Zengaro
The 24-Hour Play Festival was open to any student interested in participating. Photo by Caroline Bickley
DSU hosts second annual
24-Hour Play Festival
Whitney Carter
News Editor
The Delta Players held its
second annual 24-Hour
Play Festival in Jobe
Auditorium on Aug. 23
to open their season for this
academic year.
This form of theatre had
participants meet the night
before at 8 p.m. Everyone
proceeded to be split into groups
which contained one writer, one
director and actors.
Each group had a certain
genre to guide them as well as a
random line that began the play
and a closing line that ended it.
The writer and the director
had from that time until 8 a.m.
the next morning to create
a 10-minute play. Everyone
arrived Saturday morning and
had until 8 p.m. Saturday night
to memorize lines and make the
freshly written play come to life.
gives newbies a wonderful
opportunity to dip their feet
in the pool without having to
make a full commitment,” said
Michael Ewing, instructor of
communication studies and
theatre arts. “It’s also great for
all of us procrastinators because
you only have 24 hours. That
audience is going to show up
Saturday night at 8 p.m., and you
got to be ready. It’s a blast!”
is open to anyone who wants to
be involved.
because everyone who is
interested in participating in the
festival is given a chance to either
write, direct or act,” said Dr.
Healthy Lifestyle Center opens
Laura Orsborne
Staff Writer
The newly unveiled Healthy
Lifestyle Center (HLC)
recently opened its doors
to Cleveland and the
surrounding community. Located
at 1321 Highway 8 W. Suites 11-
12, across from the old movie
theater, they currently offer
numerous services and plan to
add more.
The inception of the HLC
began when Dr. Shelby Polk,
assistant professor of nursing,
was in her nurse practitioner
program at the University of
Mississippi Medical Center.
She always felt the problem
with healthcare was patients
were not taught what they need
to know, but only told what they
need to do.
The HLC’s primary focus
is prevention, and the HLC
currently provides the services of
preventing obesity, diabetes and
heart disease.
In the future, Polk hopes to
help with other chronic diseases
such as asthma, congestive heart
failure and tobacco abuse.
Their weight management
programs include Thin Within
and Shake Down.
Thin Within is a faith-based
program lasting for 16
weeks. Shake Down is a 10-
week program for parents and
children, where all children must
be accompanied by a parent.
they have the 16-week National
Diabetes Prevention Program for
people with pre-diabetes or at-risk
who are overweight, obese,
physically inactive or have a
family history of diabetes.
into those categories,” said Polk.
diabetes management program
for people previously diagnosed.
replacement programs, New
Directions and PrescriptFit.
Both are high protein, low
carbohydrate shakes, puddings
and soups.
planning on aerobic classes, but
these are not yet set up.
Gold, geared toward the people
not ready for a full Zumba class,
yoga and Pilates, along with
other cardio equipment including
treadmills and bikes.
nurse practitioners and nurses
from the surrounding area, as
well as the DSU nursing faculty,
who choose to have practice days
at the HLC.
have the nursing practitioner
and nursing students, along with
students from health, physical
education and recreation
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“A festival like this
The 24-Hour Play Festival
“I really enjoy the festival
For a healthier lifestyle,
for developing diabetes.
At-risk people include those
“Just about anybody fi ts
The center also offers a
The HLC offers meal
In the future, the HLC is
Classes will include Zumba
The center is staffed by
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Noah Lelek, assistant professor
of communication studies and
theatre arts. “They don’t have to
audition to get a role. Everyone is
welcome!”
The festival is also a
competition.
After each play was
performed, the audience got a
chance to vote on which play
they enjoyed the most.
This year the winning
group, The Stung & the
Breathless, which was directed
by Charles Coleman, written by
Andy Mullins and performed by
Stephanie Messer, Emily Shy
and Megan Swartzfager, received
a $50 dollar gift card.
For more information
regarding The Delta Players
contact Michael Ewing at
mewing@deltastate.edu or Noah
Lelek at nlelek@deltastate.edu.
program and the family and
consumer science dietetic
program participate in the center.
Funded by the Delta
Healthy Families Project, a
grant covering 21 counties in
the Mississippi service region
A, the HLC is focused on three
main components—patients,
healthcare providers and the
community.
Now that the center is
open, patients have a place to go
get the help they need.
Conferences and
workshops will help the
healthcare providers to educate
their patients.
The HLC also goes to
community farmer’s markets
providing education and
services, as well as schools
and churches conducting health
fairs.
Polk said although there are
fees associated with each of the
programs offered, “at this time
… scholarships are available
and fees are waived due to grant
funding.”
The grant lasts for three
years, but Polk said she and the
grant committee will rewrite the
grant to extend the HLC and its
services.
If you are committed to
change, go ahead and call for an
appointment. The HLC number
is (662) 843-6251. They are
open Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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