Bill Text: MS SR7 | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Recognize Cotton Baronich, Grand Marshal of the 2014 Mal's St. Paddy's Parade.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-14 - Immediate Release [SR7 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SR7-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Horhn
Senate Resolution 7
(As Adopted by Senate)
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ICONIC JACKSON MIXOLOGIST COTTON BARONICH, GRAND MARSHAL OF THE 2014 MAL'S ST. PADDY'S PARADE.
WHEREAS, the 2014 edition of Mal's St. Paddy's Parade will salute Grand Marshal and popular Jackson Bartender Cotton Baronich and proceed under the theme "Drink Local, Think Global," parade founder Malcolm White said; and
WHEREAS, Cotton Baronich, 84, has lived in Jackson since he moved here from Biloxi, his birthplace, in 1970. Longtime Jacksonians likely know him for mixing their perfect cocktail at the Sun & Sand (back in the days when state lawmakers made the hotel their home during the annual legislative session), George Street Grocery, Hal & Mal's or the Edison Walthall Hotel; and
WHEREAS, "Cotton" Baronich helps women with their chairs. He adds "dahlin" to just about every sentence when he speaks with them. That's the kind of old-school southern gentleman he is - his daddy raised him up right. He clearly loves women, and he loves music; and
WHEREAS, "The Mississippi Gulf Coast has a thriving Slavic community," he says, "especially among those whose ancestors made their livings by fishing." Baronich's parents immigrated to the United States from Croatia's Adriatic coast, and Rudolf (Baronich's given name) was the fifth of the couple's eight sons. It was in Jackson that Baronich met and married the love of his life, Jean Shamberger, a ballerina who taught some 300 young dancers in her studio. Before Jean's death six years ago, the couple reveled in taking their turn on the dance floor. Their jitterbug brought applause; and
WHEREAS, like every good bartender, Baronich doesn't reveal secrets divulged with alcohol-loosened tongues. But the twinkle in his eyes say that he's seen his share of stories, even from the most respectable of southern gents and ladies; and
WHEREAS, it is with pride that we pay tribute and cherish fondly a great friend of the members of the Legislature and of the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we recognize iconic Jackson mixologist Cotton Baronich, Grand Marshal of the 2014 Mal's St. Paddy's Parade.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Cotton Baronich and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
