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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 section

Athletes escape injury in bus fire BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

CHALYBEATE — Jody Long knows someone was watching over his softball team. While traveling home from Memphis, Tenn., following a doubleheader with Southwest Tennessee Community College Tuesday, the charter bus of the Northeast Lady Tigers caught fire and was destroyed two miles east of Walnut on U.S. Highway 72.

were Tuesday night.” According to Long, it was just another bus ride home when a loud boom like a canon signaled something was wrong around 8:30 p.m. “Immediately, we smelled burnt rubber,” said the coach. Driver Marvin Osborne was able to guide the bus safely off the road and into a driveway. Osborne then tried to put the blaze out with a fire extinguisher.

None of the 26 occupants was injured in the accident, which saw the team lose all of its equipment and educational supplies. “We lost everything and are scrambling right now, but there is no doubt in my mind God was watching over us,” said NE head coach Jody Long of the bus ride back to Booneville. “Our team is built on Christian values and everyone on the bus understands how fortunate we

before the first explosion … four minutes later, the whole bus was engulfed. We had kids who made it off without their shoes.” The bus was loaded with 18 players, four managers, three coaches and a driver. “I will never forget that scene as long as I live,” said passerby Nichole Bright. “When I drove by, the bus was completely engulfed and I saw the top of it

“Marvin did a great job getting the bus off the road,” added the coach. “He had the fire out at one time, but firemen told me later ‘it didn’t matter how many extinguishers we had, water was needed to put it out.’” An inside back tire blew out and sparks from the rim caused the bus to catch fire. “The kids thought it was just a flat before I told them ‘to get off the bus,’” said Long. “We got maybe 50-100 yards

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CT-A presents ‘Ransom of Red Chief’ Reckless

driver faces drug charges

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

BIGGERSVILLE — Red Chief was a terror on tour. Corinth Theatre-Arts opened its latest production “The Ransom of Red Chief” with a pair of traveling shows at Alcorn County schools. On Tuesday, students at Biggersville and Rienzi Elementary were treated to the three-cast performance. “I like the interaction with the students,” said CT-A Directors Cris Skinner. “For most of these children this is the first time they have seen a show.” Based on the short story by O. Henry and adapted by Alan Keith Smith, “The Ransom of Red Chief” follows two hapless men trying to make some fast money when they arrive in the small town of Summit, Ala. Sam (Caleb McKenzie) and Bill (Ezra McKenzie) hatch a plan to kidnap a local banker’s son. Johnny (Jake Pearson) turns the table on his lovable captors by taking on the persona of Red Chief. Red Chief playfully terrorizes the two men so much they gradually lower the ransom as they suffer the wrath of his pranks. Johnny’s father, who knows his son well and realizes how intolerable he will be to his captors and how desirous they will soon be to rid themselves

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

A passenger in a vehicle driving recklessly was arrested on drug charges Monday. Deputies with the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle on U.S. 72 West and soon discovered drugs in the automobile. “Once deputies stopped the vehicle for traveling at a high rate of speed and passing recklessly, they observed the backseat passenger acting nervous,” said Darrell Hopkins, investigator with the Alcorn Narcotics Unit. Ryon Friar, 21, of 1508 North Parkway, Corinth, was arrested after officers detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Friar, who had an active warrant with the department, was placed under arrest and charged with sale of a controlled substance warrant and felony possession of cocaine. Judge Jimmy McGee set bond at $10,000.

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Sam (Caleb McKenzie) and Bill (Ezra McKenzie) kidnap Johnny (Jake Pearson) in an effort to make some quick cash in the CT-A production of “The Ransom of Red Chief,” which will be staged on Friday. of the delinquent, rejects their demand and offers to take the boy off their hands only if they will pay him. “The traveling shows are a good way for our students to get a professional experience,” said Skinner. “These kind of

will be held Friday at the Crossroads Playhouse. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. showing are $12 for adults and $6 for students. Tickets may be purchased at

shows are a little more active than ones done at the theatre.” The traveling shows – staged through a partnership with LINK – continued Wednesday and Thursday at local elementary schools. The only public performance

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Cookie sales teach tasty lessons Sweepstakes scam

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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Girl Scout cookies have arrived. While members of local troops are now making their deliveries, those who didn’t get an order in can support the program through booth sales. On Friday afternoons and all day Saturdays through March 16, Girl Scouts will set up at Walmart, Gardner’s, Roger’s, Kroger and Lowe’s. Iuka locations are Brooks Grocery, Piggly Wiggly and Walmart. “We’re hoping for another successful year,” said Membership Manager Rhonda Tennyson. Proceeds from the cookie sale go to a variety of projects. “Many choose to purchase uniforms and insignia, attend a special event or summer camp, take a trip or complete community service projects,” said Tennyson. While selling Samoas, Trefoils and Thin Mints, the girls pick up some valuable lessons. Jenny Jones, marketing di-

BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Jebb Johnston

Sarah Kiefer (left) and Briley Briggs are among those currently making deliveries of Girl Scout cookies. They are affiliated with Troop 23175, which meets at First Presbyterian Church. rector for Girl Scouts Heart of the South, describes it as “the largest girl-led business in the world.” “Girls have the opportunity to grow and develop their leadership skills,” she said. “These skills include goal setting, de-

cision-making, money management, people skills and business ethics. This program was created to empower girls so that they may benefit and become accomplished leaders of their communities, homes, churches and the world.”

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The Publisher’s Clearing House scam has reared its ugly head yet again, causing quite the stir among Corinth residents. “I got a call supposedly from Publisher’s Clearing House telling me that I had won a Mercedes-Benz and half a million dollars,” said Gene Jackson. “They gave me a code number and instructed me to go to Walgreens to make a money transfer.” Jackson was skeptical at best and decided to go down to Walgreens and check it out himself. “Walgreens warned me not to do it and said it was a scam,” said Jackson. “So, I called Publisher’s Clearing House. They confirmed it was indeed a scam and said you

would never have to pay money to receive a prize.” After speaking to both businesses, Jackson contacted the police and reported the bogus phone calls. “The officer I spoke to told me his brother had been hit by the same offer,” said Jackson. “We have since received about half a dozen calls. We haven’t answered any of the subsequent calls but we see the number pop up on caller ID.” “It appears to be the same guy,” he added. The Publisher’s Clearing House and Mega Millions scams are one and the same, just different titles. According to John O’Hara CEO of The Better Business Bureau serving Mississippi, the scam re-emerges periodi-

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Biggersville to dismiss early for games BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

BIGGERSVILLE — The defending Class 1A champs are expecting a crowd. That means school is getting out early. Biggersville High School and Biggersville Elementary will both dismiss today at 2:15 p.m. as

the Lions host the Class 1A Boys North Half. “In order to accommodate the expected crowd, we decided to dismiss earlier,” said BHS Assistant Principal Pete Seago. Biggersville, who downed Coldwater to claim the gold ball last year, will face the team again at 4 p.m. today.

The two squads have met the last two seasons in the state title game at Jackson. Four games are on tap at BHS today. The remaining contests included Ingomar taking on Smithville at 5:30; Shaw facing Ashland at 7; and Coffeeville versus Blue Mountain at 8:30.

Photo compliments Amy Mercer

A charred shell is all that remained of this tour bus carrying the Northeast Mississippi Community College softball team and coaches after it caught fire late Tuesday night near the Alcorn-Tippah county line. No one was injured in the blaze, which began after a tire blew out on the bus.

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fall to the ground … I’m just glad there wasn’t anyone on it when it went up.” Wednesday NEMCC officials were working diligently in getting the student-athletes back to class and eventually back on the field. “We are so thankful no one was hurt last night,” Northeast President Dr. Johnny Allen said. “Our driver and our softball coaching staff acted swiftly and courageously to ensure the safety of our students and we are grateful to them for their actions.” Some of the players lost the only key to their vehicle and cell phones in the accident. “Bats, gloves and all that other stuff can be replaced,” said Long. “The main thing is we aren’t having to deal with the loss of a life today.”

The coach also praised the kindness of so many people following the accident. “It was sleeting pretty hard when the accident happened, but there was a family, and I don’t even know their name, who opened their home to 24 strangers,” said the coach. “I can’t say enough good things about people who stopped to help others in need.” Northeast is scheduled to open North Division play at home Saturday versus Itawamba Community College. “We are currently working through the next steps in the process with our staff and insurance providers in order to recover as much of the material losses as we can,” said Dr. Allen. “Our primary concern is the well-being of our studentathletes and staff. I cannot overstate how relieved we are they were unharmed.” “The biggest thing now is to get them back to normal life,” added Long.

PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING THE REDISTRICTING OF ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Notice is hereby given that on February 3, 2014, the Board of Supervisors of Alcorn County, Mississippi took up for consideration the matter of approval and adoption of a proposed correction to the plan of redistricting Alcorn County, Mississippi, which plan was originally adopted on September 3, 2013, as a result of population shifts reflected in the 201 0 U.S. Census. Following careful study and development of a plan of redistricting, following a public hearing held to gather input from Alcorn County citizens, and following adoption of the plan on September 3, 2013, and upon recognition of an error in the description of a portion of the boundary between the 3rd District and 4th District, Supervisor Gary Ross moved the adoption of the following Board Order: ORDER REAPPORTIONING ALCORN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI INTO FIVE SUPERVISORS’ DISTRICTS, TO BE EFFECTIVE AND USED BEGINNING WITH THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AND IN ALL ELECTIONS THEREAFTER WHEREAS, Alcorn County, Mississippi, has found it necessary to redistrict Alcorn County generally, and the five Supervisors’ Districts specifically, as a result of information provided to Alcorn County from the 2010 U.S Census; and WHEREAS, Alcorn County has undertaken to establish a proposed plan for redistricting the five Supervisors’ Districts so as to preserve the principle of “one man-one vote,” and has further undertaken to assure that the plan is established in a manner that ensures fair and effective representation of all minority groups residing in the County and ensures that there is no dilution in minority voting strength; and WHEREAS, the proposed redistricting plan keeps each District contiguous and as compact as possible, and further, to the extent possible, keeps intact communities with established ties of common interest and association, whether historical, racial, economic, ethnic, religious or otherwise; and WHEREAS, the proposed redistricting plan has been available for public inspection and a noticed public hearing held to receive public comment thereon; WHEREAS, the proposed redistricting plan was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on September 3, 2013; and WHEREAS, following adoption of the redistricting plan on September 3, 2013, it was discovered that an error had been made in describing one portion of the boundary between the 3rd District and 4th District, and that upon discovery of the error, the boundary line between the 3rd District and 4th District was corrected and re-described; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid correction would cause only a slight change to the population counts in the 3rd District and 4th District; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors deems it necessary to correct the error made in the redistricting plan adopted September 3, 2013, to accurately reflect the Board’s original intent. NOW THEREFORE, it is: ORDERED, that the proposed corrected redistricting plan for the five Alcorn County Supervisors’ Districts, correcting the description of the boundary between the 3rd District and 4th District be, and is hereby accepted and approved. FURTHER ORDERED, that the legal descriptions for the five new Supervisors’ Districts shall be on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Alcorn County, Mississippi and shall be available and open for inspection by any citizen. FURTHER ORDERED, that Alcorn County be redistricted in accordance with the newly drawn districts as described hereinabove. FURTHER ORDERED, that beginning with the next general county election and all general county elections thereafter, all elections in Alcorn County shall be held in accord with the districts herein established. FURTHER ORDERED, that the Registrar of Alcorn County, Mississippi, is hereby directed to rearrange the voting rolls of the qualified electors of the County of Alcorn in accordance with the districts established herein so as to complete the preparation of voting rolls in ample time for use in the next general county election. FURTHER ORDERED, that all resolutions, or parts of resolutions of Alcorn County, Mississippi, in conflict with this resolution be, and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. FURTHER ORDERED, that the establishment of this plan is necessary in order to comply with state and federal law, and to conduct county elections so as to permit electors and taxpayers within Alcorn County to participate in the election of members of county government, this being essential to the preservation of the health, welfare and civil rights of the citizens of Alcorn County, Mississippi. FURTHER ORDERED, that this Order be in full force and effect from and after February 3, 2014. FURTHER ORDERED, that any and all other steps necessary in order to properly effectuate the changes contemplated herein be, and the same are hereby authorized. Supervisor Tim Mitchell seconded the motion to adopt such Order, and upon being put to a vote, the motion passed unanimously. WHEREUPON, THE FOREGOING Order was declared passed and adopted at the meeting of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on the 3rd day of February, 2014.

Rather speaks at MSU Dan Rather related stories of some of the world’s most influential leaders and shared his experiences as a reporter who landed his dream job during his talk at Mississippi State recently. The longtime “CBS Evening News” anchor was a special guest of the university’s Student Association as part of the SA’s ongoing Global Lecture Series. Also an awardwinning correspondent for CBS’s long-running 60 Minutes news magazine, Rather now is managing editor and anchor of “Dan Rather Reports,” a news magazine on cable channel AXS TV. Rather drew from his coverage of historical leaders who left a legacy in American and world history, including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Lyndon Johnson and Nelson Mandela. While he doesn’t consider himself a leader or an expert on leadership, Rather said he got a firsthand view of leaders who made profound impacts on the world throughout his journalism career. Rather said he learned early that in addition to having vision, leaders must be persistent and passionate and be able to establish communicable trust. He said authenticity is also an essential element for leadership. “Not every leader has each one of these things, but they’re the common threads running through leadership,” Rather said. “Leaders, the best of them are trustworthy, loyal and kind,” he added. Rather said covering

Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, “changed me both as a person and as a pro.” He said King demonstrated another important characteristic of leaders — courage. He said that like King, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela were leaders who had a tremendous passion for their goals and pursued them with unbelievable courage. Rather said Mandela’s life illustrated an important element of strong leadership in the fact that he was open to change, including changing his own mind after initially embracing violence as the best means of asserting social change. Over time, Rather said, in part by studying Gandhi and King, Mandela came to endorse passive nonviolent means of affecting social change. Rather reflected on being in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated and discussed covering the administrations of subsequent chief executives in the White House. He said one of the most overlooked powers of the presidency is the power of persuasion. He said Kennedy, the first president to be born in the 20th century, was also the first to truly understand how television could be used as a powerful communication tool used to persuade people. Rather said he believes history will not overlook the significance of President Johnson’s role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which did away with institutionalized racism. But

he contrasted Johnson’s leadership style with his predecessor, saying Johnson was much more comfortable influencing people during personal communication. He said the 36th president was a scholar of other leaders and carefully studied people to understand which of their strengths and weaknesses could be leveraged to successfully persuade them. Rather also reflected on Mother Teresa, who with a quiet voice showed great leadership and profoundly impacted those she encountered. “She was a leader, and a leader for good,” Rather said, adding that she was very effective in securing needed funds and support for her areas of ministry. Rather said leaders have a vision for something bigger than oneself, but he advised the audience to avoid a classic mistake, one which he admitted to making himself at times during his career. “I made the mistake, the classic mistake, of some of the leaders. I got the big head. I began to think it was about me,” he said. Fortunately, Rather said, wife Jean helped him overcome his error. Rather said a leader needs to have good trustworthy people around. “A leader needs to have people around... who will tell you what you don’t want to hear, but what you need to hear,” Rather said. He added that leaders in turn must be good listeners. For more information about Mississippi State University, see www.msstate.edu.

Walmart and purchase a money gram. Once the money gram has been purchased, they are told to call back with the codes or serial numbers. The call usually originates from an 876 area called and is often confused with a toll free 800 number. It is in reality, a con-artist from Kingston, Jamaica. In some cases, the crooks will try and target a person a second time in hopes they will get more money out of them. They do this by saying the person now qualifies for a second prize. “A good rule of thumb to follow is to never ever pay any fees. If you win, the money is yours free and clear,” said O’Hara. “Once it’s gone, it’s gone. You can never get it back.” O’Hara also revealed how the caller can direct the victim to the closest store which sells money grams. “They can tell where you live by your phone number,” he said. “They

usually work an area at a time. So, once someone starts getting calls, there will be a lot more.” “If it were me, I’d tell tell them to take the money out of my prize money and send me a check,” added O’Hara. The following tips are recommended to protect against the scam: • Beware of any unsolicited call that comes from the 876 Jamaican area code and includes an offer which sounds too good to be true. • Never send or wire money for any reason to claim a prize. It is a scam. Publisher’s Clearing House never asks to be sent money in order to claim a prize. • Lastly, the Publisher’s Clearing House major prizes of $10,000 or more are awarded in person, unannounced by its famous Prize patrol, or through notice in a certified letter. PCH does not call winners ahead of time.

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cally and usually comes after Publishers Clearing House announces a contest or when the Mega Millions goes up. “We hold our breath anytime we hear one of those two announcements because we know we’re about to see a spike start receiving phone calls,” said O’Hara. “The scammers see the advertisements and try and use them to their advantage.” Publisher’s Clearing House has been actively working with agencies, sharing information gathered and tracked in its anti-scam database. The classic scam goes something like this. The victim receives a phone call saying that they have won a substantial amount of money as well as a new car. They are informed that all they have to do to claim their prize is pay the handling fees. They are then instructed to go to either Walgreens or

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the box office one hour prior to curtain or in advance by calling at 662-287-2995. “As with most O. Henry stories, there’s a twist you won’t see coming,” added the director. “The comedy is also an excellent way to teach about irony and exaggeration.” The cast includes: Sam – Caleb McKenzie; Bill – Ezra McKenzie; Johnny/ Red Chief – Jake Pearson; Director – Cris Skinner; Technical Director – Cheryl Sproles; Producer – Margaret Mathis; Stage Manager – Cindi Bullard; and Costume Design – Jan Soltz. Staff photo by Steve Beavers

LOWELL HINTON, President of the Board of Supervisors

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Johnny/Red Chief (Jake Pearson) drives his kidnappers crazy with pranks.

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Today in history Today is Thursday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2014. There are 307 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 27, 1814, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93, was first performed in Vienna. (Also on the program was Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, which had premiered in Dec. 1813.)

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Across The Region Discussion postponed on high power bill issue

Resident receives first voter identification

IUKA – For the second consecutive month, the Tishomingo County Electric Power Association board postponed a discussion and resolution of a more than $18,000 bill for a county business. Pattie Ferguson, owner of Pattie’s One Stop in Tishomingo, received a $18,617 power bill in December. TCEPA General Manager Robert Grisham said the high bill resulted from more than two years of underbilling. Ferguson has asked that the billing be reviewed and reconsidered for payment.

IUKA – Altie Calley of Dennis became the first resident to be issued a Photo Voter ID in Tishomingo County recently. Beginning with the June 3 election, all individuals voting at the polls will be required to show an acceptable form of photo ID which includes a vaild driver’s license.

On this date: In 1801, the District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress. In 1911, inventor Charles F. Kettering demonstrated his electric automobile starter in Detroit by starting a Cadillac’s motor with just the press of a switch, instead of hand-cranking. In 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women to vote. In 1933, Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire as justification for suspending civil liberties. In 1939, the Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., effectively outlawed sit-down strikes. Britain and France recognized the regime of Francisco Franco of Spain. In 1943, during World War II, Norwegian commandos launched a raid to sabotage a Germanoperated heavy water plant in Norway. The U.S. government began circulating one-cent coins made of steel plated with zinc (the steel pennies proved very unpopular, since they were easily mistaken for dimes). In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified. In 1960, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets, 3-2, at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.) In 1968, at the conclusion of a CBS News special report on the Vietnam War, Walter Cronkite delivered a commentary in which he said the conflict appeared “mired in stalemate.” In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted until May.) In 1982, Wayne Williams was found guilty of murdering two of the 28 young blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area over a 22-month period. (Williams, who was also blamed for 22 other deaths, has maintained his innocence.) In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, President George H.W. Bush declared that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated,” and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight, Eastern time.

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The Booneville and Prentiss County Main Street Association’s board of directors has approved a new contract for the creation and maintenance of the organization’s website with the goal of creating a more informative and user friendly place for potential visitors and readers to learn about the community and local events. Board members heard recently from Amy Phelps, a representative of website design firm Hibu, who told the board her company could provide a complete turnkey site with up to 10 pages and 24-7 support for updates for an initial fee

Booneville Main Street updates website BOONEVILLE — Main Street is getting a new look on the information superhighway.

of $427 and a monthly fee of $99 under a one-year contract. The company will create the site, update it as frequently as requested by the association and ensure the site is optimized to attract hits from search engines and other web directories. The company will also track the use of the site and provide the association with reports showing how well the site is working. The new site will be hosted at the association’s current domain of www.boonevillemainstreet.org and should be accessible in the near future.

Corinth Elementary School Honor Roll Third Six Weeks

First Grade All As: Ruth Sawyer Albright, Anatasia Alexander, Baylee Anna Bain, Callie Barrett, Addison Benjamin, Landon Bonds, Brooklyn Bowles, Nathan Britton, Madeline Brooks, Lexi Kate Burcham, Ethan Chappelle, Kazuma Choji, An Zhen Cornelius, Samuel Counce, Faith Cox, J’Korianna Crump, Aubrey Curtis, Sarah Katherine Curtis, Landry Dillman, John Thomas Draper, Cooper Elliott, Griffin Enis, Andrew Evetts, Mary Morgan Gardecki , Sarah Gray, Haley Guare, Jaya Hoey, Brooklyn Hopkins, Karlee James, Landon Kennedy, Alaina Klink, Camden Lewis, Caden Little, Janet Mai, Sheridian Marlar, Timmons McGrath, Katelyn Mitchell, Jack Newcomb, Jackson Norman, Matt Oaks, John Orman, Amandalyn Patterson, Lailah Polk, Izzie Plunk, Baylor Pratt, Fiona Ross, Cole Sanders, Halle Scarbrough, Myrtralynn Shanks, Cade Shelly, Sheridian Shipp, Summer Simmons, Lucy Smith, Morgan Smith, Taten Smith, Maynor Solis, John Stanley, Mystyryus Stegall, Tilden Studdard, Jayce Taylor, Carson Thompson, Jacob Tran, Lilly Grace Vandiver, Bryant Unger, Conner Wiginton, Matt Williams, Trey Williams As & Bs: Will Adams, Riley Barker, Ally Grace Barnes, BJ Battle, Miracle Bell, Briley Briggs, Grayson Brooks, Meleke Burdine, Lennon Bush, Ethan Butler, Lizzie Carpenter, David Damien, Totianna Damron, Olivia Davis, Aiyana Delano, Ana Dejuan, Diego Del Angel, Ty Dildy, Jaden Edwards, Judah Edwards, Haley Elrod, Ben Erwin, Jon Worth Garrett, Madison Gates, Bellecia Gilmore, Samaudjay Golden, Andrew Gomez, Samuel Gray, Monae Green, Quimora Green, Avery Greene, Will Hanson, Cayden Harris, Jonathan Hartley, Zy’Vere Hastings, Anterion Hodum, Laikin Hodum, Evan Hollon, Amari Hubbard, Jayla Hubbard, Henry Huggins, Coo-

per Hughes, Mikirah Hurd, Jude Jefcoat, Madilyn Jones, Hayden Latch, Maryn Latch, Kaden Locker, Lorena Lopez, Jaycee Luster, Adelyn Mathis, Tyrie Mayes, Zakyrie Mayes, Skylar McPheters, Sebastian Miguel, Grady Mitchell, Faris Mohamed, Haley Mowdy, Raul Null, Chris Nunley, Hannah Osborn, Jaylynn Palmer, Maggie Parchman, Abraham Perez, Emani Polk, Callie Pounders, Ciara Proman, Jakelson Pruitt, Isabel Ramirez, Channing Rooker, Scarlett Sanders, Tyler Schnabl, Azyia Shields, Vince Skinner, Alex Stafford, Abrianna Strickland, Jamarion Stricklin, Paul Clayton Timbes, Rachel Tipton, Alyssa Trest, C. J. Walker, DJ Walker, Zimaya Walker, Quin Wharton, Elsie Wilbanks, Dequavious Woods, Maria Yepez

Second Grade All As: Stella Bailey, Madden Butler, Andrew Carpenter, Bella Carter, Brea Carter, Rebekah Conner, Sara Chloe Cornelius, Lylah Cox, Lamaria Davis, Leland Davis, Mctyeire Davis, Molly Dunn, Olivia Edmonson, Cayden Floyd, Sam Hudson, Jade Kennedy, Anna Grace King, Hunter King, Bryson Kyle, Christian Leppan, Tatyuana McClellan, Kyrklinn Moores, Eden Morton, Hayden Neill, Bentley Newton, Mary Alice Parker, Jerry Pham, Alexis Price, Ana Ramirez, Talan Quinn, Kaylee Reed, Keller Roach, Cadence Robbins, Anniston Russell, Zantravious Sampson, Robert Santee, John Davis Sitton, Jermiah Smith, Julia Taylor, Blakley Timbes, Drake Williams, Rachel Williams, Kennyata Wilson, Hanley Wood As & Bs: Shnya Baldwin, Colin Bordenkircher, Tatum Bowles, Austin Bradley, Lainey Briggs, LaDomonic Brown, Jordan Burcham, Isaac Cavanaugh, Symara Clark, Jesus Franco Contreras, Akeelah Davis, Gabe Davis, Archer Doran, Xakira Duff, Trevor Essary, Zhanna Ethridge, Brandon Evans, Kylon Fields, Jairon Goodloe,

Kaylea Grace, Maddie Gray, Carter Harris, Paris Hall, Alaila Harmon, Myles Harris, Niklas Harvell, Colby Harris, Harmony Jackson, Ethan Johnson, Lawrence Johnson, Jermain Jones, Macy Jones, Karime Leon, Haylie Malone, CJ Martin, Trezhonn Mayes, Zanterius McGaha, Ja’Myiah McGee, Maddie Mills, Brynn Moss, Greeneley Moss, Mia Muhammad, Taten Null, Alondra Pech, Victoria Perez, Carter Pullen, Bethany Rencher, Abby Ross, Gavin Sain, Kaden Sanders, Blake Smith, Patience Triplett, Robert Valdes, Janiya Walker, Colby Watson, Marquise Whitelow, Jena Wilbourn, Macaiah Williams

Third Grade All As: Emily Avant, Mary Ashley Biggs, Jake Brawner, Blake Briggs, Clark Carmichiel, Nayelley Castillo, Caroline Chandler, Samuel Curtis, Margaret Green, Delaney Hancock, Jakeb Harvell, Will Harvell, Audrey Henderson, Ethan Huff, Macy Ivy, Angie Mai, Graceson Martin, Sarah Rose McDonald, Darbie Oaks, John Parker, Brianna Patterson, Brooks Pratt, Will Senf, Ansley Tyson, Nealy Welch, Drew Williams, Cannon Wilson, Caden Wright As & Bs: Clarence Ayers, Lauren Beech, Tahja Bell, Sophie Bonds, Cole Brooks, Kylee Brooks, Alivia Bullock, Molly Burch, Eli Chill, Jay Cummings, Housten Curtis, Keyderiana Davis, Maria Diego, Karlie Ellison-Jones, Anthony Garcia, Jack Gibson, Dakota Grimes, Sierra Grimes, Catherine Grisham, Emma Hall, Icsis Harris, Campbell Hayes Crozier, Anna Greene, Kayla Henderson, Anna Hudson, Ashelyn Isbell, Carson Kiddy, Jodie Kinnison, Blessin Kirksey, Brodie Lafever, Parker LeGoff, Michael Leppan, Carter Lewis, Gracie Matheson, Diana Magee, Carys Melvin,

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Military budget filled with delusion The Obama administration says that we need to end what it calls “the era of austerity” in Washington. Notably excluded from this admonition is the one department of government that is actually experiRich encing austerity worthy of the Lowry name. Defense Secretary Chuck HaNational gel unveiled a military budget Review that will reduce the U.S. Army to pre-World War II levels. The spin is that this will be a smarter force better suited to 21st-century challenges, but everyone knows that it is all about accommodating the trillion dollars in defense cuts adopted during the recent Beltway budgetary wars. The Pentagon has been a bipartisan target of opportunity. Democrats oppose defense spending because it’s defense spending; Republicans oppose it because it is spending. We obviously aren’t at the same point as the British in the 19th century, when Bismarck scoffed that if the British army invaded, he’d have it arrested. But 570,000 troops were barely enough to fight the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the Hagel budget will take us to 450,000, or -- if the defense sequester isn’t further relaxed -- even fewer. Most defense secretaries aspire to be the next George Marshall. Secretary Hagel evidently wants to be the next Harold Brown, who presided over the Carter-era hollowedout military. It is not quite true that the cuts are undertaken without any strategic thought. The Obama administration’s strategic thought is ... that we need no strategic thought. It is said that the British acquired an empire through a fit of absent-mindedness. We are losing our global influence the same way. Because we can’t be bothered. Understandably, we don’t want to fight another grinding ground war. But this doesn’t mean we won’t have to, or we won’t experience other nasty surprises. It is an unfortunate part of the American tradition to convince ourselves, when we find it convenient, that the world is not a dangerous place that always demands our attention, or else. In 1939, the United States had an Army of 185,000 men on the cusp of history’s most cataclysmic war. We believed conflicts could always be worked out among nations, and that war served no one’s interests, and so it was a thing of the past. “It was odd,” the late historian Stephen Ambrose writes, “that a nation that had come into existence through a victorious war, gained large portions of its territory through war, established its industrial revolution and national unity through a bloody civil war, and won a colonial empire through war, could believe that war profited no one.” But so it did. As soon as World War II ended, we embarked on a carelessly precipitous demobilization that junked one of the most fearsome Western armies ever assembled. Just having liberated Europe, we still managed to find ourselves unprepared for the onset of the Korean War. Defenders of the current defense cuts say that we still spend more on our military than anyone else in the world. True, but we aren’t a mere regional power. Unless we want to outsource patrolling the global sea lanes to China and the security of Europe to Russia, we will always have to spend substantially more than anyone else does. Our allies aren’t in any position to pick up the slack. When the French army wants to go anywhere, we have to fly it. The entire British navy is smaller than the fleet sent to take back the Falklands in the 1980s. President Barack Obama is a devoted believer in the efficacy of government spending as government spending -- on everything but defense. In 2009, it was $800 billion for stimulus but not a cent for defense. In his wisdom, he is perfectly content to slash a function of government that is indisputably constitutional, that is the basis of our freedom, and that is, relative to domestic entitlements, a drop in the budgetary bucket. We may not regret it this year or the next. But regret it we will. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com

Prayer for today Lord God, I pray that I may not neglect my soul in trying to fathom immortal life. If I may be hesitating between comfort and work, remind me of the greatness of the place which I started to reach. May I not grow weary of climbing and falter on the stair. Breathe upon me thy inspiration and love, that I may continue in faith all the way. Amen.

A verse to share “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

Separation of media, government required After much criticism from conservative quarters, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided, at least for now, to withdraw plans for its proposed study of how media organizations gather and report news. The expressed goal of the survey was to determine if the “critical information needs” of the public are being met. In making the announcement on Friday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler indicated the survey would be “revised” and that the government agency had “no intention” of regulating political speech of journalists or other broadcasters. You couldn’t prove that from reading the initial study. The obvious question is: Who gets to define my or your “information needs”? The answer begins with two universities commissioned by the FCC to conduct the study: the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Communication and Democracy and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Both associated with a liberal political philosophy. The reasoning behind this proposed newsroom intrusion is that certain categories of the public (”underserved” consumers

in multiple “media ecologies” in the bureaucratese of the study) may not be getCal ting enough Thomas “balance” in its news diet. Columnist FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, daughter of Rep. James Clyburn (DSC), says the FCC “must emphatically insist that we leave no American behind when it comes to meeting the needs of those in varied and vibrant communities of our nation -- be they native born, immigrant, disabled, non-English speaking, lowincome, or other.” But not, apparently, political conservatives, regular churchgoers, or patriotic Americans who believe their beliefs are “underserved” by most journalists. Seemingly, no one at the FCC cares overmuch if this particular “constituency” is underserved. That there has been little more than a low decibel outcry from mainstream media about the FCC study is instructive. It is difficult to imagine Ms. Clyburn and her minions storming into network newsrooms, demanding to know how many conservatives are reporting the news. I once asked Lesley Stahl of CBS News

if she could name a single conservative colleague. She could not. Maybe those concerned with our supposed news malnutrition can start at CBS. This “study” -- and possibly its revised edition -- is a form of intimidation designed to target not the broadcast networks (which is why they seem unconcerned), or even mainstream newspapers. “Fox News executives feared they were the ultimate target of this exercise, and who can blame them for this suspicion?” writes RealClearPolitics.com. “From the beginning of the Obama presidency, White House communications officials and Obama political advisers have leveled attacks on Fox, even going so far as to proclaim that it is not ‘a legitimate’ news organization.” Is it so far-fetched to think that the FCC would not try to monitor conservative news outlets? There is a reason America’s Founders selected only one profession -- the press -- for special protection in the Bill of Rights. As expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to John Jay in 1786: “Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it.” Politicians throughout

American history, including Jefferson, have been targets of press criticism, sometimes unfairly, even inaccurately, but still the press has remained free, or was allowed to regain its freedom after wartime censorship. The organization Reporters Without Borders recently ranked the United States 46th in the world when it comes to press freedom, just one spot ahead of Haiti. Why the low ranking? The Atlantic.com explains, “... the heritage of the 1776 constitution was shaken to its foundation during George W. Bush’s two terms as president by the way journalists were harassed and even imprisoned for refusing to reveal their sources or surrender their files to federal judicial officials. There has been little improvement in practice under Barack Obama. ... No fewer than eight individuals have been charged under the Espionage Act since Obama became president, compared with three during Bush’s two terms.” If the FCC moves forward with even a revised agenda that is intrusive and unconstitutional, that ranking is likely to decline even further. Thomas is the host of “After Hours with Cal Thomas” on the FOX News Channel. Readers may e-mail him at tmseditors@tribune.com.

The importance of knowing Ernest ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. — Writer Wiley Cash is three years shy of 40, looks younger and once was mistaken for Justin Timberlake -- a silly bit people won’t let the handsome author forget. He has two successful novels and, today, his former professor Ernest J. Gaines on the small stage beside him. A room full of struggling writers might find it easy to hate Wiley, begrudge his “luck” and early success. Except that is impossible. He’s polite, thoughtful, hilarious and deserving. As young as he looks, he has known rejection and persevered. Wiley writes about his beloved home state of North Carolina with a sensitivity not even expected in his thriller genre. “Reads as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’” one reviewer said of his first New York Times bestseller, “A Land More Kind than Home.” About his latest, “This Dark Road to Mercy,” a critic said: “Harper Lee by way of Elmore Leonard.”

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Wiley is headliner at this Louisiana book fair in the beautiful Rheta burg of St. Johnson Francisville. He could -some would Columnist -- give this small-town date the better-than-thou treatment. Not Wiley. He attends all the obligatory functions, arrives on time in a dress jacket, mingles with the natives and, I suspect, will write thank-you notes. If Wiley is the literary Lancelot in the room, Gaines is King Arthur. Wiley has learned at the feet of a master and seems to have taken a lesson in graciousness as well as fiction. “You have to read this,” one admirer orders while thumping a magazine page in Wiley’s face. This happens just as Gaines, who is ailing and had told organizers that he would not speak, changes his mind and begins a touching tribute from

a wheelchair in praise of his former student. It’s the first and only time Wiley ignores anyone, and then only temporarily; he drops the man’s magazine in his lap until after Gaines speaks, drawing tears from most in the audience. It is a sweet story, as literary back stories go. Wiley went to the University of Louisiana in Lafayette for his Ph.D. specifically because he wanted to study under its writer-in-residence Gaines, whom he believed was the South’s greatest living writer. Louisiana’s wonderful but alien atmosphere made Wiley miss his own “postage stamp of land,” to quote another master, Faulkner. Wiley loved Louisiana but missed his mountains. Gaines’ example helped Wiley realize that he could have both places -- the Mardi Gras and Abita beer, mountains and pork barbecue. All Wiley had to do was write himself home. Gaines, after all, had written about his native Loui-

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siana while living in San Francisco. It worked mighty well for him, too. Wiley “did the work,” as he describes it. Then he found an agent, but she had no luck selling Wiley’s first. It would take several years and another agent to find a publisher with a two-book deal for the fiction writer. Wiley asked the new agent if there might be a publisher with a three-book deal, “but he told me not to press my luck.” There are snake-handlers and shiftless fathers and abandoned children and all sorts of dark places in both of his books. Yet Wiley never condescends or condemns or exploits his region, but in print understands it. “From my desk in Louisiana,” Wiley wrote, “I pondered the silence of snowcovered fields ... I lived in two places at once, and it was wonderful.” To find out more about Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www. rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.

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588 troops removed from sensitive jobs WASHINGTON â€” The Army says it removed 588 soldiers from sensitive jobs such as sexual assault counselors and recruiters after finding they had committed infractions such as sexual assault, child abuse or drunken driving. The move resulted from orders by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last year that all the services review the qualifications of people in those jobs as part of an effort to stem sexual assaults in the military. The Army went beyond Hagelâ€™s order, reviewing qualifications and records of 20,000 soldiers who worked in those jobs as well as others they call â€œpositions of trust,â€? such as drill sergeants and training school instructors. Aside from losing their jobs, it wasnâ€™t clear whether those who failed the review were reassigned or kicked out of the military.

GOP tax plan cuts rates, repeals breaks WASHINGTON â€” A sweeping House Republican plan to overhaul the nationâ€™s tax laws would wipe out a slew of popular tax breaks to help pay for lower overall tax rates, a politically risky move in an election year that drew quick opposition Wednesday. The plan would repeal deductions for state and local taxes, medical expenses and moving expenses. Tax credits

for child care, adoption services and energyefficient upgrades to homes would be gone. The mortgage interest deduction would be reduced for people buying houses costing more than $500,000. In exchange, income tax rates would be cut and the standard deduction, which is used by most taxpayers, would be nearly doubled. The child tax credit would be increased and a complicated series of tax breaks for education expenses would be consolidated and simplified. The plan borrows ideas from President Barack Obama and other Democrats. But hereâ€™s a reality check: It has almost no chance of becoming law this year. Even House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, distanced himself from the details Wednesday. Still, it could become an important political document as congressional elections approach in November. Should Republicans embrace the plan, they could use it to highlight their efforts to simplify tax laws and spur economic growth.

NSA surveillance: New challenges? WASHINGTON â€” The government is notifying some defendants accused of terrorism that it used more National Security Agency surveillance than it disclosed during their court proceedings. The third such notification was made Monday to

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an Albanian citizen who pleaded guilty and is serving a 15-year prison sentence. The notifications are a result of a Justice Department review of certain terror cases. It is unclear how many cases are affected or what the notifications could mean for defendantsâ€™ abilities to challenge evidence or their convictions.

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20-week abortion ban moves to full Senate JACKSON â€” A bill to ban abortion after 20 weeksâ€™ gestation is advancing to the full Mississippi Senate for more debate later. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passed House Bill 1400 on Wednesday. It passed the House 89-22 on Feb. 13. Twenty weeks is halfway through a full-term pregnancy of 40 weeks. Exceptions to the 20week ban would be made to prevent permanent physical damage or death of the pregnant woman, or in cases of several fetal abnormalities. The most recent Health Department statistics show 2,176 abortions were done in Mississippi in 2012. Two were listed at 21 weeks or later, and 382 were listed as unknown gestational age.

Storms bring rain, threat of floods SAN FRANCISCO â€” Much-needed rain fell on downtown San Francisco and elsewhere in California on Wednesday at the outset of what the parched state hopes is the start to a one-two punch of stormy weather. The storm was expected to move down the coast, dumping a half-inch to an inch of rain in southern areas late in the day, forecasters said. A potentially stronger storm moving in late Thursday could bring thunder and dump up to 2 inches of rain in central and southern valleys, 2 to 4 inches in the foothills and up to 6 inches in some mountain spots. State water officials plan Thursday to survey the anemic mountain snow pack, and will likely find that Californiaâ€™s precipitation is badly lagging whatâ€™s needed to quench the regionâ€™s thirst. After 2013 ended as the stateâ€™s driest year on record, all that predicted rain and snow should be nothing but good news.

Off-duty troopers rally for more money

500 troopers now, but officials say the ideal number is about 650. The last trooper training school was in 2011, with about 50 graduates.

Senate OKs initial borrowing plan JACKSON â€” Plans to borrow money for Mississippiâ€™s public universities and community colleges are moving forward. The Senate passed Senate Bill 2975 Wednesday, which would borrow a total of $95.9 million, including $63 million for the eight universities and $22 million for the 15 community and junior colleges. That amount is likely to grow after lawmakers agree to money for a new medical school building at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. That amount is expected to be about $30 million. The bill moves to the House for more work. Lawmakers are unlikely to reach agreement until the Legislatureâ€™s closing days.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Joey Fillingane, a Sumrall Republican, says he expects lawmakers will agree to borrow about $200 million this year, about the same amount they agreed to last year.

Lawmakers weigh Viking Range funds JACKSON â€” The state of Mississippi is proposing to give $12 million to Middleby Corp., the owner of Greenwoodâ€™s Viking Range, to help pay for an expansion. The House Ways and Means Committee approved House Bill 1592 Wednesday. State Rep. Linda Whittington, a Schlater Democrat, says the state would put up $12 million in return for a $20 million investment by the company, mainly in new equipment. Middleby, based in Elgin, Ill., would hire 120 people and maintain 600 total jobs to get an unspecified amount of money.

JACKSON â€” Mississippi Highway Patrol officers are calling on lawmakers to spend millions of dollars to train more troopers and to buy new cars and safety equipment. More than 100 uniformed, off-duty troopers went to the Capitol on Wednesday to rally for their requests. Legislators are in the final few weeks of writing a state budget for the year that begins July 1. At this point, itâ€™s not clear how much theyâ€™ll set aside for the Highway Patrol. Mississippi has about

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MICHIE, TENN. — Funeral services for Joe Perry Greer, 65, of Michie, Tenn. are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, Tenn. with burial in the Lebanon Cemetery at Michie, Tenn. Mr. Greer died February 26, 2014 in Michie, Tenn. He was born December 14, 1948 in Corinth to the late C.D. and Anna Lee South Greer. Mr. Greer was a retired businessman. He was formerly the owner and operator of the Greer Egg Farm in Michie, Tenn. Some of his favorite pastimes were fishing, traveling, playing dominoes, renovating old houses and repairing old vehicles. Greer Survivors include the mother of his children, Margaret Prather Greer; a daughter, Ginger Nicole Wyatt (Chad) of Knoxville, Tenn.; a son, Nick Greer (Darla) of Bartlett, Tenn.; five grandchildren, Bailey Wyatt, Saylor Wyatt and Braden Wyatt of of Knoxville, Tenn., Carlie Carter and Tucker Greer both of Bartlett, Tenn.; a sister, Martice Rowlett of Hernando; a brother, Don Greer of Michie, Tenn. and a host of other friends and relatives. Bro. George Kyle will officiate.

Mary Leach

BOONEVILLE — Funeral services for Mary Ella (Mae Ella) Miller Leach, 83, of Booneville are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Springhill M.B. Church in Booneville with burial at Wolf Creek M.B. Church. Visitation is Friday from 4-6 p.m. at New Life Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Leach died Saturday, Feburary 22, 2014, at her residence in Booneville. She was born September, 2, 1930. She was a member of New Life Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Jackie Leach of Booneville, Ricky Leach (Mary) of Oxford and Benjamin Leach (Karen) of Red Oak, TX.; her siblings, Willie Miller, Sr. of Booneville, Mary Louise Miller of Ypsilanti, Mich. and Evelyn Faye Miller of Ypsilanti, Mich, as well as a host of other friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her children, Willie Louis Leach, Herman Leach, Vance Leach, James Leach, Charles Leach, Katherine Leach and Bridget Leach; her parents, Addie Belle Haley Miller and Van Miller; her siblings, Clarence Miller and James Redd Miller, one grandson, Jeroskie Leach; and 1 great-grandchild. The Rev. Mack Dancy will officiate. Patterson Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

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Man indicted in Jackson County jail death PASCAGOULA — A Jackson County grand jury indicted a former jail detainee for manslaughter in the March death of another man in the jail. Prosecutors said that Dionte Rayshawn Jones is charged in the death of Anthony Eugene Moore. An autopsy showed Moore died of blunt force trauma to the head. Authorities says Jones was on the phone in the jail’s day room when Moore walked by and Jones hit him in the jaw, knocking him unconscious. Moore later died.

Meridian considers revising ordinances MERIDIAN — Meridian City Council member Randy Hammon says the litter and derelict homes are getting out of hand, and the city needs to see improvement quickly. Council members are discussing shortening the amount of time for property owners to clean up littered or abandoned homes from 30 to 15 days after notification.

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By Mike Swims As a parent of a two year old toddler who is coming into a personality of his own, I am learning that there is a difference between obedience and agreeability. I’ve learned the hard way that my son’s obedience isn’t measured by the number of commands he obeys willingly. Instead I see this as the measure of his agreeability. Rather, his daily obedience is measured by the decisions he makes when what he wants differs from what his mother or I want him to do. Agreeability is when he does what we ask immediately without a fuss, yet obedience is when he does what we ask though he may not like—or understand—why we ask it of him. This is also how God measures obedience in us. I think that one of the reasons God insists on baptism by immersion (Acts 2:38) is because it accurately represents His love and forgiveness toward us--It’s overwhelming! Sprinkling won’t do because He doesn’t sprinkle a little bit of forgiveness on us—It’s a deluge of forgiveness (Acts 22:16). And ignoring baptism would be like ignoring God’s love. We are baptized by immersion because it’s at the very moment the water envelops us that God’s love and forgiveness overwhelms us (1 Peter 3:21). “Or do you not know that as many of us as were _____ into Christ ___________ were _______________ into His _______________? Therefore we were ____________ with Him through __________________ into ____________, that just as Christ was _______________ from the dead by the _______________ of the Father, even so _____________ also should ______________ in ____________of _____________.”-Romans 6:3-4

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‘Religious freedom’ bill’s impact unclear BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — Several Mississippi lawmakers say they’re confused about whether a freedomof-religion bill is similar to a widely criticized Arizona measure that would allow people to assert religious beliefs in refusing business services to same-sex couples. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday that he wants attorneys to study Senate Bill 2681, called the “Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” It passed the Senate on Jan. 31 and awaits consideration in a House committee. “I haven’t carefully read it, and so I’d hate to comment on something I don’t know for sure, but I realize that that establishes a religious freedom, as I understand it, for the exercise of that freedom. But I wouldn’t want to discuss the details of it,” Bryant said in response to questions from The Associated Press. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi opposes the bill, saying it would allow discrimination against people based on race, sexual identity,

religion and national origin. “No state law should infringe upon constitutionally guaranteed rights, nor should any state law give a person a right to violate another person’s rights,” the ACLU said in a news release. During the Mississippi Senate debate, there was no mention of whether the bill would allow discrimination against gay people or other groups. Rather, the debate focused on whether there’s a need for a state law to spell out the freedom to practice religion that’s already guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Senators amended the bill to add “In God We Trust” to the state seal, and passed the bill 480. Bryant said during his State of the State speech Jan. 22 that he wants to add the phrase to the state seal. He said Wednesday that he had hoped legislators would deal with the seal in a separate bill, not tied to other issues. The bill awaits consideration in the House Judiciary B Committee, where Chairman Andy Gipson said he has assigned it to a subcommittee for scru-

tiny. “There are a lot of questions about it,” Gipson, R-Braxton, said Wednesday. “It is not the Arizona bill. We just need to study it.” However, Campaign for Southern Equality, a group that promotes equal treatment for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, says the Mississippi bill is similar to the one in Arizona. “It’s clear that this extreme bill is about legalizing discrimination not protecting religious freedoms,” the group’s executive director, the Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, said in a news release criticizing the Mississippi bill. “This proposed legislation is a step in the wrong direction as we move toward acceptance of LGBT people in all facets of life.” The Mississippi and Arizona bills are not identical but have similar phrases, and critics say those could lead to a person refusing to provide business services for a celebration by a same-sex couple, for example. The Mississippi bill says: “‘Exercise of religion’ includes, but is not limited to, the ability to act or the refusal to act in

a manner that is substantially motivated by one’s sincerely held religious belief, whether or not the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.” The Arizona bill says: “‘Exercise of religion’ means the practice or observance of religion, including the ability to act or refusal to act in a manner substantially motivated by a religious belief, whether or not the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.” Sen. David Blount, DJackson, said in brief interview and in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he is asking House members to remove portions of the bill that could lead to discrimination. “I was not aware (nor was any other senator or interest group or citizen that I have talked to aware) of this intention or possible result when we voted on the bill on Jan. 31,” Blount wrote on Facebook post. “I am opposed to discrimination of any kind, including discrimination based on sexual orientation. Obviously, I should have (all of us should have) been aware of this.”

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Obama seek $300 billion for roads, railways ST. PAUL, Minn. — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $300 billion to update roads and railways, arguing the taxpayer investment will help put Americans to work. Obama was announcing the proposal Wednesday at the Union Depot rail and bus station in St. Paul, Minn., after touring a light rail maintenance facility. Funding for surface transportation programs expires later this year, and the White House says 700,000 jobs could be at risk unless it is renewed. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx warned Wednesday of a “transportation cliff coming in August or September” when the Highway Trust Fund, which finances federal highway and transit projects, is forecast to go broke. The trust fund, which finances federal highway and transit programs, will need an influx of $100 billion over the next six years just to maintain current transportation spending levels. But Obama and Congress have been unwilling to

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raise federal gas and diesel taxes that have been the main source of federal transportation funding for decades. Obama is proposing that half of the $302 billion he’s seeking come from an overhaul of corporate taxes, but says he’s open to other ideas. Separately Wednesday, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, announced a corporate tax overhaul plan that would dedicate $126.5 billion in corporate tax revenue to the Highway Trust Fund over the next eight years.

Brewer to hold meetings over rights bill PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will hold a series of private meetings with opponents and proponents of legislation adding protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays. Brewer spokesman Andrew Wilder says the governor will spend Wednesday gathering information about Senate Bill 1062 as she considers signing it into law or a veto. She has until Saturday to act. The governor returned from five days in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. The state became embroiled in a national debate over religious and gay rights in her absence. The bill allows business owners to cite sincerely held religious beliefs to fend off discrimination lawsuits. Some Republican senators who voted for the bill are calling for a veto. They cite “inaccurate” information about the bill as the reason.

California slaughterhouse under inquiry PETALUMA, Calif. — A congressman says federal officials have launched a criminal probe of a Northern California slaughterhouse that recently recalled more than 8.7 million pounds of beef. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman told the Press Democrat of Santa Rosa on Monday he learned about the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s investigation of Petaluma-based Rancho Feeding Corp. during a telephone call with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Huffman said investigators could not provide details, but he was told the suspected misconduct was grave. The USDA has said Rancho processed diseased and unhealthy animals and circumvented federal inspection rules. The recalled beef was sold at Walmart and other national chains and used in products, including Hot Pockets. Robert Singleton, a partner in Rancho, has denied the allegations and said he was unaware of a criminal investigation

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Costnerâ€™s â€˜Three Daysâ€™ mixes action, warmth 3 Days to Kill, PG-13, ****1â „2, PG-13, Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Stanfield, Connie Nielsen, Tomas Lemarquis, Richard Sammel. EuropCorp. Director McG, Length: 113 minutes. Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) is an assassin for the CIA. His job is to eliminate bad guys. Unfortunately, he receives some bad news after one of his assignments. He discovers he is dying. Renner has a wife and daughter. He has ignored his wife and daughter as a result of his job which involves eliminating bad guys. His wife is about to get a divorce and his daughter hardly knows anything about her father. Renner resigns from the CIA to spend more time with his daughter and his wife. This is a difficult task since he has ignored them for years as he travels the world to dispose of bad guys. At least he is extremely proficient at his chosen profession, which comes in handy. He shares his very bad information with his wife Christine (Connie Nielsen), but he does

not want her to tell his daughter Zoey (Hailee Stanfield), because he wants to make up for the times he was not Terry with his family. Burns Obviously, it is difficult to make Movie Critic up for lost time. However, he is willing to do what is necessary to win back the love of his wife and daughter. Now that he has resigned from his job of eliminating people, he hopes to use his last few days on earth to make amends. Of course, that is not as easy at it seems with his teenage daughter. Fortunately, a CIA agent finds him and gives him an offer he cannot refuse. Vivi Delay (Amber Heard) is beautiful, sexy, wild, weird and reckless, and she has a drug that could cure his disease. She does not have any trouble being a sadist. She seems to enjoy giving pain to others and making Renner eliminate bad guys. She drives extremely carelessly also.

The catch is he must agree to take on another job consisting of relieving several individuals of their life such as their breathing and heart beating. Renner agrees and he is back in the arena of death. Now his wife does not know about this, because he has agreed to quit his unusual job. His daughter does not know anything about what he does. She thinks he is a salesman. Well, I guess he could be called a salesman of death, and he makes a great deal of money for his services. There are some very bad guys involved, and he has been trying to purge them from society for some time now. The bad guys are The Albino (Thomas Lamarquis) and The Wolf (Richard Sammel). There are some first-class and sensitive moments in this film. Renner has an apartment in Paris, and when he opens the door, he finds some squatters in his domain. This is an interesting and sensitive moment with the family who took it upon themselves to find a place to stay.

Rennerâ€™s time with the family in his apartment and getting back together with his wife and child become very interesting, and a way to soften the hard bark surrounding him. It seems that some critics did not like this film. I disagree. It had plenty of action along with a very sensitive story about family and individuals who need help. Renner rides a bicycle through the Paris streets and teaches his daughter how to ride a bicycle and to dance as she is about to attend the prom. It is hard to believe bicycles are not used more often by the young people. I learned early to ride a bike and kept riding for years. In fact I still have my bicycle hanging up in my living room ceiling. The film has action, family issues, helping people who are unable to help themselves, and eliminating bad guys. I recommend this film along with the shoot â€™em ups, fights, removing horrific bad guys, and the relationship between his daughter and his wife. This is a

great film to watch. Renner balances the CIA workload, and dealing with a teenage daughter and estranged wife which he has not been around for years. The film is much better than watching 100 minutes of car chases, fist fights, loud explosions that does not have a sensible plot. I am proud to disagree with so many of the individuals that lambasted this film. I believe in the idiom â€œone manâ€™s meat is another manâ€™s poison.â€? Of course, some may think I am an idiot for liking the film. Instead I mention the idiom above as my closing remarks. Enough is enough. (Terry Burns is technology coordinator for the McNairy County School System. A lifelong movie buff, he can be contacted by email at burns984@ bellsouth.net. Terryâ€™s movie grading scale: five-plus stars â€” as good as it gets; five stars â€” donâ€™t miss; four stars â€” excellent; three stars â€” good; two stars â€” fair; one star â€” poor; no stars â€” donâ€™t bother.)

Behaviorists say dogs feel Whenever opportunity no shame despite the look appears, take the risk BY SUE MANNING Associated Press

LOS ANGELES â€” The next time you start shaking your finger and shouting â€œShame on you!â€? because your dog chewed up your favorite fuzzy slippers, just remember that no matter how guilty your dog looks, it doesnâ€™t know what your rant is about. Behaviorists insist dogs lack shame. The guilty look â€” head cowered, ears back, eyes droopy â€” is a reaction to the tantrum you are throwing now over the damage they did hours earlier. â€œJust get over it and remind yourself not to put temptation in the way next time,â€? said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M Universityâ€™s College of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. But scientific findings have not put a dent in the popularity of online dog shaming sites like dogshaming.com and shameyourpet.com or videos like those posted on youtube.com/crackrockcandy. In the photos and videos, dogs wear humorous written â€œconfessionsâ€? and often are surrounded by the remnants of their misdeeds. There is no question that in some photos, they look guilty of eating, drinking, chewing, licking or destroying something they shouldnâ€™t have. Dogshaming.com was the first and is among the most popular sites. Since Pascale Lemire started it in August 2012, it has received more than 58 million page views and more than 65,000 submissions. A submission has to come with a photo showing the dogâ€™s guilty look. Lemire, who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, also published a book called â€œDog Shaming,â€? which hit the New York Times best-seller list in January. â€œI donâ€™t think dogs

actually feel shame,â€? Lemire said. â€œI think they know how to placate us with this sad puppy-dog look that makes us think theyâ€™re ashamed of what theyâ€™ve done. My guess is that their thinking is: â€˜Oh man, my owner is super mad about something, but I donâ€™t know what, but he seems to calm down when I give him the sad face, so letâ€™s try that again.â€™â€? She thinks the online dog shaming memes are all in good fun. â€œPeople come for a laugh and camaraderie,â€? Lemire said. â€œThey see that their dog isnâ€™t the only one who does awful things. People donâ€™t shame their dogs out of anger, they do it out of love.â€? Another dog owner helped get celebrities into the trend. In late 2011, Jeremy Lakaszcyck of Boston started putting shaming videos of his lemon beagle, Maymo, on YouTube. Four months later, Ellen DeGeneres ran one of them on her show and comedian Ricky Gervais tweeted it. The popularity of the videos soared, Lakaszcyck said. He also submitted photos to Lemire for dogshaming.com, which made Maymo even more famous. Maymo has a naturally sad or guilty face and senses something is wrong if Lakaszcyck speaks in a stern voice. â€œThey know when their owners are angry. â€œMaymo can sit for quite a while looking sad because heâ€™s a ham. Itâ€™s natural, and he knows a treat is coming. His tail usually wags through the wait. Itâ€™s like heâ€™s happy on one end and sad on the other,â€? he said. One of the first scientific studies on the â€œguilty dog lookâ€? was conducted in 2009 by Alexandra Horowitz, an associate professor of psychology at Barnard College in New York City. One of her

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. â€” A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe that has turned heads for two years in Palm Springs is headed east. The statue â€” 26 feet tall and 34,000 pounds â€” will be transported in April from California to Hamilton, N.J., where it will be

part of an exhibit honoring its designer, Seward Johnson. A going away party is planned for March 27. The sculpture depicts Monroe trying to push down her billowing skirt in her memorable scene in the â€œSeven Year Itch.â€? Palm Springs officials hope to eventually lure Marilyn back.

books, â€œInside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know,â€? included the findings. In the study, she used 14 dogs, videotaping them in a series of trials and studying how they reacted when an owner left the room after telling them not to eat a treat. When the owners returned, sometimes they knew what the dogs had done and sometimes they didnâ€™t and sometimes the dogs had eaten the treats and sometimes they hadnâ€™t. â€œI found that the â€˜lookâ€™ appeared most often when owners scolded their dogs, regardless of whether the dog had disobeyed or did something for which they might or should feel guilty. It wasnâ€™t â€˜guiltâ€™ but a reaction to the owner that prompted the look,â€? Horowitz said. â€œI am not saying that dogs might not feel guilt, just that the â€˜guilty lookâ€™ is not an indication of it,â€? she added. She also believes there is a difference between guilt and shame. Dogs can certainly learn from bad behavior, but rewards or punishment are most effective right after the wrongdoing, said Beaver, the veterinary professor. â€œThe farther it gets from that, the less connection is made with the behavior,â€? she said. At some point, your dog will probably cower, waiting for you to complete your meltdown, ditch the negative voice and lose the nasty body language, Beaver said. But you do wonder what other emotions dogs lack besides guilt. â€œHumans have a natural desire to know what an animal is thinking, and yet we are limited to reading body language and measuring physiological reactions,â€? Beaver said. The bottom line is: â€œWe will never truly know because we cannot ask them.â€?

BY JIMMY REED Columnist

When I was a boy, my best friend and mentor, Jaybird, often took me to the Mount Ararat MultiCongregational Chapel, a tiny country church near Dadâ€™s Mississippi Delta cotton farm. I remember the towering, trumpet-voiced preacher, Reverend Moses Malachi Magee, whose sermons balanced hell-fire-brimstone admonitions with impassioned pleas to do unto others, as we would have them do unto us. I remember the ladies in their Sundaybest dresses and widebrimmed hats, who writhed uncontrollably in rapturous moments, shouting hallelujahs, offering orisons to the Almighty, waving bright red bandannas, and having to be ushered outside to regain their composure. I remember the powerful, moving, rhythmic, hypnotic, gospel music â€” how it coalesced the congregation into a collective, swaying mass, chanting in unified, volcanic voices that rolled like a symphonic tsunami across surrounding fields. I remember the pews â€” uncomfortable, straightbacked, flat-bottomed, cypress board benches. When the church bought new ones, I asked Jaybird what would happen to the old pews. â€œTheyâ€™ll burn â€™em, but if a fellow was to fix â€™em up, theyâ€™d probly sell lak hotcakes.â€? â€œReally? Letâ€™s do it!â€? I pleaded â€” just what the old black man hoped to hear. From the pews that were beyond repair, we salvaged pieces, and used them to patch up the rest. When we finished, 30 were in fine shape, and we set one on the porch of the farmâ€™s commissary store with a â€œFor Saleâ€?

From the pews that were beyond repair, we salvaged pieces, and used them to patch up the rest. When we finished, 30 were in fine shape, and we set one on the porch of the farmâ€™s commissary store with a â€œFor Saleâ€? sign on it. sign on it. I thought we should write â€œ$10â€? on the sign, but Jaybird said, â€œFirst, letâ€™s see if anybody makes us an offer.â€? Not long after, a town lady, Mrs. Garren, noticed the pew and stopped for a closer look. â€œThat would look nice under the shade tree in my backyard. Is that yoâ€™ pew, boy?â€? she asked. â€œYessum.â€? â€œWill you take $20 for it?â€? Straight-faced, I held out my hand, and told her we had more pews, if she knew anyone who wanted them. I gave Jaybird the money, and we hauled another pew to the store. Smirking, he asked, â€œYou still want to write $10 on the sign?â€? The next day, several ladies, friends of Mrs. Garren, pulled up to the store in a pickup with a trailer behind it. Each wanted two pews. After loading them and collecting a hundred bucks, Jaybird said, â€œWe only got a few left. If yâ€™all know anybody who wants them, weâ€™ll take

$30 apiece while they last.â€? The ladies nodded and drove away. â€œDo you think folks will pay $30 for those old pews, Jay?â€? â€œWell, they didnâ€™t cost us nothing,â€? he said. â€œSo, whatever we make is profit. I say we stick with $30 apiece.â€? Once again, my beloved old mentor taught me a valuable lesson by using a simple little business venture. Our gamble paid off; we sold every pew. When Jaybird handed over my share, several hundred dollars â€” more money than Iâ€™d ever seen â€” I gave him a big hug. Chuckling, he said, â€œBoy, when thereâ€™s a buck to be made â€” take the risk.â€? Oxford resident, Ole Miss alumnus, and retired Mississippi Delta cotton farmer Jimmy Reed (jimmycecilreedjr@gmail.com) is a newspaper columnist, author and college teacher. A collection of his short stories is available at Square Books.

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Back in the black? Wall Street predicts that Best Buy returned to a profit in its fourth fiscal quarter. That would be a repeat performance for the electronics retailer, which swung to a profit in the third quarter, thanks partly to cost-cutting. Investors will be looking at how much of a boost Best Buy got from holiday season sales. The retailer reports its latest quarterly earnings today.

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Hedge fund faves last year. That compares with the 32 percent return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, including dividends, and the 9.2 percent rise for hedge funds overall. To create its VIP list, Goldman Sachs reviewed the top-10 holdings of 618 hedge funds to see which stocks showed up the most often. Collectively this group manages $762 billion in stock investments. General Motors is a top-10 holding for 75 of those hedge funds. It takes the top spot from insurer American International Group which dropped to No. 4. The No. 2 stock is Google, which appears on 60 top-10 lists.

Hedge funds are revved up on General Motors. The automaker is a top-10 holding of more hedge funds than any other stock, according to a review by Goldman Sachs strategists. Why should investors care? After all, hedge funds haven’t kept up with the stock market recently, although they pitch themselves as the choice of the “smart money.” Even so, the stocks that are most favored by hedge funds have tended to do better than the overall market. Each quarter, Goldman Sachs compiles a list of 50 hedge-fund “VIP” stocks. This list generated a return of 41 percent

New VIPs These stocks are among the latest additions to Goldman Sachs’ list of hedge-fund VIP stocks.

American Airlines (AAL) $36.75 Liberty Global (LBTYK) 83.40 Lamar Advertising (LAMR) 50.07 T-Mobile US (TMUS) 30.33 Visteon (VC) 82.99 Ocwen Financial (OCN) 36.76 Constellation Brands (STZ) 81.88 Endo Health Solutions (ENDP) 79.33 HCA Holdings (HCA) 50.48 Gilead Sciences (GILD) 83.81 S&P 500 1845.16

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Sources: FactSet; Goldman Sachs *Began trading Dec. 9, 2013, after merger with US Airways

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INDEXES 52-Week High Low 16,588.25 13,784.01 7,591.43 5,789.20 537.86 462.66 11,334.65 8,700.73 4,311.12 3,105.37 1,858.71 1,485.01 1,371.76 1,078.65 19,924.40 15,674.94 1,182.04 894.24

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MARKET SUMMARY G

BBY

$25.82

$17.00 30 ’12 ’13

Operating EPS

est. $1.01 $1.64 4Q ’12

4Q ’13

Price-to-earnings ratio: lost money based on past 12 months’ results

Dividend: $0.68 Div. yield: 2.6% Source: FactSet

Burger time Wendy’s has been renovating its restaurants to make them more inviting and rolling out more menu items. The strategy appears to be working for the company, which is due to report fourth-quarter earnings today. In the third quarter, Wendy’s trimmed its loss as more customers snapped up offerings at its restaurants, including new menu offerings such as its Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger and Pretzel Pub Chicken sandwich.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

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$43.91 GPS $50 Gap reports its financial results for the fourth quarter $31.22 today. 40 The retailer, which operates chains including Old ’12 ’13 30 Navy, Banana Republic and est. its namesake stores, is $0.65 Operating expected to post lower $0.73 earnings and revenue than in EPS 4Q ’12 4Q ’13 the same quarter a year Price-to-earnings ratio: 16 earlier. Like many retailers, based on past 12 months’ results Gap had to slash prices during the holiday season to Dividend: $0.80 Div. yield: 1.8% lure shoppers. Source: FactSet

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9 • Daily Corinthian

Variety

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Crossword

BEETLE BAILEY

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

BLONDIE

HI & LOIS

ACROSS 1 Sunshine State resort 5 Country in which Quechua is an official lang. 8 Transforms, as for a different medium 14 “Downton Abbey” title 15 Tablet maker 16 Osaka-born violinist 17 *Place for a soak in Bangkok? 19 Alligator cousin 20 Abase 22 Holy territory 23 *Mumbai baby food? 27 Musical ability, in slang 30 As well 31 Mimic 32 Edward Jones Dome NFL player 33 Rank below abbot 35 Oilers’ org. 36 *Low point in Oran? 40 Shareable PC file 41 Mah-__ 42 2011 NBA retiree 43 Porter, for one 44 Effusive musical genre 45 Knoxville sch. 47 *Stance in a Monterrey studio? 51 Poker haul 52 Green Lantern or Green Arrow 57 __ license 60 Emergency fund ... or what the second part of each answer to a starred clue ends with? 61 Mysterious 62 Teacher, at times 63 Dig for 58-Down 64 “We’re outta here!” 65 Stop: Abbr. 66 What the nose knows

DOWN 1 Behrs of “2 Broke Girls” 2 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing locale 3 Stuff 4 Et __ 5 Mastermind 6 Pie slices, often 7 “Swing Shift” Oscar nominee 8 Film buff’s channel 9 Scattering of an ethnic population 10 Continental farewell 11 Toy dog breed 12 Melodic syllable 13 Preacher’s topic 18 Brief upturn 21 Getting down 24 It may come before one 25 “I Feel Bad About My Neck” writer Nora 26 Long swimmer 27 Carry protectively 28 Anticipate uncertainly 29 Bit of shocked text

33 Evergreens with edible nuts 34 Lurid paper 37 Escaping à la James Bond, perhaps 38 Ovoid tomato 39 Microscope slide additive 40 Non-stick brand 45 Applied to 46 Time between inaugurations

48 Little bits 49 Inflation causes 50 Bridget Riley genre 53 __ erectus 54 Oklahoma city 55 Attorney general after Barr 56 __ and terminer: criminal court 57 Sidekick 58 See 63-Across 59 Business VIP

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02/27/14

Parent angry over PG-13 movies WIZARD OF ID

DILBERT

GARFIELD

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Dear Annie: I’m livid. My 14-year-old daughter and her friends want to see a certain PG-13 movie on Saturday. But after I read the reviews, I will not allow her to go. Why does the film industry produce movies with words and scenes that are such filth? We want movies for our children that have decent content and tell stories that have values and drama without us parents always having to worry that what will be said or shown is contrary to what we want our children exposed to. Can’t some great producer or film school graduate figure that out? They would be surprised to know how many parents no longer allow their kids to go to the movies, and that means no money in their pockets. Please, let’s protect their innocence as long as possible before they have to see the world’s ugliness passed off as entertainment. -- Mom Dear Mom: If all kids truly stayed away from PG-13 movies that contained too much violence, sex and foul language, change would come. Unfortunately, that’s not what happens. Your daughter and her friends might stay home, but most kids don’t. We, too, wish Holly-

Annie’s Mailbox wood would stop pandering to our most base instincts, but as long as the money keeps coming in, that’s what is going to be out there. The only movies guaranteed not to have such material are those rated G and PG. Beyond that, parents have to read reviews and use their best judgment. Dear Annie: My parents, who were both from West Virginia, met in college and settled in New York. We spent our childhood summers on our grandparents’ farms, and I couldn’t wait to go back. I work now as a special education teacher and live in a small village in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Every summer, my sisters and I get together in New York. Last summer, we met at the home of one sister who married into wealth. Although I have been ignoring her occasional criticisms about my hair, makeup, clothes and shoes for decades, this summer was particularly difficult. Late in the evening, she began a long satirical monologue

about how cheap and ugly my shoes were. A few of the others chimed in, but I don’t hold it against them. They were doing it to avoid being her next target. After all, they live near her and have to endure her ostentatious behavior often. I couldn’t wait to leave. I value family, especially now that we are older and two of my siblings have passed away. But I’m beginning to wonder. By the time I leave these gatherings, I feel disrespected and diminished. I have close friends in West Virginia who love and value me. I’m wondering whether I should bow out of these summer reunions and limit my exposure to Christmas only. -- Thank God I’m a Country Girl Dear Country Girl: You certainly don’t have to subject yourself to such poor treatment frequently, but have you told your sister how her belittling comments make you feel? She may not realize how much she is hurting you and that her nastiness destroys the family closeness you crave. She may claim that she was “only joking,” but still, give her the opportunity to clean up her act before you take drastic action.

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