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Christian flag to return to Rienzi BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

RIENZI — The Alcorn County town asked to remove the Christian flag is holding a revival. Mayor Walter Williams confirmed the religious flag will once again fly above the Rienzi veterans memorial. The town removed the Christian flag in late January after they received a letter threatening potential legal action if it

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Alcorn Central High School student Trevor Ballard was one of the students playing a role during the realistic Prom Promise accident scenario. The presentation was a realistic emergency drama to demonstrate to students the potentially life-changing (or life-ending) consequences of texting and driving or drinking and driving.

Mock crash makes impression BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

A local high school principal expressed hopes the recently staged realistic car accident

scenario left a lasting impression on his students. Corinth and Alcorn County emergency personnel, including an air ambulance, descend-

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Musical drama set for Easter night

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Board viewing bids on drainage projects BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

First proposed five years ago, the major drainage projects to take water out of the Oak Lane and Tishomingo basins reached bid openings during the past week. While it’s a significant milestone for the project, the bids unsealed by Cook Coggin Engineers on Tuesday and Thursday did not appear favorable.

“Collectively, they appear to be above the monies available through the funding agencies,” said Johnny Crotts of Cook Coggin. It appears likely the bid process will need to start over with some changes to the project. It will be up to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to decide the next step.

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“Take Me to The King” is an Easter musical drama presented by Gospel Tabernacle. time,” said Hodum. Over 70 people are active in the production which lasts about an hour and 40 minutes, Hodum said. Please see DRAMA | 2

Marjorie Pace has enjoyed doing business with customers who have become good friends during 22 years at Citizen’s Page, serving the communications needs of emergency personnel. “I enjoy it because it brings a lot of good fellowship with the police department, the sheriff’s department, the fire departments and the ambulance drivers,” said the lifelong Kossuth resident. “They are good people.” Retirement might be nice, “but I don’t see that in the works,” she said. Her husband is Kossuth’s mayor, Don Pace, who is about to begin a fifth term, and they have three children, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Outside of work, she enjoys playing the organ at Kossuth Baptist Church and “keeping up with all these grandchildren,” said Pace. “That pretty well is full-time.” Staff photo by Jebb Johnston

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The story of Jesus is a focal point during the Easter holiday and one church will bring the story to life on Easter evening. Gospel Tabernacle will present an Easter musical drama, “Take Me To The King,” at 6 p.m. Sunday. Pastor Josh Hodum said it’s the congregation’s first time to produce this particular musical drama. “What we’re really doing is telling in modern day life, what happened in Jesus’

were not taken down. “We’ve finally got it all worked out,” Williams said earlier this week. The town sold a small portion of land it owned behind the memorial to an individual for $1. The land was deeded to that individual and will soon be the site for a new flag pole. “We’re just waiting on the

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— a dramatic presentation of an accident showing realistic consequences as part of the Prom Promise event. The presentation was a life-like emergency drama showing two car accident scenarios and a motorcycle accident scenario to demonstrate to students the potentially life-changing (or life-ending) consequences of texting and driving or drinking and driving. ACHS Principal Brandon Quinn said he felt the Prom Promise presentation went well. “The students were very engaged during the program and even the day after the event — they were still talking about what they’d seen,” said Quinn. “I feel like they now have a picture in their minds that will hopefully stay with them if they are tempted to drive distracted or drink and drive.” The principal went on explain the students received a real-life perspective as the EMS and other emergency personnel responded professionally just as if the accident were a real event. Real-life emergency personnel were on the scene, including the Alcorn County Sheriﬀ’s Department, the Air Evac Lifeteam, the Farmington Fire Department and Farmington Police Department, EMS and the coroner as part of the Prom Promise event. This was the first time the event had been staged in Alcorn County. Prom Promise organizer Gail Hudson said she had

Record-sized black bear killed in crash NATCHEZ — Authorities say a record-size Louisiana black bear was killed when it was hit by a sport utility vehicle in southwestern Mississippi. The Natchez Democrat reports the full-grown male bear was struck April 5 on U.S. 61 in Wilkinson County. No other serious injuries were reported. Officials say the bear weighed 468 pounds, making it the largest recorded in Mississippi. Richard Rummel, leader of the black bear program for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, says the body is being stored in a freezer at the Mississippi Museum of Natural History in Jackson.

Greenwood family gets deportation delay Firefighter Shawn Nelms tends to his own son, ACHS student Kameron Nelms, who was portraying an accident victim Wednesday during the Prom Promise event at ACHS.

GREENWOOD — A Greenwood father of five has a temporary reprieve from possible deportation to Mexico. Martin Duron-Esparza will now have until the end of his children’s school year before reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The school year ends May 22. Duron-Esparza has been in Mississippi since he was 16. He obtained a series of annual work permits to maintain farm irrigation systems up through 2016, but never obtained permanent residency. “Everything I know is Greenwood,” Duron-Esparza said. He said Mexico, where he was born, is unfamiliar. He said he tried to obtain a work visa in 2008 but did not receive it.

Biloxi mayor during Hurricane Camille dies Real-life emergency personnel were on the scene, including the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department, the Air Evac Lifeteam, the Farmington Fire Department and Farmington Police Department, EMS and the coroner as part of the Prom Promise event Wednesday at ACHS. helped organize this event for Tishomingo County and Belmont for the last few years. She was glad to have the chance to do it for Alcorn County. It took a cast of several to pull oﬀ the scenario. One student was DOA, according to the script. The organizer feels strongly about the message of the Prom Promise. “Not only is it good for

the kids, it’s also a good training exercise for volunteer fire departments,” said Hudson. Hudson said one especially poignant moment for her was when firefighter Shawn Nelms had to attend to his own son, Kameron Nelms, who took part in the accident scenario. She said “it killed her” to see that scenario and the real emotion within the staged

moment. “That is our worst nightmare. If there is just one kid that we can save, then we have done what we have set out to do,” said Hudson. Quinn said he hopes for the school to present the Prom Promise event again, possibly every other year as long as the Air Evac Lifeteam and other emergency personnel are available to do it.

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As they were bid, both contracts have multiple elements that could be removed in order to try to fit within the available funds. The Tishomingo drainage basin project drew three bidders. The lowest base bid was $3.005 million, while the engineering estimate was $2.2 million. However, that estimate did not include a late change dealing with pipes to be placed under the Kansas City Southern Railway, which has been the main bottle-

BILOXI — Former Biloxi mayor Danny Guice Sr., who helped integrate the local government and led the city during the devastation of Hurricane Camille in 1969, died Thursday. He was 92. Danny Guice Jr. said his father died at home. The elder Guice was a state legislator before serving three terms as mayor, from 1961 to 1973. Guice served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1956 to 1960, working to establish the state Port of Gulfport and to build a bridge over Biloxi Bay. He was elected mayor a year after black residents staged a wade-in to protest segregated beaches. Dr. Gilbert Mason, a black physician who was a prominent civil rights leader in Biloxi, wrote in a memoir that black residents helped Guice defeat the two-term incumbent mayor, Laz Quave, and that Guice became the first Biloxi mayor to appoint black residents to city boards.

neck for drainage in the area. The Oak Lane basin project had two bidders. It extends along Hickory Road, Oak Lane, Magnolia Road and Shiloh Road, draining into Phillips Creek, and includes 2,047 linear feet of reinforced concrete box culverts; approximately 5,000 linear feet of drainage pipe; 2,000 linear feet of channel improvements; utility relocations; roadway replacements; riprap; and erosion control. The Tishomingo basin extends along Polk Street crossing Washington Street, Tishomingo

Street and the railway, draining into Elam Creek. The proposed work includes 640 linear feet of reinforced concrete box culverts; 1,200 linear feet of channel improvements; 7-acre detention pond; and the portion involving the railroad, including removal and replacement of KCS tracks. Grant funding totals $4,090,624 million on what was proposed as a $5.1 million project. Once awarded, the two projects are expected to be constructed simultaneously.

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contractor to build the pole and platform right now,” added the mayor. The letter the town received requesting removal of the flag came from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based group that advocates for the constitutional separation of church and state and has sought the removal of religious symbols from government property in numerous states. The letter stated the town was “practic-

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The drama opens with a scene where a man is in the park with his son on Easter and he sits down on a park bench when a gentleman begins to talk about Easter traditions. He said some scenes are traditionally spoken and some

ing illegal religious promotion” and threatened possible litigation if the flag was not removed from city property. Williams said he worked closely with lawyers to come up with the current solution. The mayor could not confirm the exact specs of the new pole and platform, but said three flags will fly including a American flag, a Christian flag and a In God We Trust flag. A grand opening, Williams said, is also planned once construction is complete.

are told with music and songs. There is also sign language involved and scenes where children get to be part of the action. The drama begins in contemporary life and the story of Jesus is told in a series of flachbacks. The script was written by Jennifer Phillips Davidson, of Moore, Okla. Hodum said the

playwright has some family connections in the Corinth area. The scheduling of the production on Easter evening was a special touch, according to Hodum. “We actually planned it that way — to do it on Easter evening,” said Hodum. “One reason is that it is Easter and it was spe-

cial to have it that day. Another reason was that a lot of churches don’t have services on Easter evening, so people will have the opportunity to come from other churches and see it.” The pastor said everyone is welcome and admission is free. Gospel Tabernacle is located at 1624 Glover Drive in Corinth.

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Today in History Today is Saturday, April 15, the 105th day of 2017. There are 260 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first black major league player, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day at Ebbets Field. (The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5-3.)

On this date In 1817, America’s oldest existing school for the deaf opened in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; Andrew Johnson became the nation’s 17th president. In 1892, General Electric Co., formed by the merger of the Edison Electric Light Co. and other firms, was incorporated in Schenectady, New York. In 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 21/2 hours after hitting an iceberg; 1,514 people died, while less than half as many survived. In 1920, a paymaster and a guard were shot and killed during a robbery at a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts; Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were accused of the crime, convicted and executed amid worldwide protests that they hadn’t received a fair trial. In 1945, during World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died on April 12, was buried at the Roosevelt family home in Hyde Park, New York. In 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrived in Washington to begin a goodwill tour of the United States. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resigned for health reasons (he was succeeded by Christian A. Herter).

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Across the Region Booneville Unemployment falls in Prentiss County BOONEVILLE — Unemployment dropped sharply in Prentiss County in the second month of the year. The county’s unemployment rate fell from 5.7 percent in January to 4.1 percent for February. The decrease mirrored a similar fall in the overall state rate which moved from 6.1 percent in January to 4.6 for February. Prentiss County was tied for the fifth lowest rate among immediately surrounding counties. Union County had the lowest rate in the area 3.2 percent, followed by Lee County at 3.5 percent, Itawamba at 3.6 percent and Alcorn at 4 percent. Prentiss and Tippah counties were tied at 4.1 percent. Tishomingo County had the highest rate in the area at 4.7 percent. Prentiss County had the 14th lowest rate in the state. Rankin County had the state’s lowest rate at 3.1 percent. Issaquena County had the highest rate at 16.8 percent.

Selmer Group wants to move ahead on animal shelter This story by IndependentAppeal Assistant Editor Steve Beavers first appeared in that publication and is used here with permission.

SELMER, Tenn. — The McNairy County Animal Shelter Friends/Humane Society wants to get word out about its group. There are several things people should know about our group,” said member Mary Grammer. “Our goal is help McNairy County move forward with an animal facility, help residents spay and neuter their pets and to help unwanted pets find a home.” The animal shelter meets at 6 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the Selmer Community Center. “New members are welcome, all they have to do is show up,” said Grammer. “We are trying to increase our membership and there will not be be any forms to sign and they will not have to commit to anything.” Membership is open to anyone interested in the care and humane treatment of stray dogs throughout the county, according to Grammer. Linda Banks is the president and treasurer of the group. “We are a 501c3 non-profit group and have complied with all of the regulations and mandates required by the state,” added Grammer. The animal group is looking to build a shelter in the future. More funds are needed to help the goal become reality. “Hopefully, the McNairy County Commission will supply us a piece of property to begin our endeavor,” said Grammer. “Once we have established a location, we can focus on ap-

plying for grants to use toward the building.” Donations and volunteers will be in greater need to run the shelter. “We could use anyone with carpentry, plumbing or electrical skills,” said the shelter member. “Our plan is to build 4-6 dog runs inside the shelter and also have an adoption program for the dogs.” Citizens in the county can contribute to the humane shelter by requesting the Selmer Utility Department add one dollar a month to their bill for the shelter. “This would cost only $12 a year and would be tax deductible,” said Grammer. At least two major fundraisers will be held by the humane society later this year. “No amount is too small to matter,” said Grammer.

Baldwyn School system building new vocational facility BALDWYN (AP) — A northeast Mississippi school system is breaking ground on a new vocational education facility. The Baldwyn School District on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of the Baldwyn Career Advancement Center. Baldwyn School District Superintendent Jason McKay said he hoped he was preparing to lay the foundation for more than just a building. McKay

said the district and school board have been working for more than a year to make the project a reality. The district passed a $2 million bond issue in January to fund the facility.

Fulton 7 Democratic officials switch to Republican FULTON (AP) — Seven Itawamba County officials elected in 2015 as Democrats have switched to the Republican Party. Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson, supervisors Charles Horn, Steve Johnson and Steve Moore; constables Terry Johnson and Doug Lesley; and coroner Shelia Summerford all made the switch. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that many top GOP officials, including Gov. Phil Bryant, House Speaker Philip Gunn of Clinton, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef attended the ceremony at the Itawamba County Courthouse. State Republicans have long recruited Democrats to switch sides, often in groups such as the one announced Thursday. State Rep. Donnie Bell, who switched to the GOP days after the 2011 election, was given credit for encouraging local officials to change sides.

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Executing guilty and innocent in Arkansas Nearly three dozen men sit on death row in Arkansas, where capital punishment has been suspended since 2005. Unless clemency is granted, seven of them, an eighth man was granted a temporary reCal prieve, will be given lethal inThomas jections all within a 10-day period, between April 17 and 27. Columnist Why so many? Why the rush? The New York Times reports that the unprecedented pace is “brought about by a looming expiration date for a drug used by the state for lethal injections.” The drug is midazolam, “which has been used in several botched and gruesome lethal injections in other states in recent years.” Because of the controversy surrounding midazolam’s use, “a number of pharmaceutical companies have restricted their drugs from use for capital punishment.” Anti-death penalty groups are upset and the state is having difficulty acquiring a sufficient number of witnesses, as required by law. These are “bad hombres,” as President Trump might describe them. Many of them have been on death row for more than 20 years while the appeals process ground on and relatives of their victims have waited for justice to be served. Don Davis, now 54, was sentenced to death in 1992. He is to be executed April 17. Davis was convicted of shooting 62-year-old Jane Daniel in the back of the head while robbing her home, even though she complied with his demands to hand over her valuables. Bruce Earl Ward, 60, is also slated for execution April 17. He’s been on death row since 1990 after being convicted of murdering 18-year-old Rebecca Doss at a Little Rock convenience store where she worked the night shift. The court heard testimony that Ward drove around town looking for a victim and strangled the young woman in the store bathroom. In 1993, Stacey E. Johnson, now 47, raped, beat, strangled and then slit the throat of Carol Heath, a mother of two. Heath was attacked in her home. TheSun newspaper reported her daughter, Ashley, then six, “was found staring out her bedroom window the following morning ... having spent the night knowing her mother was dead in the room next door.” The list goes on, but this is their common profile. Now for the innocent. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, 3,771 abortions took place in the state in 2015, a slight drop from the previous year, part of the more than 59 million abortions performed in the United States since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Where is the anti-death penalty crowd’s compassion for those babies and the many women who say they regretted their decision to terminate their pregnancies and would have made a different choice had they received additional information? Those opposed to capital punishment can certainly gin-up outrage and sympathy for convicted murderers and rapists, but seem to offer very little sympathy to the relatives of their victims and not an ounce of outrage for the innocent unborn who have been aborted. Is this an unfair comparison? Not at all. Consider this. Many oppose the death penalty because they claim all human life has value. Then is not an innocent unborn human life? How is an unborn baby any less valuable than a convicted rapist or murderer? For secular-progressives, opposition to the death penalty appears to be based largely on sentiment, not on the intrinsic value of life. Yes, there are reasons to oppose the death penalty. It can often be unequally applied. I get that. But I’m speaking of the larger moral issue. In the end, capital punishment is a matter of justice and just deserts. It is justice for the dead and his or her relatives and it is just deserts for the murderer. On several occasions I have offered people opposed to the death penalty a deal. I will oppose capital punishment for the guilty, if they will oppose “capital punishment” for the innocent unborn. I am still waiting to hear from them.

Prayer for today My Father, take away the spirit, if I may be inclined to keep the best, and to be always seeking my portion. May I have the desire to share with those who have less, and to give to those who may have more, whether it be of bread or love. Amen.

A verse to share Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; — John 11:25

Will Christianity perish in its birthplace? “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?)” Those are among Jesus’ last words on the Cross that first Good Friday. It was a cry of agony, but not despair. The dying Christ, to rise again in three days, was repeating the first words of the 22nd Psalm. And today, in lands where Christ lived and taught and beyond where the Christian faith was born and nourished, the words echo. For it is in the birthplace of Christianity that Christians face the greatest of persecutions and martyrdoms since the time of Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin. President Donald Trump, outraged by pictures of infants and children who had perished in the nerve gas attack in Syria, ordered missile strikes on the air base from which the war crime came. Two days later, Palm Sunday, 44 Coptic Christians celebrating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem were martyred in terrorist attacks in Egypt. The first bombing was at St. George’s Church in Tanta, the second at St. Mark’s in Alexandria, where the Coptic Pope Tawadros II was at Mass. The pope was unhurt, but 100 Christians were injured in the attacks. The Islamic State group claims credit for the murders, and the pictures of dead children from those

churches were surely as horrific as the pictures the president saw after the gas attack. Patrick C o p t s Buchanan are among the earliest Columnist Christians, dating to the first century A.D., when St. Mark, one of the Twelve Apostles, established the first church outside the Holy Land and became bishop of Alexandria. The Copts make up 10 percent of Egypt’s population. They have been especially targeted for terrorist attacks since the 2013 overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, who had been elected president after the ouster of longtime U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak. In the subsequent struggle between Egypt’s Islamists, whose base is in Sinai, and the Cairo regime of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who was welcomed to the White House in March, the Copts are seen as soft-target allies of Gen. el-Sissi’s and hated for their faith. In Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Christians were left alone if they did not interfere in politics. Indeed, they prospered as doctors, lawyers, journalists, academics, engineers, businessmen. Before 2003, there were still 800,000 Christians in Iraq. But after a decade

of church bombings and murders of priests, their numbers have plummeted. When the Islamic State seized a third of Iraq, Christians under the group’s rule had to convert to Islam and pay a tax or face beheading. On Dec. 26, St. Stephen’s Day, which honors the first martyr, Pope Francis hailed the Iraqi Christians lately liberated from Islamic State rule, noting, “They are our martyrs of today, and there are so many we can say that they are more numerous than in the first centuries.” In 2016, an estimated 90,000 more Christians worldwide died for their faith. Under Syria’s dictator Hafez al-Assad and son Bashar, Christians have been 10 percent of the population and protected by the regime. They thus have sided with Assad against the terrorists of the Islamic State and al-Qaida, whose victory would mean their expulsion or death. Of the 10 nations deemed by Christianity Today to be the most hateful and hostile toward Christianity, eight are majority-Muslim nations, with the Middle East being the site of the worst of today’s persecutions. Afghanistan, which we “liberated” in 2001, is listed as the third-most hostile nation toward Christians. The punishment for baptism there is death. A decade ago, a Christian convert had to flee his country to avoid be-

heading. Consider. Christianity, whose greatest feast day we celebrate Sunday, is the cradle faith of the culture and the civilization of the West. And in our secularized world, Christianity remains the predominant faith. A millennium ago, Christendom mounted crusades to ensure that its pilgrims would not lose the right to visit the Holy Land in peace. Now, a decade and a half after we launched invasions and occupations of the Muslim world in Afghanistan and then Iraq to bring the blessings of democracy, the people there who profess that Christian faith are being persecuted as horribly as they were under the Romans in Nero’s time. Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan — to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suﬀering we have inflicted? Truth be told, it is in part because of us that Christianity is on its way to being exterminated in its cradle. Happy Easter! Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of a new book, out in May, “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”

Obama was wrong about Syrian weapons The Obama administration claimed that it negotiated with Syria and Russia to eliminate “100 percent” of Syria’s chemical weapons. After President Barack Obama’s 2012 “red line” warning to Syria about using chemical weapons, Syria launched a chemical attack in August 2013. But U.S. military action was avoided by the alleged Russian/ American/Syrian diplomatic accomplishment, achieved without “firing a shot.” Here’s what we were told: President Obama, on April 28, 2014: “We’re getting chemical weapons out of Syria without having initiated a strike.” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., crowed on June 1, 2014: “We’re getting the chemical weapons out of Syria.” And Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chimed in July 6: “We should commend the administration for the result that they got.” Then-Secretary of State John Kerry, on July 20, 2014: “We got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out (of Syria).” President Obama, on Aug. 18, 2014: “Today we mark an important achievement in our ongoing eﬀort to counter the spread of weapons of mass destruction by eliminating Syria’s declared chemical weapons stockpile.”

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Kerry on Oct. 31, 2014: “We ... cut the deal that got 100 percent of the declared chemical Larry weapons out Elder of Syria, and people neverColumnist theless have been critical -- of one day of bombing versus the virtue of getting 100 percent of the chemical weapons out of Syria.” Kerry reiterated the accomplishment on Feb. 24, 2015, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “We got, as you know, last year, all the chemical weapons out of Syria.” True, Bloomberg reported on May 13, 2015: “The U.S. government was informed months ago that an international monitoring body found traces of chemical weapons that President Bashar al-Assad had promised to turn over, including sarin gas — a clear violation of the deal he struck with President Obama after crossing the administration’s ‘red line’ two years ago. After the Bloomberg story, then-White House press secretary John Earnest initially admitted: “We’re aware that the OPCW continues to receive credible allegations that the use of chemical weapons in Syria is still tak-

ing place.” But a month later, on June 17, 2015, Earnest responded: “(Syria’s) declared chemical weapons stockpile that Assad previously denied existed has now been acknowledged, rounded up, removed from the country and destroyed precisely because of the work of this administration and our successful eﬀorts to work with the Russians to accomplish that goal.” But Susan Rice, then Obama’s national security adviser, on Jan. 16, 2017, said, “We were able to find a solution that didn’t necessitate the use of force that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known from Syria, in a way that the use of force would never have accomplished. ... We were able to get the Syrian government to voluntarily and verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile.” After last week’s chemical weapons attack that left nearly 100 Syrians dead, former Obama advisers now say they always knew that not all of chemical weapons were eliminated — and that turning over all their weapons is not exactly what tyrants tend to do. Antony J. Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state, recently said, “We always knew we had not gotten everything, that the Syrians had not been fully forthcom-

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ing in their declaration.” Michael McFaul, Obama’s former ambassador to Russia, said, “For me, this tragedy underscores the dangers of trying to do deals with dictators without a comprehensive, invasive and permanent inspection regime.” Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for human rights under Obama, laments: “The diﬃcult and debatable choice the Obama administration ... made not to use military force when Assad last used nerve gas against his people (in 2013) will shape our thinking about this and similar crises for a long time to come. The lesson I would draw from that experience is that when dealing with mass killing by unconventional or conventional means, deterrence is more eﬀective than disarmament.” This brings us the Obama’s Iran deal that allegedly prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Why should we believe that Obama was any less duped here than when he claimed the elimination of “all” of Syria’s chemical weapons? We shouldn’t. Larry Elder is a best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an “Elderado,” visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @larryelder.

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Toyota marks 10 years in state Northeast hosts Toyota is rolling out the welcome mat at its Blue Springs manufacturing facility. The automaker announced this week it will build a nearly $10 million visitor and interactive training center that will oﬀer public tours showcasing how nearly 2,000 Mississippians produce ever-better Corolla vehicles. That announcement came during a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the groundbreaking for Toyota Mississippi. Sean Suggs, vice president of manufacturing for Toyota Mississippi, said this is an opportunity to tell the story of the quality work Mississippi team members put forth daily. “This investment will allow us to build an interactive visitor and training center that will spotlight the Corolla’s rise to the best-selling car in the world, as well as delve into the history of Toyota and our Blue Springs facility. It represents a continued commitment to our team members and the Northeast Mississippi community.” During guided group plant tours, guests will see the Toyota Production System at work. Construction on the 15,000 square foot visitor and interactive training center is expected to begin late 2018 with a targeted completion date in mid-2019. Visitors, however, won’t have to wait long to tour the plant. Toyota Mississippi will begin oﬀering plant tours on May 1. One hour tours are available Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., with each tour able to accommodate 12 people. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 662-3173002 or emailing tourms@toyota.com. Team member Bethanie Humphries hopes tour-goers will gain an appreciation for the plant and what it means to the community. A native of northeast Mississippi, she moved away after college and worked for another automaker. “When I heard Toyota was building a plant in Blue Springs, I jumped at the chance to move closer to my family with my daughter, as well as work for an industry leader. Nine years later, I can tell you, we all have a sense of pride when we tell people, ‘I work for Toyota Mississippi.’” Toyota Mississippi President Akitoshi Ichino said continued investment in the plant is a testament to the dedication of team members. “They are proud to produce

Mike Botkin, Toyota Mississippi vice president of administration, emphasized that Toyota Mississippi is committed to the communities where its team members live, work and play. high-quality vehicles, safely, every day. It’s their hard work that keeps our plant competitive.” Ground was broken on the 1,700-acre Northeast Mississippi site in April 2007. Later this year, the one-millionth Corolla will roll oﬀ the line at the 2 million square foot facility. “The addition of a visitor and interactive training center demonstrates Toyota’s commitment to growing the region’s economy through new investment while highlighting the plant and its skilled workforce,” Gov. Phil Bryant said. “Since announcing it would locate this state-of-the-art facility in Mississippi, Toyota has continued to place our state and thriving automotive industry on the global stage. The new visitor and training center will allow people from around the world to witness first-hand the numerous reasons the world’s best-selling vehicle is made right here in Mississippi.” Over the past 60 years, Toyota has invested nearly $22 billion in its American facilities. In 2017, the automaker announced a commitment to invest $10 billion in its U.S. manufacturing plants over the next five years. Based on 2015 data, Toyota’s total U.S. employment impact is 470,100 jobs (direct, indirect and spin-oﬀ), according to a study by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) – an independent think tank. Toyota also announced donations totaling $350,000 during the anniversary celebration. The contributions focus on investing in the next generation through programs for STEM and family literacy. • A $175,000 gift was

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GULFPORT — A woman who claimed she was owed damages from the Deepwater Horizon spill is heading to prison. The Sun Herald reports that Vanna Nguyen Ly, also known as Van Thi Nguyen, was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison. She also must pay $30,000 in restitution. Ly put in a claim for $150,000 in oil-spill recovery money following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion. She claimed she was the manager of a Holiday Inn at the time and presented pay stubs, tax documents and a letter verifying her employment. However, Ly was not an employee of the hotel at the time and the documents were false. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden is allowing Ly to remain free on bond until she reports to prison.

given to the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) to establish a Toyota Family Learning program in Tupelo. It is being implemented at three Family Resource Center of Northeast Mississippi sites. Research shows the model elevates the parent and the child through two-generation literacy, providing parents with workforce and life skills, and, improving educational outcomes for students throughout their academic career. Toyota has partnered with NCFL for 26 years, investing more than $46 million in the organization’s two-generation literacy model. In that time, Toyota Family Literacy programs have touched the lives of more than 2 million families at nearly 300 sites in 57 communities and in 32 states. • The Toyota USA Foundation also donated $175,000 to Mississippi BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics at Mississippi State University. The program exposes middle and high school students to the engineering design process. The students participate in a six-week robot-building program where they design, build and present their creation during a business and marketing competition. Toyota Mississippi has worked with local schools over the past six years to increase participation in the program by students and mentors. The donation is the largest ever made to Mississippi BEST Robotics,

highlighting Toyota’s commitment to investing in programs that encourage students to participate in a STEM fields. “We must invest in our future workforce and need more skilled workers to continue making quality vehicles at Toyota Mississippi,” said Mike Botkin, vice president of administration at Toyota Mississippi. “Toyota Family Learning through NCFL and Mississippi BEST Robotics at MSU are working to build the pipeline of skilled workers of tomorrow.” Earlier this year, Toyota also announced a $750,000 donation to the 2 Museum Project in Jackson, Miss. The donation, in conjunction with Mississippi’s 200th year of statehood, will provide for a permanent gallery – the Toyota Gallery – at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, and will help advance programming at the Museum of Mississippi History. The donations speak to Toyota’s commitment to investing in the communities where its team members live, work and play, Botkin said. For Toyota Mississippi, it began at the groundbreaking in 2007 when a $50 million Toyota Wellspring Education Fund was announced to enhance public education in Pontotoc, Union and Lee counties. Toyota has donated more than $3.2 million to local non-profits to meet the critical needs and improve the quality of life for the people of Mississippi since 2011. Team members are also working hard to impact their communities, logging more than 25,000 volunteer hours since Toyota Mississippi launched its “Leave Your Print” program in 2012. Toyota Mississippi will continue to celebrate its 10-year anniversary throughout the year with a culminating free community concert in November.

major job fair BOONEVILLE — Northeast Mississippi Community College will hold its annual Spring Job Fair on Tuesday, April 18 but will keep the change implemented one year ago. While previous Spring Job Fairs were open to just Northeast students and alumni, the 2016 version of the Spring Job Fair opened its doors to the public. The public also is invited to meet with recruiters, fill out applications and get their resumes to over 60 employers. “In the past, we have oﬀered the job fair as an opportunity for employers to reach our students and upcoming graduates,” said Northeast career technical counselor Carrie Cobb. “Our goal this year, as well as last year, is to extend this service beyond our students and into our local community, in hopes of providing quality employment opportunities to all who are interested.” Set for 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bonner Arnold Coliseum on the Booneville campus, the 2017 Northeast Missis-

sippi Community College Spring Job Fair has confirmations from over 60 employers that will attend the event. During the 2015 event, Northeast saw 50 employers attend the yearly job fair and the number continues to grow. The last two years have seen an expansion in the broad variety of guest employers who continue to offer Northeast and our students valuable support. The job fair offers an array of employment opportunities to all who attend meeting a great need in the five-county area. Northeast’s Spring Job Fair provides potential candidates a way to effectively network with area employers in a setting that is conducive to the job-hiring process. Prospective job applicants are asked to come dressed for an interview and to have several copies of their up-to-date resume ready to hand to employers at the job fair. For additional information about the fair, please contact Cobb at 662-7207265 or by email at cjcobb@nemcc.edu.

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Deaths Jonnie Felker

Funeral services for Jonnie Rickman Felker, 82, of Corinth, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors Chapel. Burial will be at the Valley of The Dogwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Ms. Felker died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Mississippi Care Center. She was born Dec. 22, 1934, in Alcorn County to the late Jim and Mary Ford Rickman. She was member of the Church of Christ. She had been a resident of Memphis, Tenn., since 1961, moving back to Corinth just a few years ago. She worked in retail sales in Memphis, having worked at Parks Belk and Stein-Mart. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, decorating and spending time with her family. Survivors are her husband of 67 years Herman Felker; son, Tony Felker his wife Kay; grandchildren, Micheal (Sandy) Felker, Emily (Sean) Hudkins; great-grandchildren, Hewson and Adele Felker, Hayden and Logan Hudkins; sister, Margie (Royce) Isom, sister-in-laws, Sue Thompson and Ann Rickman; nephews, Wesley Ross, Millard (Betty) Lothenore, Gary (Kathy) Ross, Dewayne (Kay) Rickman, Jay (Josie) Rickman, Rusty (Mona) Isom and Jimmy Dyson; nieces, Shelia Hopkins and Chere (Michael) Hickman and a host of other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister Marie Dyson and brother, Bud Rickman. Pallbearers are Wesley Ross, Gary Ross, Millard Lothenore, Dewayne Rickman, Jay Isom, Rusty Isom and Jimmy Dyson. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital. Condolences can be left at wwwmcpetersfuneraldirectors.com McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. G.W. Childs will oﬃciate the service.

James Johnson, Jr.

A memorial service will be announced at a later date for James Johnson, Jr., 57, of Corinth, by Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mr. Johnson died Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Corinth. He was born March 6, 1960. He attended Corinth High School, was a contractor, and served in the U.S. Army. He was aﬃliated with Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors are his children James Trey Semaj, Lawrence Johnson and Karnisha Roby; siblings, Delbra Floyd, Brenda Campbell, Shirley Damons, Janice Johnson, Joceslyn Nunn, Terrie Johnson, Venechie Barnett, Chelsa Atkin, and brother, Bobby Johnson. He was preceded in death by his parents Virginia Ann and James Lee Johnson, Sr..; grandparents, Farrie Dilworth, Booker Walker, and Tivie and Willie Johnson; and siblings Nancy and Lawrence Johnson.

Lonnie Mitchell

Funeral services for Lonnie Mitchell, 62, of Corinth, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Pleasant Hill Pentecostal Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and continue Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Mr. Mitchell died Friday, April 14, 2017, at Baptist Hospital in Oxford. Funeral arrangements are with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Vanessa Stubbs

Funeral arrangements are with Patterson Memorial Chapel for Vanessa Stubbs, 55. Ms. Stubbs died Friday, April 7, 2017, in Chicago, Ill. She was born Aug. 6, 1961.

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Delta is letting employees offer customers nearly $10,000 in compensation to give up seats on overbooked flights, hoping to avoid an uproar like the one that erupted at United after a passenger was dragged off a jet. United is taking steps too. It will require employees seeking a seat on a plane to book it at least an hour before departure, a policy that might have prevented last Sunday’s confrontation. Those and other changes show airlines are scrambling to respond to a public-relations nightmare — the video showing airport officers violently yanking and dragging 69-year-old David Dao from his seat on a soldout United Express flight. Dao and three others were ordered off the plane after four airline employ-

ees showed up at the last minute and demanded seats so they could be in place to operate a flight the next day in Louisville, Kentucky. On Friday, a United spokeswoman said the airline changed its policy to require traveling employees to book a flight at least 60 minutes before departure. Had the rule been in place last Sunday, United Express Flight 3411 still would have been overbooked by four seats, but United employees could have dealt with the situation in the gate area instead of on the plane. Delta Air Lines is moving to make it easier to find customers willing to give up their seats. In an internal memo obtained Friday by The Associated Press, Delta said gate agents can oﬀer up to $2,000, up from a previous maximum of $800, and supervisors can offer up to $9,950, up from

$1,350. United said it is reviewing its compensation policies. The airline would not disclose its current payment limit. Other airlines said they were examining their policies. American Airlines updated its rules to say that no passenger who has boarded the plane will be removed to give the seat to someone else. None would describe their limits on paying passengers. When there aren’t enough seats, airlines usually ask for volunteers by oﬀering travel vouchers, gift cards or cash. Last year Delta got more passengers to give up their seats than any other U.S. airline, partly by paying more than most of the others. As a result, it had the lowest rate among the largest U.S. airlines of bumping people oﬀ flights against their will

— something that is legal but alienates customers and requires the airline to pay compensation of up to $1,350 per person. Overselling flights is a fact of life in the airline business. Industry officials say that it is necessary because some passengers don’t show up, and that overbooking keeps fares down by reducing the number of empty seats. The practice has been questioned, however, since video of the United Express incident went viral. United Continental CEO Oscar Munoz’s initial attempts to apologize were roundly criticized. On Friday, company Chairman Robert Milton said the board supported Munoz. “We need to use this regrettable event as a defining moment and pivot oﬀ it to craft friendly policies,” Milton said in a note to employees.

Lawyer: Sanctuary order Trump strategy on involves little funding NKorea: ‘Maximum BY SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s executive order withholding funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities applies to a small pot of grant money, not the billions of dollars that San Francisco and a California county say is at stake for them, a lawyer with the Department of Justice said Friday. Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad Readler made the comments during a court hearing on lawsuits filed by San Francisco and the Silicon Valley county of Santa Clara against Trump’s order targeting so-called sanctuary cities. Readler said the city and county were interpreting the order too broadly. The funding cutoﬀ applies to DOJ and Department of Homeland Security grants contingent on compliance with a federal law that prohibits local governments from refusing to provide people’s immigration status to federal authorities, he said. The order would af-

fect less than $1 million in funding for Santa Clara County and possibly no money for San Francisco, Readler said. “There is no mystery,” he said. The plaintiﬀs have argued that more than $1 billion was at stake for each of them, citing all federal funds they receive for a variety of programs and services. Sarah Eisenberg, a deputy city attorney in San Francisco, disputed Readler’s claim, saying the city has money at stake. Readler’s comments about the money appeared to catch U.S. District Judge William Orrick by surprise. Orrick then questioned the point of the president’s executive order. The administration was using a “bully pulpit” to highlight an issue it cares deeply about, Readler responded. John Keker, an attorney for Santa Clara County, rejected Readler’s interpretation and said the order referred to all federal funds now received by local governments that don’t detain immigrants for possible deportation when they are due for release from jail.

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: “Maximum pressure and engagement.” U.S. officials said Friday the president’s advisers weighed a range of ideas for how to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, including military options and trying to overthrow the isolated communist dictatorship’s leadership. At the other end of the spectrum, they looked at the notion of accepting North Korea as a nuclear state. In the end, however, they settled on a policy that appears to represent continuity. The administration’s emphasis, the officials said, will be on increasing pressure on Pyongyang with the help of China, North Korea’s dominant trade partner. The officials weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the results of the policy review and requested anonymity. The new strategy will be deployed at a time of escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. U.S., South Korean and other officials are closely monitoring the North amid indications it could conduct

another missile test or nuclear explosion to coincide with an important national anniversary this weekend. Pyongyang has undertaken five nuclear tests since 2006. An influential Washington think tank estimated Friday that North Korea could already have up to 30 bombs. The Institute for Science and International Security cited a worrying increase in North Korea’s nuclear program, but said the arsenal may only have been as large as 13 atomic weapons at the end of 2016. Its research suggested a range between 10 and 16 such weapons two years earlier. The institute’s estimates are based on what it believes the North has produced in plutonium and weapons-grade uranium. The margins represent uncertainty as to whether North Korea has one or two uranium enrichment facilities. The North has owned up to one such facility, at its Nyongbyon nuclear complex, but the U.S. government assumes it has more. “The bottom line is that North Korea has an improving nuclear weapons arsenal,” said David Albright, the institute’s president.

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