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Loss of free inmate labor will be costly BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn County is bracing for a major financial hit and loss of free inmate labor if the Mississippi Department of Corrections succeeds in eliminating the Joint State County Work Programs. The county would also be left with a facility it built for the program in 2010 at the request of MDOC when the agency moved the workers out of its Community Work Center. “What I want to know is are they going to live up to their com-

for counties, but local county officials expect to lose the inmate labor. The number of inmates has already been declining at a facility that was built to house 70. “I think we have 34 this morning,” Rinehart said on Monday. The inmate population overall is declining as the number of offenders on supervised release increases. In March, the facility had 56 inmates, which would generate

“What I want to know is are they going to live up to their commitment that they made to these 30 counties. They are the ones that asked for these to be built.” Sheriff Charles Rinehart mitment that they made to these 30 counties,” said Sheriff Charles Rinehart. “They are the ones that asked for these to be built.” During construction of the justice center and regional correctional facility, the county agreed to build a metal building to house

the joint work program inmates at a cost of $840,000. MDOC wanted to shift its Community Work Center facility to the housing of inmates going through alcohol and drug rehabilitation. The sheriff also questions whether MDOC has the author-

ity to drop the program without legislative action. MDOC’s press release announcing plans to end the work program said those inmates will move to the 17 community work centers across the state and will still be available to perform work

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Purchase clerk files retirement papers BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Alaina Gass is escorted around the Cat House by the Fairy Godfather (Jacob Dooley) and Fairy Godmother (Kaylin Lavender) during her Princess Ball.

Princess Ball marks end of treatment

Some funds procured for AC sewage project

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Alaina Gass had a good excuse to put on a dress. The 11-year-old was the main character in a fairy tale complete with 20 Disney princes and princesses as she celebrated her last chemotherapy treatment. Gass and around 20 of her friends were treated to a Princess Ball at the B.F. Liddon Home – or “Cat House” as it is affectionately called – by owner Margaret Mathis on Saturday. “It was her wish to see the house,” said Mathis as she rushed all the characters into place before Gass arrived. “I wanted to do more than just that and thought it would be fun to get the youth group from theatre to be dressed in costume.” Members of the Corinth Theatre-Arts Youth Action Committee gave up a Saturday to surprise Gass and her friends. Gass, the daughter of Chris Gass

Alcorn County officially has a vacancy in the position of purchase clerk. Paul Rhodes had been on administrative leave since last July as a result of his arrest in connection with the state auditor’s investigation of a complaint against Second District Supervisor Dal Nelms. Board Attorney Bill Davis advised the Board of Supervisors of Rhodes’ status change in Monday’s meeting. “I was made aware on May 7 that he had, in fact, filed for his retirement from the county as of Jan. 1,” said Davis. “So, as of May 7 when the county first learned that, he was moved from purchase clerk full-time employee status to retired status.” Part of his leave was paid and part was not.

No action was taken, and Board President Lowell Hinton said supervisors will be taking a look at how best to fill the position. Rhodes’ case is pending in Alcorn County Circuit Court. In other business before the board on Monday, supervisors awarded several small-scale paving jobs on six Fourth District roads to Parsons Earthworks of Iuka. The jobs, with DBST, labor and equipment, include ninetenths of a mile on Road 627, $9,123.84; two-tenths of a mile on Road 628, $2,027.52; three-tenths of a mile on Road 616, $3,041.28; two segments of Road 614 totaling 1.6 miles, $16,220.16; seven-tenths of a mile on Road 602, $7,096.32; and nine-tenths of a mile on Road 635, $9,123.84. Kimes and Stone Construction of Booneville also submitted quotes for the work.

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Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Alaina Gass and her friends were treated to a Princess Ball on Saturday. and Katie Melvin, was almost speechless as she witnessed the 20 characters after arriving via the Crossroads Trolley. “This is really amazing and it is so cool to get to tour the Cat

House with my friends,” said Alaina. “Growing up here and hearing all the legend about the house, I have always wanted to Please see PRINCESS | 2

The process of securing grants to cover the connection of Farmington sewers to the Alcorn Central school campus continues. Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry said he has already successfully secured a sizable amount of funds needed to complete the project. “We have applied for many grants. Some have been approved, but others could take several months to hear an answer,” said Fortenberry. “If we weren’t pretty sure we could get this fully funded, we wouldn’t of approached the school board about it in the first place.” The Alcorn School District

recently granted the city a standard easement to enter into an agreement to connect the school with the city’s sewer. The agreement states if grants to fund the construction and installation of the connection is not secured by the city then the school district is not obligated to follow through with the project. “I think it will happen, but I have no idea how long it will take to get all the funding we need in place,” added Fortenberry. The mayor said he has received help from District 2 Rep. Nick Bain and District 4 U.S. Senator Rita Potts Parks at the state capital. Please see SEWAGE | 2

Fellowship of Christian athletes honoring Shirley with scramble BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Dennis Shirley and Fellowship of Christian Athletes are synonymous around these parts.

The former Corinth High School coach and guidance counselor has shared the gospel with countless students since his involvement with the chapter in 1978.

Those who have been impacted by Shirley will get the chance to honor him during the Modern Woodmen of America/Fellowship of Christian Athletes Dennis Shirley Tribute Tourna-

ment on May 29 at Hillandale Golf Club. “His name represents FCA from beginning to end,” said FCA District 1 Director Mark Boren. “It’s (tournament) a

25 years ago An agreement is formally reached to save the Corinth Depot from demolition. A group of citizens chaired by Johnny Ross, with the cooperation of the Corinth-Alcorn Chamber of Commerce, battled to save the historic landmark from destruction.

tribute to Dennis for his tremendous impact for FCA.” The four-man scramble is open to the first 24 teams. Please see SCRAMBLE | 2

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Columbus man convicted of first-degree murder Associated Press

COLUMBUS — A Columbus man has been sentenced to life in prison after a Lowndes County jury convicted him of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Randall Cooper Jr. was convicted Friday for the fatal shooting

of Virgil Harris in December 2013. Prosecutors say the 23-year-old Harris was shot as he was getting out of vehicle on a city street on Dec. 20, 2013. Authorities say Harris was shot several more times as he lay on the ground.

Prosecutors say Cooper was a passenger in the vehicle and fired the fatal shots. According to local media reports, the defense argued Cooper shot Harris in self-defense because Harris had a gun and had threatened others in the car.

More than 10,700 adults apply for tuition-free tech college Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is taking steps to ensure 55 percent of its residents have a college education by 2025. The Tennessee Reconnect grant is part of Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55 plan that offers eligible Staff photo by Steve Beavers adults the chance to reAlaina Gass has her photo taken with Cinderella (Mallie Kate Williams) during ceive training in nursing, her Princess Ball made possible by B.F. Liddon Home owner Margaret Mathis. cosmetology, early childcare, manufacturing and other programs from a Tennessee College of Applied Technology for free. The Tennessean reports live a restricted live. She Courtyard prior to the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 had to undergo a bone ball at the Cat House. see what it was like in- marrow transplant at Corinth Mayor Tommy side.” St. Jude Children’s Re- Irwin also presented her “It has always been her search Hospital and stay with a pin. Associated Press wish,” added mom Katie. at the Target House for “It’s like a dream GREENVILLE — Sixty“Knowing she was go- an accumulative of 100 come true,” said Alaione years and a day after ing to have a ball here days. na’s grandmother Sheri the U.S. Supreme Court was the only thing that Alaina also wasn’t able Hutto. “I never thought ruled that racial school made her happy this to go out in public or to I would see something segregation was illegal, week.” school. like this.” Mathis was lawyers are presenting Alaina, diagnosed “She is going to be just glad to put a smile clashing visions of what with the life-threatening okay,” said Melvin. “She on so many faces. autoimmune disease was released from St. “I am so ticked we did Hemophagocytic lym- Jude in February.” it,” she said. “I hope it phohistiocytosis on her The family was treated surprised her and was 11th birthday, has had to to a benefit at Franklin glad to help.”

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more than 10,700 adults have applied for the grant, exceeding initial estimates by more than 2,000. The state released the grant application data last week, following Haslam’s statewide campaign encouraging adults to participate. It will take a few weeks for colleges to know how many applicants ultimately will enroll in classes. “I’m not at all concerned about the colleges’ ability to meet the challenge,” Mike Krause, executive

director of the Drive to 55 said. “There’s not a college system better positioned in America than our TCAT system.” The state will pay only tuition and fees that aren’t covered by existing grants and scholarships. Krause said the grant is still projected to cost the state $1.5 million in its first year. Also, $5 million for extra equipment to accommodate more students at TCAT was set aside in this year’s state budget.

Judge to weigh options for Cleveland schools one Mississippi school district must do to live up to that ruling. Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice and private plaintiffs told U.S. District Judge Debra Brown Monday that the 3,700-student

Cleveland school district should consolidate its two middle schools and two high schools. They say that will ensure that D.M. Smith Middle School and East Side High School are no longer all black.

Bibles, I am all for it.” His 25 years of dedication to FCA is a testament the organization makes a difference. “FCA impacts lives,” said Shirley. “It’s a vehicle God used in my life and I want to give back.” These days Shirley stays busy texting Bible verses and thoughts to several people. “I want to be around people and serve Him through those relationships,” he said. “I miss getting out to the schools, but I am hoping to be more active.” Shirley, who helped start FCA chapters at Alcorn Central, Biggersville and Kossuth high schools, has given away over 250 Bibles since 2010 to

coaches in Alcorn, Prentiss and Tishomingo counties – a total of 11 chapters plus Northeast Mississippi Community College. “If you are going to reach kids, you have to reach the coach first,” said Shirley. Although he will not be able to play golf, Shirley said he will be there on May 29. “I wish I could play, but I am going to ride around the course and encourage everyone,” he said. “I want this to be a success for FCA and not about me.” (Sponsorships are available for the scramble. Those interested can contact Boren at 662418-5556 or via email at mboren@fca.org.)

some folks on our behalf,” he said. “I think they understand how important this is to the school.”

Currently an older water treatment plant provides sewer services for all three Alcorn Central campuses.

he figures it would cost $1.165 million to replace those workers with hired laborers at an average pay of $9 an hour plus benefits. The program’s workers man the garbage trucks for the county’s residential garbage collection,

and Board of Supervisors President Lowell Hinton said that could pose a huge challenge for the upcoming county budget. The inmates also provide labor for the City of Corinth, animal shelter, park and other organizations. Rinehart has supplied information about the situation to the local legislative delegation, and supervisors recently passed a resolution opposing the program’s end. MDOC said it is scheduled to come to a close Aug. 1 with a projected annual savings of $3.2 million. MDOC’s announcement said the action is one of several hard decisions new Commissioner Marshall Fisher will make in restructuring the inmate population in response to a population shift.

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Flights will be broken down into coaches, ministers and golfers. Cost is $300 and includes a mulligan and lunch. Registration begins at noon on May 29. Tee time is 1:30 p.m. “The tournament is a way to get FCA more into the community,” said Boren. Shirley, who suffered a stroke on Dec. 12, 2012, remains a vital part of the chapter as a FCA volunteer to coaches, a position he has served in since 2010. “This is a very humbling time for me,” said the former Corinth coach. “If it means more money will be raised to get more

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annual compensation from MDOC to Alcorn County of $408,800. An even bigger loss, Rinehart said, will be the cost to replace the lost labor. Based on 56 inmates,

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 19, the 139th day of 2015. There are 226 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 19, 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” died in Dorset, England, six days after being injured in a motorcycle crash.

On this date: In A.D. 715, Pope Gregory II assumed the papacy. In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery. In 1780, a mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon. In 1913, California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the Webb-Hartley Law prohibiting “aliens ineligible to citizenship” from owning farm land, a measure targeting Asian immigrants, particularly Japanese. In 1924, the Marx Brothers made their Broadway debut in the revue “I’ll Say She Is.” In 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country’s full support in the fight against Japan. In 1958, British actor Ronald Colman died in Santa Barbara, California, at age 67. In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday to You” to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser at New York’s Madison Square Garden. In 1973, Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes, the second of his Triple Crown victories. In 1981, five British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army landmine in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64. Ten years ago: Republicans and Democrats tangled over President George W. Bush’s judicial nominees and the Senate’s filibuster rules, with Democrats accusing Bush of trying to “rewrite the Constitution” and Republicans accusing Democrats of “unprecedented obstruction.” Five years ago: President Barack Obama condemned Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration and pushed instead for a federal fix he said the nation could embrace, showing solidarity with his guest of honor, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who called Arizona’s law discriminatory.

Local/Region Across the Region Chalybeate to hold school reunion CHALYBEATE – Chalybeate school will hold a reunion for everyone who has attended elementary or high school in Chalybeate on Sunday, May 24. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. A potluck lunch will be held at 12:30 p.m. There will be a memorial service at the memorial bell at 1:25 p.m., followed by a program at 2 p.m.

Summer Day Camp to be held SELMER, Tenn. – Summer Day camp will be held at the Selmer Community Center, located at 232 North 5th Street

on Monday, June 1–Friday, July 31. The cost is $50 per week or $12 per day. Arrangements must be made at least 24 hours in advance for meal preparations. Hours are Monday–Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Children must be between the ages of 5 and 13. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Boys & Girls Club registration is on RIPLEY – The Boys & Girls Club of Ripley is now accepting summer registration for youth ages 6–18. The summer program will run Monday, June 8–Friday, July 24. There will be an activity fee

per child. Fees are pro-rated for siblings within the same household. (For more information, contact Unit Director Veronica Gibbs Hoyle at 662-837-9809.)

Miss Rockabilly Pageant at the end of May SELMER, Tenn. – The Miss Rockabilly Pageant will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at the Selmer Civic Center, located at 230 N. 5th Street in Selmer. The pageant is open to girls newborn to 20. The cost is $25 the day of the pageant, (Forms may be obtained at McNairy Regional Alliance in Selmer or by contacting Olivia Hardin at 731-616-1732 for more information.)

BOONEVILLE – The 1st Annual Misfits Relay for Life Ride will held on Saturday, June 6 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, located at 100 Hospital Street in Booneville. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with kick stands to go up at 10 a.m. The cost is $20 per bike for a one-way ride to the destination of choice. Sausage biscuits and drinks

District Attorney dismisses 17 drug cases (Editor’s Note: The following story was compiled by Pamela McRae of the Tishomingo County News and was published on May 14. It is being reprinted with permission.) IUKA -- More than 17 additional Tishomingo County drug cases have been retired by the District Attorney’s office due to what they claim are allegations of misconduct and dishonesty of a law officer who is the principal witness in the cases. According to sources, evidence of possible wrongdoing and misconduct of former Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Jeff Palmer in a previous employment position was brought to light in the Richard Brewer cases retired by the court last week. The prosecution of the Brewer case by the DA was compromised by the allegations against the state’s key witness

Dismissed drug cases (Information provided by the Tishomingo County News) These are the cases retired by Tishomingo County Circuit Court at the request of the DA’s office. Richard Brewer: possession of marijuana with intent; conspiracy to sell marijuana; and extortion. Thomas Bates: conspiracy to manufacture meth. Laurie Brooks: two counts of sale of hydrocodone. Lynette Garland: sale hydrocodone. Haley Walker: two counts of sale of consaid the district attorney’s office. On April 30th, Circuit Court Judge Jim Pounds signed an order releasing the previously sealed records in the Brewer case so that the informa-

trolled substance; possession of control substance w/intent. Josh Freeno: two counts of sale of controlled substance. Ollie R. Loveless: sale of counterfeit substance; sale of CS; possession of controlled substance with /intent. Brent Spaulding: conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Steven Lynn Gray: sale of methadone. Brandon Smith: sale of controlled substance. James Cooksey: sale of controlled substance and sale of oxycodone. Logan Chandler: postion could be used in any other applicable cases involving Palmer. That allowed for the retirement of the 17 additional cases, and more may be included. “We gave the best evi-

session of marijuana with/intent. Marcus Edge: sale of controlled substance; sale of controlled substance; and possession with intent. David Braddock: possession of 1 or 2 precursors; child endangerment Scharlotte Huff: sale of counterfeit substance. Tina Eaton: possession of controlled substance; possession of precursors Lionel Staton: sale of controlled substance, 3 counts. Lavorious Young: possession of controlled substance in correctional facility dence and information we had at the time, and the grand jury thought there was enough evidence to indict these cases,” said Tishomingo County Sheriff Glenn Whitlock. “The sheriff’s

department makes arrests, and gets the indictments; it’s up to the District Attorney’s office to prosecute the cases or not. We certainly did not ask the DA to drop the prosecution of these cases. We can’t make them prosecute or not prosecute.” The allegations are from a Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) investigation of Palmer, from when he worked for that agency, previous to his employment in recent years in Tishomingo County. While at MBN he was accused of forgery in regards to cash buy vouchers, and there is some question of cash from that fund which was unaccounted for, indicate DA office sources. Palmer resigned from MBN in face of the charges. Palmer retired from the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department a few months ago, and is working for Barney’s Equipment, according to reports.

King viewing in Vegas before Mississippi burial Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — A public viewing and private family funeral for blues legend B.B. King will be held in Las Vegas before his body is sent to Mississippi for burial, his business manager said Monday. Fans the world over have been grieving since the guitar genius dubbed the King of the Blues died Thursday at his Las Vegas home at age 89. King will be buried on

the grounds of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, said Allen Hammons, a member of the museum board of directors. The public viewing will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at Palm Mortuary West in Las Vegas, King’s business agent, LaVerne Toney, told The Associated Press. People will be able pass

King’s open casket, but there won’t be seating or a memorial service during the viewing, mortuary manager Matthew Phillips said. A private service for family members will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the larger downtown Palm Mortuary chapel, which seats 400. Toney and Phillips said the media will be excluded. Toney, King’s business manager of 39 years, has

power-of-attorney over King’s affairs. She said she expects by Tuesday to have arrangements for King’s funeral and burial next week in Indianola. King was hospitalized several times in recent weeks before he died of a series of small strokes attributable to his longstanding battle with Type 2 diabetes, his physician and the coroner in Las Vegas said. A hospice nurse and

King’s tour manager and personal assistant, Myron Johnson, were at King’s bedside when he died, said Brent Bryson, a lawyer who represented King in a guardianship dispute with several of the musician’s 11 surviving adult children. King was born as Riley B. King on Sept. 16, 1925, to sharecropper parents. He was married several times and had 15 natural and adopted children.

Pot advocate pulls support for initiative after alleged threat Associated Press

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Michelle Obama is first lady of microaggressions Michelle Obama gave a commencement address at Tuskegee University that was a ringing call for the graduates not to be discouraged by her whining. Much of the first lady’s speech was what is right and Rich proper for a Tuskegee comLowry mencement, drawing on the story of the determination and National Review skill of the Tuskegee Airmen. But she devoted a long passage to her own struggles that was off-key and characteristically self-pitying. Few women in modern America have been the focus of as much adulation as Michelle Obama, a Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate who was making almost $270,000 by the time her husband was elected senator. She is routinely lionized for her beauty and her public spiritedness. Yet the first lady often strikes an aggrieved note when talking about her experience in America (her notorious comment in 2008 was that “for the first time in my adult lifetime I’m really proud of my country.”). Her gloss on the famous Wallis Simpson line is apparently that you can never be too rich, too thin or too easily offended. At Tuskegee, she related a series of inconsequential gibes or perceived insults mostly from 2008 that, for her, loom large enough to share with graduating seniors years later. The first lady cited, for instance, a controversial New Yorker cover during that campaign of her sporting an Angela Davis-style Afro and a gun. The image was meant to satirize “misconceptions and prejudices” about the Obamas, in the words of the publication’s editor, David Remnick. The first lady said that “it knocked me back a bit.” Give her this: Few of us know the pain of being featured on a cover of one of the nation’s most respected magazines in a spoof meant to illustrate how our critics are meanspirited loons. Michelle’s other specific plaints included a barb from Rush Limbaugh, another from Michelle Malkin and a chyron on Fox News. Grim stuff, right? Needless to say, this comes with the territory. No doubt, people will say mean things about Heidi Cruz, too, should her husband become the GOP presidential nominee. After all the outrageous slings and arrows she suffered in the 2008 campaign, Michelle Obama limped into office with a 68-18 favorable rating, according to Gallup. It couldn’t have been easy being showered with such widespread (but, admittedly, not quite universal) acclaim. After six years of partisan warfare waged by and over her husband, Michelle Obama still has a 2-1 favorable rating, and according to a recent YouGov survey is the fifth-most admired woman on the planet, finishing just below Queen Elizabeth II and above Celine Dion. In her Tuskegee address, at least Michelle Obama urged the graduates not to be daunted by slights. Even though she didn’t mention the word, what she was talking about was “microaggressions,” the trendy term on college campuses for often inadvertent offensiveness. The underlying premise of the microaggression is that only people who belong to certain select groups ever suffer indignities or humiliations, when they are, of course, inherent to the human condition. George Orwell once said that every life seen from the inside is a series of defeats. The microaggression, properly understood, is a sign of progress. From chattel slavery to Jim Crow to innocent misunderstandings and occasional rudeness is a vast leap forward. But the logic of the microaggression increasingly defines the Democratic Party, because identity politics needs the oxygen of perpetual grievance. As channeled by Michelle Obama, the party’s animating sentiment is we shall overcome – every insult real or imagined. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

Prayer for today Lord God, may I comprehend the sacredness of friendship. I thank thee for my friends, and for all the beautiful influences which they bring to my life. May I never hold friendship without the sincerity to return it. Correct my faults, and cause me to learn the secret of cheerful endurance, that I may be steadfast. Amen.

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Remembering blues master B.B. King STARKVILLE — One of the things I enjoyed most about doing a few years of talk radio in the state was hearing the reaction of listeners around the state to the “bumper” music that accompanied the show on the SuperTalk Mississippi network. My producer, the very talented Pat LeBlanc, made sure that whatever shortcomings my old show had that the music that played us on and off the air during the three-hour show would be some of the best in the business. The fact that Pat and I had similar tastes in music and that Pat liked to push the envelope between classic blues, jazz and the old standards was simply gravy. Pat introduced my audience to Keb Mo’ and other lesser known contemporary artists. But he also served up a dose of Delta Blues that was simply awesome – and none more memorable than the plaintive sounds of B.B. King’s version of Bessie Smith’s “Backwater Blues.” Smith’s song was about far more than Delta flooding, although rising waters were the premise. The lyrics are haunting and King’s version even more so: “It rained five days, the sky has turned black as

night “Oh, it rained five days. and the sky has turned black as night Sid Salter “ A n d Columnist there’s trouble takin’ place, way down in the lowlands tonight.” Some artists simply sang the blues. B.B. King made his audiences feel the blues, feel it down in their soul. Never was there a sadder, more empathetic voice and never were there more talented hands wringing the blues from an electric guitar he called “Lucille.” I was fortunate to have interviewed King a few times. He was generous, well-read, intelligent and possessed of a marvelous and gentle sense of humor. To say that I was a fan was an understatement, but in my mind King spend his life as one of Mississippi’s greatest ambassadors. His talents were recognized around the globe and his music inspired millions to learn more about the birthplace of the blues in the U.S. and particularly in the Mississippi Delta. “I woke up this mornin’, and I couldn’t get out of my front door

“I woke up this mornin’, and I couldn’t get out of my front door “It was so much trouble, Make a poor man wonder where he wanna go” I saw B.B. King in concert a half-dozen times – the best a 1980 concert in Fulton Chapel on the campus of Ole Miss and the worst his last performance at Mississippi State University in 2011. At the height of his abilities, there wasn’t a better blues singer in the country and not a better blues guitar player on the planet. I also remember King’s brief foray into disco of a sort and a “jerry curl” hairstyle as part of the 1985 movie “Into The Night” with a song by the same name. King did a music video with Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer. At my request, Pat used “Into The Night” in our “bumper” music lineup, but he did so under protest. In the 1990s, King did a show in Forest that had Bobby “Blue” Bland as the opening act. On the bus before the show, it was clear that time and diabetes had begun to extract their toll on King’s energy, his health and his longevity. But when the lights when up and show had begun, King was

again “the blues boy” and a mesmerizing talent. By the time he performed at MSU in 2011, King’s health had deteriorated to the point that he was a shell of himself – with occasional flashes of brilliance interspersed in the growing fog of declining memory. Watching him that night, I thought about his version of “Backwater Blues” that we used to accompany my old radio show: “I climbed up on the high lonely hill, oh, I climbed up on the high old lonely hill “And I looked down at the house, baby, where I used to live.” “Backwater blues caused me to pack my things and go “The backwater blues caused me to pack my things and go “‘Cause my house fell down, and I can’t live there no more.” Rest in peace, Riley B. King. The world will never again see or hear the likes of you. But the world - and especially the Mississippi Delta you never really left - will long remember the house where you used to live. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

British pollsters failed to get it right “The world may have a polling problem.” That’s the headline on a blogpost by Nate Silver, the wunderkind founder of FiveThirthyEight. It was posted on 8:54 the night of May 7, as the counting in the British election was continuing in the small hours of May 8 UK Time. That was an hour after the result in the constituency of Nuneaton made it clear that all the pre-election polls were wrong. Nuneaton, in the Midlands just east of Birmingham, was No. 28 on a list of 42 marginal two-party contests. Projections based on pre-election polls were that Labour would win 35 of these 42 seats. Instead, Conservatives won 34 of them. Nationally, the pre-election polls predicted that Conservatives would win about 280 seats, barely ahead of Labour and far short of a 326-seat majority. The exit poll pegged them at 316. They ended up winning 331. Something similar happened in 1992, when preelection polls showed the two parties tied but Conservatives won by a 7.5-point margin. The most common

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explanation, advanced by Conservative analyst Rob Hayward: “Shy Tories” were unwillMichael ing to tell Barone pollsters they favored the Columnist Conservative Party. British pollsters made adjustments then, but as Hayward notes, they didn’t work this year. Internal party polls apparently did better. American pollster Stanley Greenberg, working for Labour and using a longer questionnaire, found the party’s numbers sagging. Australian consultant Lynton Crosby, running Conservatives’ campaign, assured party leaders they would win 300 seats. Silver correctly points out that Britain isn’t the only country where recent polls have been off. Israeli polls projected that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party would win 22 seats in the Knesset. Instead, it won 30 and Netanyahu formed a government. And writing just after America’s November 2014

off-year elections, Silver concluded that polls tilted toward Democrats. Reviewing the data then, I noted that in seriously contested statewide races, Democrats tended to get percentages of the vote close to their numbers in the polls. But many Republicans, notably in Kansas, Kentucky and Georgia, ran far ahead of the polls. “Shy Republicans,” apparently. Readers may have noticed that all these errors seem to come from one ideological direction. In nations where the dominant media lean left, opinion on the right has been understated in the polls. Evidently, some people don’t want to identify themselves as troglodytes to telephone interviewers or even on robocalls. But, as Silver notes, there are other, not necessarily ideological challenges facing pollsters. Current polling techniques were developed in countries with universal landline telephones and populations that answered the phone. Americans, Britons, Israelis and many others no longer live in such countries. Exit poll interviews have

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tended to tilt Democratic especially, according to a report by the late exit poll pioneer Warren Mitofsky, when the interviewer is a female graduate student. In the 2008 Democratic primaries, exit polls were so heavily tilted toward Barack Obama as to be useless. The massaging gets the results closer to, but not quite on, the mark. On election night 2004 the exit poll showed 51-48 Kerry. The actual result was 51-48 Bush. On election night 2012, the evidently over-massaged exit poll came in 49-49. The actual result was 51-47 Obama. Polling provides useful information, but information whose reliability is often ephemeral and increasingly, it seems, limited. Good luck to British and other pollsters in the continuing struggle to get it right. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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Across The Nation 1 dead as plane crashes in Hawaii HONOLULU — A U.S. military plane crashed and caught fire as it tried to land during training exercises in Hawaii, killing one Marine, injuring 21 other people and sending black smoke billowing into the sky. Their injuries ranged from critical to minor, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific spokesman Capt. Alex Lim said. The tilt-rotor aircraft, which can take off and land like a helicopter but flies like an airplane, had a “hard-landing mishap” around 11:40 a.m. Sunday at Bellows Air Force Station on Oahu, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit said in a statement. The MV-22 Osprey had 22 people aboard — 21 Marines and one Navy corpsman assigned to the unit, spokesman Capt. Brian Block said in an email. The unit is based at Camp Pendleton in California and is in Hawaii for about a week of training. The Osprey was being used for training at the time of the crash, the cause of which was under investigation, Lim said. Kimberly Hynd said she was hiking the popular Lanikai Pillbox Trail and could see three Osprey aircraft performing maneuvers from her vantage point in the hills above the base. She noticed them kicking up dirt but then saw smoke and fire. Hynd, who estimated she was 2 to 3 miles away, didn’t hear the sound of a large crash. “It looked like they were doing some sort of maneuver or formation — and so I was taking pictures of it because usually you can’t see them that close up,” Hynd said. Donald Gahit said he looked outside his house after hearing sirens pass by and saw smoke rising from the air station. “At first I thought it was clouds, but it was moving fast and it was pretty dark,” the Waimanalo resident said. Ospreys may be equipped with radar, lasers and a missile defense system, and each can carry 24 Marines into combat. Built by Boeing Co. and Bell, a unit of Textron

Inc., the Osprey program was nearly scrapped after a history of mechanical failures and two test crashes that killed 23 Marines in 2000. The aircraft have since been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Some Osprey also are helping with earthquake relief efforts in Nepal.

Obama restricts police military gear CAMDEN, N.J. — President Barack Obama says the use of militarized gear by local police departments can give the public the feeling that law enforcement is like “an occupying force.” He says such an image can “alienate and intimidate” people and send the wrong message to the community the police is trying to protect. Obama is cutting back on shipments of military equipment to local police because he says some equipment made for the battlefield is not appropriate for policing. Obama made his announcement in Camden, New Jersey, where he praised police efforts to improve their relationship with a poor community struggling with violence. The announcement came nine months after complaints about officers using riot gear and armored vehicles to confront protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.

Professor marks 100th birthday at Brooklyn Law School NEW YORK — When Brooklyn Law School professors and alumni refer to an “institution,” they might very well be talking about Professor Joseph Crea. Colleagues and friends are gathering Monday to celebrate his 100th birthday at the school where he has taught for over six decades. Crea began working at the law school as a librarian after his 1947 graduation and started teaching the next year. Besides teaching tax, tort, commercial and other aspects of law to generations of students, he wrote a legal research guide and served on a mayoral committee for selecting marshals. Crea taught until September. He continues advising

faculty members, sitting on the admissions committee and attending faculty meetings. His career interest dawned when he found a pile of abandoned law books on a roadside in the 1930s.

Dog food company recalls product over salmonella fears RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — A specialty dog food company is voluntarily recalling a frozen product distributed in four states over fears of possible salmonella contamination. The Food & Drug Administration said last week that Californiabased OC Raw Dog has recalled its Turkey & Produce Raw Frozen Canine Formulation. The recalled formulations were packaged into 6?-pound Doggie Dozen Patties and 5-pound Bulk Bags with sell-by dates of Oct. 8. The products were distributed in Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri and Pennsylvania. The food is sold through independent pet specialty retailers. No illnesses have been reported. The FDA says pets with salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea, fever and vomiting.

Circumcision battle enters federal court WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Arguments that a Florida boy’s impending circumcision amounts to a constitutional issue are being seen with skepticism as a federal judge weighs whether to proceed with the case. Thirty-one-year-old Heather Hironimus has been behind bars since Thursday in a longrunning dispute over the removal of her 4-year-old child’s foreskin. She went missing with the boy nearly three months ago and ignored a state judge’s warning she would be jailed if she didn’t appear in court and give consent for the procedure to proceed. In the first federal hearing in the case Monday in West Palm Beach, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra questioned an attorney for Hironimus incredulously. No ruling was made, and an attorney for the boy’s father said the circumcision was not imminent.

Across The State Slain officer’s name to be added to Pike memorial MAGNOLIA — Pike County will add the names of slain Hattiesburg police Officer Liquori Tate and Hattiesburg paramedic Dennis Rushing, who died in an ambulance wreck, to the county’s law enforcement memorial. Both were from Pike County. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the board voted Friday to pass resolutions commending Rushing, Tate, and Officer Benjamin Deen, who was shot with Tate. Supervisors started Friday’s meeting by praying for the officers’ families. Supervisor Tazwell Bowsky proposed the resolution to honor Tate, Deen and their legacies. Sheriff Mark Shepherd then suggested one for Rushing, who died while responding to a call in Greene County on June 24, 2014. Rushing was the son of Pike County chief sheriff’s deputy Steve Rushing.

Driver killed after truck runs off I-20 BOVINA — The driver of an 18-wheeler was killed after officials say the truck ran off of Interstate 20 in Warren County. WLBT-TV reports the driver died Sunday night after running into a median and striking several trees. Highway Patrol trooper Eric Henry says he was dead at the scene and crews are working to clean up the wreck. The driver’s name

was not immediately released. Henry says the truck was with Big Four Trucking out of Louisiana and was carrying petroleum. The Mississippi Department of Transportation said cleanup will be underway around mile marker eight on I-20 and could take several days.

Licensure hearing moved to June 16 JACKSON — A Mississippi Department of Education hearing on the revocation of the license of a Clarksdale teacher it accuses of cheating on state tests given to students two years ago is now scheduled for June 16. The hearing for Francis Smith-Kemp had been scheduled for this past week. The Clarksdale Press Register reports the state issued an administrative complaint against SmithKemp on April 23, and at that time, schools superintendent Dennis Dupree said he would not remove her from the classroom before her licensure hearing. Smith-Kemp is teaching this year at Oakhurst Intermediate School in Clarksdale, but she was teaching at the city’s Heidelberg Elementary during the 2012-13 year, when the department says she coached students during tests and altered or interfered with their answers.

Pike County plans celebration MAGNOLIA — Pike County is planning bicentennial celebra-

tions including a Dec. 9 ceremony to unveil a historical marker at the original county courthouse in Holmesville. Other celebrations will be in the fall so schools can attend them, Pike County Historical Society president Malcolm Allen told the Enterprise-Journal. The brick courthouse was built in 1848, after a log courthouse burned. “Court was held outside,” Allen said. “There were no courtrooms in these buildings.” The building held a jail and rooms for the chancery and circuit clerks. Court was held whenever a judge passed through. The building is now a community center. The county seat was moved to Magnolia in 1873. On Friday, supervisors approved a proclamation recognizing the anniversary and pledged to buy a $2,000 historical marker. “We’re all committed to this, because you’re not 200 but once,” Board president Chuck Lambert said. Earlier this month, the supervisors approved plans to renovate and maintain the old courthouse. “The structure has got some settlement, causing brick walls to bow and crack, and the floor slab inside the original building has a pretty significant structural crack in the concrete slab,” board president Chuck Lambert said after that meeting. He said the entire project is estimated at $350,000. The county has a $120,000 state grant; the supervisors have committed $50,000 in matching funds.

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THE CITY OF CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCREASE MONTHLY RESIDENTIAL RUBBISH COLLECTION FEE Be it ordained by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Corinth, Mississippi that the Section 14-94(a) of the Ordinances of the City of Corinth be amended to increase the monthly residential rubbish collection fee to $2.75, to read as follows: Sec. 14-94. - Fees (a)As of July 1, 2015 there is hereby fixed and levied against the citizens of the City a garbage and trash collection and disposal monthly charge and/or fixed fee of twelve dollars ($12.00) for residential garbage collection, plus two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) for residential rubbish collection upon each person or family occupying a house or an apartment or house trailer or manufactured home as a residence within the City. Such charge and/or fee is to be added to and billed with the utility bills issued by the gas and water department of the City. In the case of multi-family and/or apartment complexes of nineteen (19) or less units the person to whom the water service meter is registered shall be billed as provided herein. Action will be taken to adopt this amendment at the May 19, 2015 meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen which meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m.in the Boardroom of the Municipal Building at 300 Childs Street.

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Eddie Levell Willis died Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. Arrangements are incomplete with Memorial Funeral Home.

Steve Sexton

WALNUTâ€” Funeral services for Steven Ray â€œSteveâ€? Sexton, 60, are set for 1 p.m. today in the Heritage Chapel of Ripley Funeral Home with burial in Tiplersville Cemetery. Mr. Sexton died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at his home. He was born November 21, 1954 to Billie Doris Barnes Sexton and the late Ray Daniel Sexton. Steve was a member of Tiplersville Baptist Church and worked at Benchcraft for years. He was an avid outdoorsman. Survivors include one daughter, Autumn Sexton of Walnut; his mother, Billie Doris Barnes Sexton of Walnut; his former wife, Charlep Richardson Sexton of Walnut; and two sisters, Patricia Butler (Charles) and Mary Jo Gibbons both of Walnut. He was preceded in death by his father, Ray Daniel Sexton; his paternal grandparents, Thomas and Betty Pickens Sexton; and his maternal grandparents, Limon and Josie Shaw Barnes. Bro. Tim Bass and Bro. Randy Futrell will officiate. Visitation was 5-8 p.m. Monday at Ripley Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.ripleyfuneralhome.com.

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SELMER, Tenn.â€” Funeral services for Lavern Floyd, 62, are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Rest M.B. Church in Guys with burial in St. Rest Cemetery. Mrs. Floyd died Thursday, May 14, 2015 at McNairy Regional Hospital. Born May 28, 1952, she was a graduate of McNairy Co. High School and employed at Walmart as personnel manager. She was a member of St. Rest M.B. Church. Survivors include her husband, Wilbert Floyd; a daughter, Sonjia V. Luster; a step-son, Shawn Walker; siblings, Leora Davis of Selmer, Earline Warren of Michie, Robert Davis of Memphis, Edna Barnette, Clevon Davis, Ethel Clark (Bobby), Nancy Robinson (Henry), Patricia Borner (Willie), Della Ross, Gloria Davis, Willie Davis, Brenda Sebree (Theadies), Linda Davis of Selmer, Sherry Borner of Jackson, Tenn., Glenn Davis of Selmer, Tenn., Christopher Davis of Guys and Ramona Gee of Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cornelius Davis and Earl Davis; grandparents, Quincy Mitchell and Hue Mitchell and Ethel Turner and Van Davis; and a sibling, Columbus Davis. Rev. O.J. Salters will officiate. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. tonight at the church.

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Funeral services for Sam Haynes, 84, are set for 11 a.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home with Bro. Ted Avant officiating. Burial will be in Corinth City Cemetery. Sam was born on March 22, 1931. He died March 17, 2015 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Haynes Sam â€œSamboâ€? was a dearly loved son, husband, father, grandfather and friend. He was a lifelong resident of Corinth and was an elder of the Waldron Street Christian Church. The Haynes family owned the Haynes Dry Cleaners in Corinth until its closing. Sam graduated Corinth High School in 1949. He attended Union University until he joined the Air Force in January of 1951. He was a clerk typist/paymaster in the Air Force while he was stationed in Greenland during the Korean War. Upon discharge he attended and graduated from Delta State University with a B.A. in Business. He went to work for Shainbergâ€™s Department Store in

New Orleans where he met Lee who he married on May 21, 1961. They were married 49Â˝ years until her death in 2010. Sambo managed Shainbergâ€™s Dept. Stores in Little Rock and Corinth until the mid 1980â€™s when the stores were sold. He went to work in management for Wal-Mart in Stuttgart, Ark., Corinth, Iuka and Booneville where he retired in 1994. He enjoyed being a ham radio operator, going to the beach and fishing. Sam was preceded in death by his wife; Lena Lee Haynes, his parents; Alonzo and Annie Mae Haynes, a sister Dorothy Haynes; and his cousin, Roberta Johnson. He is survived by his daughter; Daphne Anglin and husband Perry; a grandson; Brian Anglin and wife LeAnne; a cousin Robert (Bob) Warren and wife Pow; and their children, Aussie and Sydney; and his cousins; Jeff Johnson and wife Cindy and children and Steve Johnson and his wife Coleen and children. Visitation was Monday from 5-9 p.m. and today from 10 a.m. until service time. Memorials may be made to the Waldron St. Christian Church Building Fund. P.O. Box 447 Corinth, MS 38834. Condolences can be left at www. mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com. McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.

Ada Lee Jones

A Celebration of Life for Ada Lee Dyson Jones will be held at noon today at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Warren Jones and Dr. John Boler officiating. Burial will be in Holly Cemetery. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time today. Mrs. Jones died Sunday, Jones May 17, 2015 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was both October 12, 1922, to the late Hershel B. and Nicie Hamilton Dyson. She was the oldest member of Holly Baptist Church where she served as teacher and WMU director. Her own personal ministry was sending cards and writing letters to all her friends and family. She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Smith of Corinth and Kathy Cason and husband Bud of Hammond, La.; a granddaughter, Leigh Ann Stephens and husband Rick; two great-grandsons, Zack Stephens and Jess Stephens all of Corinth; brothers, H.D. Dyson and wife Joyce of Amarillo, Texas and Billy Dyson and wife

Doris of Corinth; sister-in-law, Maurice Dyson of Corinth; and a special friend, Morgan Wilburn of Corinth. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Manley Jonesâ€™ son-in-law, James Smith; sister, Lila Poindexter; and brothers, Leonard Dyson, James Dyson and Gilbert Dyson. Pallbearers are Jeff Bobo, Randy Bobo, Milton Davis, Tim Dixon, Hansford Huff and Greg Younger.

Billy Joe Rushing

Funeral services for Billy Joe Rushing, 44, of Corinth, are set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Mr. Rushing died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at MS Care Center. Born October 1, 1970, he was of the Pentecostal faith. He loved playing electronic games, watching TV, playing bingo and singing. Survivors include his uncle, Charles Rushing of Corinth; aunt, Becky Morelock of Corinth; sister, Ann Miller of Savannah, Tenn.; and cousins and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his mother, Donna Kay Hollins; maternal grandparents, Charles H. Rushing and Faye Carmack; and aunts, Linda Hood and Debra Terry. Bro. Don Chaney and Bro. Trent Spencer will officiate. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Online condolences can be left at www.magnoliafuneralhome. net.

Stephanie Wilson

Celebration of Life services for Stephanie Lynn Wilson are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. C.D. Rickman officiating. Stephanie died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born December 2, 1967 in Memphis, Tenn. to Gerald Wilson and Shirley Crow Wilson. She was a 1986 graduate of Hardin Co. High School and Itawamba Community College with a degree in nursing. She worked as a RN at NMMC Cardiac Institute. She was preceded in death by her brother, Stephen Wilson. She is survived by her daughter, Kara Wilson of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; her parents; niece, Crista (Stephen) Reed; great-nephews, Caleb and Corbin Reed; and a host of other family and friends. Family will receive friends Wednesday at 11 a.m. until service time. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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WE SEE EYES Letting God Speak To Me Through His Word Our loving God sent his Son to die for us. That explains why he has â€œgiven to us all things that pertain to life and godlinessâ€? (2 Peter 1:3). Our goal should be to increase in learning (Pro. 1:5; 9-9). The rich man learned the importance of knowing and obeying Godâ€™s will. He thought his brothers, who had ignored Moses and the prophets, would listen to one who returned from the dead. Abraham said, â€œIf they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the deadâ€? (Luke 16:19-31). Godâ€™s word teaches us to reverence him (Deut. 4:10; Psa. 34:11). Israelâ€™s kings were to make a copy of the law, read it and learn to fear. The people participated in reading the law every seven years so they and their children could learn to fear the Lord and keep his commandments (14:22-23; 17:1420; 31:9-13). Learning the Lordâ€™s will for our lives protects us from our enemies (Psa. 27:11). â€œThe counsel of the Lord stands forever. The plans of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom He has chosen as His own inheritanceâ€? (33:11-12). The singer wanted the Lord to teach him his path (25:3-4). Psalm 119 praises the word of God through the alphabet. The singer desired to learn Godâ€™s will (7, 12, 26, 33, 64, 71, and 108). Moses was to teach Israel statues and judgments (Deut. 4:14). Ezra was a great leader of the returning captives because he, â€œhad prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statues and ordinances in Israelâ€? (Ezra 7:10). Godâ€™s word teaches us what pleases him and produces joy (Col. 1:9-11). Paul said we cannot please men and be servants of Christ (Gal. 1:10; Rom. 8:8). Pleasing God requires faith, which only comes through hearing Godâ€™s word (Heb. 11: Rom. 10:17). So, let us focus on Godâ€™s word. It will free us for eternity. It is said that when the famous missionary, Dr. David Livingstone, started his trek across Africa, he had 73 books in three packs, weighing 180 pounds. After the party had gone 300 miles, Livingstone was obliged to throw away some of the books because of the fatigue of those carrying his baggage. As he continued on his journey his library grew less and less, until he had but one book left- his Bible. Truly, the Bible is the one book humanity cannot do without. One writer said about the Bible, â€œThis Book is the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. â€œIt is the travelerâ€™s map, the pilgrims staff, the pilotâ€™s compass, the soldierâ€™s sword, and the Christianâ€™s character.â€? â€œI will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.â€? Psalm 119: 16

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LOS ANGELES â€” Two extreme athletes in wingsuits who leaped to their deaths from a cliff in Yosemite National Park were trying to fly through a notch in a ridgeline and were airborne for about 15 seconds when they slammed into a rocky outcropping, a friend said Monday.

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