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County holds agency funds BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

With Alcorn County pinching pennies to make it through the next few months, outside agencies that rely on county funds are forced to join in the belt-tightening. In a tense discussion that turned personal at times, the shelter’s board

president, Kayo McPeters, made a plea on Monday to receive the regular monthly allotments of funding, which have been delayed, to help meet payroll. No action was taken on the request. As it has done in other years, the

“Everybody here knows that the county is having difficult financial times.” Greg Younger Chancery Clerk

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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The spirit of giving this Christmas season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations are now arriving for the 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $23,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets can be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Crossroads Arena. The newspaper has received $1,105 in donations. Donations include $40 from Dean and Jennie Pearce in honor of Christine Greening, Elizabeth Hammon and Mildred Norman; $50 from Flora and Ronnie Brand in honor of great-grandson Andrew; $60 from Margaret Pittman in memory of Arnold and Ruth Pittman; $30 from Barbara Burns O’Finan in honor of CHS Cogo Group, Class of 1975. Christmas Basket Fund donations can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian. Donations can be brought by the newspaper oﬃce or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.:Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.

Visitor’s Bureau. Organizers are oﬀering a total of $1,000 in prize money for the best window paintings. Thirteen winners will see a share of the award money: one first place prize of $250; one second place prize of $150; one third place prize of $100; and ten $50 awards. Each artist will be eligible for one prize. “We need folks to get out there and turn these things in and vote,” said Chartres.

The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors awarded two construction contracts Monday for one of the county’s longest-planned projects — a major upgrade for the Five Points intersection. Parsons Earthworks of Iuka was low bidder for the for the road work at $850,000, and Buz Plaxico Dover Service took the utility relocation portion with a bid of $110,218.97. The junction east of Corinth includes Kendrick Road, Henderson Road, Pittman Road and Farmington Baptist Church Road. The project has had an on-again, oﬀ-again history. First District Supervisor Lowell Hinton, who committed extra funds to make the project happen, is thrilled to see it finally going into the hands of contractors. “A lot of people have anticipated it and have approached me about when we are going to do it,” he said. “I know people are going to be excited.” The five intersecting points will be reduced to four with elimination of the Pittman

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Sixteen-year-old artist Heather Pauss works on the window painting at the Daily Corinthian office. Pauss, a lifelong artist, is a junior at Corinth High School.

Window contest voting begins BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com

It’s time to cast ballots in the inaugural “Deck the Town” holiday-themed window painting contest. “What we’d like to emphasize is for people to go into these businesses and get a ballot,” said contest organizer Tom Chartres, a board member of the Community Development Council. “They can leave it at any other participating business — they don’t have to bring it back where they started.”

The voting period continues until Monday, Dec. 19. Winners will be announced and prizes given on Dec. 21. Winners will be decided by a ballot system. Entries will be listed on a ballot and numbered for identification purposes. Ballots will be available only at participating businesses. Anyone who wants to vote in the contest can pick up a ballot from one of the businesses and submit it at a participating business, The Alliance or the oﬃce of the Corinth Area Convention &

School, ministry team up for Christmas Day meal

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Organizers of the Crossroads Christmas Day meal met for a planning session on Monday at Alcorn Central High School. Shown here (from left) include Sheriff Ben Caldwell, Living Free Ministries founders Tommy and Marea Wilson, Alcorn Central Principal Brandon Quinn and Alcorn Central teachers Amanda Davis and Teena Hatfield.

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com

No one needs to spend Christmas alone. This is the idea that led to the creation of the Crossroads Christmas Day meal. “Whatever the reason is, we don’t want them to spend Christmas by themselves like nobody cares,” said Tommy Wilson, founder of Living Free Ministries, a faith-based addiction recovery center in Corinth. “It doesn’t matter whether they’re an inmate out there wearing green and

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white stripes or a guy wearing a pair of blue jeans.” After four years of holding the annual traditional Christmas meal at Living Free Ministries just oﬀ U.S. Highway 72 behind Magnolia Funeral Home, the event is growing into a new home at Alcorn Central High School. Wilson and his partner in ministry, wife Marea, said it is a great blessing for Alcorn Central to open its doors to the meal.

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ing to be able to make it,” he said. The bulk of the county’s property tax revenue comes in January and early February. He anticipates all payments to agencies will be up to date by the time of the tax collector’s January settlement, which would be around Feb. 10 or 12. “We are by no means singling them out,” Younger said of the animal shelter. “Agencies like the airport, senior citizens center, Red Cross, The Alliance — we’re holding their money as well.” The shelter has one full-time employee, five part-time employees and one on-call worker. “I paid the second payroll out of my pocket in October,” said Charlotte Doehner, the shelter’s volunteer director. “I plan on paying it out of my pocket for this month because I can’t see letting people go in December with no money for Christmas. In January, we are going to be in trouble, and in February, if we don’t get the check, we are going to be in trouble.” Normally, the check from the city covers the first payroll of the month, and the check from the

county has held back some recent payments because it is the slowest time of year for revenue from ad valorem taxation. “Everybody here knows that the county is having diﬃcult financial times, and we are at the most diﬃcult part of the fiscal year from October to January,” said Chancery Clerk Greg Younger. “We barely make it by. Maybe 20 years ago we had a little cushion where we made it by a little bit better, but that cushion has been eaten through for various reasons through the years.” The county recently took on a short-term $600,000 note to help get through until cash flow improves. “The best we can see is we will just barely get by our Dec. 30th payroll,” said Younger. Because of that, the county held the October general fund allotment checks until mid-November. November and December checks are still being held “because we truthfully don’t know if we are go-

county covers the second. There are also veterinary bills and medicine costs. “We’ve had a lot of really sick animals brought in, so our vet bill has been extremely high lately,” said Doehner. The group keeps an active schedule of fundraisers to supplement the government funds. First District Supervisor Lowell Hinton said it is unfair to suggest that the Board of Supervisors holds a grudge against the organization. “There are several other agencies that we haven’t made payments to because we simply don’t have it,” he said. For the current fiscal year, the shelter is funded at $25,000 by the county and has a contract for services with the city for $75,000. Younger said the timing of cash flow is an issue all counties across the state face. Unlike county governments, which get most of their income from property taxes in a short time frame, city governments have the advantage of a steady flow of monthly income from sales tax diversions, he said.

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Jase Payne, 10, of Corinth meets Father Christmas (Portrayed by J.A. Barrett of Walnut).

Santa visits welcome center BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

It was a jovial afternoon, filled with sparkling lights and festive treats as young and old lined up at the Corinth/ Alcorn County Welcome Center to have their pictures taken with Kris Kringle (portrayed by J.A. Barrett of Walnut) during the annual “Cook-

ies & Cocoa with Santa” event. Held Dec. 3, guests at the Holiday Open House enjoyed cookies and hot cocoa, courtesy of Jack’s restaurant as they related their wish lists to Santa. The children also received coloring sheets from one of Santa’s elves (portrayed by Cayla McDowell, 21, of Corinth).

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Road junction. The project also includes reduction of the hill elevation on Kendrick Road west of the intersection to improve visibility. With only $83,000 budgeted in the project for the utility relocation, additional local funding of about $28,000 will be needed, and Hinton offered to cover it. “I’ve got the money in my district funds, and I’m willing to commit those funds to get this project completed,” he said. “It’s been dragging for a number of years now, and it’s time.”

A number of funding sources are involved in the project, including the State Aid Program, Surface Transportation Program and Appalachian Regional Commission. The utility relocation includes Farmington water and Corinth water and gas lines. Other bids on the utility work were Eubank Construction of Booneville, $142,589, and W&T Contracting of Lamar, $220,808. Other bids on the road work were Mike Pittman Construction of Corinth, $869,605.45, and Xcavators of Falkner, $914,520.03.

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Alcorn Central Principal Brandon Quinn said he and his staff had been discussing some way to provide a Christmas meal for the last couple of years. “I went to Tommy and Marea and said, ‘I know you’re doing this. I don’t want to step on your toes. Can we do this together?’ They jumped on board,” said Quinn. “Tommy and Marea work with a lot of these adults, and these adults have kids that we see walking these halls every day. They need meals and they need somewhere to go on Christmas.” Quinn said the school has also received permission to use two buses to pick up kids and parents for the meal. In addition to the people who come to the school, this year’s Christmas meal will feed a group of people who may be having an especially blue Christmas this year — the inmates at the Alcorn County Justice Center. Sheriff Ben Caldwell said programs like Living Free make a great difference in the lives of the people behind bars at the Justice Center. “You can’t have enough of that,” Caldwell said. “It’s just a super, super thing you guys are doing. A lot of these folks in there make mistakes, but they’re not bad folks.” Wilson said they will bring at least 400 plates to the Justice Center to feed the state and local inmates, as well as the employees on duty that day. They will deliver the meals to the Justice Center early in the day, with the Alcorn Central cafeteria opening around 10:30 a.m. for the sit-down

meal which will continue until roughly 3:30 p.m. By all indications, this year’s Christmas Day meal will be the biggest yet. “Last year we had over 500,” said Wilson. “This year we’ll feed over a thousand people that day counting the jail people.” With that many meals to provide, Living Free can use the community’s help in two areas: food and cash. They need any kind of food that would be at home in a traditional Christmas meal as well as homemade desserts. Cash donations are needed for meal-related expenses including cups, paper plates and to-go boxes. Desserts can be dropped oﬀ at Living Free Ministries on Christmas Eve, and food for the Christmas Day meal can be dropped oﬀ early that day at Alcorn Central High School. Marea emphasized that the meal is not just for people who are having problems or struggling, but for anyone who wants to show up. “The main thing about the Christmas Day meal is it doesn’t have anything to do with drugs or alcohol or addiction at all,” she said. “It’s Christmas Day, and we just want to open it up so nobody has to be alone or hungry. Because Christmas is not what it appears on TV and the commercials — but it’s the best day to give hope to somebody.” She added, “That’s what that day is about for me. Sharing some hope.” (For more information, contact Marea Wilson at 662-643-7298 or via email at mareawilson@ comcast.net or by calling Alcorn Central High School at 662-286-8720.)

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Pocahontas man charged with first degree murder MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. – A joint investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and officers from several other west Tennessee law enforcement agencies has resulted in the arrest of a Pocahontas man on a charge of first degree murder. At the request of the office of 24th District Attorney General Matt Stowe, TBI special agents joined officers with the Savannah Police Department, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department and the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department in investigating the shooting death of 26-year-old Brandon Josheau Davis. Around 6:20 a.m. Saturday, officers with the Savannah Police Department responded to a 911 call at an apartment at 120 Robemma Street. When they arrived, they found Davis deceased. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that led them to Billy Lynn Tomlinson as the individual responsible for the death. The agents arrested Tomlinson, 34, on Saturday night. He is charged with one count of first degree murder. He was booked into the Hardin County Detention Center and is being held without bond pending an arraignment.

Today’s Highlights in History: On Dec. 6, 1889, Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans. The Mark Twain novel “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” was first published in England under the title “A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur” (it was published in the U.S. under its more familiar name four days later).

On this date: In 1790, Congress moved to Philadelphia from New York. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it. In 1907, the worst mining disaster in U.S. history occurred as 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia. In 1916, the musical “Her Soldier Boy,” featuring the song “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag,” opened on Broadway. In 1917, some 2,000 people died when an explosives-laden French cargo ship collided with a Norwegian vessel at the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, setting off a blast that devastated the city. In 1939, the Cole Porter musical comedy “Du Barry Was a Lady” opened on Broadway.

Saltillo Two teens killed in Highway 45 wreck SALTILLO – Saltillo High student Kartrell Rivers, 19, and former student Peyton Dyer, 18, were killed in a car accident on Friday night, the school’s principal confirmed. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported the two young men, both of Guntown,

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died in a two-car wreck on Highway 45 in Guntown, said Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green. “As far as young men, they were great kids,” Saltillo High Principal Tim DeVaughn said. “They were very respectful kids. We are definitely very sad as a school and a community that this happened to the two young men. Our hearts go out to the parents, friends and families.” Lee County Superintendent Jimmy Weeks also responded to the tragedy. “Lee County Schools is saddened at the loss of our students in the tragic accident,” Weeks said via email. “My heart goes out to the families of these young men. They are in our prayers.” Authorities believe the wreck happened around 9 p.m. at the intersection of the four-lane and Robison Road, where one car tried to cross the highway and was struck by an 18-wheeler. The wreck is still under investigation.

New Albany 17 landmarks receive state preservation grants NEW ALBANY – Several local historical projects will continue to stand the test of time thanks to grants. On Friday, the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History awarded near $2 million to 17 preservation and restoration projects across the state. In North Mississippi, New Albany’s Union County courthouse will receive $148,800 to restore its metal roof, exterior decorations and masonry. Also receiving funds include Okolona’s Elementary School, $117,600 to help renovate the building and restore its barrel roof; West Point’s Colored High School, $67,210 for roof repair; and Aberdeen’s M&O Depot,

$160,000 for interior and exterior restorations.

Oxford UM offers shadowing health worker course OXFORD – After spending several weeks shadowing area health care professionals, University of Mississippi students interested in similar careers shared highlights of their mentorship experiences this week. The Nov. 29 reception for those enrolled in the fall 2016 Medical Humanities course was held in Bryant Hall gallery on the Oxford campus. Members of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi who mentored the group joined UM administrators, faculty, staff and students for the event, which featured five of the 12 enrolled students making brief presentations. “Our goal was for the students to gain a better understanding of how various factors shape the human experience in illness and in medicine,” said Sarah Moses, assistant professor of religion and course instructor. “Creating this class took lots of work, but hearing these students’ reflections today shows it was well worth the effort.” John Green, professor of sociology and director of both the Center for Population Studies and the new Society and Health minor in the College of Liberal Arts, agreed. “Listening to these students share their reflections is very rewarding,” he said. “We are definitely committed to making this course in the society and health minor a long-term investment.” Medical Humanities, one of two advanced course requirements for the minor, is a combined readings and field experience course in a hospital setting to study the ethical, social and cultural issues in medicine. Additionally, students

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Tupelo City may pay more to show meetings on TV TUPELO – The city may begin paying more money next year to ensure local citizens can watch City Council meetings on television. According to The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, the city of Tupelo and telecommunications company Comcast currently split the cost of airing Tupelo City Council meetings and Planning Commission meetings on cable for local viewers. However, in the course of negotiations over a new franchise agreement with the city, Comcast has determined it will no longer pay these costs. Tupelo and Comcast each currently pay $900 per month to local company Premium Productions, according to Tupelo Chief Operations Officer Don Lewis and Allen Pegues of Premium Productions. Premium Productions provides the equipment and labor needed to televise council and commission meetings. City Council meetings currently air live on Comcast Channel 21 on the first and third Tuesday of each month, Pegues said. Meetings re-air on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the same time slot. Planning Commission meetings don’t air live. Instead, replays occur regularly on Comcast Channel 198, Pegues said. Lewis said plans are underway to keep all meetings on the air, at least for the immediate future.

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Session could see action on schools, roads JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers could be gearing up for the most productive portion of their current term. And, for better or worse, they’re already discussing parts of an ambitious agenda Emily for 2017. The three-month legislaWagster Pettus tive session begins Jan. 3, and it will be the second year of a Capitol Dome four-year term. The first year is a time of adjustment. Freshmen are learning how bills are filed, debated in committees and considered by the full House or Senate. Veteran lawmakers are getting to know their new colleagues. Some newly promoted committee chairmen are becoming familiar with their new roles. In the second and third years, legislators are accustomed to their jobs but are still somewhat insulated from the pressure of seeking re-election. These are generally the most productive years of a term. The fourth year is shaped by elections. A few legislators will opt to retire, some will seek higher oﬃce and most generally run for four more years in the House and Senate. Candidates’ qualifying deadline is March 1, which is two-thirds of the way into the legislative session. Some lawmakers will keep a low profile in hopes of not attracting an opponent, while others will go out of their way to seek attention. It’s an atmosphere that’s often not conducive to getting things done. So, in a four-year term, count on two productive years — including the one coming up. Education funding is already front and center of prep work for 2017. Republican leaders of the House and Senate hired a consulting firm to recommend changes to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which is designed to give schools enough money to meet midlevel academic standards. The formula was put into law by a Democratic-controlled Legislature in 1997 but has been fully funded only two years, regardless of which party has been in control. Short funding has been a constant source of political friction, and there’s no guarantee that writing a new formula will satisfy critics who say Mississippi invests too little money in its public schools. The New Jersey-based consulting firm, EdBuild, is supposed to submit a proposal before the session begins. Debate will begin early in the legislative session because Jan. 31 is the deadline for committees to consider the first round of bills that would make general changes to state law. Transportation will be another big issue for 2017, though there has been less attention so far on what proposals could be considered. Anyone who has driven the bumpy, pothole-infested section of U.S. 49 through Rankin County knows that some Mississippi’s highways are in dire need of work. Bridges are also in bad shape: “What Lies Beneath,” a six-minute video produced by the MDOT, shows rotted timber, rusted metal and other structural problems. The video is posted to the website of Mississippi Economic Council, the state Chamber of Commerce. The MEC plan called “Excelerate” shows that nearly 37,800 miles of state highways and local roads and more than 3,900 state and local bridges were in need of repair as of June 2016. The estimated cost: $6.6 billion. During the 2016 session, MEC advocated spending $375 million a year, for 10 years, on state and local roads and bridges to improve safety and create jobs. But legislative leaders balked at increasing the gasoline tax, and the funding issue remains unresolved. “There is a direct return on investment,” the Excelerate report says. “For an investment of about 37 cents a day, Mississippians over time, as the program is completed, will receive a return of about $1.45 a day in reduced driving costs.” Emily Wagster Pettus has covered Mississippi government and politics since 1994.

Prayer for today My Lord, forgive me if I have allowed bitterness and misery to darken my life, for my soul yearns continually for the light. In thy compassion lead me to the “sunny side of the road where the beautiful flowers grow,” that my path may be made bright and cheerful all the rest of the way. Amen.

A verse to share I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. —Psalm 7:17

No, the swamp won’t be drained It wasn’t quite “build the wall” or “lock her up,” but “drain the swamp” was a signature Donald Trump slogan. It evoked visions of pinstripe-suit-wearing influence peddlers getting pulled from their Georgetown cocktail parties en masse and tossed into the Potomac River, as Washington returned to the once-sleepy burg it was 100 years ago, a humbled and more righteous town. This was always a fantasy. The oldest story in Washington is a new president elected on a pledge to clean up Washington, who then turns to practiced Washington hands and well-connected financiers to help shepherd his administration. It was true of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and now will be true of the even more populist and anti-Washington Donald Trump. The swamp will endure; it always does. This doesn’t mean that a Trump administration can’t make the swamp a little less important. The meaning of “drain the swamp” is pleasingly inexact (Ronald Reagan used the phrase, and so has Nancy Pelosi). The left has, ab-

surdly, chosen to read Trump’s use of the slogan as an implicit pledge not to hire Rich anyone who Lowry is wealthy. So the nomNational inations Review of Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary, Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary and Betsy DeVos as education secretary are criticized as proof Trump never meant it. But Trump obviously didn’t intend to impose a wealth test on his administration, or he would have failed it himself. He is proof that a fortune isn’t necessarily an obstacle to being a champion of an agenda of populist reform. (Although the charge against Mnuchin, who worked for Goldman Sachs for 17 years, has more force. The job of treasury secretary almost seems to be the endowed Goldman Sachs chair of the U.S. government. And you could be forgiven for thinking candidate Trump had a dim view of anyone associated with Goldman, given how he excoriated Ted Cruz -- “pup-

pet!” -- for his connections to the institution.) Trump’s formal antiswamp platform consists of a few more strictures on lobbyists. These proposed rules may be salutary, but they are typical of restrictions periodically imposed in Washington and that lobbyists are expert at getting around and surviving. (What are lobbyists for, if not finding loopholes?) The fact is that in a country with an enormous federal government and a First Amendment that guarantees the right to petition the government, the swamp is always going to be extensive and miasmic. As long as there is so much power and money in D.C., the lobbyists, the consultants, the associations, the media poohbahs, the contractors and the courtiers will gather and jockey for influence here. There is no neutron bomb that can be set oﬀ to vaporize them. A proper anti-swamp agenda should consist of two things. First, and most fundamentally, it should seek to reduce the size of the federal government, and cut regulations and make them as simple as possible. The more government does, the more incentive every

special interest has to hire swamp creatures, for both protection and advantage. And the more complex government is, the more opportunity those creatures have to thrive in niches unknown or poorly understood by everyone except insiders. Second, and more specifically, the federal government should be wrenched out of its cozy relationship with large, established businesses and institutions in areas ranging from health care to finance to education. This agenda would have the advantage of uniting the conservatives (whose animating passion is reducing the size of government) and the populists (whose animating passion is combating a “rigged” system). A number of Trump’s Cabinet picks point in this direction. But it’s not clear where Trump will ultimately go. If he replaces Obama’s liberal industrial policy focused on green energy with his own populist industrial policy focused on traditional manufacturing, as suggested by the Carrier deal, he will just spend and subsidize in different ways. In other words, he won’t truly drain the swamp, but simply feed diﬀerent alligators.

For secretary of state: John Bolton President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering seriously at least two men for the critical position of secretary of state. One, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has divided the Trump team between those who think it is a good idea and those who think Romney’s severe criticism of Trump during the campaign disqualifies him. The other is retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus. A major problem for Petraeus is his mishandling of classified documents, which he reportedly leaked to his biographer-mistress, Paula Broadwell. After Trump hammered Hillary Clinton for her “extremely careless” handling of classified material when she was secretary of state, it would be hypocritical to name Petraeus. Though also in the running, former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani is thought to be running a distant third, if the number of visits in and out of Trump Tower are any indication. So, of the top two contenders, who? How about someone with experience as a diplomat, including within the State Department and

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as a former U.N. ambassador? J o h n Bolton, now a senior fellow at the Cal A m e r i c a n Thomas Enterprise Institute Columnist and a regular commentator on cable news, does not engage in wishful thinking, or project American morals on those who don’t share them. Here is Bolton on the threat of radical Islamic terrorism: “When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.” In his book “Surrendering is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations,” Bolton is unrelenting in his criticism of the toothless UN and of many U.S. policies that have not produced results in America’s best interests -- precisely the attitude of President-elect Trump, who wants to look out for America and its interests first. In this pursuit he is not unlike one of his predecessors, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpat-

rick, who said, “What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an eﬀort at problem-solving.” It is a mugging, and too often it is the United States and Israel who get mugged. Here’s another Bolton quote: “Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage, and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage.” That is the opposite of wishful thinking. In a July 2015 column for the Dallas Morning News, Bolton wrote that it is a fiction to believe Iran won’t violate terms of the nuclear weapons deal it made with the Obama administration. He argues that “snapback” sanctions won’t work because sanctions failed before. He thinks the only option for keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of the ayatollahs is Israel. “However, Iran may well retaliate,” Bolton acknowledges. “At that point, Washington must be ready to immediately resupply Israel for losses incurred by its armed forces in the initial attack, so that Israel will still

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be able to eﬀectively counter Tehran’s proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, which will be its vehicles for retaliation. The United States must also provide muscular political support, explaining that Israel legitimately exercised its inherent right of selfdefense. Whatever Obama’s view, public and congressional support for Israel will be overwhelming.” Who is to blame for this situation? Bolton writes: “American weakness has brought us to this diﬃcult moment. While we obsessed about its economic discomfort, Iran wore its duress with pride. It was never an even match. We now have to rely on a tiny ally to do the job for us. But unless we are ready to accept a nuclear Iran (and, in relatively short order, several other nuclear Middle Eastern states), get ready. The easy ways out disappeared long ago.” This is sober reality and precisely the worldview that is needed at the Department of State. Cal Thomas is the host of “After Hours with Cal Thomas” on the FOX News Channel. Readers may email him at tmseditors@ tribune.com.

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Deaths Robert Charles “Charlie” Claburn

Robert Charles “Charlie” Claburn, 55, of Michie, Tenn. passed away on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at his residence. He was born in Chicago, Ill. on October 17, 1961, and moved to Corinth as a toddler. Charlie graduated from Biggersville High School in Claburn 1979, received an associate’s degree from Northeast Junior College and moved to Michie, Tenn. in his twenties. He retired after 32 1/2 years as a tool & die maker-machinist with Caterpillar-Corinth in the Salvage Development Department. He served with the Mississippi Army Guard and Reserves for 23 1/2 years. Charlie enjoyed spending time with his family, shooting sports, reading, history and his Sunday School class. He was a Christian man by faith and deed and a member of a loving, praying family at First Baptist Church – Counce, Tenn. Visitation is scheduled for 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7 and from 12 noon until l service time on Thursday, Dec. 8 at Magnolia Funeral Home. A celebration of Charlie’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8 at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories oﬃciated by Jim Blaylock and Bro. Jimmie McChristial. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park. Pallbearers include Sammie Carmichael, T.C. Parnell, Fred Sorrell, Danny Rowsey, Brandon Nash and Jessie Wilkins. Honorary Pallbearers include

Lola Bell Conklin

Lola Bell Johnson Holloway Conklin, 92, of Corinth died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 at the MS Care Center in Corinth. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are pending with Magnolia Funeral Home.

Hewell Lambert

BURNSVILLE — A Celebration of Life service for Hewell Dean Lambert, 86 was held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 at New Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church with burial in New Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. Lambert died Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born May 17, 1930, to Govern Hewell and Zula Mae Davis Lambert. He retired as a supervisor from American Motors in Kenosha, Wisc., and was a member of New Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Ollie Ray Lambert; two daughters, Gayla (Dave) Brown and Lisa (David) Ramey; three sons, Gary (Suzanne) Lambert, Larry (Rhonda) Lambert and David (Mara) Lambert; three sisters, Dartha Faye Smith, Eutha Quay Switcher and Selena Kay Crabb; one brother, J.W. (Barbara) Lambert; 15 grandchildren; 20 greatgrandchildren; and one

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Chuck Jones and the Men’s Sunday School Class First Baptist Church – Counce. Those left to honor Charlie’s memory include his wife of 15 1/2 years, Melanie Wray Claburn of Michie, Tenn.; his son, Chase Claburn of Knoxville, Tenn.; his daughter, Reilly Claburn of Michie, Tenn.; his stepson, Allen Millican and future daughter-in-love, Erin Wade of Austin, Texas; his mother, Donna McClintock of Michie, Tenn.; his brother, David Claburn and wife Minda of Maryland; his sister, Liz Taketani of Nashville, Tenn.; his father and mother-in-law, Walker and Sue Wray of Eastview, Tenn.; his sister-in-laws, Dina Wray and Kristie Renfro of Eastview, Tenn.; his nieces, Leiah Claburn and Sarah Taketani and his nephews, Grayson Taketani and Walker Renfro; his special friends/brothers, Danny Rowsey, Chuck Jones, T.C. Parnell and Sammie Carmichael; many, many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and his large family at Caterpillar Reman and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his dad and close friend, Ronald Claburn; and two children prior to their birth. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, Gideon’s International P.O. Box 1603 Corinth, MS 38835or Our Daily Bread Ministries, 85 Belmont St. Savannah, TN 38372. Online condolences may be expressed at magnoliafuneralhome.net.

Ivin Lewis

Funeral service for Ivin Lewis, 86, were held 2 p.m.

great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children, Lucy Trimble Lambert; three brothers-in-law, Arvid “Peanut” Smith, Edward Switcher and Terry Crabb; and one grandson, Wesley Dean Ramey. Bro. Jack Whitley will officiate.

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on Monday, Dec. 5 at Memorial Funeral Home with Bro. Ricky Hutson and Bro. Greg Hisaw oﬃciating. Burial was in the Faulkner Cemetery. Ivin Lewis died Dec. 3, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Lewis Health Center. He was born on March 29, 1930, to the late Jack and Annie Staggs Lewis. Ivin was a retired logger and farmer. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his dog, Bella. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Jessie Lewis; granddaughter, Jena Lewis; parents, Jack and Annie Lewis; sisters, Bernice Manley, Mildred Tyson, Aline Purvis, Frances Mooney, Doris Rose and brothers, Bud Lewis and Tommy Lewis. Ivin is survived by his sons, James (Penny) Lewis, Jerry (Theresa) Lewis, Jackie (Vicki) Lewis, Jason (Laura) Brown and daughters, Janice Brown, Janette Miller, Ganevia (Anthony) Dickey: brother, Welton Lewis; grandchildren, Jennifer Bishop, Jeremy Dickey, josh Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, Jerome Lewis, Jessica Green, Justin Lewis, Jenni Grace Lewis, Sarah Brown, Clayton Brown, Mattie Claire Brown; great-grandchildren, Josey Hopkins, Brylen Butler, Jackson bishop; and a host of other family and friends. Pallbearers are Johnny Bishop, Chris Sides, Josh Lewis, Jerome Lewis; Clayton Brown and Justin Lewis. Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

ald, 84, of Corinth died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Arrangements are pending with Patterson Memorial Chapel.

Leroy Tate

Leroy Tate, 70, of Booneville died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are pending with Patterson Memorial Chapel.

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Millard Gray Babb Jones

Funeral services for Millard Gray Babb Jones, 82, of Corinth will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8 at McPeters Funeral Home with Bro. Warren Jones oﬃciating. Burial will follow in the Valley of the Dogwood Cemetery. Visitation will begin Thursday from 11 until service time at 1 p.m. Ms. Jones died on December 5, 2016. She was born on July 24, 1934, to the late B.G. and Cora Lamb Gray. She was a house wife and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, R.L. Robin Babb and J.C. Jones; sons, Robbie Babb and Greg Babb; son-inlaw, Jerry Whitley; sister, Mamie Kiddy and brothers, Milton, Melvin, and Mancil Gray. Ms. Jones is survived by her daughter, Debbie Whitley of Corinth; grandchildren, Heath Whitley, Heather RodriguezWhitley (William), Shane Babb, and Zann Michael Babb, and great-grandchildren, Talia, Taleiana, Deyvi Rodriguez and Destiny Whitley. Online condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com.

Bill Phillips Sr.

A Celebration of Life service for William M. “Bill” Phillips, Sr. is set for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at First Baptist Church with Bro. Dennis Smith officiating. There will be a private family burial Phillips at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery.

David Allen Wilson

IUKA — David Allen Wilson, 56, of Iuka died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at the Tishomingo Community Living Center. Survivors include his parents, Thomas and Sandra Wilson of Iuka; and

Bill Sr. died Dec. 3, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was born July 27, 1928, in Alcorn County to the late W. T. and Ollie Fare Phillips. A graduate of Kossuth High School and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of First Baptist Church of Corinth. He was owner and operator of Phillips Brothers Truck Stop and Motel and the Co-owner of Phillips Motors Inc. of Corinth. He loved his wife, family, sports and politics. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Lotta Hopkins; and his brothers, The Rev. Harry K. Phillips, Thomas Hal Phillips and Rubel L. Phillips. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Joan Mills Phillips; daughters, Lisa Phillips and Wendy (Deron) Lacy; son, Bill (Shelly) Phillips, Jr.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and a host of other family and friends. Pallbearers are Bill Phillips Jr., Will Phillips, Beau Wroten, Conner Wroten, Deron lacy and Zane Elliott. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until service Wednesday at First Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers donations in honor of Mr. Phillips, the family requests that memorials be made to the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery Maintenance Fund c/o Sandy Coleman Mitchell, Treasurer at 95 CR 633 Corinth, MS. 38834. Condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors. McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.

two brothers, Brent Wilson of Clarksville, Tenn., and Jason Wilson of San Diego, Ca. He was preceded in death by a sister, Dawn Marie and two brothers, Scott Allen Wilson and Craig Allen Wilson.

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MRHC adds Merry Market to Winter Wonderland BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Winter Wonderland is back and better than ever. The annual Magnolia Regional Health Center fundraiser event returns to the Crossroads Arena on Saturday and, new this year, will also include a preview day on Friday. “Winter Wonderland oﬀers our communities holiday cheer and fun in appreciation for choosing us for their healthcare needs,” said organizer Tracy Moore. “The annual event hosts a variety of activities, like complementary pictures with Santa, a ride on the Magnolia Express Train and snacks and goodies for everyone.” Moore said she’s most excited about the newest addition

to the event – the Merry Merchants Market. “The market will feature local vendors ready for holiday shoppers,” she said. “As always, there will also be a silent auction of our holiday decorations, trees and wreathes.” The weekend kicks oﬀ on Friday from 4 until 8 p.m. on the north side (back) of the arena with the Merry Market preshopping event and silent auc-

tion preview. Admission on Friday is $5. “For those who just can’t wait or want to avoid the large crowd, the Friday night event will oﬀer holiday shoppers the opportunity to shop without the hustle and bustle of the full Winter Wonderland event on Saturday” said Moore. The MRHC Carolers will provide holiday entertainment, as well. The fun gets started on Saturday from 8 to 9 a.m. with a special needs and sensory friendly hour of dimmer lights and lower volume. Santa will be available for complementary photos. Snacks, goodies, toys and games will be available and the Merry Market will be open for business.

Charter schools to expand Associated Press

JACKSON — Two Mississippi charter schools have gotten approval Monday to expand enrollments, despite concerns over low test scores in one school’s first year of operation. The Charter School Authorizer Board approved plans for RePub-

lic Schools to expand its two middle schools in Jackson to 600 students apiece. Serving grades 5-8, ReImagine Prep is currently capped at 440 students overall and Smilow Prep is capped at 476 students. Outgoing CEO Ravi Gupta told the board that the schools are getting

more applications than there are currently slots, especially at the sixth grade level, where he said there’s a 51-student waiting list at ReImagine Prep in south Jackson. “We have really high demand starting in the sixth grade,” he said. ReImagine Prep is in its second year, while Smilow Prep opened in August. Results discussed Monday by the board showed that while ReImagine Prep outperformed students in the Jackson public school district in math, its test results were lower in English language arts. That led to questions from the board about whether RePublic should get to serve more students. “Do you think that expanding enrollment at this time will impact further on not getting the test scores up?” asked board member Karen Elam of Oxford.

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ery age from writing a letter to Santa to holiday shopping,” said Moore. Concessions will be available for purchase on the top concourse and complementary snacks and goodies will be available on the arena floor. Commemorative t-shirts will also be available for purchase. All proceeds from this event benefit the non-profit Magnolia Foundation’s newest project – the Thomas L. Sweat, MD Health Education Center Building Fund. (Vendor space is still available for the Merry Market. For more information on the market or for other Winter Wonderland questions, contact Moore at tmoore@mrhc.org or 662-293-7664.)

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Susie Bardwell Frost Schmucker

Funeral services for Susie Bardwell Frost Schmucker, 83, of Centerville, Utah is set for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6 and from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Mrs. Schucker died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Bountiful Utah. He was born Dec. 22, 1932, and was a member of Gaines Chapel United Schmucker Methodist Church more recently, the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints. Mrs. Schmucker was employed with the Department if Human Services in Corinth. She loved her family, enjoyed oil painting, flowers, plants and being outdoors with nature. Survivors include her husband of five years, Herman “Mike” Schmucker of Centerville, Utah; her son, Horace David Frost (Lynn Frost) of Corinth; her daughter, Sharon “Raye” Frost Whitaker (Boyd Blackwell) and Susan “ Kaye” Frost Robertson (Jerry) of Corinth; 10 grandchildren, Brandon Robertson (Jessica), Blake Robertson, Brittney Robertson Terry (Jeremy), B. J. Blackwell (Brittanie), Patty Sue Blackwell, Horace David Frost II, Jonathan Michael Crow, Michael Clay Evetts, Cheyenne Maureen Frost (Payton Lewis) , and Bobbie Jo Wilbanks; 12 great-grandchildren, Reece Robertson, Riley Robertson, Mattie Kayte Robertson, J. B. Terry, Jaxon Levi Lewis, Brooke Swindoll, Jaxon Kyle Noble, John Keith Noble, Nathan Adams, Logan Adams, McKenzie Hardin, and Konner Tapp; her sister, Sylvia Bardwell Delaney of Fayetteville, Ark.; other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her first husband of 45 years, Horace K. “Jack” Frost; her father, Ernest Bardwell and her mother, Susie Hudson Bardwell McCardle; her brothers-in-law, David Del-

aney and Claude Holland; and her sister, Bobbie Holland. The Rev. Trey Lambert and Dr. Leonard Pratt will oﬃciate.

Tommie Wallace

A Celebration of Life service for Tommie Neal Wallace, 74, of Corinth is set for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at Farmington Baptist Church with Bro. Jared Cox oﬃciating. Burial will be in the Forrest Memorial Park. Tommie died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Region One Health in Memphis, Tenn. He was born June 4, 1942, in Alcorn County to the late Vance and Eva Wallace. He was a long time member of Farmington Baptist Church, retired truck driver for Overnite Wallace Freight. Tommie was a 32nd degree Mason with Corinth Lodge 116. He enjoyed his John Deere tractor, bluegrass and watching John Wayne movies. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Hastings Wallace; his brother, Bobby Wallace and sisters Opal Pace and Maxine Wilbanks. Survivors include his wife, Judy Phillips Wallace; sons, Greg (April) Wallace, Matthew Wallace; daughter, Sunya (Dickey) Reed; step-children, Joseph Carter, Tracy (Dewayne) Climer, Tina Carter, Marie (Jeremy) Holland; brothers, Buddy Wallace, Billy Wallace and sister, Betty Byrd; grandchildren, Brian Reed, Colton (Tiﬀany) Reed, Laney Wallace, Lindsey Wallace, Caitlyn Thweatt and Tyler Thweatt; step-grandchildren, Noah Holt, Seraphina Climer and Makana Carter; and a host of other family and friends. The family will receive friends from 12 p.m. noon until service time at Farmington Baptist Church. Condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com McPeters Inc. Funeral

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An employees and their families only hour will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, ahead of the public opening of the event at 10 a.m. The event will close at 2 p.m. “Admission to the activities on Saturday is free, but we ask that everyone bring a nonperishable food item for the Amen Food Pantry to help stock their shelves for the holiday season,” said Moore. Saturday events include Merry Market vendors, complementary photos with Santa, crafts at Santa’s Workshop, rides on the Magnolia Express Train, the Elf Exercise Park and the silent auction on Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths and Christmas decorations. “There are activities for ev-

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God has always given adequate instruction to His people. The Hebrew writer stated that God “Spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...” (Heb. 1:1-2). Adam and Eve were given thorough instruction as to the single prohibition of not eating the fruit of the tree in the center of the garden of Eden. Noah was given sufficient details as to the construction of the ark, to the saving of his family from the impending flood. Moses, Abraham, and many others serve as lessons whereby we may learn (Rom. 15:4). Then as we view briefly various events and individuals that we find contained in the testament, we notice even further how God has loved and instructed His people. Saul of Tarsus simply asked, “What wilt thou have me to do?” The Lord answered with instruction. Remember the chosen twelve and the many ways our Savior taught to enable them to fulfill the needed work. We pilgrims and sojourners in the twentieth century are likewise given “instruction in righteousness” (II Tim. 3:16-17). God has provided His perfect will (James 1:25) for all who will hear (Rev. 2:7, 11) and obey (Matt 7:21; Heb. 5:8-9). Righteousness: one of many qualities of our Father in heaven; just; holy; uprightness and justice in our dealings with man and in the sight of God; acts of piety coming for a sincere desire for God’s honor and the good of His people; holliness of life and conversation. God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit have provided for our instruction. John 14:26 clearly declare the word of Jesus before He departed from this earth: But the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

In John 16 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth,” “I will send him (the Comforter) unto you,” “he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness,” “he will guide you in all truth” (John 16:7, 8, 13). Jude 3 states the gospel (truth) “was once delivered unto the saints.” Jehovah God hath “given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness’ (II Pet. 1:3). We are instructed to “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth” (John 17:17). It is the instruction of God that we can “know” and that which “shall make you free” (John 8:32). If we are traveling to an unfamiliar area, and we ask for instruction to enable us to arrive at our desired destination, how utterly foolish we would be if we did not follow that instruction. Likewise, we are so foolish and unwise if we fail to follow the will of the Father (Matt 7:21). Jesus asked a question, in Luke 6:46. “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thnaked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire climbed to 36 Monday with more bodies still feared buried in the blackened ruins, and families anxiously awaited word of their missing loved ones. The laborious job of digging with shovels and buckets was suspended overnight because of a dangerously unstable wall but resumed midmorning. Oﬃcials said 70 percent of the building had been searched. Flames tore through the building, known as the “Ghost Ship,” during a dance party Friday night. The cluttered warehouse had been converted to artists’ studios and illegal living spaces, and former denizens said it was a death trap of piled wood, furniture, snaking electrical cords and only two exits. It was the most lethal building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade. Authorities have identified at least 11 of the bodies but withheld some of the names. Those whose identities were yet to be released included a 17-year-old and the son of a sheriﬀ’s deputy, authorities said.

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