Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The Vicksburg Post
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No new oil drilling 8 dead, transit halted in Europe in Fla., official says Winter freeze
GENEVA (AP) — Heavy snow and subzero temperatures swept across Europe, killing at least eight homeless people in Poland, closing major airports in Britain and Switzerland, and causing delays to rail and road traffic across the continent. In addition to Gatwick, one of Britain’s busiest airports, and Geneva, Switzerland’s second biggest one, Edinburgh airport in Scotland and LyonBron airport in southeastern France were shuttered today as staff struggled to clear the runways of snow. In Poland, police said eight men died Tuesday night after a bitter cold front hit the country, with temperatures falling to around -4 Fahrenheit. Police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski said the men had all been drinking. Sokolowski said the men died in different parts of Poland, where many people freeze to death each winter, mostly homeless people and drunks. The coldest temperature registered Tuesday night was in the eastern Polish city of Bialystok, where it was -15 Fahrenheit. Officials at Gatwick said the airport would remain closed
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Snow-covered planes are parked at Gatwick airport in Horley, England, today. until early Thursday morning, stranding about 600 flights that were to depart today. The airport has added extra staff on the ground working “around the clock” to clear the runways. Passengers were advised not to travel to the airport but to check with their airline or visit Gatwick’s website for updates. The Geneva airport will be closed until this afternoon, said spokesman Bertrand Staempfli. Zurich, Switzerland’s biggest airport, reported delays and cancelations on the day
many VIPs, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, were traveling to FIFA’s headquarters to push their countries’ bids to host the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups. Airport spokeswoman Sonja Zoechling said officials anticipate heavy snowfall there, but expected to keep flights going. The European air traffic control authority Eurocontrol also reported severe delays at Berlin’s Tegel airport and in northern Spain.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Obama administration won’t allow any new oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least the next seven years because of the BP oil spill, a senior administration official told The Associated Press today. The area that includes the waters off Florida’s coast had been considered for drilling as part of the management plan for the Outer Continental Shelf. Just a month before the April spill, the Obama administration had announced plans to allow drilling in the eastern Gulf. “In light of the BP spill, we’ve learned a lot and understand the need to elevate the safety and environmental standards,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision hadn’t been announced yet. “We took a second look at the announced plan and modified it to remove the Eastern Gulf of Mexico from leasing consideration.” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was to discuss the decision this afternoon. The eastern Gulf of Mexico — an area stretching from
125 to 300 miles off Florida’s coast — was singled out for protection by Congress in 2006 as part of a deal with Florida lawmakers that made available 8.3 million acres to oil and gas development in the eastcentral Gulf. The protected region is to remain off limits to energy development until 2022. But the administration had entertained the idea of expanded drilling, until the BP spill that spewed an estimated 172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf. Florida has long banned drilling in its state-controlled waters — those immediately off its shores, before federal jurisdiction takes over farther out — because of fears that a spill would damage its beaches, the state’s biggest tourism draw. But even state lawmakers, including Gov. Charlie Crist, were considering opening those waters to drilling before the spill. Officials for the major oil drillers and firms that service the industry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
seven routes and a Saturday run would save the cash-strapped agency about $90,000. Ridership decreased from 3,470 in October to 2,748 in November, thus decreasing fare revenue. In other business, NRoute’s $50,000 purchase service agreement with Warren-Yazoo Mental Health to transport members of the Milestone Club House to and from the Wisconsin Avenue facility was delayed about a month because of a lack of qualified bus drivers. Bumpers said two applicants declined job offers because of offers from other employers. Currently, the system is seeking drivers for the route for four days a week. WYMH had obtained a $40,000 grant by the Mississippi Department of Trans-
portation with a $10,000 match by the agency to use for transporting clients. The $50,000 flat-fee that was being paid to NRoute in the original agreement was changed to a cost-per-person fare of $4.50 per person. Also on Tuesday, the transportation commission voted to decline the offer of two trolleys through MDOT as part of the American Recovery Reinvestment Act stimulus program. The trolleys were to be used as charter vehicles, which would result in a revenue stream for NRoute, but the commission decided against that because of tough state charter regulations. NRoute began operations in June 2006 as a department of the city, but became an independent utility in February 2007.
Vicksburg; one brother, Kamerrion Savell of Vicksburg; his maternal grandmother, Katherine Savell of Vicksburg; his paternal grandfather, Jessie Lumpkin Jr. of Vicksburg; and his maternal great-grandmother, Janet Savell of Vicksburg. Williams Funeral Service has charge of arrangements.
employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and We Care Community Services of Vicksburg. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Barbara A. Brooks and Ora D. Brooks. Survivors include her husband, Freddie Smith of Vicksburg; a sister, Cynthis Brooks of Houston; and a brother, Rickey Brooks of Jackson. Robbins Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
NRoute Continued from Page A1. nothing going on that shouldn’t have been going on.” Initially, city officials said they would hold the $135,000 allocation until the audits were complete. But on Oct. 28, while the audits were under way, the City Board voted 2-1 to disburse the allocation in 12 monthly installments of $11,250 so NRoute could meet its monthly payroll expenses. On Tuesday night, South Ward Alderman Sid Beauman, who voted against the monthly allocation, said he had not seen the audit report. However, he said, “I’m not surprised a bit. I never thought anything illegal was going on.” Bumpers said the accounting firm listed in the report “minor managerial suggestions” that NRoute would
need to address before an official report is released. Suggestions include stamping an invoice after it has been paid and signing meeting minutes following a commission meeting, among other similar proposals, she said. An official report will be released in about two weeks, after Bumpers makes a written address to the accounting firm. Mayor Paul Winfield also said he would like to review an official report by the auditing agency. “I’m committed to public transit,” he said. “The city will also have recommendations to the agency in addition to the auditor’s recommendations.” The board, in the absence of Beauman, voted Sept. 30 to pay for the audits, which cost about $5,700 each, because
NRoute said it did not have the funds to do so. The city’s funding of NRoute had decreased from $225,000 in fiscal year 2008-09 to about $160,000 last fiscal year. City funding now accounts for about 17 percent of NRoute’s $781,000 annual budget and about two-thirds of that comes from federal and state allocations. Fares account for 7.5 percent and about 5 percent comes from the Warren County Board of Supervisors. The transit system was operating $96,000 in the red at the end of last fiscal year, but two months into the new fiscal year with three service cuts the system is operating in the black, Bumpers said. The system’s current net income is $836.26. Bumpers has said before service cuts of two of the
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R.W. Boydstun R.W. Boydstun died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home. He was 91. Mr. Boydstun was a lawyer and a member of First Baptist Church of Louisville. He served in the Army in World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Coleen Swearingen Boydstun. He is survived by a daughter, Cheryl Boydstun White of Vicksburg; three grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville with Dr. Brett Golson officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Kemper County. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 tonight at the funeral home. A guestbook may be signed at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.
Lanny Roy McCann Lanny Roy McCann died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at his home. He was 68. Mr. McCann was born in Manila, Ark., and had lived in Vicksburg since 1967. He retired from International Paper Co. as a safety director. He was an active member of Oakland Baptist Church where he served as music
director for many years, church treasurer, Sunday school teacher and an active deacon. He also served on the school board of The Learning Garden Preschool. He will be remembered as a loving and devoted husband, father and brother. He loved to play music, fish, golf and watch baseball and football with family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Annah and Pauline McCann; and his sisters, Alice Hinesley, Reba Dame and Ann Mullins. Survivors include his wife, Grace L. McCann of Vicksburg; two sons, Scott D. McCann and wife Kay of Madison and Mark McCann of Vicksburg; a daughter, Tanya Anderson and husband Bill of Vicksburg; a brother, Aubrey Hyatt McCann of Torrington, Wyo.; a sister, Marilyn Yvonne Beard of Longview, Texas; and six grandchildren, Amanda Correro, Nikki McCann, Austin McCann, Jessyca Bryan, Anna Anderson and Sara Anderson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oakland Baptist Church with the Rev. Justin Rhodes officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery, formerly Green Acres Cemetery. Visitation will be tonight from 5 until 8 at Glenwood Funeral Home and Thursday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service. Pallbearers will be Kenny Warner, Ray Sanderson, Dick Muirhead, T.D. Easterling, Bob Bernard and Austin McCann. Honorary pallbearers will
be Caleb Bryan, Martin Pace, Phillip Correro, Mark Holdiness, Joe Johnson, Robert Sibley, Louie Miller, Charles Watson, Dennis Knight, deacons of Oakland Baptist Church, senior golf group at Bovina and friends and musicians of Levi’s.
Sha’Colby Savell Sha’Colby Savell died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, in Little Rock, Ark. He was 3. Sha’Colby was preceded in death by his father, Justin Harris. He is survived by his mother, Amber Savell of
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Service 11 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2010 Oakland Baptist Church Interment Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery Visitation 5 - 8 p.m. Wednesday at Glenwood Funeral Home • 10 a.m. Thursday until the hour of service at the church Memorials Learning Gardens Preschool or Oakland Baptist Church Building Fund 2959 Oak Ridge Road Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183 • Lifeword Media Ministries P. O. Box 6 Conway, Arkansas 72033
Curtisene Brooks Smith Curtisene Brooks Smith died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at her home. She was 55. Mrs. Smith was a former
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Clear tonight, lows in the 20s; clear and sunny Thursday, highs in the 60s
WEATHER This weather package is compiled from historical records and information provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Vicksburg and The Associated Press.
LOCAL FORECAST thursday-friday Clear and sunny lows in the 20s, highs in the 60s
STATE FORECAST TONIGHT Clear, lows in the 20s thursday-friday Clear and sunny lows in the 20s, highs in the 60s
Almanac Highs and Lows High/past 24 hours............. 52º Low/past 24 hours............... 33º Average temperature......... 43º Normal this date................... 52º Record low....22º before 1885 Record high............79º in 1982 Rainfall Recorded at the Vicksburg Water Plant Past 24 hours.................0.0 inch This month................ 0.0 inches Total/year.............. 44.21 inches Normal/month......0.17 inches Normal/year........ 46.29 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife Thursday: A.M. Active............................ 1:20 A.M. Most active................. 7:33 P.M. Active............................. 1:47 P.M. Most active.................. 8:00 Sunrise/sunset Sunset today........................ 4:57 Sunset tomorrow............... 4:57 Sunrise tomorrow.............. 6:47
RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 13.0 | Change: +1.5 Flood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 16.0 | Change: +0.1 Flood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 13.6 | Change: +0.4 Flood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 16.0 | Change: +0.1 Flood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: NA | Change: NA Flood: 12 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 9.6 | Change: +0.3 Flood: 28 feet StEELE BAYOU Land....................................69.6 River....................................60.2
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