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Meeting seeks Glendale School support Elementary School due to Alcorn School District financial problems, she went straight to the source. “I meet with the superintendent and asked if the rumors were true,” said Fiveash. “Once he confirmed it, I knew I had to

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GLEN — Glendale Elementary School parent Jodie Fiveash isn’t going down without a fight. When Fiveash heard rumors of the possible closing of her beloved school along with Rienzi

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do something.” The mom of two GES students is hosting a community meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. today at the Glen Town Hall off U.S. Highway 72. “As a community, I think we have to be proactive and ask for

the truth — we want the facts as to why the school district wants to close our school,” she said. “We want to know if closing Glendale will truly help the district financially.” Fiveash said the community meeting is a chance for both

Glendale and Rienzi supporters to come forward. She hopes to start a community petition asking the district to keep Glendale open. “Hopefully during the meetPlease see MEETING | 5

Kossuth gym could return to use

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In recognition of an honorable past, a dedicated present and an impactful future, the Easom Foundation will resume its Community Fellowship Dinners on Super Bowl Sunday following their break after December for the holiday season. Scheduled to be held from noon until 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at the Easom Community Center, the pre-Super Bowl meal will feature Chef Ben Betts’ famous chicken and dressing, fried or baked baked chicken, meatloaf, green beans, cabbage, creamed potatoes, yeast rolls, chess squares, peach cobbler, iced tea and water. The advance ticket price is $10 for adults and all carryouts and $5 for children under 9 who dine in. “We encourage everyone in the community to dine-in with their family and friends or get a meal to go before they begin their Super Bowl watch parties,” said Easom Outreach Foundation Chairman Samuel Crayton. “We are looking forward to this time of food and fellowship and hope to see everyone there.”

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The popular Grand Illumination event is set to return to Corinth in November to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary.

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Corinth tourism is hitting the road. The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is headed to the Mississippi State Capitol for Corinth Capitol Day on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Constituents from the area plan to let legislators know “It’s More Fun Up North” as they distribute brochures and share the great history of Corinth. “We want to keep legislators informed on what is going on in Corinth,” said tourism director Christy Burns. Representatives with The Alliance, Main Street Corinth, Keep Corinth Beautiful, Magnolia Regional Health Center, Alcorn County Board of Supervisors,

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A local unused school gym may soon see new life. Alcorn School District Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell told members of the school board recently he was in the process of turning the Kossuth Elementary School gym Mitchell into a useable structure again. Condemned in 2012, the gym was said to have noted roof issues which Mitchell said he can’t find. “We have found no evidence White #0023 it should be condemned,” said $ Mitchell. “I,$along with 00 a build350 23,495 or. .......................... per month ing engineer and some maintenance folks haveBlack,been in the Crew, 4x4 #3232 gym’s attic $and we have 00 seen $ 25,795 or. .......................... 387 nothing wrong.” per month Mitchell said there are a few Eddie Bauer, Blue #3876berepairs that must be made $ fore the gym$becomes 418 usable. 27,795 or. .......................... per month “We will of course make those repairs and have Redan engineer #3942 sign off on $ the building00 $ 357 before 23,895 .......................... weor.open it for use,” he added. per month The gym closed shortly after Silver #5656 a new gym was opened across $ 00 $ campus. 19,495 or. .......................... 288 per month In other school board news: ■ Board members have apDiesel. Red #2410 proved the$ new superinten00 36,995dent’s or. .......................... 562 per monthsalary. Mitchell, who replaced oneWhite #4507 term Superintendent of Edu$ 00 $ 234 15,995 or. .......................... cation Gina Rogers Smith earper month lier this month, will take home $98,000 per year. Leather, White #6348 $ to board00 mem$ 26,995 According or. .......................... 405 bers, the yearly salary was the per month same for Smith. Silver #7833 ■ Mitchell requested the $ 00 $ 280 18,995 or. .......................... board approve a change to the per month Coaches Athletic Handbook. The change willWhiteallow stu#5111 $ 00 dents in academic suspension $ 22,995 or. .......................... 342 to participate in sporting pracper month tices. Tan #5923 The policy currently states $ $ 375 00 24,995 or. .......................... students in academic suspenper month sion can’t participate in any sporting event or practice. Black #6009 $ approved00 $ board 358 Mitch23,995 The or. .......................... ell’s request to change the polper month icy. Tan #2757 ■ The board approved award$ 00 $

gifts. Each legislator will receive a “happy” Silver #0076 #5644 on their desk, according$to Burns.Silver 00 $ $ 138 17,895 or. .......................... $ 264 00A member 7,995 of or. .......................... the Senate and House of per month per month Representatives will also be drawn to receive a weekend in Corinth. Red #5745 Black #8952 $ 00“If we $ they can $ $ can get them here, 12,995 or. .......................... 188 11,995 or. .......................... 207 00see all the dining and shopping opportunities per month per month available,” said Burns. “Our goal is to keep Gray #5644 Red #5060 Corinth on their minds.”$ 00 $ 256 10,995 or. .......................... $ 156 00Those$14,995 or. .......................... representing Corinth will take up per month per month two sections of the rotunda of the capitol Red #0346 building. Last year was the first time Gray #0569 in $ $ years in which $ about 10 city took00 part 299 13,895 or. .......................... $ 199 00 16,895 or. .......................... the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in Capitol per month perDay. month Corinth School District and Alcorn School “When we keep our name in front of legRed #2081 #6348 District are also $set to make the trip to the islators,$ it benefits us,” added Burns.Black“This 00 $ 280be00big- 18,495 or. .......................... 273 14,695 or. .......................... 214 is something 18,995which or. .......................... Capitol City. will probably per month per month per month Please see SCHOOLS | 2 The local contingent will come bearing ger next year.” Gray #1832

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Snow, freezing rain fall across Tennessee BY TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press

Capitol visit Corinth Fire Chief Billy R. Briggs III, wife Christy, (right), and (from left), daughters Kaylee Jane Briggs, Cassidy Briggs and Asia Briggs (second from right) visited with Sen. Rita Parks (fourth from left) at the Capitol on Wednesday. Firefighters discussed their legislative wishes with lawmakers.

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ing prior years experience for non-certified staff beginning with the 2016-17 school year. The district will not issue any back pay. ■ The board accepted four donations including the donation of six new laptops and four new iPads from the Mississippi Development Authority.

The new devices will be used in the technology departments throughout the district. Alcorn Central Elementary School received a $665.20 donation from Box Tops for Education for educational supplies and Kossuth Middle School received a $1,000 donation from Modern Woodmen to upgrade the school’s security system.

The United Way said they would make a $750 donation in quarterly payments to the Alcorn County FCCLA chapters. ■ The board approved two parent release requests for ASD students to attend the Corinth School District. One students was also approved for an in-district transfer from Kossuth High School to Biggersville High School. ■ The board approved a slate of staff requests including the retirement of Federal Programs Director Hope Smith. LeeAnn Murrah was also approved for hire by the board. Murrah will act as part-time Data Support Specialist in the district office. Jessica Vaughn’s employment as a Alcorn Central Elementary School special education teacher assistant was also approved. ■ The next board meeting is set for Feb. 8 at 5 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A winter storm hit Nashville earlier than expected on Friday morning, catching many people off guard and causing gridlock on the interstates. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency declared a state of emergency on Thursday afternoon in anticipation of the coming storm, but TEMA spokesman Dean Flener said it caught even him by surprise. Speaking from his car on Friday morning, Flener said he had been stuck on Interstate-40 for two hours on his way into the office. Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Bill Miller said there were crashes reported across the state but the highway patrol was not working any fatal accidents. “In the Nashville area many of the interstates are pure gridlock with the area around down-

town just totally shut down,” Miller said. Meanwhile, state offices across Tennessee were closed, warming stations were open, and the Red Cross had shelters on standby near the interstates. Josh Booker and his fiancee brought their suitcases with them to work Friday morning. They work at a Nashville Waffle House and Booker said the restaurant was putting up employees at a nearby hotel in order to keep the business open 24 hours a day. He said the restaurant should have put them up Thursday night as well because he had a tough time getting in to work on Friday morning. His car eventually got stuck at an intersection just outside the restaurant, but he said about eight people came out and pushed him into the parking lot. A few miles away, Frances Davidson was walking from her apart-

ment past a line of stopped cars to get to a convenience store at a nearby gas station. “I only have a little food in the house,” she said. “I don’t think we’ll be able to get out before Monday. We’ll be stuck for days.” Davidson said she had planned to go shopping Thursday night but put it off until Friday morning because it was raining. When she tried to drive, the car started sliding, so she revised her plans. “This is my first time having to walk to the store in the snow,” she said. Across the state, officials were warning residents to avoid all unnecessary travel. Nashville had about 41⁄2 inches of snow by mid-day with another 1 or 2 inches expected. Memphis saw less snow than predicted, with only about 2 inches. Further north and west of the cities, snow had reached 7 and 8 inches.

brings in people from everywhere,” said Burns. “It is a great opportunity to showcase the history of Corinth and the community is excited about bringing it back.” The Corinth event is one of several being done by the NPS and is part of its public engagement campaign “Find Your Park” which reintroduces national parks to a new generation of Americans.

Grand Illumination will be part of the anniversary of the Battle of Corinth. “Our goal is to make it fresh again,” said Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent Dale Wilkerson. That is just what Burns wants to hear. “The more people we bring in, the better our downtown merchants will do,” she said.

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In 2012, luminaries were placed at the site of Battery Robinett/ Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center and then formed a path into downtown, highlighting antebellum homes, the historic business district, the Contraband Camp and the historic railroad crossing. “Grand Illumination

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Basket fund receives 2 donations The spirit of giving continues into the new year in the Alcorn County area. Two more donations arrived this past week for the 20th Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $25,000 fundraising

goal was set so 1,000 food baskets could be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 5. So far $18,946 has been raised. Recent donations include a $20 anonymous gift; and $100 from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

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Today in History

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Today is Saturday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2016. There are 343 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 23, 1516, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who with his late queen consort, Isabella of Castile, sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, died in Madrigalejo, Spain.

On this date: In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called “Lame Duck Amendment,” was ratified as Missouri approved it. In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In 1960, the U.S. Navyoperated bathyscaphe Trieste carried two men to the deepest known point in the Pacific Ocean, reaching a depth of more than 35,000 feet. In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified as South Dakota became the 38th state to endorse it. In 1968, North Korea seized the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.) In 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War, and would be formally signed four days later in Paris. In 1995, the Supreme Court, in McKennon vs. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., ruled that companies accused of firing employees illegally could not escape liability by later finding a lawful reason to justify the dismissal.

One year ago: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, the powerful U.S. ally who’d fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, died in Riyadh.

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National politics will take the lead early in the year with school board and election commissioner seats and a special election for justice court judge to follow. First up on the election calendar for 2016 is the March 8 presidential primary. Voter turnout in the primary is usually low and Circuit Clerk Mike Kelley said so far he’s not hearing a lot of talk about the races, even with the hotly contested race for the Republican and Democratic nominations making huge headlines nationally. Voters must register by Feb. 6 to participate in the primary. Absentee ballots are due by March 5 with the primary on Tuesday, March 8.

Candidates to appear on the ballot in Mississippi on the Democratic ticket are Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders. On the Republican ticket, candidates are Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, John R. Kasich, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum and Donald J. Trump. The Republican primary will also include a contested race for the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Trent Kelly of Tupelo will face challenger Paul Clever of Olive Branch. Jacob Aaron Owens of Booneville is unopposed in the Democratic primary. The presidential and House

races will move to the November general election ballot along with several local races. The local slate will include the special election for justice court judge north, all election commissioner seats and two seats on the Prentiss County School Board. Up for election on the school board are the District 1 seat currently held by Jason McCoy and the District 2 seat currently held by Sheila Johnson. Qualifying is now open for justice court judge and election commissioner. Election commissioner candidates have until June 6 to qualify. Justice court qualifying continues until Sept. 9. Candidates for school board can begin qualifying on Aug. 10. Qualifying for the board also

concludes on Sept. 9. Candidates who have qualified for justice court judge as of late Tuesday are Joe Grooms, Donna Lambert Inman, Jo Carol Knight, Kevin Lindley, Jeff Prentiss, Billy Sartin and Richard Tollison. In the election commissioner race, Second District election commissioner C.G. “Roddy” Jackson has qualified for reelection. The general election ballot will also include races for the Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. New voters must register by Oct. 8 to vote in the general election. Absentee ballots must be completed by Nov. 5 for the primary on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Across the Region North Mississippi receives about 2 inches of snow Parts of northern Mississippi received up to 2 inches of snow Friday, less than the 3 to 6 inches the weather service had predicted, but enough to make highway conditions dangerous. National Weather Service Meteorologist John Sirmon in Memphis said most of the heavy snowfall remained in Tennessee. Sirmon said Oxford received about 2 inches, downtown and on the University of Mississippi campus. The university and many rural school districts closed Friday, travel problems. A webcam focused on the university’s Quad area showed a blanket of snow Friday morning, but only a couple of people walked across the campus. In downtown Oxford, the William Faulkner statue in the city’s square was covered in light snow. Children at the city’s Avent Park screamed with delight as they played in the snow. As of midmorning, only a light band of snow was moving south of Tupelo, Sirmon said. Sgt. Joey Miller of the Mississippi Highway Patrol’s Troop E said seven weather-related accidents were reported. He said there was one minor injury. “Highway conditions improved faster than expected, but they are still slick,” Miller said. Troopers in Miller’s area have been placed on 12-hour shifts to put more officers on the highways. National Weather Service forecaster Allen Campbell said 10 to 12 homes were damaged near the rural Improve community when a storm system moved over the state Thursday night.

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No injuries were reported. Campbell said a survey term headed to the area Friday to examine the damage and determine if it was caused by a tornado. He said 11 other counties reported tree and power line damage.

SELMER, Tenn. — McNairy County remained in the Top 10 in Tennessee for unemployment in November, according to the numbers released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The county’s jobless rate continues to rise in doublefigures with a .03 percent increase to 10.3 percent for November. McNairy had a job force of 8,770 during the month and 8,070 of those had jobs. This left 700 potential workers without jobs for the month. McNairy County’s economic woes were evident in the number of citizens without jobs for the month.

Booneville to seek 2 percent tourism tax BOONEVILLE — Booneville city leaders are looking to boost community promotion and improvement efforts by raising funds through a proposed tourism tax. Aldermen voted Tuesday to move forward with the process of implementing a 2 percent tax on prepared food and lodging in the city. Mayor Derrick Blythe said Tuesday’s vote by the board is the first step in a long process that begins with the state legislature. The city will now reach out to the local legislative delegation to have a bill introduced in Jackson to authorize the tax. If approved by the legislature, Blythe said the proposal may have to go to voters for a referendum before it takes effect. He said there are multiple references in state law and it’s unclear if a referendum would be required. Booneville’s proposal is modeled after similar taxes in Baldwyn, Tupelo, Corinth and other surrounding areas. Blythe said the funds raised in the first year would be set aside to build up funding for the creation of a tourism department with the goal of better organizing and funding efforts to improve the city and encourage development and visitation.

Mid-South Wedding Show’s Bridal School canceled OLIVE BRANCH — Due to inclement weather, The MidSouth Wedding Show’s Bridal School has cancelled all classes in the Memphis and North Mississippi areas until Monday. (For further information, contact their offices at 901-3686782 or visit the website at www.MidSouthWeddingShow. com).

Paisley to play free concert at The Pavilion OXFORD — Country music fans should make their plans for Sunday night, as The Pavilion at Ole Miss hosts its first concert with Brad Paisley and his Country Nation College Tour presented by Zaxby’s. Admission is free. Singer/songwriter Cam kicks off the night at 7:30 p.m. with

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Clinton’s email scandal turns deadly BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

Two recent developments have transformed Hillary Clinton’s email scandal into a potentially deadly issue. Yesterday, the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community wrote to Senator Richard Burr, R., NC, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to inform him that he had received “two sworn declarations from one [intelligence community] element. These declarations cover several dozen emails containing classified information determined by the IC element to be at the confidential, secret, and top secret/sap levels. According to the declarant, these documents contain information derived from classified IC element sources.” The special access program is a designation that is even more secret than “top secret.” FoxNews explains that “Access to a SAP is restricted to those with a “need-to-know” because exposure of the intelligence would likely reveal the source, putting a method of intelligence collection – or a human asset – at risk.” At the moment, about 1,340 emails that went to or from Secretary Clinton contained material the State Department deems to be “classified.” Clinton says they were not classified when she got or sent them and that their classification is only retroactive. Her critics say she should have recognized them as classified and labeled them so herself, which she is authorized to do. But the fact that she also sent or received SAP material is an even more significant breech of intelligence protocol. This disclosure comes on top of the revelation last week that the FBI is now expanding its investigation of the emails to include evidence of possible corruption at the Clinton Foundation and in the events surrounding the speaking fees earned by the Clintons. Together, these new revelations, both by FoxNews, indicate that the danger for Secretary Clinton has escalated and that the FBI investigation is coming closer to home. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Prayer for today Lord God, I pray that I may not overlook thy blessings of beauty while endeavoring to perform my duties. Guide me that I may not struggle to be where thou wouldst not have me go. Amen.

A verse to share He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” —Revelation 21:5

Food stamps with work element nothing new The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same in our state. One of the federal government reactions to the Great Recession in 2009 was to suspend work requirements for receiving federal welfare payments. That action was justified by the rapid evaporation of jobs and soaring unemployment rates among people who had been gainfully employed all of their working lives. But when the recession was over, states began to reinstate work requirements for those who received food stamps. As of Jan. 1, some 22 states had transitioned from complete or partial waivers of the federal ABAWD (able bodied adults without dependents) requirements to eliminate or greatly decrease those waivers. Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey and Tennessee completely eliminated the waivers on Jan. 1. Alabama, Georgia and 12 other states reduced the waivers on the same date. The waivers were relief from a component of the 1996 federal welfare reforms which required that able bodied adults without dependents were limited to three months on food stamps or the Supplemen-

Keeping in touch State: Sen. Rita Potts Parks Alcorn, Tishomingo, Tippah counties 662-287-6323 (H) 662-415-4793 (cell) rparks@senate.m.s.gov Rep. Nick Bain Alcorn County 662-287-1620 (H) 601-953-2994 (Capitol) nbain@house.ms.gov Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter Alcorn, Tishomingo counties 601-359-3374 (Capitol) 662-427-8281 (H) lcarpenter@huse.ms.gov Rep. William Tracy Arnold Alcorn (Rienzi area), Prentiss counties 662-728-9951 (H) warnold@house.ms.gov All state legislators can be reached via mail: c/o Capitol P.O. Box 1018 Jackson, Miss. 39215 Federal: Office of the late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee 202-225-4306 (Washington D.C.) Fax: 202-225-3549 662-327-0748 (Columbus) Fax: 662-328-5982 U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran 202-224-5054 (Washington D.C.) Fax: 202-224-9450 601-965-4459 (Jackson) 662-236-1018 (Oxford) Sen. Roger Wicker 202- 224-6253 (Washington D.C.) Fax: 202-228-0378 601-965-4644 (Jackson) Fax: 601-965-4007

tal Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. The law stipulates that ABAWD recipients Sid Salter are limited to Columnist three months of SNAP benefits in any 36-month period when they aren’t employed or in a work or training program for at least 20 hours a week. In 1996, then-President Bill Clinton angered fellow Democrats by compromising with Congressional Republicans in signing the so-called “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996” that contained the work requirements – one of the cornerstones of the Republican “Contract with America.” But the 1996 reforms came a year after thenMississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice had implemented a six-county pilot program he called “Work First” that the state’s first GOP governor since Reconstruction claimed would “result in 50 percent of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients getting off welfare and into jobs within three years.” In 1995, The New York

Times reported: “To eliminate what some call the financial incentives that encourage some recipients to remain on welfare, Mississippi is pinning great hopes on an experimental program known as Work First. The program enables Mississippi to seize welfare and food stamp benefits from recipients and offer them as subsidies to employers who hire the recipients.” This exchange was a centerpiece of the newspaper’s story: “‘Fordice’s position is that the only job training that welfare recipients need is a good alarm clock,’ said Rims Barber, executive director of the Mississippi Human Services Agenda, an advocacy group based in Jackson. “But Mr. Fordice, who faces re-election next month, responds that the notion that he cannot be trusted to care for the poor of his state is ‘a disgusting, elitist argument.’” What later happened was that the AFDC program Fordice has targeted was replaced in the 1996 federal reforms by the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program – which was closer to Fordice’s “Work First” program. As part of the federal government’s reaction to work

requirements to receive SNAP, the 2014 federal farm bill provided funding for pilot welfare-to-work programs to a number of states, including Mississippi. In our state, the Mississippi Department of Human Services offered the Mississippi Works Career Assessment Program as a four-week course that claimed to prepare participants for future employment or postsecondary education. So what’s the tale of the tape on SNAP or food stamps in Mississippi? In Fiscal Year 2013, the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, food stamps are about a $1 billion annual expenditure in Mississippi serving a monthly average of some 668,624 Mississippians or around 22 percent of the population. Mississippi’s dubious status as the poorest state in America makes this state ground zero for the SNAP program. In short, changes in food stamp eligibility requirements will be significant in the poorest state in the union. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Republican race heats up while Clinton falters The race for president is accelerating in high gear, or, rather, the races for president – in the Republican and Democratic parties, in the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and primaries and caucuses to come. How’s it going? Let’s look at these separate races. The Iowa Republican caucuses: The polls show a two-way race here between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, with little room for an outsider to crash through to victory as Mike Huckabee did in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012. Each of the poll leaders has recently lobbed a cheap-shot attack on the other, and each slapped the other down in last week’s Fox Business debate. Trump’s coy hints that Cruz may not be a “natural-born citizen” may have rolled back Cruz’s Iowa surge, but Cruz knocked them down convincingly in the debate. But then Cruz slyly charged that Trump embodies, without specifying just how, “New York values,” and Trump responded by reminding everyone of how all Americans admired New Yorkers for their re-

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moderate and/or secular voters. Christie’s blunt style has been effective in numerous town-hall events there, and in the debate Rubio went after him on Common Core, gun control, the Sotomayor Supreme Court appointment and Planned Parenthood. Christie concentrated on sharp, even snide attacks on Barack Obama, hoping Republicans would forget his pre-election-week hug of the president in 2012, and came out strong on foreign policy. But his ridiculing of squabbling senators looks like a process argument that won’t sway votes. Jeb Bush and John Kasich largely ignored their New Hampshire competitors. Bush went after Trump, with solid criticisms of his call for banning Muslims from the country. But did he show the sense of command voters seek in a president? Kasich was less frenetic than in past debates. Both candidates have records in office that deserve respect – but haven’t gotten much of that recently. The Democratic race: January Republican polls look a

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lot like Republican polls in December. January Democratic polls look a lot different from those taken before the two-week holiday blackout period. Before the break Hillary Clinton was leading Bernie Sanders by solid margins nationally and in Iowa, and they were tied in New Hampshire. In January Clinton’s national lead has been cut by two-thirds; she and Sanders are statistically tied in Iowa, and Sanders has a bigger lead in New Hampshire. Clinton continues to hammer Sanders on gun control, the one issue on which he’s to her right, but has done nothing to restore her credibility. Clinton can still win even if she loses Iowa and New Hampshire. But she doesn’t look like a strong nominee. (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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Feared snowstorm grips capital area Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Shoppers raided grocery and hardware stores, bishops excused Catholics from Sunday Mass and the nation’s capital was shutting down Friday as a weekend blizzard began blanketing much of the Eastern United States. The first flakes of what could become two feet or more of wet, driving snow fell in Washington just after 1 p.m. The feared snowstorm sloshed in from the Ohio Valley looking just like the forecasts promised, said Daniel Petersen, a forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. Conditions quickly became treacherous wherever the heavy flakes fell. Arkansas and Tennessee got eight inches, and states across the Deep South grappled with icy, snowcovered roads and power outages. At least eight people died in traffic fatalities in the dangerous weather. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser asked residents to “hunker down” and “shelter in place” through Sunday. “The forecast does not

show any evidence of lightening up,” she said, stressing the “life and death implications.” The good news? Meteorologists appear to have gotten this storm right. Their predictions converged, and millions of people got clear warnings, well in advance. Those blizzard warnings and watches stretch through New York City into New England, stopping just short of Boston, but Washington could get one of its top three storms in history, Peterson said. As food and supplies vanished from store shelves, at least five states and the District of Columbia declared states of emergency. Schools, government offices and transit systems announced early closings throughout the region. Thousands of flights were canceled, colleges called off games, and bands postponed concerts.

As far south as Atlanta, people were urged to go home and stay there to avoid a repeat of the city’s “icepocalypse,” when a fairly light winter storm in 2014 caused commuter chaos for days. All the ingredients have come together for a massive snowfall and gale-force winds, causing white-out conditions and dangerous flooding. The winds initially picked up warm water from the Gulf of Mexico; now the storm is taking much more moisture from the warmerthan-usual Gulf Stream, and swirling slowly over Virginia and Maryland. Snowfall will likely continue for about a day and half in the WashingtonBaltimore area, leaving accumulations of two feet or more wherever high winds don’t blow. Philadelphia could get 12 to 18 inches and New York 8 to 10, although some forecasts suggest even more,

Peterson said. The snowfall could easily cause more than $1 billion in damage, weather service director Louis Uccellini said. Fortunately, temperatures will be just above freezing after the storm passes in most places, and there’s no second storm lurking behind this one, making for a slow and steady melt and less likelihood of more floods, Peterson said. Coastal flooding was the worry in New Jersey. Republican Gov. Chris Christie canceled presidential campaign events Friday and Saturday to return home from New Hampshire, which should be spared from the storm. In Washington, the federal government closed its offices at noon Friday, all mass transit was shutting down through Sunday, and many people stayed home. President Barack Obama was hunkering down at the White House, his spokesman said. As the snow began falling in Arlington, Virginia, the parking lot at a Safeway supermarket looked like the mall at Christmas, with drivers lining up to snag parking spaces.

and, so far, this is all I can come up with.” Mitchell reported earlier this month the district is currently more than $5 million in debt, with an additional $200,000 in interest adding to that total each year if it is not paid off. The new superintendent said he was invited to today’s meeting but won’t be able to attend. Fiveash said she plans to have a second community meeting in hopes Mitchell can attend. Board President Carroll Morton said there has been no discussion about school closing in any public or executive meeting. “I hope the community understands that this board wants all conversions about this matter to be as public as possible,” Morton added. Mitchell plans to ask the board in the Feb. 8 meeting if they want him to continue to work on options to manage the district’s budget which would include the possible closing of the county’s two smallest schools. Fiveash plans to attend the school board meeting. Currently around 140 students attend Rienzi,

while about 150 students attend Glendale. “I have asked the principals to see if we can receive those students in other schools and we have found out we can accommodate them,” said Mitchell. “Of course, we would want students and parents to have a choice of what school they would want to be transferred to.” Mitchell said while it’s hard to talk about closing schools, it might be the only choice. “For example, Rienzi has some of the best test scores in the county, but their teacher-to-student ratio is 11 students to every one teacher, and that makes it harder for the district financially,” he said. Pre-K presents another problem for the district. Currently pre-kindergarten classes are only offered at the Excel By 5 certified campuses of Rienzi, Glendale and Alcorn Central. “At Rienzi and Glendale, we have about 20

pre-K students at each school,” said Mitchell. “We would look at adding a second classroom at Central and adding one at Kossuth.” Last spring, board member Russ Nash commented after a board meeting about consolidating the district to two schools, presumably an Alcorn East at the current Alcorn Central campus and an Alcorn West at the current Kossuth campus. A move like this would include the closing of not only Rienzi and Glendale, but also Biggersville Elementary and Biggersville High School. “I never perceived Biggersville would close, and I don’t think that would be something that would even be considered for several more years,” said Mitchell. “That, just like the closing of any schools in this district, is something the board would decide. It would be a complete financial decision made by the board.”

“The forecast does not show any evidence of lightening up.” Muriel Bowser Washington mayor

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ing someone from Rienzi will step forward to take on the job of collecting signatures in their community,” said Fiveash. “I want to see just how many people in these communities want to figure out how to keep these two wonderful schools open.” One of five candidates who competed for the short-term second district seat on the Alcorn School District Board of Education earlier this week, Fiveash said she invited Superintendent of Education Larry B. Mitchell to the community meeting. “Mr. Mitchell was very willing to talk and listen,” she added. Mitchell confirmed he did have a meeting with Glendale and Rienzi principals. “I never really intended to get off on the possible school closure subject with the principals, but we were talking about finances and began to discuss the reconfiguring of our schools,” he said. “The fact is, we have to study our district to determine how we can save some money to get our debt down. We have to do something ...

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Court: Kansas Constitution protects abortion rights Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-thenation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect, saying in a split but groundbreaking decision that the conservative state’s constitution protects abortion rights independent of the U.S. Constitution. If the 7-7 ruling — released on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision — is allowed to stand, it could upend several other abortion restrictions in Kansas because a key issue in

the case is whether a woman’s right to end her pregnancy is specifically protected by the Kansas Constitution. Seven appellate judges agreed with a county judge who said the Kansas Constitution’s Bill of Rights has general statements about personal liberties that create independent protections for abortion rights. Such a finding would allow the state’s courts to protect those rights more than the federal courts have done, which abortion opponents fear could allow state judges to invalidate restrictions in Kansas that federal courts might allow.

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New York village changing logoÂ WHITESBORO, N.Y â€” An upstate New York village is changing its official logo after the image, which appears to show a white man throttling an Indian, was ridiculed on Comedy Centralâ€™s â€œThe Daily Show.â€? Whitesboro Mayor Patrick Oâ€™Connor says Friday that village officials and members of the nearby Oneida Indian Nation will meet to discuss creation of a new image. The announcement came a day after â€œThe Daily Showâ€? aired a segment filmed on Jan. 11, when villagers voted to keep the traditional logo for its historic value. Oâ€™Connor said the seal shows a historic wrestling match that figured into good relations between early settlers and the Oneidas.

Dress code set for female witnessesÂ TOPEKA, Kan. â€” A dress code imposed by a Kansas Senate committee chairman that prohibits women testifying on bills from wearing low-cut necklines and miniskirts is drawing bipartisan ridicule from female legislators. Sen. Mitch Holmesâ€™ 11-point code of conduct does not include any restrictions on men, who he said needed no instruction on how to look professional, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. â€œOh, for crying out loud, what century is this?â€? Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, said Thursday. Holmes, a 53-yearold Republican from St. John who is chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, said he wrote the instruction because provocatively dressed women are a distraction. The guidelines donâ€™t detail a minimum skirt length or a permissible neckline for blouses. â€œItâ€™s one of those things thatâ€™s hard to define,â€? Holmes said. â€œPut it out there and let people know weâ€™re really looking for you to be addressing the issue rather than trying to distract or bring eyes to yourself.â€?

Holmes said he considered requiring men to wear suits and ties during testimony but decided males didnâ€™t need any guidance. He expects lobbyists to understand the rules when interacting with his committee, although he acknowledged infrequent visitors to the Statehouse might be unaware. Female senators said no one should impose gender-specific demands on those testifying before committees. â€œWhoâ€™s going to define low-cut?â€? said Sen. Vicki Schmidt, a Topeka Republican. â€œDoes it apply to senators?â€? Sen. Carolyn McGinn, a Sedgwick Republican, said people who donâ€™t have clothes that meet Holmesâ€™ standards might be deterred from testifying.

Alabama execution first in 2 years ATMORE, Ala. â€” Here is the latest on the execution of Christopher Eugene Brooks in Alabama. A man convicted of the 1992 rape and beating death of a woman has been put to death in Alabamaâ€™s first execution in more than two years. Authorities say 43-year-old Christopher Eugene Brooks received a lethal injection in a procedure starting at 6:06 p.m. local time Thursday at a state prison in Atmore. Corrections Department spokesman Bob Horton says Brooks was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m. Brooks was condemned for the slaying of 23-year-old Jo Deann Campbell on New Yearâ€™s Eve of that year. Prosecutors said Campbell was beaten in her apartment with a dumbbell and sexually assaulted. Alabamaâ€™s last execution was in 2013. Brooksâ€™ execution was the first using Alabamaâ€™s new lethal drug combination featuring the sedative midazolam.

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sandwich. Police tell KCRA-TV on Thursday that one person walked into the Subway restaurant and got into a dispute with two employees after he was denied a sandwich. Police did not say why the person was denied. Police say the suspect left and returned with three others, and one of the workers was assaulted. The employee had injuries that werenâ€™t life-threatening, but no further details were given. Three men and a woman were arrested on suspicions of various charges including assault, attempted robbery and vandalism.

2 Utah men sue NYC MarathonÂ NEW YORK â€” Two Utah men filed a lawsuit Thursday against the organizers of the wildly popular New York City Marathon, saying the lottery system used to pick entrants for it violates state law. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Charles Konopa and Matthew Clark in federal court in Manhattan. It seeks more than $10 million in damages, double the amount they estimate the New York Road Runners club took in between 2010 and 2015 in nonrefundable fees from anyone looking to take part in its race. Many more people want to run in the annual marathon than there are spots. The New York Road Runners club conducts a lottery to determine who gets an entry and accepts some people who have raised a certain amount of money for specific charities. More than 80 percent of those people in the lottery end up not getting slots. Anyone who registers for the lottery must pay a nonrefundable $11 fee, and there are registration fees for those who get running spots. The organizers refer to the $11 as a processing fee. Konopa entered the lottery in 2014 but didnâ€™t get a spot. Clark entered in 2011 and 2015 and didnâ€™t get a spot either year. The lawsuit said New York stateâ€™s constitution prohibits lotteries from being run by anyone other than the state.

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Hattiesburg fines on wastewaterÂ stop HATTIESBURG â€” The City of Hattiesburg has stopped paying fines to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality over its wastewater treatment plan. The Hattiesburg City Council and Mayor Johnny DuPree received a letter from the agency Wednesday, which explains the city will stop paying $1,500 per day for missing a Sept. 1 deadline to submit a wastewater plan, according to local media outlets. The letter says Hattiesburg owes $18,000 to the department. Council President Kim Bradley said the council has been able to work with the department in the past to mitigate fines, and he is hopeful the same can be done for the $18,000. â€œIâ€™m very excited (that this has been resolved),â€? Bradley said. â€œWe knew that this was going to be the case once the plans were submitted. I regret that it took this long to get the plans to the MDEQ, but a lot of political things going on here in Hattiesburg have put us behind that timeline.â€? The letter means the agency has approved the cityâ€™s wastewater land application system.

Resentencing set in â€™94 beating deathÂ PASCAGOULA â€” Resentencing has been scheduled for a Jackson County man in the 1994 beating deaths of four family members. The Sun Herald reports Stephen Virgil McGilberry is scheduled for resentencing Nov. 14. He was in Jackson County Circuit Court on Thursday. The 37-year-old McGilberry was 16 when he killed his mother, stepfather, sister and her 3-year-old son with a baseball bat. In 1996, a Jackson County jury convicted him and sentenced him to death, but a U.S. Supreme Court barred the death penalty for juveniles. In 2005, McGilberry was re-sentenced to four consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. He won a third chance at sentencing after a 2012 U.S. Supreme

Court ruling found that automatic life sentences for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendmentâ€™s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Pentecostal church in Liberty burns downÂ LIBERTY â€” Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a Pentecostal church in Liberty. Liberty Rural Volunteer Fire Department Chief Murry Toney, who is also the Amite County arson investigator, said there was no obvious cause of Wednesdayâ€™s fire at Liberty Pentecostal Church and no initial indication of foul play. Toney tells The Enterprise-Journal that heâ€™s contacted the state fire marshal since a church was involved. The church is located northwest of town on Highway 567. The 25-plus member church congregation is grieving the loss. â€œMore than a home, itâ€™s where we worship God,â€? said Shawnda Naquin, who reported the blaze just before 1 p.m. â€œVery special. Where I got married. Itâ€™s where my three kids were dedicated.â€? â€œIt was just like our home burned down; thatâ€™s the way I felt,â€? said Angela Robins. â€œItâ€™s like a family,â€? added Debra Robins.

State hopes medians cut highway crashesÂ STARKVILLE â€” Starkvilleâ€™s main commercial artery, Highway 12, is considered one of north Mississippiâ€™s most dangerous roads. Northern District Trans-

portation Commissioner Mike Tagert tells The Commercial Dispatch the Mississippi Department of Transportation officials hope to curb its high accident amounts with landscaped medians. Tagert says the plan calls for replacing portions of the thoroughfareâ€™s continuous twoway turning lane with a raised median. He says the plan was developed after a safety study was conducted and also suggests implementing signal upgrades to help with traffic congestion, driveway modifications and site-specific turning radius improvements. MDOT is aiming to begin construction efforts in 2017, an ambitious goal Tagert said could be made possible since the entire project will occur within public right of way.

Doctor gets prison in pill-ring caseÂ GULFPORT â€” A 56-year-old Mississippi doctor has been sentenced to prison and fined $10,000 for his role in a prescription-pill ring at a Waveland clinic. The Sun Herald reports Dr. Steve Morris III was sentenced to 37 months in prison in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden also ordered three years of probation in a case that centered on activity at Total Health Solutions Inc. Morris, charged with two others in a 57-count indictment, pleaded guilty in October to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance outside the scope of professional medical practice.

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