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Today in history Today is Tuesday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2014. There are 337 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
On this date: In A.D. 814, Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne died in Aachen in present-day Germany. In 1547, England’s King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI. In 1813, the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen was first published anonymously in London. In 1853, Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti was born in Havana. In 1909, the United States withdrew its forces from Cuba as Jose Miguel Gomez became president. In 1915, the United States Coast Guard was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill merging the LifeSaving Service and Revenue Cutter Service. In 1939, Irish poetdramatist William Butler Yeats died in Menton, France. In 1945, during World War II, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road. In 1958, Elvis Presley made his first national TV appearance on “Stage Show,” a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. In 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War. In 1980, six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats. In 1982, Italian antiterrorism forces rescued U.S. Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier, 42 days after he had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades. Ten years ago: British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a legal victory when a judge said the BBC was wrong to report the government had “sexed up” intelligence to justify war in Iraq. Former U.S. Navy commander Lloyd “Pete” Bucher, who’d helped his USS Pueblo crew survive brutal captivity in North Korea, then faced criticism back home, died in Poway, Calif., at age 76. Five years ago: In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved, 244188, a huge $819 billion stimulus bill with Republicans unanimous in opposition despite Obama’s pleas for bipartisan support. Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell died in Orange Park, Fla., at age 56. One year ago: Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu after al-Qaida-linked militants who’d ruled the outpost by fear for nearly 10 months fled into the desert.
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Kossuth Elementary names honor roll First Grade:All As: Brady Bobo,Ethan Bradley,Hunter Bright,Christopher Brown,Addyson Burse, Kaden Crum,Victoria Fields, Ava Fortune, Calli Garner, Meredith Gillmore, Zander Gomez, Drew Hebert, Case Hilliard,Claire Hopper, Clara Johnsey, Nellie Johnson, Hunter Matheny, Kalee, Mayo, Kate Mccormick, Lanie Moore, William Nails, Brady Null, Maddox Rickman, Chloe Seals, Brooks Smith, Jeremy Spencer, Macie Starling, Eva Yelverton; A and Bs:Lily Anderson, Brody Bobo, Brianna Burcham, Sarah Childs, Breannah Clark, Brady Crabb, Emma Crabb, Kadence Crawford, Christina Credille, Brandon Crump,Morgan Dixon, Joshua Dunahue, Cade Essary, Madeline Gifford, Sarah Green, Micah Haire, Ryan Hall.
Austyn Hicks, Jordan Hodge, Ben Hopper, Jayden Jones, Carter Mcneese, Hayden Miles, Ella Mills, Ethan Mitchell, Tyler Mitchell, Lindsey Parker, Braden Pittman, Melissa Schneider, Madison Searcy, Alyssa Settlemires, Hannah Spencer, Olivia Spencer, Tyler Stephenson, Lauren Trantham, Aiden Turner, Jacob Waldrep, Claudia Wammack, Alyson, Wilson, Katelyn Wilson Second Grade:All As: Lilianna Beecham, Aiden Bobo, Eli Cooper, Jacob Eaton, Emilie Evetts, John Thomas Gaines, Sally Gardner, Marleigh Garner, Body Hajek, Peyton Henry, Macaydyn Holley, Hayden Huff, Brady Kelly, Claudia Lowrey, Madison Mills, Chloe Null, Eva Null, Avery Parvin, Sara Rainey, Kyndle Ride, Andrew Rowsey; A and Bs: Jakob Allen, Landon Arnold, Dyllan Bass, Darbie
Brooks, Elizabeth Brown, Noah Brown, Julia Butler, Mason Cloninger, Ashley Cooper, Brooklyn Duffey, Jaden Duncan, Charles Flake, Dylan Ford, Briley Glidewell, Ashton Godwin, Lana Godwin, Aikley Harvell, Eiljah Hinton, Hunter Hutchens, Reed Irvin, Greyson Ivy, William Johnson, Emily Mann, Anabelle Marlar, Trinity Martin, Maddie Mask, Aven Mathis, Presley Mitchell, Alison Newman, Raylee Norris, Bianca Perez, Alexis Pittman, Ethan Porterfield, Elena Renfrow, Candler Robinson, Dalton Rogers, Michael Rowe, Matthew Schermer, Natalie Simmons, Bailey Underwood, Cayden Waldrop, Mckenzie Willingham, Lynley Woodruff Third Grade: All As: Carlie Burkhalter, Jackson Dupree, Morgan Floyd, Ella Jobe, Wylee Later, Lily Little, Dacy Marsh,
Charles Mitchell, Bailey Wilbanks; As and Bs: Emma Arthur, Damien Baker, Taylor Bradley, Tayler Brewer, Taylor Cornelius, Reece Crum, John Fiveash, Jackson Hancock, Shawn Harris, Jake Hebert, Bryson Jackson, Addison Loncar, Victoria Morrison, Joely Mullins, Tyler Orman, Haley Perez, Landon Roach, Allie Robertson, Lily Robinson, Samantha Sanchez, Cheryl Shauger, Abby Stewart, Marley Thrasher, Jordan Walker, Andrew Wilbanks, Davis Wilbanks, Katy Wilbanks; All Bs: Nancy Cook, Magdalyn Dalton, Hank Eaton, Makayla Gomez, Ashton Higgs, Samuel Hopper, Tessia Jones, Peyton Lanthrop, Anslie Mitchell, Jami Mitchell, Anna Ozbirn, Ethan Tucker Fourth Grade: All As: Kaitlyn Bonds, Ethan Donahue, Samuel Eaton, Anna Fiveash, Ashton
Harvell, Kristen Jackson, Katie Meeks, Alanna Grace Mitchell, Ashlee Newman, Ryley Nunley, Sarah Seals, Lauren Talley, Seth Wooten; As and Bs: Jaydee Baswell, Ryley Becvar, Teleigh Bowden, Tessa Jo Bradley, Bentley Briggs, Caleb Brumfield, Eden Burke, Spence Crabb, Nate Dixon, Isabella Duncan, Zoe Essary, Austin Flake, Alexis Gifford, Carys Goodwin, Bryson Goss, Cameron Griffin, Aiden Holt,Erin Irvin, Hunter Jacobs, Andrew Jacobs, John Riley Lancaster, Landon Lewis, Ava Marsh, Daniel Mcdowell, Madison Mcvey, Ava Meeks, Cassady Miles, Trey Montgomery, Weston Phillips, Devin Scott, Emma Trimble, Brenna Trimble, Ashton Wren; All Bs: Jason Davis, Hunter Derrick, Hunter Doles, Mckenzi Mitchell, Kyler Polk, Whitney Taylor.
Lawmakers asked to decide Governor declares advance tuition plan’s fate emergency before expected storm The Associated Press
JACKSON — The board that runs Mississippi’s prepaid college tuition program said Monday that it wants the Legislature to decide whether the state should reopen the plan to new enrollments or close it. The plan allows parents or grandparents to pay the cost of tuition at a state community college or university in advance. If reopening is the answer, the college savings board said it needs $7 million a year over the next 20 years to make up an $83 million shortfall. Closing the plan would be even more expensive, requiring $11 million a year for 20 years. The plan is backed by the full faith and credit of the state, meaning the board isn’t allowed to pay less than full tuition for enrollees. Board members said they favor reopening, but said they’re likely to charge more in the future to cushion against shortfalls. “The sense of the board is the Legislature is the 800-pound gorilla and the policy-making body for the state of Mississippi, and at least you need to know what the issues are,” said Commu-
nity College Board Executive Director Eric Clark, a member of the savings board. “But the sense of the board is, we want to keep the program open.” The board, under Republican Treasurer Lynn Fitch, declined to open the program’s enrollment period in fall 2012, citing an accumulating shortfall. The plan also stayed closed in 2013. Today, the plan has 21,000 contract holders. At the end of the last budget year, the plan had assets of $295 million and was 80.2 percent funded. That’s a shortfall of nearly $83 million. “We’ve got to address the shortfall, and a cash infusion by the Legislature is one way to do that,” board member Cory Wilson said. Lawmakers said they would act, but could tell the board to reopen the program without providing any money. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, said the board’s decision to decrease the amount it projects to earn from investments makes the plan look worse than it otherwise would. He also questioned whether Mississippi’s public colleges and universities will continue
to increase tuition at the rates they have over the past six years. “They’ve changed a number of the assumptions to make the plan look as bad as it looks today,” Reeves said. He said fluctuations in the funding share are normal. “Is it possible, at some point in the future, that additional monies will need to be put into the plan?” he said. “It’s possible.” Reeves was state treasurer for eight years before being elected lieutenant governor. If the Legislature had to add money for the tuition program, it could reflect badly on his management. The lieutenant governor has another reason to want the program to continue: He owns contracts for each of his three daughters. Wilson said it’s unrealistic to expect investment returns to make up the gap and said the lower rate of return is more realistic. It’s unclear what the savings plan board will do if lawmakers don’t act. They can close the plan on their own, but only if they make immediate refunds to every contract holder more than five years from college.
Former Ramer resident to appear on national TV medical program BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian
A former Ramer resident will be featured on today’s national television medical show “The Doctors.” Heather Shelton Gum will take part in the Reveal show after losing 175 pounds without surgery over a two-year span. Gum will be in the spotlight today on the show that will begin at 2 p.m. on ABC (WPTY-24 and WBBJ-7). She was brought to the show by the producers from her Murfreesboro, Tenn., home for surgery that her insurance would not pay for after her extreme weight loss. She weighed 367.5 pounds on Feb. 14, 2011, when she made her decision then to alter her eat-
Heather Shelton Gum lost 175 pounds over two years without surgery. ing patterns and lose a significant amount of weight. Gum appeared first on “The Doctors” last March on the episode “Your Skin: Feed it, Fix it, Tuck it.” Gum has a food journal
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The Associated Press
JACKSON— Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant issued an emergency declaration Monday for 36 of the state’s 82 counties to speed up response to a storm that’s expected to bring snow and ice to central and southern parts of the state starting early Tuesday. The Highway Patrol was sending 20 extra troopers to the southern part of the state, and crews from the Mississippi Department of Transportation were putting salt brine, sand or liquid magnesium on highways and bridges in the area that could see dangerous accumulation. It runs from the I-20 corridor that runs through Vicksburg, Jackson and Meridian, on down to the Gulf Coast. “As always in these types of situations, we’re hoping for the very best conditions and planning for the worst,” Bryant said during a briefing late Monday at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Pearl. Bryant said 26 school districts had already can-
celed Tuesday classes because of concerns about slick roads, and other closures were possible. The National Weather Service predicts ice accumulations up to threequarters of an inch along the Gulf Coast; snow accumulations of up to 4 inches along the U.S. Highway 84 corridor; and up to an inch of snow along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor. A hard freeze warning was out for portions of north Mississippi from Monday night until midday Wednesday. The weather service warned temperatures were expected to fall into the upper teens Monday and remain below freezing on Tuesday and fall back in to the teens Tuesday night. Forecasters said temperatures would not rise above freezing until Wednesday afternoon. MEMA director Robert Latham said people should make their own preparations before the storm hits. “There’s nothing like an ice storm. Response to it is challenging,” Latham said, recalling a 1994 ice storm.
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“I am committed to continuing to implement these standards,” said Wright, “and let me emphasize — this is a piece of clarity that I’ve been trying to provide as I have been traveling around the state — the State Board of Education adopted standards. They did not adopt a curriculum, and there is a difference. Standards simply set targets for what we want students to know and be able to do at each grade level. A curriculum is developed by the local school district, which includes the teaching strategies, the lessons, the materials. And neither the state nor especially the federal government controls that. “All of our students need to think critically, solve problems, work in teams, and communicate
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well,” she said. “That’s what you do each day at work ... and that’s what the Common Core is designed to do to help out students.” Most states have signed on to Common Core, which sets standards for math and language. The state board also requested $15 million to help prepare for the requirement that thirdgraders read on grade level in order to advance. The state superintendent said early childhood education is the key. “Preschoolers with large vocabularies tend to become proficient readers … exposure to expanded vocabulary and reading may put children on the right path, not only academically, but socially and emotionally,” said Wright. She was in Corinth for the Corinth School District’s education summit.
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