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• Corinth, Mississippi •

BY JEBB JOHNSTON With just a few days left for timely payment of property taxes, a line of customers stretched out the door of the Alcorn County Tax Collector’s Oﬃce Friday afternoon. Wednesday is the last day to pay before a penalty starts to be added to the tax bill. “Seventy-five percent of the taxes will probably be in by Feb. 1,” said Tax Collector Larry Ross. “We won’t have an awful lot to collect between

Photo by Lou Perry

Candy Classic Memorial Tennis Tournament Chairman Dr. Robert Perry (second from left) accepted a statewide award from Mississippi Tennis Association members earlier the month. The longtime Corinth event was named Best Non-Profit Tennis Event in Mississippi at the association’s annual awards banquet.

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Dr. Robert Perry Tournament Chairman a tournament director’s workshop during the Jackson visit. Set to celebrate 38 years in 2017, the local tennis tourna-

Bill would dissolve arts commission

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Some lawmakers are calling EdBuild proposal scenario numbers released by The Associated Press earlier this week as “fake news.” The AP published a look at how school districts across the state might fare in a breakdown of the proposal set to replace the current 20-year-old Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding formula. The numbers showed statewide funding would increase by $195 million, but District 1 Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter (R-Alcorn, Tishomingo) said “it’s just propaganda at this point.” “The EdBuild proposal is only meant to give legislatures

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February and the tax sale in August.” Through the close of business on Thursday, ad valorem tax payments made by county residents totaled $9,406,891.90. On the same date a year earlier, the total was $7,912,781.28, and the increase of almost 19 percent can be attributed to this year’s increase in the millage rate. This time of year gives the county government a muchPlease see TAX | 2A

recommendations on changes that could be made to the current public education formula,” said Carpenter. “I feel like there’s a lot of changes yet to be made to the current proposal. There’s not even a bill yet ... anything reported this early is misinformation.” District 2 Rep. Nick Bain (DAlcorn) agreed. “John Moore, the House Education Committee chair, said himself that the formula proposed and the formula that we’ll vote on will be completely diﬀerent,” said Bain. “So what’s currently being proposed isn’t the truth.” Bain added, “there will be changes ... good or bad, I don’t Please see EDBUILD | 2A

Katie Briggs, Michie, Tenn. Learning the talent from her mother, Katie Briggs first picked up a paint brush when she was a youngster. “I’ve been painting for as long as I can remember,” said the 36-year-old full-time artist. “I do it everyday. I absolutely love seeing people’s faces light up when they see the finished product for the first time.” Although she doesn’t have her own storefront, her artwork can be found at several small businesses across the Crossroads including Seasons in the Sun. “Door-hangers are one of my favorite items to paint,” she said. “I have several designs for every season for folks to choose from.” Married to Ryan for 18 years, the two have three children, 17-year-old Shiloh, 10-year-old Shelby and 8-year-old Stella.

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oversees tourism and job creation in the Magnolia state. Senate Tourism Committee Chairwoman Lydia Chassaniol authored the bill, and said the move is in response to BryPlease see BILL | 5A

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“If the governor isn’t a fan of the arts, then it could hurt,” said Rep. Nick Bain (D-Alcorn). Both Bain and Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter (R-Alcorn, Tishomingo) are against a bill introduced in the state capitol this week that would dissolve the Mississippi Arts Commission and hand its power over to the governor. If passed, the bill would shut down the current MAC board of directors and give its duties to Gov. Phil Bryant and the governor lead Mississippi Development Authority who

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“The original inspiration for the tournament was 10-year-old Candy Hammond. As Candy struggled with childhood cancer, she was very much admired for her courage by all who knew her.”

is also in the running for the United States Tennis Association’s Best Non-Profit Event. Perry and his wife, Lou, attended the Jan. 14 awards banquet. The duo also completed

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Corinth’s long running Candy Classic Memorial Tennis Tournament has been named one of the best in the state. The tournament was named the Best Non-Profit Tennis Event in the Magnolia state by the Mississippi Tennis Association during their annual Tennis Weekend in Jackson earlier this month. “We are so very grateful and honored,” said tournament Chairman Dr. Robert Perry. “This is the first award the Candy Classic has ever received from the state.” Perry said the Candy Classic

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Corinth natives part of loan office opening Taking part in the grand opening of the Oxford office of Community Bank Mortgage include (from left) Community Bank Mortgage President Joe McNeese; Mortgage Loan Originator David Dixon; Mortgage Loan Originator Dave Green; Community Bank North Mississippi CEO Mike Webb and Kevin Langford, SVP of Community Bank Mortgage.

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OXFORD — Two Corinth natives are part of the opening of a new mortgage loan production office in Oxford. David Dixon is mortgage loan originator for Community Bank Mortgage in the Oxford office and Dave Green is mortgage loan originator in the Tupelo office. Community Bank Mortgage celebrated the grand opening of its Oxford office on Jan. 19. Dixon is a 1989 Corinth High School graduate and 1994 Ole Miss graduate. He is married with two children and resides in Oxford. He is former City President of Regions Bank in Corinth. His interests include Trinity Presbyterian Church, family, jogging and following Ole Miss sports. Green is a 1990 Corinth High School graduate. He is married with two children and resides in New Albany. His interests include Harmony Baptist Church, family, duck hunting and all things baseball.

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ACHS Beauty Revue Alcorn Central High School crowned its Most Beautiful Girl for the 2016-17 school year on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the high school auditorium. The beaus were selected from the senior class and the girls were selected from a beauty revue. Winners were (from left) Third Alternates: Matthew Walker and Julianna Potts; Most Handsome: Jerod Bronson; Most Beautiful: Kameron Wood; First Alternates: Lauren Canten and Dillon Sartain; and Second Alternates: Kaylee Wigginton and Luke Price.

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know.” Moore told the AP on Friday that its numbers would be “exactly right” if lawmakers adopt EdBuild’s proposal as is. “But there is zero chance of that; none,” he said. According to the AP’s district funding numbers, if the proposal stood as is and was passed then the Alcorn School District, it would see an additional $718,011 in 2018, while the Corinth School District would receive an additional $1.2 million. In 2017, the underfunding of the current formula will cost Alcorn County schools $1.2 million. Corinth city schools will also see a loss of just under $950,000. “This EdBuild proposal ... there’s a lot of moving parts and a lot can change and will change,” added Bain. “Hopefully it will be good for Corinth and Alcorn County schools, but

we just don’t know yet.” Making changes to the current formula is a top priority for lawmakers this session. Some oﬃcials want to hold out for the current formula, noting the EdBuild proposal would still come up $96 million short of the state’s legal obligation, according to MAEP. Others are ready to deal, saying Republicans will never fully fund MAEP. The AP’s calculations were the first public district-by-district projections released by any outlet. House Speaker Philip Gunn has said that it’s too soon to discuss numbers until a proposal is published in a bill. The Senate Education Committee is likely to unveil a firm proposal and a bill or placeholder for a bill on Tuesday. (The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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improved cash flow. The December tax settlement brought $787,406.10 to the general county fund; $22,028.22 to each of the five road districts; and $11,783.24 to each of the

districts’ bridge and culvert funds. Property tax payments can be made online through alcorncounty. org, and any mailed payments postmarked prior to the deadline are accepted without penalty.

The tax sale this year for properties with unpaid taxes will be on Aug. 28. In other happenings for the collector’s oﬃce, the state will implement a new computer system for tag and titling later in the year. “The preliminary report from the state is that people will have to show proof of insurance starting in October,” said Ross.

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Local jobless rate up slightly BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Today is Sunday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2017. There are 336 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1820, King George III, the British monarch whose 59-year reign included the loss of the American colonies, died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV.

On this date: In 1843, the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, was born in Niles, Ohio. In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. In 1861, Kansas became the 34th state of the Union. In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk. In 1936, the first inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York. In 1956, editor-essayist H.L. Mencken, the “Sage of Baltimore,” died at age 75. In 1958, actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married in Las Vegas.

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Alcorn County’s jobless rate increased slightly from November while showing improvement from a year ago. At 5.1 percent in December, the rate rose from 4.8 percent in November, while the rate stood at 6.5 percent in December 2015. The county ranked 11th among the 82 counties, tying with Tippah, Choctaw and Calhoun. Rates across the state ranged from 4 percent in DeSoto County to 17.2 percent in Issaquena County. First-time claims for unemploy-

ment insurance benefits in Alcorn County numbered 66 in December, compared to 87 a year earlier. Continued claims numbered 312, compared to 414 a year ago. The county had 820 counted as unemployed for the month, down from 1,020 in December 2015. Those categorized as employed totaled 15,390, rising from 14,760 a year earlier. Mississippi’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2016 was 5.7 percent, increasing five-tenths of a percentage point from November’s rate of 5.2 percent. When com-

pared to the December 2015 rate of 7.1 percent, the rate decreased 1.4 percentage points. It is the state’s lowest rate since January 2004, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The number of unemployed increased 6,400 over the month, while the employed total decreased 2,100 from the prior month. The Nation’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2016, at 4.5 percent, increased one-tenth of a percentage point over the month but was three-tenths of a

percentage point lower than the year-ago rate of 4.8 percent. Unemployment rates were significantly lower in December in 10 states, higher in one state, and stable in 39 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Eleven states had notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier; two states had increases; and 37 states and the District had no significant change. The national unemployment rate, 4.7 percent, was little changed from November but 0.3 percentage point lower than in December 2015.

Gift basket raises money for bowling team BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Raising money to help fund their trip to Regionals in February, the Alcorn Central High School Bowling Team is selling chances on an automotivethemed gift basket. Valued at $200 retail, chances on the basket are $1 each and can be purchased from any team member or their sponsor, Mal-

lory Hamlin. The winner will be drawn on Wednesday, Feb. 8. “We will notify the winner over the phone,” said Hamlin. “So, you need not be present to win.” Items in the gift basket include: • A free car wash from Long Lewis Ford • A free tire rotation and balance from Gateway Tire & Service • A socket set donated by Au-

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Across the Region Booneville Rienzi man killed in one-vehicle crash A wreck on Jan. 22 claimed the life of a Prentiss County man. Timothy Keller, 56, of County Road 8320, Rienzi, died as a result of the wreck on County

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School districts get top grades Schools in Corinth and Alcorn County are making top grades when it comes to graduation rates. Both local school districts received praise this past week by the Mississippi Department of Education. MDE reported both districts have some of the highest four-year graduation rates in the state. Corinth ranked ninth best in the state with 91.8 percent, while Alcorn County saw its biggest increase in several years. The county school system ranked just outside the top 10 with 90.8 percent. Alcorn School District Curriculum Director Tammy Johnson said she believes the district’s principals and teachers deserve thanks. We agree. “The principals have worked at trying to help students feel like they belong,” Johnson told the Daily Corinthian last week. “We have also hosted a lot of workshops and training for both students and teachers on the importance of earning a high school degree.” In addition to ranking high on the overall gradation list, Corinth also came in fourth in the state with the highest graduation rate for students with disabilities. Corinth Superintendent Dr. Lee Childress is pleased with the results, commended faculty and staﬀ, but admitted the job is never done. “We must continue the focus on improving our graduation rate and work to graduate even greater numbers,” he told the Daily Corinthian. The statewide graduation rate rose to 82.3 percent from 80.8 percent. That’s still below the national average of 83.2 percent, but the share of students earning diplomas within four years has been on the rise in Mississippi since 2015, when it was 74.5 percent. The statewide dropout rate fell to 10.8 percent from 11.8 percent, moving down for the third consecutive year as graduation rates climb. Corinth also ranked in the top 10 lowest dropout rates for school districts in the state. The city school system had a 3.6 percent dropout rate, while Alcorn County reported a 6.3 percent dropout rate. Graduation rates among special education students have improved statewide. The rate rose to 34 percent, although it still remains far below the overall statewide rate. Corinth reported a 60.7 percent graduation rate for students with disabilities, while Alcorn County reported 42.1 percent. We applaud our local school districts for their hard work and dedication. We hope the graduation rates continue to go up and the dropout rates go down.

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Amazon tax was win for taxpayers, business STARKVILLE — The political tea leaves were rather easy to read on the topic of this week’s blockbuster announcement that Amazon was the first major online retailer to volunteer to begin collecting Mississippi’s 7 percent sales tax – technically a “use tax” – on Feb. 1. The issue had been gaining steam for years. But the intersection of falling political dominoes in surrounding states and the realization that Mississippi could no longer forego million in state revenue due the state that brought the issue to a head. Nationally, Amazon led online sellers in realizing that their choice was to negotiate a settlement and voluntarily remit sales taxes before states change their laws to compel them to pay. Gov. Phil Bryant, both in remarks last fall and in his most recent “State of the State” address, signaled that the days of Mississippi losing millions of dollars annually in uncollected sales taxes from a levy that has been on the books since 1932 were ending. To those paying attention, legislative support beginning last year from conservative Republicans like State Rep. Mark Baker of Brandon and State Rep. Trey Lamar of Senatobia — and others — for full collection of an existing tax before anybody started talking

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

Prayer for today My Father, I pray that I may be just and be given to kindness. May I be conscious of my virtues, and use them to overcome my faults. May I hear clearly thy call that I may be sure of the way as I lead others to duty and happiness. Amen.

A verse to share So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. — Zechariah 4:6

about new taxes was also evident. Bryant’s appointment of former House ApSid Salter propriations Columnist C o m m i t t e e Chairman Herb Frierson to lead the Mississippi Department of Revenue was also a key component of the Amazon negotiation being successfully resolved. Few in state government knew better than Frierson that Mississippi was simply running out of runway in terms of crafting functional state budgets without recovering some of the sales tax revenues being lost as shoppers migrated from traditional stores to online sellers. Amazon, as they did in recent months in neighboring Alabama, volunteered to collect the state’s sales tax in a nod to the approaching inevitability of legislative action to compel e-sellers to collect the tax as bricksand-mortar businesses in the state have for decades been required to do. At least three Mississippi bills remain alive to accomplish by legislative action what Frierson and his staﬀ did through heady negotiations. Mississippi will now be one of 36 states (and Washington, D.C.) where Amazon

collected sales or use taxes. Noting that five states levy no sales taxes, which leaves only nine states where Amazon has not agreed to collect legal sales taxes: Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Vermont. South Dakota and Wyoming are the latest two states added to the list with Mississippi. Why does it matter? First, there’s the monumental unfairness of a 1932 Mississippi law that made momand-pop merchants the tax collectors when our state adopted the sales tax — but years later when technology allowed out-of-state competitors to sell their wares in state, we don’t require them to compete under the same tax collection burden. Out-of-state online retailers like Amazon had a 7 percent price advantage over momand-pop businesses who provide jobs, pay other Mississippi taxes, and support our communities in dozens of other significant ways. Second, there is basic economics. Sales taxes are regressive taxes, hitting the poorest people the hardest. Therefore, if Mississippi is going to make the largest single segment of state revenue dependent on sales taxes, then we should collect every penny of that tax. Letting online merchants and online customers slide

says that people who can afford computers and internet connectivity get to live by a different set of rules than those who have no other means to buy their goods than over the counter at a local store. Third, and perhaps most important, there is the math. Mississippi derives 43.3 percent of its tax dollars from taxes on general sales. The next largest segment of the state’s tax revenue comes from personal income at 22.6 percent. In other words, 66 percent of Mississippi tax revenue comes from sales tax or personal income tax. So as traditional point-ofsale shopping declines and online shopping increases, Mississippi’s sales tax collections — the bedrock of Mississippi government finance — also decreases. That leaves government scrambling for other sources of revenue through altogether new taxes, or simply higher taxes in large existing categories like personal income. Full collection of existing sales taxes or higher personal income or property taxes to offset the foregone online sales tax losses? Frankly, the only cogent question now is what took Mississippi so long. Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him sidsalter@sidsalter.com.

America First is not a threat but a promise “From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first, America first,” Donald Trump proclaimed in his inaugural address. As has been his habit, he added to the prepared text the word “only” and employed the rhetorical device of repetition by repeating “America first.” The phrase sticks in some critics’ craws. It was the name of a bipartisan organization opposed to U.S. aid to Britain in 194041, and its leader, Charles Lindbergh, claimed that the main groups pushing America to war were “the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration.” The phrase “America first” in an inaugural address in, say, 1949 or 1953 would have been disturbing for many understandable reasons. But it doesn’t have any resonance for today’s voters. In an earlier passage in his speech, Trump made clear what he had in mind. “At the center of this movement” — which brought him to the presidency — “is a crucial conviction, that a nation exists to serve its citizens.” Not people in other countries, not foreigners who are visitors or legal residents or would like to live here someday. At many points in American history, that statement would have been unremarkable. Not so today. As scholar Walter Russell Mead

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writes in Foreign Aﬀairs, “many Americans with cosmopolitan sympathies see their Michael main ethical Barone imperative as working for Columnist the betterment of humanity in general.” Speaking in Berlin in 2008, Barack Obama identified himself as a “citizen of the world,” as well as of the United States. In a wellcompensated speech to a Brazilian bank in 2013, Hillary Clinton said, “My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future.” The phrase “open borders” is ambiguous, but it’s consistent with the prevalent view of recent presidents of both parties that freer trade and robust immigration are, on balance, good for America. That’s in line with the broader notion, widely shared since Pearl Harbor, that American interests are served by promoting free trade and free movement around the world. In the process, American governmental, financial and media elites have become more comfortable with their counterparts in other countries -- the people they see at Davos and Bilderberg —

and more out of touch and uncomfortable with large masses of their countrymen. For cosmopolitan elites, any form of nationalism is akin to Nazism. But history teaches that there are many healthy forms of nationalism and that such nationalisms are not inconsistent with — and indeed they have often promoted — a high regard for human rights. Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Charles de Gaulle were all nationalists, as were the postwar American presidents who built and maintained our treaty alliances and trade regime. A healthy nationalism includes respect for other healthy nationalisms. Trump pledged “friendship and goodwill” with other nations and conceded “the right of all nations to put their own interests first.” “We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones,” he said, “and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism.” Unless one assumes the verb “reinforce” was carelessly chosen, that doesn’t sound like a renunciation of the NATO alliance or our responsibility to defend fellow members against attack. Foreign leaders are scrambling to engage with Trump on his terms — Britain’s Theresa May, Canada’s Justin Trudeau, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu — even as corporations

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from Wal-Mart to Foxconn scramble to announce plans to create American jobs. American media struggle to delegitimize him, but foreign leaders aren’t following suit. As for the “cosmopolitan elite” who disdain Trump’s defiant nationalism, his inaugural address reminds them of a lesson understood by the postwar presidents who integrated the military and enforced school desegregation orders: that a healthy nationalism can bring people together. “When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice,” he said at one point. “Whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots.” Current American elites seek to palliate victim groups whose memberships transcend international boundaries. A corollary is a polarized politics in which those outside the groups — white married Christians — are villainized as oppressors. A healthy nationalism based on “America first” points toward a less polarized, more inclusive country. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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Deaths Eva Ammons

Linda Peavy

A celebration of life service for Linda Kay Peavy, 68, of Corinth, is set for 2 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Visitation is Monday from 11 a.m. until the service. Mrs. Peavy died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born in Columbia on Oct. 1, 1948, she worked many years in public relations for various companies. Linda’s life could be summed up in the word “love.” She enjoyed life to the fullest and loved everyone she came in Peavy contact with. She was of the Christian faith and was loved by all of her family. Survivors are her son, Joe Peavy Jr. and Donna of Corinth; a daughter, Jennifer Wood and husband Donnie of Corinth; five grandchildren, Brett Peavy and wife Savannah, D.J. Wiley and wife Savannah, Camille Roseberry and husband Marvin, Hunter Peavy and Reece Peavy; six great-grandchildren, Maci Peavy, Logan Wiley, Maddon Peavy, Kalynn Roseberry, Gunner Roseberry and Shaw Peavy; a sister-in-law, Anne Russell; a special friend, Kevin Forbes; other relatives; and host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Glen Russell and Hazel Pauline Price Russell; her brother, Mack Russell; a sister, Helen Leo; a granddaughter, Autumn Cook; a nephew, Gary “Grezzy” Glidewell; and a niece, Shannon Merritt. Pallbearers are D.J. Wiley, Billy Bass, Kade Parker, Marvin Roseberry and Shaun Le. Bro. James Voyles will oﬃciate the service. Online guestbook: magnoliafuneralhome.net

RIPLEY — Funeral services for Eva Mae Ammons, 67, are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Shiloh Methodist Cemetery in Tippah County. Visitation is Tuesday from 12 noon until service time. Mrs. Ammons died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at her home. Born Aug. 26, 1949, she worked in landscaping for J&T Construction and was a member of North Corinth Baptist Church. Ammons Survivors include daughters Martha Eaton (Jackie) of Alcorn County, Lillian Joyner (Chad) of Corinth and Jean Cunningham of Ripley; five brothers, Bester Crum, Junior Crum (Rita), Daniel Williams (Kim) and Bobby Williams, all of Corinth, and Danny Williams (Kathy) of Savannah; a sister, Maggie Hastings (J.R.) of Corinth; nine grandchildren, Michelle Jones, Cody Eaton, Christopher Joyner (Priscilla), Alicia Eaton, Brandon Joyner, Cheyenne Joyner, Dustin Cunningham, Shaina Joyner and Dylan Cunningham; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 16 years, Gerald Ammons; a grandchild, Terry Elam; her father, Ike Crum; her mother, Lovina Rogers Williams; one brother, Cliﬀord Crum; and one sister, Dimple Elam. Bro. Donnie Davis and Bro. Richard Wells will oﬃciate the service.

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ment will return May 1925 at the Corinth High School Tennis Complex. The event raises funds each year for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and features United States Tennis Association sanctioned adult and youth play. More than $12,000 was donated to the Memphis hospital in 2016 on behalf of the local tournament. Each year the tournament honors the memory

of two local young people who both lost their battles with cancer. “The original inspiration for the tournament was 10-year-old Candy Hammond. As Candy struggled with childhood cancer, she was very much admired for her courage by all who knew her,” said Perry. “An outpouring of love for Candy and her family resulted in this fundraising eﬀort by local tennis enthusiasts that has continued for years.” The tournament also

honors Boonevile youngster Amber Peeks, who was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was seven-years-old. Organizers added a third name to the tournament’s honor list in 2016 - teenage cancer survivor Addie Paige Pratt. Sign up is now open for the adult and junior division of this year’s tournament. Sponsors are also needed, said Perry. “St. Jude is such a huge asset to this commu-

nity and we are thrilled to be able to be a part of the good works they do there,” he added. “We appreciate the local players and sponsors who help and support us each and every year and hope they can join us again this year as we try to reach our goal, again.” (For more information, email candyclassictennis@gmail.com. To signup for the tournament, visit tennislink. usta.com.)

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ant’s plea to lawmakers to dissolve up to 20 committees who haven’t met in one year. MAC’s board of directors meets monthly. Chassaniol was an Arts Commission board member in the 1990s. She says businesses looking to locate in Mississippi often inquire about arts and culture. Senate Bill 2611 was sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1325 was sent to two House committees. Tuesday is the deadline for the groups to debate both bills. Carpenter said he’s heard from Alcorn countians about the bill. “I’ve received a lot of calls and emails from folks who think it’s a bad idea ... and I have to agree with them,” he said. “I hope the governor will reconsider this. I know he wants to do away with some boards, but MAC isn’t broke, so why change it?” Bain said he’s worried if MAC is controlled by the governor then the arts might be the first thing he cuts during a budget crisis. Locally Corinth Theatre-Arts relies heavily on a yearly MAC grant to operate. “If we didn’t get MAC funds, we would have a very hard time keeping the doors open,” said CT-A board member Josh Steen, who hopes the bill dies.

the directors, and the boards would only have advisory power. The bill passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday and goes to the full Senate for more debate.

Flag debate The House Education Committee passed a bill this week that would require all K-12 schools to fly the state flag or lose their state accreditation. Bain, Carpenter and Sen. Rita Potts Parks (R-Alcorn, Tishomingo, Tippah) said they will vote for the legislation. “I believe any state agency or school who receives state aid should display the state banner,” said Potts. The state flag, which includes the Confederate battle emblem in its upper left-hand corner, has been at the center of debate in recent years. All eight state universities have stopped flying it. However, they are not required to display it under state law and the law would not affect them. “I don’t care what’s on the flag ... if you receive state aid, you should fly the state flag,” said Bain. Carpenter added the flag debate has been widely talked about in his native Tishomingo County. “I get asked about it every day,” he said. “Any bill dealing with the flag continues to be high priority to me.”

Seat belt laws Other boards The governor will likely also gain control over three other state agency boards. The Mississippi State Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Rehabilitation Services would dissolve its board of directors under the Mississippi Health Agency Reorganization Act of 2017. The bill says the governor would appoint

Seat belt laws could become stricter following the current session. House Bill 539 passed the House Transportation Committee this week and will require all back-seat passengers to wear seat belts. Current state law requires seat belts for people in the front seat, and children younger than 7 in the back seat. Under the bill, the current penalty of $25 would also apply for

failing to buckle up in the back seat. The committee also passed House Bill 511, which would set a fine of $5 to $50 for people who drive slowly in the left lane of a highway under normal traﬃc conditions, impeding other traﬃc. Both bills had some opposition in the committee. They move to the full House for more debate. Mississippi is among the 12 states that don’t require seat belts for all back-seat passengers, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Blue Lives matter A bill that would double penalties for crimes targeting police officers, Firefighters and medics passed the Senate on Thursday, despite impassioned cries against it from AfricanAmerican senators. Senate Bill 2469, a “Blue Lives Matter” proposal that moves onto the House, says any crime committed against emergency personnel because of their status as police officers, firefighters or emergency medical technicians would be a hate crime. State law currently doubles penalties for targeting people because of race, ethnicity, religion or gender. Though there have long been enhanced penalties for certain crimes against police and others, the idea that a hate crimes law could cover someone because of their occupation and not because of intrinsic qualities is a new innovation that only sprung up after shootings of police officers last year in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (The Associated Press contributed to this story.) (Capitol Connections by staff writer Zack Steen appears in the Daily Corinthian every Sunday through May. The weekly feature includes news and notes from the Mississippi Legislature.)

Judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, saying travelers who had been detained had a strong argument that their legal rights had been violated. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in New York issued the emergency order after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven predominantly Muslim nations who were detained at airports across the country as the ban took eﬀect. As the decision was announced, cheers broke out in crowds of demonstrators who had gathered at American airports and outside the Brooklyn courthouse where the ruling was issued. The order barred U.S. border agents from removing anyone who arrived in the U.S. with a valid visa from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. It also covered anyone with an approved refugee application. It was unclear how quickly the order might aﬀect people in detention, or whether it would allow others to resume flying.

“Realistically, we don’t even know if people are going to be allowed onto the planes,” said ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt. “This order would protect people who they allow to come here and reach U.S. soil.” Under Trump’s order, it had appeared that an untold number of foreign-born U.S. residents now traveling outside the U.S. could be stuck overseas for at least 90 days even though they held permanent residency “green cards” or other visas. However, an oﬃcial with the Department of Homeland Security said Saturday night that no green-card holders from the seven countries cited in Trump’s order had been prevented from entering the U.S. Some foreign nationals who were allowed to board flights before the order was signed Friday had been detained at U.S. airports, told they were no longer welcome. The DHS oﬃcial who briefed reporters by phone said 109 people who were in transit on airplanes had been denied entry and 173 had not been allowed to get on their planes overseas. In her three-page order, Donnelly wrote that without the stay “there will be substantial and irreparable injury to refugees, visa-holders and other individuals from nations subject to the Jan. 27, 2017, executive order.”

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Photo compliments of Steve Beaves / Independent Appeal

Bill Jackson of Ramer, Tenn., has been employed with Pickwick Electric Cooperative for more than 50 years.

Man logs 50 years of service (Editor’s Note: The following story by Steve Beavers first appeared in the Independent Appeal. It is being reprinted with permission.) The job is never boring for Bill Jackson. He enjoys getting up and coming to work at Pickwick Electric Cooperative. It’s something he has done for over 50 years. “I have to stay busy,” said Jackson, who celebrated his 50th anniversary at PEC in November. “I am not one to stay at home.” Jackson, married to his wife Dritha for almost 53 years, began a career at PEC in 1966. He was hired to work on the right away crew for the cooperative. “I was working at Brown Shoe and was ready to go,” said the 71-year-old Ramer native. “I never dreamed of working at PEC.” Jackson worked six months with the right away crew before moving to the position of meter reading. Meter readers at

that time averaged 250 calls a day. “Some days we might do 100 and the next time it would be 300,” said Jackson. The 1963 Ramer High School graduate spent almost 25 years as a meter reader and then worked as a serviceman for about a year. Since 1991 he has been PEC Supervisor of Customer Records and Accounts. “We are owned by the people we serve,” said Jackson of the cooperative. “When dealing with them I want to be honest, treat them right and do a good job.” “It goes without saying he has been a very dependable employee,” said Steve King, PEC Vice President of Finance and Accounting. “Bill has taught me a lot when dealing with the public and he is a great asset to PEC and the community.” Jackson has used the attitude in every position he has held. He has been a McNairy County consta-

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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, FB -Foreign Large Blend, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MI -Muni National Intermediate, TG -Target Date 2021-2025, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

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