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No place to call home Study counts Corinth’s homeless population BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

There are more than 30 homeless people living in Corinth on any given day. They have been discovered living in abandoned houses, sheds, vehicles and mobile homes. Crosswind Ministries re-

vealed these results this week as part of a survey to determine the number of homeless people living in Alcorn County. “We were able to look them in the eye,” said Executive Director Bobby Capps. “We now know who they are and where they are. They also know who we are.”

The ministry partnered with MUTEH (Mississippi United to End Homelessness), as well as other organizations to conduct a comprehensive search for the homeless. The 2014 Point-In-Time (PIT) count is conducted every two years and is only for a specific 24-hour period of time.

Countdown begins to find perfect gift for Valentine’s Day

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Exceeding Expectations employees Pam Talley and Dawn Laster put together a vase of roses for Valentine’s Day delivery. The new downtown business, located at 630 Wick Street, is offering a wide selection of goodies for sweethearts including a variety of fresh flowers, teddy bears, chocolate covered strawberries and Oreo balls. Massage Therapist, Jaye Smith at A Hand to Health Therapeutic Massage. • Chocolate covered fruit is always a good idea.

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Alcorn County schools approve printing contract A locally owned company will continue to provide copying and printing needs to Alcorn County schools. The school district is looking for ways to reduce the cost of more than $120,000 spent per year on printing and copying related items throughout the district. The board heard proposals from three vendors at its January meeting and made its final decision this week. “All presentations were excellent,” Superintendent Gina

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Rogers Smith said. “We were very pleased with their hard work doing inventory at each school of all of our equipment.” Representatives from Rayco, RJ Young and Xerox made presentations to the board after taking a survey of all printers and copiers in the district. “Prices were really close,” said district five board member Randy Wilbanks. “I think our best choice is Rayco.” District one board member Russ Nash agreed. “Rayco is right here in our

Sod or synthetic turf: The Corinth School District Board of Trustees is considering which way to go at the home of the Warriors. Superintendent Lee Childress told the board on Monday that it is time to consider reworking the football field or possibly switch to synthetic grass. Built the year after Corinth High School went into use, the field has seen heavy activity for multiple purposes. “When it was built,” said Childress, “it was initially used for high school football only, but we know that over the

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twice,” Hinton said. “Last time we put gravel down to try to help people get traction on the icy spots.” Corinth Police Chief David Lancaster said no major accidents had occurred in the city limits. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency reported two weather-related traffic deaths in the Jackson metro. “Both of them were a result of icing on bridges, and they didn’t see it. They lost control of their vehicle, and the individual that was killed was thrown out of the vehicle,” said MEMA Executive Director Robert Latham. “It’s still very dangerous out there.” In Atlanta, freezing rain encased trees, sending them crashing into power lines and causing more than 200,000 homes and businesses to be without power. Such news reminded locals of ice storm 1994 that affected North Mississippi 20 years ago this week. Today’s forecast calls for patchy freezing fog before 9 a.m. then sunny skies. Temperatures are expected to reach 48 with a low 32 tonight. The area may see a chance of rain showers on Friday with a high near 49 and a low Friday night of 27. “Everyone needs to pray for sunshine,” Hinton said. “We need several days of 40 and 50 degree temperatures to really recover.” (The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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course of time, it has now been used for middle school football and it has been used for girls’ and boys’ soccer.” The band also marches on it about once a week. “With the increased use, it has come to a point that the field is about 20 years old and is in need of some major work,” he said. The natural grass option would include stripping off the sod and several feet of dirt, recontouring the field, taking up the irrigation system and assessing the drainage system. While turf is more expensive to install, the board is looking at whether the ongoing costs

associated with sod, such as water for irrigation, make turf more cost-effective in the long run. The district spends $1,000 to $1,500 watering the field in the summer months. The board wants more cost information before making a decision. Childress said the board may also want to consider resurfacing the track, which would make it possible to again host track meets at the school. In other facility updates, the superintendent reported the final stages of the new softball facility work has hit weather Please see TURF | 2

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A wintry mix kept motorists on their toes Wednesday as freezing rain, sleet and snow fell in the Crossroads area for most of the day. The massive winter storm dropped 4 inches of snow on Alcorn County Tuesday and crippled the South, impacting areas from Texas to the Carolinas. Icy roads created havoc across the state and prompted school officials to cancel classes at Corinth and Alcorn County schools Wednesday for the second day in a row. “The roads refroze in spots and created some problems,” said District Two Supervisor Dal Nelms. “Bridges had some icing.” Nelms was expecting road conditions to take a turn for the worse yet again this morning as temperatures dropped. “We have been out before 5 a.m. the last two days working on the roads,” said District One Supervisor Lowell Hinton. “We have put out tons of sand and salt.” Hinton said this has been the worst winter he has seen since taking office. “There are 120 miles of road in each district and it’s been really tough reaching everywhere when it snows and ices,” he said. County Road 157 has been the site of several minor wrecks this week. “We have put sand and salt on a spot of road on 157

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This year’s count was held Jan. 27-31 and the results were revealed Monday. A day of reference was designated and took place from 12 a.m. on Jan. 26, to 12 a.m. Jan. 27. The data gathered during the survey is sent to state leg-

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William Shakespeare once wrote, “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” It’s that time of year again. Cupid has descended upon the Crossroads area, piercing the hearts of lovers and skeptics alike. With the approach of St.Valentine’s Day, shoppers are making a mad dash to find the perfect gift for that special someone. Don’t risk a scrambled brain searching for the right item. Here are a few spur-of-themoment ideas to consider: • When it comes to jewelry, the classics will never go out of style. “Diamonds, are you kidding? That’s the sparkle in every girl’s eye on Valentine’s Day. It’s also the time of year for engagement rings. We’ve been selling a lot of silver and gold jewelry. Gold is coming back,” said Annette Bynum at Clausel Jewelry. • Life is stressful, especially on holidays. Help alleviate the stress by purchasing a spa gift card. “When you give the gift of massage therapy, it isn’t just something that is here today, gone tomorrow. You are giving the gift of health,” said Licensed

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Center marks career, technical education month The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors recently proclaimed Feb. 1-28 as Career and Technical Education Month in Alcorn County. Lowell Hinton, president of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors, and Bobby Marolt, chancery clerk, visited the Alcorn Career and Technology Center and signed the proclamation before a group of students representing each of the 12 CTE programs offered at the school. Students and faculty at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center will join others across the nation during February to celebrate national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. During the 2014 CTE Month, the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) encourages everyone to explore and learn the accomplishments, achievements and contributions of career and technical education (CTE) professionals, students and alumni with the theme “Celebrate CTE Su-

Alcorn Career and Technology Center for CTE Month are tours for area ninth graders of the center’s CTE programs, tours of the CTE programs at Northeast Mississippi Community College for the center’s second year students, and a Nontraditional Student Day. “The activities planned over the next month will illustrate the rigor and relevance CTE courses offer our students,” said Richard Turner, director of the school. “By partnering with the business community, CTE programs are investing in students’ lives with the latest technology and skills that will prepare them to become successful employees as well as future leaders.” CTE is a major part of the solution to myriad national economic and workforce problems, such as high school dropout rates, a weakened economy, global competitiveness and massive layoffs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly one-third of the fastest growing oc-

cupations will require an associate’s degree or a postsecondary vocational certificate. At a time when job opportunity is so critical, CTE programs in every community are ensuring students are adequately equipped with the skills to successfully enter the workforce. Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the nation’s largest not-for-profit education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers. It provides advocacy, public awareness and access to information, professional development and tools that enable members to be successful and effective leaders. Founded in 1926, ACTE has more than 25,000 members including teachers, counselors and administrators at the middle school, high school and postsecondary levels. For more information about course offerings at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center, call 286-7727.

hometown. We have dealt with them for years,” he said. “Based on everything we’ve seen, I think Rayco should receive the bid.” Smith said she liked being able to pick up the phone and within 30 minutes a Rayco tech would normally be on site trouble shooting the problem. Located in Corinth, Rayco has been in business for more than 15 years and has provided printing and copying service needs for the school district for more than 10 years. The printing service decision one item on a busy agenda at the second board meeting of the year. The meeting got underway with a moment of silence and prayer for long time school district attorney Jimmy Price, who passed away earlier this month. “Mr. Price had a servant’s heart when it came

to the children and the community,” Smith said. “He will be missed greatly.” In other board news: • The school board approved 25 fundraisers planned for the remaining school year including the okay for Kossuth High School and Kossuth Middle School students to sell McDoubles and McChickens during break. • The board thanked the Kimberly Clark Foundation for donating $4,000 to buy supplies and help support programs at Alcorn Central Elementary School, Biggersville Elementary School, KMS and KHS. Corinth Coca-Cola was also recognized for donating $765 to KMS. • The board approved Smith’s recommendation to allow the elementary schools to move their exams from May 19-22 to May 6-9. “The last week of the school year is normally used for school trips or

field trips,” said Smith. “By moving the exam week, it should help students in reviewing for the exams.” • Discussion began concerning paid lunches at all district schools. District three board member Carroll Morton said he would like to see the district pay for lunch for all students at the districts 11 schools. Morton suggested a special working session meeting be held to further discuss paid lunches and state representatives should be invited to attend. The working session meeting is scheduled for March 17 at 5 p.m. The public and area officials are encouraged to attend and share their thoughts on paid lunches. • Due to the spring break holiday, the March meeting was rescheduled for March 24 at 5 p.m. in the board room at the Alcorn School District office on West Sawyer Road. The public is welcome.

A woman may buy herself perfume or chocolates, but she won’t buy herself flowers,” said Becky Lattanzio at Just for You Florist. • Give the gift that keeps on giving. Just $1 could win you a gift basket valued at over $800 with all proceeds benefiting a special needs child. “If there is a need in anybody’s life and others

are willing to contribute, regardless of the season to help bring that goal into fruition it is a great thing,” said Brenda Barbour owner of LipChic Boutique. “For just that $1, you could get what you want while helping others get what they need.” • Treat your loved one to a getaway. Crossroads Poetry Project is doing a “Suite for

your Sweetie” raffle at their Wine and Cheese Poetry Night held at Smith. restaurant tonight. Those who attend will be registered to win a night for two at the Holiday Inn Express. “It’s just a nice getaway even if it’s just for one night,” said President of the Crossroads Poetry Project Autry Davis. “It’s a chance to relax, go out to dinner, listen to music, crack open a bottle of wine and just talk to one another.”

The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors declared February Career and Technical Education Month. Taking part in the signing of the Career and Technical Education Month Proclamation were (seated) Bobby Marolt, Alcorn County chancery clerk and clerk to the Alcorn Board of Supervisors; Lowell Hinton, president of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors; Richard Turner, director of the Alcorn Career and Technology Center. Standing (from left) Amanda Dildy – Agriculture and Natural Resources; England Lemons – Polymer Science; Liz Buncik – Career Pathway Experience and Health Sciences; Kaitlyn Crum – Health Sciences; Chandler Downs – Construction; Trevor McAffee – Agriculture Power and Machinery; William Shadburn – Business Fundamentals/Marketing; Justin Bain – Automotive Service Technology; Conner Smith – Digital Media Technology; Matthew Turner – Teacher Academy; Dakota Chase – Manufacturing Fundamentals/Metal Fabrication; and Daniel Ozbirn – Information Technology. perheroes.” CTE Month provides CTE programs across the country an opportunity

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islators. It serves as a reflection of those who are without shelter in the state on any given night. The goal of the survey was to gain emergency state funding so Crosswind can further their efforts and extend their ministry’s outreach. Crosswind has applied for two ESF grants -- the Continual Care Grant and the Emergency Care Grant. “Because of the PIT count, we were able to locate and substantially help every single one,” said Capps. “We are thankful for our volunteers who were so handson, as well as the organizations that took data or

sent people.” The survey helped not only to locate those who are suffering, but bring to light the need for action. “We have homelessness in this community and we can solve the problem,” said Capps. “If we together as a community can identify homeless people, we can dramatically improve their situations.” He considered the count to be a huge success and said the organizations were blessed to have been able to locate and improve the lives of so many people. (For more information regarding the PIT count, visit www.muteh.org. To learn more about Crosswind Ministries,visit www.crosswind.ms).

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delays. At the end of January, “It looked like we still would be able to play the first home ballgame on March 25, but since that time, we know the weather has not been favorable,” he said. “They are doing everything that they can. We just need the sun and a few warm days to really get some things moving.” The board has a plan for facilities that includes resurfacing of the tennis courts at the end of this school year. Repainting the CHS and CMS interiors is also on the list. And Childress said it’s going to be necessary to look at roof work at CHS in the next few years.

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Today in history Today is Thursday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2014. There are 321 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 13, 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, also known as ASCAP, was founded in New York to protect the copyrights of creators and ensure compensation for public performances of their works.

On this date: In 1542, the fifth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery. In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots. In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland. In 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slaying of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was later executed.) In 1939, Justice Louis D. Brandeis retired from the U.S. Supreme Court. (He was succeeded by William O. Douglas.) In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was established. In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb in the Sahara Desert. In 1974, Nobel Prizewinning Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union. In 1980, the 13th Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 1984, Konstantin Chernenko was chosen to be general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee, succeeding the late Yuri Andropov. In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, allied warplanes destroyed an underground shelter in Baghdad that had been identified as a military command center; Iraqi officials said 500 civilians were killed.

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Students display inventions Fourth grade gifted students at Corinth Elementary School recently developed original invention ideas and had the opportunity to display their inventions for the school in the 3rd Annual Invention Convention. Leading up to their Invention Convention, these gifted students had been participating in lessons designed to develop their creativity. Each student brainstormed many invention ideas before selecting his or her best idea. Then, they made a prototype of their invention and entered it in the convention, which lasted from Jan. 27-31. The participants’ parents and fellow students at CES were invited to tour the Invention Convention and then place their votes for their favorite invention. After all of the votes were tallied, the top three winners were announced. First place went to Jack Taylor for his original invention, the “Auto Aqua Helmet.” Taylor’s helmet, which was designed for football players who get thirsty on the field, had a neatly compacted water bottle hidden inside the padding. To get a quick drink, the player can just squeeze the bottle and the water will flow down a tube into the player’s mouthpiece. George Davis won second place with his “Schuting Seed Feeder.” His invention involved a schute that connected the bird feeder to a window. To feed the birds without going outside, a person can just pour the birdseed through the schute that will send it straight to the birdfeeder. “It is helpful,” Davis said, “because in the winter you can stay warm while feeding the birds!” The third place winner was Cate Rivers Shipp with the “Sort-OTron.”Shipp’s invention

Region Briefs Tax office theft investigation continues BOONEVILLE — The investigation continues into the theft of more than $38,000 in cash and checks from the Prentiss County Tax Collector’s office. Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey said Tuesday investigators with his office, the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations are continuing to follow up on leads in the case and encourage anyone who may have any knowledge of the crime to share the information with police. Approximately $38,000 mixed between cash and checks was taken from a safe in the collector’s office inside the Prentiss County Courthouse sometime during the overnight hours between the evening of Thursday, Jan. 30 and the morning of Friday, Jan. 31 when an employee arriving to work discovered the theft.

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Jack Taylor earned first place in the Invention Convention at Corinth Elementary School.

TISHOMINGO – Students and faculty at Tishomingo County Career and Technical Center are celebrating Career and Technical Education Month in February. This year’s theme is Celebrate CTE Superheroes. CTE Month provides students and alumni an opportunity to demonstrate how CTE educates students to be college and career-ready. The courses help prepare students for high-wage, high-demand career fields and celebrates the accomplishments, achievements and contributions of TCCTC’s CTE Superheroes. An open house is schedule for Feb. 20 from 5-7 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

‘The King and I’ comes to Dixie Theatre

George Davis earned second place in the Invention Convention at Corinth Elementary School. consisted of a computerized robot arm that can sort a family’s laundry using computer technology. To use the Sort-O-Tron, a person can type in the name of the family member and the color of the corresponding clothing tag on the computer keyboard. The robot arm would then sort the clothing according to color tags so that each family member’s clothes end up in a separate basket.

RIPLEY – The Ripley Arts Council and the Dixie Theater will present “The King and I,” by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals, next week. The musical will be presented at the Dixie Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. nightly except Wednesday night. The Sunday, Feb. 23 matinee will begin at 2 p.m. Though not a requirement, seats may be reserved by calling 662-993-ARTS (2787). Admission for the musical is $10 for adults and $5 for children and students. It is payable at the door. 2014 season tickets will be available for purchase at all productions.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, trying to calm a political storm, ordered the release of his Vietnam-era military records to counter Democrats’ suggestions that he’d shirked his duty in the Texas Air National Guard.

Cate Rivers Shipp earned third place in the Invention Convention at Corinth Elementary School.

Five years ago:

bacco-Free Coalition of Alcorn & Tippah Counties. “Contact the Mississippi State Department of Health’s (MSDH) Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. When you get help, you’re twice as likely to quit smoking for good.” Fifty years after the release of the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, remarkable progress has been made through-

A $787 billion stimulus bill aimed at easing the worst economic crisis in decades cleared both houses of Congress. Peanut Corp. of America, the Lynchburg, Va.-based peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak, filed for bankruptcy.

One year ago: Beginning a long farewell to his flock, a weary Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final public Mass as pontiff, presiding over Ash Wednesday services inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

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Medicaid: a barrier to education BY DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Syndicated Columnists

In state capitols throughout America, a drama will play out this coming year and in every subsequent year for at least a decade. Legislators and governors will find themselves unable to provide decently for education without cutting back on the ambitious Medicaid expansion built into Obamacare. Even in those states that opted not to participate in raising the eligibility levels for Medicaid — and took the out Justice Roberts gave them — the Medicaid rolls will rise as more of those previously eligible sign up through the well-publicized federal exchanges The explosion in Medicaid cost and enrollment represents a dire threat to educational quality in all 50 states. Simply put, improving our failing schools will have to wait as Obamacare drives up state health spending. Last year, education ate up $286 billion of the $1.5 trillion in state spending — about 19 percent. But Medicaid gobbled up $478 billion — or 32 percent. But this is just the beginning. Due to lower medical inflation, Medicaid spending has grown only at about 2 percent a year during the past two budget cycles. However, due to Obamacare’s increased Medicaid enrollment, Medicaid spending is projected to rise 12.2 percent in 2014, 7.9 percent in 2015 and 2016, and 6.6 percent per year thereafter. Meanwhile, state total spending is projected to hold fairly steady at $1.5 trillion (http:// www.usgovernmentspending.com/). The left is going to have to choose between Medicaid and education. We cannot afford both. Of course, states can still raise taxes and join jurisdictions like Detroit into their slow spiral to oblivion. Is the Medicaid spending worth it? Is it a good trade to swap our children’s future for a perceived increase in health care quality for today’s poor? Does increasing Medicaid help to improve the health of the new recipients? The seminal study says: not by much. The study came about when Oregon expanded its Medicaid program in 2008, using a lottery to determine who would benefit from the limited expansion. Amy Finkelstein, an economic professor at MIT, and Katherine Baicker from the Harvard School of Public Health analyzed the results in what came to be called the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. The researchers found “no measurable health benefits in the Medicaid group for several chronic conditions, including hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes.” They did find that expanding Medicaid coverage caused the newly enrolled to throng emergency rooms. Finkelstein said: “Medicaid coverage increases emergency department use, both overall and for a broad range of types of visits, conditions, and subpopulations, including visits for conditions that may be most readily treatable in primary care settings.” In fact, she reported a 40 percent hike in ER visits among the newly enrolled. The control population and the Medicaid population in the study differed only in “the fact that some have insurance and some don’t.” So is the Medicaid expansion worth it? Is it an effective way to use state resources to tell an entire generation of children that they will have to wait for good schools until the Medicaid expansion experiment has run its course? Or will it be too late for them? In light of the lack of evidence that allowing poor adults under the age of 65 to get free medical care improves their health, are we justified in diverting funds that would likely otherwise go to schools, better teachers and enriched curriculums? With students throughout the nation no longer able to study such subjects as science, social studies and foreign languages due to financial limitations, are we right to make Medicaid the sole object of our generosity? Ask the kids.

Prayer for today Almighty God, if I am uncertain, and tremble at the crossroads in doubt of the right way, may I wait and be led by thee, and follow on, even if the way be dark and rough. May I be faithful and have thy presence as thou promised at the end. Amen.

A verse to share “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” -- Deuteronomy 5:11

Campaigns battle citizen journalists I have rarely met a political operative who believes that journalism is actually on the level. They do not believe that journalism is agenda-free or that a journalist’s only agenda is to report the truth without “fear or favor.” Journalists claim to have standards, but the political operative is hard-pressed to see what those standards might be. The only real standard seems to be to wallow in scandal and controversy. The slightest bobble, misstatement or evidence of human failing by a politician is pounced upon by the journalist with the same glee as a cat has pouncing upon a mouse. To the operative, reporters are trouble, and the best solution to this trouble is to keep the candidates as far away from the press as possible except for scripted moments, such as speeches, and unavoidable moments that can be prepared for (i.e., rehearsed), such as debates. There is a problem with this, however, as we look forward — and you are looking forward, aren’t you? — to the presidential campaigns of 2016, which will begin this year. Today anybody with access to the Internet can be a journalist. And keeping a candidate away from credentialed reporters does not solve as many problems as it used to. What really got candidates in trouble in the most recent two presidential campaigns? Comments made by candidates who assumed no reporters were in the room.

The only big mistake Barack Obama made in his 2008 campaign was tellRoger ing a crowd Simon at what he thought was Columnist a private $1,000-perperson fundraiser in San Francisco that when smalltown voters “get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” The campaign had kept reporters away from the event, but Mayhill Fowler, an Obama supporter and donor, had gotten a ticket and captured Obama’s remarks on her digital recorder. Aside from being an Obama partisan — Fowler had contributed the maximum $2,300 to Obama’s campaign — Fowler viewed herself as a “citizen journalist” who wrote a blog for a website published by The Huffington Post. Fowler knew that Obama might be damaged if his remarks got out, which is why she sat on her story for days. But after talking to a number of people, including her editor, she decided to publish Obama’s comments. The results were explosive. Clinton attacked Obama, saying she had grown up in a “churchgoing family” and “the people of faith” she knows “don’t ‘cling to’ religion because they’re bitter.” Clinton also told crowds

that her father taught her to shoot when she was young. “Americans who believe in the Second Amendment believe it’s a constitutional right,” Clinton said. “Americans who believe in God believe it’s a matter of personal faith.” Obama, in a rare moment of understatement, responded: “I didn’t say it as well as I should have.” The Obama campaign was furious with Fowler, saying she had attended a donor-only, closed-press event and then had betrayed the campaign by acting like a journalist. “We had a fundamental misunderstanding of my priorities,” Fowler would later say. “Mine were as a reporter, not as a supporter. They thought I would put the role of supporter first.” “I’m 61,” she said in another interview. “I can’t believe I would be one of the people who’s changing the world of media.” But she was. Typically, reporters are forbidden by their employers to contribute to political campaigns, but Fowler didn’t view herself as operating under such conventional rules. The campaign operatives had no defense for this except to screen audiences even more carefully than they already did or advise the candidates to say nothing that had not been preapproved. Which they already did. A lot. But even that doesn’t work in a world where everyone is a citizen journalist. In May 2012, Mitt Romney held a $50,000-per-

plate off-the-record fundraiser at a private home in Boca Raton, Fla., where he delivered what became known as his “47 percent” remarks. He said: “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right? There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. ... My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” A bartender at the event surreptitiously recorded Romney. The video was obtained and published by David Corn of Mother Jones. Again, the remarks were explosive. To some, they represented the remarks of an uncaring fat cat. Romney denied that but was forced to reply: “Well, um, it’s not elegantly stated; let me put it that way.” When, after the campaign, Dan Balz asked Romney about his remarks for Balz’s book “Collision 2012,” Romney denied making the last part of the statement, even though it had been captured on videotape. “Actually, I didn’t say that,” Romney told Balz. “That’s how it began to be perceived, and so I had to ultimately respond to the perception, because perception is reality.”

We remain one nation, under God We used to characterize the Soviet Union as a godless, evil empire. Like many societies based on communism or socialism, the Soviets saw fit to minimize the importance of God and, in many cases, wreaked unimaginable persecution on religious people. Why is faith in God anathema to such states? It’s because they need to remove any authority other than themselves as the arbiter of right and wrong. Interestingly, last year Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Euro-Atlantic countries, including the United States, as becoming godless and moving away from Christian values. Some may bristle at such an accusation, but when you consider that many Americans are hesitant even to mention God or Jesus in public, there may be some validity to his claim. We also have tossed out many of the principles espoused in the Bible and have concluded that there’s no authority greater than man himself. The separation clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is inappropriately applied to a host of situations that involve religion. By reinterpreting the law to mean separa-

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tion of God and state, as opposed to the original intent of keeping the church Ben from having Carson undue influence over Columnist state affairs and keeping government from ruling the church, secular progressives have succeeded de facto in redefining part of the Constitution. Such success, however, can only be lasting if “we the people” continue to yield our values and beliefs in order to get along. A number of years ago, some lawyers approached me to advise that we could not hang our “Think Big” banners in public schools. They claimed the “G” stood for God, and this would be tantamount to government endorsement of religion, which would be contrary to the First Amendment. I countered that the First Amendment also forbids government suppression of religious expression and suggested we pursue this argument at the U.S. Supreme Court. This may have seemed like a bold and reckless statement, but it wasn’t. I

knew I would be going to the Supreme Court the next week to receive the Jefferson award and figured I would bring up this issue while I was there. And I did. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said we were nowhere near violating the First Amendment and that of course we could put up our banners in a public school without constitutional infringement. In this case, I did not back down in the face of bogus accusations, and we prevailed. We all must have the courage to fight for our beliefs, just as our predecessors fought for our future. While our Judeo-Christian values have taken a hit in recent years, we have not yet reached the point of a totally godless government that sets itself up as the supreme authority and giver of rights. As a nation, we must decide definitively whether we believe in God and godly principles. We must decide whether we revere the Bible and what it means when our elected officials take their oaths of office with one hand upon it. If we do nothing, we allow by default the elimination of God as a central figure in our culture. As secular progressives

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try to remove all vestiges of God from our society, let us remember the godly principles of loving our fellow man, caring about our neighborhoods, developing our God-given talents to the utmost so that we become valuable to the people around us, and maintaining high principles that govern our lives. Our Judeo-Christian values led this nation to the pinnacle of the world. If we embrace them, they will keep us there. While we Americans are giving a cold shoulder to our religious heritage, the Russians are warming to religion. They seem to be gaining prestige and influence as we are losing ours. I wonder whether there is a correlation. Second Chronicles 7:14 says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and will heal their land.” These instructions are clear, and secular progressives will shun them. They may control much of the media, but we should not allow them to control our beliefs.

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Senate passes debt limit bill for Obama WASHINGTON â€” Must-pass legislation to allow the government to borrow money to pay its bills has cleared Congress for President Barack Obamaâ€™s signature. The Senate approved the measure by a near party-line 55-43 vote. All of the â€œayeâ€? votes came from Obamaâ€™s Democratic allies. But the vote to pass the measure was anticlimactic after a dramatic 67-31 tally â€” held open for more than an hour â€” in which the measure cleared a filibuster hurdle insisted on by tea party Republican Ted Cruz of Texas. The Senateâ€™s top two Republicans â€” both facing tea party challenges in their GOP primaries this year â€” provided crucial momentum after a group of Republicans were clearly reluctant to walk the plank. Several other Republicans then switched their votes in solidarity.

Amtrak suspends trains for storm WASHINGTON â€” Amtrak is suspending some trains as a winter storm threatens the South and the Northeast. Amtrak says the suspensions Wednesday are meant to reduce the exposure of passengers, crews and equipment to extreme weather. The suspensions include trains between

New York and several destinations in the South and the auto train between Washingtonâ€™s northern Virginia suburbs and Orlando, Fla. Amtrak says other services, including the Northeast Corridor, are scheduled to operate. The suspensions include Crescent trains between New York and New Orleans; Silver Meteor and Silver Star trains between New York and Miami; Carolinian trains between New York and Charlotte, N.C.; Palmetto trains between New York and Savannah, Ga.; and Piedmont trains between Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina.

Stag French leader gets warm welcome WASHINGTON â€” Michelle and Barack Obama found just the right spot to seat a gent going stag to Tuesdayâ€™s state dinner: They plopped French President Francois Hollande down right between them in a giant party tent, and put the pshaw to all that drama about his solo trip to the U.S. after a very public breakup from his first lady. The A-list guest roster for the biggest social event of Obamaâ€™s second term â€” flush with celebrities, Democratic donors, politicians and business types â€” mostly tried not to go there, tactfully avoiding talk about â€œlâ€™affaire Hollande.â€? â€œI donâ€™t get involved in those things,â€? demurred actress Cicely Tyson, who at age 80 said

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sheâ€™s been to plenty of state dinners over the years. Former NAACP official Ben Jealous was nothing but admiring of the French intrigue. â€œI think the French are way cooler than we are on a whole lot of fronts,â€? he said, including way better gossip. On a frigid night, the eveningâ€™s pomp and pageantry were all designed to wrap Hollande in a comfy blanket of warmth, from the moment he stepped out of his limo and onto a red carpet on the White House north portico.

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House nixes plan for failing schools JACKSON â€” House members have rejected a plan to create a separate statewide school district in Mississippi to take over individual failing schools. Representatives voted 60 to 55 Wednesday to send House Bill 502 back to the Education Committee, likely killing the measure. House Bill 502 would have created an â€œAchievement School Districtâ€? to take over schools that score an â€œFâ€™â€™ on the stateâ€™s rating system two years in a row. Opponents objected to the districtâ€™s power to take schools from local control for indefinite periods of time, even as districts would be sending property taxes to the achievement district to pay for the schools.

Urban beekeeping puts LA abuzz LOS ANGELES â€” The City Council in Los Angeles has voted to begin crafting an ordinance that would allow its residents to keep bees in their backyards. The vote Wednesday was unanimous. Hundreds of beekeepers have been raising bees in the cityâ€™s residential areas â€” but for now, itâ€™s illegal. Supporters say the city is the perfect place for beekeeping because it is warm year-round and has so many flowering plants. They say LA is already packed with bees living in hidden places and it makes sense for safety reasons to have beekeepers caring for them instead. But some people worry that legalizing beekeeping will bring more residents into direct contact with Africanized â€” or â€œkiller bees.â€?

Crash shuts down I-20 bridge amid ice

burg, and Delta, La., was closed in both directions and was expected to be for several hours. An undetermined amount of the chemical is believed to have leaked into the Mississippi River, officials said. U.S. Coast Guard officials said they were assessing the impact of the spill, and the Mississippi was closed to traffic.

Bill would punish repeat offenders JACKSON â€” Old habits are hard to break when it comes to Mississippi lawmakersâ€™ desire to lock up criminals. Two days after the state House passed House Bill 585, which aims to cut the number of state prisoners to save money, representatives voted 79-41 Wednesday to pass House Bill 63. It would limit the ability of violent offenders to get time off prison sentences after a second conviction.

Rep. Mark Formby, R-Picayune, said the bill couldâ€™ve prevented his aunt from being shot to death by a repeat offender. He and other supporters of the bill said people who commit a second violent crime after getting out of prison the first time havenâ€™t learned their lessons and shouldnâ€™t be able to earn time off. â€œI donâ€™t see how anyone in this chamber could be against this,â€? said Formby, the billâ€™s sponsor. But the measure, which moves on to the Senate for more debate, is opposed by Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps. He said he wants legislators to make changes using the comprehensive bill. â€œThe commissioner wants changes to come through that package,â€? spokeswoman Grace Fisher said. â€œThe package says violent offenders must serve a minimum of 50 percent of their sentence.â€?

JACKSON â€” A chainreaction crash shut down the icy four-lane Mississippi River bridge on Interstate 20 at Vicksburg, Miss. A tanker was leaking a corrosive liquid into the river. An 18-wheeler skidded on the ice and crashed into a railing about 4 a.m. Wednesday. At least four other tractor-trailers followed. Louisiana State Trooper Albert Paxton said the tanker was leaking a flammable liquid and that hazardous materials crews were trying to stop the flow. The four-lane bridge that runs between Vicks-

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BURNSVILLE — Funeral services for Leland Roy Smith, 56, are set for 3 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home in Glen with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Smith died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. He was the owner/operator of L&M Discount Materials in Iuka and a member of Fairview Community Church. He was an avid NASCAR fan and enjoyed fishing and camping. He especially loved to spend time with his family. Survivors include his wife, Margarette Smith of Burnsville; two sons, Andy Smith of Corinth and Ben Wells of Burnsville; two daughters, Leslie Boone (Paul) of Corinth and Sara Wells of Burnsville; three brothers, James T. “Tommy” Smith (Nancy) of Michie, Tenn., Virgil Wayne Smith (Pam) of Ottawa, Ill., and Dewey Smith (Elaine) of Corinth; two sisters, Rosa Spencer (Doyle) of Corinth and Debra Smith of Iuka; and two grandchildren, Jacob Bradley and Madisyn Boone. He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Virginia Vonboeckman Smith; his grandparents, Clarence and Bertha Smith; a brother, Rayburn Smith; and a sister Linda Smith. Pallbearers include Cary Rikard, Ben Ramirez, Jason Smith, Robert Rikard, Steve Smith and William Rikard. Ernie Smith will serve as honorary pallbearer. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leland Smith Memorial Fund at Regions Bank in Corinth. For on-line condolences: www.cutshallfuneralhome.com Bro. Dewey Smith will officiate the service.

CHICAGO — This merciless winter is taking a heavy toll on the nation’s pipes and pavement, breaking hundreds of water mains and opening potholes so big they snap tire rims and wheel axles like Popsicle sticks. The relentless cycle of snow and bitter cold is testing the strength of infrastructure, the patience of the public and the stamina of crews whose job is to keep the roads safe and the taps running. Even after the weather eases, cities and states will be left with steep repair bills that could affect their budgets for months to come. New York City crews filled 69,000 potholes in the first five weeks of the year. In Iowa, a Des Moines official said the city has never endured so many broken water mains.

Ice storm causes outages in South ATLANTA — The second wintry storm in two weeks to hit the Deep South encrusted highways, trees and power

lines in ice Wednesday, knocking out electricity to more than 350,000 homes and businesses. But it didn’t wreak the highway havoc in Atlanta that the previous storm did — largely because people learned their lesson. At least nine traffic deaths were blamed on the treacherous weather, and more than 3,100 airline flights nationwide were canceled As residents across the South heeded forecasters’ unusually dire warnings and hunkered down at home against the onslaught of snow and freezing rain, the storm pushed northward along the Interstate 95 corridor, threatening to bring more than a foot of snow Thursday to the already sick-of-winter mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Forecasters warned of a potentially “catastrophic” storm across the South with more than an inch of ice possible in some places. As the day wore on, power outages climbed by the hour and the dreary weather came in waves. Ice combined with wind gusts up to 30 mph in Georgia snapped tree limbs and power lines. More than 200,000 homes and

businesses lost power in Georgia, 130,000 in South Carolina and nearly 30,000 in Louisiana. Some people could be in the dark for days.

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Republican elected San Diego mayor SAN DIEGO — A moderate Republican city councilman has been elected mayor of San Diego in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Bob Filner, who resigned amid a torrent of sexual harassment allegations. San Diego becomes the nation’s largest city with a Republican mayor, and Kevin Faulconer will be the only Republican to lead a major city in California, where Democrats hold all statewide offices. Filner was San Diego’s first Democratic leader in 20 years. With all precincts reporting, the two-term councilman and former public relations executive led Democratic Councilman David Alvarez by 54.5 percent to 45.5 percent. Faulconer, 47, said Wednesday that he saw his “overwhelming” margin of victory as a mandate to continue voterapproved fiscal measures like cutting pen-

Ex-mayor convicted of taking bribes NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted Wednesday on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office, including right after Hurricane Katrina. The federal jury found Nagin guilty of 20 of 21 counts against him. He sat quietly at the defense table after the verdict was read and his

wife, Seletha, was being consoled in the front row. Before the verdict, the 57-year-old Ray Nagin said outside the New Orleans courtroom: “I’ve been at peace with this for a long time. I’m good.” The Democrat, who left office in 2010 after eight years, was indicted in January 2013 on charges he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and truckloads of free granite for his family business in exchange for promoting the interests of local businessman Frank Fradella. He also was charged with accepting thousands of dollars in in payoffs from another businessman, Rodney Williams, for his help in securing city contracts. Nagin is best remembered for his impassioned pleas for help after levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, flooding much of New Orleans and plunging the city into chaos. Nagin testified that key witnesses lied and prosecutors misinterpreted evidence including emails, checks and pages from his appointment calendar linking him to businessmen who said they bribed him.

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Bill would limit politicos in ads JACKSON — Mississippi politicians would be banned from appearing in tax-funded advertising during election years, under a bill moving through the Legislature. Senate Bill 2281 passed the Senate on Wednesday and moves to the House for more work. Republican Sen. John Polk of Hattiesburg says he filed the bill because constituents were upset about politicians gaining name recognition on the taxpayers’ dime. It’s not unusual for elected officials to appear in publicly funded commercials promoting their official duties. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, for example, is appearing in TV ads now that explain Mississippi’s new voter identification law.

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31-year-old Gulfport man has pleaded guilty to charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and felon in possession of a weapon. District Attorney Joel Smith tells The Sun Herald Julius Scott Turner was sentenced Tuesday as a habitual offender to serve 12 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Turner was convicted of felony charges of receiving stolen property and robbery in 2002 and 2004 respectively, so was eligible to be prosecuted as a habitual offender.

Daniels Band, Lynch headline music fest BILOXI — The Charlie Daniels Band, Dustin Lynch and Three Days Grace are among the headliners for the 22nd annual Crawfish Music Festival that runs over two weekends this spring. The festival opens Easter weekend, April 17-20, and continues April 24-27, at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi.

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Ethics group seeks records enforcement JACKSON — The Mississippi Ethics Commission might get the power to enforce disputes about public records. Senate Bill 2507 passed the Senate on Tuesday and moves to the House for more work. It says that if a person’s public records request is denied or ignored after 14 days, the Ethics Commis-

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Friendâ€™s wisdom remains so close BY JIMMY REED Columnist

Rarely did my boyhood best friend and mentor, Jaybird, stand still; if he was on his feet he was busy, doing something purposelyâ€Śnever aimlessly. For him, hard work was as natural as breathing. Even though he was well up in years when he began teaching me many of the values I live by today, when we worked together in the fields, it was a challenge to keep up with him. He was a doer, not a talker. And since he talked little, he didnâ€™t need much vocabulary; he let his actions speak for him. Even so, some of his words offset his small vocabulary because they had multiple meanings. I remember two he often used: â€œuhmadgunâ€? and â€œgoodeel.â€? For him, uh-madgun was a catchall term, and depending on the circumstances, might mean, yes, no, maybe, or let me think on it. If I asked him a stupid question, heâ€™d answer, â€œI uh-madgun.â€? For instance, if I asked him if the moon really was made of green cheese, his uh-madgun answer might mean anything, including, â€œI uh-madgun youâ€™re crazy. Why donâ€™t you go to de moon and see if hitâ€™s made of green cheese, and do us sensible folks down heah on earth a favor: Donâ€™t come back.â€? Jaybird hated stupid questions. Goodeel was his way of saying such things as okay, way to go, or thatâ€™s a bargain. Instead of patting me on the head and calling me a good boy when our work was done, heâ€™d always say, â€œGoodeel.â€? If referring to an amount, he might say, â€œWe got a goodeel oâ€™ work to do today, boy,â€? or, â€œDe river is fallinâ€™. Dem big bream at Percy Blue Hole will be feedinâ€™. Letâ€™s go â€” I garrantee weâ€™ll catch a

goodeel oâ€™ â€™em.â€? He was never wrong about fishing; when we went, we always caught a goodeel. I like goodeel, but I like uh-madgun more. Jaybird understood that reality has boundaries; imagination doesnâ€™t â€Ś especially when used positively. To him, people who used their imaginations to bemoan how much better life would be if they had things they didnâ€™t have â€” and probably wouldnâ€™t ever have â€” failed to cherish assets they did have, without which theyâ€™d be hopelessly lost. Even so, Jaybird taught me that, while I must cherish all the gifts God gave me, I must not cling to them so tightly that I couldnâ€™t live without them, or let them limit my determination to acquire what I might uh-madgun would improve my life. As a college teacher, such simple but profound philosophy, instilled in me by this master teacher, causes me to look for possibilities in every student, regardless of his condition. I believe that a teacher must search for untapped potential in all students, even if they consider themselves failures or losers. One thing is certain: When the fires of desire and determination are lit, young people can conquer whatever causes their defeatist attitude. As we all can. Jaybird was right: Life is a goodeel: Uh-Madgun. Oxford resident, Ole Miss alumni, and retired Mississippi Delta cotton farmer Jimmy Reed (jimmycecilreedjr@gmail. com) is a newspaper columnist, author and college teacher. A collection of his short stories is available at Square Books (www.squarebooks.com; 662/2362262).

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in prison for murder, and of course, he tells them it is not what it appears to be. That seems to be the way most criminals tell their story. Maybe they should say, â€œEverything that is on the news is true about me.â€? The three of them return to Adeleâ€™s house, and old Frank makes himself at home. One thing about the movie, it does not waste time getting right down to business. Good ole Frank cooks, repairs what is broken, washes the floor, and cleans the house. One could say Frank makes himself right at home even to the point of falling in love with Adele. I guess we could call it love at first fright.

Of course the law enforcement officers are traveling the roads trying to find good ole Frank. He continues to cook great meals and terrific peach pies. It is just like Adele and Henry have someone to clean the yard and put the food on the table, and fall in love with Adele while teaching Henry how to play baseball. The audience has the misfortune of watching flashbacks of the past. These moments were confusing. They last about 15 seconds and the audience is so fortunate, to see several of them throughout the film to help the confusion. Frank convinces Adele that the three of them should travel to Canada

and live safely and securely. The movie takes place is 1987. I am not sure if Frank had been in prison so long that he thought moving to Canada would be like it was during the Vietnam War days when kids could not be drafted into the army if they moved to Canada. I do not think it would work that way with an escaped prisoner who has been in jail for murder. The movie has some semi-interesting moments, but not nearly enough. It did give the audience a journey full of awkward moments. Henry meets Mandy (Gattlin Griffin) a new girl in school. She has family problems also, but she

just takes them as they happen. â€œLabor Dayâ€? did have some good scenes, but not many. It became more confusing than entertaining. As Forrest Gump would say, â€œThat is all I have to say about that.â€? (Terry Burns is technology coordinator for the McNairy County School System. A lifelong movie buff, he can be contacted by email at burns984@bellsouth.net. Terryâ€™s movie grading scale: five-plus stars -- as good as it gets; five stars -- donâ€™t miss; four stars -- excellent; three stars -- good; two stars -- fair; one star -- poor; no stars -- donâ€™t bother.)

Death row story a meditation on life BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER The Bookworm Sez

â€œThings Iâ€™ve Learned from Dying: A Book about Lifeâ€? by David R. Dow c.2014, Twelve $25/$28 Canada 273 pages Just one more bedtime story. You wanted that as a child because youâ€™ve always been someone who hates endings (one more for the road). Everyone knows you never get out the door on time (let me just look again). Coat on, hat on, and you start another story (did I tell youâ€Ś?). â€œGoodbyeâ€? sounds so final and itâ€™s not a bad thing that you canâ€™t take your leave. But, as in the new book â€œThings Iâ€™ve Learned from Dyingâ€? by David R. Dow, sometimes, itâ€™s time to go. The crime was horrifying for its brutality: four teenagers broke into the home of an eighty-fouryear-old woman, slinked upstairs to where she was watching TV in bed, took her car keys, and killed her. Later, Texas law allowed Eddie Waterman, who did not

shoot the fatal bullet, to be sentenced to die for the crime. In Huntsville, where â€œinmates spend twentythree hours a day in a sixty-square-foot cell withâ€Ś a slit of translucent plastic for a windowâ€? David Dow met Waterman, his new client. Dow, a lawyer for Death Row inmates, had been down this road before. At their first meeting, he â€œdid the mathâ€? and figured Waterman would â€œbe dead in twenty-eight months.â€? Still, he would try to overturn the sentence. Dowâ€™s father-in-law, Peter, asked why Dow wanted to save Watermanâ€™s life. It was a good question from a man who was dying himself: Peter had metastatic melanoma. But as hard as Dow fought to save the life of Waterman, who had nothing and wanted to live, Peter, who had everything to live for, wanted to die. Every possible legal chance was used to help Watermanâ€™s plight; Dow and his team even put themselves in danger of disbarment. Meanwhile, Dowâ€™s

wife, Katya, desperately searched for viable alternative treatments for her father, whoâ€™d decided thereâ€™d be no more chemotherapy. â€œI know you know how to let go,â€? Peter wrote to Dow. â€œI need you to teach it to Katya.â€? In a file stored somewhere in my computer, thereâ€™s a flexible list of my Top Five Books Ever. â€œThings Iâ€™ve Learned from Dyingâ€? is there. As a meditation on life, author David R. Dow first takes his readers on a dual path of sorrow (â€œMy entire life consists of trying to put off the end.â€?). The situations, together, drip with irony; his good memories of Peter seem grief-flat, dry, and joyless. Itâ€™s hardly believable, then, that Dowâ€™s dog falls ill during this time, which feels to readers like another kick to the stomach. Thatâ€™s overwhelming - obviously for the author as much as it is

for us â€“ but itâ€™s also so affecting that youâ€™ll find your hand creeping over your mouth as you read. You may even cry. But you wonâ€™t avoid being moved. This memoir on life and death is a must-read for both sides of the capital punishment fence. Itâ€™s a must-read for anyone whoâ€™s lost a loved one. Start â€œThings Iâ€™ve Learned from Dying,â€? and I donâ€™t think youâ€™ll be able to leave it.

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Total return YTD 1-yr 10-yr^ NKE -5.8% 36.4% 16.8% S&P 500 -1.4 22.3 6.9

Total return YTD 1-yr 10-yr^ PCLN 7.3% 77.2% 48.8% S&P 500 -1.4 22.3 6.9

HOLD

SELL

BUY

HOLD

5-yr avg.* 35

Total return YTD 1-yr 10-yr^ WFM -3.9% 16.4% 13.0% S&P 500 -1.4 22.3 6.9

Avg. broker rating

Avg. broker rating SELL

5-yr avg.* 32

Avg. broker rating SELL

BUY

Source: FactSet *based on last 12 month results ^annualized

HOLD

BUY

Trevor Delaney; J. Paschke • AP

INDEXES 52-Week High Low 16,588.25 13,784.01 7,591.43 5,789.20 537.86 462.66 11,334.65 8,700.73 4,246.55 3,105.37 1,850.84 1,485.01 1,359.99 1,078.65 19,776.59 15,674.94 1,182.04 894.24

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$25.48

BKW $16.59

25 20 ’13

15 Operating EPS

that they don’t experience setbacks. However, their long-term performance can offer reassurance that the stock is likely to get back on track. Nike, priceline.com and Whole Foods Market are three strong brands that fit the bill. Although two are trailing the Standard & Poor’s 500 index so far this year, all three have outperformed the broader market over the last 10 years.

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Wed.’s close: $74.11

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Spotlight on Starwood Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide reports fourth-quarter earnings today. The company, best known for hotel brands like Sheraton, Westin and St. Regis, is expected to report adjusted earnings and revenue that are essentially flat versus the same quarter a year earlier. Wall Street will have an eye out on Starwood’s latest revenue per available room for its hotels open at least a year, a key industry metric.

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9 • Daily Corinthian

Variety

Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Dear Annie: I have a 75-year-old friend who was brutally beaten by an intruder. “Jim” allowed the stranger to enter his home when he claimed he needed to use the telephone. Jim suffered broken bones and a head trauma and spent time in a rehab facility. He still hasn’t fully recovered and is mostly confined to bed. Jim has no close family. He abandoned his wife 38 years ago, and his daughter met him for the first time in October. She is his next of kin, and when Jim was in a coma, she had to make some tough decisions about his care. She is not able to be involved as much now because she lives far away. I’m in touch with her often, so she is aware of her father’s condition and says he is capable of making informed decisions. The police concur. Jim is alone, depressed and alcoholic. I check on him daily. He’s promised not to kill himself, but he has given up on living. He has very little energy and barely eats despite the fact that food is provided. He just wants to lie in bed, smoke and drink vodka. And that’s my problem. I have been meeting his requests for alcohol, but I feel guilty about it. I don’t want to contribute to his death by facilitating his drinking, but I fear that depriving him only condemns him to an even more protracted demise. Jim refuses to be hospitalized or return to rehab, because he will not be allowed

Annie’s Mailbox to smoke or drink, and he wants to die at home. If Jim is to recover, he needs to stop drinking, eat well and exercise, and it would be such a long and arduous road that he does not believe he can do it. Am I right to make him comfortable? —His Friend Dear Friend: We’re going to side with compassion, but please know what you are getting into. While Jim may tell you he is not suicidal, he is doing exactly that by a slower route. You cannot force him to choose life, but you don’t want to be overcome with guilt and remorse, either. Dear Annie: Every gathering of my husband’s family means my mother-in-law has to control the day, the conversation, everything. It sucks the life out of me. Not once does she listen to anyone else or ask how they are. She never inquires whether I’m OK. There is never a sincere two-sided conversation. Somehow, everything reverts back to her and her need for attention. She does not get along with her in-laws and refuses to visit them. My fatherin-law sees his side of the family on his own. All I can say to every person considering marriage is: Open your eyes. If I had recognized this

pattern earlier, as much as I love my husband, I wouldn’t have married into this family. -- Glad the Holidays Are Over Dear Glad: We understand that she is difficult, but we feel sorry for your mother-in-law. She has no idea how to make friends or get people to like her. Dear Annie: You were dead wrong in your response to “N.,” who asked about helping his mother financially once her money runs out. He is under no obligation to support his mother after Mom blew through all of the money her husband left. This child has worked hard his whole life and owes his mother nothing. I would not pay that lady a dime. Mom chose to spend stupidly, and so now she has to live with that. He needs to just tell her, “Sorry, Mom, I am not a bank!” — Cathy in Michigan Dear Cathy: “N.” did not ask whether to give money to Mom, only that he wanted to provide for her, within reason. Setting up a limited monthly allowance (and no additional funds) would work and would be a kindness. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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