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Another shooting Man shot in leg during Corinth drive-by BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth Police Department is investigating a drive-by shooting in the area of the J.B. Combs Apartments Monday night.

Quantavious Fernando, 17, was shot in the Dorsey Street area, said Capt. Dell Green. He was treated at Magnolia Regional Health Center and released. Fernando told police a gold

passenger car drove through the area, and an occupant of the vehicle fired several shots toward him. One bullet struck him in the leg, and the vehicle fled the scene. There are no suspects in the

Relay for Life seeks teams BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Area residents are being called upon again to unite in the fight against cancer. This year’s Relay For Life event is scheduled for Friday, April 28, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Crossroads Regional Park (city park) in Corinth. Alcorn County Relay for Life event chair Lanell Coln said the Alcorn County event is in desperate need of teams. She said people do not participate the way they used to and she feels it is because of busy lives. “Everybody is so busy, and it’s diﬃcult, but this is so important and it can be really fun. You make great friendships from just doing it,” said Coln. “I would really like to see it grow and be back to the participation it had so many years ago.” Coln said this year’s theme for the the event is “Superheroes” and she wanted to stress the point that it does not have to be only businesses that participate and form a team. “I would like to see more churches to get involved. It can also be families and friends. You can get together and have a team in honor of a family mem-

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Alcorn County Relay for Life event chair Lanell Coln shows the cookbook for sale with proceeds going toward Relay for Life and cancer research. Those interested in purchasing a cookbook can contact Coln at 662-212-2303. ber,” said Coln. Coln’s team is called “Lanelle’s Warriors” and she said some team members are from her cancer support group and some are just friends. The event chair said she

knows some may feel the event has not been eﬀective because of all the money raised and there is still no cure for cancer. “We still don’t have a cure,

BY JEBB JOHNSTON A one-block section of Polk Street is set to get improvements to sidewalks, curb and gutters. The area to be improved is from the intersection with Foote Street to the intersection with Waldron Street. The Board of Aldermen recently gave approval for the public works department to proceed on the project at a cost not to exceed $30,000. Public Works Director Clayton Mills said the project will include the reworking of six storm drain inlets. Other items recently before the city board: • Aldermen approved soliciting bids for one automated garbage truck. It could reduce the staﬃng from three men per truck to one. • Fire Chief Todd Welch

reported on the department’s run totals for 2016. With 2,060 total calls during the year, 1,439 of those were medical calls; 295 were public assistance calls; 183 were false alarms; and 143 were calls for fires or hazardous materials. The department is equipping the air truck to respond to medical calls to reduce fuel and maintenance on the pumper trucks, said Welch. • Director of Community Development and Planning Dave Huwe reported that the Mississippi Department of Transportation recently completed adjustments to the control box for signalization at the intersection of Highway 72 and South Harper Road. The control box had received a short-term fix after a prior accident.

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at 1219 Mitchell Street, remains at large. He is a 30-year-old black male standing approximately 6 feet tall and weighing 145 pounds. The police departPlease see SHOOTING | 2A

Board of education deeds property to Glen lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Street gets improvements jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

shooting, which happened about 10 p.m. It was the second shooting the police department investigated on Monday. Jamar Allen, the suspect in a shooting of two individuals at 2:30 a.m. Monday

The Alcorn School District Board of Education approved a two-part resolution Monday night deeding the Glen school property to the Town of Glen. Arch Bullard, attorney for the school board, put forth two resolutions for the board’s consideration that needed approval to transfer the property. The attorney explained that the Glen school property was deeded in two diﬀerent parcels. The first resolution had several points including that the school board finds the property is no longer needed to operate as a school, is useful to the Glen community, and would authorize the board president and secretary to execute the necessary documents to deed the property to the Town of Glen. Bullard noted that the first resolution also states that if the property ceases to be used as a community center or used for economic development, the deed can revert to the district. It also states the Town of

“I’m not sure what they [Glen] plan to do with the property. There has been some discussion of using it as a community center, or develop it into a rehabilitation center, but I think they are anxious to get the property.” Arch Bullard Alcorn School District attorney Glen is to keep the property in good repair, insure the property, and it cannot be used as a school by the Town of Glen. Please see PROPERTY | 2A

People of the Crossroads Jennifer Koon, Booneville A lifelong member of the Booneville Junior Auxiliary, Jennifer Koon enjoys spending time with friends and visiting new places. She currently serves as the CTE counselor at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center and has been an educator for 24 years — all of which have been spent working with teenagers. “I always laugh and say they keep me young at heart,” said the 46-yearold. “I love to see students excited about learning new skills and enjoy helping them move toward the next phase of life after high school.” A 1988 New Site High School graduate, Koon is a member of Mount Olive Church where she has been a Sunday School teacher for many years. She has one daughter, Molly, 24, and a soon-to-be son-in-law, Cameron Bonds of Tishomingo. Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton

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Mother, son ‘date night’ can help fight cancer BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Mothers and sons can enjoy a ‘date night’ this Saturday to help raise money for a good cause. Kristi Bronson, Farmington Baptist Relay For Life team captain and Survivor Chair for the Alcorn County Relay for Life,

said mothers of sons will have a chance to enjoy a night out together for food and fun with “Mother-Son Date Night” set to begin this Saturday at 6 p.m. at Farmington Baptist Church. The team captain and cancer survivor said that, in light of the recent father-daughter ball,

mothers and sons should have a fun night out as well. The cost for the event is $20 and includes a spaghetti supper with french bread, salad, desert, plus games and a keepsake picture. “Now, moms with boys won’t be left out,” said Bronson.

As a cancer survivor, Bronson expressed how it is important for the community to come out and support events that help raise funds for the American Cancer Society. While the cost for tickets can be paid at the door, advance notice is required so that team

members will know how large a crowd to prepare food for. (To reserve a spot at the Mother-Son Date Night, call Kristi Bronson at 662-2849267 by noon Thursday. All proceeds go toward the Alcorn County Relay for Life.)

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School funding rewrite won’t happen under budget deadline JACKSON — An effort to rewrite Mississippi’s school-funding formula will not be limited by the budget deadlines of the regular legislative session, House Speaker Philip Gunn said Tuesday. Gunn, R-Clinton, told reporters that two big education bills will be handled later — most likely in the next few weeks during a special legislative session. The governor could call a special session during the threemonth regular session, which is set to end in early April. Gunn said one bill would rewrite the school-funding formula, and the other would put money into it. Legislators missed a deadline last week to rewrite the formula because they couldn’t reach consensus on a plan. Budget bills have later deadlines in the regular session. The current school-funding formula, called the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, was put into law in 1997 but has been fully funded only two years. It is designed to give school districts enough money to meet midlevel academic standards. Republican legislative leaders several months ago hired EdBuild, a New Jersey-based consulting group, to examine the way Mississippi pays for schools. The group made recommendations in January. Some propertyrich districts would lose a portion of state financial support if the EdBuild recommendations were adopted unchanged, although most legislative leaders said changes would be made. No proposal has been revealed, but the possibility of forcing local tax increases has caused heartburn for some lawmakers. The House and Senate have until Feb. 22 to pass the first draft of bills for the overall state budget. Each chamber passes about 50, and then they trade bills for more work. The final budget-writing deadline for the regular session is in late March, and the fiscal year begins July 1. Legislators are working to plug some holes in the current year’s budget. The Division of Medicaid and the Department of Corrections are among the agencies requesting more cash to operate through June 30. Mississippi tax collections have lagged behind expectations the past several months, which means early budget proposals for the coming year are relatively modest.

Police: Student fell from 11th-floor window to death NEW ORLEANS — A University of Southern Mississippi student fell through a closed 11th-story hotel window onto a hotel’s fourth-floor pool deck and died, New Orleans police said Tuesday. In an email Tuesday, the coroner’s office identified the dead man as 20-year-old Cole D. Whaley, and said he died early Saturday at the DoubleTree hotel from injuries that included multiple skull fractures. Dr. Jeffrey Rouse classified the preliminary cause of death as “bluntforce injuries.” A final cause will be announced following an investigation and toxicology results, Rouse said in a statement. Whaley was a student from Mobile, Alabama, and was in New Orleans for an off-campus function of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, Hattiesburg news outlets quoted University of Southern Mississippi officials as saying. Asked how Whaley came to fall through a closed window and whether roughhousing was involved, police spokesman Dawne Massey wrote in an email that the police department “is still collecting witness statements.”

Cleanup starts on blighted properties near JSU campus JACKSON — A nonprofit group is tearing down abandoned buildings to create a cleaner, safer space near the Jackson State University campus. Revitalize Mississippi Inc. is doing the work for free for the JSU Development Foundation, The Clarion-Ledger reported. The foundation bought the properties more than four years ago, planning to build a dormitory on the lots. But financial problems stalled that plan. Residents and members of a church in the neighborhood near downtown Jackson have complained about an increase in illegal activity because of the 22 abandoned structures, including homes and an old apartment complex. Revitalize Mississippi will demolish the structures and clean up several additional properties, turning the area into green space until it can be developed. JSU Foundation director Sandra Hodge said Revitalize Mississippi’s involvement has allowed the foundation to direct money to other needs, including scholarships.

Poetry reading Cody Daniel (left) and Autry Davis take a moment to prepare for a reading of poetry by Black writers at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. The two Crossroads Poetry Project members enjoy presenting dramatic readings of poetry. It is part of Black History Month activities at the gallery, which hosts an exhibit of paintings of African natives by artist Edward Eugene Wade Jr.

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ment is also seeking him in connection with a prior assault case. One of the victims in the 2:30 a.m. shooting, Charity Payne, 28, of 1219 Mitchell Street, has since been released from Magnolia Regional Health Center, said Green. The other victim, Larry Hope,

28, of Byhalia, was treated at Regional One in Memphis and released on Monday. Allen had been at the Mitchell Street residence prior to the shooting, and a physical altercation occurred. He returned later and fired shots into the home, striking the two victims. With another individ-

ual, Allen is accused of assaulting and holding a subject against his will on Dec. 21. The second suspect, Terence Alexander, 28, of Cass Street, was arrested on Jan. 31. To report information about either case, contact Corinth PD at 2863377 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-773-tips.

only living pancreatic cancer patient that they have [at her oncology clinic], but I know there’s lots more out there,” said Coln. With such a powerful story of her own, Coln stresses the importance of supporting the Relay for Life and continuing to raise money for the American Cancer Society. In fact, the trauma of being a cancer patient, or a friend, family member, or caregiver of a cancer

patient, was so important that it led Coln to help establish a cancer support group. “It started after I came back to work and I’d have people calling me and wanted to know where there was a cancer support group, and there’s wasn’t one at that time,” Coln recalled. “After about the third or fourth call, I said ‘Lord, I hear You.’” The support group began meeting over a year ago. They meet at the Bishop Center on Washington Street in Corinth the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. She stressed the group is for everyone who has been aﬀected by cancer, not just cancer survivors. “We try to have a speaker most months, but sometimes we need to just mingle and talk. The caregivers really need support, too. It’s a close knit group.” she said.

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but we’ve come a long way ... I’m living proof of that,” said Coln. Coln herself is a survivor of pancreatic cancer. She was diagnosed in December, 2013, and had surgery in January, 2014. She is currently cancerfree. She said she was told during her last checkup that the people at the office were very excited. “I was told that I am the

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The second resolution authorized the president and secretary of the board to execute the documents to transfer any surplus or obsolete equipment. “I’m not sure what they [Glen] plan to do with the property. There has been some discussion of using it as a community center, or develop it into a rehabilitation center, but I think they are anxious to get the property,” said Bullard. Alcorn County is also giving up its stake in the property.

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Across the Region Iuka Tishomingo deputies make large Xanax bust

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2017. There are 319 days left in the year.

IUKA — A routine stop at a safety checkpoint Saturday led to a large seizure of prescription drugs. A car pulled up to the safety checkpoint on Highway 350 on Saturday, and the driver appeared to be under the influence of a narcotic. A search revealed 216 tablets of Xanax (Alprazolam) along with marijuana. David Michael Jones, 21, of 301 South King St., Booneville, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to the Tishomingo County Jail. Bond has been set at $1,500.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 15, 1867, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube,” a waltz by Johann Strauss (the Younger), was publicly performed for the first time by the Vienna Men’s Choral Society, garnering a polite, if decidedly less than enthusiastic, audience response. (A revised orchestral version proved much more successful.)

On this date: In 1764, the site of present-day St. Louis was established by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau. In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain. In 1933, Presidentelect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed more than four weeks later. In 1942, the British colony Singapore surrendered to Japanese forces during World War II. In 1952, a funeral was held at Windsor Castle for Britain’s King George VI, who had died nine days earlier. In 1961, 73 people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium. In 1967, the rock band Chicago was founded by Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane (LOK’nayn), James Pankow and Robert Lamm; the group originally called itself The Big Thing. In 1971, Britain and Ireland “decimalised” their currencies, making one pound equal to 100 new pence instead of 240 pence. In 1982, 84 men were killed when a huge oildrilling rig, the Ocean Ranger, sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a fierce storm.

Booneville Martin to speak at annual meeting BOONEVILLE — The Prentiss County Republican Party will host their annual Lincoln Dinner on Monday, Feb. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at Waller Hall on the Northeast Mississippi Community College. The keynote speaker will be Jeremy Martin, Assistant Secretary of State North Mississippi. The cost of the dinner is $20 with reservations to be made by Feb. 16. Reservations may be made by calling 662415-0191 or 662-416-9106. Checks should be made payable to the Prentiss County Republican Party and mailed to 39 CR 7010, Booneville, MS. The event is open to the public but seating is limited.

Shiloh Shiloh park hosts President’s Day exhibit SHILOH, Tenn. — A special program will be presented in honor of President’s Day in Shiloh National Military Park. President’s Day originated in 1885 in recognition of George Washington’s birthday which is February 22nd. Over the years the holiday was changed to fall on the third Monday in February, and now celebrates all United States presidents. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, a program will be given that highlights the presidents of the nineteenth century, and their roles in the Civil War. “This program is a great opportunity for visitors to learn more about their past presidents, and the park is very excited to be able to present it to the public”, said Superintendent Dale Wilkerson. Accompanying the program is a temporary exhibit that features the presidents of the Civil War, and the roles they played that led up to the war.

The Presidents and the Civil War exhibit will be on display in the park’s Visitor Center, which is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The special program will be in the Shiloh Visitor Center. Entrance to the park and the Visitor Center, and participation in all ranger programs, is free. (For more information on this and other Shiloh events, please call the park at 731-689-5696 or go to www.nps.gov/shil.)

Booneville Storm spotter training program to be offered BOONEVILLE — As part of its are-wide weather preparedness campaign, the National Weather Service of Memphis will present a Sky-warn storm spotter training program from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Prentiss County Agri-center, located on North Second Street in Booneville. The program will review tornado formation and behavior, non-threatening clues which may be mistaken for significant features and safety tips to keep in mind when thunderstorms become threatening. The two-hour presentation will discuss spotter operations and recommend reporting procedures.

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inside a neighbor’s house. A County Road 344 man said a neighbor came to his house, located near the Goat Island area, and began shooting a rifle inside the house. Neither the victim nor his girlfriend were hit by the gunfire. Deputies responded and went to the neighbor’s house. Brian Scott Berryman, 53, of 9 County Road 344, admitted he went to the neighbors house and fired a weapon inside. Officers seized a .22-caliber rifle and a .380 pistol, along with drugs that were sitting near the weapons. It was later learned that Berryman was also wanted by the Mississippi Department of Corrections for a parole violation. Berryman was charged with shooting into a dwelling, possession of firearm by convicted felon, possession of Oxycodone and possession of hydrocodone. He was convicted in 1989 of homicide and armed robbery and sentenced to life. He was paroled on 2009 but had not reported to his parole officer since 2013. Bond has not been set on the new charges. MDOC has placed a hold on Berryman and will take him into custody pending a revocation hearing.

Tupelo One detained, two sought after Sunday pursuit

Pontotoc man faces drug charges PONTOTOC — Brian Baldwin, 34, of Pontotoc, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. He was booked in the Lee County–Tupelo Adult Jail as a result of the felony charges.

Iuka County Line Dancers will give cancer the ‘boot’ IUKA — The County Line Dancers will give cancer the “boot” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27 at the Youth Center at Mineral Springs Park. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the American Cancer Society. No amount is too small. The fundraising event will include a complimentary show and refreshments. All proceeds will benefit the Tishomingo County Relay for Life. (For questions and more information, call Jane Chastain at 662-423-9820.)

Iuka Man charged with shooting inside a home IUKA — An Iuka man has been charged after firing a gun

TUPELO — A high speed chase through two counties ended in a Pontotoc County field Sunday morning. A Tupelo patrolman attempted to make a routine traffic stop of a Mitsubishi Outlander around 10:15 a.m. on Feb. 12. Instead of stopping, the driver sped away, turning west on Endville Road. The SUV ran off the road and into a field near the intersection of Endville Road and Cochran Road (Pontotoc County Road 1). The driver and one suspect fled on foot and were not captured. A second passenger stayed with the vehicle and surrendered to authorities. The passenger was charged with a misdemeanor for not cooperating with authorities. Police are still trying to determine the identities and locations of the other two suspects.

McNairy County State can help distressed county McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. — Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd have announced the availability of grants to assist in improving economic indicators in distressed counties. The Asset Enhancement Grants are available to com-

munities that completed the Asset-Based Planning process that was conducted last fall. To participate in this program, counties must have been designated as distressed in FY2016 or FY2017 based on the economic indicators of poverty rate, per capita income and unemployment rate. These communities are in the bottom 10 percent of the counties in the nation. TNECD worked with the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service to develop action-oriented, short-term goals based on assets in each county. The 23 participating counties are eligible for up to $50,000 or $100,000 for regional applications for projects that allow the community to meet at least one of their asset-based goals and have measurable outcomes and impact on key economic indicators. “These Asset Enhancement Grants will positively impact Tennessee’s distressed counties,” Boyd said. “We have been working with our most distressed communities to develop strategic plans based on their assets. We promised them that this would not be just another planning exercise but that we would provide technical assistance and funding to help them implement their plans. This is a flexible grant that will allow them to develop their assets in a way that works best for them and targets the key economic indicators of poverty, income and unemployment.” “Each of our communities have unique assets that can be leveraged to drive economic development,” TNECD Assistant Commissioner of Rural Development Amy New said. “We held listening sessions across the state in an effort to help these communities pinpoint assets and develop a plan around them. Since these counties are our most distressed, we knew additional resources were necessary to implement these plans.”

Iuka Woman charged with bringing drugs into jail IUKA — A Rienzi woman has been charged with introducing narcotics into the Tishomingo County Jail. During a traffic stop along County Road 373 for obstructing the roadway, Tishomingo Sheriff Deputies noticed that all the occupants were acting nervous. The driver of the vehicle gave the deputies a false name and was arrested. One passenger had an outstanding warrant from a neighboring county. While being booked into the county jail, a jailer found methamphetamine and Suboxone strips on the woman.

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A lifetime of love remembered My wife of 51 years passed away last Saturday after a long battle against multiple health issues. We met in the musical theater. She was in it. I wanted to be on stage. I have a passCal able singing voice. Her conThomas tralto voice was powerful and perfectly pitched. She could Columnist hit the back seats without amplification. She traveled with some of Broadway’s biggest stars on the summer stock circuit, but ultimately chose another life -- a life with me and our four children. When they were older I urged her to finish her college education while I kept house. I was glad to do so after all the sacrifices she made for me. She earned a master’s degree and became an excellent family counselor. When I was in the Army at the start of our marriage, assigned to Armed Forces Radio in New York and holding a second civilian job to make ends meet, she would get up at 1 a.m. when I got home and fix me something to eat. That kind of love and loyalty deserves something in return. When we had finally “made it” we traveled the world, meeting interesting people and visiting interesting places. Some people may have viewed us as dinosaurs. We believed marriage was for good and that attitude allows you to work out virtually any disagreements or problems. She used to tease me after a long forgotten argument, saying, “You’ll miss me when I’m gone.” She was right. I do. Most newspaper obituaries of the non-famous summarize a life in two or three paragraphs. Ray’s life was worth more than that. She was generous with her time and money, always spending and sending as much as she was able to her children and grandchildren. I can say without embellishment I would not be the man I am today without her. God knew what He was doing when He put us together. On the day of her passing, I posted this thought on my Facebook page: “Men, love your wives. Don’t wait until they are about to be taken from you before you realize what they have contributed to your life. Love them now so you have no regrets at the end. I am glad my wife as she prepares to meet her Savior has known of my love for her and how valuable she has been to me. Have you told yours that? Love today is seen as a feeling. But real love is a commitment, a covenant. That’s why most of us take marriage VOWS instead of make promises.” Those who were fortunate enough to know Ray knew a strong woman where strength really counts. She knew who she was and wasn’t defined by the value system applied by the world, which regards fame, money and political power as supreme. To love and to be loved by someone like that for so long is a gift of great value. A friend wrote me that Ray was “lucky” to have me. Since we met in the theater, I immediately thought of this song lyric from “Showboat,” one of our favorite musicals: “In this sweet, improbable and unreal world Finding you has given me my ideal world Why do I love you? Why do you love me? Why should there be two happy as we? Can you see the why or wherefore? I should be the one you care for You’re a lucky boy, I am lucky too All our dreams of joy seem to come true Maybe that’s because you love me Maybe that’s why I love you.” Rest in peace, sweetheart. We shall meet again. Cal Thomas is the host of “After Hours with Cal Thomas” on the FOX News Channel. Readers may e-mail him at tmseditors@tribune.com.

Prayer for today Gracious Father, I pray that thou wilt control my impulses, and protect me from false interpretations. May I have wisdom, and search for the high and holy ways. Help me to be patient for thy purposes, and may my relations to life be triumphant in thy standards. Amen.

A verse to share “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.” —Hebrews 11:16

Discarded bills a treasure trove of ideas OXFORD — I know, I know, I know. When people hear about the Mississippi Legislature at all it’s school funding, yes or no on a lottery, morphing campaign donations into individual retirement accounts, whether the state will annex the City of Jackson for the Purpose of Pothole Repair. Big stuff. Important stuff. But there were 2,528 distinct pieces of legislation proposed in the House and the Senate this year, not counting assorted resolutions and commendations. There are nuggets in this treasure trove that should not pass without mention. Equal rights for motorcycles. Yes, motorcycles. You know when a rider pulls up to a traffic light operated by pavement-embedded sensors, the motorcycle isn’t always heavy enough to trip the switch. Unfair! But alas, the proposal of Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon, D-Raymond, to exempt motorcyclists from citations for running red lights (after stopping) “died in committee,” as about 95 percent of all bills do. There are always back stories. Don’t know if Rep. Dixon has a Harley. Or whether a relative or constituent got a ticket. But she’s seen a

wrong, and attempted to right it. Same for Rep. Mark Formby, RPicayune. Charlie His proposal Mitchell to outlaw lingering in Columnist the left lane died. Yes, there is a safety issue, but it’s equally likely that Rep. Formby simply became aggravated one day while behind a pokey driver and remembered, “Hey. I’m a lawmaker. I’ll make this illegal.” Nope. Dead in committee along with a least two other car-related laws. One would say that if a car’s wipers are on, the headlights must be, too. The other said no smoking in a car if there’s a passenger younger than 6. A large number of bills dealt with crime and punishment, more specifically punishment. One idea was to free any inmate who has served at least 10 years on a drug oﬀense and is 60 years old. What happens in classrooms is a topic some legislators can’t seem to leave up to educators. One measure would have cut about 10 days out of the school year; another would have allowed otherwise home-schooled

students to participate in public school activities, such as band or athletics. One gets a sense from some proposals that there’s a general sense that poor people are out to cheat working people. Fraud is real and rampant in aid programs, but a mom can still send her child with the EBT card to pick up bread and milk. A proposal to require a photo ID matching the person using the card bit the dust. Interestingly, a couple of measures were introduced to required legislators to, well, stifle themselves. Everyone knows about the “do not call” lists designed to inhibit telemarketers. From the start, lawmakers exempted oﬃce-seekers from adhering to the wishes of those who don’t want to be phoned. A bill to remove that exemption – meaning no more pre-election robocalls — was filed, but failed. Another proposal was to stop oﬃcials from co-opting public funds into campaign funds by speaking and/or appearing (conveniently) in “public service” advertising. It’s an open secret that major amounts of tax money flow to media outlets in favor with the ruling class in Jackson. This bill didn’t address that, but would have kept, say, a mayor from

leaning on the local tourist commission to put his or her face on a “Welcome to Wherever” billboard. There were a couple of bills that are always filed — one to require residents to vote on whether they wish to be annexed into a nearby city and another to have county governments sharing in sales tax revenue. Under longstanding law, only municipalities receive a rebate. As expected, bills also failed that would have established a $9 minimum state wage (to apply to everyone but state employees) and ordained gender-neutral compensation. Also, the Bible will not become the oﬃcial book of Mississippi this year and it’s still OK to import poisonous serpents as pets. A bill to ban them was, well, snakebit. One reptilian bill did advance. The Senate has decided to authorized the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to study the feasibility of alligator ranching on the basis that Louisiana permits the beasts to be farmed as a cash crop. Move over, catfish. Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at cmitchell43@yahoo. com.

Trump must break judicial power “Disheartening and demoralizing,” wailed Judge Neil Gorsuch of President Trump’s comments about the judges seeking to overturn his 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. from the Greater Middle East war zones. What a wimp. Did our future justice break down crying like Sen. Chuck Schumer? Sorry, this is not Antonin Scalia. And just what horrible thing had our president said? A “so-called judge” blocked the travel ban, said Trump. And the arguments in court, where 9th Circuit appellate judges were hearing the government’s appeal, were “disgraceful.” “A bad student in high school would have understood the arguments better.” Did the president disparage a couple of judges? Yep. Yet compare his remarks to the tweeted screeds of Elizabeth Warren after her Senate colleague, Jeﬀ Sessions, was confirmed as attorney general. Sessions, said Warren, represents “radical hatred.” And if he makes “the tiniest attempt to bring his racism, sexism & bigotry” into the Department of Justice, “all of us” will pile on. Now this is hate speech.

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America 2017. They reflect, first, the poisoned character of our politics. The language of Warren -- that Sessions is stepped in “racism, sexism & bigotry” echoes the ugliest slander of the Hillary Clinton campaign, where she used similar words to describe Trump’s “deplorables.” Such language, reflecting as it does the beliefs of one-half of America about the other, rules out any rapprochement in America’s social or political life. This is pre-civil war language. For how do you sit down and work alongside people you believe to be cryptoNazis, Klansmen and fascists? Apparently, you don’t. Rather, you vilify them, riot against them, deny them the right to speak or to be heard. As for Trump’s disparagement of the judges, only someone ignorant of history

can view that as frightening. Thomas Jeﬀerson not only refused to enforce the Alien & Sedition Acts of President John Adams, his party impeached Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase who had presided over one of the trials. Jackson defied Chief Justice John Marshall’s prohibition against moving the Cherokees out of Georgia to west of the Mississippi, where, according to the Harvard resume of Sen. Warren, one of them bundled fruitfully with one of her ancestors, making her part Cherokee. When Chief Justice Roger Taney declared that President Abraham Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus violated the Constitution, Lincoln considered sending U.S. troops to arrest the chief justice. President Eisenhower called his Supreme Court choices Earl Warren and William Brennan two of the “worst mistakes” he made as president. History bears Ike out. And here we come to the heart of the matter. Whether the rollout of the president’s temporary travel ban was ill-prepared or not, and whether one agrees or not about which nations or

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people should be subjected to extreme vetting, the president’s authority in the matter is universally conceded. That a district judge would overrule the president of the United States on a matter of border security in wartime is absurd. When politicians don black robes and seize powers they do not have, they should be called out for what they are -- usurpers and petty tyrants. And if there is a cause upon which the populist right should unite, it is that elected representatives and executives make the laws and rule the nation. Not judges, and not justices. Meanwhile, Trump’s White House should use the arrogant and incompetent conduct of these judges to make the case not only for creating a new Supreme Court, but for Congress to start using Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution -- to restrict the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and to reclaim its stolen powers. A clipping of the court’s wings is long overdue. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.”

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Gibson challenges UM students to activism For the Daily Corinthian

OXFORD — Flowing with candor, charisma and in a conversational style, Eunique Jones Gibson urged listeners at University of Mississippi to become social activists who improve living conditions for present and future generations. Delivering the keynote address for the university’s Black History Month observances, the creator of the “Because of Them, We Can” campaign addressed more than 200 students, faculty, staﬀ and community members gathered in Fulton Chapel. The audience listened attentively as Jones Gibson shared her experiences and issued a call for change. “Our mission is to help our children reimagine their possibilities,” she said. “We need you to help us. There is so much work to be done. Now is the time to get involved because life is short and none of us knows how many years we have left.” During her presentation, which included videos and a question-and-answer session, Jones Gibson outlined three things necessary for individuals to engage in finding and fulfilling their purpose and passion in life.

“First, get to know you,” she said. “Learn your history because that’s how you build your foundation and your confidence.” “Second, decide what works for you. There’s no cookie-cutter way to be involved because real activism doesn’t come in a box.” “Third, know that it’s bigger than you,” Jones Gibson said. “Because it’s for those who are coming after us, what we do matters more than our comfort and complacency.” To drive the last point home, the speaker shared that she had surgery last weekend but didn’t cancel her scheduled UM appearance. “Being here is more important than my pain,” she said. “It’s bigger than me.” In 2013, Jones Gibson launched the “Because of Them, We Can” campaign during Black History Month with a mission to empower the next generation to honor the legacy of their ancestors through individual pursuit of greatness. The campaign went viral and is considered to be one of the most prolific and virally successful Black History cam-

paigns of all time. “I didn’t envision this becoming what it is when I started it,” Jones Gibson said. “I was simply striving to combat the negative and false narratives of black people to which my children and their peers are being exposed. As it grew, I realized I had an opportunity to create weapons of mass empowerment.” “Because of Them, We Can” now encompasses a website, social media outlets and videos. A coﬀee table book, posters, T-shirts and sports jackets are available for purchase online. The campaign also has featured billboards and bus shelter advertisements in major cities. A team travels to elementary schools to speak to students and leave behind copies of the book for them to keep. Jones Gibson and her assistants donated 40 copies of the book, three of which were given away to audience members, for her visit to Oxford. The remainder will be delivered to the Boys and Girls Club of Oxford, the Oxford-Lafayette County Public Library and elementary school libraries in the area. “It’s time to be determined

and intentional … especially now,” she said. “By being resilient, we can change the values of our children. The more excited people become about their futures, the more real change can be accomplished in our communities.” Shawnboda Mead, director of the UM Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, said she hopes that all members of the university community will respond to Jones Gibson’s appeal. “As our university strives to be a leader in racial reconciliation and inclusivity, this year’s keynote address is a continuation of our educational eﬀorts,” Mead said. “Having engaged with Mrs. Jones Gibson and learned more about the founding, as well as the guiding principles, of ‘Because of Them, We Can,’ we should be even more determined to fulfill our mission.” Ole Miss students and others in attendance said they were moved by Jones Gibson’s words. “I’m definitely more motivated to continue to work,” said Joshua Bell, a master’s student in higher education from Mi-

ami. “Her take on ‘failing fast’ is a perspective that I never considered before as a pathway to success. Though the work is never over, I’m encouraged to keep going forward.” “She reminds me of a stick of dynamite,” said Baba Wovoka Subkwe of Oxford, founder of the Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom School and Culture Center in Etta. “Organization and unity is key. “I’m definitely inspired to continue teaching everything we know to the people of the community in which I live.” Jones Gibson said she hopes that the UM community will never tire of talking about its 1962 integration by James Meredith. “Every black person in this room is a miracle,” she said. “Just your going to college makes you a trailblazer and an example for those looking to you. Because of those who came before us, we can. Because of us, those who come after us can also.” (For a full list of sponsors and Black History Month calendar of events, visit http:// inclusion.olemiss.edu/.)

Texan gets 5 years for bribing official Khan becomes director of UM Natural Products Center BY JEFF AMY

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OXFORD — Ikhlas Khan became director of the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy on Jan. 1. After receiving his doctorate in pharmacy from the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology in Munich, Khan joined the School of Pharmacy in 1988 as a postdoctoral research fellow. He became NCNPR’s associate director in 2015. Khan’s plans as the center’s director include steady improvement and a continuation of past successes. “The vision is very simple and broad: We want to continue doing what has worked, but keep evolving,” Khan said. “Change is the only one thing should be constant. We have done a wonderful job over the last 20 years. The timing is right, and the expertise is in the house to take on any natural products challenge.” Founded in 1995, NCNPR is the nation’s only university-aﬃliated research center devoted to improving human health and agricultural productivity through the discovery, development and commercialization of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals derived from natural products. The center’s former director of 15 years, Larry Walker, retired Dec. 31, 2016. Khan has been inter-

nationally recognized as a leader and innovator in the study of natural products. He has received honorary degrees and professorships from several international universities, including the University of Chinese Medicine in both Shaanxi and Hunan. In the field of natural products research, he has won the UM Distinguished Research Award, the Indian Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine Zandu International Oration Award for Excellence in Research Contribution to Ayurvedic and/ or Natural Products and the American Society of Pharmacognosy’s Varro E. Tyler Prize. Khan’s research focuses on drug discovery and developing scientific tools for assessing the safety and chemical makeup of dietary supplements. Scientists at the NCNPR use these methods in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a partnership established in 2001. The center was recognized by the FDA as a Center of Excellence for its research of botanical dietary supplements in 2006, and received the FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation in 2009. Khan also established and directs the SinoU.S. Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Center and the Center for Research of Indian Sys-

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tems of Medicine, both at Ole Miss. “He has a very strong collaborative vision,” Walker said. “He’s very open to new ideas and good at evaluating them. He knows how to take an opportunity and grow it to make it into an even bigger and more beneficial opportunity.” One such opportunity was the creation of the annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals, which has grown to more than 250 participants from around the world. Khan was instrumental in launching the conference, designed to gather an international community of stakeholders to discuss issues related to quality and safety of botanicals. He also co-directs the NCNPR’s marijuana project, which grows marijuana and distributes it to researchers under a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Ikhlas will be fantastic in this role,” said David D. Allen, UM pharmacy dean. “He has a clear vision for the quality and safety of natural products, and has a knack for leadership and for drawing people together to make things happen.” “This is really an honor, and I am very grateful for this opportunity,” Khan said. “We have a state-of-the-art facility and wonderful colleagues with diverse expertise here.”

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JACKSON — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Texas man to the maximum term of five years in prison for his role in bribing Mississippi’s former corrections commissioner. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate ordered Mark Longoria of Houston to forfeit $131,000 in profit he derived from the bribe, pay back $368,000 in restitution to the Mississippi Department of Corrections and serve three years of probation after his release. Longoria, the CEO of Drug Testing Corp., pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit bribery in August. He admits paying nearly $230,000 to Mississippi businessman Cecil McCrory for his work helping to secure sales of drug testing cups in 2013 and 2014. Longoria has said he found out during the contract that McCrory was kicking back $60,000 to then-Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps but didn’t stop it. Prosecutors say he may have known from the beginning. Wingate earlier this month sentenced McCrory to 8 ½ years in federal prison for one count of money laundering conspiracy. McCrory must also pay a $150,000 fine, forfeit $1.7 million in assets and serve two years of probation. Epps pleaded guilty to money laundering and filing false tax returns in February 2015 and is

set to be sentenced May 24. He could get up to 23 years in prison. Longoria told the judge that he sought the Mississippi contract and ultimately agreed to bribe Epps because he was on the verge of losing his sales job with the manufacturer of the cups after a merger, meaning his only income would be from Drug Testing Corp., previously a sideline business. “I know that I’m the sole provider for my wife and daughters,” Longoria said. Six character witnesses testified for Longoria on Monday. “I have never seen him more ashamed or embarrassed than I have now and that just kills me,” said daughter Savanna Craig. Defense lawyer Tom Fortner argued no restitution was due because the Corrections Department paid Longoria less per cup than a previous vendor. But Wingate sided with Assistant U.S. Attorney Darren LaMar-

ca, who said Longoria, through McCrory and Epps, improperly influenced the bid specifications, contributing to the disqualification of a lower bidder. Longoria testified the lower bidder should have been disqualified because its cups didn’t meet federal requirements. Prosecutors also played a tape that seemed to indicate that Longoria induced a third competitor to bid above him, although the competitor and the manufacturer of Longoria’s cups had merged. Fortner tried unsuccessfully to lower the sentence by arguing that money that Longoria paid to McCrory, beyond the $60,000 in bribes passed to Epps, shouldn’t counted in calculating Longoria’s sentence. Wingate again agreed with LaMarca, who argued the entire amount paid to McCrory was tainted. “Mr. Epps and Mr. McCrory were in it together to get money,” LaMarca said.

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Deaths Lila Briggs Voyles

Funeral services for Lila B. Voyles, 100, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will at the Cumberland Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12 noon until 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Ms. Voyles died on Monday, February 13, 2017, at Sanctuary Assisted Living in Tupelo.

Lorene ‘Neener’ Arnold

IUKA — Funeral services for Lorene “Neener” Arnold, 91, are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Old Pleasant Hill Church with burial at Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery Visitation was held from 5 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka, and will continue from noon until service time today at the church. Mrs. Arnold died Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 at Tishomingo Manor Nursing Home. She was of the Christian faith and attended Old Pleasant Hill Church. She was a homemaker, and also babysat for many other children in the community. Survivors are two sisters, Ruth Smith of Florence, Ala., and Jean Lard of Iuka. She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Ar-

She was born in Alcorn County on December 26, 1916 to the late Jeﬀerson Pierce Briggs and Alice Dillingham Briggs. She married the late Norbin Mitchell Voyles on June 5, 1937. Lila’s early education was in a one-room school house in the Theo community. She later graduated from Alcorn County Agricultural High School in 1937. She was an accomplished

person who pursued her education in banking. She became an expert in genealogy and the history of Alcorn County, wrote poetry and short stories, taught Sunday School for almost 50 years and was employed at The National Bank of Commerce in Corinth from 1955 until her retirement at age 70 in 1987. Survivors are her daughter, June Voyles Leonard of

Tupelo; two grandchildren, Molly Leonard Farned (Alex) of Tupelo and Richard Young Leonard, Jr. of Huntsville; three great-grandchildren, Mitchell William Burks, Molly Beth Burks and Richard Young Leonard, III; husband of her deceased granddaughter, William Lee Burks and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, N.M. Voyles; granddaughter, Julie Leonard Burks; son-in-law, Richard Young Leonard; two brothers, Bill Briggs and James Henry Briggs; and a sister, Lessie Briggs King. Bro. Warren Jones will oﬃciate the service. Online condolences can be left at www.MemorialCorinth.com.

nold; her parents, Marvin and Mason Crider; one sister, Mae Walker and husband Luther; one brother, Paul Crider and wife Lois. Memorials may be made to the American Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org. Bro. Roger Wood will oﬃciate the service.

Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka will have the arrangements.

years, Bonnie Taylor of Corinth; Son, Charles “Chuck” Taylor, Jr. of Holly Springs; daughters, Sharon South, Teresa Burress and Jackie Reaves, all of Corinth; five grandchildren: Bradley South (Bethany) of Corinth, Amanda McDaniels of Corinth, Benjamin McTaylor Daniels (Melissa Wade) of Tupelo, Brandy Short (Casey) of Corinth, and Wesley Mathis (Tara) of Corinth; nine greatgrandchildren; brothers: James Taylor, of Radcliﬀ, Ky., Ollis Taylor of Coombs, Ky., and Wendall Taylor of Coombs, Ky.; sisters: Donna Haley of Sturgis, Mich., Nadine Taylor of Stur-

gis, Mich., Imogene Abner of Springfield, Ky., Marlene Biggers of Camby, Ind., Sharlene Fugate of Chavis, Ky., and Linda Grigsby, of Chavis, Ky. He was preceded in death by his parents, Amos Taylor and Myrtle Sloan Taylor; brothers, Sanford Taylor and Amos Taylor, Jr.; and sisters, Beulah Williams, Shelby Taylor and Brenda Taylor. Bro. Chris Aday will oﬃciate the service.

Herbert ‘Tommy’ Dyer

A graveside service for Herbert “Tommy” Dyer, 64, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Corinth National Cemetery. Mr. Dyer died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Corinth. Grayson Funeral Home has the arrangements.

Sara Glenn

IUKA — Sara Glenn, 91, died on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 at Valley View Rehab in Madison, Ala.

Charles O’Brien Taylor

Funeral services for Charles O’Brien Taylor, 79, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Henry Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. today and from 1 p.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Taylor died Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 Magnolia Regional Health Center. He was born Feb. 19,1937. He retired from World Color in Corinth as a printing press man after 18 years of service. He was a member of the MS Archeological Society and served his country in the U.S. Army. Survivors are his wife of 56

Imogene Young

Funeral services for Imogene Young, 82, are set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Funeral Home. Ms. Young died Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 at Kenosha Memorial Hospital in Kenosha, Wis.

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GOP blocks Dem effort to get Trump’s tax returns BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to use an obscure law to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the IRS. Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee tried to frame the issue as a matter of national security. They questioned whether Trump has any investments in Russia. Trump has said he has no investments in Russia, and Democrats acknowledged that they have no evidence otherwise. That’s why they want Trump’s returns, said Rep. Joseph Crowley, R-N.Y. The move came a day after Trump’s national security

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Deputy: Man faked kidnapping to get money FLORENCE, Ala. — Authorities say a northern Alabama man tried to get money from his grandmother by faking his own kidnapping. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office investigator Lt. Brad Potts tells news outlets 23-year-old Preston Kelley texted his grandmother a photo Monday that appeared to show him bound and beaten in a wooded area in Tennessee. Authorities say Kelley told his grandmother to send $1,000 or else he would be killed. Potts says the woman contacted investigators, who concluded that Kelley wasn’t in Tennessee and the whole episode was a hoax. Kelley was arrested later that day in Lauderdale County and charged with first-degree extortion. During questioning, Potts says Kelley maintained he had actually been kidnapped.

Tupelo man charged with Saltillo break-ins SALTILLO — A burglary suspect made the mistake of trying to sell stolen jewelry to a Saltillo police detective who was moonlighting at a jewelry store Thursday night. Jeffery Parmer Kilgo, 30, of Tupelo, was arrested and charged with two counts of breaking and entering Friday by the Saltillo Police Department. Bond has been set at $15,000. A search of Kilgo and his vehicle uncovered more jewelry, possibly from additional burglaries. Anyone who was recently robbed, or encountered a stranger in their house, is asked to call the Saltillo Police Department at 662- 8695470.

adviser, Michael Flynn, was forced to resign over conversations he had with Russian oﬃcials before Trump took oﬃce. “People are concerned about Michael Flynn putting himself in a position to be blackmailed. What position is the president in?” asked Crowley. “Our national security is at risk.” The Ways and Means Committee has legal authority to obtain confidential tax records. The committee could then vote to make them public. On Tuesday, committee Democrats tried to amend a routine annual oversight plan to insert a provision that called for obtaining Trump’s tax returns. Republicans blocked it on a straight party-line vote, 23-15. Committee Chairman Kevin

Brady, R-Texas, said the panel should only use its power to ensure that tax laws are being administered properly — not to investigate the president. “As chairman of this committee I will not allow Washington to return to the bad old days when government oﬃcials used their powers to intimidate, harass and destroy their political enemies,” Brady said. “If Congress uses its power to rummage around the president’s tax returns for political purposes, what’s prevents it from doing the same to average Americans?” Most famously, former President Richard Nixon was accused in his articles of impeachment of illegally obtaining tax records of his political enemies,

and of ordering audits. Since then, federal law was changed so that neither the president nor the IRS commissioner can single out an individual for an audit. Shunning decades of tradition, Trump has steadfastly refused to release his tax returns or to divest from his business. Instead, Trump said he has turned operation of his business over to his sons, while still retaining his stake. Democrats tried to make Trump’s taxes an issue during the presidential election, questioning his wealth and whether he generously donates to charity, as he claims. After the election, the head of the Oﬃce of Government Ethics scolded Trump for not divesting from

his business, saying it is the only way to avoid conflicts of interest. Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has said people don’t care about the president’s taxes. Trump’s tax returns would reveal a trove of information about his business dealings and his sources of income. They wouldn’t show his overall net worth. But they would show his annual income and where it came from. “No one on this committee can say for sure that Trump doesn’t have investments in Russia,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J. “We don’t know.” Pascrell promised to raise the issue “over and over and over again.” “I’m good at that,” he said.

Venezuelan VP shrugs off Officials: Trump knew drug sanctions by U.S. Flynn deceived WH BY FABIOLA SANCHEZ AND JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government condemned U.S. sanctions on the country’s vice president, saying Tuesday that the Trump administration’s designation of Tareck El Aissami as a major drug traﬃcker represented an unprecedented and “highly dangerous” infringement on the South American nation’s sovereignty. In a series of defiant messages posted on social media, El Aissami said the “miserable and defamatory aggression” only deepens his commitment to revolution started by the late Hugo Chavez and won’t distract him from his job of rescuing Venezuela’s crashing economy from what he called sabotage by its conservative opponents. On Monday, the Trump administration froze El Aissami’s U.S. assets and banned him from entering the U.S. for his alleged role facilitating cocaine shipments from Venezuela. El Aissami is the highest-ranking Venezuelan oﬃcial to ever be sanctioned by the U.S. and his designation as a drug kingpin is bound to ratchet up tensions between the two countries, who have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010. But whether the action signals a hardening U.S. stance toward President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government, or is just a carry-over of policies set in motion by the Obama administration, remains to be seen, analysts said. Under Obama, the U.S. was careful not to call for the unpopular Maduro’s removal, as the opposition has been seeking, choosing instead to support a Vatican-sponsored

dialogue aimed at avoiding bloodshed. “Patience has worn out,” said Chris Sabatini, editor of Latin America Goes Global, a website that tracks U.S. policy toward the region. “There’s a mounting sense of frustration, even in the State Department and on the Hill, that the dialogue is going nowhere.” For now, no additional actions against Venezuela are in the works, said a White House oﬃcial, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss policy. It’s also not clear whether Trump personally signed oﬀ on the sanctions, although in conversations over the weekend with the presidents of Peru and Colombia he raised concerns about Venezuela’s deteriorating humanitarian situation. Trump’s newly confirmed Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, told reporters on Tuesday the sanctions “demonstrate the president’s seriousness about fighting the scourge of drugs in the United States.” Trump, he said, also wanted to “to send a clear message to the people of Venezuela that America stands with them.” In remarks carried on state television Tuesday, Maduro accused the U.S. government of committing a “grave error” and said Venezuela would deliver a “note of protest” to the U.S. Embassy in Caracas demanding the accusations against El Aissami be retracted. Maduro pledged his full support of El Aissami and said he hoped the new U.S. administration would not go down “the same path of defeat and failure” as the previous two U.S. presidential administrations in relations with Venezuela. “Bandits,” he said. “They are the bandits.”

weeks before his ouster BY JULIE PACE AND VIVIAN SALAMA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Just six days into his presidency, Donald Trump was informed his national security adviser had misled his vice president about contacts with Russia. Trump kept his No. 2 in the dark and waited nearly three weeks before ousting the aide, Michael Flynn, citing a slow but steady erosion of trust, White House officials said Tuesday. Flynn was interviewed by the FBI about his telephone conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., a sign his ties to Russia had caught the attention of law enforcement officials. But in the White House’s retelling of Flynn’s stunning downfall, his error was not that he discussed U.S. sanctions with the Russian before the inauguration — a potential violation of a rarely enforced law — but the fact that he denied it for weeks, apparently misleading Vice President Mike Pence and other senior Trump aides about the nature of the conversations. White House officials said they conducted a thorough review of Flynn’s interactions, including transcripts of calls secretly recorded by U.S. intelligence officials, but found nothing illegal. Pence, who had vouched for Flynn in a televised interview, is said to have been angry and deeply frustrated. “The evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation and a series of other questionable incidents

is what led the president to ask General Flynn for his resignation,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Tuesday, one day after the president asked Flynn to leave. Flynn, in an interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation, said Monday “there were no lines crossed” in his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The explanation of the episode left many questions unanswered, including why Trump didn’t alert Pence to the matter and why Trump allowed Flynn to keep accessing classified information and taking part in the president’s discussions with world leaders up until the day he was fired. White House oﬃcials also struggled to explain why Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway had declared the president retained “full confidence” in Flynn just hours before the adviser had to submit his letter of resignation. The White House shakeup, less than one month into Trump’s tenure, marked another jarring setback for a new administration already dealing with tensions among top aides and a legal fight over the president’s travel ban order. Flynn’s firing also heightened questions about the president’s friendly posture toward Russia. Democrats called for investigations into Flynn’s contacts, and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Congress needed to know whether he had been acting with direction from the president or others.

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‘La La Land’: The Oscar front-runner NEW YORK — These are divisive times. Agreement is hard to come by. Passions on both sides are inflamed. And “Saturday Night Live” is providing some of the most trenchant satire on the matter. We are speaking, of course, about “La La Land.” No film — not Mel Gibson’s bloody Christian war tale “Hacksaw Ridge,” not Paul Verhoeven’s rape drama “Elle” — has sparked the kind of opinion clash that Damien Chazelle’s toetapping musical about showbiz dreamers has. It’s not just another day of sun, as the movie’s opening number goes. It’s another day of think pieces. “La La Land,” romantic and sincere, might seem an unlikely lightning rod. But that’s the life of the front-runner, which “La La Land” most definitely is. It’s made more than $300 million at the box office, globally (remarkable for a $30 million movie). It matched the record of 14 Academy Awards nominations. It set a new Golden Globes mark with seven wins. And most recently, it triumphed at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards.

Woman says she was raped daily COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina woman who spent two months chained inside a large metal container says her captor raped her daily and warned that if she ran or tried to hurt him, she would die. “He told me as long as I served my purpose,

I was safe,” Kala Brown told Phillip McGraw, the host of the television show “Dr. Phil.” It was the first time she has talked publicly since her Nov. 3 rescue, which authorities say helped them solve seven slayings in the area dating back 13 years. Police said Todd Kohlhepp, a real estate agent with his own firm until his arrest, killed Brown’s boyfriend, a couple who had been missing nearly a year and four people at a motorcycle shop in 2003. Brown said she and her boyfriend had gone to Kohlhepp’s rural property Aug. 31 to help him clear some underbrush from trails. After the couple followed him to a two-story garage on the 95-acre property, Kohlhepp handed them hedge clippers and bottles of water. He said he needed to get something inside and came out a few minutes later shooting, Brown said. He shot Charles Carver three times in the chest, she said. He gagged Brown and handcuffed her ankles and wrists. Kohlhepp took her to a “pitch black,” 30-foot-long storage container nearby, chained her by the neck in a back corner and raped her, she said.

Family agrees to drop tuition case CAMDEN, N.J. — A father says he and his ex-wife are working to repair their relationship with their estranged daughter after a state appeals court ruled the parents cannot be forced to pay her college tuition. Michael Ricci tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the divorced couple and their daughter, Cait-

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lyn Ricci, have agreed to drop the case. Caitlyn Ricci had argued that her parents should pay portions of the costs she incurred while attending the former Gloucester County College and later Temple University — where she enrolled without her parents’ blessings. Two lower court judges ordered her parents to pay some costs. But the appeals court rejected those rulings last week, finding that “support is due only to a child who is not emancipated.”

Two Cubans paid for journey to U.S. MIAMI — Two Cuban baseball players told a federal jury they paid tens of thousands of dollars from signing bonuses with Major League Baseball teams to a smuggling network that prosecutors say was overseen by a Florida sports agent and his associate. Players Jorge Padron and Reinier Roibal told a Miami jury Tuesday how they were spirited off the communistgoverned island on speedboats bound for Cancun, Mexico, to train while awaiting documents necessary to come to the U.S., where they eventually signed lucrative free-agent contracts. The two testified in the alien-smuggling and conspiracy trial of agent Bartolo Hernandez and trainer Julio Estrada, who contend their business was legitimate. Roibal says he paid the group about $170,000 out of his San Francisco Giants contract. Padron says he paid them about $140,000 after signing with the Boston Red Sox.

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Student dyes hair pink, suspended GULFPORT — A Mississippi high school student who dyed his hair pink was suspended for violating the district’s dress code policy. Timothy Jenkins is a freshman at Gulfport High School. He tells WLOX-TV that 250 classmates have signed a petition to change the requirement that hair be a natural-looking color. A statement from the district says dress code policies are reviewed annually and are handled openly in a process that includes business leaders, parents, students and educators. Jenkins says he got multiple warnings before his suspension, with school officials saying it distracted other students. His mother, Sheryl Jenkins, says the policy infringes on his rights and her right as a parent to decide what’s best for her child.

Warning: Watch for counterfeit $100s ELLISVILLE — Ellisville police have warned merchants and others not to accept $100 bills printed with the words “MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY.” The statement is printed on the front just to the right of Ben Franklin’s forehead, and across the top of the back, just after the numeral 100. Detective Scott Wuertz said Tuesday that the warning on the department’s Facebook page was posted last week after a couple of merchants took the bills as real money. He says there haven’t been any reports since then. The Facebook message quotes Chief Bill Russell

County debates privatizing library GULFPORT — The Hancock County Board of Supervisors has floated a proposal to privatize the library system, and WLOX-TV reports that county residents packed the meeting room, many of them saying they were outraged. The system includes five libraries and 26 fulltime employees. Residents at Monday night’s meeting said privatization would hurt an excellent system. Willie Acker called it a “star library” with 74 percent participation. Ken Short said the money should stay in Hancock County.

Man pleads guilty to child exploitation JACKSON — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says a 43-yearold Mississippi man has been sent to prison for at least 10 years for child exploitation. He says Edwin Jay Bradford of Philadelphia

pleaded guilty Monday to the crime and was sentenced to 40 years, but 30 years were suspended. Bradford was arrested last August in Forest by investigators with the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office and the Sebastopol Police Department. Investigators say he was traveling to meet a 14-year-old girl Forest girl with whom he’d communicated online about sexual conduct.

1 bill to strengthen governor advances JACKSON — Mississippi legislators have advanced one bill to strengthen the state’s constitutionally weak governor but killed another. Senators on Monday reconsidered and killed a bill to let the governor, rather than a board, appoint the director of the state Department of Mental Health. Senate Bill 2567 passed the Senate last week but was put on hold. Senators voted not to release the bill to the House before a Monday deadline, and that killed it.

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Buoyed The supply-tightening +1.01 by the level of compliance, strategy could still fail, however, +.45 traders pushed benchmark if Iran, Nigeria and Libya, which +.32 international crude up 2 were excused from cuts, and -.07 percent Friday to $56.70 a non-OPEC producers such as +.02 barrel. the U.S. boost their output. -.37 +.01 OPEC action: Cutting back from their previous months production has helped +.64 strengthen the price of a barrel of oil. +.54 Brent crude Saudi Arabia +.51 Price per barrel Iraq +.22 $58 Iran +.05 United Arab Emirates +.70 Kuwait OPEC production +2.20 Venezuela (millions of barrels +.04 Angola per day) -.29 53 Nigeria Dec. 2016 -.02 Algeria Jan. 2017 50-day -.35 Libya moving -.63 Qatar average Ecuador -.42 Gabon +.07 48 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 D J F +.09 -.13 Sources: FactSet; International Energy Agency David Koenig ; J.Paschke • AP +.23 -.17 -.01 +.57 NDEXES +.01 +.49 52-Week Net YTD 52-wk +.24 High Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg +.28 20,504.41 +92.25 +.45 +3.75 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$32.30 CSCO Cisco Systems delivers its $35 latest quarterly earnings $25.11 today. 30 The internet gear maker has scrambled to overhaul ’16 its business as corporate 25 customers increasingly rely est. Operating $0.57 on remote data centers for $0.56 EPS their computing needs, Q2 ’16 Q2 ’17 rather than online networks Price-earnings ratio: 15 maintained on their own based on past 12-month results premises. Cisco has Dividend: $1.04 Div yield: 3.2% slashed thousands of jobs as part of the shift. Source: FactSet

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NAHB/ Wells Fargo index A key measure of U.S. homebuilders’ seasonally adjusted confidence should provide insight into the 70 new-housing market. 69 est. The National Association of Home 68 Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index 67 slid to 67 last month, a pullback from 65 December, when the index reached its 65 highest level in 11 years. Readings above 50 63 63 indicate more builders view sales conditions as good rather than poor. The index has been above 60 since September. Economists predict that this month’s reading, due 60 S O N D J F out today, will show that builder confidence ’16 ’17 Source: FactSet rebounded from January.

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Community Events (Editor’s Note: We recommend Community Events be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event. Community Events publish on Wednesday, Sunday and when space allows on Friday.)

F.B.C. Relay for Life Team The Farmington Baptist Church Relay for Life Team will hold a Mother/Son Date Night on Saturday, Feb. 18 at the church. A meal will be served. Games will always be played. Each mother and son will receive a picture. All ages are welcome. The cost is $20 for a mother and one son. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society. Wednesday, Feb. 15 is the deadline to reserve tickets. For more information and to reserve tickets, contact Kristi at 662-284-9267.

Bishop Activity Center Tuesday, Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day, exercise at Tate Baptist Church and Doctor Day; Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Bible Study by Jackie Calvert from Oakland Baptist Church and Doctor Day; Thursday, Feb. 16 – Bingo; and Friday, Feb. 17 – Quilting, jigsaw puzzles and table games. Daily activities include quilting, jigsaw puzzles, table games, rolo golf and a washer game. Senior citizens age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Free Medical Clinic The Living Healthy Free Medical Clinic, where residents with no way to pay can get free medical treatment, welcomes adults and children age 12 and up with no income and no health insurance. The clinic, now located at 2668 South Harper Road Suite 3 next to Physicians Urgent Care in the former Oasis Medical Center, is open 1-5 p.m., on the second Wednesday and fourth Saturday of each month. The clinic is always looking for both medical and non-medical volunteers. Medical and non-medical volunteers should contact Ann White at eaw3@comcast. net or 662-415-9446.

Preparing for Baby classes Oasis Medical Center is offering “Preparing for Baby” classes for first

time pregnant moms. Classes will meet on Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. noon on Feb. 21, 28, March 7, and 14 at 2421 Proper Street in Corinth. Participants will learn about their developing babies, labor and delivery, basic baby care and valuable parenting information. Those participating will earn Baby Bucks which can be used to purchase items in our Baby Store. You are welcome to bring one support person (over the age of 18). There is no charge for the classes. There will be no child care provided. To sign up call 662287-8001 or come by the center ASAP. Seating is limited.

Pickin’ on the Square The Pickin’ on the Square guest for Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Bishop Activity Center in Corinth will be “The Hatchie Bottom Boys”.

Bully Buster class Crossroads Martial Arts will offer a Bully Buster Seminar at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18. The seminar is free and open to the public. Children ages 7 to 15 are especially encouraged to attend. Tips and objectives covered will include: how to avoid confrontation, how to walk away from trouble, how to show courage and proper self-defense. For questions and more information, call 662286-2904. The dojo is located at 1407 North Harper Road in Corinth.

Fish Fry Greater Life U.P.C. Church, located at 750 45 South in Corinth will hold a fish fry from 10 a.m. until on Saturday, Feb. 18. Two-piece filet plates are $6 and Threepiece filet plates are $7. BBQ plates will be available for $6 as well as two-piece chicken strip plates for $6 and 3-piece chicken strip plates for $7. All meals include french fries, hushpuppies, slaw, a choice of beans and a dessert. Those who dine in with the church will receive a free drink. Free delivery is available in Corinth. For more information, call 662-415-6066.

Arts will offer a week of home invasion seminars on Monday, Feb. 20–Friday, Feb. 24. The seminars will instruct participants on how to handle themselves in real-life situations such as waking up to an attacker in bed or being attacked from behind. The seminars will be held nightly from 7 to 8 p.m. The cost to participate is $10 for members or $25 for non-members. Space is limited, so those interested should call ahead for reservations. Participants should be 18 years or older, however, exceptions may be made for serious-minded 16 and 17 year olds. To reserve a spot and for more information, call 662-286-2904. The dojo is located at 1407 North Harper Road in Corinth.

President’s Day garbage schedule The Corinth Street Department will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20 in observation of President’s Day. Monday and Tuesday’s garbage routes will be picked up on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Forestry educational meeting The Alcorn County Extension Service will hold a forestry education meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Dr. Kushla will be presenting a program dealing with Tax Considerations for Forest Landowners. Those who plan on attending or need additional information should contact the Alcorn County Extension Service at 662-286-7755 by Monday, Feb. 20.

Poetry reading The Black History Museum of Corinth will present a poetry reading by Patricia Neely Dorsey at the Corinth Library at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. Mrs. Dorsey, Mississippi’s Goodwill Ambassador, is an author, poet and speaker. Her poem, “Meet My Mississippi,” was nominated for the State Poem in the 2017 Mississippi Legislative Session. Her published book titles include: “Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia”, “Magnolia

Memories” and “Mississippi In Me”. She currently resides in Tupelo.

85th Birthday Bash The family of Betty Reiselt invites everyone to attend her 85th Birthday Bash. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Corinth Elk’s Lodge. Cards with memories only are requested.

Corinth Artist Guild Gallery The Corinth Artist Guild Gallery is featuring “Out of Africa,” a series of works by Edward Wade Jr., through Feb. 28. An opening reception is Feb. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. The focus of the exhibit is watercolor paintings of people of Africa with painted faces and elaborate headdresses. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at 609 North Fillmore. Call 665-0520 for more information.

Black History Program The Aclorn County Branch NAACP will present their 5th Annual Black History Program at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Meigg Street Church of Christ, located at 914 Meigg Street in Corinth. The speaker for the occasion will be Bro. Taurean Morton, a 2001 graduate of Corinth High School and present Minister of the Lincoln Garden Church of Christ in Cleveland. The program will include reflections in Black History from youth in the community as well as selections from the “Terry Street Church of Christ Male Chorus and a recital of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. The event is free and open to the public, however, donations will be accepted. As in previous years, a raffle will be held in which one lucky winner will receive two $100 gift cards from Rogers/Gardners Supermarket. Tickets for the raffle are $2 each. They may be purchased from any NAACP member. For questions and more information, contact the chairperson, Pauline Sorrell at 662-

415-3099 or J.C. Hill at 662-293-0290. All are invited to wear their African attire.

Hee-Haw show The McNairy County Hee-Haw show will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 2 thru Saturday, March 4. All shows will be at the MCHS Little Theater. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 7-12 and free for those six and under. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

Gospel Fest The Easom Outreach Foundation’s 4th Annual Gospel Fest is set for 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 12 at 700 South Crater Street in Corinth. Participants in this year’s Gospel Fest are as follows: Alcorn Baptist Church Junior Choir of Kossuthi; Booneville Association Mass Choir of Booneville; Lee and Gloria Carswell of Olive Branch; 4-Christ Gospel Singers of Corinth; New Prospect Gospel Group of Nettleton; Mount Olive Male Chorus of Baldwyn; Oak Grove Male Chorus and Oak Grove Junior Chorus, both of Rienzi; Spiritual Travelers Gospel Group and Spiritual Travelers Junior Choir, both of Ripley; and Terry Street Male Gospel Group of Ripley. Tickets can be purchased for $10 in advance and for $12 at the door. Any questions or comments may be directed to Landolph Lee at 314406-3918.

Easom Washington D.C. tour The Easom Foundation is coordinating an educational trip to Washington DC to tour several museums. There will also be a visit to the U.S. Capitol, a White House photo opportunity, and possibly a tour of the White House. The trip is planned for three nights and four days, departure will be from the Easom Community Center at 10 p.m. on March 12. Participants will return to Easom at 10:30 a.m. on March 17. For more information, the cost or to make a payment schedule con-

tact Ernestine Hollins at 662-643-8024, Ann Walker at 662-285-7361 or Samuel Crayton at 404-386-3359.

VFW Post 3962 • VFW Post 3962 will host Lady’s Night from 7 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information contact Mike or Yogi at 662-287-6106. • VFW Post 3962 will host live music at 8 p.m. every Friday. Danny Briggs also provides music at the VFW at 8 p.m. every Saturday Dance Night. Country music is played both nights with a great dance floor and great people. All are encouraged to come out and support local veterans. • VFW Post 3962 will hold its monthly meetings at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month with a Fellowship Brunch. The VFW and VFW Auxiliary will have a joint meeting at 7 p.m. The Post is located at 1 Purdy School Road in Corinth. For questions and more information call 662-287-6106.

Sharing Hearts Sharing Hearts is an adult care program offering a one day a week day care for adults suffering from Alzheimer’s or any other form of dementia. Volunteers and participants meet each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, located at 501 Main Street in Corinth. The program is designed to offer caregivers a day of rest and their family members a day of caring supervision along with music, games, lunch, exercise and crafts, all designed to entertain and provide social interaction. For more information, call Melinda Grady at 662-808-2206.

Exercise class The Boys and Girls Club is holding an exercise class for women on Monday and Wednesday nights at 6:15 p.m.

Line dancing Line dancing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. each Tuesday night at the American Legion.

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