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Four teams begin play for state title BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Fans in the Capitol City will be seeing double on Thursday. More like a history-making, double-double. Biggersville High School and

Corinth High School had both its girls’ and boys’ teams qualify for the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s State Basketball Tournament first time. While most recently three Alcorn County teams partici-

pated in the 1993 and 2000 events, it’s strongly believed to be the first time that four teams earned berths. Play opens Thursday with quarterfinal action at two sites in Jackson. Classes 1A and 4A

take the stage and Day One, followed by 2A/5A on Friday and 3A/6A on Saturday. Jackson State University will play host to first-round play in the girls’ tournament. Boys’ teams, who opened

up at JSU in 2015, will see action at Mississippi Coliseum. History was also made last Thursday when the Corinth Lady Warriors earned their Please see TOURNEY | 6A

Mayor eyes statewide sales tax referendum BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin wants to pave another avenue of opportunity for cities to get tax revenue for infrastructure projects. With Corinth’s eﬀort to get approval for a local option vote on a special 0.25 percent sales tax for improvements to Tate Street, Harper Road and Shiloh Road dead in the Legislature, he is looking to a statewide referendum as the next option. “I’m glad I’m a person that

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Kriag Adams (left) walked away from a rollover wreck on Tuesday after his GMC Envoy SUV hydroplaned on U.S. Highway 72 East just inside the Corinth city limits. Adams recounted his wreck with Corinth Police Department officer Erin Hill.

Driver escapes unhurt after rollover BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

A Corinth man walked away from a rollover wreck during a Tuesday thunderstorm. Kriag Adams was on his way to work at Sonic Drive-In when he hit standing water and hydroplaned on U.S. Highway 72 East just inside the city limits around 11:30 a.m.

The GMC Envoy SUV Adams was driving rolled several times before coming to stop upside down about 100 feet oﬀ roadway. “I’m OK, just a little shook up,” said Adams just after the wreck. Magnolia EMS and Corinth Fire Department responded to the scene.

BY JEBB JOHNSTON Motorists will encounter a closure on a busy stretch of East Shiloh Road into next week because of a problem with a pipe under the road. The Corinth Street Department shut down a section of the road in the Buchanan Street area Tuesday because of safety concerns related to deterioration of a pipe just east of Buchanan. Until the problem is fixed, a detour will divert motorists onto Buchanan Street, Sixth Street and Breckenridge to get back to East Shiloh. Street Commissioner Philip Verdung said a problem with the drainage system was found about two weeks ago and patched, but another problem has developed. “We noticed it seemed the

road had shifted a little bit,” he said. “We checked on it during the rain, and it appeared to be settling as we were watching it.” He suspects the drainage structure has developed holes, and the road bed is deteriorating as water passes through. Replacement pipe to fix the problem is due to arrive Thursday, when another round of rain is forecast. The repair work will likely begin Friday morning. With two to three days needed to complete the work, the street could reopen around Tuesday. “There is a lot of traﬃc there to try to detour through that residential area,” said Verdung. “We would encourage people to use another route if possible till the middle of next week.”

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Female runners set pace for 10K’s early signups BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Adams was checked out inside the ambulance and refused transport to the hospital. Corinth Police Department Oﬃcer Erin Hill said Adams was lucky. “To walk away from this kind of wreck with only a bump on the head and scratch on the

Female runners aren’t waiting around. They are ready for the starter’s gun to sound in the 35th Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K. Registration for the annual 6.2-mile trek through downtown is up 40 percent compared to last year, according to race co-director Amy Smith.

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does not get discouraged easily, because I’ve had five years of discouragement in Jackson,” said Irwin. Working with other mayors, he plans to move ahead in pursuit of a way “for our citizens throughout the state, not the politicians in Jackson or those that are elected to represent us in Jackson, but the people … to have the opportunity to come to the polls and decide if they want to raise sales tax a quarter percent.”

Susanne Moody Cooper, downtown Corinth

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Born in Columbus, Susanne Moody Cooper has spent the last 21 years in Corinth. “I love this area and the people here,” said Cooper. “Mostly because of the amount of love and concern shown by everyone — it’s really unbelievable.” A 25-year employee of OneMain Financial, Cooper became a widow at age 52 and is the mother of Beau, who graduated from Corinth High School in 2002 and now lives in Tuscumbia, Ala., with his family. Cooper is the grandmother of Deegan, 3, and Mollie, 2. An active member of First Presbyterian Church in Corinth, Cooper also leads the Grief Share group at the church. “I know how hard it can be when someone loses a loved one,” she said. “I just want to help others learn how to cope.”

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Rev. Lamar Walker of Kossuth delivers the opening prayer for the Mississippi House of Representatives. Walker was invited by Speaker of the House Billy McCoy of Thrasher and State Rep. Harvey Moss.

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Church marks milestone BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

It was a diﬀerent day at Oakland Baptist Church. The congregation was celebrating God’s faithfulness. OBC recently rejoiced paying oﬀ an $8 million building debt with a special ceremony. “It was an amazing

Oakland pastor Dr. Randy Bostick (right) and Wayne Prince, chairman of the building committee, burn the note after the church paid off an $8 million building debt.

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day,” said church pastor Dr. Randy Bostick. “It was more than just preaching and singing.” Video testimonials and the burning of the note were part of the celebration on Feb. 14. “We talked a little bit about the journey from beginning to end,” said Bro. Bostick. OBC voted to relocate from its U.S. Highway 72 East location to Harper Road in 2001. The church will mark its 12th anniversary at the current site in May. Oakland’s ministries have flourished since the

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arm is unbelievable,” he said. “This could be been a really bad wreck for the driver.” During the wreck, Adams vehicle crashed through the “55 mph” speed limit sign. He also told police he was going around 55 mph when he lost control of his SUV. Because of the location of the wreck, both Corinth police and deputies with the Alcorn Sheriﬀs Department responded to the scene. Law enforcement soon determined the wreck occurred only feet inside the city limits.

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relocating. The church, which averages around 600 in Sunday School, had a record-crowd 2,750 people on Easter Sunday two years ago. The church isn’t about to stand pat, according to Bostick. “We have a lot of things coming,” he said. A 20/20 Vision Committee has been formed and is already meeting to see where the church goes next. “As soon as the committee comes back with their recommendations, we will just go down the list,” added Bostick.

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Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 2, the 62nd day of 2016. There are 304 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico.

On this date: In 1793, the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Virginia. In 1865, Congress established the position of Naval Judge Advocate General. In 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote. In 1917, Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act. In 1939, Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected pope on his 63rd birthday; he took the name Pius XII. The Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147 years after the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution had gone into effect. (Georgia and Connecticut soon followed.) In 1942, the original Stage Door Canteen, a wartime club for U.S. servicemen, officially opened its doors in New York’s theater district. In 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger. In 1985, the government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply. In 1995, the Internet search engine website Yahoo! was incorporated by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo.

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Across the Region Tishomingo offers amnesty program IUKA (AP) — People with old, unpaid fines in Tishomingo County can avoid additional contempt of court charges by settling their accounts during March. In an effort to clear a backlog of old fines and warrants, Sheriff John D. Daugherty told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, the Justice Court will be offering an amnesty program. Daugherty says the program is designed to help individuals who may have found themselves in violation of a court order, because they were financially unable to pay fines. The amnesty program will run from March 1 through April 1 and will only cover fines prior to March 1. Daugherty says people can pay outstanding fines, resume payments or create a new payment plan. By doing so, old arrest warrants for failure to pay or appear will be rescinded.

“heart” healthy snacks and lunches. Classes will include live demonstration of food preparations, taste testing of the prepared food and participants will each receive copies of the recipes used in the class. For a short introductory period, the cost of the course is only $5. Pre-registration is required for the “Heart” Healthy Snacks and Lunches class and all continuing education classes and is available online at http://www. nemcc.edu/continuingeducation-2/classes/ by clicking the Online Form button. (For more information on how to register for the “Heart” Healthy Snacks and Lunches class or for any other Northeast Mississippi Community College continuing education class, contact the Office of Continuing Education at 662-720-7296 or email continuinged@nemcc. edu.)

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TUPELO — The Tupelo Cooking classes will aim for heart health Community Theatre will BOONEVILLE — Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Office of Continuing Education will help those needing to lose a few pounds, get ready for the summer season and aid those looking to make better lifestyle choices with its next series of classes. Northeast’s Continuing Education will kick off it Healthy Cooking Classes on Friday, March 4 from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Black and Gold Room of the Haney Union on the Northeast Booneville campus. Healthy Cooking Classes will focus on helping people make the right choices with foods and prepare meals in a way that aid a person’s resolve to living a healthy lifestyle. During the Healthy Cooking Classes, the series will focus on the heart and during the Friday, March 4 class, participants will be instructed on how to make

present “A Higher Place In Heaven” by Pamela Parker at 7:30 p.m. on March 10, 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, March 12 at the Lyric Theatre. The themes of love and acceptance continue in this prequel to TCT’s 2012 hit production of “Second Samuel”. Tickets are $18 for adults and $6 for students and children. (For more information or to purchase tickets contact the TCT office at 662-844-1935.)

Law students at UM win 2nd competition OXFORD — Mary Margaret Roark and John Juricich, both third-year students in the University of Mississippi School of Law, have won this year’s Jeffrey G. Miller Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, held Feb. 18-20 at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York.

The win marks the second consecutive national title for the pair and the third straight for the law school. In addition, the win means the Ole Miss law school has claimed five of the last six Pace competitions. It’s also the school’s 12th national or world advocacy title since 2011. “Having two secondyear students win a competition like Pace and then return to win the competition again as third-year students is absolutely amazing,” said David Case, UM professor of law and team coach. “I’m pretty sure that has never happened in the 28-year history of the Pace competition.” Roark, of Cleveland, and Juricich, of Anniston, Alabama, competed against more than 50 law schools from around the country. They beat the University of Alabama and University of Houston in the final round. The team won the Best Brief – Petitioner (Save Our Climate) award and Juricich was awarded runner-up Best Oralist for the competition. The Pace competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the country. It provides a rigorous academic experience, testing skills in appellate brief writing and oral advocacy, involving issues drawn from real cases, and providing first-hand experience in environmental litigation. “This year, there were six issues to argue for three different parties, and more teams were going noteless,” Roark said. “The teams were definitely better in terms of performance.” Overall, the competition requires intense preparation, including researching and analyzing challenging legal environmental issues, writing persuasive arguments about how the issues should be resolved, arguing the issues orally and having their performances evaluated and critiqued by practicing attorneys at the competition. The Ole Miss team

began writing its brief in October. After filing it in November, they began practicing oral arguments intensely with their coaches. “We prepared the same, but we were more relaxed because we knew what it took to achieve the end result,” Juricich explained. “We were able to more efficiently use our time.” Judging this year’s championship round were Steven M. Colloton, a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; Lynn Adelman, judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Malachy E. Mannion, judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; and Beth Ward, judge on the Environmental Appeals Board for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Stephanie Showalter Otts, UM professor of law and also an expert in environmental law, helped Case coach the team. A benefit to participating in a competition of this nature is the payoff it provides students after graduation. Both students said it helped them find their niche. “It helped me find a joy and thrill in litigation,” Juricich said.

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Sewer politics I was going to write about how the Republican presidential campaign has become gutter politics, but given Donald Trump’s horrid statements, the gutter would be a step up, because things have Cal descended into the sewer. Thomas Never in modern times has there been a presidential canColumnist didate who has hurled more personal insults and hurtful accusations at his fellow candidates and others who disagree with him. It should embarrass a normal person, but Trump appears beyond embarrassment. He criticizes Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, for dropping the F-bomb when he did the same thing during the New Hampshire primary campaign. He attacks Marco Rubio for repeating himself when Trump repeats himself repeatedly. He has criticized the personal appearance of Carly Fiorina, Rosie O’Donnell and Arianna Huﬀington, among others, when he isn’t much to look at. He tosses out words like “loser” and during the Houston debate responded to a question from radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt by saying no one listens to his program and his ratings are lousy. The country is not served by such language. Neither does the political debate format serve the public when it resembles a cage match rather than a serious discussion about the multiple challenges facing America. There must be a better way to elect a president than this. “Bully backs blowhard for president,” was the headline on The Daily Beast, referring to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s endorsement of Trump. What continues to amaze is the strong backing of Trump by so many evangelicals. If their church members behaved as Trump does, they would receive a serious talking to by the deacons or pastor and if they didn’t repent and change their ways they might face expulsion. With Trump, most evangelical leaders have remained largely silent, offering neither criticism nor praise. This is what can happen when some pastors who are called to a diﬀerent kingdom and a different King settle for an earthly kingdom and lesser king. Does anyone know what Donald Trump’s position is on anything? Do they care? Apparently not from the sycophants who cheer his every insult at packed rallies around the country. He belittles, he whines and he complains that some in the media don’t treat him “fairly” when he has been on TV more than all of the other candidates combined. The reason for all the coverage he receives? He gets big ratings and the networks live for ratings. One of the few evangelical leaders to take Trump on is San Antonio pastor and bestselling author, Max Lucado. In a recent blog post, Lucado says Trump’s “antics” “wouldn’t even be acceptable ... for a middleschool student body election.” In an interview with Christianity Today, Lucado was asked why he published his post, which he titled “Decency for President.” While saying he doesn’t bring politics into his church, he said he felt the need to speak out because of Trump’s “derision of people,” adding, “It would be none of my business, I would have absolutely no right to speak up except that he repeatedly brandishes the Bible and calls himself a Christian.” “If he’s going to call himself a Christian one day and call someone a bimbo the next or make fun of somebody’s menstrual cycle, it’s just beyond reason to me.” Beyond reason best describes the Trump campaign. It also explains the fealty so many have for a man with whom one hopes they have nothing in common – from his lifestyle, to his indecipherable politics, to his factchallenged pronouncements. In past elections some voters have complained about being forced to choose between the lesser of two evils. If the nominee for the Democratic Party is Hillary Clinton, and if Republicans select Donald Trump, this election may force voters to choose between the least evil of two lessers. (Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.)

Prayer for today Lord God, forbid that I should try to supplant character with manners and worldly goods. May I remember that thou seest me, and knowest me, and I need no shield from thee. Help me that I may be found acceptable while thou dost search me to the depths of the soul. Amen.

A verse to share “He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.” Proverbs 11:27

Leaders wise to let bill die in committee In the wake of one of the most divisive and bitter political battles in recent state history over equity funding in K-12 education in Mississippi, legislative leaders were wise to allow bills that would have allowed public funds vouchers to finance student transfers to private schools die in committee. First and foremost, it’s important to note that the voucher debate has both a political component and a policy component. But in this instance, voucher legislation was a bad legislative bet on both counts – bad politics, bad policy. The basic question to Mississippi lawmakers was this: After the Legislature’s very narrow “victory” in the battle over Initiative 42 – in which voters made clear that they were passionate about the state improving its educational system – was the next major education initiative of the Legislature to be approval of a plan to take public funds away from the public school system to fund private schools? Cooler legislative heads obviously prevailed. While the Initiative 42 fight made clear that Mississippians weren’t willing to improve our educational system by dismantling the appropriations authority of the Legislature, voters made equally clear that they are concerned

about providing quality public schools for all Mississippi children. So if the Sid Salter premise behind InitiaColumnist tive 42 and the Mississippi Adequate Education Program both are funding equity arguments that are fundamentally about a transfer of wealth from the state’s more aﬄuent school districts to the more impoverished school districts – and that’s what it is – then the Legislature would be extremely hard pressed to respond to the near-success of Initiative 42 by enabling a plan to make existing public education funding portable to private schools. The fact is that Initiative 42 and the MAEP that the failed initiative sought to guarantee “full funding” of is a movement that had roots in education equity funding lawsuits that initially gained attention in the early 1970s and again in the 1980s. Those lawsuits, principally Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District in 1973 and later a series of related lawsuits that began with Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby in the mid-1980s, challenged the equity of the

school finance system in the state of Texas. The Edgewood plaintiffs argued that because Texas had a heavy reliance on property tax as an element of education finance and because there was such a wide variance in per-pupil property values, then it was necessarily so that there was a concomitant wide disparity in per pupil spending between school districts. The plaintiffs argued even if school districts with relatively poor property values levied high property tax rates, those districts would still be unable to raise sufficient revenues to finance education programs that met the state’s minimum education requirements. The Texas lawsuits started a revolution of sorts. Lawsuits challenging state methods of funding public schools were brought in 45 of the 50 states. In addition to lawsuits, the Edgewood case set in motion a national series of state legislative attempts to avoid lawsuits similar to Edgewood by enacting equity funding formulas that headed off such litigation at the proverbial pass. While it is disingenuous to say that the entirety of the Mississippi Legislature had no serious interest in true equity funding for public education in Mississippi when they adopted MAEP —

many did and many fought to funnel more money into the state’s classrooms — it is also true that MAEP would have likely died on the legislative calendar had there not been a real fear of such lawsuits like those in Texas gearing up in Mississippi. Equity funding — equalizing the state per pupil expenditures between poor districts and more aﬄuent districts — is at the core of MAEP and hence was at the core of Initiative 42. Fast forward to 2016. After legislative appropriations authority for public education survived a nearmiss in the referendum process, the answer isn’t to divert scarce K-12 public education resources from the public school system to private schools. Vouchers don’t improve public education funding. Vouchers further dilute public education funding without holding the secure promise of actually improving educational outcomes – and more to the point, it does nothing to reduce the costs of adequately funding a necessary system of public education – which brought Initiative 42 to the ballot box in the first place. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Conflict puts lawmakers’ own speech in peril JACKSON — A majority of Mississippi House members voted willingly last week to limit their own power of speech in their own chamber by eliminating something called the point of personal privilege. The decision was an astonishing turn of events led by Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn and his allies, and the change came in response to Democrats requesting that bills be read aloud as a delay tactic. Democrats were protesting what many black lawmakers saw as unfair or dismissive treatment of their concerns by Gunn since the GOP gained a three-fifths supermajority this year. A point of personal privilege is a type of speech typically used only a few times in the House and Senate each year. It allows legislators to go to the front of the chamber and speak if they think their integrity has been impugned or if they question the way legislative business is being conducted. Legislators have used points of personal privilege to publicly apologize after being charged with DUI, to apologize to colleagues

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for providing too little information about bills that became controversial, or even Emily to thank Wagster people for Pettus prayers and support afCapitol Dome ter injury or illness. The speeches have been permitted in the Mississippi Legislature since “time immemorial,” Democratic Rep. Ed Blackmon of Canton said Thursday night during a 26-minute point of personal privilege — one that looked like it might be the last in the chamber. The House and Senate set their own operating rules at the start of each four-year term, and it’s highly unusual to change rules once they’re set. It took a machine-generated voice all of Thursday afternoon and part of the evening to read aloud a 293page bill at the request of Democrats. After that, the Republican-led Rules Committee met and voted to recommend that the House eliminate points of personal

privilege. The speeches can also be used to delay debate. The House voted 71-50, mostly along party lines, to eliminate personal privilege. All Democrats opposed the change, and all but two Republicans supported it. The exceptions were freshmen GOP Reps. Joel Bomgar of Madison and Ashley Henley of Southaven. The vote came despite a warning from Democratic Rep. John Hines of Greenville to his Republican colleagues that either party could be hurt. “Today, it’s us,” Hines said. “Tomorrow, it’s you.” In the Mississippi House, not all Democrats are black, but all black representatives are Democrats. Blackmon, a Legislative Black Caucus member in oﬃce since 1979, said he was struck by a change in the House chamber this year. For the first time, the electronic boards that display how members vote are divided by party, with Democrats on the left and Republicans on the right. Blackmon also noted that the change mostly segregates black and white.

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He said that unless all members are allowed to fairly participate in the legislative process, every bill will be tainted. “It won’t be accepted as being legitimate,” Blackmon said. “It will be seen as politics of Mississippi as usual.” The House accomplished little Thursday and Friday because of conflict between Republican leaders and the Black Caucus. Before representatives left for the weekend, Gunn said a peace agreement had been reached, and it included a promise to restore points of personal privilege. The House must vote on the change. “This is normal legislative stuﬀ. This is not an alarm,” Gunn told reporters. “This is the kind of stuﬀ we deal with about once a year, and we always work it out and we always move on.” Except one detail about this conflict doesn’t happen every year. In at least two decades, neither chamber has tried to revoke personal privileges. (Daily Corinthian columnist Emily Wagster Pettus is a writer for the Associated Press based in Jackson.)

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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.)

Batik Workshop

JA Outstanding Citizen Search

Beginning Quilt Class

The Junior Auxiliary of Corinth, Inc. is now accepting nominations for the Outstanding Citizen of 2016. Applications may be obtained at the Corinth Library, The Alliance, or the Daily Corinthian office. Please mail all nominations and supporting data to Susan Bailey, 1306 Poplar St., Corinth, MS 38834. The deadline for receiving this information is today.

A Beginning Quilt Class will begin on March 15 and will meet at 5 p.m. every Tuesday thereafter. Six sewing machines will be available for individuals who do not own one.

A Batik Workshop will be conducted every Thursday night for six weeks from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost is $10. Participants should register by calling 662-286-7755.

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The Corinth Artist Guild Gallery is currently hosting exhibitions by Simon Jackson and Kimberly Peeples. Jackson, a house painter from Eads, Tennessee, creates highly detailed miniatures of subjects such as old farm houses and guns. His work has been included in a past Smithsonian exhibit. Peeples is a self-taught painter from Ripley who especially enjoys painting animals.

From 4 to 6 p.m. every Friday, the Easom Foundation will sell eat-in or carry-out farm-fed catfish dinners for $6 to support its hot meals program. The meal includes coleslaw or salad, French fries or roasted potatoes, a dessert, juice and catfish. Dinners are also available from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the same price. Side items on the menu for the day may also be purchased. Stop by the Easom Community Center and pick up a monthly menu or contact Chef Ben Betts at 662-415-4003 or Ernestine Hollins at 662643-8024. The menu can also be faxed each month to those who provide a fax number.

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Pickin’ on the Square

Art Class

The Pickin’ on the Square guest for Thursday, March 3 will be Hatchie Bottom Boys.

Artist Guild Exhibits

An Art Class is open to the public at no cost and meets every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Extension Office. Participants will need to bring their own supplies and should call 662-2867755 to register and get more information. The class is limited to 15 students.

High School Art Competition Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Art Department will host their Annual High School Art Competition now – March 24. High school

students from the fivecounty district of Northeast will compete in the following categories: Drawing, 2D Design, 3D Design/Ceramics, Painting/Mixed Media and Photography/Printmaking/Computer Graphics. Anderson Hall Art Gallery hours from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday – Thursday. For more information contact Terry Anderson at 662-720-7336 or tfanderson@nemcc.edu.

NARFE Meeting The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Jacinto Chapter 1879 will hold its monthly meeting at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 4 at Ryan’s Restaurant, located at 2210 Harper Road in Corinth. All active and retired federal employees are encouraged to attend.

Hee-Haw Show The McNairy County Hee-Haw show will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 7–12 and free for children 6 and under. Proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

BMAD Fundraiser Brothers Making A Difference, Inc. (BMAD) will have a barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5 at Jake’s Barber Shop. The cost is $10 per plate with the choice of pulled pork or grilled chicken tenders with beans, slaw and bread. The event will be held rain or shine. Jake’s is located at 101 South Parkway. For more information call 662-286-0200.

Fish Fry/ BBQ chicken Supper There will be a fish fry/

barbecue chicken supper on Saturday, March 5 at the Chewalla Fire Station. The supper will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $10 per plate for adults. All proceeds will benefit the Chewalla Volunteer Fire Department.

Community Fellowship Dinner The Easom Foundation will hold their monthly Community Fellowship Dinner at the Easom Community Center, located at 700 South Crater Street in Corinth from noon until 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 6. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. All carryout’s are $10. Items on the March menu include: Fried chicken, baked chicken, dressing, roast beef and gravy, greens, sweet potatoes, squash casserole, buttered rolls, lemon cake and key lime pie. For more information and for tickets contact Ernestine Hollins at 662643-8024 or Sam Crayton at 404-386-3359.

not a political meeting and everyone is invited, it is sponsored by the Alcorn County Republican Party.

sports rally and Pi Games, group games, lunch and free time, a talent show and baseball scrimmage.

2016 Gospel Fest

Cruise-In

The Easom Community Center, located at 700 Crater Street in Corinth will hold their 2016 Gospel Fest from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 13. Confirmed performers include: Rightfully His, First Baptist Church of Corinth, Lee & Gloria Carswell, Community Believers Baptist Church of Olive Branch, Celestial Nightingales, Moses United Methodist Church of Ripley, Hopewell Male Chorus of Rienzi, Oak Grove Male Chorus of Rienzi, Mount Olive Male Chorus of Baldwyn, Spiritual Traveler, Moses United Methodist Church of Booneville, Cody Killey & Quartet and Antioch Baptist Church of Pisgah. Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at the door. For more information contact Landolph Walker-Lee at 314-406-3918.

The Magnolia Antique Car Club and Arby’s will host a Cruise-In at Arby’s from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 20. The cost to register is $5. There will be a free food giveaway for participants. For more information call Reggie Rickman at 662415-2582 or Michael Mann at 662-286-4988.

Color Run for Pi Day Disaster Readiness Disaster can come to our community at any time and in any form. The people we depend on to provide protection and safety during these unexpected events will be here to speak, address concerns and answer any questions. Speakers will include: Mayor Tommy Irwin, Corinth Police Chief, Ralph Dance, Sheriff, Ben Caldwell, Emergency coordinator and Homeland Security Representative, Rickey Gibens, Medical Emergency, Mike Lutz. The conference is free and open to the public and will be held in the Corinth, Library, at 6 p.m. Thursday March 10. Although it is

The Alcorn Central High School Math Club is hosting its first color run in honor of Pi Day on March 14. Students, parents, teachers and members of the community age 6 and up may participate in the event. Those under 6 may participate with a parent for free, although a t-shirt will not be included for them. Participants will begin the route at the high school entry gate, make two complete circuits, and finish in the baseball parking lot. Each participant will receive a t-shirt and a bag of color for the color explosion at the finish line. The participation fee is $25. Other activities include a quiz bowl, spring

Purple and Gold Banquet and Ball The Alcorn County Chapter of the Alcorn State University (ASU) National Alumni Association will sponsor a Purple and Gold Scholarship Banquet and Ball to provide assistance and scholarships to students from Alcorn County and surrounding areas attending Alcorn State University from 7:30 p.m. until midnight on Saturday, April 9. The event will be held at Refreshments Inc. which is located at 101 W. Linden Street in Corinth. Tickets are available from members or at Walker Law office, located at 408 Waldron Street in Corinth or by calling 662665-9536.

Senior Sounds Alcorn Central High School seniors will present “Good to be Alive” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 14; Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 at the historic Coliseum Civic Center – located at 404 Taylor Street. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets go on sale April 4 at www.seniorsounds.net. For more information call Alcorn Central High School at 662-286-872.

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Clinton, Trump grab Super Tuesday wins Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton swept through the South on Super Tuesday, claiming victory in their parties’ primaries in delegate-rich Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia. The front-runners appeared ever more likely to end up in a general election showdown. On the Republican side, Ted Cruz won his home state of Texas, the night’s single biggest prize, as well as neighboring Oklahoma. Democrat Bernie Sanders picked up his home state of Vermont, as well as Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota, but failed to broaden his appeal with minority voters who are crucial to the party in presidential elections. The night belonged to Trump and Clinton, who turned the busiest day of the 2016 primaries into a showcase of their strength with a wide swath of American voters. Signaling her conﬁdence, Clinton set her sights on Trump as she addressed supporters during a victory rally. “It’s clear tonight that the stakes in this election have

never been higher and the rhetoric we’re hearing on the other side has never been lower,” she said. Trump, too, had his eye on a general election match-up with the former secretary of state, casting her as part of a political establishment that has failed Americans. “She’s been there for so long,” Trump said at his swanky Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “If she hasn’t straightened it out by now, she’s not going to straighten it out in the next four years.” Trump’s dominance has rattled Republican leaders, who fear he’s unelectable against Clinton in November. Even as Trump professed to have good relationships with his party’s elite, he issued a warning to House Speaker Paul Ryan, who declared earlier in the day that “this party does not prey on people’s prejudices.” But all e orts to stop Trump have failed, including an aggressive campaign by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to discredit the billionaire businessman. For Rubio, Super Tuesday turned into a bitter disappointment. He emerged with his ﬁrst victory in Minnesota

Plan: Use part of oil spill money for transportation Associated Press

JACKSON — Part of Mississippi’s oil spill settlement money would be set aside to help pay for transportation improvements statewide, under a proposal that moved through the House but is likely to stall in the Senate. The plan came from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Je Smith, R-Columbus, who presented it as a way to pay for highway and bridge repairs without increasing the gasoline tax. Gulf Coast representatives opposed Smith’s idea, saying the settlement money should be spent in the part of the state most a ected by the 2010 BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi is scheduled to receive $150 million the ﬁrst year of the settlement, and Smith’s plan would put $50 million of that into a fund to help repay bonds for

projects such as highway and bridge repairs. House Bill 1386 passed the House 101-20 on Tuesday and moves to the Senate, where Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves opposes it. “Some in the Legislature cannot resist their insatiable appetite to borrow and spend — in this instance borrowing against future revenue and spending money that we have not even yet received,” Reeves said last week. “I will continue to ﬁght to spend the vast majority of this BP money in south Mississippi, and I feel certain that coast legislators, both in the House and Senate, will join me in this e ort.” Under a multistate oil spill settlement announced in July, Mississippi is to receive almost $2.2 billion. About $1.5 billion is designated for environmental restoration and economic development.

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but failed to live up to the wider hopes of the numerous Republican o ceholders who have promoted him as the party’s best alternative to Trump. With an eye on Florida’s March 15 primary, Rubio vowed to keep up e orts to “unmask the true nature of the front-runner in this race.” Cruz desperately needed his win in Texas in order to stay in the race. He’s the only Republican to beat Trump this primary season, a fact he wielded as he called on Rubio and other candidates to step aside. “I ask you to prayerfully consider our coming together, united,” Cruz said. With results still coming in, Trump had won at least 139 Super Tuesday delegates, while Cruz picked up at least 52. Overall, Trump leads the Republican ﬁeld with 221. Sanders’ wins did little to help him make up ground in his delegate race with Clinton. She was assured of winning at least 334 of the 865 at stake on Super Tuesday. That’s compared to Sanders, who had at least 145 delegates. Clinton also picked up wins in Texas, Arkansas and

Massachusetts, nabbing her ﬁrst victory in New England, while Trump carried the GOP contests in Arkansas and Massachusetts. In the Democratic race, Clinton has steadied herself after an unexpectedly strong early challenge from Sanders. The Vermont senator did carry his home state decisively, and told the crowd at a raucous victory party that he was “so proud to bring Vermont values all across this country.” Sanders, who has energized supporters with his calls for a “political revolution,” has struggled to expand his base beyond young people and liberals. His weakness with black voters, a core part of the Democratic constituency, was underscored anew. Clinton was supported by at least 80 percent of black voters in Alabama, Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. She was also bolstered by women and older voters. More than 90 percent of Clinton’s voters wanted an insider, according to exit polls, and nearly half said experience was the top quality they were looking for in a candidate.

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He acknowledged it could take a year or more to gather the required number of signatures across the state. He mentioned the recent Initiative 42 e ort as a potential model. Another bill that would increase municipalities’ share of sales tax proceeds from 18.5 percent gradually to 20 percent with the extra going to infrastructure projects is pending in the Legislature. Irwin talked about the infrastructure and sales tax issue at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Women make up 61 percent of the 300 who have registered for the May 7 run. Runners can register in two ways this year for the 8:30 a.m. run. They can sign up online or the old fashion way by ﬁlling out a registration form and delivering it or mailing it. Runners/walkers who register online will be charged a $2.50 processing fee. A form is also available on the website for those who want to mail or deliver their

race tech shirts. “The last four years women have outnumbered men so we decided to try the women’s style shirt,” said Smith. Once again this year the race will be capped at 1,500 participants. Co-sponsored by MRHC, the Coke 10K is called “one of the 100 great short races” by Running Times. More than $6,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Prize money will be awarded to the top three places in eight di erent divisions and in age groups 25 and over.

Coke 10K will honor area runners who have made signiﬁcant contributions to physical ﬁtness again this year. Coke 10K Gold Standard Bearers nominations can be submitted until March 15. Those selected Gold Standard Bearers will be presented a special race day shirt, individual plaque and have a $100 contribution made int their name to Kids Get Fit.

history and I hope a large number of fans journey to Jackson to support the teams.” It’s the 18th trip for the Warriors, who boast ﬁve state titles. Corinth has made the trip six times the last eight seasons. “The boys have continued their tradition of making it to the State Basketball Tournament,” said Chidress. “They have had an outstanding season and won another District championship.” The Lions and Lady Lions have never played

in the season-ending event in the same season. It’s the Biggersville girls sixth trip and ﬁrst since 2007. Thursday will mark the Lions 11th appearance since 1980. Biggersville won the 1996 and 2013 state titles, the latter of which was the Lions’ last appearance. The Lions and Warriors will tip o their games at noon and 4, respectively. The Lady Lions will open an eight-game set at 9 a.m, with the Lady Warriors going in the next-to-

last contest at 7. Semifinal play begins on Monday, with the first round of championships slotted for Thursday. All semifinal and championship games will be played at the “Big House.” The 9-day event marks the second straight year that four teams from the North and four from the South qualified. After getting out of the Division Tournaments two weekends ago, teams had to win two games last week to qualify for the seasonending event.

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first berth in school history. The program returned from a 30-plus year hiatus in 1974-75 — which mirrored Mississippi’s change to five-on-five girls’ basketball. “It is exciting for the Corinth School District and the Corinth community that both our boys and girls have qualified for the State Basketball Tournament quarterfinals,” said Lee Childress, Corinth School District Superintendent. “This is

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Yosemite renames iconic attractions SAN FRANCISCO — The prices of Yosemite National Park souvenirs have been slashed in half, and road signs directing visitors to iconic attractions have been switched. Among the changes, the historic Ahwahnee Hotel became the Majestic Yosemite Hotel, and Curry Village campground was renamed Half Dome Village. Badger Pass Ski Resort became Yosemite Ski and Snowboard Area. The changes took place at midnight Monday amid a bitter legal dispute between government officials and Delaware North, which operated many of the popular attractions from 1993 until Monday when competitor Aramark took over. As part of the vendor change, the National Park Service is required to pay Delaware North for the value of many of Yosemite’s trademarked names for sites that the company managed and maintained. Delaware North sued the Park Service after the two sides couldn’t agree on the trademarks’ value. Court filings show the Park Service valuing the trademarks at $3.5 million while Delaware North puts their worth at $51 million. The two sides say they remain far apart in negotiations. So the Park Service said it was compelled to change the names. Park Service spokesman Scott Gediman said temporary signs were used in the hope that a settlement will be reached.

Officer remembered as a ‘peacemaker’ WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A woman killed on her first shift after being sworn in as a police officer was remembered Tuesday as a peacemaker and someone who accomplished much in her short life. Ashley Guindon, 28, was killed Saturday when she responded to a report of a domestic argument at a home in Woodbridge. Two other Prince William County Police Department officers were wounded, and a woman at the home was also killed. The woman’s husband is in custody and charged with the shootings. Three days later, family, friends and hundreds of law enforcement officers in dress uniforms gathered at Hylton Memorial Chapel to honor Guindon. Mounted of-

ficers lined the route to the church, and police dogs and their handlers stood by at the church’s entrance, The Washington Post reported. Bagpipes played and officers saluted a hearse carrying Guindon’s body as it pulled up to the church. Retired FBI agent John Kerr showed up in leather and chains with his motorbike, one of several members of the Strength and Honor Motorcycle Club in attendance. “We wanted them (Guindon’s family) to know they are not alone,” Kerr told the Post. After a two-hour public viewing, the funeral began. WTOP-FM reported that the Rev. Gerard Creedon said he hoped the loss felt in Guindon’s “unconscionable dismissal from this life” might signal an end to violence. “Blessed are the peacemakers,” Creedon said. Guindon graduated from the Prince William Criminal Justice Academy in 2015, but left before completing the field training program for personal reasons, police said. She was readmitted last month.

Boy denies charges in school shooting HAMILTON, Ohio — A 14-year-old boy accused of shooting students in a school cafeteria denied charges including attempted murder on Tuesday, while the sheriff in the southwest Ohio county urged that he be prosecuted as an adult and that all schools step up security. The school district said classes will resume Wednesday, with extra staff on hand throughout the schools and particularly in the cafeteria where the shooting took place Monday. Madison Local Schools Superintendent Curtis Philpot said crisis counselors were available and that schools would be open Tuesday evening for families to walk through and ask questions so students will feel “safe and comfortable” back in class. School was canceled Tuesday for about 1,500 students. The boy is charged in Butler County with attempted murder, felonious assault, inducing panic and making terroristic threats. Sitting at the defense table with his ankles shackled, he was silent and kept his head down as a prosecutor read the complaint against him, alleging he took a loaded handgun into school, fired “several shots, hitting two students,”

causing a lockdown and bringing “a huge law enforcement presence.” Defense attorney Ed Perry entered a denial of the charges, the juvenile court equivalent of a not guilty plea, and a magistrate ordered that the suspect remain in juvenile detention pending a hearing April 5. Perry and the boy’s supporters declined to comment afterward. One apparent relative told reporters “you have no idea” about what the family is going through, but wouldn’t say anything else or give a name. The Associated Press doesn’t generally name juveniles charged with crimes.

Andrews testifies in stalking lawsuit NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews testified Tuesday that her career has thrived since a stalker took nude videos of her and posted them on the Internet, but she doesn’t think she’ll ever get over the emotional fallout. Andrews has been on the witness stand for two days, often giving tearful testimony about the fear and suffering she has gone through as a result of the stalking and the videos. She has filed a $75 million lawsuit against her stalker and the owner and operator of the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt. The hotel is a franchise. Jurors will have to determine whether the companies share some of the blame after stalker Michael David Barrett altered a peephole in her hotel room in September 2008 to shoot the secret video footage. They also will have to determine how much Andrews suffered emotionally as a result. A defense attorney for the companies told Andrews that they both agreed she was a victim of a crime. But during cross-examination, attorney Marc Dedman asked her about her career success since she discovered in July 2009 that someone put the secretly-shot videos of her online. Dedman noted that, in addition, Andrews has endorsed Reebok, Degree antiperspirant, Florida orange juice and a slew of other companies, as well as appeared in a commercial for Victoria Secret — one where she was fully clothed — and worked the red carpet and hosted the CMT Awards. “You have done very well in your career since 2009?” Dedman asked. “Yes,” Andrews replied.

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Execution secrecy bill passes Senate JACKSON — The names of employees and family members at an execution, as well as the pharmacy providing lethal drugs, would be kept secret under a bill Mississippi lawmakers are considering. Senators passed Senate Bill 2237 Tuesday. It was held for the possibility of more debate before moving to the House. The measure says anyone disclosing a secret name could be sued for money in civil court. Shielded are current or former members of the state execution team, current or former suppliers of the drugs, or witnesses who want to remain confidential. Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, a Gulfport Republican, says secrecy is needed to prevent threats against execution team members or drug suppliers. Opponents say executions should be open and the bill illegally restrains First Amendment rights.

Discrimination case could get new trial NATCHEZ — Two black NatchezAdams School District officials found to have racially targeted a white former principal have asked the federal courts to either toss out the jury verdict against them or grant them a new trial. Superintendent Frederick Hill and Assistant Superintendent Tanisha Smith are fighting a jury’s September verdict that the defendants created a hostile work environment for her and forced her into retirement, The Natchez Democrat reported. The final judgment, issued in January, awarded plaintiff Cindy Idom $668,000 in back pay, damages and legal fees, of which $75,000 were assessed against Hill and $25,000 against Smith. Idom, who is white, submitted her resignation as principal of Frazier Elementary School shortly after she was transferred there against her wishes in 2013, having previously served 11 years as principal at West Elementary School. Idom said she had been told to either take a demotion or resign. During testimony, Idom and former black administrators testified district officials targeted white principals with higher scrutiny than black principals and badgered

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Pascagoula seeks lighthouse keeper PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The city of Pascagoula is looking for a lighthouse keeper and tour guide. City spokeswoman Anne Pitre tells The Sun Herald she would apply for the job herself if the keeper of the Round Island Lighthouse worked full time. The part-time job pays $8 an hour. Duties include promoting the newly restored lighthouse that sits at the foot of U.S. 90’s high-rise bridge into the city. Tours are Fridays and Saturdays for $2 per person. The job application says the keeper needs to be familiar with lighthouse and Gulf Coast history.

Former city worker sentenced for fraud HATTIESBURG — A former Hattiesburg Water Department employee has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two counts of credit card fraud. The Hattiesburg American reports 27-year-old Dennis Dejon Martin, of Brusly, Louisiana, was

sentenced Feb. 16 to two years for conspiracy, and three years each for credit card fraud, with three suspended for the first fraud count and two years suspended for the second. The suspended sentences will be conducted under post-release supervision. Martin also was fined $1,000 and must pay other fees and court costs.

Grand jury: Shooting by cop was justified GULFPORT — A Harrison County grand jury has found no wrongdoing in an officer-involved shooting that wounded a 19-year-old man. The Sun Herald reports the shooting occurred when the suspect lunged at a Gulfport police officer with a large knife behind a home. The grand jury reached its decision Monday regarding a July 1 shooting that wounded Gaige Iverson. District Attorney Joel Smith released the grand jury’s partial report after it was filed. Police Chief Leonard Papania said the officer who wounded Iverson is Joseph Fore, a 21-year veteran of the Gulfport Police Department.

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Hiring survey A new survey of hiring by private businesses should provide insight into how the labor market is doing. Economists project that the latest survey from payroll processor ADP will show that private employers added about 190,000 jobs last month. That represents a slight drop from January’s gain of 205,000 jobs. APD delivers its February survey data today.

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Hopes for HP?

Looking for improvement HP (HPQ)

Revenue breakdown^ Printing: $4.6 b

$20 Tuesday’s close: $10.93

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Feb. 27, 2015: $15.82 5

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Notebooks -12 Desktops Workstations -15 Other

Sources: Factset; Company reports *for foreign-exchange fluctuations ^ Q1 2016

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able to grow its commercial printing business. He also predicts that HP will get a boost from business inkjet printers, which are more profitable than traditional laser printers. Garcha, who maintained his “Outperform” rating for HP stock, also says demand for PCs should pick up this year, thanks to an aging PC population and the release of Intel’s new Skylake processors, which should result in faster, better PCs. He says that while revenue in the division that includes PCs fell 13 percent last quarter, the drop wasn’t as bad as analysts expected and the operating profit for that group was in line with predictions.

Times have been tough for HP. People haven’t been buying as many traditional personal computers, while electronic communications have reduced demand for HP’s printing supplies. There’s been growth in business services over the Internet, but that business is now with a separate company after HP split into two last November. So why does Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha see hope for HP? He says demand for printing supplies, which account for most of the company’s operating income, should stabilize by October 2017, while HP should be

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Steven D Hefner, CFP® Financial Advisor

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Wall Street anticipates that $30 $24.74 Abercrombie & Fitch’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings declined 25 from a year earlier. 20 The retailer, scheduled to ’16 15 release its latest quarterly earnings today, has turned in a est. Operating $1.15 $0.99 mixed financial performance in EPS the three quarters leading into 4Q ’14 4Q ’15 the November-January period. It Price-earnings ratio: 95 has posted higher earnings in based on past 12-month results the third quarter, but lower Dividend: $0.80 Div yield: 2.7% results in the second and a wider loss in the first. Source: FactSet

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Economic snapshot The Federal Reserve releases its latest Beige Book today. The report is a snapshot of business conditions in each of the Fed’s 12 regional bank districts. January’s Beige Book indicated that the economy expanded across most of the U.S. in December and early January, with most of the regional banks reporting steady growth.

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Daily Corinthian • Wednesday, March 2, 2016 • 9A

Astronauts return home after nearly 1 year aloft Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronaut Scott Kelly closes the door Tuesday to an unprecedented year in space for NASA, flying back to the planet and loved ones he left behind last March. Kelly and his roommate for the past 340 days, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, check out of the International Space Station on Tuesday night, U.S. time. By the time their capsule lands in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the pair will have traveled 144 million miles through space, circled the world 5,440 times and experienced 10,880 orbital sunrises and sunsets. Kelly photographed the first five sunrises of his waking day Tuesday, posting the pictures on Twitter, before quipping, “I gotta go!” Piloting the Soyuz capsule home for Kelly, 52, and Kornienko, 55, will be the much fresher and decade younger cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, whose space station stint lasted the typical six months. The two yearlong spacemen will undergo a series of medical tests following touchdown. Before committing to even longer Mars missions, NASA wants to know the limits of the human body for a year, minus gravity. As he relinquished command of the space station Monday, Kelly noted that he and Kornienko “have been up here for a really, really long time” and have been jokingly telling one another, “We did it!” and “We made it!” “A year now seems longer than I thought it would be,” Kelly confided a couple weeks ago. Not quite a year — 340 days to be precise, based

“It’s incredibly important that we all work together to make what is seemingly impossible, possible.” Scott Kelly Astronaut on the Russian launch and landing schedule. But still record-smashing for NASA. Kelly’s closest U.S. contender trails him by 125 days. Russia continues to rule, however, when it comes to long-duration spaceflight. The world record of 438 days was set by a Russian doctor during the mid-1990s. “A really smart person said to me one time, ‘Teamwork makes the dreamwork in spaceflight,’ and spaceflight is the biggest team sport there is,” Kelly said Monday. He acknowledged each of the 13 U.S., Russian, European and Japanese space fliers with whom he and Kornienko lived during the past year. “It’s incredibly important that we all work together to make what is seemingly impossible, possible.” For NASA, that mission possible is Mars. Scientists are hoping for more one-year subjects as NASA gears up for human expeditions to Mars in the 2030s. Radiation will be a top challenge, along with the body and mind’s durability on what will be a 2½year journey round trip. The choice of the pioneering Kelly turned out to be a bonanza. His identical twin, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, oﬀered himself up as a medical guinea pig so researchers could study the diﬀerences between the genetic doubles, one in space and the other on

the ground. They provided blood, saliva and urine samples, underwent ultrasounds and bone scans, got flu shots and more, all in the name of science. Once on the ground, Kelly and Kornienko split. Kelly heads to Houston with two flight surgeons and several other NASA reps, arriving late Wednesday night. That’s where he’ll be reunited with his two daughters, ages 21 and 12; his girlfriend, a NASA public aﬀairs representative at Johnson Space Center; and his brother. Kornienko returns to his home in Star City, Russia, near Moscow, his wife, daughter and toddler grandson. Kelly has spent more time in space, altogether, than any other American: 520 days over the course of four missions. Realizing this is likely his last journey, it was “a little bittersweet” saying goodbye to his orbiting home. He’ll have plenty of pictures, at least, for the scrapbook — he posted 1,000 dramatic, color-drenched pictures of Earth on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. “What a ride he took us on!” fellow astronaut Reid Wiseman said in a tweet from Earth. “Those of us who dream of sending astronauts to deep space thank Scott Kelly for his sacrifice,” said Jim Green, director of planetary science for NASA, “and are thrilled to welcome him home.”

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