Inside today: More than $158 in coupon savings Local businesses tell their stories — Section Inside Today www.dailycorinthian.com
Sunday March 3, 2013 $1.50
Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 54
• Corinth, Mississippi •
Mostly sunny Today
Tonight
47
29
0% chance rain
38 pages • Three sections
Museum takes over Green Market BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
With a committee and funds in place, the Crossroads Museum Board of Directors on Thursday voted to formally accept the Green Market as a museum event. Board member Janice Knighton is chairing the new Green Market committee, which met for the first time on Tuesday. “We are just looking forward to being a part of this,” said Knighton. “We will see some good benefits from it.”
The event, which has seven dates set for the upcoming season, will become the museum’s primary fundraiser. With the tourism office rebuilding its board and staff, the tourism board wanted to hand off management of the Green Market and Crossroads Chili Cook-Off events to other organizations. Working with committee members who have already been managing the event, the museum is looking to keep it running in much the same fashion and hopes to generate mon-
ey to support the museum. “The money will be given to the museum, but at some point in time we may decide as the Green Market committee that we would like to make a contribution to another nonprofit in our community,” said Knighton. Board President Sandy Walker said the museum board wanted to understand the logistics and operating costs of the event before accepting it. “I think we’ve got a good plan to run it like a business,” she said.
The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau will make available $6,655.95 for marketing and promotion of the event, which will begin the season on April 6 in conjunction with the Crossroads Chili Cook-Off. Other dates for the season are May 4, June 1, July 6, Aug. 3, Sept. 7 and Oct. 5. The October event will coincide with the Heritage Festival. Market hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. except for the April event, which will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The seller fee will continue
to be $10. In addition to Knighton, museum board members Sandy Walker and Cathy Wood and Executive Director Brandy Steen are on the committee. Previous members Lisa Green, Zack Steen, Tommy Ledbetter, Melissa Carson and Susanne Cooper will continue working on the Green Market committee. Held at the depot, the event is an opportunity for farmers, gardeners, artisans and craftsmen to sell locally grown or handcrafted items.
State approves liquor sales hours
Enjoying ‘the simple life’
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Mississippi Department of Revenue Alcoholic Beverage Control approved Corinth’s request for two changes in the hours for the sale of liquor. The city was recently notified by the ABC that approval has been given for package stores to have hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, rather than the state regulation of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and to allow restaurants that sell liquor to serve on Sundays between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. Please see LIQUOR | 2A
Staff photo by Mark Boehler
Robert Voyles, “The Mississippi Redneck,” travels the country in his homemade camper.
Robert Voyles travels in homemade car, camper
Shiloh has $14 million impact on region BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
Everywhere Robert Voyles travels, he draws a crowd. The reaction to his one-ofa-kind Beverly Hillbilly-style homemade vehicle with bright red camper in tow turns heads with the most asked question, “What is that?” On a recent trip into Corinth to get necessary medications, the 67-year-old retired pipeline laborer drew dozens of gawkers outside Bennett’s Apothecary and the nearby Exxon station on Shiloh Road. Voyles knows the drill — obliging to cell phone photos, answering questions and engaging in friendly conversation.
“I draw a crowd everywhere I go,” said Voyles, who has been retired about 12 years. “I enjoy it.” “I finally had to say, ‘People, I gotta go’,” said the traveler, who lives in the northwest corner of Tishomingo County less than a mile from Alcorn County, about three miles south of Hardin County, Tenn. Voyles is known as “The Mississippi Redneck,” as the side and rear of his old 12-foot camper advertises. Economic development promoters who continue to build a positive image for Mississippi need not worry. The man under the hat he got at a yard sale for 25 cents and
who won’t wear anything but bluejean overalls is an ambassador for the Magnolia State with friends not only across the United States, but all over the world. “Some people think redneck is a dirty word,” explained Voyles. “But I don’t see it that way. For me, it’s a just a simple way of life.”
The simple life Voyles is getting ready to hit the road. He put a new set of tires on his vehicle and stocked the food pantry in the camper. He checks his extensive inventory, with dozens of items hanging on his custom built trans-
Index Stocks......8A Classified......7B Comics Inside State......5A
Weather......9A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....10A
portation. The contraption began as a 1985 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon he bought nine years ago for $1,500. There’s a home window unit air conditioner in the passenger side door which runs off a generator. There is a bunk inside, great for a quick nap, noted Voyles, who can stay cool anywhere. He never travels at night. There are two levels to the Olds, plus plenty of rear storage area. It looks like a portable yard sale, but Voyles uses everything aboard his Dixie ship. All of the
A new report from the National Park Service explains the economic impact of Shiloh National Military Park. According to the report, 387,816 people visited the park in 2011, spending a total of $14,371,000 in communities surrounding the park and supporting 202 jobs in the local area. Corinth feels a share of that impact. With the state-of-theart Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center (administered by Shiloh) and its close proximity to the Hardin County, Tenn., park, Shiloh plays an important role in the local economy.
Please see VOYLES | 12A
Please see SHILOH | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago Busy day for Union government. Federal Draft Act is signed into law, Idaho Territory is formed, loan of $300 million is approved, National Academy of Sciences is established, writs of habeas corpus are formally suspended, and resolution is passed condemning all offers of mediation as “foreign intervention.”
662.286.6006 BROSECHRYSLER.COM • HWY 72 EAST • CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI * ALL DEALS & PAYMENTS ARE SHOWN WITH DEALER DISCOUNTS & MANUFACTURES’ REBATES ALREADY APPLIED TO PURCHASE PRICE, UNLESS SPECIFIED. REBATES MAY HAVE RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS, OTHER QUALIFICATIONS, & MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN YOUR STATE. PRIOR DEALS EXCLUDED. FROM DEALER STOCK ONLY. NO DEALER TRANSFERS AT THESE PRICES. SPECIAL A.P.R. FINANCE OFFERS IN LIEU OF REBATE OFFER UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED & APPLICANT MUST BE APPROVED THRU LENDER WITH APPROVED TIER RATING TO QUALIFY. PAYMENT TERMS: 75 MO, 5.5 APR, W.A.C&T. UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN. ALL DEALS PLUS TAX, TITLE, INSPECTION STICKER (IF APPLICABLE) & DOCUMENT PROCESSING FEE. **MINIVAN & RAM TRADE ASSIST REQUIRES CUSTOMER TO TRADE IN A NON-CHRYSLER BRAND VEHICLE. SEE SALESPERSON FOR DETAILS. GOOD THRU 3/4/13
2013 DODGE DURANGO SXT W!
D NE
BRAN
STK#2457R DEAL# 30723
SPECIAL
24,999
*$
BUY IT NOW – ZERO DOWN *$395 PER MO.
Local/Region
2A • Daily Corinthian
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Kossuth FFA taking on chapter challenge BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
KOSSUTH — The Kossuth High School FFA is on the campaign trail. Although it is not the election season, the FFA Chapter needs votes. Kossuth is part of the National FFA Chapter Challenge that covers 15 states. The top 10 chapters in each state will win up to $2,000 in FFA Certificates of Credit for the Chapter Advocacy Portfolio Challenge and $1,500 in FFA Certificates of Credit for the Voting Challenge. “Placing in the Top 10 will help us buy educational materials and provide money for engaging experiences for FFA members to further their
future in Agriculture,” said KHS Vocational Agriculture Instructor/FFA Advisor Brad Gilmore. Kossuth placed sixth in the first year of the challenge last year. The chapter picked up $1,250 with the Top 10 finish. “They only pick so many states each year,” added Gilmore. “The goal is to get students to connect with agriculturalist in the community.” Members of the FFA Officers Team are required to interview 10 local agriculturalists. “We will submit a portfolio summary of those interviews,” said Kossuth FFA Chapter President Keri Crum. Crum and student advisor Sayde Turner have
both noticed a change in FFA over the years through some of the interviews. “FFA is not just about judging cows … there are so many different activities that get a person ready for the future,” said Turner. “The chapter all boils down to leadership in your community.” Crum has witnessed the importance of agriculture as a student intern at Noyes Family Care Center. “We depend on agriculture every day,” said the chapter president. “Even in the medical field you can always relate FFA … people in the community care about agriculture and want to be involved.” Staff photo by Steve Beavers
BELK.COM
senior DAY If you’re 55 & older, it’s your dayy to save
Kossuth High School FFA Chapter members Sayde Turner (left) and Keri Crum check out the number of Kossuth votes in the National FFA Chapter Challenge. “It (agriculture) shapes the whole nation,” added Turner. Their teacher agrees. “FFA is no different than any other school club, we just use agriculture to prepare them for the future,” added Gilmore. Those who would like
to vote can go to www. ffachapterchallenge.com and click on register as an Agriculturalist. Some questions such as name, address and a valid email address will have to be answered for the vote to count. Deadline to vote is March 6 and only one
vote can be cast. “Our goal is to finish in the Top 5 and I think we can definitely reach it,” said Turner. As of Thursday afternoon, Kossuth stood in ninth place with 30 votes. Strayhorn leads the Mississippi competition with 160 votes.
on the agenda for the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in Tuesday’s regular meeting. City Clerk Vickie Roach said the city wants to align regulations for the two and will be looking to clean up discrepancies. An example: The ABC requires food sales of 25 percent of the total business for an on-premises retailer, but the city beer ordinance calls
for 50 percent. “We need to lay them side by side and clean it up,” said Roach. Other business on the agenda for the meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday: ■ Rick Napper with Magnolia Regional Health Center ■ Public hearings on property cleanup: Lot 6, block 658, Anderson Addition (Leslie property); 1101 Phillips Street (Jackson property); and an unspecified lot in the Strickland Addition (Jackson property) ■ Reports of the department heads ■ Past-due garbage accounts ■ Payment on wastewater treatment plant project ■ Selection of administrator and engineering firm for 2013 Community Development Block Grant projects ■ Change order on Verandah House contract ■ Consider changes in meal allowance for travel ■ Zoning and planning matters ■ Plumbing license — Macky Pollack ■ Minutes from meetings of Jan. 2 and Feb. 19 ■ Comcast franchise agreement ■ Forrest Hill Cemetery policies and procedures ■ Update of Title VI of civil rights statute ■ Continuing disclosure statement
LIQUOR
TUES., MARCH 5
time to be kids again
CONTINUED FROM 1A
with your Belk Rewards Card d
20 senior DAY 15 Tuesday, March 5
EXTRA
% OFF
sale & clearance purchases 15% OFF home and shoes
If you’re 55 & older, it’s your day to save
*See below for details. In store only
with any other form of payment
% sale & clearance off purchases *
10% off Home & Shoes
Your Gift
With any 35.00 or more Lancôme purchase. Up to a 121.00 value. Choose 6 beauty favorites & your bag
30-% 50off
While supplies last. One gift per client, please. Offer varies online. Valid March 5-24, 2013
Coupon excluded
Career sportswear from Kim Rogers®, ND New Directions®, Ruby Rd., Choices & Alfred Dunner for misses, petites & today’s woman Orig. 24.00-88.00 Sale 15.99-59.99
The city had to petition the ABC for those changes, and it took some time for all the paperwork to be in place and get approved. The first package store opened on Feb. 9, and several more have opened since. Some discussion of the liquor and beer ordinances is
You’re invited to the...
Sock Hop Coke Floats!! 50’s Snacks!! • Prizes!! Photos with the actors
Sunday Afternoon Corinth High School After the Grease Performance
Imported
Connect with us for special offers and promotions at Belk.com/getconnected *If you’re 55 or older, take an extra 20% off storewide, or 15% off in our home & shoes departments with your Belk Rewards Card; 15% off storewide, 10% off in our home & shoes departments with any other form of payment, on your sale & clearance purchases. *Only excludes Red Dot, Earlybirds, Night Owls, Doorbusters, Bonus Buys, Everyday Values, Alegria, All Clad, Austin Reed, Ben Sherman, Brighton, b.tempt’d, Buffalo, Casio, Citizens of Humanity, Coach, Cole Haan, Columbia, cosmetics/fragrances, Dansko, designer handbags, designer sunglasses, Dockers, Donald J Pliner, Dooney & Bourke, Eileen Fisher; Fine Jewelry watches and service plans; Free People, Furla, Gameday, Gear For Sports, Hanky Panky, Hart Schaffner Marx, Herend, Hickey Freeman, Hugo Boss, Joseph Abboud, Kate Spade, Keen, kitchen/novelty electrics/coffee, Lacoste, ladies better swim, ladies designer, bridge & contemporary sportswear & dresses; ladies, kids & men’s designer shoes; Le Creuset, Levi’s, Lilly Pulitzer, Lucky, Mattel, Merrell, Minnetonka Moccasin, Miss Me, Munro, My Flat in London, Nautica, Ralph Lauren/Polo, Roberto Coin, Seven for All Mankind, Spanx, Stuart Weitzman, Thomas Dean, Tommy Bahama, Trunk Shows, Tumi, Ugg, Under Armour, Vineyard Vines, Wacoal, Wusthof; non-merchandise depts., lease depts. and Belk gift cards. Not valid on prior purchases, phone, special orders or on belk.com. Cannot be redeemed for cash, credit or refund, used in combination with any other discount or coupon offer. Valid March 5, 2013
Admission is FREE Come dressed in your 50’s best!
Sponsored by the Curtain Call Club
* Landscape Design & Installation *Flagstone/Paver Patios & Walkways * Outdoor Kitchens & Fireplaces * Arbors & Pergolas
* Annual Color Plantings * Lawn Maintence *Mulch Installation & Delivery * Fertilization & Weed Control
Landscape Design, Installation & Maintenance
662•396•1033
www.JohnsonsLawnManagement.com
3A • Daily Corinthian
Today in History
Local/Region
Museum mulling fire truck acquisition BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
On March 3, 1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution.
An antique fire truck might join the collection of the Crossroads Museum. The Corinth Fire Department is offering to the museum its 1924 truck that currently sits in the bay of the South Harper Road fire station. The museum’s board of directors is inclined to accept the truck but is mulling exactly what to do with it. The board believes it could be a draw for the museum.
On this date:
SHILOH
Today is Sunday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2013. There are 303 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1845, Florida became the 27th state. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the National Academy of Sciences. In 1894, British Prime Minister William Gladstone submitted his resignation to Queen Victoria, ending his fourth and final premiership. In 1913, more than 5,000 suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., a day before the presidential inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. In 1923, Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut. In 1943, in London’s East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter.
CONTINUED FROM 1A
“Shiloh is a true asset to our area,” said Gary Chandler, CEO of The Alliance. “We’ve been blessed with Civil War related sites, and we certainly do have the benefit of the dollars spent in the community as a result of those who come to visited these Civil War related sites.” Chandler pointed out that Shiloh visitors spend money in Corinth on gas, lodging, shopping and eating in local restaurants, just to name a few ways. “It’s an asset to our region and we’re fortunate to have these historical assets in our community,” he said. The economic benefit of Shiloh National Military Park is part of a peer-reviewed spending analysis
“It’s a historic piece and it’s in pretty good shape,” said board member Lee Thurner. The original wooden ladder and other items are still with the truck, which came to the city in 1924. “They actually brought the truck in on the rail line up to the old IC depot, and it was used in the 1924 fire,” said Museum Director Brandy Steen. The December 1924 blaze took out an entire block of businesses, including the post office.
The truck will need to be in an enclosed area, and the board will consider whether a structure can be built for the truck. The museum board is also looking at the possibility of constructing a train viewing platform at the depot. In other museum happenings: ■ The museum will use a $2,500 Pierce Foundation grant to add a kiosk for the viewing of photos that have been scanned in the past year. The grant will pay for
of national park visitors across the nation conducted by Michigan State University for the National Park Service. For 2011, the report shows that 279 million park visitors spent $13 billion in communities within 60 miles of a national park. “Last year visitation records were set in conjunction with the sesquicentennial activities hosted by the park and our park partners in surrounding communities,” said Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent John Bundy. “When the 2012 figures are out, we believe Shiloh National Military Park will illustrate an even greater tourism contribution to the local economies.” A recent development that adds to the worldwide interest in the parks is the proliferation of so-
cial media and internet resources. Shiloh Park currently is officially represented on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. “All of these technological communication portals are literally being used by the hundreds of thousands of Shiloh internet visitors,” said Bundy. “ Each site accessed links the online park visitor directly to the park staff, producing a wonderful avenue of daily communication. Each portal of social media permits a meaningful dialogue to relate the relevancy of this national park, its mission, and purpose, directly to the lives and homes of people located across the United States and the entire world.” For more information about Shiloh Park visit www.nps.gov/shil.
Miller’s Auto Lube
colors by Thomas “Tom” Cochran, from April 15 to May 20. A World War II exhibit may appear during the summer. ■ Based on an energy assessment by a TVA engineer, the board is considering the addition of sun screens on the west windows to reduce solar heat gains by 70 percent during the summer months. ■ January visitation at the museum numbered 332. ■ The annual meeting for the museum is set for 5:15 p.m. on April 4.
Hatfield completes Marine training Marine Corps Pvt. Matthew B. Hatfield, son of Teena J. and Barry N. Hatfield of Corinth, earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. For 13 weeks, Hatfield stayed committed during some of the world's most demanding entrylevel military training in order to be transformed from civilian to Marine instilled with pride, discipline and the core values of honor, courage and commitment.
Training subjects included close-order drill, marksmanship with an M-16A4 rifle, physical fitness, martial arts, swimming, military history, customs and courtesies. One week prior to graduation, Hatfield endured The Crucible, a 54-hour final test of recruits' minds and bodies. Upon completion, recruits are presented the Marine Corps emblem and called Marines for the first time. Hatfield is a 2012 graduate of Alcorn Central High School of Corinth.
OVER $4000 iney on Prize M
Talladega? Stop in for details about free tickets 301 Hwy 72 W Corinth, MS 38834 Across from Kroger & Kmart 662-287-1800
a computer, stand, chair and advertising. ■ Plans are moving forward for an exhibit on the life of Corinth native Jackie Simpson, a linebacker who played in the CFL and AFL. The museum will add a display case and possibly incorporate this into a larger theme of Corinthians who played sports professionally. ■ The Civil War Archives exhibit will end in March and will be followed by “Mississippi Scenes,” a collection of original water-
CROSSROADS ARENA CORINTH
Would you like to go to
Corinths #1 service and oil change center
Sunday, March 3, 2013
LOCAL MUD RACING CLASSES: 6 CYLINDER & 8 CYLINDER “RUN WHAT YA BRUNG” Call Brant @ 731-438-2739 for rules
Locally Owned & Operated
For ticket information call: 662-287-7779 or 877-987-8687 www.crossroadsarena.com 2800 South Harper Road • Corinth, MS
Scotts Hill Travel
Wholesale Liquor
NOW OPEN Old Wonder Bread building across from Rogers Supermarket 414 S. Cass St. Corinth
P.O. Box 1800 Corinth, MS 38835
Home Delivery 1 year - - - - - - - $139.85 6 months - - - - - - $73.85 3 months - - - - - - $38.85
“TRAVEL WITH FRIENDS” Upcoming Trips for 2013-2014
April 5-7 Hot Springs/Gaither Family Tour Join us for this great 3day/2 night get-away to the Ozark Mts to see the inspirational Gaither Family. Also included is a visit to Hot Springs, Visit the Clinton Museum, Tour Marlsgate Plantation with a sit down luncheon, two nights at the Embassy Suites, breakfast and dinner daily.
May 12-16 Las Vegas, including the Grand Canyon & Hoover Dam This 5 day/4 night trip to Las Vegas includes airfare, Hotel Accommodations at Harrahs, 4 Buffet Breakfasts, visit to the Grand Canyon & More!
June 13-18 Washington, D.C. with side trips to Williamsburg & Jamestown This is a wonderful trip to our Nation’s Capitol, with visits to the White House and the Capitol, Visits to Historical Williamsburg, and Jamestown, Hotel Accomodations at the Embassy Suites, breakfast & dinner daily.
Each of these trips must be signed up for immediately!
Mail Rates 1 year - - - - - - - -$198.90 6 months - - - - - - $101.60 3 months - - - - - - $53.45
Scotts Hill Travel 621 Hwy. 114 S. • Scotts Hill, TN 38374 For more information about these and tours and any other information, please call 731-549-2226
www.scottshilltravel.com
To start your home delivered subscription: Call 287-6111 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For your convenience try our office pay plans.
Miss your paper? To report a problem or delivery change call the circulation department at 287-6111. Late, wet or missing newspaper complaints should be made before 10 a.m. to ensure redelivery to immediate Corinth area. All other areas will be delivered the next day.
USPS 142-560 The Daily Corinthian is published daily Tuesday through Sunday by PMG, LLC. at 1607 South Harper Road, Corinth, Miss. Periodicals postage paid at Corinth, MS 38834
Postmaster: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835
www.dailycorinthian.com
Opinion
Reece Terry, publisher
Mark Boehler, editor
4A • Sunday, March 3, 2013
Corinth, Miss.
Other Views
Legislature focuses on budget issues BY CLAYTON STANLEY Columnist
Three days into the much talked about “sequester” and guess what…the world did not end. The reality is that a 2.5 percent ($85 billion) cut to the government is equivalent to you losing a twenty dollar bill between the couch cushions. Losing the twenty would be aggravating but it likely wouldn't bust your budget. Similarly, the 2.5 percent cut certainly isn't going to solve our nation’s budget problems. While the problems aren't nearly as big in Jackson as they are in Washington, the budgeting process is under way and will likely be a painful one. This week legislators passed the first deadline in the budget process, the deadline to pass the appropriations and bond bills out of the first house. While that process was completed without much fanfare, it has little significance on or resemblance of the final product. As an example, the Senate passed their version of the “Bond Bill” which, assuming it ultimately becomes law, will have a price tag of several hundred million dollars. The current version has a place holder amount of $1 million devoted to the University of Southern Mississippi. USM happens to be in Sen. Joey Filligane's (who authored the bill) district. Coincidence? Probably not. Members have a long way to go to fill in the dollar amounts and then finding enough people in each chamber to agree on those amounts. Meanwhile, one trend that seems to be forming in the Republican controlled legislature is the issuance of various tax incentives and tax cuts. While few have made it all the way through the process, some estimates show that if they all go into effect, the initial impact would be a $50 million reduction in annual revenue. These incentives range from sales tax exemptions on electricity, to severance tax exemptions on oil wells to property tax exemptions on new businesses in blighted areas of the state- all ideas worthy of serious consideration in this writers opinion. The other idea that most legislators seem to agree on is “No New Taxes.” This sentiment led to the death this week of the local option sales tax (also referred to as the CEDA bill) supported by city officials from Corinth and around the state. So, leaders seem to agree on the revenue side of the equation, reduce revenue putting money back into the people's hands - another noble plan. Where the proverbial rubber is sure to meet the road is on the expense side of the budget. In addition to reducing the money coming in on top of anticipated $100+ million deficit (prior to any of the proposed cuts) funded in recent years through the use of one time money, there are a number of new ideas that members would like to see funded. While there are many expensive ideas members will have to consider the two most talked about are Medicaid expansion and Education funding-specifically a teacher pay raise. The political hot potato is a bill the House passed earlier this session that would give Mississippi's teachers a $5,000 pay raise. No one argues that the teachers don't deserve a raise (they are the nation's lowest paid), however the reality is that Mississippi has no means of funding the raise's $150 million price tag. Sadly the proposed raise is a result of partisan gamesmanship. House democrats offered the amendment to the Governors education reform bill in an effort derail the bill. The amendment then put Republicans, who were trying to execute the Governor’s plan, in a tough political position. They had to decide which dose of political medicine to take: vote against Mississippi's 30,000 teachers or bust the state's budget. In the end, members realized that voting against teachers does not look good on a campaign mail piece, and the pay raise amendment passed. Sadly after the fact, members on both sides admit the measure is one the state cannot currently afford. This is likely only a glimpse of what is to come. The budget process has another month before it will be complete and there will certainly be more difficult spending decisions and disagreements. Everyone seems to agree that one way or another Mississippi will wind up with a balanced budget. Perhaps Washington should take notes?
Prayer for today Dear Lord, please help us to let go of bitterness so that it does not rob us of love in our lives. Amen.
A verse to share No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. — 1 Corinthians 10:13
Federal judge speaks on push for legal pot Now that voters in the states of Colorado and Washington have legalized the sale of marijuana in their states, the showdown between these new state laws and current federal law that makes marijuana sales illegal in all states still looms. At least one Mississippi federal district judge and a pioneer in the drug court movement see Colorado and Washington as the first of many states to try to decriminalize marijuana — and he’s worried about it. Southern District U.S. Judge Keith Starrett of McComb said in January that he had significant concerns about what is unfolding in Colorado and Washington – and that more states will follow. Starrett has been a career champion of racial reconciliation, advocacy to protect children, and drug courts to create a path to keep firsttime drug users from becoming career criminals. “We dropped the ball in Colorado and Washington,” said Starrett, who worked as a member of the National
Drug Court Professionals to stop the legalization effort in those states. “Our organiSid Salter zation played Columnist a big part in the defeat of legalization in California, but we were caught flat-footed in the last election.” Before assuming his present seat on the federal bench, Starrett was circuit judge for the Mississippi 14th Judicial District. Among other accomplishments while a circuit judge, he led in establishing and presiding over Mississippi’s first felony-level drug court. Starrett was a pioneer in the drug court movement both in Mississippi and nationally. He also was appointed to the Mississippi Drug Court Commission by the chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court and was a member of the state commission to redraft the Mississippi Criminal Code. The new marijuana laws in Colorado and Washing-
ton allow the recreational use of marijuana and require that the states set up a bureaucracy to license, regulate and tax those sales. That system is expected to be at least similar to the bureaucracies that exist in states to license, regulate and tax the sales of liquor, wine and beer. Starrett estimates that following the lead of those states, as many as 10 other states could follow suit within the next year. “Common sense people are losing the debate and a big part of the loss is attributable to untruths and halftruths being promoted by the legalization and medical marijuana communities,” said Starrett. “Hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital has been lined up to meet the expected markets in the states where it (marijuana) is legal or expected to be legal soon. Corporate America will do the same with marijuana that it did with marketing cigarettes.” His experiences on the state bench in Mississippi form the basis of his beliefs
on this subject: “Very few people go to jail for marijuana and the ones that do are usually for possessing pound or multiple pounds. However, marijuana is the primary gateway drug for other drugs that are significantly more addictive and have dramatically increased our prison population. Almost 90 percent of inmates had a drug or alcohol problem that contributed to their actions.” Starrett, the savvy, experienced former state judge, knows his politics well enough to observe that Mississippi “will not legalize marijuana any time soon.” “But the softening of attitudes (nationally) against legalization causes more people to accept it,” he said. As I noted in an early column on this topic, remember Mississippi’s patchwork of beer and liquor laws and apply those same rules to marijuana — the mind reels. (Daily Corinthian and syndicated columnist Sid Salter can be contacted at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)
The unpopular party’s season of discontent It is not just the winter of Republican discontent. It will in all likelihood be the spring, summer and fall, as well. The national party is leaderless and nearly issueless, but besides that, is thriving and in fine fighting trim. It used to be that the Republicans were nasty people because they exploited “wedge issues,” which was the pejorative way to describe issues that were popular with the public but made Democrats uncomfortable. The phrase has been retired. Even if it weren’t, it’s not clear what Republican issue it would apply to anymore. Once, taxes and national security were the party’s pillars, supplemented by domestic issues like welfare reform and crime and by symbolic issues like the Pledge of Allegiance and flag burning. Now, the pillars are in disrepair. Cuts in income taxes don’t have the same resonance because rates are so much lower than 30 years ago. Republicans formerly had success with across-the-board tax cuts that reduced rates at the top and for everyone else. By focusing on raising rates on the top, Obama has forced them into almost exclusively defending “tax
Reece Terry
Mark Boehler
publisher rterry@dailycorinthian.com
editor editor@dailycorinthian.com
Willie Walker
Roger Delgado
circulation manager circdirector@dailycorinthian.com
press foreman
cuts for the rich.” In theory, national security is still a Republican strength, Rich but it doesn’t Lowery have as much resonance as National in the years Review after Sept. 11. The party’s premier new idea during the past few years is Medicare premium support, a worthy and creative proposal and, as it happens, an unpopular one. The latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll has Democrats leading on: looking out for the middle class, Medicare, health care, reducing gun violence, Social Security, immigration, taxes and the economy. The good news for Republicans is that they lead on everything else. The bad news is that everything else is only spending, the deficit and national security. The problem with the deficit as an issue is that people care about economic growth more, and the problem with spending cuts is that people like them more in the abstract than in reality. At times, “we have a $16 trillion debt” seems the
sum total of the party’s argumentation. When party leaders say that they have to become the party of growth again, the policy they invariably advance to that end ... is reducing the $16 trillion debt. This necessary, but hardly sufficient message is almost all we hear from Republicans in Congress, where their majority in the House gives them responsibility without decisive influence. The House Republicans mainly have blocking power. Woe to the republic if they didn’t. But if you block things, you’re easily labeled an obstructionist, and wouldn’t you know it, people don’t like obstructionists. Their only hope to deflect the nation from its profligate budgetary path is confrontations coinciding with key fiscal inflection points, like the March 1 deadline for the sequester. They always ride into these fights badly outgunned. The John McCain ad dubbing Barack Obama the biggest celebrity in the world back in 2008 was accurate. What Republicans didn’t consider is that being a celebrity is a priceless asset in contemporary America. Two hundred and thirty members of the House
World Wide Web: www.dailycorinthian.com To Sound Off: E-mail: email: news@dailycorinthian.com Circulation 287-6111 Classified Adv. 287-6147
don’t have a chance against a president, let alone a celebrity-president. This won’t change soon. It is too early to have a presidential candidate or even a presidential field, so the GOP lacks a head and therefore a unified voice. Of course, it wasn’t long ago that Democrats seemed to be in dire straits. The party agonized over appealing to “values voters” after 2004. Little did they know that eight years later, they would run a successful re-election campaign on limitless abortion and free contraception. The Bush-era Democrats benefited from serial Republican debacles, from Jack Abramoff to the financial crisis. Events will again take a hand, as they always do. And since last fall’s election, top Republicans from Bobby Jindal to Marco Rubio have been talking about a more bread-and-butter economic agenda. Fleshing that out, though, is a longer-term proposition. In the meantime, Republicans should prepare themselves for more discontent. (Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. He can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@)nationalreview.com.)
How to reach us -- extensions:
Newsroom.....................317 Circulation....................301 news@dailycorinthian.com advertising@dailycorinthian. Advertising...................339 Classifieds....................302 com Classad@dailycorinthian.com Bookkeeping.................333
Editorials represent the voice of the Daily Corinthian. Editorial columns, letters to the editor and other articles that appear on this page represent the opinions of the writers and the Daily Corinthian may or may not agree.
State/Nation
5A • Daily Corinthian
Nation Briefs Associated Press
Sinkhole that swallowed man grows deeper SEFFNER, Fla. — Engineers worked gingerly Saturday morning to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the entire house could eventually succumb to the unstable ground. Jeff Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night when the earth opened and took him and everything else in his room. Five other people were in the house but managed to escape unharmed. Bush’s brother jumped into the hole to try to help, but he had to be rescued himself by a sheriff’s deputy. Engineers began doing more tests at 7 a.m. Saturday. Crews with equipment were at the home next door, one of two that has been evacuated. By 10 a.m., officials moved media crews farther away from the Bush house so experts could perform tests on the home across the street. It’s unclear how large the sinkhole is, or whether it leads to other caverns and chasms throughout the neighborhood. Experts say the underground of West Central Florida looks similar to Swiss cheese, with the geography lending itself to sinkholes. Experts spent the previous day on the property, taking soil samples and running various tests — while acknowledging that the entire lot where Bush lay entombed was dangerous. No one was allowed in the home. “I cannot tell you why it has not collapsed yet,” Bill Bracken, the owner of an engineering company called to assess the sinkhole, said of the home. He described the earth below as a “very large, very fluid mass.” “This is not your typical sinkhole,” said Hillsborough County administrator Mike Merrill. “This is a chasm. For that reason, we’re being very deliberate.” Officials delicately addressed another sad reality: Bush was likely dead and the family
(LISTINGS FOR FRI. 3/1/13 - THURS. 3/7/13) CALL THEATRE OR GO TO MALCO.COM FOR SHOW TIMES
3-D JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (PG13) 4:10NP JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (NON 3-D) (PG13) 1:10 7:00NP 21 AND OVER (R) 1:30 4:30 7:20NP THE LAST EXORCISM PART II (PG13) 1:20 4:20 7:10NP PHANTOM (R) 1:40 4:40 7:30NP SNITCH (PG13) 1:05 4:05 7:05NP DARK SKIES (PG13) 1:35 4:35 7:35NP BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (PG13) 1:30 4:30 7:30 SAFE HAVEN (PG13) 1:20 4:20 7:20 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (NON 3-D)(PG) 1:00 4:00 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (R) 7:10 IDENTITY THIEF (R) 1:25 4:25 7:25
wanted his body. Merrill, though, said they didn’t want to jeopardize any more lives. “They would like us to go in quickly and locate Mr. Bush,” Merrill said. Officials added Saturday morning that a fund had been set up to help the families affected by the sinkhole. On Saturday, Jeremy Bush — who tried to rescue his brother when the earth opened — lay flowers and a stuffed lamb near the house and wept. Hillsborough County Fire Chief Ron Roger called the situation “very complex.” “It’s continuing to evolve, and the ground is continuing to collapse,” he said. Sinkholes are so common in Florida that state law requires home insurers to provide coverage against the danger. While some cars, homes and other buildings have been devoured, it’s extremely rare for them to swallow a person. Florida is highly prone to sinkholes because there are caverns below ground of limestone, a porous rock that easily dissolves in water. “You can almost envision a piece of Swiss cheese,” Taylor Yarkosky, a sinkhole expert from Brooksville, Fla., said while gesturing to the ground and the sky blue home where the earth opened in Seffner. “Any house in Florida could be in that same situation.” A sinkhole near Orlando grew to 400 feet across in 1981 and devoured five sports cars, most of two businesses, a three-bedroom house and the deep end of an Olympic-size swimming pool. More than 500 sinkholes have been reported in Hillsborough County alone since the government started keeping track in 1954, according to the state’s environmental agency. The sinkhole, estimated at 20 feet across and 20 feet deep, caused
Sunday, March 3, 2013
State Briefs
the home’s concrete floor to cave in around 11 p.m. Thursday as everyone in the Tampa-area house was turning in for the night. It gave way with a loud crash that sounded like a car hitting the house and brought Bush’s brother running. Jeremy Bush said he jumped into the hole but couldn’t see his brother and had to be rescued himself by a sheriff’s deputy who reached out and pulled him to safety as the ground crumbled around him. “The floor was still giving in and the dirt was still going down, but I didn’t care. I wanted to save my brother,” Jeremy Bush said through tears Friday in a neighbor’s yard. “But I just couldn’t do nothing.”
Obama and GOP brace for next fight WASHINGTON — Severe spending cuts now the law of the land, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off what both parties acknowledged was a foolhardy way to slash $85 billion in federal spending. The still-fragile economy braced itself for the gradual but potentially grave impact of the across-the-board cuts, which took effect Friday night at the stroke of Obama’s pen. Hours earlier, he and congressional leaders emerged from a White House meeting no closer to an agreement. Even as they pledged a renewed effort to retroactively undo the spending cuts, both parties said the blame rests squarely on the other for any damage the cuts might inflict. There were no indications that either side was wavering from entrenched positions that for weeks had prevented progress on a deal to find a way out: Please see NATION | 6A
Associated Press
New drug court authorized KOSCIUSKO — The authorization of a drug court for the Fifth Circuit Court District completes statewide coverage in Mississippi. All 22 circuit court districts now operate drug courts. The Fifth Circuit Court District is comprised of Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster and Winston counties. The court will operate in Kosciusko. Drug courts seek to rehabilitate drug-using offenders through treatment and intense supervision with frequent court appearances and random drug testing. The program offers an incentive of a chance to remain out of jail and be employed if they stay drug-free. More than 3,350 people are enrolled in drug courts statewide, including adult and juvenile programs. In addition to 22 circuit court drug courts, there are 15 juvenile programs, five misdemeanor level programs and two family treatment courts.
Bateman appeals sex crime conviction JACKSON — A Harrison County man sentenced to 30 years in prison for molesting two girls who were 8 and 9 years old has filed an appeal with the Mississippi Supreme Court. The appeal by Clayton Paul Bateman is among dozens the Supreme Court will consider during its March-April term. A decision is expected later this year. The Supreme Court has not scheduled the case for oral arguments. Bateman was convicted in 20120 in Harrison County on two counts each of sexual battery and unlawful touching of a child for lustful purposes. Court records show
Bateman was arrested March 18, 2009, after a relative called 911 to report he had sexually assaulted a 9-year-old family acquaintance. Prosecutors say investigators learned Bateman had also been molesting a second girl for several years.
Oxygen system will save dollars, time VICKSBURG — The Culkin Volunteer Fire Department in rural Warren County has invested $32,000 in an air compression system so firefighters can fill oxygen tanks whenever necessary. Warren County Fire Coordinator Jerry Briggs told the Vicksburg Post that since volunteer departments began using breathing tanks to avoid smoke inhalation, after each use, they had to be refilled by private companies, or other local departments who had the equipment. “They can sit around in the firehouse wearing the masks if they want,” County Fire Coordinator Jerry Briggs said. “It doesn’t cost anything to refill them now.” Fire Protection District chairman Chuck Tate said the system will eventually pay for itself in terms of not having to rent refill bottles. “You’re renting the storage bottles when you’re not providing your own air,” he said. “If you maintain it properly, you can look at a 30-year lifespan. We had a used compressor, but it cost so much to repair it that it wasn’t worth it,” Tate said. Tate said firefighters are getting acquainted with the system. “It also means that, should something happen, we can get in there with more air quickly,” he said. “We can do more training with breathing air and it helps the new firefighters get acclimated to the breathing system.” Tate said Culkin can
provide air for other county volunteer departments.
Manager didn’t see ‘high risk’ in drilling NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP’s head of drilling engineering for the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster testified he didn’t believe deepwater drilling was a “high-risk” activity before the April 2010 blowout of the company’s Macondo well, according to newly released court documents. Jonathan Sprague’s March 2011 testimony is contained in a batch of more than 100 depositions that plaintiffs’ lawyers submitted Thursday to the federal judge presiding over a trial for litigation over the massive Gulf oil spill. During his pretrial deposition, Sprague said he recognized the risks associated with deepwater wells but thought they could be eliminated. Plaintiffs’ lawyers and government attorneys claim BP and its contractors ignored risks in a rush to finish drilling the well. Conrad Williams, one of the lead lawyers for Gulf Coast businesses and residents who claim the spill cost them money, asked Sprague if the Macondo project “constituted a high-risk operation.” “At the time, I did not believe it to be high risk,” Sprague said. “Sir, isn’t it true that a failure to appropriately appreciate and analyze risk can result in catastrophic consequences?” Williams asked. “I don’t know that to be true in all cases,” Sprague said. “Well, risk wasn’t appropriately analyzed on the Deepwater Horizon during the five days before that rig was lost, was it?” Williams asked. Please see STATE | 5A
If I were to die tomorrow, would my loved ones know... ....Which type of service I want?....Which funeral home or crematory I prefer? ....How I want my remains handled?....What type of casket or urn I want? Pre-Planning allows you to make the important decisions about your final arrangements according to your own personal wishes. It also saves your family the burden of making difficult choices during their time of grief. We are committed to Seniors and their insurance needs.
• Pre-planned Funerals with Magnolia Funeral Home • Final Expense / Life Insurance • Medicare Supplements • Dental / Vision / Hearing • Annuities / IRA
Located at Magnolia Funeral Home
Floyd Insurance Services, LLC Bill Floyd Licensed Funeral Director
2024 A Hwy 72E Annex • Corinth, MS bfinsure@gmail.com • 662-665-7970 • 662-286-9500 37 Years Insurance Experience
c k o ’ r s B G . ril le T . A 2052 East Shiloh Rd • Corinth, MS 662.284.0668 Breakfast ~ Lunch Monday - Saturday 5:30 am to 2:00 pm
Daily & Nightly Specials Thursday, Thur sday, Friday & Saturday 4:00 pm ~ 9:30 pm
Steak • Fish • Shrimp • Chicken Call In Orders Welcome Convenient Drive-thru Window
6A • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
STATE
Deaths
CONTINUED FROM 5A
Sarah Fink
Sarah Lamberth Fink, a native of Corinth, passed away in Tyler, Texas, on February 25 at the age of 98. She was born on December 13, 1914, to Elbert Perry and Myrtle Burns Lamberth. Her father, a U.S. postal inspector, was killed in the line of duty in 1917, one of the first employee fatalities of the modern Postal Service. Following his death, Sarah’s mother moved to Dallas with her and her brother, E.P. Sarah graduated from North Dallas High School, where in her junior year she was chosen “Sweetheart of North Dallas.� Following graduation, she worked for Fink the law firm of Turner, Rodgers Winn as a receptionist, and later worked as a legal secretary for Lone Star Gas for seven years. Sarah married Willard Medearis Fink in 1935, and they had one child, George Kenneth Fink, born in 1938. The family moved from Dallas to Houston in 1945 and lived there until moving to Tyler in 1984. Sarah was very active in her son’s school activities,
Bill McPeters
Funeral arrangements for Bill McPeters are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by McPeters Funeral Directors. Condolences for the family may be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com
Paulette Meeks
WALNUT — Funeral services for Paulette
serving as a “room mother� in each grade. She also volunteered for the Community Chest (now the United Fund), the Girl Scout Cookie drive and at the Veterans Hospital. As a member of South Main Baptist Church, Sarah was also very active in Sunday School class activities. She enjoyed bowling with her team, “The Pin Ups,� playing bridge and other card games, and belonging to two formal dance clubs with Medearis. After a 17-year hiatus from the business world, Sarah returned to work. She retired from Dresser Industries after 15 years as executive assistant to a staff vice president. In Tyler, Sarah was a member of Green Acres Baptist Church, TASCA, the Newcomers Club and a volunteer for the American Heart Association. Sarah inspired everyone who knew her as a model for how to grow older without “getting old.� Behind her Southern gentlewoman exterior was a true “steel magnolia,� with a sense of humor, mental sharpness and feistiness envied by people half her age. Although she had her share of challenges in life, she never lost her positive outlook. As an example, she adopted two kittens and had a new house built for herself when she was in her 80s. Her morning ritual for decades included
Meeks are set for 4 p.m.on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at Community Pentecostal Church in Walnut. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Meeks died on Friday, March 1 at her residence. She was born on October 21, 1948 in Tippah County to the late Johnnie R.L. and Mary Lee Null Wilbanks. She graduated from Walnut High School in 1966, be-
doing two newspaper crossword puzzles, then getting dressed and perfectly groomed for the day — even if she planned to stay home. She didn’t care if anyone knew her age because she got a kick out of seeing the surprise on their faces when they found out what it was. Sarah was preceded in death by her parents, husband Medearis Fink, son Ken Fink, brother E.P. Lamberth and longtime friend Johnny Wright. She is survived by a niece, Markeeta Brown of Dallas; best friend Jennifer Banks of Tyler; and beloved cats Maggie and Molly. Also left to cherish her memory is a close circle of Tyler friends whose loving devotion and vigilance enabled her to live independently in her own home until December: Carol Lott Hopkins and her husband Jerry; Vicki and Gary Bayless; Annah and John Wright; Jacklyn and Richard Randall, and Concha Rouse. Sarah’s memorial service will be held on Wednesday, March 6, at 3:30 p.m. at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler. Pastor David Dykes of Green Acres Baptist Church will officiate. Sarah asked that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Humane Society of East Texas, 1823 CR 386,Tyler, TX, 75705, or a kind deed be done for someone in need.
gan working at ITT in 1973 and retired in 2010, and was a member of Community Pentecostal Church. She is survived by her husband, Gary Meeks of Walnut; one daughter, Angie Piper and husband Jim of Walnut; one son, Shane Meeks of Walnut; two brothers, Kenneth Wilbanks of Houston, TX and Wayne Wilbanks of Walnut; one sister, Linda
Robertson of Corinth; five grandchildren, Kayle Bernier and husband Kyle of Adamsville, TN, Zadie, Kerri Lane, and Brian Piper, and Kye Meeks; one great grandson; one sister-in-law; several nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. Bro. Gary Porterfield will officiate Visitation began Saturday at Community Pentecostal Church.
Obituary Policy The Daily Corinthian include the following information in obituaries: The name, age, city of residence of the deceased; when, where and manner of death of the deceased; time and location of funeral service; name of officiant; time and location of visitation; time and location of memorial services; biographical information can include date of birth, education, place of employment/occupation, military service and church membership; survivors can include spouse, children, parents, grandparents, siblings (step included), and grandchildren, great-grandchildren can be listed by number only; preceded in death can include spouse, children, parents, grandparents, siblings (step included), grandchildren; great-grandchildren can be listed by number only. No other information will be included in the obituary. All obituaries (complete and incomplete) will be due no later than 4 p.m. on the day prior to its publication.
“I don’t agree with that statement,� Sprague said. “I think at the time the individuals involved, which included BP, service companies and contractor personnel believed that they understood all the risk.� Sprague isn’t expected to testify in person at the trial that started Monday. However, the depositions submitted this week could be evidence for U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to weigh if he ultimately decides how much more money BP and the other companies involved in the Macondo drilling project owe for their roles in the disaster. The raft of documents also includes a June 2011 deposition by Henry Thierens, who was BP’s wells director for the Gulf of Mexico until December 2009. Thierens said he didn’t know that BP had to submit a regional oil spill response plan to federal regulators from an agency that was known as the Minerals Management Service at
the time of the April 20, 2010, blowout.
Manning ruling pending JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday asked an Oktibbeha County judge to explain why no ruling has been issue on a post-conviction petition filed by Willie Jerome Manning. Manning was convicted in 1996 for the killings of Emmoline Jimmerson, 90, and Alberta Jordan, about 60, in Starkville. The women were beaten and their throats slashed during a robbery attempt in 1993. The Supreme Court upheld his two death sentences in 2000. In 2004, the Supreme Court said Manning could pursue a PCR on whether prosecutors withheld certain evidence, whether prosecutors presented false evidence and whether Manning was denied effective assistance of counsel both at trial and on appeal. The Oktibbeha circuit court held a hearing in January of 2011.
NATION CONTINUED FROM 5A
Republicans refusing any deal with more tax revenue and Democrats snubbing any deal without it. “None of this is necessary,� Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday. “It’s happening because Republicans in Congress chose this outcome over closing a single wasteful tax loophole that helps reduce the deficit.� The president said the cuts would cause “a ripple effect across the economy� that would worsen the longer they stay in place, eventually costing more
than 750,000 jobs and disrupting the lives of middle-class families. In the Republicancontrolled House, GOP lawmakers washed their hands of the mess, arguing that bills they passed in the last Congress to avert the cuts absolved them of any responsibility. Those bills passed with little to no Democratic support and were never taken up by the Senate. “We’ve done the work and shown that these choices can be made in a responsible, thoughtful way,� said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington in the GOP address.
Easter Portraits With Our Baby Lamb MARCH 20-30TH • SESSION FEE $35
Margaret Bradley Studio 662-286-5432
Dixie Coins $ Gold, $ Silver & Coins We Buy in any form
“Check us first or last you will be glad you did� “We pay more
NO BRAG JUST A FACT� Instant Cash Payments
1503 Hwy 72 E Corinth, MS www.dixiecoinsms.com
dixiecoin@gmail.com
CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH
It’s That Time Again...
CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH
CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH
5831 H Hwy 5 57 E., Michie, TN 38357 • 731-632-3287
How do you like your Catfish ?? Blackened Fillet, Fried Whole Catfish www.topoftheriverrestaurant.com Open: Tues-Fri @ 4:30, Sat @ 4:00, Sun 12:00 - 8:30; Closed Mondays
CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH $ CASH
Legal Scene Your Crossroads Area Guide to Law Professionals ) ($ ) *
/ )
$
/
* *
/ #
/ (
* (
Odom and Allred, P.A. Attorneys at Law
) - - ( ' "
# )( !* () *& !
( ! & % Serving Northeast Mississippi’s legal needs...
" ! $ $ ! # MS/TN v (Payment Plans available) ! " ! % ! ' $ & % " $ "! ! " ! v # " ( # " ! $ v " "! $ " !
+++ - ( ' +.) ( # ' $ "# * % ($ *& ) ($ ) * ( (* * - )* . * ( () , )* *& )
404 Waldron Street • Corinth, MS _________________________________________ ' 3
- 1 / 2 1 * ' 0 / 1 . 2 & & 2
662-286-9311 William W. Odom, Jr. Rhonda N. Allred Attorney at Law Attorney at Law bodom43@bellsouth.net rallred@bellsouth.net ___________________________________________ &'& # $ ) #(& , ! "' #" & # $ ' # & "#' " ' ", ' ' #" # +$ ' & ' "
* ' " , * $ $ #$ # (" ' " ($' , # #(" " # ! ' #" ) ($#" %( &'
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 7A
Community Events Malco fundraiser The return to the yellow brick road will be celebrated with a charitable fundraiser at Malco in Corinth. Benefiting efforts to combat Rhett syndrome, the event is set for noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, the day following the opening of Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful,” a prequel to the classic “The Wizard of Oz.” Everyone is encouraged to dress up as a colorful character from either of the movies.
Art competition Works entered into Northeast Mississippi Community College’s annual High School Art Competition are on display in the Anderson Hall Art Gallery on the Booneville campus through March 25. Art work from students representing each of the five counties in the Northeast district (Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union) is exhibited. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. For more information contact gallery director Terry Anderson at 662720-7336 or tfanderson@ nemcc.edu.
CT-A events ■ CT-A is holding auditions for its upcoming production of “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” at 6 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, March 4 and 5, at the Crossroads Playhouse. This CT-A Second Stage production examines health-care and end-of-life issues and is not recommended for children due to mild language and adult content. Parts are for nine men and five women. Cold readings will be available at the time of auditions, and actors are encouraged to try a British dialect. Performances are 8 p.m., Friday-Saturday,
April 12-13, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14. ■ Another CT-A March event is the CT-A Cabaret, a new monthly showcase of community talent. On Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m. at the Crossroads Playhouse, the Cabaret celebrates Black History Month. Performances include a selected reading from the play “Gee’s Bend,” the story of quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Ala.; Macedonia Baptist Church of Corinth praise dance team presenting a special black history performance; and Alberteen (Peaches Warren and Andretta Morrison Dilworth as well as others) will do some down-home singing. Admission to the cabaret is free, but a $5-$10 donation is suggested to help continue the mission of the theatre. For more information on any of these March events, call CT-A at 662-287-2995.
‘Hee-Haw’ 2013 The McNairy County “Hee-Haw” show will be Thursday-Saturday, March 7, 8 and 9 at the MCHS Little Theater. All shows start at 6:30 p.m. Admission for adults is $5, for ages 7-12, $3 and for six and under, free. All proceeds go to The American Cancer Society.
Weather awareness Channel 5’s Ron Childers is coming to Kroger in Corinth, Tuesday, March 5 from 5-7 p.m. to discuss weather awareness; and to help program weather radios. Everyone is encourage to come and learn about weather awareness.
Blood drives ■
United Blood Services is having a local blood drive on Thursday, March 7 from 2:30-7 p.m. at the Kossuth Elementary audi-
torium. ■ A community blood drive is being held Friday, March 8 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be parked at Walmart in Corinth. All donors will receive a free T-shirt and either a movie pass or Walmart gift card (while supplies last). Visit msblood.com or call 888-902-5663 for more information; or visit www.facebook.com/give2live and follow MSbloodservices on Twitter.
Gun control meeting Anyone who supports the Second Amendment and would like to help keep their rights, is invited to a meeting sponsored by the Alcorn County Republican Party on Thursday, March 7 at the Corinth City Library. A panel of speakers include: Sheriff Rinehart, Detective Ralph Dance, Dr. Bo Perry, Becky Whittemore, NRA certified instructors, and more. There will be applications to join the NRA. Refreshments at 5:30 p.m., meeting starts at 6 p.m. For more information call: 662-808-0291.
Registration held ■ The Alcorn School District Title I Pre-Kindergarten Academy registration will be held at Glendale Elementary School on Thursday, March 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and at Rienzi Elementary School on April 26 from 12-4 p.m. The ASD Title I PreKindergarten Academy registration will be held at the two campuses where the program is currently offered. To participate in the program, students must be four years old on or before Aug. 31. Students must be potty trained (no pull-ups permitted) and parents/ guardians must be able to provide transportation.
Required documents for enrollment: original up-to-date Mississippi Immunization Certificate (Form-121), certified birth certificate, Social Security card, two proofs of residency with the Alcorn School District. Registration applications and information are available online at www.alcorn. k12.ms.us. For more information, contact Glendale Elementary School at 662-286-2734 or Rienzi Elementary School at 662-462-5214 or Denise Webb-Harrell at 662-2863202. ■ Glendale Elementary School will hold Kindergarten Registration for school year 2013-2014 on Thursday, March 7 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Required documents for enrollment: original up-to-date Mississippi Immunization Certificate (Form-121), certified birth certificate, Social Security card, two proofs of residency with the Alcorn School District. (911 addresses and driver’s license not acceptable proofs of residency). For more information, contact Glendale Elementary School at 662-2862734.
Cookies on sale Local Girl Scouts Cookie Booths are located at WalMart, Lowe’s, Gardner’s Supermarket, Roger’s Supermarket, Kroger, Raceway, The Slugburger Cafe and Belk. The Girls Scouts also offer the option of purchases going to the Troop to Troop program, in which cookies can be bought and sent to members of the armed forces serving overseas. Another option is to contribute to the Girl Scouts Gifts of Caring program, in which the cookies go to a specific charitable group chosen by the Girl Scouts troop. Girl Scouts Cookies will be on sale at cookie
Grisham Insurance
March is National Kidney Month
“Call me for your insurance needs”
(662)286-9835 Medicare Supplements Part D Prescription Plans Life Insurance / Final Expense “I will always try to help you
Chris Grisham
find the best rates available”
1801 South Harper Road Harper Square Mall • Corinth, MS 38834
booths on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until March 17. They will be selling eight varieties of cookies: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, Dulce de leche, Thank You Berry Much and Savannah Smiles. A box of Girl Scout Cookies is $3.50.
Activity center Bishop Activity Center on Washington St. in Corinth is having the following activities for the week of March 4-8: Monday -- Alliance Hospice for Bingo and Penny Auction, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games, Rolo Golf, open discussion and lunch; Tuesday -- outing to Tate Baptist Church to exercise, table games, quilting, puzzles, open discussion and lunch; Wednesday -- Bible study, quilting, puzzles, Rolo Golf, table games, open discussion and lunch; Thursday -- pet therapy from the animal shelter, Bingo, arm chair exercises, games, open discussion and lunch; and Friday -- grocery shopping at Rogers grocery store, crafts, puzzles, games, open discussion and lunch. Senior citizens, age 60 and above, are welcome and encouraged to attend. A variety of activities for everyone is offered.
Karaoke/dance night VFW Post No. 3962 hosts a Karaoke Night every Friday at the post on Purdy School Rd. in Corinth. Karaoke begins at 8 p.m. with music by D.J. Lanny Cox. Lanny Cox also provides music at the VFW on Saturday Dance Night which begins at 8 p.m.
Prayer breakfast The American Legion
Post 6 is hosting a prayer breakfast every Wednesday at 7 a.m. Sausage, biscuits and coffee will be served. A devotional will be given by a different speaker each Wednesday. The prayer breakfasts are being held at the American Legion Building on Tate St. in Corinth. You don’t have to be a post member to attend. For more information, call 462-5815.
‘Just Plain Country’ Just Plain Country performs at the Tishomingo County Fairgrounds in Iuka every Saturday from 7-10 p.m. Good family entertainment.
‘Taste of McNairy’ Habitat for Humanity McNairy County is presenting the 9th Annual Taste of McNairy, Tuesday, March 12 from 5-7 p.m. at the Selmer Civic Center, 230 N. 5th St. Call Donny or Diana Gibbs, 731-6459868, Jo Rica Moore, 731-645-4930 or Judi Mashburn, 731-645-9384 for more information. A free shuttle bus will be available at the Selmer 1st Baptist Church.
Trip planned McNairy County Senior Center, Inc. is planning a trip to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, N.M. The ninedays, eight-nights journey is set for May 19-27 and features motorcoach transportation, lodging, meals, guided tours and more. Trip cost is $719 per person based on single occupancy. Seventy-five dollars is due upon sign up with the final payment due March 13. For more information, contact Cindy Thrasher at 731632-0302.
Specializing in
Custom Draperies, Blinds, Shutters Home Decor Flooring Tile • Hardwood • Laminate • Carpet
Are you at risk for Chronic Kidney Disease? Ask one of our pharmacists about any concerns you have regarding this disease.
Harper Square Mall, 1801-15 South Harper Rd (Next to Treasure Chest Quilting)
662-287-7676 Monday~Saturday 10:00-5:30
James Bennett Apothecary
CITY OF CORINTH GAS & WATER DEPARTMENT 305 W Waldron St. Corinth, MS 38834
2409 Shiloh Rd., Corinth, MS 286-6914
Many people have
no financial plan Phone: 662-286-2263 www.corinthgasandwater.com
NOTICE City of Corinth Surface-Water Treatment Facility soon to be Operational Corinth Gas & Water Department is happy to announce that our new surface water treatment facility will soon be fully operational. This project will provide a long-term, dependable water supply for the future and prove vital to the economic growth in this region. In preparation, we will be flushing our water distribution system in March and April to help clean and maintain our water service lines. Flushing will be conducted during the late evening and early morning hours. In April, we will begin supplying water from the new treatment facility to our distribution system. Customers are advised they may experience temporary discoloring of their water. If so, please run your water for few minutes to flush the discolored water out of your plumbing system before using, especially if you plan to do laundry. Please contact our office at 286-2263 if you continue to experience problems.
for the future.
Do you? I can help you create a financial plan for life – protection, saving and retirement. Call me today. Let’s talk about your plan for life. Agent name* Jonathan Marsh, FIC* (State) Lic. (number) 710 Cruise St, Address Suite 102 City,Corinth State MS 38834 Phone 662-665-7904 Modern Woodmen email Jonathan.Marsh@mwarep.org
Steven Eaton,
Agent name* Representative Financial (State) (number) 710Lic. Cruise St, Suite 102 Address City,Corinth State MS 38834 662-415-9427 Phone steven.eaton@mwarep.org Modern Woodmen email
Thank you again for giving us the opportunity to serve you. Corinth Gas & Water Department
Modern Woodmen of America *Registered representative. Securities offered through MWA Financial Services DOU0312 Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Woodmen of America.
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 8A
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Business
WEEKLY DOW JONES Dow Jones industrials
-216.40 115.96 175.24 -20.88
Close: 14,089.66 1-week change: 89.09 (0.6%)
MON
14,500
TUES
WED
35.17
THUR
Econo Lodge wins Gold Hospitality Award
FRI
14,000 13,500 13,000 12,500
S
O
N
D
J
F
WEEKLY STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS NYSE
NYSE MKT
NASDAQ
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) Name
Last Chg %Chg
Name
Last Chg %Chg
Name
MGIC XinyuanRE CmwREIT US Silica GMX Rs rs Orbitz AltisResd n AssistLiv CSVS2xInPlt BarnesNob
3.79+1.06 5.90+1.43 23.77+5.74 24.00+5.72 3.10 +.60 4.54 +.66 20.00+2.88 11.85+1.70 40.63+5.66 15.63+2.12
InstFnMkts HMG SED Intl DocuSec TrioTch eMagin SwGA Fn Lannett FAB Univ CheniereE
2.63 +.94 6.90+1.35 2.88 +.41 2.47 +.25 2.30 +.22 3.50 +.30 10.80 +.90 8.27 +.62 3.39 +.24 24.22+1.60
ChiMobG n 8.65+3.53 +68.9 WrlsRon rs 3.18+1.25 +64.8 Spherix rs 10.50+4.01 +61.8 MediciNova 2.98 +.95 +46.8 NetElem n 2.50 +.50 +25.0 OldSecBc 3.62 +.72 +24.8 AtlCstFin 4.16 +.81 +24.2 Broadwd rs 3.82 +.73 +23.6 AnikaTh 13.03+2.33 +21.8 ZeltiqAes 4.47 +.79 +21.5
+38.8 +32.0 +31.8 +31.3 +24.0 +17.0 +16.8 +16.7 +16.2 +15.7
+55.6 +24.3 +16.7 +11.3 +10.5 +9.4 +9.1 +8.1 +7.6 +7.1
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last Chg %Chg
Name
Last Chg %Chg
Orbital ImpacMtg CKX Lands Banro g Reeds OrientPap CPI Aero BovieMed RareEle g GenMoly
4.28-1.58 11.14-2.87 13.04-2.68 2.14 -.37 3.94 -.64 2.02 -.27 8.58-1.07 2.55 -.30 2.13 -.25 2.90 -.33
Affymax CombiM rs BroadSoft ProceraN Novogen s BoulderBr FstSolar WrldEnSol CareerEd AmPac
2.68-13.84 -83.8 3.39-1.88 -35.7 21.37-11.74 -35.5 11.89-5.54 -31.8 6.47-2.58 -28.5 9.13-3.15 -25.7 25.35-8.46 -25.0 3.73-1.18 -24.0 3.00 -.94 -23.9 18.00-4.46 -19.9
GlbGeophy 2.31-2.04 -46.9 AtlPwr g 7.12-3.36 -32.1 CinciBell 3.01-1.24 -29.2 ITT Ed 13.56-5.07 -27.2 AccretivH 9.44-2.80 -22.9 Penney 17.69-4.78 -21.3 YingliGrn 2.40 -.65 -21.3 GrafTech 6.97-1.78 -20.3 NorandaAl 4.14-1.04 -20.1 Molycp pfA 22.95-5.28 -18.7
-27.0 -20.5 -17.0 -14.7 -14.0 -11.8 -11.1 -10.5 -10.5 -10.2
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name
Vol (00) Last Chg
BkofAm 8450293 11.34 S&P500ETF 7400851152.11 BariPVix rs 4011741 24.33 SPDR Fncl 3175260 17.64 iShEMkts 2714132 43.31 NokiaCp 2345650 3.59 iShR2K 2084155 90.89 GenElec 2022841 23.19 FordM 1952662 12.61 PrUVxST rs 1918227 11.26
-.09 +.22 +1.85 -.10 +.03 -.19 -.14 -.20 +.13 +1.35
Name
Vol (00) Last Chg
CheniereEn Rentech NwGold g NA Pall g GranTrra g GoldStr g NovaGld g VantageDrl AlldNevG NthnO&G
212171 195903 141735 109104 89927 86615 84256 62055 61695 56299
21.16 2.72 9.26 1.45 6.01 1.55 3.91 1.62 17.77 14.13
Name
+.17 +.16 +.36 +.09 -.10 -.08 -.08 +.01 -1.66 ...
Vol (00) Last Chg
SiriusXM 3620268 Zynga 3134145 Facebook n 2428439 Intel 2331897 Groupon 2121355 RschMotn 2052260 Microsoft 2040074 PwShs QQQ 1747766 Cisco 1480603 MicronT 1432298
3.14 3.43 27.78 21.03 5.10 13.26 27.95 67.38 20.83 8.25
+.09 +.24 +.65 +.61 -.62 +.08 +.19 +.24 -.07 +.23
STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Last
Wk Wk YTD Chg %Chg%Chg
Name
Ex
Div
AFLAC AT&T Inc Alcoa AlliantTch AmIntlGrp Aon plc BP PLC BcpSouth BkofAm BariPVix rs Bemis Caterpillar Checkpnt Chevron CinciBell Cisco Citigroup CocaCola s Comcast CmwREIT CSVelIVSt Deere DirSCBear Dover DowChm EMC Cp EnPro ExxonMbl Facebook n FstHorizon FordM FrkUnv FredsInc GenElec Groupon HewlettP iShJapn iShEMkts iS Eafe iShR2K Intel IBM
NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY
1.40 50.19 +.12 +0.2 -5.5 1.80 36.01 +.33 +0.9 +6.8 .12 8.44 -.20 -2.3 -2.8 1.04 64.71 -.58 -0.9 +4.4 ... 37.85 -.60 -1.6 +7.2 .63 60.89 +.10 +0.2 +9.5 2.16 40.33 -1.50 -3.6 -3.1 .04 15.15 +.26 +1.7 +4.2 .04 11.34 -.09 -0.8 -2.3 ... 24.33 +1.85 +8.2 -23.5 1.04 37.48 +.27 +0.7 +12.0 2.08 91.36 -.18 -0.2 +2.0 ... 11.86 -.29 -2.4 +10.4 3.60 116.90 +.94 +0.8 +8.1 ... 3.01 -1.24 -29.2 -45.1 .56 20.83 -.07 -0.3 +6.0 .04 42.11 -.68 -1.6 +6.4 1.12 38.70 +.18 +0.5 +6.8 .78 40.03 +.12 +0.3 +7.1 1.00 23.77 +5.74 +31.8 +50.1 ... 19.81 -2.49 -11.2 +19.4 2.04 87.89 +.76 +0.9 +1.7 ... 10.51 ... ... -22.1 1.40 72.96 +.19 +0.3 +11.0 1.28 31.81 +.43 +1.4 -1.6 ... 23.25 -.19 -0.8 -8.1 ... 46.99 +.96 +2.1 +14.9 2.28 89.43 +.23 +0.3 +3.3 ... 27.78 +.65 +2.4 +4.4 .20 10.66 +.11 +1.0 +7.6 .40 12.61 +.13 +1.0 -2.6 .46 7.49 +.01 +0.1 +6.1 .24 13.33 -.22 -1.6 +.2 .76 23.19 -.20 -0.9 +10.5 ... 5.10 -.62 -10.8 +4.9 .53 20.15 +.95 +4.9 +41.4 .19 10.31 +.18 +1.8 +5.7 .74 43.31 +.03 +0.1 -2.3 1.76 58.10 -.39 -0.7 +2.2 1.69 90.89 -.14 -0.2 +7.8 .90 21.03 +.61 +3.0 +2.0 3.40 202.91 +1.82 +0.9 +5.9
Last
Wk Wk YTD Chg %Chg%Chg
Name
Ex
Div
JPMorgCh KimbClk Kroger Lowes McDnlds MeadWvco MicronT Microsoft MorgStan NY Times NiSource NokiaCp NorthropG Oracle Penney PepsiCo Pfizer PwShs QQQ PrUVxST rs ProctGam RadianGrp RadioShk RegionsFn RschMotn S&P500ETF SearsHldgs Sherwin SiriusXM SouthnCo SPDR Fncl TecumsehB TecumsehA Torchmark Vale SA VangEmg WalMart WellsFargo Wendys Co Weyerhsr Xerox Yahoo Zynga
NY NY NY NY NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY Nasd NY Nasd NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd Nasd
1.20 48.91 ... ... +12.0 3.24 94.30 -.20 -0.2 +11.7 .60 29.53 +.74 +2.6 +13.5 .64 38.38 +.71 +1.9 +8.1 3.08 95.68 +1.20 +1.3 +8.5 1.00 35.60 +.64 +1.8 +11.7 ... 8.25 +.23 +2.9 +30.1 .92 27.95 +.19 +0.7 +4.6 .20 22.43 -1.15 -4.9 +17.3 ... 9.57 +.39 +4.2 +12.2 .96 27.93 +.73 +2.7 +12.2 ... 3.59 -.19 -5.0 -9.1 2.20 65.52 +.10 +0.2 -3.0 .24 34.63 -.12 -0.3 +3.9 ... 17.69 -4.78 -21.3 -10.2 2.15 75.93 +.90 +1.2 +11.0 .96 27.39 +.01 ... +9.2 .81 67.38 +.24 +0.4 +3.5 ... 11.26 +1.35 +13.6 -46.1 2.25 76.49 -.50 -0.6 +12.7 .01 9.17 +1.22 +15.3 +50.1 ... 3.04 -.02 -0.7 +43.4 .04 7.71 -.06 -0.8 +8.1 ... 13.26 +.08 +0.6 +11.7 3.10 152.11 +.22 +0.1 +6.8 ... 44.36 -2.83 -6.0 +7.3 2.00 162.48 +4.63 +2.9 +5.6 .05 3.14 +.09 +2.8 +8.5 1.96 44.83 +.09 +0.2 +4.7 .26 17.64 -.10 -0.6 +7.6 ... 9.13 -.38 -4.0 +98.5 ... 9.11 -.30 -3.2 +97.2 .60 56.30 +.17 +0.3 +9.3 1.15 18.55 +.46 +2.5 -11.5 .99 43.57 -.12 -0.3 -2.2 1.88 71.74 +1.34 +1.9 +5.1 1.00 35.39 -.43 -1.2 +3.5 .16 5.51 +.06 +1.1 +17.2 .68 29.57 +.02 +0.1 +6.3 .23 8.15 +.03 +0.4 +19.5 ... 21.94 +.72 +3.4 +10.3 ... 3.43 +.24 +7.5 +45.3
AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg
WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg
CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel
CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.
Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14
Apr 13 Jun 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Feb 14 Apr 14
726.50 709.75 689.75 584.75 558.75 568.75 575.50
687.50 680.75 667.50 568.50 547 558.50 565
724.25 +34 708.50 +24.25 687 +15.25 584.25 +11.25 556.75 +4 567 +3.75 574 +3.75
SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Nov 13 Jan 14
1487.75 1467.75 1449.75 1404.25 1328.75 1275 1275.75
1436.25 1420.50 1405.50 1368.25 1299.75 1247.25 1251
1464.50 1443.50 1427.25 1388 1317 1261.25 1264.75
718.75 726.75 728 735.25 749.75 760 758.25
692.75 697.75 702.50 712 726.25 739 746.50
713.25 720.50 722.25 729.75 742.50 755 755.25
127.75 123.57 124.52 129.10 130.37 131.07 132.00
129.95 125.10 125.72 130.22 131.60 132.40 133.40
+1.73 +.63 +.37 +.42 +.45 +.60 +.30
81.12 89.40 91.37 91.65 91.77 82.97 79.62
-.53 -.50 +.42 +.68 +.77 +.97 +.82
83.68 85.40 86.05 85.14 85.55 85.14 84.53
+2.29 +2.26 +2.04 +1.50 +.99 +1.50 +1.01
HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb. +3.25 -.25 -1.75 -1.50 -1 -5.50 +.75
WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14
130.72 125.85 126.47 130.92 132.25 132.90 134.00
Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13
82.27 89.90 92.17 92.50 92.60 83.15 80.05
80.62 88.30 90.27 90.40 90.45 81.30 78.15
COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb. -1.75 +1.75 -1.25 -2.75 -4 -3.25 -2.75
Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Mar 14
84.36 85.97 86.39 ... 85.58 85.40 85.00
80.06 81.39 82.22 ... 85.50 82.30 82.59
Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on New York Cotton Exchange.
MUTUAL FUNDS Name
Obj
PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard 500Adml Fidelity Contra American Funds CapIncBuA m American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds GrthAmA m Vanguard InstPlus American Funds CpWldGrIA m American Funds InvCoAmA m FrankTemp-Franklin Income A x Dodge & Cox IntlStk Dodge & Cox Stock Vanguard TotStIIns
CI LB LB LB LB LG IH MA LG LB WS LB CA FB LV LB
Total Assets ($Mlns) NAV 175,942 84,463 71,742 63,872 63,187 61,507 59,765 59,618 58,214 52,841 48,274 46,114 44,208 43,097 42,578 42,162
11.24 38.15 139.47 38.17 140.38 81.22 54.29 18.76 36.21 139.48 38.68 31.81 2.27 35.70 130.75 38.18
Total Return/Rank 4-wk 12-mo 5-year
Pct Min Init Load Invt
+0.7 +0.5 +0.6 +0.5 +0.6 +0.7 -0.3 +0.2 -0.2 +0.6 -0.9 +0.3 -0.8 -2.5 +0.1 +0.5
NL 1,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 10,000 NL 10,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL200,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 4.25 1,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 NL 5,000,000
+7.8/A +12.9/B +13.0/B +13.0/B +13.0/B +10.1/B +9.8/A +11.2/A +12.7/A +13.0/B +11.7/B +11.4/C +11.3/A +9.8/A +17.7/A +13.0/B
ognition as of the best hotels among the Econo Lodge brand,� said Steve Joyce, president and chief executive officer for Choice Hotels. “We here at Choice Hotels are very proud to award this distinguished honor to the Econo Lodge hotel.� As a top performing property among the company’s more than 5,000 U.S. franchised hotels,
the Econo Lodge hotel is among the top percentile of properties within the Econo Lodge brand, which is 927 strong, earning the hotel “Gold Award� status. As one of the company’s top franchised hotels operating under the Econo Lodge flag, the hotel has demonstrated an exceptional focus on guest satisfaction and dedication
to providing superior service. Additional award criteria are evaluated by Choice Hotels through its official property ranking reports. For more information or to make your reservation for the Econo Lodge hotel today, call the Choice Hotels tollfree reservation line at 1-800-4CHOICE or visit choicehotels.com.
Last Chg %Chg
Name
Last Chg %Chg
The Econo Lodge hotel of Corinth was recently announced as a recipient of a prestigious 2013 Gold Hospitality Award from world lodging leader Choice Hotels International, Inc., franchisor of the Econo Lodge. “The Econo Lodge hotel’s commitment to excellence and outstanding guest service has earned it this well-deserved rec-
+7.7/A +5.5/A +5.0/B +5.7/A +5.0/B +5.2/B +3.1/C +5.5/B +3.6/D +5.1/B +1.6/C +3.6/C +5.9/B +0.6/A +3.1/C +5.7/A
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
Belk invites schools to participate in charity sale Belk invites Mississippi schools and other nonprofit organizations to participate in its semiannual Belk Charity Sale, Saturday, April 27, from 6 to 10 a.m. Belk Charity Sale tickets are available now to participating nonprofit organizations for sale in advance of the event. One hundred percent of the proceeds from each $5 ticket sold will be retained by the local charity. There is no limit to the number of tickets charities can sell, or to the amount of money they can raise. Belk will provide tickets and informational materials at no cost to each participating organization. Beginning Friday, April 19, tickets may also be purchased at Belk stores with all revenues from instore ticket sales equally divided among participating charities and schools
in each local store. In 2012 Belk’s Charity Sale raised more than $10 million for thousands of participating charitable organizations throughout the South. The four-hour, in-store shopping event offers an excellent fundraising tool for participating organizations and an opportunity for customers to support local charities while taking advantage of special discounts on purchases during the event. Customers receive $5 off their first purchase and special discounts of 2070 percent off throughout the store. On the morning of the Belk Charity Sale, the first 100 customers to arrive at each store will receive a Belk gift card ranging in value from $5 to $100, and a chance to win one of three $1,000 Belk gift cards being awarded
company-wide. Also, participating charities and schools will be registered to win one of three $1,000 donations from Belk in a company-wide drawing. Charity representatives interested in taking part in this one-of-a-kind fundraising event should contact their local Belk store manager for more
How will you pay for retirement? Let’s talk. Brian S Langley Eric M Rutledge, AAMSŽ, CFPŽ Financial Advisor Financial Advisor 605 Foote Street 1500 Harper Road Suite 1 Corinth, MS 38834 Corinth, MS 38834 662-287-4471 662-287-1409
Brian S Langley Eric M Rutledge, AAMSÂŽ, CFPÂŽ Financial Advisor Financial Advisor 605 Foote Street 1500 Harper Road Suite 1 Corinth, MS 38834 Corinth, MS 38834 662-287-4471 662-287-1409
Factory growth lifts hopes BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Busier factories and growing optimism among consumers could help the U.S. economy withstand the drag from government spending cuts and tax increases this year. Manufacturing grew in February at the fastest pace in 20 months, according to a report Friday from the Institute for Supply Management. And a survey from the University of Michigan showed that consumer sentiment rose last month to its highest level since November. The two reports follow other data that show strength in job growth and the housing market. Americans even spent a bit more in January compared with December, despite a sharp drop in income that partly reflected higher taxes. “Consumers are spending, confidence is rising and manufacturing activity is accelerating,� Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors, said in a note to clients. “Just about all of today's reports point to an economy on the rise.� Businesses and consumers appear to be shrugging off changes in federal policy that will likely slow the stillweak economy. In January, Congress and the White House struck a deal that allowed Social Security taxes to rise on most Americans. The deal also raised income taxes for the nation's top earners. And across-the-board spending cuts are set to begin Friday. The cuts could reduce government purchases and lead to temporary layoffs of government employees and contractors. They're expected to shave about a half-percentage point from economic growth this year. The economic data Friday was mostly positive: The Institute for Supply Management said its index of factory activity rose last month to 54.2, the highest since June 2011. Any reading above 50 indicates growth. The report showed a jump in new orders, higher production and more hiring at factories. Manufac-
turing has grown for three straight months, indicating that factories could help the economy.
information. In order to participate in the Belk Charity Sale, organizations must have an IRS Section 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service. For more information about Belk Charity Sale Spring 2013, please contact your local Belk store or visit belk.com/charitysale.
www.edwardjones.com
Our patients lose tons of weight every year.
NMMC Bariatric Center is a Center of Excellence designated by the American College of Surgeons.
Over 16 tons so far. Since 2007, the team of specialists at NMMC’s Bariatric Center in Tupelo has helped patients lose more than 33,000 pounds. Now that the Bariatric Center has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons, weight loss surgery at NMMC is covered by more health plans. So talk to your doctor and weigh your options. For more information, call 662-377-SLIM (7546) or toll-free 866-908-9465.
www.nmhs.net/bariatric_center
9A • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
SUNDAY EVENING C A WPTY ^ ^ WREG # # QVC $ . WCBI
$
WMC
% %
WLMT & > WBBJ _ _ WTVA ) ) WKNO * WGN-A + ( WMAE , , WHBQ ` ` WPXX / WPIX
:
MAX
0 3
SHOW 2 HBO
4 1
MTV
5 2
ESPN
7 ?
SPIKE 8 5 USA
: 8
NICK
; C
DISC
< D
A&E
>
FSSO
? 4
BET
@ F
H&G
C H
E! HIST
D E B
ESPN2 F @ TLC G FOOD H INSP I LIFE
J =
TBN
M
AMC
N 0
FAM
O <
TCM
P
TNT
Q A
TBS
R *
GAME TOON TVLD SPEED
S T U K Z
FX
Æ ;
OUT NBCS OWN FOXN APL
Ø ∞ ± ≤ ≥
HALL
∂ G
DISN
“ L
SYFY
E
7 PM
7:30
Once Upon a Time (N)
MARCH 3, 2013 8 PM
8:30
9 PM
9:30
10 PM
10:30
11 PM
11:30
Red Widow “Pilot; The Contact” Marta’s loving hus- ABC 24 band is murdered. (N) News The Good Wife (N) The Mentalist (N) Channel 3 Sunday Bose Sound Fashion Day Kick Off The Good Wife (N) The Mentalist (N) News
Two and Two and Big Bang Half Men Half Men Theory The Amazing Race (N) (:37) Criminal Minds (:37) Lever“The Fox” age Seas. Lighting Clarks Footwear The Amazing Race (N) (:35) Paid Rick Ray Cold Case Program Show Dateline NBC All-Star Celebrity Apprentice The celebrities sell News Action Matthews Law & meatballs. (N) News 5 Order The First The First Mr. Box Mr. Box CW30 News (N) House of Sanford & Andy The JefFamily Family Office Office Payne Son Griffith fersons Once Upon a Time (N) Red Widow “Pilot; The Contact” Marta’s loving hus- News Castle “Sucker Punch” Private band is murdered. (N) Practice Dateline NBC All-Star Celebrity Apprentice The celebrities sell News (N) Law & Order “Navy The Closer meatballs. (N) Blues” Great Performances Andrea Bocelli performs love ThePianoGuys: Live at Red Butte Great Performances Andrea Bocelli songs. Garden performs love songs. How I Met How I Met How I Met How I Met News at Instant 30 Rock 30 Rock EngageEngageNine Replay ment ment NOVA “Japan’s Killer To Be Announced DCI Banks Moyers & Company Quake” Simpsons Cleveland Family Guy Bob’s Fox 13 News--9PM (N) Josh Past- TMZ (N) The Closer Burgers ner Monk Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Two and Two and Two and Two and PIX News at Ten With Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends Friends Half Men Half Men Half Men Half Men Kaity Tong (N) Girls in Bed Sex Tapes (12) Angela (:15) } ››› Edward Scissorhands (90) Johnny } ›› A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Davies. Depp, Winona Ryder. Christmas John Cho. House of Californica- Shameless (N) House of Californica- Shameless House of CalifornicaLies tion Lies (N) tion Lies tion Girls (N) EnlightGirls EnlightGirls Enlight} Sherlock Holmes} ›› Wanderlust (12) ened (N) ened ened Game Paul Rudd. Catfish: The TV Teen Mom 2 Snooki & JWOWW Snooki & JWOWW Failoso Failoso NBA Basketball: Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers. From Bankers SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (N) Bar Rescue “Broke Black Bar Rescue “Bro’s Got Bar Rescue “Tears for (:01) Car Lot Rescue (N) (:01) Bar Rescue Sheep” to Geaux” Beers” (N) Law & Order: Special Law & Order: Special Law & Order: Special } › Resident Evil: Afterlife (10, Horror) Milla Victims Unit Victims Unit Victims Unit Jovovich, Ali Larter. Wendell See Dad Full H’se Full H’se Nanny Nanny Friends Friends Friends Friends Amish Mafia “Amish Exorcism” Esther and John Dual Survival Amish Mafia “Amish Exorcism” Esther and John perform an exorcism. (N) perform an exorcism. Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars Wars World Poker Tour: Sea- The Best of Pride (N) World Poker Tour: World Poker Tour: NHL Hockey: Hurricanes son 11 (N) Season 11 Season 11 at Panthers } ›› Beauty Shop (05) Queen Latifah. Hus Second Don’t Sleep! Popoff Inspir. You Live in What? (N) Hawaii Life Hawaii Life House Hunters Reno- House Hunters Hawaii Life Hawaii Life (N) vation Hunters Int’l Kourtney-Kim Kourtney-Kim Chasing Kourtney-Kim Chasing Chelsea Soup The Bible (N) Vikings “Rites of Pas(:01) Vikings “Rites of (:02) The Bible sage” (N) Passage” MLS Soccer: Red Bulls at Timbers Fishing Basket Basket Gypsy Sisters Gypsy Sisters (N) Welcome to Myrtle Gypsy Sisters Welcome to Myrtle Manor (N) Manor Cupcake Wars “San Worst Cooks in America Iron Chef America “Flay Chef Wanted With Anne Worst Cooks in America Diego Zoo” (N) Vs. Thaimee” Burrell } ››› The Ten Commandments (56) } ›› Facing the Giants (06, Drama) Welcome-Par. } ›› The Switch (10) Jennifer Aniston, Jason } ››› Friends With Money (06) Jennifer Aniston, (:02) } ›› The Switch Bateman. Joan Cusack. (10) Osteen Kerry Believer Creflo D. St. Paul of Tarsus The Walking Dead “I The Walking Dead (:01) Talking Dead (N) The Walking Dead The Walking Dead Ain’t a Judas” “Clear” (N) “Clear” “Clear” Joel Kerry (6:30) } ››› Despicable Me (10) } ››› Enchanted Live action/animated. A princess from a Osteen Shook Voices of Steve Carell. fairy-tale world lands in the Big Apple. } ›››› Annie Hall (77, Comedy) Woody Allen, } ›› The Landlord A young man tries to renovate } ›› Heaven’s Gate Diane Keaton. a ghetto apartment building. (80, Western) Boston’s Finest (5:15) } ›› Sherlock } ››› Double Jeopardy (99, Suspense) Tommy Southland “Babel” Holmes (09) Lee Jones, Ashley Judd. } ››› Wedding Crashers (05) Partygoers spend a wild week- } ››› Wedding Crashers (05) Partygoers spend a wild weekend with a politician’s family. end with a politician’s family. Are You Smarter Are You Smarter Newly Newly Newly Newly FamFeud FamFeud Incred Looney Oblongs King/Hill King/Hill Cleve Fam Guy Fam Guy Chicken Metal Rose. Rose. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King Tunnel NASCAR Faster Faster Classic Car Craz. SPEED Center Tunnel NASCAR } ›› The A-Team (10, Action) Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper. Former Spe- } ›› The A-Team (10) Former Special Forces cial Forces soldiers form a rogue unit. soldiers form a rogue unit. Hunt Adv Wild Realtree Hunting NRA Bone Spring Exped. Hunt Adv Realtree NHL Hockey: Canadiens at Bruins NHL Live Sports Track and Field Oprah’s Next Oprah’s Next Master Class Oprah’s Next Oprah’s Next Huckabee (N) Fox News Sunday Geraldo at Large Huckabee Stossel Wild West Alaska Gator Boys (N) Finding Bigfoot (N) Gator Boys Finding Bigfoot Frasier Frasier Frasier (6:00) } ›› The Lost } ›› Loving Leah A doctor agrees to marry the Frasier Valentine (11) widow of his older brother. Phineas Jessie Dog With a GoodShake It WizardsWizards} ››› Tangled (10) Voices of and Ferb Blog Charlie Up! Place Place Mandy Moore. Face Off The artists try to Face Off “Bugging Out” Face Off “Howl at the Face Off Creating Face Off “Who’s the New create a giant. Moon” monsters. Who?”
Coming Up In The Daily Corinthian See the Crossroads Magazine new special Family Edition — Coming Saturday, March 30
Mom insists 50-year-old son wear late husband’s clothes DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 30 years and will be visiting my mother-in-law again soon. Even though he is 50, she is obsessed with dressing him. As soon as we arrive, she searches Abigail through our luggage and Van Buren announces that his clothes Dear Abby are not “good enough.” Then she wants to put her son in her dead husband’s clothes. She always threatens that she will have a fit if he won’t wear the clothes she chooses. What should I do? — BAGGAGE CHECK IN MONTANA DEAR BAGGAGE CHECK: Your mother-in-law may still be in deep mourning for her husband. If your husband bears a strong resemblance to his father, it’s possible that seeing him in those clothes in some way brings her husband back to her. Frankly, her behavior is quite bizarre — including the threatened tantrum if she doesn’t get her way. (Could she be losing it?) When the subject comes up again, as it will when you arrive, you and your husband should stand your ground and let her
throw her fit. It might be the beginning of some healing. DEAR ABBY: I have a question regarding what to do when someone pays you a compliment. I was always taught that a compliment should be answered with a polite “thank you.” So when my husband compliments me on a nice meal, I say, “Thank you.” He believes that you are not being humble enough when you say thank you, since it is recognizing that you did a good job. He thinks you should say, “I’m glad you like it,” instead of thank you. What is the correct response? — GRAMMATICALLY PERPLEXED DEAR PERPLEXED: You are not a robot, and your husband should not attempt to program your responses by “correcting” you. Saying thank you for a compliment is the appropriate response when one is offered. When paid a compliment, I see no reason to feign humility by saying anything that lessens it, especially if it is deserved. DEAR ABBY: About a year ago my sisters, a daughter and several nieces and nephews decided to get the word “family,” in my mother’s handwriting, tattooed on their bodies to memorialize her. I didn’t do it because Mom didn’t like tattoos and would not have approved of anyone getting one for any reason. I do a number of
other things in her memory. Should I feel guilty for not joining them in their endeavor to remember Mom, or is it OK to remember her in a way she would approve of? — NO TATS FOR ME DEAR NO TATS: The process of mourning is an individual one. There is no requirement that families do it “en masse.” If you prefer to memorialize your mother in your own way, then do it and don’t feel guilty about it. However, because your relatives chose to do something else in the spirit of family harmony — which your mother would not approve of — be careful not to criticize the path they took. DEAR ABBY: My son’s fourthgrade teacher can’t spell. I have noticed at least a half-dozen errors not only in the handwritten notes she sends home, but also in assignment work! How should I handle this? -- ANONYMOUS IN PITTSBURGH DEAR ANONYMOUS: Save the notes and assignment work with the misspellings and share them with the school principal. And if the problem continues, go to the school board about the problem teacher. (Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.)
Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you’re finding it difficult to make a plan, it’s because you’re too involved in the moment to bother with projecting yourself into the future. Let the future handle the future you! TAURUS (April 20-May 20). So many feel compelled to electronically update their status with great frequency, but not you. You’re in an uncharacteristically private mood and won’t want to give any information that will spoil the mystery you’re trying to build. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). For babies, it’s a natural impulse to try to walk. Spiritual development is subtler, but it is still natural to desire movement and growth. Those desires will be more pronounced today. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Put things on a list. Something magical happens with a list today. Your insides become clearer, and your environment gets organized. It all starts with the tip of your pen.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Learning anything worthwhile takes time. You’re usually hard on yourself, expecting to immediately get it. But your new pursuit will take many, many hours. Have patience. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Who cares about the anonymous “them”? You’re a very caring person, and you’re also truthful enough to admit that you can’t care until you know a little more. So you’ll ask questions until “them” becomes real. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll make a bold declaration. It won’t start out that way. It will begin as a soft statement of speculation and slowly take on the mental steel and concrete it needs to be a statement of substance. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Distinguishing between fact and fiction is a no-brainer for you. Even the well-trained entertainer can’t impress you with untrue stories, because you don’t want to believe; you want to know.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re a curious sort who doesn’t mind appearing ignorant on a subject. Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of, after all -- as long as you have the willingness to learn. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your fantasies about the future are so vivid today that you will enjoy them as you would a blockbuster movie -- or even more, because the star of the picture is you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You aren’t restrained by emotional ties of the past. Nor are you concerned with the social conventions of the time. You’re truly feeling free and ready to express the most unique part of yourself. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Those who want power over you will point out your weaknesses. If you agree, they gain more control. You don’t have to fight for your opinion. A better way is just to walk in the other direction.
10A • Daily Corinthian
Sports
Warriors open with shutout victory
Local Schedule Monday, March 4 Basketball State Tournament-Jackson (4A-B) Corinth-Laurel, 8 (WXRZ) Softball Blue Mountain @ Biggersville, 5 Kossuth @ Tish Co., 6:30 Tennis Central @ Belmont, 4
Tuesday, March 5 Baseball Biggersville @ Falkner, 4:30 Oxford @ Kossuth, 6 Belmont @ Corinth, 7 Central @ Tish. Co., 7 Softball Kossuth @ Corinth, 5:30 Tish Co. @ Mooreville, 5/6:30
Shorts Biggersville Basketball T-Shirts Biggersville High School will place a second order for ‘Big House’ Tshirts for the Lions State Championship basketball game on March 7. Orders must be placed by 11 a.m. on Monday, March 4. All orders should be sent to the BHS office. Shirts are $7 (add $2 for 2X, $3 for 3X) and will arrive in time for the game.
CHS Cross Country There will be a meeting for any Corinth students interested in running on the cross country teams on March 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium. All interested students should bring their parents to the meeting.
Basketball Tournament The First Christian Church in Baldwyn will be hosting a Shoot 4 the Cure basketball tournament March 8-9. Cost is $100 per team, and deadline to register is Sunday. The tournament is divided into two divisions: Boys 10 and under and Boys 12 and under. To register, or for more information, contact Kelley Carmichael at 365-2235 or 321-9249.
Zumba Fitness Classes The Corinth Sportsplex will host Zumba classes with certified instructor Debbie Guardino every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:50 to 4:50. Cost for classes is $7 for non members and free for Sportsplex members.
Michie Dixie Youth Teams The Michie Dixie Youth Softball and Baseball leagues will be hosting registration days on March 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. and March 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Michie Community Center. Registration is open to children 4-12 years old for both sports. Cost varies per number of children registered by one parent. For more information contact Samantha Denton at 731-607-1627.
Umpires needed The Michie Dixie Youth League is looking for umpires for the upcoming season. For more information contact Nick Malone at 731-610-9416.
TriState Rebel Road Trip The TriState Rebel Club will host Ole Miss Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze and Athletic Director Ross Bjork on April 26 as part of the 2013 Rebel Road Trip. The event will be held at the Crossroads Arena and all proceeds from the event will go towards the Tri-State Rebel Club Scholarship Fund. Seating is limited for the event, and tickets are $20 each. For more information, visit the club website at www.tristaterebelclub.com, or call 212-3702.
Senior Softball League The Senior Softball League of Selmer, Tenn., will begin practice on March 8 at Patriot Park. Those interested in signing up for the league can register on March 8 beginning at 6 p.m. Practice will be held each Friday night through April 5 when teams will be assigned. Cost is $40 per person and games will be held on Friday nights. For more information contact Sybil Dancer at 731-645-3866.
7U Baseball Tryouts The Booneville Bombers baseball team will be holding tryouts for their 7U travel team on March 9 at 3 p.m. at the Booneville City Park. Players can’t turn 8 years of age before May 1st of this year to be eligible to play. For more information contact Seth Janzen at 416-3373.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
BY DONICA PHIFER dphifer@dailycorinthian.com
CORINTH — After two postponed games last week, the Corinth Lady Warriors opened their home fast-pitch schedule Saturday with a 10-0 shutout against the New Albany Bulldogs. Warriors pitcher Stennett Smith allowed one hit on the day, with first base catching eight runners at the plate. Smith also earned two home runs in the first two innings, helping put the Lady Warriors up on a 5-0 advantage. The Bulldogs saw only two innings with four batters, Shannon Goode posting two hits on three turns at the plate as the only player with multiple hits for the team. The Warriors added three runs in the third inning, Smith sending Rebekah Williams home with her lone single of the game. Two batters struck by wild pitches, Anna Kayte Webb and Bailee Kramer, as well as a walk of Portia Patterson loaded the bases for a hit from freshman Allie Photo by Donica Phifer Stennett Smith winds up for a pitch amid snow flurries during the Corinth Jacobs for Smith’s trip across home. Warrriors’ home opener on Saturday. The Warriors improved to 3-0 for the season with a 10-0 shutout of the New Albany Bulldogs. Please see CORINTH | 11A
Warriors open 16th State tourney Monday BY H. LEE SMITH II lsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Warriors have gotten their money’s worth in the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s State Basketball Tournament. That value will be put to the test again Monday at 8 p.m. against Laurel in the Class 4A semifinals. Corinth is the No. 2 seed from the North on the heel’s of a loss to defending state champion Amanda Elzy, while the Tornadoes are the South’s top seed for the second year in a row. “They’re very aggressive and trap a lot,” said Corinth Head Coach Keith Greene. “From what we’ve been told and seen on film they come with constant pressure and force you to speed up.” Corinth is making its third straight appearance at Mississippi Coliseum and 16th visit overall in the Jackson area. The Warriors have reached the finals 10 times – including five titles – and tak-
“They’re very aggressive and trap a lot. From what we’ve been told and seen on film they come with constant pressure and force you to speed up.” Keith Greene Corinth Head Coach en the one-and-done route just three times in 15 trips. The Warriors have finished as state runners-up the past two seasons – to Booneville (3A) in 2011 and to Amanda Elzy last season in Corinth’s first venture into a higher class since 1994-95. Greene has led Corinth to four State Tournaments – all in the last five years. Of the previous three appearances, only one came on the heels of a loss. Corinth beat Velma Jackson in the 3A semifinals in 2011 after falling to Booneville in the North Half Tournament championship. Beginning with the 2010
gathering, only four teams qualified for the State Tournament. Taking two spots away dissolved the openinground bye for North/South champions. “You still have to win two games no matter what,” said Greene. “The guys are really excited about going back to Jackson. I just hope we play like we are capable.” Corinth’s 57-45 loss to Amanda Elzy in the North Half Tournament championship ended a 20-game home streak and kept the Warriors from recording their eighth North title. Despite the double-whammy, Greene saw some positives.
“We’ve had a good week of practice,” said Greene. “The kids were mentally confident after the loss. We saw some things we did well and know what we need to improve. “You’re playing quality teams at this point of the season. You run a high risk of not winning everytime you step on the floor.” The Warriors were expected to depart Sunday morning for the Capital City, stopping in Oxford to workout and shoot in C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum – something that presents an open environment like the setup in Jackson. Corinth and Laurel have met twice since the 196970 season, both times in the State Tournament. The Warriors knocked off the second-seeded Tornadoes 63-47 in 1970 en route to a runner-up finish. Laurel returned the favor with a 73-71 setback in the 1994 tourney.
Mississippi State beats Mississippi 73-67 BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State had a 13-game losing streak, only seven scholarship players and every reason in the world to roll over for Mississippi on Saturday in front of a two-thirds filled Humphrey Coliseum. Instead, the Bulldogs pulled off a stunning 73-67 victory over their archrival that ended nearly two months of misery. “We just found a way,” Mississippi State coach Rick Ray said. “It seemed like the last (few minutes) lasted longer than the whole second half combined. I just wanted the clock to go.” Borchert scored a careerhigh 21 points, Gavin Ware added 12 and Mississippi State finally enjoyed a win for the first time since a Jan. 12 road victory over Georgia. When it was over, several players and Ray celebrated with the crowd, which needed some good news after a trying season that’s included plenty of injuries, suspensions and defections. Now it also includes a galvanizing — and wholly unexpected — victory. Mississippi State (8-20, 3-13 Southeastern Conference) led almost the entire game, pushing back every Ole
Miss rally in the second half. Roquez Johnson returned from a three-game suspension for breaking team rules to score 10 points and grab five rebounds for Mississippi State. Ole Miss (21-8, 10-6) lost for the sixth time in 10 games. Murphy Holloway led the Rebels with 22 points and 19 rebounds. The SEC’s leading scorer Marshall Henderson had 16 points, but shot just 4 of 19 from the field, including 3 of 18 from 3-point range. The setback puts a huge dent in Ole Miss’ NCAA tournament hopes. “Right from the jump, Mississippi State was playing like the team that was fighting for their NCAA tournament lives,” Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said. “I have no explanation for that. I’d like to sit up here as the leader of this program and offer some poignant answer or explanation, but I have none. It’s inexcusable. I have no idea how that happens, frankly.” Ole Miss jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but then it was Mississippi State that was the aggressor. Borchert hit 3 of 4 3-point attempts on the way to 11 first-half points, helping the Bulldogs build a 34-30 halftime lead. The 6-foot-8 junior was
terrific for most of the night, finishing from long range and close to the rim. After he hit the early 3-pointers, Ole Miss played him tight, but then he would drive to the rim and convert. Borchert made 7 of 10 shots from the field and added seven rebounds and three assists. “Coach always tells me, once I get a few 3s, they’ll be flying out towards me,” Borchert said. “So just fake and go to the rim. I just listened to coach. He’s a very smart man.” Mississippi State pushed its lead to 45-36 with 15 minutes left after Borchert’s nifty reverse layup in traffic, but then the Rebels methodically started a comeback, pulling within 45-43 on a Jarvis Summers basket with 10:53 remaining. That’s when Reginald Buckner made arguably Ole Miss’ biggest mistake, earning a technical after being called for a foul. That earned the 6-foot-9 senior his fourth personal foul and a spot on the bench just when it looked like the Rebels might be gaining some momentum. Mississippi State went nearly seven minutes without a field goal midway through the second half before Borchert hit a jumper from 15
feet and Trivante Bloodman made a 3 to give the Bulldogs a 52-45 advantage with 7:30 remaining. The loss might be the fatal blow to Ole Miss’ hopes for an NCAA tournament atlarge bid. It also puts Kennedy squarely on the hot seat after seven seasons filled with plenty of victories but no NCAA tournaments unless there’s a breakthrough in the next few weeks. Ole Miss had a 17-2 record and was the 16th-ranked team in the nation just a month ago, but has now dropped six out of the past 10. Those losses include setbacks against South Carolina and Mississippi State, two of the bottom three teams in the league. Against the Bulldogs, the Rebels were a mess of poor decisions and bad shooting. Henderson, who has galvanized Ole Miss all season with his long-range shooting, couldn’t hit from 3-point range even though he had several wide-open looks. Holloway was the only consistent performer for the Rebels, dominating on the glass for his 37th career double-double, but it wasn’t enough. The Rebels shot just 25 of 74 (33.8 percent) from the field.
Scoreboard
Sunday, March 3, 2013 Baseball
Florida rallies to defeat Bama
Spring training schedule AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct 8 0 1.000 8 1 .889 6 2 .750 5 2 .714 4 2 .667 6 3 .667 6 3 .667 5 3 .625 5 4 .556 5 4 .556 4 5 .444 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 2 7 .222 1 6 .143 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Colorado 5 3 .625 St. Louis 4 3 .571 Arizona 4 4 .500 Chicago 4 4 .500 Miami 3 3 .500 San Francisco 3 3 .500 Washington 3 3 .500 San Diego 4 5 .444 Los Angeles 3 4 .429 Philadelphia 3 4 .429 New York 2 3 .400 Atlanta 3 6 .333 Milwaukee 3 6 .333 Pittsburgh 2 6 .250 Cincinnati 2 8 .200 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Saturday’s Games Detroit (ss) 4, Pittsburgh 1 Boston 2, Minnesota 1 Toronto 11, Philadelphia 6 N.Y. Yankees 10, Detroit (ss) 3 Washington 6, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1 Houston 6, Atlanta 5 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 8, tie Milwaukee 4, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 9, San Francisco (ss) 5 San Francisco (ss) 9, Chicago Cubs 7 Seattle 9, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Diego vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Oakland 6, Colorado 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 0 Texas 7, Arizona 1 Today’s Games Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia (ss) at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Houston vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Arizona vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m. Kansas City Seattle Baltimore Houston Chicago Cleveland Tampa Bay Minnesota Boston Toronto Detroit Oakland Texas New York Los Angeles
BY MARK LONG The Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla — No. 8 Florida showed the kind of resiliency that could come in handy in the postseason. Casey Prather had 10 points and nine rebounds, most of them in the second half, and the Gators rallied from an eight-point deficit to beat Alabama 6452 on Saturday. The Gators used a 15-0 run late in the second half — fueled by Prather — to pull away from the Crimson Tide and remain unbeaten (14-0) at home. Even though Florida won its 13 Southeastern Conference games by double digits, this one easily could have gone the other way. “Casey, thank God, gave us good minutes,” coach Billy Donovan said. “If he didn’t play well, we probably would have had a hard time winning the game.”
CORINTH CONTINUED FROM 10A
Three up and down for both teams defined the fourth and top of the fifth inning. Up 8-0, Haley Christian and Katie Vandiver each supplied single hits for two additional runs to call the game in five innings at 10-0. The Lady Warriors will take the field again on Tuesday, March 5 in a make-up game against the Kossuth Aggies that was originally set for March 1. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. at the Corinth Sportsplex.
Pro basketball NBA standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Miami 42 14 .750 d-New York 35 20 .636 d-Indiana 37 22 .627 Atlanta 33 24 .579 Chicago 34 25 .576 Brooklyn 34 26 .567 Boston 31 27 .534 Milwaukee 28 28 .500
GB — 6½ 6½ 9½ 9½ 10 12 14
Philadelphia 23 34 .404 19½ Toronto 23 36 .390 20½ Detroit 23 38 .377 21½ Cleveland 20 39 .339 23½ Washington 18 39 .316 24½ Orlando 16 43 .271 27½ Charlotte 13 45 .224 30 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB d-San Antonio 46 14 .767 — d-Oklahoma City 42 16 .724 3 d-L.A. Clippers 43 18 .705 3½ Memphis 38 19 .667 6½ Denver 38 22 .633 8 Golden State 33 27 .550 13 Utah 32 27 .542 13½ Houston 32 28 .533 14 L.A. Lakers 29 30 .492 16½ Portland 26 31 .456 18½ Dallas 26 32 .448 19 Minnesota 20 35 .364 23½ Phoenix 21 39 .350 25 New Orleans 21 39 .350 25 Sacramento 20 40 .333 26 Friday’s late game Denver 105, Oklahoma City 103 Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 104, Golden State 97 Chicago 96, Brooklyn 85 Toronto at Milwaukee, (n) Minnesota at Portland, (n) Today’s Games Miami at New York, Noon Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m. Charlotte at Sacramento, 5 p.m. Memphis at Orlando, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Monday’s Games New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Orlando at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Utah at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Denver, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Portland, 9 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
College basketball Saturday’s men’s scores EAST Brown 61, Columbia 58 Bryant 85, St. Francis (Pa.) 60 Bucknell 62, Navy 46 Buffalo 81, Akron 67 Delaware 82, George Mason 77 Drexel 62, UNC Wilmington 46 Holy Cross 74, Colgate 59 LIU Brooklyn 96, Quinnipiac 90 La Salle 97, Duquesne 64 Lafayette 80, American U. 72 Lehigh 81, Army 75 Louisville 58, Syracuse 53 Mount St. Mary’s 103, Fairleigh Dickinson 82 NJIT 69, Houston Baptist 58 Niagara 78, St. Peter’s 61 Old Dominion 81, Northeastern 74 Penn 75, Harvard 72 Princeton 68, Dartmouth 63 Providence 62, St. John’s 59 Rider 65, Canisius 61 Robert Morris 81, CCSU 61 Saint Joseph’s 82, Fordham 56 Saint Louis 66, George Washington 58 St. Bonaventure 104, Charlotte 83 St. Francis (NY) 92, Sacred Heart 80 Temple 76, Rhode Island 70 Towson 67, Hofstra 64 Wagner 67, Monmouth (NJ) 57 Yale 79, Cornell 70 SOUTH Alabama St. 74, Grambling St. 62 Appalachian St. 86, Chattanooga 60 Austin Peay 91, UT-Martin 58 Belmont 78, Jacksonville St. 71 Cent. Arkansas 68, McNeese St. 67 Charleston Southern 75, Coastal Carolina 64 Coll. of Charleston 74, Furman 50 Davidson 83, Georgia Southern 48 Delaware St. 56, Howard 53 Duke 79, Miami 76 Elon 80, UNC Greensboro 66 FAU 77, FIU 60 Florida 64, Alabama 52 Florida Gulf Coast 67, Kennesaw St. 49 Gardner-Webb 76, Presbyterian 57 Georgia 78, Tennessee 68 Hampton 77, Florida A&M 68 High Point 63, Campbell 62 Jackson St. 60, Alabama A&M 57 James Madison 69, William & Mary 67 Liberty 73, Radford 56
Louisiana Tech 88, San Jose St. 61 Louisiana-Lafayette 71, Louisiana-Monroe 63 Maryland 67, Wake Forest 57 Memphis 76, UCF 67 Mercer 77, Stetson 65 Middle Tennessee 70, W. Kentucky 62 Mississippi St. 73, Mississippi 67 Morgan St. 58, Md.-Eastern Shore 45 N. Kentucky 66, Jacksonville 62 NC A&T 58, SC State 35 NC Central 51, Savannah St. 47 Norfolk St. 62, Bethune-Cookman 61 SE Missouri 84, Murray St. 68 South Alabama 53, Troy 49 Southern Miss. 88, East Carolina 69 UAB 74, SMU 69 VCU 84, Butler 52 VMI 94, Longwood 80 Virginia Tech 69, Clemson 61 W. Carolina 56, Samford 54, OT Winthrop 70, UNC Asheville 61 Wofford 69, The Citadel 62 MIDWEST Ball St. 86, Toledo 72 Cent. Michigan 69, N. Illinois 50 Cincinnati 61, UConn 56 Creighton 91, Wichita St. 79 Dayton 78, Richmond 74 Detroit 79, Ill.-Chicago 67 E. Illinois 61, SIU-Edwardsville 46 E. Michigan 50, W. Michigan 49, OT Evansville 84, Indiana St. 68 IPFW 74, Oakland 72 Illinois 72, Nebraska 65 Indiana 73, Iowa 60 Kansas 91, West Virginia 65 Kent St. 78, Miami (Ohio) 58 Loyola of Chicago 87, Cleveland St. 60 Marquette 72, Notre Dame 64 Minnesota 73, Penn St. 44 Missouri 89, LSU 76 Missouri St. 64, Bradley 56 N. Dakota St. 84, Nebraska-Omaha 57 N. Iowa 80, Illinois St. 72 Ohio 78, Bowling Green 65 S. Illinois 66, Drake 63 UMKC 48, IUPUI 44 UMass 77, Xavier 72 Valparaiso 75, Green Bay 56 W. Illinois 61, South Dakota 59 Wright St. 72, Youngstown St. 45 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 73, Kentucky 60 Houston 103, Marshall 76 Idaho 90, Texas St. 81 Kansas St. 64, Baylor 61 Oklahoma 86, Iowa St. 69 Oklahoma St. 78, Texas 65 Oral Roberts 68, Lamar 50 Sam Houston St. 54, SE Louisiana 45 Seattle 53, UTSA 37 Southern U. 61, Prairie View 39 Stephen F. Austin 64, Northwestern St. 63 Texas A&M 74, South Carolina 56 Texas A&M-CC 68, Nicholls St. 64 Texas Tech 72, TCU 63 Texas-Arlington 61, Utah St. 46 Tulsa 78, Tulane 66 UALR 78, Arkansas St. 71 UTEP 67, Rice 56 WEST Boise St. 78, Colorado St. 65 California 62, Colorado 46 Denver 66, New Mexico St. 60 Gonzaga 81, Portland 52 New Mexico 53, Wyoming 42 North Dakota 78, E. Washington 74 Pacific 70, UC Riverside 68 San Diego 76, Pepperdine 69 Southern Cal 57, Arizona St. 56 UC Davis 71, Cal St.-Fullerton 68 UC Irvine 72, Long Beach St. 69 UNLV 80, Nevada 63 Weber St. 80, N. Arizona 78, OT
Saturday’s women’s scores
EAST Albany (NY) 60, Stony Brook 49 American U. 69, Lafayette 52 Army 62, Lehigh 52 Baylor 80, West Virginia 49 Binghamton 62, UMBC 45 Bryant 79, St. Francis (Pa.) 54 Bucknell 55, Navy 48 CCSU 69, Robert Morris 60 Columbia 58, Brown 55 DePaul 81, Pittsburgh 73 Hartford 59, Vermont 33 Harvard 67, Penn 54 Holy Cross 53, Colgate 51 Marquette 51, Georgetown 48 Monmouth (NJ) 85, Wagner 57 Mount St. Mary’s 70, Fairleigh Dickinson 62 NJIT 59, Chicago St. 33 New Hampshire 86, Maine 63
Notre Dame 92, Providence 57 Princeton 68, Dartmouth 60 Quinnipiac 66, LIU Brooklyn 45 Sacred Heart 57, St. Francis (NY) 53 Towson 79, William & Mary 63 Villanova 77, Syracuse 75, 3OT Xavier 67, UMass 54 Yale 71, Cornell 64 SOUTH Belmont 69, Jacksonville St. 49 Cent. Arkansas 77, McNeese St. 69, OT Chattanooga 69, Appalachian St. 45 Coll. of Charleston 73, W. Carolina 61 Elon 72, Davidson 56 FIU 68, FAU 65 Florida Gulf Coast 74, Kennesaw St. 36 Georgia Southern 67, UNC-Greensboro 53 Grambling St. 68, Alabama St. 64 Hampton 59, Florida A&M 39 High Point 58, Coastal Carolina 53 Howard 65, Delaware St. 39 Jackson St. 52, Alabama A&M 45 Liberty 88, Charleston Southern 62 Louisiana-Monroe 64, Louisiana-Lafayette 50 Middle Tennessee 71, W. Kentucky 54 Morgan St. 65, Md.-Eastern Shore 28 N. Kentucky 76, Jacksonville 71, OT NC A&T 59, SC State 54 NC Central 33, Savannah St. 29 Norfolk St. 67, Bethune-Cookman 40 North Florida 61, Lipscomb 49 Presbyterian 76, Longwood 72 Radford 70, Gardner-Webb 64 SC-Upstate 60, ETSU 56 SE Missouri 61, Murray St. 58 South Alabama 71, Troy 70 Stetson 74, Mercer 60 Tennessee St. 69, E. Kentucky 66 Tennessee Tech 73, Morehead St. 53 UConn 85, South Florida 51 UT-Martin 81, Austin Peay 64 Winthrop 100, UNC Asheville 56 Wofford 75, Furman 57 MIDWEST Cincinnati 56, Rutgers 48 Cleveland St. 58, Valparaiso 54 Detroit 66, Milwaukee 40 E. Washington 67, North Dakota 58 Green Bay 67, Ill.-Chicago 36 IUPUI 82, IPFW 67 Kansas St. 68, Texas Tech 62 Nebraska-Omaha 68, UMKC 41 S. Dakota St. 94, N. Dakota St. 70 SIU-Edwardsville 70, E. Illinois 62, OT W. Illinois 64, Oakland 53 Youngstown St. 64, Wright St. 54 SOUTHWEST Nicholls St. 60, Texas A&M-CC 51 Oklahoma 85, Kansas 77 Oklahoma St. 64, Texas 58 Oral Roberts 62, Lamar 55 Prairie View 59, Southern U. 42 Sam Houston St. 93, SE Louisiana 75 TCU 61, Iowa St. 58 Texas Southern 70, Alcorn St. 43 UALR 58, Arkansas St. 50
Golf PGA: Honda Classic scores Saturday at PGA National (Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6 million. Yardage: 7,110; Par: 70 (35-35) Third Round Luke Guthrie 68-63-71—202 -8 Michael Thompson67-65-70—202 -8 Lee Westwood 66-68-70—204 -6 Geoff Ogilvy 68-66-70—204 -6 Rickie Fowler 65-71-69—205 -5 Charles Howell III 67-67-71—205 -5 Y.E. Yang 67-72-67—206 -4 Peter Hanson 71-67-68—206 -4 Keegan Bradley 68-68-70—206 -4 Justin Rose 68-66-72—206 -4 Graham DeLaet 65-68-73—206 -4 Darron Stiles 71-68-68—207 -3 Erik Compton 69-68-70—207 -3 James Driscoll 69-68-70—207 -3 Lucas Glover 69-66-72—207 -3 Tom Gillis 67-68-72—207 -3 Nicholas Thompson69-66-72—207 -3 Boo Weekley 66-67-74—207 -3 David Lynn 72-68-68—208 -2 Brandt Jobe 69-71-68—208 -2 Kyle Stanley 70-69-69—208 -2 Ben Kohles 66-73-69—208 -2 Bob Estes 69-69-70—208 -2 Graeme McDowell 67-68-73—208 -2 Sean O’Hair 66-68-74—208 -2 Russell Henley 68-71-70—209 -1 Charl Schwartzel 70-68-71—209 -1 Mark Wilson 70-68-71—209 -1
Daily Corinthian • 11A Chris Stroud Jeff Klauk Robert Streb Tiger Woods
67-70-72—209 67-69-73—209 65-70-74—209 70-70-70—210
-1 -1 -1 E
HSBC Women’s Champions scores Saturday at Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Singapore. Purse: $1.4 million. Yardage: 6,606; Par: 72 Third Round Na Yeon Choi 69-66-67—202 -14 Stacy Lewis 67-66-69—202 -14 Paula Creamer 68-67-69—204 -12 Danielle Kang 68-69-70—207 -9 Ariya Jutanugarn 69-66-72—207 -9 Azahara Munoz 65-70-72—207 -9 Sun Young Yoo 67-68-72—207 -9 Jessica Korda 72-68-68—208 -8 Karine Icher 70-71-68—209 -7 Nicole Castrale 69-71-69—209 -7 Candie Kung 69-71-69—209 -7 Chella Choi 68-67-74—209 -7 Morgan Pressel 70-71-69—210 -6 Lexi Thompson 73-68-69—210 -6 Jiyai Shin 71-69-70—210 -6 P Phatlum 67-71-72—210 -6
Hockey NHL standings, schedule Friday’s late game Anaheim 3, Minnesota 2 Saturday’s Games Buffalo 4, New Jersey 3, SO Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4, SO Philadelphia 2, Ottawa 1 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Washington 3, Winnipeg 0 Pittsburgh 7, Montreal 6, OT Carolina 6, Florida 2 Los Angeles at Vancouver, (n) Nashville at San Jose, (n) Sunday’s Games Chicago at Detroit, 11:30 a.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 2 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 2 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 5 p.m. Montreal at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Television Today’s lineup AUTO RACING 1:30 p.m. (FOX) – NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Subway Fresh Fit 500, at Avondale, Ariz. CYCLING 2 p.m. (NBCSN) – Paris-Nice, prologue, at Houilles, France (same-day tape) GOLF 8 a.m. (TGC) – European PGA Tour, Tshwane Open, final round, at Centurion, South Africa (same-day tape) Noon (TGC) – PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, final round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 2 p.m. (NBC) – PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, final round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 6 p.m. (TGC) – LPGA, HSBC Women’s Champions, final round, at Singapore (same-day tape) MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon (ESPN) – Purdue at Wisconsin 1 p.m. (CBS) – Florida St. at North Carolina 2:30 p.m. (FSN) – Washington St. at Washington 3 p.m. (CBS) – Michigan St. at Michigan NBA BASKETBALL Noon (ABC) – Miami at New York 2:30 p.m. (ABC) – Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers 7 p.m. (ESPN) – Chicago at Indiana NHL HOCKEY 11:30 a.m. (NBC) – Chicago at Detroit 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) – Montreal at Boston SOCCER 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2) – MLS, New York at Portland WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m. (ESPN2) – Saint Joseph’s at Dayton 3 p.m. (ESPN2) – North Carolina at Duke
Corinth 10, New Albany 0 NAHS 0 0 0 0 0 0-1-0 CHS 3 2 3 0 2 10-6-1 WP: Stennett Smith (2-0) Multiple Hits: (NA) Shannon Goode, (C) Stennett Smith 3, Katie Vandiver 2. Extra Base Hits: (NA) None, (C) Stennett Smith 2HR. Record: Corinth 3-0, New Albany 0-2
Stop the Harassment & Keep your Property
Plaza Bowling Lanes $
2.00 PER GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHTS W/COUPON (1 COUPON PER PERSON)
COME OUT AND SEE WHY BOWLING IS THE #1 PARTICIPATING SPORT WITH OVER 70 MILLION PARTICIPANTS
2001 Shiloh Rd. • Corinth, MS 662-286-8105
COME ROLL
A BALL
Special Rates for Church and School Groups Call David Curry 286-8105 and reserve your lane!!
Choose any Two or More
5
$
99 each
NOW OPEN!!!
Medium 2-Topping Pizza • 8pc Chicken Oven Baked Sandwich • Pasta in a Tin Stuffed Cheesy Bread Best deals Dominos.com
NOW OPEN Sun-Thur. 10:30AM-11PM; Fri. & Sat. 10:30AM-Midnight
Online code:9193 Carry Out Limited Delivery Area
1102 Hwy 72 E Corinth
662-284-9099
DAILY SPECIALS Groups Welcomed Free WiFi Call or fax in large orders Senior Discounts
1906 Shiloh Rd. (Formerly Harlows) Corinth, MS. phone 662-396-2167 • fax 662-396-2168 Open Tuesday - Sunday • 6 AM - 12 Noon
Special
EXPRESS DVD NOW
• 1/2 Dozen Coconut Shrimp with choice of potato, slaw, & hushpuppies $9.50
24 Hour Curb Service $1.20 per day
New Releases 2-26-13 *ARGO SINISTER TWILIGHT SEGA BREAKING DAWN PART 2 CHASING MAVERICKS
*INDICATED - These movies available before the other guys
2036 E Shiloh Rd • Shiloh Market
Like us on Facebook at ExpressDVDNow
1000 S. Harper Rd. Corinth 662-286-5800
• 1 Dozen Coconut Shrimp with choice of potato, slaw, & hushpuppies $12.50
QUICK - EASY - LOW COST
Affordable flexible payment plans ZERO down payment gets you a fresh start with
CORINTH/ALCORN COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT 2013 Adult Softball Only Feb 19th - March 8th Registration Fee $350 in County $400 out of County Come By Park Office To Register FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 286-3067
NOW OPEN
Come Come visit our visit our great great selection selection of liquor of liquor & fine & wines fi ne Guaranteed best wines prices in town.
Hours: Mon-Sat. 10am-10pm 1100 B Hwy 72 West • Corinth, MS
12A • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Staff photo by Mark Boehler
Robert Voyles shows his traveling machine. His daughter has talked him out of driving to Alaska alone in it.
VOYLES CONTINUED FROM 1A
tool boxes are full of tools for any needed repairs, while the large mailboxes have drinking water inside. For animal lovers, don’t get any misconceptions about the pet storage containers — they also have drinking water. Voyles has no pets. Inventory includes three generators, propane tanks, plenty of firewood, fire extinguishers, wrench, chainsaw, jack, air compressor, battery charger, air tank, extra gasoline, shovels, chairs, outdoor shower, extension cords, barbecue grill, fish cooker, electric cooker and water tanks to store gray water. The large water tank above the engine has been rigged to drip on the radiator, if necessary. “When I get out in West Texas, it gets pretty hot,” noted Voyles, who receives Social Security as his only source of income. His Olds purrs like a kitten with three fans for cooling. He put a trusting 350 Chevy engine in the Olds not long after he got the car. “I paid more for the engine than I did the car,” he said. “It’s road ready.” Voyles loves to sound the car horn, which operates off an electric switch on driver’s side dashboard. “Ah-uhh-ga,” it loudly sounded. “People get a kick out of that,” he said, smiling. Mr. Simple Life paid $300 for the camper about eight years go. He can’t recall what kind it is. Besides the food pantry, it has a full-size bed, two small fridges, microwave, air conditioner, TV and VCR. And plenty of extra pairs of overalls. There is also plenty of storage space behind the camper, painted bright red to match the car. He pulls a small trailer with a motorized wheelchair behind the camper. The road warrior can operate his campsite off gasoline, propane or electric hookup.
On the road again “I stay on the road as much as possible,” said the camper, who has traveled all of the lower 48 states and into Canada with the red-mobile. He’ll hit the road in early March, first staying close to home in campsites such as Tishomingo State Park and J.P. Coleman State Park in Mississippi, Pickwick Landing State Park and Big Hill Pond State Park in Tennessee, and a county park on Bear Creek and a private campground in Waterloo — both in Alabama. Other nearby favorites include Piney Grove, a Corps of Engineers campground on Bay Springs Lake and campgrounds along the Natchez Trace Parkway such as Jeff Busby and Meriwether Lewis. “I really don’t have a favorite place,” explained the nomad. “I like ’em all in dif-
ferent ways.” The camper avoids free campsites, where danger and trouble lurk. “There are too many young punks running around,” he said, as he prefers campgrounds with a hostess and security. The high price of gas will keep him close to home for awhile, but the traveling itch in his overalls will hit come spring. When the rubber meets the road, the nomad will head to the mountains of Arkansas, up to Missouri, across the Plains into Kansas and Oklahoma, south into Texas, then back east through Louisiana to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, then north through Mississippi to get back home. “I find another place I really like every time I go,” he said about the long journeys. He said he would also like to spend time in Florida, “but it’s too expensive.” Voyles travels back roads and mostly state highways, preferring to stay off the beaten path. “You can stay off the interstate, travel the back roads and stay out of the cafes, and have a good time,” added Voyles, who has been separated from his wife since 1985 and is the father of three grown children.
Robert Voyles enjoys the easy life with his 12-foot camper.
Say cheese Voyles uses no cell phone and he travels alone. But he’s never really alone. He enjoys meeting people and drawing crowds. He hands out business cards with his Burnsville mailing address, encouraging visitors to his Magnolia State Express to send him a copy of photos when people take their picture with his car and camper combo. He has over 800 photos stored in albums. Photos arrive almost daily in his mailbox, as some international travelers across the U.S. don’t get back home for a year or more after they have met Voyles. His daughter takes care of the photos while Voyles travels. “I like looking at the photos,” he said. “It brings back good memories of the places I’ve been and the people I’ve met.” “Sometimes I can’t go anywhere for folks lined up taking photos,” noted Voyles, whose career besides pipeline work include logging and managing a truck stop. “I’ve met a lot of good people, not only across the U.S., but all over the world,” he added. If Voyles stops his rig in a town, “within an hour, there will be over 100 photos taken,” he said. And in the hard-to-believe category, the driver has never been pulled over by a law enforcement officer despite the years, long trips and many miles. “I suspect some law checked my tag, but I’ve never been pulled over. Not
Robert Voyles says his signs mean no harm and only mean he leads a simple life. once,” he said.
Borrowed time Due to his many health issues, the doctors don’t think the nomad has much time left, he shared. “Doctors say I probably don’t have long,” said Voyles, who has diabetes, wears a pacemaker on his heart and copes from a severe lower leg injury after an accident. “I’m going to take it slow and enjoy life — that’s what it’s all about.” He walks with a cane and uses the motorized wheelchair when he can. His most difficult task while on the road is getting in and out of his Oldsmobile. “Lord willing,” Voyles said, he will turn 68 on March 21.
Back home One of the main reasons Voyles has a place to receive mail is the campsite requirement for campers to have a mailing address. “Many places won’t let you stay if you don’t have a mailing address,” he explained. Of course, there’s also the photos coming in. His two rural acres is an interesting study, much like his traveling show. There are about 50 sheds for storage, many covered
His traveling ’85 Oldsmobile station wagon is a mobile yard sale. in old camper tops. He owns two pickups, one in excellent condition. One shed stores “Little Red,” a smaller 10-foot camper Voyles takes for short trips and overnight stays to tractor or mule pulls, two of his passions. Another larger dirt floor shed has a kitchen for cooking, a bed for naps and a television for entertainment. Down a gravel road beyond all of the storage areas and stacks of firewood is his main residence — an old school bus. Painted dark green, the bus has a front porch and an adjacent room with a kitchen and bathroom, complete with a shower, toilet and sink. “It’s a weird-looking
place, but it’s home,” added Voyles, who decorates with old license plates, coffee cups or any knickknack picked up for change at a yard sale. “I could build me a house, but I don’t want the payment,” said Voyles, showing off the inside of the school bus, heated by a wood stove. “I can be just as happy right here.” “I ain’t got nothing and I don’t want nothing,” said the bus home owner.
His dream His dream is to someday go to Alaska, a place he has visited, just not in his redneck rig. He has promised his daughter he won’t travel alone on the long journey. “I just have to find some-
Robert Voyles loves to talk and show his smile to everyone he meets. one to go with me,” noted Voyles, grinning to show some gold on his teeth. “It’s going to be tough finding someone to put up with me for six months. It’ll have to be somebody special.” Until then, he’ll keep hitting the road, enjoying each day he is given. “I’m going to keep going as long as I can,” he added. “I’ve been an overall and straw hat man all my life, and I reckon I won’t change.” One thing is for sure. Voyles will never be lost during his adventures. “You can’t get lost when you don’t know where you are going,” he said.
History
1B • Daily Corinthian
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Extreme weather affected soldier, battles BY TOM PARSON NPS Ranger
Here it is Thursday and the forecast this weekend is calling for snow and frigid temps. And I have an all-day, outdoors walking tour to conduct on Saturday. Brrrr. By the time you read this, I could be a block of ice. Folks here in Mississippi love to talk about the weather though more often than not it leans toward heat and humidity and umpteen inches of rain. We’re prepared for a little snow and ice now and then and even a week’s worth of Arctic cold. If it gets too chilly, we just crank up the heat and make the obligatory run to the market for bread and milk. To hear some locals talk about this weekend’s weather, you’d think we’re looking at a winter in Buffalo or Pittsburg. Heaven forbid. It could be worse. Consider for a moment the plight of the average soldier some 150 years ago. Whether he wore blue or gray, he had to carry on during extremes of weather, too often with poor clothes and a leaky tent. In addition, the weather could, and did, affect the tactics and strategies of the day. A good plan could be ruined by rain and a battlefield disaster could be averted by a timely downpour. The divided country was fighting during the tail end of what meteorologists call the “Little Ice Age.” From roughly 1310 to 1850 the planet had cooled just enough to disrupt weather patterns, which in turn caused brutal winters and advancing glaciers. Oddly enough, the cooler weather also brought on heat and drought. When the war broke out in 1861, the weather conditions were still erratic and, as always, difficult to predict. The weather in Northeast Mississippi during 1862 is a fitting example. In the wake of the Battle of Shiloh, in early April, the defeated Confederate army entrenched itself in Corinth, awaiting the arrival of three Union armies. The march from Shiloh to Corinth was a mere 25 miles, a long day’s march, provided of course the weather cooperated. It did not. About the time the Federals set out on the march to Mississippi, it began to rain. Streams and creeks which could usually be stepped across became rushing brown rivers. Bridges had to be built. Not just foot bridges, but sturdy spans strong enough to support heavily laden wagons and cumbersome siege artillery. Bottom lands turned into oceans of mud. Soldiers had to construct roads by laying logs one next to the
Snow covers a cannon outside the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center.
Civil War soldiers engage in a snowball fight. other in a labor-intensive act known as “corduroy.” A movement which should have taken days stretched into weeks. Pvt. Charles Hart, 15th Illinois Infantry, did a good job of describing the mess in a letter home to mom. “We started early in the morning and it commenced raining soon after we started. Sometimes stopping for one hour in mud knee deep. No place to rest. I can describe it no better than to say it was just awful.” At the end of May, the Confederates moved on to Tupelo, the Union moved into Corinth and the rain moved out of Mississippi. For the next five months, what rain that did fall gave little relief to the parched ground and a drought settled over the region. Wells went dry and the flooded creeks disappeared altogether.
In the wake of the Battle of Shiloh, in early April, the defeated Confederate army entrenched itself in Corinth, awaiting the arrival of three Union armies. The march from Shiloh to Corinth was a mere 25 miles, a long day’s march, provided of course the weather cooperated. It did not. Twenty year-old Pvt. Thomas Christie of the 1st Minnesota Light Artillery complained, “The weather here is extremely hot and dry compelling us to keep in the shade, (or take a Siesta) between the hours of 10 and 4 and to haul our water 2 miles in barrels. The ground is baked like marble and the roads are 10 inches deep in dust.” Along with the hot
weather came an occasional freakish phenomenon known as an “acoustic shadow.” During the Battle of Iuka in September, a combination of humidity, topography and a light north wind worked together to render the sound of fighting impossible to hear from as little as two miles away. Northern reinforcements, waiting to “pitch in” when
they heard the sound of battle, stood idly by while the battle raged just to the south of them. In October of ’62 the Confederates returned to Corinth in a bid to take back our strategic railroad town. The timing could not have been worse, weather wise that is. Over two days of fighting, the soldiers suffered from temperatures that soared near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Drinking water had to be brought to the front in large barrels carried by wagons. Dozens of men passed out and even died from the effects of high heat and wool uniforms. Less than two weeks later, the landscape was covered with snow. “This morning awoke and found one inch of snow overspreading the ground,” wrote Pvt. Charles Stevens of the
47th Illinois Infantry. “Never before have I seen snow covering all the face of nature while yet the trees were arrayed in summer attire.” Soldiers still wearing their thin summer uniforms shivered until warm overcoats were issued. Many of the poorly supplied Confederates were not so lucky. One soldier of the 1st Mississippi Cavalry recalled wearing seven shirts in place of a jacket he did not have. At last came December and the mercury hit the bottom of the thermometer. Confederate cavalry on a raid to Holly Springs rode their horses during one of the coldest snaps remembered. No fires were allowed lest the enemy detect their position. The raid was a success and the Union supply depot was burned to the ground … but not before each of the freezing Confederates outfitted himself in a new set of warm blue clothes. Even then, nothing felt better on a chilled Southerner like a nice warm Union suit. So what do you do when faced with snow, snow and more snow? A snowball fight, of course. In early 1864 the Confederate army was in North Georgia and up to their knees in the white stuff. Gen. Patrick Cleburne’s Division took the fun to the next level and had an actual battle. One brigade of Arkansas troops attacked another and Cleburne placed himself at the head of his former command and led the charge. Snowballs filled the air! One brigade would have the advantage and then the other would counterattack and drive them back. In the heat of battle, Gen. Cleburne was captured but quickly released on parole. Haversacks were filled with snowballs and a new offensive was launched. Once again, Cleburne was captured. A mock trial was held in the field. In the real business of war a soldier on parole was not allowed to fight until he had been administratively exchanged with another soldier. Anyone caught fighting while technically still on parole could be imprisoned or even executed. Various punishments were considered but, because it was his first offense, Cleburne was again released. He responded by ordering a ration of whisky to be poured for all of the combatants. The men gathered around the fires, sang songs, and tried not to think of the dangers that lay ahead when the snow melted and the real war would resume. (Tom Parson is a National Park Service ranger at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center.)
1931 posting includes election day, church events (The following community information was found in a column titled “Burnsville Items” in The Vidette, Iuka, Aug. 6, 1931.)
Burnsville Items The revival meeting began at the M. E. Church Sunday with Rev. Fred Sartain doing the preaching. Several from here are planning to attend the annual camp meeting that will begin in Shiloh Park next Sunday with Bro. N. B. Hardeman preaching. Mr. and Mrs. Victor White of Haleyville, Ala., are visiting his mother, Mrs. J. W. White. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis and
Mr. J. E. Clement of Belmont, Miss., were visiting relatives here Sunday. We are very sorry to reRaNae port the death Vaughn of Mr. Lester Whitaker, who Historically passed away Speaking this Wednesday morning. Rev. Gunthorp, Rev. Roland, and Rev. Sartain conducted the funeral services Thursday morning at the Baptist Church, and the remains were laid to rest in Burnsville Cemetery. Mr. Whitaker left a wife, two children and parents, two sisters,
and two brothers, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his passing away. Most everybody in Burnsville attending the baptizing Sunday afternoon. We are sorry to report that Mrs. D.L. Epperson is mighty poorly at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Foote of Calhoun City, Miss., attended the funeral of Mr. Whitaker and are staying over a few days with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Walker and Mr. Jess Choate of Calhoun City arrive for election day, and we do hope everybody votes right. Mrs. John Floyd and her mother, Mrs. J.M. Woodruff, of
Corinth, were pleasant visitors here last Thursday. Mr. George Busby of Sheffield, Ala., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Choate Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Timbes of Tuscumbia, Ala., are visiting relatives here today. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Finger and Mr. and T.N. Dilworth were transacting business in Memphis one day last week. The Baptist meeting closed last Saturday night week with 12 additions to the church. Mrs. Edna Blakney is visiting her sons in Texas and Arkansas, and will be gone till in the early fall. She will be very much missed at home, but we know she will
enjoy the visit out west. Mrs. Nathan Fowler of Russellville, Ala., is visiting her sister here, Mrs. James Leitch. Mr. R.E. Floyd and son, Odus, from Alachua, Fla., are spending several days here with his sister, Mrs. Blanche Smith. The big day is here. Guess we better be going to the polls and cast our vote. So goodbye and happy day for all the sick candidates! (Daily Corinthian columnist RaNae Vaughn is board member and in charge of marketing and publications for the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 203, Iuka, MS 38852.)
Celebrations
2B • Daily Corinthian
Anniversary 50th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. David Hickman will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on March 7, 2013. Family and friends are invited to a reception in their honor on Saturday, March 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jacinto Senior Center, hosted by the couple’s children. No gifts, please. Mr. and Mrs. David Hickman
2oth Century Study Club begins new year Special to the Daily Corinthian
The first meeting of the 20th Century Study Club for the new year was held at the home of Mrs. James Brawner on Jan. 22. Twelve members and one guest enjoyed a delicious dessert plate. Mary Linda Moore, family resource director for the Mississippi State Extension Service, was then introduced as the guest speaker. Moore, who services 22 counties, presented an informative program titled, “Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?” dealing
with the distribution of family property. Leaflets were distributed to club members defining the many issues to be considered when allotting possessions. Moore emphasized fairness to all family members and avoidance of conflicts were important goals. Mrs. Gerald Cranford, president of the club, presided over the business session and a note of thanks was read from the Amen Food Pantry for the club’s December donation. The meeting was then adjourned.
Mary Linda Moore, who services 22 counties, presented an informative program titled, “Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?” dealing with the distribution of family property.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Married couple could see space Tycoon wants to send couple on Mars flyby BY SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It’s a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built spaceship to slingshot around the red planet and come back home, hopefully with their bodies and marriage in one piece after 501 days of no-escape togetherness in a cramped capsule half the size of an RV. Under the audacious but bare-bones plan, the spacecraft would blast off less than five years from now and pass within 100 miles of the Martian surface. The cost was not disclosed, but outsiders put it at more than $1 billion. The team of space veterans behind the project hasn’t quite figured out the technical details of the rocket they will use or the capsule the husband-and-wife astronauts will live in during the 16-month voyage. But they know it will be an adventure not for the weak of body or heart. “This is not going to be an easy mission,” chief technical officer and potential crew member Taber MacCallum said. “We called it the Lewis and Clark trip to Mars.” The trying circumstances include: no showers, limits on toilet paper and clothing, drinking water made from the
Announcement from
Rosemary & Sandy Williams For the past seven years we have enjoyed serving the Corinth area with quality jewelry, china, silverware, crystal, linens, and a variety of gifts including fine art and garden ornaments. Due to health issues, we regret that we will be unable to continue operating this historic business. Waits Jewelry was established 148 years ago and the store is still adorned with many of the features created by its founder, E. F. Waits, Sr. We are using this means to get the word out in hopes that someone will step forward to carry on this unique business. It is truly an asset to downtown Corinth. If you or any of your acquaintances have a serious interest we will be glad to discuss this unique opportunity. You may call Rosemary at 662 284-8341 or Sandy at 662 643-5035. To fi nd out more about Waits Jewelry, access www.waitsjewelryandgifts.com.
crew members’ recycled urine and sweat, and almost no privacy. But the flight also comes with never-before-seen views of Mars. And there’s ample time for zero-gravity sex in space, something NASA doesn’t like to talk about. As for why a man and a woman will be selected, “this is very symbolic and we really need it to represent humanity,” MacCallum said. He said if it is a man and a woman on such a long, close-quarters voyage, it makes sense for them to be married so that they can give each other the emotional support they will probably need when they look out the window and see Earth get smaller and more distant: “If that’s not scary, I don’t know what is.” The private, nonprofit project, called Inspiration Mars, will get initial money from NASA engineer-turned-multimillionaire investment consultant Dennis Tito, the first space tourist. The organizers hope to raise the rest through donations, advertising and media partnerships. NASA, which has talked about sending astronauts to orbit Mars by the mid-2030s, will not be involved in this project. Instead, its backers intend to use a ship built by other aerospace companies, employing an austere design that could take people to Mars for a fraction of what it would cost the space agency to do with robots, officials said. Even though some of the hardware hasn’t even
been built, Tito said he is confident everything will come together by 2018 with no test flights. It will be a strippeddown mission when it comes to automation and complexity, meaning the couple will have to fix things on the fly like TV’s MacGyver and do more piloting than on NASA vehicles, said chief medical officer Jonathan Clark. The flight is timed to take advantage of the once-in-a-generation close approach of the two planets’ orbits. The timeline calls for launch on Jan. 5, 2018, the Mars flyby on Aug. 20, 2018, and a return to Earth on May 21, 2019. It involves huge risk, more than a government agency like NASA would normally permit, officials concede. For example, the spaceship will fly during a period when galactic cosmic rays will be high because of the sunspot cycle. That will increase the crew’s cancer risk by about 3 percent, which is more than on any NASA mission, Clark said. The ship would also reenter Earth’s atmosphere at twice the speed of ordinary space capsules, something Tito said still needs to be worked out. “Life is risky,” said Clark, a former NASA flight surgeon whose astronaut wife died in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia accident. “Anything that’s worth it is worth putting it all at stake for.” What may be most at stake is the crew members’ marriage. The couple will be selected within a year.
MacCallum and his wife, Jane Poynter, hope to be picked. They were a couple when they participated in Biosphere 2, a sort of giant terrarium that was supposed to replicate a mission on another planet. Poynter said it was such a fraught experience psychologically that some participants wouldn’t talk to each other for most of the two years. But MacCallum said it brought him and Poynter closer together. He said the right couple going to Mars, if screened and counseled ahead of time, would come back with a stronger marriage. Poynter said the husband and wife need to be even-tempered. Clark said they should be postchildbearing age because of exposure to radiation. Poynter is 50, MacCallum 48. For the 30 years NASA has been flying men and women, it has avoided the question of sex in space. MacCallum said it will happen: “It’s a man and wife. Private time. Let your imagination run wild.” In a statement, NASA spokesman David Steitz said the venture validates President Barack Obama’s decision to rely more on private sector ingenuity to explore space, and is “a testament to the audacity of America’s commercial aerospace industry and the adventurous spirit of America’s citizen-explorers.” He said “NASA will continue discussions with Inspiration Mars to see how the agency might collaborate on mutually beneficial activities.”
‘You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown’ takes center stage Special to the Daily Corinthian
Come see the characters of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Patty and Woodstock come to life in this delightful musical full of witty and charming cartoon-like moments. Based on the loveable Peanuts gang, created by Charles Schulz, these kids, dog and bird have been household names for more than half a century. They have warmed our hearts, made us chuckle at their lovable quirks, and will now grace our intimate stage. Charlie Brown just
wants to win the heart of the Little Red-Haired Girl, while Snoopy and Linus want to daydream. Meanwhile, the rest of the group battles book reports, kites, baseball and misunderstandings in this classic Broadway musical based on the iconic comic characters of Charles Schulz. “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” will play at the Magnolia Civic Center/ Cine` Theater in New Albany. Performances will be held March 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. nightly. For advance tickets, call New Albany Main Street at
662-534-3438. Or visit the UCDA/ New Albany Main Street office in person. The theater box office will open one hour prior to show time. Orchestra Level seating is $10 and Balcony Level seating is $8. (The Tallahatchie River Players is a community-based organization. For more information on upcoming shows or how to become involved with TRP, visit www. tallahatchieriverplayers. com or visit the Facebook Group Page, Keyword: Tallahatchie River Players.)
Starkville’s garden expo will be March 22-23 Special to the Daily Corinthian
STARKVILLE — The Starkville Area Arts Council will present the 5th annual Everything Garden Expo on March 22 and 23. The event will be held at the Mississippi Horse Park and takes place from 9 a.m to 7 p.m. both days. The general admission price is $5 and children under six years old are free. In order to attract more people to the event, Ali Jones, Everything Garden Expo chair, said, “For the 5th anniversary of the EGE, the Steering Committee decided to move the event to a Friday and Saturday instead of Saturday and Sunday. We took the advice from our vendors, speakers and customers.” The Everything Garden Expo has much
to offer to people of all ages and levels of gardening. Along with many garden vendors, there will be all types of gardening information booths and noted speakers hosting seminars each day. Educational exhibits and children’s programs are also part of the many activities. The Starkville Area Arts Council (SAAC) is proud to bring this expo to Starkville and appreciates the support of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mississippi Arts Commission. Additional information about the SAAC can be found at www.starkvillearts.org. Sponsorships, program ad space and volunteer opportunities are available. Contact the SAAC office at 662-324-3080.
Tickets available to hear Duck Dynasty’s Robertson Special to the Daily Corinthian
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Freed-Hardeman University’s Sports Advisory Council has announced a second appearance by Phil Robertson, star of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty,” at its annual benefit. The speech is set for May 4 at 3 p.m. in Loyd Auditori-
um. Tickets are available for the speech only; dinner is not included. No general admission tickets remain; however, priority seating on the first eight rows of the auditorium is available for $100. Other main floor seats cost $50 and can be purchased by calling
the athletics office at 731989-6900 or 731-9896901. Ticket sales had been curtailed for the event because of space limitations; however, Mike McCutchen, FHU athletic director, was able to schedule a matinee appearance by Robertson.
3B • Daily Corinthian
Outdoors
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Youth turkey season could leave lasting impression Recruiting new hunters is vital for ensuring the longevity of our hunting heritage and, ideally, the best time to get someone interested in the outdoor shooting sports is at an early age. Next weekend, area hunters will once again have the opportunity to do their part in making a proper introduction. The Mississippi youth turkey season opens on Saturday, March 8 and goes through March 14. Youth hunters 15 years of age and younger may harvest one gobbler of any age or beard length per day, not exceeding more than 3 birds throughout the spring season. There are a number of reasons as to why turkey hunting would be a great way to initially introduce a young person to the out-
doors. In turkey hunting, the hunter is always doing someDavid thing. D e e r Green and other Outdoors wildlife feed on many of the same food sources as the turkey, but how they are usually hunted pales in comparison. All hunting requires some patience. However, it’s not like you’re sitting around like a knot on a log in a box stand or with your back up against a tree trunk doing nothing while staring out into the wild blue yonder hoping for game to come wandering by. Turkey hunters are al-
Odds are better than average for youth hunters to experience the heart-pounding excitement of hearing a gobbler blowing the woods up. ways doing something such as making calls in hopes of getting a response from a lonesome tom or moving to another location seeking a better set-up, which is a good thing if the primary hunter tagging along happens to be a slightly impatient young person. One the same note, most young people want action and they want it fast. That’s the second good reason to introduce a first-time youth hunter to turkey hunting. Considering the wild turkey population is in
better shape than it’s been in a long time, odds are better than average for youth hunters to experience the heart-pounding excitement of hearing a gobbler blowing the woods up. Mississippi is home to one of the largest wild turkey populations anywhere in the country, and it’s no exception here on the local level. Barring something unforeseen, area hunters who put in their time and effort should have a real good chance for a productive season.
Before I move on to the third reason, I want to leave the youth hunters with this tip in regards to patience: Each time you set up and call, stay put for a minimum of 30 minutes whether you get a reply or not. Be alert and keep your gun in a ready position. Just because a gobbler didn’t respond after your calling sequence doesn’t mean he isn’t coming. Sometimes a gobbler will slip in silently to see what all the mayhem is about. Other times, a jealous girlfriend is liable to drag her boyfriend right in front of your gun barrel. The third reason for getting youth involved in turkey hunting is the impression it can leave. I’m sure all of you veteran hunters remember
taking your first turkey. Hearing the thunderous gobbles, seeing him all fanned-out and in full strut as he moved inch by inch ever so slowly into gun range, sending chills down your spine before making the shot. Well, just imagine how a 15 year old or younger would feel under the same situation. An impression like that is bound to make he or she hunters for life. (Daily Corinthian columnist and Alcorn County resident David Green is an avid hunter and fisherman in the Crossroads area. Anyone wishing to share their own unique outdoor story or have any news to report pertaining to the outdoors, David can be contacted at dgreen_outdoors@yahoo.com.)
Fishermen on the prowl for trophy fish in Mississippi BY BRIAN ALBERT BROOM The Clarion-Ledger
JACKSON — When James Allen of Crystal Springs caught his 15.4-pound behemoth largemouth at Calling Panther Lake in 2011, what some anglers had thought for several years became crystal clear to them: The next state record bass would be caught there. But two years later, Allen’s fish is still the lake record and since then, Jeff Foster of Tupelo landed a 17.34-pound monster at Davis Lake near Tupelo, coming close to the 18.15-pound state record caught by Anthony Denny at Natchez State Park in 1992. With sows growing heavier by the day as the spawn approaches, many anglers have their sights set on trophy fish and several lakes in Mississippi show promise of producing. Given recent events, the most obvious of them is Davis Lake. Davis is a 200-acre U.S. Forest Ser-
vice lake and has been coming on strong. “We were there last week and there was a boat there with two over 10 pounds,” said Ron Garavelli, director of fisheries at the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Those two 10-pounders are not alone as Davis has been producing trophysize bass for several years. Foster, who has been fishing the lake for about 6 years, talked of many trips when he and partners pulled in monsters. “There’s tons of over10s out there,” he said. Garavelli said another lake that is raising eyebrows is Neshoba Lake near Philadelphia. He said the lake was drawn down and deepened in 2003 and the operation was tough. “There is no telling how many track hoes and dozers we got stuck in that lake,” said Garavelli. “We had to have equipment to pull out equipment.” Neshoba Lake manager Chuck Hazelwood thinks the effort was worth it
Take action to stop poisonings BY JAMES L. CUMMINGS Conservation Corner
March is Poison Prevention Month with March 17 - 23 designated as Poison Prevention Week. The third week in March each year is nationally recognized to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 57 Poison Control Centers across the United States. More than 90 percent of these poisonings occur in the home. The majority of non-fatal poisonings occur in children younger than 6 years old. The first step in preventing unintentional poisoning is to keep medications and common household chemicals out of sight and out of reach of children. You should store medications, cleaners and chemicals in locked cabinets and on higher shelves. Special locks and safety latches are available for cabinets and drawers. If there are young children in your home, always ask your pharmacist for child-proof containers. One should never refer to medication as candy and don’t make a game of taking medication. You should teach children to ask an adult before putting anything into their
mouths and since children like to imitate adults, avoid taking medications in front of them. Never store chemicals or cleaning products in unmarked containers or food and beverage containers. There are many colorful drinking products on the market and each year thousands of adults and children mistake poisonous chemicals for what they thought were harmless drinks of lemonade or juice. Some pharmacies stock poison first aid kits. These kits contain syrup of ipecac, activated charcoal and Epsom salts. You would use these products only after seeking professional advice as to whether to induce vomiting or not. NEVER treat your child unless you have spoken to a poison control center, your physician or hospital emergency room first. The number to the Poison Control Center is 1-800-222-1222. For more information, go to www. poisonprevention.org. (Daily Corinthian columnist James L. Cummins is executive director of Wildlife Mississippi, a non-profit, conservation organization founded to conserve, restore and enhance fish, wildlife and plant resources throughout Mississippi. Their website is www.wildlifemiss.org.)
“We really have not had a lot of fishing pressure down there like we have on Panther and Neshoba where people are coming from all over.” Ron Garavelli Director of fisheries, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and said, “Every indication is that it is going to be a good year. The month of March, hang on!” Hazelwood said the lake is steadily giving up 10-, 11- and 12-pound fish and the lake record stands at 14 pounds, caught by Ryan Porter of Florence in 2009. Hazelwood added that many of the trophy-class fish were released by the anglers to fight another day. While 14 pounds is impressive by any standard, Hazelwood said there are fish in the lake that will blow 14 pounds out of the water and knows of one in particular. “Last year she was knocking pound to pound-and-a-half chin-
quapins up on the pads. She looked like a hog going after slop. I’d like to see her up close,” Hazelwood said. “She looks like she has a five-gallon bucket for a mouth.” Though some anglers are disappointed that Calling Panther has not produced a fish over 15 pounds in the last two years, it has still provided more than its share of 10-pound-plus fish. Mike Brower of Vicksburg was one of those anglers lucky enough to wrangle one in the boat this year. Brower said he and his partner, Joel Edwards of Clinton, were fishing in the creek channel when he saw fish suspended from 6 to 10 feet deep. He
picked up a rod and started running a crankbait around some structure. After running his bait near it twice, he threw the proverbial “one more cast.” “At first it felt like I was hung until my line broke to the left and being that the water was clear, I saw the belly of the fish as she rolled,” said Brower. Not wasting any time, Edwards grabbed the net and scooped up a 10-pound, 2-ounce sow. Coincidentally, Brower said it was the same spot where Edwards had caught an 11-pounder the previous winter. Off the radar of many anglers, Garavelli said Lake Mike Conner in Covington County is one to watch. Somewhat out of the way, Garavelli talked about use of the little 80acre lake and said, “We really have not had a lot of fishing pressure down there like we have on Panther and Neshoba where people are coming from all over.” Lake manager Gary
Berteau said, “Every year I have several 6- to 9-pound fish.” But over the last two years, he is seeing more of them. Berteau credits part of this change to habitat improvement. He explained that the lake was lacking grass or other cover for the fish, so underwater structure has been placed in the lake over the last few years. Another key factor that has increased the quality of the fish at Conner is the good old fish fry. Berteau said the traditional catchand-release policy of many anglers left the lake with a lot of bass under a pound. After convincing some of the anglers to keep the smaller fish, he said Conner is realizing its potential. According to Berteau, “When we electroshocked back in the fall, we shocked up a lot more 1to 2-pound fish whereas before, we didn’t even get that.” “The bass fishing is getting better,” said Berteau. “It’s managed better and we’re seeing better fish.”
2013
crossroads wedding planner Daily Corinthian
The Best Local Wedding Resources: “local experts for planning your perfect day”
We at the Daily Corinthian are proud to present a very select choice of local businesses to help make your wedding event a great success. Local businesses make sense and offer you a personal touch you’d be hard pressed to find from a large, out-of-market company.
Pick up your 2013 Crossroads Wedding Planner today at the following locations: Ann’s • Clausel Jewelry • Crossroads Arena • Emma’s Everything Gingers • Kates & Company • Lipchic Boutique • Little’s Jewelers The Daily Corinthian
4B • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
TV’s new drama ‘Vikings’ sheds light on Dark Ages BY SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press
ASHFORD, Ireland — If historical fiction guru Michael Hirst has his way, a legendary Viking raider named Ragnar soon will conquer North America on behalf of the History channel. History’s ambitious Dark Ages drama “Vikings,” debuting today after five months of filming in Ireland, dramatizes the myth-cloaked story of Ragnar Lothbrok, leader of a Viking people typically depicted as hornhelmeted brutes. Here’s one pointed clue that “Vikings” aims to smash a few stereotypes along with English skulls: There’s not a horned head in sight because real Vikings never wore them. This lavishly produced nine-parter, the biggest production ever commissioned by History with a reported budget of $40 million, seeks to get viewers rooting for the Norsemen even as they butcher defenseless Christians and loot their way
through Europe. With a cast including Gabriel Byrne, the series debuts on History Sunday at 9 p.m. after another big History miniseries, “The Bible.” “It’s always been in the background of my mind to do a Viking project,” said Hirst. Speaking to The Associated Press during the final weeks of shooting, in a rain-soaked ash forest in the Wicklow hills south of Dublin, Hirst said he loved poring over the history of an ill-understood person or period, then weaving it into compelling entertainment. Hirst, the showrunner and executive producer of “Vikings” as well as its sole writer, found working with 8th-century Scandinavian warriors a liberating experience because, while there’s such rich legend in Norse culture, there’s simply no written history from the illiterate Vikings’ point of view. “By definition, not as much is known about the Dark Ages. This is particularly true of the Vikings who were pagans
Cryptoquip
and didn’t write anything down,” he said as, in the distance, actors on horseback worked on a scene of Ragnar taking his son on a mission to a magical tree, one facet of Norse religious belief. “Because not a huge amount is known, that gives me some liberty. But I like working from historical material. I always start projects by reading as much research as possible.” “Vikings” employs much of the same Irish talent pool that crafted “The Tudors,” including production designer Tom Conroy and costume designer Joan Bergin, both Emmy winners for their “Tudors” creativity. It’s the first production to use Ireland’s brand-new Ashford Studios, where Conroy oversaw the construction of a Norse temple to the gods of Odin, Thor and Loki using design ideas distilled from trips to Scandinavian archaeology museums. On the nearby shores of Lough Tay, the filmmakers set the actors loose on a 56-foot reconstruction
of a dragon-headed Viking longboat. Wicklow’s relatively gentle, sloping hills did have to be manipulated with CGI technology into cliff-faced, snow-capped fjords. But other scenes of Irish rural beauty, such as the Powerscourt waterfall, feature prominently without alteration. For all the show’s stunning scenery and attention to production detail, its success or failure will hinge on the appeal of its characters. They may each be cleverly based on actual Viking warriors and deities, but that won’t mean much to an audience that mostly doesn’t know a Valkyrie from Valhalla. The biggest-name cast members are Gabriel Byrne (“In Treatment,” “The Usual Suspects”), who portrays a ruthless chieftain threatened by Ragnar’s ambition and popularity, and Jessalyn Gilsig (”Nip/Tuck”; Mrs. Schuester on “Glee”) as his mercilessly powerlusting wife. “Vikings” offers more of
a showcase for a quartet of lesser-known actors: Clive Standen, a 6-foot-2 Englishman whose skills in kickboxing, sword fighting and stunt work complement his portrayal of Ragnar’s hard-fighting brother Rollo; George Blagden as the doe-eyed Saxon monk whom Ragnar kidnaps, enslaves and ultimately befriends; Gustaf Skarsgaard, a son of Sweden’s best-known acting family, as a boatbuilding genius and ubereccentric named Floki; and perhaps above all Canadian-born Katheryn Winnick as Ragnar’s gorgeous warrior wife, who in real life has two martial-arts black belts and looks more than able to fight alongside the men as a “shield maiden.” But oh yes, Ragnar: Who’s he? In the production’s biggest gamble, it’s an Australian actor named Travis Fimmel, who shot to magazine and billboard fame a decade ago as Calvin Klein’s most highly paid male underwear model. His acting career
since has been humble. “Nobody knows me. I’m just a guy with a silly haircut,” said Fimmel, who for his role has shaved his hair into a Mohawk topped by an artificial braided ponytail, and a tattoo of a raven on one side of his mostly naked scalp. There’s no doubt Fimmel looks fine on horseback or skewering an enemy with his broadsword. But it’s an open question as to whether he has the dramatic chops to make audiences believe in his declared quest for knowledge, riches and power. Fimmel himself sounds unsure when asked if “Vikings” will win enough of a following to fight into a second season. “No idea man, it’s up to the audience and the suits,” he said. While the first season is expected to end with Ragnar triumphant versus Byrne’s earl, Hirst has picked a legend with legs: The real-life Ragnar spent decades expanding Viking sea routes and pushing armies all the way to a besieged Paris.
From eggs to big film: Tsujihara appointed head of Warner Bros. BY RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer
BURBANK, Calif. — There isn’t much “Hollywood” about Kevin Tsujihara. He spends most of his time in back-room meetings, away from the red carpets and spotlights for which the city is known. There are few photos of him online, and a few weeks ago, someone created the first page for him on Wikipedia. But, on Friday, the 48-year-old father of two, who grew up making deliveries as the son of egg distributors, became the CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The thirdgeneration JapaneseAmerican will be the first Asian-American to head a Hollywood studio. And Warner Bros. isn’t just any studio. It is one of the world’s largest entertainment companies and the fount from which recent Oscar winner “Argo” sprang. Tsujihara’s rise at Warner Bros., and his appointment as CEO, is a testament to his hard work, humility and willingness to take risks. It’s also a sign of the progress Japanese-Americans have made in the last 70 years. During World War II, Tsujihara’s parents, like thousands of Japanese families living in the U.S., were branded by the federal government as traitors and forced to live in internment camps. They had their property confiscated and had to rebuild from scratch when the war was over. The Tsujihara family’s struggle lends deeper meaning to Kevin’s accomplishments. “The one thing I kind of regret and am sad about is that I couldn’t share this with my dad,” Tsujihara said during an emotional moment in his office on the studio lot. “He would be shocked. I think my dad would think it’s not even in the realm of possibility. Not because he didn’t think I was great. But I don’t think he thought these opportunities would exist for us.” Last month’s appointment of Tsujihara came as a surprise. Although he was in the running to replace Barry Meyer as chief executive, he wasn’t exactly the front-runner. Most observers believed the job would go to one of two colleagues with whom Tsujihara shared the office of the president — Warner Bros. Pictures president Jeff
Robinov or Warner Bros. Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum. Robinov had overseen production of the hugely successful “Dark Knight” series. Rosenblum helped turn the studio into Hollywood’s largest producer of TV shows. Meanwhile, Tsujihara had been in charge of driving consumption of movies on disc and in digital formats during a difficult transition period for the film industry. Hollywood trade publications suggest that Tsujihara was the top choice in the end because he maintained a humble demeanor and didn’t campaign for the job. It also didn’t hurt that he gets along well with Jeff Bewkes, the CEO of parent Time Warner Inc. With the parent company increasingly betting its future on the value of its content, rather than the way it’s delivered, a digital strategist would seem logical anywhere but in Hollywood, where relationships with directors and actors are given primacy. Tsujihara said his relative status as an outsider helped him challenge the status quo at a time when the industry began suffering from the collapse of DVD sales. Tsujihara grew up making deliveries for his parents’ egg distribution business in Petaluma, Calif., a community of 58,000 north of San Francisco that once was known as “The Egg Capital of the World.” One summer his father made him take a job on a farm where he had to clean up chicken excrement and sort eggs on a conveyor belt. Apart from the work, Tsujihara had a relatively carefree childhood. His junior high school history teacher, Stephen Lamb, remembers him being a smart student who could concern himself with things other than school. The young Tsujihara wrote in Lamb’s yearbook, “Number one, the Giants are going to win the pennant, number two, pro wrestling is real, and number three, roller derby is real.” “He told me he was going to come and collect his $20 when the Giants won,” said Lamb, a lifetime Cardinals fan. “He was a neat kid to have around. Everybody liked him.” After Tsujihara graduated from the University of Southern California
with an accounting degree in 1986, he got a job as a manager at Ernst & Young’s entertainment division working on audits, mergers and acquisitions. One of his major clients was Warner Bros. He started at Warner Bros. in 1994, overseeing the studio’s interest in theme park operator Six Flags. Gradually he tacked on more responsibilities, coming to direct the company’s efforts distributing movies on discs and over digital formats and helping to guide strategy. In 2005, Tsujihara became president of the studio’s newly created home entertainment unit overseeing movies and video games. Over the years, he’s gained a reputation for being a savvy-yet-personable businessman. He’s helped brainstorm key company strategies. He pushed the studio to be the first to sell movie discs compatible with UltraViolet, a system of recording disc purchases in online lockers so they can be played over the Internet. The fledgling system has had its hiccups, but Tsujihara believes it’s a way to transition consumers from disc purchases to digital ones — and return the industry to growth in the next few years. Even amid all the dealmaking, Tsujihara has never lost sight of his roots. In 2006, filmmaker Kerry Yo Nakagawa sent him a rough cut of “American Pastime,” a low-budget movie about Japanese American internees who played baseball inside the camps. Tsujihara took it home for Christmas and showed it to his mother, Miyeko (“Mickey”), who is 85. She was deeply moved. He brought Warner Bros. in as a distributor and helped the movie get seen in more theaters and on TV networks such as ESPN Classic. The studio even set up a night for the Dodgers pro baseball team to promote the film. “He moved mountains for this movie,” Nakagawa said. “If we didn’t have a friend like Kevin, it probably wouldn’t have found a distributor.” For Nakagawa, Tsujihara’s promotion ranks way up there with other big Japanese-American firsts — like the first congressman, Sen. Daniel Inouye, or the first to board a shuttle into space, Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka. “It gives me tremendous, tremendous pride,” Nakagawa said.
REVERSE YOUR AD FOR $1.00 EXTRA Call 662-287-6147 for details.
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 5B
0244 Trucking DRIVER TRAINEES Needed Now! At Stevens Transport New drivers earn $750/wk. No CDL? No Problem! CDL & Job-Ready In 15 days! Call Today 1-888-540-7364
GARAGE /ESTATE SALES
Household 0509 Goods 3 1/2 TON heat pump A/C unit, good cond., $400. 662-603-4154. KENMORE 17 cu. ft. refrigerator/freezer, clean, works well, $100. 662286-6917.
DRIVERS-COMPETITIVE Benefits. New Terminal. Musical Avg. income 2011. $66K. 0512 Merchandise MEDICAL CAREERS be- CDL-A, 1 yr. exp. req. gin here - Train ONLINE A&R Transport - Jason. 1936 WURLITZER baby grand butterfly electric for Allied Health and 888-202-0004. piano, in good cond. & Medical Management. can be played. Rare anJob placement assisttique piece. Only 6 ance. Computer available. Financial Aid if TEAM DRIVERS - Olive made. $500. 287-6993. qualified. SCHEV author- B r a n c h , M i s s i s s i p p i . ized. Call 877-206-5185. Good Miles/Pay/Super: 0518 Electronics www.CenturaOnline. Benefits/Equip./Touch com Free Freight, Quarterly FLOOR MODEL 32" TV, WORK ON JET ENGINES - Bonus, Pet Friendly! good cond., $40. 286Train for hands on Avi- CDL-A, 2 yrs. OTR exp., 3837 or leave message. ation Career. FAA ap- Clean Criminal Backproved program. Finan- ground. Call HR 800-789- PORTABLE DIRECT TV 4 5 1 , Satellite for RV or cial aid if qualified - Job 8 placement assistance. w w w . l o n g i s t i c s . c o m Camping use. NEVER
0180 Instruction
CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance. 866-455 -4317.
PETS
USED. Dual receiver cap. $125. 318-729-0819
Lawn & Garden
0521 Equipment
EMPLOYMENT
TROYBILT WEEDEATER w/brush cutter & tiller attachments. $150. 7311 SMALL Pappy Pom, 10 CAUTION! ADVERTISE- wks.; 2 small Cha-Poms, 645-0049. MENTS in this classifica- 14 wks., CKC reg., S&W, Sporting tion usually offer in- $150 cash. 662-665-1364.
0232 General Help
formational service of products designed to help FIND employment. Before you send money to any advertiser, it is your responsibility to verify the validity of the offer. Remember: If an ad appears to sound “too good to be true�, then it may be! Inquiries can be made by contacting the Better Business Bureau at 1-800987-8280.
HELP WANTED. Administrative Assistant for local company marketing department. Afternoons & early evening hours (20-30 hrs. per wk.) Must be willing to work flexible schedule. G oo d ph o n e s k i l l s a must. $10.25 per hr. to start. Call 662-808-3596 or 662-808-3598, 10am 4:30pm to schedule possible interview.
0320 Cats/Dogs/Pets
0527 Goods
HAWKINS-THOMPSON Center 45 caliber 2 FREE DOGS to good muzzle loader, like new, home: 1 1/2 yr. old Bor$300. 731-646-0984 or der Collie & Aust. Shep731-632-4604. herd mix. Neut./spayed. All S&W. 462-7417.
0533 Furniture
FARM
0430 Feed/Fertilizer
Misc. Items for 0563 Sale
0539 Firewood
MERCHANDISE
CORNER TV entertainment center by Ashley, like new, dk. wood grain, 42w x 20d x 32h. Model W527-17. $200. 318-729-0819.
Homes for 0710 Sale
Homes for 0710 Sale
AMERICA'S BEST BUY! 20 3BR/2BA, lots closets & acres-Only $99/month. cabs, lg out bldg/shop, $ 0 D o w n , N o C r e d i t Checks. MONEY BACK fenced b.y. 286-5116. GUARANTEE. Owner Financing. West Texas. 8 CR 522, Corinth Beautiful Mountain Fantastic home for Views! Free Color Brogrowing family. 2 livchure. 1-800-755-8953. ing areas, breakfast www.sunsetranches. nook, formal dining com room, office or 5th bedroom, basement with gaming area, large laundry, situated on 2 acres with 5 additional DOUBLE LOT with snow acres that can be pur- cone bldg + add'l sm chased as well! Large bldg, 9 CR 7422, off Airdeck, shop, pond and port Rd. 616.819.9057 lots of room to roam! Priced reduced! By appointment, 662-284Mobile Homes 0741 5379.
OAK FIREWOOD, $100 a HUD c o r d , d e l i v e r e d & 20+ WOMEN'S purses, PUBLISHER’S stacked. 662-603-9057. some w/flower designs. NOTICE $25-$30. 662-415-4567. All real estate advertMachinery & ised herein is subject to 0545 Tools NEW LARGE DOG HOUSE the Federal Fair HousHEAVILY INSULATED ing Act which makes it NEW HITACHI skill saw $125. illegal to advertise any w/hard case, $50. 731662-415-8180 preference, limitation, 645-0049. or discrimination based QUEEN HEADBOARD on race, color, religion, WOODEN - $25. Wanted to sex, handicap, familial 0554 Rent/Buy/Trade 662-415-8180 status or national origin, or intention to GRAHAM LUMBER REVERSE YOUR make any such preferCO., LLC AD FOR $1.00 ences, limitations or WANTS TO PURCHASE discrimination. EXTRA STANDING TIMBER PLEASE CONTACT: Call 662-287-6147 State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, WAYMON SCROGGS for details. rental, or advertising of 931-209-7509 real estate based on OR factors in addition to STAN WILLIAMSON those protected under 662-279-5862 federal law. We will not knowingly accept any M&M. Cash for junk cars advertising for real es& trucks. We pick up. tate which is in viola662-415-5435 or 731-2394114. WANT TO make certain tion of the law. All peryour ad gets attention? sons are hereby inthat all dwellMisc. Items for Ask about attention formed ings advertised are getting graphics. 0563 Sale available on an equal FREE ADVERTISING opportunity basis. REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Advertise one item valued at $500 or less for free. Price must be in Unfurnished ad & will run for 5 days in Daily Corinthian, 1 0610 Apartments day in Reporter & 1 day in Banner Independent. CANE CREEK Apts., 1 mi. Ads may be up to ap- W. of Hosp., 72 & CR 735 prox. 20 words includ- in Kossuth/Corinth Sch. Dist. 2 BR, 1 BA, stv., ing phone number. frig., W&D h/u. $400. 287 The ads must be for -0105, 8-5, M-F. private party or personal mdse. & does not WEAVER APTS. 504 N. include pets, livestock Cass, 1 BR, scr.porch, (chickens, ducks, cattle, w/d. $375+util, 286-2255. goats, fish, hogs, etc), garage sales, hay, fireHomes for wood, & automobiles. 0620 Rent
NO BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL ADS ALLOWED! Email ad to: freeads @dailycorinthian.com
HORSE QUALITY, Tiffton HIDEAWAY COUCH, great 44 hay, lg. sq. bales, cond., $75. 662-396-4559. Or mail ad to Free Ads, $4.50. Fertilized & dry in P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, barn. 662-808-0291, CorMS 38835, fax ad to 662LIFT CHAIR inth. 287-3525 or bring ad to Beige, Ex Condition. 1607 S. Harper Rd., Cor$350. Call 662-607-3715 inth. VAUGHN HYBRID Ber- SOLID TEAKWOOD rectmuda hay, fertilized, angular dining table * N O P H O N E C A L L S horse quality, lg. sq. w/leaf and table pads. PLEASE. INCLUDE NAME bales, $4.50 ea. 731-609- Ex. condition. $150. 318- & ADDRESS FOR OUR RECORDS. 3730 or 731-376-0102. 729-0819
0734 Lots & Acreage
for Sale
WANT TO make certain your ad gets attention? Ask about attention getting graphics.
SALE - SALE - SALE Model Displays Must Go! New Spacious 4 BR, 2 BA homes starting at $43,500 Single Sections start at $29,500 Clayton Homes Hwy 72 West, Corinth, MS 1/4 mile past Magnolia Hospital
1211 CHILDS ST. 3 BR, 2 BA, C/H/A, w/appl. $450 mo. $200 dep. 284-8396. 2 BR house, all appl. furn., W&D hookup, lg. yard. 662-415-1463. LARGE 2 BR, 2 BA, 12 Ac, fully fenced, newly deco, appls, 2.8 miles from Seababies in TN. $700 mo. 731.345.6698
Mobile Homes 0675 for Rent REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Services
BUSINESS & SERVICE GUIDE Daily Corinthian And The Community Profiles RUN YOUR AD In TheFOR $ ONLY 200 A MONTH ON THIS PAGE (Daily Corinthian Only 165) $
BUDDY AYERS
CHIROPRACTOR
Construction & Crane Rental
Dr. Jonathan R. Cooksey Neck Pain • Back Pain Disc Problems Spinal Decompression Therapy
Loans $20-$20,000
DOZER & EXCAVATOR SERVICE House lots cleaned off, Culvert Installation & Concrete Work
Most Insurance Accepted Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. 9-5 3334 N. Polk Street Corinth, MS 38834 (662) 286-9950
Let us help you with your projects, big or small.
40 Years
FACTORY DIRECT PRICING
2006 Oak Lane
Corinth, MS 38834 MLS #10-315 FOR SALE BY OWNER. Rare find in a wonderful neighborhood! Great curb appeal! 3 beds, 2.5 baths with a play room or rec. room. Spacious bedrooms, hardwood floors and fireplace in living room. Kitchen is open with tile flooring. Nice screened back porch with privacy fence and manicured yard! $139,500. Call 662-424-0565 or 423-2441.
We haul: gravel & stone, rip-rap, Iuka gravel, pea & wash gravel, masonry sand, red fill sand, etc. for driveways & roads
All types of Counter Tops. Formica and Granite. We have them in stock and we can do all of the preparations for you.
Smith Cabinet Shop 1505 South Fulton Dr., Corinth, MS 662-287-2151
FREE ESTIMATES
287-2296
HOME REPAIRS
TORNADO SHELTERS Large full size 6x12 tall x 6’9� concrete
SOUTHERN HOME SAFETY, INC. TOLL FREE 888-544-9074 or 662-315-1695
www.southernhomesafety.com
outh Powder-Coating S d i M We offer Paint stripping and media blasting New Powder-Coating equipment including a 10’x20’ curing oven Automotive Parts Yard / Patio Furniture Decorative Iron Fences, Tools, Bicycles Deer Stands
Motorcycle/ Parts Utility Trailers Rails, Gates, Banisters Office Furniture Farm Equipment
SELDOM YOUR LOWEST BID ALWAYS YOUR HIGHEST QUALITY
• Carports • Vinyl Siding • Room Additions • Shingles & Metal Roofing • Concrete Drives • Interior & Exterior Painting FREE ESTIMATES 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE FULLY INSURED 731-689-4319 JIMMY NEWTON
Don’t Waste Your Money... Shop With Us! 8’X12’ Utility Building .....
11295 $ (8’ x 11’) 129 $ 4 x 8 Masonite 8� oc 1895st. $ 5/8-T1-11 siding 1595 $ 95 Foil Back Foamboard 1/2�....... 5 $ 95 Foil Back Faomboard 3/4� ..... 6 $ 95 Foil Back Foamboard 1� ........ 8 $ 00 1x6 & 1x8 White Pine Pattern 500 Board Air Compressors ...................
LET US SHOW YOU... Before you buy kitchen cabinets, let us show you what good quality should cost. Excellent prices. And we have been serving this area for many years.
Smith Cabinet Shop 1505 South Fulton Dr., Corinth, MS 662-287-2151
TWO AMAZING FAMILY HOMES
10 CR 318, 6 BR’s, 4.5 BA’s
60 CR 620
3110 heated sq. ft., 3 BR, 3 full BA w/4th full bath in garage. Newly remodeled master bath, laundry room, gas fireplace w/built-ins, 24x24 metal shop w/roll-up door & 24x14 side shed. All appliances included. On 2 acres. In Kossuth School district. By appt. REDUCED to $183,900. 662-415-5973 or 662-587-0055
$
Huge Selection of Area Rugs ............................... Starting at
.....................
1,000 Board Ft.
100sq. yd. $ 00 Vinyl Floor Remnants 1 $ 95 CROSSTIES 6 $ 25 Year 3 Tab Shingle 5495 35 Year Architectural $ 6295 Shingle ¢-$ 09 Laminate Floor From 39 1 $ 00-$ Pad for Laminate Floor 5 1000 $ Handicap Commodes 6995 $ Round Commodes 4995 Exterior Astro Turf
HOUSE FOR SALE
99500
$
(w/5’ Double Door)
.....
Call or come by for a free estimate Pick-Up & Delivery Available 662-427-9661 1-877-432-9774 Like us on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/PlantProcessSupport 50 Industrial Park Drive Burnsville MS 38833
40 A CR 520, 4 BR’s, 3.5 BA’s. View virtual tours At www. corinthhomes.com or Call Bailey Williams Realty at 662-286-2255 for more info
NEED NEW CABINETS? Very affordable at our modern cabinet mfg. plant. All wood construction. Numerous styles. Prefinished and ready for fast installation. Buy Factory Direct!
Smith Cabinet Shop 1505 South Fulton Dr. Corinth (Industrial Park) 662-287-2151
JIMCO ROOFING.
.............
$1,000,000 LIABILITY INSURANCE • SAME PHONE # & ADDRESS SINCE 1975 • LIFETIME WARRANTIED OWENS CORNING SHINGLES W/TRANSFERABLE WARRANTY (NO SECONDS) • METAL, TORCHDOWN, EPDM, SLATE, TILE, SHAKES, COATINGS. • LEAK SPECIALIST WE INSTALL SKYLIGHTS & DO CARPENTRY WORK
662-665-1133 662-286-8257
JIM BERRY, OWNER/INSTALLER
BEAUTIFY YOUR KITCHEN FOR 2013 It’s very easy and affordable at...
Smith Cabinet Shop Corinth Industrial Park 1505 South Fulton Dr., Corinth, MS 662-287-2151
$
...............
..............................................
PLUMBING & ELECTRIC
......
................................................
....
............
...............
.......................
12 x 12 Celotex Ceiling (40Sq Ft) ..............................................................
3995box
$
Licensed & Bonded
• Bucket Truck Service • Backhoe
Smith Discount 662-396-1023 Home Center JASON ROACH-OWNERR 412 Pinecrest Road t
1159 B CR 400 Corinth, MS 38834
6B • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
ADVERTISE IN THE DAILY CORINTHIAN 0515 Computer
Manufactured
0747 Homes for Sale
Are you� � having � �   computer problems? � €  We can help.
Is your � � important data ‚  secure? We offer an � ƒƒ off-site backup for you. ƒƒ € „� ƒ Call for details and � � ƒ pricing. www.tomlinsoncomputers.com
 Â€ Â? Â?  Â€ Â?‚ƒ Â?  € ƒ „ …‚ Â?  Â€€
Â
 Â? Â
Â
Â?
1604 S. Harper Rd., Corinth, MS 38834
CREDIT A little LOW? With a qualified income we CAN get you APPROVED on a new home with a score as low as 575 and only 10% down! AND that is with a fixed interest rate! Windham Homes Corinth, MS 1-888-287-6996
0208 Sales
Alcorn County Water Association will be taking bids for Manufactured jobLegals of maintaining the 0955 0747 Homes for Sale 0868 Cars for Sale the grounds at the Association of2000 MONTE CARLO, ma- fice, and the wells and treatroon, sun roof, $3600. TAX RETURN SPECIAL: ment plants at Glen, Jacinto, 662-415-6008. 2013 16x80 3 BR, 2 BA Biggersville, and Waukomis. Vinyl siding/ Anyone interested in submitshingled roof, FINANCIAL thermal windows, ting a bid may pick up a form 2"x6" walls during business hours at the glamour bath, black office at 116 S. Cass Street, LEGALS appliances, Corinth. Bids must be turned and much more. All for only $287.00 in at the office before 5:00 per month plus escrow. p.m. on March 12, 2013. For Legals 0955 Windham Homes questions, call 286-6689. Corinth, MS 1-888-287-6996
TRANSPORTATION
Trucks for 0864 Sale 1993 CHEVY extended cab PU, needs paint, good mechanical condition, $1250. Call after 5PM, 662-287-3504
Alcorn County Water Association Bids for Mowing
4t 2/24, 2/27, 3/3, 3/6/13 14115
HOME SERVICE DIRECTORY
Home Improvement & Repair
BUTLER, DOUG: Foundation, floor leveling, bricks cracking, rotten wood, basements, shower floor. Over 35 yrs. exp. Free est. 731 239-8945 or 662-284 6146.
Services
DIVORCE WITH or without children $125. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888-7337165. 24/7.
Storage, Indoor/ Alcorn County Water AssociOutdoor ation will be taking bids for Handyman AMERICAN the job of maintaining the MINI STORAGE ANDYMAN'S Home 2058 S. Tate grounds at the Association of- Hcare, anything. 662-643Across from fice, and the wells and treat- 6892. World Color ment plants at Glen, Jacinto, 287-1024 Hauling Biggersville, and Waukomis. MORRIS CRUM Anyone interested in submit- BIG D'S Hauling, LLC. MINI-STORAGE Owner, Dale Brock. 648 ting a bid may pick up a form 286-3826. R 600, Walnut, MS during business hours at the C38683. If you need it PROFESSIONAL office at 116 S. Cass Street, hauled, give us a call! 1SERVICE DIRECTORY Corinth. Bids must be turned 901-734-7660. in at the office before 5:00 0128 In Memoriam p.m. on March 12, 2013. For questions, call 286-6689.
MEDICAL SALES PROFESSIONAL NEEDED
Established medical equipment company looking for outstanding sales professional that will promote company’s diverse line 2/27, 3/3, 3/6/13 of products to a myriad of4t 2/24,healthcare 14115 providers in region. Duties include daily calling on referral sites and expanding influence, insuring paperwork follows strict CMS guidelines, monitoring paperwork flow so needs are met precisely as ordered by physicians. Qualifications: Bachelors in Business/Medical Field or equivalent experience (3+ years) in Health Industry. Competitive Comp Plan, PTO/Holidays, 401K, Bonuses. Fax Resume to: 901-432-6131. NO PHONE CALLS or EMAILS ACCEPTED regarding this opening. Interviews begin soon.
Kathy Howell March 3, 1952-2007 Kathy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 at the age of 50. With a smile on her face and a song in her heart, she battled so courageously for 5 years. Kathy would have celebrated her 61st birthday this year, and is missed more than words can say.
Reach 2.2 Million Readers Across The State Of Mississippi C l a s s e s -T r a i n i n g AIRLINES ARE HIRING - Train for hands on Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-455-4317. ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from Home. •Medical •Business •Criminal Justice •Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV authorized. Call 8 8 8 - 8 9 9 - 6 9 1 4 . www.CenturaOnline.com
E m p l o y m e n t- G e n e r a l GREAT MONEY - GREAT CAREER!! Earn $40,000-$80,000 a year! Benefits! NO EXPERIENCE - PAID TRAINING! HIRING NOW - YOUR AREA! SERVICE TECH CAREERS! Vehicle, Tools, Equipment provided at OUR Expense - NOT Yours! Record Growth for Dish’s Satellites Unlimited means APPLY NOW! www.SUICareers.com
E m p l o y m e n t-T r u c k i n g AVERITT OFFERS CDL-A DRIVERS a Strong, Stable, Profitable Career. Experienced Drivers and Recent Grads Excellent Benefits, Weekly Hometime. Paid Training. 888-362-8608. AVERITTCareers.com Equal Opportunity Employer. DRIVER - $0.01 INCREASE PER MILE after 6 and 12 months. $.03/mile quarterly bonus. Daily or weekly pay. CDL-A, 3 months current experience. 800-4149569. www.driveknight.com DRIVERS - Class “A� CDL Holders Needed in the Columbia, Meridian, Roxie, Taylorsville, Vicksburg and Yazoo City areas. Home daily, paid by load. Paid orientation, benefits and bonuses. Forest Products Transports. 800-9255556. MID-SOUTH CARRIER NOW HIRING. Regional positions available. Home weekends. Local positions available in some areas. Paid weekly. Direct deposit. Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance. Class “A� CDL with 1 year OTR. Call 866-6774333 Monday - Friday, 8 to 5 p.m. www.dancortransit.com DANCOR TRANSIT SEC TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. CDL and refresher classes start every Monday. Financing available for those who qualify, jobs available now! Call 1-877-2858621 Mon. - Fri., 8 am - 5 pm C#618.
E m p l o y m e n t-T r u c k i n g
Services
DISH NETWORK. Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 months) and HighSpeed Internet starting at $14.95 month (where available). SAVE! Ask about SAME DAY installation! CALL now! 1-888-4711216. NOW HIRING! DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR OTR DRIVERS BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. CDL, 2 Yrs Experience Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Home Every Other Day! (Biloxi) Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. • 50% more drop and hooks 866-549-3390. • Pay next day of delivery Highspeed Internet EVERYWHERE by satellite! Speeds up to 12mbps! (200x INTERCON CARRIERS faster than dial-up.) Starting at 19810 MINES ROAD LAREDO, TX. 1-888-604-3233 $49.95/month. CALL NOW AND GO safety@interconcarriers.com FAST! 1-888-720-5752. SAVE on Cable TV-Internet-Digital Phone. Packages start at $89.99/month (for 12 months). Options from ALL major For Sale, Misc. service providers. Call Acceller today to 100 PERCENT GUARANTEED learn more! CALL 1-877-678-1932. OMAHA STEAKS - SAVE 69% on The Grilling Collection. NOW ONLY $49.99 plus 2 FREE GIFTS & right-to-the-door delivery in a reusable cooler, ORDER today! 1-888-713-1754. Use Code: 45102CSP or www.OmahaSteaks.com/gcoffer27. CHURCH FURNITURE: Does your church need pews, pulpit set, baptistery, Visit our website steeple, windows? Big Sale on new cush- www.stumpsunlimited.com ioned pews and pew chairs. 1-800-231for details and appointment 8360. www.pews1.com
STUMPS? 50% Discount Limited Time Only!
Real Estate 20 ACRES FREE! Buy 40-Get 60 Acres. $0-Down, $198/month. Money Back Guarantee. NO CREDIT CHECKS! Beautiful Views. Roads/Surveyed. Near El Paso, Texas. 1-800-843-7537. www.sunsetranches.com
Services DIVORCE WITH or WITHOUT children $125. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888733-7165 24/7. CANADA DRUG CENTER is your choice for safe and affordable medications. Our licensed Canadian mail order pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90 percent on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800-823-2564, for $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping. ADVERTISE STATEWIDE in over 100 newspapers with one phone call. MS Press. 601-981-3060 or your local paper.
or call Craig Sterling
601-248-9399 Place Your Classified Ad STATEWIDE In 103 Newspapers! To order, call your local newspaper or MS Press Services at 601-981-3060.
STATEWIDE RATES: Up to 25 words...........$210 1 col. x 2 inch.............$525 1 col. x 3 inch.............$800 1 col. x 4 inch...........$1050
Nationwide Placement:
MPS can also place your ad nationwide with convenient one call/one bill service. Call MPS at 601-981-3060 for rates in other states.
Week of February 24, 2013
See www.dailycorinthian.com to ďŹ nd a job at the intersection of both. Wouldn’t you like a job where you can build something, including a better future? With Monster’s new filtering tools, you can quickly hone in on the job that’s right for you. So visit www.dailycorinthian.com and you might find yourself in the middle of the best of both worlds.
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 7B
TAX GUIDE 2013 Holder Accounting Firm
1407-A Harper Road Corinth, Mississippi 38834 Kellie Holder, Owner There are several changes to our taxes for 2012. Our staff is ready to help you. Open year-round. Thank you for your business and loyalty. Telephone: 662-286-9946 Fax: 662-286-2713
TOMLINSON ACCOUNTING
Free Electronic Filing with paid preparation. Fully computerized tax preparation. • Authorized IRS-Efile Provider Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-8pm • Individual, Corporate & Partnership Sat. 9am-5pm • Sun. By appt. only • More Than 25 Years Tax Service 2003 Hwy 72 E, Corinth, 662-286-1040 • Open year-round (Old Junkers Parlor) Hours: 8-6 M-F Sat. 8-12 508 W. Chambers St., Booneville, 1604 S Harper Road- Corinth 662-728-1080 662-287-1995 1210 City Ave., Ripley, 662-512-5829
Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $95 A Month Call 287-6147 for more details
Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $95 A Month Call 287-6147 for more details
Advertise Your Tax Service Here for $95 A Month Call 287-6147 for more details
ADVERTISE YOUR AUTO, TRUCK, SUV, BOAT, TRACTOR, MOTORCYCLE, RV OR ATV LIST IN OUR GUARANTEED AUTO SECTION FOR AS LITTLE AS................................. (No Dealers - Non Commercial Only)
1607 South Harper Rd Corinth MS 38834
email: classad@dailycorinthian.com 662-287-6111
0840 Auto Services
GUARANTEED Auto Sales 470 FARM/LAWN/ GARDEN EQUIP.
BUSH HOG 61” ZERO TURN, 28 HP KOEHLER, 45 HOURS, COMMERCIAL, NEW
$6700 662-728-3193
1959 Ford diesel tractor 3000 series, new rear tires & tubes
4000
$
662-750-0607 804 BOATS
804 BOATS
ALUMA CRAFT 14’ BOAT, 40 H.P. JOHNSON, TROLLING MTR., GOOD COND., INCLUDES TRAILER,
$1200 OBO OR WILL TRADE.
731-610-
8901 OR EMAIL FOR PICS TO
AYLASISCO@GMAIL.COM
868 AUTOMOBILES
6 cyl., black w/ black leather, moon roof, Bose speakers, 53,750 miles.
$7500 OBO. 662-415-7746
‘90 RANGER BASS BOAT
361V W/MATCHING TRAILER & COVER, RASPBERRY & GRAY, EVINRUDE 150XP, 24-V TROL. MTR., 2 FISH FINDERS, NEW BATTS., NEW LED TRAILER LIGHTS, EXC. COND.,
$7,900.
662-808-0113.
‘96 Challenger Radical One Pro Bass Boat, 130 HP Johnson, 24v motorguide trol mtr., onboard charger for all 3 batteries, Hummingbird Fish finder, good trailer w/new tires, looks good for ‘96 model & runs good. $4500 obo. 662-286-6972 or 415-1383.
864 868 868 TRUCKS/VANS AUTOMOBILES AUTOMOBILES SUV’S
2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT 4-dr., 41,000 miles, dark blue ext. & gray int., 4 cyl. auto., CD/ XM radio, 36 mpg. payoff is
2006 Satin Jade Chrysler 300 LX, V-6, 4-dr., 72k miles. $11,054 731-610-7241 $12,500. 662-594-1441. 2002
1976 Corvette
with original window sticker, bright blue metallic, t-tops, L48-350, 90,400 miles, Sr. Citizen 2nd owner since 1986, 4-spd. manual, new tires, positraction, upgraded 4 wheel disc brakes, anti theft alarm, factory air (not working) & tinted glass.
$7,500
286-3014.
138,000 miles, extra clean.
$3200.
284-6395 OR 415-6833 864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S
REDUCED!
1984 CORVETTE 383 Stroker, alum. high riser, alum. heads, headers, dual line holly, everything on car new or rebuilt w/new paint job (silver fleck paint).
$9777.77 Call Keith 662-415-0017.
2000 CHEVY MONTE CARLO, maroon, sunroof,
$3600 662-415-6008
1984 CHRYSLER LEBARON convertible, antique tag, 39,000 actual miles.
$5000
286-2261
2007 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN XLE
127,000 MILES, GOOD COND., SILVER,
$6495
662-279-9076
864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S
2004 DODGE RAM 1500 V-8, QUAD CAB, GREAT COND.
$9000
CONTACT 662-603-1407.
864 TRUCKS/VANS SUV’S
1967 CHEVY Needs paint & body work $4000. 504-952-1230
PONTIAC GRAND AM
REDUCED
2005 MAZDA 6
Advertise your CAR, TRUCK, SUV, BOAT, TRACTOR, MOTORCYCLE, RV & ATV here for $39.95 UNTIL SOLD! Ad should include photo, description and price. PLEASE NO DEALERS & NON-TRANSFERABLE! NO REFUNDS. Single item only. Payment in advance. Call 287-6147 to place your ad.
‘65 FORD GALAXIE 500,
$2200
REDUCED
REDUCED
stick, camouflage, 186,200 miles (mostly interstate driving), runs good. $3000 obo.
$1900
662-607-9401
662-665-6000
1985 1/2 TON SILVERADO
305 ENG., AUTO., PS, PB, AC, NEEDS PAINT, READY TO RESTORE, DRIVEN DAILY. REDUCED
$3,000
287-1213 AFTER 4 P.M.
camper, 2 slides, fiberglass ext., awning, holding tanks, full sofa sleeper, refrig., micro., glass shower, recliner, sleeps 6,
$18,500
662-223-0056.
2004 Ford F350 work truck, V10, underbed tool boxes, towing package, DVD. $8600 obo. Truck is in daily use. Please call for appt. to see,
340-626-5904.
Cruisemaster Motorhome by Georgieboy, 1997 GM 454 ci chassie, 37’ with slider, 45,000 miles with white Oak interior. $19,500. $14,999 662-808-7777 or 662-415-9020
Black, 49K miles, new tires, excel. cond.
$11,500
662-287-6613 leave message or text
2000 Ford F-350
super duty, diesel, 7.3 ltr., exc. drive train, 215k miles, exc. mechanically w/body defects.
$7800.
662-664-3538.
1996 FORD F150 4X4
Black w/ gray interior, 102,000 miles, gas saver
340-626-5904.
2008 NISSAN ROGUE S
662-286-1732
2000 Dodge Neon
1987 Honda CRX, 40+ mpg, new paint, new leather seat covers, after market stereo, $3250 obo.
1991 Ford Econoline Van, 48,000 miles, good cond., one owner, serious interest. $6500 287-5206.
$13,995
731-439-1968.
2006 Wildcat 30 ft. 5th wheel
REDUCED
2006 GMC YUKON Exc. cond. inside & out, 106k miles, 3rd row seat, garage kept, front & rear A/C,tow pkg., loaded
4dr sedan, 390 Eng., 4 bbl. carb, no broken glass, good paint, good tires, cast alum. wheels, new brake sys., everything works exc. clock, fuel gauge & inst. lights,
816 816 RECREATIONAL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES VEHICLES
2005 Ram 1500 P/U, 4-dr., all power,
$10,500.
1 other vehicle for $6,700. Priced to sell.
Call 731-239-9226 Today.
2000 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER
w/ camper shell, AT, air, PS/PB, AM/ FM, 119,000 miles, clean, good cond.,
$5995
731-689-3684
2002 Chevrolet Z-71,4-dr., 4W.D., Am.Fm cass./CD, pewter in color, $6200. 662-643-5908 or 662-643-5020 816 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
2012 STARCRAFT CAMPER Fiberglass 18’ bunk house, gray & black water tanks, cable ready w/TV. Will consider trade for small tractor w/mower
Excaliber made by Georgi Boy
1985 30’ long motor home, new tires, Price negotiable.
662-660-3433
832 MOTORCYCLES/ ATV’S REDUCED
2000 Custom Harley Davidson Mtr. & Trans., New Tires, Must See
$10,500 $9,500 $12,000
662-415-8623 or 287-8894
2005 HONDA ATV TRX 250 EX “New” Condition
$1995
$10,500
215-666-1374 662-665-0209
2005 AIRSTREAM LAND YACHT
’04 HONDA SHADOW 750
662-396-1390
30 ft., with slide out & built-in TV antenna, 2 TV’s, 7400 miles.
$75,000. 662-287-7734
3900
$
662-603-4407
1500 Goldwing Honda 78,000 original miles, new tires.
$4500
662-284-9487
8B • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
PARK
COME
“TOON OUT CANCER”
WALK WITH
Come Walk With Me! Corinth City Park
5/31/13 ME!
0848 Auto/Truck Parts & Accessories
“TOON OUT CANCER”
SIGN UP @ www.relayforlife.org or see LORI MOORE @ BANCORP SOUTH on HWY 72
662.427.8408 DID YOU
HEAR? DON’T KEEP YOUR BUSINESS
We Salute Military, Veterans WeOur Appreciate & their Families for their Service Your Business!! to Our Country! fely rive sawith Drive D Apply for new with new wheels your Timbes and heelsfrom wtires CARCREDIT & es from tirCard! Timbes! Timbes!
•Affordable • All sizes •Tires for 4-wheelers
Timbes proudly carries American-Owned
•Reliable • Tires for tractors • Tires for 18-wheel trucks
Road warrantes available your convenience. convinience. Roadhazard hazardwarranties warranties for yourforconvenience. Come by to purchase new tires and have them Come by to purchase new or at used tires and mounted and balanced no extra cost.have also have used them mountedWe and balanced at tires. no extra cost.
A
WE APPRECIATE OUR TUPELO COOPER TIRE EMPLOYEES!
SECRET.
Timbes Tire & Auto Accessories and Wrecker Service has been serving the area for more than 20 years. We are a family-owned-and-operated business that focuses on providing highly professional services at unbeatable prices. Call us at 662-427-8408 (888) 366-0410 to receive more information about our selection of wheels and tires.
CALL
This is the “way we roll”
US! Daily Corinthian 287-6111
90 DAYS SAME AS CASH!
Re-Caps Used & New Available for Big Trucks
Timbes Tire Timbes Tire Where Low Prices Meet High Quality
301 U.S. Highway 72 Burnsville, Mississippi 24-Hour Wrecker Service (888)366-0410 662-427-8408 www.timbesautoandwrecker.com
committed to
PROGRESS
2013
From business initiatives to job creation and community development, these local businesses are giving back and thinking big in 2013 and beyond. Alcorn Rehab Services All Fired Up Bailey Williams Realty Big Boys Pawn, Guns & Gold Caterpillar Corinth Jewelers Cornerstone Health & Rehab of Corinth Emma’s Everything ENT Physicians of North Mississippi Garrett Eye Clinic The Hole Dozen
Holiday Inn Express Honeysuckle Blu JR Wine & Spirits Jumper Realty Lesley’s Floor Designs Lip Chic Magnolia Gastroenterology Magnolia Orthopaedics Magnolia Regional Health Center McPeters Funeral Home Memorial Funeral Home
Mississippi Land Bank NEMCC Noyes Family Care Center The Purple Daisy Boutique SouthBank Sportsplex Taylor Heating & Air Conditioning Tricia’s Design Gallery, Inc. Trinity Health Clinic Vitality Health Foods
A Special Supplement to the Daily Corinthian | March 2013
2C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Garrett Eye Clinic purchased the abandoned car wash next to the clinic for more parking space for its patients.
Garrett Eye Clinic in Corinth provides hometown patient care and accessibility to the best technology Garrett Eye Clinic is all about hometown patient care and accessibility to the best technology. “We strive for excellent customer service with state-of-the-art technology, conveniently located in the residential area of Corinth,” said Dr. Jennifer Garrett. Always seeking to making things better for its patients, Garrett Eye Clinic began using a new lab for prescription glasses and sunglasses last year. The move allowed the business to prescribe and dispense custom, high definition digital lenses. The new lab helped the eye clinic in three areas. “Traditionally, standard prescription lenses are acceptable when manufactured with no more than .12 margin of error,” said Garrett. “Digital lenses are deemed to be acceptable only if the margin of error is .01 or less.” Other benefits include: ■ Digital lenses have less distortion than standard lenses. ■ Digital lenses have made it possible to have sport specific prescription sunglasses from vendors such as Maui Jim, Costa Del Mar, Oakley, Callaway and Nike. “This allows the lenses to ‘wrap’ more with less peripheral distortion,” added Dr. Garrett. In business for seven years, Garrett Eye Clinic has added a partner to the practice in Dr. Meredith Rhodes. “The practice had grown to the point of needing a partner,” said Garrett. “It comes at a good time, especially with the challenge Brett and I have raising two young boys, one of which began kindergarten in August.”
Garrett
Rhodes
“Traditionally, standard prescription lenses are acceptable when manufactured with no more than .12 margin of error. Digital lenses are deemed to be acceptable only if the margin of error is .01 or less.”
“Dr. Rhodes is compassionate and treats all of her patients as if she were treating her family.” Dr. Jennifer Garrett Garrett Eye Clinic
Dr. Jennifer Garrett Garrett Eye Clinic
Garrett and Rhodes are similar in that both believe a thorough, dilated exam is necessary to detect, diagnose and treat any potential eye problems during the early
stage. “Dr. Rhodes is compassionate and treats all of her patients as if she were treating her family,” said Dr. Garrett. With the addition of a
partner, Garrett Eye Clinic is now able to accept all vision insurance, including exams, glasses and contacts. “We are the only eye clinic in Corinth and sur-
rounding areas that can file on all medical insurances and all vision insurances,” added Dr. Garrett. Appointment flexibility and a decrease of patient wait time are other pluses
in the addition of a partner. The business has purchased a state-of-the-art Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) as it continues to always look for ways to improve the practice. The OCT model has numerous diagnostic capabilities. Its primary use is to generate a 3D image of the Macula located in the back of the eye. The OCT allows the doctor to more easily diagnose and treat Macular Degeneration along with the Anterior Segment of the eye. The piece of equipment also aids in evaluating damage to the eye when uncontrolled glaucoma is present along with evaluating the severity of Diabetic and Hypertensive Retinopathy, which occurs when a patient has a history of uncontrolled blood sugar or high blood pressure. Several things for 2013 have been incorporated or will be later this year. They include: ■ More parking space for patients will be added after the eye clinic purchased the abandoned car wash. ■ Remodel of current optical dispensary to allow more space for patients to try on frames and to space out current inventory. ■ Increase the total inventory of frames to over 1,000 pair. Once all new releases arrive in the spring, the number should swell to over 1,500 pair. ■ Increase the number of brands. La Coste and Lucky are the newest additions. Another 3-5 new brands of prescription eye ware and 2-4 sunglass brands will be added by August.
Garrett and Rhodes are similar in that both believe a thorough, dilated exam is necessary to detect, diagnose and treat any potential eye problems during the early stage.
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 3C
Lesley’s provides quality products, customer service For more than two decades, Lesley’s Floor Designs has laid the world at your feet. The full-service flooring provider has built its reputation on quality products and a commitment to old-fashioned customer service. The company was started by Lesley Raines 22 years ago when he opened the original location on U.S. Highway 72 after learning the flooring business as a laborer and installer for another flooring retailer. They later moved to a second larger location and 12 years ago opened the current store on Harper Road. Customers at Lesley’s will find the latest selection of hardwood and laminate flooring, tile, vinyl, carpet and more from the top brands in the country. Whether the customer is a contractor or homeowner and whether they’re looking to do a single room or an entire home, Lesley’s has what it takes to get the job done.
Raines and his staff work hard to stay on top of the latest trends in their industry to bring customers the hottest products and designs. The product selection is backed by years of knowledge and experience to do the job right. They can provide anything from full service installation to products and information for the do-ityourselfer. Lesley’s staff is highly trained and experienced and can help the customer determine the best product to meet their needs and their budget. They back it all up with service after the sale and a commitment to treat customers like friends. “We treat the customers like we want to be treated,” said Raines. “We’re sincere about what we do.” To find out more about all Lesley’s Floor Designs has to offer, visit them in the store or at lesleysfloordesigns.com or call them at 662-287-9430.
Lesley Raines
NEMCC offers a full range of automotive trade programs Students in Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Auto Body Technician program spent last fall proving two heads are better than one with the creation of this unique Ford Taurus with two front ends. The project brought together a variety of skills for the students including auto body repair, fabrication and automotive mechanical and repair. NEMCC offers a full range of automotive trade programs that lead to either certificates or associates degree and prepare students for in-demand careers in the automotive industry. To learn more about these programs and all the college has to offer visit www.nemcc.edu.
SOUTHBank provides Southern hospitality, personalized service Classic service in a classic building. With Southern hospitality and personalized banking service, the SOUTHBank team lives up to that promise every day. Bank President Gerald McLemore said the bank’s friendly staff is one of their biggest assets. “We’ve got a real, true family who works together here, and it’s just a great place to work,” he said. McLemore has been at SOUTHBank for 22 years and said he “wouldn’t go back and change a thing.” SOUTHBank first operated from the principal office of Fidelity Federal at 303 North Madison Street, but in February 1991, purchased the vacated Post Office building in downtown Corinth at 515 Fillmore Street. The renovations of this historic building were completed in September 1993 and it is now the home for SOUTHBank. This building is an outstanding facility in the heart of downtown Corinth and is in close proximity to the other financial institutions of this community. Construction of this U.S. Post Office building began in 1912, and the bank celebrated the building’s 100th birthday at the end of last year. It was used continuously by the U.S. Postal Service as the main post office for Corinth until 1987, when this historic building was vacated for a new, modern facility five blocks east of the original location. Fire gutted the original building in 1924, when downtown Corinth was almost leveled by fire. Initially, the lobby of the building had Palladian windows and cathedral
“We’ve got a real, true family who works together here, and it’s just a great place to work.” Gerald McLemore SOUTHBank president ceilings. In 1929, the exterior door facing Fillmore Street was relocated to the center of that side of the building and second floor offices were added inside the building, along with a marble staircase. Over the years, the Palladian windows and cathedral ceilings in the lobby were replaced with flat ceilings and wrought iron which remain part of the building today. This building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Jan. 29, 1992. The bank is now offering customers a new checking account, Premium Blue Checking, that is loaded with perks. E-statements, an available debit card, online and mobile banking, and BillPay are all included, as well as bonuses like cell phone protection for damaged and stolen cell phones, travel insurance, roadside assistance, ID theft protection and big savings from more than 300,000 name brand and local merchants with BaZing, which includes shopping, dining, travel and health discounts. You can get featured deals from your favorite department stores, deals on subs and even save on prescriptions, eye exams, and eyewear. Call
SOUTHBank at 662-2864300 for more details or to try BaZing for free. Presently, SOUTHBank has offices in Mississippi (Corinth and Oxford), Arkansas (Blytheville, Manila, and Osceola), Alabama (Huntsville and Madison), North Carolina (Raleigh), Tennessee (Selmer) and Florida (Palm Beach Gardens). SOUTHBank is owned by Commonwealth Savingshares, a holding company, whose sole and only stockholder is Danny L. Wiginton, a Belmont native. The current staff at the Corinth branches include the following officers: Gerald McLemore, President of Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas Offices; Ron Herrington, Executive Vice President/ Senior Lender; Pat Jacobs, Senior Vice President/Mortgage Loans; Brian McCullen, Senior Vice President/Lending; Braddock Brawner, Vice President/Lending; Peggy Gurley, Vice President/Teller Supervisor; Sheron Tennyson, Vice President/Harper Road Branch Manager; Jan Hurley, Vice President/ Marketing; Ricky Howie, Senior Vice President/ Deposit Operations Manager; Cassie Tennyson, Vice President/Assistant Deposit Operations Manager; and the following employees: Dawn Carter, Emily Norton, Gloria Johnson, Kayla Nelms, Liz Fields, Leigh Ann Hammock, Pam Scott, Peggy Moore, Priscilla Brock, and Teresa Benick. The Advisory Board Members for the Corinth area are: William C. Hussey, A.H. Taylor, III; Gerald R. McLemore; William T. Dalton, Jr.; Dr. Bernard Shipp and Danny L. Wiginton.
LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ACCOUNT?
• Do you use a debit card? • Are you looking for ways to save money? • Are you concerned about identity theft? • Do you own a cell phone? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we have the account for you! Introducing Premium Blue Checking from
SOUTHBank®
Free Bank Benefits: • Free Debit Card • Free E-Statements+ • Free Online & Mobile Banking • Free BiIIPay • Free Checks (First Box) Cell Phone Protection: • For damaged and stolen cell phones Travel Peace of Mind: • $10,000 Travel Accidental Death Insurance • Roadside Assistance TotallD Theft Protection • 10 Monitoring/Prevention
• Payment Card Protection • $2,500 Personal Identity Protection • Expert Recovery & Restoration Big Savings from over 300,000 Name Brand & Local Merchants with BaZing • Shopping Discounts – Featured deals and email reminders every week! • Dining Discounts – Find great deals anywhere you are! • Travel Discounts – Money saving deals on the road! • Health Discounts – Save on prescriptions, eye exams, and eyewear!
MAKE IT FREE! Starts at $6/month
You’ll reduce your fee by $1 for enrolling in E-Statements+, and every time you swipe your debit card you get $0.10 You can even get the fee to ZERO!
515 Fillmore St., Corinth (662) 286-4300 2222 S. Harper Rd., Corinth (662) 286-4333 904 Mulberry Ave., Selmer (731) 645-4300 or online www.southbank.com
4C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Former teacher opens dream, Honeysuckle Blu
Come by and see our new arrivals for Spring! 412 E. Waldron St. Corinth, MS 662-396-1727
The Memorial Funeral Home — ‘Where caring is not just a word’ Losing a loved one is an emotional and difficult experience. Memorial Funeral Home is there to help during that time of grief. “There are 151 decisions that have to be made when an individual passes away,” said Memorial Manager Jay Jones. “It takes a special person to help the families during that time … we are able to sit down with them and lead them through every decision.” Memorial has been a fixture in Corinth since 1989, providing funeral and cremation services. All of the services at the funeral home -- located at 613 Bunch Street -- are set up to assist families through one of the most challenging stages of life. Part of the Dignity Memorial network of funeral services, Memorial offers exclusive benefits such as National Transferability of Prearranged Services, the Bereavement Travel Program, the 24-Hour Compassion Helpline and access to an acclaimed grief management library. According to Jones, prearranged services are a good way to help families during the often stressful time. “Several talk about going the prearranged way, but never do it,” he said. “It
makes it so much easier for the family when they do go ahead and choose that route.” Catering and reception services is something new being offered by Memorial. The funeral home staff works with professional caterers to plan all types of funeral receptions or food delivery before, during or after the service. “They can arrange from a simple service with snacks to a full-service meal,” added Jones. The catering does not have to be held at the funeral home. Memorial can plan the service to delivered to one’s home or another venue. Memorial Funeral Home began as Frazier-Jones & Wooley Inc. when it was founded in 1989 by three local business and civic professionals, Leon Frazier, Harold Jones and Pete Wooley. The three shared a vision of being different and being better. The principles that guided the funeral home in the beginning are still in place today. “We are focused on service excellence,” said Jones. “Our motto remains ‘Where thoughtfulness dwells, service excels, and caring is not just a word.”
Not long ago Jamie Mills felt like it was time for a change. “I was a teacher then, and I knew if I wanted to do something different, I had to do it now,” Mills said. The idea for her next venture came from a look in the closet. “I was switching stuff around in the closet and I started thinking about all these shoes — and they were all bought somewhere out of town,” she recalled. “And I’ve always loved shoes. That’s why I went this way.” Mills decided to open a store in Corinth that would focus on trendy shoes — all kinds of shoes — ranging from the affordable to expensive. Another focus is on being southern. She wanted the name to reflect something about the south. Maybe magnolias...or
honeysuckles. That’s when it clicked. A song title came to mind: “Honeysuckle Blue” by Drivin’ N’ Cryin’. Mills decided to drop the final “e” for a little added southern flair and call her new store Honeysuckle Blu. Open since August, Honeysuckle Blu is a southern-themed shoe store with more. Mills also wanted to offer a variety of gifts and accessories — and as many Mississippi-made items as possible. “I really wanted to try to promote the people who have talent here,” she said. “I try to find the different — and fun — kinds of things made in Mississippi.” Now she sells Down South T-shirts (locally designed and printed), locally-made jewelry, candles from Starkville and soap from Pass Christian.
Caring Makes a Difference
On the shoe side of the business, she’s got Naughty Monkey, Not Rated, Seychelles, Fergalicious, Nicole, Madeline, Chinese Laundry and more. In the six months since opening, Mills has had a great time with her new venture. And the former Corinth Middle School teacher and cheerleading coach also gets to see some familiar faces. “It’s been exciting. It’s been a change from teaching school and coaching 32 cheerleaders, but I get to see my cheerleaders when they come in getting ready for homecoming or first dates,” she said. “I still get to see the kids — just on a different level!” (Honeysuckle Blu is located at 412 East Waldron Street. Look for the Honeysuckle Blu page on Facebook.)
Now more than ever, you need someone to help you through. Making final arrangements for a loved one isn’t easy. That’s why compassion goes into everything we do. We are prepared to arrange any special requests you might have.
Traditional Services Cremation Services Prearrangement Planning
613 Bunch St • Corinth
662-286-3900
www.memorialcorinth.com
1313 3rd St • Corinth
662-286-6000
www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com
Alcorn Rehab Services, Inc. 662-284-4656
1708 Shiloh Road • Corinth, MS
•
Go where you are appreciated!!
Alcorn Physical Therapy — where patients are treated like family
Come to Alcorn Physical Therapy. We treat you like family ..... when your Dr. says physical therapy, you say Alcorn Rehab!! It is your body and your choice. Come as a patient leave as a friend
Patients are more than a number at Alcorn Physical Therapy. “We want them to come as a patient and leave as a friend,” said owner Mike Stewart. “We treat each person the way we want our family treated.” That has been the case the past 14 years of the business at 1708 E. Shiloh Road. Stewart and his family came to Corinth in 1998. As a physical therapist, he began making house calls the following year. “There was a need for it and it caught on,” he said. It caught on so well that Stewart continues to make house calls two days a week. “I work for my patients … my job is to take care of them and make them happy,” said the physical therapist. “If they come here one time, they will want to come back.” Alcorn Physical Thera-
py has been at its present location since 2003. The oldest established physical therapy place in Alcorn County does a ‘little of everything’ during its office hours. Stewart said he does lots of therapy for joint pain along with lower back and neck pain. Alcorn Physical Therapy has also been recently approved to carry medical supplies. “We have been working on that for several months.” said Stewart. The therapy place will be available to carry wheel chairs, crutches, walkers along with orthotics in the near future. “I want people to go where they are appreciated and our patients are appreciated here,” said the owner. “When the doctor says physical therapy, we want patients to say Alcorn Physical Therapy.”
When it comes to receiving therapy, Stewart said patients have a choice. “You have the right to go where you want,” he said. “Here we keep up with the newest treatments and changing technology to best serve our patients.” Once they come to Alcorn Physical Therapy, patients will find the business truly cares about them. “We don’t hurt people,” said Stewart. “We get people better without doing that … we want them to leave feeling better.” Plans for the future call for the business to eventually build a new building at Fulton and Shiloh Road. Office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1:30-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hours are 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday and Thursday.
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 5C
Corinth Jewelers combines latest trends, designs with old-fashioned customer service All that glitters is what customers will find when they visit the friendly staff at Corinth Jewelers. Located in the Corinth Commons Shopping Center, Corinth Jewelers puts an emphasis on combining the latest trends and designs with the kind of old-fashioned customer service that turns customers into friends. Owner Trish Parks said her goal is to make sure every customer is treated like family and finds the perfect piece of jewelry to fit their occasion and style and to create a lifetime memory. The store offers a full line of diamonds and gemstones along with gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals. They recently added a line of custom bridal jewelry that allows them to help the bride and groom create the perfect set to celebrate their commitment
with full design services to meet any vision. “You dream it and we create it,” said Parks. They offer a wide range of pieces in stock from popular designers including Pandora, Allison Kaufman, Jane Hollinger, Alisa, Leslie’s, Camelot, I Do Bridal by Ashi, Carla, Rembrandt Charms, Art Carved, Imperial Pears, Stuller, RDI Diamonds and Fossil and Citizen watches. Their custom design service extends beyond bridal jewelry to anything the customer can dream of. The staff’s extensive experience and attention to detail can help any customer create a piece that will be the perfect remembrance of a special moment. They also offer full service jewelry repair, cleaning and sizing services to keep those precious pieces in their best condition
through the years. Parks and her staff travel throughout the year to trade shows to stay on top of the latest trends and bring back the hottest designer lines to their customers. They’re also constantly continuing their education to stay informed in their industry and are experts in gems, diamonds and all aspects of the business. Parks said the jewelry business is all about building relationships and caring for customers and she works hard to make sure every customer knows they’re appreciated and gets the service they deserve. To find out more about what Corinth Jewelers can do for you, visit them from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday or check them out online at www. corinthjewelers.com.
1749 Virginia Lane • Corinth, MS 662.286.0133 • www.corinthjewelers.com
Harper Square Mall, 1801-15 South Harper Rd (Next to Treasure Chest Quilting) 662-287-7676 • Mon - Fri 10:00-5:30 • Sat 10-1
Tricia’s Design Gallery — So much more than just a gift shop Tricia’s Design Gallery Inc. has plenty to offer. “Most people think we are only a gift shop, but we want to get the word out that we also sell flooring at great prices,” said owner Tricia Kuykendall. “We offer so many services and the main thing we do is hardwood flooring and ceramic tile.” Tricia’s is equipped to do small and large jobs when it comes to flooring. Kuykendall, an University of Mississippi graduate, is an interior designer with over 25 years of experience. She is highly
qualified when it comes to helping individuals with their interior design needs. “We have more to offer because of our interior design experience,” she added. The business, which relocated to the Harper Square Mall in Nov. of last year, carries accent furniture, blinds, shutters along with custom draperies. “We provide the highest quality for every budget and customer satisfaction,” said Kuykendall. Since the move, Tricia’s
Design Gallery has doubled its showroom space. “The hope is that we will continue to grow,” said the owner. “I definitely think the move has been good for us because of the amount of traffic we are getting.” Plans are to launch a website later this year as well as improve the already established Facebook page, according to Kuykendall. “We are looking forward to expanding our customer business with all that we have to offer,” said the owner.
6C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
$ 3ODFH WR &DOO +RPH Personal Home Care
provides love, compassion
Personal Care Home cares about its residents. Corinth’s only homeowned and operated personal care home strives to be a continuation of the family unit. “Our residents are not just a number to put on a stats report,â€? said gen/ , . , + eral manager DuJuana / , !, ! ! Thompson. ! ! ! / ,-, , , ! “They are truly mem/ ) . ! " ! bers of our Dogwood / , . . ! Beginning rate $1850 Plantation family upon ! ! / ( ,!. moving in ‌ the great % , , / * !. . est compliment we have ( ! $ '& received in our 15 years is that you could feel the " difference when you walk !
in.�
The general manager # ! ! ! !
of Corinth
said the true compassion of the home sets it apart from other facilities. “When our residents move in, we want to ease the load for the family and fill in the gaps for the resident,� she said. While the economy has limited most businesses, Personal Care Home still remains an attractive consideration, according to Thompson. “The economy has thrown some hard strikes to all areas of business, expenses have gone up greatly while rental fees are still very comfortable,� she said. “At Dogwood, you can write one
monthly check that covers almost everything ‌ residents do not have to worry about paying for groceries, home owners insurance, utilities or help in the home to include assistance with ADL’s, all this is included in our rental fee.â€? The general manager noted Personal Home Care will continue providing the love and compassion its residents need going into the future. “We have a happy group of residents, who have not only become our family, but have come to be family to one another,â€? said Thompson.
Corinth’s only home owned Locally owned and operated and operated Retirement Facility
Tayor Heating & Air Conditioning continues growth For more than 56 years, Taylor Heating & Air Conditioning has kept Corinth area residents comfortably cool in the summer and wonderfully warm in the winter. Billy P. Taylor started the business with Carrier in 1958. It is now owned by his sons, Joel, Dennis and Dan. As Corinth has grown through the years, the business has grown from a two-man operation to a staff of 14. Taylor Heating & Air performs all operations associated with heating and air conditioning, and the second-generation owners operate the business in a handson fashion by personally overseeing daily operations and performing all system design and engineering. No company in the
area has more experience when it comes to air, whether heating, cooling, moving, managing, wetting, drying or exhausting. “We do projects from $2,000 to $1 million,� said company president Dan Taylor. “We still do a lot of residential new construction and existing residential homes.� Commercial work over the past couple of years has included systems at Belk, the Women’s Center and Alcorn County Chancery Building. Taylor said the largest projects the business has done were Crow’s Neck Environmental Education Center at Paden and the Crossroads Arena in Corinth. The fleet of vehicles includes a new 17-ton crane that allows workers to set
equipment on roofs safely and efficiently. “All our service trucks or vans are completely outfitted with parts for Carrier equipment and parts that a lot of times are interchangeable on other brands of equipment,� said Taylor. “In almost 90 percent of the instances, it saves the trip of having to come back to the shop and get the part. Each van is equipped with diagnostic tools, gauges, charging devices, freon removal machines and things of that nature. It’s like a rolling shop. Taylor services the Carrier units it sells, as well as all HVAC equipment made my other manufacturers. “We are even set up to do a warranty service on several brands other than Carrier,� said Taylor. “We
are also the oldest HVAC dealer in the area.� The factory-trained service technicians are regularly trained to keep them up to date. The business is proud of its long association with Carrier, inventor of the air conditioning unit and the world’s largest air conditioning manufacturer. “They have a product that’s been tried and proven,� said Taylor. “With the correct installation, you should have the top of the line as far as the heating and air conditioning of your home.� Taylor said homeowners and businesses “need to choose a reputable dealer. The piece of equipment that you purchase is very important, but the design, the engineering and the installation are equally, if not more, im-
portant.� With proper engineering, a homeowner is assured the system will not leave hot or cold spots. A periodic service check is a good idea. “It could save you a breakdown in the heat of the summer or the cold of the winter,� said Taylor. “Many times, you’ll find a potential problem and correct it before it gets to be a real problem.� Technology has brought some changes to HVAC through the years, but Taylor said air conditioning still operates on the same basic principle — the transfer of heat from an area where it is unwanted to an area where it is more desirable. “The technology has changed in that the units are made more efficiently now,� he said. “The de-
sign, the operation, is still pretty much the same since Willis Carrier invented the air conditioning unit. “One of the changes we’re seeing now is the federal government is phasing out Refrigerant 22 just as they did Refrigerant 12 several years ago,� said Taylor. “They are going to a newer ozone-friendly refrigerant called R-410A, which Carrier calls Puron. All of the air conditioning units made after 2010 will have this new refrigerant. Last year’s major projects were First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church and Magnolia Women’s Center. Projects for this year include Dodd Eye Clinic, Corinth High School softball facility and several residential properties.
Taylor Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Partnering with Carrier Air Conditioning Company since 1958 to become Corinth and Alcorn County’s Oldest Heating & Cooling Company
CALL US FOR ALL YOUR HEATING & COOLING NEEDS!
402 West Tate Street • 662-286-5717 • Corinth, MS What a Way to Start the Day!
Daily Corinthian Our home delivery service brings the world to your doorstep every morning. Or, subscribe to our online edition and take the news anywhere you go. Subscribe today! 662-287-6111 Local News & Events | National & World Reporting | Coupons & Shopping | Restaurants and Recipes | Movies & Entertainment | Local & Professional Sports | Home & Gardening | Real Estate Listings | Automotive Features | The Classifieds | Contests, Puzzles, Comics & so much more
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 7C
Emma’s Everything — living up to the name Emma’s Everything is living up to its name. The shop has it all big or small when it comes to gift ideas. “Whatever the style, we can do it,” said owner Sonya Kerr. “I want the customer walking out the door happy, knowing their money has been well spent.” Kerr said she started Emma’s -- named after her granddaughter -- by accident. “I was working at a law firm when I started doing candy wrappers and gift baskets for people at work,” she said. “It just blossomed from there.” Emma’s Everything, located on Harper Road near Subway, offers unique and custom invitations, party favors along with gifts for everyone. “The business has morphed into a custom invitation and design place,” added the owner. “That’s where our focus is.”
Kerr offers the invitations for all occasions and is starting to gear up for the graduation and wedding season. “Our customers keep coming back because of the personal one-on-one service and the way we make their ideas a reality,” said Kerr. The owner sincerely enjoys what she is doing. “It’s not work to me, I could do it all day … just give me a project and I will be happy,” she said. Kerr is also happy when it comes to helping customers find just the right gift. “Our goal is to give them quality and value,” she said. “We don’t like to see people waste their money. We want to carry products of value for everyone.” Emma’s Everything is open MondayFriday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Make Time
All Fired Up offers more than pottery
to get
Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Events!
Spring Art Camp - March 11, 12, 13 $60.00 for 3 days or $25.00 per day
Kid’s Day - Saturday, March 16
Easter Book, paint pottery, rabbits $12.oo per child
Ladies Night - Thursday, March 21 10% off anything you paint
Spring Wooden Door Hanger Class Monday, March 25 - $38.00
606 Waldron St. • 662-396-6390 Tues-Thurs, Fri and Saturday
All Fired Up! isn’t your typical shop. It’s so much more. “A lot of people do not know what we are,” said owner Jamie Jones. “We aren’t just a pottery shop … what we do isn’t found anywhere else.” All Fired Up! not only has pottery for all ages, but it’s a place where story characters come alive. Characters such as the Elf on the Shelf and Cat in the Hat have paid visits to the shop -- located next to Borroum’s Drug Store. Peter Cottontail and Alice in Wonderland are slated to make an appearance at the shop on March 16. During those visits, children are allowed to paint the character to go along with story. “The events for kids are huge,” said the owner. “There isn’t a place that focuses on children right now … the visits of the characters keeps children active and excited for something new.” Jones also has an Spring Art Camp scheduled for March 11-13. A ladies night of pottery and canvas classes is available at All Fired Up! “Things we carry aren’t normal or typ-
ical,” added Jones. “All of our pieces are custom made and not copied … you can expect the unexpected and fun for the family here.” Shoppers can find an unique item or design and personally create what they want. All Fired Up! -- open since July of last year -- is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The shop is also open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
LipChic Boutique — a one stop fashion stop LipChic never wants a customer to leave dissatisfied. “We want to help our customers to find exactly what they are looking for,” said manager Kaitlyn Reeves. “We coordinate outfits that not only fit the customer’s body, but also their individual style.” Owner Brenda Barbour agrees. “The fashion industry is ever changing and we need to stay on top of the trends,” she said. LipChic continues to bring the latest trends to the store when it comes to fashion whether it be a simple T-shirt, great fitting jeans and boots to designer clothing and accessories for ladies of all ages. “LipChic Boutique is the one stop fashion shop,” added Barbour. “We have something for every price point.” If a customer comes to Lip Chic looking for something to wear for a special occasion such as a wedding, first date or just a night out with the girls, they can expect to be treated with excellent service. “We would want the customer to describe what she wants to wear and then we would pull from our inventory,” said Reeves. The help wouldn’t stop there.
Razzle Dazzle Jewelry $3.00
From a simple T-shirt , a great fitting pair of jeans and cowboy boots to designer clothing and accessories for ladies of any age, we pride our self in assisting you! “The process would continue by trying to find the perfect piece of jewelry to complement the outfit,” added Reeves. The boutique carries a wide-range of ladies’ clothing, accessories, shoes, undergarments, control garments and much more. One of LipChic’s most popular lines is its extensive selection of ladies’ western boots, including Corral and Old Gringo brand. There is also a section of men’s tuxedos at the boutique. Customers can also shop online by going to lipchicboutique.com
HOBO Purses • Ronaldo Jewelry Corral Boots • Trendy Fashions Tuxedo Rental • THINOGENICS (Weight Loss Made Easy)
116 N. Fillmore Street • Corinth 662-287-2954 www.lipchicboutique.com
Magnolia Gastroenterology Clinic & Endoscopy Center Specializing in Gastrointestinal Liver, and Pancreatic Diseases • H. PYLORI TESTING • COLON CANCER SCREENING • UPPER ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES • LOWER ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES Dr. Fred A. Corder, MD AGAF Board Certified Gastroenterologist Mary Ellen Mitchell, MSN, FNP 3050 Corder Drive • Corinth, MS 38834 662-284-9902
8C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
The Purple Daisy — boutique with a passion for latest fashions Brittanie Howard is living her dream. The 2012 Ole Miss graduate is bringing the latest fashions to the area through The Purple Daisy Boutique in downtown Corinth. “Her heart is fashion,” said her mother and co-owner Nicole Howard. “All of her friends comment how they knew this would be the business she would get into because she has such a passion for clothing.” The Purple Daisy Boutique is closing in on launching an online site, according to the Howards. “It’s coming very soon and the exciting thing about it is people will be able to see local models on the site,” said Brittanie. Once up and running, the web site can be found at www.purpledaisyboutique. com. The store opened just seven months ago and carries unusual young contemporary clothing at a great price. The Basically Me entire collection of clothing is also available every day. “We plan to bring even more brands and inventory to the store this year,” said Brittanie. “We want our customers to
Brittanie Howard Nicole Howard owner / buyer
662.415.3180
purpledaisyboutique@gmail.com
have a variety of options.” With its motto of “Latest Fashion: Buy it, Worth it, Love it,” the Purple Daisy Boutique offers a 24hour service. “When people get in a pinch and don’t Brittanie have the right thing Howard to wear they can call our hotline numbers,” said Nicole. The numbers are 4152407 and 415-3180. The Howards have also kept the males in mind when it comes to shopping. Something always sports related is on two big screen televisions, allowing men to watch the game while the women shop. The shop has become a college girls hangout where they can try on clothes together and reconnect with friends, according to Nicole. In the future, Brittanie is looking to expand to two more locations in other cities with the Corinth shop being the base store.
Find the natural alternative WE PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING, N A T U R A L LY at Vitality Health Foods, Inc. Vitality Health Foods, Inc. has the natural alternative. In business for 44 years, the store at 1904 Shiloh Road is committed to helping individuals via the natural way. “That is the route people seem to be going,” said Vitality Health Foods’ Stephanie Briggs. “If it’s all natural, we carry it or can get it if we don’t have it.” Vitality Health Foods has a large selection of herbal supplements and gluten free products. “We have a knowledgeable staff who can find the products that are right for one’s body,” added Briggs. “We believe a person will feel better knowing there is a natural alternative out there.” Vitality Health Foods is owned by Fred Johnson and employs four. The store stocks numerous Dr. Oz products. “Whatever Dr. Oz has on his show, we carry it,” said Briggs. “We have a self of those products … he is a good advertiser for us.” Kelcy Whittemore restocks a shelf. Emily Johnson started the business in 1969 before retiring in 1993. She sold the family business to son, Fred, a former Corinth Chief of Police. Vitality Health Foods, Inc. is open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
High-Tech Medicine Meets Old-Fashioned Pampering
Almased A weight loss phenomenon with clinically proven results
We carry a large selection of herbal supplements for those who believe in health the way nature intended, and a large selection of Gluten Free Products. Come talk with our knowledgeable staff about the products that are right for your body. We believe you’ll feel better knowing there’s a natural alternative out there for you.
JOINT HEALTH TM by CORALadvantage ® IMMEDIATE RELIEF! LONG TERM REPAIR!*
Vitality Health Foods
Natural Vitamins & Food Supplements 1904 Shiloh Rd • Corinth, MS • 662-286-0900 • Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
NOYES FAMILY CARE CENTER
“Let our family care for yours...”
Luxury Medi-Spa SSERVICES ERVIICE CES
L A S ER S LASERS
• Manicures & Pedicures • Skin Tightening & Resurfacing • Hair Cuts, Styling & Coloring • Wrinkle, Age Spots, Hair • Massage Therapy (LMT #1914) & Vein Removal • Facials & Microdermabrasions
KIN & HAIR HAIR PRODUCTS PRODU INJECTABLES IIN NJECTABLES SSKIN Juvéderm Ultra Plus,s,s Botox & Radiessee
AAveda, Obagi, Glo Minerals & DDerma Rx
AL SERVICES S MEDICAL AVAILABLE Free laser consultations Open to the Public • Spa Also available for Private Parties DR. ERICA NOYES M.D.
DR. ERICA NOYES M.D.
BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY MEDICINE DOCTOR BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY MEDICINE 2 Locations to Serve You DOCTOR Dr. Erica’s Luxury Medi-Spa Dr. Erica’s Laser Aesthetic Center Located inside Grand Harbor • 325 CR 380-L001 • Counce, TN 38826 Grand Harbor Resort 2000 Shiloh Road 877-LAZR-SPA (529-7772) • 662-667-0012 Pickwick Lake Corinth, MS www.LuxuryMediSpa.com 662-667-0012 www.LuxuryMediSpa.com 662-284-9600
Dr. Tim Noyes, M.D. Internal Medicine Board Certified
Dr. Erica Noyes, M.D. Family Medicine Board Certified
Elizabeth Wilbanks, FNP • Walk-Ins Welcome • Comprehensive treatment for all ages including pediatrics • Now accepting new patients • Diabetes Management • Internal and Family Medicine
Noyes Family Care Center 2000 Shiloh Road Corinth, MS
662-287-6999
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 9C
Big Boys We have a large selection of...
All Types of Guns
Employee Jeremy Floyd shows a firearm to a customer.
Big Boys isn’t the typical pawn shop Big Boys Pawn, Guns & Gold, Inc. isn’t a typical pawn shop. Owners Sammie Green and Vick Etheridge wanted the shop to be something different. “We are a little different than most,” said Green. “We hope we have created an upscale pawn shop where anyone can come and shop ... we want to offer something for everyone.” Whether it be a big inventory of guns, gold, musical instruments or computers, Big Boys has people covered. “We are fortunate to carry a good selection of guns,” said Green. “Our inventory changes daily … we also have a lot of tools and outdoor equipment.” Big Boys also stocks Browning clothing and accessories along with Hammer fishing rods. A
“We hope we have created an upscale pawn shop where anyone can come and shop ... we want to offer something for everyone.” Sammie Green
Co-owner, Big Boys Pawn, Guns & Gun, Inc. cell phone repair place in the shop has led to a lot of traffic, according to Green. “Our goal is to keep things that are popular,” said the owner of the new shop that opened Nov. 5 of last year at 802 Highway 72 East next to Cap-
tain D’s. Green said he had no idea he would be in the pawn business after leaving the car business around three years ago. “Vick and I are good friends,” said Green. “He said ‘come to Corinth and we will start one’ … we have been wide open ever since.” Open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Big Boys has five full-time employees. “Our primary focus is to take things on loan as pawns,” he said. “We also like to incorporate scrap gold.” One thing the business doesn’t want to deal in is crime. “Some people think that’s what a pawn shop is about,” said Green. “But we do not want anything to do with the criminal element here.”
We Loan Money! Liber t y Gun Safes
Ammo
Electronics
802 Hwy 72 E. Corinth 662-287-7296 Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm
“Serving the needs of our communities,
one patient at a time.”
We are proud to offer: s "ED 4RANSITIONAL #ARE 5NIT s 2EHABILITATION 4HERAPY INCLUDING 0HYSICAL /CCUPATIONAL 3PEECH 4HERAPY s #HRONIC 4RACHEOSTOMY #ARE s 3TROKE 2EHABILITATION s 0ULMONARY 7OUND #ARE s /RTHOPEDIC 0OST 3URGICAL 2ECOVERY s /UTPATIENT 2EHABILITIATION 3ERVICES 2EHABILITIATION 2EHABILITIATION
90 DAYS SAME AS CASH
24/7 Admissions: (662) 212-0487 -EDICARE -EDICAID 0RIVATE 0AY 0RIVATE )NSURANCE ACCEPTED
CORNERSTONE HEALTH & REHAB OF CORINTH Another Covenant Dove Community
!LCORN $RIVE s #ORINTH -3 s
www.covenantdove.com/cornerstone
10C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Corinthian Hospitality Barbara Wilbanks - Best of the Best Two Award Winning Hotels Corinthian Hospitality is proud to annouce that Barbara Wilbanks has been selected as the “2012 GUEST SERVICE MANAGER OF THE YEAR” for the Holiday Inn Express brand - the Best of the Best Award. Barbara is honored to represent the over 1900 Holiday Inn Express hotels in the American region in the category that emphasizes the importance of outstanding customer service for the brand. “Barbara truly reflects the very definition of the spirit of hospitality and great customer service. We are extrememly proud that IHG has recognized her for this prestigious award. She is very deserving of this award; it is also an affirmation to our entire staff,” said Rick Stockton - C.H.I. Executive Vice President. Corinthian Hospitality’s two Corinth hotel properties - the Holiday Inn Express & Suites and the EconoLodge have also been honored to receive prestigious quality awards. The Holiday Inn Express & Suites is one of the 115 hotels out of the over 1900 Holiday Inn Express brands properties to receive the Quality Excellence Award. This award recognizes the hotels that demonstrates meeting the highest standards in product quality, hotel operation and customer satisfaction for the brand. The EconoLodge hotel is one of the top 30 quality rated properties out of the almost 900 EconoLodge brand hotels in the Americas and has earned the Gold Award for both 2012 and 2013.
2106 HWY 72 W CORINTH, MS
662-287-1407 Email: holiday@comcast.net www.hiexpress.com/corinthms
2104 HWY 72 W CORINTH, MS
662-286-6071
Email: econocorinth@comcast.net www.econolodge.com/hotel/ms161
Magnolia Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Dr. Wendy C Nethery is a full service podiatrist serving Corinth, MS and the surrounding area. She is from Counce, TN. She graduated in 1994 from Hardin County High School in Savannah, TN. She attended the University of North Alabama, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. During her years there she met and married her husband, Trent. She then attended the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa. After receiving her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree, she completed three years of surgical residency training at our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, New York. There she received the 2010 Outstanding Surgical Resident award. She and her husband, Trent E. Nethery, Jr., returned home in 2010 for her to join Magnolia Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine as their foot and ankle specialist.
Wendy C. Nethery D.P.M., AACFAS
Foot & Ankle Specialist Including: • Bunions • Ankle Sprains • Neuromas • Toe Deformities • Clubfoot If you do not see your foot or ankle problem listed, please call the office for further information.
611 Alcorn Drive, Suite 100 Corinth, MS Dr. Nethery is located in the new addition to MRHC hospital (Entrance C)
662-286-6369
• Hammertoes • Ingrown and Fungal Nails • Heel Pain • Sports Medicine
• Fractures • Warts • Diabetic Foot Care • Diabetic Wands
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 11C
Jumper Realty leads the way in economic development Jumper Realty and Associates is leading the way in the economic development of Alcorn County. The full service real estate brokerage brings more than three decades of experience to major projects including the new Caterpillar logistics center on Harper Road and is ready with the know-how to meet the needs of corporate and individual clients. Broker Doug Jumper and his company have spearheaded the effort to construct Caterpillar’s new logistics operations center currently under construction on Harper Road with an investment of $27 million. The 540,000-squarefoot center will be leased from Jumper to Caterpillar and will create 35 new jobs over the next three years. The facility, scheduled to open in May, is the largest single construction project in county history and will replace six other smaller facilities currently used by the company in Alcorn and Prentiss counties. It will employ 115 people when fully operational. In addition to working with Caterpillar, Jumper has worked with Kimberly-Clark and other major employers in the region to support their development efforts. Jumper said he and his family believe in the future of Alcorn County and they are putting their words into action by continuing to invest in the region. “We believe in Corinth. We believe it’s the next place for this state to grow,” he said. The combination of a talented workforce, convenient and accessible transportation system and the proximity to other major cities makes the area ripe for growth, he
said. Among the major projects coming up for the company is a new upscale housing complex to be located on a 9-acre site just north of the Mississippi Welcome Center on Harper Road. The development is currently in the planning stage and will be built in three phases. When fully complete it will offer approximately 40 units in an upscale apartment complex environment unlike anything currently available in the area. Jumper is working with Newcomb Engineering Company on the project and they expect to see work begin in the near future. The company also recently purchased the former Bar-None property on U.S. Highway 72 and will soon begin demolishing the dilapidated building and prepping the property for the future development of a new shopping center on the site. In addition to significant work in commercial real estate development, Jumper and his team offer full residential real estate services putting their decades of experience to work for every client to help them find exactly what they’re looking for. Jumper grew up in his family’s real estate business and followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father in establishing his own company in 2007. The business office is located on Harper Road in Corinth and they serve clients throughout the region including Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo and Prentiss counties. He is a Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager, a member of the National Association of REALTORS and the Mississippi Association of
Broker Doug Jumper shows the inside of Caterpillar’s new logistics operations center currently under construction on Harper Road. REALTORS where he recently completed tenure as Chairman of the states
Member Services and Technology Committee. To find out more about
what Jumper Realty & Associates can do for you or your business, visit
them online at jumperrealty.com or call them at 662-286-2828.
Larger Projects Built To Your Specifications Buying A Home
Relocating
Caterpillar Logistics Facility - 540,000 sq ft
You Can Count On Us To Make It Happen
Coming Soon! Residential Rental near MS Welcome Center
Residental, Lots, New Construction, Commercial Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM • 2782 S. Harper Road, Corinth, MS • PO Box 2450 www.jumperrealty.com
662-286-2828
12C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Corinth Sportsplex begins huge plan for improvements The Corinth Sportsplex is getting back to its old self. An area the facility is relying on for the transition back to way things use to be is the weight room. “People are starting to see the changes we have made and are starting to come back,” said weight room manager Chad Cornelius. “We are serious about getting back to the way things were before all the issues.” Cornelius, who is also a trainer, said every piece of equipment in the weight room is in the process of being re-covered. “Hands down this is the best equipment around,” added Cornelius. The weight room consists of all Hammer Strength and Life Fitness equipment. “I have worked out at several gyms, but I can honestly say this is the best,” said Cornelius. “It’s the only familyoriented gym in town,” added volunteer director Shane Casabella. The Sportsplex went back to what worked in the past at the beginning of the year. Former director Havis Hurley was brought back as program
director. “Everyone equates this place with Havis,” said Casabella. “The Sportsplex is still the Sportsplex, just with more organization and consistency ... we are getting back to serving youth so youth can serve.” A new seven-person board was also put in place. “It had lost a lot of people,” said Cornelius. “Those things they left over are now getting fixed … those who came back did so because they generally care about this place.” The gym is open 24-hours for those who are members. An added bonus of joining is the help that can be offered by Cornelius as a trainer. “I can give any member a workout and diet plan at no cost,” he said. He can also do private lessons for an additional cost. “My goal when I came back was to see the Sportsplex get back to what it was,” said the 30-year-old Southaven Fireman and EMT. “A lot of people are determined to see that happen.”
“The Sportsplex is still the Sportsplex, just with more organization and consistency ... we are getting back to serving youth so youth can serve.” Shane Casabella Volunteer director, Corinth Sportsplex
A United Way Supported Agency
YOUTH SPORTS Soccer Volleyball Softball Baseball T-Ball Football
• 24 Hour Access After School Day Camp
Fitness Center
PERSONAL TRAINING CLASSES Yoga Pilates Zumba
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 13C
ENT Physicians of North Mississippi provides advanced care, friendly environment, reasonable cost ENT Physicians of North Mississippi have been providing the most advanced care for all ages in a friendly environment and at a reasonable cost for 11 years in Corinth. “We do everything dealing with the ear, nose and throat,” said Dr. Malcom McAuley, one of the five partners in the practice that also has offices in Tupelo and Amory. ENT specialists are more than equipped in the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with ear, nose and throat problems. “Our doctors care about patients and what is best for them,” said Audiologist Rhonda Sage. The Corinth staff includes Dr. McAuley and Dr. Montgomery Berry along with F.N.P. Philip Howell. Sage is the local audiologist at the practice and Mindy Phifer is the allergy nurse in Corinth. Dr. “Mac” is at the Corinth office on Tuesday. Howell is on hand Wednesday while Dr. Berry mans the fort on Thursday. Each physician has their own clinical staff that works along side him, as well as 1-2 front office team members who work together to make the patient’s visit a pleasant one. “We stay busy,” said Phifer. “There are patients waiting here for us most days,” said Phifer, who has been with the practice for over 10 years. With the brand of stateof-the-art technology with a down home feel … we ARE … ENT, the office is located at 2907 Highway 72 West -- next to Serenity Day Spa -- ENT Physi-
Dr. Malcom McAuley looks over a patient at ENT Physicians.
cians is open three days a week. The Corinth office is open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Tuesday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday. The office is closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. all three days. In its allergy department, the practice provides Intradermal Testing (skin), RAST Testing (blood sample), Immunotherapy and Sublingual Therapy.
“We provide all levels of digital technology in hearing aids … anything related to hearing and balance.” Rhonda Sage Audiologist The audiology department is equipped for hearing tests for all ages, infant hearing screening, custom hearing aid fitting
and hearing aid services and supplies. “We provide all levels of digital technology in hearing aids … anything
related to hearing and balance,” added Sage. Sage also said ENT does cochlear implants. Most surgeries are done at the Tupelo location with the exception of a few done at Magnolia Regional Health Center. ENT is planning to add another partner to the practice in the summer of 2014. “We will be looking to open another day here when that happens,” said
the veteran physician McAuley. No referral is needed to schedule an appointment. To make an appointment with ENT Physicians call 286-5006 or toll free at 1-877-944-6513. Information about ENT Physicians can be found at www.entnorthmississippi.com. ENT encourages individuals to like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
e n t PHYSICIANS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI • Allergy Testing & Treatment • Hearing Loss / Hearing Aids
Dr. Ryan C. Simmons
Dr. J. Montgomery Berry
Dr. Robert H. Yarber
Dr. Malcolm D. McAuley
• Image Guided Sinus Surgery • Removal of Skin Lesions • Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery • Vertigo Testing & Treatment • Tonsillitis • Cochlear Implants • BAHA Implants • Office Balloon Sinuplasty • Snoring / Sleep Apnea • Otoplasty • Voice Care • Otitis Media
Dr. James R. McAuley
Philip Howell, FNP
Ear, Nose & Throat Care for the Entire Family TUPELO: 844-6513
AMORY: 256-9796
CORINTH: 396-4104
TOLL FREE 877-944-6513 - WWW.ENTNORTHMISSISSIPPI.COM
14C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Trinity Health Clinic−
an acute and chronic health care facility for whatever illness sneaks up on you.
We offer quality medical care, preventive screenings and wellness programs from a caring staff, all in one convenient location.
t 1FEJBUSJD "EPMFTDFOU $BSF t 8PNFO T )FBMUI $BSF t "EVMU 4FOJPS )FBMUI $BSF t %JTFBTF 4DSFFOJOH 1SFWFOUJPO t %JBCFUFT #MPPE 1SFTTVSF .BOBHFNFOU
Healthcare for all ages!
“Caring for you; body, mind & spirit”
Trinity Health Clinic continues tradition of caring for ‘body, mind and spitit’ Trinity Health Clinic opened its doors under the ownership of Cynthia Pearson, ANP-BC, FNPBC in November of 2008. Managed by Lister Healthcare Inc., Florence, Ala., Trinity’s specialty has been providing high quality healthcare with a personal touch. Patientcentered care focused on both treating problems and improving quality of life has been the ongoing goal of Pearson and her staff. Pearson said Trinity is committed to the patient. “Since opening, we have seen our practice grow each year,” she said. “Our goal for 2013 is to continue to provide our patients with the very best healthcare possible on an individual basis, with atten-
tion to the ‘whole’ person … body, mind and spirit.” Trinity’s owner moved to Corinth in 1995 after 15 years of experience in critical care nursing to begin her nurse practitioner practice. As a practice nurse for 18 years, Pearson focuses on providing high quality healthcare through the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of health problems. “NP’s are unique in that we stress both ‘care’ and ‘cure’ in what we do,” said Pearson. “We are ‘partners in health’ who stress wise health and lifestyle choices … I provide access to care to those who might otherwise fall through the crack of today’s healthcare system.” Evidence of that type
of care in shown by offering up to a 50 percent discount for uninsured patients. “My experience in healthcare, genuine care of others, and especially my faith in God, places me in a unique position to provide healthcare, comfort, support and hope to those I serve,” added Pearson. Pearson said she works with some of the finest primary care and specialist physicians in the state to see consultation and support are provided for her patients when needed. “Each patient is unique in their problems and concerns, but similar in what they need – care for their mind, body and spirit.”
The Hole Dozen becomes the newest breakfast spot The day should start with The Hole Dozen. It’s the hope of the newest doughnut and breakfast shop in town. Owned by Jerry Gurley and managed by his daughter, Tess Rouse, The Hole Dozen opened Jan. 11 in the same building that was previously home to Harlow’s Donuts for many years. “We couldn’t ask for it to be any better … we have been covered up,” said Brandon Gurley, supervisor of the business. “Our heaviest days are Thursday and Friday when we catch the school crowd … you don’t have time to even look up on those days.” Gurley said every- Sandra Barnett thing in the building was painted and a whole new look was given prior to opening. Open Tuesday-Sunday from 6 a.m. to noon on Shiloh Road next to Vitality Health Foods, the shop carries a big variety of doughnuts either glazed, dipped, filled or cake. Cinnamon rolls, cinnamon pretzels, fritters, eclairs and twists are
also available along with glazed, dipped, cake holes and cinnabites. Daily specials can also be found. “Tess is always coming up with something different,” said Gurley. Doughnuts aren’t the only breakfast treats offered. The Hole Dozen can wake individuals up with breakfast sandwiches like sausage, bacon, bologna, tenderloin, chicken and gravy and biscuits. Breakfast wraps, muffins and cheese danish are also on the menu. “We would really like to get some coffee drinkers to start coming in,” added employee Sandra Barnett. Call-in orders can be made by calling 662396-2167. Those who are in a hurry and don’t want to come inside can use the shop’s drive-thru. “We welcome all call-in orders,” added Barnett. The Hole Dozen is a Wi-Fi hotspot and now accepts debit and credit cards. “We enjoy every minute we are here,” said Barnett.
Whether You’re Looking To
• Groups WELCOME • Special Orders for Cakes, Cupcakes & Cookies Available • Catering for Large Orders • Delivery Available • Great Meeting Place • Free WiFi
* Every Tuesday at 9:00 am - Senior Bingo * We Offer Senior Discounts 1906 Shiloh Rd. (Formerly Harlows) Corinth, MS. phone 662-396-2167 • fax 662-396-2168 Open Tuesday - Sunday • 6 AM - 12 Noon
Bailey Williams Realty likes to be a part of progress
Buy Or Sell, Commercial Or Residential,
The Bailey Williams Realty Team Can Find The Perfect Property!
166 CR 180 • 3bd. 2ba.
$205,000 507 Cruise Comm. Bldg w.rental income.
$158,900 1024 E. 6th • 3bd. 2 ba.
$75,000 Call Bailey Williams Realty at 662-288-2255 or view our website www.corinthhomes.com for more info!
Helping Corinth grow. Bailey Williams Realty has played a big part in doing just that over the last 42 years. “The enjoyable part of this job is being able to see progress,” said realtor Robert Williams. “We want to make sure we find the perfect place for individuals.” Bailey Williams Realty Realty is a full-service agency which strives to meet the needs of individuals in the areas of real estate such as commercial, industrial, residential or property management. “To be successful, you need to be able to handle the full spectrum of real estate needs,” said Williams. “My dad (Bailey) worked hard many years to build a good reputation … name recognition and positive service in the past means a lot.” The progress of Corinth plays a part in
helping Williams do his his job. “The more there is to do in the city, the easier my job is,” he said. “I am really excited about Corinth, especially downtown … there has seen a lot of activity from a business and citizen standpoint.” Bailey Williams Realty has six licensed agents to serve the community’s needs when it comes to looking for the ideal place. “Quality is important to us,” said Williams. “We are constantly looking for ways to improve.” One area the real estate agency is ahead of the competition is a phone app that displays the real estate listings in Corinth. “All you have to do is search Corinth real estate and it pulls up the mobile version,” said Williams. “It’s a free download and we are the only one who has the app.”
GRAND OPENING! Opening Soon!!! PH: 662-555-1212 • JRWineSpirit.com
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 15C
With a focus on safety and quality, Caterpillar employs approximately 1,200 people across its three facilities and additional warehouses in Corinth and Booneville. These locations remanufacture engines and large engines components, in addition to serving as the center for salvage development technologies and providing core inspection, dealer support and logistics services. The Caterpillar Remanufacturing operation returns end-of-life components to “same-as-when-new” condition in terms of reliability, durability and performance. Remanufacturing reduces waste, minimizes the need for raw materials to produce new parts and supports the Caterpillar value proposition of providing customers with the lowest life cycle cost over the life of a product.
A proud member of the community since 1982, Caterpillar and its employees support the United Way, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Angel Tree, local schools and other charitable and civic organizations. The company recognized employees in its Mississippi remanufacturing facilities with the Caterpillar Foundation Community Service Award in 2011.
16C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
Mississippi Land Bank provides financing options; remains strong, experienced, committed to investing There are many reasons for someone to want a piece of land in the country. Mississippi Land Bank knows because its employees live and work here. An individual may want a piece of land to build a nice home for a growing family and enjoy the safety and security that comes with the open space that a rural land provides. It could also be a case of a person or group who is looking to purchase land for hunting and other recreational activities. Whatever the case, Mississippi Land Bank provides financing options for a variety of opportunities. Oppor-
tunities including farming, lines of credit for Ag producers, site improvements such as lakes and reforestation, constructing or improving facilities, equipment purchases and other needs where term financing is appropriate. As a cooperative lender, a Mississippi Land Bank customer is also a stockholder. As a stockholder, the customer shares in the company’s success and growth through the bank’s annual patronage program. The bank’s cooperative structure is designed to make sure its lending helps fulfill the needs of agriculture and ru-
ral America. This is largely the reason the Farm Credit System, comprised of local Farm Credit Associations such as the Mississippi Land Bank, remains the largest source of rural financing in the nation. Mississippi Land Bank remains financially strong, experienced and committed to investing in North Mississippi and American agriculture. Mississippi Land Bank is here to be your neighbor and partner in any aspect of your agricultural business or your land owning way of life. Its staff is available and capable of answering
any questions a person may have throughout the buying process. The bank can also provide individuals the resources and contacts which can help make the decision that will be in a person’s best interest. For more information about the Mississippi Land Bank, office locations, or to download an application go to www.MSLandBank.com or call toll free at 866-5609664. Let Mississippi Land Bank show you why it says, “For a common loan, use a common bank … for land and rural financing needs, use common sense.”
Let Mississippi Land Bank show you why it says, “For a common loan, use a common bank … for land and rural financing needs, use common sense.”
FOR A COMMON LOAN USE A COMMON BANK ...for Ag Production & Equipment Financing, Use Common Sense
We understand the specific needs of farmers and rural land owners and we specialize in financing solutions for them. Farm land, ag production, equipment and building financing... we have a plan for you.
~ Give Us A Call, Stop By Our Office, or Ask A Friend ~
CORINTH OFFICE · 2101 Hwy 72 East · (662) 286-0020 Brett Marlar, Vice President / Branch Manager r -FF 5VDLFS Loan Officer
Daily Corinthian • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 17C
DAILY CORINTHIAN 1607 S. Harper • Corinth, MS • 662-287-6111
Delivering Local News, Sports, Events and Top Quality Publications.
Crossroads Lifestyles P lus — 2013 Winter Edit ion
Magaz
ine
Communit y volunteer Sonny Boa tman
Harrells hik e Appalach entire ian Trail See & Do by Cathy Wo Get great d od e on Winter tr als avel In the Kit by Sue Br chen TOPS supp onson helps with or t group weight loss Doctor by James G ’s Orders ilmore, MD
&URVVURDGV
&URVVURDGV
2012-2013 Visitor’s Guide
4ǸČ?ǸɺȨȽČ?
4ǸČ?ǸɺȨȽČ?
&URVVURDGV
Business owner Jan Hurley wears many hats
4ǸČ?ǸɺȨȽČ?
""
$ "" & ! ""
O O
# ! "
O % " " ! O "
" % "
150th Anniversary of the Civil War
Magazine O
Crossroads 2012 Bridal Edition
O
O
Be Informed. Be Inspired.
Crossroads Homes Edition — Fall 2012
Magazine
Griffith Place A stunning downtown Corinth getaway Tailgating Cuisine A dozen recipes to add zest to the party
Consignment Furniture Turn your unwanted couch into cash
The Spirit of Corinth is YOU Our Readers!
18C • Sunday, March 3, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
MRHC’s latest expansion creates new entrance, services Magnolia Regional Health Center provides the highest standard of care. One patient at a time. The hospital’s commitment to the mission reached another level with the completion of a two-year project in February. MRHC created a new main entrance along with upgrades to departments such as the emergency room and radiology with its latest renovations. A new era began on Feb. 2 at midnight when the local medical facility opened its new front entrance, revealing massive and modern changes to its emergency and radiology services. Milestones included a Level III Trauma Center in its expanded emergency services and the latest top-of-line and state-ofthe-art digital equipment in radiology for such services as MRIs, x-rays, cat scans, ultrasounds, nuclear medicine and mammograms. More modern and expanded waiting and admission areas for patients and their family, were built with the ultimate goal of the best care for the patient in the most efficient way for the dedicated caregivers. “The community deserves the best health care it can be given” said MRHC CEO - President Rick Napper prior to the unveiling of the changes earlier this year. “This is not about doctors and employees, it’s about the patients and the experiences they have here.” Renovations now make the south side or side facing the surgery center as the main entrance. The move also elevates traffic around the hospital and adds another 120 parking spaces. The $17 million improvement added 23,000 square feet of new space
Above, Dr. Baron Herford (left) and MRHC’s Mark Studdard check out a nuclear heart scanner that is part of the new radiology department. Left, a new MRI Machine is equipped with Ambient Therapy, which removes the institutional noise, both mechanical and human, that contributes to a patient’s feelings of confinement, uncertainty and being unwell.
and renovated 27,000 square feet of existing space. “This building has the most state of the art technology you will find,” said the hospital CEO. The relocation and consolidation of some existing services to the tower increases the square foot-
age to 53,000. In 2007, Robins and Morton completed a major expansion project involving construction of a medical office building, patient tower, and new surgery areas along with the addition of 84 beds. “This continues a vision we began several years
ago. And it just keeps on growing and growing,” said Napper during an open house to show off the renovations. In the latest renovations, emergency rooms were made bigger with more privacy. All rooms are now single instead of double occupancy. There
are now 25 rooms -- up from 24 -- and the trauma rooms have increased from two to three rooms. “We’ve had a great turnout from the community,” said Kimberly Dickerson, nurse manager of the ER. “We’ve probably given about 50 different tours.” The 25 private rooms are “a big change,” noted MRHC Director of Emergency Services Carl Clement, while the three new trauma rooms “are more modern and efficient” and promotes team effort so
caregivers can “give more time to patients.” Also part of the ER are six new “fast track” rooms for non-emergency patients, taking away patient load in the emergency area, noted Dickerson. “The goal is to get the patient out in 60 minutes.” she said about the fast track area. The expanded, more modern radiology department provided open house attendees some excitement. MRHC, with the guidance of Director of Radiology Amy Mauney, has purchased three new Philips CT Scanners. A new MRI Machine is equipped with Ambient Therapy, which removes the institutional noise, both mechanical and human, that contributes to a patient’s feelings of confinement, uncertainty and being unwell. Patients can pick their favorite color, creating a more appealing experience. Even the mammography room in the new women’s area has ambient lighting. “You have to go a long way to find something better than this,” said Napper. “It’s very special and the ease of getting in and out of the hospital will be phenomenal.” MRHC has a deep history in Corinth, opening in 1965 as Magnolia Hospital. Renovating and upgrading of the facility and equipment has evolved into the health care organization it is today. Over the last decade, Alcorn County’s number one employer has expanded greatly with the opening of the Magnolia Heart and Vascular Center that offers heart surgery and cardiovascular care and the Cancer Center at Magnolia that offers the latest in full-service cancer care and treatment.