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Police arrest sleeping ‘fridge bandit’ BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A Corinth man found himself behind bars on Saturday after raiding the refrigerator. The crime wasn’t that he ate too much, but rather that the fridge belonged to a stranger.

Andrew Keith Gadbaw, 28, of Chambers Street, was charged with burglary of a dwelling. Bond was set at $50,000. Corinth Police Department Capt. Dell Green said oﬃcers responded to a call about 9:30 p.m. from a Violet Street resi-

dent who came home to find a man passed out on his couch. “This individual had gained access to the home and consumed food and beverages from the refrigerator,” said Green. The resident was not acquainted with Gadbaw, who

was taken into custody without incident.

Man faces drug charges ■ In a separate case, a Corinth man faces multiple felony charges after an investigation

of drug activity. Stanley Joel Hubbard Jr., 35, of Bunch Street, was arrested Friday and charged with sale of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, child Please see BANDIT | 2

Meeting addresses potential closures BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn School District Board of Education will host a special meeting tonight to further discuss the consolidation and closure of two county elementary schools. Board President Carroll Morton said the meeting will be open to the public. “This is a time for all board members and any member of the public to ask questions and hopefully get answers,” he said. “I don’t want any-

one to feel like they haven’t been given the opportunity to address every concern they have.” Set for 5 p.m. at the district oﬃce, Morton said he hopes the meeting will be a constructive one. “Every meeting we have had on the subject of school closure has been very useful and the public has always handled themselves well,” added Morton. “My hope is we can conPlease see MEETING | 6

‘Paint Town Green’ Students learn flag etiquette for CP awareness Staff photo by Zack Steen

American Legion Post 6 members demonstrate flag folding etiquette to Glendale Elementary School fourth graders.

BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

GLEN — Students at Glendale Elementary School know know American flag etiquette and respect. Five local veterans with the American Legion Post 6 in Corinth visited with students in first, second and fourth grades. The children were taught the

importance of the national symbol, how to respect the flag and other people in their community and how to correctly fold the flag. “Our American Legion is made of men and women who have served our country in the military,” said Legion Commander Tommy Watson. “Now those same folks want to serve

Corinth has the paint and brushes ready. The city is about to get a touch of green in becoming part of National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day with its “Paint the Town Green” campaign on March 25.

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Tourney honors Timms, celebrates work of EMS BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Hitting the greens in support of scholarship opportunities for local students, organizers and supporters of the Tom Timms Memorial Golf Tournament are polishing up their clubs in preparation for their third annual event. Hosted by the Air-Evac Lifeteam along with Magnolia Regional Health Center EMS employees, the golf tournament is held each year in honor of their late friend and co-worker Tom Timms who drowned while vacationing in Cape San Blas, Fla., on Sept. 16, 2013, at the age of 45. Scheduled for 9 a.m. on Friday, May 20 at the Shiloh

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the community and they can do that by helping train our kids to be good citizens and respect the flag.” Watson said students were given flags and a ruler featuring the “Golden Rule.” “It’s important for these kids to understand that there aren’t

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People of the Crossroads Brandy Shelton, Rienzi LPN Brandy Shelton has always felt called to the medical field. “As a child, I always loved spending time with my great-grandmother, Bernice Braddock, who lived next door to us,” said Shelton who now lives out her life-long dream, serving as a nurse on the Geriatric Psych Unit at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. “I can remember her teaching me to check her vitals at a young age and soon discovered I enjoyed doing it.” A graduate of Biggersville High School and Northeast Mississippi Community College, the 27-yearold nurse has been an employee of Baptist-Booneville for three years and is an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church. She and her boyfriend, Brandon Vanderford, are expecting their first child, Dakota Vance Vanderford, in June.

Ridge Golf Course in Corinth, the fund-raising event will take place during National EMS week. “We feel it is a wonderful way to honor our local EMS and to let them know their community is grateful and proud of what they do,” said Ron Strom, a paramedic at MRHC EMS. “We want to all come together, celebrate Tom’s life and raise money for the things he cared so much for — EMS and the people of Corinth.” “The four-person scramble was a big success last year and we look forward to another fun time with our friends and Please see TOURNEY | 2

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Jordan Quinn, Matt Quinn, Bre Palmer, Nick Coln, Lesley Lewis and Jana Lewis represent Alcorn County in the state hoops shoot competition in Hattiesburg.

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Woo hoo for the Warriors Corinth Elementary School first grader Marley Dixon cheers for the Corinth Warriors during a sendoff for the team on Wednesday morning. CHS faces McComb tonight at 8 in Jackson for the Class 4A State Championship. Staff photo by Zack Steen

American Legion Post 6 members visited with first-, second- and fourth-grade students at Glendale Elementary School recently. The veterans show students the correct way to fold an American flag and also taught students to always respect the flags and others in the community.

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just rules at school, but rules in life that should be followed, as well,” he said. “The ‘Golden Rule’ is the best example of a life’s rules -- to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” GES Principal Elizabeth Wamsley said students in all three grades enjoyed their time with the veterans. “Having the American Legion in our school was a tremendous treat for our students,” she said. “The fourth graders, particularly, enjoyed the hands on exchange they had with the veterans and were enthralled at the idea of learning how to appropriately fold our nation’s flag. Watching them focus

and learn so respectfully in regards to handling our flag was honestly inspiring.” Watson said the legion normally visits each elementary school in the county each year. “We’ve already been to Kossuth, Corinth, Alcorn Central, and now Glen,” said Watson. “Next up is Biggersville and Rienzi.” Post members taking part at GES included Charles Hutson, Bobby McDaniel, Harold Burleson, Doug Hayhurst and Watson. Wamsley added with a smile, “the veterans even changed out our tattered school flag for a brand new “Old Glory” before they left our campus.”

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abuse and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Capt. Dell Green said the Corinth Narcotics Unit had a warrant in hand for the arrest of Hubbard based on an undercover drug purchase from him prior to Friday’s arrest. During surveillance of the residence at 1505 Bunch, oﬃcers stopped a vehicle that left the residence, seizing an ounce of

marijuana from a different individual. Hubbard then left the residence, and officers stopped him and took him into custody for the sale charge. Officers executed a search warrant and seized a gram of methamphetamine, a firearm, a vehicle and $3,200. The child abuse charge stems from the presence of a child during the undercover buy, said Green. Bond for Hubbard was set at $55,000.

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family,” he added. Friday, May 13 is the deadline to register for the event. The cost to enter is $260 per team. Door prizes and cash awards will be presented to the winners of the Long Drive Contest, closest to the pin on all par 3 holes and several other exciting events. A total of $5,000 in cash was given out last year. “This tournament will fill up quickly so if interested in participating please let us know as soon as possible,” said Doug Lomenick, a paramedic at MRHC EMS. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For $200 businesses can sponsor a hole on the golf course and have their company logo sign added to it. Teams can sponsor a hole for $400 which includes the cost of entry for one team in the scramble and a company logo for one hole. The Memorial Fund which honors the life, values and character of Tom Timms has donated a total of 6 AEDs to the local community, several lifesaving devices to the Police department, Sheriﬀ’s oﬃce and Highway Patrol and over $10,000 in scholarships over the past two years. “We are excited about this year and look forward to donating more to the community that Tom cared so much about,”

MRHC EMS Paramedic Ron Strom attends the 2nd Annual Tom Timms Memorial Golf Tournament. said Lomenick. Applications for scholarship awards must be received by Wednesday, April 20. Interested individuals should contact Ricki Barnett by email at ricki.barnett@air-evac. com or Rebecca Timms at rtimmsrdh@gmail. com. Applications can be mailed to TTMF P.O. Box 2584 Corinth MS 38835 or dropped oﬀ at the AirEvac 58 Base in Corinth, behind Magnolia Regional Health Center. Tom began his EMS career as a volunteer firefighter with Farmington F.D. in 2003 before becoming a Paramedic with MRHC EMS where he served his community for nine years. In addition to MRHC, he also worked for NMMC Iuka EMS and at the time of his death was a Flight Paramedic for the Air-Evac Lifeteam with AE 58 in Corinth. He enjoyed being a member of the Pig-Medic cooking team who will be cooking

at the golf tournament. “Most of his time was dedicated to helping others and has been dearly missed,” said Strom. “He was a great paramedic and loved being involved in EMS.” “Last year we had 33 teams and it was a beautiful day to play golf,” he continued. “We truly appreciate the support the community and our sponsors have given us and look forward to another successful tournament.” (For more information about the golf tournament, contact Ricki Barnett at 662-415-1397, email those listed above or call Ryan Smith at 662-415-1112. Checks should be made payable to the CREATE Foundation with Tom Timms Memorial Fund in Memo line. The Tom Timms Memorial Fund is a special project of the CREATE foundation.)

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Today is Thursday, March 10, the 70th day of 2016. There are 296 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

On this date In 1880, the Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England. In 1914, the Rokeby Venus, a 17th century painting by Diego Velazquez on display at the National Gallery in London, was slashed multiple times by Mary Richardson, who was protesting the arrest of fellow suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst. (The painting was repaired.) In 1933, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake centered off Long Beach, Calif., resulted in 120 deaths. In 1949, Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as “Axis Sally,” was convicted of treason. (She served 12 years in prison.) In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.) In 1993, Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic. (Shooter Michael Griffin is serving a life sentence.)

Five years ago: The House Homeland Security Committee examined Muslim extremism in America during a hearing punctuated by tearful testimony and angry recriminations. (Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., accused U.S. Muslims of doing too little to help fight terror in America; Democrats warned of inflaming anti-Muslim sentiment.)

One year ago: Breaking her silence in the face of a growing controversy over her use of a private email address and server, Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded that she should have used government email as secretary of state but insisted she had not violated any federal laws or President Barack Obama administration rules.

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The Alcorn County Democratic Convention will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 12 at the Alcorn County Courthouse. The Alcorn County Democratic Executive Committee for the next four years will be elected, as well as delegates to the congressional district and state conventions later this year. All Democrats are invited to attend the convention.

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Prentiss voters choose Clinton and Trump BOONEVILLE — Prentiss County voters put their support behind Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential primary election. In the Republican Primary, Trump carried the county with 1,629 votes, followed by Ted Cruz with 1,394. John Kasich was third at 198. The remainder of the field included Marco Rubio with 169, Ben Carson (46), Mike Huckabee (17), Jeb Bush (13), Chris Christie (3), Lindsey Graham (2), Carly Fiorina (2), Rick Santorum (1), Rand Paul (0), and George Pataki (0). The results mirrored those statewide as Trump led the field with 47 percent of the vote, followed by Cruz with 36 percent and Kasich with 9 percent. Rubio had 5 percent, Carson 1 percent. All other candidates had less than one percent of the vote in the state. On the Democratic side, Clinton won by a large margin in the county and the state. In Prentiss County the former Secretary of State had 704 votes followed by Bernie Sanders with 258. Willie Wilson received 15 votes, Martin O’Malley 8, and Rocky De La Fuente 5. At the state level Clinton won with 83 percent of the vote. Sanders received 16 percent. Wilson was third, followed by O’Malley and De La Fuente who all received less than one percent of the vote. Incumbent Congressman Trent Kelly cruised to a resounding victory in his Republican primary, the only other contested race on the ballot. Kelly received 3,128 votes in Prentiss County over challenger Paul Clever with 214. In the overall District Kelly had 94,074 to Clever’s 11,254. Kelly will face Democratic challenger Jacob Owens in November. Owens was un-

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OXFORD (AP) — NBC’s Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw returns to Oxford to deliver the 163rd Ole Miss commencement address. Brokaw, the only person to host all three major NBC News programs — “Today,” ‘‘Nightly News” and “Meet the Press” — will speak to graduating students at 9 a.m. on May 14 in the Grove. WMC-TV reports Brokaw served as a guest lecturer for the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media in 2010. Chancellor Jeff Vitter says he is looking forward to Brokaw’s insights. Vitter describes Brokaw as “one of the most astute observers of our culture and its evolution over the past half-century” who has “enjoyed a front-row seat at some of the most significant events of our time, and his discernments on American politics and life are remarkable.”

Arts council creates aromatic urban garden OXFORD (AP) — Prepare for an aroma of herbs while viewing sculptures this spring at Yoknapatawpha Arts Council’s garden. Fiskars’ Project Orange Thumb awarded 30 community gardens cash and new tools to improve neighborhoods, and $3,500 is headed to Oxford. More than 400 applications were received, and a board of garden bloggers and experts helped determine the winners. “YAC stood out in particular against other applicants largely because of their desire to expand on their current educational programming,” said Fiskars’ spokeswoman Jane Hanneman.

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House works to meet deadline BY NICK BAIN State Representative, District 2

Last week was a productive one, and a great example of how to work cooperatively for the benefit of all Mississippians. The 2016 session had a slow start and has had its share of ups and downs. I like to believe this rocky start will enable us to be an even better body of public servants because we know first-hand what can happen if we fail to work together. We began the week with 218 bills still on the calendar awaiting the March 3 deadline for our general measures to be voted out and sent on the Senate. We buckled up and managed to work through the calendar with time to spare on deadline day. Among bills that have been sent to the Senate were two so-called “election reform” bills that I was pleased to support. House Bill 769 provides an opportunity for voters to cast their ballots on machines located in Circuit Clerks offices up to 14 days prior to Election Day. This early voting will replace the cumbersome “absentee balloting” currently in place. Voters will no longer have to offer an approved “excuse” for having to vote early. Mississippi is one of the last states to implement this type of voting for the ease of the voters. The second measure is House Bill 809, which provides for online voter registration. The internet has made life more convenient in many aspects, and there is no reason why registering to vote can’t be as convenient as possible. We are assured that every effort will be made to ensure accuracy and reliability for this process. The House approved this measure by a vote of 118-2. These two ideas were proposed by the Secretary of State as a means of brining our election processes into the 21st Century. I also proposed a measure that would have prohibited candidates from spending campaign funds on personal items. It died in committee. Although this effort was not successful during this session, I am hopeful that we will see more restrictions on the use of campaign funds in the near future. House Bill 595, which I co-sponsored, creates the crime of “cargo theft,” defines what constitutes the crime and provides for penalties. A number of us worked together to pass this bill to address a rising incidence of thieves doing things like simply driving off with fully-loaded commercial vehicles. There have been reports of pick-up trucks hauling lawn equipment, for example, being driven off of parking lots. Eighteen wheelers and their cargo have disappeared. The brazenness of some thieves is truly amazing. If this measure becomes law, we will at least be assured that those committing these crimes will be charged with appropriate crimes and penalized accordingly. It was a pleasure to welcome Bro. Lamar Walker of Ball Hill Missionary Baptist Church to the House chamber to pray over us as our deadline day began on March 3. We were also visited by Jacob Brock, William Butler, Skylar Sanders and Jesse Potts on March 2. I am always proud to introduce our homefolks to my colleagues. Please let me know if I can be of help to you. Email me at nbain@house.ms.gov, call me at (601-953-2994, or message me on Facebook. I look forward to hearing from you.

Prayer for today My Father, I pray that thou wilt take care of my thoughts when I am alone and tired, and keep them strong and clean. Grant that while I commune with thee I may yield to my needs and be restored with keener energy for worthier deeds. May I ask of thy wisdom every day. Amen.

A verse to share “Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.” — Psalms 135:3

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An establishment in panic Donald Trump “appeals to racism.” “[F]rom the beginning ... his campaign has profited from voter prejudice and hatred” and represents an “authoritarian assault upon democracy.” If Speaker Paul Ryan wishes to be “on the right side of history ... he must condemn Mr. Trump clearly and comprehensively. The same goes for every other Republican leader.” “Maybe that would split the (Republican) party,” but, “No job is worth the moral stain that would come from embracing (Trump). No party is worth saving at the expense of the country.” If Republican leaders wish to be regarded as moral, every one of them must renounce Trump, even if it means destroying their party. Who has laid down this moral mandate? The Holy Father in Rome? No. The voice posturing as the conscience of America is The Washington Post, which champions abortion on demand and has not, in the memory of this writer, endorsed any Republican for president — though it did endorse Marion Barry three times for mayor of D.C. Anticipating the Post’s orders, Sen. Marco Rubio has been painting Trump as a “scam artist” and “con

artist,” with an “orange” complexion, a “spray tan” and “tiny hands,” who is “unfit to Pat lead the party Buchanan of Lincoln and Reagan.” Columnist The establishment is loving Rubio, and the networks are giving him more airtime. And Rubio is reciprocating, promising that, even if defeated in his home state of Florida on March 15, he will drive his pickup across the country warning against the menace of Trump. That the Beltway elites, whose voice is the Post, hate and fear Trump is not only undeniable, it is understandable. The Post beat the drums for the endless Mideast wars that bled and near bankrupted the country. Trump will not start another. The Post welcomes open borders that bring in millions to continue the endless expansion of the welfare state and to change the character of the country we grew up in. Trump will build the wall, and repatriate those here illegally. Trump threatens the trade treaties that enable amoral transnational corporations

to ship factories and jobs overseas to produce cheaply abroad and be rid of American employees who are ever demanding better wages and working conditions. The political establishment in Washington depends on Wall Street and K Street for PAC money and campaign contributions. Wall Street and K Street depend on the political establishment to protect their right to abandon America for the greener pastures abroad. Before March 15, when Florida and Ohio vote and the fates of Rubio and Gov. John Kasich are decided, nothing is likely to stop the ferocious infighting of the primaries. But after March 15, the smoke will have cleared. If Trump has fallen short of a glide path to the nomination, the war goes on. But if Trump seems to be the near-certain nominee, it will be a time for acceptance, a time for a ceasefire in this bloodiest of civil wars in the GOP. Otherwise, the party will kick away any chance of keeping Hillary Clinton out of the White House, and perhaps kick away its future as well. While the depth and rancor of the divisions in the party are apparent, so also is the opportunity. For the

turnout in the Republican primaries and caucuses has not only exceeded expectations, it has astonished and awed political observers. A new “New Majority” has been marching to the polls and voting Republican, a majority unlike any seen since the 49-state landslides of the Nixon and Reagan eras. If this energy can be maintained, if those throngs of Republican voters can be united in the fall, then the party can hold Congress, capture the While House and reconstitute the Supreme Court. Come the ides of March, the GOP is going to be in need of its uniters and its statesmen. But today, all Republicans should ask themselves: Are these folks coming out in droves to vote Republican really the bigoted, hateful and authoritarian people of the Post’s depiction? Or is this not the same old Post that has poured bile on conservatives for generations, now in a panic that America’s destiny may be torn away from it and restored to its rightful owners? (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

Will a Republican majority rally to defeat Trump? The Republican race for president last week converged, suddenly and briefly, in Detroit. In the Fox Theatre, one of the nation’s great 1920s movie palaces, the four remaining presidential candidates fought it out in the Fox News debate. Earlier that day, Mitt Romney, who grew up in Detroit and suburban Bloomfield Hills when the Motor City was thriving, urged Republicans not to let Donald Trump win the party’s nomination. John McCain joined in with words of support, and the views of the George Bushes can be taken for granted. All this is a reversal of the usual pattern when the front-runner in the first dozen contests attracts widespread support. But such candidates have also been widely acceptable to a majority of primary voters and caucusgoers. Exit polls establish that Trump isn’t. At the debate Marco Rubio started oﬀ by pointing out that Trump has won only one-third — 34 percent — of the votes cast. He has finished below 40 percent in the vast majority of contests (16 of 20 as of now). Rubio subjected Trump to the kind of bantering insults Trump has specialized in. Trump’s sputtering

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interruptions were accompanied by whooping and hollering from the Fox Theatre rafMichael ters, but were Barone less eﬀective than in the Columnist past. Rubio’s repeated emphasis on the scams perpetrated by Trump University and Ted Cruz’s reminders that the fraud case — which Trump says may take three years to resolve — will be litigated during campaign season may have hit home. Throughout the debate the most eﬀective criticisms of Trump came from Ted Cruz. Again and again, in stentorian tones, he interwove the themes that Trump is not a conservative and cannot be trusted to follow through on his promised immigration crackdown. Rubio underlined this with adept criticism of Trump’s reversal on H1-B visas. In Florida Trump opponents should vote for Marco Rubio on March 15, thus denying Trump its 99 winner-take-all delegates. In Ohio they should vote that day for John Kasich, denying Trump the state’s 66 winner-take-all delegates. In states where Ted Cruz

leads, such as Louisiana, they should vote for Cruz. The purpose is to deny Trump the 1,237 delegates he needs for a majority at the convention in July. Trump’s advocates call this an establishment cabal. But a candidate who has broken every rule of decorum and substance, accusing a Republican president of lying the nation into war, is estopped from complaining about others not observing conventional rules. Whether such tactical voting, common in parliamentary systems such as Britain’s, will work is unclear. There’s little time between contests for reliable polling. But if a majority of Republican primary voters don’t want Trump and would settle for any of the alternatives on oﬀer, it could just work. There’s nothing wrong with refusing to nominate a candidate opposed by a majority. From Trump supporters I hear the argument that things have gone so badly over the last 15 years that a Trump presidency, for all its possible pitfalls, or the possibility that he could lose to Hillary Clinton, could not be worse. But anyone who knows 20th century history knows that the downside risk for a society with the wrong lead-

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ers can be not just marginal but catastrophic. Trump’s assurance that U.S. troops would follow his orders, even if contrary to law, should be chilling to anyone familiar with that history. Near the end of the debate Ted Cruz made that point eloquently by citing Detroit and how, in his view, 50 years of liberal governance destroyed so much of a once-thriving city. I saw that destruction as an intern in the Detroit mayor’s oﬃce during the 1967 riot and in repeated visits over the years afterward, destruction wreaked in large part because of policies now advocated by the Black Lives Matter movement and Hillary Clinton. Rubio, Cruz and Kasich all lead Hillary Clinton in public polls. Donald Trump trails behind in virtually every one. Perhaps those now whooping and hollering for Trump will realize the pitfalls of a Trump nomination could be disastrous. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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Carroll explores Southern roots on new CD BY CAROL HUMPHREYS For the Daily Corinthian

Fry my baloney Make it black around the edges (Then you) slap it tween some Wonder bread Put your hand on your heart Every time they play Dixie That’s what my Mama said That’s what I learned in school The Southland rules PICKWICK — Mark Twain said a Southerner “talk’s music.” Southern girl Sandy Carroll expresses herself beautifully in folksy drawl and rollicking balladry on her new CD, “Last Southern Belle.” The singer/songwriter gives a musical reminiscing of her life growing up in Stantonville in McNairy County, not far from the Tennessee River, and her journey back near her home. The album is an eclectic mix of country, roots-rock, folk, gospel, and rhythm and blues. It is backed by skillful acoustic instrumentation on the piano, banjo, fiddle and accordion. It is pure Americana. “This is the music of a journey: from universal pain and loss (‘Headin’ Out on Empty,’ ‘The Nothing in Your Eyes’) to hope (‘Driving Toward the Sun’) and laughter (‘Tattoo That I Can’t Undo’), but mostly this music is about the South,” Carroll said about the new album’s songs. Carroll’s vocals, sultry and potent, sing of the nuances of her journey, interweaving the eccentricities, misconceptions and the beauty and rural tranquility of the South. Her title track brings back her memories as a child. She loves Elvis and Jesus And her red Cadillac Ridin’ with the top down And the sun on her neck Goes to church every Sunday Dressed to the nines No doubt about it, she’s the last of her kind “The songs are a reflection on the generation before the ’60s, before civil rights and women’s rights, more in my mother’s era,” said Carroll. “People were more isolated, there wasn’t as much information available. You grew up and got married. You dressed a certain way. In my mind, that was the generation of the last true Southern Belles. After that time, in the ’60s, the world exploded. Women became more involved in having careers.” The musical artist who said she has been “playing, writing and singing music forever,” began her own career in the early ’80s, recording and singing around the MidSouth. After playing on the road for five years, she headlined at the Lafayette’s Corner club on famed Beale Street in Memphis when the street reopened in 1983. She played the piano and did a lot of writing as a solo artist. Between this time and moving back fulltime to the Memphis area in 1992, she wrote and recorded in San Francisco and toured the UK as a solo artist. In 2008, Carroll was awarded a note on Beale Street and in 2010 the note was “put to rest” in front of the Hard Rock Cafe. In 2011, she filmed a show that is part of the documentary “Ladies of Beale,” which celebrates all the women who have a note on the street. As the wife of Grammywinning producer Jim Gaines, Carroll has done a lot of traveling in both the United States and Europe. She said it was frustrating at times to see other people’s preconcep-

Pickwick resident and singer/songwriter Sandy Carroll has released a new CD.

“I’m a real Southerner and I’m proud of being from the South. I understand some of the preconceptions of the South, but I have lived and worked in a lot of different places and all of them have their own problems. There is no reason for anybody to look down their nose at us.” Sandy Carroll Pickwick resident and singer/songwriter Sandy Carroll has released a new CD, “Last Southern Belle.” The album is an eclectic mix of country, roots-rock, folk, gospel and rhythm and blues. tions about the southern United States. “It took me some time to write ‘The Last Southern Belle,’” said the songwriter. “I would ask people, ‘What comes to mind when I say, ‘Southern Belle?’ I was surprised to find a lot of the answers were negative. It is so disappointing people still lump anything Southern with negative connotations like being ignorant or racist. “Though I was born in Alcorn County, I’ve been all over the world,” she continued. “When I’d mention I live in Tennessee, people would automatically say, ‘Oh that is where Elvis is from ...’ and then look at me like I was from some awful, barbaric place.” The Southern artist said part of the inspiration for her new album was she was tired of being pre-judged. “I’m a real Southerner

and I’m proud of being from the South,” said Carroll. “I understand some of the preconceptions of the South, but I have lived and worked in a lot of diﬀerent places and all of them have their own problems. There is no reason for anybody to look down their nose at us. “There is humor in my songs but I wanted the CD to make a statement. People say we talk too slow and I tell them, ‘We want you to understand what we are saying. We are good people’.” “I was always a proud Southerner,” she added. “I would defend the good things of the South, the creative, warm, funny traditions (as told in the songs ‘Southland Rules,’ ‘Family Reunion Day’) that are soulful and enlightened. I had no defense for the bad things; there is none.” She said her song

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“Southern Woman” is where her “head is at” and her Southern pride simmers in “Southland Rules.” In “Boys of Shiloh,” she gives a haunting, impactful rendition of growing up near one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battlefields. Uneasy they sleep Dreaming of victory They can’t see the blood on the moon Can’t see the blood on the moon “I wrote about all the stuﬀ that is near and dear to my heart,” said the songwriter. “I also incorporated a little gospel. ‘Last Southern Belle’ is the most personal record I’ve ever written.”

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Carroll co-wrote the songs on “Last Southern Belle” with Mark Narmore from Muscle Shoals, who is in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. The CD also includes backing from a host of all-star musicians, including legendary bassist David Hood, guitarist Will McFarlane and drummer Steve Potts. She and her husband, who produced “Last Southern Belle,” live in the Pickwick area with their Bichon Frise, Liberty Grace. “Libby is our sweetie,” said Carroll. Their studio is in Stantonville, in the house Carroll grew up in. The couple moved back to the area in 2000. She

commented her husband used to travel all the time, working with well-known music artists like Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Huey Lewis, George Thorogood, Blues Traveler and more. He got tired of traveling so people come to see him now. “We get to meet a lot of people who come in from Europe and record here,” said Carroll. “It is interesting to people who have never been in this part of the country. We take them to the local restaurants in Iuka or Corinth to eat catfish. They just fall in love with this area and its rustic beauty. It is fun showing them around and seeing how they react to a little country town.” The songwriter said she and her husband love the peace and quiet of the Pickwick area and consider it their “heaven.” The area and its people also give Carroll plenty of musical inspiration. “You never know what’s going to pop out of these woods out here,” she said, laughing. “Last Southern Belle,” released Feb. 19, is Carroll’s third album for Catfood Records. The singer/songwriter said she was really proud of the local talent and artists who helped make the album happen. Many of her band members are from the area, including Thelton Vanderford, a bluegrass, banjo player from Corinth; violinist Harrell Harold from Booneville; Tishomingo native, drummer Derreck Young; bassist Scotty Young of Corinth; fiddle player Glenn Harrell; and Vicki Atkins from Hardin County, who along with Ashley Nunn recorded background vocals. “We had a lot of fun meeting these local musicians. We used a lot of local talent, which has made this CD really shine,” said Carroll. Carroll will be performing songs with her band oﬀ her new CD on Thursday, March 10 from 6-8 p.m. at Freddie T’s in Counce. “Last Southern Belle” will also be available to buy. Admission is free. “It will just be a little CD kickoﬀ party for the community. I just want to spread the word to people who enjoy my music, that I have something new,” said Carroll. Barry Shaw, a bass player who lives in Pickwick, will also be performing at Freddy T’s. Appearing with Shaw will be Will MacFarlane (Nashville Music Hall of Fame), Mark Narmore and Justin Holder from Muscle Shoals. (A resident of Corinth, Carol Humphreys is a freelance writer and contributor to the Daily Corinthian, Crossroads Magazine and Pickwick Profiles.)

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Funeral services for Sarita Jean Brown, 89, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Waldron Street Christian Church with burial at Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 12 noon until the service. Mrs. Brown died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was born Dec. 3, 1925, in Ann Arbor, Mich. A member of Waldron Street Christian Church, she retired Brown after 35 years from the IRS, where she held the position of accounting technician. She also was an artist and talented crafts person. She was the public relations chair for a number of years for the national active and retired Federal Employees Association #1879. She was a loyal, longtime member of Take Oﬀ Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett B. Brown; her mother, Edith L. Coughlin; a brother, Jack A. Coughlin; and a sister, Kathleen A. Coughlin. Survivors are her nephews, Allen Lopenski (Cheryl), John W. Brooks and David Coughlin; her niece and caregiver, Robbie Michael; great-nephews Anthony Lopenski and Jason Brooks; and her church family. Honorary pallbearers will be the elders and deacons of Waldron Street Christian Church. Bro. Ted Avant and Bro. Drew Foster will oﬃciate the service under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Waldron Street Christian Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 447, Corinth, MS 38834.

L. Clark (Wendy) and Billy J. Clark (Vicki), both of Dumas; 15 grandchildren, Milton Garner Jr. (Jalesa), Anthony Clark, Kimberly Leanord (William), David Clark, Allison Moore, Charles Moore, Brandi Clark, Tiﬀany Clark, Thomas Moore, Katie Moore, Gene Patterson Jr., Kenneth Patterson, Joseph Patterson (Tracy), Eddie Patterson (Elan) and Richard Clark Jr.; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Willie Edward Clark. Bro. John Pams will oﬃciate the service under the direction of McBride Funeral Home of Ripley.

Brian Egan

GLEN — Brian Egan, 69, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Magnolia Funeral Home will have the arrangements.

Michael Brown

IUKA — A memorial service for Michael Lloyd Brown, 54, is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Tishomingo State Park pavilion. Mr. Brown died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Survivors include wife of 22 years, Angela Brown of Iuka; his father, Jimmie R. Brown Sr. (Patricia) of Alamo, Tenn.; his mother, Thelma Wynn (Ed) of Iuka; one son, Warren Michael Brown (Brittney) of Iuka; three daughters, Brittany Green (Kevin), Erica White (Jason) and Amber Huﬀman, all of Iuka; two brothers, Jimmie R. Brown Jr. (Lynn) and Jason Christopher Brown; one sister, Cathy Caroll (Craig); and 10 grandchildren, Alexis, Dakota, Kayleigh, Madison, Ashlan, Sterling, Ethan, Peyton, Serenity and Lynnlee. Bro. Dennis Wingo will officiate the service under the direction of Cutshall Funeral Home.

Peggy Glidewell

BURNSVILLE — Funeral services for Peggy Sue Glidewell, 78, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Temple Baptist Church in Burnsville with burial at Temple Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 to 9 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home and Friday from 10 a.m. until the service at the church. Mrs. Glidewell died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at her home. Born Oct. 3, 1937, she was a department manager at Walmart in Iuka for 26 years. She was a Christian. Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Willie B. Glidewell of Burnsville; sons Bruce Glidewell, Barry Glidewell (Diane), Boo Glidewell (Becky) and Tim Glidewell, all of Burnsville; a daughter, Barbara Dobbins (Mike) of Corinth; 13 grandchildren, Cory Glidewell (Nikki), J.J. Glidewell (Misty), Christy Glidewell, Angie Winters (John), Jennifer Talley (Jon), Stephanie Strickland (Justin), Chris Orr (Kari), Josh Stricklen (Hillary), Kyle Stricklen (Virginia), Chad Glidewell, Chelsey Bobo (Tyler), Steven Glidewell (Taylor) and Bro. Sean Glidewell; and 20 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly Orr; her parents, John Allen Nabors

Dixie Clark

Funeral services for Dixie Lee Shaw Clark, 74, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church with burial at Tippah Memorial Garden in Ripley. Visitation is at the church Friday from 10 a.m. until the service. Mrs. Clark died Monday, March 7, 2016, at her daughter’s home. Born Jan. 10, 1942, she was a homemaker and a U.S. Army veteran. She attended St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, William Berry of Guntown; two daughters, Sherry Patterson (Gene) of Corinth and Janet Moore (Charles) of Cleveland, Texas; two sons, Richard

and Estella Delight Hopper Nabors; three sisters, Shirley Sexton, Elvetia Brock and Billie Gates; and a great-granddaughter, Aberleigh Winters. Bro. Sean Glidewell and Gro. George Glidewell will oﬃciate the service.

Cindy Lee

IUKA — Cindy Lee, 79, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Iuka. No public services are scheduled. Mrs. Lee was a communicant at St. Mary Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband, Alfred Lee of Iuka; one son, Joseph Quinn of Toms River, N.J.; and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Patrick Quinn; one daughter, Mary Jane Leadingham; two sisters,; and one brother. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka has the arrangements.

Terry M. Newcomb

GLEN — Terry Marie Newcomb, 46, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville. No services are scheduled. Survivors are her fiance, Dennis Modlin of Glen; her father, Troy Newcomb of Corinth; her grandmother, Eula B. Newcomb; one son, Cody Newcomb of Corinth; one daughter, Corie Newcomb of Glen; one brother, Troy Newcomb Jr. of Iuka; three sisters, Tammy Newcomb of Corinth, Tina Newcomb of Fulton and Teresa Henderson of Herron, Tenn.; and a grandchild, Jessica Paige Newcomb of Iola, Kan. She was preceded in death by her stepmother, Pansy Jane Newcomb, and her grandfather, D.E. Newcomb. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial and Honor Program.

Jimmy Shamburger

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tinue that.” Tonight’s meeting will take place five days prior to the regular, scheduled March board meeting where school oﬃcials are expected to make the final decision on rather to close Glendale Elementary School and Rienzi Elementary School. Morton added he’s still against the school closures. “I think there are other alternates,” he said. “I just can’t stand the thought of doing away with the resources that we already

have in place.” Board member Russ Nash has also said he plans to vote against a consolidation. Four of the five board members granted Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell permission in February to further investigate the associated savings of shutting down both schools. Nash casted the lone “no” vote. Last month, Mitchell said the district is $5 million in debt and the closing of both schools would save around $700,000 per year. “I plan to address the

BAD NEWS You probably remember where you were when the news came. Perhaps you were in the doctor’s office listening intently as the doctor explained to you the nature of your disease and what could be expected in the weeks ahead. It may have come from a loved one as they sat, and through tear filled eyes explained to you that their own life was hanging in the balances because of cancer, or other sickness. The phone rings in the early morning hours, and you learn that a dear friend has been killed in an automobile accident. We know these things, as bad as they are, happen daily. What can I do? The Bible does not hide from us those things that cause us pain and heartache, and it even lets us know that Jesus experienced those things in his life. He saw sickness, suffering, and death all around him. Bethany was a small village just outside Jerusalem, and was the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, dear friends of Jesus, as we learn from John 11: 1-5, and Luke 10:38,39. The verses from John’s narrative also tell us that Jesus received the news of his friend’s sickness, but chose to stay where he was for a couple of days, knowing what would happen to Lazarus, and that it would be the means of bringing glory to the Son of God (verse 4). Jesus also spoke plainly to his disciples when he said to them, “Lazarus is dead.” (verse 14). Upon arrival at the home of his friends he finds others who have gathered to comfort the two sisters in the time of loss (verse 19). When we experience loss, we are blessed that there are those who will help us bear the burden, and surround us with love and encouragement. Paul encouraged the Galatian Christians to “Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). In John 11:23 Jesus said to Martha, “Thy brother shall rise again.” He further stated, “I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live” (verse 25). What hope Jesus is able to give; even in our darkest hour, and our time of greatest need. Sickness and death bring us great sorrow, but are a very real part of life. It is in Jesus, his life, his words, and the certainty of resurrection that I find comfort and hope, when bad news comes. We invite you to study and worship with us at the Danville church of Christ.

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board (tonight) and provide some new information on the school merger,” said Mitchell. “I do appreciate the way folks have acted and reacted during this controversial and emotional matter.” Glendale parent Jodi Fiveash encourages all supporters of Glen and Rienzi schools to attend tonight’s meeting. “Parents should use this as a positive experience to get some questions answered by our board members, but we should all keep an open mind and listen to all proposals for ways to save money,” she said. Fiveash did admit she is a little disappointed in the

school board’s decision to hold the special meeting on a school night. “We asked them (school board) and we petitioned to have a meeting to discuss the school closing at any other time except 5 p.m. on a week night when it’s harder for working parents to attend a school board meeting,” Fiveash added. The driving force behind several Save Our School rallies at Glen and Rienzi, Fiveash also said today is a scheduled parent-teacher conference day in the district. “Because of this, some teachers and parents may not be able to attend the meeting,” she added.

er, 34, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Tutor Funeral Home in Magee with burial at New Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 to 8 p.m. Mr. Shamburger died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Magee. Born in Jackson on July 7, 1981, he graduated from Clinton High School in 1999 and earned a bachelor of arts in business management from Belhaven College in 2003. For the past four years, he was a tow boat pilot for Canal Barge Company. He was a member of New Bethlehem Baptist Church. Survivors include his parents, Vicki Turner Shamburger of Flowood and Gaines Shamburger of Clinton; his twin sister, Dr. Amye Shamburger of Flowood and her sons, Aidan and Preston; his older sister, Dr. Susan Shamburger Smith of Tupelo, and her husband, Dr. Clint Smith, and their children Turner, Henry, and Elle; and his paternal grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Shamburger of Madison. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Jim H. and Sue Nell (Myers) Turner. The Rev. Linda Smith and the Rev. Michael Giles will officiate the service.

Glenda Wilbanks

RIENZI — Funeral services for Glenda Lucyndia Wilbanks, 59, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Booneville Funeral Home with burial in Rienzi Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Wilbanks died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at her home. Born Jan. 14, 1957, she was a member of North Rienzi Church of Christ. Survivors include her parents, Billy and Willie Mae Voyles, and a brother, Tim Stites (Nita) of Falkner. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Earl Stites, and her grandparents, Glen & Lucy Stites and Charlie & Julie Brady. Bro. Wade Davis will oﬃciate the service.

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JACKSON — State Rep. Linda Coleman is becoming a circuit judge in the Mississippi Delta. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant announced Wednesday that he’s appointing Coleman, a Democrat, to serve in a nonpartisan judicial seat in Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman and Tunica counties. She lives in Mound Bayou, has practiced law since 1987 and has served in the House since 1992. Coleman succeeds Judge Johnnie Walls of Greenville, who recent-

ly retired. Her appointment took eﬀect when Bryant announced it, creating a vacant seat in the House. A special election will be held to fill Coleman’s House seat in parts of Bolivar and Sunflower counties. Coleman’s judicial appointment is temporary. A nonpartisan special election will be held in November to fill the final two years of the four-year term. Coleman began her legal career with North Mississippi Rural Legal Services in Clarksdale and has been in solo practice since 1994.

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Skygazers await view of total solar eclipse Â ANCHORAGE, Alaska â€” Skygazers from around the U.S. caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that unfolded over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans. A dozen eclipse enthusiasts were among the 181 passengers on the plane Tuesday that departed Anchorage for Honolulu. The rare event occurs when the moon is close enough to Earth to completely block out the sun. Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural Historyâ€™s Hayden Planetarium in New York, called Alaska Airlines last fall, explaining that the flight would be in the right place for the eclipse. The route was expected to encounter the darkest shadow of the moon as it passed over Earth. Problem was, the plane would be passing by nearly a half-hour too soon. The airline rescheduled the flight to depart 25 minutes later, and it rendezvoused with the eclipseâ€™s sweet spot nearly 700 miles north of Honolulu. After the schedule tweak, Rao and a dozen other astronomy aficionados booked seats for the big show at 36,000 feet. Â Â

Win or lose, Trump brand thrives Whether or not you can buy Donald Trumpâ€™s steaks, and whether or not he wins the Republican presidential nomination, one thing is for sure: Trump the Brand is alive and well. Trump brandished steak, wine and water at his press conference Tuesday night at the Trump National Golf Course in Jupiter, Florida. The press conference took place after Trump won Republican primaries in Michigan and Mississippi. But what got as much attention as Trumpâ€™s success at the polls was his display of Trump products. â€œI think what Trump did last night was absolutely genius for his brands,â€? said Devorah Neiger, who owns Med-

shop.com, a New York City-based online medical supply company. â€œIt is the dream of every company to get their name in major publications. ... What Trump did last night, in one fell swoop, was get his brands talked about across every single major media outlet without spending a penny.â€? Justin Hamel, founder of MastaMinds, Inc., a Michigan-based online specialty retailer, agreed. â€œHe is further building his brand recognition, awareness and itâ€™s all for free,â€? said Hamel. â€œEven if Trump loses his presidential bid, he still wins.â€? Trump ostensibly displayed the items to refute Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee who last week said of Trump: â€œA business genius he is not.â€? In his speech, Romney listed a number of Trump-branded products that no longer exist. Â

Lawmakers celebrate raw milk CHARLESTON, W.Va. â€” Some West Virginia lawmakers and Capitol staffers had a very bad weekend after drinking raw milk to celebrate a law loosening restrictions on the product. Now state health officials are investigating whether the milk was to blame for their fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and weighing allegations the raw-milk party broke the law. So far, state and county health officials say they havenâ€™t received medical reports of illnesses related to the dangerous bacteria that can live in raw milk, which include Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella and E. Coli. The lawmaker involved, Del. Scott Cadle, who also stayed home sick on Monday, blames his and other illnesses on an unrelated stomach virus circulating the Capitol. â€œEverybody up there is getting it,â€? said Cadle, a Mason County Republican. â€œItâ€™s a stomach virus. It didnâ€™t have nothing to do with that milk.â€? Some lawmakers were already sick before Thursday and did not drink the milk, including House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, House spokesman

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Jared Hunt noted. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill last Thursday that will let people share milk-producing animals and drink raw milk if people sign a document acknowledging the health risks, and if the animals have passed health tests within the previous year. The law, which takes effect in late May, maintains selling and distribution bans. Selling or even offering raw milk is illegal and still will be, subject to fines of $50 to $500, unless the new requirements are met. Tomblin, a Democrat, vetoed a similar bill last year, saying raw milk contains bacteria particularly dangerous for children, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. Asked Wednesday why he changed his mind this time, the governor said â€œI think the one this year gave a little bit more oversight to our state Department of Health and Human Resources.â€? Â

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Firefighters battle Union grass fire NEW ALBANY â€” Volunteer firefighters are on the scene of a grass fire in Union County late Wednesday afternoon. Itâ€™s in the northeastern part of the county on County Road 180 near Highway 30, according to officials. Right now, several hundred acres south and west of the Northeast Union Fire Department have been burned. The Mississippi Forestry Commission is also on hand. Concern was raised as to whether homes could be affected but so far, no homes have been damaged. Officials say firefighters have been fighting the fire since Tuesday night, but strong winds prevent it from being out. Thereâ€™s no word on what started the blaze. They also battled another fire in the area Tuesday as well, but that one has been extinguished.

Mourners pay respect for Nancy Reagan

Pontotoc gets early childhood certification

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. â€” Three days of formal mourning for former first lady Nancy Reagan began Wednesday as her casket was taken in a police-escorted motorcade up an empty freeway for a public viewing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The procession from Santa Monica passed beneath a large American flag on a stretch of normally congested highway and then turned onto the Ronald Reagan Freeway where firefighters in dress blues saluted from atop fire trucks parked on overpasses and other observers held their hands over their hearts. As the procession turned up the driveway to the library in the hills of Simi Valley, more than 100 docents held small flags. Members of the armed services carried the casket past a gurgling courtyard fountain into the library, where daughter Patti Davis, dressed in black, was among about 20 family members and close friends who attended a short prayer service at the closed casket.

PONTOTOC â€” Pontotoc County received its Excel By 5 certification Feb. 24 after nearly three-and-a-half years of working toward the designation. Excel By 5 is a Mississippi-only organization that provides communities with guidelines and support for children from birth to age 5 in hopes of getting them ready for kindergarten. Participating communities must meet certain qualifications to become certified early childhood communities. The communities are required to form a coalition to facilitate the certification process and host a health fair and other community events, among other requirements. A certain number of child care centers within the community also must meet Excel By standards. Pontotoc County joins 23 other certified Excel By 5 communities across the state. Mechelle Wallace, sites coordinator for Excel By 5, began working with the Pontotoc coalition during the home stretch of their certifica-

tion process about seven months ago. Wallace said completing the process was a matter of organization. She helped the coalition reorganize and reenergize to complete the last few requirements for certification. â€œThey were exhausted going through the process in the fact that they couldnâ€™t see the end,â€? Wallace said. â€œBut when we started to look at the things they had done, we were like, â€˜Oh, weâ€™re almost there.â€™â€?

Former Catholic bishop Houck dies JACKSON â€” A retired Roman Catholic bishop in Jackson has died. Current Bishop Joseph Kopacz says Bishop William Houck died early Wednesday at St. Dominicâ€™s Hospital of complications following heart surgery. Houck, 89, led the diocese covering 65 counties in central and northern Mississippi from 1984 to 2003. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Houck was ordained there in 1951 and served in Alabama before being ordained an auxiliary bishop of Jackson in 1979. As bishop, Houck supported improved childrenâ€™s services, evangelization efforts and a new state flag He opposed the death penalty. His tenure was marred by lawsuits against the diocese over sexual abuse by priests.

New evidence delays vetâ€™s firearms trial GULFPORT â€” The firearms trial of a retired veteran has been postponed while prosecutors

try to get court orders for his mental-health records and public defenders review new evidence. The Sun Herald reports 75-year-old Travis Rayborn, of Gautier, was to go on trial this week on two counts of making false statements to get a firearm. The charges involve his alleged attempt to buy a firearm March 11 at the Keesler Air Force Base Main Exchange in Biloxi. Court filings show the government maintains Rayborn had been involuntarily committed to a mental institution and was not eligible to buy a firearm. Rayborn had been set to plead guilty Feb. 23 before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden but changed his mind. His new trial date is May 23.

Police: Shopper fires gun after argument GULFPORT â€” Police arrested a customer of a Family Dollar store after they say she fired a weapon following an argument with another shopper. The Sun Herald reports that Gulfport police arrested 40-year-old Tamika Nicole Guy on Sunday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Sgt. Damon McDaniel says the incident stemmed from an argument about whose turn it was in the checkout line. McDaniel says Guy went to her car to retrieve the gun after the argument and fired a shot in the parking lot. No one was injured. She was taken to the county jail and released after bail was posted.

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