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County extends school calendar BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

County school students will have to wait even longer for summer vacation to start this year. Board members with the Alcorn School District approved

the four makeup days taken during the school year due to inclement weather. School will be extended to include May 28 and 29 and June 1 and 2. “On our original calendar, the last day of school was May 27,” said superintendent Gina

Rogers Smith. “We have missed seven full days due to weather related problems. The other three days were already built into the schedule.” School will also be in session on April 6, May 26 and 27, which were originally planned

as off days if snow days were not used. Smith said the makeup days are necessary because the district’s block schedule forces schools to have 90 days of instructional time each semester. According to state law, add-

ing minutes to days to makeup missed time is not allowed. State legislators met with the Mississippi Department of Education on Monday in hopes of getting forgiveness for the Please see CALENDAR | 3A

Homestead exemption filing deadline nearing BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Don’t let an opportunity for a property tax credit slip by. Tax Assessor Kenneth Brawner wants resident to keep in mind the homestead exemption filing deadline coming up on April 1. Anyone who became a homeowner in the past year should consider filing at the assessor’s office. The window for filing runs from Jan. 1 to April 1 each year, and the pace appears to be a little ahead of last year’s filing total, according to Brawner. One of his biggest concerns is making sure that new homeowners know about the homestead exemption.

“That is primarily who misses it is the first-time homeowners,” he said. “A lot of times, folks in the family make sure they get up here and do it.” This year, any 100 percent disabled veterans or surviving widow will need to re-file. In addition to those who bought or built a new home in the past calendar year, people who reached age 65 or became 100 percent disabled may file. Those who apply for the ad valorem tax credit must present his or her Social Security number, spouse’s Social Security number, the home purPlease see HOMESTEAD | 3A

Iuka residents facing social host charges BY JEBB JOHNSTON Staff photo by Steve Beavers

4-H member Ashley Tullis helps serve during the 12th Annual Jesse Clausel Memorial Scholarship Soup Luncheon.

Soup for scholarships a success BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

A meal worth the wait. Several people could attest to that following the 12th Annual Jesse Clausel Memorial Scholarship Soup Luncheon on Tuesday at the Mississippi State

Extension Service. The annual event which provides four $250 scholarships for high school senior 4-H members was moved to Tuesday following last week’s icy conditions. “The luncheon is a good way

to raise money for those kids who are going to college,” said Ruth Clausel, the wife of the late Jesse Clausel. “Every little bit helps.” Ruth Clausel has been a memPlease see SOUP | 2A

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IUKA — An alleged party with underage persons consuming alcohol led to two arrests under the social host law on Friday. Phillip A. Harris, 60, of County Road 196, Iuka, is charged with eight counts of violating the social host law, and Rebecca Creel Bridges, 49, of County Road 437, Iuka, is charged with four counts, according to the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The offenses are misdemeanors. The arrest was made by

Conference will provide insight into crisis overseas Staff Reports

Standing up for the stars and stripes, guests at the inaugural Israel/Middle Eastern Conference will gather at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, in the banquet room of the Crossroads Arena to gain invaluable insight on the crisis in the Middle East and the future outlook for Israel. Free and open to all, the event’s focus is on public education. “If you love the United States,

our military and Israel and want to stop terrorists, you will want to be there,” said an excited Mike Stewart as he looks forward for Friedman Barron Thomas the opportunity to draw the community to know what is going on with together. “The timing for this is the Middle East and in Israel.” perfect because everyone wants Sponsored by the Alcorn,

Prentiss, Tippah and Tishomingo Republican Party as a gift to their neighbors and fellow Americans, the conference will breakdown barriers and encourage patriotic unity. “Regardless of race, background or creed, this is something which affects us all as Americans. This is not a political or church meeting and we aren’t raising money for anything,” said Stewart. “It is sim-

the sheriff’s department and agents of the Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control, a division of the Department of Revenue. Enacted in 2011, the social host law makes it unlawful for an adult to knowingly allow minors to possess and consume alcoholic beverages on his or her property. The Department of Revenue said about 25 underage persons are suspected to have attended the party, where officers seized alcoholic bevPlease see CHARGES | 3A

“If you love the United States, our military and Israel and want to stop terrorists, you will want to be there. The timing for this is perfect because everyone wants to know what is going on with the Middle East and in Israel.” Mike Stewart

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On this day in history 150 years ago

Corinth native Lanny Griffith, a special assistant to President Bush, leads federal officials on a tour of Corinth’s historic sites, including key Civil War locations, to consider options for preservation efforts.

Gen. Sherman’s columns reach Fayetteville, North Carolina, and he calls for a five-day rest. In the Rio Grande region of Texas, Union Gen. Lew Wallace and Gen. James Slaughter arrange a truce far from the main seats of war.

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Advisory council member Ruth Clausel takes up money during the annual luncheon.

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ber of the Advisory Council for around 30 years. On Tuesday, she and son, Bryan, and daughter-inlaw, Stephanie, were part of 15-20 volunteers helping with the event. The Advisory Council is in charge of the annual event which sees proceeds used to fund scholarships for graduating high school 4-H members. “4-H is good for these kids,” added Mrs. Clausel. Kossuth senior Ashley Tullis plans on applying for one of the scholarships. “I enjoy helping every year,” said Tullis, who plans on majoring in so-

cial work next year at Northeast Mississippi Community College. “It’s a way to give back.” Those who selected to dine-in or have takeout, had a choice of vegetable beef soup, potato soup or chili. Also included were crackers, drink and dessert for only $6. “The luncheon is always a successful fundraiser,” said 4-H agent Tammy Parker. “Last year, we made close to $1,500.” Students must be active in the club for two years to be eligible for a scholarship. The soup luncheon is done in honor of longtime council president Jesse Clausel.

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Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 11, the 70th day of 2015. There are 295 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 11, 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces under General William T. Sherman occupied Fayetteville, North Carolina.

House backs mandate on balanced U.S. budget Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi could become the third state to sign onto a plan for a nationwide constitutional convention forcing the federal government to balance its budget and requiring states’ permission to increase national debt. The House voted 6851 Tuesday for Senate

Bill 2389, seeking a convention. The measure moves to Gov. Phil Bryant for his approval or veto. The plan, promoted by conservative groups, seeks three-fourths of states to call such a convention. It seeks to limit the conclave to only a vote on the balanced budget proposal written

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in the law. Proponents say stopping deficits and the federal debt is the nation’s most urgent problem. Opponents say the plan is poorly conceived. They note Mississippi depends on federal subsidies and question provisions allowing a sales tax to replace federal income taxes.

On this date: In 1861, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted by the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1888, the Blizzard of ’88, also known as the “Great White Hurricane,” began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths. In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2½ years later.) In 1955, Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, died in London at age 73. In 1993, Janet Reno was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to be attorney general. In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations. In 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station. In 2012, 16 Afghan villagers — mostly women and children — were shot dead as they slept by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Jones joins 9 others in U.S. House race Associated Press

JACKSON — An emergency room physician has become the tenth person to announce his candidacy for a vacant congressional seat in north Mississippi. Dr. Starner Jones, a Pontotoc native who has practiced medicine in Memphis, Tennes-

In an extraordinary public accusation, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., declared the CIA had interfered with and then tried to intimidate a congressional investigation into the agency’s possible use of torture in terror probes during the Bush administration.

and repeal the health insurance expansion passed under President Barack Obama. Jones achieved some notice in 2009 when he wrote a letter to The Clarion-Ledger criticizing an emergency room patient for getting subsidized health care while spending money on nonessential items.

ians. Officials became aware of the alleged gathering after Tishomingo County 911 received a call concerning the welfare of a juvenile. A deputy made contact with an intoxicated 14-year-old male walking on County Road 196 and determined he had been at a “house party”

at 102 County Road 196, Iuka. Officials obtained a search warrant after the deputy observed 10 underage persons at the residence. The social host offense entails a fine of $1,000 or 90 days in the county jail, or both, for each count. Harris and Bridges are scheduled to appear in justice court May 5.

Savannah McLemore and DJ Wiley

McLemore—Wiley Savannah McLemore and DJ Wiley will exchange vows March 14, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Little Creek Ranch on County Road 300, Corinth. The bride-elect is the daughter of Timmy and Evelyn McLemore. The prospective groom is the son of Jennifer and Donnie Wood and Donny and Tammy Wiley. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Herbert and Carmon Kennedy and Olen and Betty Hughes. She is a 2013 graduate of Biggersville High School. The prospective groom is the grandson of Linda and Richard Parenti, Joe Sr. and BJ Peavy, and the late Bill and Alma Wood and the late Dian Lindsey. The wedding ceremony will be officiated by Paul Ray Hall. Serving as maid of honor will be Anna Palmer. Bridesmaids will be Rebecca Lee, Brittany Michael, Jillian Jones, Tabitha Stephens and Madison Leggett. Serving as best man will be Logan Jones. Groomsmen will be Kalab Roberts, Dakato Robinson, Austin Scott, Mike Lewis and Cole Franks. Ring bearer will be Logan Wiley. Flower girls will be Felicity McLemore and Kaylin Roseberry. All family and friends are welcome to attend the ceremony.

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see, and elsewhere, said Tuesday he’s joining the race to succeed Republican Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who died Feb. 6. Candidates’ qualifying deadline is March 27. The election is May 12, and a runoff is June 2. If elected, Jones said he would aim to curtail government regulation

northern school districts who have missed numerous days due to winter weather. “It looks like there is some inconsistency in the law and we may be able to get the department to forgive those missed days. If that happens, students will not have to make up those days,” said District 2 Rep. Nick Bain

(D-Alcorn). “At this point, we are waiting on the attorney general’s opinion. We’ll know something for sure very soon.” Bain said some school districts in the northern part of the state have missed more than 10 days this year due to inclement weather.

ply our way of giving back to the people of our community. “I want every Democrat, Republican, Independent, church group and individual in our community to be there. The love of our country trumps political affiliation.” Guest speakers at the conference will include: ■ Brigadier General Robert F. Thomas (retired) Director, State Resources, MSNG – a native of Mississippi, Thomas was tapped to fix Abu Ghraib, the Baghdad Central Prison. ■ Chaplain Major (Rabbi) Joseph Friedman Fulltime Support Chaplain, TNANG – a major in the U.S. Air Force, Tennessee Air National Guard, Friedman has six sons,

three of whom serve in the Israeli Defense Force. He is an expert on Israeli-American and Middle Eastern relations. ■ Mr. Seth Baron, Executive Director, Friends of the Israeli Defense Force (South East region) Atlanta, Georgia. – Mr. Baron is traveling from Georgia specifically for the conference and will serve as the night’s keynote speaker. “These individuals make me feel proud to be American and I am so looking forward to hearing them share their information and experiences with us,” said Stewart who joined the (CUFI) Christians United for Israel eight years ago with his wife, Ginger. “Israel is our sister country. They look like we do, have a democracy and republic

like we do and are our only friends in the Middle East.” With sitting room for only 300 people, Stewart recommends all in attendance get there early to secure a good seat. Guests are invited, but not obligated to bring sandwiches, finger-foods and drinks to the conference. “We welcome everyone,” said Stewart. “You can come as you are and aren’t expected to bring anything, but if you would like to, we ask that you please bring napkins, silverware, cups and plates with you.” (For more information call Mike Stewart in Alcorn County at 662808-0291 or contact your county chairman: June Hutchenson, Jerry Don Keith or Jerry Reno.)

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Tail-dragging not allowed In a Natchez gift shop, I saw a sign with a dog swilling a pint. It said: “In dog beers, I’ve only had one.” Some days I feel that in newspaper years, I’m 434 years old. The first column I ever wrote for a real newspaper, albeit a student one, was in February 1973. It appeared in The Auburn Plainsman and was about my feminist heroine, my older sister. Just good investigative reporting. The Plainsman editor that Rheta year was Thom Botsford, who Johnson smoked a pipe, played sax and had cool leather patches on his Columnist corduroy elbows. I thought of him as wise and ancient. Our office was in the basement of the oldest campus building at Auburn, Langdon Hall, and Thom’s cubbyhole had a big and screenless window you could climb out of for a lemonade run if the spirit moved. Thom made a few tactful editorial suggestions about my first attempt at opinion writing, with its strident and simultaneously saccharine tone, and I listened. The following Thursday the improved words appeared in print with my black and white, slightly outof-register face above them, and a serious habit formed. Now, 42 years later, I continue to write columns. On writing days I rise early and sit before a blank page and try to think of ways to entertain and inform people I do not know, who no doubt have a radio, television, Internet access and half a dozen magazine subscriptions to allay print boredom. With each passing week, the column challenge is more daunting. It takes me a little longer to write the same number of words. Some days I am uninspired. I write anyway. Two things make me feel seriously old. Watching the Academy Awards — who are these stars? — and writing my weekly column. One recent morning as I was struggling to wake, in that zone between dreams and dread, I thought of the late, great Celestine Sibley, who wrote for The Atlanta JournalConstitution. She died in 1999 at age 85, and I was working in Atlanta then. Both of us were writing four pieces a week. Only difference, Celestine had been writing her column for 55 years. And she’d been in the newspaper business for 66 years. That means I have another 24 years to go to touch her tenure. I’ll never match her eloquence. Her columns were well-crafted, compelling reading to the end. Writing styles and hotshot columnists, most of them men, came and went, came and went. Celestine kept writing. At one point it was discovered through another female newspaper employee’s lawsuit that Celestine Sibley was making significantly less than the male columnists on the staff at the same time. But I often got the impression Celestine would have paid the paper if necessary to keep writing. She outlasted most of those male colleagues, anyhow. So, in Celestine years, I guess I should consider myself a fledgling in the newspaper business, not dated and spent. My friend Celestine would have no sympathy for a news hound’s tail-dragging in only her 42nd year. (To find out more about Daily Corinthian columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www.rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

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Prayer for today Almighty God, help me to remember that “the power of character is the highest point of success,” and that thou hast put within reach of all the choice ideals of life. May I have the desire to cultivate strong purposes, and strive for high endeavors, that I may not aim for the low. Amen.

A verse to share “In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.” — 2 Samuel 22:7

Taylor Swift’s bad investment Pop star Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to the New York City public school system. Swift, who was named the world’s sixth most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, has commendably performed numerous acts of charity since moving into her $20 million Tribeca residence last year, including visits with sick children at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The age and cultural divide notwithstanding (she’s 25, I’m not, and Elvis was my adolescent icon), I like Taylor Swift, but her money would have been better invested with much higher returns somewhere other than the dreadful New York City public schools, whose problems are not the result of insufficient funding. According to the Huffington Post, citing U.S. Census Bureau data, “New York spent $19,076 per student in the 2011 fiscal year, as compared to the national average of $10,560.” In 90 of the city’s public schools, Families for Excellent Schools found that not a single African-American or Hispanic student received a passing grade on state tests. If there were a correlation between spending and achievement, it ought to show in grade and gradua-

tion performance and state test scores, but it doesn’t. A Heritage FoundaCal tion study Thomas c o n c l u d e s : “Continued Columnist spending increases (on public education) have not corresponded with equal improvement in American educational performance. Long-term National Assessment of Education Progress reading scale scores and high school graduation rates show that the performance of American students has not improved dramatically in recent decades even though education spending has soared.” If Taylor Swift is looking for a return on her investment in the currency of better student achievement, she might consider donating to the Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF). It takes students out of failing and underperforming New York schools and places them in private schools where, in addition to academics, they learn virtues that teach them not only how to make a living, but how to live a productive life. CSF President Darla Romfo tells me 92 percent

of CSF students graduated on time last year, compared to a graduation rate of 64.2 percent for all New York City public schools. Of those CSF students who graduated, Romfo says, “89 percent are enrolled in college, including Columbia, Cornell, Fordham and NYU.” Most students are African-American or Hispanic and would not have had much of a chance at life had they stayed in their public school. Most liberal politicians, often beholden to powerful teachers’ unions that gather votes for them, work in opposition to school choice initiatives, ultimately condemning poor and minority children to substandard, underperforming public schools. Better to retain the votes than reform the system. To his credit, New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo has included an education tax credit in the state’s current budget. The State Senate has passed the bill. It awaits action by the House. Predictably, the teachers unions oppose it, calling the measure “a back door voucher program.” CSF chairman Mike McCurry, a former press secretary to President Bill Clinton and the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY),

says if the measure becomes law, it will “generate millions of dollars in new charitable donations to help school children and teachers, including nonprofit entities that provide educational programming and organizations that provide scholarships to children from low-income and working families.” CSF New York is currently managing and partially paying for scholarships for more than 8,300 children. Their students (they call them “scholars” because words have power and contribute to self-esteem) live at or below the poverty line (average family income is $31,432). Yet families contribute at least 25 percent of their child’s tuition each year. In one of her hit songs, Taylor Swift sings: “Oh, I’m just a girl, trying to find a place in this world.” So are thousands of New York City poor and minority girls and boys whose lives would be greatly improved if Swift’s next donation goes to the Children’s Scholarship Fund. (Cal Thomas’ latest book is “What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America” is available in bookstores now. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.)

Clinton foreign fundraising machine Not so long ago, President Barack Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party were obsessed with the possible taint of foreign money. They saw it everywhere, even where it didn’t exist. They couldn’t stop talking about it. They practically ran their 2010 midterm campaign against foreign dollars, especially the phantom threat of secret, illegal donations funneled through the Chamber of Commerce. They called it, breathlessly, “stealing our democracy.” Well, that was a more innocent time, back before the party was poised to nominate a presidential candidate, namely Hillary Clinton, directly connected to foreign dollars. For the Clintons, raising foreign money is part of the family business. The Clinton Foundation – now re-dubbed the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, so the whole family can share in the glory – is a fundraising juggernaut unbound by national borders. It has raised about $2 billion during the course of its existence, and foreign governments and other foreign donors make up some of its heaviest hitters. “Rarely, if ever,” as The Washington Post put it, “has a potential commander in chief been

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so closely associated with an organization that has solicited financial support from Rich foreign govLowry ernments.” The foreign National Review fundraising continued apace even while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, a position that, in theory, has some influence over U.S. foreign policy. It’s as if the wives of George Marshall and Dean Acheson were operating as globe-trotting money vacuums, with infamously slack ethical standards, while their spouses ran Foggy Bottom. When Hillary ascended to secretary of state, the Obama administration negotiated an agreement that allowed the Clinton Foundation to continue to raise the dollars, provided it honored some strictures. No new foreign governments were allowed to give (although Algeria fell through the cracks), and the amounts from foreign governments couldn’t exceed their prior donations. The ethical principle here is hard to discern: If a foreign government had already been giving money, possibly to curry favor

with the Clintons, it simply would have been grandfathered in. It is true that the Clinton Foundation does good humanitarian work, but so do the Red Cross and countless other organizations, with the crucial difference that no one associated with the Red Cross is a top contender to be president of the United States. The Clinton Foundation has represented the continuation of Bill Clinton’s operating procedure as president in a different venue, with a different coloration. What he once had excelled at as a desperate officeholder, he now does as a beloved elder statesman. Clinton’s re-election campaign in 1996 rested on a gross money-grubbing from foreign sources, giving us the redoubtable figures who were featured in the subsequent investigation: Charlie Trie, the Little Rock, Ark., restauranteur with a bag of $460,000 in checks and money orders intended for the Clinton legal expense trust; Commerce Department official John Huang and his $1.6 million in illegal fundraising; and all manner of other disreputable characters. You almost couldn’t claim to be a shady operator with connections

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to China if you weren’t lending your support to Bill Clinton’s re-election. In 2010, Democrats raised such a fuss about foreign money because they needed something to try to distract from their own unpopularity, and their charges collapsed from the weight of their own groundlessness. The Clinton Foundation’s foreign money, in contrast, is obviously very real. Bill Clinton calls it “a good thing.” Even if all the money is aboveboard and funds only the worthiest of causes, it contributes to the wherewithal and influence of the Clintons and their political machine. There is a reason that so many of Hillary’s political donors also give to the foundation – and it’s not because they have never heard of the Red Cross. By rights, the controversy over foreign money that Democrats tried to manufacture in 2010 should now be upon us, thanks to the party’s presumed presidential nominee. She wants to make history – as a candidate with groundbreaking connections to foreign fundraising. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

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Across the Nation tors said McNeil knew about the problem for nearly a year but failed to take immediate steps to fix it. “The proposed criminal resolution is sufficient to punish McNeil for its past failures and to deter McNeil from violating” federal law in the future, prosecutors wrote in a memo to the judge overseeing the case. McNeil is a unit of Johnson & Johnson. The New Brunswick, New Jersey, health care giant has struggled with scores of product recalls since 2009. In this case, McNeil first learned of the particle problem in May 2009, when a consumer complained about black specks inside a bottle of Infants’ Tylenol, according to court documents. McNeil subsequently found metal particles during production but continued making the liquid medicines for several more months. McNeill eventually traced the problem to the machinery at its plant in Fort Washington and issued a recall. The Food and Drug Administration said the potential for serious medical problems was remote but advised consumers to stop using the medicine.

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Obama to focus on student loans ATLANTA -- President Barack Obama says college affordability isn’t just important for students, but for the nation as well. Obama told thousands gathered at Georgia Tech Tuesday that he is trying to make it easier for them to pay back student loans. He is aiming to clamp down on the private companies that service federal student debt. He acknowledged the modest move isn’t a “silver bullet.” But he says America needs the world’s most skilled and best educated workforce to compete in the global economy. Obama’s action requires loan companies to better inform borrowers about their repayment options and delinquent payments. Obama is also telling loan servicers to apply extra payments first to the highest-interest loans, helping students pay off debt quicker.

Drug maker pleads guilty over recall A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson agreed to plead guilty Tuesday to a federal criminal charge that it sold overthe-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medicine that contained metal particles. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, is expected to acknowledge selling adulterated bottles of Infants’ and Children’s Tylenol and Children’s Motrin at a plea hearing Tuesday afternoon. The company agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the case, according to court documents. Metal particles, including nickel, iron and chromium, were introduced during the manufacturing process at McNeil’s plant in Fort Washington. Prosecu-

Second day begins in Iditarod dog race ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A young musher who recently won an all-riverice sled dog race in Alaska has grabbed an early lead in the 1,000mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Pete Kaiser of Bethel was the first to leave the Manley Hot Springs checkpoint, 161 miles into the race. He departed at 7:58 a.m. Tuesday, followed 40 minutes later by 2004 Iditarod winner Mitch Seavey. Musher Jessie Royer of Darby, Montana, pulled out of the checkpoint 17 minutes after Seavey.

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A field of 78 mushers began the trek Monday from Fairbanks to the old gold-rush town of Nome. The race usually kicks off 225 miles south in Willow, but a lack of snow led organizers to move the start farther north. The route change adds about 600 miles of river ice, but it eliminates a mountain range and treacherous gorge.

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Sheriff’s department gets big meth bust NEW ALBANY -- The Union County Sheriff’s Department has made a major meth bust following a two-month long investigation. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards tells WTVA-TV that four people were arrested Friday after deputies found 44 grams of ice, the purest form of crystal meth, at a home in the East Union Community. Each faces several charges ranging from possession of methamphetamine to the sale of meth. Edwards says undercover deputies executed several “controlled buys” from the suspects in the past couple of months, which helped lead to their arrest.

Sitton, decorated reporter, dies at 89 ATLANTA -- Journalist Claude Sitton, who set the pace for reporters covering the civil rights movement in the South in the 1950s and ‘60s and later won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, died Tuesday. He was 89. Sitton’s son Clint said his father died Tuesday in Atlanta. He had been under hospice care with heart failure. Sitton, a Georgia native, began crisscrossing the South for The New York Times in 1958 and became a leading figure among the reporters covering the civil rights struggle, said Hank Klibanoff, who co-authored “The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation.” “What made him the gold standard was that he went where other reporters didn’t go, and once he got there they followed,” said Klibanoff, former managing editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Sitton had joined the Times after working as a wire service reporter and for the now-disbanded U.S. Information Agency, serving as a liaison between diplomats and the media. Klibanoff said Sitton felt determined to give an honest account of the racial struggle in his native South and catapulted the newspaper into a leading role in covering the movement.

Coroner says woman killed husband, self OCEAN SPRINGS -Jason Moody, Jackson County deputy coroner, says autopsies and other information in a couple’s death investigation show a woman shot her husband before taking her own life at their Oceans Springs home. Moody tells The Sun Herald the deaths of 58-year-old Eric Jewess and 59-year-old Monda Jewess have been ruled a murder-suicide. Moody says evidence indicates the wife shot her husband in the head and then shot herself in the head. They were found dead in separate bedrooms Friday. Police says their bodies were discovered after Eric Jewess failed to show up at work. Police say a co-worker went to the home to check on Eric Jewess and found the bodies.

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GULFPORT -- The Harrison County Board of Supervisors has appointed John Johnson, a longtime Harrison County School Board member, to fill the District 4 seat for the remainder of former Supervisor William Martin’s term. Johnson was chosen Monday on a 3-1 vote. The Sun Herald reports he was sworn in by Judge Carter Bise. “The time has come to turn the page, restore public trust, move forward and work together as a team for the economic growth of Harrison County, our employees and the people we serve,” Johnson said after the meeting. Johnson is filling the seat vacated by Martin, who held the position since 1999. Martin committed suicide on Feb. 26, the same day he was to appear in court on federal charges of bribery and obstruction of justice. Johnson, who will serve the county’s only predominantly minority district, became the first black elected official to a Harrison County office when he won his school board seat in 1983. He served on the school board for 29 years and is retired from Mississippi Power Co.

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Community Events Republican Meeting The Alcorn County Republican Party will meet on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Corinth Library. Special guest speaker will be Jeremy Martin, Coordinator for Secretary Hosemann in North Mississippi. This office is in charge of all elections in Mississippi; therefore, all Republican candidates are encouraged to attend. Meet and greet is at 5:45, meeting at 6 p.m. As always, all meetings are free and open to the public.

Bishop Center Events The Bishop Senior Citizen Activity Center will host the following events this week: Today: Bible study by Jackie Calvart from Oakland Baptist Church; Thursday: Bingo; Friday: Grocery shopping at Roger’s Supermarket. Daily activities include quilting, jigsaw puzzles, table games, rolo golf and washer games. Senior citizens age 60 and above are encouraged to attend.

Tuff Truck Mania The Crossroads arena will hold “Tuff Truck Mania” at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Featured attractions include “Wicked Sickness” Monster Truck and Ride Truck “Coyote Hunter”. Adult tickets are $12 in advance of $14 the day of. Advance tickets for children ages 5 through 12 are $9 or $11 the day of. Children 4 and under get in for free. Tuff Truck is open to the public to enter the race. Call for Arena rules

and regulations. There will be $6000 in total payouts for the event. Each division pays $1000.

Civil War Show The 6th Annual Corinth Civil War & Militaria Show and Sale will be held Saturday-Sunday at the Crossroads Arena. Saturday show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 with children under 12 admitted free.

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Audubon Nature Group Those interested in activities involving wild birds or nature are invited to attend the next meeting of the Corinth Audubon Nature Group held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17 in the Corinth Library Auditorium. The Guest speaker Tim Poole, Archaeologist and Park Manager of the Pinson Mounds State Park will be discussing history. features and activities at the Park.

Free Legal Services Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Art Department will host their Annual High School Art Competition now through Monday, March 23. High school students from the 5 county district of Northeast will compete in the following categories: Drawing, 2D Design, 3D Design/Ceramics, Painting/Mixed Media and Photography/Printmaking/ Computer Graphics. Anderson Hall Art Gallery hours are Monday – Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information contact Terry Anderson at 662720-7336 or tfanderson@ nemcc.edu.

Free legal services. Must have an appointment! For age 60+ on Friday, March 20, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Alcorn County Human Resource Agency, 1300 Washington Street, Corinth. Call 1-800-8988731, ext. 2101 for an appointment for wills, powers of attorney, living wills, Medicare, Medicaid. Sponsors: Northeast Mississippi Planning & Development District and North Mississippi Rural Legal Services. The Living Healthy Free Clinic will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. today and Saturday, March 28. Walk ins are welcome.

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The Alcorn County Retired Education Personnel of Mississippi will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 16 at the Corinth Library. William McMullin from the Corinth Library will be the guest speaker. For more information contact www. acrem@att.net.

Glendale Elementary School will hold Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten Registration for school year 2015-2016 on March 18 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Required documents for enrollment: ORIGINAL UPTO-DATE MS Immunization Certificate (Form-121),

Deaths 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 662-286-2734. Community Cleanup Everyone is invited and encouraged to join in a monthly event aimed at cleaning up the community. Supplies, like gloves, litter grabbers, safety vests and garbage bags will be provided. The next event is set for March 20. Volunteers are asked to meet at the parking lot of Corinth Pulmonary Clinic on Harper/Proper, starting at noon.

Girl Scout Cookies Area Girl Scout troops will be holding booth sales at Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Gardner’s, and Roger’s Supermarket each weekend through Sunday, March 22. Days, times, and locations will vary but look for troops to be setup on Friday afternoons, all day on Saturdays, and on Sunday afternoons. Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils, Savannah Smiles, and a new cookie - Rah Rah Raisins will be available. Cookies are $4.00 per box. Some troops will have Toffee-tastics, a gluten free cookie available for $5.00 per box. For more information about Girl Scouting, please contact Rhonda Tennyson at 662-696-2293 or rhonda.tennyson@girlscoutshs. org.

Senate sends bill banning driver texting to governor BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi is one step closer to becoming the 45th state to ban texting while driving, after the state Senate overwhelming passed such a bill Monday. The governor, for his part, is expected to sign the measure into law if it’s not held for more debate. “As with all bills, he will review it closely,” spokeswoman Nicole Webb wrote in an email. “He does support the bill and plans to sign it.” House Bill 389 would ban

drivers from writing, sending or reading text messages, emails or social media messages. It set a $25 fine until July 1, 2016 and $100 after that. Making and receiving phone calls would still be legal. Three Republican senators — Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, Angela Hill of Picayune and Michael Watson of Pascagoula, voted against the bill Monday. They say that the bill would allow police officers to pull people over at any time claiming they believed someone was

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looking at a cellphone. “It opens up Pandora’s Box in regards to your civil liberties and the potential for abuse is too much to look away,” McDaniel said. When proponents suggested that anyone wrongly ticketed could fight it in court, he said it was unrealistic to believe anyone would hire a lawyer to fight a $25 civil fine. “Simply because we’re elected doesn’t mean we can pass a law and change all of human behavior,” said McDaniel, who noted his

father died in an auto accident in 1999. McDaniel said that if he had been in the Legislature at the time, he also would have voted against Mississippi’s law mandating seatbelt use. Sen. Billy Hudson, RHattiesburg, a supporter of the bill, said that if McDaniel’s argument that people should be relied on to use their own common sense to protect themselves was carried to its logical end, Mississippi would have no traffic regulations at all.

William Frank “Buster” McCarter

Funeral services for Buster McCarter, 55, of Corinth will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Home with Bro. Terry Cornelius and the Rev. Larry McDonald officiating. Buster was born on Sept. 9, 1959, to the late William Frank and Wilma McCarter. He was a graduate of Kossuth High School. He loved the outdoors and being around people and making them smile. Buster is survived by his son, John McCarter and a daughter, Ashley McCarter, both of Corinth; a sister, Becky McCarter of Corinth; and his best friend, Terry Cornelius of Corinth. Buster also leaves behind a host of friends and family. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral home tonight from 5 until 8 p.m. and from 10 a.m. until service time on Thursday. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Louise Justice

Funeral services for Louise Justice, 74, of Corinth are set for noon on Thursday, March. 12 at Macedonia MB Church with burial in Rienzi Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Justice died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. She was born July 18, 1940, and was a student at Easom High School. She was employed at Borrum’s Drug Store and was a member of Macedonia MB Church. Survivors include her children, Willie Justice, Reginia Justice Patter- Justice son, Tony Justice, Lawrence Justice (Barbara); her siblings, Dorothy Richardson, Theresa Hurd, Laverta Shaw, Milton Roberson, Robert Robinson, Edward Robinson, George Robinson and Pearl Justice. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Shirley Alexander; her parents, Arthur Justice and Effie LuAllen Garner; and her siblings, Marie Jordor, Helen Burgess, Milton Robinson, Mary Mayes and Mattie Garner. The Rev. Lawrence Morris will officiate.

Nancy Larson

IUKA — Nancy Larson, 78, of Iuka died Monday, March 9, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Mrs. Larson was a member of the Needlechasers Quilting Guild. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Larson of Iuka; four sons, Jay Larson of Phoenix, Ariz., Bret Larson of Puyallup, Wash., Todd Larson of Plantation, Fla., and Marc Larson of Seattle, Wash.; a sister, Betty Opfer of Niles, Mich.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Lawrence Hahn, and a sister, Joyce Lowe. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the hospice organization of the donor’s choice. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka is in charge of the arrangements.

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