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Aldermen still undecided on trustee to the table Tuesday with none succeeding. The matter was finally tabled until the April 7 meeting. A motion to reappoint longserving Ann Walker, who is currently president of the Corinth School District Board of Trustees, failed in a 4-3 vote. Mike Hopkins made the motion with Michael McFall and Ben Albar-

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth Board of Aldermen continues to be at a stalemate on a school board appointment, and one alderman is now asking for other interested individuals to step forward. Motions on the same three candidates that were named at the prior meeting again came

racin joining him to vote “yes.” “No” votes from Andrew “Bubba” Labas, Chip Wood and J.C. Hill resulted in a 3-3 tie which Mayor Tommy Irwin broke with a “no” vote. Irwin had not had the opportunity to interview one of the candidates, and was not ready to vote on the issue. Going forward, he wants po-

tential appointees to boards and commissions to know that an interview is expected. He also wants the aldermen to hear from the prospects. A motion by Labas to appoint Rachele Taylor, an engineer, was voted down 4-2, with Wood also voting “yes.” A motion by Hill to appoint Lafayette Jourdan III, a retired businessman,

died for lack of a second. Wood said he spent the last two weeks looking for a candidate for the post, and the person that he asked declined. “Unless one of you board members is really good at encouraging us others to get on board with your particular canPlease see ALDERMEN | 2A

Motorist finds toddler in road BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Stan Ray couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a toddler standing in the middle of the road. Tuesday started as a normal day for Ray, but it took a very unusual twist. The owner of Ray Heating and Air was on his way to work on County Road 400 (Salem Road) when he came upon an unusual sight around 9:30 a.m. “I came around the sharp curve on Salem Road and

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National Park Service ranger Jim Minor inspects one of the displays at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center.

NPS preparing for centennial NPS will soon begin the public engagement campaign “Find Your Park” to reintroduce national parks to a new generation of Americans. “It will be a way for people to connect with their parks,” said Wilkerson. “We need to reach out and touch the next generation … it all starts with younger people.” The National Park Service

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The National Park Service is getting a jump on celebrating its centennial anniversary. Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent Dale Wilkerson let members of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Board in on how the NPS plans to celebrate in 2016. According to Wilkerson, the

and the National Park Foundation will team up with partners to produce programs, events and activities that will drive broad awareness, deepen engagement and increase support for America’s national parks, the work of the National Park Service, and its partners, said the NPS in announcing the Please see PARK | 3A

there was a kid in the middle of the road,” said Ray. An 18-month old child had wandered away from his grandparent’s home and was standing on the yellow lines in the road. “He was confused and didn’t know where he was, but I talked to him and got him familiar with me,” said Ray. “The only thing I knew to do was call 911.” Investigator Jason Willis was the first law enforcement Please see TODDLER | 2A

School district goes wireless BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn School District is going wireless. Board members accepted the more than $262,000 bid from InCare to install wireless Internet at all 11 district campuses pending E-Rate funding approval. “Although InCare did not submit the lowest bid, they are the only company who guarantees speed,” said Network Administrator Rose Seaborn. “The wireless will be capable of delivering high speed Internet connections for up to

30 devices per classroom.” InCare will provide the district a turnkey operation with Ruckus R700 with WAVE2 Guarantee Extreme Switches. “It’s no secret we are behind technology wise in the Alcorn School District,” said board member Russ Nash. “Wireless is the next step for us. We need to do this.” The district also received wireless Internet bids from C Spire, Synergetics and Venture Technologies. Seaborn said she hopes the wireless will be operational before the 2015-16 school year kicks off in August.

Charity Ball menu to have ’20s flavor BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Guests at the 53rd Annual Charity Ball will dine on scrumptious appetizers and decadent desserts as they socialize at the 1920’s-style shindig. “The menu is going to be super classic and consist of heavy Waldorf Astoria-type hors d’ oeuvres,” said Charity Ball Refreshment Chairwoman Susan Bailey. “Due to the popularity of our charcuterie table, we are bringing it back again this year.” Featuring soppressata, mortadella, salami, pepperoni, prosciutto, drunken goat cheese, cheddar, parmesan and blue cheese, pickled grapes and snow peas, olives, peppadews and pepperoncinis, and breadsticks and crackers, the charcuterie table is shap-

ing up to be quite the spread. Grandiose appetizers will include prime rib sliders with horseradish aioli, shrimp cocktails, spinach dip with chips, Waldorf chicken salad mini croissants, meatball on a skewer and smoked salmon crudité with a caviar garnish. “Dessert will be black and white,” said Bailey. “In addition to chocolate-dipped strawberries, mini cupcakes and brownies and champagne jello shots, SoCo Bakery will be preparing black and white cookies.” A cash bar with a selection of five different beers, wine, champagne and giggle water will be available at $5 per ticket. Franklin Courtyard Owner Margaret Please see FOOD | 2A

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The second Confederate Congress adjourns under a cloud, denying President Davis’ claims of obstructing his policies while being an ineffective body. Congress counters that Davis’ message is “well calculated to excite discord and dissension.”

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arrived before he, deputy Mackie Sexton and the department’s Patricia Pierce started going house-to-house to see where the toddler lived. “She (grandmother) was preparing breakfast and went into another room,” said Willis of how the child disappeared. “When she came back, the child was gone.” The grandmother told Willis they began looking for the child outside the house first. “It was a simple mistake that shows how

quick a child can leave,” said Willis. The Department of Human Services was called to the scene. “That’s something we routinely do in a situation like this,” said Willis. “I am just so glad the child was not harmed.” So is Ray. “You don’t plan on finding a child in the middle of the road every morning,” said Ray. “The closer you get to something like that it startles you. … I’m glad everything turned out OK.”

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didate, I don’t see that happening,” he said. Wood is asking to hear from interested members of the community. He noted the board will be looking to continue minority representation in the post. Walker’s term has expired, but she continues as a de facto board member until the new appointment is made. Walker recently retired as director of Magnolia Regional Health Center Home Health and Hospice. The school trustees serve five-year terms, and

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historically each has declined the compensation that is offered for school board service. In the prior meeting, motions to appoint Walker, Jourdan and Taylor each died for lack of a second. That happened with two aldermen and the mayor recusing themselves from the vote because of family ties to the school district. However, when the remaining board members are unable to reach a decision, those who recused themselves can participate in a vote, according to City Attorney Wendell Trapp.

Bradley will donate 50 percent of all the bar proceeds back to Junior Auxiliary. Specialty cocktails will include the Mary Pickford, Bee’s Knee’s and Mint Julep. Water, tea, soda and other non-alcoholic beverages will also be served. In addition to Chair Susan Bailey, members

on this year’s Charity Ball Refreshment Committee are Co-chair Mary Elizabeth Pounders, Brittanie Howard, Ashley Majors, Stacie Ross, Christie Dickenson and Jessica Bain. “Junior Auxiliary would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Russell and Julia Smith at Smith. restaurant for generously offering to prepare the food for us,” said Bailey.

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Allen competes for Miss Teen Tennessee BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

Today is Wednesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2015. There are 288 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov went outside his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether. Farouk I, the former king of Egypt, died in exile in Rome.

On this date: In 1766, Britain repealed the Stamp Act of 1765. In 1925, the TriState Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some 700 deaths. In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agreed to join Germany’s war against France and Britain. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill. (Hawaii became a state on Aug. 21, 1959.) In 1962, France and Algerian rebels signed the Evian Accords, a cease-fire agreement which took effect the next day, ending the Algerian War. In 1974, most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their 5-month-old embargo against the United States that had been sparked by American support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War. In 1980, Frank Gotti, the 12-year-old youngest son of mobster John Gotti, was struck and killed by a car driven by John Favara, a neighbor in Queens, New York. (The following July, Favara vanished, the apparent victim of a gang hit.) In 1990, thieves made off with 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. In 1995, Spain’s Princess Elena married a banker, Jaime de Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada, in Seville.

SELMER, Tenn. — An engaging personality and a competitive desire to do well will boost one Selmer teenager’s chances at taking the crown when she competes in the Miss Teen Tennessee Pageant this weekend in Jackson. Katie Allen, a freshman at McNairy Central High School, earned her spot in the state pageant by winning the Miss Henderson County Pageant. The pageant will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Carl Perkins Center. Tickets are $30 for reserved seating and $20 for general admission. Katie, 15, will be competing against other young ladies ages 13-17 from across Tennessee. “I did not know anything about this (Henderson Co.) pageant and I wanted to try something new,” said Katie. “I was surprised I won. The pageants have helped me meet more people.” Vicki Allen, Katie’s mother, has been impressed with how hard Katie has prepared for the stage pageant by doing practice interviews, working out, and by going head-first into her platform, Backpack Ministries. “Katie has come out of her shell since she began working for this pageant,” said Vicki. “She is not as shy now and that is going to help her.”

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JACKSON — Here’s the good news: Mississippi’s job market in January had the strongest month in at least three years. But balance that with the bad: The state remained tied in January with Nevada for the highest unemployment rate of any state, and its struggling recovery has a long way to go before reaching pre-recession employment levels. The state’s jobless rate fell to 7.1 percent, down from 7.2 percent in December and 7.9 percent in January 2014.

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campaign in March of 2014. “It’s a huge campaign,” said Wilkerson. “People will start to see more of it in the coming months.” In addition to making all 401 national parks go-to destinations, the campaign will highlight the historic preservation and outdoor recreation work the National Park Service does with communities across the country and the value it brings to Americans every day. “Our goal is to get people to come to parks, then figure out what they like,” said Wilkerson. “Once we connect with them, then we can get them to the next stage of support.”

Chalybeate Water Association to meet CHALYBEATE — The Chalybeate Water Association will hold their annual water meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at 2551 Hwy 354.

Hee Haw Show raises money for cancer SELMER, Tenn. — The McNairy County Hee Haw Show is slated for 6:30 p.m. at McNairy Central High School today through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 7-12 and free for those 6 and under. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.

‘Dancing with The King’ to be held at St. James TUPELO — If you love Dancing With The Stars, you’ll love “Dancing With The King.” Tickets are on sale now through Monday, March 23 for this fun evening where dancers will pay tribute to Elvis Presley’s music. The scholarship fundraiser is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28, in Shelton Hall at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo. The event will feature a catered dinner, both amateur

and professional competitions with couples dancing to their favorite Elvis songs, a performance by Elvis tribute artist Jack Curtis and a Chinese raffle of more than 30 prize baskets. Tickets are just $50 per person for those looking to enjoy dinner and a great show. There are other Elvis centered events over the course of the weekend. Each person who contributes $75 or more to the scholarship fund will receive tickets to the Friday night rock ‘n’ roll party at the Elvis Presley Birthplace Museum, sponsored by the Tupelo Elvis Fan Club and a tour of Elvis’ childhood haunts led by Tupelo Elvis Historian, Roy Turner. This level of contribution also includes admission to “Dancing With The King” Saturday evening. “Dancing With The King” is a special project of the CREATE Foundation. This event is partially funded by The Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club, the Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, the MDA Tourism Division, the Elaine Dundy and Roy Turner Endowment for the Arts and the City of Tupelo. (Call Jill Palmer at 662213-0504 to secure tickets or to make a tax deductible contribution through create.)

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Obama throws Hillary under the bus BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

With friends like Obama, Hillary doesn’t need enemies. Asked about his secretary of state’s insistence on using her own email server, located in her house, the president was quick to contrast Hillary’s behavior with his own policy of “transparency.” “The policy of my administration,” the president noted, “is to encourage transparency, which is why my emails, the Blackberry I carry around, all those records are available and archived.” He then defended Hillary with faint praise, sidestepping the chance to offer a substantive defense of her private emails and, instead, blandly noting that “Let me just say that Hillary Clinton is and has been an outstanding public servant. She was a great secretary of state for me.” Some defense! The next day, Obama’s press secretary was questioned as to when the president learned that Hillary wasn’t using the government emails. He noted that the president had gotten emails from Hillary and must have noticed the address on them. But he, too, sidestepped a chance to defend the actions of the former secretary of state. Were Obama’s comments merely about the actions of his former secretary of state, they would be surprising by themselves. But to leave the all-but-certain Democratic nominee out there slowly twisting in the wind is incredible. It can mean only one thing: That Hillary Clinton is no longer the all-but-certain nominee. For a year or more, Obama has hinted that we would welcome a Warren candidacy. Worried that Hillary would be insufficiently liberal to protect his legacy of power grabs and stop their reversal by more balanced cabinet secretaries, he wants a real radical to succeed him. Now, his tepid defense of Hillary makes clear that he sees an opportunity to leave Hillary out there by herself and is in no hurry to pull her chestnuts out of the fire. Especially since Hillary cannot defend herself, Obama’s reluctance to come to her aid is surprising. The former secretary of state has been virtually mum in her own defense, confining her justifications to a short tweet expressing the hope that the public will be able to see all her emails. Clinton’s lawyers doubtless have her muzzled so that she doesn’t say anything that could hurt her should criminal changes be brought. In the larger scandal, we are still waiting for the other shoe to drop: Did Hillary keep classified information on her in home server? If she did, she is as guilty as former CIA director John Deutch, General David Petraeus, and former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, all of whom have been cited for breeching security and punished accordingly (except for Deutch who got a presidential pardon). If there is classified info on that server, Hillary may be finished. But she doesn’t look too good right now. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Prayer for today Almighty God, help me to live an upright life. Give me courage to abandon useless customs, and seeming duties that keep me from perfecting my life. Amen.

A verse to share “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13

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Morsels of warmth remind of spring BILOXI — If you need a jump start on spring, this is the place. The sun striping through a cloud filter lights up the ocean like a Sundayschool painting of Jesus ascending. Birds chirp. Mothers push baby buggies the size of my first Volkswagen. Spring-break plungers are testing the still-cold Mississippi Sound, youngsters too pressed for time to wait for warmer weather. I remember, vaguely, such impatience. I remember sunbathing in February and swimming in March. The first ferry ride of spring to Ship Island was cause for a full cooler and jubilation. I guess candles burning at both ends kept us warm. Now I am content to watch the urgency of others. And for that I have an excellent view. From the grounds of the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, the spring tableau unfolds. I love this place, a museum in five pieces, build-

ings designed by worldfamous architect Frank Gehry “to dance with the ancient Rheta live oaks.” Johnson The stainless-steel Columnist pods gleam in the spotty sunshine, looking like an alien landing pad. Gehry famously built the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney concert hall in Los Angeles. He seems to me an architect’s architect, not bound by convention or cost or hidebound opinion. To find his amazing work here, in a seaside town better known for its bikini and beach towel shops with shark heads protruding from pink stucco. This is a true visual promotion. Gehry and goofy golf inhabit the same world after all. The ceaselessly selfpromoting Mad Potter of

Biloxi, George Ohr, would have loved it. Too bad he died in 1918 and will never know about a famous architect designing a first-class museum in his honor. Nothing white bread or boring about Ohr’s pots, and the same could be said of Gehry’s design. Two peas in a stainless-steel pod. Ten years ago, the museum was still under construction when Katrina sent a casino barge spinning across Highway 90, leveling the work. It was a collision of fine art and nickel slots. Nothing to do but begin again. There is something satisfying about this museum rising from the casino debris ashes. And I find it fitting that this quiet place is now respite for those of us who get bored quickly stuffing hard-earned bills into slot machines. Today a wedding is about to be held inside the museum’s main lobby, and so the saga of spring continues. A

flower girl is getting her hair curled in a hallway. Flowers are arriving. The bride emerges and looks, same as all spring brides, like a vision of hope. Maybe, as they say, youth is wasted on the young, but they sure look nice while wasting it. If I designed a calendar, what I’m watching now would be the glossy photograph for March. Birds. Brides. Boys parasailing their way into girls’ hearts. Buildings without square corners. Just when you think the world has been reduced to upper respiratory infections and reading the AARP magazine cover to cover, a morsel of budding warmth is thrown your way, creating a date to remember. Spring is coming after all. (To find out more about Daily Corinthian columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www. rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

Does Iran really want a nuclear bomb? America, we have a problem. In the blood-soaked chaotic Middle East, with few exceptions like the Kurds, our friends either can’t or won’t fight. The Free Syrian Army folded. The U.S.-armed Hazm force in Syria has just collapsed after being routed by the al-Nusra Front. The Iraqi army we trained and equipped fled Mosul and ran all the way to Baghdad. The Turks could annihilate ISIS in Syria, but they won’t fight. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arabs have sent zero troops to fight ISIS. A handful of air strikes is it. Now consider what our old enemies have done and are doing. Hezbollah and Iran have sustained Bashar Assad’s Syrian army for four years and have ISIS and the alNusra Front on the defensive around Aleppo. Iran and its allied Shiite militia in Iraq are battling ISIS for Tikrit. Backed by Hezbollah, Houthi rebels have seized Yemen’s capital and are battling al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. AQAP is the No. 1 terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland. While Iran and its allies are fighting al-Qaida and ISIS, Turkey and our Arab allies are malingerers at best and collaborators at worst. How explain this? Not

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difficult. The Shiites, a religious minority in the Muslim -Pat world Hezbollah, Buchanan Assad’s regime, BaghColumnist dad, Tehran -- see ISIS as a mortal threat and are willing to fight to kill the monster. Our Sunni allies won’t go out and fight ISIS, because that would make them allies of Iran and the Shiites, whom they fear even more. Our Sunni friends want America to crush ISIS and al-Qaida, then to crush Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. But why is it in our interest to send U.S. troops back into any of these wars? Rather than listening to allies who are non-combatants, we should take a hard look at the Mideast. To whom does the future belong? And with what can we live? The Republicans want to give a blank check to Obama and any future president to fight ISIS and al-Qaida everywhere and forever. And they want the United States to treat Iran as we should have treated Nazi Germany had Hitler been about to get the bomb. But if the GOP platform takes the neocon-Netanyahu line that we must not only fight ISIS and al-

Qaida, but also Iran and Syria, the party will imperil its improving chances for 2016. Americans don’t want another war. And if John Kerry comes home with a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, Americans are likely to reject a party that is seen as trying to torpedo that deal, when the alternative is war with Iran. We do not know exactly what is in the Kerry deal, but what has been revealed thus far is no cause for panic or hysteria. Though Israel has 200 atomic bombs, Iran has not produced a single ounce of uranium enriched to bombgrade 90 percent. Since talks began, Iran has diluted all of its 20-percent enriched uranium and halted production. Tehran is willing to cut her operating centrifuges by a third. Inspectors and cameras are now in all of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The heavywater plant at Arak, which would produce plutonium, has been halted. The reprocessing plant that would be needed to extract bombgrade material has not even been started. U.S. intelligence agencies in 2007 and 2011 declared, with high confidence, that Iran has no active bomb program. While Bibi Netanyahu says the Ayatollah tweeted that Israel must be “anni-

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hilated,” the same Ayatollah issued a fatwa against Iran ever producing nuclear weapons. We cannot trust Iran, we are told. Correct. Nor should we, as history has proven. But as Meir Dagan, ex-head of Mossad points out, if Iran cheats at any of its facilities, we will know it, and it would take a year before Tehran could produce enough highly enriched uranium even to test a bomb. Plenty of time to gas up the B-2s. Another question, too rarely raised, is this: Why would Iran test and build a nuclear bomb, when this would set off a nuclear arms race across the Middle East and put Iran in mortal peril of being smashed by the United States, or by Israel with a preemptive strike? Right now, Hezbollah dominates Lebanon. Assad is gaining ground in Syria. Iraq, thanks to “W,” is Iran’s ally, not the mortal enemy of Saddam’s day. The Houthi have Sanaa. Why build a bomb, why get into a war with a nuclear-armed superpower, when everything’s going your way? (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

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Illinois Rep. Schock planning to resign WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois, dogged about irregularities in his campaign finance and congressional spending accounts, suddenly announced on Tuesday that he would resign his House seat at the end of the month. Schock has come under heavy scrutiny following revelations of lavish spending, payments to donors for flights on private jets and improperly categorized expenses. On Monday, the AP confirmed that the Office of Congressional Ethics had reached out to Schock’s associates as it apparently began an investigation. The office is an outside panel that reviews ethics complaints against House members and makes recommendations to the House Ethics Committee. A person who received a letter from the panel said the OCE was interested in conducting an interview and reviewing any relevant documents. At least two other Schock associates received similar letters, the person said. The Schock associate asked not to be identified because the ethics panel’s actions are confidential.

May 16 “Music Icons” sale at the Hard Rock Cafe New York. The presale estimate is $100,000 to $200,000. The bus comes with copies of the $25,000 check Elvis wrote for the down payment. He bought the MCI Crusader Bus for his backup singers, the TCB Band. TCB stood for Elvis’ slogan “Taking Care of Business.” Other highlights include Elvis’ 1971 Stutz Blackhawk car. The luxury two-seater could fetch $400,000 to $600,000.

Swastikas painted in Jewish frat house NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University officials have launched a hate crime investigation after three swastikas were found spraypainted inside a Jewish fraternity house. The Tennessean cited a statement that Provost Susan R. Wente sent to students Monday reporting that the graffiti was found Saturday after a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house. Wente condemned use of the symbol, which she said is “associated with hate, anti-Semitism, violence, death, and murder.” She said anyone with information about the swastikas should call Vanderbilt police.

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NEW YORK — A New York City auction is offering Elvis Presley fans the chance to own his custom-designed tour bus featuring nine sleeping berths. Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills says the 1976 bus is among 200 Elvis-related items at its

THOMPSON’S STATION, Tenn. — Acts of kindness have become the cool thing to do at Independence High School in Thompson’s Station. Todd Campbell, Independence High’s principal, said acts of kindness started to

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spread after someone off-campus was mean to an administrator. Campbell said the administrator’s experience resonated with students, who have been caught being kind so many times the photographs of dozens of teenagers wearing ‘Be Nice’ T-shirts are displayed on a wall near the school’s lobby. In January, amateur video captured the students’ kindness when the Independence High basketball team crowned Daniel Wood, a student born with Down Syndrome, Coming Home King, which is usually reserved for the most popular students.

Home construction plunges 17 percent WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes plummeted in February, as fierce winter weather froze housing starts in the Northeast and Midwest. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders began construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 897,000 homes in February, a steep 17 percent plunge from January. Housing starts slid 56.5 percent in the Northeast and 37 percent in the Midwest, while falling 18.2 percent in the West and 2.5 percent in the South. The brutal cold spell across the Northeast and Midwest likely caused construction activity to slow last month. Fewer would-be buyers are touring open houses, while consumers seem intent on using their savings at the gasoline pump to pay down debt instead of spending their gains on big ticket items such as housing.

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Holder honors slain deputy U.S. marshal MOSS POINT — The deputy U.S. marshal who died in a shootout was a leader who carried on his family’s legacy in law enforcement, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday at his funeral. Holder delivered the eulogy for Josie Wells at Wade Baptist Church. Wells, 27, was killed in a shootout last week near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while he and other law enforcement officers tried to arrest a man suspected of killing two siblings outside a nightclub. Holder read a message from President Barack Obama and told those attending the service about Wells’ background with a law-enforcement family. “As a member of the U.S. Marshals Service, he was a young leader of extraordinary vigor and promise. He proudly wore the badge. He knew the risks involved in his work and the importance of his effort to keeping the peace,” Holder said. Holder was joined at the service by Loretta Lynch, the president’s attorney general nominee, and Marshals Service Director Stacia A. Hylton.

pleading guilty to capital murder plus 30 years on kidnapping and rape counts. Gray disappeared June 22, 2000, while on her way home from work as a waitress at her family’s restaurant in the Dorsey community. According to court documents, her body was found the next day in Loden’s van. Loden has previously argued his original defense attorney failed to fully investigate his mental condition and background and gave him poor advice that led him to plead guilty and waive jury sentencing. In 2013, U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers in Oxford, Mississippi, ruled Loden failed to prove his trial attorneys were inadequate. Biggers sided with the Mississippi Supreme Court’s findings that Loden was given “the basic tools of an adequate defense,” including funding to hire an investigator, a full evaluation by the forensic staff at the Mississippi State Hospital and the services of an independent psychologist. Prosecutors said Loden was aware of the proceedings that were

taking place in the state court and actively participated in a question-andanswer session during his guilty plea.

Musician pleads no contest to DUI D’IBERVILLE — The former bassist for 3 Doors Down has pleaded no contest to a secondoffense drug-related charge of driving while impaired. Todd Harrell did not appear in court Monday in D’Iberville. An attorney entered the plea on his behalf. Harrell, 43, is under house arrest in Nashville on a charge of vehicular homicide by intoxication. A no-contest plea isn’t an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing. Harrell was arrested on the second-offense DUI charge Feb. 18, 2014. Municipal Judge Albert Fountain sentenced Harrell to the maximum one year in prison. The judge suspended six months of the sentence, leaving Harrell to serve six months behind bars. Harrell must also admit himself to a drug and alcohol facility and attend a multiple offenders program.

Court denies appeal of death row inmate JACKSON — A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty in the rape and killing of a waitress in 2000 has been denied a new trial by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Thomas Loden Jr. had argued his attorneys gave him poor legal advice during his Lee County trial. Loden pleaded guilty in the killing of 16-yearold Leesa Gray. He was sentenced to death for

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Edwin Eugene “Gene” Johnson, age 82, of Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, passed away Sunday afternoon on March 15, 2015 at Community Hospice – Darlington Oaks located in Verona. Born June 21, 1932, Eugene Johnson was the son of late Elmer Franklin Johnson and Ila Dee Lee, both of Corinth. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, James Burnett “J.B.” Johnson and Tommy Franklin Johnson, Sr., both of Corinth. Edwin Eugene “Gene” Johnson is survived by his wife of 54 years, Rose Marie S. Johnson; daughter, Michelle Johnson Wilson Pruitt (Jim); and one granddaughter, Chelsea Wilson; two sisters-inlaw, Daisy Johnson (J.B.) and Thelma Johnson (Tommy); nieces and nephews, Wayne Johnson and Karen Johnson Crum the children of brother J.B. Johnson; and Darcy Decerse and Tommy Johnson, Jr. the children of brother Tommy Johnson; as well as great nieces and nephews; aunt, Bobbie Lee Ferguson of Hernando; and multiple cousins. “Gene” spent a considerable part of his childhood living in Kossuth at the rural home of his grandfather, William Burnett “W.B.” Lee, of Corinth and stepgrandmother, Neva Hudson Lee of Indiana, where he also attended Kossuth School … having to “walk 5 miles” in the snow down gravel roads. “Action & Adventure” was Gene’s middle name. He lived in many different places across the United States from one corner to the other, living life to its fullest as he experienced many different hobbies and vocations. His two favorite states in which he lived where Colorado and Florida. The stories he recounted of his life’s adventures were fascinating and captivating. Among his many interests and passions, he especially enjoyed the outdoors most of all. During his lifetime, Mr. Johnson was an avid fisherman, professional deep sea diver, lifeguard, boxer, bronc buster, motorcycle enthusiast, salesman, furniture store owner, grocery

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Dreema Padgett, 50, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at her home. Born July 24, 1964, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Mrs. Padgett was of the Freewill Baptist faith. She is survived by her children, Jerry Wayne Hardee of Conway, South Carolina, Jessie Hardee of Lougoff, South Carolina and Chrystal Roman-Villar of Corinth; her parents, George and Connie Stephens of Tabor City, North Carolina; her brothers, Brian Edwards of Wyoming and Tim Edwards of Wilmington, North Carolina; a sister, Debra Edwards of Conway, South Carolina; and nine grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Padgett; and three brothers, Teddy Long, Gary White and Eddie Stevens.

burial in Union Grove Church Cemetery. Mrs. Fowler died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at her residence. Born September 4, 1957, she was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include her mother, Ima Nell Jones of Guys, Tenn.; father of her daughter, Willard “Woody” Fowler of Selmer, Tenn.; three brothers, Wayne

Jones of Guys, Kenneth Jones of Glen and Jake Effrin Jones of Guys; and a sister, Nancy Gray of Guys. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ashley Renee Fowler; her father, Garland Jones; and a brother, Roger Jones. Bro. Nathan Dixon and Bro. Jimmy Jones will officiate. Visitation is 1 p.m. to service time today at the funeral home.

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house across the rural gravel road caught on fire in the late evening. Mr. Johnson did not hesitate to risk his own life to break into the home to try to save the elderly man who he believed was inside. Mr. Johnson’s hand was badly cut in the process of breaking out a window with his fist. The neighbor was not at home at the time of the fire, but Mr. Johnson “saved” the two inside pets from burning in the fire. His bravery knew no limits as he boldly painted tall water towers, extremely high church steeples, and took deep and dangerous diving assignments that no average person were dare to attempt – such as the contracted diving mission to retrieve a highly deadly tank of Cyanide from the bottom of dangerous waters, which he accomplished with resounding success! Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Magnolia Funeral Home, Corinth. Visitation will take place Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home, followed by a service beginning at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Wheeler Grove Cemetery. Magnolia Funeral Home has been honored to provide the arrangements for Mr. Edwin Eugene “Gene” Johnson. Condolences may be left on our website at magnoliafuneralhome. net.

store manager, newspaper editor, restaurateur and professional paint contractor to mention just a few. Humor and laughter was so important Johnson to “Gene”, as those who knew him well will testify to his ability to tell one joke after another keeping everyone in stitches. In his later years, his main passion and drive was his prized vegetable garden. He was known to plant 300 tomato plants alone. He truly had the gift of a “green thumb.” Even though Mr. Johnson was not wealthy, he has been described by so many as being such a “giving” man, always willing to share with others in need. Every year, he lovingly tended his 3-acre garden full of beautiful vegetables and fruits, then unselfishly, he would always “give” it all away. In his later years, Gene developed a “soft heart” for all of God’s creatures, despite having been an avid hunter and fisherman as a younger man. How it tickled his soul and warmed his heart to feed little birds and squirrels as he tried to coax them into his living room and close enough to pet. Mr. Johnson loved his two young cats named “Boy” and “Blackie”, but his favorite pet was a German Shepherd dog named “Chico”. He was a member of Wheeler Grove Baptist Church, having been led to Christ in the early 1970’s by his pastor Brother Rextrall, who he admired and revered with much love and appreciation. Gene was a silent “hero”, having save countless people from drowning during his career as a Lifeguard on Panama City, Fla. beaches — even having to fight with a large shark and being bitten halfway around his body requiring hundreds of stitches. He killed the shark with a diving knife and the event was featured and photographed for a local Florida newspaper. Gene would do anything in a blink of an eye to help another person; in the late 1970’s the

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NEW YORK — Global celebrations of the Emerald Isle’s patron saint culminated in parades and celebrations in Dublin, New York and scores of other cities Tuesday. Here are St. Patrick’s Day events happening worldwide:

New York New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade included the first-ever gay contingent marching under its own banner — a group representing gay employees of the broadcaster NBC, a major parade sponsor — but gay activists called the group’s participation an empty gesture. “We are in the middle of a cultural shift, so we hoped this would be the breakthrough year and we’d be marching up the avenue,” said Brendan Fay, who has been pushing for gay inclusion in the parade since the early 1990s. Fay said his Lavender & Green group applied for a permit. “We didn’t even get a response.” Mayor Bill de Blasio stayed away from the parade in protest of organizers’ policy on gays, which allows them to march as individuals but not to march officially as a group under a banner. The parade up Fifth Avenue stepped off with a jovial Cardinal Timothy Dolan as grand marshal. “I’m as radiant as the sun, so thanks be to God for the honor and the joy,” said the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

Washington, D.C. Donning green in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama promoted U.S-Irish ties as proof of America’s immigrantfriendly tradition. Obama hosted Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, known in Ireland as the Taoiseach, for their yearly St. Patrick’s Day meeting, then accompanied him to the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol. Obama defended the executive steps he’s taken to shield millions in the U.S. from deportation, while acknowledging that due to a Republican lawsuit, those actions are “tied up in the courts.” “We share the view that

one of the great strengths of the U.S. has always been its willingness to welcome new immigrants to our shores,” Obama said. “That’s what’s made us unique and special.”

Boston Travelers at Boston’s Logan International Airport got an early taste of St. Patrick’s Day on Monday when the Dropkick Murphys staged an impromptu performance. The band, en route to Ireland for a tour, set up in international Terminal E and let it rip. The band played a rousing rendition of its hit, “I’m Shipping up to Boston,” altering the lyrics slightly to “I’m Shipping up to Dublin.”

Savannah It was chilly in New York and Boston but Tuesday turned out to be a nearly perfect day to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah, Georgia, where the South’s biggest celebration of the Irish holiday began 191 years ago. By the time the parade kicked off at 10:15 a.m., thermometers were pushing 79 degrees. Matt Gray, who recently moved from Maryland, came to his first Savannah parade wearing a kilt. “It’s amazing,” he said.

Ireland President Michael Higgins attended Mass at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin, where Catholic Archbishop Diarmuid Martin blessed sprigs of shamrock in the traditional start to Ireland’s national holiday. Thousands of Dubliners and tourists lined the nearby route of the Dublin parade, the culmination of a four-day festival featuring music and dance performances, pub crawls, cultural tours and street arcades. Face-painted dancers, eccentrically themed floats and U.S. marching bands snaked their way down O’Connell Street across the River Liffey to St. Patrick’s Cathedral a mile away. A man dressed as St. Patrick — but donning sunglasses and dispensing smart-aleck comments to the crowd, along with playful thumps from his club-like crozier — led the way.

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