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Altercation leaves woman shot Another is arrested BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

An altercation between two

women ended in gunfire Tuesday afternoon as one woman was wounded and the other arrested for aggravated assault. Sheriﬀ duties responded to a 911 call in northern Alcorn

County around 1 p.m. When they arrived at the 62 County Road 713 residence, they discovered 59-year-old Lottie Siner, who had fired several shots at 49-year-old Bridget South-

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ward. The two women lived together at the residence. “During the altercation between the two females, one of the bullets did strike South-

ward in the back,” said Alcorn County Sheriﬀ Ben Caldwell. Southward had left the residence prior to the arrival of law Please see SHOOTING | 2

State allows day care to reopen BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Circle Y Child Care and Learning Center is back open, 14 days after being shutdown for sexual and physical abuse allegations. The day care located on Wheeler Grove Road south of Corinth was allowed to reopen late last week, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health. “We closed the facility for 14 days, and after that period it was entitled to a hearing. But the department did not find enough evidence to hold

a hearing,” said Mississippi State Department of Health Communications Director Liz Sharlot. “The facility reopened on March 31 with (one) restriction.” Sharlot said because the day care is housed in the same building as the Genesis Christian Academy private school, operators must keep children enrolled in the day care on “that side of the facility.” “The local sheriﬀs department still has an open investigation,” added Sharlot. Please see DAY CARE | 2

Variance approved for Downtown Motel BY JEBB JOHNSTON Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Coke 10K co-director Amy Smith adds the race T-shirt to a display to promote the annual run through downtown Corinth.

It’s time to signup for Coke 10K BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The clock is ticking for runners planning to take part in the 35th Corinth Coca-Cola

Classic 10K. Less than 700 spots remain for the annual race through downtown on Saturday, May 7. “We are considerably higher

at this point than last year,” said race co-director Amy Smith. “At this rate we will be capped out

Ceremony to honor Civil War soldiers BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

SHILOH, Tenn. — The Mississippi Division Sons of Confederate Veterans and Mississippi Division United Daughters of the Confederacy plan to honor its own. The two groups will honor Mississippi soldiers who fought at the Battle of Shiloh. “There has never been an event to honor those soldiers,” said Buddy Ellis, 1st Lt. Commander with Col. W.P. Rogers Camp 321. “Approximately 78,000 people from Mississippi fought in the Civil War and out of that number 27,500 died of disease or in

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With the city board’s approval now in hand, the Downtown Motel can check out of the short-term accommodations business. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday approved a variance for Reid Bostick and Gary Mitchell to convert the Polk Street business from a motel to 10 two-room apart-

ment units. Approval was recommended by the board of adjustment last week, and no opposition was voiced before either board. Bostick fielded a few more questions about the aesthetics and floor plan before the city board. With some upgrades, he believes the building can fill a need for professionals Please see MOTEL | 5

People of the Crossroads Cory Holmes, Corinth Staff photo by Zack Steen

“It’s very rewarding working for an organization that makes such a difference in a young person’s life,” said 34-year-old Cory Holmes, the financial administrator at the Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Mississippi. Born and raised in Corinth, Holmes has worked with the local organization for the past five years. “Seeing kids succeed after they leave the club is great,” she added. Married to Michael for 13 years, the couple’s life revolves around their 10-year-old daughter Ella Kate. “We really love doing everything together,” she said. “From fishing to shopping, we stick together.”

combat.” A ceremony is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mississippi Monument in Shiloh National Military Park. The Mississippi Monument was dedicated in October of 2015. “Since the SCV and UDC did not get the recognition we should have during the dedication, we are having the event to do what we did not get to do then,” added Ellis. An estimated 5,575 Mississippi soldiers fought at Shiloh. Of that number, 900-1,000 were wounded, killed or missPlease see CEREMONY | 2

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Corinth city board honors state champions The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen recognized the Corinth High School boys basketball team and coaches for their 4A state championship season at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting. The board passed a resolution commending the team members for the achievement and their sportsmanship. “What a basketball team,” said Mayor Tommy Irwin. “I was going back in my memory and I do not recall a better performance at any time than what you guys did. It was absolutely awesome.” He also commended the Lady Warriors for a strong season and trip to the state tournament.

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in a couple of weeks.” Organizers are looking at a fourth consecutive year of capping the event

at 1,500 participants. As of Tuesday afternoon, 825 people had registered for the 6.2-mile run. “The race capped with a week before race day last

year,” added Smith. Cost to register is $20 until April 10. The fee goes to $25 from April 11 to May 6. There will be no race day registration.

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The popular race Tshirt received design help from social media enthusiasts this year, according to Smith. “So many people take photos while standing on one of the arrows along the course and put it on social media as a sign they are getting ready for the race,” said Smith. The race logo this year is a red arrow pointing right. The design signifies the final turn to the finish line. Female runners are getting special treat this year with the addition of a limited number of women’s cut race tech shirts. Co-sponsored by Magnolia Regional Health Center, the Coke 10K is called “one of the 100 great short races” by Running Times. More than $6,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Prize money will be awarded to the top three places in eight diﬀerent divisions and in age groups 25 and over. Runners can register in two ways this year for the 8:30 a.m. run. They can sign up online or the

old fashion way by filling out a registration form and delivering it or mailing it. Runners/walkers who register online will be charged a $2.50 processing fee. A form is also available on the website for those who want to mail or deliver their form. Forms can be found at www. coke10k.com and delivered to Coke 10K Run, P.O. Box 239, Corinth, Ms. 38835. Over the last few years, registration has been limited to strictly online. A change in websites for this year’s run has brought back a mail-in option for those who do not want to pay the processing fee of registering online. The start line is located at the intersection of Fillmore and Waldron Streets in downtown Corinth. The finish line, changed in 2011, is located at the intersection of Foote and Polk Streets in front of Corinth Coca– Cola Bottling Works. The wheelchair start goes oﬀ at 8:25 a.m. The 10K then begins five minutes later. Entertainment is slated for 9:15-10:45 a.m. with the awards ceremony starting at 10:45 a.m. All post race festivities are held in the “Coke Zone” at 601 Washington Street. (To register for the 35th Annual 10K go to coke10k.com.)

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enforcement. She later flagged down a passing motorist on Holly Church Road and was taken to the hospital, according to Caldwell. Southward was released late Tuesday from Magnolia Regional Health Center. Siner is currently being held in Alcorn County Jail on $30,000 bond with an aggravated assault charge. “I appreciate my deputies for their quick response and their work to get this solved as quickly as possible,” said Caldwell. The case is still under investigation, he said.

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A parent, whose child was previously enrolled at the day care, told the Daily Corinthian that she was contacted last week about the facility status. “They said they were reopening and asked if I wanted to re-enroll my child,” said the parent, who wished to remain anonymous. The parent added she had already enrolled her child at another day care facility. The child care operation had its license suspended on March 16 by the state health department, citing health and safety concerns.

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ing, according to Ellis. Noted Civil War author Grady Howell will be the keynote speaker. Several other members of the SCV and UDC are also scheduled to speak. “All the speakers on Saturday will be SCV and UDC members,” said Ellis. Following the speaking portion of the event, there will be a wreath laying on the Confederate burial trench in Rhea Field, a musket salute and playing of taps. The burial trench is where most members of the 6th Mississippi are buried. The 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment or “The Bloody Sixth” was made up of men from Rankin, Quitman, Leake, Scott, Copiah, and Simpson counties. The group suﬀered 70 percent casualties during the Battle of Shiloh. Colonel Patrick Ronayne Cleburne noted the gallant eﬀort of the 6th at Shiloh. “Again and again the Sixth Mississippi, unaid-

ed, charged the enemy’s line, and it was only when the regiment had lost 300 oﬃcers and men killed and wounded, out of an aggregate of 425, that it yielded and retreated in disorder over its own dead and dying. Colonel Thornton and Major Lowry, the field oﬃcers, were both wounded. It would be useless to enlarge on the courage and devotion of the Sixth Mississippi. The facts recorded speak louder than any words of mine,” said Cleburne. “Shiloh is near and dear to my heart … I have been going all of my life,” added Ellis. “Saturday will give our group a chance to honor our Confederate ancestors and that is something we really like to do.”

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Today is Thursday, April 7, the 98th day of 2016. There are 268 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1966, the U.S. Navy recovered a hydrogen bomb that the U.S. Air Force had lost in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain following a B-52 crash.

On this date: In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. In 1927, the image and voice of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover were transmitted live from Washington to New York in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television. In 1939, Italy invaded Albania, which was annexed less than a week later. In 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” opened on Broadway. In 1953, the U.N. General Assembly ratified Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden as the new secretary-general, succeeding Trygve Lie of Norway. In 1962, nearly 1,200 Cuban exiles tried by Cuba for their roles in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion were convicted of treason. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter announced he was deferring development of the neutron bomb, a high-radiation weapon. In 1984, the Census Bureau reported Los Angeles had overtaken Chicago as the nation’s “second city” in terms of population. In 1994, civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi; in the months that followed, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates were slaughtered by Hutu extremists. In 2001, NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft took off on a six-month, 286 million-mile journey to the Red Planet.

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TUPELO — Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth was among the long list of beneficials of the 2015 Komen North Mississippi Race for the Cure. Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds from the event, $150,000, will provide medically under-served women in this region much needed access to health care and breast cancer treatment, while the remaining 25 percent will be used by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fund national breast cancer research. The grants were awarded at a reception held April 5 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Women’s Hospital. “Area not-for-profit organizations were asked to submit proposals that meet the funding priorities identified in the affiliate’s 2015 Community Profile,” said Cindy Hale, executive director for the Komen North Mississippi Affiliate. “We were particularly interested in programs that would provide screenings for the medically under-served in the 16-county service area.” The grant committee awarded $150,000 in grants to area not-for-profit organizations and funded the following requests: Baptist Memorial Healthcare Foundation was awarded $47,000 to provide mammograms at the four Baptist hospitals in north Mississippi (Union County, Booneville, Columbus and Oxford). North Mississippi Medical Center Breast Care Center received $25,000 to provide mammograms for medically under-served women throughout the Komen North Mississippi service area. Sisters Network was the recipient of a $23,000 grant to provide mammograms for the medically under-served and education for African-American women in the Komen North Mississippi service area. Antone Tannehill Good Samaritan Free Clinic was awarded $17,000 to provide screening mammograms for indigent women in Lee County. The Good Samaritan Medical Clinic was the recipient of a $5,500 grant to provide working uninsured women in Lowndes County access to screening mammograms. Magnolia Regional Health Center Foundation in Corinth received $5,800 for a breast cancer educational program. Access Family Health Services was awarded $17,450 for screening and education. Lift Inc., was awarded $1,000 for mammogram assistance.

BOONEVILLE — A bill filed last Friday in the state senate could pave the way for a tourism tax in the city of Booneville. The legislation, filed by Senator J.P. Wilemon, allows city leaders to levy an additional sales tax of up to 2 percent on prepared food and beverages at restaurants to generate funds to bolster development in the city. Mayor Derrick Blythe said the filing is the first step in a long process. The bill, listed as Senate Bill 2966, must first be approved by its originating committee and then by the full Senate. It would then have to also gain approval from the House of Representatives and the governor before becoming law. If approved, the bill would authorize Booneville aldermen to pass a resolution to levy the tax. Once a resolution is passed, stating the exact amount of the tax and the date it is to be imposed, an election would be held to allow voters to voice their opinion on the issue. The bill requires 60 percent of those voting to vote in favor of the tax for it to take effect. Blythe said they estimate the tax would generate around $300,000 per year for the city which would go toward improvements to the parks and recreation system, to promote tourism and to improve infrastructure in ways that would benefit the citizens and encourage development in the city. The bill specifically prohibits the funds generated by the additional tax from being placed into the city general fund and requires they be spent for the purposes designated. The bill was awaiting committee action Wednesday before being considered by the full Senate.

FINGER, Tenn. — Finger Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry and Barbecue Chicken dinner on Saturday from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. with all you can eat catfish and chicken with all the trimmings and homemade desserts. Adults are $10 and children are $5. All proceeds will go toward the operating expenses of the Finger Volunteer Fire Department located in north McNairy County.

Booneville Blood drive set Friday in Booneville United Blood Services will have a blood drive in the Bloodmobile at the Booneville WalMart on Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Donors will receive a $10 Amazon.com gift card through points in the Hero Rewards Store. To make an appointment, go to www.bloodhero. com (sponsor code: boonewalmart) or contact Amy Justice at 662-871-0162. Please bring photo ID and donor card.

Selmer Three seek office for Assessor of Property SELMER, Tenn. — The one county-wide race appears to have the field set with three candidates seeking to become the McNairy County Assessor of Property. Brandon Moore was selected by the Republicans over three other candidates on Saturday, March 26. The other Republican candidates were Casey Henson, Jim Mullins and Freddie Cone. Darren Bowers was chosen by the Democrats to be their candidate in this election. Independent Mark Allison announced on Facebook that he would be a candidate for the office as an Independent. Incumbent Betty Ashe has chosen to not seek re-election and retire. The general election will be held Aug. 4.

Tishomingo County Congressman tours industries TISHOMINGO COUNTY — U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly traveled to Tishomingo County on Tuesday. The congressman toured several industries including Comfort Revolution, Tiffins Motorhomes, Wood Industries and Sun-air products. According to reports, Kelly said industry tours are extremely helpful because it keeps in in touch with the needs of his constituents.

Tupelo Hancock Fabrics stores to close by July 31 TUPELO — The liquidation of Hancock Fabrics is expected to be completed by July 31. That’s according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. Great American Group of California is conducting the sale of merchandise - along with

Adamsville 5K ‘Strut run’, 1-mile run will be held Saturday ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. – The Adamsville Elem. School 4th Annual Cardinal Strut Race will be Saturday. The 5K will begin at 9 a.m. followed by the 1-mile race at 10:30 a.m. There will be medals given to the top three racers in each group division. The top three male and females in the 5K race only will receive cash prizes: 1st - $40; 2nd - $30; 3rd - $20. Entry fee for the 5K race is $15 and the 1-mile race is $10 until race day. Register and pay on active. com or at AES. For more information, call 731-234-7648.

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Letters to the Editor Restore KES auditorium to its former great glory To the editor: As some of you may know, the Kossuth community is raising funds to help with the beautification of the Kossuth Elementary School auditorium. I am a member of the Kossuth community and would would like to see this building restored to its former glory. Most people would think I would recall the 16 years I served as Alcorn County superintendent of education and the many functions I attended there when remembering the auditorium. But my first memories and thoughts go back to when I, myself, was a student at KES. The auditorium was the heart and center of the school. My friends and I played marbles there, while the girls would play jacks. The beauty pageants were diﬀerent then and held in the auditorium. Everyone was involved and could give pennies to the girl’s they thought should be Most Beautiful. The list goes on and on to include graduations, my sister, Mrs. Follin-King’s annual Thanksgiving program, the Gifted Program’s performances and just the day-to-day life of the comings and goings from the classrooms to the oﬃce and in between. The sound of those wooden floors and the feel of the wooden flip down seats are not easily forgotten. What a blessing it would be if today’s generation and those to come in the future could make their own memories in the KES auditorium. Go Aggies! Tony V. Parker Kossuth

Our nation has turned its back on Christian principles To the editor: We were in agreement with the recent letter to the editor by Billy Wagoner. Our nation has turned its back on the Christian principles that has made this country great. Another way we have gone so far astray is we have killed more than 50 million of the unborn since appointed Supreme Court Justices legalized abortion. After WWII we were horrified, and rightly so, when we saw photos of piles of human bodies of innocent people Adolph Hitler killed in these death camps. We are told about six million people were killed. But now we don’t hear any outcry when more than 50 million totally innocent and helpless unborn are killed in abortion mills. We are killing thousands more each day. In Old Testament times, God used wicked nations to punish His people who did not follow His law. God sent His prophets to warn His people, but they did not listen. They were like so many today, they did what they wanted to do rather than following God’s Law. We are going down many wrong roads. May God have mercy on this nation. James and Dorothy Eley Corinth

Prayer for today My Father, if I am to-day without happiness, may I go in search of it. Help me to remember that the will thou hast given me to overcome evil with good I may use to overcome misery with happiness. Make me careful that I may not be trapped by selfishness as I look for joy. May I delight in the sweet sensations that are felt in having consideration for others, and may I make kindness a daily habit. Amen.

A verse to share “Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.” Psalms 116:3

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Are Trump voters really victims? What you hear when you listen to many fervent supporters of Donald Trump is that they are victims — victims of globalization and trade agreements that have sent their jobs to Mexico or China. Victims of competition from illegal immigrants from Mexico willing to work for starvation wages. Victims of a Republican establishment that promised to get rid of lots of things they don’t like and then failed to deliver. Their complaints, in some cases, have some validity, but not always and not a lot. Economist Gordon Hanson writes that without the ability to move lower-wage jobs to Mexico after NAFTA was ratified in 1993, “there might not be much left of Detroit at all.” Which is to say, the U.S. wouldn’t have the 800,000 relatively high-wage auto-sector jobs it has today. As for the reviled Republican congressional leaders, anyone familiar with the Constitution should know that the president has the power — and in this case the inclination — to veto any conservative legislation Congress passes. Demographic analysis shows that Trump is getting disproportionate support in primaries from white male non-college graduates with modest incomes — a group

that, as the New York Times’s Thomas Edsall notes, has been giving ReMichael p u b l i c a n s Barone large margins in genColumnist eral elections. A n d Trump’s appeal amounts for some quantum of the increased Republican turnout this year. But Trump supporters also seem to have something else in common, as I argued in a recent column — a lack of social connectedness. They are less likely to be active in voluntary associations and in churches, in community activities, and in extended families. They seem to see Trump, a familiar figure from his reality TV show, as a single figure who can, without institutional support or coherent philosophy, right the wrongs they complain of. When you look at a map of the counties Trump has carried in primaries, prominent among them are places with slumped industrial economies and closed factories, such as Youngstown and the Ohio counties along the Ohio River. They are places where family structures are crumbling, male

life expectancy is declining, opioid addiction is common, and up to one-fifth of adults receive disabilityinsurance payments. In writing of such places National Review’s Kevin Williamson describes “the welfare dependency, the drug and alcohol addiction, the family anarchy — which is to say, the whelping of human children with all the respect and wisdom of a stray dog.” I wouldn’t be so harsh. But the fact is that Disability Insurance rolls have more than doubled in the last two decades, and about half the applicants claim ailments — back pain, depression — that are unverifiable. DI recipients can live in such places on $13,000 annual benefits. But it’s hard for them to gain the satisfaction that comes from earning success at work, raising your family, and serving your community. What such people need, Williamson says, is not OxyContin but U-Hauls. But mobility in America has been declining for a generation. There is little out-migration from the Ohio River counties, much less than there was from Youngstown when steel factories closed 35 years ago. Then there was moaning about the fate of people uprooted from their life-

long communities to move to fast-growing places such as Texas. Moving is a pain, but it struck me that people leaving Youngstown were less painfully uprooted than their grandparents were when they moved from rural Poland. Inadvertently perhaps, we have made it easier to stay put, through disability insurance, through low-priced goods at WalMart and its competitors, through opioid prescriptions written by dollarhungry doctors — even as family and community ties grow frayed. People in such situations evidently see themselves as victims and Donald Trump as someone who will make them winners again. Their sense of victimhood resembles that of the Emory University students who couldn’t bear seeing “Trump 2016” chalked on the sidewalk. Those victims could easily have solved their problem themselves. Maybe protesting Trump voters can, too. (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.)

Trump tries to hijack America Standing behind the lectern in the White House briefing room Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama characterized Donald Trump’s proposal for getting Mexico to pay for a wall on the Mexican border as “half-baked.” It was at this point I expected Trump to pop up from behind Obama, wave his hands and say, “Hey, I’m not half-baked. I’m fully baked! And I had an uncle who was a great professor at MIT. He had good genes, very good genes. And I come from the same gene pool – although I come from the shallow end.” None of this is too odd to be true. Eight years ago, the press did piece after piece on “Hillaryland,” the tight core of advisers who clung to Hillary Clinton like a wet suit and shaped her dazzling loss to Obama in the Democratic primary. Trump does not have a tight core. His advisers do not work on policies; they work on chokeholds. And they may already be planning to force NBC to change the name of its premier Sunday show from “Meet the Press” to “Beat the Press” should Trump be-

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come president. Trump is not bothered by the nuanced concepts beRoger hind his polSimon icies. That’s because he Columnist doesn’t have nuances. Or concepts. Or policies. Trump is selling but one thing: Trump. That allows him to do things other campaigns would not dare to attempt. This is from a story this week by Ashley Parker in The New York Times: After the New York Post interviewed Trump’s first wife, “Ivana Trump’s staﬀ later called the paper to say Mr. Trump was, in fact, a feminist, before calling again to say he was not – and then calling a final time to say he was, indeed, a feminist.” Par for the course. He changes his stance on feminism three times in a single day. Earlier, he changed his stance on abortion five times in three days. You got a problem with that? Maybe you are a foreign country with Russia on your

border and you are wondering what a Trump presidency would mean for your defense against a Russian invasion. Last week in Washington, more than 50 world leaders convened to discuss nuclear terrorism, and what do you think they talked about? According to President Obama, they talked about Donald Trump. Trump, Obama said, “doesn’t know much about foreign policy or nuclear policy or the Korean Peninsula or the world generally.” As if Trump should care what Obama thinks. Obama wasn’t even born in America, according to Trump. And Obama never had an uncle who was a professor at MIT. Or if he was, he was probably a very, very stupid, low-energy uncle. Just as Trump is impervious to learning anything, he is also impervious to being ridiculed for it. If you don’t like him, you’d better shut up about it. Why? Because he will murderlize you; that’s why. “Anybody that hits me, we’re gonna hit them 10 times harder,” Trump said in summing up his domestic policy to Sean Hannity in

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November. This has begun to trouble some people. Ann Coulter, an extreme right-wing Republican, said last week: “Our candidate is mental. Do you realize our candidate is mental?” Yes, Ann, we do. But keep this in mind: The only people who have voted for Trump thus far have voted in Republican primaries and caucuses. Trump, in other words, is a creation of today’s Republican Party. So don’t blame all of America for him or think all of America can’t stop him. Unlike Ronald Reagan, Trump has no ideology to fall back on. Unlike Richard Nixon, Trump is not powerhungry. He is like a kid who steals cars to take a joy ride, not because he wants a car. Today Trump wants to joyride the United States. After eight years, he’ll give it back. He thinks it won’t matter; he thinks you won’t mind. That’s how foolish he really is. (Roger Simon is chief political columnist of politico. com, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author.)

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Lesson learned from teacher named ‘Mr. Crawdad’ BY JIMMY C. REED Columnist

Although Dean and I were only in junior high school, we had already acquired hoodlum habits. We decided it was less trouble to do wrong than right, and more fun, so we devised a coin flipping scam to beat our schoolmates out of their lunch money. Operating on the five-flip, odd-man-out-wins-all principle, we two con boys lured suckers in and contrive to have our coins land on heads and tails, insuring we’d win the third guy’s money. We repeated this four out of five flips. On the fifth flip, we made certain both of our coins landed either tails or heads. Dean, now a lawyer (with

lawyer tendencies back then), would wink his right eye if we were to be heads, his left for tails. If the other gambler’s coin landed the same as ours, we continued flipping until he won. “Wealth heaped upon wealth, nor truth nor safety buys — the dangers gather as the treasures rise,” a wise philosopher once wrote. Sure enough, greed undid Dean and me. We became so proficient at our evil scheme that we moved into the big leagues and began flipping dimes — and even quarters! At recess and lunch, between classes and after school, we attracted a steady stream of unwitting victims with hefty allowances. Our pockets bulged with filthy lucre.

Everyone in our class was terrified of Mr. Crawley’s paddle. It was huge, and the holes drilled through decreased air resistance during the swing, thus accelerating the rate of closure between wood and derrière and thereby greatly increasing the pain’s intensity. Mr. Crawley didn’t particularly like Dean and me anyway, since he had learned through the grapevine that we gave him his nickname, Mr. Crawdad, which spread like wildfire all over school. One day, we two hoodlums were in the back of his class counting our winnings, when the student in front of Dean gave him a note. Upon reading it, he became as pale as Lazarus, come from

the dead. The note read, “I will see you two gentlemen in my oﬃce after school today. – S. Crawley.” Our crime spree had come to an abrupt end. There was no doubt we’d be paddled, and while we feared our punishment, what really terrified us was the uncertainty about who would be paddled last. The horror of watching the other criminal getting whacked to a frazzle, and then having to suﬀer the same fate was more than either of our remorseful young minds could bear. Even worse, word had gotten out about the impending torture, and we knew a mob of our enraged victims would hang around after school to hear us howl.

When we entered the death chamber, Mr. Crawley handed each of us a coin and said, “Gentlemen, we’ll flip until one of you is the odd man out.” “B-b-but, Sir, why are we flipping coins?” Dean quavered. Grinning sadistically, the executioner said, “Because whoever wins gets paddled last won’t just be the odd man out — he’ll be the odd man ow! (Oxford resident, Ole Miss alumnus, Army veteran, and retired Mississippi Delta cotton farmer Jimmy Reed (jimmycecilreedjr@gmail.com) is a newspaper columnist, author, and college teacher. His latest collection of short stories is available via squarebooks.com (662-236-2262).)

Book offers warm look at small town ties BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER The Bookworm Sez

“Dimestore: A Writer’s Life” by Lee Smith c.2016, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $24.95/$37.95 Canada 224 pages You never have to darn your socks. That was a weekly chore for Grandma but when you have holes in your socks, you go buy new ones. You don’t have to settle for just three channels on TV, either, or just one local grocer, but in the new book “Dimestore” by Lee Smith, you can read about someone who did. Born in an area of the Appalachians that were so steep that “the sun didn’t even hit our yard until about eleven o’clock,” Lee Smith grew up in the shadow of both mountains and dimestore. That was her father’s “Five and Ten Cent Variety Store,” which he’d

owned since Smith was a small girl and that he’d operated with the help of family when he was feeling “kindly nervous.” At those times, he stayed in a state mental hospital in another city, far away from home in Grundy , West Virginia , population of about 3,000. Lee remembers those days, but doesn’t dwell on them. When either of her parents was hospitalized for mental health issues, she stayed with family – which nearly described everybody in Grundy. That was back when parents didn’t always know the whereabouts of their children for most of the day, and when product deliveries could take hours because “visiting” was part of the package. It was when Saturday nights were spent at the drive-in, listening to bluegrass music before the movie began; and before chain stores replaced

locally-owned businesses, including Smith’s father’s dimestore. It was when neighbors took up the slack when it was needed, because everybody watched out for everybody else. And yet, Smith was “being raised to leave.” There was life outside Grundy, and her parents wanted her to have it. And she did: college in another town, jobs in other states, marriage, children, and marriage again. She became a published author, a mental health advocate, a grieving mother. And through it all, in her heart, Smith never really left Grundy. How could she? It was home, “the perfect… education for a fiction writer.” Inside “Dimestore,” there’s a little something for everybody. Fans of author Lee Smith’s novels will find introspection here, on reading, writing, and how

her novels came together. Most are humorous; some are teary. Then there are the best parts of this book: chapters that sparkle and essays about life in a small town so isolated that many of Smith’s grade school classmates had never even been outside the county; priceless pages, evoking nostalgia that feels like a homemade afghan or chocolate chip cookies hot from the oven. As she does in her novels, Smith makes it seem as though we’ve met her people before, or grew up knowing them as our parents’ friends. Even readers raised in the big city will be convinced that they hailed from over yonder. You shouldn’t hesitate to give this book to an Elder, with plans to borrow it back soon. It contains the kind of warmth you need on

One of Those Days. Yep, “Dimestore” is a pretty darn good book.

(Terri Schlichenmeyer writes book reviews for the Daily Corinthian.)

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who work downtown and want to live nearby. “I get calls from them all the time,” said Bostick. “If I could afford it, I would buy up everything I possibly could and renovate it just because of people like that that need a place to rent.” It could also be a good spot for retirees, he said. Landscaping and exterior improvements are planned, and the office will be staffed. The variance allows residential use of the commercially zoned property. In other business: ■ The board approved an amendment to the C-2 ordinance to include car washes, auto sales and repairs, hotels, service stations, hospitals and coinoperated laundromats as allowable businesses. Prior changes to C-3 zoning had inadvertently cut those businesses out of all zones. ■ Aldermen approved a variance to allow the Southgate shopping center on Cass Street to have two business signs on a single parcel. The main entrance sign is being changed to a larger, multi-tenant sign. The approval is contingent on no additional signage. ■ Lots at 1501 Bunch and 1505 Bunch got extensions to 5 p.m. on May 2 for property cleanup hearings. ■ The board awarded the municipal depository to Trustmark Bank, the current holder of the depository. BancorpSouth was the only other bidder. ■ In executive session, the board hired Christe Bennett as an administrative clerk and had discussion of the possible sale of a couple of properties.

Legal pressure looms for religious objections law Associated Press

JACKSON — The decision by Mississippi’s governor to sign a law that allows religious groups and some private businesses to deny services to gay and transgender people may have headed oﬀ gathering opposition in the state’s business community, but it could launch the state into litigation. Saying he was protecting religious freedom, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the bill Tuesday without hesitation or fanfare just hours after it

cleared its final legislative obstacle Monday. One supporter said increasing pressure from businesses against the law illustrated Mississippi’s need for it. “It shows why we need this bill, so people can not only believe what they believe, but act in accordance with their beliefs and not violate their conscience,” said Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, who helped shepherd the measure through the chamber. Mississippi, with a slow-growing economy,

WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record the occasion in the ministry of Jesus when this question is asked by his disciples. A man who remains nameless in the text, we usually refer to simply as the rich, young ruler, came running to Jesus inquiring, “What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) The disciples are astonished when, after a discussion with Jesus about the subject of salvation, he leaves, saddened and grieved, but apparently still lost. The modern truth seeker might likewise look at the account with similar concern and astonishment. After all, his approach to Jesus speaks volumes about his zeal in search of spiritual truth. He came running, and even though himself a ruler, he kneeled before Jesus and referred to him as “Good Master” (Mark 10:17) Not only this, when instructed by Jesus to “keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17), he says, “All these things have I kept from my youth up. What lack I yet?” (Matthew 19:20) It is here the discussion becomes more difficult. Jesus instructs the young man to go and sell all he owns, give it to the poor, lay up his treasure in heaven, and “come and follow me.” (Matthew 19:21) The young man turned and went away sorrowful, “for he had great possessions.” (Matthew 19:22) From an earthly, tangible, physical perspective, the young man had it all: youth, power, wealth. All the things the world sees as tokens of success and greatness, he had. His spiritual life appears to be in order. Who among us would find fault to this point? Likely, Jesus already knew the young ruler’s heart, and that he could not “pay the price” to be a disciple. He discusses the great difficulty with which those who “trust in riches” may enter the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:24) Luke’s gospel records this warning from Jesus in chapter 12, verse 15: “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” A similar warning is found in I Timothy 6:17: “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God...” See also Colossians 3. Where is our heart? Where is our trust? Would we, and will we fare any better than this rich young ruler in our pursuit of the ultimate crown: everlasting life? We invite you to worship with us.

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no Fortune 500 company headquarters and little technology employment, could be less vulnerable than other states to major corporations exerting economic pressure against new laws that began emerging after a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer that eﬀectively legalized gay mar-

riage nationwide. Republican Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a similar religious objections bill last week after big companies including Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines expressed vehement opposition, and national sports organizations hinted that they might hold their important events

elsewhere. In North Carolina, where the Republican governor signed a law limiting bathroom options for transgender people and prohibiting local communities from enacting anti-discrimination ordinances, PayPal announced Tuesday that it has canceled a major expansion in the state.

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Deaths Dr. Carl Welch

Celebration of life for Carl Chapman Welch, M.D., is set for 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church with burial in the Henry Cemetery. Dr. Welch died Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Memphis, Tenn. Born Dec. 2, 1931, in Raymond, Welch was the only child of Thea and Lillian Welch. He began his career in journalism as a reporter for The ClarionLedger newspaper in Jackson. He then became the managing editor of the McComb Enterprise-Journal, a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper. Later he became general manager of radio station WHSY in Hattiesburg and was also involved in ownership of a station in Corinth. Dr. Welch interrupted his career in radio to join the U.S. Army, where he served for two years and then attended Hinds Community College in Raymond. After completing his courses, he returned to his work

Gerald Morrison

Funeral services for Gerald Morrison, 58, of Corinth, are set for 12 noon Friday at St. Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Guys, Tenn., with burial at St. Rest Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 to 7 p.m. at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mr. Morrison died Monday, April 4, 2016, at North Mis-

in radio journalism in Mobile, Ala., where he met the love of his life, Miss Jennie (Keller). They eventually moved to Little Rock, Ark., with their two oldest sons. In short time, he began pursuing a life-long dream to become a medical doctor. He enrolled as a parttime student Welch at Little Rock University where he fulfilled educational prerequisite requirements and was immediately accepted into the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He graduated with honors (Alpha Omega Alpha) in 1968 and then completed a three-year residency in Anatomical and Clinical Pathology. He then moved his family back to Corinth to become director of laboratories at Magnolia Regional Health

Center and the Tishomingo County Hospital in Iuka. His youngest son was born in 1973. In 1975, Welch began his private practice in family medicine through which he lovingly and unselfishly served the community of North Mississippi until 2015, at which time he continued to work as the medical director for five local programs including the hospice program for Magnolia Regional Health Center, Whitfield Nursing Home, Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility and Alcorn County Jail and Region IV Crisis Center. His faith was very important to him, and he used every opportunity to tell others of his love for Jesus Christ. He was a member of First Baptist Church and, over the years, made trips to Guatemala for medical mission trips where he was able to combine his love for Christ and his love of speaking the Spanish language. His hobbies included reading, boating, driving fast cars and flying his

airplanes. He was a past member of the foundation board of directors of Hinds Community College where he was named the 2007 Alumnus of the Year. His passion for education and helping others led him to help countless health care students achieve their dreams. He loved his family and was never in their presence without telling them that â€œno matter wherever you go and whatever you do, remember your Big Daddy loves you.â€? The only thing that could come remotely close to his love of family and his faith in God was his love of practicing medicine. Welch was quoted many times as saying, â€œI will retire when the undertaker comes to get me,â€? and that is exactly what happened on Sunday. His wife Mary Virginia Keller Welch survives him along with sons Samuel B. Welch (Karen), Lawrence Ernest Welch (Patti) and Carl Chapman Welch Jr. (Jennifer); grandchildren Annie Wilhite Richardson (Ja-

son), Zeke Wilhite and Mary Lee Welch Smith (Clayton); great-grandchildren Maris Elam Richardson, Margo Taylor Richardson, Willow Bond and Molly Kathleen Smith; honorary family members Annie Bell Barton, James Otis Barton and Gayle Moore; and many cousins, friends, colleagues and patients across the country. Pallbearers are James Otis Barton, Dr. Andy Holly, Dr. George Cain, Dr. Osvaldo Hans, Dr. Leonard Pratt, Rick Quinn, Dr. Gene Combest, Dr. Elbert â€œBoogieâ€? White, Dr. Tommy Sweat and Ralph Dance. The Rev. Dennis Smith will oďŹƒciate the service with McPeters Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 501 Main St., Corinth, MS 38834; Hinds Community College; or the Alzheimerâ€™s Foundation. Online guestbook: mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

sissippi Medical Center. Born Sept. 12, 1957, he was a graduate of Corinth High School and Northeast Community College. He worked for North American Pipe and was a member of St. Rest Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Latoia Keeton; siblings Rosalind McGaha, Cathy Bosman, Eric Morrison, Ronald Westmoreland, Steve Hill and

Stephanie Hill; and a granddaughter, Amya Moore. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Bertha Morrison, and grandparents Henry J. Brown & Lucinda Brown and Reaf Morrison & Lillie Mae Morrison. The Rev. Avence Pittman will oďŹƒciate the service.

for Joey Mitchell Obrecht, 27, are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 4 until 8 p.m. Mr. Obrecht died Monday, April 4, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. Survivors include his father, Timothy Obrecht of Indiana;

his grandfather, Hubert A. Mitchell of Iuka; two aunts, Sharon Bell (Tony) of Indiana and Regina Arnold (Stanley) of Booneville; and three uncles, Tommy Mitchell (Sherry), Timothy Mitchell (Kathleen) and Dave Mitchell (Mary). He was preceded in death by his his mother, Laura Lyne Mitchell. Bro. Johnny Hancock will officiate the service.

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Country icon Merle Haggard dies Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. â€” Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as â€œOkie From Muskogeeâ€? and â€œSing Me Back Home,â€? died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday. Haggardâ€™s manager, Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro, California, of pneumonia that he had been battling for months. His publicist, Tresa Redburn, said no oďŹƒcial cause of death has been determined. He had kept up an ambitious touring schedule, but the pneumonia in both lungs had forced him to cancel several shows this year. Mull said his family was by his side when he died at home and they were planning a funeral for Saturday at his home. A masterful guitarist, fiddler and songwriter as well as singer, the Country Music Hall of Famer with the firm, direct baritone recorded for more than 40 years, releasing dozens of albums and

â€œWeâ€™ve lost one of the greatest writers and singers of all time. His heart was as tender as his love ballads. I loved him like a brother.â€? Dolly Parton No. 1 hits. â€œHe was my brother, my friend. I will miss him,â€? said Willie Nelson, his longtime friend, in a statement. The White House called Haggard a â€œlegendâ€? and said President Barack Obama was sending his thoughts and prayers to Haggardâ€™s family. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Haggard told stories that people from all walks of American life could relate to. â€œHis passing is a loss for country music, but obviously is a loss for all the people who got to know him personally, too,â€? Earnest said. Haggard â€” along with fellow California country star Buck Owens â€” was a founder of the twangy Bakersfield Sound, a direct contrast to the smooth, string-laden

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country records popular in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1960s. His music was rough yet sensitive, reflecting on childhood, marriage and daily struggles, telling stories of shame and redemption, or just putting his foot down in â€œThe Fightinâ€™ Side of Meâ€? and â€œI Think Iâ€™ll Just Stay Here and Drink.â€? His most beloved songs included the prison ballad â€œSing Me Back Home,â€? the tributes to his mother â€œMama Triedâ€? and â€œHungry Eyes,â€? the romantic lament â€œToday I Started Loving You Againâ€? and such blue collar chronicles as â€œIf We Make It Through Decemberâ€? and â€œWorkinâ€™ Man Blues.â€? â€œWeâ€™ve lost one of the greatest writers and singers of all time. His heart was as tender as his love ballads,â€? said Dolly Parton. â€œI loved him like a brother.â€? Few faces in country were as recognizable as Haggardâ€™s, with its wary, sideways glance and chiseled, haunted features that seemed to bear every scar from his past. General audiences knew him best for â€œOkie From Muskogee,â€? a patriotic anthem released

in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War that quickly became a cultural touchstone for its anti-hippie lyrics proclaiming â€œwe donâ€™t burn our draft cards down on Main Street; we like living right and being free.â€? â€œOkie from Muskogeeâ€? made him a hero among conservatives, but he softened on the counterculture and released the lighthearted â€œBig Time Annieâ€™s Square,â€? a tribute to a hippie girl and her â€œcrazy world.â€? More recently, he was a backer of prominent Democrats. In 2007 he unveiled a song to promote Hillary Clinton and two years later he penned â€œHopes Are Highâ€? to commemorate Obamaâ€™s inauguration. In â€œAmerica First,â€? he even opposed the Iraq War, singing â€œLetâ€™s get out of Iraq, and get back on track.â€? In 1970, Haggard was named entertainer of the year by the Country Music Association, and â€œOkie From Muskogeeâ€? won best album and single. The No. 1 hits â€œMama Triedâ€? and â€œWorkinâ€™ Man Bluesâ€? also broke onto the charts around that time, sealing his reputation as one of countryâ€™s defining voices. He picked up another CMA album of the year in 1972 for â€œLet Me Tell You About a Song.â€? He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994, the same year he won a Grammy for best male country vocal performance in â€œThatâ€™s the Way Love Goes.â€?

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NEW YORK â€” Republican Donald Trump emerged from Wisconsin as a damaged front-runner following a crushing loss to rival Ted Cruz, deepening questions about the billionaire businessmanâ€™s presidential qualifications and pushing the GOP toward a rare contested convention fight. Democrat Bernie Sanders also scored a sweeping victory in Wisconsinâ€™s primary that gives him a fresh incentive to keep challenging Hillary Clinton. But Sanders still lags Clinton significantly in the delegate count. Both parties are turning their sights toward New York, which oďŹ€ers a massive delegate prize in its April 19 contests. It marks a homecoming of sorts for several candidates, with Trump, Clinton and Sanders all touting roots in the state. Trump, who has dominated the Republican race for months, suddenly finds himself on the defensive as the campaign moves east. Heâ€™s struggled through a series of missteps, including his campaign managerâ€™s legal issues after an altercation with a female reporter and his own awkward explanation of his position on abortion. Exit polls in Wisconsin highlighted the deep worries about Trump surging through some corners of the Republican Party. A majority of GOP voters said theyâ€™re either concerned about or scared of a potential Trump presidency, according to surveys conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.

Cruz has stepped forward as the candidate best positioned to block Trump, though it would likely take a convention battle to accomplish that goal. A Texas senator with a complicated relationship with Republican leaders, Cruz cast his Wisconsin victory as a â€œturning pointâ€? in the race and urged the party to rally around his candidacy. Even if Cruzâ€™s gains do force the GOP race into a contested convention in July, it is unclear whether he would emerge as the nominee, or whether the party would try to put forward someone else. Trump was unbowed in his defeat. His campaign put out a biting statement accusing Cruz of being â€œworse than a puppet â€” he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump.â€? The billionaireâ€™s campaign also suggested in the statement that Cruz is illegally coordinating with his own special interest group. In response, Cruzâ€™ communications director Jason Miller said late Tuesday that â€œDonald Trump has a real problem when he gets his tail kicked, and thatâ€™s exactly what happened tonight.â€? Sanders still trails Clinton in the pledged delegate count and has so far been unable to persuade superdelegatesâ€” the party oďŹƒcials who can back any candidate â€” to drop their allegiance to the former secretary of state and back his campaign. At a raucous rally in Wyoming, Sanders cast his victory as a sign of mounting momentum for his campaign.

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Parents attend burial, go to prison JACKSONVILLE, Fla. â€” A Florida toddler who went missing last summer and was later found dead has been laid to rest. The Florida TimesUnion reports that 21-month-old Lonzie Barton was buried in a private ceremony Tuesday in Glen Saint Mary. Baker County Sheriff Joey Dobson confirmed the boyâ€™s parents, Christopher and Lonna Barton, were allowed to attend before heading to prison. Both were recently sentenced on multiple drug counts. Lonzie Barton was reported missing in July. Authorities searched unsuccessfully for him for months before Lonna Bartonâ€™s ex-boyfriend led them to the childâ€™s remains in January. William Ruben Ebron Jr. pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and received 20 years. Ebron said the child drowned in a bathtub while Ebron and Lonna Barton had sex. Lonna Barton pleaded guilty to a neglect charge. Â

Ignored safety rules â€˜cost a man his lifeâ€™ NEW ORLEANS â€” An Illinois tank-cleaning companyâ€™s violation of safety rules resulted in the death of a New Orleans employee and the hospitalization of two others, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday. OSHA is proposing $226,000 in fines against Dedicated TCS LLC, which is based in Lansing, Illinois, and also has cleaning facilities in New Orleans and Channahon, Illinois. â€œDedicated TCS continues to ignore crucial safety procedures for working in confined space,â€? Dorinda Folse, OSHAâ€™s area director in Baton Rouge, said in a news release. â€œThis is the fourth time OSHA has found this employer in violation of federal safety standards. Sadly, the companyâ€™s inaction has cost a man his life.â€? An employee in the companyâ€™s Lansing office, who would not give her name or that of anyone else who could be quoted, said Dedicated

TCS would not be making a comment. OSHA said the company failed to test the atmosphere inside a railroad tank car before workers went inside to clean it last October, and failed to make them attach rescue lines to their harnesses. Previous inspections in 2012 and 2014 also turned up violations that resulted in penalties of $142,100 and $79,464, respectively, news releases on OSHAâ€™s website show. In January 2015, Calumet City area director Kathy Webb said the July 2014 inspection in Channahon was the third time in two years that the agency found that Dedicated was expecting employees â€œto work with hazardous materials ... in dangerous spaces without safety equipment.â€? That inspection, made in response to a complaint, found seven repeated and two serious violations. Â

Bill allows couples to shack up in Florida TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â€” Couples shacking up together are no longer breaking the law in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday signed a bill to repeal the stateâ€™s largely unenforced prohibition on cohabitation. It was one of 20 bills he signed into law. Under a law that has been on the books since 1868, a man and woman living together could be fined $500 and locked up in jail for 60 days. According to 2014 census data, there are nearly 438,000 unmarried male-female couples

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among 7.3 million Florida households. The new law repeals the entire statute covering married or unmarried men and women â€œengaging in open behavior that is gross lewdness and lascivious.â€? Florida is one of only a handful of states that still has a law making cohabitation illegal. Â

Ex-BP rig supervisor given probation NEW ORLEANS â€” A former BP rig supervisor was sentenced Wednesday to 10 monthsâ€™ probation for a misdemeanor pollution charge connected to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Donald Vidrine had served as a rig supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig. Prosecutors had argued that he and one-time codefendant Robert Kaluza botched a pressure test before the rigâ€™s explosion, which sent millions of gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf. Both had once faced manslaughter charges connected to the deaths of 11 rig workers. But prosecutors backed away from those charges last year, and pursued the misdemeanor Clean Water Act charge instead. Kaluza chose to go to trial and was acquitted in February. Vidrine pleaded guilty under an agreement that called for probation. He stood quietly and had no comment as U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval formally sentenced him. Vidrineâ€™s sentencing and Kaluzaâ€™s February trial bring an end to a series of spill-related criminal cases that largely unraveled for federal prosecutors.

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1 of 2 escaped inmates captured PELAATCHIE â€” One of two inmates who escaped in the Florida Panhandle while being transported has been captured in Mississippi. Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey tells multiple news outlets 28-year-old James Thomas Banks was arrested without incident Wednesday. Authorities say Banks and 30-year-old Michael Andrew Rotunno escaped from a prison van Monday that had stopped at the Walton County Jail in Florida. The van was taking the inmates to Jackson, Minnesota. Authorities said Rotunno was spotted checking into a hotel in Longview, Texas, Tuesday night. Rotunno is charged with larceny in a building and delivering and manufacturing narcotics. Banks faces charges of unarmed robbery and escaping from jail. Â

Hattiesburg schools lays off 53 employees HATTIESBURG â€” The Hattiesburg Public School District will lay off 53 employees in the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures. The Hattiesburg

American reports that the school districtâ€™s interim superintendent, Greg Ladner, sent layoff notices to the employees last week. District spokesman Jas Smith says 25 of the employees that are being laid off are teachers. The others are district staff and administrative personnel. Some of the employees are contract employees. Smith says the layoffs are effective July 1. The move comes after the district was left with $768,000 in its fund balance when Superintendent James Bacchus resigned last year. Â

Leflore to hire collection agency GREENWOOD â€” The Leflore County Board of Supervisors plans to hire a private collection agency to recover unpaid court fines and outstanding garbage collection fees. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the board Monday authorized its attorney, Joyce Chiles, to draw up an agreement with Carrollton, Texas-based American Municipal Services to collect the money. Officials said the total owed in overdue garbage fees is unclear because the county needs to determine whether some

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Nearly 30 Yorkies removed from home GULFPORT â€” A Gulfport man has been charged after police say nearly 30 Yorkshire terrier dogs were removed from his home. Gulfport police arrested 59-year-old James Wright on Tuesday, according to news media outlets. Wright is charged with multiple crimes, including failing to provide rabies vaccinations to the animals and keeping too many animals in the house, among other offenses. Police began investigating the case in March, when an animal control officer was notified of poor conditions at the house, according to a news release. Police advised Wright to reduce the number of animals on his property, the release said. Wright failed to do so, and a search warrant was executed Tuesday. Officers found 28 Yorkshire terriers, including eight puppies, one Labrador mix and a cockatoo.

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