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Sheriff warns of another IRS scam BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Internal Revenue Service isn’t calling. Alcorn County Sheriﬀ Ben Caldwell wants citizens to be aware of the fact since scam art-

ists are preying on individuals by pretending to be IRS representatives. “Our oﬃce has received numerous calls from individuals who have been contacted,” said Caldwell. “We want them to

know any communication from the IRS will come in a letter form and not a call.” IRS phone scams are on the increase. More than 5,000 victims have been swindled out of $26.5 million since late 2013.

Local citizens have informed Caldwell fraudulent callers tell them they owe a fine and if they don’t pay, the sheriﬀ’s oﬃce has a warrant to arrest them. Targets are told they can send in the money via money order

or Western Union. “Individuals need to be extremely careful,” said the sheriﬀ. “When they get a call like this, they should hang up imPlease see SCAM | 3

Election commission qualifiers stand at 4 BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Qualifying for the county election commission has attracted a light slate thus far with about a month and a half to go. Those who have turned in petitions are John Peebles, the second district incumbent; Billy Bearden, the third district incumbent; Kim Ratliﬀ, a challenger for the third district running as an independent candidate; and Sandy Coleman Mitchell, the fourth district incumbent, who just

took oﬃce in January after winning a special election. Ratliﬀ is pastor of St. Mark Baptist Church and an employee of the City of Corinth. “I’ve always had an appreciation for public service,” he said. “All my life I’ve worked in the public and have enjoyed serving people. It would be a great privilege to serve the citizens of the city and county in the third district.” There is no primary election for the posts, although Please see COMMISSION | 6

ACHS’ 17th Senior Sounds Plant sale part of Home & Garden Tour opens tonight at coliseum Staff photo by Jebb Johnston

Bitsy Davis (left) and Barbara Prather are among the committee members planning the plant sale for Friday and Saturday’s home and garden tour at the Verandah-Curlee House.

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Passalong Plant Sale will celebrate the connections made through plants and flowers handed down from one generation to the next or among friends. The sale will is part of the home and garden tour set for Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the VerandahCurlee House. The sale will be on the north lawn. “We will be selling plants and seeds donated by local garden-

ers from their own gardens — perennials, herbs and houseplants,” said Bitsy Davis, one of the organizers. “We are really pleased with the community involvement. I think people have been very generous.” Davis said passalong plants “are just fun to have. When you go to your own garden, you think of the person who gave you the plant or the one you shared with them.” The selection will include about 150 potted plants and

130 seed packets. “All of the plants will be marked with their common name, botanical name, growing instructions and any helpful hints,” said Davis. A bottle tree donated by Mark Grady and note cards designed by Barbara Prather are also included in the sale, and there will be a raﬄe for a garden and bird feeder. The sale is named for the

Coke 10K: Fewer than 400 spots remaining

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BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Continuing a tradition founded in 1999 by Diane Whitaker, Shirley Lewis and Connie Lambert, Alcorn Central High School seniors will debut their 17th annual Senior Sounds production tonight at 7. Presented at the historic Coliseum Civic Center in downtown Corinth, encore presentations will be shown at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16. A Sunday

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People of the Crossroads David Curry, Corinth Staff photo by Steve Beavers

David Curry thought he had “died and gone to heaven” when he first started working at Plaza Lanes. Curry – married to Sherre for 42 years and the father to Kelle and Lori – will celebrate his 50th year in the bowling business in 2017. Curry purchased the local bowling alley in 1979. “I have seen a lot come and go,” said the grandfather of four boys. A member of Oakland Baptist Church, where he teaches Sunday school and is a deacon, he likes to play golf and bowl in his spare time. “When you go to church, have grandchildren, play golf and bowl, you don’t have time for much of anything else,” said the 1968 Corinth High School graduate. He also is a former math, physics and chemistry teacher at Alcorn Central.

BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Time is running out. The chance to participate in the 35th Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K is dwindling by the minute. Registration for the annual 6.2-mile trek through downtown has picked up over the last few days. As of Wednesday afternoon, 1,130 have signed up, meaning less than 400 spots remain with the the capping of the race at 1,500. “Now is the time to sign up,” said race co-director Amy Smith. “We are still 25 days away from race day and are looking at capping soon.” Cost to register is $25. The

matinée performance will be shown at 2 p.m. and is available for walk-ins only – no reservations will be taken. “Each year’s show is totally diﬀerent and is inspired by things we see or hear,” said Writer, Director and Producer Twila Bridges. “This year’s production, “Good To Be Alive” focuses on love songs, because I listen to the “Love” channel on XM Radio!” “We thought about all the

race is set for 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 7. Please see 10K | 6

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Heavy rain fills creeks and forces the closure of city streets. Corinth Street Department Shift Supervisor Joe Kiddy says numerous streets are closed due to more than three inches of rainfall.

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Today in History Today is Thursday, April 14, the 105th day of 2016. There are 261 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington.

On this date: In 1775, the first American society for the abolition of slavery was formed in Philadelphia. In 1828, the first edition of Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” was published. In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship’s time and began sinking. (The ship went under two hours and 40 minutes later with the loss of 1,514 lives.) In 1939, the John Steinbeck novel “The Grapes of Wrath” was published by Viking Press. In 1965, the state of Kansas hanged Richard Hickock and Perry Smith for the 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, and two of their children, Nancy and Kenyon. In 1981, the first test flight of America’s first operational space shuttle, the Columbia, ended successfully with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. In 1986, Americans got word of a U.S. air raid on Libya (because of the time difference, it was the early morning of April 15 where the attack occurred.) French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir died in Paris.

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Booneville Jail staff finds drugs in Bible BOONEVILLE — Sandy Reece of Booneville was arrested and charged with two counts of introduction of contraband into a correctional facility. Reece attempted to drop a Bible off to an inmate who is incarcerated in the Prentiss County jail. Upon examining the Bible, the jail staff found tobacco and a schedule II controlled substance (fentanyl patch) inside the Bible. She is incarcerated in the Prentiss county jail. Bond has been set at $10,000.

Booneville Chittom named Miss Hospitality BOONEVILLE — Carly Chittom has been selected as Booneville’s 2016 Miss Hospitality. The annual pageant was held Saturday in Waller Hall on the NEMCC campus in Booneville. Six young ladies participated in the pageant. Each young lady took part in a private 3-judge panel interview. Afterwards, the public was invited to the modeling/speech portion of the pageant. Each contestant spoke on the role of hospitality in the city of Booneville and the state of Mississippi. The judging panel was made up of three ladies from Lee county. Each judge has worked and volunteered with pageants on the local, state, and nation-

al levels. A runner-up was chosen in the instance that the winner of the pageant cannot carry out her obligations to compete in the state competition. The 2016 Booneville Miss Hospitality runner-up is Shelby Palmer. Palmer attends Jumpertown High School. She is a senior and active in FFA, STAR club, BETA club, and Math and Science club. Her goals are to get a degree in business administration so that she can open her own retail store. She is the daughter of Amy Holloway and Lane Palmer. The 2016 Booneville Miss Hospitality is Carly Chittom. She is a freshman at NEMCC where she is a Speech Pathology major. She plans on attending the Mississippi University for Women after leaving Northeast. She is in Phi Theta Kappa at Northeast and is also the college’s reigning Most Beautiful. She hopes to graduate with a masters in Speech Pathology in 2021 and make a difference in people’s lives. She says she also hopes to be a great mom, friend and wife. She is the daughter of Jenny Chittom and Andy Chittom. The Booneville Miss Hospitality pageant committee would like to thank all of the young ladies for participating. The committee would also like to thank the following for the contributions to make the pageant a success: Northeast Mississippi Community College; Chris Butler Photography; Corner Gifts & Flowers; Grambo’s/Subway;

Memphis ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ to play The Orpheum MEMPHIS — The national tour of the new musical comedy “Bullets Over Broadway”, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath (Beautiful) for the 1994 film, will play in Memphis from Monday, May 16, through Sunday, May 22. Tickets are available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www. orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office (901-5253000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901-743-ARTS). Special pricing available for groups of 10 or more by calling 901-529-4226 or emailing groups@orpheummemphis.com. “Bullets Over Broadway” features Michael Williams as “David Shayne,” Emma Stratton as “Helen Sinclair,” Jeff Brooks as “Cheech,” Bradley Allan Zarr as “Warner Purcell,” Michael Corvino as “Nick Valenti,” Hannah Rose DeFlumeri as “Ellen,” Rick Grossman as “Julian Marx,” Jemma Jane as “Olive Neal” and Rachel Bahler as “Eden Brent.” “Bullets Over Broadway” will also feature Blaire Baker,

Mary Callahan, Jake Corcoran, Elizabeth Dugas, Carissa Fiorillo, Patrick Graver, Andrew Hendrick, Lainee Hunter, Justin Jutras, Ryan Kanfer, Brian Martin, Conor McGiffin, Corinne Munsch, Kaylee Olson, Joey Ortolani, Kelly Peterson, Lexie Plath, and Ian Saunders. The tour is helmed by director Jeff Whiting, who worked on the Broadway production of “Bullets Over Broadway”, which was originally directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award® winner Susan Stroman. Clare Cook will recreate Stroman’s dynamic, Tony nominated choreography. The creative team also includes Jason Ardizzone-West (scenic design), six-time Tony Award® winner William Ivey Long’s original Broadway costumes coordinated by James Halliday, Carolyn Wong (tour lighting design and adaption, based on the original Broadway lighting design by Donald Holder), Shannon Slaton (sound design) and Bernie Ardia (wig and hair design) with Glen Kelly (music arranger, adaption and additional lyrics), Andy Einhorn (vocal arranger), Doug Besterman (orchestrations) and Robbie Cowan (music director and conductor). “Bullets Over Broadway” features existing music of the period, including “Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do,” “Let’s Misbehave,” I’m Sitting On Top Of The World” and “Runnin’ Wild.” (For more information, please visit www.bulletsoverbroadway. com.)

Staff Report

A Tishomingo man died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound while driving on Harmony Road in Iuka around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon identified the deceased as William Andrew Crawford Jr., 30. The vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado, went oﬀ the road into the tree line. The scene about a mile oﬀ Highway 25 North initially appeared to be a motor vehicle accident. Crawford’s funeral services will be with Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka.

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Officials responded to what initially appeared to be a motor vehicle accident scene on Harmony Road.

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book “Passalong Plants” cowritten by Felder Rushing, who will appear at 10 a.m. Saturday. He will also donate plants to the sale. Prather has passalongs that she has taken from house to house. “I still have some of my grandmoth-

er’s peonies that my mother had and now I have, and then I’ve passed them onto my girls.” Others on the plant sale committee are Jan Grady, Ann White, Dick Collins, Lynn Wood, Bonnie Dalton and Sherri Shipp. The home tour and plant sale will benefit the historic home restoration.

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House, Senate wait on conference The House continued its work on the Concurrence and Nonconcurrence Calendar. This is the group of bills that passed the House, traveled to the Senate, were changed by the Senate and now return to us. We can either approve those changes or go to conference and negotiate further. The House finally disposed of three of the more important bills on this Calendar. 786 – House Concurred Jody onHB a 85-35 vote Steverson The Senate took action on Columnist our bill to allow churches to establish security plans that could include designating certain parishioners to carry. It extends the protection of the Castle Doctrine to these individuals. The Senate version also allows some concealed carry without a permit and prohibits enforcement of federal regulations or executive orders that go against the state constitution as related to gun rights. This bill now heads to Governor Bryant’s desk. HB 519 – House Concurred on a 85-32 vote This bill would ban dismemberment abortions in Mississippi. This horrific procedure is barbaric, where the unborn child is literally ripped apart in the womb and pulled out in pieces. It passed the House earlier this session and cleared the Senate last week. The Senate changed a couple of minor components, and House Public Health Chairman Sam Mims chose to accept those changes. It goes to Governor Bryant for his signature. HB 1523 – House Concurred on a 69-44 vote Despite the widespread misinterpretation of this bill, I believe HB 1523 strikes a good balance in accepting last summer’s Supreme Court ruling while protecting the rights of business owners and people of faith. HB 1523 does not protect businesses that deny service to a person solely based on sexual orientation. The bill is confined almost exclusively to wedding-related services that may be declined. It recognizes that business owners will gladly serve customers regardless of sexual orientation. However, some businesses, such as bakers or florists, may not wish to offer services for a wedding - which they consider an act of worship - if that ceremony would violate their beliefs about God’s design of traditional marriage. This bill cleared its final procedural hurdle on Monday, and Governor Bryant signed it later in the week. The House and Senate now await conference on the hundreds of bills still alive. Many of these are appropriations bills, which still await a final revenue estimate for the next Fiscal Year. Once the House and Senate agree on how much money the state will bring into its coffers, they can start negotiating on how much each agency will receive. This week, I expect the Speaker to name House conferees for most bills. On each piece of legislation, Speaker Gunn will appoint three members to negotiate on behalf of the House. Lt. Governor Reeves will do the same for the Senate. On the House side, our three conferees will almost always include the committee chairman who first dealt with the bill. The chairman is usually designated as the lead conferee. If four of the six conferees (at least two from the House and two from the Senate) sign off on an agreement on how the bill should be worded, a conference report will be issued. This conference report is the final version of the bill. To become law, it must be approved by both chambers and then be signed by Governor Bryant. Please pray for me and the other legislators in these final two weeks as we make decisions that will affect all Mississippians. Please contact me if I can help you, or if you have a question/comment concerning any legislation. You may email me at jsteverson@house. ms.gov, call me at 662.837.0194 or message me on Twitter and Facebook. I thank you for allowing me the honor to represent you in the Mississippi House of Representatives. (Jody Steverson (R-Ripley) is State Representative for House District 4, representing Tippah and Alcorn counties. He serves as Vice Chairman of the House Public Utilities Committee and is also a member of the Ways & Means, Energy, Insurance, Transportation, Constitution and University & Colleges committees.)

Prayer for today Lord God, give me the power to control my mind and heart, that I may not be a slave to habits that may keep me from eternal love and blessedness. May I have sympathy and compassion for others, and cherish thy tenderness and mercy as I hold it in my daily life. Amen.

A verse to share Remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins. — James 5:20

Bill Clinton was right Bill Clinton trespassed against the cardinal rule of contemporary Democratic politics, which is that Thou Shalt Not Contradict Black Lives Matter Protesters. Clinton’s lapse came at a Philadelphia rally last week. When demonstrators inveighed against the 1994 crime bill signed by Clinton, the former president gave much better than he got. He rebutted them in fingerwagging detail, repeatedly returning to the point that the crime bill sought to diminish the rampant criminality that was destroying black lives. Clinton thought he was winning the argument, and by any reasonable standard he was – but, politically, he committed a multitude of sins. He defended the old term “super predator” as an accurate description of gang leaders who prey on kids – not realizing that the phrase has been deemed dehumanizing (gang leaders are very sensitive to such microaggressions). Instead of denouncing the police as agents of systemic racism, he defended sending more of them into the streets. And by using the phrase “black lives” in the context of blacks killing

other blacks, he signaled he doesn’t get that the only approved use of the slogan is as a bludRich geon against Lowry the criminaljustice sysNational Review tem. In short, Clinton demonstrated a common-sensical, pre-Black Lives Matter understanding of criminal justice, and quickly had to backtrack. Presumably, he won’t be guilty of such an oﬀense ever again. Both Clinton and his critics exaggerate the effect of the 1994 crime bill, which, among other things, funded more cops and prisons. Clinton attributes the drastic decline in crime rates to it, when the drop had already begun. The critics attribute the drastic increase in incarceration to it, when that, too, preceded the bill. But the notion that the crime bill, and other toughon-crime measures like it, was part of a racist dragnet to imprison black men guilty of low-level drug offenses is obviously absurd. It is easy to forget now, but between 1960 and

1990, the United States experienced perhaps the worst crime wave in its history. Violent crime increased more than 350 percent. Across the 1960s, robbery rose 500 percent in cities with a population of a million. It would be impossible for the political system not to respond vigorously to such a tide of disorder, especially when the criminal-justice system was initially so inadequate to the task. In his book “The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America,” Barry Latzer notes how the criminaljustice system was fraying as crime spiked in the late 1960s: “The number of arrests per reported crime went down, not up; sentencing to prison occurred less often, not more; and prison time served for serious crimes actually shortened, not lengthened.” Subsequently, we readjusted, and it wasn’t an exercise in quasi-white supremacy. From 1976 to 2005, blacks were 47 percent of murder victims. Bill Clinton’s talk of kids wasn’t just pulling at the heartstrings. During the crack epidemic in Washington, D.C., about 500 kids were shot and stabbed in

a roughly two-year period. Since their communities suffered so grievously from drug crime, black Democrats supported important legislative elements of the crackdown on drug offenses from the 1970s onward. Yet the war on drugs wasn’t the main driver of the remarkable 30-year rise in incarceration, from roughly 300,000 to more than 1.6 million. According to John Pfaff of Fordham Law School, less than 20 percent of the inmates in state prisons (they house most U.S. prisoners) are there primarily on drug charges. The vast majority are guilty of violent or property offenses. There is no doubt that policing and prisons – as well as the waning of the crack epidemic -– played a role in breaking the great crime wave of the 1960s. That we are safer creates the political opening to rethink our incarceration policies. Bill Clinton will now want to button his lip before saying such a thing, but it doesn’t make it any less true. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

Princess and the pea time The first mattress I ever bought, for practically nothing, was used and was advertised in the classifieds. It wasn’t a thing of beauty – I’m sparing you the details – but the price was right. Bedbugs were relegated to nursery rhymes back then. As a young person, I had a strong back and slept soundly, and nobody made a science of such utilitarian things as springs and mattresses, anyhow. A mattress was necessary for sleep, but nothing you talked about at dinner parties. I remember helping to hustle the dead-body mattress up the stairs in an apartment we newlyweds rented, collapsing in inappropriate laughter on the landing. The mattress was moved a half-dozen times before another used one came from another cheap source. Times have changed. You don’t shop for used springs and mattresses through the classifieds. You don’t shop for a mattress and spring at all, but for something called “sleep systems.” They resemble the purchase of yesteryear only in the sense

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that they are placed atop a bed. There are two levels to a mattress now – sort of like Rheta the stratoJohnson sphere and ionosphere – Columnist called “comfort level” and “support level.” If I were outlining a term paper on the subject, the “A” and “B” would be the materials used in those layers. They can be made of diﬀerent things, like memory foam, regular foam, gel, latex or natural fiber for the “comfort level,” and innerspring, foam, air, latex or water for the “support level.” Confused yet? Makes one yearn for feathers. I know this only because I’d been waking up with a backache and made the mistake of mentioning to friends that I might need a better mattress. They began giving conflicting recommendations for mattresses – excuse me, sleep systems – that cost three times as much as my first car. I became so confused

and appalled that I almost shopped for a hammock instead. The mattress man at a local furniture store said the only way to decide was to stretch out on his store samples, which conveniently had a shoe protection across the base. I felt like Goldilocks, and picked a medium-hard, just-right, low-end model, though it cost as much as my last three mattresses put together. I think it has individually wrapped coils, whatever that is. In researching my mattress purchase – I told you times have changed – I happened upon the history of the waterbed. I’ve never owned one, but I’ve slept in one. Turns out, as beds for invalids, they’ve been around a long while. Mark Twain even mentions them in a book. The modern waterbed, the one I associate with hippies and Playboy-inspired bachelors, was invented in 1968, of course, by a man named Charles Prior Hall, a student in San Francisco, of course. There were so many immediate

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imitations that he never got full benefit of his design patent. An ugly bedstead seems a waterbed requirement, something with mirrors or faux leather. I’ve never been tempted to buy a waterbed because my floors are weak. Landlords frown on them for obvious reasons. And the whole image thing is oﬀputting, at least in 2016. My mattress is being made in Houston, so it won’t be delivered for several days. I won’t have to wrestle it up the stairs when it comes, because the hefty delivery charge includes “setup.” If Hans Christian Andersen were writing “The Princess and the Pea” today, he’d have to forget the 20 feather mattresses and settle on a $10,000, ultra-luxury memory foam, or some such. Let the snobby little princess feel a pea through that beauty. (To find out more about Daily Corinthian columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www. rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

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Friends of Tishomingo State Park continue efforts BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Counting their blessings, the Friends of Tishomingo State Park are encouraged by the numbers theyâ€™ve seen at recent meetings. â€œOur first couple of meetings have been well attended and we have been gratified with the enthusiasm of volunteers,â€? said Brian Belue, president of the Friends of the Park organization. â€œWe would like to thank the Friends of the Park members for their dedication and hard work. There are a few we would especially like to note.â€? â€œWe thank Greg Collier for the loan of his backhoe and tractor to remove shrubs and stumps from the grounds of the nature center; Kenley Patterson for pressure washing the native stone exterior walls of the nature center; Grayâ€™s Painting Service for their paint donation and Triple D for the loan of a bucket truck.â€? â€œWe would also like to oďŹ€er a special thanks to Kary Peters, CEO of Furniture, Fabrics and More who donated drapery fabric for the curtains at the nature center and cab-

ins at Tishomingo State Park.â€? The nature center will be oďŹƒcially unveiled to the public during a grand opening at 11:30 a.m. on Earth Day â€“ Friday, April 22. Local and state oďŹƒcials will be present. The public is also invited to join the Friends of the Park for a fun run and walk on Saturday, April 23 at Tishomingo State Park. Friends of the part meet at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at the lodge at Tishomingo State Park. A work day has been scheduled for Saturday, April 16, but volunteers are welcome to work any day of the week. OďŹƒcers of the Friends of the Park are President, Brian K. Belue; VicePresident, Toney Mobley; Treasurer, Linda Johnson; Secretary, Tina Gray; and Social Media Director, Emily Wadkins. A national treasure, Tishomingo State Park is nestled in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachians and is one of the most highly rated state parks in the U.S. rated along with other state parks, Tishomingo State

Park Manager Terry Harp thanks Kary Peters of Furniture, Fabrics and More for his donation to Tishomingo State Park. From left to right, Jeff Holt, District 4 Tishomingo County Supervisor; Erica Young, Tishomingo County Development Foundation; Kary Peters, CEO, Furniture, Fabrics and More; Terry Harp, Park Manager; and Greg Collier, District 5 Tishomingo County Supervisor and President of the Board of Supervisors. Park has received the following awards: Top 100 Family Campgrounds; Top 25 Canoeing Spots; Top 25 Bird Watching Spots; Top 25 Educational & Historical Facilities; Top 50 Fishing Spots; Top 50 Fishing Spots; Top 50 Hiking Trails; Top 25 Kid Friendly Parks; Top 25 Romantic Spots; Top 50 Scenic Views; Top 25 Tours and Events; Top 25

Amazing Locations; and Top 25 Unique Cabins. Located south of the Town of Tishomingo in the northeast corner of Mississippi and on the Natchez Trace Parkway, a 440-mile scenic National Park Service parkway between Nashville and Natchez. Visit Mississippi is currently sponsoring a voting campaign to determine

the most popular recreation destination in the state. To vote, visit www. visitmississippi.org/ outdoor-throwdown or like and follow visit Mississippiâ€™s Facebook and Twitter pages for links to the voting bracket. Selections may be voted upon five times before they are entered into the finals column. Tishomingo State Park is the current front-

runner. (For more information, call 662-438-6914, or email terryh@mdwfp. state.ms.us or charlottel@mdwfp.state.ms.us. or write Tishomingo State Park at P.O. Box 880, Tishomingo, MS 38873. Visit the website at www. mdwfp.com/parks-destinations/ms-state-parks/ tishomingo.aspx.)

Air Evac Lifeteam members conduct Landing Zone Class The Corinth Air Evac Lifeteam crew of flight nurse Nathan Palmer and flight paramedic Ron Strom recently conducted a Landing Zone and Helicopter Safety class for EMT-B students at Northeast Mississippi Community College. The class included instruction on interacting safely with helicopters, selecting landing zone sites, guiding the helicopter to the ground and patient loading. â€œThis class gave us a perfect opportunity to educate these individuals about what Air Evac does and how we work with other responders at the scenes of medical emergencies,â€? Palmer said. â€œLanding zone classes are very important because we want everyone involved in an emergency response to be safe around the helicopter.â€? â€œBy demonstrating and explaining how the

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JACKSON â€” A federal judge said Tuesday that the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi flag is â€œanti-Americanâ€? because it represents those who fought to leave the United States. But U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves is not yet saying whether he will fully consider a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the flag as a state symbol. Reeves heard more than three hours of arguments about motions in the lawsuit that Carlos Moore, an African-American attorney from Grenada, Mississippi, filed against the state. Moore is asking Reeves to declare the flag an unconstitutional relic of slavery. Moore argued that under the U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer that eďŹ€ectively legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, a majority of justices found the Constitution protects a fundamental right of dignity. Moore argued the state flag violates his dignity and that of other AfricanAmericans. â€œIâ€™m nobodyâ€™s secondclass citizen, and I donâ€™t appreciate being treated as such,â€? Moore said.

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A GOOD LIFE When the Apostle Peter wrote the letters that bear his name, Christians were suffering at the hands of the Romans. The ďŹ rst letter particularly, speaks to the need for steadfastness, and righteous living. With statements like that of I Peter 1:13, he encourages his readers to â€œgird up the loins of your mind, be sober, (serious minded) and hope to the endâ€?. Regarding the endurance of suffering, he reminds them in chapter two verses twenty and twenty one, â€œwhen ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God, For even hereunto were ye called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.â€? It is in the midst of this kind of trial and suffering that we ďŹ nd some practical keys to living a life that will serve us well; here and hereafter. First, â€œHe that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.â€? (I Peter 3:10) We might here note that this is a quotation from Psalm 34: 12. Would that not suggest to us that throughout the history of Godâ€™s dealings with man, he has warned against the improper use of the tongue. How often have we witnessed great damage to the feelings and lives of others, and compounded our own difďŹ culties by this small, but deadly member? Secondly, Peter says, â€œLet him eschew (step aside from) evil, and do good.â€? (I Peter 3:11) Paul instructed the Thessalonians, â€œAbstain from all appearance of evil.â€? (I Thessalonians 5:22) Do we avoid evil, or do we see how close to it we can get and not be harmed? We should be aware that Satan is always on the prowl, (I Peter 5:8), â€œdangling the baitâ€? and enticing us to do evil. (James 1:14) The better choice is to leave sin alone, step aside and let it pass, and enjoy the blessings of a righteous life. Thirdly, Peter says â€œseek peace and pursue it.â€? (I Peter 3:11) Jesus said â€œBlessed are the peacemakers.â€? (Matthew 5:9) There is more than enough conďŹ‚ict in our homes, in the streets of our cities, and in the nations around the world. The path to a peaceful life is found in obedience to the Prince of Peace. Perhaps the greatest reason to live in this manner is found in the words of verse twelve: â€œFor the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. We invite you to study and worship with us at the Danville church of Christ.

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HB 1523 is no picnic for state in New York Associated Press

JACKSON — An annual New York City picnic celebrating Mississippi food and culture is canceled because of Mississippi’s adoption of a contested religious-objections bill. This would have been the 37th Mississippi Picnic in Central Park. The event was set for June 11. The New York Mississippi Society, a group of native Mississippians living in New York City, founded the annual event in 1980. The group released a statement Tuesday canceling the event because of the controversy surrounding the bill, which civil rights groups say allows for discrimination against LGBT people. The group

also said local groups were planning to demonstrate against the bill at the picnic. “For almost four decades, the Mississippi Picnic in Central Park has consistently celebrated the best of Mississippi, without regard to race, religion, or gender orientation. We took pride in sharing our rich heritage and diversity with the rest of the world through these annual gatherings. Any law such as HB 1523 that discriminates against even a single member of our community cannot be tolerated, and therefore we have decided to stand up for all Mississippians by canceling the 2016 picnic in the park,” the New York Mississippi Society said in a statement.

Sanders, Clinton battle ahead of Sanders’ trip Associated Press

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders held dueling rallies for support from union members and black voters Wednesday ahead of New York’s Democratic presidential primary, with Sanders preparing to leave the political battleground briefly to address a Vatican conference in Rome. Both candidates courted organized labor, with the Vermont senator picking up support from the local transit workers union and walking the picket line at one

point with striking Verizon workers— a small army of backer who could pass out leaflets in subways in the days ahead. Clinton, meanwhile, issued a statement supporting the Verizon workers and calling for the company to come back to the bargaining table. The former New York senator also campaigned in New York City and addressed the National Action Network, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton — giving her a visible platform for the city’s black community.

Deaths Vida Ree Miller

MILAN, Tenn. — Vida Ree Miller, 83, died Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at her home in Milan, Tenn. Cutshall Funeral Home will have the arrangements.

Larry Von Clifton

SELMER, Tenn. — Services for Larry Von Clifton, 74, are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Lake Hill Memorial Gardens in Bethel Springs, Tenn. Visitation is Saturday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Directors. Mr. Clifton died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born in Ramer, Tenn., on Feb. 4, 1942, he was a truck driver and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Carol Clifton of Selmer, Tenn.; a daughter, Andrea Clifton (Andy) of Corinth; a sister, Brenda Kay Sanford (William) and Don Clifton, both of Ripley; four grandchildren, Dustin Clifton, Joseph Kirkland, Donna Kirkland and Chasity Lane Westenhoefer; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a stepson, James Robert Westenhoefer, and his parents, Howard and Gladie (Fortune) Clifton. Brenda Crow will oﬃciate the service.

Andrew Crawford Jr.

TISHOMINGO — Funeral services for William Andrew Crawford Jr., 30, are set for 1 p.m. Friday at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka with burial at Cypress Grove Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. Mr. Crawford died Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Iuka. He was a graduate of Tishomingo County High School and Northeast Mississippi Community College, where he studied mechanical

engineering and electrical, and was enrolled at the University of North Alabama. He was employed at Ruby Tuesday in Corinth. Survivors include his father and stepmother, Andy Crawford Sr. (Vickie) of Tishomingo; his mother, Cathy Lovett; his grandfather, Marion Crawford of Iuka; a half-sister, Kayla Jo Vaughn of Burnsville; and his longtime girlfriend, Sally Glover of Iuka. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Betty Laxson Crawford. Bro. Mike Neighbors will oﬃciate the service Memorial contributions may be made to LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center or the American Kidney Fund.

Javille Hall

Funeral services for Javille Hall, 91, are set for 1 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Directors Chapel with burial in the Jacinto Community Cemetery. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. Ms. Hall died Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at her residence in Olive Branch. She was born on July 9, 1924, in Jacinto to the late Erskin and Sarah Cotena Burcham. She was of the Pentecostal faith. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyt Hall; a son, Garlin Williams; a brother, Julius Burcham; and two grandchildren. Survivors include her sons, Gaston Williams (Odette) of Olive Branch, Gurley Williams of Booneville, Garvin Williams (Wanda) of Michie, and Danny Hall (Mary Ann) of Parsons, Tenn; her daughter, Deborah Conrad (Johnny) of Jackson, Tenn.; 17 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren; and 20

great-great-grandchildren. Bro. Larry Stroute will oﬃciate the service.

Melba Talley

WALNUT — Funeral services for Melba Lavada Talley, 86, are set for 1 p.m. Friday at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church with burial at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 until 10 p.m. and Friday from 11 a.m. until the service at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church. Mrs. Talley died Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Booneville. Born Sept. 2, Talley 1929, she was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church. Survivors include sons James Talley (Martha) of Walnut and Jerry Talley (Dana) of Walnut; a brother, Paul Bright of Walnut; two sisters, Angel McMahan and Anne Martin, both of Walnut; seven grandchildren:, Todd Talley (Allison), Jonathan Talley (Jennifer), Clay Talley (Ashley), Cindy Bullard (Eric), Dustin Talley (Geana), Craig Pevahouse and Caitlyn Pevahouse; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, William Franklin Talley; her parents, Caleb Bright and Elma Crum Bright; two brothers, Hoover Bright and Harold Bright; and five sisters, Vertie Nelson, Earline Bright, Evie Crum, Cheerful Bobo and Joyce Crum. Bro. Joe Spencer and the Rev. Merl Dixon will oﬃciate the service under the direction of Magnolia Funeral Home.

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things we love in our lives and have included some of those here,” she continued. “Each year, I try to listen to the kids and fins out the things they are interested in, or listening to, or watching and we will incorporate those things.” Featuring a cast of 82 seniors, the show will include a variety of unique interests and personalities. “I’m so excited about this large number,” said Bridges who served as the stage manager on the first year of Senior Sounds. “I believe it is our largest

class to date but they have been such great kids to work with.” ACHS Principal Brandon Quinn who also made his appearance at the first show will serve as sound technician, a position he has held since the beginning. After taking the ideas presented and adapting them into a script, Bridges then adds skits, songs and other elements to the mix. “From 2000-2009, Diane Whitaker and I did this job together but she ‘retired’ when she went to work in Tennessee. I must say, however, that

this show is impossible to do without quite a few people,” she said. “This year’s choreographers are Mallory Hamlin, Wendy Talley and Leanne Williams.These ladies have given countless hours to the job and we absolutely could not do a show without them. Tina Downs has stepped up and works with music, along with parents and friends that help as vocal coaches.” “One thing that helps our show be successful (and also a pleasure to do year after year) is our technical people. We use Tim Grissom and Brandon Quinn on sound, my

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husband, Rick Bridges, is our go-to guy for the fly loft and Roger Bryie in the light booth. We have an outstanding support staff at ACHS, including Mr. Quinn and Mrs. Massengill, our art teacher, Crystal Bryde, and numerous other staff who willingly give of their time and effort to make what our students do successful,” she continued. “What I really love, is when our alumni come back to help us: Andrew Ferrell, Laura Lancaster, Jonathan Lancaster, Josh Wood, Madison Leggett, and Dylan Lambert, just to name a few. Again, parents and friends have stepped up to make themselves available and

willing to work hard for success. It practically takes a whole community to do this show!” Each year, senior parents are allowed to purchase tickets for the first three days, but everyone can go to www.seniorsounds.net to reserve seats. They can purchase tickets via PayPal or opt to bring their money to the school and pay there. When all the floor seats have been sold, there are still nearly 400 balcony seats available. In fact, the best seats in the house are the first balcony seats but are not reserved. Spectators can also purchase at the door and walk up to find an available seat.

“We have had such a huge response from our senior parents, that we decided to do a Sunday afternoon matinée at a cost of $10 per person. Normally the seats closer to the stage are $12, but on this day, we’ll just charge $10 for anyone school age and up.” “We hope everyone enjoys the show,” she added. I know the students will have a great time while making memories that will last them a lifetime.”

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. “We are encouraging people to not wait until the last minute,” said Smith. “Once the cap is

met all registration will be closed and it is very possible we will be capped earlier than normal this year.” 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.

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False alarm sent for â€˜active shooterâ€™ RICHMOND, Va. â€”The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating after a false alarm about an active shooter was sent to VA hospitals nationwide. Daniel Henry is a spokesman for the Hampton VA Medical Center in Virginia. He says the alert was sent inadvertently from Hampton on Tuesday during training on a new emergency notification system, and reached about 23,000 employees at hospitals nationwide. He said Wednesday that officials havenâ€™t determined whether the mistake was due to human error or an equipment glitch. Henry said it was quickly discovered, and employees were notified. He said the alert â€œcaused some anxietyâ€? at the Hampton hospital, where staffers sheltered in place for about 10 minutes. In Richmond, police responded to the alert but were told upon arrival that it was a false alarm. Â

Woman lost in forest cites survival course TUCSON, Ariz. â€” An Arizona woman lost in the wilderness for nine days says she became desperate but stayed alive because of her survival skills. Ann Rodgers said Wednesday that she slept in her car the first night and wore several layers of clothing to keep warm. The 72-year-old hiked through the forest for days, leaving notes behind that would help rescuers find her. She says she survived on plants, pond water and at one point, a turtle. Rodgers says she took a survival course and studied techniques for years. Rodgers says she was headed from Tucson to Phoenix to visit her grandchildren when she took a wrong turn and ended up in the eastern part of the state. Â

Grayâ€™s death is dropping out of the race to be Baltimoreâ€™s mayor. City Councilman Nick Mosby told The Baltimore SunWednesday that he will instead support Sen. Catherine Pugh. Mosby says the timing wasnâ€™t right for him to be elected mayor. The councilman announced in October that he would run for mayor. He was among more than a dozen Democratic candidates seeking to succeed Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who chose not to seek re-election after riots rocked Baltimore following Grayâ€™s death a year ago. The primary election will take place April 26. Â

White House asks PAC to pull gun ad ANNAPOLIS, Md. â€” The White House has asked a political action committee that supports Maryland Rep. Donna Edwardsâ€™ Senate bid to pull an advertisement on gun control. Jennifer Friedman is a spokeswoman for President Barack Obama. She said Wednesday that the Working For Us PAC was asked to pull the â€œmisleadingâ€? ad. It shows Obama tearing up while talking about Connecticutâ€™s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It says Rep. Chris Van Hollen supported a campaign finance disclosure bill that didnâ€™t include the National Rifle Association. Van Hollen is running against Edwards in a competitive Democratic primary. Van Hollen has scheduled a Wednesday news conference to call on Edwards to â€œstop the false attacksâ€? on his record.

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School swimmers hire stripper as joke DES MOINES, Iowa â€” A Des Moines school district spokesman has confirmed that ninthgrade girls hired a male stripper to perform at their schoolâ€™s synchronized swimming clubâ€™s annual banquet. District spokesman Phil Roeder told The Des Moines Register on Wednesday that the Roosevelt High School principal will decide whether the girls violated school policies and punishment is merited. A father of one of the team members says the girls employed the stripper as a joke, and that the stripper didnâ€™t totally disrobe at Friday eveningâ€™s event at the Des Moines Social Club. Roeder says a club employee asked the stripper to leave, deeming the appearance inappropriate for the students. Â

Chicago task force pushes reforms CHICAGO â€” A task force that reviewed Chicago police practices in the wake of several police shootings of young black men has issued recommendations for sweeping changes, including hiring an inspector general and overhauling union contracts. The panel, established by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said the department must acknowledge decades of entrenched racism. A draft executive summary called the videotaped killing of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer in 2014, a â€œtipping pointâ€? in the departmentâ€™s need for reform.

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Officer killed in standoff honored JACKSON â€” The Mississippi Legislature is honoring the family of a fallen Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics officer and three state troopers whom Gov. Phil Bryant awarded the Medal of Valor. Forty-four-year-old Lee Tart was killed in late February when a sixhour standoff outside a home in Iuka ended in a shootout. The 22-year veteran and three state troopers had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the home of Charles Lambert. Tartt was killed and the officers were injured when they stormed the residence. Bryant awarded the troopers at the State Capitol in late March. The officers and Tarttâ€™s family received standing ovations Wednesday by the Mississippi Senate and House. Â

Boy critical; dad arrested for abuse PASCAGOULA â€” Mississippi authorities say a 3-year-old boy is in an Alabama hospital with critical injuries allegedly caused by his father. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says 24-year-old Nathan Mc-

Crory is being held without bond on charges of felony child abuse and manufacturing a controlled substance. He was taken into custody Monday. Ezell tells The Sun Herald Zander Saucier was taken to Singing River Hospital on Sunday because of a reported fall. He says the staff felt the injuries were inconsistent with a fall and reported their suspicions to the Jackson County Sheriffâ€™s Department. Singing River did initial treatment, then had the boy airlifted to USA Childrenâ€™s and Womenâ€™s Hospital in Mobile. Ezell said Zander had additional bruising on areas of his body. Â

3 denied bond in meth case GULFPORT â€” Three people arrested during an investigation of an alleged meth supplierâ€™s plan to attend spring break in Mississippi have been denied bond. The Sun Herald reports 36-year-old Tosh Humphrey, of Slidell, Louisiana, and 40-yearold Roy Tatum, of Palestine, Texas, were on probation for federal convictions and had failed to report to a probation supervisor as ordered. Authorities say Humphrey, Tatum and

36-year-old Chiquita Acker, of Pearlington, Mississippi, each tested positive for drug use. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Gargiulo ordered a grand jury review in a hearing Tuesday. Â

Final 2 plead guilty in Internet fraud case GULFPORT â€” The final two defendants have pleaded guilty in an alleged scam that federal prosecutors say involved bogus checks and money orders distributed through fraudulent â€œmystery shopperâ€? internet sites. U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis in a news release Tuesday said that 27-year-old Funso Hassan and 44-year-old Anthony Shane Jeffers pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit identity theft and theft of government property along with use of mail and interstate facility to distribute proceeds of a racketeering activity. They were among six people indicted in the case. Hassan, of Ibadan, Nigeria, faces up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and deportation. Sentencing is set for July 11. Jeffers, of Maryville, Tennessee, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced July 22.

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TBS

R *

GAME TOON TVLD FS1

S T U K Z

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Ø ∞ ± ≤ ≥

HALL

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DISN

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SYFY

7 PM