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Schools near final days Murder victim BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Glendale and Rienzi elementary schools will shut down for good next week, less than two months after the county school district’s 3-2 vote for the closings. Earlier this week, Alcorn School Distrist interim board

member Lamar Walker provided an update on savings of school mergers. “As of right now, we can’t give an amount, but in July we should be able to provide some kind of a number of were we stand on our savings,” said Walkner. He added, “although, we

won’t know the exact amount until July of next year.” Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell said in March the district would save around $800,000 per year with the school closures. However, following the anPlease see SCHOOLS | 2A

still unidentified BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

An investigation continues into the death of a man found shot to death on the side of a county road earlier this week. Sheriﬀ Ben Caldwell said Saturday they were continuing to investigate the case and there was no new information ready to be released. The body of an unidenti-

fied male was discovered by a motorist around 12:15 a.m. Thursday in the Shady Grove area of Alcorn County on County Road 418, south of County Road 419. The man had been shot multiple times and had no identification on him. The body has been sent to the state crime lab in Jackson for autopsy.

Corinth schools to see state funding increase BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Making music Hudson Whitten, 3, tried his hand at playing the recorder following a ceremony to recognize Selmer Elementary School 4th graders on Friday.

Heritage festival returns to Glen

Tracy Whitehurst, Corinth

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Tracy Whitehurst is a familiar face at the Corinth Coke 10K, serving as a volunteer at the race since its beginning 35 years ago. She places medals around the neck as runners and walkers cross the finish line. She also helps out at the awards ceremony, helping her husband of 35 years, Mike Whitehurst, a race committee chairperson and Coca-Cola employee. Tracy has been owner of Winners Circle, Inc. for 33 years, a local screen printing, trophies and engraving and embroidery company. The 55-year-old has a 17-month-old grandson, Clark Hartfelder, son of Ashley and Eric Hartfelder. She also has a son, Garrett Whitehurst, who is married to Jade. Tracy’s hobbies are traveling, working out, golfing, watching sports and being with family.

Burnsville native Dayron Sharp will headline the 14th Annual Glen Heritage Day Festival. the Tri-State Antique Tractor and Flywheel Club. Please see FESTIVAL | 2A

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Tony Rogers of Kossuth, Heath Cleary and John Judkins of Corinth and Brian Harwood of Biggersville, are among those selected as cheerleaders at Northeast Mississippi Community College.

Mary Lee Hutchens is honored by the Alcorn Welcome Center after her retirement after seven years as its supervisor.

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BY KIMBERLY SHELTON GLEN — Taking advantage of warmer weather, the Town of Glen will host their 14th Annual Glen Heritage Day Festival in celebration of the community’s rich history and local heroes on Saturday, May 21. Held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Glen Town Hall, the annual festival will feature singing, food and fun for all ages. “Our food and activities will be free, but we will be accepting donations,” said Town Clerk Lynn Fielding. “Donations of any size are appreciated.” Saturday’s highlights will include inflatables for children as well as classic restored tractors and other antique farm equipment from

A modest increase in student enrollment will boost the Corinth School District’s state funding in the coming fiscal year. While the per-student funding formula for the district was unchanged, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program allocations awaiting the governor’s signature would give the district $12.486 million for fiscal 2017, an increase of $187,750 from the current fiscal year. A slight increase in the district’s average daily attendance in the months of October and November accounts for about $35,000 of that amount, while a student enrollment increase of about

50 is the reason for about $150,000 in additional funds. The district will also see a bump in Chickasaw Cession funding — $432,882 for fiscal 2017, an increase of $103,401, for a total state funding increase of $291,151. Those numbers may increase in some years as the result of timber sales. “We have fared pretty well in terms of where we are in funding in comparison to what many others across the state are facing,” Superintendent Lee Childress told the board of trustees on Thursday. The district was able to absorb a recent cut of approximately $56,000 in the current

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Graduations begin Monday for area high schools BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Crossroads area seniors will take their final walk as high schoolers in the

coming weeks. Commencement ceremonies are scheduled at all four Alcorn County high schools for the Class

of 2016. Biggersville High School seniors will kick oﬀ the round of graduations with a Monday night

ceremony at 7 p.m. inside the high school gym. The Kossuth High School graduation is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Alcorn Central High School seniors will be honored at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Kossuth and Alcorn Central ceremonies will both take place at the Crossroads Arena.

Corinth Academic and Performing Arts High School will graduate 132 seniors at the arena, as well. “We are excited that our students have reached this milestone in their life,” said Corinth School District Superintendent Lee Childress. “We are proud of the many accomplishments and suc-

cesses of this class. We believe Corinth teachers and administrators have prepared these graduates for the future and we wish them the best as they pursue education and career opportunities in the future.” CHS ceremonies will be held Friday, May 27 at 7 p.m.

Board of Supervisors Agenda The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors will have a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the supervisors’ office on Fulton Drive. The agenda for the session is: ■ Call to order ■ Prayer by Bro. Brad Dillingham, pastor of Strickland Church of Christ ■ Minutes from May 2 ■ Financial report and payment of claims, May 2-16 ■ Presentation of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors Insurance Trust Scholarship ■ Application for exemption from ad valorem taxation from Caterpillar,

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Deputy Fire Chief John Beavers of the Glen Volunteer Fire Department will be grilling up hamburgers and hot-dogs. Soda and water will also be available. “I am told we produce a pretty good burger and hot-dog,” said Beavers who has a special technique to lock in the flavors while maintaining the juices. Burnsville native Dayron Sharp will headline the event, serving as the main entertainment. Local band “Behind the Cross” has recently reunited and will also perform at the festival. Last year’s event was well attended with somewhere between 400 to 500 people turning out for the festivities. “We want everyone to come and enjoy the day with us and to have a wonderful time,” said Fielding. “The festival will be held in the grassy area behind the town hall this year so there will be a lot more shade.” “A few picnic tables are available, but not many,” she continued. “I would encourage everyone for their comfort and convenience to bring their lawn chairs, blankets, beach towels and pop-up canopies.” There is currently no rain plan in place. However, there is a possibility that the festivities may be moved inside should bad weather threaten to spoil activities during the festival.

“We hope everyone will come out and celebrate with us while supporting the Glen Volunteer Fire Department.” James McAnally Glen fire chief “This is always a big day for the Town of Glen, Glen Fire and Rescue and the Glen Community,” said Glen Fire Chief James McAnally. “We hope everyone will come out and celebrate with us while supporting the Glen Volunteer Fire Department.” In addition to donations, attendees can also aid the fire department by purchasing T-shirts and RTIC Tumblers. Gray and Navy T-shirts will be available in all sizes for a $20 donation. 30 ounce RTIC tumblers will be available for a $30 donation. All donation to the Glen Volunteer Fire Department are tax deductible. Organized by Mayor Bobby Little some 14 years ago, the event was founded not only as a fund-raiser, but as an opportunity for the town to come together, visit and enjoy good food and entertainment. (For more information about the festival, contact the Glen Fire and Rescue at 662-287-2040 or the Glen Town Hall at 662286-8288.)

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nouncement of the state’s budget and the continued under funding of MAEP earlier this month, Mitchell learned his upcoming 2016-17 fiscal year budget would be cut about $700,000. “We merged some schools to make upgrades and now we have to use that money in our regular budget,” he said. Mitchell did share a moving update with the board this week. “We have been trying to organize our moving plans,” he said. Those plans include the

moving of two computer labs and more than two dozen teacher classrooms from the shuttered campuses of Glen and Rienzi across the county to new classrooms at Alcorn Central and Biggersville. “About a week after school is out, our plans are to begin moving our teachers and their materials and supplies to their new schools,” added Mitchell. “We will take that first week to clean out their new rooms and get the floors ready for their move-in.” Student meet and greets at each school are slated for late July.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Today in History Today is Sunday, May 15, the 136th day of 2016. There are 230 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 15, 1776, Virginia authorized its delegation to the Continental Congress to support independence from Britain.

On this date: In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the Department of Agriculture. In 1886, poet Emily Dickinson died in Amherst, Massachusetts, at age 55. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil Co. was a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and ordered its breakup. In 1930, registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport (a forerunner of United Airlines). In 1940, DuPont began selling its nylon stockings nationally. The original McDonald’s restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, by Richard and Maurice McDonald. In 1955, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France signed the Austrian State Treaty, which reestablished Austria’s independence. In 1963, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasted off aboard Faith 7 on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program. In 1970, just after midnight, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, were killed as police opened fire during student protests. In 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and left paralyzed by Arthur H. Bremer while campaigning for president in Laurel, Maryland. (Bremer served 35 years for attempted murder.) In 1975, U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and captured the American merchant ship Mayaguez, which had been seized by the Khmer Rouge. In 1988, the Soviet Union began the process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after Soviet forces entered the country. In 1991, Edith Cresson was appointed by French President Francois Mitterrand to be France’s first female prime minister.

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Across the Region McNairy County McNairy deputies make drug arrests The McNairy County Sheriff’s Department recently reported a trio of separate drug-related arrests. On April 22 a search on Brian C. Knight at 861 Higginbottam Lane in Selmer. The officers found marijuana, a meth pipe with residue, a glass marijuana pipe with residue, marijuana grinder with residue, a prescription bottle with marijuana inside, a bag of methamphetamine, and four Percocet tablets. They also found marijuana that was prepared to sale, digital scales, a ledger, vapor electronic cigarettes, syringes, and drug paraphernalia. Knight was charged with Possession Of Sch. VI (marijuana) with Intent, Possession of a Firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, Simple Posses-

sion of Sch. II (meth) and Possession of Unlawful Drug Paraphernalia (two syringes). In a separate, unrelated arrest, a search on April 25 at Terrance A. Carder’s residence at 1617 Airport Road in Selmer, yielded alleged drugs. Investigators found meth, a variety of drug paraphernalia, and cash. Carder was charged with Possession Of Sch. II (meth) with Intent and Possession Of Unlawful Drug Paraphernalia. Two containers of meth were found in a purse during the search. In another separate, unrelated arrest on April 29 at the home of Devin Cooper at 1920 Blanton Road in Adamsville. A search of the residence found meth in several containers, marijuana, Hydrocodone tablet, and a variety of drug paraphernalia. Cooper, 19, was charged with Simple Possession of a Sch. VI,

Simple Possession of Sch. II, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The others arrested were Tyler Dietrich, Christopher M. Dietrich, and Sharon J. Dietrich, all of Adamsville. Christopher Dietrich was charged with Possession of a Sch. II with intent, Simple Possession of a Sch. VI, Unlawful Carrying of a Firearm by a convicted felon, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Tyler Dietrich was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. S. Dietrich was charged with Possession of a Sch. II with intent, Simple Possession of a Sch. VI, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a convicted felon and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Investigators involved in the searches were Matt Rickman, Kim Holley, J.P. Kellum, K9 Deputy Dustin Jaco, Deputy Larry Williams and Adamsville Assistant Chief Daniel

Vandiver, Brad Johnson, Corporal Zach Bay, Sgt. Jason Gray, and Deputy Deena Morris.

Hardin County County starts Junior Firefighter program HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. — As school lets out for summer break, Hardin County officials are hoping teens will join them as they fight fires. Hollie Broughton’s son is only 16 but is already gearing up to fight the flames, according to WBBJ-TV. “They teach them so many things. If they’re looking toward the future as a firefighter, there’s already one being trained right now,” Broughton said. Broughton’s son, Geoffrey, has been a part of Hardin County’s Junior Firefighter program for about a year now. Teens ages 15 to 18 get handson training and also get to assist first responders

in the field for both drills and real emergencies. “From start to finish, I’ve seen selfconfidence, all kinds of things. I think he’s going to be a better person,” Broughton said. “We look for someone who we think would make good leaders, work well with each other, and make a good team. Because that’s what this is. It’s a team,” said Jessica Beckham, who recruits the teens. Beckham said there could also be some bragging rights. “How cool would it be to be 15 years old and go back to school and say, ‘Hey, what’d you do for the summer.’ And you can look at them and say, ‘I was a firefighter.’” Broughton said it’s been a positive experience for her son. “They get to hang around people and really care about their community, and that’s also a positive experience,” Broughton said.

Booneville School District looks ahead BY BRANT SAPPINGTON boonevilleeditor@bellsouth.net

The Booneville School District is looking to the future with the recent completion of a longterm strategic plan outlining the challenges and opportunities it faces in the coming years. The goal of the eﬀort was to gain an honest look at where the district is and what it must do to continue to provide students with the best possible education in an everchanging economic and educational environment, explained Superintendent Dr. Todd English. While the district continues to rank among the best in the state, he said it’s vital to understand that success today does not guarantee success in the future and resting on past accomplishments is a recipe for disaster. “That’s an extremely dangerous attitude and it will not breed sustained success,” he said. The superintendent said the world in which students will be competing for jobs is changing at a breakneck pace. “We are preparing students today for jobs that do not yet exist,” he said. “That’s a huge challenge.” The planning process included an anonymous online survey of the community that asked residents to identify the things they are most proud of about the school system, the places where they would like to see improvements and what they feel are the most important areas for the district to address moving forward. Those re-

sponses were combined with detailed research on trends within the district and the state to create a plan that looks at both the challenges ahead and how the district can address them. The plan focuses on four key areas: maintaining excellence in academics, retaining and recruiting the highest quality teachers and administrators, ensuring students are ready for college or the workplace and providing a safe learning environment. English said one of the greatest challenges the district faces in academics is a significant shift in the socio-economic makeup of the student body in the younger grades. The district is seeing growing numbers of children from lowincome families in the elementary school. It’s a trend he expects to see spread upward through the grades as today’s elementary school students become tomorrow’s middle school and high schoolers. These students face particular challenges in early learning as families struggle to simply make ends meet, he said. The district has a strong system of academic support in place for these students now, but English said the long-term solution comes in providing these students with a strong learning opportunity before they ever get to kindergarten. A need-based prekindergarten plan is on the drawing board with a goal to launch it for the 2017-18 school year. The program would be aimed

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directly at students from low-income families and provide them with a strong foundation for success in elementary school. He emphasized they are not looking to duplicate existing programs such as highly successful privately funded preschools, but want to provide services to students who would not be able to otherwise aﬀord those opportunities. The plan also aims to continue to work toward reducing class sizes at the elementary and middle school levels and provide additional programs for academic support. They also hope to add music to the elementary curriculum in the coming years. English said they are also looking at options for adding additional extracurricular activities, including a pair of new sports. He said they want to begin archery and soccer programs with a goal date of the 2017-18 school year. Academic success is primarily a function of having top quality teachers in the classroom, said English. He said they plan to focus heavily on maintaining the highest quality faculty by recruiting the state’s elite teachers. Recruiting efforts will include boosting connections with universities across the state, marketing the success of the district and the quality of the community, and aggressively providing merit pay programs once those programs are approved by the legislature in the coming years. He said the biggest key

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in recruiting and keeping quality teachers is providing them with an environment where they know they are supported by the administration and English said they will continue to focus on supporting their educators so they can do the job of providing a top quality education. “We want the best of the best of the best. We will be looking at all options for recruiting quality teachers,” he said. Preparing students for the jobs of tomorrow is also vital to district’s future. English said they are working hand in hand with area industry to make sure the district’s programs are providing students with the skills they need to be successful. They also continue to partner with Northeast Mississippi Community College and others to give students the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school and ensure the lessons being taught in high school re preparing college bound students for success. While much of the plan is focused on long-term goals, the area of safety is not. English said the safety of students is a top priority every day and they are working daily to understand the threats faced by schools and how they can best protect students and make sure they feel secure and safe on campus. He said they are blessed with a strong relationship with the Booneville Police Department which has oﬃcers on campus on a regular basis and works closely with the district to ad-

dress concerns and help them protect students. English said safety is an issue the students themselves should never have to think about. “We can’t be naive about what’s out there, but we don’t want the kids worrying about safety. That’s our job,” he said. While big ideas are great, English is very practical when it comes to implementation. He said they understand that creating a stronger district costs money, but they can’t let financial limitations limit opportunities for students. “Finance is the ultimate limiting factor, but it is not an excuse,” he said. The district is aggressively looking at all options for increasing funding through a variety of sources. English said they are exploring numerous ways to grow revenue to allow them to provide for the needs of students today and in the future. He expects to see some unique new programs come from the eﬀorts in the future. “Everything is on the table,” he said. He emphasized the five-year plan is a living document that is meant to guide the district forward. He said it can be revisited as circumstances change and new challenges arise and they want to be adaptable and ready to face the challenges of an everchanging environment and ensure every student who walks through their doors receives the best education possible today and in the future.

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School transfers: Let’s fix problem The Alcorn County School District continues to discuss the problem of parents wanting to transfer students out of the district. This has been going on for years now and it has reached alarming rates. This issue is being addressed as how can the school board keep students from transferring. The bottom line is reduced revenues from the district - and that being said - let’s look at the district as a business. If a business keeps losing customers, what do they do? They ask their customers why they stop doing business with them, then make changes to get the business back. It’s time for the Alcorn School District to figure out why they are losing customers at such a fast pace. Under the direction of its new leader, a plan of action needs to be in place as to the why. Parents are being creative in their reasons, hoping to win approval. Each parent must be asked as to the true reason. Is it because the Alcorn County School District isn’t getting the job done? And if so, why? County student transfers made headlines once again this past week. Alcorn County school board members had a somewhat heated discussion regarding out of district student releases. The Alcorn School District’s state funding is set to be cut more than $700,000 next year due to a decrease in average daily attendance, and Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell is now blaming the district’s sometimes weak policy governing transfers. Mitchell wants to reduce the number of kids leaving the district, and he said enrollment is down well over 100 students. No changes were made to the policy on Monday, even though two board members agreed there should be. Board members Mary Coleman and Laura Studdard agreed with Mitchell and said student transfer requests should not be granted because it’s convenient for parents. Board president Randy Wilbanks and board members Lamar Walker and Russ Nash disagreed with making policy changes. “I have always felt like a parent should decide what school they want their child to go to,” Wilbanks told fellow board members. “We have been talking for years about the reasons why a student leaves the district. I want to find out what those reasons are and fix them so others down the road maybe won’t leave for the same reason.” We agree with Wilbanks. Fix the problem. He added, “there is already enough negative talk about the Alcorn School District. If we start telling parents ‘no, they can’t send their child elsewhere,’ it’s only going to get worse.” He is probably right. The transfer policy currently states that out of district transfers are granted if a parent is a regular employee of the school district to which the student wishes to transfer; if the student lives more than 30 miles from the student’s home school; if the brother(s) and/or sister(s) of the student were approved for transfer previously; if a student’s parents are separated or divorced, the student may be allowed to attend school in the district in which either parent is a bonafide resident; or if there are exceptional circumstances in the judgment of the board in individual cases. However, students are often granted release for other reasons. “Those who dream up reasons to transfer their kids shouldn’t be acceptable,” Mitchell told board members. “I will put my foot on the base today, tomorrow and forever – it’s not right.” If the Alcorn School District fixes the issue as to why there are so many student transfers, then parents won’t have to “dream up reasons” to place their kids in other school districts.

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Prayer for today O God, I pray that thou wilt search me, and in the silent moments show me myself without obstruction. Breathe upon me thy awakening breath, that I may be revived to nobler activities. Amen.

A verse to share “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” — 2 Corinthians 9:15

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Hood didn’t ‘order’ clerks to issues licenses STARKVILLE — In my recent column on House Bill 1523 and the constitutional reality of legal same-sex marriage in Mississippi, I chose the wrong verb in describing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s official directives to the state’s circuit clerks regarding the issuing of marriage licenses. Here’s what I wrote last week: “On the subject of same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in the 2015 landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case declared that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry that is guaranteed by both the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. “That decision made same-sex marriage legal in Mississippi – or at least impeded Mississippi from violating the federal constitutional right to samesex marriage by denying marriage licenses to samesex couples. About a week later, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood ordered circuit clerks in the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.” Through his public information oﬃcer, Rachel Ring, Hood asked me to revisit the word “ordered” in that second paragraph: “While the Attorney General did

send clerks a letter to notify them of the Supreme Court decision, he did not issue an Sid Salter ‘order’ and has no auColumnist thority to do so.” The point of Hood’s complaint about that word is simple – it’s the wrong word. Mississippi’s attorney general indeed doesn’t possess the legal authority to “order” the circuit clerks to issue marriage licenses. After the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Obergefell case, Hood’s oﬃce sent a notification to the state’s circuit clerks that Hood later admitted in a second letter to the clerks “seems to have been misinterpreted as prohibiting Circuit Clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. The statement was merely meant to explain that an order of the Fifth Circuit would be necessary to lift the stay.” Following a lengthy explanation of the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court case on the orders and procedural activities of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Districts Courts in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and

Georgia related to that decision, Hood’s second notification to the circuit clerk addressed the topic of how the clerks might choose to move forward: “Nevertheless, regardless of the status of the case before the Fifth Circuit, Obergefell is the law of the land. If a clerk has issued or decides to issue a marriage license to a same sex couple, there will be no adverse action taken by the Attorney General against that circuit clerk on behalf of the state. In such cases, it might be wise to advise same sex applicants that the validity of a marriage licenses issued prior to the stay being legally lifted might be contested in any potential divorce action or in future estate proceedings. “On the other hand, a clerk who refuses to issue a marriage license to a same sex couple could be sued by the denied couple and may face liability. Whatever course you decide to take, you should consult with the county board attorney about the issuance of licenses in light of the Supreme Court’s opinion on Friday.” Ironically, Hood’s now a defendant in one of two federal lawsuits filed against the state regarding HB 1523. One lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), seeks to

declare the bill unconstitutional. A second federal lawsuit filed by the Campaign for Southern Equality, seeks to reopen its prior lawsuit that overturned Mississippi’s same-sex marriage ban and focuses on the provision in HB 1523 that allows those same Mississippi circuit clerks and deputy clerks to “recuse” themselves from issuing marriage licenses if doing so conflicts with their personal religious beliefs. Perhaps more ironic now that he’s been named as a defendant in one of those federal lawsuits is Hood’s admonition after Gov. Phil Bryant signed HB 1523 into law: “Any lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of HB1523 will have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. We would caution government oﬃcials and others that HB 1523 does not override federal law or constitutional rights. If a person or government oﬃcial violates a federal statute or constitutional provision, House Bill 1523 will not protect that official from a federal lawsuit or from potential personal liability under federal law.” (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

North Carolina fights back Standing on principle, not to mention common sense, is so rare these days that when someone does it they make headlines. That’s because you can quickly be labeled a “bigot” if you oppose a lot of the sludge dumped on us by the secular left, and few can withstand the onslaught. North Carolina’s Republican governor, Pat McCrory, is unafraid. On Friday, the Department of Justice sent him a letter warning that North Carolina’s House Bill 2, also known as the bathroom bill, violated the Civil Rights Act. The bill, which requires that transgender people use public bathrooms that match their birth certificates, was swiftly labeled anti-LGBT, which was all DOJ needed to hear. The government gave McCrory until Monday to confirm that North Carolina would not comply with or implement HB2. McCrory pushed back. On Monday, he filed a lawsuit against the DOJ, targeting Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta. The suit, according to ABC News, “accused the DOJ of a ‘radical reinterpretation’ of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and wrote that the federal gov-

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ernment’s position was ‘a baseless and blatant overreach.’” The government’s Cal letter, acThomas cording to North CaroliColumnist na Public Radio-WUNC’s Jeﬀ Tiberii, who obtained a copy, warned that “The State is engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against transgender state employees and both you, in your oﬃcial capacity, and the state are engaging in a pattern or practice of resistance.” In a statement following the announcement of the lawsuit, Gov. McCrory said, “The Obama administration is bypassing Congress by attempting to rewrite the law and set restroom policies for public and private employers across the country, not just North Carolina. This is now a national issue that applies to every state and it needs to be resolved at the federal level,” meaning Congress and the courts. McCrory added that Washington is “telling every government agency and every company that employs more than 15 people that men should be allowed to

use a women’s locker room, restroom or shower facility.” The push and pull continues. If you are a woman reading this, how would you feel about showering with a naked man? If you are a man who has daughters, would you be OK with allowing them to use a women’s restroom knowing that a man could be in there? Target is fine with it, apparently. In a blog last week, the company stated that it welcomes “transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity.” Target stores are now the target of a boycott. What about school gyms? Are you fine with having your daughter changing and showering with a boy who believes he’s a girl? What happened to the right to privacy, so revered by the progressive left? Does the fact that we are even having this debate say something about the state of our culture and the attempts by secularists to undermine what remains of its creaking foundations, traditions and what used to be known as common sense? Who gets to decide? And on what is that decision based?

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Are morals and ethics now up for grabs, depending on which group makes the most noise and promises the most votes? Perhaps Loretta Lynch and her deputy should lead by example and shower with a transgender male. Even better, how about first lady Michelle Obama? Media coverage could be discreet. I’m betting that neither Lynch nor the first lady would go that far. In fact, I suspect that very few on the left would want to live under many of the laws and dictates they like to impose on the rest of us. Have we gone mad? The question all but answers itself. Gov. McCrory has already directed state agencies to make reasonable accommodations to transgender people by installing single-occupancy restrooms. North Carolina also allows private companies to set their own bathroom policies, but that is not what the Obama administration wants. It wants to “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” It’s one of the few promises the president has managed to keep. (Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@ tribpub.com.)

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Medical education continues to improve at MRHC According to The Glossary of Education Reform, continuous improvement is a concept that encompasses the general belief that improvement is not something that starts and stops, but it is something that requires an organizational or professional commitment to an ongoing process of learning, self-reflection, adaptation, and growth. That is exactly what the Graduate Medical Education (GME) program at Magnolia Regional Health Center continues to do. The program, which initially began training internal medicine residents in 2009, continues to raise the bar on quality and trainee achievements year after year. The program is only one of two Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Internal Medicine programs in the state, with the other being located at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. The ACGME is a private, non-profit, professional organization responsible for the accreditation of approximately 700 institutions that sponsor approximately 9,600 residency and fellowship programs in the United States. MRHC’s GME program was the first program nationally to go from American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accreditation to ACGME accreditation, which allows MRHC to begin training MD cre-

Dr. David Pizzimenti, MRHC Chair of Graduate Medical Education and Internal Medicine Residency Program director, leads a training session with residents. dentialed physicians in addition to DO credentialed physicians. The program’s resident physicians recently took the national Internal Medicine In Service Exam and were ranked 5th overall and in the top 4 percent nationally. Both of these were up from the previous year’s ranking of being in the top 12 percent nationally, and the first-attempt pass rate on the national Internal Medicine Board Exam increased from 95 percent to 96.2 percent this year, with 26 out of 27 students passing the exam. Dr. David Pizzimenti, MRHC Chair of Graduate Medical Education and Internal Medicine Residency Program director, has done his share of re-

ceiving accolades too. Pizzimenti was named the 2015 American College of Osteopathic Internists “Teacher of the Year.” Each year, the ACOI, an organization whose mission is to advance the practice of osteopathic internal medicine, honors members of the College who have distinguished themselves in the areas of teaching, research, and patient care. Recently, while completing his ten year recertification, he received the top score in the country. During his time here, the program has steadily gained interest from residents and students around the country and oﬀered the same training other large teaching/research hospitals have.

“This program is accomplishing great things and oﬀering students and residents a location they can gain quality experience and training,” said Dr. Pizzimenti. “For being a medical education program at a smaller hospital, we are not just competing with much larger academic hospitals in larger cities, but we are beating them in academic success and quality of care.” MRHC has come a long way from just hiring great physicians. They are now training and growing them here too. Several of the students who go through the program have come back to practice medicine right here in Corinth, and others are continuously getting into great fellowships around

the country in various specialties. The below are just a few: ■ Aaron Earles — One of our First CORE Medical Student Graduates and First Internal Medicine Graduates (Back as Interventional Cardiologist) ■ Andy Holley — Was a Core Medical Student at Magnolia Regional Health Center (Back as General Surgeon) ■ Amanda Finley — Internal Medicine Graduate (Now associate clinical professor) ■ Delali Blavo — Internal Medicine Graduate (Will begin practicing Endocrinology in August) ■ Rachel Thibodeaux — Internal Medicine Graduate (Now associate clinical professor) ■ Valerie Norton — Internal Medicine Graduate (Back as Internal Medicine Physician) ■ Charles Swanson — Internal Medicine Graduate (Now Internal Medicine Physician in Tippah County) ■ Seger Morris — Internal Medicine Graduate (Now associate clinical professor) ■ Matthew Tipton — Internal Medicine Graduate (Now Emergency Medicine Physician at Tippah County Hospital) ■ Michael Hawley — (Now associate clinical professor) ■ Ashley Nickerson — Cardiology Graduate (Coming back in August) ■ Andrew Thibodeaux — Cardiology Graduate in August (Will start as faculty in August)

■ Beth Lindsey — Graduating in 2016; is on stipend and will return for Rheumatology ■ Leah McIntosh — Graduating in 2016; is on stipend and will return for Nephrology ■ Peyton Preece — Graduating in 2016 (Will begin July 18th as associate clinical professor) Gena Lindsey, the Designated Institutional Official for Graduate Medical Education at Magnolia Regional Health Center, praises Dr. Pizzimenti, the Associate Clinical Professors of internal medicine and the Medical Staff for the phenomenal medical education the trainees receive at MRHC. “Our highly structured and academically rigorous program, led by Dr. Pizzimenti, allows a small Mississippi teaching hospital to have the ability to produce some of the most experienced and highest board scoring physicians in the nation.” Ms. Lindsey acknowledged the program would not be the success it is today without the support and resources provided by Magnolia Regional Health Center. “We take great pride training physicians for our rural, medically underserved area, in a state of the art facility”. “I am extremely appreciative of the support and resources the executive staff and board of trustees have provided since we started our program(s), and I anxiously look forward to what the future may hold.”

Seniors honored The faculty and staff of The University of Mississippi-Booneville campus honored its 2016 graduating class on Tuesday, April 26 during the annual Graduation Celebration event held in the Black and Gold Room at Northeast Mississippi Community College. The graduating students’ degrees were conferred during the official commencement ceremonies held at the UM main campus in Oxford on Saturday. UM-Booneville 2016 Graduates include: Elementary Education major Libby Moore, of Corinth, MS; Elementary Education major Chelsea Wimberly, of Iuka; Elementary Education major Summer Sharplin, of Ripley; Elementary Education major Katie Williams, of Booneville; Elementary Education major Julia Alexander, of Belmont; General Studies major Tyler Hall and Elementary Education major Anthony Copeland, both of Booneville.

UM alumnus begins new career with service dog at his side OXFORD — When graduate student Ben Stepp walked across the stage during the University of Mississippi’s Commencement ceremonies Saturday, he did so in the company of his canine companion, Arliegh, a service dog who rarely leaves his side. A retired U.S. Army staﬀ sergeant and an infantry veteran of the Iraq War, Stepp, 36, received his third UM diploma – a master’s degree in community and mental health counseling. But what makes this accomplishment even more thoughtprovoking is that Arliegh, a nearly 3-year-old Labrador retriever mix, has attended virtually every class alongside her owner since 2014. “(Arliegh) is a highly trained medical device,” explained Stepp, a husband and father of two. “When my heart rate gets elevated, she can sense it and places her paw or head on my leg for me to pet her. You might

see me petting her a lot on graduation day.” Stepp and Arliegh are preparing to begin a new career in which Stepp plans to eventually become a Licensed Professional Counselor, hoping to specialize in counseling veterans adjusting to life after military service. As a service dog, Arliegh helps Stepp manage anxiety related to the eﬀects of PTSD, one of two wounds the Fairbanks, Alaska, native received during his 15 years of military service. Stepp’s other injury is a still-bothersome grenade wound to his right ankle, which resulted in long-term pain from reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or RSD, a type of nerve damage that causes a burning pain in the injured area among other symptoms. Stepp joined the LOU community in 2006 when he returned from his service in Iraq. While deployed, first in 2003 then later during parts of 2004 and 2005, he served as the

leader of an infantry fire team, a group of four to five soldiers. After transferring from the regular Army into the Mississippi Army National Guard, Stepp enrolled in undergraduate courses at UM with a plan to finish a bachelor’s degree in economics – which he had started at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke – and return to active duty as an officer. However, Stepp faced challenges he did not expect as a tried to “normalize” into life as a college student and war veteran. “I was in a lot of denial about my problems at the time,” he recalled. “I was easily agitated, easily set off. I had nightmares and flashbacks.” At the urging of Ole Miss ROTC faculty, Stepp began seeing a therapist on campus and later at the VA office in Memphis, Tennessee. It was an important and necessary decision for Stepp, but it was also a de-

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cision that set his life in a new direction. “I was then medically disqualified from being an officer,” he said. “They said I could stay as an enlisted man, but I couldn’t be an officer.” This was a hard blow to Stepp, who had first joined the military at age 17 with the consent of his mother. But, after refocusing his efforts on academic pursuits, Stepp earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2009 and a master’s degree in criminal justice in 2011, while working as a University Police Department officer, a position he held from 2007 to 2013. The same year he earned his bachelor’s degree, Stepp also married his wife, Erin. The couple welcomed their first child in 2010 and carved out a life together in Oxford. However, Stepp still had personal battles to fight. He was becoming increasingly frustrated with the care offered

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Deaths William E. Gray

A celebration of life service for William E. Gray is set for 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Forrest Memorial Park. William Passed away May 14, 2016, at his residence in Corinth. He was born on May 25, 1938, in Tishomingo County. He served as an SSG in the U.S. Army and retired from Intex after 38 years of service. He enjoyed playing pool and spending time with friends at Hwy 72 Sprint Mart. He is preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Eula Gray; his wife of 42 years, Lydia Gray; son, Charles Gray; and his three brothers, Wilmer, Melvin, and Marvin Gray. He is survived by three very special great-great nieces, Lulu, Annabelle and Annyston Gray as well as a host of other nieces, nephews and family. Frank Williams will oﬃciate. The family will receive friends from noon until service time Monday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.memorialcorinth.com

Mack A. Mullins

Funeral services for Mack A. Mullins, 73, of Corinth are set for 4 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. David Giﬀord and Bro. Kayra Blackard oﬃciating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Mullins died May 13, 2016, at his residence. He was a retired sawmill pallet employee and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Ordie Lee Wilbanks Mullins; his brothers, Charles Mullins and Vester Mullins; his sisters, Lula Mae Wilbanks and Martha Wilbanks. He is survived by his sons,Teddy (Linda) Mullins and Kevin (Kristle) Box and daughters, Loretta (Greg) Wilbanks, Shelia (Billy) Garvin and Mary (Crystal) Crum; sisters, Betty (Taylor) Smith and Mavis (Bob) Hicks; 14 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; the mother of his children, Martha Mullins; and a special friend, Blake Voyles.

Anita Franks Yow

IUKA — Funeral services for Anita Franks Yow, 74, of Iuka are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in Holder Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. Yow died Friday, May 13, 2016, at her residence. She was a member of Eastport Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Donald Yow of Iuka; two daughters, Tracy Yow Morris and Debra Paden Wilson, both of Iuka; one sister, Edwina Parsons of Iuka; three grandchildren, Scotty Wilson and Jeremy Wilson, both of Iuka, and Jamie Wilson of Birmingham, Ala.; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, William “Bill” Franks; and her mother, Reba Thorne Franks. Memorials may be made to LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center by calling (901) 287-6308; or online at www.lebonheur.org.

Obamas welcome leaders, celebrities to Nordic party Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Famous people and people just famous-for-Washington scored coveted invitations to Friday night’s White House state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Will Ferrell, who famously parodied past President George W. Bush on “Saturday Night Live,” and Bellamy Young, first lady on the TV show “Scandal,” made the cut, as did recently retired late-night host David Letterman, “Girls” actress Allison Williams and actor-comedian Aziz Ansari. Other guests with

Nordic ties were Marcus Samuelsson, the Sweden-raised chef who was a guest chef for the President Barack Obama’s first state dinner seven years ago, and Joel Kinnaman, a Swedish-American actor who played a politician in “House of Cards.” The Nordic party was a twist for the White House — state dinners typically celebrate a single head of state. But Friday’s aﬀair capped a multilateral U.S.-Nordic summit, a gathering Obama used to laud the Nordic states as model global citizens on climate change, security, humanitarian eﬀorts and economic equality.

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Bryant: Defy transgender guidance BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

“The directive is nonbinding, and does not carry the force of law. Because these decisions are better left to the states, and not made at the point of a federal bayonet, Mississippi’s public schools should not participate in the president’s social experiment.”

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JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday that the state should defy new federal guidance that says public schools should make sure transgender students can use locker rooms and bathrooms that match their gender identity. Republican Bryant originally criticized President Barack Obama’s administration but stopped short of calling for defiance. However, after the Mississippi Department of Education said the state will follow the federal guidance, the secondterm governor issued a new and more strongly worded statement. “The directive is nonbinding, and does not carry the force of law,” Bryant said. “Because these decisions are better left to the states, and not made at the point of a federal bayonet, Mississippi’s public schools should not participate in the president’s social experiment.” The U.S. departments

Gov. Phil Bryant of Education and Justice told states Friday that public schools must treat transgender students in a way that matches their identity, even if school records or identity documents list a different sex. The Mississippi Department of Education said it will follow the federal guidance, although it didn’t offer details of what it will tell local districts. “A safe and caring school environment is critical to a student’s ability to learn and achieve,” the department’s statement said. A Mississippi law that’s set to take effect July 1 says the state cannot pun-

ish a person who cites religious beliefs and sets “sex-specific standards or policies” for employee or student dress or grooming, or for access to bathrooms, spas, dressing rooms, locker rooms “or other intimate facilities or settings.” Two groups have filed federal court challenges to House Bill 1523, which also says workers can cite their own religious objections to same-sex marriage to deny services to people. Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves criticized the federal guidance on treatment of transgender students but stopped short

of calling for defiance. “State and local communities should not be forced to push a liberal agenda by a president out of touch with the American people,” Reeves said Friday. The question of whether federal civil rights law protects transgender people may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. However, schools that refuse to comply could face civil rights lawsuits from the government, and the Obama administration could try to cut oﬀ federal aid to schools to force compliance. “It would be wrong for the administration to withhold federal funding from public schools that choose to handle this sensitive matter in their own way,” said U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. “These are local issues best decided by those who live in our communities. Once again, the courts will inevitably have to weigh in because this administration continues to impose rules without having the proper authority.”

Arizona sheriff found Bryant signs bill to cut in contempt of court $415 million in taxes Associated Press

PHOENIX — The sixterm sheriff of metro Phoenix has been found in contempt of court for disobeying a federal judge’s orders in a racial profiling case, bringing the lawman who calls himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff” a step closer to a possible criminal contempt case that could expose him to fines and even jail time. Friday’s ruling marked one of the biggest legal defeats in long career of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is known for cracking down on illegal immigration, and was expected to lead to greater court oversight of his office. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow set a May 31 hearing for attorneys to discuss penalties. Shortly thereafter, Snow said he will issue an order on remedies and whether he will refer the case for criminal contempt. Arpaio, a month away from turning 84, is running for re-election for the job he’s held since 1993. Dan Saban, a former police chief in suburban Buckeye who ran unsuccessfully against Arpaio in 2004 and 2008 and is in the race again, said Friday that it was time for the longtime sheriff to resign. The civil contempt finding doesn’t disqualify Arpaio from holding office. It’s unclear whether a criminal contempt finding would prevent him from serving as sheriff. A felony contempt conviction would force him from office, but the judge has the option of recommending either a misdemeanor or felony contempt case. Arpaio and three of

his top aides “have demonstrated a persistent disregard for the orders of this court, as well as an intention to violate and manipulate the laws and policies regulating their conduct,” Snow wrote in his 162-page finding of facts ruling. “We have begun our reading and analysis of this lengthy document, and expect to file a responsive memorandum,” attorneys for the sheriff’s office said in a statement late Friday afternoon. “Despite disagreeing with some of the court’s findings, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will continue to work with the court-appointed monitor, the ACLU and plaintiffs to comply with the court’s orders, as it has since January 2014.” Snow ruled three years ago that Arpaio’s officers systematically racially profiled Latinos in regular traffic stops and immigration patrols. He ordered a sweeping overhaul of the agency, including making patrol officers wear body cameras and conducting more training to ensure officers aren’t making unconstitutional traffic stops. Arpaio has acknowledged violating Snow’s orders, including letting deputies conduct his signature immigration patrols 18 months after the judge barred them. The judge said Friday that Arpaio “engaged in multiple acts of misconduct, dishonesty and bad faith” related to those who sued over the racial profiling and “made multiple intentional misstatements of fact” while testifying during a hearing.

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JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant on Friday signed what may be the largest tax cut in Mississippi history, a measure that will reduce taxes by $415 million over the next 12 years. Senate Bill 2858 will phase out Mississippi’s $260 million-a-year corporate franchise tax, a long-held goal of business groups. It would also cut $145 million in income taxes, raising the threshold for paying state income taxes to $10,000. Anyone making that much would eventually get a $150-a-year cut. Both the income tax and franchise tax reductions would begin in 2018. Starting in 2017, Mississippi would lower taxes on self-employment, cutting $10.2 million over three years. “I appreciate the legislature’s continued commitment to reducing the tax burden on our citizens and making Mississippi the most business-friendly state in America,” Bryant said in a statement. Supporters including Lt. Gov Tate Reeves say the measures make Mississippi more economically competitive, particularly the elimination of the franchise tax, which some other states are also getting rid of. Businesses, especially manufacturers and banks, dislike the franchise tax because the levy taxes capital and requires companies to pay regardless of profit levels. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jeﬀ Smith, R-Columbus,

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has said the first year of the franchise tax cut will leave only 245 businesses paying the tax. Opponents warn tax cuts will drain off state revenue, hurting Mississippi’s ability to provide needed government services. Democrats also questioned the wisdom of approving tax cuts while revenues were declining. Lawmakers approved more than $350 million in business tax reductions during the previous fouryear term, and business tax collections are already projected to fall $150 million from 2015 to 2017. House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, has promised a comprehensive tax study before the large tax cuts begin in 2018, and Reeves has said he supports it. Many House Republicans voted for the measure reluctantly, after the collapse of efforts to find a grand bargain that would have also increased funding for roads and bridges. Republicans also shelved an effort to rewrite the state’s K-12 funding formula after closed-door talks on changes didn’t produce an agreement. Transportation and education spending could also be part of the overhaul effort. “I look forward to working with the legislative leadership on comprehensive tax reform for the 2017 legislative session that further simplifies the tax code and ensures a steady stream of revenue to fund the core responsibilities of government,” Bryant said.

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Shoplifting increase blamed on measure ROCKLIN, Calif. â€” Large retailers including Safeway, Target, Rite Aid and CVS pharmacies say they have seen shoplifting jump at least 15 percent since California voters reduced theft penalties 1Â˝ years ago. Shoplifting reports in Los Angeles increased by a quarter in the first year after voters approved Proposition 47 in November 2014, according to statistics compiled for The Associated Press. Preliminary FBI crime reports show a 12 percent jump in larcenytheft, which includes shoplifting. But several experts say there is no proof that reduced criminal penalties caused the shoplifting surge. A proposition supporter says law enforcement still has plenty of tools.

Teens unhurt after limo catches fire NATICK, Mass. â€” Bad luck followed a group of teenagers heading to the prom on Friday the 13th as the limousine they were riding in caught fire. WFXT-TV reports the Natick High School students from Massachusetts smelled smoke in the white stretch limousine around 6 p.m. Friday. Good luck returned when the 10 teens and the driver escaped the limo unharmed before it burst into flames. Itâ€™s unclear what caused the blaze. Natick police tweeted the limo â€œmight be evilâ€? because the fire later rekindled. One student suggested the bad fortune was a result of it being Friday the 13th. The students said it was scary but also â€œkind of cool.â€?

Bus burning evokes 1991 Brooklyn riots NEW YORK â€” Twentyfive years after violent race riots in Brooklynâ€™s Crown Heights neighborhood, a new incident â€” the torching a school bus outside a Jewish school â€” has raised questions about whether tensions are starting

to fray again. Police have arrested five black boys in this weekâ€™s blaze. Tensions between blacks and Jews in the neighborhood were thought to have largely eased since 1991, when the neighborhoodâ€™s black residents exploded into days of rioting after a 7-year-old boy was accidentally struck and killed by a car in the motorcade of the leader of the Lubavitcher sect. A rabbinical student was stabbed and died.

Drug makers must explain price hikes MONTPELIER, Vt. â€” Vermont is poised to be the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases. A bill passed by lawmakers in their final week and awaiting Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlinâ€™s signature would have state health regulators identify up to 15 drugs a year with the biggest price increases. It then would require their manufacturers to justify those increases to the attorney generalâ€™s office. A spokesman for the leading industry group says the legislation is misguided and that there are other steps states can take to ensure citizens have access to needed medications. The issue was highlighted recently by Turing Pharmaceuticalsâ€™ decision to raise the price of a drug used to treat a life-saving condition from $13.50 per pill to $750.

Dog bitten saving child from snake TAMPA, Fla. â€” When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old Florida girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down despite multiple snakebites. And now, hundreds of donors are coming to her familyâ€™s rescue, quickly topping the goal of $15,000 Friday on a GoFundMe account to help pay for the antivenin needed to keep the dog alive. Molly DeLuca was playing with her 2-year-

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old shepherd, named Haus, when the snake showed up on Wednesday. Haus jumped between them and was bitten three times, suffering damage to his kidneys. Vets are now expecting a full recovery.

Man, 96, is oldest to graduate at USC LOS ANGELES â€” It took more than 60 years but a University of Southern California student has finally received his diploma. Ninety-six-year-old Alfonso Gonzales received a bachelor of science degree in zoology on Friday, making him the oldest graduate in USC history. The World War II veteran thought heâ€™d already graduated when he skipped commencement exercises in 1953 because of work obligations. He was founding a soil company that he ran for 55 years. But when relatives recently approached the university about getting a copy of his diploma, they learned he was one unit short.

U.S. set to change Myanmar sanctions WASHINGTON â€” The U.S. business lobby says it is high time to drop the remaining U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, but human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers say not so fast. Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi is now running the government after winning elections. Still, the military continues to wield considerable power. That poses a dilemma for President Barack Obama, who wants to encourage investment but not lose leverage to encourage further reforms. So next week, Obama is expected to renew sanctions for another year. The administration could take some state-run companies off a U.S. Treasury blacklist. Secretary of State John Kerry will be traveling to Myanmar on May 22 to signal support for the civilian-led government that took power last month and for further democratic and economic reforms, the State Department said Friday.

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Dems want session on health services JACKSON Â â€” Most Democratic lawmakers are calling on Mississippiâ€™s Republican governor to call a special legislative session to put more money into mental health services. Ed LeGrand, a former Department of Mental Health director, joins 62 legislators in making the request Friday. They say some patients who donâ€™t receive care could end up in prison. Current director Diana Mikula said Tuesday the department will have to cut some services, including 29 beds at the State Hospital at Whitfield for patients with both a major mental disorder and a complex medical condition. Gov. Phil Bryant signed the Mental Health budget, Senate Bill 2888,Â on Wednesday. His spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.

City expects boost from to-go cup law BAY ST. LOUIS â€” This seaside town is expecting a boost in business after a new state law allowing to-go cups goes into effect in July. The Sea Coast Echo reportsÂ city leaders hope to see a spark in business once the law goes into effect on July 1. This week, Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill permitting cities along the Gulf Coast to establish districts where openalcohol containers are allowed. Nikki Moon, the president of the Hancock Tourism Development Bureau, says the law will be â€œa huge benefit for tourism.â€? Moon says the townâ€™s visitors mostly come from Louisiana where to-go cups are common so this new law will make visitors from Louisiana feel more at home.

Ingalls gives Navy 10th transport dock PASCAGOULA â€” Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered the companyâ€™s 10th San Antonioclass amphibious transport dock to the U.S. Navy. The ship, built at Ingallsâ€™ facility in Pascagoula, was named in

honor of the late U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, who represented Pennsylvania from 1974 to 2010. It was delivered during a Friday ceremony. Ingallsâ€™ Vice President of Program Management Richard Schenk says they have at least two more ships to complete in this class â€” the Portland, under construction and scheduled for christening May 21, and the Fort Lauderdale for which Ingalls has received more than $300 million in advance procurement funding. The San Antonio class is the latest addition to the Navyâ€™s amphibious assault force. The 684-foot-long, 105-footwide ships are used to embark and land Marines, their equipment and supplies.

Death of prisoner under investigation JACKSON â€” An inmate who was found unconscious in his cell at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has died. The Mississippi Department of Corrections, in a news release Friday, said 21-year-old Jasper Bell was pronounced dead at 12:03 p.m. at Unit 29, where he was housed alone. Bell was serving a 35year sentence for multiple convictions in Hinds County including armed robbery, aggravated assault, residential burglary and carjacking. His crimes were committed in 2010, and he was sentenced on Jan. 4, 2012. A cause of death is pending an autopsy.

Attorney calls fedsâ€™ lawsuit â€˜frivolousâ€™ JACKSON â€” The attorney for a Mississippibased check cashing company is criticizing a federal agencyâ€™s lawsuit against his client. Dale Danks represents All American Check Cashing Inc., which operates in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Danks says Friday that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureauâ€™s lawsuit against All American is a â€œfrivolous, bullish attempt to overshadow an industry by attacking a small, independent business owner.â€? The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, says the company instructed its

employees not to tell customers what fees they were being charged. The lawsuit also says the company overcharged some customers and didnâ€™t repay them. Danks says All American will continue cooperating with federal and state authorities and welcomes the chance to defend itself.

Charity will support international studies OXFORD â€” University of Mississippi officials say a McComb-based charitable fund has agreed to continue supporting an international studies program at the university. The Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable & Educational Fund has agreed to provide another $5 million to the Croft Institute for International Studies over the next five years. The fund agreed to support the program in 1997, and Ole Miss said Wednesday that it has given $44 million so far. The Croft Institute accepts 70 students each year by application to major in international studies. The program requires students to learn a foreign language and study abroad for at least one semester in a country where that language is spoken.

Electric car-maker missing job target JACKSON â€” An electric car company that once said it planned to build 250,000 cars a year and invest $2 billion in an impoverished corner of Mississippiâ€™s Delta region is in trouble because it hasnâ€™t lived up to an agreement requiring it to hire 350 employees. Mississippi state officials say they are renegotiating an incentive agreement with GreenTech Automotive, a unit of Virginia-based WM Industries, after the electric car maker failed to reach employment targets. Tunica County officials also have not granted agreed-on property tax breaks. â€œThe company has started production, but has yet to reach the job threshold,â€? Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Jeff Rent wrote in an email to the Associated Press late last month.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW WEEKLY DOW JONES -34.72 222.44 -217.23

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AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel May 16 Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17

386 391.25 393.75 398.50 406.25 410.50 414.50

367 368 370 375.25 384.75 390.25 395

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382 390.75 393.25 398.25 406 410.25 414.25

+6 +13.25 +13.75 +13.50 +11.75 +10.50 +9.75

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121.20 116.80 116.00 114.97 113.65 112.27 107.05

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

May 16 Jul 16 Aug 16 Sep 16 Nov 16 Jan 17 Mar 17

May 16 Jun 16 Jul 16 Aug 16 Oct 16 Dec 16 Feb 17

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1012 1055 +28.75 1019 1065 +30.25 1021.25 1067 +30 1013.75 1059.50 +32 1008.25 1054.50 +32.50 1010 1051.75 +28.50 997.75 1030 +19.50

77.22 83.40 83.50 82.60 70.90 65.32 68.20

76.82 81.32 81.92 81.30 70.00 64.47 67.60

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COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

May 16 Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17

Jul 16 Oct 16 Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Oct 17

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446 454.75 465.50 484 500.75 510.50 514.75

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60.26 61.10 60.15 60.65 61.08 61.50 ...

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Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on Intercontinental Exchange.

House of Whit ribbon cutting The House of Whit, at 305 East Waldron Street, recently celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting. Owner Marley Ashe was joined for the celebration by Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin, other city and local officials, representatives of The Alliance, friends and supporters.

Anti-fakes leader tied to Alibaba BY ERIKA KINETZ AND DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press

SHANGHAI — When an influential anti-counterfeiting group allowed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to join its ranks in April, the group said it was a collaborative move that would help stem the sale of fake goods for top companies such as Apple, Nike and Procter & Gamble. Instead, the decision has sparked an angry revolt among some members of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, who consider Alibaba the world’s largest

marketplace for fakes. The ensuing drama has led to outraged letters, anonymous memos, and high-profile defections. Now, an investigation by The Associated Press has found that the IACC’s president owns Alibaba stock, has close ties to a key Alibaba vice president and uses family members to run his coalition. “It’s crossed the line ethically,” said Deborah Greaves, a partner at Brutzkus Gubner law firm who served on the coalition’s board from 2011 to 2013. She said she didn’t know that IACC chief Robert Barchiesi had

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cates. In recent weeks Gucci America, Michael Kors and Tiﬀany have quit the Washington D.C.-based coalition, which has more than 250 members. The AP found several ties between the group’s president and Alibaba: — The president of the coalition, Barchiesi, has owned Alibaba stock since its 2014 listing in New York. The IACC said in a statement that the holdings represent “a small percentage of his investment portfolio.” — Matthew Bassiur, who took over as vice president of global intellectual property enforcement at Alibaba in January, hired Barchiesi’s son, Robert Barchiesi II, to work at Apple back in 2011. Alibaba said that hire was made on merit. Apple declined to comment. — Bassiur is a founding board member of the ICE Foundation, which has been run by Barchiesi’s other son, James Barchiesi, since 2013. That same year, the ICE Foundation board voted to award a contract for “fiscal and operational management” to a private company also run by James Barchiesi. The ICE Foundation, which supports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees, has received grants of $10,000 from the anti-counterfeiting coalition every year since 2012, tax filings show. Some members have welcomed Alibaba. “I thought that was a good step forward,” said Brad Buckles, an anti-piracy executive at the Recording Industry Association of America. “Bring them in so that you can complain to them. At the end of the day, if none of it works, you can kick them out.” Jennifer Kuperman, head of international corporate aﬀairs at Alibaba, said Bassiur’s expertise would help the company “further instill trust in our marketplaces.” Critics, however, fear Alibaba will use IACC membership to gain legitimacy while papering over fundamental flaws in how it does business. Gucci and other brands owned by France’s Kering Group allege in U.S. court filings that Alibaba knowingly profits from the sale of fakes. Alibaba has dismissed the case as “wasteful litigation.”

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