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Coroner identifies murder victim BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn County’s most recent murder victim has been identified. Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones told the Daily Corin-

thian late Saturday afternoon the May 12th shooting victim is 37-year-old Jorge Aguilar Olivera of Champoton, Campeche in Mexico. The identification delay was due to finding next of kin in

Mexico, said Jones. Olivera lived in Works Apartments on Cardinal Drive in Corinth. According to his Facebook page, he was employed as a welder at Monotech in Tishomingo County.

Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell told the Daily Corinthian he has every criminal investigator in the sheriff’s office working the case and he took up the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation’s (MBI) offer to

assist. “MBI is assisting in the investigation,” said Caldwell. “We are following all leads.” The sheriﬀ would not release Please see MURDER | 2A

Two schools’ final chapter It’s bittersweet conclusion for Glendale

Rienzi teachers bid farewell, get ready for future

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GLEN — Glendale Elementary School staﬀ came to an agreement earlier this week. They decided not to show the sadness associated with their beloved school’s closure in front of their students. “It’s summer. School’s out and these kids should be happy,” said Amy Williams, a fourth and fifth grade teacher. “They can’t see us sad. It will only make them sad ... but trying to hide the tears has been hard -- as hard as it is to say goodbye to this school.” The 19-year GES veteran keeps reminding herself, “when God closes one door, he opens another.” “All of us teachers are trying to look at the positive side of everything going on here ... that something good is going to come out of this sad situation,” Williams said. As she fought back tears, Williams quickly glanced around her empty Glendale classroom on Friday, the school’s last day. “I’m excited, though,” she said convincingly. “I’m going to have fun in my new classroom -- I might even paint it.” Like many Glendale teachers and staﬀers, Williams will move to Alcorn Central when school begins in August. Most current GES students will also transfer to ACES. “The hardest thing is breaking up this family,” said Williams. “Everyone at this school works so good together. We love these kids and we love each other.” A prime example of the

Staff photo by Zack Steen

RIENZI — Showing oﬀ a child’s handwritten letter with green stick-person art, Lisa Palmer leaned against a ceiling high pile of packed boxes full of books and supplies from her Rienzi Elementary School classroom. Across the top of the personal note read, “I love you, Ms. Lisa.” It was a special goodbye from one of her second grade students on the last day of the Rienzi school’s existence. “Only a few of the kids actually understand what’s going on ... only a few realize their school is closing,” said Palmer, a 20year veteran RES teacher. “It’s always hard to end any school year, but this one is diﬀerent. This one is the hardest ever.” Palmer and several other teachers gathered to reminisce in her empty classroom on Friday, the school’s final day. “It’s an overwhelming feeling,” said Palmer, wiping a tear from her eye. “This is home -- my parents went to school here, I went to school here, all my children and grandchildren have been here. The memories are endless for me. It’s always been a part of my life and now I have to say goodbye, rather I like it or not.” Third grade teacher Patti Poindexter is another long-time Rienzi educator. The Kendrick native said her 30-minute drive across Alcorn County to the small Rienzi school has never bothered her. “I’ve been doing it for 28 years,” she said. “I used to think I would transfer to Alcorn Cen-

Lisa Palmer, a second grade teacher at Rienzi Elementary School, will transfer to Biggersville Elementary School as a teacher for the new school year beginning on Aug. 1.

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Amy Williams, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at Glendale Elementary School, will transfer to Alcorn Central Elementary School next year. Williams will teach fifth grade reading.

AMEN Food Pantry seeks donations BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Shelves are becoming sparse at the AMEN Food Pantry as the need for food and toiletries continues to soar among impoverished families and individuals.

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nations are always accepted and appreciated. No glass containers will be accepted. “We are supported solely by donations and volunteers,” Please see PANTRY | 2A

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said AMEN Volunteer and Board Member John Cooper. “Our donated items are very basic and are distributed to last approximately 10 days to two weeks.” Clients are allowed to accept the free goods every three months. “We supply non-perishable items to more than 3,000 families per year which is an average of about 300 plus a month,” said Cooper. “In addition to the food we receive, we also buy some with monetary donations and order

from the Memphis Food Bank.” Warming hearts and filling empty tummies since 1993, the 501 C 3 organization has had many locations but for the last several years has called 104 Linden Street home. The pantry is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. until noon. Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton

Volunteers Dave Jennings and Jerry Hammett help out at the AMEN Food Pantry.

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Supervisors want road register update BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Today is Sunday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2016. There are 223 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 22, 1960, an earthquake of magnitude 9.5, the strongest ever measured, struck southern Chile, claiming some 1,655 lives.

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County supervisors are seeing a need to update the county road register with more specific details on road locations. The Board of Supervisors stopped short of taking formal action on it this past week but appears to be moving toward a review of county roads with Cook Coggin Engineers. Board Attorney Bill

Davis said the county has had several situations involving property disputes that needed a determination as to exactly where a county road sits. “The oﬃcial register of that under state law is in the county road book,” he said. “In every case we’ve looked at so far, the description has been such that you can’t precisely determine where the road lies. Some of them just

badly need more descriptive descriptions so you can actually go there and tell where the road is.” Johnny Crotts of Cook Coggin said it would also give the county “a better method of tracking maintenance and make sure you don’t get outside the lines of what should be maintained.” The road register has had some additions but does not appear to have

had a formal update in 20 years, he said. Another issue he has noticed is some roads that have the blue road signs with yellow numbers are not necessarily county roads but are marked for 911 purposes. When Cook Coggin completed an update for Lee County, the signs placed for 911 purposes were changed to a diﬀerent color. “That way you can in-

stantly identify that’s a 911 road but is not on the register to be maintained by the individual districts,” said Crotts. Third District Supervisor Tim Mitchell has agreed for his district to serve as a testing ground to ease into the process. Board President Jimmy Tate Waldon asked the board to hold voting on the item until the next meeting.

On this date: In 1860, the United States and Japan exchanged ratifications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce during a ceremony in Washington. In 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer. In 1915, the Lassen Peak volcano in Northern California exploded, devastating nearby areas but causing no deaths. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress to explain his decision to veto a bill that would have allowed World War I veterans to cash in bonus certificates before their 1945 due date. In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a “Pact of Steel” committing the two countries to a military alliance. In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey. In 1968, the nuclearpowered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.) In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing. In 1972, President Richard Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka. In 1981 “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison. Ten years ago: The Department of Veterans Affairs said personal data, including Social Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans, was stolen from a VA employee after he took the information home without authorization. Five years ago: A tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri, with winds up to 250 mph, claiming at least 159 lives and destroying about 8,000 homes and businesses.

Corinth considers more county inmate labor BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth is considering contracting with Alcorn County to obtain inmate workers to provide needed labor for the street and sanitation operations. Street Commissioner Philip Verdung said his department must have more workers to maintain services. His depart-

ment currently has 42 employees and needs to be at 56. In the past, the department relied heavily on inmate labor that has dwindled to none. The Board of Aldermen this week discussed moving toward an agreement with the county to address the labor shortage stemming from the phasing out of the state inmate labor program as

it previously existed by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The city would reimburse the county for housing the inmates, likely numbering about 10. Aldermen asked Verdung and the city attorney to work out the details that will need to go into the contract. The board also voted to set aside up to

bursement to the county for housing them. MDOC only covers the inmates’ medical expenses. The work program had previously provided a reimbursement of $20 per inmate per day. Sheriﬀ Ben Caldwell said the county can get additional inmates to cover the city’s needs if the city provides reimbursement for them.

Local schools will offer coding, robotics classes BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Coding and robotics will soon be taught in elementary classrooms in the Corinth and Alcorn school districts. The two districts are scheduled to participate in a grant-funded computer science pilot program recently launched by the Mississippi Department of Education and Mississippi State University’s Research and Curriculum Unit. “This program will allow our teachers to integrate computer science and coding skills

into their regular classroom instruction,” said Corinth School District Superintendent Lee Childress. “This program will enable our students to begin to develop and enhance these skills at the elementary level.” For elementary-age students, the computer science curriculum will include coding, digital literacy, keyboarding and robotics. “This is another eﬀort to expose our children to various programs that can enhance them in making career opportunities,” added Childress.

“It is our hope we can increase our school district oﬀerings in these areas.” The Computer Science for Mississippi (CS4MS) program will also oﬀer additional opportunities at the middle and high school grades. “Students taking STEM or those students in the fifth grade will participate in the CS4MS program,” said Tammy Johnson, Alcorn School District elementary curriculum director. “Over the next three years, other grades will be included until all students in grades threenine are learning more

about computer programming.” Johnson said Alcorn teachers will be among the 150 teachers who will begin training this summer. During the pilot’s first year, 68 high school teachers from 50 high schools and 167 K-5 teachers from 106 elementary schools will teach computer science content to their students. Ultimately, the goal of CS4MS is to have a continuous K-12 computer science pipeline in place for all Mississippi public schools by the year 2024.

The CS4MS pilot program was created to address an urgent economic need. According to Code. org, there are currently 607,708 open computing jobs nationwide, but America only graduated 42,969 computer science students into the workforce last year. The CS4MS pilot program aims to address this computer science knowledge gap so that Mississippi’s students can compete for jobs alongside candidates from any other state or country.

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skills and self-discipline. Other academic opportunities include high school diploma, college classes through a local university and nationally certified construction skills. The academy is designed to meet the needs of today’s “at risk” youth. Both males and females, 16-18 years old, can apply. Applicants can earn their GEDs. Tuition is free. For more information, call 1-800-5076253 or visit www.msyouthchallenge.org.

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Elderly/Disabled Program The Northeast MS Planning and Development District/ Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Waiver Program is expanding in Alcorn County. This Home and Community Based Program is an al-

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non-profit weight loss support group, T.O.P.S has helped millions of people take off weight for over 60 years. Participants will arrive between 10 and 10:30 a.m. for a confidential weigh in by appointed weight recorders. At 10:30 a.m. rollcall will be held. The first meeting is free.

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Weekly chair yoga classes taught by Certified Yoga Instructor Karen Beth Martin are held every Thursday at 10 a.m., in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church fellowship hall. Each class is 40-45 minutes in length and are tailored to the abilities and limitations

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Downtown old building inspections a good idea Former Corinth Preservation Commission board member Van Hedges said it best during the saga of the Corinth Machinery building. Once the oldest industrial building still standing in the state of Mississippi, Hedges said about the building’s out-of-town previous owners, “demolition by neglect.” Today where the once proud building stood over downtown Corinth on Tate Street is now a concrete slab, a reminder that if we don’t take care of our historic buildings, they will fall down. We were reminded of this again last week when bricks began to shower upon the sidewalk on Fillmore Street. If someone had been walking beside the 501 Cruise Street building at the corner of Fillmore on this Tuesday afternoon, they would have been killed. Attorney Ken Weeden, whose law firm has occupied the lower floor of the building for about six years, had left his office about five minutes before the first volley of bricks came tumbling down right in front of his door. Paralegal Lori Beth Bobjak was inside the building and her vehicle was damaged by the falling debris. It is a scary thought of what could have been. All tenants of the building have been vacated amid lingering concern about the stability of the building. It’s a situation which has the city thinking about the stability of other older downtown buildings and considering requesting inspections. We think this is a good idea. And for now, the city is playing it safe. The block is closed to vehicle traffic, and a barricade was erected to keep curious pedestrians away from the building where a portion of the parapet wall collapsed. Some more of the parapet with deteriorated brick and mortar was intentionally pushed off the building for safety. “There are still loose brick on the building that are subject to fall,” said City Building Inspector Greg Tyson told the Daily Corinthian on Friday. “That’s why we’ve got the road closed down. I would urge the public to please stay clear of the building on all sides.” It will probably be next week before all of the information is in hand to prepare a scope of work that is going to need to be done on the building, noted the building inspector, and while the street closure may be inconvenient, he said it is a matter of safety. The building owner brought in a structural engineer who evaluated the damage along with Tyson on Thursday and Friday. Both determined the building is too dangerous to occupy until it gets repaired. A masonry specialist for older buildings was also on site Friday afternoon. Also relocated are the occupants of three apartment units — two on the second floor and one larger unit on the third floor. The parapet wall extending above the roofline is a style found in a number of the older downtown buildings. “It has raised some concerns for the conditions that exist with the other buildings in the downtown area,” Tyson told the newspaper. “Because of this, it is something that we are going to be looking at to start requesting some inspections. The main thing is checking the exterior bricks to make sure the mortar is still intact and checking the parapet walls to make sure there is a proper cap and flashing on them so no water is penetrating into these parapet walls.” We think our building inspector is doing the right thing and we hope our city leadership will support him in these efforts. The building is part of the Downtown Corinth Historic District and was once home to McAmis Drug Store. Building owners can actually be cited for “demolition by neglect” in the historic district, but it is a rare act on behalf of the city. We must do everything we can to protect buildings in the historic district. And make sure they are safe.

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Prayer for today My Father, I thank thee that nature reveals thy power as she unfolds her beauty and wonder to the searching eye. Guide me that I may see in the little flower the smile of welcome, the look of kindness, and the beauty of hope which it renders to all; and may I learn from it thy protection in the smallest things of life. Amen.

A verse to share “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. — Joel 2:28-29

The Trump-Sanders two-step The upshot of the Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump phenomena is that both parties are moving to the left. Sanders’ and Trump’s styles and affects are very different – the rumpled, oddball lecturer in Socialism 101 vs. the boastful, powertie-wearing business mogul – but they have worked in tandem to ensure that the center of gravity in this fall’s presidential election will be further to the left than it has been in decades. By seizing the initiative in their race from the beginning to what looks like an increasingly bitter end, Bernie Sanders has made Hillary Clinton, the cautious inheritor of a family political legacy built on centrism, into the mouthpiece of a watered-down version of his left-wing populism. No matter how much Bernie Sanders hates the banks, Hillary Clinton despises them just as much (past paydays notwithstanding). In effect, Sanders and Trump have executed a squeeze play on the Madam Secretary. Sanders pushed her to the left on trade and Social Security in the primary, when she disavowed the Trans-Pacific Partnership that she helped ne-

gotiate and embraced increasing Social Security benefits. She probably won’t Rich be snapping Lowry back to the center on National those issues Review in a general election because it would open her up to Sanders-like attacks from Donald Trump. Such is the shift in the tectonic plates of our politics that the presumptive Republican nominee for president, endorsed by voices on the right ranging from Sean Hannity to Mitch McConnell, is making a far-fetched but not entirely irrational pitch for the support of fans of a Vermont socialist. It’s unlikely that anyone currently “Feeling the Bern” is going to shift to wanting to “Make America Great Again.” Trump’s unPC pronouncements alone are presumably enough to repel Sanders supporters. Yet there is enough overlap in Trump and Sanders – the protectionism and noninterventionism, the belief that the political and economic system is rigged – that Trump might as well

give it a try. If the grass-roots movement that Sanders has built will pressure Democrats all the way to the Philadelphia convention and beyond, Trump has arguably done more to pull the country’s politics portside. He has, for now, managed to do what the Democrats and the media have been attempting for most of the Obama era: to kill oﬀ the tea party as a national force. By dividing it, eclipsing it and making its animating concerns of limited government and constitutionalism into afterthoughts, Trump has neutered a heretofore potent vehicle against Big Government. With or without Sanders, the Democrats were going to drift in a more progressive direction. It was far from inevitable, though, that the Republican Party would de-emphasize its opposition to growth in the size of government. That is entirely the doing of Trump. The irony is that an era of Republican politics characterized by insistence on doctrinal purity and anger at Beltway dealmaking is ending with Trump at the helm of the GOP. It’s a little like the agitation of the French Revolution, all aimed at achieving more

liberte, egalite, fraternite, concluding in the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. However ideologically indistinct Trump was during the primaries, he has gotten fuzzier since becoming the presumptive nominee. The lazy line on Donald Trump is that he’s a far-right populist. Not at all. He’s a centrist populist. The key to moving the GOP to the center wasn’t high-minded scolding about its tone and unreasonableness, as Jon Huntsman, John Kasich and Jeb Bush all attempted, but an extremely combative tone and a few signature unreasonable positions. Once Trump established his reputation as a bomb-thrower, it didn’t matter that he was to the left of everyone else in the field or promised to spend most of his time as president cutting deals. Between Sanders moving Clinton further from the center and Trump moving the GOP toward it, the socialist and the mogul have forced American politics to take a collective step to the left. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

The ‘Ferguson effect’ is real University of Missouri at St. Louis criminologist Richard Rosenfeld has had “second thoughts.” Like many academic criminologists, he had pooh-poohed charges that skyrocketing murder rates in many cities in 2015 and 2016 result from a “Ferguson eﬀect” – a skittering back from proactive policing for fear of accusations of racism like those that followed the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014. Now, after looking over 2015 data from 56 large cities, he’s changed his mind. Homicides in those cities were up 17 percent from 2014. And 10 cities, all with large black populations, saw homicides up 33 percent on average. “These aren’t flukes or blips, this is a real increase,” Rosenfeld said. “The only explanation that gets the timing right is a version of the Ferguson eﬀect.” Rosenfeld thus parts company with the liberal Brennan Center, whose analysts argued that the 2015 homicide increase in large cities was not a “national pandemic.” He parts company also with FiveThirtyEight analyst Carl Bialik, who dismissed a 16 percent homicide increase in 59 of the 60 largest cities in 2014 and 2015 as “a less dire picture than the one painted by reports in several

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large media outlets.” But a 16 or 17 percent increase in homicides in major cities Michael that account Barone for a large share of the Columnist national murder toll is, in historical perspective, very dire indeed. The most accurate word is “unprecedented.” The only doubledigit increases in national murder statistics going back to 1960 are 13 percent (in 1968), 11 percent (in 1966, 1967 and 1971) and 10 percent (in 1979). During those years, most academic criminologists argued that high rates of violent crime resulted from economic distress and – noting that nearly half of murders were committed by blacks – from the endemic racism in American society. Today the Brennan Center echoes this analysis: “Economic deterioration of those cities could be a contributor to murder increases.” Political scientist James Wilson and maverick criminologist George Kelling dissented from this view. In their 1982 Atlantic article “Broken Windows” they argued that proactive policing and elimination of signs of disorder (like broken win-

dows) could sharply reduce crime rates. In the 1990s New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton put the “broken windows” theory into effect. Their proactive policing tactics were continued by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and widely imitated and adapted around the country. The result was that homicides in New York were reduced from 2,445 in 1990 to 328 in 2014. Nationally, the number of murders declined 42 percent from 1991 to 2014. The definitive chronicler of proactive policing, the Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald, spotlighted the Ferguson effect in a Wall Street Journal article in May 2015. She noted that arrests were sharply down in cities such as St. Louis and Baltimore because the “incessant drumbeat against the police” across the country had “officers scale back on proactive policing under the onslaught of anti-cop rhetoric.” Those encouraging such rhetoric include President Obama and his first attorney general, Eric Holder -- even though an intensive Justice Department investigation of Brown’s killing in Ferguson cleared the officer involved and made clear that charges

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that Brown had put up his hands and surrendered were baseless. Obama has since said that “there’s no data to support” a Ferguson effect. It puts Obama at odds with Rosenfeld, who has found clear evidence of “de-policing” in Baltimore and Chicago, where homicides have spiked. The charge of cherrypicking data and misleading rhetoric can more justifiably be leveled against administration officials and mainstream media, who, after the Ferguson killing, created the impression of a rising epidemic of racist police officers shooting innocent blacks. The few such cases have received prompt and stern attention from local law enforcement. Black Americans were the primary victims of the huge crime increase starting in the late 1960s, and they will be the primary victims again if the Ferguson effect continues to result in more homicides. Can’t we prevent this awful history from repeating itself? (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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Dahm weighs options after Fallin’s veto

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strong relationships Glendale staﬀers have built over the years can be found just down the hall from Williams’ classroom. Kindergarten teacher Melissa Haynie and her in-room teacher assistant Rhonda Dickerson have a powerful connection when it comes to teaching kids. “We often know what each other is thinking,” said Haynie. “We’re going miss each other, that’s for sure.” Haynie is moving on to ACES, while Dickerson is set to retire after 25 years with the school district. Still, Dickerson said words can’t describe her feelings about closing a school which has been serving students since 1874. “I still don’t understand the reasoning,” she said. “t’s so wonderful here. The love and care and charm of this school is awesome.” Both teachers agree, the Glendale parents and community have always been supportive. “I appreciate every single parent for allowing me to impact and love their children,” said Haynie, as her voice cracked.

Principal Elizabeth Wamsley said she hates the parents and community are losing such a gem like Glendale. “It’s been very difficult, personally. I love this place. It’s where I grew up. It’s such a bright part of my past and I hate to know that it won’t exist any longer,” said Wamsley. “I’m so sorry for the community and my teachers and our kids we love so much.” The one-year administrator said it’s been very hard trying to hide the emotions she’s felt from her student-body this week. “I’m afraid if I let myself get as emotional as I feel, then I wouldn’t be able to bring myself back to center and I can’t do that to my kids,” she said with a heavy heart. “I have had an incredible year thanks to my staff and these wonderful kids and if I’ve learned anything. It’s that whatever mood I exhibit, it passes on to them. “They have been too good to me for me to ruin their last day with tears, but it’s hard ... it’s so hard,” she added. As most of her staff and students head to Alcorn Central, Wamsley will pack her bags for Kossuth. She’s set to take the assistant principal posi-

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Glendale Elementary School’s last group of staffers include Melissa Haynie, kindergarten teacher, Rita Downs, cafeteria manager, Nikki Shadburn, computer teacher, Minnie Turnbough, cafeteria, Amy Williams, fifth grade teacher, Ronnie Highland, Region IV therapist, Christy Blackburn, sixth grade teacher, Betheny Yontz, pre-kindergarten teacher, Becky Winters, fourth grade teacher, Rhonda Dickerson, kindergarten teacher assistant, Julie Bondurant, second grade teacher, Diane Beck, special education, Debbie Price-Mann, third grade sub, Amber Derrick, pre-kindergarten teacher assistant, Michelle Weaver, first grade teacher, Cindy Nowell, secretary, Sarah Robinson, teacher assistant and Elizabeth Wamsley, principal.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Republican state senator who authored the bill that would eﬀectively outlaw abortion in the state said Saturday that he hasn’t decided whether he’ll try to override the governor’s veto. “I have not made a decision,” Sen. Nathan Dahm, of Broken Arrow, told The Associated Press. “That’s what we’re pursuing, what we’d like to see accomplished.” He said he’ll decide during the coming week whether to pursue an attempt — the same week that the Legislature faces a deadline to adjourn while grappling with a $1.3 billion budget hole that could lead to cuts to public schools, health care and the state’s overcrowded prison system. They’ve yet to be presented with a proposed state budget. Republican Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed the bill Friday, saying that while she opposes abortion, it was vague and would not withstand a legal challenge.

tion at Kossuth Elementary School. “It’s been a wonderful year at Glen, and I think we are going out on top,” she said. “I am so thankful I’m going to still be in the Alcorn School District next year. I’m looking forward to Kossuth -- it’s a great school and a great close-knit community, much like Glen. Bottom line -- kids are kids wherever you go and I love

kids, but I am going miss my Glendale babies and I’m going miss watching them grow up.” Wamsley’s son, a fifth grader, is one of the many students aﬀected by the school’s closure. Haynie’s son, a third grader, will also change schools. “He keeps asking me, ‘why are they closing my school, mom?’ I just hate that I don’t really have

Printed across the back of the shirt: “1840: It’s a Tradition.” The date is in reference to when the school began serving students. “There’s a lot of history at this school,” said Palmer, as she pointed to her dad’s senior picture. “He graduated from Rienzi in 1965 -- the last year the school went past eighth grade.” Later school staﬀers shared a last laugh and smile while preparing for a group photo on the front lawn of the school house. “Rienzi is going to be missed and, I think, we’re all nervous about the future, but we’re ready to take the next step,” said Palmer. “We’re ready to teach and love a new group of kids.”

Rienzi Elementary School’s last group of staffers include Beth Ann Crum, special education teacher, Genia Robinson, fourth grade teacher, Stacy Bullard, kindergarten teacher, Lisa Palmer, second grade teacher, Patti Poindexter, third grade teacher, Bethany Cheaves, music teacher, Cyndi Barnes, pre-kindergarten teacher, Rene Estes, gifted teacher, Sandra Nguyen, sixth grade teacher, Brenda Palmer, interventionist, Cynthia Hughey, cafeteria, Josephine Hilburn, cafeteria, Starr Richardson, first grade teacher, Blake Hendrix, P.E., Amy Norvell, secretary, Hannah Jones, fifth grade teacher, April Shook, pre-kindergarten teacher assistant, and Stan Platt, principal.

an answer for him,” said Haynie. Students are both excited and upset about the changes, said Williams. “I think it’s a bittersweet deal for all of us -students and teachers,” she said. “But I think we’ll all take a piece of Glen with us, no mater where we end up or where these babies go to school, we’ll always have a special bond.”

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tral to be closer to home, but Rienzi is worth the drive.” Another long time staﬀ member is Felicia Morris, who has taught Rienzi students for 25 years. “It’s traumatic,” she said. “I’ve had something to do with this place for more than 50 years -- it’s an important part of my life.” Rienzi native and 15year teacher of her home school, Stacy Bullard said it’s the “homie” atmosphere that has always made Rienzi one of the best schools in the county. “We give our kids a level of love and appreciation that is unmatched. Almost like an extension of their family,” she said. “With this being a small community, so many of us have taught generations of family members. We know what these babies need because we know their family and I just pray that is something we all can take with us to Biggersville.” Palmer and Bullard, along with most of the other RES staﬀ, will transfer to positions at Biggersville Elementary School -- the same campus that almost all Rienzi students will attend in August. “We had a choice of were to go and so many of us chose to go to Biggersville because we wanted to stay together as a teacher family -- and for our kids who will be coming over,” said Bullard.

Morris added, “I just hope these school closings and all these changes are what’s best for the students.” The teachers agreed they want to see the money saved from shutting down their school used for the students and not building upgrades. “We should be buying laptops for students or offering more classes, not fixing bleachers,” Bullard said. Principal Stan Platt has always referred to RES as, “Alcorn County’s best kept secret.” “I haven’t been here long, but I sure am going to miss this place and this staﬀ,” said the 10-year RES administrator. “I am proud, though, that we are going out on top as one of the best schools with some of the best test results and teachers in the county.” Platt will be on campus through June 30 before moving into a teacher and assistant football coach position at Biggersville High School. “I can’t say enough about this community -Rienzi parents are some of the best. I thank them for always trusting us and supporting us,” said Platt. Bullard added, “we need them to continue at Biggersville.” “We need parents and community members to get behind Biggersville school just like they’ve always done at Rienzi,” she said. RES staﬀers wore blue shirts on their last day.

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Plant ends production Associated Press

WEST POINT — A company that once was one of the largest employers in a north Mississippi city has ended production at a manufacturing plant. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that approximately 165 workers were aﬀected by production ending Wednesday at the West Point plant owned by North Carolina-based Babcock & Wilcox.

An additional 50 workers are still helping with the “wind down” of operations at the plant, which made industrial boilers and related equipment. Babcock & Wilcox had been operating in West Point since 1952. Its plant had around 700 employees in 1998, when it was the company’s only boiler manufacturing plant in the U.S. Company spokesman Ryan Cornell said it hasn’t

decided what it will do with the 250,000-squarefoot property. The company cited increased global competition and energy regulation as factors in the decision to end production at the plant. Cornell said business was aﬀected by increased federal regulations on coal and fossil fuels, which are used in much of the equipment that was made in West Point.

Deaths Larry Shumpert

Funeral services for Larry Gene Shumpert, 53, of Baldwyn, is Tuesday at 12 noon at Oak Hill M.B. Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation is set for Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. Mr. Shumpert died May 18, 2016 at Baptist Memorial. Born January 15, 1963, Shumpert was disabled and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his spouse, Joyce Ann Shumpert; children, Marshun Shumpert (DeKala), Jazmine Rowan and Brittany Shumpert; parents, Mae D. Channelle, Willie L. Channelle and Ollie Lee Beene; siblings, Michael

Channelle (Susan), Mellissa Cox (Calvin), Priscilla White, Michelle Anderson (Rick) and Chris Channelle (Mary); grandchildren, Mark, Essence, Decorian, Courtnee and Cordereck. Shumpert He was preceded in death by his parent, Willie Lee Channelle; and grandparents, Odis and Louvenia Shumpert. Rev. Huston Owens will oﬃciant the service. Patterson Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Community Events (Editor’s Note: We recommend Community Events be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event. Community Events publish on Wednesday, Sunday and when space allows on Friday.)

Basket Weaving The Alcorn County MSU Extension will offer Basket Weaving on Friday, May 27, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The registration fee is $20. Space is limited. The deadline to register is Monday, May 23. All must prepay to register. For more information call 662-286-7756.

Bishop Activity Center The Bishop Activity Center will hold the following activities: Monday, May 23 – Birthday Celebration; Tuesday, May 24 – Excercise at Tate Baptist Church and Doctor Day; Wednesday, May 25 – Bible study with Jackie Calvart from Oakland Baptist Church; Thursday, May 26 – Bingo; and Friday, May 27 – Hour of Power Ministry by James and Naomi Spears and Roger’s Supermarket for Grocery Shopping. Daily activities include quilting, jigsaw puzzles, table games, Rolo golf and washer games. Senior citizens age 60 and above are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Art exhibit The Corinth Artist Guild Gallery is featuring art by Margaret Patton of Adamsville through May 28. She enjoys painting rural scenes, nature and wildlife in watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil and mixed media. The gallery at 609 North Fillmore is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment. Call 665-0520 for information.

Cruise-In The Magnolia Antique Car Club will hold a Cruise-In from 1 to 4

p.m. on the 4th Sunday of each month until November at Arby’s restaurant. Registration is $5 for a car of truck. The money will be given back at the end of the show as door prizes in $20 increments. Guests will also have a change to win free food. Upcoming Cruise-In are scheduled for Sunday, May 22; Sunday, June 26; Sunday, July 24; Sunday, Aug. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 25.

Holcut Town Reunion A Holcut Town Reunion will be held from 10 a.m. until on Saturday, May 28. The event will feature fun, music and friendship. Guests are invited to bring a covered dish, catch up with old friends and make new ones. For more information call Wayne Helton at 662-279-0786 or Hubert Booker at 662-4238993.

Legacy Hospice Legacy Hospice is looking for caring and compassionate volunteers to spend time with patients and families in the surrounding area to provide companionship, friendship, and support to patients and families. Volunteers are also need in our office to place phone calls, file, make gifts for our patients and participate in community event. volunteering is a great way to enhance resumes and gain community service hours. For more information and to volunteer, contact Sherry Dalton, Volunteer Coordinator, at 662-286-5333 or sherry.dalton@legacyhospice.net.

Free Medical Clinic The Living Healthy Free Medical Clinic, where residents with no way to pay can get free medical treatment, welcomes adults and children age 12 and up with no income and no health insurance. The clinic, now located at 2668 South Harper Road Suite 3 next to Physicians Urgent Care in the former Oasis Medical

Center, is open 1-5 p.m., on the second Wednesday and fourth Saturday of each month. The clinic is always looking for both medical and non-medical volunteers. Medical and non-medical volunteers should contact Ann White at eaw3@comcast. net or 662-415-9446.

Community Fellowship Dinner The Easom Community Center, located at 700 South Crater Street in Corinth, will hold its monthly Community Fellowship Dinner from noon until 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 5. Items on the menu include fried chicken, dressing, barbecue chicken, hamburger steak, cabbage, broccoli/cheese, fried okra, peach cobbler, chess squares and rolls. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 9 who dine in. All carryouts are $10. For tickets and more information contact Ernestine Hollins at 662-643-8024 or Samuel Crayton at 404386-3359.

Cruise–In The Magnolia Car Club and Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center will host a Cruise-In from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 28. In the event of bad weather, organizers have designated Saturday, June 4 as a rain date. The event will be held at Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center, located at 1500 South Harper Road in Corinth. There will be door prizes and lunch for participants. The cost to register is $15. For more information call 662415-2582 or visit www. magnoliacarclub.net. All proceeds will go to the Corinth Animal Shelter.

Relay for Life Relay for Life will be held at 6 p.m. on June 10 at Corinth High School. The event will open at 6 p.m. with a survivor walk at 6:15 p.m. Entertainment will follow from 7 to 9 p.m. A luminary will be held at 9

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p.m. Games and entertainment will be provided until closing at 12 p.m.

CHS 60th Class Reunion The Corinth High School Class of 1956 will hold its 60th Reunion on June 11 at Shiloh Ridge. For more information call 662286-8244 or Peggy at 662-287-1676.

CHS 40th Class Reunion The Corinth High School class of 1976 will celebrate its 40th Reunion at 7 p.m. on June 11 at Refreshments, Inc. The cost is $25 per guest. To reserve a spot send a check payable to CHS Class Reunion to Julie Walters Palermo at 711 Williams Street, Franklinton, LA 70438. For questions and more information contact Tommy Ledbetter at tfrankledbetter@gmail.com or 662-286-5703; or Cindy Crawford Lavallee at cindyfaulkner@comcast. net or 678-491-9565. Refreshments, inc. is located at 101 West Linden Street in Corinth.

School Registration North Corinth Christian Academy is now accepting registration for the 2016-17 school year for grades K-12. North Corinth strives to partner with families and churches to educate children with a Christian perspective to serve in their local communities for the glory of God. Our mission is to produce Christian servant-leaders honoring Christ physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually. Registration is now open and will be conducted throughout the summer on Tuesdays through Thursdays. For additional information, call 662-287-1984.

Corinth/Kendrick Head Starts Applications are being accepted for the 20162017 school year for eligible children who will be 3 or 4 by Sept. 1, 2016.

Required application documents include: a child’s birth certificate, child’s current shot record (121 Form), child’s Social Security card, child’s medical insurance card (If insured), proof of income (income tax, or 4 consecutive check stubs). Registration is free. To register call the Corinth Center at 662-286-5802 or the Kendrick Center at 662-287-2671. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.

VFW Post 3962 • VFW Post 3962 will host a Memorial Day fish fry at noon on Monday, May 30. Plates are $7.50 each which includes fish, coleslaw, beans and hush puppies. All veterans with ID will eat for free. For more information call Mike or Yogi at 662-287-6106. VFW Post 3962 is located at 1 Purdy School Road in Corinth. • The VFW will now open at noon TuesdaySaturday and will be closed on Monday. The VFW is open to veterans as well as the community. Guests can enjoy shuffleboard, a bowling machine, pool, horseshoes, darts, dancing and much more. Happy hour is from 4 to 6 p.m. daily. VFW Post is located at 1 Purdy School Road in Corinth. For more information, contact the VFW at 662-2876106 and ask for Mike or Yogi.

Exercise Class The Boys and Girls Club is holding an exercise class for women on Monday and Wednesday nights at 6:15 p.m. The club is also offering line dancing at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday night.

Fish on Friday From 4 to 6 p.m. every Friday, the Easom Foundation will sell eat-in or carry-out farm-fed catfish dinners for $6 to support its hot meals program. The meal includes coleslaw or salad, French fries or roasted potatoes, a dessert, juice

and catfish. Dinners are also available from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the same price. Side items on the menu for the day may also be purchased. Stop by the Easom Community Center and pick up a monthly menu or contact Chef Ben Betts at 662-415-4003 or Ernestine Hollins at 662643-8024. The menu can also be faxed each month to those who provide a fax number.

MRHC Auxiliary Scholarships Magnolia Regional Health Center Auxiliary is offering scholarships for students pursuing careers in the health care fields. Student must be accepted into their chosen medical field in order to be eligible. Application forms and rules may be obtained at the MRHC gift shop or at the auxiliary desk. All completed applications must be received by June 1. Applications can be dropped off at the hospital gift shop marked to the attention of Marilyn Easter or they can be mailed to her at the address listed on the application. For questions about the scholarship, call 662-286-2272.

Oakland Baptist Kindergarten/ Pre-K Registration Oakland Baptist Church has opened registration for its Fall 2016 Preschool and Kindergarten classes. Following a BEKA Curriculum, subjects and activities will include beginning reading and writing, Bible, music, library, field trips, and daily snacktime. Speech therapy will also be available. Classes begin Tuesday, Aug. 9. Pre-K hours will be from 8 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Kindergarten hours are from 8 a.m. until noon Monday-Friday. Early Morning Care is from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. Limited space is available. For more information call 662-287-3118 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.

GOSPEL MEETING Minister: Chris Whitaker FROM THE ELM STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST 44 ELM STREET, LYNCHBURG TN 37352

1731 Gay Thompson Rd. Ramer, Tn 38367

MAY 22, 2016 - MAY 25, 2016

to Book Your Event Today Contact: Bill Briggs. 901-870-0846 or briggspeggy05@gmail.com or billbriggs58@gmail.com website: quailhranch.com

Sunday at 2:30 pm Monday thru Wednesday 7:00 pm Please come and join us for this great gospel meeting and fellowship

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

State/Nation Across the Nation

Associated Press

Shuttle tank begins journey to museum LOS ANGELES â€” A massive space shuttle fuel tank squeezed through the streets of Los Angeles and loomed over vehicles on a busy freeway Saturday to join the retired orbiter Endeavour on display at the California Science Center. The 33-ton, 154-footlong external propellant tank began moving a few minutes after midnight from coastal Marina del Rey, where it arrived by barge Wednesday, to the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles. The orange-brown, sausage-shaped tank â€” the last of its kind â€” is traveling by truck at about 5 mph. By early morning, it had moved through suburban Inglewood. Crews trimmed a few trees and unbolted a stoplight pole and turned it so the arm wouldnâ€™t hit the towering tank. Freeway drivers got a shock as the tank rolled by on a bridge over Interstate 405, an artery west of downtown that was busy even on Saturday morning. The shuttle was escorted by police, a fire truck and a crew of city officials as it passed through south Los Angeles taco shops, car washes and strip malls. Many people stood with their cellphones, trying to capture the perfect shot â€” and a selfie. â€œWhen you look at the people who are out here, itâ€™s little kids, itâ€™s older folks, itâ€™s white folks, itâ€™s black folks, itâ€™s Latino folks,â€? said Shelly Arsneault, 49, of Whittier. Itâ€™s everybody. Itâ€™s cool. Itâ€™s LA.â€? Children, a few wearing home-made space helmets, were enthralled. Cindy Hernandez, 11, of Inglewood, said the tank was â€œamazing.â€? â€œItâ€™s this next generation of explorers. These kids are going to remember today their whole lives. And theyâ€™re going to think about it when they choose their career paths. Theyâ€™re going to study harder in school. And itâ€™s going to make us happy,â€? astronaut Mike Fincke, who flew on the Endeavourâ€™s final flight in 2011, told the Los Angeles Times.

Obama will boost trade in Asia visit WASHINGTON â€” President Barack Obama departed Saturday on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia, part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security cooperation. Heâ€™ll spend three days in Vietnam, with stops in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, for meetings with leaders, a speech on U.S.Vietnam relations, visits to cultural treasures and sessions with civic leaders and entrepreneurs. From Vietnam, he heads to Japan for a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations and a historic visit to Hiroshima. Along the way, Obama will make a big push for the 12-nation transPacific trade agreement, which includes the U.S., Vietnam and Japan. The deal is stalled in Congress, but Obama hopes it will one day increase trade in the region and make it easier for U.S. workers and companies to compete in Asia. The deal faces strong opposition from the leading 2016 presidential candidates and other critics, who say it doesnâ€™t do enough to protect U.S. workers from unfair competition. A sticking point during Obamaâ€™s stay in Vietnam will be human rights. Five Republican senators sent the president a letter Friday labeling Vietnam â€œone of the most repressive regimes in the worldâ€? and urging Obama to press Vietnamese leaders to do more to respect freedom of religion and expression and other human rights. The letter was signed by Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, John Boozman of Arkansas, John Cornyn of Texas, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. Before Obama left, Vietnam granted early release from prison to a Catholic priest who is one of its most prominent dissidents. The move is widely viewed as a goodwill gesture before the president arrives in Hanoi late Sunday night for an official visit. The Catholic archdiocese of the central city of Hue reported on its

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webpage that it welcomed the return Friday of the Rev. Nguyen Van Ly from prison. Ly, 70, has served several long terms in prison or under house arrest for promoting political and religious freedoms in the communist nation.

Makeover ahead for food nutrition labels WASHINGTON â€” A new look is coming to Nutrition Facts labels on food packages, with more attention to calorie counts and added sugars. And no longer will a small bag of chips count as two or three servings. Michelle Obama said parents will be the beneficiaries. â€œYou will no longer need a microscope, a calculator, or a degree in nutrition to figure out whether the food youâ€™re buying is actually good for our kids,â€? the first lady said Friday, announcing the new rules. The changes were first proposed by the Food and Drug Administration two years ago and are the first major update to the labels since their introduction in 1994. They are now on more than 800,000 foods. The overhaul comes amid scientific advances. While fat was the focus when the labels were created, calories are of greater concern these days. The calorie listing will now be much larger than anything else on the label, making it hard to overlook. Nutrition advocates have long sought an added sugars line on the label so consumers can understand how much sugar in an item is naturally occurring, like that in fruit and dairy products, and how much is put in by the manufacturer. Think an apple vs. sweetened apple sauce. The labels will also include a new â€œpercent daily valueâ€? for sugars, telling people how much of their recommended daily intake they will get from each item. This yearâ€™s guidelines recommend no more than 10 percent of calories from added sugar, a limit of around 200 calories or 50 grams. â€œThe new labels should also spur food manufacturers to add less sugar to their products,â€? Michael Jacob-

son, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group. He said itâ€™s currently impossible for consumers studying the labels to know how much sugar fits into a reasonable diet.

Commander makes secret visit to Syria NORTHERN SYRIA â€” The top U.S. commander for the Middle East secretly visited Syria on Saturday for a first-hand look at efforts to build cohesive alliances of Arab, Kurd and other local fighters to defeat the Islamic State. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, who is head of U.S. Central Command, became the highestranking U.S. military officer known to have entered Syria since the U.S. began its campaign to counter the Islamic State in 2014. Votel flew into northern Syria and spent nearly 11 hours in the country. He met with U.S. military advisers working with Syrian Arab fighters, and conferred with leaders of the Syrian Democratic Forces, an umbrella group of Kurdish and Arab fighters supported by the U.S. A small group of reporters accompanied Votel on a flight from Iraq under ground rules that, for security reasons, prohibited disclosing his visit until after he had left Syria. Votel landed at a dusty outpost, surrounded by wheat fields, that serves as a U.S. camp for American military advisers who are training Syrian Arab troops in basic soldiering skills. Splitting off from the reporters who flew in with him, Votel then visited several other undisclosed locations in Syria before returning to the camp. Aides said Votelâ€™s flight into Syria was the first made in daylight by U.S. forces, who have about 200 advisers on the ground but no combat units. Military ground rules for the trip prohibited reporting the kind of aircraft Votel used, the exact location of where he landed and the names and images of the U.S. military advisers, who said they have been operating from the camp since January.

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Fatal house fire gets man life prison term COLUMBIA â€” A Mississippi man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a 76-year-old woman who died in a fire at her home. District Attorney Hal Kittrellâ€™s office said in a statement that 39-year-old Timothy Frank Taylor, of Purvis, pleaded guilty Friday to a murder charge before Judge Anthony Mozingo sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Hattiesburg American reports that Taylor was charged in the death of Claudette Ezell after the May 13, 2013, fire in her Purvis home led to an arson investigation. Kittrell said Ezellâ€™s relatives agreed with the decision not to seek the death penalty against Taylor in exchange for his guilty plea.

UMMC outsourcing hospital food service JACKSON â€” The University of Mississippi Medical Center plans to hire an outside vendor to handle food services at its three hospitals. The College Board approved the 5-year, projected $36 million contract with Atlanta-based Morrison Management Specialists on Thursday. UMMC has been running its own food service on its Jackson campus since 2013, but the medical center says it failed to achieve its goal to improve patient satisfaction. Vendors were providing food at the smaller Grenada and Holmes County hospitals. All managers and hourly employees in good standing will switch from UMMC employment to Morrison employment beginning in July. Morrison agreed to invest $1.4 million for improvements.

Security guard kills man near nightclub JACKSON â€” Police say a security guard shot and killed an armed man outside a Jackson nightclub. Multiple news outlets report that no charges have been filed against the security guard over the deadly shooting early Saturday outside Freelonâ€™s Club. Jackson Police Com-

mander Tyree Jones said in a statement that 27-year-old Jessie James Newson was armed with a handgun when he exited a vehicle near the clubâ€™s entrance around 3 a.m. and was fatally shot by the guard. Police said Newson had been involved in an altercation inside the club before the shooting. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

JSU to lease hotel for at least 1 year JACKSON â€” Jackson State University has agreed to continue renting a hotel for student housing for at least one more year. The College Board, meeting Thursday in Starkville, approved a plan for JSU to lease the former Travelodge hotel near the Mississippi State Fairgrounds through May 2017. The university will pay Bapu Hotels just over $1 million to lease the 244-bed hotel. The university has been housing students there since 2013, calling it Tiger Plaza. The agreement includes options for two more years. The university has struggled in recent years to meet the demand for student housing as enrollment has increased. JSU has also leased a second hotel and bought a 444-bed apartment complex. JSU has won approval for a $48 million, 628bed housing complex, dining hall and conference center on campus.

Keesler air base gets evacuation squadron BILOXI â€” The U.S. Air Force will move an aeromedical evacuation squadron to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, bringing 122 people. Members of Mississippiâ€™s congressional delegation said Friday that the move should be complete by this fall. The squadron has 40 officers and 82 enlisted people, and they transport patients from military operations and disasters. They also provide humanitarian aid. No additional aircraft will be moved to Keesler. Sen. Roger Wicker says the squadron will help make Keesler â€œa premier center of excellence for Air Force medical training.â€?

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW WEEKLY DOW JONES 175.39 -180.73 -3.36

Dow Jones industrials Close: 17,500.94 1-week change: -34.38 (-0.2%)

MON

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-91.22

65.54

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FRI

How old is too old to drive?

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BY ROBIN FITZGERALD The Sun Herald

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WEEKLY STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

NYSE 10,250.49 +22.44

NASDAQ 4,769.56 +51.88

S&P 500 2,052.32 +5.71

MARKET SUMMARY: NYSE AND NASDAQ GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) Last Chg %Chg Name Cellectar rs 3.45 +2.07 +150.0 PtroqstE rs 2.10 MGT Cap 2.90 +1.18 +68.6 Francesca 10.56 AnacorPh 99.66 +35.63 +55.6 CheetahM 10.20 SparkTh n 50.84 +17.33 +51.7 StrgbrBio n 4.18 TrovaGn wt 3.06 +1.04 +51.5 ProQRTher 3.69 CescaTh rs 3.14 +1.01 +47.4 SPI Eng n 6.20 inContact 13.86 +4.32 +45.3 ChnaTcF rs 2.37 MazorRbt 14.93 +4.58 +44.3 ElizArden 7.52 CmclVehcl 3.50 +1.05 +42.9 DBCmdDS 80.00 InterOil g 43.57 +12.72 +41.2 ChiFnOnl 4.20 USMD 18.60 +5.31 +40.0 Midatech n 3.67 Name

Last

Chg -1.19 -4.32 -4.05 -1.38 -1.17 -1.93 -.73 -2.30 -24.00 -1.24 -1.08

%Chg -36.1 -29.0 -28.4 -24.8 -24.1 -23.7 -23.5 -23.4 -23.1 -22.8 -22.7

ACTIVES ($1 OR MORE) Name

Vol (00) Last Chg

BkofAm MGT Cap FrptMcM LendingClb Apple Inc ValeantPh ChesEng Cisco GenElec Petrobras SiriusXM

4667188 3232885 2458907 2096538 2075511 1968430 1920959 1598115 1514831 1473276 1439022

14.52 2.90 11.08 3.99 95.22 27.47 3.72 27.97 29.56 6.45 3.94

+.64 +1.18 +.67 +.48 +4.70 +1.57 -.34 +1.44 -.08 -.43 +.05

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Wk Wk YTD Div Last Chg %Chg %Chg

Name

AFLAC AT&T Inc Alcoa Aon plc Apple Inc BP PLC BcpSouth BkofAm B iPVixST BarrickG Baxter s Bemis BreitbrnE h Caterpillar ChesEng Chevron Cisco Citigroup CocaCola Comcast CSVelIVST CSVixSh rs Deere DirDGldBr Dover DowChm EnPro ExxonMbl Facebook FstHorizon FordM FrkUnv FredsInc FrptMcM GenElec iShJapan iShChinaLC iShEMkts iS Eafe iShR2K Intel IBM

NY 1.64 NY 1.92 NY .12 NY 1.20 Nasd 2.28 NY 2.40 NY .40 NY .20 NY ... NY .08 NY .52 NY 1.16 Nasd ... NY 3.08 NY ... NY 4.28 Nasd 1.04 NY .20 NY 1.40 Nasd 1.10 Nasd ... Nasd ... NY 2.40 NY ... NY 1.68 NY 1.84 NY .84 NY 3.00 Nasd ... NY .28 NY .60 NY .47 Nasd .24 NY ... NY .92 NY .13 NY .76 NY .84 NY 1.70 NY 1.73 Nasd 1.04 NY 5.60

68.73 +.27 38.45 -.70 9.11 -.09 105.39 -.42 95.22+4.70 31.93 +.46 23.36+1.48 14.52 +.64 15.10 -.57 18.20 -.21 42.92 -2.60 48.57 -.33 .07 -.12 69.87 -.20 3.72 -.34 99.79 +.12 27.97+1.44 44.90+1.79 43.95 -1.40 61.76 -.08 28.63 +.97 3.02 -.25 77.74 -4.73 1.25 -.12 64.65 -.28 51.36 +.81 48.12 +.96 89.74+1.08 117.35 -2.46 14.22 +.68 13.19 -.03 6.42 +.02 13.36 -.19 11.08 +.67 29.56 -.08 11.62 +.09 31.64 +.40 32.21 -.06 57.31 +.34 110.79+1.15 30.15 +.24 147.25 -.47

+0.4 +14.7 -1.8 +11.7 -1.0 -7.7 -0.4 +14.3 +5.2 -9.5 +1.5 +2.1 +6.8 -2.6 +4.6 -13.7 -3.6 -24.9 -1.1+146.6 -5.7 +12.5 -0.7 +8.7 -61.7 -89.0 -0.3 +2.8 -8.4 -17.3 +0.1 +10.9 +5.4 +3.8 +4.2 -13.2 -3.1 +2.3 -0.1 +9.9 +3.5 +11.0 -7.6 -51.8 -5.7 +1.9 -8.8 -92.4 -0.4 +5.4 +1.6 -.2 +2.0 +9.8 +1.2 +15.1 -2.1 +12.1 +5.0 -2.1 -0.2 -6.4 +0.3 +12.0 -1.4 -18.4 +6.4 +63.7 -0.3 -5.1 +0.8 -4.1 +1.3 -10.3 -0.2 +.1 +0.6 -2.4 +1.0 -1.6 +0.8 -12.5 -0.3 +7.0

Name

Wk Wk YTD Div Last Chg %Chg %Chg

KimbClk NY 3.68 Kroger s NY .42 LendingClb NY ... Lowes NY 1.12 MGT Cap Amex ... McDnlds NY 3.56 MicronT Nasd ... Microsoft Nasd 1.44 NY Times NY .16 NiSource s NY .66 NokiaCp NY .16 NorthropG NY 3.60 OfficeDpt Nasd ... OrbitATK NY 1.20 Penney NY ... PepsiCo NY 3.01 Petrobras NY ... Pfizer NY 1.20 PwShs QQQNasd 1.52 ... PUVixST rs NY ProctGam NY 2.68 RegionsFn NY .26 RiteAid NY ... S&P500ETF NY 4.13 SearsHldgs Nasd ... Sherwin NY 3.36 SiriusXM Nasd ... SouthnCo NY 2.24 SPDR Fncl NY .46 Torchmark NY .56 US OilFd NY ... USSteel NY .20 Vale SA NY .29 ValeantPh NY ... VanEGold NY .12 WalMart NY 2.00 WeathfIntl NY ... WellsFargo NY 1.52 Wendys Co Nasd .24 WestRck NY ... Weyerhsr NY 1.24 Xerox NY .31

126.06 -3.13 -2.4 -1.0 34.62 -.24 -0.7 -17.2 3.99 +.48 +13.7 -63.9 79.82+4.81 +6.4 +5.0 2.90 +1.18 +68.6+1160.9 122.56 -6.27 -4.9 +3.7 10.80+1.24 +13.0 -23.7 50.62 -.10 -0.2 -8.8 12.09 -.04 -0.3 -9.9 23.82 -.30 -1.2 +22.1 5.21 +.03 +0.6 -25.8 212.72 -1.26 -0.6 +12.7 3.43 -.25 -6.8 -39.2 87.05 -.17 -0.2 -2.6 7.74 +.16 +2.1 +16.2 100.10 -4.08 -3.9 +.2 6.45 -.43 -6.3 +50.0 33.74 +.55 +1.7 +4.5 106.47 +.97 +0.9 -4.8 13.50 -1.13 -7.7 -52.4 80.02 -1.21 -1.5 +.8 9.51 +.52 +5.8 -.9 7.66 -.29 -3.6 -2.3 205.49 +.73 +0.4 +.8 11.99 +.86 +7.7 -41.7 289.61 -2.72 -0.9 +11.6 3.94 +.05 +1.3 -3.2 48.65 -1.24 -2.5 +4.0 23.21 +.33 +1.4 -2.6 59.62+1.32 +2.3 +4.6 11.75 +.38 +3.3 +6.8 13.36 -.62 -4.4 +67.4 3.98 -.15 -3.6 +21.0 27.47+1.57 +6.1 -73.0 24.05 -.74 -3.0 +75.3 69.86+4.92 +7.6 +14.0 4.94 -.70 -12.4 -41.1 48.75 +.51 +1.1 -10.3 10.17 -.29 -2.8 -5.6 37.90 ... ... ... 30.42 -.44 -1.4 +1.5 9.14 +.11 +1.2 -14.0

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

400.50 402.75 406.75 413.75 417.50 421.25 415

385.50 387.75 391.75 399.75 404 408 402.25

CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

394.50 396.75 399.75 406.50 410.25 413.75 406.75

+3.75 +3.50 +1.50 +.50 ... -.50 -3.50

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Jul 16 Aug 16 Sep 16 Nov 16 Jan 17 Mar 17 May 17

1088 1090 1081.25 1075 1071.25 1049.25 1042

1051 1052.75 1041.75 1033.25 1031.75 1014.50 1011

484.75 493.75 509.25 524 532.75 535 537.25

462.50 473 490.75 507.25 516.25 519 529.50

Jun 16 Aug 16 Oct 16 Dec 16 Feb 17 Apr 17 Jun 17

121.47 118.17 117.85 117.90 116.90 115.62 108.80

120.40 116.72 116.50 116.70 115.90 114.75 108.10

121.05 117.45 117.10 117.37 116.60 115.40 108.52

-2.37 -1.27 -.87 +.45 +.95 +1.10 +.72

79.85 80.25 79.75 68.42 63.82 66.97 69.90

-2.10 -2.30 -2.37 -2.30 -1.40 -1.23 -1.02

61.67 62.11 61.33 61.60 62.01 62.38 63.55

+1.05 +.79 +.82 +.71 +.68 +.64 +.71

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

1074.25 1073.50 1060.25 1049.50 1047.50 1027.50 1022.75

+9.25 +6.50 +.75 -5 -4.25 -2.50 -2.25

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Jul 16 Sep 16 Dec 16 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Sep 17

WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg

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

80.35 80.95 80.30 68.87 64.10 67.12 70.07

79.70 80.12 79.57 68.20 63.30 66.52 69.65

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

467.75 478.75 496.50 513.50 522.50 527.25 534

-7 -5.25 -2.75 +.25 +1 +3.25 +4

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

62.88 62.55 62.04 62.30 62.64 63.00 ...

60.60 61.40 60.36 60.71 61.22 61.63 ...

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.

MUTUAL FUNDS Name

Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstPlus Vanguard TotIntl Fidelity Contra American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds GrthAmA m American Funds CapIncBuA m Vanguard WelltnAdm Vanguard TotBdAdml Vanguard TotStIIns Vanguard IntlStkIdxIPls PIMCO TotRetIs American Funds InvCoAmA m Dodge & Cox IntlStk Dodge & Cox Stock Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg American Funds CpWldGrIA m American Funds AmBalA m American Funds WAMutInvA m Metropolitan West TotRetBdI American Funds FnInvA m Vanguard MuIntAdml Dodge & Cox Income FrankTemp-Franklin IncomeA m Vanguard IntlStkIdxAdm Vanguard InstTStPl Vanguard PrmcpAdml Harbor IntlInstl Vanguard HltCrAdml T Rowe Price GrowStk American Funds NewPerspA m Vanguard STGradeAd Vanguard TotBdInst Vanguard WellsIAdm Vanguard WndsIIAdm Fidelity ContraK Vanguard TgtRe2025

LB LB LB LB LB FB LG AL LG IH MA CI LB FB CI LB FB LV LB WS MA LV CI LB MI CI CA FB LB LG FB SH LG WS CS CI CA LV LG TG

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BILOXI — Bay St. Louis Councilwoman Wendy McDonald was seriously injured earlier this month and another person had minor injuries when a car hit them outside of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. Police Chief Mike DeNardo said it was an accident — an 88-year-old driver pressed his accelerator instead of the brake pedal. To some, the driver’s age raises a sensitive and tricky question: How old is too old to drive? There is no age limit on driving in Mississippi or most other states. Unless something happens to challenge your ability to drive, you can continue to renew your license. But highway safety oﬃcials and senior advocates say an older driver is not necessarily an unsafe driver. The safety of elders on the road has been a concern for public safety oﬃcials for years, and increasingly since 2003. That’s the year an 86-year-old man drove through a barricade at a Santa Monica, California, farmers market. He hit his gas pedal by mistake. Ten people died and 63 were injured. Older drivers the Sun Herald spoke with recently said they’re already taking safety precautions, such as cutting out longdistance trips.

Story of a woman, 93 Mary Elizabeth Stevens of Biloxi had been driving to Miami once a year for the annual high school reunion of students she once taught. She’s 93. She stopped making the long drive two years ago. “My children said they didn’t feel safe with me doing that anymore,” Stevens said. Stevens, a volunteer for several area agencies, routinely drives from Pascagoula to Bay St. Louis.

Most days, she takes a short drive to her favorite fast-food restaurant for a free cup of coﬀee and a visit with friends. “I take the safest route,” she said. “I try to make only right-hand turns.” Three days a week, she drives to the Donal Synder Community Center for a fitness class. On Wednesday nights, she drives to First Methodist Church of Gulfport for choir practice. On Sundays, she drives to church. She drives for volunteer work. And sometimes she drives to the IP Casino, where she ushers at concerts as a service project for the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence. “I love people and I love being around people,” she said. “I love staying busy.” She had grown accustomed to heavy traﬃc from her years in Miami, where she taught at the University of Miami until she retired. She said she’s not ready to give up her license yet. “It would mean I’d lose my independence,” she said. “But I’m willing to think about it in the future.”

Story of a man, 80 Ernest Simar, 80, said he and his wife had logged 400,000 miles, pulling their camper. They were living in Evangeline, Louisiana, but gave up long-distance trips after moving to Pass Christian three years ago. He uses a cane to walk but said he feels safe to drive. Simar said two mishaps with 18-wheelers changed his mind about long-distance driving. An 18-wheeler sideswiped him on a highway. Another time, he said, the draft of a speeding 18-wheeler caused his camper “to turn around and meet me.” “It’s the 18-wheelers,” he said. “You never know what they will do. And it’s the way other people drive.” His wife Margaret, 70, said she rarely drives; she no longer has the physical

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strength to shift gears or handle a car. The Simars drove to Edgewater Mall in Biloxi on a recent Thursday. In the past, they’ve made trips as far as Las Vegas. The trip to the mall “was a long drive,” Margaret Simar said.

Having ‘the talk’ Ernest Simar said he has no plans to quit driving. “It’s what I do,” he said. Talking to an aging person about giving up their keys is one of the hardest things a family member or health professional can do, said psychologist Julie Teater. “It represents a loss of independence,” she said. “You literally become dependent on others for everything, such as church, grocery shopping, seeing family and doctors’ appointments. “People feel violated. However, not taking it away endangers the person and the public.” Teater said she sometimes does cognitive testing for a recommendation on whether a person should drive or not. It’s a diﬃcult discussion but it’s best to take a straightforward approach to help elders realize their limitations, she said. “No one thinks they will hit someone or hurt someone,” she said.

Warning signs Safety officials and senior advocates for say the aging process can bring changes older drivers should consider: Reflexes may not be as quick. Declining vision can make it hard to judge distances, and see road signs and traffic devices. Medications may cause drowsiness or other impairment. Nerves can get frazzled by heavy traffic. And dementia can make driving more frustrating and dangerous. Dents on a car can be a telltale sign. So can traffic tickets, warnings or fender-benders. Experts say riding with an older driver can show if they’re beginning to have problems. Making abrupt lane changes? Slamming on brakes or accelerating quickly? Drifting into other lanes? Forgetting to signal or ignoring red lights and stop signs? Or confusing the brake pedal for the gas pedal?

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More older drivers The number of licensed drivers age 65 and older nationwide is expected to increase to 40 million by 2020, according to the National Highway Traﬃc Safety Administration. Its statistics show senior drivers account for 14 percent of traﬃc fatalities and 9 percent of pedestrian deaths. NHTSA is conducting a five-year plan to make senior drivers safer and help them accept becoming a non-driver if necessary. The plan includes making signs more visible, protecting left-turn lanes and creating “cue” cards for law enforcement and health care professionals to use to refer questionable drivers to a medical-review team.

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los said his friends often ask him to talk to one of their parents about giving up their keys. “It’s a very sensitive issue,” he said. A driving examiner has discretion to check on older people who show up for license renewal but appear to be disoriented. They may be asked to take a road test. When an aging driver shows warning signs but won’t listen to family members, there are steps that can be taken. The state Department of Public Safety’s Driver Services Division and its medical review board can decide if a driver has health or cognitive problems or an increasingly poor driving record that puts them at risk on the road. Doctors, law enforcement oﬃcers and family members can notify Driver Services of suspected problems. The process could involve a hearing test and the driver could be required to have an eye exam, road test and cognitive test. “Driving is not a right,” Poulos said. “It’s a privilege. “There just comes a point sometimes when a family has to step in there and deal with it. Sometimes older people are not going to take it on themselves to say, ‘I can’t drive anymore because I don’t want to hurt or kill someone else or myself. “Driving becomes the last thing they’re cable of doing independently and when it’s taken away from them, it’s hurtful. But it’s about saving lives. Theirs and others.” To contact the MDPS Driver Services medical hearing administrator, call (601) 987-1231.

NEW YORK — Now there’s yet another market for 3-D printer-enthusiasts: candy. Dylan’s Candy Bar has linked up with Magic Candy Factory to launch 3-D printing of confection in their stores. Billed as the first 3-D printer for candy — or any food for that matter — it made its debut Friday in New York. Melissa Snover, founder of Magic Candy Factory, said the possibilities are as limitless as your imagination. “With the product you’re able to create any customized candy that you can

imagine. You can write words, you can upload images like photographs and create hundreds of diﬀerent shapes, on demand in any color and flavor,” she said Thursday. However, when given the opportunity, most apparently aren’t very creative. “We were really surprised when we found out that over 70 percent of people make their name,” she said. The candy is made of pectin, which is apple-based. The 3-D candies will roll out in Dylan’s Candy Bars nationwide in the next few weeks.

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