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Alcorn correctional officer arrested BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

A correctional oﬃcer with the Alcorn County Regional Correctional facility has been terminated from the position and remained under arrest for conspiracy to bring contraband into the prison. Alcorn County Sheriﬀ Ben

Caldwell identified the oﬃcer as 43-year-old Tonya Lynn Seago of Pinecrest Street in Corinth. She remained jailed Wednesday in the county jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond set. She was arrested about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and was terminated from her employment with the facility,

said Caldwell. The felony charge is conspiracy to introduce contraband into a correctional facility, according to the sheriﬀ. Seago was in communication with an inmate to bring a cellphone into the prison, said Caldwell. The oﬃcer had been employed

with the facility since January. Caldwell promised to clean up the regional prison during his campaign last year. Seago is the second correctional oﬃcer arrested since he took oﬃce in January. “We are not going to tolerate this kind of behavior,” said Caldwell. Seago

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Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry (right) congratulates Keith Little and his wife, Sonya. Little was sworn in as new police chief earlier this month.

Farmington has new police chief BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

FARMINGTON — The police force has a new chief. After 12 years on the helm of the Farmington Police Department, Chief Tony Holmes has retired. Taking his place is a long time Farmington oﬃcer Keith Little.

“I really hate to see Tony go,” said Mayor Dale Fortenberry. “Tony and I have always worked good together. We’ve always had a good understanding and respect for one another.” Fortenberry added, “Keith has some big shoes to fill, but I know he’ll Please see CHIEF | 2

Man will share ‘powerful’ story BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Duane Blue is a living example. He is the standard of how God can take the worst and make him one of His children. The noted inspirational speaker has been part of a week of events done by Living Free Ministries. Blue is slated to speak with inmates at the Alcorn County Jail on Thursday morning. He will also be the guest speaker at Living Free Thursday night at 6:45 p.m. “His story is so powerful,” said Living Free Founder Tommy Wilson. “Duane just loves people and telling them about Jesus.” Author Ron Owens tells Blue’s story of transformation in the book – “Call Me Blue.” “He has been all over the world,” added Wilson. “He came out of a radical drug life.” The 2011 book of Owens

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The Crossroads area will see it’s first dangerously hot day on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service in Memphis, temperatures in Corinth and Alcorn County will reach near 100 degrees. “Thursday’s forecast calls for a high near 96 in the Corinth area,” said NWS. “It will be sunny as well, with a slight 20 percent chance of thunderstorms late in the day. Heat Advisory Warnings were issued throughout the Midsouth and the heat index in Corinth is expected to reach well over 105 degrees on Thursday. With the threat of extremely hot weather, the Mississippi Department of Health issued ways to avoid heat exhaustion and heat stroke when outdoors. Heat exhaustion is a milder form of heat-related illness that can develop after long exposure to high temperatures and inadequate water. Those most prone to heat exhaustion are elderly people, people with high blood pressure and people working or

exercising in a hot environment. Warning signs of heat exhaustion include heavy sweating, paleness, muscle cramps, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, headache, nausea or vomiting and fainting. Also the skin may be cool and moist, the victim’s pulse rate will be fast and weak and breathing will be fast and shallow. If heat exhaustion is untreated, it may progress to heat stroke. The victim should seek medical attention immediately if symptoms are severe, if the victim has heart problems or high blood pressure. Otherwise, help the victim to cool oﬀ, and seek medical attention if symptoms worsen or last longer than one hour. If signs of a heat exhaustion are present then the victim should drink cool water or nonalcoholic beverages, rest, take a cool shower, get into an air-conditioned room or change into lightweight clothing. Heat stroke occurs when the body’s temperature rises rapidly, the sweating mechanism fails Please see HEAT | 6

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was a hit among many in the ministry field. “Duane Blue is one of the most transparently real followers of Jesus Christ I personally know,” said Don Cass, Director of Evangelism, The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, when the book was published. “This book needs to be put in the hands of the worst sinners and read by the self-righteous pretender who is blinded by the evil one.” Motorcycles and drugs consumed Blue’s life from the age of 16-21. He had no regard for others with pride and grief causing him to hide free from his feelings of loneliness and grief. “I hated school, teachers and authority,” said Blue. “The only thing that mattered to me was me.” “Call Me Blue” details how a lying, cheating, lonely drug-

Merry Overholt, Corinth Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Merry Overholt loves encouraging people. “Making people feel better and comfortable about themselves is what I enjoy most,” said the Corinth native. The 1982 Alcorn Central High School graduate is involved in numerous volunteer organizations. The 51-year-old volunteers with the Magnolia Regional Health Center Auxiliary and is the treasurer/ bookkeeper for the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery. Overholt is also a member of the Corinth Area Arts Council Inc. “I do a little of everything,” said Overholt. She is the mother of two – Shannon and Erin – and has been married to Vince for 24 years. “I am thankful to be back home … coming home was too good to be true,” she said. When not sharing her passion for art, Merry is with Vince on his many sports treks.

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A Tuesday afternoon wreck on U.S. 72 slowed traffic for more than two hours, left. Corinth Fire Department officials look over the wrecked Ford Explorer Sport Trac near the intersection of Fulton Drive and U.S. 72, above.

Rollover wreck slows traffic on Highway 72 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Fulton Drive. A red Ford Explorer Sport Trac SUV driven by Chad Lambert was east bound on Highway 72 when he collided with a white Ford Fusion sedan driven by Carolyn Gray. Gray was crossing Highway 72 heading

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A two-car wreck on U.S. Highway 72 in Corinth slowed traﬃc for more than two hours on Tuesday. According to Deputy Police Chief Josh Fortenberry, the accident happened shortly after

north on Fulton Drive when the collision happened. The impact caused Lambert’s SUV to rollover before coming to a stop on the vehicle’s drivers side near the Shell gas station entrance on Highway 72. Personal items and other debris from the SUV was spread

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across the intersection. Traﬃc was down to one lane in both directions as cleanup continued. Corinth Police, Corinth Fire and Magnolia EMS responded to the scene. Although both drivers complained of pain, neither were

taken to the hospital. “I hear people talk about ‘blacking out’ during a wreck ... now I know exactly what they are talking about,” said Lambert. Fortenberry said the exact cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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and-booze addict was transformed into a new creation. “Blue’s testimony will blow you away,” said motivational speaker Dennis Swansberg. “Put on your seatbelt.” Blue and his wife, Iris, are both volunteers with the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board’s Mission Service Corp. They travel the world sharing their testimony. “It doesn’t matter the sin, that’s not what we look at,” said Blue. “The Staff photo by Steve Beavers thing I tell people is ‘Christ died for Duane Blue will be the guest speaker on Thursthem.’” day night at Living Free.

do a good job.” Little was sworn-in to his new position in early June and has patrolled the city as chief since. “He is more than capable of leading the department and I look forward to working with him,” said the mayor. Following Holmes retirement announcement, the city took applications for the police chief position. The Board of Mayor and Alderman then interviewed a selected few candidates and eventually voted to hire Little for the position. “It’s an honor to serve the city of

Farmington in this capacity,” said Little. “Chief Holmes has done a fantastic job over the years and I’ve learned a lot from him.” Little has been a Farmington oﬃcer since 2008. “I’ve worked along side all the current Farmington oﬃcers for many years, so that will be a plus for me moving forward,” he added. Little becomes only the third police chief in the department’s history. Fred Johnson was the city’s first chief in 2003. When Johnson chose to leave the department, he recommended Holmes take his place.

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Today in History Today is Thursday, June 16, the 168th day of 2016. There are 198 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 16, 1963, the world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6; she spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely.

On this date: In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland. (She escaped almost a year later but ended up imprisoned again.) In 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” In 1903, Ford Motor Co. was incorporated. In 1911, IBM had its beginnings as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in New York State. In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act became law with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signature. (The Act was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was founded as President Roosevelt signed the Banking Act of 1933. In 1941, National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) opened for business with a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1943, comedian Charles Chaplin, 54, married his fourth wife, 18-year-old Oona O’Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill, in Carpinteria, California. In 1944, George Stinney, a 14-year-old black youth, became the youngest person to die in the electric chair as the state of South Carolina executed him for the murders of two white girls, Betty June Binnicker, 11, and Mary Emma Thames, 7. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties. In 1987, a jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of four youths he said were going to rob him; however, Goetz was convicted of illegal weapons possession. (In 1996, a civil jury ordered Goetz to pay $43 million to one of the persons he’d shot.) In 1996, Russian voters went to the polls in their first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin (the eventual winner) and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov. Sportscaster Mel Allen died in Greenwich, Connecticut, at age 83.

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Across the Region Corinth Arts, crafts retailer will open store Corporate officials confirmed on Wednesday arts and crafts supply store, Hobby Lobby will open in Corinth early next year. The store will locate in Harper Square Mall on U.S. Highway 72 and South Harper Road. Other retail development in the mall area has been rumored, but not confirmed. The chain has 600 stores nationwide, including a location in Tupelo.

Farmington Stolen vehicle found, suspects arrested FARMINGTON — A stolen vehicle was recently recovered by the Farmington Police Department. Officer Bryon Parker received a call on June 9 from dispatch stating there was a vehicle sitting on the side of County Road 106 with a possible disturbance in progress. The driver, Landon Braudway and his passenger, Alex Mandahar, had run out of gas in a white Chevy Cruze sedan. The vehicle was reported stolen from residence in Glen on June 8. The couple had allegedly taken the vehicle from the person who had stolen the vehicle. That subject was already in custody with the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department. Braudway and Mandahar were both transported to the Alcorn County Justice Center. The sheriff’s department is still investigating the case.

Booneville Prentiss County is ready to Relay BOONEVILLE — Prentiss County’s 2016 Relay for Life kicks off Friday, June 17 at 6:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the fountain area at Northeast Community College in Booneville with Steve Eaton serving as emcee. Relay for Life is a fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society and is an opportunity to bring the entire community together to celebrate cancer survivors and remember those lost to cancer. This year’s goal is to raise $67,000 locally. Donna Reese, 2016 Chairman, extends a special invitation to the public to attend the Relay celebration Friday night, June 17. The event is family oriented and will feature food, fun, games and entertainment. The 2016 theme is “Gaming for a Cure” with teams decorating campsites based on games. Before events kick off Friday night on the NEMCC campus, can-

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Iuka Camp Courthouse kicks off today IUKA — Camp Courthouse kicks off today at the Tishomingo County Old Courthouse Museum. The children’s camp is set for 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is an opportunity for campers to learn about the Civil War. Enrollment remains open until the beginning of camp for ages 5-16. The fee is $10 and lunch is provided.

Armory Lawsuit filed against county, former officer AMORY — Three family members of the late Ricky Keeton, who was shot and killed by Monroe County deputies at his residence last October, filed a lawsuit June 6 against Monroe County and former Monroe County narcotics officer Eric Sloan which seeks actual damages against the county and actual and punitive damages against Sloan, reported the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.

Lee County Body found at state park LEE COUNTY — A body was discovered at Tombigbee State Park on Wednesday. Officials said a boat, trailer and truck was found earlier in the day and officials believed a drowning possibly took place. No name was released.

Oxford Prisoner’s lack of medical treatment case dismissed OXFORD — A Lee County man has lost an attempt to have a federal court rule he is not receiving proper medical treatment in prison and has been denied due process because he can’t get a fair parole hearing, according to WTVA. Nevin Whetson, 62, pleaded guilty to capital murder in the death of Loretta Darlene Steele in August 1983 and was sentenced to life in prison. Investigators say he killed Steele during the commission of rape. Whetstone pleaded guilty to the charges in 1984 and in his latest court filing did not challenge the plea of the sentence. He contends he was denied a parole hearing the seven times he requested a hearing because of “false claims of support.”

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Trump should widen breech within GOP BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

Every time Mitt Romney attacks Donald Trump, the liberal media wrings its hands speculating on whether a rift is developing in the Republican Party that could sink its chances of winning in November. Media critics pile on Trump, urging him to trim his sails and return to the Eleventh Commandment, given to us by Ronald Reagan: “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.” But the fact is that the attacks by Romney and others not only do not harm Trump’s chances of winning. They enhance them. Rather than seek to heal the split, he should try to widen it. A political leader is particularly credible when he speaks ill of members of his own party, particularly after the primary season has ended. While we treat as boilerplate criticism of Democrats by Republicans and visa versa, we take seriously derogatory comments about members of one’s own party (hence the media’s interest in intraparty criticism of Trump). If Trump can criticize the Romney wing of the party as elitist, out of touch, pro-Wall Street and insensitive to the problems of the average American, he can make empathetic common cause with millions of Independent and Democratic voters who have rejected the GOP for precisely these reasons. Nothing will resonate better with those who followed Senator Bernie Sanders in his criticism of policies that coddle the 1 percent than for Donald Trump to echo those criticisms. Trump can propose a bold regulatory agenda to crack down on the big banks and might get little coverage or traction, but let him deliver an ad hominem attack on Romney on just those same grounds and it will be instant headline news. The media will wonder if Trump has lost his marbles in attacking a fellow Republican long after he has already wrapped up the nomination. They will wonder if his desire for revenge has overtaken his commonsense as he seems to throw party unity to the wind. But there will be method in Trump’s madness. Each attack on Romney will serve to bring him closer to the Occupy Wall Street crowd. With Hillary Clinton’s slavish devotion to her Goldman Sachs masters and her Wall Street donors, Trump can uniquely inherit the mantle left by the Sanders candidacy. He can attack Clinton all day long and most will shrug it oﬀ as just politics. But if he levels the same fire at Romney and his ilk, it will gain coverage and acquire credibility. Indeed, Trump should take full advantage of his lock on the Republican nomination and use the preconvention period to take positions to the left of the party on cracking down on big Wall Street banks. The Party cannot leave him. It is legally bound. So he should stray from the Party to score points with Democrats and Independents. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Prayer for today Many of us, O Father, overlook the fragrance of the rose while we are being pierced by its thorn. Increase my faith in life and in thee, that I may not be dismayed over mysteries, but sincerely wait for deliverance. Amen.

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Why can’t we stop terror? Once again, the repulsive face of terror has appeared on our homeland, our own soil. It is not a headline in the news about what has happened in some other place in the world. Once again, we see the blood of our own countrymen shed at the hands of brutal, lawless terrorists and criminals. And once again, we look in the mirror and think about what to do. Just last week, two Palestinian terrorists, dressed as religious Jews, sat down in a popular restaurant in Tel Aviv, ordered dessert, and, 15 minutes later, opened fire and killed four. Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, seeking international condemnation of the act, said sadly and prophetically, “Today’s heinous attack sadly proves that when the international community refuses to condemn terror against Israelis, the next attack is only a matter of time. ... Terror in Tel Aviv must be treated the same as terror in Paris or Istanbul.” Of course, the ambassador had no clue he could have also said Orlando, Florida. There most certainly will

be renewed calls to examine and improve our homeland security operations. But as Star Parker these discussions about Columnist security operations at home, and possibly military operations abroad, move forward, I hope that a diﬀerent discussion also takes place. A discussion that is critical but that most do not want to have. President Reagan defined this in a speech he gave in March 1983 to the National Association of Evangelicals. It was the famous speech in which he called the Soviet Union an “evil empire.” He went on to say as follows: “While America’s military strength is important, let me add here that I’ve always maintained that the struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is test of moral will and faith.”

A few days following the attacks on Sept.11, 2001, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr. appeared for a discussion with Pat Robertson on Robertson’s CBN TV show. Falwell delivered basically the same message that Ronald Reagan conveyed 18 years before. He said the root of the crisis we face is a moral crisis. Falwell said, “I fear this is only the beginning.” He talked about the implications of “throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools.” He talked about rampant abortion where, at that time “40 million innocent little babies” had been killed. For these remarks, Falwell and Robertson were widely condemned. But look where we are today. We have defined all the evil in the world as outside our borders and have done no soul searching. Terror is about wanton disregard for life and property. It about imposing one’s will on others to the point of murder. Since Falwell’s remarks on CBN, almost another 20 million unborn children have been killed. And the federal

government uses taxpayers’ money to direct funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. Sadly, today we are not a nation that respects life. And the increasing power of the federal government, extending its growing reach into the lives of private citizens, shows our nation has decreasing respect for private property. Reagan was right. We will not be victorious over terrorism with might alone. Behind that might must be a virtuous and moral nation that all nations respect. We must be a nation that knows how and when to use power, and against whom, because we know the diﬀerence between right and wrong. Of course we need to fight terrorism. But we have not made more progress in this war because we have failed to address the spiritual and moral crisis within. Without doing this, this will be, as Rev. Falwell said in 2001, “only the beginning.” (Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org.)

When silence is just not loud enough Our president was speaking to us in his grave yet hopeful voice, a timbre and tone he has had much practice in using. Far too much practice. He uses it when there has been a mass shooting in America. And by some counts, this was his 14th time. “We have to make it harder for people who want to kill Americans to get their hands on weapons of war,” our president is saying. We have been working on that one for a while. But it is really not a matter of human lives lost, people lying in pools of blood or corpses shredded by gunfire. Solving that problem would be relatively easy. The real problem is political – which is why no gun legislation with a serious chance of passing stands before Congress. The body counts, the gore, the all-too-vivid last moments captured on a hand-held camera mean nothing compared with the politics of gun ownership. So the killing continues. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2013 guns were used in 11,208 deaths by homicide. That’s a lot. That’s nearly 31 per day. Why so many? “Crazy” is a popular choice. Do you have to be crazy to shoot and kill 49 people in a nightclub? How about 20 small

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children in an elementary school? Or 12 people at a Batman movie? Were all Roger the shooters Simon crazy? Could be. But forColumnist eign countries have crazy people, too, and many countries’ murder rates are much lower than ours. Again, why? One reason is that in America, we allow individuals to own weapons of mass destruction – semiautomatic firearms with large magazines. And though Congress banned them for 10 years – 1994 to 2004 – it has refused to reinstate the ban even though mass killings continue. In America, a gun is not just a gun. It is a fetish, a totem, an icon. It has an appeal that defies mere logic. Charles Bronson is the former commissioner of agriculture and consumer services for the state of Florida. He used to be in charge of gun permits. Today he is still against more stringent gun laws. “People use AR-15s to hunt deer, to hunt hogs, to hunt all kinds of game,” Bronson told a reporter, and he said it would be a shame to change the gun laws “because of one person’s lawlessness.”

I am trying to see his point of view: One person kills 49 people and wounds 53 others, and that is nothing compared with the pleasure of executing a hog. “These mass shootings are happening so often now that lamenting them afterwards is becoming a national ritual,” Conan O’Brien said Monday. O’Brien is a late-night comic. He is also an observer of life in these United States. It is sometimes hard to observe that life and still remain a comic, and I admire him for trying. “I have really tried very hard over the years not to bore you with what I think,” he said, his voice growing angrier as he spoke. “However, I am a father of two. I like to believe I have a shred of common sense, and I simply do not understand why anybody in this country is allowed to purchase and own a semi-automatic assault rifle. ... These are weapons of war, and they have no place in civilian life. ... “I do not know the answer, but I wanted to take just a moment here tonight to agree with the rapidly growing sentiment in America that it’s time to grow up and figure this out.” Time to grow up. A fine idea. And I really wish the sentiment behind it were “rapidly growing.” Because not everybody in America

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will get a chance to grow up. Some of those children we send each morning to the “safety” of their schools will never make it back home alive. (According to Everytown for Gun Safety, “since 2013, there have been at least 188 school shootings in America – an average of nearly one a week.”) On Capitol Hill on Monday, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan called for a ritual moment of silence in the House chamber to commemorate those killed in Orlando. Connecticut Democrat Jim Himes stood up and walked oﬀ the floor instead. Previously, he had tweeted: “I will not attend one more ‘Moment of Silence’ on the Floor. Our silence does not honor the victims, it mocks them.” “The Moments of Silence in the House have become an abomination. God will ask you, ‘How did you keep my children safe’? Silence.” “If God is an angry God, prepare to know a hell well beyond that lived day to day by the families of the butchered. I will not be silent.” And I, for one, hope he keeps talking, tweeting, speaking out and walking out. (Roger Simon is chief political columnist of politico. com, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author.)

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Gaines elected Southern Baptist president ST. LOUIS (Christian Examiner) â€” Corinth native and pastor of the Memphis area Bellevue Baptist Church Steve Gaines, 59, was elected by acclamation as the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention today following a historic and unprecedented delay the first day of the June 14-15 SBC annual meeting. The surprise announcement came at the start what was to be a third vote for president at the end of the June 15 morning session. North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear withdrew his nomination to lead the largest nonCatholic denomination in America after two inconclusive votes, but then made a motion

to elect Gaines by acclamation. â€œIâ€™ve said from the beginning it is tricky to lead the SBC,â€? Greear said. â€œIâ€™ve spent a good amount of time praying and I believe for the sake of our convention and our election we need to leave St. Louis united. ... We are united by a Gospel too great, and a mission too urgent, to let a lesser message stand in our way. I am respectfully withdrawing my candidacy as president.â€? When a first vote split three ways between the three nominees for president â€“ Gaines; Greenville, North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear; and New Orleans pastor David Crosby â€“ failed to secure a 50 percent vote for any candidate, a second

vote was cast. At the conclusion of the late afternoon session, SBC President Ronnie Floyd declared that vote, too, was inconclusive. With 7,230 messengers registered at the time of the runoďŹ€, 4,824 ballots were cast. Gaines received 2,410 votes or 49.96 percent while Greear received 2,306 votes or 47.80 percent. However, 108 votes were considered illegal because the wrong ballot was used or an indistinguishable mark was made. Gaines followed powerhouse Adrian Rogers at the Memphisarea church after pastoring churches in Alabama, Tennessee and Texas. He was nominated for presi-

dent by Johnny Hunt, a former SBC president, and pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia. Calling Gaines â€œa man of deep intense prayer,â€? Hunt said in nominating Gaines, the pastor has a â€œpassionate desire for spiritual revival in our churches and nation.â€? With Gainesâ€™ leadership, Bellevue had lead evangelism training in 34 countries since 2007 and has planted 10 churches, including work in the Northwest and with Native Americans. A unique outreach, Bellevue Loves Memphis demonstrates the churchâ€™s love for its city and meeting needs while sharing the Gospel, Hunt told Baptist

Press. In 33 workdays, 30,000 volunteers have served 106,505 hours to complete 945 projects, resulting in 510 professions of faith. Leading in service to the SBC, Gaines preached the SBC convention sermon in 2004 and served as president of the SBC Pastorsâ€™ Conference in 2005. He has served as as a member of the SBC Committee on Nominations, a trustee of LifeWay Christian Resources, a member of the committee that proposed a revision of the Baptist Faith and Message in 2000, and chairman of the SBC Resolutions Committee. Gaines succeeds Ronnie Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas.

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Hospice nursesâ€™ hands blessed in prayerful ceremony BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

â€œYea, Ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities and to them that were with me.â€? Acts 20:34 (KJV) In recognition of National Nurses Week, four hospice nurses with Legacy Hospice were honored for their service and commitment to patients during a special Blessing of the Hands Ceremony. Brenda Glidewell, Shelia Crum, Rebekah Foster and Lynn Kennedy were among those blessed. A non-denominational tradition, the Blessing of the Hands ceremony is observed in hospitals, hospices, nursing homes and other medical facilities around the world and likely dates back to the time of Florence Nightingale â€“ a nineteenth century nurse who is considered to be the founder of modern nursing. â€œAs the director of Legacy Hospice, I was looking for a way to thank our nurses during National Nursing Week which is celebrated annually on May 6â€“12 and thought what better way to recognize them than to hold a Blessing of the Hands Ceremony,â€? said Rebekah Foster. â€œMay 12 is also the birthday of Florence Nightingale. So, it seemed to be the perfect fit.â€? OďŹƒciated by the hospiceâ€™s own Chaplain Merl Dixon, the ladies were called up individually where they were prayed for and had their hands anointed with oil before going forth to take care of patients. During the ceremony, Bro Dixon referred the routine of Florence Nightingale as she traveled through the dark hallways of her makeshift hospital with her lantern to check on and minster to patients while making her rounds. He likened the action to the calls nurses often receive in the middle of the night to care for patients. â€œI felt the comparison was very poignant since as nurses we are on call 24

hours a day, seven hours a week,â€? said Foster, who believes in spending time with her patients. â€œBeing there for others is what legacy hospice is all about.â€?

In addition to having their hands blessed, the R.Nâ€™s were also presented by their Medical Director Tim Noyes with a white towel bearing their names and titles as a symbol of

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Agency sues state over defunding law BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — Planned Parenthood is suing Mississippi over a new state law that will ban Medicaid from spending money with any health care provider that oﬀers abortion. Records show that from July 2013 to August 2015, Mississippi Medicaid spent $439 with Planned Parenthood at a Hattiesburg clinic that oﬀers birth control and cancer screenings but doesn’t do abortions. The state could easily spend more than that to defend itself in the lawsuit. The Mississippi case is the 17th lawsuit Planned Parenthood has filed since last July against states seeking to block public money from being spent at its clinics, the organization said in a statement. The Mississippi suit

was filed Wednesday in federal court in Jackson by Planned Parenthood Southeast, which is based in Georgia and runs the clinic in Hattiesburg, and by Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region. The lawsuit says that although the Hattiesburg clinic doesn’t oﬀer abortions, other clinics run by the Southeast aﬃliate in Alabama and Georgia do. Abortions are available at the clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, which recently started accepting Mississippi Medicaid payments, according to the suit. “We will not stand for these attacks on our patients’ right to health care,” Staci Fox, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast, said in a statement Wednesday. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the defunding bill, Senate Bill

2238 , in May, and the suit seeks to block it from becoming law July 1. Republican Sen. Joey Fillingane told The Associated Press in May that public money should not go to the largest abortion provider in the nation. “Any dollar they get is one dollar too many of state taxpayer money,” Fillingane said of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood has said 24 states have either considered or enacted laws to restrict the organization from receiving public money. Medicaid is paid with state and federal money. Federal law specifies that a person enrolled in Medicaid may seek family planning services from any participating provider of their choice, and that the services must be paid by Medicaid, the lawsuit says. The suit also says the new law restricts health

care providers that offer a constitutionally protected service: abortion. The bill says Medicaid cannot spend money with any facility that provides elective abortions, or with any entity affiliated with an abortion provider. Mississippi law, for years, has already prohibited the use of tax dollars to pay for most abortions. The lawsuit says the federal portion of Medicaid money can only be used for abortion in cases of rape, incest or danger to the pregnant woman’s life. In April, the director of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to Medicaid agencies in all 50 states reminding them that they can’t cut funding to medical providers such as Planned Parenthood just because the providers might also offer abortion services.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Police oﬀered stress counseling and debriefing Wednesday to the SWAT team and other oﬃcers who witnessed the nightclub carnage, as the FBI tried to reconstruct the killer’s movements and figure out what role his wife may have played in the plot. A long procession of memorials and funerals for the 49 killed in Sunday’s shooting rampage began taking shape, with mourners scheduled to pay their respects at a visitation for a victim remembered as a friendly salesman and makeup artist. The FBI said it is still

gathering evidence at the Pulse and analyzing cellphone location data to piece together Omar Mateen’s activities leading up to the massacre, while also interviewing people who had any dealings with him. It urged anyone with any information about the gunman to contact the bureau. “We need your help in developing the most complete picture of what he did and why he did it,” FBI agent Ron Hopper said. On Saturday night, hours before the rampage, Mateen visited Disney Springs, an entertainment complex at Walt Disney World, ac-

cording an oﬃcial who was briefed on the case but insisted on anonymity to discuss the continuing investigation. Disney Springs is home to a Cirque du Soleil theater, a 24-theater movie house and restaurants aﬃliated with Wolfgang Puck and Chef Masaharu Morimoto. The person who spoke to The Associated Press said it is not clear what Mateen was up to. Orlando is nearly a two-hour drive from Mateen’s home in Fort Pierce, Florida. The three-hour rampage at the gay nightclub began at 2 a.m. Sunday and ended with the

29-year-old Americanborn Muslim being killed by a police SWAT team. Members of the SWAT team underwent a stressmanagement debriefing Wednesday, as hundreds of others involved in the response to the shooting have done, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. Further counseling is being made available. “These are some of the bravest toughest men I know,” Mina said. “No one can prepare you for what those oﬃcers encountered that night. They stood toe-to-toe and went face-to-face with a mass murderer, and I’m extremely proud of that.”

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Deaths Mary Frances Trammell

Mary Frances Trammell, 83, passed away on June 14, 2016, at her residence in Starkville. She was a retired secretary with Starkville Public Schools and the Department of Human Services. She was loving and compassionate, never met a stranger and everyone referred to her as “mawmaw”. She loved to travel and loved all Mississippi State sports, and watching her grandkids play baseball, even to travelling games. She was a very good cook and everyone wanted to come over and eat some good ole homemade meals that she had prepared. She had beautiful blue eyes that people always bragged about. She will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis Rickman and Mamie Hooker Rickman; her husband, David Trammell; and a son, Bubba Trammell. She is survived by her daughters, Lynn Wells and husband Ashley, and Diane Barnette, all of Starkville, MS; grandchildren, Brian Gazaway and wife Haley, Rustin Palmer, Todd Barnette and wife Jennifer, Brad Trammell, Mandy Trammell, and Kelly Trammell; and great-grandchildren, Emily Grace, Bree, Jayson, Kemper, and Kasen. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, June 17, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville with the funeral service immediately following in the funeral home chapel. The Rev. Jason Green will oﬃciate the service. Burial will be in Memorial Garden Park Cemetery. Go online to leave the family a condolence at: www.welchfuneralhomes.com.

Sandria Horn

IUKA — Funeral services for Sandria Horn, 65, of Corinth are set for 1 p.m. Friday at Ludlam Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in New Prospect Cemetery in Iuka. Visitation is from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Horn died Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Survivors include her three sons, Jeﬀery Horn (Kari), Grant Horn (Jennifer) and Brian Horn (Sharon) and one daughter, Brandi Mooney Ham (Frank); one brother, Lawayne Anglin (Janette); four sisters, Barbara Lambert (J.W.), Scherun Albright (Chris), Martha Sue Terry and Patsy Allred; grandchildren, Lindsie Horn, Mackenzie Horn, P.J. Allred (Mary), Johnathan Booker (Jodi), Zach Horn, Anna Smith (Jace), Alli Horn, Abby Horn, Issac Horn, Kandi Horn, Nicole Daniels, Dillon Horn, April Walls, Kristen Dill, Tyler Barnes (Kayla), Chase Barnes and Jessie Barnes; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace and Faye Anglin; her daughter, Kandi Horn Allred; her brother, Eusrl Anglin; and three grandchildren, Garrett Horn, Jessie James Barnes and Brandon Horn. Bro. Jessie Hisaw will oﬃciate.

Michael ‘Mike’ Carlton West

IUKA — Funeral services for Michael “Mike” Carlton West are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in Tishomingo Cemetery. Visitation is from noon until service time Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. West died Monday, June 13, 2016, in Marion, Ill. He was a self-employed and was a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam Conflict. Survivors include his mother, Eron West of Hernando; his daughter, Emily Morris (Charlie) of Tupelo; his brother, Dan West (Dena) of Independence; and three grandchildren, Maddie Morris, Riley Walker, and Mallory Walker. He was preceded in death by his father, Billy C. West; and a daughter, Kristi Walker. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude or to the Wounded Warrior Project. Dr. Joseph Turner will oﬃciate.

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REPENTANCE Years ago it was not uncommon to hear sermons about repentance. I even recall seeing signs along the highway, encouraging people to repent of their sins before it is too late. It doesn’t seem to be a very popular subject today, and yet the need is just as great as ever. God requires repentance. Paul stressed its importance when he spoke to the Athenian leaders as recorded in Acts 17:30, “And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent;” That, dear friend, includes you and me, doesn’t it.? Repentance has been defined informally as ”a change of heart and mind that results in a change of life.” W.E Vine, in his work, Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, says “In the N.T. the subject chiefly has reference to repentance from sin, and this change of mind involves both a turning from sin and a turning to God.”He further suggests that the word “signifies to change one’s mind or purpose, always, in the N.T., involving a change for the better, an amendment….” Jesus spoke of a man who had two sons. To one he gave the command to go and work in his vineyard. “He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented and went.” (Matthew 21:29) The son’s change of mind led him to do as his father had instructed. This story beautifully illustrates what God wants people to do, for he is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. “(2 Peter 3:9) The message of John the Baptist was a message of repentance. (Matthew 3:2,8) The message of Jesus was a message of repentance. (Matthew 4:17; Luke 13:3,5) The message of the apostles was a message of repentance. (Acts 2:36-38; Acts3:19) The fact of it is seen in the letters written to New Testament churches. Paul said to the Thessalonians, “Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God”(1 Thessalonians 1:9) After speaking of the many sins of the Corinthians’ past, Paul said, “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God”(I Corinthians 6:11) “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.” (Acts3:19) If you would like to change your life for the better, putting off sin, and following Jesus, we would love to study the word of God with you.

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3 more sue Baylor over allegations WACO, Texas (AP) â€” Three more women have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University, claiming the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted. The Baptist school in Waco, Texas has come under intense criticism for mishandling allegations of sexual assault over several years, including cases involving football players. University president and chancellor Ken Starr was demoted and head football coach Art Briles was fired. The women, all listed as â€œJane Doe,â€? say they were attacked in university housing in 2004, 2012 and 2014. None of the alleged assailants are identified, but the woman in the 2014 case alleges the attacker was a football player. Baylor officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Russians accused of obstruction The World Anti-Doping Agency alleged Wednesday that Russian athletes and government agencies continued to obstruct and deceive drug testers, even as Russia tries to regain its place in Olympic track and field. In a report published two days before a key vote on whether to readmit Russiaâ€™s track team for the Rio Olympics, WADA said testers have been intimidated by officials from Russiaâ€™s FSB security service and that packages containing samples have been tampered with by Russian customs services. Athletes have repeatedly provided false information about their whereabouts and evaded drug testers at competitions, WADA said. In one case, an unnamed athlete in track and field attempted to give a fake urine sample using â€œa container inserted inside her bodyâ€? but was discovered and tested positive when her real urine was examined. WADA also says it received reports that athletes were â€œfreely visitingâ€? a â€œlaboratory

... with centrifuge and other analytical equipmentâ€? during a Russian national wrestling championship. WADA last year claimed secret laboratories could have been used in Russia to screen doped athletes who would fail independent tests, so they could then be kept away from drug testers and avoid bans. Seven months on from a damning WADA commission report which alleged widespread state-sponsored doping in track and field, the Russian government has admitted failings by its athletes and sports officials, but continues to strenuously deny there has been any state backing for dopers.

Police: Gun rigged for fast firing LOS ANGELES â€” An Indiana man who said he was headed to a gay pride event in California had a loaded assault rifle with magazines rigged to allow 60 shots to be fired in quick succession, plus 15 pounds of chemicals mixed and ready to explode, authorities said. James Wesley Howell, 20, also had two other loaded rifles, ammunition, a stun gun, a buck knife and a security badge when he was arrested in Santa Monica early Sunday, hours after an attack at a gay nightclub in Florida left 49 people dead, police said. The timing led to increased security at the LA Pride event in West Hollywood, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people. Authorities have not disclosed evidence that Howell planned violence at the event. Alone, each item found in the car might not indicate anything sinister, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz said at Howellâ€™s first court appearance Tuesday. But together, they â€œjust donâ€™t pass the common sense test.â€? â€œI cannot in good conscience think of any reasonable reason that somebody would be traveling across the country with all of these things,â€? he said, setting bail at $2 million. Howell pleaded not guilty to three felony

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weapons and ammunition charges. He has told police he recently drove from Indiana to Los Angeles because of pending charges against him in his home state. Friends in Indiana described Howell as a gun enthusiast with a short temper. In October, he twice was accused of pulling a gun and making threats, once against his then-boyfriend and once against a neighbor. Howell was convicted in April of misdemeanor intimidation for the incident with his neighbor. Under the terms of his probation, Howell was not allowed to have weapons or leave Indiana. When he was picked up in Santa Monica, there was an assault rifle in his carâ€™s passenger seat and 15 pounds of â€œShoc-Shot,â€? two chemicals that explode when mixed and shot.

Frustrated senator begins filibuster WASHINGTON â€” A Democratic senator launched a filibuster Wednesday to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said he would remain on the Senate floor â€œuntil we get some signal, some sign that we can come together,â€? as he also evoked the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012. His plea came as presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would meet with the National Rifle Association about the terror watch list and gun purchases. â€œFor those of us that represent Connecticut, the failure of this body to do anything, anything at all in the face of that continued slaughter isnâ€™t just painful to us, itâ€™s unconscionable,â€? Murphy said. Twenty children and six educators died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Murphy said he cannot look into the eyes of those childrenâ€™s relatives and tell them that Congress has done nothing since.

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Ex-colleagues get education contracts JACKSON â€” A newspaper reports that Mississippiâ€™s education department has more than $600,000 worth of contracts with two of the superintendentâ€™s former co-workers and affiliated companies, and some appear to duplicate each other. Superintendent Carey Wright tells The ClarionLedger that the department needed urgent, major work in information technology, and she hired companies with expertise in evaluating, organizing and modernizing such operations. The newspaper says the contracts went to John Porter and Elton Stokes Jr., and companies they had ties with. Porter is now the departmentâ€™s chief information officer. The Clarion-Ledger reports that both men and the companies declined comment. Wrightâ€™s comment was in a written statement to the newspaper.

New hourly pay for Jackson deputies PASCAGOULA â€” Deputies at the Jackson County Sheriffâ€™s Department are getting a pay raise. County supervisors this month approved new hourly pay for 19 full-time deputies and 11 part-time deputies. The department says the new rate puts everyone at $17 per hour, which becomes the new minimum for all deputies hired. Sheriff Mike Ezell tells WLOX-TV that the new rate is comparable to other law enforcement agencies in the region. Ezell says $116,000 will be moved from the departmentâ€™s fuel budget to the personal services budget to pay for the raises. The department is also getting rid of more than 60 police cars, reducing gas and implementing more selective hiring.

been busy touring ever since. The Sun Herald reports he will be in Long Beach on Saturday to play a free concert at On A Roll Sushi from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the restaurantâ€™s patio. Fans are invited to bring lawn chairs and set up in the parking lot of the barber shop next door. Whitney Sartin, who owns the restaurant, and her father, Craig Sartin of Sartinâ€™s Discount Drugs, took advantage of a family connection to bring Wakefieldâ€™s bluegrass sound to the Coast. Wakefield will be doing a meet and greet about 6 p.m. before the show. Sartin also plans to raffle off a signed guitar from Wakefield, as well as some other items. And Wild at Heart Rescue will offer photos with a boa constrictor for $5 that will help the rescue organizations.

250 gallons of diesel spilled in harbor GULFPORT â€” The Coast Guard says crews are working to contain a diesel spill in the Gulfport Harbor. In a news release, the Coast Guard says about 250 gallons apparently spilled during a fuel transfer about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Several agencies also responded to the spill including the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Oil Response Company. The Coast Guard says 1,000 feet of containment boom has been place around the diesel and the spill is under investigation.

Woman admits she knew about trafficking GULFPORT â€” An Oklahoma woman has admitted she knew she was riding along on a trip to deliver 12 kilos of crystal meth to Mississippi. Court documents say 20-year-old Nancy Lizbeth Ramirez, of Tulsa, was a passenger in one of two vehicles that delivered the meth on Feb. 27 to Gulfport. Twelve kilos is about 26.5 pounds. The Sun Herald reports Ramirez accepted a plea agreement Tuesday on a charge of misprision of a felony. The charge, in this case, means she was aware of drug-trafficking and didnâ€™t notify authorities.

Development deals receive tax breaks BILOXI â€” On the day Harrison County supervisors OKâ€™d tax breaks for a $450 million project at the state port, it also approved breaks for smaller projects. Metadyne Gulfport will be exempt from personal-property taxes, about $14,000 a year, for five years. Metadyne makes carbide bits for the mining, construction and other industries. Supervisor Marlin Ladner said Tuesday the company also received a $55,000 grant from the state, something he said he wished the county could take into consideration. Harrison County Development Commission Executive Director Bill Hessell tells The Sun Herald Gulf Coast Shipyard Group will be exempt from 85 percent of its personal-property taxes.

â€˜Voiceâ€™ runner-up to visit Long Beach BILOXI â€” â€œThe Voiceâ€? runner-up Adam Wakefield is coming to Mississippi. Wakefield finished second to Alisan Porter on Season 10 of the singing competition and has

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