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Lottery study group visits Arkansas BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

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State Rep. Nick Bain spent a day last week learning the do’s and don’t’s of setting up and operating a state lottery. As a member of the Mississippi House Lottery Study Working Group, Bain and several other group members visited with staﬀ at the Ar-

kansas Scholarship Lottery in Little Rock. The group is tasked by the governor with a fact-finding mission on various aspects of lotteries. “The Arkansas trip was very informative,” said Bain. Not having a mandate in place caused some concern for the Corinth native. “Because they have no mandate,

Arkansas only puts 20 percent into their scholarship fund, while the remaining 80 percent goes to administration, consultants and winnings,” said Bain. “Louisiana is one of the states with a oﬃcial mandate in place. They are required to set aside 35 percent to education.” According to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery website, since 2009

the lottery has provided nearly $700 million for in-state college scholarships to Arkansas students, more than $2 million in prizes to players and more than $189 million in commissions to Lottery retailers. “I’ve always said, you can’t trust politicians with money, so if a MisPlease see LOTTERY | 3A

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“He had been known to frequent that area and they were just watching for him.” John Daugherty Tishomingo County sheriff

Local man wanted in robbery at gunpoint

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Sales tax and tourism tax results continue to hover around a flat trajectory as the fiscal year heads into the final quarter. Sales tax diversions returned to cities at mid-June trended downward statewide, including Corinth. The city’s diversion of $515,366.88 is down by 5.1 percent, or about $27,000, from a year earlier. The latest diversion reflects sales activity that occurred in April. Among a dozen area municipalities, only a couple of smaller ones — Kossuth and Tishomingo — posted positive growth for the month. Corinth’s year-to-date sales tax total, at $4.654 million, is down by 1.8 percent from the same point a year ago. Diversions statewide fell by 3.5 percent for the month compared to a year ago. The tourism tax on prepared food and lodging generated $111,588.23, down 4.5 percent, or about $5,000, from a year ago. For the fiscal year to date, it is down by about a quarter of a percentage point. Please see TAX | 5A

Eleven legislators were in Tishomingo County recently on an annual bipartisan fishing trip. The two-day retreat gave lawmakers from across the state an opportunity to visit northeast Mississippi.

BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Legislators show off Crossroads area BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

What began as an single fishing outing on Pickwick Lake about five years ago has turned into an annual bipartisan tradition for legislators from around the state. Headed up by Iuka native Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter, 11 legislators took part in the two-day excursion of Tishomingo County and J.P. Coleman Park earlier this month. According to Rep. Nick

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A Glen man wanted in connection with an armed robbery and other felony charges in Lee County was arrested in Burnsville on Friday. The suspect, identified by the Lee County Sheriﬀ’s DeJohnson partment as David Todd Johnson, 48, was wanted for armed robbery, kidnapping, burglary of a dwelling and felony taking of a vehicle.

“Our corner of the state offers so much beauty, and I’m so thankful a event like this is available that gives representatives and senators from all over the state a chance to see what we see everyday. This year, we actually had two legislators who had never been north of Oxford ... needless to say, they were very impressed by the rest of the state.” Nick Bain State representative

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Community needs fundraising ‘FUEL’ for programs BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

KOSSUTH — Money is the fuel needed to power FUEL. Kossuth Methodist Church will be launching the Operation Back To School in July, and the after school FUEL (Forever, Unending, Eternal Love) program to help area children. These programs are free, but they need money to “fuel” these programs. Kossuth Methodist Church is hosting a community-wide yard

sale and craft fair on Saturday, July 15, beginning at 7 a.m., in the shaded area outside the Christian Life Center in Kossuth. All proceeds for the event will benefit the Operation Back To School and FUEL after school program for area children. Fun things to do during the event are shopping and enjoying the craft fair. Event organizers will begin selling fresh vegetable plate lunches, hamburgers and hotdogs beginning

around 11 a.m. There will also be a 5K run. There is a $25 registration fee for the 5K, which includes a tee-shirt. The children can enjoy inflatables, face painting, a volleyball game and there will be free entertainment for everyone. Event organizer Anthia Follin-King said the money raised will be a big help toward Operation Back to School, which will take place the next Saturday, July 22. Operation Back

to School provides school backpacks stuﬀed with grade-appropriate supplies. There are also food boxes packed for families of two, four or six. Beginning the fall, there will be the FUEL after school program. Held in the Christian Life Center at Kossuth United Methodist Church, the program begins at 3 p.m. every Wednesday during the school year. The after-school program provides a hot meal, school supplies, one-on-one reading,

structured Christian music and play time for its young participants. Founded in 2008, FUEL is a local missionary program provided by the church and caring individuals throughout the area. It is one of several programs provided by the Kossuth church. (For more information contact Anthia Follin-King at 731614-6513 or Ronnie and Polly Jones at 662-415-7463.)

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Local man is West Point grad WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadet Austin Robert Martin, son of Mary Martin of Corinth, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday, May 27. Martin graduated from Corinth High School in 2013. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in Economics. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Ordnance branch and will report to Fort Stewart, Ga., for his first assignment. The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an oﬃcer in the United States Army. The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as

Austin Robert Martin America’s first college of engineering and continues today as the world’s premier leader-development institution, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant--to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each grad-

uate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an oﬃcer in the U.S. Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.

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Bain of Corinth, the retreat gives local representatives an opportunity to show off the region they call home. “Our corner of the state offers so much beauty, and I’m so thankful a event like this is available that gives representatives and senators from all over the state a chance to see what we see everyday,” said Bain. “This year, we actually had two legislators who had never been north of Oxford ... needless to say, they were very impressed by the rest of the state.” Carpenter said the retreat has acted as a gateway for many legislators who often return to the area on vacation with their family. “We love showing off our home and encourage our fellow lawmakers to return to visit the area,” he said. “While we often have legislators who have never visited our region attend the retreat, we

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TVA lowering Pickwick lake levels For the Daily Corinthian

Today is Sunday, June 25, the 176th day of 2017. There are 189 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On June 25, 1967, the Beatles performed their new song “All You Need Is Love” during the closing segment of “Our World,” the first-ever live international telecast which was carried by satellite from 14 countries.

On this date In 1530, the Augsburg Confession, a statement outlining the articles of faith of the Lutheran Church, was presented to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. In 1867, barbed wire was patented by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio. In 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana. In 1910, President William Howard Taft signed the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes. In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted. In 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published. In 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up. In 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that male-only draft registration was constitutional. In 1997, oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau died in Paris at age 87. In 2009, death claimed Michael Jackson in Los Angeles at age 50 and actress Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62.

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PICKWICK, Tenn. — To help minimize flooding due to Tropical Storm Cindy, the Tennessee Valley Authority will be lowering some lake levels to create additional water storage capacity. Nine TVA lakes will be lowered, including Pickwick. Forecasts predicted five to six inches of rain moving into the Tennessee Valley region over three days through Saturday. Normal rainfall for the entire month of June is usually about four inches. “We are taking proactive steps to prepare for this coming rain event by lowering lake levels where we have the ability

to create additional storage for the rain we expect to receive,” said James Everett, manager of River Forecasting Center Operations Support. “Our team will be closely tracking this system and continuously receiving up-to- the-minute information about rainfall and lake levels. This data will be used to model various scenarios and help us minimize flood damage along TVA’s entire system of dams and reservoirs.” With Tennessee River lake levels dropping over the next few days, property owners should take appropriate measures to protect boats and other property that may be impacted by the

drawdown. When TVA begins moving more water through its dams it will cause faster-thannormal river flows and excess debris. Extra caution should be taken in all river traﬃc and lake recreation. Reservoir levels could also rise quickly once the rainfall accumulates into the rivers, creeks and streams that flow into the reservoirs. TVA began to drawn down lake levels on Monday by releasing water through hydro turbines to generate electricity. If necessary, TVA will supplement turbine releases by spilling or sluicing excess water to further lower lake levels. Lakes located on Tennessee

River tributaries will remain near current levels and only minimum flows will be released. Tributary lakes may experience spikes in water levels depending on the amount of rainfall and runoﬀ received from the storm. TVA manages its 49 dams, including nine dams on the main stem of the Tennessee River and 10 major tributary dams, to regulate the amount of water stored behind the dams upstream to help control flooding downstream. Power generated at Pickwick Landing Dam provides electricity in Hardin and McNairy counties in Tennessee and Tishomingo County.

Local student selected for Governor’s School For the Daily Corinthian

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Ainsley Renfrow was selected to participate in the 2017 session of the Mississippi Governor’s School held from Sunday, June 4 through Friday, June 23. The Governor’s School is a residential honors program established in 1981 by former Governor William F. Winter at Mississippi University for Women. The Governor’s School is designed to provide academic, creative and leadership experiences for a limited number of rising high school juniors and seniors who have demonstrated exceptional ability and achievement in their studies and who show high intellectual, creative and leadership potential.

Ainsley Renfrow is the daughter of Ron Renfrow and Shanna Renfrow of Corinth. She just completed the 11th grade at Kossuth High School where she received the following awards and/or community activities: High School Cheerleader — Three years, state champion and a fourth place title, a nominee for National Cheerleading Association All-American.FFA Member — three years, State Champion in Parliamentary Procedures, third place prepared speech, served as reporter her 10th grade year and was also on the opening and closing team.FBLA Member — three years, first place at district in Intro to Parliamentary Procedure, second place at state in Intro to

Business Presentation and first place in Website Design.HOSA — one year, with a title in Dental Terminology.National Society of High School Scholars —twoyear member.Blue Heat All-Star Cheer — three-year member, honored with multiple awards. Student Government Association — two-year member, where she has served as president of her junior and senior class.Junior Leadership Alcorn — selected her junior year to serve. Participated in the county and city Health Fair.Modern Woodmen Service Club — three-year member.In her career, she plans to pursue a Physiological Science degree. After obtaining her Bachelor’s Degree, she plans to apply to dental school.

Pre-teen to compete in state pageant A local pre-teen is set to compete in the Little Miss and Mister Magnolia State pageant in Vicksburg this July. Kaylee Faith Joslin will represent the Pre-teen Miss Alcorn County in the pageant. The 10-year-old is also the current Junior Miss Corinth 2017.

Kaylee attends Alcorn Central Elementary School and will start fifth grade this fall. She is the daughter of Jedediah Joslin of Hamilton and Amy Wallace of Corinth. Her grandparents are the late Danny Joslin and Hilda Joslin of Corinth, and Steve and Gina Wallace of Corinth. Kaylee loves basketball,

Kaylee Faith Joslin of Corinth will compete in the Little Miss and Mister Magnolia State pageant in Vicksburg this July.

playing piano and singing. She recently attended the 2017 Mississippi State Women’s Basketball Camp in Starkville. All of her family is very proud of her accomplishments. She is also an all “A” student. When asked, she said she plans to one day become a veterinarian.

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sissippi lottery happens, I believe a mandate on how the income is spent is a must,” said Bain. Arkansas lottery staff recommended a two-year start date. “Arkansas had one of the quickest start dates of any lottery in the country,” said Bain. “It was only 11 months between the time the lottery vote was passed to the time when the first scratch-oﬀ ticket was sold. They

said that caused a lot of unforeseen issues.” The Arkansas meeting, however, did not change Bain’s position on a Mississippi lottery. “Other than handing out scholarships, Arkansas said they could not determine any other benefit from having a lottery. They could not say the lottery was making people’s quality of life any better,” added Bain. “They seem more concerned with making more money then in improving lives. “I don’t think government

should be in the money making business. We should be concerned with making people’s lives better.” Bain said good things are happening in Arkansas with the lottery, but he said there are still a lot of gray areas. “We are talking about creating a new state agency that is going to take a whole lot of money to run and the net gain on it may not be worth it,” he said. “But that is something we are still trying to figure out.” In addition to Arkansas,

members of the group also visited Louisiana’s lottery commission last week. The group plans to study the 44 states with lotteries and the types of games oﬀered and consider the pros and cons of joining the Multi-State Lottery Association. In addition to Mississippi, only Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah do not have state-run lotteries. Findings will be presented in fall, but the group will not make a recommendation.

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We must return to decency BY REP. JAY HUGHES House District 12

On June 9, 1954, Sen. Joe McCarthy’s constant personal attacks and character assassination of many good Americans was brought to a screeching halt when Mr. Joseph Welch asked him a single question: Have you left no sense of decency? Unfortunately, the tactics used by McCarthy in the 1950’s have come roaring back in 2017, by both sides. The Internet, cable TV, and talk radio, in an effort to sell ads and increase profits, have unleashed a similar pattern of personal attacks and character assassination. This has led to keyboard cowboys and call-in guests on radio shows who will say anything, no matter how untrue and hurtful, to argue that those who do not agree with everything that they believe are the enemy. We have begun to type and say things online and on air that we would never say to another person’s face, or to someone at work or church. So I ask, just as Mr. Welch asked Sen. McCarthy, Have we left no sense of decency? As a husband, father, neighbor, legislator, American and proud Mississippian, I wish for a return to civility. It requires both sharing and listening. So I would begin this civil journey by sharing what I believe is best for our beloved State of Mississippi instead of relying on personal attacks, or hollow party sound bites. These beliefs guides my votes: Foremost, the future of Mississippi definitely starts with a great education for all of our children, equally, and that a quality public school system is the biggest economic driver of any state. When we embrace that reality, Mississippi will move up from last place in all categories. I believe it is far cheaper to educate a child for 13 years from K-12 than it is to pay for the incarceration of an adult for 20 or 30 years. I believe Mississippi has great potential to be amazing in public education. However, we must understand that being 50th is what happens when we pay our teachers less than 48 other states, and spend less per student than 46 other states. I believe that critical government services, such as mental health, public health, public safety, and roads and bridges are tremendous benefits to society and should be fully funded before we give tax cuts to foreign corporations and large campaign donors. I believe that every law we pass should embrace that all men and women are created equal. Period. I believe that the people and local businesses are far more important to the function of Mississippi government than political parties, foreign corporations, and political action committees. I believe that no child gets to pick its parents, zip code, or their mental or physical health. I believe our elected officials should be true public servants and 100% transparent at all times. There should be no room in our government for self-serving politicians who put themselves before the people. It is wrong that the highest campaign donors control our state government. Public service should never be for private gain. I believe we must live within our means. But I also believe we must stop giving away our means to the highest campaign contributors and then shifting the tax burden to the poor and working class. I believe in being fiscally responsible instead of fiscally conservative. Fiscally responsible means spending all money efficiently. Fiscally conservative means spending on programs you like. I know that many of you reading this agree with me, regardless of political party affiliation, or whether you are from the Coast, Hills, Delta, Pine Belt or Jackson area. Let’s remember that there is far more that unites us than divides us. Let’s begin to focus on common bonds and goals, instead of tearing down our fellow Mississippians. My simple hope is that we return to a sense of common decency and treat everyone with basic respect, even those with whom we disagree. Now I’m ready to listen.

Prayer For Today Almighty God, thy power is so great I cannot express it; help me to comprehend the meaning of it, that I may feel more profoundly thy expectations of my life. May I remember that to forget that life is eternal may make me to lose all it has grown. Amen.

A Verse To Share But those who hope in the LORDwill renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. — Isaiah 40:31

We have met the enemy “Hello, darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again...” — Paul Simon BY RAY MOSBY Columnist

ROLLING FORK — I sometimes think the best metaphor for contemporary America is two neighbors, perpetually and with increasing anger and invective, arguing across a fence about property lines. Or at least, that’s what started the argument, now all that matters is that we can’t abide the guy next door. What maybe never was (but made us feel good thinking it was) Reagan’s shining city on a hill is, seemingly by the day, becoming the clustered darkness of a cave into which we have retreated for….now, what was it, exactly? Americans are at war with themselves, divided along what would be all too easy to perceive as political lines, and while politics may well have started it, like our feuding neighbors, over time has become much more elemental than that. Pick your word — I’ve used a lot — balkanized, polarized, tribal. America is politically divided today more than it has been at any time post Civil War, but I think it wrong to ascribe that division to things like

party policy or philosophy or even ideology. To the great American equation of representative democracy we have added another element that has become catalytically destabilizing — identity politics and the anger which it inevitably engenders. This country has been divided, deeply divided before along policy and philosophical lines. In the run-up to World War II there was the fierce debate over intervention and isolationism until Pearl Harbor rendered it moot. And during the Cold War with both the United States and Soviet Union rattling their respective nuclear weapon-backed swords, emerged the dueling slogans of “I’d rather be dead than Red” and “I’d rather be Red than dead” with the threatening images of radioactive clouds hovering over both until capitalism buried communism beneath the burden of its own weight. But those fights were not like today. Today we don’t fight over what we are for or against, today we fight over who we are and we do so on the battlefields of race and gender and religion and class. We don’t want to defeat those we disagree with, we want to slay them for the evil they represent within the unspoken demand that is common to every crusade. There’s no policy or phil-

osophical diﬀerence to be split between “We want our country back” and “Make America great again,” but they both could form choruses in the cultural battle cry for rural America’s noncollege educated, “God fearing,” economically frustrated “real Americans” in their on-going conflict against the urban, white-collared, coastal “elites,” who represent everything the other half despises. As I have said for lo, these many years, there exists in this country an ever-flickering pilot light of hatred which has for decades now been fed fuel from 24-hour “news” channels and talkradio and far too many pulpits and the only slightly veiled racist populism of political con artists to the point of now blazing out of control and threatening to consume this “one nation, under God, indivisible” United States of ours. Doubt that, do you? Just listen to what people are saying to each other. Listen to what they are saying to you. Listen to what you say back to them. Check out Twitter and Facebook (I’d advise against lingering too long.) to see the way that 2017 Americans talk not to, but at one another. Pay close attention to how quickly any semblance of civility devolves into a coarseness of language that fairly drips

with undiluted venom. Words matter, people. Words fuel the pilot light of the hatred now splitting us into our respective warring camps. Words can even be the driving force that makes a deeply troubled fellow leave his home and live out of a van for months waiting for just the right day to start shooting people on a baseball field, pausing just long enough to determine if his targets were Republicans or Democrats. Every word that’s said, everything that happens, we now immediately interpret through the filters of our cultural partisanship, creating a no-man’s land of truths and lies which combine into some toxic mix destined to spread within the respective echo chambers of our lives. We’ve built the most powerful military in the world to defend ourselves against “enemies foreign,” but only an olive branch, mutually extended and accepted, can defend us from ourselves. But first we must stop hating. And how do we do that when like Paul Simon’s punch-drunk “Boxer,” America today is “all lies and jest,” in which “a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest?” Ray Mosby is editor and publisher of The Deer Creek Pilot in Rolling Fork.

The Pelosi era is passing In the first round of the special election for the House seat in Georgia’s Sixth District, 30-year-old Jon Ossoff swept 48 percent. He more than doubled the vote of his closest GOP rival, Karen Handel. A Peach State pickup for the Democrats and a huge humiliation for President Trump seemed at hand. But in Tuesday’s final round, Ossoff, after the most costly House race in history, got 48 percent again, and lost. If Democratic donors are grabbing pitchforks, who can blame them? And what was Karen Handel’s cutting issue? Ossoff lived two miles outside the district and represented the values of the Democratic minority leader, whom he would vote to make the speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco. The Pelosi factor has been a drag on Democrats in all four of the special elections the party has lost since Trump’s November triumph. Prediction: Democrats will not go into the 2018 Congressional elections with San Fran Nan as the party’s face and future. No way. As President Kennedy said, “Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.” Post-Trump, it is hard to see Republicans returning

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to NAFTAGATT freetrade globalism, open borders, mass immigration or Bushite Patrick crusades for Buchanan democracy. A cold realColumnist ism about America’s limited power and potential to change the world has settled in. And just as Trump put Bush-Romney Republicanism into the dumpster in the 2016 primaries, Hillary Clinton’s defeat, followed by losses in four straight special elections, portend a passing of the guard in the Democratic Party. So where is the party going? Clearly, the energy and fire are on the Bernie SandersElizabeth Warren left. Moreover, the crudity of party chair Tom Perez’s attacks on Trump and the GOP, being echoed now by Democratic members of Congress, suggest that the new stridency to rally the angry left is gaining converts. Same-sex marriage, abortion rights, sanctuary cities, Black Lives Matter, racist cops, La Raza, bathroom rights, tearing down Confederate statues, renaming streets, buildings and bridg-

es to remove any association with slave-owners or segregationists, putting sacred tribal lands ahead of pipelines, and erasing the name of the Washington Redskins. The Democrats’ economic agenda? Free tuition for college kids, forgiveness of student loan debt, sticking it to Wall Street and the 1 percent, and bailing out Puerto Rico. And impeachment — though a yearlong FBI investigation has failed to find any Trump-Kremlin collusion to dethrone Debbie Wasserman Schultz or expose the debate-question shenanigans of Donna Brazile. And where are the Democratic successes since Obamacare? Jeremy Corbyn, a Bernie Sanders radical socialist, led his party to major gains in the recent parliamentary elections, as Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May saw her majority wiped out and faces the same seditionist grumbling as Nancy Pelosi. Western elites are celebrating the victory of Emmanuel Macron, the “youngest French President since Napoleon,” who defeated Marine Le Pen by a ratio of almost 2-to-1 and whose new party, En Marche! For the first time in the history of De Gaulle’s Fifth Republic, neither the center-

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left Socialists nor centerright Republicans, the parties that have ruled France for 60 years, made it into the finals in a presidential election. And while the first round of that election saw the ruling Socialist Party’s candidate run fifth, with 6 percent, the votes of the rightist Le Pen and far left-Communist Jean-Luc Melenchon together topped 40 percent. It is the flanks of European politics that seem still to be hard and growing, and the center that seems shaky and imperiled. Moreover, Macron faces daunting problems. Unemployment is nearly 10 percent, with youth unemployment twice that. Terrorist attacks from within Muslim communities continue to rise, as do the number of boats of Third Worlders migrating from across the Med. Can anyone believe that, as these trends continue, Europeans will continue to back centrist policies and moderate politicians to deal with them? Dream on. That is not the history of Europe. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of a new book, “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”

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Deaths Margaret Jobe

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Margaret Jobe, 70, is set for 1 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation is Monday from 12 noon until the service. Mrs. Jobe died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She Jobe was born in Corinth on August 16, 1946, to the late Milton Vance and Margaret Louetta Mullins Morton. She was a graduate of Biggersville High School and worked many years for Corinth Machinery and ITT in the accounting departments. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and enjoyed shopping, (some) cooking and watching a variety of sports, especially basketball. But, most of all, “Munny,” as she was known by her granddaughters, cherished spending time with her loved ones, including those with paws and fur. She was a sweet, generous soul with a quick-

witted sense of humor. She was a brave, determined fighter who had the ability to make those around her laugh while she courageously battled a long-term illness. She was, and will continue to be, an inspiration to all who knew her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothersin-law, Gene Jobe and Wayne Mills. Survivors are her husband of 52 years, Larry Jobe; daughters Rhonda Jobe Harris (Steve) and Jenny Jobe Demilio (Peter); two grandchildren, Margaret Ella and Lily Joyce Demilio; a sister, Sherry Morton Perkins (Steve); sisters-in-law Carolyn Mills and Gale Jobe; brothers-inlaw Wayne Jobe (Angela), James Jobe (Donna) and Steve Jobe; and nieces and nephews Lisa Walker, Mark Mills, Stephanie Sheets, Christy Brantley, Julie Robinette, Emily Stewart, Dow Perkins (Marlee) and Sydney Jobe. She also leaves behind a host of other family and dear friends. Bro. Frank Wilson will oﬃciate the service. Online guestbook: memorialcorinth.com

Delilah Hurd

BOONEVILLE — Delilah Hurd, 38, died Friday, June 23, 2017, after a sudden illness. Grayson Funeral Services of Corinth will have the arrangements.

Barry Warren

Barry Gene Warren, 55, of Corinth, died Friday, June 23, 2017, at his home. Patterson Memorial Chapel will have the arrangements.

Betty Barnes

IUKA — Funeral services for Betty Jean Barnes, 68, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial at Antioch Cemetery. Visitation is from 12 noon until the service. Ms. Barnes died Friday, June 24, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She taught Sunday school for many years and was a member of Antioch Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include her sister, Marie Floyd (William); her brother, Edward Barnes; nephews Andy Floyd (Pat) and Chris Barnes; and a niece, Cyndi Barnes. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Evie Barnes. Bro. Mike Edwards and Bro. Acey Floyd will oﬃciate the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International or a charity of choice.

Ira Bryant Sr.

RIPLEY — Funeral services for Ira Thomas Bryant Sr., 68, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at McBride Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Weir’s Chapel Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 5 until 8 p.m. Mr. Bryant died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born July 25, 1948, he worked for Knight Tires for more than 10 years and Firestone for 27 years. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Lee Carr Bryant of Ripley; a son, Ira Bryant of Ripley; five brothers, Jimmy Bryant of Corinth, Robert Bryant (Pam), Frank Bryant (Joyce), Roger Bryant (Annette) and Mike Bryant (Kathy), all of Ripley; four sisters, Betty Wheatley of Wheeler, Peggy Wilson (Ronnie) of Blue Mountain, Martha Crum (Adam) of New Albany and Kathy Pannell (Ricky) of Ripley; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mack Bryant and Francis Windham Bryant; one brother, Jerry Bryant; and a sister, Katie Rutherford. Bro. Doc Shelton will oﬃciate the service.

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JACKSON — Mississippi’s largest community college has been put on warning by its accrediting body, which cited financial problems and other issues. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, in a statement Friday, said that Hinds Community College was sanctioned because it’s violating accrediting rules related to a sound financial base and stability, as well as the eﬀectiveness of its educational programs. Academic accreditation is supposed to be a guarantee of basic quality, and it’s required for students to receive federal financial aid. A warning is the lowest public level of sanction. Hinds has a year until its next review to demonstrate improvements, and remains accredited in the meantime. At that time, Hinds could be cleared, kept on warning, placed on the more serious sanction of probation or see its accreditation revoked. Few colleges ever lose accreditation. “The commission’s decision to issue this warning to the institution has no bearing on our daily operations; it will not aﬀect federal funding, including financial aid available to students,” Hinds President Clyde Muse said in a statement. Muse blamed the financial findings on state budget cuts. Statewide, com-

munity colleges started the current budget with $265 million in state funding, but a series of cuts will start next year in July with $237 million. Muse said Hinds will have $4.4 million less next year. Combined with declining enrollment, he said that means the college has been spending its savings in the last couple of years. Muse said that in the upcoming budget, all departments were required to cut their budget by 6 percent. He said the college is trimming employees through attrition, increasing minimum class sizes, reducing spending on adjunct instructors and limiting travel. Hinds also raised tuition by 8.5 percent, raised the cost of meal plans and increased fees. Spokeswoman Cathy Hayden said she didn’t know the basis for the institutional eﬀectiveness finding. That relates to whether Hinds is identifying expected academic outcomes, measuring achievement, and showing that it’s improving student learning and its overall academic program. The 11,500-student community college, which serves Hinds, Rankin, Warren and Claiborne counties, was being considered for a normal 10-year reaccreditation. Muse said Hinds had met with commission oﬃcials in September and submitted more information in February.

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He was on probation with the Mississippi Department of Corrections and had left a rehabilitation center in Monroe County before allegedly stealing a vehicle. He was held by the Burnsville Police Department following a traffic stop and arrest. “He had been known to frequent that area

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WASHINGTON — Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party’s banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama’s health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard. Echoing the other four, Heller said he opposes the measure “in this form” but does not rule out backing a version that is changed to his liking. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said he’s willing to alter the measure to attract support, and next week promises plenty of back-room bargaining as he tries pushing a final package through his

Family remembers mother killed Associated Press

SEATTLE — Charleena Lyles loved to sing and dance. She adored her four children. She always smiled, even when facing obstacles. Friends and family members say the 30-year-old pregnant woman shot and killed by police this week was so much more than authorities’ account of an unstable person who confronted two officers with kitchen knives and had previous run-ins with the law. The Seattle woman was kind and caring,

TAX and they were just watching for him,” said Tishomingo County Sheriﬀ John Daugherty. Johnson has a County Road 239 address in Alcorn County. Law enforcement was looking for him in a stolen 1999 Ford Ranger pickup with a disabled tag. He had last been seen in southern Lee County and was considered to be armed and dangerous.

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In other special taxes from the region, Tishomingo County tourism collected $1,585, oﬀ slightly from $1,732 a year earlier, and Ripley tourism collected $26,271, down from $28,940 a year ago. Other sales tax results from the region: • Booneville — $157,105.68 (-8%) • Burnsville — $14,249.31 (-10%) • Farmington —

chamber. Nonetheless, Heller’s announcement underscores the scant margin of error Republican leaders must deal with. Facing unanimous Democratic opposition, McConnell can aﬀord to lose just two of the 52 GOP senators and still prevail. Besides the five who’ve announced outright opposition, several other GOP senators — conservatives and moderates — have declined to commit to the new overhaul. The measure resembles legislation the House approved last month that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Oﬃce said would mean 23 million additional uninsured people within a decade and that recent polling shows is viewed favorably by only around 1 in 4 Americans.

and “if you met her, you would be drawn in,” said her older sister, Monika Williams. “I don’t care what she was going through or what anybody was trying to bring on her, she would hit it with a smile,” Williams said. Authorities noted the shooting happened less than two weeks after Lyles threatened oﬃcers with long metal shears, and family members expressed concerns about her mental health after that incident. Lyles also was arrested in 2014 for assault.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW WEEKLY DOW JONES 144.71 -61.85 -57.11 -12.74

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85.30 78.65 68.20 62.15 65.57 69.15 73.42

+2.98 -.47 +1.43 +.60 +.15 +.05 -.20

72.65 68.97 67.02 67.02 67.49 67.92 65.97

+.77 -1.89 -2.34 -2.40 -2.40 -2.41 -2.61

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

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel 474.75 490 510.50 524.25 535 542.75 551.25

119.20 115.27 112.42 113.02 113.62 112.10 105.62

459.75 -5.50 473.50 -8 495.25 -7.50 511.75 -7 523.25 -7.25 528 -10 536.75 -12.50

73.40 71.20 70.20 70.00 70.16 70.44 ...

70.69 66.34 66.33 66.45 67.05 67.50 ...

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

Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl LB Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl LB Vanguard InsIdxIns LB Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv LB Vanguard TtInSIdxInv FB Vanguard InsIdxInsPlus LB Vanguard TtlSMIdxIns LB Fidelity Contrafund LG American Funds GrfAmrcA m LG Vanguard WlngtnAdmrl MA Vanguard TtInSIdxInsPlus FB Vanguard TtBMIdxAdmrl CI American Funds IncAmrcA m AL American Funds CptlIncBldrA m IH Fidelity 500IdxPremium LB Dodge & Cox Stk LV Dodge & Cox IntlStk FB American Funds InvCAmrcA m LB American Funds AmrcnBalA m MA Vanguard TtInSIdxAdmrl FB American Funds WAMtInvsA m LV American Funds CptWldGrIncA m WS PIMCO TtlRetIns CI American Funds FdmtlInvsA m LB Dodge & Cox Inc CI Vanguard InTrTEAdmrl MI Metropolitan West TtlRetBdI CI Franklin Templeton IncA m CA Vanguard PrmCpAdmrl LG DoubleLine TtlRetBdI CI Vanguard STInvmGrdAdmrl CS T. Rowe Price GrStk LG American Funds NwPrspctvA m WS Vanguard InsTtlSMIInPls LB Vanguard WlslyIncAdmrl CA PIMCO IncInstl MU Vanguard TtBMIdxIns CI Vanguard HCAdmrl SH Vanguard TrgtRtr2025Inv TG Vanguard MdCpIdxAdmrl MB

203,021 168,092 131,941 116,194 105,993 96,497 94,094 82,407 80,745 80,599 79,748 76,271 76,249 71,672 67,198 65,360 61,541 60,796 59,423 57,069 54,438 54,259 53,379 50,766 49,585 49,071 48,566 46,586 45,976 44,573 40,259 40,257 39,334 39,225 38,059 36,803 36,620 36,541 35,737 33,698

225.06 60.87 222.08 60.86 16.64 222.09 60.88 115.99 47.78 70.83 111.30 10.84 22.66 61.56 85.64 192.24 43.69 39.06 26.32 27.83 42.48 49.14 10.27 59.30 13.88 14.21 10.71 2.34 126.28 10.77 10.69 64.58 41.84 54.85 63.95 12.37 10.84 90.99 17.70 177.35

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt +1.8 +1.9 +1.8 +1.9 +0.4 +1.8 +1.9 +2.3 +1.8 +1.2 +0.4 +1.1 +1.0 +0.8 +1.8 +0.6 -0.6 +1.5 +1.2 +0.4 +1.1 +1.3 +1.1 +1.1 +0.7 +0.5 +0.8 -0.4 +3.9 +0.7 +0.3 +3.2 +2.3 +1.9 +1.5 +0.9 +1.1 +5.4 +1.2 +1.7

+17.8/B +15.2/A +18.1/B +15.2/A +17.8/B +15.2/A +18.0/B +15.0/B +15.2/B +8.2/D +17.8/B +15.2/A +18.1/B +15.2/A +22.7/B +15.2/B +20.8/C +16.3/A +12.3/A +10.8/A +15.3/B +8.3/C +1.4/D +2.3/D +10.0/D +9.9/C +7.6/D +8.2/B +17.8/B +15.2/A +24.4/A +16.8/A +21.8/A +10.7/A +15.2/D +14.6/B +10.9/B +11.1/A +15.3/B +8.2/C +14.8/C +13.8/B +15.8/C +11.8/B +3.6/A +2.9/B +18.5/B +15.5/A +4.1/A +3.6/A +0.8/A +3.1/B +1.7/D +3.6/A +12.1/A +7.5/A +29.3/A +19.4/A +2.6 +3.7 +1.8/B +2.2/A +28.2/A +16.9/A +19.8/A +13.5/A +18.1/B +15.2/A +6.5/D +7.5/A +9.9/A +8.3/A +1.4/D +2.3/D +13.7/E +19.4/C +11.4/B +9.7/B +15.8/B +15.4/A

NL 10,000 NL 10,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 3,000 NL200,000,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 50,000 NL100,000,000 NL 10,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 10,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 10,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 1,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 50,000 NL 3,000,000 4.25 1,000 NL 50,000 NL 100,000 NL 50,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL200,000,000 NL 50,000 NL 1,000,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 50,000 NL 1,000 NL 10,000

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, FB -Foreign Large Blend, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MI -Muni National Intermediate, TG -Target Date 2021-2025, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

Sparks CPA Firm ribbon cutting The Alliance recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Sparks CPA Firm in Corinth. Shareholders Dicky Sparks, CPA, and Heath Castile, CPA, are shown cutting the ribbon along with Brad Brawner, CPA, and Beth Cossitt, CPA. Also on hand to celebrate the opening were Mayor Tommy Irwin, other city and county officials and a host of friends and family. They are located at 515 E. Waldron Street, Corinth, 662-286-7082.

Mixing up investments key, but consolidate providers You have probably heard that diversification is a key to investment success. So, you might think that if diversifying your investments is a good idea, it might also be wise to diversify your investment providers – after all, aren’t two (or more) heads better than one? So, it clearly is a good idea to diversify your investment portfolio. Now, let’s move on to diversifying financial service providers. Why shouldn’t you have one IRA here and another one there, or enlist one advisor to help you with some types of investments and a diﬀerent advisor assisting you with others? Before we look at that issue, let’s consider the first half of the “diversification” question – namely, how does diversifying your investment portfolio help you? Actually, some good reasons exist to consider consolidating all your investment accounts with one provider. For one thing, you’ll keep better track of your assets. Many people do misplace or forget about some of their savings and investments, but this will be far less likely to happen to you if you hold all your accounts in one place. Consider the two broadest categories of investments: stocks and

bonds. Stock prices will move up and down in response to many different factors, including good or bad corporate earnings, corporate management issues, political developments and even natural disasters. Bond prices are not immune to these dynamics, but they are usually more strongly driven by changes in interest rates. To illustrate: If your existing bond pays 2 percent interest, and new bonds are being issued at 3 percent, the value of your bond will fall, because no one will pay you full price for it. (Of course, it may not matter to you anyway, especially if you planned to hold your bond until maturity, at which point you can expect to get your full investment back, providing the bond issuer doesn’t default.) Also, if you have accounts with several different financial service providers, you might be incurring a lot of paperwork – and many fees. You can cut down on clutter and expense by consolidating your accounts. Here’s the key point: Stocks and bonds often move in different directions. If you only own U.S. stocks, you could take a big hit during a market downturn, but if you own domestic and international stocks,

bonds, government securities, certificates of deposit and other types of investments, your portfolio may be better protected against market volatility, and you’ll have more opportunities for positive results. (Keep in mind, though, that even a diversified portfolio can’t prevent all losses or guarantee profits.) But most important, by placing all your accounts with a single provider, possibly under the supervision of a single financial advisor, you will find it much easier to follow a single, unified investment strategy, based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. You won’t get conflicting advice and you’ll receive clear guidance on important issues, such as the amounts you can afford to withdraw each year from your retirement accounts once you do retire. Diversification and consolidation – one is good for building an investment portfolio, while the other can help you invest more efficiently and effectively. Put the two concepts together, and make them work for you. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Chris Marshall of Corinth.

Record travel expected over holiday weekend Associated Press

DALLAS — Americans are expected to put down the TV remote and hit the road in record numbers for the July 4th weekend. Auto club AAA said Thursday that it expects 44.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home, a 2.9 percent increase over last year’s record for the holiday. The vast majority of those revelers will go by car. But airline travel over the holiday is also expected to rise for the eighth straight year. Travel industry oﬃcials expect domestic demand to remain strong, even while they worry that proposed travel bans and the prohibition on laptops in the cabins of some U.S.bound planes could hurt travel to the U.S. from

abroad. With July 4 falling on a Tuesday, some workers will get a four-day weekend, making a quick road trip even more inviting. Cheaper gasoline helps. Even though pump prices usually rise as summer begins, the national average for a gallon of regular was $2.28 on Wednesday — 4 cents lower than last year’s holiday weekend, and down more than 7 cents from a month ago. AAA forecasts that average airfares on the most popular domestic routes will be 10 percent lower and car rentals will be down 14 percent from last year’s holiday period, while hotel rooms will cost about the same. Bill Sutherland, a AAA senior vice president, said low unemployment, ris-

What’s important to you? Let’s talk. Eric M Rutledge, CFP®, AAMS® Financial Advisor

ing incomes and higher consumer confidence will boost travel, including for the Independence Day weekend. Last month, aviation trade group Airlines for America cited many of the same factors in predicting that a record 234 million Americans will fly between June 1 and Aug. 31. AAA predicted that 37.5 million Americans will drive to their July 4 getaway, a 2.9 percent increase, and more than 3.4 million will fly, a 4.6 percent jump. Still others will take trains or buses. The auto club defined

the four-day July 4th travel period as Friday through the Tuesday holiday, compared with a Thursday-through-Monday stretch last year.

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