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Forestry official: Minimal service changes agency will consolidate from seven districts to four, and about 75 positions are being eliminated across the state. But Alcorn County is retaining its equipment and firefighting personnel. “The only thing that will actually change is landowners in Alcorn County will have a dif-

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Despite a major reorganization following a reduction in funds, the Mississippi Forestry Commission says Alcorn County will see minimal changes to services, including the fighting of wildfires. Eﬀective July 1, the state

ferent phone number to call to get services that we provide,” said Russell Bozeman, assistant state forester, in a phone interview. “The public-facing component of that oﬃce is what’s closing. The oﬃce itself is not being shut down.” The areas of responsibility across the state are getting

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larger. Alcorn County, previously grouped with Tippah County, will instead be grouped with Tishomingo and Prentiss counties with one area forester. Alcorn County will be part of region 1 in the state’s northern tier. Bozeman believes there was some confusion among em-

ployees about how things would shake out in the reorganization process. “Because of the way we had to deliver the information using state personnel board rules and the processes we had to work through, way more people got Please see FORESTRY | 5

New law hits before 4th of July holiday BY JEBB JOHNSTON

“The new law also applies to unrestrained passengers riding in the cargo area of a pickup truck, which is not permitted.”

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Youngsters Wyatt Kassing (from left) of Mount Sterling, Ill., Izzy Peterson of Wayland, Iowa, and Jase Beltz of Canton, Kan., give their sales pitch, providing the positive aspects of their cattle, to a judge as part of the team selling competition. The competition is one of several performed during the ASJA Junior National Show and Event.

Event teaches kids industry, life skills urday at the Crossroads Arena, is the annual Junior National Event. It is in its 34th year, according to Crystal Graves, advisor for the Junior Salers Association’s event, along with Jessica Street. Several states are represented at the show, which is open to the public. The states represented include Georgia, Flori-

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An investment in youth and agriculture is how one person described the American Salers Junior Association (ASJA) Junior National Show and Event going on now at the Crossroads Arena. The show, which began Monday and continues through Sat-

da, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Nebraska, California, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Florida. The event showcases the Saler breed of cattle. As a breed, Saler cattle (pronounced “SaLair”) are native to the AuPlease see SALERS | 2

A new seat belt law will figure into traffic enforcement during the weekend and through Independence Day. Effective Saturday, Mississippi’s seat belt law changes to require not only drivers but also all passengers in a vehicle be restrained. “The new law also applies to unrestrained passengers riding in the cargo area of a pickup truck, which is not permitted,” said Capt. Johnny Poulos of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The law did not previously require back seat passengers to be buckled. The bill was called “Harlie’s Law” in honor of a deceased crash victim from Marshall County. MHP will step up patrols from 6 p.m. Friday through midnight Tuesday, and safety checkpoints will focus on impaired drivers and seat belt usage. “With the anticipation of heavy traffic flow throughout the state, all available troopers

Capt. Johnny Poulos Mississippi Highway Patrol will be assigned saturation patrols in an eﬀort to maximize visibility and reduce traﬃc crashes,” said Poulos. The statistics for the holiday in 2016 were not good for the state’s highways, with 131 crashes and six fatalities. The summer’s busiest holiday for travel will bring the lowest Independence Day gas prices since 2005, at an average of $2.21 per gallon, well under the 10-year average of $3.14, according to the pricetracking service GasBuddy.

Reunited: A community is coming home again nity and graduates of all area schools. “Easom High School was the origin, but now it’s all inclusive. It’s heartwarming when everybody gets together — when everybody gets together from all across the country, all walks of life and all types of professions and they come back and share that experience,” said Hill. “It’s for everybody. Dee Dee and I are Corinth High School graduates. It means a lot to me this year. My son is the coordinator of the Sorrell Family Reunion, and the last time I counted, we have people coming from at least 10 diﬀerent states. We have people coming who have never even been to Mississippi, so we will be attending all events,” said Sorrell. While the event no longer is only Easom graduates, the event pays tribute to the school

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People from all over the country will descend on Corinth this weekend as the siren call of the biennial Reunion/Homecoming signals the time for a visit home. The Alcorn County Branch of the NAACP will host the biennial Reunion/Homecoming event, which will take place from Friday through Sunday. Event organizers Dee Dee Brown, Pauline Sorrell and J.C. Hill expect this year to be bigger and better than ever. The event, which began as a NAACP event in 1991, is held every other (odd) year. While it began as a reunion for Easom High School graduates (the high school where African American students attended before integration), it is now an event open to the commu-

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Biennial Reunion/Homecoming event organizers Dee Dee Brown (front), J.C. Hill and Pauline Sorrell go over the program book and tickets as they discuss final details of the reunion. The event will begin Friday and activities will continue through Sunday. that started it all. This year’s theme, “Feeling the Sting in 2017,” is a direct historical reference to Easom’s mascot, The

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Work nears completion on Corinth-Alcorn Habitat for Humanity’s first house as they begin accepting applications for a second home.

Booneville and Prentiss County schools enter into an agreement regarding the transfer of students living in the annexed area of Booneville.

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of 1967, who will be celebrating a 50-year reunion, will serve as Grand Marshals of the Parade this year. Sorrell said her late sister was a member of that class and her daughters will be coming from the Detroit, Mich., area to represent their mother. The schedule of events includes: Registration — Friday, 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., at the John Street Community Center. Fiesta — Friday, at The Courtyard (201 Franklin Street). Registration will continue at the Fiesta from 9 until 11 p.m.. Entertainment provided by DJ Entertainment. Theme: Casino Nite, casual dress. Colors: Red, black and white. (Tickets are $10 in advance; $12 at the door.) Parade — Saturday, Lineup time 8 a.m., start time at 9 a.m., at Davis Street (Behind Commerce Bank). Picnic — Saturday, at Crossroads Regional Park (City Park), immediately following the parade, until 3 p.m. Food will be available for purchase from vendors who

will be located at the park. In the event of rain, Brown said the picnic will be held at the Boys & Girls Club, located at 511 Clark Street. Registration — Saturday, 12:30 until 2:30 p.m., City Park, Pavilion next to the walking trail. Black and Gold Ball — Saturday, 9 p.m. until 1 a.m., at The Courtyard (201 Franklin Street). Live entertainment provided by the PC Band, who will be returning for another performance. (Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door.) “The PC Band was so good. They are back this year by popular demand,” said Sorrell. Memorial Service — Sunday, 3 p.m., at New Covenant M.B. Church, located at 1402 E. Fourth Street. The Memorial Service is being dedicated in memory of Thomas Holland, a long-time member of the NAACP and Brown’s father. “The last two years has been challenging for us. There have been so many deaths. This is the first reunion that we’ve had where we have had approximately 190 deaths in the past two years.

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“This is bittersweet for me because I lost my father in December and this (the homecoming/reunion) was one of his passions and I am trying to help carry it on and follow in his footsteps. It’s heartwarming for me to be able to carry this on as a coordinator in his memory,” said Brown. The community donations and the volunteers who have worked to assist in the event are something for which the organizers expressed a strong gratitude. As organizers, Brown said she, Hill and Sorrell worked well together. The coordinating of the event had been smooth. She referred to herself and the others as “the three amigos.” “We just want everyone to come on out and have fun and fellowship. Because you never know when it will be our last time to be together,” said Brown. (For those who would like further information, please contact Dee Dee Brown at 662-643-3833; or Pauline Sorrell at 662-415-3099 or J.C. Hill at 662-293-0290. Event teeshirts may be purchased from any member.)

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vergne region of south central France, according to Dr. Robert Kropp, Oklahoma State University, “Breeds of Livestock - Salers Cattle.” Saler cattle were among the newest of the cattle breeds to come to North America. Graves said they came over in 1974 from France and the association was established in 1975. The ASJA National Event is more than just a way to showcase this unique breed of cattle. “Our drive is to push kids to excel with their cattle, but in turn execute life skills and learn things that will help them in other ways than just with cattle,” said Graves. The show focuses on young people making a positive impact in the agricultural industry while preparing them to do so. This year, Corinth was chosen to unite people from across the country with Salers cattle to broaden the scope of their focus into the Southern region of the country. The event includes contests, educational seminars, cattle shows, and family fun for the participants and viewers. “We want these kids to make a diﬀerence in the cattle industry and put positive messages out

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there. That is the focus. We’re more focused on kids than cattle. These kids here ... they’re respectful, responsible and disciplined. If you look across the arena floor, you’ll see this isn’t all the parents doing everything.” The public is welcome to attend. The activities begin by 9:30 daily and will go on all day through Saturday. “We would love to fill up those stands by the show ring,” said Graves. “People are welcome to walk through. People here want to show you their cattle and share what we do because, the more we share and promote it, the more the industry is talked about. That’s what they do. Agriculture is the backbone of our nation.” The event moves each year and takes a lot of work, but Graves said it is all worth it. “It’s a huge investment, but there’s a reason for that investment. We put it back into our kids to give them opportunities to continually grow in life skills,” she said. “I guess the thing that is resonating with us is that — win or lose — this is more than just a cattle show. It is memories being made, families growing together and kids making connections and relationships that will influence their lives.”

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Today in History Today is Thursday, June 29, the 180th day of 2017. There are 185 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On June 29, 1767, Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties — except for tea.)

On this date In 1956, actress Marilyn Monroe married playwright Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony in White Plains, New York. (The couple also wed in a Jewish ceremony on July 1; the marriage lasted 41/2 years). In 1967, actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, was killed along with her boyfriend, Sam Brody, and their driver, Ronnie Harrison, when their car slammed into the rear of a tractortrailer on a highway in Slidell, Louisiana; three children riding in the back, including Mansfield’s 3-year-old daughter, Mariska Hargitay, survived. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a trio of death sentences, saying the way they had been imposed constituted cruel and unusual punishment. (The ruling prompted states to effectively impose a moratorium on executions until their capital punishment laws could be revised.) Ten years ago: British police defused two car bombs left to blow up near packed nightclubs and pubs in central London. The first generation of Apple iPhones went on sale. Five years ago: A day after the House voted to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the Justice Department said Holder’s decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress did not constitute a crime, and that he would not be prosecuted.

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Across the Region Booneville Rienzi man arrested following pursuit BOONEVILLE — A Rienzi man wanted on a burglary charge faces an additional felony charge after refusing to stop for deputies. Sammy Lee Eaton, 38, of County Road 1096, Rienzi, was arrested Sunday after deputies attempted to stop him on U.S. Highway 45 in connection with an outstanding felony warrant for burglary. He refused to stop

and led deputies on a pursuit until he finally pulled over and was arrested by Deputy Dewayne Mink. During the pursuit he threw out a bag of alleged marijuana which was recovered by Deputy Dennis Peeks. Eaton was charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling for allegedly stealing an SKS rifle and $4,000 in cash from a county residence. He has also been charged with felony failure to stop a motor vehicle. Bond was set by Justice Court Judge Richard Tollison at $25,000. The rifle has been recovered.

Investigator Torie Jumper is in charge of the investigation. Deputy Jeremy Pace also assisted in the investigation.

McNairy County Grand jury clears Selmer police officer SELMER, Tenn. — A Selmer Police Department officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the McNairy County Grand Jury, according to the Independent Appeal. No true bill was returned

against officer Ted Roberts after members of the grand jury viewed video evidence. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was investigating Roberts on the allegation of excessive force. He was accused of using excessive force to subdue an inmate at the McNairy County Jail on Feb. 7. “Ted Roberts was not guilty of anything,” said Selmer Police Chief Neal Burks. “They had no reason to indict him because he was just using enough force to gain control of the situation ... he was just doing his job.”

Savannah hosts 39th Bluegrass Festival SAVANNAH, Tenn. — The 39th Annual Savannah Bluegrass Festival will be held Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1 in Savannah. As in the past years, the festival will begin on Friday night at the Wayne Jerrolds River Park and then move uptown to the square for the Saturday performances. Many of the bands performing are from the Crossroads area. Friday’s lineup beginning at 6 p.m. is Southern Sounds, Holt Family Bluegrass, Scottie Baugus & Boone Creek, 7 Mile Creek, Tupelo TV star Kathy Bain, and festival founder Wayne Jerrolds & Savannah Grass. Saturday’s lineup beginning at noon is Fiddlers Roll Call, Rudy Moore & Bluegrass Pals, John Few & Providence Road, Hatchie Bottom Boys, No Time Flatt, Good Time Grass, a 4 p.m. Buck Dancing Contest for all ages, Wayne Jerrolds & Savannah Grass, headliner Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, Billy Waggoner & Red Rooster Band, Jake Landers and Scottie Baugus & Boone Creek. This down-home pickin’ and singin’ extravaganza on the Tennessee River, created by world champion fiddler Wayne Jerrolds, has been packing in audiences since the 1970s. Teaming with the city of Savannah, Jerrolds promises this region’s biggest and best bluegrass show ever. Headliner Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X-Press encapsulates some of the greatest sounds and moments of traditional bluegrass music. Osborne has won many awards and has performed with some of the greatest acts in bluegrass music. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, a member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, a member of the

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Bluegrass Festival founder and fiddle champion Wayne Jerrolds and Savannah Grass will perform during the festival. International Bluegrass Hall of Fame, a six-time CMA nominee, a CMA winner in 1971 with his brother Sonny for Vocal Group of the Year, and u n d o u b t e d l y Osborne best known for his recording of “Rocky Top,” which is an oﬃcial state song of Tennessee. “We are excited to host our very own hometown Fiddle Champion Wayne Jerrolds and his guests in making this a great Bluegrass Festival,” said City Manager Garry Welch. “Our local economy thrives on special events and tourism. We welcome this great special event each summer.” Fans come from all over the area to enjoy the bluegrass sounds echoing oﬀ the Tennessee River. Bring lawn chairs and gaze across the peaceful setting

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The Savannah Bluegrass Festival’s Buck Dancing Contest begins at 4 p.m. Saturday in downtown. at Wayne Jerrolds Park on Friday night and then come back on Saturday in downtown Savannah around the gazebo at court square for music, food, downtown shopping and dining. Friday night fiddles around from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday kicks it up from noon until 8

p.m. for this two-day jubilee. Admission is free and concessions are available. (For the latest information about the 39th annual Savannah Bluegrass Festival, contact Hardin County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 731-925-8181.)

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Give states power over Obamacare replacement BY DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

From Senator Mike Lee comes an important and impressive idea: Give states the right to opt out completely from the replacement for Obamacare that is currently pending before the Senate. Those who cannot find in the Constitution any clause authorizing federal involvement in health care (hint: there is none) can appease their scruples by getting their state to opt out of the program. Any state that opts out should get the cash equivalent of the amount the feds would have spent to use as it sees fit. The Tenth Amendment, more honored in the breech than in the observance, delegates to the states anything that is not an expressly authorized federal function. The current nailbiting vote in the Senate over the Obamacare repeal could be hastened if states had this option. The five conservative Senators who now oppose the bill -- Dean Heller of Nevada, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnsonof Wisconsin -- would likely support the measure if it had a state opt out provision. A few other key points to note in the Senate debate: --The Congressional Budget Oﬃce has never been right in its health care estimates. It predicted that 21 million people would enroll in Obamacare and only 10 million did. It predicted that the Medicaid component would cost $42 billion but it actually costs $68 billion. Don’t trust the CBO. --New Medicaid enrollees who were still eligible for Medicaid before Obamacare expanded the eligibility will be lumped in with the new Medicaid recipients who depend on the Obamacare law for their eligibility. --It is absurd to say that the replacement bill’s insurance will cost more than Obamacare. That compares the full soup to nuts insurance required under Obamacare with its cost under the new law with its reduced subsidies. But the whole point of the new law is that it lets people pick and choose what they want covered with the decrease in price that more limited coverage would bring. And it assumes that few young people will choose to buy insurance, despite the new flexibility in the law. If President Donald Trump does NOT pass a Obamacare repeal and replace bill, the central theme of the Republican Party’s last four campaigns will prove to be hypocrisy. Neither he nor the party will survive. 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.

A Democratic blind spot on culture How much do Democrats really want to defeat Donald Trump? It’s worth asking in the wake of the latest Democratic failure to notch an electoral victory for the resistance, this time in the Georgia special election. There’s no doubt that Democrats want to watch TV programs that excoriate the president. They want to give money to candidates opposing him. They want to fantasize about frogmarching him straight from his impeachment proceedings to the nearest federal penitentiary. But do they want to do the one thing that would make it easier to win tough races in marginal areas, namely moderate on the cultural issues? Not so much. In retrospect, Jon Ossoﬀ’s loss in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District was overdetermined. Youthful to a fault, he didn’t live in the district and had no record of public service. Yet it didn’t help that he was an orthodox liberal who conceded nothing on cultural issues, even though he was running in a Republican district in the South. In this, Ossoﬀ merely reflected his party’s attitude. Stopping Trump is impera-

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callow creation of the resistance and a would-be foot soldier for Nancy Pelosi. A different kind of Democrat wouldn’t have been so vulnerable. Republicans never would have been able to use the Pelosi play against Sen. Zell Miller, an old Blue Dog Democrat from Georgia, or even moderate former Gov. Roy Barnes. Ossoff didn’t immunize himself at all. He was downthe-line pro-choice on abortion. He didn’t dissent from typical liberal views on gun control. He parroted the usual lines about “comprehensive immigration reform.” Departures on these issues are important. They are statements of independence from the national party. They signal a sympathy with culturally conservative voters who might not support Republican economics. They take the edge off the perception of the Democrats as a highhanded coastal party. It’s not just that national Democrats don’t believe any give on these issues is necessary -- they positively oppose it. A couple of months ago, national activists brought the hammer down on Heath Mello, a candidate for mayor of

Omaha (a city in the state of Nebraska) for the oﬀense of being personally opposed to abortion and once having supported restrictions. To his credit, Bernie Sanders stood by his endorsement of Mello (who ended up losing). Such is the fever of the national party on cultural issues that the socialist is the relatively reasonable one. A senator from a small, rural state who cares only about the economy, Sanders wasn’t until recently beaten into complete agreement with Democratic orthodoxy on race, guns and immigration. In a valuable piece in The Atlantic, Peter Beinart notes how the concern that Sanders once expressed about immigrants undercutting U.S. wages used to be a fairly standard Democratic position. Beinart argues that if Hillary Clinton had expressed any such worry about the eﬀects of mass immigration, she probably would have been elected president. Democrats would do well to think about that a little more than about Russia. But they won’t. They oppose Donald Trump fiercely and vociferously. Just not enough to learn anything.

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Prayer for today Heavenly Father, I pray that as I search for the truth I will not be so eager to seek thy mysteries as I am to extend thy ministries. Grant that by thy love I will be guided in comprehending and exalting thy kingdom. May my service bring me wisdom as I obey thy laws. Amen.

tive, so long as it doesn’t require the party rethinking its uncompromising Rich stance on Lowry a b o r t i o n , guns or imNational migration. Review The Georgia special election showed the limits of the resistance, a partisan phenomenon with no crossover appeal. Republicans don’t share the media’s obsession with the Russian investigation and don’t particularly care whether or not Michael Flynn should have been more careful about disclosing his lobbying work. What’s more, to the extent that the resistance is about literally ousting Trump from office, it courts a backlash to the backlash. This is why Ossoff was right to downplay his opposition to Trump and try to sound like a fiscal pragmatist. It just wasn’t very credible. Tens of millions of progressive dollars didn’t flood into the district to elect a polite young fiscal conservative with no strong feelings about Trump. Ossoff was easily attacked as a

The number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid has increased from 29 million in 1990 to 73 million today -- an increase of 252 percent over a period when the nation’s population increased 30 percent. Total spending on Medicaid today is $574 billion, 275 percent above the $209 billion of 2000. Medicaid amounts to about 40 percent of the total spending on the 10 largest means-tested federal government programs targeted at low-income Americans. According to the Congressional Budget Oﬃce, spending on these programs has tripled as a percentage of our GDP over the last 40 years. Does all this mean we are becoming a more fair and compassionate nation? That might have been the intention. But if we honestly look at what is happening, we will see things have gone badly astray. Some perspective on this is available in a new article by Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser in the City Journal magazine of the Manhattan Institute. The article, “The War on Work -- and How to End It,” paints a dismal picture of the direction in which

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our national culture is trending. Specifically, the deterioration of our culture Star of work, Parker p a r t i c u larly among Columnist “prime-age” men, those between 25 and 54. According to Glaeser, 95 percent of “prime-age” men were working in 1967. However, during the last recession, over 20 percent of this group was not working. Today, it remains at 15 percent. “Thirty percent of primeage jobless men currently live with their parents,” Glaeser reports. One reason why we’re not seeing robust growth in our economy despite today’s low unemployment rate is that the low rate reflects large numbers of workers who have dropped out of the work force. The unemployment rate just considers those actively looking for work -- not those who have stopped looking. Most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 62.7 percent of the workforce is working, compared to 66 percent in

2000. According to Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, if work rates today were what they were in 2000, there would be 10 million more Americans earning salaries. What is happening? Why are droves of Americans dropping out of the work force? Glaeser oﬀers a number of hypotheses. But major in this equation is the dramatic growth of the American welfare state. The welfare state might have been driven by good and compassionate intentions. But to a large and destructive extent, it has subsidized and encouraged not working. Which brings us back to Medicaid. Eberstadt writes, “According to the Census Bureau’s SIPP survey (Survey of Income and Program Participation), as of 2013, one fifth (21 percent) of all civilian men between 25 and 55 years of age were Medicaid beneficiaries. For prime-age people not in the work force, the share was over half (53 percent).” Eberstadt notes a 2016 study by Princeton economist Alan Krueger, former chairman of the council of economic advisors un-

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der President Obama, that “nearly half of all prime working-age labor force dropouts -- an army now totaling roughly 7 million men -- currently take pain-medication on a daily basis.” Medicaid is footing the bill for a good chunk of the opioid epidemic. And Eberstadt adds: “Of the entire un-working prime-age male Anglo population in 2013, nearly three fifths (57 percent) were reportedly collecting disability benefits from one or more government disability programs.” We must be a compassionate nation as well as a productive nation. But compassion cannot be confused with subsidization of poor values and waste. Blindly dropping taxpayer funds from helicopters is not compassion. As we have the very important discussion now taking place about health care, about Medicaid, and about other well-intentioned but ill-conceived government programs, let’s keep this in mind. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org.

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Keeping a good reputation matters the most What type of reputation do and words have an impact. Ironically, people have much you have? Your reputation is how oth- better memories of your negaers see you. Your reputation is tive words and actions than based on what you say and do. your positive ones. Participating in the spread of A solid reputation is built over gossip does not enhance a lifetime, yet can be destroyed in seconds. your reputation. Speaking poorly of, or malignYour actions have coning others, never reflects sequences. What you say well on you. Protecting matters. Your online acyour reputation requires tivity is permanent and having high personal public. Comments and videos can spread in secBryan standards for what’s aconds. It’s impossible to Golden ceptable and appropriate behavior. undo the impact of rude, Dare to Live Think before you speak insensitive, or discriminatory statements you Without Limits or act. Don’t make decisend in any electronic sions when you are angry form. Everything you post per- because they will be poor and sists forever. Although you may you will usually regret them. think you deleted something, Give yourself time to cool down first so you can think clearly. it’s still out there somewhere. What you say and do in per- Before you say, or do something son is just as important as your ask yourself, “Would I be proud digital footprint. As the saying to see what I’m about to say or goes, “you can’t un-ring a bell do reported on the front page of that’s been rung.” Your actions major newspapers?” If the an-

swer is “no,” then don’t do it. Honesty is an important component of your reputation. Do you always keep your word? Can people trust what you say? If yes, then you are building a solid reputation. When others feel they can’t trust you, your reputation is greatly compromised. Integrity is another vital aspect of your reputation. Are your actions and words ethical and moral? Can you be counted on to do the right thing? Do you avoid taking advantage of or cheating others? Are you immune from “selling out” for a price? Integrity and honesty are invaluable aspects of your reputation which, once lost, can never be fully recovered. Reliability is also key to your reputation. Can people count on you? Do you always do what you say you will do? Are you a good friend, even during periods of adversity? Reliability is

notified that their position was being aﬀected than were ever going to be separating from the agency,” he said. Wildland firefighting personnel being cut numbers 30 to 40 scattered across the state. “It’s not as drastic a reduction in wildland firefighting capacity as some are thinking it may be,” said Bozeman. “But, from my standpoint, any diminishment to our wildland firefighting capacity is always of great concern to us.” Local volunteer fire departments often call on the forestry commission for assistance with larger woods fires. The last couple of fall wildfire seasons have been busy ones, with forestry responding to 1,228 wildfires in the state that burned 13,983 acres

people who also have great reputations, reinforces your reputation as well. Conversely, being linked to those who have lower standards for their reputations diminishes your reputation. You are judged by others based on your reputation. Treat it as the priceless element it is. Always think before you act and avoid acting in anger. Don’t do or say things which damage your reputation. A onetime lapse in judgement can permanently damage your reputation. NOW AVAILABLE: “Dare to Live Without Limits,” the book. Visit www.BryanGolden. com or your bookstore. Bryan Golden is a management consultant, motivational speaker, author and adjunct professor. E-mail Bryan at bryan@columnist.com or write him c/o this newspaper.

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another characteristic which substantially enhances your reputation. Courtesy, kindness, and respect must be included with the list of character traits essential for building a great reputation. How you treat others shapes your reputation. Those with a negative reputation treat people poorly, have bad manners, are rude, talk down to others, and are mean. To build a solid reputation, you must treat everybody with courtesy and respect. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity. Be kind and considerate to all you come into contact with. How you treat others speaks volumes about your character, which in turn contributes to your reputation. Have high standards when selecting who you spend time with. The type of people you associate with aﬀects your reputation. Connecting with other

in the fall 2016 season. “It goes in cycles like everything else,” said County Fire Coordinator Ricky Gibens. “One year you’ll have one or two woods and grass fires, and then the next year you’ll have eight or 10.” With the woods fires, forestry can sometimes access areas that the VFDs simply cannot get to, he said. Going into the next fiscal year, the forestry commission faced a 16 percent reduction in its general fund appropriation for total cuts of about 32 percent during the last two years, said Bozeman. All of the general fund appropriation goes to salaries. Dispatch phone numbers are not changing. Local points of contact for all counties can be found on the commission’s website at www.mfc.ms.gov.

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Lawsuit: Political scandal pushed man to suicide JACKSON — Relatives of a Mississippi man who killed himself are suing a mayor, police officers and a law firm, saying they are part of a political network that pushed him to suicide during a bitterly-fought U.S. Senate race. The widow and sons of Mark Mayfield say in a federal suit filed Tuesday that his life was ruined in 2014 when he was charged with conspiracy to exploit a vulnerable adult. Mayfield, an attorney with his own firm, was prominent in the Mississippi tea party movement and supported state lawmaker Chris McDaniel, who lost to Sen. Thad Cochran in a 2014 Republican primary. The primary split voters between tea party factions backing McDaniel and establishment Republicans backing Cochran, who is now chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The felony charge against May-

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field was tied to the unauthorized online publication of a photo of Cochran’s wife, Rose, who was living in a nursing home with dementia. Mayfield died before it could be prosecuted. A blogger pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and spent several months in jail. The photo was an effort to draw attention to allegations that Thad Cochran was having an affair while his wife was incapacitated. Mayfield’s mother had lived in the same nursing home as Rose Cochran, and the lawsuit says Mayfield showed another McDaniel supporter the location of Rose Cochran’s room. “Mark Mayfield’s ‘crime’ was not a crime at all,” said the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages of at least $75,000. The suit said the Butler Snow law firm and others benefited financially from Thad Cochran’s position of power. Rose Cochran died in December 2014, and the senator married a longtime aide in May 2015. The Butler Snow law firm said

in a statement Wednesday that it will “vigorously defend” the lawsuit, saying it is without basis. “The Mayfield family suffered a deep and painful loss, and we are saddened for them,” the Butler Snow statement said. Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler told The Associated Press she can’t comment on the lawsuit without having discussed it with an attorney.

Catfish spill leaves stinky mess on state highway COLUMBUS — It might be the most quintessentially Mississippi traffic mishap ever. In a state where catfish farming is a big industry, a truck driver spilled catfish parts on a highway — and kept driving. The Commercial Dispatch reports nobody was injured in the spill Tuesday near the northern Mississippi city of Columbus. But, Mississippi Department of Transportation workers had to cover their noses as they cleaned the stinky, slimy mess.

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NEW ALBANY — Funeral services for Lloyd Hugh “Baby” Coleman, 82, are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Theo Church of Christ with visitation one hour prior at 10 AM. Interment and graveside services will be at Oaks Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at United Funeral Home in New Albany. Mr. Coleman died Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a very courageous battle fighting cancer and a series of strokes. He was born in the Theo community of Alcorn County on January 10, 1935 to Jessie Box “Boy” Coleman and Lillian Burns Coleman and was a faithful member of the Sherman Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Mary Frances Stout Coleman; his daughter, Cindy Renee Coleman Street (Jay) of West Point; his son, Hugh Peyton Coleman of Alcorn County; his grandchildren, Jason Tyler Street (Alisha) of Starkville and Landon Neal Street of Conway, Ark.; his great-grandchildren, Melanie Faye Street, Lauren Eve Street and James Tyler Street of Starkville; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by

his parents; his sisters, Ila Estelle Coleman, Jewell Coleman Rainey, Beatrice Coleman Rainey and Nonie Coleman Martin; and his brothers, Coleman Troy Lee Coleman, Olen Boy Coleman, S.M. McKinney Coleman, Audrey Clyde Coleman and Wilburn Roy Coleman. Mr. Coleman loved visiting with his immediate and extended family. He never met any strangers, especially inquiring if they had any farm equipment for sale, trading, picking, and engaging in the art of the deal. He had an illustrious career beginning at Ford Motor Company then later was involved in sales, transportation, farming, and was the owner of and retired from Coleman’s Discount Shoes and Boots at Blue Springs. Mr. Coleman graduated from Kossuth High School in 1956, where he excelled in basketball, going to the state championships for four years, and attended Mississippi State University in 1957 on a basketball scholarship. Pallbearers are Jason Street, Landon Street, Wilburn Roy

Coleman Jr., Brian Stout, Danny Martin, Don Robertson, Dallas Hollis and John Stubbs. Honorary pallbearers are James Stout, Doug Shelton, Buddy Shaw, Benny Rainey, Curtis Rogers, Freddie Gilliam, Mark Castleberry, Tommy Smith, Kermit Davis, Johnny Weeden, Randy Kelley, Carl Campbell, Frank Anderson, Leiman Wilbanks and Phil Bryant. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oaks Hill Cemetery, Inc., P.O. Box 2736, Corinth, MS 38835, or the Sanctuary Hospice House, P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803.

loved watching Paw Patrol with his sisters and riding jeeps. He was crazy about his lawn mower. He was a daddy’s boy when he was happy Dildy but a mommy’s boy when he was in trouble. His life, short-lived was full of laughter and smiles; bringing joy and happiness to everyone he touched. Easton is survived by his parents, Cody Dildy and Destiny Williams; a sister, Mikenzi Dildy; his twin sister, Paisley Dildy; his grandparents, Jerry Dildy, Elaine Doles Dildy, and Don and Tammy Williams; his great-grandparents, Warren and Dorothy Williams, Tom Osborn, Betty Whitehead and Doris Doles; and a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was greeted in Heaven by his great-grandparents, Terry Doles and R.C. and Loraine Dildy. Pallbearers are Daniel Williams, Jake Williams and Aaron Crum. Bro. Jason Pellizzer and Bro. Josh Hodum will oﬃciate the service. Online guestbook: memorialcorinth.com

Easton Dildy

Services to celebrate the life of Easton Layne Dildy, 16 months, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Valley of the Dogwood Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 9 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. until the service. Easton, precious son of Cody Dildy and Destiny Williams, was born on February 4, 2016. He went to his heavenly home on June 27, 2017. Easton was tender-hearted, sweet, calm and very loving. Along with playing ball and being outdoors, he

Tunerular Green

Services for Tunerular Yvette Green, 49, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Lighthouse Foundation Freedom Fellowship. Visitation is Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lighthouse Foundation Freedom Fellowship. Mrs. Green died Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Magnolia Regional Health Center.

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U.S. official pushes Little progress evident on GOP health bill for more security on international flights BY ALAN FRAM AND ERICA WERNER Associated Press

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WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes. Compliance with the new rules could lead to the lifting of a ban on laptops and other large electronics already in place for airlines flying to the United States from 10 airports in the Middle East and Africa. It could also stave oﬀ a much-discussed expansion of the ban to flights from Europe. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced the rollout of the new rules Wednesday. The changes will be phased in over time and include enhanced passenger vetting, explosives detection and efforts to root out insider threats to airlines.

“Security is my No. 1 concern,” Kelly said during a speech at the Center for a New American Security. “Our enemies are adaptive and we have to adapt as well.” Kelly said the changes will be “seen and unseen” and will be phased in over the coming weeks and months. He said airlines that don’t comply or are slow to enforce the new standards could be forced to bar large electronics in both carry-on and checked luggage. They could also lose permission to fly into the U.S. He said he’s confident that airlines will cooperate. The ban, with aﬀects only foreign carriers flying to the U.S. from 10 cities, allows passengers to travel with larger electronics packed in checked baggage. The new rules will apply to roughly 180 foreign and U.S.-based airlines, flying from 280 cities in 105 countries, according to Homeland Security.

A GOOD THING Proverbs 18:22 says: “Whoso findeth a wife findeth good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord.” Proverbs 19:14 says: “a prudent wife is from the Lord.” MSNBC recently reported the story of a man and woman, residents in the same nursing home, who decided to “tie the knot”, and were married. They were both in their nineties. Also reported not long ago, was the story of an elderly couple, married for many, many years, who died only minutes apart, holding hands from separate beds in their hospital room. Perhaps you know couples who have been married fifty or sixty years, or even longer. It may be that you fall into that group yourself. Even when it seems we have lost our moral compass, and almost anything goes, marriage is still popular, and “finding a wife” is still “a good thing.” Finding a wife is a good thing because “it is not good that the man should be alone.” (Genesis 2:18) We need someone with whom to share our lives; someone to share our dreams, our joys, our sorrows, our pain, our laughter and our love. We need someone who will be there “in sickness and in health, in prosperity and in adversity, and forsaking all others be faithful to us, as long as we both shall live.” Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but the number one reason people marry is for companionship. “For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.” (Genesis 2:24) Finding a wife is a good thing because, in God’s plan, it is in marriage that husband and wife become “one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24) Paul said: “to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”(1 Corinthians 7:2) The letter to the Hebrews says: “Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled.” (Hebrews 13:4). In Proverbs five, the writer condemns marital infidelity, and extols the husband/wife union in this way: ”Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and the pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.” (Proverbs 5: 18, 19) We invite you to study and worship with us at the Danville church of Christ.

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WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explored options for salvaging the battered Republican health care bill Wednesday but confronted an expanding chorus of GOP detractors, deepening the uncertainty over whether the party can resuscitate its bedrock promise to repeal President Barack Obama’s overhaul. A day after McConnell, short of votes, unexpectedly abandoned plans to whisk the measure through his chamber this week, fresh GOP critics popped forward. Some senators emerged from a party lunch saying potential amendments were beyond cosmetic, with changes to Medicaid and Obama’s consumerfriendly insurance coverage requirements among the items in play. “There’s a whole raft of things that people are talking about, and some of it’s trimming around the edges and some of it’s more fundamental,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. “Right now, they’re still kind of, ‘Can we do it?’ and I can’t answer that.” Yet while this week’s retreat on a measure McConnell wrote behind closed doors dented his reputation as a consummate leg-

islative seer, no one was counting him out. “Once in Glacier National Park I saw two porcupines making love,” said Sen. Pat Roberts, RKan. “I’m assuming they produced smaller porcupines. They produced something. It has to be done carefully. That’s what we’re doing now.” Having seen the House approve its health care package in May six weeks after an earlier version collapsed, Democrats were far from a victory dance. “I expect to see buyouts and bailouts, backroom deals and kickbacks to individual senators to try and buy their vote,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “What I don’t expect to see, yet, is a dramatic rethink of the core” of the bill. A day after McConnell prodded Republicans by saying a GOP failure would force him to negotiate with Schumer, the New Yorker set a price for such talks — no Medicaid cuts or tax reductions for the wealthy. No negotiations seem imminent. Facing a daunting equation — the bill loses if three of the 52 GOP senators oppose it — the list of Republicans who’ve publicly complained about the legislation reached double digits, though many were

expected to eventually relent. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said “of course” his support was uncertain because he wants to ease some of the measure’s Medicaid cuts, and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., told The Omaha World-Herald that the bill was not a full repeal, adding, “Nebraskans are dissatisfied with it and so am I.” McConnell, R-Ky., wants agreement by Friday on revisions so the Senate can approve it shortly after returning in mid-July from an Independence Day recess. Several senators scoﬀed at that timetable, with McCain saying, “Pigs could fly.” At the White House, Trump continued his peculiar pattern of interspersing encouragement to GOP senators trying to tear down Obama’s 2010 statute with more elusive remarks. Trump told reporters that Republicans have “a great health care package” but said there would be “a great, great surprise,” a comment that went without explanation. On Tuesday, he said it would be “great if we get it done” but “OK” if they don’t, and two weeks ago he slammed as “mean” the House version of the bill that he’d previously lionized with a Rose Garden ceremony.

The GOP’s health care slog has highlighted discord between moderates who say the bill cuts Medicaid and federal health care subsidies too deeply, and conservatives eager to reduce government spending and shrink premiums by letting insurers sell policies with scantier coverage than Obama’s law allows. GOP support for the measure sagged this week after a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Oﬃce estimated that it would produce 22 million fewer insured people by 2026 while making coverage less affordable for many, especially older and poorer Americans. It wasn’t helped when an NPR/ PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll said that 17 percent of people approved of the Senate bill. McConnell showed no signs of abandoning his push for the legislation. “We’ll continue working so we can bring legislation to the floor for debate and ultimately a vote,” he said as the Senate convened Wednesday. To succeed, McConnell must balance demands from his party’s two wings. It’s a challenge that’s intricate but not impossible, with some saying an eventual compromise could include elements both want.

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