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Parks remove flag products BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Shiloh National Military Park and the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center were among places to remove Confederate flag merchandise from its gift shops last week. The National Park Service made the decision to end sales of the flag in gift shops and bookstores located inside parks. “We had only a couple of items we had to remove,” said Dale Wilkerson, Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent. “Both items were considered to be trinkets.” The Confederate Battle Flag and coasters with the standalone emblem were pulled from

shelves on Wednesday, June 24 at Shiloh and the Interpretive Center. NPS decided to remove any stand-alone depictions of Confederate flags from bookstores and gift shops following the murder of nine church members at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In a news release, Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis stated the murders “galvanized a national discussion that includes symbols and relics from our nation’s past such as the Confederate Battle Flag.” “We strive to tell the comPlease see FLAG | 2

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Books, DVDs and other educational and interpretive media where the Confederate flag image is depicted in its historical context will continue to be sold at Shiloh National Military Park and the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. The National Park Service made the decision to end sales of the Confederate Battle Flag in gift shops and bookstores located inside parks last week.

Trash collectors start Wednesday BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Alcorn County is looking forward to a clean transition to garbage collection by Waste Connections this week. The contractor for household garbage collection will start running the county’s routes on Wednesday. “Nothing should change except better service,” said Board of Supervisors President Lowell Hinton. “These people have dealt with garbage systems for

many years.” The county has routes Monday through Friday, and no changes will be made to the existing routes initially. Changes might be made later for efficiency. Trash is due at the roadside by 7 a.m. on a resident’s designated pickup day, and the trash must be bagged. Limbs and debris will not be picked up, but those things can be taken to the Please see TRASH | 2

Tax collection marks CSD goes to Cambridge system high after local sales Corinth Elementary School teachers learn hands on math skills during Cambridge International Examinations system training earlier this month.

BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth Elementary School teachers are changing the way they teach. When the new school year kicks off in August, teachers of grades K-5 will join the rest of the school district to begin teaching students using the Cambridge International Examinations system. “Our teachers have really

embraced the change,” said Curriculum Coordinator Dana Bullard. “Some of them have actually already been teaching more this way, while others are seeing how fun it can be.” The Cambridge system requires teachers to teach students how to reason and analyze when learning a subject. Launched during the 2011 school year at Corinth High School Academic and Perform-

ing Arts Center and at Corinth Middle School in 2013, the Cambridge curriculum closely resembles the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards used by other schools in the area. Earlier this month three trainers from the University of Cambridge in England spent two days in Corinth showing Please see CAMBRIDGE | 2

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Sales and tourism tax collections set high marks in funds returned to the city at midJune. Reflecting sales made in local businesses during April, the latest deposits raised the bar with new high totals for the month. The city’s share of sales tax totaled $498,237.82, rising about $17,000, or 3.6 percent, from a year earlier. The 19th consecu-

tive monthly increase pushes the fiscal year total to $4.62 million, an increase of 8 percent from the same point a year earlier. Across the state, collections grew by 3 percent during the month, and eight of 11 northeast Mississippi municipalities posted gains for the month. The city coffers will see three more deposits before closing out the Please see TAXES | 2

Clinical, faith-based approaches maximize life-saving effort BY LUCY SCHULTZE For the Daily Corinthian

If drugs or alcohol are destroying your life, you may not know what kind of help you need. You just know you can’t get better on your own. In the Corinth community, a positive relationship between clinical and faith-based orga-

nizations is helping make the right connection for those who have substance abuse problems or addictions. “At the end of the day, we all have the same purpose: We all want to help people who are struggling,” said Tommy Wilson, executive director of Living Free Ministries, a Christian

nonprofit that provides support and resources to those in recovery from addiction. Over the past year, Living Free has added to its resources a relationship with north Mississippi-based addiction treatment provider The Oxford Centre. A former Living Free board president, David Carpen-

ter, MS, LPC, serves as a clinical therapist in The Oxford Centre’s Tupelo Outpatient Office. That relationship is helping both Carpenter and Wilson tap the strengths of each other’s organizations in order to get people the help they need. “Knowing David personally has made it easy to refer people

to him, and for him to refer people to us,” Wilson said. “For some people, coming to our groups is the right amount of support they need. For others, they really need to get out of their everyday environments in order to begin recovery.” Please see THERAPY | 2

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National Industries announces the purchase of factories in Corinth, Burnsville, Belmont and Cherokee and Carbon Hill, Ala. Owner Jane Collins plans to reopen the former Winfield Plants under the National Apparel name.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Years of collecting and selling vintage clothing, records and jewelry have given Lori Watts a discerning eye that’s almost second-nature. While preparing to organize an estate sale in Tuscaloosa late last year, a client pulled a small record from his collection of jazz records. He had never played it and didn’t remember how he acquired it. On the front was written “Elvis Presley — to Shelia Smith, Sept. 26, 1956, Tupelo, Miss.” “When he first handed me the record, I got chills,” she said. “I knew immediately it was something special.” It turns out that the record is Take 28 of “Don’t

Be Cruel,” recorded by Elvis Presley in New York City on July 2, 1956. Elvis, 21 at the time, had made his first national television appearances that year after releasing “Heartbreak Hotel.” The July recording session at RCA in New York is the first time Elvis took control of a session, producing “Don’t Be Cruel” with “Hound Dog” on the B side. Watts took the record to Graceland in Memphis, where it was authenticated and will be featured in the August Graceland Auctions, the third auction of rare and authentic Elvis artifacts and memorabilia. “The presented original acetate recording of Elvis’ 1956 hit ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ is certainly as significant as artifacts of

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CES educators the new way of teaching. “Each trainer specialized in a different subject and was able to show our teachers some hands on activities in Math, Science and English,” said Bullard. “All of our elementary school teachers and a few of our middle school teachers were able to participate in the trainings.” According to the Cambridge website, the curriculum better prepares students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and lasting passion for learning. More than 10,000 schools in 160 countries use the Cambridge

this nature come,” the auction catalog reads. “It represents a key moment in Elvis’ development as an artist in control of his art form.” Watts, who owns This Ol’ Thing Vintage Sales and Estate Services, has collected records her entire life, a fascination that began when she listened to her grandfather’s jukebox as a young girl. She held the Elvis record in her hand and knew immediately that it was valuable. She first listened to the record, which begins with Elvis saying “Shelia, I’m going to play this record for you.” She then researched the date, and learned that it fell after the New York recording session and the day of the Mississippi-Alabama

Fair and Dairy Show. “That’s the date of a very important show, a turning point in his career,” she said. “He had left Tupelo as a kid, and was coming back as the king of rock ‘n’ roll.” An RCA photographer traveled with Elvis on a 27-hour train ride from New York to Memphis after the recording session. Photos show him on a train listening to acetate records. While the record’s origin was fairly easy to trace, the identity of Sheila was not. Watts found a potential Shelia who lived in Tupelo and had posted pictures of Elvis on Facebook, but she said she would have been a young child in 1956 when contacted by the authenticator.

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Protesters: Cut flag’s Confederate emblem JACKSON — Protesters are calling on Mississippi to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, saying it’s a divisive symbol that fails to represent a state where more than one-third of residents are AfricanAmerican. Jackson attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the flag embodies hatred and represents “a noose South instead of the pride of the so-called new South.” “A flag represents the unity of the people who fall under it and the collective interest of all. There are a lot of things we can hold pride in in Mississippi, but the flag is not one

of them,” Lumumba said during a news conference in the state Capitol. Actress Aunjanue Ellis has family ties to Mississippi and starred in “The Help,” which was filmed in the state. She said she won’t work in Mississippi until the flag is changed. She said her production company, Miss Myrtis Films, is canceling plans to make a movie in the state because of the flag. Debate over Confederate symbols reignited after the June 17 massacre of nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. “It’s sickening to me that people had to die in order for us to have this discussion,” Ellis said.

of $926,193.18 is up 11.7 percent. Special taxes across the state totaled about $7.25 million for the month, rising 3.3 percent from a year ago. Other sales tax results from the region (percentages rounded):

■ Booneville — $153,793.09 (+4%) ■ Burnsville — $13,626.65 (+1%) ■ Farmington — $3,054.58 (-6%) ■ Glen — $2,298.81 (+6%) ■ Iuka — $64,396.75 (+4%)

■ Kossuth — $2,387.03 (-36%) ■ Rienzi — $4,650.02 (+17%) ■ Ripley — $111,618.61 (+2%) ■ Tupelo — $1,391,519.97 (-3%) ■ Walnut — $21,069.47 (+27%)

some of its hands to drive the trucks and to pick up garbage,” he said. The decline in available inmate labor is one of the reasons the county is getting out of the garbage business. The Mississippi Department of Corrections is moving forward with its plan to end the inmate work program

that the county has used for garbage collection, effective Aug. 1. Waste Connections will use GPS and video cameras to track garbage collection in the county. The only holidays that will interrupt service are Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. That means garbage

will be picked up as normal this Friday, although it is a county holiday. Residents will not receive a monthly bill for the service. For questions about garbage pickup, Waste Connections can be reached at (662) 2236800, ext. 62326, or 1-800-729-1889.

cal context. “Books are fine,” said Wilkerson. “The idea is to remove any item where the Confederate flag can be physically detached.” DVDs and other educational and interpretive media where the Confederate flag image is depicted in its historical context can also continue to be sold. Eastern National, the

sales outlet at Shiloh Park, began to voluntarily remove from the park stores that it manages any items that depict a Confederate flag as its primary feature, according to Jarvis. Confederate flags include the Stainless Banner, the Third National Confederate Flag, and the Confederate Battle Flag.

ful role in recovery,” said Carpenter, who teaches Sunday school at a local church. “Our clinical work gives us a chance to also address the mental and physical aspects of addiction,” he said. “That’s important, because addiction works like a chronic disease. Just like with diabetes: It’s something you’ll have to manage by making good choices for the rest of your life.” In Wilson’s case, a decision to follow Christ 17 years ago opened the door to his own recovery from addiction. His experience in ministry since then has shown the power of faith as a sustaining force rather than a quick fix. “I believe when Jesus saves you, you’re redeemed,” he said. “But the process of putting your life back together in recovery doesn’t happen overnight.” Over the years, Wilson said, as many as 50 different churches in the Corinth community have supported Living Free’s ministry in one way or another. “I think overall the churches in our community want to help people in addiction, but they don’t always know how,” he said. “We’ve had pastors bring people to our meetings — not just tell

someone about it, but come themselves. We’re blessed to be part of a very caring community here.” On the clinical side, Wilson is now able to complement faith-based support for those in addiction with access to The Oxford Centre’s services and to the network of professionals with whom it has referral relationships. Carpenter said he gets several calls a day from people who are close to someone who’s in crisis due to an addiction and needs help. “Some of them have been able to come to The Oxford Centre and successfully complete our treatment program,” he said. “For others, we’re just able to serve as a resource, like when we connect people to a psychiatrist or psychologist who can meet their mentalhealth needs.” The bottom line, he said, is that faith-based and clinical organizations can each be most effective when they work to communicate and complement each other. “When it comes to addiction, we can’t afford to have an us-versus-them mentality,” he said. “People’s lives are at stake, and by working together, we can get them the help they need — mentally, physically and spiritually.”

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TAXES system. Corinth School District is one of the few schools in the United States offering a complete K-12 Cambridge learning experience. “Students are really going to notice a difference,” added Bullard. “There will be more interactiveness and practical based application learning.” For example, English teachers will first teach writing based on content, not grammar. Bullard said the district plans a follow up training session to review teacher performance later in the school year. She also said several administrators from the school will be sent to England for leadership training later this year.

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fiscal year. The 2 percent tourism tax on lodging and restaurant food sales generated $110,126.95, an increase of about $13,000, or 13.4 percent, from a year earlier. The year-to-date total

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county transfer station. Hinton said the county appreciates residents’ patience during the past few weeks when pickup has been delayed or missed. He said it has been difficult for both residents and the county. “Each district has used

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plete story of America,” Jarvis said in the press release. “Any stand-alone depictions of Confederate flags have no place in park stores.” The National Park Service said it would still allow selling books and educational materials that depict the flag in histori-

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The continuum of care provided by The Oxford Centre includes residential treatment for addiction at a 110-acre campus between Oxford and New Albany, as well as followup care from its outpatient office in Tupelo and special programs for family members. With experienced psychiatrists on staff, The Oxford Centre is also able to care for those who, alongside their addiction, have co-occurring mental-health issues like depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. “Anytime there’s someone who has a mentalhealth issue or who has been on certain types of medications for a long time, I’m thankful to have The Oxford Centre as a resource,” Wilson said. “There are also times when people are dealing with emotional issues and need someone who’s a counselor and knows how to help.” Carpenter is a licensed professional counselor who is 10 years in recovery himself. Between his affiliation with Living Free and his role at The Oxford Centre, he connects faith-based and clinical perspectives in helping people overcome addiction. “Faith plays a power-

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2015. There are 184 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1865, eight people, including Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd, were convicted by a military commission of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. (Four defendants, including Surratt, were executed; Mudd was sentenced to life in prison, but was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869.)

On this date: In 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin walked back and forth on a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched. In 1908, the Tunguska Event took place in Russia as an asteroid exploded above Siberia, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blowndown trees. In 1912, Canada’s deadliest tornado on record occurred as a cyclone struck Regina, the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, killing 28 people. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding nominated former President William Howard Taft to be chief justice of the United States, succeeding the late Edward Douglass White. In 1933, the Screen Actors Guild was established. In 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as “The Night of the Long Knives.” In 1949, “The Missouri Waltz” became the official state song of Missouri. In 1958, the U.S. Senate passed the Alaska statehood bill by a vote of 64-20. In 1963, Pope Paul VI was crowned the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1972, for the first time, a leap-second was added to Coordinated Universal Time to account for the slowing rotation of the Earth. In 1985, 39 American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner were freed in Beirut after being held 17 days. In 1994, the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that judges can bar even peaceful demonstrators from getting too close to abortion clinics. The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the national championship and banned her for life for her role in the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.

Across the Region Authorities seek help to locate runaway BOONEVILLE — The Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department is requesting help to locate Ashley Nicole Mardis, 16, of Booneville. She is a white female approximately 5’4 in height and 130 pounds in weight with dark eyes and blue dyed Mardis hair. She was last seen on Saturday, June 27 and is entered on the NCIC as a runaway. (Anyone who knows of her whereabouts is urged to contact the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office at 662-728-6232.)

Camp Tishomingo for kids set July 28 IUKA — Camp Tishomingo will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. Serving Children 6 to 15

years old, Camp Chief Tishomingo is committed to growing character, skills, relationships, and faith through old-fashioned fun in a safe and nurturing environment. This year’s theme “Camp Tishomingo” will provide campers with a deeper understanding of our Native American Heritage as they achieve greater friendship, teamwork skills, and increased confidence. Lunch will be provided. Mississippi Humanities Educator, William Pat Arinder, will head the program. Registration is $10. Checks should be made payable to “TCHGS” and mail to P.O. Box 273, Iuka, MS 38852. (For more information, call 662-423-3500 or e-mail (tishomingohistory@yahoo.com)

Children’s museum hosting annual event JACKSON — Children will have a chance to be in the spotlight as The Mississippi Children’s Museum (MCM) announces its fourth annual Lights! Camera! Imagination!

A talent search will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 31. Parents are encouraged to bring their singers, dancers, magicians, and comedians to audition to be the face of next year’s marketing campaign which will include exposure in local, statewide and regional markets. Registration for Lights! Camera! Imagination! will be open until Wednesday, July 29 on MCM’s website, www.mschildrensmuseum.com. A donation of $15 to MCM’s arts initiative is required for each participant to register. Registration is available on the evening of the event. General admission for nonparticipants is $10 per person. Admission is free for museum members. (For more information about Lights! Camera! Imagination! and MCM’s arts initiative, visit www.mschildrensmuseum.com.)

Ida B. Wells birthday celebration planned HOLLY SPRINGS — The 19th Annual Birthday Celebration for

BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — Several new laws in Mississippi will affect people’s everyday lives, including their driving habits. Here’s a look at some proposals approved by the Legislature during the 2015 session and signed into law by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant:

Laws taking effect Wednesday TEXTING & DRIVING — House Bill 389 bans people from texting or using social media sites on a cellphone or other hand-held electronic devices while driving. The fine will be $25 the first year the law is in effect and $100 after that. INSPECTION STICKERS — House Bill 982 eliminates the $5 annual vehicle inspection sticker. Drivers with tinted windows

will still need to get a one-time inspection. GUNS — Senate Bill 2394 eliminates the need for a concealed-carry license to have a gun in a purse, briefcase or enclosed satchel. It also would reduce the fee for a new concealedcarry license to $80 from $100, and the renewal fee for people younger than 65 would drop to $40 from $50. For people 65 and older, the renewal fee would drop to $20 from $25. PRISON EMPLOYEES — Senate Bill 2804 removes civil-service protection from Mississippi Department of Corrections employees for one year, making it easier for the corrections commissioner to hire or fire workers. LONG-TERM TRUSTS — House Bill 153 allows people to put real estate into trusts for up to 110 years and money, stocks or other financial assets into trusts for up to 360 years.

Laws that took effect in April SPECIAL EDUCATION VOUCHERS — Senate Bill 2695 creates $6,500-a-year vouchers for up to 500 special-education students the first year. The program is supposed to increase by 500 a year until it reaches 2,500 students. Money could go toward private school tuition, tutoring or other education services outside the public schools. Bryant signed the bill April 16, and it became law immediately. The state Department of Education will take applications July 1-10 for people seeking vouchers for the coming school year. EDUCATION CHEATING — Senate Bill 2258 tightens sanctions against schools where cheating occurs. The state Board of Education could issue subpoenas to investigate cheating on standardized tests. School princi-

pals would be required to swear that tests were given following state rules, and they would have to report all potential violations. Bryant signed the bill April 22, and it became law immediately.

Law taking effect in 2016 HOSPITAL BOARDS — Senate Bill 2407 requires boards of publicly owned hospitals to keep most of their meetings open to the public. The boards could hold closed meetings to discuss patient information, competitive business matters or employment contracts for physicians and other workers. The bill was filed in response to losses in the Singing River Hospital pension program. Problems existed for months before becoming publicly known, partly because the hospital board was meeting in private. The new law will take effect Jan. 1.

Clerks issuing same-sex marriage licenses BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

JACKSON — In the basement of the Hinds County Courthouse, in a corner underneath peeling paint and next to a United Way poster, Michael Dorado and Aaron Polk were getting married Monday. First came the “I dos” officiated by Bear Atwood, a lawyer for Mississippi’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Then the exchange of rings. And finally, the kiss. On the first day that same-sex couples could get married in many Mississippi counties, the onlookers asked Dorado what he called Polk now. “My husband, no longer my roommate,” said Dorado, 28, of Jackson, as his voice caught. It was a scene repeated in some other Mississippi courthouses

Monday after Attorney General Jim Hood emailed the state’s 82 circuit clerks saying he would not take “adverse action” against any clerk who issued a marriage license to a same-sex couple. Hood also warned that clerks who refused could be sued. “In so many words, it said go ahead and issue them and if it’s something different you won’t be responsible,” said Hinds County Circuit Clerk Barbara Dunn. “But if you don’t issue them, you could be sued. So what do you think I opted to do?” But not all counties went ahead. Officials in three of Mississippi’s most populous counties — DeSoto, Jackson and Jones — told The Associated Press Monday they weren’t issuing licenses to same-sex couples. The Campaign for Southern Equality, which represented

plaintiffs in the Mississippi case, says about half the counties say they won’t issue licenses, though in many places no one has asked. A federal lawsuit filed last year by two couples challenged Mississippi’s 1997 law and 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves overturned the ban, saying same-sex couples deserve equal protection under the law. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the Mississippi case but did not rule before Friday’s Supreme Court decision. Hood had initially said Friday that counties should await word from the appeals court. Jones County Circuit Clerk Bart Gavin said he felt Hood’s Monday pronouncement was too vague, especially because he told clerks they might want

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to warn applicants that licenses issued before action by the 5th Court could be legally cloudy. Attala County Circuit Clerk Wanda Fancher said her office, in a county of 20,000, typically issues a marriage license about every other day. She said no same-sex couples have sought a marriage license, but said she felt Hood’s new advice Monday “didn’t say to issue or not issue either way.” Hood said he’s asking the 5th Circuit to rule quickly, and the appeals court asked lawyers to submit briefs on what it should do by Wednesday. “We will respond very quickly and I think the issues are very simple,” said Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for the Campaign for Southern Equality, a gay-rights group. “The decision was very clear.”

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Ida B. Wells will take place in Holly Springs at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 10–Sunday, July 12. The unique celebration will include an inspirational speaker, music under the stars as well as arts and crafts displays for America’s civil rights “Crusader for justice”. Community leaders, Wells– Barnett’s family members and participants nation-wide will attend the festive event. The Ida B. Wells –Barnett Museum and Cultural Center of African-American History will offer a tour which will provide attendees with the cultural essence of the 19th Century African-American family. The annual banquet will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 11 at Rust College. Mr. Horace Cross, the great-grandson of Ida B. Wells–Barnett will be the guest speaker. (For more information, call 662-252-3232 or visit www.idabwellsmuseum.org. The museum is located at 220 North Randolph Street in Holly Springs. Their hours are from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday and from noon until 5 p.m. Saturday.)

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Confederate emblem affects election dynamic JACKSON — The racially sensitive topic of the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag was clearly was not on Republican Gov. Phil Bryant’s agenda entering this election year. Emily Debate is unavoidable now, Wagster because the massacre of nine Pettus worshippers at a black church in South Carolina has promptCapitol Dome ed people to re-examine the prominence given to symbols of the Old South. In late December, Bryant sat down with The Associated Press for an interview about his priorities for the 2015 legislative session. He was asked if he sees a need to change the state flag. The governor’s answer was a quick an unequivocal no. He said the banner does not hurt Mississippi’s image. “I’ve been all around the world — literally, all around the world. And not once have I had a world leader — consul general, prime minister — say, ‘We’re offended,’ or, ‘We don’t like your state flag,’” Bryant said. Asked about Mississippi residents who don’t like the flag, Bryant replied with a chuckle: “There are people in the state who are taxpayers that don’t like a lot of things.” Mississippi has the only state flag that includes the Confederate symbol. The design has been used since 1894, and was affirmed by a nearly 2-to-1 margin of voters in a 2001 statewide election. Since then, some black lawmakers have proposed redesigning the flag, but efforts fizzled because legislative leaders — Republican and Democrat — said voters had settled the issue. Dynamics changed with the news that the white man charged in the slayings, Dylann Storm Roof, had posed with the Confederate battle flag in photos published online before the attack. Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn became the state’s first top-tier Republican to say the Confederate X should be erased from the state flag. Gunn cited his Christian faith in saying the symbol had become “a point of offense.” Mississippi voters this year are choosing a governor, seven other statewide officials and all 174 legislators. Gunn is unopposed in his House district, so he faces less pressure than Bryant and Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who are on the statewide ballot. They have to keep conservative flag supporters happy while also acknowledging that some in the state see the Confederate emblem as an offensive reminder of slavery and segregation. Bryant and Reeves have said that if the flag is revisited, the issue should be decided by voters. Longtime Democratic state Rep. Ed Blackmon, a member of the Legislative Black Caucus, said putting the issue on the ballot again would have the same result as in 2001 — a racially divided vote to keep the Confederate symbol. He said legislators should step up and change the flag. The state’s two Republican U.S. senators, Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran, had previously punted on questions about the flag, saying it’s a matter for state and not federal officials to decide. Two days after Gunn’s announcement, they reversed course and said they want a more inclusive flag design. Cochran defeated a tea party challenger last year with the help of black voters who traditionally vote for Democrats but cast their ballots in a Republican primary runoff. The 77-year-old has said this will be his final term. Wicker is up for re-election in 2018. He’s current chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and he would, no doubt, rather quietly raise cash for colleagues than face pesky questions about his state flag’s symbol of the Lost Cause. (Daily Corinthian columnist Emily Wagster Pettus is a writer for the Associated Press based in Jackson.)

Prayer for today My Father, help me to see that in my portion of work thou hast entrusted me to help further thy kingdom. Correct me if I am wrong in interpreting thy way. May I concentrate my mind and make my heart and hands do the work which thou hast given for me to do. Amen.

A verse to share “Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever more. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 9:7

Marriage ruling faces roadblock up in this position? From a political standpoint, the Mississippi Legislature Sid Salter adopted sort Columnist of a belt-andsuspenders approach to the question of same-sex unions in 2003 by putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2004 that would ban same-sex marriage in this state — a status that had already been illegal by state statute in Mississippi since 1997. On the ballot, Mississippi voters were offered a “yes” or “no” vote decide the fate of Constitutional Amendment No. 1, which was authorized by House Concurrent Resolution 56 during the 2004 session of the Legislature and reads as follows: A “yes” vote approved a constitutional ban on samesex marriages in Mississippi and denied legal recognition of such marriages performed in other states or countries by the state of Mississippi. A “no” vote would disapprove the amendment. Some 86 percent of Mississippi voters approved the constitutional ban on samesex marriages. A decade ago, there was no

STARKVILLE — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that same-sex couples can marry nationwide isn’t immediately applicable in Mississippi based on a prior ruling by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves that granted a preliminary injunction blocking Mississippi’s past ban on same-sex marriages. The roadblock is procedural in nature, but the procedure will apparently have to play out. Mississippi’s more than decade-old ban on same-sex marriages was overturned by Reeves in a 2014 federal lawsuit, but Reeves issued a stay on his order pending the state’s appeal. Hood said: “The Supreme Court’s decision is not immediately effective in Mississippi. It will become effective in Mississippi and circuit clerks will be required to issue same-sex marriage licenses when the 5th Circuit lifts the stay of Judge Reeves’ order. This could come quickly or may take several days. The 5th Circuit might also choose not to lift the stay and instead issue an order which could take considerably longer before it becomes effective.” How did Mississippi end

constitutional ban on samesex marriage in Mississippi but such unions had specifically been illegal by statute since the state in 1997 adopted statutes modeled after the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Passed by Congress in 1996, DOMA barred federal recognition of samesex marriages and allowed states to ignore gay marriages performed elsewhere. Eleven states responded to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision allowing same-sex marriage by proposing to alter their constitutions or statutes to require that marriage partners be one man and one woman. As in the rest of the country, same-sex marriage ban amendment proponents in Mississippi said the 1997 DOMA statutes could be overturned in a future court challenge unless voters expressed their will through passing the amendment. Opponents said the amendment was overkill and denied a basic right to same-sex couples particularly in states that won’t recognize legal civil unions. But Mississippi voters passed the same-sex marriage ban amendment by numbers similar to Louisiana’s margin.

Many political observers saw the referendum as a means to drive conservative voter turnout. Fast-forward to 2013 and the U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. Specifically, the high court ruled that DOMA because it denies same-sex couples the “equal liberty” guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. In his ruling, Judge Reeves held that Mississippi’s samesex marriage ban violated the 14th Amendment by failing to protect individual rights against the beliefs of the majority of voters. Given the politicallyincendiary nature of the question and the fact that statewide courthouse-tostatehouse elections loom, it’s unlikely that state government will take any action on same-sex marriage until after November. What is likely is a great deal of political posturing by those on both sides of the debate. While the legal question is now settled law from a federal standpoint, the political question will likely continue to roil. (Daily Corinthian columnist Sid Salter is syndicated across the state. Contact him at 601-507-8004 or sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

Black vs. Blue in America Half a century ago this summer, the Voting Rights Act was passed, propelled by Bloody Sunday at Selma Bridge. The previous summer, the Civil Rights Act became law on July 2. We are in the 7th year of the presidency of a black American who has named the first two black U.S. attorneys general. Yet race relations seem more poisonous now than then, when the good will of America’s majority was driving legislation. Today’s issue, however, is not voting rights, open housing or school busing. It is black vs. blue: AfricanAmericans inflamed at what they see as chronic police brutality and police forces feeling besieged in a demagogic “war on cops.” And the media are obsessed with it, and determined to make us equally so. Consider. On June 9, America’s “newspaper of record” ran four stories in the first section about police violence against blacks. Page one of The New York Times told of black leaders in Cleveland, “distrustful of the criminal justice system,” invoking a “seldom-used Ohio

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law,” by going “directly to a judge to request murder charges” against the cops involved Pat in the death Buchanan of Tamir Rice. Columnist Responding to reports of a man with a gun, a cop, two seconds out of his car, shot Tamir, 12. The gun was a toy. Yet, though this happened six months ago, the Times went into loving detail again on how Tamir died. It then regurgitated the deaths, also last year, of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner on Staten Island. On page A11 was a story with three photos, covering almost a whole page, about a cop who, called to a raucous pool party in Texas, drew his gun and wrestled to the ground a 14-year-old black girl in a bathing suit. “A Party at a Pool, a Jarring Image of Police Force” was the banner over the Times’ tale of “powerful and disturbing” images, from video showing “a police officer pointing a gun at teen-

agers in bathing suits and shoving a young black girl’s face into the ground.” What does the Times’ investment of all this journalistic talent and news space tell us? The Times does not want this issue to die. The Times editors and writers see “blacks being victimized by white racist cops” as a representative truth about America 2015 that we all must address. But what is the larger reality? First, the vast majority of black males killed violently are killed by black males, and interracial crime in America is overwhelmingly black-on-white. While not the media truth, that is the statistical truth. This is reality. Indeed, if the ugliest expressions of racism are interracial assaults, rapes and murders, the heaviest concentrations of racism in America are in the black communities themselves. But the preferred story of the Times and mainstream media is white cops victimizing black folks. Thus we have all heard about Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Freddie

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Gray, but few know even the number of black folks gunned down annually in their own black communities. The press is not interested in ferreting out those statistics. Why? Such stats would muddy the message the media seek to send and reinforce: I.e., America must confront the crisis of rogue cops. America will divide and take sides. And the rival “war on cops” and “Black lives matter!” claims will be adjudicated in the election of 2016. In 1968, Richard Nixon rode the law-and-order issue into the White House. Hillary Clinton seems to be moving to capture the “Black-Lives-Matter!” constituencies. As for the Republicans, they seem to be acting more like the John Lindsays and Bill Scrantons of yesteryear than the Nixons and Ronald Reagans. But someone is going to pick up this issue. (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

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Authorities: Sweat shooting was lawful NEW YORK â€” A New York State trooper had the law on his side when he shot unarmed escapee David Sweat, apparently in the back, as the convicted killer ran toward a forest near the Canadian border. Law enforcement experts say state and federal law allows officers to use deadly force to prevent an escape if the suspect poses a significant threat. And experts say this shooting was clear-cut. Sweatâ€™s accomplice, convicted murderer Richard Matt, was shot and killed on Friday, but Sweat eluded capture for two more days. Sgt. Jay Cook was alone on Sunday when he came upon Sweat on a road less than 2 miles from the Canadian border. He fled, and Cook shot him twice. Â

Church holds last funeral for victim CHARLESTON, S.C. â€” A woman who earned her preacherâ€™s license the day she was killed at a South Carolina church along with eight others has been honored in the last victimâ€™s funeral at the scene of the shooting. Myra Thompson was remembered in a Monday service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Five other victims of the deadly shooting had services there this weekend, bringing political and religious leaders to the historic African-American church. Friends and family say the 59-year-old Thompson was a studious hard worker who led the churchâ€™s property committee and served on its board of trustees. At a court hearing last week, Thompsonâ€™s widower told the white male suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, that the family forgave him and asked him to repent. Â

NBC cuts ties after Trumpâ€™s comments NEW YORK â€” NBC said Monday that it is ending its business relationship with mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump because of comments

he made about Mexican immigrants during the announcement of his campaign. NBC said it would no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which had been a joint venture between the company and Trump. Miss USA has aired on NBC since 2003 and this yearâ€™s edition was set for July 12; NBC said it hasnâ€™t been determined what will air in its place. The network said that it has already begun exploring ways to air future seasons of the reality series â€œCelebrity Apprenticeâ€? without Trump as host. Reality show producer Mark Burnett continues to work on that show. â€œThe Apprentice,â€? which Trump also hosted and does not feature celebrities, is on hiatus. â€œAt NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,â€? NBC said in a statement. Trump attributed NBCâ€™s decision to a clash in view points on immigration, saying his views were strong and NBCâ€™s â€œvery weak.â€? He said he anticipated losing the business relationship and that heâ€™s not apologizing for his statements because they â€œwere correct.â€? Â

Plane crash victims identified by police PLAINVILLE, Mass. â€” Police have tentatively identified the three people killed when their small plane crashed into a Massachusetts home as a Tennessee doctor, his wife and college-age daughter. Plainville police say they believe the pilot of the Beechcraft BE36 plane that crashed Sunday was Joseph Richard Kalister, an emergency room physician, his wife, Betty, and daughter, Nicole, who was 18 or 19. The family lived in Knoxville. Police Chief Jim Alfred says the identities are still unconfirmed because of the extent of the injuries. He says the state medical examiner will have to do further testing to make positive identifications. All four residents of the Plainville home escaped unharmed. Minutes before the crash, the pilot calmly

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Madison County hit by small earthquake JACKSON â€” A small earthquake shook Madison County, Mississippi, on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was the third quake in the area in the past two months. The 3.2-magnitude quake occurred at 8:23 a.m. Monday, said Paul Caruso, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center. The epicenter was about 4 miles southwest of Canton and 19 miles northnortheast of Jackson. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said no injuries or damage were immediately reported. â€œThis was again a relatively small quake but reminds us we must always be prepared as there is no warning for earthquakes,â€? said MEMA Director Robert Latham. Caruso said analysts donâ€™t know what geological fault is involved, but the epicenter is well southeast of the New Madrid fault. Caruso said the agency got reports about the quake from Madison, Canton, Ridgeland and Jackson. Jenny Woodruff, special events and projects manager for Special Olympics Mississippi, said she and her colleagues felt the quake at their office in a one-story building in Madison. Â

Federal officials investigate fires COLUMBIA, S.C. â€” Federal authorities say they are investigating recent fires at predominantly black churches, though the blazes do not appear to be related. A federal law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity said a Friday fire at a church in South Carolina does not appear to have been intentionally set. The official had direct knowledge of the investigations but spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the official was not authorized to discuss them publicly. The official said another fire Wednesday at a Charlotte, North Carolina, church appeared to be set by vandals, and investigators have found no graffiti or other evidence that it was racially motivated. In Georgia, FBI Special Agent in Charge Britt Johnson said Monday that authorities are also looking into whether a June 23 fire could be a hate crime, which is common practice for fires at houses of worship. â€œOpening a preliminary inquiry doesnâ€™t suggest that a hate crime has occurred, but rather ensures that it is getting additional scrutiny for hate crime potential,â€? Johnson said in a statement. Another fire gutted the College Hill Seventh Day Adventist church in Knoxville, Tennessee, a predominantly black congregation. Knoxville Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk had said previously that the fire was not being investigated as a hate crime. Federal investigators are tracking the Knoxville blaze and several others in an arson database to determine whether there are any trends or similarities, but none of the fires appear to be related, said Michael Knight, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Tennessee.

Moss Point sees 4 shootings in 1 day MOSS POINT â€” Police in Moss Point say there were four shooting incidents reported within a 24-hour period over the weekend. Police Chief Art McClung told WLOX-TV that three people were injured in the shootings. So far, there is no word on any fatalities. And itâ€™s not clear if any or all of the shooting incidents were related. Two people have been taken into custody. Â

Sunday by a group of ghost hunters. Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong says the body appears to be that of a female in her late 60s with trauma to the head. Armstrong says while they canâ€™t identify the body now, it does match the description of a 69-year-old Vicksburg woman missing from her house, who police were searching for. Police say they have two men in custody who told police they dropped off the woman in Sharkey County after breaking into her house and abducting her Saturday night. Â

Roberts crowned Miss Mississippi VICKSBURG â€” Hannah Roberts has won the Miss Mississippi pageant and will compete for the crown of Miss America in September. The Clarion-Ledger reports the 21-year-old winner represented Miss University of Southern Mississippi in the competition Saturday night in Vicksburg and earned a $10,000 scholarship. Roberts plans to attend the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Miss Riverland Laura Lee Lewis was runner-up. Roberts was a double winner in the preliminary competition, winning for talent Wednesday and swimwear Friday. Â

Mayorâ€™s chief choice goes to council vote HATTIESBURG â€” The Hattiesburg City Council is scheduled for a vote on the mayorâ€™s fourth nominee for police chief â€” Crystal Springs Police Chief Anthony Parker. The council, which

rejected three previous nominees, is scheduled to vote at 8:30 a.m. Monday, The Hattiesburg American reported. Council members met with Parker on June 16. They said the interview went well, but originally had planned to vote July 6 or 7. Parker is a former Southern Miss football standout who retired from the Mississippi Highway Patrol after 27 years. He joined the Crystal Springs Police Department in February 2010 as a patrol officer and was named chief in October 2013. Since being re-elected to a fourth term in September 2013, DuPree has declined to nominate Chief Frazier Bolton, who has held the job for eight years. He still holds the title but no longer oversees day-to-day operations. Â

Katrina sculptures touched up by artist BILOXI -- The sculptor who turned trees killed by Hurricane Katrina to sculptors along Highway 90 in Biloxi has returned to freshen them up. WLOX-TV reports that Marlin Miller of Florida and his son made the trip as part of the Ohr Oâ€™Keefe Museumâ€™s â€œKatrina plus 10â€? exhibit. Museumâ€™s executive director Kevin Oâ€™Brien says a crew also applied tar and concrete around the roots to stop insect infestation. Miller says only a few vacant lots and his sculptures are left from the storm. He says that to him, the sculptures represent the volunteers who came to help and the resilience of coastal residents.

Ghost hunters find body at old hospital VICKSBURG â€” Authorities say police have recovered a body at the old Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg. The Vicksburg Post reports authorities say the body was discovered

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MIDLAND, Texas — A memorial service for Gerald Wayne Burnett, 83, is set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home. Mr. Burnett’s ashes will be interred at the family plot in Rienzi. He peacefully passed on Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Midland, Texas. Survivors include his wife, Janell Burnett; two sons, Da- Burnett vid Burnett and wife Janna of Monahans, Texas, and Johnny Burnett and wife Teresa of Monahans, Texas; a daughter, Lesa Cain and her husband Sean of The Woodlands, Texas; three grandchildren, Kandace Bolin and husband Mathew of Monahans Texas, J.W. Burnett and wife Lindley of Midland, Texas, and Shelton Burnett of Tomball, Texas; and three great-grandchildren, Caitlyne Bolin, Thomas Bolin and Rian Burnett. Gerald was born on June 24, 1932, in Rienzi, to his father, John Allen Burnett, and his mother, Eugenia Furtick Burnett. He grew up in a large, loving family with four sisters and five brothers. In high school he excelled in basketball and baseball. After graduating in 1951, he attended Delta State University in Cleveland on a basketball scholarship where he was known to “dunk that apple.” In the summer months he played American Legion Baseball in Corinth and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the summer of 1952. He spent time playing in Paducah, Ky., and then the United States Army came calling. Gerald served honorably in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955 in Frankfurt, Germany. Upon discharge, he played baseball for the Cleveland Indians farm system in West Palm Beach, Fla. Gerald and Janell moved to McCamey, Texas, in 1955, where his 30-

year career with Dowell began, as did the adventure of raising three children. The family moved to Monahans, Texas, in 1972, where he served as an area sales manager. Gerald was named regional sales manager for Dowell in 1982 and was transferred to Midland, Texas. Gerald retired from Dowell in 1986 and established the consulting firm Burnett, Evans and Hearne. Golf was a constant for Gerald and his family. He calculated that he walked approximately 10,000 miles sharing laughs and side bets with golfers from all over Texas. He has been known to win the round right- and left-handed. When shooting his age after 71, that is how he would answer the phone, “I am 71, but I shot 70.” When diagnosed with cancer in 2013, he remained dedicated in his love of golf and family. He remained a humorous, fun-loving man throughout many challenges in the final months. Gerald was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and five brothers. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of choice. For online condolences: www. npwelch.com

of the largest watermelons, loved making homemade ice cream, and having family fish fries. He enjoyed Ford trucks, trading with his friends at Biggers Hardware, going out to eat and collecting knives. He had a vast knowledge of knives, excelled in sharpening them and owned a huge selection. He loved his family and enjoyed friends and neighbors coming by to visit. He was a member of South Corinth Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Vivian Essary Mask; a son, Jerry Wayne Mask (Loretta); a daughter, Patricia Mask Shortnacy; and three grandchildren, Josh Kelly and Keith and Michael Shortnacy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Grady and Maggie Brock Mask, and a grandson, Steven Franklin Cornelius. Pallbearers were nephews David and Gerald Price; grandson Keith Shortnacy; and Sam Kirby, Arthur R. Mauney and Eugene King. Honorary pallbearers were Josh Kelly, Michael Shortnacy, Brian Shortnacy and Fred Sowell. Bro. Charles Stephenson and Shane Price officiated the service.

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TUPELO — Memorial services for Russell Moreland “Bud” Weaver Jr., 86, were held Monday at First United Methodist Church in Tupelo. Mr. Weaver died Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a period of declining health. He was born Oct. 17, 1928, in Corinth to Russell Moreland Weaver and Mae Campbell Weaver. He graduated from Corinth High School and grew up in First United Methodist Church, where his family was extremely active. He attended Antioch University and graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, receiving his bachelor of science degree, and was a math major and a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He lived in Memphis working for

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Funeral services for Virgil Mask, 85, were held Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Tippah Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Mask died Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Cornerstone Health and Rehab Center. Born Feb. 10, 1930, he was a landowner, farmer and logger his entire life. He married Vivian Mask Essary Mask on Oct. 23, 1950. He had a successful logging business for years and knew every aspect of the trade. He could grow some

GMAC prior to moving to Tupelo in 1960. There he worked for Coca-Cola Bottling Works and was an owner. Later, he started a “bearing and supply” business. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Tupelo, where he served on various committees. He was one of the directors of the Gardner-Simmons Home for girls and served on various committees for the United Way of Greater Lee County, receiving the Julius G. Berry Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service to United Way in 1986. When filmmakers were recruiting for a new film, they saw Weaver acting in “The Odd Couple” at the community theater and cast him in the movie “Tomorrow” starring Robert Duval. The movie was shot in part in Tupelo and Jacinto Courthouse in 1972. Survivors include his wife of 26 and a half years and loving caregiver of four and a half years, Patsy; his children, Dr. Russell Moreland Weaver (Jan) of Ashland, Ohio, Dr. Jere Hyland Weaver (Betsy) of Decatur, Ala., Amy Hendrix (Barry) of Troy; a stepdaughter, Tanya LaNette Beams of Huntsville, Ala.; five grandchildren, Charlie Weaver (Anna) of Birmingham, Ala., Natalie Weaver of Decatur, Ala., Carolina Weaver of Mobile, Ala., Paul Weaver of Cleveland, Ohio, and Manny Rocha of Decatur, Ala.; two great-grandchildren, Gregg Weaver of Birmingham, Ala., and Logan Reid of Decatur, Ala.; nephews Dr. Russ Wright (Whit) of Jasper, Ga., and Jason Reeves (Abbie) of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and a sister-in-law, Sherry Reeves of Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Jean Hyland Weaver, the mother of his children; and his sister, Catherine Weaver Wright. Memorial contributions may be made to Sanctuary Hospice House, 5159 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38803; First United Methodist Church of Tupelo; or a charity of choice. Condolences may be sent by email to hollandfuneraldirectors@comcast.net.

Inmates had sights on Mexico Washington homes The Associated Press

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Two convicted murderers who eluded a massive manhunt for three weeks planned to drive to Mexico after escaping prison but ended up walking toward Canada when their ride backed out — finally splitting up in their final days of freedom, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. David Sweat, 35, was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot twice in the torso by a trooper and captured Sunday near the Canadian border. Cuomo said Sweat has begun provid-

ing information about his audacious escape from the maximumsecurity Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6 with Richard Matt and their weeks on the lam. Matt was killed by officers on Friday. Prosecutors have previously said prison tailor shop employee Joyce Mitchell got close to the men and agreed to be their getaway driver but backed out because she felt guilty. Authorities also have said they discussed killing Mitchell’s husband, matching the newly detailed account provided by Cuomo on

Wiped Out “Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out” (Acts 3:19). In an old, one-room, country school house years ago, a boy was doing very poor work. About halfway through the school year, though, something the teacher said inspired him. He diligently applied himself to his work. His grades improved. His assignments were neat and attractive. He finished the year with very good marks, and his parents were quite proud. On visitation day at the end of the year, however, the boy’s heart sank as he saw his mother looking at his workbooks from that year. He knew that the fist half of those workbooks were full of messy work and unsightly blots. He watched as his mother leafed through them and was surprised that his mother was quite pleased as she called his father over to examine them. He discovered that his kind teacher had removed all of his work from the first half of the year and only the left the work that was neat. The point in life where we have a change of heart is called “repentance.” Sometimes in the Bible this change is simply called “turning” (Acts 3:19). When we make an about face, God covers up all of our shabby deeds from the past. He forgives, which means he removed them from the record book. In ancient times, writing was removed from leather scrolls by washing or sponging the ink off, and this metaphor was employed frequently in the Bible. The Psalmist prayed, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions...Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities” (Ps. 51:1, 9). We can relate with the psalmist in feeling the remorse and guilt of sin. Many have cried out with a burden of guilt. “Woe is me for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips...” (Isa. 6:5). “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2: 36-37). “For the good that I would I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do...O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Rom. 7:19, 24). We all have been there at some point in our lives, and perhaps we will again. It is important to remember that we can have confidence before the throne of grace (Heb. 4:16), if we will repent or turn away from doing sin. God declares, “I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins... I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist” (Isa. 43:25; 44:22). All are sinners. Sin’s reward is eternal death. (Rom. 3:23; 6:23) God has provided for our salvation in his tender mercy.

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the Capitol Pressroom radio program. “They would kill Mitchell’s husband and then get in the car and drive to Mexico on the theory that Mitchell was in love with one or both of them,” the governor said. “When Mitchell doesn’t show up, the Mexico plan gets foiled, and they head north toward Canada.” Matt had previously fled to Mexico after killing and dismembering his former boss in 1997. Matt and Sweat apparently spent more than two weeks together roaming the thick northern New York woods. Authorities believe they traveled mostly at night and managed to procure food, a gun and other supplies from hunting camps and seasonal cabins. Cuomo said the two men split up about five days ago. Matt had blisters on his feet — searchers found his

bloody socks — and Sweat thought his 49-year-old escape partner was holding him back. “Sweat felt that Matt was slowing him down,” Cuomo said. Sweat was captured Sunday in town of Constable, about 30 miles northwest of the prison, after Sgt. Jay Cook spotted him while on routine patrol. Cook shot Sweat as he fled toward a stand of trees. Sweat had a bag containing maps, tools, bug repellent and Pop Tarts when he was shot by Cook. Sweat was unarmed at the time, authorities said. Sweat was airlifted to Albany Medical Center, where he was upgraded from critical to serious condition after doctors determined overnight that he didn’t need immediate surgery. He is expected to stay at the hospital for a few days while his condition stabilizes, according to hospital officials.

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WENATCHEE, Wash. — From just across the Wenatchee River, Dominick Bonny watched a whole neighborhood in his central Washington town burn as a wildfire destroyed two dozen structures and forced hundreds to flee. “With the wind blowing away from us, it was like we were watching a natural disaster within arm’s reach,” he said. The wildfires hit parts of central and eastern Washington over the weekend as the state is struggling with a severe drought. Mountain snowpack is at extremely low levels, and about one-fifth of the state’s rivers and streams are at record low levels. Eastern Washington has been experiencing temperatures into the 100s, and last week Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation that allows state resources to quickly be brought in to respond to wildfires. Washington’s struggles with wildfires come as Alaska, its fellow Pacific Northwest state, is facing more and harsher wildfires this year. In Wenatchee, the wildfire fueled by high temperatures and strong winds roared into town Sunday afternoon. The blaze ignited in brush just outside Wenatchee, quickly burning out of control and leading about businesses about 120 miles east of Seattle to

evacuate customers. Rainfall on Monday provided relief, but hot, dry conditions will challenge crews trying to get a handle on the flames that burned more than an estimated 4 square miles, officials said. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries, but no injuries to residents were reported. Albert Rookard, who lives across the Wenatchee River from the blaze, stayed up late watching the fire, and he was shocked at how fast it grew. “From here, we could see embers just flying,” Rookard said. “There was fire in so many places. We could see emergency vehicles flashing across town.” Evacuations were mainly in the north end of town and included a WalMart store, the Chelan County Emergency Management office said. The store did not burn, but several commercial buildings were near the blaze, Washington State Patrol Trooper Darren Wright said. Emergency management officials late Monday morning also briefly issued a “shelter in place” order after ammonia started leaking from a fruit warehouse. They later said it had dissipated and was no longer a threat. The Blue Bird warehouse, which uses ammonia for cold-storage, was among a few commercial buildings to burn.

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