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Contract awarded for park expansion BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The start of construction of the Crossroads Regional Park expansion should be just weeks away following Monday’s awarding of the contract.

With the bond sale completed, the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Monday awarded the job to Michael Pittman Construction Co. of Corinth at $4,875,208.86. County Engineer Kent Geno of Cook Coggin

said this should clear the way for work to begin around Aug. 1. The bond sale closed at $5.5 million, and a number of fees associated with the project were deducted from that figure. A few things were trimmed from

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lighting levels on the ball fields, removal of the northern 350 feet of Clark Street from the upgrade to that route, and removal of one set of restrooms. Please see CONTRACT | 2

Heated remarks made over pay raise freeze BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Pay raises approved Monday for several Alcorn County employees will be the last of the current fiscal year. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to put a freeze on any further pay hikes before the new budget year begins on Oct. 1. That motion included approval of pay raises for hourly employees in the tax collector’s office. The board initially took Tax Collector Larry Ross’ request under advisement because of budget concerns. Later in the meeting, Third District Supervisor Tim Mitchell proposed an across-the-board freeze on pay increases in a motion that failed 3-2. Fifth District

BY KIMBERLY SHELTON Recently appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Corinth artist Jessica Humphreys impressed viewers with her Southern charm and colorful road map design pillows. Capturing the true flavor and essence of each state, the 18x18 muslin and burlap pillows feature vivid pigments and handpainted designs. “I have always been a lover of all things map, globe and travelinspired. I love the bold colors of vintage road maps and the folky art a lot of them have. My road map design is homage to that,” said Humphreys. “I use a four-step process in hand creating each one. First, each state is thoroughly researched. I look at old road maps, state landmarks and funky oddball tourist attractions. Then, I hand draw in ink, the state and landmarks in my own style.” Next, the 28-year-old carefully hand paints each design with acrylic washes in bold colors. “Finally, I go back in and reink the whole piece,” said the Memphis-born crafter. “This gives every state a very painterly and illustrative look.” According to Humphreys, the concept for her whimsical pillows came about after she was approached by Southern Apparel and Serendipity Owner Jan Patterson and former owner Amanda Sugg to create an updated version of their popular “My South,” the state inscribed with Southern lingo on it. A huge fan of GMA’s Deals and Steals segment, Patterson was so impressed by Humphreys’ designs she decided to

the scope of the park project to fit within the remaining available funds. “We tried to choose what would be the least impact on the overall project,” said Geno. Those changes include lower

Supervisor Jimmy Tate Waldon then offered the successful motion to approve Ross’ request but freeze others until Oct. 1. Ross said the raises are not a problem for his budget. He said the office’s spending is currently more than $19,000 under budget, and the proposed raises will cost $2,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year. In some heated remarks directed at the board, Ross said he wants equity, fairness and transparency. “Y’all just do the same thing every time and you won’t hear a fuss out of me,” he said. Mitchell said his concern is being a good steward of counPlease see RAISES | 2

Pursuit ends with wreck; teen cuffed and stuffed BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Jessica Humphreys, 28, proudly displays her Mississippi-inspired road map pillow. submit them for consideration. “No one knew how it would be received, but GMA came back saying they loved it and would love to feature it,” said an incredulous Humphreys. “It has been a whirlwind.” The young artist received the

news while visiting a friend’s dad at a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. “Amanda messaged me with the news,” she said. “There was such a mix of emotions at Please see PILLOWS | 2

A Chester County, Tennessee juvenile is in police custody after an assault and high speed chase that ended in Alcorn County Sunday afternoon. The 17-year-old male was meeting with a Department of Children Services worker in Henderson, Tennessee when he attacked the female worker and stabbed her several times in the neck with a pen. The juvenile then stole the worker’s vehicle and led police on a three-county wide high speed pursuit down U.S. Highway 45 before making a turn onto

a county road in Alcorn County. “The chase ended on Wenasoga Road just outside the city limits when the teen lost control of his vehicle and wrecked,” said Corinth police chief Ralph Dance. “Once captured, the teen was taken back to Tennessee.” Dance said several city police officers responded to the wreck, but did not participate in the pursuit. Alcorn County Sheriff’s deputies also responded to the scene. Henderson, Tennessee poPlease see CHASE | 2

Corinth’s annual ‘Battle of the Badges’ ready to draw blood BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth police and firemen will call on the community to join them in a life-saving cause. The annual Battle of the Badges is back with the two departments facing off in a friendly rivalry to generate the most blood for United Blood

Services. The event is set for 2 to 8 p.m. July 23 at the Mississippi State University Extension Center behind Crossroads Arena. The fire department won the competition last year, giving FD a 7-6 lead in the series. Chief Lucky Briggs hopes to see his department hold onto the tro-

phy for another year. “It’s not about us,” he said. “It’s about the lives that the blood saves. It’s a way that everyone can participate in saving lives.” Police Chief Ralph Dance said his department hopes to reclaim victory this year as the two departments enjoy the friendly

competition for a good cause. “At this time of year, there are a lot of accidents and people needing blood,” he said. UBS bills itself as the primary supplier of blood and blood products for Magnolia Regional Health Center and other hospitals in the region. The summer brings a great need for dona-

tions, especially from those who have type O blood, according to UBS. Donors will have a chance at winning prizes and must be at least 16, weigh at least 110 and be in good health. Donors can sign up online at bloodhero.com and use the sponsor code “badgebattle.”

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Keith Greene is hired as Corinth High School’s 13th head basketball coach. He follows David Robbins who left the post for a job at Northeast Mississippi Community College.

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Flag supporters rally outside state Capitol BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — The Confederate battle emblem should remain on the Mississippi flag because it honors ancestors who fought for the South in the Civil War, a brother of former Gov. Haley Barbour told about 40 supporters of the state banner at a rally Monday outside the state Capitol. “They were fighting for the freedom of the South not to get bossed around by a bunch of Yankees,” Jeppie Barbour told reporters after he spoke on the Capitol steps. About 40 people — all of them white — participated in the rally. As a bagpiper played “Dixie,” several Mississippi banners or freestanding rebel flags fluttered in breezes that brought little relief on a hot, muggy day. One

man wore a T-shirt with a rebel flag and the slogan: “Fighting terrorism since 1861.” Another carried a large Confederate battle flag emblazoned with the slogan: “I ain’t coming down.” Debate about Mississippi’s flag and other Confederate symbols reignited after the June 17 massacre of nine worshippers at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina. The man charged in the slayings, Dylann Storm Roof, had posed with the Confederate battle flag in photos posted online before the attack. Days after the attack, Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn became the first prominent Republican to say the state should change its flag. Citing his Christian faith, Gunn said the Confederate emblem had become divisive. At the rally

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The Confederate emblem has become a hot button issue. Monday, people distributed yard signs with the slogan: “Keep the Flag. Change the Speaker.” William Flowers of Atlanta is vice chairman of the Georgia chapter of League of the South, which he describes as a Southern nationalist group. Southern Poverty Law Center has long listed League of the South as

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er. “It can grow under any circumstance.” Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, both Republicans, have said they accept results of a 2001 statewide election, when people voted nearly 2-to-1 to keep the Confederate symbol that has been on the state flag since 1894. Haley Barbour, a Republican who was governor from 2004 to 2012, has said he’s not offended by the flag. As governor, he frequently wore a state flag lapel pin. Jeppie Barbour, who was Yazoo City mayor from 1968 to 1972, said the crowd at the rally represents a larger groundswell of everyday people who want to keep the banner. More than 100 people, black and white, took part in rallies last week to call for a new state flag.

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the time, that it was hard to even process how big a deal it was. I had only completed 24 states at the time of the news and we had a short processing time to get the rest ready.” Taking approximately two weeks per design, the Corinth resident was in a race against time to finish having only two weeks to make 26. “It was definitely a push. I’m pretty sure I went the whole two weeks without sleep and lived off B12,” said the artist with a snicker. “The show aired on Thursday, July 2, while I was on vacation in Panama City. Two of my closest friends and I woke up at 6:30 that morning and watched the whole two-hour show just to see the three-minute segment of my pillows.” “It was a very surreal experience. Even though it was very brief, it was super cool to see my designs broadcast on national television. I’m pretty sure I let out a little squeal of excitement when the pillows popped up on the screen. I felt like a kid at Christmas peeking around the corner to see a tree full of gifts for the first time. It was super cool, “she added. “I had friends and family texting me and telling me they were recording the show just to see the designs debut. I really do have the best support team. The pillows sold out of the 2, 500 limit for the show in a matter of hours and Southern Apparel and Serendipity continued to get back orders.” While she has been humbled by the huge outpouring of love and support for her artistic endeavors, the 2005 Corinth High School graduate said the best part of the day was talking to her dad and hearing him say how proud he was. “He told me it didn’t matter how many sold and that the good part was that my ‘art expression’ was good enough to be on

a hate group — a designation that angers league members who attended the rally Monday. Flowers said “cultural Marxists” in government and the news media are trying to eradicate Confederate symbols. “I will do everything I can to promote secession today,” Flowers said to scattered applause from

the crowd. Don Jacobs, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Purvis, denounced the Charleston killings but said they shouldn’t be used as an excuse to erase symbols of the Old South. “I would like to reach out to black people because they do not understand history,” Jacobs said. “Many of them still believe the North is the one that freed the slaves.” About 10 people — black and white — stood and watched the rally Monday. Among them was Joshua Herring, 25, who is African-American and works at the Nissan manufacturing plant north of Jackson. Herring said the flag should be changed to a symbol that would unify the state. “We can all agree on a magnolia,” Herring said of the state tree and flow-

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This colorful New York-inspired pillow is one of 50 designs created by Corinth artist Jessica Humphreys. GMA,” said Humphreys. “He said that compared to how many artists there are in the world, it was amazing that mine got selected.” A business owner with big ambitions, Jessica Humphreys is the daughter of Carol Humphreys, a freelance writer for Daily Corinthian and Randy Humphreys, a manager at Corinth Coca-Cola and longtime Main Street member. She was two siblings. Her older brother, Conner Humphreys is a visual artist best known for his portrayal of the young Forrest Gump in the 1994 film, “Forrest Gump.” Her younger sister, Anna Humphreys, holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Bob Jones University in South Carolina. “My parents are both creative people as well. My mom is gifted not only in language arts, but in studio arts as well, and my dad can build anything he puts his mind to,” said Jessica. “Coming from such an artsy background has really aided me in the direction I have gone in my life. Starting your own business at any age is scary, starting one at 23 is even scarier, but putting yourself out there as an artist is terrifying. You are literally putting little pieces of yourself out there for people to decide

to love or hate.” “It’s a a scary, but freeing experience all in one,” she continued. “You’re basically just saying ‘Hey guys, this is me. This is who I am. This is what I love. You either like me or you don’t’. I know I wouldn’t have had the courage to do that without the support of my family. Whether I end up being a ‘starving artist’ or not, they are behind me, telling me to go for it’.” A specialist in handcrafted jewelry and impasto style folk art with a Bohemian flair, Humpreys will celebrate five years in business this October as the owner of JH Artwear & Designs, an indie business based out of Mississippi. The young entrepreneur holds a 2010 bachelor of science in studio art degree from the University of North Alabama, where she finished up her education after transferring from Northeast Mississippi Community College. During her college years, she was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Kappa Pi Art Honor Society. (To see and order her pillows which were featured on GMA, visit Southern Apparel and Serendipity at www. southernapparelshop. com.)

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The contractor’s base bid was $5,239,603.01. The expansion, which will see the park facilities grow southward to Droke Road, includes the widening of part of Clark Street, five new ball fields, new parking, five soccer fields, new restrooms, improvements to the tennis courts, paving of the gravel lot adjacent to the tennis courts, a new playground and sand volleyball courts. With the expansion roughly doubling the size of the park, Supervisor Gary Ross said plans need

JACKSON — Mississippi regulators plan to discuss at a Tuesday meeting how to obey a state Supreme Court order to refund about $350 million that Mississippi Power Co. has collected from customers to build a power plant in Kemper County. The Supreme Court ruled in February that an 18 percent rate increase was illegal because regulators didn’t conduct hearings to ensure Mississippi Power was spending prudently on the $6.2 billion Kemper plant. It also ruled that regulators used an illegal rate structure, didn’t notify all ratepayers and broke public meetings law by negotiating a deal in private. The Public Service Commission, Mississippi Power and some business groups asked the court to reconsider, but the court reaffirmed its ruling in June. Now, commissioners must sort out how the

refunds will be issued. All three commissioners said Monday that they favor giving customers a choice between refund checks or credits on future bills. Typical residential customers could have hundreds of dollars at stake. “I think the majority of consumers will want checks and should get checks if they want,” Public Service Commission President Lynn Posey said. Though Mississippi Power accounted for the money separately, the unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. spent it on the $6.2 billion plant and could have to issue debt to pay the $350 million. Mississippi Power is under financial pressure. What it calls Plant Ratcliffe is years behind schedule and billions over budget, and the company must return a $332 million deposit to South Mississippi Electric Power Association after it dropped plans to buy part of Kem-

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USM enrollment drops 1,400 in three years HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi has seen enrollment drop nearly 9 percent since 2011, forcing campus-wide budget cuts for the coming fall. The Hattiesburg American reports that enrollment fell from nearly 16,200 in fall 2011 to less than 14,800 in fall 2014. Douglas Vinzant, vice president for finance and administration, says state appropriations used to play a bigger part in the university’s budget, but tuition has become more important. He says budget cuts ordered for this fall add up to about $5.9 million. He says that’s about 2.9 percent of the education and general budget of $248.7 million. He says many positions were left vacant, and about nine staffers were

laid off.

Authorities: 17-year-old dies after being shot at nightclub HATTIESBURG — Authorities say a 17-year-old has died after being shot at a Hattiesburg nightclub. Multiple media outlets report that Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Lt. Jon Traxler says police were called to Forrest General Hospital early Sunday morning after a victim was transported there from Club Memories. Traxler says the victim died from his injuries. Forrest County Deputy Coroner Lisa Klem identified the victim as Jabarri Goudy of Collins. Klem says Goudy’s body has been sent to the State Crime Lab in Jackson for autopsy. No further details into the shooting have been given. Traxler says the investigation is ongoing and that no arrests have been made.

RAISES to be made to maintain the larger facility. Park Director Ray Holloway said he will be looking to the city and county for assistance. The bond sale for the park project, which is tied to the restructuring of an existing bond, took longer than anticipated to complete as the county’s bond counsel tried to wait out a fluctuating bond market for the best results. Other bidders for the park expansion were Edge Construction LLC of Tremont; Worsham Brothers, Inc., of Corinth; Roberts Builders, Inc., of Ripley; and CIG Contractors, Inc., of Corinth.

per. Fitch Ratings then downgraded Mississippi Power’s credit rating. Northern District Commissioner Brandon Presley, a Nettleton Democrat, said he expected commissioners would act Tuesday to roll back the rate increase enacted in March 2013. He and other commissioners said they expected it would take several months to work out refund methods. Any rate decrease could be short-lived. Mississippi Power filed three plans to increase rates after the court ruling. The company says it will use state law to enact the steepest increase on Sept. 12 if commissioners don’t act by then. Residential customers who pay $144 a month now could see rates rise as high as $181 a month. Mississippi Power’s 186,000 customers from Meridian to the Gulf Coast would pay $273 million more in the first year and $395 million in the second year under one scenario.

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ty funds, and he has nothing against Ross’ employees. Earlier in the meeting before the freeze was enacted, a couple of Second District employees also got raises in a split vote. In other business before the board on Monday: ■ Supervisors approved a new commissary contract with CBM Managed Services for the correctional facility at a cost of 88.4 cents per meal, compared to 94 cents

CHASE per meal in the prior contract. Total calories per day will increase to 3,000. ■ Harrison Childs addressed the board to encourage them to ask ACE Power to sell electricity to industries at cost without making a profit. ■ The board approved use of the courthouse grounds for the Democratic political speaking on Aug. 1 beginning at noon and for a Christian patriot rally on Sept. 19 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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lice confirmed the juvenile will face attempted murder, auto theft and escape charges in Chester County, Tennessee. He may face additional charges in Alcorn County and McNairy County, Tennessee. The DCS worker suffered from extensive injuries as a result of the attack and is currently in a West Tennessee hospital.

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Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 7, the 188th day of 2015. There are 177 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 7, 1865, four people were hanged in Washington D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne), David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the U.S. federal government.

On this date: In 1846, U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison. In 1919, the first Transcontinental Motor Convoy, in which a U.S. Army convoy of motorized vehicles crossed the United States, departed Washington D.C. (The trip ended in San Francisco on September 6, 1919.) In 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted into full-scale conflict as Imperial Japanese forces attacked the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing. In 1948, six female U.S. Navy reservists became the first women to be sworn in to the regular Navy. In 1954, Elvis Presley made his radio debut as Memphis, Tennessee, station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.” In 1969, Canada’s House of Commons gave final approval to the Official Languages Act, making French equal to English throughout the national government. In 1975, the daytime drama “Ryan’s Hope” premiered on ABC-TV. In 1976, President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford hosted a White House dinner for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1987, Lt. Col. Oliver North began his longawaited public testimony at the Iran- Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had “never carried out a single act, not one,” without authorization. In 1990, the first “Three Tenors” concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome’s Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the World Cup championship.

Local/Region Across the Region Woman dies after falling from boat

Highway patrol searches for missing police dog

PICKWICK DAM, Tenn. — A Tuscumbia, Alabama woman died Sunday night after falling from a boat on Pickwick Lake. Police said shortly after the fireworks celebration display Saturday night, Florence, Alabama Police Water Rescue Recovery Team, fire, marine police and state conservation officers responded to a report of a woman in the water. After a short search, police said conservation officers found the woman floating face down in the water. The woman was not wearing a personal flotation device when she fell from a pontoon boat during rough water around 10:20 p.m. Saturday. Authorities said she was taken to the Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama where she later died. The name of the victim has not been released.

LEE COUNTY — The Mississippi Highway Patrol is searching for a missing police dog. According to Public Affairs Officer MHP Ray Hall, the K-9 went missing in the Old Union Community in Lee County Sunday morning at approximately 9:45 a.m. The 9-year-old black lab named “Smoke” is an explosive detection K-9, who apparently disappeared while his handler was conducting routine morning exercises with him. He was wearing an orange collar when he disappeared. MHP is asking anyone with information, contact (662) 5348650.

Two people injured in Prentiss County wreck PRENTISS COUNTY — Two people were sent to the hospital Sunday night after a crash on U.S. Highway 45 just inside the Prentiss County limits. Authorities said the two victims were both driving north bound when one one of the drivers rear-ended a truck causing the vehicle he was driving to go into a ditch. The victims’ conditions are unknown.

their injuries was not available. The accident remains under investigation.

Legal group helps with guardianship, enrollment TUPELO — The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project will help low-income adults wanting to establish legal guardianship of children to enroll them in school. The guardianship clinic is scheduled for July 15 at the Lee County Justice Center in Tupelo. Those interested in attending must meet federal requirements. Schools require documentation of legal guardianship before enrolling a child living with someone other than a parent. This means grandparents and other relatives must file guardianship documents with the chancery court before attempting to enroll the children they are raising with the school district. Lawyers Project Executive Director Gayla Carpenter-Sanders says a lawyer will work to help guardians get their children enrolled in school without delay for this fall. Students from the University of Mississippi Law School’s Pro Bono Initiative will draft the documents necessary for court.

Trace wreck claims life of Braxton man TUPELO — Natchez Trace Parkway Rangers continue to investigate a July 3 fatal accident. Chief Ranger Sara Davis said Steve Allen Foster, 62, of Braxton died at the scene of the accident near milepost 244.5 just north of the Davis Lake exit. Davis said Foster was the driver of a car heading north on the Parkway and was hit headon when an SUV heading south crossed the center line. The SUV was driven by Conrad S. Coonrod, 24, of Huntsville, Alabama. Three other people were in the vehicles when the accident happened, but the severity of

Counterfeiter arrested in undercover probe MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A

Man held in federal firearms case dies Associated Press

WIGGINS — Stone County officials say a 43-year-old man held for federal marshals in a firearms case has died from a blood clot after being taken to a hospital by ambulance from the county jail. Coroner Wayne Flurry tells The Sun Herald George Sullivan Jr. died early Saturday of natural causes from a pulmonary embolism. “He had health problems and had told a nurse at the jail he was diabetic but hadn’t taken any medication for two years,” Flurry said.

Sullivan was one of four men arrested June 23 on a criminal complaint in the theft of about 49 firearms from a Saucier business. The firearms were stolen from Friendly Pawn and Auto on U.S. 49 between the night of June 6 and the morning of June 8. Sullivan was being held at the jail in Wiggins and was scheduled for a detention hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Jail Warden Dwain Brewer said Sullivan told jail staff he was having a medical problem about 11 p.m. Friday.

“He was complaining of shortness of breath,” Brewer said. “The jail called the on-call nurse and she advised them to call for an ambulance. The ambulance left the jail about 11:22 p.m. and the on-call nurse met them at the hospital.” He said Sullivan died about 1 a.m. Saturday at Stone County Hospital. Also arrested were Tyson Lee Gaines Sr., 34; Kevin Gerard Edwards, 50; and Willie Lee Carter, 34. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Gargiulo has turned the case over to a grand jury.

Plans for monument fixes raises questions Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Money set aside by Missouri lawmakers could mean repairs to cracked stone and broken bronze on the first state Civil War Memorial dedicated to soldiers of both armies, but state officials have raised concerns about the funding. The Legislature budgeted $375,000 for the fiscal year that began last week to repair the monument for the state’s Civil War troops at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune. The move has been lauded by the National Park Service and by Missouri Civil War heritage groups, and some members hope to fix the monument before its upcoming 100th anniversary. The stone and bronze monu-

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ment was unveiled in October 1917. “It is one of only two and the first monument to commemorate the sacrifices of soldiers from a single state who fought on both sides of the battle, and that makes it a very special monument to us,” said Bill Justice, who will take over as superintendent at Vicksburg at the end of August. The Mississippi military park where the monument is located commemorates the 47-day Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, a decisive victory for Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. But the project — intended to fix broken bronze work and discolored and cracked stone — could face hurdles. Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Steph Deidrick said there are

concerns that the repairs might not be an eligible use of allocated funds. No further details were provided to the Columbia Daily Tribune, and requests for comment from The Associated Press were not returned Monday. The money to pay for repairs would come from the State Parks Earnings Fund, which includes money from park concessions and contractors. It’s meant to be used to administer state parks and historic sites. Larry Dietzel, a Columbia resident and former commander of the Tiger Camp 432 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, said the state has a “rare opportunity” to preserve the monument. “It needs to be preserved, and I hope there won’t be any more bumps in the road,” Dietzel said.

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JACKSON — A Mississippi taxidermist must pay $4,300 for hiding the skin of a threatened Louisiana black bear from investigators, and a man who helped take the bear to him must pay an equal amount. Chester Brad Williams of Meridian and taxidermist David Lucas Wimberly of Quitman both were put on probation for a year, during which neither may hunt. Wimberly must also mount the bear, which was shot last year in Lauderdale County, and give it to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for educational purposes, U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate said at his sentencing last week. Both pleaded guilty earlier this year to possessing the dead bear; Williams also pleaded guilty to transporting it. Travis Butler of Meridian has not been sentenced. He pleaded guilty to getting someone else to shoot the animal and to obstructing a federal investigation — a felony charge which prevents him from owning a gun. The maximum penalties are a year in prison and a $100,000 fine for violating the Endangered Species Act and up to 20 years and $250,000 for obstruction. A judge sentenced Wimberly and Williams last week. Habitat loss and other factors had cut the number of bears in the subspecies to an estimated few hundred in three areas by 1992.

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Tennessee resident has been arrested for the sale of counterfeit goods in Kosciusko, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Ali Said Khdeir, 33, of Memphis, Tennessee, was recently arrested following an undercover joint operation by the Attorney General’s Office Intellectual Property Task Force and the Attala County Sheriff’s Department. Khdeir is accused of selling counterfeit goods and possession with intent to sell counterfeit goods. During the operation, investigators observed Khdeir selling a large number of alleged counterfeit goods, including NFL hats and the prescription pills, Viagra and Cialis, to a general store in Kosciusko. Khdeir, a resident of Tennessee, had transported these counterfeit goods into Mississippi from out of state. If found guilty, Khdeir faces up to 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines. As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Khdeir was booked by the Attala County Sheriff’s Department. The case is being investigated by Investigator Lee McDivitt and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Shaun Yurtkuran of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.

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Obamacare still key issue BY DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN Columnists

You can almost hear the sighs of relief coming from the liberal and establishment media after the Court ruled for Obama in the King v. Burwell case. “Thank God that’s over,” they seem to say. “Now the Obamacare issue has run its course. We won’t have to face it in 2016.” The media has proclaimed the issue over and the program vindicated in the courts and in public opinion. Some have even suggested that Republicans are hurting themselves by opposing it or repealing and replacing it. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong Their reasoning is just the kind of myopia that hampers the view from inside the beltway as it tries to relate to the rest of the nation. The Obamacare issue is far from over. In fact, it has hardly begun to have its real impact. Now that Obamacare’s future is assured by the Court, voters will have no other outlet for their passionate hatred of this law than through the presidential elections. And what better target to run against than the author of Hilllarycare herself? Those who are enrolled in Obamacare are suffering having to pay up to $6,000 in deductibles for even minor procedures. They can’t find doctors or hospitals from whom to get care and often see no more than a nurse. Every American has to notice the fundamental deterioration in medical care under the president’s program. Medical resources are rationed and actual medical care from a doctor is becoming increasingly scarce. And then there are the premiums. Obamacare premiums started too high and keep growing year after year. The fundamental defect of the program is that it attracts mainly sick people and the administration’s hopes that the premiums of the young and healthy would carry the load is proving to be a delusion. Their anger at the past and dread of future premium hikes is palpable. Remember that almost half of the Obamacare patients had insurance before they were forced to abandon it and move to more expensive coverage. The extra premiums and deductibles are to pay for insurance they don’t need, didn’t want and wouldn’t have chosen if they had the choice. Each year’s premium increase -- this year running to 25 percent or more -only stokes their rage. And, for the rest of us, there is the price of Obamacare to worry about as 90 percent of the enrollees get subsidies at our expense. We know that a new entitlement has been created and fear that it is here to stay. We see no benefit to it in our own lives and we worry that it will crowd out the entitlements we do need like Social Security and Medicare. To the politicians, the Obamacare issue seems to have faded with the Court ruling. But the polling still reflects the over 50 percent disapproval that has been the case ever since it was proposed. Liberals: Don’t fool yourselves. Obamacare will be just as strong a drag on your candidates as it was in 2010, and maybe more so. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and writer. He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Prayer for today Gracious Father of us all, if I may have cause to be provoked to-day, help me to rise above my angry passions, and not from weakness plunge into that for which I may be sorry. Make me self-forgetful, that I may be willing to make peace with those whom I may have displeased. Amen.

A verse to share “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

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Love and hate in Dixie “I will never be able to hold her again, but I forgive you.” So said Nadine Collier, who lost her mother in the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, offering forgiveness to Dylann Roof, who confessed to the atrocity that took the lives of nine churchgoers at that Wednesday night prayer service and Bible study. If there is a better recent example of what it means to be a Christian, I am unaware of it. Collier and the families of those slain showed a faithfulness to Christ’s gospel of love and forgiveness that many are taught but few are strong enough to follow, especially at times like this. Their Christian witness testifies to a forgotten truth: If slavery was the worst thing that happened to black folks brought from Africa to America, Christianity was the best. Charleston, too, gave us an example of how a city should behave when faced with horror. Contrast the conduct of those good Southern people who stood outside that church in solidarity with the aggrieved, with the Ferguson mobs that looted and burned and the New York mobs that chanted for the killing of cops when the Eric Garner grand jury declined to indict. Yet, predictably, the cultural Marxists descended

like locusts. As Roof had filmed himself flaunting a Confederate battle Pat flag, the cry Buchanan went out to tear that flag Columnist down from the war memorial in Columbia, South Carolina, and remove its vile presence everywhere in America. Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post appeared front and center on its oped page with this call to healing: “The Confederate battle flag is an American swastika, the relic of traitors and totalitarians, symbol of a brutal regime, not a republic. The Confederacy was treason in defense of a still deeper crime against humanity: slavery.” But if Jenkins’ hate-filled screed is right, if the Confederacy was Nazi Germany on American soil, then not only the battle flag must go. The Confederate War Memorial on the capitol grounds honors the scores of thousands of South Carolinians who died in the lost cause. And if that was a cause of traitors and totalitarians and about nothing but slavery, ought not that memorial be dynamited? Even as ISIS is desecrating tombs in Palmyra, Syria, the cultural purge of the South has begun.

Rep. Steve Cohen wants the name of legendary cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Forrest Park in Memphis and his bust gone from the capitol; Sen. Mitch McConnell wants the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis removed from the Kentucky capitol. Governors are rushing to remove replicas of the battle flag from license plates, with Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe the most vocal. Will McAuliffe also demand that the statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson be removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond? “Take Down a Symbol of Hatred,” rails The New York Times. But the battle flag is not so much a symbol of hatred as it is an object of hatred, a target of hatred. It evokes a hatred of the visceral sort that we see manifest in Jenkins’ equating of the South of Washington, Jefferson, John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson and Lee with Hitler’s Third Reich. What the flag symbolizes for the millions who revere, cherish or love it, however, is the heroism of those who fought and died under it. That flag flew over battlefields, not over slave quarters. Hence, who are the real haters here? Can the Times really believe that all those coffee cups and baseball caps and

T-shirts and sweaters and flag decals on car and truck bumpers are declarations that the owners hate black people? Does the Times believe Southern folks fly that flag in their yards because they want slavery back? The world is turned upside down. The new dogma of the cultural Marxists: Columbus was a genocidal racist. Three of our Founding Fathers – Washington, Jefferson, Madison – were slaveowners. Andrew Jackson was an ethnic cleanser of Indians. The great Confederate generals – Lee, Jackson, Forrest – fought to preserve an evil institution. You have nothing to be proud of and much to be ashamed of if your ancestors fought for the South. And, oh yes, your battle flag is the moral equivalent of a Nazi swastika. And how is the Republican Party standing up to this cultural lynch mob? Retreating and running as fast as possible. If we are to preserve our republic, future generations are going to need what that battle flag truly stands for: pride in our history and defiance in the face of the arrogance of power. (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

Supreme Court says words they don’t mean For most people, words mean what they say. But not necessarily for a majority of Supreme Court justices in two important decisions handed down. In the most prominent, King v. Burwell, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, ruled that the words “established by the state” mean “established by the state or the federal government.” In a second decision, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for a 5-4 majority, ruled that the omission in the 1968 Fair Housing Act of words banning acts that have a disparate impact on people of different races didn’t matter. The plaintiff could bring a lawsuit anyway. Both cases were victories for the Obama administration and for the proposition that the executive branch can rewrite laws to say what they want them to say. The results are particularly striking, since neither case was a challenge based on the Constitution. They

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simply required the Court to interpret the words of a statute – words Michael that can be Barone changed by an act of Columnist Congress. But waiting around for Congress to act is not the modus operandi of the second-term Obama presidency. Results are what the president wants, and if the plain meaning of words has to be ignored – well, the Red Queen from “Alice in Wonderland” provides guidance on that. A contrary decision in King v. Burwell would certainly have had some unpleasant consequences, as the chief justice noted. Obamacare, as passed by Congress, provided for insurance subsidies only in states that established their own health exchanges. It specifically did not authorize subsidies in states that took the other option of using an exchange set up by the federal government. Obamacare fans dismiss

this as a drafting error, an unexplainable glitch. But it’s very much in line with the way Congress has drafted numerous statutes. Under settled constitutional law, Congress can’t require state governments to do things. But it can provide money on the condition the states do what it wants. But much to the surprise of Obamacare’s framers, notably MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, 36 states declined to establish their own health exchanges. So if the Supreme Court interpreted the words “established by the state” to mean “established by the state,” some 6 million people would have lost their health insurance subsidies. The chief justice’s King v. Burwell decision was crisply written and assertive. Justice Kennedy’s Inclusive Communities decision, in contrast, was almost apologetic. The issue was not whether the Fair Housing Act prohibits intentional discrimination. The issue was whether the fact that more monies go to heavily black (or white or Hispanic) neighborhoods than to oth-

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ers. The Obama administration has scrambled to keep this issue away from the Court, lest it frustrate HUD’s program to “diversify” affluent neighborhoods with low-income housing. Justice Kennedy allowed that but said it didn’t justify imposing racial quotas or preferences. But those are empty words. Universities aren’t supposed to employ quotas in admissions, but they do. HUD will happily do the same. These two decisions expanding the power of the executive branch exasperated Republicans. But they also raise issues that hurt Democrats. The Court may let the executive say that words don’t mean what they say. But the voters can install a new executive. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.)

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BOSTON â€” Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion for a new trial, less than two weeks after he was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attack. Tsarnaevâ€™s lawyers filed a preliminary motion for a new trial Monday for his conviction and death sentence. The motion did not contain any details on what grounds they plan to argue, saying only that a new trial is â€œrequired in the interests of justice.â€? The 21-year-old Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 charges in the bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 260. The same jury recommended the death penalty, and a federal judge on June 24 sentenced him to death. Â

homes in an upscale lakeside community threatened by wildfire. The blaze has destroyed at least six homes and already forced about 200 people to evacuate from Bayview, a small town on Lake Pend Oreille, a recreation and fishing destination in the Idaho panhandle. Officials on Monday recommended the rest of the town immediately evacuate as strong winds, rising temperatures and low humidity threatened to fan the flames later in the day. A high school will serve as an emergency shelter for the area, which is made up of a mix of year-round residences and seasonal homes. Authorities say the fire started near the lake shore and burned upslope through timber. It has scorched about 3 square miles. Â

New head looks to future after Dolezal

BMX pioneer found dead in California

SPOKANE, Wash. â€” The new president of the Spokane, Washington, NAACP says she wants to focus on repairing the damage from the recent Rachel Dolezal controversy. Naima Quarles-Burnley last month replaced Dolezal, who resigned amid questions about her racial identity after her parents said she was a white woman pretending to be black. Quarles-Burnley tells The Spokesman-Review the episode hurt the organization because people questioned the groupâ€™s integrity. But the chapterâ€™s new leader says sheâ€™s committed to moving forward and showing that the actions of one donâ€™t reflect on all. One of the first goals will be to fill positions within the chapterâ€™s executive committee. Quarles-Burnley also wants to work on raising awareness about HIV/AIDS in the AfricanAmerican community and prepare for a regional NAACP conference this fall. Â

LOS ANGELES â€” Scot Alexander Breithaupt, who organized bicycle races on dirt motorcycle courses in the early 1970s, becoming a founder of BMX and later a champion and one of the sportâ€™s best known figures, died in California, authorities said Monday. A body found Saturday morning in a tent at a vacant lot in the desert city of Indio was identified as Breithaupt, Sgt. Dan Marshall said. Police responded after someone called police to report the body near a shopping center. Breithaupt, who was 57 and lived in neighboring La Quinta, had been dead for an unknown time, and there were no obvious signs of foul play, Marshall said. A cause of death had not been determined Monday. â€œScot was one of the key figures in making BMX become what it is today. He would say he was the key figure, because that was the kind of guy he was,â€? said Craig Barrette, spokesman for USA BMX, which runs the sportâ€™s Hall of Fame, where Breithaupt is enshrined. â€œHe was involved in every aspect of BMX.â€? Breithaupt was a

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Upscale Idaho town threatened by fire BAYVIEW, Idaho â€” Idaho fire managers are urging hundreds of residents to leave their

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teenager and a competitive motocross rider when one day he saw a group of kids riding their bicycles in a dirt lot near his home in Long Beach, Calif. He was inspired to organize bicycle races on a dirt track similar to those used by motocross riders. â€œThose were some of the first BMX races ever,â€? Barrette said. Breithaupt became a BMX rider, winning several championships, and eventually a color commentator when the sport began to be televised in the 1980s. Â

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Davis appeals ruling of repayment to city JACKSON â€” Former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is asking a state appeals court to throw out an order that he repay $73,000 to the city for the alleged misuse of public funds. The state Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the case on July 21 in Jackson. In briefs filed with the court, Davisâ€™ attorney argues the local board of aldermen legally reimbursed Davis for money he spent on city business. Attorney Michael A. Heilman said Davisâ€™ charges on the city credit card were approved and paid by the board of aldermen. He said the aldermen never rescinded approval of these claims. Davis was sued by State Auditor Stacey Pickering for allegedly misusing more than $170,000 in city funds for trips, expensive dinners and clothing. A Hinds County chancery judge in 2014 ordered Davis to reimburse the city. Records show Davis repaid $96,000 but still owes $73,915, including interest and penalties. â€œThe chancellor did not make any findings that Davisâ€™s expenditures violated any statutes or caused the City of Southaven any actual loss. For that matter, the State Auditor cannot prove that Davis violated any statutes,â€? Heilman said in briefs. Heilman said Davis did not authorize or appropriate the expenditure of city funds. He said Davis, as mayor, spent city funds as appropriated in the budget and aldermen approved reimbursement of these expenditures. Melissa C. Patterson, a special assistant attorney general, wrote in briefs that the evidence shows that city funds â€œwere used to pay for a significant amount of expenses incurred by Davis and his family that were personal in nature, and thus without any legitimate business justification.â€? Â

Fire kills 14 dogs at boarding facility MONTEREY, Calif. â€” Authorities say 14 dogs died in a fire at a Central California boarding facility that cares for pets while their owners are away on vacation. Inspector Mike Ventimiglia of the Monterey Fire Department said Monday it appears the dogs died of smoke inhalation. He says a cause for the Sunday afternoon blaze at Home Away from Home pet spa remains under investigation. One dog survived the fire, along with six cats and a tarantula. Ventimiglia says the business owner had left the building to pick up two more dogs when the fire started. He says the fire was emotionally devastating to pet owners. The owner of the business was not immediately available for comment Monday. Â

Man hurt in fall at Grateful Dead show CHICAGO â€” Police say a man was critically hurt in a fall at a Grateful Dead concert at Chicagoâ€™s Soldier Field. Chicago Police Department spokesman Officer Hector Alfaro says police were called around 9 p.m. Sunday after a 41-year-old man fell at least 20 feet from a railing where he was sitting inside the stadium. Police say it appeared to be an accident. The Chicago Tribune reports the man was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Police said early Monday morning that his condition had stabilized.

ing more efficiently if the city does the work itself, rather than hiring contractors. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Council President Deâ€™Keither Stamps said contractors rent equipment, and the city could do that, too. Councilman Tyrone Hendrix says heâ€™s tired of people calling him about dilapidated housing, and thinks the council should look at the cost of buying equipment. Jackson officials have said about 50 run-down houses are demolished a year. Hendrix says Meridian and some other cities demolish more than 1,200 homes a year. Â

Houlka budget back in the black HOULKA â€” Houlka Mayor Jimmy Kelly says tighter financial management and other steps have brought his town out of a $100,000 hole. â€œWeâ€™re solvent now and the budget weâ€™re now operating under is balanced,â€? Kelly told The Chickasaw Journal. Kelly said the current budget shows projected revenues of $620,829 against expected expenses of $569,274 for the 1.2 square-mile, north Chickasaw County town, which has a population of about 630 people. The shortfall was first detected in August. The cause? â€œIt was a number of things,â€? said Kelly. â€œWe werenâ€™t watching as close as we should have been. We werenâ€™t paying attention to what was going on. Weâ€™re really being watchful (of) what we spend and weâ€™re not spending any more than absolutely necessary.â€? The savings came in

different ways: â– The former town clerk resigned. The new clerkâ€™s salary and expenses are less than those of the previous clerk. â– The town eliminated the portion of employeesâ€™ insurance it had been paying. Until last year, the town had paid all the insurance. â– The town sold an old bank building it bought for the new Town Hall and pocketed $27,000 after the mortgage was paid off. Town Hall offices were moved back to its previous building which also houses the fire, police and street departments. â– The town consolidated several building funds and several other funds, totaling about $75,000. Â

Volunteers guarded nesting shorebirds BILOXI â€” Members and friends of the Audubon Mississippi Coastal Bird Stewardship Program spent the Independence Day weekend protecting breeding shorebirds from merrymakers and fireworks. The birds are least terns, which nest on sandy beaches. The Cornell Lab of Ornithologyâ€™s website says theyâ€™re considered endangered, threatened or a species of concern in most states where they live. Program director Sarah Pacyna tells The Sun Herald that people walking through nesting colonies can scare the birds away from their nests for good. The organization set up a campsite at Great Southern Golf Club in Gulfport to teach people about the birds through Sunday.

Jackson may buy its own equipment JACKSON â€” Jackson City Council members say they may be able to get rid of blighted hous-

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Deaths Eudora Henderson

PEARL — Eudora M. Henderson, 91, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.– 11 a.m. today at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl with funeral services at 11 a.m. Burial will be at noon on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 in the Corinth National Cemetery. Mrs. Henderson was born February 7, 1924, in Ripley. She grew up in Corinth and was Valedictorian of her graduating class. She began her banking career at the Security Bank in Corinth and married Brad Henderson in 1947 on Thanksgiving Day. They moved to

Betty Mccullar

Betty Mccullar, 71, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Patterson Memorial Chapel.

Patricia Aldridge

IUKA — Funeral services for Patricia Aldridge, 58, of Iuka are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in Patrick Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Mrs. Aldridge died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at her residence. Survivors include her husband, Earnest White of Iuka; one son, Jonathan Aldridge of Iuka; three daughters, Carolyn Johnson of Corinth, Patty Talley (Ashley) of Hernando and Brandy White (Scott) of Iuka; one brother , J.T. Wilburn of Savannah, Tenn.; three sisters, Debra Schanault; Jessie Sparks and Liz Doyle; and five grandchildren, Jordan, Kelly, Dakota, Tyler, and Elijah. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie Lee and Lizzie Mae Wilburn. Bro. Johnny Nunley will officiate.

Pearl in 1955 where she began her career at Trustmark and became one of the first women Vice Presidents. She worked there until her retirement in 1990. Mrs. Henderson joined McLaurin Heights Baptist Church in 1979 and served as Sunday School Teacher and on numerous committees. She enjoyed cooking, reading, spending time with her friends, but above all she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren who knew her as Nin. Mrs. Henderson was preceded in death by her husband in 2007; and son-in-law, Brian Rowan in 2010. She is survived by her son Paul Henderson; daughter, Becky Rowan; grandchildren,

Glen David Benefield

Funeral services for Glen David “Boots” Benefield, 66, of Corinth are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Corinthian Funeral Chapel with burial in New Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Mr. Benefield died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at his residence. He was born June 10, 1949, and was a member of Lick Branch Church. Survivors include a host of cousins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mae Gates Benefield; his parents, Troy and Rosie Datherine Langley Benefield, Sr.; and his brother, Troy Benefield, Jr. Bro. David Gifford will officiate.

Don Cline

IUKA — A graveside service for Don Cline, 54, of Iuka is set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is from noon until 2 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Cline died Friday, July 3, 2015, Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. He was proud of his service

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Inspired Men Spoke Where God has spoken through Scripture about a specific matter, if He is then silent concerning similar items, His silence is prohibitive. *Baptism is a burial (Romans 6:4). Scripture is silent about sprinkling or pouring, so they are prohibited. *Singing to encourage and admonish one another (Colossians 3:16) and the fruit of our lips as praise to God (Hebrews 13:15) are specified. Scripture is silent about instruments accompanying New Testament worship, so they are prohibited. *Bread and fruit of the vine (Matthew 26:26-29) are the elements Christ chose for us to eat and drink in the Lord’s Supper to bring to our remembrance His death, resurrection and coming again. Scripture is silent concerning Oreos and milk as the Lord’s Supper, so they are prohibited. In speaking of women’s role in congregational assemblies, Paul prefaced his remarks with “as in all of the churches of the saints” (I Corinthians 14:33). He reminded the Corinthians of his ways in Christ, “as I teach them everywhere in every church” (4:17). On another matter, he said, “This is my rule in all the churches” (7:17). When inspired men spoke, they spoke the Word of God. “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers” (I Thessalonians 2:13). When they wrote they wrote the Word of God. “If anyone thinks he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord” (I Corinthians 14:37). It was the God-breathed message preached by the apostles and prophets that brought the church into being. Peter said, “You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God: for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever” (citing Isaiah 40: 6-8). And this word is the good news that was preached to you” (I Peter 1: 23-25). The gospel MUST be obeyed. The gospel produced the church, the church did not produce the gospel. The apostles’ message preached is the same as the apostles message written. Scripture is the written record of the preaching of the apostles and prophets taught orally the same message they later wrote.

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Matt Rowan (Amye), Scott Rowan (Anna), Robin, Meredith, and Brad Henderson; great-grandchildren, John Davis Henderson Cleveland, and Oliver and Emily Rowan; and daughter-in-law, Rosie Henderson. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to the Music Ministry at McLaurin Heights Baptist Church, 404 Pemberton Dr., Pearl, MS 39208 Visit www.baldwinleepearl. com to sign the online guestbook.

Betty Jean Howie

Funeral services for Betty Jean Howie are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at at First United Methodist Church with Bro. as a Major and Executive Officer with the 210th MP Battalion in the Mississippi State Guard. He was also an U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a Master Mason, and was a member of the Radio Club. He enjoyed spending time with his family. Survivors include his wife, Lora Cline of Iuka; his mother, Verta Tackett of Iuka, two sons, Gideon Cline (Tabatha) of Blue Springs and Jacob Cline of Michigan; two daughters, Sarah Cline and Jessica Martinez (George), both of Iuka; three sisters, Patty Coplay (Jerry) of Ohio; Glennis Walden (Sherman) of Tishomingo and Gina Garrison (Chuck) of Iuka; and 15 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Marvin Cline, Jr.; and his grandchild, Robin Lee Aday. Right Reverend Don Jones will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mississippi State Guard Association. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka is in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Ann Linton

IUKA — Funeral services for Mary Ann Linton, 63, of Tishomingo are set for 1 p.m.

Warren Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the Henry Cemetery. Mrs. Howie died July 4, 2015, after a long illness at her residence with family and friends at her side. She was born in Lawton, Okla. to the late Gladys Gooday. She was a paralegal and worked with various law firms throughout the United States. She loved her dog “Libby Two” and her family and friends. Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Jimmy R. Howie of Corinth; her sistersin-laws, Celeste (Ken) Little of Meridian, Joyce (Myles) Frank of Meridian, Fran (Bill) Seago of Katy, Texas, and Peggy Mars of Corinth; her brother-in-law;

Carl (Lisa) Howie of Conroe, Texas and her special friends and caretakers, Diane Frank, Janice Owens, Sheila Lawson Morrison and Brittany Dow. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her brothers, William T. and Jerry L. Gooday, her sister, Nancy J. Doyle, and her father and mother-in-law, Carl and Montell Howie. Visitation will be Wednesday from noon until service time at the First United Methodist Church. Condolences may be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com McPeters Funeral Directors are in charge of the arrangements.

Wednesday at Tishomingo Baptist Church with burial in Lindsey Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Mrs. Linton died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a member of Tishomingo Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher and a member of the church choir. She was employed as a substitute teacher at Tishomingo County High School. Survivors include her husband, Daniel Linton of Tishomingo; one son, Adam Harris of Burnsville; one daughter, Glenda Duranceau (Troy), of Iuka; one brother, Harold Fowler of Tishomingo; three grandchildren, Morgan Benefield and Samantha Murphy, both of Iuka, and Aislyn Harris of Burnsville; and three great-grandchildren, Aubrie Benefield, Rhianna Benefield, and Jaxton Carrithers. She was preceded in death by her parents, Linward Wayne and Jewel Crane Fowler; and a brother, Kenneth Fowler. Bro. Todd Cecil will officiate. Memorials may be made to Tishomingo Baptist Church, c/o Bro. Robbie Crane.

Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka is in charge of the arrangements.

Virginia Dulaney Wallace

Funeral services for Virginia Dulaney Wallace, 77, of Iuka are set for 1 p.m. today at Iuka Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to service time. Mrs. Wallace died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. She was a member of Iuka Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of almost 60 years, Billy Wallace of Iuka; one daughter, Gail Cutshall (Stephen) of Iuka; one son, Michael Wallace of Iuka; and four grandchildren, Amanda Stowell (Wayne), Abby Cutshall, Justin Wallace, and Dustin Wallace. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vastel and Vona Dulaney; and her sister, Joyce Wallace. Memorial contributions may be made to the Iuka Baptist Church Fund. Bro. Jim Manley and Bro. Johnny Hancock will officiate. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka is in charge of the arrangements.

Cosby said he got drugs to give women for sex Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he got quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he gave the sedative to at least one woman and “other people,” according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press. That woman and a second woman testified in the same case that they knowingly took quaaludes from him, according to the unsealed documents. The AP had gone to court to compel the release of the documents from the deposition in a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by former Temple University employee Andrea Constand — the first of a cascade of sexual abuse lawsuits against him. Cosby’s lawyers had

objected on the grounds that it would embarrass their client. Cosby settled that lawsuit under confidential terms in 2006. His lawyers in the Philadelphia case did not immediately return phone calls Monday. Constand consented to be identified but did not want to comment, her lawyer said Monday. Cosby, 77, has been accused by more than two dozen women of sexual misconduct, including allegations by many that he drugged and raped them in incidents dating back more than four decades. Cosby has never been criminally charged, and most of the accusations are barred by statutes of limitations. Cosby, giving sworn testimony in the lawsuit accusing him of sexual assaulting Constand at his

home in Pennsylvania in 2005, said he got seven quaalude prescriptions in the 1970s. The lawyer for Constand asked if he had kept the sedatives through the 1990s — after they were banned — but was frustrated by objections from Cosby’s lawyer. “When you got the quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?” lawyer Dolores M. Troiani asked. “Yes,” Cosby answered on Sept. 29, 2005. “Did you ever give any of these young women the quaaludes without their knowledge?” Cosby’s lawyer again objected, leading Troiani to petition the federal judge to force Cosby to cooperate.

Cosby later said he gave Constand three half-pills of Benadryl, although Troiani in the documents voices doubt that was the drug involved. The two other women who testified on Constand’s behalf said they had knowingly been given quaaludes. Three of the women accusing Cosby of sexually assaulting them have a defamation lawsuit pending against him in Massachusetts. They allege that he defamed them when his agents said their accusations were untrue. Cosby is trying to get their case thrown out before discovery. Cosby had fought the AP’s efforts to unseal the testimony, with his lawyer arguing the deposition could reveal details of Cosby’s marriage, sex life and prescription drug use.

Deadly weekend highlights Chicago’s gang warfare Associated Press

CHICAGO — A 7-yearold boy who was one of seven people shot to death in Chicago over the holiday weekend was the son of a gang leader with a lengthy arrest record, and police say the man’s refusal to cooperate with detectives highlights the city’s ongoing challenge to curb gang-related vio-

lence. During the Fourth of July weekend, 48 people were wounded by gunfire in 34 separate incidents in Chicago. Seven homicides also were reported during the same three-day period last year, and this year’s total in the nation’s third-largest city nearly matched the combined

numbers for New York (one), Los Angeles (three) and Houston (five) — the other cities that rank in the top four in population. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has repeatedly lamented that the lack of tough gun laws in Illinois has made the streets that much more dangerous because of the quickness with which people arrested on gun charges are back on the street. Among them, he said, is the father of the young shooting victim. McCarthy said that the bullet that struck Amari Brown in the chest “was meant for his father,” whom he described as a “ranking gang member” who had been arrested 45 times. Antonio Brown’s refusal to cooperate with the investigation is a familiar hurdle for Chicago police that as of Monday had yet to capture a suspect in Amari’s death.

After Brown was arrested for gun possession last April, he was released on bail the next day, McCarthy said. “If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive,” McCarthy told reporters Sunday. Brown’s family bristled at the suggestion that Brown bore any responsibility for his son’s death as well as the contention that he was the intended victim. “He was in the house using the washroom,” his uncle, Carl O’Neal, told The Associated Press on Monday. “Yes, he’s a former gang member. Yes, he’s been arrested, but what does that have to do with a man shooting at a group of kids?” The Rev. Ira Acree, who appeared with Brown and other family members at a news conference Sunday, also questioned McCarthy’s assertion that the boy would be alive if his father was in custody.

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