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Local talents are ready to slug it out. Slug Idol and Junior Slug Idol kicks oﬀ the 29th Annual Slugburger Festival & World Slugburger Eating Championship on Thursday night at 6. “It’s a great opportunity for our local talent to showcase their ability on the big stage,” said Main Street Corinth Director Brent Johnson. “Our entire region will be well represented.” Six competitors are expected to battle in the Junior Slug Idol division with another three in the Slug Idol event. “Slug Idol is one of my favorite events,” said Johnson. “For a lot of the contestants this is a dream come true and it’s always a fun event.” The contest – sponsored by Garrett Eye Clinic for a fifth year – is ending after this year, according to Johnson. “We are going to try something new next year in its place,” said Johnson. “We are going to cap a great competition this week and determine later what will fill its spot.” Admission to the popular festival is $5 on Thursday, $7 on Friday and $10 on Saturday. Mississippi Queen – a country rock band based out of northeast Mississippi – is slated to hit the stage following Slug Idol. “Their lead singer (Amy Hollon) is a former Slug Idol winner,” added Johnson. Mitch Rossell, who will perform on Saturday, is

BY STEVE BEAVERS ACE Power wants to pull the plug on scam artists. The power association has received several calls from members about a scam involving an agent with the company. “The most recent scam involves the scam artist – who represents him/herself as an agent of ACE Power – calling commercial members to let them know they owe ACE varying amounts of money in order to prevent the disconnection of electric service,” said ACE Assistant Oﬃce Manager Sean McGrath. Customers are told they can make payment with either a debit card or a prepaid debit card, according to McGrath. “The scam is similar to the IRS scam which was done a few months ago,” said McGrath. “There has been a rise in scammers targeting rural areas served by a sole electric power distributor.” Scam artists use phone numbers listed in the Yellow Pages. “Members have also reported scammers are saying the bank has reversed their payment and they must make a new payment right now in order to avoid disconnection,” added McGrath. “The preferred method of payment used by scammers is a Green Dot Visa card.” ACE recommends customers use these tips to avoid a telePlease see SCAM | 6

BY STEVE BEAVERS RAMER, Tenn. — The community of Ramer has lots to celebrate. The town is throwing a big shindig in the fall to draw attention to its rich tradition. The Ramer Days Fall Festival – a combined eﬀort of the Ramer Ruritan Club and Ramer Alumni – is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Ramer Civic Center. “Hopefully, this is the start of something good,” said J.D. Matlock, president of the alumni group. “We want to build up the tradition for kids to know about.” A full-day of activities are being planned for the 9 a.m.

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Skelton and Shameless. Other performers scheduled this weekend include Keith Sanders, Law of Nature and Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster on Friday.

TUPELO — Encouraging all eligible donors to roll up their sleeves and summon their inner hero, United Blood Services has issued an emergency public appeal for donors of all blood types. The appeal was made following the plummeting of blood donations since the Memorial Day holiday. “The Fourth of July holiday has since worsened the severity of low blood inventory levels,” said UBS Senior Donor Recruiter Rhonda Weaver. “As the community blood provider for this area and stewards of the community blood supply, maintaining an adequate supply of all blood types is imperative.” “Our reserves of blood are now depleted to a less than one day supply on our shelves,” she continued. “Since it takes 24 to 36 hours to test and process each donation before it can be released for a patient, blood is being transfused as fast as we can provide it to hospitals.” Please see BLOOD | 6

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to 6 p.m. event. There will be a tractor pull, classic car show, beauty pageant, 5K run and plenty of games and music throughout the day. “We are all working together for a good cause,” said planning committee member Sue Smith. “Everything that is made will go to the school and town.” Ramer Days T-shirts are currently being sold for the fall event. Cost is $12 for sizes up XL. Larger sizes are being sold for $15 at Rockabilly Too Cafe. The music lineup for the day includes North Mississippi

Corinth native Chad Dickerson has three passions in life — music, singing and the business he owns in Corinth. The 44-year-old son of Michael and Susan Dickerson is known for his voice and is invited to sing at many community events throughout the year. For the past two years he has been the sole owner of The Sanctuary, a retail business specializing in antique furniture and rugs, art work, designer accessories, lamps, lighting and gifts. Dickerson has been active with the business since it started 13 years ago when it opened on July 5. “I love what I do,” he said. Outside of 10 years he lived in Nashville, Tenn., Dickerson has spent the rest of his life in Corinth.

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MHP releases holiday enforcement period results BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Concluding the 2016 Fourth of July holiday enforcement period, the Mississippi Highway Patrol has released its annual report. Throughout the period which began at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 1 and wrapped at midnight on Monday, July 4, MHP issued 7,877 citations with 182 DUI arrests. A total of 131 crashes were investigated including six fatalities and 75 injuries on state, federal highways, and interstate systems. A total of 444 seatbelt citations were issued along with 71 child restraint violations. According to Captain Johnny Poulos, director of the Public Aﬀairs Division of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, all avail-

able troopers were utilized across the state during the period to conduct saturation patrols and safety checkpoints. While increased patrols likely prevented further loss of life, the following fatalities were reported over the weekend: • On Saturday, July 2, at approximately 3:23 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash involving a male pedestrian in Pike County. The pedestrian was walking Eastbound on MS44 in the lane of traﬃc. A vehicle also traveling Eastbound on MS44 struck the pedestrian. The Pike County coroner pronounced the pedestrian dead on scene. Notification details are still pending. • On Saturday, July 2, at approximately 11:38 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol

responded to fatal crash involving two vehicles in Lauderdale County. A 1996 Chevrolet pickup driven by Willie R. King, 77, of Meridian was traveling Southbound on MS145 and attempted left turn across traﬃc. A 1999 Chevrolet pickup traveling Northbound on MS145 collided with passenger side of 1996 Chevrolet pickup. Willie R. King was transported to a local hospital where he died due to injuries sustained in the crash. • On Sunday, July 3, at approximately 6:38 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal single vehicle crash in Lauderdale County. A 1997 Mitsubishi passenger car driven by Colton L. McConnell, 26, of Meridian was traveling Southbound on MS19. The ve-

hicle left the roadway and overturned. The driver was partially ejected and pronounced dead on scene. • On Sunday, July 3 at approximately 6:07 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash involving two vehicles in Neshoba County. A 2010 Chevrolet passenger car driven by Darrel J. Hatmaker, 61, of Philadelphia was traveling Westbound on MS16. A 2015 Jeep SUV was traveling Eastbound on MS16. The 2010 Chevrolet passenger car crossed the centerline and collided head on with the 2015 Jeep SUV. Darrel J. Hatmaker was pronounced dead on scene. • On Monday, July 4, at approximately05:01 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash in-

volving one vehicle in Quitman County. A 2013 Chevrolet passenger vehicle driven by Russell W. Cox, 23, of Crowder was traveling Southbound on MS3. Vehicle left the roadway and overturned. The driver was pronounced dead on scene due to injuries sustained in crash. • On Monday, July 4, at approximately 11:39 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a single vehicle fatal crash in Panola County. A 2016 Buick passenger vehicle driven by Walter L. Leaks, 70, of Crenshaw was traveling Southbound on MS3. Vehicle left the roadway and came to rest in ditch West of MS3. The driver was pronounced dead on scene. All crashes remain under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

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TUPELO — Tupelo’s mayor is laying out the city’s version of events in a June 18 fatal police shooting that has roiled northeast Mississippi’s largest city. Mayor Jason Shelton said Wednesday that Officer Tyler Cook shot 37-year-old Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert because he feared for his life as Shumpert assaulted him and said the shooting came after Shumpert disobeyed police orders. Shelton says a police dog did not bite Shumpert in the groin and police didn’t knock out his teeth, as a lawyer for Shumpert’s family has contended. The shooting followed a traﬃc stop and foot chase.

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Dulcimers, Amelia Young and Bob & Anita Stanford, Selmer Hee Haw Quartet, Charley Kyles, Ann Lewis & Courthouse Jammers and Wayne Jerrolds & Savannah Grass. Local church groups will also be performing throughout the day.

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Ramer School Assistant Principal George Gladish shows teacher Lora Leigh Brown one of the shirts being sold for the Ramer Days Fall Festival.

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Today in History Today is Thursday, July 7, the 189th day of 2016. There are 177 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On July 7, 1976, President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford hosted a White House dinner for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.

On this date: In 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. In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii. In 1946, Jimmy Carter, 21, married Rosalynn Smith, 18, in Plains, Georgia. Also in 1946, Italianborn Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized as the first American saint by Pope Pius XII. 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 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.

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IUKA — The Tishomingo Sheriff’s Department made an additional arrest on Tuesday in the March felony child abuse case against Lonnie Lee. The former girlfriend of Lee, and the 4-year-old victim’s mother, Erica Lou Ann Ivey, was officially charged with child deprivation of necessaries with substantial harm. The second arrest in case where Lee was charged due to a then 3-year-old white female receiving injuries to her body and had to be air-lifted from the local hospital to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Other forms of evidence has already been collected and the sheriff’s department is awaiting the results to see if other charges need to be brought forth. “The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department will not tolerate anyone that wants to harm any child and we will do everything in our power to see that those that do these horrific crimes are brought to justice,” said Tishomingo County Sheriff John Daugherty. Ivey’s bond was set $250,000.

SELMER, Tenn. – The McNairy County Sheriff’s Department took part in a multi-agency roundup on June 30. The departments served search warrants at four locations that were thought to be holding stolen property from several counties. Departments in the operations were the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department, Perry County Sheriff’s Department, Hickman County Sheriff’s Department, Waynesboro Police Department, Centerville Police Department, McNairy County Sheriff’s Department, Maury County Sheriff’s Department and the 21st Judicial Drug Task Force. The stolen property amounted to over $90,000 worth of property from five of the various counties in the operation. Officers could not release more details because the search is still under investigation. The officers are searching for seven people who have been working as a team and steal from storage units from the five counties. They later sell them in different ways, including online. The McNairy County Sheriff’s Department and Adamsville Police Department were able to stop a vehicle that had just broken into several units in their county and recovered stolen items. Through social media and the above agencies sharing information and working together investigators were able to put together pieces of the puzzle and link the burglaries and some of their suspects to each other’s cases. Many items have been located and retrieved and investigators are hopeful to find even more items as they continue their investigation and continue to uncover new information along the way. Victims in these burglaries will begin to get phone calls to come in and positively identify their belongings being held in various law enforcement locations. Some individuals have already been taken into custody, however due to others being at large at this time the names will be released at a later date. Law enforcement officers from all the above agencies have worked diligently to recover as many items as possible and make solid cases against the responsible parties.

BOONEVILLE — Two men are in custody in connection with several recent church burglaries being investigated by Booneville Police and Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department. Booneville Police charged Caleb Fraser Winfield, 23, of 281 CR 1000, Booneville, with two counts burglary and larceny of a commercial building stemming from June thefts at Gaston Baptist and Tuscumbia Baptist. Winfield is also charged with fraudulently obtaining goods and is believed to have gone on line and applied for credit cards in different people’s names, possibly from documents taken from Tuscumbia Baptist, said Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey. The identity thefts were discovered before any transactions could be made using the fraudulent cards. Randall Robert McMurry Jr., 22, of 205 Camelia Cove, Booneville, was charged with burglary and larceny of a commercial building (Gaston Baptist) and accessory after the fact of burglary and larceny of commercial building (Tuscumbia Baptist). “Booneville patrol officers received information Saturday involving these burglaries and notified the investigator on call,” Ramey said. Search warrants were executed at two residences of a suspect’s family members on Jacinto Road. At one residence credit cards, credit card applications, laptops and different electronics were found. From paperwork inside a safe and a briefcase taken from Tuscumbia Baptist, “It appears Winfield had been applying for credit cards in six different names,” Ramey said. Two laptop computers and a projector were stolen from Gaston. Police believe they recovered a computer stolen from Gaston during the search warrant executed Saturday, he said. Bond for Winfield was set at at $60,000 on the city’s charges while bond for McMurry was set at $15,000. The District Attorney’s Office is holding McMurry without bond because of a prior felony charge. Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Derrick Hester said McMurry will be charged with two counts church burglary (Thrasher Baptist and Martin Hill Free Will Baptist) and one count conspiracy (Martin Hill). Hester said Winfield will be charged with one count church burglary (Martin Hill) and one

Blue Mountain BMC offers science teachers free credit BLUE MOUNTAIN — The Blue Mountain College Biology Department and School of Education are hosting a secondary science teacher workshop entitled “Promoting Student Engagement in the Science Classroom” on July 29. Sign in and registration begin at 8:45 a.m. in the BMC Education Building. The workshop concludes at 2 p.m. This one-day conference is free of charge. Educators will be awarded 0.5 C.E.U.S for attending and will receive useful information that they can immediately implement in their science classrooms. Participants will need to bring a brown bag lunch and wear comfortable clothing and shoes. The afternoon session includes a geo-caching activity through Blue Mountain College’s nature trail. The registration deadline is Monday, July 25. For more details on the event and registration, visit Blue Mountain College’s website (www.bmc. edu) and click on the link for the workshop. (Any questions about the event may be directed to Elizabeth Prewitt at eprewitt@bmc.edu.)

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Adamsville Tennessee town ups highway speed limit ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. — The Adamsville City Commission voted to increase the speed limit on U.S. Hwy. 64 during their June city meeting. Adamsville will up the speed limit on U.S. Hwy. 64 from 30 mph to 35 mph inside the city and the speed zones that are now 40 mph will boost to 45 mph.

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Heat wave renews debate over AC STARKVILLE — Soaring temperatures and a prolonged drought/heat wave across the South has renewed what has for the last decade become an annual debate and legal battle over this question: Does Sid Salter the lack of air conditioning in prisons in the South constitute Columnist “cruel and unusual punishment.” Regarding Mississippi prisons, the question was litigated in the federal courts in 2004’s Gates v. Cook case. In that case, the federal court issued an injunction requiring the state to provide fans, ice water and daily showers when the heat index reached 90 degrees or alternately during the months of May through September. The Gates v. Cook case invoked the test of “deliberate indifference” on the part of the state to Eighth Amendment violations, i.e., “cruel and unusual punishments.” Is it fair, is it accurate, to say that many law abiding, taxpaying citizens of Mississippi are “deliberately indifferent” to the fact that prison inmates are uncomfortable in prisons that are not air conditioned? In a word, yes. But the debate continues this long, hot summer with Texas as the focal point. In that state, only 30 of 109 prisons are air conditioned. Prisoner advocates and even some prison guards argue that the lack of air conditioning is extremely dangerous and creates problems beyond mere health concerns. State officials argue that retrofitting old buildings with air conditioning is cost prohibitive and that health concerns are exaggerated. Primarily, the argument centers on whether there is a difference in actual health dangers or simple discomfort. The debate over prisons conditions has roiled between the American Civil Liberties Union, the federal courts, and state corrections officials. In a case involving the infamous Angola prison in Louisiana, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited the super-heated conditions as being unconstitutional but stopped short of ordering the state or provide air conditioning for the prisoners. Couple that with data from the American Housing Survey which shows that by 2011, almost 98 percent of homes in the South had either central air conditioning or window units. The Census Bureau established in 2005 that 80 percent of households that identified as “poor households” had air conditioning. Those numbers, combined with arguments about climate change, comprise some of the basic tenets of the prisoner advocate argument in favor of taxpayer-funded air conditioning for prison inmates. I’ve conducted interviews on Death Row at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman and I did so back when the current state execution chamber – Unit 17 – was state’s maximum security unit and housed the gas chamber. Unit 17 was stifling hot. It was a venue filled with the howling of mentally ill prisoners and the brutalities of those sane but past the point of any moral boundaries. There was a smell that I can only describe as a mixture of sweat, testosterone and a neglected public restroom. It was hard enough staying in that environment for a few hours while interviewing a murderer. I cannot imagine living in those conditions for months or years. But for people of my generation and older across the South, the argument that “cruel and unusual punishment” is inflicted by not providing air conditioning for the prison cells of criminals is news indeed. During my childhood in the 1960s in Mississippi, the vast majority of schools, churches, stores, public and government buildings were not air conditioned. It was seen by society as a luxury. For those of us who are old enough to remember when none of us enjoyed the comfort of air conditioning, the question becomes one of observing humane treatment of prisoners while not forgetting that prison is not supposed to be a comfortable and inviting environment. (Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him sidsalter@sidsalter.com.)

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 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. –Matthew 6:21

Racial discrimination likely to go on forever “Affirmative action” will continue to be the routine course of business of college and university admissions for the foreseeable future. That’s the bottom line from the Supreme Court’s June decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. By a 4-3 vote, the Court essentially approved the University of Texas’ “holistic” admissions as not violating the civil rights of white plaintiff Abigail Fisher. Justice Anthony Kennedy, as a Wall Street Journal editorial noted, “overturned himself.” That leaves five votes for racial quotas (counting Justice Elena Kagan, a lockstep liberal on this issue, who recused herself from this case) regardless of who eventually takes Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat. When the same case came up three years ago Justice Kennedy wrote, “Any official action that treats a person differently on account of his race or ethnic origin is inherently suspect.” This time he wrote that a university is owed “considerable deference” when choosing students with “intangible qualities which are incapable of objective measurement but which make for greatness.” If you’ve followed this issue at all, you know what all this mumbo jumbo means. It means that college and university admissions officers can discriminate by race, in favor of blacks and

Hispanics and therefore against whites and Asians. That’s what they’ve Michael been doing, Barone aggressively, for almost all Columnist of the halfcentury since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited such discrimination. Some institutions, it seems, are so high-minded and well-intentioned that they can systematically and repeatedly disobey the Constitution and the law. Backers of this form of racial discrimination argue that it does a lot of good for some people and not much harm to others. Applicants accepted because of their race will benefit. Applicants rejected because of their race by one selective school will probably be admitted to another one pretty much as good. The facts may support the second proposition; Abigail Fisher will probably do all right in life. Unfortunately, they don’t support the first proposition. And what is fascinating is that this was foreseen, more than half a century ago, by another judge whose wise advice was rejected. That was Justice Macklin Fleming, who graduated from Yale Law School in 1937 and was appointed to

the California Court of Appeals in 1964 by Gov. Pat Brown. In an exchange of letters with Yale Law Dean Louis Pollak in June 1969 (the month of my graduation there) later printed in The Public Interest, he criticized Pollak’s policy of admitting “10 percent of each entering class without regard to qualification under regular standards.” Fleming called this what it was: racial quotas, which are “highly malignant, no matter how high-minded the purpose.” Moreover, positive quotas for one or more groups mean negative quotas for others. Fleming also argued that racial preferences won’t actually benefit the intended beneficiaries. “The present policy of admitting students on two bases and thereafter purporting to judge their performance on one basis is a highly explosive sociological experiment almost certain to achieve undesirable results.” The results of this sociological experiment at Yale and other selective schools are only too apparent to anyone reading Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor’s 2012 book, “Mismatch.” As Fleming foresaw, racial quota admissions inevitably create a visible minority of students who tend to be less well-prepared than their schoolmates on average. This reinforces rather than

dispels stereotypes of group inferiority. Those admitted under quotas tend to drop out more often, tend to avoid college science and math, tend to flunk post-graduation bar and other professional tests. Admissions officers get to brag that they’ve admitted lots of blacks and Hispanics. But many of those admitted would have done better in the long run at a school where most students had similar levels of preparation. There will be, as Justice Fleming predicted, “demands for reduction of competition (and) reductions in standards of performance,” and some quota students “will seek personal satisfaction and public recognition by aggressive conduct.” The results, 47 years after Justice Fleming’s letter, are Orwellian campus speech codes; “safe spaces” where students can avoid allegedly offensive words; and demands for increased racial quotas. Thanks to Justice Kennedy, you’re likely to see the same things 47 years from now. (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.)

Will the west survive the century? “Nativism ... xenophobia or worse” is behind the triumph of Brexit and the support for Donald Trump, railed President Barack Obama in Ottawa. Obama believes that resistance to transformational change in the character and identity of countries of the West, from immigration, can only be the product of sick minds or sick hearts. According to The New York Times, he will spend the last months of his presidency battling “the nativism and nationalism” of Trump and “Britain’s Brexiteers.” Prediction: Obama will fail. For rising ethnonationalism and militarization of frontiers is baked in the cake, if the West wishes to remain the West. Behind that prediction lie the startling figures of the U.N.’s “World Population 2015” chart, which just arrived. Consider but a few of those figures. Between now and 2050, Europe will lose 32 million people. Not one European nation has a fertility rate – 2.1 children per woman – sufficient to keep it alive. A quarter of all Europeans are

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60 or older. The tribes that created the West are passing away. Contrast Pat Europe with Buchanan Africa, just across the Columnist Mediterranean. Between now and 2050, Africa will add 1.3 billion people, to reach 2.4 billion in 2050. Then its population will double again, to 4.4 billion, by 2100. Only 5 percent of Africans are 60 or older, while 41 percent of Africans are 15 or younger. Given the tyranny, destitution and disease that afflict Africa, what is there to stop tens of millions of young African men from crossing over in coming decades to fill the empty spaces left by dying Europeans? The Arab-Muslim population of North Africa alone, from the western Sahara and Morocco to Egypt and Sudan, will add 130 million people in 35 years. Egypt will add 60 million, to reach a population of 151 million by 2050.

Yet Egypt will still have only the fifth-highest population of Muslims, behind Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. While impossible to find a Western country with a fertility rate that will prevent its native-born people from dying off, it is difficult to find a Muslim country that does not boast a rising or exploding population. If the future belongs to the young, it belongs to Asians, Africans and Latin Americans, and it belongs to Islam. Though the U.S. is projected to grow by 67 million people in 35 years, this growth will be wholly among Hispanics, Asians and African-Americans. In each of the past four years, non-Hispanic white Americans have registered more deaths than births. Between July 2014 and July 2015, the Asian-American population grew by 3.4 percent, and the Hispanic population grew 2.2 percent. The black population was up 1.3 percent. But the white population grew by only 0.1 percent. White America has begun to die. Can Obama really believe

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that amnesty for undocumented immigrants is still in the cards with a Republican Congress scorched by the forces behind Trump? Can he believe that the right-wing parties proliferating across Europe, which see their nations imperiled by a rising tide of Muslim immigrants and refugees, will pack it in and support the EU’s march to a transnational superstate that controls immigration and borders? What has been tabled for discussion this year, in Europe and America, is the future of the West as an identifiable civilization to be cherished and defended by the peoples whose ancestors created it. And Obama’s reverence for Islam notwithstanding, the West remains the greatest civilization of them all. As for Trumpism and the Brexiteers, Mr. President, in the words of Jimmy Durante, “you ain’t seen nothing yet.” (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

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UM stadium expansion features bell tower For The Daily Corinthian

OXFORD â€” University of Mississippi football fans are accustomed to the sounds of the Grove on game day â€“ the chatter of classmates reuniting, the laughter of children playing catch, the rousing horns and drums of the Pride of the South, the cheers as Rebels parade along the Walk of Champions â€“ but in the 2017 season and beyond, one sound will be heard over all others: chimes. â€œOur hope is that the bell tower can be seen and its chimes heard from one end of campus to the other,â€? said Bob Lloyd of Jackson. To support the construction of a stately new bell tower in the north end zone of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Lloyd, his brothers Ted and Ben, and their late father, William B. â€œCosmoâ€? Lloyd, have committed $1.3 million to the Forward Together campaign for Ole Miss athletics. The tower is expected to be finished by early spring and dedicated during the Rebelsâ€™ spring game weekend. At more than 60 feet tall, it will be a focal point when walking from the Grove to Vaught Hemingwayâ€™s North End Zone Plaza along the new Gertrude C. Ford Way. The game day Walk of Champions will culminate with players walking through the Lloyd Bell Tower. â€œOn game day, the special tone of the Rebel bell will signal game time â€“ time to take that jovial Grove attitude and

bring that energy to the Vaught with a swagger and confidence that says, â€˜This is our day and our house!â€™â€? said Lloyd, a 1983 graduate of the UM School of Business Administration. Lloyd presented the bell tower idea to the university in 2010, having been aware of traditions surrounding similar structures at other schools. About a year later, he received a call from Matt Mossberg, a development oďŹƒcer for Ole Miss athletics, saying the tower would be an outstanding addition to the north end zone expansion project. â€œWe really like this and are grateful to the Lloyds for helping to bring the idea to fruition,â€? Mossberg said. â€œThe Lloyds want to be part of the fabric of Ole Miss athletics forever and we believe having this bell tower, which will bear their family name, is an impactful way to accomplish that. â€œIt will stand right in the middle of the pedestrian space of the Letter Winnerâ€™s Plaza, right in the footprint of the stadium. We can see fans rallying around the tower and hopefully starting a few new traditions in support of the Rebels.â€? New traditions could include bathing the tower in red light and ringing the chimes every time the Rebels win a sporting event or having a Hotty Toddy celebrity ring the bell before asking fans the renowned game-launching question, â€œAre you ready?!â€?

â€œThis is about creating an experience that gives recruits chill bumps when Ole Miss comes onto the field,â€? Lloyd said. The Lloyds also hope the bell tower will serve as a reminder of achievement universitywide. â€œWe would like the bell to ring loud and proud for each and everything positive Ole Miss, such as a new Rhodes Scholar, a womenâ€™s volleyball victory, a professor being named best in the SEC, a new recruit commit, alumni being honored â€“ any positive event that Ole Miss wants to celebrate,â€? said Ted Lloyd of Jackson, a 1976 business school graduate. â€œThe utilization of the bell tower can be one of those advantages that ingrain Ole Miss into our future students and athletes. Itâ€™s intended to be a symbol to rally around â€“ a new beginning that the entire Ole Miss family can love and embrace without regard to race, gender, age or social status,â€? Bob Lloyd said. â€œItâ€™s to help facilitate the eternal love for Ole Miss that exists in almost every student who has ever stepped foot on campus.â€? The Lloyds, who grew up playing catch in the Grove and still tailgate in the same spot each year, hope their gift to the Forward Together campaign will help Ole Miss continue to build a powerhouse program. â€œWe hope it will provide one small piece of the puzzle that helps Ole Miss become the Cinderella story of college football

and win a national championship again,â€? Bob Lloyd said. â€œWe believe if you donâ€™t dream and strive for what you really want, you will never achieve the goal.â€? Itâ€™s what their father would have wanted. â€œBob, the driving force behind the bell tower project, suggested naming the Lloyd Family Bell Tower in honor of Cosmo, our dad, whose love, loyalty and dedication to Ole Miss was unmatched and never questioned,â€? Ted Lloyd said. â€œDad always said, â€˜If a recruit didnâ€™t feel the love for Ole Miss then best he or she go somewhere else; we want studentathletes who want to be here.â€™ Cosmo loved and supported the idea of a bell tower from the first mention of it and its purpose.â€? A 1974 graduate of the UM business school, Ben Lloyd, of Oxford, agrees with his brother: â€œCos would be very happy and very proud with the bell tower because he loved Ole Miss so much. And he knew that he instilled his love and passion for his alma mater in his sons. He would be honored that his family could make such an important and permanent contribution to the campus.â€? The bell tower will also be dedicated to the memory of Scott Keller Lloyd, Ted Lloydâ€™s son who was killed at age 16 in a 2008 automobile accident. â€œThere was no doubt, none, that he was a great Rebel fan

and would have been a great Ole Miss student and loyal alumnus if not for one tragic mistake,â€? Ted Lloyd said. The $150 million Forward Together campaign was launched in 2011 to strengthen Ole Miss athletics in its commitment to excellence. With the help of 3,425 donors, the ambitious campaign surpassed its original goal in November 2015, raising $155 million. It has surpassed $165 million on its way to a new goal of $200 million. The campaign conceptualized 10 to 14 capital projects, including The Pavilion at Ole Miss, a $95 million arena that seats some 9,500 fans for basketball games, concerts and other events. The Ole Miss Athletics Foundation recently announced its next phase of projects that will include renovating Oxford-University Stadium and building an indoor baseball performance center, as well as upgrading the FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center, Gillom Sports Center, Ole Miss Track and Field Complex, Starnes Athletic Training Center, football practice fields and a new indoor tennis facility. (To learn more about the Forward Together campaign, contact Keith Carter, senior associate athletics director for development and executive director of the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation, at jkcarter@olemiss.edu or 662915-7159.)

District attorney hands police shooting prosecution to state BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

COLUMBUSÂ â€” A local prosecutor says he wants Mississippiâ€™s attorney general to present a Columbus police shooting to grand jurors for possible criminal charges. Lowndes County District Attorney Scott Colom said Wednesday that heâ€™s asked Attorney General Jim Hoodâ€™s oďŹƒce to take over the case involving the death of Ricky Ball in October 2015. Former Columbus po-

lice oďŹƒcer Canyon Boykin has said he shot Ball after the 26-year-old appeared to point a gun at Boykin during a foot chase. Ballâ€™s family has disputed whether Boykin had cause to shoot Ball, one of many shootings under heightened scrutiny after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2015. Boykin is white. Ball was black. Jim Waide, Boykinâ€™s lawyer, said his clientâ€™s actions were justified. â€œThereâ€™s absolutely no

basis for a criminal indictment,â€? Waide said Tuesday. The city fired Boykin as he was trying to resign within weeks of the shooting, saying he had broken department policy by not turning on his body camera, by inviting his thenfiancee to ride along with the patrol without permission, and by making social media posts that were derogatory toward African-Americans, women and disabled people. Boykin sued the city in

February, claiming officials violated his First Amendment rights by firing him over social media posts, violating his due process rights by not giving him an unbiased hearing, and knuckling under to â€œuninformed public pressure.â€? Heâ€™s seeking money damages and reinstatement. City oďŹƒcials have denied wrongdoing. In the lawsuit, Boykin said he shocked Ball with a stun gun, and then saw while Ball was lying on the ground that he had

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threw away some cocaine he was carrying during the chase. Investigators have released no findings on Boykinâ€™s claims. Colom refused to discuss the findings of Mississippi Bureau of Investigation report that he received last month, saying it would prejudice grand jurors. Colom said Hoodâ€™s office has agreed they will present the case to a grand jury, and not discard the evidence.

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HERNANDOÂ â€” A man charged in the 2014 burning death of a woman will make his first Mississippi court appearance July 15 in Hernando. The Commercial Appeal reports Quinton Tellis is expected to enter a plea in the death of Jessica Chambers. Tellis, extradited from Louisiana last month after pleading guilty to fraudulent use of a debit card, was expected to be in court in Panola County on Tuesday, but the case was continued because of a scheduling conflict with attorneys. Instead, District Attorney John Champion said Tellis will make what is likely to be his only court appearance for a while in DeSoto County a week from Friday at 9 a.m. At the hearing, expected to be brief, Tellis will enter a plea to a capital mur-

der charge stemming from the December 2014 death of Chambers near her Panola County home in Courtland. After the appearance, Champion said Tellis, housed at the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando, probably wonâ€™t be seen until activity accelerates in advance of a highly anticipated trial still months away. â€œThatâ€™ll be the only court appearance until motions are filed,â€? Champion said earlier. â€œRealistically, it will probably be the spring before it goes to trial.â€? Before then, defense attorneys will pore over a mountain of documents collected by Championâ€™s oďŹƒce and law enforcement during an investigation that lasted more than a year. Tellis, represented by two Jackson attorneys, was indicted by a Panola County grand jury and

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BATON ROUGE, La. â€” The U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the video-recorded police killing of a black man who authorities say had a gun as he wrestled with two white oďŹƒcers on the pavement outside a convenience store. Alton Sterling, 37, was confronted by police and shot on Tuesday after an anonymous caller said he had threatened someone with a gun outside the store, where he was selling homemade CDs, authorities said. In a cellphone video taken by a community activist and posted online, the two oďŹƒcers pinned Sterling to the ground, someone yelled, â€œHeâ€™s got a gun! Gun!â€? and gunfire erupted moments later. Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said that Sterling was armed but that there are still questions about what happened.

charged in February. He was charged as a habitual oďŹ€ender because of two previous burglary convictions and a felony fleeing conviction. He grew up in Courtland with Chambers and knew her before moving to Louisiana in 2015, authorities said. It was there, in Monroe, where Tellis used the card of a student who was slain. Tellis was not charged in that slaying, but he admitted to using her debit card and was processed into Louisianaâ€™s corrections system before being returned to Mississippi authorities. Charging him with Chambersâ€™ death ended a lengthy investigation into the grisly burning death of the 19-year-old, who died at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis hours after being found near her burnedout vehicle on a road not far from home.

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Deaths Willard Clausel

Celebration of Life for Willard Clausel is set for 4 p.m. today at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors Chapel with Bro. Mickey Trammel oďŹƒciating. Burial will be in the Oaks Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Clausel died died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at her residence. She was born October 8, 1931 in Kossuth to the late Jim McElhannon and Vera Arcutt Morgan. She was a member of Tate Baptist Church. A 1949 graduate of Alcorn Agriculture High School, she retired after 36 years from the Alcorn Co. Tax Collectors OďŹƒce. She enjoyed bowling, traveling and shopping. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Clausel; parents; and brother, James McElhannon. Survivors include her sisters, Sue Tollar; brother, Gene (Carolyn) McElhannon; nieces and nephews, Cathy Miller, Vera Gresh, Charles McElhannon, Brenda Herbert, Deborah Schultz, Gary McElhannon, Gigi Magdefrau, Denise Hughes, Keith Tollar, Chris McElhannon and Greg McElhannon; and a host of other nieces, nephews, family and friends. Family will receive friends today from 2 p.m. to service time. Condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com.

Roberta Grissom Willis

KOSSUTH â€” Roberta Grissom Willis, 61, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was born in Booneville on December 14, 1954 to the late Grover Lee Grissom and Laurine Coker Lambert.

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COUNCE, Tenn. â€” Funeral services for Ethel Mae Irons, 90, are set for 12 noon Friday at Saulters Chapel CME with burial at Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Patterson Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Irons died Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at her home. Born Oct. 21, 1925, she was a retired cook and a member of Saulters Chapel CME Church. Survivors include three children, Carolyn Wilson (Melvin), Geneva Scurry (Jycola) and Mae Jewel Gillard; three siblings, Clair Nell Stackins, Paul Chappell and Edith Stackins; 17 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Golden Irons; her children, Charles Irons, Larry Irons, Sarah Irons, Robert Earl Irons, Clarence Irons, Felix Chappell and Irene Chappell; and four siblings, Henry Chappell, Ecil Chappell, Betty Robinson and Floyd Chappell. Will Luster will oďŹƒciate the service.

Roberta was an Ole Miss graduate with a degree in accounting. She was retired from Caterpillar Industries. She loved to read and enjoyed traveling and spending time with family. She deeply loved her cocker spaniel Buster. Visitation is scheduled from 5-9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. till service time Friday at Magnolia Funeral Home. A celebration of Robertaâ€™s life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, officiated by Bro. Don Green. Interment will follow in Lone Oak Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers include Donovan Augustine, Wesley Brooks, Bobby Coker, Tim Butler, Benny Cooksey and Stanley George. Honorary pallbearers include Robert Rider and Danny Doss. Magnolia Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements. Roberta is survived by the love of her life, her husband, Gilbert Willis of Kossuth; four sisters, Linda Duncan (Wayne) of Rienzi, Loretta Augustine of Cairo, Ramona George (Stanley) of Corinth and Brenda Wooten (Ronnie) of Chickamauga, Ga.; her brothersin-law, David Willis (Leann) and Dan Willis (Katherine); her sisters-in-law, Sandra Downs (J.D.) and Kim Butler (Tim); her mother-in-law, Ethel Hall (Ernest); and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Carolyn K. McGaughy. Online condolences may be expressed at magnoliafuneralhome.net.

Â Roy â€˜Butchâ€™ Ross Jr.

Funeral services for Roy â€œButchâ€? Ross Jr. are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial in the Shady Grove Baptist Mission Cemetery with military honors. Mr. Ross died Monday, June 27, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospitalâ€“DeSoto. He was born December 29, 1943 to the late Roy Ross Sr. and Juanita Ross. He was a graduate of Biggersville High School and Mississippi State University. He served in the US Air Force and the Texas Army National Guard. He retired after 25 years from the Army Corp of Engineers as a civil engineer. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his children, Vince (Chelsea) Ross, Gregory (Sarah) Ross and Natalie (Reuben) Sidhu; brothers, Eddie Ross and Paul Ross; sisters, Rita Gray, Kathy Kohl and Beth King; and grandchildren, Caiden, Carrson and Shiyla Ross. Family will receive friends Saturday from noon to service time. Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com.

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WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record the occasion in the ministry of Jesus when this question is asked by his disciples. A man who remains nameless in the text, we usually refer to simply as the rich, young ruler, came running to Jesus inquiring, â€œWhat shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?â€? (Mark 10:17) The disciples are astonished when, after a discussion with Jesus about the subject of salvation, he leaves, saddened and grieved , but apparently still lost. The modern truth seeker might likewise look at the account with similar concern and astonishment. After all, his approach to Jesus speaks volumes about his zeal in search of spiritual truth. He came running, and even though himself a ruler, he kneeled before Jesus and referred to him as â€œGood Masterâ€? (Mark 10:17) Not only this, when instructed by Jesus toâ€? keep the commandmentsâ€? (Matthew 19:17), he says,â€? All these things have I kept from my youth up. What lack I yet?â€? (Matthew 19:20) It is here the discussion becomes more difďŹ cult. Jesus instructs the young man to go and sell all he owns, give it to the poor, lay up his treasure in heaven , and â€œ come and follow me.â€? (Matthew 19:21) The young man turned and went away sorrowful, â€œfor he had great possessions.â€? (Matthew 19:22) From an earthly, tangible, physical perspective, the young man had it all: youth, power, wealth. All the things the world sees as tokens of success and greatness, he had. His spiritual life appears to be in order. Who among us would ďŹ nd fault to this point? Likely, Jesus already knew the young rulerâ€™s heart, and that he could not â€œpay the priceâ€? to be a disciple. He discusses the great difďŹ culty with which those who â€œtrust in richesâ€? may enter the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:24) Lukeâ€™s gospel records this warning from Jesus in chapter 12, verse 15:â€? Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a manâ€™s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.â€? A similar warning is found in I Timothy 6:17:â€?Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,â€Śâ€? See also Colossians 3. Where is our heart? Where is our trust? Would we, and will we fare any better than this rich young ruler in our pursuit of the ultimate crown: everlasting life? We invite you to worship with us.

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Dear Annie: I’m a loud talker, apparently. I still don’t believe I’m that loud, but I recently moved to a new city and started a new job, and the issue keeps coming up. My landlord has called me twice to yell at me about how others in my building sent her noise complaints. I wasn’t having a party or anything. I had one friend over the first time, and the second time I was just talking on the phone. I was taken aback. The landlord really intimidated me, making threats about eviction. (She’s not the most reasonable person.) “OK,” I figured, “my neighbors are a little highstrung.” But then last week, at a job I just started a month ago, I had a performance review with my supervisor. One of the things he mentioned was that I need to keep my voice down. Some coworkers had complained they were having trouble focusing. The thing is, I never notice I’m talking loud. It’s just my normal voice. I managed to make it to my 30s without this being an issue. Why is this just coming up now? Maybe my new town is just full of strangely quiet people who need to loosen up. And anyway, how can someone change something as deeply ingrained as the way she speaks? I really don’t think

Annie’s Mailbox there’s anything I can do about it. At this point, I’m getting bitter. It feels as though everyone is out to get me. — Loudspeaker Dear Loudspeaker: It sounds as if the only thing these people are out to get is some peace and quiet. Given that this has happened at home and at work, you have to accept that the problem is you, not them. I sincerely suggest you have your ears checked. Hearing loss can start at any age. In the meantime, swallow your pride and apologize to your neighbors. Let them know it’s an issue you’re working on, and give them your cellphone number so they can call you — instead of the eviction-happy landlord — if your volume is bothering them. Dear Annie: My wife has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it’s taking a toll on our relationship. She opened up to me about her disorder when we were dating. I noticed some behavioral tics — tapping, counting, blinking, etc. — but nothing major like what I imagined

OCD to be like. It wasn’t until recently, a year into our marriage, that she started getting very aggressive about cleanliness in the house. She yells at me for dishes not being put back in the exact right place. I usually end up feeling defensive and lashing out in turn. You can imagine how well that works out. It spirals into a big fight. She’s too stubborn to ever apologize. She would rather sleep on the couch for a few nights than admit she was wrong. We had a big fight last week, and I told her I think she needs to be in therapy. She got enraged and said I was trying to use her OCD against her to make her opinions seem illegitimate. I don’t know what to do. I am totally committed to making our marriage work, but this keeps happening lately. — Rattled Husband Dear Rattled: Remember that OCD is the problem, not your wife. It bothers her just as much (or more) than it bothers you. Do encourage her to seek treatment, but approach the subject when things are calm. Visit the International OCD Foundation website, at https:// iocdf.org, for guidance about helping a loved one who has OCD.

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