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Changes eyed for corporal punishment BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

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Injury collision One person was treated at the scene following a three-vehicle wreck on Wednesday at the intersection of Cass and Cruise streets. The accident happened around 1:50 p.m. and involved a Ford Taurus, Buick LeSabre and Chevrolet Equinox. The Taurus had some front end damage while the LeSabre suffered driver side damage. The Equinox had the most damage as it came to rest upside down.

Changes in corporal punishment could be on the horizon in the Alcorn School District. Board member Randy Wilbanks said this week he would like the district to change the policy dealing with paddling and remove a page from the student handbook requiring a parent signature. “I think if a child does something at school that deserves a paddling, they should get a paddling,” Wilbanks said Monday night. “I have had several teachers and prin-

cipals approach me about our corporal punishment policy. It seems like students may push the limits even more Wilbanks when they know their parents have signed not to punish them.” The handbook states: “As a matter of board policy, apPlease see POLICY | 2

Full slate of state races on Aug. 4 primary ballot BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Aug. 4 primary ballot goes well beyond local races such as sheriff and supervisors. The state races aren’t making much noise this year, but the full slate is on the ballot. While some have contested primaries on both the Republican

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and Democratic tickets, the Democratic Party did not field a candidate for a couple of posts, including state auditor. Absentee voting is in progress for the primary. The candidates for the state offices include: ■ Governor Democratic primary: Robert

Gray of Jackson, a retired firefighter; Valerie Adream Smartt Short of Jackson, a medical doctor; and Vicki Slater of Madison, an attorney Republican primary: Phil Bryant, the incumbent seeking a second term, and Mitch Young of Sumrall, a factory worker

Third parties (on the ballot in the November general election only): Shawn O’Hara (Reform Party) ■ Lieutenant governor Democratic primary: Jelani Barr of Greenwood, who works in film production, and Tim Johnson of Madison, a former state senator who switched par-

ties to run for lieutenant governor. Republican primary: Alisha Nelson McElhenney of Pearl, an educator, and the incumbent, Tate Reeves, who seeks a second term Third parties: Ron Williams Please see PRIMARY | 2

Tumbling tradition continues in new locale BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

In an effort to reopen its historic park museum, Tishomingo State Park is looking for devoted volunteers to aid in cleanup. “With state park budgets tight and personnel in short supply, we depend on our Friends of the Park Volunteers,” said Assistant Park Manger Terry Harp. “Volunteers are needed to help clean and prepare the old museum building for new displays, repair the air conditioning system and keep the museum staffed on Saturdays during the visitor season.” “We will also need help with landscape and spruce up as there are a few shrubs to remove,” he added. Individuals, Scouts, churches, school groups and clubs are encouraged to pitch in. “We won’t really know what all is needed until we are able to

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

They started out as Bright Stars. A group of young girls are now pretty in pink as Sapphiret’z. The Pink Sapphiret’z are keeping the tumbling tradition going. The lone differences are a new name and studio. “We moved to the new studio in June,” said group co-director Leola King. “We are still a positive place for girls.” Since their move to the Pink Studio at 716 South Tate Street, the group has turned in a pair of firstplace finishes in competitions in Cape Girardeau, Missouri ,and Florence, Alabama. Another trip to Missouri and a competition in Atlanta are part of the future plans for the Pink Sapphiret’z. “We have done really well since moving to the new studio,” said King. “Several people in the community really helped get it ready.” King and her staff of Maleka Harris, Jana Smith and Marnesha Green cover such things with the girls as peer pressure and bullying. They also provide a resume, scholarship and goal setting workshop and also take them on college tours. The Pink Sapphiret’z were recently able to purchase some new uniforms through proceeds left over from fundraisers. “We use fundraisers to put back into what we do in the community,” said King. The Pink Sapphiret’z – the first official AAU team in the area – do a community service project twice a month. Shadarriana Stewart was re-

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Kaylan Williamson (left) and Chloe Buchanan model new uniforms purchased by the Pink Sapphiret’z.

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State urges parents to submit MSU marks anniversary voucher applications quickly of Holmesâ€™ admission Associated Press

JACKSON â€” The Mississippi Department of Education says 166 families will receive an annual subsidy of $6,500 that can be used to pay for private school tuition, tutoring or other educational services outside the public schools. The Legislature appropriated $3 million for

the program. That will cover 434 students. The Education Department says in a news release that 12 applications are being reviewed. Officials say 83 were rejected primarily because the special-needs children did not have an Individualized Education Plan. Under the new state

law, a student must have had an IEP within the last 18 months to qualify for the program. Supporters say the vouchers will help children whose needs are not being met by public schools. Opponents say vouchers would help too few of Mississippiâ€™s nearly 66,500 specialneeds students.

Court date is set for former officer Associated Press

OXFORD â€” A trial in a wrongful termination suit filed by the former Saltillo assistant police chief is scheduled for 2016 in federal court in Oxford. Last fall, Prentice Brown sued the town and former Mayor Bill Williams. Brown says Williams gave no reason

for suspending him on June 13, 2013. Williams was recently dismissed as a defendant. Brown worked for the police department for 10 years and was a vocal supporter of former Police Chief Steve Brooksâ€™ Democratic bid for mayor. According to the law-

suit, Williams, in local media interviews, said the suspension was because Brooksâ€™ supporters were intimidating political opponents, which led to perceived infighting in the police department. Brown was fired by the board of aldermen on July 10, 2013, after a due process hearing.

Court upholds Katrina fraud verdict Associated Press

JACKSON â€” Whistleblowers who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. can seek more evidence of fraud against the U.S. government after 2005â€™s Hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. In its decision, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict in favor of Cori and Kerry Rigsby, the two sisters sued on behalf of the government after they said they witnessed the

insurance giant shifting claims to federal flood insurance that should have been paid by State Farm. Like most private insurers, State Farmâ€™s policies cover wind damage but not flood. Such allegations were widespread on the Mississippi Coast following Katrina, which left many homeowners with bare slabs, making it hard to judge what role wind and water played in each particular loss. Few cases ever went to trial, but a jury found in 2013 that

State Farm had committed fraud by attributing damage to water at the Biloxi home of the McIntosh family that was caused by wind. The Ocean Springs sisters were key to the trial, saying they witnessed State Farm pressure engineers to rule that damage was caused by floodwaters instead of wind. State Farm was required to pay $750,000 in damages, with 30 percent going to the Rigsbys and the rest going to the federal government.

mayor of Madison, and Stacey E. Pickering, the incumbent seeking a third term Third parties: Lajena Walley (Reform party) â– State treasurer Democratic primary: No candidates Republican primary: Lynn Fitch, the incumbent seeking a second term, and David McRae, an attorney Third parties: Viola V. McFarland (Reform Party) â– Commissioner of agriculture and commerce Democratic primary: Addie Lee Green Republican primary: Cindy Hyde-Smith, incumbent seeking a second term Third parties: Cathy L. Toole (Reform Party) â– Commissioner of in-

surance Democratic primary: No candidates Republican primary: Mike Chaney, the incumbent seeking a third term, and John Mosley Third parties: Johnny McLeod (Reform Party) â– Public service commissioner northern district Democratic primary: Brandon Presley, the incumbent seeking a third term Republican primary: Mike Maynard â– Transportation commissioner northern district Democratic primary: Danny Woods Republican primary: Jimmie D. Mills and Mike Tagert, the incumbent seeking a second term

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STARKVILLE â€” Dr. Richard E. Holmes became the first AfricanAmerican student at Mississippi State University when he entered the school on July 19, 1965. On Sunday, MSU will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Holmesâ€™ enrollment with an open house in his honor at the

Colvard Student Union on campus in Starkville. Holmes earned a liberal arts degree and a masterâ€™s degree in microbiology at MSU. He graduated from medical school at Michigan State University in 1977. In 1991, MSU renamed its Office of Minority Affairs for Holmes. That

same year, he and wife Judie endowed a scholarship for MSU minority students After practicing medicine in Alabama, Holmes returned to Mississippi and he and Judie located in Columbus. In 2003, he began a stint as a staff physician at MSUâ€™s Longest Student Health Center.

2 inmates still at large after escape Associated Press

RAYMOND â€” Officials say two of four prisoners who escaped from a Mississippi jail before a latenight bed check with help from inside and outside the facility remained at large Wednesday. The Hinds County Sheriffâ€™s Office says the remaining inmates are

25-year-old Montreal Damon Anderson and 23-year-old John Rollins. Rollins is charged with auto theft and false pretense. Anderson is charged with recovered stolen property and is jailed on a felony hold. Jermaine Wilson, 19, and Kevin Holmes, 18, were arrested separately

in Jackson on Tuesday. Wilson is charged with capital murder in the 2012 death of a Jackson woman. Holmes faces three counts of armed robbery. Sheriff Tyrone Lewis says the escape is under investigation. No other details about how the four fled have been released.

6 more charged in flamingo deaths Associated Press

HATTIESBURG â€” Six more suspects have been indicted by a Forrest County grand jury for their involvement in an alleged fraternity scavenger hunt gone wrong resulting in the deaths of two Chilean flamingos at the Hattiesburg Zoo. The Hattiesburg American reports each of the six is charged with grand larceny and conspiracy. A seventh suspect, Devin Nottis, 19, of Pascagoula, was indicted in April on the same two

charges in connection with the incident last October at the Zoo that resulted in the death of the two birds. Hattiesburg Police have said suspects â€” all local college students â€” were involved in the bird deaths as part of a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity scavenger hunt. Authorities say Nottis took a flamingo from the zoo instead of just taking a photo of it. Both Nottis and the fraternityâ€™s chapter at the University of Southern

Mississippi have been suspended. The six arrested Monday were Tyler Branch, 21, of Pascagoula; Richard Colton Coletta, 21, of Gautier; Addonis Harris, 20, of Pascagoula; Cole Mitchell, 23, of Hattiesburg; Alec Newton, 20, of Gautier; and Bobby Scott, 18, of Gautier. According to police, the incident took place in the early morning hours of Oct. 6. Security camera tape showed four individuals entering the zoo about 1 a.m.

need to make sure it wonâ€™t hurt us legally,â€? added board member Carroll Morton. Although the board voted to make no change to the policy for the 201516 school year, Wilbanks said heâ€™s not going to forget. â€œIf it doesnâ€™t happen this year, Iâ€™ll bring it up next year -- there is no reason why the district should be in this sort of contract with a parent,â€? he said. Board attorney Arch Bullard said he would research ramifications of removing or changing the districtâ€™s policy. The new student handbook does include several changes. â€œGraduation options

have changed for 9th graders,â€? said district staffer Hope Smith. â€œThe district will be promoting multiple graduation options that will inline with a studentâ€™s career choices.â€? Options will include academic and technical. Smith also said students in grades 7-12 will be graded using a 10-point scale. â€œAn â€˜Aâ€™ can now be achieved by scoring a 100 to 90,â€? she said. Students were previously on a 5-point scale. The board also approved the Alternative Education Center Handbook, the SPED Handbook and the Teacher Handbook for the upcoming school year.

unteers begin their work in September.â€? Once a popular attraction, the park museum was closed due to budget and staff cuts. â€œBob Marshall of Iuka has offered his substantial mineral, crystal and fossil collection to our museum,â€? said Harp. â€œHis nationally known collection

plus the current artifacts stored in the museum would create a small collection that would be of interest to many.â€? While there are many treasures hidden in the museum, the Park Manager worries not all may be salvageable. â€œWe may not be able to utilize all the artifacts we have in storage, but hope to be able to showcase as many as we can,â€? he said. In addition to Marshallâ€™s extensive collection, the park is looking at the possibility of reaching out to the Museum of Natural History and others for displays.

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(Libertarian Party) and Rosa Williams (Reform Party) â– Secretary of state Democratic primary: Charles E. Graham, a retired firefighter Republican primary: Delbert Hosemann, incumbent seeking a third term â– Attorney general Democratic primary: Jim Hood, incumbent seeking a fourth term Republican primary: Mike Hurst of Madison, a former assistant U.S. attorney, criminal division â– State auditor Democratic primary: Jocelyn Pepper Pritchett, civil engineer Republican primary: Mary Hawkins Butler,

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propriate corporal punishment of a student is permitted as a disciplinary measure in order to preserve an effective educational environment which is free from disruption and is conducive to furthering the educational mission of the board. Corporal punishment is permitted as a disciplinary measure only with parental/guardian permission.â€? A parent is required to sign the document to give permission or to not give permission for school district employees to paddle their child. â€œI would be in flavor of taking it completely out as well, but we definitely

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get in there and see what we have to work with,â€? said Harp who served the park for seven years now. â€œThe building is currently being used to store the many files the park has to maintain. Our plan is to get it all cleared out in August and have our vol-

(Those wishing to roll up their sleeves and help restore the park museum to its former glory are asked to contact Terry harp at 662-438-6840 or terryh@mdwfp.state. ms.us for more information.)

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Today in History Today is Thursday, July 16, the 197th day of 2015. There are 168 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History:

On July 16, 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The same day, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission to deliver atomic bomb components to Tinian Island in the Marianas.

On this date: In 1790, a site along the Potomac River was designated the permanent seat of the United States government; the area became Washington D.C. In 1862, Flag Officer David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the United States Navy. In 1912, New York gambler Herman Rosenthal, set to testify before a grand jury about police corruption, was gunned down by members of the Lennox Avenue Gang. In 1951, the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger was first published by Little, Brown and Co. In 1964, as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater declared that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” and that “moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” In 1970, Three Rivers Stadium, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates, officially opened as the Pirates lost to the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. (The stadium was demolished in 2001.) In 1979, Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq. In 1980, former California Gov. Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Detroit. In 1981, singer Harry Chapin was killed when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on New York’s Long Island Expressway. In 1995, William Barloon and David Daliberti, two Americans imprisoned in Iraq for crossing the border from Kuwait four months earlier, were released. In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when their single-engine plane, piloted by Kennedy, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

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Across the Region Storms knock out Burnsville power BURNSVILLE — A Tuesday afternoon storm blew through Tishomingo, knocking down trees and power line poles. The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office reported numerous trees blocking several county roads after the storm triggered flash flooding. Tishmongo County Electric Power Association crews and volunteer fire department personnel worked several outages in the Burnsville area into the night. All power was restored as of Wednesday afternoon.

Town of Ramer increases water rates

RAMER, Tenn. — Water rates in the Town of Ramer will be increased by 15 percent as a result of a mandate by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s office. Joyce Wellborn of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s office informed Ramer Mayor George Armstrong the town needed to boost the water rates. The state said the increase would help cover high

cost of chemicals and water meter replacements. The Ramer Town Commissioners approved the water rate increase. The 15 percent increase would be added to the base rate and the rate normally charged for water usage over 1,000 gallons. Ramer’s water rates have not increased since a 10 percent boost in 2011. The commissioners adopted a new water meter replacement policy. This new policy went into place on July 1, with one water meter will be replaced per week until they are all new in less than five-years.

Faulkner conference to begin next week OXFORD — The 2015 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference will explore “Faulkner and Print Culture” over five days from July 19-23 in Oxford. The conference will feature five keynote lectures, panel presentations, and guided daylong tours of North Mississippi and the Delta. It will also feature sessions on “Teaching Faulkner.” The conference will begin

Sunday, July 19, with a reception at the University Museum. The academic program will open with a keynote address and panel presentation. A buffet supper will follow on the grounds of Faulkner’s home, Rowan Oak. Faulkner, a native of New Albany, bought Rowan Oak in Oxford in 1930 and it became his home until his death in 1962. The University of Mississippi operates Rowan Oak as a historic house museum. It was at Rowan Oak where Faulkner penned such works as “Light in August” and “A Fable,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954. Another of his works, “The Reivers,” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1950. The first Faulkner conference was held in 1974. Beginning Monday and over the next four days, there will be a busy schedule of lectures and panels, as well as an event at Southside Gallery, an afternoon reception, a picnic at Rowan Oak, guided tours, and a closing party Thursday afternoon, July 23. Other events include an exhibit and brown bag lecture

at the Special Collections department of the J. D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi, and a party at the Oxford Depot. Throughout the conference, the J. D. Williams Library will display Faulkner books, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia The University Press of Mississippi will exhibit Faulkner books published by university presses throughout the United States, and there will be a display, with books for sale, by Faulkner collector Seth Berner, who will also give a brown bag lunch presentation on “Collecting Faulkner.” In addition, collaborators on the Digital Yoknapatawpha Project, a database and digital mapping project led by Professor Stephen Railton of the University of Virginia, will present updates on its progress at a special conference session.

School supplies to be given away SELMER, Tenn. — Crescent Lodge #70 and the Mary Lou Johnson Foundation will hold a school supply giveaway at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Selmer City Park.

Fire results in damage, no injuries BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@ dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Brant Sappington

A firefighter uses a chainsaw to cut a vent hole into the roof of a home on Massey Street in Booneville. The home suffered serious damage in the fire on Monday.

Fire ripped through a Booneville home Monday causing serious damage, but no injuries. Fire Chief Jerry Wallace said the resident of the home on Massey Street was leaving in her vehicle with her child when she noticed ames and smoke coming from the roof. Fireghters from stations 1 and 2 responded to the blaze and quickly brought it under control. Wallace said the house is likely not a total loss, but it sustained extensive smoke and water damage. The cause of the re has not yet been determined, but they believe it started somewhere within the main living area.

NAACP: Confederate sign should be removed from flag BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON — The NAACP is calling on Mississippi legislators to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state ag, days after South Carolina removed a stand-alone Confederate banner from its Capitol grounds. “The state of Mississippi now remains the sole state in our country to embrace a symbol of war, hate and a failed attempt to perpetuate its right to slavery, into its ag while regarding it as ‘heritage, ’ despite inicting degradation upon its citizen descendants of slaves, ” the civil rights organization said in a resolution it adopted Tuesday at its nation-

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al convention in Pennsylvania. The resolution does not call for a boycott of the state. However, it says the organization ’s national leaders will bring attention to local NAACP chapters in Mississippi as they seek a new state ag “which all its citizens can look upon with pride and allegiance. ” Old South symbols have come under fresh scrutiny since the June 17 massacre of nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. The man charged in the slayings had posed with the Confederate battle ag in photos posted online before what police said was a racially motivated attack.

Mississippi has had the same ag since 1894, and during a statewide election in 2001, voters decided by a nearly 2-to-1 margin to keep the Confederate emblem on the banner. Curley Clark, president of the Moss Point-Jackson County chapter of the NAACP, said in an interview Tuesday from the national convention that the Confederate symbol may represent heritage to some Mississippians, but “it represents racial oppression, racial bigotry, hatred, things like that ” to the state ’s residents who aren ’t white. “If Mississippi is going to unite and be one Mississippi — not a white Mississippi and a black

Mississippi, but one Mississippi — that ag needs to be changed to remove that divisive symbolism of the Confederacy and replace it with a unifying symbol that can be revered by everyone, ” Clark said. Mississippi elected ofcials are divided on whether to reconsider the ag design. Days after the Charleston slayings, Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn became the state ’s rst prominent Republican elected ofcial to call for removing the Confederate emblem that he said is divisive. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves have said they stand by the 2001 election results.

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The immigration secessionists It turns out that everything we’ve heard about the evils of states and localities defying federal law is wrong. So long as a jurisdiction is sticking its thumb in the eye of the federal government on behalf of illegal immigrants who have been arrested and jailed, defiance of federal authority is progressive and commendable. Through the years, the left has created dozens upon dozRich ens of so-called sanctuary citLowry ies devoted to frustrating federal immigration enforcement. National On this issue, they are little Review islands of secession. Somewhere John C. Calhoun must be smiling – although slightly puzzled – over the renewed prestige of a version of his old, discredited idea of nullification. Sanctuary cities have gotten renewed attention in the wake of a horrific murder in San Francisco, a case amplified by the bullhorn of Donald Trump. Kathryn Steinle, 32, was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who had a long rap sheet and had been deported five times. The murder was easily avoidable. A few months prior, the city had arrested Lopez-Sanchez on drug charges, but it simply released him when the charges were dropped, even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement wanted to take custody of him for deportation. This wasn’t an isolated misjudgment. San Francisco has long been a sanctuary city that doesn’t honor so-called federal detainers (i.e., notices that Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to take custody of an illegal immigrant upon release from jail). It is a policy of calculated irresponsibility meant to create a zone of lawlessness. In this instance, the human cost was heartbreakingly high. The immigration debate is famously fraught. Maybe we can’t agree on building a fence. Maybe we can’t agree on a pathway to citizenship. But surely we can agree that illegal aliens who have landed in jail should be deported? Apparently not. The number of sanctuary cities has been increasing during the Obama years. The administration has thrown the book at states that have dared to aid in the enforcement of federal immigration law, but hasn’t moved against jurisdictions acting at cross-purposes to the law. Indeed, it has eased the way for them. It reinterpreted, with no legal justification, a federal regulation in order to make detainers voluntary. It kneecapped the successful Secure Communities program that shared the fingerprints of local arrestees with the feds, replacing it with a significantly watereddown program. Consider what happened to poor Sarah Saldana. New on the job as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she said in congressional testimony that it would help if Congress passed legislation cracking down on sanctuary cities – before backing off 24 hour later after a trip to the woodshed. The myth is that President Barack Obama is the “deporter in chief.” In reality, his alleged spike in deportations is the artifact of an accounting gimmick (counting the arrest and removal of border-crossers as deportations). Obama has gutted interior enforcement. The former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said recently, “If you are a run-of-the-mill immigrant here illegally, your odds of getting deported are close to zero.” What to do about sanctuary cities? It is already against federal law for jurisdictions to forbid their officials from sharing immigration information with the federal government. Congress should tighten up the law by making it clear again that detainers are mandatory and withholding certain federal funds from jurisdictions that still won’t comply. Of course, it would take a different president to sign such a bill, one who cares about the laws he is pledged to enforce and who doesn’t seek a sanctuary nation. (Daily Corinthian columnist Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

Prayer for today My Father, help me to learn through kindness and tenderness the value of self-control. Help me in the moods of jealousy and impatience, that I may not cause others unhappiness by words or deeds. Teach me how to overcome the ways that keep me discontented, that I may have a brighter speech. Amen.

A verse to share No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. — 1 Corinthians 10:13

Stars and Bars and endless battles It strikes me that those who are defending the Confederate flag in the name of their Southern heritage are a little late. They should have defended it decades ago, kept it from being coopted by the marauding Ku Klux Klan, by opportunist politicians like George Wallace and Ross Barnett, by neo-Nazi skinheads and other racists along the long march through history. I am aware and sometimes proud of my own Southern heritage. Two of my great-great-grandfathers died fighting for the Confederacy. They were not slaveholders, but small farmers from Georgia who reluctantly left their homes and families, and considered themselves defending their homeland. Let’s face it. The sons and daughters of Confederate veterans and similar heritage groups made a mistake by not disowning at every juncture the hate mongers who took a retired battle flag

and used it in significantly different and newly racist battles. Now the Stars and Rheta Bars not only Johnson stands for a culture that Columnist prospered off the backs of its fellow human beings, it stands for lynching and Jim Crow and segregated public facilities and murders at synagogues and Bible studies. It stands now for pure hate. It seems impossible that this matter still remains under discussion. This is not rocket science. This is not complex. The flag fractures our society and causes great pain and unnecessary division. And the Southern heritage that some of us are part of should not now be defined by a flag that was resurrected to fight civil rights, not Civil War battles. I went to Robert E. Lee

High School in Montgomery, Ala., where we took down the flag and dropped the singing of “Dixie” my junior year after desegregation. At 16 and 17, we saw the wisdom in that. I was visiting my mother in Alabama the weekend that the South Carolina governor called for taking down the flag over the statehouse. To get home to Mississippi, I drove about 260 miles, north through much of Alabama and finally west toward home. Along the way I encountered three pickups with giant Confederate flags flapping from their truck beds. I wondered if any one of the drivers could have answered the simple question: When was the Civil War fought? Or, even, how long did it last? For anyone to argue that the flags flapping above Southern statehouses or from kids’ pickup trucks “honors” their ancestors is a joke. They honor no one

and offend many. Through the years I’ve written many columns about the Confederate flag. When it became an issue at Ole Miss. When my state of Mississippi voted against taking it off the state flag. When South Carolina had the same battle before. It’s one of those obvious moral moves that society should make — should already have made – to improve itself and move forward. It is the right thing to do to put history in a museum and know that our Southern forebears who were good people would agree with that stance. It is a tiresome issue. I hope never to write about the Confederate flag again, but, knowing history, I may be doomed to repeat it. (To find out more about Daily Corinthian columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www. rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com.)

Is capitalism diabolic? On arrival in La Paz, Pope Francis was presented by Bolivian President Evo Morales with a wooden crucifix carved in the form of a hammer and sickle, the symbol of Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Fidel. Had Pope John Paul II been handed that crucifix, he might have cracked it over Evo’s head. For John Paul II had seen up close what communism did – to his country, his church and his people in 45 years of Bolshevik rule. On his arrival in the Nicaragua of Daniel Ortega in 1983, Pope John Paul castigated a priest-collaborator who dared to serve that Sandinista Marxist regime as culture minister. And, while in Managua, he warned Catholics they were being threatened by “unacceptable ideological commitments.” Today we have a pope for whom free-market capitalism is the “unacceptable ideological commitment.” As The New York Times reports, Pope Francis does “not just criticize the excesses of capitalism. He compares them to the ‘dung of the devil.’ He does not simply argue that ‘greed for money’ is a bad thing. He calls it a ‘subtle dictatorship that condemns and enslaves.’” In South America, Pope Francis “made a historic apology for the crimes of the Roman Catholic Church during the period of Spanish colonialism – even as he called for a global movement against a ‘new colonialism’ rooted in an inequitable economic order.”

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“The Argentine pope seemed to be asking for a social revolution.” Now the Pat church has a Buchanan long tradition of criticizing Columnist capitalism, dating back to the encyclical Rerum Novarum in 1891. In “American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America,” author Russ Shaw deals with the causes and consequences of what some Catholics contend was a fatal embrace of a heretical “Americanism” in the 19th century. This pope goes beyond that. His words about capitalism echo what Cold War Catholics said of communism, that it is a tree poisoned at the root that can yield only bad fruit, and, as the Gospel teaches, ought to be cut down and cast into the fire. What is wrong with the pope’s neo-socialist sermonizing? While capitalism does indeed generate inequalities, freedom, too, produces inequality. For all men and all women are unequal in abilities, energy and opportunities. In a free society, some inevitably succeed, others fail. For as the Biblical parable teaches, some are given 10 talents, others two, and God judges us on how well we use the talents we were given. The only way to achieve absolute equality is absolute

tyranny, the remorseless redistribution of wealth by an all-powerful regime. The pontiff says the capitalist “idolatry of money” creates “the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose.” But it is egalitarianism that has proven to be the road to dictatorship, dictatorships run by egalitarians in the name of the “proletariat.” Free enterprise has brought more millions out of poverty, enabled more billions of people to live longer, freer, healthier and happier lives, and produced more widespread prosperity than any other economic system. What is the superior system the pope believes we should adopt? What has Argentina produced but an economically failed state, incompetent socialist rulers, and an occasional Peronista in sunglasses and shiny boots? Is Latin America a fine model? The pope used the phrase “dung of the devil.” Is that not a good description of Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto” and “Das Kapital”? And is not satanic the precise word to describe the scores of millions of dead that 70 years of Marxist-socialist ideology produced? The 100 million people of Eastern Europe, the 300 million of the late Soviet Union, the 1.2 billion people in China – are they not better off the further they have moved away from Marxism, and the closer they have moved toward free-market capitalism? As for the pope’s apology

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for the sins of Spanish Catholicism in Latin America, why does he not speak up for the culture Catholicism helped to create, the eradication of paganism, and the termination of such practices as human sacrifice among the indigenous peoples? But, then, we Americans are no strangers to “apology tours.” The pope is calling for a “social revolution.” But what country, among the 190-plus in the U.N., comes closest to the utopia the pope has in mind? Or does his utopia exist only in the mind? The pope is saintly man. But he has no special understanding of economic systems or of climate change. He is the Vicar of Christ, of the Savior sent by the Father to teach us what we must believe and how we must live to attain eternal life. Christ did not come among us to end colonialism, or redistribute wealth, or start a social revolution against the empire of the Caesars. As he told Pontius Pilate, “My Kingdom is not of this world.” Pope Francis is the infallible custodian of that truths Christ taught. Is that not sufficient, Your Holiness? Why not leave the socialist sermons to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren? (Daily Corinthian columnist Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.)

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Nissan recalls 270,000 vehicles DETROIT â€” Nissan is recalling about 270,000 vehicles worldwide because the ignition start buttons can malfunction and unexpectedly shut down the engine. The company says the recall covers certain Note, Cube, Juke and Leaf and Venucia e30 vehicles as well as the Serena, March and Micra, and the Latio and Versa sedans. Also included are the Sunny, Almera, Tiida, Pulsar and Sylphy sedans, and the eNV200 and NV350 vans. They are mainly from the 2013 and 2014 model years. In the U.S., the recall affects about 14,600 Versa, Cube and Juke vehicles. Nissan says the buttons can stick inside a housing when exposed to hot temperatures. If that happens, road vibrations can cause the switches to shut off the engine. Dealers will replace the housing for free starting in August. Â

Atomic bomb test marks 70th birthday LOS ALAMOS, N.M. â€” The 70th anniversary of the U.S. governmentâ€™s test of the first atomic bomb over a remote stretch of New Mexico desert comes amid renewed interest in the secret World War II project, thanks to new books and a television drama series. It also comes as residents of the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa say they were permanently affected by the Trinity Test and want the government to acknowledge it. On July 16, 1945, scientists from the then-secret city of Los Alamos successfully exploded the first atomic bomb at the Trinity site, near Tularosa. Tina Cordova, cofounder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, says the aftermath later caused rare forms of cancer for many who lived nearby. In recent years, interest has grown around the building of the bomb with the WGN America drama â€œManhattanâ€? and new federal legislation to create the

Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Â

Hail prompts use of S.D. snowplows RAPID CITY, S.D. â€” A brief but intense hailstorm that dropped as much as 4 inches of slippery pellets in a South Dakota city prompted officials to call out snowplows in the middle of summer. Pennington County Sheriffâ€™s Deputy Matthew Jackson tells the Rapid City Journal, that the Tuesday night incident on U.S. Highway 16 south of Rapid City was â€œdefinitely weirdâ€? for mid-July. The National Weather Service says pea-size hail pelted the highway for about 15 minutes. Jackson says the area was shrouded in heavy fog as the hail melted and a few cars went off the road, but that there were no serious injuries. Â

S.F. ballot includes luxury home freeze SAN FRANCISCO â€” A proposal to freeze the construction of luxury housing in a San Francisco neighborhood has qualified for the Nov. 3 ballot. The idea failed with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in June, despite pleas from hundreds of people who say families are being priced out and evicted from the cityâ€™s famed Mission District. The neighborhood, which is heavily Latino and working class, has grown popular with younger technology workers. The ballot measure certified Tuesday halts development of marketrate housing in the district for 18 months. It calls on the city to develop a plan setting aside at least 50 percent of new housing for households that are lowto-moderate income. Opponents say a freeze wonâ€™t alleviate San Franciscoâ€™s housing problems. Rents here are among the highest in the country. Â

Armed men ransack Chris Brownâ€™s home LOS ANGELES â€” Three armed men in masks forced their way into a Los Angeles home owned by Chris

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Brown, locked the R&B singerâ€™s aunt in a closet and then ransacked the place for valuables, police said. Brown was not at the home during the robbery around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Officer Liliana Preciado said. The suspects got away with an unknown amount of cash, electronics and personal items, she said. Brownâ€™s aunt was not hurt. Detectives were canvassing the neighborhood around the gated property at the end of a secluded street in the San Fernando Valley and looking for surveillance camera footage. â€œWeâ€™re trying to see if thereâ€™s any video evidence that might have picked up the suspects,â€? Lt. Kirk Kelley told reporters at the scene. Investigators have not released descriptions of the suspects, who were armed with handguns and wore bandanas around their faces, police said. Earlier this year, a woman was charged with breaking in to another Los Angeles-area home owned by Brown. Amira Kodcia Ayeb, 21, pleaded not guilty to felony burglary, stalking and vandalism. Â

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Officials locate 8-year-old boy JACKSON â€” The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has found 8-year-old Broden Liam Bilbo of Magnolia and arrested two women who were with him. Details of where the boy was found have not been released. Authorities say the boy was last seen about 1:30 p.m. Sunday at an Exxon station at the intersection of Highways 51 and 48, in Magnolia. MBI officials say Broden was in the company of Crystal Elizabeth Simpson and Blakeley Danielle Cain. Both are wanted for kidnapping. The relationships among the three have not been disclosed. Simpson is a white female, 5-feet-7, with long brown hair and hazel eyes. Cain is a white female, 5-feet-4, with brown hair and hazel eyes. They were last seen in a silver 2006 GMC Z-71 pickup with a Forrest County tag. Â

Facebook post helps police nab suspect Dâ€™IBERVILLE â€” Dâ€™Iberville police have arrested a suspect in a grand larceny case with the help of a social media post that was viewed more than 37,000 times and was shared 500 times. Police Chief Wayne Payne said William Jesse Ryan, 25, was arrested Tuesday after an investigation into a reported burglary at Crown Leisure Marine. â€œLower units and props from outboard motors were stolen,â€? Payne said. â€œCrime Stoppers posted surveillance photos to their Facebook which took off within minutes.â€? Ryan, from Biloxi, was arrested and taken to the Harrison County jail under a $50,000 bond set by Judge Albert Fountain. Payne said tips from the public led to the arrest of Ryan, recovery of the stolen items and the identification of a possible accomplice. Payne said a warrant has been issued for the arrest of William Skye Quillen. Â

Arizona freeway wonâ€™t be renamed PHOENIX â€” An Arizona freeway named after a soldier killed in the Iraq war wonâ€™t be temporarily rebranded to honor soon-to-be baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson. Organizers decided to scrap a celebration planned for Friday to temporarily post signs on State Route 51 to honor Johnson â€” who wore the number â€œ51â€? while playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Gov. Doug Ducey had planned to attend. The Diamondbacks announced the cancellation in a news release late Tuesday, saying concerns expressed by Pfc. Lori Piestewaâ€™s family were understandable. The Diamondbacks said none of the organizers wanted to pursue the rebranding â€” which was set to last three weeks. Johnsonâ€™s Hall of Fame induction is scheduled for July 26.

Heroes will battle Gov. Phil Bryantâ€™s Braves at Trustmark Park in Pearl on Aug. 21 with proceeds benefiting Special Olympics Mississippi. The annual â€œHit a Home Run for Special Olympicsâ€? charity softball game features Special Olympics athletes from across the state playing alongside celebrity teammates. Scheduled to participate are Patrick House of â€œThe Biggest Loser,â€? Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco and former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond. Favreâ€™s wife, Deanna, will also participate. Tickets for the 5 p.m. matchup are $15 for premium seating between home plate and first or third base, and $10 for seating on the baselines beyond the bases. Special Olympics Mississippiâ€™s 2015 Softball Tournament will be held Aug. 22 at Freedom Ridge Park in Ridgeland. Â

Ex-coach booked on sexual battery VIDALIA, La. â€” A former Mississippi coach has turned himself in to authorities in Louisiana where he was booked on a charge of molestation of a juvenile. The Natchez Democrat reports 28-year-old Brett A. Hinson of Natchez turned himself in at the Vidalia Police Department Tuesday. Hinson, the former assistant football and baseball coach and physical education teacher at Cathedral High School in Natchez resigned June 1. He was arrested by the Natchez Police Department on a charge of sexual battery June 9. The Mississippi arrest

followed a complaint report filed with the police alleging a female Cathedral High School student had told her parents she and Hinson had kissed and he had touched her inappropriately. Vidalia Assistant Chief Bruce Wiley said the Louisiana charge followed after a similar complaint was filed last month. â€œIt was the same victim and the same circumstances, it just happened over here,â€? Wiley said. Hinson was detained at the Concordia Parish Sheriffâ€™s Office on a $90,000 bond. In Mississippi, sexual battery is a felony and carries up to a 30-year prison sentence and as much as a $10,000 fine. The Louisiana charge could carry a prison sentence of 10 years and a fine of as much as $5,000. Â

Fast Internet could fast-track economy BILOXI â€” The idea of ultra-fast broadband Internet service as an economic driver started with Biloxi Mayor Andrew â€œFoFoâ€? Gilich and is rapidly spreading across South Mississippi. Biloxi City Attorney Gerald Blessey said Tuesday that Coast mayors will meet soon to discuss the idea of creating a Mississippi Gulf Coast Fiber Ring that would provide Internet access to every home, business and public space at a super-fast 1 gigabit per second. The idea is to link South Mississippi with fiber optic cable in a circle along Interstate 10 and U.S. 90 and then provide access to each city, which would determine its own service and rates.

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Dogs are man’s best friend Max, PG, *****, animals. As the saying Thomas Harden Church, says, “Dogs are man’s Josh Wiggins, Luke best friend.” Any time war is inKleintank, Director Boaz Yakin, Warner Bros, volved, sad moments arrive. It is unfortunate, Length 111 minutes. which means we Dogs have been should always used in wars since support our solWorld War I. diers, and do what They have been we can to keep a great help to them safe. soldiers in findSadly a tragic ing the enemy, as moment happens, well as protecting Terry and it becomes the armed forces Burns even sadder when of our soldiers. demonThis is an interestMovie Critic Max strates how much ing film on how dogs help people during he cared for Kyle. That war times and helping is what is called — “a real civilians when crimi- tear jerker.” It is a great film even nals begin their stealing and hurting others with though it has some very their illegal and wrong- sad moments. Stay with it as we watch Max takes ful ways. I wish I had watched care of business. Kyle this movie when it first has a younger brother, opened at the theater. I Justin Wincott (Josh have always loved dogs Wiggins). If the reader loves and animals. Max is the name of the dog, and he animals and gets really does a great job with his interested with the characters, a few tears may acting. We first meet Max and drop from the eyes. Unfortunately, Max his human friend while they are on patrol in suffers from Post TrauAfghanistan. Kyle Win- matic Stress Disorder, cott (Robie Amell) is a which is heartbreaking. soldier. Max helps Kyle The film is sad, but it is and the soldiers find the very interesting and it bad guys as Max uses gives the audience a look his abilities to warn Kyle at the horrors that take and the soldiers chasing place during war. The audience has the the bad guys. Over 3,000 dogs wonderful time to lishelped soldiers in Af- ten to firecrackers. I ghanistan. I have always liked those as a kid, but liked dogs, cats and all I am not a big fan of

them now. It seems like a waste of money, time and loud moments. Max did not like the firecrackers either. I agree with you, Max. This is an extremely interesting and welldone film. It has action, family issues and of course, Max. I wish I had seen this film earlier. If the reader has not seen this film, and they like families, dogs, and interesting stories — I recommend this movie. It is a terrific story that will keep the audience on the edge of their seat. The audience will really like the dog and the entire film. The film has some interesting reading at the end. Take a look at it. Some people are just too arrogant to give others a chance to change, if needing to do so is necessary. However, some do not even know what the person is doing. They will listen to idiots. It seems that just to showing their “Mighty Mouse” idiotic ways is all they care about. Go see the film. It is worth it. (Terry Burns is the movie critic for the Daily Corinthian. A fivestar rating means don’t miss.)

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Gerald Wayne Burnett peacefully passed on June 27, 2015 in Midland, Texas at the age of 83. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Rienzi Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Janell Burnett; sons, David Burnett and Johnny Burnett; and daughter, Lesa Cain. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences can be made at www.npwelch.com

Bonnie Arnold IUKA — Funeral services for Bonnie Mae Arnold, 86, of Cartersville, Ga., formerly of Iuka are set for 1 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial in North Crossroads Community Cemetery. Survivors include one son, Tim Arnold of Cartersville, Ga.; one brother, PeJoe Arnold (Pat) of Iuka; one sister, Regetta Strickland (Bob) of Mufreesboro, Tenn.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Talmadge “Grute” Arnold; two sons, Jimmy and Jackie Arnold; her parents, Jimmy and Alma Kennedy; two brothers, Ray Kennedy and Norman “Jamup” Kennedy; and her sister, Margie Smith. Bro. Allen Osborn and Bro. Ed Kennedy will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Crossroads Community Cemetery Fund.

looking the creek that had swallowed his son Donald E. LaPradd IUKA — Donald E. two days earlier, Kevin LaPradd, Sr., 59, of CherJohnson was so overokee, Ala. died Tuesday, come with grief he someJuly 14, 2015, at Eliza Coftimes struggled to speak. fee Memorial Hospital. He had watched as his Survivors include his son pushed the boy to mother, Margaret LePsafety in the branches of radd of Cherokee, Ala.; a catalpa tree and held one son, Donald E. his Nana on his back. LaPradd, Jr. of Cherokee, He saw Scott and Nana Ala.; one daughter, Tanwashed away. ya Lynette Molish; one “Scott wouldn’t turn brother, Dennis C. LePher loose, that’s why he radd of Iuka; one sister, died,” Marcum said. Margaret Holt of Jeaneu, The grandmother, AK; and three grandchilWilla Mae Pennington, dren, Kathleen Jeanette was found dead TuesMolish, Lonnie Douglas day among debris from and Lee Staumbaugh. the family’s shattered He was preceded in mobile homes, Johnson death by his father, DenCounty Coroner J.R. nis C. LaPradd, Sr. Frisby confirmed. A private memorial serFrisby identified the vice will be held at a later second known casualty date. Cutshall Funeral as Herman Eddie May Home of Iuka is entrusted Sr., 65. May was driving with arrangements. alone in a sport-utility Memorial contribuvehicle when floodtions may be made to the waters from Patterson Margerum Community Creek started to sweep Church Fund in care of him away. He drowned Mrs. Nichole Pell. after he got out and was swallowed by the rising Barbara Ann McCall water, Frisby said. A convoy of NaHUMBOLDT, Tenn. “RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION” tional Guard vehicles — Funeral services for and heavy equipment Barbara Ann McCall, rolled through the 75, of Wentzworth, Mo. The Bible states, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is hardest-hit areas. are set for 2 p.m. Satura reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). Righteousness is defined as that which is godly, virtuous, and moral (Webster’s Local Banking, Wherever You Are. Dictionary). A Nation is defined as a community of people with common territory, culture, and political institutions (Webster’s Dictionary). Examine for a moment the current state in America today! Is America doing that which is godly, virtuous, and moral, -according to God’s word? The scripture further states that sin is a reproach to any people. The Apostle John states, “Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is 7 Check Balances on the go the transgression of the law” (I John 3:4). Who’s law does sin 7 View account transaction history transgress? •• God’s Law!! 7 Easily transfer between FMBank accounts The Apostle John further states, “All unrighteousness is sin: 7 More features coming soon! and there is a sin not unto death” (I John 5:17). The scripture further states, “He that committeth sin is of the devil,: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (I John 3:8). Since the scripture states, “All unrighteousness www.fmbms.com is sin”. Is America following after righteousness today? Download FMBank Mobiliti from Consider the unrighteousness in the days of Noah, “and God your smartphone’s app store today! saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). The Apostle Peter states, “Which were sometime disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water” (I Peter 3:20). The prophet Jeremiah WE ARE IN NEED OF KITCHEN HELP states, “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; AND SERVERS!! for it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jeremiah Several Positions Need to be Filled!! 10:23). Jesus states, “Blessed are they which were persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for their’s is kingdom of heaven” (Matthew Experience Not Required but a Plus. 5:10). Jesus further states, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” We Are Willing to Train!!! (John 14:6). May RIGHTEOUSNESS BE EXALTED IN OUR Apply pp y in Person NATION I! Associated Press

FLAT GAP, Ky. — As the Johnson family dug through the wreckage where their trailers once stood, they found a mud-soaked box of family photos, cherished family heirlooms and a tiny porcelain statue of Jesus, but not what they were looking for. Scott Johnson, 34, was swept away two days ago, trying to save his grandmother as a flash flood ravaged this rural eastern Kentucky community. He remains among the missing. Johnson’s sister, Veronica Marcum, said the family has been searching relentlessly for some sign of him. Two people are confirmed dead and at least two others last seen in the floodwaters remain missing, Kentucky State Police Trooper Steven Mounts said at a Wednesday morning press briefing. The fate of four others remains

uncertain. Families reported them missing, but they could be stranded in their homes, without power or phone service. Rescue teams are slogging through kneedeep mud and wooded, mountainous terrain, slowly trudging door-todoor as desperate families wait for word. Kevin Johnson last saw his son Scott wading through rushing floodwater with his 74-yearold grandmother on his back. Scott Johnson had already guided his father, uncle and sister from the raging flood that inundated their cluster of trailers. He turned back one last time to save his grandmother, who he called Nana, and a 13-year-old family friend. “We told him, ‘You can’t make it,’” his father recalled. “He said, ‘I’m going to get her out of that trailer.” Standing in a small cemetery on a hill over-

day at Humboldt Church of Christ in Humboldt, Tenn. with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Trenton, Tenn. Visitation is from noon until service time. Mrs. McCall died Tuesday, July 14, 2015. She was born Oct. 8, 1939, to the late Lonnie and Bertha Privett Hammond in Murry City, Tennessee. She was a beautician. Survivors include her son, Gary Wayne McCall, of Memphis; her daughter, Carol (Brock) Meyer, of New Melle, Mo.; a brother, Gerald Hammond (Jane), of Corinth; and one grandson, Bradley Joe McGill of Corona California. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe McCall; a daughter, Anita Ann McCall; and a brother, Pete Hammond. Bro. Robert Lambert will officiate. Corinthian Funeral Home Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

Dorothy McClung

IUKA — Funeral services for Dorothy Anne McClung, 67, of Tishomingo were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Gospel Lighthouse Pentecostal Church with burial in the Johnson Family Cemetery. Mrs, McClung died Monday, July 13, 2015, at her residence. She was a member of Gospel Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. Survivors include four daughters, Sandra Kay (Kevin) of Tishomingo, Tammy Harris (Keith) of Iuka, Jennifer Horn of Tishomingo, and Melissa Crane (Stephen) of Tishomingo; two brothers, Jackie Pruitt of Tishomingo, and Jimmy Pruitt of Iuka; three sisters, Sarah Hudson of Iuka, Karen Ryan of Iuka, and Debra Brooks of Booneville; eight grandchildren, Jacob Harris, Zachary Horn, Anna Smith (Jace), Allison Horn, Isaac Horn, Abigail Horn, Brooke Crane, and Joel Crane; and one great-grandchild, Jacson Smith. She was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Joel Johnson; her parents, Arthur and Eddie Mae Crowell Pruitt; a brother, Ray Pruitt; and a sister, Martha Lou Pruitt. The Rev. William Burcham, The Rev. Rodney

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Joe McEwen

Funeral services for Joe Anderson McEwen, 88, of Glen are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Corinthian Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Glen. Visitation is from noon until service time Friday. Mr. McEwen died Wednesday, July 15, 2015, He was born Sept. 23, 1926, to the late Thomas E. and Osie Davis McEwen in Henderson, Tennessee. A veteran, he served his country in the U.S. Army and was Church of Christ by faith. He was the owner of Joe McEwen Groceries in Glen. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Mildred McEwen; a daughter, Kim McEwen Wall of Corinth; two granddaughters, Lili Grace Wall and Anderson Wall; and a brother, Guy McEwen, of Corinth. Bro. Brad Dillingham will officiate.

Leon Tatum

Funeral services for Leon Tatum, 57, of Corinth are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove M.B. Church with burial in Forrest Hill Cemetery. Mr. Tatum died Monday, July 13, 2015, at his residence. He was born June 3, 1958, and was employed at Whitfield Nursing Home . He was a member of Pleasant Grove Church. Survivors include his children, Leon Tatum, Jr. and Brittany Hasting; his siblings, Eberlene King, Emma Thomas (David), OB Tatum (Kenneth), Mae Francis Westbrock, Robert Mike Tatum (Pamela). He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Lottie Tatum; and his siblings, William Roy Prather, Marie Harris and Hazel Ratliff. The Rev. Watson will officiate. Patterson Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

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